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i " F The Press and Banner. BY HUGH WILSON. AllKK:i'IJLI.K, H. f. THE STATE GRAN(?E. INTERESTING ADDRESS OF THE MASTER WORKMAN. Delivered at the Annnal Meeting of the Order at Sumter a Short Time AgoSome Good Advice. The following is the address of Col. Lewis Thompson of Kershaw county, master of the State Grange of South Carolina, delivered at the annual meeting of that bedy, recently held in Sumter: St7mtkr. S. C . Feb. 10, 1897. Officers and members of the State Grange of South Carolina: Once again it becomes my pleasant duty to greet you as representatives of the greatest organization of farmers in the land,and to render an account, to this body,of the work of the grange during the past jear. While there has been no great boom in grange work, still the effort to elevate our agricultural classes to a higher and better manhood and womanhood among its members,and to enhance the comforts and attractions of the farm nomes, has gone steadily forward, and today we are stronger in members and influence and stronger in the hearts of the people than we were one year ago. Some new granges have been organized and the membership in the older granges has been increased. While these facts are encouraging, still my brothers and sisters there is a great work for all of us to do. There are many, very many neighborhoods yet to be organized. The farmers need) some organizations in each section, I and the time is propitious now, and 11 have no doubt that persistent personal I work, properly directed, will result in! a vigorous and healthy growth of the order throughout the State. Some one to lead the wav in each agricultural community is the great need now. Let each of us bear in mind that the men and women who make this world worth living in, are those who attach the work which lies in their way and which seems to be the best they can do at the moment, and who attack it fearlessly, cheerfully and without complaining. The order will receive benefit in direct measure as its members are earnest, harmonious and t ct ' "* "T1 !1. a. lve in its wotk. wnne me ngut ui supervision and advice belong to your officers, the responsibility of future results rests to a large extent on the individual members, and it is here that we must bee in reform, if we are to expect any great success. From my experience and observation 1 am convinced the best way to organize granges is for an earnest deputy to go / into a neighborhood and make visit i from house to house and get the lead/ ing men interested and a well organ ized grange wiJl be tie result. l#i V each of us then constitute ourself a I committee to see what work we can \ accomplish during the next year. f AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS. I While there has been no general failure of crops, still prices received for our products have not been altogether remunerative. The cause or causes should be earnestly sought and remedy applied. We can not control the nroduction or cost of production of crops in the great cotton growing States of the west, and there is no profit, but very discouraging, to sell our products below the cost of production. But there is one thing we can do, we can produce nearly everything we need to supply our own people, we can. reduce our cotton area, increase the production of all good crops, diversifying our industries, and thus control our own markets, for why should we buy from others what toa -nrnduoft on our own farms. Our State with its varied climate and soils is capable of producing every crop necessary for man's support, and I have thought that if a Chinese -wall was built entirely around our State, and thus cut us off from the cutside world, our resources would be sufficient to sustaiiT all of its inhabitants. THE NATIONAL GRANGE. It was my privilege as well as my pleasure to attend the last meeting of the national grange, which was held in Washington D. C., Nov. 11-19. Very much important grange work was done at this, the thirtieth session of the national grange, as you will see by reading the published proceedings which 1 have brought to distribute. The graLf.e bslieving that it is for the best interest of agriculture . thai a practical farmer should be placed at the head of the agricultural department. An earnest effort was made to accomplish this. The grange appointed a committee to visit the President-elect to convey to him the wishes of the grange, and to urge the appointment to this position of our worthy master of the national grange, the Hon. J. H. Brignam, as one eminently fitted for this office. Petitions signed by thousands of members of liiO urucr iruui an par id ui iuc uuuutry -without regard to section or party, were forwarded in behalf of Mr. Brigman as the choice of the farmers. The grange did more towards -elevating the department of agriculture to a cabinet position than any other body, and the farmers claim the right to asK the appointment of a man in close sympathy -with the farmers of the whole country, but alas, within the past few days. I see it announced through the press that our wishes and efforts have been disregarded and another has received the appointment, whether a practical farmer or not I know not, and whether in sympathy with the best interest of agriculture remains to be been. BUILDING Ul' THE GRANGE. . As your representative I made an earnest effort to obtain some financial help towards building up the grange in States where the order has grown weak'. My effort met with some success and we can now feel sure of the hearty support and tinancial aid of the national grange in our work towards organizing and icorganizing granges throughout the Stats under certain conditions, which conditions 1 trust we can easily comply with and go forward and build up our order throughout the State. ORANGE DUES, Let me briefly but earnest call your attention to the great importance of paying up grange dues. I\io organization can prosper without some revenue to cover its expenses, and the grange is no exception. The member keeps in touch with his subordinate grange, the subordinate grange keepsr . in touch with the State and Famona granges, just in proportion as the dues are paid, and the State grange is al| loved representation and recognized j in the national grange as the dues are ! kept paid up. Remember brothers and < [ sistei s you can not be a good patron j in good standing without paying up dues. CONCLU8JON. And now brothers and sisters the members of the grange throughout the State look to you for some practical suggestions and advice. They have a right to expect it frtm you, < their representatives. Let us there- i fore try a deliberate well on every i snhiect broueht to our attention, < keeping constantly before us the best interest of our order. May our meeting together be harmonious, profitable and pleasant and be fraught with much good to our order. Care of Work Aulm*l?, Clemson College, S. C.t March JO. ?Spring is close at hand and with it a rush of farm work. A great many of the farm animals, that is, horses and mules,have been more or less idle through the winter. As a consequence their toughness nas aimimsnea anu j if put to hard work suddenly, with i plenty of food they are apt to get sore 1 shoulders and unless great care is be- s stowed upon the feeding, colic will < also attack the animal. Of course the ? main thing in all diseases is preven- c tion. When the animals are first put to work in the spring take it a little i easy with them the first week and 1 gradually increase their feed and col- ( ic, that dread disease,destroying every t year lots of valuable mules and horses ( will be a rare occurrence. One of the i main reasons of sore shoulders in i plough animals is a dirty collar, t Therefore when the collar is removed r wash it clean, that is, remove the c sweat and dirt which accumulated t while at work. Young mules and i horses when first taught to plough j will often pull sideways ;this increases & the draft on one side of the body and t a sore is likely to follow. Sores are t painful and many an animal becomes s balkly when the sore is left unattend ed and the poor creature continued at ? work. It is a good plan to wash the t parts of the body which are exposed to ? the pressure of the harness with water c to which some alum has been added, g One ounce of alum to a quart of wa- r ter would make a good wash for that t purpose, applied for a while twice daily. W. E. A. Wyman, V. S. Poisoned for Inaarance. Meridian, Miss., March 9.?A poisoning case which promises to become famous has been brought to liglit in Kemper County, Miss. Dr. W. H. Lipscomb, a prominen4 physician, and f Guy Jack, a wealthy merchant of j ~ * ^ j I? iV., SC00D3, nave Deen luuiuieu uy mo j gr?nd jury for the murder of C. T. f Stuart for the purpose of obtaining the y value of insurance policies on Stuart's j life, aggregating $25,000, by Guy t Jack. A post mortem examination r was made and enough strychnine s found in Stuart's stomach to kill a herd t of cattle. Dr. Lipscomb was placed ? on trial at Dekalb, the county seat of ( Kemper County, today and a jury [ secured. The introduction of testimo- r ny will be begun to morrow morning. | There have Seen more than a dozen deaths similar to that of Stuart in . Kemper County during the past few * naova on/1 antVinritipq sav thev . J.v?io hum v"v mmwuw....*. ?a / have positiva proof showing that there has been an organized gang composed of prominent business and professional men in Kemper County, who have grown rich by insuring the lives of poor people and then poisoning them for the insurance money. The Equitable, the New York Life and the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Insurance Companies of New York and the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of Newark, N. J., have been muleted for large sums by the alleged conspirators and the insurance companies are nrnsMMit.ino' t.h? p.aSfi with ereat vicor. Corn in the Country. Washington, March 10.?The crop 8 report of the department of agricul- 1 ture based on returns from three inde- } pendent sets of regular correspondents 1 added to several thousand from mills ? and elevators, all carefully combined 1 and weighed, relates principally to Jj the distribution of principal grains, J the stocks remaining in firms and the ? portions of merchantable and unmer- . cbantable. All grain in the hands of * farmers, including amount remaining 1 over from previous jears, are includ- j ed in the estimates given. The corn ' on hand, as estimated, aggregates 1,164,0C0,000 bushels or 51 percent, of J the last crop, against 1,702,000,000 in ! March, 1896. Both the proportion 1 and ihe quantity in original hands at s this date are unprecedented, although c closely approached last year and in 8 March, 1890. Correspondents report 1 large stocks in cribs, particularly in j the prarie States, awaiting better j prices. The aggregate sold from J farms to go beyond county lines is ' 623,000,000 bushels, or 27.3 per cent of the crop. The proportion merchanta- ] ble is 936,000,000 bushels, or 81.3 ; percent. The wheat reserves in farm- ? ers' hands amount to 20 6 per cent. * last March. Of this amount 3 per cent, is reported as coming from previ- ? ous crops. The proportion of wheat j sold outside the county is 51.7 per rent. Of oats there are 313,000,000 1 bushels or 44.2 per cent, of the 1896 ( crop yet in farmers' hands. Proportion ( shipped beyond county lines, 27 per j cent. | An Unusual! Visit toMcKlnley. { Washington, March 10.?In the t general mix-up of white and colored t Republicans it looked strange to see t Senator Walthour, of Mississippi; Ex- s Representative McCreary and ExSenator Joe Blackburn, of Kentucky, 1 three prominent Democrats, threading f their way in to see a Republican Pres f ident. The call was purely friendly, i and Senator Blackburn seemed to ex- i press the sentiments of his Democratic t associates when he rmarked: "Mr. President, if we must have a Republican Executive I can truthfully say that I would rather see you in that po- ' sition than any other man. During * my long servics in the House of Rep- J resentatives and the Senate I never ' voted against a Democratic contestant ? for a seat except on one occasion, and J that was when your seat in the House 1 was contested." President McKinley * welcomed his Democratic visitors cor- ( dially, and invited them to come and 1 come ofleD, and' assured them that 1 they would always be welcomed.- j A prominent merchant of New ' York city in an interview last week, < said: "Before the election we had 1 some business but no confidence. 1 Now the situations changed, we have I some confidence but no business. We i have the confidence but some how or i other the business does not put in its < appearance." THE MURPHY CASE. *N AUGUSTA LAWYER WORKING ON IT. CiHlmnto Have Secured Additional Evidence Which Will Clear the Accnacd, Bat Falls to Say What It Is. Columbia, March 12.?Col. M. T. Darroll, City Attorney of Augusta, is n the city. He comes here, however, aot in his official capacity, but as a jitizen to do all in his power to pre rent the execution of Dan Murphy, of whose innocence he is profoundly xrafident. Col. Carroll has no personal interest in the condemned man, urther than that any human being would have in saving a man he beieves innocent, and his disinterested nr? i ? \JT 1 ill Jiroris in oeuau ui murpuy wiu pcrlaps have more influence with the Governor than if he appealed to him irofessionally or on purely personal grounds. It has bsen already stated in the Register that Col. Carroll had become nterested in the case, but few people mow the reasons that actuated him in pending time and money to save the jondemned man. It was the merest tccident, but it may turn out a Provilential one for Murphy. The prisoner has a brother on the Augusta police force named Dave Hurphy. One day very recently Col. Carroll saw the policeman and one or wo others in conversation with Mr. 3-. W. M.Williams, a former attorley of this place, on a street in Augusta. He saw some papers pasc be ween Mr. Williams and tne poncenan, and casually inquired from one >f those present,after the meeting had woken up, what it all meant. He was nformed that Policeman Murphy had ust paid Williams $35 for securing in affidavit from a woman witness in he case named Barr that she had lied ind, further, that Williams had preiented the affidavit to the Governor. Col. Carroll was not satisGed that ill was right and later in talking with he policeman he found that the monsy had been paid. He then became :onvinced that Dan Murphy was not juilty and for his friendship for the loliceman resolved to help him ill he :ould in saving his brother's life. lie iook ine train jor vrangeourg, ionsulted with Murphy's attorney, md even visited the scene of the murler. The more he could learn the nore he was convinced that the wonan Barr's testimony was false. He visited her and found that she was a loramon, drunken prostitute, but she reely confessed to him that she had >een paid to lie by "Detectivo" Holand. Acting on this, be persuaded he woman to come to Columbia last veek, paying her expenses himself. 3e arrived here at night, put the wonan in a hotel and early the next norning took her to the mansion to ?e the Governor. There she reiteraed her story about being paid to lie ind talked in such a way that the Governor is reported to have said that t was impossible to believe her testinony, so depraved and unconsciona)le was she. 'Col.Carroll after this tried to get he stenographic notes of the trial,but ;ould find none, and was informed hat nobody interested in the matter iras able to pay for the transcribing >f the notes. He then wrote Stenographer Blackman of Charleston for a :opy, but found he was in New York. iVhen he returned to Charleston, Col. 3arrolf renewed his demand for a ranscription of the notes, but was inormed by the stenographer that he vas busy "with his court duties and it vould be physically impossible to five him the testimony. Yesterday Jtenographer Blackman wired that he vould be only able to make extracts, n view of other duties, and asking vhat part he desired. Col. Carroll re>lied that a man's life was at stake ind he wanted it all, and, furthernore, under the circumstances, he vould ask the presiding judge to have t copied and another stenographer IllipiUJCUf 11 Iicucsoftij^a uo uau guuu nto the case with a view of having ill the facts laid before the Governor. Chese are the facts as the case now itands. The testimony has never been aid before the Governor, and until it s and he has had time to digest it, it s not believed that he will allow Mur)hy to hang, even if he has to give rim another respite. Col. Carroll sajs that he found nany prominent citizens of Orangemrg who exprassed the opinion that klurphy was not the guilty man. He ays the ''track" evidence in the case ;an absolutely b3 proven untenable md in fact has given the whole case he thorough study that a good crimilal lawyer always does, and from it le nas no aouot or me prisoner s eaire innocence of all connection with he murder. Col. Carroll yesterday visited Murihy in his cell. As has been stated, he prisoner is densely ignorant anc. it first refused to have anything to iay at all satisfactory, as he did when he Governor and the local newspaper nen visited him on various occasions. Saving, however, received a letter 'rom his brother, telling of Col. Carroll's visit to Columbia, he soon grew f/vM kio ofawtt in ^ic >uuiiuciiiiai auu wviu xjlio oiwij *** )wn way, reasserting his innocence of ill connection with the crime. What le said and what additional evidence ^ol. Carroll has will be presented to he Governor on his return. Until ,hen it is thought best not to say aoy,hing about it, but it is contended that he additional facts will prove conclu?ive to the Governor. Murphy expressed a desire to see his jrother and Col. Carroll telegraphed or him yesterday. He is expected to irrive in the city today. Both will emain here until they can see Goverlor Ellerbe, who is expected to reurn this afternoon.?Register. Big SleeveH (Joining In. Just as women have accommodated .hemselves to small sleevs, just as irms have accustomed themselves to eanness rather than fulness of outiae, and just as men are becoming religned to the fact that they are no onger needed as "sleeve tuckers," in narch the big sleeves again. As yet ,here is nothing very determined or iefinite about the march, but if the resorts from London and Paris are true, he big sleeves are bound to return. According to the latest fashion bulle ;ins, they will be with us very soon, rhe cause for the return is not quite ilear. Some say that women were boo much attached to the balloon-like things to do without them; others that the sleeves themselves became so attached to feminity that they couldn't stand the exile for any length of time. One thing is certain?there is joy in the heart of the dressmaker. NEW LAWS OF THE STATE. ; Acl-s Passed at the Itecent Session of the Aiisembly, | An act to amend Section 256 of the I General Statutes of 1882, being Section 311 of the Revised. Statutes of | 1893, relating to a special board for equalization of property in the city of Charleston. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: Section 1. That Section 256 of the General Statutes of 1882, being Sec' tion 311 of the Revised Statutes of 1893, be amended, so that when amended it shall read as follows: Section 311 (256.) There shall be a special board for the equalization of real and personal property, moneys and credits in the city of Charleston, to be composed of the county auditor and six citizens of said city to be elected by the city council of Charleston and subject to removal by the wii'd city council, which board: shall meet annually at the county auditor's office on the first Tuesday in March, and shall have power to equalize the value of the real and personal property, moneys and credits within said .city and shall be governed by the rules, provisions and limitations prescribed for the government of the annual county boards of equalization, but said board shall not continue in session for more than two weeks in one year; and it shall be the duty of the county au ditor, and he is hereby required, on or before the 20th day of March in each and every year, to :furnish to the municipal authorities, for the purpose of municipal taxation, an abstract of the real an.d personal property in the city 01 unariesion, wnn me asuets ment of valuation thereon, according ing to the said county auditor's boobs. And in order that the said county auditor may comply with this requirement, the city assessor of the city of Charleston, his deputies and clerks, shall attend and assist the county auditor in his office, and under his direction control and supervision, between the first day of January and the 20th day of March, shall receive and enter the tax returns for all property within the county of Charleston that is within the corporate limit of the city of Charleston and make an abstract within the assessment of v?,luatirtn tViorinn arrnrilinc tn thfi finuntv auditor's books, -which abstract shall be certified by the county auditor as a complete assessment of the property assessed and such abstract so made and certified shall be deemed official and shall be available as a jasis for the assessment of taxes for municipal purposes on or before the 20th day of March in each year. Approved the 25th day of February, 1897. An act 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. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: Section 1. That the. railroad commisioners of this State are hereby invested with authority to requiro all railroads in this State to erect union or other depots for the convenience and accommodation or tne puouc, anu if any railroad company shall fail or refuse to do so when required by the said railroad commissioners it shall forfeit and pay a sum of not less than $5,000 to be recovered in An action in I any county in this State where such j violation has occurred, and shall be in the name of the State of South Carolina. The commissioners shall institute such action through the Attorney General or any of the solicitors of the State. Approved February 17. 1897. An act prohibiting the carrying of concealed weapons, providing a penalty therefor and incorporating a count for the violation of the same in indictments for murder, manslaughter, assault and assault and battery of a high and agravated na ture, assault and assault ana Daiiery with intent to kill, and in every case where the crime is charged to have been committed with a Jeadly weapon. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:. Section. 1. Any person carrying a pistol, dirk, dagger, slungshot, metal knuckles, razo/or other deadly weapon usually used for the infliction of personal injury concealed about his person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before a Court of competent jurisdiction forfeit to the county the weapon so carried concealed and be fined in the the sum of not more than one hundred dollars and not less than twenty dollars or be imprisoned at hard labor notmoretnaa thirty nor less than ten days, in the discretion of the Court: Nothing herein contained shall be construed to apply to persons carrying concealed weapons upon their own premises. Section 2. In every indictment for murder, manslaughter, assault and assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, assault and assault and battery with intent to kill, and in every case where the crime is charged to have been committed with a deadly weapon of tne cnaracter specineu ia the tirst section, there shall da a special count in said indictment for carrying concealed weapons, and the jury shall be required to find verdict on such special count; and all cases embraced in this section, including the carrying of 'tie weapons, shall ba in the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of General Sessions; Provided, that one-half the line shall go to the free school fund of the county and the other half to the pension fund of said county. Section I*. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved February 17, 1897. Pardoned* Columbia, March 11.?Wm. Johnson, colored, convicted March 15, 189G, of wrecking apasssnger train on the South Carolina and Georgia railroad at Kingsville and sentenced to 15 years in the penitentiary, was pardoned yesterday by Governor Ellerbe. The train was wrecked by an open switch and two coaches were burned, though the passengers esotped uninjured. The cue was worked up by Detective Holland, and on his testimony Johnson was convicted. At the time a Cgood many people expressed the belief that the negro was inner in t, and said he was convicted for the reward. The pardon was granted on the recommendation of the judge and solicitor who tried the case and numbers of people in that county. Anent of Holland, it is rumored that he it serving a term in the Georgia penitentiary for forgery.?State. WORK OF THE SESSION. ; A CLASSIFIED LIST OF THE ACTS RAT- ' i IFIED. 1 i ( It Is so Arranged that those Interested In f Any Particular Measure May Discover at a Glance Whether It Is Among Them. ^ The list of acts that have been ratified by the General Assembly are the i very best index as to what has been i done during the session. The ratified ( acts have been arranged with some j i reference to their subject matter, j which will be of considerable service to those looking for any special legislation. The list is as follows: { I GENERAL MATTERS e An act to amend Article 1, Chapter < ' L, Title XII, Part I, of the Revised c Statutes of 1893, entitled "Banking ] Companies." 1 An act to amend Section 390 of the ? Criminal Statutes, Revised ^Statutes i 1893, relating to, disturbing religious t meetings. i i An act to amend Nan act entitled ( "An act to prevent the obstruction of 5 the navigation of rivers and harbors i in South Carolina by cutting in of i timber, drifting of loose logs," etc., approved December 17; A. D. 1891. t An act to prevent the employment i ' of other than convict labor on any f State farm and the prevention of the < employment of convict labor on any private farm. \ An act to amend an act entitled "An ] act vestins all the rieht and titld of i the State in or to the Wateree Canal in < the owners of lands adjacent thereto, 3 > severally," approved Decamber 24, A. i D. 1892. s An act to exem pt soldiers and sailors i in the service of the State of South 1 Carolina or of the Confederate States 1 in the war between the States from taking out the license as hawker and < peddler required by Chapter 43, Vol ume 1, Revised Statutes, 1893, of South i Carolina. i An act to amend an act entitled "An j act to provide for the election ol pub Jic cotton weighers and to provide for 1 their compsnsation," approved March ] i 9, 1896. An act in relation to the Revised Statutes of 1893 and the distribution t thereof. An act to amend.Section 250, Volume 2, of the Revised Statutes of 1893, being Section 248 and Section 250 of the Code of Civil Procedure, so as to | provide for attachment for pilotage. An act providing punishment for laborers who violate either written or verbal contracts after having received supplies. An act to prohibit trusts and combi nations and to provide penalties. Ac act relating to the phosphate commission, empowering it to fix royalties. An act to provide for a laborers' lien To prohibit secret G/eek Letter fraternities or any organizations of like nature in State institutions. A Joint Res3lution to authorize and direct the sinking fund commissioners N to provide for the payment cf any costs and damages consequent upon the litigation now pending in the United States Court between J. E. Tindal 1 and J. R. Boyles and Edward B. Wesley, involving the question of the title to the Agricultural Hall, in Columbia. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to require contractors in the erection, alteration or repairing of buildings to pay laborers, sub-contractors and material men for their services and material furnished," approved March 2, 1896. An act to require all State institutions to pay for transporting, clothing, euardin? and for medical treatment of all convicts received by them under S acts-or joint resolutions of the general 1 assembly, and to give receipts for their i work. I \ An act to amend the law as contained in Section 943 and 951 of the Re- ( vised Statutes of 1893, and an act s amendatory thereto, approved 9 th I March, A. D. 1896, relating to pen- i sions. i An act requiring that a committee of one Senator and two members of < t&e House ol .representatives ce annu- < ally appointed to examine the accounts, books and vouchers of the penal and charitable institutions of this State. An act to protect the Mongolian pheasant. An act to authorize, and empower the sheriffs to purchase and keep at the Court House a pair of bloodhounds for the purpose of tracking convicts and fugitive law breakers. Joint resolution to authorize the directors of the Penitentiary to furnish fifteen convicts to Winthrop College and twenty convicts to the regents of the Asylum. CORPORATIONS AND INCORPORATIONS. An act to amend aa act entitled ltAn act to define in what manner ( towns and cities in South Carolina may increase or diminish their corporate limits," approved 28th February, 1896, as to the petition and as to voting and so as fe extend the limits of Bennettsville, in Marlboro County. An act to recharter Harper's Ferry, in Abbeville County. An act to recharter White Hall Ferry, in Beaufort County. An acl to re charter Big House Ferry, in Beaufort County. An act to empower ihe Wappoo Bridge Company to construct a bridge across Wappoo Cut. An act to amend Section 1 of an Act entitfed "An act to authorize special elections in any incorporated city or town of this State for the purpose of issuing bonds for corporate purposes," approved March 9, 1896, so as to specify certain corporate purposes and so as to validate certain bonds issued under the said act. An act to amend and re enact an act entitled "An act to incorporate the South Carolina and Augusta Railroad. An act relating to the powers of certain municipal corporations. An act to amend an act to incorporate towns of more than 1,000 inhabitants. An act to authorize cities to operate water-works, etc. An act to further prescribe the terms and conditions upon which foreign corporations may do business within this State. An act to amend Section 2 of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the i Mutual Insurance Company of Greenville, South Carolina," approved December 22, 1894. An act to amend Sections 2 and 4 of . an Act entitled "An act tu incorporate . the Farmers' Mutual Insurance Asso ciation of Florence County," approved , December 18, 1894. so as to include personal property. An act to amend an act entitled 4 'An act to provide for the formation of I mutual ndon/Mfttinrifl " ari I liUbUBi |JI VVVVB* ? V | * (? :roved March 9,186. An act to amend the act entitled 'An act to provide the manner in < which railroad companies incorporat;d under the laws of other States or :ountries may becomo incorporated in ,his State," ajfprovcd 9tn March, 1896. ' An act to amend the act to provide 'or the formation of certain corporaions. COUNTY GOVERNMENT. An act to require certain officers to ceep an itemized acconnt of their in- i /Uiiio uty viimc ui iLt^ir uiuuu, auu ia/ * equire them to make annual re- i jort of the 6ame to the county super- 1 risor. I An act to amend Section 27 of aa . ict entitled "An act to amend an act I intitted 'An act to provide a system of I jounty government for the several I sounties cf this State,' so far as it re- i ates to the working and maintaining i .he roads and highways in this State," < ipproved 23d March, A. D. 1896. An act to repeal an act entitled "An < ict to provide for the payment of sala- s ries to the sheriff and clerk of the I Uourt of Common Pleas and Geoeral i Sessions, treasurer and auditor of Lex- i ngton County," approved December 12, A. D. 1834. < An act to provide compensation for ,he members of the boards of town ship commissioners and chairmen of said boards while serving as members )f the county board of commissioners. ! An act to amend Section 709 in Vollme L of the Revised Statutes of 1893, relating to sheriffs' bonds. An act to amend Sections 4 and 27 3f an act entitled "An act to amend in act entitled 'An act to provide a system of county government for the several counties of this State,' so far is it relates to the working and maintaining the roads and highways in Lhis State," approved March 23, 1896. An act to apportion the road fund ierived from the special county levy. An act to fix the times for the meet ings of the county board of commissioners for the counties of Colleton, Anderson and Edgefield. An act to declare the law relating to the mileage of all persons for the payment of whose travelled mileage provision is made by law. Ar act to amend Section 15 of an ict entitled "An act to amend an Act jntitled 'An act to provide a system of jounty government for the several aunties of this State, so far as it relates jo the working and maintaining the roads and high-ways in this State, approved March 23,1896, exempting Fairield County from said section. An act to amend an Act entitled "An act to provide a system of county government for the several counties jf the State,"- approved January 4, L894, so7ar as the same relates to Horry and Greenville counties. An act to amend Section 1,053 of the Revised Statutes of 1893. Volume 1, relating to the report of the. school commissioner to the Court of Sessions. An act to require the supervisors of ;he State to puolisft quarterly reports. An act to amend Section 662 of the [?nxri'co^ Qfafiifdo nf 1QQQ rrr*l 11 m a 1 LVUTIOVU lc>MlbUKO VX J>U?/U| TV4UUIU A) aeing Section 23 of an Act entitled 'An act to provide a system "of coun;y government for the several counties )f the State," approved January 4, A. D? 1894. An act to amend Section 62 of an ict entitled "An actio regulate the iieting of all prisoners before and af;er conviction when in the custody of | iie supervisors and sheriffs of th6 State," approved the 9ih day of March, D. 1896. An act to amend Section 320 of the lie vised Statutes, being S action 274 of Via lQny> nvrt 1 Qi-nfiiffla f* aw . ' iuo ucu^iax iwiamug ww w*** missions of county treasurers. ' An act to amend Section 2,375 and 2,402 of volume 1 of the Revised Statitesofl893, relating to to jury commissioners and j urors, as amended by ;he Act approved 9th March. 1896. An act to amend Sections 649 and >50 of the Revised Statutes of 1893, in >o far as the same relates to the memsership of the county board of commissioners of the county of Chesterield. An act to authorize the appointment )f special constables at Enoree, Glenlale and Clifton. JUDICIAL. An act prohibiting the carrying of :oncealed weapons, providing a penally therefor and incorporating a count 'or violation of the same in an indictment for murder, manslaughter, as ault and assault and battery of a high ind aggravated nature, asssault and ? ? 1 4- mmw ? I V* i M i A M 4" f A 1? ill USdttUlb auu UAbbUl J WlllU xuiouu uvr AiU) md in every case where the crime is :harged to have been committed with i deadly weapon. An act to amend Section 145 of the Revised Statutes, volume 2, being Secion 2,488 of the General Statutes, so is to give magistrates jurisdiction ffhen the boat in question or the damiges are under the value of twenty lollars. An act to amend Section 2,629 of the jteneral Statutes, beiDg Section 38 of ,he Criminal Statutes, volume 2, of the Revised States of 1893, relating to jrand juries. An act to amend Section 181 of the i General Statutes of 1882, being Sec- i ion 835 of the Revised Statues of 1893, elating to the abolition of tbe office )f referee in certain counties. An act to amend an Act entitled : 'An act to regulate the service of pro- < :ess is Trial Justice Courts in criminal ; >ases in Richland, Sumter and Barn- i veU counties," approved 21stDecemjer, 1894, changing "trial'justice" to magistrate" and including Orange* >urg and Fairfield counries under the I jrovisions of said Act. An act to amend subdivision 3 of section 1 of an Act entitled "An act j o fix times and provide for the hold- . ng of the Circuit Courts of the 5th udicial circuit." ] An act to amend an Act to fix the j Imes for holding the Courts in the 2d ] :ircuit. I An act changing the time for hold- < ng the Courts in the 4th circuit. i An act to provide fcr tbe appoint- ' nent of magistrates and define lv.?ir ] juridiction, powers and duties. I An act to authorize the deposit of j noney in proceedings in the Courts of i ,he State as security in lieu of bonds i ind undertakings. An act to declare and establish the jurisdiction of the Recorder of the Jity of Charleston or any magistrate 1 molding the Police Court of the City )f Charleston. An act to amend Secliou 301 of the i Jodeof Civil Procedure, touching the ndexing of judgments. An act to facilitate the settlement of :states of testators. An act to provide for the removal of my county officer for incapacity, misconduct, or neglect of duty, pursuant (CONTINUED ON PAGE POUR. | ^ * -."V'S A MEETING CAPTURED. f SURPRISE FOR ARBITRATION ADVOCATES IN NEW YORK. lagtice Lynn Makes a Fiery Speech Denouncing England's Coarse Toward the Boers,'Armenians and Cretans?The Treaty not Eadorsed. New York. Murrh 11.?Thecitizam' s mass meeting, called for the purpose | 3f indorsing the ratification of the J arbitration treaty between this coun- | Lry and Great Britain at Cooper Union J3 tonight, through the speech of Civil "M Justice Wauhooe Lynn, was turned from a meeting of peace into one of turmoil. For a time it appeared as if the police would have to interfere to restore order. Although the excitement was great, the meeting concluded without any serious disturbance, rhe trouble started when Judge Lynn ? captured the meeting by offering an ^ amendment denouncing the resoiu* % Lions favoring arbitration. President S T ~e 1 1. ...? T I sjctLi xj-jft fciuacu put uuugo uyimo amendment to the meeting and a vote | being taken on resolutions, although, declared carried, they were really voted down. Up to the time Judge ? Lynn came forward, the - audience . mildly approved of the sentiments exm pressed by Bishop Potter, Mayor Strong, President Low and ex-Secre- r.| tary Charles S. Fairchild. But in a '-$ few moments after the Civil Justice had secured the floor three-fourths of ' ; the audience had declared their opposition to the ratification of the treaty. When Judge Lynn was permitted to speak, he launched into a bitter attack . - ^ on England, which the audience ap- -a _i J-JI JI_ im li 11 i :J . piauueu ioutuy. ' xo aigni, nesuu, ' the Greeks are defending their hum-. " | ble brothers, while England with arms and guns is forcing the imfortun- % ate people into bondage by coercion : /; under the Turk. (Applause.) It is* ^ treaty with a government that has per* . mitted the Armenians to be slaughtered by thousands; a.treaty with a country that has broken every obligation and violated every pledge of honor she ever made," (Applause.) Judge Lynn offered an amendment v- ^ to the resolution, requesting the Sen- % ate to reject the treaty and declaring: "r;4! "We respectfully submit to the Senate of the * United States that the re* i cent history and the present international relations of Eng\md justify the belief that she is not acting in good faith-as a friend of peace, but is simp- M ly seeking a free hand and the moral '/:;s support of the United States in policies and enterprises of which the American people strongly disapprove, proof of which is supplied by the action of her naval forces in aiding the Turin ?S against the Christian people of Crate and the preparations notoriously on , foot for a war of subjugation against ~ the free Dutch i eople of South Africa." - ^ (Great applause.) At the conclusion of Judge Lynn's speech the audience were in a state of great excitement Applause and hisses were intermingled with arguments between ^3 those in favor of arbitration and its opponents, who sat side by side cin the . , benches. It was a tumult. Threats ? 33 such as'Til punch your nose" could be heard. And a man occupying a -a front seat stood up and shook his fist ]? at the J ustice as he sat in his chair on the edge of the platform. The police *d captain in the hall waived his hands -J in t.hn hnn? nf ouietincthe most noisv 'j and excited, and the force of police- ':A men under him made those sit down who were standing up and shouting. J When order had teen partially restar- V; ed President Seth Low arose and took V; Judge Lynn sharply to task for mak- _ ~ ing such a speech at a meeting of the friends of arbitration. Air. Low was hissed. The chairman called on former Congressman Warner. Mr. War- I ner spoke for a few minutes, and was then unable to proceed any further on Jj account of the confussion which de- 1 veloped almost into pandemonium. 7- i Then original resolutions were 01- j fered to the meeting. About one-third 1 of the assemblage voted aye on them and the remaining two-thirds voted ' 1 no. Still President Law declared them carried. As the band struck up . "America" some of the audience joined in the national anthem, while others ] continued to hiss, howl and hoot The numlntiAna nHnntfld snoke of A iciauiuuv/aa UWMM WM r the advance in civilzation marked by % the arbitration treaty and called far v> its ratification by the Senate. Some Sound Advice. , Waco Texas, March 9.?The Cotton Growers' Association held a short ses* - sion today and adjourned sine die. An address was adopted urging plan- 4 ters to keep down the cotton acreage. ; It says: "If all of us devote our time and energies and a sufficient amount of our labor to the raising of those products consumed at home first and give the balance to cotton, we would necessarily reduce the acreage of cotton and thereby reduce the yield. By so doing we not only create a demand for our cotton by lessening the supply, but by raising at'home the things we formerly purchased from abroad with 11 - ?? ?4V?A ma. - "i*-*! our couon mono/, wo uoauvj ws cessity for a big cotton crop and strike from our limbs the shackles of a commercial slavery that has afflicted and burdened us so long. We recommend that every cotton grower plant J enough of those products consumed at home to supply his wants and in addition to raise all the cotton he can." a Mysterious Poisoning. Montgomery, Ala., March 9.?On ^ Saturday last, at the home of the Hon. Joshua 0. Kelley, in Madison County, by some unexplained reason poison got into a pot of coife which the family used for dinner. Shortly afterwards Mr. Kelley, his wife, a young man who was present and seven negroes were attacked with symptoms of poisoning. Mr. Kelley died in a short Lime, but the balance of the afflicted Dnes were not seriously affected. Another unexplained mystery in connection with the same affair has transpired. Eleven relatives and friends who spent the day and uight with Mr. Keliey's remains were taken ill with symptoms of poisoning, but none are in a serious. condition. The doctors are mystified. He Was Not Dead. Sumter, March. 9.?Your correspondent was informed today that a farmer living a few miles from Sumter and who has been quite sick with grippe for several week, on- Friday last was given up for dead and his friends peoceeded to prepare and dress the body for burial and laid it out ac? vT cordingly. After the lapse of several hours imagine their surprise when the \ supposed corpse showed signs of life and began talking. He was hastily disrobed and put back in bed and is thought to be improving.?State. 'j