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^ VOL. LI 11 ~ W INNS BOKO. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 1 1899. NO 26. ^ ??? ? ' - HI rIHE LI EX LAW. < A Bill to Repeat the Law Debatec inthe House I ; AND >S FINALLY KILLED. Full Report of the Discussion anc ^ How Each Member Voted on the ^ x!-u? | uuestiun. Thc^Housc spent the whole of Tuesday of last week vj the consideration ol ; a bill to repeal the lien law, giving it a | year for it to become operative. The * bill was introduced by Mr. Verner. who said he had been trying for ten years to get this opportunity. lie wanted to be listened to for ten or fifteen minutes. He had something im*-n ssv. He had something in |/V4 w %v ? - his heart and his head to show why the lien law should be repealed. This law is a remnant of the old times. About ali that was left every two years was a croi of political corpses. There is a reason for this, and it is because the people want relief. The maik cause of our troubles is this remnant of Republieau rule. This law has been here sincc the war, and is the worst creature ol the war. "When this bill was foisted upon us we were helpless. We fought the war to remain in control of our domestic affairs, but we lost not only tht Negro, but so much else that we be discouraged and have not tried a? we should to regain what has been lost We are to-day going to the United States Government and trying to have the Government stamp half a dollar ; worffh of silver for a dollar. Let u> remedy things here at home before ap pealing to Congress. Let us be independent at home, and there will be no uc" *.* appeal to Washington. Wt a: 7* i. ade one gain, and that is, thai we nave learned that it is better to reason for a thiDg than to fight for it. He wanted some of the smart fellows whc opposed the bill to give some reason. It is a cry about the "poor man." It is. always the poor man. This thing has gotten the poor man down so pooi that he cannot move. If this lien system has been tried thirty-five years and has been a failure, how much longer is it wanted for an experiment? It is now time to stop and try something else. He took it for granted that everyone. knew how poor the people were. There are two remedial propositions; one to decrease the cotton erop, and second, to increase the money crop. The people at home want something done, but often do not know what they want. It is much easier for the South to control the cotton crop instead of the money issue. He was not such a great believer in free silver, as it was too far off. It was not worth a shuck. It made him sick to think his people were chasim: free silver instead of trying to regulate" their home affairs. Then tie branched out and asked if anyone evei .thought -whatwould happen if the tide fwere not to come back. He did not . _ Jknow what it meant, bnt if it did not r .. >come back there would be the devil tc j>?y. -The lien law has been carrying : . _ ^he tide out for thirty-five years. : What is to be done? Try to get free silver? It is pitiful to see our people waiting for free silver, bat there is much to be gained instead of waiting. We've always been led in the wrong di rection. "What we W3nt is to control oui own affairs. There is one question to be answered. How-to do without the lien law? H? . ' was talking what he knew and had tried. He told those who applied to him foi liens that they could get nothing bul something to eat. .Let mem wear wun they already have to wear, and do with' out dry goods and bicycles, and thej can get along. If they stop the diy goods bill they will owe only half as much, and then make their molasses, hominy and things at home. What h( wanted to do was to make the pooi farmer stay at home and n;row what h? needs, and stay away from the dr.* goods store until he is able to pay foi what he buys. Mr. "Wharton: "Do you think if .w< repeal the lien law in South Carolina i1 will help or hurt free silver?" Mr. Yerner:';Do you think the lier law will bring free silver?" Mr Wharton: "It hasn't a thiug t( do with it." Mr. Verner said that if the State goe: back to a cash basis other States willd( the same, and if the States go back t< a cash basis there will be a reduction ir acreage, and that is bound to help H< was not asking for support for his bill for he believed it right. The lien lav frinrrarv to a leiritimu^e credit si s ; tem. t Col. K. B. A. Robinson, of Anderson said no man gave a lien unless be has i to do. Mr. Verner: "Yes they du." Mr. Robinson: "If the lien law is th< poor man's only credit, why rob him o: it. The extention in the time for pay ing taxes was for the poor people. I the poor people wanted calico let then have it. Pass this bill and he did no see how the poor people would ge through.'' Mr. Mann, of Abbeville, was op posed to the lien law. It encourage: idleness. It makes the white man de pendent. It is a custom of poor met "* * T T.J to De required to give a lien. jlz ae moralizes the poor farmer. He want-tc the bill passed in the interest of th( poor farmer. The bill has nothing t< do with free silver. This bill will giv< the people the freedom they have aske( f I or. V A*Ir. F&ifey;;pf Orangeburg, vrantec ^ to know wKv the people generally wen so bad off He had some experience ir III mercantile business and was a farmer r" When a man approaches a merchant t( get alien the first question is: ;;Ho^ much cotton are you going to plant?" If he says he will plant rice, pota^ toes, sorghum and the like he cannot get advances. The only man whc maVw aiivthinsrout of srivinir the lien is the farmer who acts rascally. It has z tendency to wrong. It does not builc up credit on a proper basis. He woulc relate a case he knew of. A farmei gave a lien year after year. He wem backwards, and was finally sold out. and lo his horse, mule, and all. Th? mtrchant who had run him for five year refused him advances. He we^t hom< and cried until lie was wvak. H< braced up; went and got an ox from neighbor. He gathered up the ol ploughs. Three days he worked on th field with his ox, and three days h 1 worked out and made rations for hi family. At the end of the year he ha ? three bales of cotton and did not owe cent on them, and today that farmer i pretty well off and does not owe a ceni The lien law is a rainbow to the mei chant. Ninety-five-pper cent of th merchants who deal, in liens fail soon* i. or later. The lien law is calculated t I make men dishonest. Mr". Threatt, of Chesterfield, tnougr this law best with the homestead lav A roan is bound to have something t eat and wear, and with which to fee his stock. This bill will make ever poor man a hireling. Men cannot g< '] credit unless th iy have something o :' which to base that credit. He hope ? the bill would be killed. . Mr. K. D. Smith, of Sumter, said 3] Faircy's man made his independent t with the lien law in existence. If th lien tarr Hnvre this man and others t . independence then it does no barn . The lien law is wanted for a class ( t people who cannot be reached othei ; wise. Under the homestead law ther ; is an exemption of $1,500. Kepeal thi [ lien law and no business-like busine? > man will make him avdances. Kepct ! the lien law and there can be no shar > crop with the smaller and poorer cla; of farmers, especially the colored one.' i In every country where there is i free tenantry the tenant will have soiut thing to say about the crop he helps t t mase. He lived in the line tobacc ; section and business men were quite a willing to stipulate tobacco as cottor To pass this bill will do no good. Mr. Woods, of Clarendon, though ; this the most important bill of the ses sion. The bill affected every one. Vh [ tually South Carolina has no homestea > law. Every day you see homestead ; passing from the hands of their owner? ; We must give the people of the Xort credit for taking advantage of our posi tion. They know our crop must go o i market. He saw no use to retain thi : relic of Radicalism. This is not a : honest law as he viewed it. A grea deal has been said about doing awa s with small farmers. If you let the lai > stand in a few years there will be n one here to rent to. He saw no reaso: ; to retain this statute. Who are profitc ; by this lien law? Not the poor farm Pn-m +V. AfT ttymA V J A T\AA1>Ocf /vf f A Y\flAT Cia5 1VI W1.-5 Jpvvivjwi j/vw? A motion to. indefintely postpone th [ bill was last, and the further c&nsidera i tion of the matter was then postpone i until Wednesday when it was taken u; ; again and debated at eonsiderabl length. On a motion to kill the bii the vote was: Yeas?Speaker Gary, Ashley, Bell J. B. Black, Blythe, Bolts, Colcock Cross, Crumm, Dargan, Davis, Dean ; Dowling, Epps, Estridge, Floyed,,Gam ble, Gantt, Hill, Hopkins, Jenkins W. J. Johnson, Lockwook, Lofton Lyles, Manning, Laban Mauldin, Me Cullough, E: D. Smith,; McDill, Mc ^ i'AV/lU WU0J Mobley, Montgomery, Moss, Nettles Pyatt, Henry B. Richardson, R. B. A Robinson, C:7?. Sanders, 1-1 or A P Smith. .Tereniia] Smith, Stackhouse, Stevenson; Suber W. J. Thomas, Threatt, Yarn, West > Weston, Wharton, Whiaonant William ; Wilson, Wimberly, H. H. Woodward t M. B. Woodward, Your;g. ; Nays?Bacot. Bailey, Blease, Brown ing, Cangh'man, Cosgrove, DeBrnhl ! Dendy, Efird, H. H. Evans, N. G ! Evans, Fairey, Gause, Graham, Hen > derson, Hoftmeyer, Hollis, Jackson Mann, Marion, WUlis.m L. MauldiD in \fuonc * iuv;v;ian, iuvL.ii" j Patterson, Peurifoy, f.ichards, Georg W. Richardson, C. JE. Robinson, Rog . ers. E. L. Zanders, Scabrook. Sharpe ! J. L. 6:?>ii, Strom, Sturkie, Tbeus W. H. Thomas, Timmsrman, Verner Wingo, Winkler, Woods, Wyche. i After the bill was killed Mr. Ashle; t moved to consider the vote and to la; the motion on the table, which wa ' adopted, and the matter is now at res r for a year at least. 5 , The Word Damn. [ The State of Mississippi has decide* r that the use of the word "damned"' i \ profanity, says the Memphis Commei cial-Appeal. This seems singula : when we consider the origin and th meaning of the word. It comes fror 1 the thorough reputable Latin won t "damnare," to condemn, and, taken b; itself, there is no profanity in it. Yer; 1 often the preacher does not hesitate t tell such of his congregation as are de ^ 1 imAiiAnt fK/iTT orfl rlor?no^ ' or?i 11 UU UOil u tuuu v> uauiuwu v the use of the word here is prof an it ' under the Mississippi decision, whic 5 dof?lnTv?s flint ''anv wnrd<i imnnrtin? a } imprecatior of divine vengeance. o 1 implying divine condemnation," cor stitute profanity. If one person speak ' of another as a "condemned'' 'or i:hope ' less"' fool, he could not be hauled u for swearing, yet the meaning would b about the same: as if he used the wor ' "dammed." Of course, the latter wor is Jacking in gentility and politeness but there is no more essential profanit in it than there is in the word "unmit: j; gated." Town Killers. The following from an exchange ma t apply to more towns than the one. a t seme of the types meniioned exist i nearly every community: '"Town kill . ers: First, those who go out of tow 5 to do their shopping; second, thos who are opposed to improvemeut; third j those who prefer a quiet town to one c push and business; fourth, thos? wh j imagine they own the town; fifth, thos a who deride public spirited men; sixtl j those who oppose every movement tha a does not originate with them; seventh I those who oppose every movement tha does not appear to benefit them j^ightt 3 those who seek to injure the credit c 1 ?. .. . r _ j:j l^ n > | reputation 01 lauiviuuais. 1 Augusta Strike Ends. The strike in the Augusta, Ga., cot I ton mills, which began Nov. 11, wa ' ended Friday by the operatives- return in'g to work at the reduced scale c ' wages. Abort four thousand hand ' were involved in the strike, It is sai 1 that the prices charged for fuel hav been cut in half by the mill companie i and the house rent reduced most mate [ rially. : _ The old Confederate veterans wi] t assemble in large numbers in Charles , ton on the 10th of May, and prepers i tions are already under way looking t i their entertainment. Every county i i the State will be represented and ever : county should lend a helping hand. 1 CONFEDERATE DEAD!, u i 5 e I . e | < is Buried on Every Battlefield from I. a a Gettysburg to Rio Grande. < is r- SGME INTERESTING FIGURES ! .e ] ir o The Number of Our Heroic Dead j: it is Not Known Accurately. < i o Many of the Rolls Are d . 1 IncomDlete. I< J 'n Col. Fox, in his valuable and pains- j " d taking book on ''Regimental Losses in i ; the Civil War," says that a summing j ? r up of the casualties of battle anu all j 1 minor engagements?using ofiicial re- ; ) o ports ouly, and in t!ic ir absence accept- < j ing Confederate estimates?indicates j ^ that 94,00(1 men, in round numbers. .. were killed or mortally wounded on the e Confederate side during i he war. That i , [s the aggregate must have been fully j < ,3 this number is made plain by the fol- i ( j] lowing official figures i'rem incomplete : ( c official Confederate ruiis on ii!e in the ! ( ar^T- c rtt Wuliinorfnn i / jg | K?UVU * M.V . f . ^ ;. CONFEDERATE KILLED AND I>IEI> ul" j ( a | WOUNDS AND DISEASE. j ^ Died of Pied of -, 0 State Killed wonnds. disease. , 0 \'irginia 5.323 2.511) (J,i) 17 ! 13 North Carolina 14."iliil 5,151 20.002 . ' South Carolina 9,187 3,735 4.7(10 Georgia. 5,553 1,711' 3 702 j j * Florida 793 50?> 1.047 i *' Alabama...... 552 31)0 724:''. C Mississippi. .. 5.807 2.051 (i,807 | u Louisiaua 2,1118 S68 3^059 i \ s Texas 1.348 1*241 1.260 ; ; Arkansas 1'.1U3 915 3.7S2 * u Tennessee 2.115 874 3.425 \ L" Regulars 1.007 408 1,040 ; n Border States.. 1,938 672 2.142 s n Totals 59,954 21,570 59,297 U -t While these returns are obviously in- ! y complete, they are worth noting, as 7 they show that at least 74,525 were kill0 ed or died of wounds, and that certainly ? jj 59,297 died of disease. The only States -r where the figures approximate to fulness are North and South Carolina. Those '* familiar with Southern war statistics 1 e are confident that the Virginia killed v and died of wounds exceeded that of ? any other State, except perhaps North . P Carolina, yet her losses in this compili- ? e f?nrn Jn /v-minlate rf>- I 1 CtlrJU/l* ilVUA VUV ^UWUi|/ V V*w. - ? turns are but little more than half those a of the small State of South Carolina. a ' The official records of the war show 11 ; conclusively in the running reports that ^ ' Alabama lost in killed and died of , wounds fully 15.000 men. The losses ^ '' of'the "border States," Missouri, Kentucky and Maryland, are obviously in- S " complete. Missouri alone lost more ^ killed than is here stated. The re' cords of battles.do not show that South '' Carolina lost in killed and died of ^^tCIIdaiSilCtTTi-Jx^rOpulXZuIT?A^cciKrrjj r"~tne other States, excepting North Car--"'-' olina. Her iroops fought very well, ' and sometimes lost heavily, .but the '> losses of Georgia, Alabama, Mississips pi and Louisiana regiments were cer- ]< ' tainly as great, if not greater, besides j S( which most of the States named togeth- ft er with Virginia, had a greater number f( ? of regiments engaged in most of the * great battles. The explanation of the p ~ figures is that the losses of the Carolina ' States are fully set out, whereas^ those i] ' of the others are only partially includ- c, ' ed, because the official rolls were, lost h 0 in the hurly burly of the wind up. But h enough is shown in this table to con- C( ' firm the official records quoted by Col. a ' Fox, showing that the Confederate q ' killed and died of wounds numbered n fully 94,000. ^ i ^ Of course the statement of the aggre- h [ gate that died of disease is far below tl , thetotal. In the beginning of the war h the Confederate regiments were terribly ravaged by disease, as fugitive state- b ments in the official records make per- ^ fecfcly plain. If North Carolina lost ? ^ 20.602 of her soldiers by disease it is t s hardly credible that Georgia, famishing j t approximately the same number of | i] r troops, lost only 3,702 from the same i a e cause. It is probable, as lias been j t Q stated by high Southern authority in ; b & recent years, that the Confederate iosses j y from disease approximated closely to j a v 19^ nnn m^n Tt i* to deduce 1 0 from the foregoing tabie that the death j I ' from disease could hardly have fallen j 1 ^ short of that total. ? v The Confederate dead like the Union 3 h lie buried on every battlefield from > 11 Gettysburg to the montR of the Kio $ r Grande, and at. all the prison depots \ l* throughout the North. A lew of their s dead have been exhumed here and there I and removed by their friends, but there i' has been no general care of the Confed? erate^iead like that which characterized 'l the Union policy, for the rensou that b " there was no central authority to direct p and no Government treasury to pay the n y expense of such an undertaking. The s 1- ^nt'h hn? jilwivs lonL'nd to mark and n care for the graves of her dead soldiers I o on a similar plan scale with that of the ' North, but. impoverished by the war, s y she has been unable to do so. Several r s patriotic societies have made efforts to a n do something toward this much desired 1- end. but compared with thf vastnessof n the whole task but little may be said to t e have bee*i accomplished. ? i, In some of the principal battles of , tf the war, selected from the various thea o treSj the gallant Confederates made the e following losses in killed outright, the t l, figures not including those who afterit ward died of wounds: t> CONFEDERATE LOSSES IN RATTLE. c Battle. . Killed, i l> Bull Run (first Manassas) 3S7 t 'r Wilson's Creek 279 Fort Donelson 4U6 Pea Ridge 300 Shiloh 1.723 r Fair Oaks (Seven Pines) 980 a Seven Days' Battles 3,2S6 v e Bull Run (second Manassas) 1,553 1 Antietam 1,512 a j Corinth 1,200 l e Penyrille 510 J Fredericksburg 596 ' Murfreesborough 1,794 c Chancellorsville 1.665 T TTill OCA unampioa s xiui .juu 11 Vicksburg seige 805 s- Gettysburg 3,500 l- Chickamauga 2,389 2 o Missionary Ridge 361 1 d Olustae 93 c y Sabine Crossroads 850 S Wilderness 1.630 o Atlanta campaign 3.1 3pottsylvania 1-3' Drewry's Blufrs\ 3; Dold Harbor Atlanta. July22, 18G4 1.5< Wincester 2: (Jedar Creek 3: Franklin l.Ti Nashville 3* Bentonvillc 21 Five Forks 3: Many important sieges and battl t... 4. ?(? T ITU ULUltLUU 1UI w<xu\, \ji opavu. j. , [; Dion losses of killed in battle ai lied of wounds exceeded Confedera :igures by about 13,.")00 men. The official records show that 26,7 Confederate .soldiers and citizen priso jrs died in Union hands during the fo years of the war. The tabulated stat nent specifically enumerates 10!)poin it which prisoners were held who die md (jj died at unknown places. The rcre only about twenty-five regul ipti/mnar.rtfcaf tlid \"r>rt.})_ hrtVFeVC Hie following are t he totai deaths Confederates at the more irnporta prison posts during the war: Number Prison Depot. Deatb Utoiu 111 1,6 Ja up JJutler. ill S. Jam]) Chase, Ohio 2,1' .'amp Pougiass, 111.. 3,7; ,'aiup Morton, 1 nd l,7l Jamp ilaudail, Wis ! Chester, Pa 2 David's Island, New Yoik Harbor 1' Elmira. X. V.. .. ?<S \>rt Delaware. tfei ^ort Warren. Boston harbor.. . . Frederick. M<1 -Gettysburg, Pa Jart's Island, New York harbor.. 2Johnson's Island. Ohio. \noxvi!le, Tenn K Little llork. Ark -Nashville Tenn Sew Orleans, La & i'oint Lookout, Md 3.4r Richmond. Ya {ock Island. Ill U>: k. Louis. Mo & ship Island, Miss It Yashington, JD. C ^ Of the total of 2l>,774 Confederal rho died in Northern prisons, tl ;raves of 19V920 were originally markc 'known." and (>,8.")4 "'unknown. Yhether it is still possible to identif he graves marked as "known''I a: mable to state, but probably the] i rr i. rn i _ rouia DC some aimcuity. me gravt if those Confederates who died in tt lospitals of their towns and cities coul n most cases be found and identifiec 'he graves of those who died in th rmy hospitals would be hard to fim nd in most cases must necessarily I narked :'unknown. tOf the thousand rho died on the battlefield have left n race of their being, and can no long* e cared for iu the sense of the Pres ent's meaning. They will hencefort ive no sign except as their bones ai loughed up by future generations. KILLED IN THE SENATE. tc, Armnrtioh thfi Sohnol Pnn Between the Races. In the State Senate on Tuesday c ist week Mr. Ilderton's bill to requii ihool trustees to apportion all scho( inds between the races was taken u Dr third reading. Senator Archer moved to indefinitel ostpone. + Tl/3f T-? o f if V?orJ n kJCliaLUX JLXU.^1 tuu oaxu tuat xuuau mvv itimated to him that his bill was ur onstitutional. He was no lawyer, bi e thought he understood English, an e failed to see where the bill was ur onstitutional. The people wanted : nd lie.had offered the bill at the r< uest of many citizens. Ht foun othing in the Constitution of th Jnited States that would conflict wit is bill, nor could he find anything i tie State Constitution to conflict wit is bill. Senator Henderson srated that pr< ably if we consulted our wishes ^ rould agree with the Senator froi 'lorence. If this bill should be passe he chanccs were that in a few montl he whole school fund would be tied u a. tbe federal Courts. lie tnougnt very bad experiment for the Legisk are to pa>s a law which it knew woul e declared unconstitutional. Senator Iiderton demanded the yec nd nays. Yeas? Aldrich, Archer. Blakene: Jarnwell. Bowcn, G. W. Brown G. i Jrown, Dean. Dennis. Glenn. Griffitl fenderson, Hough, Livingston, Lov< Ianning. Marshall. Mauldin, Ma\'?el< lower. Ragsdale, Sarratt, Scarborougl ' ' i r* *1 .1 p..n! >neppara, otanaiana, oumvan, xaium Valker, Wallace ana Waller?29. Nays?Alexander. Appelt, Graydor Idcrton, Sudduth?5. Only Wore a Smile. Private Karl Agnew, a Minnesot fO.v at Manila, says in a letter to h: >areuts: "The inhabitants here ai iot very modest. Some of them wea imply a smile, while the more bashfi f them wear a garter string.'' Th: bsening young man also notes thr 'during the dry season it only rait ix days in the week, but daring the ainy season it rains only once, an nrl rVinf- i? nil fTip rimr>." The German Way. A German editor has been sentence o more than four years' imprisonmer or lese majestie against the Emperor econd son. a small boy ;n knickerbocl rs. Yet the offending article whic q itself was nothing, was published i he absencc and without the knowleds f the editor. Convictions for lese m: estie under Emperor William have e: eeded anything ever known before i Curone. whether in medieval or anciei ire cs. An Honest Woman. An old woman stopped a retired bus tess man cf Ebensburg, Pa., a few da? .go on tha street and handed him $2.51 rhiph shfi said she owed him. T1 nan protested that he knew no?hir .bo.ut it, but the old woman insiste hat it was correct, and he took tl noney. He afterward hunted up h >ooks and found it was a pair of sho< iver forty years ago. when the woma ras a girl living in Ebsnsburg. 'jSix Men Scalded. Whilp r?leamnff a boiler in thecruisi sew York at the Brooklyn ->~avy Yai Thursday sis men were injured by e aping steam. One of them. J. 1 ihea. a coalpasaer. will die. Tim thers were scalded slightly. ?1 M'KINLEY SCORED. 55 | 50 DO ; By a Republican Congressman in 26 I *" ^ ?0 a Hot Speech. 50 | H | OPPOSING THE ARMY BILL 50 j : ,cs i tl? /**_ r\~ he i iic ricsiueiu d vuurst; ue\Q nounced as a Policy of A. -4 Evasion, Hypocracy n" and Arrogance. ur e* While discussing the army reorganijjs zation hill in the House of Representarg tives last 'Wednesday Mr. Johnson, a ar Republican member from Indiana, took r. occasion to pitcli into President Mc0f ICinlcy vrl'tli gloves off. nt "Whilo the president in the prcsI ftnCfi nf what linmflv tn Ko n of popular demand,*' he began, ':is hurrylS. ing the army and navy across the sea to inflict upon an alien people a govern1G ment against their will and propose, 38 fearlessly, without regard to its effect upon my personal fortunes, to make a 53 plea for liberty, and an argument 57 against the perpetration of injustice." { 13 "We were on the vej"ge of a crisis,'' J said 31r. Johnston. "Those who failed ;"3 to rush 'forward in support of the . ^0 schemes of the imperialists were being : 12 denounced here in the public press as [3 'Spaniards.' and men who failed in their >i; duty. His answer was that if the chief 10 executive would break his silence and ' ft) openly state the he did not propose to *0 enslave the^people of the Philippines, the present strained relations in the is- ! >0 land would cease. those who were but j ]9 yesterday our allies would return to >9 their homes and there-would be no neK> cessity for this proposed increase in the *7 standing army. No. this would not be ( >2 done." J9 Continuing he drew a parallel be;2 tween' our revolutionary struggle and >7 the struggle the Fillipinos made for in2S dependence, lie argued that today 2 ie they had a stable government, republi- i :d can in form, a president, a vice-presi- ] " dent and congress, the whole founded i 'y upon the free consent of the governed, i m To attempt to subvert that government, j -e he charged, would be an "unspeakable z >9 crime that should bring the blush of i ie shame to the cheeks of everv free born 1 d American." Mr. Johnston paid a high, a 1. tribute to ' Aguinaldo and to Agon- i ,e cillo. 1 1. "If William McKinley ever changes >e his policy regarding the Philippines," is he declared in stentorian tones. ,:he o will bend to the weight of popular opin>r ion to which he bows right or wrong." i- This utterance raised a storm of aph plausefrom thi Democratic side. Mr. e Johnston requested that such interruptions cease as thf.y took up his time. Several times before he had made a similar request. "I fhould imagine the gentleman could tolerate JL/emocratic applause, t d ictoTUifed Hcn^Nnn. "Rpr)TiV)K<>;in. of V Iowa. "~t '"Thegentleman can always tolerate i the applause of honest men. no matter 5 when it comes,'" replied Johnston p 'e quickly. - i >1 As the applause which greeted this g P rejoinder died away, he added: "And he can also tolerate the narrow s y censure of those of his own party, as I he has done frequently in the past. He n has never been so well satisfied with v 1_ himself as when his narrow colleagues f were cryiDg him down."' ( d "I pride myself, Mr, Speaker," he i }' continued, drawing himself up to his s full height, *'t'iat I have broadened c 3" since I entered public life. My party \ is a means, not. an end, with me, and c when Jt oeiieve my party is wrong notn- < k ing can make me abate my independent j ? convictions " .? ? " Proceeding he denounced the presi- 1 dent's course is a "'policy of evasion," < and charged that his supporters were f 'e conjuring up specters to drive in the i ^ opposition. If we set the example and ^ withdraw, recognizing the indepen13 dence of the Filipinos, others would do r P likewise. But if other countries did pounce down upon the islands, let them l" do it. Wc were not expressively or impliedly responsible. If there was . to be a European war. let us. in Grod's 1 IS nam1;, keep out of it. The cry went c up, "Ratify the treaty and stop the i war." The president arrogated to c L- himself the right to speak for 70.000.- i 000 people. a p '"I thank God."' shouted Johnston, c - "for the spirit of independence in the I senate of the United States, irrespec- i tive of party. Bryan never made a i greater blunder than when he said the t * * ? 1"! I. 1 ' C - J J 1 T troarv saouia oe rauaea anu our poii^ j determined afterwards. Andrew Cur- c negie was nearer right, but he said the ? treaty should be fought in the dark, t :a not the open. I say we should fight it c 15 from start to finish. Public sentiment a 'e should be arousfed. It is Being aroused, ? as evidenced by the great public meet- ? . ings in New York and Philadelphia, t ls and my word for it, it will not be many i lt months before the tide of public senti- t IS ment which the president vainly im- a lt agincs is now carrying him to a second t term will rcccde and leave him high i and dry. The voice of the people will e rebuke the spirit of commerce which c d has supplanted the spirit of liberty. \ it "If the treaty is ratified without be- e 's ing coupled with a resolution declaring g c- for the ultimate independence of the t h islands, it will be the death knell of all \ n our efforts to stop the torrent."' c ;e He would vote for a bill to reorganize i- che army, but before God he would j- I never vote for a standing army of 100.n 000. whose ultimate object was to es- J it tablish a colonial system. < ''If I were in the senate." he said, ^ "I would rot in my seat first. I would ^ scorn the demands of a state legisla- t i- ture and the clamor of the press. I '< -*s would not let them malign my charac- * ter and misinterpret my motives, but I ! ie would never swerve from what I "believ- 1 lS ed to be right." < !d Johnston next referred to the part je Great Britain had taken in inducing the is United States to enter into controverts sies in the far east, and of the manner i n in which British assistance was being i given to the "iniquitous policy of Wil- t ham McKinley." ? I Mr. Johnston now turned to the < :t "cost of expansion." He detailed the : d cost of the war and the estimates of s s- $145,000,000 for the military establish- < ?. ment. and $45,000,000 for tie naval ( :e establishment for the next fiscal year. 1 It showed, he said, that our war bud- t get exceeds that of the great military powers of the world. It is within three millions of that of Great Britain's vast establishment by which she ruled her colonial empire; it was more than the war budget of Germany; more than that of France or any other nation on the face of the globe. And this was to realize "the wild dream of expansion." Mr. Johnston's time was twice extended, Democratic members of the military committee yielding their time to him. The Monroe doctrine, he declaed, would vanish with the annexation of the Philippines. If we reached far out into the other hemisphere we could not with propriety resist aggregation on this. In concluding Johnston said that the cup of our national humiliation was filled to overflowing, and closing, he said: '"We have witneesed the achievements of our soldiers and sailors and have inspired in the Old World a feeling of respect. This country, the beacon light of liberty, this locked and intrenched continent, this proud and erect nation, which never in its history was oblighed to ask a favor of any other pountry on earth, now depends on the intervention of England to keep other powers oft' its back. We have become a miserable mendicant, dependent upon the mother country. We are compelled to abandon the cardinal principle of protection and submit to the open door' policy?at this point the gavel fell and Johnston said lie would not trespass further upon the time of the other side, though he was urged to go on. "I thank the other side," said he. ''for the opportunity to be heard which I could not obtain from this sides." There was a whirlwind of applause when Johnston took his seat, and many Democrats crowded up the aisle to congratulate him. THE NEWLY ELECT. Short Sketches of Senator Griffith and mr -n.v; j t>?1_;_ liiessis. xvuujjxsuii aoiu uoymii. Capt. D. J. Griffith wiil soon lay iside the senatorial t:ga for the garb of mother office. Senator Griffith is a very popular man personally, and is regarded i good businessman, having been in the ailroad bussness 14 years. Last year senator Griffith won the gold watch iwarded by The State to the most popllar member of the general assembly, le has served as clerk of the court and is treasurer of Lexington county for a lumber of years, always winning over lis opponents by large majorities. Capt. Griffith is colonel of the Lexngton regiment, United Confederate veterans. In the civil war his service is a private for the first few months ras so faithful and valuable that he ras promoted to lieutenant at the age >f 16. He was a captain when IS years >ld. Hfc made a good soldier, has been squally as good a citizen, and promises o do just as well as superintendent of he penitentiary. Mr. T. C. Robinson, who was elected o succeed Mr. Bouthit on the Staii. ywrJ nf onnhol. was a candidate for ire-office of-State super i ntenden t -or-ecteication three years ago. He was a law er of good standing in Pickens, and >roprietor of the Pickens Journal. He s a Wofford college man, and possesses ;ood business qualifications. Mr. Burrill H. Boykin is a clear-cut uccessful business man and farmer, lis father, for many years before the ras a member of the general assembly, . O . l /? , , P T ras captain 01 tne nrst troop 01 cavairy rom South Carolina which entered the Confederate service. Mr. Boykin, who s now 48 years old, received his colle;iate training at Yale. He has since levoted his time to farming, and has )een very successful. He was once :aptain of a cavalry troop, having revived a commission from Gov. RichirdsoD. This is the first time he has ipplied for or received an office of pubic trust. His work on the board of :ontrol is expected to be honorable and 'aithful.?State. FILIPINOS AKiS LNSOLJiNT. Chey Present an Ultimatum and Threat to the President. A dispatch from "Washington says it s acknowledged in administration cir:les that Agoniallo, ths Filipino's rep esentative in Washington, has practi:ally submitted an ultimatum to the ^resident to recognize him at once as imbassador from the Filipino republic >r take the consequences. The Fili)ino delegation who have come to Washngton as the agents of Aguinaldo have ssued an address to the public in which hey say: (iGen. Francisco Villanuedaly Felipe, governor general of the Yis:ayas. ' has, upon the retreat of the Spaniards from Iloilo and its occupaion by the Filipino troops, acting unler directions from Aguinaldo. issued i general manifesto of amnesty to the Spaniards of that city and province. ;uaranteeing them all liberties under - ? "L. 11~ Z n r Vi r* 4-V* /\ XT'* 11 rvi /\ lie repuruic iio cujujcu iuc ? myiLiv jeople. The manifesto also calls upon he Spaniards to stand by the Filipinos, is brothers with mutual interests, for he establishment of a just governnent The proclamation has had the iffect of pacifying the Spanish residents >f the city and causing them to yield rillingly to the authority of the govirnmeut of the Filipinos. The paper ihows much ability upon the part of he governor-general and a familiarity nth many of the most important events >f history. Sensational Charges. Senator Whitesides. of the Montana Legislature, created a scsation Thujslay by openly charging that every man dio voted for Clark for United States Senator had been bought. He nienioned Representative Garr by name, tnd that gentleman shouted '"you are n infamous liar."' The grand jury reported that money had been used on Doth sides, but there was not sufficient ividence to warrant an indictment. Big Falling Off. The Atlanta Journal has been looking ;nto the matter and finds that the total rertilizer shipments in Georgia this on zr\- *?? season are oni^ w.oci tuus. wunc mc ;otal to same date last year was 122,300 tons. The sales later in the season are expected to raise the proportion somewhat, but manufacturers do not jxpect the trade to exceed two-thirds jf 'that of last year. The fertilizer :rust may hare something to do with :he falling off of shipment?. THE CONTEDEB.TE SOLDIER. Not a One of Them a Rebel or a Traitor. In the United States Senate on Thursday Senator Marion Butler, of North Carolina, made a notable speech in support of his bill to pension Confederate soldiers. Senator Butler's speech developed, as he proceeded, into quite a remarkable utterance. After presenting an analysis of the compact of 1787, 'he declared that ;'not a single southern soldier was a rebel or a traitor." He maintained that the great fratricidal conflict was forced upon the south, and that the people of the south simply defended their personal and constitutional rights. Under the compact 1787. the southern state undoubtedly, in Senator Butler's opinion, had a right to withdraw from the Union. He was inclined to think the compact was not ri{,ht, but it was a compact, ana ought to be and ought to-have -been respected. Senator Butler said that his own state oi' -North Carolina fully and completely recognized the right of South Carolina to withdraw from the Union, but decided herself not to withdraw. Not until forced to defend herself did North Carolina vote to withi draw, together with her sister southern | states. This Senator Butler said was i true of a majoritv of the southern states. | They had been forced by the northern states to take up arms in self-defense. ''Every gun tired by a southern soldier," declared Senator Butler, *'was tired in self-defense of the constitu uuuai vji luc suuLueiu states, auu in defense of his home and fireside." Further along. Senator Butler said, speaking of the civil war. i;It was a most unnecessary war. The southern states did not desire the war. They asked only to be allowed to exercise their constitutional rights and withdraw peacefully from the Union. The south was right, and history will so record. The south knew she was right at the time and she knows it now. It is the duty of th" southern people not to permit a prejudiced historian to brand their fathers and brothers as rebels and traitors." He believed that the states whose soldiers are being pensioned would not object to the pensioning of tug CA-^N^UiCUCiJ.t'' 3U1U1C13. Interrupting Mr. Butler, Mr. Chand ler said he had no doubt the exsoldiers of the north would be perfectly willing to set on foot any reasonable testimonial of regard ana respect, but he did not see how the government of the United States could recognize, as Senator Butler had suggessed, those who had taken up arms against the Union. Senator Butler protested against the language of Senator Chandler, as he had already explained, he said, that the south did not take up arms against the Union except in self-defense. "I wish the senator would explain.'' inquired Senator Chandler, a little later, "upon what theory the United States government could be asked to pay for property in the south destroyed by the forces of the Union?" '"'"^WheTaever," replied Senator Butler. r"sh^i^""pay"^a'in" SfffifOtTOOO'' TG"T LTLB" privilege of not being whipped by the Filipinos i will answer his question." "For an answer to his questions," retorted Senator Chandler, "X must refer the senator to the senior senator from Massachusetts," (Mr, Hoar.) (laughter). At the conclusion of his speech, Senatos Butler withdrew his amendment. EEDISTBICTING THE STATE. How ths Counties Are Grouped in the New Districts. The House of Representatives spcn a great deal of time Wednesday in discussing the bill proposed by Mr. Patton rearranging the congressional districts in this State, The fight against the bill was a hard one, but it passed by a safe majority. This measure purposes to repeal the law creating the "shoestring" districts formed to keep the Republicans out of power. The following are the proposed new districts: Pee-Dee District?Marlboro, Chesterfield, Darlington. Marion, Florence, Horry. o T\* A r\ 1 TT.'l I santee jmsirici?u-eorgeiown, vvn-j liamsburg, Berkeley, Charleston. Wateree District?Fairfield, Kershaw Richland, Sumter, Clarendon. Edisto District?Orangeburg, Barnwell. Bamberg, Hampton. Colleton, Dorchester, Beaufort! Saluda District?Aiken, Lexington, Edgefield, Saluda, Greenwood. Laurens and Newberry. Keowee District?Abbeville, Anderson, Oconee. Pickens and Greenville. Catawba District?York, Cherokee, Chester. Spartanburg, Union and Lancaster. v A Remedy for the Grip.* Rev. W. T. Lander of Williamston, S. C.. published in the State a year ago a remedy for the grip which has had i 1 " ? "-1 * 1 most Deneuciai euect 111 a numoer 01 cases. He says: For the sake of the suffering public I would say that the dose I have used for grown patients has been a level teaspoon of baking soda, dissolved in plenty of water, taken every two hours until the headache and soreness are gone, then one extra dose for good measure. It is not the best to take a dose just after eating. I have rarely found more than four doses needed. Since the system is in an acid state, calomel, of course, it is very dangerous medicine, and many deaths from influenza are, without reasonable doubt, traceable to the use of calomel in the disease. Tolbsrt Must Leave. The citizens of Abbeville held a meeting on last Wednesday at which resolutions wore adopted to the effect that K. R. Tolbert, Jr., must leave Abbeville. This action was taken on account of 'lolbert's recent conduct in the Phoenix trouble his presence here is undesirable and for the peace and good order of the community he had best make his permanent abode beyond the limits of this county. Xo objection was offered to his remaining to transact necessary business, but it was advised that he leave as soon as possible. The sense of the meeting was that this is a white man's government and it would be maintained-by citizens of this community. Messrs. Wyatt Aiken, L. C. Haskell and Jones F. Miller were appointed as a committee to inform Tolbert of the action taken by the meeting. | A GEORGIA MOB 4 Kills an Old Man and his Son for Revenge. 1 "M ALL OF THE GANG ARRESTED. j One of the Dastards Fired at the Head of a Woman But it Hit Her j Hand. j A dispatch from Colqnit. Ga., gives the details of the blackest crime that a has ever been committed in that State. The dispateh, which was sent to the f Atlanta Journal says The officers of Miller county are gathering all- the evidence possible against the Phillips gang which attacked the home of J. V. Rnstin, a farmer I hnnff nnor HAWV W-A ucic. vu oaturaay mgnt or last week, and murdered. Rustin and his young son. shooting them down in cold blood. As told of in the Journal dispatches yesterday, nine men have been jailed as members of the gang and other arrests are likely to be made soon. It developes that several days before the killing of Rustin and his son th$ old man was warned to leave the county. Jle received a threatening letter ana a picture of a coffin and skull and cross bones, all of which was thrown into his V-' j* yard by unknown parties. He was told that he must leave the county because his daughter had sworn a lie and caused the arrest of Ccot Phillips for wronging her. The old man paid no attention to this warning, not thinking that the men would harm his family. He determin ed to prosecute Phillips for ruining the reputation of his daughter, and when this determination wasrmade clear the mob was organized to kill him, and the attack on the house arranged. The details of the murder have been recounted iQ the Journal, except that the daughter of Rustin was also shot by the mob, which fact has been learned today. She was shot through the hand . while screaming for mercy after the murderers had already killed her young brother as they broke in the door, and while her father lay gasping on the floor in his own blood, which flowed from five Trnnnds in his hnrlv The young woman lay in bed screaming and wringing her hands, and fearing every moment that she, too, would be killed. * One of the murderers leveled his pistol at her and fired, but the bullet missed her head, and crashed through her hand, and then into the headboard of the bed. While old man Rustin struggled on the floor and writhed in pain from his wounds one of the murderers shot holes through his feet just for the fun of it. The men thought that the old man was dying, and seeing that they had killed his son they evidently became frightened and left the house, dispersing quickly.The_ wounded woman, who was .;ii a <terrtt>w H if nwn 11 as soon as* the men left and she made her way to the nearest neighbors, screaming out and crying for help. The alarm was given and in an hour a large crowd assembled at the Rustin house. The scen?-there was horrible to contemplate. -.The floor was covered with blood, and the -old man was gasping for breath, but he was conscious, and he made a dying statement, giving the names of the men in the mob whom he identified. He died from his wounds the next mornings _ Coot Phillips is said to .have been the leader of the crowd. He is c^arged^a with having wronged the RnstiiT^gST and becanse she prosecuted him he wanted to get her and the Rustin family out of the way. A Burglar Killed. On Jast Wednesday considerable excitement, was created-in Anderson by a jail delivery, George J. Rice, who was ' * ^ jg in jail for breaking into C. F. Jones & '< Go's clothing store some time ago, and a ^Jj Negro named Green escaped from jail about half-past 9 or 10 o'clock in the "jfi mornin.g The sheriff, at the time, was .Jl absent from the jail. Returning, and finding the two Negroes gone, he organized a posse and started in pursuit. A young boy. Frank Hammond, joined the posse. A messenger had been sent to Quince Hammand's farm, a short distance from the city, for bloodhounds to track them. In the meantime the mnaways had been apprehended on the Murray Spring Branch. Youne Ham mond called on them to surrender, but their only answer was to hurl stones ' ^ and other missies at him. Hammond then fired a pistol, the ball striking George Rice and wounding him fatally. He died in a few minutes. Green was finally caught and brought back to the city, and safely locked up. 'Jj Against lnn County M The committee on privileges and ^ elections in the State Senate submitted an unfavorable report against Mr. R. E. i Carnes. senator-elect from Lee county, I taking his seat. The report is lengthy ?j and the committee bases its finding on ./j the ground that Lee has been declared ,,1 no longer a county and hence is not entitled to a senator, in the House the jyS question of the eligibility of Mr. D. E. Keels, member from the "county^' of ^ Lee, came up. The committee on privileges and elections reported ad i? A. i_:_ -1 -m. . i i veiauiy lu uis ciuixii. o.ne nouse sustained the report by a vote of 90 to 17. Died While Speaking. Former Attorney General Augustus H. Garland was stricken with apoplexy at Washington while addressing the ' United States supreme court at 12.15 . o'clock Thursday afternoon and died within ten minutes. The occurrence came with startling and tragic unexpectedness. changing the usual calm . ' and dignity of the court into temporary confusion, while the dying man was carried rrom the chamber in a futile effort to alleviate his conditions- The deceased was a prominent Democrat, and was a distinguished man. J| A Hew Motive Power. jifl A mammoth New York company, headed by Joseph Leiter and Richard Croker, has been-formed to operate all JO vehicles by means of compressed thereby doing avray with the horse as a motive poweY. Plants will be established in all the principal town* of the M United States.