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-r-^-r-r^rrry ,-j.^ t -~'g-f.. '-fT-yA^? '< * * ' ??? ?^?? ??????????????^??^ ?^?????^?? ^??i?i^??^???^^??*??^^???? ? - ___?? *V, ^ J~ VOL. LI 11. WINNSBORO, 8. C.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 25, 1899. NO. 25. |gj iP* WORK OF SENATE. What the Grave Senators Are ( Doing in Columbia. % . l5 what they have done. Work Done by the Upper House of tfre Legislature During the Past Week of General r interest On Monday, Januan 10, nearly all the sens.tors bad returned after the two days' recess, and were in their seats and "'ready :ror business," as the senatorial parlance has if, when that body was called to order at noon, yl. Mr. Henderson offered a resolution Kgi - instructing the secretary of state to have 175 copies piiiited of the county government act and laid on the desks of the members. This measure has been wj .if held up by the governor and only be)?> came law on the third day of this session. There were numerous inquiries about the law, and there was no way for its text to be seen without referm . .1 ^ x7 ence tome origina: m tuu secieisj.) ux lit- state's office. ;J[ Mr. Appelt's bill to exempt Claren%$k don county from the operations of ail acts providing for the licenses and license fees for trafficking in seed cotton A was, on motion of Mr. Douglass, killed. Before the vote was put, >Ir. Appelt Wj spoke in defense of the measure. It FSjtfsgT was purely local, he declared, and said that year after year the Clarendon del\ 2 egation had been urged to seek the re?*$1 of tlie act so far as it applied to that county. The law was practically without force and effect in Claren.^1 "don. He made an earnest effort to &e|2l4 cufe the repeal. j Mr. Manniug, of Sumter, insisted "1J' that the measuie did affect other coun ities contiguous to Clarendon. For the reason that it affected Sumter county. r- he urged the adoption of the motion to | *- kill, which motion prevailed. One o'clock, the hour the senate was rr~tin joint session with the house having arrived, that body adjourned to the hall of the house. There the vote in the last general el. cticn was declared. The Senate then returned to its own J ' chamber, and, on motion of Mr. Archer, adjourned until luesday at 12 o'clock. * ^ Among the first things taken up Tuesday were the resolutions authoriz ing the introductions of bills to amend the charters of several corporations. They were considered successively and passed. Mr. Love of York is anxious for an | ^ v early adjournment. He offered a resolution fixing the day for final adjournment on the 10;h of February. >"o ac" lion was taken' on the matter. The chair announced the appointmsit '^3ESl ^r* Eugene Cooper as doorkeep* TfflT er in tne gaiiery. ^ $ The bill to require county boards of * k commissioners to deduct from salary of regular constables compensation paid rf persons acting as constables on a particular occasion, unless such service was rendered in an emergency wherein the regular constables could not perform the servioe, passed its third reading. Mr. Henderson's bill fixing the time at which objections to the qualifications of jurors must be made was taken up. This bill provides that if objection is not made to a juror before he is sworn in n'r? Ywdift r>an thereafter be set f aside because auy of the jurors happened to be disqualified. The need of such a measure was manifest that the bill passed its second reading without discussion and by a unanimous vote of the senate. . Mr. Mower has undertaken to rectify the evils of the act providing for the formation of new counties. He had offered an amendment and secured its adoption Monday, making it incumbent on the county boards of election commissioners as judicial officers to settle all election contests which might arise on questions of facts. By the same "* amendment the State board of canvass' i n i._i. i_ .r? I I '* ers is maae tne last court ui appeal , against the decision of the county boards. The contests which have been |s . had with Lee and Pee Dee counties ? made the senate anxious to accept any ' law which would prevent a repetition of such contests. | The Senate met at 11- o'clock Wed?t \ | nesday. Thursday being Gen. Lee's B 4^ birthday, Mr. Manning moved that w when the senate adjourned it be to meet at 11 o'clock Friday. The regular order of tie calendar being taken up, these bills were speedily eiven a third reading: jf Mr. Henderson, fixing time at which * objections to qualifications of jurors ' X~ must be made; Mr. Mower, amending the act providing for the formation of new counties; Mr. Graydon, relating to filing affidavits; Mr. Barnwell, amending law with regard to sealed inst:uf ? ments. The hour at which the senate and F - house were to meet in joint session for the inaugural ceremonies having ar. I ' rived, the senate went over in a body to i 11 1? *1 . c tne nan 01 iue lauer. r> Upon die reassembling o? the senate. r*y Mr. Graydon spoke in favor of his resold ' lution looking to a striking out of the U provision of the constitution for the legislature changing county lines. Mr. Graydon awe'-t upon the injustice to the counties in allowing any section, no matter 1k?w small. even to a single A ^ plantation, disrupting county lines at will. It was. he said, new-countyism ^" run mad. He cited many instances in which injustice or evil might be * -i nought by allowing the people without - I restraint to change th? map of the J" Stale to suit local issues. The vote ?? being taken, the unfavorable report of ^ the committee was adopted. After the transaction of some other ^ 3 business of miuor importance the senI' ~ 1 ?t? adjourued to meet at 11 o'clock Fri"A ? Aott The first matter to draw the senatt out of its usual quiescent state Fridav ' " ' was Mr. Sullivan's amendment to the * constitution abolishing the homestead. On motion of. Mr. Henderson the reso* ^ lution was killed by the following vote: _?eas?Archer. Blakeney. Connor. Dean. Douglass. Graydon. Hough. SarI ratt, Sudduth, Sullivan?10. If I Nays?Aldrich, Alexauder. Appelt, * Barnwell, Bowen, Brown G. A.. Brown. V H ] iB? I \] W\ A., Dennis, Glenn, Griffith, Gruber. Hay, Henderson, Ilderton, Manning. Marshall, Talbird. Walker, "Wallace. Waller, Williams, Standland?25. Those who voted yeas are in favor of abolishing the homestead and those who voted nay arc opposed to abolishing it. SAW THEIR C0MRADES~C00XED A Feast for Solomon Island Cannibals Provided by Boat's Crew. Mail advices from the South Pacific inlands, via JaAan. give details of the scuttling of the schooner Sea Ghost by Solomon island cannibals last October. The cannibals killed all the crew of the schooner with the exception of two men, who had a remarkable escape. The Sea Ghost was owned by her master, Capt. Kohlj-ohn, vrho sailed from Queensland with a cre'T of ten men late in September for Buka, an island of the German Solomon group, to procure a cargo of copras. The two survivors reached the Australian coast recently. They said that Capt. Kohlsobn arrived at 13uka at night. The nest morning five or six native boats came alongside, and in a few raoments the vessel's mate and crew were talking and making friendly signs to the islanders. Several members of uhe crew went below to secure goods for trading purposes, when thirty natives suddenly jumped on deck with natives. ? " ' I - * 1 - l -II.JV?i. A 1 j -.in me sanors were Kiueu oui- iuiue. One of these jumped overboard, swam ashore and was taken prisoner. His two surviving comrades were - bound hand and foot. Capt. Kohlsohn was dragged from his cabin and run through with spears. The natives then went ashore with their prisoners and took the dead sail ' ors with the3f. The two prisoners were i left on the sands while the i slanders ; prepared to eat the bodies of their ; comrades. While this feast wns being made several natives went ott to the schooner and found a barrel of liquor t r_ _ * i.; a. in aer cdoiu. xu a suuru ntuc tuc cutire party became stupidly drunk. The two sailors managed to free themselves : from the throngs which bound tbem jumped into a small boat and put to sea. After floating helplessly about for two days they were picked up by a ; trading vessel, which carried them to other islands from where they finally secured passage for Australia. Before proceeding to get intoxicated one party of the natives unloaded part of the ^ > J 44.1 _ J T | seaurQOSt s cargo auu men scuuicu nei. A DESPjSBATE CONVICT. In an Attempt to Escape He Cuts a Soldier. A dispatch from Greenville to The ' State says: ''Charles Johnson, a white member of the county chaingang, during a brief season of partial freedom ' Monday afternoon, managed to raise ( a considerable disturbance and to-wouna a soldier. Thomas Wilton, a trusty, with three other prisoners, ;am? to the ] Laurens depot to get *ome freight for the convict camp, and Wilson, who is : more guard than prisoner, left the oth- 1 er two "trusties" and Johnson at the . depot while he came np town to get the supervisor's order for the release of the ! freight. During thS short absence of Wilson, Johnson, who was the only ! one with shackles on, left the others ! and it seems made a dash for liberty. Some one, not yet apprehended, cut his 1 shacklcs loose. The other prisoners 1 gave the alarm and the provost guard { i ? . J l ana ponce were iiuuueu. "Johnson ran near the post of Thomas Hickey, of the provost guard, at ] Gower and Speights' coal yard. Hickey ! made an attempt to arrest the convict and was having a rough time of it. He j had great provocation to shoot, hut ' withstood the temptation. Adolph Alf- 1 piper, a German member of the Fourth Missouri, Co. A., ran to the help of the 1 guard. In the struggle he was sudden- 1 ly given a rake across the chin by the . convict, who in some way had acquired ] a knife. Alfpiper was not seriously hurt, but he bled badly. The leng sav- ! age cut wa3 frightfully near the throat. i ''T n enn w ilenn ffiA nfTipr r>nn- I ' victs and Alfpiper were carried to the station house. The soldiers generally and the citizens were indignant about : the affair. Superviser Speegle will see* that Johnson is dily punished. Johnson is serving a nine months sentence 1 for breaking into Endel's store. Wilson bears a good reputation, and though a convict is not blamed. He ha/won hisrh.re.card during his term.'' Cob Charcoal For Hogs. Fattening hogs eat charcoal greedily, but that made by charring corn on the cob is eaten best, and is all that is needed to keep them in health. In one of the Minnesota Farmers' Institutes, Theodore Louis tells how he makes cob charceai on a large scale where hojrs are kept by the hundred. He digs a hole five feet square at the top and five feet ceep. Into this be throws some cobs, setting fire to them as they are thrown in until the hole is filled. Then the fimnnlptelv covered, banking earth against the edges of the cover. In twelve hours uncover, and the cobs will be completely charred, so that they will easily crumble. Six bushels of this are mixed with eight pounds of salt, two quarts of air slaked lime and a bushel of wood ashes Dissolve one and a quarter pounds of copperas with hot water, and sprinkle over the mass. This mixture aids digestion and de?troys the iutesiinal worm? with which fattening hogs are always infested. Hogs, thus fed, have no occasion to root, as they get what they require without this labor. Will Be Courtmartiaied. ! President McKinley announced Wednesday to the cabinet shortly after it assembled for its regular Tuesday session, that he had decided to order a courtmartial to try Commissary Gene | ral Eagan for the abusive language he I had used respecting Maj. Gen. Miles J while on the witness stand before the I war investigating commission last s j Thursday. Ever since the sensational - | event the president has been carefully ! | deliberating over the matter and has j had frequent consultations with army j officers and others regarding the steps : j that should be taken, for he was conI vinced at the outset that the question I for consideration was what action should be taken, and not -rhether any disciplinary measures ;it all should be had. WORK OFTHE HOUSE. What the Representatives Are Doinor in Columbia. THE WORK SO FAR DONE. Work Done by the Lower House of the Legislature During the Past Week of General Interest. The House accomplished very little the first week besides organizing and ' getting ready for work. A great many new bills have been introduced, but none of a very important nature. The following is a report of the proceedings since our last issue: On Monday. ICth instant, a large L -i j J ] UQiDer O" urns were lairuuuceu auu referred, but beyond this nothing much was done. The calling of a third reading of Mr. E. D. Smith's bill '"to appropriate ?2,000, or so much as may be nccessary, as an emergency fund, to be used by the State board of Health in dealing with certain diseases:" was the signal for an attack by Pr. Woods, of Claren don, aud others. After considerable | discussion pro and con the bill passed j its third reading by a good majority, j At 1 o'clock the senate came over in a body for the purpose of canvassing, in joint session, the vote for governor and lieutenant governor. Senators Brown and Sullivan and Representatives Theus, Simpkins and Grantt were appointed a committee to canvass the vote. This occupied considerable time, and when it was finally announced officially that W. H. Ellerbe had been elected governor, Mr. Magill moved that a committee be appointed to wait upon the governor-elect to notify him of his election and to ascertain his wishes as to the inaugural. This motion was carried rnd the committees will be appointed at the convenience of the presiding officers. _ There was quite a debate over Mr. Stevenson's bill to repeal an act passed in 1S88 entitled ' ;an act to protect primary elections acid conventions of political parties and to punish fraud committed thereat." However, it passed its third reading. The JHouse then adjourned to 10 o'clock Tuesday. On Tuesday fcr the first time, the House met at 10 o'clock and continued until 2 o'clock. The resolution to present Lieut. Victor Blue with a sword was withdrawn from the files, because there was an evident desire to kill the bill?^ There were two bills on the calendar marked "No. 38:" the original of Mr. Jeremiah Smith to "devote the net proceeds from the privilege tax to the jrection and maintenance of academic preparatory schools in the counties of :his State.1' and the substitute offered oy the committee on public schools to ipportion said funds among the free public schools of the several counties. Mr. Prince moved that debate be ad journed until Friday, when all matters elating to the privilege tax could then De discussed. This motion prevailed, ind the fertilizer tax in all its phases md features will then be considered. A concurrent resolution from the senite, that the State printer be instructed :o print 300 copies of the county government law. The house concurred in :be resolution. A concurrent resolution that a committee of two senators and five repre v , i J I sentatives De appointed 10 wan upon [lis excellency, William H. Ellerbe, governor, and Miles B. McSweeney. lieutenant governor, to inform them as to when they wished to qualify. Mr. Magill moved to insert 'three'" representatives for ; 'five.'' The amendment wa3 adopted with t.he resolution. There was some debate over Mr. Blease's bill to provide for the selection by primary of the nominees for the positions of superintendent of the penitentiary. county auditor, oounty treasurer and trustees of public schools. The bill was killed. The house received and accepted an invitation to attend the awarding of a medal by the Wade Hampton Chapter _ ft . > /I P 1 A 1_ _ L>augnters or tne uomeaeracy, tne exercises to take place at the South Carolina college Thursday night. Mr. Blease offered aresolutioo thanking all who had volunteered to serve the country in the recent war with Spain. The resolution was unanimously adopted, and the House adjourned to 10 o'clock Wednesday. The session of the House "Wednesday was interrupted by the inauguration ceremonies, but considerable work was accomplished. Mr. Ashley moved to strike out the cnacting words of Mr. Blease's bill to increase the punishment for refusal to pay road tax. Mr. BleaFe said that he would make no argument on the biil but would merely make a statement in regard to it. The highest punishment now inflicted for refusal to work the ro-ids was five days and he thought that the punishment ought to be made more severe. Mr. Sturkev thought the present lim it of punishment enough and moved to indefinitely postpone the bill. This motion was lost. The bill parsed its second reading The section when amended will read as follows: Section 5. That it shall be the duiy of every overseer to make out a list of all persons liable to road duty. S?id overseer ;s hereby authorized to demand of any person or corporation the name of any and all hands in his, her or its employ; and any person or corporation receiving of such overseer or warner by him appointed, such demand, failing or refusing to furnish a list containing the names of ail male employ ees, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and for every such offense shall le subject to a fine of not less than $10 1.0: more than $30, or imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 10 nor more 30 days, and place said list in hands of the warner. who shall serve notice, either by seeing the parties personally and giving verbal notice, or leaving written noticc at the residence of the party, to order out every such person resident as aforesaid, between the first day of January and the first day of December, annually, to do and perform the work aforesaid on the public road to which each person may be assigned; said assignment to be on roads near residence of said party, or any road to be changed or opened within four miles. And if any person being "warned by such overseer a3 aforesaid, i shall Refuse or neglect having had at least 12 hours' notice, to attend by himself or substitute to the acceptance of the overseer, or, having attended, shall refuse to obey the direction of the overseer, or shall spend the time in idleness or any inattention to ihe duties assigned to him, shall be guilty of a ' n i demeanor, and on conviction thereof I cV>ol] Vna r>nf mnro tVian S10 dnl- i lars nor less than $5, and costs, or be sentenced to county chaingang not more than 30 days nor less than five days. Mr. Jenkins' bill to limit the time in which the State can enforce the payment of taxes occasioned a long de 1 bate. , The original bill provided 'That from i and after the passage of this act the ' State shall not have the right to enforce i the collection of any tax after the ex- ] piration of two years from the last day < on which such taxes are payable with- < out penalty: Provided, that this act i shall not apply to taxes for the collec- i -~.IxC.~U *V?a rV\o 11 mcHfnfn ] LIU LI Ui WHICH LUC 'Jtaic ouuix ^uguvuvu j judicial proceedings within the time i limited above." . i The ways and means committee sub- 5 mitted the following substitute bill: That from and after the passage of 1 this act all taxes hereafter levied, or becoming due under the laws of this i State be conclusively presumed pafd t after, six years from the last date said 1 taxes could have been paid without '< Denaltv: Provided, That this act snail ( not apply to taxes for the collectioa of which the State shall institute judicial proceedings within the time limited above. After a long debate Mr. G-antt offered an amendment ?o limit the time to ten years. This was adopted, and the substitute bill subsequently passed its second reading. Mr. Wharton's bill, regarding the traffic in cotton in bales weighing 300 pounds and over, passed its second reading after a discussion. The bill reads as follows: That it shall be unlawful for any cotton buyer to refuse to accept any bale of cotton, after he has bought the same by sample thereof, weighing over three hundred pounds, provided same correspond with the sample cotton; and any sue', buyer who docks or deducts any amount from the purchase price of any such bale of cotton, or attempts to dock or deduct any amount from the purchase price of such bale of cotton, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction before any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined in the sum of not more than one hundred dollars nor less than twenty dollars. Mr. Stevensons Din proniDiung * frauds at the polls passed its second ; reading. 8 Following are the provisions of this bill: That from and after the passage of this act it shall be perjury for anyone to swear faisely in taking :my of the oaths prescribed by the<respective authorities of political parties to be taken in the management or conduct of any primary elections for the nomination of candidates for office, or for any voter to swear falsely in voting or offering to vote at such primary elections, and the r same shall be punished in accordance with the punishment now prescribed by la./ for perjury. Sec. 2, That it shall be a misdemeanor for any one taking part in the management or conduct 01 a primary election, or voting at the same, to commit any fraud in the management or con duct of said primary election, or in vot ing at th? same, or in making returns of a the same (other than committing perjury as above specified), and the offen- * der shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both, in the discretion of t the court. g Sec. 3. That anyone giving or offer- r ing to give a bribe, or anyone accepting \ a bribe, to vote or to influence votes in J any primary election shall bs guilty of g tt misrlompflniir and on conviction i shall be punished by fine or imprison- ( ment, or both, at the discretion of the T court. 1 Quite a number of new bills were in- < troduced and the House adjourned to ] meeton Friday, Thursday being Gen. j Lee's birthday. l "When the house reassembled Friday , Mr. Bacot's bill to change the color of j the State flag from blue to purple vras | taken up and promptly kiUed, as it , should have been. The matter of fraud and intimidation i at the polls called forth much spicv re- : partee between Mr. Blease, the author . of the bill, and Messrs McCullough and 1 Prince. The bill finally passed in the , following shape: That any person or persons who shall employ or have control of, either as superintendent, manager, overseer or otherwise. of any person or persons in this State, and shall by any threat to dismiss them from employment attempt to make them vote at any primary election against their own will, shall upon conviction be finci a sum of not more than $100 or less than $25, or be confined on the chaingaug not more than 30 or less than 15 days. The committee on privileges and elections, throusih Mr. S. P. Dendy, reported that it recognized that Mr. D. G. Keels was not entitled to his seat as ' * - - r t tne representative irom Jjee county. , I There was no discussion and the mat! ter was laid over for consideration. . Arrested at Lake City. ' A dispatch from Lake City. S. C., , says: Wednesday evening E. Brooks , Sligh. United States deputy marshal, : canje up from Charleston on the train . arriving here at 6:25, and arrested A. , C. Belk. one of our white citizens, on a warrant charging him with having ( taken part in the killing of Postmaster . Baker and burning the postoffice on . February 21 of last year. Mr. Belk j quietly submitted and went along with j .>]r. Sligb, wno returnea to vjaarieston . Wednesday night. The incident was . without excitement here. Mr. Belk ^ will likely waive a preliminary hearing. Standland Elected. \ The tabulated returns for election of : senator f'.?r Dorchester county are as ' toliows: standiana zyo: ;>nnus i.w; j Behre 120: Fishburne 37. T. W. Stand- ! land is elected to fill the vacancy erea- < ted by the death of senator McAJhany. ! \ THE INAUGURATION. Gov. Ellerbe and Lieut-Gov. McSweeney Sworn in. THE CEREMONIES VERY BRIEF The Addresses of the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor Short Pnint OIIV4 bV WIIV Vlllki % Governor William II. Eilerbe and Lieutenant Governor M. B. McSweeney were inducted into office Wednesday. The ceremonies attending the change of Administration were brief, not lasting over twenty minutes altogether, rhere was nothing unexpectd or remarkable about the exercises. It would have been difficult to have made the jeremony more formal or brief. Several hundred visitors, at most, witnessed the swearing-in of the Governor. The young ladies from the colleges were present in a body, also a number of Governor Eilerbe's friends ? 1 ' . S\ _ P ll __ A. A 3 :n tne' city, une or me interesiea spectators was Mrs. Ellerbe, who was Lccompanied by her children and memjers of the household. The procession was not over five ' ninutes behind the Lour appointed for :he exercises, oergeant-at-arms Gasion, oft"he SeDate, with Sergeant-at- ' irms Stansell, beaded the line of march, j jovcruor Ellerbe, who came in on the 1 irm of Senator Mower, came next. 1 ie wore a black frock coat and black :ravat, and looked quite well. Follownrr noma Ttono nf fi-nrvirnnr lYT VUilUV AliVUVVUMUW v V V* "V* Sweeney with Mr. Magill, Judge Earnest Gary with Sen tor Graydon, the ' 3ev. Mr. W. 11. Richardson with Mr. Montgomery, Comptroller General Der1am with Superintendent of Education VlcMahao-, former Adjt. Gen. Watts vith Adjt. Gen-elect Floyd, former i ittorue) General Barber with Attor- 1 ie} General 13^ linger and Mr. Simkins ^ vith Sutc Treasurer Timmerman. As soon as the Suite officers, their ' sscort and the Senators arrived in the ? louse and were seatel Mr. Scarborough, < President of" the Senate. announced he purpose of the joint assembly and ,Uat the Rev. Mr. Richardson would | leliver the prayer. Mr. Richardson; j if the "Washington Street Methodist J Ihurch. delivered auite a lonsr and fer- y :ent prayer. . j It was then announced that "the ' don. Wm. H. Eilerbe, Governor-elect, 1 ?as present and ready to qualify.' J Jovernor- Eilerbe placed his hand on J he Bible and held it while Judge Gary ;ad the oathof office. As soon as he had ' ;ad the oath, to which Governor Eller- 1 >e gave concurrence, Governor Eilerbe 1 valked to-the front of the Speaker's J tand and spoke as follows: * ITfWrt mora a rrr\ T J X" 1 >TU JV/ftiO a^v Jk. vas called by an almost unprecedented J najority to the highest office wi;hin ' our gift. The reasons for my overwhelming victory are not far to seek. ' fVTe had just passed through four years } ?f the bitterest partisan warfare that lad eyer shaken the State. It had j irrayed brother against brother and J riend against friend. It had engend- 5 :re the bitterest feelings between the ! liferent classes of our population. ] Town and country were at war, instead J if working harmoniously together for a * iommon good. The Reform Move- j nent brought many substantial gains to ! he people; but, like every other social ] evolution, it brought with it the con- * omitant and inseparable ills of which have spoken. The good remains; the ' :vil in time disappears. The people, ' ispecially the people of South Carolina, ! ire generous, and in their hearts the : >assions of partisan hate soon die out, elf-consumed. , ( 'Twas thus, afterfour years of strife, ' ' *? ?.1 ?. . i i., lie people now, in mutual, wen-uc;eeming ranks, marched all one way, no nore opposed against acquaintance, kindred and aU'cs. Ignoring party ] inc?, they turned with characteristic ( jeuerosity to me; not because of spceial 1 vorth or fitness on my part, for I had , lone nothing to merit such marked es- ^ ;eem, but because they who knew me, )est believed that as Governor, I would ~ /\%* tmi v a rrru a! a t%aa_ JCI'VC JUt (X lttULlUll, uut cue VTHV/ie yov ?le, and strive to bring in an era of ;>eace aud good fellowship. Thus was ( [ enabled to launch the ship of State mder lavoring breezes. Knightly and generous souls came forward with pled- | $es of cooperation. The press, with scarcely an exception, promised sup- ' port and prophesied a happay voyage under favorable skies. With many misgivings I undertook the task to which I was callcd, scarcely daring to trust my ability to meet the expectations of' the people. Would that ( it had been possible. The scant majority, however, recently accorded rr.e after a stnbbornlv foueht fight is in sharp contrast with tbe overwhelming victory of two years ago, and yet I have qo reason either to complain or whiue. My duty I have performed to the best Df my ability. My mistakes I shall neither attempt to condone nor shift their responsibility on others. With deep gratitude to the friends who have never wavered in their support, with malice towards none and good-will towards my fellow citizens, with a proPound appreciation of the great honor conferred, I enter upon my second term is Governor of this historic Commonwealth. To the citizens, let me repeat, whose votes were cast for me, I can never express my gratitude: but, while ieeply grateful to my friends, I shall endeavor never to forget my duty to the whole people and to treat with fairness ind consideration even the bitterest of my political enemies. I repeat what was said two years ago: "I assume this office untrammelled by a single promise inconsistent with the welfare of the people." To discharge my duties faithfully and well to win the approval and to merit the confidence of all patriotic citizens shall be my highest ambition. In my former inaugural was outlined a policy which, in the main, I shall endeavor to pursue. In conclusion, my countrymen, i bespeas for myself during the two coming years, if my life be spared, the ''utmost stretch" of your generosity and charity. All./good citizens are straggling, though over different roads, for the same s;oal, the highest welfare of our beloved Sta'e. Let us vie with each other not to sngender wrath and bitterness of speech, but to allay passion and pre> / " judice and to enkindle in the hearts of the rising generation a deeper love for our grand old State. With confidence in the integrity of our people, with faith in a God who favors and protects 1 the righteous, I shall take up the burden of this high trust with fresh hope and strong courage. There was applause at the conclusion of Governor Ellerbe's address. Lieutenant Governor McSweeney : was then presented and took the oath of office, and. at the conclusion of the . ceremony, said: Fellow Citizens and Gentlemen of the Gereral Assembly: It has been a 1 time honored custom for the Lieutenant Governor simply to thank the people for the honor conferred and to adjourn the joint assembly. I shall not deviate from that custom, and simply desire to express to the people of South Carolina my deep appreciation of the honor they have conferred in electing me for a second time to preside over the Senate. Two years ago, when I assumed the duties of this offce, I promised to preside with fairness aad impartiality. I simply renew that promise now to treat with courtesy and impartiality every member of the Senate and to discharge the duties of the office faithfully and to the best of ! my ability. The business of the joint assembly having been concluded, I now declare the joint assembly dissolved. The Senators will now return to the Senate chamber. Thus ended the exercises. The Sen- 1 ite returned to its chamber and the newly elected officers went to their offices to assume their new responsibili ; ties. ANOTHEE TBAGEDY. rwo Spartanburg Men Killed Over in North Carolina. Last Saturday night Robert Huntsnger, of Greer's, and Toliver McCurry ;vent over to Polk County to visit at :he home of Houston R'oupp. Arriving ;here they found a party of others ilready there and they spent a pleasant ' jvening. ( After twelve o'clock several of the i jarty retired for the night. Mr. and * Mrs. Huntsinger and Mr. and Mrs. ! Lloupp and one other visitor, veie sitting around the fire, when Mc- j Jurry came in and asked for Durham. 3e was informed that -he had retired ind he said he would wake him up so s V*iarr />An 1A r>c~?m o 4*rin Tnef fhon VUU1U k_> J ti 1 AUU V UkIV VUV'M ie saw Mrs. Euntsinger sitting on her lusband's knee nodding. Ee placed lis hand on her cheek to arouse her, ^ is they had known each other well for nany years this was taken as merely a pleasantry, but Mrs. Euntsinger gave i sudden jerk and her husband being ' infuriated arose with a pair of- brass , * - .1 rr v , r f ?nucK8 presenting tnem in nuntsmger s j :ace said "I'll give him this." , ? McCurry gave back to the wall, when , Suntsinger advanced upon him where- < lpon McCurry used his knife upon ? Buntsinger with deadly effect. Mrs. t Suntsinger during the fuss called for t ler brother Otis Durham who wa* j deeping in an adjoining room. He | ;ame in with a revolver and began fir- , ne uDon McOnrrv hittine him three ? :imes. He advanced to the door and { :ell dead. Durham shot himself t ;hroagb the thigh, inflicting a painfui : Dut not serious wound. He was lodged s in the Columbia jail, his wounds being ' Iressed by Dr, Green. t Huntsinger was taken to the home 2 )f Brady, near New Prospect, where he ] .ingered until Tuesday night. He was , attended by Dr. King, of Inman, but i uhe wounds proved to be fatal, and at ' L2 o'clock he breithed his last. Cor- ] Dner Bishop held an inquest Thurs- ; iav- ] Made Them Mad. , Representative Berry, of Kentucky, ^ has gotten himself mixed up with the j German Emperor. The German Am bassador in an unofficial way called the attention cf the state department Thurs- ( day to the statement made on the floor . of the House by Berry that "he be- ; lieved in a stronger navy to protect the . newly acquired territory but, that we would not be hurried by any nation on earth, even if it involved the necessity , to whiD Germanv as we did Spain. 1 Simultaneously with the complaint of Germany's ambassador came dispatches ! from Berlin to the effect that the press . is urging the Emperor to demand an < apolygy from this government for ' Berry's remarks and in failing to make j it, an international complication, that home of the Reichstag should seek satisfaction from the Kectuckian, that ! Germany will not permit herself to be , insulted as Spain was. Suicide of a Tramp. Thursday night at 12 o'clock an unI? oU,t Q" -.u o rvo _ I rVUVVTII UlCLLlj ftUVUl W J vai J VlUj rently a tramp, was found in the waiting room of the union passenger station at Augusta, Ga . with his throat cut from ear to car, and fast bleeding to 1 death. lie was on hi.-i hands and knees letting tbe blood run oui of the gash. ' He was almost unconscious, and when ] asked his name said, "Herman." That was all that could be gotten from him 1 before he died. lie had written a pa- i thetic nolo saying he had no friends. ] no money, and was suffering from an incurab'e disease He prayed God to forgive him, and bid farewell to the sad, wicked world. There was nothing 1 about him to identify him or tell whence he came. His Mind Unbalanced. A speeial from Anniston, Ala., says: Lieut. Leroy Brovm. Co. D. Third Tennessee, against whom very sensa 1 .1 1 1 J. I 3 _ ! cionai caarges na\e ueeii iiiaue. uau a i dispute today with Capt. Toneray of the same company, which went into blows. Brown got a shotgun and went to look for Toneray. Capt. Stevens, offi- ; cer of the day, took the gun away from him. Brown, who seemed to be in a ; frenzy, then got a revolver and went to the tent of Capt. C. S. Andrews, whom i he tried to shoot. Andrews caught the , weapon and received a flesh wound in the hand from the hammer as it came down. It is thought that Brown's mind had become temporarily unbalanced as a result of brooding over his 1 troubles. The officer of the day took him in charge. HOLD DOWN THE ACfiEAtzil. Some Good Advice to the Farmers of the South It would seem that the low price of cotton which has prevailed for the past few years would be the strongest argument against too much acreage in cotton, but there is so much speculation in the fleecy staple, that even the farmer catches the air of chance that seems to hang ahout it, and feels every year that he will try it just one more time, and that he is bound to win next time, and strike a year of high prices. He don't want to be caught with a short crop on i high price year, so he puts io full acreage and probably a few more than the 3 ear previous. Ever> farmer reasons about the same way, and the result is big crops and low prices. Referring^ the acrcage for this year, Mr. Alfred B. Sheppersoo says in a private letter, "Under the present conditions I think it will be very unfortunate if the South should plaut this spring an increased acreage in cotton. Even with the comparative moderate crop which is now being marketed it has been extremely difficult to hold prices even where they are now notwithstanding the fact that Europe is consuming more cotton than ever before. I have no interest whatever in the cotton market but I feel a deep interest in all that concerns the welfare of the South. The wisdom of the moderate acreage in otton last year has been made and it is Dot likelv that any change will be made from the acreage now in contemplation. With the other 'State?, however, there is yet time in -which the acreage contemplated may be reduced or extended. Cottoi. is very low and therefore ;here is rcom for considerable advance lO take place between now and the time for planting and such an advance might jause an increased acreage, which would mquestionably result unfortunately for ;he South." The low price which cotion has brought for the past few years, ;he earnes't appeals of the press, the idvice of the alliance leaders, and the lemand for hog and hominy has in a neasure checked the mammoth crops :hat were being made, and slightly cur .aueu l/UC 5c. uuiiucic 10 iwJUU XV/X ?urther improvement, and the farmers )f the South should give more acres to log and hominy, and fewer to cotton ;han last year. HOPE ABMJD02TED. Sever Expect to See Party on Board Paul Jones. A dispatch from Mobile says Messrs raggart and .Jones- hare practically n . l - - t* - s ' .y iDauuoDsa tne nope 01 -ever seeing tne )arty on board the yacht Paul Jones ilive. The finding of a telescope by a .rapper near the mouth of the Mississippi, and the identification of it from i description as a part of the fittings of he yacht, and the finding of the two -ranks washed ashore containing clothng belonging to Miss Florence Taggart, las convinced them that the yacht met mh disaster. It is barely possible that he party have survived and are in Lousiana marsh, near Bird Island, and he engineer's steamer Maud, with Messrs Taggart and Jones on board., tarted to the marsh tonight at 8 o'clock, rhe waters, inlets and sounds along :he coast of Horn ship and Petit Bois 5 r? A Phonal donr ic!on<3 tr/sro nrnri or li. y explored today, and nothing whatever found. The yacht had not at any time touched at Chandeleur island. Ihe opinion of all is that the disaster happened not many hours after the pacht left the mouth of the Mississippi The customs officials are doing their utmost in trying to get information from every vessel or sailing craft from along the coast and numerous islands that daily enter the river here. The Paul Jones went to sea through Pass-aLoutre, with Colonel Yocum and party Dnboard in charge of Captain J. Sturreant, on January 3, and was passed by several small craft next day sailing along the coast, and since then nothing has been heard from her. The lighthouse tender Pansy, in command of A. V. "Wadhams, is making a thorough search along the shores of Breton and Chandeleur islands and may return at any hour with tidings of the yacht. According to reliable information received late last night, the /?V < -Pov.1 Ta? ao ia in oil kill fv o x am y uuto 10 ILL an piuwauuiij a. total loss, with all on board. Fishermen from the back bay between Bird island and Colletts canal report finding a quantity of wreckage, such as windows and doors, of the cabin of a new boat. Loved the Place. .Recently a man aiea up m rennsyivania and left the town of Winchester, Va., $700,000. having previously requested that his body be buried there as near as possible to the dead Confederates, so that in the resurrection he might right rise in line with the men that wore the gray. His request was religiously fulfilled and he was buried near the grave of that '"noblest Roman of them all," Turner Ashby. He was a. northern man by biathand lineage, but he had lived in Winchester for a limited period since the war. and had become so i.jfatuated with the place and its associations that his love for it became the ruling passsion of his life. A Jealous Woman. A sensational shooting took place Wednesday night at the Ellington, a fashionable apartment house at Cleveland Ohio. A stylishly dressed and handsome young woman, said to be Miss Edna Raymond, entered the rooms occupied by Mr. and Mrs" John A. Hanna during the absencc of the husband and opened fire on Mrs. Hanoa with a revolver. Four shots were fired but only one took effect, causing a painful wound. Miss Raymond made her escape and has not yet been located. Mr. and Mrs. Kanna were married on Christmas. Up to a short time previ ous Hanna had kept company, it is said with Miss Raymond. "What the world needs to-day is great moral, spiritual and intellectual leaders who will lead the people upward and onward in the direction of a better and nobler life. STORM ABOUT SAMOA Mataafa's Followers Loot and * Burn the City of Apia. BERLIN TREATY BROKEN. How the American and British ' " Consuls Had to Put the Officious German Consul . * ...: Out. Samoan advices say that Chief Justice Chambers on December 31 declared Malietoa Tanus to have been elected king, in succession of the late King Malietoa. The consuls of the United States and Great Britain and captains of the warship Falke and the British warship Porpoise met the German consul, who refused to recognize Malietoa Tanus, and declined to co-op erate in the dispersal of the Samoana. who thereupon assembled in large numbers at Mulinuu. armed themselves and surrounded the municipality. Malietno on^ Tomtcrtifl oViArif 9 HAH men. well armed, but supplied with defective ammunition. The British and American consuls endeavored to avert hostilities, but they commenced on January 1. Malictoa Tanus and Tamasese fought-bravely, but 500 of their followers were captured. Then, disheartened and outnumbered, the two chiefs sought refage on the British warships and their followers sought protection under the guns of the Porpoise. Mataafa's loss was 61 men killed and wojmded, and Malietoa Tanus lost 12 men killed and wounded. The foreign residents were placed under the protection of a detachment of men belonging to the British ship, and Chief Justice Chambers and his family went on board of her. The followers of-Mataafa looted and burned Apia, destroyed the plantations and pillaged considerably iu the country. The consuls later decided to recognize Mataafa and his chiefs as a provisional government, pending the receipt of instructions from the powers. When the British and American consuls were informed as to the situation they adjourned the court and locked the building. The German consul demanded the keys, which were refused him. He then broke open the doors, removed the locks and replaced them with others. He afterward brought the German municipal president into the chamber and the latter went upon the ?<balcony and shouted to the British and American marines assembled on. the square: "I am the supreme court. I am the chief justice." The crowd replied with jeers and the British consul demanded the keys of the building, which were refused. A Scotchman named Mackie thereupon climbed on top of the building and hoisted the Samoan flag, while the British and American consuls and a number of- marines invaded the building, forced the doors open and pushed the German consul into the street. Then the two consuls formally and legally, / according to the special dispatch, opened the court and issued a warning against any further interference with its jurisdiction, threatening to arrest and imprison any one attempting to do so. Matters, the dispatch concludes, are now quiet and the German consul remains in his ^nsulate. DINED MICHIGAN" MEN. Interesting Feature of Lee's Birthday Celebration in Savannah. The Thirty-first regiment Michigan volunteers, which is in camp near Savannah, Ga., was given a camp dinner Thursday on the anniversity of the birth of Robt. "R. Lee by the First volunteer regiment of Georgia, formerly the First G-eorgia volunteers, the Michigan soldiers' neighbors in _ camp at Chickamauga and Knoxville. The dinnerwas served by members of the Georgia regiment and by the ladie3 of Savannah. The camping ground looked more like a park than a military reservation. Pines and palmetoes had been placed in the ground and the company streets looked like a grove. The men ate at long ta- , bles, which had been decorated with potted plants. Each table vwas occupi- ^ / ed by one company and had the company letter suspended over it with ''welcome." Despite the cold weather the ladies went out to the camp and waited on the volunteers in the bleak vrnd. The men sat at the tables foY an hour. During the dinner speeches were mafio hr flnl fr-ar/ln#*-- ftf flip regiment, Col. Lawton of the First Georgia and Lieut. Col. Schubcll of the Michigan. After the dinner the regiment gave a dress parade in the park. The Georgia Hussars, the famous Jeff Davis legion of the Confederate army, which acted as President McKinley's escort during his recent visit to Savan nan. and the Chatham artillery, next to the Ancient and Honorable artillery of Boston, the oldest artillery organization in the country, paraded. The artillery marched through the streets to the park, where the customary salute r>f 21 guns was fired iu honor of the Confederate hero. ' V Three Lives Lost. Out of the wreck of the steamer Ouachita, which burned at the Memphis wharf early Thursday morning, the charred loiica of three persons have been taken. Present identifications of the bodies is purely circumstantial, but they are believed to be those of Dr. Murray, of Greenville, Miss., and Mr. and Mrs. Keck. Keck and his wife were en route from Columbus. 0.. to Vicks'burg. Miss., and Keck is supposed to have lost his life trying to save that of his wife. No other bodies could be found. I Tle Yorkville Enquirer says; "We believe that the people of South Caro- r lina would gladly adop": a constitutional amendment providing for biennial ' sessions of the general assembly; but we arc doubtful as to whether the ?res-' ent generally assembly is willing to risk a vote on the subject." The member of the present legislature who fails to vote to give the people an opportunity to decide this matter for themselves should be left at home next time. .