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TU? NATJOJNAL BANK,-? OF AUGUSTA. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. L. C KAYNE-President. - . FRANK Q. < ORD. Cashier CAPITAL, - - $200,0002 Surplus & Pro?ts. $140,000j V/e shall be pleased to have 70a open ?n] account with this Bank. Custom correspondents '??sured of every < and accommodation possible, nndor cental-'* KDGEF?ELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15,1905. NO. 8. Confesses Murder of Hi ?:: : Just P 'g?Pgjg-1 g?? : '-I WAS STEADY OF NERVE TO THE END '-\ ?' t_? . ; J ^ JhariottesviHeWitVMuVdef?ir Meets Death Without <W Tremor, Walking Unassisted to the Place-No State men^.gorthcoming When Asked at the ALast Moment if"*H? Had-' Any thing to Say,. But a Written Con fession Was Given Cut After the Execution by'His Spiritual Advisers. Charlottesville, Va., Special.-With ,_out a tremor,. ?L Samuel McCue met death on the scaffold at 7.35 o'clock Friday morning for wife-murder. S Hardly had his struggles ceased whea his confession was given cut by ;his three spiritual advisors, Revs. G. L. '' Petrie, H. B. Leo, and John B. Thomp son. McCue listened calmly to the reading of the death warrant, and .when Sergeant-Rogers askerf, "Do you thJnk that if I.-.gave you. my arm you would be able to walk co the scaffold?" He replied calmly, "I can walle with < < out your'aid." On " the way ho stum -bled once "cr twice and tho officers of fered assistance. It was not needed, however. Thero was no weakness. Mengue had merely slipped on the fro zen snow.--.* ? - - No Statement to Make. *" Before he placed thc rope au?ut Mc .Cue's neck, Sergeant Rogers nut his . arm over tue condemned man's sh o ul- ? _ J. SAMTJS ders and whispered something to him. When everything was ready Mr. Rog ers again spoke to McCue, asking him if h? had anything to say. "None at' all," was his answer." The trap was sprung, and ninteen minutes afterward McCue was pronounced dead of strang ulation. His neck., was not broken. The body will be taken to Brookville for burial. . Confession *as Given Out. "J. Samuel McCue stated this morn ing Iii our. presence and requested us j to make public that he did not wish to Broke Into Jewelry Store. . Suffolk, Special.-The jewlry store o? R. L. Brewer & Son, owned by R. JJ. Brewer. Jr., former mayor, was en tered and robbed. The burglars got in* by prying up with a crowbar a sill un der a' read window. The practical loss ?was th?c theft" of articles left for re pair. A $300 cash register .was destroy-. .ed,v but'only $4?n cash "was taken. Mr. Brewer cannot ascertain his exact loss,r but it is estimated at between J500 and7 $ro(F. .; <v May Punish Atchison Road.. Washington-Special-Attorney Gen eral Moody has appointed Judson Har mon, of Cincinnati, -who was attorney general during the second administra-. ?tlonof President Cleveland, and Fred erick N. Judson, a prominent lawyer of St. Louis, to investigate thc al leged action.of .the Atchison, Topeka Santa F? Railroad in granting re .bates to the'<Jplorado: Fuel & Iron Com pany. This employment is with the view of taking legal proceedings against the company, if, after an inves tigation', such proceedings seem justi fied. Both lawyers*, have accepted the appointment. " Live Items, of News. . . The-Hungariancolony in N?w York is making'great preperations for the banquet to President Roosevelt on Feb ruary T4~ lr; ? Gen. Nelson A. Miles, in a statement '* in/Boston, says he has no apology to offer fur his- treatment of Jefferson Davis in Fortress Monroe. Many vessels are still held in the ice . jam in the'Delaware .river and? heavy rain- and sleet storm's were reputed in the South and Southwest. ,? The Senatorial deadlock at Dover, : - Dei., showed no material chang?. ?ri _R?v: Dr. J? H.- Darlington, rector of Christ's Protestant EpMeopal Church, VUof-BrooWyrrr-dec?ed-to-acept--the~pO~ .. cition o?J3ishop ot^JHarrisburg. ?TJj?-.amended^protocol of ;the-United^ States and' Santo* Eiomingo specifically -??Tbe ^?v^Conacil i? Lon don-decided ':tfee~:?reene and G%4?OT case4n4aa50jypfc .'vk?-^nifed-St?tftpfSe probable effect k'fe " im s Wife and Paysv Law's enal?y m . ' .. . '?- <-' " i .. - ? . ?Sa --- ^ * leave ihif? world with suspicion resting on :hu-y u'um'arT>b?mg other than him self* -t??atr"ite''aloTrfe was responsible fer the 'de?^-'impelled-to it .by an evi! power .f?ey7?^^s*t??itrbl>"and that, he recognizedhTsj sentence as-just." . J. Samuel McCue was 46 years old and twice had been mayor of Hie city .of.-- Charlottesville -iTh? tragedy foi which he paid -th?. penalty cheated more interest th?n'&n.? btu?r crime that has occurred in the State iii the past quarter of a century. Story of the Crime. On Sunday -night, September 4, Mc Cue accompanied his wife' to church end .they returned home about 9.1E o'clock. Within 15 minutes'after they ! bad repaired" tb~thc!r VeSSTfa ?utire for the night th? was aroused by messaged, announcing the murder ol Mrs; McCue,\and friends, physicians, and officers hurried to the McCue home. Mrs. McCue was found dead in the bath room, and McCue was ly ing on" tho 'floor with an abrasian on his cheek and feigning Uri conscious ness. He "later asserted that the at tack had-been m&?e by an Unknown w.hite man who bad climbfert through a lindow. Mrs. Me?Wj had been dealt a blow that broke her hose and her1 left e^r had almost b??n eSVered by a second blow-. D?^th was caused by a gunshot wound just above th? heart. McCuo nevor/was ? hie ht .explain the presence, ia ih? ?Milu room of a small piece of ?OHS? "undershirt which fitted exactly 'A torn place in the shirt which he >;?d-on-when the officers arrived, i'he v.'omen figured ia the reports cir 5H L IdcCUE, eulated as to the cause of the murder and a letter filled with endearing lan guage sent him by one of his women clients was produced at the trial. Mc Cue had'-quarrelled with his wife a number of times. She was 40 years old and thu mother of four children. The coroner's jury held McCue for the murder three days after it occurred, and he had since been confined in the jail, vehemently protesting his inno cence. His trial was concuided Nov ember 5, and he was convicted, the jury being out only 26 minnies. Judge Campbell to be a Candidate. Richmond^Special-It is reported that former.Judge Clarence J. Camp bell will be a candidate for the legis lature from Amherst county this year. Judge Campbell was removed from the Amherst county bench .by the.legisla ture for cowhiding Rev. Mr. Crawford, of the Anti-Saloon League. He had acquitted Mr.-'Crawfordr of the charge of contempt of his court. ; Fire in .Jacksonville J?i?. . t ' : . ' "Jacksonville, Fla.-Special - What the^officers believe to have been an ef fort on the part pf a negro prisoner td ?scape- by ss.tting*- the jail j on fire resulted in one'negro, being killed by suoffcation and 15 escaping. The cries bf fire in the Raspberry P?rk city jail, shortly .after >4 o'clock, a^pke Jailer Bryan, who rushed from his room to the corridor to ascertain the trouble. As he opened the door leading into the jail proper -'?ndense smoke came rushing toward him. '.He immediately went -to -each-cell and released the prisoners, and them, sent: im the alarm. Fresh From the Wires. The peace movement in Russia is growin^ast. '.Survivors' of the wrecked , Fumes liner Damara je?c?hed Pleasant,Point, tf. C., after a terrible experience.'' ) Germany's success ;n capturing the contract for rearming the Turkish ar tery continu?s;'to cause resentment, n Paris. .. - -. ; ---.[ ? "King Oscar of Sweden, who is ill, :urned over the Government"'tempor ally t? Crown Prince Gustaf. The Senate-Committee on Foreign Relations adapted an amendment to the tfbitration ..treaties, providing for the ?ubmissionjo ih| Senate, of. every rlaim to be a -bitrated under . the reaties.M- ^SVSSf^ j "rC? Wt"Tost; of ^Michigan, demah'uVtho \xpulsion from tbe^Se^ate of Senator Platt;" of New.-Tprlc, cri;T:the ground hat'ihe lartter-is^yiolafing^thj5 ant| I The NrtioaaIJl?d?.Cro?s..S?ciety v%a3 sdrs?a!22d-t pur?uas? to eu act o? Coa rreg*, 1 SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS S?c?rds in the OTfice Not in a Satisfac I tory Condition For a Considerable Period. .^rfte report pf the legislature spec??? committee t? examin? th? books Of State officers in part aS foil?wi-: Tb thi? G?nir?i Assembly of South Carolina: _I..].JI..I.|- _'_-? * -_.- . Your committee appointed to make quarterly examination of the offices of the State treasurer, comptroller gen eral, sinking fund commisioners alla* the secretary of Btaie beg to report! That they have examined the book of accounts of th? above ft?mSd officers and find m Bfflcfsi df State treasurer, comntwaller general r.nd-sinkincr fund correct, with proper vouchers, the of fices and the books neatly and well kept, and the committee, with pleasure, commend the efficiency and courtesy of the officers and assistants in these sev eral departments; Appended ?r?. statement fr*8m the books pi the- bBv?ral departments. "W? beg to call attention to tte fact that the office of the comptroller gen eral is sorely in need of case3, etc., for the preservation of the valuable records in that office. Papers cf great value are compelled to be left uncovered and unprotected for lack of safe and cen-, venlent places to file them-, ?nd should a fire occur in that.Office, as did occur in the secretary bf state's Offici?, the loss would be.irreparably alid.nothing would be saved, except such r?cords and books; as can -be and are kept in the already crowded safe. . We earnestly urge supplying th?s office with proper fixtures aria that sufficient appropria tion be made for this purpose at this session. * * * As to the secretary of state's officfl, the report says: This office has net b?e.? ?Dcji^ed In the examinations heretofore; But last year this r?iii'ti'onal duty was placed on this committee and it has been an onerous, unpleasant and extremely dif ficult matter to ascertain the exact and true condition of the finances of this office-due to many reasons which we will atom pt to show later oh-. When, we first Went to ibis. 8ffi?6 jd April, 19?4, \yfj wfcr? informed that we could conclude our labors "in 10 mir :u.tes'.'; and;were shown the bank books and a mere statement of amounts, ag gregate, received in that office and amount paid State treasurer. On in sisting that we came for a real exami nation we were begj?d-"f??.tim* to pre pare bookP; etc However; your commit tee went to work, but soon found, on account of the absence of books and improper entries of cash received, wrong and improper entries rilado in the book* furnished, which had been badty kept. Your committee feeling the need cf a thorough, examination ad journed and secured the services of an accountant, Mr. J. C. Hollis of Gaffney, 3. C., and with his valuable assistance made-rup-a book of every item wo could find and was furnished hr Mh.it. M. McCown, the Resistant Clerk, said book being now lil the possession Of your .-committee; ?fter adjourning .and - be fore our return with Mr. Hollis ..many errasures and corrections were made on JLe books-Attempted to be kept The only way we could do- was to handle each declaration for charter, return, application for notary public-in fact every paper during Mr. Gantt's admin tratiom Seeing that considerable time would be consumed in thiB examina tion, we did not feel justified in going back- of his term without. exprep ??= thority, PO .iiiri. nut do 3d, but feel now that this Should be done by the com mittee to be appointed. In comparing the return of corpora tors to the charters that were re corded, we found some unrecorded and others ercneously . recordc-d, Such as where a charter had been granted in the sum of $15,000, same waa recorded as having be.en issued in the sHm Of $50,000. This work we did not complet? -on account of ? very damaging fire i.h the office where,.principally, ail records were kept, and since that time we have been unable tb do any such work, for the books were badly injured, hence such examination was necessarily sus pended. In many cases we found where over collections hnd been made, aggregating $307.55 ranging from 50 cents to $77.50. There was no evidence that these va rious items had been returned to the proper parties, but on the contrary, the secretary of state informed us we "had nothing to do with these excess amounts, as that was a matter be tween himself and the parties sending them." We do not agree to such a proposition. On the book which was supposed to be kept items were left off entirely. To illustrate: Camperdown mills, chartered April $0, 1904; charter fee $100, and others. Improper amounts credited to State: Puckhaber Bros., Charleston; charter fee $50; amount State credited with, |15, March 23, 1904. We feel compelled to condemn this carelssness in hand ling the people's money and in not keeping proper entries of all moneys coming through the office, also the method that has prevailed in many in stances where a credit system has been allowed. To give an instance, the Nor ris Cotton mills, charter increased on April 10,1903; charter fee $"0; amount received after charter issued, $25; and the claim was made that the late Col. D. K; Norris contended that "the office already owed him' $25." Either this money is lost to the State or is a loss to the secretary of state; at any rate such practice should be discontinued. There are oher instances. These items of over-collections may have been re turned, but we have no evidence ?f . same. Your committee is cognizant of cae instance where there has been a refund. The charter was granted on February 23, 1904, and refund made June 23, 1904, after these matters had been called to the attention of this office* We regret to report that "all mon eys" have not'been paid over "quar terly" to the State treasurer as is re (lUired by law, same being held, in-some instances, considerable time after the expiration of the several quarters. Your committee begs to report that, as .the report of receipts and disburse ments will show, hereto appended, the secretary of state has deposited in bank several hundred dollars in excess of the'amounts shown by his books br evidenced by proper vouchers in his office, as having been collected for fees. In this amount no doubt, is included .some of "these excess collections sent by: -mistake- ' by different parties throughout the State and which do not belong to the S:ato, but should be re funded to the proper parties when the charters were issued. We found by mere chance that one 'item of $102.50 for charter of the Union Warehouse company of Columbia, char tered on the 15th day of January, 1902, during Mr,' Cooper's administration, was presented for payment in June, 1904, and has not yet been turned over -to tbe State treasurer, being, we are 'informed,* now in the offico of secretary of state. There may ba other items o? Mr, GmWB} predecessor etill outstandn lng, buttes Wf?t?M* ??? not S1 W? pif Ut, NORTH STATE ITEMS Occurrence^ of Interest ?n Varlcu? Parte ef the ?taiei r ?en?ai Cotton" Market; Calveston, steady ..... ..... 7 li-io New Orleans, firm .7% Mobile, easy.7% Savannah, quiet.IY2 Charleston, quiet.7Vi Wilmington, steady .7% Norfolk, firm.7V$ iJ?Riin?rfi, ?cmi?al ....1 ... .?../;% tf?W Y?fk; qUi?t . :?; : #80 Bps.tbji,, oui?t_ :: :::7.80 Piill?rlelub'?; q?iB? :::: :::: 8:05 Houston, steady .7 9-16 Augusta, quiet.7 9-16 Memphis, steady.7Vz St. Louis, quiet.7% Louisville, firm.7 11-16 Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent price* paid to w?g?nTv Strict good middling .7% Good middling- .7% Strict middling .7Vs .Middling.7% Tinges. ;.6 to 7 Stains .5 to 6 North State Newa, the committee ?gre?d td report fav orably Mr-. Redwift?'? bill, preventing ticket and claim scalping: it provides that every claimant of ? witness or jury ticket br bf ? county order, other than the one to whom it is issued, shall take oath as to the amount he paid for it, and shall 1 ?ceive from the county commissioners a sum not ex ceeding 1.0 pei* gent of the mn of the saint1: A?, bad al tile weather was last night, when walking was next to im possible, a Senate and House commit tee met and heard arguments in favor of the hill establishii?? a State 'immi gration bureau, this being thej fourth inGetifig of the committee on this ques tion. i^mrdjgra^iGr^?dn^ Wat son,. Br South' Caroltri?, spoke last night as to what the bureau had ac complished for the State. Kuykendall, secretary of the State Real Estate Dealers' Association also made an ad dress in support of the bill. It pro vides for a commissioner to be appoin-: ed by the G?vernor" at ? salary Of $2, a riM'fe at S?.OO'O, and* $7,800 for expenses. The bill received a favora ble report, though several members of the committee were opposed to., it. Tho hour HH?vtn? ??r th? ^p?clai or der-relative to the divorce bill-Mr. McNinch sent forward a substitute drawn by the minority of the judiciary committee Mr. Alley sent forward a substitute for nil bills. Several ether member's scut forward amendments to the Committee bill, tlib McNinch bill ?jltl the Alley Mil:" .Mr. Miirphy, of Edgecombe; suggested that ?s the dl yorbp bill, was the.most important in th? Legislature) to, bi? considered,. and .nobe but thfi judiciary committee had yet been able to familiarize them selves with the question .involved in the many bills presented, that all be printed and a certain time set for their consideration next week. Mr. Mc Ninch was opposed to any further de lay. Many members stated that they desired to be better Informed on the Subject h???r? th? rS?tt-r Card? up for ?ctio?, and" it was ?rdered that the various bills and amendments be print ed, and next Tuesday night at 8 o?clock was made a special order for their consideration. Licenses were issued to 25 out of 34 applicant? to practico law, Their names afc a= fbllowsi J: G-. Anderson, Halifax ebuiity; fi, IL Crumpler, Sampson; 1\ j. Markham, Pasquotank; G. L. Spence, Pasqu?t?hk; W. H. Pace, Wake; .' P. C. McDufne, Mary land; C. B. ?enson, Wake; W. P. Cannady, Granville; T. F. Whitley, Halifax; Harry McMullen, Chowan; Preston Cotton, Pitt; G. M. Patton, Alamance; F. E. Fredericks, Wake; C. H. Mebane, Catawba; J. L. DeLan cy, Mecklenburg; J. J. Britt, Bun combe, J. S. Styles, Buncombe; C. N. Melone, Buncombe; E. D. Broadhurst. Wayne; J. D. Langton, Wayne; W. R. Clegg. Moore; R. B. Chastine. Clay; R. 0. Everitt. Martin; Paul Faison, Wake; J. L. Williamson, Wayne. The Secretary of State has authoriz ed the Salisbury Hosiery Company to change its name to thc Centaur Knit ting Company. Will Mot Wait For Thaw. " Tokio-Ey Cable-The impression prevails here that the impending bat tle between the armies of Field Mar shal Oyama and General Kuropatkin will occur before any material thaw takes place, which would conyert the country into a slushy bog and render the movement of guns, ammunition and stores impossible until the roads harden. Gift to Si ate Normal. President Charles D. Melver, of the State Normal and Industrial College, at Greensboro, has announced the receipt from Mr. Carnegie of $3,S36 for furni ture for thc library at the college, to which he has previously given $15,000. Mr. Carnegie gave Greensboro $30,000 for a library, and it will be the only place in the country which will thus have two libraries as his gift. Speak ing about what he desired the Legis lature to give for the college. Mr. Mel ver said he only asked that it be plac ed wherever it was before the fire, with $10.000 additional for improvements. The fire loss was moie than $100,000. Flood Str.ge in Alabama Rivers. Mobile, Ala., Special.-A flood stage is reported in several rivers in the State. The Warrior is now 55 feet at Tuscumbia and is expected to reach 60 feet. People living in the low lands there are moving out. At Demopolis the deluge shews 42 feet. At Montgom ery the river is 25 feet. Much damage is reported at interior landings, and steamboats are unable to make sched ule time. Wants Platt Expelled. Washington, Special.-C. W. Bost, of Battle Creek, Mich., who has in tertesed himself largely in the estab lishment of a parcels post system, filed with President Pro Tem Frye of the Senate a petition for the expulsion of Senator Thomas C. Platt from the Senate. The petition is based on the assertion that Mr. Platt as an execu tive officer of the United States Ex press Company, ls a party io a con spiracy to maintain Identical ratea ornons the express companies for ar tlolps 8hl;j)p^ oyop thai? Ilr$s, SOtl?ii CAROLINA L?GISLATURE The House and Senate Getting Down - to Solid Work. "Fli? entire time oi the sonate Titos* tf?y night w'?s l&f6t?? t? i*. (1isC:uSsi?ri ii the ten circ?it hill and the end ia hot yet:, Thc apponents of the bill found?ci ('.heir sft?e?hgs op constu.tional technicalities but Lh?i ???ppr?rters- took a broader view and held that no m?re" technicalities should stand in the way cf progress and relief from congestion in the courts. Senator Brown moved to postpone the- ?consid?ration of tho bill.until the h?xt s???ipli hilt g?nat?f Hood moved td tabla this: ? COMMITTEE. R?P"?RT?D; . TH8 J?l?t. t?rfMrirS appointed^ inbiri the house and senato during fife sea; sion of 1904 to investigate the books' and accounts of the State officers, yes teryday*made their report to the gen eral assembly. The report on the sec retary of state's office appears on the face of-it to be a condemnation or rathe!1 ?^r?bhks bi IftM method? of that office: The fcammiye.^..hfts..beiil thot; ough in its investigation and ft9f spared words.-Columbia State. HOUSE. By a i vote of 68 to 31 the house of representatives Tuesday night put it self on'record as favoring the origi nal "Brice bill." This bill was intro duced bTMr'i ftibie of Aik?ii, ann was the ?d?ntic?i bili presented by Son?to? Brice of York last yeaf. The Vote last yejcf ?fr?s. 4? tfv fifi; &<f, majority being M faVO'r of pkt'iiig the ?di8d? half tax on the counties voting out the dispensary. Amoiig the new bills introduced were: ii > Senator Butler-Pixing the time for holding courts in the several circuits This bill is Conditional, to the passage of th?i'?fl circuit hW: . ...... ... , Senator Butler-To incorporate the .Cherokee, Union and Spartanburg rail way. ? Senator McGowan-To incorporate the Reedy River Power Company. At tie morning session of the sen ate third reading bills on tho calendar were.???d. ,??d debate beg?ii ?n the 10-cird.u?t bill bhf thi? w?sj?terruptfjd by theV visit of the house sb tli?t Hel? might -be ratified. ACT RATIFIED. Debate was then curtailed by the en trance of the speaker and clerk to ratify .'acts made into laws as follows: To allow county treasurer of Ches ter toflibrrow f.Hnrt?; _ To .prohibit trespass.. To allow Clio school district in Marl boro to' issue bonds. To-'dispense of all. moneys in\ State treasury known1 Ss aife?t tdx funds: Ceding to government certain i?nus on Sullivan's Island. Amending law relating to powers of trustees of thc S. C. M. A. For the. protection of aids to navi gation established^ by the United States lighthouse board. Fixing liability of stockholders iii banka. \A?ter . ratification was GV??.ti was notiiong:-until .the senate adjourned until: evening:. . ^ , . . . , . . The h?use sent wtird fhat.it .refused to/include traction engines in td? tir?"-' v?siohs of the automobile bill and the president appointed Senators McLeod and Warren as members of a confer ence committee on this amendment. The historical commission bill from the house, wad amended on motion of Senator C: L: B??ase by reducing the salary of the clerk front $1,200 to $1,000. The biii which thC senate to the house had the amount of $1,000. The bill known as the matrimonial law was killed. The House, by a vote of 77 to 20, refused to kill Mr. L. O. Patterson's bill for the establishment of an in dustrial ?Cb?oi for boys at a cost of $15,000. it then passed, tii? ipili amend ed so as'to reduce the amount to $5,= 000, but requiring the penitentiary peo ple to furnish th? necessary convicts without expense Kif th* pftristruet?.?n of the original buildings. Ari ?meildnicrit also requires three of the seven trus tees to be women. The board is to select the place for the school. The Senate passed the tenth circuit bill, amended so as not to interfere with the present arrangements regard ing judges and solicitors. It makes a ninth circuit out of Greenville, Ander sen, Ocoaee arid Pickena, and a tenth ?Ircuit out of Charleston, Beaufort and Berkeley. Answering the invitation" to address the Assembly on the 9th, iii iii? inter est of the Jamestown Exposition, Gen eral Fitzhugh Lee wired his regrets from Washington, saying that on that day the matter would come up in Con gress, and he could not reach South Carolina.' He suggested that the mat ter could he attended to next year, but thought it might be best for the Senate to take action now aiortg the lines suggested in his letter ?f ? fe\V days ?g?; One of the interesting f?atures Of House legislation sb fat was th? de cisive majority with which that body last night passed the Toole bill, which eliminates the tax feature from the Brice act, allowiug counties to vote out their dispensaries. The Senate has killed a somewhat similar measure, but the Senate bill went further, and al lowed not only counties, but commun ities, to vote out their dispensaries, and the friends of the Toole bill are by no means discouraged with the prospects of its passing the Senate. To hold this proviso of half a mill tax over the heads of those counties de siring or which might desire to vote out their dispensaries is looked upon as a threat, which is being resented. The handwriting upon the . wall has been brought into bold relief by the action of the House, which comes freshest from the people. In the House of Representatives Thursday, there was a final fight on Mr.Patterson's bill to establish an in dustrial school for boys. The ten-hour labor bill was killed, as was also the inheritance tax bill. Col, D. O. Herbert's bill to codiiy the militia laws of the State was passed by the House. Col. Herbert ex plained that the laws of this State are in imperfect condition, and the bill would re-enact these laws with a num ber of desirable changes. The bill pro vides for no appropriation, although it does increase the salary of the adju tant ?eicval from $1,500 to $1,900. He showed some instances in which there is no warrant of law for the militia or ganization; there is no statute to pro vide for three majors to a regiment, al though every regiment has three ma. jors to comply with the manner of or ganization in other States. There was no opposition to the bill. The house gave second reading to the ways and means committee's bill to provide for a committee of five to in spect the books and vouchers of the State treasurer, comptroller general, secretary of- state and sinking fund commission. The committee, has here tofore consisted of three members, but Mr. Moses explained that the work is very heavy ana the committee can savo time by having a large number of members and dividing tho work. The Senate ranurrad to thc t?n air eui?. mili aii? made a slight change. In joint session ?cti? WR?-? ratified aa follows: v Issuing scLuOl bonds in district Nc?. 36 in Orangeburg. Amending the act requiring payment of license fees (corrects an error). , Relating to board of trustees i. ErfefcyWian College of South Caro lina: .... Having State treasurer issu? dupl? cate instead of triplicate r?c?ipts. I ..Amending law relating to primary I elections; . I Ratifying charter ?f Parr Shoals j Power company. Allowing county commissioners of Lee to borrow money, i Relating to bond issue for court I houss ct Camden. Ejecting town auditor for Union. Validating sale of two lota in Dar lington1 to C.- W. Hewitt, Re'?trftg. to schools districts ?f Ma rion, M??li'uS, Di>f??' and L?tta. Fixing time for ?l?6il$fs trustees in Easley school district. Providing for reappraisement and taxation of certain abandoned rice fields. Authorizing town ol' Wagener to Is sue bonds, ? ???Jdrf?in? School district No. 65 of Orangeburg iO i?su? bcjiidS. Authorizing school c.r&tnct NO* 70 in Orangeburg to issue bonds. Developing duties of board of publie works on town council and treasurer and clerk of Gaffney. Although the Senate was too digni fied tti confess it, it adjourned until II o'clock thia morning so that the Senators might go to the minstrels hist ?Veniiig: There was no night ses si?ri, ?s ?il Wanted to attend the the atre. The Clemson Bill. , Debate began Friday in the senate! on the Pollock bill. This is the house bill to establish at Winthrop an in spection bureau to examine fertilizers. Oiemfiqu now derives the total income fruin th/? privilege tax and if the bill passes the s???te1 Wihl-hrop will be a part beneficiary in it. The bill has been on the calendar" for some time, ever since it came over from the house. Senator W. J. John son has on the senate calendar a sim ilar bill but he will let it rest now that the Pollock bul has arrived. A- g??d. d??l of speech-making was engaged i?l Frid?y dn this bill, but no action was takeil. jN?$ Consideration occupied both the morning arid Even ing session. The house of representatives has declined to pass any legislation to amend the dispensary law. Saturday the senate bill was considered as a substitute for Mr*. Brantley's bill, and the whole matte/ indefinitely post poned after ? long flgiiti Will increase LeVy, T?i? ''sfipply bill."' or the bill to fix the levy for tax?? fe*' the current year, was given second reading iii th? house of representatives Saturday. The levy for State and county pur poses is raised In the bill from 5 to 6 1-2 mills. This is the first time in two score years that the levy has ex ceeded 5 mills. This bill occupied prac tically the entire "time in thc House. In thd Striate routine business only was considered. Many members wer? absent. N?W8? GLEANINGS. Over 91,00O.OCX) worth of diamonds are stolen every year from the South Africa diamond mines. In Mexico the Department of War is studying rt project to establish night schools foi' thc soldiers, fn Prussia the. price of medicine is regulated by the State'; ri new price list being published every year. When an unmarried woman dios id Brazil the coffin, hearse and livery of thc- coachman are all scarlet. A battalion of Chinese soldiers, io bo headed by a Chinese band, is being re cruited from residents ol' New York Cit}*; The Government of Venezuela has dc* cjd ed td give no titles to coal mines tn thc failure; i?tit ld exploit jill such mine*' under its own supervision and owner ship Henry Ilollonback, of Boulder Creek, Cal., was kicked over a 200-foot preci pice by <i mule. He only fell li fry feet and was rescued comparatively unin jured. At the annual meeting of the Com mercial Travelers' Association, of Can ada; the proposal td reduce the mortu ary benefit fund Was defeated by an b ver whei m lng m a jori ty The Pdstoftien Department of Great Britain has announced that it will here after accept wireless messages for transmission to ships at sea at the rate of thirteen cents a word. Au ingenious thief who secreted him self in a trunk addressed to the freight station tit Bmichow, in Austria, was captured lifter he had filled thc trunk With inisceliaucou? Valuable* from other luggage. The court has issued an order to the sheriff to sell Michigan City, Ind., "at auction to the highest bidder" to satis fy tl judgment of ?il.00 > against the town for injuries received by a young woman who fell through a sidewalk. LABOR W)RLD. The 1005 convention of Hie Black smiths' Union will be held in St. Paul. Minn. Detroit (Mich.) mates think of form ing a Union of their own, and definite li la ns are being discussed. The Chicago Federated Trades estab lished tho precedent of admit Ung cler gymen as fraternal deiegates. A graduated scale of wages will shortly bo adopted by the street rail way company at the City of Mexico. Tart of the striking lumber wagon drivers at Chicago, 111., have returned to work, having won the union w'age scale. In Wisconsin the eight-hour day is prescribed in manufacturing and mc ;han'cal cslablishinonts unless other wise: agreed upon. Tube workers throughout South Staf fordshire, England, have been served with notices of a reduction in wages '.qual lo three and a half per cent. The request of the Western Mary land trainmen for shorter hours, an In crease in pay and payment for over time, has been refused by tho company. The minimum wage for union book and job compositors in Boston was in creased from ?17 ff $18 per week in ac cordance with an agreement made a year ago. The agreement between thc Iron Molders' Union of North America and the National Founders' Association has boen terni I na ted by the Employers' Or ganization. The Church Association for the Ad vancement of Hie Interests of Lahor is constantly controverting tho sta lenient (hat organized labor is unfriendly to the church. , American Federation of Labor organ isera In tho Pittsburg (pad district are busy lu nu effort to get ali locar unions ?lo nfHIlnte with thc Iron City Central toleMtotjiicll. "" ' ' ' : ' " ? " Rainproof ??'ii?. The time is coming, and it is not fo.r off, when men and women -frill ?ft??f rainproof suits as well as coats, for the pro??s? ?f waterproofing cloth has become so extensive that any cloth, wh?ther of the best cf poorest quality, can be treated without alter ing its color. Indeed, it has been a long day since fashion gave to men stich fi boon as the raincoat has prov ed, thc raincoat doesn't show on its surface that it is a raincoat, and lt is worn on the sunniest day as well as the wettest with equal facility and good taste.- While it is at present a distinctive garment, there are signs which point to a rainproofing, here after for all styles of overcoats. That in vogue is an easy step to the appli cation of the process to suits of all descriptions. How handy a water proof full dress suit would be at some banquets! The process is cheap iSr-oiigh. it costs only twenty-five cents a yard. In addition to the rainproof ing treatment hai: been made to in clude a so called "moth proof" qual ity by some firms. Vanish the moth balls!-New York Tribune. Thc Prussian army contains only j ons officer rahed from the ranks. Bees Routed Surveying Party. A surveyor in Pahang accidentally discovered a nest of bees, reports the Malay Mail. On seeing what he had done he turned and bolted through the jungle. But ft was of no use, for 3 large number of tho insects pursued him and stung him on the eyes, nose, Cheeks, neck and hands. After a run of about a quarter of a mile, with the insects at work all the time, he fell, and the bees appeared to pass over him. But shortly afterward several of them returned to the charge. Dur ing his wild rush through the jungle the unfortunate surveyor tore and cut himself badly with thorns. Finally one of his coolies discovered him and took him back to his quarters. Dur ing this ?encounter some of the sur veyor's coolies took refuge in an ad jacent stream, but, nevertheless, they were also attacked, and finally had to bolt through the jungle. JUST RESENTMENT. 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