THF LEOGEP-. ItlDRLOW S. CARTER, !; fciDHJK ANI) MA NAG KK. I ?AhJ?UMCT?UW Illl ! ! I I II I ; WK1).YB3I?AY AN l? KATITKI?AY ! WW w SATt'UDAY, FEUItUATY 4, 1005 8UB8UKIPTION *. 60 PE*? YEAR j [ For The Ledge r 1 Legislative Dots and Paragraphs it ml mi IV*?i't i* '? WW A Wl III. >1 Eight or nine bundled bills , have been introduced and tho end . ... I is not yet nor is it ui sight. j The House is now down to hard j work. Much time at tirst had to lie :. appropriated for the maiden titer's t of the new members at oratory. Every member has a pet measure with a llightr llight speech attach- j Od. | Senator Hough is quite rosy { and well. It is said of Senator < Hough that he and Governor Shoppard are the only two men ^ in South Carolina "who can strut a sitting down." Senator Hotigu ^ has other decided qualities. The bill to change tho charter ^ of the South Carolina College to 0 that of a University was defeated. 1 think the friends of the South Carolina College men defeated their own measuro by untagonlzing the friends of the other State Colleges. By a vote of 50 to 05 tho House passed the hill to limit the fertilizer inspection tax going to ^ ioventy-iive thousand dollars ami i'liv amount above this to go to |\ Winthrop College. This tax amounted to over one hundred and twenty thousand dollars the past year. 1 voted for the measure. fi The lmmigi ation and Conunerso Bureau is no w under tiro, t Josh Ashley of Anderson introduced n bill to repeal this bureau. I I am going to vote against the bill tl to repeal this measure. The 1m- tl migration and commerce bureau is g a magnificent opporunity to ad- n vertise our splendid resources. The discussion on this measure has e< produced much demagogue tl talk. s< The "yallcr dog" has come up E for solution and is warmly cussed tl and discussed pro and con. 1 am u inclined to curtail the cur. P The all important issue now he- ^ fore us is the bill to establish H Calhoun county. The bill covers o cl I frnin ( hn nnnril !nu r.f 1' I ? d M UI1VV ALX'kXI HJU W/UllllUO l/l field, Greenwood and Abboville. ? The judiciary conunitto of the w Ilou80 und the committo of privileges and elections of tho Sen tte heard the measure presented and reported unfavorably on tho bill. 1( w The Compulsory Education bill passed the Senate by a vote of 21 4o 17 and is now on tho calendar of the House. I am going to vote against compulsory education for ^ these reasons. It einterfers with Q( the natural rights of tho parents, the lack of proper school houses ^ and sufficient money to pay teachors, the stumbling block of a 4 nigger" and it would be imposBible to enforce it. Nothing would ^ suit the nigger better than to force him to go to school. In tho vonracular of Josh Ashley, "I'm agin it." Tho ten hour labor bill. This measure proposes to reduce the cotton mill labor day from eleven W( hours to ten hours. I have had be no demand for this legislation and aD it strikos me that it in efTeet re- f0 duces tho wages of tho operatives be and in tho absence of any com- m plaint from tho Lancastor Cotton gc **-.11 r ,.u~n *1 " JMXlll U|JU1UUTU9 X OUJlll IUU pg bill. th Wo are having night wossions and working day and night. di There ia Home confusion regard- dc tig the hienmul session amend rnent to the constitution and. it now appears that it will require >ther amendments to he submitted to the people and passed ill order Lo carry intoeifect biennial session. I'he matter as it stands is a mistit. Theio is a hill to make two adlitiotial circuits. Lancaster county does not need this addition liowevei, it is needed in other .ounties Senator Hay of Kershaw has ntroduced a hill in the Senate? to invo the line between Lancaster urn iversiuiw counties resutveyed. [ his line is in dispute and involves i portion of the town of Kershaw. . am against this resurvey. I hink the upper portion of Kerhaw county ou^lit to lie annexed o Lancaster. A hill lias been introduced to How the new school district of vei>ha\v composing portions of Lancaster and Kershaw counties o issue bonds to the amount of 112,000. The Riico hill iv on the calonlar of the House and will prohIdy come up for solution next reek. Clapt .1 \V Ha.nel has been ab?nl for the past week on account f sickness. Mr YV McD llrown, Dr Carl { Foster, Mr .1 M Hood, Mr .1 L 'oug and Oscar YV Clark were in yolumbiu last ncek. .1. Harry Foster, /oluml ia, Feb 1, 1905. 3ETTER SCHOOL HOUSES. /lr. Richards' B IF Passes House With Amendment. Jolumbia Record. In the house this morning the irst matter for discussion was Ir.J Richards' bill to encourage he erection of school buildings, j Mr. Jjalutto defended the bill, j; 'he bill sets aside 5 per cent, of lie county dispensary fund, and lie district raising $300 is to be iven $100 from the dispensary 1 loney to put up a building. Mr. Laney vigorously attackd the bill on the grouud that < aero was nothing in it?a I 3heme to rob Peter to pay Paul. 1 fot a cent was going directly to ? le schools from the state treas- I ry. It would not help the ? oor school to get buildings, for < Ouch the county school fund | fas to bo robbed. On the con- < 'ary, it would allow the rich I istricts to build at the expense ' f the poorer districts, which 1 ould not able to raise the $300. 1 Mr. Veruer spoke along the < ime line. t Mr. Foster, of Lancaster, di- i icted attention to tho provision 1 Inch left the matter with the t >unty boards. The bill was > at obligatory on any county, t e thought the couuty boards [ iuli be relied upon to establish f le buildings where they are t leded and should be placed. Mr. Hemphill, of Chester, vored the bill, directing atution to tho provision which ,ys part of the fund remaining the end of the year shall go I IP.lc tn t.ho rr?r?.?pal ?L: UUI 111 IU1IU ? V* II 1U II J) rbids largo and handsome t iilding9 going up. ii Mr. Johu C. Sellers spoke for v e bill, a9 did Mr. Lomax. t Mr. Pollock objected unless r ere was an amendment that h ould give those districts that 0 id issued bonds for buildings ai i annual amount equal to one-1 C) urth of the interest on the j ?nds. There had been a great any districts which htd so >no down in their jeans the tst several years. Mr. Pollock w ought the bill as it stood would R ork an injustice against those * stricts that had already shoul- A tred a debt that would last Horn* twenty years. ? I Messrs Richard* and Brantley opposed tbo amendment, which they looked upon as a death thrust at the bill. Mr. Brantley proposed to make tho suhScrip tion amount $200 instead of '$300 ! Mr. Etheredge, of Lexington, opposed the bill in the intv/est of tho poor districts. Mr. Laney wanted to attend by making tho subscription amount $100 and the amount to come from the dispensary fuhd $50. By a yea and tiav vote of 87 to 22 the house refused to strike out the enacting words. Mr. Banxs' amendment to make tho subscription amount $30 (iiri the county amount $10 were both rejected. By a division vote of 54 to 37 1 the house ndopted^Mr. Laney's amendment. Mr. Pollock's fti Bllilmnnt ??<> ' . ? ? i v tj u u v u v TV n o lost. Mr. Cloy's amendment to forbid any building going up under this act within five miles of ( another school building was snowed under and Mr. Cloy facially considered the joke on him. Mr. Richards iooked upon i .Mr. Lyon's amendment to except-the district levying a special tax from coutributiug to the fuud as an attempt in a different form to accomplish wbnt Mr. Pollock failed to do. The,amendment was killed. The bill was then passed as amended so as to reduce the amount to be raised in the ditrict to $100 and that to come from the county board $50. Heavy Russian Losses. Tokio, Jan. 31. ? Manchurian headquarters telegraphing yesterday reports that in the fighting since Jan. 25, at Llkajenlain, Chenchiehpao and Heikouttfl the Russians left over 1,200 dead on the field. | t Refused Bail. Judge Gage refused an application for ball in the case o# ,ue five met who are cenfined in the I Betkley county jail on the charge j of iynching the negro, Kit Bookhard, at Eitawville last year, and 1 his action in the matter will be approved, we are sure, bv the better sentiment of the entire state. it has been found, by a kn .... - ioioiui *ui vuy ihll'iy, inai tno negro was killed in Orangeburg siunty, instead of Berkley county, aid the trill of those charged 1 with this hor. ible crime will be ' aeld in Orangeburg instead of Berkeley. This is the case in j which Governoriley ward behaved >o splendidly, and we are glad to ( loto the fact that the courts are lolding up his hands, and that he law will take its proper course J with being affected by technicaliies through which many a guilty ] icrson has escaped punishment | or bis crimes.?News and Couier. Out on Bail of $4,000. ipecial to Nows and Courier. Florence. Feb. 1. ? W. B. lowell, the State constable who ? hot and killed Jona9 C. Blount, m he Atlantic Coast Line detective 1 a this city in December last, and ^ jho has been confined in Florence Jounty prison evor since, was | sleased last nigfct, Judge Purdy aving granted bimbail in the sum f $4,000. Dr. William llderton nd J. M. Humphrey, of this flinty, are his bondsmon. H. H. H. BAY "MURRAY'S" Wlien you've got a bad cuudb hist iy "MURRAY'S" If a (friiugiat Iven you anything but Murny'i More mind, Mullein an?l Tar yon 're not I etllng the beat and suaeet cough roro* | iy. Mahe him give you Murray's . ids quicker and you got a Wo rfs* ottle for M6c. livery druggist has II * JLTTEN BAR' / THE .K.I.AI Successors to HE TILE CO., which settle with the e ceased. X We are here our share of the i iligs will induce ing renovated th & Mercantile Co. our place more c have devided our ies first, on the (u nieiit, second; dry the fourth room. We would call we have many gr For The as we want to m chasing- our Spri: In moving our Shoes, i decided to place them on a ha these shoes are not old goods is DREW'SELBY.GODMAN and CLOTHING Andllprioesw you to take advan You can have any ment tor actual < delay but come ai We would like have In the way < prevents our doi i tion and you will IN SHAP1 ind can make yoi feet satlstactian, >us New Year air onage, we are, miir urn - ii11 * lanc * ly - % . f.) ' V" ' HON GAIN SE H-JBWES i *>Z x 242 z 2 2 < :aih bank in i has been liquid state of J AS. M >r ^ &> ^V ^ .& ^ us ^ ^ ^ for business and trade if low price the public to sti< e stores of the 1 , gives us more i onvenient for 1 stock into depar 3rner; gent's fur: goods third, ai # your attention t< eat inducements Next Thirty ake a clean swi iig Goods. 1 great many of the boxes w trgain counter, and U tliem > but right new and seme oi I other makes. WE HAVE IN AB ill move tlio goo< tage of this great ' puit of clothes ii jostfor the spot ad let us Wrecs e t J ~~ to tell you more >t bargains but hi ng M>. Jt\\ we a readily see we ai E FOR BU l prim s that will Wishiog evei^i d bophig for 11101 ASTER S. , % ' * C * % ^ ** ? ,EKERS I ! 0 M P A W Y. ' r x G & MEXICAN . a ted in order to l. HEATH, de intend getting s and fair deal;k to U8. ilavlleath Banking oom and makes business. We tnient, groeernishidg departed millinery in % . v [> the fact that to offer Days ? eep before pur'ere broken, and we have ?0 at first cost. flow i the best we have, such iUNBANCE. In, it is up to t reduction f^ole u our establish* cash, no