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this Constitution, shall provide for the

this Constitutions, shall provide for she
appointment or election of commits
sioner whose duty it shall be to col
lect and revise all the general statute
laws of this State then of force, as well
ns that which shall be passed from
time to time, and to properly index
nud arrange the said statutes when
So passed. And the said commits
sioner shall reduce into systematic
code the general statutes, including
the code of civil procedure, with all
the amendments thereto, and shall on
the first day of the session for the
year 1900. and Mt the end of every
Subsequent period, not more than 10
Years, report the result of his labors to
the genec,l assembly, with such re-
COMMUNICATIONS and suggestions rs to
the ahridgemeut and amendments as
may hc deemed necessary or proper.
Said reports, when ready to be made.
shall bc printed, and copy thereof
land upon the desk of each member of
"uth houses OF the genera. assembly
UH the first day OF the first
session, but shall not be taken
~, Tor consideration Until the next ses-
siuu oi the general assembly. The
-,i! code shnll be- declared by the gen
'ghi I>>'.iihIE, ~ an act passed accord
ims tn tn" forms III this Constitution
Iur thr enactment OF laws. TO be the
only general statutalS laws of this
STATE bat no alterations or additions to
any of tie laws therein contained shall
II" made except under the formalities
heretofore prescribed for the passage
ui laws Provision shall be made by
law tor Hlling vacancies, regulating
the terms of office and the compensa-
ton OF said commission, not exceeding
5000 per aunum, and imposing such
other duties as may be desired. And
Tia, general assembly shall, by com
ni;te", inquire into the progress of his
work ut each session.
SEADROOK COUNTY.
The committee on counties and
county government substituted the fol-
lowing report:
he committee on counties and
county government. TO whom was re-
t"rrcL II petition from certain persons
"t Charleston and Berkeley counties
pctltlonIug for the formation of a new
judicial and election county t. be
known as Scabrook county, would re-
spectfuIly report that they have given
the two petitions Gue and careful con-
sideration and have heard arguments
pro and con. from respective represcu-
tatives, and find much merit and Just
claim in the petition IN those praying
for the formation Of the said Senbrook
county, and would respectfully recon-
mend the passage of the following or
dinance that they may get the relief
prayed for in their petition before the
legislature.
There was no night session. and the
convention adjourned until Monday
morning.
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4 VITAL NATTER AT ISSUE.
Shall the State Have the Right of
Change of Venue?

On Wednesday, the 10th day, the
convention completed the discussion of
the suffrage article and the whole
thing has now been sent to the third
reading. \ vigorous effort was made
to prevent the possibility OF fraud in
the handling of the registration books,
but IA provision looking to this was
killed. After an extended debate the
ordinance providing for an issue OF
State bonds to enable the several
counties of the State to do business on
cash basis was killed
The convention Mt night took up the
section of the article on Jurisprudence,
flowing the State to secure change
of venue from one county to another
In criminal cascs-giving the State the
same right as is allowed the defendants.
The real meaning of the proposition is
that the State wishes to try men
charged with violations Of the dispeu-
sary law in counties other than their
own. This was developed in the de-
bate. All the lawyers have been
turned loose on the vital question and
until n late hour lively debate was in
progress.
"Uuclc George" Tillman scvcrel:
Eopdled the dispcnsary law.
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representation on the board of super
visors and managers

representation on the board of super
visors and managers
A good many of his political friends
jumped on him, and despite n power
full speech he made later on. the con-
vention refused to do what he asked
by vote of 81 to II.
Then the whole article was finally
adopted and sent beyond the conven-
tion's reach by vote of 7S to Al.
Thus it is seen thar it was by no means
the unanimous vote of the convention
that adopted the scheme.
just before the vote was taken Sen
ator Tillman took the floor again and
he never spoke more earnestly to any
audience than he did then. He spoke
as follows:
''Mr. President: I can make allow
ance for the heat and passion and al
most direct taunts of hypocrisy that
have been thrown in the teeth of this
committee because some people can
only see one thing. and at present
they only see the negro. They only
see the bugaboo of possible negro rep
resentation on the boards OF managers.
What is the condition of affairs IN
Charleston today? There is des-
rerate struggle there for the control
in the municipal government. Four
years ago they had the same
fight, and rs | mentioned last night
there was so much distrust Of the
honesty OF the white men by white
men and such feeling that
they could not get fair play.
and so many ambassadors sent
to me imploring me to protect their
rights that | had to take the two fac
tions by the throat and say to them
Now, here, there must be an honest
election in the Democratic primary.
Each side of You pick your man that
You can trust and let them agree on
the third man, and let these three CON
stitute u board to control the election
and see that the votes are counted, and
that nobody who is not entitled 10 vote
shall vote. What do We see today ?
faction who have refused to go into
party primary. Suppose the legisla-
ture was opposed to one of the fac
tions; suppose the governor was an in
terestcd party and saw only one side of
it. Would that other faction have any
showing? The trouble is that YOU can
only see 4 niger in the od-pilc,
while | see great many white men
who are striving to get control of the
State. We should see to 1t that we
protrect our liberties and the sanctitv
of the ballot box
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production of certificate of registra.
ton from the registration officers Of
the county as an elector ut precinct
included in the incorporated city or
town in which the voter offers to vote,
is declared condition prerequisite to
mis- voting, and in addition he must
have been a resident within the incor-
porated limits at least four months be-
fore the election, and have paid all
taxes previously due and collectable.
ANOTHER woMAN's SUFFRAGE FIGHT.
Section 13 was called up, reading as
follows:
Section 13. At any special election
In incorporated cities and towns of
this State for the purpose of bonding
the same, all resident owners of pro-
perty of the assessed value of $500, in
said cities and towns, who are other
wise qualified electors under this Con-
titution, shall alone be entitled to
vote. At such election the voter shall
produce receipt for all taxes, county,
State and municipal, due and coliccta-
BILE, for the previous year as evidence
of his right to vote.
Mr. McarCs rose and offered to
amend by inserting after "clectors"
on the fourth line. the words except
as to seX," which was to allow women
to vote. He spoke at length to his
proposition This was different
thing from the proposition already
fully discussed and voted down. This
was kind of an election that might
not occur in many years, and it was
but right that the women should be
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OYER SIX TIMES
AS MUCH
CAPITAL PUT IN COTTON MILLS
THIS YEAR As LAST
South CarOlina's Remarkable For
ward Stride in the Industrial
World During the Fiscal
Year Just Ended.

South Carolina seems, (says the
Columbia State) from the official rec
ords, to have been making great
strides in an industrial way during the
past fiscal year-grcater strides than
she has ever made before, particularly
IN the matter of the erection Of cotton
mills. Enterprises of various kinds
have been started in the State during
the past fiscal year with almost double
the amount of capital invested than
was invested during the preceding
year. In this State when corpora
tion secures charter, it must file
return certifying that fixed portion
Of its authorized capital stock has been
paid In and that a still larger portion
has been subscribed. The secretary
of State, who keeps these records, has
about completed his annual report and
it shows that enterprises have been
started in the past fiscal year with an
aggregate capital of SJ,261, 700, as
against $J,9lO, 700 for the preceding
ye6r-lS9i.
THE COTTON MILLS.
The most remarkable showing is
mad" Ivy the cotton mill enterprises
Mills have been started since last No
Ncmbcr-Onc wear aGO--whlch have
more thnn six times the capital invcs-
ted than did those started the preccd.
ing year. In the preceding year the
cotton mill enterprises showed an az
"r. cate rnpitoi ~ SlG5, 900. "a the
.,~t l. months mill have been started
With capital t. The amount OF $!,165,-
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NEW SOUTHERN ENTERPRISES
Ihc manufacturers Record Reports a
Weeks Industrial Developments
in the South.

Dispatch to the Manufacturers Record
reports tn" organization Of a construction
r"mrnny in Charleston, =. c., with 300 900
subscribed capital, ~ secure In" building. Of
railroad from Charleston Ia Knoxville or
som" point where direct connections could
n" mad" with th" West. Tho Rirhmond
Fraction Company has placed $500 900 oC
bonds and will rr"~o the construction Oi il.
"l"'tri" line in Richmond. A dispatch from
Fort Payne. Ala. states that the two furnaces
nt hat place aai In" steel MILL constructed
III "a larS" lost several years ago, but which
hav' since been iil'', will be started M
shortly. \ new company has prrcha.cd an
ldt" plant in Birmingham and will manufact-
ar" bolts and nuts.
Among other enterprises reported were n
G"O.noo -hn~h"l grain elevator prOIrctcl acid
chambers in connection with u fertilizer
''nhi. ani an "!"rtri" plant in Alahan.g: Il
: 1"O.uNh cotton mill company at Mlmuta:a
-2'N.uuO nlli company proposed at l;"i.r: :,
kE:tiiu-, mii'. i"rtI!il.'r i'trrv etc. ia other
parts IN HAT State. 4, iUD. .OnJ sugar refinery
!" iIanb'" 900 tons 81 sugar Il ,lrV: /" so
Ono water company and Il rir" .uIli {. ioai--
an". a -oOO.nu cotton mill. II = 100. .G"D cold
mining 'p". pHuE. "u!~pri Shoir. and 80 .. 900
-1n'i" 'l,au uui iu North rnr..0.a: :. 3d.
''. .... '. "TtH elevator. % .-ur n,3 .npr
....''. turing "u'"'#HN. 'rH! rl.I.l-s amt
"...,...Ys "ruu.n.v- Iu 7 ..'.- I.r," class
Hwl.-. u -!urnro ril company au4 IN irp
plan: ia West N.r-ulI.
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LINCHING Discussed.
The Convention Puts u Drastic Anti
iynchimg Provision in the Consti-

tuition.
The constitutional convention on
Saturday. the 43d session, spent the
wGo!c of Its time considering two sec
tions - the article on Jurisprudence.
1t took the convention several hours to
provide for the preparation of a code of
thg statute laws of the State every ten
wears. Then il jumped on the measure
+" prevent lynchingS, which, when the
adjournment was reached, reai AS
amended rs follows:
In the case "fauy prisoner lawfully
IN the charge, custody or control of
any officer, State. county OF munich
pal, being seized and taken from said
officer, through his negligence, per-
mission or couuiNHn"r, 10y mob or
other unlawful u>>rmhlngc of persons,
and ut their hruds Suffering bodily
violence or l"ath, the said officer shall
be deemed guilty of n misdcmennor,
and upon true bill found shall be
drpua"d from his office, and shall M
less imrd"u"d 10y TIE Governor, hence
:urth l." iuriiglble 70 hold any office of
trust ur profit within this State. 1t
shall be- tn" luty oG thc prosecuting
attorney within whose circuit or county
the oti"nS'' May be committed to forth
with nHtlt"t" n prosecution against
said officer, who shall be indicted ana
tllcd IL >Vch county, other than the
"M" II which the ottrnsc was commit
,.d. un the Attorney General may
eject. IN the same circuit The fees
nn! mil,mgr of nll material witnesses,
n"ta for III" state and for the defense,
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TILLMAN GETS LEFT ONCE.
He Wants the Minority Party to Have
Representation at the Polling Pre-
cincts, But the Convention
Votes Him Down

days session (the AID day. in lively
dispensary debate, the issue being Mr..
Patton's proposition to prevent the
issuing of injunctions by judges to
prevent the commiss' l of crime.
The dispensary law permits a judge
upon affidavit to put man under a
perpetual injunction not to sell liquor
The matter was most exhaustively
argued throughout, all tho ''heavy-
weights" of the convention taking a
hand. Mr.. George ID. Tillman scath-
ingly recounted the deeds done under
this provision of the dispensary law.
Scr"tor Tillmun defended the dispen-
sary law in his most pronounced style.
The advocates OF Mr.. Patton's meas
urc argued for the preservation of the
established principle of the right of
trial by jury for II crime. The meas
IRE was finally killed by vote of 81
to %
At the night session the suffrage ar
! ticlc was called up for third reading,
and the most remarkable session since
the convention convention ensucd.
After several insignificant anne endments
had been made, Senator Tiliman of
fcrcd this amendment to section |:
Each of the two political parties
casting the highest number of votes at
The preceding election shall have rep
rrscntatiou on the board OF managers
of election at each polling precinct
and on the board OF county canvassers
in each county" As soon as he put
this in he called the previous question
on the whole article This was the
tl,,t ln.l ~
before after n big fight. Tillman made
the most remarkable speech he ever
made in his life. He said
''Mr. President: | do not C,esire to
make II speech. | merely wish to make
a statement. The convention will re-.
member that the article rs reported by
the committee had this identical pro-
vision III different place. Thc other
evening on the motion. | bclIevP-of
the gentleman from Marlboro, and
with only Oh" sp"ccn from the com
mlttec. the section was stricken out.
The committee met yesterday after
noon and after the careful considera-
ton of the entire subject, not in con-
ncCtun only with South Carolina, but
i'll connection with the matter from IA
nationai standpoint. decided that this
convention cannot afford to put itself
on record. the article having been
brought in here with this provision in
ii, that it will not keep ii there, and
the committee are unanimous in this
that 1t should be an integral part of
the constitution. But it is not only in
Difference t. public opinion, bat Tor
our own sclf.rcspcct and protection
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measure. A motion to reconsider this
was pending when the convention ad-
journed. A motion to table tho mo-
tion to reconsider was lost on an ave
and no vote just before the adjourn
meut.
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THE SOLDIERS US THE STATE.
Number of Companies &eluced One
Half and One Third.

Half and One
The annual report of the Adju.ant
and Inspector Generals office is in the
State printers hands. Gen. Watts's
assistant, Col. Bruce, had some notes
left, and the following interesting facts
were derived from the notes: Last
year there were on the lists 207 COM
panies. This was largely due to the
squirt incident to the racket about the
darlington rebellion" The present
status of the militia as shown by the
official record is /: Active militia COM
panies, 80, reserve militia companies,
16; total, Ill.
The distinction between the active
and reserve forces is that the active
contingent is paid by the State. One
condition precedent to being classed in
the active militia is that the command
must have been enlisted for twelve
months preceding the 31st October of
the year in which the record is made.
The following are the commands
that are put down rs being in the
active militia
G., H. |, Hagood Guards. Allendale
NuaruS' EuStheIo h-iSht brhS""hs'
Dlbhi2 Light DraGoons, Simpson
Rangers, Sweet Water Light Dragons,
Gordon Light Dragons, Santee Cav
airy, Marlons Men OF Wlnyah' Was
samasaw Cavalry. Horny Hussars,
Lake City Dragons. Hampton Impe-
rial Guards. Haskell Mountain Rifle
men, Edisto Mounted Riilemen, Ger
man Hussars. Troops \, b, G.
Fifth Regiment OF 1ntantry-(Treen-
vile Guards, Butler Guards, Mauldin
Rifles, Plckens Guards, Marietta
Guards, ilckenS lilies.
First Battalion of Infantry
man fusillers, IRISH Volunteers, Mont
S"mery Guards.
Second Battalion OF lntantry-onm-
ter Guards, Cnrotina Rlttcs, Palmetto
Hunro.
w. l.. l. la'taiion-Company Is,
M"uitrlc ''uards.
FIRST h"G!ment OF lntnntry-EdSc-
ticld liilrs. iaImrtto hlies, B"mhcrS
Guards, E"iSt" En"rds. "hry Evans
Volunteers hl"hnrdaon Guards, sally
kltteS, Santee kltic>, tnp"rs Light In
t"ntry, Illlman Volunteers, Edisto
NIiics.
Second kcgin!rnt-fichland \olun-
trrrs' Lee hlSht lh'"htrN, fairhcId
hiiic GUARDS, hIdgcwny hlilcs, Nreen-
bler h'i'es, York County Volunteers,
ha|eiw"nh klties' IeaN ,'""raS' TO-
''': Eir.t 49, Tnni,nont ~ Insantr" ' Inro,s
Cr.r,1s AIIn,;un R;an,, G,,,, W.T.,
C,an,I- w., D;n, r,II
Gnards, Pea Ridge Rifles. Johnson
,.:i. :, ,l>.i7. pa. rI
-
.riYS - p:u u.n n:n '
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CONV ENTION
PROCEEDINGS.
CONVENTION RE-ASsEMBLES.
1t Doesn't DO Much, But Ii Took a
Long Tirne to Adjourn.

quorum" in the hall
The only matter of any consequence
acted upon was the striking out of the
provision for representation for both
political parties on the boards Of clcc-
zion managers and canvassers of re-
turns. An attempt was made to allow
property y-owuing women to vote in
municipal elections ON questions of in
>creasing the rublic debt, but it failed
A proposition was introduced to defer
She assembling OF the legislature from
the last Tuesday in this month to the
second Tuesday III .lanTary.
The suffrage article vas taken up,
and sections ), u, and : were adopt
ed as follows:
Section ;. Any person denied reg
{strntion shall have the right to appeal
to the court Of common pleas, or any
judge thereof, and thence to the
supreme court to determine his right
to vote under thu limitations imposed
In this article AMI on such appeal the
hearing shall l." Il. novo, and the gen
eral assembly shall provide by
law for siich appeal and for
the Correction @! illegal and fraud
Hlent registration, voting and all
other crimes against the election laws
Section 8. The following persons
are Disqualified from being registered
or voting:
First, persons convicted of burglary,
arson. obtaining goods or money un-
der false prctcnocS, perjury, forgery,
robbery. bribery, adultery, bigamy,
wife beating. LoUsebreaking, receiving
stolen goods. brecch Of trust with
fraudulent iutcnt, assault with intent
to ravish. miscrgenation and larceny
or crimes against the election laws:
Provided, that tho pardon Of the gov
lsrnor shall remove such disqualitica-
ton.
Second. persons who are idiots, in
SAN. pnmrers supported Mt the public
exp, nsc, aud persons confined III any
public prison.
Section :. For the purpose of vot
ing no person shall hc deemed to have
gained or lost residence 10y reason of
his presence OF absence while employ
ed il the service OF the United States
nor while engaged in the navigation
of the waters OF this State, or of the
United States, or of the high seas, nor
while student Of any institution of
learning.
! Sec. 3. The general assembly shall
provide hv .nw for the registration OF
ali gvrtl:icd electors, and shall pre-
scrlh. TIE Manncr of holding elections
and u. u,.rrtaiming the result of the
sarc. provided. at til, first rrgi,tra-
tion .,ui,v this Cunstituton and uutil
tb,. 7 A.. I,r.-.r,-
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THE FIGHT DECLARED OFF.
The PuGilistS VIII Leave Arkansas if
they arc not Prosecuted.

A. Litti" Hp'l>, Ark, tnn criminal caso
against ritz-imm"nS and Julian, Brady and
Iorbrtt. was dismissed on Saturday on con-
iitiyn that tn" men leave the state ~ soon
d. they r.W conveniently DO Ho The re-
strIinins order preventing the men from
iiyhtin" in the STAT" Of Arkansas remains in
force. and AL chanco Of bringing of the fight
i'm that Stat" is over. even il FitZsimmons
would nc willing 10 fight in that state, and
hu stated Enthusiastically that he would DO
nothing al ia" kind The agreement l"tween
tn" fighters Hud their managers on the ono
sid" AMI In" Governor on the other was
reached Fri.iaE Governor Clark" said hn
wdS willing T. abandon proceedings if tho
men would tax" themselves out of tho State
ot ArNau~.le and this the fighters agreed to
do.
The estimate OF tho Orange Judd
Farmer is thnt the potato crop III tho
United States this year is the largest
ever raised and will reach 2S2, 1iS, 900
bushels.
The Newtown bee., 1895-02-15

Everything about Jesus is natural, and easy to understand, if only we can come to Him in the right spirit and study Him from His standpoint. In proportion as we can see the light in His light there ceases to be any darkness surrounding Him. He is that true light which lighteneth every one; and it is His life which is the true light of men. If we are living in darkness we cannot expect to see Him in His true light, much less to comprehend the manifesto tion of the Eternal One in Him.
 From the divine point of view it all becomes simple and natural and easy to accept; so that though we may not un- derstand as by knowledge and exper- fence yet we receive the same by faith and that higher and better wisdom which is of love. Spiritual meanings must be discerned by the spirit. In or der to understand an innocent child we must have the innocent and guileless spirit of childhood still alive in us. In order to sympathize with the young we rnust keep alive the spirit and feelings of youth. Before we can understand a true and noble man we must arrive al that state of being which constitutes a true and noble manhood. And so in proportion as we grow old we may be able to appreciate the thoughts and feelings and various conditions of the life of old age. And as it takes the proper spirit of a man to discern and know
The Newtown bee., 1895-02-15
Live Farm Topics
LAYING HENS.

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 easns her own keep. v i1n .,.,,n .s., is Weaa ...avs,, :, to watch them csssa@f,, on Bill. It pays of the good layeIs' = nses maKs s.a ..,a, return more prons ~ ex- Wnas. !. ..,,,iel, the second ls us4e'' This coupls {. .,,,a. ,. rd wa9es.' the idier v .,,st are kept for laying anu l. be- n1ls s--.r s.a \ noor investme menu f the no skss s.s. .,,,,,ats come into iay ayinss was Wnen " as.s ...anv about this tikhS