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/ 0 - ? * " V'OLUMRXU. . ;\. i;AMT>KN, ft. <X, HtlfDAV. .TANl'AUV II liioi. NO. I 5 K TH /y ?i jc u 1 hill Review of Conditions in South Carolina, \ +* [ .1 J-*" and Legislation Needed. \ '? , ... . J STATE'S NOTABLE INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS. All the Public Institutions Are in Lixcellent Condition Treasury Department borrowed No Q " Q Money During the Past Year. ?5? hollowing is a full epitome of the I .A 1111 nil .\Ii ss:'^ of r.OVU UOX Ml. -; "Svceiiey to the legislature of South] l aroVina, rohd in both Hourcs nt the* , ?opening of that body : uj the Lh.hci\U . hsi ittd/w . It is gratilying to me to welcome you ; .is tlif lepreseniatives of the peoplf under such favorable conditioim. You 1'>uic ri s tht* bi>t 1 <eg is la t it i e to asscur- ' Me in .South Carolina in the new rcu j tury. The Nineteenth century has | been one of marked progress and tie-' vclopuunt in all the aits ami sciences, j mi'l it contain* le^syiis.. which \VQ m'-JiV icam with pio/it to oi'jselv'eVrftHi which may he of uvv to u.-? in legislating for j the Inline. TUcw Vi ho constituted the j ? ii.sl Uegislatm c or.c numlred years ago little dr?-amt?'.%t ol the advance in all! lines of i'.iuustry and of the discovci'.es , and inventions which have fciglializcd j . century just p wed into history, i ?\'e cannot feulire or even conceive tlie advances that, will he made dining this century upon which we arc entering There seems' to he almost no limit to if lie achievements of the human mind. I - ill is for us to Contribute our part to j make the world better and happier by ?our having lived in it and to leave to ! nur children a goodly heritage ami a name untarnished. It is your privilege 1 to meet ami to counsel with one an- i other and to consider and enact r-ncli laws us t\ill be of benefit not only to i >be present but to the future growth 1 uml development of this grand old i cObr.unon wealth. ? \ < The march of material progress and j Die development of th,^ State, to < which 1 had tlie pleasure to refer one year ago in greeting the members of itlie legislature, has kept uj> with j '?ter.dy and sure step The business depression through "which The people had parsed and which wkn jlmost unprecedented stems to avc hec-ii followed by a revival which >s touching all branches of industry. 1'lie increased piice which our farmers have received lor their staple crop makes huge -.mend for tlit? falling off In the yield. Oui farmers are learning ? the importance of diversified fanning: and in "Lorsequence are becomit g more i nde'4,cudent. '.oa lu'f l lib belter evidence of the progress and prosperity o| the State [ thx\\ that presented in the figures con tained in the annual report ot the Sec- , t etai v of State, l'rom this report il . nvill be seen that approximately fifteen million dollars were invested the past j >ear in South Carolina companies;'ami j *thiie a targe proportion of it is in cot- j ton mill building, yet many smaller manufacturing enterpiises and iuduv .titcs have been organized. . ! New manufactories continue to go up ! and we arc no longer simply an agri- i cultural people but are fast becoming 1 as well a manufacturing State. We now lead all Southern States in the manufacture of cotton goods ami are second only to Massachusetts in the number of spindles, and at the present rate of progress will soon lead all the States iv. the Union in this important ?hraut.il oi industry. it is well to keep .'lO'j fact in mind as you deliberate. .Taxable values have increased ?1,2.15, "105 during the past year, as will be seen fiom the Comptroller General's report, but the incieasc is not near os large as/ it should be or would be if our system 0! assessment and taxation were so re vised and amended as to have placed 'on the tax books all the property of the State now escaping taxation and if that tt hicli is assessed wcie equitably as .? is* ^<1. I'eftce and good order have clinrnc leii/.cd our pe<?plc during the past year. We have not been visited by plague or pestilence and no resort to mob vio lence has marred the rcrortl or stained the fair name <4 the State, though in one 01 two c.ises the strong arm of-the military had to be celbd into requisi tion, but the majesty of the law was maintained and no blood was shed. In ?one case there was strong provocation for summary justice, but with the as signee of . the military the culprit* were protected, lawlessness was pre vented. ami through the ordinary chan nels of the Courts' stern justice will be Administered and the penalty paid. You rt?s the chosen.representatives of the people should guard with jealous eve theif interests ami welfare which have been committed to your keeping, ^tcYnffhbering always the responsibility j which tests u|>ou you. finances. . -? f I take pleasure in calling attention to the very creditable showing which the Treasury Department will be able to make ai> to the financial transactions of that department for the fiscal year ~ closing DecdJtttar jl, 1900, as will ap pear from the stotemenj of receipts and disburfements. . 7 he-claims of the UmtcQ States Gov criiwmt against the. State of South Carolina for the payment of which -at one time the State was seriously pressed pV ra4motkc of *nit jRivin. are now fa 1:. abeyance for want o> authority to pf& tecute said claims in the Cowrta. And it s? hoped that an equiuble adjust proved 'March 14th, iqoo, proposing lo exchange these iintl similar I'tyuis for two pCt cent. gold bond*. Tlie Treas ity of law to surrender alid exchange the lunula now held by the State. If the General Assembly should deem it advisable to make Mich ex'cliaiigfc It would he nocssary for special legislative authority H> he given hun. Um-CATION iNot ihc least gratifying evidence of ! our progress is the remarkable awaken- I iiig in al^ departments of education. At the h?*?i',ininjr t,f the century just closed j the civilized world knew no such thing ; as a State system of education-. a!ul in many quarters, until n Ooinparalively j it-cent date, th*v position of those who , advocated free public education as a ; lfglliiuate function of Slate government was stubbornly contested, the opposi- ; lion in our State being largely due to ) peculiar racial and social conditions. : State education is now the settled policy j ol our countiy, being recognized ris J both a function and a duty of the > government. It is a principle now well ! recognized, that the- safety of the gov ernment itself requires that it give its uitixen* the opportunity lo hi themsel- ' ves for and intelligent discharge of their ; duties to the St?te. JinroiM-aging reports come from the schools ami colleges of our own State, j indicating that they have entered uj.on 1 an era of unexampled prosperity. And : yet much remains lo be done to increase the efficiency of our public* schools. I'he first essential is teachers of high moral character and adequate profes- ' sional equipment. Our teachers have ! heller opportunities for professional J training than ever before,and they show j a higher average of intelligence and professional fitness; but they are too j often poorly paid for their services, and the best results cannot be expected i until the schools, instead of advertising ' for bids from teachers, oTTer adequate j pay and demand good qualifications. ! The importance of levying nn addi tional tax for the support of the country schools cannot be too strongly urged upon our people. This will enable them 10 employ competent teachers for longer terms; it will enable them to give their children elementary and pre paratory- (mining nl home; and it will tend to check the abnormal flow of population from the country to the j town; it will be beneficial from every 1 point of view, Clllf.l) I.AIIOK. The question of child labor in ttmr ! cotton mills is one that has been at- j trading a great deal of attention le cently, and properly so. Conditions in ' this Stale have changed very much in J Ihe last few years. We are 110 longer ' simply an"agricultural people. With j the rapid growth in manufacturing enterprises we are already a large manu facturing State. The relation between the labor that is employed in these enterprises and. the employer is not merely one yf master at)<l servant, hut therp are rights and privileges and duties, obligations and opportunities, 011 both sides which should be carefully guarded. There has been 110 conflict between employer ami laborer in this State and nothing should be done to disturb the amicable relations--winch. -1io>v exist. Government recognizes the1 fuclVhat it is the duty of tlu/ strong to earo^mand protect the vfeak. It is certainly the right and the privilege of government to provide f*?r the inspec tion of' any-aiid all enterprise1? or cor porations deriving their life frrtm the State and to sec that they do not im pose upon the weak. Of course litis should lie done with a proper regard for the property rights of the corporations. There is no doubt the employment and constant labor of children of tender age in our factories is injurious to them and will result^in untoid injury in the future. To ifilcrfere with the govern ment of the family by legislation is dangerous. Ami ou the other hand un less something is done to protect the tender children of vampire parents who spend their time in idleness and live off the labor of their little children who are required to work in oilr mills from year to year without Mie advantages of school, the situation for the future be comes alarming. To forcc these child ren out of the mill and make no provision for their attendance upon bchool but allow them to spend their time in idleness on the streets presents almost as alarming an aspect as to per 3 lit them to labor. In n great many of ur mills the officers and managers hsy/fc provided schools and teachers atid libraries and churches at the expeitteof the stockholders, and some of them will not employ children under twelve years of age and they require the parents of such children to send the children to school. This is the tendency in'all fhe mills in tbis State. These children should be protected, but it is not well that they should be idle, and i doubt the wisdom of a rigid law laid down by the legislature prohibiting absolutely their employment. It woWld be better rather that all children between the ages of seven and thirteen years whose parents or guardians work 11 wafeefgy tend school <3 this cm be Y?IK I'lSl*;-,NSARV. i The Dispensary hi* been well man ! aged during the past year, as the mate* | merit of the Hoard ot Di lector* and th?* I State Commissioner, which will hf sub milted to\ou, will sli?<w The Dispriral v fcyrdiim ahd tlu mall ageinent of the liquor question have occupied much r>f ttie attention o\ each legislature since the system was iuaug j mated. Trie dispensary )???? rtlso been an issue in eveVy Campaign m the Suto I H was passed and has been, more , I strongly opposed possibly than any other law that was ever placed on 1 tlie statute books cd this State. Kverv argument that could be brought to bear against it has been ptes-fiitcd bv ?ornr or the ablest jubilee'* ot the State, and yet a/fir thorough canvass of each I county and a presentation of the case to the people the sy stein has been endot sed by decided majorities on four different | Occasions and the principal is incor porated in our organic law. ! Ihider the Constitution the l.egis'a ture may license it/ftivl lual* of Corpora lion* to sell under\tlie tales and regu lations governing t\Y* DispensafV, or it . iua> prohibit ihe sails and mauufai-Luic . j of liquors. 15 >th of -these plan1". have ?>cv:i i uiV)i<>tn;iin Ml 11 vsiii'tiMiWiv argued and advocated befoik the peop't and the verdict every time has been de cidedly hi favor of the Dispensary under the management of the St ite. As a rule, the law has been well en forced, and it has been with a small constabulary force but with the aid of the municipal officers. All ?Ja\\ is violated. If there were no violators ot law and this were an ideal ?'onutty thcre would be no need of law ov courts to t? v and pniiir h offenders. The I'nited States Government with its illimitable resources has failed to stop all violations of the revenue laws. While it is important that the law ! shall not be viol ited by illicit sale ot /whiskey, it is equally important tli it those charged with its administration ? shall conform to ita requirements. II this were more rigidly done public sentiment woubl grow more rapidly in support of the svstem, 1 doubt If there . is a dispenser fn the ..Stale who does, not violate the law every drtyl not with : any criminal iiiteilt. The law requires that, "before selling nr delivering any j intoxicating liquors to any person a re- j quest must be presented to the County Dispenser, printed or written in ink, dated of the true date, stating that he i or she ir. of age, and the residence of ; the signer, for wdionr or whos6* use it is required, the quantity and kind re quired, and his or her true name ; and the request shall be signed by the ap plicant in his own true name and sigtia ! ture, attested by the County Dispenser or his clerk, who receiver, and files the requests, but the requests shall be re fused, if the County Dispelled' filling it personally knows the person applying is a minor, thai he is intoxicated, or that he is the habit of using intoxica ting liquors to an excess ; or if the ap plicant is not so personally known to said County Dispenser, before filling) j said order or delivering said liquor, he ' shall require the statement,of a reliable i and trustworthy person Of good charac i ter and habits, known personally to I liiui, that the applicant is not a minor, and is not in the habit of using intoxi cating liquors to excess." The County J Dispenser takes an obligation to the effect that he wi-fl and another after ! wards that he does comply strictly with j this provision and all of the other pro i visions of the law. i It has become customary for County Dispensers to sell to any one who ap I plies to purchase without being identi fied or without signing the application "in his own trne name and signature'' and without stating "for whom or w-hose use it is required " Ample provis 1 ion is made for the course to be pursued for violations in the administration of the law. The County Dispensers arc responsible to the County Hoards of I Control and tliey are appointed by the : Stale Board of Directors on the recotir ; mendation and with the atlYice and consent of the Senator and Representa tives front each County. That brings the case right up to the door of tire members of the C.eneral Assembly. This is a business matter and as care ful and as prudent business judgment should be exercised in the selection of those who are charged with the aduiis -t^ation of the law as a prudent business rnaB-would exercise in the selection of those whom he would place in charge of his private business. Politics aud parti/anship should have no part in the selection. I again commend to you the advifMu, bility of abolishing, the County Hoards of control and of devolving t.Meir duties upon the Mayors or Iuteudants of the towns, and the County Supervisors of the Counties, in which Dispensaries are located. Tint STATU pkuwhntiary. The annual report of the Hoard of Directors ami Superintendent of the Penitentiary shows a most gratifying condition of affairs at this institution. While no money will he covered into the State Treasury this year, yet per manent improvements have been made out of the net earnings amounting, in round numbers, to #20,000, and there is still a cash balance on hand for current expenses of about #5,000. In addition to this, the farms have yielded corn and provisions,,pufficient to run the institu tion until tfre next crop is harvested. The number of convicts remains practi cally the same as one year ago. A modern prison, which was very much needed, is nearing completion,-''within the walls of the Penitentiary, at a cost of I" addition to being a safe prison, it is built with a view to the nealth and comfortN>f the prisoners, and will be paid for out of tbe net earn ings of the Penitentiary during the paat year. At the tost session of the Legis lature provision was made for the erec tion of a Reformatory for youthfnl criminals. A neat and substantial frame structure for this purpose has purpose of tu? Superintendent te ?sr nith them instruction in morals and If-riftssfbte, makatietter citizens of them wwrmiy ire rrteiaea, jet wttrac1 required to labor as other prisoners, bat will be keot entire)r semura&a fro thaoMUhr aod mora hastened cHmiaal Tt only hrrtt** sure, will convince vou 11? * I il woul I not he good business jm.l>*n?vut to <!i" pom of these farm* ? NST'T?TION tfOW T|l|/ It I o r \ T v !>?? ? tl l\ VuM an i' TiM\ 1 lie I'lltV-second Annual Report ol the South Carolina Institution ioi ihe Kducatiou of the Deal and the Wind ! shown t4i\ avi>ra('e ?)ttct:'d;ti\cfc j pupil5*, wiili h the largest in (he his i lory of the School. Thirty six Conn ' ttcs nrrTh?***pend?luics have been kept within the npproprin lion. The per capita cost reman: about the same. The building for colored pupils, for which the Legislature made ??U wppropt latU>n ?t th?* 'as? session, (s <n ptocess of erection, ami will he te.?d\ for occupancy by the beginning of the next school tenn The Super'iuieiiilent will ask Ioi nn'appropii.?tion ol jf--??< foi support and f<o,ixo for the i icction of a school building and ? lot o;lur improvements and rcpaiis whuh an |needed t i< a ii.iu) * i?-< rht Twenty-second .Annual Uepoi i *.?! the Hoard of Railroad i omuii-^' uin* , Co?\t lins a \ cry t'.ill exhibit <-f ilie operations of the loads w ithin the ^tute An examination ol tiie Report w i' 1 ianiili irire yOU With the duties "f ihi very important department of our Stale govcrment. Vou will donbtier"* he gialilied to note that the getieial pro? prosperity of the \eai has lienei'U'd the iailroad interest, and tl at the loads as a whole are in good condition, h??th tmt tcrially and financially. i*H nsion k'oi r-evetal \ens llit- Slate ii is doing w hat she could for the few remain itig old Confederate soldiers;'he w id?n\s ol soldier.? who arc in mid of its aid li should he a matter of congratulation. to every patriotic son th.?t we h;t\e been able to do what we have, and a source of regret thai we are not aide to do more. The trouble with oui pension laws is the tendency to abuse them, and in many eases those who ate really deserving go w ithout the assistance they need, ami to which they are entitled; but betier that a hundred who are not entitled to it should receive aid than that, one deserving old soldier should suffer in his old age for the want of such help as the State and the people he served so well are justly due him. At the last session ol the legislature 1 a new pension law was enacted, wh'ch has not yet been tested. The new law is intended to reduce the number of pensioners now on the roll, and to have ! on the list onl}- those who are worthy, j and to give them a sum suilicicut to Or i a real help to them. In order to carry f out the purpose of this law a new si 1 ol i blanks have been sent out, and the roll i for this year will be completely revised. | In view of this fact, it would be wt II to give the present pension law a fail trial, ! and to make such an appropriation fot the old soldiers as the General Assem i bly may in its wisdom feel that the State | is able spend for this purpose. Last j year the appropriation was $100,1:00, and I there were on the pay-roll 7,707 peu j sioners, of whom 1,575 were soldiels and j 3.132 were widows ot soldiers. I tecom I mend that there be no reduction foi 1 this worthy cause STATU Ml I. I'll \. During my administration several or ! easiotts have arisen in which the civil ; aitlhoi ities have called upon me us Com : liiander-in-Chief for the assistance of j the Militia to preserve the peace ami avert riot and bloodshed in the State. In each and every case the volunteer troops have responded to niy orders with alaeitv and enthusiasm, and in every instance, by their promptness and coolness, law and order were enforced without loss of life or properly. In the recent threatened riot at Georgetown, caused by the killing of an officer iu the discharge ol his duty, by a negro, it is at tested by Morgan qud the best citizens of that city that but for the timely presence of the volunteer troops the civil authorities would have been over whelmed, and the city reduced to. riot and bloodshed, and probably destruc tion of property. ( I do not hesitate in advising the; Gen eral Assembly to provide as liberally as our means will allow for the maituc tiAnce and advancement of the militi^ feelir\g, as I do, that every dollar ap propriated will be wisely and economi cally disbursed in the interest ami fcteady improvement of the service. I respectfully refer yoij to the Adjutant General's report, which covers 111 de tail the entire operations of the Adju taut General's Department for I he Inst fiscal year in a most satisfactory mxu ner. I Tilly SOUTH CAKOUNA INTJiKSTATK A Nit WKST INDIAN KX POSITION. ! By a concurrent resolution a<loptc<l j at the last session of the General As I senibly of this State the South Carolina j Interstate and West Indian Exposition was heartily endorsed, and tlic ad j vanccment of the great project wh* I earnestly commended mttl. urged upon ' he entire people of-our State. Eiicou raged 'by this spontaneous action, the projectors of the enterprise went to work ^ith great energy, and a chartered corporation was organized, with a proposed capital stock of ooo, of which ?amount nearly ?200,000 has already been subscribed. The Exposition has been extensively advertise'! throughout the United States, and the indications are that it will be largely patronized. It has l>een officially noticed in the recent An nual Messages aim otherwise by the , Chief Executives in several of the ' States of the/Union, and it is hoped 1 will receive substantial encouragement 1 from those States. A bill appropriating ?250,000 for a government exhibit at i the Exposition is now pending in the Congress of the United States, and has passed the Senate. Not only yjll the industries and re sources of our own and neigoring States be brought to public notice, but those of th? west Indies as well. It Is intended especially to afford to the agri cultural ana manufacturing Interests 0/ Our State s? opportunity such aa. has never before been enjoyed, or publish to the world their extent, value and rittr/wn and fifty log to the world their extent, 1 TmpoH&ittr-A vtrtr ettglMe bradag some one hundred t aster, so the slivrca of Ashley River, in the city of Charleston, haa been secured, ST.'.TK HO \KI< Ol'' H HM 1 H The 11*|u*11 of the S'.iilv Hoaul ol Health w hioli will be s?ul*n?itt<.*?l lo >oui thoughtful attention. 11 eonl;iins mii; ? J^iSllO|<? A'liirli should leoeive. lU'tinH Oil yMUl 1'SU ! CON* I.I I OK. I have thus t m'oavoieil to tevioN* | bnrfiv the ditt?*rt*nt dep;Olm?Mits of ihu Si tie >?(>'. tMiniCnt. and to inaUe such su^i ifioiis as lmio v'l'u-il to jno to be , piupn u;ol-?lwuiamlu?K noui ?utcuUon. ? in expediting the huMtie?s that shall Vomc lit line yon 1 :tin leiuly to jjivo yon such assistance ami co operation as m in he in ii\ potvei I trust in youi so* si051 in??y !' pl^nsa " t niiil hai inonious oik , aim that in wuif dehhe'rtlioiif; you in in be ^ui?k'?l 1?v an earnest anil sin oi ie de<iie to ilo ilui'i' thin>;? nnIiu'Ii ivdoiiiiil to tin* ailvaiu eaient ami h i; ">ii.i ? s uf tlie people \n hoiu >oi have the honor loiriiirwnt. .M P.. Mv SW 1 ? 1' S I \ . I '.OVl'l IIOI vi! i s Ami ui;i.mi n r. Mia. ticoi^i I toy i it'll. i'i l\\ans\ilh'. TiMiahii liiM >1 liWTlhnorlfft mor1 rhrt * -? *.?? *'? ?*4 l.i en in.ii . l"il All her I a It in is ? :? if dial Mllil ih'ihili'^ :?! i Will IllilVi'V ?t.aiii H the i !?;!.( hi;..I ui' a an io.n...-i nlo..y.. Mi H Nihn i i) f i.l' '.!:?? pre: In I wo' 'i a ii \i n\'1i ill She i i >?' vi .ok t I ! Mil nvouI 1 e.i i'v p:i .- f v i!t" Mis liovilt.i s." isht s Hi |;..v umh-r *<h?' li". mi, ri Mis W'rttl She lit i.e " i el" eighth li> si).it).I. f r _a mo iili i";o >I' ' v* a ? iliwiriil fro n t V i' loan nvIo .ii U|? i'i into the ii I n l*i i a. nluhl and ciiiii il his I li . .Vr . IV y i n' > i .i : i"1 wa.s l'o) !> <*.??: 1 i ::: ii n and It1 n, s bun of j't;o.| p.ii . nl * ill \Yr. ii'U >o.nIv. 1!; - * 'I ail i A: l.t-I ii s'u' ivoiihl 1.0 .rry 1,4 iIn Mi.j. I'nytl'U sai'l I don't >? ?" liny 11> 'i-an why I should i <? I if i f I ij.-,l.l kin iiia in:iu i a -;< n'(?iir ? ?'':n younf! niul no. 1?:<.1 h;okitiK. anil ? lit no I v.diiltl m.iki' a I', o! \v.f?' to a irm wn 'I'l h< nf lia.vn my way. 'I hi* mrai t.ii.ilili* wiili iin! avi'ta^? lii.wial.il I' : 5;. I? lit m'.I I > l> 111. NNi^i'o j tiling, auii to UiH f ol-j? ' W | ( dl. Wi l li (' llty?'.-?. n\Iio lias just i - J luiiu:! lio::i Cii in. sty.-: I'!a: h .1 ?- j pari hc ol.lin :? liM|'> lnno'ii. with wl'l Ii lie liraslir lii> <oalii,m'. I TIkv tliffri-t'tl wry fj. ?:?' In fio'ii iN-a* tin* A ;ni'. if.i n soMiii- \\"f liatl whai llic ;'ii|>l:iiii llioil^lil nv.im i I.l'M ail'l Nvlia* ilit* ciniii'lt'i'inasli'i" li.nl in ^ll>^^?. "I hi'.V hail NViiai Hit' K'^nlallous <h in :i li?11 '<) > I" 11?vv ii i'i* ions iii II: r huitiiH' .-i iiiul ha vi' cv iy I hi iii', I liiil hi rt'tji'lr'-.! "Phi' J'tp*iri'.n' -ohll?MS on thlK uiii i ii illn-tiiiinl what ihf niti ii i-; ihiit s I t'hlml |hi:i. In Ihf .- i x 11 * > I hi' 10 n pi;.or il ?< nl il lor \Vi sl"- n ?? in i!i/,:i iini and Nvt-nf in i ooht tin what wr.i tin hi h!. Tlit-v wt'iu in (i i*iii*isiy lo ?!,?? . military ?!is<- plini*. to Kn^lai d foi tholr navy- and they have now a p.u I {.'one and then lo Aim* iri f Iini# j public si'lmol pys'fin. it is ritlVn' a ki-ohl:>lco:ieil |iri)ji(.sit in:., hul IIm'.v ar<* ^lV?'.v I'istini: ahoui for lheir ifUnion, lyhV'iY V'o <" Nvl at li is nvi* hIi ;" ha n ?> ? hr |;erf" l op-?' 'I hey ar?> Kalher ii.g (hi* hi-*I float iI?h hi?l?? world a <?1 air ilia hi iii: Ummii rlvr* ill Ida! ua t ion." The truth ol tin- falloNNinn an ? 'ot' whieh had lis orlnin through I'm' Nvell* mi lint zcnl <i'-il:c rrn I'nta'i hn ha I hi'pu huntiii}: up tho i\rord> of ihe (tnhrilKDU family, of nn n i h Ml Ken dtl is so brilliant a in< uhrr. ir. vonrh cd, 'i Ids Ki'iilIi'iiu.n in his n'<"arrh a j had ilivrove"' d Ilia? hi- f,-.u!d Ir.K'" lie' Hob *i t.-on i!i-.s: thror^h 111" fi inal lino, from f'harhs II Imanlninj: '.hit ihe IfiioNVled};i- ol a ro> I aure tiy Nvouhl he Ri'atifviiiK Inform lion, hn ronvt\ved hi' Hippo i'tl tli t'overy by letter to oiio of l In- iddcr rrproiit'.H i iIm-k of the fH-nily. >his kOo:1 Inly, Instaed of iippn .dj^flny tlj< honor, r'* plied in the follo/1nj#> VhiirnrtiTlat'c manner: "Sir: I Iihvp novrr hcTeiV" hranl the f ?et you h ive romuii'iih aled to ir.' Thf Itoherl-oi:8 have none jJirtHT^Tfniany vh'!s?limh'S i^f rank and fuilune. but they have always br?"ii i eone'ileied ro-:peolab!e. I have 110 de sire lo hear the parti ularg of your discovery." The following curious notice relating to a divorce proceeling i< published in nn Ohio paper: "I. the undersigned, liia ingrain, cf my own /rie? will, fully cognlxint of what T am t!oing. do mo? I Holemnly near, aw I hop* jo meet my CiOd, I haf I ill do flies" tilings to w;f: S*ll off all tl.e things in the hou-e at \'o. i:57 Depot street, with th<- exemp tion of enough to furnish one room, all pict ures .and a few f.'iwe.v di.-hea i ml sil verware and a few sfnivenir', and nev er keep another hoarder an long as I live. I aIpo agree* to live h pure and ??haste life .forever., DUpense ith Mr. Hpxley's service forever, will tear 11 p the petition, file, a new one charging non-supports Incompatibility and cru elty. Thin Is a copy of my new peti tion. never to he altered. As 1 hope to meet my (<od. Ida ?D. Ingram. ftwo.n to before me, a notary public,- in and for Columbiana county. N. Y. Ho-* ell." How shall the ne% Vandcrbllt baby be christened is one of the absorbing HO.dety questions of the' hour. The mother being a Roman Catholic, devot ed to her church, the prcmmptlon is that she will linve the Infant heir to ho many of the Fair and Vanderbllt millions taken to the Cathedral of St. Patrick and there purified from the original *ln stain by Archbfshop Cor rlgnn. If this programme be carried out it will mark the,advent of the flr*t Vanderbllt Jnto theVOf^raan Catholic chnrch. In Itaelf (he went la not im | portant, hut then there are a great i rwtny that think -It la. The report that Senator Proctor, of the Vermont Jfartle Com pan*; tITIF< eared control Of the famoqtf Carrara quarrfo in Italy at a coat of $IO,IM,OM thML^lTifk tjit Vermont Marble Cow control of a laiv> pro S. C. UGlSliTURIi' Opcuux' uf Ilio Session an J Kcciion (it (tliic.r,s. MiW S0V1KNOHS lYALGlRAI'L;'. I 4 \ Nuinh i o lti1 ?>."** I lave Now Cliivi Hajjistralos \ I earful I iro Il??i i <?r \i An As\ luiu. ('ol UlilbJa. S C . spf I.I I | ll" I. . or ,kM)i!( i) i in i! i' Tuesday ?i noon. >'< ti 11? >t .11*t? ' tiheppatd (it l\di;efie!d. < n'Mii-i' <????. ?>r ih? state. w i.~ . it m .i. i. ..f !hr ov-nat". <ion It' it 11. ii'-liili, Hell;. W II >!i?\\ i: t. i e uim ; . !? n.. /I ltd IV /? \ S 1 / i llllllcl s.i II ? }?.>;>* till III I la I Ion r? #t l?r. w ? ?re i If i i.i : 1t ???**??; i.?r tne j-tii aVv'im!ip. "*\ ' v ' jsirfv. .<(>11. <>( ('ll >.l ?' l lie; 11 IV l li !l 11! j; i \ t I !. i< Other (WO IMI til's I 1'Hlliit. lie IV ( ! \ i I 71 (Mil < i f 111 \ lit I'S. Ml J%|t 0'M::nll i.-; ?t n.lf'ri c* ;? (ati m llh\ \ (' )!? wan recent ly elected moderator ol the f?iesbyterian Synod of tin: Stat'- :? distlnmtl lied honor i"(ii ,i lav in.mi. II.' I;\ ?? I ei t \v'i?-i " i'i u ii' Icil ail incorrupt able and brainy inai. 'I lou C I lame . of Marlboro, war- re etc.de.I . It ; li over CtJeii i Waller Cray i hr n- - hi;: clerk eb( fr l is Mr .iiio S W l e: . of Chester Mr I I.. Wil:-'on r. l.-n i n*ter. it t he .HM'KC lill al nil'.' Mr. Altamoist .Mn.-cs. of Suimtpt, f?*r nirr tfrna'm as: I ih?v\' IU?\iir.ialive. whs 11' 0 ill ? | I iv. i*? I a . or In t ti e I!.. oi' 'i of Oft ice ill the 1.1 v, Ill'.tll . Me VV.'.S the temporary i).a':iiii;ili oi' the Moose ,'Hid provided al the .;v\i:.uil?4 in of 1 lie ot lier n:Mnl e> s. I lie oi gauizut ion of (lie llo'iso war, not c()n;jileie, anil the movci nor'.s m< sat;*' was rot lead, hut in I )i?* nate tlio m^ssa^e was Riven to (In* publi \ Senator Mai d;all. (>,' ( oh'.nibi i, in troduced a I.ill limiting i> a ini??<!?* nioanoi for h lutton mill to i injiloy (liildKM under IL' ycam of ay,c. mm;; i Carolina is the f( ? olid **' St ;te in l!ie I I'llion ill Use 111 Miller 4 ? r s;i,l)dle, i (>|iMat<M|, Uiori lore hiuIi a law is tiu-.-i a ] *ary. Seiuror Uarnw-dl. of r.harbv fon, in! lodiieed a bill to p.a. id'.' lot .i Htate exllildl al llie Cli':M |e-:o i lOx j |,o-.lt ion. en11 yitiK mi a. o.u I it1 hi ?>i I ?."i().onn. < love mors I nation: irnt otl. TalinhaK;-Kla.. Spc.'ial - Win. i>. : .IcniiiiU'.s was iaau^ttrat. d (.'im r;;or iif j Florida Tuesday ;? fJei ii.ioa, < n,i?f .Iur | the Taylor aduiMlist'i'ii!); tin* Oatl. o" ' office, (lovcnn)r ? Jciuhukk' imch^ik ? ! favored f. ? c .v aoals, f/iva s' I'ooi I books, uniform x\?:."foments and 'ow j rato.>. Thn iiiauKaratinn war. ti e n?. (U.sioii of coiu idei able dis; I'v ;.n I t b city vvtis crovviH'd. Denver. Col.. Kjif'ial.? I ion. .laao s j It Ormai: vv.ih inaugurated r^Covcr I nor of Colorado with only t?;e tiiu ' plcst cercuioiiie/. IIIk i.;. :< (..? \. ! vocatcd inlieritau-<? and r.io:..e tav s j and other fluanVial hgii !al!oa. i Pierre, S. I).. S;?i s'ltil.- 'oi\ ?; no. : 11*? ri led vi io inac^urated *i'u? :?1 y :? f i tarnoon. HIh inau^'iral a?' I;? . il w?;1 ? ? on the danger of exc?:K-ive Ic/islwtlon. Columbia, S. Special. Cover ior ! M. It. McSwr eaey was iisatigi'! aN-d j fJovernor Tuesday far th'1 mtoih! time. ? The ceremonhs were simple. More Kidnappers. Montgomery. Ala.. Sp'? !al.- Fi/oni Union KprinAla., It |Jf l".un<d flint N. H. Fruzei. I ix collector of Hullo:*!) '?onnty, linn rc?cived a letter dated .Memphis, from x111*: 1 claiming they li;>?l kidnapped K raster's lS-y?varlo]d poii Bass, in Atlanta and damHiding $?">.- i OIK) rniiEom. The I ett?*r con?nined , young Krazer'fi signature i'f. proof of their claim. Frazer was a .student in tho Te<hnologieaI School at Atlanta, and It Is learned litis not been seen there in several daya. The Kidnappers j asserted they were on the r wa^ ;<? , Kansas City, whence further negoii.i- j tloius would be conducted. $1,000,000 C'nlm I til I Reported. Washington. I>. C.. Spoelal.?Tho . House committe:; 011 wnr claims re ported favorably an omnibus cla'm 1 enil>odying the (hidings .of the Court, of Claims undo.* tho Bowman and , Tucker acta. The el jJm* ogg ogato' $1,000,000. Tho commlttco a I* > heard ? members of-the South Carolina del-f?a- 1 tion upon the Senate hill ment of tho account between th|? 1 United SLatea and the Stale c.f Sp'Ji!) | Carolina, growing out of tho war >.l ! ltf<2 and the Florida war. The brxlatl o | due South Ca-ollno, figuting int rot.jlu ' elalnved ffr be / Oermnis Kill 400 Clt n.'ij. I Fck-la, By C ble.-^Count Von H *!>>?*, ' k nephew of C'o.ntjV; n Wal e.-sce, io.le 70 mile* bringing the ncwa of a. bat la Totweon the Chtne-e and ? (Je. nan troops to the northwcut of I'okin. Th.ce companies of Infantry and one trcop of Uhlans m<* 2,000 Chinese. An en-, gagement ensued, In Wfcleh 200 Cblne-e were killed and-200 wounds J. Tfcr ? German tioldiero wore killed and one officer and several men were wound:a The remainder of th* Chinese fled. www LPwiagTHSErinBWrw: ? Brief flratfloB. ' eelefcmioM were ^ *** PROMINENT PtOPLF. T'v I Mike ami I>m hcss of York \viI! vKil t'auaila in I Out. Kit i ll.ii tr will i?rt>l?ilily return to \11it*i ii <i some (nne this year, but only I'or n visit I lilt! s Sin ii li. Mayor of Maeoil,?(?*.. mailt* hh rn-Ht MH-iti-j pe-MtlCtft pttporrt ? it I Ik- street*. 1 1 ?iiu . ol \\ alt a ha* tliM'ttl^t) defer i'liiltlnm hi-? new lilting yacht until nc\l m-ji.mui. t'fiint v..ii llUinitiitli.il. Chief of Si.ill of fit.- t.'eiman Army, mid the olilt'M I leltl Ala is lint in tin* lit't'v ice, !* ?lo:ttl. Kir ( li.'trli'M \Viuivii. of Spion Kop iii'l?>i irlj. ha* heen appoiul.cd to tli?i Ci Mil IIMII ill l>t lilt IlllliNh t'olt'CS Ml ('"iiatln. ?Italic heeincr li:is ?!?*<-!Hit'tl In leave (In* I own Snprt nit1 < *< >u i ( hench to iit i t pl i In' ('ham t lltti .ship of Uio Iowa Slate tiiiversHy, Tito King of Saxouv is one t>f ttio i approachable ?? I Kuropcan sov rrcitrtw. Ait nmltenre "with hint tiny be .hiltl Ml iiIiik'sI any time. Captain Mrtyins has Iktu ill PullM for tlu? I:i>I few week* hut ,lte goiH c'H \ciy liitlo and wees no one. lit' will prot?ably wtny there .sonic time. I'dnioiiil littHi jiiui, (lit* famous I- r lu ll novelist, owes lii.s poet' health l.ir.U'fl.V I 1 hit llllltl V:otk. Ho lilts lllllt' loi littIt* else iiihI is writing or re \ i-iii;; in al ly all the day utul far into tin* nlulit. Jane. I iol> t'jiit w, who was present at llu1 famous 1>at! which was given h,T ?h< hit hess of ttichniond at Hnv >-cls. cii (he eve of Waterloo. is sttll living, all luMiv.li more than a Irundrcl years ohl. 1'. T. Mullen. the author of sen talc*, i mi away t'roin Iiouh* and wont to sen am a eahin hoy at thirteen, ami re. maim <I at sea until Kipling saw a talc which he ha<l written to amuse him self ami atlvisctl hitji to go at uucu into literature. u t:i ni \ i.i i i i;i ? r< ?j{ Til K .ioh. lie l.ami it is ;? :;reat pity that women are not risible as incut ill* lutf co! |cc t tit's, Witt W l.y V 11 us hit ii 11 St) many of tliein arc ad^ mirahiv (pi"l'tietl.? l liiiletit I-ifc.' jL SA i?-i Double Daily Service (ViM-ii New oik, Tampi,Atlanta, New ^ ? i lo i:s Hrd foinlstonlliaiid West. in ki i'l-.cr nomcuooo. - Mn;TII\V,\i;i>. I hilly Dully No. 31 No. 27 I \ ' ' 'v /!;, I'. li.li. I 0'? I'tn 12 15 itm I.V. )'? 11:;i i. lpi.in, '? y lo pin 7 20 tun x Lv. 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