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li VOL. XLVIIT WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1894. NO. 22. | COUNTY GOVERNMENT. w the new bill passed by the recent legislatureTbe Office ?. X Coanty Ccmm'ssloaer Abo llahed asd the Office of C auty Snpei visor Sabitituted Therefor?A Mtssare that should be Given a Fair Trial. A bill to provide a system of county government tor the several coanties of jP the State. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina,, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: Section 1. That from and after the 1st of January, 1S95, all Acts, or sections of the General Statute relating to the election, duties, powers and rights of couEty commissioners be, and the same are hereby, repealed, except such fbpeicai Acts, Darts of Acts or sections of the General Statutes as have heretofore conferred special powers and privileges upon the county commissioners of any county, which said duuss are devolved upon the county supervisor and county board of road comruissioiicrs as hereinafter provided. Sectitn 2. There shall be an election I held at next general election for State officers m the several counties of the State for one county supervisor, and at every general election thereafter, whose term of office shall be two years, and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. \ Section 3. The county supervisor so I elected shall, before entering uoon the duties of his office, execute a bond for the use :>f the county, with three or more sufficient sureties, for the failhfnl perfor" mance of his dulies, in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, said boad to be approved in manuer the same as now provided for bonds of county auditors and treasurers. Section 4. The county supervisor shall have general jurisdiction over all - nnWir? and fer? ries, and over tbe paupers, and in all HL matters relating to taxes and disburseHr ment of public funds for county purposes H In their respective counties, aud in any U other case that may be necessary for WBt the internal improvement and local concerns of their respective counties; 8f.!d supervisor sliall have power and authority to administer oaths to any person in references to matters appertaining to his office. Section 5. That the Governor shall appoint, upon the recommendation ot ihe Senator and members of the House ot Representatives from the respective counties three discreet freeholders in each township in tfie several counties of the State, who shall be konwn aa the township road commissioners, whose term of office shall be coterminal with that of the Governor by whom such commissioner shall have been appointed, and until their successors are appointed and qualified. In case of a vacancy or in case of the refusal of any person so appointed to serve as such commitsionsr, the Governor shall fill the same ^ kgsmbefore provided: Provided, ^^^BWfearaon shall be reoj^di& serve, more than occe in every four years, and said commissioner shall, during the term P of his office, be exempt from all road if and jury duty. Section 6. TLat all the duties, powers and privileges now devolved upon the H township board of assessors be, and the same are hereby, devolved upon the F, townsphip board of commissioners, and township boards of assessor? are hereby abolished. Section 7. That all the duties, powers and privileges now devolved upon coun? ty boards of equalization be, and the same are hereby, devolved upon the county board of commissioners, and said county coard ?f equalization is hereby abolished. An3 the members of said board, while nerformujsr iLe cluuta uvw devolved upon toe c^urty board of equalization, stall r< c ?* ?? ! *"? compensation as such u-.ru<jm re ceive. Section 8. That ibe county supervisor, tcgetherwith ihe chairmen ottbe township boards ol commissioners in the sev? eral townships appointed by the Governor. shall constitute the county board of commissioners, of which said board the county supervisor shsll be chairman. Section 9. That immediately after tbe appointment of the Eeveral boards of township commissioners, and the election and qualification of the county supervisors, or as soon therealter as may be practicable, the said supervisor shall call a meeting of the county board of commissioners for the purpose of or B gatuzation. And toe saia toara scan meet thereafter on the first Monday In January, April, Juiv and October of each year at the county Court House, lor the transaciion of business, and a majority of said board shall constitute a quorum: Provided, that the chairman of said board may call an extra meeting at any time, and shall be required to do so upou the written request of three members of the board. That at the first meeting of said board tbey shall elect one their number who shall he a member of tbe State board of equalization and wbo shall perform all the functions of said cffice as now provided by law. Section 10. Tbat it shall be tbe duty r of the county supervisor, together with the chairmen ofihe boards of township j commissioners, township road commis8ione.-, to lay off into conveaient section the roads, bridges and Jerries in the several townships in their respective counties, which said sections shall be numbered for the purpose of letting out the same to be worked and maintained under contract. Section It. That if the county board cocommissioners conclude to adopt the fontract system for working, maintaining. constructing and operating the sevreral sections of highways, roads, bridges and terries in the several towaships of their respective counties, the county supervisor, as soon as practical thereaf ter, snau adverse in a newspaper published in the county once a week for i Lhree weeks and by notes posted in two or more conspicuous places :n the several townships, for bids from responsible persons for doing the work as above set forth. Any and all bids made shall be in writing, sealed and addressed to the county supervisor, and by him opened and submitted to the county board of commissioners, and it shall be the duty of said board to accept tbe lowest bid made by a responsible person or party: "Provided, that said board may in its discretion reject any and all bids. Section 12. When any bid shall have been accepted by the county b^strd of F commissioners they shall require the person or party whose bid, with good and sufficient sureties, shall have been accepted to enter into bond double the amount of said bid, payable to said board and their successors in cfflce, for i 1 the use of the county which bond shall specify the nature of the work required, conditioned for the faithful p&rformanc; of the same. Section 13. In case of the failure of any contractor to perform the condi ions of his t>ond the county board of commissioners shall declare the same forfeited. and the circuit solicitor shall enur suit in the name of said board for the penalty thereof, and any sum of money recovered in sic'a action shall be paid into thorwmtv ireasurv and become a Dart of the county road fund. Section 14. The county board ot commissioners shall have power to remove any and all defaulting contractors and to relet the sections ot highways, roads, bridges orferries so let to him to some other responsible person or party. Section 15. The county treasurers of the several counties are hereoy authorized and empowered to receive from any and all persons liable to road duty in the several counties the sum pf two dollars as a commutation tax in lieu of all road duty required by law, and all money so paid shall be set apart and knowa as the countv road fund: Provided, that said commutation tax be paid between the first day of November and first day ot March in each year for that fiscal year, or when State and county taxes are paid, ana that the county treasurer shall furnish a receipt to she person paying the same. Section 16. The county treasurer shall furnish the county supervisor a list containing the names of all persons k/sTTA wnM AAmmntofion tov TV LIU UAVO paiu bUVi; wuAtxiuwMVivu ? and the chairman of the townsbip board of commissioners shall also prepare and turnisb to the supervisor a list of all persons liable to road daty in their respective townships, and the said supervisor shall check off the names of all such persons whose names shall be reDOrted on the list of the county treasurer as having paid their commutation tax and all persons whose names shall remain on the list so checked shall be required to perform road duty, not exceeding in the aggregate Bix days; said persons shall not be required to work more than three days in any one week, and shall be as signed to such daty by the county supervisor uod^r one of the contractors in the township having under control the section or sections nearest the residence of such person or persons: Provided, that In those counties where the contract system is not adopted said persons OUtf.ll pCHULLLI L.11C YY \JL rk. UUU^l LVAUVlVJ.' seers, to be appointed by the board of township commissioners for each township, under the provisions of existing law3. Section 17. It shall be the duty of the contractor of any section to receive such person or persons assigned to him under Section 16 by the county supervisor and he shall allow to the county board of commissioners a sum not less than fifty cents per diem for the labor of any such person or persons, and said sum shall be credited upon the amount due or to become due said contractor by the said board. Section 18. In case of the refusal of any person or persons to pay his or their commutation tax as herein provided, within the time prescribed by this Act, and upon refusal to perform the road duty required by Section 10 ot this -Act, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined ten dollars and costs, or imprisoned in the county jail for the period of twenty days: Provided, that if any person liable to road duty neglects IV pajr iliS U'llllUlUUtUUU WiJk. nrnum ms time prescribed by this Act, the county treasurer is hereby authorized to receive the same, with a penalty of 50 per cent of said amount added: Provided, the same be tendered within fifteen dajs alter the expiration of said time. Section 19. All accounts, claims and demands of whatever nature existing against the county for opening, constructing, maintaining any public highway, road, bridge or ferry, shall be presented to the county board of commissioners duly attested, and it approved by said board the county supervisor shall draw his warrant upou the county treasurer, under the seal of the county board of commissioners, lor the amount of any such claim or claims, wuich warrant shall be countersigned by the s ;cretary of the board, and the same shall be paid by said treasurer of the county road fund. Section 20. Any wilful neglect of duty rtn tVio r*f one momliSr of t.hf> Adlin. VU buv V VA UWJ ^UU^UWVI. v?. VMV wvv> ? ty board of commissioners shall be deemed a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding one year. Section 2). The county board of commissioners shall, at the last term of the Court of General Sessions in each year make a report to the presiding Judge, to be by him submitted to the grand jurjn of all their actings and doings, containing an itemized statement of all amounts ordered to be paid by them, the condition of the public highways, bridges and ferries in their respective counties for the fiscal year, and all matters appertaining to the same. Section 22. The members of the county boaid ot commissioners shall have po*er to administer oath3 to all persons appearing before them and to punish by fine not exceeding ten dollarr or impris onmehi in ibe county jail not exceeding twenty-four hours, any and all persons guilty of disorderly conduct amounting to an open or direct contempt or wilful interruption of their proceedings. Section 23. That from and after the passage of this Act all the Courts of this State and municipal authorities, which under existing laws have power to sentence convicts to confinement in prison with hard labor, shall sentence all able-bodied male convicts to hard labor upon the public works of the county in which said person shall have been convicted, and in the alternative to imprisonment in the county jail or state Penitentiary at hard labor: Provided, That municipal authorities may sentence convicts to work upon the streets and public work of the municipality in which they have been convicted, and such convicts when so sentenced shall work under the direstion and control of the municipal authority imposing sentence. Provided, That no convict whose sentence shall be for a period longer than two years shall be so sentenced. Section 24. That all convicts so sentenced shall be under the supervision and control of the county supervisor and by him formed into a county chkingang and required to perform hard labor upon the public highways, roads, bridges and ferries or public buildings In the county; he shall direct the time, place and manner of labor to be performed by said chain-gang: Provided, that said chain-gang shall not be worked in connection with or near any road contractor or overseer. Section 25. That the county board of commissioners shall diet and provide suitable and efficient guards and appliances for the safe keeping of said convicts. They shall likewise provide all frtrtlo i -nnlDmonfa on/} rAaH machines for performing the work required of said convicts, ail costs aad I / expenses of which shall be paid out of the county road fund in the same manner as other charges azainst said fund are paid. Section 20. That in case any convict or convicts so employed by the county supervisor shall become ungovernable or unfit for the labor required of such convict or convicts, the said supervisor may commit such convict or convicts to the State Penitentiary or county jail. And it shall be the duty of the superintendent of the Penitentiary, or the sheriff of the county, as the case may be, to receive any such convict or UUUYlv; 3 OU UULLlLLiiULCU. ITUCU ocuu chain gang is not employed, or wh&n convenient and practicable, they shall be confined in the county jail for safe keeping under direction, o: svd supervisor. Section 27. That the county board of commissioners shall be authorized and required to employ a physician or physicians whenever necessary to render medical aid to sick convicts and to preserve the health of the chain gang. The fees and expenses of the same, as well as for medicines prescribed, to be paid out of the road fund as other claims are paid against said funds. Section 28. The county board of commissioners shall have .general supervision over the paupers and the poor house and farm of the county, and the s<.id board, shall provide all necessary buildings for the accommodation of the poor of the county, with sufficient tillable land to give employment to all paupers able to work, and said buildings and lands shall be designated as the poor huuse and farm of the county. Section 29. That said board shall be empowered to make all recessary rule3 and regulations for the government of the county poor house and farm, to appoint a superintendent-, with such assistants as may be needed, to provide means for the employment as may be inmnfan Af fha r\AAr UCSlt SUltCU L\J tuc iuuiaitJ ui wul* m house, to see that every pauper able to work is employed, and to appoint one or more physicians to the poor house, who shall furnish medical aid to the indigent sick. Section 31. The county board of commissioners shall have power to demand, sue for and receive all such gifts, legacies, fines, forfeitures and all other moneys or things which may be given as cominj? to the use of the poor. Section 32. In case any poor child or children shall be, or become, chargeable to the county, the county board of commissioners may bind out any such child or children as an apprentice to some person or good moral character until such child, if he be a male, shall arrive at the age of 16 years, and if it be a female until she arrive at the age of 14, or shall marry. The said board shall have power to bind out to service, under some person of good moral character, any illegitimate child or children likely to become chargeable to the county or liable to be demoralized by the immoral conduct or evil example of their mother or other persons having them in charge, in the manner and for the time prescribed for pauper chilft ? 2 V-i o tta r\r\?TTCii+ f a io_ LilCi-i, cku.il uiicj ouau uavc ^/v/nr^x v\s *usue all necessary writs to enforce the provisions of this section. Section 33. Any money becomiDg due on any recognizances given for the maintenance of any illegitimate child or children, if such child or children shall be bound out to service, shall be paid ot and received by tha supervisor, to be invested and expended by him under the ordor of tixe JProbate Court for the benefit; of such illegitmate child. Section 34. The county board of commissioners shall have power to make all contracts in reference to supplying the poor house and inmates thereof, repairing buildings and other necessary expenses incident to the care and maintenance of said poor house and farm. Where any contract shall exceed the sum of twenty dollars they shall advertise and receive bids for same, and shall accept the lowest bid from a responsi- 1 ble person. Section 35. All accounts, claims and i demands of whatever nature against the county in reference to the poor house- or farm for the maintenance and support 01 paupers suau ue pieacuLcu, duly attested, to the board of county commissioners and be by them audited, allowed or rejected, and foi the amount 1 of any claim so audited and allowed the county supervisor shall draw his 1 warrant, under Ihe seal of the board, ' upon the county treasurer, counter- > signed by the secretary of the board, ' who shall pay the same out of the pau- 1 per fund of the county. Section 36. The county board of com- ' miosioners shall, at the last term of the Court of General .Sessions in each year, make a report to the presiding Judge, to be by him submitted to the grand jury, of all their actings and doings for the liscal year, containing an < itemized statements of all amounts ordered to be paid by them, with a list : of inmates and the condition of the poor house, farm and inmates. Section 37. The county supervisor 1 shall procure, adopt a seal and when so ! adopted shall save a description there 1 of, with an impression thereform, to beQledin the office of the clerk of : Court and of the sheriff, treasurer and 1 Secretary of State, and the same shall thereupon be the seal of the supervisor : and all orders or other papers signed by said commissioner shall be authenticated by the official seal. Section 38. Each county shall pay: 1. rho fnea rvf rhocrranri nnri npt.tifc inrors li while in attendance upon the Circuit 1 Court. 2. Witnesses' fees in the State case3 for actual attendants as provided by law. 3. Fees of 1 physicians and surgeons testifying as experts before the Circuit 1 Court. 4. Fees of sherislt and : Clerk of Court as provided by law. 5. 1 Fees of county corners as allowed by law. 6. Fees or salaries of trial justtice and constables. 7. The salaries of 1 auditor, treasurer and county supervisor as provided by law. n, nn mi_ _ J. A. 1_ section O'J. JUia>j lut lets auuncu jurors, constables an.i witnesses shall be payed by the treasurers of the counties, on the presentation to them of certificates signed by the presiding Judge and countersigned by the clerk of the Court, or be received by him in the payment of all county taxes, when duly approved by the county supervisor. i Section 40. That the accounts of the : coroner and sheriff and supervisor and physicians' or surgeons' fees for post , mortem, shall be approved by county , board of commissioners, and the supervisor, on their approval, shall draw an order upon the county treasurer for the payment of the same, countersigned : by the secretary of the board. Section 41. Sherifis, deputy sheriff:*, coroners and constables shall execute 1 all legal orders to them directed by the boards herein provided for, or the i chairman thereof, aud shall receive < therefor the same fees and costs allowed in other cases. teciion iz. mat me reports oi uie county treasurer and other officers nowrequired by law to be made to the board of county commissioners shall, after the passage of this Act, be made to the county supervisor, and all settlements by any of the county officers now required to be made with the board of county commissioners or its chairman shall be made with the courty supervisor. Section 43. The county board of,, commissioners shall prepare an estimate of the amount of money necessary to pay the expenses incurred by said boards and for "ordinary county expenses and report the same to the Comptroller General of the State, on or before the loth day of November of each year, to be by him submitted to the General Assembly in order to provide the necessary taxation for county purposes. Section 44. In case of the failure of the county supervisor to faithfully perform the duties ot his office or the conditions of his bond, it shall be the duty of the solicitor of the circuit in which such supervisor shall reside to brim? an action upon the bond of said supervisor in the name of the county, and any amount realized from said suit shall he denosited in the treasury to the credit of the road fund, and shall receive therefor such fees as the Court shall designate. Section 45. That the salaries of the supervisors in the several counties shall be paid quarterly by the county treasurers out of the county funds, in the same manner as other claims against said county are paid. Section 40 That it shall be the duty of the county supervisor to cause a record to be kept of all the proceedings of the board of which he is herein made chairman, as well as a record of all contracts entered into with said boards, as provided in this Act, which said records shall be open to public inspection, and all necessary books and material for keeping same shall be paid for out of the funds herein provided for the respective board3 in the sanK ; manner as other charges are paid. Section 47. That so much of this ; Act as applies to the working of the public highways by the contract system and by convicts in chain gang3 shall not be obligatory on such county boards of commissioners and conclude ; that the present system of working the i highways in their respective counties . is more conducive to the welfare there- < of, and in such cases overseers, as now provided by law, shall be appointed in . each township by the township board i -r ? ? ?/ ?V* f rvrrrne?Kino U1 UUUILLllSblUilCiS fJL duw iu n who shall execute the laws now of i force in reference to the working of i public highways. J Section 48. That said couaty board j of commissioners at their first meeting i shall elect one of its members as secre- ] tary thereof. < Section 49. That the salary of the ] supervisor in the respective counties ] shall be as follows: In the county of ? Aboeville, 8900; in the county of Aiken,- : 8800; in the county of Anderson, 8600; < in the county of Barnwell, S800; in the county of Beaufort, 8800; in the coun- j ty of Berkeley, 8500; in the county of ( Charleston, 81,000; in the county of < Chester, 8800; m the county of Chester- < field, 8400; in the county of Clarendon, j S800; in the county of Colleton, S800; in j the county of Darlington, 8600; in the < county of Edgefield, 8800; in the coun- 1 ty of Fairfield, 8650; in the county of < Florence, 8500; in the county of George- j town, 8750; in the county of Greenville, 4 8600; in the county of Hampton, 8600; ' in the county of Horry, 8500; in the | county of Kershaw, 8600; in the county \ of Lancaster, 8300; in the county of < Laurens. 8600: In the countv of Lex- i ington, S600; in the county of Marion, j S8Q0; in the county of Marlboro, S700; in ttie county of Newberry, S750; In < the county of Oconee, S500; in the county of Orangeburg, S800; in the i county of Pickens, S400; in the county ot Hichland, $000; in tho oouaty of 1 Spartanburg, 81,000; in the county of < Sumter, SI,000; in the county of Union, S600; in the county of Williamsburg, ] SGOO; in the county of York, $500. Section 50. That all Acts and parts \ of Acts inconsistent with this Aco be, ] and the same is hereby, repealed. 1 Admission to Clomson. The Greenville Xews says that on < account of the very large number of J applications for admission into Clemson college at the next session, many more ( than the college can possibly receive, a i great many persons interested, both ] parents and students, are constantly j making inquiries as to what methods ( will be adopted to determine which j ones will be admitted. The board of } trustees have adopted several rules \ rpaniatincr t.hfl tfnverninc the admission of students. All young men will be ( required to stand examinations as at ( colleges. They will also be required to j stand physical examinations, and such , as have contagious diseases and who i are physically unable to fulfill the duties required of them will not be ad- ^ mitted. Applicants who are qualified ( lo enter the * college proper will have 1 precedence over those applying for ad- T mission into the preparatory depart- t ment. According to the best information obtainable about three hundred of the old students will return. Tb6y, of course, being already in the college, ^ will nnf ho, Hisf.nrhed. The board has 1 not yet decided how many students will be admitted at the next term, but there will be room for two or three hundred new ones In addition to those already there. It is tbeir purpose to distribute admission to the college in the counties in proportion to their representation iQ the lower branch of the legislature. Therefore aay county which has its quota iD the students already in the college will not be entitled to any additional students until the applicants of those counties which have not their quota has been fully supplied. Then again it would be impossible to accommodate the applicants even for one night at the college when they have gone there to be examined. The board has therefore decided to have examinations conducted in the counties of the State which will be presided over by one of the professors of Clemson assisted by competent residents of each place and the successful applicants will be furnished with evidence 1 4- ? n Th^CQ cLLUlllLIg LLLCLLL bU QULLLXOoav/ju. xuuiu ' examinations will begin about the c middle of January and ample notice of t the time and place will be given so t that all interested may attend them. 1 All applicants, whether they be pay 3tudents or not will be required to stand these examinations. The next session will begin Thursday, February j 15th. i A. Stringent Measure. 1 | Home, Jan. 4.?The porclamation of a slate ol siege in Sicily has made a pro- , found impression upon the people there, j It is exlremely difficult to learn to-day ' of the state of the islands, the heavy , storm have interrupted communication j with Sicilj. Most of the wire3 are < down. The decree proclaiming the J state of siege was signed by three minis- 1 Ler3. It especially mentions that its < provisions are intended to facilitate the ' disarming of the Sicilian insurgents and }r the dissolution of the Fasci and other socialist or radical associations. Sev- 1 eral Sicilian deputies, who are still in j Rome, plan to leave there Saturday for home to use their influence in calming the anti-tax agaitation. < Dropped. ( Washington, Dec. 30?Col. J. ] Hampton Iloge of Virginia, United 1 States consul to Amoy, ha3 been dropped irom me cuusuiof scrvicc, tuc < result of an investigation ot' the charees against his integrity. Secretary Gresham has sent letters to Senator Daniel and to Col. Hoge, informing them of this action. DISSATISFIED DEMOCRATSThe Party Badly Dlvldedon thelncome Tax. Washington, Jan. 4.?The failure to establish a quorum in the House this afternoon was due, in pait, to the lefusal of certain Democratic Representatives to respond when their names were called. Some of -these gentlemen were in their seats, others loitered about the corridors while the roll call was in progress; while others again quietly absented themselves from the House when the session began and remained absent during the afternoon. It is significant that all of the gentlemen, possibly with one or two exceptions, are dissatisfied with the tariff bill. There was not, so far as can be 1 learned, any concert of action among i them to break a quorum through failure to answer to their names. One of the number, a prominent Eastern '< Democrat, said: "I am opposed to the i tariff bill; and if such a thing were < possible, I am even more opposed to : the income tax as reported by the ways and means committee. I think the Ion- ; gerthe coDsideratior of the tariff bill < is delayed the worse it will be for the < hill That, in whv T:?m nnwilfinc to ! vote to make a quorum. I understand 1 that it is a purpose of the committee < to incorporate the income tax in the J tariff bill without accompanying it by ] a report showing the amount of reve- 1 nue which will be collected and the J manner of collection. This is not the \ proper way to deal with a question so important! I understand the committee have no reliable data showing the amount of tax to be collected, and I think it is better to wait until this has been laid before us." '< Mr. Haines of New York, is another Democratic member of the House who ] is dissatisfied with the bill. Haines is ] one of the Representatives who was ] conspicuously absent from his seat i luring the roll cali, although he was ] in and about the House during the day. i He regards the income tax as part of a '< plan to divert public attention from '< Via kill XTa af%iA fkio offAWiAAfi f LUC tail JUL U1XL. JU.O oaiu VU.1D UIU1.1UUUU that he did not believe tbat 1'eature of 11 the biil would pass the House, nor in tiis judgment, did be believe tbe ways and means committee expected it t-o pass. Haines thinks that public sentiment will condemn the income tax so 3trongly tbat it will fail to become a law, and that a-duty of one cent per pound will belaid on sugar to compenjate for the loss of revenue tbat would result from a failure to levy a two per sent tax on incomes. While no forfual agreement has been made to that effect, Chairman Wilson, 3f the committee on ways ;nd means, jays the Democratic members of tbe lommittee have expressed the opinion ibat it would be well for them to refrain from taking part in the general iebate on the tariif bill. Of course, rr?ill fV?ft t f a in O flron. Yy ii&kjll win upon iuo uwauo iu u sral statement, ia accordance with the general understanding on that subject. 'The members of the committee," said Wilson, "will defend the provisions of ihe bill in the course of the five minlte debate, but th*y are so anxious to jxpediate its j-passage that tbey will probably not deliver formal speeches in its support." "Will the bill b9 voted on the 22ad?" 57as asked. "We want to reach a vote at about ihat date," was Wilson's response, 'but there are so r.i*U7 contingencies rrhlch may arioo ih the couroo of fhp iebate that the day for taking the rote has not been determined. It will De about the 22nd." McMillin said that no course of action had been decided upon by the members of the committee with regard ;o the debate. "1 take it that- that is a natter for individual preference and judgment to decide," be said. "If I speak it-will probably be toward the jlose of the debate." A member of the minority of the - jommittee saia, wneu w&eu n ue *.uew mything about tlie arrangement for Democrats not to speak: 'That's the irst I have heard of it. It cannot be larried out, however, if it has been enured into. Bourbe Cockran is sure to nake a speech against the income tax !eature." Representative Catchings, a member )f the committee on rules, said this af;ernoon that no date had yet been fixed "or taking a vote on the tariff bill, [t would, however, in his opinion, be taksn between the 20th and 25th instant. After the House adjourned this af;emoon, Chairman Holman, of the cau;us committee, issued a call for a neeting of the Democratic caucus tonorrow at 8 o'clock to consider the ariff hill." The Fight Commenced, Topeka, Kan., Jan. 4.?Hostilities vera began anew in the Lewelling- 2 Lease embroglio tbis morning, the Gov- E jrnor having persisted in Mrs. Lease's a emoval regardless of the statute L vhich states plainly that he has;'nbt he power to do so.. Efforts at'effeStng a compromise have been continued, ! ind papers which have been rea?y 1 lince Monday, were filed in the Supreme r 3ourt this morning in the case of Mrs.: t ^ease against J. W. Freeborn, -hep vould-be successor. The court issued 2 t restraining order forbidding I'ree- a )orn from acting or attempting to.act t is a member of the board and from in- a erfering in any .way with-Mrs. Lease's tcting as a member of the board or . in c leDrivintr her of any of the rights .fit- r Jie office. Governor Lewellmjj said g ;his morning that he was no"'longer a't )arty to the case and that it 'now renained for the courts .to determine whether Freeborn or Mrs. Lease was' 1 jntitled to the office. He vertturfed the >pinion, however, that the injunction t jrants would not hold, but qualified ; .heassertion by saying: "There is no t filing, however, what the court will io." Mrs. Lease is in- Ossawatomie ? ,o-day with the board and it is thought a ;hat service can be obtained on Free- s )orn there to-night. c Fata) Explo&loo..,' 1 Union, S. 0,, Jan.4? News reached s lere last night of a terrible catastrophe n which three men were killed out- c right, and five others wounded?one * nortally?on the plantation of Senator alenn D. Peake in this county. The i toiler of an engine of a cotton gin s Dursting, is the cause of su'ch a terri- \ rie affair. The men killed are Mr. rhomas R. Jeter, a man well known, j .vith fine connections, and a brother of ] Mrs. James T. Douglass of this place; ] 3roucb, a white man who came here 'rom North Carolina, and a negro whose name 1 have been unable to as- I jertain; nor has it been possible to get r ;he names of the wounded, or learn whether they were all white or not. Lhis affair is'greatly regretted by those who knew the parties killed, and have jreat syspatby for the aiSicted fami- , .ies.?State. . j A lilufl Game. J Amblek, Pa., Dec. 29.?The Keasbv t c?- ifnroQ nf t X> lU<iVU3ULI Vjuuijjauj , Luauui.uvu'41^ w?. demists and pipe covering, yesterday i posted in their works here a notice to i ie effect that the introduction of the : Wilson bill in Congress was causing the < company to lose a large amount of busi- < tiess, and requesting the employees in i sympathy with the measure to resign. ] Jlattison, president of the company, i 3avs in future preference will be given < to Republicans in employiug men. ' A TAX ON INCOMES. Final Action ot the Ways and Means Committee. MVAsniNGTON, -Jan. 2.?A 2 per cent, tax on incomes above $4,000; an additional tax of 10 cents a gaJlon on whiskey; and a tax of 2 cents a pack on playing cards, was the decision reached by the Democratic members of the ways and means committee today. This conclusion was not unexpected inasmuch as the committee have been known for some time to be evenly divided on the proposition to tax incomes, with Tamer or Georgia, occupying the only position of doubt. The committee met at the Treasury Department this afternoon at 4 o'clock detemmined to settle the question of an income tax before adjournment, it was represented by such of the' gentleman as favored the proposition, that a general income tax would yield the government an annual'revenue of S30,300,000; that making the exemptions include those incomes less than 34,000 would limit it to a class amply able to afford it, and that in view of the large leticit mac will do caused oy me r> j Suction in customs duties there was no I alternative but to adopt it. Some of ; the gentlemen who opposed the tax argued at length that the political effect would be fatal to the Democratic : party, and that it would be better to i ,imit the tax to corporations only and : raise the additional revenue necessary from other sources. Mr. Cockran of i tfew York, insisted that an income tax ; jugtit to be laid upon all incomes i whether large or small, and that any i 3ther course was unwise and undemo- ' :ratic in that il did not fall on all i ilike. i When Chairman Wilson put the pro- i position to a vote, six of the eleven representatives present voted aye. These I tvere McMillin, Bynum, Taraney, Whit I ag, Bryan and Turner, and it was car- ] :ied. The tax applies to the net earn- ; ngs of corporations as well as to priv- l ite incomes. It does not, however, 3 ipply to inheritances, although that j suggestion was one of the earliest ad- 1 ranced when the matter first came up 1 :or consideration in the committee a < uonth ago. The additional tax of ten ] :ents a gauon on wmsKey mciuues . whiskey now in bond. With a view to < nake the tax fall as lightly as possible ipon the owners of this whiskey, it was j lecided to extend the bonded period to t iight years. It is now three years. It j vas decided that the allowance for "out- \ ige" shall be limited to six years. The ( ;erm "outage" is technically used to ex- t jress the liquor that is lost by evapo- t ation and other causes after its manu- t iacture. c The large revenue arising from the ( ncome tax caused the committee to re- i :ede from a tax of six cents a pack on i laying cards and reduce it to two cents g Ihe more especially as it was felt that ,he maximum tax would prove an em- ] )arrassment to the manufacturers.. ? Che tax of 81,50 per thousand on cigar- j ittes, upon which the committee ( irgreeu several wee&a agu, w?w ouvnou X .0 stand. t Mr. Wilson, the chairman of the t vavs and means committee, will not ^ jresent these revenue features, agreed ? lpon today, formally to the House. ( le will announce tommorrow the con- r :1 usions reac hed by the co m mi t tee, and \ vill offer the items as an amendment .0 the tariff bill at the conclusion of ( he morning hour on Wednesday,, and ] y I! make a shprt speech in explanation c Che chairman is so exnaustea wixn xne' i abjr which the preparation of the bill c las imposed upon him, that he is in no ( :ondition of body or mind, as he ex- j )ressed it tonight, to do the subject ustice. He is unwilling that the dis- ? :ussion should be delayed, however, and ? t is for this reason that he will bring ft i ip tomorrow witb a view to disposing j >? it as quickly as possible. While there ( s no disposition on the part of either ( if- ii7 v* f r>ii TiamAAratip m ainri f*.v UL1? > Y LIOUU KJL \jXA\j l/?UiVVlWWV u*vjy*.vj > o prevent the Republicans from de- < jating the matter fully, it is the chair- j nan's intention to reach a rote on the , )ill January 17. Deducting Suudays, i his willleave the bill before the House j hirteen legislative days. It is" Mr. Wilson's intention to limit general de- , )ate to live d^ys. The remainder of ' he time will be occupied in considering j he measure under the five-minute rule, j tfierht sessions will be held in order ( hat members who desire may have an f ipportunity to speafc, but unless the ( >resent programme is changed, all de- j >ate will be closed on the 7th inst. t At the conclusion of Wilson's re- j uarks.,toaimorrow Burroughs of Michgan, one of the leading Republic mem- i >ers of the committee will speak in t >pposition to the bill. r Hotels and LIqaoia. * * Columbia, S. C., Jan. 4.?Section j !1 of the new Dispensary law allows the anagers of hetles to dispense liquors nd wines to guests under certain restricions.. j The State Board of Control ha3 pre- a >areu lueiunuwiu^ iuicsauu i<.^iduuuj _ o govera hotels and bas fixed them so } Igid that there- can be no violation of he law. j . . ' * The manager of the hotel, after J iviog the bond required, mu3t receive t , written appointment a3 assistant to c he -^Dispenser from wbom said liquors r .re obtained.'- c : "2; He will use tbe request book for I sders^from guests, the same as though I rarchaSed at the Dispensary, ana tpe ?< ales must Conferm in every respect to c he-requlrmentsoot-the law, especially 1 s to crossing out-the-labels and writing. I he request,'.usingink icrall cases. ? f *>-3. No liquors wilfbe' sold except by c he-bofetlA. :" t "4. The prices Gn the wine card must. } >ethose charged'at the Dispensary. " ,e '*5. He will., obtain. the liquors, cr c vines by the" ca&:fornrthe Dispenser c end report all sales, an'd pay overtne J imount due'each day, 'getting new re- I [nest books Whenever needed and turn- 2 ng them oVer. to" the dispenser as fast. t is filled. * . I "6. Noliquoh .shall be sold to any a >nebut 'bona fide'guests.of the hotel," v ?hose names are on the register. t "7. Sales to miners or to men already 1 ntoxicated are. forbidden and no second i ales shall b^.made to any guest, who J jecomes intoxicated," So far 'none of the Columbia hotels t lave evinced any intention of furnishing 1 iniio'rs to their suests except Proprie- t or Taylor, of the Grand Central Hotel. r le is aoxious to afford his guests this privilege, but has not yet made any ar-. angements.?Register. Gtrla "Were Scarce- ' * San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 30.V-A * jrand ball in celebration of the- holi- 1 lays, was given at the ranch of Jose J ?amerce, In Pecos county, ':near the ' 3io Grande border, Thursday night, s X was attended by the Mexican cow- * )oya for many miles around. There f vas a great scarcity of young women, j md there were a> number of rows dur- f * * " ?-* V?/-i cn^rvlno nf' ,ng me eyeuxug amuug tuc ouiymg u*. j poung men, as to whose turn it was to ( ;laim the girls for the dances. Lijuors llowed freely and the ball broke ip in a general fight between the poung Mexicans, in which three young 1 men were killed. The murderers lire 1 3n the Mexican side of the river, to 1 which place they made their escape. - FIGHTING TAXES-WITH FIRETerrible Outbreak ol the Woiking Class | In Slci]y. Home, January 2?Dispatches received from Sicily today show that the anti-tax movement h-*s made great progress in the province of TrapaaJ. Several days ago the discontent in Canapobello, a town of 0,000 inhabitants, near Trapani city, had become so threatening that the town council passed a resolution abolishing the wheat cctroi. As protests against thi3 action the j millers refused to reduce the price of I flour and the bakers announced an increase in the price of bread. "When these measures became known yesterday morning about a thousand men and fifty or more women of the working class gathered from the town and the surrounding country and began marching through the streets. The police who tried to disperse them were put to flight. The rioters set fire to all the public buildings except the town hall. From' these buildings the ! fire spread to private houses. While a large district was in flames the mob left the owners and officials alone to fight the fire, marched tot :o prison and took it by storm. All the persons were liberated. The soldiers who had been confined : in their barracks were driven out by , Gre and then turned their attention tc i' 3aving the rest of the towu. They were very forbearing and did not lire , or use their bayonets upon the mob. Nearly a third 01' the town is now in ruins. Many families that were burn- : ed out walked the streets all last night. ] TVi a thV?a! a f Amt 1 Arvlr.i oe? i P 1 Vi o /"T j n f. J.1XC YV UUiC \j\JY1Ll CIO LL a ii.aU.OUi." ) fered from a bombardmeat. Among t the buiidiags destroyed were every mill and miller's house in the place. At Sakmi, a tov?n of 15,000 iahabi- s tans, in the sams district with Campo- > bello, tires were nursed by anti-tax * rioters shortiy dark vesterdav, . and half a dozsa tmu were burning by 9 o'clock. Fires were s:". by r rioters in several smaller tjwns alsj, ind in the early evening the whole dlstrict seemed ablaze. The troops, ai- 4 though provoked by the rioters repeat- ' idly iniSalemi, did njt lire. Several rioter3 were arrested aftef a struggle. & private was shot in the cheek aad a f japtain in the stomach. ; At Pietra Perzia, a town of 11,000 , nhabi'tants, near Caltaulsetfa, an anti;ax mob set Qre to three public build- f ,ngs and tried to get at the rest, but " ?eas prevented by troops wi-o ha-3 been * jailed out to protect them. The rio;ers made such determined attacks on ihe military In their efforts to reach t ;he buildia?s that eventually the or- t ler to fire was givea. Vive were kill- , k1 aad maay wounded by the first vol- j mi ~ ,5 tkAt. J cy iue aauau yuucy, uicauvci uu-rn leads, was followed quickly by the d;s- ^ ;olution of the mob. The town council in Marineo, near j Palermo, abolished the wheat octroi on i Saturday, but the millers and bakers, ? ike those of Campobello, refused to reluce their prices. The people rose yes?rdayand tried to destroy the town juiiaing^', but were driven off by the I roops after several stuboorn fights, in , yhich three rioters were killed and leveral triore were wounded. Troops : :ontinued to guard the houses of the i nillers and bakers and the public ( )uildings throughout the night. ^ The communal councillors of Syra- } ;usehave taken steps to quiet the pop- J ace by lowering the wheat t?.x. The t mnouncement of this policy yesterday ? nornlng was received wnu j0/imvu5u- -* rnt the city, and the Governor was re- r seived with tremendous applause when le entered the theatre last evening. All the ministers pronounced the lituation in Sicily to be graver than at g my previous period of the anti-tax agtation. Several ministers expressed c ;he opinion that the communal coun1 ~ ~V-. /-v.- Ka/3 -ahnn h O, rl ^ YVIIUOC uau aam:uiwuiuuAv*k r jaused the disorder, ought tobedis- i lolved by the Government. The appeal v )f the military commander ot' the peo- }. ?le is considered in lhe ministry as i veil as amoDg tne people at large to be t sroof of the desperation of Sicilian i iff airs. ' - r i Several Sicilian Deputies, who have jreat influence with the; people of their ; listricts, have started for the island to ' lelp in the work . oii pacifying them. e Premier Crispi is not expected until ^ ibis evening to go to Sicily, but the . ilarming reports received in the last 1 iispatches have caused hiui to change lis plans. He will Dot visit Sicily for < ,he present, as he deems his presence , n Rome indispensable. . A mass meeting of all classes in Pal- j ;rmo last evening appointed ?, deputa- * ,ion to report formally to the Govern- ] nent .what reforms were most needed n"Sicily, "as the government was but | 11 informed by the officials represent Dg it on me is:aau. Imposing Procession. Albany, NY., Jan. 4,-The unusual .pectacleof 200 clergymen, robed in casiock, surplice and beretta, moving along n solemn procession, following a coilin, 3 not often seen on the street ia our American cities, but a sreat number of Albanians witnessed this sig'ut this afernoon, just* after the bell in the tower >f the brown stone Cathedral of the Imnaculate Conception pealed out. the hour if 4. In the coffin oi natural oak reused all that was mortal of Francis tfcNierney, Bishop of Albany. The offia was borne by members of the Orler of Christian Brothers, ia dark robes. iJter entering the cathedral, it was >laced upon the catafalque directly in rout of the high altar, at .the head of the :entre aisle, there to remain until after ha service to-morrow, when it will b3 , )laced in the crypt.. A? the procession ^ ntered the..churchv the Miserere was ? Wanted, followed by vespers for the j lead. The faithful were atterwards al- c owed to view..the remains, over 500 ] >a'saing the-bod 7. during the first hour t iod a steady stream.continued for many J tours. A guard of honor composed of i iriests and-sodalists were with the body t ill night. The visiting bishop3 who 1 fill be present are: O'Farrall of Tren- . on, Conrov ot New York, McQuid of * lochester, Ludden of Syracuse, Ryan of " 3uffalo, Wigger of Newark and Mc? . >onal of Brooklyn. Other bishops 1 nay be present from- Canada. Arch>ishops Cortigan of New York and Willams of Boston will also be here and he former is to be the celebratant at j nass to-morrow morning. , ? c Aaglnat Railroads. n Louisville, Ktm Jan.3.?TMXen- * ucky general ^ssecably oiganized for j vork at noon today. . The first bus:less before it came in the shape of the ( >ipnn-ini mpsnaw from. Governor Brown. < Che document is significant chitlly cn \ j iccpunt ot the hold stand taken by the j governor againsi the railroads, lie asks ] br4be- passage oi a law empowering the ! ailway commissioners of the Si;alc to tajust ireight and passenger rales and \s -for the proposed absorption of the s Chesapeake & Ohio and JS^ulhwestern ; property by the Louisville & Nashville, j ,he executive announces that he will j lght it to the last ditoh. Cheaper coal, ( educed taxes and the need ot' better ( nana^ement for the penitentiary are ,he other reforms he advocates. ANOTHER DAT WASTED. B0U7ELLE SUCCEEDS IN AGAIN CAUSING ADJOURNMENT. Many Democrats Not Present or Refuse to Vole?Uncertain When the Tariff Hill Cidl>3 Taken Up ? A Bad Showing. Washington, Jan. 4?An air of expectant activity pervaded the House when it coaveaed this morning and a vicuciLuiuawivu wao mauiicabou uu LUtJ Democratic side to carry things in its own way today. BouWVa success in tying up the House erdav afternoon appeared to have borne fruit, and the Democrats seem to thins they had a quorum of their own. Immediately after the reading of yesterday's journal, and before the beginning of the iirst morning hour, Boutelle again attempted to get his Hawaiian resolution before the House. The Speaker ruled that the motion to consider the resolution which was pending yesterday had expired when the House adjourned yesterday and might (he suggested) be renewed. The call of committees was then completed without producing any results. The Speaker announced that the terms of the regents of the Smithsonian Institution having expired.it would ievolve upon him to appoint regents for the ensuing term, and he accordingly named Wheeler of Alabama, Breckinridge of Kentucky, and Hitt of Illinois, as such regents, all being reappointments. Boutelle then called up and had read lis resolution reciting that ttie execu- ^ ? ;ive had invaded the rights and priviliges of Congress, and ask for its imnediate consideration. This was the signal for a short, bat exciting setto )3tv/een UDutelle and McMillin?who ;hampions the administration end of ;he controversy. McMillin raised the question of consideration in favor of lie tariff bill. Boutelle inquired whether it was a )ropar procedure to state for what pur>ose a question of cDnsideration was aised. * . McMillin replied that he simply deired to be candid with the gentleman rom Maine, and had stated his reasons or objecting to the consideration of he resolution. Uoutelle declared that the gentleman rom Tennessee hid gone beyorrd-his >arliamentary rigbts and he wished to all him to order. Boutelie's resolution was then read ;nd he moved its immediate considera ion. The Speaker put the question to he House. Oa a viva voice vote, the louse divided on party lines, the maarit7 being against the consideration, md thereupon Boutelle demanded a dirision. , . . The division resulted: Yeas 58, nays 24. Boutelle then demanded tellers. >ut McMillin called for the yeasand ; rays, as he said, to save time. Bouteiie was on his feet in a moment sith an objection to MsMillin's form 1* if making a motion, and asserted that ' te (BDutelle) was trying to consume ime. (Laughter.) The Republicans refrained from votng co take up the Boutelle resolution, hereby hoping to break the quorum. )n the yeas and nays, there were 159 rotes agaiast consideration with 4 in avor of it, the Republicans generally efraining from voting. No quorum raving voted, ilcMillin demanded a - data ftrb^eU me prcacime oc nembers, and Mcilillin moved to distense with further proceedings under t. The question then recurrei on the :onsideration of Boutelle's resolution tnd on this t*ie yea3 and nays were igain ordered and the House settled Lown to the monotonous roll call. Tne econd call on the question of considerition of Boutelle's resolution wa3 alnost a repetition of the ilrst, the Rsmblicans as a rule refusing to vote. ind the Democrats being able to mu3or hut 1 T\Ti mpmhflN The jeiogthus disappointed in their hope hat the afternoon trains would bring ,hern relief, the IIouss at 1.40 d. m. on notion of Wilson of West Virginia, idjourned until tomorrow. A study of the last vote discloses iouie Interesting, not to say striking 'acts. The four members who voted 'or the Boutelle resolution were > Idams, the new member for Pennsylvania, (O'Xeill's successor) and Mc13all of Massachuttes, who is opposed to ilibusteringcn principle, "Republicans; md Pence of Colorado and Boen of Minnesota, Populists. The absence, or failure to vote, of Democratic Representative:, sufficiently accounts for the nability of th* majority to proceed with the Wilson Dili. Of the Demo-" / 3ratic members lor New England, Everett, of Massachusetts, Poggott and De Pores", of Connecticut, only voted :o take a quorum, ten of the eighteen Democratic members from .New York were not recovered; the six Democratic Representatives from New Jersey were represented by English alone, and the >ix of Louisiana all failed to respond to their names except Blan- J A ihard. J3y not being within the rail ~? rvhen their names were called, Catchngs of Mississippi, a member of the M Committee on rules and Bynum, a ^ nember of the committee on ways and j neans failed to get their names on the J oil, although they afterwards tried to ~ J? nake good the o rersight. Cockran of S'ewYork and Stevens of Massachu- j ietts, also members of the committee 3 >n way seand mean?, were not recorded. . 1 Cockran was not at the Capitol. In view of these facts, the prospects ~ 4.U* )i cue immediate psssiug u*. uic umw ixing a date were voted upon the pasiing of the bill, which the committee on 'ules will report tommorrow, becomes t matter of interesting speculation. ? ,t is said by some Republicans that the >rder cannot be passed tomorrow. Che Kepublicans have decided, it is said a :o the printing in the Congressional iecord of undelivered speeches, so that f any member wants to have his views I o go to the country he must express hem on the floor. J The committee on rules at its meet- 1 ng tomorrow will fix on the 22ad or " !3rd instant, according to one of the nembers, as the date for taking a vote ipon the bill. Fatal End to a Frolic.- 1 Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 3.?An)ther great sorrow has entered the lomeof Newel Sanders, a prominent viormf~rMirer and nnlififiian of this rity. This afternoon while his seven rear old daughter, Dotie, was playing u the yard roasting potatoes in aa >pen fire, which some young companons had buiit in the yard, her dress gnited and before tho ilames could be ixtinguished, the little one was frightfully burned. She cannot live through ;he night. Two years ago, Mr. Sanders ost his eldest son by drowning. While picnicing with two companions, the ihree were drowned. Hacked Himself. t OA "T? SAX .MIAXCISCO, .uecemuer ov.?juaState Treasurer Adam Ilerold last light committed saicide by banging limself with a silk scarf to a washstand in the Goiden West Hotel. He was a candidate for the oilise of superintendent of the mint, which was given to Daggett, and has been low spirited ever \ ^ since, lie was .State Treasurer in 1886. . j ,-s. -fi