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THE ONION TIMES. UNION, S. C. PALMETTO POINTERS. 1NTKRFSTINO ITKMS FROM ALL OVER THE STATIC. Successful llog-tirowcrs. The Charleston News and Courier says lliat it made no mistake when it admitted women to the ranks and rights of contestants lor prizes offered to the most successful hog-growers in the State last year. Mrs. \V. B. Mel)auiel, of Greenville county, raised a shote which was horn on .Ian. 12, weighed 10 pounds on Feb. 20, when the contest opened, and gained exactly 500 pounds between that date and Dec. 17. when the contest closed, MOO days later. There are not many men farmers in the State, or any State, that can show ns good a record for all their long experience, and affected superiority in farm management, ami Mrs. MeDaniel well deserves a special prize from ln r defeated rivals in her own county and in the State, eveu if she should fail to win the prize she sought. -* *ONK HO<? I'Kit CAPITA. The Charleston News and Courier's 1 Hog l*ri/e?< The News and Courier has been j 7ieggiug a way for many youi? urging | the farmers of this State to diversify their crops and live at home. Last year it offered special prizes for the biggest hogs raised in South Carolina and the most hogs produced in the apace of three hundred days. These offers gave a great impetus to hog raising in the State, and reports published by the News and Courier setting forth the liunnciul and industrial condition of the State show that, more hogs have ^ been raised than in any year since the war. Laurens county with 35,000 population: reports one hog per capita. The condition of the State lins not un ?i < < \ i roiri ? i #r nor vtrncitiM'itv gn ,,.v?rv..v general for liftotu years. Nearly every county has tnailo its own supplies. There have been few if any , commercial failures. The merchants report their collections having never been ho good. Not only have the farmers paid their debts for 181)5 but in hundreds of cases have wiped out ^ vJa old. scores. The manufacturing iuterH Ohts were never in a more nourishing m condition. The banks arc increasing j deposits and the whole tone of the roL port is jubilaut. .lack Illation Killed. "Fix-State Constable .lack Bladon was shot and instantly killed by Mr. John Buzzard in the Good Hope section of TMgelield county on Tuesday. The reports are vague, but it is said that Bladon and Buzzard have long been at outs, that they met in the road and Bladon opened fire on Buzzard with a pistol, shooting twice. Buzzard returned the lire, using a I shot gnu, loaded with buck shot. Four shots piercal Blndon's breast, and ho fell dead. After the killing Buzzard waited by the body until someone arrived, which was an hour. They arc Magistrates Now. The new Constitution having gutio into eff-ct there are now no longer auv trial justices in this State; tlsey are magistrates. The new Constitututiou also increases their jurisdiction in both civil and criminal cases. Again there is provision in the new Constitution which irives the maeis- i tratos power t?< sentence to the eor.uty ehaiugungs. The Constitution fixes the limit of the jurisdiction of the magistrates ami leaves every thin g else to the general assembly. Heavy Liquor Sales. The. liquor business seems to flave j beeu on a great boom during the holi- | days. Commissioner Mixon states | that the State dispensary bottled and shipped out to the several eonnty dispensaries during the month of l>eoei?- ; ber 19,2s") eases of liquor, exclusive of | beer. When it is eonsidt red that ' these eases average four gallons to | each, She amount <>f liquor shippt ?i out can cusilv be estimated 11 *s a l.ctgu I ('on rt. The State Supreme ('..i.rt \v:.i a was brought to a standstill by the springing of a <|iit slioii as f ! its b< i::a ! od ' boilv, because n ' urth justi< i :?>- | vided for ill the Hew euiistitutio: . ti . iT) itVeet, hi;-- ii.>t I>? . :! i In t.-.!. !i.i^ -v on it- oim; nri.I r. -inn. .1 l>ii-in< - . It Jinl.ls til it til'' I'Mlll'l 1- I I II:. I I ! ? #T IKOK In i'iiv. r tin- i:i i:.i : x >;i |.> lii' liIt'll Int. r. * si \ 11: M:\\ noi (*. J. ('. ! I'll-- 'II. V,|." V, , r. <fiitly ii; j <?11.1< .I rink ..! t : i* 1 Htuti's l>istri.'t ('unit. Ii. ; i.4!i: . ; : . Joro !inl-'i! lira a lev. Eighti'i'ii ? ir 1..:i i-? < : white j .?j I , Imvo twine from Wnyiie, 11.11 .in a:: 1 IVuih r onmitiiN. ('.. t > v. ri in tin? Outtuii mills in tin- >i,;t . Thorn me compluint-> l.v i <1r rH of tile milliie. < m. iit nl tin I'aliin ttu Itri-aiuyr I !n|?ii!,y. t i, ir|. ton, ami a ri'veiver i u-I;. .! i. Me I .inirin is tin- lir-t S. ;*'i < c I. llinn to servo nil t ho a ii . s an I ;iii ; committee of the Ilmi-e j , Hcrvcil mi it in tin? lweti'v > ii C'ongri.-s. Myers i t-i n I'u-t.i! t'liiln. l>..-tl!:a.-I.'t <> in r..l W 1.. I.. .My r- f t.i 'i ?. ^ i,era. -hi ?'ri.?i? mI 'IiI '11 M Hervii'O. I In.-' el.i '. . . over a year nii'l a li'ilf h ive - ? lill.'.l S '. iiii.! A--. . 1 ? oral N nsnii. THE NEW CONSTITDTION THK l,A\V THK PKOPLK MIST NOW IjIVK UNDKR. A DtlCPHEHT WELL WORTS REEPiKG, Tt? Full Text of JSouth Carolina'* New Organic Law ns Adopted. AKT1CLE V.? CoNTiNfRD. JT'DU'lALi DKPAIITUKNT. See. 11. All vacancies i.i t.iesuj>r< me court or inferior tribunals shall be filled by elections ns herein pros : ibei!; provided, that it the unexpired term dors not exceed oar year such vacancy may bo filled by executive appointment. All judges, by virtue of tiu-ir olliee, shall bo conservators of the pcueo throughout the State, am! when :i vaeauey is tilled by either appointment or election, the incumbent shall hold only for the unexpired term of his predecessor. Son. 1.1. In ail eases decided by the supremo court the coucurernee of three of the justices shall bo necessary for a reversal of the judgment below, but if the four justices equally divide in opinion the judgment below shall bt nllirmed, subject to the provision? hereinafter prescribed. Whenever, upon the hearing of any cause* or question before the supreme court, in the exercise of its original or appellate jurisdiction, r? shall appear to the justices thereof or any two of them, that there is involved a question of constitutional law, or conflict between the Constitution and laws of this State and of the Tnited States, or between the duties ami obligatatious of her citizens under the same, upon the deter ruination of which the entire court is not agreed; or wheuever the justices of Mud court, or nuv two of them desire it on any cause or question bo before said court, the chief justice, only iu his absence the presiding associate justice, shall call to the assistance of the supreme court all of the judges of the circuit court; provided, however, that when the matter to bo submitted is involved m an appeal from the circuit court, the circuit judge who tried the case shall not sit. A majority of the justices of the supreme court and circuit judges shid) constitute a quorum, the decision of the court so constituted, or a majority of the justices and judges sitting, shall bo tiiial and con elusive. In such < use the chief just ice, or in his absence the presiding associate justice, shuli preside. Whenever the justices of the supreme court uud tho circuit judges meet together for the purpose* aforesaid, if the number tlicr? of quuiiiicd to sit constitute an even number, then one of the circuit judges must retire; and tho circuit judges present shall determine by Jot 'which of their number shall retire. Sec. 13. 1 he Statu shall be dived? ' into us many judicial circuits us the general assembly may prescribe, and for each circuit a judge shall be elected by joint viva voce Vote of tho general assembly, who shall hold his olliee for a term of four years; and at the Time ? 1 his election he shall lie au elector of a county of, ami during his continuance iuol)i<*e lie shall reside in. the oirenit of which he in judge. The iire.sent judges of the circuit courts shall continue in olliee until the expiration of the terms for which they were elected, and. should a new division ef the judicial circuits lie made shall ho the judges of the lespeetivo circuits in which they shall reside after said division. Sec. I!. Judges of the circuit courts shnll interchange circuits with each other and the general assembly shall provide therefor. Sec. lo. 1 ho courts of common pleas shall have origiual jurisdiction, subject to appeal to the supreme court, to issue writs or orders of injunction, mandamus, habeas corpus, and such other w rits as may be necessary to early their powers into full < fleet. They hall ba\< jurisdictb u mail civil e;ts..s. l iiey shall iiavo appellate jurisdiction .:i ail eases witl.ii. the jurisdicti m of inferior courts, except from such ini rior courts from which the gem ral esembly .-hall provide an apj ? .! dir ctly to the supreme court. 1<>. I'he court of common ph as shall sit ill nch county in this State at ; t twici in i very y< ar at such stated iiuo s an I place as limy be up} anted by law. >ie.\ IT. I< sj. ,U i tie duty . t i!i I ?'< . I 1 t!.. - I?! * i:: t :. J, ;i- :r -1. ! ,u:n within ?' ) ?!n>- 1mm i ll 1:1-: !;?% I t ill. ( ".! { lit which tin* o v.. r?- L<-itr<I un I th< <1 itv tin j" i' "f the circuit courts t. iih l!j< ir within ill) 'inm ' rising '.1 th?' hi t < ?:irt < *. tlj.' i iri lit tin 11 ln-iii" In 1.1. "? l>. The court i ! ... r?il -i < ?iih ahnll lmvu jiiri 1;< t; in all crim* ... i \.-( iit those c.,-. b i i which i j-iri. :? shall I" }fivi-a t<? i.>r ih-'-- ami in these it nIimII lia\ i?; | 11?it? jur; .fiction. It shall hit\ I- i lit- :rrt lit juri-ilict ion with, i.- w?ll an -!)>}> Mute jtin- tlict it>n from, t!:t rior emu I* hi nil cans of riot, n'-i'.ilt :tmI li.itt.r_v iiml larceny. It mil! sit III :t:-ll f illllt_V ill til- Slut.- lit It i ' twice in each yi'?r nt hiirh stnteil tim- - ai: ! ].!m- s us tin- <// ii? r.il iimm ml?ly tuny iltred. Sec. J'.t. 1'lie court ->f j?rol.iite rliall 1 r> -..nifi a-' n >\v I'.staiilislicil ill tin onlitv of < liarli-ston. In nil other ii. '.i ut ios of the State the jiiri.-ulietiuu iti all matters testamentary and of administration, in business appertaining to minors and the allotment of dower, in cases of idiocy and lunacy, and persons uon compos mentis, shall be vested as tho general acsombly may provide, and until such provision such jurisdiction shull remain iu the court of probate as now established. See. 20. A sufficient number ol magistrates shall be appointed and commissioned by the governor, by aud with tho advice aud consent of the Senate, for each county, who shall hold their offices for the term of two years ana until their successors are appointed and qualified. Each magistrate shall have the power, under sueh regulations an may now or hereafter bo provided by law, to appoint one or more constables to execute writs and processes issued by him. The present trial justices are declared magistrates as herein created, mul shall exercise the powers and duties of said oflico of magistrate until their successors shall bo appointed and qualilied. Each magistrate shall receive a salary, to be fixed by the general asi sembly, -u lieu of all fees iu criminal cases. Sec. 21. Magistrates shall have jurisdiction iu such civil cases as the general assembly may prescribe; provided, such jurisdiction shall not extend to cases where the value of property in controversy, or the uuiuuut claimed, exceeds 8100. or to cases where the title to real estate is in question, or to eases in chancery. They shall have exclusive jurisdiction in I such criminal cases as the general assembly may proseride; provided, further, such jurisdiction shall not extend, to cases where the punishment exceeds a tine <>f 8100 or imprisonment for 30 iluys. In criminal mutters beyond their jurisdiction to try, tin y shall sit as examining courts and commit, discharge or (except in capital cases) recognize persons charged with such offences, subject to such regulations as tho general assembly may provide. They shall ulso have the power to bind over to keep the peace and for good behavior for a time not to exceed 12 months. See. 22. All persons charged with an otVcuce shall have the right to demand and obtuiu n trial by jury. Tho jury in cases civil or criminal in all municipal courts aud courts inferior to circuit courts, shall consist of six. Tho grand jury of each county shall consist of IS members, 12 of whom must agree in a matter before it can be submitted to the court. The petit jury of the circuit courts shall consist of 12 men, all of whom must agree t<> u verdict in order to render the same. Kacli juror must be a qualified elector under the provisions of this Constitution, between the ages of 21 and bo years, and of good moral character. Sec. 22. Every civil action cognizable by magistrates shall be brought before a magistrate in tho county where the defendt nt resides, and every criminal action in the county where me uiiencu was oomuiiutMi. in au eases tried by them, the right of appeal [ shall be secured under such rules and regulations as may be provided by law; . provided, that in counties where magistrates have separate and exclusive ; territorial jurisdiction, criminal causes shall be tried in the magistrate's district where theoffeuce was committed, subject to such provision for change of venue lrom one magisirate's district to another in the same county us may be provided by the general assembly. See. .M. All officers other than those named in section t> provided for in this article shall receive for their services compensation as the general assembly may lrom time to tune by law direct. See. 2~>. Each of the justices of the supreme court and judges of the circuit court shall have the same power at chambers to issue writs of habeas corpus, mandamus, tpio warranto, certiorari, prohibition and interlocutory writs or orders of injunction as when in open court. The judges of the circuit courts shall have such powers at chambers as the general assembly may provide. I See. 2t>. Judges shall not eharge juries in respect to matters of fact, but shall declare the law. See. 27. There shall bo elected in each county, by the electors thereof, one clerk for the court of common pit as, who shall hold his office for the term of four years, and until his suewi.oil i\. .1. i . . . ....... ..... . ...... .1. I III* shall, 1'V virtue .f liis ollice, lie ! c!? rk .i! . !! other courts or records I lu'M '.h : I>'.it tin: c'. i? r.?1 assembly j may j*i *vid. t*v law f-.r the ejection of :t clerk. * it?, u liki term of olliee, for ? itei. liiiy oil;ei* of tic- cou.its ot record. Hid in:i\ ii: lie rize tin* j twice of li.- pMiIiit :irt t in rform the duties i 1 el rk ! r !tis < <> :rt 'inder such logout.* *. tn- -mrnl assembly may direr: t -; .if co trip -'hull Ik* re* iuo'. iIi'. for -'ten r* :>.* itud in such wiiiu: . r ! :!i le* jr. crihcd l.y law. j S- .* _ -. i i.. rc .-hull he uu attorney J net .! f t'.- State, who nil j>< r r: . - . ! ;':> - .r :n*.;. he in , sen lied i v hiw. li. -hull he eh-ctcd l?V the Hindis'. 1 ctor* of in Stat.- for th t. ri" . J tears ttu I shall r<*. ive for iiis m r vi s -itch eoinj'ei. e.tio.'i shall i I*. \e 1 b\ 1:1 >S . ' S. ... i'Sicre -h* il -iiie solicitor r i ... !i < .i . uit, w iio shall !> side therein, to I . ! ''t< d I > V thr jtlaii i.i'd rlect.11 ? -it the circuit, who s !:.?! i'ol I his . lli.e for the teru. oi l > ir \< ars, and luil! , i*.. tor i.is -< rti *< -uch com|0 atioii . shall he !:\ d i>y Juw. In nli when a!i attorney for tlie ! I*.' . ?n\ circ'lit lails to attend mid I r. m*.*'i' * accor< in;.* lo lav., tin* colli! S '.all Iliiv.r |.I W'.r > .tI>| Oilit a.i nttor i.< * pro t : * tor.-. In ill.* . .el.t oj tin* i s t 411! I llMlel.t .if rouiitv 1*1 lilts tile reiiei I a-si 'in 1 !'" lilt: \ pro*, id. for one ,s dicitor for each county in tin* pine, and liistt ml of tin* circuit solicitor, alio may prcscnhi* his power , duties and compensation. Sec. :! ) ; 1m* qualified cl?ctora ot caclr county -hall elect a HhcritV and 4 coroner, for tho term of four yearn, and until their successors are elected and qualified; they shall reside in their respective couutieH during their continuance in office, and be disqualified for the oftieo a aecoud time if it should appear tbut they, or either of them, are in default for moneys collected by virtue of their respective offices. Bee. 31. All writs and processes shall run and all prosecutions shall be conducted in the name of the Stute of South Carolina; all writs shall be attested by tho clerk of tho court from which they shall bo issued; and all indictments shull conclude "against tho peace and dignity of tho State." See. 32. Tho geuerul assembly shall provide by law for the speody publication of tho decisions of tho supreme court made under this Constitution. Sec. 33. Circuit courts and all courts inferior thereto anil municipal courts shall have the power, in their discretion, xo impose sentence oi moor upon bi^bwayH, streets ami other public works upon persona by them sentenced to iuiprisouuidut. See. 'M. All mutters, civil iiiul criminal, now pending withiu the jurisdietion of any of tho courts ot this State sLull continue therein until disposed of aecordiug to law. ARTICLE VI. J riJISI'Hl'OENl'E. Section 1. The general assembly shall pass laws allowing ditlerenoes to be decided by arbitrators, to be appointed by the parties who may choose that mode ot adjustment. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the general assembly to puss laws for the change of venue in all eases, civil and criminal, over w hich the circuit courts hr*ve original jurisdiction, upou u j proper showing, supported by allidavit, that a fair ami impartial trial eunuot bo had iu the county where such action or prosecution was commenced. The State shall have the same right to move for a change of venue that a defeudant lias for such offences as tho gouerul assembly may prescribe. Unless a change of vouuo bo had under the provisions of this article tho defeudaut shall be tried in the county where tho offence was committed : Provided, however, That no chuuge of venue shall bo granted in criminal eases until after a true bill has boon found by the grand jury : And provided, further, That if a change bo ordered it ahull bo to a county in the same judicial circuit. tSec. 3. Justice shall be administered in a uniform mode of pleading without distinction between law and equity. Sec. 4. Every statute shall be a public law,unless otherwise declared in the statute itself. Sec. f). The general ussomtdy, at its first session after the adoption of this Constitution, shall provide for the appointment or election of a commissioner, whose duty it shall be to collect and revise all the general statute law of this State theu of force us well us that which shall be passed from time to-time, uud to properly iudex. and arrange the said statutes when so passed. And the said commissioner oliall reduce into u systematic code the general statutes, including the code of civil procedure, with all the amendments thereto, and shall, ou the first day of the session for the year 11)01 and at the end of every subsequent period of not more than 10 years, report the result of his labors to the general assembly, with such recommendations and suggestions as to the abridgement and amendments as may be ?* jewed necessary or proper. Said j report, when ready to be made, shall be printed uud a copy thereof laid up- I on the desk of each member of both j houses of the general assembly on the i lirst day of the first session, but shall not be taken up for consideration nra- j til the next session of said general as- j semblv. The saul code shall be <le- I dared" by the general assembly, in an act passed according to the forma in this Constitution for the enactment of luws, to be the only general statutory law of the State; but no alterations or additions to any of the laws therein contained hIiuII be made except by bill passed under the formalities heretofore prescribed for the passage of laws. ; Provision shall lie made by law for tilling vacancies, regulating the terms of oftieo and the compensation of said I commissioner, not exceeding SoOO per | annum, and imposing siu-h other du tie*- as may be desired And the genJ eral as*embly shall by conmiitteo inquire into the progress of his work at ! each session. j ts?'c. (' . In the ease of any prisoner ' lawfully in the charge, eu-t iday or eontrol o any olbei r. State, c :nty or I municipal, being eizi d and till;- n Iroin said ollicer through bis nogiigence,'pt r- i mission or connivance, by a mob or other unlawful assemblage of p. im.ii>, and at their hands sulb ring ho.lily violence or ?l? ath, the said ! 1 i < - - r -bail be ' il eined guilty of a inisdeini an r, and, I upon true l>i!l found, si.ail i.e !< ,, .| j Horn his nlliee lin^c his trial, and upon conviction shall forfeit his oliice, ' and sh .1', 11 nless panlont d l>v *ln. .%- I ci tor, lie inclip'iiil to hold any otlioe ' of trust or profit within this Si it... it shall l>o the duty 01 tho p?'os? online attorney within who. t circuit or county ! tho otVciiso may I f c< inmilti d to l.utlij with inatitiitc n pros, .uition a ;,tin-t ! saiil ollioor, who shall he 11 i in such 1 county in the same circuit other than I {no one in which the oil', n.u was con: I in it ted, hh the Iittorr cy uetieriu inav I fleet. The ft * and illllfa;jf of all inn- j | lerial witness.', l?oMi for tie Stat and , . for the defense, tiuII 1 paid by the J i .State treasurer, in such manner as may j ho provided by law: i'mvidod. I:. ' all i iihi'h nf lynching when dfath en- i ! sues, tie- county wher* such lynching ! taken place shall, without regard to! the conduct of the ollieitm. lie liabl in exemplary damn^oM id not less than ?2,000 to the Icon I i f pres.. iitaliv. a die person lynched Provided, further, I'hut any coin.ty against which a judgment has I411 n obtained for dumnpts in aiiy care of lynching shall have the riyht to recover the amount of said judgmcut from the parties cugaged in i I lynching iu any court of competent jurisdiction. [< o\ti\i'Ei? Nrr.t wki:k. J A KAILKOA!) KUMOR. The Carolina Blidluml Muy he Leased or Sold. It has been rumored for several days, says tho (Charleston News and Courier, that negotiations were pending looking toward the sale or lease of the Carolina Midland Railroad to a syndicato of capitalists from the West. While the names of these gentlemen are not known they are said to be from Chicago, and it is stated that either they or their representatives have been in Charleston recently taking part in tho negotiations which are said to be on foot. Tho people of Charleston aro and have always been deeply interested in the Carolina Midland t? -l r i 111 i noau. .11 is as everyuouy Knows a Charleston enterprise; Charleston money built it and Charleston men have owned and controlled it tall the present day. Under these circumstances it will be readily imagined that the report that tlio Carolina Midland is about tj change hands either by lease or sale would awaken a great deal of interest in business and commercial circles in that city. It was understood that in tho negotiations said to be in progress for the. lust few days that the present owners of the road wore represented by the lion. James Simons and that the Western men's representative was Mr. T. Moultrie Mordccai. When called on by a reporter for Tho News and Courier these gentlemen declined to say anything for publication regarding tho matter. There is littlo doubt, however, thnt. the rumor has a foundation in fuet and that negotiations are in progress. i'uo Carolina Midland ruus now for sixty miles or more through the mostfertile and productive part of Barnwell county. The mniu stutiouB along its line aro Severn, Barnwell Court House, Allendale and Blackville. When the road was lirst built it was . proposed to extend it further to tho | West, ami tins intention has never been finally abandoned by the present owners. The people of Greenwood have long been anxious to have tho Midland eorue to their thriving little city, and considerable work has been done looking to the accomplishment of their wishes. Greenwood people havo always been ready to contribute liberally to the proposed extension. As to the intentions of tho proposed purchasers of the road nothing is definitely known. Tt is not probable, however, that Western moneyed men would buy the property unless they intended to extend it at me and probably both ends. Many people think it likely that if the negotiations result in a transfer of tho road that the present line will be extended to Greenwood and probably further on to the west and to Charleston on this aide. At Greenwood the road would make connection with the old Port Royal and Western Carolinn, tho Columbia and Greenville division of the Southern system and the Georgia, Carolina and Northern link in tho Seaboard Air Line system. With these connections on the west and an esstern terminus in Charleston the Carolina Midland would lie a most valuable addition to the transportation facilities of tho city. The officers of the company as it now stands are Mr. Geo. A. Wagoner, president; Col. Mike Brown, vice president aud treasurer; Mr. E. II. Oakman, auditor; Mr. J. C Keys, superintendent, and on the board of directors aro Messrs. Geo. A. Wagoner, Mike Brown, H. F. Bremer and 1). II. B alley. -riki.' eanrv.fivWM I'll vii'Aii Annual Report of the Institution for the l>eaf, 1 >11 rnf> and RllnU. The forty-seventh annual report of tho South Carolina institution for the education of the deaf, dumb and blind, has just been issued. Tho board reports that the management bus been "most satisfactory indeed" for tho past year; that the health of the pupils lias been excellent, and recommends that $17,500 bo appropriated for the support of the institution for tho coming year and $1,000 for repairs. It suggests the immediate er etioii of a new building for tin* colored inmates, suggesting that .$K,0()0 would be m!lioienl. The suggestion is made, too, looking to the eon-.traction of an elent-rie light plant at a cost of $1,1120. The institution has eared for 162 pupils I the pastyear, representing00 counties, 1 12 being deaf and 50 blind. The per capita expense fc.r drugs and medical attention for the past yeur has been only ' (> rents?probubly tho smallest on record. The av< rage annua! expense per capita of ail such seism's in tliiseonntry i t .n n.n i * " ....... 1111>i<:i Las been only P1H0.1I7 ? imotiicr iMii.ii k iI?1h record. i;i)M)il()l.l>KKS I AKK A HAM). Ask for >111 Injunction Against ICailroad Commissioners. Tho mac of tho Safn Jkiposit and Trust coin]uiiiy of I'sdtimoro vs. tho Manchester and Augusta railway, et. al., came up in tin- United States court at Charleston on Tuesday. .Messrs. Mitchell and Smith, who represented complainants, petitioned for an injunction against lhiilroiid (Joininissioners SV. I>. iOvaus, Henry It. TIiouihh and .1. ('. Williorn, enjoining tlnun from placing into ell'eet the new fortili/er rates proposed for tho coming year, which complainants allege are "uiirciiHunuidc." The date of tho hearing of this caso is understood to liuvo been lixed for Feb. ill. I t CAROLINA'S " OLD YETERANS. GENKRAL A8SEMBLY KXPKCTKD TO GIVK L.1BKRAL PENSIONS. m ? What the New Constitution Requires That Body to Do. Interesting Figures. It looks very much now as if the old soldiers of the State of South Carolina are to fare a little better at tho handt of the State for which they endured hardships unparalleled in tho history of any country. Section .r> of Articlo XIII. of the new Constitution has this provision, which went through like a flash when presented in the convention : "Tlio general assembly is horeby empowered and required ut its first session after the adoption of thiB Constitution, to provide suck proper and liberal legislation as will guarantee aud secure an annual pension to every iudigent or disabled Confederate soldier and sailor of this State aud of tile late Confederate States who aro citizens of this State, and also to tho iudigent widows of Confederate soldiers and sailors.*' It will 1)0 noticed that tho general assembly is not only "empowered," but "required" to do this, aud that tho word "liberal" has been used iu speaking of tho provision to bo rnado for these veterans and widows of veterans. Tho pensioners of this Stato have never received more than 823 a year from the State. For the year just closed thoy received 821.75?a mere pittance. What tho legislature will consider a'Tiberal*' provision for these pensioners remains to bo > 'H. It may bo of general interest to the public to know that at present tho State has on its pension rolls 2,300 pensioners. There were 141 new applications approved during tho past year, 100 being rejected, making 247 new application*-' for pensious presented. At the end of tho precediug year thero were 2,273 names on tho rolls. During tho past year 108 names were dropped from the list by reason of death or removal from the State. During tho year just ended the Mate pant out in pensions the sum of 850,160, the total expenditure including the expenses of the pension boards, etc., being850,016.10. The number of pensioners given above does not by any means indicate the total number of the rapidly decreasing army of needy veterans, who would be greatly relieved by a liberal pension, but whoso Southern pride prevents them, until forced to do so by dire distress, from applying for the mere pittance heretofore allowed. It is generally understood that the legislature will ut the coming session act most generously toward the pensioners, and carry out the intention ol tho Constitutional convention by udoptiug such an act as will be gen uine aid to tho needy veterans. TORN LI.MI1 FROM Id MR. Terrible Fate of William Tobias !)??Rose. Win. Tobias Dnllose, a colored carpenter in tho employ of tho Stono Phosphate Company, uear Charleston, was killed in a most horrible manner at the company's works. IhiHoso had been ordered by Superintendent Porelier, of the works, to do some work on maehiue No d. IbilloRo secured a ladder to comply with his orders and left the oflico for tho machine. A few moments afterward some of tho employees heard 'a noise as if some of the machinery was broken. Mr. William Liowndes, the 1. I . L 1 T_ . 1. o. . n snipping i'iitr, tin<i .incoo ononis, ii negro mill huml, run to where the sound fume from uml saw DuHobo h body being torn to pieces between the revolving shaft of the machinery near machine No -1 and the rafters of the ceiling. It was a sickening sight. The wuitt part of DuBose's body fell to the ground, bnt mobt of the clothes, containing part of the limbs, continued to revolve around with the shaft until the machinery was stopped. It was all done in the twinkling of an eye, for trie unfortunate man did not utter a cry. lie was evidently at work 011 the box that huirounds the shaft r.t one o1 the posts. His apron must have been caught by the revolving machinery and his body held tightly to it. while liis limbs were torn away one by one, his blood beaten into the beams and posts around the machinery. When his remains were carried to a room the workmen had to carry them piece by piece. Hoth of his legs were torn completely from the body, one of them being jerked clean from the socket and the other torn in two near the crotch. His left arm was torn from the socket and his right arm crushed completely otV near trie i I how. J>11 Boko w'as one of the oldest, and most trusted of the oimpnn\'s employ ees. l!i? tins heeti in lis employ ever since the works wi re built, which if over twenty years. Carolina and Chicago. Governor Kvaus says that from communications he lias received, hi' could see that the proposed cotton exposition to he held in Cinoago was a gnat, boom. lie added that, he was going to call the exposition to the attention of the legislature and recommend that it adopt resolutions ensuring Month Carolina's hearty co-operation with the undertaking. tin wants the State to go into the exposition scheme heart and soul and make it t. grand success. He lieiic.vca that Chicago is the futiiro market for the south. Lie is quite enthusiastic Over the mutter.