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VOL. XXVII. BARNWELL, S. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1904. - vF - NO 19 PASSED AT LAST. Mtntora of Um Hoom Vote for tho - PoMionf Bill. It IB VOW 0? TO tax P10PLX To a hypnotist. The main point was that there is no debaand for such leg islation and there Is no use to make the change.'. Hr. Maglll made a long and forcible speech for annual sessions. Mr. Qilck, of Marlboro, made a red- hot speech in the line dt trusting the people on this measure. He favored the bill vigorously and thought bien nial sessions meant economy in what ever way it is figure:!? His people favored the change. The House called the previous ques tion. The question was whether the fliiht The House of SeDate resolution should be passed or ths. gn-ttm to its Bey Whether they Went the Leniilatu** to Meet Every Year or Every Two . ~- Years. After a bard mi T Represen tail vi:8 passed the biennial sessions bill on Tuesday, Jan. 20. The bill passed the Senate at the last ses- sipn and is almost certain to become law. If it does It means that the people of South Carolina will be called upon to vote on this question in the next general e ecttbn, and if a majori ty of the vot -s cast are in fa vox-of biennial sessi ns, the loglsjature,. Bill will meet ever y second year after twltt The fight i n the biennial sessions bill has come up every year since the session of 18Dt>. There have beCn in timations that in the past the bill was advocated for "home consump tion,” and tb-it the members of the house knew that in passing the Mil they would i dy upon the senate to kill it. But tie action Tuesday was brought abpul by conditions that bad to be faced sq rarely. The senate bad passed the bil. last year, and the house —after its rei-eated kicks on account of the lack of support on the part of the senate on bills which "before had been killed—was called upon to de clare itself in favor of the measure without any strings tied to it. The number of votes required was 83, and the bill received 87. Mr. Moses, of Sumter, opposed the biennial session constitutional amend ment. The people do not attend the general elections and they do not take any interest or care about con stitutional amendments. The Legis lature of South Carolina is one of the cheapest. Long terms lead to careless ness and possibly extravagance. He thought it a good idea to bring the people together. The people have a perfect right tb„ have their* laws changed when they involve hardship. The people do not demand tills leg islation. He wanted the people to vote often ofi their candidates. Dr. Black said he would favor the bill on the line of economy. Every two years was enough. Mr. beamguard wanted to put the whole issue squarely up to the people. It is in the line of economy and bis people want such legislation. * He proposed to favor the bill before his people. • v ' Mr. Richards Insisted that bis peo ple knew what was going on ar d were fully posted on public isauet.. His people wanted sucln hill. Mr., Efird* insisted that be has favored this resolution for seven years and the resolution has passed the House. All that ought to be done is AS HE SEES IT. The Brooklyn lagle on Political Conditions in Booth Carolina. WB ABB ALL BOW AT ?SACB to p^ss the Senate resolution and then take \up the matter of tenure later. All that, is asked is to let this whole matter go to tlie people Mr. Dorroh urged that it was a routine bill. The only argument is that the people want this law. This is a legislative body and ought to con sider this measure on Its merits. He was an ecooonl&t. He regarded the Legislature as a necessity—as much aa the grand jury. As to too much legislation, If we need it we matt byre it. There must be a great deal of legislation to keep up wHjtt the rapidly changing conditions in this State. He thought there was danger in leaving too much power to the Governor. He believed it better to pay members a fixed salafy and an Unlimited session. South Carolina Is one oi the few States that has annual sessions and H has Jess statute, law than most States. 'There has been a steady growt of crime, and it is as sensible to argue in favor of one ses sion of the grtiod jury. The Legisla ture meets jl piovida: for changed conditions. i-T f- k Mr.. Haskc 1 urged that ..biennial sessions woul 1 lead to hasty legtsla- tion. Ooodlt 3&S hav*. not changed since 1895, an 1 the proof ought to be offered to sbo v that there is a necessi ty for changii g the Sessions. Georgia changed bad to the annual sessions and called ext ‘a sessions pearly every - year. The legislature may easily save more tin a the cqst of a session. In Alabama, wheal the corporative power* is supreme, that power secure^ quadrennial —,. T — Corporations infrequent seasons. Mr. &. S. Whaley said there was no campaigning in bis county. Be previously opposed this bill. In thii four out of^rty-four States there ate bienniafsessions. In Texas they have quadrennial sessions and in five States they have annual seealons. Ho had letters from forty-four States and was now oonvlnced that the demand was for biennial sesssons. He was of the opinion that the majority of the peo ple were for biennial sessions. This bill would not take effect, until 1907. Mr. T. H. Ralnsford was oonvlnced that the people want biennial seesioos. There was no use to argue that bien nial seesioos would not save much money. Mr. Lida, of Orangeburg, heartily and thoroughly Id favor the State advandug Itself ami gong to biennial sessions. There is no necessity for annual sessions and snob matters as are needed can be acted upon for two years, overfer two years as well as for one HH—ZZL - a little. Mr. Holman favored annual ses- of the Legtaltme. Maglll insisted that the people reading the House first killed the House substitute bill, and then took a direct vote on the proposition whether the joint resolution should be ordered tofts third reading or not, and on tbia an yea and nay vote was necessary, which resulted: Yeas—Speaker Sm^th, Aull, Bailey, Banks, Barron, Bates, Beamguard, Hehnett, Black, Bomar, Brown,' Bunch, Oallison, Carwlle, Coggeshall, Col cock, Culler, Davis, Dennis, De- Vore, Doar, Doyle, Edwards, Eflrd, Ford, Fox, Gaston, Gause, Gloves, Haile, Itarrellson, Hendrix, D. O. Herbert, J. E. Herbert, Hill, Hum phrey, James, Jarnegan, Johnson, Kibler, King, Kirby, L&nbam, Leve- rett, L!de, Lofton, Logan, McCain, McColi, Mace, Mabaffey, Mauldin, Middleton, Mims, Morgan, Moss. Nichols, Parnell, Patterson, Pearman, l%urifoy, Pollock, Quick, Ralnsford, Rankin, Ready, Richards, Richard son, Russell; * Sarratt, Sinkler, Jere miah Smith, Vf. C. Smith, Stackhouse, StfOhg, • Stuckey, Tatum, Towfll, Traylor, Tribble, Walker, Whaley, Wlngardj Wingc, Wise, Wright, You- tnans. Nays—Ay cock," Bass, Clifton, C ioper. DeBtUhl, DcsChamps, Don- oald, /Dorroh, Fraser,-Haskell, Hin- non, Holman, Irby, Kelley, Lancas ter, Lesesne, Magill, Moses, Potts, Vatt, Rawlinsjn, Seabrook, Thomas, Toole, Wade, Wall, Webb, Williams. It is to be noted that Rlcblfind, Sumter. Aiken, Spartanburg and Clarendon furnished most of the votes agajast biennial sessions. The bill failed to pass third read- ng Wednesday morning when it was first called up, but the matter was reconsidered and on the second vote the bill received the two-thirds ma- ority required by the constitution. WheC the vote was first,taken there were 79 in favor of giving the bill its Uhird reading and 27 oppamfiv Coggeshall quickly changed his vote 13 the minority as he wanted to be in position to move a reconsideration. Tnti was done before the vote was announced, and the vote as recorded was 78*to 28. There were 18 abseh- ties^ > When the friends of the bill saw tsat It bad not received lbe>>83 votes necessary to its passage they immedi ately moved for a reconsideration tbrougthMr. Coggeshall. The point of order was raised by Mr. Thomas that motion to reconsider is not in order as the bin had failed and that is the end ofito The point of order was overruled, but Mr. Moses male the further point of order that It would require a two- thirds vote to reconsider. This, too, was overruled andtfte house recon- sideredits action whereby it failed to give the bill third reading and to or der It enrotted- as an act for- ratifica tion. Mr. Pollock then moved to adjourn the debate for 1? minutes, which was agreed to and in that time the friends of the bill went out into the commit tee rooms aud lobbies and brought In several jnembers who voted for the bill when it came up again at the ex piration of 15 minutes. The final result was yeas 83 nays 29. Thus the bill passed and now is awaiting signa ture before beaming a law. The lot will bear tbe q^me of Senator Warren. Those who voted in favOr of the bill were Hon. M. L, Smith, speaker, Four Leaden Named Who It le Claimed Hae Gotten the Sect Iona Together In Harmony. — — The following article was published in the Brooklyn Eagle. It was written by Mr. N. O. Terming, a staff correspondent from Columbia. It is an interesting review, but where he gets his facts from we do not know. The trial of 22 negroes who, with W, R. Watts, a white man, were ar rested Sunday morning between 2 and 3 o’clock in the midst of an alleged all-night gambling session, In Watts’ place on upper Main street? came off Tuesday morning on schedule time and with considerable eclat. W. R. Watts, charged with keeping a gambling house, asked for a continu al anoe of tbe case against him. It was 777 not made quite dear whether tbe con tinuance was wanted on the ground that it would be distasteful to his more refined sensibilities to be tried In connection with the 22 negroes who had been making themselves at home in his place all night, or because be desired additional counsel, as he had Read what he says? i . Evideooss are not lacking that thel ooiy 0 ne attorney aft the morning ses- of Democratic feuds of a half century, which have estranged the people of the eastern district of tills state from those of the up-country, are nearing an end. Significant as this Is, it is ess important in its bearing on the results of elections than it is on the social, commercial and Industrial wel- are of the people, for South Carol Iba is invariably Democratic, -despite its sectional and class ^differences of opln- , ■ -- ■■■ik 1 ' . It is largely due to tbe influence of lour men, two of them life-long con troversialists and two of them peace makers of a younget school, that this condition is approaching. They are benator Benjamin R. Tillman, Gover- of D: C. Heyward, 7: C. Hemphill, editor of ther: Charleston News and Courier, and Mayor R. G. Rhett, of Charleston, Th*y are men of strong individuality, differing in the view points from which they regard politi cal affairs, but possessing in equal de grees the equalities of state pride and party loyalty. This year these im portant South Carolina Democrats, who have hitherto represented Bryan- sm on the one side.Clevelandlsm on the other, and the idea of a compromise of Democratic factions between,' will be in unison in all the essentials of Democratic polic/. They will favor such action at St. Louis as will restore the integrity of national party lines, the adoption of a platform of live principles as distln- i fuished from experimental theories, and the nomination of candidates for president and view-president who will appeal to the conservative business men of the country. Nothing but tlie overwhelming con trol of the national convention by rad- calism could this year swing Senator THIman to Bryan or to any Bryan can didate, according to his close friends here. He was a free silver Democrat 1896 and 1900, but tie does not re gard the old issu j of importance now, except as it may become an Instrument of damage to Democratlc-prospectsat the polls. Nothing could induce Senator Till man, according to these same home corps stepped to Yhe door of the log and Messrs. Aull, Bailey, Banks, Bar- rou,' Bates, Beamguard, Bennett, Black, Bomar, Browo, Bunch, Calli- sioo, Carwlle, Coggeshall, Oojpock, Culler, Davis, Dennis DeVore, Doar DowHng, Doyle, Edwards, Eflrd, Ford, Fox, Gaston, Gause, Haihs, Harrell- son, Hendrix, D. O. Herbert, J. E. Herbert, Hill, Humpbery, James, Jarnegan, Kibler, King, Laney, Lan- bam, Leverett, Llde, Lofton, Logan, McColi, Mace, Mauldin, ; Middle- ton, Mims, Morgan, Moss, Nichols, Parnell, Patterson, Pearman, Peurlfoy, PpHbck, Quick, Ralnsford, .Ranking Ready, Richards, Richard son, Russell, Sinkler, Jeremiah Smith W. C. Smith, Stackhouse, Strong Stuckey, Tatum, 'Towill,' Traylor Tribble, Walker, Whaley, Wingard Wtngo, Wise, Wright, Youmans—83 Those who voted in Vbe negative are: Messrs. Ay cock, Bass, Brooks Clifton, Cooper, DeBruhl, Descbamps Dounald, Fraser, Haskell, Hinton Holman; -Irby, Kelley, Lancaster Lesesne, Magili, Potts, Pyatt, Raw linson, Sarratt, Tool, Wade, Wall Webb, Williams—26. Those who added to the affirmative oo the second ballot were Messrs. Coggeshall, Parnell, Richards, Tribble, and Whaley, who were not voting on tbe first ballot *. Caused by Bllsaard. According to tbe officials of the Burlington road, tbe collision of local passenger train and tbe Denver express Tuesday night at Dardeeoe A bill coold go erssk, 38 miles north of St Louis in . wsll as tor one which four were killed and ten in- Tbe people would get along by jured, was til* result of the terrific bUssard weather and oo blame rc oo the crew. The blinding snowstorm made It impossible for tbe engineer of tbe toeal^traln to ass tbe danger slg- to stop from crashing into train, which had stopped A BIO HAUL. Twenty-Three Gamblers Up Before tbe Recorder In Columbia. sion and two at the afternoon session. He presented no witness. When the case was called a platoon of 22 coons “fell In” in irregular double formation without regard to height, size, color or previous condi tion. They were all there—the short chunky specimen adorned with a red sweater silhouetted against tbe tall, slim sport; the big, heavy fellow and the little thin-voiced negro whose whisper rattled the tin oh the roof; tbe leery-eyed individual who was crazy to take the recorder into bis confidence, and the melancholy mem ber “who had just arrived when the police busted in.” When the recorder opened .the game every player, while seemingly intense ly interested, hesitated before playing the pikers, contrary to custom, start ed in just to see how luck was runr in’ and were early joined by bettors on the side, the lookers-on soon queened the game and Recorder Stanley called for a cew deal, which so rattled ibe entire bunch that they “shoved in" their ‘‘‘stacks” and took the con se quences—which was a forfeit of 17 or 15 days for the ‘.‘plungers” and 110 or 30 days for the “lookers on The case against Watts was trans ferred to the magisterial side of the court, and Recorder Stanley, ‘having jurisdiction in both, Watte-gave a preliminary hearing Tuesday affaf- noon and bound him over to app<)&r at the April term of court. -Columnia State. '■ Just Had Some. General Gordon salt) that, on one occasion during the Otvil War, nbreatenec attack of Fedei&l troops brought tr gether a number of Conf it erate office rs from several a unman is. After a conference as to the proper dlspositioc of troops*for resisting the expected assault, the Southern officers withdrew nto a small log 1 ut stand ing near, f nd united In prayer to Al mighty G>d for His guidunoe. As they assembled* one of the generals was riding within' hailing distance, and General Harry Heth of giU’s FREE SCHOLARSHIPS At Clemsoa College It Provided for by the Legislature. PASSED AFTER A LOBO DEBATE Tbe Bill Provides for as Many Sehol- areblpe In Each County m There Are Member# in the Houae. jAftei a long debate In the House on Wednesday.Mr. D. O. Herbert’s bill to provide for scholarships- at Clemson college passed second reading. Mr. Cooper, in a strong argument! agdRist... paternalistic features of the*Dill, declared that the State should foster its public schools and should maintain its State college*, but it ought to stop there. The prac tical effect is that these scholarships will go to those who have had the advantage. If Clemson has more money than it- needs, the revenue should be reduced or tl»ere should be some other disposition of the funds. He is opposed to all free scholarships at the hands of the State. - . Mr. Logan favored the bill. He proposed an amendment, but he op posed giving preference to those who will take the agricultural course. The ambitious son of a 'farmer should not be confined to a particular course but should be given wide latitude. The history of all agricultural collegia hi iftat foe youngs men db not wwn to take the course. The wish of "Mr. Clemson was that this should be a mechanical as well as an agricultural college. Mr. Mauldin opposed the hill. It, will fall short in its appMcation. Many young men have been educated at the citadel whose parents are am ply able to provide for them. He submitted the proposition that a man can support a l$y at Clemson to cheaply as he can at home. He thinks the legislature had better keep its hands off. - . Mr. Bomar thought tijat the re marks which he had heard seemed to be good politics but not much busi ness. He- suggested the need of a journal Into ^hich the speeches could be put for home consumption by those on Uie speaker's desk, and the house FISH ANT) GAME TjAW decided that as It was 2 o’clock further « A JOB UA JT # action had better be deferred until evening. At the qlght session the Clemson college scholarship bill was hammered upon again. The “previous question” had been ordered and there waa no discussion, but on the speaker’s desk were no less than two score proposed amendments. These were taken up In order and were rejected with great regularity. The most important amendments submitted came from Mr. Jeremiah Smith who wanted to confine the scholarships to farmers and sons of farmers. These amendments were overwhelmingly defeated. Mr. Sarratt wanted to exempt all students at Clemson to have free tu- tion. Tills too was voted down. - ^ Mr. Webb’s amendment to make the course received Instead of confin ing scholarship students to agricul tural course waa adopted by a vote of 58 to 49. - -- Mr. Eflrd moved to continue the bill. This was lost by a vote of 67 to 48. The house voted down Mr. Dorroh’s amendment to require the recipients of the scholarships to enter into bond to repay the college the amount pf the scholarships. —- ‘ r The bill then passed second reading by a vote of 82 to 26 and the house then adjourned. _ Vjo.. , .. friends, to supjfcrt ex-President Cleve- eabin and called to film to come and and for the presidential nomination. The statements made here on that lend are very positive. President Cleveland and he were at odds over )atranage in the last Cleveland admln- stration. Cleveland influences manifest them selves most conspicuously in the prin cipal towns of South Carolina—Char- eston, Columbia, Spartanburg and Greenville—where the idea of a com mercial Democracy in the South, foe- tered by President McKinley and sup- >6flM1)y Mr. Mctararin while he was n the United States’ senate, was en tertained for awhile. Whith thrre tirement of Senator McLaurin the ast semblance of organization of the Commercial Democrats disappeared. It waa made up exclusively of Cleve land Democrats In the beginning, and t did not attract during its life any of the uncomprom sing regulars of the state Democracy. The Cleveland Democrats have not however, clianged their.opinions of Mr. Cleveland. They regard him as the best man who could be nominated. 'Tiey are inactive be cause they believe that his latter to the editor of the Eagle cannot be dis regarded in justice to him. Chief Judge Parker’s admirers here say that he more nearly represents the doubtful Nor.hem states than any other man. Tire Democratic farmers of South Carolina are regulars of the old war-time sc'tool who look upon Mr. Cleveland's reparation from the Democracy in 1896 as a bar to his eligibility. What they believe, th4y oonsider to be the belief of Democratic farmers in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Indiana. On these promises they reason that Mr. Cleve land would be knifed in South Carolina, while Chief Judge Parker, who voted for Mr. Bryan in 1896 would be loyal ly supported. Conferences are to be held this week by Senator Till roan and his lieuten ants. with respect to the make-up of the state delegation to the nationa convention. The men who are most mentioned for delegates at large are Senators Tillman and Latimer, Gov ernor Heyward and State Chairman Jones. It Is now understood that the delegation will be uninstructed and will he made up of the state’s best known and most conservative Demo crats. It is to be remembered, how ever, that South Carolina’s anti-con vention politics is the most uncertain of the South. But for the early and general recognition of the Democratic need of reunion in the state and na tion it would be useless to speculate at all, at this Urns, oo what the state will do at 8t. Louis. It may safely be said that In any event the action which South Carolina will take the national convention will not be imitative. This state will fol low that Northern leadership whleh best suits Senator Tillman. ■i.- unite with-his fellow offleere. The mounted General did not understand the nature of General Health’s invita tion, and replied; “No, thank you, general; no more aOpresent; I’ve Just lad some!” • Private Postal Cards. The following Information knocks out,° after a certain date, a large class of advertising mail matter, and all irivate postal cards which Imitate he regulation postal cards. “The law officer of the advises that cards issued by- private peisods, bearing on the address side the words, “United States of Amer- ca,’are in ‘likeness or similitude’of the regulation United States postal cards and therefore In violation of tbe aw and unmaijabie. However, in or der to give owners of such cards rea sonable time to dispose of those on land, post masters will accept them for mailing until July 1, 1904, upon the payment of the postage at the proper rate. On and after July, 1, 1904, such cards will be treated as who are always talking of the "poor farmer.” The trustees want to-be-iet-f-Srhich 9 resulted fatally, alone in the management of the In stitution. The proposition is not a good one. ^ . ■ Mr. Herbert corrected Mr. Bomai by saying thi.t members of the board who had opposed the bill are now in favor^pf it. MrKBomai continued that if they favor in they have not recommended it in their report. The college Is more than full now. The history oi colleges which have offered scholar ships proves 'hat it is not wise. Trin ity college in North Carolina has done -r Smallpox Deatbe Increasing. The Columbia State says Dr. James Evans of Florence, secretary of the State board of health, who is here with Dr. T. Grange Simons, a mem ber of-the board from Charleston, to look after the appropriation for the board for the ensuing year, says that the number of deaths in smallpox cases in this State outside of tb* cities and towns has increased to 5 per cent, since the first of January. In 1903 the deaths were only 1 per pmt. of the reported cases, this al-g/being the situation in the north. Since January the death percentage has gone up to 13 per cent, in the north and t r5 per cent, in South Carolina. 1 Dr. Evans says that the disease is now of a more virulent type all over the country. For the year- ^ndtog-Ajirstst nof last December there were 1,922 reported cases In this State outdde of tbe cities and towns, and of this number 15 resulted fatally. In the 27 days of January there have been ) 93 oases, of It Is Bow Being Discussed by (fc» House of Reprweutsttvee. IT WOULD I* ie Claimed That a Largo Of Fish and Taken off Preperty. It Is estimated that the bill now 1 fore the house regarding the' on the coast for profit will in a few years raise toe state over 9200,000. The bill has b?en before ways and means committee of toe house and has been favorably reported with mi nor ad mend menu and it la now Off " for conal deration. - | lu title is *‘a bill to grant tbe com missioners of the sinking fund exclu sive jurisdiction for the protection Of shell fish, migratory fish, ducks and otheta game fowl in the public waters And lands of toe state. ” Aa it stands TOW a very large Industry, on the coast is hiding business on state land without cost. The principal pro visions of the bill are as follows; Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful far any person to engage In the business or practice of gathering oysters or clams or catching crabs or terrapin, shad, or sturgeon,tor killing ducks or other game fowl in or about the pub lic waters, navigable rivers or publie lands of this state, for sale within state or for shipment, or for sale without the stato without first procur ing a license therefor, to be Issued and signed by {he secretary of state and countersigned by the county" treasurer of each county in which said license is to be used and exhibited as a permit which licenses shall be good for one year only from the date it is countersigned by toe county treasurer; the license fees to be paid to the county treasurer ehtfl *4 — follows: Raiding the T re a* ary. A special dispatch from Washing ton to The State says “tb ;re appears to be real danger of tbe passage by tbe Republicans of the fervice pen- For each person gathering oys- « tors. :il0 Of For each persons leathering clams, A . JO For each person catching terra pin,’.*.' ....'10 00 For each person catching shad, For each person caching stur geon .' For each person killing ducks, 10 00 10 00 10 00 For each person killing game fowl 10 00 For each boat of one ton or less Id „ __ be uoifsffathering clams or oysters, sTon bllh a measure which makes lS*-f *"7 0aeft *Mittooal *0 '.V4 sible an annual grab from ’he treasury of upwards of 960,000,000 * The pro position is to pension 6 ery ‘ soldier who fought 00 tbe union side in the Civil war whether £e fought for a day or year, and whether he is sick oow or was ever sick or unabled. If this bill 95.00. For catching shad each boat used said shall be n figures, at 1 boat to hi used la sturgeon, 96.00, that 0B# in large ten inches ' conspicious part of such boat, by the owner or manager of such boat, and away with free scholarships although" 1* passed there will be no public build it hito plentf*nf money. These sehoHjngs bill. There is to be no river and arships would breed a race of office seekers who would say. to the 8tate, “YovTOirevBe a living.” Mr. Wingo, hailing from the-rank and file of the farming populace, stat- ed that he had acquainted his con stituents with the nature of the bill. His farmer friends do not want-it. The farmers feel that It will be the favored few who get the scholarships. In reply to a question from a member, Mr. Wingo repelled the intimation that he opposed the bill on account of for denominational to" stltutions. What South Carolina needs Is practical men. He is in fa vor'of higher education, but the great structure of education jn this State is top-heavy. He cited the case of a farmer who wrote to Mr. Wingo to favor the bill and concluded his letter by saying that he has 92,000 worth of cotton and wants to know If now is That is the kind of be benefited by harbor bill according to tbe announce ment of the cbai{man of that commit tee. Speaker Cannon Is said to favor the pension service bill and tbe presi dent is also quoted as approving it. It will be pat forward so far as tbe Republicans are concerned, openly as a good vote getter. The argument has been made that a Republican cam paign fund oould not be expended in a better way; moreover this fund will be contributed by the government.” unmallable at any rata of postage.” They Looked Alike. Many Curious blunders are constant ly oocurlng in Congress by reason of the strong resemblance, actual or fan cied, between well-known men. Major Lacey, of Iowa, continues to be mis taken for Senator Alger, of Michigan. They are about the same beigbt*«.nd wear beards of exactly the same shape and essentially the same color. Their resemblance has been noted for many years. In fact, Speaker Reed at tbe time of the investigation of Secretary Alger’s conduct at the war depart ment put his arm around the neck of Iowa’s member one day with tbe re mark: “Lacey, you look so much like Secretary lAlger that I always think, when 1 see you, that you ought to be wbite washed.” By Powder Blest. By premature explosion of a change of dynamite Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock at Shuman’s camp on tbe Sea board grade, near Powder Springs, Ga., an old-negro known as “Uncle Dick,” was blown to pieces, and Thomas Shuman, contractor in charge, was seriously Injured, as was seven other laborers. It is not thought that any of the Injured will die. Charles Shuman, a brother of the one injured, waa Inatantly killed''at tbe t two weeks ago. tthtp ob Fire, from Charleston says the steamship Manhattan, loaded >,Q00 bales of cotton and 40,000 grain on fire came Into port Wednesday morning. She left New Orleans Jan. 16 for Bremen. Fire boata areat work trying to savs toe rgo. The loss will be heavy. the time to sell, man who expects to tiie bill, not the really poor man. Mr. Toole was surprised at tiie posi tion taken by Mr. Wingo, who is a farmer. He favored the bill but op posed the proposition to require the seneficiaries to study agriculture alone. " ' ' - Mr. Richards, the author of a bill to Increase the Winthrop scholarships from 946 to i91')0' each, favored -Mr. Herbert’s bill. He wanted tb make It certain that none but the extremely poor would be benefltted and none but those who prop3se to take the agri cultural course. However, he feared that It would be uqconstitutional to give the sctiolarships to farmers’ sons alone. Mr. Jeremiah Smith favored the bill. He made a very strong speech in advocating it as a whole and par ticularly amendments which he offer ed. He wanted to give these scholar ships to sons of farmers but not to rer strict them in the course which they shbuld elect. He wanted to see the sons of fanners given advantages to become men of education in technical branches. Mr. Smith wanted to give these scholarships to farmers’ sons. Mr. D. O. Herbert thought the sar castic flings of Mr. Botnar were un worthy. He accords tbe highest mo tives to others and asks the same for himself. He read a letter from a trustee favoriog the bill. Senator Tillman himself upon the laying of toe corner stone of the agricultural hall had expressed toe hope that it would turn the trend of education to-^ ward the agricultural department. Col. R. W. Simpson, president of th% board, declares in his annual report that there Is nothing lacking to make toe course attractive. It is compul sory upon members of the freshmen class. The . trustees want to teach agriculture. This bill would carry out their purpose. There was a mass of amendments Tin Used Dree# Bntt Oi The Oolumbis State says one of the negro, porters of the Southern, who bad been suspected of transporting contraband whiskey, caught , ^ W^nj^ay nig^HBrn^Tw^t^hu not without precedent, is not exactly a common practice among offenders of this kind. The negro, Lee Boyd,4 was made to ban'd over his drees suit case to h* examined. It was possess ed of a solid tin lining within which of such each person engaged on any 1 shall first procure a license as afoew- said; and the lioenaes shall be number ed and have corresponding stubs to be retained by the county exhibits and vouchers, and county treasurer shall report mil the. fee to the secretary of etatt for the use of the oommlssionsri of the sinking fund. Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the commissioners of Ihe etakif fund to enforce the provisions of this act strictly, and to that end they shall establish such roles and regula tions as in their judgment and disere- . tion will best believe the object of this act; they In their discretion may exepend such part of the f ed from license they would bold two gollons. The case was nearly full of whiskey. Tbe negro wi arrested and Thursday morning be had the nerve to tr> to explain to the recorder. But circumstantial facts were too strong and tbe recorder fined the porter 920. Treae'ieroos Moros. A dispatch from Manila says it has just been learned that Lieut. Camp bell W. Flake of the Twenty-second infantry, was killed while trying to enter More Cotta, Mindanao, for the purpose of examining the locality. He was accompanied by Private Foy of the same regiment: Lieut. Flake was shot treacherously, the Moros fir ing on the party while Maj. Bullard was parleying with them. More Cotta was at once taken bqrfcssult, with no further loss to the expeditionary forces. The estimated loss among toe moros is twenty killed. ? 'Wanted an Old One. “Yes,” said the old man address ing bis younger visiter, '“I am proud of my girls andwould Hire to see them comfortably married and as I have little money they will not go to their husbands penniless. There’s Mary, 22 years old, and a real good girl; I shal give her 96,000 when she marries. Then comes Bet, who won’t see 35 again; I shall give her 910,000; and the man who takes Elica. will have 915,000 with her.” Tbe young man reflected a moment and then inquired “You haven’t one about 50, have you?” of this sot; at their discretion may fix and grade a suitable IV fee and require a license fox dealer, wholesale dealer in oj clams, terrapin, shad, sturgeon, ducks and other game fowl, and each factory for canning shell fish, shad or sturgeon, and it shall be un- awful to carry on any rnirh hustimi in violation of any rule or regulation adopted or refu nd by toe oommfr- sjoners of the sinking -iund to til* premises. Sec. 4. That all licenses now extant from the county board'of eon* missloners of any county shall, hold pod until they .expire by their own limitation, but oo other license on the subject of thi i act shall be granted by the county board of commiaSiooeie of any county. Sec. 6. That any person violating toe provisions pi this aotshaS, upon conviction, be deemed guilty at a mis*; demeanor, and sliall be fined not ex ceeding one hundred dollars (one-half of each fine to be paid to the informer, who shall be the proeecutor), or .shall be imprisoned not exceeding thirty days, and each boat found used in vio lation of the provisions of this aefe shall be deemed forfeited to the com missioners of the sinking fundfor the use of toe state, and shall be by them as in case of the. fc an<^ condemnation of teams and vehicles seized in this state while transporting contraband^ aleoholii liquors. 14ft! I* Cheap. ' 7 , | A special to toe Augusta Chronicle from Way cross, Ga., says as the re sult of a quarrell over a bird which both claimed to have killed, Carey Howell, ’a young man of that county Tuesday shot John Barber, a boy aged seventeen, whose wounds, It is feared, will prove f»t#L Dad’s Old A Missouri boy puts It like “When dad has worn bis out they pass to bud John, turns the aground about and BUI j them on. When Bill’s togs so has grown the trousers fall . ’em then George claims them own and styles hlnslf ii Next Sam’s fat legs they • aud when they stretch they’re turned and shortened, aud pressed and fixed on ter. Ma works them: when I burst out doom’s day iBtofdad’ai ■ 4 apan