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1N54 1 mw - I p4 1':{j- E E K L YET XIT ( )N.W N N S B O R O . C ., O C T B E 1 8._ __ _ __ ETKL f TOICTOBER WORK DONE THUS FAR. WHAT THE CONVENTION HAS DONE COMPACTLY PRESENTED. Fire Out of Fifteen of the New Arti Ces of the New Constitution 'Adonted and Done With. Now that the Constitutional corlvei tion has taken a recess, says the Cul umbia State, a snmnary of the work done up to iate,togA1ther with the text of the most imiortant urticles ot the Constitution adopted, will be of the greatest intere'st to the people of the t::tt. who, ao matter how closelV they ave kept up with the p'rucedings, uld not retain .sue a summary in eir rauds. Forgetting the endless alk apd thfse irivdus imatteis -,hich cn.used a great deal of time to be lost, it (cU.1LIA iut be: said that tLe conven ti has '.ote2d down a great manyra - il pre qCS tioni alid when t came To the lvat.',c of putiug a clause in shapt to bey ond the control of the conventio n2arly every time the greatest care ihias been exercised. The doUventon asseal.,ed to formnu late a new Coustitution. euting 15 artCIe on as ay diierent subjeet. Of these, the c .vention hus completed five articles ai those articles are nt)v bevoid the i>ower oi the convention to ertage, as they have gone into 'the han's. the committee on stvle and 'i Tv are the articles 1. iLci derartmet. - . Ona hupeachmients. . O i ntnicipal corpations and poli ce rgltos 4. On ame,nd:i'ent and revision of the Consttution. . Ou m'i'eitneous. IUna.htou to this, the couvention has completed the passag to a thir(u X. ading of all the sectiuns of the arti c:Ie on legislative depa rt.ent, save three. M-Skt of the important sections have had. the riirliamentarv clincher attached had therefore are as !ixed asi if they had passed their third reading. There are*two of the sections vet to be considered that will lik ely occasion a debate extendig. Ovel- several days. One is ' reg-lto t1oho:a- ox empto -" d th I:he lacii thie ie 'tion spec:viu - th c matters ui onwLich the ener'al aseby ilb reclaired t pass; gener!Ld law,. The a-ticles aliopted arc in the main patterned on the stune 1irticles of th old Constitution, but in so:ne instane S notable innovations have been iat.o duced. There are no . charges wor:i me-ning in the articl-s onimpeach ments and amendments and those two articles occasioL:ed .practically no dis cussion. . In the arlicic on the. ex3cut*ve de piartmaent there are really only two in novations. 'One is the section giving the goveraor thc rigyht to rCmoe and suspend:di. honest otheals, when the grand jubry renders a true bill a' iULst with universa.l a'probatiofl; as~ Glv. Eva'g frios wan'mted it to stane it would have been dange~rous in the ex treice The other iuuovation is thec section giving tbe governor the rift to veto a p alt of'bili presented for hi apprvalwitoutthenecessity oZ vei toiug' the wvhol", S'i much for this artice. The giviag to the cities and towns <-f the conttut.nal igaht to fos- t mu - thema fro t xation for ia inmber of y eares is "an iu]'ovatioJ?z in hiosm tion, yet it's b en allow*ed underl" 'te statutes fo" so"me it:n. It will doub't less maeet \ith 'un'e sal fao. 'The aetion of the lonvehtou in refusing to nass Se'nato~r Tilinnr's s-:heme,2 to plac~e manufacturing enterprises' at th-' mercy of their empl~'oye"s also imeets with generail'apprc 'tiou. The incor-I poration of the ispensay; system? into the Constiito:i, .in. the shape 'sith whichi every one isamiliar, is auother materiali chaug'e ironi the old (outi tution. Ther s"ine is a1pplibetth section which provides& tha't a iv~orce shall never. be granited in ou,th (Caro lin. Many good nendme' ts to tis section were p,resented an1vo't-'d dow,n one after anothaer. -The prosva' in r' quiring the general assembly" to paiss general laws and do away wvith 'spec legislation in.every possi ble ec i al a notabole change f'romn the old orgamie law,.and one that will lessen the work~ of futures l-egislatures very' 'me, though entailing heavy work~ on h next ensuing general asemWy,1 fir it will have the making of these ee: laws upon its shoulders. Th I a lishment of the board of 1adsi also anotherf dthe ne w thiusmintrodw ed into the Constitution. Mr.1 Furrow'~ mnade a gallant effort ti' get hspri Lon to help Suimmetrville out of)her difficulties througb, but succee"ded ":dr in getting thr:ough suc'h a provisi'na as applying to the future. The section as adopted in regard to marriages~ ie -tween white persons and p)erson pa: sessing "any ziegro blood." it is el n ed, is going to result ini great h ia to property interests, unless the eonv en tion goes bach and siys per-e' "" "one-eighth negro blood ." Th'- h: ing of the time for the hom[ig o t !sgislative session from-n No"'mbr January of each year nanother..th changes made in th... p'reLt ora. law. Bevond these tiPlgs theuv: tion ha~s not wrough1t any~ ui:d m-. novations, when th a'r ticle'- ar' e' pared with the old The work ahead of th'enu.:ae heavy. The p'ubhe. haI efr t.h eer, all the other artie as rece ted, ye two, which hav;e "ever yet I.n ted~ to the 'metinby. ' aing thmI:aar me.The persons convicted shall. never h l .. b-:I ia,:le to init t , trial anid i nacC-rding to law. . VFor auy wtiUal nglec:t of duty. or ttr re-. naute cause. wtiueh shall not b . round of 1.n:ipacbmeat, the gov .:s remot1)ve si e-xt.utivt or judicial . *r n t. n:e ddr.:s .f tv:o-thirds of each ; g --al emly; provided, 1:at: :use .r caus.:T 1i.r wai-Ah said re navitaimy be reiuirdiall 1) stated at ::h in.u-huad<ire.-. and etered onl the iLi-.l ' : :1 hjuie; Provid--d. that the .r- int.-mied to u-- rvmnvevd .-hall bie nuti -4f.u 1au or caus'-, and .,all e itdtoi hari: in his own defens", or 1:.. r_v ., . . :-ro auv vote for - .: t 1r.7: mnd iit all ,ma _iz the vote thl:li a I:: ! u. an 1 : -.1 entered on .u n ".- aie -1: L s- eetivtly. T.-e alAe ou n,s:.ellaneous matters ftter a tery voyage through the covit in., has also ben idopted and -. 1' 11 thee.mmittee oun styl and re Isi. D. Au adpted iitI articl reads s...t c.s 1. No c -n: .-tal b .'eted cr m %i I I :lu , ---n th.i S Wite ul :-'4 2.-. i.y lw, awintm:mwr el an- i::ai:t 1hu .... :. ::.::l:itt I 1.i wi t :trwauIn u r ...ll. ..ed th - .: ! t . . - i ti co 'rn of S nie: : tiad pr for -: . ;ra priv an .-. i v-ith e:a.1i.rt;nm'--f 'thi- ..shall b Iiet,' - nr*' t ra pro upo iij,n -i . --1 .1. ' d 't -i ' s whu i- : t ml -, i:: .. iL * b: i.. e i -t gor.: int - - I t iff:r a C o Said o . . it 't ti me: :---. i of rth iguat n ..;...r: l..-: ,ballt provid troyt I .ina.3: 1--.e ail tk righ t entir.:em nt tf thi ut lLea'u cinniatrriq .1 a W M n tr a ;ir... hoe(Patr.tt with in 012 -..... i ii b. A e l vure m ruarr pd. A l liiv~t in 1:re i Ii 0 0 . M i it 1*-!*Il 11i,11II to tii; C0o1:iL iftIih , A i ;Mr - a t ;i-1 .- i . for , Util altror . or !! ii-- -:::::- '. -a:n .ir r bttiug cxir gam - a:rt:L: o: imnicipal Corpora tions a"Id pulice regu~lations, wbich ts.. )ild a Ver .stohrby trip throLi trh eo ntiou,i1rexiin five of its sec L.0nS I'S r(Tort(xi, J2.S also beenl adopt eL .a-:d tLl:t t 'he CoMmittee on style and r 0VeAv Io. 1t bove are the articles that have -.e- a ll-t:d up to date. The ony Otlel -.il- aCtiQ that his been take by ti :o:.:rtin wis the adoption or. -Ae- Cthamn rcsolution and the passag to a tird reqta in of several sections :on to bishiba nuridwmno ma tiw etittivo department article :;t:ne clinchers attached. Tle ai t three sections of this arti Cle are as follous u istion 1. To lgiclati poNs,er of this da, * hd h, i ttro di ititn. t branches her thuention, *oin f.~ive ofttits5 sec bd ah tsenthtr rthei,a committee o sthe Te above are~ te rtiesntats hae >en aoped upf to dte. choeb onlyo .thr i acin tt ha ofe tstate, >yth coneinCntition th rotide. :h Cuban. re ofi aernteps sae >t te ~ leite dr;tmen apprtiled vit the cliers atteacrd n o h Th irst thee sections on thisati-n Seto L Thie.:slrative oweo the ains *,tat h: ba sed~a1bed in todsinctbrache the the "houinth ue or-ev, and >th tioeter he "::eh nerasbyo h:e .t atenof atut Cali einit."s S. 2. The' housef etP rpreenie balle Ii copoe of :a'ntme chsenet by ballt .er v.:.:niearyctizren o th itae ..ah is a- inti.sit uti ong iseprovidrd. Se.3. he os tof i. represen atiosal :nit. 1 members.i to e apportionedn m vnr thIve countje s he.cordigto (in aumber oftinhfbitant!acontaed nd eay Eac cnut sal ei.-trithute rone leon3 iarit. Anuumeao ofth Biinabitants3 or tis urpoe sallTe mde n 1901 aexnd -bl emt inte or::- of3 eery.nt ear he-rafte, insuc mannerl$ 2: sh b av aw ircte: rovde. That thei genar y tsiv mavc atr al tinre in tireirn25 iilopt then iminediately prembin United -iirion . ihabp~i':nt ofithe eeai thun :,n e-- istaivisang the ricevera i.-[er a---rigt stid renueation: tp rtc.l That util he appodrctione hji-h lini: maer uo the oext enumea a.notha!! that eft. th wrpesationbjcf te.nvrnal outes.atey nowl enict laws .otln:-. :more cas heolvelow tot: c.-vi: he. Acko.etio Andesn f:arn-o th a.v eo:es carlinthn thatlid ha; - e dn M :tror--nete. o th.Ge rgecesn. Ther a-.--- a: gre;tn 2:ary, matter -::y t r:ei. a; secoudreadi3nLxifi -wnt rm::sadu er.p5; -ried toRih Croshd,dthnto geea asheblyhal capportio ::eit rTpresnates betren heJae elseon obis givroogy thfrtile inth aayTette ane Pistl threen sheion-o his arile s yeloc be oi.dheed-f-on >ttin th ;mr of cithe oes:teai-.dn uother that specth iing whae subjectsh Noting more can be give asto the teo of h ovnin thus Llfarflor edoeu to the~'* timeo thi e reI.cess. Ther ar a rat my ~att es cead toreceve seon reding.re t went Thusad People Trcied t Re' ~. DeWitt r Tge preachda ae rel Iro to his ' Broky fiend at thet afaytteAvene Pesbyerin ChrchSun nent domain, neither of which are of very much conseqnence. Of the articles btfore the covention ready for consideration thi fvllowing will very likely be hastily a'deited without any debate or wraugiig worth mentioning: On penal :,d charitaJ L iUstitut ions n dclar1atins!: fji and on =ilitia. The following articles that are vet to be considered: On right of suffrage. On finance and taxation. On education. On corporations. On judicial department. These are the mutters 'hat will caus no end of debate and produce a 10 of amendments of all kinds. Aud it is in view of these that it is absolutely impossible to toretell even approxl Luately, how long the convention vill remain i session when 't reconvenes. In view of the fzct that the rcall vitally important nalters have not y-.t been touched upon, it is frevl predic ted that the convention will run over the time for the assemllg of the Leg islature and henCe the predietion Is now being made on all sidecs thazt Mr. Ellerbe's scheme to do ava with the holding of a session of the e a sembly this year will prevail, leaving thenext general asseni>ly to ieet iu January, 1897. Mr. D. S. Henderson of Aiken. who is the chairman of the comi-ittee on municipal corporations, when askcd his opinion as to the past and future work of the convention upon th rees being taken, said that he was niee pleased with the result of what haJ been done-many oVd things haI been passed and several nattersdefeat ed which ought to have been deicut ed. The article on the executive depart ment. which had been adopted, im proved the present Constitution on that subjectin several importaut par ticulars; notably the power given tv the governor to vetv specific sections of an act of the general assembly, in tead of vetukng the entire act; also the formation of an advisory board for pardons. Much good will come from the pow ers given cities and towns.and the re strictions that have been placed upon the same. He believes that the right given cities and towns to exempt cot ton factories and u',htr industries from taxation, under a vot, of the people. would be a great advertisemeut for South Caro'iua with the present int i-1 of capital to the State for the purpose of erecting factories. It wa; a go,;d thing in his judgment that the couveu tion refused compulsory incorporttiua of mannfacturing towns. This woL11 have impeded the influx of capital at this time. As the matter was left, auy manufacturing town by a vote of tc majority of the electors can be incor porated. In his opinion, the cuven tion is an earnest set of men with cue desire to do good for the people of the State and form a decent Constitution. Facdonal prejudices were all suu, he said, and the convention was acting intelligently and honestly. There will be, he says, much differ nce of opinion on the snffrage ques ion and the educational question and he formation of the judiciary of the State, but he felt satisiled that the hinking men of the convention would ~et together and have a p>lan of suf rage that would eliminate the negro rom politics to a great extent and ive the State honest elections; that a reat impetus would be given to edu ~ation by the provisions which would e adoptedon that subject and that the hite schools would receive great be efit from the same, whilst at the same me, the colored people would get ~heir share of the public support; and1 hat the judiciary would be so estab ished in the Constitution that ou ~ourts would be made more efficient in he discharge of business than now eists. As finally adopted by the convention he Article on Amendments reads as ollows: Section 1. Any ,amendment or amend ents to this Constitution may be proposed a the senate or house of representatives. If he sa:ne be agreed to by two-thirds of the embers elected to each house, such amend et or admendments shall be entered upon :he journals respectively. with the yeas and ays taken thereon, and the same shall be ubmted to the qjualifled electors of the state at the next general election thereafter or representatives; and if a majority of the ~lectors qualied to vote for members of the eneral assemb,ly voting~ thereon. shall vote n favor of such amnen.t:nent or a:nendments d two-thirdsl . ct'' ne brau of tw' next eneral assermby. sha.i. after suc .na ei:' :ion and before~ ano~thcr. ratify. sueb' amend nnt or admnendmntu. by ye.s td nays,the ame shall be--me par o. thr: Cnsti-n. rovided, that -er .1ds ramnd nents shall have been : iad-lre thw:s- On three several daysin ch hou : See. 2. If t-wo or morer amendmen '--ts shali e submrit at the amiilm '' --al' ubmitted in such n;aaW:r thtt0 ktr shall vote for oi~-r agnt ewh a- uc am-I nents seon ratey See. 3.~ lhenever 1w- -thirds of tL- no:m ussebily shall thh.k it n-e- ary to c-all onvention to revis . -amr n or e-bange the onstitution, they shall recmmend to thoe electors to vo at the next election fo)r re pwesentatives for or aginsi~.t a counion.ifl -md ii at majo-rity of all ele'ters vi.tii at ai eliin L.*.haIl h,av- voted for a eionvei ion thi- g'en-ral assebly Shall at their a' d asi rovide by law fo)r ea;ilug thre same od- -auch c--u ention shail -nist ei a num -r of' membe..rs equal to that of the mn um rero)us b raneh of the general assemly. The article on imp)eachments is as olows: s-iin 1. The house of representattive hall imve the solo po-w'r of impe-n-:hmn'I. v-t- o:f twco-thirds of all thei meo'- rs et?td shall be reqg:ired fo an impene-i' uet. and any ofil-cer impnebedi shanll th-'r v b :spended from oiie un-il judgmnent ri th-e -cae 5hall have been pro-nounced, and he piace of such ottleer snall be tiid . r n tho timne as provided by iw Iee. 2. All impeachmenlts shali be~ tried -y :he senate, and when aittius tor that puri"-s hv shali t- under oath or it2irmnation. N eon shall be convicted exeert Ly a vo i two-thirds of all the mem-ers elect" hen the governor is impeached, the --hi--I justice of the supreme court. or ii hebe ie mualiled, the senior justice shall pr-id with a casung vote in all relimmnary: 0 see. .1. The gove-rn.v andi i --:r exe 1 ve am- judi--ial ollierS shiall* r lia-l ti ARTICLE ON JUDICiAL DEPART 3IENT. As it Will Most Likely Appear in South & Carolina's New Constitution.. h The conmittee on judicial depart- a ment, of which C-igressian Wilhn I is chairnan, on Friday presented to t the cUnVi--tOn Ut Columbia, Is its re- h port the fullowing article, which it has u been preparing for several weeks: q Section. 1. The jndioial puJwer of this Sta shll 1- vinted in aupr-me court, in ti two .:ireuii urts, to-wit: A .ourt of com- b mon pleas. havinig v jursdiction, and a ti court of g rra s.:ions. wi'm:x criminal a jurisdiction ouiv. Tho general assembly el may esta:lish county Vourts. municipal and ti sule-h other cou iatt t to cirouit courts as i: Se. 2. The suprece court shall consist of -r a chief juatin ld three asociate justices, 31 all of whom shall b presnt to constitute the a court. They shall be eloc,ted by a j~oint viva it voee vote of th.e general assembly for the tj term of ei 'ht years and shall continue in a offile- nti' their sucecessors shall be elected r, otrd quaflild and shall be so elassified that (] one of tbv shall go out of office every two r< years. See. 3. The present chiei justice and asso- I: iate .ikstics of the supreme court are de- b lared to be the ebief justice and two of the associ:tV! justices of the said court as herein ft es.tabished until the terims for which they t were eleted shall expire and the general u assembly at its next s.-ssion shall elect the e third associate justice and make suitable provisions for accomplishing the classifies- I tion above direted. Sc.?. 4. The sapreme court shall have pow- a or to issue writs or orders of injunction, mandamus, quo warranto, prohibition, certi- a ora ri. habeas corpus and other original and s! renedlal writs. aud said court shall have ap- h pellate jurisdlie ion only in cases or chancery. and shall constitute a court for the correc- n tion of errors at law under such regulations ti as the general asembly may by law pre- e scribe. f See. 5. Thi supreme court shall be held at least twice in each year at the seat of gov- p ernmerit and at such other plaoce or places in the State : - the general asse'mblv may direct. s S,. (. N> juage shall preside on the trial of an.y caue in the event of which ho may q be int'rested. or when (-ither of the parties a Fhall be eetcA with him by affinity or cou.an:miniiy. withift such degrees as may r< 1e pres-ribed !y law. or iu which he may tl hav'i been ttounsl or have presided in any inferi>r ciurft. In eas'. all or any of the cl jd f the :upr em' court shall be thus e, disipilil!id, or be otherwise prevented from o ii , anau or o aun s, the court. h or the judes tjii ree f -hall ortily the same ] to tti gm"nor If thi State ant h. shall im- a] mediately commission specially the requisite i number of men learned in the law for the ti trial and determinatioa thereof. The same : course shall b~ ,Prsud in the circuit and r( inferie' cert:- ais is presvribed in this section for eases of the sumprom., court. 1 See. 7. Thero shI::l be appointed 13y the g, justices of the :..r:-:w: court a reporter and c, a clork of said c-urt. whl!,o shall hold their it ofltes for f.)ur yeard and whose duties and ln .nmpensaio h'I all be prescribed by law. -. When a jugmcut or decree is re served or amrrnd by tie supreme court, every point made and diitinctly stated in, the eaulst Vn fairly aris-im upon the record f the case shall be cotisidered and decided and the reasons thereof shall be concisely and hriefly stated in writing and preserved with the rvcords of the case. tSe. 9. The jud::vs of the supreme court and einiit ou-ts shall eacb receive com pensatior. for their servi?e=, to be flxed by law. whih shal not be inorcased or dimin ished during thwir continuance in offilec. S They shall not be'allowed any fees or per quisite. of omeo, nir shali they holt any oth er offlce of trust or proilt under this State. the Unitc<l Stats or any other power. See. 10. No person shaill bIe eligible to the t ofllce of judge of th:! su remec court or cir cuit courts who is nt iat the tire of bis clel tion a citizen of tho United otates and of thi h State: and has nvt att"1in ti. aze of 30 year and been a r;-e.*dnt of this State for live years next piScedin" hi el01tion. S. 1 :-J . --:i" -i thIe )upreme court or inF:iet im-bal,l Ibe filled by. C thl a f heune.xpireter delj. not exee ceutte appo'intmnt. All jugp bo irtue oth ir oIehl h''.'' ofnervthree of the" peacto' ughout the 1'iu'ga 1not'ae.'o tAe. 1.* Int all en: eelded bytc tlu prem tnar the con.-urre~" n"'on he of teo tl jstiutosn :l:1 : wrfor aoi' bdein: the . whUs-iiltver. upad thlarin of any - causie tt orf que:-tion~ beor ti::lsreme" o. i ihll appear Ato't ttl the ju:d.:.s of the soe o n two ov httm.'that t her imsc th due ision of n Cohitcutn nad maj.wi of th jsties and Iid .'nited Sate i rten the dutesalb ial and C otion-''iI tfher ie:-n justice,r n sa . or. iin('n the crtin a:cite jqusty iedl 1. any * tueon wishofanyb thewuo of ileuthe ofg toiat'ne ut. ('all to the ssis~aneo lofi te'urem court nil theui judges for the cict curit excep oayther cutje ho qu may avetrfid~ th thue:. the dcci of wic ou 1 ~rt cr a majority of the jus- and jud:C" sittin' -t. in thm ' "3ihall la and conclusien thej lihie jute. prt'?ingi ato'ence t5'" A.e pre:t-idoce justice shalle liknis t'A?'ri'."n the wirho ay tofte jusi-cs oft"t theurn ut all '''IA.ii tot asii. ance ies"e courit ai vicut' jude for the dteina f 'ti tofany tother' I. caselcor uef io 'tol' 'e ."bmtte 1'to. t enalihe dein in of' .a' 'hr.'r mjo it of ith ju ute and .-11: t'' .'tttig in oe ute.ihal the 4irAiand t,-Jun:e An~ in which these' thr asiate jsti f h cruiout shall prsdec Semo'.h1ta. T bel' Stat ach othivier nds blir may'~i prese:tb. aIl fovden-heefot a of" th genera asemWy.'I whomopa shall hi olile c'i"r an.- j.Uiig:ni ys:'C tnd appa Ch tim of h. 'lectirn h o -td writs ol--or- of t',r:iuun-ir o:o arim habs coru,and. in o.tih .,:i res l-: 'n. the nercuitor whiho "he'. irjd:e Ti.wer in'--.ull u.e ffet they -t eual it courts dba ou in afle civil thoe eiti Pt 'iicition of inferime or whc hywr rei. i. u .i oa drf the ort shl I in titbtmg I cirui:. wit eachison othi nd g the general as4embl shalnl privinal teeo. Se. -> I The com t]Cit' jurisdion len sall 1 tin -: ' original teujuisdictionjc tof ppal 'ii':'' tre- cIt. 'l si insue:c writy in 1r :-rioarti trewratimesbabeah yarps atd so:n ..ite wArtes ad maye asb e eeato 'hal hIav ju icin t inball civil rcaes I Thf- nhanm~ h11 Oalve tn appelae rrsitinin~ al --a nu:1- withint hea juriltdito of inferio In a.~ 1'.Th enu 'if cmmon pleas hel a. r-ti n:hcut in ~':thi:s Sand atles twice in every yelr t' fch statd. ande uni I 5"''. 17. A It lbe thed o f1i! the ijustis 4 . n .:arti t fil : t b lt: r' d ei.'ns ii n .:0 I -. the -:rnr. i ami wab the adrie and 'n--et of the s-nt-. for ea-h county. vh 1l hold their 011-% for tht term of tw ears and until their suceesiors are aPp i 1 and analifled. Ei,h magLi:trate shall ave the power, under such regulations aE tav now or hereafter be provided by law,. to ppoint one or more constables to execute ,rits and processes by him. The present 1 l justiecs are declared magistrates as ereia created,. a-ud shall exercise the pow rs and uta of zaid 0file of ma-istrate util their successors shall be appon -A and ualifled. Sve. 21. )igistrateA shall have jarisdic on in su-:I civil cases as the general assxm iv mar or-.s-rihe: Pr'ovided, Such jurisdie on hiall It -xteid to Cases wherethe val of propwrty in contr v,rsy. or the amount aincd. excteds $100, or to cases where the tI to re-al estate is in ouestion. or to cases i hanL-ry. They shall have jirisation i1 tI ariniial1eac-es as the g.:n"l aset.mhy tar pres'rib e: Provided. Such jurisdiction iall n-l extend to cas:s where the puniLi 'ent c.eeds a tine of -100 or imprLsonint >r 30 dIaYS. In erilital matters beyond ieir juri d-tion to try. tlhr-y ay sit va: rninin- c-urtis and c-ammfit. d;s.:har.:': or eCognize (eX:pt in !,iital Cast. l.,-Atsa; sarged twith such uffenans. subject t-' a uch :gunli.>ns as the general -embly nay rovide. They shall also have tho power to id over to k-ep the peae an-i for good be ;ior for a term not to exceel 12 months. See. 24. All r-ersons charged with an of nse shall h:av the rilit to denand and cl tia atrial iy j.r. Thw j-ry in caw s...:i-., r criIilti. in a! --urt inferi to eireuit )Urts shall S-c. 23. E'-- .ivil eoa ogtizabl- by agstrat.'s an be hrou;:hit i-e:ere s--me ag!str-ate intI t ler co:itV wh'rO tie d-f--d it real-d.:. an-.xri CritOnil a-ten in the mUntV wher. th fi-. wa- -ermUl In II caes triet by thvn. li- right of ap-al iall be secured.n -- rtl-: and r.gtt tions a5 may ha pro---' hv law. Sec. 2-. AIl -lti:-r . - -r I:; th-oso aned in set-ion 9. rei.led f-r ia tli; air ele shall receivi! f-,r th.ir rre: C . L - )ntpensati.)n as Lit,- genyri ;->tiYiy -0m tim- to tim.- hry I ; ir% Se-. 25. :lh of the jun-ti- + ' the .: reme :ourt an-d .indn-: if th1,ir- it <-r rt iall have th sUne! p.neral .hatnl--rA t .10 writs of habeas corius, an-I t-mporary 'rits or ordorq of injunt-ti.aM, ran-i-Mni, is o wzarranto. e-rtioriri and 1t-hbiliit i-ii as lien in qen .--i. See. 26. j a-ges shall w- fhar;: iae jr-. ift spcet t. mattc:r -.-f fact. I.-r a d-.-I tr ie law. See. 27. Tier-: shalt be elet-d in L-vi )untv. by the l--tor thse*reof. #ne-':r - f :urt of ei.itioi plaS. who :h1all '- ii flieu for the i--rmt of four year u- an- it. ii is si--ress-or -hail I.-c eleeted atad qai!ij. C shal!. -V virtil r-f his offi-- . I--: --h- r of 1 ol tIer -'oi rt, of rc-ori heil IU,ri. h but e general a'ssembly may lrvi-i i- aw -r e elevtioi of a <lrlc. with I lik, i-::, i ffle:e. fIr ea.:h or -ay > olr f th-! eo-ut if !ord, and ny aut h-ri.e : -th i u robate cOlrt to pit- -rin tIm;t i o-. :r -I, r hi.; w-u .u id-r sti.:It rfai " h nneral ass-mbl;y tny dire. ' arts shall be reltovbie fr a--i en a-----l sue-h manner as sliall be pr-e.-ri I b Se. 28. There shall be an attory - r the State. who shll perfor : .-!ic-s may be pires-riw by law. 11-- i!l b e etedi by th', q il -fctore -f tils ! t: >r the term of t.-i y--'ars aid shall rece-ivo >r his s':rvices such comp:n :: tin as ihall fixed bY law. See. 29. There shall be t-l soi-etor f r ich circuit. who shall r si? at- to 1-e cted 'by the qualifed electors -f ne cir it, who Shail hmlbi his offie for tii:- T-rm -f >ur years, anl shall reeive fur i1 r : ili compensatic-n as shall 1.)e fi.-ri by lam. i all cases where an attorney for the St'itt [ ' circuit fails to attend and pr-scute coring to law the court shall iave power > apoint an attorney pro teimpre. Ii the rent of the estabalisbment of cointy co-rts ie general assembly may provide for one ylicitor for each county in the place and in ;ead of the circuit solicitor. and prescribe is powers. dutie- and compensation. See. 30. The qualified electors of each )unty shall elect a sheriffand coroner for le term of four years and until their sue ssors are elected and qualilled. They 2ll reside in their respiective counties dur ig their contiaunce in office. and be dis alifled for tile office a second time if it tould appear that zhiey, or either of them. re In default for moneys collected by virtue ftheir respectIve c'ficces. Sec. 31. All writs and p?ro'csses sh all run rd all prosecutions simail be conducted in 1 name of rho State of South Carolina; all -rits shall be attestetd hr the clerk of the :rt from which tihey:shalt 1.e issu"ed. and 1 indictments shaill conelude 'agtius-t the ece and dignity of the State. Se. 32. The general a.s"-mbly shilt provide y law for the speedy publ-ention of toe de isions of the supreme court made unde r this onstittion. Sec. 33. Circuit comis and all courts an ror thereto shall hare the power, in their isretion. to) impose senite-une of labor upon ighways.' stro'-ts and othier rublt-: workcs pn persons by the-m sentenecdito impris amend. Sec. 34. All -matters, eivil and -criminal. ow pending within the jurisdiction of any f the. courts of this Stat-t sall conitinutl aerein until disnosed of accordiec to law. Big Sales by the Dfspensary. Tho dispensary is doing. a rushing usiness. The receipts from local ispensers ever the State were in ex ess of $25,000- The manufacturers aec not been able to supply bottles nough, and Commissioner Mixson has und it necessary to go back to the 1 plan of buying his old bottles back. In puirsuance of this plan he sent tt the following circular letter: Dear Sir-Until further ordeis you -ill bepermit.ted to purchase the fol wing empty bottles and solely under ie following restrictions and limita ens: "Jo Jo" flasks, half-pints and ints; round white flasks,: pints and uarts. Youi may pay for the half iuts ("Jo Joe" and rounds) 12j cents er dozen and for the round quarts 15 ents er dozen, and I will allow you redit for same at the ra'e of 15 cents er dozen for the half-pints and pints ud 18S cents per dozen for the round narts. The different between the rice you pay and the price I allow ou is to cover the expenses which you rill icur for drayage, packing, etc., n under no condition will I allow redit for drays or other expenses. lac dispenser will be permitted to end i each week only one dozen aif-pints, one dozen pints and one ozen round quatrts. The above limi atfions and re-strictions must be rigidly dhr.d to, and any excess in author 'cd aipments. or bottles other than al-its and pints in "Jo Joes" and ints andl quarts in white rounds, will 'e at your loss. You must send with ac shipimeat bill of lading, speci fying n ame the number otf cases of eneb, ad als send a regulair bill of same it t he amount made out. And you i1sf mr:Ver take credit on your booka tr any of these shipmentshtill you av. frs benfurnished wiha credit o cther ftrm mae, which voucher will e snt yo-u immediately after check ig nITy-ntr goods. The-se flasks andi atles unm'st be pnit in thecir own wrap .r ..,d nea ra-ked in th.ir own boxes, thc same as when they were sent vou. You must select good boxes in which to pack these bottles, and ever. bottle must be clean and in gooI condition else you will receive no I credit for -ame. All wrappers left over after packing your bottles you must pack in scparate cases full and ti-ht, each kind to itself, and ship to me, paying drayage for same out of your town and couny profits. Specify on th, credit side of your weekly cash statement amount paid for bottles, Packing and carting of same,and enter on your weekly statement of sales just under th.e total at invoice prices the amount of your shipment of bottles for tbc respective wfek. I expect a strict compliance with these instructions, and anyone failing to comply will be denied the privilege of buying. Respectfully, F. M. Mixson, Commissioner. All of this can be taken as a sure sign that there is money in the coun try. PALMETTO PENCILLINGS INTERESTING ITEMS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE. County School Commissicners' Reports The annual reports from the county school commissioners are coming in and the Superintendent of Education is able to make some interesting ex tracts from these reports. In view of the work of the Convention the latest figures on the school enrolment in the various counties will be of greit inter est. The following figures are from the reports up to October 3@: TOTAL EXROLLIENr. Whites. ('iored. Total. Abbeville ..............3,51 5.602 0,183 Aiken.................3.093 -2.750 6,848 Anderson.............3.20; 3.179 8.445 Barnwell..........1.)0 -.866 7,96 Chester ..............1.885 4.055 5.040 Chesterfleld...........2.423 875 3.298 .Clarondon............1.549 1.809 3,358 Colleton............2.2920 3.227 6,147 Darlington ...........2.372 3.050 5,422 Fairrield..............1.579 4,720 6,308 Ytorence ..............2,436 3.058 5,494 Georgetown......... 73 2.G00 3,582 Eampton.............1,690 1,180 2 870 KersLaw..............1.887 1.021 3.8421 Lancaster ............2627 2 240 4'876 Laurens.............2.811 3.266 6,077 Lexington.........3.758 1,686. 5,444 Marion...............3,317 3 .0- -86.M Marlboro.............1,640 1,090 3,810 Newberry .........2.316 356.. 6.182 Orangeburg..........4.560 7454. .12,014 Pickens ...............2,080 979 3,958 Richland .............2.030 4,221- 6,257 Williamsburg..... -.-.-2.091 :2,,& 5.054 York .................4.287 5,213 9'.500 IN A COTTON FIELD. A Cotton 1111 Goiug up in One. Did it Ever Occur Before? In the extreme southwesbern.suburbs of Columbia there is now to *be seen something that perhaps no eye has ever witnessed before--a big cotton mill going up in the center of a cotton field with laborers picking the cotton from the bolls. It came about in this way. The ground the Granby Mills company wvanted upon which to- erect its mill was planted in cotton. A de lay could not be endured so the field of cotton was b)ought, the owner reserv ing the right to gather all the crops save off the portion where the bmilding had to be erected. Thes it is that masons are laying the. massive founda tion of the mill, while elsewhere in the field. pickers are hard at work gather ing the cotton. IMURDER AT CENTRAL. George Ilinison 1Kills J. IF. Lay. 57>O Rleward for Ilis Ar-rest. At ental.George E. Hinsov iniur dered Mr. JIames F. Lay about a set tlemnit. and wounded a negro named Oglesby. Hiuson ceaped. A reward of $250 is offered by Mrs. Layv for bijz arrest. H1iuson is about thirty-'our. ifive feet eleven inces, sandyV complex ion, carly hair. light itniache large. gray eyes. Hie wore black tr-ous:a bluIe coat, a ytripped calico shh t, star'brown hat. . -Hie walks ereeCt. -Cotton i'ours into Auderson. Seveni hundred and-ten bales of coit ton were sold at P 'iersoni, en Str day, the largest roeipts for 'cue a except one, in the bi'dory of the city. -- n Pri-ecat Prswi y. Prosperity ''n Satutrday' gav *.* M.~ cents for onte ha le of coIIit:I and saJks at 9 eenits werie freely inal-:. At Seneitca tc.ttL i3 .s11 be n mrketed rapidly. TheLi bnyers are1- keeping ap a iiely comp leti1iln andl p:ayin:g .g prices. The,h:ighest. price yet is I -8 The general iinpression is that thec c.rop will not be more thau two-thirds f a average crop.. We have: ani abahudan.t corn crop anid there are a great many hogs being fattened. Piedmont is a town of :3.000 inhai tants. witho'ut a drunkard,. a umyo.r a saloon, a court, a gamb1ling den. Lo liceman, judge or conist:ilde. Iti owned and run by a manufactung cjmpany, and no one who needs b services alluded to above cau a there. Tragic Fate ot Five Brothers. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hitesman, an aged couple of Elkhart, 4nd., have been peculiarly unfortunate with their children. T went,y years ago their son John was accidentally burne d to death. In 1888 William was killed in a run. away. In a few months James,.while returning from a dance, jumped from a tra:n at a crossing, an I received in juries tromn wh ch he died in a few hours. A few months later' another son, George. was injured by the ex plosion of a rotator in a naper mill, was confined to his bed for a year, and lt a cripple for life. Last Wednes day their son Asa fell forty feet fro .reo and will prohably di. GRAND OLD LIBERTY BELL. 310ST CORDIAL GREETING TO THE TI1STORIC1 IASS OF IRON. 3Miss Marshal1, Granddaughter of the Great Chief Justice, for Whom the Bell Last Tolled, Was Present and Highly Honored. With tc nioest inpressive ceremonies that have yet mnarked the progress of the Cotton States Expvsiti>u. th- historic old Liberty I'I was on Wednesday formerly placed In --1ar.- '-[ th- AI:11ta authorities. The cer -mnoni s tia pla-c on the broad stairs lead i:I; 17 i the! rtatelyPennmyivania. Building.' : :1:i -A in the beautiful park and on : attractivesit. Theday was full of - .)vvmeof thei of a striking chare i lut th it7.t signifIcant was the declar : with the cause of Cuba. .l-ith . ram.ti :fet by both Governor . .f C.-orgin. nd lMayor Warwick. - d Ini-.u1A.i. I. -th of whom aroused wil-I :rth'iiai from th great crowd that heard Again wa -thur: a dramati-e senhe when Mavor Warwick. in the course of his bril aliu orntion. turned te Miss Eleanor War %.. 11arshill. wh was on the platform. and b-.win:: gracefully over her hand, intro <h1 elir as the great-granddaughter of the iI. o; spreni Court justice at whose I m.-ral i. venerated reli, had tolled for the la.It di:.- 31i:s Marshall. in a strikingly I:m.i.-me g.,-n. loked very pretty. She is S,riunettt. sdeuder aud gruaefal. and her re:! blyack eves fi'i-d with tears. and sh" ruueled witi. emotion as rhiladelphia's m ).r paid ir the. most graceful compli -v,: .-r paid in pubii to a young woman. H( j.logr.ntv thanked Miss Marshall for the prlviledge o f grecting the descendaht of s!o i lhstri.ous a nian and declared that the emotion that :IllHL his breast at that moment wui never be forgotten: that he would tell hi.. -iiidrn -f the honor bestowed upon hii im d bid theni cherish the memory of this 4a-: t, the end of their lives. jn!'v :;(,000 people were on hand as the be! w :I-.S* -orted to its resting plaee at Pied Ie nt Par'. more than one-third of the num r henI ebiidren. The public schools vlosdt Iiu honor of the bell. The special Miltarves -ort was the famous Fifth Regi Meat U. .S. Infantry. until recently the fi.hting, command of General Nelson A. MeL. GoveLrnor -Atkinson and his staff amme net ad then came the .Eifth Regi mnt G..orga National Guards. 600 strong; th"' A.tlanta Artillery and the crack. Gover nrsHorse Guards, composed of the very fwer '-f Geor..:ia's yong manhood~ Foi loving th military p)aZaent wa.s .a long sti- ro.-n carriages, eontaining the maors of PhiiladJelphia and Atlanta, the councolmn ' .e. cort from~ the Quaker Cit v and the local.'ouncil anid reception com mtto that inluded many of Atlanta's most pro"'inent 1professional and business men. At the Pennsylvania building the~ bell was halted.. nad, on its car, stood at the loot of the stairiia:y during the progress of the cere monies. The sebool children and Gilmore's Band were maissed on the broad 'porches of the building. while on -the platform the *jratQLr and distinguished iguests occupied .cats. With them were. many of Georgia's' most beautiful maids and matrens. The front of tue hmilding was crowded with Stat e ind national colors and flags floated from o'verv staff in sight. Sci-eral lthousandl s':hool children sang "My country, 'tis thee." accompanied by Gilore's band. Mayoi- Potter ilng ini a forcible speech formally welcomed the oell. a.d Mayor Warwick responded. THE DEATH OF GEN. MAHONE. The Leader of the Virginia Re-ad juster Movement Crosses the River. Gen. Wmn. Mahone died at Chamberlin's Hotel, Washington. att i o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the effects of a paralytic stroko sustained Monday. September SOfb. He has been totally unconse.ious for more than 4$ heurs prev'ious to death and pase away seemingly without pain. Mrs. Mahone, ~uer and 'Wi Mahone. Jr.. his sons. Mrs-5 0. M. McGill, his. daughte~r. L. L. Maury, -of Southamptou couty. . a nephew, and. Capt. Ro;gers. "oer"tary of the V'irginla State Repblia: commUittee' and former sccreta'ry to Gen. Mahone, were at the bedsIde when the end cane. Te' remaics were taken to Petersburg. Va., where the' funeral servic.es were held at 5 oclock Wedn-OJd' evin~ig at St. Paul's EpiscopaI *dua.. ' and the body taken to te plaee vf intrm . The honora'rv .alia.::u"'r were officers of "Maone's B3rigade" and! the, body-bearers we e soldiers who sorved in that organiza General Mahene was paying one of his frequent visits to Washuingtonl when he was paralzed lnst Monday.. lHe was partlycon sious and able to take nouri.shmenlt until Sunday morning. Ecom that time until his death he did not openu his eyes and was un-. able to take any nurish:nent. TEEGRAPHIIC TICK(S. A 350,0@ tire which destroyed 3C houses was started at Cumberland, Md., by the careless handhifg of a . amip in a store. At the conference at Dallas. Tex.,. regarding thle G"orbet.t-Fitzsimnmons kht, Hot Springs, Arkr:, wasueeeted.'- . - as the locatioin fort the battle, October 31st. The a'uth'orities~ of thec.State will ojpose it. The scarcity of water is baecoming a serols moatt': with larmers in cental. Kentuck;'. Water is so scarce and valuable~that farmers whose wells are not dry resort to untenal means to .evnt thef+ nf thir snpnly.