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I ' 1i fiinm ?Mi THE BNION TIMES. UNION, 8. C. PALMETTO POINTERS., >NTKRF.STlN<i 1TKM8 FROM ALU OVKK THK STATE. Tillman's View of It. j "R. M. L," writing from Washington says : "It in a great day iu the history of (Jrovor Cleveland, for even , Benator Tillman confessed that the message breathed the truest spirit of patriotism. This was quite an admission from the jnuior Senator from iBonth Carolina, in view of tbo fact that he now has at his apartments in this city a pitchfork, sent to him by one of his admiring constituents, who expects him to carry out his threat, \ made on tho stamp, and nse the fork l on somo of his political enemies. 1 Senator Tillman said further that a ] serious question is presented by the \ President in his message, and while it { appeals to national pride and prestigo, ho would hate to soo this country goto , t .war over n small South American couu- 1 Ho says it would be cheaper fqr I < the Unitud States to acquire Venezuela jby purchase than to go to war with England Ho added that ho hoped some way will be found to adjust tho difficulty without bloodshed, for a war with England moans 3-cent cotton and lurthor depression iu South Carolina. Tho Carolina Mills. Recently it was decided to increase the stock of tho Carolina mills at Columbia from $100,000 to $250,000. JTbe first $100,000 has already been subscribed, tho shares being payable V>jd the installment plan, and the addijUonal stock is being rapidly taken up. Tt is stated that the cotapauy proposes to begin the constrnctiop of ite mill with the advent of the spring season, pushing it through very rapidJy to an early completion. The company baa fndo-awnko business men at its head, ana no doubt a lino mill will bo tuo 1 result of their efforts. t ?<? <?> - ? STAT 10 NKWS NOTES. [ Sumter now has artesinn wells. J Hon. J. A. Smyth was inaugurated ^ Jnayor of Charleston on Monduy. Yenner Kay, the uegro who hired 1 Tom Peterson to kill Mowely in Green- ( Nfjpod in Soptombor, was caught in t jBonroe, N. O. o rJJho brick walls of the new graded j vchool at Dillon uro rapidly assuming shape, and when ootnpletod this will be a handsome building. 'O Governor Evans hasappoi nted A. O. t JKanfnmn and G. L. Buist to bo mem- e "hers of tho board of school coru?nis- a sioners for the city of Charleston. 1 John Nichols, a negro, was shot and killed by Dispensary Constable Howie, * four miles from Greenville, on Mon- 11 day. He was fleeing from arrest. 1 I Anderson's new graded school build- j iug has been completed and turned i< over to the proper authorities. It is H said to bo one of the linest in the t State. 'H Frank E. Vaughan, of Tacoma, J Washington, has been appointed oasis- 1 tant journal clerk of the House of Kop- 11 resontatives to succeed G. W. Pratt, of H, jSouth Carolina. The position pays 11 $5,000 per annum. r ii Sanders, tho oolored man, who it< under sentonco of the execution on H, January 0 for tho murder of Simon g Riley, made his escape from the Barn- B well jail last week bv breaking through the roof, but was soon rearrested. o Jim Burrell, Oconoe's most noto- ^ Tioue moonshiner, was arrested near . .Walhalla iu the mountains on Monduy 11 by United Stutea deputy marshals. ? He lias defied the law and ita officers c for the last twenty years. He is 67 years old, and the father of thirty odd a children. K! ti ! fctate Treasurer Bates says that ho n realizes that the county treasurers are p having a groat deal of work at this 6l time, but that it would be as well for n them to send their collections to Columbia. It will soon be time for tho h State to meet the interest on the bonds, u and if tho county treasurers would send <> their collections there '.t would be just > us well. ti ('apt. 1W. A. Markort. one of the t bravest cavulry officers of the Coafed- P erate army, died at his elegant country ? home five miles from Edgelield on t Tuesday. Ho went to Edgefield ? county from Bavaria 40 years ago. Ho v was 011? of the tirst to enter the service j *' in 1801 and no man in the urmy did | h better Rcrviee than he. lie u.ih never j s inurried. Tlio Orangeburg Manufacturing ; , Company has a dd its large plant and i.j complete wood working outlit to the 1 estate of .1. F. .Addon, which is muuag- : cd by Messrs. i?\ A. and Luther IJ. I A Men. 'l'ho Messrs. Adden are two ol 'rangeburg's most successful bus- " in ess men an 1 they will iiudouhtedly make a s;:e.?ss of tin factory. For 1 1 Home time the plant of the Mainline I 1 taring Company has not beer, in opera- I ,, tion. and the fact of this deal l:m been i,'( , e rent surprise to everyone in Orange* j jj burg, it is a very valuable plant. I \s: t:ie!;y Wife Coii?iii:! M nr.lo, Mr-. Jame- W. \al!y a?> I tw : ty-i . , 1 Milled !':-.>fe.-yor frank I' iigle rly, i -? j In her It one, ii<>ar New Hon.-. l\y., alter a struggle i ) protect te-r 1: , ) U Herring were never so j l?-nttfet off tlio | Mn-:n tins--:!-! e< I as tin s m >ii. ami iuc I ,1 Ciityu do far b.x been f UeneineuaUy largo. j J4| THE HEW CONSTITUTION r?IE LAW THE PEOPLE MUST NOW LIVE UNDER. I DOCOKHI WELL WORTS KEEPING. , m rhc Full Text of South Carolina's New Organic Law ae Adopted. 1 . I ARTICLE in. TiKGISIiATlYS DEPARTMENT. Socliou 1. The legislative power of this State shall bo vested iu two distinct branches, the one to bo styled the "Senate," and the other the "House of Rex>re8entativep," and both together tho "Gonoral Assembly of the State of South Carolina." Seo. 2. The house of representatives (hull be composed of members chosen jy ballot evory second year by citizens >f this State, qualified as in this Conititution is provided. Sec. 3. Tho house of representatives ifaa.ll consist of 124 members, to be apportioned among tho several counties iccording to tho number of inhabitants jonLttiuod in each. Each county shall ;onstituto ouo election district. An enumeration of tho inhabitants fo'rthis purpose shall bo made iu the year 1901, ind shall bo made in the course of .*verv 10th year thereafter, in such mauler as shall be by law directed: Pro rided, that the general assembly may , it any time, in its direction, adopt the mmediately preceding United States 1 sensus as a true and correct enumera- i ion of the inhabitants of the several , sountics, and make the apportionment >f representatives among the several :ounties accordingtosaid enumeration: \ Provided, further, thatuutil the appor- j ionment which shall be made upon the 1 jext enumeration shall take effect, the ] epresentution of the several counties us hey now exist (including the county t >f Saluda established by ordinance) i be as follows: Abbeville, 5; < liken, 3; Anderson, 5; Barnwell, 5; ] Jesufort, 4; Berkeley, 4; Charleston, i l; Chester, 3; Chesterfield, 2; Clareu- j Ion, 3; Colleton, 4; Darlington, 3; Sdgetield, 3; Fair Hold, 3; Florence, 3; ] Georgetown, 'J; Greenville, 5; Hump- i on, 2; Horry, 2; Kershaw, 2: Lan oster, 2; Laurens, 3; Lexington, 2; ] dariou, 3; Marlboro, 3; Newberry, 3; 1 )conee, 2; Orangeburg, 5; Pickens, 2; tichlaml, 4; .Saluda, 2; Spartanburg, i; Sumter, 5; Union, 3; Williamsburg, i I; York, 4; Provided, further, that in ] ho event other conuties are hereafter stablislied, then the general assembly hall reapportion the representatives ictwecn the counties. nec. t. Ju assigning representatives o tho several counties, the general .8sctubly shall allow one representative oevery one huudred and twenty- fourth iart of the whole number of iuhabtants in tho Stato: Provided, that if u the apportionment of representatives ny county shall appear not to bo enitled, from its population, to a repreentative, such county shall, neverhcless, send one representative; and f there be still a deficiency in the mmber of representatives required by ection third of this article, such deiciency shall be supplied by assigning eprescntatives to those counties hav g tho largest sulplus fractious. Sec. 5. No apportionment of repreentatives shall take effect until the oneral election which shall succeed nch apportionment. Sec. ?>. Tho senate shall be composed f ono member from each county, to t e elected for the term of four years >y tho qualified electors in each county, 11 tho same mauner in which members f tho houso of representatives are hosen. Sec. 7. No person shall be eligible to 1 seat in the senate or house of repre cntutives wu > at tne time 01 ms dec- j ion, is not a duly qualified elector < mler this Constitution iu the county ] li which ho muy be chosen. Senators < ball bo at least 2"> and representatives i t least '21 years of age. i Sec. 8. The first election for mem- ] era of tho house of representatives i < nder this Constitution shall be held ' l 11 Tuesday afetr tho first Monday in ] lovember, IH'Jtl,and every second year ] hereafter, in such manner and iu such ] laces as the general assembly may i irescribe; and tho lirst eleetion for j enators shall lx> held on Tuesday after j he first Monday in November, 18'.M5, ] ud every fourth year thereafter cxept in counties in which there was an j , lection for senator in IH'.H for a full , ersn, iu which eoimtieft no election for ' ( en.'.tor shall be iield until the general < 1 '.-lion tc. he in Id in and every . mirth year tnereafter, except to (ill | aea'ieies. Senators shall be so classiest tlint one half of their number, ie early as practicable, shall be chosen vi ry two years. Whenever the gt n r.il assembly shall establish more than j ne county at any session, it shall so irescribe the first term of the senators rom such eouutusus to observe such j In-ifieatioii. See. Tho annual session of the ' eueral assembly heri tofore elected, ' \ed by the ( onstituti >u of the war ! S?;,s t i convene on the fouth Tues- | ay of Noveiiiber. in the year, is cieliy postponed, IIII i the saii.e shall e i ' ne 1 and he ld in the city of olnmbia on t! .second 1'iesday in at.:i;ir\, ti ihe yiar 1 811(1. The lirst | s ...n o the g< i.iTii! assembly elected mil r this constitution shall convene ' i ( olumlna on the second Tuesday ill. L an i.iry, in tne year ls:>7, and there- ! iter annually at tin. Mime time uuJ | place. Should the casual ties of war or contagious diseases render it unsafe to meet at the seat of government then the governor maj by proclamation; appoint a more secure and convenient place of meeting. Members of ,the general assembly sLall not receive hoy compensation for more than forty days of any one session: Provided, that this limitation shall not affeot the lirst four sessions of the general assembly under this constitution. Sec. 10. The terms of office of the senators and representatives chosen at * general election shall begin on the Monday following such election. Sec. 11. Each house shall judge of the election returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and nnder such penalties as may be provided by law or rule. Sec. 12. Each house shall ohooee its own officers, determine its rules of procedure, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel n mem ber, but not.a second time for the same cause. ' ' I Sec. 13. Each bouse may punish by i imprisonment during its sitting any j person not a member who shall be i guilty of disrespect to the house by i any disorderly contemptuous behavior in its presence, or who, during tbo i time of its sitting, shall threaten harm to the body or estate of any member for anything said or done in either house, or who shall assault thern therefor or who shut! assault or arrest any witness or other person ordered to attand tho house in his going thereto or returning therefrom, or who shall rescue any person arrested by order of the house: Provided, that such time of imprisonment shall not in any case extend beyond the session of the general assembly. , Sec. 14. The members of both bouses shall be protocted iu their persons and estates during their attendance on, going to and returning from , the general assembly, aod 10 days pre- , vious to the sitting and 10 days after , the adjournment tliorcof. But theso 1 privileges shall uot protect any member who shall be charged with treason, ] felonv or breach of the neune. Sec. 15. Bills for raising revenue ] shall originate in the house of repre- , sentatives, but may bo altered, amend- ] ad or rejected by tho senate; all other ( bills may originate in cither house, . and may be amended, altered or rejected by tho other. See. 10. Tho style of all laws shall be: "Bo it enacted by tho general assembly of the State of South Carolina." Sec. 17. Every act or resolution having tho force of law Bliall relate to but one subject, and that shall be expressed in tho title. Sec. 18. No bill or joint resolution shall have tho force of law until it shall have been read three times and on three several days in each house, has had tho great seal of the State affixed to it, and has been signed by tbo president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives: Provided, that either branch of the goneral assembly may provide by rule for a tirst and third reading of any bill or joint resolution by its title only. Sec. 19. Each member of the general assembly shall receive five cents for every mile for tho ordinary route of travel in going to and returning from the place where its sessions are held; no general assembly shall have the power to increase the per diem of its own members; and members of the general assembly when convened in extra session shall receive tho samo compensation as is fixed by law for the regular session. Sec. 20. In all elections by the general assembly, or either houso thereof, tho members shall veto "viva voce," mil ineir votes, inus given, snail ue entered upon the journal of the house to which they respectively belong. Sec. 21. Neither house, during the session of the general assembly, shall, without consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any ether place than that in which it shall he at the time sitting. Hoc. 22. Euch house shall keep a journal of its own proceedings, and cause the same to be published immediately after its adjournment, excepting such parts as, in its judgment, may require secrecy; and the yeas ind nays of the members of either house, on any question, shall, at the ilesireof ten members of the house or live members of the senate, respectively, be entered on the journal. Any member of either house shall have liberty to dissent from and protest igainst any act or resolution which ho may think injurious to the public or to in individual, and have the reasons of hiadis-eut entered on the journal. Sec. 23. The doors of each houso shall be open, except on such occasions is in the opinion of the house may re ij ti 11'?- secrecy. ' Scr. '21. No person shall l>o cligigle to a sent in tho general assembly while lie holds any office or position of profit <>r trust nnd? r this State, tho 1 * niteil States of A met tea, or any of I them. >?r muli r any otiier powt r. ex - | eej t o'liecis in the militia and notaries \ public; and if nay ineinher shall accept : or < \? rcise any of tho H?i?l disqualify- I ing otliees or positions he shall vacate i his scat. Sec. -2.". If any election district | shall neglect to choose a in< mher or i members on the day of election, or if j any person chosen a member of ?ither J house shall refuse to qualify nud tako i his seat, or shall resign, die, depart | tin* State, accept any disqualifying of- j lice or position, or become otherwise J disqualified to hold his seat, a writ of [ election shall be issued by the prcsi- j dent of the senate or speaker of the j house of representatives, as the case | may be, for the purpos of filling tho vacancy thereby occasioned for the remainder of the term for which the per } **?; f ; - L son bo refusing to qualify, resigning, dying, departing the State, or bocom- ' log disqualified, was elected to serve, s or tho defaulting election district ought to have choseu a member or members. See. 2G. Members of tho general assembly, aud nil officers, before they enter tipon the duties of their respective offices, and all members of the bar, before they euter upon the practice of their profession, shall take and subscribe the following oath: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am dnly qualified, according to the Constitution of this State, to exerciso the duties of the office to which I have been eleotcd, (or Uj pointed) aud that I will, to the bent of my ability, discharge the duties thereof, and preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of this State and of the United States. I do farther solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have not since the first day of Jrnnary, in the year eighteen hundrod and eighty-one, engaged in a dnel as principal or second or otherwise; and that I will not, during tho term of office towbioh I fcavo beou elecied(or appointed) engage in a duel us priucipal or secend or otherwise so help mo God." The 27. Officers shall be removed for incapacity, misconduct or neglect r?f ilntv in annh manner an mav be provided by law, when no mode cf trial or removal is provided in this Constitution. Sec. 28. The general assembly shall enact such laws oj will exempt from attachment, levy and sale under any mosno or final process issued from any court, to the head of the family residing iu this State, a homestead in lands, whether held in fee or any lesser estate, to the value of $1,000, or so much thereof as the property is worth if its value is less thau $1,000, with the yearly products thereof, and to every head of a family residing in this State, whether entitled to a homesteau exompti m in lands or not, personal property to the value of $50*>, or so much thereof as the property is worth if its valuo is less than $500. The title to the homestead to be set off and assigned Bhall be absolute and be forever discharged from all debts of the said debtor then existing or thereafter contracted except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That in case any woman having a separate estate shall bo married to the head of a family who has uot of his ow n sufficient property to constitute a homestead as hereinbefore provided, said married womnn 6hull be entitled to a like exemption as provided for the head of tho family: Provided, further, That there shall not bo an allowanco of more than $1,000 worth of real estate and more than $500 worth of personnl property to tho husband and wife jointly: Provided, further, That no property shall be exempt from attachment, levy or sale for taxes, or for payment of obhgatioiiHcontractor for the purchase of said homestead or personal property exemption or the erection or making of improvements or repairs thereon: Provided, farther. That the yearly products of saidhomostead shall not he exempt from attachment, levy or sale for the payment of obligations contracted in the production of the some: Provided, further, That no waiver shall defeat the right of homestead before assignment except it bo by deed of conveyance, or by mortgage, and only as against the mortgage debt; and no judgment creditor or other creditor whoso lion does not bind the homestead shall have nny right or equity to require that a lien which embraces the homestead and other property shall first exhaust the homestead: Provided, further, That after a homestead in lauds has been set off and recorded the same shall not bo waived by deed of convoyauce, mortgage or otherwise, unless the same be executed by both husband and wife, if both be living: Provided, further, That any person not the head of a family shall be entitled to a like exemption as provided for the head of a family in all necessary wearing apparel and tools and implements of trade, not to exceed in value the sum of $300. nee. zv. ah tuxes upon property; real and perHonal, shall be laid upon the actual value of the property taxed as the same shall be ascertained by an assessment made for the purpose of laying such tax. 8ec. 30. The general assembly shall nevor grant extra compensation, fee or allowance to any public oOieer, agent, servaut or contractor after service rendered, or contract made, nor authorize payment or part payment of any claim under any contract not authorized by law; but appropriations may be made for expenditures in repelling invasion, preventing or suppressing insurrection. Sec. 31. Lands belonging to or under tho control of the State shall never be donated, directly or indirectly, to private corporations or individuals, or to railroad companies. Nor shall such land bo sold to corporations, or associations, for a 1csh price than that j for which it can be sold to individuals, i 1'1?is, however, shall not pre vent the general assembly from granting a right j of way, not exceeding !.">? feet in ! in width, as a mere easement to rail- j roads across State land-, nor to inter- i fere with the discretion of the general j assembly in confirming the title to I )un Is claimed to belong to tin* State, t but used or possessed by other parties under an adverse claim. Sec. 32. The general assembly shall not authorize payment to any person of the salary of a deceased ollieer beyond the date of his death; nor grant pensions except for military and naval service; nor retire any officer on pay or part pay. Sec. 33. The marriage of a white person with a negro or mulatto, or person who shall have one-eighth or more negro blood, shall be unlawful and void. No unmarried woman shall legally consent to sexual intercourse who shall not have attained the age o? 11 yeura. " ? Beo. 34. The general assembly of J this State shall not enaot local or special laws concerning any of the follow- ! ing subjects dt for any of tho following purposes, to-wit: I. To chungo the names of persons ] or places. II. To lay out, upon, alter or work ] roads or highways. i III. To incorporate cities, towns or 1 villages, or change, amend or extend i tho charter thereof. i IY. To incorporate educational, re- 1 ligious, charitable, social, manufaotur- ^ iug or banking institutions not under the control of tho State, or amend or extend the oharters thereof. V. To incorporate bcIiooI district*. VI. To authorize the adoption or legitimation of children. VII. To provide for the protection of game. VIII. To snmmon and empanel grand or petit juries. IX. To provide for the age at which citizens shall be subject to road or other public duty. X. To fix the amount or manner of compensation to be paid to any connty officer, except that the laws may be bo made as to grade the compensation in proportion to the population and necessary Bervice required. XI. In all other cases, where a general law can bo made applicable, no speciul law shall bo enacted. XII. The general assembly shall forthwith enact general laws concerning said subjects for said purposes, which shall be uniform in their operations: Provided, That nothing contained in this section . shall prohibit the general assembly from enacting Bpecial provisions in general laws. XIII. Tho provisions of this section shall not upply to charitable and educational corporations where, under tho terms of a gift, devise or will, special incorporation mav be reanired. bee. 3f>. It shall be the duty of the general assembly to enact laws limiting the number of ucres of land which any alien or any corporation controlled by aliens may own within this Stite. [oontjnprp in next issue. ] TII?: FIFTY-FOURTH COXtiRKSsS. A Synopsis of the Proceedings of Both Houses. THE SENATE. In the Senate on Monday petitions were presented'for a restoration of the wools and woolens schedule of the McKinley tariff act. and for 1 cent letter postage. Bills were introduced to exclude aliens from public employment and to protect public forest reservations. and a resolution was offered and agreed to. calling on the President for a report as to why the law providing for the payment of a sugar bounty has not been executed. Mr. Call presented a written statement, the name of the writer being withheld, asserting the unreliability of the press dispatches relating to Cuba, and also asserting ''the complete organization and success of tne revolutionists." which was roforred tc the committee of foreign relations. In the Senate on Tuesday Mr. Call, of Florida, offered a resolution, which went over until Wednesday, for the appointment of u seleet committee to investigate the subject of orgauiEod efforts of corporations to control the elections of members of Congress and to influence legislation; Mr. Ifansbrough, of North Dakota, a bill to prevent the desecration of the national flag, which was referred to the judiciury committee. The Senate w uien nsieueu wun intense interest to tne reading of tho President's message accompanying the Venezuelan correspondence, and li evidences of approval were equally strong ^ and signifloant on both sides of the chamber. In the Senate on Wednesday Mr. Hill, of I 8 New York, introduced u bill to repeal the law which provides that no person who held ] commissions in the army or navy of the u United States at tho beginning i f the late rebellion and who afterwards served ia any a capacity in tho military, naval or civil ser- fl vice of tlio Confederate States shall be ap- c apointcd to any position in the army or navy of the United States. A resolution was agreed to, oalking on the President for all 1 diplomatic correspondence and.other infor- t niation respecting the establishment of post f routes by Great Britain or tho Dominion of Canada over or upon United States territory E in Alaska: also respecting the occupation of ? that territory by the military or civil author- R ities of Great Britain or Canada; also respect- | ing any other attempt by Great Britain or v Canada to ussert any claim to the territory t of tho United States la Alaska. '2 On Thursday the Senate had under consid- j eration the House Venezuelan bill, hut after spending some time in the discussion of i.t 1 that body adjourned without accomplish! ,g e anything. The Senate does not seom Ui/.fn- r ed to act with the promptitude of the * House. On Friday, after talking over it for several hours the Senate passed the House bill on ' the Venezuelan commission, voting down its ? own committee amendments. A resolution was passed that the Finance C< rnmittee consider the propriety of free coinage at the t present time. A message was received from the president asking that no recess be taken t untiil after financial legislation necessary to preserve the credit of the government had been enacted. Vi T11K HOUSE. Delegate Flynn. of Oklahoma, on Monday. }: offered in the House a resolution which was adopted, calling on the Secretary of the In- ^ turinr fnrtlm r..nu..nu wliu tl.i.l I....I 3 not. in accordance with (lib law. thrown open to settluim ut the Wichita Indian ReBervation c in Oklahoma, and in inquiring whether any of Heeretnry Smith's relatives were interested . in delaying the time of its opening Tues- " day was set apart for the consideration of amendments to the rules of the Fifty-tlrst ? Congress so as to permit nn enlargement, of the list of committees and an increase of membership thereon. A bill was passed to v legalize certain practices in vogue of importing llsii and pn'-kipff them, in bonded p warehouses, for export. Unsuccessful at- , tempts wre made to have printed in the *' lb-cord various memorial* and petitions on th Cuban and American question*. t On Wednesday the House passed a tiill by a unanimous v >te authorizing the Venezuela , boundary C'linruissioii b> be appointed by the ' ] resident, and appropriating one hundred thousand dollars tor its expenses. The House _ adjourned until Friday, after providing for u holiday recess from that day to January 3rd. " 3 There was nothing of special Importance in th" House on Friday. It wjis generally understood that the House will not adjourn for I the holidays as early as was expected on account of the liiiiineiul message. Where Curlew Will .Not King. j Curfew will not ring in Torre Ifaute, lad. the council refusing to pass an ordinunce ; providing for the arrest of all persons under sixteen years of ago found on tho streets / after 9 o'clock at night. .Met in ilin Windy riljr, The Nntionul Association of Windmill Manufacturers met in Chicago recently. f SPL'RT OP THB OPINDLEB. I South Carolina's Rapid Oaia in Cat- 1 tou Manufacturing. 5 South Carolina, starting out with a ? population of 200 whites iu 1670, and & tb? raising of cotton on her soil begin- c aing oyer a century later, finds herself 1 ?t the end of the year 1895 standing at * the head of the southern States in the at < matter of cotton manufacturing: Con- E iidering her size and white population J die may be said to be yary far in the lead. it seems bewildering but it is fact that daring the past year, since the igitation of the matter of erecting mills was recomxnonced here. The state being among the earliest and most persistent agitators, 36 new cotion mills have been projected with an aggregate capital of $4,195,000. Twenty >f these have received their okarters, which means that the bulk of their capital has not only boen subscribed nut paid in?that work has actually >een begun ou their oonstruotion, and n many instances that the ' mills are ilready in opjration. These twenty nills represent a combined capital of ?3,025,000. The 16 mills that have applied for barters, having received their comnissioas, but not having as yet filed he return securing the charters, rep-esunt a oombined capital of $1,470,100. Nearly all of them are backed >y the moBt solid business men and here will not be more than two or hrce that fail to start &H right. Tho great feature of this growth of he cotton manufacturing industry is hat nearly all the capital put into heBe mills in homo capital, put in by :itizens of tho State. They are beginring to realize very fully what self-aid neauH. Iu it all Columbia shows up landsomely. Her citizens have come rO the front, and the mills projected lore represent an ultimate capital of a learly a million dollars. Not including the "projected mills/' vhich means the entire 36 t I tbove, it was some time ago figured li hat South Carolina had 838,036 ipindles and 21,273 looms?40,000 nore spindles than North Carolina nnd 152,000 more thau Georgia, the next ugliest State; that she had 5,000 more ooms than North Carolina and 9,000 nore than Georgia. In none of the ther Southern States dnring'tho past rear has the impetus given to the erecion of cotton mills been anything like s great ns in South Carolina; so it is asily seen that South Carolina ends his year far in the lead of all tho louthern States. It is a pleasant subject to dwell [pon, and it makes the future look oseate for South Carolina, for she (rings the mills direct to tho fields of otton, where all the co6t of handling s eliminated. Another pleasant glance at the fuure is that while South Carolina is so npidly becoming a cotton manufacuring State, Columbia is to become he leading manufacturing city. In ery short order now the huge 6,000 to >,000 horsepower electric plant, ntilizug the great waterpower of tne Ooumbia canal, will be transmitted so asily and at such small cost that al oost any point in the city may become , millsitc. South Carolina at present hasn't as urge a number of mills as several of he other Southern States, but their izo is very much greater. It is a notablo fact that in 1882, but ittle moro than a decade ago, the'cornlined capital of tho mills then in iperation and projected was only $4,>84,000, not as much as tho proposed apital of the new mills of 1805. It is really hard to contrast the 81,743 spindles and the 3,418 looms he State had in 1882 with the present igures. Tho possibilities of cotton nunufacturing in this cotton-growing 5tate seem unlimited, when it is conidcrcd that the State has an estimated vuterpower of 800,000 horsepower. It ukes about 0,000 of this to run about 00,000 spindles and about4,000 looms, figure it up and see what vast power s as ^et unutilized. Columbia's now lectric power plant will furnish more lower alone than was utilized in tho vhole State in 1881. The twenty mills which have been 'chartered" during the past year aro ,s follows: The Ijewisviilo Mills company, Cheser?375,000 capital. The Lockhurt Mills, Locklinrt, Tuion county?8500,000 capital. The Rielilaud Cotton Mills, Colnm?ia?$150,000 capital. The F. W. l'oe Manufacturing Comlunv. Creenville?8250.000 capital. Ckeraw Knitting Mills, Cheraw ? 10,000 capital. Saxe-Gotka Mills, Ireno, Lexington ounty?$50,000 capital. Aiken Manufacturing company, Aien?$100,000 capital. Walhallu Cotton Mills, Walhalla? 75,000 capital. American Spi nning Company, Greenille?$125,000 c?])itul. The Colleton Cotton Mills, Waltcrioro, Colleton county?$100,000 espial. Xorris Cotton Mills Company, Cenral?$100,000 capital. The Mills Manufacturing Company, 1 reenville?$100,000 capital. Carolina Mills Company, Columbia - 0-50,000 capital. Bamberg Cotton Mills, Bamberg? 110,000 capital. The Laurens Cotton Mill Company, -.aureus?$200,000 capital. The Lancaster Cotton Mills Compa>y. Lancaster- $ 150,000 capital. The KilgeficM Manufacturing Corn>aiiy, Edgefield $100,000 capital. Granhy Cotton Mills, Columbia ? 2."O,0(M) capital. Victor Manufacturing Company ? Jreors $">0,000 ca]>ital. Prosperity Cotton Mills, Prosperity -950,000 capital.- (Jolumbitt Sidle. England's sales of merchandise to Uru? jujiy nro .steadily inci easing.