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OUR NOBLE DEAD. " A Monument to Be Erected to Their Memory. AT CHICAMAUGA PARK. At Least the State Senate So i Voted on Thursday Night by a Good Majority. Mr. Wilson's house bill to provide for the erection of monuments on the battlefield of Chickamauga to the valor and heroism of South Carolina soldiers was reached on the calendar of the Senate Thursday and Senator Archer moved to indefinitely postpone. Sen ator Barnwell asked for re?,sons for tins motion and Senator Archer proceeded to state his position. He was opposed to all snch appropriations. It would benefit nobody but the contractor. In view of the numerous appropriations, he opposed the spending of money for stone or marblo to be placed _at Chickamauga. Stone or brass did not impress valor or greatness. We read of these deeds on the imperishable pages of history. Senator Barnwell said no better way of showing South Carolina's appreciation of her soldiers could be found than to erect this monument on the bloody field of Chickamauga. The northern ^1 * * ' ? ? ~~ J 4 IN A0A vn An (F Q Oiates WX1U UUUtJ VlC AWl lUUSC UEU ao traitors now look upon them as brothers who fought in defeose of their homes., The State is now in better condition for some ^feason and while we may not be able to put up a suitable monument, ina few years she will be able to do so. He hoped that while other States are putting up monuments, South Carolina wcuid show that she recolleots her dead. Senator Henderson explained the origin of the plan to have monuments placed on the battlefields to mark the spots where the soldiers from each State fell. The bill had passed the house without a voice in protest and it is for the senate to say whether the monument shall be erected. He might prefer the monument at Manassas or Gettysburg but the United States t \s made Chiekamauga a national park and in the general spint of amity over the country the States are putting up monuments to their troops. Pointing to Gen. Kershaw's protrait on the wall, he paid a beautiful tribute to that general who led the South Carolina troops at Chickamagua and closed by saying that the monument would be worth more than dormitories at Winthroj). Senator Saddathsaid he was on the battlefield of Chickamauga and was led by that gallant old general, pointing to Gen. Kershaw's portrait. But he opposed tha bill and begged that the old soldiers now living be not neglected for the dead. Senator Sarratt said if any State ^ erected a monument to her soldiers it \ : should be South Carolina; being first to secede. South Carolina could not do a better thing than erect this monu merit to the men who fought for a cause he believed was just. Ne ;er so loDg as as we live will we forget the soldiers, liviDg or dead. Notwithstanding the opposition of the two good old soldiers on thiS floor, the monument should be erected. It ought to cost three or four ' times as much. Senator Ilderton said he had been in the legislature since 1894 and had heard over and over that "we are too poor" until he did not believe a word of it. ?i n v iv A- a l 2 _ ?oiun uaronna is aDie to meet ner demands financially or otherwise. Ten thousand dollars is not enough. He would favor double that amount. It would be a monument not only to the soldiers who fell on that field but to all of South Carolina's soldiers. He hoped the bill would p?.ss without further obiection. Senator Connor told of an incident regarding the proposal to erect a monument to an English general who fell at Entaw Springs to which the British government replied that there were not enough stones-in the world to mark the spot where British officers fell on the heroic field of battle. He thought this applicable to this case. He too was a Confederate soldier, bat did not favor erecting the monument. Senator Kacsdale said that ordinarily the opposition of the Confederate soldiers on the floor should settle the matter, but he thought they were mistak en. While they owe much to the living they owe something to their dead comrades. We are too apt to toke a utilitarian view of all matters. The bill did not seek to make an invidious- distinction between Chickamauga and other battlefields. Some day perhaps South Carolina can mark ail of them. mxt j J.H _ ?_iA j.en inousana aonars is a paury sum when it is remembered for what it is , asked. Men have ever builded monuments to the courage of their comrades. Senator Maulain said as an old soldier he had listened to the discussion with mortification. Ten thousand dollars is fritted away by the general as sembly in useless discussion and idle talk and yet it could haggle about this paltry appropriation. The debate should stop and the senators express themselves by their votes. Senator G-. W. Brown had -not thought it would be necessary to discuss this subject. He told of the public monument to Grant in Colorado, and asked if we should hesitate to erect amormment to those who fell on Chickamauga. He spoke of the acceptance of the Darlington Guards' flag which, was to be preserved as a memorial of the men who fought for a just cause. The histories and monu- . ments of today must be the inspiration , of tomorrow. Senator Barnwell arose to call attention to the fact that the State had done ] all it could for the relics of the Confed- i eracy. The very first legislature after \ V?A TTT^AW oil CTTOO An UiC YY 41) TTJULVil Oil T* CkO V v^viCtllvU OUU J poverty, had provided for limbs for those maimed in battle. It gave marble left ; over from the capitol to the ladies to ] build the monument on the State house ; grounds. After reconstruction, the j the legislature at once appropriated i money for pensions. He spoke as a { Confederate soldier, as one who had < suffered with his blood. Chickamauga 3 was not the bloodiest field, but it was ] the one chosfen by the other States. t Senator Crosson said, he wa9 perhaps < the youngest senator on the floor. He \ had not the honor to be a Confederate soldier, but he had the honor to be the ] son of a Confederate soldier. It is but ( a duty as citizens of South Carolina and as senators to erect the shaft in the j distinguished honor of the dead ( wlo lie there buried. ; Senator Dean in spite of indisposi- t i tiea could not allow the opportunity to i pass to give endorsement to this proposition. What a blush of shame would < be brought to our cheeks if we lag in t our duty. Be it remembered that the e first monument to the Confederate t ' .... - rwife and mother is within the border of the old Palmetto State. He was glad of the interest the younger members displayed. It is not an answer to the argument to say that it would be a discrimination. He hoped the bill would pass. Senator Wallace thought the Confed- j erate soldier who opposed the proposition misunderstood the aim of the bill. It was no discrimination. The monument would tell that on this field South Carolina led the southern army and came nearest to reaching tiie key to the situation. Senator Hough had hoped the bill would pass as silently as the gravity of the measure demanded. As a son of a Confederate soldier, he felt it his duty to endorse the bill. Should he ever visit Chickamauga ku did not want it asked is there no spot where South Carolina soldiers fought and died. He wished the grand jstJ monument ever seen could be plitced there. Quoting eloquently from tha inscription on the monument in front of the oapitol, he said no other inspiration should be needed to vote for this bill. 01 i.u~ Senator iiiancn expiameu cue imposes of the erection of this mounment in accordance with the plan agreed upon by the associations of other States. It is not a question of'he most suitable place, but this I-* -field had been selected by all the States and South Carolina must do so or be out of touch with her sister States. He then paid an eloquent and beautiful tribute to the Confederate soldier. A snyopsis could not reproduce the beautifal diction of Senator Aldrich's remarks. The motion to indefinitely postpone was lost bv this Yote: Yeas?Alexander, Archer, Bowen, Connor, Dennis, Donglas<3, Graydon, Suddath.?8. Nays Aldrich, Appelt, Barnwell, Blakeney, G-. W. Brown, W. A. Brown, Crosson, Dean, Gruber, Henderson, Hough, Ilderton, LiviDgston, Love, Marshall, Maaldin, May field, McDermont, Ragsdale, Sarratt, Stanland, Sullivan, Talbird, Walker, Wallace, Waller, Williams.?27. The bill wastiien passed to the third reading. SOUTH CAROLINA PENSIONS. A Hew Law Proposed, Which Will Limit Pensions to the Needy. The increase in the number of ap * _ proved applications ior pensions in South Carolina has so reduced the amount going to each pensioner that the Confederate veterins have practically taken the whole matter of pensions into their hands. When, years ago, it was first decided to give pensions, $50,000 was yoted for this purpose, and it seemed to be quite adequate for several years, but so many more TVnsinners cot on the rolls that the legislature voted $100,000 for the old soldiers and their -widows. This has now become insufficient, pensioners only getting from $25 to $50 a year. Last summer at a convention of Confederate veterans a committee of three was appointed to draw a pension bill to be presented to the general assembly, making radical changes in the system, and taking the matter out of the hands of county officers and politicians. This has been done, the bill favorably reported in both houses and will be passed without change. Under this law the pensioner, of a man, must have been a soldier or sailor in the Confederate ser vice and a resident of South Carolina for two years; must (a) have lost a leg or arm or receiving other disabling wounds, and neither he nor his wife have an income of $250 per annum, or (b) that he has re ched the'ago of 60 and neither he nor his wife have an income of $100. If a woman, she must be Ihe widow, who has never remarried, of a bonafide soldier, _and who has not an income of ?100. Tiie sum of at least $iuu,uuu must be annually appropriated for pensions. Those who have lost both legs or both arms shall receive $8 per month; those who have lost one leg or one arm shall receive $6 per month. "Widows recoive $6 per month. AH' others entitled to pensions receive $4. If the amount appropriated is insufficierfl, those of the ?first class shall be paid in full and the remainder pro rated among the other pensioners. Applications for pensions, with proof of service, etc., shall be made to county boards. These boards shall be compos. d of ex-Confederate soldiers, one being elected by the Confederate survivors in each township on the first Saturday in Angust of each year. The state board of pensions shall consist of the comptroller general and three exorof-fl cnlrliora frrt hv I the United Veteran's Association at their annual meetings. The members of the county and state boards shall each receive $2perdiy for the time actually employed and the state board 5 ceats per mile traveled. The list of pensions approved and refused shall be kept by the clerk of the court, who shall each year certify to the comptroller those on such list3 who have died since his last report. On the first Monday in April the controller general sb all issue each pensioner a warrant to the amount due him or her for that year, so there will be but one payment instead of by the month. This act is expected to disqualify many persons now drawing pensions. Ths veterans have loudly protested against frauds that they allege were being per- L' petrated. LEVY OF FIVE MILLS. The Supply Bill Put in by Ways and Means Committee. a The ways and means committee Wednesday presented the "supply bill' which makes provision for the levying 1 :>f tax for the fiscal year. j The levy for the State purposes is 5 J mills, no increase over last year. The 1 ways and means committee thinks that the levy will meet ail appropriations < md leave a balance in the treasury. i The appropriation bill provides for i m expenditure of $858,963 for general i purposes. In addition to this there is 1 i provision for $20,000 to be set aside < tor tne purpose 01 redeeming Donas i which may come due. This appropria- J :ioa is nade annually but is seldom expended. In addition to the two items 1 nentioned above the legislative supply 1 Dill will call for about $20,C00 to meet ] :he expenses of the legislature. These 1 ;hree items will amount to $898,693, i :he estimate expenses for the year. < nnu^ rvf a a mill JL JJLV COUm<kbgu J tVt-i A.KJX bug u Uiiii evy aggregate $873,000; fees from li- 1 senses, etc., $54,472; total, $927,472. ? This will leave a balance of $28,000 3 n the treasury, in addition to the $20,- g )00 for redemption of bonds. There a ire several bills pending whick provide t :or appropriations, and if enacted they a " . * * y * 1 X - B 1 viu iase up tne Daiance, ora pari 01 it. i The several county levies iire practi- t ;ally unchanged. A number of coun- I ;ies, however, have adopted the plan of f ;stablishing a sinking fund to pay off 1 ;he county indebtedness. e .?< r . AS TO FfiJmT.TZF.RS I 11 U A V JL JU JL V JL U JLV k/ * What the President of the Virginia Carolina Chemical Says. GIVES FAC1S AND FIGURES. All the Urude Materials nave Ad- | vanced, and the Selling Price is Lower Than Conditions Warrant. From the News and Observer, Raleigh N. C. Richmond, Va., Feb. 1, 1900. To the Editor: My attention Jbas beea called to a communication in The Ne vs and Observer, published under date of Wednesday January 31st, 1900, in reference to the advance in the price of fertilizers, wherein it is stated that the farmers of Pitt county, North Carolina, propose to-organize and fight the advance in the prices of fertilizers, and by insinuation our company is censured as the causc of this advance. I desire to make a plain statement of facts and conditions as now obtained in the fertilizer trade, and to show to the dealers and consumers of fertilizers that the advance in the price of manufactured fertilizers is not only just and warranted but is absolutely necessary, and that the manufacturers of fertilizers could-not afford to sell them at the price ruling last year unless they did so at a very heavy loss. Mrtrrr trof frt foAraonrl ti<rnr/ia "V"l w 6V" VW we will see what has really caused the price of fertilizers to be advanced this year over last: Acid Phosphate being one of the principal ingredients in all complete fertilizers,' I desire to show here how much this article costs to make in excess of the cost price for the same thing last year. The advance in pyrites, from which sulphuric acid is made, is more than $2.00 per ton over last year. The advance in Nitrate of Soda, which is a necessary ingredient in the manufacture of sulphuric acid, is fully $8.00 per ton more than last year. Phosphate Rock has advanced a minimum of $1.75 per ton at the mines, and in some grades -of rock, the advance is more than $3.00 per ton. These three articles constitute what is necessary to make Acid Phosphate. Put them together in the proper proportion and a ton of Acid Phosphate will cost $2.07 per ton more than it did last year. Bags are costing us 20c. per ton more than they did last year, so that the erude material going into a ton of Acid Phosphate is costicg-apprOximately $2.27 more than it did a year ago. Every piece of factory supplies and machinery, coal and everything necessary to operate a factory is from 25 to 100 per cent, higher than it was a year ago. This will add certainly an additional 10c. to the cost of a ton of fertilizer, making in the most conservative and reasonable estimate possible a ton of 13 per ceat. Acid .Phosphate, bagged and ready for shipment, cost the manufacturer $2.37 more than it did^twelve months ago. >iow, let us look at complete ammoniated fertilizers: .We will take what is commonly known as standard grade of complete fertilizers, running, say, 2* per cent, of ammonia, 8 percent, of available phosphoric -acid, and 1 per cent, of potash. As I have above dem* onstrated, acid phosphate costs $2 07 more than last year. This is equivalent to a little more than 10c. per 100 pounds. In making the 2?, 8 and 1 fertilizers, 1,200 pounds of acid phosphate would be necessary, so at 10c. additional cost for acid phosphate would be $1.20. * If cotton seed meal was used for the ammonia, it would take approximately 700 pounds, and cotton seed meal is now worth 86 00 per ton more than last year, which is equivalent to 30c. per 100 pounds, and 700 pounds would cost $2.10 more than it did last year. Now, add 20c, for extra cost for 1 J 1 ?9 RA tiie uaga <tuu )uu nave tuu for the materials than we paid for these same materials last year. If tankage or Jblood was used for the source of ammonia instead of cotton seed meal, the advanced cost over last year would be $3.20 per ton, as ammonia from tankage or blood is now 60c. per unit higher than last year, so for per cent, of ammonia the extra cost over last year would be $1.80. Sulphate- of ammonia is the only other sourcc of ammonia commonly ' used in the manufacture of fertilizers. Twelve months ago this article was sell- : ing at about $43 00 per ton. We paid fl -i it? 1. A/?ft A A * _ ? < lor 11 inis wees ??o.s.uu per ton. Now, I assert that the price of ferti- ( lizers has not advanced nearly so much as the price of raw materials goiDg into | them. Let us see who is to blame, if anyone, for the advance of these crude ! materials. Take Pyrites: We buy from Spain more than three-fourths of all we use. Nitrate of Soda: We buy entirely from South America. Potash ' Salts: We buy entirely from Germany. So it cannot be said that our company 1 controls or is in anywise responsible for tne advance of these materials, as ^ we have no interest whatever in any of ] these properties, either directly or indirectly. Take phosphate rock: We do mine . a small nrniinrfcinn of onr wants of i phosphate rock, but we mine none for sale and we buy from other mines more than two-thirds of what we consume. So no one will suppose that we were anxious to put up the price of phosphate rock. As for cotton seed meal, we have no interest either directly or indirectly in any cotton seed mill, so we are not responsible for the advance in this artijle. Blood and tankage are made by the large packers in the west, and we baye no interest and no control over these products in any way. Why, then, should the Virginia- 4 Carolina Chemical Company be blamed for the advance in the cost of crude on/1 wnnU if. Via KnQiriecclilrn UUU ?I VUi\? A V vv WWWIUVWWAIUV I tor us to want an advancc in crude ma- f trials of which we have to buy almost j ;ntirely all of our needs and of which , ??e produce absolutely nothing, except ]. i, small quantity of phosphate rock? j It is our aim and purpose to mann- (. acture fertilizers as cheajdy ? > josai- ^ )le and and to sell them at as low a E )rice as we can afford, thereby biimu- ^ aiing a large cousumption of fertili- .. :ers and their general use for all r srops. ' ^ v Let us see how the farmer is situated: a 3e is getting this year from 2* to 3c. a t pound for his cotton more than last i rear, and we understand that for a ;reat deal of the cotton seed the cotton ieed oil mills are now paying 25e. per t rashel. Are these advances wrong, 1 ind are the manufacturers who are -I laving to use this product condemning d he parties who produce them simply p >ecause the demand is <=uch that the o >rice has increased so enormously over s. ast year? At present prices the farm- ii r can sell the cotton seed from one o * < ? HHn - i. n... , acre of land and buy as nmeli fertilizers _ r _ 11^ x ,1 as Be usuany puts oyer two or tnrea acres, even though there is a small advance in the priee of fertilizers, caused by the manufacturers having to pay high prices for the materials entering into them. "VTe propose to be perfectly fair and in mir statement* and TipHava that when an unprejudiced farmer looks into the situation he will realize that he is not charged as much for fertilizers as the cost of materials under preseut conditions warrant. Yours very respectfully, S. T. Morgan, Pres. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. FARMERS AND FERTILIZERSAn Organization Formed in Greenville a Drtnirf fVl A A ^TTrt vi A* LU xvcoiav uno auvauwc. The Greenville county farmers met in the court house one day last week and not only began a strong fight against the fertilizer trust by condemning it and resolving not to purchase its products but started a scheme to organize the farmers in every neighborhood of all of the sixteen townships for the purpose of keeping up the war il. i. j Oil tue trusts ituu tu ucai as an assuuiation with other matters of interest to farmers. These neighborhood organization meetings are to be held on Saturday, the 17th of this month, to name delegates to a general meeting here in the court house every sale day. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted: Icf nPViot. i(-. ia tViA ?An??> r?f tliio meeting that we ought not to give more than 10 per cent, advance on last year's prices for fertilizers. 2nd. That it is the sense of this body that unless the price of fertilizer is reduced to within the 10 per cent, advance of last year's price we *ill discourage the use of fertilizers to as large an extent as possible. 3d. That we condemn the action of the Virginia Chemical company in forming a fertilizer trust, thereby arbitrarily advancing the price of guano, and we would urge our representatives in the legislature to use every effoit to investigate said trust and thwart the injustice done the farmers of the State. 4th. That we give as far as practicable preference to the fertilizers of the iii^atm>nnent fiorrmanies and avoid dut chasing the produots of the trusts." Col. J. A. Hoyt, at the request of a a umber of persons, addressed the meeting, urging organization in every township in the County." He wa3 "surprised, astonished and amazed" that there is do organization in this county. They should have a powerful organization as in the days of the alliance ten years ago; "but you'll have to keep it out of politics." If the idea of reorganizing the alliance did not meet with favor, let the farmers at least organize farmers' clubs. They need it iu a social way, ia an educational way and in a business way. The whole world is against the farmer on this chief staple of the South. Tod^y cotton is 1 cent higher since a few weeks ago a cotton aushority, supposed to be friendly to the growers of cotton, sent out telegrams to nearly every editor in the country saying that the price had gone as high as it could go and advised-its patrons to-sell in view of the coming decline. These telegrams were sent out Saturday so as to catch the Sunday readers of newspapers and depress the market. The speaker was heartily in favor of the resolutions. C. C. Williams put Col. Hoyt's suggestions in the shape of a resolution, --1-- e ? abfelLlg <k mcciiiJg Ui IUO laiiiiuo iu cagu neighborhood to meet on. the third Saturday aud send delegates to the general meeting on sale day. By resolutions offered by x Colonel Hoyt the chairman and secretary were directed to push the organization. C. C. Williams offered a resolution, mitt AU A J /\*\f rt/l fllfl ttAtB a^. WillVsU was aujyttu, aoaiag ugno~ papers of the county to give publicity to the proceedings of the meeting and assist the far ners in fighting the trust. John Butler was called upon for* a speech; he "resolved that ifc? is moved and seconded that we do new adjourn." His resolution was adopted, but in the regular way. i / A LOST BOY. Dr. Chas- A- Eastman, of Brighton, Mass., Looking for'His Son. Ihe Columbia Record says Chief of Police Daily, of that city, has received a letter from Dr. Chas. A. Eistman, 461 WashiDzton street. Brichton. Mass., enclosing a description of his son, who has been missing since January 6, 1900. He says the boy was last heard of between Ocala and Gainesville, Fla., making his way north ana the distracted parent asks the chief to watch out for him here. He offers a reward of $100 and asks to be notified at once if his son is found and he will come on at once for him. He a:-kg that the newspapers in the State aid nim by giving publicity to the matter. Following is a description sent IS??4 A U A/??rt nVn A f\ n 4" A ^ ^ V< A Vl A rt A A JU.I.J a a ymvj tub ui vvj avscompaiijing ii: - He is 14 years of age, but would pass for 17 or 18 years, being very large for bis age. and well matured. Light jomplesion; blue eyes, light brown hair; very poor black teeth. He wore i soft brown hat. light overcoat, dark blue coat and gray pants. He plays Dhe piano well tor nrs years. Ulayton s 3rand March," "Old Kentucky Home," and otb^r old airs, with variations by Ryder, being favorites. Should ;his meet the eye of the beloved son, nay he think of the anguish and desoation caused by his absence to fond Either and mother, whose nights are Dassed in tears and wakefulness, cry-4 ' ilTITl ^ 1 . ng, wnere is our uaruog Di>y 10light? Is he dead?" All charges and expenses will be paid. Hold him and elegraph at my expense. Address, Dr. Chas. A. Eastman, 161 Washington St., Brighton, Mass. Indian Skeletons. While excavating for the foundation or a house in Boone county Virginia, Jr. George Myers and others were surprised to find the skeletons.of several luman beings that had apparently beennterred at the spot many years ago. Several phyaiciaos were summoned, srho. after examining the bones, prolounced them the skeletons "of Indians. k-. rVith them were found many sharp lointed flints and several bows and arows very much decayed. The remains 7ere found two feet from the surface, nd it is supposed that the place was n old Indian graveyard. CoL Heal Pays Hp. \ The Columbia Kecord says there are hree very happy men in Columbia, i 'hey are Col. Wilie Jones, W. S. i 'ope and P. H. Haltiwanger. As : ondsmen for Col. W. A. Neal, they aril the state $2,800 41, the amount f his shortage for which they were re ponsible. Wednesday they were paid . i full by Col. Neal. so they are are not at a cent by reason of his shortage. i. RAILROAD FARES. i Considerably Reduced by a State Senate Bill. r HOW EACH SENATOR VOTED. , < The Bill Makes Many Changes ; in the Present Jim Crow Car Law as to Division j A of Cars. | Mr. Caughman's house biH to amend \ the law requiring divided coaches so as j to require separate coaches for the two races was taken up as a special order. J by the Senate Tuesday. Th<* hill it!) ii-. nvprfrftm thff ' house provided in section 2 that the \ rate for transportation of passengers on < all railroads should not exceed 3 cents 1 per mile, and railroads were not to be ; required to have second-class coaches ( or to sell second-class tickets, but must i provide one first-class coach for each race, giving each race equal accommo- j dation. This would do away with the ; divided coaches which have proved so J unsatisfactory on certain lines. J Seantor Graydon offered an amend- ! ment to make the rate 2 3-4 cent? a mile instead of 3 cents. He said this < rate prevailed in Georgia, Alabama and* 1 other States. , ? ! Senator Mower thought the present system should be continued, as it was 1 working smoothly so far as he could 1 see. He moved to strike out the en- 1 acting words of the bill. j Senator Ragsdale wanted to vote on ; Senator Graydon's amendment first J and for this purpose Senator Mower 1 withdrew his motion. The vote on senator u-raydon s amendment to make the uaiform rate 2 3-4 cents was fol- \ lows, the amendment being lost. 9 j Yeas?Aicher, Blakeney, Connor, 1 Crosson, Graydon, Hough, llderton, ' Love, McDermott, Mower, Ragsdale, 1 Sarratt, Stanland, Sullivan, Wallace.? 15. J Nays?AldricV, Alexander, Appelt, Bowen, Gk W. Brown, Dean, Douglass, Glenn, Gruber. Henderson, Livingston, j Manning, Marshall, Mauldin, Mayfield, 1 Sheppard, Talbird, Walker, Waller.? 1 19. : Senator Ragsdale offered an amend ment making the first- clrss rate cf cents j and the second-class rate 2* and strik- J ing out the section abolishing the sec- 1 ond-class car. - j Senator Mower moved to indefinitely 1 postpone the bill on the ground that ] the question had become merely one of ' rates. On Senater Mower's motion to indefi- ] nitely postpone, the vote stood as fol- ' l/-vTT7a tlio oonot/i T**fnain<7 fn nndfnnnp' ' Yeas?Alexander, Archer, Blakeney, 3 Connor, Dean, Glenn, Hough, Mower, 1 Sarratt, Talbird, Walker, Wallace.? 12' , l Nays?Aldrich, Appelt, Bowen, G-. ' W, Brown, Crosson, Douglass, Gray- 1 don, Gruber, Henderson, llderton, Liv- 1 ingston, Love, Manning, Marshall, ! Mauldin. Mayfield. McDermott, Hags- ] dale, Sheppard, Stacland, Sullivan, Waller?22. Senator Grufrer moved to amend Senator Ragedale's amendment by making the second-class rate 2 3-4 cents instead of 2i cents. Senator Gruber's motion to amend Senator Ragsdale'a amendment so as to make the second-class rate 2 3-4 was voted on, and agreed to. Senator Ragsdale's amendment, as amended, was then voted on and adopted, the rate being thus fixed at 3 cents for first-class fare and 2 3-4 for second-class. This reduces the first-class fare and leaves ? the second-class %s it is under the present law, and Btrikes out the section abolishing the second-class car.. Senator U-raydon's amendment allow- ? ing the division of the second-class 1 coach w&3 next in order and developed f much discussien. t Senator Grraydon's amendment was < then adopted after more debate by several senatois. It is as follows: ( Add section 1, Provided that the t second-class coach may be divided into ( two compartments, oneior wane ana one for colored people. ( Senator Mayfield moved to amend the < bill by providing that a compartment t should be cut off at each end of the i coach, one for -females and one for males. The amendment was agreed to. I Senator Gruber moved to amend the J bill by adding imprisonment for not mn-rA flioti ^ot7p oa ? rmnialimp'nf, in UiVl V VUUU 1/V V? w MW U ?? V ? addition to the fine provided. This was adopted. a Senator Mayfield luoved the commit- r tee amendment exempting mixed trains ^ and this brought up the most puzzling r portion of the problem. Senator May- s field offered a substitute for the amend- c ment, "nor to mixed trains," as fol- a lows, "nor to regular freight trains c with a passenger tram attached for s local travel." t Senator Ragsdale's motion to^inde- e finitely postpone the amendment was t put and the vote resulted, 10 ayes to 24 t noes, as follows, the senate refusing to reject the amendment: Yeas?Archer Blakeney, Connor Gradon, Gruber, Ilderton, Love, Rags- e dale, Suddath, aad Wallace.?10. t XL. AU wrtli Alnvor/lfii* Anrtfilf. I n A.\ A J a ^JUUllVU JAXVAdUUbl) A*|/Jk/W*v? a Bowen, Urosson, Dean, Douglass, a Glenn, Henderson, Hough, Livingston, r Manning, Marshall, Mauldin, Mayfield, McDermott. Mower, Sarratt, Shsppard, Stanland, Sullivan, Talbird, Walker, and Waller.?24. The amendment was then agreed to without division. The question then came up on the passage of the bill as amended and the aye and no vote resulted in its passage by a vote of 22 to 13 as follows: Yeas?Archer, Blakeney, Bowen,G. W. Brown, Connor, Crosson, Douglass, Graydon, Gruber, Henderson, Hough, llderton, Love, Marshall, Mayfield, McDermott, Ragsdale, Sarratt, Stanland, Suddath, Sullivan, Wallace.?22. Nays?Aldrich, Alexander, Appelt, fV>on ftliinn T.iTr?rnrnfnr? TVIanninc. Vivu u j ? D J I Mauldin, Mower, Sheppard, Talbird, Walker, Waller.?13. The bill as it finally passed the Senate is published in another column. A Timely Rebuke. That wa3 not a very edifying sight last night when members of the house | who remained in their hall during the joint session engaged in singing sacred songs in a spirit which was evidently not that of worship. Ic may have amused members and spectators, but it Bmacked strongly of sacrilege. The practice is a custom which can well be discontinued with credit to all legislative bodies who are given to indulging in it.?Columbia State. A. kingdom for a cure I You need not pay so much. & twenty-five cenc bottle of L. L. & K. I Will drive all ills away. See ad. and try it?never fails. c . " / X TTTF. SWAT.T/POY SVTTT? ATTfVW 1 What the Chairman of the Staid Board of Health Says. The following'is 'from-the' Florence rimes of Tuesday: Dr. Evans received last night a big package of vaccine?points, enough, it appeared, to vaccinate the whole of ;his section of tbe country, but he said It was only enough for the most pressing needs of tie health department. There have been several new centres )f infection, the doctor said, but on ihe whole, the situation was* encouraging. The disease had been stamped jut below Orangeburg, and there- were few cases only at points in Bamberg, md in Beaufort counties, in fact there ire now not over 75 cases in the State. There are some new points of infection in the mill districts of Spartanburg and in Pickens counties. These :ases came from mill hands iD Greenville, who took flight when the order : for compulsory vaccination was pass2d. They carried the infection with them and have caused new centres to spring up. The mills in Greenville were infected by hands that came from the infected districts in;_Georgia, and 3pread the disease here. Dr. Evans says that, as yet, only about one-fourth of the people in the State .have been vaccinated, and that heL finds it very hard to enforce the vaccination. Unless this is done the spread of the disease cannot be prevented. The compulsory vaccination jf all laborers on railroads, in mills, md in the publio schools, would soon stop-the plague. Several days ago he went to Gibbons, where he found several cases. He vaccinated about a hundred Negroes in the community and-gave the teacher Df the colored school a lot of points. She was instructed in the/use of them, ind promised to vaccinate the children ^f the school thoroughly. The doctor is very>much disappointed that the bill he had before the genjral assembly have been sidetracked. He was getting the work of the health Doard in such a good shape, and the jhacges asked for would have rounded jp the matter so completely, that South Carolina would have had the very best health organization in the nation, rhese reforms were opposed for several reasons, all more or less trivial, but sufacient to prevent the passage of the Mil. in me senate it seems tnat tQe natter of the expense of the registration sras the consideration, though it is a fact that if the bill had passed as was proposed, the general government would have borne the expense of the registration, as they do in all the States that are strictly "registration States." This is borne as part, and the most important part of the census department, that of i.i tl j i? at? viim Btatiaiiua. xt ib urgeu uy me triends of the measure, that there are 10 vital statistics now that can serve us a guide to the health authorities^ md that nothing can be done to im- . prove the health of the community antil you know what is the matter with the community in question. When sne takes into consideration the great loss of the services of the wealth pro lucers of the world from sickness, iither to themselves or as nurses, one ;an see how heavy ths balance would incline to the side of the health authorities in the matter of the reforms contemplated. As it has taken some time to educate :he - statesmen o"f this State up to the eforms already accomplished, the' < 'riends of the doctor who has labored ; ;o faithfully in this cause, encourage lim to hope that time will soon bring ibout the desired result, and that he ; nay rest easy soon, in the happy con-"i] -emplation of the completed system ibat has been his dream for the good > )f humanity, and the extension of the , )net span ot tne years allotted to mail, md the full eDjoyment of them. < --MoreCollege Elections. J ~ < The senate -immediately after as- J lembling Thursday proceeded to the 1 lonse, where a joint session was held ' 'or the purpose of electing trustees for &e Citadel, Clemson and the Colored sollege. Following was the result: n "n VlWkUCl r iDllUlD \J* JUm . \A auouou, Charleston; Bishop-Capers, Columbia; r. J. Lucas, Darlington; E.IM. Blythe, xreenville; W. W. Lewis, York. Clemson trustees?A. T. Smy the, Charleston, to succeed the late Govsrnor Ellerbe, D. T. Redfern, of Chesterfield. Jesse Hardin, of Chester and r. E. Tindall, of Clarendon. Colored college at Orangeburg?D. F. Brabham, of Clarendon, and 0. K. j'owman, of Orangeburg. ^ Sack to Confacious. The dowager empress of China, it is ^ocneu, tu uc ucicimiuLu cu elapse into the ancient conservatism, -i Wednesday she issued aa edict com- :j oanding a return to the old manner of tudy, according to teachings of Confuius, for examinations for official rank, 1 ,nd ordering the abolition of the study f if the "now deprayed _and erroneous < ubjects of the western schools," and rs of such subjects. The closing of he new university at Pekin h expected o speedily follow. Grows Worse. A dispatch from BombayTsays the mortality from the bubonic plague yeserday was unprecedented. There was j total of 408 deaths. The?situation is ggravated by the advent of-the famiae 1 efugees. . a???^?? WOOD'S SEEDS. ^Wood's flaine-Grown Seed Potatoes are unquestiorin'nly tl>?- best Seed Potatoes for Soul horn planting. Our Pota-. toesare grown ?*?peciai!y for ?eed pur- | Maine, and are noted for their earll- I I \ ness, uniformity and large yields pro duced. The !arz*>< t potato growers In ?3 the South are jslRntins our Seed Pota- I toes, with the bogt and most profitable a results. Wo also offer VA. SECOND CROP POTATOES R grown from Maine seed. These give E splendid crop results and nre popular I frith truckers everywhere. Wood's Descriptive Seed Catalogue. 9 I giving full information, mailed free. 1 Prices quoted upon request. B 11 T. W. WOOD & SONS, J SEEDSMEN, Richmond, Va. The Largest Seed :, UanM J- ?ha f tiviun. IU uiv South, . I ri I I, - " |||? ; WH1TNETHR EMI 5B5E3s?L'S. Their ADti-Friction Wheel Fastener, Their Patent Foot Brake, * n\L T? Ll fTV. 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In the senate Wednesday the bill to prevent adulteration in cotton seed meal; which provide that all dealers in this State shall pay the inspection tax as provided for fertilizers and shall be Bubject to the lawsregnlating the sale and inspection of. fertilizers, whether the same is sold as stock feed or as e i.ii: -l l i._ v _ j ieriiiizere; eauu uag. uj ue mais.cu "Highgrade," "Standard,", or "Low Grade," according to the analysis was killed by. a yote of 18 to 15.The wife of a West Virginia Republican presented* her husband with four children last week, says the Durham Sum The "fond" father gave the new arrivals one look, disappeared" and has not been seen or heard Df since. Four doses of Republican expansion were more than lie could stand, and he has fled to the woods.Ginning !S_ _i'? macnmery. 0 riie Smith. 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Machinery and Engines and Boilers. >, . The equipment of modern ginneries with the celebrated J Murray Cleaning and Distributing System a specialty.-r v - - ' v W. H. Gibbes & Co., 804 Gtervais Street, - - : COLUMBIA, S. C. ^ Near Union Depot. . ? ' ; 'v^ Man's strength; ues 111 ui? stomach. A poor, weakjdigestion debilitates and impoverishes the body. No need confining one's self to certain simple diet, on this account, when with the use |of "Hilton's Life for the Liver and ' * juaneys" any Kina.oriood may be eaten with comfort. 25c a bottle. WholesaleJt>y THE MURRAY DRUG CO.. COLUMBIA. S. C.. 3 13uehu, Gin and Juniper cures SJ your kidney troubles. Trv a. bottle. THE WHlffAY BS&fi COLUMBIA, S. C. WANTED!^* Every one to * know that the KEELEY CURE for Dsnrc, Dbug and Tobacco rm iddictions is now re-estab- / vl lihsed at Columbia, S. C. ' |f Call or write, ,.v . The Keeley Institute, 11 HQ Ploin lfraot mw m. ?mn wviwcv> No other in th * ntete. Ino. S. Reynolds, I * Attorney at Law, Columbia. S C. 3 *