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PR?VILEf^TAX i_ rv?..? j_ J rik. i and Winthrop Colleges. - HOW MEMBERS VOTED. Hew Much Winthrop Will Oct Is a Mat? ter for'Conjecture as the Tax is Comlag ta Com* parativelv Slow this Year. After one of?the hardest fights in the last dozen years in the general as semhly the house Tuesday passed the bill '.o let Winthrop participate in the privilege tax on fertilizers, all of which revenue now is paid to Clem son. The opposition to tho bill gained considerable strength Tuesday; and the hill was passed by but Ave moj >rlty on a test vote. lt was an lasue In which the align ments were not well defined and every member appeared to he voting just as bis convictions dictated. Leaders of the uouse divided and many forceful arguments were advanced by both sides, all thc speakers seeming to be anxious to vote Intelligently and hon estly. There was l^s small practice in the tight than any other which has beer made In a long time. Following ls the way the house di vided on Mr. Lyons' motion to s'rlke out tho enacting clause-or to kill the bill. Ayes-Speaker Smith and Repre sentatives Ashley, Baker, Banks, Bass, Boyd, Brant, Bruce, Calllson, Clifton, Cole, ck, Cothran, Culler, Des Champs, Doar, Dukes, Edwards. Faust, Fisbburne, Ford, Graham, L>. L. Green, Haskell, J. E. Herbert, Heyward, Irby, Klrven, Lester, Lit tle, Lomax, McColl, McFaddin, Mo Master. T. J. Mauldln, Miller, Moses Nance, Nicholson, Prince, Pyatt, Rawlinson, Richards, Riley, Sea brook, Sheldon, Stoll, Trlbble, M. W. Walker. J. M. Walker, J. B. Watson. Totai, 50. Nays-Messrs. Ardroy, Arnold, Bal lentino, Beam guard, Bradham, Brant ley, Brice, Browning, Cloy, De Yore, Eaihardt. Ept'rg, E. J. Etherer!ge, L. B. Elheredge, Foster, Fiaser, Frost, Gaston, Gause, J. P. Gibson, Gray, W. McD. G teen, Gyles, Hall, Harrison, Harley, Hemphlll, D. O. Herbert, Higgins, Keenan, Kirby, LaFitte, Laney. Lawson, MeCants, Massey, Laban M luidin, Otts, Par ker, Pat terser, Pittman, Pollock 'tost?n, R aves, Sunders, Saye, Soll ys, Slnkler, Splvey, Strong, Taylor, /cole, Turner, Verser, Wlmberly Total, 55. After the house had decided to kill the bill lt accepted Mr. Hemphill's amendmeut. which modified the ef f'.-ot of tho bill \ery much. The orig inal bill in sectioi :i provided that 8)0,000 should bc given to Winthrop. As amended at the suggestion of the cimmittee, this dt?nlto amouut was c isnged to 40 per tent. Subsequent h the entire section was knocked out a ad thc following was inserted in lieu tlercof : "Section 3. That from and after t te approval of this act tho treasurer c f this State shall first pay from the find arising from the p-lvi!ege tax on fertilizers sixteen thousand six hun dred and seventy-one and G4 100 (310,071.64) dollars cn tho order of tao board of trustees of Clemson Ag ricultural and Mechanical College of South Carolina, and ^tf'ppi'i'iTrTrrT1 annually "pon^|PJ*?7o77ald heard cf trusteeship! Aaid iunrt tne sum cf ^sIxty^Q thousand (865.000,000) and shall pay cut annually Eny balance remaining in his hands i n the order of the b ard of trustees of Wirthrop Normal and Industrial College of South Carolina." On rrotita of Mr. Price this was fur .her amended so that the 805,000 for operating expenses was increased to i;75.000. The bill was taken up first thing Tu'JSday unrlor the head of until 'shed business. The mo:lon made by Mr. Lyon Monday was to .strike ou; the enacting words. Mr. Lyon explained bis opposition to nbc privilege tax being divided in the rallo of 2 to 1 between Clemson ant. Winthrop. DHe showed that the. pri/liege tax collected in Jat.uary, 10C4, was *.)5,000 und hut $16.coo In Jatuary, 1905. If 40 per cent, of thlj be paid to Winthrop, Clemson would get hut S?O?O this month. Fur thermore, the constitutionality of the wbjle tax would be jeopardized by thit diversion. Mr. Laban Maul tdd favored tho hill, ne ls a farmer and helps to pay tho tax, but Winthrop ls also a hr mers' college and the farmers will av;ree to give Winthrop part of that privilege tax. If lt hurts demsou financially, the money can be returned by appro priation next year. Mr. Vernor declared this to be au old hobby of his to place, some limit on Clemson's expenditures-and Clemson is in his county. He. argued in favor of the bil!. Even if tho privilege tax be decreased this year, there wi 1 be no 842,000 buildidg to pay for. He de clared that prudence, economy and toil should bo taught, and not ex travagance. He had always taken this stand, and would cont inue to do so, although Iiis personal Interests lie otherwise. He thlnxs lt is a shame for one college to get unlimited Income and another hut miserly $30,000. Ile had boen opposed hy Clemson college in his race because he had alwavs ar gued tims. Mr. Bp ting of Lexington declared that the pt opie of his county think there ls i xtravagai ce at Clemson, ile spoke of the cia.ms the common schools have on the State and the claims that other colleges have. Ev ery col lei*, e crios that lt is getting too little. The people of his county can't understand why it ld necessary to spend f.'iOO on evciy boy at Clemson. Mr. Gibson of Marlboro also spoke 11 favor of the bill. This was this first appearance on tin-floor and he was j,Ivon closo attention. He did not upctk at length, bi t, quite pointedly. Mr. Prince expressed lils firm belief t.iat the farmers this year will stick t J their determination to retluco the i it'.on acreage, ard this will reduce t ne uso. of fertilizers 25 to 4o p;r cent. '. 'his will bo a dangerous timo to make t ny changes. In reply to Mr. De Vere 1 3 admitted that thc $42,000 spent 1 jr permanent Improvements last year vould not he spent this year but the income would he reduced an equiva lent figure, no doubt in 1005. The t.grlcultural hall had bren built by an l.ggregate of surplus. Teohnioal beaching costa more than literary braining. He declared himself a de* nominatlonal oollege supporter, and the higher the State colleges are raised the higher will tho denomina tional colleges bo forced tu raise them selves. ' He wanted to keep Winthrop under the guidance of the legislature, and this proposition would make Winthrop responsible to nobody, as Clemson now ls. Mr. J. A. Banks of Orangeburg de clared that he had.listened to the dis suasion with a mind open to convic tion. Ho bad been studying the mat ter and at first had favored the prop osition when mr. Pollick introduced bis bill. But Mr. Richards had raised an objection which was insurmounta ble. Clemson ls looked upon by the farmers os their college, and this tax whloh they pay goes to their college. Ho would prefer to see the privilege tax reduced rather than a part of lt diverted to. Winthrop. Mr. Hemphlll of Chester in speak ing In favor of the bill declared that tho friends of different colleges should not be suspicious of each other. His own interest In the colleges is uni form. This matter should be settled by taking the information peaced officially before the legislature. Referring to the report of the legisla tive committee, ho showed the annual necessary expenditure out nf the direct tax to be about 885,000. He proposed an amendment to give Clemson 816, OOO to pay the indebtedness on tin agricultural hal), and then to give Clemson 805,000 and the residue tc go to Wlntl. ~ He does not wanl to cripple C?emson, but ho is verj much in favor of putting a check or extravagance. There would be othe: sources of Income In addition to thli 805,000 which would give Clemson th necessary $85,000. Capt. John C. Sellers as a farm? favored diverting a part ot this ta: to the college where farmers' dangh ters are taught. We are confronte! by a fact, not a theory. Tho State ha a deficit, and this is thc first bill h has seen to reduce expenditures. 1 Clemson should have a deticlt sh< could come before the legislature an get an appropriation by exhibiting he financial statements. He believes tha the management of Clemson ein b wonderfully lmprovod. He believe that no State college should be i competition with the graded icbooh and it is his opinion that Clemso takes too many little boys who shoul be at home lu the graded schools. Mr. Nicholson of Edge?eld had bee in favor of this bill at first, but no he is opposed to it on principle. Il had thought that lt would reduce e: pendltures, but he has changed h views and thinks that it ls not a equitable principle to make a cl'.ss < peop'e pay a tax to support moro tba one college. Mr. Poll, ck, tn reply ta Mr. Pr! c dec'ared that there would bo LO a< of bad faith to take pan, of this ta tax from Clemson. Ha read the ai of 1890 providing for thi.s tax to go fi the erection and maintr.nanc3 of tl college. One of the purposes of th) act has been accomplished-thc woi of en ction. Ile showed the receipts i privilege tax in former years and d ciar, d that if th's was enough I build, equip and run the ollege, ought to be enough to run lt now. Mr. Richards was mote thorough convinced that this is an unreaso able request. Mr. Pollock wanted know should the privilege tex fall 830,000 would Mr. Rtohards vote make an appropriation sufficient bring up their revenue to the enc mous expenditure of la?t year. M Richards replied that ho would vo for every dollar asked for by the ma agement uf Clemson as be would vo for tlie appropriations asked for 1 Sonth Carolina college trustees, Wi throp trustees or the Citadel tru ter ile read an Itemized invoice of fertl ?era, shov.ing that there is eviden 6';?o-rfT? ifi?fcPr pays.this tax. Mr. Brain il ..inquired ii the farm pays any m?Te f?r fertilisera in tl State than they "?O ln other States. Mr. Richards thought not. He cu eluded by deridlug the"measure ai declaring that he would vol?.for ft all the State colleges should bi ma beneficiaries of the fend-and t farmer would support them all. 1 also made light of Mr. Hemphll amendment. Mr. Moses opposed th e bill. This not a bill to help Winthrop. The St? will always provide for Winthrop ai way. Clemson did get along with smaller Income once, bil? lt was smaller Institution then. Mr. Mo qu' tod merchants to show that th ls no demand for fertilizers and tl proba ly loss than 80 per crnb. of 1 year's sales will be bandied this ye Ile recited the history of leglslat adverse to thc South Carolina colic and warned the legislature of I danger of crippling Clenson. If Cle son is extravagant lt ls proper to prima'd the board, but not to t down the institution. By a voto of 55 to 50 the house fused to strike out the enact! words. The question then wa9 the adopt of thc committee amendment lo g Winthrop 40 per cent, instead of Sf 000. Col. D. O. Herbert moved amend by inserting 33 1-3 per ce This was accepted and the commit amendment as amended was adopt Mr. Ashley's amendment to give overplus to the common schools ^ killed by a vote of 52 to 16. Mr. HemphlU'a amendment tl lame up. Mr. Prince offered to ami the amendment to give Clemson 8" 300 for maintenance beforo anyth be deducted for Winthrop. Mr. Haskell asked Mr. PoVocl number of searching questions as the finances of Clemson. Mr. Poll replied with some asperity. 1 Haskell In a spirit of pleasantry t something about Mr. Pollock cost i small shaduw. To thia Mr. Poll countered by saying tba; Mr. Has was a very large, empty substanc? Mr. Haskell wanted tc kno v if Pollock wouldn't accjpt the staterr at the president of Clemson colli made with almost tho solemnity o ;>ath. Mr. Pollock replied that ho received his Information from tho ports of the State treasurer, the St luperintendent of education and committee from tho legislature. Cl ion is hard to shake off from the t it has been getting the pap so lc ind lt ls not to be marveled at t Lhe president will make this app Mr. Pollock was trying to show I ?65.000 annually would bo enough Jlemson instead of thc 815,000 pro ;d by Mr. Prince. Being lnterrui it times by Maj. Haskell, he ir .iorae caustic reference which 1 Haskell received in good nature, inference between them was who jr not the money paid by tho gov neut for the experiment statlo used in part for salaries and who Lhe Interest from the Olemson beq ls 83,500 or 85,000. Mr. Prince, io a concluding ap] ileclared that Clemson cannot along, with less than 875,000, Clemson must expand. Do not cul deep at first. He denied that he would pursue roundabout practico to defeat tbe will of the majority of the house, and his amendment la offered In all sincerity. Mr. Ii sake li statru io tue house that ho bad just been Informed by the president or the hoard of trustees (Gol. B. Vf. Simpson) that the coll?ge gets no benefit from the funds from the United States government for the ex periential station. Mr. Pollock replied that this is disproved by the annual report, which shows that about $7, eco is paid for salaries out of this fund. Mr. Prince's Amendment was adopt ed and then Mr. Hempbill's amend ment aa thus amended. This knocks out of the original bill seotlon 8 and inserts tho paragraph printed above. The bill as thus amended passed sec ond reading._ A BRUTAL NSOBO Attempts Outrace on ft Lady in tho Augnsta Cemetary. The following account of the brutal attack of a negro on a whit? lady in the Augusta Cemetery is tiken from the Augusta Herald: ?While engaged at about half-past 12 o'cl< ck Monday in paying that devo tion to ber dead loved ones by placing dowers on their last resting place In the city cemetery of Augusta, and with her tender bands dearing away the weeds and grasses that threaten ed to creep over and cover the shafts that marked the last restlDg placa of her relatives, Mrs. Percy Spellman was approached and seized by a burly negro, who ls as cowardly as he is vile. The screams of Mrs. Spellman qulokly brought the cemerory autho ri tl rs to ber rescue, and when they arrived tho black brute had speeded away and scaled the wall of the city of the dead. M uch agitated this good lady told in broken sentences to the cemetery r ffl ;ia1s bow she had been seized by the negro and had screamed for help. A search was at once instituted for the negro, but he bad taken leg bill with a good long start on the authori ties. However, a vigorous effort was made to apprehend tho assailant of Mrs. Spellman, but with no result so far as the authorities information given the Herald goes. The assault was kept very quiet and only this morning did the reporters get wind of the occurretcs. After a deal of trouble reliable authority was found-a friend of Mrs. Spellman's who told of the occurrence as Mrs. Spellman had r slated lt to her. The negro assailant ls named J UM ph Brown, and Wednesday was employed by a coal marble yard todo some tombstone cleaning at the cem etery. Ho happened to be near the section which Mrs. Spellman visited. Seeing her alone he ciutlously crept up to and seized her. Fortunattly the spot where the assault occurred was not in a remote part e.f tho cemetery, so the screams o'. Mrs. Spellman soon brought the cemetery t Ulcers to t .o spot. Meanwhile Brown had rushed to wards the south wall and climbed over._ Too Biblo. The Bible is r,ho "bestselling book" In the world. One would be inolined to doubt the statement when he reads about the enormous editions of popu lar novels. And there Isa widespread feeling that the Bible and religious literature is going out of fashion. Rut the figures tell a different story. Never before has there been such a demand for the Christian Scriptures. The recent report of the British Bible society shows that since its establish ment it has distributed 180,000,000 copies of the Bible. Tae American society bas distributed 70,000,000. Aud both societies say they printed more copies last year than In any pre vious year. While presses are being pushed to supply a passing demand for current fiotion they are running the year around to suply the call for the Old and New Testament. The Bible ls now printed in 450 languages and dialects. Translators are con stantly employed In putting lt in new . tongues. No, the Bible it^flSt going I out of fashion. R&Hgton'ls a part cf inan't* naturoT Whilo he will always busy himself with science and art and literature, religion will always engage his thought. It is the thing that Ulis his supremest need. Religion of some kind will always have Its place In human life. And the religion of the Bible is tiie best brand extant. A Foolish Boy, The navy department bas instituted a search for Midshipman Milton W. Arrowood, who has been absent seve ral weeks without leave from his sta tion on the battleship Kearsarge. The department hus applied to the young man's father, who lives In North Carolina, for information on the sub ject. The oase ls a most unusual one. For private reasons the young man desires to leave the uavy and tender ed his resignation a short time ago, but the department refused to enter tain lt on the ground that the gov ernment, having educated him, is entitled to the benefit of his services for a few years at least. It is inti mated now that when the young man found ho could not get out of the navy in tho regular way he returned to his homo lu North Carolina, where he is now Bald to be. Midshipman Arrowood passed the requisito acade mic course and has nearly completed the regulation two years service at sea prior to bis final graduation. In case be falls to return to his station he will bo dropped as a deserter. Sensational Charges. Sensational disclosures lu relation to the alleged uso of Indian trust fuuds for the support of sectarian schools wore made Wednesday by Senator Bard u a statement to the United States Senate Committee on Indian affairs. In addition to the charge that Riman Catholic schools have received 113 per cont, of the mon ey expended ur der contracts made by the Indian cor ?missioner, tho senator said he had been approached by rep resentativo of a Catholic association with thc promise of carrying certain number of districts In California for him in return for his Influence In bringing about a continuance of such favorable contract?. Senator Bard quoted a circular issuod by M. K. Sniff .n, secretary of tho Indian Rights association, otmrglng that discrimina tion in favor ol Roman Catholics was by direction of tbe president. Out on Bail. W. B. Rowell, the State constable who shot and killed Jonas C. Blount, the A thu tlc Coast Line detective In Florence In Docembor last. and who has beer, con ?hied in the Florence County prison ever since, was released Wednesday night. Judge Purdy hav ing granted him ball in tho Bum nf 84,000. Dr. William Ildorton and J. M. Humphroy, of that county, are hts bondsmen. FARMERS CAN WIN. ; Ibo Cotton Problem Di s CUE sn a by Ur. Sh; pporaoij, of Bolton. Adviiteo Farmer? to Hold Tb. ;ir Cot tell LUc> Stonewall Did tbo Lillies at Bull Run. .? Mr. Aifrei! Ii. Shopperauu, ot Boo ton, Masa., who ls aa authority OD tbe cottoD question advises the farm ers to hold their oottton and they will win the fight. Here ls what he says. Read it: The farmers and merchants ot tho sou til who now hold cotton are con fronted with the fact that the yield ot the present orop has been more than the world's requirements of American cotton for this season. The prioa ls now somewhat less than one balf of the quotations of a year ago. ?When there is an oversupply of any commodity and a serious deoline in price from that cause, the first sug gestion of common senBe is to ourtail production and ther?by reduce the supply to proportion of the demand and thus restore the price to an equit able basis. This simple plan bas al ways succeeded with cotton. Mr. John L. Mclaurin, formerly a senator from South Carolina, in a let ter lu the New York Sun of 17th in stant, sc outs tbe idea of a reduction of acreago and urges tbat tbe grant lng of subsidies to Halted States ves sel? would, in Rome way, so vastly in crease our exports of cotton goods that the resulting greater demand for the raw material wou'd take at full prices all the cotton our country oould produce. He tells us tbat "trade fol lows the fUg," and says a great op portunity is open to us in the intro ductlon of our cotton goods into Cblna and tbat "a market ls waiting there which will enable us to Bell 20, 0CO.000 instead of 10,000,000 bales of cotton above ten couts per pound, as it should not be difficult to teach a thrifty people the advantage of cot ton goods." As a matter of fact, cotton cloth was manufactured in China as early as A. D. 1200 from cotton grown in that country, and IP now the only clothing for all seasons of the year of the great majority of the ObiDese population. Cotton cloth was not made in the Unite! State? until more than 600 years later. Ih the year ending /une 30, 1903, more than one-half of our exports of cotton cloth were to China, and In the previous yea" the quantity was over three fiftlis. Our exports to China are principally ot ooaree, unbleached oot ton cloth, ol whioh the chief element of cost is tho cotton Itself. jY.r. McLaurln says that "the ob sta le to trade with Ohina ls laok of transportation" and high freights. There are actually greater shipping facilities between the United States and China and lower rates 'cf freight thai ever before. There are now pro lably more vessels, and certainly a greater carrying capacity, for the world's commerce than at any previ ous time. Ojoan freights a<e exceed ingly low and far below the rates of a few years ago. "Thc flag" or the nationality of the vessel bas nothing whatever to do wit i the selling of commodities any whe rc. Ti e only faotors in the mat ter are the suitability of the articles and the re. .sonableness pf the prices den anded. If the commodities o? not suit tl e markets . \ ?..!; i*h they are offered ,hey cannot be sold to any ext? nt evoi at a very low prie?.. Our commodltli s cannot bc sold IQ foreign markets for any more than similar articles from other countries. Our Hag has entered tho Philippines and is now the Hag of that country, but trade has followed lt at so low a pace that during the last fiscal year the imports of cotton goods from tho United States were only 6 1-2 per cent, of tho total quantity, while Great Britain furnished 45 per cent., Sapin 16 per cent, and little Switzer land 7 14 pjrjggat?*5 _ .TiiO ?f?iof obstacle to the increase of cur exports of cotton manufactures is tile high tariff on textile machinery and on the che nlcals, dyes, etc , useu in the manufacture of bleaohed, dyed and printed goods. Oa account of these tariff taxes, the equipment of a cotton mill hero oo**ts about 50 per cent, more than in England, and the cobt of the manufactured product ls f-:o greatly increased that wo cannot successfully competo with European mills anywhere outside of tho proteo tlon walls surrounding our own coun try. Our cotton mills, if worked to their full capacity would produce vastly more goods than could be used in the United Statesaudan expansion of foreign trade is greatly needed to take the surplus production. During the past season the world's spinnen; consumed only 10,100,000 bales of American cotton owling to the high price and limited supply, while 11,000,000 bales were consumed In the season of 1899-1900, when the number of spindles was 7,350,000 less A cablegram on the 20th Instant from Moats. Ellison & Oompiny of Liverpjol estimates the world's con Bumpllonof American otton this sea son at ll 327,000 bales, and says that European mills may tako 300,000 to 400,000 more to add to their stocks. It may bs safely assumed that the world's mills will consume fully ll,: 350,000 bales of American cottou. Should thoy buy an average of only four weeks' supply beyond their ac tual requirements, iii would make their entlro purchase for tho season about 12,220.000 bales. If our "'commercial crop" should b ? aa much as 500,000 bales more than thin, the addltl n to the stocks in An orican and European markets should not unfavorably affect prices. 1 think cotton la too low and that the great deollno has been largely duo to speculative influences. flurely tho spinners did not expect so great a de olire or they would not have bought sotreely earlier In the Reiaon when prii es wero several cents y er pound dearer. An alvarco of a cont and a hal' per pound would unloubtedly pro note tho Interests of a rx ajorlty of tho spinners as lt would eau? e a stead ier market and larger domand 'or cot ton goods. At tho advai.ee there would bc a botter demand 'or cotton for spinning and for Investment than there ls today. Thcc-ourso of the market for the neil few iiontha rests entirely wltn the present holders of cotton in the South. Ii they will markei. it slowly anc only a they actually r< quire the mo icy fro-1 its sale, it ia likely a re act on to >ettor prices would .occur. In thoseaf m of 1?9? 99 ful y 400,000 bal \; wurt held back in tho interior until the following season and the Un; "cial condition of tho South ls in finitely better now than nt that time. Let the south; rn owners of cotton bold it with the "Stonewall" tenaotfiy with whloh Jackson's brigade held tho line of battle at Bull Bun, and In this flgi.t over the price tboy will gain the viotory they deserve. A substantial reduction of acreage, however, is essential to a peimcnent Improve meat in price, and such ro c u;tlon can be safely left lo the goo 1 judgme it and self-interest of each Southe) n farmer. mt WAirxEo TO KKOW? * Why kUtrangor Reoently Viol ted tbe Btate Dispensary. "I want to know," said a visitor at the state dispensary last week. His card' announced him to be Frank J. Sheridan, of Washington, speoial agent of the United States bureau of labor, a branob of commerce and labor. He was a very pleasant gentleman, of a most Inquiring turn of mind. He has traveled far and wide throughout the United States and observed close ly wherever he went. While Mr. Sheridan's official home ls Washington, he Isa native of Iowa, a state where the prohibition farce is more than a law-it is an integral part of tbe commonwealth's constitu tion. Mr. Sheridan explained bis visit to the Bt^te dispensary by say ing bis cuiloslty had been aroused. It had forolbly stru.:k his attention that the liquor evil was m re conspicuous ly ab eut f.om Columbia than from any olty of similar s'ze he bad ever visited. He saw no signs of drunken ness and no place where drinking was made attractive. He Is from a pro hibition state, but nowhere in the cities of hi* stat?* had he o' served such satisfactory conditions. And be wanted to know what was the law that produced such results.. As a result of the answer that South Carolina had the dispensary law and that thc headquarters of the .dis pensary system was In Columbia," he went to dispensary headquarter8 for further Information. Ho wasT wer comed by Commissioner Tatum and spent several hours at tbe dispensary, asking most pertinent questions as to the dispensary law and lbs operations. He very freely expressed the opinion that the dispensary law, judged by what ho bad seen of Its workings, was the best solution of the liquor problem that had ever come under his observation. Judged by practical re sults for sobriety and order, ho pro nounced lt far better than the pro hibition law of bis own state. According to Mr. Sheridan, the prohibition law of Iowa has become such a farce In the cities and towns of that state that no attempt is made to enforce it there. Prohibition be ing constitutional in Iowa, the bar rooms are not licensed, but c. com promise system has been worke d out under which the "virtuous" p .ohibi tlon law rennins on the statute books while tho ba i keepers continue busi ness, being periodically arrested anc? fined. These arrests and fines are so manipulated that a barkeeper pays in tines in the course of a year about what he wo aid havo to pay for a license in a license state. The r : ult ts nothing like as satisfactory as fiat ohtalned by the dispensary law ac cording to Mr. Sheridan, who ls an unprejudiced observer. The Impres sion rr ade upon Mr. Sheridan ls that made upon practically all visitor* to South Carolina, particularly ladies, who a:e delighted tb be where they can walk upon city streets without having to pass barrooms.-Columbia Record. Murder and Suicido. A tragey in which four men lost their lives occurred In N gales Ari zona. Friday. William Walten, a gambler, entered the Palace saloon owned by M. M. Conn, walked to a poker table, and without a word of warning drew a revolver and opened Oro on the dealer, known as "Cow boy" JobnBon, firing two shots through his head. Walters then turned on Conn, the proprietor, who was making bis way toward the door, shooting bim through the head and heart. The murderer then turned ?frhr-weapon toward the monte dealer, bhoot??g^Wnr through the back of the head. He lirpd a shot at George Beedie, a cattleman, which grazed the latter's face, and then turned the revolver on himself and sent a bullet through bis own brain. All of the victims died before being able to make statements. Walters bad been employed by Conn, but bad been dls cha' ged a few days before Attacked by a Cat. Mr. J. W. P. Hope, of Yorkvllle, j was badly bitten and clawed by an infuriated cat at bis residence on Thursday afternoon. Mr. Hope was sitting on a chair with his right hand hanging down when the cat, which was lying under the chair, sprang at bis hand in a savage manner, biting and scratching lt quite severely. In trying to draw hiB hand away from the aulnaal lt was pubed through the rounds of the chair and Mr. Hope bad t? choke it ctT. Miss Lucy Smarr, a| young lady boarding with the farailyT was also severely bitten and scratched by the cat In her efforts to r slsts Mr. Hope. Tho cat has been i.\ the family for a good number of yearn and was looked upon as a pot, Mr. il ope attending mostly to its feeding. Balo Cracker?. Burglars broke into the storo of Millar Bros. at Stone station on tho Glenn Springs railroad Wednesday night, and after blowing open the safe with dynamite they rifled Its con tents, securing 838 in money belong ing to tho Messrs. Stone and about $18 balonging to the postollice, which is located at the store. Alovg with the money 200 two cent stamps, 1,000 one ojnt stamps and 400 ono cent pieces were taken. A batch of notes and mortgages taken from the safe were found in a woodland about half a mlle from tho store. This worl: of the safo craoker! was successfully planed and carried out, and the authorities do not bohevi that lt was participat ed in by novices. A tr.?ld of Smallpox. Representative Etheridge intro duced a resolution in the House on Thursday to exclude all visitors from tho tlcVr of tho nouse on account of an epidemic of smallpox in Columbia. The resolution failed, as it was thougat to hive been luspired less by foar o'small|K)x than by a desire to get rid of visitors on aocount of tho noise of conversation. Rlobland mem bers of the House protested that the Bmalliox situation was no worse there than nlsewhere In the State. fatally Injured. The man struck by a Southern rail way t*ain near Trenton on January 31 died Thursday morning at 2 o'clock. He has been Identified i.s Milton J. Palmer of Augusta, Ga. He has a wlfo a id one ohlld residing In AugiiBta. Aotln.i Coroner Brunsou held the In quest. His remains were taken to Augusta for burial. / A BUBBLE PRICKED, I Tcial Valne of Crura'i Potato Lei* Than Fovxtcon Thousand Dollar*. Exact Figuren of Appraleoment Given U odor deal ol Dtmbe rg Gonn* tjVPsrobiite Jade?. \ The late H. H. Orum, of Bamberg, came into political prominence in the nineties. A farmer himself and the son of a farmer, it was raturai that he took a lively interest in the farm ers' movement and his work and in liueDCe contribute! largely to the suc cess of that movement in his section of the state. One result of this was that for several years he was a mem ber of the bouse ftom Barnwell coun ty and afterward from Bamberg when that county was created. In the legislature he was regarded as a safe and conservative mau and a good committee worker. His strength in thc legislature was s'iown by the large vote he received when he was a candi dato for the position of state dispen sary commissioner. After serving two years in that oflloe he was re-elected and served another term. His admin istration was considered conservative and business like. Before go:ng info office he had farmed seme fertile land ??von him by his father and bad purchased addi tional T.aatP. WhHe in efflce he con tlnued his farming operations and the four years he was in office were four of thc best years the far me/a bave had lp a generation. They v/ure years cf a high prlco for cotton*. With the start giver him by his father and hl6 own planting operations, together with four years in.? off. e at a good salary, lt was natural tbat he should ?atticx together something of an estate. But when he died, last year, amaz ing stories were immediately set afloat as to the large value of the estate he ' left. No father for these stories other than the hoary-headed "They Say" ever appeared. No one vjuobed for them. No one would he responsible for them or would vouch for their ao cureoy. But they were circulated with a persistency and system v.hlch Indicated a purpose behind them and led to a suspicion that some organisa tion was using thom for political pur poses. Whenever a friend of the dispen sary would say anything in defense of the honesty of its officials, he would he asked how Crum gathered to gether such a bu go* ?c?ate. Accord ing to tho rumors, Crum Uft an es tate variously valued at. from $150, OOO to 8250,000. One man would say ho had 1 eard from some one who ought to ?mow t hat Cru n had $30, 000 in bank and ow nee l ouses and lards and s...ck wo'th m'.re then 8100.000. There wiro 7ar??Mons >f th's story, but the only t iffern ice was in c'io il vares, which by maj/ were plac. d higher. OJO ol Crum's warm personal friends in Columbia, whu had repeat edly heard these stories investigated Mr. Crum's affairs and f mud that at the time be died he hac an estate of about 813,000, including 81,800 in bank, and that he owed sb jut 83,000 Ile asked that this statement be pub lished in justice to tho memory of Mr. dum and to oflde: the attacks being made on the dlspcrssxy over his dead b'dy. As his statement was ex parto and unofflc'a', Tbe R.cord d ismed It bB3t to obtain a signed and mealed state ment of Mr. Crum's est.ite from the judge of probate of Bamoerg county, through whose office the estate had to be settled. This statement ls now in The Record office and can be ex amined by anybody who cares to see it. Mr. Crum left ro will, r.o an admin istrator was appointed for his estate. J The appraisers of the estate were J. 1 D. Baxter, James A. WUker Elward P. Sojourner, C. S. Folk and A. H. j Ne.dy, all prominent cit .zens of Ham berg. Their appraisement, as certified under seal by Geo. P. Harmon, judge of probate of Bamberg county, made the total value of Mr. Crum'H estate, Including both personalty and realty, $13,829 87-by r o means a large for tuno when all the facts ic the ease are considered.-Columbia Record. Accidentally Killed Himself. On last Wednesday a colored man by the name of Jim .Tonus, while play ing with a pistol in the engine ro mi of the Orangeburg Cotton Seed Oil Company, accidentally siiot himself in the head, fn ra the effeo'.s of which he tiled almost immediately. The shoot ing is supposed to have been accident al, but it is not pasitiVi ly known as the man may have committed suicide. If it was an acoldent, tho unfortunate man certainly paid dear for his own carelessness. Jones was one of the hands at the mill, and was well thought of by his en ilo;/eir Ileoame tr ? )rangcburg last fall fro a Rowes Wl'tf, r-.here his folks now live, ne was ab"ut twenty-four years of age. Killed by a Train. A dispatch from Green Pond (o Tho State fays Mr. M. A. Brawdy, whose home was In Beaufort county, was killed there Wednesday by the fast mall. Mr. Brawdy and his wife had been to Walterboro to attend the fun oral of their daughter and were re turning to their home at Dale, in Beaufort county. While waiting at the station hera for tho local train Mr. Brawdy went across the track for a few minutes, and hearing a train ocmng, supposod lt waa tho train he was to take and attempted to oross the track. The fast mall flying along the Uno stretch of track, struck the man, killing him almost inotantly. Mr. Brawdy was not nangled, but ne^er bpote after tho r.nglne ?truck him. Mr. Brawdy was about 63 years old._ Postmasters Musi 't Pay. The aol ion of Postm ister General Wyuno lt notifying R. publican Na tional Committeeman C;.persof South Carolina that postmasrers wilt be dis missed from service if In future they pay expenses of dclegaUs to political c inventions was approved by the President and cabinot Wednesday. Thb decision grew out o ' a complaint that lt was the custom for postmast ers in South Carolina to pay railroad and ol her ex'penses of delegates to political conventions. In the com plaint two postmasters were named, C. J. Mulley, of Westminster, and J. M. Stewart, of Lancaster. Waylaid And hut. At 10 o'clook Saturday night Mr. W,. R. Hubbard was wajlaid and seri ously shot in Hardeevllli. He was on the way home from his store. It is thought he will recover. No clue to the perpetrator. Dr. Hathaway Can Cure You at Your Own Home. Write thia Skillful Specialist About Your Trouble, Ho Will Give You Uis Expert Opinion Free, Which Will Be Worth More to You Than What Your Local Doctor Will* Charge $5 or $10 for. HIS SYSTEM OF HOME TRFATMENT IS PERFECT. "N'o(j'r? ohargo for medicines.'" "No misleading statement or deep tIve propositions al lowed in mr advise* inenta." If you ara feeling ill, and di not know just ' ?f Er??t benefit to you, even if rou do aofc whot ia the matter with you, do not fmake the ??f treatment. mistake of calling ou your local doctor for1 "? nos e. pomlvo and permanent cure for consultation bu just BimMy writo to Dr. J. Si'SPA'Aiit m"5. And women au h os LOST you, t'or his wide experience i of diseases (twonty-flve years), nt once understand the exact trouble. 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Ile has had svecinl success injur ing cases of long standing nnd of n complicat ed nature, after several doctors had given ihem up us incurable, but whothor your case is of long standing or not, you should at once sook tho ndvico of this groot specialist. It will bo specialist. His treatment for these disensos is basad on over n quarter century of close study, and when he once discharges you as cured, yon need havo no fear that you wilt over be trou bl"d with your disease again-his cures nre per manent. Dr. Hathaway ?B ?io author of aigS valuable medical books which should be in tho hands of every ono a (ll ic tod, or every head of u f ?oui!y, and ho will send ?ny one of these t'ooks to you on receipt of your name and ad dress. 1, dis ases of tho throat and lunga; 2, kidneys and urinary tract; 3, diseases of women; 4, shin, rectal, rheumatism; 5 blood poison; 6, nervous debility and vital weakness; 7, stricture; 8, varicocolo. If you do not suffer youraolf send him tho name of somo one that does. Do not forget tho address. J. Newton Hathaway, M. 89 Inman Bldg, Atlante, Ga. , W ARE LOOKING FOR YOUR ORDERS COLUMBIA LUMBER & MFC CO. . COLUMBIA S.C. VA -, K?LFYRE! KILFYRE ! ! K?LFYHS ! ! ! That is exactly what lt is, a?u*-j Kui sr. DJ aVu?MotJa j/ery vit.y at the State Fair showing; its Arc fighting mal I ties. Every Farmer, Oil Mill, Saw Mill, Ginnery and any one owning property should have them. For Bale by ^ COLUMBIA SUPPLY (30.. Columbia, O The machinery Surjpiy- htMM^of the Sfet? Southeastern t?inent Co. CHARLESTON, 8, G. Building Material of all kinds. High Srade Roofing "RUBEROID." Write for prices. THE G^JINARD ??R?CK WORKS^ COLUMBIA, c. Building and Re-Pressed Brlok. Special Shapes to order. Fire Proof Terra Gotta Flue Linings. Preparod to fill orders for thousands or for millions. All Drug and Tobacco Habits. Wblske I Morphine I Gigaret Habit, I Habit I Habit Cured by JECeelejr Jlnstitute, of CX 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 16) Columbia, S. C. Confidential cernipjnc pr\0p solicited. A GOOD BILL KILLED Br the Hon no After a Very Short Dc* usu o on rnnndty. The house by a decisive vote Thurs day killed tho compulsory education bill. While boura bave been spent in debate on other matters o' far lens serious Import, the members of . the house seemed unwilling to discuss this measure. In less than an hour it was numbered among the good whlc'i lie buried in the archives of the house. Those who voted in favor of strik ing out tb? enacting clause-and thus to kill the bill-were: Speaker Smith and Representatives Ardrev, Ashley, Baker, Ballentine, Banks, Bearrguard, Bradham, Brant, Brantley, Browning, Callison, Clifton, Cloy, CoJcock, Coth ran. Doar, Dukes, Earhardt, Ep'irg, L. B. Etheredge, Faust, Ford, Foster, Fraser, Qause, Graham, D. L. Green, Hamlin, Harrison, Harley, Hemphill, J. E. Herbert, Higgins, Kirven, La Fltte, Laney, Lawson, Lester, Lo max, McCants, Massey, Miller, Mor rison, Nanoe, Parker, Prince, Pyatt, Rawlinson, Richards, Seabrook, Shel don, Stoll, Strong, Tribble, Verner, J. J. Watson, Webb, Whatley and Wimberly. Those who favored the bill and voted nay on the motion were: Messrs Arnold, Bass, Brice, Bruce, Culler, Davis, DesOhamps, DeVore, Edwards, Frost, Gaston, J. P. Gibson, W. J. Gibson, Gray, W. MoD. Green, Gyles, Hall, D. O. Herbert, Heyward, Hutto, Keenan, Kirby, Little, Lyon, McColl, MoFaddln, MoMaster, Laban Mftuldln, T. J. Mauldln, Moses, Nich olson, Olts, Patterson, Pittman, Pol it ok, Poston, Koley, Sanders, Seller, SinkUr, Spivey, Taylor, Toole, Tur ner, M. W. Walker, J. M. Walker, and Yoldell. Col. D. O. Herbert made a splen did spree i in favor of the bill, but it availed nothing. Gtva Him Fifty D Ulara A dispatch from Bethune to The State says several hundred cro?stief were burned about two miles webt ol that town last Sunday night and while they were burning the Sea board's Florida limited train, to which was attached Vanderbilt's spcoial car, was compelled to atop on account ol the Are. Most of the ties belonged to John McQougan, a white man whe was out beside the railroad trying tc put out the fire. Mr. Vanderbilt, who saw that the Oro would mean a heavy loss to McGougan, walked ur. and presented him with fifty dollar* in cash. ConBUS Cotton Crop Figures. The census rcporb issued Wednes day shows 895 counties reported 9,717,603 bales ginned to January 10 this year, counting round bales, as half bale? ocimpared with 7,168,381 in the same oountlei last year. Four hundred and aav enty-seven (?Inners refusod reports aud the quantities previously render ed by them were brought forward for this report without addition. The total.amount thus brought forward is 134,111 bal??._ A. G. Hayes, a well known young business man of Greenwood, shot and killed Nathaniel Burkett, a young negro, on tho street!, of Greenwood on Saturday night. T. S. H?I.LEYMAN, M.D., THE SPECIALI3T. Cures all diseases of man. Lost manhood, syphilis (blood poison), gonorheea, gleet, stricture, varloosele, ) bydrocelc and all private diseases of . men. Catarrh in all fovms cured quickly. P!!ej cured without opcrs ; tion or detention from business. Under guarantee. Roumi 421 and j 422 Leonard building, Au justa, Ga. Write for fume treatmei t. Office j hours: 0 a. m. to 7 p. m Suuday'a j M a. m. to 2 p. m. ? 89to?o?9*ne;i9sieo?<M >.?.???? Make Home Happy. Good Music Will Do This. i You want a aweot-toncd Piano, . or you may prefer a Ano Organ. 8 "jg Wo represent tho Bra itl*rd a) liUkTH, Our prices ann terms ? will appeal to you. Call on or ad . dress ? ?YULONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, 2 In Opera House Block, H COLUMBIA, S. C. -fq V j QUARAR BANK DEPOSIT Railroad Faro Paid. VA vu KI: Courses Off ?rod (99SBBBOBHIBB B ard at Cost Writ? Quid 'tEORRiaUUBAM A BUSINESS COLLEGEJStOMuSl OJUU for Wtotbrop. A special dispatch fron Washing ton to tae Columbia R oord says it is probablly that the Winthrop Tralnin school, at Rock lilli, will c ome in fo a large share of thc Peabody fund, I wnlch ls to be distributed by the ' trustees within a short time. As is known the trustees have decided to close the trust and to do so they will permanently distribute the fund. Half of the 12,000,000 trustee fund has ! been given to the Peabody Training J school at Nashville and tho other Sl, 000,000 is to be distributed among a 1 rumber of institutions. Io ia said on the best of authority that the Rook 1 Hill institutlcn will probably connTlr^ for a large: part of Ute retraining Si,* '? 000,000 thin any other Institution in 1, the country. 11 Wi,nc Ruacum, I A dispatch from Manila says lead > crs of tho hand of Labronefc, which re? > ceotly attacked the town of San Fran i de Malaban, and captured tho wife and two children of ox-Gov. Trias, now demand ransom for th 3 release of their captives \ Yoting Victim A dispatch from Chicago vtyB Ellzi beth,McCormick, only daughter of Cyrus II. McCormick", ls e'ead, iged 12 years. Th3 death of th) hires', ot the millionaires family wa; caused bj append loti). NOUFOLK hivs a philosophical regro nun who H IV ni his pereonal apparel G ie other clay at the Baorliloe of two odored women who wore burner* to death In an adjoining room. When nike! why ho had uot?gb'n?i to tho re lief of tho victima of tho /Ire he an swered that ho ''had to work too hard to buy his olothes to lose, thom saving women." 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