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Fill-WEEKL_EDIT--N.i Iy -- -- - ~- E - a O 1844. TRJ-WEEKLY EDTO.WINNSBORO, S. C6 NOVEMBER 14, 1895. its third reading, stands as amended, as follows: Section 29. The general assembly shall enaet such laws as will exempt from attachment and sale under any mesue or final process issued from any court to the head of any family resid gin in this State, a homestead of lands, whether held in fee or any lesser es tates not to exceed in value $1,000. with the yearly products thereof, and every head of a family residing in this State, whether having a homestead ex emption in lands or not, personal property not to exceed in value the sum of ">00. The title to the home stead to be set od and assigned shall be -absolute and be forever discharged from ali debts of said debtor then ex isting or thereafter contracted except as hereinifter provided. Provided, that in case any woman having a sepa rate estate shall be married to the head of a family who has not of his own sufficient property to constitute a 1 homestead as hereinbefore provided, said married woman shall be entitled to a like exemption as provided for a head of a family. Provided further, that there shall not be an allowance of more than S1,000 worth of real estate and more than $5010 worth of personal prope)rty to the huvsbkud and wife jointly. frovidel, that no property shall be exempt fromu attachient, levy or sa'! for ta:xcs, or fur payment of obligati.us coutracted for the purchase of said homestead or the erection of improvemeut. thereon. Provided fur- i ther, that the yearly proceeds of said honsteaI shall not be exempt from ?ltachtll,,tt. levy or sale for the l ] mnet of obligatious contracted in the roduction of the same. Provided further. that no woman shall defeat 1 tti right of homestead, except it be by iced or mortgage, and only as against 1 the mortgage debt, and no judgment I creditor or other creditor whose lien 1 dues not bind the homestead shall have 1 any right or equity to require a mort- 1 gage which embraces the homestead i and other property to first exhaust I the homestead. TIE SVYFIAGE ARTICLE. Feviewing the resuits of the past I week, one notes that the suffrage ar- 1 ticie and Mr. Kennedy's special rail- 1 road bond ordinance were the only 1 maiters that became finalities during f the week. I The snifTrage article has been finally adopted as follows: Section 1. All electionslVthe Peo ple shall be by ballot and elections shall never be held or the ballots coun ted in secret. 3 See. 2. Every. qualified elector .i shall be eligil,-." any omce to l.e voted for, un I's te:ialitie'l by age, as prescribe. in. this Constitution. But no perso:: shall hold two offices of honor or profit at the same time, ex cept an oflicer in the militia and a no tar- publie. Sec. 3. Every male citizen of this State and of the United States, twenty- i one years of age and upwards. not la boring under the disabilities named in this Constitution, and possessing the qualifications required by it, shall be t an elector. I Sec. 4. The qualifications for suf- s frage shall be as follows:t (a.) Residence in the State for two years, r.nd in the county one year, in t the polling pireeinct in which the eec- 1 tor offers to vote four months, and the payment six months b)efore any elec tion of any poll tax then due and pay ale: Provided, however, That minis-i ters in charge of an organized church :ma.' t;-achers of public schools shall be< *entited to vote after six mionths' resi .hwae ina the State, if othlerwise gnuali-< ied.1 (b) ,eist.ration. wvhich shall pro-i vide for the enrollment of every eec tor once in 1.0 years, anfd ailso an7 en-1 rollment during each and every year t of every elector not p)revi ously registered under the provisions of this t article.t (c.) TUp to January 1st, 1898. all male persons of voting age applying for registration, who can read any see-1 tion in this Constitution submitted to 1 them by the registration officer, or un derstand and exphiin it when read to tem by the registration oflicer, shall i be entitled to register and becomei electors. A separate record of all persons registered before .Tanuary 1st.< 1898, sworn to byv t.he r'gistration of licer, shall be filed, one copy with the clerk of court and one in the office of1 the secretary o,f Staite, on or before February 1st, 1898, and such pers5ons shall remr.in during life qualified elec tors, unless disqualified by the other] provisions of this article. The certifi cate of the clerk of court or secretary of state shall l)e sufficient evidence to establish'the right of said citizens to anr future registration and the fran chise under the limitation herein im posed. (d.) Any personi who shall alply for registration after January 1, 18'98. if otherwise (qualified shall be register ed- Provided. That be can both read and write any section: of this Constitu tion, or can~show that he owns and has paid all taxes collectible during the previous year on prop)erty in this State asessed at 8300f or more. (e.) Managers of election shall re-I quire every elector o'ffering to vote at any election, before :llowing him to vote, proof of the payment of ii11 taxes, including imil Ia'-, assessed against him and collectilie for the previous vear. The production of a certificate. or of the receipt of the officer authoriz ed to collect such taxes, shall be con lusive proof of the payment thereof. f.) The general assembly shall pro vidie for issuing to each duly registered elector a oertificate of registration.and shall provide for the renewal of such certificate when lost, mutilated or de stroyed, if the apphicant is still a qualitiect elector unider the provisions of this Constitution. or if he has been regsered as provided in sub-section Ic.i see. 5 Any person denied registra the court of common pleas, or any judge thereof, and hence to the sn preme court, to determine his right to vote under the limitations imposed in this article, and on such appeal the hearing shall be de novo: and the gen eral assem bly shall provide by law for such appeal and for the correction of illegal and fradulent registration, vot ing and all other crimes against the election laws. Sec. 6. The following persons are disqualified from being registered or voting: First-Persons convicted of burg lary, arson, obtaining goods or money under false pretense, perjury, forgery. robbery, bribery, adultery, bigamy, wife beating, house breaking, receiv ing stolen goods, breach of trust with fraudulent intent, fornication,sodoniy, incest, assault with intent to ravish, miscegenation and larceny or crimes 1gainst the election laws: Provided, chat the pardon of the governor shall remove such diequalitication. Second-Persons who are idiots, in sane, paupers supported at the plblic expense, and persons conIined in any public prison. Sec. 7. For the purpose of voting no person shall be deemed to have ;ained or lost a residence iy reason of is presence while employed in the .ervice of the United States, nor hile engaged in the navigation of the vaters of this State. or of the United States, or of the high seas, nor while student of any institution of learn ing. Sec. 8. The general assebnily shall rovide by law for the registration of dl qualitied electors, and shall pre >cribe the manner of holding elections md of ascertaining the results of the anne: Provided, At the first registra ion under this Constitution and until he 1st of January, 1898, the registra ion shall be conducted by a I'oarl of hree discreet persons in each county, o be appointed by the govaernor, by nd with the advice and consent of he senate. For the first registration :o be provided for under this Con titution the registration books shall >e kept open for at least six conseca ive weeks, and thereafter from time o time at leastone week in each month p to 30 days next preceding the first deetion to be held under this Consti ution, the registration books shall be ublic records open to the inspection >f any citizen at all times. Sec. 9. The general assembly hall provide for the establishinent of )oliing precincts in the several coun ies of the State, and those now ex sting shall so continue until abolished >r hanged. Each elector shall be re uired to vote at his own precinet, but >rovision shall be made for his trans er to another precinct upon his change f residence. Section 10. The general assembly hall provide by law for the regulation f pai'ty primaryeiections and punish ug fraud at the same. Sec. 11. The registration books hall close at least 30 days before an lection, during which time transfers nd registration shall not be legal, >rovided persons who will become of .ge during that period shall be entitled o registration. Sec. 12. Electors in municipal elec ions shail possess the qjualificationls terein prescribed. The production of certificate of registration from the re :istration officers of the county as an letor at a precinct included in theC ucorporated city or town in which the oter desires to vote is declared a ondition prerequisite to his obtaining certificate of registration for muni ipal elections. and in addition he nust have been a resident within the neorporated limits at least four onths before the election, and have >aid all taxes due and collectible for he preceding fiscal year. The general ssmbly shall provide for the regis ration of all voters before -eh elec ion in municipalities: Provided, hat nothing herein contained shall pply to any municipal elections whi':h nay be held prior to the general elee ion of the year 1896. Sec. 13. In authorizing aspei1. lection in any incorporated city o' own in this State for the parpo:e > oui:;: z'silne. the gener:a usC'2 hall vr.,.:-ibe as a odiica .>r. ':d t to the holding of said elecioi a etition tron a inajoril Vl- " molders of said cityv or town, as : v its tax hooks, and at sne? -. i.ons il ele. tors of sneh city oor trows 1i tre duly qualified for v)ting~ o.e; ~ection 12 of this article, and wh no'. aid all taxes-State, counit nuniipl-for the previous yer. shll! c allowed to vote, and the vm of a najority of those voting in s:d cle' fion shall be niee ssary to gthorize :he issue of said .honds. Sec. 14. Electors shall in li cases. sxeert treason, felony or a 'weah of the peceC, heC privileged from..rrest on the days of election during hecr at endnce at the polls and goir to and returning therefrom. Sec. 15. No power, civil om1iitajy, hsll at any time interfere t prevent the free exercise of the rigt of suf frage in this State. 1 When the vote was takenn the suft- I frage article, several memir's votinig, asked to be allowed to sp)rel the rea sons for their votes (oh -e jouirnal. he following were given: THEII' RiEAs''N4 Mr. Dudlev-I voted j~ on oj the rticle on the right oif utfre foor I these reasons: 1 1. It places the o ligibily of electors within the arbitrary will. o-ily nof partisan, and requires qiutiitions of electors, if fairly appli hich wi'll exclude al large unmb' of worthy men. who will be depVl:rivl of the pri'. ilege enjoyed in the pastrom no fault of their own. . And for the fuirtheeaon:~ Wht supreac:y may be seerd w ithou t re irting to the perhag quetwonule 1eans adopted by the onven "on.. M1r. McDermot -- I -oto: 'iad oi a .otionr of this sedan m o: ( on A COMPLETE REYIE' OF iE WORK ACCOMP LISHEI So far by the Constitutional Conven tion. The Article on Sufi'rage. T Ie Convention Only Half Through Its Work. The constitutional convention, afte: two months solid work, not includiup the time allowed for recesses is nov exactly half through with its work, st far as articles adopted are concerned out of the 1( articles proposed hav ing been completed and sent beyond the control of the convention. In reality, however, the work is consider. cbiy further advanced, provided n big fights are made when several of the articles that have almost gotten through come up for a final reading. Judging from the fight that has been made on the final reading of the arti cle on jurisprudence, it looks as if the final readings of all the remaining articles are to cause considerable time t- be consumed. There are four o: the remaining articles which have not been even taken up for a secoud read ing vet. The others have had certain sections considered, but that was all. The great. fight of the week just passed was on the suffrage scheme. The most si nificant feature of the tedious ve, intensely interesting fight over it wa the effort of Senator Tillman on tb. tinal reading to have the provision fe. bi-partisan election managers pit in. The debate that ensued made some o the most interesting pages of Souti Carolina history and will doubtless bF often heard of in the future. Witi the exception of this bi-partisan hoard feature, the article on suffrage was adopted as it was reported by the com mittee, and practically as outlined by Senator Tilluan at the Hunter's Ferry meeting last summer. The Conservative lawyers on the com mnittee argued ably on theconstitution ality of the article and didn't seem to have much trouble to convince for once such "laymen" as Mr. McWhite that c-erything was as sound as a free silver dollar. The convention has much work ahead of it vet and if the idea of ex haustively debating everything contin ues to prevail there will be a session continuing for several more weeks yet No one can tell how long yet the con vention will continue its sessions. ' The end is not yet in sight., There is not even a slight glow on the horizon of the end. During the past week SQznator Till man made what is considered by every one to be the most remarkable speech he ever made in his life. And the: his elder brother, after his sevcr aar raignmcnt of the dispensary system. m.aade some prophecies as to the future. THE woRK DONE. All are interested of courc to Know what the convention has done in the matter of constructing the new con stitution. It can be compactly stated. Only :ight of the sixteen articles proposed have been entirely completed as ~vet and referred to the com mittee on style and revision. They arc the articles : 1. On executive department. 2. On impeachments. 3. On municipal corporations and police regulations. 4. On amendment and revision o' the constitution. 5. On miscellaneous matters. c.On penal and charitable institu tions. 7. On suffrage. 8. On militia. All the sections of the article on; legislative department have been pass ed to their third reading save that re lating to the homestead, discussed : whole day and then laid over, and the section relating to inter-miarriages. So this article is almost compiete. All the sections of the article o;n finance and taxation have likewise been passed to a third reading, save five. Sections 2 and 3 were continued, arid the further consideration of Sec tions 0, 8 and 17 were postponed until later. Section 16 was stricken out entirel v. The'same thing applies to the arti cle of the declaration of rights, four of its sections being unacted upon as vet. Sections 12 and 13 are to be taken up along with the report of the suffrage committee. Section 20 is to be taken up along with the article on judicial department. Section 22 we merely uassed over to be taken up lat er. So~all the . -etions of this article have been disposed of save four. The article on counties and county government has been passed to a third reading. Some amendments will be ofYcred on the third reading and there may be a considerable fight. Of the article on jurisprudence, all the sections have passed their third reading save one-the last-that relat iug to lynehings. which is now under discussion. THosE UNToUe HED' AS TET. The following articles have not eveen heen taken up on their second revding 1. On education. 2. On judical department. :3. On eminent domain. 4. On corporations. The first two and the last of thesE are loade~d with dynamite and will b': oiroductive of notable debates. TnE NEGRO BLOoD liATTER. The committee to whom was recoin mnitted section 33~ of the article on leg. islative departme~nt, has reported i1 back. recoimenlimg that it be passe( as originally reported. TIhere will b< a big night over it. THE Ho33s5TEAD. The homestead sectionl of this arti . thme only other one not vet~ sent stitution because I am opposed to the educational and property gauli Iicatious. Mr. Hanel-I voted "aye" on the adoption ,f the report of the commit tee on suffr:,ge, but still entertain the same objections presented by me en page 13 o the journal of the 38th day. MIr. Derham-I voted "no" on the amendment because the provision could not be complied with in some instances in Horry county, and we need no constitutional provision to m:ke us count all votes cast. Mr. W. D. Evans: I vote "no" on the final passage of this article for the reaFoi that I am opposed to the prop erty qualitic:tion. Mr. Talbert--AZfter offering every opplositiott in my power to the proper= tv qnalitication, and having faile:l to strike out that provision in the report of the committee on suffrage, I feel constrained to vote for the adoption of the plan in obedience to the majority vote of the Democratic members of the convention. Mr. Gray-I cannot vote for the ar ticle on right of suffrage for the fol lowing reasons: First. because the article requires an educational and property qtualifica tion for voting, Second, because the educational qualiticatiou prescribed discriminates in favor of one ciass and against an othoor cla:: of citizens. Third, becaut'e the Reform faction, which dominates this convention, and of which faction I am a member, is pledged "not to disfranchise any white man except for crime." Fourth. becPse the article subjects this convention to tho charge of con spiracy to defraud a certain claiss of American citizens in the exercise of the elective franchise, and I greatly fear this charge may be sustained in the United States supreme court. Fifth, because if this charge be sus tained by the State or Federal court, at least 15,000 illiterate white men reg-. istered under the understanding clause of the article will be disfranchised. Mr. T. E. .Tohnson votes "no" be cause of his pledges that he would op po-e an educational or property lual illeation for suffrage. ANOTHER FINAL ADOPTION. The following ordinance offered by Mr. J. E. Kennedy has been adopte:l finally: Be it ordained by the people of South Carolina, in regular convention assembled: That nothing in this Constitution or dined and established by the people of the State of South Carolina, now in regnlar conv' tior assembled, shall in hibit the general assembly from enact ing all such laws as may be necessary to validate and carry into egect the subscriptions to the capital stock of the Chesterfied and Lancaster Railroad compalny and to the. Chesterfield and ershaw Itailroad company, hereto - fore voted for and authorized by the inl:ditied voters of said county, and to validate and authorize the issue of the bonds of said county in payment or the same; or from enacting all such laws as may be necessary to validate and carry into effect the subscription by the city of Spnrtanburg to the cap tal stock of the Spartanburg and Rutherfordtou Railroad company, eretofore voted (or and 'athorizcd by the ciualified voters of Spartanburg ity, and to validate and authorize the issue of the bonds of said city in payment of the ssme. THE CASE BASIS IDEA. Mr. Hendersonsa ordinance provid ing for an issue ol State bonds to ena ble counties to do business on a cash bsis has been kil.ed outright, and Mr. Connor has introCneed the following ordinance to try and give the relief sought. An ordinance toauthorize the g-ener-. nl assemibly to provide for a si3king fund in the several counties of the State to cnnable themn to do business on. cash basis: Whereas, in most, if not all of the onties of the state, the taxes are nev r realized until mi vear after the levy, nd consequently the contracts for or-* iary county pr.rposes and for the' uning of theschools have to be made, nl a credit instead of a cash basis: and hereas, this is an evil which ought to e remedied. Therefore be it ordaainedl by the peo leC of South Carolina in convention ~ssembled and by the authority of the Section 1. That the general assem ishall provide for an annual tax -not to exceed 1-2 of 1 mill in each untv not now on a cash basis, the eeedsb of all such levies shall be0 sted as a sinking fund for each and very county in which it is levied and [seeted and shall be invested as the .meral assembly shall direct until an :wmI)nt sunaicient shall have been col -ted to put such counties on a cash ~.:mis, then such annual levies shall ANOTHER NEw (OUNTY. Thec committee on counties and ounty government has introduced the 'lloing ordinane~ in regard to Sea rok county. petitions. for the esiab ihent of which were presented dur u the week: .n ordinance to relieve the contem lae newJO cunty of S-eabrook fromr Be it ord ined byh the people of enthrl Caurolina, in regu;lar conven a .s'nbld, tha;t ''othingf in t.he e*Lti tion ordamine nd estblished by th ople. of the State oif South Car hn. L i o regular convention aissemb.ed, hil inhibit the general assembly from anTizingr a new couinty from portions Chreston and Berkeley counfties, will more fully appear by a reep~ *) on Ele in the oSies of the meretary Stte made bye Henry Morrson a ~ new countym to be' k nov:n as Sea Iik cou nty. with its.coanty seat at a at Pleasant. 1RE'F.NT $STATUs. Th p~,resent ,tusa of the article on pe important section relating to changes of venue has passed its third reading. with an amendment that the grand jury must ask for the change be fore it can be allowed. TnE Qt1STION OF P Y. Some days ago the committee ol contingent accounts and expenses was instructed to prepare an ordinance providing for the disbursement of the appropriation made to defray the ex penses of the convention. The com mittee has presented the ordiance, which provides for pay for the muel bers at $1 a day after Oct. 1~> and until the final adjournment. The sec retary is allowed 6)0 for the session. His first assistant is given St a day. The bill, reading and jourcal clerks and the sccoud assistant secretary are allowed $3 a day; the downstairs doorkeeper $2.50 a day, afZd all other clerks $2 a day. It seems strange that the clerk who really has th'; wh-le work of the con vention and no end of respuoi,ibility should be allowed only Ii+), when the clerk of the house of representatives is allowed $800 for :30 days work, which is nothing to compare with the work required by the convention. CON ENTION PROCEEDINGS. LYNCHING DiSCUSSED. The Convention Puts a Drastic Anti Lynching Provision in the Consti tution. The constitutional convention on Saturday, the 43d session, spent the whole of its time considering two sec tions of the article on jurisprudence. It took the convention several hours to provide for the preparation of a code of the statute laws of the State every ten years. Then it jumped on the measure to prevent lynchings, which, when the adjournment was reached, read as amended as follows: "In the case of any prisoner lawfully in the chorge, custody or control of any officer, State, co.unty or munci pal, being seized and taken from said officer, t~hrough his negligence, per mission or connivance, by a mob or other unlawful assemblage of persons, and at their hauds suifering bodily violence or death, the said oflicer shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon a true bill found shall be deposed from his ofilee, and shall, un less pardoned by the Governor, hence forth be ineligible to hold any office of trust or profit within this State. It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney within whose circuit or county the offensc may be committed to f'>rth with institute a prosecution against sail olieer, who sh'll be indicted and thied in such county, other than the one in which the offense was commit ted, as the Attorney General may elect, in the came circuit. The fees and mileage of all material witnesses, both for the State and for the defense, shall be paid by the State Treasurer in such mencr as may be provided by law." A motion to strike the section out was voted down. Mr. Rogers, whoj moved to strike it out, said they were all anxious to stop lynching. "The State had long been laboringr under! tne odium of it. This section actually proposed to hol a man resp)onsibio for a crime which he was aibsolutely powerless to prevent. The bald fa.cts make him gutilty of a misdemeanor and forever disinalilied him from holding oilice. It says he must be con victed of a crime which he cannot prevent and yoai propose to fix it in the fundamental law. We have abun dance of law to punish any dereliction of duty. We have abundance of law to prevent lynching. You arc punish ing the sheriiT who is not able to pre vent the crime. It is stripping him of the fundamental right of liberty, and then you provide that he can be taken to any county ina the State to be tried -not the lynehers. but tha h.rif This is a wrong more flagrant than the crime that it is intended to p)revent. I do insist that this convention will con sider it fully before it i saccepted'" Senator Tillman and others made l strong speeches in favor of the sectiou fully answering all of Mr. Rogers' arguments.3 The article on jurisprudence was taken up for its third reading. Gov. Sheppard offered the following sub stitute for section 5. Sec. 5. The general assembly shall make pro~vision to codify. adjust and arrange. uder proper heads the body f of our laws, civil and criminal, and e form a penal code, and have th.- same promulgatedI in such manner as they 6 may direct, a like coditication shall bel c made every ten years. A lengthy de- A bate foillowed3, and fnally after a num ber of amendments .were disposed of, the wvhole section was adopted in the following shape: S e5. The general assenmbly, at rr its iirst sessionl after the adoption of i this Constitution, shall provide for the appointment or election of a commims sioner whose duty it shall be to col-i lM'o andl revie . h general statu1te aIWs of this State theu -af force, as well s that which shall be passed from ime to t me1, and to properly index b ad arrange the said statutes whjen te o passed. And the said comfmis-' ioner shall reduce into a gvtemiatic ode the generaml statutes, includin.. he code of einil procedure. with all ti he amendm,:uts thereto, and shall on 0 he grst day of the session for the ear 19M and at the end of every I) ubseiuent period, not Lmore than 10 ears, report the result of his labors to the gen,-ral a--s-mbly. with such re 'mmedtins and sucestions as to the abridgement and' amiendmenfts aus iay bCe deemied n?eessary or p)ropjer. rt Said reports, when ready to be mae,e b hall b'e prne andl a cci y thereoef a ui)r, th. 'AQS or ,eh mnewher or~ both Licscs of the general asmbl )n the first day of the first session, but shall not' be taken ap for consideration until the n7ft ,err jion of the general assembly. The said code shall be declared by the gen ;ral assembly, in an act passed accord in- to the forms in this Constitution for the enactment of laws, to be the :mly general statutary laws of this tate but no alterations or additions to .nl of the laws therein contained shall bevmade except under the formalities iel,ctofore prdseribed for the passage Af laws. Provision shall be made by aw for filihng vacancies, regulating he terms of ohice and the co!mhpensa :on of s:id commission,, not exceeding '00 per annum, and imposing such )ther datics as may be desired. An' he general assembly shall, by con nittee, inquire into the progress of his work at caeh session. sEaBuOOK COV.NTC. The committee on counties and ?onnty government substituted the fol towing report: "The committee on counties and outty government, to whom was re ferre-d a petition from certain persons >f Charleston and Berkeley counties petitioning for the formation of a new judicial and election county to be known as Seabrook county, would re spectfully report that they have given the two petitions due aid careful con sideration and have heard argtmenta pr nod con. from respective represcu tatives, and find much merit and just claim in the petition in those praying for the formation of the said Seabrook county, and would respectfully recom mend the passage of the following or dinance that they may get the relief prayed for in their petition before the egislatuhre. There was no night session, and the convention adjourned until Monday inorning. THE LYNCIIIN( PROVISION tgait Discussed. ev,eral 31ior Mat ters Pulled Through. The convention worked 31ondey against a State Fair anl ia banquet given by the citizens of Co,lumbia to the members of the convention. The ninth week's work was beguv 3lond, morning by the convention taking up the lynching matter again-.. - Somen further amnendments were~ .nade and the further consideration ot.the mat ter was postponed for a wek. The convention is now at worl:'.oh the ar ticle on corporations, having'inade no headway thus far. Resolutions were adopted looking to the limiting of speaking in the future ond-the prepa ration of a change of schedule of work to bring about an early adjourn ment. - At the afternoon session of the eon ention several more sections of the article on incorporations were adopt d. A provision was put in for the appointment of a State bank examni ner. The convention at night enjoyed an elaborate banquet, which wais scrved at the Grand Central Hotel. There were over 250 people in atten iancc, and the delegates enjoyed them selves to their fullest. Governor Evans made a big speech, and speech es were mades by Congressmen Tfalbert rnd Wilson. and others. DAUGHTERS OLIcu CU..n.UtA0i.~ rhey Had Their 3Meeting at Atlanta Saturday. Every Southern State Represented. The Daughters of the Confederacy held heir meeting Saturday in the auditorium at he E xposition at Atlanta. Their audience~ umbered 3,000. Riepresentatives of the oiety were present from every Southern state andl fro:n many other States. MIrs. E. . 3IeDarrell Wo'lf presided. Dr. G. D3. triekler. of Atlanta. offered the opening rayer. M3Is. Helen C. Plane. president of he Atlanta chapter. made the address of Vl.ome~ to the 'National Arch. She said: No rthern"rs are particularly interested in r relies and p)ronounce the exhibit next in nterest to) that of the government. We tave re-!elved1 many touching notices from forthrn correspondents and we have yet to ear a single unfavo.rable comment." 3Is. 3Ie;oo)dlet, president of the Nationai )aughters of the Confederacy. rcsponded. a the course of her address she said : Only thirty years ago Sherman's army )assedl through your State and city like a clone'. leaving ruin and destruction. Yet ndaunted her sons and daughters have re 'aired tae waste and places and made her road acres blosso." 3iss Nellie Knighnt sang the "Conquered lanner" and "Sewanee River." 3Ir. Lucien .Knight read -an o'de by MIrs. Clara Dargan Ii.ean and Irs. Davill Clapton read a pa per n -The Women of the Confederacy." Dr. .S. Hopkins. of Atlanta, was the orator o hue dlay. Sipeaking of the exhibit in Reli [all Dr. Hopkins sad: "No such collection frles of the Confede'raey has ever before en assembled. Tie exhibJit appeals to tin ing mnemorie-. At t.he conclusion of Dr. [opkins' address the ladies went to the Con ~de'rate R'-lic Hall. which adjoins the MIassa h usetts buili ing. to inspect the display. Saturday was also Delaware day at the ex osition. Governor Watson. of Delaware overnor Atkinson. of Georgia: President olier and 3Mr. Byrne. of Delaware spok. large number of Delawareans were present. Weekly Bulletin of the New Orleans .Cotton Exchange. The.New Orleans cotton ex-hange stte cnt from September ist to Novemnber s:h elusive, is as for' v Port re'i'pts 1.fl. 10 tales. atgainst 2.597.16t4 inst year. 2.000. 16 year before last and 1. 4.,4 ti.,e tht meh time ini 1892: overlarnd t. mill and nadai. 232.68'3, agaiust :2l25. 1"4.014 ntl !4.6: interior st','ks. in i:'.'--s 'f Sep't'm r 1t. :366.75:3. against .298.720.:5 27. -ought into' -ight dturing 60I d1ay-- 1 ~a Sdat" O. .35. against :i.l166b 2. t 3.I' id2439.800: rop brought into ih' far th ek.'O 97.34. against 529t.652 .for.tl scven ty- enrded Novemb~ler sith last-yeir .~:.3 1 id325 rp brought into -i:tht for- thi -sbgt dsay of Novembher. 335.88eds 5147 47.590 ad 431.724. Comparions in thes-e- repo:= or ad. 1:p or ad in 182.? *n t to4--!cyo e tcrr'-ponding' wes. Compri .u b -ks woul t'.iake in 71 day- nft-3-. t year. 71 yar before~ inst and 72j *:-P. Tas,' the hac 1rk ot which h-i ... timoveda in the srin:r, sholnot ar AblIPOINTER SELLING COTTON ON THE SPOT Wedgefield Farmers Have but Little Cotton "Shipped for Sai9" Nowadays. At W\eclgefield cotton picking is ab:mt over with, and was harvested the quickest on record for the aniount made. The crop has not met expec tations as regards quantity. The corn crop is generally good, and the pea cro is the best in years. The price of cotton seed has been so low that but very little has been sold at this point, a large majority of those ship ped exchanged for meal, which leaves farmers decidedly in a better position for further farming, as they expect a rise in the price of commercial fertili zers. The low price for cottou and high price for fertilizers are teaching people how to use home-made manure. Comparing this with ten years ago, there is hardly 10 per cent. of the cot ton being shipped for sale from this place to other markets. There is a growing disposition among the farmers to get what they can for the staple be fore it leaves their sight. New Towns Growing. The new towis along the track of Manchester and Augusta Road are building utp right along and seem to be growing. On the end below George town there are two, Cordova, about five miles, and Copes, about -twel:e miles distant. On the upper end frou. Orangeburg there are Cameron, which is the largest and most flourishing of the new towns, and Creston the late:t still, which was only made a depot when the extension from Ellorce was comnpleted, and Lone Star still further towards the Santee River. Deep Wells for Georgetown. The driving of the deep wells at Georgetown for the public usz is pro gressing well, three having been sn cessfully driven during the past wer-kg The deepest one thus far driven is. sev enty-one feet, at the Indigo School IHouse. Good, pure water has been obtalned from each one, and like re\ sults are expected from the reniaiuing ones, for in.. tis way, no doubt, the " . - genoral hEa't othe city-will be great ly improved. Crushed tc -)eath. A young man namea Joseph Bruaen, who works in the bagging factory at Charleston, was caught by the puilley of the loom at which he worked and the belt wrapped around his legs, car rying him up to the ceiling and crush ing him to death. His body was badly mangled. Bruden was disobeying or ders in taking hold of the pulley with his hands. Anderson Sick of Apples. At a meeting of the Anderson City Council, held Friday night, an ordi nance was passed requiring mountain wagons to pay a license on the streets. It has had the effect of clearing the square of many mountain wagons, since the mountaineer appears to be unwil ling to p)ay a tax which amounts to about one-fifth of what huis wares pro duce for him. The South Carolina alumni of the ~University of Virginia have started their subscription list by raising $400 at Charleston the other night. Mrs. Thomas Sumpter Means, of South Carolina, was~among the speak ers in the Woman's Building at Atlanta Thursday. Mrs. Means discussed "The South Carolina Law as It Relates to the Marriage Tie." The quantity of cotton that is being~ brought to the Orangeburg market has fallen off very much during the past few weeks. Only a few bales are brought in each day for market. The farmers say they are holding for bet ter prices what little they still have on hand. O. B. R umley, a twelve-year-old boy, was run over and instantly killed by. the South Carolina and Georgia train in Pregnall's shipyard at Charleston. The boy attempted to cross the track n front of the moving train and mis calculated the distance. At B3arn well, a son of Representative kinard died a few days since of idrophobia. He had not been bitten by a dog, but, it is said, had held open he mouth of a sick dog to administer omec medicine. Probably some of the virus may have come in contact with acut or i>ruise of some sort. Last Sunday morning about day hi~t the holuse of John McClellan,who lies oun Mr. F. H. Brown's place at Tirz h, York county. was destroyed by lre, and three children--a girl of 7 ~.ars ::ge, a boy of 3 years, and a noutsold baby-who were in the house perished in the flames. She owned the Falls. George Forbes, the engineer of the Niagara E!ectric Company, says he nce lived in a house belonging to one of the Porter family, who have long owned mest of the properLy near the alls. A Miss Porter was once travel ing in Europe, and at tatable d'hote her neighibor s'aid: "O,- if vou are an tmerican. I suppose you have seen Ni agara -Falls'?" She ~t'rned to her in quirer and fixing him with her eyes shie said: '"1 -own them !"-San Francisco trgonamt. Highly Objectionable to McK:iey. The increse in wages ann1ounIc-d esrcay by the :oundries of ~Law- - ~ence, Mass., is more calamity of tr'e kind that Mr. McKinley finds so co ~etionale under the workings of a. IOemoratie tariff law. - ew Yor. oiL. -