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v.V.v-^v ^ .< - .. ^ - V". -" " . . ; ' , . _ .... '^ ? . i . i I..??^ _______ WINNSBORO, S.C., WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 16, 1898. NO. 28._ ;JJ ?? ? ? ??-?? ? _ . IN THE SENATE. WHAT THIS BODY HAS DONE DURING THE WEEK. An VfTttr-t ta Abolish the jOfllc? of Phoa phate Inspector Falia Th? ilpprcprlatloit B121 Under FIro. The Senate, wss r.ot in session Saturday or Monday. On Tuesday nothing of general interest wss done except the passing of a bill to urnish school; books at cost, which was afterwards reconsidered. On Wednesday the fg| HLjoint committee of the house and senSee, Messrs- Moses and Archer on the i Kart of the senate, appointed to investi HP^*gate and report on the necessary cffi cers and attaches of the general assembly reported that the following clerks and attaches can be dispensed with: In the senate, the clerk to roads, ete., general committee clerk, clerk to railroad and clerk to prAlleges and election; one doorkeeper and one porter, 3 daily savicg of $21. In the house, clerk on claims, en rolled act?, one doorkeeper, one laborer and one porter, a daily saving of $15; a total saving per day o! $36. The committee introduced a bill to carry out their recommecdations. The Senate then ratified an amber 1 of bills and ad j Dura ed. In the Senate on Thursday a lengthy discussion took place over Mr. Mower's bill amending the revised statutes relating to judgments. It provided that a judgment should be a lien for twenty years without privilege of re newaL Mr. Eagsdale offered an amendment substituting ten years for twentv. This was adopted. Then Mr. Hay moved to strike out t?e en j acting words of the bill, as amended, and this was done. Thus after marching up the hill and around the hill and down the hill again, the law was left as it now is. Mr. Dean representing the minority of the committee on commerce and manufacture, spoke in favor of "abol ishing the office of Phosphate Inspector. He said the industry was in a state of collapse and the inspector had but little to do, except to stay on his farm. He did not wish the total abolition of the office, but to empower the ir nhosnhate commission, consisting of j the governor and certain other state officers, when they deemed it wise or necessary, to employ an inspector and pay him $50 a month. This would save the state a considerable sum. We have heard much hard times and economy, and this is a gcod time to practice what we preach. Mr. Archer said the majority of the committee, after careful consideration decided that inasmuch as the phosphate industry waa looking up, they * deemed it best to make no change. * Mr. Pettigrew agreed with Mr. Archer and cited cases where the in spector had detected and corrected errors by which many dollars were saved to the state. The business is on UIC JJJUlCaau aiiu. XV i? .LiJau buan we should not disturb the present method. Mr. Dean said the minority did not V wish the abolition of the office as the t senator from Florence Kerned to have B assumed. The office was merely a SHL^siE^cure and it would be well to have Kit abolished. Bge&Ir Archer moved to indefinitely Skpone the bill. On this motion, Mfayas and nays were called and the S BKn being killed by the followiijg vote: Yeas?Archer, Buist,DuBose, Gains, Hay, Lesesre, Mauidin, May field, McCalia, McDaniel, Moses, Mower, Norris, O'Dcll Peitigrew, Suddath, Talbird, Walker, Wallace, Williams ?20. Nays?Alexander, Brown, Connor, Dean, Dennis, Douglass, Griffith, Henderson, JefFeries, Love, McAlba ny, Miller, Rsgsdale, Scarborough, Stackhouse, Turner, Waller?17. . When the approriaticn bill came up ^ the first debate arcse over the amend^ ment to raise the contingent fund of the adjutant and inspector general frcm $75 to $150. Mr. Arch=r moved to table this ames idmenL Mr. Buist said $75 was absolutely inadequate. The office had never had less than that amount. The amount was left at $150. An effort was made to cut the appropriation for the traveling expens? s of the adjutant general from $500 to $150. Mr. Archer favored the reduction fy because we were on a gold standard. s The amount was finally left at $500. The amount for the state board of health was raised from $1,500 to $2,500. Mr. Pettigrew moved to indefinitely postpone the amendment increasing the appropriation to the South Carolina College from $20,000 to $25,000. He said the time for economy has i come. Every officers salary had been k reduced and the reduction should exII tend all along down the line. The f college professors were getting ihe same salaries as years ago. Mr. Archer said in the denomina iional schools cf this state, 644 boys were taught at an expense of $23,750. In the South Carolina College 172 boys were tau?ht at a cost $25,OUO. I He thought if 644 could be taugh: for $23,750 it was reasonable that 172 could be taught for $20,000. For near ly a century this college has drawn an average of $25,000 cr a total of over $2,000,000 in that time. Whj have not some of her graduates, some of her friends who maintain that we cannot get along without this ii]ustrous institution?wny have ihey not given an endowment to the college 50 dear. Of the num ,;C ber of pupiis referred to, seventy one Mtuition. This is a matter cf ecoaI and he thought $20,000 suiSr. Henderson said this question should be discussed quietly. We all know timps are hare, but no facts; have been given, no figures adduced j to show that his college cculd bs run j on $20,000. If the college is ex'rava gantJy conducted why could not an F investigation have been made? The college was no pauper. It was made by our lawmakers/ They gave it existence and it is their duty to support it and not to starve it bj degrees. If it i$ the purpose to abolish the college let the purpose be proclaimed and the issue fairly made. Let us give her $25,000. That amount was necessary and it should be given; Mr. Sloan said if the-purpose was trt kill thfl ml leva let if Ka til iaH in?! znanly way?fiot by starvation. It had been reduced from $30,000 to $25, 000. Now it is proposed to cut the appropriation to $20,000. Our learned professors bared tha reduction before, for love of state and college; but they could not stacd a further reduction. The for?most men of the whole state came in a large measure from the alumni of this school. He repelled the insinuation that the institution. ! vras a beggar. He favored the appro- j | priations of Cletr-scn and Winthrop j land he hoced this college would rejceive $25.0C0. !Mr. Archer said this question was up for discussion every year because the people's money supported it and few of them get any benefit from it. If all our great and successful men in j this state came from the South Caro- j T: tt fl-lATT shnw I \ UUiZCJfC, niiT nun ? J ?... their love by coming forward and endowing it and taking it out of politics Mr. Pettigrew resented in insinua tion that the "reductionists" were not fighting an open and manly fight. He hurled the imputation back and asked his opponents to come out openly themselves. He read figures showing that years ago th? college got only $17,000. Mr. Sloan said he did not refer to the senator from Florence?did not j even have him in mind. | Mr. Pettigrew asked Mr. Sloan if I the appropriation from the general government was not intended purely I to keen un a chair of agriculture. After some parleying Mr Sloan said it was cot?that it was for the benefit of the South Carolina University generally. Hr. May field said he wss surprised at the turn of the debate. H3 had the figures to show that when the college I received only $15,000, it also reciived $29,000 from the general government. This school was discussed here every year because a number of prospective cacdid&tes were blowing for bun combe, were exploding campaign gas The figures used by the opponents of a liberal appropriation were incorrect in part Tttose schools which had been held up as examples of cheap schools, were partially supported by indowment. The founders of this noble college builded well, and their wcrk could not be crushed. He closed with a flight of oratory in which he enntft r>f th? nivvid eairle risinc above I -rv-w " ? C>- ?=? the approaching etorm into the bright sunlight above?just as this institution would rise above the storm of opposition now raging against it. Mr. Archer?"I suppose that eagle must have lit at Rock Hill." (Laugh ier ) This was a reference to Mr. Mayfiela's quitting the senatorial race at that place last year. Senator Archer protested against being prejudged and condemned, mi3 construed and misinterpreted about his position as to higher education. It is said he was Sghnng higher education . That is not true. He was working and pinching and stinting that he might help them; for he expected at death to leave hi3 possession to some "snlirtnl Mr. Henderson said we want a school where pupils can go after leaving our public schools. The vote was taken and the amount wss raised to $25,000 by the following vote: Yeas?Brown, Buist, Dean^ Douglass, LuBise, Griffith, Henderson, Jtfferies, Lesesne, Love, Mauldin, May field, McAJhany, McCalla. Mc Daniel, Moses, Mo^er, Norris, Ragsdale, Scarborough, Sloan, Stackhoase, Talbird, Walker, Wallace, Waller? 26 Nays?Alexander, Archer, Connor, Dennis, Gaines, Miller, O'Dell, Pettigrew, Suddath,. Turner?10. Mr. Archer moved to indefinitely postpone the amendmen t giving $2,400 for the state fair. He said it was unconstiiutional for the state to lend money on its credit. The vote was taken on the postponement as follows, and the fair appropriation was granted: Yeas?Alexander, Archer, Brown, Connor, Dennis, Love, McCalla, Pet tigrew, Turner, Wallace?10. Nays?Buist, Douglass, DuBose, Gaines. Henderson. Jefferies. Lesesne. Mauldin, May field, Mc Albany, Mc-| Daniel, Miller, Moses, Norris, Bigs I dale, Sloan, Stackhouse, Suddaih, TaJbird, Waller, Williams?21. Mr. Archer moved to increase the appropriation for the institute for the deaf, dumb and blind from $1S,000 to $19,000 and explained way the amc unt was necessary. Mr. Baist said no excusa was necessary?that he would vote for it for the remarkable reason that it was the first time he ever knew lha senator from Spartanburg to favor an increase in any mpropriation. The increase was mad W nen the appropriation bill came up for further consideration, Mr. Archer moved to abolish the offica of Confederate historian. We have been appropriating $1,000 for several years to prosecute the work of collecting Confederate rolls. This work should be done by the adjutant general. A'terwehave the proper data for the history, it would then be time to have a historian. The vote was taken and I Vfn A mntinn tsrsc lost Hv s vote of 16 to 13. Mr. McCalia th ught fiv8 hundred dollars was little enough. for the importance and magnitude of the work. It was impossible to complete the work in one year. Mr. Henderson said if $500 was not sufficient to complete the work, make the amount larger, but not pay for trie work till it was done. The amendment of Senator Henderson was finally adcpttd Mr. Brown moved to reduce the conticgent fund of the railroad commissioners from $750 to 8-1)0. Tnis was adopted. Wiien the bill came up to repeal the present law prohibiting the use of free passes by legislators, Mr. Rtgsdale moved to strike out the enacting words j of the bill. He reviewed the history ' of the various attempts to stop the use j of free passes which began m 1S38. The law finally passed in 1891. Tne passage of the present law was no re j proach or reflection ucon a man with i _i i ]_ i _ . ! ciea.ii nanus. xne iavr against em : b'.zzlement mighi; jus!; as reasonably j t>e construed as a rtli action upon those! entrusted with our public funds. The ] idea was preposterous and absurd. j Eren the j udges of the courts used 10! ?0 about with freo passes in iheir j pcckets?all but one, Judge Pressley. i The bill was killed by the following j vote. Teas?Alexander, Archer, Brown,! "Ruist. Dean. D.ju?]ass DnR.iso i Gaines, Jefferies, L'esesae, Love, Mc Albany, McCaila, McD*niei. Miller, \ Mower, Norris, O'Deil, Ragadale, j Stackhouse, Wallace, Waller, Wil-j iiams?23 Nays?Connor, Dennis, Griffith, j Henderson, May field, Pcjttigrew, Sioan | Suddath, Talbird, Turner, Walker? i 11. Mr. Scarborough was paired with; Mr. Hav. Tha former would have' voted "nay" and theiatter "aye." Mr. Connor asked that his reasons; for voting for the repeal be put in the journal, fie voted so for tue reason i that tbe present law against free passes does not accomplish tne purposes for i which it was intended This evident- j I ly refers to the aliened practice of the j j railroads selling legislators thousand j i mile tickets for 25 cents When Mr. Mavfield'sdisps^ary bill came up Mr. Henderson renewed his motion to indefinitely postpone the whole liquor qu :stioa. Mr. MaySeld explained the bill which hehadofferfd as an amendment. This amendment left it to eachciunty to say whether liquor should te sold in it and if so, how it should sold. It brings the i a-jestion down to the people, who < shall say whether county officials or < individuals :5hall sell it. Mr. Henderson renewed his mnlion ' to indefinitely postpone Mr. May field's < amendment. This was carried by the < following vote: Yeas?Alexander, Archer, Brown, Connor, Douglass, DaBose, Gaines, , Griffith, Henderson, Lesesne, Love, ; McAlhany, McCalla,McDaniel, Miller, Moses, Mower, Norris, O'Dell. Sloan, ; ?uddath, Turner, Wallace, Waller, i Williams?25. 1 Nays?De:m, Dennis, Jefferie?, May- , field, Pettigrew, Rigsdale, Scar- ; borough, Taibird, Walker?9. The vote was then taken on the ; osigiaal bill which was indefinitely ] postponed ] Mr. Rigsdale moved to strike out ' the enacting words of Mr. .Mower's j bill requiring public school teachers to ' attend county institutes whenever held in their counties. Mr. Mower exolained that he had ] iatrduced the oill at the suggestion i j of the teachers' association, and he j < presumed they knew the need and tha j, benefits of i.ich a measure or they j j ? ? --1 J ?. ?"U ?/v I 1 WUUiU 11U* llitVC 05A.CU 1VL lvO 1 . Mr. Ragsdale renewed his motion to j; strike cut the enactiog words of the {I oil! which was done by the following | ] vote: | ] Yeas?Connor, Dennis, Dougla-s, {< Gaines, Griffith, Lssesne, Love, May- i field, Miller, O'DeJl, Pettigrew, Rigs- < dale, Stackhou3e, Suddath, Talbird, < Turner, Wallace?17. Nays?Archer, Brown, Baist, Da- j Base, Henderson, Jefferies, McAlhany. ' McCalla. Mo Daniel. Mower, Norris, ; Sloan, Waller, Williams?14. j i Barnlnz of Iadl&aa. , The attorney general sent to the ( senate Wednesday a htter written by ^ Assistant Uaited States Attorney Mc- ] Meechen, giving the r?sults of his in ] vestigation into the recant burning of \ two Seminolo Indians in Oklahoma $ by a mob. He says the sentiment in , the neighborhood of the crime is all with the mob and he was informed ( that it would not ba well for him or t any other person to go into that local- j ity if it was known that the object was j to locate the conspirators. Mr. MeMeechen's letters tell in the main an \ old storv. but he ^ives some new de- l tails. McGrisy, he says, was the first of the Indians to move a muscle after the torch was applied, and he did not , move until the flesh was banning to , drop from his limbs and wat oegin- ' ning to touch his ears He then gave a loud whoop and bsnt over as . far as the chain would allow him and, sucking in the leaping flames sank down and expired without showing , any more signs of pain. Not so with c Palmer Sampson; he did not mova.un- ' til after McGisy had inhaled the . flames. Then he commenced to kick with both feet, throwing pieces of burnig wood 25 or 30 feet away. It ] was with difficulty tnat they succeed ^ in getting him burned. Mr. McMea , chen says a Baptist minister named ' Hiram Holt prayed for the Indians { before their execution, and as ' he j' knelt in prayer he held a rifle in his hand. The Festive Candidate. The festive candidate will scon be ' very much in evidence and we feel , sure he will find a warm weJcome wherever he strays. Ha will be in ' full blcom when the sap begins to rise ' onr? *ho eroa?a Kacin trt mats t'nAn tt/MI will hear the gentle carol of tha fes , tive candidate. 0, he's a j ally fellow, and is full of vain conceits, ana sees a j bosom friend in every man he meets. , He asks about your family; your , horses and your hogs, and shows a friendly interest in the children and the dogs. O, he's a jovial gentleman, as gamesome as a lamb, as blitbsome ( as a meadow lark and happy as a clam. ( His prospects are the brightest and his 1 chances they are sure, and he spends 1 his money freely and helps the needy , poor. He goes to church on Sunday , and his pious traits appear, but when it s necessary J19 will then set up trie beer. 0, he's a buoyant, sanguine * duck, the jocund candidate, he starts J out early la the morn and stays until : it's late. | Two YaiUib.e Balieciaa. 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Write Secre- j tary of Agriculture, Washington, D. j C., for a copy. j Jl WiStt CLCtttlitfU* P Es Senator Dubois, cf Idaho, Senators Pettigrew, of Sjuth Dakota, and Cannon, of Uiah, have recently re turned fron a vacition trip through Jacan and China. While in the litier country Li Hun;? Cnang, the fam-# . ous Cninese statesman, wno was pro-' ' nounced by General Grant one of the ( few really great men ne had known. In conversation ne askei them to car- ! ry a message to President McKinley, 1 sajing: "You may tell ,hiui ihit I 5 feel I have a right to send him a mes- , sage as an equal. because if Cniua were a llepulic and her people elected a 1 president, I would be president of ' Caiaa " Tni3 wa3 the message: "Your | ' excellency having attained the sum- j ( rait- o? human ambilioa Dy the silenca which is golden, I trust that vpu will now feel free to serve your people wi:a the speech whica is silver." A Faial Wreck. 0a the Mobile and Montgomery division of the Louisville and Nasnvilie railroad, aoouta Hundred miles south of Montgomery, Ala., a frightful head end collision of freigat tram oc carred early Friday moraiag resulting* j1 in 'our killed and ssvea iajared, one I j of taeaa perhaps fatally. I i THE CHILD'S BILL KILLED! | THREE COUNTIES EXEMPTED FROM j THE DISPENSARYA 3Icw to tUe Dispensary r.vt*% tliat Mxy Eventually Kill It?Haw tbe filembsra Voted on the 51ait;r, In the Housa on Tuesday the Child's prohibition bill was taken up and disposed of. After soma discussion Mr. Winkler moved to striks out the enactine words of Mr. Child's bill. The roll call was demanded and soon it was seen that the bill was kill sd by a vote of 58 to.39. The members voted as follows: Yeas?Hon. Frank B. Gary, Speaker; All, Ashill, Austell, Biiley,Banks, Betbune, Blytbe, Crum, Geo W. Dads. DeBrubl, Dakes, Edwards. Eflrd, 1 Epps, Gage. Garris, 0. P. Goodwin, 3-raham. Hezjldan, Henderson, Humphrey, Hydrick, Ilderton. Horace, E Johnson, Kibler, H. J. Kinard. J. D. Ciaard, Lancaster, L<*?ter~ Misboa Mitchell, HcDaniel, McKeo^n, McLaurin, HcWhite. Nettles, Phillips, 1 Pollock, Priace, Pyatt, Rogers, Sink!er, Skinner, Simkins, Spser, Slurkie, W. H. Thoma?, Timmerman, Woilin**, Welch. West, Westmoreland Winkler, William?, Witherspooh;' : Wvche, Yeldsll?53. J Nays?Ashley, Carraway, Cau.?h- 1 man, Cailds, Colcock, W. C. Davis, DeLoach, F^irey, Fox, Gasque, H. P. 1 3oodwin, Hamilton, iiolJis, T. ' Johnson, Ksnnedy, L'.mehouse, Liv- 1 ingston, Lofton, Mauldin, Meares, Mtjhrtens, Moora, 0 *en,Patton, Prica, j Riinsford. Robinson, Sanders, Se*- J orook, J. R. S.iiith, S. W. Smith, E. 1 D. Smith, Stevenson. Sullivan, John P. Thoxtab, Jr., Toola, Ve-ner, Whis- 1 jnant, Wilson, Wingo?39. ] When Mr. Verner's bill exempting ] Dconee county from the operations Df the dispensary law came up Mr. 1 ^Lsbill moved to strike cut the enact- < ing words of the bill. In defense Mr. i Verner made a strone plea. Prior to J ;he dispensary Jaw, Oconee had been ( i prohibition county. Without au;hority from his constituents, a repre- ' ientative from Oconee had had the J iispensary Jaw forced upon tha peo- < pie of Seneca. So violently were the 1 aeople of that town opposed to tha 1 la 77, that no one would rent a house J :'or the dispensary. Tae first year only >250 worth of liquor was sold, but last 1 pear the sales amounted to $10,000. * He showed tha evil effects that the J iispensary had wrought and showad I pstHloa irono. every single property io!der in Seneca beggiag for the re- 1 noval of the t-ispensary. Dr. Uderton asked him about blind 1 :igers in Seneca prior to the dispensary ' aw. 1 Mr. Vergfcf said that the blind tig- j irs had doubled'since, the dispensary iad come, and even then there were lot ss many as in the other gentle- j nan's county. Tne motion to strike out the enactng words was overwhelmingly voted j iown. Mr. DeLoach offered a a amendment ;o include York county in the Dill. . Stated the condition in York county, i rbrkville and Rosk Hill had voted lown the dispensary. Every incorpo- * . atedtownin the county had been jrohibition for years. Bat a dispanjarv had beea forced upon Tm*n, a 1 ;owe where theie were only 14 voters. Recently an election had been held . i.nd only two votes upheld the dispensary, and the dispenser and his clerk last these. * Mr. DeLoach's amendment was -1 idopted. 1 Mr. Mauldin offered to amend fur;her Dy including Pickens. Mr. Henderson arose to protest. Be- ] [ieved in giving counties some lati;ude, but if we adopt this precedent where will the dispensary end? (Josii ' Ishley, "Josh Ashley, "It'll die.'') ' Mr. McCullough was surprised that i mere would be oa9 dissenting voice, : when the people of these counties 5 lave cried for relief. This law has j seen forced upon them and we will be j roannn hi? if wa Hin't fttFnrrf ' hem the relief. Dr. Wyche stated that the farmer 1 lelegatioa from Oconee asked for the 1 iispensary, the present one wants it 1 amoved. What will the next one 1 want? 1 Mr. Stevenson read the dispensary aw and interpreted it to mean thit \ ilr. Verner's bill was constitutional. : [t is a question of right and wrong md not a question of whether the dis J aensary is a good or bad institution. 1 rae previous question was called and * ;he aye aud nay vote called. The vote resulted as follows: j Ayes?Anderson, Ashley, Austell, J Bacot, Bid on, uarraway, Carson, Col- j ;-jck, W. C. Davis, DeBruhl,DeLoach, 1 Ei wards, Epps, Fairey, Gtadsden, 3-asque, H P. Guodwin, Graham, j Hamilton. Hollis.Hvdrick. Horace E. 1 Johnson, T. D. Johnson, Kennedy, i ?ibler, Li me house, Livingston, L ?f- < ;on, Miuidin, Meares, fllehrteas, Muiheil, McOollouiih, MoDintel, He s S^own, Netties, Patton, Perritt, Ply- J .er, Pyatt, Rainsford, Reynolds, Robnson, Sanders, SeabroA, Sinkier, i Simkins, J. R. Smith, S. W. Smith, I ? D. Smith, Sievensoa, Sullivan, i Fohn P. Tnomas, Jr., V7. S. Thomas, Poole, Verner, Vincent, Woliing, i Welch, Westmcreiaad, Whisonint, 1 Wilson, Wingo, Witaerspjan, Yil j iell-65. Nays? All, Asbili, B* .ey, Banks, B=t:iuue, CiU^h-nan, Cram, G-jo. W. < Ddv-s, Dukes, Eflrd, Fox, G*rris, 0. < P. Goodwin, Henderson, Humphrey, < Qderton, Hsnry J. Kindrd, J. D. Kin ! *ra, Lancaster, Lester, ilia hoe, Mc ] Lauria, Mc White, Pniilips, Price, i Evince, Speer, Sturkia, rimxiermaa, i West, Wiiliam?, Wycbe?33. ] Ujastqaently tne biii passed to its ;hird reacting. 1 Tiie voie vras clinched by motion of v\ 5Ir. S.tsvenson, and ibe houje ioamaiiatsly after war i adj jurned. < Tauraday in the Hjus.j Mr. Ilderton \ novtd that Mr. Ytrner's b:U exempt- i ;nj* certain counties from the dispell- 1 ury law be recommitted. < He said last night vrnen this bill had i Deen discussed and each side had had in equal shoeing, I witadrew the mo- 1 ion tor the previous question in or ier to ailow the gentleman from s Dnesterfiela to make a fe n remarks, 1 icd after he had done sd, he rene ?ed 1 ? - - - - -- - .xi _ up . l _ _ l. * _ .113 mouon cuiung on a repay lo uus remarks. This bill was referred io trie < judiciary committee. I think itshouid io to tae dispensary committee, as < other bills on tae same lines are al- < wajs referred :o teat committee, which < jjnsisLs of one member from eaca I ;ounty. The autaor may be sincere, out he is inconsistent, (ilr. Ysrner J jAiled him down ana wanted to know i ivaerein he is inconsistent, and accuses < ilr. Iiderton of inconsistency by ask- j 1 .ng: "Didn't you say to me that you i< would vote to give the South Carolina college nothing?") Mr. Ilderton: *kYesbutmy amendment to give it whatever it was necessary, was carried, and was what I believe to be right." Continuing, Mr. Ilderton claimed that the dispensary is the best law on the statutes books. It has lessened drunkenness and ha3 saved men from that hell to which the gentleman from Oconee said tne law ought to go. If Crod will ever blsss one ruan, it will be B. R. Tillman for making the dispens*rv law. Ail this means to knife the dispensary and so called prohibitionists will then ally themselves with high license men and then shall wa have a state of affairs warse than op*n barrooms; a&d free liquor. In defense o? what, is rignt, in defense of the state board ofc jutrol, I protest. If these counties waat dispensaries removed, let them ask relief from the state board of control, and their request, if based on the right, will be granted. Josh Ashley: "Didn't our paople in 1892 vote for prohibition?" Wn T I ^3nmoi r\f f noi / } i ! .!? . x iuu . ouviiu ui ?i-io < scDundreh in my county voted for | prohibition merely for the purpose of j killing the dispensary and aiming a blow at Ban Tillman." Mr. H. EI. Eiwards: "My odx is the strongest Tillman box in Anderson county, and yet it went for prohibition." Mr. I'dertoa admitted that manyj men voted for prohibition from principle, but many others from preju[Lie 9 Mr. Efrrd: "I don't think that now is tha time to discuss party lines. But let us as servants of the people, take a, calm, logical view of this matter. Here is a bill to exempt certain counties from th3 dispensary law. Ought not this bill to have gone to the dispensary committee? Mr. Verner: "Th^ speaker has a right to put the bill wherever he chooses. . This was furthermore not a general bili to regulate the sale of liquor, as are those which go to the jiis*ry u J ILL mute s. i Mr. Eurd: Mark, you gentleman, ;he speaker will, throug'o. courtesy, allow a bill to go before the conami'tee iesignated by its author. Mr. Verier is afraid of the despansary committee. If a county objacts, there is law enough to remove the dispensary. Mr. Gage asks, "there is no law on the statutes books to remove dispensaries. That is an oversight in the law" i Mr. ESrd: Not law, but custom. The :ounty board of control will recom mend to the state board to remove Lhe dispensary and this vrill be done, j if right. Soma may say the county! board will not recommend the wishes d* the people. Wno, I ass you, recom mends the appointrneat of coanty boards? Ja regard to the effects, take Marlboro for instance. A reputable gentleman from that county told me that on the first Monday of January lie saw more drunkeaness in Benaettsville than he had seen in Columbia during his whole stay here. Who 3 it that wants tiie dispensaries removed. Consider the situition. Thosa ;hree coan-les lying along the state line, adjoining distilleries. If these :oanties are exempted, they will be in i worse state than Marlboro is today. He calls upon the hoase to leave rat ail courtesy, to take a calm, quiet new of the sitaation and to recomnit the bill to the dispensary committee. Mr. Llvingtone: "Who was that gentleman in Bennettsville who told rou of the drankenness there on the irst Monday in January?" Mr. Efird: "Judge Townsend." Mr. Livingston: "Judge IWnsend svas not in Bsnnettsville on that day." Way do these gentlemen draw Marlaoro into this discussion, I do not inow. Her representatives would not iare to bring a dispensary there, you ill know her glorious and substantial record since ihe war, and her citi sens ascribe this state of affairs to prohibitions. Prohibition in Marlboro oas, so far, been prohibited. Recently tie made statement that he would wire any citizan in the county asking th6 .sentiment of the people on this question. Ha wired the sheriff at the juggestion of some one.; and immeiiately the wires flashed back, "For prohibition." Mr. Sr.evenson: I am very sorry to ;ake the floor again on this questions, tn reply to the gentleman from Florence. A maxim which has regulated mv life is never to take anun fair advantage in debate or other wise j jf aay man. Mr.Iiderion rises toaquestoa of; privilege. He had not said that Mr. Stevanson had laien uafair advan ;age of the opposition to Mr. Verner's 3iii. Mr. Sieveasan? The questiou had *oae on for hours. I any have done wroag, bat at whoss instance did I nove tne previous question? At that )f the gentleman from the Floreace. Cae matter add bean obscured that I simply asked permission to qiote the law and gave my coastruetiou of it. Mr. Efird: Did I not ask tae permis sioa ox yourssii aaa laii. u jolt nasr ;oa to speak upoa tha question? He vssented, you refused. Mr. Sie^easoa: Wall, the gentle nia from Laxiagtoa has given his views fully today. Tais house is competent 10 t?ke a bill and dup jse of it witnout reference to any committee, i'ju are asked to reverse tae d^c.sioa ji the house because tha diipeasary 2omaaictee has hid a) c'aaace to pass >a it. I deny this is an attack upon ;he dispeasary aad the reform party, [f I understand the principles of the reform pariy, they are to deal fairly .0 all meo, and that principles isj rig at. Mr. Iiderton: I said nothing ab3ut> ;his baiag an attach on the reform jarty. Mr. SLeveiisoa said that 110 one had ] jhar^ed if, bat it had oeea intimated, .hat is why I ask taac we carry oat ;he principles of the reform party and ;reat these counties fairiy aad in acjordance with their reqaests to re instate to them prohibition. Dr. Ilderton: Saouid not the state aoard of control rectify this evil? Mr. Steveason: It is wrong for the state board of control to cram down iheir throats that which they do not want, as has been done ia the past. Mr. Dakes: Do you know thoso louaties want prohibition? Mr. Steveason: The grand jury of Djoaee county asked tor the removal :>[ the dispensary. Furthermore, those landidates who stood firm for prohibition were elected. Mr. Bogers regrets that a statement ae had made a few days ago had been miscoastructedaad made to reflect up3n nis people, he spoke for truta and truth's sake. He insisted that he was ] jorrectm Jus assertion regarding drun- j ' kenness in Marlboro county. There are j < no tnier, no nobler, no soberer people than tfiose of Marlboro. I was arguing that prohibition did not prevail under dispensary, not to reflect upon the county, but because it was true. Half of the drinking there onsalesday was by men from North Carolina. But still the liquor was tnere, and was obtainable ana under prohibition at that. The people of Marlboro are for temperance and so am I: but for Gca's i sake let us admit the truth. la Clic, the result of two elections was against dispensary. I am willing to put the question before the people but not to remove dispensaries from counties without a direct vote on the question. Mr. Verner stated that the dispen sary had been put on Oconee by a special act, wherein would consist the wrong in taking it a way by special act? Two wrongs dD not make a right. Personality and popularity often ride over the issuer, and though the issues of orohioition may havecarried in Oconee, but it was no test, for may there not have Deen other issues. Mr. T. G-. Williams?I voted against the bill la3t night. I shall also vote for recommiting the bill. In 1892 at the primaries, the question of prohibition was carried in Lancaster. We sent a delegation authorized to vote for a prohibition bill. Tnev voted against the dispensary law, I say my county of Lancaster and every other which proclaimed for prohibition then has as much right to be exempt as Oconee. There was no statute wnich gave Lancas.er and others prohibition, but they had voted for it and no pro- 1 11 L j T? :L uuuiuoa oiii was easctau. xwiuummit j this bill and allow us ail to CDina ia j; and I will vote for it. Mr, Ileadersoa?By special act of the general assemoiy a dispensary was placed in Oaonee. How right! this wrong? By repealing this special j act. Bat the gentleman fro 11 CbDaee s tackles the general lay. Waataooutr those other two counties, Pxckeas aad r York? Air. Stevenson?Pickens is in the j j same position as 0:;oaee. Mr. H^aderaoa?Waat about York? j (tfr. Veraer?"Tnat was put there by a two-ihirds votela3t nignt.") York county wa;? not put there by a , special act of tha legislature. Let ' tnese counties be brought under the . operations of the general dispensary law, and they will be siven justice. Treat every count/ ali&e. Doa't let j soecial provisions go in dispensary , law giving prohibition to these three } couaties. M" * (~X j r? erl a-ri aqUq^ f/%>* r?*arri r>iT a v ULl* \A 4UJUUU VAilOU ilil j question oa the whole matter. Tiie j ayes and nays ware demanded and < the motion to ressmmit was I03S by a . vote of 55 to 52 Tnis vote was clinch- ; ed by Mr. 8:erensDm ; The roll call was again demanded ' on the motion to pas3 the third readin?. Last night the bill pasaad its second reading by a vote of 65 to 33. , The opposition to ths bill gained new ^ strength mean while, as may bs seen by the vote recorded above, but lost ' slightly on the motion to pa33 to the ' third reading which prevailed by a < vote 5S to 50. THIRTY LIVES LOST. j , --"HHj' W?n Women anil f)hlMr?n Are Bnrleo B? neath the Falling Walls. Daring a fire in Pittsburg, Pa., ' Wednesday night an explosion of 1 whiskey occurred which blew out the j Mulberry alley wall with terrible re- ' suits. At the time the alley wa9 filled ] with firemen, policemen, new3 men * and others. Many were caught by the ! falling: wall. Rumor has it at least 25 ' or 30 man are still under the debris. Three dead have D9en taken out, ( among them Police Captain Berry. The other two are at the morgue un- 3 recognizad yet. Many people were ( injured by flying bricks and beams and ail the ambulances and patrol 1 wagons of the city are in constant 1 service. Some of th9 -injured whose . names have been secured, are: Charles Simon, a traveling sales- ( man from Cincinnati, badly cut on ] head. 1 William Fleming, hurt by falling ( beam, may die. Daniel Maloney carried through to j the cellar but dug his way out. Hurt internally. Charles Wilson, bridge builder bad- \ ly cut and hurt internally. William Desmuke, a peddler, head j and shoulders badly cut. Mary Dis muke his wife, hurt internally. Davis Stewart badly cut on head. Captain K. Brown, building inspector, ootb. legs broken. * Robert Rosamond, lieutenant engineer, company No. 2; leg crushed, necessitating amputation, body bruis ed. Owen K- Fclder, compound fracture of rigiit leg. G-eorge Douglass, thought to be internally io jured. Owen Mullihin scalp lacerated. William Fleming, contus3ions on body. Joe Headley, body and head cut. Kit Wilson, Paducah, Ky., head cut. Robert Davison, head and body in jared. Tha telegraph, telephone snd elec I i rrt-i t-o at trio Thl l?fPAn t.h I and Penn fell shortly after the explosion and killed an unknown man. Jmta'tertae expbs.ja tie large ( warehoase of W. A. Hee\!er & Co., ( situa:ei on Pike street,directly opposite the Chautauqaa Company's baildia-; \ was aolaza and ia a saort tim9 was beyond bopa of saving. At abjut 1:15 a ra. she fire was gotten uader coatrol and no furtaer spreai is expected. Tae two lar^e bai'idiags are a total wreck and the loss caaaot be much less thaa $1,000 000. Until the fail of the walls c*a ba cleared away taere is ao certainty as to the numDer of victims. Eleven peoyla dead, 27 missing and ! 18 injured, and a property ion o' $i,- ]! 5UO,OUO with about $L,000,000 insur-}' aace, i3 the awful record of the bigs' Sr<3 of iast night. Mrs. Mary M^Fad- j* dea, with hsr family of eight children, i are supposed to bs under the falling ' wall. They lived in a house on Mulberry alley, which was crushed. Nothing has been seen of them s;'.ncs the explosion Wednesday night s.nd it is believed all are dead. The Mormons ?t work. ; Mora than 200 Mormon missionaries 1 are at work in North Carolina, making many converts, most of whom are immediately sent to Utah. By thus attracting immigration it is the confl- < dent expectation of the Mormon lead- ] Arc nrtr nn 1 rr to orto-nH f ho inretsvst ftnH influence of the cburch, bat also to acquire absoluta control of political . affairs in the state of U;ah, in order ; that their peculiar religious institutioas may be sacure against interfer- : enca from the civil authority. M THE HOUSE, _ WHAT WAS DONE BY THE BODY LAST WEEK. Tfce Oonf jtSarate Monamsat In Columbia ! toba Enclosed?Daath or a Member of the Hoii3e. On Monday the House transacted considerable business, passing a large number of bills and killing about a score or more. Mr. McCullougn's bill relative to the collection of taxes was ordered to its third reading. The bill provides: Section 1. Tnat from and after the approval of this Act the towns and cities of this State are hereby authorized and empowered to collect the taxes of such towns and cities insush instalments as the municipal authorities thereof m;iy by ordinance precrib9. Mr Reynolds's joint resolution to authorize and direct the Secretary of State to enclose the Confederate monument on the 3tate House grounds was passed without debate; $125 was appropriated to the purpose. Senate bill to make th^ embezzlement of public and private funds a felony, and to fir the punishment therefore, with amendments, was passed The bill provides: Section 1. That all officers and other persons charged with the safe keeDin?. transfer aad disbar5amant of any public or private funds who shall embezzle the same, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by fin9 and imprisonment in the discretion of the Court; said fin? and imprisonment to be proportioned to the amount of the embezzlement and the party convicted of such felony be disqualified from ever holding any offi;e of honor or j emolument in this State: Provided, however, that the &3nerai Assembly, by a two thirds vote, may remove the disability upon payment in full of the principal and interest of the sum embezzled. Section 2. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent withtais be, and the sane ire hereby, reoealed. Mr. H/drick's bill to amend Section ! i,43o of the General 3taturesof 1832, rdiaiiaj to the cos's of Probate Judges, by adding thereto a proviso, went to its third reading. Tne spscial committea appointed iastyear, consisting of Messrs Gasqae, Westmoreland and Oven, rec impleaded that County Treasurer McOaII, if Florence, be paid the loss incurred 37 thi failure of thaCoffia Bank of Fioreace. Treasurer deposicei >133 59 in the bank Ic failed, and ilr. flic Gall's deposit went with it. Cne committee recommeni the payneat of the claim. The committea recommend that the ;laim of W. W. Grayson for $514 be not paid. Thi3 was pension moaey sent Mr. Grayson, and deposited in li n i_ _ 5 i.i. n ? ^ i n _ a? _ ;ae canis: or lae uaronaas?j,ae ujaia Bank. The bank failed, and the da- * posit went with it. Tiie commutes seat in a bill for ; &93 10'for inquiring into the justice of ; the claims This bill was referee! to ^ the com miy.ee on claims. Mr. Kibler presented the following ; resolution: Ba it resolved by the House of P^p- : ressntetives of the State of South'Car- 1 aliaa, the Senate concurring. That the ' ?rantin? of hotel privileges by the Slate board of control is contrary to to the spirit of tie dispensary law.and should be discontinued. Taatacopy 5 Df this resolution be sent to each mem nf t.hP! sairi hnard r?f r.nntrnl. Mr. Cushman objected to immediate ] jonsideration, bat withdrew it, and ' ;he resolution, but withdrew, and the ' resolution was then unanimously ad- \ Dpted. This means a good daaL Oa Tuesday tbe House passed a large * lumber of minor bills and tUen took jp tne Child's prohibition bill, which ' ^as discussed for several hours. Tne Dill was taken up again on Wednes- : lay and killed as will be seen by a re- J port elsewhere. Oatside of thelegisla- ' ion on the liquor question the House lid very little on Wednesday. * On Tnursday in the Hvjse a large J imount of work was done. When < ;he calendar had been gone through * with and such bills as provoked no ! iiscjassion had bsen disposed of, Mr. 3 Soblnson, the senior member of the ( Anderson delegation, arose and in 1 'eeling terms made the formal an- 1 aouncem^nt of the death on Wednes* lay nigbt of Mr. John M. Glenn, a npmharrt? thfi AnHprsrm d ft legation. . itliis hom9 in that county. Mr. Gleen had been stricken with typhoid fever just a few days after the jpenhigof the present session of the general assembly and death claimed aim Wednesday night. Mr. Robinson delivered an eloquent julogy, praising tbe many noble attributes of c&aracters of the d.cea33d member who during his stay of one year had won the esteem, confidence md admiration of his fellow msm oers of the general assembly. He introduced appropriate resolutions commemorating tbe sorrowful events. Mr. Sullivan, of the Anderson delegation, paid a beautiful triou-e to ;he memory of the deceassd member and lis' colleague. Mr. Stevenson, in a prose epic, depicted tae bsauty of a life lise that! if thA d?:id ranresantative. and sho.V I id its ert'acts upon mankind. , Mr Jobn P. rhomas, in behalf o j the Richland delegation, Mr. Cangh- ] nan, McCullou^a, Mr. Toole Mr. j Senderson, Mr. L;.viagston, Mr. Ash- f Ley, Mr. W. H. Inomas, Mr. Riins- , 'orJ. Dr. Wyche, Mc. Dakes, Mr. , Eird. Mr. Winkler, Mr- E D Smith ? led Mr. G-asque, on behalf of their respective coanty delegations, each idled a flower to the chaplet of immortelles which crowned the memory i 3f him for whom each hsd the highest regard. In the House on Friday Mr. Sinkler < ask*d to take up Mr. Wilson's bill ''to : create the coiznty of Lse from portions Df Kershaw, Darlington and Samter irmnHac arit-Vi hnnnrlorips AS ifter described, and tc provide for trie erection of a court he use and jail, lor i the holding of courts and for tae election of couaty officers/' Permission ; was granted. Tntra were numerous weighty matters on hand, but it was thought that the disposal of this bill would occupy but a short tima. After a long winded discussion the vote on the motion to strike out the enacting words was demanded and Lie county was assured by a, vote of 83 & 20. Discussion on the new county gov- , emment bill was interrupted oy the presentatia of the senate's amendments to trie appropriation bill, wiien the appropriation for South Carolina College was broght up, a warm discus-! sion. I .111T. VV llljELiCl iiau fib ? vkVM, WV I reduce the appropriation but was now j willing to increase the amount to the ] -?gc: sum recommended by the senate. Mr. Ilderton had figured the matter down and was satisfied that the figures produced by the house were proper and he wanted it referred to a free conference committee. Mr. Henaersan opposed the senate recommendation. South Carolina College gets enough in the appropriation. There should be a cut in salaries. They are too high. Higher than thosa of any other institution in the State. In reply to Mr. Patton, he stated that he did not know what the salaries were nor what were the salaries at other institutions. Di. Price bslieves in economy, but there is a danger of using economy to the hurt of the state. He could not sit in his seat and see such a grand 2 r._7 lza x: : Ti. 2~ suu usmui institution cnppieu. . it is due to South Carolina College to support her properly. Mr. McCullough?Every other institution got every dime it asked for except South Carolina College. The issue is not institutions, but "institution." Why does Mr. Henderson not come out manfully'and s?y he is opposad to South Carolina College. L3t us treat all the institutions alike; if youtu', one, cut alL No one has yet proved extravigance at South Carolina College. Mr. Toole was tired of the insinuations that becauss we are trying to econoaaiza we are trying to kill the grand old institution. This house has decided that $20,003 was enough. We have rights, we have opinions &nd should not be dictated to bj the senate. " ;V; The house refused to concur in the . t senate amendmant by a vote of 51 to 48, The following senate amendments to the same bill were concurred in: A raise in aooropriation for adjutant general's offiue. Payment for piano ' at governor's mansion. Increase of appropriation for state historian,.and for deaf aad blind asylum. Rsfused to concur ia amaudmants appropriating a loan to the Ssate fair association. to the phosphate inspector. ^ The38 matters will doubtless be re ferred to a coalereaca cxnmitte and 3ettlad. *Oar Immoxtal Lm, It was Lord Wolsely, tb.9 greatest of living E lglish Captains, who said of General L 33; UI hare met many of tha great mm of my tima, bat Lae aloae impressed me with, tha feeling that I was ia the presanca of a maa who wai cast ia graader mold aad : made of different aad fiaer metal than ill other una." Prasidaat Andrews, 3f Brown University, in a Chicago 3oaeeh, paid aa eloquent tribute to Gtea. L^e, of which tha folio wiag are 3x:racis: "Hi had tha faith of the :ru?ader; his lettsrs would make a juida to holiness. Ha wa3 always a soldier?aevar impure ia thought or ict, naver profana orobscane. Ha did not touch the c ap. He was never outMAM U ? VM A! ? A AAfVl uy uiauv ;u au wiiupaigns ffoca the Rappahannock to Jamas rivar, never trapp3d and aever caught nappiag. I fail to Had in the books any such masterful generalship as this hero showed. holding that sliai gray line, halfstar vad, with no prospect of additions, and fighting when his army was too quarry to stand and the rifl.33 were aaly useful as club3. His courage was sublima. He was as great as 3-ustavus Adolphus, or Napoleon, or Wellington, or Von Moltfce. Lae successively defeated, outgeneraled - iad route! the bast generals that Washington could send against hiai, md it was not until the immortal 3-rant, with the finest army of vet9rins that the world has ever seen, took ^ ;he field against him that Lse's marvellous accomplishments received a :heck. Eren against Grant, Lie fought as probably no other general ;ver touzat, ana against oaas mat would have drivaa Napoleon to de3 pair. It was a great death, straggle when Grant faced Lee, and L% then. ine n that his was a hopeless straggle. 3e kept that thin, gray line of ragged, hungry man, growing thinner md hungrier each day, together. His courage, his wonderful presence and stroag personality kept that little sand of tattered and emaciated men in battle array, and fought to the last iitch, surrendered only when he realized that it would be murder to keep up the struggle." American Losses. A memorial was presented to the president by a delegation of New Fork business men representing a large number of well known and inliential firms in the city asking chat action be taken by this government looking to the re establishment jf peace in Cuba. The memorial rentes that the war in Cuba daring the L^st three years nas resulted in a yearly average loss import and export trade between Cuba and the United States of $100,000,000. In this sam is aot included the heavy sums irretrievably lo3t by the destruction of American properties in Cuba or properties supported by American capital, such is sugar factories, railways, and toaacco plantations, and in respect to ;rade and capital, the loses of citiz3ns the United Spates are stated to be iar greater than those of all other parties concerned, not excepting Spain herself. Like its two predecessors the sugar crop of 1897-98 is virtually lost. Daiv about 15 par cent of the sugar factories of the island ware operated last year and as 80 psr cent, of our ;ra_e with Cuba depends upon the sugar crop of the island, it is readily seen that our commerce cannot' be restore! until actual peace is established. Choked a Wild 0?t to Djath. Miss Martha Calver, 18 years old, of G-rand Rapida, Mich., walks five miles to her 'school every day through pine woods, and usually lias no other companion than a 33 calibre repeating rifle. A few days ago s, big hungry wiid cat confronted her in the woods. Miss Culver fir ad, but only wounded the animal whica attacked her. It tore her j icket to shreds and cut a deep scratch in the arm. Seizing the beast by the throat and forelegs, she succeeded, after a desperate struggle, in releasing the grip of the brute, finally choking it to dewlh. Demanded His Bee*11. DeLorne, the Spanish Minister at Washington, has gotten himself into trouble. Ha wrote a letter to a friend in Madrid in which he spoke of President McKmley as being "weak and catering to the rabble, and besides, a low poiitican, who desires to leave a door open to me and to stand wall with the jingoes of hi3 party." The letter by some means found its way into the papers, and President McKinley promptly demanded the recall of DiLome by his government, which was promptly done. " i^^hHSB