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B^m^HHv of r The carry together the ^HHIH^^H^B for mortpersonal secured ^^^H^k>rohibit emitheir vooa |Ht first obtainfor other pnr4 of an act en K the school dis^^JPTreenwood to issne HPnrpose of purchasing W end building public | in the town of Greenved December 16, 1891; ct entitled "an actprolaster for the county of nnrnviul T*Oi> 9.1 A H devolve the Unties of the BQH^^^B|^Hkeley county upon the ^ cra^^^^H^urt of common pleas; to oedeufl||^Hunited states of America oertain lanaWp the he rbor of Charleston for the purpeeejjf eitablikpng and maintaining a homeland Sanitarium thereon; to require public schools of the State to observe the third Friday in November of each year as Arbor day; to amend an aot. entitled "an act to provide a poor house and farm in Berkeley oonnty. approved Bee. 22, 1894; to require toe county treasurer of Edgefield oonnty to pay over to the county trees-' urers of Saluda county and Greenwood county certain school funds and to authorize the sohool officers of said counties to apportion and check out the same; validating the contract between the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad Company and the city of Aiken, concerning bridges and crossings over the . railroad cut at Aiken and authorizing the enforcement thereof; providing for a lion on railroads for labor and material furnished in their construction; to empower the elerks of circuit oourts to appoint guardians ad litem; to provide for the transfer and the investment of the Downer fund; to amend an act to amend "an act entitled an net to create a separate school district from portions of Aiken and Orangeburg counties including the town of Sal ley in Aiken ooonty." Thursday, 10th. ?The Senate pat itself unanimously on record as favoring a broad and liberal policy in regard to 3tate institutions by putting back the appropriation of the South Carolina College to 925,000 from the ?20,000 to which the House had reduced it. The fight was warm and the speeches at times grew persona1. Archer, with Pettigrew as second, led in the fight, while Henderson, Sloan and Msyfield ably nliammaniwi fko mnfta a# tka anf. lex?. The debate was listened to by numbers of people, who filled the gol, (eries and crowded the floor of the chamber. The vote on patting the appropriation back to $23,0OO was as follows: Yeas?Messrs. Brown, Buist, Dean, Douglass, DuBose, Griffith, Henderson, Jefferies, Lesesne, Love, Mauldin, May field, McAIhany McCalla, McDamel, Moses, Mower, Xorris, Bagsdale, Scarborough, Sloan, Stackhouse, Talbird, Walker, Wallace and Waller?3d. Nays?Messrs. Alexander, Archer, Connor, Dennis. Gaines, Miller, O'Dell, Pettigrew, Suddath and Turner?10, An unfavorable report on a bill to provide for the registration of births and marriage* was agreed to and the hill rejected. The fight to abolish the office of phosphate inspector was indefinitely postponed by a vote of 30 <o 17. At the night session the Senate igreed to every amendment recomaiended by the finance committee, tuu af/pivjuiauvuB, nu?vu ww Souse had cut, back to the original figures of last year. Here are the amendments to the House bill: Making v the contingent fund of the adjutant and -IV inspector general $150 instead of $75; For collecting arms, freights, adverl tisements, expenses of inspection, $500 k instead of $150; board of health $2,500 in lieu of $1,500; forsupportof South CarHT\ olina college, $25,000 instead of $20,000; M For salaries of supervisors of registralion, $12,000, instead of $8,000. For phosphate inspector, $1,500. For the id of the Stale agricultural and Mehauical Society, $2,400. For the pay commissioners and manrgers of elec^^B mn, $18,000; to pay for advertising no^^^Koces of elections, $2,000. For the mes ? to 11. in tnm .>ken federate ^ ^^^^^^^ B^Krable an completion, was xf>After tly? c.y?gte principal from to foi ^^ ^ ^KVill for ^^H^^^^VTtowlihip. countvN?qp^gfl too^ ^^^^H^^Vary county expenses HBR^WIIb. For ordinary school ^^H^^Hcreased frrm 4 to 4^ mills, ^ ^^^^fifered an important amendthe supply bill, making it a |^^^neanor punishable by fine foi fl^Hcy officials to make appropriations ^^Kcess of funds derived from the for ordinary county purposes, was some discussion, but the ^^ dmet finally prevailed by the foiHig aye and nay vote: BRas?Alexander, Archer, Brown, Vpiat, Connor, Douglass, DnBose, Gaines, Griffith, Henderson, Jefferies, Mayfield, McAlbany, McDaniel, Miller, Moses, Mower, Norris, OTell, Stackhnn?n SnHdftth Tftlhml. Tnrnt>r. Walker, Wallace, Williams.-25. Nays?Dennis, Lesesne, Love, Pettigrew, Ragsdale, Waller.?6. THE HOUSE. Saturday, 5th.?The following is the text of Canghman's separate coach bill as it passed the honse: Sec. 1. That all rallrohds or railroad com pames engaged la this State as common carriers of passengers for hire shall furnish separate apartments in first class coaches oi separate first-class coaches for the accommodation of white and colored passengers: Provided, Equal accommodation shall be supplied to ail persons, without distinction of race, color or previous condition, in such coaches. Sec. 2. That any flrst-olaes coach of such carrier of passengers may be divided into apartments, separated by a substantial partition, in lieu of separate coaches. Bee. a. That should any railrood or railroad company, Its agents or employees, vio late the provisions of tola act, such railroad or railroad company shall be liable to a penalty of not more than five hundred dollars nor less than three hundred dollars for each violation, to beoollected by suit of any citinen of this State, and the penalty recovered shall be equally divided between the citizen bringing the suit and the State of South Carolina. Bee. 4. That the provisions of this act shall not apply to nurses on trains, or to relief trains in cases of accidents, nor to through vestibule trains. rec. 5. That the provisions of this act shall not go Into effect until July 1st, 1898. Sec. 4. That all aots and parts of acts in consistent with this act are hereby repealed. Childs failed in his effort to get the prohibition bill up for further consideration. The supply bill was ordered sent to the Senate. Bturkie'e bill relating to the punishment for murder, which was to do away with the life sentence npon recommendation to merey, was killed. Ashley's bill to amend the law an te labels on commercial fertilizers was taken np and amended, then given its third reading. At the night session Yeldell's bill to amend the Greenwood county act was given its seoond reading. It provides for the making of boundary lines, and making a map of the same. Dettrohi'n bill to establish and declare the law as to distress for rent was passed. Love's bill as to turning certain school fund* over to Cherokee county was given a third reading. Charleston's levy was put in the suprly bill at 3 mills. The bill to oede to the United States certain lands at Castle Pinckney, Charleston, for a homo and sanitarium thereon was given its second reading. The bill to authorize county commissioners of Pickens and Oconee to build a bridge over the Keowee river passed its second reading. Mauldin's bill to repeal oharterof town of Clemsoa College passed second reading. Perritt's bill to repair the jail in Darlington, the work not to ooet more than 31.200 passed second reading. Henderson's bill to iei>eal the act creating the offioeof master of Berkeley countv and to devolve the dutiey upon the clerk of conrt passed seconu reading. McWhite's bill regulating fishing in Florence county was given its second reading. MoDaniel's bill to dispense with the publication of the county treasurer's repor* in Fairfield oounty was given its second reading. Mojtdat, 7th.?In the Honse the following were among the most important measures that were given their fiual reading and ordered sent to the Senate: Meares' bill, to create the office of State librarian, etc; Canghman's separate coach bill; Yeldell's bill to amend sectiod 8 of an act entitled "an act to establish Greenwood county;" the substitute for Mr. DeBrnhl's bill to establish and declare the law as to distress for rent; Lofton's bill to amend the act amending the actto regulate the traffic in seed cotton in the counties of Abbeville, Aiken, Sumter, York, Edge fiele, Berkeley, Kershaw, Richland, Orangeburg, Charleston, Chester and Union; Love's W1 to require the connty treasurer of York, Union and Spartanburg counties to turn over to the treasurer of Cherokee countv certain school and other funds; | Perritt's bill to provide for the repair of the conrt house for Darlington county; McDauiel's bill to amend an act to dispose with publications annually of the itemized statements of their departments by connty treasurers of Fairfield ; Senate bill ^^H^^^HaiDg for a master for the H^^^^H^keloy and to devolve the ^^^^^Hne master in Berkely county ^^^^HTclerk of the Court of Common ^^^^3en(-to bill to cede unto the JHd States of America certain lands ^^Kie harbor of Charleston for the purpose of maintaining a home and sanitarium thereon; Ashley's bill to amend section 1299 (596) of volume of the revised statutes, 1892, as to labels on commercial fertilizers. These also passed their third reading: Caughmon's bill to incorporate the Saluda and Jnhnnton Railroad Comnanv: the Senate bill relating to the adjustment of certain bonded indebtedness herein mentioned of Newberry towmmip or township No. 1, of Newberry county; the Senate bill relating to the adjustment of the bonded indebtedness of Mendenhall or No. 8 township of Newberry county; the Senate bill to amend <6ection 4 of the act to make the school district of the town of Greenwood to issue bonds for the purpose of purchasing school property and building public school houses in the town of Greenwood; Senate bill to amend the act to establish Greenwood county, fixing the amount of commutation taxandsalanas of county supervisor aud his clerk; the bill to amend the act amendatory to the act to regulate fishing at certain times In Aiken, Barnwell, Darlington, Colleton and Orangeburg counties; Senate joint resolution to procure information with a view to the establishment of a reformatory for youthful cnminals; Senate bill to include porof Edgefield and Abbeville counties in the new count3* of Greenwood; McCullough's bill relating to the collection of taxes in towns and cities. At the night session au unfavorable rei>ort was presented on Banks' bill to abolish the county boards of control. The following resolution, introduced bj Kibler, was adopted'without objection: He it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, the Senate concurring, That the granting of hotel privileges by the State board of control is contrary to the spirit of the dispensary law and should be discontinued. That a copy of this resolution be sent to each member of the General Assembly of the said board of control. The Senate returned with amendment deLoach's telegraph and express company bill. The House declined to concur in the amendment to strike out telephone companies. The provision I for the contingent fund of $500 was also not conourred in on the ground that it had no reference to telephone companies. Tuesday, 8th.?The House passed a resolution to adjourn next Wednesday, the 16th. Childs' prohibition measure was taken up, some of the speeches being able ones. That of McCullough, on behalf of prohibition, was a strong argument, well delivered. Many of the speakers dealt with the liquor situation in an exhaustive and painstaking manner and much was said for ana against the present system of handling the liquor traffic in South Carolina. JLmngston onereu as an amenamenx an absolute prohibition measure. This was finally Toted down. Before any decisive vote on the merits of the bill Sroper could be reached, however, the onr for recess came and the further discussion of the measure went over until Wednesday. Wyche called up his bill relating to adulterated food, medicine and liquors and it was ordered to a third reading without debate. E. D. Smith's bill to require all persons attending State oolleges to pay at least $40 a year tuition, whioh was debated last year and brought over to this session, was called up by the author, and ^fter some disfeussibn was killed. Westmoreland's dog taxation bill was also killed. WsomsDAT, 9th,?In the House the prohibition bill met its death, the yea and nay vote resulting as follows: Yea?Speaker Gary, All, Asbill, Austell, Bailey, Banks, Bethune, Blythe, Caughman, Crum, Davis, Geo. W., DeBruhl, Dukes, Efird, Epps, Gage. Garria, Goodwin. O. P., Graham, Hamilton, Hazelden. Henderson Humphrey, Hydrick, Ilderton, Johnson, Hotaoe E., Kibler, Kinard, Henry J., Kinard, J. D., Lester, Mishoe, Mitchell, MoDaniel, McKeown, McLaurin, MoWhite, Nettles, Phillips, Pollock, Prinoe, Pyatt, Rogers, Sinkler, Skinner, Simpkina, Speer, Sturkie, Thomas, W. H., Timmerman, Wolling, Welch, West, Westmoreland, Winkler, Williams, Witherspoon, Wyche, Yeldeli ? 58. Nay?Ashley, Carraway, Childs,Colcoek, Davis, W. C., DeLoaeh, Fairer, Fox, Gasqne, Goodwin, H. P., Hollis, Joheeon, T. R, Limehouse, Living eto*, Lofton, Mauldin, Meares, Mehrt?*?, M-cCulloueh, Owen, Patton, Price, Rainsford. Robinson, Sanders, Seabrook, Smith, J. R, Smith, a W. Smith, E. D., Steven*on, Sullivan, TOole, Yerner, Whisouant, Wilson, Wingo?89. The vote was clinched. Pollock's amendment to Child's bill, I which was to regulate the o. p. stores, was taken up and debated at some length. Pollock spoke in ita behalf, bat it was rejected. The legislative appropriation bill wti presented by the committee on wayc and mean*. At the night session a favorable majority report on the Lee county bill wat presented. The Senate notified the House that it bad agreed to the resolution filing Wednesday as the day of adjournment The Senate made some amendments to the school book bill of T. E. Johnson, so as not to mAke it mandatory tc have school book depositories in certain counties. The Senate also pot on a rider to the bill "That in all schools and colleges within this State which are supported in whole or in part fttom the free school fund it shall be unlawful to use anj.text book which has beer condemned or disapproved by the State toard of education." House adopted t e rider without debate. * L'hubsday, 10th.?'The work of the House was very brief. The news ol the death of one of its members, the Hon. J. M. Glenn, of Anderson county, was received, and as a result held an afternoon session, adjourning over at night out of respect to his memory. The i big fight of the day was over the question of the establishment of Pee Lee connty. The minority of the com mittee had proposed a concurrent resolution providing for another election on. 1 the question. Finally a vote was j reached, and the Tlouse refused to kill i the resolution. The vote was 3i> to 72. TbeD the resolution waR passed and the vote was clinched. The advocates of the new county are consequently jubilant iSkinuer's bill to anthorize an election X. on the question of county courts was killed: ' Vomer's bill, exempting Oconeo, York and Pickens counties from the operation of the dispensary law, was given its dual reading and sent to the Senate by a vote of 58 to 50, as follows: Yeas?Ashley, Austell, Bacot, Baden, Burns, Carrawav, Colcock, Davis, W. C., deLoach, Edwards, Epps, Fox, finrlarlon (iacra (tORnnp firnliam Hamilton, Hollis, Johnson, H. E., Johnson, T. E.. Kibler, Limehouse, Livingston, Lofton, Mauldin, Meares, Mehrtens, Miller, J. H., Mitchell, McCuljough, McDauiel, Nettles, Owens, Patton, Perritt, Pollock, Pjatt, Rainsford, Reynolds, Robinson, Sanders, Seabrook, Sinkler, Simkins, Smith, J. R., Smith, E. D., Stevenson, Sullivan, Thomas, Jno. P., Jr., Thomas, W. H., Verner, Vincent, Wolling, Whisonant, "Wilson, Wingo, Witherspoon, Yeldell-58. Nays?Speaker Gary, All, Banks, Bethune, Breeland, Carson, Canghman, Crnm, Davis, C. M., Davis, G. W., DeBruhl, Dukes, Efird, Fairey, Garris, Goodwin, H. P. .Goodwin, 0. P., Harvey, Hazelden, Henderson, Hiott, Humphrey, Ilderton, Kennedy, Kinard, H. J., Kinard, J. D., Lancaster, Lester, Lemmon, Miller, J. H,, Mishoe, Moore, McKeown, MoLaurin, McWhite, Phillips, Price, Prince, Rogers, Russell, Skinner, Speer, Sturkie, Timmerman, Welch, West, Westmoreland, Winkler, Williams, Wyche?50. The claim of W. W. Grayson, clerkol court of Williamsburg county, was rejected, as was also thnt of the commissioners of election of Edgefield county. The petition from the Cotton Growers' association of Marlboro to repeal the lien law was tabled. Fbidat, 11th.?The House passed the Lee county bill compcsod of portion? of Darlington, Sumter and Kershaw counties, with Bisbopville as the county seat. The judiciary committee reported favorably ou the bill relating to courtr in the Seventh indicia! circuit The commitee on bill making Jefferson Davis' birthday a legal holiday was given a third reading. At the afternoon session th House by a vote of 48 to 51 refnsed to concur in the Senate amendment to the South Carolina College appropriation. The House concurred in the $50C amendment for militia inspections. The board of health's 81,500 was down in the bill at $25. The Senate evidently intended $2,500. The House refused to concur amid laughter. The change in regard to supervisors' salaries was agreed to. The House was about to refuee to pay for the piano in the Governor's mansion when Blythe stated that it had been put there by the present Governor's predecessor and said they could cot refuse to pay for it By a vote of 4l) to 37 the House accepted* the amendment Th" House refused to agree to th? $1,500 for the salary of the phosphate commissioner. Also the amendments appropriating a loan to the State Fail Association. These matters will doubtlees be referred to a conference committee and may be settled with difficulty. A HIDDEN TREASURE. An Old Cheat Found to Contain $50,000 in Gold. I "You may talk about the wonderful discoveries of gold in the Klondike region," said a prominent lawyer to a Washington Star reporter a few days ago, "but one of the richest gold tlnds of this year occurred right here In Washington. I will not mention names, but the gentleman referred to was known all over the country before be died as one of the wealthiest pension agents and publishers of the present day. "A short time after the captMn (I will call him 'captain' throughout 'he story) died his executors were engaged in making an examination of his effects. His will had been carefully drawn and all of his real and personal property was supposed to be distributed among his relatives and friends, according to bis last wishes. One day in clearing out the safe In the building which still bears the captain's name an old chest was discovered in one of the dark corners of the vault It had been there for years, and was supposed to contain only plates and drawings of war pictures, used in connection with a book of war stories. The executors had passed the old chest by without examining its contents, supposing, of course, tliat it contained nothing but the plates and drawings, as indicated by the marking on the outside. One of the clerks engaged in the work had curiosity enough to take a peep into the chest When the loose drawings were removed a sight met his gaze that fairly took his breath away. There, nestling among the sheets of war pictures, and at the bottom of the chest, was an Immense pile of gold coin, which, when counted, amouuted to something over ^0,000. . "There were gold pieces of every denomination, from $1 to $20. The discovery was so unexpected that the executors were at a loss for some time to account for the pile of treasure. The latest will was carefully scrutinized, but nothing in it could be found relative to the unlooked-for gold deposit. .Various theories were advanced to explain the accumulation of coin, and it was finally concluded that the c:iptain Iliad followed the example of other cautious capitalists during the last raid ion the treasury gold reserve, and hoardied the amount found in the chest. The coin looked as though It might have 'been dropped Into the chest careless'}*, ifor the various denominations and :datos were In happy confusion. The [executors were unable to account for the omission of the gold pile In the will, for although the captain was a great spender, he usually kept a clear [account of his securities. It Is possible that he may have been quietly engaged In hoarding gold pieces for a number of years prior to his death, and when his fatal Illness came on he may have ifcrgotten the gold lining to the old chest containing the war ph-tnres. Of course, the gold was carefully counted and entered up as a very desirable part of the estate." A lost opportunity seldom finds !u way back. A IHE IE 1 lift! ? J- I "Uncle George" D, Tillman Has Entered the ^A^na. SCHUMPERT ALSO A CANDIDATE Tillman Will Not Only Promise to Reduce Taxes, But Will Reduce Them. Evans for Attorney-General. "Uncle George" D. Tillman and ex solicitor Schumpert nave enterea tne race for Governor, as also Mayor H. H. Evans, of Newbery for Attorney-General and Dr. T. G. White, of Beaufort, for State Superintendent of Education. The following has also been given out in regard to Col. Tillman's plans, sayr the State: He will not make the race on an antidispensary platform, however, as has heretofore been reported. His position on the whiskey question will be to allow each county to select for itself prohibition, high license, or the dispensary, as each sees ht, this, in his judgment, being true local self-government and one of the fundamental principles of Democracy. He will also advocate a change in the present system of county government and make a determined tight for the betterment of the publio school system. He will run as a candidate of no faction, but with the hope that ho may be able to re-unite the Democracy in South Carolina. He will not only promise to reduce taxes, but will reduce them. The people are groaning under this burden. For a long time Col. Tillman has hesitated to allow the use of his name, but it is said that the petitions and letters from all parts of the State which have been sent asking him to make the race have definitely and finally caused him to decide to dd so. a 1. A:? ? - A| come people question uu aoouun* ut his age, his ability to make the canvass, bnt all sach misgivings, his friends claim, are without foundation, and the, next campaign will be made hot by his canvass. He enjoys the best of health and is as vigorous today as ever. There is no longer any doubt whatever but that he is in the race to the finish. There are now four in the race for Governor. Ellerbe and Watson have announced their platform already. ? ? =Big Fire in Aiken. The Highland Park Hotel, at Aiken, was burned to the ground on the morning of the 6th. It was one of the best known resorts in the South. There were about 130 guests in the hotel, and the house was full, in the very midst of its season. Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Toronto and several towns in Connecticut and New Hampshire furnished the majority of guests. The fire broke out about 6:80 in the little brick building in the rear of one of the wings of the hotel, where the engine, dynamo, laundry and dressing room for the waiters was situated. This one-story brick bnilding was joined to the main hotel, a big three-story frame building of 183 rooms, by a small narrow wctoden structure which the guests say might have been ohopped away with axes and entirely cut oft the flra from hnt?l if thAre hid been any intelligent direction of the efforts that were made to save the hotel. The hotel had been entirely refitted for this season at a oost of about $70,000. The owners ore J. H. Whitemore, of Naugatuck, Conn.; Franklin Farrell, of Ansonia, Conn., and H. H. Peck. Mr. Whitemore owns one-hall interest and the other two one-quarter each. The company is capitalized at $150,000. The building was insured for $70,000; fnrnitnre $25,000, engine, boiler, and dynamo $3,005 and from $5,000 to $10.000 was carried in policies on the personal property of different guests. The losses are divided among the leading insurance companies of the country, no policy being for more than $5,000, and moat of them for only $2,500. i Daring the excitement of the fire an altercation occurred in whioh Thomas Fallon of Boston, the engineer of hotel was shot by another employe, but the wound was not serious. > In Knvor of Lyles. It seems that the famous Agricultural Hall case, involving the possession of the hail, is at last at an end. The State has played its lost high trump and has lost. At least that is how the matter presents itself at this time. The deoision of the United States Circuit Court ? * A ? rflsvmv* An 4 Is A 1 of UI a|'pcui3 w?3 uauuou uwifuwu *mv *? , and it sustains the decision of Judge Simonton, in which he refused the petitiou of Commissioner Vance. The decree of the court was written by Judge Goff. Mr. Lyles' client has judgment for the rent of the building since it was taken charge of by the dispensary, which will umount to a large earn. \ i A Mule the Murderer. A special from Darlington to The State aays a few days ago a young white mun named Charles Anderson , Dew left his home in the Lydia section of this county riding a mule. The mule came home later, but the young man was not heard of until after three days, when he was found dead. The coroner held a preliminary and decided that the man came to his death by being kicked by the mule. This was the opinion of the physician who was acting with the coroner. It is supposed that the mule threw his man and then kicked or stamped him. Reward for Firebugs. Governor JEllerbe Las offered a reward of SloO for the apprehension and conviction of the party or parties who i burned the barn and stables, with the contents thereof, of E. H. and J. A. Hearn, in Snmter county. Will Make it Hot for Some One. The friends of Capt. John Black, of Walterboro, says The State, will learn with much pleasure of his intention to be a caudidate in the race for adjutant and inspector-general of the State. He had not intended to make the race, bnt the earnest requests of so many of his frieuds, from different parts of tly State, has at last persuaded bin in* make it hot for somo one in the neit campaign. .1 k- _ * PALMETTO STATE DOINGS. 8?m Jones Bates Whiskey. The Greenville correspondent of the State, reports Rev. Sam Jones ah foK f lows on the iiqnor question in his lee tare on "Sancity" in that city a few evenings ago: "He made convincing , arguments.for temperance and prohibi- , tion, giving illustrative instanced which were pathetically demonstrative of hie points. Sam Jones hates whiskey and the whiskey business all the way through. His arraignment of the die- v7| penaary system was probably the strongest attack on South Carolina's Honor law that has ever been heard in ' , the State. He ridiculed and condemned almost without mercy church members who bold positions in the State's system of whiskey selling. He is evidently well posted on the subject, and if Sam Jones could deliver his dispensary speech in every county in the State the life of that institution'would soon end. His argument against it was simply t^iat one which has so often been used and never yet answered: 4If the State forbids her citizens from engaging in ' the damnable business, she ought not to do it herself.' His eloquence and earnestness lent added 'force to the in- ;, hereut strenghth cf his position and hie e , j remarks were woll received by an an- . dience, the majority of whom are probably not prohibitionists as he is." The Record Broken. At the regular monthly meeting ot . the hospital for the insane the report of the superintendent showed that during the month of January forty-six patients had been admitted to the hospital for treatment. This makes the total nam- i ber who are now undergoing treatment 900, and is the largest number which has over been reached since the estab- % lishment of the institution. The affairs were found to be in a prosperous eon ' [ dition, and the management is to b* congratulated ou the good showing made. One of the most important sub- ^ jects before the board was in regard to . , the number of negro patients, which is unusually large. Steps are to be taken wberobv special attention will be . paid to the colored department in the future, and the Parker building will ' ; < be utilized at onoe for the colored men. ' ? ? AM Cotton Acreage, Etc. - -/qxafl The following items are taken from tha .' /5 C correspondents of the News and Co or- . ' ier: Hampton: In consequence of extensive fertilizer shipments, the Charlea- , ton and Western Carolina Koad baa been running a number of extra freight trains during the past week. Anderson: The farmers say they are going to plant more cotton, if the price is low, than last year. Judging by the large amount of fertiliziM sold it cat- ? tainly seems that they are so deter mined. Bennettsyille: Fertilizers are begin- * ' ning to move, but cotton seed meal is not selling fast, while the prioe has an upward tendency. Newberry: The grain crop has survived the recent cold spell end ia look- * ing splendidly. Important to Farmers.. _j ; ; 'xW On the first Monday the cotton growers of Kicbmond passed these important resolutions looking to the improvement of the cotton industry is the < m wv t _ _ ar -Til?A. rtlL .a WlJOl ty ana stale: uesoivea, r irst; ibm we advise the farmers of the county to cut the acreage at least one-third or more, if possible, and be certain to oca every effort on the farm.' Second, ?4^5^ That we use very little commercial fertilisers, if any, knowing as we do that guano manufacturers hays combined to hold the prices out of our reach, that ie^S*'A ?$ at the presentence of cotton. We are not making war against guano com-' ; panies nor do we wish to have toe profit knocked out of their busineea. But we are sure we can't pay past prioes with 5-oent cotton. The Confederates Are Coming. The Confederate veterans of South Carolina are coming to Charleston to April Their next annual reunion will be held here. President Welch, of the . ;?? Yonng Men's Business League, upon -XI whose invitation the reunion will be held in this city, has appointed a special committee to provide for the recepttoe, J entertainment and comfort of the visitors, and we have no donbt that all the people of Charleston will aid in the patriotic work. The time fixed for the reunion will soon be here, and there is * great deal to be done to make the evehx^jrhst it- " should be. It is hoped that every oM ^ soldier in toe State will attend. These will be room and welcome for alL? News and Courier. ?*? May Not Have to Move. V;a It is likely, says the Register, that W \:; the State board of control will hold aa extra meeting soon to consider coaditions arising from the fact that Weaiey will have control x>f the agricultural hall. The State a#i Wesley will eome to some agreement about the rent, bat . it will be necessary for the board to meet and make the necessary arrange1 ~ ,. , Nl ments. There is no prospect now that the dispensary will have to leave the hnilrlinc Penitentiary for 37 Months. , At Camden, the case of the State vs. Jas. McLeod for murder. was tried leal week, and resulted in a verdiet of guilty of manslaughter. The sentence of the court was three years and one i . S mouth's imprisonment in the peniten- * tiary at hard labor. Both the defendant aud the party killed were negroes. ,' ! *** liaise Home Supplies. If every farmer would enter more largely upon the production of sneh things as he could consume at home and curtail the cotton proportionately prosperity would soon come to him. As an evidence of it we have only to refer to those who are trying the experiment?Kershaw Era. Dry Goods Company Chartered.^ The Secretary of State has issued * commission to J. D. Brondt, W. S. . Hirers, A. H. Mowry, Jr., D. A. Cockran and W. F. Fleming, corporators of the Charleston l)rv Goods company. The capital stock of the company will be $2 ), 000. To be Kobbod of Its Colored Member. Columbia correspondent News and Conrier says; It is announced that the ' Honse is to be robbed of its only colcored and Be publican member," Representative It. B. Anderson, and h$ it to made postmaster atGeorcetown