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OIICKENS, S. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1887. NO. 12. Ij
I t1IT~1fAtItI?I1 t11~ff1ti~txN O..,12.
Ji.I.iOIan L I V rai I tI i'i iU1VJI1 J1 ,
WHAT THIE LAwMAKEIKS HAVE I)ONE
FOiL TIHI STATE. 1
several Imlportant MieaKures Recivo Flial
ConsideratIon--Synopsi,s of the Proceed- 1
Ing Thereon. t
CoLuhImA, December 10.-The work d
of the Legislature has progressed rapid
ly and satisfactorily for the past week. b
The more important measures acted on t
will now be noticed. t
TIE CRIMINAL LAW, a
The bill to regulate the criminal prac- k
tioe in this State has passed the House V
and Senate both and is now before the w
Senate judiciary committeo, who ire C
considerin the House amendments. n
The following is the text of the bill as it 1
left the House: p
Section 1. That every indictment shall n
be deemed and adjudged sufficient and a
good in law, which, in addition to set- aI
ting forth the time and place, as now
provided by law, charges the crime sub- E
stantially in the language of the corn- N
mon law or of the statute prohibiting the S
same, or so plainly that the nature of
the offence charged may bo easily under- E
stood. l1
Section 2. That every objection to any 11
indictment for any defect apparent on V
the face thereof shall be taken by de
murrer, or oi motion to quash such in- p
dictment before the jury shall'bo sworn,
and not afterwards.
Section 3. That if there be any defect b
in form in any indictment it shall be to
competent for the Court before which
the case is tried to amend the said in- -
dictment: Provided, such amendment
does not change the nature of the offence
charged; that if on the trial of any case
there shall appear to be any variance be- o
tween the aIttions of the indictment
and the evidence offoeed in proof ci
thereof, it shall be competent for the
Court before which the trial shall be had p
to amend the said indictment according -
to the proof: Provided, such amendment i
'does not change the nature of thoofYence B
charged; and after such amendment the
trial shall proceed in all respects and
with the same consequence as if no van
once had occurred, unless such amend
mont shall operate as a surprise to the
defendant, in which case the defendant co
shall ho entitled upon demand to a con- C
tinuance of the cause.
Section 4. That in any plea of autre th
fois acquit or autre fois convict it shall
lie sufficient for any defendant to state
that he has been lawfully acquitted or
convicted, as the case may be, or the dE
offence charged in the indictment.
Section 5. That every indictment for
murder shall be deemed and adjudged s
suliieient and good in law, which in ad
dlitioni to setting forth the time and
p>lace, together with a plain statement, t
dive fed of all useless phraseology, of
the manner in which the death of the j
deceased was caused, charges that the
defendant did feloniously, wilfully and o
of his malice aforethought kill and mur
der the deceased.
Section 6. That in all cases whatso
over in which it shall be necessary to
make any averment in any indictment as
to any instrument, whether the same
consists 'cwholly or in part of writing, r
print or figures, shall be sufficient to de- in
scribe such instrument by any name or
designation by which the same may be
usually known or by the purport thereof, S
rnd in such manner as to sulicien.tly t
;ontify such instrument without set
;ng out any copy or fac simile of the
rhole or any part thereof.
Section 7. That in any indictment for
perjury it shall not be necessary to set
forth more than the substance of the bl
oath and the fact concerning which the
perjury is alleged to have boca com
mitted. o
Section 8. That any person or persons i
who shall be arraigned for the crime ofC
murder, manslaughter, burglary, arson,
rape or grand larceny shall be entitled
to peremptory challenges not exceeding
ten; and the State in such eases shall be0
entitled to poremptory challenges not
exceeding live; and any person or per-T
sons who shall be indictedl for any crimea
or offence, other than those enumerateda
above, shall have the rigl' to peCrempto-w
ry challenges not exceeding five, and the
State in such cases shall be entitled to t
peremptory challenges not exceedingA
two. But no right to stand aside jurors
shall be allowed to the State in any case
whatsoever: Provided, that in no case
where there shall be more than 0110 do
fendant jointly tried, shall mere than1
twenty poremptory challenges he allow- ti
ed in all to the defendants.
Section 9. Nothing in this Act con
tained shall app)ly to any case where ann
indictment has already been found and(t
the case is actually pending.
Section 10. That all Acts and parts of
Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby g
repealed.
The bill to p)rovide for the pa mont l
by the State of the expenses of al p)ros- s
ecutions in criminal eases, caused con- e
considerable discussion, participated in s
by several members, Colonel Hlaskell
leading the light against the bill and Mr. r
Rtankin defending it. Finally it was in- a
definitely postponed by a vote of 57 r
to 45.
The next bill taken up was the one y
amending the General Statutes in rela- t~
tion to lions on buildings and lands. 5
Several speeches were made on the bill, (
and the dt bate was long and interesting. '2
After every- feature had been fully arnd I
freely discussed it was indlefinitely p)ost- a
poned.(
Numerous bills have passedl their third e
readings, among whuich--the bill to pun- li
ish cock-lIghting within three miles of
any chartered institution in this Stat 3. t
CONCEAL~ED wEAPONS.,
There was some dliscussiion on the bill
(by Dr. Lee, of Charleston,) to amendt
the iiw as to the carrying~ of concealed
weal >ns, making the offence a felon. 1.
1). 1 o. supported his bill in an abl
argument and was seconded ,by J)r. l
P'opo, of Newberry, Mr. Boozor, oft
Edgeflld, Colonel McKissick, of Union, I
and others. Mr. Gary, of EdX]geileld, e
opposed the bills on the ground that thei
present law was sufficient to suppress the r
evil if it was properly enforced. Finally '
a vote was reached on a motion to kill
the b,ill. The motion was defeated aLd
the fight was rooper.ed. Mr. Wilson, of a
York, Mr. Haskell, of Coh bia, Major I.
Brawley, and others opposer the bill on I
the grounds given above, viz., that in- k
croasing the penalt.v wonu not ensur '
uu liwreement Or the law against Oar- I
ying concealod weapons. Ihe discus- I
Ion lasted till 10 p. im., when the House I
>y a vote of 75 to 37 decided to recom- T
at the bill, and then adjourned. r
THE PIosPHATI: BILL,. t
The phosphate bill, the provisions of
hich have already been summarized in
[lose columns, caused quito a lengthy c
obato in the Senate. Tho various pro- <
isions of the bill woro freely discussed. 1
'he first vote came up on Senator Tat- F
ort's motion to make the duration of e
io proposed grant ten years instead of 1;
venty. This amendment was lost by a t
oto of 17 nl,ys to 16 yeas. Next his
mendment tc increase the royalty was
>st by a vote of 25 nays to 10 yeas. r
arious other amendments wore offered,
ith varying results, but without indi
ting the sense of the Senato upon the
Leasure as whole. Finally Senator
[oiso, of Sumter, moved to indefinitely
ustpone the bill. Senator Murray h
Loved to table this motion. The yeas
nd nays were called, and the vote stood
s follows: P
Yeas-Alexander, Bell, Biomsn, Buist, c
dward, Field, Howell, Murray, Moore,
[unro, M Master, Reynolds, Sinkler, i
ligh, Smythe, Talbort, Williams-17. t
Nays-Austin, Black, Byrd, Crews, t
rwin, Homphill, Izlar,. Kennedy, ?
:oody, McCall, Moise, Patterson, o
hane, Smith, Wollord, Wingard, <
roodward and Youmans-18. s
The bill was then indefinitely post
)ned without a division. 0
SOME NEW MEASURES.
Quito a number of now measures have
en introduced-among them the fol
wing:
In the Senate: Bill to amend the trial a
stice law.
Bill to regulate licenses for insurance a
>mpanies doing business in this State. a
Bill to renew and amend the charter
the Oak Point Mining (ompiny.
fill to extend, amend and renew the
iarter of the Farmers' Phosphate Coin
my.
Bill incorporating the Security Say- e
gs Bank of Charleston.
Bill incorporating the Summervillo
ailding and LoanAssociation. S
By Senator Moore, bill to restoro a d
r diem payment to county boarus of Y
amimers.
In the House: Mr. Lesesno, bill to re- o
al certain Acts so as to remit the p
unty of Colleton to the operations of 2
aapter 27, General Statutes, relating to '
o stock law. A
Mr. Abney, bill to amend Chapter 72, o:
., of the General Statutes, relating to
siguments by insolvent debtors.
Mr. Ancrum, bill to charter the Cam
sn Street Railway Company.
Mr. Teague, bill requiring the super- t
tendent of the Penitentiary to provide
parate maintenanco, lodging and train- i
g for criminals under 15 years of age. ti
Mr. Plowden, bill to authorize the r
wn council of Forreston to borrow r
oney for buildiag an acaaemy and d
)arding-house.
Mr. Johnston, bill to abolish the office
superintendent of highways in Pick- a
is county. k
ABOUT TILE c'ENSUS. P
There was a long and earnest debate ?
the Mouse on the bill to re-apportion
o representatives according to the bill 0
eviousl y reported by the proper com
ittee. This bill simply provides that
cre shall be a reapportionment of rep
sentation on the basis of the United
ates census of 1880 and divides out
o Representatives among the counties,
kirg four from Charleston and one
oh from Aiken, Hampton and Rich
ud counties, and giving an additional
epresentativo to Beaufort, Edgofield,
reonville, Laurons, Marlboro, Spartan u
irg and Sumter counties. c
There was a long and earnest debate-P
e opponents of the bill resting their 1
>Jeotions mainly upon the ground that
would be in violation of the State si
:nstitution. cm
The yeas and nays were called on the
otion to strike out the enacting words. ~
uring the call of the roll there was per- h
et silence in the House, most of the
embers keeping tally of the votes.a
Lie motion was finally declared lost by
vote of 57 to 60. t
Mr. Haskoll off'ered an amendment,
bich was accepted, providing that this
>portionment shall only hold good uIn
t after the adjournment of the General
isombly which will be elected in 1890.
After some further debate it was sug
isted that the apportionment set forth
the bill had never been veriticd bya
iference to the records of the census ofa
480, as filed in the oflice of the Secre
ry of State.
After some discussion Mr. IHaskell's b
otion to recommit to a special commit- t
eo was adopted1 on a division, with the
aderstanding that thle committee should (
sport as soon as they had verified the
gures and that the bill would then bec
iken up for its third reading, thle oppo
tion guaranteeing that it should not
>so its place on the Calendar. The
;>ecial committee appointed by the e
pleaker was comp)osedl of Messrs. Simp- (
n, Douglass andl Aldrich. la
Thle committee, on the day following,
aported that they had made the neces- t
iry calculations, and found that the (
>presentation would be as follows: Ab- s
ovillo 5, Aikon 3, Anderson 41, Barn- I
eli 5, Beaufort 4, Berley 5, Charles- ]
>n 8, Chester 3, Clarendon 2, Colleton i
Darlington 4, Edgofield 6, F'airfieldl 3, 1.
ucorgetown 2, Greenville 5, Hlampton (
,JHorry 2, Korshaw 3, Lancaster 2,
aurens 4, Lexington 2, M[arion 4, c
lMrlboro 3, Newberry 3, Oconee 2,
rangeburg 5, Piekens 2, Riehland 4,
partanburg 5, Sumter 5, Union 3, Wil
amsb)urg 3, York 't.
The committee .,tated that in aipper- 3
onmng representatives to Berkeley anid to
hiarleston they hiad made the calcuhe- t
on accordling to the i,o,vwnshuipri in the~ dl
ye portions of old Charleston since cutL a
lto two counties. r
The House (discussed the bill at some a
ngth. A motion to indefinitely post- I.
One was lost-yeas 55, nays 58- and( v
io bill was then, without a division, t
assed and sent to the Senate. Another t
ineort wus madoe to postpone the matter, y
y referring it to the Supreme Court to ,1
ass on the constitutionality of tile mleas- C
re, but this failed.
The three-quarter value clause insur
nce bill wasi nexitaken .up, the ob)jct
eing to prevent insurance com panics
com inserting in their policies what isr
nlown as tIhe three-fourths value clause.
'ho bill had alreadyv'been diussedn and
lothing new was develope4 in relation
o it. After a discussion in whioh Mr.
V. B. Wilson, of York, advosated, and "
Ifr. Connors, of Lancaster, and Mr.
1se8, of Sumter, opposed the measure,
he bill was killed-73 to 30.
TILE LABOR IiOUBS DILL.
The Greenville bill to limit the time
f working in factories to ten hours per ri
ay caused much debate. An amend- aR
1ent, making the bill apply only to so
ersons under twelve years of age, was
ffered, which caused a long debate. Te an
ill was discussed to-day and went over
) Monday.
THE LAw OF MARRIED WOMEN. frc
Mr. Hyde's bill to amend the law in W
9lation to the contracts of married we- In
ten was next taken up and discussed, bo
motion to kill the bill was lost-88 wA
) 23. Finally the bill was passed in ro
nis shape: eiF
Section 1. A married woman sfhall the
ave the right to purchase any species IY
f property in her own name and to take ''l
roper legal conveyance therefor, and to ar
:ntract and be contracted with in the ab
ume manner as if she were unmarried: in
'rovided, that the husband shall not be rel
able for the debts of the wife con- rel
-acted prior to or after their marriage,
tcept for her necessary support. eh
Section 2. All the earnings and income ov
f a married woman shall be her own Io
jparato estate, and shall be governed by of
1c same provisions of law as apply to he
ther separate estates. da
TIIE DE1'AITiIENT OF AGIICULTURE. in
The bill to reorganize the Department w]
f Agriculturo caused much debate in the
enato. It was finally passed, with an bc
niendmont provided for members of 01
o Board and providing that eight of th
iese members and the Commissioner of co
[so shall be elected by the General As- ad
imbly. The other two members are to h
e the master of the State,grange and h
me preeident of the State Agricultural e
ad Mechanical Society. 'The eight ra
[ected are to be one from each of the be
ight judicial circuits.
THE UNIVEISITY. fa(
Tllc~uill to reorganize and improve the fai
tato University caused an animated "IL
abate in the Senate--Messrs. Buist and Cc
oumans favoring it, and Messrs. no
[oody, Hemphill, Sligh and Talbert pr
posing it. A motion to indefinitely at
stpono the bill was tabled by a vote of fo
t to 13. After further debate the bill on
as made the special order for yesterday. du
nd on yesterday it was made the special un
cder for Monday next.
oriER M.irrEns. pr
Senator Edwards's joint resolution I
roposing to strike from the Constitu.
on, Section 10, of Article X, contain- pr
ig the mandate that all schools, in pr
hole or in part, supporteL by the pub
e fund, shall bo free and open to allv
lo youth of the State without regard to I
ice, color, &c., was killed witheut a
iviPion as soon as the Senator taa ex- ad
iained what it meant. o
The joint resolution proposing to n
nend the Constitution as to Judges
larging juries on qluestion.s of fact, was th
lied, on motion of its author, Senator bu
atterson. fic
A bill to prevent the improper selling pa'
food was passed, after the withdrawal
Senator Hemphill's jocular amend- he
cut to make it apply to clothing, reI
nwspapers, . I
The committee on agriculture has sub- cit
it.ted a favorable report on the bill to i of
tablish a separate agricultural eel lege.
was made the special order for the Ilas
th inst.
Mr. Davenport has at last succeeded CO
getting a favorable rcport on his billC
protect the 'possumc while lo in an th
iripo state. The coon will also be in- as
uded in the beneficent and merciful ar
rovisions of the bill.sa
The House committeo of agriculturoetl
la lively discussion on the Colleton
ock law exemption b.i. Seven of the
>mmittee agreed to report the bill tn
.vorab)ly and six favorably. The re
rts have been handed in. a
Dr. Pope's bill to amend the law as to a
wyers' costs so as to limit their fees forpa
tending references was passed to a
aird reading. (
The joint resolution to call a Constitu- ha
onal Convention p)assed the Hfouse, but ~
as lost in the Seuate. The joint reso- of
Etion to enlarge the judiciary by creat- m
g a Court of Errors (comprising all the
astices and Circuit Judges) and pro-la
ding that unless two Supreme Court a
astices concur with the Circuit Judge, a
c d}ecision of the latter should stand
lirmied. pha
Unfi,vorable rep)orts wvere made on the ls
piarate agricultural college bill and thea
ill estab)lishing certain scholarships in be
ic Winthrop '[raining School for Tieach
es, but both were placed on the Calen- (
rur for consideration hereafter.
The H ouse has p)asst d a hilh to exemp1t lit
>rtamn portions of Berkeley county I crmn
m0 operations of the stock law. bua
THEi COMiTn''oLLERi GENEn]AL. pri
No day has yet been fixed for the m<1
Letion of a successor to Comptroller
leneral Stoney, whose resignation wvas di
anded to the Governor on Thursday. CO
maiong those most p)rominently men- m
oned are .James S. Vernoer, Esq., of ;its
)coneo, Lion. d. \ V. Daniels, of Ander- seC
on, Colonel John P. Thomas, of Co.. rc
ambia, General St. .J. Sinkler, of 06
oerkeley, lHon. WV. C. Coker, of Dlarnl- .th
agton, J1. Knox Liivingstone, of Marl-= ge
oro, aund Colonel Johu T. Sloan, Sr., In
hlerk of the House. dIi
Capt. Stoney will be appointed auditor mn
f the South Carolina Railway Company. tha
-- be
The price of coal has been raised in be
Tew York from$1 .60 in D)ecemnber,~188u;, ne
> 5.25 per tonu in D)ecembher, 1887, and ni
10 hatter figure will be likely to prevail .
uiring the winter. Owing to a strike ona ani
wage ise in th,e Lt high anthracite tha
agions, over twcnty thiousandi minerh N<
uid laborei;' are unemployed and have dui
cen out of w 'rk for several weeks. T1huis is
rill be made an. excuse for keeping upj N
Lie price of coail, naotwithistand(ing thai tla
lio production 1 as been larger the last co;
oar than the year be,fore. The11 Morning th<
ournal makes ,an estimate of actual cost th<
f producetion. transportationu and had- ca;
ng of coal, sho wing that it could bo de- sc<
vered to th e consunmor ini New York for (si
3.50) per t< n. But this is onl paper only. si
-Rlichmoni 1 Whig.
th,
A Georg ia iman, whlo was engaged I an
a' linag up a gale, w:as struck by lighatninug pe
le Is recc gerinlg, iand the young hldy's bemam fo
ant inue to conwc CvCrv nht, s ioa .
THE: WANIN(i "MA(iIC CITY."
e )ownward Treuil of the Itillatod Ala
Ual,ta Towis--)el,resslon Is linuglhaiu
-A Sad Collal,Me In I'rosI)ect.
(From (he New York Herald.)
The New South. It is now nearly a
ar sinco the boom in that section cul
nated. Tho whole country has been
lgiug with the fairy tale of the South's
akening, of her wonderful mineral re
.rces, of the now towns and cities
ringing up, of fortunes made in a da'
d al the rest of it.
Kow that the fermentation has sub
.ed, it is worth while to blow off the
>th and glance at what is under it.
ull, the situation is seriously strained.
the now manufacturing cities every
dy has been doing a little more than
s safe, and, consequently, is now bor
ving. Money commands sixteen to
;hteen per cent., and even more, and
) lowest rate at the banks on absolute
safe security is one per cent, a month.
o boom has subsided, but the people
s trying to sustain real estate on the
surdly high level to which it was lifted
the period of crazy speculation. It
sts upon a vast trestle work of inter
ated credits.
Landowners, hotel keepers, agents,
pkeepers, mechanics-the humble
'nor of a single lot not yet half paid
r and the land company with millions
capital-are all trying to talk up and
ld up values. The creditor does not
ro to press the debtor, for if one brick
the row is toppled over others must
avitably go, too, and no one could tell
Iore the trouble would end.
Everybody is hoping for another
em-for a rising tide of speculation
which lie may float out of his diflicul
s. He feels sure that this revival is
ming soon, but pending its fancie
vent his needs are pressing. He must
ye money to tid, over, and to get it
is obliged to pay whatever the lender
ooses to ask. In aggmy instances the
tes paid amount to confiscation. The
rrowers are doomed.
The state of affairs in the now manu
turing city of Birmingham, Ala , is
rly representative. During the
oom" ono year ago, the Elyton Ltnd
mpany (hich founded the cit, ; sold
end of building lots at enormous
cer, taking one-fourth cash and notes
one, two and threo years respectively
the remaining three-fourths. The
o year notes have of late been falling
c from day to day, but the makers are
able to pay.
1'ho lots were sold for absurdly high
ces--as high as $1,500 per front foot
the ragged outer edge of so-called
usiness" streets. The twenty-five per
it. cash payment in most instances
bably represents the full intrinsic
uo of the property, or more than the
ue, but most of the lots were bought
speculation, and in many instances
*, after aalo by the company, havo
ssed tho )u, h rc r' Liands at always
vancig prices; so that they arc now
minally owned by persons several re
>ves from the original buyers.
\ow that the boom has died out and
;re is no demand for lots, the last
yers cannot sell except at a great sacri
. But the lot owners and the com
iy are alike interested in keeping
>perty up on its lict.itious level. Cool
ided investors who visit the city are 1
elled by the prices asked, to the per
nent injury of the town. True, the
is ringing just now with the sounds
hammer and trowel, but most of this
rk is being done under contracts made
tpring or summer while the fever (
i on. I could learn of few or no new <
itracts being made.
L'ho land company is now "carrying"
>se who l)ought its lots, an( indlvi(lu.
who sold real estate are doing the
ne by their debtors. If the company
11ld seize the lots it could not sell
in, so that the notes ( which bear in
est, 'of course) are4 more valuable than
''dirt," p)rovided the drawers succeed
pulling through, andl if they do not,
compan,iUy can then recover the land
'how. F-rom selfish motives the comn
y must extend the notes of delini
anits and help them along- -the con
n must he kept agoing or he smashed.
t.h the passing of the boom business
fiflen ofi and shopkeepers burdened
Ii frightfully high rents are in (1ang01r
gomng to the wall. 'The company, it
y be noted, could not foreclose if it
uld, for it has not a mortgage on the
da sold. Instead of giving the buyer
.cd and taking a mortgage for the
ance of the p)urchaso monaey the comn
ay gives simp)ly a bond that the title
dl be vested in 'the holdeor when the
t payment shall be made.
[l'he ease with which these bonds could
transferred was an element in foster
the wild speculation. Tio wipoe out
claims of the holders of these, how
'r, would involve a long and tedious
gat ion. At D)ecatur and some other
w cities they are wiser'; they give the
yers dleeds and cdlp mortgages on the
)lporty for the balance of the purchase
moey.
ilhe ly ton Land1( C ampanOy passed its
nd(end the other day, thius indirectly
ufirming the correctness of the state
mnts mad(e above, instead of paying
cash dliv'idendi the company issuiedI
Aipt convertible into bonds. The script
resenats, ti'o company says, $:2,40), -
) of good notes in its treasury, and as
ese cannot be dlisturbed1, they are
ing to makel~ an issue of bonds instead.
other wordls, instead of the usual cash
ridlend the stockholders are offered a
rtgage oni their own property, and
is because the drawers of the notes are
Thably '"lying downi."
It's a tight squeeze. If money should
eomo( easy and the iron tra,de should
prospecrous, and there abouid be a
w speculation ''boom'' in reality, I i
nghami will pull1 through.
lhut i f monot.ary stringency conltinuoIs,
s peculation contmnuesmIloribund(, andl
stoppage of iailroad building in the
4rthwest shlouild depress the iron in
stry, as now seems certaini, theu [Jore
~oing to 1ho a ado collapse in " the
igic City''- a co(llpso which will ihake
SNew $outh to its cenitre, for the same
ruditions prevail in the othier towns,
Sbad features being an exact ratio to
madness of the specuilation recently
~ried on. All this will probsbly be
>utedl by those whose pecumiar,y inter
a are involved, buIt it a true just the
no0.
So much for the financial situation in
anew centres; as to their future growth
di their ultimato prosperity and im
rtanco) there can be nlo question. J ie
re there can be any new leap forward,
*,wever. there will have to be a mipin
out of mero paper valuos, a great deal of
charging off to profit and loss. Some
men who fancy that they are worth
$100,000 will have to realizo that the
half of that would be a very high cash
price for what they hold, others who aro
too far extended will have to "let go,"
and there must be a general adjustmont
of values on a rational and practical basis
instead of the present speculative one.
Prices and rents must come down.
On First Avenue, Birmingham, the
writer was in a little shop on the first
Iloor of a two story brick building.
I'here wore no flagstones in front---only
a dirt sidewalk, with the dust rising in
little clouds from the feet of pedestrians.
"What rent do you pay hero?" was the
visitor's query.
'wo hundred dollars a month," was
the eply.
''What!" " xclaimed the writer, "for
this little house? Why, it's a ridiculous
rent."
"Oh," said the shopkeeper, "I don't
get the whole house. The floor above is
rented out to a family. I pay $200 for
the store alohe."
In Birmingham it was, too, that the
writer met a member of a Now York
firm who was looking for a suitable
warehouso with a view to establishing a
branch of their business in the "Magic
City." A few days later this gentleman
was encountered on an out-going train.
"Well, aro you going to make a start?"
asked the writer.
"Not by a long chalk. Those peoplo
are all crazy. I found a brick building
that would suit me, but they asked
$3,700 a year rent for that four story
barracks. Why our firm has a ware
house in New York City, only one block
oil Broadway, seven stories, with cellar
aid sub-cellar, and for that we pay only
$3,500."
A $hockiuK Accai,e,nt.
On Friday last Mr. John Johnson
Si., anu his wife were returning from a
a visit to theoir brother, Mr. lFaac John
son, who has iinco died, they met with
a shocking aeoAnt that has since re
sulted in the death of Mrs. .Johnson.
The accident happened n 3ar Mrs. liar
net Kitehing's, in Tabernt.cle township.
They had just passed her house when
they met Freddie Holmes, nephew (if
Mr. Alfred Holmes, who wts riding a
horse. Freddie attempted to <et out of
the road, but the front who& of Mr.
Johnson's buggy caught the horse in the
flank which caused him to come down
on the wheel, crushing it to the ground.
The noise occasioned by this collision
frightened the mulo drawing the buggy
and it immediately started olf-running
about fifty yards-when it stopped and
commenced kicking. Mr. Johnsun was
thrown out of the buggy, getting his arm
broken and sustaining other injuries.
The mule c gged the buggy somo dis
tance furth-,r, kicking as it went, until
stopped b' Mr. Jas. Kitohing, who was
at the mill and witnessed the accident.
When he got to the buggy ho fouod the
nule standing with one foot through the
lash, and Mrs. Johnson lying incusible
n the road twenty yards behind, laving
>een kicked in the forehead. She was
sarefully picked andl conveyed to the
esidenco of Mrs. Kitching, D)r. A. L.
Ilutto was summoned, and over.tiing
bat could be done for her relief was
lone. The Doctor, after examining her
njuries, said there was no hope as her
kul had 'cen fracture d. ''his halp
kenedl abiant four o'clock on Friday
ifternoon and at ten o'clock on hat.ur
ay this )ooi unfortunate lady was a
orpse. MIrs. Johnson was a sister to
lessrs. lIen and Elias llolman.---Aiken
lournal and Reviow.
IIu,noring 11rs. Cle-,+l:uii1.
TIhe Poestollice Department has often
te' n askenr to name ai postoflilee aft er the
ovely wife of the President, and wheon
3ver the ri-iquest could be complied with
lallant Postmaster General Vilas hasi
sons eted. Th'lerefore thereois a Frances
r Ci 'aad in nearly every State, hut
'este. :ay "'( lie irginny"' came forward
eu took the- -mke. 'Thley have a post
>llico ca! led l)oomsi-awful name and1(
lhey wvonted a p)ostmaister apin))Oted at
)ince, so what did they do but ask the
tpp)oinltmonet of F rances (Clev(land as
reting postmistress. The reque:st t-tay
crecd the htigh piostad authorities, and at
irst the reqjuest camo very niear going
nto the wvasto pap)er basket. But the
3le-rk in charge of the Virginia desk hap
pened1 to read the letter again, and found
that the itpplicant's name had an 1L. in
it, and read "'Frances IU. Cleveland,"
md not ''Frances F. Cleveland." Be.
sides, the clerk also discovered that the
Virgi nians wanted to comp)linmen t Mrs.
Uloveland more than other States had
lone, and so they picke out a p)ostmis
tress~ with a name as near- as possible to
that of the beautiful mistress of the
White Ilouse. The matter was thus ex
plained to First Assistant Postmaster
General Stevenson, and lhe at once or
'bred F"rances II. Cleveland appointed
actinig postmistress at D)ooms, Va. [The
next thing in order will be to change the
name of the postoflico fronm D)ooms to
White Hlouse.--Baltimoio Amerienn.
It is astonishing how many oif our
successful business men attrib ute thiri
good fortune neither to luck or general
excellence of judlgmient, butt will tell you
how a strict atdherenice to some single
rutle has done it all for the(m. Coninoo
lore Vanuderb ilt's receipt for nak ing
miillioins, with certainty atnd celerity, wits
never to sign a note. William h-1. IDodge
wouthld not hold any pecuniar-y intteret
int anty enterprnise thatt wias at all attratc
hive on Sutnday, andt bte firmly believed
that his wealth was a rewardi for cont
scienttiously obiservin tg the Satbbath da3
the first . lhn .hiIcob AstOr-'s charmu lay in
in vesting in niothting aside fromt htis reg
tul business, excepjt ini reail e-itide; and1
A lexandelr Tf. Stewart would have tatici
p)ated-t misfortune if lie had wantonly
bro'ken the smallest peCrsonial etngage
rnet. Metn (if success cant all'ord toi
practice their theories, andt even b)ecomte
slaves to them. Men (if failure canntot
indulge in such luxuries of conduct.
'he HIeadhlighit.
.1. E. PJtYsroU's Merchant TLailor 1:s
tablishmuent, Columbia, S. C., is in futll
blast. Only a leek will convince any
one. All thant want a first-class fitting
suit try him. A full line of the best
goods on hand.
The lowa~ brtewerhes have closed, the law
beintu deided utuaI it himm
Till: 1Ii;T)Ioi (7' I''lINTI';LNT.s I ' OIt
(lin i \Cu, of. 4 Ilt., (, 441 1th 14 fe 4, " aI 11 arl.l4
bIrlg--T'h N\ h(MIun (4 )) IIt'I4 :St
\\'t nn1hboru.
The Cuference disposed of umucl ini
portanut business on the closing4 day.
'T1he report of the b oard of edu sntion,
ifter a warm dehute, was adopt d, ie
coincudiug collectionu for rop.irs (n
Wollord College of $7,500, enduwment
$15,000, professors' salaries $1,00''.
Winnsboro wam elceted for th next
scssion of the Conference.
A class of fourteen young mien were
admitted inte the Conference on i ri;a,
lteports of the conlnuiticcs on 1;i '!e
Canse, tenp(ranco, Conference rel.it iou s,
books andt periodicals were rc.ircd.
Tho secretary reports 13,1 2 mimbers;
paid for missions, $1-l,l32. The ftllow
ing are the appointments for 1888:
Charleston )istrict---J. M. Boyd, 1r'
siding Elder. (harleston, Trn , !.
N. Wells; I3ethel, . 1). Sluart; pr'in;
street, J1. E. Carulisie; Cumiberhu:ti, I.
B. Browne; Cainhleoy, I). A. C.hou.
Berkeley, I. L,. ii blfroyd; Suimmll:mvil.
J. B. Coupbell; CyIpe"cs, 11. WV. \\hi'
taker; I idgeville, J. A. Moe t.
George's, T. luysol.; North ( ..rge'
P. L. Kirttn; Colleton, J. C. Y1nn,.
Round 0, W. WV. \Williams; \alt rhore,
E. B. Loyless; Hlmpton, A. If. I1i
Allendale, ( . Wi ilis; Buac1k i'. :ni
J. Brown; li.tlrdccvlle, (l. B. \' hitt:.
er; lianft'ort, E. J. Meynardie; riuti
al Benson Aca(lemy, J. E. Watteu.
(i'umil 1)is1-iet.- . lt. .bmne . 1'r:
sh(tling, ilder: (2ollltlmbi:: \\ as 11. Ii
titreect, W. Ji. Iiichai on Mat.u, , riein
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Price; York, W. W. :I)n; .
J. WV..lkils; Y'ork iiioo, \!. (o
noly; Ki t's ;o,ui nis, J. L. 1!4,,' r
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tnI ttr I)istriet J. -. I nst.n I't
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J. . i )aitt otl n1u ; W\ w ti; h-h!i, i: . .( . \\a -
soni; Iii.hoptvi1e, I.I I.S h!uio1ri; u cc,
T.1'. artner; Forne eeI) n, ( J. 1.
(and, W . l> 4'. Dun)4can; ( l4 .1. ,
'4ng' Io, J. C. Davi'4; abhbst,
Pooser V atIrs a ,\'. ..4e: 1 e le ii-c1-:. Ih * \
Waereo E . .ti
Florence istgI 1ri-i W.C. 1'mr e
I sid g l ide. I )iqen e -1.' T . a ;
Il r Blutl',(*3 W . 2l4T1.I44' 4. I I i t'n
Duran'tei; Iheraw, W.' J. ) I b h it ;4.4:y4 i
JIirlington ( c l i i,lJ (. )1 e(4 ain; l w.
r~ arlington, J.. .)? 4lr);44~I1 rim ,
vile'. '40. 4) Beard;1 Il)lnghmn IX.. .
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W. I4)4. .144 J ko ; i re '4 iren4o -it , 1;A
A lIi; i calters', . ). Blac aI; i o r \g
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Sj)aronbDiti i'. 1. 1141, ;-r,
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Clinten;ary Mi. A.V. W.nll; Iiua'
Neckoi, J. . Frie;n; Northk(' 'hub >ro,
L.i1 Wood;rlija n mt)4 sv4ille)4, 1. W X. it I)'l
Henuetts8vi 44 cirui~. It?, (1C Stoll;, (24!i,,
A. D. Gianet; Liurenir, '[. L. Mori;
North Laurons, J. C. Counts; Clinton,
J. E. Mahaly; Belmont, S. J. MoLeod;
Campobello, J. P. Attaway; Pacolet, J.
.d. Nevillo; Clifton, J. Attaway; Wofford
('ollcge, A. Coke Smith, professor; E,
U. IIodges to tho Los Angeles Confer
ence; 1. J. Guess to the West Texas
(onferenice.
IEPOIT ON RAILIOADS.
The First Annual Report of the iter.
Itate Com,niIssion.-A Very Interesting
l,ii tory of the ItallrotIs of the County.
'rho first annual report of the Inter
State Commerco Commission has just
been mado public. It fills 42 ages of
closely printed matter, in which the
work of the Commission since its origin,
the cfl'ect (if the now law upon trade
end transportation, and the faults and
defects are treated exhaustively. The
report opens with a very inteosting his-.
tory of roods in the ,United States. The
railroad mileage of the United States, it
is shown, is 137,986. The number of
eerporations represented in this mileage
is 1,425, but by the consolidation or
leasing of roads, the number of corpora
tions controlling and operating roads as
carriers i- reduced to 700. It is believed
that 1,200 roads operated by about five
hundred corporations as carriers are
subject to the law. The Commission
has as yet no statistics of its own collec
tion to lay before the public, but quoted
from a manual generally accepted as re
reliable, the cost of construction and
e<qupment of these roads which places
it at $7,25i,995,223, and estimates the
funded debt of the companies at $3,802,
't330. Some idea, the Commission
say of the magnitude of the interest
which the Act undertaken to regulate
may be obtained from theso figures, but
they fall short of measuring, or eveh
of indicating its importance. Comment
iug on the evils that have grown out of
and abuses that have grown up with the
ext.nsion of railroads they say: It is
striking proof of the recklessness of cor
l>orate management, that 108 roads rep
resenting a mileage of 11,066 are now in
the hands of receivers managing them
under direction of courts whose atten
tion is thus necessarily withdrawn from
the more appropriato ruling of judicial
bodies, nevertheless the Commission
fiels justified in saying that the opera
tion of the Act has in general been
helicient. In some particulars as we un
derstand has also been the case with
ui.mlar statutes in some of the States it
has operated directly to increase rail
road earnings, especially in the cutting
oil' of free pawses on passengers
trains and putting an end to rebates,
drawbacks and spooiab rates upon freight
busines. Freight traflic for the year
Jas been oxceptionally large in volume
and is believed to have boon in no small
degree stimulated by a growing confi
dence that the days of rebates and
iecil rates were ended and that open
rtes ott an equal basi; were now offered
to all. 'the reflex action of this devel
(m1) tnt of confidence among business
men !tas been highly favorable to the
roads.
The tendoncy of rates has been down
ward, and they have set down porma
uut advanc.i CCj)t when excesbive
oipelition had reduced them to a
l-oint at which they could not well be
Suntined, no destructive rate would
lim;ve orcurred, but increased stability in
rades [as tended in the direction of
.stahilty in general business. ''here is,
is ec ver, y,reat mischtief resulting from
from frequent changes in freight rates
on the part of some of the companies.
(langes that in soie eases it is (liticult
to ugg. st an excuse for. The report
closes with the following suggestions for
ainentuats to the new law: "Incident
ally in this roloi sonic need of amend
muenit has been p)ointed out. Especially
oughlt the la1w, as we tink, t>) indicato
in plain terms whether the express busi
ness and all other transportation by the
carriers named in the Act shall be gov
erned b)y its provisions. The provision
against the sudden rising of rates ought
to bie clearly miade atpplicale to joint
rate-i as well as to others. TIhe Comnmis
sion ought also to have the authority
and( the,means to bring aboiut something
like umfiormity in the mecthodl of pub
lishing rates which is now ini great cQn
fusion. andi to cairefully examnino, collect
and supjervise tho schedules, contracts,.
etc., requiredl by the law to be illed, as
well as properly t.o huandle the mass of
statistical information called for by the
twentieth section. For all these3 pur
p oses, as well as for others improperly
provided for, a considerable ad lition to
thle force employed with the Commission
will be indispensable. Other matters,
and p)articuilrly whether transportation
by water sliall be made subject to the
Act are submitted to the v:isdom of Con
gress without recommeinndation."
Thte l'atal TFree.
In 1K8:I, loi t Ga ies was a little more
lthan an Indian foil . Early in the
f.prinug of that memnorabile year, while
host ih Indi(ians thronged this seetion,
andl before they were reur oved by Uncle
Samu across the river abovo us, a part,y
of the troachierou,s wiretches stole uip the
t hen dlensely woodhed lie e of the TPown
hiranch, andj )ased out to the Bluffton
set tlement, wi lere they wvero met by sol
dit rs and t.hrashued back to their reserva
lion. du ist where the lufaula road
c-rolses the Towni lranch, a beautiful
spring bubbled fronm the ground, and
peopl)e in the vicinity (lid their wvashing
there. On the (day referred to ab)ove, a
lady was at the spring washing, when
t he red( miiscreants passeid. TIhey brutal
ly nordered her, and after removing her
rcalp left her body lying by the spring,
lier bleeding head pillowed on the roots
of a stately beech. Time has (lone its
wvork{.lie Indians are gone, scenes
have changed anid the towering beech
lems long sincee gone ti id(ecay, and onily
its worui-eatten stiinup reminsui to mark
thle spoit wvhere long years ago this sad
tragedy of dleath occurred. A friend
poin1tedl us to fle fatal spot and gave us
the above facts. 'The,y woero new and in
teresting to us, and1( will doubtless prove
so to our readIers. Truly, things have
changed.--Fort (aincs, (Ga., Star.
"W hat. are you doing now, Trholms?"
asked thlie Imiister, pat roniz'ingly. "I1 am
a w i itr for the press," said( the hidio proudIly.
"Inol, you are quite youn gfor that;
what do you wvrite?" "'I dilrect wrappers."
Iunct iounal (deraungemnent of the femnale
Msstem is <piiily eured byr the use of D)r.
I1. V. Pierce's "'Favorite P rescription." It
rceoves [il in nd restores health andl
strength. By all druggIsts.