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tV r >fhe iress and Banner. BY HUGH WILSON. akkktilm:, n. <Q. IGE1T1RGTU WUKK. THE LEGISLATURE CONSIDERING SOME IMPORTANT BILLS. ItjVfStlgfttlonfi of thff Sinking Fund Ctmmtusion and DluppE.'-ary Proposed? To Put Tclfgrspli and Express Companies Vcdf r Railroad CommlpMlCDfre. Columbia, S. 0., Jan. 20.?The Legislature has new gone to work in dead earnest. IN TIIE HOUSE. Ti e first thing to corr.e up today was a petition against tbe formation of Cherokee County. The petition was on behalf cf citizens of White Plains township, which it appears is more or less torn up on tbe subject, it being stated t^at a portion of tbe people want to secede and go back to HP V* /-? rviflmnwiol mQC ro. W Ofjanaii uurg. luu m^uuvnai av r ferred to the judiciary committee, f When Mr. JRainsford's resolution to adjourn on February 13 came up, he stated that he did not want to block legislation. There are some important matters, but he did not believe it would take longer than that. Under the old constitution it was always understood that the legislature would adjourn on Christmas eve. The time V allowed for legislation in the resolu j tion is the same. He did not care to push the resolution now, he said, but simply wanted to give his reasons for it. Mr. Winkler moved to make it a special order for February 1. Mr. Magill wanted to amend by making it the 12th, but this was lost, and Mr. Winkler's motion was adopted. When Mr. Winkler's minority bill in reference to granting a license to cany concealed weapons came up Captain Blythe object* d to it on the ground that if a license is granted then -we would fca\e no law against carrying concealed weapons, something he was unalterably opposed to. After considerable discussion tbe bill was tabled. Mr. Verner introduced a resolution to appoint a committee to investigate the Sinking Fund Commission to two members of the House and one Senator, and to report at this session. Mr. Burns thought that the regular legislative committee would report in a lew days. Their investigation would be all that is necessary. Mr. Verner said that if aDy faith should be put in the Comptroller General's statement something should be done about it. Mr. Barry said that as a member of that Commission it courted an inves tinotinn Knf ho fViroioVit rnnciHprotmT) "ft""""' r *"""6"" ~r , now was inopportune, and he moved that the resolution go over until tomorrow, which was agreed to. Mr. Eainsford then wanted to know what had become of the unanimous resolution passed at the last Legislature requiring that the Penitentiary authorities report on the advisability of manufacturing acid phosphat within the walls. He wanted to know whether that report had been made. The Speakers pro tem. couldn't answer and consideration of the matter went over until to-morrow. The bill introduced by Mr. Anderson to repeal the Act prohibiting emigrant agents from plying their vocation in the State without first taking out a license, passed to its third reading without opp.Dsition or discussion.' Mr. Vinc#vnt intrr.diirvrf a hill to rft duce the phosphate royalty to 25 ccnts a ton as Jong as 1od? as the price remains 13.50, per ton. When it goes to $4.50, the royalty of one-third of such increase and over $4.50 per cent, of such increase. A concurrent resolution expressing sympathy lor Cuba was almost unani mously passed. in the senate. The new lieutenant governor, Mr. McSweeney, presided today for the first time, and did so in such a way as to cause favorable comment from many. Scarcely had the clerk be^an tne reading oi the journal wnen, on motion of Mr. Moses, this was dispensed with. This raised the floodgates for new legislation and new bills and committee reports poured in at an astonishing rate. The calendar, too, presented a formidable appearance with its 15 or more second and third reading bills, but fortunately there was but one measure which the members debated. This was a bill which came up for its second reading to provide for eltc lion by the qualified electors of the respective townships in the State of the boards of township commissioners, the text of which was as follows: Section 1. That the boards of township commissioners which will be ap a 1 -? onrr _ x ^ puimtu m uie ytar iojt purtsuitiu iu the section 5 of an act "to provide a system of government for the several counties of the State," approved January 4th, 1891, and the amendments to said act, shall hold their offices until the first Tuesday in November, 1898, and until their successors shall be elected as hereinafter provided. Sec. 2. That on the first Tuesday in November. 1898, and cn the first Tuesday of November of every two years thereafter there shall be elected three persons in each township in the several counties of the State by the qualified electors of said township, who shall be known as the board of township commissioners; said persons must be qualified electors and residents of the township for wbich they are elected, and their terms of office shall be for two years and until their successors shall be elected and qualified. In case of a vacancy by death or otherwise the governor shall fill such vacancy. Tbe election of said township commissioners shall be by ballot and shall be held under the supervision of three qualified electors or managers residing in said township, who shall be appointed according to law by the State election commissioners of the county; and in case the commissioners shall designate a place for the holding of said elections lor such townships and appoint managers therefor. Said commissioners shall furnish to each precinct a separate box for the election of said township commissioners. Th<e managers shall report the result of tbe election to the said board of election commissioners, which board shall bear all protests and contests and decide the same, and report the result thereof to the governor of the State, who, with the secretary of state, sball issue commissions to said members of said board so elected without charge on the part of the secretary of state. All persons elected as such township commissioners shall be exempt from all road and jury duties while such members, and shall exercise and perform 'the duties nrd rcceive the pay that I j tr:8v be fixed hv Jaw. j Sic. 3 Th?t all acts, parts of acts,; I inconsistent witu tbis act be, and the j | same are hereby, repealed. j I Mr. Kr.ses besan the battle by mov- ( injT II e tJIKCIU'iJ wurus uo suitacu out. Mr. Henderson, whose ineasu?e it; was, a?lied the gentlemen lo pleseei slate bis reasons (or such a motion. Mr. Moses did so briefly, saying, in Ihe firstplace, there were too many elections. People bad long been tired of havirgto go to the polls so frequently, j Again, in his opinion, he did not beI lieve as good men were to be gotten on the township boards by election as by appointment. The boards at present were composed of business men who would not enter into the scrambles for, election and if the bill passed, he thought the public services would be decidedly injured. Mr. Henderson in reply, said the number of elections would not be increased, as the vote for the township commissioners would be cast at the same time for other county offices. As lrtrrr viAtTr C I r\S\A 4 ViO Ct 11 111* llflH mo IrtYV UU-Tf OIWU tuv too much appointive power which could be used for the furtherance of Jbis own political aspirations. The people elect?d all their other officers and were just as capable of selecting the best men for commissioners as for any other positions. He believed, for his part, in lecal self government and home rule. Mr. Pettjgrew stated that he agreed with Mr. Moses. As good men could not, in his opinion, be gotten on the township boards by the election as by appointment. Mr. Suddath spoke against tbe bill, as did Senators Gaines and Archer. Messrs. Mower, Mayfield, Norris, Connor and Hay advocated the measure. Mr. Walker of Georgetown favored the bill as a general measure but wished his county excepted for very potent reasons. The aye and nay \ote was demanded on Mr. Moses' motion to strike out 1 U me encung woriss wuu iuc junumug result: Yeas?Archer, Buist, Gaines, Griffith, Mcses, Pettigrew. Stackhouse, Suddath and Wallace?9. Nays?Alexander, Brown, Connor, Dennis, Douglass, DuBcse, Hay, Henderson, Love, May field, MnDaniel, Miller, Mower, Norris, O'Dell, Ragin, Sloan, Talbrid Turner and Walker ?20. Mr. Moses motion was defeated and the bill passed its second reading. The full text of the bill is as given above with the exception that Sumter, Georgetown, Beaufort, Spartanburg and Saluda counties are excepted from its provisions. An invitation was received from the president of Winthrop college for the senate to visit the college on Saturday. Mr. Love asked who was to pay the expenses of the trip. Mr. Brown informed him that it would not cost the State a rent as the excursion was to be run at the expensense of outsiders? presumably the citizens of Bock Hill. Mr. Mayfield asked would the per diem of the legislators ba paid while they were on this trip. He was informed that it would, whereupon he objected to accepting the invitation, saying that a single day's session cost the State from $3,000 to $4,000 and therefore a single day could not be Inst If th? lptrislature visited one college it would have to visit all, thus entailing a cost of about $10,000, which was half the appropriation granted to the Citadel academy. Messrs. Connor and Brown both spoke against accepting the invitation and finally the invitation was laid on the table. Mr. Henderson introduced a resolution whicn is intended to shorten th9 session of the legislature. His resolution prohibited a bill or resolution being introduced after the 1st of Feb ruary, except such as were recommended by the committees. This passed without opposition, Thesfl arfl the bills that nassed their third reading to day: A bill fixing the time for holding courts in the seccod circuit. Mr. Ragsdale's bill to make railroad corporations liable for damages resulting to land owners from the wrongful construction of watercourses. Mr. Love's bill changing the commutation road tax of York county from $1 to $2. The following passed their second reading: Mr. Henderson's bill to authorize the appointment of a constable for Aiken;county to be resident at Langley. The bill repealing an act regulating fishing in Aiken County. J.11CJU1JUL ICdUlUt&UUL tKJ UAH. JUL 1-4. bUC time for the collection of the commutation road tax in the several counties of the State to the 1st of March, 1897, and exempting from punishment those who pay by the date named. The bill authorizing the railroad commissioners to require all railroads to erect at junctional points union depots and to impose a penalty for their failure to do so when required. The bill authorizing cities, towns and townships to issue bonds for refunding indebtedness existing at time of the adoption to the present Constitution. Champion lilgamlat. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 21.?Governor Leedy has pardoned H. C. Wilmoth, alias Howell, alias Howe, alias Howart, who was serving a ten months1 sentence for bigamy. Wilmoth was arrested on the charge at Terre Haute, Ind., where he was about to be married to a wealthy young woman of that city. His arrest was brought about by Miss Bella Buell of Effingham, 111., to whom he was also married. His trial developed evidence which placed him in the front rank of bigamists.it being shown that he had wives in Cincinnati, Minneapolis, Chicago, Denver, Terre Haute, St. Joseph, Mo., Fresno, Cal., Zanesville, Ohio, Effingham, III., Seneca, Kan., and Kansas City. His remarkable martial career covered a period of eight years, during which he had served a term in the Missouri penitentiary for one of his crimes. P? fl'er's Successor. Topeka, Kas , Jan. 21.?Wm. A. Harris, who was nominated for United States Senator in the Populist caucus last night to succeed Senator Peffer, is an ex-Confederate, having served during the rebellion as assistant adjutant general in Wilcox's Brigade. Longstreet's Division, and as chief of ordnance of the divisions of Hill and Rhodes. He is a civil engineer of ability and was employed in an engineering capacity during the construction of the Union Pacific Road, for three years. He was also connected with the Nicaraguan Canal survey. , | GETTING DOWN TO IT. THE LEGISLATURE HARD AT WORK ON NEW ACTS. A Labor Measure?A Home Rule Measure. fk- T?I?.Tn^...l.?tlnn_Th? Vfl.n Power Sustained?A New Fertilizer 1)111. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 21.?When the House met this morniDg there was a flood of new bills. The followiog are the more important ones: Mr. Wolling?To require ail railroad trains to stop at all stations. Mr. Bacot?To amend the act relating to trustees of Winthrop and the South Carolina colleges and the Citadel academy so as to eliminate from the boards members of tbe general assembly, in accord with the provisions of the new Constitution. Mr. Sanders?To prevent other than convict labor from being employed upon the State farms. Mr. Price?Joint resolution to pay balances of salaries to several county supervisors of registration in the State. Mr. Sturkie?To amend the act relative to local boards of health so as to leave the matter of appointment and control thereof to the people of the several towns of not over 5,000 inhabitants. n a no Tn nvnirirla o ouctpm nf 1 UX1 Ugv. A.V M v. county government. The fundamental idea of the bill is to organize counties as cities are organized; to be governed by a supervisor for the whole county and a commissioner for each township. This board is vested with power over roads, bridges, water courses, fences, public buildings, the poor and game. The board is empowered to enact ordinac ces touching the above matters; ordinances fixing or changing voting precincts; ordinances fixing the compensation of all county officers. The bill means government of the counties by themselves and not bv a delegation in the general assembly. It is a home rule bill. Mr. Sullivan?To amend the act regulating the schedule of passenger trains in certain cases so as to make all roads of not less than 50 miles in length (except those in the hands of receivers) to run at ;least one unmixed passenger train daily each way. Mr. Kibler?To provide for the ap pointment of a State labor commissioner and to define his duties and for his salary. This bill provides that the labor commissioner shall enter upon his duties on the 1st of April, 1897, and shall hold office for two years, unless sooner removed by the advisory board hereinafter provided for. He must reside at the capital and must be 25 years old. The advisory board shall consist of the governor, attorney general and superintendent of education. The salary of the commmissioner shall be $1,500 and traveling expenses not to exceed $600. The comptroller general shall on or before Oct. 1 in each year assess upon each manufacturing es tablishment its just and equitable^pro portion of all expenses of the labor commissioner, of clerk and incidentals which assessments shall be charged up by the comptroller general and shall be collected by the several county treasurers. ; The advisory board may appoint a clerk at a salary of $750 if they deem such services necessary. Incidental expenses, including office furniture, stationery, etc.. shall not exceed 500 i per annum. When sufficient complaint shall have been made under oath by the employees of any cotton mill or other manufacturing establishmonto Viafr nflRf??rs rif ncrpnfs of i such manufacturing establishments are abusive to employees or fail to pay their wages or improperly withhold them for any cause whatsoever, then ' it shall be the duty of the commissioner to proceed to investigate and if he finds the charges are true he shall correct such evils and he shall have the 1 power to demand an investigation of the conduct of any officer or agent of any manufacturing establishment when he finds such agent is unjust. The commissioner must visit at i least twice every year the different manufacturing establishments and investigate the conditon of buildings ] and employes and see that buildings are safe and that health, education and general welfare of the children and i employes are properly eared for. The < advisory board may adopt such rules ! as they deem necessary for protecting the employees of any establishment from abuse and unjust treatment and to secure them all their rights. ; That if any establishment is guilty ; of violating any of the rules of the advisory board, and, after due notice to principal officer, ample and full recompense for the wrong done, as described by the commissioners shall not be done within a reasonable time, such company shall incur a penalty i of each offense not less than $50 and not more than $300. The advisory board shall not make any rules or regulations which would be unfair to any manufacturing establishment and xf any such are considered oppressive < * ? - V 1 *- - * xu. 1 1 rearess may db naa Deiore me ounru and finally before a court. Any officer of an establishment who shall re fuse to produce all books, papers or other evidences that may be demanded by the labor commissioner or shall obstruct the commissioner in the performance of his duty shall be liable to a fine of not less than $100 or imprisonment not less than 60 days. The term "manufacturing company"shall mean corporations, companies or individuals engaged in manufacture of cotton goods of any kind. Mr. Carson?To amend the act providing for the election of bublic cotton weighers and *o provide for their compensation. The bill merely changes the terri'.orv over which the weigners have jurisdiction. Mr. Sullivan?Providing punishment for laborers who violate either written or verbal contracts after having receive supplies from his landlord. The offense is made a misdemeanor punishable by not less than three months more than 12 months, or a fine of not less than $100 or more than $200. By Mr. Harvey?To repeal the act providing for a special tax on certain live stock in Berkeley county, and to require a license fee to be paid for keeping certain live stock within certain fenced territory in Berkeley county, and to provide for repairs of the boundary fence thereof and for borrowing money if necessary. By Mr. Mishoe?To require marriage licenses and certificates in this State. Mr. Price introduced the following, asking immediate consideration threeof: Whereas certain newspapers and persons have made and published insinuations and charges of corruption and mismanagement of the State dispensary, reflecting upou the officials threof from its enactment, Therefore be it Resolved, That a committee of five, consisting cf three members from the house and two members from (he senate, elected by the respective houses, the duty of which committee shall be to investigate said charges ana insinuations, and, further, that said committee shall have full power to send for persons and papers, to administer oaths to witnesses examined, to sit al such time and places as they may deem convenient, to employ an expert account to aid in such investigation as they see proper, and to report to the house of representatives and senate al the present session, or the next session hereafter, or to the governor should neither house, be in session when such committee wishes to make a report whether such chargea and insinuations be true or untrue and any other thing they believe would be wise and expedient. The reading of the resolution did not seem to create much of astir in the house. A few members listened to it. After a long wait Mr. Kinard said it was an important mattter and it would be well, perhaps, to let it go over for a day at least. Ten members risiDg slowly one by one finally caused the resolution to go over until tomorrow. PASSED A FINAL READING. The house was not able to tackle its calendar until 11 o'clock. Then these third reading matters were taken up and ordered to be sent to the senate: Mr. Bacot's bill to amend toe act to authorize and empower cities, town, townships and other municipal corpo rations to issue negotiable coupon bonds for the refunding or payment in whole or in part of bonded indebtness and any unpaid past due interest thereon existing at the time of the adoption of the present Constitution. The senate bill to amend the act ta regulate the election of mayors and intendants and wardens and aldermen of towns and cities, with amendments. When Mr. Anderson's bill to re peal the anti-emigrant act came up on the third reading, Mr, O P. Goodwin moved to recommit the bill, holding that to pass the bill and repeal the law would be detrimental to the farming interests of the State. He gave the house Laurens county's experience with emigrant agents. Hundreds of negroes were taken away after the season had begun. These agents took them away and made them violate a!ll contracts, etc , even after their taxes has been paid. He was willing for them to leave when they are not nnder contract. He did not wish to keep the negroes here if they did not wish to stay. The present act did not interfere with the negoes leaving if they wished to go. After some discussion Mr. Thomas moved to indefinitely postpone the bill. The vote on this motion was as follows, the bill being killed: Aye, 80; nay, 34. Those voting witQ Mr. AjQdemm were Messrs. Asbill, Bacot, Banks, Bethune, Burnu. Fairy, Gadsden. Gage, Harvey, HolJis, Humphrey Kibler, Livingston, Mearas, Miller, J. H.; Mishoe, Moore, Nettles, Patton, Player, Pollock, Prince, Pyatt, Rogers, Russell, Sanders, Skinner, Smith, E. D.; Sturkie, Stevenson, Thomas, W. H.; Williams, Witherspoon and Wyche. Mr. Wingo'sbill licensing carrying concealed weapons, about which there bad been much wrangling the preceding day, was taken up and killed by a vote of 62 to 43. When Mr. Timmerman's bill to require all county officers to give bond in surety companies was reacted. Mr. Rogers moved the adoption of the unfavorable report of the committee. Mr. Hmmerman defended his bill, saying that in nearly eveiy county there had "been misdoings on the part of coun ty officers." xney couia noi legisiaie honesty in a man, but they wished to fix the barrier so high that it could not be surmounted. Mr. Thomas remarked that there was no such company doing business in this State. Mr. Crum was opposed to the bill. He explained the present law and pointed out the hardhips that this bill would work. Mr. Rogers said they would put it in the power of one or two companies to dictate who should hold office in this State. Mr. Kibier wanted to know if there were any companies in the State. Mr. McWhite said the bill would just put in the hands of one or two companies to say who should hold bonded offices. It would defeat the will of the people. The bill was then indefinitely postponed, and the House adjourned. IN THE SENATE. The first business on the Senate calendar was the veto message of Governor Evans in the matter of ramoving magistrates. The objections raised by the governor to this act, it will be remembered, were that he had not the power to remove magistrates, neither could he appoint them save by the consent of the senate. On these two grounds the act was vetoed. Senator Mower, author of the bill, was the only one to speak on the veto. He said that the bill, as first introduced by him,ga^e the power of removal for cause to the governor, but after looking into the matter further he offered an amendment taking away this right. 3e did so because after more study he believed the Constitution abridged this power, as it provided for two distinct modes of removal in the case of judicial officers; the first, by impeachment ; the second, by the governor, two thirds of the general assembly concurring. The proposition on the which Mr. Mower rested was that magistrates are judicial officers and therefore removable only in the manner prescribed by the Constitution. As to the matter of reappointment of magistrate?, whose appointment the senate has refused to confirm, Mr. Mower was of the opinion that the governor could not reappoint during that term of the senate. When he had finished stating his position Mr. Mower moved that the bill be passed over the governor's veto and called for the aye and nay vote which resulted as follows: . Yeas?Archer, Dennis, Douglass, DuBose, Gaines, Lov e, May field, McDaniel, Moses, Mower, Norris, O'Dell, Pettigrew, Ragin, Rigsdalc, Sloan, Sudclath, Sanders?18. Nays?Alexander, Brown, Buist, Henderson, Mauldin, McCalla, Miller, Scarborough, Stackhouse, Talbird, Walker, Wallace, Williams?13. As a two thirds vote was necessary to overcome the veto, the bill failed to carry by three votes. A bill to enable Eugene S. Bleaso of Siiluda county, a minor over the age of 19 years to apply for admission to the bar, came up for a second read* i ing. AfN?r much discussion the bill > was killed. The board of harbor commissioners for the port of Charleston reported j that the total number of arrivals at the ports for the year was 737 vessels, with an aggregate tonnage of 804,578, i against 794 arrivals with an aggregate of 853,390 tons for the year previous. The following new bills were introduced yesterday: Mr. Connor?A. bill to regulate the sale of fertilizers and to determine the value thereof. Mr. Connor's idea is an elaborate one. He proposes to require every farmer purchasing fertil izers to place a sample out of each ; grade in a bottle and place that in the hands of the clerk of the court of his county, to remain there until he i gathers his crop, when, if he should i have any reason to believe that the fertilizer is not up to the limit he shall send it to the chemist for a thorough i analysis. The result of this would naturally be that whenever a bad crop year came along the chemist would be worked to death. Mr. Buist introduced a bill to place street railways on a footing with rail roads in regard to damages to persons i injured. Senator Dennis?A bill providing for the formation of Dorchester county. Senator Buist-Authorizing, the State treasurer to issue bonds of 50 per cent, for the purpose of refunding the Samuel Lord lost bonds. The following bills passed their third reading. Senator Henderson?To authorize the appointment of a constable for Aiken county, to be a resident of Langley, a bill to repeal an act regulating fishing at certain times in Aik* 1 en county, also a joint resolution to extend the time for the collection of the commutation road tax in the sev eral counties of the State to the 15 of March, 1897, and to exempt from punishment all who fail to pay before that time. A bill to provide for the election by the qualified electors of the respective townships in the State of the boards of townshiD commissioners. This nass ed after Sumter, Berkeley, Edgefield, Laurens, Abbeville, Lexington, Williamsburg, Colleton, Marion, Marlboro, Darlington, Horry, Georgetown, Spartanburg and Saluda counties bad been excepted. Senator Mayfield?Authorizing the railroad commissioners to require all railroads to erect at junctional points union depots, and to impose a penalty for their failure to do so when required. Senator Buist?To amend an act incorporating the South Carolina and Augusta railroad by extending the time for completing the first 10 miles of the road. Senator Buist?To empower cities, towns, and townships to issue negotiable coupon bonds for the refunding or payment of bonded indebtedness and any unpaid past due interest thereon existing at the time of the adoption of the present Constitution. It might be interesting to note that the committees reported unfavorable on Mr. Suddath's bill to repeal the act against nonotism and Mr. Rasrsdale's constitutional amendments providing for the election of judges by a popular vote. Both, however, were placed on the calendar. The senate adjourned to meet tomorrow at 11 a. m. WHILE THEY LOOKED Men and Women on Shore Saw a Ship's Crew Perish. Quogue, L. I., Jan. 21.?The threemasted schooner Nahum Chapin, Capt. Arey of Rockland, Maine, from Baltimore for Boston with coal, was lost within 300 yards of the shore at this place early this morning and her crew of nine men perished miserably within sight of the hundreds of men and women who could do nothing lo help them. The vessel went ashore here at 4 o'clock. For three hours she pounded up higher and higher upon the hard sandy beach. Then with a crash she went to pieces, and one by one the nine sailors on her, who could be plainly seen clinging to her rigging, were engulfed with the wreckage and died within hailing distance of the life savers on shore. It was raining hard when the Chapin came ashore. The surf was unusually high and the waves beat in upon the beach with great fury. The storm vras at its worst when the wreck occurred. The villagers say that it was the worst storm fUrti- a# T rtnrm TolonH Vioa lrnnwTi tuab pain vi jlijug xainuu umj auv ? ? in years. The patrol from the life saving stations were on their beat when the vessel struck and in a few moments at the most, the life saving crew was on its way to the place. By the time they reached the spot nearest the vessel the alarm had reached the village and dozens of townfolks had gathered to watch the work of the crew and to help if possible, too. The crew of the vessel could be made out clinging to her riging. A rope was then fired from the mortar. It struck tha vesel, hung for a second across her yards, but then it slipped away and fell into the sea. Then another rope was fired. This time the rope landed safe and secure in the rigging. The men on the vessel managed to secure it, but cohM not make it fast to tha vessel. This rope was lost as was a third that was sent out a short time later. The men on the vessel could catch the ropes but they could not secure them 'to the schooner. The life savers and those on the beach could make out nioe persons in the rigging. Six were clinging to the foremast rigging and three men were on the jibboom. Several attempts were made to launch a boat, but the sea was so terriffic that it was nothing but death to dare venture into such a sea, and the boats could not pass the first breaker. Finally the vessel began to sink and a huge wave carried one of the men off the jibboom and later the others were swept away. The six clinging to the rigging of the foremast had been safe up to this time, but them masts began to whirl around and in a few minutes the mizzenmast came down with a crash and at the same moment a cry from the six persons in Uie rigging of the foremasts told those on the beach it was all over. In a few moments great ^uanties of wreckage began to ccme ashore. At the last moment it was seen that two of those who were clinging to the rigging of the foremast , were not men as had been supposed, , but that one was a woman and the other was a child. I A GOOD DOCUMENT.' GOVERNOR W. H. ELLERBE'S INAUGIT RAL ADDRESS. A Paper that Will bo Read With Interes' by the People of Soath Carolina?Lien tenant Governor McSweenf j Adda a Fe* Words. The following: 18 the full text oi Governor W. H. Ellerbe's Inaugural Address: INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF GOVERNOR W. H ELLERBEE, Fellow Citizens: You have called me to t&e highest office within youi gift. In assuming the duties of this most important trust I cannot express in fitting words my appreciation ol the confidence placed in me. This great honor, I already realize, carries with it great responsibilities. With out your warm support, upon which 1 conndently rely, I shall be unable tc meet and overcome the many difficul ties already apparent. It has long been the custom for the incoming Governor to outline, in his inaugural address, the policy of hi; administration. In obedience to this time-honored custom I shall attempt briefly to set before you the course which I shall endeavor to pursue during my term of office. Untrammelled by obligations oi pledges inconsistent with the welfare of the people, it shall be my highest ambition to discharge my duties faithfully and impartially. The Bolemn oath of office which I have just taken binds me to no political parly or fac tion, but it does bind me to preserve, to protect and to defend both the Constitution of this State and of the United States. Under our form of government faithfulness to our fundamental laws and zeal for the public welfare are all that is demanded of citizens assuming public trusts. To support the Constitution, the foundation of our free Government, is the duty of every citizen. Upon this consideration I have a right to expect the support of all good citizens, and you have a right to demand that I, in the administration of the laws, "give "equal privileges to all and special privileges to none." To administer faithfully the laws, to lighten by all worthy means the burden of taxation, to develop the resources of the State, to protect the industries of her citizens, to encourage immigration of the right sort, to foster our institutions of learning, both Church and State, to enhance trie efficiency of our public schools, to sus tain oar penal and charitable and other institutions shall be mj earnest desire and unalterable purposeIn matters of detail, however, 1 deem it best to make to the General Assembly, by special message, such recommendations as may from time to time occur to me and the exigencies of the case may demand. To the intelligence and patriotism of this body we must look for the enactment oi laws which may best protect the peopies interests. I have neither the power nor inclination to force youi representatives to accept my views. At all times I stand ready to co-operate with them, to counsel and to advise. TAXATION. Without taxation, direct or indirect, liu ^uvcruuicubtau u%3 Uiaiuvniugu. Ail patriotic citizens cheerfully bear their part of the burden of taxation when the affairs of the State are wisely and economically managed. It is only when the revenues of the State are squandered or unwisely and extravagantly expanded, or when some classes of property escape taxation and the burden of supporting the Government is, therefore, unequally distributed that the people complain. It is clear then that all taxable proper ty should be assessed and that great care should be taken in the equalization of assessment?. The legislator; are the servants of the people, entrusted with the delicate responsibility of appropriating public funds, and, like good business men, they should endeavor to expend every dollar wisely and economically. Tc secure the best government at the least expense to the people should be the constant aim of every legislator. It is the part of a statesman to seek to 4-l.sv vo+inn wVlCTl llgULCIJ IUC UU1UCU Ul la^auuuj TT UVU this can be done without detriment to the public interest, but to cripple or destroy institutions established for the benefit of the people merely to reduce the tax rale is neither wise nor statesmanlike. To pursue the one course is to advance, to pursue the other is to retrograde. It shall be my policy, then, to endeavor to increase, in every legitimate way, our taxable property. This can be done by inducing worthy immigrants to settle in oar midst, ana by teaching our own people to diversify and improve in every possible ?? Ti. iUni TTTrt nknll Kn fj hi O Wity? XL 13 tlllifi liiab WD ouaix wv uwiv to bring under cultivation vast stretches of iich, untilled lands and at the same time to improve soil already made poor by improper tillage. Our climate is, perhaps, on the whole, as delightful as any on this Continent. Our winters are short and our summers long, but not warmer than at the North. Stock requires less food and man less clothing than in colder sections. Our truck farmers have an immense advantage over their Northern competitors. We are no longer dependent upon the Western farmer for corn and oats and hay and pork and beef. In some sections tobacco culture has already become a profitable industry. We have perhaps the advantage of Northern and Western farmers in many other respects and, with cotton as a sure money crop, we can offer to immigrants advantages not possessed by any other section. There is now reason to believe that the manufacturers of New Eagland are already looking towards the South. They are beginning to realize that it is cheaper to bring their mills to -the cotton than to take the cotton to the mills. With our splendid water powers, many of which are undeveloped for lack of capital, but which, if harnessed for the use of man, would materially increase our wealth, we ought, it seems to me, to call the attention of the outside world not only to these unparalleled advantages, but also to our genial climate, the richness and variety of our soil, our mineral wealth, our splendid forests of pine and oak and hickory and walnut and gum and other varieties of trees. South Carolina ought to become a great manufacturing State. We need a variety of industries. There should be no antagonism between the farmer and the manufacturer, between the citizen of the town and the citizen of the country. Their interests are mutual. Every exclusively agricultural country is not only dependent, but poor, and the poverty of the South is due, not alone to the desolation of war, but to the lack of the arts aad industries which have made the North - rich. At the same time we should not in our zeal to foster manufactures commit the fatal blunder ef neglect* ing or of failing to protect our agncul- , t tural interests, which lie at the basis J of all prosperity. Capital, it is said, I is cowardly. At any rate it seeks a I solid basis for investment We ought | uii mm aucuuui, wj inspire m me uuir . side world the confidence that legiti. mate investments made in South Carolina shall not be disturbed by unjust legislation and, at the same time, ire should protect and encourage indus, tries already est Wished. If we rigid, ly pursue this policy during the next decade we shall be able to double the material wealth of the State, and . thereby to reduce the rate of taxation , by increasing our taxable property. , DISPENSARY. The most difficult and perplexing [ problem with which the people in aQ > civilized countries should contend is - that of the liquor traffic. All the efforts of the Legislators to cope with i the hydra-headed monster of alcohol> ism nave been unsatisfactory and ini effectual. Prohibition has been tried i repeatedly in different States, and while it has failed to check drunken) ness, it has encouraged hypocrisy, evasion or open violation of the law. Its advocates are unquestionably in : 3 "L xL. 1 -?2.1 A. _M .1* 1 l spireu uy me lomesi ui motives, oui> > > human nature remains forever the ; same, and while Legislators may enact laws for the punishment of crime, they can never force men to become virtuous or sober. So vast a problem as that of the liquor traffic demands for its solution the co-operation and combined wisdom of all the people. Local option <Jannot, therefore, settle it except tempo*. _ ; rarily and to a very limited extent, i The open saloon is a constant menace : anfl a disgrace to civilization. As is well known I was at first not an advocate of t&e dispensary lawt and I was sceptical as to its ever being a tuccess in any form. 1 cannot, therefore, be considered as unduly biased in its favor, and I have arrived at my present conclusion i in regard to it somewhat against my will. The opinion reached by me at ter a through investigation of its working throughout the State, and after v having the views of a good many intelligent and good men, is that the law is a great improvement over the old i license system and that it deserves to fnllv tripsin its nmwnt form bfl fore there is any radical change made. The proof is overwhelming that there is less drunkenness now than formerly, and that the consumption of liquor has been largely decreased. This is acknowledged by every fair-minded man, and that the masses of the peo- $ pie are averse to returning to the license system in any form is very |evii dent to any man who has mingled i with them. Having stated my opinion as to the policy the State should j|| pursue I feel it my duty to enter at ! some length on the workings and merits of the law, and point oat the severe i tests to which it has been subjected. It is not saying too muohto assert . ? that it has never had a fair chance, 3 Enacted during a period of intense political activity, when prejudice and party spirit were running high, it vns opposed by many on political grounds purely, without consideration of its , purpose or merit, and every pooible nKofmintinn fhvAnm ifl itfl WAV. The WgUiUVVtVU ?MAV?TM m.w? ., j . . Federal Courts, by injunctions, have crippled its enforcement seriously. , After the Darlington trouble had been quieted the decision of the Supreme Court declaringithe the law unconstita, tional came to undo all the work that . , had been done. While it demonstrated the utter futility of prohibition it at i the same time initiated the sale of liquor without license in every neigh* ; borhood and many who then began the nefarious traffic have never ceased , to follow it, and are still selling liquor as much as they dare. r\i ia if ommA tllAA'V.i5 VI YV nail UOO iO Alt KV CUgWW wmmmmm State should not sell liquor to its citizens of reap a profit from the "blood money," as some term it, when they i advocate licensing its sale and thus > sharing in the profits made by the i private dealer? One system is just as immoral as the other, if there is imi morality in either. But the monopoly of the sale by the State enables it to i control in a measure and minimize the 1 evil, and the profits, which are but of i secondary consideration to the State, i are shared by all the people. On the other hand the licensing' of its sale to private parties would create a monopoi ly just as certainly as the existing one ?a private monopolv, which has x a* never been and never will oe controlled by law, and the profits which then become the paramount object are shared by the State and the barkeeper. There is a monopoly in either case, and the State in one instance reaps all the profits and seeks ohly to promote ? the cause of temperance and reduoe tne evil to a minimum. In the other the profit goes largely to private in- . dividuals and there is no thought of I reducing the consumption of liquor _ I and promo ling soDrmby, wuuo . _ ; ence has shown beyond dispute that I i private gain stimulates the sale in J every way possible and encourages the evil. There are no "back stairs" or 1 "siiie doors" to the dispensaries, but there never was a bar room which did I not sell liquor on the sly on public oc- I cassions when the law required it to I be closed. The dispensary is open only I in the day time and when ordered to I be closed, as on circus days and during I Fair week in Columbia, they were I closed, and but few drunken men I could be found in the city, I though the crowd was immense* I i The State can afford to lose the profit I on^such occasions, but under no sys* I tern of license has it ever been possi- ? ble to shut the bars. Private greed is I not to be thus controlled and herein I lies the great merit of the system. I Then the closing of the dispensaries at night and the destruction of treating I by, forbidding the sealed packages be- I ing opened on the premises?these I three features are the ones which I make the dispensary law popular in I spite of "shortages" in dispensers' ac- B counts and "rebates," whether real or I imaginary. Let us try then to perfect I tne system and punisn dishonest dis- fl penserd, rather than try the old plan, which we know is less conducive to I sobriety and good morals. Now, in regard to the administration of the I law and the prevention of fraud and I i stealage, I feel sure that aninvestiga-. I tion will show that a great deal has i been said about "rebates" received by B i the officers charged with the execution n of the dispensary law that has little foundation,but should the contrary be I i shown I feel that a system can be de vised or is already in force which will I [CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUE.] 8