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iL VOL. LI. I WINNSBORO, S. C? WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1897. NO. 29.
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IP WORK OF THE SENATE", j
A NUMBER OF BiLLS PASSED BY THE I
|||& Resolutions on Judge Aldrlcli- -New Coanty
Bills Passed?The Acti-i' -Zo jt'usn and
gw|p|j||Cigarette BiUs Killed.
Pi|i|f Columbia. Feb. 20.?The work of
^^^p>assing second and third reading bills
Ipllpfn the senate Saturday was not, interrupted
by discussion. Work was be
llgf gun on the calendar and the following
third reading bills passed:
To establish Dorchester county.
^ House bill to amend county government
law so far as it relates to -working:
the roads.
House bill to authorize and empower
the sheriff of Williamsburg county
to purchase and keep at the court
house a pair of bloodhounds for the
purpose of tracking convicts and fugitive
law breakers, amended by Sir.
Williams so as to apply to all counties
and limiting the cost of the dogs at
$100 a pair.
House bill to require county supervisors
to publish quarterly reports in
the papers of their respective counties
at a cost not exceeding $000 for each I
county. Amended by excepting Anderson,
Beaufort, Barnwell, Bamberg,
Berkeley, Chester, Colleton, Gergetown,
Horry, Kershaw, Laurens,
Lexington, Lancaster, Marlboro, Marion,
Oconee and York.
House bill to establish Bamberg
county.
House bill to amend subdivision cne
of section 954S of the revised statutes
of 1893, relating to costs.
House bill to amend section oil of
the revised statutes being section 256
of the general statutes.
Making it a misdemeanor for any
State or county officer to receive any
rtn r?nYvhssft of bocks or anv
other property cr supplies from printing
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Sooix after 1 o'clock the senate passed
the following: resolutions and adjouruned
out of respect to judge Aldrich;
Whereas it has been learned by the
senate of Scuth Carolina with profound
regret of the death of the honorable
Alfred Proctor Aldrich ^ of
Barnwell county, who as a judge
kept his ermine unstained, and in
defiance of the military power which
dominated the State in lS6ulaid down
his robes of office in open court and
refused to administer the law while
the seat of justice was surrounded by
Federal bayonets; as a patriot, selfsacrificing"
and devoted to the jus.
cause of South Carolina, and as a man
without fear and without reproach,
whose unsullied career has added lustre
to the annals of the State, therefore
be it
Resolved, As a mark of respect to
his memory, that the senate do now
adjourn.
On Monday the Greenwood County
bill was taken up. Mr. Gaines offered
an amendment providing for the
orgnization of the county 30 days
after the election.
Mr. Archer objected to the time for
the bill to go into effect as the same
question would arise over Cherokee
county acd by an organization of the j
^ new counties during the fiscal yearj
would cripple tne oia ccunnes ey iajsing
away a large part of the revenue
that ought to go'to the old counties to
ineetohe estimated expenses.
l Mr. McCalla offered an amendment
L that the county government of GreenI
wood would be put in operation the
a first day of next*January.
Mr. Gaines said that to the people
W& of Greenwood the advantages accurst
ins from an eariy formation would.
||| more than balance the evil. The
!P? senate could not with due regard to
||| the Constitution defer the formation
of Greenwood.
j||l| Mr. McCalla said that a hardship j
|||i would be inflicted on the old and on
|g|i the new county by putting this bill in
lill force before the 1st of next January.
I*. Mower said the Constitution
mendatory in requiring that the
ty government go into effect itaately
upon the formation of the
ty. This being so the senate had
iscretion in the matter.
. Maj field asked that the senators
as nearly as they could on the
tion of the time nevr county govlentsshould
go into effect. He
that Bamberg did not -want to
her government until January
'. Gaines moved to table the moof
Mr, McCalia that the bill go
effect on the 1st of January. By
e of 26 to 4 this prevailed
. Gaines' amendment was then
d requiring the county govern,to
be put into effect 30 days
election.
e Senate on Tuesday killed the
anti-cigarette bill and the bill to repeal
the anti-free pass act. Neither
one, however, vras defeated without a
vast deal of discussion and then it
was but by a single vote that the latter
measure was killed.
The senate had shown an inclina-1
lion to discuss at length every meas- j
ure that had been taken up until the i
free pass bill was reached and thenj
almost every senator " turned himself j
loose," so to speak. An unfavorable
repoiihas been made on the bill and!
as soon as it had been read Mr. Moses j
moved that ihe report be indefinitely j
postponed. Mr. Kagsdale was the first |
senator on his feet to oppose the mo-!
tion. He said that any member of j
general assembly who used a free pass
over any railroad would not be above
i& suspicion. It was not right that repaid
resentatives of the legislature who
were to decide many important matters
affecting railroads should accept
any favors from these roads. Try as
they might, they could not but feel a
sense of obligation to the roads over
which they had free transportation.
Mr. Scarborough replied to Mr.
Ragsdale, recommending that he study
the quotation, "Consistency, thou
art a jewel." To be consistent, said
he, "Mr. liagsaaie should save reiuseu
to accept the offer of the railroads to
carry him with the other legislators
to Charleston. The acceptance of that
offer was nothing more than a violation
of the oath of office on the part
of every member of the general assembly.
He thought the act now on
the statutes was a stigma upon the
name of the good people of the Stale.
Mr. Scarborough spoke at length and
with fervor in favor of the bill.
Mr. Hay said the act which this bill
proposed to repeal was founded on
sound public principles. The senators
would not hear of a judge accepting a
free pass. It should be the same with
members of the legislature. There
was no getting around the fact that
these passes were given to secure favors.
Some had argued that the act
against ihe acceptance of free passes j
was a reflection upon the peog? of j
the State, but it was no more a reflection
than any other act on the statute
books. It would be as well to say the
act asainst stealing was a reiiection
on the people as the act prohibiting
the acceptance of a free pass. The
city council of Charleston he understood
was providing the transportation
of the general assembly and though
the railroads might do it free, there
was no invitation from the road to the
legislature.
Mr. Buist said that Mr. Hay was
right in his position about the visit to
Charleston. He then proceeded to
speak against the bill. The Lord's
Prayer, said he, which he trusted
sverv senator repeated before retiring
and after arising in the morning, be
sought "lead us not into temptation.''
For that very reason this bill should
be defeated. The members of the general
assembly should have the temptation
of taking free passes removed
from them. "[Talk about the dignity
of humanity, why 1' the depravity
of humanity, Mr. President, that is to
be guarded against," exclaimed Mr.
j Buist in conclusion.
Mr. Archer thought if the dignity
i tVia intAcritv tho senate was
I above temptation that this question
'should not be annually resurrected,
j Why not let it stay as it* is? asked he.
| Mr. Scarboroug and Mr. Henderson
j spoke in favor of the bill and Mr.
! Maj field against it.
! Mr. Moses denned his position, sayj
ing that when a member of the house
j he had voted against the act which
i this bill was intended to repeal and
; that he had alwavs been opposed to
! the measure.
The aye and nay vote was demanded
on Mr. Moses' motion to indefinitely
postpone the unfavorable report of the
committee. It resulted:
Aye?Connor, Dennis, DuBose,
Gaines, Griffith, Henderson, Mauldin,
Mo?3S, O'Dell, Pettigrew, Ragin,
Scarborough, Sloan, Suddath, Walker,
Williams?16.
Nay?Alexander, Archer, Brown,
Buist, Dean Douglass, Hay. Love,
Mayfieid, McDaniel, Miller, Mower,
Norris, Bagsdale, Stackhouse, Talbrid,
W allace?17.
The motion to table the bill was
passed by the same vote as above.
The vote was then clinched by the
usual motion to reconsider and table.
This completely kills the bill for this
session at least, though it was accomplished
but by a single vote.
The house bill to regulate the sale of
cigarettes and cigarette papers was debated
by the friends and opponents of
j the bill. The friends pointed out the
i tirvovtaHo hoKih wnilft thft
[01-13 01 t,iie UgOlVkW
j opponents pointed to the act against
the sale of tobacco to minors under
the age of of IS and urged that this
! bili would become a dead letter as that
| act had. The injury it wovld do to
the tobacco industry was also shown.
Messrs. Archer, Connor, Love and
Pettigrew spoke for the bill, while
Messrs. Hay, Moses and May field
spoke against it. Finally, by a vote
of 25 to 8 the bill was killed. Only
! Messrs- Archer, Connor, Gains, Love,
j McDaniel, Pettigrew, Stackhouse and
| Wallace voted for the bill.
j Tne special committee charged with
j making"arrangements for the contem|
plated trip to Charleston on the 18th
| inst., reported as follows:
There will be two trains to CharlesI
ton, one by the South Carolina and
Georgia and one by the Atlantic
Coast Line, both leaving Gervais
street station at 7:30 A. M., Thursday
morning, the ISth of February, 1S97.
The head of each and every one of
the executive departments in the State
House and each and every senator
and member ?f the house will be entitled
to two tickets, one by the South
Carolina and Georgia railway and
j one by the Atlantic Coast Line. UE!
Seers and attaches will be entitled to
one ticket each.
There are a limited number of tickets
for the steamer provided by the
city council of Charleston, but there
wiJl be other steamers that will transport
parties to the fleet for 50 cents
each. Altamont Moses,
For the Committee.
Columbia, S. C . Feb. 21.?The
Senate met at 10 o'clock Wednesday
to avoid a night session, in view of the
Charleston trip.
By consent a concurrent resolution
was introduced and passed to allow
I the Mutual Guarantee Insurance Comj
pany of Greenville to apply for a new
t charter.
Mr. Gaines worked his Senatorial
amendment in the Greenwood County
bill by reconsidering the amendment
passed on the previous day and adding
a provision for the election of a Senof
r\y%
In the Cherokee County bill Mr.
Ragsdale, for the friends of that County
introduced a Senatorial amendment
in the bill similar to Mr. Gaines7
amendment to the Greenwood County
bill. That bill was also put through
its final passage and was returned to
the House with amendments.
Mr. Wallace offered an amendment
to the bill providing for the expenditure
o? the commutation tax, making
it more strict in its provisions by re
quiring the tax to be expended, not
only in the township from which collected,
but also on the section of the
road from which it was derived.
Mr. Archer opposed it ts impracticable
and having a tendency to pile up
work on somebody with no r?av. The
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| ameaumcai v?<is a.uu,ut,cu hjl& vm
passed.
Mr. Xorris was disposed to make
war on the bill to require railroad companies
to sto*" all trains at local stations,
but v. compromise was reached
in the postponement of the bill that
ilr. Xorris might study its effects
with the amendments made to it.
The Bamberg County bili came up
on its third reading, was amended as
regards the Senatorial representation
and in a number of details and vras
passed.
Mr. Mavfield moved the adoption of
the unfavorable report on ilr. Connor's
bill to regulate the manufacture,
sale, inspection, Occ-, of fertilizersA*
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chief poiot was in the cancellation of
the privilege tax tags, the eft'ect of
which he said would be to increase the
revenue from this tax at least 20 per
cent. He said that these tags were
ysed again by manufacturers. It also
provided for a reduction to 10 ceats
of the privilege tax- He thought that
the tax should be applied to the sinkj
ing fund, the speeiSc purpose for
which it was levied, after the payment
of a sum to Clemson to justify
the analysis by its chemist. He was
not an enemy of Clemson. He spoke
long and earnestly on the question
pointing out evidence of the uodging
of the tax by companies selling fertilizers.
He spoke of the injustice to
[ the farmer in the high tax and went |
fully into all the bearings of the sub j
ject
Mr. McDaniel, for the Committee on |
Agriculture, which made the unfavorable
report, replied to him. Clemsoa
needed the fund, nesaid. Tnere was
no demand by ihe farmers for its reduction.
There was no need for the
law. It was not fair in its restrictions
on the fertilizer companies, which
were not in a position just now to
bear fresh burdens. The chemist at
Clemson had never found any deleterious
matter in any samples of fertilizers
examined, though analyses varied.
Mr. Norris eulogized his friend, Mr.
Connor, but thought his bill would
work an injury not only to Clmson,
but to the men who built Clemson. In
the course of his argument for the
support of Clemson, he urged that the
graduating papers from that institution
would not admit one of the recent
graduates to the freshman class
of a technical school for higher education.
He contended that the reduction
of the tax would make no difference
with the farmer, as the small
change in price would be lost between
the manufacturer and the middle
fman.
j Mr. Archer moved that further con
sideration ba postponed until 2 riday. |
The Senate then adjourned until Friday
at 10 o'clock.
There was a strong effort made during
the day by members of the House
to have reconsidered the vote by which
tlxe anti-free pass repeal bill was killed.
A number of Senators were importuned
to make the motion, as it
was declared that a full Senate would
pass the repealing bill. They did
not, however, meet with a great deal
of encourgement. It is possible that
they may, if they press their efforts
as actively as they did yesterday, be
ultimately successful in inducing
some Senator to open the way for the
free passes again.
AS TO MAGISTRATES.
Tae Souse Bill Defiaicfj Their Powers and
Duties*.
Columbia, Feb. 18.?The por.ion of
the bill passed by the House defining
the powers and duties of magistrates
reads as follows:
Section 1. The governor shall have
authority, by and with the advise and
consent of the senate, to appoint magistrates
in each county of * the State,
who shall hold their oliices tne lerm i
of two years,and until their successors
are appointed and qualified. _ The j
number of magistrates 10 be appointed j
for each county and their territorial |
jurisdiction shall be the same as heretofore
pi-escribed by law for trial justices
in the respective counties of the
State, except as hereinafter otherwise
provided. Such magistrates may be
suspended by the governor for incapacity,
misconduct or neglect of duty;
and the governor shall report any suspension,
with the cause thereof, to the
senate at its next session for its approval
or disapproval.
Sec. 2. The governor shall have authority,
by and with the advice and
consent of the senate, to fill any vacancy
caused by death, removal or
otherwise of any magistrate for the
unexpired term."
Sec. 3. Before entering upon the
discharge of the duties of his office
each magistrate must take, in writing,
the oath of office prescribed in the
Constitution, and also the several additional
oaths required to be taken by
trial justices before the clerk of the j
court of common pleas of the county,
or in case there be no such clerk, be- j
fore anv one authorized to administer j
an oatb, and must file the same with
the secretary of state.
Sec. 4. The civil jurisdiction of
magistrates shall be the same as that
heretofore exercised by trial justices.
They shall have exclusive jurisdiction
in all criminal cases in which
the punishment does not exceed a fine
of $100 or imprisonment for 30 days
except in cases of riot, assault and battery,
and larceny and carrying concealed
weapons coupled with an offense
in which such weapon is used.
In criminal matters beyond their jurisdiction
to try they shall sit as examining
courts, and commit (except iot
capital cases) or discharge persons
charged with such offienses. Magistrates
shall have concurrent jurisdiction
only with the court of general
session in cases of rio1:, assault and
battery and larceny. In counties
where they are given separate and exclusive
territorial jurisdiction, crimi-J
nal cases snail be tried in me district
where the offense was committed, unless
the place of trial be changed to
another district in the same county in
the manner prescribed by law. The
drawing of juries and the taking of
appeal shall be governed by the same
proceedure as obtained in trial justices'
courts.
Sec. 5. Magistrates shall have all
the powers and perform all the duties
heretofore vested in and incumbent
upon trial justices.
Sec. 6. Tne rules of procedure in
civil and criminal cases shall be the
same in magistrates courts as in former
trial justices' courts.
Sec. 7. Magistrates, in their discretion,
sentencing prisoners to labor on
the public high ways may commit them
directlv to the ollictr in charge of per
sons so laboring upon the public highways
or other public works. Bat one
committal and discharge fed shall be
charged by any sheriff of the State for
such prisoners when incarcerated in
the county jail after sentence. All costs
and fines collected by magistrates in
criminal cases shall be paid over
forthwith to the county treasurers of
the respective counties.
A Crazy Irian's Freak,
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 16.?The wiid
freak of a crary fireman on the fast
mail from Augusta yesterday afternoon
was the cause of a sensation to
those who witnessed the occurrence.
The name of the fireman in question
is W. 1\ Hutchinson, he has been
recently a resident of this city
but has onlv lived here a short
time, ana but little seems to b3 known '
of his anticedents except that;
he is a married mm and has a wife!
and children. He is about 25 or 26 j
years of age, and gave no evidences of
msanitv previous to yesterday. He
came out of Augusta all right, but
just as the train left Bath, he became
violent and suddenly leaped from the
engine and broke for the woods at full
speed. An immediate pursuit -was j
made, but all eti'cris to catch him|
proved unavailing. So another hre-;
man was put on in his place for the
i remainder of the run to Columbia.
: No doubt search parties will be made
up in the vicinity where the incident
occurred, and an earnest effort made
to hnd the poor fellow and put him
i where he can be properly cared for.
SLASHING AT SALARIES.
THE HOUSE CUTS .THEM RIGHT AND
LEFT WITHOUT MERCY.
The Pay of Clerks Reduced?The South
Carolina College Appropriation Cut
Detailed Account of the Proceedings
and Reductions.
Columbia. Feb. 10 ?In the House
on last Monday the appropriation bill
was taken up and toned down. Mr.
Reynolds moved to amend sd as to reduce
the pension clerk's hire from ?S00
to $000. Mr. liderton moved 10 iurther
amend so as to reduce it to $-100.
Mr Reynolds thought a good man
at $100 a month could do this work in
six months. The house by a vote of
51 to 25 agreed to Mr. Ilderton's
amendment.
Mr. Winkler asked why the committee
had provided for an additional
expert clerk at a salary of $1,500. Mr.
Crum explained why this man
was necessary. Mr. Gasque wanted
to reduce the salary of
this additional clerk, who would inspect
all county offices, from ?1,500 to
$S00.
Mr. Pollock moved to amend the
amendment so as to strike out the entire
provision for the inspector.
Mr. Reynolds earnestly advocated
the establishment of the office. He
said the comptroller general was a
badly overworked man and his responsibility
was very great.
Mr. Toole said the comptroller did
not need any such extra officer.
Mr. Simkins thought the additional
clerk shonld be given the comptroller.
The amount was only to be expended
if it was necessary; but if it was necessary,
it should be spent.
Mr. Kinard of Abbeville said if it
was necessary to create an officer to
examine the books of auditors and
treasurers it was necessary to require
him to examine every other office. He
didn't think the condition of the
State's finances warranted the formation
of ner offices.
Mr. Stevenson didn't think it fair to
make the -whole State pay for the incompetence
or dereliction of county
officers. Let counties select competent
officers, and if they do wrong, let
the county pay for it.
Mr. J. P. Thomas, Jr., held that
this measure was in the line of economy;
it -would save the State money.
The idea did not originate in the comptrollers
offics, but was a suggestion of
the committee.
Mr. Ilderton said the office of comptroller
general had been increasing in
cost every year, and he believed it
was time to call a halt.
Mr. Crum explained that the extra
expenses were on account of pensions,
and then argued that this was a measure
of economv.
Mr. Pollock's motion to strike out
the whole clause was adopted by a
large vote.
Mr. Winkler moved to do away with
one of the bookkeepers of the State
treasurer.
Mr. Reynolds explained that this
was not acting fair -with the treasurer.
Mr. Thomas said that the treasurer
had always had two bookkeepers. The
past year these two bookkeepers had
to handle the dispensary funds. The
committee thought they should bs allowed
$150 extra for this work.
Mr. Kinard suggested an amendment
to the amendment to strike out the
provision for $150 extra to each of the
bookkeepers.
Mr. Thomas sxplained that the legislation
had imposed this extra work
without providing for extra pay. At
certain seasons of the year these two
bookkeepers worked from 9 a. ro. 1;o 12
or 1 o'clock at night.
Mr. Kinard thought that the State
should be entitled to every moment of
the time of these officers. They had j
to reduce the expenses of the State.
Mr. Winkler withdrew his amendment,
and Mr. Kicard?s amendment
came before the house.
[ Mr. Williams thought that this sum
should not be paid as the State got no
dispensary money.
Mr. Mehrtens, as one of the committee
that investigated the matter as
to where the $500 appropriated last
year went, said that they had found
that it went to the treasurer, while the
bookkeepers did the work. Mr. Kinard's
amendment was then adopted.
Mr. Pollock moved to cat the salaries
of the bookkeepers from $1,350
each to $1,250.
Mr. Tnomas remarked that the salary
reduction act of 1S93 had placed
Ihese salaries at $1,350; that was why
the committee had put that amount in.
Mr. Pollock thought thatthey could!
get good men for the salaries named.
Mr. Pollock's amendment was agreed
lo.
Mr. Pollock then moved to reduce
| the chief clerk's salary from $1,500 to
. 1,250. This'was agreed to in short orj
der.
Then Mr. Toole moved to cut down
S the salary of the chief -clerk of the
(comptroller from $1,400 to $1,300 and
I that of the bookkeeper of the comptroller
from $1,500 to $1,400.
Mr. Poliock suggested to Mr. Toole
I that he make the salaries of the compI
troller's clerks ?1,250 each. Mr. Toole
j accepted this, and the house agreed 10
the amendment.
Mr. Pollock then went for the salaries
of the clerk of the secretary of
state and the governor's private secretory,
cutting them to $1,250 each.
On motion of Mr. McWhite the
usual appropriation of $500 for collecting
arms and other incidental expenses
of the adjutant general's office
was cut to $300. Mr. Crum of the
committee, who had looked .into the
matter, said he had found that the
amount was careful!v expended.
I Mr. Ilderton had the salary of the
j clerk of adjutant general cut from
I$900 to $300. Mr. Thomas said the
{act of 1S93 provided for a salary of
mo.
Mr. Toole had the salary of the
clerk of the superintendent of education
cut to $300.
Mr. Ilaerton had the salary of the
State armorer cut from ?500 to $300.
Mr. Winkler wanted the adjutant general's
contingent fund cut to $100, but
at the request of the chairman of the
committee, Mr. Rainsford made a
statement showing that the amount
was necessary, and the house killed
j the amendment.
Mr. Ilderton wanted the adjutant
general's statior-ery and stamp fund
decreased from $2UJ to $150. Mr. Kinard
thought $200 was too great a sum.
The amendment was then about to be
agreed to, when Josh Ashley took the
lloorand earnestly advocated the retension
of the $200 appropriation.
Tnere was considerable more debate,
and then Mr. l'atton called the previous
question on che amendment,
saving he would save something to
the State in that wav anyhovr. The
amendment was then adopted.
The appropriation for the support
of the militia was called up and Mr.
Johnson moved to reduce it from $10,000
to $9,000. The house refused to
do this.
Mr. Reynolds wanted the appropriation
of $550 for purchase of United
States court reports stricken out, as
they were in the supreme court library.
Mr. Thomas said that these books
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couia not os tauen out ck ine norary
and the attorney general needed the
books badly. He moved to table the
amendment.
Mr. Patton thought that this was an
almost unnecessary appropriation.
After some further discussion the
amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Ilderton wanted to increase the
assistant attorney general's salary from
$1,300 to $1,500 on account of the hard
work required of this officer. The
amendment was promptly tabled.
Mr. Kibler wanted to reduce the total
appropriation for salaries of the
railroad commissioners from $5,700 to
$4,500. Hs said they should deal
with the money cf the railroads as
they did with tne State's fund. This
amount came from the roads. It was
not right to make the roads pay more
than they would themselves.
Mr. Poilcck raised the point that
the Constitution prohibited changes in
the salary of any officials during the
term for which he has been elected.
Mr. Simkins said that this provision
applied only to the judges.
Mr. Stevenson said that the Constitution
required that these salaries
could only be changed by statute.
The amendment was tabled by a
vote of 34 to 33.
The salary of the State librarian
was then on motion of Mr. Toole cut
from $1,000 to $300. Mr. McWhite
moved to cut the stamp fund from $225
10 $150. Mr. Crum and Mr. Ilderton
said that former appropriations had
been insufficient. The amendment
was then tabled.
Mr. McWhite wanted to have the
State reporter's salary cut from $900 to
to $SOO but failed. Mr. Toole moved
to cut the salary of the librarian of
the supreme court. This was voted
down. Mr. Toole then moved to reduce
the contingent fund of the supreme
court from $500 to $300. This
also failed.
Mr. Speer moved to increase the appropriation
of the S:ate board of health
from $1,500 to $2,500. He said this
sum was necessary..
Dr. Wyche said that to reduce the
former appropriation would be taking
a step backward. The State board of
health was a most important organization.
Mr Rogers also spoke earnestly
in behalf of the proposition to mate
the appropriation $2,500 as it had been
heretofore.
Mr. Toole was opposed to raising
this appropriation.
Mr. Ilderton said he very seldom
asked for an increase of an appropriation,
but he did in this case.
Dr. Smith of Laurens made an earnest
speech in advocacy of Mr. Speer's
amendment. He gave many reasons
why the State board should be given
ts&rn^s:. auc suusu&uuai
Mr. Thomas said the committee had
not had the benefit of the board's report
this year and had merely acted
upon the comptroller's recommendation.
Mr. Sturkie said that the amount
should be given. The amendment
was agreed to.
Mr. Speer then moved to increase
from $1,600 to $3,000 the appropriation
for carrying out the provisions of
the act quarantining the State against
contagious and infectious diseases.
Mr. K;nard protested against this
amount. He couldn't see the necessity
of it. Mr. Wyche stated why it
was necessary and then the amendment
was agreed to.
Mr. McWhite offered to amend so
as to reduce the appropriation for
printing books, etc., 1 or auditors and
treasurers from $2,500 to $2,000. He
said it was only what was allowed
last year.
Mr. Thomas explained that the
comptroller found that more books
would be needed this year. Amendment
killed.
Mr. Ilderton then moved to cut the
South Carolina College appropriation
from $25,000 to $21,000. Mr. Ilderton
had said ia the morning that this was
to bring it down to the figures of last
jear. He argued that all these State
institutions should be cut do wn; the
professors should not be paid so much.
He could not see how it took so much
to run the college:. He wanted all the
colleges reduced. He wanted to do
what was right. The professors
should not be paid more than any other
hard-worked men.
Mr. Kennedy moved to amend the
amendment so as to reduce the appropriation
to $17,000. He presented a
schedule of ideal salaries that should
be paid.
Mr. deLoach then sp^ke earnestly
and vigorously against these proposed
reductions. It was a shame to vote
mere pittances to these institutions.
To vote for such reductions meant the
criDDlino- of these colleges. They
could not ran the colleges with cheap
professional men. If you want to
starve them out, do not give them one
cent. As he concluded, there was a
wave of applause from the students
and ladies in the galleries. The
speaker at once rapped for order and
announced that if such a demonstration
was repeated he would have to
have the galleries cleared.
Mr. Toole was oppc.-td to the
amendment to the amendment, but
thought that in view of the State's
financial condition $21,000 was
enough; he represented the taxpayers.
Mr. Simkins wanted the $25,OOD appropriation
made. To cut ic meant
the dealing of a severe blow to the entire
educational system of the State.
Make this reduction, and ho -v much
i money will you save? The $23,000
appropriation cost each citizen about 2
cents. You would save less than a
cent apiece by the reduction. He read
the figures given in a communication
recently published in The State. The
South Carolina college had fewer professors
thai? any high grade college in
the country.
Mr. Bacot briefly stated his observafirmc
sviH as a trustee. He
went there ignorant of the inner
workings of tine college, lie found
there a body of men than whom none
stand higher in this country. lie referred
to their earnest work, giviDg
up their holidays to work in summer
schools. And ail this upon reduced
salaries. If they did anything:, it
should be to increase and put this college
on a par with the other leading
institutions of this land.
Mr. Speer did not wish to antagonize
[CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR.]
SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE
UNDER DISCUSSION IN THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Many More Scholarship?, Provided for In
That Time Honored Institution?How
the Members Voted.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 20.?In th^.
House on Tuesday an effort was made
to abolish all free scholarships in the
South Carolina College, but instead
of doing this the House increased the
number, allowing each county as
many free scholarships in the college
as they have Senators and Representatives.
The fight was brought on
when Mr. E. D. Smith proposed the
following amendment in the para-1
graph of the appropriation bill relating
to the South Carolina College:
Strike out, Provided, That suitable
courses of study are provided without
fees for tuition or matriculation for
two young men from each county,
and also for admitting young women
qualified to enter the college so that J
it shall read: "Provided, young ladies !
are admitted who are qualified to en-1
ter." He spoke against any free tui-1
tion. The people are taxed to pay for \
i the education of one in the normal |
department and then taxed to pay him j
for teaching. His idea was to require j
a pledge that the money spent on his ;
education should be returned to the
State.
Mr. Patton asked wbe'.her the gen-1
tleman's position was that the State ;
should be taxed to support the college |
and yet ch rge $40 tuition, thus pre-1
venting some poor man from getting
the advantages of education?
Mr. Smith said that was it, and it
would tax those who attended for the
privileges enjoyed.
| Mr. Cushman said if the amendment
prevailed, we might as well close up
the college.
Mr. Kibler said he certainly favored
giving two boys in each county free
tuition.
i Mr. Ilderton said that instead of
striking out the provision, he thought
j more ought to be given the benefit of |
free tuition.
Mr. Gage asked whether these two
scholarships referred only to the nor-1
! ma] department,.
| Mr. John P. Thomas said he had an'
amendment confining them to the
normal department. He introduced
the amendment as a substitute to Mr. j
Smith's amendment.
Mr. Price agreed with the amend
ment of Mr. Thomas. We have not
arrived at that point in South Carolina
where we can do away with free
j tuition, he said. He spoke of the ne'
cessity of keeping up these institutions j
so that our joung men can be educated
at home.
Mr. ?.. J. Kinard said the argument j
indirectly was that this institution j
could not compete with the denominational
colleges. It must have free
tuition in order to get patronage.
There is no deficiency in teachers and
there is no necessity of this free tuition.
As the friend and supporter of
' a denominational college, he could
i not see its doors thrown open to pull I
i (Inwn thAso nnllp.orp.s_ There is no de i
V,V"A* ' - I
mand for the South Carolina College.!
The friends know it and are trying to
mislead the members in the matter.
Mr. Patton asked whether the intention
was to assert that he intended
j to mislead the House by false state-1
I ments.
| Mr. Kinard denied that, but wanted1
i to know why the friends of the college
didn't come out squarely and say
what they wanted free tuition for.
This college's standard should be!
above that of the other colleges in the
State so that they can take a postgraduate
course.
Mr. Patton asked did the gentlemen
not know tbat there was no such institution
in the country? Mr. Kinard
did not answer directly, but said it
was admitted that the standard was
too low. He said the college was a
drag on the State,and this free tuition
idea was just to bolster it up. The denominational
colleges educate more
boys on much less money, and as a
business proposition, he did rot see
why the South Carolina College
snouia oe supporiea.
Mr. Wyche said he had been struck
with the remark that we had an abundance
of teachers. He held, however,
that all of them should be better prepared,
and he wanted to see the normal
department increased in efficiency.
It is the grandest feature in the
whole affair. He protested against
this covert effort to stab the normal
department. Our teachers are not as
well quali&ed now as they ought to
be. The State could not do too much
for the teachers, he said.
Mr. Kinard asked whether it was
right for a man to be taxed to support
a college which would pull down another?
Mr. Patton said he would have to
pay the taxes anyway whether students
were educated free or not. He
held that all denominational colleges
help the South Carolina College, but
/\na wonfe in nVnAminatinn
II \JLL*5 YTauW IV
al colleges, let hira teach the doctrine
that Staie education should not be
furnished, and soon the people will
begin to believe that denominational
education is useless. The great foe of
education is a feeling that moneyspent
on it was thrown away. Speaking
on his resolution, he explained
that it was intended to give every
county as many scholarships as it had
representatives in the House and Senate,
these to be appointed by the delegations
any way they saw fit?either
by competitive examinations or otherwise.
Mr. Gage regretted that so much
spirit had teen injected into the debate.
He regretted that any man
should arrogate to himself to speak
for an institution which belonged to
the whole people.
Mr. Patton rising to u. question of
personal privilege said that not one
word in his speech could be construed
thai way, and he was surprised that a
gentleman of intelligence should
make such an assertion. Mr. Gage
continuing said that he had voted for
a $25,000 appropriation in order that
the college might work without detriment
to its usefulness. But the question
of tuition is another thing.
While he is opposed to free tuition on
principle, yet he would vote for the
proposition of Mr. Thcixas. because if
i hp can't cret what he wanted he was
willing to compromise as all men
ought to.
Mr. T. A. Graham mads some telling
points in replj- to speeches made.
He said that he was an alumnus of
WoJrord College, but he would vote
for Mr.. Palton's amendment. At a
conference of the friends of the denominational
colleges some weeks
since it was stated that the denomina
tional couches were weeding out
free tuition and soon they would get
in a position where no one would be
educated who couldn't pay for it.
Where then will the poor ooys be?
They will be run into the sea. Under
these circumstances he thought Mr.
j Patton's amendment eminently proper.
The 160 students provided for
I would not cost the State any more
j than what she has already apprcpria'
ted for the support of the college. He
denied that Mr. Kinard represented
the true position of Wofford. That I
college was not jealous of the South 1
Carolina College. He said no man
ever hurl himself taxing himself to
support a denominational college,
when he was payicg other taxes, so
all this talk about double taxation
amounts to notmog.
Mr. Kiaard said Mr. Patton had referred
to hirn as a representative of
Wofford College. He denied the insinuation,
but said that he spoke generally
for all denominational colleges.
Mr. Smith arose to a question of
personal privilege too, and Mr. Sturkie
suggested that if so many gentlemen
wanted to rise to a question of
[ personal privilege they write them
out and print them in the journal.
| (Laughter.)
j On the Patton substitute the vote
stood 67 to 36 in favor, by the following
vote.
Yea?Hon. F. B. Gary, Speaker;
W. A. All, R. B. Anderson, L. K.
Armstrong, Joshua W. Ashley, T.W. i
Bacot, Joseph C. Bailey, R. C. Barkley,
A. S. B^don, D. M. Betkune, A. J
Blythe, J. V. Breeland, C. R. D. j
Burns, C. J. Colcock, A. W. Cush-1
man, C. M. Davis, W. B. LsLoach,
A. F. H. Dukes, H. H. Edwards, S.
H. Epps, Philip H. Gadsden, L. M.
Gasque. Jno. M. Glenn,Thos. A. Graham,
J. Morgan KioU, J. M. Humphrey,
Wm. Ilderton, T. E. Johnson,
R. Y. Lemmon, E. J. Limehouse, R.
M. Lofton, 1>. H. Magill, R. A. Meares, I
J. 0. Mehrtens, Jeremiah Mishos,
Julian Mitchell, Jr., J. C. McDaniel,
B. B McWhite,T. B. Owen, H. Cowper
Patton, M. W. Phillips, W. P.
Pollock, C. J. Prince, M. W. Pyatt,
Thos. H. Rainsford, J. S. Reynolds,
R. B. A. Robinson, E. M. Seabrook,
Huger Sinkler, J. R. Smith, W. S.
Smith, W. F. Stevenson, J. M. Sullivan,
J. P. Thomas, Jr., W. K. Thomas,
R. H. Timmerman, G. L. Toole,!
B. F. Townsend,W. C. Vincent, J.G.
Wolling, J. S. Welch, C. W. Whuonant,
C. L Wkikler, T. Y. Williams,
J. R. Witherspoon, W. H. YeldelL
Nay?W. G. Austell, J. F. Banks,
J. A. M. Carraway, B. L. Caughman,
H. H. Crum, G. W. Davis. D. F.
Efird, G. W. Fairey, G. W. Gage, H.
P. Goodwin, J. S. Graham, T. A.
Hamilton, J. D. Hazsldsn, B. H. Henderson,
P. Hollis, vV. H. Kennedy,
A rthur Kibler, K. J. Kinard, J. D.
Kinard, A. B. Layton, L. B. Lester,
J. H. Miller, W. A. Nettles, T. I. Rogers,
S. W. Russell, A. K. Sanders,
J. M. Skinner, S. McGowan Simkins,
E. D. Smith, A. J. Speer, L. K. Sturkie,
E. E. Verner, Thadeus T. Westmereland.
J. H. Wilson, J. 0. Wingo,
C. T. Wyche.
Dr. Sturkie and others who voted
against the Patton amendment vrere
j not opposed to free tuition, but would
i have voted for the Thomas amend j
ment if they had an opportunity.
A Murderous Maniac,.
Lexington, Ky., Feb. 16.?John
W. Marrs, city treasurer, Saturday
killed his six-year-old son and also
shot his daughter and sister. The
ladies will.recover. After attempting
to kill the whole family, Marrs killed
himself. He had been in the asylum
ten years ago, but had since been well
and was with Wilson & Co., clothiers.
When the servant awoke Marrs at 7:45
this morning, he arose with an insane
light in his eye and as the servant retreated,
two shots were fired. Mrs.
Marrs and her sister-in-law, Miss Ida,
a school teacher, ran up to the room.
Miss Ida entered the room and found
Marrs brandishinga pistol. He struck
~ vv.vt o /-3 in V"\711"
iicr YY11JL1 liiC Vv capuu aau uj. uuir uuv
bullet missed its?mark. He then shut
and locked the door and when the
neighbors assembled and forced an entrance
he was found with his throat
cut jfrcm ear to ear, his head barely
hanging to the bedy. The little bey
was shot through the head and mutilated
with the razor. Helen was
wounded in the back of the head, but
will recover. Mrs. Marrs is in a critical
condition from nervous prostration.
The Marrs family is a prominen1
one. socially and financially.
The Girly Girl.
The girly girl is the truest girl. She
is what she seems, and not a sham
and a pretense. The slangy girl has
a hard job of it not to forget her
character. The boy girl and the rapid
girl are likewise wearers of masks.
The girly girl never bothers about
woman s rignts ana woman s wroju^s.
She is a girl, and glad of it. She
would not be a boy and grow up into
a man and vote and go to war and
puzzle her brain about stocks for a
kingdom. She knows nothing about
business, and does not want to know
anything about it. Her aim is to
marry some good fellow and make
him a good wife, and she generally
succeeds in doing both. She delights
in cress ana everything that is pretty,
and is not ashamed to own up that sne
does. Sbe is pleased when she is admired,
and lets you see that she is.
She is feminine from the top of her
head to the end of her toes, and if you
try to draw her into the discussion of
j dry themes she tells you squarely that
the conversation does not suit her.
Sbe is the personification of frankness.
There is not a particle of hambug
in her composition. Here is
health to the girly girl ! May her
number never grow less.
Two Killed on tlie Kail.
Sellers, Marrion County, Feb.
" " ?T.^ct Thnrs'lav the local freight
coming south, while shifting1 ai Rowland.
X. C., ran over and killed Miss
Catherine Wiggins. On Saturday
night Jast, Mit Bethea, a colored brakeroan,
was caught between the cars at
Bingham, on the Latta Branch Road,
and from the elfects of the injuries
died yesterday. Today an inquest is
being held over his body at Bingham.
The engineer, Mr. A.llen, and the conductor.
Capt. Fitts, have been summoned
as witnesses.
I'oSaon by Wholesale.
Vienna, Feb. 14.?A story of wholesale
murder reaches here from a small
village in Hungary. It appears that
there were a large number of unfaithful
wives in the village who were desirous
of ridding themselves of then
husbands. Eighteen of them procured
poison, which they administer
: ed to their husbands with fatal results,
, The murders have caused the greatesi
excitement among the peasants tc
; which class the women and their vie
i tims belonged.
m\SMN UHAAIWSS.
TEXT OF THE BILL AS IT PASSED THE
HOUSE.
The New *5111 Makes a Number ol Important
Changes in the Law as It Now Stands
as to the County Boards.
Columbia, Feb. 20.?The following
is the full text of the amendatary pension
bill as it passed the House:
Section 1. That section 913 of the
revised siatutes of 1893, as amended
by an act approved the 9th of March,
1895, relating to pensions, be, and the
same is hereby, amended by striking
out said section and inserting the following,
which shall be section 943:
Section 943. The examining board
of pensions for each township in the
several counties of this State shall be
composed of three ex-Confederate
soldiers or sailors, who shall be nonapplicants
for pensions, if available,
otherwise to be composed of reputable
citizens thereof, to be elected as hereinafter
provided, to which all application
for pensions shall be made,
whose duty it shall be to decide to
which c:ass said applicant belongs;
and in case of any contest it shall be
referred with all tne facts to the county
examining board, which shall be
composed of four ex-Confederate soldiers
or sailors, who shall be non-ap
plicants for pensions, to be elected as
hereinafter provided, whose decision
shall be final. The several township
boards shall meet at such time and
place most convenient before the first
Monday in April, 1897, and on the
third Mondays of January, of each
succeeding year, for the purpose of
considering applications, and within
10 days thereafter the county examining
board shall meet at the several
county seats to settle all disputes and
contests. It shall be the duty of said
board to examine each applicant cr
his application under rales and regulations
prescribed by the secretary of
state, the attorney general and comptroller
general, who are hereby created
a State board of pensions, giving
in detail the reasons which have influenced
them in granting or rejecting
said applications, accompanied by all
the evidence upon which they acted,
after first being duly sworn fairly
and impartially to discharge the duties
herein prescribed for them to the best
of their ability; and after said oaths
are duly filed in the office of the clerk
of the court the members ol said township
boards of pensions shall meet as
soon as practicable for the discharge
of the daties herein imposed upon
them. In selecting pensioners from
among the applicants the board shall
have regard to their physical condition
and financial means, and also to
the financial condition of their near
relatives, allowing each applicant so
selected the sum of $6, $4 and $3 per
TY"t 111 O ? 4-VIA-*-* A ?
CM LlicJ jLLU*JC UC CJ-LIIUIOU.
under the provisions of this act. A
majority of the members of the said
board shall constitute a quorum who
may determine any matter presented
by them, subject, however to right of
review by the State board. As soon
as such township and county boards
complete their list, as above, giving
the names of the pensioners, their
residences and the amount per month
to which they are entitled, they shall
certify the same to the State board of
pensions to be reviewed by them. The
State board of pensions shall thereupon
pass upon the names contained in
said list, and shall certify to the clerks
of the court of the several counties the
list of the names and amounts approved
by them and the said clerks of
court shall record the same in a book,
and the said roll so made up shall be
designated, approved, pension roil tor
IS?and such pension shall constitute
the pensioners entitled to receive
the aid herein provided for the current
year. That the members of the
several township boards shall serve
without compensation.
Section 2. That section 951 of the
revised statutes of 1893 and the act
amendatory thereto approved the 9th
of March, 1896, be further amended,
so as to read as follows:
Section 951. That on some convenient
day prior to April, 1897, and prior
to August of each succeeding year,
the surviving soldiers and sailors who
were in the service of the Confederate
States or of this State in the late war
between the States,residing in the several
townships of the coutnties of this
State shall meet at such place in their
several townships as may be most convenient,
and after organizing and
electing a chairman and secretary
shall elect a majority vote of three of
their members, who are not applicants
for pensions, to constitute and be
known as the township examining
board: that the said townshio boards
shall elect one of their members chairman.
It shall be the duty of the chairman
of the several township boards
to meet at their respective county seats
within 10 days thereafter and organize
by electing from among their number
a chairman and secretary, and
when so organized shall elect by a
majority vote four of their members
and a regular practicing physician,
who shall constitute and be known as
the county examining board of pensioQS.
The said county examining
board shall meet on salesday in ApriL
1SS7, and on salesday in August of
each succeeding year: Provided,
however, That in those townships
where such surviors fail or refuse '
to comply with the provisions
of this act the State board of pensions
shall appoint three ex-Confederate
soldiers or sailors, who shall be nonapplicants
for pensions, when available,
and when not, to appoint three
reputable citizens of said township as
? members of said township boards,whc
shall hear all applications.
> Sec. ?. That the members of the
several county examining board of
pensions shall receive as compensa;
tion for their ser vices-$1. per day, and
5 cents jer mile one way; sa-id per
; diem and mileage not to exceed $8
1 each in any one year.
A Race Agalnat Death.
Denver, Col., Feb. 16.?H. J. Mahan,
who took a Burlington special
train from Chicago yesterday morn
ing to Denver, hoping to reach the
[ bedside of his oaly'son before death
; came to him, arrived this morning
nearly four hours too late. The run
was made by the special between the
two cities, 1,260 miles, in eighteen
hours and liftv-two minutes. The
last three hundred miles this morn.
ing, with a climb of nearly a mile in
: the air, was made at the rate of fifty)
seven miles an hour. Young Mahan
died just after his father entered Colorado.