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T H. E LEDGER. Thu rlow 8. Carter, ( EDITOR AND MANAGER. c SATURDAY JANUARY 26 1901. ~ # ' " " I Some Comparisons. j I Greenville New. The News has been interested in | looking over the report of the comptroller general f>r 1900 and comparing Ins figures with those j of what has been popularly styled ' 4'ring rule" days. ( It will be remembered that one of the accusations of the "Reform- . ere'' was that the state govern- . ment was extravagant; that it wasted the peoph 's money in nig j appropriations, and that taxes < wbio ingu. Hiid no or in iQf same | general strain. We have bad ten years of "Re- ( form," and by this time surely the slate ought to have reached rock bottom In retrenchment ami j reform, and one would have a ( right to expect to see the govern- < mental affaire administered much . more economically than in former days. We say he would have a right to expect to find it, but aa a , cold matter of fact he would find . it?not so. Here are some figures taken from the report of the . comptroller general in 1888 and 1900: , The receipts from taxes iu 1888 i were f583,611.78; ? 1900 $901,* , 719 30. ( The receipts from all seurcea in ( 1888 were (1,163,318.21; in 1900 they were $3,243,853.34. ( Here h-p some departmental comparisons: i Governor's oflica ?1888 $ ,697,91; in 1900 $10,015 76 ( Secretary of state's office?1888 $3,464.20; 1900 $4,699 67. , C omptroller general's office ? 1888 $5,147.11; 1900 $8,S30.30. , t Stuto treasurer's office?1888 $0,442 61; 1900 $6,557 63. Superintendent of education'** office?1888 $4,150.14; 1900 $4,- , 98741. , Adjutant general's office ?1888 $4,150 14: 1900 $3,650 00. Attorney jeneral't* office?1888 $3,807. 68; 1(500 $9,004 94. State librarian?1888 $839.38; 1900 $,538.49. Penaion department?1888 j( $45,866. 00; 1900 $101,585.1 1. | .Judicial department ?1888 $59,* < 175 19; 1900 $01,559.23. 1 lealt h.department -1888 $7,324, 67; 1900 $18,059.11. Tax department?1888 $21, 645 62: 1900 $27,935 69. LfgiolatiTe department?1888 $56,426.33; 1900 $51,813.82. In thu blate institution*, about which auch u tremendous fuse was made, the appreciations are lar^ er than tliev w*re in 1888. We commend to the genera! , assembly :or incorporation in in? ; chil?l labor law which may be pn<>iod the following section from a labor law proposed hy Mr. D A | Tompkins, of Charlotte, the , well known mill engineer and | cotton msnufacturer: t44. A?y parer t potting uny of hie children in a mill and living on the proceeds of their labor without working J him?e!f, or doing less work than is adequate to his own support, 1 sball be punished as a vagrant and 1 for one \ear after his r>onvif?i<?r? J the earning? of the children may < bo paid to the mother, or, if she t be aot. living, to the children 5 themselves." M r. Thompkine calls r such parents "vampire," end thev s deserve the name. They are r re- 1 proach to civilization end the lenr- r islation proposed against them is ? none too severe. It will he oh- c served that it comes from a man <1 closely identified with the building and operation of mills.?The ( State. (] Electiins. )ccupied all the Tim* of th* Leg ; islatuie Tuesday. ! Special to Greanvill* News, Columbia, S. C., Jaa. 22.? ^ following i? the result of th* legislature elections held today, that >eing the only business don*. For state librarian, Miua Lucy ftarron of Clarendon was elected, Miss Barron received 83 votes. Mr.. P L Melton of Columbia 33, Mi?* O'Neal ??f Columbia 1G, Mias Whitmire of Greenville 13, Mrs i Jason of Abbeville 5. Judge Ernest Gary wan reflected judge of the Fifth circuit with3U' opposition. .fudge I'ovvnaend was reelected judge of the Seventh circuit, defeating Senator Hvdrick of Spar lanburg by OS to 59. W II Towusend of Barnwell waa fIai'I.iI r'iwl? nnmmi?ainnni second ballot The senate and house committees have decided to report favorably in the Charleston exposition hill. 1'he senate committee inserts the proviso that $200,000 must be raised by the exposition company md the Charleston city council nust appropriate $50,000 before .he appropriation is available The assembly th?m proceeded to .he election of a superintendent if the penitentiary, ("apt.. Griffith was nominated for reelection by Mr. Efird, and there heme no ither nominations, the nil was ailed and Capt. Griffith received sverv vote cast. The election for three directors if the penitentiary was taken up Mr. Shiirpn nominatoc i Mr. J G Mobley of Fairfield. Mr. I hi cot nominated Mr. W D D* I>elI of I'icken* Mr. Wilson nominated Mr. M 0 Roland of Spartanburg. Mr. Dean nominated Mr. A K Sanders of Sumter Mr. Croft nominated It F Hoi niHn of Aiken. The result of the first ballot was ts follows: Mohley, 134; O'Dell, 32* Rolaad, 08; Sanders, 104; Hoi man, 11: total, 142. Where were only 3 vacancies to be filled, tint four of the candidates having received a majority of the votes. Col. Tillman declared Mes ?rs. Mobley, Sanders and Holand elected. The election of a traatae of tke rvmtn i aronna college was taken up Senator Brantley nominated Mr. August Kohn, and there be , ing no other nominations, the roll wn celled end Mr. Kohn wee declared elected. He received every vote cent, 117. The next election wea that of a trustee for ( lemson college, end j for thia there waa only one nnnii- I natioa. Senator Aldrich nominated Mr. Lawrence 11 Sease of Lexington. The formality of calling the roll w?* gone through with end Mr Sense was declared elected. 1 101 rotes being oast. Thin being the laM election to he j rield, et 0:05 the joint assembly J nthk dissolved end the senate re- j turned to its chamber. Robbed Hie Brother. Special to The State. Union, .Ian. 23.?Court con/ened here e> Monday morning, srith Judge Klugh on the bench. Several of tho moet important *ase*have been tried. One caee hat waa talked about was that ef S H Brown, a colored merchant, igainst hie brother, Alonzo, for dealing $1#0 out of bis safe while ie was off on atrip. When Brown eturned he found his store locked lp and his brother, who was his lerk, gone and also the hundred lollark missing. Court conreneH at Monroe, N. , next week. There are seven livoreo cases docketed for trial. No LiqQir, Then No Revenae - .V l'he Profits of the State Dispensary Reduced to Tito Per Cant by tho House. The State, 241b inat. The houNA of representatives yesterday took important action on the division of profits accruing from the Hale of liquor. The outcome of thin may he that those counties in which no dispensaries are lecated may some day he forced to adopt the evstern in order to raise revenue for the Rch ols. When tho dispeesarv law wu? given a general overhauling last vear, a step was taken in this direction when it wan decided to reduce to 10 per cent the Stat*1! share of profit)* which should he distributed anr ag all the counties in the State in proportion to the scbeol attendance and alao with regard to ant deficiency in ths three mill tax for school purpose* in any county. The meiming of this was ohti one. Counties like York and Horry, though having no dispensaries of their own, were receiving revenue from the profits in the State dispensary. Yesterdar the house decided to reduce tke State's 10 per cent. <? profit to S per cent., and thus, while nominally complying with the constit jtional requir* meats, divert the bulk of the profits from the general State fund to the treasuries of the several municipalities and counties in which th? disj>ensaries are located. The house had a busy day yesterday and accomplished a great deal. Second reading bills were waded into and dispo ed of without ceremony. There was not i third reading bill on the calendar Nine bills passed second reading and two were killed. The lattei were the bills to provide a capita tiondogtax, and to compensate the victims of theft. At noon the senate and th> house met ia joint seseioa, am after tho vote for United State senator had been tabulated. Sens tor Sheppard, presideat of the senate, announced the election o H K Tillman to I* United State senator. Hills fin F.ffort'to Extend the Liability fo Dtmsrtu Vots.l flown Special to Greenville New*. Columbia, Jan ?The fir* light today on factory egielatin resulted in decisive victory i favor of the proposition to leav the cettoa factories alone. Th first bill was that which sought h extend the liability under the fel low servant law to cotton mills a with railroad*. Mr. l'rince o Anderson and Mr. Morgan o Greenville argued against the bill Josh Ashley of Anderson made i strong tight against interfering with cotton mills and had a ahar| colloquy. The vote was two t< one against the bill. The Anderson and Greenville delegation! voted agsiest the Gill; Spartan hnrg geaerally voted for the lis bility bill. The house refused to kill tin lien law after considerable discus nit ?n Mr. Rucker offered it bill pro* viding for a board to equalize tin taxation of mill property pasted tc a third reading. The boaad shall consist of one man from each county to be appointed by th? count? board of equalization. Th? effort to iaclude banking o.orpor ations failed. The house committee, it is said ifill report favorably on the Lever bill to reduce the hours of labor in cotton mills from eleven to ten hosr, thus cutting six hours per ?reek. -CLYBURK HEADQUARTERS FOR Ml .v -inrji ' ^ Mr" * OYBURI ' flHHESBKQESDBHflBHBHHCOnBHBBi One t hinlt (.'uii *?e don*, and j ought to I? ? done I'hp chaingang 1 should bo put on distinct I v per ' manent work and kept at that and ' no other If ii make hut a rod of 1 road in *'J u that rod oMght to l?e 1 Hucn that it can he dismissed permanently from futher attention and 1 expense The lahor of chaingang should he set apart a- a sinking fund to retire, every day, a de ( finite portion of ihe sum total of * had roads in the county. We should then have the satisfaction 1 of r fleeting every evening that ire haven little more good road in * the cuunt > than we over had ber fore, and that the amount of had road h is he en diminished to * the same extent - Chester Lantern. J The death of the fellow who killed the g??o*o wh'cii laid golden ;?;s did not extinguish his species ^ There are several of his kind in the legial.ilin?. l'he cotton mill * industry is laying golden eggs in South t arolina, hut there are legislator-, w ho seek to overload the industry with iHgislaiiou which will stop the supply of golden i 1 "iu ii'?ih neenrii Qf* Subscribe to The LKDttK.lt 5 LOOK 1 The pi nee to go when y The nicest things on eai THE PARLOR G! > ?? mmmm ii m i n i n m m mmmmmm '1 he finest irnilfc tliat etn A io on it*t* shelves awaitin; ' Yen, that and even more. The linest randy that ever i th In delicate morsels, twixt i r The kind that Angels adore. 5 . ( The daintiest crackers, deli The kind that your mother ' Just try them and you'll want mo And our eotlee, just try it. ? You'll love all your friendi - And our price, now, Sir, listen, oi For the very hest colFee thi Our sugar will make it so s That one, cup of it will make you i * Then our Hour's so white a That when once you have ti i To put in your grinders this yello That given you jnw ache to ( 1 Our hums are the Hnest tha I From piggies whose pighood neroi While tit to muku bread fot Is our delicious, "feliciotiH > Yes, everything ni?e ttuit pit-uses i - .Inst oome here to got it. w ? Or, if you'd rather not con Just atop to your phono and ring \ And he it Father, Mother, I You'll he promptly answer Who'll send it to you in the snap < i By n double, hackartioned i In the meantime, believe in ' THE LANCASTER PARLOR ( } I-HEATHft 1LES, HORS..S BUG IBS, "S ? HIE A * The Commoner Appears. I Lincoln, Neb., tFan 23?The tirst ntiinlior of The Commoner, a 'weekly newspaper published by Wtn J Bryan, was issued thin afternoon, and in a neat sheet typograpically. The salutatory declares that The Commoner will be satisfied if, by fidelity to the common people, it proven its right to the name chosen. Charleston Votes $50,000. News and Courier, 52d. With one unanimous voice the City Council of Charleston, at itt meeting last night. voted an ap> propriation of $50,000 for ihe South Carolina Inter-State ani! West Indian Exposition. Th? question of an appropriation ha< been left to the ways and meant committee, which reported favor ably, and presented a bill to spe cial three mill tax levy for tha ( purpose. The bill was read bj . title and, under a suspension o I the rules, was passed to its sncon< and third reading. A meeting o council has been called for .Janu ary 30, when the bill will h< finally ratified. in;it?T ou want to get th to eat, HOCERY STORE. f?r grew g }<>?, slips tainty lips rious cake* need to hake, re. the finest that grows, i and forget all your foe<, ily 10c per pound ?re in in this town, oveet and delicious eligious. nd makes such glorious biscuit ricd it, you'll nevermore risk it, \vi?h stutr chew it, because it's so tough. t ever have g-unted r was stunted, a .saint or u Bui d 11 elegant lard, nan's palate e surely have it, ie, lie it early, or late, r?, Daughter, ( preferred; or Son ed by Tom Convington, [>f your finger Lancaster nigger, i, the same as before 5R0CERY STORE. 1ULE CO.," WAGONS, HARNESS ETC. t5>TWE HAVE tb? fin..t i lot <?f mules erer offered on I this market, nnd we will sell S them at reasonable prises, fer L cash or good paper. R UK. TCIIR CHOICE. Qp The Anchor Buggy, A Wren Bnggv and the renowned Tyjjfa* -?n ?fc Jones Buggiea always ^^?1 in stock. Yes, and at prices 99H that will please you. o The celebrated Onesboro, f< Kentucky, Wagon, is the best Ap and cheapest on the market. ex r^( Vime one, come all. We will make you the beat satisfied and the best pleased you ever were. o ? ! Prices low TerniH reasont?le. TOLE CO. For ale A good farm on Catawba Hirer ' in Indian Cand township, containing 1 14 acres, more or leas, convonient to school and churches ? 1, about (50 acres in cultivation including kJ0 acres of tine Hirer bot'1 ! torus. Also a live room bouse and lot at Osceolu. For terms, etc., I i, apply to >1. it. Eason, Osceola, S C. QJRIIJM ~ 81 A IE OF SuUln CAROLINA, t OUNTY OF LANCAHLEK. ( < uri ot Common Pleas. , Harriet Kitnbrell, et at. Plaintiff*, AOA1NST I (Sargent Jas|>er Kimhreil, Defendant. 1JIJR.SIJ aNT to a decretal order i 1 made in the stated case hy 5 J mine Geo. W. Cage. January 8, 1901, ; 1 will sell in front or the Court House, wiiliin the legal hours ofsale, on Mon*I day the fourth day of February, 1901, < to i ne highest ladder, the following 1 described property: all tliat tr.?ct of ( land lying and situated in Indian Land township, Lancaster county, .-date r?f t-outh Carolina, ttoiinded by the lands of John and James Harris on tne north; hy the lands of O. W. ( ' Potts on the east; t?> the lands of the ' estate of Daniel Woife and others on f liu- south; and hy the IhihIh of W P. r Norman and Jas. P, llaliee on the west, containing one hundred and ] flity acres more or less, and being the f lamis upon which Mary Gibbon lived > i hi in*' limp or her death. Term** of nale: One half caeh, anil the tcinaindei on a credit of twelve 1 month* with Ilit* rent from data of rill, ecured by purchaaci 'h bond HUd a mortgage on (Ue ,.reini*es aolil Purrhaaer (o have the privilege of paying hia entire bid in ra?h. W. S. \j. Porter, c. c. c. l. ( Orteu A Hfnen, Plain till* Ally*. SUMMONS FOR RELIRF (( oui plaint not .-iarvad.) HTATK OK .Sv*UTH C\ ROLINA, I l.ANCA8TKK COUNTY. four! of Common Plea*. Kli/.aJ Wy.le, PUiintiff AO Al NaT Nannie L. William*, H Hirneoa Crockett, Kufua C. t rockett. liatti* Crockett, W. 8 L. Porter, a* adiiiluietrator cf the extute of David M I riK'ltall ?n>l I a" ' 1? * - wawvwva* ?im\* a inm ITi \ / I iM'RPlkj dec*ft*ed and John (J Poller, />#/endants. i To the Defendant! altov* named: I Ycu are hereby summoned and re; ({Hired to answer the complaint in this action, which Ih filed in the otlhe of | the Clerk of Coiuiuou 1'leaa for the Raid County, and toner?e a copy of I yotir answer to Ihe *ahl complaint on I the subscriber ut his otllce n> Lancaster Court House couth can lina, with* in twenty days after toe service her* of, t xciusive of tlieday of such service; and if you fail foanswer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the 1'iain* tiff' in thin action will apply to Ike Court for the relief demanded In the complaint. Dated December 19th, A. D? 1904. [U ?.] W. H. L Porter, i\ U. C. L.C. H. K. W yi.I K, I'laintitr'a Attorney. To Nannie L. VVilliama, H. Hirueoa * Crockett and Hattle crockeL, non- ' resident Defendants: TAKK NOTICE that the comnlalnf In Above Mated ('Hue w*h filed in lb* olV.ee of (he t lerk of ihe Circuit Court for ?Hi<l < ounty ?nJ Htate At LancM< ter C. H,H. (j., on the 19th day of I)?*c?*uil>er 1000. It K. Wylie, Plaintiff'H Attorney. rASToniA. Bum 1m Nan Ahriia Boagft -rr<?vtfZS? #