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1 UNION, 8. C.
~~ FINER FERTILIZERS.
Fewer Samples Found Deficient This
Year Than la Any Year Previous.
Below is given the annual roport of
Secretary J. P. Smith of tho State
board of fertilizer control, contained in
tbe eighth annual report of the South
Carolina experimental station, which
shows very fully the improvements
made in the grades of fertilizers furnished
daring the past year, and shows
the income derived by the State from
ilia fertilizer tax:
LNSJPJtCTIOTf or PXBTTIiTZERS.
Owing to the great depression in the
fertilizer trade the past year the shipping
season did not open as early as
usnal, consequently our inspectors were
not started to work till about Feb. 1,
and therefore had only about two
months in which to work. However,
they made a thorough canvass of the
State and visited most of the shipping
points several times during the season.
Three hundred aud forty samples of
fertilisers, representing 206 brands of
goods, were collected. All of these,
except the duplicate samples, were analyzed
and reported in buliotin No. 20
of the South Carolina experimental
station, 10,000 copies of which wero
distributed throughout the State. Comparatively
few cases of irregularities
were discovered. Thegroatest difficulty
we have to conteud with in carrying
out tho law of the State is the collection
of the privilego tax on cotton seed
meal. This continues to givo us
trouble. Under tho law, as construed
by this department, we tux tho meal
when it is sold as a fertilizer, and we
regard it all as a fertilizer unless it is
bruuded as stock food, but in many
cases it is bought by farmers and dealers
in carload lots, frequently from
mills in Atlier Stat* s, without stating,
and perhaps not knowing for whut purpose
it is to be used, and is shipped
aud distributed free of tho tax, when
doubtless a largo portion of it is used
as u fertilizer. As the law now stands,
persons who are disposed to disregard
at can easily do so aud have a loophole
of escape from its penalties. In view
of the difficulty of enforcing tho present
law. and since cotton seed meal hus
<!omo into such generul use as a commercial
fertilizer, I would recommend
that the legislature bo asked to place it
on the same footing us other commercial
fertilizers and make it liable to
tho privilege tax in all cases. Tho
Stuto of Georgia has had such a law iu
operation for several years, and I feel
confident that it would be to tho interest
of the farmers to have tho law so
uineuded aud that tho manufacturers
themselves would not object to it. I
think it but just to state in this connection
tknt I believe most mills iu the
State try to comply with the law as it
is, und sumo of them even pay the tax
ou all meal they sell now rather than
run the risk of violating the State laws.
oo ah ante eh.
It is gratifying to report that fewer
samples have been found below the
manufacturers' guarantees, than in any
year siuce the organizacion of this dopartment.
Under the Act of 181)4,
which allows a limit of 3 per cent,
below commercial values, only two
brands of goods wero found delicieut.
farmers' samples.
A greater number of furiuers' samples
have been received this year than last,
and all of those collected aecordiug to
the prescribed rules of the department
have been analyzed and reported to the
persons sending them.
Instructions for collecting and j
fowarding these samples are always I
furnished ou application to the fer- '
tilizer department and it is important !
that farmers comply Htrictly with these i
rules, as they have been udopled solely
for their benefit.
The following table shows the work
of the department this season, also for
comparison the corresponding figures
of 1894 are given:
Privilege tax collected, 1895, $30,077.93;
1891, $ 13,4*99.0I>. Amount of
I'ertdizers sold in the State, (tons)
1893, 120,311; 1891, 173,990. Nuni
Dor 01 simples collected ny inspectors,
4895, 310; 1894,500. Number of sumpies
analyzed, 1805, 200; 1894, 234.
Number of samples below guarantee,
1805. *23; 1894, 14. Per cent, of
samples below guarantee, 1805, 11;
1894, 18.
"Umler the present law, which requires
that the commercial value bused
upon th - actual analysis shall not fall
' ) per cent, below the commercial value
laiscil .a| on guarantees. only two
brant's were .oiin.l >i.-indent.
The following statement shows the
total e\pt'i.se of the department lor
the past year:
Ivilari'-s of chemists atni -retury $2.1:21 !>7
('li)'iiu al supplies a1111 fuel Jiij aU
Postage, stationary, etc . 0:5.72
freight an t expenses. .... frj.51 .
Printing tax tags OOU.OO 1
Kervlecs of veteriaurp surgeon.. .'51.70
Salaries ami railrw.nl fare of inspectors
740.84
Total .. $4,5170.40
Col. Ijuiiihoii Kcailiug Clerk.
'.Yd. 1". I?. 1.unison. '-n Lieutenant Gov.
trier of ohi.>, ami for a term Speaker in tin*
thai f Kepresentat i ws. ami a n?etnl?er '?(
State Senate uml president pro tempore ?.f
that Lody. has Leen appoint' >1 read i nip elerk
of tin' 1,'nvrr House o| The position
pay s c;{,t;ot) per annum.
Silver ljrn?iic in N'rlirnska.
,\i Lincoln, N'cL.. Saturday ahout tlfty men
of all parties Irom various parties of tlm
Slate inat ami orfpani/ed the NeLrasku silver ,
league. \ II executive eoltllllltL'e . o|)sist inu ,
1 I oivernof S a > V II dcoinn. Populist, ex |
i oap'n sin-in j!rvaii, l>enn)erat. ex- |
i o.'i'fressaiai ? i | ..v. |; pul'lean. an I j
V-. 11. Hard I . ni.st, \va appointed.
A I* n: " > i !; r> ; ft it (' instant'*' >i?1e,
I'urkey, 'ii i cionvIi ^ into Catania ami
biciiy.
THE NEW "
CONSTITUTION
THE LAW TIIK PEOPLE MUST
NOW LIVE UNDER.
A lOCUKEST WELL WOETH SEEPING.
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The Full Text of South Carolina's New
Organic Law as Adopted.
Space will not permit us to publish
tho entiro document at one time, but
we will give it iu iustullmouts of about
threo columns a week until the entire
rinMlltntiA. U.o ? ; _?_ J it
wuo*(vu?vu uuo UCCU jlliuiuu 1U lUt'Of
cc,Mmns.
Wo present the first two articles this
rock :
Wo, tho people of the State of
South Carolina, in Convention assembled,
grateful to (rod for our liberties,
do ordain and establish this Coostitn
tion for the preservation uud perpetuation
of tho same.
ARTICLE I.
DECLARATION OF RIOHTS.
Section 1. All political powei is
vested in and derived from the people '
only, therefore they have tho right at
nil times to modify their form of government.
Sec. '2. Representation in tho houso
of representatives shall be apportioned
according to population.
Sec. 3. Tho general assembly ought
frequently to assemble for the redress
of grievances uud for making uewlaws,
as tho common good in ay reqniro.
Sec. 4. The general usRembly shall
make no law respecting an establishment
of religion or prohibiting tho
free exercise thereof, or abridgiug the
freedom of speech or of the press; or
the right of tho people peaceably to
assemble and to petition the government
or any department thereof for a
redress of grievances.
Sec. ?r>. The privileges and immunities
of citizens of this State and of tho
United States under this Constitution
shall not bo abridged, ner shall any
person be deprived of life, liberty or
property without due process of law,
nor shall any person bo denied the
equal protection of the laws.
Sec, 0. All property subject to taxation
shall be taxed in proportion to
its vulue.
Sec. 7. No tax, subsidy, charge,
impost tax or duties shall be established.
tixed, laid or levied, uuder any
pretext whatsoever, without the conscut
of the people or their representatives
lawfully assembled.
Sec. 8. No bill of attainder, o?
post facto law, law impairing the obligation
of coutracts, nor law granting
any title of nobility or hereditary emolument,
shall be passed, and no conviction
shall work coriuption of blood
or forfeiture of estate.
St-c. 9. The right of suffrage, as regulated
in this Constitution, shall be
protected by law regulating elections
and prohibiting, under adequate penalties,
ull undue influences from power,
bribery, tumult or improper conduct.
Sec. 10. All elections shall be free
and open, and every inhabitant of this
State possessing the qualifications provided
for in thiH Constitution shall
have an equal right to elect oilicers
and be elected to till public office.
See. 11. No nronertv oualitication.
uuless prescribed iu this Constitution,
shall be necessary for uu election to or
the holding of uuy oflice. No person
bhall be elected or nppoiuted to otlice
in this State for life ordering good behavior,
but the terms of all officers
shall be for some specified period, ex
eept notaries public ajnl officers iu tho
militia. After the adoption of this
Constitution any person who shall tight
a duel or send or accept a challenge
for that purpose, or be an aider or
abetter in tiglitiug a duel, shall be deprived
of holding any oflice of honor
or trust in this State, and shall be oth
-rwi.?e punished as the law shall prescribe.
Sec. 12. Temporary absence from
tho State shall not forfeit a residence
once obtained.
Sec. Id. The power of suspending
the laws or the oxcentioii of tin- Iuum
shall only be exercised l>y the general
assembly or by its authority in particular
eases expressly provided for
by it.
See. 11. In the government of this
State the legislative, ? xeeutivo and
judicial powers of the government shall
be forever separate and distiuct from
ouch other, and no person or persons
exercising the functions of one of said
departments shall assume or diseh.irgo
the duties of any other.
See. I.". All courts shall be public,
ami every person shall have speedy
remedy therein for wrongs sustained.
See. 111. The right of the people to
be secure in their persons, houses, papers
and effects against unreasonable
i-arehes atid seizures sha!I io>t be vioited,
and no warrant si. i.l issue but
tip< ! probable cause, si pportcd by
oatli >r 10I1 mint ion, and particularly
d< -ci'il>i: g the place to be searched and
the per so i or tluilg to be seized.
S? e. 1. No per.-oli -ball be held to
Mtswer f..r ui.y eriu * here the punish
ellt e\Cl fuds a ! S 11K) or 1 III pi
iMUtn.i :.t lor Lib du\.-, with or with
out hard labor, unless on a presentment
or indietment of a grand jury of
the county where the crime shall have
been committed, exceptincases arising
in the land or naval forceo or in the
militia when in aotual service in time
of war or public danger; nor shall any
person be subject for the same offence
to be twice put in jeopardy of life or
liberty, uor shall be compelled in any
oriininal case to be a witness against
himsolf. Private property shall not be
taken for private ubo without the con
sent of the owner, nor for pubuo one i
without just compensation )>eiug first
made therefor. i
.0. iu all criminal prosecu- t
tions the accused shall enjoy the right j
to n speedy and public trial by an im- ^
partial jury, and to be fully informed ?
of the nature and cause of the acousa- t
tiou; to be confronted with the wit- j
nesses against him, to have compulso- t
ry process for obtaining witnesses in ?
his favor, and to be fully heard in his
defense by himself or by his counsel r
or by both. H
Sec. 19. Excesaivo bail shall not v
be required, nor excessive fines imposed,
nor cruel and unusual punish- H
ments inflictod, nor shall witnesses be
unreasonably detained. Corporal pun- c
istiment shall not be inflicted. The
power to punish for contempt shall not &
in any case extend to imprisonment in a
tho State ponitentiary.
Sec. 20. All persons shall, before v
conviction, be bailable by sufficient e
sureties, except for capital offenses 8
when the proof is evident or the pre- ?
sumption great. "
Sec. 21. Iu all indictments or prosecutions
for libel, the truth of the al- 0
leged libel may be given in evidence, *
and the jury shall be the judges of the V
law and the facts.
Sec. 22. Treason against tho State *
shall consist alone iu levying war or in .
rzivimr aid and comfort to enemies 1
against the State. No person shall be 8
held guilty of treason, except upon f
testimony of at least two witnesses to j
the same overt act or upon confession *
in open court. 8
Sec. 23. The privileges of the writ *
of habeas corpus shall not bo suspend- 0
ed unless when, in case of insurrection, v
rebelliou or invasion, the public safe- e
ty may require it.
Sec. 24. No person shall bo im- "
prisoned for dobt except in cases of v
fraud.
Sec. 25. The right of trial by jury
Bhall be preserved inviolate. u
Sec. 26. A well regulated militia r
boing necessary to the security of a v
free State, the right of the people to ?
keep and bear arms shall not be in- .
fringed. As in times of peace armies
a;e dangerous to liberty, they shall
not be maintained without the consent ^
of the general assembly. The military
power of the State shall always be held
in subordination to the civil authority
and be governed by it. No soldier
shall in time of peace be quartered in
any house without the consent of the *
owner, nor in time of war but in the r
manner to be prescribed by law.
Sec. 27. No person shall in any case ^
be subject to martial law or to any
pains or penalties by virtue of that i
law, except those employed in the
army and navy of tho United States, ^
and except the militia in actual service,
but by tho authority of the general as- j
sembly.
Sec. 28. All navigable waters shall
forever remain public highways, free *
to the citizens of the States and the
United States without tax, impost or
toll imposed; and no tux, toll, impost
or wharfage shall be irajiosed, demand- ^
ed or received from the owners of any ^
merchandise or commodity for tho use ^
of tho shores or any wharf erected on (
tho shores or in or over tho waters of f
auy navigable stream unless the same
be authorized by the general assembly.
Hoc. 2'J. The provisions of the Constitutiou
shall be taken, deemed and t
construed to bo mandatory and prohib- ^
itory, and not merely directory, ox
copt where expressly made directory j
or permissory by its own terms.
ARTICLE II. t
RIOIIT OP SUFFKAOR. t
Section 1. All elections by the peo- 1
plo shall bo by ballot and elections G
shall never bo held or tho ballots
counted in secret.
Sec. '2. Every qualified eleetor 1
shall bo eligible to any office to bo vot- c
ed for, unless disqualified by age as H
prescribed in this Constitution. But c
no person shall hold two oilices of lion- t
or or profit at the same time, except *
that auy person holding another ofliee ?
....... *1... ......... ?i ..... 1... .... ..(l!/,r.l> in r
innj iili iiif niiuv unit i>u <tu i/iuvvi iu
the militia and n notary public.
Sec. II. Everv male citizen of this
State and of tin United States'21 years
of age and upwards, not laboring under
the disabilities named in this Constitution
and possessing the qualiticalious
reipiired by it, shall be an elector.
Hec. 4. The qualifications for suffrage
shall bo as follows:
(a) Residence in the State for two
years, in the county one year, in the
polling precinct in which the elector
otters to vote four months, and the
payment six months before any election
of any poll tax then due aud payable;
provided, however, that ministers
in charge of an organized church
and teachers of public schools shall be
entitled to vote after six months residence
in the State, if otherwise qualified.
(! ) Registration, which shall provide
for the enrollment of every elector
once in ten years and also an enrollment
during each and every year of
every elector not previously registered
under the provisions of this article.
(c) Up to January 1, lS'.lH, all male
persons of voting nge applying for
registration who can read any section
in this Constitution submitted to them
by the r< .strslion oflieer, or miderstaiul
and < \j lain it w hen i t ad to them
i?v tiie rt g'-1 ration oflieer shall been
titled to ic, ;ster and become electors.
A separate record of all persons regis- t
tered before January 1, 1898, sworn to
by the registration officer shell be filed,
one eopj with the clerk of court and
one in the office of the secretary of
state, on or before February 1, 1898,
and snob persons shall remain during
life qualified electors unless disqualified
by the other provisions of this
article. The certificate of the clerk of
court (or secretary of state shall be
sufficient evidence to establish the
right of said citizens to any subsequent
registration and the franchise
under tho limitations herein imposed.
(b) Auy per sou who shall apply for
registration after January 1st, 1898, if
otherwise qualified, shall be registered;
provided, that he can both read and
vrite any section of this Constitution
mbmitted to him by tho registration
julcer, or can suow mai no owns ami
las paid all taxes collectible daring
he previous year on property in this
State assessed at $300 or more.
(e) Managers of elections shall re[uire
of every elector offering to vote
it any election, before allowing him to
ote, proof of the payment of all
axes, iucludiug poll tax, assessed
kgaiost him and collectible during the
irevious year. The production of a
ertificate or of the receipt of the
fhce rauthorized to collect such tax*a
hall oe conclusive proof of Uie paylent
thereof.
(f). The general assembly shall proido
for issiling to each duly registered
lector a certificate of registration and
hall provide for tho renewal of ouch
ertificate when lost., mutilated or
lestroyed, if the applicant is still a
[iialilied elector under the provisions
if this Constitution, or if ho has been
ogistered as provided in subsection
c).
Sec. 5. Any person denied registraion
shall have the right to appeal to
he court of common pleas or any
udgo thereof, and thenco to tho
upreme court, to detormino liis right
o vote UDder the limitation imposed
n this article, and on snch appeal the
tearing skull be de novo and the
;enernl assembly shall provide by law
or such appeal and for the correction
if illegal and fradulent registration,
othig and all other crimes against tho I
lection laws.
Sec. 6. Tho following persons are
lisqualifiod from being registered or
oting:
First. Persons convicted of burgnry,
arson, obtaining goods or money i
inder false pretenses,perjury, forgery,
obbery, bribery, adultery, bigamy,
nfe-beating, housebreaking, receiving j
tolen goods, breach of trust with
raudulent intent, fornication,sodomy,
ucest, assault with iutent to ravish,
aisccgenation, larceny or crimes
gainst tho election laws; provided,
hat the pardon of tho governor shall <
euiove such disqualification.
Second. Persons who are idiots, inane,
paupers supported at tho public "
ixpense, and persons confined in any j
mblic prison.
Sec. 7. For the purpose of voting, {
10 poison shall bo deemed to have
gained or lost u residence by reason of J
lis presence or absence while employ
sd in the servioe of the Unitod States, j
lor while engaged in the navigation (
>f the waters of this State, or of the ^
Jnited States, or the high seas, nor ^
vhile a student of any institution of .
earning.
Sec. 8. The general assembly shall
irovide by law for the registration of
ill qualified electors and shall preicribe
the manner of holding electione *
ind of ascertaining the results of the
iame; provided, at the first registraion
under this Constitution, and until 1
he 1st of January, 1898, the registra- 1
ion shall be conducted by a board
>f three disreeet persons in each j
:ounty, to be appointed by the gov- ]
srnor, by aud with tho advice and ]
sonsent of the senate. For the first
egistratiou to be provided for under
.his Constitution, the registration
looks shall be kept open for at least i
>ix consecutive weeks, and thereafter
rom time to time at least one week in
sacb month, up to 30 days next pre- '
leding the lirst election to be held uni
ii * n iii Ti... (
ler vuis fuxiHuiuviuu. ?uu ^muuion
bookt shall be public records |
>pen to tbo inspection of any citizen
it all times.
Sec. 9. The general assembly shall
irovide for the establishment of poling
precincts in the several counties
>f the State and those now existing
hall so continue until abolished or
:hanged. Kach elector shall be required
o vote at his own precinct, but provision
shall be made for his transfer to
mother precinct upon his change of
esidence.
Sec. 10. The general assembly shall
irovide I13' law for the regulation of I
xirty primary elections and punishing ,
mud at the same. (
Sec. 11. The registration books shall
lose at least 111) days before ail elecion,
during which time transfers and
*egistration shall not be legal; prodded,
persons who will become of age j
luring that period shall be entitled to
vgist ration before the books are
;iohuu.
See. 12. Electors in municipal eloc 1
iotiR shall possess the qualifications
iiid be subject to the disqualifications '
lerein prescribed. The production 1
>f n certificate of registration from the i
egistratiou officers of the county as an 1
doctor at a precinct included in the
ncorporated city or town in which j
the voter desires to vote is declared a i
condition prerequisite to his obtaining 1
i certificate of registration for municipal
elections, and in addition ho j
mist have been a resident within the
corporate limits at least four months
before the election and have paid all
taxes due and collect!bio for the preceding
fiscal year. The general assembly
shall provide for the registration
of all voters before each ( lection
in municipalities; provided, that nothing
herein contained shall apply to any
municipal elections which may be held i
prior to the general election of the
year 1 .s.
Sec. 1:5, Tn authorizing a special
election in uuy incorporated city or
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town in this Stale for the purpose ^
bonding the same, the general aasena
bly\shall prescribe as a condition pro
cedent to the holding of said electiot
a petition from a majority of the free>
holders of Baid eity or town as shown
by its tax books, aud at such elections
all electors of such city or town who
are duly qualified for voting under section
12 of this article, and who have
paid all taxes. State, county and
municipal, for the previous year, shall
be allowed to vote, and the vote of a
majority of those voting in said elections
shall be necessary to authorize
the issno of said bouds.
Sec. 14. Electors shall in all oases
except treason, felony or breach of the
peace, be privileged from arrest on
the days of election during tlieir attendance
at tho polls and going and returning
therefrom.
Sec. 15. No power, civil or military,
shall at any time interfere to prevent
the free exercise of the right of sufr
frage in this State.
[CONTINUED NBX-f WEEK.]
A Man's Right to Boll Down his Nnme.
Thore are a great many curious
thinsrs that come to the attention of
the State authorities and some puzzling
questions are often uBked of the officials,
and this is es]>eoially the case
with the Attorney General's office.
Thero came the other day a request for
a decision as to whether a man who
had too many initials could dispose of
several of them. The.youug man, for
he evidently had been named after the
war, had several Confederate generals'
names given him, and he thought two
of these would be sufficient for his
uses. Ho asked whether it would be
illegal for him to do so, and whether
it would interfere with his legal rights.
Assistant Attorney General Townsond
took the matter up, and in a friendly
way wrote him that so far as ho could
find there was no law against tho dropping
of some of the initials. He conld
not ot his own accord change his surname
or his given name. In a word,
ho thought that he could drop tho ,4P"
from his own initials if he so wibhed,
but that he had to keep tho names
Charles and Towusend. The young
man in question had three long givon
names and ho wishes to abridge it by
leaving out one.of the initials.
THE JPIXiK TO OE PAID.
\n Interesting and Important. (Question
Decided In Craig.
The Circuit Court of Craig county
ius just decided a question of rare ocjurrenco
against the Board of Supervisors
of that county. TSomo months
igo the board deducted from the salary
uf the county judge, Anderson, tho
imount it had paid another county
judge, Simmons, for holding a court
iu his stead. It founded its action on
precedents. A former county judge,
Jones, had pad Judges Simmou for
holding a court in his stead, and
mother former county judge, Lymnn I ,
Dhalkley, bad bad the amount paid I
Tudge Simmons deducted from bis,
Lhalkley's salary. The present county
judge, Anderson, however, appealed
from tbe action of tbe supervisors to (
tbe Circuit Court of Craig, and that
ourt decided that Judge Anderson
must bo paid bis salary in full and '
.vitbout any deduction.
TRLKUKAPHIC TICKS.
Capt. Harry Jackson, of Atlauta,
la., died at bis borne in that city on
Friday.
Tbe National Civil Service Reform
League's fifteenth annual meeting was
leld in Washington City.
The ollicinl call for tbe National Republican
Convention lias been made,
[t will meet on June lti, 18fH>, at St.
Louis, Mo.
Judge tbomas L. Nugent, one of tho
most prominent lawyers and politicians
n Tovas, died at bis homo in Fort
Worth Saturday. '
The funeral services over the rename
of Judge Allen G. Thurman were
tield at his residence in Columbus,
rJhio, ou Saturday morniug.
Diphtheria is rngiug in New York,
282 cases being officially reported, and
the death rate is 22 a week. Tbe use
it nnti-toxine lias been attended with
favorable result.
Six section men in the employ of the
Virginia Coal and Iron Company met
their death near Big Stone Gap, Ky.,
1 '? ? ' aV *
ituiiiutiv. iney were caimg inei?- i
lunch on an overhanging cliff, when it ,
;nve way and fell on them.
The delegates from the hi-metalllc I
leagues of Great Britain, France and j
llerinany, now in conference at 1'aris, j
my they are agreed on a programme |
which they assert wiP transfer the
location of international l?i-metalli..m
from the Held of discussion to that of
ictual practice.
The state paid the expenses of the
troops in the .lames City riot at New
lierue two years ago and wanted ('raven
county to refund the money. The
decision of court is in favor of Craven
county.
Much interest is manifested by business
men in this state in the southern
exposition at Chicago, and assurances
lire given that North Carolina will be
well represented.
President Spencer, of the Southern
railroad, has leased eight thousand
acres of land in Guilford county for
tin* purpose of tpiail shooting.
Judge T. Fuller, of lialcigh, N. C.,!
lias been renominated for private lands
claim court by President Cleveland, j
New Orleans t'otton Kxc linage Statement.
The semi-week ly movement in 13 lending
interior towns: For 1805 receipts, 81,087
bales; shipments, lie,,020 hales; stock, 422,855
bales. For 1801 receipts, 123,001 hales;
shipments, 100,1)11 I ale.-; stock 308.550 bales.
For 1803 ipts, 102.273 bales; shipments,
! 3,530 bales; stock. 340,331 hales.
Herring wore never so plentif: 1 off tho
Massachusetts coast ns this season, and th?
catch so lar lias bocu phonomonally large.
PALMETTO \
POINTERS.
INTERESTING ITEMS FROM ALL
OVER THE STATE.
The Ijuuruda Guilty of uo Offense on
the High Sous.
Judge W. H. Brawley, of the United
States District Court, has handed down
his deoisiou in the ease against Capt.
Samuel Hughes, the master of the
steamship Laurada, which was charged
with violating the neutrality laws of
the United States. Judge Brawley
holds that while there is no proof of an
expedition begun within the territory
of the United States, there is sufficient
proof of an offenso committed on the
high seas to justify further investigation.
He, therefore, issued au order
holding Capt. Hughes under bond for
trial at the approabhing January term
of the court for the eastern district of
South Carolina.
Beaufort Taxpayers In a Fix.
Beaufort County ie undergoing particularly
hard times, owing not only to
tho closing down of the phospate mines
and throwing out ot employment numbers
of employees and laborers, but
this year the people arc culled upon to
pay two taxes. The tnxos that were
due for the fiscal year 1803 and 1894,
tho collection of which was suspended
iu consequence of the August cyclone,
uud thoso for 1894 and 1895 are both
due, and a very small proportion of
either has as yet been paid in, and tho
people have not got the money to meet
thoir taxes. As a consequence tho creditors
of the county are in a bad fix,
pnd liave but twenty odd days more to
meet tho tax-gatherer with little prospect
of ruisiug money and no possibility
of a postponement of the time, as
tbe Legislature will not convene until
after the time expires and tho penalty
will uttuch.
The Co-Operative Mill.
The stockholders of the Carolina
Mills Compauy of Columbia, had a
special meeting Friday evening tovote
on uu increase of capital stock. This
is the corporation that was chartered
several mouths ago with a capitul stock
of 8100,000, this amount to be raised
ou the co-operative plan. At tbe meoting
tho ofiicers reported that the
initial amonnt had becnovorsubscribed
and that the directors unanimously advised
uu increase to $50,000, which
was accordingly done. As soon as tho
cold weather is ovor the active work
of constructing the mill will begin, and
tho Carolina Mills Company will Bpin
pari
uuav j vai a vv/bbUUt
From Charleston to fjaurens.
It is understood that President
Childs, of the Columbia, Newberry and
Laurons Railroad has obtainccd the
right from Receiver A. C. Haskell to
run trains over the trauk of the Newberry
and Laurens Railroad between
Clinton and Laurens. It is expected
that through trains between Charleston,
Columbia and Laurens will bo run.
The effect of this will be to put Laurens
in touch with the Seaboard Air
Line and Coast Line system, and give
competitive rates as against the Pert
Royal and Western Carolina system.
The Colportuge Work.
At the recent meeting of the Methodist
Conference of Sorth Carolina, at
Rock Hill, Rev. T. J. Gattis, of Durham,
N. C., was elected superintendent
of the colportago work for this
State. The Conference asked the privilege
of uniting its colportage work
with the two Conferences of North Car- *
olina and by a unanimous vote ho was
elected. The same Conference last
year asked Mr, Gattis to take charge
of the work in this State but he refused.
Ho will accept tho offer and enter
upon his work ut once.
The Charleston Klectlon.
Tho complete but unofficial returns
from the municipal election in Chari
?? ?i. .1 tj ii.
icmwij, 0uw? tuiii ?)ui y hi, iiic i/riiiuurHtic
candidate, was elected mayor of
Charleston for the uext four years by
a majority of 278 votes. The regular
Democrats elected twelve out of 24 aldermen,
the other twelve being chosen
by the A. 1'. A. Mr. Smyth will havo
the casting vote.
Knglnecr Curler Killed.
Thursday a fatal collision occurred
on the Air Iiinc. The freight train
rutitijiig as third 42, ran into another
freight, second 42, at Thickety, S. C.,
killing Engineer I). M. Curlee, of
Charlotte, and nearly demolisng tho
engine and 11 ears. Tho crew of second
42 claim that proper signals woro
out for protection of their train.
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The Globe Phosphate company, of
Columbia, have leased their entire
plant to a party of Richmond (Va.) fertilizer
manufacturers, who will soon
take charge of the property and operate
it. The lease it is understood is
for five yearH and the terms on which
it was consummated will prove very
advantageous to all those holding stock
in the company.
Senator Tillman baa introduced a
bill to provide a district attorney and
marshal for the weatern district of
South Carolina. Every district in the
United States except that has its own
district attorney and marahal. Tho
status of the matter, according to the
Revised Statutes, accompanies tho bill. #
The Easley bridge, between Pickens
and (Ireenville, fell through Tuesday,
killing one mule, severely crippling
another and breaking up a wagon.
The driver, a young negro boy, was
severely but not fatally hurt. Tho p
bridge was made new about iivo years
ago.