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P S E E PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY.WNNBOSC.TUSAYFE AYI91 SALSHDx. A SLANDZR ON THE -PEAKER Columbia, Feb. 6.-Special: State ments calculated to injure Speaker Etevenson have been circulated. In quitry has been made abont these statc ments. Mr. Stevenson personaliy did not care to notice the- charges, but the ways and means c. mmittee of ite own *6lion unanimously signed and gave out the sollowing explielt and conviDc Iug statement regarding the matter. The committee says: Whereas, the statement has been publicly made that W. F. Stevenson, the Speaker of the House, has come betere the committee on ways and mean and made an argoment as attor ney for the 6eaboard Air Line, and it Is charged that he appointed this com mittee for the purpose of influencing It to such action as be desired, and abused bis privilege by making an argument before it for the Seaboard Air Line: Now, therefore, it behooves said committee to set forth to the public all that has ever occurred between jhe said Speaker and this oommittee: The.said Speaker has been in said commnittee room to see the committee only twice during the session. Once be came to file the claim of J. Belton *Watun for per diem and mileage as a witm.S in the Penitentiary iuvestiga tion order that the committee might pro for its payment in the appro pria o. bill. The other time was Ale bill "To provide for collec ti 6fidertain fees by the Secretary of Sta.," introdened by the chairman of ,this iftmee, was under considera * gS! ~esIn wras-ent for and ap peared all tate the dates of the char ters of the Pilmetto Railroad Com pany, the Obesterfield'and Kershaw Bllroad Company and the South Bound Railroad, and that they had complied with all laws up to the pres est regulating domestic corporations, and it was probable that they might :o ooidat~ioon into one ecirporation, i~p'askdd was to be accorded the*24 #etment as other corpora A00*1"iituation. t'190board Air Line was only mentioned- once, when he expressly stated that, if the "Seaboard Air Line" came here from without the tt ttwlssolidate it should pay the , -alt6er foreign corporatious, so be was concerned. - gt:ralr" 2om He simply made a ets for the information coMM . ,Vbch were pecul Therefore be it Resolved, That such charges of ab~of pjrlvIilsge and at tcapt to Control the action f this coM -gttee are ut*XiEalvd and njust, both -t6 this commntiuid the Speaker ot tMl-lU*0 Iand must bave been made = =-_~soQus information as to the t 1 - ilson, Chairman; p-. -BA. Cooper, nry J.Ki ad ]V- C. Weste T. Logan, W. 0. Tatum, D. FEftrd, r. Redfarn, George L Prince, E umgaard, A. K. * 2~NE SONS OF VETERANS Jip atR AnboUnment made by Comn n.Uer Hunt Ol.WI i . Hunt, commander of the -South Carolina division, U- S- C. -V., delfstvery camip to have full represeuttionl at the State reunion, U YV, tobe held at Colombia on y 8.:The constitution of the sons of veterans provides for this, andCo!. * Hunt is very anxious for full de.e gaion from every eamp in South Carolina to attend the reunion in thiu year. Coltanbia is a dielightlul place for such agathering, itS central loca tion is convenient for. all and in addi tion to thiee consideratious, Comn mander Hunter begs the sons o veterans not to forget the grea responsibilities that devolve upon then In this matter. The South Carolina monument o the. Chick5aaga battlefie~d willb linveiled on May 27 and the gtrand re union of the U. C. V. of the entire ol southland begins the inext day at Meri phi'. Get'. C. I. Walktr, commtanc ing the Sooth Carolina divisiou, U3. ( V., extends a cordial invitation) to t t sons of veterals for this great anud 1~ teresting occasion. Get'. Walker esp cially desires the sons of veterans~ accompany their honored and hero fathers on this journey sudl to tal part in the exercises and ceremonies te day. * Commander Hunt is' glad to extet tbi. inivitatioin to-every member of I division and to urge as maany as pos' *bie to be with him and his staff Colnombia, Ghickadianga ar d MemphJ Col. Hunt will much appitciate su publicity as the State prets cant ventietntly give this matter. He urges tbe eammanders of evt cam pin the State to begin worn noc on tbese several matters. Any cc munication addressed to Commait Walter F). Hunt, Spartat.burg, S or to hia adjaitant andl chiet of st -will receive immediate at tentior.. The merited reputation for cens -ilessoes afld min diseas-e' acqm bMids' Witch .Hk zel Sa've, le to the thaking of-wortbleSs coun fetg .siireto -get. 6:lyDi ,4 p. 8al 'c~ aster Uo. LEGISLATIVE NOTES The State Contains the Following Account of Senator Ragsdale's Speech on those Lost Bonds Senator Ragsdale spoke on the same line, and wanted to know wh-n the last of this matter would be heard. He hoped some means cru!d be di vised by which the legislature could be prevented from wasting its time over it. He thought the governor had wone cut of his way in bringing this matter up in his message, after it bad been twice srjudicated and refused on its me .t. .lie thought this was a scheme for some lawyers to get fees, and that the real crtditord. if there are any such, wMi not get more than $2.30 out of it. He thought the language of the governor as to "repudiation" was totally uncalled f.r, and denounced the bills as an attempt at a raid (in the treasury. He thought tne senate should pass a-i act of some kir.d to prevent this matter from being brought up again. He thought it the debt were a valid one, and satisfactory evidence of that fact could be shown, the pro moters of this scheme would simply ask the passage of a bill authorizing the payment of the debt. The legis lature will not repudiate the debts of the S:ate, and if ey.dence is show" of the validity of the debt both houses wil' pass an act authorizing the pay ment of the debt. He spoke of the reference to the matter in the - governor's message, wherein. it was stated that the refusal to pay these bonds wou'd amount to little less than repudiation, and said that if it was necessary to meet strong language with strong language, he would brand this bill as little less than an attempt to steal. Me believed the pLrase "repudiation" originated in the minds of greedy lawyers who were powerful enough- to move even the governor's office. He hoped that when the matter was disposed of this time it would never be heard of again. He did not regard the claim an honest one and did not think it should be paid, and hoped the bill would be killed. In discuasing the child labor bill, which is the amendment excluding all children under the age of ten from working in the mills, Senator Ragsdale had the following to say: Mr. Ragsdale said the question had been fully dictseradtA what is goddrv The guetion that'confronts us is the pto reetion of childhood in its very help lestness. Is this not a proper matter upon which to exercise the police power of the State? It must be a'i mitted thst it is not right to chain these children to ponderous machinery, and when we once admit it is wrong we need not consider it further. He did not see how any one who looked at this matter honestly and fairly could oppose this bill. Of course the parents who wish to retire from work and live on the earnings of their children, and the mill owners who wish to con tinue to omplov cheap labor, will op pose the bill, bat the children have not been heard from. It is argued by some that if we pro. hibit chi:d labor in the mills we should also prohibit it on the farms. But there is a vast difference between farm life and mill life, and the two are no to be compared. No child on a farti has been hurt by labor, becauae he does not werk all the time and hba plenty of time for rest and recreation and has pure air and sunshine. If the law may interfere to prevet cruelty to animals, In God's nam haven't we the right and ought w no to interfere to prevent ornielty t' ebi:dren? Of course it may be profit able to work these children in th mill, but we sh-iuld not place cow mercialism above ,humanity. Let th senate pass the bill and send it to t house. The house uday leave it on t calendar, until next session, but thought it best for the seate to pat it now and it may pass the house ne> year. He was not wedded to ar -particular plan, but legislation on tb iline is needed. A DESERVED REBUKE Saranh. Ga., Feb. ti.-Last tig Stl:e Confederate Veterans' Associatit f Savannah, passed resolut iOn'saggir the invitation 'to President McKinl to attend the reunion of Courederm V. eterans in Memphis. Tfhe resojlutF-3 recite that the associationl entertai p rofound respet~t for Prepident h K in'er and his exalted station, b believig his prescutce o.' this occ; oi.n as the gust of the city ot Mempi i s sought by a few of the e'tizensa c Mempits to further their polit: f spratins, and is, therefore, dero, tory to our idea of the proper tesp ddue to the~ President of this g: - n ation atnd contrary tot he spilit ol .*Un~ed Confederate Veterans, parti ~ olitics and all that jends to it be iatstr~ctly forbidden In all meetings hretnions of the United Confedel c Veterans' or ganization,' the asso tion call- upon Gent. *ordont, ci my anderi-chief, to name some iu1 ry city thati Memphis as the placo for mreutLn, at d says it wiil not setnd d Irgates 1o Memphis if the invitatiot Cthe Pr eident is adbered to. sfPepsin preparati,2ns often fail t< C' lieve indigeetion because they cat gest only al'tnminous foods. The -ri one prep:.ration that digests all clh rred offod, and that is Kodol Dyspt hs Curr. It cures the worst cases o har digs.ou and gives instant reliet E. ., adicests what you ea'. McM FIRST WOUNDED--LASI MESSAGEZ Capt. S K. McDinal of the ens grossing department was probably tbi first commission( d. officer wounded in tne Confederate service. At the out break of the war Capt. McDonald was a smtdent in the old Charleston Mill tary Academy. 7 He enlisted inS thW Palmetto Guards Artillery when that' command was -firs organized, when he was little over 14 years of ag.' He was elected captain of his cold pany, but declined the position :on' account of his youth and Capt. L., Charbonniere, who now lives in Au gus:a, Ga., was elected to the-poitiOP Capt McDonald was made a lieutenont in the ccmpany. While tl.o command was stationte near Chat I ston, Capt. CharbonnieJ and i apt. VeD 'nald were seated in, their t. t o!i. &by and Capt Charbon-, niere w;e. Or.iiing his pistol. Ho did' not knons it was -osded, of course, and the weapon - as dikcharged. the bal striking Capt. McDona'd in the thigky It is there yet, though the wearer Wf it says he feels a lump under the akin and bilieves it is working itt way outi. Capt. Mclonald has In his possessiotl a relic which he prizes very highly. T is the original copy of what was one of the last, if not the rery lkst, telegram ever sent by Gen. R. E. Lee. in Marc*r 1870 Gen. Lee made a trip to Flerida for the benefit of his health and passed2 through Columbia._ Mayor. McKenzie knew of his coming and telegrapbed him, tendering him the hospitality of the city. Gen. Lee received the t1 gram on t be train and sent an aswer from Winnsboro. Capt. Mc nald, who is a veteran 'telegraph operator, was at that time in charge of the tele graph office at Winnsboro, and to him Gen. Lee handed the message to be. forwarded. it is as fellows: Winnsboro, March 30, 1870; To Mayor Mo~enzie, Columbia, &. .: I shall be very happy to see the cii-, zens of Columbia and take each one by the hand if they will pass through the car, but it must be in a very quiet way, as I am indisposed and must pass ob. B. E Lse.. Capt. McDonald kept, the origins and baa had It neatly framed and, of coure papor, Aid is still clearly legiblL.I Capt. McDonald's desire thailt shall91 be turned over to the Dangters of the ConfederAcy of Columbia for s keeping 'and this will doubtless bo done. -The State. The most so-thing, healing and ast tiseptic application ever devised to DAWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. It re ieves at once and cures piles, sores, czema and skin diseases. Beware of imitations. McMaster Co. BRYAN ON NEW SILVER BLL - He Shows that It is o0V Another btOP, the Last Step, In the Scheme to Ewiinate Siver from Legal Tender MoneY Washington, February 7.-Chairman Southard, ef the House. coumittee en oinage, has received from William J. Bryan the latter's view of the pending bill before the House making th stand ard silver dollar redeemable in gold. Mr. Bri an says in part: "The bill has a double purpose-tO cenvert standard silver dollars io sbsidiary coin and to make silver dol lars redeemable in gold on demand. SThere is no necessity for redemption.i )The lsgal tender law will maintain the - arity between gold and silver dollar' B o long as both can be used to an un limited extent in the pay ment of pu~ Clic revenues and private debts.. eAs soon as the silver dollar is made eredeemable in gold another endls chain will be created anid the argu: 5mentN used against tbe grwenbacks an< ~ttreasury notes will then be turnet !ainst silver. isThe measure gives to the financier absoute control over the nationa deThe conversion of standard silve dollars into snbsidiary coin is equivi tt lent to the retirement of silver a instandard money and this is the last at 'in the programmhie instituted som twenty-seven years ago and persis te tntly pursued ever since. If tis i e completed go'd will be the only leg' rotender mney and bank paper tti a only credit money. The proposed measure by decrea -ing the money of ultimate jedempti and increasing the volume of protmis' to pay money still further enlarge. ti 5jdisproportion between money and substittes; this necessarily adds toitl etrisk of the business man and leesel etthe security of thbe general public. t Ifat as tie freign complicatio a or panics~ compel a considerable e n"portaton of gold, the disproporti tbetweenl money and its substitutes w dae il finrth r increaednor an 1 ~*t e volume -of business." he or Over Fifty Years. l-Mts. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING STE to) has been used for over fifty years millios5 of mothers for their child: wile tee-thing, with perfect succi re- It soothes the child, softens the gut di- shay a 1 pain, cures wind caic, is iis the behst remedy for diarrhoea seseAwill relieve the poor little suffe psaimiediateh. Sold by druggists in- every part of the world. Twenty for cents a bottlef. Be sure and ask tsr"Mrs Winslow', soot'ming Syrti ard take ueAther knd. -- NeLLUZI 1* U T. WVbiugton, Fabitary .-Itb the :Igsp~giOnl in favorof!Gvername@nld te- -A ~efican-shipping' -uialmbUedy passed by the-Soutbei cdton lwna bi ;a.tsItif, a, big *~t Sdfatbi -Ne %gurizi, of oulb Caftlnn, te I I a of tbe mostbiliant spischei . Ihe Seate tiga alo"eeslo' utor icLaurin vtiewed .the- wgibr 1 atsce inrcotton hanufatated ah&~ thieruprjde im)race t6 the'84tfth ef tis indnstry; The Sonif,1i raide A, do tL world'% fonobelT-bi o ios eiotQWt res& ,the tinued dovelo~puent 6f cotton aratbW facture is essential .0 the prosperity of 7f04armets rwiell m to the genml ,uufac steanme a 76'o mAt . ton:3biob Mb ptu1njT wit foKgn buyers' baa tieesttwa-yeare broked@dok I that*3tgUpinbes synd, thy ade the 1 a h the atferUerg3 d .u tEM ,And 100604e i ba~nsadem& .~n4Lfor mainsewe~rIhU-South 40b t a latteist- 47 i'ai e100faI where 1o'tt*befor. It - flw-ba l-$40 er~.m ~O bales and witbia' a or two Southern consup 9il -AO ~lkY iwuai is only i Its 0 or_ tof oVt- pr Olr'in th me d ares esaiqwa *w*r s.lrm .. ~ hat mej t -that d t a ndor f0hi sipp - - =803d 4, ili.lmhlpja ~ i we to ato Wilak i 6 wbe o hih. i t si, t , t b trad0. -erk not agd uoe b1i befo-hr cstwith on -e ar . ma wo reltt 44V dty c ll~me tY(M P i Statel ndelo peni I 4e nists s oPfSlg a48 ti aeIU fpreca's ohe tse pa T eor e n th- our ta .e~rad- ora dbie r foregntrdeL-T4 90 Erpe estlbO . -~ tb our o utw 8popemee ty1 rbtr e fGoelrtfnet to dtirec ta ab -*mii ofeiagan daaana ,~h 1tu~ ote .nry--u estaan adt7*1 - l h e .ae we ,are- - m abpof e counrOfo thnloth of 90 ter andto orfotheignouth. Al e --~a dagrit fulO~ Bouneryw sshol oftrenmcaise an horribl a Scald: Cu rBre Buckenf 1 lanc Salvehe~ a sd thewe ie he pnandebl'11 ~' promptly i n Uret aOfl ores uero Sof ve oilsCU 10ns dirctsalh Sin fo iion Bes Fle 1crur.e eath., "25 te'ats an man. Ce uarateed. 8i~ ' hu,.Mter Co. drgi th 1. IN Resolution Y~lcoukdn't make a bfter one. Why? . ieswiu it ebodesa Odmfert, SatisactlpP .-- ~ asnd succes. - CorMT.-Becaus .: "We wenaSeLZ SNOBS ts ye.ar SATOFAGT10N. - Because S!f Selz, e Succzss.-Because SAl ShopYe your healJth, save you money and pumue your daily duties with ease and freedo. We sell them. All styles, all Ia* prices. .Come and soo. ALSO STEP 1rN.ANDSEE SOME OF OUR NEW SPRNGOFFERINGS 1N IF YOU WANT .T0 ENJOY THE FULL PUR CHASING POWER OF YOUR DOLLAR SPEND ITHWITH down she twa an for ngand get Valetires . Vale atil Yhe bed dil Valentirnes. sb ISt deS - l nil 18e pmuona oraPen ~u~trat feti(eh.2 ~ta~ il ite you rnthm(t build AfPiI p th bedTAIfl ~Ird (his when vetht I?fSThere.4no dsubt bo at i. It. nouris e, e..EsaIa ATRAL Wo0D oIn - rundown or waiated y~ O AE* sh4uitake Aas-XEr~a0b.--. - nedicine ' bear Dru~g C Co ~~ Administrator's Noticce. W. B ck fl OTICE IS a!BB sI aV' Contractor and Builder. ,aJe e wiman agaome ________deceased, are requliredtOp ttI. r r duly attested; and all persohn ~ il ilgive prmtatninto all to said estate will make payment wor - ** it b to the undersignbd. - - . wrk. - -J. E. McDONALD, . * pAdmuiistrator Estate WIiamD K. BW. od s ATI FATION GUARANTEED. orouh .ecg.d