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1 l?u? 'Ji Ji I? ? >? -? ? ? ?- . r'" I -' ?<iyr*r^K3m^mm I t M H?I_>Pj?l ?*S';Lm5ai-32g^B>g)?lM*-? -Jul"*? ??~> -- VOL. LI1I. WINNSBORO. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 8, 1899. NO. 27. j v gfc-TflE SCHOOL TAX." The Senate Spends a Dav and Night on It. K NO EXTRA TO BE LEVIED. But the Senate Ordered the Apportionment of the Dispensary Funds to the Schools. Senator Hay's bill to fix the terms of the free public schools, to provide for the support of the same and to regulate ^ the disbursement of moneys arising ^ from the sale of liquors, came up for in the State senate Tues WUlJAMVA M V* v? . _ day week. Senator Ilay .cavo a succinct explanation of the objects of the bill. Senator Scarborough moved tr. adopt the following substitute: i_ Strike out all after the enacting words and inseitthe following: "Section 1. That from and after the approval of this Act all revenue derived ^ from the sale of alcoholic liuuors in this State, under the dispensary law. shall be apportioned amoEg the various counties of the State, for the benefit of the common schools, in proportion to the enrollment 01 pupias iu ?utu JV/UUUIO a ii the respective counties: and all funds derived from said dispensary law, not already disbursed, shall be apportioned in the same way. "'Section-2. Such apportionment shall be made by the Comptroller General, and he shall draw his warrant upon the * State Treasurer in favor of the county f ~ treasurers of the respective counties for the amounts apportioned to such counties respectively. ? Senator Brown, of Marion, offered an amendment to make the term not less than six months instead of three months. l. He made an excellent presentment of p- the mehts of his amendment. T -1? C -^ i ^M l?vATrn co 1 ri in conclusion ocuaiut ^ that the poor country districts will have to rely upon the State for years to come. 'r The rich centres of wealth and population will have to help. In a State like ours they live upon and derive their wealth from the country. Senator Henderson stated that he | was as zealous as any one else in the matter of improving the common schools, but the Constitution prevented the Senate, at the outset, from originating bills to raise revenues. But, besides that, the people were now taxed enough and could not afford to pay more _ taxes. Besides the law provided that in addition to the three-mill tax for schools any school district could levy a special tax for sctiool purposes and therebv keep open the schoolsNipr an L extra time. He hoped the bill would be defeated. I Senator Brown, of Marion, thought a W half mill would be ali the additional levy needed. Senator Henderson suggested that should the dispensary Iaw"be done away with or the State go for prohibition the Comptroller Geuerul would have the r power, under the provisions of this bill, to order the levy. lie opposed this. Senator Brown, of Marion, thought that in the circumstances there would : UK' iiU vujcv;tiuii. Senator Ragsdale thought there would be no objection. The people were al- j ready taxed until they complained. ^ Senator Barnwell said he coald not vote for Senator Hay's bill because he was of opinion that it was unconstitutional. and for the sains reason he was opposed to Senator Scarborough's substitute bill. The substitute was to dis '>? tribute the funds and fix the term for schools. It was a wise provision of the Constitution that distributed the fund -so tli3t the term ^.ould be the same all over the State, and the poorer counties would receive benefit from the rich. It looked like nullifying the Constitution to pass this bill. v~ Senator Scarborough said he would not go into the constitutionality of the question. He did not think the provisionsof the Constitution were mandatory on the Legislature to fix a term for the j > schools to run. He did not think it Wild CApguicui iv laiot u. la.v **?, vju-W t*mv | to support the schools for a definite period. It was not because there was op* position to free schools, but there was suffering on account financial stringenk cyW Senator Kagsdale opposed the bill. He also thought it uaconstuiional and read from the Constitution the para graphs affecting the question. The Constitution did not authorize an apportionment by enrollment, as proposed ? hv tliA siihsHtnte- The law said it must be apportioned in aid of the supplementary tax. Senator Henderson said that the deficiency had been paid up. The three dollars per capita had been paid in, and it vras now proposed to distribute the fund.Senator Walker said he yielded to no cue in his desire to sec this State uplifted by education. He thought that, the unconstitutionality had nothing to do with the case. He thought that one jk. important point has been lost sight of. He thought that this Legislature was prohibited from levying the tax until [ i he per capita tax was distributed. The tax could not be levied unless there was ;i deficiency, lie thought the substib t ate constitutional. Thejfinancial status k the State is that such that the Senates dare not do anything that would increase taxes. The burden was now heavy enough. 115: did not think there """ v as any mandate that the term be fixed. ^ He thought the substitute covered the Bfey* whole matter. F Senator Henderson thought it would Y' -.veil if the Senate would bear in h..nd the constitutional argument in connection with a little history. A ir\v years ago Comptroller Uenentl Nor?,??> rrkfncrnl f?m** 1-?-* o IAW nnrl ;,\Vait until the whole school fund is in before making an additional levy." and he acted wisely. Senator Sheppard said that the legality of the Comptroller's action was still i in the Courts, and asked what would 1^ bo the effect if the Courts decided L against the Comptroller? H| Senator Henderson replied that the gL Legislature can now prescribe how this Hr money should be paid out. ^ Senator Mauldin said that as there was such a difference of opinion between the members of the legal fraternity he moved to adjourn the debate. ? Senator Mayfielu thought that all could agree that if it was undertaken to make a scheme to fix terms it would be more difficult than the proposition to distribute this fund. Senator Scarborough moved to table Senator 3Iauldin's motion to adjourn the debate. His notion prevailed and the debate was continued. Senator Ha}* opposed the amendment to make the term six months instead of two. He favored amending the bill so that the Superintendent of Education ir/vn 1/1 f-A roriArt t.n tnp TjPtnslatiire what deficiency existed, and then the Legislature could provide for the deficiency. Then the contention that bills carrying revenues could not originate in the Senate could be gotteu around. Senator Archer thought that if it had been a (juestion of dividing one hundred thousand dollars among the common schools it would not have taken half an hour. lie thought the Scarborough substitute all right and would vote for it. Senator Sheppard agreed with Senator Barnwell. He thought the bill and the substitute unconstitutional, and he did not wish the General Assembly to come in conflict with the Supreme Court, for the Supreme Court generally won. The last Legislature had already decided what should be done with this fund, and until he found out wJiether this question was now before the Supreme Court or not he could not vote for the substitute. Senator Kagsdale renewed his motion to indefinitely postpone the bill. By a vote of 29 to 8 the Senate refused to postpone the bill. Senator Scarborough moved to strike out all but the enacting words of the bill and the adoption of the substitute. Yeas?Alexander, Archer. Blakeney, Bowen, G. \V. Brown. Connor, Dean, Dennis, Douglass, Glenn. Graydon, Henderson, Hough. Love, Manning, 1*1 itJ> Ut?iU. kjiUiau, lvu.1 uvi v/uc,ii, kjvuii land. Suddath. Sullivan. Walker and Williams 24. Nays?Aldrich, Appelt, Barnwell. W. A. Brown. Gruber. llay. llderton. Livingston, Marshall. Mauldin. Kagsdale, Sheppard and Talbird?13. Senator Gruber offered an amendment that thereafter the public schools of the State should be kept open for at least six months in the year. Senator Brown, of Marion, offered as a substitute that when such apportion - . ? i i | ment could not Ueep open tne scnoois i for six months that an additional levy be made for that purpose. Senator Scarborough moved to table. Carried by a vote of 28 to S. WILL NOT BOLT BRYAN. Whoever the Candidate Tammany Hall Will be Loyal. Mr. Oliver H. P. Belmont's paper, the New York Verdict, contained a significant editorial last week. It declares that, though ardently opposed to free silver as an issue next year, Tammany Hall will loyally support the candidate and platform of the Democratic Party, as it has always done heretofore. The Verdict says on this point: ''If Bryan is named in 1000, Croker will be for him: Tammany Hail will be for him. Personally, Croker deems high and well for Bryan. He holds him a leader of breadth and force and truth. Croker may differ from Bryan on finance or' some other question of I nnlifioc Kr?f lio Tlim 'wlinlp respect. And if Bryan should again be the choice of a national convention, whoever else may fail him were he the last in the lines, Bryan would have the utter support of Croker to win his vie-, tory. Croker never boited and he never will. Tammany never bolted and never will. They both stood for Cleveland in '92, and that means that no man no day. will ever come when either m T_ J x trover or xammany wiu De iounu outside the ranks of the Democracy. Croker is not tor silver. That need not separate him from his party in 1000^-it didn't in 1896. Further, the Verdict hints at a scheme of the deposed leader, Sheehan, now out for silver, to set up a contesting delegation to the next national convention, and warns the Democracy of the country to beware of the man. Ex-Senator Hill, it is intimated, is giving encouragement to the Sheehan scheme, though Hill himself abandoned Bryan at the last moment in the memorable silver campaign. Concluding, The Verdict says; "First and last, the party interests lies in full reliance on the Democracy that never yet failed the national ticket: and it in no sort runs with any Hill-led clique, who, without party following or party force, speak f<$r nobody stand for nothing but them selves. Passed the House. A bill'with regard to trespassing on land, which was passed by the House on Tuesday, makes cntryon land, "after notice by the owner or tenant prohibiting the same," a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment with hard labor on the public works not exceeding thirty days, and adds: "Provided, that whenever any owner or tenant of any land shall post a notice in four conspicuous places on the holders of any land prohibiting entry therein, or shall publish once a week for three successive weeks such notice in any newspaper-(Circulating in the county where such lands are situate, a proof of the posting or publishing of such notice within twelve months prior to the entry shall be deemed and taken as notice conclusive against the person making the entry as aforesaid." A Good Headsman. The handiest man with the axe. in this part oi the country is Mayor Myers. of Savannah. On the second day of his administration he hacked off the j heads of an -jven dozen of city officials, big and little, and then he paused to catch his breath. IIow many more fatalities there will be no one can tell, but it is fair to assume that the Mayor will not stop until he finishes the job. He believes that "to the victors belong the spoils.'" and he will not let any of the spoiig. get away. Powder Press Mill Explodes. The press "lill of the Ohio Powder company's, works, located about four miles north of Youngstown. exploded I shortly before noon, Wednesday killing two employes. Evan Evans and Henry Dams, aod totally demolishing the I building and machinery. I AGAINST ALLIANCE Prominent Prohibitionists Urg Their State Platform. MUST RF wn CGMPROMISE Members of the Legislature ar Asked to Stand for Prohibition Principle Against all Opposition. A number of prominent prohibitioi ists have issued an address to the pr< hibition members of the general assen bly urging their support of a straigl prohibition measure without an}* eon promise or combination with local o| tion forces. The first signer of the ai j ; i. i UICMS, It \>111 UU UUtlVVU. iO 11VMI. 4J. a Childs, who was the prohibition lead< in the legislature last session. It said that the members of the gener; assembly who are classei as prohib tionists will stand together and suppoi Mr. McCullough's bill or some siinik measuie. There are thought to be n< less than 30 prohibitionists in tli house aud how many there are in tli senate is not known. rr\i IT 11 ine aaaress is as iouows; To the Prohibition Members ?!' tli General Assembly. Gentlemen: Recent developments ( a desire and purpose on the part of tL friends of the liquor traffic t<? draw v<> into a false and inconsistent position t< ward the issue now before the legisl: ture and to divert your acknowledge ' . * . 1 ~ i i* ,1_ lutiuence in tnat Doay irom rue suj port of prohibition to that of the 1 quor traffic, has impressed upon us tli duty of given expression to our view af the situation, for which we deem n apology necessary. We respectfully suggest tiiat wha ever may be individual opinions on th; subject, and however conscientious! entertained, their correctness and v ain in guiding loyal prohibitionists must L determined by their agreement with th platform of their convention as a bod representing the prohibitionists of tli State. That convention in April last di: tinctly announced its opposition t everv form of liouor selling for beve: age purposes and lo any legal sanetio of such sales by dispensary, high 1 cense or any other agency. U*x>n that platform its candidate for State offices entered the campaig and earnestly contesting the views c those candidates representing the di: pensary, local option and license, the proclaimed as the doc-trifle of the pre hibitionists that a prohibition law fc the whole State was the only remed for the evils of the liquor tramc. Upon that issue the campaigo wa fought and resulted in the elimioatio of the local-option-high, licence ide from the contest by a decisive vote c the people in the first primary, an their determination that the final cor test should be between prohibition an the dispensary. The attitude of the prohibition car didate throughout that campaign wa one of unswerving devotion to prohib: tion as a principle, and this, with th high plane on which his canvass wa conducted, called forth the grateful ac miration'of his friends and forced froi his opponents the highest commends tions for himself and his cause. In several counties members of th general assembly were elected over * k cal option license candidates becaus of their adherance to the doctrine c prohibition announced by the conveii tion while in other counties, alsc where no issue was made candidate were elected whose views were know to be in harmony, on this issue, wit those annonnced by the convention The number of these prohibitionists i the general assembly is believed to b sufficient to constitute the "balance without which the dispensary cannc be perpetuated nor license legislatio sucured. In this condition of affairs the advc cates of license are making the mos strenuous efforts to secure the coopers tion of the prohibitionists in their el fort to enact what they arc pleased t call local option, to effect which thre bills are now on their passage tliroug the house. Plausible pleas are offere by these local optioD advocates to ir duce the friends of prohibition to foi sake their principles and join with ther in the inauguration of a system whic they claim will be beneficial to all. We do not propose to point out th fallacy of this claim in theory and fac< "We would briefly submit that whatcve may be the benefits of local option whe used as an agency for the deliverance c a community from the curse of the li quor traffic, these claims fail when it i distinctly proposed for your support b the friends of the liquor traffic, or th opponents of prohibition, as a means c securing the license of -the liquor trafrl in certain counties of the State where i dees not now exist and where it cannc exist without your aid. This suppoi is based on a temporising, temporar, policy of expediency and necessarily ir volves a compromise of your principle as prohibition^It is the commer^it me:hod of dealing with the traffic an xirifl-* flirt t.r?^/linor CUVUiU WC ivit I' ivu Hiu ~ cians who resort to it. It proposes t set aside prohibition in the interest c law-defying cliques and schemes and a the opportune time, when it has d< moralized the public sentiment to if own plane, to offer it up as a sacrific to the liquor Moloch and sprinkle it blood upon all the high places wher sin holds its carnival. It proposes t ignore the eternal distinction betwee right and wrong by endorsing wron and legalizing it. It makes a majorit vote the authority by which what i declared a wrong in one county is mad right in another, or what is iwrong j one time in one county is maae njjnts another time in the same county, i proposes to grant the protection whicprohibition of the liquor traffic may s? cure to life, health and moral? in on county, and by'the same means in th adjacent county to grant the license t individuals to invade the rights and sc at naught the protection thus secured. We regret the necessity which ha been forced upon us of protesting thu publicly against the advice of some c our most prominent counsellors wh favor an alliance with the friends c the liquor traffic under the name of lc cal option, but where our silence woul 1 be cenatrued as an approval of this al' liance and used to 'promote it, we arc j constrained by a sense of duty to ourj selves and to the thousands of tayal ;e j prohibitionists who have put themselves on reco. as opposed to the liquor tra| file by local option or otherwise, to set forth these views and earnestly urge upon you not to lend your influence tc any alliance with local option licensc advocates in the general assembly in securing legislation which must inevie tably prove disastrous to prohibition and fasten upon us the evils of a liquor system for an indefinite time tr come. L. 1). Childs, Geo. II. Wad dell. 0. 1). Stanley, W. R Richardson, " John M. Pike. lvlitor "Way of Faith." : Thos. J. LaMotte, j IJobt. M. Adam, S. IT. Zimmerman, 'j_ John A. Rice. > (r. Dale. F. II. Hyatt. John 0. Wilson, ^ J. (\ Abney. i- EATEN BY SAVAGES. rt ir The Horrible Fate of Eleven Shipic ie j wrecked Sailors. After escaping death by drowning, 10 eleven of the crew of the ship Manbare ? were captured and eaten by cannibals oi c New Guinae. The Manbare was bound \i for Sydney. Australia, when it was ?- ; caught in the terrible gale of Decwnt | ber. Xeur Cape Nelson it began to 11 i sink. The crew, eighteen nil told, lo^t l- the vessel in two boats and soon became i- separated. c One boat containing twelve men was s finally thrown ashore ten miles from o the cape. The sailors were seized by natives from the interior and hurried t- oft to the village of (lie chiefs. One is man. James <!roeue. escaped. The y sailors were stripped and bound and ie killed, one each day. A wildorgie was e participated in by at least a hundred :C savages who had gathered for the feast, v In several cases the sailors were tor ie tured by the old women and children of the tribe. The eyes of oue were gouged out. The doomed men stoieal:o ly watched the elaborate preparations r- for their death. A huge pot filled with n boiling water was used for th? feast, i- which oh the first day was prolonged away into the night. >s In most cases the men were beheadn ed. their heads being placed on poles >f and paraded bafore the men who were o r1 5- to sutler the same late. Li-reene was y rescued by a steamer after tramping )- without food a day and a night to r?ach ir the waast. The scenes of horror he had y witnessed turned his hair snowy white. ,s Wants to Get Out. q A letter from Havana to The State a says the men of the Second Kegiment are ,f circulating auother petition asking our d representatives in coDgress to use their . utmost influence to have the regiment (j mustered out at an early date. There are several reasons set forth why this should be done. Lhe men are mostly tS farmers and \rould like to get out in [. time to plant a crop or they will be left e high and dry when they are mustered g out. Then, too, there is no chance to [. save any money here and there are those n at home who are dependent upon these t. men for support. Again there seems to be nothing here to do but to sun the c rocks. There is nothing that can be done. There are provost guards at e every crock in the road, and consequently nothing can be learned of the people L. or of the county except in a very small , area. The men are not allowed to visit 2 the city at all. Another is that most n of tho men have gotten enough of army h life. They are realizing that it is most , demoralizing to them and they wish to p quit. Then. too. thus climate is not c healty, and they do not care to expose ' themselves to needless danger when lt there is absolutely nothing at stake. u No Tax Exemption. After one of the -ablest debates pro and con ever heard in the state capital the senate Thursday by the decisive !;" vote of 24 to 14 refused to pass a bill to "aid and encourage manufacturers by 0 remitting all State and county taxes, ? except the school tax. on their investh ment for live years. "' The following is ? the vote: L" For Exemption?Aldrich. Alexan " der, G. AV. Brown. Hay, Henderson, n Livingston. Manning, Marshall. Maul" din, Mayfield. Scarborough. Stanland. Talbird. Walker?14. e Against Exemption?Appelt, Archer, Barnwell, Blakeney. Bowen. W. A. T Brown. Connor. Dennis. Douglass. ^ Glenn. Gravdon. Gruber, Hough, IldcrI1 ton, Love. Mower, llagsdale. Sarratt. l" Slieppard. Suddath. Sullivan. Wallace. s "Waller. Williams.?24 nays, c Too Much Snow. Information has been reccivod here e by Supt. Ridge way of the Denver and :t Rio Grande Kailroad company that a ^ snowslide on its line nine miles cast ol' -t Glcnwood Springs today came down on y top of a work train, wrecking the engine and cars and killing three of the 's wrecking crew and injuring two others, lJ a fireman and a section hand. Snow is P falling again throughout the State and l" there is great suffering. At several 0 places there is danger of a famine owing to shortage of supplies and the imlt possibility of receiving aid at present. ;s A Remarkable Case. c A dispatch from Chicago says -s George Rogers, who was known in the e vicinity in which he lived as the "Bo I ; ji. i ii".j ,1?at O gie man. uieu w uuuijauaj aij iuc i'uuun ty hospital of a rare disease, which the g physicians have called acromegaly, y swelling of the bones. His hands and is feet were greatly swollen, and his jaw e was over four times the normal it length. The distance from the frontal it bone to the chin in the ordinary man 't is eight to ten inches. and in Rogers h this had grown to 2<J inches. >e Burned Himself Alive. e Anthony Burgie, a seven-year man o in the San Francisco jail, "Wednesday ;t secured some coal oil from the stove i i ? i . r . . ii . ii i ^mcn was usea to neat uie ceii ana is poured it over Lis clothes while the is other prisoners were asleep. He then >f ignited the oil and in a few seconds his o body was enveloped in flames. The cell >f caught fire and the sleeping cell mates >- were barely saved by the guards. Burd gie lived but a short time. I ! THE PRIVILEGE TAX. rj i U !:- Taken From Clemson and j Given to the State. ; 3 ! THE TAX REMAIN THE SAME. I i i a i The Farmers College Must Now $ > Depend Upon a Direct Appro- r r priation Like the Gcher State Colleges. \ The privilege tax matter was finally settled in the Mouse last Wednesday by a the passage of a bill taking the tax from } Clemson College and giving it to the ? State. The judiciary committee's bill passed without a single change, and e the other bills were either killed or with- j drawn. 'i'his matter has consumed over seven t hours of the time of the lower house, v and it is not known yet whether or not \ it is finally disposed of, as the senate may have some changes to make. There j were six hills on this <|uestion: Mr. j . Ashley's to reduce the rate from 2.") to i 10 cents a ton: .Mr. Jeremiah Smith, to devote the net proceeds to academic t schools, one to be established in each i county: the committee on public schools ! offered a substitute for the latter that 1 the next proceeds be devoted to the public schools; Mr. Efird wanted the \ uet proceeds divided between Withrop ^ >_ and Clenison. and the judiciary commit- c tee's bill place the tax in the State q 1 treasury. The judiciary committee, in taking t ! the land from Clcmson. had for its ob- o jcet the enaction of a law which would i eon form to the constitution of the i I'nited States. At present the fund is fc paid directly toClemson college, and in the case in .North Carolina it has been i] decided that the law was unconstitu- s tional. as it exacted a tax nominally t for inspection, and then devoted the 2 i net proceeds to educational institutions, u The law in North Carolina was changed a so that on its facc it would be constitu- fi tional and still permit the funds being p devoted to the State Agricultural and Mechanical college at Raleigh. ii Fearing litigation from the present law, the judiciary committee prepared ii a bill which had the same object as the c law in North Carolina, to save the reve cue obtained from this inspection tax e and still have a law which is not vulnerable to the constitution. As the e judiciary committee bill was adopted wihout amendment. Clemson muet de- e j>?nd upon a direct appropriation from the general treasury just as other State ji institutions are doing. As the net in- it come from the privilege tax may be t< considerably more than the appropria- fi tioa recommended?$40.000?the State b will hardly suffer from the change in the law, but may gain, as it has been in- c timatcd there has been evtravagance at t< Clemson. During the discussion of the bill Mr. n Ashley moved that the tax be reduced from 25 to 10 cents. This was voted y down by the following vote: Yeas?Ashley, Bailey, J. B. Black, p W. D. Black, Cosgrove. Crum.-Dar- a gau. Dowling, X. G, Evans. Floyd, g, Gamble. Gantt, Gause Henderson, Hill. Iloffmeyer, Jackson, Jenkins, Lofton, Lyles. Mann, Marion, Laban Mauldin. Mi lev, Patterson, H. B. Kichardson, n O. E. Ptobinson, Pi. B. A. Robinson, i( Sawyer Seabrook, Simkins, Sinkler, G. g P, Smith, Jeremiah Smith, J. L. ft Smith, Strom, W. J. Thomas, West, J Wharton, Wilson. Wimberly. H. H. d Woodward, Ycung?43. r< Nays?Speaker Gary, Bacot, Bell, ii Blease. Blythe, Bolts, Caughman, Col- a cock. Davis. Dean, DeBruhl, Dendy, tl Dukes, Efird, Hpps, Fairey, Graham, g Hollis, Hopkins. Hydrick, II. E. John- w son, W. J. Johnson Lock wood, Man- t] ning, McCraw, McCullough, McDill, c. McI)ow, McLauchlin, Means, Mehrtens J Montgomery, Moss, Patton. Peurifoy, Si Pyatt, E. B. Ragsdale, Richards, G-. W. a, Richardson. Rogers Sharpe, Stackhouse Stevenson. Sturkie, W. II. Thomas, ^ Threatt, Tinimerman, Verner, Whison- u ant, Williams, "Wingo, Winkler Wolfe, a W yche?53. f( Mr. Blythe then moved that the tax be given to Clemson College as at pre "I 1 1_ . i?.l sent, mis was voteci aown dv me xoilowing vote: n Ycas?Bailey. J. 15. Black, Blythe, o Bolts, Caughraan, Cram, Dowling, tl Dukes, Epps. Fairy, Gadsden, Gantt, ii Graham, Hill, IIollis, Hopkins, II. E. h Johnson, Lockwood, Lofton, Manning, a McCraw. Miley. Prince. Richards, Geo. si W. Richardson, R. B. A. Robinson, d Stackhouse, W. H. Thomas, Yerner, d "West, "Weston, Wingo, "Winkler. Wolfe, n Wychc?35. 1c Nays?Speaker Gary, Ashley, Bacot, r< Bell, W. 1). Black, Blease, Cosgrove, ii Cross, Dargan, Davis Dean, DeBruhl, a; Dcndy, Efird, N. G. Evans. Floyd, p Gamble, Gause, Henderson, Hoffmcycr. a Ilydrick. Jackson, Jenkins, W. J. Johnson. Lyles, Mann, Marion. Laban. Mauldin. William L. Mauldin. McCullough, McDill, McDow, Means, Mehrt- w ens, Montgomery, Moss. Nettles, Pat- " terson. Peurifov, K. B. llagsdale, J. Cl " ' ? ' ? T>* i 3 r\ Si \Y. liagsaaie. nenry r>. mcnarason, kj. ~ E. llobiuson, Rogers, Sawyer, Seabroolc, *( Sharpe, Simkins, Sinkler, G. P. Smith, * Jeremiah Smith, J. L. Smith, Steven- ^ son, Strom, Sturkie. Timmerman, Wharton, Whisonant, Williams. Wil- ^ son. Wimberly, IT. H. "Woodward, Young?(13. The judiciary committee bill was then taken up and passed to its third a: reading by a vote of 61 to 2^>. there be- Si ** ^ i ta Villi Tf {c /"m if A O IIU UUUU^ 111 tilt l/iili JLO VJUitV. ** long document, but one which may play a great part in the political campaigns of the future. It provides for the inspection of all fertilizers and establishes a penalty for selling and J transporting fertilizers upon which there is not a tag or certificate as to a| their purity. These are the provisions cj ~c iOTI. TU AnlT7 I VI C11C incocm- io.17. Lav VU4J *uv4ivm< p change is the following which is to take the place of section 1133. revised stat- P' utes of 1393: jl Axl the inspection tax on fertilizers heretofere required to be paid to the commissioner of agriculture, be paid to the treasurer of the State, and he shall ^ pay therefrom the expenses and anal- Qj ysis as audited and certified to him by ] the board of trustees of Clemson Agricultural collese of South Carolina. - > ei The first camp* meetiug in the tl United States was held on the banks tl of the l?ed River. Kentucky, in the t< year 1799. w ILLEGAL FISHING. Che Penalty for Same Increased tc Twenty-five Dollars. In the House on Tuesday of last wecli ?Ir. Blease moved to strike out th< acting words of Mr. W. D. Black': (ill to increase the penalty on fishing ir Vikcn, Barnwell. Darlington, Colleton .nd Orangeburg counties, from $10 t( ;25 Mr. Crum said that the penalty wa: iow but ten dollars which was no me lace to trap fishers. Mr. Dukes said that to make thi: >enalty heavier would not add tc th< mforcement of the law, for an unpepu ar measure oannot be easily enforced Mr. Blythe said that it seemed to b< l good bill, and while it did not affec lis section still he thought that h< ihould support it. Mr. W. D. Black said that trap fish in ATii> niorlif mol-n nnrtmrli t/ ="W ?" >ay the fine of ten dollars. The law i< )sing violated openly and he though' .his bill would offer a restraint. Mr. McLauchlin spoke in favor of th< >ill. Mr. Timnierman said that when th( >resent law was passed in 1S92 the peo >Ie of Aiken felt outraged. The lav iow imposes a fine of from $10 to $100 Mr. Crum said that there were sec ions where the people made their liv agby fishing. Mr. Dukes interposed, ';But not dislonestly." Mr. Crum replied: "Not dishonestly. ?ut illegally." He recited an instanc( _\ .fl* 1 l vnore an omciai naa Decn given a gooc [rubbing by fishermen whom he ha? aught violating the law. Mr. Dukes said quite feelingly thai ho incident happened in Mr. Crum's iwn county. Bamberg. Mi. Crum submitted that illegal fishag was just as widespread in Orangeiurg as in Bamberg. Mr. Dukes explained the manner ol Isiiing on the Kdisto. The seines don'l tretch across the river and don't keep he fish from going up. The seines are :ever in the river longer than 10 minxes at a time, and out 40 minutes. As general rule the poorer class does the shing, a class who could ill afford to >ay heavy fines. Mr. Jenkins asked if the fine would ojure them if they obeyed the few. Mr. Dukes said not, but that it would aduc-e unscrupulous men to bring false harges against these people. The house refused to strikeout the acting words. Mr. Bell then wanted to amend by tempting Aiken county. Mr. Dukes wanted Orangeburg exmpted. Mr. Crum said that as Bamberg was ast across the river from Orangeburg, would be unjust to Bamberg oounty d exempt Orangeburg. The house reused to exempt both Aiken and Orangeurg, Mr. Sawyer moved to strike out the lause offering three-fourths of the fine 3 the informant. Mr. Crum moved to table the amendlent. The amendment of Mr. Sawyer was oted down. Mr. Dukes moved to indefinitely postone the bill. This was voted down by vote of 49 to 15 and the bill passed its jcond reading. Crushed to DeathThe news reached here Wednesday lorning of the horrible death at Char)tte of flagman C. G. Crak. which was a reat shock to railroad men. Just how Ir. Craig met his death is not known, [e left here with freight No. 72, Tuesay at noon, and it is presumed that he ;ached Charlotte that night between 0 and 11 o'clock. The train stopped ad shifted at the junction. When le conductor was ready to leave the agman was missing. One of the crew ent back to look for him and found le body on the track, between the irs, in a horribly mangled condition, [e lived only ten minutes. No one i- * ... r a . * * iw mm go Deiween the cars and the ccicent cannot be explained. When Lst seen he had two coupling pins in is hands. The remains were gathered p and put in charge of an undertaker nd Thursday they were shipped to his )rmer home in Gastonia, 2s. C. The Whole Truth. The Gallatin, Tenn., Examiner relarks: "'An idea prevails in the minds f a great many people that unless tieir representive in the Legislature itroduces a number of bills and gets is name in the papers he is not doing nything. But to those who undertand the situation the best rccommenation he can have is that he introuces as few as possible and kills as lanv as he can. for we have too many iws already, and it is generally the jprcsentative who knows the least that itroduces the most bills. Let us have s few new laws as possible, and the eoplc will be better off." The evil ppears to be widespread. Suicided on the Street. Ernest A. Maletti, said to belong to a calthy New Orleans family, commitid suicide Thursday bv swallowing irbolic acid while walking on the :reet in New York. A letter was )und on his body addressed to Henry [aletti of the commission firm of Ma;tti & Stoddard of New Orleans, whom ie suicide addressed as his brother, mother letter was found addressed to [r. Edye of Punch. Edye & Co., steamnip agents in New York. In both letjrs the man complained that financial id had been refused him. Mr. Edye lid that Maletti came to New York jveral months ago. Passed the Senate. A house bill to require cotton buyers ) accept bales of cotton weighing not iss than 300 pounds without docking le seller SI of any o-her amount on ccount of the lightness of the bale, illed for a good deal of discussion in le State Senate Wednesday. Messrs. -ravdon. Surratt, Coinor and Shep i C.. J J ST- r> 11 aiu i<t>uieu lug um uuu iur. x>a.raweii pposed it. The bill was passed to a lird reading. Coming Out Early. The information comes from Columia that Congressman Latimer will be a mdidate tor b-overnor nest year, as [so Col. John G. Sheppard. It is reorted that Hon. -Stanyarne "Wilson will ither oppose Senator Tillman or enter le gubernatorial arena, but of courss lese are mere surmises, as no one can ill what surprises the nest campaign ill bring forth. THE RAILROAD BOOM. g 1 . ' I Railroad Projects which haye Bills Be fore the General Assembly. : ! The influx of bills to amend old rail3 road charters or to issue new ones seems ^ 1 to indicate a markcl revival in the | building of railroads in this State. It is a very uncommon thing to find half Qq , so many applications for charters for ' railroads. In addition to the charters and extensions asked for it is to be re, membered that there are a great many > outstanding charters which are still ' alive and which can be and of which some are being used now. < 1 The following is a list of the railroad [ projects for which bills have been passj ed this session of the Legislature or Sal which are pending: ' ens Mr. Rogers: A charter for the Ben- ror . nettsviMe and Ashborn Kailroad. , * s Mr. Gadsden: For the Charleston ^ city Railway company. ' l?o Mr. Colcock: For the Savannah Ter- wa' . minal commnv. Senator Marshall: For the Columbia j ? Electric Street Railroad Company. ' Senator Henderson: For the Wilson . and Summerton railroad. Senator Mauldin: For the Hampton Foi ^ and Branchville Railroad compan\\ one Mr. Montgomery: For the Carolina ?d< aud Northern Railroad company. tke Mr. Rogers: For the Marlboro. Mari- mil on and Horry Railroad company. Senator Aldncli: J: or the Uarnweii ne , and Dlackville Electric Power com- hin I pany. x Mr. DeBruhl: For the Due AVsst and ma Donald's Railroad compan\\ kn< Mr. Stevenson: For the North and ! South Carolina Railroad Company. Senator Douglass: For the UnioB toa and Augusta Railroad company. vie S^tator Marshall: For the Winston, Salem and Carolina Railroad company, the ? Senator Barnwell: For the South I ! Carolina and Georgia Extension Rail- ufo | road company. ma: Mr. C. E. Robinson: For the Pick- nat ' ens and Coleman Railroad company. ha; THE CUBAN ARMY. sid< wit The Amouut Needed to Pay Them wel 'co: Up in Full. few m, ? Se^ The correspondent of the Associated in(j Press understands that the estimate mai furnished President McKinley by the 4 delegation from the Cuban assembly wer called for payment for 5,119 commis- '' sioned officers. 9,762 noncommissioned yet. officers, and 30,160 privates, divided as " follows, with totals estimated as due ly t eack grade: " Eleven major generals, $500 a month wai $179,450. to t Nineteen generals of division, $450 a inqi month, $298,175. bef< Fifty-four brigadier generals. $400 a seal month, $682,S25. " One hundred and sixty-three colonels wai a month Sl,4yi, t oU. 137 Two hundred and ninety lieutenant of ] colonels, $275 a month, $2,362.S00. the] Five kuadred and seventy-eight ma- pat] jors, $220 a month, $3,870,240. Nine hundred and sixty-five captains isn" $130 a month, 84.561.800. bee; One thousand two hundred and fortyfive lieutenants. 8100 a month. 83.763, mar 200. ' A ,1 1 ItT 1 il. une tnousana, seven ntmarea ana me ninety-four sub-lieutenants, $90 a " month, $4,952,8S0. dog] Two thousand, one hundred and *' thirty first sergeants. $60 a month. S3,- Wei 796,200. Three thousaid, one hundred and cd. twenty-three second sergeants. $30 a '; month, $4,605,600. old Four thousand, five hundred ana nine Ci corporals, $40, a month, $5,23S.240. cler Thirty thousand, one hundred and " sixty privates. $30. a month, $21,502.- old G20. and lotal, 44,041 men. $57,304,380. fishi It is doubtful whether as many men hun still under arms can be found as was and estimated by the assembly's delegation, witl Large numbers, however, are scattered '* throughout the island, though there is broi no great force at any one place. Gen. " Gomez has only 400 with him here. Lawless Negro Troops. "m The Negro troops have been giving com great trouble in Arkansas and Georgia by their lawless acts and general rowd- this ism. As the regiment from Arkansas an 6 passed through Inka. Miss., some unknown persons set fire to the am muni-' sat < tion car, which was almost filled with som cartridges and powder. It was entirely tow destroyed and the rest of the train was the barely saved. . Three Xegro women, he who were following the troopers, are re- swu ported to have been killed in the burn- ly i ing car. A dozen of the men were in- mai jured. At Walker switch the burning " car was discovered by trainmen and T side-tracked. The lives of the crew " were in danger, as the cartridges were to t exploding in every direction. By the " time the switch was reached the car was whi a mass of flames. The loss will be " heavy. bill Predicted His Own Death. the Rev. Geo. II Simons, of Brooklyn, him predicted his own death, which occurred the Wednesday of pneumonia. Last December during heavy snow storms, he I visited a sick child aud caught a chill. 1: Since then he has been ailing and Wed- stee nesdhy was quite feeble, but was not ing apparently in auy immediate danger. bef< To his wife, however, who was sitting fare in the room, he said, for no apparent and reason: "My dear. I do not believe that " I will live after midnight."' smo ed A Fatal Snow Slide. Details were received Thursday of a fatal snow slide on the main line of the T Canadian Pacific at Ridgers Pass on an c the summit of Selkirks. The catas- volt trophe occurred lasi evening. The "Fi jfarinn mm- I Thi' pletcly swept away, and seven lires at were lost, and two persons injured. Pen The dead are Agent Canton, wife and Pea two children. Operator Carson. Engine Foa "Wiper Reply and one unknown. Wis Leprosy in America. A special from Battle Creek says Tea lhat Dr. Hitt, a physician from India, at present visiting in this city stated that there are 532 cases of leprosy in j T ? tt .. i i r\ fl 1_ ? r_ | _ tne united states, xu 01 wmcu artjiu i nen Chicago. The doctor has made a life j the study of leprosy and recommends that grea our quarantine laws be more rigidly en- I ever forced, and believes in the establish- j now meirc of a 'general asylum in this coun- rise try for lepers ' The ttOOTH BUNCO GAME >w a Farmer Put thelLaugh on a Shrewd Hotel Clerk. 4E CONFIDENCE MAN.CAME chpH a Hraff fnr a Runrn Man and Bet the Clerk that He Would Come and Redeem It 'I was standing in the rotunda of one the uptown hotels in New York last' ;urday night," said Mr. 0. D. Stey5, a leather drummer from the met>olis. "when an old gentlemen with rseed in his whiskers came in. He ked about for a moment; and then Iked up to the clerk's desk, fished a d from his pocket, and throating dlO the hands of that official, asked: 4 'Mister, do yon know that man?" 'The clerk glanced at it, and smiled. r iie read thereon a name worn by ! of the smoothest of the many conjnce men who have sprang up since : beginning of the 'anti-reform' adilstration. Then he said: ' 'Yes, I know him, sir?I dare say had you cash a certified check for - ~ 3, or something of that sort?1' 'Yes he did.' said the old gentle a, wonderingly. 'How did you >w'?'' J The clerk smiled. 'He said lie would meet me here ight and take it up,' continued the tim. :I don't think he will, though, said clerk. t j- ? ?:j u ** uuii uu, oaiu luu oiu geauemsui; t he leoked to me like an honest a, and I am a good judge of human UTQ." . ?A11 right, sir," said the clerk, "just 'A o Cflof o r? T?Trti f " V/ u> UVU.U O.UU. nuiLj IX jyu Will* :The old man oame over and sat b?i me. I entered into conversation h him, and discovered that he was a 1-to do Long Island farmer. The ; a' man in question had met him a days before, and ingratiated him! in the old man's confidence. and need him to cash a check?the old i showed me the paper. ;After about an hour the old man it back to the desk and asked: \ \Have you seen anything of him * v 'No, said the clerk, and it isn't Hkefcatlwill." 'Tke old geitleman came back. He ted abeut fifteen minutes, then went he clerk again, and made' another _ mm niry. The clerk answered as he did ore, and the old fellow went to his : looking a bit disappointedHe grew fidgety after another short * t. and again addressed the clerk. ^ this time the attention of a number people had been attracted. ?omeof 3i laughed, and others looked synthetic. See here, said the clerk, that man t going to meet you. You have a bunkoed." " ^ fro, sir, you are wrong, said the old i. Well, lie won't meet you, insisted clerk. I'll bet lie does, replied the old man aredly. You bet lie does, repeated the clerk. 11, how much will you bet?" Come?put up or shut up, he addOh! I don't want to bet, said the man. Xo. of course you don't laughed the k. ' v Well, now, Mr.. Smarty, said the man. in it nettled tone, I will bet, lie reached down in his pooket and ed ont a roll of bills. There was a dred and sixteen dollars in all told, lie laid the money on the counter 1 a dogged air. The clerk went back to the safe, ight ont a similar sum, and said: I give yon one more hour."Xo,'; said the old fellow, I'm bet: he will either be here, or send me ftssage explaining why he couldn't e." All right, said the clerk, and upon agreement the money was put into mvelope and placed in the safe. The old gentleman came over and down by me. He started to say ething but arose suddenly and went aras me cigar stand, tnat was near front door, and bought a cigar. As 0tOeaim turned to come back, the door . eg open, and in stepped a flashidressed gentlemen?the confidence 1. Mr. Wilson, he said. 'he old man wheeled areuad. 1 have come, continued the bunkoer ake up that-little check." I looked at the clerk. Hisfacewas te: The bunko-steerer pulled a roll of s from his pocket, stripped of a .iber of them, and handed them to farmer. The farmer in return gave i the check, and then walked up to clerk and said: I'll take that money." t was handed to him. le went back to where the bnnko irerwas standing, and the two, joinarms, walked toward the door Just )re they stepped into the street the Q?r looked back over his shoulder, winded at the crowd. Well, I'll bed?dif that aiint the othest con game that was ever worksaid the clerk, simply." Mustering Them Out. he war department Thursday issued >rdcr to muster out about 15,000 inteer troops. The regiments are rst Maryland, now at Augusta, rd Mississippi and Second Missouri 4 P'tj-L J .iviuaay. jCiig&in ana -inineenin nsylvania at Augusta. Fourteenth svlvaaia. Summerville, S. C. rth Texas at San Antonio, Fourth consin at Anniston. Seventeenth mtcer infantry at Macon. Eighth mtcer infantry at Chickamauga th volunteer infantry at Macon. * Why Don't They? he Rome. Ga., Tribune very pertitiy remark?: "Biennial sessions of Legislature would cut down ' the ,t flood of useless laws enacted at y session. We have too many laws . I he people ot Georgia should up and demand biennial sessions." question is, why don't they?