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S>?fi SUJSTS& WATCHMAN, Katablished April, IS50. 'Be Just and Fear nor,-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's.' Consol Mate? Aa?. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1898. THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June. 12<".6 New Series-Yoi. XYII. No. 29 \ J -,- . ? PaJ?ii&ad S?9T7 Wednesday, --BY JKT. CS-. Osteen5 SUMTER, S. C. TSRMS : $1 50 per an nam-io advance. IDTISIISIKIST: Ot^. Square first insertion............$1 00 S ver*- subsequent insertion-...ii?......... 50 Contracta for three months, or longer wil he a?:, de at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will be charged foras adrertiemen ts. : Obituaries' and tributes of respects will be charged for. The General Assembly PROHIBITION BILL, DIS? CUSSED AT YESTER? DAY'S SESSION. Will Adjourn Next Wednesday. Columbia State, Feb. 9. The howe of reoresentatives at thc elose cf the day session yesterday re? ceived the report of the special joiot committee appointed to look ioto the matter of the earliest possible day for adjournment and received it as ioformt tioo. The report fixed Wednesday of nex? week as the SD a! day. /Ls soon as its third reading calendar had been taken np yesterday the boase resumed - tee consideration of Mr. Childs' prohibition measure, which it had previonsly refused to kill. T&ere was DO ?itt?e surprise wheo Mr. Steven? son withdrew for Mr. Pollock the amendment be * bsd offered Theo there was elaborate discussion upon the merits of the bill, some of the speeches being able ones. That of Mr. McCulloc gb co behalf of prohibition was a strong argument, well delivered. Many, of the speakers dealt with the liquor situation io exhaustive aod painstaking manner acd much was said for sad against the present sys? tem of tao diing the liquor trainee io Soof.b Carolina. Mr. Livingston of? fered as an amendment ac absolute prohibition measare. This was ?o al ly voted down. Beforesay decisive vote oo the merits of the bill proper could be reached, however, the hoar for re? cess earns sod the farther discussion of the B3?asarVs^weot over until this morning, wheo it will be resumed im? mediately after third reading bills. ' STATE COLLEGE TUITION BILL KILLED. Mr.* E. D. Smith's bill to require s!! persoas. attending State colleges to pay at least $46 a year tuition, which was debated last year .aod brought over to this session, was called up by the au? thor. Mr. Williams moved to strike out the e nac? in g words Mr. Smith defended bis bili at some length He wished he had time to re? view the history of the public schools of the State. It was a Democratic principle that favoritism or partiality should not be shown SD y one. He would cot raise his voioe oo this toi tioo matter had the State" made an equitable division for the pablic schools. Toere were io the colleges 1,000 boys sod girls; io the schools 116,000. The colleges bad gotten $225,000 ;5 the schools |,*482,811 He proceeded to deal with the'figures, giving per capita comparisons. In Winthrop the scholarships were o ot based oo the rela? tive wealth of the girls, bot opon scholarship in competitive examina? tions. He also dealt with Clemson. Take the Citadel. It bad been said that there were plenty of yoong men who did not mind allowing themselves to be supported for four years. The South Carolina college was called a State college What high school boy could enter there without means, to aid him in preparation ? There was oo means for educating those between the common school sod the college. There was ao impassable golf between tbe common rchotls aod thc colleges. Why did we make provieioo only for the ornaments of society. As a Frcnch mau once said in all bis glory "Let thc ?ass of the people eat grass." In view of this magniSccent gift to these coll?ge? would it be too much to ask these fortunate ones to pay at leant tbe interest on the money given them ? The people of the State had come to the poiot where they objected to being taxed to care for x small privileged class. He also dealt with the argu? ment that tbe rich paid the mest taxes. Mr. Stevenson said as be figured it tbe Winthrop girls got $75 apiece, and each Stadens at the South Carolina col? lege $143. Mr. Patton offered an amendment allowing one scholarship for each mem? ber of tbe general assembly, to be j selected by the delegations, io each of j the State institutions. Mr. McWhita said this bill required j the girls and boys to swear that tbey j were paupers I: was the old 'song of denominational schools and colleges over again. Nooe of these-he meant oo disrespect-could teach what was taught at Winthrop and Clemson. This bill ?as a strike io the wrong direc jt?on. He coa eluded by moving to in? definitely postpone the bili. Tbe roil call wan demanded Tae boase, by ? vote of 60 to 38, indefinite* ly postponed the bill. Tba Tote was clinched. WORK OF THE SENATE. When the roll of the senate was called yesterday fully one-fourth of the members was absent. Those present did not allow this to retard the work, through from the nature of the bills on the calendar there was nothing to provoke discussion. Presi? dent McSweeney and President Pro Tem. Norris were both absent, so Senator Mose? was called to the chair. Mr. Moses is considered one of the best parliamentarians in the senate, and from the way he made business hum this claim was well founded. It was due to his expeditions work that no night session wa3 necessary. An amusing incident* occurred in connection with adjournment. It had been previously agreed that the calen dar should be finished at the morning session and adjournment taken until ll o'clock this morning, to enable several committees to catch np with their work. When the last bill on the calendar was passed, Mr Moses gravely rapped his gavel, looked in the directiou of Mr. Mayfiield, who was sitting at his desk in an ubsent minded mood, and announced. "The senator from Bamberg move? that when the senate adjourn it ad j oui B to meet at ll o'clock tomor? row." He then gravely pat the question and declared it carried. Looking toward Mr. Dennis, who was nodding, Mr. Moses said : "Senator Dennis moves that the senate do now adjoarn " The motion was carried The joint committee on the time of adjournment recommended that the general assenbly do adjourn on Wed? nesday, the 16th of February, the exact hour for adjournment to be fix? ed accordiing to the exigencies of the business on the day of adjournment. The senate adopted the reccornmen dation. An effort was made to kill the househill, when it came up for a third reading, making it mandatory for the county superintendents of education to keep book depositories where text books can be obtained at aotua'l cost. The effort failed by a vote of 20 to 8. Liquor Debate the Feature of th? Day in The House. Colombia, February 9 -Tbe Hoo.se became impatient to-day and killed Mr. Chiids's probibitioo bill with ins dis? pensary paraphernalia. A majority of tbe House did not vot? for tbe killing of the bill, ead altogether there waa a light vote -cast. Tbe discussion of tba oeaaure had become tire? some and still members want? ed to discuss various important phases of thc issue and there was come resentment ai the policy of catting off tbe debate, acd so the Hoarse killed the bill, thus reaching the inevitable result somewhat sooner than was ex? pected. It cow looks all tbe more like? ly that nothing, absolutly nothing, will be done with the dispensary-law at tbis tesaioD. The coon ty government law came up for consideraron to-day on the ditcuws ion of Mr. Henderson's bill from the Senate, bot no positive action was taken by the House. There was, however, positive expression of dissatisfaction with the existing statute. The Boone after a very long discussion decided to require all coco ty o luci sis to file detail? ed reports of the incomes of their offices. Some effort was made to ex? empt certain counties from this re? quirement, bot after a sharp contest the effort to get this exemption failed. The House is still working with o Wednesday adjournment io view, and hopes to be able to get away by that time. At the night session a favorable re? port was made oo the bili to create Lee County. There is a minority report signed by five members of the commit? tee Tbere W3f> a hard fight before the joint judiciary committees. The Sen? ate committeee, by a majority of one, reported unfavorably oo the bill. The Senate bHS, with reference to boards of equalization, was killed ou the unfavorable report. There . was something of a rumpus about,tbe filling of 'he report oo the Lee County bill. Mr. Verner called op bi? bill to exempt Ocouee Coooty from the opera? tions of th? dispensary Uw. The peo? ple of Oconeo do not want the dispen? sary. His people were satisfied with prohibition. The firs? year his people bought $250 from tho dispensary in Oooneo, next year $5,000. and las? year $10,000. He could also show tbere was twice? as much liquor mode and drank in tbe count}' Every man aod woman in the town where the dis? pensary is located petitioned for the re? moval of the dispensary. They bad to buy a lot cut of town to pul up the dis? pensary Mr. DeLoacb also wished to exempt York from the Dispensary law There is bat one dispensary at York Tbe Stale wanted a dispensary at York Court House. The people rose op aod protested, so also did Rock Hill. He then explained how the Tirzah dispen? sary was started and how the O P store followed. Thia is worse thar, a blind tiger. It is mean liqnor The whole community is cursed. A few days siooe the fourteen voters at Tirzah voted against the dispensary and the dispenser and bis clerk alone voted for the dispensary. He appealed for the people and the Church to remove thc ooly dispensary io that County. Mr. DeLoacb's amendment was agreed to and so York and Occaee were exempted from the dispensa.y law. Pickens County was also exempted from the operations of the dispensary law. Then the yeas and nays were called on ordering the bill to a third reading, and the bill was passed to its third reading bj a vote of 65 to 33. Mr. Wilson moved to lay on the tibie the bill to iooorporate the Sumter and Wateree Railway Company. The motion was carried, and the bill was withdraws from the files of the House. The Senate made some amendments to the school bill of Mr. Johnson, so as not to make it mandatory to have school .book depositories in certain counties J The Senate also put a rider on the bill by adding that in all schools and colleges within this State, which are supported in whole or in part from the free school fand it shall be un? lawful to use any text-book which has been condemned or disapproved by the State board of education Strange to gay, after the text-book fight of several days ago, the rider was adopted without discussion, and Mr. Baeot was duly happy. The special committee appoited to investigate a?d report on the neces? sary officers attaches of the General Assembly reported recommending that the following clerks and attaches can be dispensed with : In the Sen ate, general committee clerk, the clerk to roads, etc, clerk to railroads, clerk to privileges and elections, one doorkeeper and one porter-a dsily saving of $21. . In the House, clerk on claims, enrolled Acts, one door? keeper, one laborer and one porter a daily saving of $15 ; making a to? tal daily saving of $36. A bill was introduced to cany out the above re? commendations. Columbia, Feb 10-The House to? day dealt with three questions-whis? key, water and Pes-Dee County. It was a carions jumpiog from ene ex? treme to another, but all three of the issues are of deep interest to their several communities, ana, while the measures ail have their general interest they are, in the end, quite local in ap? plication. The water company bill, in which ali Charleston is interested, and about which mach bas been said io this correspondence, was passed to its third reading ?D the House to day , without a whisper of objection. The flow of wa? ter was peaceful, but as is usually the case, it was extremely difficult in the case of whiskey. Last night the House passed a bill to exempt Oconee, Pickens and York counties from the operations rf the dispensary law, because the peo? ple of those counties wanted relief, and had asked for it in vaia To-day ao effort was made to bave the body re? verse its action of but tweUe hours be? fore, and practically defeating the bili exempting the \ three counties from the operations of the bill The effort failed, and the bill was sent to the Senate. The Pee-Dee County matter is also one of deep concern to the peeple of Marion and Pee-Dee's hopes. There 1 has been some bitterness injected in the work for and against the new connty. The Hause declined to approve of the 1 creatiou of the new county at this time, bat it, by a very large majority, de- 1 oided to give the advocates of Pee?Dec County a new trial at the ballot-box. 1 The Senate at its night session 1 amended the appropriation bill so as to 1 give $25.000 instead or ?20,000 to the South Carolina College, $2.400 to the State Agricultural and Mechanical So? ciety, and $150, instead of ?75, as the ' Adjutant General's contingent fund. ! News was received in tbe city dering the day of tne untimely and uofortu- 1 nate death of one of the members. Mr. John M Glenn, of Anderson County. \ -News and Courier. 1 f ?Mili ? ? IB^M The Largest Population in t?e Institutions History. The board of regents for the hospi- < tail for the insane held a regular month- | ly meeting yesterday, all the mern- i bera being present except Mr Glenn, who was detained by the death of j Representative Glenn . During the month of January forty six patients were admitted, and the total population is now 957, the larg- i j est in the history of the institution, j The boaid expects to have the i Parker building ready for occupancy by the 22d, and some rooms can be \ used and will be to day The board arranged that all brick work and g other impediments in case of fire, \ should be removed in order that the j \ firemen might have a free swing in ! s cases of fires.-Colombia Register, j ] The Zola Trial. Conduct of Case Declared to b9 Unworthy of Franca Paris, Feb 9 -In spite of special precautions there was a repetition of tie scenes witnessed yesterday when the trial of Emile Zola and Perreax, who are being prosecuted by the govern ment for denouncing the Esterbazy court-martial, was contioued to-day in the assizes court of the Seine. Gen. Bois D'Effre refused emphati? cally to testify, under ihe plea of pro? fessional and state secrecy M. Dd. le Gorgue, the presiding judge, conssoted that Madame^ DreyfoB should be allowed to testify, on the con? dition, that her evidence bc restricted to the Esterhazy case. Over 200 barristers, in their robes, gathered at the entrance and indulged in horseplay. When the presiding judge ordered them not to obstruct the passage, the barristers made a d?mon? stration against the judge.v Thereupon, the commandant of the republican guards sent a detachment of troops to quell the disturbance. The interven? tion of the military was ill received, and led to a violent affray. The bar? risters rushed open the guards and strcok them. One of the young officers was arrested, but after quiet bad been restored he was released. Gan GODZ refused to testify, a sceDe following, the court was cleared. M. LaBorie protested against the limitation of the evidence of Mme. Dreyfus and denounced the scenes in court, the biased reports in the news? papers and the attack on bis client as being unworthy of France. Gen. Bois d'Effre, replying, admitt? ed that as minister for war, before he bad testified at the Esterhazy court martial, he had received from Major Esterhazy certain a document which concerned the Dreyfus case, but be re? fused to give any further particulars on the ground of professional secrecv The general admitted that Col. Pic quart had been transferred to Tunis owing to his beiog favorable to Drey? fus and the witness added that be personally was convinced cf the guilt of Dreyfus, while other fasts, before and after the court martial, whtoh bad come to his knowledge, made this con? viction unshakable. This statement made a sensation in court. Read Good Books. There never was a time when books were as pleotifal and as they are now And with the thousands of good books -those that are calculated to impart hnowledge and to exert cn elevating and refining influence, it is passing strange that the tastes cf so many read? ers of books are for those that are debas? ing and degrading in their influence. Why not read good books? We would advise every young man especially to select bis books carefully from the best authors, read them and take care of them, and they wili be surprised at the wonderful amount of information ac? quired in a few years as a result, and in this way, too, they can equip them? selves with a valuable library of the choicest books. By all means esobew the trashy nov? els They lead to crime and degrada? tion. Only a few days ago, we read an account of a fifteen year cid boy in Philadelphia murdering a little five year-old boy, and weighting his body, down in a creek with rocks, aod the sansa which lcd to the commission of this horrible crime was declared to bc: "ReadiDg trashy novels." This is only one instance eut of the many where the trashy novel bas led to the aommitting of the most horrible crimes. We recall an instance in one of the towns of this State wbere boys of re? spectable parentage, hail banded togeth* sr fer the purpose of scaling, and traahey novels, found ia their pockets when detected, was declared the start? ing point of their career of sin. There is no doubt but chat trashey novels will promote crime, while good books ap- j peal to the finer sensibilities of one's oefure Steer clear of trashey novels. Read books by all means, but read those that arc elevating and ennobling in sentiment. Away with trashy literature ! Warcree Messenger. Provisional. The Syracuse Post prints a story jootaioing an excellent hint, which fathers and mothers who have babies o name may well consider. A girl baby was brought to a clergy? man of Syracuse lo be baptized He isked thc name of the baby. "Dinah M.," the father responded. "But what does the M stand for?"! isked the minister. "Well, ? don't know yet; it depends jpon bow she turns oui. " "Flow she turns out ? Why, I do not loderstand vou/' said the minister. ? "Oh, if she turns cut nice and < iweet a ltd handy about the house, like ! 1er mother, "I shall call her Dinah i vi s y. But if she has a fiery temper < md a bomb-sheli disposition like mine) < ! shall call ber Dinah Might." i The Jackson Cotton, Again. The Jackecc, or so-called "limb? less," cottco, bas been, and is being, well advertised, and is still receiviog, therefore, a large measure of attention. Mr. J H. Riley, of Sally, S. C , sent to us a few days ago a sample of the lint, crown near that place last year by Mr. W M, Stephenson, with a request that it be submitted to an expert for judgement. It was examined by Mr W K. Stcedmao, who said that its ''quali? ty and preparation were excellent, bot that the staple was somewhat irregu? lar." He claused it as "middling fair," the best grade of upland cotton brought to this market. In his letter accompanying the sample Mr. Riley stated that the sample "was ginned cn an old, inferior gio, and does not show the staple advantageously/' which doubtless explains the irregularity noted, aed ho added : Mr Stephenson made at the rate of 1,000 pounds lint cotton to the acre. This variety pat out two limbs close to tbe grocad, and the bolls came io clos tera on limbs three to foar inches long. Mr. Stephenson's land is poor, saody land-clay four to five feet from sur? face He planted this cotton May 10, but it did not come up until Jane 1 The stalks would average eight feet high, some were ten feet, and some were under six feet. It is tbe most wonderful cotton I have ever seen, and I am sure that it will revolutionize the cotton trade cf the Sooth. Mr. Stepn enson is preparing to plant five acres this year." This account of the cotton speaks for itself. The only other account of it that we have seen, which did not come from persons interested in the sale of the seed, is contained io thc reports cf Mr. R. J. Redding, the director of the Georgia Experiment Station. Mr. Redding obtained some of the seed of the cotton, and planted them according to directors. In a letter to the Atlan? ta Constitution, narrating bis observa? tions of the crop he planted, be declares that be and Mr. Welborn satisfied themselves of the "identity'7 of the Jackson cotton with the older variety known as "Wel born's Pet," and that an examination of the cotton in Mr. Jackson's field, near Atlanta removed the last vestige of doubt on that point," and also dis? covered the fact that the famous patch, instead cf being a "poor clay gall/' was a "very highly improved and". very highly fertilized stop of * land." "It was found to be what is called a valuable dunghill spot." The patch of two acres ai the Experiment Station was picked over the third time on October 6, and Mr. Red ding adds: "As director of the station we imme? diately prepared and published 'Press Bulletin No 36, which ga?e tbs won? derful 'African limbless7 cotton tenth place among twenty-one varioties, io point of total yield of seed cotton. At that time the comparative percentage yield of lint was not investigated. The fio3l pinking, November 14, gave .Jackson's Limbless' eighth place as to total yield of seed ootton. Af;er giv? ing the product of each Variety we found that 'Jackson's Limbless7 yielded 37.1 pounds of Hot per 100 poonda of seed cotton, equalled io this point by only one other variety The effect of this was to place the 'limbless, io the third plaoe as to value of total product of lint and seed. We have now issued Press Bulletin No 37, which contains io detail all the points revealed by the test of the twenty-one varieties. "In conclusion we wish to say that we have never at any time denied tbat the 'Jackson's Limbless' cotton is a good variety, especially for rich land and high culture. We repeat, now, that it is a very good variety. The points we are aiming at are to show that it falls far, very far, short of the claims that were made for it ; that it is not a 'new'genus ;'that it is not even a new variety ; that it did not come from Africa ; that it is not 'limbless,' (if limbs be not pinched off while youog ;) that tho staple is only a fairly good, short staple upland ; that it is not 60 productive as to give promise of "revo? lutionizing' the cotton business; that it is nothing but 'Welborn's Pet,'a va? riety that has been grown-especially in Texas and Arkansas-for a dozen years ore more ; and, finally, that the seed are not worth ?1 per 10?) seed3, nor ?7 a pound, nor ?210 a bushel." Mr. Redding declares, finally, that the seed of the "identical same va rieiy" can be bought for probably less than ?2 a bushel . A copy of his re? port m full, the "Press Balletin No. 37," noted above, can be obtained free of charge by any person who will apply to the Georgia Experiment, Statioo, Ex? periment, Georgia.-News and Cou? rier. Some of the Massachusetts laborers begin to clamor for congress to fix working hours for soaihern mills, but, as The Philadelphir Record says, it can 3nly regulate government work. It adds that "the new propaganda is an interesting illustration of the Massa jhusetts idea that tbe affairs of the aniverso ought to be cut strictly by he pattern of Bay State necessities." Barrios Murdered. Guatemalan President Was Assassinated. Washington, Feb 9 -Senor Lszo Arriaga. the Gua'* frjalaD minister to the United Stares, rbis sfterncon re? ceived an <S-i?! i?-?!)!>..;; ra ca from the minister of foreign ?.??:KS of Guatema? la, announcing 't- assassination of President Barrio? and *bi*. succession to the presidency of Sirxi Vice President Manuel Estrada Cabrera. Factionalism. The defeat f Eptoo was much more thao the defeat of one man over another for office. It was more than a ?lap at the Governor, it waa iotended as a re? pudiation of the spirit of reconciliation. It was a victory for those known as . 're? actionists, " who might be called also the "faotiooistf." Epton was aiways a reformer, of course, and at times a more or less bitter partisan, but hts election, was brought about by the con? servative men of both faction, not in accordance with any trade or deal, but as a deserved promotion of a capable and deserved mao. His defeat was caused by the desire to upset this grow? ing spirit of harmony and fr?ternaiism. His defeat >*as ccmparsed to aid the "factionisti!." to back up some of tbs driftwood which swims on?y on disturb* ed waters, and which might be endan gered in piping times of peace. Everybody realizes that it is dastard? ly to defeat a man from such motives that it is particularly unfortunate that a man should be defeated on account of circumstances over which he could net possibly have any control. The senti? ment here and as far as I can ascertain all over the State is with Eptoa. He will very likely be elected Comptroller Geeeral by a vote that will "be highly flattering.-Spartanburg Herald. A Queer Case. A queer suit has been flied in a Michigan court against a free silver politican named Baker. It appears that Baker holds a mortgage for $346. The owner of the incccibered property tendered payment ia silver dollars, but Baker refused to accept it, claiming that he must be paid in gold, legal ten? der paper cr an amount of silver bul? lion equal in value to the amount of the debt. Baker cootecds that the Bland-Allison act, under which cur standard silver dollars are coined ii? un? constitutional because it did cot provide for the free coinage of silver. Snit has been brought to cempel the mortgage bolder tn accept the silver dollars. Shaker's defense is that the Bland-Aili? son dollars-and the Sherman law dol? lars also-are "unconstitutional" be? cause the government bought silver "at its depreciated price io gold and pcoket* ed the seigniorage " Mr Baker thicks that is unlawful, but he would be will? ing to have the government let the sil? ver mine-owners take his depreciated silver to the mint to be coined into do}, i&rs which the government would be under no obligation to keep at par and which would be worth only forty-four cents. Mr. Baker has placed himself in a very ridiculous posttion. Tbe Bland Allison silver dollars are distinctly declared by statute to have unlimited legal tender quality. Any decision which deolared the Blaud-Aili son act unconstitutional becso? under it the government purchased si'vejr bul? lion at ifs market price would upset all the. coinage laws of the government which have been enacted since 1854, since notier every one of them the government bas bought the silver ont of which our fractional currency bas been coined. Mr. Bakor has woo a reputa? tion at once for orisinality and sssinin ity.-Atlanta Journal. BUCKLEN*S ARNICA SALVE. The best Salve in the world for Outs Bruisee, Sores, Ulcer?,'Salt Rhcure, Fever Sore, Tetter, Chsppcd Katula, Chilblains, Corra and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cure Pilei or no pay required It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money r?i anded pri?o 25 cent? per box. For sale by Dr J. F .V. D-Lo ry. ft Royal ma?ces tbe food pcrc, wholesome ced dcltctoas* % BOVAl. BWCtMQ POWDER CO., NEW YORK. .-I II im