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Ittit TRI-WEEKLY EDITION, WINNSBORO, S. C., OCTOBER 5, 1895. ESTABLISRED 1844. THE EGGS THAT NVE'ER 1LtTCH. There's a young man on the corner. Filled with life and StrenLgth and L-pe Looking far be-y-.,d the present, With the wh-)1e world in hi. scope. He is grasping at to-morrow, That phantom none can catch; Tc-day is lost. He's waiting For the eggs that never hatch. There's an old inan over yonder, With a worn and weary face. 'Wi.th searching, anx'ous features, And weak. uncertainpace. He is livin: in the future. With no desire to catch The --lden now. He's waiting Focr the eggs that never hatch. There's a world of men and women, With their life's work yet undone, Who are sitting. standing. moving, Ben,eath 'he same gre: snu; a eaer for the future. ISut iotcontent to snatch ce pa'se:i. They are waitin For :be e g- that never hatch. -Leisure Hours. HOT PURNEE.q RM TWE,TY BY EMMA M. WIS:. '-ther Lindsay wgs lnceteen wien bei rit Stocy wat ptblisheJ. It wa-I not ti 'urm n thu had written by any ineans. v.r zince she had been able to form tin *p1abetical characters and join them legi y her fertile '"ain had been weaving al sots of possible ind imp,s7;ibic rntiit.e', may ot which she had forwarded to pub mars in various parts of the country. be. %._ith all e fervor of lier voth.ful e..'ismit 'tiat her crude seuitimenCits stil more gudely' wrouhit would inFpire ii ome ed?ta's soul the same faith in bei reatniess wlich she herself already pos se.isen, "ut 5vint-how her contributions alwnv 'M o of the mark of excellence neces y t. insure them a fav:rible conlera n d n:uiiscr.pt after muscript w:t reztrned to her and was securely h>ked away in the old di-ver of her old fashioned ,iureai, which h id been dedicated, with n 'nod nany tears of disappointment, as i tvpository for al! rejected ofTerings at the u ine of literature. By the time she was uieteen there were probably a liundred or more of those hapless productions laid away either to be ignomiulnously forgotten or to be resurrected and revised when her mind should become suflicientlV inatured to sift out whatever meritorious material there :night be in them and use it to goo: advanae. She worked steadily for more than three nionths on her "Story of the Steamer endrick." One night she finishe: re itin,. it for the twenty-tirst time. and thie day she sent it to Jesse Arnold, editor on Inland Weekly, with a tive linU king him to read it carefuly, und f he could not use it to let her know what he thouit of it. Of all the editors in the land she seemed to have chosen him as her most favored target. wyli she could not have told, for she had no pcrsonal acquaintance with him and his letters acconpanying returned manuscript had been even more curt and forbid:lding than those of his brother pub1) lishers. But for all that eachi unhappily ending vemture only addled fresh fuel to hier real to secure a foothold among the ranks of the Inland Weekly's contributors an.1 Compel its chief by sheer force of her im portunity to acknowledgve lie: developed or potential ability. Uler '"Story of the Steamer Kendrick" -was not a work of genius, but there wvere phases of the lot that were strong and] >assages that were unusually well con ived and executed, and after reading it rce times Jesse ,Arnold, who was a con scientious editor, decided to keep it. He accepted it with that fee'ing of uncertaint. with which an insurance man issuesa oliev' on an extra hazardous risk, and congratulated himself on his shirewdness Swith equal delight when it turned out to be preferred. The public liked the story, and several critics who condlescendled to revie w the Inland Weekly p)raised it. Per biap) Ediitor Arnold himself w~as mo)re fully Rware of the glaring absurdities in the piece he had brought out than werc any of its readers, anti each favorable comment that came to his notice only mnade them all the more apparent. At last he con chuded to write to his ~imknown literary protege and wvarn her against certain errors which might be pardoned in a young author's first story. but which, if often re peated, would be serious drawback to lier advancement in her art. Before lie did so. hiowever, she sent him another hastily written sto)ry, and a letter which wvas a strange jumble of gratitude to hihm for bringmng her before the public, thankful ness that she had been so well received,. *anti unstinted expressions of a steadfast belief that she was fairiy launched on sea of success, where w'reeks and disasters were an impossibility. In conclusion she. hinted that lie ought to be eternally grate *ful to her for allowing him to print a story whleh wvould. in all probability, shed lustre round hIs ow-n reputation as well as her own. That evening he w'rote the contemuplated letter --'You are in danger of being si oiled, he said in par't. " -You needl advi 'e and I feel that I have the right to address you in the capacity of censor. Remembet that von are in an uip-to-date worldl an i the literature that will live will be the v-ery cssence, the enmbodimnt of that world. Visionary, idealistic sketches sueh:1~ asour :uay make very od reading, but they are Cot the true stuff. You have unqu:estw:ie ability,. buat if you wish to suced you ust turn it to the portrayail of livie; m:nu and wvomae, not theC imaginary' ipuppe that you have manipulated for the muo part- in your "Story of the Steamaer K~en d'rick." Take yotur hero, for instance. 1. may be quite comforting for a tie to 'omne in contact, through the medium o! '.rinter's ink aind paper. wit!1 aiu Apo'lo. menial Hercules. a spirituai :;od anid financial Croesus, all combiuecd in onu Ame'-lean man, and. a New Yorker at that, but I !':bt if anyv of us~ wouid relich a elo-ci 'acquiuuitace wvith him:lie wvould he ap: to prove tunpalatable. Besides. he would b an excrecscenicCeon the human ra'e, anii after your second or third story the pulic ulad have none of him. S' take warin. mr~ ietion if :e.i be- -and let the g"d takc care of themselve . Ether Lindsav rez-i : . iread the edi or's letter. Ifhad not intende-1 to nake it p: asarily pointed or critical. bi tf the characters she i.de rdnjured up her last hcro id teen the object of her most -ree admiration and the admoll ton to sun him and his ilk toucbed her it the llosL vulnerable spot "*I want th:i' -nr. l:haerstand me," She Sid '0 hz' mother, after haivin. d:ion'ed over the contemts of the letter for a couple of ights. "and in order to bring that about I am goin:g dwn to ronton to 1 see him. for i: woulk be utterly useless for me to awem:npt to evpiu:! in wr!tig just what taW I have laken on this subject." Ier fanil ' knew he~ too well to !nlt fl !trate agiinst th po-posed visit 6mi tA e next morn'g -.,he took the early train for Irontrn. It was late in the afternood wheii she reavhawl the M:le of th; TrAS Inkand Weekiy. IJe A.;,uhl was coi his oit"e' .nI sh m e iet him just outside tihe ioor. She tquired for him an'! lie stepped back inte hIs p:tplr bestrewu den and mao " oned. her to fo'.iox. I-1 ai Jese ArnWKd," he said, in that Ptig way Wh1*i0 lie habitually. mlo.i)ld when :idre5sity stnrngers. "What 's it ro 0 wi b0 ti' -e' mv about -r" z w bs the e !it r AUs Ut a good lookin.;- mlan. and that day. Uhen he stPod Ate" hler antd the window;x, where the full~ a .f tw02 eve: ng san polure in &A WeIeIe 10 exa (eXate ever defect of his peiso, from thi m .1 uprigiht cud of ids shr, M'ight black hair to hi- iispro. port itel I feet,o' he wt hivny CO:W--=n tWt 11" lo0SCly k:lit bodyLi" Min worse5 adva"''a'e. :he took in'the i f Un.: roon an.l the r uer.i make.up of it" occipant withi oine coiprehevnsIve swecp of her clear, luhe eyes. Id then said, !4inply : 1 im Ether Lin i. If it dot's not I inem n-::'e yuI soh like to tilk to Vo' a ittle wille ab,ot* ' thiaSt letter yon Te wa.; lut a trace of his former re -erive 1'ft Id le took her haNd impul --f I'm ad a to see you." he said, with a :ieik-the ist par of Jsse Arnold was hi ' c '-are yoi to let me be yourz doctor and to take my pres;criptonis .' l. She :"Ii. fl!l 1:ia sli:hlithI linder his cloze 'crutiny. --I d:n-t think I am. I d ! 1 1 a. i!.Y0!l don't understal, she cn.it -) tily, enio'uraged1 by his : hook of F=u.'' il inite-re". 11 'I n't suppo4e tht--re are ainy nien thal are :bolutely per. e" b:it I hAve my ideal of what a nau h lW I be and I put him:n bn. il dou into miy' "torv of thc Steamer Keidriek." I don' th ink tihat I anii ov'er opti:ist:c when I Say that I believe with all my ieart that such Imen live an! that you and I have melit theml 'and canl poinit them1 Out." Ie shook his head in q:et controver ofe thenoiry. She waite a lmoenit for hha to speak, then exclaimed iMpa Wl, wihy don't yon say sonething?" Be -ue, vh anlswere-, leaning far bavlk in his creaking chair and (laspin hit handA beind his heaL "I see quite plainlv that whatever argument I may pre Sent it will only antaonize you. You nmy know such men ai yo depict: I do not and my experi*enc has been intinitelyi )rc varici than yo-,ur.;. I know you'I will not heel mie. but I repeat that it will not pay to live in a world peopled only by 1.: You muhst assoc'iate with'the~ real. Ta'ke some main of your aecquaintance: stdv'~ Uim:i t::ke humn nature for yonur mod'el( ndyou will be on the righlt ti'aeki." --Yo hae ony oe viw, nd,thoug'h t inar bet rhit, I feel as thlough I should be"'li-ig ui the best part of my~self to *actee my. opinionf to yours,"' she ~ainl. i* i th:a1 touch of wisdom she had lately a 'sm '1."Ct I supp)ose." she continued. vi"u zIj not de;-linie thlem n1 aiccount of Heu smriedt agzain. 'No.' lie said. ''niot T1o have on ar!ticle pinmte'd., even thougmh it be' in thle ironton Inland Weecklyv. does~noi give unique.ioneid entree into the cl ii.ims ot every" other perilical in the co-.ntrv, andl for manyx mlonlths after the a ,ea.in.ce. of her 'first story Esther Lind sur po d.led we'alil' iver' 'ner literatry way,. Xi';-''h as anli ny-hill, sinuous piat. A core of unforntuni!ate tales we're added to thet un pub'li:dhe-1i lbrary' ini the bureautt drawerc hertore she found an outlet fo r (il ideas a sec(onid tinie. 'Thien fol'owed hivi vea" of ups an'dlL d.iwni1. No literamrys 'ran' everi had a' mfor'e jealous~ guardia tha she iad iln Jesse Arnld(. Hie exulted n every .ictory sheC achieved and deploredI everi defeat SheC meIt as keenily~ as thoughi it had been his own,l an'! then one day. wen' some'C unlexp,ected ill-luck nade 11Cr de"s'air of trying5 to push on further in tihe co~r'e shei had mnappedl out for heursel f hie ctp'ied the e'lia oif his simpathy and nerct by asking her to mai~rry hum. It was a~ surprise 1o lien and she promptlyi -- ' e-;' expectc hsfo youli." she si, trin to temperc his dlisiil wvithi a kind aI .ipoiliigy- "yLoul know me lilo welx'l. nu mat'h' can mena dr'eameir. an idiont, if on .ike'.~bi I hiave my ileal .':inl. aind im'. Ice.- I tiudl him in real life I shall never lin: ifrah i u will alvays stayv smiile jin,n byv y-ol' latLter wr'iting,. that you had iii 'nie'd to hold commIloni sense view o' 'ome thig" but I sup)pose I ami m ikte. Tou may itxChang2e y'our mind 'et ~on 'hall never' know it if I (1o," lit lared I ut. angrilyu. ,nd t hat Ceed the 'entuae aa ite a bhter lianppo nnt ent i. 4- .\:a 1rhnto wiatlacekl to th t'ie t~or tae is gre in the dutlies :mdu respn5iil1ite: deve tin upoiivn thec eduior in ci ef od'l'mcreat puicatio n. amd Mit. ii :'l some:thing' of Lox,' deeply she bad wounde hiim. tried t' forget her' pity for rim and to wvork oat iier sab-atioa, and hi aswel by wr-itingL with renewed eu erge. Gradally' L'er itories tok on a tlt' of reaityi an,l broad sympfatby with ter Vt' .ene'ai t"' reogition. She nex'er' ei .11 h' r work" i :.o tile Inland Week u ' e:. h-nl af e tllat i:ne unhappy' n,ab iit he'riend',ip that na i ber i'" 'i i'--" u'li its editor partial r -i- an ' he b nly'keii lher pro -' ' or" -ticular iterest the 'i'ojIjtj.)j h~~l ar;wtecr of hic,,,, ieri,-. The .11n i'v of a vel known l'!Il!hv coItainieil a story I hat IInl ill-i thiroh:zll 1 qu 7-:1, ilb hope :11.: jo. i, i 1,e ieft the ::u! Weely' in Carge of I b orlinate for a few daVy and wn d, 1 wu to see :her Lindsay-. -When ,-oni wrote your t .or), of th?i S'~r'ne;-r F.d-wh-lek. \ oni h'nr w ide:d of mankiml. was he lmt" h' a4k 1 ' n as he coldd spcnk to her alone. "Yes." she said. soflly. 'And ou vere deterimined ai if yo failed to ill such a creation in re:1 iife Vou wolld never inarry? "Ye\." agal: I Wi/ h 1 ' v ll'I nIV wrot ti-is ' la i**ry~ yet: !ia Ii-evidelyfl i:per;,.iTneda bad iean14 and ind Again th noic,yihibe y "W61iu vodum mini: tellin! ire %liere you St ou'iia of tho Ima t : d scribed'-" -N o. 0 he S:li(!, (i L,Ii: tn:1. -- in the I east. I 1aitedI 1 1in n0 iary eb:: 'r as I re.emlbvre i outh:o d .- ; - irst saw yol in y 1our Oiive :l It illP:. You onglit to recon:-j hi:n: i're Ihe samL, (7rouked! i!nop. thw, ::ne nnir z*i :u.r, the salit smik:, the sanle s n' " ii j t vonr b:Ixk. Y o "i i' i- : in11, iriend -some one fulf"n'er. r m-i mi4ht be --and -tuly hiand '' h1 a i 1h-i for m- w n . i h: r - . lie leaned forw:rd ane'l l e o ' pretty ine oves. 'e , e Sai o eIC 10:F C A FLOATING TH A r. Russia HaIs Ote. ard th-a Unzza States May Follow The Washingt.on Post a:s t V; for ths statemen 1t ti:'t a 1nmer of theatrical ladies and . h-n this country contem b: a steamboat und estub. : t ing theater, which sh..!! be nW ithe, same tin the hotel '111 the ::. of transportit on of te actor, (.n the co-operative pruel!P. T : i'Pa is not OI'.. :d:.- A St Petersbuar synicate ha a:yr:l :"o a great steamboat. of 1!e .eb:racter 40 feet in width. The c :i S j t about to start out on L I Volga, ind as many of I a Cities and t ei towns of us: tributaries are without the' es,it" i believed the !enta'r w. prove a gold mine to its projectori. The Russian floating il.Dn-:.. Is so constructed tha': an .afie f L.0U1 Can be comfortably "-'n 'h A large mass of scenery is c i for the production of an e:ienl;' r'' ertore of Russian com Ii dramnas and French op)erv, tai Trhe quarters of the a ',-s r--s vs. supernumeraries.t. h rc'iestra and all the ere" r' : ie extreme bow of tte %v.e 'i tre:ne stern is taken up wit he :i chiery, whi-:i is Cf tI' ii to sible kind. so bat its weight w . nit throw the bor i:: the air. Al! tie fuel is carried V.der til !"iY of the I theater, which occupies foiu-:'bs cf the entire t:gth of the boat andi Ill of its width. From the lowest point of tie or chestra to the roof is fifty fet. Te stage is a trifle less t han thi r!v fief in width, and all the sceery i "Ue down from the flies Tihe wing5 are. just wide enough to admnit of the en trance and exit of the player's. ()1 course the scenic eliects arec limitedI )y the lack of room, but a mu tch smoother performance can h.e ve than in the meagerly e'quipped then ter of the small town. The plaiyer s are not fegged out by a tir'esomec journey or made unhit for fir'st-class work by the fare of inidifierently con ducted hotels. If such a boat were built by a syndi cate in this country'its cotnstruction1 would necessarily be based upon the requirements of the large canals. Using the stern paddle wheel it would be possible to const':uct a boat of great beam and length, yet one which would draw compa~Irativ'ely little water. t is suggested that, starting from New York. suCh a vessel coulid ma ke a tri) up along the north shore of Long Island sound, stopping at the towns n the Connecticut and Rhlode 1s land coast; thence back to New York. and after doing New .Jersey towns.,up the Hudson, stopping at the v'arious. places up to Albany and 'Troy. From Albany 'to Buffalo the Erie Canal can be used, ted once in the Iakes a cracking business would lie openl to the adventurous thespians. Homer and Carrier Pigeons. 'he homer and the carr'ier are both brilliant fiers, but the homer is the speedier bird arid better itted for long distances, The homter has the widest spread wings of all pigeons. and can sail for an enermous dist ance through midair. It is also consider ably lighter than the carrier and is po5sese of more phenonmenai powers of endurance. having been known to fly 800 miles .withott alighting. On a clear day. with a gool sky and favorable winid. 4Thu miles is' an admirable record, al though 500 miles a day is the goal of every pigeon-flier's ambition. A bird that can perform t his r'emarkau bie feat is worth at leas $l100. and may be valued at $500 if it is capabl1e of a better record. Thew bird's gune:i ness staminl'a, and speed re. t lheir i:ghest point of excellen'ce ai thr and four ye.trs of age. wue Ii ' hei natural prime of life for afi'er. -e hey have passed thei prim e deteriorate in a searce'ly auot-e.ble degree, and at ten or twelve year. o age are still good fo the shon distances. Irate Father-I can't und"''r:iu you gvnlg your mot h'r so) at h im pt:dence. I never dared tauk been to my~ mot her. Ilenneck-s Son (with a ser-o ..ou ...l ,t ae talk back to mny ONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION IRV N SESSION AT TE 1TATE CAPITAL. .Kany Important Measures Introduced. The Proceedings from Day t9 Day. VI :. Cc;n ier,A ATC fihe Gederii As .:ibly Shall Iave coutrol of the Ijisperisdr LAX3 Ihey Are Not $ngraifted in tli Constitution. T1I NINETEENTH DAY. A fier a debate continuing all through Tuesday night's session and through nearly all of tbc (lay session, the con Ven1tion has decided that there slall hevet be a diiorCe granted in Soutl CJarolina for any daiis . . hd vf6e *as 86 to 4i. .Seiadr Till niati did his best to have ,the diVoie,s of other States recognizedinthis State, but for once hit; appeaIs were heard with a deaf ear and he was voted down. Tho Bible was quoted from very freely daring the debate. The parliament arv clincher was put on after the mat ter was adopted There was. also a fight to ha*e the convention take a recess until Janii# SAth. This waskilled. Thenaneffort was made to have a recess of ten days. t, too, failed, the vote being 86 to 53. The Convention Disposes df tie Bis. pensary Question. Tiesday night the convention dived into the dispensary problem, taking u) the motion to indetinitely postpone the Clayton substitute, which provided for the absolute incorporation of th.! '5ystemi inte the constitution. A bat 41e roval resulted, the advocates of the perpetuation of the svsteni alfiosw overriding the counsel earnestly given by Senator Tillman as to the effect of a possil e decision from the United tates Supreme Court that the State, could not do a liquor basiness. Aftez n all night fght, during which amends ment after amendment and substitute after substitute were voted down amid stormy scenes, the section was amend Osa Vator Iilltau to his way of thiuking anl the section was adopted it Al elo in this shape, the parlia t elineher going on it: S -,. 1. .:, th. exer(ie of thepolice power h---:ral Asmbly shall have the right to rt::i:2t th, naufacture and sale and retail f :L..iv>Iie . wu or beverages within the :. :-neral Assembly may license .r -rporatios to manufacture and a r alc!h-lii liquors or beterages iii sh- ivat- under such rules and rri i: as it _ea-s pro per:or the General n m:ty prhibit the manufacture and a:... I ret:ii of alcoholie liquors and .v'.: wiin the State; may auhorize al ,:npower S:at aud county and munici pa ) i:r6 . all or either, under the authority a. in tm i amfe of the State. to buy in any mrket :d retail within the State liquors a:-1 b'vraes in such packages and quan tt. u1der such rules and regulations, as is PrA.<l, l. That no licenseshall be granted to sell aloolilie everagesin less quantities thar op-a!i piut: or to sell them between sun down and s11rise;or to sell them to be drunk -n 't pr -miss; and, provided further, that th: C eneral Assebly shall not delegate the tower to issue licenses to sell the same to any 'unicipal corpo ration. On an amendment to prevent the State from charging a profit, the vote stood: Yeas 45;. nays 84. On an amendment to st:rike out all reference to the dispensary system, only 24 voted for the proposition. The discussion of the suffrage art c will not take place for some dayi flluNDING Tl;E M ISCEG ENATOR. Tilmian Makinig a Most Vigorous Fight to IInve it Incorporated [nto the New Constitution. The constitutionald concention on Wednsiar. the 20th session, consumecd the entire day in a light over two brief sections of t~be article oinimunicip)al corporat ons and police regulations. Aiter quite a fight the first of these sections providing for general laws for organization and classitication of mu nicipal cor porations was adopted. The other section reads: ''no city or town shall be organized without the consent of a maiority of :he electors residing, and entitled~by law to vote, within the districet proposed. to be incorporated; sneh consent to be ascertaine.1 in a manner ar.d uder such regulations as may be prescribed by law." Then eseda hot debate. Once more the covetion refused to follow Senator Tiluau. He ofiered to amend by ading the following very important lase: --Provided, a class to be known as munfutaturing towns shall be pro vided by General Assembly and shall be ineo~rporated when the population o such community shall number 1,000. n uer such restrictions and regulations as shall protect the rights of and pre e ut unjusnt encroachments upon property of citizens." He and Con. rssmn Wilson made a vigorous lihut for this measure. They were defeatetd by a vote of 44 to 9:3. The seci on was Ii nally adopted as reported. Thev committee on education repo:ts threce differeut articles on the subject. The~ maijority submit a long article which includes the support of Clemson (.l!;.... the deaf. dumb and blind in siutes, aund a State reform school, a:s proide for a three mill tax for the~; m:port of public schools. Mr. E: . o.KruJv submitted a substtte for a. c a.io': one providing for the ap-, A : of fund~s derived fromi the 'qeors and certain other funds to be e apaurt as a perpetual school 6:d essrs. Watson and Houser -::bmme.d an article providing for a A.t tie night session the discussion m .:: ch-lorell the galleries of ladies. .o 31 of the article on legislative partm~'ent is as follows: " he marriage of a white person "ih: egro or mulatto, or person ims"all have any negro blood, shall i.lu-?ui an d void." .tobert '3mah., the eoioe e lyressman, moved to add these worde -Aid that pny white person who lies in co-habitation with n n-gr, or mi latto, or person who shall have v-C eighth or more of negro blood,shall be :lisqualified from holding any office of emolnment or trust in this State an. Lhe ?prng fron any such living or co-habitation shall beaz the name of the father and shall be entitled to it. herit the same, as if they were legiti mate." Smalls spoke at length to his amend ;neLi. A .biitate' was offered by Ilk Co-er " -imiq eliminating the last part legitinizing the offspring. It -,as at once tidant that the measure had grea+ sLreng-th. O: t vote Cn a motion to lay the amen,nient oi tae table, it was thoughit by many that the friends of the a:_-uendmn.t h-id carried the day. but Vice Pre-ident Talbert, in the chair, ruled that the motion was not carried. Soon aterwartis SenSator Tillman arose in his seat and said lie had been bassed as a bitter enemy of the negro, but he wanted now to put himself on record as his friend. . Ho renewed did motion as made by 'Ir. Snails, and reported ruled, but which :ie did nof think had been t-.bled by -hat vote. He was ealled out of order. The ques tion having been passed upI, he mov ed to reconsider the vote. This was uon..,. After hours of argaing another motion to la the Sinall amendment on the table was lozt Iy 103 to22. Before the matter was acted or finol the convention got tied into a knot of motion and adjourned. An effort t" eliminate the anti-duel ing oath fro.n the oath lake-: by State officers and legislators failed, affer d hard fight. Janes Wigg, a negro, of fered Pnamendnent to the oath, pro viIing that the ofiicer must affirm he had taken no part in a lynching bee, Thisiwas killel. C 4O - -- - HERE ITIS AT LAS'P The Long Awaited Article on the - Rights ofSuffrage is Presented. On Tuesd,..: afternoon Senator Till man, as chairman of the committee on suffrage, presented io the convention the article prepared by that committee; on the saffrage. This all-important article has been looked for daily by the people of the eritiri donntry in view of the fact that the adoption 'f d new suffrage plan was the real cause of the holding of the convention. Here is the article as reported: Section 3. All elections by the people shall be by ballot. se'. 2; Every qualilied elector shall be eligle to any office to be voted for. unless disq.alilled Iy age. But no person shall lioid two offices of honor and profit at the same time except off.eers in the militia and notaries publiw. S2e. 3. Every male citi7n of the United: 21 years of age and upwards; not laboring under the disabilities named in this Constiz tution. and posses.ing the qualitieations re quired by it. shall be a legal elector. See. 4. The qualifications for suffrage shall e as follows: Itesidence in the State for two years. in the county one year, in the eleetion district in which the elector ofters to vote four nionths. and the payment of a poll tax six months before any election: rrovided, however, that ministers of the Gospel in charge of an or ganized church shall he entitled to vote after six months residenece in the State, if other wise qualified. h. l1.gistration which shall provide for the enrollment of every elector once in 10 .. nrs. e. The petrson applying for registration must he able to rca anti write any section of the Constitution. .r must show that he owns and pays taxes on e:300 worth of property in tis State: Provided. That at the nest reg istration under this Constitution and up to Janary 1. 180iS. all male persons of voting age wh~o can real a1 clause in this Constitu tion or understand and explain It when read to them by the registration oficer shall be entitled to register and become electors. A ~eprate recordl of all illiterate ptersons thus registered, swo)rn to by the registration 0111i eer shall be iled, one copy with the clerk of court and one in the oflie of the secretary of state, on or before January J. 1898S. and such persons shall remain during life qualilled electors, unless disqualified by the provisions of ecti of this article. The certificate :f the clerk of the court or secretatry of state shall be. suiii..nt evidence to establish the right of said class of citizens to) registration and the fr:nchise. i. Any person wvho shall apply fo)r regis ration after .Tanuary '1. 18ti. if otherwise quaified. may be registered: Provided. That he can both read anti write any section of this ounstitution or enn show that he owns and has paid taxes during the previous year on property in this Staite assessed at 2:;004 or moIre, . M:.;e!ii~rs tf ti. tionf shal reqtiire ef every Ielntr offering to vt a~:t any electiotn. tefo're allo wing him to vote. proof of the 'amnt ,.f all itaxes. ineludin.g poll tax. asese ag;ainst himt for the previous yeatr. f. 1:cgi,t rationi tertificates when lost shailI r.nsvd if thie apptlit.nnt is qunalilledl un Ier te. provisittns of this Constitution. or if le h:s betn registered as~ provided in sah .e.. 5. .\ny person dlenied registration balhave th right to appea.~~l to any and aill t)rts of this Stait' tto deterinle thte questi. tinder thle limitationis imptosedl mi till atic l, and lth general aissembIly shall pio ide by l:iw for the. correction of illegal o frauddlint registration and the punishmunt of t: sa-.e. ee. G. lThe fonowing y.r.onsL arecis quialifiedl from being registertd or voting. First. Pterson, couvit.d of b.urgiary, theft. arsn. obtaining good. tor monw' i,mdet as pretente-. pterjur. for'ery r~ ob'ery. briber. ad ult rv. timbezztlemet. bi"imv. or crimes a::ainst'the eleettitn faw: P rov idled. T hat the parlo of the .'tvenl r -hall re move such disqualtien tion. Sctndl. Personsl who are idio tl maana. ni ters.ns c iined int any puilhf prn Se. T. For theftf pup,eof vt m': no fier on hll be ti:n,d i: eann rEa a1 residnc bv ret tn f hi- ab.- -ni t il1 emp loyed. in t n erc of tihe Uit? ed Stais nor ikI ''tage i I t viatl"" "' t h waer of thi- S:at. o rio t he Unit .edl' tts or of tht ilhi .0,1. e. .Tb" i -.ea a nmly:-hill prvd f fr the regist ratin 'of all tnaii -d ti le:t . anti shall pre'-rnibe th Ti ne of h in ee"tios aind tf asc'ertaining the r.sult It the ani: l'revided. That eaein of the twc' pae eatn the highe-t number et vot a the pr'ceding eletion Shant have reptrc -entatitn on~ the htord f mnagers at ca.Ah reeiet. and on the boardI of county can vsses in each unty. Provided at~ tho -et regi-trati 'n under thi. Constitutiont :'a ui tet l-t of January. 1836, th re:15tra tion ii be cfh~onducted by' a boartd (I three to e ppo.1tintedi by the gove'rnor. by antd w;ih the conenit ofthe s-nate. e. .The Qt.r f cu.nties in the State '-l it- diided in , ptio distriets. with one precinct in ea-mi of the same at which alont te voter regist-red for that pre.tinet cn e't hi- t iallot Proidied. That a voter may b tran.ferred ko one election district ti. d .. t~'~l:.In~of arty Primayil ti z'nd Imaishii;g ?roi at U1e samlle. S:e. i regiztrationi books .hall elos* 1(!ast 30 days gr an leYtht. after vhieh transfers and registration shall not be e ept as to persons coming of age it see. 12 Electors in municipal electioni; hall pos.ess allthe qnalilleationsherein pre eribed and the gce,ral assembly sball pro -ide for a specin1 #egistrzitgfn of votern for ach municipal electioL. *en. 13. At any special electIeP i. inur )ord!Cd cittes and towns of this State Ir tle urpose of boidilng the same or for the rai ng revenue all resident -"wpers of property n said cities and towns of tLe; as4w d value >f 8200 who are qualilled electors undt-r thi, 2onstitution shall alone be entitled to vote. | It such election the voter shall produce a re ipt for all taxes, county, State and munici al lor the previous year as evidence of his Ight to vote. Sec. 14. Electors shall in all cases except 'reison; felony; or a breach of the peace br 6iviled from arrest on the days of ele on durin their attendidee at the polls and oing to and returning therefrom. .Sec. 15. No power. civil or military. shaUI a, gy tim.e interfere to prevent the free ex Drcise of th6 fight of suffrage. WEATHEB CROP-BULLETIN f the South Carolina Weather and Crop Service. Te weatter, during the past week, rased from mid-summer heat to uan 5easonably cool. The excessive heat vhich had prevailed since the middle f September continued, up L- the 2Sth., with maxima generally above 96 )er a large portion of the State, and correspondingly high elsewhere. On aturday it became considerably cool cr and on that day and Sunday (29th) the temperature was seasonable, with much cooler weather and light frost in portions of Oconee county on the 'loth, being the first frost in the State this seson. Little or no injury resulted from it. There was practically n Patn iL the entire State during the week. A few places reported light showers during the evening of the 29th (Sunday), but the amount that fell was of no ap preciable benefit. The ground is very dry and fall rovZ drops and rem are nearly ruined, If not eutirely so, and ti nt 'niss of the season makes it doubtful, shov.'O raip come soon, if turnips, potatoes foA late garden truck would even start to grow befOrn frosts become genera!. With the ".celi.on that tnc heat was too great for farm labort-ix; 1-e past week was an extremely favorah!c (: for harvesting ripe crops, and making hay, and for picking cotton, which lat. ter work made good progrest as the greater proportion of the balls re open. In the eastern portion of the State some fewfields are already picked clean, and the remainder will be by the middla of October. Cotton is opening very fast in the western coun ties, and much picking has beon done. The repiYrts intlicate 1h it, owimr.Tto dry weather, the top croP failcd to 3e vlop, as the young bolls eithLr shed or opened prematurely, and the total vield will be materially lessened on this account. Cottouis being gathered in excellent condition, there having been no rain or winds to damge thE lint since the bolls began to opon. It is reported from varions places that there is much sickuess among pickers. It is general]y predicted by corresondents that picking will be practically finished by the first of November. River rice harvest is nearly finish ed, and the yield, while in the main satisfactory, is not as lar-ga as the growing crop indicated. It was gath ered in good condition, and is of qutite niform grade. Upland rice harvest continues, and late fields are very po;or owing to the drought. Corn is being harvested very slowly. It is said the idea prevails t bat if corn is too dry when housedl, it becomes in fested with "wearils" in the spriug. Experience, it is said, justiiies the be Very late corn is a complete failure, owing to the dry weather, althogh it was thought at the time that theu An gust raji: were sufficient to U mre it. As the corn is gathered in the eastern counties, it verifies the p)revious est: mates. anid in sonic instances yields aven .etter than exp)ected. Althiough corn has been cut off some, it is never theless considered a full crop. Turnips are about killed, and it is considered dloubtful if they would amount to anything if rai should come soon. Peas are cut off' largely by the dry weather and the cropi will be very short. Sweet potatoes and steond( rop Irish p)otatoes are also greatly in jured by t.:c dry weather anid will be short cropis. Making molasses fronm sugar cane and sorghum co:2tinues with very sat isfactory yields.. Too dry for fall oats, wheat and rye seeding and that planted early in Sep tember has attained a poor stand. Large quantities of p)ea-vine and other hay was gathered during the week, being favored by the hot dry weather. Gard3ns and pastures are drying up, and rain is badly needed over time whole A INSURANCE COMIPANY FfAILS. I'he Valley Mutual of Virginia Makes an Assignment. The Talley Mutual Life Association of Tir ginia have re-insured its riskt amounting to $5.000.00 in the National Life of IIartford, Con.n.. and has recorded in the Hustings court. at Staunton, Va., an assignment to a rrustee for 'he benefit of its creditors all of *ts property real and personal. The company was organized in 1878, an or a number of years did a large and profit ble business mostly in the Eastern and ~outhen States. During the past few year he ompany has met with reverses, and the ianageent deemed it prudent to replace he isuran'ce in another company and stop Then are 2i. :n--h 1fis: C .: on the new Brit:sh w.~r:m; : Cent, biuidig at tibe Co i o L-ad on one au ei Ilre L~ATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. GLEAN1NGS FRO31 MANY PON ;. [mportant Happenings, Both Home and Foreign, Briefly Told. FROSTS AND SNOW Virginia% and North Carolina Tobacco Destroyed. A heavy frost visAted Petersburg, Va., ruesday night and potatot:; peanut vnes, .obacco and cotton suffered ccasiderably. There was a heavy frost 3fondav morning broughout west Tennessee, north Xissis ;ippi and eastern Arkansas. No s,;dOus lamage was done to cotton or potatoes. At Yiddlebgro, Ky., frost seriously dam iged late corn and tobacco. Farmers re )ort ice a quarter of an inch thick at Bean's ort, the Ar;t snow of the season fel at Altuna, Pa., on liondav, and was accompanled by a -old wave. Tpq thermometer was In tbe ineties last week. A killing from frost Taisy night. with he mercurv down to nearly zo. destroyed rom on-tird to one-half of the tobacco rop of Bunombe and surrounding counties. Ihe fro:t damaged, if not ruined. all to baceo in the field in the Piedmont (N. C.) etio It is estimated that only two-thirds )f the cr(;p has been cured. The loss tc Farmers r 'Il be heavy. as much fine tobacco Speciais to the lichmond, (Va.) Dispatch, wvhich about completely cover the tobacco 1lt4 of the State, are to the effect that the rost of 31onday and Tuesday nights did reat damage to that crop. All standing to x,aeco was destroved, It is estimated that h, will be about one-third of the crop in virginia i ;ch was uncut. Tho; specials covet the territory from Amherst eounty to the North Carolina line. Newsy Southern ?otes. A ycung man supposed to be Htugh S. Hen rv of Winchester, Va., died of constimption n the Southeyn train as it reached Knox uille, Tenan., f:om the south on Sunday. Paul Fiesher. postmaster at Elkhorn. W a was killed by falling from rinnacle. [lck riv B-ra:nwell. He lost his footing md fell almo.- perpendieuiarly 170 feet. The town of Big Stune Gap Va.. 65 miles rom Bristol. Tenn., was totally destroyed by re Saturd.v night. The loss will be about 30.000, whijo the insurance is only about Ex-Senator Jarvis has been 'appointed ex eutive committeeman, for North Carolina,of e National Silver League. .A7 Sthern Iailway company reports .-r g r poss, earnings of $1.538,577. an neense of at.5r3, expense and taxes $1, )75,863, an inereaie of 'S.220. and net $462. 714. an increase of $210.27:3.ad from July L. August 31 gross e3.025.515. an increase :f S210.397: expenses and taxes 82,210,011, in iner-!:t of 677.294, and net 815A0, an irease of tres 103. WasIi"ozon. r. S. Minister Denby telegrapbed the State Dpartment from Pekin Monday tbat as a re rit of the French in,.estigation of the Cheng 'a Masenacre an im, erial edict will issue in a Few days punishing the officials concerned d degrading Liu. the viceroy. On 3onday Lieutenant General John M. BAholleld retired from stive service and goes on the retired list, after an eventful ,arecr in times of war and peace.. For more than seven y-ears he has been in command of the Unite)d 'tate Army, and since February ,th last he has held the exalted rank of Lieu tonant G.neral, by special act of Congress. Gueral Nelson Miles becomnes General-in Chief of the Uaited States army. Fires. The Interstate Iron Works of Meridian, Mass., was destroyed by fire Sunday. The loss is estimated at $30.000 with $6,000 insur ance. Origin of the fire unknown. Fire on Saturday morning totally destroy !d the elevator of ~the Daisy Flour Mill at Sn ;erior. 3Iinn.. causing a loss of $100,000. Ihere was 80.000 bushels of wheat in the b.uidig. most of it of very high grade. The loss is well covered by insurance. The Turf. Patehen and Gentry raced at Sioux City Friay. Gentry won the first heat in 2:05 nd ratehen the last two in 2:04 and 2:04 1-2. Foreign. -A spelal from Munich says the village of Oerunsbach, near Kissingen, has been de a.roed by fire and its inhabitants. 1,000 in tuber, are camping in the 11ield.s. 3Iiscellaneous. Dihtheria and typhoid fever are epidemic in St. Louis. Dr. Andrew Stewart, of Washington, D. C .. ftally shot a negro, James Bell, while l latter was burglarizing the doctor's residence. Governor Morton, of New York, in re pons' to at telegram of inpuiry from Gor 'anr Culbersor of Texas, wired him that prize-ilghting in' New York State is a misde maor punishable by fine or imprisonment or both. THE DEBT STATE3IET, The Public Debt in September De creased Nearly $2,000,000. Only Ninety Silver Dollars Coined. -The debt statement just issued shows a net decrease in the public debt, less cash in the Treasury, during September of $1,834,686. The interest bearing debt increa.sed $210. he non-interest-bearing debt decreased $468.G9 and cash in the Treasury increased i.366.26. The balance of the several lasses of debt at the close of business, Sep tmbLr :30th. were: Interest-bearing debt $747.:G0.320: debt on which interest has cosed ,inue maturity e1.65.660; debt bear iu no interest $377.448,519; total $1,126, Th certilleates and Treasury notes offset l n '" pm' a:nount af eash inthe Treasurery ot:..tanim at the cnd of the month were i;0(.227.03i. a decrease of 62.157.000. The tani -a'h in the Treasury was 8827.889,408. The gld reserve. was $92.911.973. Net cash I:an.-e 692.493.3t4). In the month there wna :rrease in gold coin and bars of $5..85:.l3.52. the total at the close being -1 1:57.512.75. Of silver there was a de (f murlu. th!e was- in national bank de o ive 1.017.105 against $1.5.817.539 at r.'.-- 5. .551 per .ent - of the value of ts0A63.. as) 10il)ws: Gold 509,711 per res a.ofthevaue of 57.43,727.50: silver I;.5 pr cen~t of -the value of $473. 1 -(50 an minorein3.932.480per cents. of the vain of '6.1.0. Only ninety stand a . siinx dol.lars we-re crined. Fior:n ai y n Anstralia almost r. r. it. :m-.~'-i r entir aimn irt to br..kint . In. iliteen years a r-' bumie h:tv' becoue a iion. M.re ti::n ire-fo:urths of them are t for the saddle or1lignt harness.