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* *?* \ & ? - --W ~ . L ?M?????^?? ????? .if. " VOL. LIII. WINNSf&jS. S. 0.. WEDNESDAY-FEBRUARY 22, 1899. NO. 29. |j j|p' WENTTOTHE BOTTOM Two Coast Steamers Wrecked on Our Shores Last Week. ? ^ OWNED BY SAME COMPANY. X Great Suffering Am:ng the Ship wrecked Crews, Many of Whom Were Terribly Frost Bitten. The steamship Win. Lawrence, of the ^ Merchants and Miners" Transportation! _ company's !iue between Baltimore and Savannah, is a total wreck on Hilton Head Island, S. C., near the Port iloyal bar. She went ashore there Saturday wAKninrf in o linlnlocc itlAn XUVlUiU^ n Uiib 1U U, uwipivcw V/WV....V.' from storm damages. The crew stood by her for nearly twenty-four hours. When the ship began to break up, Capt. Willis gave oiders to take to the boats. The sea was running very high, ?. gale was blowing, and it was bitterly cold. The captain was the last roan to leave the ship, and it is said that he chose the poorest of the boats. Boat Xo. 1. in charge of Second AssistantEugineer Morrissett, with seven men, made Paris island, where the government naval station is situated, on Sunday morning. From that poi:it a telephone message was sent to Port Royal and a telegram to the Savannah agent, reporting the loss of the ship. Boat No. 2, in charge of Second Officer R. A. Beale, contained beside Beale, Chief Engineer Roach, Steward Frank Dingle, First Cook Harry Kelly, Quartesmaster Oscar Bowler and Seamen Jack Montgomery and Charles L. (ireen. I nese underwent a most terrible experience. They found it impossible to make land, and as darkness fell on Sunday night the cold became more and more intense. They were bcnumbed, wet, hungry and exhausted. The freezing spray was driven almost through them by the piping wind. By iueky accident they located the sea ' b'duj" uff the Fort Koyal bar, and by almost superhuman effort managed to catch on to it. They made fast to the buoy where they spent the night, and where they were fouad Monday morning by pilot boat No. 2 of Port Royal and taken aboard. Boats No. 3, under First Mate Lee Hooper, and No. 4, under Capt. Willis, are still missing with fourteen men. In Hooper's boat is First Engineer L. R Harper, and in the captain's boat is Quartermasters Assistant Andrew Burgess. The names of the others cannot be ascertained. Agent Carolan, at Savannah, under orders from President Jenkins, of the Merchants and Miners' company at Baltimore sent the tugs i Cynthia and McCauJey to the scene of' tka tt7t*>aL- Th* flvnthia returned late 5 vug ni w?? j Wednesday and reported that the Lawrence is broken in two and that nothing could be seen or heard from the two * missing boats. p> The passeu^-r steamer Clifton Wednesday morning en route to Savannah tfrom Beaufort, was hailed by pilot boat ' No. 2, having on board the rescued crew of Beale's boat. They were transferred to the Clifton and brought to Savannah. The men were in a pitiable condition. Chief Engineer Roach, Steward Dingle and Second Officer ? % * -? * o . ii _ JtSeaie iiatt tneir leet ana legs irozeo stiff, and their hands were frostbitten. The three were taken to a hcspitaJ in . i carriages, and the report is that each y may lose one or both feet. The other jr men were frostbitten ou 'both hands _ and feet, but not so badly as the throe mentioned. No connected story could be gotten from either of them on ac . count of their suffering. It appears, however, that Sailor Green was the hero of the terrible night. Some of the men, crazed with cold and i ain, wished to commit suicide. But Green told so mnnv fnnnv stories, sans so many ?* cheerful songs and could see so many J lighthouses or approaching vessels which did not exist, that the spirits of the men were kept up and none of them jumped overboard to end his misery. Green and his sailor companions, including the crew of Moirissett's boat, are now being cared for in one of the best hotels of the city. Agent Carolan left Savannah early Thursday morniug on the tug Cynthia to renew the search for Capt. Willis and k Mate Hooper and their boats. It is possible that they may have escaped to one of the sea islands. Telegraphic and telephone wires have been down >ince early Sunday morning, making communication very slow or cutting it off entirely. The whole coast, north and south of the scene of the wreck, will be explored. The wreck lies within a few miles of the spot at which the passenger steam ship City of Savannah was wrecked in the West India hurricane of 1893. RESCUED AT LAST. Every member of the crew of the wrecked steamship Wa Lawrence was saved, but only after the greater number of them had suffered terrible hardships. The tugs Cambria and Cynthia arrived at Savannah Thur?day from the sea islands of South Caro';na bringing with them Capt. A. L. Willis and 13 men, constituting those who had been missing since Sunday morning, when the ship was abandoned in the breakers off Port Royal bar. The tugs, with Agent Carolan on board the Cambria, left the city at daybreak this morning and searched every island and inlet northward until the castaways were found. At 9 o'clock the party were discovered on Hunting island and taken on board the Cambria. * Capt. Willis and his men suffered but little less than the crew of Mate Beale's boat, wh ch had tied up at the iva buoy, as told in last night's dispatches. They left the ship at 9 o'clock on Sunday morning. After 12 hours at sea in a blinding, freezing gale, the two boats under the captain and the first officer made land on Caper's island, a desolate and bare little sand pit. In beaching both of the boats were smashed and the men were thrown ^ into the surf. Though almost exhausted I and numb they managed to scramble I beyond the reach of the waves. What k little brackish drinking water they had ? was lost together with the biscuits, lc..c since salt-soaked, which had been brought off the wreck. There was no fresh water and extremely little fuel on the island, nor shelter in any shape. The captain had a few matchesjQin a | metallic box in his pocket. They were I found to b^ dry. Tearing the seats out of the wrecked boats, after much coax- j ing. a Ore was made under the lee of a j sand dune. The boats were of iron or would also lihve been burned. The J limited fuel saved themeu from freez- i ing to death. The oien hovered over the little blaze all during the i-leet arjd snowstorm of Sunday night and Monday when the mercury was marking 8 to HO degrees above zero. On luesday morning one of the boats was temporarily repaired and both crews got into it to reach Port Royal. They had been without food since leaving the Lawrence early Sounday morning and withaut water since Sunday afternoon. After painful efforts they reached Hunting island. I Some soldiers are stationed there, j These took them in and fed and warmed them. This morning the castaway were j about to set out for Port Royal in their I patched boat when the Cambria touna | them. I ANOTHER WRECK. Within the past three months the Merchants and Miners' Transportation company of Baltimore lost :?our of its ships. The last one the State of Texas, r< cently bought from the Mallory Line, now lies iu eighteen feet of water with huge holes in her bottom, n>2ar Windmill Puint, in Chesapeake by, near the mouth of the Rappahannock river, about forty-five miles from Norfolk. The State of Texas left Baltimore for Savannah, Ga., last Friday with a general cargo of merchandise, fourteen passengers and a crew of sixteen. She 1 1 il.. 1 naa arougn experience aown me my, and Saturday evening sprung a leak, having been cauglit in an unusually heavy drift. Her commander. Capt. Foster, soon realized that his vessel would sink, so he beached her. This was about 6 o'clock. Many hours afterwards the tug E. J. Cobb, of Norfolk came along and rescued the sufferers, arriving there ATeduesday afternoon at 5 p. m. I he passengers were P J! iorwarea to uieir uesuuanuuo u>c? mc Southern railway. No Sunday "Work. The House last Thursday passed a bill to further prevent Sunday work. The bill provides that on and after the approval of this act, in addition to the penalties prescribed against tradesmen, artificers, workmen and laborers who shall do or exercise any worldly labor, business or work of their ordinary callings on the Lord's day (commonly called the Sabbath) or Sunday or any part thereof, any corporation, company, firm or person who shall order, require or direct any work to be done in any machine shop or shops on Sunday, except in case of emergency, shall, on conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined in a sum not less than $100 and not more than $500 for each offense. Beer Privileges Abolished. In the house oil Thursday the bill to do away with beer and hotel privileges was taken up and after some discussion pro and con was passed by a vote of 78 to 24. The bill provides that from and after the approval of this act it shall be unlawful for the state board of control to grant to any person or corporation. except to regularly appointed dispensers, as now, or as may hereafter be, provided by law. the privilege of selling beer, or the privilege of selling spirituous or alcoholic liquors, wine or beer at any hotel or tavern, or any other place. The bill also revokes all beer privileges now in force. Frozen to Death. The Columbia. State says Jim Pagh, 1 1 r -L _ i? J _ r i'_i. a colored Daroer, was iouau a iew iect from his bed Sunday morning frozen to death. Pagh was a well-known barber who worked at M. T. Brown's shop, and his brother. Walter Pagh, is also a barber, having a shop on Main street, near Taylor. Saturday night Jim Pugh went to the house on Washington, near Lincoln street, where he lived and it is suppled that he went to bed under the influence of whiskey, for he evidently fell out ot Ded or got up aruns during the night and fell to the floor where he lay in the cold until he was frozen to death. In that condition he was found next morninr. A Million Dollar Fire. Over a million dollar's worth of Gov. eminent property was destroyed by a fire which started in the large machine shop of the Brooklyn navy yard, known as Machine shop No. 28. Wednesday night, and the workings of the navy yard have received a serious set-back. Many fine models and patterus of battle ships, their par.s and plans, have been destroyed, and some of them cannot be obtained again except by going over the work mapped out in the beginning. Wanted a Clearance. The Columbia State says there was a round of laughter in the Senate Wednesday night by the presentation o: a petition from Jno. Gr. Thomasson, a white citizen of Summerville, asking "for a clearance from his wife." The petition sets forth that the petitioner >;isnow asking for a final separation from the woman who was once his wife for 21 years, and for the last nine or ten years has been living with another man." The petition was referred to the judiciary committee. Stono River Frozen Oyer. A dispatch from Charleston says the tugboat H. H. C. Smith. Capt. Peck, from Savannah, arrived there Tuesday afternoon after an eventful voyage up the coast. Cantain Peck saii he found Stono river frozen from Church Flats to Rantowle's creek, a distance of some six miles. The ice was six inches thick in places, and he had to break through it <vith the Smith. It took him two hours to do it. He says he saw a number of smaller craft caught in the ice. but these were not in distress. The Dewey Lost. The Boston Fiuit Company's new steamer. Admiral Dewey, Capt. McGr?th, bound from Port Antonio, Jamaica to Boston, ran on the rocks at Cuttyhunk Wednesday morring aDd is a total wreck. The eighteen passengers on board were safely transferred to 1 the steamer John J. Hill. A Rapid Talker. It is said that Congressman Johnson of Indiana, has a rapidity of utterance without parallel, being a third faster than that of any other member. At times it reaches the phenomenal number of 400 words a minute. Xor is he ever at a loss for a word. THE PHILIPPINES. What We Propose Doing With tkeIslands. PASSED ON BY THE SENATE. The Vice-President Kills the Bacon Resolution, but the McEnery .' Resolution Was Passed. The United States senate, have defined our relation to the Philippine Islands as far as that bodi' can do so. Au amendment offered by Mr. Bacon, of U-ecrgia, several aays ago was defeated. The vote ou the amendment was a tie?29 to 29?and Vicc-President Ilobart cast the deciding vote against the proportion. The voting was preceded by three hours and:a half of debate, the senate haviDg convened at 11. a. m., ia order to admit of discti?sion on the resolution. MV declared that the resolu tion was a vicious and unfortuuate declaration. lie maintained that the resolution meant nothing favorable to the Filipinos! He regarded it as simply a declaration that while the Filipinos were subjects of this country they could never become citizens of the United States. Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, was opposed to the McEoery resolution because, he maintained, it gave no hope of freedom or liberty or&eif-jrovcrDiuent 1 ? - o -1- tjl : to tDe lunaDitants 01 me rniuppiuws and because it provided that they should never take a part in their own g)verament or become a part of the United States. To the Filipinos the McEnery resolution would be a message of tyrann}*, of hate, of oppression and of slaughter. Mr. Hoar adverted to the references in speeches to Aguinaldo as ?n ''nnririnmnled adventurer." and then entered upon a defense of the Filipino leader. He spoke of Aguinaldo's appeal to the people of the United States as so remarkable as capable of being drafted by "not ten men on this planet." ''I do not see,!' said Mr. Hoar, with feeling, "how any American heart, not of stone, could fail to recognize the force of that appeal." Hr. Hoai said he was perfectly satisfied with his entire course in the whole question of the Philippines, beluving conscientiously that he was right. "I am satisfied," said he, ;'io stand with the fathers ?t? ? J-J 1:1??A WHO IOUDUUU UlU liUCitJ' uuu utmicu our constitution." Mr. Hale, of Maine, said he had not much hope that the senate would take any course that would stop the desolating programme now being carried out in the Philippines. Hardly had the treaty^ been ratified, however, before a foreign war was precipitated. "I am not disappointed," said he. :;I am not inclined to say 'I told you so,' but I told senators when the treaty was ratified it would be impossible to take any steps to alleviate the condition of the Filipinos. Congress will adjourn and the war will go on, and there is not a man who will not realize in three months that it is a war of conquest and subjugation. He said that Admiral Dewey and Gen. Merritt had said in three months not 5,000 troops wculd be needed in the Philipines, yet we had 20,000 men there and 7.000 more and the battleship Oregon on the way. "And yet," declared Mr. Hale, ;:we are told that we are traitors and held up and blacklisted in the.newspapers because we want to give these people a chance, at least to show that they are friendly and can set up a government of their own. Instead we kill them, not by scores, not by hundreds, but by thousands. .More Filipinos have been killed by the guns of our army and navy than were patriots killed in any six battles in the revolutionary war. It has become a cieantic event. The slaughtei of people, in no way e.qual' to us, meeting us with bows and art^s and crawling into the jungles by hundreds, there to die, has stupified the American mind. No one has said that our mission of commerce and of the gospel was to be precede by the slaugh ter of thousands of persons. "I am not enarmored of the McEnerj resolution. It contains little that is good and a great deal that is bad." He regarded the Bacon resolution as much better. ;'But," he said in conclusion, "the car of juggernaut will go on. The grinding will continue until the people finally make themselves heard upon it." Mr. Mason attacked the policy pursued in the Philippine?. He said, however, that he was an optimist and "believed the people of the United States would declare tor human liberty as well in the Philippines as in this country. As Mr. Mason concluded, the hour for the vote having arrived, Mr. HawJey inquired if it was .Mason's purpose to insist upon his unanimous consent. Mason replied that it was as he had done only that which was entirely honorable and fair in the matter. Bacon's amendment to the resolution was then laid before the senate. It follows: i:That the United States hereby disclaim any disposition or intention to exercise permanent sovereignty, jurisdiction or control over said islands, and assert their determination, when a stable government shall have been erected therein, entitled in the judgment of the government of the United States to recognize as such, to transfer to said government, upon terms which shall be reasonable and just, all rights secured the cession by Spain, and to thereupon leave the government and control of' the islands to their people. A yea and Day vote was demanded, resuhing?29 to 29. In announcing the vote the vice-presid >nt said: '"The vote is a tie. The cuair votes in the negative. The amendment is lost." The detailed vote follows: Yeas?Bacon, Bate, Berry, Caffery, Chilton, Clay, Cockerell, Faulkner, Gorman, Gray, Hale, Harris, Heitfeld, Hoar, Jones(Ark-), JonesfXev.), Lindsay. McLaurin, Martin, Money, Murphy, Perkins, Pettigrew, Pettus. Quay, Rawlins, Smith, Tillman, Turner?21E. Nays?Allison, Burrows, Carter. Chandler, Deboe, Fairbanks, Friey, Gear, Hanna, Hawley, Kyle, Lodge, MeBride, McEnerv, McMillan, Mantle, Morgan, Nelson. Penrose, Piatt (Conn.), Piatt (N. Y.), Pritchard. Pioss. Shoup, Simon, Stewart, Teller. Warren, W olcott?29. "V7~ . ? " 'Tlie vice.prcsidei't voted in the nogai tivo. The vote was tlieri taken on the Mci Euery resolution which follows: [ "That by the ratification of the treaty i cf peace with Spain it is not intended ! to incorporate the inhabitants of the | Philippine islands into citizenship cf i the United States, nor is it intended to l ? 1 J j permanently annex saia isiaua* as an : integral part of the United States; but ; it;js the intention of the United States 1 tdlfestablish on said islands a govern! inent suitable to the wants and condij tions of the inhabitats of said islands I to prepare them for local self-govern[ ment. and in due time to make such diposition of said islands as will best premote the interests of the citizens of I the United States and the inhabitants of said islands." The resolution was adopted, yeas 26, nays 22, several Democrats who were present and rot paired withholding their votes. The detailed vote follows: Yeas?Allison. Burrows, Chandler, Deboe, Fairbanks, Faulkner, Frye, Gear, Gray, Hale, Harris. Kyle, Lodge, MeEnery, McLaurin, McMillan, Mantle* Mason. Nelson.. Perkins, Pettus Piatt of New York. Quay, Sullivan, Teller?2(5. i Nays?Bacon. Bute, Caffery, Carter, j Clay, Cockrell. liavvley, Hoar, Lindsay, j Mol?ride, Martin, Money, Morgan, ! Mur]?hy, Pettigrew, Piatt of Connecti! cut. Kaolins, Rosu, Simon, Smith, j Stewart. Warren?22. REORGANIZING THE MILITIA. j Gen. Floyd will Decrease Companies and Pat All on Firmer Basis. Adjt. <xen. Floyd intends to start next week upon the work of reorganizing the State militia and for' that purpose he and his assistant, Col. Johu D. Frost, will visit all the companies in the State to ascertain which of them shall be retained and to find out the status of affairs in regard to the arms and uuiforms of the companies. There are now 70 companies, or alleged companies, on the roll, but many of these are known to be in a thoroughly disorganized state aiid not to be relied upon in case of need. It is proposed to cut down the number to 30 companies and require every company to have not less than 45 or 50 bona fide members, which would give the miliiia a total strength of 1,500 men. With the organization on that basis, and the appropriation beiDg $8,000, the compa Die's would draw about ?6 tor eacnmember, which is double the amount they now receive. The plans in view for the militia will call for a more compact and easily handled body of troops, and the companies to be retained will be those which have preserved the best organizations and those in places where the ..militia is most needed. Gen. Floyd thinks the force of cavalry can very well be decreased considerably, if not abolished altogether, as the need for cavalry in the militia is not very evi dent. It is possible that an artillery company may be organized in the central part of the State and one in the upper part, as there are now none outside of Charleston. Gen. Floyd and Col. Frost will visit all the companies within the next four weeks in order that the plans for reorganization may be perfected before the regular inspections are begun. It is probable that the inspection of the Charleston companies, which are always the first 10 be inspected, will be held during the veterans' reunion in the early part of May.?The State. Burned to Death. There seems to be no doubt but that three persons were burned to death in the fire "Wednesday night, which destroyed the Arlington fiats at the corner -of Forty-first and Grand Boulevard, Chicago. Those supposed to have perished are: Fred A. Marte. a mail carrier. Mrs. Fred A. Marte, his wife, and their infant son. Marte,who,was a mall carrier, did cot report for duty Thursday at the postffice, and as every source o: information in regard to the possible whererbouts of the family i i uy nave UUCU lUUHOU IUW nuuvuv CUV/cess, ali hope for his escape has been given up. All Should Help. The News and Courier estimates that there- will be 40,00(J visitors to Charleston on the occasion of the Confederate D \Tov The JLltJUIJiUli 1 LI V,nai 1CSWU uc-vu .'i?j . people of Charleston are making arrangements to entertain that many if necessary, but the people of the State must cot allow the Charlestonians to bear the whole expense alone. As we have remarked before, it is all South Carolina?not just Charleston?that is to be the host of the Confederate Veterans. Prices for Dispensary Bottles. From the proceedings of the State board of control :>ublished in the Columbia State the following is taken: "A letter was read from John A. Willoughby, a 7-year-old boy at Florence, asking to be allowed to sell a lot of bottles he had collected and- stating that the dispenser there gave oniy 5 cents a dozen for all sizes of bottles. It was ordered that the prices fixed be sent him as follows: Eignt cents a dozen f >r half-pints, 12 cents for pints and quarts." The New Maine. The anniversary of the blowing up of the batr''jship Maine in Havana harbor was murL'--"l at Philadelphia with the beginning of work on the powerful man-of-war which will bear the name of the historic battleship, the destruction of which did so much to precipitate the war with Spain. The battleship will be built by the Cramp Ship Building Company, and at the company's yards, at 11 o'clock Wednesday, the first piece of the keel of the vessel trie i-iid Stands at the Eead. Dr. McCracken, chancellor of the New York University, in speaking at the recent military convention in Tampa of the value of a military education, ranked South Carolina and Massachusetts highest among the states in giving military instruction to their sons. The Citadel Academy is the West Point of the South, and the military feature of the C lemson college course is especially good. In addition, various private academies pay much attention to mili tary instruction. I" DID NOT PASS. * * ? The House Votes Down Prohibition ar\d Local Option, ! HOW EACH". MEMBER VOTED The Dispensary Seems to Have a Large ; Majority of the Representatives in its *;.y.. .'Favor. The House ;X>? Representatives devoted a good portion of last week to the :j V* i>:~i 11 cuuMucrauuii UL-IHU wiuaikcj On Tuesday Mr. 'McCullough's prohibition bill wa? taker, up Prince thee ofiercd his> absolute prohibition bill, as a substitute. McCullough accepted the substitute."- Prince said be wanted the bill passed. Simkins said that this was a bad'tinie to consider prohibition bills. Sturkie moved to adjourn the debate on .the bill and print it. Patton said there was no trouble about understanding.* the Prince bill: there j xhclj uu avuic iivuuic uijijul ? wiug> Stevenson said it was time to stop adjourning debate on these lulls. DeBrulil moved-to indefinitely postpone the Prince substitute. The vote resulted: ^ Yeas?Speaker G-ary, Baect. Bailey, J. B. Black, W. D. Black, Blease, Blythc, Browning, Caughman, Colcock, Cosgrove, Dean, DeBruhl. Dowling, Dukes, Efird Epps, II. H. Evans, X. G. Evans, Fairey, Floyd, Gautt, Graham, Hill, Hotftnever, Hoi lis, Hydrick, Jenkins, H. E. Johnson, W. J. Johnson, Jones. Lyles, Magi!I. Manning. Marion, Laban Mauldin, William L. Mauldiu, McCraw, MoDill, McDow, McLanchlin, McLaurin, Mehrtens, Miley, Mobley, Moss, Moses, Xettles. Patton, Pyatt, E. B. Ragsdale, J. W. Ragsdale, Richards, George W. Richardson, Henry B. Richardson. C. E. Robinson, Rogers, E. L. Sanders, Sawyer, Simkins. Sinkler, G-. P. Smith, Stevenson, Strom, Sturkie. Suber, Theus, W. H. Thomas. W. J. Thomas, Threatt. Timmerman, Varn, Verdier, West, Weston, Wharton, Winkler, II. H. Woodward, M. B. Woodward, Wyehe?83. Xavs?Ashley, Davis. Henderson, Jackson, Lockwood. Lofton, Mann, McCoy, McCullough, Prince, George W. Richardson, R. B. A. Robinson, (J. P. Sanders, Seabrook, Jeremiah Smith. Stackhouse, Whisonant, Williams, Wimberly, Wingo, Young?20. The Prince prohibition bill was snowed under. Then the dual local option bill, between dispensary and prohibition, was called up. Mr. Robinson said his bill covered the whole liquor question. He said he wanted prohibition, and was satisfied it could be enforced. Greenwood county had no dispensary and did not have prohibition, yet there seems to be plenty of 7: xuor there. His bill, he said submits the entire question to the people. His bill allowed two options ?prohibition and dispensary. Ilis bill only provided for the option between dispensary and prohibition. He %-?/> /\T-\f i /\r% o a f A ll^nco TT A TTOTlf. ed the people to decide on what they wanted, and if the bill were not passed now the time would come when the people would be heard from. He was not going to discuss the matter at IcDgth. He came here as a Prohibitionist and voted for it in good faitk. He was opposed to cramming anything down the throats of the people. He wanted to know if members were afraid of the people. He said he did not object to a license option. He was not a high license man himself. After this statement by Liobinson. who introduced a long, rambling discussion took placc, participated in by a great many members. Finally I)eBruhl -moved to indefinitely postpone the liobinson bill?option between dispensary and prohibition and county control. On this the yea and nay vote resulted: Yeas?Speaker Gary, Bailey. Bell, J t-?i i tir T\ r>i _-_i- r> 1 13 15iaCK, >> u x>iacK, Dicase. uijcuc, Browning, Caughman, Cross, Crum, DeBruhl, Dowling, Dukes, Efird, Epps HII Evans, X G Evans, Fairey, Gamble, Gantt, Graham, Hill, Hoffmeyer, Hollis, H E Johnson, W J Johnson, Jones, Lyles, Magiil, Manning, Marion Laban. Mauldio, McCoy, McCraw, McDill, McDow, McLauchlin, McLaurin. Means, Miley, Mobley, Xettles, Pat terson, E B Ragsdale. J W Ragsdale, Piickards, Henry B Richardson, C E Robinson. Rogers, E L Sanders, Sawyer, Siiarpe. G P Smith, E D Smith, Stackhousc. Strom, Sturkie. Theus, \V J Thomas. Threatt, Timmermaa, Yarn, Yerdier. West, Weston, Whisonant, Williams, Wilson, Winkler, M B Woodward, Wyche, Young?71. Nays?Ashley, Bacot, Bolts, Colcock. Cosgrove, Dargan, Davis, Dean, Dendy. Estridge. Floyd, Henderson. Hydrick, Jackson, Jenkins, Leverett. Lockwood, Lofton, Mann, William L. Mauldin. Mehrtens, Moses, Patton. Prince, Pyatt, George W. Richardson, R B A Robinson. C P Sanders, Se.ibrook, Sinkler. Jeremiah Smith, J L Smith Stevenson. Suber, W H Thomas. Wimberly, Wingo, II H Woodward ?38 Pairs: McCullough and Moss: Wharton and Montgomery. So the bill was killed. Mauldin then called for his local option bill, which provides for a vote Dy counties on dispensary. proniDiurn ana license and does away with State dispensary. The motion to indefinitely postpone was carried by SO to 31. as follows: Yeas?Speaker Gary, Bailey. Bell. J. B. Black. W. P. Black, Blease, Blythe, Browning Caughman, Cross. Crumm. BeBruhl. Dowling. Dukes. Efird, Kpps, Estridge, H. Jbl. Evans. Fairey. Gamble, Gantt. Graham, Hill, Hoffmeyer, Hollis, Hydrick, II. E. Johnson, W. J. Johnson, Jones. Ly*? mi >f les, lriaglii, -UaniUllg, jiiUHUU, ijauau Mauldin, McCoy, McCraw, McCullough, McDill, McDow, McLauchlin, McLaurin, Means. Miley, Mobley, Nettles. Patterson, Prince, J. W. Ragsdale, Richards, George W. Richardson, u "R T7i/>ViarrUrtn (V Tv Robinson. ilCLil %> XJ w ? H. B. A. Robinson. Bogers, C. P. Sander?. E. L. Sanders, Sawyer. Sharpe, G. P. Smith. E."L). Smith. Stackh;mse, Stevenson. Strom. Sturkie. Suber, Theus, W. J. Thomas, Threatt, Timmerman, Vcrdier, West. Whisonant, i Williams. Wilson. Wingo. Winkler, j M. B. Woodward. Wvche. Young. X G Evans?80. j Nays?Ashley. Bacot, Bults: Col i cock. Coserove. D.irgan. Davis. Dtan, uenay, rwyu. lienaerson, .jacwson, i Jenkins. Leverett. Lockwood. Loftou. ; Mann. William L. Mauldin, Meurtens, | Moses. Patton. Pyatt, Seabrook, Sitak. j ler. Jereinla'i Smith. J. L. Smith. W. I H. Thomas. Yarn. Weston. Wimberly. j H. H. Woodward?31. i | Pairs: Same as on other vote. j Then the effort was made to iret up i the Archer bill, which had just come j over from the Senate, but the House | took a recess before anything could be ; done. | ABOUT HoTdING~TWO_OFFICES. j ' ! > I Postmaster Cannot be Magistrate Under the State Constitution. Senator Robert B. Scarborough, of ! Horry, leferred to Attorney G-eneral ^ Bellioger some days ago the question | whether one holding the office of post. master under the United States govern' ment can at the same time hold the office of magistrate under appointment by the governor. and to this inquiry . Mr. Bellinger replied that prior to the AP 1 vJO A AArrArtf onoTrnr , ! ^ISLlStiLUlKJU, Ul iUi?U vug Wlicvo ttUOHgi would have depended upon the mixed question of law and fact whether the two offices were incompatible, foratthe time there was neither statutory nor constitutional provisions to guide in forming an opinion. Ihis question is discussed very fully in State vs Butts IX S. C., 156, and McCrary Am. Law of Elections, section 239. In article II, section 2, of the constitution of 1895 are these words; "Xo person shall hold two offices of honor or profit at the same time, provided that any person holding another office can at the same time be an officer in the militia or nutary public.'' Attorney General Bellinger concludes as iouovvs: '"The question naturally suggests itself does this section of the constitution contemplate national offices as well as those within the gift of the people of this State, either directly or indirectly? And the answer we find in the dissenting opinion of Chief Justice McLver in ex-parte Furniture company, 49, S. C-, page 40. holding that a postmaster is an officer within the contemplation of our constitution. "Therefore we conclude that under the constitution above referred to the same person cannot at the same time hold the office of postmaster and the office of magistrate within this State." Down With Him. Reprcfentative Fairchild, of the Kansas legislature, has introduced a bill to abolish the "grafter," which, according to a definition embodied in the bili, is "any person who loafs around legislative halls seeking employment by persons or corporations inter ested in measures pending before the legislature, and any member of the legislature who introduces bills of a prohibitory character for the purpose of extorting money and who assists outside 'gratters' in securing employment for intended victims." Any person convicted of being a ;grater shall be fined $10 to ?500 and be disqualified from holding any office. Up, Up, Up it Goes. The monthly statement of the Treasury Department shows that in January the public debt increased $23,448,463. The cash in the Treasury decreased during the same time $20,180,019. It wsuld appear, therefore that the Government '"ran behind" over$43.000.000 in January. The official statement further shows that for the seven months of the fiscal year ending January 31st the expenditures were $3$0.604,802. being $92,S67.9S2 more than the receipts. At this rate the increase of the public debt for the year will be nearly SI 60.000.000. ^ A Confession- Hen. 0. 0. Howard who was in position to know the facts, confesses at this late day that his side missed being thrashed at Gettysburg by a very narrow squeak. Writing of Gen. G. S. Greene, lately deceased, at Morristown, N. J., he says: ,:But for him. or some such intelligent and gallant officer in lv's nlane. we should have lost that fan-inns field." And Meade:s suDerior force, it will be remembered, fought on the defensive and behind breastworks. ?Xews and Courier. Spread Out Six Miles. The Record says the river nine miles below Columbia is spread over the country for sis miles. Many head of cattle have been drowned and frozen to death. Many Negroes were suffering from the lack of wood; but tbey are now obtaining it from drift wood floating down the river. Reports Friday say that the river will rise twelve feet higher still in the next few days. A Good Bill. The house has doue well to give the State board of health power to enforce vaccination. Without such power it will not be possible for the board to check the spread of smallpox in the country. All exj erience shows tint the class of people most subject to this loathsome disease is the class most blindly and ignorautly prejudiced against the only known defense against its contagion. Their Last Sleep. A Times-Star special from Bellfon| taine. Ohio, says Judge Mittenberger was found dead m bed Thursday morning and his .wife in an unconscious condition from which she can not recovcr. Escaping gas from a broken fixture was the cause. Earthquake ShocksDuring the past week earthquake shocks have been felt in Virginia, Xorth Carolina. Tennessee, Alabama and iu several places in this State. It is to be hoped that this will be the last of them. To Be CourtmartialedA dispatch from Madrid says all the *-- to surviving captams ui opiiuj.au nauuipi destroyed in the naval battles off Santiago de Cuba and ia Manila Bay by the American fleet will be court mari tialed. Cfen. Butler Free. The war department has honorably discharged Mai. Gens. Butler, Sumner and Brig. Gens. Kline, McKee, Wiley, Lincoln and Comba, all of the volunteer army. SOME MOEE FIGHTIffG : Between the American Troops and the j i Filipino Archers. r | j Late dispatches from Manila says i j on Sunday afternoon (J-cn. Miller or- i ! dered a reconnoisance in force to ascer- j | tain the enemy's position. Major | i Chaatham's battalion of the Tennessee [ I rnlnnt/i^r Tvurin>/?rif marfihod KftVf) nd : j Molo. without finding the enemy, and. i { returned to Uoilo. Keller's battalliou | of the 18th United States infantry, with ! two Hotchkiss guns and one G-atiing j gun, marched toward Jaro. 31idway between Uoilo aDd Jaro this battallion j encountered a large body of the enemy I occupying both sides of the road, who [ met the advance of the American troops ! with a severe and well directed fire. The Americans deployed and returned the iire with a number of volleys. The troops advanced steadily, supported by the Hotchkiss and Gatling guns and drove the enemy through Jaro to the open country beyond. The town of Jaro was found to be deserted and all portable property had been removed. When the Americans entered the place there were only a few Chinese there. At 4:10 p. m. Capt. Griffiths raised the American flag over the presidencia. During the fighting outside the town Lieut. Frank Bowles, of the 18th infantry, while working the light battery, was shot in the leg. In addition one private was seriously wounded and two were slightly injured. The rebel loss was heavy. All was quiet on Monday when Col. Potter left lloilo. Four companies or volunteers, which had been clearing the country in the vicinity of Peteros, ten miles southeast of Manila, and which had been recalled, were followed by the enemy as they retired. On reaching San Pedro Macati i)gg Americans made a stand near the' churchyard and the rebels were driven back. The Califernians again advanced, and are now occupying the same ridge, commanding the valley of the river, which they held Tuesday. A gunboat near Pasig is clearing the jungle. Wednesday afternoon several rebels in houses bearing white flags, having fired on the American outposts, Col. Smith, wich Companies L. D and M, of the California volumteers, proceeded to clean out the enemy along his front. The rebels opposed him from the brush and several skirmishes occurred, durinff TtrVii/>Vi niria nf flio nalifivmiana i were slightly wounded before the rebels were driven out. The work proceeded in a systematic manner, a gunboat shelling the villages and working her rapid-fire guns very effectively on the iunele. PHOSPHATE INSPECTOB An Effort Made in. the Senate to Abol ish the Office. Oil ThurscLy when the bill to abolish the office of Phosphate Inspector, Tu j j._ cam? up. jLiueri/Uii uioveu. lu sume uui the enacting words. Graydon said the bill had for its object the abolition of one of these useless officers. The phosphate companies were under heavy bond for a faithful accounting with the State, and the office was simply to provide a place. The phosphate commission could look after the affairs of this industry. He did not see the use of paying iU per cent. 01 the royalty to a man to collect it when the commission could collect the royalty just as well. Ilderton thought it a bad plan to turn over to the phosphate companies the management of the Staters business. His duties were to check up the accounts of these companies an^see that they pay the State s royalty. Dean thought the office of phosphate inspector was as near a sinecure as anything he knew of. Ue then proceeded to : show that the inspector's duties are en ^ r? + Vi o f Via C^l^nm uiiUJj ^/WiUUWivi; auu tuaw Ji^ cviuvui, if ever, visited the mines. Stanland believed the real grievance was against ; the incumbent and not against the office. If he did not have enough to do 1 it was the fault of the general assembly. . His duties ought to be extended so he should inspect the manufactured fer- : tilizers and prevent the shipping out of "three, three, plus two, X one, and a bag of dirt" Talbird said that only in : the last two months the inspector had saved to the State $2,800 in royalties. Archer thought if the State was going to continue to attend to this busi less . she ouehtto have some one to look after , it. Barnwell did not believe the office should be abolished, but suggested that : the salary be reduced to ?800 By the following aye and nay vote the senate ; refused to kill the biii: Yeas?Aidrich, Connor. Dennis Grubei, Hay, Hough, Ilderton. Love, May- 1 field, Ragsdale, Stanland. Talbird, ; Wallace, Williams?14. Nays?Appelt, Archer, Barnwell, Blakeney, Bowen, G W Brown, W A. Brown. Dean, Douglass, Glenn, Gray- : don, Henderson, Livingston, Manning, Marshall, Mauldin, Mower, Sarratt, Scarborough, Sheppard, Suddath, Sullivan, Walker, Waller?24. Barnwell then offered an amendment to reduce the salary ol ptiospnate inspector from $1,500 to $S00. By a vote of 28 to 9 this was agreed to. The bill then passed to a third reading. A New Fuel. A newly discovered mineral, which is of a lustrous black color, and which as a fuel surpasses coal and all other ' substances heretofore known, is found on the island of Barbados, in the Lesser Antilles, where the natives call it "raanjak." It is thought that rnanjak is petrified petroleum, great quantities of petroleum being found on the same island. It contains only two per cent of water an<? fully twenty-seven per cent of solid organic matter, thus surpassing in utility the best asphalt of Trinidad, in which thirty per cent of water is contained, and which has been classed so far as th* very finest fuel. Mixed with turf, it giv.os heat far superior to any known. A Good Law. Norway recently enacted a law forbidding the sale of tobacco to youths uuder 1G without signed orders from adults. Tourists who offer cigarettes to youths render themselves liable to prosecution, while the police are empowered to confiscate the pipes, cigars and cigarettes of youths who smoke in M*. ^ ?*??/%. ?r\y fV?n rtffnriCO puoiic btreei3, a uuc iui i.u?, uuvu^v vv ing likkwise imposed, which may be anywhere from 50 cents to $25. I I LIQUOR QUESTION. I t Is Fully Debated and Decided by the State Senate. THE ARCHER BILL PASSED. y ' ; _ Tko nrf^Arant In I 11^ k/Ill^i^HV VVUIIUUd lit Wiv State May Decide by Vote as to Dispensary or No Dispesary. "When the senate met Wednesday night and took up the liquor question for consideration these three general propositions were before it. The Archer bill, under whose terms a county now having a dispensary may. oh presenting a petition signed by onefourth of the elcotor? of that county, haye an election ordered to determine whether or not the dispensary shall be removed and thus secure prohibition. To -the Archer bill Mayfield had offered an amendment by which the people of a county should vote for high license, dispensary or prohibition. The . ordering of the election was to be in same manner as proposed by the Archer bill. The Henderson substitute bill, intended to take the Dlaee of the two above propositions, simply provided fofr a reference, of the whole matter to the people of the State at large to be voted upon in a general election to be held next July on the three questions of license, dispensaiy or prohibition. The Mayfield amendment was rejected by a vote of 9 to 26, the Henderson substitute by a vote of 8 to 27, while the Archer bill passed its second reading by a vote of 20 to 14. After a long debate - participated in by a number of senators the matter was decided by the votes as recorded below. The first Dronosition was to strike out the enacting words of the Archer bill. By the following aye and nay vote senate refused to do so: Yeas?Aldrich," Alexander, Appelfc, Dennis, Graydon, G ruber, Hay, Henderson, Ilderton, Mauldin, Mower, Ragsdale, Wallace, Williams?14. Nays?Archer. Barnwell, Blakeney, Bowen, G. W. Brown, W. A Brown, Dean, Douglass, Glenn, Hough, Love, Manning, Marshall, Mayfield, Sarratt, Scarborough, Sheppard, Stanland, Suddath, Sullivan, Waller?21. Senator Livingston announced that he was paired with Mr. Griffith. He would vote "no" and Mr. Griffith would vote "aye'' were he here. The next vote was on the adoption of Mr. Henderson's substitute bill The senate rejected the bill'by the following vote. Xeas?JBlakeney, U-raydon. (jruber. Henderson. Mauldin, Scarborough, Wallace, Waller.?8. Nays?Aldrich, Alexander, Appelt, Archer, Barnwell, Bowen, G. W. Brown, W. A. Brown, Dean, Dennis, Douglass, Grlenn, Hay, Hough, Ilderton. Love, Manning, Marshall Mayfield Mower, Itagsdale, Sarratt, Sheppard, Stanland. Suddath,-Sullivan, "Williams The next vote was on the adoption of Senator Mayfield's amendment, which resulted as follows: Yeas?Appelt, Barnwell, Brown Gr. W., Dean, Marshall, Mayfield, Sheppard. Stanland, Sullivan?9. Voire?AlAvandor. Arfiher. Blakeney,-Bowen, Brown W. A,, Dennis, Douglass, Gleen, Graydon, Graber Hay. Henderson. Hough, Ilderton, / " Love, Manning, Mauldin, Mower, Ragsdale, Sarratt, Scarbgrough, Suddatb, Wallace, Waller, Williams?26. The Archer bill was then ordered to a third reading by the following vote; Yeas?Archer, Blakeney, Bowen, Brown G. W., Brown W. A., Dean, Douglass. Glenn, Hough, Love, Manning, Marshall, Mayfield, Sarratt, Scarborough, Shcppard, Stanland, Saddath, Sullivan, Waller?20. Xays?Aldrich, Alexander, Appelt. Barnwell, Dennis, Graydon, Gruber, Hay, Henderson, Ilderton, Mauldin, Mower, Wallace, Williams?14. Senator Appelt's bill similar to Senator Mayfield's amendment was also killed. Presented to the Commodore, Wednesday afternoon at Galveston a beautiful sword and Bible, purchased by the Sunday School children of Texas, were presented to Commodore John W. Philip, who commanded the battleship Texas during the war with Spain. The sword was made by the same firm ^ ?^4. who designed the Dewey sword and cost $3,500. The presentation was in approval of Commodore Philip's pablic utterances after the Santiago fight, acknowledging the sovereignty of Almighty God. The battleship Texas is at Galveston commanded by Capt. Sigs bee; and all officers and men attended, the ceremony. Going to Mexico. a President Diaz of Mexico has per- M mitted some Indians of Indian Territo- ^ ry to buy about 200,000 acres ot land in his country, on which they will settle to the number of about 10,000, and be allowed to govern themselves. The movement is due to a desira on the part of the Indians to cscape the interference of the white man. The number of civilized Indians in the Indian Territory will be reduced about one-fifth by the exodus, those going out being the most intelligent and progressive. A Scrap of History. ~ In reference to the Eagan-Mile%^ffair it is recalled that ninety years .ago General Winfield Scott, then a captain in the army, was courtmartialed for having said at a public table that lie ' . - r* . never saw out two iranors?vxeaerais Wilkinson and Burr?and that General Wilkinson was a liar and a scoundrel. He was found guilty and was suspended for a year. A Bicli State West Virginia is an ideal state. On the first of February she did not. owe a > dollar and had in her treasury $1,284.- -? 138. However, she c*id not assume statehood until late years and had no reconstruction period to pass through.' Happy peopltf; blessed are they, indeed There arc now two women in the * Legislature of Utah, two in Colorado < and two in Idaho. j