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TIL-WEEKLY EDITION. WORO S. C ECEMBER 17.18STABLISHED18 10 10IiT I U IT0U THE LAW THE PEOPLE 31UST NOW LIVE UNDER. The Full Text of South Carolina's New Organie Law as Adopted. ARTICLE 111. :'JS~Ai'-E !>i"A!.TMC CT. e:n 1. The legislative power of this Stet shail be vested in two distinct branches, the one to be styled the "Senate." and te other the "House of Representatives, amd both together the "General _.semby of the State of -South Carolina. See. 2. The house of :epresentatives sh'I be composed of memlbers chosen by aIllot everc second"I year by citizens of this State, qualified as in this Con stitution is provided. See. 3. The hou.se Of representatives shall consist of :124 members, to-be ap sortioned a:mong th several -ci.es .accordin_ to the number of inhabants countined in each. Each couny:i slai <:oustitute one electioli district. An -euu:acration of the inhabitants for this purpose shall be made in the year 1 +0i, - ud shall be made jn the cour.e of -verv 10th year thereatter. in such man ner as shall be by law directed: Pro vided, that the general assembly m:ty at any time, in its direction, adopt the iumediately preceding United states census as a true an( correct enumlera tion of the inhabitants of the several counties, and make the ::pportioament of representatives among the several counties accordingto said enumeration: Provided, further, that until the appor tionment :hich shall be made upon the next enumeration shall take effect. the represu:ttetion of the severnl Co"nties as they now exist (including county of Saiuda established og ordiuance) shall be as follows: Abbeville, 5; Aiken, 3: Anderson, 5; Barnwell, I3eaufort, 4; Berkeley, -: 0; Chester, 3; Chet, arleston, 3; Co ' .. eld, 2; Claren d(tiO.L1 n, 4; Darlington. : E;dge d, Fairfield, 3: Florence, 3; Georgetown, 2; Greenville; 5; Hamp ton. 2: Ho : Kcrshaw, 2: Lan MLarion, 2 9 -" Oconee, 2; Orangeourg; 5 cees.. Richiand, 4; Salada, 2; Spartanburg, 6; Sumter, 5: Union.3: Williamsburg, 3; York, 4; Provided, further, that in the event other counties arc hereafter establishel, then the g;cienel assembly shal reap-portion the representatives betLweenf thCecounties. See. 4. in assigning representatives to the several counties, the genera] assembly shall allow one rep)resentativye to every one haudred and twenty- fourth .part of the whole number of inhab itants in the State: Provided, that if in the apportionment of representatives any county shall appear not to be en titled, from its poi>ulation, to a repre sentative, such county shall, never theless, send one representative; and if there be still a deliciency in the number of representatives required by section third of this article, such de teiency shall be supplied by assigning representatives to those counties hav' ing the largest sulplus fractions. Sec. 5. No a.pportionmaent of repre sentatives shaill take effect until the general election which shall succeed such apport.inment. See. ti. The senate shall be emJnpiosed of one member from each county, to be elected for the term of four years by the qualin;ed electors in cac, county, in the samte manner in which members of the house of rep)resentatives are chosen. Sec. 7. No personi shall be eligible to a seat in the senate or house of repre sentatives wh> at the time of his elec tion, is net a d:uiy qualified elector under th:s Constitation in the couttUy in which he~ may ue ehosen. Senators shall be at least 23 and representatives~ at least 21 years of age. See. 8. The first election for memt bers oIf the house of rep)resentatives under this Constitution shall be hel enTuesday afetr the first Monday in November. 18%.and every sc'ond ye'ar thereafter, in such manner and in such 1: laces as'the general assembnly may trescribe: andt the first electi'o for 'cantors shall be held on Tuesday after the first Monday in Nove~mber. 189i, and ever fouirth year thereafter ex e' t in co'nuties in which there was an eetion for~ senator in 18914 for a full term,n f uwhmi counties noi election for inator shall be hed until the general elu:eio to be helsi in 19 anid every fourt year tuereafter. eept to nil vneaseles. Sena-tor- sh.xall be so elassi : 'ed tat honal ot their number. erl as ''ractieable, shall be' cho-eni every- tw' years- Wh'eL'ever the ge-n .ora- andmbl shall esta.bish moreb than rew-'ribe 'ihe tira term eif the senators c.om- '-uch counties a's to observe such ree. '.h annual session of the *eneral assemnbly her-etofor- elected, xeda b the Constrtution of the v-ear 1' to couvene *n t-- fourtnh Tues ~a'b postpo(nel. -and the s'ame shall c veI ed and. heki"' In the cito ini':. the yeair 1"%. The' first s<s-io "f t'he gene-ral assembIly elctd :eder tis consti tmi n-shall conen a:n bia in :ht- cond Tu9 iav inr place. Should th Csalt:ite- of war or contaglous diseas: r:'1nder it unsafe to meet at th; .eatof iovernmrent then the governor may Iy procla:nition tp point a more seen2r and c(u-flint place to o e etling. em bers of the gE neral aSSeb'iy !-,.:il not reecive any CIo'm,e"uatIn for more ti t orty days of tnr one se'ssi:rvidd, that thlis li'mitatioa 5i:ll notk affet the first four sessio'ns o the !,en ra1 assembly nuer thtis consti ' iCt. S . i O l. Tr" t;rm''l:s o.. ttolicet of the enaitt\rl" an) rep'resentai4tius cholrse1 at. ? '-"ohn 01t'rl ,";lio1 lJut b I t ille inday folloin-:tr s:ich eection. l:,13 acl: ihouse shalll judge of 1the eection! re: ta and ',ta.lineatiO!'s of its ownxmmbl r and at majority of each house Seall c ,ustitute a quorumi to do iusii's.; it sm1ler nubr i:a atJourl so:n afr y to day. and may Co17;::!l the attenuanc' of absent mnem bers in suCh :uanner and under such penalties ats may bec prov ided\t by hi." or rule. See. 12. E ach house' shall choose its own ofiiers. dtermi:e it rules Uf .recedure, 1mna i 1:',t'- men'(ers for 'is orderly behavior, .ad with the cou currence of two-tihir?, cxi a m m her, but not .. scect.ud time for the saiue Cause. See. 13 E h'us ma.: i.ish by impris'nmt d C urin its siting a::y person not a 2: r i' 1i':' shali he guilty of 4isr"sm. tt> t:. toE by in itsj pc eie,ow'. .:i-rlu. th timne 01 its ;i:.iig, h:il ia ratenI harm to the bodt Ur .state :} in1ni for anythiu said 1r 'one in either house, or w.:h;.-: our the:i there for or who Shill - .:.t r tt v I k'.tness or other U: : -. rd tt taud the hos: ia h L : th<ret'.) or returning "t : a .:!' a:-, 1h ri's cu .anV person1a1re.,td byUrdtr of the house: i . that s:tuh time of imprisonmient .shall n i any ease extend bey:ont s the -- ;1gn eral asserbly. Sec. 1'f. Th 1' mbuiers o. bth houses shall bec proteCtei in teir per sons ani etate duir in. thi att. : ud ace o:, goi to arn ri *ci!jng from the general assemb-y, al 1 days pre vious to the- et a;' ' 1as after the aidjounmen" : t these privileges st:al : mi . . ' a!ym" her who ebal b 5:7 with treas;o:. felony or breacho' t": - . Sec. 15. : r'i i; e shall originate in t"- house of r Sentati:-e:, but '1ay be:al:ere d, nd ed or r"jectedt by the se nate: all 'ii:r bills may Ong'tiate in- eith r:us vw be amede," altere. or re an - the other. jeet-ed i '- +h S-e oft all }aws shtall See Jt enacted by th.. general as be: ".c the State o So"th Carolina." sembi, 47. 'ery a tt or resolution r ,qv ~ - sW iil relit' to tt shal 1)0 Cx Tj%ed liihc title. See. IS. No bil jo t resolution shall have the ftrce o h. rUti it sald have bEn r(1:1 thre. t7iS: and ; three .cAveral tays n eth ,ouse, ha. bad th', grt m S at aie ideut of the s"'at e 1 :n the speak'.r the house of representativs Provid e-, tha eiter raruch of tgnr I astebd tay prov. by. ruefo joinreoluion'b 0',.s 'tite ~onl.0 traeli '0;in t and relurning? irOn the ni"'-" wher'i s'ns ar'e hcid i'OWer to 'incre.'t"t e 1' :- j?:no it: 0;w1 members: :u' I'me:'t'rs f th< ge'ncral assembi-:wh": couvenei. ui "exitrassin.bl eemtew: S11 :u In111 eilCt'i> byt the g--en eral aIsseml. or either Ltouso thereof theL membert-s shall vote "'viva: v'oce,' andI their votes, thus given, shall b+ entere'd upon the journal (f the hiousc to wh'i they- r'sn-ctively belong. See. '1. Neitiher i',>nse. during thie sebssioni of the gener:al assem?bly, alI, wi.thout consent of the other, adjourn for more than three dayVs, nor to anit other plazce than that in which it shal] be at the time sitting. Sec. 22. Each: house shall keep ii journal of its own proceedings, and cause the samne to be oubhished im mediately after its adjournment, ex epting .such pharts as, in its judgment. mayI ret'ure sec.recy: and the yeas and nav;s of tat: mei>ClIers or either house, nutary'quesuion. shill, at the dsire of tenu members of the house or 1ive members)01 of the senate, respective iy. he entered onl the' journal. Any memberli Iof either h~ousei shall have liberty to isent from? and prVotest aainst any net or resolution which he may hinkinjuiousto the public or to an inivida ltn have the reasons 'of his di'--ent ientered~ on the journal. Sec. *-:). Thn' door of each house shll' be Quen. ('\c:i ''n -:ueh occatsions qmp-re secrecy Sc. 20. Nop :: shahli e eli -.nre to a1 Set. i1 the general atssembly mro8i or tru:,t a nder thi State. the puhee, "r'und'r ::o;'ny s-h rp'twe.ex' c e 'ni~ la t':- '.1' ' l: a 'dIotries or 'i.wrtt- ifl y -i ithe t id r s- qualiy his' -'e a l. '''e'v o Sec. "- ." il -i eny tleo diprt shal SteL'iert o"hi--- 'az~ memb' ofr members'i '- he . a .. elto. irth pei acny perso chte -jmember ''f tther ho- Ih refuse - to t l and tIk' 'hisset.or s allresin, de, d par son so ref ing to '{aally. resignin ling. departiug the State, or becom ing disjuili!ed. was elected to serve or the defaultiug election distric ought to have chosen a member o member,. See ". Members of the g?cnfenr as_embiv, and all o!lieer-, before thel enter upon the daties of their respec tive oilces. and all membei-s of the bar, before tho enter upon the practice oj their 1,rofc;sion, shall take and sub scribe the following oati: "I do sol cmnli swe'ar 'or tallirn) that I am dlit iiill,i Lne ording to the Constitt tion tdf this Stt', to ex::ercise the dn ties (f the (i.-ee to which 1 bare beet or a;i i e a that I wi! to the b st of my abilitt, d.scharg' the tie'vs th(ereof. auid pre is :rtie, pro teet and defend the Contitution of this sttte and ofI the uuited States. I to firther sol,.hul" swear (or afiirm! thit I have 'it since the first day of Trnuarv. in the year eighteen hundre, tu( eiIt y-e,i engaged in a duel as rieial r secoud or otherwise: ani :hat I ;.i11 nUt. d;ring the term (1 ofie :u wbih I '.ave been elecct(e:d1 ttpoint ') engage in a duel as principal or see >cd or other ise so bhelp me God." The 27. Ofiicers shall be removed for iucatntcity. misconduct or neglect : dut , in such manner as may be provide'l by law, when no mode c: trial (r relirval is provided in this Ceu titntionl. 5ve. " . The general as:e:ibly shall Ua't 'eh a.1 will exempt from at tltaent,. levy au.d s.;e u nder any mies, cr final pr;oc.. isuedl from any cut the ie a 1n- ( iI i famiy residt ing i1!thi tate. a mCeitead eians, wh ete h1 in and or aniy lesser es tae' t thc' ruie cf 011O, or so mncel tlereof as the property is worL if it alue is' Ice. than 11, l0e, with tht v'r1!' prodinets thee:f.S an d to ever.1 head'of tha ':nilt r:. ing tii Statt'; whether entitleto h s rnltea exr ertion ine d nds or not, crson: pro]r ertd to the valne of a or so hmel thereof as the property is worth it iit vahi. is less than Tea The title to th( homested to be Set o i and ass pone shall be absoltte ad be forever t:ia c'hanred from all debts t the st& debtor then existing or thereafter con traeted except as hereinafter provided t'rovided. h at in case any wuiit having a separate estate shall be mar ried t tothe head of a farily who ha not of his own suflpropert y i or t, constitute a honstead as hereinbeforl provided, said married woman shall b entitled to a like exemption as pro vided for the head of the family: Pro vided, firther, That there shall nt b anl allowance of more thain $1,001 worth of real estat'eandmore thaor 50i worth of personal property to th hts band and wife jointly: debtioded, ctr ther, That o proertya shall be e, a from attacs ent, levy or sae for taxes e for the phrchase of sai homesten or personal property exeepti n or l erection or mak;ing of implrvemelh or repairs thereon: Provided, furthe: That the yearly products of saidhun. ttead shall not ie exempt from attael itent, levy r e for the payntrw obigILatind conrae in othbe l:ridu, t'ionortesaeCPoidd furtherTat'lc's. Tnt noe waiver I shal defal the rig ofJe otedfr a slk xmr i~ sigumentece fithe byhed of conmivey~ialncesrs morg andrly adts ant tl Iemrtgf det:rad noto jugence, ior othern ceof whoe0iend. no relind ethnometea shall h ad at44 ihatu or euit tho roeuire thi a lciien t wichadembrae the hom:c steadjnd otihe prpetysal.r eus t3. he genersste:Provie allowae Thto after puli homiesteadi leant has benstof and srecorde f covedy uce,ntrtgnade. or thi unl'es pclmth orm paet execui:rt oy but hu.c naud e any wine,ait ot aeln Provaied fortere. Tat any persoCII not thelip ehead tif fair shal bressi : tie ''1 a l exemption~ asc '-oidei fori the hea of flin all hc nees ry .wearing apprelh orandirols d.i pvaete sumr]oftiu ori300. blds reaclrocnd perompnel,o shall adup th ctua vlue toeO'i property ta assecnt.f mad fos rihe phups < laing sneh1 itax.b oh oi'ivdit neve grant oeral opaion,fee < alwce to asny. puei osnier. agen servan rotacrsSttor 1afte seice . 'rei deedco cnatrcnmade. timr atho izteupaymet pore par pyment of an caunder any coaract t uh Sec. :;2. Land elugin to orc in ofr the contur' (t the Sae lie private datepratis or't indiv'iduls lapndIn bexsold ti' copoion.' serce:ios for a les prc ha h for pch i an esldt dvda Thi'.o hovr sha not'''" preen tl in width, asr a more esement' to ri r''od ars n't'ate lad,u! ft 5e. :4. The general asssmly of this State shall nut enact local or qpc cial haws concerning any Of the follow ing sub1jects or for any of the follow ing purposes, to-wit 1. To ch:ange the nalues of persons orplc if. To lay out, open. alter or work r.ulshor highwnys. 1,. To incorporate cities, towns or villagcs, or ch:iange. anend :r extend the charter ihereof. 1 V. To incorporate edcieationl, re ligius. ':lritable, s;cia!, 11unn:Iufact:r - i "r b'akig institutiiins not 11nde'r the cuitrl of the State. or :ncnd or extenti thc ciiurteric therlcef. V . To itcoriiorate sholi distriiets. \"I. To aulthor: ihe arlp1':ti or legitiumatio'nF of <:hihtiren. VJI. To provide for the protectiou \-fL To sunwotUl eniliel grai.d or p'eiit juries. 1 N. To provide for the age at which citizens shall be subjeet to road or oth er l>nlblic duty. X; T.' iix the aioue t or manner of Co!mpensa.itiont to) be pal to any county otieer. Le'wept that th laws may.' be so inade Ias to grade the COmeC11Snation: in proPortion to the 1illation and ue".sary servic' reqmrei. X 1. J u all other enl:r, wheldre a gn eral law can be rle:dti applienale, no special Jaw shai] be enacted. i1. Tht' geneu-rl sni11y siall]. f'rt1w ith enact genlera: la1c s c,>cern ing Saici sublrjects f.l; Sifl(. purposes, w hichliail be uniform in their opern tit'ns: PrloVidedl, That nowthing con tainled in thi', setSC.ionli shall prohihit th1e general asse ly frrm enaetiIng lecia. provisions; in general laows. .X; l. The 'rov isiuo:; of this sec. tion shall nlit apply to charitable a:1. iii:vational corporations where. under the termls of a gift. devise or will. sp iaol incornora.tion 'unei lie reuired. Sec. i. It shall be thu duty of the general assei1 y -i ' 'n.act l:iwslim ti; nfr ' fnlulir of :ere of 1:1' 'hich a I4ilien:' Jr :taV c)r)4t'ouo t :r'hl by\ a iensi may own within hbis t tt,:. CONT'.\iEI) NE:i7 'VEEK:. TItE FIFTY-FOURTII CONGRESS. A Synopsis of the Procccdings of Both Hottses. r't: Fx r1.:. II :': enate on Thtitsday hbib, were in trVdlu-""d to provide fl-r the coinage of ti' silver it the Treasury: !y Mr. Chandler t, prov1ide. in co"nncetion - ith other 'nttioMs: for the unlimited coinl of gold and silver at a ratio of 1 to 1j. r .:solution was intro duel bv Mr. Gallinger..e New lanipshire. d1'eciarin~g it ti be "ti:.;i- arid inexpedient to retire the greenbacks." "c. Callh of Florida. .;dldressed the Senate in i^half of the Cubans. - He -avs ;paiu's 'arfarC i= disrraeeful. It is nio'reiis a.nd in disre-,srd of age. Sex and I - , colliton. Spaia and N.:;-land recognize.l + .. ::e. racy - wIh eituld not t e Uni State- recogni 1hu C'u,:uls a" n -led to the rights f <tru; - 1r ' 111 e h'~ audt.lr. us ill" MiUZd-v. ie su t: ;Idj.'urnl''l iintil M aI .d T. bi1's w'-re itrodut'''d to cnt the l'IlLent1 1 Ith I iLilndeb'ted'.nless of 1't iji: railr-:ad'1. tI i tv rurnmut. A resohit:,ll Was (lr.'r:l proving tha14:t "'all debate shall be rlevanlt l St 1tiuCd to thle sublject directly beIfore* the enae."The. Setretary of Agrieuituir' it was1. iutrue.'ld to re]port to the SenaIitte t w~lhher .r not Jhe. has5 e!xpendedj t whleit e. ''e4sion for the purchas5' and14 distribuItiont of . 1eds a'nd for the prinitig ndIti lstributI4i.n I iu the htouse onf 'Jhuir'tday. l"x-pe:ike.r Grow.i 1'lIif t Pens l.ia l dressed the hlvi a., liommittee' of t he whble 14n the S'tate t'I I te nion antd fr.r nea:1r1' :tu hour he. *oma ;mre< lt working~ of he ptrotgeive. tarilf st as. iLt exi-tt't fromt 1%.oi t 18914. witht tbe re -lit's w:h4leievd btyte.sn l aw a1W.Lsserting' 'thai the latter hi:i nit prov.ed auwh if a n smile ptropotsed,.instead( oft the retor.: pit 0144 li 14m mot il ver ' rtihete.. a 'wll,i e. hang folr.'ir.-uilhin..note's, rCeOivinlg 9~1' Iir eW~very i.tt 4.depos.d: thle greenhaeb 4. '4t crt!iete: whon b:positIed to ieen t'rl. The gld resr~ve, lh coteded.l wouldawaiy- proe aSotur.Ce of wveakne: p'i4litar's. Se0ve'rre:(oitioniS of ilqiryil of .xetvet depa11rtmenVfts were1t offered '..i pa 1i T he HoutAse ad jirned till Mionday. '-.OUT Hil EIiN E~TERPRISES, Lines F~or he Pasi Wieek. A'It 'a ia , i'. (: t' to Th)e(1 31ufactur:er,G I n atR m .':fraste ilo 1.0 a n e.andI I .0 loon:11, 10 o .tst aboul t MO4. an sonherlta 04pita :Te ('it aiad r m:d1 r --tnl ai.' ,' I t'iJ' 4 :in:- *'town at.i4 14 .-tr i a ( nga .1.' 4 Jt 'i"ba I .-i k, were4I'i'' t' I 1 , ' 1r--h1. 1o 1100 i.r '' I 40.0 ar g an f -th I!i' -- r j"o yo i' r -' e'/"l for tlv0. wah te j ':tn im of r:~ rI j".iry*~i m ,4 .3 I 14ri'fla: '. pu 'b i l exte ..'j e; 11t V:S 'w t.. in14: iltimor and t w.,h 'ma1 fa - 0: e:ytis. e0 .0 PALM ITO POINTERS INTERESTING ITE1 FROM ALL OVER mTE STATE. The Laurada Guilty of an OTense on tie M1-gh Seas. Judge W. H. Brawley, of the United States District Court. has handed down his iectisioU in the fase against Cart. :tmlii lt!g:eS. the master of the stea;sLip Lauriada. which wa1s charged with violttinUg thbie neutrality laws of the t'itei States. Judge Brawley holds that while there i' no proof of an expedition bcgN1!! withie the territory 'f the Unitd Statt (. there is sufficient 1lroof of an otn-s ci'mn itted on the high seas to jt ify t h !Ie.r IntE:rtiga tio!. He: tirel"re. issued aI order holding Capt. H1uhes inder heri:l for trial at the ap'iroachiug Jaurii,tv term of the Co1urt for the c an district of South Carolina. i3ea:mfort rTx'payi'ers in a Fix. Bcanfort C'outn2ty is nudergoing p)tr tienlarly hard tin a , owing not only to the elIuing 1OWn 'f tie Iphospate mines and thirowiug tt oi t'7 empoy Inehnt Jmu1} lxrs oft uniplre an laborers. hut t1is y-ar ih' li':e :t' culled li:p n to pay two ta:ses. The ts that were due oi the in year (i ; anl 1891. the Collecti 'l- of which was siis'endeti II iiSConsequce'' of the iAugust eye'Llonef, and the: e f' r f: . 15 are both doe, and a V' e a~l llproi,or'en1 Of either ht:1 i yet been pahi ia. r:,i the e le_ t' 1a"v t' , ,i t 'i .i.'Ult y to i. t their t.x...s. A! ' a '.5,:an Cthe ert d itors of .teii .::'. . a n a Ihal fis, ati havc 1.h 't w y d I.y inet nh .' thl' t,..: : ! 'u r 1..t%: 1i?t :' 1 rI -j piettof rda :mtI aw o posibi! 71C': :;' lV: i Ity' ' ' j en ot. :!i 1:mi:e', :'s the L ';i.dat r c .ll w-11j t 1'_:\(?.e until after the ti:e I'''res rel the penalty w:ll attach. 'he ('o-Opert ive %1tl!. The :Udr o thl' Catrti.!I' 7' ?" t:eiar S ': t t,l:'_ l;iI ha l a "peCial tii :. ''er y e'-x .1 vening tovote an :iin s1cr':1 , 1 ita 4tck T hi: is the +'orp;oratho that w:schatrt"red evealmonhsag wvith a itial stoek 'f1 1i,00. ti, :imonut t e e.:i d olt titt cU' opera iiVe ltinh. AI the 1nec-t ing the otileer. r.:'oirted that the initial 2monlit had been ovtrsuibscribed adI that the directors :: ti una uni ad vised an inerease to $5k .'0, which was accordingly done. As :un as the cold weather is over the aetive work of constrncting the mill will begin,and the Carolina Mills Coupanyi will spin next ter's cotton. It is und r-td thLt ''., Child'. of the C,lu1bi, Newherlim Lariren Ihr nir:has obtine Ct i right froim +eci r A ' l' d'll ti .1r' train.' ter the tri Lc of t N.-w berry'c r.: Utilroad tel :. Clinon and are 1 . ' s '.'piltP tAt therug et ainii weca 1 .1Gh'riit Colkumbia Ind lemrens will"be r'n dtht olee.f thisll b'e o t rIm. Stat aheu ( Co.''rinc' ay.-tm. d oe coeiti vet' rt as' agl'cist th oe hs ( n Royl' a n :E esrnC.rine ytem.sa Tht lSe CoM' ito.rtg or . k 'n e Af the wrecent 1 et int li te l'-ths am, N. It., wil elected an ueritei' tState. Thew Con rec e askedi the pr'i" vihlee;i of uniti3g it c ip t\e worklii w ithil' the to ' C rec es If N rh iCar aLicr-:t n byIc e1 m i e coe ret ' as terl etol. i Th-: i 'i . vi': c'i lonere'ca hi cf the work' in thi 'ex but he s ed -Hewil ee-4, il--iram ne 11po is wi r :tl one.a''je3 ec ls't a ti''e Char I~e in' Efe't tri P3 - i mlnici ni elcto n11 (hitr' est' ' how th-ee it I :' '-h x. h .i ga I en 'dle Ins \'. : (' ;;urI-'' of injrit' of -- voe.Te eni '>ypthe -. P. . Mr Smth wi'' hav he e:s-vt.. En i r Ca 'e 'ti'rc''i. a m th -" i r "'1.'-'- nX . ThiL freIt trai 'harle5' ndt :iearisy; deni. th the ai :n: "'i.:. iSiie he cre o r .c'.-n 0 ' ' n -i hare-:i:-h-ien r in t o :,1 . i h n n e ;i r LATE NEWS IN BRIEF. GiLANINGS FRM MANY POINTS. important H.appe:ings, Both Home and Foreign, Briefly Told. Newsy Southern Notes. Wednesday was the great day of the Clarleston, S. C., .stical. The p tratie was witnessed by fully 30,000 people. Two freight trains on the Air Line collided at Thiekerty, S. C., on Thurs day iiigbt, and engineer C~urlee was killed. A premature explosion of powder and dynamite at La Folette, Campbell county, Tcnn,, Thursday afternoon, killed four men, and four others may die by the explosion. While attempting to step from a moving street car on Fourteenth street inl front of Peachtree Inn, Atlanta, Mr. H. T+, Hart, of Palatka, Fla., was thrown backward, his head striking the pavement, producing injuries from; hich he died a few hours later. The towt of Titusville, Tex., was nearly wiped out by tire Friday morn ing. +Mr. O'Brien was burned to death while trying to get $18 left in his room. The loss is $100,000. Ham berg & Garner, merchants, arc sis pceted of incendiarism and are in jail ,rd in danger of lynching. A. K. Ward, the forger who was captured and brought back to Mem plis; Teun.. aftar a sojonr in Hondu ras, has been indicted fifty-five times for forging as many notes. - The amount of forged notes- is over $80, 000). Ward has employed good law yer: and will make a tight on the line of . gencral denial. Northern News Notes. Hon. Allen G. Thurman, the Old Roma";' died at his home in Colum bus, Ohio, on Thursday. The physicians of Wyoming county, Pa., are greatly puzzled over the case of Miss Pearl Borton, who has been sleeping uninterruptedly since Novem ber 27th. A Sun Francisco dispatch says Mics Millie Viola, annex-actress and 3ro nant, says she has come from Australia to go over the NiagaraFailsin a barrel. To make the-feat more difficult, she says she will have the barrel dropped from a balloon. , Three-corpses of women stolen from the cemet Thursdav rc 2 LC Itlant Exposition. Chattanooga Day was celebrated in fine style at the expos:tion Wednes day. One of the irst fruits of the Atlanta Exp;osition, from a commrercial stand. poin.t, aper in the effort now being made to organize a direct connection between the Atlanta chamnber of comn mlerce und the commercial bodies of Costa Pica, Guatemala and Mexico. The idea is to establish a commercial museum in Atlanta with a p)ermanent exhibition of the products of those countries, and also to establish in Costa. Rica a simular exhibit of the United States. Foreign. - At D'abliI. I.relandl, water burst into a colliery at Cong, county Mayo,flood ed the shaft a depth of 150 feet and drowned-six men. It is announced that the Spanish cabinet has decided to resign owing to the recent pop~ular demonstration: against the ministers of finance. justice and public works. who supported the municipal authorities. Great Britain is making issue with. the United shites for the wounding of - ___ Purser .Tames H{. IUaue,.of the British steamship during levee riots, in New Orleans. La.. last spr ig. Governor Foster has been asked 'by Secretary Olney for a report o:n ti,j levee dis turbawnces, and steps have been taken tow,aid b)ringing oifenders to trial. A dispattch to the Associated Press ~rom a nu'mber of Armenians of Con tantinople 'says: "A rmenia is at her aust gasp. Work o f extermination con tjnUes. -The unmber of people mas sacred reac-hes 100000 and half a uillion survivors have taken refuge in forests and mountains feeding on. herbs ujd roots. Huuger anid cold have be ~un to make greatravagesamong them. un the name of humanity and Chris ~ianity save us." The President has re-appoirnted-the nemibers of th~e court of private land -laims, as follows:: -Toseph Ri. Reed, >f Iowa, to be chief justice, and Henry 2. Sluiss, of Kansas: Wilbur F. Stone. if Colorado: William M. Murray, of :enriessee. and hcnias C. Fuller, of orth Cairolina. to be assciate justice. .heir t:-rms had e:wired. . Crime.. The murderer, Harry Hayw-ard, was -- anged at Minneapolis,Mnn,o Vednesday. - .3in,o At San Francisco. Col., Wednes<fav udge Murphy set February 21st 99,as the dat& for the excention of !. H. T. Dur?nt. Desperate crimi~n_als attempted to ow up the jailat Springfieii, fl1. ii:y by puiting dynramite in the tils. T be walls did not give way en roly hat every brick in them is loos DESIROUS O v 1 DECISION. The Daisensary Test Case to be Pushed Forward. If looks now as if the vexed question as to the relation of the South Caro lina dpensary law to the United States inter-commerce law and the Constitution of the United States is soon to be finally settled for all time, by a decision from the United States Supreme Court. - The case in which the whole qse tion is involved is that of "'ames Donald, on his own behalf, and of all others =:imilarly situated, vs. J. I. Scott, et al, und other State constahn and oftieers. In regard trl this case, Attorney General Barber speaks 'thus in his an nuai riport, recently issued : "This was . bill of equity fled the United States circui# court by :Tanes Donald against the four deten daut. numei, s Stato constables, praying for a perpeti.d injunction re straihing the defendants and all other State cunstables ard ob'icers fromf seizing or attempting to seze, in tran sit or otherwise, or entering the d:wel ling of the complainant to search, seize or carry away cr confiscate any ales, wines, beers, or spirituous lin nors imported into the State for his own use and consumption], or in anyI imanner hindering him from import il:g. holding, possessing,. using and consuming any liquors thus imported. STher^ is also a special prayer in the hill for a temporary writ of injunction. ""ln the bill the main grounds upon which the c-nmplainant relies are, that the sections of the dispensary law pro bibliting persons from inpo.ting lic ctors into tbe State for personal 'sC conflict with the Constitution of the U'nited States. in that they discrimi nate :tndst the citizens and products of other Staie: and against the citizens th:i State, and thus interfere with free coh merce, and are not the lawful '--ecebe of the police power of the Stute. "At the time of the tiling of tl;c bill a rule isn.ae. ag:iust the'defendanmts re quiring them to show causes why a temporary writ of injunction as prayca for, shoul not be grunted. "At the hc:ring of the rule, and after the right of complainant to the temporary writ, and asserting that the sections of the dispensary law an qu11estion were the lawful excercise of the power, and were constitutionaland valid. "At the hearing of the rule, and after elaborate argument, Judge Sim onton filed a decree allowing the term nrarr writ of injunction. In his de cree le held that the sections of the act were unconstitutional on the grounds alleged by the com lainant -in ,:1n t12a ct.istitutionality of so tlne o; u dispensary- law as is claimed affects iuter-state commeree." This is the ease as a Cousmculence of which all the liqior contempt prucecd ings have been had. The ease has been pending for some time. On Wednesdayi Chret, befoe JdgeSimaonton, the record of the case was completedannoth clr ofg the court is hard at work mak ogtetrauscript of the record to be forwardsd to the United States Sn p'renme Court at Washington. As soon as this is done Attorney General Bar her says he will proceed to Washington, an:~d muake a motion to advance the ease on the docket. so that a speedy- deci . son can- be secured. Mr. J. ii. P. Bryan, the attorney for the complain aint, consents to this motion. The court will be asked to tix soume duov not later than February- 1, for the heimg o)f the argumlent of the ease. Of course this will settle th: Cohun-. bia Club caseC and others of like char acter so far as the inter-state feature 'ruE (LUn CSE AJrELE. Assistant Attoi-ney General Town send has appeared before Judge Simnon toti'and presented the application for appeal fronm that judge's decision in the Cobuub)ia Club ease to the United States court of appeals. The appeal was allowed by the .judge, and the pa pecrs giving the grounds of appeal were filed. The appeal is taken on the gen eral ground that no person has a right to import li<iuors for his own use anid put them i-a a clb room. a place the maintenance of which for such a purx posec is expressly forbidden by the State dispensary law. Misellaneous. It is said that the silver men will coutrol the United States Senate. Americans, it is stated. own 8:10. 000,000 worth of sugar plantations i Cuba. Fitzsimmons has refused to signar ticles of agreement to, light 3h1hr Corbett's protege. F. D. DeBarrard, who is at the head of the movement to have a cottou n position in Chicago uinder the auspiuces of the Southern States, has written i Malcolm 3IcNeill, who is conductin the Chicago end of the enterprise. ib he is meeting with great succes. expects to be in Chicago snortly aft [rom every Southern State. who wi1I rneet a Chicago committee and di: he whole matter. The exriosit ua 2ow assured. Tt will be ~hela . arlier than August 15. 3 896. and-ii ~ontinue. according to the preses ulans, for about two maonth. Mer hants from the northw~e-t ille hacago about this time and thi uttention will be called to the outhern sxhibit. sae fr-om Ssaii. 'i)es not k.I laith i.H W thinh a. i i: --