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THE UNION TIMES. UNION, S. C. CONVENTION PROCEEDINGS THE 1>ISPKNSAUY ClilNClIEU. Surplus From Uhpioi* Ijlcrnse ami Tuj for IIh1 Public Schools. The eouveutiou devoted most oi iti time Monday disposing (>f the tonal ordinances of the Seabrook and ltocl Hill county schemes which wore de feuted after a considerable debate The ordinance to put counties on i ensli basis was killed. Monday afternoon the article or corporations was completed and a night the article on education wus giv tin its final rcailing. The fight ou hot! tlio higher educational institution, was read but tilings wore loft as they were in that regard. Senator Tillniai got through tho following, which wil give the opponents of the dispensary fl hard point to attack when a light against the law comes before the pco pie: "All the net meonie to be derived by tho State from the sale or license foi tho sale of spirituous, malt, vinoui and intoxicating liquors and bover ages, not including so much therco us is now or may hereafter bo allowed by law to go to the counties and inn uicipal corporations of the State, slial be applied annually in aid of the sup plenieutary tax as provided for in tin sixth section of this article; and if after such application, there should b< a surplus, it shall be devoted to public school purposes and Apportioned as tin (leucral Assembly may determine; pro vided, however, that tho said supple mentarv taxes shall only bo levied when the profits aforesaid and frou the sale or license for the sale of alciv liolic liquors or beverages are not Htifti cicnt to meet and equalize the defici euees for which tho said supplement ary taxes are provided." The members of the convention will return to Columbia next week to latifv the constitution. TDK CM>SIN<; HOI KS. The Kleetrlr bights Went Out on Them. The constitutional convention at 7,0.'I Tuesday evening, after a session lasting marly nil day, completed its work so far us the constitution is concerned, having 1 ? 11 in session almost continuously for over t months, ami it now only remains for the delegates to i ctnrn hero ou Tuesday iu ratify the now constitution. Tito cotivrntimi lii'pui work I'm-slay morning with the articles on declaration of rif^litn, on judicial departuiont. ami on legislative department, to lie finally acted upon, along with throe ordinances, and tv.o resolutions. The I easiness was rushed through in "teat shape The homestead clause was hadlv cut up. The homestead of ?T.M) to unmarried persons allowed oil the second reading was stricken out. In the evening the convention reversed itself on the divorce questions, striking out the requirement that this Slate shall recognize divorces era n ted 1 >y othei States, on a close; v<>te. I he eoliienlion finished its work in almost total darkness, a!! the iueamlertcetit lights in the hall suddenly going out. TDK A1KKN ItA Ms. CAM'. ?)u<lgc Draw Icy lies er-es t tie Deport o the Special Master. .fudge llrawh y has renders.I Ins de eisioti <>:i tic r port of Special Mnstc T. It. Morgan, made last spring in tin well known Aiken Count\ l.oan um Havings Ihink e.i-e; and. as will 1>< .. I l- . I. 1.1 I , 1 hrrii i?\ ?m* M'iMu.i i?i i:n ? r t i\ ??i un n>. itcii stub s ("i .miit Court, li i: tlirouti nut nil I lit' iliuriM's rniuli npiin-t .\lesr-. \Viu)!sfv niul Vsiinr.-t niul siutniiii i tin- t'M'i'j.tinns nuuli' l?\ tluse ilofi'iulniits. I'lio foilnwinp is tin r?curil: I'lli** ! Stati ! A'H'Ti i, l>i-'r : : > nil iimlutn in i!.' < ir- 'iil <" 11r I uirti Cii'i Hit In I. i lily. liiilfr.'\ \v !i.-t It r | >l.*t I lit lit. \ . I i.' \. .in I' i-ml y I. .ill inn , Siivimrs |1 ml; i:i>1 i tii?-i -. < 1-*fi*m!;ir?t.?. < >u lii'iirtii-^ tiic report of T. II. Mnr pun, speoi.il Muster, it I t lie I'M'i'ptio:!: thereto pleiult'il 1:1 lu hult- ol tl:e tie ft* in In 111 s Wi.i.Niv iiml Ashui'st, mil lifter iirpiiiui'tit iiiul emisiili rntim tliei'ii>f, it is ni'ili it I mill a ijiiil-M'i 111 lit till' I'MVpt lotis lie hllst.lllU'i I Itlli tin- report ii vi-rM- I. \\ III. II lirilW lev. Nov. 'JI. Iv?>r?. r. s. ,iMilpi'. I, !. I'., iliiponil, cli'ih of tin- s.iu Court, ilo hereby is rtiiy Hint tin- fore poitip onler is u trui' eopv of the ori piiuil now on tilo in my olliee. tliveii limit r my limul uiuIm-uI of tie Court, nt Cluirlestoti, S. (' , this 'J'Ji tiny of Nov etnlier, lV.f.1. I . i 1. II llpOl M I, c. c. c. r. s p t s. c. IliieK to Mules. 1 4';iii urnia lianoem- i a !? In mull team* fn tlietri(ii.*-|*i>r'.a!ii*ii I Ifiitlil, just tis m th 4?lil il.*i\s l?<*f>.re r..ilr<>;i'l? r? I ii t. A r* ^ular line ??t tut wer* m. with si\ mill team-. I.elwe< li k* > . t ? an i I'n -!. Ii.i jll.-t liei'll -larteil. am! it Mill e?i'll|l'et ii St < - k t i Willi * ' aim rs t.? ami I; ; 11 Sa Fran !- *. It* Ine* ha- !> '*i< l:ir: I in n|> |>o-iti<>n t 'I* **>antli-'in I'.e im* hallway wit Ii t In* ilij'.-t . ! |i>rein;T down tie* rati''I In* < \| eriiiieni was inteli* e.ii before. aiu Stll'eev-fllilj . i'lie mail* t' lill.-, in eoai.e. tii. Willi tin* i teatrnTs an arry nii' ir, i >r in slaiiee. from San I ran -i- .> t * I r -no for a ten I-: n. the railway elinri; -.ami it i Ik Unveil that itixir .-a* illK ' hi' mini'* "i other freight. '1 he im-reiiant- in tie* villi'1; towns are inter*-ted in tin |*roje, t. ami hi; that it is an even thiruf for their inter* st wln-tlmr tli'* railroad -nt-* <! wi? its tales o their freight i- in future li tuleil l*y mill tenuis, Tlio most mnrUcil itior? tifio in vain iii thib country ha? bc?.u tu the lan' SOUTH CAROLINA AT THE FAIR. PALMI'l lTOrriCS AT THK KXI'OS1TIOX. i An Immense I'roxvd. Governor F.vuds and Senator Tillman Speak. i At nn early hour Thursday morning the streets of Atlanta were alive with n people, some walking and others 1 crowding the streetcars and the expoi t>ition ears of the Southern Railway. The parade of the South Carolina troops, escorting(lovernor Evaus, was t composed of 2,000 ineu. Governor Atkinson and stall', the Atlanta artili iery atul the Tilth Georgia Kygiment t escorted the South Carolina Governor. Atlanta, South Carolina and lumaii i day doubled any previous attendance. < Atlante Day, Savannah Day, lumun r Day and South Carolina Day packed i the exposition grounds with the poo1 pie. The crowd was nearly three i times as large as the larg? st up to that L date. T.verv building was crowded - and the thoroughfares were thick with UPd 111 i AtY'llrtil kl>|itlllhl fit III* i 11 I I til rv"r,v# - - r overflowing at an early hour hut tho j r crowds continued to pour in all <lay, < ami at tho exposition the turnstiles - clicked steadily from eurlv morning f until lute in tho afternoon. 1 The military display was tho pre at est ever seen in Atlanta. Two thorn;-. 1 and of South Carolina's enlisted troops eame us an escort to liovcrm-r l'.vuiis, > and they were accompanied in the pu, rado hy tlovernor Atkinson and stall', i the Fifth (Jcorgiu Ucgimetit and the 3 Atlanta Artillery. '1 he lust of order 3 prevailed and the programme was carried out without a hitch. The people, though everywhere jostled one an 1 other, were good humored and everyi one seemed happy. The whole of Atlanta was out on a holiday. The stores and offices closed, and the business portion of the city had a Sunday appearance. The happiest people are the exposition directors, as, it is said, I Thursday's receipts insure tho financial success of tho fair beyond tho shadow of a doubt. The only sensation of the day was sprung in the speeches at tho auditorium,where a new departure was takcu by (iovernor l'.vans and Senator Tillman. I p to this time all the speeches delivered at the exposition, whether by Northern or Southern men, have been pitched upon the keynote of fraternity and of national unity. No one heretofore lee; uttrn.d :i n< t? of sectionalism, tb.veruor Kvans ami muator ; u.nuin . IK-.v on c. ?s..itn ru i iiH , in direct contrast with what j had gone before. <.<) . ICUNOli \TKtNSoN. Commissioner Uoclm tlnn introduced (iovcriior Atkinson, who ?1livered a tin-minute auMn ssof welcome. Ho referred to tiio r<hit.<>nn of tlm States in tiio ) ast, n11 < 1 twitted (5ovei iii r I'lvaiiH for not showing u greater appreciation of tlie women of his State. Continuing, lie s>ii?l: "I am glad also to kiiv to you that t on tlii.s occasion the people. I know not j whence they eoine, have puhl a high . tribute to the {governor of South Caroj lina despite bis shortcomings, ami to | their distinguished senator, ami h> 1 their presetiee testilh d a higher up1 preeiation of their worth ami of their 1 presetiee than they gave to the l're.-iilent of the I iiiteil States. Ami why I should they not? Why shon! 1 (ioorgiu , not.statul by South Carolina?" I tie tohl the Carolinian ; they were 1 | weh ome to all they eouhl eat atnl if ! there wits anything else they wanted ail they Iiuil to downs toa.-U lor it. lie i' feared tIn-y would feel the need of it. In the course of his speech, he said, ' after relating Carolina's past: "When (hoifjia. having redeemed ' herself from degradation, looked J j around her, she did net feel that her I duty w.is done, hut she looked across the line ami saw engaged in a mighty eoiitlict the man v. ho had been heroic in war, vet who has done nothing to immortalize his name such as w as done hv him in tins mlirht\ stium'li' for the ' siipremaey of the 111 rii 1 and itit lleetiial I forces of South Carolina, ami ! allude to (tcccral Wade IImnpton. ((ireat eluerin^. i She went to his ii it 1 and to H tli*' iti 1 ol Sor.tli Carolina, (Jul luess In r. Tin' rliivalric and pi.trmtie hn I I). (Jordi n wi'iit to stand l?y him. 1 llf sai l South ('.irolinu now hud ' ' It-!i>I. r ; sin- was willing to trust and she I ! should take h'T |.lma: in the liist tunU Jot' t hi- Stati a. j III- ill 111 I that North' rn eupital had l tauit 111> tl.n' South. I Mi;, s. "it in.man. NI r. S M. I tiniiiti spoke in hehalt' of tin' i xjiosition company. Ho said tin* power and sipnilieniiee of I North and South Caroiina would ho ii in lor-itood win ii it iviis roincinhorod that tluv i'i|iialh'd in ii ft-ti till! colli' 1 'i tied i\i n^i loins of \ or way and S w edi n, which h nl ii rv oil 11 nil* names upon tho history ot lhim|c. lie said that in Koine otio hundred millions had hia-n spent in elrirehes and palaces, hut that c our country had spent many tinu s that " - . ..l i. . I I In 11 11 i i.i 111 . i 1111 j 11 11 i ii [Ml imp Mil' t?i This was a greater "lory t<> Aiueueu.i '* I civilization tli:in the rosily residences t j of ' In r? ?!?* weir t . t !? oltl world. ii j Mr. I(imaII v\us presented l?y <'om! inis-dotnr llorlie, of South Carolina, who spoke ol tii 111 us tiio mini who hud t ' ilunr more than any other to make this | ^reut exposition. Mr Iimioui was re.j ceiled w ith rhii rs, huudelappin<r and wiiMiig of handkerchiefs. lie paid a a V v nandsomc tribute to Sorith Carolina * and < specially to the military of tliu* r State, mixin^ tlmt tlieir appearance had raised his respect for their uutivo j Stutc. ^ UnVKlilOU kxan's. I. (3cv. Evans was thy next speaker. I \ _L_ Ho claimed ibat lieori a van Carolidh'h daughter, and b?l thanked them for the opportunity >o show South Carolina's superiority. South Carolina had a poet. She never had to go out of the conflict for repairs. Curo Uniting were not a people with much brass. They hud always had hrniua. (Applause.) Ho then K?id the solid south wii* solid no longer. The uorth was solid against her. We are told to divide while the shylocks consolidate. We are told that wo aro fanatics. They were uowr cherishing an ideal form of goveruineut, which could only he obtained in one way, but can never bo perpetuated but by the men who own ami till the soil. The only hope for us is in the west, Carolina realizes that the foundation of all wealth is in tht country. Unless you go to congross and make this fight and follow the erankyisiu af South Carolina and lien Tillman you will never succeed. Sf.NATOU i;w.I.MAN. There wore loud cries then for Senator Tillman and lie came forward slow ly. The erowd bad boeu waiting to hour the man they had real about so much ami it was curious to note the expression of expectancy on every face. When the applause died away, he began. All through his speech he was interrupted by alternative laughter and applause. lie regarded Georgia as Carolina s big and liuudsotue sister. Me was in a joking mood and made Governor Evans and his baehelor's state the object of it for some moments, much to the amusement of the crowd, lie said tho governor was joutig and green, but hail u reasonable amount of brains and a pretty fair character. concluded with some impressive United States pension figures. He maintained that the south had since the war paid to the north four huudrcil millions of dollars pension tribute. This was far more than the uortli had ever invested m tho south. If this money had been left in th?; south she would he th ? most advanced country on earth today. Someone asked him ubout Grover ("level mil. Ho said "There are people who believe that Wall street knows all about finance, nutl nobody oun tench them utivtiling and they must say 'me too' every time the New York World or 11 rover Cleveland grunts. I wouldn't have said nuvtliing about old drover it' your governor hiidu't alluded to him, because I will have u better opportunity to use my pitchfolk on him when 1 go to Washington. But it does my soul good to hear tlicgovernor of (tcorgiu sn\ that two little b?>iitai!ed lle ormers attraeted more attetilion and drew more applause than the President .>! i lie I II! ted Stat'SS. T1IK VMIKI> STATUS COMM. The Tables Turned Against IM-ovc-hIing Witnesses. (>ne of the eases brought tip for trial in the t'nited States couit at Columbia on Kiidu.v terminated in a somewhat me t i ami unexpected manner, llobert Sn.alley, a young (ieorgin n? gro, who has been living in Edgefield since last spring, wus under indietmetit for writing and mailing an ol scene letter to a negro named Elclert I'emerton. t wo witnesses, llieliard and I'iuk Zeigler, swore that they saw Hundley write the letter to I'emerton and one of them that lie mailed it for Hundley at Trenton )lost >tUee. When Small-y, who had no counsel, was put on tin- stand,ho denied having written the letter or liuving any knowledge of it whatever. Judge Brawley had a sheet of paper handed to him and made him write a number of words selected at random from the letter and also the address on the buck of the envelope. The same test, was applied to liiehurd Zeigler ami it was so apparent to tin court that this fellow and not Smalley had written the htterthat hi a honor instructed the jury to acquit ; tin* man on trial, and the two Zeigler ! brothers were plaectl at unco under ! aria st, one on the ehurge of forgery i and perjury and the other on the ! ehurge of perjury. Thus the tables wt re turned ami the two young rascals who tried to put iip such a job on an innocent victim will probably get the ;tl,?),..<> riirlittc ili-.iiri-o J ..X-. A Hit of History. Tin* palmetto l>ud<?ca preset) ted to the stir\ ivitijc veterans of the I'nlmettn Uv^iiinnt Nov. 2S, nt tin- South Caro> i11in r? otn of tlio Atlanta i \|iositioii hy ' Mr;'. T. Robertson, of ('olumliiii, pos^t-s. d u rare history. The palmetto WIIS outlu'l'i'il III IXiil on t ho const of South Ciiroliun. I?y a youtijj Confederate so hlior, Lieut. \V. ('. McNiucti. I.untenant MeNinch was a nephew of riioinas ('Imrles, of (Chester, who was a uioiiilx r of the I'nliiiotto Regiment, i ami was called the soldier poet who iu| spired h a comrades to deeds of jjlory 1 and victory I v the magnetic strains of | Ins southern Marseillaise, i Urave. ehi valroiis, lamented('hfirlos, ! -lei pirn: in hi : soldi* r erase on MexiI co s distant plains. .McNiuch, too, j sh ps where he fell, entered with ulory on < tty-hurt's ill-fnt* <I lield, : and his sister, Re-a I. MeNmeh, neiee ii i 11 .1 .. . r _ , i. . ??i I iHHitii \ limit", wuvr iriiiii i in' leuvi s ..f tin* palmetto I >u< I lie gather* <1 badges and sent them t<> Atliintu t<> la* worn by those bravo veterans who alone mi' left of that gallant.command. What prouder lioiior could bo conferred palmetto grown on the green isles of our beloved .southland gathered by one of the bravest, truest soldier s sister to honor the representatives of the I'alnietto Kcgimetit, in which a beloved uncle had fought and fallen? Love of State, love ami pride of her soldiery is typilied in the presentation. ( ohnnhid St<lf(. ttiirku pllni'* I'hv. The University of Chicago has decide I ' ? establish an annual holiday, to bo known as founder* day In honor of JohuD. Rock> teller. | h PALMETTO POINTERS. KAN AWAY WIT1I COXVKTS. I Accident in Nptirtiinhur;; In Which Itond workers Arc Injured. A terrible runaway accident occurred near 8|>urtanburg Wednesday ( afternoon, as the county convicts were returning home from work. Ah tlio result of the runaway thirteen con- ' viots, a guard, driver and two mtilca 1 were thrown d?rwn a 30 foot tuubaukIIUHlt ? ?*.! - ?' 41 ? ...jiuuil, nfiiiio III IUCIII 80Uously. The accident occurred on tho I'ort Royal hiiiI Western Oaroliuu road \ about 11 inilo from tin? city. Tho injured and injuricH uro: Tom ' I Brooks, right hip uiul log bruised; | Jim Gmullock, injured internally; J (icorgo Wright, injured internally; j Hull ColliuH, h?ft nidi? hrtiiscd uml left 'hand cut; dolm Richardson, stomach ' i smashed and hand bruised; Henry Rollins, white, brui ted; ('has. Powell, ( white, right knee sprained; Mr. ?T. It. I Tillitson, a guard, received a severe 1 cut across the head. Immediately after the accident tho convicts were carried to the stockade 1 and Dr. II. K. Black was called and ' j did all he could to relieve tin? suffer- 1 I ing of the injured uu>u. John Brooks ' and Jim t ioudlock are injured more seriously than any of the others. ' ^iOK DISMISSKD I'lIK AIM'K.VI.. i The Supreme Court of t lie Tolled Stat es , will not Entertain It. j The Supreme Court of the United i States has luuuh I down a decision in A. F. McDowell v.s United States, an ) appeal from South Carolina. Betwoou i tho dates of the appoint incut of .1 ml go i Brnwloy aud his ipuililieation as Judge i the February term of tho District ? Court at Greenville began, .ludgo < Simouton, as Circuit Judge,designated t Judge Seymour, District Judge of tho Eastern District of North Carolina, to < hold the Court. This Judge Seymour i uui ior lwo weoKH. Wtlllht 111) WftS < presiding thegrand jury wan organized. j This grand jury found u true bill ( iiguinst McDowell for violation of the ! postal lawn. Judge B raw ley having i cpinlitleil relieveil Judge Seymour.ami, < j among other eases, tried the ease of I McDowell before the petit jury. Ho j I i was eouv ieted and appealed to the Cir- j 1 i ouit Court of Appeals. (lis ground l ' I was that,as the otiiee of District .ludgo j I of Soutli Carolina wai vacant when j ? ! .Judge Sinionton designated .ludgo i i ' Seymour, his action was invalid and ! j 1 -Iudge Seymour could not lawfully i j hold t'ue Court; that the laws of the j I nited Stat, s permit sueh designation ; I only wiieii tin judge is sick or absent j < j or otherwise unable to hold the Court. ! i It being an entirely new question the I i Circuit Court of Appeals eertilied the 1 ease to the Supreme Court and the Su- ! preme Court have dismissed Me- i | Do we J Is appeal. a m:\v i'MK iu:i-; corvi\. I Marion W ill Probably He Cut I p Into Two Counties. The people of the upper section ol Marion county are endeavoring to avail themselves of the authority given the in by the new constitution to organize a new county. Strenuous op- j ! position to the new eounty scheme will i I doubtless manifest itself in certain see- , ! tions of the old eounty outside of the j I proposed territory ami especially I I around the county seat, luit tin- peo pie | of the section proposed to lie cut oil ! I are going ahead and say i ug nothing. i 1 I They have t!ie reipiired area, the pop I illation and the wealth and old Marion j ; would he left the area, the population j and wealth reipiired i>y the new eon- t stitution, and if the peeple of the pro- j posed new comity vote to orgiuii/.e i themselves into a new county the 1 tiling will lie done. liiccioliarisiii in Oimimchtir". I The corn house, carriage house and tool house on the premises and near the residence of Mr. Allen 11. ildey were completely destroyed I?v tire ncai Orangeburg on Tuesday. .Mr. I'iley lives about si\ and one-half miles Iroin Orangeburg, on the Helleville road, and is an industrious farmer. Mr. j j llilev and his family were away from I home at. the time of the burning and j I there was no white person on the | i place, and lie is satisfied that it is the ! work of an iueendiary. There were i.bout one hundred ami tifly bushels ot corn in the corn house at the time, which was entirely destroyed. About two years ago Mr. llilcy sustained a similar loss. Willi Their l?'avorllc Weapon. A special to the Columbia State gives an account ot the murder in Kuirfield county of I'alsio lackson, a negro woman. Hie was working in hex li II .. 1 4 1. 4 I. .... IICIII \\ 111 I I lltll' l Vtl'IIK II M|?prouehed ami lagan quarreling with her about some mutter. Finally two of them took liohl of the .lueksoti wo j liimi while the thil'tl ent her to ((until ; with n razor. .1 )(. I (lovernor h'.vnns ha- appointed K. \. liice us coroner for tiuni[)ton county. A Wlilte 31ai? Kills n Negro in Self I tcfcnso. A special from Anderson, S. tells ( of the killing <>f Charles Saxton, n negro, liy doe i'l. linrgess, white. From the evidence in the coroner's inquest it was shown that the negro was incensed over his discharge and attacked the w hite iiimi wit h a hoe. The w hite man secured a gun and killed the negro during the light. A verdict of self* defence was rendered. Armenian refugees from Constantinople, Turkey arc crowding into Catania and Sicily. / CONDUCTOR HUNT I1ADL.Y HURT. Ills Ilotfy Picked tip Twcnty-Tlire? Allies North of Atlanta. Conductor Tom Hunt, of the Southern railroad, wuh dangerously hurt by fulling frotu his train Friday morning. Ho wua picked up at the twcuty-tlireemilo post north of Atlanta by a train following hin own. Ll is not known how the couductor ; met with the accident. None of Ihh train erew missed him from the train and how ho fell oft' or w ua knocked oft' ik a mystery. Hia wounds were found to b > exceedingly duugeroua. At the twetityIhree-tnilo post, or about there Mr. Hunt's traiu puaautl a northbound train. From the injuries received by tho conductor it was thought by aome that bo wuh struck by the mail grab arm of the northbound train while looking north from the platform steps of hia train. Ilia head waa bruised and tho I nick of his skull whs crushed in, the hitter being the luore scriouH of his injuries. Ho wus fonud by ft buuiII boy lying on the track nfter his train luul loft mid gone on toward Atlanta. When the southbound Hello train reached the point the little boy stopped the train aud told Captain Wellington, conductor of the Hello, of hie timl. The train crew quickly picked up the body of their brother employe md placed him in a comfortable position on the traiu. i Everything possible was done to as ertaiu the cause of the accident but nothing definite could be learned. Skilled physicians used every known Means to restore ttie injured man to ouseiousness but did not succeed, his main being alVeeted by the crushed ikull. Upon examination of the wound the nhysieians found that it would be no essary to trephine the skull aud ttie lelieate operation was performed. It required careful work to dress the vound, but after the physicians finish?d the injured man began to show signs of improvement. The injured man was sent to the [drady hospital, in Atlanta, where svery attention possible was given the L'ouductor. Many of his fellow em- | ploycs remained by his side. None of j the railroad men knew anything of the lecideut, and they said that it was a nvstery how the conductor was injursi. Mr. Hunt was not missed from his i rain until it had almost reached Atlan- j .. ii... ........ n.;,ii,.,i ...,.,,ii,I "? l,,X 1 1 " lll?lll*llln ? ?!.? ? r, | ivc.s ail right. When In- was missed I from the train its passengers were ask '<t when tii? v had last situ the run- J iuctor, hut none seemed to remember j just wiirri' tin* conductor was pciferui- | mo his duly last. The railroad mm tire satislird that 1st* ?ither arridrtitally t'?*l 1 oiV tlm train nr was struck by the mail arm of 11st* northbound train which left Atlanta early in tin* morning. Mr. Hunt has been employed by tlm j Soutlu rn for some time. lie was one | of the best known conductors on the i road and the news of his misfortune | will he read with regret. lie was a j single uein and lived at Central S. C. j Mr. Hunt died Friday night without regaining consciousness , ? i A Postmaster Arresteo. I'ostolliee 1 nsjieetor Sadler < i dlesj .it , , who lias hecti doing good work since j his appointment to that position, has had I'hiilip (ierlaeli, late postmaster i at Orangeburg, arrested on the oliur.e , of embezzlement of postotliee fiimts. i Mr. (iillespi- has been working on the i caso for some time and lias, it is i thought, sullied lit proof to convict. Security Construction Co. in the en- i lerprisi*, has secured a charter to huild | n line between Charleston arid the j Savannah l iver. The incorporators are C. \\ . Mclvcr, II. \. Molouy, too. \i iv. ..i. ,i... i> v i?:..i "... i w ('. Miller. Mr. Molony ik interested in the Waltcrboro .V Western Railroad, w liieh would probably form u poition of the new line. The Voting MenY Business league of < 'It arlcston is milking aii effort to iiuiuee Cincinnati pt o- j 1?I?- to heeoinu interested in tins rail- i road enterprise, with a view of making ( harleston the seaport outlet and teriainus for ('ineinnati trade. In ease this is true, the road may he termed the. ('harleston and Western instead of the Charleston A* Macon. IUiIH imr' Mfiniij'tti /ttri rx l>'<< nrtl. Charleston to the West. .\ dispatch from Charleston, S. ('., | states that the road which is being promoted hv the Si>curity Const-ruetioii Co., of that city, is to he called tlie ('htirleston ?V Macon Railroad, the "Macon'' prohahly referring to Macon county, N. ('. This line, if luiilt, will ! he one of the most important which has Vioen projected in the South for years. Some of the most prominent citizens of South Carolina, including Mr. F. W. Wagener ami others, are interested in the Security Construction Co., which, has recently received valuable concessions of land on tidewater in Charleston for railroad terminals It is announced that arrangements have hceii made to begin the i construction of this road at an early ! date, it it 11 it is undeivdood that the 1 Charleston section will in- the first to ! In- completed. It is intended to e\ tend tlx- line by the building of a new [ road, or by eoiineetion with existing railroads, to soma point in Tennessee, with a view to givingtho metropolis of Sooth Carolina a direct connection to points beyond the. Ohio river. The Charleston Ar Macon, which, it in understood, is associated with the Holmes Senleneetl to llsing. I! -rnotii W. Mudgctt, alias II. II. Holmes, I wlio was eonvit-letl of murder in the lirst decree fur IlllVi'lg i-luisi-d the death ill I'ltillt 11-I|iliiji. Pa., of I'.t-iijaiitin ! '. Pife/.el, was in I In* Court of Oyer and Terminer refused a new trail ami sentenced to lie hanged. Ho received the sentence of Judge Arnold indifferently. MRS. OLIVKR OKANTKD BAIL.. Thf Amouut Fl.xtd ut One Thousand Hollars. j| The return of the writ of habeas <| corpus, applied for on l>cliulf of Mrs. w Anno AI. Oliver, who bun been con- 1 fined in the ltichland couuty jail since 1 the middle of October, under indict- j meut us an accessory to the murder of j her husband, Conway B. Oliver, wus ^ heard Wednesday night in the Supremo j Court room by Associate Justice Y. J. j Pope. The State was represented by Solicitor Nelson and Mrs. Oliver by , her attorneys, M cssrs. Melton ?V Mel- ' ton. The only evidence submitted by I the State in resisting the application was that of Messrs. Bates, McC'r aney and others, who testified at the Aughtry trial that they had seen a woman whom they afterwards idcutitied oh Mth. Oliver, in company withAughtry under very suspicious circumstances 1 some hours prior to the murder of hor husband. Solicitor Nelson held that these facts thus tcstiiicd to were sulli- , cient grounds to show guilty connection with the murder, and urged that as strong proof as would be required against a principal should not bo necessary in the ease of one charged only with being an accessory before the fact. He also held that inasmuch as the lunirgii wtin u very serious one, ami uiio on which the grand jury hml found u true hill, bail ought not to ho grunted. ludge I'opc said that it was unnecessary to hear argument from counsel for the defence, for the showing so fur us made before him did not prove that there was complicity between Mjrs. Oliver and Aughtry, and he would grunt an order lor hail and he desired counsel to agree upou what amount of hail should he tixed. lodge l'ope decided to tlx the hail at $1,000 with the privilege to the defendant of applying for a reduction if it were found hy her to be impossible to give hud for $1,000. HOW IT With IJK DONK. When the New <'oust itut.lon Hoes Into K fleet. The following article was adopted hy the convention, which is ktiowu as the "schedule:" That no inconveniencomny arise from ' the changes in the Constitution of the f State, and in order to carry this Constitution into complete operation, it is hereby ordained and declared: < First That all laws in force in this State at the tune of the adoption of this Constitution, not iueousisteut therewith, shall remain in full force until altered or repealed hy the general assembly. Second- All writs, actions, cauf.es ot action proceedings, prosecutions iitnl righi.9 of individuals, bodies corporate ami of the State, when not inconsistent with this Constitution, shall continue as valid. Third ? The provisions of all laws which are ineonsistant with this Constitution shall cease upon its adoption, except, that all laws which are iucon- J sisteiit with such provisions of this Constitution as require legislation to enforce them shall remain in force tinti1 such legislation is had. Fourth-?All tiues, penalties, foreitiircs uiid escheats accruing to the State of South Carolina under the Constitution and laws heretofore enforced shall accrue to the State of South Carolina under this Constitution exec I't au | herein otherwise provided. Fifth All recognizances, obligations and all other instruments, entered into, or execute 1 lie fore the adoption of this Constitution, to the State, or to any county, township, city or town therein, and all lines, taxes, penalties and forfeitures due or owing to this State or to any county, township, city or town therein; ami all writs, prosecutions, aetionsaiid proceedings, except as otherwise herein j rovided, shall continue ami remain unallotted by the adoption of this Constitution. All indictments which shall have licen found, or may hereafter he found, for any crime or oll'ense committed before the adoption of this Constitution inuv be prosecuted as if no change had been, made, except as otherwise provided herein. Sixth All officers. State evocative. legislative, judicial, circuit, district, county, township and municipal, who may he- in the. ollice at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, or may lie elected In fore the election of their Miecessors us herein provided, shall hold their respective offices until then terms lave expired, and until their successors are elected, or appointed and ipialitied as provided in this Constitution, unless sooner removed as may he provided hy law; and shall re-: ceive the compensation now fixed byi the statute laws in force at the adoption of this Constitution. Seventh This Constitution adopted, by the people of South Carolina in! convention assembled shall be in force and effect from and aftei the dlst day. of December, A. I)., eighteen hundred and ninety-live. Mere Youth Kills Anot Iter and Wounds a Third. The fifth homicide in firccnvillo county in the last three weeks occur red twclvo miles above flreenvillo on Sunday night. Jesse I'M wards, aged aboutHU years, shot Kiiho Nix, who was about tin: same ajjc, in tho stointtcli, and Clarence Nix, aged 17, in tho right arm, using a rovolvcr. lluho Nix died Monday afternoon, The shooting occurred at It) o'clock in a public road, where Clarence Nix and I'd wards had gone to fight out a difliculty. Kobe was present to see fair play and was holding J'Mwards's pistol. The light was declared olt and Nix. I handed back the pistol to I'M wards, who immediately began to shoot. Tho men belonged to old county families of prosperous and intelligent farmers,( and had been brought up within threq miles of each other An orgnul'/.ntion of agricultural newspaper myu 1ms been formed at Chicago. >