??)t Montan w? .Sou?ljron WEDNESDAY, O?T 23, 1895 The Sumter Watchman was founded in 1850 and tbe True Southron in 1866. Tbe Watchnuin and Southron. now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani festly tbe best advertising medium rn Samter EDITORIAL NOTES. The fact that Ben Tiliman champions a measure in the Constitutional Con vention baa no effect apon that body. Kg^Twice in one d?y measures of his were ' voted down. He will learn . by-and by that he is not dealing with a "drifc ?wood'* Legislature. **The right of citizens of this State to vote shall not be denied or abridged j ott account of race, eolor or previous : condition of servitude This classe of the old Constitution was rejected by tbe Convention last week. This act of the Convention.! wili not tend to convince the peuple of the North * 'that the parp?se in rest net Blog the right to vote was not to elimi nate the negro, but to 'elevate tbe . standard of citizenship.* T* Chattanooga News: Once married, always married, is the South Carolina idea Considering the charming char -?- aeter of the women of the Palmetto State, we are not surprised that the law meets tbe approbation of the men, bat how woald it be if tbe ladies themselves made the laws ? I \ The merchants are all doiog a rush ing business, and trade is better than any fall since 1890. Those merchant* who* advertise io tbe Watchman and Southron and Daily Item are doing tbe largest business. The yaller dog ? The sheep-killing dog ! Tbe animal that has not a good trait, bot is absolutely good for noth ^' ing. What a wonderful amouot of cf teem our Constitution makers have for the car ! The President's Visit to the Exposition. A uLta's gates "have been open a mou-a, tbe Cotton States and'Inter national Exposition is io floe shape, the & -weather is ideal, and the conditions for seeing the great fair are the most favor able The press unites in a chorus of praise far the Soath's greatest achieve ment. To-day. October 23d, will be Pres ident's Day. Let tbe whole people G?ite in making this occasion a grand ov3tio > to the bead of the greatest goy ernment oo earth Politics cut uo fig ure, this is an occasiou when the Chief Executive of this nation comes to dig nify with his presence a great event in tbe history of the Sooth. It is at: oc casion full of interest and bright with premise. The people are moving, tele grama from distant cities announce that public meetings arc being held and ex cursions organized. j Eleveo Press Associations, from Minoesota to Florida, bave visited the Exposition and all weot away enthusi astic on the fair They were surprised by its magnitude, charmed by its beau tyf and filled with information by the varied and wonderful exhibits. The fan-lovers bad their fill of pleasure oo Midway Heights and the sober-minded found food for thought the reet of their lives. Tbe President will be escorted to the Exposition grounds by one of the most imposiog military processions ever organized to time of peace. It will be composed almost entirely of old his toric organizations which have !?tood tbe fire of four years. The Columbia Register mailed circu lar letters to tbe members of the Gene ral Assembly on Saturday night askiog them for an expression of opinion on tbe Ellerl^ proposition that the Consti tutional Convention eball dispense with the next session of the Legislature The Register says that they are "all agaios? it ;7' that 'some of them use very strong language with reference to it," aod that- "co one seems to take kindly to the idea of being legislated oat of office." What else did our con temporary expect ? It would have been more to the purpose had the Register asked the members of the Constitu tional Convention what they think about it?the members of the Legisla ture would naturally object to the Ellerbe proposition. We believe that the Convention will also object to it. There is nothing in it. It should be killed without discussion.?Neics and Courier. ~__ THE CONVENTION. -? I What Has Been Done During the Week Since Re-as sembling. ? - - Columbia, October, 21, 1895 The Constitutional Convention, af ter its session of ten days, has set tled down to hard work The mem ber? realize tnat it will take hard and persistent work to finish with the making of the Constitution be fore the time : v the convening of the General Assembly, and it is the in tention to finish before that time if such be possible The convention is now working about seven ( hours daily and later on it may be decided tofhold afternoor sessions. The work of the past week, taken in connection with what has been heretofore done and said goes very far to show that the Convention has avoided-fact ion a! lines and that the members are working as far as they know bow for the common inteiest of the people of the State Members are speaking and voting apparently without regard to factional or parti san lines, and a stranger would have extreme difficulty in locating the politics-of the various members either through what they are saying or the attitude taken in votes The mem bers all seem to be gratified at this liberal spirit, and from all indications there has been a complete repudia tion of "boesienV* if such a thing has ever existed Things for the past two weeks of the session have gone very much against what many ex pected, and the merits of questions and debates seem to have their in ing at this time, and there is, further, every indication that such a epirit will continue. The much talked of suffrage plan has been made the special order for Tuesday at noon, and Senator Till man insists that he will call for the consideration of the suffrage matter at that time. There has been sc much quiet talking about what is likely to be done, and the whole matter is so complex and difficult of acceptable settlement that there is no telling what will be done It would be unsafe to make any predic lions Just at tin's time the plan as reported by the committee has the natural advantage of all other propo sitions in that it has the support of the committee and that it is the resuit of the careful consideration of the many plans that were presented by the committee and boiled down by members of both factions The strength of the element that will op pose any educational or properly qualification bas not yet beet) tested If that attack on the report fail* and the report in theee features stands, then it is Jikely that an effort will be made to make the temporary arrange ment for the registration of th?- "il literates" be of force for just a* ?hnrt a time as possible. The colored mem bers are loading their guns to the hilt?mostly for outside consumption. Some idea of the condition of the work of the Convention and the chances for early adjournment may be had from the following summarv of articles that are to make up thf Con ! st i tuti on : [ Completed articles: Executive. Impeachment. Penat and Charitable I Institutions, Municipal Corporations and Police Regulations, Amend ments, and Miscelleanous matters. Almost finished : Declaration of i Rights, Legislation, Finance and Taxation. Not considered: Judicial, Juris prudence, Right of Suffrage, Educa tion, Militia, Eminent Di main, Cor j porations The big fight, the all-important; struggle of the week was on the j homestead law It was an allround j contest, in which the factions divided j on the issue. The main point at iesne was the right of mortgaging the ; homestead Many of the delegates : wished that the head of the family, ! once getting in debt should first be j made to set aside the homestead be ; fore mortgaging his property The \ majority of the Convention, however, thought that if the head of the fami ly wished to mortgage and the wife was willing to sign her dower, that the party should not bo made to go to the courts to secure permission to soil property. The section is now 1 understood to stand in the same I shape as the present law as con strued by the Supreme Court The j section, which has not yet been finally agreed upon, ?tands as fol lows : "Section 29 The General Assem bly shall enact such law as will ex empt from attachment and sale under any menee or final process issued from any court, to the head of any family residing in thin State a home stead in lands, whether held in fee or any lesser estate, not to exceed in value one thousand dollars, with the yearly products thereof : and every head of a family residing in this State, whether having a homestead exemption in lands or not, personal property not to exceed in value the sum of five hundred dollars. The title to fthe homestead to be set oil and assigned shall be held absolutely and be forever discharged from all debts o? said debtor, then existing or ; thereafter contracted, as hereinafter ! provided : Provided, that in case any I woman having a separate estate shall j be married to the head of a family I who has not of his own sufficient j property to constitute a homestead, as hereinbefore provide, said married woman shall be entitled to a like ex emption as provided for the head of a famiiy : Provided further, there I shall not be ari allowance of mote than one thousand dollars- worth of real eetale and more than five hun dred dollars worth of personal property to the husband and wife jointly : Provided, that no property shall be exempted from attachment, j levy or sale for faxes, or for payment of obligations contracted for the pur chase of said homestead or the erec tion of improvements thereon : Pro vided, further, that the yearly pro ducts of said homestead shall not be exempt from attachment, levy or sale for the payment of obligations con tracted in the production of the same : Provided, further, that no waiver ehall defeat the right of homestead, except it be by deed or mortgage-and against the mortgage debt,, and no judgment creditor or ottjercreditor, whose lien does not bind'{lie homestead, shall have any right or equality to require a lien which' embraces the homestead and ! other property' to firpt exhaust the homestead." Setatnr Tillman made a hard aod vigorous fight to make a more stringent homestead, but failed in the effort so to do Perhaps !tce next important matter decided upon by the Convention was, the adoption of a section by which the General Assembly is denied the right of permitting townships or counties from issuing bonds, except for educa tional purposes. The argument used in support of this position was that the counties and townships of the State had already become sufficiently involved in the building of r.jads and that tbe rail road companies and business interests, if they wanted railroads should pay for them Cities, are left at liberty to issue bonds provided they do not run over the 8 per cent maximum limit and com ply with the conditions as to election. Provision was made in the article on l Finance and Taxation for the exemp tion of municipal aod township prop erty, except where a revenue is derived from it. Exemptions were made of the property belonging to educational, charitable and religious bodies, but it was provided, with a view of keeping such organizations from getting an accumulation of real estate that only such real estate as was in actual use should be exempted from taxation. The exemptions of this class are to go into immediate effeot, upon the adoption of tbe Constitution There was an innocent little provis ion authorizing the General Assembly to -itnpo.se a capitation tax upon such domestic animals as from their nature and habits are destructive of other property7' The members understood that this provision was directed to the dog tax. but the majo?ify of the mem bers declined to change the wording so as to say in plain English that dogs were meant. A decided effort was made to provide for a tax on each dog and remove it from legislative interfer ence by putting it in tbe Constitution, but it failed. A great many of the members said that there was no ques tion about the need for some each method of getting rid of the surplusage of dogs, but tbe majority of the dele gates thought that it would perhaps be as wHl to leave tbe dogs alone in their glory and apparent invincible position. The Convention came very near pass ing an ordinance for the establishment of a department of roads and for ? stry, but finali) killed the measure. The article on Penal aod Charitable institutions was adopted without much [ debate. The name of the Luuatic Asylum was changed to the Hospital for tbe Insane. The committte recom mended the creation of a board of charities and correction to visit all State aod county penal and charitable institutions, but after having adopted the clause it was reconsidered and finally j killed. i The Convention still seems to be in j a tangle about the miscegenation mat- j ter. The clause has been recommitted ? to the legislative committee with autoo- j rity to report a substitute, it is likely j thnt ihe whole matter will rest in the 1 ! committee room ! Provision was made for the General j I Assembly impesiug a graduated income ? j tax. if it saw proper to ?-> so. For a long time the Legislature has been overrun wirh ?har are known as ! special bills. The Convention has ! j sought to remedy this growing evil, j and expressly prohibited certain of the i known causes- of trouble from being considered by ihe General Assembly, but that all such matters shou'd be cov ered by general laws. The county government matter has been made the special order and is now J pending. There are quite a uurnber of ! new county men in the city who are j looking after the interests of their j schemes. Ir is expected that there will : be a very lively tight over ibis matter, ! as sevi ra! of the delegates have held 1 themselves in reserve f- this spoetai ? debate. Memorial services were held and the j convention adjeurocu for a day in rc ' spcet to the memory of the late Dr. : Byrd, of Florence, a member of the Convention. A. - MUI 4t ? -0^ - Confederate ReuniOD. The surviving members of Co. , Palmetto ; Battalion of Light Artillery ?re respectfully ! invitte and earnestly requested to meet at ' Elim church. Old Efiinghara, Florence county, on Friday, Nov. 8th prox., at 10 o:clock . m , bringing hns':ets, prepared ?o spend tbe day. Darlington, Florence and Willia sburg papers please copy in two issues. W. I). Scarborough, Lt. and Surviving Com Ofliier. j Scarboro', S. G., Oct. 17, 1895. MADS FROM High ira?i T? basso 139 absolutely pure WANTS. ADVERTISEMENTS of five lines or less will be inserted under thif- bead for 25 cents for each insertion. Additional lines cents per line. TANTED TO FIND?A colored man numed John Ri el who was enrolled in Capt. Snoder???' Company, Gen. R Hayes' Brigade, 15th Corps United States Armv. Hp served with Ken?ion Perry, of C??a)den. Both belonged to Col. Durici W. Jordan, of Camden. John Heed was last j heard of in Sumtpr Countv. Address A W. | Pavell, Camden, S. C 2t. i 5 WHOLESALE BROKERS, AND PROPRIETORS OF Cotton and General Storage Warehouse. ?P-TOWN OFFICE: COURT HOUSE SQUARE, Keep on consignment? FEED OATS, SEED OATS, CORN, HAY, COTTON SEED MEAL, DRY SALT MEATS, HAMS, LARD, GRIST. FLOUR, SUGAR, MEAL, &c. BAGGING, SUGAR BAG CLOTH, COTTON IRON TIES. Orders by sample for all goods in the grocery line. Mav 29. Obinuictt, ami ?ui I'.l'iKM /;/. 4.\ ^' al tewleri '<> for . FKES ?uir o ilicete opposite tin- . s l'affili l'ilice, uml we cim oh tain l'atfiils iti less limo Usan ih?-*- r< mote ?rom WASIIIXarOX. w? MODEL. l'I: iJI'/JW; or PHOTO of invention. \ ? mlvisf :?? i?ue?t abilitv free of fhnnie ami weinakf " It A RGB VSLkss VATKST is sK' : : For circular, mlvire. terni? mi. ! -?-u-r. i c>>s t<". actuul clients it> ;.??? own St:itc ? '??ti?;? \ *':iy <-r Xowu, write to Opposite Patent Office. Washington, J). G C.A'SNOW?C FREELA ? & ROGAI*, Proprietors, OF Wish t? announce; that they have thrown open their doors for business, and will carry in stock a full line of (Mi, IN DUHR, fill ID MIIT SETS. Tinware, Cooking and Heating Stoves, and a general line of House Furnishing Goods. Also General Agents for THE PRINCESS OIL HEATERS. CITY HALL BUILDING, OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE, SUM TER, S. C. Buyers Delighted, Lookers Surprised, At our Special Sales this week. Irresistible Inducements For the people. We mean business and plenty of it. Fine Goods and Low Prices WILL DO THE WORK. A new lot of Wool Plaids, silk effects, bargain at 40c, our price 27. A lot of choice p'aifis. che:ip af 503., oar price 35c A lot of plaida that would be cheap at 65c. our price -19c Our Fast Black Hose at 21c. cannot be equaled. Our Ladle*' Colored Hose at 19c. would be a bargain at 35c Our Blanket Sale was such a success that we have decided to continue it for another week. - Our 10-4 Blanket, $8.50 Grade, as $2.49. Out 11-4 Blanket, ?5.00 Grade, a: ?3.74. Our 11 4 Blanket, $6.00 Grade, ae ?4.83. CLOAKS AND CAPES. Our special Cape at ?2.25, a regu'ar ?3 50 grade. Our Special Cape at ?3.25, a regular ?4 50 grade. Our Special ('apt; at $4.29, a regular ?5 00 grade. And all other grades at proportionate l?>w price*. In our Clothing Department we are offering immense driven. Greatest and most wonderful sale of Clothing over offered iti the State. Call and see u^ : no trouble to show ?oods. yttenberg 3V. W. Corner, Main and Liberty Sts. Suinter, S. C. New York office, 84 West Broadway. PRINCETON. The * Princeton'' ** ??* vVW be worn a go< d deal rhi-* ? -? . If is a long 4-Botton Caraway SaMc. Menare shoul ders, corset wai-t and perfect fitting in every respec'. I h*v? them of the most popular fabric* REGENT. The "Begem? -'-si 8 Butr?n Cutaway truck. Very p-'puiar with thf young mei? now. if ve*ut a ?-uir of tbis kind l - ?>!' t'their*. in Sacks, Cutaways and Prince Alberts, iron: the cheapest ' - the finest Also a complete line of Roy';- Suits, including rhe cele brated "Mrs Jan-1 ?1't !: '>" make. If you want ?nyibing in the way o? Clothing, Hats and Furnishing Coeds. I think it will bo to your interest to >cc what I have befo? ? buv?ng. :sp? ci I ul!y, THE CLOTHIER. Svi.na.teir. S3. C Sep li