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"SiM '' WB IPli ^1' 1 _ *"* ! VOL. XUII. WINNSBOKO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER i:>, 1886. NO.20. I !* ? PMBaMOMnMiaMlMWMM THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. I:OY?I hoi MIS <,I:T I>;?\vn TO Y.'OKK. Several >Ie::*.itrt?s ot* I'ssl?ii? i>:t i'on^ Kiderci!?Xj ?>!' !!?< i'rm c<v!?n;jN. The third week of the session of the Legislature was full of important work. II l.i i7?n?,.1 e cvrwYMcic <>V i]ir> JLMV tvuua proceedings. S??s:;;tc. ^ The following new bills were introduced: Bill {unending the charter of the town of Chester; relating to the payment of witnesses in criminal cases in Lancaster county; allowing Probate Judges to perform the duties oi' the supervisor of registration. Bill to charter the Bank of Greenwood: amending the priority lien law; joint resolution to amend tiie Constitution uy striking out Section 32 of Article 2, in reference to homestead; to regulate tinsale of seed cotton and unpacked lint cotton in Abbeville county: bill to require assignees to give bonds; to enable the superintendent and directors of the penitentiary to make contracts for "work in this State. On motion of Senator Murray a con- j current resolution was adopted and sent to the House fixing the time for electing a Judge to the Third Circuit at one * o'clock on the 9th inst. The election was duly held, and the Hon. T. B. Fraser, incumbent, was re-elected with out opposition. The Senate agrc-etl to the House con. * current resolution as to the printing of the reports of the State Boaivl of Health. SECOND HEADING. Bill to repeal the Act regulating the admission of foreign srnety companies; hill providing for the repair of the Beau fort Arsenal: House concurrent resolution requesting Senators and Bepresentatives to support the bill providing for agricultural experiment stations. ^ When the House hill came up authorizing the foremen of grant! juries to administer oaths to witnesses, Senator Buist moved to strike out the enacting clause. He made a vigorous speech against the proposition as a dangerousinnovation. " Senator Woodward said that the lav. was a necessity not a luxury. It came high and there was complaint about it. ; ^ It ought to be simplified, but he was j fL afraid the legal gentlemen didn't want it j to be simplilied. He knew that if he were a lawyer lie would object; o making lav/ matters easy of understanding. He I believed that simplification could go farther. All this tomfoolery in the long indictments about discharging one leaden bullet aforesaid, [laughter,] ought to be L done away with. He'was curious xo HL know how much the reading of this; r rigmarole had cost the State in her history. Senator Patterson thought there was good reason for the present practice and that it should not be changed. On Senator Buist's motion the vote stood: Yeas?Biemann, Buisi, Hemphill, L Howell, Kennedy, Monaster, Moise, ^ IMonroe, Patterson, Reynolds, Williams and Touinans?12. Says?Alexander, _ Austin, Bvrd, Erwin, Field, Izlar^. im. 3foouy, "Moore, Xfurrtty, SUgh, Smith, \ Hft Smvthe, Wingard, Woodward and! M Wofiford?15. rm.-urn ?1.w#^l%rtv?>. > /I*. rJLIIU Ui-LL tJlX^iX Uivas/av w v? vision. Tiie House bill reducing the wkrj of the Lieutenant Governor bronghi Senator McMaster to his feet. He moved to strike out tlie enacting worJs, but did not speak. Senator Woodward was in doubt and wanted information. ^ Senator Patterson could see no reason made by the Lieutenant Governor for the extra salary of $1,000, which it was proposed to cut off. If there was to bo reform anywhere it ought to begin here. Senator Field thought the salaries paid soszc of onr State oflieers araotmted to practical idolatry. Tlie State was on i6- the rerge of famine and this useless ex" pe/iditure oaghc to be cut off Senator Sligh agreed with these vjews. Senator Ale blaster said that he had made his motion on the general proposition that salaries ought not to be reduced. Salaries in this State were small enough already. The salary of the oilice Siiotua DC commensurate wiui ils uigmty. Poor pay meant poor preach. If the salaries were cut down, it would $&* bring into ofiicc a class of impecunious, one-horse men, or leave the ollicesto the Hik rich. Ill Senator Woodward did not object to a A reduction of salaries, but he did not want this clean sweep. He was willing to reduce the salary to ?-300, but not to Bp cut it oil". He proposed to sit down on W those who had come here proposing to ||F" make the State rich by cutting off a litflv tic slice of salary here and little slices JF there. He would not give aid or comfort to these pretensions. Senator Howell avowed himself an economist and supported the bill. Senator Buist rallied Senator Yvoodward on his position in this matter as contrasted with his vote against paying Mr. Miles for his services in the bond L scrip cases. Senator Woodward retorted by saying V.oz-1 lnc -rvrvci ti/vn f.lio rl'j ?<?ll Xa^/ JUi?Vi <LI UkV'AA VW^-bVkX/a. VMW mistaken impression that this salary was one of Senator Buist's glorious institutions of the past, which should be preserved inviolate. Understanding now that it was a post helium law he withdrew his opposition. L Senator .\Ioore showed that the Con| stituiion reqnired the Lieutenant GovL ernor to act as Governor in case of the latters disability. The salary was evidently designed* to lit such an emergenML cy should it arise. He thought beside^ ;;r,: $jj$ that the dignity of the office required bM some salary beyond the per diem. Sfflffl?' After further discussion Senator Mcwr Master's motion was lost by a vote of t E? to 19, and the bill passed. The ;n)i:ma HL tive votes were cast by Senators Izlar. i? McMaster, iloise, J-luore, Iieynolds; ' Smythe, "Williams and Youmans. * TUITION" IN THE COLLEGE. r>i0 The special order for the Stli inst. being the bill requiring a tuition chargc of fifty dollars per coliegiate year in th< South Carolina College, was diseussec at some length. Senators Sligh, of New berry, Patterson, of Chester, and 3Iur ray, of Anderson, favored the bill, wliil< Senators Rhame, of Clarendon. Wood W* ward, of Fairfield, McMaster, of Kich land, and iloise, of Suinter, opposed it . The bill was farther discussed on th< 10th?Senators Edwards and Sligh favor : ijig it. and Senator Smythe opposing it L Senator Howell moved to table th< L motion of Senator Edwards to indefi Hb njtely postpone the unfavorable repor pp or tiie committee. Yeas?Senators Buist, Bryd, Howell Izlar, McMaster, Moise, 3Ioure, 3Iunro Jtteynoias, itname, smsier, omyme, \> u liatns, Wingard, Woodward and You I Nays?Senators ,Alexander, Austin Bell, Bieniann, Black, Crews, Edw.irds Erwin, Field, HempLill, Kennedy, Mc i Call, Moody, Murray, Patterson, iSligli L "Jalbert and Wofford?is. L^. Xiie recommendation of the commji tee was Ti;<- :! rejected without a division, a ml the bii! came up on its merits. It w;is apparcnr, from thi; known tendc-ncio of some i'l" the Senator;? who r-upporteu the i?Ui that it ouid be amended wry readily. The hill itself is a bare requirement that a tuition fee of not less Hum &)() shall he charged all student*. The miuority of the committee reporting it recommended a minimum fee of s5U. Speaking in advocacy of a reduction Senator ?.i'.-Master stated that the maximum fee before the w:ir w:u> >10. He understood it to i>e the desire ol' the Sen tttors on tile o tiier sale to restore mis j rule. The rceommendation of the committee was adopted. Senator Moody, who had voted with the maj;i.-;ty, then moved to amend by reducing the fee to :?iO. The $ VJ fee was then voted, it being understood that the matriculation fee vould be retained at its present lignre. This being done, Senator Murray said that he was not afraid to compare his votes on the College question with those of any other Senator. He had always j been in favor of the most liberal support I o: the institution. i;> prove nis sincerity be offered an amendment to tlie following effect: "Tlie faculty may grant beneficiary | seholasliips without i'ees to competent | and deserving youths who give satisfactory proof of their own inability or that j of their parents or guardians to pay the tuition it-e. Every student accepting a ; I )cneficiary scholarship shall be bound to t^ach two years in the public schools of his county if the county school commissioners shall assign him to a school. SecLion 1,040 of the General Statues, limiting the beneficiary scholarhip to one from each county, is repealed." After some diseusson Senator Black moved to amend the Murray amendment by providing that affidavits from die applicant, his parents or guardians and the auditor, cierk and sheriff of his county be required to prove inability to pay tuition foes. Senator Murray accepted the amendment, as the rule was the same as that in force for beneficiaries at the Citadel. After further debate Senator Murray's i proposition, as thus amended, was I adopted by the following vote: YeasSenators Bell, Biemann, Blaek, Buist, Syrd, Crews, Edwards, Kowell, Izlar, Kennedy, MeCall, McMaster, Moise, Moore," Murray, Munroe, Patterson, Revnolds. Bhame, Sinkler, Slitrh, Smith, Smythe, Tall >utt, Williams, Wingard, Woodward, Wofford and Youmans?20. Nays?Senators Alexander, Austin, Srvvin, Field, Hemphill and Moody?(5. Senator Reynolds oliered an amendment thai one boy from each county unable to pay a tuition fee shall receive ft scholarship of fifteen dollars a month. Senator Murray moved to table. Senator Buist. offered an amendment providing that all tuition fees of the law department be placed at the disposition ->i the faculty for the remuneration of che professor of lav.-. Senator Hemphill opposed this; but it was explained that the law professor was paid entirely by fees, and the amendment was adopted. The bill then passed i?s second read~Ti7g without u division. General notice of amendment on the third reading was given. OTIISU iTEASUSES. Among the l>ilis unfavorably repotted was tlio bill providing for the taxation of dogs and bitches. (Minority report: "While not concurring exactly with the above bill in the manner of levying a tax upon dogs, we are yet of opinion that a bill should pass" providing in proper manner for taxing dogs, either by way of a license fee or by assessment under the law." Augustine T. Smythe, \B. W. Edwards, E. B. Murray.) The joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution, by striking out thi provision for county commissioners, was passed under a call i of the roll. Thirty-four Senators voted | tor it. Senator Kennedy, of Chesterfield. cast the oniy adverse vote. Tue bill to make Judges hold oilice for life was postponed till next session. A siin liar disposal was inaae 01 the 0111 to maice the term of tiie Probate Judge four years instead of two. The bill to ratify the census amendment was passed?Senator Howell, of Colleton, casting the only negative vote. The Anderson county prohibition bill was passed and sent to the House. The House attended iu the Senate, and a number of Acts were ratified. Kou?e of Representatives. A resolution was introduced by Dr. Pope looking to an investigation of the put lie printing, with a view of ascertaining if some of the reports could not be shortened or omitted. The objective points of the resolution are the State board of health reports and tbe document entitled "Reports and resolutions." The first on the general orders of the day was a bill to amend the charter of the town of Summerville. It may be mentioned, by the way, that the town of Summerville seems to require more Ciiartering iuaa u uuzcu uxuuiiu^ tiu?. There lias never beeu a time in tlie past ten or twelve years that the House Calendar has been free from tlie presence on it of some bill looking to the chartering or amending, or extending, or doing something for that delightful, but much legislated suburb. A bill to amend the fish laws so :is to increase the number of days in the week on which persons might operate in the rivers and bays evoked quite a spirited discussion and brought fortli speeches from several new members. The bill was championed by Mr. L. P. Miller, of ; Georgetown, and was hotly opposed by 1 Messrs. Bigham, of Marion, O'Brien, oi Colleton, Pope, of Newberry, and T.-??f tt-Iw-, ciMflao^W! irt Ij V ilili) KJ1 JXUliWIVj rtiiV AM * killing it. A bill allowing tiro county commis> bioners of Greenville and Colleton to > borrow money witli which to pay jurors, witnesses and school teachers, was passed after a discussion on the question of the rate of interest. During this debate it , was announced that money could not be i borrowed in Greenville for less than 10 ; per cent. 1 NEW JUIiT.S. Bills were introduced looking to eleci tions in Abbeville and Greenville coun ties on the question of prohibition. ' A - petition was received from citizens of . Darlington and Marion counties, pray; ing for the formation of the new county - of Florence. The ways and means com . mittee reported a bj'l to appropriate 3 .<3,000 to aid in rebuilding the State - Medical College of Charleston. t Bill to amend the lav/ fixing the compensation of the county commissioners , of Beaufort; to fix the per diem of mem, bers of the General Assembly; bill to - amend the Act to provide for the settle ment of the consolidated State debt; bill to provide for payment out of the sink, ing fund of the valid interest on certain bonds and stocks; bill to amend the :- criminal law; bill to aim-nd Section 919 i, of the General Statutes, relating to physicians,apothecaries and dentists; Mr. Norton, bill to devolve upon certain State officers the unties of directors of the penitentiary ami lunatic asyluiu. iJill to amer.it Section of the General Statutes, relating to game birds; to amend the stock law; to prohibit sheriffs and constables from charging or receiving j>av mileage except for the number of miles actually traveled. Air. Jrby, of Laurens, introduced a bill to stay all executions in this State till November, 18S7. SEOONlJ l.'EADIJft;. Dr. Popes bill to reduce the eosis of - - T - 1 ,1 attorneys, kvc., rvceiveu u avcuiiu xt-n-a-1 ing. A bill introduced by Mr. Gary, of Edgefield, requiring the clerk of llie Supreme Court to transmit copies of decisions to the Circuit Courts in ait the counties was defeated. The bill to iix the salaries of county .school commissioners evoked general discussion. As it came from the committee the bill provided a salary of $200 and mileage (live cents) for each county school commissioner, except in Charleston where the salary was ifxed at SG00. Mr. Graham, of Williamsburg, moved to strike from the bill the passage relating to mileage. Tabled?yeas 50, nays 37. Mr. Lesesne, of Charleston, moved to strike out the passage lixiug the salary of the commissioner for Charleston county at $G00, and to make the salary the same ax those in other counties. He explained that the official in Charleston had no more to do than those in other counties, and. there was, therefore, no reason win* he should receive auy great er salary. Adopted. Mr. O'Brien, of Colleton, moved that the mileage be restricted to $100 at the outside. Adopted after a short discussion. Mr. Kutiand, of Fairfield, moved to increase the salaries to .$*00. He regarded the bill as a death-blow to the common school system of the State. How could competent and efficient commissioners be secured at a salary of 8200 per annum? He was perfectly willing t) economize the public funds, but this, he feared, was pruning too closely. The amendment was voted down. Mr. Boyle voiced the sentiment of the Berkeley delegation when he asked for an amendment making an exception iu favor of Berkeley county, whose commissioner he wanted to have . >400 salary without mileage, but the r\4* ^ ? ?>/! iiUUJC: >YUU:U j-uvv^ -llvjulw V/A atj amendment was voted down. Mr. Jordan, of Aiken, moved to strike out tile enacting words of the bill. Mr. Lesesne, of Charleston, said that in reporting the bill the committee had no aim or intention to strike at or cripple the system. The office of school commissioner was more an office of honor than of profit. The committee was of the opinion that a salary of 8200 per annum and mileage would be abundant pay. Mr. Evans, of Chesterfield, said that his school commissioner had been content to work for ?:(0 a year, and was doing faithful and ellicient work at that price. Mr. Boozer, of Edgefield, was willing to increase the pay to $300 and mileage, but, tiiis being impracticable, he would support the bill. ?>r. Pope said that ii fee 1 ?ill passed it wotted save enough money to the school fund in each county to run one additional school 10 months in ihe year, and that the school commissioner would be the best paid officer in the county. 3Ir. Ansel, of Greenville, called the previous question, under the operation of which the motion to strike out the enacting words of the bill was voted down, and the bill was ordered to be engrossed. The bill to regulate the sale of spirituous liquors by physicians' prescriptions was indefinitely postponed. The judicial"tenure o??oliice constitutional amendment has been continued until the session of 1S37. THE LIEN LAW. The bill to repeal the lien lav/ v,*as taken up (the committee having reported it unfavorably.) It was stated by one of the friends of the bill that, in the event of the pending motion to strike out the enacting words being lost, they intended to amend it so as to provide that it should not go into effect until October, 1SS7. The discussion was opened by 3Ir. J. Frost "Walker, a thriving farmer of Richland. He thought that when the priority lien law was passed at the last session it would end this interminable discussion. It appeared to him that the farmers of South Csrolinawere hard to satisfy. The priority hen law had given the fanners a bond on his tenant which was evert stonger than Shylock's bond. He believed that the principal motive of those who sought additional legislation was to force laborers to work for them for stipulated wages. Mr. Brice, of Fairfield, explained why the committee had reported the bill unfavorably. The condition of the farmers in the State ~as such that the committee thought it best to let it severely alone. Dr. Thomas, of Union, confessed that he was satisfied with the priority lien law passed by the last Legislature, which gave the land-owner the first hen and the laborer the second. Everybody ought to be satisfied with the law as it is. Mr. Wharton, of Laurens, called attention to the fact that the agricultural committee of the House, composed of 13 farmers representing all the agricultural interests in the State, had unanimously agreed that this was not the time to repeal this law. The previous question was called and the bill was killed by a vote of 85 to 27. THE TOEASCBY*RESERVS FUND. When Mr. Haskeli's bill to create a treasury reserve fund, the provisions of which Lave already been published, was taken up, Dr. Pope moved to strike out the enacting words. Mr. Haskell explained the object of the bill, and earnestly urged the House to consider well what it was about to do. He warned them against- doing anything that would tend to injure the credit of flie State. Dr. Pope said that the bill had been introduced at the instance of the comptroller general to put the money beyond the control of the House. He didn't propose to use the whole of this money. He didn't think that more than ?75,000 of it would nave to be used on the basis of a four mill taxr There was a i^ood many tilings tliat the Legislature intended to cut down, and a good many tilings that they wouldn't be called upon to provide ior. It was a very si_guiar tiling that tbese gentlemen had been using the fund for years, and now, when they found that the House was turning its attention to it, they sought to block the game. Mr. Ansel opposed the bill on very different grounds.- He thought it would impair the credit of the State to divert the various funds named in the bill. 3Ir. W. B. Wilson, .Tr., of York, was in favor of the bill. He called attention to the fact that the two opponents of the bill who had spoken had opposed it on entirely opposite grounds, one because the bill allowed the treasury to use tlie funds, and the other because it did nut do so. Ho explained that under the proposed bill it was only intended to use ?-?? such of the funds as were applicable to general purposes. The debate- was continued at length by Messrs. ilutson, Ficken, Pope'and Haskell, and a votQ on the motion to strike out the enacting clause was iinally reached, with the following result on the bill: Yeas hi, nays 73. The reading of the bill was then resumed. Another discussion arose, however, on an amendment oifered by Mr. Parker, of Abbeville, proposing to strike out the -provision allowing the use of the fund for the payment of general appropriations and of salaries, an amendment which would have prevented the use of the fund to ride over a scarcity of money in the State treasury. The amendment was tabled, however, and the bill ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. THE HORIZONTAL REDUCTION SALARY HELL.When the bill offered by Dr. Thomas, of Union, to provide for a horizontal reduction of the salaries of the State oiricers was reached, Dr. Thomas k ad a speech prepared for the occasion, At the close of his remarks the House, without a division and without any further discussion, killed the bill. SUNDAY TRAINS. The bill in relation to the running of Sunday trains being taken up, 3Ir. Stewart, of York, moved to strike out the enacting clause,- and supported the motion in a short speech. He could not understand why railroads siioula be allowed to labor seven days in the week when citizens were not. His principal objection was that the passage of the bill would tend to promote the growth of isms in the State?such as Communism and Anarchism, and would break down the peace and sanctity of the Sabbath. Norton, of Marion, said if this bill was passed the Legislature should also pass a law allowing the farmers to drive their ploughs on the Sabbath. Mr. Gary, of Abbeville, spoke at length upon the -?th commandment and moral culture generally. Mr. Lawton, of Hampton, and Mr. Kershaw, of Darlington, spoke in favor of the bill, pointing cut thut by permitting the running of Sunday trains during certain months in the year the Legislature was 'really legislating for the benefit of farmers, viz., those who raised fruits, melons and truck nroduce. 3Ir. Stanlaud spoke oi tlie moral aspect of the question. He said if sopie oi these members would go to Florence some Sunday, where a dozen trains are locked up, and see how the employees observed the Sabbatli, tiiey would soon acknowledge that they would be better uli' morally if they were hard at work. , Mr. Kersliaw arose to say that he had lived at Florence for eight years, and to his knowledge the employees of the railroad at Florences-were ail members 01 the church. He supported the bill because it was in the interest of the track farmers. Mr. Browning, of Berkeley, put in a pica for the truck farmers of lower South Carolina, showing that the present law V-A- 1. LJ-l\*J~LL. JL. i~l\, bill, lie reminded tlie House, applied only to fniit and truck trains. This discussion threatened to become interminable, when a member cplle&|he previous question, ^Viiieir ifftnted-^Jhe^ debate to an hour. Mr. Archer, of Spartanburg, delivered an address on the li&ppiness of the enjoyment of the Sabbath. He reminded the House of the prophecy of the Prophet Jeremiah, who predicted the destruction of Jerusalem . in case the Jews did not observe the Sabbath. The bill was finally passed in the following shape: "It shall be lawful, <>;c., to run on Sunday, durihg the months of April, May, June, July and August, trains laden exclusively with fruits and vegetables, and on said day in any and every month their regular mail trains, and such construction trains as may be rendered necessary by extraordinary emergencies other than those incident to freight or passenger traliic.1' The bill was afterwards read a third time and sent to the Senate. The lull to provide for a reassessment of property in Charleston, Colleton and Berkeley counties, called forth a long debate. 3Ir. Wilson, of York, first moved to strike out the enacting clause, but afterwards withdrew this motion. Ee then moved to make the bill apply to the whole Stiite. The amendment was tabled. The bill was finally passed to its third reading. The vote in the Joint Assembly, held on the 9th inst., for superintendent of the penitentiary was as follows: Tlios. J. Lipscomb, the present incumbent, 96; J. P. Blackweil, of Edgefield, 41; J. E. lunsler, of Richland, 15; N. C. Robertson, of Fairfield, 4. Col. Lipscomb was accordingly declared elected. The vote ivx iuic?;iVio ui uiic licii iixjatJUULj yyuo <vo follows: X. "W. Brooker, of Edgefield, 113; C. W. McFadden, of Chester, 114; John G. Guignard, of Aiken, 79; E. A. Meetze, of Lexington, 73; George -. Shields, of Columbia, 4i. The first three were declared elected. Temperance in the Home. It is i'rom eight to sixteen that boys begin to break away from parental control and the restrain of the fireside. It is then that they seem to feel that they know more than they who bore them; it is then that they begin to assert the V itc /If* U.JJCAOJ' VJ. v.U.0 OtitOl. lUXU LU^UV J.W Viv I lusions, its vices, and its crimes. Said an English jurist of great distinction: "A large majority of ail the criminals who are brought be*' re me have been made what they are by being allowed :o | be away from home evenings between | the ages of eight and sixteen." "What a I testimony is this, dear mothers and sisters! Surely one of the most practical studies in this temperance work is hew to ke-;p the young away from temptation, and pleasantly and profitably occupy the evenings. Guard your own doois. Thr>re is one sort of drinkinc-house tint no State enactment can touch, and that is a private house with a decanter in. its cupboard. Good friends, guard yon own doors with teetotalism. A foolish rich man who died lately disinherited his drunken son. In that same will le bequeathed his "wine cellar" to certain heirs. The father most iiisanely tvmptid his own son to drink, and then on lis dying bed gave the boy a last kick inx? open disgrace! The most effectual of dl home protection is to guard our own home. From such temperance homfs will come the power to close up the public drinking dens.?Cuyler. I'rogrtM of "rchibit on. Montgomery, Ala., I)ocomber Tie House ox liepresentatiyes o' the Genezal Assembly, hoy,- is session, bis passed a bill making the retail liquor licezse ?250. which is equivalent to more than ioubling it. A proposition to make it .<500was voted down by a small majority. Tli( Assembly has passed prohibition bills oitright for two of the largest black counti<s, upon petitions from nearly all the while inhabitants. Local prohibition bills are pac>ed almost without objection from any m-mber. The Senate has passed a general ocal option law for all the counties. As many :is 1,000 (jUfikings of Liu: earth a day have been rc^stcrtxl in New Zealand. i 1SK3IOVAL OF I'ISOF. WOODISOW. The Hoard of Directors of !!? Tlieolojjicai Seminary of Columbia Carry Out tlie Order of the .Synod. (From the 2S~e ~s and Courier.) Coh'Mp.ia, Decembers.?Pursuant to ihe instructions of the four Synods, the board of directors of the Theological Seminary met at 10 o'clock this morning in the Seminary chapel. There were four absentees. The following members were present: Dr. "YVm. Adams, the He v. James Stacy, the Rev. J. TV". Rogan, the Rev. J. C. McMullen, the Rev. J. G. Law, Dr. H. E. Shepherd, Mr. W. C. Siblev. Co I. Georere W. Scott and Dr. W. T. Thompson. Dr. Stacy was elected president and Mr. Law secretary. The following resolution was adopted: "Whereas, the four Synods controlling this Seminary have instructed this hoard to request the Eev. James Woodrow, D. D., for his resignation as professcr of natural science in connection with Bevelation: "Kesblved, That a committee consisting o? the Rev. Messrs. Kogan and Thompson he appointed to wait on Dr. Woodrow .and make the said request, j and said committee siudl pivsent Dr. j Woodrow with a copv of this resolution." At 12 o'clock the board took a recess until 2 p. m. At that hour the committee presented the following note from Dr. Woodrow: "In reply to the request which you have iust handed me for niv resignation as professor of natural science in connection with. Revelation, I beg leave _ to sav that I respectfully decline acceding to it." This note was signed with Dr. Woodrow's full title as Perkins professor. The board then unanimously adopted a preamble, reciting the above fart?, and the following resolution: "Resolved, In accordance with the instructions received from the four controlling Synods of the Theological Seminary, that the Rev. James Woodrcw, D. JD., be, and he is hereby, removed from the chair of natural science in connection with Revelation, and that the secretary l>e directed to communicate this action to Dr. Woodrow." The board then went into an election for professor of didactic and polemic theology. The Rev. Dr. J. JL. Girardeau was elected. Taking a recess at 6 p. m. the board waited on Dr. Girardeau in a body, acquainting him with lii-s election and urging his acceptance of me prolessorsinp. JJr. (jirameau replied, expressing his appreciation of the confidence reposed in liim by his brethren, and stating that he would consider the matter and give his reply at the earliest practicable moment. At S p. m. the board reassembled at Wright's Hotel and spent about two hours considering the interests of the Seminary. It was decided to postpone further elections of professors until the lirst "Wednesday in February, when the board will meet in Augusta. The chairs remaining to be filled are as follows: (1) Biblical literature and exegesis of Scripture; (2) pastoral theology; (3) the Perkins professorship of natural science in eonnection with Kevelation. "The members o? the board express themselves -as hopeful of iJrc future of the Seminary, which they expect to reopen next September. Xot a Drunken >'atio:i. Ileal!v and truly we are nut a. drunken nation. There is sadly too much drink ing, and there is ail i anility of crime and poverty resulting from it, but it is certain that we drink less per capita tiian our fathers did, and it is also certain that the mode and matter of drinking has undergone a great change in the last twenty-live years, and is still undergoing change. Fashion makes custom, and it is no ionger the custom to drink rum, ss our New England ancestors did, or whisky, as our Southern ancestors did. Wine and beer are now* the staple drinks of those who consume intoxicants. We also drink slowly, and, therefore, more decorously than we used to do. And because we drink more slowly we also drink less. We are not a leisurely people. We cannot sit an hour over two or three glasses of beer, as an Englishman or German ddex, exover a half pint of very thin wine, as a Frenchman or Spaniard does. And therefore we are not likely to become a nation of slow guzzlers, it cannot now be said, nor is it probable that it can ever be truthfully said, of the American as it is of the English constitution, that "it floats in beer.We do not pity a drunken man as the European people do, or, if in such a case Some pity lives, That pity half despises, half forgives; 'Tis mbed with shame, 'tis not from grief exempt, And savors very largely of contempt. ; We look upon drunkenness as a misfortune. We regard it as a major or a minor crime, according to the magnitude or minitude of its evil consequences. The vice ox drunkenness in America is in a sure and not very slow prof-ess of diminution. We are thin-skinned folk, impatient of ridicule and intolerant of contempt, and the tone of modern society is tent ox naicrae auci contempt toward drunkards. Two of the strongest indications of the growth of temperance sentiments have lx-en made manifest during the recent assembly of the Knights of Labor at Richmond. The first was when Grand Master Powdcrly charged the delegates that they should I abstain from making themselves ridicu- i Ions or contemptible in the eyes of the world, by the simple act of abstaining from visiting saloons. The second was when the whole body of lvnights demanded a pic :lge of constant sobriety from its newly elected officers. Philanthropists and reformers can take fresh conr;ige from these cheering manifestations.?Chicago Inter-Ocean. A Waii o! Distress. Mayrixtox, December 7.?The people in this section of the State are in;; sad condition. The terrible freesc: 'of1-Vsr January entirely destroyed the oat crop and seriously injured the wheat. A few spring oats and about the sixth of a wheat crop was gathered. It was very soon concur: od. The floods and hail storms, from the 20th of May to the middle of July, destroyed the crops on the bottom lands. The little corn made on the uplands is about out now. j The cotton crop has he-en gathered, and is about sold. It will not exceed forty per cent, of hist year's crop. There is not a farmer who "has made expenses. All are behind, with scarcely any wheat or out seed i to sow, av.d everything roaa or bca>'. cats he has to buv, except hay. The outlook is dull. The condition of the white people is bad .enough, hut that of the blacks is sorrowful. At least o:ae-half of them will have to leave the county. They have nothing to buy shoes or clothes with, and they have scarce- j ly anything to eat, and the white people artpowerless to aid them. The people are on the edge of distress, and it has not been iromany tauit 01 theirs, lncy couia not; lijlit tlic elements. There must be a great deal of suffering this winter.?Xeccs and Courier. Brill iair, society features?Somn people's noses. ONJ: LSTTLM i.KAK. An liim ??f i?i <n:!iiiy <???vorui;:scotii:(iii? fount v i'awr. (C<1 jni'.'ii (.'or. ct" the X?vs and Cii:ri(r.) In tlx: progress <>? tlie debate iu the IIon.se which, Try the way, was its lirst indulgence iu that most seductive but somewhat expensive legislative luxury, a good deal was said about county expenses. It will be remembered tliat the subject of discussion was the Aid rich bill to change the tenure of ottice of grand juries. It was advanced iu support of the bill that the grand juries by being made perpetual would be able to exercise a closer scrutiny over the expenditures of county funds. The opponents I r\f -fliA liill -nrp'-nfpi! r.nt wit]) much force. that the continuance of men in ollice so long might rentier them more easily subject to the influences of a powerful combination of corrupt oiiicials or criminals. This brought out eulogies from quite a number of members upon the oilicials of their respective counties, each asserting that a nobler, purer, more intelligent, upright, patriotic, self-denying lot of citizens, in the words of the "Mikado." "never did exist." All of which is doubtless very true. Nevertheless it is admitted on all sides that one of the most pressing questions which confronts this Legislature is the question of reform in county aiiairs. It was pointed out in this correspondence on Monday laat that in the county of Abbeville, as shown by the Press and Banner, the expenses for six years of Democratic rule were ?15,000 in excess of those of six years of the Radical rule of plunder. The statement was the subject of a i breakfast table conversation at tlie Grand Central Hotel yesterday, at which a distinguished member from Abbeville assisted. I asked him if the figures of the Press and Banner -were true, and he replied that he had no doubt they were. The only cause he was able to assign for it was that the people were too anxious to make a living out of minor offices which they sought. ':Any stealing or dishonesty?" I inquired. Xo, he didn't think so. While it was true the salaries of some of the offices were small, the position afforded opportunities of making money which very few men could resist. This remark was made not in reference to Abbeville county alone but to all the counties in the State. A ease in point occurred here during the early part of this week. Looking over the register of the hotel on Tuesday morning I found the names of six or seven prominent citizens of Georgetrca-n ThinT.-inorflipv rmVhf, havtf come to the capiral 011 some legislative business, and not being able to find any of tliein, I asked Representative Miller, oi' Georgetown county, "what was up?" and was told that the object oi' their visit was to bring a half dozen :.?r more convicts to the penitentiary. This will, perhaps, explain why it costs from s3U to S-jO each to transport convicts to the penitentiary. I was further told by Mr. Miller'that some of the distinguished citizens alluded to were rabid reformers, and during the recent canvass had advocated the abolition of the Citadel and College, the reduction of the series of State d&cials and other measures of reAnother cause'of expense in .he conn- ' ties is to be seen in Charleston.- Coroner DeYeanx, who was here on Wednesday iast, had a hearing before the Charleston delegation on the subject of the proDosed "horizontal" or "perpendicular" reduction of salaries. Tiic coroner professed his willingness to submit to a reasonable reduction, but stated that he could not make a living (it "will be borne in mind that this is an oilice the 'duties 01 which requires the entire time and attention of the incumbent) unless arrangements were made to pay him his salary. In other words, it transpired that the officials of the county are subjected to the necessity of discounting their certificates of pay at from 10 to 30 per cent. It was learned that a half dozen prominent merchants are engaged in the business, all of whom liave made snug sums. I asked a member from Charleston if this was actually true, and he replied that it was, and that it had been going on for years, some of the merchants referred to having made fortunes, it would appear that there might oe room for reiorm in tins direction. Thus far tlie only measure- which prortyses practical reform in the direction of county expenses that yet appear on the House Calendar is a bill to change tLc plan of transporting convicts to ihe penitentiary. The bill, in accordance with the recommendation of Gov. eruox Sheppard, devolve)# this duty on . the superintendent of the penitentiary. i'he Strongest of Fei:slnin?5 Instinct*. One of the strongest uf feminine instincts is to spank. The little girl oi si:c spanks her doll, even while the sympathetic tears vo;l down her cheeks. She keeps up the practice when grown to young ladyhood upon her little brothers and sisters, if she is fortunate enough to mire any, and from then on nor chnuren 2nd grandchildren?or somebody else's children and grandchildren?receive the benefits, ir< a matured foi'M, of an art learned in infancy, until she goes hence to a bettor land, and even then, perhaps, a wide field for the exercise of her powers is before ner among the little angels in heaven. One day last week a young man saiuitering about the Xatioliai museum saw two very pretty girls examining a large turra-cotta vase which stood in one corner of the room devoted to exhibits of tllat ware. In the bow! of the vase several unclothed urchins were represented as playing, 'i .. _ irii.1 i i i _ vviiiio c?zie iitao ciicrtiu, witu h enuooy and dimpled form, was leaning over the edge, c\ identl y attempting to read; liis catapaiiion?, and innocently offering an av.iiii temptation to spanking femininity. The young ladies stood before the ornament for sonic time in sppiueni admiration of tiio vo& tuutf&pf when suddenly ? thought keincd to strike one ol them. She looked cautiously-around to see it' she was observed, and, seeing no one, for the writer was hid behind a pillar-, and no one else was in sight, she smiled luiiipily, took the giove tragi off her right hand, raised that member and administered to the little clay image a most thorough spanking. If it were a fair sample of her skill in that direction, her future children arc entitled to heartfelt pit}-.?Toledo Blade. V RrmarkeSiltr Docui:icnt. Governor Gordon rccciycd a remarkable document recently from one Balus Reynolds. of Barks comi'y. who rsvs lie is TU years old und wauu to do ail the good lie can before he dies. lie begins by asking if the Governor is a religious man, prepared for final judgment, and then without slop or introduction proceeds to give receipts for iiog cholera, horse choke colic, headache, and how to kill tfeas. lie concludes with a statement that lie is spiritualized by four bauds of angels, and wants to do all the good he can in this world. Mr. Blaine tried to enjoy himself at Mr. Arthur's funeral, but ii was not thought he had as much fun as Mr. Arthur's friends ha'l at Mr. Blaine's funeral. AN AKTIST AVAKXKD. Ail (tiiiiuiiou or t'uitcri States ('nrrcafy That ."Must N<it lie Kepcaled. The secret sen-ice officers made a seizure iu Theodore Stewart's saloon in New York recently of a small painting by William II. Harnett, the well knows artist, representing the face of a United States .$ > note. The work was done so well that it took close examination with a glass to show that a note had not been pasted down on a piece of wood, as even the mucilage which apparently had been used -was imitated. The law pro liibiting the counterfeiting and imitation of money was felt to liave been violated by this neat piece of artistic painting, but the law officers of the Treasury Department could not say that talent siicli as that exhibited in this case should be promoted, because of the subject selected to portray. Neither could they allow the "matter to pass without calling attention to the dangers of imitations so skillfully made that they required but a groundwork of paper instead of a smooth surfaced wood to enable them to pass for money. It was not supposed that any jury would convict the artist of a violation of law should the case be put to trial, so the Solicitor of the Treasury advised the Secretary that while under the circumstances of the case he should not advise prosecution, yet he would suggest "that the development and exercise of a talent so capable of mischief should not be encouraged in a direction which might i *? ? i i n T ?? 1 ieau ro emoarrassmeiK ana aiscommure. This means that the artist will be. Trained to let imitation of United States money alone hereafter and to exercise his genius in some other direction unless he wants to get into trouble. The picture will be returned to its owner. A Growing People. In round numbers the population of the United States increases at the rate 1,000,000 a year. The census of 1880 j showed a population of over 50,000,000 and close estimates based on local een- j suses give in 1886 56,000,000. Of this increase about one-third is from abroad. Two natives reach the stage of action for J one foreign resident. The ratio of native lj-v^icaov; JLUUOU XJLL cu-iw xacuiv^ Q*uitvi) <*o ^ the native element is constantly growing , larger while the foreign is about station- , ary. The immigration for last year was j a little larger than that of 188? and this ! year promises to exceed the last; but both years show a decrease on several j preceding years. Many thoughtful per- , sons are apprehensive of future trouble j. through this rapid increase of population, j j so largely drawn from foreign sources. , The spectacle of from 300,000 to 100,000 , foreigners being absorbed annually into * our industrial force is one, they think, Vtiiich cannot be continued without in time producing a serious disturbance. It should be borne in mind that when a foreigner comes to this country and becomes a part of its laboring lorce, he becomes also a part of its consuming force, i In many cases he does work in this coun- < try which in his absence would be done * in Europe. Until the population ap- i p roaches ,-the limit of our producing < capacity,' the ioxeigncr.iuay as well work Jierc as in Europe. Wc now export grains ] and meats which are consumed in Europe, i and the product of the consumer's labor < is sent to us. When the laborer comes over and works in this country, he con- : sumes more of our agricultural products i than Then he is in Enroi>e aud he only t auus 10 liic consilium g igicc. jlu ume ; the foreign immigration will decrease in actual numbers, as it is already decreas- ] ing relatively. The number of born 1 Americans is every year larger, and will ] increase for years; but the inducements 1 for foreigners to come here will grow less < and less. The immigration question is ; < therefore largely one of the imagination, so long as it is confined to the Caucasian i race. The politicians who are disturbed l over it live a quarter of a century too i late. This country has passed successfully thronffh the danger thev now think 1 they see in the future. Whatever peril i there may may have been in that ques-! < tion -when the nation was young and the i native population small has sow passed i away.?San Francisco Call. 1 Tlie Power to Prohibit. When a legislature says that on certain conditions a nun snail be authorized to sell intoxicating liquors, and that unless he meets those conditions he dull not have the right to do it, the legislature by that act assumes the right to prohibit the sale of liquors; for if its prescribed conditions are such that no one will accept them, prohibition becomes a fact, if the lav/ is enforced; and whether it is enforced or not, the legis- i lature has recognized the principle and j( has assumed prohibitory power. It does j, the same when it enaots. that no person shall sell intoxicating drinks as a bever- j ag? from 12 o'clock midnight until six j o'clock in the morning. If for the pub- j JJC gUUUj iiuu. UGl^AU?>C W.IV? ULi^iCbu ^ is promoted by it, a law can be made to close tl;c saloons a part of tiie time, foi ( tke same- reason a law could be made to close tlicm all tlie time. If to promote ( this public good it is right to restrict the j business, it is right, for" the public good, 5 to annihilate business. This is what law is for, and it is not only its legitimate function, it is its solemn duty as well to j abate nuisances, to put an end to erine, j and at all possible points to protect so-j ciety. There is no more reason to 1 question the right oi the government to iorbid the sale of intoxicating liquors as ! beverages than to question its right to forbid araoo. and murder. It has as j much right to close saloons as it has to i close gambling dens and houses of pros- i titrttion. Having the right to. piohibit j xui iui uuiu, ii iuts sire. ngnt to proiuuit forever. Legislation -winch alrdulv exi j'u attunes uil tire constitutional power niKJessary to make prohibition a fact, and what we need now is not more legislative function, but a public opinion which will demand the necessary legislation and the enforcement of the lav,-. The voter is the power behind the tin-one in this -country. The lawmaker listens i for the voice of his constituent's, and the : executive officer dops the same thing, and if ti>o voice is sufficiently imperative i it is regarded. A mere whisper is not f enough, but when it thunders it is usually obeyed.?-Western. Christian Advocate, j Vizhl toilic IJrnth Bfinffd \ licri bel'.vtei; LivO i icvca-ye:;r-o?d buck deer lately <>,vit:r<M -i; ) Granite Kami, Township 21. The story comes f:i>ni 3Ir. .John Ilaslam, of Walthatn, Maine. Hint wliile his two sons were going along the bark road sear Grant's farm,"their hor.se stopped aiid refuse to advance. Looking a little way ahead they saw two deer, one iiiive the other dead, locked together by the horns. The ground was torn up around them so that the dead one was nearly buried. They shot the live one. The other had been dead two or three days. They had to get stakes to pry the deer apart. The live one had broken the other's uec-K. We presume it is the negative man who is always pulling his "noes"' into other peo-1 pies business. sKXATOK BONUS'S FLAME. A JVn I'ictttrv of tl?e Kiciiest Heiress in the West. , By the aeaih of Francis Palms, one of the oldest and l>est known citizens of Detroit, the entire estate which he had accumulated descends to two children, a son and daughter. The exact value of this estate, says a writer in the Philadelphia Times, it is impossible to fix with certainty, but it is l>elieved that it will not fall below 815,000,000 at the lowest. Much of it consists in great land tracts iri on/3 Tl ie/)A?cir? /?AtrA*o^ Vvtt the tov/ering forests for which that * region is famous, and tlie value of which is morally certain to increase as timber for building and other purposes becomes more scarce. Added to this are bonds and securities to the amount of an almost fabulous sum, and real estate in a number of western cities. Always an econoidc and thrifty man, Mr. ralms made iew blunders in the investment of his capital, the entire sum of which he hardly knew himself at the time of his death i'rom general debility. But little is known of the son, who will probably share jointly with the daughter in the distribution of this vast estate, and who is an offspring ot Jlr. jfalms's first marriage, the daughter being the fruit of a second union. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for Miss Palms, however, thanks to the conduct of a Senator of the United States. A few years ago Miss Palms risited Washington for the first time, and was given a cordial welcome by the wives of politicians whom her father liad helped to make. Personally accomplished and beautiful, she won a high place in many hearts, and, as subsequent events proved, completely conquered the susceptible Senator Jones. During her visit to the capital the atten- * tions of the Florida statesman became so frequent and annoying that when Miss Palms finally left the city it was said she had done so"only to escape her elderly suitor's persecutions. In this, it will be remembered, she was not successful, as Senator Jones followed her to her home in Detroit, refusing to accept an un quaiincd no irom the lady in answer to Lis offer of marriage. Physical force finally succeeded in closing the door of the Palras mansion against him, bnt it lias not served to prevent him from remaining in the Michigan metropolis nor from sending constant reminders in the shape of fruits and flowers to a lady who is constantly returned them without reply. As photographed by the gossips, Miss Pa!ms is tall and stately, like the s; tree whose plural name she bears. A svealth of dark and Instrons hair crovma m in unusually shapely head, which, itself -jm is poisec. upon a graceful figure of the jM mature development of some thirty odd fears. WHAT CLEVELAND ML'ST DO. ?icv.s of Well Kjiowji Democratic Editors and also of: Charles A. Dana. ufl The Boston Globe prints letters from some of the best known editors of the MM country in answer to the query: "What should President Cleveland clQ...diu3ajgcr----. he next two years in order" that Demo:ratic . .Cok>ud?Jpgi|rtdPCHSHpHpHB^^H Philadelphia Times writes: "If Cleveland keeps straight along he will be his :>wn successor." fl Charles A. Dana of the New York Sun V intagonizes the above with the follow- A ing: "He should in most respects do liii'erently from what he has done during last, t.wn v.-vivs " Samuel Bowles of the Springfield Republican says: "He should steadfastly ive up to the principles enunciated in lis letter accepting the nomination for he Presidency and hi his letter of De- Sj jeniber 25, 1SS4, to George William F. W. Dawson of the Cliarleston News md Courier writes: "Let him go on to :he end in the way he has been going ^ "rom the beginning." 2u. M. Gillam of the Philadelphia ] Rprtrovl kits + cVinnl/1 fill fl-i^ ivitu wide-awake, representative Democrats as speedily as possible, under liberilly interpreted civii service rules, and illow the men so appointed to work for :he party. Melville E. Stone of tke Chicago News says: "He should be able to go before :he country with confidence upon his record. If, however, it be true that the majority of the American people do not approve of his policy, do not regard 'a public office as a public trust,' rather :iaan a partisan reward; if it be true that :he general sentiment of the country nay be arrayed against an honest, faithful and intelligent administration of the Presidential office, then the attention of thoughtful minds may be well turned to i weightier question than the welfare of il the President or his party." Stillson Hutchins writes" that Cleveand has strengthened Los party outside !ts natural lines. He should now consolidate and energize it. He has no ioubt of Democratic success in 1888 cvitb. or without Cleveland, but thinks it ivould be just like Cleveland to positively leelinc a renomi nation. George W. Abeli of the Baltimore Sun commends Cleveland for keeping his pledges and chides the party for love of spoils. A Story of Conkliiig. Senator Riley, of New York, said the other evening, while speaking of the uimous Broadway investigation by the special committee of the Legislature: "I never was so impressed with a man as I was v.itb. Ecscoe Conkling while we were holding that investigation. After we had concluded taking the testimony, the counsel for the defense gave notice that they wished to submit arguments at Albany." Of course we wanted Mr. Colliding to go along as the representative of tite committee. When the proposition was made to him in secret session he said that he would prefer to have his partner ?Ir. Seward, assume that share of the work, beeo.n?e there were certain memories about Albany which would make it very distasteful to him in case he should have to visit there. Seward /x,l .ivtil in />ATincrt lic-.Vij UCCiiiUAl *.lLLKi. XiL IMJL.I; VVIUCV/ of the discussion one of the members of the committee said that there were two Senators who had particularly requested his presence. They were men who voted against Conkling in the famous (Senatorial contest of J88i. As their names wore mentioned, Conkling drew himself up to his full height and said: "Gentlemen, I sliall merely send these persons a poli re note of regret.' After a great deal of persuasion, however, he consented to go.?Washington Letter to the Boston -Traveller. A 1'ig i'air. Clerk?"What is it you want_ * Liulc girl?"J want*a pair of stockings." "For yourself "Yes, sir."' . "W<-11, hero is:: pair that I think will lit. Very pretty, too." "Oh dose won't never do. I want a great big pair, ever so big?No. 200 or 000. 'Gracious! We have no such numbers* What do you want thr*m formk "To hang up." jB