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^ YORKVILLE, S. C.:
THURSDAY MORNING, DEC. 11, 1879.
KING'S MOUNTAIN CENTENNIAL.
The meeting of the delegates, on the 25th of
last July, at King's Mountain Station, for the
purpose of making arrangements for the centennial
celebration of the battle of King's
Mountain, 7th of October, 1880, adjourned to
meet in Yorkville on the 1st day of January"
next. The time for the meeting is rapidly
approaching, and we feel that we need hardly
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?naMi&the 25th of July, or others feeling an interest
in the celebration, the importance of a full
meeting 011 the 1st of January next. Not
only should there be a full attendance of the
delegates, but the gentlemen composing the
various committees, should, in the meantime
give the subject some thought, and come prepared
to report progress and plans, pursuant
to the resolution adopted last July. It is not
desirable that this celebration?the centennial
of the turning point in the struggle of our
ancestors for liberty and American Independence?shall
be merely local in its character,
nor confined to the States of South Carolina,
North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and Virginia?the
States whose gallant sons shed
their life blood on the historic ground?but
that the celebration shall be emphatically a
National affair, second only to the proposed
celebration of the surrender of Cornwallis at
Yorktown, as the event to be commemorated
in York county is only second in importance to
the final scene in the long and bloody contest.
Georgia and North Carolina are alive to the
importance of the occasion, and while we are
assured that these States will be well represented
in the meeting on the 1st of January, representatives
from every county in this State,
as also from all sections of the Union, are
earnestly and cordially invited. The result
of the engagement at King's Mountain is the
glory not alone of the States immediately represented
in the battle, but of all the original
Thirteen, and the freedom which that battle
\ wrought is the heritege of our common coun/
try^fropa the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Republish from the proceedings of the
*4eeting of July 25th, the following names,
V. constituting the various committees appointed
X^ppt that meeting:
* Executivecommittee?Col. A. Coward, chairjnan;
Capt. W. T. It. Bell, secretary; Capt.
J. M. Ivy, treasurer; Col. E. P. Howell, W.
*Waddy Thomson, Gen. Johnstone Jones, Col.
--* (\Petty, Col. Chas. R. Jones, R. Y. McAden,
Govv A. II. Colquitt, Gov. W. D. Simpson,
Gov^T^L Jarvis; J. C. Chambers, Simpson
^ in^^fcons and correspondence?Judge
1WI. WtC&ce, Col. B. McDowell, Dr. J. S.
Lawton, IA J. W. Tracy, J. W. Garrett.
On troops?Gen. J. B. Gordon, Gov. Wade
Hampton, Gen. Matt. W. Ransom, Senator
Z. B. Vanp^Col. John P. Thomas, Major C.
^L^gPCol. J. II. Rion.
Usance?Frank McGinnas, R. H. Garrett;
J. M. Hambright, Ira Hardin, R. E. Porter.
On transportation?Maj. W. J.' Houston,
W. A. Mauney, W. O. Weir, W. Holmes Hardin,
Maj. A. B. Andrews, V. Q. Johnson.
On, ways and means?B. C. Yancy, Col. I.
.D. Witlierspoon, J. S. R. Thomson, Rankin
Falls, B. F. Logan, J. S. Bratton, E. G. Byers,
Col. Wm. Johnston, P. S. Baker.
On historical records.?Rev. Robert Lathan,
Col. Moore, J. G. Ramsay, A. H. Stevens,
- Edward Cantwell, D. G. Stinson, A. Hardin,
ae? STSealiorn.
On a monument?A. E. Hutchison, Dr. A.
P. Campbell, F. G. Latham, R. P. Waring,
Dr. J. M. Miller.
On preparation of grounds?Dr. J. R. Logan,
Dr. A. F. Hambright, A. Y. Falls, J. A. Deal,
J. W. M. Harry, Freno Dilling, W. S. Goforth,
Emanuel Patterson.
PROCEEDING OF CONGRESS.
The Forty-sixth Congress assembled on the
1st instant. The Senate was called to order
by Vice-President Wheeler. The President's
Message was read. The President also sent
to the Senate the nomination of George W.
McCrnry, of Iowa, to be judge of the eighth
circuit. Mr. Ferry announced the death of
his colleague, Hon. Zachariah Chandler, and
. moved that the Senate, as a mark of respect
, to his memory, adjourn. Agreed to, aud the
/ Senate adjourned.
The House adjourned immediately after
the message was read before that body.
the Senate on the 2nd, Mr. Gordon iuabsolution
favoring the proposed
J N^HFgua Can^L Referred. Mr. Burnside
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reaffirming the Monro^rlQctrine in connection
with the proposed Darien Canal, and proceeded
to speak, thereon. At the conclusion
-Of his remarks, the Senate went into executive
session, and when the doors were reopened,
adjourned.
In the House, a resolution, offered by Price,
of Iowa, declaring it to be the opinion of the
House that no change should be made in the
currency laws at the present session of Con;
gress, was referred, as was aJso a joint resolution
introduced by Ellis, of Louisiana, pledging
the protection of the government to the
/"fticaraguan Inter-Ocean Canal Company,
when it shall have obtained a grant from the
Nicaraguan government. White, of Pennsylvania,
introduced a joint resolution proposing
constitutional amendments providing that the
general appropriation bills shall contain
nothing but appropriations, and granting power
to the President to disapprove any separate
item without defeating the entire bill.
Mr. Fort offered a resolution opposing attempts
to withdraw or change the status of
any of the paper money issued by the United
States, or to re-cpen, by legislation, the currency
questions settled by the Supreme Court.
Mc Cord, of Iowa, offered a resolution proposing
a constitutional amendment to give
Congress power to regulate and protect trade
marks. Adjourned.
In the Senate on the 3rd, Hon. Henry P. i
.Baldwin, of Michigan, appointed senator vice
Hon. Zacliariah Chandler, deceased, presented
his credentials and was sworn in. Mr.
Beck introduced a bill to authorize the payment
of customs duties in legal tender notes;
also a bill to amend.title 48, Revised Statutes,
so as to authorize the purchase of foreign built
ships by citizens of the United States for use
in the foreign carrying trade, both of which
'wePe referred to the finance committee. Mr.
Bayard introduced a joint resolution that
from and after the passage of this resolution,
the treasury notes of the United States can
be receivable for all dues to the United States
excepting duties on imports, and shall not be
otherwise legal tender, and any of said notes
hereafter re issued shall bear this superscription.
Referred to the finance committee.
Mr. Ingalls offered a resolution that in the
opinion of the Senate, the present volume of
United States notes should not be reduced, |
and that said notes ought to continue to be
legal tender in payment of drafts.
In the House, Mr. Wood, of New York,1
introduced the following respecting the refunding
of the National debt: "Be it enacted,
That so much of the authority conferred
on the secretary of the treasury by the acts j
July 14, 1870, and January 20, 1871, to1
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refund the public debt to the extent of $1,500,000,000,
as has not been exhausted and ]
executed, be, and'the same is hereby modified i
so as to limit the rate of interest on the bonds
yet to be issued, as authorized by these acts, <
to a rate of interest not to exceed per !
cent, per annum." Without transacting any
important business, the House, at 1 o'clock,
adjourned.
In the Senate on the 4th, a number of private
bills were introduced. Also, a bill by
Mr. Merrill to facilitate the refunding of the
National debt. Carpenter offered a resolution
declaring that the resumption of circulation of
gold, silver and greenbacks as lawful money,
and the expectation that the finances would
not be disturbed by precipitate legislation,
hhd been followed by renewed industry and
general prosperity; that the successful conduct
of business depends upon a stable finan
cial policy, and that, therefore, in the opinion
of the Senate, any legislation, during the present
session, materially changing the existing
system of finance, would be inexpedient.
The Senate then went into executive session,
and after the doors were re-opened, adjourned
until Monday.
In the House, among the bills and resolutions
introduced and referred, was one by
Gillet, of Iowa, declaring that Congress is
opposed to any reduction in the value of
United States legal tender notes; but, on the
contrary, in favor of substituting greenbacks
for national bank note9, and that it is in favor
of free and unlimited coinage of the 4121
grains silver dollar. The House then, at
12.30, went into committee of the whole for
the purpose of distributing the President's
message. Having distributed the President's
message among the appropriate committees,
the House, at 2.55, adjourned until Monday.
In the Senate on the 8th, Mr. Voorhees offered
a resolution declaring that the Senate
had heard with deep regret the propositions
of the President and secretary of the treasury,
in their messages,'to inaugurate a new and uncalled
for financial agitation, and destruction
of the most necessary currency now in circulation,
and that the interests of the country require
free and unlimited coinage of both gold
and silver on conditions of exact equality, and
that it is the part of wise financial policy to
maintain the present volume of greenbacks in
circulation,"and to preserve their legal-tender
quality unrestricted and unimpaired as to legal
effect. Laid on the table to be called up
by Voorhees hereafter.
A *me8saee was then received from the
House announcing the death of Representative
Say, of Missouri, and both houses ad
journed.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? General Hagood has been nominated in
at least six different newspapers for Governor.
? It is said that the entire unpaid taxes in
Lexington county does not exceed five hundred
dollars.
? There is a negro man in Anderson county
who is said to be the father of thirty five
children.
? The South Carolina Conference of the
M. E. Church, will meet in Charleston on
Wednesday next, 17th instant.
? Several droves of Tennessee hogs were
in Greenville last week, which were being
sold at five cents per pound, gross.
? Governor Simpson has appointed Col.
Alfred Rhett, of Charleston, Chief State Constable.
? An exchange says of Gen. Mart. W.
Gary, that he is one of the richest men in
Edgefield, and pays taxes upon a larger land
ed estate than any other man in the county.
? Hon. Henry Gourdin, for many years a
prominent citizen of Charleston, died in that
city on Thursday last, in the seventy-sixth
year of bis age.
? At the recent meeting of the South Carolina
Synod at Rock Hill, five churches in
Fairfield county were transferred from the
Presbytery of Harmonv to the Presbytery
of Bethel.
? In a case which came before Judge Mackey,
in Columbia, several weeks ago, he decided
that a person is entitled to a homestead
exemption in personal property, whether the
owner of land or not. The case has been ap
pealed to the Supreme Court.
? Hon. John H. Evins did not leave his
home in Spartanburg until last Thursday,
on account of illness in his family, and consequently
was not in his seat on the first days
of the session of Congress.
? Rev. A. W. Lamar, well known in South
Caroliua as the General Agent and Secretary
of the State Baptist Convention for several
years, has resigned that position and accepted
a call to the pastorate of the Camden Baptist
Church.
? Paris Simkins, colored, in the days of
Radicalism a member of the Legislature from
Edgefield county, has been appointed, by the
internal revenue authorities at Washington,
storekeeper and gauger for the District of
South Carolina.
? There is a man residing in the town of
Laurens?an old merchant?who has never
been to the depot, nor ridden on the railroad
since it was rebuilt, eighteen months ago,
yet he has done business in town all the time,
and was once a conductor, in antebellum days,
on said road.
? Ex-Judge Wiggin died at his residence
in Beaufort, on Wednesday of last week. He
was a native of New Hampshire, and came
to South Carolina with the Federal army at
the close of the war. He was elected to the
bench by the black combination in the Legislature
which elected Whipper and Moses.
? A number of persons who emigrated to
Texas from Lancaster county, have returned
after remaining about one year. They represent
that the lands in Texas, on an average,
are not any better than those in South Carolina,
while the disadvantages as to health,
water, society, comfort, &c., are ten times
worse.
? Mrs. Sarah Stoney died at the residence
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01 ner SOn-lU-iaw, mi. xuiuuiciuu uicnaii, at
Glenn Springs, Friday, 28th ultimo. She :
was passing from one room to another of low- j
er elevation, and fell at full length on the i
floor, striking her cheek, which injured her j
so much that she died soon after. Her age '
was about 75 years.
? In consequence of his election as Presi-1
dent of the Charlotte, Columbia and \ugusta ;
Railroad Company, Judge A. C. Haskell, on
Friday last, tendered his resignation as one of
the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court,'
to take effect immediately. The resignation
has been accepted, and the duty of filling the
vacancy will devolve upon the Legislature;
now in session. !
? The case against the South Carolina
Railroad Company, for foreclosure of mortgage,
came up before the United States Cir* j'
cuit Court, in Charleston, on Monday last, for 1
a full hearing and a final decree, on which , '
an appeal to the Supreme Court might be' 1
based. The Court refused to grant the mo- 1
tion on the ground that no final decree could j
be made until all the creditors had been call- <
ed in. A referee will be appointed before' 1
fi
whom the creditors will be summoned to
prove their claims, and the case will be presented
for final hearing at the April term.
An order was granted permitting the receiver 1
Df the road to tender bills of the bank of the '
State of South Carolina in payment of State
taxes, and to litigate points of law thus .
raised.
? No definite action has been taken by the
legislature in regard to the election of a Chief
Justice. The resignation of Associate Justice
Haskell has created a vacancy about
which there is no doubt. There are several
candidates for this position, prominent among
whom are Gen. Samuel McGowan, of Abbe
ville; Judge W. H. Wallace, of Union;
Judge Kershaw, of Camden; and Judge
Pressley, of Charleston.
? Frederick Schmidt, of Columbia, brought
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suit against ur. ji?. ts. iurmpseeo. ror me recovery
of his arm, which the Doctor amputated
in April, 1878. The petitioner is a Roman
Catholic, and wanted his arm to receive
a Christian burial. The Doctor wanted it
for scientific purposes, and had preserved it
in alcohol, and declined to surrender it uuless
he was reimbursed the cost of preparation,
some six dollars. On the advice of the Court,
Schmidt paid the money and had the satis
faction of burying his arm'.
?The United States Circuit Court met in Columbia
on Monday of last week, but adjourned
without disposing of any business, in consequence
of the fact that under the Act of March
3, 1879, allowing the defendant the right of
appeal in all the criminal cases where the penalty
was over three hundred dollars, all revenue
and other cases other than the election
cases on the docket, should be remitted to the
District Court. Otherwise, the defendants
would be deprived of their right of appeal under
the statute. This relieves the Circuit
Court of nearly all the criminal business.
There were a number of civrf cases on the
docket, all of which go over to the April
term. The Circuit Court is now sitting in
Charleston.
? A fire occured in Greenville about three
o'clock on Sunday morning last, which de
stoyed the Academy of Music, recently completed,
the drug stock of Sloan & Brothers,
the grocery stock of Sloan, Luce & Taylor,
and other valuble property contained in the
building, and the three stores underneath it.
As far as can be ascertained, the losses are
as follows: Building and furniture, owned
by Cagle & Co., $35,000; insurance $18,000.
Sloan, Lee & Taylor, stock, s?,uuu; insur
ance $4,500. Sloan Bros., stock, $7,000;
insurance $3,000. F. W. Poe & Co.,. damages
about $500; fully insured. W. E. Speir,
furniture, Ac., $1,000; no insurance. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
? The regular annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad Company, was held in Columbia
on Wednesday of last week. The directors
submitted their annual report for the
year ending the 30th September, 1879, making
the following exhibit: Gross earnings
$478,491.61, expenditures $437,491.72, net
earnings $40,526.89. The business of the
present year has netted $84,959 81 over that
of 1878. The profit and loss account shows
$105,121.89 to the credit, and the increase of
trade of the towns and villages tributary to
the road gives good promise of the future
prosperity of the road. The debt of the company
represented in bonds, bills payablp, accounts,
Ac , is $2,639,043.41, and the amount
of capital stock outstanding liable for dividends,
$2,392,000. Col. J. B. Palmer, who
has held the office of President for the past
seven years, tendered his resignation, which
was accepted, and Judge A. C. Haskell, Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court, was
elected to supply the vacancy. The resignation
of Col. Palmer will not take effect until
the 15th instant, at which date Judge Has
kell will enter upon the discharge of his duties.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
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North Curolina met in Greensboro last Tuesday.
? The colored people's fair, held at Raleigh,
is pronounced a success. The clear re
ceipts, after deducting expenses, amount to
8500.
? A fire occurred in Winston on Monday
of last week, completely destroying the Joyner
Row, composed of the handsomest stores
in the place.
? Says the Asheville Journal: About three
weeks ago, Long Tom Wilson, of Cane River,
Yancy county, killed four bears (fully grown")
in one day. Two of them were trapped, and
the other two were treed and shot.
? Mr. C. M. Pendleton, long known among
the profession as "Uncle Mace," and probably
the oldest printer in North Carolina,
died recently in Thomasville, aged 78. He
was formerly one of the owners of the Salisbury
Watchman.
? The Winston Sentinel says that the administrator
of R. L. Patterson, deceased, has
received a letter from the vice-president of
the .Etna Life Insurance Company, declining
to pay the policy issued to Col. P. by the
company. Litigation will be the consequence.
The policies iu this company on Mr. Patterson's
life amounted to $60,000.
? The following are the revenue statistics
of the Statesville collection district for November,
gathered from the collector's office:
Collections for the month $52,224,52; eighteen
illicit distilleries broken up ; 12,900 gallons
of beer destroyed; 323 gallons of crooked
whiskey seized; tax paid on and shipped
from the dristrict, 41,675 gallons during the
month.
MERE-MENTION.
The East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad
has taken a lease of the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad for a period of twenty
years. The lessees guarantee the payment
of seven per cent, interest on $4,225,000 of
the bonds of the road. Fifty thousand
acres of land in Palo Pinto counties, Texas,
have just been purchased by a French capitalist
for colonization purposes. France
has spent $200,000,000 since the German
war in re-arining. There are eight newspapers
in the United States which claim to
be over one hundred years old. Gen. Jos.
E. Johnston emphatically denies having any
? -!xU nrnnncjorl
connection witn ui i^iuaun^ buo
scheme of providing the office of CaptainGeneral
for Grant. The tobacco crop
of the country this year will be 25 per cent,
less than last year. The amount of taxable
property returned by Georgia negroes
this year amounts to 85,182,398. A Chicago
man claims to have invented a machine
by which he makes water burn. Two i
hundred and fifty colored emigrants from :
North Carolina passed through Washington '
the other day on their way to Indiana. The 1
widow of the late R. N. Caldwell, of Greens- !
boro, N. C., destroyed her life by drowning (
berself in a well on Saturday night last, j
Mrs. Caldwell had been in a melancholy state ,
)f mind ever since the death of her husband, j
;wo years ago. <
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ZiOCAXi AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Christmas at Kennedy Brothers <fe Barron's.
M. Strauss?Good News.
T. M. Dobson?Bargains, Bargains, Bargains.
Mrs. Fannie L. Dobson?Ladies' Ready-Made
Clothing.
J. C. Kuykendal?Read a Christmas Paragraph.
J. A. McLean, Judge of Probata?Application for
Homestead?Sarah E. Davis, Applicant.
A. Williford, Rock Hill?House and Lot for
Rent.
R. H. Glenn?Sheriff's Sales.
J. N. Roberts?Beef Market.
TRIAL JUSTICE APPOINTED.
Governor Simpson has appointed R. LeRoy
Crook, a Trial Justice for York county, in
place of D. T. Lessley, Esq., resigned.
THE HOME CIRCLE.
We received a visit last Friday morning
from Mrs. J. E. Britton, editress of the Home
Circle, a deserving literary paper conducted by
her in Charleston.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. At
a meeting of Yorkville congregation of
the Presbyterian Church last Monday evening,
Rev. Taylor Martin was chosen to minister to
the congregation as stated supply. It is not
known as yet whether he will accept the call.
GOOD COTTON YIELD.
Mr. Joseph Herndon informs us that from
6^ acres lie lias picked 7 bales 01 cotton, averaging
403 pounds to the bale. Three acres of.
the land is of good quality, and the remainder
poor hillside. lie manured it all equally, applying
175 pounds of fertilizer to the acre.
MASONIC ELECTION.
At the December Communication of Philanthropic
Lodge, No. 78, A. F. M., the following
persons were elected officers for the ensuing
yean
C. E. Silencer, W. M.; H. W. Hope, 8. W.;
J. R. Gardner, J. W.; W." T. Barron, Treasurer;
H. C. Strauss, Secretary.
SUPREME CfOURT DECISION.
In the case of J. Wister Allison vs. Thomas'
M. Whitesides, which went up from the Circuit
Court of this county, and was argued before
the Supreme Court at its present term, a
decision has been rendered by the Supreme
Court, reversing the judgment of the Circuit
Court, and ordering a new trial. Opinion by
Mclver, A. J.
CHRISTMAS TREE AND FESTIVAL.
Misses W. A. McCorkle, B. Adickes, and
Mr. J. R. Lindsay, committee, have our thanks
for an invitation to a "Christmas Tree" and
Festival to be given at the Female Institute
building on Christmas night. The entertainments
are given by the ladies for worthy objects,
aud will deserve the liberal jiatronage of
the public.
COLORED BAPTISTS.
Rev. W. T. Boulware, colored, of the above
denomination, speaks encouragingly of his
work in the ministry, and of the progress
his denomination is making. Since his ordination
last July, he commenced preaching at
Mt. Prospect, near Susie Bole creek in Chester
county, without a member, and up to this
time, with the aid of Rev. L. Featherston, has
baptized 34 communicants, all members of
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mat uuurcn.
ATTEMPT TO* BREAK JAIL.
On Thursday afternoon, Miles Borders, colored,
a prisoner in jail, attempted to effect his
escape by boring through the floor of his cell
in the third story, with an auger which his
wife had clandestinely conveyed to him. Miles
was assisted by two white prisoners?Pughand
Reide?the former of whom is in jail for violation
of U. S. revenue Laws, and the latter on
a charge of malicious mischief; but the wily
sheriff detected them before they had made
mucH progress in their attempt.
Rev. C. O. BETTS.
The above divine preached to a large and attentive
congregation in the .Associate Reform-1
ed Presbyterian Church hist Sunday. This
was the occasion of his first visit to Yorkville
in several years. Mr. Betts was for some time
chaplain of the l*2th South Carolina Regiment,
and is kindly remembered by the men in Gray
to whom he ministered in hospital and camp.
In Yorkville he met several members of this
regiment to which he was attached, all of
whom were glad again to grasp his hand.
CHURCHES NEXT SUNDAY.
Services will be held in the churches next
Sunday as follows:
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. Thos. Gilbert,
Pastor. The Pastor will conduct services at
Philadelphia Church in the morning at lOj
o'clock, and at Yorkville at 7 o'clock, P. M.
Prayer meeting on Wednesday evening at 7
o'clock.
A^ociate Reformed?Rev. Robert Lathan,
Pastor. The pastor will fill his regular apI>ointment
at Tirzah next Sunday.
Episcopal?Church of the Good ShepherdRev.
R. P. Johnson, Rector. Services at the
unsual hours, morning and afternoon.
Presbyterian?Services at 7 P. M., by Rev.
J. Lowrie Wilson.
CAPTURE OF JOE MASSEY.
A correspondent at l orKvme, sevier county,
Arkansas, encloses to us a slip from the
Arkadelphia Standard, giving the particulars
of the capture of Joe Massey, ex-County Commissioner,
and an escaped convict from the
South Carolina penitentiary. It will be remembered
that he was sentenced to. the penitentiary
from this county in 1876 on conviction
of attempt at rape. He escaped from
the penitentiary September 10, 1877, and, according
to the Arkadslphia paper, committed
a murder in Brownsville, Ga., and was arrested
in Atlanta, and again escaped and fled
to Arkansas.- The Standard says:
He lias been in this State ever since, and a
reward being offered for him from both South
Carolina and Georgia, he was finally spotted
and captured as above stated. He was brought
to this city this week, and confined in jail, and
has made several attempts to escape here,
begging his custodians to shoot him rather
than carry him back to the scene of his crimes.
He confesses nearly everything, and is a sharp
negro withal. He will be taken to South
Carolina without delay.
CLUBS FOR THE ENQUIRER.
For the convenience of persons desiring to
subscribe for the Enquirer at club rates, we
publish the following list of persons who have
notified us of their intention to make up clubs.
They will receive names at $2.00 per annum,
the subscription to commence at any time, ojv
tional with the subscriber. The names of
other club-makers, as 1-61)01160 to us, will be
added to the list:
Jasper N. Roberts, Herndon's Mill.
Mrs. J. D. Gwinn, Clover, S. C.
Joseph Black, Black's Station, S. C.
H. K. Roberts Whitaker, S. C.
Capt. E. R. Mills, Rock Hill, S. C.
R. A. Rhea King's Mountain, N. C.
Col. W. W. Gaffney, Gaffney City, S. C..
T. Gib. Culp Fort Mill, S. C.,
Sam. M. Grist, Yorkville, S. C..
Geo. T. Schorb Chester, S. C.,
W. T. M. Beard, Hopewell, S. C,
S. G. Brown, Hickory Grove, S. C,
A.J. Matthews, Clover, S. C.
A. F. Lindsay, McConnellsville, S. C.
A. W. Ingold, Yorkville, S. C,
Mrs. M. K. Strain Etta Jane, S. C.
John L. Miller, '. Blairsville, S. C.
I. M. Faris Fort Mill, S. C,
Claiborne M. Smith, Rock Hill, S. C.
W. W. White Coates' Tavern, S. C.
H. Parks Allison, King's Mountain, N. C.
Mrs. M. C. Grier, Bethel, S. C.
Maj. Myles Smith, Clover, S. C.
William Dobson, Yorkville, S. C,
William D. Simpson, Blaekstocks, S. C.
D. T. Lessley, Coates' Tavern, S. C.
J. C. Saville, Pineville, N. C.
W. O. Guy, Bullock's Creek, S. C. i
W. II. Crook Fort Mill, 8. C. !
R. G. Whitesides Hickory Grove, S. C. j
AN OBSTREPEROUS INDIVIDUAL. j
The Charlotte Observer of Friday says that I
for several days past a man named J. C. Rogers, i
from Union county, (N. C.) had been hang-!
ing around the wagon yards of that city, mak-:
ing himself extremely disagreeable to wagoners
camping in these yards. On Wednesday night ;
iie so annoyed a party of wagoners from York 1
jounty, S. C., that they undertook to whip j
nim out of the wagon yard of Messrs. Schiflf
& Grier, where they were camped, and in the
nelee he cut one of them, a man named McCullough,
right severely in one hand. ,-The
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facts having been reported to the police, Officer
Blackwelder undertook the arrest of Rogers,
and he resisted to such an extent that it was
found necessary to knock him down. Even
this did not cool him off, and help was called
in, when a rough-and-tumble fight ensued.
The services of five or six persons were necessary
to get the obstreperous individual to the
lock-up, so furious was his resistance, and once
lodged there he manifested a purpose to make
a wreck of the building. With powerful force
he tore tightly nailed boards from the walls
of the cell, and acted so violently in other respects,
that for safety he was afterwards transferred
to the jail. He is supposed to be insane
from the effects of excessive* drinking,
THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE.
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Monday, ueceraoer i, io/?.
In the Senate, the bill relinquishing a
bequest of $3,000 to the heirs of John Blair,
passed to a third reading.
The bill to establish a uniform system of
registration of births, marriages and deaths,
was recoraihitted.
Owing to the absence of the chairman of
the judiciary committee, the Crittenden and
Taft Penitentiary resolutions were deferred
until Tuesday..
In the House, the Senate committee to
appoint a joint committee on amendments to
the constitution, was referred to the judiciary
committee.
Mr Simons introduced a J)ill to establish a
system of registration of births, marriages
and deaths. . .
Mr. Morrison introduced a bill to require
county commissioners to publish certain reports
before the sitting of each term of court.
Mr. Kennedy introduced a bill to provide
artificial legs for soldiers of the late war.
Mr. Moody introduced a bill to pension
maimed South Carolina soldiers in the late
war.
Mr. Chase introduced a bill to forbid the
running of freight trains, and to regulate the
running of passenger and mail trains on Sunday.
The bill to provide for the establishment
of new school districts in the several cities
and towns and incorporated villages of the
State, and to authorize the levy and coll. ction
of special taxes therein, was taken up for a
second reading, and after discussion, was made
the special order for 12 M. ou Friday.
Tuesday, December 2.
In the Senate, the unfavorable report on
a bill to provide for the holding of a convention,
was adopted.
The two sets of resolutions in regard to
the treutment o:' penitentiary convicts, came
up for consideration?one set, offered by Mr.
Crittenden, referring the matter to the penitentiary
committee, and the other a t offered
by Mr. Taft, referring it to a special committee.
Both sets of resolutions having been
read by the clerk, Mr. Crittenden moved that
as these two resolutions looked to the same
object, they should be discussed together.
Mr. Taft objected on the ground that they
did not look to ;;he same end: both could not
be adopted.
Mr. Critteuden was in favor of the fullest
investigation ; that it was due to the parties
in charge that it should go forth to the world
that it was on the testimony of the convicts
themselves that these charges of cruelty,
&c., had been made in a prominent journal.
Moreover, he would not forestall the guilt or
innocence of any one; that the committee on
the penitentiary, from their large acquaintance
with the onvicts and with the working
of the system, were eminently fitted to investigate
this matter, and could more thoroughly
and in a shorter time do so than any special
committee.
Mr. Taft said: I wish to state at the outset,
that I propose to discuss this whole matter
with malice to none and charity to all. It is
a burning shame that for eighteen months the
Legislature has done nothiug. The matter
has been glossed over. A year ago last summer
convicts were returned unable to walk,
and yet no protest had appeared excepting -in
the columns cf the New and Courier. It is
true that the Superintendent of the Penitentiary
had been invited to examine into the
facts of the case, and that, theoretically, he had
done so.- The parties implicated had dined
him and wined him; they had made a speech
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and he had made a speecn, aim ine euu ui n
all was that he had declared that it was all
right Perhaps it was thought that I desired
to create a little campaign thunder; I desire
no such thing. What I do desire is that these
outrages be inquired into and the perpetrators
be punished. I make war on the whole
system. The Senator from Greenville owes
it to himself that these outrages be redressed.
To dav, five or six correspondents of leading
Northern journals are waiting to see what
this Senate will do.
Mr. Crittenden here interrupted the Senator
from Charleston to ask him if his resolution
had not taken sufficiently high grounds.
Mr. Taft?I make great objection, and I
think I can show that they are words only.
It has been rumored that it won't do to allow
my resolution to succeed ; that it must go to
the committee on the penitentiary and be
there smothered. Of what use is the resolution
of the Senator from Greenville, when the
existing law covers the whole ground ? Why
say "it shall be the duty of the AttorneyGeneral
to prosecute," &c., when the law distinctly
says that such is his duty? Again,
not in a single instance has the coroner done
his duty. The Solicitor has failed, the Attorney
General has failed, all have failed to
do their duty as by. law prescribed, and yet
we have a resolution to ask the Attorney Gen|
eral to go ahead ! But I might continue for
hours giving reasons for this investigation. I
oppose Senator Crittenden's resolution because
fts object is to bury this matter. I am
opposed to the penitentiary committee being
made the investigators, as they are wedded to
this iniquitous system. I want a committee
that is not tied down to that system and that
has not placed itself on the record that it is
so tied down. I do not desire to make politi1
if irnn dnn'l odnnf mv rPflnll).
Ctti capital) uiit 11 j\ju uv/u v uuvj/w J
tion, I warn you that I shall do so, and so
also will my party. If the Senate adopts my
resolution, all well and good; if the other,
the investigation will never take place.
Mr. Maxwell, of Abbeville, replied at
great length from a written paper, in which
the specific charges that appeared in the
columns of the iVeuw and Courier were specifically
replied to and combatted by counter
evidence.
Mr. Crittenden did not propose to be putin
a false position by the Senator from Charleston.
He had yet to meet a single Senator
who desired to have this matter smothered.
Mr. CoIHds followed, and made a few remarks
in support of the resolution of Mr.
Taft.
Mr. Crittenden moved that Mr. Taft's resolution
be laid on the table.
Mr. Gary moved to refer both resolutions
to th^committee on the penitentiary.
Mr. Crittenden objected to Mr. Gary's motion,
and moved that his resolution be substituted
for Mr. Taft's.
Mr. Gary said he would as soon vote for
one resolution as the other. He could see
no difference between them.
Mr. Wylie remarked that the Senate was
not to be so vilely used as to be made the
avenue for the injection of political thunder.
Mr. Todd moved that the Senate do adadjourn.
The Senate was equally divided and
the motion was lost.
Mr. Gary withdrew his resolution and
moved to adopt the resolution of the Senator
from Greenville, and to allow Mr. Taft's resolution
to have free course. Mr. Taft sought to
make political capital, but, like Caesar, disclaimed
all such intent He would put both
resolutions in the same mill.
Mr. Taft moved to lay Mr. Crittenden's
resolution on the table.
Mr. Lipscomb?I do hope the Senate will
stop this thing. It is just doing exactly what
Mr. Taft wants. Adopt his resolution and
adopt the other also. Kob him of his thunder?take
the wind out of his sails.
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Mr. Lipscomb moved to allow Mr. Taft to G
amend bis resolution and to adopt it and to [j
lay Mr. Crittenden's resolution on the table, ai
Mr. Gary intended to stand by Mr. Critten- v
den's resolution. ^
Mr. Brad ley'8 motion to postpone the con- tl
sideration of these resolutions until to-morrow
was lost. # o
Mr. Taft withdrew his motion to indeBnite- if
ly postpone Mr. Crittenden's resolution. r
Mr. Gary's motion to lay on the table M..
Taft's resolution was adopted, with t\)T un- *
derstanding that it was to be taken up at e
some future time.
In the House, Mr. Beasley introduced a t
bill imposing a tax and prescribing the mode t
of collecting the same.-oh the privilege of a
selling wine, alcohol and malt liquors within a
the limits of the State. -This bill provides for 1
the use of the bell punch. o
Mr. Watts introduced a bill to require a e
special license for dogs. u
The unfavorable report of the committe on
the judiciary on a bill to prevent the carry- f
ing of concealed weapons and providing pun- \
ishment therefor, was made the special order c
for Tuesday next at 12 M. 1
The bill to regulate the sale of patent raed c
icines and other compounds, the composition 1
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auu uivuc \ji |/ib|iui?n?vu v? (tuivm ?v ..~y |
was recommitted. The object of the bill is to
compel those preparing aud selling such
preparations, to state their components upon
the face of the package. It was recommitted
for the insertion of a penalty for making such
| statements falsely.
I The ways and means committee reported
favorably on joint resolution paying balance
| of Gen. R. H. Anderson's salary to his widow,
and on a bill to pension maimed.soldiers of
the late wur.
The same committee, to whom were referred
resolutions requiring them to inquire into
the expediency of collecting all taxes at one
time, reported that they deemed it inexpedient
to make such change. Report agreed to.
The committee on privileges and elections
repotted favorably on a bill to repeal the
"two hox" election law.
The committee on the judiciary reported
favorably on bill abolishing referees and creating
the office of master in certain counties.
The medical committee reported favorably
on bill to provide artificial limbs for maimed
soldiers.
The bill to establish a new school district
in Chester county, and authorizing the levy
of a special tax therefor, passed its third
reading and was sent to the Senate.
A bill for the further protection of religious
meetings (designed principally to prevent the
running of railroad trains to such meetings
on Sundays against the wishes of the officers
of such meetings, and to check rowdyism)
was brought up, and Mr. Gaillard opposed it
on the ground that it would give whatever i
religious Doay nilgai oe in session iu uuy >
towu or village, or even city, entire control I
of the railroad system leading to it. Mr. <
Bradley recited the fourth Commandment,
and said that the members of the House were i
forgetting their religious training and en- i
cou raging the violation and desecration of ]
the Sabbath. Mr. Johnstone expressed his <
pleasure at the Bgatiments expressed by Mr. I
Bradley, and said that the bill would operate I
against people anxious to attend religious exercises,
from which they lived a long way. I
Mr. Murray had, in support of his bill, reci ]
ted a disgraceful scene enacted at a camp
meeting iu Anderson last summer, when row- i
dies were brought by the train load to inter- i
fere with and disgrace the meeting. Mr. i
Johnstone, in reply, said that existing laws <
covered such cases, and could be enforced. <
He did not think that this solitary instance <
justified special legislation,. The House theo i
agreed to strike out the enacting clause of
the bill. Yeas 65, nays 35. i
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Wednesday, December 3.
In the Senate, the committee on rail- 1
rorfris reported unfavorably on the bill to |
compel all broad gauge railroad companies in
this State, to use patent air-brakes on all
passeDger trains.
The concurrent resolution of Mr. Taft;
known as the convict-labor resolution, which
was productive of such useless discussion yesterday,
and which was laid upon the table by 1
an overwhelming vote, was taken up again (
to-day, and on motion of Mr. Taft, made the (
special order for December 16th.
In the House, Mr. Fickeo introduced a
bill to ptovide for the settlement of the consolidated
debt of the State in accordance with
the decision of the Supreme Court of South
Carolina.
Mr. J. P. Richardson introduced a concurrent
resolution, which was considered, agreed
to and sent to the Senate, to consider the expediency
of a change in the present Congressional
Districts.
Mr. Deal introduced a bill to authorize
William Howell and his wife, Hannah Harriet
Howell, to adopt and make their lawful
heir* Mary Carolina Howell.
THe committee on railroads made an unfavorable
report on a bill to prohibit the running
of freight trains and to regulate the running
of passenger trains on Sunday.
The committee on the judiciary made an
unfavorable report on a resolution instructing
the committee on the judiciary to prepare a
bill to abolish the office of trial justice, Ac.
The report was agreed to and the resolution
ordered to be laid on the table.
Mr. Gaillard, from the committee on the
judiciary, made an unfavorable report on a
bill to relieve the counties of the State from
the expense of maintaining persons convicted
of certain offences during their imprisonment
in the county jails; also, on a bill for the relief
of the counties of Spartanburg, Greenville,
Union, Pickens, York, Chester, Lancaster
and Chesterfield, which had subscribed
bonds in aid of certain roads; also, on a bill
to provide for the appointment of a Master
for the Sixth Circuit, and to define bis pow- t
ers, duties and liabilities. t
Mr. Simonton, from the committee on the t
judiciary, made an unfavorable report on a c
bill to require security for costs in appeals
from trial justices. \
Mr. McGowan, from the judiciary commit- t
tee, made a favorable report on a concurrent
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examine the constitution of the State of t
South Carolina. The report was adopted, the '
resolution agreed to, and ordered to be sent
to the Senate for concurrence. r
The committee on railroads made a favor- 8
able report on a bill to authorize and direct *
the County Commissioners of the counties of
York and Chester to transfer certain shares v
of stock of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow ?
Gauge Railroad Company, to the Boards of u
School Trustees of their respective counties.
The committee on the judiciary made a favorable
report on a bill to prevent the paying
or receiving compensation for weighing cotton r
in bales except by a public weigher. t]
Mr. McGowan, from the committee on the 0
judiciary, made an unfavorable report on a
bill to preserve the peace and prevent homi- ?
cides; also, on a bill to prevent persons from t]
carrying concealed weapons in this State with- a
out a justifiable excuse for the same.
Mr. Kennedy, from the committee on priv- ^
ileges and elections, made the following report, p
which was considered immediately and agreed "
to. Jj
The committee on privileges and elections, to U
whom was referred a resolution: "That the com- fi
mittee on privileges and elections be instructed to s:
inquire and report what offices, if any, to be tilled v
by election of the General Assembly, are or will
be vacant," have carefully considered the same, o
and respectfully report, that the office of Chief tl
Justice of the State of South Carolina will become o
vacant on the 31st day of July, 1880, being the si
time of the termination of the unexpired term of ?
the late Chief Justice Moses, to which unexpired S
term the Hon. A. J. Willard was elected on the m
15tb dav May, 1877, and that the present General n
Assembly are required to elect to the said office, ?
as the vacancy occurs during their term. But, o
inasmuch as grave questions as to the construe- p
tion of the constitution aud laws of the State in r;
relation to the tenure of said office, and of the ii
time of election to the same may arise, in order
that the same may be thoroughly considered and Ii
decided, upon mature deliberation, your commit- b
tee respectfully recommend that it be referred to
the judiciary committee of this House to inquire i it
and report upon the tenure of the said office of < w
Chief Justice, and of the right and duty of this '
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eneral Assembly to elect to the same. The comlittee
further recommend that it be referred to
le committee on offices and officers to inquire
r.d report what other offices are or will become
acant,aod which should be filled bv this General
.ssembly, and beg to be discharged from the Airier
consideration of the resolution referred to
lem.
The House proceeded to the consideration
f r bill (from the Senate) to prevent and punih
the intermarriage of races. The bill was
cad the second time. ' 1
Mr. Gaillard moved that the enacting
fords of the bill be sticken out, which motion
licited a lengthy debate.
Mr. Dargan said that so far as the constitu*
ionality of the question had been discussed,
he difficulties under the Federal constitution
June had been presented ; but that lis grave
, difficulty existed in our constitution, Article
., Section 39. I am opposed to the passage
if this bill because I regard it impolitic, unlecessary,
unwise and unconstitutional both
mder tber Federal and State constitutions.
Mr. Cook favored the bill; he could see no
orce whatever in the argument of the mem>er
from 8umter and other geutlemen who
ipposed the bill that it was unconstitutional* 1
t made no distinctiou between white and
tolored, and these gentlemen themselves acmowledged
that the bill was in its intent and
>urpo8e, both just and moral.
Mr. Massey?This is a Senate bill, passed
>y that body at the last session, and contin*
led by this House on accounf of a qpnstituional
objection urged by the gentleman from
Jumter. Since that time, we have had a deiision
from Judge Hughes, of the United
States Circuit Court of Richmond, Virginia,
sustaining the constitutionality of a similar *
ict passed by the Virginia Legislature, which
lecision, I suppose, has been read by the
nembers of Jhis House, aud I hope that it ^
vill satisfy them on this point There are a
lumber of States, North and South, that have
aws to prevent the intermarriage of .races,
ind none of them have been declared unconititutional.
Virginia and North Carolina
lave such laws; hence (he great necessity of
luch a law in South Carolina; especially for
bat portion of the State whteh borders on
STorth Carolina, in order to prevent this low,
worthless class of people from coming into
>ur State and manying. I don't know how
t is in other counties, and I will not underake
to say how many such are in York coun;y;
but I do know that in Fort Mill township,
wherein I reside, there are at least ?
;wenty five or thirty white women living with
jolored men as husbands, and every one of
.hem have come from North Carolina, and
be colored man is the sufferer in every in*
stance.
About two months ago, a negro man aoiucted
a white girl, only 12 years old, from
tier parents in Mecklenburg county, N. C.,
Drought her over into South Carolina and
married her. Her parents fiuding out where
,hey were in this State, sent an officer and
bad them arrested and the man put in the
Charlotte jail. ^
Now, Mr. Speaker, if North Carolina has
i right to do such things, surely South Carolina
has a right to enact such laws as will
protect her own society; and the good people
if my section of the State, both white and 1
black, demand this protection. I hope the
bill will pass. *
Mr. Johnstone opposed the passage of the
bill. If, he said, there ever was a time >vhen
we should be careful in our action, it was now.
We have but lately passed from oppression
and a demoralized condition of public seoti-.
ment, from a condition of which we still'
ihudder to think. We should now carefully
consider where we are and whither we are
drifting. A late case carried to the Supreme
Court of the United States for investigation,
shows that a constitutional principle is involved.
The parties who carried it there were
not Virginians or parties interested in the
question, but a Northern firm of attorneys.
This shows the condition of public sentiment
at the North in relation to it. The uses to *
which the passage of an act^of this sort might ;
be put in the next election, are patent to all *
and of sufficient magnitude to warn us to
pause and consider. The fact that the question
is now undergoing judicial investigation
proves that the act may be useless, ana it is
scarcely wise to legislate' in the face of litigation.
Mr. Murray?It is- expected that this bill
should pass; it is right in itself, and the outddo
world would rMnwt us for doill? what WOS
right
Mr. J. J. Hemphill?I oppose the passage
of the bill at this time od the ground that its \
constitutionality has been seriously questioned
by lawyers of eminence, and a law of similar
import as this, enacted in the State of Virginia,
is now undergoing examination in the
Supreme Court of the United States. The
question of its constitutionality.has been there
made, and the decision may be looked out
For soon. I think it, therefore, unwise to pass
in act which it is gravely questioned whether
we have the authority to do, and especially
when we have notice that the question here
nade was undergoing judicial investigation.
[n addition to the above objections, the wis*
lorn of the measure at preseut, in a political
point of view, may well be questioned, but,
whether wise or not, it is clearly inexpedient
0 pass a law which might be injurious in its. t
: fleets, politically, and have it overulled by
1 court, and thus run the risk of all its disaa*
vantages and possibly reap no benefits; I
hintc aeiay win doe injure us, as uijr ibii.u iu
he white race forbids me believing that they
vill ever intermarry to any appreciative ex- /
ent with the blacks. /
The House refused to strike out th'e enact- -S
ng clause by a vote 22 to 87. * /
A bill td provide artificial legs for citizens/
>f the State who lost their legs during roilita/
y service in the years 1861,1862,1863,18<pl
ind 1865, was ordered to be laid on the table.
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Thursday, Decern beiv'4. 1
In the Senate, Mr. Duncan presented^ bill
o repeal an act for utilizing convict labor.'
Mr. Bradley presented a concurrent resolution
o extend the time for the payment op taxes and
o refund penalty for fifteen days from passage
>f the resolution. Adopted. /
The bill to authorize the Supreme Court to adnit
John S. Wilson to practice law without the
eqnisite two years' previous study, passed to its
bird reading. / '
The joint resolution to pay the claims of cerain
county auditors, passed to' a third reading.
In the House, Mr. Oonzales introduced a Dill
o recall all convicts now hired out, and to estabiah
a system of internal improvements and to
letermine the manner of the same.
The committee on railroads made a favorable
eport on a bill to require railroads to furnish con- ^
ignees an itemized statement of freight charges,
nd requiring them to settle according to the bill
f lading.
The committee on the penitentiary made a fa- ..
orable report en concurrent resolution (from the ^
leriate) relative to alleged cruelty to leased con- .
lets, which was considered immediately and
iniinimously agreed to.
The committee on agriculture recommended
tie extension of the stock law to all counties, the
elegates from which desired it. Report adopted.
The medical committee reported back the bill
eiative to patent medicines withont amendment.
The special order, Mr. Britton's bill, to prevent
tie carrying of concealed weapons, came np for
onsideration.
Mr. Blue moved tostrikeonttbeenactingclanse.
Ir. Britton opposed this in.an earnest ana effective
speech, urging the many evils springing from
tie practice, and necessity for vigorous legislation
gainst it.
Mr. Dargan.said that the practice referred to
ras an evil no one conld deny, bntall evils could .
ot be legislated against. No legislation conld
revent the carrying of weapons any more than
/vnuifi nrArAnt lvtno'nr Anfnrcs nersonal cleanli- ,
ess. Legislation could not reach it. How was
; to be done? Citizens could not be held liable
} search in the streets. The practice had grown
rom the war, and the chaotic condition of affairs
ince, and was diminishing steadily with the adance
of civilization.
Mr. Earle also opposed the bill in a brief speech
n much the same grounds. Mr. Walker opposed
le bill also, on the ground that in many portions
f the country weapons were necessary for the
elf-protection of citizens traveling on roads. He
[>uld not endorse such a bill until an efficient
tate and county police was organized. The cities
rere sufficiently protected by legislative enact:ents
and local ordinances. Representative T.
!. Millert of Beftufort, favored the bill. He, for
ne, always felt safe everywhere, although a Reublican.
He knew of no necessity for the carping
of weapons by anybody, under the existlg
state of affai rs.
Mr. John C. Seegers hoped the bill would pass,
f such a law had been passed fifty years ago, noody
would carry concealed weapons now.
Mr. Hamer favored the bill, but moved to lay
on the table for consideration in connection
rith another of similar import Agreed to.
The bill to prevent and punish thjTV^ ^arry?
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