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VOL. LI. ~~ WINNSBORO. S. C.. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1897, NO. 25. GETTING TO WORK. THE LEGISLATURE CONSIDERING SOME IMPORTANT BILLS. Investigations of the Sinking Fund Commission and Dispc nsary Proposed?To Pat Telegraph and Express Comt>ani6? Under Railroad Commissioner?. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 20.?The legislature hjs new gone to vrork in dead carries:. in tiie house. ? Tfce first thins to corre up today jjjSgf ? - ? was a petition sgairst the formation of Cherokee County. The petition vras on behalf cf citizens of White Plains township, which it appears is more or iess torn up on the subject, . it being stated .that a portion of the I people want to sccede and go back to Spartanburg. The memorial was referred to the judiciary committee. "When Mr-.^ainsford's resolution to adjourn on February 13 came up, he stated that he did not want to block legislation.. There are some important matters, but' 'he did not believe ii would take longer'than that.' Under the old constitution it was always understood that the Legislature would adjourn on Christmas eve. The time allowed for legislation in the resolu tion is the same. He did not cire to push the resolution now\ he saic, but simply wanted to give his reasons for it. Mr. Winkler moved to make it a special order for February 1. Mr. Magill wanted io amend by masin*? it. the 12 Lh, but this was lost, and Mr. Winkler's motion was adopted. When Mr. Winkler's minority bill in reference to granting a license to cany concealed weapons came up Captain Blythe objected to it on the ground that if a license is granted then we would have no law against carrying concealed weapons, something he was unalterably opposed to. After considerable discussion the bill was tabled. Mr. Verner introduced a resolution to appoint a C3mmittee to investigate the Sinking Fund Commission to two members of the House and one Senator, and to report at this session. Mr. Burns thought that the regular legislative committee would report in a few days. Their investigation would be all that is necessary.Mr. Verner-said that if any faith should be pul in the Comptroller General's statement something should be done about it. Mr. Barry, said that as a member of that Commission it courted an investigation, but\he thought consideration now was inopportune, and he moved that the resolution .go'over until tomorrow, which was agreed to. Mr. Rainsford then wanted to know what had become, of the unanimous resolution passed at the Jast Legislature requiring; -that the Penitentiary authorities report on the advisability of manufacturing1 acia phesphat within the walls. He wanted to know whether that report had been made. The Speakers pro tem. couldn't answer and considoralioa of tjac nxal-^cr went over until to-morrow. The bill introduced by Mr. Ander?|| son to repeal:the Act prohibiting emi^ grant agents.frorn plying their veca tier in the State without first taking out a license, passed to its third reading without opposition cr discussion. Mr. Vincent introduced a bill to re duce the phosphate royalty to 25 write a tr>v> Inner ssc Tnn<r a1 fhp. r>rirP. remains $3.50. per ton. When it gees to 50, the royalty of one-third of suca increase aid over 9-4.50 per cent, of such increase. A concurrent resolution expressing sympathy lor Cuba was almost unanimously passed. IN" THE SENATE. _ The new lieutenant, governor, Mr. ifcSweeney, presided today for the first time, 3n'd did so in such a vs.y as to cause favorable comment from many. Scarcely had the clerk be^an the reading of -the-journal when, on motion of Mr. Hoses, this dispensed with. This raised the floodgates for new legislation and new/bills and committee reports-soured in at an astonishing rate. ' The*calendar, too. presented a formidable appearance with its 15 cr more second and third reading bills, but fortunately there was Diit one measure wiiiuu ?jj.^UU. hers debated. This was a bill which came up for its second reading to provide for eke tion by the qualified electors of the respective townships in the State of the boards of township commissioners, the text of which was as follows: Section 1. That the boards cf township commissioners which will be appointed in .the year 1S87 pursuant to the section 5.of an act "to provide a system of government for the several counties cf the State,"approved Janusry 4tb, lS9i, and the amendments to Tpy said act, shall hold their cliices until [ the first Tuesday in November, 1S3S, and until their successors shall be elected as hertinafter provided. Sec. 2. That on the lirst Tuesday in November. 1S9S, and cn the first Tuesday of November of every two years thereafter there shall be elected H three persons in each township in the H several counties of the State by the & qualified electors of said township, who shall be known as the board:of . coin r>o?cnr!t ItSW WUiaiiCOiVij^j: O , mwivwmw ft must be qualified 'electors and resign dents of the township for wnich they HP? are elected, and their terms of office |pL^ shall be for two year- and until their % successors shall be elected and quali hed. In case of a vacancy by death or otherwise the governor shall Ull such vacancy. Tne election of said township commissioners shall be by ballot and shaii be held under the supervision of three qualified electors or managers residing in said township, who shall be appointed according to law by the State election commissioners of the count; ; and in case the commissioners shall designate a place for the holding of said elections for such townshics ^nd appoint managers therefor._..Siiid commissioners shall furnish tv etch precinct a separate box ior the election of said tosvnship commissioners. Xh? managers shail report the result of the election - ? ? ^ ^ ^ i : j _.. _ lo me saia ooan1 or election comaus> sioiiers, which board shall hear ail ! protests and contests and decide the v same, and report the result thereof to [ the governor of the State, who, with the secretary of state, shall, issue comk missions to iaid members of s^id n board so elected witnout charge on fi. the part of the secretary oT state. All persons elected as sucii township commissioners shall- be exempt from all road and jury duties while such members, and shall exercise ana perform jibe duties and receive tbe pay that ! may be fixed by law. Sec. 3. That all acts, parts of acts, j inconsistent with this act be, and the : same are hereby, repealed. Mr. Mcses began the battle by eov- i ing tbe enacting words be stricken j out. | Mr. Henderson, whose measure itj was, asked the gentlemen to pleasej state his reasons for such, a motion, j Mr. Moses did so briefly, saying, in the Srstplace, there were too many elections. People had long been tired of having to go to the polls so ire quently. Again, in his opinion, he did not believe as good men were to be gotten on the township boards by election as by j appointment. The boards at present were composed of business men who j would net enter into the scrambles for [election and if the bill passed, he thought the public services would be decidedly injured. Mr. Henderson in reply, said the r numcer oi ei.ei;iiuus nuuiu j.-j. J creased, as the vote for the township j commissioners would be cast at the | same time for other county offices. As | the law now stood the governor had ! too much appointive power which could be used for the furtherance of his own political aspirations. The people eleci?d all their other officers and were just as capable of selecting the best men for commissioners as for aoy other positions. He believed, for his part,"in lecal self government and home rule. Mr. Pettigrew stated that he agreed with Mr. Moses. As good men could not, in his opinion, be gotten on the township boards by the election as by appointment. Mr. Sudd&th sooke against tne bill, as did Senators Gaines and Archer. Messrs. Mower, May field, Nurris, Connor and Hay advocated the measure. ! Mr. Walker cf Georgetown favored ! the bill as a general measure but j wished his county excfptea for very j potent reasons. The aye and nay \ote was demandled ca Mr. Moses' motion to strike out ! the encting works with the following I rpSTil4 j Yeas?Archer, Buist, Gaines, Grif| fkb, Mcses, Pettigrew. Stackhouse, j Suddath and Wallace?9. 5 Nays?Alexander, Brown. Connor, I Dennis, Douglass, DuBcse, Hay, Henjderson, Love, Mayfield, MiDaniel, ; Miller, Mower, Norris, O'Oell, Ragin, i Sloan, Talbrid Turner and Walker ]-20. | Mr. Moses motion was defeated and t? bill passed its second reading, j The full text of the bill is as given j above with the exception that Sumter, Georgetown, Beaufort, Spartanburg j and Saluda counties are excepted from I its provisions. I An invitation W2S received from j the president of Winthrop college for I the senate to visit the college on Sat;urday. } Mr. Love asked who was to pay the j expenses of the trip. Mr. Brown in; formed him that it would not cost the | State a cent ss the excursion was to b3 ! run at the expensense of outsiders? | presumably the citizens of Rock Hill. | Mr. MaySeld asked would the per ' r?f th<a Ipoislfttfirs hff mid while jlhev were 021 this tras in-'.' rrorfcect thafli*would, whereupon he I! objected to accepting: the invitation, sajicg that a single day's session CDSt the State from $3,000 to $4,000 and | therefore a single day could not be lest. 1? the legislature visited one college it would have to visit ail, thus ; entailing a costcf about $10,000, which j was half the appropriation granted to J the Citadel scddemy. j Messrs. Connor and Brown both spoke against accepting the invitation and finally the invitation was laid on the table. Mr. Henderson introduced a resolution whicn is intended to shorten the session of the legislature. His resolution prohibited a bill or resolution , being introduced after the 1st of Feb ruary, except such as were recom; mended by the committees. This passed without opposition. These are the bills that passed their third reading to day: A bill fixing the time for holding i-.rre in trie 5Pr>r>nrl rircnit Mr. Ragsdale's bill to make railroad ' corporations liable for damages result| isg to land owners from the wrongful [ construction of watercourses. | Mr. Love's bill changing the comi mutation road tax of York county | from $1 to $2. | The following passed their sccond f reading: j Mr. Henderson's bill to authorize the appointment of a constable for i Ai?en;county to be resident at Langley. 1 The bill repealing an act regulating | fishing in. Aiken County. The joist resolution to extend the | time for ihe collection of the commutation road tax in the several counties I of the State to the 1st cf March, 1S97, | and exempting from punishment j those who pay by the date named. ; The bill authorizing the railroad I commissioners to require all railroads j to erect at junctional points union ae| pots and to impose a penalty for their i failure to do so when required. ' The bill authorizing cities, towns and townships to issue bonds lor refunding indebtedness existing at time of the adoption, to the present Constitution. Champion Blgaraior. Kissas City, Mo., Jan. 21.?Governor L^edy has pardoned H. C. Wilmotb, alias Howell, alias Howe, alias Howart, who was serving a ten (months' sentence for bigamy. Wil moth was arrested on the charge at jTcrre Haute. Ind., where he was j about to be married to a wealthy | young woman of that city. His ari rest was brought about by Miss Bella I Bueil of Ediogham, III., to wlom he j was also married. His trial developed [evidence which placed him'in the ; front rank of bi^amists.ii bsing shown that he had wives in Cincinnati, Minneapolis, Chicago, Denver, Terre | Haute, St. Joseph, Mo., Fresno, Cal, jZanesville, Oaio. Etlingham, III., Seneca, Kan., and Kansas City. His remarkable martial career covered a period of eight years, during which he had served a term in the Missouri penitentiary for one of his crimes. FtfTer'd Successor. j Topes: a, Kas., Jan. 21.?Wm. A. i Harris,wno was nominated for United | States Senator in the Populist caucus ; last night to succeed Senator Peifer, is ! an ex-Confederate. havingserved dur ng the rebellion as assistant adjutant general in Wilcox's Brigade. Long"street's Division, and as chief of ordnance of the divisions of Hill and Rhodes. He is a civil engineer of ability and vras employed in an engineering capacity during the construction of the Union Pacidc Road, for three years. He was also connected with } the Nicaragua!! Canal survey. I " GETTING DOWN TO IT. THE LEGISLATURE HARD AT WORK O.N NEW ACTS. A HbDr >Iea?ure?A Home Rule Measure. Tht? Dispensary Investigation?The Veto Poiver Sustained?A. New i'ertiiizer Bill. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 21.?When the House met this morning there was a flood of new biils. The following are the more important ones: Mr. Wolling?To require all railroad trains to stop at all stations. Mr. Bacot?To amend the act relaticg to trustees of Wintnrop and the South Carolina colleges and the Citadel academy so as to eliminate from j the boards members of the general assembly, in accord with the provisions of the new Constitution. Mr. Sasders?To prevent other than convict labor from being employed upon the State farms. Mr. Price?Joint resolution to pay ; balances of salaries to several county j supervisors of registration in the State, i Mr. Sturkie?To amend the act relative io local boards of health so as to leave the matter of appointment and ! control thereof to the people of the ! several towns of not over 5,000 inhabI it nits. Mr. Gage?To provide a system of county government. The fundamental idea of the bill is to organize counties as cities are organized; to be governed by* a supervisor for the whole county and a commissioner i'or each township. This board is vested with power over roads, bridges, water courses, fences, public buildings, the poor and game. The board is empowj ered to enact ordinal ces touching the jabove matters; ordinances fixing or | changing voting precincts; ordinances j fixing the compensation of all county (officers. The bill means government ' of the counties by themselves and not | by a delegation in the general assemi oiy. It is a home rule bill, j "Mr. Sullivan?To amend the act | regulating the schedule of passenger ] trains in certain cases so as to make j ail roads of not Jess than 50 miles in length (except those in the hands of ! receivers) to run at least one unmixed j passenger train daily each way. : Mr. Kibler?To provide for the ap | pointment of a State labor commis| sioner and to define his duties and for I his salary. This biii provides that the j labor commissioner shall enter upon | his duties on the 1st of April, 1897, and ' shall hold office for two years, unless I sooner removed by the advisory board I hereinafter provided for. He must re| side at the capital and must be 25 years old. The advisory board shall consist ! of the governor, attorney general and | superintendent of education. The saljary of the commmissioner shall be ! ?1,500 and traveling expenses not to exceed $000. The comptroller general shall on or before Oct. 1 in each year assess upon each manufacturing es its inst and eauitable.nro I portion of all expenses of the labor i commissioner, of clerk and incidentals | which assessments shall be charged t rrty iripfrolic r~ general aucL | shall be collected by the several coun{ty treasurers. { The advisory board may appoint a clerk at a salary of $750 if they deem such services necessarv. Incidental expenses, including office furniture, stationery, etc. shall not exceed 590 per annum. When sufficient complaint shall have been made under oath by the employees of any cotton mill or other manufacturing establishments that the officers or agents of such manufacturing: establishments are abusive to employees or fail to pay their wages or improperly withhold them'for any cause whatsoever, then it shall be the duty of the commissioner to proceed to investigate and if he finds the charges are true he shall cor(rectsuch evils and he shall have the ! power to demand an investigation of the conduct of any officer or agent ot [any manufacturing establishment I when be finds such agent is unjust. II The commissioner must visit at least twice every year the different manufacturing establishments and investigate the conditon of buildings I and employes and see that buildings I are safe and that health, education and | general welfare of the children and I employes are properly cared for. The | advisory board may adopt such rules as they deem necessary for protecting the employees of any establishment from abuse and unjust treatment and to secure them all their rights. Thati? any establishment is guilty of violating any of the rules of the advisory board, and, after due notice to I principal officer, ample and full re | compense for the wrong done, as dej scribed by the commissioners shall i not be done within a reasonable time, 5 ' -i-.il : jsuca company snau muur ? fjcucii^ I of each offense not less than $50 and not more than ?300. The advisory board shall not make any rules or reg| ulations which would be unfair to any | manufacturing establishment and if ! any such are considered oppressive I redress may be had before tne board and finally before a court. ^nyoUi1 csr of an establishment who shaJl reI fuse to produce all book?, papers or other evidences that may be demanded (by the labor commissioner or shall i obstruct the commissioner in the performance of his duty shall be liable to I a fine of not less than $100 or imprisonment not less than 60 days. The | term "manufacturing company''shall {mean corporations, companies or injdividuals engaged in manufacture of cotton goods ol any kind. ' Mr. Carson?To amend the act proIvidiag for the election of bublic cotton weighers and *o provide for their compensation. The bill merely changes thp. ir-rririrv over which the wei?tl ers have jurisdiction. Mr. Sullivan?Providing punishment for laborers -who violate either written or verbal contracts after having receive supplies from his landlord. The oifense is' made a misdemeanor punishable by not less than three months mor9 than 12 months, or a line of not less than $100 or more than $200. By Mr. Harvey?To repeal the act providing for a special tax on certain live stock in Berkeley county, and to require a license fee to be paid for i keeping certain live stock witfiin c;r! tain fenced territory in Berkeley county, and to provide for repairs of the boundary jence thereof and for Ii borrowing money if necessary. By Mr. Mishoe?To require marriage licenses and certificates in this . Siate. Mr. Price introduced the following, asking immediate consideration three j Ui. J Whereas certain newspapers and J persons have made ana published injsmuations and charges of corruption and mismanagement of the State dispensary, reflecting upon the officials threoffrom its enactment, Therefore be it Resolved, That s. commitloe of five, consisting cf three members from the house and two members from Ihe senate, elected by the respective houses, the duty of which committee shall be to investigate said charges and insinuations, and, further, that said committee shall have full power to send for persons and papers, to administer oaths to witnfsses examined, to sit at such time and places as they may deem convenient, to employ an expert account to aid in such investigation as they see proper, and to report to the house of representatives and senate at the present session, or the next session hereafter, or to the governor should neither house be in session when such, committee wishes to make a report whether such charges and insinuations be true or untrue and any other thing they believe would be wise and expedient. The reading of the resolution did not seem to create much of a stir in the house. A few members listened to it. After a long wait Mr. Kinard said it was an important mattter and it would be well, perhaps, to let it go over for a day at least. Ten members risiog slowly one by one finally caused the resolution to go over until tomorrow. PASSED A FINAL READING. The house was not able to tackle its calendar until II o'clock. Tnen these third reading matters were taken up and ordered to be sent to the senate: Mr. Bacot's bill to amend the act to authorize and empower cities, town, townships and other municipal corpo rations to issue negotiibie coupon bonds for the refunding or payment j in whole or in part of bonded indebt- j ness and my unpaid past due interest thereon existing at the time of the | adoption of the present Constitution. T*HA tcnofa Kill +/"? th<? $(\t. t.l I regulate the election of majors and intendants and wardens and aldermen of towns and cities, with amendments. When Mr. Anderson's bill to re-1 peal the anti-emigrant act came up on j the third reading, Mr, 0 P. Goodwin I moved to recommit the bill, holding that to pass the bill and repeal the law would be detrimental to the farming {interests cf the State. He gave the house Laurens county's experience with emigrant agents. Hundreds of negroes were taken away after the season had begun. These agents took them away and made them violate all contracts, etc , even after their taxes has been paid. He was willing for them to leave when they are not nnder contract. He did not wish to keep the negroes here if they did not wish to stay. The present act did not interfere with the negoes leaving if they wished to go. After some discussion Mr. Thomas I moved to indefinitely postpone the j bill. The vote on this motion was as i j follows, the bill being killed: Aye, S); nay, 34. Those voting with Mr. j Anderson were Messrs. As bill, Bacot, j j Banks, Bethune, Burns, Fairy, Gads-j den. Gage, Harvey, Holiis, Humphrey j I TCihler. I,iv\rtgsfrm Maa??Ti-llf>r ,J~-\ ii.";-Mis toe, "Moore, Nettles, Pation, Player, Pollock, Prince, Pyatt, Sogers, Russell, Sanders. Skinner, Smith, E D.; Sturkie, Stevenson, Thomas, W. H.; Williams, Witherspoon and Wyche. Mr. Wingo'sbill licensing carrying concealed weapons, about which there had been much wrangling the preceding day. vras taken up and killed by a vote of 62 to 43. When Mr. Timmerman's bill to require all county ofncers to give bond in surety companies was reached. Mr. Rogers moved tbe adoption of the unfavorable report of the committee. Mr. Timmerman defended his bill, saying that in nearly eveiy county there had "been misdoings on the part of county officers/' They could not legislate honesty in a man, but they wished to fix the barrier so high that it could not be surmounted. Mr. Thomas remarked that there was no such company doing business in this State. Mr flnim was nonosed to the bill. He explained the present law and j pointed out the hardhips that this bill; would work. Mr. Rogers said they would put it in j the power of one or two companies to j dictate who should hold office in this j State. j Mr. Ki'oier wanted to know if there j were any companies in the State. Mr. McWhite said the bill would just put in the hands of one or two companies to say who should holdj bonded offices. It would defeat the! will of the people. The bill was then indefinitely pDst- j poned, and the House adjourned. IX THE SENATE. The first business on the Senate cal- j endar was the veto message of G-over- j nor Evans in the matter of amoving j magistrates. The objections raised by | the governor to this act, it will be re ] membered, were that he had not the power to remove magis'.rates, neither J he anrjoint them save bv the i j consent of the senate. Oa thefe two j I grounds the act was vetoed. j Senator Mower, au:hor of the bill, j was the onlj one to speak on the veto, j j He said that the bill, as first introduced by hica,ga*e the power of removal ! for cause to the governor, but after looking into the matter further he offered an amendment taking away this right. He did so because after more study he believed the Constitution abridged this power, as it provided for two distinct modes of removal in the case of judicial oliicers; the hr;st, by impeachment; the second, by the governor, two thirds of the general assembly concurring. The proposition on the which Mr. Mower rested was that magistrates are judicial oliicers and therefore removable only in the manner prescribed by the Constitution. As to the matter of reappointment of magistrates, whose appointment the senate has refused to confirm, Air. Mower was of the opinion that the governor could not reap -1 point during that term of the senate, j When he had finished stating his po-! sition Mr. Mower moved that the bill j and called for the aye and nay vote > whica resulted as follows: Yeas?Archer, Dennis, Douglass, j DuBose, Gaines, Love, liayficid. ilcj Daniel, Moses, Mower, Norris, O'Dsil,; Pettigrew, Ragin, Rigsdale, Sloan, Sudoiath, Sanders?li>. Nays?Alexander, Brc^n, Buist, j Henderson, Mauldin, McUaiia, Miller, Scarborough, Stackhouse, Taibird, Walker, Wallace, Williams?13. As a two thirds vote was necessary to overcome the veto, the bill failed to carry by three votes. A bill to enable Eugene S. Bleass of Saluda county, a minor over tne age of 19 years to appiv for admission j to the bar, came up for a second read- j ing. After much discussion the bill was killed. The board of harbor commissioners for the port of Charleston reported that the total number of arrivals at the ports for the year was 737 vessels, with an aggregate tonnage of 804,57S, against 794 arrivals with an aggregate of 853,399 tons for the year previous. The following new bills were introduced yesterday: Mr. Connor?A. bill to regulate the sale of fertilizers and to determine the value thereof. Mr. Connor's idea is an elaborate one. He proposes to require every farmer purchasing fertilizers to place a sample out of each ?rade in a buttle and place that in the nor^c f!-io of I nO nf county, to remain there until he j gathers his crop, when, if he should have any^ reason to believe that the fertilizer is not up to the limit he shall send it to the chemist for a thorough analysis. The result of this would naturally be that whenever a bad crop j ear came along the chemist would be worked to death. Mr. Buist introduced a bill to place street railways on a footing with railroads in regard to damages to persons injured. Senator Dennis?A bill providing for the formation of Dorchester county. Senator Buist-Authorizing: the State treasurer to issue bonds of 50 per cent, for the purpose of relunding the Samuel Lord lost bonds. The following bills passed their third read in 2. Senator Henderson?To authorize the appointment of a constable for Aiken county, to be a resident of Langley, a bill to repeal an act regulating ashing at certain times in Aiken county, also a joint resolution to extend the time for the collection of the commutation road tax in the several counties of the State to the 15 of March, 1897, acid to exempt from pun?1] fail tn T19XT hfifnrP i;"uui,'.u'' ? r-J I taat time. A bill to provide for tbe election by the qualified electors of the respective townships in the State of the boards of township commissioners. This passed after Sumter, Berkeley, Edgefield, Laurens, Abbeville, Lexington, Williamsburg, Colleton, Marion, Marlboro, Darlington, Horry, Georgetown, Spartanburg and Saluda counties had been excepted. Senator Mayfield?Authorizing the railroad commissioners to require all railroads to erect fit junctional points union depots, and to impose a penalty for their failure to do sd when required. Senator Buist?To amend an act incorporating the South Carolina and Augusta railroad by extending the time for completing the first 10 miles of the road. Senator Buist?To empower cities, towns, and townships to issue negotiable coupon bonds for the refunding or payment of bonded indebtedness ana any unpaid past due interest therecn existing at the time of the adoption of the present Constitution. It might be.interesting to note that thfvc.ori mi l.ftes rc.20rted.-unfavorable "onpfr. Sutf data's \,iii to repeal the act ao-s-inst nenotism and Mr. Raffsdale's constitutional amendments providing j for the election of judges by a popular vote. Both, however, -were placed on the calendar. The senate adjourned to meet tomorrow at 11 a. m. WHILE THEY LOOKED Ken and Worn 2a on Shore Saw a Ship's Crew Perish. i Quogue, L. I., Jan. 21.?The threemasted schooner Nahum Chapin, Capfc. Arsy of Rockland, Maine, from Baltimore for Boston with coal, was lost within 30C yi.rds of the shore at this place early this morning and her ! crew cf nine men perished miserably | within sight of the hundreds of men ! and wcrnen who could do nothing to | help them. j The vessel went ashore here at 4 j o'clock. For three hours she pounded ! up higher and higher upon the hard | sandy beach. Then with a crash she i weat to pieces, and one by one the I nine sailors on her, who could be I plainly seen clinging to her rigging, i were engulfed with the wreckage and i died within haiiing distanca of the I life savers on shore. It was raining 1 ?rtorna ocrVi/Vr^ Iliiru VViiCil t Lie m-sjwva ^ . The surf was unusually high and the waves beat in upon the beach with great fury. The storm was at its worst when the wreck occurred. The villaj gers say that it was the worst storm [that part of Long Island has known | in years. The patrol from the life sav| ing stations were on their beat when the vessel struck and in a few momeats at the most, the life saving crew was on its way to the place. By i the time they reached the spot nearest j the vessel the alarm had reached 1 he ' village and dozens of townfolks had j gathered to watch the work of the crew and to help if possible, too. The crew of the vessel could be made cut clinging to her riging. A rope was then fired from the mori tar- It struck the vesel, hung for a | second across her yards, but then it slipped away and fell into the sea. I Then another rope was fired. This I time the rope landed safe and secure j in the rigging. The men on the ves; sel managed to secure it, but could not ! make it fast to the vessel. This rope | was lost as was a third that was sent ! out a short time later. The men on ! the vessel could catch the roDes but ; they could not secure them to the | schooner. ! Tne life sabers and those on th9 j beich could make out niue persons in j the ringing. Six were clinging to the | foremast rigging and three men were Ion the jibboom. Several attempts i were made to launch a boat, bu.t the I sea was so terriiEc that it was nothing | but death to dare venture into such a sea, and the boats could not pass the | first breaker. Finally the vessel began to sink and a, huge wave carried one of the men off the jibboom and later the others were swept away. The six clinging to the rigging of the foremast had been safe up to this time, but them masts began to whirl around and in a few minutes the mizzcnmast came dcwn with a crash and j at the same moment a cry from the six persons in tne rigging of the foreI masts tc'.d those on the beach it was jail orer. In 2.few moments great : quanties of wreckage began to ccme | ashore. At the last moment it was Jsesn that two of those who were clingling to the rigging of the foremast | were not men"as had been supposed, but that one was a women and the ! _4i ? I UuLLcr YV<*3 <*. ULJUU, 1 WITHOUT OPPOSITION. ! I GARY, TOWNSEND AND NE4L REELECTED. Cunningham, Blaekwell ard Wharton for Directors of the Penitentiary?Cuban Resolutions Hang Fire In the Senate. i COLuaiBiA, S. C., Jan. 23.?Outside of the elections yesterday and the con- j siHpratirra of the Cuban resolutions in ! the Senate, the legislative proceedings were without special interest, being little more than a perfunctory sounding of the calendar. When the House met at 10 o'clock there were a number of new bills introduced and the usual preliminary exercises and motions were made before actual work began on the calendar. None of this was of general importancs. The mad dog killing bill introduc- j ed by Mr. Harvey requires that the owner of a mad dog shall kill him at once, and refusing to do this, a punishment of $100 fine or imprisonment for 30 days is imposed. This bill did not assume the length of proportions in debate as the regulation "yaller dog" bil/, but a motion to indefinitely postpone it was overwhelmingly lost. There was considerable discussion, a number of members pointing out that it was useless, and from the terms of | the Act, no convictions could ever b2 i had, but it passed nevertheless. | At 12 o'clock the Senate came into the Hall fc..- the puropse of holding the PAJIif#>ntinrv elections. The election of Judges cams first, I and Senators Alexander and Archer | were appointed tellers and Messrs. Williams, Wyche and W. C. Davis on the part of the House. Mr. Rainsford nominated Hon. I Earnest B. Gary Judge of the Fifth! Circuit. Although ths rule was adopted that only two seconds should be allowed, Judge Gary's nomination was seconded by Messrs. Ashley, Winkler, Crum and Patton on behal fof their respective delegations, when the Lieutenant Governor called attention to the rule. The roll being called, Judge Gary received every vote, to the number of 143. Mr- Crum nominated Judge D. A. Tcwnsend to succeed himself. Sena tor Mower having withdrawn from j the race as announced in The Regisj ter, Judge Townsend had no opposition and was unanimously elected, receiving 144 votes. Nominations for Superintendent of the Penitentiary coming next, Mr. Robinson of Anderson started out in a glowing speech in nominating Col. Neal, but the President, under the I ? n r - f I rules, naa 10 cau mm qowh. i>u uac was nominated in opposition and he was elected by 146 votes. For Directors of the Penitentiary the following were pu. in nomination : Mr. Goodwin nominated J. H. Wharton of Laurens. Mr. Iiderton nominated J. H Blackwell of Williamsburg. Senator Lore nominated John B. i Cornwell of York. Mr. Blythe nominated J. W&itmire of Greenville. Mr. Asbill nominated John G. Guignard of Lexington. Mr. Gage nominated T. J Cunningham of Chester. > The result of the bailot was: Wharton, 80; Black well, 109; Cornwell, 56; Whit mire, 73; Guignard, SS; Cunningham. 91. Messrs. Blackwell, Cunningham and Wharton having received the largest number of votes were declared elected. It took nearly two hours to complete the count of the votes in all the elections, after which the House adjourned. By Mr. Ashley?To make the privilege tax one cent per ton instead of 25 cents, as at present. This bill is a radical change in the present law, but is in keeping with a large sentiment that the tax should be reduced. Mr. Ashley's bill will no doubt create a great deal of discussion, but he contends that the farmers should pay only t the expenses of the examination of i j v - ?t i? -w .t 4ua?v* rt n :ne pilUSpililbC syiu LJa^LU. auu Mut uv profit should be made at their expense ?hence the bill. Mr. Thomas of Charleston introduced the following in reference to concealed weapons: Section 1. Any p9rson caryicg a pistol, dirk, dagger, slung shot, metal knuckles, razor or other deadly weapon usually used for the infliction of personal injury, concealed about his person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof before a court of competent jurisdiction. shall forfeit to the county the weapons so carried concealed and b^ fined in a sum not more than $200, or imprisoned not more than twelve months, or both, ia the discretion o? the court. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to apply to peace officers while in the discharge of their duties. In every indictment for murder, ! momelonn-iltoi' aCMTllt-.flnfJ aSSSUlt and j UiaUOiUU^iAkVi, - battery of a high and aggravated nature, assault and battery with iu'ent to kill, and in every case where the crime is charged to have bsen committed with a deadly weapon, of the character specified in this section, there shall be a special count in the indictment for carrying concealed weapons and tli? j iry shall ba required to hnd a verdict on such special counts. IN THE SENATE. The session of the Senate today was short. The Cuban resolutions from the house, which were made the special order for today, were discussed, and, surprising to say, met with more decided opposition than was expected. Eren this matter was not finished and was carried over till Saturday, when several other senators are expected to speak on the resolutions. Among the new bilis introduced was one by Mr. Connor to regulate | tne manufacture, inspection, shipment and sale of commercial fertilizers and j manures, the privilege tax on same, and providing a penalty for violations I al., C mUr-. U^Tl frsv fVi^ 1 c-_ Liiereut* xuc uha jiiunuw * J.<. suance of privilege tax tags by the trustees of Clemson college upoa the receipt by the State treasurer of 10 cents per ton on fertilizers sold. It further provides that these tags shall be cancelled by the company selling the fertilizers, stamping its name across the face of them; and provides further for the punishment of persons issuing fraudulent tags or in any way avoiding the tax. It provides for the employment of a special corps of inspectors and chemists at certain seasons of the year and provides penalties in cases where fertilizers fail to come up to the standard. The tax it proposes shall be devoted to purposes of analysis and inspection. The presentment of the grand jury y .ancaster was received and referred to tee proper committee. It recommended that State witnesses be paid j but one per diem even it they bad to remain longer than one day. The report further recommended that not more than three leading witnesses for the State be bound over. The president announced the appointment of Robert R. Kemphiil, Jr , as page, vice John Aull, resigned. He also announced that the King's Photographic company requested tne senators to meet in front of the State House immediately after adjournment to have their pictures taken in group. On the adjournment, however, the senators were hungry enough to eat twoor three photographsso they didn't have their pictures taken. On the return of the senators from I 11 1 il - 1- - 11 X. x-L - toe nouse ice om 10 renew me cuar, ter of the Beaufort and Port Royal Turnpike corapany was reported unfavorably by the committee and the report adopted. The senate' th^n adjourned until 12 m. today. | LYNCHING IN LOUISIANA. Terrible V^ngeaccs on Three Negro Murderers. Amite City. Li., Jan. 20.?Yesterday evening, when it becime icuown that John Johnson and Arch Joiner, charged with the Cotton family murders would bs lynched, small groups of strangers from every section of this and at!joining parishes commenced to come in and hold low conversations on th.e street corners. Tie night was a most miserable one, raining and gloomy. About 9 o'clock there were ! 1 c\ : i.^ x- I, peraaps zou peapie on iue stresis, wucu suddenly some 150 men on horses galloped up to the jail, and having found the deputy who had charge, forced him to open the jjil door, and also open the steel casjes, and they took from the cages John Johnson aod Arch Joiner, and G-us Williams, the latter a negro charged with murdering his wife last summer, near Independent. The crowd of men were very quiet, and made no hostile demonstration other than to get the three negroes. Ai'ter procuring their men they had a short consultation, and decided to hang G-us Williams to an oak tree near a negro church 02 tne outer fid ere of the town. A roos was Quick I ? Q ? ' - ? X. - -J. ly adjusted over a large iitnb and one end around Williams's neck. Wiij lianas was made to get on a horse, and the horse struck with a whip, jump'ng froaa under Williams. His neck w>~ not brokea, and some men caught- hold of his body and jerked him down. Williams disposed of, the crowd started on the long march to John Cotton's house, where the murders were committed. Johnson and Joiner walked a mile or so, when a wagon was procured and they rode the rest of the way. The distance traveled was 12 miles, through a heavy rain. There were nearly 200 in the crowd during the march. Joiner prayed a deal, but Johnson did not seem to mind his fate, remainiag quiet most of the way. After a ride of fourliours the Cotton residence was reached, and a'U dismounted. Joiner mide a break for liberty, but was captured before he had gone very far. Joiner and John son desired to fight, and they were permitted to, after which they were taken into the house, separated and efforts made to get a confession from them. Johnson stuck to his former statement that Arch Joiner vas the man who did the deeds, Joiner stoutly maintained his innocence for a while, 'out when finally brought face to face with John Johnson confessed that he killed Mrs. John Cotton, Miss Agnes Miller and Miss Lizzie Miller. A discussion then arose as 1o the best way to dispose of two self-confessed murderers. Some were in favor of burning them, and fires were made for that purpose, and some say Johnson was actually pushed in the fire and burned. Cooler judgment pevailed, and'it was finally decided to hang them which was done, and their bodies riddled with bullets. It was Arch Joiner's | earnest request that he bs shot to [death, and this was finally determined upon as was the mode of death which was to bs meted out to Johnson, but at the last moment, after the fire had been started, it was urged that both be hung, as Gus Williams had been, and they were taken a quar- j ter of a mile from the Cotton residence and executed ?s above stated. They both implicated two other negroes, but said nothing about a white m"-. All is quiet now. Bamberg County. Bamberg, Jan. 19.?Never since the memorable victory of 1S76 have the people of Bamberg rej Diced so much over the result of an election as today. The citizens of this town are J wild with excitement, and are celej brating the victory with speech-makj ing, music and fireworks. The fol| lowing is the official result of the elecI tion as reported here to-night, and inI eludes all the following precincts | within the new county of Bambsrg: Bamberg, 35S yes, 1 no; Midway, 96 t\ 7- r <? 1'3-y . yes, 1 no; .feniiiarif, ov jza, x<ji , Farrell's Store, 82 ya% 14no;Ehrhardt, 112 yes. 72 no; Oiar, 115 yes, 25 no; George's Creek, 5S yes, 3 no; total, yes S77, no 254. Bamberg as the county seat and Bamberg as the name of the new county were carried by the same majority as the election for the new county. Her First Husband Lives. Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 20.?An "Enoch Arden"' affair in real life turned up in the Superior court here today. Lute A. ilcCrichard was granted a divorce from Valdella McCrichard. B^ck of this is a queer ro- j ! mance. Mrs. McCrichard s husband 1- ?^ /va Cl r? o rv> O v iCll JLitr UI'uUV JCUiC uuw | ried again and was living happily with her second husband. Her sen vras traveling in South Carolina a short time ago and met his father face to fac3. He came home and told his mother her first husband was alive. He has never returned, but she decided it was best to separate from her second husband and the divorcj was granted. Three at a Shot. Bellaire, 0., Jan. 16.?A triple murder occurred late last night at Fiat Rock, W. Ya.. a few miles South of here. Jesse P.ussell, Eimer Moore and John Greer went to the honse of Lem. Grim, where a dance was in progress, and attempted to interrupt the festivities. Grim ordered them away and a fi^ht ensued. Going into the house. Grim secured a shotgun and fired at the men. Eussell was shot in the breast and the other two men in the back as they started to runaway. All three died in a short time. Grim gave himself up. A GOOD DOCUMENT. GOVERNOR W. H. ELLERBE'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS. A Paper that Will be Read With Interest by the People of South Carolina?IJeutenant Governor McSweeney Adds a Few Words. The following is the full text of Governor W. H. EllerbeV Inaugural Address: INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF GOVERNOR W. H. ELLERBEE. Fellow Citizens: You have called me to the highest office within jour gift. In assuming the duties of this most important trust I cannot express in fitting words mj appreciation of the confidence placed in me. This great honor, -I already realize, carries with it great responsibilities, with uiu vuur warm auppurt, upuu yyjjuuu. a conndently rely, I shall be unable to meet and overcome the many difficulties already apparent. It has long been the custom for the incoming Governor to outline, in his inaugural address, the policy of his administration. In obedience to this time-honored custom I shall attempt briefly to set before ycu the course which I shall endeavor to pursue during: my term of office. Untrammelled by obligations or pledges inconsistent with the welfare of the people, it shall be my highest ambition to discharge my duties faithfully and impartially. The solemn i oath of office which I have just taken binds me to no political party or faction, but it does bind me to preserve, to protect a ad to defend both the Con- . stitution of this State and of the United States. Under our form of government faithfulness to our fundamental laws and zeal for the public welfare are all that is demanded* of citizens assuming public trusts. To support the Constitution, the foundation of our free Gov-. eminent, is the duty of every citizen. U pon this consideration I have a right to expect the support of all good citizens, and you have a right to demand that I, in the administration of the laws, give "equal privileges to all and special privileges to none." * To administer faithfully the laws, to lighten by all worthy means the burden of taxation, to develop the resources of the State, to protect the industries of her citizens, to encourage imin?err?flf-ir>n f?f the ricrht sort, to f03 "" o- .-I - ter our institutions or learning, both Church and State, to enhance tne efficiency of our public schools, to sustain our psnal and charitable and other institutions shall b3 my earnest desire and unalterable purpose. In matters of detail, however, 1 deem it best to make to the General Assembly, by special message, such recommendations as may from time to time occur to me and the exigencies of the case may demand. To the intelligence and patriotism of this body-^,?^ we must look for the enactment of laws which may best protect the peopies interests. I have neither the power nor inclination to force your representatives to accept my views. At all times I stand ready to co-opsr- tt. ate with them, to counsel and to advise. TAXATION. Without taxation, direct or indirect, no government can be maintained. Ail patriotic citizens cheerfully bear their part of the burden of taxation when the affairs of the State are wisely and economically managed. Tr is only when the revenues of the State are squandered or unwisely and extravagantly expanded, or when some classes of property escape taxation and the burden of supporting the Government is, therefore, unequally distributed that the people complain. It is clear then that all taxable property should be assessed and that great - ** T "1 ?_ . xT.* care sjqouiq ue xa-sen m ui? equsuxw*tion of assessments. The legislators are the servants of the people, entrusted with, the delicate responsibility of appropriating public funds, and, like good business men, they should endeavor to expend every dollar wisely and economically. To secure the best government at the least expense to the people should be _ the constant aim of every legislator. It is the part of a statesman to seek to lighten the burden of taxation, when this can be done without detriment to the public interest, but to cripple or destroy institutions established for the benefit of the people merely to reduce the tax rate is neither wise nor statesmanlike. To pursue the one course is to advance, to pursue the other is to retrograde. It shall be my policy, then, to endeavor to increase, in every legitimate way, our taxable property. This c.\n be done by inducing worthy immigrants to settle in our midst, and by teaching our own people to diver-... sify and improve in every possible way. It is thus that we shall be able to bring under cultivation vast stretches of rich, -untilled lands and r at the same time to improve soil al- ' ^ ' ready made poor by improper tillage. Our climate is, perhaps, oil the whole,as delightful as any on this Continent Oar winters are short and our summers long, but not -warmer than at the North. Stock requires less food and. man less clothing than in colder sections. .. Our truck farmers have animmenSB ???* | advantage over their Northent^cq^.^^. | petitors. We are no longer dependen^t^^'j upon the Western farmer for corn anif' oats and hay and pork and beef. In ! some sections tobacco culture has already become a profitable industry. We have perhaps the advantage of Northern and Western farmers in many other respects and, with cotton as a sure money crop, we can offer to immigrants advantages not possessed by any c-ther section. There is now reason to believe that the manufacturers of New Eagland are already lookiog towards the South. They are beginning to realize that it is cheaper to bring their mills to the cotton than to take the cotton to the mills. With our splendid water powers, many or wnicn are undeveloped for lack of capital, but which, if harnessed for the use of man, would materially increase our wealth, we ought, it seems to me, to call the attention of the outside world not only to these unparalleled advantages, but also to our genial climate, the richness and variety of our soil, our mineral wealth, our splendid forests of pice and oak and hickory and walnut and gum and other varieties of trees. South Carolina ought to become a great manufacturing State. We need a variety of industries. There should be no antagonism between the farmer ana the manufacturer, between the citizen of the town and the citizen of the country. Their interests are mutual. Every exclusively agriculrcONTINFED ON PAGE FOUR-1 i