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BARNWELL, S. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11,1904. NCL20 la tli* Hoom of &opresent»tiTM by a Deciaive Vote •V ' ' ' VERY LONG DEBATE. The BUI Limited jthe Hours of La bor In the Cotton Mills In South Carolina to Ten Hours- a Day. * ~ . Mr. Toole bad oo the calendar a bill numbered “2a,” showing that i^ had been one of the very first Introduced last year. It was the first bill on the calendar this year, and when Mr. Toole called it up last night for the purposfcof adjourning the debate, the house refused to adjourn the donate, and {forced action on the measure Upon- tyr. Strong’s motion to strike out the enacting words. Mr. Toole told of the hardships-en countered by the cotton mill employes. He was taken somewhat unawai is by the actlph of the bouse in forcing the fight, but made an earnest appr il for the bill, basing his fightonsenti oent. Mr. Bunch of Marlboro, who s. teaks rarely, -but generally to the pofntT made a strong speech against th : bill.' There is a disposition to inject into the legislation of this State a spirit against the pet industry of ; South Carolina. He declared that the mills are passing through their darkest days. Why does any one want to throw obstacles in the way of the kindly feeling between factory and employe? He predicted that before the year l8.put operatives will be beg ging to work 12 hours a day, with cotton as scarce as it is now. He told how people of this county who had not gone decently clad on the farms are now working in the mills and ar; the happiest people in the world. Mr. Holman of Aiken, who styles himself the old v ‘warhorse,” exhorted In favor of the bill. He seemed to feel sore because he had not been noticed by mill presidents in the cam* P*lgn. but he had received a telegram from one of ■ them declar.ng that his bill would ruin the mills, and he in veighed against the corporations. Mr. Carey, editor of a labor organi sation paper in Cbarhston, spoke earnestly in favor of the bill. He ap pealed to the house to think of the long hours. It was too long to work from before the -dawn until after dark.' He urged that this bill would reduce the time one hour a day. It would give employment for 11 man for 10 hours Instead of 10 men for 11 hoars. Mr. Williams—Who is back of this demand for this so-called relief? Mr. Carey—The people, particularly the organized labor. Mr. Williams—Where is there any organized labor in this State outside of a few cities? Is there any in the great Piedmont country where there are nine-tenths of the mills? Mr, Carey—There may be none now, but there will ^e. Mr. Carey"continued that if the Democratic party does not grant such moderate demands as this, they' will ■ee the time when there will be con sequences which they will regret. His remarks implied a threat of so cialism with the white man and the negro combined. The negroes aie be coming Socialists. Mr. Bennett asked if the 10 hour day would not. decrease the pay pro portionately. Mr. Carey replica that the laboring people would rather have shorter days of labor even If it entailed less piy, Mr. Kirby of Cherokee’opposed the bill. He UrftTtSvor of helping the laboring class of people. He declared that the bill would work a hardship Mr. Wingo declared that he had charged last year that the child labor bill was the entering wedge to labor legislation and*was no good to any man, Where will this end? In his characteristic manner Mr. Wingo de scribed bis visits to these people abd he declared with vehemence that they want no interference. Mr. Pearman stated that the mill people of Anderson want no legisla tion. Mr. Pollock moved to continue the bill. This motion prevailed by a vote of 69 to 26, and the bill is dead. The house then adjourned until 10 o’clock Thursday morning. " A FBANCHISE TAX. appolnte to find State fr Will Add Greatly to the Revenue of ~ \the State.* ■ ' * By a vote of 89 to 18 the bouse Thurs day passed the first of the revenue bills submitted by the tax commission pointed by the legislature last year some measure to relieve the rom Its financial stringencies which have become annoying of late years. The bill referred to is the fran chise tax measure Introduced by Mr. Moses. The result of the discussion was evident from the beginnlnj|>-but regardless of the overwhelming ma jority in opposition to bim, Mr. Bo- mar made a strong fight against the bill. His argument on the constitu tional phase was very clear. The pre sentation bf the case by Mr. Moses, and later by W. J. Johnson was very convincing that the pace has been set by other States, and that the reVebue to be obtained by South Carolina will be in excess of the annual deficit of the last three or four yearn. -——-— The bill provides for a tax of three mills on the gross receipts of the fol lowing corporations, to he paid before the first of June of each year: Any railroad company, express company, street railway company, navigation company, water works company, pow er company, light company, telephone or, telegraph company, parlor, dining and sleeping car company. Upon companies which are not public utilities—such as cotton mills, banks, oil mills, and such institutions chartered by the S >ate—the tax is to be one-half of one mill on the capital stock. With the other concerns the assessment Is on the gross receipts. With !,he companies not public utili ties the piiyment of the franchise tax must oe made before the firstCday of April, and with the public utilities the tax of three mills on the grogs reciepts of the preceding year is to be paid be fore the first of June, the time of year when the State is most in need of “ready'nasb,” INSURANCE LAWS. Two Very Important Bills Passed by the House Thursday. ANTI-CO|fPACT LAW REPEALED And a.-Law Enacted* to Create the v . . • ’ . r Office of State Insurance Commluloner With a Hearat’a Southern Kin. , A dispatch from Greenville to The State say*: -“Mr. Wm. H. Whltmfre of this city has received Information of the death of his cousin. Mrs. DrusiUa Whitmire. Apperson, the grandmotner of Congressman William Randolph Henrat of New York, who died recently at her home in Berkley, Cal. Mrs. Appearson was the daugh ter of Henry and.Rutb Httt Whitmire, and whs bjrn In Nau berry county, S. C., Sept. 24tb* 1816. Mr. W. H„ Whitmire’s ^father was William Whitmire, a twin brother of Henry, and they married sisters, so that there is a double relation between the Whitmires - and Mrt". Apperson, who was taken when a child to Missouri. On June 28, 1840, Mrs. Apperson was Unany married to Randolph Walker Apper- son of Virginia, and they moved to California.in Lhe early ’60s, making their borne near San Jose. Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst, the mother of the congressman and prospective candi date for president, and Elbert-G. Apperson are the surviving children of the deceased.” Good Salary. The House of Representatives pass ed two. important blila on Thursday. The _ Columbia State says: Three years ago the general assembly passed'' a law prohibiting the Southeastern Tariff association from coming i$to the State to make rates on property to be insured. ' This was known as “the anti-CQmpactlaw” and Mr. Wm. L. Mauldin of Greenville was the author, Thursday the house of rep- rgsentatives by a good majority pass ed a bill which repeals that act. Mr. Maulding is also the author of the repealing bill. The house passed the Kibler bill providing for the office of insurance commisioner. Each bill is dependent upon the other, for it is proposed that the insurance commis sioner keep the companies from runnning up the rates, and in return for removing the embargo against the association the companies are to give lower rates. « The insurance commission under the bill is to be charged with the ex ecution of all laws, is to be elected by the legislature, is to receive a salary of $1,800 a year and $100 for office expenses, the funds for this expense to be derived from a tax of one-fourth of one^mill on gross premiums in addi tion to other taxes paid 1>y insurance companies. The Mauldin bill provides ttiat there shall be an examination by .proper officials into the cause of fires. Tiie companies which belong to an association are permitted to conduct business in the State, provided that tiie purpose of the association is not to establish excessive or unreasonable charges for insurance. Upon the com plaint of citizens, the insurance com missioner is authorized to order tiie company to correct the rate and to order restitution of over charges. There was quite a discussion over the Uttk . - Mr. Kibler said that wherever such an act has been passed tn other States it has been productive of great good. The people need protection, and the comptroller general’s department is unable to keep up properly with this vast business. The department of in surance would not cost a dollar of ap propriation, the insurance commission er’s salary would be paid by the in surance companies and the amount on each policy would be so small that there would be -no effect on 1 the rates. In reply to Mr. Gaston, Mr. Kibler said that hp is sure that the comptroller general, Iwho has the whole tax business of the State to ook after, cannot give the proper at tention to the tnsurance department tor. Thomas favored the bill. The comptroller- general’s department needs lobe relieved of some of its duties, for that oftlcfe is requited to give a great, deal of time to personal settlements with the treasurers and auditors in the several counties. In of tiie counties thousands of dollars might be saved if the settle ments were made properly and the comptroller general, who is entirely on the people In the mills In thB- sec tion. They had begged him to fight * the bill. Mr.. Mahaffey of Spartanburg added his opposition to. the bill. Th mill people there do not want it. The MltH in SpArTahhurg have good schools, they have good superinten dents. He gave a picture of mill life in Spartanburg which did not show the need of any legislation. There were some who had been kicked out of " the'mill communities, for worthless ness who now blackguarded the mills. Mr. Webb of Aiken declared 11 to be a funny thing that operatives a ming from the Piedmont country to Viken county always declared themsel ’es in favor of the bill. AH of the < pera- . tives in Aiken favor it. Some (f the presidents themselves fav *r It. to some questions from the said that these presidents could ndtAfford to advocate the meas ure more openly because the pr asure from other mills would be too 1 eavy. No other trades are worked o /er lO hours a day, not even convict*, and yet In some of the mills the oper ittves work 13 hours a day, a violation of the lair. As to organized labor, be declared that the operatives have the game right to organize as have doc-" tors and lawyers and merchants. In ^the Piedmont section, In Spartanburg county, numbers of operatives were discharged for attempting to organ ise. This was done in Spartanburg and In L&ur$p$;and yet tiie employers have a right to organize. He de clared that an operative can work as much in 10 hours when he is rested as he can in 11 hoars when ie is jaded. He declared that as perhaps the only member of the house who bad bad ac tual experience in a mill he favored it very heartily. Mr. Dorrph declared that there is a iber of the Greenville delegation worked in a mill, one tn the Wrote Bonnie Bine Flag. During the civil war, and for a time thereafter, “The Bonnie Blue Flag” was one 'of " the 1 most popular songs of the South. The author of it, Mrs. Anne Chambers Ketchum, died in a New York hospital a few days ago, at the advanced age of 80 years. She was of Virginia and Kentucky an- oestry. “The Bonnie Blue Flag” was written in Memphis fn 1863. When the federal troops occupied that city she refused to take the oath of al legiance, and wa» therefore, compell ed to leave her home. Cotton Goods Advancing. The price of cotton goods is advanc ing, keeping pace with the increased price of cotton. The lower grades of cotton cloth have for a long time been too cheap, and with everything else on the face of the globe that man or woman eats, wears, sees or smells get ting more expensive, there is no reason why cloth made from the South’s great staple should not join the procession, says the Columbia State. - ~ Hllver Men Chosen. A dtfpatch from Pottsville, Pa., says the Democrats of the Schuylkill congress district effected a compro mise Thursday. E. T. Kenney of But ler and James A. Neocker of Potts ville, silver Democrats, were elected delegates to the St. Louis oonventUn and ex-Senator Charles F. King; t gold Democrat, was selected as Presi dentlal elector. It is said that the sam« method of compromise will be followed tbrojght Pennsylvania. Robber’s Roost. -A-'.- The Columbia State says: “The with Mr. Kibler’s would be better for the State. • . Mr. Bomar testified to change of sentiment. He had oppoeed the bill last year, but since that time the Spartanburg chamber of commerce had reported to him that tiie rates in this State Are one-third higher than in North Carolina. He had investi gated and had found this to be true. The department of insurance is a side Issue now and should be given more importance for the insurance business in South Carolina is enormous, $1,400- 000 premiums last year. This would save thousands of dollars annually. Mr. Gaston insisted that it would be better for the State to bear the cost of the department and made a strong argument along this line. Mr. XIde declared that it is a mat-’ ter of no small concern for the busi ness man to know that he is getting gilt edge insurance. The value of an insurance policy is a mere promise to pay without any security and it- ls wise to have an insurance oomihis- sioner. , SAW’ A TROJAN HOUSE. Mr. DeBruhl spoke against Mr. Mauldin’s bill on the ground that it gives one man the right to say whether or not a fire is Incendiary. He does not believe in sacrificing too many rights to secure a reduction in rates. He declared that it is strange that those who advocate this step get their statistics from the insurance companies themselves. He wants the law let alone, and wants th$ comp troller general to. remain In control of the department. It is better to pay a little more in premiums and get the full amount of-the policy.’. “ Mr. Bomar said that the 'reduction of a third ih the rates would mean a saving of $300,00Q or $400,000 a year without a cent of cost to the Statb. The manner of flxingThe pay could be fixed later if it proves unsatisfactory at first. Mr. DeBruhl wants to know what guarantee there is that the bill would save money to the State. t MB. DEVORE SUSPECTED SOMETHING. Mr. DeVore asked if this bill is fa vored by tins ■ insurance-companies, and pressed the question in such a way that it Indicated that he sus pected that the bill would do more good for the companies than for the insured or the companies would not favor it. . - . __ Mr. Sinkler declared that there is no Trojan horse in the bill. The in surance companies favor the bill be cause it would fife them greater pro tection—fojrwhich they are-willing to pay. -V'lr Dr. J. B. Black thinks that the du ties of the department should be put upon the comptroller general and-lie given the clerical help to enforce the law. *~ Dr. Mauldin admitted that this is an “insurance company bill,” and he introduced the bill last year at tiie re quest of the companies, because as au thor of the anti-compact law he had seen that the law had served its pur pose and had brought the insurance people to a condition wliere they are willing to deal fairly with the people. There were practically no fires before insurance companies came into exist- ence. but when a man is well insured, qr over insured, he becomes careless and fires are of more jfrequent occur- ence. If laws can be passed to pre vent such carelessness, it will be to the interest pf the companiesT and also of the people. That is why the HOPE OF THE PARTY. Fifurei Showing the Chance of the Democracy in Next Election, THE DEMOCRATS ARE HOPEFUL. on PorecMt Made by an Expert (be Utatee to be / Carried, Disposition of the Doubt-" ful Column. , Charles W. Dayton has sent out in “Democracy" the following forecast of general Interest: The Democrats are hopeful—more than hopeful -con fident of carrying the presidential election in the coming year is appar- nt to every observer of political Vents. That they have reason on which to base their confidence is as plain to every one who has taken the trouble to examine the figures In the feturuK in recent presidential elections. Examination of those figures will show that of the 476 electoral votes to be cast, the Democrats can safely rely upon 215, while the Republicans can at the utmost claim to be sure of 160. This is conceding that tberp are thirteen doubtful states, with 101 votes. Now, of these 101 votes It would be necessary for the Republi cans to obtain 79 to possess the 239 votes to elect their candid*te r J»hile 25 votes would be all that were necessary to give the Democrats vic tory.— Here is a table of the states the Democrats' claim , the states concded to thp Republicans, and the doubtful states. ... Dem. Alabama.. Arkansas Colorado Delaware..-.'.. Florida Georgia....... Idaho Illinois. Iowa..,,.,.... Kentucky.... Louisiana. Maine... Maryland .... Massachusetts. Michigan Hinneeita'. r .'... Mississippi:. Missouri Montar a .. ; . .-rr .. Nevada.. New Hampshire New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohlp... fr. .TV.TJTVf? Oregon . Pennsylvania .vT.V. South 'Jarollna...... Temeiiee Texas............... Vermont : • Virginia It 9 5 3 5 13 3" 13 9 -a*. Rep. competent to attend to the duties of the insurance department, should be permitted to give his entire time to the more important duties of the tax department. Mr. Thomas then direc ted his remarks to the need of an in- suranee department. The anti-com pact law is aJailure according loan example which he cited. An agent from St. Paul came here recently and raised the rate on a building from 1.15 to 1.85 and all the local agents had accepted the rate so mad^ Property owners should have an itifurance ccm- mission to whom they can appeal for advice; x * =*:—^ — Mr. Gaston opposed the bill on the ground that the companies are called upon to pay»the expense and he sus pected that there would be a tendency for the commissioner to feel himself an employe of the companies as well as the State. Mr. DeVore opposed the bill. There is no complaint from the comptroller general that he is overworked or that he wants to be relieved of the depart ment of insurance.. Ills wrong in principle for the man who Is to over look and inspect the operation# of in* an ranee companies to be paid by those companies. The railroad commission is not worth three straws to the State today* and the office of Insurance commissioner would not be worth three straws for the same reason that it should be kept^ up by th# State and not by the insurance com panies. Mr. Rainsford wknta the office of Insurance commissioner merged with that of bank examiner created several year# ago Mr. Beamguard favored the bill but wanted to adjourn debate until other insurance bills could be taken up Id connection with it. THE ANTI-COMPACT LAW. Mr. Mauldiifspoke in favor of sepa rating the work of the insurance de partment from the other duties of the Springfield Republican commends Mr. comptroller general’s office. He de- Bryan for telling a New Jersey audl* " ‘ ■ " eOoo that their State was worse than a robber’s roost, but Mr. Bryan can ij, and probably has said, some squally appropriate things about Wall delegation and g, and all of them are op* The Republican will not endorse, one from New Jersey has been stepping on her corns and The Republican la $K>t * New Jersey ereatton.” dared that the Southeastern Tariff association is a monopoly and he had introduced the bill which is now a law forbidding them.to operate in the State. The Kibler bill and his own •Meet and perhaps Massachusetts that bill would ptft this State on ttfe same footing ss North Carolina and Georgia. At the last session he had voted to re peal the anti-compact law, because he companies are willing to have a reduc tion in premiums. BOTH BILLS^.PASSED. The previous question was then or dered. *Mr.‘ Ralnsford’s proposed amendment to have the office of bank examiner Included was voted-down, tor. Ay cock’s amendment to have the commissioner’s salary paid, by the State instead of out of tiie receipts from the companies levied-for. thia|41ana purpose was rejected. Mr. Johnson’s amendment to have thesffflce elective by* the general assembly instead of appointive by the governor was adopt ed by a vote of A3 to 37 By arvote of T3 to 33 the house re fused to continue the bill on Mr. Gaston’s motion. * Mr. Beamguard wanted to reconsi der the vote by which the office is made elective. The legislature lias enough of elections, and the governor could not afford to appoint an un worthy man. The house voted down Mr. Beamguard’s motion. The biff then passed Second reading and will come up Friday for final con sideration in the house. Mr. Mauldin’s bill was then taken up and passed with but slight modi fications. _ Tiie Story of Leap Year. 10 . 18 . 3 . 3 . 39 . 12—. 9 12 lit 12- A GREAT C01VXHTI0H. ‘ 215 160 _ DODiTTBL' California 10 Connecticut ? ... 7 Indiana,...... t .;.; 16 Kansas Nebraska... New Jersey... Rhode Island. South Dakota. Utah Washington — 5 West Virginia 7 Wisconsin 13 Wyoming . _ 3 Thinking Men W.IH Meet In Spartan- bmrg (fair a Conference. r The city of Spartanburg, S. C. will entertain the first Inter-State Conven tion of the Young Men’s Christian Associations of North and South Carolina. The meeting will take place February 20-23. Heretofore each State met in sepa rate convention, but the recent federa tion of all the Associations in the Carolina# with one Executive Com mittee makes it possible to meet in loint convention, t “Service,” is the central theme of this significant gathering of young men. The convention is to be materi ally strengthened by the presence of some prominent Association workers from other sections of the country. Among those who have already con sented to be present Is < Mr. Chas. R. Towsen, of Philadelphia. Mr. Towson is Secretary of the Pennsylvania Rail road Department, Young Men’s Chris tian Association which is by the way, the largest Association of its kind in the world. C. C. Michener, of New York City, is another prom nent speaker. Mr. Michener is one efthe. International Secretaries and in giv ing practically all of his time to Association work in great Induitrial plants, prior to the convention, Mr. Michener and Secretary Knebel will visit some of the large cotton mills and confer with the presidents and superintendents with reference to the feasibility of erecting special build ings with all. the modern equipments for the male operatives. W. D. Weatherford, of Nashville, who is the luteroattoftal Committee’s special Student Secrotary for South, will also be a prominent figure iu thi convention. * H. 0. Williams, one of the Interna tional Railroad Secretaries is another prominent speeker. Mr. Williams 27 and Mr. Michener will be the special isjjpe&kers >n Mon lay night of the con vention; /bis entire evening will be devoted to a discussion of “Work Among I idustrial Classes." '•-’Rev. J* A. H. Soberer, Ph. D., 16 president elect at Newberry College, 14 will delhnr four addresseson “Funda- 11 mentals.” Dr. Seberoris today the leading man In his denomination a broad scholar and a moat attractive speaker. Rev. M. D. Hardin, pastor of the Second Presbyterian church, Char lotte, will delive ■ the Convention Ser mon. „ There will be n number of business 23 land professions men who Will,fill 4 places on ^be program. Altogether it 34 is going to be a meat significant gathering—some of the choicest men in the Carolinaa will thus be brought together in a three day’s conference; they are coming from villages, from . jclties, from rail uad shops, from Col leges and universities, to plan to gether how they may individually be of great service to their fellows. ’ This paper is Authorized to extend a general Invitation to any of its readers wbo may be interested to tend this oonvezUoa. There will be reduced railroad rates, but sli who contemplate attending must flret com municate with the State Committee’s office and be supplied with the proper credenlia's^For further information address State Secretary, Young Men’s Christian Association, Charlotte, N. C. GOOD The State Beast* Disease** el aa Anti-Treating Law. TO THAT 01 It Woald Ba a If Such a Moat Exoallaat Thlaw • ■ ^ Law 1 10 12 4 4 3 • P 1 One story says that St. Patrick de creed that women should have the right to propoee in leap year; another professes to refer the right to ah act ol-the Scottish parliament of 1228, which gave it to “ilka maiden” during the rein of her malst blessed maies- tie Margaret. ” There was no Queen Margaret in Scotland in 1228, how ever. A book entitled “Courtship, Love and Marriage, ” published in 1606 is said to refer the right to the com mon law of England, but the law books say nothing of it. The real ori gin is unknown. ^ Killed Hta Wife and Himself. J. W. Hodges, a farmer in the southern part of Oulman county, Ala., was found dead in his barn Wed net- day, hanging from a rafter, while in the boose was discovered the dead body of hit wife. The woman had been brained with a blqnt instrument. Hodges was deeply in debt, it ie said, and was being pressed by his creditors. This ie billeted to have unbalanced him mentally and caused him to com-4 £ 101 Now, to cdfiilder the doubtful states In tbeir order: In California in 1896 McKinley bad a plurality of only 2,597; Cleveland carried tbe state in 1892. Connecticut was carried by Cleveland in 1884, 1888 and 1892. In- was oasried by Cleveland in 1892. Kansas was carried by Bryan in 1896 and so was Nebraska. New Jersey was carried by Cleveland in 1884, 1888 and 1892. Rhode Island is debatable ground and has a Democra tic governor. South Dakota was-car ried by Bryan in 1896. Utah was carried by Bryan in 1896, and al though it turned to McKinley in 1900, it was only by a plurality of 2,123. Washington want Democratic in 1896. West 'Virginia was car ried by Cleveland in 1884, 1888 and 1892. Wisconsin gave tbe electoral vote to Cleveland in 1892. Wyoming gave its vote to Bryan in 1896. Tbe people are ready, yes, anxious, to repudiate the trust building, trust protecting Republican party. Thous ands of Republicans are alarmed by tbe vagaries of our “unsafe,”, spectac ular president. Influential Demo cratic leaders will guide tbe party into ways pointed out by the lesions of tbe past — Paeaed and Be Mrlatljr Enforced. “To treat or not to treat,” was on* doubtedly tbe question in tbe senate Tuesday. The bill introduced by Representative Doyle of Oconee, which was threshed to a maw of pulp In the bouse, wes brought up after the calen dar had been read, and after a good - hour and a half had been devoted to it* merits end demerita. Tbe MU provides that on election days no 3be shall give away or sell liquors within three miles of tbe polls. This Is mao* ifestly to prevent repetition of tbe public scandals caused by tbe alleged wholesale distribution of “boose” dur ing tbe general and municipal elec tions that have taken place in So Jth Carolina within the last half a do- - oaae. Senator Hay provoked the down pour of verbiage that ensued, by mov ing to accept the majority report. It seems that the committee oo privi leges and eleettooa, with tbe excep tion of Senator Herndon, agreed , to report the bill unfavorably. Senator Herndon, In whose county the otU originated, arose immediately to de fend the measure, saying that men under the Induenoe of liquor could not vote conscientiously, brif bribed were : not fit to vote. Senator Stanland -- also favored tbe bff), having promised some of his constituents that be Would vote for it. He spoke of the amount of whiskey circulated in the in- -ereet of certain candidates at tbe last primary election, and cited this ar instance which showed the need or snch a statute. Senator Brice was another support er of tbe bill. “Liquor used in an election Is always used by the wont candidates, who show by its ueethat they are uaflt to bold office.” Sven though tbe statute were not rightly enforced (though it should be) the morel effect of the State** condemna tion would be salutary. Senator Hay eaid that every time that a law that it was known would not te enforced was placed upon tt* statute books, much more of the pub lic's lespeot for tbe laws wm destroyed. As fcr the sale of liquor the dispensa ries i re always closed on election days, and i.t no other place should it he oh- tains ble L .were ail ot' tlie liquor laws enforced. Th pass this law Btraogles Her Daughter. A special dispatch from Walterboro to The State says about 4 o'clock Sunday morning F$sty Ellgan, a negro woman living on Mr. Jostah Hiatt’s place about eight miles from town, went to the bed of her own daughter, Anita Eligan, and clutching her by the throat, choked her until the was dead. There •were two other negro girls in the room but they seemed to know very little about the horrible deed except that they, helped tbe dead body of their sister into tbe .adjoining room at lhe command of tbeir mother. Anita Eligan about 17 years of age. Magistrate J. A. Ackerman of Cottagevllle held tbe inquest, tbe jury finding that the de ceased came to her death at the hands of her mother by choking. Patsy was committed to jail Wednesday charged with tbe murder of her own child. believes that hi# bill in connection mil murder and suicide In looking over those facts and fig ures, does it seem more probable that tbe Republicans can gain the 79 votes needed by them than the Democrats shall obtain 25? Is there any cause for wonder that the Democrats are hopeful; any cause for wonder that they are confident? It may he objected that New York, with its thirty-nine electoral votes, should be placed in the column of doubtful states. Granting for tbe moment that this should be so, the table would give to the Democrats 175 votes, U the Republicans and the number of doubtfu. votes would be 139. The Republicans would still have to Obtain 78 of tbe doubtful vote*, while tbe Democrats would need hut <13. But New York this year tsndt a doubtful mate, as Democrats and RepabUcaoa _ alike know. With a candidate suet ss tbe Democrats should nominate and a platform such as they should (resent, Is tore 4o take Its place Iu the They Were Married Miss Emma Edlngejr, of Lancaster, Pa., became tbe bride of J. Jay Mundy, of Brooklyn, N. Y. A year ago, while employed In a cigar fat tory Miss Edinger, in a spirit of mischief v tains t rigid ] y #« woul-l be voting away a* personal right that ought not to be taken away. Af isr Senator McLeod had asoken in support of the bill th* ayes —* nays were demanded on Senator Hay** motion to adopt the majomy raprrt, whici was rejected by a vote of If to 0, which may be taken Man Index of tbe bill. Those who voted “aye” were Sena tors Aldrich, Hay, Hydrick, Manball, M river, Peurifoy, G. W. Ragsdale/ Sharpe, Sheppard, Walker. Those who voted “nay’’ sW- ton, Blake, Brice, Butler, Carpenter, Douglass, Gaines, Goodwin, Hardin, Herndon, Hough, Johoaon, Mayfield, McLeod, Mower, Stackhouse, Stanland, Wllliama. An amendment wm offered by Sen ator Rayaor who wished to strike oat the words “three mHee,” and insert “the immediate vicinity.” This wm vigorously oppoeed by Senators Hern don and Blake, because of alleged la de flniteness. More discussion ensued, Senator G. W. Ragsdale speaking against tbe bill. Senator Brice sprite for the bill, Senator McLeod oo the ne position, and Senator J. W. WagMfaU »W> - .;.. Senator Sharpe thought that as to the purification of the public was miracles would have to be wrought to do that. * Senator Brice: “Then you do ad mit that the politics of the Stole are corrupt?” Senator Sharpe: “So I have henid on every aide this morning. Not to in my county.” Accidentally Killed. R. E Thornton, a white mih- one of the cotton mills at Anders m, was killed about nine miles from An- dersc f&Uii put her name and address In a box of |#od the wheels passing over his DOSk. cigars, together with a note liking TI “ “ 1 *“ **" * the finder of the name to write to her Last summer the box of cigars found its way to tbe business place of Mr. Mundy and he was soon in correspon dence with tbe pretty little factor girl. Photographswera exchanged and last Hallowe’en Mr. Mundy met hie bride-to-be for tbe first time. Court ship and matrimony followed. "'.’V.. Swift Justice. .At Detroit, Mich., Joe. Meunier. alias Miller, who surrendered to th police Wednesday and confessed .the murder of bis paramour, Mrs. Jos. Seville, on Saturday afternoon, wu srralgne before Justice Whelai l«0,^TbQnda. morning, pleaded guilty, sentenced to Jackson Prison for life and tak n there by train Thursday afternoon. Carnival of Slaughter. Prezewalsky, the noted Balkan hia- toriad, Who has just concluded a six months tour of Macedonia, ama that during the year 190? Turkish regulars raxed 300 villages and maa cred 400,000 per sons mostly aged m<