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mmm * m:; ^ - ^|S| M I- I L C^JlM E? ......... - , - Ml . II II Ill I I X ^ ' - - - .,,? ? . ... k ^ VOL LIV, WINNSBORO. S, C., WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 24, 1900. NO. 23 |i GETTING ON SLOWLY j Memorial Meeting in Honor of the Late Governor Ellerbe. '4 t . 7 A "TWO DAYS' HOLIDAY f Taken by Both Branches of the i Legislature- Very Little Work Dona So Far by Either the v< House or Senate, I& After considerable discussion Tuesj day tlie House of Representatives * .1 i p ii. . r> 1 T i. _ I I' reaucea toe saiary 01 ine jraospuaie h Inspector from $1,500 to $1,200. After a long running debate the following bill regarding convict labor was passed to a third reading: v The board of directors of the Penitentiary are hereby authorized and empowered to lease or hire out any conviots in the Penitentiary, except convicts under sentence for murder, rape, arson and manslaughter, under the following rules, and regulations, and restrictions, with all others imposed by r the said board: That the said board % of directors shall make an annual report to the General Assembly at the I regular sessions, showing the number I and names of convicts hired out, to 3 whom hired, for what purpose, and lor what consideration, and the board of $ directors are authorized to retain for ? the use of the penitentiary all amounts received by them from the hire or labor of conviets during the current fiscal year: Provided, that the preference shall be given to counties desiring to hire the convicts for work on the ? publio works of such counties for $4 ^ i>er month, and the county pay all ex peases of guards, transportation and medical attendance: Provided further, that the county authorities shall have the right to hire such convicts and work them on their chain gangs and pay for them out of funds appropriated for repair and construction of publie highways. The yea and nay vote on the final passage of the bill resulted 62 to 42 io favor of the second reading of the bill being ordered. The vote was clinched. > A number of new bills were introduced - and the House adjourned to Wednesday. There was a spicy debate in the House Thursday over the proposition to take Fiiday and Saturday holiday. Mr. Magili moved that wiien "tins nouse adjourns it be to meet Monday at 12 o'clock." ? Mr. Lockwood moved to amend by making it 8 ~ night. The amendment was adc^.c- by a vote of 69 to 20. Mr. C. P. Sanders moved that for Saturday the house draw no pay. Friv~. day is Lee's birthday, a holiday which VkA Rnf "fnr Safnr<1ftr the members should accept no pay from the State. Mr. Bacot and Mr. Ashley heartily favored the suggestion of Mr. Sanders. ^ Mr. Williams said that there were a number of members who could not go home Saturday and it would be unfair to them to take their pay from them for an adjournment which they could not help. Mr. Means suggested that those members who were here Saturday appear before the clerk and have thsir names recorded. They could draw their pay and the absentees could forfeit theirs. Mr. M. B. Woodward contended that the time had heen frittered away thus far dnrinc th? session and he was op posed to adjourning until Monday. Mr. Marion wanted to meet at 10:30 a. m. Friday, Lee's birthday. Mr. Stevenson thought it proper to spend a day in honoring the memory of a hero, but it was not right to use that as an excuse to obtain another holiday. Mr. Marion's amendment was killed, 83 was Mr. Sanders' amendment to the original motion. The question before the house then j was Mr. Lockwood's amendment to Mr. - - 11 -\f._3 iUagill B motion, to assemoie iuonaay at 8 p. m The aye and nay vote was demanded, resulting as follows: Yeas?Bacot, Bates, Blease, Blythe, Colccck, Dargan, Dowling, Dates, Epps, Estridge, Evans H. H., Evans N. > G., Fairey, Floyd, Gause, Henderson, Hoffmeyer, Johnson H. E, Johnson W. J., Lockwooa, Lofton, Magill, MeGraw. McCulloush, Mehrtens, Mitchell, Mobley, Montgomery, Moses, Settles, Patterson, Pyatt, Kagsdale E. B., Richardson Henry 3., Rogers, Sanders y E. L. Sawyer, Smith, G. P., Stackhouse Strom, Theus, Thomas W. H., Thomas W. J., Williams, Wilson. Wimberly, Winkler??7. ^ay?The Speaker, Ashley, Bailey, Bell, Black, Bolts, Brantley, Browning. n r\ T\?rur?,?j,i V^ross, V/TUUi, l/avis, x/cau, i/cui uui, Dendy, Efird, Gantt, Graham, Mollis, k- Jackson, Levorett, L>le3. Mann, Manning, Marion, Mauldin, Laban. McCoy, ?/ McDill, McLaurin, Means, Moss, Peuri fey, Prince, Ragsdale J. W., Richards, Richardson George W., Robinson C. E. Robinson R. B. A , Sanders C. P., Sharpe, Sinkler, Smith Jeremiah, Smith J. L., Stevenson, Suber, Thre, att, Yarn, Yerdier, Verner, West, * "Weston, Whisonant, Wingo, "Woods. Woodward H. H., Woodward M. B., Wyche, Young?57. The house having refused to adjourn until S o'clock Monday night, Mr. Ba cot, moved that when the house adjourns it be until 12 o'clock Monday. This was agreed to by the house and clinched on motion of Mr. Rogers. A number of those who opposed adjournment until S p. m. Monday were standing in the hall with hat in hand and overcoats on, ready to break for the train and to take a holiday which they had voted against for the house as a body. Mr. W. J. Joimson defended hi3 bill to reduce the rates of transportation to not more than 2j and 3 cents. The \ railroad people had been given a hear[ ing before tfce committee, while he had been given no hearing. He wanted South Carolina to be on an equal footing with her sister State, Georgia. It is unfair for northern stockholders of South Carolina roads to demand a larger fare than in Georgia. After some discussion the bill was killed by a vote of 42 to 39. This practically concluded the work of the day. The hour of noon having arrived, the memorial exercises to the late Governor Sllerbe were held. It was three years before, at the hour of noon, that he first subscribed to the oath of office as governor, in the hail where these exercises were to be held, and just a year previous he had deliv ered in this hall his second inaugurai address. A few days later he was confined to his bed by the disease which wrought his death. Senator Sheppard presided. The governor and state officers and members of the supreme court occupied seats on the rostrum. Senator Brown introduced suitable resolutions in memory of the late go /ernor and made an address in which the pood cnalities of the deceased and his success in life wore depicted in glowing words. Addresses were made by Senators Livingston, Aldrich, Henderson and Appeh. On tfce part of the house by Representatives Moss, Hydride, McCullough, Montgomery and Bacot. The House then adjourned to meet on Monday. IX TEE SENATE. On motion of Senator Walla'ce, the senate agreed that when it adjourned it should stand adjourned until Moaday evening at 8 o'clock. The senate then took a recess uni.il five minutes before 12 o'clock, when the body was 8gain called to order by Senator Sheppard, and the senate proceeded to the hall of the house of rep resentatives for the memorial exercises. When the senate returned to its chambcr. Senator Henderson announced a fa]AtrTflTn frnm Charleston giving the sal news if tie death of Mrs. Barnwell, wife of SeDator Jos. W. Barnwell. He offered the following resolution of sympathy: Resolved, That the senate has heard with great sorrow of the death of tLe wife of our associate the distinguished senator from Charleston, Hon. J. W. Barnwell, and we hereby extend our sincere sympathy to Senator Barnwell. That the clerk forward a copy of thi3 resolution to Senator Barnwell. O"RrA/*\P \Tor? V/U KlUllUU U-l uuuaLUi JL/ivnu v/* ion, the senate, as a further mark of respect to the memory of the late Governor Ellerbe, adjourned. THREE KILLED IN A ROW. An Ex-Congressman Uses a Pistol With. Deadly Effect. Ex-Congressman David G-. Colson shot and killed Ethelbnrt Scott, Lnther Demaree and Charles Julian and slightly wounded James Golden, in the Capitol hotel at Frankfort, Ky., "Wednesday. Scott and Demaree died almost instantly. Julian was thought to be only slightly wounded, but died at - - 1:55 p. m., from shock and loss of blood, making the third death. Harry McEweng, of Louisville, also was hit by stray bullets, but not scriouly wounded. All but Scott were bystanlers and were shot by accident. Colson was shot in the arm, but not seriously hurt. After the shooting he - ^ ^ ;j went 10 me rebiutiuoc ui vmci -L juw "Williams nearby and gave himself up. Later a warrant was sworn out by Clint Fogg, who witnessed the killing. Fogg says Colson shot first. The killing occurred in the lobby of the Capitol hotel, which was densely packed with people. Accounts of the killing differ and it is impossible to give details further than while Colson and a party of friends were standing in. the southwest corner of the hotel lobby, Scott came in the hotel aad when near Colson the firing began. Scott after being shot walked backward toward the stairway looking to the barroom and fell down the stairs, dead, as ho reached them. Hia body rolled over against the barroom door, and as it did, Colonel Colson, who had followed shooting at every step, fired one or more shots in the Lrostrato from. Demaree, who was killed in the general fusilade, was shot twice, one ball piercing the heart and the other either penetrated the heart or went directly under it. Those in the immediate Colson party decline to talk about the affair, and while it is generally understood that several others were engaged in the shooting, no names are given. Hundreds of people flocked to the scene of the shooting and watched the tragic scenes following the removal of the remains of ihe de^d from the hotel. The most profound sorrow exists over theacJ'" ntal kill ing of Demaree and Julian and the feeling against Colson among their friends is exceedingly bitter. Colonel Colson has been a prominent figure in Kentucky politics. He served two terms in congress and declined a nomination at the hands of the Republican party of the Eleventh district in 1898 in order to accept tbe colonelcy of the Fourth Kentucky regiment in the Spanish war. Scott was a lieutenant and Golden was captain ef a cavalry troop in Colson's regiment and the trouble which led to the tragedy Wednesday began then. A feud sprang up between Colson and Scctt while the troops were in camp in Anniston. Ala., and in it is said by Colonel Oolson's friends that Captain Golden was a warm partisan of Scott. This ? * .4. _ 2 il. 1 _i.i. T i. trouoie cuiminateu iu me latier suuuir ing of Colson by Scott after the regiment was mustered out. Serious charges and counter charges were made at Washington against each other as officers. Scott and Golden were also Republicans. The death of Julian is most remarkable. Ee walked to his room unaided. His cousin, Judge Ira Jul'in, examined the wound and congratulated him on his escape. Doctors were busy with the dying and Julian waited. He was bleeding to death, however, and when the doctors turned attention to him, he was past, recovery. Fifteen shots went home in Wednesday's tragedy. When it is remembered that, so far as known only tbroe revolvers played a part in the duel. it can be seen that the aim was for the most part accurate. Colson's shots were true, but this detracts nothing from the noted skill of Scott, because he emptied his revolve! after several bullets had lodged in him. Following is the record of the i 1 it x , i marksmen: ccou, a Duiiet in tempie, one in throat, two in lungs, two in back. Demaree, two in heart. Julian, bullet in calf right leg. Captain Golden two bullets in spine. Colson, bullet splintered left arm from wrist to elbow. Bullets tore his cuffs and sleeves to shreads. Nobody not in line of fire was touched, i BIENNIAL SESSIONS." Proposed for the Legislature by the House of Representatives. HOW EACH MEMBER VOTED. Eighty-three Members Voted for the Measure, While Only Twenty-two Voted Against It. Oil Tuesday of last week in the House of Representatives Mr. Efird called up hi3 joint resolution to make the sessions of the General Assembly biennial. The time of the General Assembly, he said, is taken up amending and repealing statutes. The statutes of a general nature are jumbled up and the laws affecliD? the several counties are at variance. There are only seven or eight States which have annual ses sions of the General Assembly. Just as much could be accomplished in biennial sessions. The Legislators are pledged to ecor.omy, and (he peoplt should be given a chance to say whether they want the Legislature to meet every year or every two years. The bill merely provides for an election on the question of an amendment to ihe Constitution. Mr. Peurifoy said he was a member of the House in 1886, 1887, 1888 and 1S89. The resolution, he said, was nothing new. He said at that time that if the House did not meet in five years it would be better. Formerly the House met late in November and adjourned before Christmas, but you Reform Legislators meet and remain in session forty days, and there is no more done. Biennial sessions are wanted. Mr. Wolfe said that nine-tenths of his biennial constituents favored biennial sessions. There was now too much legislation. The State is not rich enough to pay for laws of no value. The taxpayers are overburdened. There is a public demand for the measure. 1VTi> P?o/?/-vf eoif? tliaf oinno 17Q1 f?nirr> to the present time the bill of rights has provided for the General Assembly to meet frequently. Ha thought it healthy for the lawmakers to meet frequently. It is the result of the wisdom of ages. After further discussion a yea and nay vote was ordered, which resulted 83 to 23 in favor of the reso- 1 lution. Those who voted against the resolu- ; tion were: SpeakerLGary, Bacot, Bailey, DeBruhl, EvaBs, Jones, Lofton, Lyles, Magill, ManniDg, Mauldin, W. L. McLaurin, Mehrtens, Mitchell, Moses, Patton, Ragscale, Richardson, i H" "R._ Snahrook. West. Williams. Woods?22. Those absent or not voting were: ; Blythe, Cosgrov^, Cross, Dargan, Gadsden, Jennings, Simkins, Sinkler, Theus, 1 Varn. Pairs. Weston and Crum. There was some contennoa aoouc excusing Mr. Weston from voting, but ho was finally excused. 1 Mr. McCullough was paired. Mr. Rogers and Mr. Prince said that if they had been in tha hall they would have ?oted yea. The 83 vote.'5 adopted the resolution and by the baio "skin of a voto" the House adopted the resolution submitting the question of biennial sessions to the people for a constitutional amencment. Under the Constitution -it took the < eighty-three votes to order the vote en the constitutional question, and the 1 resolution now goes to the Senate having passed the third reading in the House. ^ 1 The advocates of biennial sessions i won a decided victory; those voting for : the resolution were Messrs. Ashley, Bates, Ball, Black, Blease, Bolta. : Rranfrfef "Rrnwninir CaTichman. Col "O! ? O I cock, Davis, Dendy, Do wling, Dukes, Efird, Epps, Estridge, H. H. Evans, Fairey, Fioyd, Gamble, Gantr, Gause, ! Graham, Henderson, Hill, Hoffmejer, Hollis, Hopkins, Hydrick, Jackson, H. E. Johnson, W. J. Johnson, Lev- , erett, Lockwood, Mann, Marion, Laban Manldin; McCoy, McCraw, McDill, 1 McLauchlin, Means, Miley, Mobley, * * . HT \T .ill T>- i Jiontgomery, iuoss, jetties, jranerauu, Peurifoy, Pyatt, J. W. Ragsdale, Richards, Gr. W. Richardson, C. E. Robinson, R. B A. Robinson, C. P. Sanders, E. L. Sanders, Sawyer, Sharpe, Gr. P. Smith, J. Smith, J. L. Smith, Stacbhousc, Stevenson, Strom, Suber, W. H. Tiiomas, Threatt, Timmerman, Verdier, Yerner, Wharton, Whisonant, Wilson, Wimberly, Wingo, Winkler, Wolfe, M. B. Woodward, W. S. Woodward, Wyche, Young?83. FOURTH-YEAR TERilS DEFEATED. The next resolution was to have a constitutional amendment looking to four year terms for members. Strange to say the friends of the biennial session bill were divided on the four-year term idea. Mr. Stevenson thought it a bad idea to have four-year terms. Mr. Efird and Mr. Ashley favored the four-year idea. Capt. Wilson agreed with Mr. Stevenson and did not vote for the fouryear term. He voted for the biennial session, but thought it best to get the .Representatives iresn irom tne peopie. Mr. W. H. Thomas thought it easy enough to say they voted for biennial sessions and at the same time vote for four-year sessions. The two measures must go together. Infrequent elections are just as good as infrequent sessions of the General Assembly. The friends of the measure already passed should stick to the four-year term. Mr. Stevenson said the committee did not think it wise to hare four-year terms. It is all a sentiment to re-elect members. Moss backs would have to be kept here for four years. The Eouse year after year passed the Clemson College resolution, but the Senate defeated it, but he was disposed to haye men so tney could De reached, and new and fresh men from the people put in office. There ought to be one body in close touch with the people. ilr. Stevenson wanted the House and the Executive elccted together and in harmony. Ths Senate has at least half the members in harmony with the people, half the members being elected every two years. A yea and Day v^te was then ordered on the resolution lookiog to a fouryear membership, and as only seventy members voted for it?although a decided majority of those voting?the motion was lost, as it was held that under the Constitution a two-thirds vote of all members elected must vote for any such resolution to insure its sue cess. MITBDEE AND SUICIDE. An Awful Deed of a Georgia National Bank CashierOn Wednesday morning J. W. Murphy, cashier of the Third National Bank of Columbus, Ga., shot and instantly killed J. W. Shutze, the paying teller of the same bank, and then blew out his own brains. Murphy was unusually rland blue Wednesday morning. He went to the bank early and talked for over an hour with President G-. Gunby Jordan. During this conversation it was decided that Murphy was to accompany Mr. Jordan to Atlanta Wednesday afternoon for treatment. Murphy agreed to accompany Mr. Jordan and informed him that he would step down to his borne and see his wife and would make her make preparations for his departure. Mr. Murphy after leaving Jordan started for the rear end of the bank and stopped at Shutze's desk and made some iocular remark to him. He then asked Shutz-} for a sharp pencil. Shutze did not have one, but said he would get him one. At this juncture one of the bank clcrks spoke up and said that he had a pencil and handed it to Murphy. Shutze paused a moment. Murphy, who had by this time reached the directors' private room turned and beckoned Sliatze to follow him. Shutze responded quickly and in a moment both gentlemen disappeared into the private room and the key was heard to turn in the lock. In about two minutes three shots were heard in the room? one, a short pause and then two in rapid succession. President Jordan fortunately had a key to the outside, or street door of the directors' room and gained an entrance. The sight that met his eyes was a horrible one. Shutze, whom he had seen only ten minutes before sitting at his desk in the bloom of health and manhood was sitting in a chair by his typewriter, his left hand in an open drawer clutching a sheet of writing paper, his head thrown back on the chair, cold in death. with a bullet hole through his temple and the brains slowly oozing out of the frightful wound. About five feet from Shutze lay Marphy face downward with two bullet holes through the roof of his mouth and his life blood slowly oozing away. From Shutze's position it is evident that he had no forewarning of what was to happen. He knew that? Murphy and himself had been tbe best of mends and little did he dream that whea he was called into that room that the summons was that of death. Since Murphy has been in such feeble health it has been Shutze's custom to write all of his letters for him and the supposition is, that when the two entered the room, it was with the intention of attending to some correspondence. Shutze had taken a seat before his typewriter desk, opened the drawer to his left ana was in the act of removing a sheet of paper from the drawer when Murphy fired a bullet from 38 calibre, Smith & Wesson revolver, into his right temple. Tf ia Afi'laint fViof riAVnr Ill ID WYJ.V1WUV WU?H Uumimu mv> va Mav v ? His blood and brains oozed down into his lap and on to the floor, his head fell back and ho was dead. The revolver was evidently placed very close to his temple, as a place as large as a silver dollar on his temple was burned black. En an instant after firing the shot into Shutze's brain, the supposition is that Murphy placed the revolver inside of his own mouth and fired two shots, completely teariDg away the roof of his mouth, causing instant death. The " > ?* l 1 A 1 2 _ tloor under jnurpny s prostrate souy was strewed with blood and brains, and it is evident that he did not move a muscle after he fell. Columbus is hushed in silence and the city mourns the death of Murphy and Alderman Shutze. A Minister Bobbed. Tbe Greenville Times says the Rev. XX7 U An A Wfl 11 Irn nam minKafpr I 'T . XX, 7? JU4?a tuu, O, n V/AA auu n u of the up-country, retired Thursday night at the usual hour and up to 1 o'clock enjoyed a peacefal sleep. About that hour he was awakened by a noise in his room, and wheD he investigated the cause from his upright position in bed he saw a man taking an inventory of the contents of his truBk. He arose and approached the thief and was met with the remark that all the ready cash he had must be given up. The minister told the amount he had in the room | "? .1 P | ana tne tmei repnea tuat ne aireauj nad it in his possession. The midnight culler seeing nething else he wanted eooly drew a pistol and pointed it at the minister and in a cool deliberate manner made his exit, going via the door he came in. When the sudden and unpleasant ordeal was over Mr Wharton found that his overcoat and gold watch and chain was gone, pre* * * .1 t* n t_ sumaoiy witn tne tnier. oearcn was made Friday morning for information concerning the unknown man but no such could be had. Criminal Careleness. A dispatch to the Columbia State says Jack Thomas accidentally shot and killed George McCail. There were no un>np?ic!f?H tn the shootine. Both par ties were Negroes and were the best of friends. The verdict was to the eSect that the shootiDg was accidental and the prisoner was liberated. The Negroes were trading pistols. Thomas, thinking he had removed all of the cartridges from his revolver, began to snap it. It was discharged and McCall was struck just above the heart with a 38-calibre ball. Death was instantaneous. Thomas is a highly respectable Negro, and his regret of the accident is genuine. Good Juries. While newspaper men and ministers are exempt from jury duty, they are not disqualified and may serve if drawn, The commissioners of Greenville put the names of ministers and newspaper men in the box and some were drawn for jury duty. Supervisor Speegle said that the commissioners put into the box the names of preachers and newspaper men because they wanted good juries and added that the intellect and piety of the county ? oro in the box. BROAD TIRE BILL. Passed by the State Senate by a Large Majority HOW THE SENATORS VOTED. Nearly Two-Thirds of Them Favor the Good Roads MeasureFull Text of the Bill as it Passed. The Broad Tire Bill was fuliy discussed in the State Senate on Wednes day and finally passed by a very large majority. Senator Ragsdale moved to strike, out the enacting words and spoke to his. motion in opposition to the bill. Although the supervisor of his county, Tior^ tViA hill Tift Sau3 the sentiment among the men who use wagons was against it. Fairfield is a hilly county aud the wagon owners say the wide tire wheels will slip off the hills. Senator Sarratt opposed the bill on vArr Tmi(?h tlifi same fffoutids as did Senator Ragsdale. He thought the wide tires would not work on roads in his county. Senator Appelt said he would not vote against the bill but would ask for Clarendon to be exempted. Senator Bowen thought the bill would be a hardship on Pickens. Senator Mayfield took the floor and began by saying the roads in Pickens were the- finest in the southern states. The present road law is modeled after the Pickens idea. He was raised in the county adjoining Pickens, and as a boy had worked on the roads there. liie (Jolted states department naa sent a commissioner to Pickens who highly complimented the roads. The saw mill wagons had broad tires and he had never seen or heard of any of them slipping into the gulleys. In late years he had lived in the low country and had noticed the advantage of broad tires on sandy roads. They were good for both clay and sand roads. In sand, the wide tires packed the road. He detailed the work of investigation by the Clemson authorities which he had witnessed. The read taken for experi ment was the worst in his section and all who saw it afterwards agreed that 1 1 ...3 j All cue Droaa urea were guuu. umuci wagons, traction engines and vehicles for heavy loads use broad tires. Drivers would always hitch up a wagon with broad tires in preference to one with narr ow tires. He favored the bill because it would help the coun'ry to have good roads. The country could not have macadam or telford roads but could have good dirt roads and wide tires would pack the roads. Senator Hough of Lancaster said the people of his county also opposed the bill but he would vote for it because he thought it a good bill and the opposition was because the people did not undoMHnil mho*, o K?nefik if, wnilld bfl. There are no broad tires in use in his county. Senator Connor of OraDgeburg thought the use of wide tires would not build good roads but vould ODly aid in preserving the roads. He doubted if the bill would be operative, though he did not know that he would vote against it. Senator Manning was surprised at some of the statements which had been made in opposition. Scientific tests show that on all coils the broad tire has lighter draught. At the last session this was admitted as to all soils except sand arid the experiments made during the year at Bamberg had proved it true in regard to sand also. The bill is a plain, simple one. There is nothing drastic in it and it rives ample time for the introduction of broad tires. It can do no harm. If any one engaged in hanling would once use wide tires he would never go back " -W-znttt XT A KTTA/1 m i aonrl o LU LUC I1<*1 IUVT. UC xlx c* country, and his hands always preferred the broad tires. The passage of this law would introduce the wide tire. Senator Henderson favored the bill, but did not think counties ought to be exempted as such a law would not have any good effect. The senate may as well meet the subject fairly and squarely Senator Mauldin, the author of the bill, took the floor. lie gave his personal experience. He had had more to do with hauliDg than any other man on the floor. In the war he had been a quartermaster and all wl.o knew him knew he had some knowledge of hauliDg. He had since the war had experience in hauling heavy loads in the lumber and turpentine business in the low conntrv and had also lived in Greenville and Anderson and knew ihe roads up there. Not only the scientific were on his side but the practical men who are buildiDg roads in this State. He read an extract from the Edgefield bupervisor's letter endorsing wide tires. He had favorable letters from supervisors of counties whose senators opposed the bill. The supervisors ought to know a3 much about roads as the senators, and if the counties had not elected" sur,A.tiioAro titVia L-noor srtmpf'Tnrnr fthmit, pCIYAaVikJ IIUV UUV it ?, v reads they had made a mistake. In reference to pleasure vehicles, he said they did not cut the roads. As io wagons slipping from K_ds, there was no excuse for such conditions as would permit this. The United States government uses wide tires, and so do all States which are trying to build good roads. They are used in France. As to the constitutional question in regard to section 1, he said the lawyers might have to settle that, but it would not make much difference if this were left out. Senator Graydon said that without reflecting on counties whose senators were opposing the bill, he represented a progressive county which wasendeav <-A Vi o T"?a rrrtA/^ Trvo f}a on^ A KKP. I UiiUg IU uarg juuu x\jt*\Au^ auu mww villa's supervisor heartily endorsed wide tires, aa any must do who has seen them tried. They were helpful to stock also. The vote to strike out the enacting words was then taken with the following result: Yeas?Bowen, Dennis, Hay, Mower, Sarratt, SanlaDd, Suddath, Walker, Wallace?9. Nay??Alexander. Appelt, Archer, Blakene7, G- W Brown, W A Brown, {. ODDor, Crosson, Douglass, Glenn, Grajdon, Gruber, Henderton, Hough, 1'dertOD, Love, Maauing Marshall, MauldiD, Ma> field, MeDermott, Sheppard, Sullivan, Talbird, Waller, Williams?26. Senator Kagsdale, who would have voted aye, annouoced a pair with Senator Livingston, who would have voted no, if present. The absentees were: Senators Aldrich, Dean, Livingston and Barnwell. Senator Appelt moved to amend by exemption of the counties of Clarendon, Oconee, Berkeley, Georgetown, Dorchester, Laurens, Kershaw, Pickens, Florence, Horry aod Chesterfield. After sooie discussion the amendment TI'OO KTT O rAtA 1Q tn IT ?rO iVJWVVtU K/J M IV^V W* AV ?<V A? Senator Appelt then moved to strike out tbe enacting words of the bill ae amended with the following result: Yeas?Alexander, Appelt, Bo wen, Connor, Dennis, McDermott, Mower, Sarratt, Sheppard, Scanland. Suddath, Wallace.?12. Nays?Archer, Blakeney, G. W. Brown, W. A. Brown, Crosaon. Douglass, Glenn, Graydon, Gruber, Henderson Houge Ilderton, Love, Manning, Marshall, M&uldin. iuayneld, Sullivan, Talbird, Walliams, Wallace.?21. Senator llagsdaleannounced his pair with Senator Livingston, who was absent, but who would have voted ?no if present. Those absent were Senators Aldrich, Barnwell, Dean, Kay, Living-ton and Walker. The bill was then ssfe-bya vote of 21 to 12 and was accordingly passed. The bill as it passed will be found in r?nlnmn COTTON HILL LEGISLATION. Considered by the Education Committee of the Senate. The Marchall-King's Daughters bill, preventing the employment of children under 12 years old in cotton mills, came up luesaay ..iternoon before the committee on education of the SenateIt had been previously announced that . any parties interested would be given a j hearing. J. L. Orr and L. W. Parker, of Greenville; Mr. Hickman, of Granite- 1 ville, and Leroy Springs, of Lancaster, ' appeared before the committee in op- f position to the bill. Col. James L. Orr was the chief spokesman for the mill m a n T-Tr% tn t Tin "Po nf tVio'k fV?n * m^u? xjlw iwiuiiwu w buu c tuau vuv | most cordial relations now existed between mill men and operatives, and that no legislation was needed on any mill question now. The mill men had no objection to a law limiting the age, provided it was made compulsory that \ the children be educated. Mill owners themselves did not want to employ such labor, but siDce the parents would not send them to school it was best to employ them in the mills and keep them out of mischief, such as breaking window glasses and other fragile property about the mills. The operatives themselves wanted their children employed, 2 IB Zm. i. * a.1 4.1 1 J ana 11 it was not given mem iney wouiu take themselves and families to North Carolina, where they could secure employment. Tais would disorganize labor in this State. It was further stated that mill owners have been negotiating with owners in North Carolina to ceaso employing children 12 years old unless they had previouly been to cchool. Unless both States acted in unison on the subiect anv law , like the proposed one would be an in- J jury to the mill interests of the State. Other gentlmen briefly spoke, emphasizing the points made by Col. Orr. The committee tied when a vote was taken and the bill will be reported back without recommendation. Those voting for the biil *ere Senators Marshall, iuauiain ana vv. a. i5rown; tnose against it Senators Graydon, Brown, of Darlington, and Henderson. Silled Himself and Family. f Martin Bergen, the catcher of the * Boston baseball team of the National ^ league, killed his wife and two children 1 and committed suici ie at his horns ia ' Brookfield, Mass., Friday, Ail axe was J the implement nsed in taking the life of Mrs. Bergen and one of the children, ( while a razor was employed to cut the 1 throat of tbe other child, a little girl, ' and of the man himself. It is thought ' the action was d'ie to insanity. It has J been suspected for some time that Ber- 1 was a victim of mental derangement. 1 TU. <rr?Art krf fkrt I JL 11C LAcSgCUJ VY <13 UiCViUTUiCU UJ ViXM neighbors, who found the body of Ber- 1 pen 2nd the little girl lying on the * kitchen floor. Deep cats in the throat j of the child and its father showed how ' death had been inflicted and a blood- ' stained razor lay nearby. Further 1 investigations showed that Mrs. Ber- 1 gen and the little boy abo had been ' killed. Their bodies lay upon a bed in cuu ci:<iujuur auu utuiuj was <*u covered with blood. The head of both the woman and the child had been crushed by the blunt end of the axe and < presented horrible wounds. Bergen was ' 29 years of age. His wife was of about . the same age, the little girl was 8 or 9 < years old and the boy a little younger. ! Dire Famine in India, \ A dispatch from Calcutta says the council Friday considered the famine ] situation. The official estimates show ] L11U U?J3t CU LUC JjU * CI ULLICLI V VI wt 16" ] lief works, etc., to the end of March < will be 40,000,000 rupees. About 22,- j 000,000 pertons are now affected in British territory and abut 27,000,000 in the native States. The viceroy, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, said that the famine area had ex- ' panded, surpassing the worst fears and ] they were now facing a cattle, water . and food scarcity of a terrible charac- j ter. About 3,250,000 persons, he con- J tinued, were already receiving relief. ' While in 1897 the world shared In- ! dia's sorrow and contributed hundreds ! of thousands of pounds towards the re- 1 lief fund, the viceroy pointed out, India now would have to struggle alone, 1 for the thoughts of every Englishman 1 in the world were centered on Sout^ 1 Africa. It would be the duty of the government to pursue the task of saving millions of lives and it would spend its last rupee, if necessary to do so. i Seeking Mill Hands. ? # 1 nf flrAPnvillp Oo7in- i ty, received a telegram Wednesday from Lonsdale, Rh?de Island, notifying him of the expected arrival there of agents to secure factory hands for that place, where a strike is r2ging. The bheriff will promptly arrest any such i agent under the state laws. THE BROAD TISE BILL. The Full Text of The Act as It Passed the Senate. Whereas the use over the public highways of the State of the Darrowtire wagons now in general use is injurious to said highways and against the public welfare; therfore, TJA if KTT rr/5T-?/}TO 1 OOCOTT1 - LJo id guav/i*Qu uj uuv ^u^iai ur^uviM bly of the State of South Carolina: Section 1. That after January 1st, 1901, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation, to sell or otherwise dispose of for use upon the highways or public roads iu this State, any wagon having less width of tires than below specified, viz: On all wagons having standard iron or steel axles, not exceeding one and three eighths inches, tupular axles not exceeding one and seven-eights inches, or thimble-skein axles not exceeding two and one-eighth inches, the width of the tires shall not be less than two inches; on all wagons having standard iron or steel axles exceeding one and threeeights inches, but not exceeding one and five-eights inches, tubular axles exceeding one and seven-eighth, inches bnt not exceeding two and one-eighth inches, or thimble-skein axles exceeding two and three-eighths inches, but not exceeding two and three-fourths inches, the width of tires shall not be less than threi and one-half inches. On all wagons having standard iron or steel axles exceeding one and liveeights inches, hut not exceeding two inches, tubular axles exceeding two and one-eighth inches, but not exceeding two and five-eighths inches, or thimble-skein axles exceeding two and three-fourths inches, but not exceeding three and one-fourth inches, the width of tires shall be not less than four inches. On all wagons having standard iron or steel axles exceeding two inches ? 1 1 ! - 1 / _ tuouiar axies exeeaing two ana uveeights inches, or thimble-skein axles exceeding three and one-fourth inches, the width of tires shall be not less than four and one-half inches. Sec. 2. That from and after the passage of this act and until January 1st, 1903, any person who produces a certificate of the township board of assessors, or a majority of them, to the jffect that such person owns and habitually uses at least one road vehicle with tires not less than four inches in width, shall be exempt from road duty md from the payment of a commutation road tax: Provided. That the provisions of this seetion shall not apply to log carts or log wagons. Sec. 3. That after January 1st, 1904, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to use upon the public highways of this State, or any part ;hereof, any wagon having tires of less width than specified in section 1 of this ict: Provided, That the provisions of :his act shali not apply to pleasure vehicles, nor to the use of parts of the public highways by any person or persons in transDortine anv croDS or nro iucts from one part to another of their premises: Provided, Further, That all vagons now in use, or that may be in ase January 1st, 1904, of less width ;ban above designated may be used mtil worn out. Sec. 4. That the violation of any of :he provisions ol this act shall be leeraed, and is hereby declared, to be t misdemeanor, and the offender, upon sonviction, shall be punished by a fine )f not less than $5 or not more than &15, or by imprisonment for not more ;han 30 days. O _ . K (TIL-i. it. -1.-11 V oeu. o. iuaii it scan uc tuc uutjr ui til county supervisors and members of ;ounty boards of commissioners to see ;hat the provisions of this act are. properly enforced, and to prosecute all riolations thereof. To Eefnud Cotton Money.. The Southern Senators express themselves as hopeful over the prospers of securing legislation duriog the present session of congress looking to the refunding of money paid into the treasiry of the United States soon after the -I 1- -c *1 * ;iyii w;ir as iuk ieauit ux tue odie ui wt" con captured by the Federal forces, fhere was originally about $30,000,000 31 this money, but a portion of it was paid to the owners of the cotton soon ifter the close of the war. The remainder was left in the treasury and bias remained there ever since. Senator Money, who is giving especial attention looking to the reopening of the subject, says that the sum left amounts to about $11,UUU.UUU. A Mil mtroiuced by Senator Davis, gives one year idditional time for proof of snch claims before the court of claims. It has been Favorably reported by the senate committee on claims, and Senator Money thinks the outlook very good for favor-, able action. Mo;t of the claims arc held in the Southern States. Showing Up a Benesade. The United States senate committee m finance had under consideration Thursday the nomination of W. D. Bjnum to be general appraiser af merchandise at New York. The Democratic members of the committee continued their opposition to the nomination, contending that Mr. Bynum is not a Democrat and that his aomination as such is an evasion of the law. After a general exchange of opinion, it was decided that the D?mocrats should have time to adduce proof of Mr. Bynum's Republiianism. A True Test. One of Moody's favorite stories was ibout a converted miser to whom a oeighbor in distress appealed for help, rhe miser decided to prove the genuineness of his conversion by giving him a ham. On his way to get it the tempter whispered, '"Give him the smallest one you have." A mental struggle ensued, and finally the miser took down the largest ham he had. 1'You are a fool," the devil said, and the farmer replied, "If you doa't keep 3till I'll give him every ham in the 3moke-house!" Gen. Wheeler's Eeturn. Gen. "Wheeler started for home from the Philippines last week. War department officials have little to say regarding Gen. Wheeler's return. The order had been given some time ago, but whether it was the result of an aplication from him could not be recalled. It was gathered that Gen. Otis had not been able to find a place in the field satisfactory to Gen. Whee* i 3 * ier, who naa no nana xor service m i Manila- | .. ^ THE TOBACCO TRUST. . ^Il V > -3 North Carolina Tobacco Growers Will Fight It .' *' v-"7? BACKED BY CAPITALISTS Who Agree to Take the Entire - Crop at an Advance of Fifteen ' Per Cent Over Old " I Prices. The tobacco growers of Noith Carolina met at Raleigh on Thursday in State convention, for the purpose of e 1-.-: j t ;kl lurxjuuiainjg surnc ueuuivo ?uu idmidw plan for fighting the American Tobacoo company. After discussing the various plans suggested, the convention Thursday morning adopted a contract whereby they are not to sell the American Tobacco company a pound of their leaf tobacco for the next five years. The contract in part is as follows: "We Agree to enter into a contract with J. F. Jordan and his associates to sell to them our tobacoo raised daring the next five years at an advance of not Jess than 15 per cent, over the -e a. ? pncea vi tuc same ^l<suo ui wvwwv during the last five years, said price to be fixed by a commission, a majority of whom shall represent the seller. "We further asrce to take stock with said Jordan and his associates, a corporation which shall be formed for the purpose of manipulating and disposing of said tobacco. If we make default is this agreement in any particular we agree to forfeit to said corporation the said stock so taken. "And we further recommend for our mutual benefit that the farmers of North Carolina reduce their crop at leist 25 per cent below the past year's production. We invite the co-operation of Virginia. South Carolina and other sections which grow bright tobacif CO. This is merely a preliminary agreement between the convention and the capitalists who are backing the fight against the American Tobacco company. The contract will be submitted to individual farmers for approval. When 90 per cent of them have agreed to it another State convention will be held. The final contract then adopted will also be referred back to the individual ? I 1 Tf _ J 1 iarmer ior nis approval, xi iiguea ojr 90 per cent of them it will be binding and become operative at once. All the 30 principal tobacco growing counties of the Srate were represented by delegates in this convention and ft number of representatives were there 1 Tl 1 A UVUX V 11?XUJU?. An efiort is being made to arrange a joint convention of North Carolina asd Virginia tobacco men with a view to securing the co-operation of all tobaoco growers in the two States. Bryan on Republicanism. Col. W. J. Bryan addressed an audience of 5,000 at Cincinnati Wednesday under the auspices cf the Cincinnati Bimetallic council. He said that the time had come when no farmer or laborer could afford to be a Be^ publican. He said that party bad entirely changed frost. As to dropping the money question he said that there was no man in this nation big enough to let that question fall in such a way to break it. He argued that monopolies could be stopped by Congress. He discussed the defenses of the Philippine policy and was very severe on the theory that the possession of the Philippines would pay. He said: "I would not put the life of one American soldier on the auction block for all the gold and all the wealth. nf Tahiti rtninaa " ' Fell Nine Stories- , Two men were killed and thrse possibly fatally injured in the falling of an elevator Thursday in the storage ware- house of O'Reilly Bros., Oae Hundred and Twenty-third street and St. Nicholas avenue, New York. The dead are Michael McLean, aged 22; Patrick Leddy, aged 27. The elevator was at the ninth floor and had just beenioaded with five wheelbarrows filled with brick. There were five men aboard. A. cable broke and the elevator dropped 140 feet to the basement with frightful rapidity, and was crushed to splinters. On the way down it tore out. the brick partitions and loosened the iron counterbalance weights, whioh, falling oq the elevator, kilied the men, A UTaII n. oa.u y iii wc tt ?uA special dispatch from Rock Hill to the Columbia State say a on Thursday a colored girl, drawing water from a well in a vacant lot in the rear of the Presbyterian church, found a bag caught on the bucket when it was drawn up. She called a passerby and npon investigation found the contents of the bag to be a bright mulatto child. The police are at work and have already found a clae, which they will pursue. There is considerable talk of the affair, the most serious aspect of which, in Via /"xiinicm t.ViA nnhli/? f>rtn tamination of the water of a pablio drinking place. :r| " ? Wheeler Has Resigned. Gen. Wheeler anuouncss his piara in a private letter received by Tax Commissioner Wood of Fioreaee, Ala. From Luzon, Dec. 2, the general writes he expects to leave in a few days and will devote himself here to pushshicg school and land legislation for the Philippines through co ngress. He says: "I could not have left here while the campaign was on without being subjected to severe criticism- I have resigned my position in the army." . -'1 Dies From Faith Cure. A post mortem examination held upon Ester H. Hocking, two years old, / of Ohicago has developed the fact that the child died from measles while under the treatment of Elde Carbon, * disciple of Bowie, the faith cure preacher. The other ehildren of Hocking's suffering with scarlet fever art being healed by Carbon, and it is said their father has refused to call a physician. Hocking ia a plumber by trade.