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lilfc AMlNUM?AM dlUtfliu:. A Clerk's Blunder Sets Aside the Will of the People. The assistant attorney general, Mr. Gunter, in talking about the bond amendment matter, said: "It has been called to the attention of the public that the tickets votid in -the general election on the constitu tional amendment in reference to tne towns of Columbia, Rock Hill. Charleston, Florence and Georgetown allowing them exemption from certain sections of the constitution, were inaccurate inasmuch as the proposed amendment purports to amend a section f the constitution that in no wise affects the subject. The proposed amendment contains the folloing: 'Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of South Carolina, that the follow ng amendment to section 7 of article VIII of the constitution be agreed to: Add at the end thereof the following words: Provided that tne nmiiation lmpostu by section 5, article IV of this constitution shall not arply to bonded indebtedness incurred by the cities of Columbia, etc. As will be seen the amendment proposes an amendment to section 5. arti. le IV of the constitution which has no bearing on the subject of the proposed amendment That amendment reading: 'A lieutenantgovernor shall be chosen at the same time, in the same manner, continue in office for the same period and be possessed of the same qualifications, etc.' Of course the proposed amendment was to allow the cities of Columbia. Ro fc Hill, Charleston, Florence and Georgetown certain exemptions under restrictions offered by section 7, article VIII of the constitution, the main feature of which section was to limit the bonded debt of all cities to 8 per cent. Af fho occocco^ raluA nf all taxable property thereof. "The proposed amendment as voted upon was an amendment to 1 his se> ' tion the support of which was to allow these cities to exceed the 8 per cent, limitation as well as to allow them the privilege of establishing a sewer system, etc. "In the bill as passed the general assembly the said section 7, article VIII was properly referred to as well as was section 5, article IV above referred to (which had no bearing on the matter.) The evident Intention was not only to propose an amendment to article VIII, section 7, but also to article | X, section 5, inasmuch as that section also limited the bonded debt in any municipal corporation to 8 per cent, of the assessed value of the taxable pr~perty therein. But for some reason this "" Inn urac not rpfprrpd tn and not voted upon. "It will be noticed therefore thit while article VIII, section 7, which limits the bonded Indebtedness to 8 per cent, of the as-cssed value of the taxable property, was purported to be amended, that artc'e X, sect'on 5, which also purports to limit the bonded indebtedness of any municipal corporation to .8 per cent, of the assessed value was referred to In the act p^ssel by the legislature. There is no doubt that this section was intended to be referred to when the section in reference to the tenure of the ljeutenantgovernor was referred to. This is m^de manifest by the fact that the original bill as certified to contains the same reference to sections and unmbers of the constitution as the ticket voted iinon >>nt thai t.h? hill as introduced I and amended contains different numbers. The bill as introduced and amended referred to article X, section 5, wheras in the engiossing department it w?g changed to article IV, section 5. Upon an inspection of the bill as amended it was evidently difficult to determine whether the article referred to was article X or art'c'e 4. which was probably due to the hurr ed legislation. It is thus evident that the error is due to a clerk in construing X Into the figure 4, and, a6 hr's a'ready been stated, from an inspection of the original papers, it Is hard to tell which was intended. Upon inspection of the original papers it appears that the insertion of the phrase section 5. artie'e X wa* an amendment to the original bill and was of course, in the handwriting of the lieutenant-governor. The tickets as sent out by the Democratic executive committee, who, without any obligation sent them out. did so after a careful examination of the original act and the printed act. Th's was their duty and having done so the qurstion as to the constitutionality must be de lermmea oy me courts. There has been much interest in the blunder that occurred in the enrolling of the joint resolution under which the voting on the constitutional amendment as to municipal indebtedness was had. The supreme court of South Carolina in two early cases decided that it required three readings in each house and the approval of the presiding officers as well as the endorsement of the governor and the great seal of the State for an act to be an act In a case from Barnwell county, whfTe some trick wvs played and the word Blackville was slipped into an act instead of the word Barnwell the supreme court held that the bill as it went through the house and senate was the law and in another ca.-e of Piatt the supreme court also decided that the manuscript bill, which had received the three readings in the two houses, but which was not the enenrolled and approved legislation, was the law. Then came along the dispensary law and the supreme court in the case o! Hoover, in 1893, reversed the previous decisions of the supreme court and held that the instrument to which the great seal of the State and the signature of the presiding officers of the two houses and the governor was attached was the law. It is a sort of "tie king can do no wTongr" doctrine I p.rid when the great seil is attached tn an instrument right or wrong it must stand. The supreme court in the Hoover case said: "Therefore, however unpleasant it in ay ce to reverse previous ueeisioiw of this court, still after full and mature consideration we feel it to he a duty we owe the State that the case of the State vs. Piatt, stmra. shouTd he and is hereby overruled, and as the case of the State vs. Hagood, supra, was really decided upon the authority of Piatt's case, it follows necessarily that the case of Hagood must fall when the foundation unon which it rests is taken away. We announce ( that the true rule is. that when an act has been duly signed by the prefidinp officers of the peneral assembly in open session in the senate-house, approved by thp poverpor or the Slate apd duly deposited in the office of the' secretary of State, it is sufficient evidence. nothing to the contrary appear Irp upon its face, that it nassel the peneral assembly, and that it is not competent either by the journals of the two houses, or either of them, or by any other evidence to impeach such an act. and this being so it follows that the court is not at liberty to inquire into what the journals of the two bouses may show as to the successive rteps which irray have b*en taken in the passage of the original bill. It will be observed that t-ii3 conclusion by no means negative? the powers of the coirrt to Inquire into those prere quisites fixed by the constitution, ana of which prerequisites the Journals of the two house? are required to furnish the evidence??uch. for instance, as the organization cf the two houses, the presence of a quorum, the vofe3 of two-thirds of the members by ayes and noes to be entered on the journals in certain cases." The Sea Gives Up 25 Bodies. Yarmouth, N. S., Special.?The shore of this country for ten miles oast and west, is strewn with the wreckage of the hull and cargo of the steamer Oily | of Montkello, which foundered Saturday, and 2> bodies of victims of the a.-.ter have been recovered from the sea, which is still raging with terrific fury. Many people have assembled at Rockviile. near where the first body came asho^. and numerous relatives of mcmbf-s of the crew, who nearly all belonged t> point3 cn this coast, ha/e arrived to identify the dead. A Decided Success. Camden, Special.?The fair of the Camden Horticultural society held Friday and Saturday was a derided success, especially as this society has only been recently reorganized and there was not much time for preparation. The display of chrysanthemums was very fine, and a surprisingly large number of fall vegetables were exhibited. A Woman Hurdered. Darlington, Special.?The coroner was called upon to investigate the cause of the death of Lida Burgess, colored, who lived near Liumosr, in this county. It was found that she c?me to her death at the hands of Geo. McFadden, also colored. McFadden and the Burgess woman had been in a n'.iarrel in the yard of the former (McFadden), and as the woman started to leave the yard she was shot in the back by McFadden. No attempt wjs made to arrest him by the bystanders, md by the time the officers could get to the scene he had left, Telegraphic Briefs. The strike at the Oak Hill colliery has been declared off. In post-election fights at Washington several men were badly injured. Levi B. Dussinger, of Columbia, a ' l.HKd k.. n 11 railroad DraKeman, was twucu uj a ii*.i from the top of a car. Struck by a train near Lewistown, John Jordan and two horses be was driving were killed. Her dress being ignited by a wood fire, five-year-old Mary Yausic, of Springfield, was burned to death. Snap-Shots. Potato spirit, or alcohol, adulterated with pyridine, is coming into favor as an i'luminant in Germany and prom ises to rival acetylene. It is the nro-t economical in lamps of at lerst 70-cand!e power. In the vardens of the imperial palace of San3-Soucl, Potsdam, there are 220 incandescent lamps burniny this alcohol. Waron Caesham has been appointed Master of the British Buckhounds. Three Norwegian Councilors of -cate have resigned. Prizes for Servants. Prizes to servants who had served their masters a long time were d.striuutcd in Austria on the occasion of the | Emperor's seventieth birthday. Twenty-one prizes of $75 each were given for serving thirty years. Among the recipients were a valet 71 yea;s of age who had served his master forty-s'.x years; a nurse 72 years cf ; g*. who had been forty-two years in one family; :t 1 maid of all work, 77 years of age whose record was forty-one years, and a cook, kitchenmaid and a maid of all wo-k, "*ho had stayed in one place thirtvnine years. If It were not for the provisions of the postal laws, Uncle Sam might dun the sultan on a postal card POPULAR SCIENCE. The ants in one nest /are not nil of j the same size. A Swiss professor has found them ns different as so many human beings, with dwarfs, giants* cripples, etc. I.atest advices from St. Petersburg are to the effect that the Russian Gov. ernment lias appropriated an amount of 500,000 rubles for the establishment of a mountain observatory in the Caucasus, on the top of a mountain in the neighborhood of Tiplis, the capital of the Caucasus. The observatory will he provided with the latest and most Improved scientific instruments, and it is reported that the requisite buildings will be erected in the course of the present year. Well known Russian scientific men will be in charge of the new observatory. E. C. Green, of the Ceylcn botanic gardens, reports a remarkable case of web-spinning by red ants. A breach having leen made in a structure ol leaves on which a colony were at work, the ants at once cet to work to repair the damage. Some of them went to a distant nest and brought two young ants that were in^ the gruh stage and passed them back and forth across the gap repeatedly. At length it was seen thnt a web was being spun, the silken threads issuing from the mouths of the grubs. In this way the broach was mended. The mature ants must lmve passed the spinning stage; hence they impressed the youngsters. The preservation of juicy fruits.mushrooms. etc.. may. according to a German technical journal, be effected Ly placing the articles in a warm, five per cent, gelatin aolutiou, and after cooling, submerging them in a mixture of twenty parts of formic aldehyde and ninety parts of water. By this means an insoluble gelatin envelope is formed, which serves to keep intact the natural form and color of all fruits and succulent planta subjected to the treatment; moreover, fermentative bacteria are completely destroyed thereby. It would be impor-1 tant, perhaps, before eating the fruit, i to get rid of the strongly annsepnc covering, out of respect to the stomach. It is a matter of common observation that cats always fall upon their feet Recently a Maltese kitten about two-thirds grown, belonging to Mr. J. H. Servit s, of Closter, N. J., was chased by a dog and took refuge in a tall tree, which has almost no branches up to a height of sixty feet. The kitten ascended to that elevation, and apparently through terror refused to descend. It remained on its lofty perch four days and nights, Including one night of tempestuous rain and lightning. Finally a boy, armed with climbers, was sent after the kitten. On his approach, it ran out on a slender branch and leaped. Mr. Servjss | watcnea u aescenu miu ouservru iuui Its legs were widely sprawled, and that It kept its belly toward the ground, until, striking a small branch of a neighboring tree about fifteen feet from the ground, Its balance was destroyed, and It fell on Its side. No bones were broken, but it was severely bruised, and for several days it would swallow nothing but water. Soon it entirely recovered. In Albuquerque, New Mexico, which has an altitude of about 5000 feet, the recipes and regulations laid down by the ordinary cook-book are. it seems, worthless. Water boils there at 202 | degrees Fahrenheit instead of at 212 degrees, as at sea level; hence articles of food to be bo.led require a much 1 longer cooking than the usual cookbook prescribes. On account of the extreme dryness of the air, farinaceot.s foods, such as beans, corn, etc., oa r\f flinlr mAlctiiro thot IW.-5U a\J UiUVU VI vu\.(& Uiviokuiv ?"t*? they require long soaking in water before cooking. The worst difficulty, however. Is said to be with cake and break making. Ordinary directions as to the number of eggs and amount of baking powder break down altogether. "As the barometric pressure largely determines the effectiveness jf the 'raiser,' this may explain the unusual action of the baking soda and egg batter." 1 Carious Sentinels. Tim envo-lllre nlnees left after coal has been excavated from the mines are supported by pillars formed from pieces of coal. Any dislodgement of these pieces weakens the supports, which causes the earth above to loosen and in settling it presses down upon the rats that iukubit the mines in great numbers. As a result they give expression to their discomfort by indulging in a general squealing time, which continues night and day for two or three weeks. This serves as a solemn warning to the miners to leave that portion of the mine and thus escape the peril which menaces them. Colorado Wild Dock# a Nuisance, Colorado wild ducks have become so numerous that they are regarded as a nuisance, and some counties are offerlug premiums for their destruction. In I nearly all other States these wild fowl 1 are protected by the game laws. According to a report published by the Home Olhee m Loudon showing the mineral production? of the world for the last year, the I'nited States easily loads all Its rivals In this form of wealth. Groat Britain ranks second.; bnt far behind the loader, the total product of the United States having boon about $720.<X)0,0(-0, while that of Great Britain was $400,000,000. Germany stands third, wit^i nearly $230,000,000. * BUELL & ROBERTS' CASH Dm GOODS sit ?Ve continue offering inducements to close out our Summer Goods. We can mention only a few of the many goods reduced: Ladles' 8c Uodervests for 6c. 10c Ties and Bows for 8c. 25c 'lies and Bowst r 15c. Initial Handkerchiefs, H. 8., embroidered, 3 in a tiox, tor 19c; 26c goods. 15c Men's Black initial Siik Handkerchiefs for 10c. Men's large White Figured, Drawn-Stitch, Japonet Handkerchief for 15c: worth 25o. Six Large White Fine H. 8. Handkerchiefs for 60c. in fancy box; cheap at 75c. Three large White Fine H. 8. Handkercniefs, in fancy box, for 40c- worth 50c. Black-bordered Linen Handkerchiefs for 12c: cheaD at 15c. Wood Mourning Handkerchiefs for 4c. Handkerchiefs for lc. Handkerchiefs for 2 l-2c. Handkerchiefs for8e. 38-inoh Madras for 7 l-2c; worth lOo. 36-ln b Madras for 6 l-2c; worth 80. LAWNS AND ORGANDIES FOR LESS THAN COST. Shirt Waists for much leas than it cost to make them. BtG REDUCTION ON SKIRTS. 40c Pique Skirts for25?. Otic Crash Skirts for 81e. All Summer Goods are being sold at r*? duoed prices. NEW GOODS. One case Longcloth 5c; no starch. Fine ?lack Henrietta at 60c. TINSEL DRAPERY SILKALINE, BALL FRINGE. Black Duck at 8 and 10c. FURNITURE DEPARTMENT. 10 piece Walnut Suits $75 to $100. 10 piece Solid Oak Suits $18, $22, $25, $30, $35. $40. $50. $66. Oak Hail Backs, French Plate Glass, $7, $8.50, $9.50. Wardrobea $8 to 925. Bed Lounges 99 to $15. Bedsteads $2.25 to $10. Iron Beds. Iron Cribs. Parlor Suits $30 to 950. Baby Carriages $6.60, $7, $7.60. Moor Otlclotb 30c. Matting 10; 12, 14. 15, 18, 20, 23, 25, 27 and 80c. HL piece Chamber Sets $2.19 to $9. ^ Window Shades 11. 15.3), 35. 40c to 91.231 Stoves $6.60. $7 60, $10 to $1A Tfuaks a.bO to $6.50. 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The office of the Supervisor of Registration Will be opened on the first Monday in every month for the purpooe of the registering of any person who is qualified as follows: Who shall have been a resident of tho State for two years, and of ths county oue year and of the polling preciut in which the elector offers to vote four moutha before theday oleleot on, and shall have paid,six months befor? any poll tax then due and payable, and who oan ?>otb rt a-1 and write any section of tho Coubtitution of 1895 10 mm uj mu iguio, of registration, ?>r can show that be nwnn, and bos paid all t xes collectable timing the present year ou property in this Stiito a.-S' at three handred dollars or more. J. J. EADDY, Clerk of Board. 500D for all work, *b BETTER for some, BEST for everybody. I Send for Your Neighbor's Endorsement MTVRHER. GENLSQU.ACENT. /? tA/A/ / ST ATLANTA CA. 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