SOUTB CAROLINA. 



manufacture was very grout In 1804 5 com. 





 tami. the capital stock amoontiiig to $465,000. 



in 1 80 .'N rvd. with a ti.lal capital 



At thr Iwginiiing of tin- year (Sept. 1,1894) 

 the phosphate- rain ing companies ha<l rehabili- 

 tate*! their plant- from the effect- of the cyclone 

 _:ust, 1893, and i -a\ mg dc- 



vices, so as to reduce the COM of mining to a min- 

 imum. The nilinlN : of rock shipped 

 >.-ar ending Aug. HI. 1, was 17 1 



: . i 9tafc amounted to 



M7JB5T.JO. hie uh..|e number of tons mined 

 .luring the year was 201.400. 



r's report says: The ..utl< 



the business is pi - iu> in the extreme. Prices 

 have sunk to a er before reached. It 



is impossible to get in Europe now even n- 

 as 60. a unit. The companies arc unable to net 

 more than $2 a t< n >.<i:h Carolina no longer 

 has a monopoly of this business, d- p..-n- 



. in l-'lorida, Tennessee, France, 

 Algiers, and \ ne/uela. 

 There was a lar. s,. during tlie \ 



. ... d--\ :- : (0 the Otton Drop, and at 

 the same time tl. #iin in the 



acreage devoted to the living crops. 



There was a great increase in the tobacco 

 d \irld of rice was 850,- 

 MObwlMla. 



receipts of cotton at Charleston, up to 



..>:;! at the 

 same date in 1894. 



Railroads. The roads that were in the hands 

 of receivers have been reorganized. The cut in; 

 mileage in the State is owned or controlled by 

 the Southern Railway, the Seaboard Air Line. 

 ami the Atlantic Coast Line. The freight 

 charges on fert med too heavy, 



and the Railroad Commissioners fixed a rate 

 they considered just: but the companies 

 obtained an injunction. The South Carolina 

 and Georgia Railroad has become a bonded line. 



The IMnpennary. The re[K,rt of the 

 Liquor Commission for the year is thus summa- 

 rized : 



The local dispensaries sold liquor to the value of 

 $ I. "7 .*.:. on which the towns and c<> . 

 a profit of $104,181.28. The pr-tit.- t-. the stnto itnclf 

 wen $1S*,4*7.77 on sale* to the local 



"'-f to 1*03,055 63. The report claim- an a.ldi- 

 ^ndimi pmflt for the Hute for th. 



' . -.-... I.K total profit t,, 



for eleven month* of tlf>9,039.<& 



prHhsofUtctowtuisit.i -. retail nal- 



Mir tin- Stat. 



. ... 'i . . . 



--,, vv.-nt 



nrrstloa.July 1, 1893, to Dec. 31, 1895, are placed 



The "dwpemiary w r M continued in one form 



w aaotker through ih- >. ar . The i-rineipal 



t in H WM a decision by .F ntl.n, 



1 SUtrn, c-ircuit ,,,iirt. in 

 pwtof the law f-rl.i.MinK penoili to im- 

 fmm other Stat^ their 



*Md theprovWon. to U. a viola- 

 th* tn,tI States (V,n-ti t ,tion. in that 

 M,l,^nm,n fl tion.^- 1 

 and againjt all citizens of South Carolina 



other than the dispensary agents. This ,1, 

 \sould not ile-tn.y tho law as a whole, but .nly 

 that part of it \\hich piv\ent> the ind 

 from earryin-; li(|ii,r into th,- State for I, 



: would >et a-ide tin- authority <n \\hicli 

 ulary | m \.- - an !.. d pi; 

 li(juor>. and t 



the most object ionaUe Feature oi MI,, law. 



Thi-n- was also an injunction from .ImL 



forl'ldcilllLT tile >e|/ure of liijimr .-hipped i: 



A- tin- order wa> 



missioner and t - i<- -uiiiiii< 



show \vhy the\ -Imiilil not be at la. ' 

 t-m|it. In .lime :i c..n-tab|e> \\eiv -ml t. 

 Charleston. (>n the other hand. 



iiL'hl bel. ' 

 Mate nulhoritic- 



pri-onnieiit for selling li<jiioi- 



ordrr ..f another jud_. 



to pav a line of Jf'J(M). 



Chief .lu-tice of the Supreme Court. \\ I. 



charged him without touching the . 



nlity of the law, on the ground principal 



the contempt pi-ocecdin-^ \\en- unc..n-t it i. 



Ihe ( on-ti1ntion;il ( om en t ion. 

 ^ p reat event of t he year in the State un- 1 1 

 ing of a convent ion to n-vi.-r tln-Con-t; 1 

 which opened Sept. 10 and ended I 

 elect i. .n was called for niakini; choice ,,f ,|,.|,w 



gates, to take place ill August. The OO1 



tionalityof the registration ai-t. pa i-d ' 

 Legislature of 1^!'!. had b.-.-n called in 



; ;id \vji- in the State Suprein, 

 decision ha\inu r '"'en rend-rcd. In April an 

 order \sa- obtaincil from .lud-e <i"fT. 

 I'nited States circuit court, ^rantin-: a tem- 

 porary injunction a^ain<t the supcrvi 



ration of Richland County, t.. pr.-vi-nt him 

 from carrying out I he provision"- of (I 

 <f which \\> Imrdcnsoni 



harassing to the electors, and unn-a-omil' 

 unnecessary, and the same so limit. al>rid_ 

 (junlify tin"- privilege of n-^i-t rat in tlur 

 result in a practical denial of the n_-lit ' 

 to those electors who. by the operation of tin- 

 unconstitutional provision of thed. 



UteS ! . IJeVJ-ed Statute, 



now ii! i ": and in violation of tie 



Const it ut ion "in this, that they add to t h. 

 Heat ion- of electors provided for in 1 1 

 stitution.a further qualification not there : 

 vided. to wit. registration as required i 

 of the act of ls.| : and 



further declared that they "undertaK. to add t<> 

 the qualification .,f the electors of 

 South Carolina qualifications not pi 



:i-titution of the Tinted Slat.-." Ii 



the understanding "f the law was that 



framed for the | i.'privin^ 



te. .lud^'e (.-fT al-o i ii. 



vr. the coinmis-ioner of ele 

 others, enjoining them from any action lool 

 linu'of the elect ion. Thecase was . 



. .Illd^el, 



tion must be held with an open ballot. 

 was an effort to persuade the Governor 

 an extra session of th- ire f<.r the pur- 



pose of passing a nev. itjon law. but hr- 



refuse/Land \\\f<\ a proclamation^ May 14 

 which the following are extra* 



