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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
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^ * -."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