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EMPSON MILUS. ?Htcr Hipp Lo YOL. ?. LAI KENS C. LIM S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1886. big job of Clothing _Baltimore Fir?. NIE WORK or TUE SESSION. OVKlt ?100 NEW LAWS AUDUD Ti? THU STATUT IS HOOKS. Wind tim Cmiflral AtlftOlubly r\COOIII|?ll(tllC?l lu a Monaloo of Twonty?slx Working Days. Act to repeal an Act to establish two sohool districts in ('boater county. Act to authorize the town council of Forreston to borrow money to build un academy. Act to amend an Act to limit thc num ber of trial jiu.ticea in curtain counties, so far as rotates to tho counties of F.dgo flold and Charleston. Act to ratify and con brm a cor tain contract made by the county commis sioners of Chester county, relating to unfinished records in tho Clerk's oiliee. Act to validate und confirm thc con solidation of the Augusta, ridgefield ami Nowberry Railroad with tho Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad. Aot to amend Section l i l, of l'art 2, Title IV., of tho Code of Procedure, re lating to tile place of trial of civil actions. Act to alter and amend tho charter of the town of Manning. Act to authorize the Charleston, Cin cinnati and Chicago Railroad to build and operate telegraph and telephone lines. Aot to further provide for the public printing in this .State. Act to declare the degrees of affinity or consanguinity within which any Judge or judicial officer shall not ho qualified to sit. Act to author i zo tho city ol' Columbia to guarantee and pay the coupons to he issued by the trustees of tho Columbia Canal, ?to, Act to provide for the preservation and management of thc Downer fund. Act to exempt. Bertain portions of Korshaw county from tho operations of tho stock law. Act to provide for tho oomponsation of agenta appointed by tho Governor in caaes of requisition for fugitives from justice. Act to amend Subdivision 1 of Section 18 of tho Code of Procedure, relating to tho time of holding Com bs in tho First circuit. Act to amend tho charter of the South Found Railroad Company. Act to extoud tho jurisdiction of tho trial justices for Hampton and Beaufort counties resident at or near Uardoevillc. Act relating to the Winthrop Training Behool for Teachers. Act to authorize the cundy hoard of examiners of Kershaw county t> i elect* ono series of books to be used in the public schools of said county. _Act to incorporait' tho Columbia Sav ings Bank. Act to renew and amt nd tho charter of the town of Blacks. Act to amend Section 1,005 of the General H tata toa relating to county hoards of oxaminet's. Act to regulate ot i m in al practice in tho Courts of (icm ral St si ions. Act to revive, rm,cw and annual the charter of thu Cokeshury Sohool, at Cokesbury, Abbeville county. Act to incorporate thc board of trus tees of the Co.umbia Canal, to transfer to the said board tho Columbia Canal with tile lauds now held therewith and it? appurtenances and to develop the : samo. Act te ( harter tho Bcnnettsvillo and Cheruw 1" hoad Company. Act in rotation to forfeited lands, de linquent lands and collection of tuxes. Aot to incorporate thoUnvu of Verdery, Abbeville county. Act to amend an Act renewing thc td mi lei of the town of Kock Hill. Act to amend ?Subdivision H, Section 88 of the Code ol Civil Procedure, relat ing to courts of trial justices. Act to amend Section 1,008 of tho General Statutes, r. hiting to unclaimed personal property ni the possession of c nunton earners. Aot authorizing tho county treasurer upon tho n quest of the school commis sioner of Kielli i:e( e nm!y Ki ruuke tem porary loans of money for thu purpose of meeting the current expenses of tile schools in saul county. Act to incorporate tho Wadosboro, Winied".ro ami Comaok Railroad. Act to amend thc charter of thc town of Mount Carmel. Abbeville county. Act to amend the charter of tho Roan and Exchange Dank of Columbia. Act to amend an Act to provide for the. incorporation of hanks. Aot to incorporate the town of Prince ton, in Laurens county. Aot to amend tho charter of thc South Carolina Lund Improvement Company. Ait to amend the charter of tho village of Tatum, in Marlboro county. * et to amend Section dot? of Code of Procedure relativo to appeals to tho Su preme Court. Act to provide for a new school dis trict in Kdgetield county. Act to amend the charter of thu tow n of Liberty in tho county of Dickens. Act to amend an Act to provide for thu reindexing of certain records in the office of tho register of mosno convey ance of Andermin county. Act to or?ate a now school did m t in Greenville and Spartanhtirg counties. Act to amend Section 8 of an Act to provide for thc establishment of a new school district in Fairfieldcouuty. Aot to nuke appropriations to meit the ordinary expenses of tho State Gov ernment for thu lineal year commencing November 1, 1887. Aot authorizing tho county commis stoners of OJurondon to apply unexpend ed balances to tho puyment of certain claims. Aot to incorporate tho Cougaree Qos and Electric Company. Act to amend tho charter of the Man chester and Angust? Railroad Company. Act requiring tho county commission ors of Bpartauburg and Hiohluml emu ties to submit to tho qualified voters thereof tho question of subscription or no subscription to the experimental stations in said count n a. Aot to renew and amond tho oharter ol tho town of Fort, Mill. Act to allow cities, towns, villages ami townships interested in tho Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Hallway Company which havo not heretofore voted subsori|/tions to tho capital stock of said road tost?te the samo. Act to amend the law in relation to th? location and n?mes of voting preoinoti in this State. Act amending the oharter of tho cit] of Anderson. r%jr a^TOa?tf?Ewirjwwwya iqi iwwiMW-au Aft to authorize Vordior, Hell's, War rcn and Broxton townships, CoilotoQ comity, to subscribo to tho stuck of tho Urccu Pond, Wultcrboro aud Brandi villo Railway Company aud issue bonds in p 13 nu nt thereof. Act to eli liter tho town of Clover. Act to uduc supplies und make appro print ions for Hie fiscal year commencing November 1, 1887. Act amending tho clair ter of thc town of Yorkvillo. Act to fix tho times for holding Cir cuit Courts in thc Eighth circuit. Act to ciento a now school district, within People's township, of Brimson, Hampton county. Act to pr?vido for thc submission to tho voters of Abbeville and (?reenvide counties of thc question of license or no license. Act to amend tho law in relation lo guille lards. Aid to prevent the improper (? liing of articles of food and to provide a pi milty therefor. Act to arnaud an Act to limit tho num il 1 (d' trial justices in York county, and to provide lor two trial justices in tho city of Spartanhurg. Aot to amoud thc charter of tho Scran ton and Timmonsvillo Tramway Com pany. Aol to provide for thc establishment (d a HOW school district in York county. ' Act to ineorpornto tho town of Fort Lawn, Chester county. Act to amend tho Act to limit tho number of trial justices in Tanfield county, A e. Act to incorporate tho Columbia Club. Act t.> amend an Act to declare a cer tain creek on Kdisto island, Berkeley county, 11 private stream. A(d. to pr?vido for the modo of ap pointing trial justices and for their tenuru of ellice. Act to provide fertile manner in whioh the salaries of Court stenographers shall 1)0 I '.lld. Act to provide for beneficiary scholar ships in tho Winthrop Training Behool for Teachers at Columbi 1. Act to incorporate thc Clinton Build ing and Loa i Association. Act in rotation to posting tho schedules of passenger trains behind limo. Aid to amond tho charter ol' the Bank of .Marlboro. Aol to amoud the charter of the Bank of I darlington, Act to provide for the establishment (d three uew school districts in Pair Held county, and authorize the levy and col lection of a iooul tax therein. Aot to arnuad Subdivisions 2, I and S of Sect iou bltl td tb" U euora) Statutes relating to physicians. Act to incorporate the town of Pen dleton ami provide for its government. Act to protect the owners of boxes, baskets, celts, h..ttics and syphons, used in tho sale of mineral waters, Roda waters, pelter, ide, eider, ginger ale, sundi beer, lager beer, white beer 01 otb? r similar beverages. Act to declaro tho law relating to tho separate cst it? s ol married wt um n. " Act t ) exempt certain portions of Ooh loton county from the oporatiou of UK stock law. Act to prevent monopolies in till transportation of freights and to RCOurt fn . competition iii tho same. Aot to change tho name oi tho town ol Car" Ursvillo, in Darlington county. Act b> ninond Section 2,52(1 of tin (b i?cral Statutes relating to tho recover) of stolen goods. Aot to limit tho amount to bo paid foi the supp.ir. of the outside poor of Pair lield eon my. Act to incorp?ralo tho Yorkvillo Budd ing and Boan Association. Act to provide for tho ri lief of ft 1 te i 1 soldiers and sailors, and widows of sol diera and sailors of thc lato war betwcei the SbitcM. A t to make appropriations for tin per diem and mileage of the (minni Assembly. Act to authorize the county cominis Stoners to Sell tho poer farm in (?nen ville county. Act to amend Section 2,198 of t be ( icu eral Statutes ri tating to petit larceny. Act to amend "An Act to create Department of Agrioulturo, defining it I powors and duties and charging it witl i the inspection of phosphates, tho regit luting tho salo ol commercial h rtilizori, approved December 211, 1871). Act to ann nd Chapter 20 of the dca oral Statutes entitled "<>f tin! Uuiversit of Si .nth ( landina." Act to cuthorizo and empower th county commissioners of Kt rsbaw cnn ty to borrow money to def ruy tho out rent expenses und U> pay school teacher certificates of said county foi the lisct year commencing Noventbi r 1, 1887, an to plcdgo tho taxes for said fiscal yo* for tho payment of the sa'ue. Act to provide for a salary to be pni to tlit> Probate Ju 'ge of Fairfield com ty, uud to provide for the milliner 1 which tiie same shall bo paid. Act to amend au Act to reduce tl number of trial justices in Koraha county and to make tho 0fil00 a salant one, approved December 22, issi;. Act relating to porSOns entering ? concealing themselves in any house, wil intent to steal or commit any otto crime. Aot to amend Section 2 482 of tl (h uerai Statutes of South Carolin?, r luting to house-breakiiig. Aot to amend Section 1,448 of tl General Btatntcs, relating to eharg made by railroads for thc trunsportutic Of properly. Act to authorize and empower tl county commissioners of Laurens conn to borrow money for certain purposes. Act to extend and amend tho chart of tho Anderson Building and len Association, A et to renew and amend tho chart of the Duo West Female College Act to aline, unimproved hindu wbi huvo not been on the tux hat since 1H i to bo Hated without penalty. Act to prohibit tho obstruction navigation by budges ovor and acr< rivera iu this State. Aot to empower tho Charleston, Oi cinnuti and Chicago Railroad Compa to m ort gago its property and frnnt his and to confirm existing mortgages. Act to amend an Act to ohango t time of listing property for taxation, 1 ; proved December 28, 1884. Aot to amend an Act to regulate I 3 elect n m of intendant and wardens in I ? town of Waltorboro. Aot to fix tho per diem and pay r county innards of examiners, Ac. Act to incorporate "The Wonts Christian Temperance Union." Aot tc? amolad Section 2,4i)5 of tho Qouoral Statut? B of tlio State, in relation to huming or culling uutonnutod houses. Act to authorize un<l require the town council of Kook Hill to issue bonds for flic purpose of paying for a steam Uro engine und for tho improvement of the tire department of said town, and to provide for tho interest accruing thereon. Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate tho town of Brimson, in Beaufort county, and Acts amendatory thereto." Act to charter tho Anders m and Walhalla Western Extension Railroad i Company. Act to punish cock lighting within three miles of any chartered institution of learning in this Stido. Act to amend the (ha rt or of tho En terprise and Loan Association of (Jam den. Act to amend an Aot to incorporate tuc town <d Florence, approved March 9, 1871, and an Act to incorporate tho town of Florence, approved December 'Jt, 1881. Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate tin1 ?own of Chester," ap proved December 22, 1885, and for other purposi s {lo ri in nano d. Act to authorize tho county treasuror of Berkeley county to pi teo the balance trial justice tax in the Parish of St. Au I drew t>, levied in tlf fiscal year 1884 85, 1 to the credit of past indebtedness of 1885. Act to exempt certain portions of : Charleston and Berkeley counties from tho operations of Chapter '27, Title X., i l'art 1., of thi! Qoncral Statutes, relating I to thc (bacral Stock law and fencing stock. Act to authorize tho county treasurer of Berkeley county to transfer to tho credit of tho school district? of saul county certain funds held for the pay 1 ment of school oertitloatrs issued in tho : llseal years 18751 to 1878 inclusivo and ! remaining uncalled for. Act to regulate appeals in criminal Cases. Act to regulato tho trafic in seed cot ton in the counties of Abbeville, Aiken, Vor1?, Edgeflold, Berkeley, Kershaw, Ltichland, < Irangeburg, ( 'harloston,1 Ches ter and I nion. Act to prohibit trial justices who re ceive salaries from charging or receiving any fees iu criminal business. Act to authorize tho levy of a special school tax in Behool District No. f), Fair Quid county. Act to authorize and om power tho county commissioners of Colloton county ] to borrow money for certain purposes. Act t i ino ?rp..rate tho town of Holly Hill, m Berkeley county. Aot to authorize and rcquiro tho clerk ol thu Court of Common Pleas for Edge Held county to reindex und rearrange tho records of tho old Court of Equity of said county and t . provide for Ins compensation therefor. 5\ot to arnot d Section 80 of tho General Statutes, in relation to the qualification of ch etors, Act for the establishment of a new sohool district in Laurens county, amito attthorizo tho levy and collection of a sohool tax therein. i Act relating to the compensation ot county commissioners of Anderson and ! Lancaster counties and their clerks. Act to amend Sections 1)3(1 938 of tin Ctonoral Statutes r< 1 ding to dentist?. Aot for the establishment of a new sohool district in the county of York, ti bo known as tho Hock Hill sohool dis triel, and to authorize the levy of a local tax therein Act to amend tho Act entitled "Ai A?-t to authorize the levy ami coltcclioii of a special tax in School District No. 1 of Kershaw county." Act to authorize and empower th? county commissioners Berkeley county to borrow money for certain purposes. Aot to authorize the town council o Bock Hill to issue bonds for the pur chasing of lands and buildings ami Otho improvements for educational purposes and to provide for tho interest ucoruiuf thereon. Act to amend an Act entitled "An Ac to provide for ?he issuing of license P sell spirituous and intoxicating liquors .Vc, in Berkeley and Beaufort counties, approved I >oeenit>er 21, lMSb. JOIST KHSOtiDTIONS. .loud Resolution to authorize th county treasurer of Berkeley county ti pay thc claim of C, W. Sanders. Joint Resolution to authorize th coanty commissioners of Greenville Goorgotown and Bickens counties t borrow rooney for certain purposes. Joint Rotofution authorizing the o uni ty commissioners of Anderson county t i refund $100 to II. C. Summers. i Joint Resolution authorizing timeout . ty commissioners of Clarendon count to apply unexpended ii dances to th OOlinty treasury to certain claims. Joint Resolution to provide for tho ii i vohtigation of tho financial condition ( tho county of Clarendon and for til i payment of tho expenses of the same. ' Joint Resolution to require tho schoi I commissioner of Colloton county to pa W. W. 'roomer, lt. B. Achcrmau un - A. J. Hutton certain sums therein nunn ? i Joint Resolution authorizing tl; ? county treasurer anil school OOmmiSflioi er of chester county to borrow mont i to pay school claims. .Joint Resolution authorizing tl county commissioners of Dickens conni ? I to borrow money to pay oft' tho balam i of the second instalment of county bom i in nid of tho Atlantic ami Richmond A Linc Railroad. ? Joint Resolution to authorize tl county board of examiners of Collett county to pay Salina Du Bois $33. r Joint R?solution authorizing the coi i missioners of the sinking fund to deliv te J. M, Lowry certain papera, r Joint Resolution Ut uutlmri/.c tl school o immissionof of Colloton conn i to puy W. 0. Griffith, Jr., for services f? teacher. Joint Resolution to nuthori/.o f f school commissioner of Bickens couti s to reissue ami pay to J. T. Buggs a p certificate for services as teacher, i- Joint Resolution proposing an amen y meut to Artioio X. of tho Constitution S tho State, radded April 16, lHt>8, striking out Section 2 thereof, o Joint Hosoiutiou authorizing and : >. quiring tho sohool commissioner 1. Igotlcld oounty to pay Chloo Nioh e son her Behool claims, e Joint Resolution proposing an arnot ment to Ai tide IV. of tho Constituti if of tho State of South Carolina. Joint Resolution to authorise I 's county ooiuiuuMuonors of Marlboro coi ty to pay W. IS. Thomas for extra re cording ami indorsing iu tho office of .Imigo of Probate. Joint Resolution to authorize anti em power tho county commissioners of Ytuk county to borrow money to defray tho current expenses, niiil to pay school teachers' certificates of said county, for the fiscal year oommonoing November 1, IHS7, and to pledge tho taxes for stud fiscal y cor for tho payment of the same. HOM K. NKW li A WS. Acta ami Joint KemOiiilonH ofilia Besti?n of 1887. Thc following Acts ami Joint Resolu tious beoamo laws at tin- late Bcssiou of the Stale Legislature: An Act to allow Unimproved Lauds, which have not been on tho Tax Hooks since 1875, to bo Listed without penalty. Section 1. That in ali cases whore un improved land, which hast not been upon the tax books since thc fiscal year Com mencing November 1st, 1875, and which is not in tho forfoitod list, shall al any time hoforo tho 1st day of October, 1888, bc i?t m m ! to tho county auditor for taxation, the said auditor bc, and ho is hereby, instructed to assess tho same ami to enter it upon tho duplicate of thc fiscal year commencing November 1st, IHS7, with tin; simple taxes of that j ear. Section 2. That all such lauds as may 1)0 returned to tho auditor tor taxation, between tho first doy of October, bsss, and tho first day of'October, 1881), shall be assessed and charged with tho ?imple taxes of tho two fiscal years commencing respectively on tho 1st day of Novem ber, ISSY, amt tho 1st dav of November, 1888. Section 8. Thal us soon as practicable after tho passage of this Act the comp troller general is directed to furnish a copy of tho same to eaoh auditor in tho Sbitc, and tin- auditors are required to publish thc samo in each of thotr county papers once a week for th reo mouths during the year 1888, and for tho same period of time dtiriug thc year 188!)) and tho cost of such publication shall bo paid by tho county treasurer, upon tho order of the county commissioners, out of the ordinary county tax last collected. Au Act to exempt certain portions of berkeley and Charleston counties from the operations of Chapter XXVII., Title, ii., of tho Ueuoral Statutes, re lating to tho Qoueral Stock Law and Fencing Stock. Section I, That such portions of Berkeley and Charleston counties as are included within the lines hereinafter de fined bc, and the same are hereby, ex empted from the operation anti provision ol Hart 1, Title X., Chapter XX VII., re lating to tho general stock law and fenoing stock, and that within suid limits all livo stock mnV bo penn . ?'ed to range at large without being oonfiued by fences: Provided, That parties who have complied willi tho general stock law em braced in and adjoining tho territory described in tho following section shall j have the rights of Chapter XXV11., I Title X., of tho (lenora! Statutes, re-i hiting to the stock law, ami only deprived ' of same by tho erection and keeping up, at tho expenses of the owners of stock claiming the bene lit of tho exemption herein of all such fences as may bo necessary for such purpose, whether such tenet s bc necessary arouud ono plantation or several. j Section J. That thc portions of said counties in the foregoing section referred to shall bo bounded by tho following lines, to wit: Commencing on tho south bank . f the Saidee River, at the point where tho Northeastern Railroad touches the same, along tho eastern sido of said track to a point where said track crosses tho Sanfet Canal; from that point along tho eastern ban lt of said canal to its Southern extremity ; thence by tho shortest lint-to thc Cooper River road, at YYapboo Bridge and along said road to a Convenient point on the eastern branch of Cooper River, thence down said eastern branch of said river to tho main | river; thence down said river to tho Wando River; thence up the western hank of saul Wando Rivet to the Wando plantation, about twelve miles above Mount I'lea; ant ; '.heneo across Christ Church Parish lo a point due north of tho head waters of O wenda w Creek, and along the eastern b ink of said ereek to tho sea; thence along tho seacoast lino of Charleston count to the mouth of tho Haidee River, and along said rivor, the same being the county line, to tho point of intersection tho track of tho North eastern Railroad with tho said river. An Act t i amend au "Act to chango the limo of Listing Property for Taxa tion," approved December 24, 1884, Section 1. t hat an Act entitled au "Act to change tho tium of list ing prop erty for taxation,'' approved December 24, 188-1, be amended by inserting after the February at tho end of Section 1 tho following: "Provided, however, that the returns of the following agricultural products, to wit; Corn, cotton, wheat, oats, rice, peas and long forage, made on tho day specified hy law, shall ho the amount actually on huml on August 1, immediately preceding tho date of said return; and provided further, that this shall apply only to such said products as arc actually in tho hands of the producers thereof." Section 2. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with or repugnant to this Act be, and tho same are heroby, re peal od. An Act to Repeal Section 2 of an Act to regulate Appeals in Criminal Casca. I Approved Deoembor 28, 1 KS i. ? Section 1. That from and alter the passage ot this Ant it shall liol, bo lawful for any J ustloo of the Supremo Court, or tiny Circuit Judge of this State, pending I an appeal to the Supremo Court, to grant bail to any person who shall have ' lieen convicted of any offence tho pun ishment whereof ia death or imprison ment for life, or imprisonment for any term exceeding ten years. Si eiion 2. That all Acts and parts of I Acts inconaisteut with thia Act be, and tho samo are hereby, repealed. ? An Aot to amend Section 1,443 of the I General Statutes, in relation to charg?e made by railroads for the transporta tion of property. Section I, That Section 1,443 of thc i General Statute?, iu relation to charge? made by railroads for the transportation & of property, be, one1 the same ia heroby, - mut mied by adding the following pro visos at tho cud of said section: "Pro- i vided, further, that if ono corporation should use, operate or otherwise con trol, wholly or in part, sovorul lines or divisiona of hitherto independent rail roads within tho State, that thc cominis- ' sion.may iu their discretion, conjointly I with tho said corporations, lix different rates of toll or compensation for freight traine au each of said hitherto indopcud- ' cut lines or divisions: Provided, further, that tho railroad commission, conjointly witli tho railroad companies, Bhall have authority to make special rates for tho purposeof developingall manufacturing, mining, milling and internal improve-1 monta in the Stete," so that said HOC! on as amended shall read aa follows: Section 1,1 ld. lt shall ho unlawful fi.r any person or persons engaged in tho transportation of property, as provided in Section 1,440 of this chapter, to charge or receive any greater compensa tion for carry ing, receiving, storing, for warding or handling articles ol' tiie same character and description for a shorter than n longer distance in ono contin?en , carriage; and tho road of a corporation shall in dudo all thc road in use by such Corporation, whether owned or operand under a contract or lease by such cor poration: Provided, that nothing in this chapter contained shall bo construed so as to require any corporation or combi nation of corporations to regulate their charges for shorter distances by their proportion of through rates botweeti terminal or junctional competitive poil ts; Provided, further, that if one corpora tion should uso, operate or otherwise control, wholly or in part, SOVOral lines or divisions of hitherto independent rail roads within tho State, that the c Immis sion may in their discretion, conjointly with tho said corporations, lix differout rates of toll or compensation for freight traffic on OT ch of said hitherto independ ent linos or division: Provided, further, that tho railroad commission, conjointly With the railroad companies, sha 1 bave authority to make special rates for tho purpose of developing all manufactur ing, milling, milling and internal im provements in the State. Joint Resolution proposing an Amend ment to Article I Y., of tho Constitu tion of tho State of South (airedina. That tho following amendments to tho 1 Constitution of this Stato bo submitted to the qualified electors of tho State at tho next general election, and if a ma jority ot tho electors qualified to vide for members of tho General Assembly Voting thereon shall vote in favor of snell amendments, and two-thirds o*f each branch of tho next Goneral Assembly shall, after such election, and before another, ratify the same, it shad bo a part of tho Constitution, to wit; Article IV., of the Constitution shall bo so amended tliat hereafter in placo of Sec tion 'JO of said article tho following shall bo substituted and known as Section 'JO, to wit: Section 20. A Court of Probate shall bo established in each county, with jurisdiction in all mattera testamentary and of administration, in business apj or taiuing to minors and tho allotment of dower, in cases of idiocy aud lunacy and i .et.-on- non compos mentis. 1 he .bulgo of said Court shall bo elected by thc qualified OleotOX8 of tho respective counties for tho terni of four yeal;'. The question of adopting this amend ment shall bo submitted to tho electors as follows: Those in favor of tho amend ment bhall deposit a ballot with the i I lowing words printed or wiit in t lorcou: "Constitutional amoudmont in reference to Artiolo IN'., Section 20 yes." Those opposed to tho amendment shall cast a ballot with tho following Wolds printed or written thereon: "Constitutional amendment Article IV., Section Jo no." The South'* I nrl\ni?-il Mineral Urnoiirecu The recent development of tho mineral rcsou i ces of thc South is something winch most shows thc enterprise and vigoi of tho men who arc active in busbies*. Kroll) West Vlrglnlatocentr.il Alabama is almost a continuous Iron sud cuni producing re gion. I saw in South wt at Virginia opened co.d mines, w here I he vein is almost |:i jt'Ct thick of superior coal, easy n, reach and li minc Isawin Alabama a "mountain" ol red hematite Iron oro, which was Isdng quarried like our rock ledge-, after;: super incumbent mass of carib wasatripped off. For :i? to 40 cents per lon this oro is mined and pul into cat8. Iron ore and coking coal and limestone for lb ix arc next door neighbors in mun}' places; ali of them aie in profusion rad are easily mined, The natural advantages for Iron production ure not surpassed, il they are liol stu passed, il they are equalled, anywhere else. The iron ' boom'' in the South is no "boom1 in ?he sense ihat it ls speculative and transient. For over a do/en yeats it has hecn develop ing steadily and successfully. I saw ?o new furnaces in progress, Borne ju-ii begun and sonic ready to go irlto blast, each one is the loki o of success alicady gail ed in the manufacture of iron in this section; now furnaces are not experimental. Il irdl) that, elie thinks, w hen he reads J he legend on ibo large buildings at youth Pitlaburg, namely " Thc Argnnd Stovesand li inges," Albany, N. Y., is moving South There is light here thc sure pledge id the hmm nse establishment of wealth creating Industries bi the South. A giant does not ?ie down to rest just w hen lu: linds out how st mug lu; is, he winns lo use thal 6trcimth Whit ll I? a loy to him. Thc big iron must bo made into all thc products which oro used '/'"< ufuclurtrt' Hecord -i wm* t nilly <>t the Modern Battle. I.- riiK CATARI HOCUS:. Her ma said her boots were too high In ibo heil. Hui no oilier Style would ulm wear. Hue day while out walking she Stopped on a petd Of hamilla, mid uttering an ear-piercing squeal she frenziedly olutohed In the air. II.-SHK IS SAVKI). Her hustle was rubber, Inflated of course; Tint fashion prevailing to meet. And lt turned out lo Ix; of her safety the source, For w hen she ?at down on tho sidewalk with force. * She bounded right back to lier feet. Ut,-TUE afORAth lu the foregoing, maidens who ti> Hsb booti wear, ! This moral will easily lind, ' When sidewalks arc Icy anti out of repair, A bustle of rubber, inflated with air. ls handy to carry behind. 1 Walnut oil I?, sahl to lie equal to oliv, i oil. and in Ku ropo ii nn article of trude Ii is also used by painters' and by maker of fancy soap*, and for burning in iampy TIIK BLACKS DYINU Ol l\ Till. MAT C INS?. S WI lili Kltl?U A liAHUK I) 1{C'H IC ASK IN NU Mil ?Its. Thu t "Mut ry Nei?i'oo? ol Iii?1 Suiilli n V??y KliKlUtKH Hui? l'Intitulions "' >' tv ITU I'IIMIK iii Swtti iiiiiiu With Tilt* ni N * ii A I m >M-| Dtipoptlllltt'll. (..i iHtlal to thu Pillia i- ipili i i luios ) Aitit-.sTA, GA., December?G. ...Hoft?r as tile negro raco is concorued, the coming cousus will bo un exceedh gly in teresting one, iunamnoh aa it will nu ? qtic&tiouubly dispel thc popular delusion Huit thu oolorcd mau is pingo ig and increasing; and boneo it muy probably hot. people thinking ns to how the condi tion cf this people muy bc really im proved. As lo thoir progress wo who live in thc very midst ot tho negro pop ulation know that it is decidedly moro retrograde Hun: otherwise; whilu Hie mortuary reports published in tho uows papors abow Hint thu death rate is double, tn Ide ami often ovou atill larger, tlmn ot the whites. The census e, loi>0 was to n grout extent Hpcculutivc, on ac count of the chaotic condition ot ail' irs at that period ; but tho strength of ibo race waa utuloitbtodly nudcrcstimubd. Hence tho apparent iii ireaso in t . . f ii lowing census, and hone . also tho tallai y that tho negro po| illation is tart ly in creasing." The goutlemnn whoso rcmai ks arc quoted abovo has been, ever since Ibu oloseof the civil war, a large pin di i in Scri ven county, Georgia, und in ruppert of Ins statement us au undoubted de crease in population among the ncgrot ^, he continued : "lb ic, on my placo, Ibero wero fi ri ier ly 80 negroes to-day lhere aro only two! My neighbor, Major Gibbons, a Maasachusctta gcntUmiu, had somu Ult); thc Wades and tin Joneses had st 800 each; thu llcrrihgtons, 100; thu Hos? licks, ov< r the (Savannah river, sn::;" 7 ?', and tho Martins about fiOO. Whiio mo they nil to dui ? W hy, oil the ?dullht-I tiona ref ci red to there is hardly to bu found u negro to hitch up ono\ horse. .Many wandered off into otiur Stutts after freedom, but numbers of tl in io? turned, broken down by hardsb 11-, ?> the within sight of thu wrCcka . tho bornes thoy dusetted. lu place of < ir old-time negroes wo lutvo wurdi-ri g tribes of thriftless women und young men, who will ruthe! endure btu gui I r days than do nu hour's honest w o k tu earn a good Bquurn meal. Tliis sude . i nit* i rs is not eon tl ned to this nei libnr hood, ft obtains to a greater or ii. .s extent, almost everywheio iu tit it and other negro Hbdos. Hut what can bu dono? There teems to be no rein ody for it. it 1 biro a negro to do i- day's woik for mo in nine out of len or. os boj will ask mo for bis 'rations' in u i/aneu or money to buy food with on the pl a of desperat" poverty, it 1 give b . litis food or money the chances aro ulm ? one thttt the mun will never turn p ; i do tho work or that I shall he ir ol ins workiug in somebody oise's liol 1 \u.o wus not quito so eas} with bim as i waa. Anti yet wo have not thu nhadow of ni ?aw by which l eau hold Eiieh :I rascal responsible. Our statutes d not recog?)izo thai thii species of tricker j ?a obtaining either money, toed Or gooda under false pretences. ' liven to one who visits lids pari of tho world alter many ycart of abscne . it is patent that thc negro population is ? changed and decimated mt ie than decimated. In place cf the leap ot fa I, unsophisticated old ..uncles" and ; ''aunties" aro to bo found n few darkies, ; whoso main obji ct appt ara to be t ? vio lin i/.c, in some mannt r br ai.other, tho j white man. Givo a negro muu a job of I hoeing, for instance, ai. I you roust literally stand by him tho grouter part ol the i i Hiv- lie ?8 doing it. iii ord t to iflSlirO its bring dono anything likt properly, or oftou done nt all. tove a negro wo? mnii ti job of washing, and if you fail to look after ber sharply tin will apod what of tito clothing she does uot steal. Lins? entity scorns to be a component part of tliu naturo of tho country ucgro ol : i-day if not ol his cit.> brethren; win e his, roaming, unsettled mau nor o i life would almost indicate that Numidian blood runs in tho veins of tho West African darky, or that they servilely and hut li - fully imitate tho nomadic trail td tho people of Numidia, for a country larky! is here to day anti miles oil to-morrow at least many of llinn. There ure, of eour.se, Boiuo r< Hablo i negroes rem lining in this quarti r ? f thc world; bul thesu aro few aud they ato scattered over a w ide area. They arc mostly farming on their ace nint, and by ' no means object to making thc admis* sion that their success4n life is due to having been kept in Mud discipline by the while niau, ito negroes ot Wadera anti Southern AI rica, tho w riter knows, from actual observation among them, aro fairly honest and moral the dircot antitheses of thu average negro < f tho present generation, Ibis would neera lo ludiente that our civilization th.es not ag roo With them. The. religion of tho liegrooftoduyishy.sPr.il. If. ban ii" more beneficial cflbet ou thoir mo m of lifo than lias the booting id an owl. What seoniH to bo net tlc.I bailly by ."bia peculiar nure is tho diseovory of sm: e unknown Bystom of mitral ethics which would cnfoioo honesty upon the males and honesty ami chastity upon tho females. l'util this shall haVC been found they will romain unprofitable ser vants. Their notions of morality uro such as cannot bo contemplated > ithotit a shudder, Their religious rites ure a fa re a ami too often a lilthy and blasphe mous burlesque upon upon tho rites of which they ure odious mutations. Sm h, however, is their condition hore, but with city congregations thu case may bo slightly different. lt ia evident to all who live among the negroes of thc country that those lubor sud other organisations whoso agents arc visiting tho Knuth and enrolling negro members aro committing a grave error, although snob societies mav firmly believe tba* they aro doing good woik. Tho negroea regard thia proceed in/* with actual contempt, for they abhor, in their heart of hearts, evory attempt at fratern ity with tito white man as cordially as . they despise Ute authors of auch at tempts, Nattire has given thuin li't'e i , common with us, and they oak for at , I little oe possible, ttome iutcHig dust rion negroes risc to certain ?logrees o? i mineneo UH police court lawyers. Thoy cnn talk and arc usually shrowd at aubtt rf ttgcs and sharp points. Hut it Booms an absolute impossibility to inako oven fair nieohanios or artisans of tbem. Tin y arc admirably good (liboouites Lowers of word and drawers of water when tin y aro made to work, but it is clear that tho curso ou Canaan still liover over thom, impodiug their pro grcss to be other titan servants of ser vants to their brethren. A movement is going on among the negroes of (Southeastern Georgia und South Carolina for a wholesale emigra tion te Florida and no reasoning can bo brought to b ar against it. Several years ugo huge numbers went to Kansas. Mod o? (.linn returned, however, nearly starved. Thou Texas was their objec tive point for expedition number two. Some who went there arc still in tho clutches of tho law of the Leno Smr State; the othors who are not dead aro nek again. Last year there was a great rush for Arkansas, tho poor deluded creatures selling their corn, often forton cents a bushel, to pay their way thither ward, lu time thc bottom fell out of ti.i?; bucket ; still none of their past ox pcrioncc can d< ter thura from their pres ent movement on Florida. Their Nu luidian blood is perhaps the eau c. lie this as d may, tliCFe poor stones uro . ver roiling, gathering no moss tho nu nu while This roaming disposition ia not confined to ont" or moro counties tn Georgia; it is general throughout tho South, and its attendant hardships may have much to do with thc average short life of anti frightfully high rate of mor t i'n'\ among tho negroes. An exodus rarely haves u locality without friends rem tining al homo bi mg, iu avery short A luh , informed of a death or two among tho .'oxodusters." Take the weekly mortuary reports published in tho news* pupers of cities in which tho w hite pop ulation far exceeds tho black, and, as tho gentleman above quoted said, the death rato among tho blacks H stupendously greater than that among tho whites. Among ohildron especially is this largo mortality notioeablo. A negro may nm to a city and soon Hud work as a porter, harbor, waiter, or tho Uko. Ho may do well tor a while, but his excesses and etiler failings often take bim to jail, au ii,sane asylum, or a prematuro gravo. Under thc most favorable circumstances Ids : access would appear iloetiug, for ! . roe-- long established in business aro rarely met with. Inashort time their places know them no more. They aro Wiiere? Quien sabo? Those dights generally take placo in summer, wilona negro's are few, by reason of tho fruit orop and nights wann enough for sloepiug in tho open air. Thia nomadic disposition is largely responsi ble for thou gro'snon-iucreasoand lack ol progr?s . Will the negro rece reform ami livo, or will it, bj ii . vu faull, decrease and diu out altogether? This ia the problem that stares m tho luce all thoughtful men, white and black alike. In sluvory days tin. pooplo increased as fast as thoy now dcoreaso. An InterMtlaa War Itellr. - . Thc Charleston tiuMhiy lindyct says: Among ibo many souvenirs of the late war in tho collection of .Mr. A. baron ll .Ina-, of this city, is a pit ec .d' tho first Vaiikce ling caputo d during Ibo war, on h nd ibo steamer St. Nicholas, by Zurrona Th ?mas. li consist of small pieces of red and white bullilup cul from a United Siaies ling, an 1 its histor} ls thus described i i ti loiter of tin well known fir. lt W. (lihh s lo Mesdames ll two, Fisher ami brit e. ll i> d ited M iy i", I8III, and reads: . 1 send yol! a p?et e nf Ibo first I idled Slates Hag ca pto rot I and liken in thc war. ll wis captured b\ /.arrolla Thomas and Commodore Hollins mi Ibo steamer St. Nicholas Cen. Beau regard allowed Maj. A inlet.son io carry away the Hag of Sum ter, which lui'-sime been recaptured, but Hu: ling ol Ibu si. Nicholas was the first t ikon |sissession of. I happened to be at Prt-ilctickshurg a day or two after the ves sel was carried lhere, and thu fragment I semi you was given nie by a youth who cul it from Ibu llaii on heard. Asa relic it may be made me i i in your fete for thc s.ildiuts. Verv respectfully yours, " 'H. W. QuiliBS, M. I).' "Tho fragment wai sold al tho Soldiers' Hi/tar to Mr K 1+ Kerrison for $60, and bc ! ave it to the present owner, Mr. A. Baron Holmes," Mc.\nll) Mortal!} Wounded. .lohn I*. McNnlly, of Augusta, who par ticipant ia thc kidnapping of Blackwood .me mouths ago, was fatally shot by Charles Colvin In Augusta Tuesday, v?Ttu ul'. Colvin had sent aa Insulting nus sage to McNnlly, and tho latter dcclarctl ho would whip Colvin on hight Whon they did meet each dow lil) :',s calibre revolver nnd each emptied Ids weapon. Calvin re e IV ed two InilletS ill lilt) ri'dlt leg, Udo'./ lite knee, w bile Mt-Nally was shot in thc I li lung ilium that, y above the heart, also lu the righi sith- and in tin iel I ?inn. Thc lung weuntl is mortal. Immediately after laving shut MeNally sid Colvin shot al him nv iee before be dov, his revolver. Colvin says MeNally approached Ililli and thew a revolver, when he druw his and Ihey both fired together, i hiei ol pollco Twigg* sci I lo havo Col vin arre led, bul Br. Ford gave a cor tl A Ottto that surgical fever was apr to sei in and il would be datlgorous lo move him. Ho was, however, placed lintier arrest anti a po ii email was placed on duty in his room. - 'Consomption t are" Would Ito a li ni libil miine to give to Br. Pierce s "(?olden | Medical Discovery," tho most c'ht .icbms medicino yet discovered for am 'ng thc carly development of pul nt mary diseases. But "consumption euro" would nut sufficiently Indicate tho scope of its Inlluonco ami usefulness, In al! thc many diseases which spring from a de rangement of the liver mal blond thia "Dis cover) ' ls a safe and sure spccillc. Of all ilruggists. Pianos ami Organ*. All of tho liest makes. $25 cash and balance November 1, at spot cash prices ou a Piano. $10 cash and hillanco No vember 1, at spot cash prices on an Organ. Dolivorod, froight freo, at your uoaroat depot. Fifteen days teat trial sud freight both ways if not satisfactory. Writo for oiroul'.rs. N. W. TRUMP. . Columbia, B. O. J i ml. mi River fog i?1,10 name of a now olor ia ?roy. _^^-Vfmiii^*?mu - ee- . v1