The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-10-24

| husband and wife jointly. Provided
that no property shall be exempt from
attachment, levy or sale for taxes, on
for payment OF obligations contracted
for the purchase Of said homestead on
the erection OF improvements thereon.
| Provided, further. that the yearly pro-
duets of said homestead shall not he
cxcmpt from attachment. levy or sa!c
Tor the payment Of obligations con
| tractcd in the production OF the SamC
| Provided, further, that no woman
shall defeat the right Of homestead.
except it bc by deed or mortgage. and
only as against the mortgage debt :
but after Il homestead has brcu claim
! ed, set aside and recorded, it shah uut
be mortgaped, sold or conveyed, cX.
ccpt by order OF Il court OF record. and
the proceeds shall be invested in an.
other homestead.
The chairman of the committee,
Mr.. }. ~. Sigh. stated that this Stale
had homestead law. and he. for enc,
was IN favor OF constituting il. The
! country could not become greater and
| grandcr save through the Citizen \
citizenship without Il home WAS de-
void OF patriotism. Rome fell because
OF her system of tcnantry. He wanted
to throw every safeguard around the
homes OF the prOplC. 1T WAS impCr;.-
it's citizens. The committee bad unun-
im0usly reported the section, but was
not welded to IT. II simply wanted Il
safe provision The provision made,
the only change in the present law.
| The courts had held that the Judgment
l'c"cditor could force the sale Of
no ncstcad property. Somc sand that
Il mortgage ON homestead property
should mover he allowed. This would
restrict the credit too much. What
was citizen without Il homG to vote
for and protect? He would like to
500 thousands Of dollars voted to the
bringing of good rmigrants 60 the
State. The people who owned their
| homes were the bulwmrks Of American
| liberty.
MIR. Talbcrt raised the point that
there were Il number Of amendments
proposed before the recess and that
! they were now in order. The point
J was sustained.
Tho first amendment was by Mr
| Howell. which proposed to strike cut
all after the word "dcht" on inc 49,
| tic said that If the amendment pre-
vailed it. would leave tNc law pruclicul-
| y the same IL the old homestead law
prior TO the meeting OF the convention.
! Ihc homestead iS the most vital mat
! ter before the convention. IT, iS pro
posed by this provieo tuaI after II
homestead is set OH it. can mover We
sold or morigagc0 and it. would thus
make our people a set o( minors. Thr
great mass OF our po0pI" are il debt
today. If this prov,s, should uus.
would il not opcratc ~ i'm rumirr -,
oppr, ssion to the pruDIr > Il = u,do.
mcnt is Obtained auaIn,t Il man., nI,u,.
nrty a homestead is set off and hr ,bnr
lO,cS control al IT,. IF mo v;nuI, -
mort uary il to obtain .,uuu!i,.,' me- can.
not do 50. and a majority Of the pnouir
DEPEND upon thu, motnuu of srrurinn
their supplies. lie can obtain leave
from Il court il is true, bll inc uro-
ccdurc in order TO obtain .hc necessary
permission would be lonw. trJious and
costly If he wants TO leave the S,,,,
on invest his property otherwise. he
cannot do 50 without the permission of
the court, which thus puts him in the
position OF Il minor.
Mr.. Sigh replied that hv his aslIiny
for IL homestead Il man showed that
, he WAS not capable OF controlling his
own property and needed the p,.utcc.
tion OF the law, and ut was right that
he should be in the position of IL minor.
Mr. Howell continuing. said that il
| was not the land owner but the Shy
! locks who mostly forced hOmcstcuds
! upon people. As to the allowance
OF $500 worth Of personal prUpcrly. il
| is in about the same fix rs the land.
! Every time he wanted 10 Kill Il beef,
| sell II COW or trade horses. nc would
have to apply to the cOurLs The law
yer would get the COW and the farmer
the head. Unughtcr.j There is no
great complaint against the law as il,
| is in South Carolina. The property
| Of the county would DC tied up bv TINS
measure it would take u mans prom
erty out OF his control ana he believed
that the people wOu,d rise en- mass a.
against any such provisions.
Mr. Burn, as is his custom when he
! wishes to particularly impress his re-
marks on the convention, walked into
, the center aisle to make an address.
He appealed to the PATRIOTISM Of mem.
bcrs 70 give this question their best
, thoughts and most earnest con.iidrra.
Lion. In the Northwest one hundred
and seventy seven millions Of acres OF
'and have been taken mp by English
capitalists and that many ZONES have
Dcon taken from American people