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??.I i ?mum-B--M-?CM %i? V?Mw?w an?r Sani WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, I -w--i-j-q--i^n--pc-a The SvjnSer Watcaman was t< in 1 and.the True Southron in The Watchman end Southron ni the combined circulation and inf of both of the old papers, and is festly the best advertising medii 8r?: 'ff . The redistricting bil-, as it 'i the Senate, is a slight improvem the House bill, but the arrange of the districts is not as logical : acceptable to the people of this si of the State as that proposed ii Freeman bi IL In this matter, a? majority of the questions brougl for action in the Legislature, pc and the personal interests of legis lg; and their friends had more to do determining the result than the ne? the whole people and the real me the measures proposed. Si county has never received much sideration in-the formation of Con sional districts, and we have be accustomed to accepting the situ philosophically. The Ways, and Means Committ the National House of Representa has reported in favor of repe; all the revenue taxes imposed at outbreak of the Spanish war, w will reduce the revenues by $77,' OOO a year. The N. Y. Outlook of this repe il bill: "Nine million dollars of this re tion will be obtained by the rem of the tax on tea-a tax which e body, one might think, would wis see go. There was, however, a sti remonstrance against its removal f a few tea merchants, who ciai that the tax did not raise the prie tea, but who only convinced the r. lie that th? tax did not rest u the importers. It was charged 1 these importers desired the tariff tea to be maintained because it 1 the business in fewer hands. Af from this handful of people, h ever, the removal of the tea tax g: universal satisfaction. The ot taxes removed, on the other hand, J as a rule, the very taxes which on to be retained. The' war tax on I is abolished? and also the taxes stock exchange and bucket-shop tra actions, and the taxes on inheritan< When the war tax bill was drafted, remarked that it was the best tax b from the standpoint of the public terests, that had been framed by < Congress in a generation. Not one d lar of its revenues went t? ecr favored private interests. Every dol collected from the public went into 1 public treasury. In addition to th . the burdens imposed, apart from th< of the tea tax, fell upon the wealth classes, or, if upon the poor, only wfa they purchased luxuries. The tax beer was of the latter class, while t progress ve tax upon large inheritanc was most wisely framed to compel t richer classes to pay more nearly th( just share of the National taxes. B all these taxes are swept away, whi the taxes on sugar and rice, wool ai hides, farm implements and hons hold utensils, are all retained, beean the proceeds of these taxes on few and clothing and other common nece sities of the people do not go exol sively into the public treasury, but ? in part to enrich powerful private i: terests, which lobby against their r peal. And there is good ground f< the suspicion, that this method of ts reduction is hurried forward in ord< to forestall and present any relief fe imperiled Cuba. " ' Congessman Lever writes under dal of February Sth, in reference to tfc visit of Prof. Spellman, tho grass an forage crop specialist of the Agrien tural Department, to tho county: "I nave - succeeded in getting th Agricultural Department to send specialist in grasses and forage crop to our district with a view of investi gating the adaptibility of our soil t the growing {of alfalfa and other for agf- crops. It is important that w wor'.i up an interest in the matte preparatory to an extended investiga tier, by the department. I want ti enlist your interest in this matter am the influence of your paper. "Prof. Spiliman, the Specialist of th< Department, will call on you som? time in the near future, and he wil give you the scope of his work. ] turst you will co-operate with hirr and help him arouse the people to thc magnitude of the grass question. Vor wili find him intensely in earnest, nr.H specially anxious to investigate ou? snni lanc-s. Give him the names C?i representative farmers, and intro? duce him to different men in you! town, who may take an interest in this matter. " We shall be glad to have the names of farmers who are willing to co-ope? rate with Prof. Spillman and lend him their assistance in making the investigation contemplated. We have received from the South Carolina Chickamauga Commission a copy of the "Ceremonies at the Un? veiling of the South Carolina Monu? ment on the Chickamauga Battlefield, May 27th, 1901." It is a handsomely printed pamphlet of fifty pages, and for the valuable historic material em? bodied in the several addresses del iv -g-a-BBWtagagaa ? I ?mi lia-aa-ai ered by distinguished speakers at the unveiling is worthy of preservation. Anyone who may desire a copy can ob? tain it by applying to the E. H. Aull Publishing Company, Newberry, S. C., enclosing a two-cent stamp to pay postage. The Legislature has killed several bills that should have become laws, notably the child labor bill and the compulsory education bill. As a rule a member of the Legisla? ture spends his first year as a_law maker trying to learn the ropes, and the second in pulling wire for re-elec? tion. To the General Assembly. As a member of the house of repre? sentatives of the general assembly, I wish to call your undivided attention to the bill for the formation of Lee county which was unanimously passed by the house, and met with a favor? able report from the committee of the senate, gentlemen of the senate, I am officially informed that certain amend? ments of that bill is to be proposed to your honorable body, which will again throw us into the courts in formation of Lee county if admitted. We the citizens and registered voters within the limits of the said proposed Lee county, by a survey for territory for the formation of new counties in and by the contribution therein provided, did by careful survey make application to his excellency, Gov. McSweeney to order an election for said new county of Lee, and declared in said election bya large two-third majority their desire for the formation of Lee county and having complied with ali the re? quirements of law and constitution, I ? trust that you will grant the passage of said bill without amendment. Having consulted high legal talent, I was told that the act was all correct. D. E. Durant. A Combined Movement of Numer? ous British Columns. London, Feb. 9.-From Wolychock, Lord Kitchener today telegraphed a long description of a combined move? ment of numerous British columns with the object of securing Gen. De Wet. Lord Kitchener says the advance be? gan the night of Feb. 5, the whole force moving from various directions and forming a continuous line of mounted men on the west bank of the Liebnbergs viet from Frankfort as far south as Fannyshome and thence to Kaffir Kop. The line then advanced to the west and the following night the British entrenched with their outposts 50 yards apart. They held the line from Holland, on the Heilbron-Frank fort blockhouse line, to Doornloof on the Kroonstadt-Lindley blockhouse line while the columns were also working in advance of the blockhouse lines to prevent DeWet's crossing. The advance was continued Feb. 6 and DeWet was within the inclosure, but realizing his position he ordered his men to disperse and seek safety dur? ing the night. DeWet himself with some men and a number of cattle made for the Kroonstadt-Lindley blockhouse line, and at 1 o'clock in the morning when it was very dark, i by rushing his cattle at the fence, broke his way through the line, mix? ed up with the cattle and lost three men killed. Many attempts were made to break through the line on the night of Feb. 7, reports Lord Kitchener, the line of outposts being attacked at various places throughout the night. But very few escaped, and 10 dead Boers were picked up in the morning near Heilbron. "I did not get exact details of the Boer casualties,'* continues Lord: Kitchener, "but as far as I have as? certained, they consist of 263 in kill-I ed, wounded and prisoners, as well as about 700 tired horses and many ! 'cattle. "Our casualties were only 10.'' Lord Kitchener's great plan which he has been elaborating for months past, failed by the escape of DeWet but was successful in the greatest sin? gle capture of Boers since Lord Kitch? ener arrived in South Africa. Altogether 23 columns were employ? ed ia an immense irregular parallelo? gram by the lines of block houses and the railroads between Wolvehoek Frankfort, Lindley and Kroonstadt. It is estimated that DeWet's forces amounted roughly speaking to 2.(XX) men. Lord Kitchener personally su? perintended the final preparations for thc expedition and the great, move was made over a front of forty milos, the advance extending 60 miles, with the object of driving the Boers against tho railroad linc where armored trains are patrolling anti were repeatedly in ac? tion shelling tho Boors to prevent their crossing the railroad. DeWet succeeded in slipping through the lines to the southward. The whereabouts of Mr. Steyn is unknown though one report says he is with DeWet. Washington. Feb. 10.-Unless there shall be a decided change for he better in the condition of the president's son before the end of the present week it is probablo that Prince Henry of Prussia may be impelled to defer his proposed visit to the United States until later in the year. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Redistricting Bill Passes the Senate-Only One Slight Change From Bill as it Passed the House. Columbia, Feb. li.-There was a long and at times exciting debate in the senate today over the redistricting bill. The measure, as it passed the house, finally passed its second read? ing: in the senate, with the single amendment that Clarendon is taken j from the seventh district and placed I in the first district. It is thought that this amendment will be agreed to by the house and that the bill will be ratified in this shape. At 10:25 the special order of the day, Mr. McGowan's bill "to estab? lish congressional districts and name the same," was reached. 1 Senator Gruber offered an amend? ment to substitute Orangeburg for Colleton in the First district; Colle ton for Edgefield and Saluda in the Second district; and Edgefield and Saluda for Orangeburg in the Seventh district. This^ proposed amendment affected only the first, second and sev? enth districts as the bill came from the house, but after a long debate the amendment was lost. Senator Manning opposed the amendment. It will not make any more compact or more homogeneous distrcts; it will put people who have no interests in common into the same district. Senator Sheppard again spoke in opposition to the amendment, which would put Edgefield and Clarendon in the same district. It would take longer to go from Edgefield to Clar? endon than from Edgefield to New York. He moved to lay Senator Gruber's amendment on the table. The vote stood 22 to 17, and the amendment was lost. Senator Manning then offered as a substitute for the house bill what is known as the Freeman substitute bill. The terms of this bill have already been published in The State. It makes a radical change from the house bill. Senator Manning called atten? tion to the fact that it arranges the districts more nearly equal in regard to population and size than any other plan, that the grouping of the districts is more homogeneous than any other plan yet offered. Senator Sharpe moved to lay Sena? tor Manning's amendment-the Free? man substitute-on the table. The vote was 24 to 15, and the amendment was laid on the table. When Senator Mayfield- undertook to have Edgefield and Saluda placed in separate districts. This brought forth a spirited protest from Senator Sheppard, who carried his point, and Edgefield and Saluda remain side by side in the second district. The redsitricting bill, as it passed the senate yesterday, arranges the congressional districts as follows : First District-Charleston, Berkeley, Colleton, Clarendon and Dorchester. Scond District-Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Edgefield, Saluda and Hampton. Third District-Pickens, Oconee, Andersen, Abbeville, Greenwood and Newberry. Fourth District- -Laurens, Spartan burg, Greenville and Union. Fifth District-Cherokee, Chester, York, Fairfield, Kershaw, Chesterfield and Lancaster. Sixth District-^-Marlboro, Marion, Horry, Darlington, Florence, Wil? liamsburg and Georgetown. Seventh District-Richland, Sum? ter, Orangeburg and Lexington. Bold Bank Robbery. Ac worth, Ga., Feb. 9.-Safe blowers forced the vaults of the Lemon Bank? ing company here early this morning, securing So.OOO in gold, a Georgia State bond and a large amount of stock certificates. Between $45,000 and $50,000 in notes, stock certificates and bonds were hopelessly mutilated by the explosion and much currency and small bills destroyed. A box fill? ed with 320 gold pieces escaped the notice of the robbers. The robbers had to blow through four protections to reach the money. - Ml j? -?><.- ~l? I ? - Kingstree, Fob. 5.-Eli Sauls, who was shot at Cades by M. D. Nesmith Friday, died this morning from the shock caused by the ball's perforation of the stomach. The deceased made a dying declaration, but it has not ! been given out. Coroner Burrows held j an inquest over the body, and the jury rendered the following verdict: "The deceased. Eli Sauls, fame to his death bv a gunshot wound at thc ! hands of M. D. Nesmith." Nesmith has not been apprehended, but it is thought he will appear in time for trial. After eating, persons of a bilious habit will derive great benefit by taking one of these pills. If you have been DRINKING TOO MUCH, they will promptly relieve the nausea, SICK HEADACHE_ and nervousness which follows, restore the aptetite and remove gloomy feel? ings. Elegantly sugar coated. j Take No'Substitute. PISGAH NEWS NOTES. Pisgah, Feb. IL-There has been ! some oats planted over in this sec- : tion. The prospect here for a crop is ; the poorest for years. The bad weather, rainy and cold for 1 the last two weeks has brought the nsnal crop of colds, coughs and grippe, j A good many are sick at present. It is a wonder more do not die than do from exposure, especially when their clothing is not as good and warm as it should be. Our hardest cold seems to come after Christmas of late years. A rural free mail service is being agitated here, to commence at Rem berts Post office and run by the Pisgah, and Brown Post offices. An agent of the government will soon be here to look over the route. I hear of no good man having any difficulty in getting advances this year. When one door is closed, an? other is wide open to them. The rent? ers are not succeeding in getting help and the landlords are not waiving their rents. So the prospect for them is rather gloomy. A good deal ?f guano is being haul? ed, though it will not be used as ex? tensively as last year. Hands are getting scarce here. If they keep on going as they have for the last two years, there will be none left for the farmers. A kind of la? bor contract has been in use here for sometime, something like those in Anderson County. A minor or some other person, wants a little credit. They sign a labor contract not to move without permission, or not more than a mile and a half, work at 15 or 20 cents per day in discharge of the debt bought at palace prices, &c. Then these contracts are transferable: one party buys a negro at so much and works the debt out. Sometimes five or six persons have claims on one darkey and as he can't pay all, be takes to the woods. That is the cause in part of so many leaving. I am informed that they are used as collateral for lien debts a kind of mortgage or bill of sale on onesself. It is amusing to re^d one. I have never heard of one being enforced. Of course they are not worth legally the paper they are writ? ten on, for nobody but a fool would admit that a man has the right to mortgage himself to secure a debt as he would a piece of property. He might do so but enforcing the mortgage would be the fun, but then we have wise ''Alecks" these days who want to subordinate law, or constitutional rights, to meet their ends, even if they practice bull dosing methods to do the same with the ignorant. The survey, and re-survey, of Lee County at this place, are a mile and a half apart, where they cross the Columbia road which runs by Pisgah Chuch. The re-survey turned at the stake in Bradley's field and went due North which is in the bill, and in Spring Hill Township. Lee County went on further into Rafting Creek, but gives no boundaries. There is a mistake somewhere. The legislature made no mistake when it elected Hon. R. O. Purdy to the Judgeship, and I could say the same if Mr. Fraser had been elected. The death of Capt. Pierson leaves the County Board of Equalization again without a Chairman. Two dying in ene year. The campaign will soon open and I trust that all candidates will advo? cate their claims for office on their merits and not on some popular chord as the "old soldiers," that was so ex? tensively done in the last campaign. We all love the old fellows and the State is right in doing all she can for them. A statesman will try to elevate people to bis line of thought, but a politician will pander to the lowest wishes of a people, knowing them to be wrong, in order to be popular, and get votes. Hon. T. B. Fraser made his canvass for the legislature against a most popular measure, the dispensary, but he was sincere and honest in his belief and he got there all the same. Congressmen Lever, and Feely of Chicago, are the "babies" of the House. Lever is 27 and Feely 26 years old, while Grow of Pennsylvania is the "daddy," 84 years od. FOR SALE-A limited quantity of Kin? Cotton Seed. Apply to W. B. Boyle Oct i>-If ?TNEW BUILDING g LOAj ?SSOGIATiON In view of the fact that the Citizens Building and Loan Association will in the course of a few months wind up its affairs, a New Building and Loan As? sociation is being organized. This As? sociation will be conducted upon the same general plan as the "Citizens" and thc "Equitable," that is, each stock-holder will bo required to bor? row the money in his turn, provided same cannot be sold in the usual way. An association of one thousand shares, conducted on t his plan will pay its stock-holders 8150.00 on each share in 100 months: that is, each stock-hold? er for $100.00 paid in will receive $150.00 in 1<K> months: this will repre? sent. 6 per cent on 8100.00 for 100 mont fis tiie entire time, or 12 per cent for 50 months the average timi1. Books of subscription are open at the office of H. F. Wilson, and also at the office of L. D. Jennings, Esq. 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