The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, September 19, 1895, Image 1

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T RI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBO0 S. Gia SEPTV11BER 19,1895. CO5TJrT, 1ONAL CONVENTION NOW IN SESSION AT THE STATE CAPITAL. Many Important Measwrn Introduced. The Proceedipp;s from Day 'to Day. The following was introduced oy Mr. W. C. Smith, of Pickers: That all students at State institntions to be placed onx same footing. He pro posed that to edvtcational institution receixing -ay public funds. shall grant ;any vchoe1ships i* special privileges :to aiiy t*udent of said institution. . Hiers offered the following: "R14-solved, That a majority of the taxpay 'ers of any sietion, desiring to form them selves into a new county, shll be allowed to do so: Provided, they will meet the ex penses necessary thereto and not reduce thw area of the counties from which their ter ritory is taken below four hundred square milus. The wishes of a majority of the tax payers to be ascertained from the petitions presented to the Legislature." Mr. R M. McCown introduced the following, A%hich is agaihst the .utter ances of all the Reform leaders, and the most ardent dispensary advocates: "Resolved, That the General Assembly shall pass no law granting license for the sale of alcoholic liquids or liquors, but may pass laws regulating the traffic by State control." Mr' Russell, of Anderson, presentea the Honea Path county scheme,chang ing the name to "Washifigton cohnty." It provides for the formation of a new county from parts of Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville and Laurens, to be known sWasbington county. Com missione)' are named who shall select a co'Vity seat. -Lr. Wilson of the judiciar commit tee reported that his committee had cut up the Aldrich "omnibus" consti tution introduced the lay previous and divided its sections out among the several committees. Mr. Burns offered a resolution on a subject that is very dear to him homestead. He proposes that the .homcstead shall be of $1,500 in value, of either personal or real property, rs shall be chosen by the head of the family. The right of the homestead cannot be waived or renounced. Geo. D. Tillman offered aresolution proposing, "an amendment to Section 6, Article 3 of the Constitution relat ing to an apportionment of represen tations to the General Assembly, to %vit: That where two or more repre senta.ives Lhall be assigned to the same tounty, such county shall be subdivid vd ibto as many election districts of As -'arly equal population ns possible and one representative shall be assign 'ed to each. The subdivisions shall be rrlade-tp of -whole townships and no township shall be divided in forming subdivisions." "Uncle George" Tillman is a firm friend of smaller counties, and what ie proposes on the subject is worthy of special notice. He proposed the following resol ation: L. X-w coLuti's may be formed, but in doin:g it, no existing county seat shall be abolished, nor shall any new county line be run nearer than flve miles to an established court house. -2. No county seat shall be removed unless such removal be authorized by two-thirds of the eleetors of the county voting therefor; but when the proposed seat sh:ll be towards the cottre of the county, it may be made when a majority of the electors participating :in ths election shall vote therefor. .3. No new county shall be formed unless a majority of the qualified electors .voting in each part of the county or counties proposed to be dismembered and embraced in the new co'untyshall separately vote therefor. The etionis p.rovid"d for in this and the Section nex\t precedling shall not be held in anyeoun ty oft"ner i.hnu once in four years. 4. The' Legislature may provide for the consolidation ot existing counties if a major ity of the qualified electors of such counties vote thxerefor. Mr. Rogers also proposed the fo lowing: "Resolved, That the right of dower in any and all lands, aliened by the husband during the coverture be, and the same is hereby abolished." Senator Efird offored the following as to the liquor problem: "That in the exercise of the police power the General Assembly shall have the right to prohbit the manufacture and sale and re tail of intoxicating liquo~rs or beverages with in the State. The General Assembly may li cense persons or corporations to manufac ture and sell and retail intoxicating liquors or beverages within the State under such rules and restrictions as it deems proper, or the General Assembly1nay prohibit the man ufacture and sale and retail of intoxicating liquors and beverages. both, or either, nnder the authorize and emp-ower State and coun ty ofTicers, both, or eithaer, under the author ity and in the name of the State, to buy, and retail within the State, liquors and beverages in such packages and quantities, under such rules and reguir.tions as it deems expe dient." Mr. M1. P. Howell,of Colleton,wants to maintain the homestead exemption at the value of $1,000 of real estate and $500 of persor'al property, but he does not propose to- exempt the yearly products of the real estate from attach ment for debt. By request, Mr. Stanyarne Wilson introduced an ordinance to form a new county out of portions of Spartanburg, Union, Laurens and Greenville coun ties to be called Enoree county. This county will have the town of Wood ruff as its centre and this town will be its county seat. Mr. R. F. Smith, of Pickens, offer ed a resolution providing for a home stead exemption of real estate to the value of $300, and in no case the amount of land to exceed fifty acres. A homestead in personality consisting of all household and kitchen property shall also be exempted from attach ment for debt. Mr. Prince introduced a resolution that the convention do not create any new counties. Mr. J. H. Wharten introduced the following: ''That the following provision shall constitute section -. of article -. of the Constitution of the State: Each member of the General Assemble und.ar this Constitution shall re ceive three dollars per diem while in regular sesslon, or in extra session. and the further sum of nye cents for every mile of the ordi-1 nary route of travel in going to and return ing from thu place where such session is held." After some unimportant business of a routine nature was transacted the Convention adjourned for the day. The convention'S proceedings on Saturdpy the fifth session, were of the gnvatest interest. The old family feel ing existing for so many years between the Butler and Gary families was brought up in the debate, and George D. Tillman presented a eulogy on the Butler family that was of such interest and so impassioned that the large andi ence seemed to hang on his words. The convention has decided to estab lish no new counties, save one, divid ing Edgefield county into two coun ties. There was a lively fight over the matter. Another fight ensued over the naming. Finally "Butler" was settled on as the name of the new county. The outlines of the new county ela Butler are stated thus: "Beginning at the centre of Bi-, SAila river at a point opposit,_the corner of .d-ge filed and Lexington counties, then the Edge ileld and Lexington line to the corner of Lexington and Aiken counties. thence the Edgield and Aiken line to where the tiblie road crosses said line near Lybrands )ld mill, thence a straight line to where the Long Cane road intersects the public road fron Johnton to Ward's at Jack Lott's. thence by the Long Cane road to where it crosses Mountain Creek at a point called Double Bridges, thence along the northwest ern boundary of Pine Grove township to the point on the old Charleston and Cambridge road to where it crosses Halway Swamp Creek. thence down the middle of Half Swamp Creek to a point in the middle of Sainda river opposite the mouth of said creek, thence down the middle of Big Saluda river to the initial point, and the territory embraced within said lines shall be known as the county of Butler." The county is to be attached to the second Congressional district and will form a part of the fifth judicial o* cuit. Mfany new ordinances and resolu tions were introduced, one important one preserving the right of trial by jury for every offense. The new county is to be named for the famed Butler family of Edgefield of which ex-Senator M. C. Butler is the representative. The old antagon ism between Generals Butler and Gary was at the root of the fight. Con gressman George D. Tillman, in hii speech, held his hearers almost spell bound and old veterans shook hishand when he conclude 1. He appeared as the champion of the Butler family, notwithstanding the fact that his brother and Senator Butler ha-l sneh ; bitter fight for the Senata latstsummner. Ben Tillman was not in the hill at the time. Among other thi.ngs, he said: "But some people from miserable prejudice object to the uaming of this colnty 'Butler.' God pity them!" He then referred to General M. C. Butler,. ani pointed with pride to his rocor on the battle-field, in the Ung ):Oates Seuat_, and in every walk o7 lir-Yet now there is a prejndice against him. One thing the matter with these 1eo pl. who attack him was that he e6uld not get office for all those who hoAn-l ed him for patronage like hungry d,gs after a rabbit. For two years Mr. Tillman was in .Washington as a her maphhroi ilte Kember of Congres:, waiting to get in bef,re he bec.mni a reg'ular member. lIe knew Galbraith Butler, and if the man ever did any thing dishonorable or dishonest he never heard of it. "I hope (with de liberation) that South Carolina 'qill al ways have Senators there beatring eqLAi reputation.s f.'r honec.lv n 1 ora te:v. I am afrail, ha r'a"mi for a momnit or two, "IT am~ a:r.:id t at th:ere wi!! be somefl tieni. before the,re bie h: 1 b.e'i:h ieke.l t.1 se .,an edi tori,.l in the. Cobimbi:t Regist2r that mrnig -a b,rntal and igu'ran t e0.:00 ri::--en tis matter of the~ Buitl~r name. "It am ashamed," said he, "thast me.n live in South Carolins wh'o can do this." i all this mass of oin fonded prejudice it seemed strange for him to stand there and tell ihe entlemen of that convention of the istinguished nme he was advocating. t was confounded prejudice, unjust prejumece. The convention awarded the contract for all its irinting to Chas. A. Calvo, tate printer, despite the fact that other bidders offered to do it for from 10 to .50 per cent less. Miller introduced anoth~er ordin ance ooking to the referring of the consti ~ution back to the people for ratitica lon. Mr. Patton introduced the following o prevent men from being sent to the penitentiary under the dispensary law vithout a trial: "The right of trial by lury as it existed at ~he foundation of this government shall re nai:i for ever inviolate a d no person shall e puniished under cover of pro:eed1ings for :onttm pt < f injunction or other cividl proess r in any other manner, for the doing of any : t 'vhich by the law of the land consti utes a crime.except upon convictions there. of by process of law before a jury of his peers. Mr. Garris introduced an ordinance providing for the appointment of a la bor commissioner. Congressman Stanyarne Wilson presented the following important ordinance:. Wnereas. By t.he nature of their avocation, the great body of wage-earners are at a great disadvantage in the protection of thell rights of person and property, and the su pervision and friendly hans of the govern ment is needful in order that the conditions of labor may be known, evils disclosed and the cause of their existence discovered and the proper remedies for their removal ap plied, a healthy system of labor secured and the interest of the laboring classes advanced; "Rtesolvred. That the General Assembly, at its n.rst session after the adoption of this constitution, shall create and nrovide for the establishment and maintenahce of a State bureau of labor statistics, which shall be un der the charge of the commissioner of labor statistics, who shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and con sent of the Senate, and, and it shali also prescribe his term oi's4ee, powars. duties ad compensation; and succeeding General Assemblies shall provide for the further maintenance thereof, with powers of smend ing such origninatnAt andaendrment thamA .Mi-. McWhite introduced a strong brdinance looking to the prevention of officials from accepting bribes for any public acts. An important rule was aloptl providing that a majority may ordter atwendienits on the thirdreading. This will tend to leave matters unsettled until the fi:tal reading. The committee on aimnicipal corporations will not report favorahly on woman suffrage gelerally in city elections; but thu rbcorn mendation is to be tlat women hol.ling prop ert.y should through their agents. be allowed to vote in elections affecting the bonds or indebtedness of theq corporation only. The right of a Governor to v-to a portion of a gerteral appropriation Nil isto he :e -om' mended. The question of makine 0 .' G-v ernor ex-ofiio chairman of most of the boards is being striosly considered. The idea appears to be to give him the right to call for reportw from all boards., bt not to put him on them. The giO.ernatorial term is to be reeomneniled for two years, with a residence of five years. Thec Governor is to have the ri:;ht to suspend ofixrs for mal feasance,in otice pending invV.stigtion. Ordinances to create two Calhoun coun ties and Lime. tone eounty are alrealy dead on account of the adopti n of the amended Prince resolution. The following were the reportz of the standing aonittos nd the res"111ti-ons and c-rdinances that were pres-:nted for consider ation: The committoe nn miscllaa.tls matters reported favora4l on tho r.1:tion pro hibiting advert:s.nents of ottries innws papers or the tickets to bL sil in tlus Statt. and the G-neral Assem!ly siall provi at its U!x s.Nit for the enforce:ent of this pro Vision. The cowmilte on mis,laneorus matters reportell favoraboly C-I the prol.ol amIend ment to A ti-le 5 C i ho Cns..mtittin in ref erence I: the oath of ollj.. The smoe otumittee als4 retorted favora bly on the roikition provjdijg l:t ali laws now in forceo in thi.s Stat anl not repugnant to this Constitiution shall rrniu and be in force until altered or repeih-i by the Legis lature or .hall ex:ire by th-ir owln limita tions. Mr. Aldrich proposes to let wom-n vote in the muniilpalities. if.- pr.pis-1 -The qiialilations e v"tr- i: theior porated town. and ciiii-s or this State as herein provided .hall be exeris- b vallciti zeas as qualified, irrespective f: Mr. W D. Evaus pr.>pov.d th- f-ollowing ing orditna 'All taxes, whether for Statv. vmnd v city. towuship or other pitli .r -o rporat pose., levied upon and ol ltid cut of prop ert v in this State shall be ath rized bY Land ineIuded in th sucocssiv' LSddat .up ply Acts: and tie same shall Ib cli.:-ted all together and at the sinme time by such ofli eia7s as the Logislatutre may pr.viH and the dLiburs-ment )f the sam or ;ay I iart thereof, whether by Stat,, ,unty, mi- '.ipal or other o1ic.!r i,rovidedl for by tbe Lkgisla zure, shall be re orte.l o an aud1ted IV tle Comptroller General. "That the fiscal yvar of this Slat' :iall begin and end with the same as the Ca!nd.ar yeair. Mr. UaynfSWorti propose:.1 the foIlwing ordinaxtv: 'Neither t hriproperty nor cr:di; of the State of 3>niit Carlina or of amy county. city. town-. township, seho.>l istric or otier sub Iiviaon of tI said nor Rany puli mtinev from vhttever s)uree de. rivted. shall b0y gift 4lonatiln. Lin c1tra,:t. Rlpr-1priationor oth-!rwiso. hu es.a4l or indirectly in the aid or mah:t"nauna o: any -ollt-e. school. hpital, orphan ouose or other institutin. y;ity or oguization of whatevi-r kind. whih i:. c.. or in part under the dis-.reti,n or c-ntrol of :i chur-h or of any religious or ,.tarian so ciety or orgalnizatiot." Mr. Moore iatrodluc.1 te ! fo!!owing: "That no c.rporation hnill rn.;av in a:. businc.s other than tat e% 2r.'ly a r rtarmtePr. nor shall it tako or io%d an\ real estate except such as may l* neerssa r, ad proper for t1:-- iegitimie bu_ n . Mr. Moore is the author of tI. :llowil_: proposed t tise in the Constit tii: "Tha distress for rent shall not he all,w." Mr. Lowman, of Orang . r th following (. linilane, which will ! ).. Lb interest to all railroad owinmr: Section 1. The ri:.tht ')f tati i.s a soverei;.n rig.tt, in:Oic'wibl. 11w1 .re-i . as the life of the Statc.andl righIitlly bl'ongs to the people.iu all republ ieaa'>vcrmnttents. and neither the Gener.tl A..se: ly. m>'r ainy. nor all other denartmecnts of the governt ment established~by this Constin en,shl ever have the auithiority to ir. v aely :.give. grant, limit or restrain thtis ri.ght: and ath laws, grants. contracts and all ether Act, whatsoever bcy said goverimientt. cr any Ie partmint ther-of, to effect any of these pur . :shall be and he.rebyvd---:htred to be nul anci void for every purpos;e w:lats.)evr; ant said right of taxation sh.all alway;; ba tunder the complete control of and rev. -abcle by the Statrc, notwith.stawlintg anty gti ft. ;:-c tut or contract whatsoever bcy the (a-:ral Assema ly. See ion 2. Th.e p)wer ni. :uthority of regulating railroad freights antd iPtssenger tariffs. preventing unjut,~ d:.-- -riminiationls and requirin.g reasontable and jtust rates or freight and passenger tariffs, is htereb,y con ferred upon the General A'einmly, whose dutty it shall be to pass laws, from time to time, to regulate freight awl passeger tar iffs, to prohibit unju.,t diserimni:ations ott the various railroads of the State itl pcro hibit said roads from chargin;ta other th:mn reasonable rates. and enforc the samec by adequate penalties. The Genoral Asucmbly sha:ll not remit the forfeiture of the charter of any .orpiorationl now existing, nor alter or amed the same. nor pass any other general o-rpeial latw for the benefit of said corpcoratli., except upon the condition tha t said corpor' an sh:all thereafter hold it- chxartler subject to the pro visions of this Constiuti i;'au-1 every amendment of any charter of atny corpora tion in this State, or any spcial lawt for its benefit, accepted -hereby, shatll olerate as a novation of said charter, and sha ll brtng the same under the provisions if this Constitu tion: Provided that this settti .shia!l not ex tend to any amendmetnt for the purpose of allowing any existing road to take stock in, or aid in the building of any branch road. The General Assembly of this State shall have no power to authorize any corporationi to buy shares or stock in any other corpora tion in this State, or elsewhere, or to make any contt act or agreement whatever with any such corporation, which. may have the effect or be intended to ha'.e the cfTeet to de feat or lessen competition in their business, or to encourage monopoly:and all such con tracts and agreements shall be illegal and void. No railroad shall give, or pay, any rebate, .r bonus in the nature thereof, directly or in directly. or do any act to deceive or mislead the publie as to real rates charged or received for freights or passage; and any such pay ments shall be illegal and voial. and these prohibitions shall be enforced by suitable penalties. No provision of this article shall be deemed, held or taken to impair the obli gation of any contract heretofore made by the State of South Carolina. The General Assembly shali enforce the provisions of this article by appropriate leg islation. Mr. Sullivan, of Anderson, does not wish to separate the schooli fund, and therefore offered the following: -That the following provision shall consti tute Section - of Article- - of the Constitu tion of the State: There shall tbe a common school fund to be retained in the counties where collected. which shall coraist of the poll tax and an annual :a,: of not less than two mills on the dollar of all taxaNle pirop arty collected at the same time and by the same officers as the other taxes for the same year. Any separate schtool district may. by spe ial ena'tment of t Gen,eral Arembly, levy an additional tax for the suppfort of its com mon schools. The common schodl fund, except that raised by special enactmet, slhal ie appp.*r - tied li t he school conmmissionecis of the districts according t Eeaerage aittendance on the schools therein; and the fund thus apportioned shall be equitably distributed to each commen school in each school district by the school trustees thereof. Nothing contained in this article shall be eonstrued to deprive any .school wherein tuition is charged and the elementary branches of an English education are taught from participation in the common school fund. Mr. Aldrich, by ioquest; proposed the foi. k,wing twonty-flve important words: The J'ight to vote in the incorporated towns and cities of this State, as herein provided, shall he exercised by all citizens so qualifled, irre spective of sex. Mr. Read wants the fiscal year to com mence on January 1. He offered this: That hereafter the fiscal year shall begin in Jan uary. the Mirst day of the caleadar y,-ar. Dr. Derham proposes to make each race pay for its own schools, but wants those schools to he good ones. He offered the following: That the General Assembly shall leave at each regular session after the adoption of this Constitution an annual tax of not less than three mills on the taxable property throughout the State and there shall be assessed on all taxable polli in the State an annual tax of one dollar for each pol. for the support o the publo: schools of this State. There shall he two funds in each county-the one for the support of the iiblie schools for the white to be kLown a3 unl A mnid the one for the support of the sclwol. for the negroes to be known at Funud 11. At the time of making the return each tax payer may designate to which fund hi swhool and poll tax shall he applied. and the auditor shall so apply it. In case the taxpayer fails to designate the fund the auditor shall apply the poll and sbool tax of the whites to Fund A and poll and stboel tax of the negroes to Fund 1j. The Fund A shall be distributed aceording to the number of white children of school age in each county and Fund B shall he distri buted according to the number of negro childron of school age in each county. No part of this fund shall be used for any pur pose than to pay salaries of teachers actu. ally engaged in teaching the public schools of the different ..ounties of the State and no part thereof shall be expended for the col lection or lisbursement, provided. That the General Assembly shall in ap. propriating money for the support of the State educational institutions shall not ap prnpriate a sum to exceed one-siKth of the Coustitution and poll tax actualiy paid L. teacher for teaching the public or com mon schools in the various counties. Mr. J. N. Parrott offered the following re solution: Beit resolved and ordained, That the offices of the State Superintendent of Eucation and of county scnools commis sioners be abolished and the duties of these officers be devolved upoi the Comptroller General and board of county commis'sioners respectively. The convention then adjourned for the day. TMLXA-% AND MY SCRAP. During the sixth day's session of the Con vention the two greatest of the recognized Reform leaders-Tilman and Irby-along with other stalwarts of the South Carolina political world, became entangled in a per sonal and political controversy that caused Irby to rake Tillman fore and aft. Fraternal relations were cast to the winds by the Till man broth.ers, and time and again the presi dent had to call upon the sergeant-at-arms of the convention to preserve the peace. No such sensational event, it is safe to say, has ever occurred in the State of South Carolina within the past decade. The Tillman broth ers were particularly severe upor. one another. One single word-"B1utler--was the cause of the wbole explosion. The whole thing came from George D. Tillman's speech in regard to the establishment of Butler county and the action of the convention in so estab lishng and naming the county in the ab sence of Senator Tii!man. The Senator was never more bitter, perhaps, in his whole ca reer. Things that he said of General .Butler were rough in thc extreme and he did not mince words in speaking of his elder brother. Hils whole frame as he spoke seemed to quiv er with passion. Irby. too, spoke with more energy anad p)a.sion than he has ever yi. been known to display. Blea Tillman attacked the characer of General Butler in strong language, ho said Butler hail disgraceed his name. He spoke o1 his aLbsence when his brother spoke Sat u rdav. "A~nd (with deliberation) it is perhaps for tunat' that I was not here, for from what I read in the piapers as to the speech made on t his floor, and what I have heard from gen tlcamen since my arrival as to it. I might have been unable to discuss the matter in cold idood."' Now, however, he could discuss the matter deliberately, from the standpoint of ra:son. There are reasons of a two fold *barete why I would pray God to lie deliv cr'ed from the task, but whenever duty called mo, I have answered to the call. It cannot be said that I have yet shirked any ditty or rmaim-d' on iet under sneh circurmsntances. I hv iherflore risen, sir, to do justice to the hvng and to the dead.'' TJhree--n rthIs of the people of the se'ction omin)siig the new coiunty wanted the name of Sab idai. Some had said that it was be ease a' was oppoiseid to giving the conty the name of "that man Butler.'' Well. that was trm'. but that was not the greatest ren .,iom. Already the news had been ilashed far mali wide that the Rleform ccnvention of Southl Carolina had: sat down upon the Ra' form: L.-gi;Laturen of South Carolina. which rpudiated Ittier and elected him to the Sn:u'. "They tell you to leave ot 31. C. outr in naming the county; you ra:mot divore.-' the n:ne fromi M. C. But ler, numd it wi1l bi. hternidc.d from one end of Soth Car an a mil th roughout thc noumntrv that vytu hve rei'iilated yorir Legislatu,re. M1. C. Butlr is :ho ouly living represenati e of iaum n:ane. Whyt ''nnot we afTord to change bra' to what wais whenm the ordlinanimce iared. Ta':lk abiout. names of farmiles. W.X y ha:ive youi no toutnties namnedu for y our ili tious Itayne, McDuffle. Hiamin anrd o4thes I sav thatt this last re'presen.tative of t1.e ani Butler hmas disgtacedit. Yo w !! as how. why and wvheni. I will ten 1m: Wie a r" told that prejudice rose agaiist hi b aunsO he coubll not give office t. hoe that folh'owed him begmging' for pat rotae lik: hounds after a rab!.it. Yin k-now wheith r th: is trute or tnot. Yomu hatve b:ent tol, too, habt it will be a long time one tis Smite wil b rip resented by, his 5tup'rior, ami t hat there wa: fear that it wo,uld lie at lnig time before this Stat- wothl have evenm hi:- iqual ther'. I c:an take that stab, cominig I rom whit - it does wither t a word. I li:'t 'lw my horn. I only know this. tha!.1I haiv. mat ail may opponeuts nb. htave fought mtt ais bitt:rly a man ever was fenght upon the .tu.niC everywhere that I have b-een aled u-on to face them and the pe have expiressedl their verdict. I can aff >rd to pa:4. by fi contemrpt any compar;sons. As to mt: friend on the right, by his vote on Sa:tzrday. I can only say that he seems to have pleaded guilty of the ebarge of inferior ity to this person. I here assert that today 'i. C'. Bmtler cannot get 300 votes in his conyfo any thing that he might dlesire. W"iho will di.re dispute it ?" S.:nator Irby said he would not .5,:]i to enae tn this debate if he had not I:":a t: takied for voting for 3B-itler county. S;i-:th mn:. of T'ilman. hei said: "With hi, cbaracteristic consistency. aftci maigone of the hitteres: sc'ceches ois it. h- end it by saying that he hope : hors wil ne no factional feeling on th:is %oor. Whtmmber dahres to criticize t,-:-a I e--r'ise the right of a membe'r ti vot as 1 plesed? I did itot intend it as a :-a cml:n"nt to M1. C. Butler. bitt th;r.:w it la-k' in his teeth that nothitng )f. C. 1; :1h'r mav 'do will disgrace the tnam' of i:n icr in . ioth Carolnma. It will live (fa.-ing .S-:at'r Tilimanan shaking his flager ait him; u-en vn are deal anid forgottn. [Lud a zp 'laiuse.] I am not time champilon of Mr. nter. I have fought him ats earnestly as any mnan an't no iman ill i'lis 6-itl 'liere to d with hi. deft-at than I did, but (enral Bitler went . :id you hin't ma.fna 1inlity no.gli to h-t this lialn pas, -in1 not follv hinm into this .conv.ention. We :,re not here as thl adhI nts a :my a. help n God. I will n.t v,tt f.r any law that will ,,ot f hot 1 , letiou.- in this S At.. IA. laus.| -I sinoeryiv regret that the great loaler of tlo ji-po of Swith Car.,lina Ahn 1 s far forget himself at the very thresold of this convention's esiion. when it i- pre-ein:1ent Iv neessary that we shwild meet as i rnthter Carnlinian-: that le shoi il i;idorta!lr-o pop his whip ovr ny hend. I proudly a4n->wl edge that I vLotel for litl-r county and take great p!.aswrt in .Tandin"- to miy o:i-iial vote.' G.or-e Tillman w:i- v~ry seve-e on his brorer ;m1 lie and Taliwrt .ot itito sit-h a hot dhatv. [a.-. to Ea-T. that the sergeant-al arm... war w,.zveral times sent to pris-ervi the peal'. Te name of "Butler" was firtally elitiintted. ONE M01N TOOPACCO MART. The Opening of the Tobacco Ware Iouse in Lake City. The Lake City tobacco ware housei was opelea1 Thursly in a blaze of glory. By 10 o'clock the ware house floor was cove-red with piles of the weed and hundreds of wagons were turned off for want of floor room. ThoSe hadl their tobacco on the floor for Friitys sale. Everything being ne- ih!ro was soimc disajpointme - almin'tt gttin prg prmnptly waited en, some( kinkin, iml:t faking it all in nll things went oft' s:louthly. Some of tile plantrs dIll nut realize as good a price for their tolbaecco as they wonl hio tho-y priperly cured and handled it. Tom:lvtt, in good condition bronglt a good price. The price ranged from 3 to 4~> ectits, severni big lot; going at 15 ceuts. The saIes were stisfactory, iand puidces Lake City as one of the be, t tobacco imarl-ts in Soutih Caroli na. About 40,,',.0 pounds wits han A SHORT COTTON CROP. Capt. R. F. Kolb Advises the Farmers to Iold It Back. Why the Crop Will Be Short. Capt. r,. F. Kolb. of Birmingham. Ala.. ex commissioner oI a griculture and well-known politician, has addresed an open letter to the cotton planters in answer to various in quiries from various sections of the South. In it he says among other things: "No intethigent man who is adequately posted will take issue with ne on the proposi that the present crop of votton will fall far below the w.rld's consumption for the next 12 months. In my opinion the crop can't possibly reab 7.001000 and may fall below 6.500,000. I think I can give many good rea sons for my conclusion. A wet May always means a short eotton crop. This is a known fact to all growers of cotton and strnds as tradition handed down to us by our fore fathers from generation to generation ever since the production of cotton was introduc ed in this country. This year we not only had the wet May. but during the three fol lowing months of June. July and August, the rains continued over all the cotton states ex cept Texas. If we know anything of cot ton production we must know that the cot ton plant is a sun plant and not :a water lilly. and hence too mvn.h water i2as very much damaged the crop. "Then again, too mnch moisture in many sections has producedl 'rnst.' and the stalks, leaves and bolls have turned red, and not half a crop will be produced on such plants. In other sections the boll-worm, army worm and sharp shooters have been very destruct ive and the crop very acarly destroyed, be seiged by all these causes. "Again the otton crop. in the average. is nearly one month late, and an early frost would cut the crop over 1,000.000 bales. With so much moisture in the soil this year we should expect frost this year much earlier than usual. ''As I understand the situation of the pres ent cotton e'rop, after diligent inquiry. I hink it pos.sible and highly probable that not exceeding 6.500.000 bales will be pro duced. I advise that no cotton be marketed during the next sixty to ninety days, except to meet debt and actual demand. If you~ holl your cotton tuntil NovAmber and Decem ber, and will then market it slowly, you are sure to got 10 cnts or more for every pound of it. Noxt year continue to curtail your areage and use of fertilizer, make nll your provisions at horue and choose to do as you have been comnpelled to do this year against your will al your next crop of cotton wifl bring 10 cents and mo re per pound and.the Southern fatrimers will onee moro be a pros perous, happy people. T H E'REGAT TA COMMIT TE E'S SAY. Why the Last Two Races Were not R~esalled. The following letter was 1;osted on the bul letin hoard of the New York Yacht Club Sat urday afternoon:. "To the Members of the New Yoric Yacht Club: .-Having rl with the' Ameriea's cup comn mittite a report. of theo international races. we take the opporh.inity to state, in answer to inspuiries. why the la.t two races were not orer'd tO be res::lied --ihe va'ht 'ornm!iittee. b,efore taking .the evien-i In 'n..fdr' prote:'r, made an un ii.. s .tleav.r to bring about a settle ment by' mttil atgreemaent, but each con t. ct ire red thait thie proitest should take ils .:. T he protest filed and insisted i .t . -p adjnd' 1 )n-' iClredire. the ....9 ,7.; iiM riingi of the third ra * the r'::tt e.mmit.tee has no latitude sin.n. i' noi ndtion'. den.anded by Lord Du. .1 n hwbe'n de lined by the:eu p -I- therefore the. race had to be ,,n '. :: ;.r: "jni. vT A ('M IT E Lor2 .. :n -:.: i rport'l to inmve writ tena N-it.-r o th.e ..\.mri .a'si e commute(, in'xl phnt;-. 'f i-or:, in withdlratwin ro:n t h.- .n'ra- :-.At no. Satuirday1 cx of the .'::wom::ni , *:u.id. he hadi not re l:i at a.n-.s -f 'a' hm r-'ivuh by an" A CA!"'SON ULOWN UP. Shockin;g Disaster inl Louisv1l1e. 4 - Men Killed. At Louisville. Ky., four members of the Louisville Legion were instantly killed Thursday morning by the explosion of am munition in the caisson of a gun which was being driven to Phoenix Hill for service in connection with the G. A. P. Parade. The victims were Corpl A. L. Ptobinson. Private C. Woods. Private A. MUeride and Win. Adams,. the colored driver. The fouir un fortunates were sented on the caisson. The caisson contained 60 pounds of pow der. enough to fire forty rounds. The cause of the accident is inexplicable. Sheets were taken from the neighboring houses and spread over the dead bodies. While 100.000 people were watching the fireworks along~the~river front at night a portion of thc ::rand stand on which were seated at least 10.000 people, gave way, and many were injured. No fatalities wer' re orted PALMETTO PENCILLINGSP OCCURRENCES WORTH NOTING FROM ALL OVER THE STATE. Railroad Assessments. The following is the amount of tax able railroad property in the State, according to counties, as equalized by the State board of equalization, 1895, 'for the fiscal year beginning -Novem ber 1, 1894: 1895. 1894. Abbeville............$ 1,393.970 1,383,970 Aiken................1,043,760 1,978,510 Anderson ........... 550.280 576,900 Barnwell.........1.300.995 11319,440 Beaufort ............ 447,3 454,100 Berkel,ey..........1.301.480 1264 .Charieston........... 558,730 561,480 Chester .............. 678,090 688.90 Chesterfield .......... 44625 44,625 .Ciarendon........... 37 050 317.420 Colleton.............1.124.770 1YI38,170 Darlington .......... 23770 237.704 Edgefteld............4400 6551300 Fairfield............. OGrO0475 690.475 Florence............. 66-1,44 C03.705 Georgetown.......... 45.450 64.450 Greenville ........... 572,475 5729475 11ampton............61 50 704.100 Horry............... 1,155,530 1.55,530 Kershaw............. 2.650 306,050 Lancaster........... 212.775 304.775 Laurens.............. 740,075 757,275 Lexington........ 759.235 770,465 Marion ............. 662.601 662.600 Marlboro ........... .24.210 244.210 Newberry.... ........613.53) 656.230 Oconee .............. 511,120 527,520 Orangeburg .........1,310.45 1.123,975 Pickens ............. 435,080 435,080 Richland ...........1292,147 .311.447 Spartanburg.......1.115,725 1.098,625 Sumter..............1071,680 1.091,250 Union............... 358,590 358,590 WIlliamsburg ........ 725.310 743.410 York.............896,310 1,034,210 Total ..............3,797,652 $23,967,437 The number of miles of railroad in the State Rccording to counties at the time of the above valuation is as fol I1 ws: A',Ipyille 1 51,517 Kershaw 33.90 10013 Lancaster 43.202 kn1erson 71.33 Laurens 102.50 Barnivell 146.16 Lexington 94.66 B3iufort 43. 7Marion 59.75 B.rkelay 104.71 Marlboro 45.08 Charleston 16.5 'Newberry S5.029 Chester 82.610 Oconee 43.75 Chesterfield 12.20 Orangeburg 142.23 Carendon 69.81 Pickens 20.3 Collf,ton Q2. Ric hland 9-1.36 D5arlington 45.40 Sp6rtanburg 114.10 FI-ec1,d 15.530 S 0Later 130.65 Fairfleld 6O.88 Union 4 9.29 2 Porni-e 46.97 'Williamsburg 66.34 Gorgetown 1P. York 121.678 5reenville 64952 - 5 If-mptoa 70.10 Total- 2,567.357 2H2rry 30.42 Auother Nc'% County. The now couuty idea has cansed a Ittde talk about bpatanbrtrg.Te Old Tron District hag betwe,en 900 and. , 007. square miles. ut there will be stroii- obJection ou the part of maniy lico,ole to its i -mewnbeiment.. Gitf ney Ihas nsked for 25.0 t2 2300- s iniles and Woo(hnff wis4hes to.-whack ot ffvearly as ra,1b. I the voters of t'le tl-rritory to Ie citt oIT shonltd unite :!It malse a new co.Lnty trust., it will be Jiicinit to ! t: mabrity on the o-,ier Eide. T;1 ere is a considerable nnib er of vol rs in the -section tliat "illreman ii 'heo,d10.4t w5 1.12397 vote fo the 35.08he c 43izns8o \Yoodru~agc 1,to2bu4l a 1.311.447se couny cicesa1.11j5,7 1.0o8;625 Thme numbro milyes. rifa the the istaenord to ctsate the titaimeo theyov valuation s to coe. A lbecville Coun7terhay .9 Atks-nk 100,1 t Lencater pl 3.292 it Andeirsont71'.33 Laures to 02.50e lBr,til ' arnwel 4.6 Lexingto t8ent6 Bi;aufor 3.io, Marin 59.75v! i Ceterdclnear t2.2 lrnebuArtge1l.23r Coleton 99 ihand Bauel oute.6 Darligton h5. g Spoartur. 141 Forne 46.97 ilam.sburg h6.3 Gergetn 1i. soYqktrork12.7 nother New~uv Contn s hy. The nw couutyride scr causeda Ol:on isricCft tohasii bton o0 n 1,0.sqatre mies But ther woi b stiong~ onjoctinon the ath_femany ns and tooiut ishes r to.here. Btoabrg asomnh. i thae vofteo :m eanew cota truCost,ittinl conviaento il be ake tmoit onffthe othat ie whTi he a-as ansdverl nuero vt sin the sectinc sy,an thae back ed i up bhe a l bo whoe guarnte voefro the n ow.rnThercitizencsho thooduh anred build ecesurt oue, ous nty ileshn ta jaon,eprovided they Genere thseby neacutoiz Ithis probablhet:ot the new countiey.l Thoet ieso edirsfedb farmitat all thrughvSumer county is heingl rfth dly areaved; syrpw,ll arn;lth pet fue ashink, and the roernu place foret bitg islbot int lms vr tomrng urgresinrrttoBanel and twpeent dry, t Welteroro ndtinhve iso wil ited nartd the ofraneburg,c Coton and Barnw ey ronis. i soe nteesburgpa Conurty. ty FTrhoe iek n p tBatesburnh. e newin inr woegniy ad workmen rhw he nellwicn. : etos avee eansent.6.5 alloar t. intrese terri-00 snyi, ad lreae. y1 se1.6 u e i an:eshe, 75470 00: leueg.A delega 01)on10as einltio Ci mhin~. to50 Tbe handatrremeis of the 25onstitu- ule tiondl convste eni n o!and eighsp 101t aond, towputyin sonds wore thre hneleouty thr, th Consictona NINETY-SIX MILLION DOLARS. THE GOLD RESERVE DECLINING If It Had Not Been for the Third Bond Isue, the Treasury Would Now Be Empty. The Treasury general balance on Friday was $181,962.000, of which 899.568,000 is in gold. The deficit so far this fiscal year is :14,000,000, and, with the reyenues run ning at the present figures, this deficit by ,Tanuary 1st, next, will approximate $25, 000,000 or e30,000.000. The amount realized by the three bond issues, made within the past two years, ex ceeds by only $6.000.000. the total Treasury balance to-day. so without those issues there would now be an empty Treasury. With .% full Treasui y, of course it follows that gold can always be had., but with a Tr::asury de pleted by expenditures exveedinig the reve ites and with the tide of corn mer ex change against us. gold is diffi,-uit to retain in the Treasury. The advieos r a~iv.I '.t theo Treasury Department from N.-w- York Atatel that ,,4,200.000 in go!d. had beon to-day withdrawn for export aud $S00.009 in gold had been deposited. making the ner l for the day $3.300,000. T:.s reduc.:s the gold roserve to $96.26..574 The features of the day az- viewed from W:ishingtoll wer' tl:- appearaU,:e or L:tzard F}reres as a gold t!xporter: t he dlp 1i by the T{anov)er National Baink of $500.f32 in L')bi: the large d-miand fcr small t-. at suh western points in r-x(-han-g for !e-ad owers deposited at New York. and t-.t readiaes.4 with whir-h banks availed thm.9:lves of Secretary Cary s's proposition to -posit gold in N.w York for Unrrency deliverable. MANY NEW ENTERPRISES. The South Has Raised a Remarkably Large .orn Crop and Supply of Provisions. The Manufac.urer's Record in its weekly report of sout.hern business conditions, says: "The large falling "f in the cotton crop as c;apared with last year, will be more than counterbalanced by the great increase in prices which this crop is isging, com pared with last ye:r's. Is addition to thi.-, the South has raised a remarkably large c-rn crop, and 'an abun dant supply of provisions and diversified farm products. thus putting the farmers of the South in better condition than for many years. Cotton mill interests continue active and during the week a number of enterprises have been reported. The Union 3ill Com pany, now running 13,000 spindles, at Union, S. C., will build a new mill to be equipped with 46,000 spindles and 1.200 looms at an aggregate cost of over $500,000. A New York company is flgarinZ on the building of a $1OOO,000 mill in the South. A company has been organized at Goldsboro. N. C..~with $60.000 'eapital to purchase and re-eoip an old mill. A I75.000 company has been organized at Winusboro, S. C. A $100,000 cotton compress company has been organized in Louisiana. and a cylin drical bale cotton compre-ssiug company in Tennessee. 1 Among other enterprises reported for the week were a 25.000 shirt and pants factory at Selma, Ala.; machine shops and press brick works in the same State; a $250,000 lembercompany, $10,000 tannery, a $25,000 maehinery company, a $10,000 electric-light plant, a $25.000 tobaCco-caltivatiog coma ny, and a $100,000 fertilizer company n For ida; a $15,000 paper factory and naval stores company in Georgia; a $50.000 bicycle com pany in Louisiana, and a *22.000 water works in Kentucky: electric-light plant and water works in Missisippi; a $30,000 cooperago ruetory, a packing house. and a lumber plant in North Carolina; two coal and coke com panies with $500,000 and $600,000 capital stock respec.tively in Texas, and a $10,000 cotton-oil company and a $10,000 cotton compress company. A SECOND POMPEII. Hundreds of People Killed. Flamles Shoot Up from Volcanoes to a Fearful Height. At Tegucigalpa, Honduras, awf ul earth 'quakes occurred last week. Three hundred people killed; property loss over $750,000. A courier from Getagan announced the most terrible earthquake ever known in that 'ection. The loss of life and property is enormous. Three hunfred people are said to have perished. Or Sunday the shocks commenced, lasting all day and night at in tervals, causing much damnage,and the great est fear among the inhabitants of the city and neighborhood. By Monday the city was filled by an addition of thirty-five hundred people from the mountains, and outlying villages. During Monday night, sheets of fames appeared at different points to the northwest, rising to immense heights. Tuesday morning the shocks ceased, quiet was restored and people left town for thele homes. At 9 o'clock that night, however, heavy rumbling noises were heard. shortly after followed by a reappearance of flamesig the mountains, which shot up several hun dred feet. Frnghtened people again flocked to town and at midnight the church tower fell, carrying with it the roofs of three houses. Nine people were killed and 1 wounded. Bumbling which sounded like the heaviest cannonading commenced and lasted over an hour and a half, the people rushing madly btrough the streets, praying and crying. ~Jst before daylight another prolonged hock, which is variously calculated to have lasted from two and a quarter to three min utes, rocked the whole town as if it were a cradle. Many fleeing people were killed by rocks which fell in a perfect shower like a hailstorm. Smoke from the mountains to the northwest r'ose to an enormous height, followed shortiy after by the bursting of flames from the mountainside and the throw ing out of rocks and lava. -Shortly after 'streams of molten lava set fire to a number of houses on the mountain side. Cattle grazing nearby fledi and were killed, being engulfed in the lava, which continued flow ing in immense streams. It is reported at Yetapan, that 71 houses were destroyed. One hundred and flty-three dead bodies have been recovered ~there and many more are missigg. At Cova huanca, 37 houses were destroyed. 95 bodies were recovered. At Cavuscal 29 houses were destroyed and 111 bodies were recover gd. It is impossible to give a full secount of the disaster. I JACK~ FROST. It Appears in Pa., and N. Y., Rufuing Garden Truck, Tobacco, Ete. At Castile. N. Y., a heavy frost Saturday night:ruined the garden ,truck and oth.-r farm crops. Potato 'vi.nes lyir.g on tb-e ground were entirely killed. Mtany farmer.s were at work cutting their corn Sunday. A t Bingham pton, N. Y., a severe frot Sa t urday night -md Sunday morning ruined grapes. andi vegetables suffered uverely. Lancaster. Pa. Rt.ports !from the rural districts about, show that tile frost o'n Satui r day and Sunday night did a great damage to the growing tobacco, a large portion of whioh is still in thle fteld.