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ESTABLISHED TN U COULDN'T AGREE. Raysor-Manning Dispensary Bill Passed the Senate But DIED IN THE HOUSE. 'She Lower House Declared for tbe Racker Bill, bat it Got. KiHed ia the Seoste, and So tbe Session Has Ended Witboat Dis penssry Legislation. The Senate and House it seems <could not agree on any dispensary leg islation, and so tbe session has.endrd with the dispensary right where it ? was when the Legislature first met in January. The Senate Wednesday morning read, for the second. time, the Baysor-Manning bill, and on . Thursday passed it and sent it to the Sous i for concurrence, which tbe House refused. The bid was sent to the House not to be voted'bn, but a* stated above for consur-ence, as the ?bill was rearlly a house measure. This status was obtained by affixing to the title oi the Morgan bill which has al ready passed the bouse, the body of the Baysor-Manning bill, which orig inated in the senate, and had never 3>een sent across the S'Ate house. Shortly after the senate was called to order on Wednesday morning Sena tor Btease of Newbsrry announced that h ? would not continue to bold the fl-or, as he had been advised that tbe dispensary bills were not in any -danger of becoming law and he thought tbe issue would be in the campaign, after all, during the summer. Senator ISfird, who made an unsuccessful mo tion shortly before to limit all speech ?08 during tbe remainder of the session to 15 minutes, offered two minor amendments to the Baysor-Manning bill. These were adopted but amend ments by Senator Baysor to eliminate the board of control from tbe bill were relected. The bill was thee given and aye and nay vote as follows: Ayes?Senators Bates, Bivens, Black, a L. Biease, E. S. Blease, Car penter, Davis, Dennis, Douglas, Earle, Uard, Hardin, Hay, Hobday, W. E. Johnson, W. J. Johnson, Manning, McGowan, McLaod, Molver, Peurifoy. Baysor, Stackhouse, Walker, Warren, . "Wells, Williams? 58. Nays?Senators Brlce, Brown, Brooks, Butler, tJarlisle, Hood, Hough, Hudson, Mauldin, Talbert, von Kol nitz?12. A number of senators Stated tbelr positions. Senator Hardin was in fa vor of local option, but now that the Morgan bill bad been killed, be be lieved tbe Baysor-Manning would re lieve the i present conditions, which lie oouid not eonse.it to continuing as they are. Senators Mclver, Bates and Holiday shared this view. Senator Hough, thought the bill worse than present conditions, while Senators Talbert, and Brooks, were against the dispensary and its bsing patched up. Senator Mauldin did not think tbe (bill would help conditions but Sena tor Black thought it would. A large number of senators, includ ing dispensary advocates, declared themselves against beer dispensaries and hotel privileges. The next bill aken up was Senator Mauldin's to "abolish these forms of the dispensary law. A direct vote was taken on the bill's passage and every senator in the chamber voted for it except Senators 0. L. Blease, Dennis, Douglass, Hay, Hudson, W. E. Johnson, Marshall, von Kolnitz, Waikcr, Warren and Williams?12. Senator -Carpenter did not vote, as he was out of tbe chamber at the time. The senator was of a mind to get through with all dispensary business possible, and Senator Warren's bill to have, a general State election and abide by the results for 5 years was .killed by a vote of 31 to 9 Senator Blease withdrew his bill, which was to rest tbe opening of dispensaries upon the decision of the mayor and <county supervisor and board of direc tors. The Mauldin bill and tbe Baysor Manning bill was read the third time, and sent to the bouse where they both died. Senator Mauldin's bill originat ed in the senate but the other meas ure, as said, was a house bill. Tbe last bill on the senate calendar that touched on the dispensary came up at the night session. This bill, by Senator Mauldin, was designed to prohibit manufacture of whiskey in dry counties aud to have t he delega tion kvy a special tax sufficient for that county, instead of having a gen eral taxes under the Brlce bill, tbe enforcement of law being done by tbe! sheriffs and their deputies instead of the constabulary. Tbe bill is along the lines of Gov. Heyward's recom mendation in his message. The senate refused to kill the bill by a vote of 22 to 14. Senator Maul din spoke for his bill and Senators Blease and Walker against it, but it was ?nally disposed of by debate be ing postopned. As this left no chance for it to pass at this session, Senator Mauldin withdrew it from the calen dar. This ended dispensary legisla tion in the senate for the session. THE RUC&KR BILL. On Wednesdav in the House Mr. Bucker called up his straight county dispensary bill. He did this, he ex plained, because the senate bad killed the Morgan bill and he wanted to give the senate the chance of holding the bag. Let the senate have tbe burden of keeping that bouquet on the Con gareo river. He would never see tbe dispensary in Anderson if tbe State dispensary was allowed to live. He A TJUMl! ST??Y. WOMAN DROWNED BER THREE CHILDREN AND HERSELF. - She Tossed Her Children from the Fall River Steamer Ply. mouth. The open door of a state room which had been occupied by a woman and three young children on a trip of the Fall Elver Line steamer Plymouth, from New York to Fall River, Mass., early Tuesday morning led to the dis covery that Mrs. John WatterB of Brooklyn, N. Y., had taken the lives of her three little ones and then her own. Mrs. Watters apparently had thrown overboard her two daughters and Infant sou and then Jumped after chem. Investigation by the attaches of the steamer indicated that the tragedy oc curred between midnight and 3.30 a. m., the' fact of tne state room being unoccupied having* been discovered Just before the Plymouth made the Newport landing. The woman left two notes addressed to her husband. Iu one penciled on the back of an envcl ope she begged forgiveness; in the other, written on wrapping paper, she said that sue "had worried" until she feared Insanity and could not b ;a,r to leave the children. -, Some hours after the arrival of the Plymouth at her uort, Dwight Brady tton cf Capt. James Brady, collector ot the port of Fall River, identified ar ticles found in the state room as be longing to his sis;er, Mrs. Walter*, who apparently was coming to Fail River to visit her relatives. Mrs. Wat ters was about 30 .years of age. Eer children were: Helen, aged 4; Dorc thy, 2 years, and*i.n infant son of ten months. ? PROSTRATED WITH GRIEF, A dispatch from New York says John W. Watters is manager of the insurance bureau of the nationol As sociation of Manufacturers. He was prostrated when told of his wife's death. To a business associate, Mr. Watters said that his wife had been subject to short spells of insanity and that she spent some time in a sani tarium several years ago. Mr. Wat ters said bis wife's troubles were en tirely imaginary and that their home life was always happy. Mrs. Watter's mental affection, which it was thought had been prac tically oured, took the form of a do - perate anxiety for her children. wanted the senate again and again I held responsible for the dispensary on the Oongaree. Mr. Laney thought this a pure waste of time and wanted the bill kill ed. The Rucker bill simply provides for the abolition of the State dispen sary and the option between prhibl tion and county dispensaries. Under this bill counties that have voted out tin disspensary have lithe chance of another election in May, 1906. Tne house, by a vote of 47 to 45 refused to indefinitely postpone the bill. Mr. Richards then moved to con tinue the bill. Then *he house declin ed to oontim the* bill on another yea and nay vote, which stood Aye, to kill tue Ruoker bill; nay, for the bill: Yea?Smith, speaker; Ardrey, Boyd, Brant, Brantley, Bruce, Clifton, Cul ler, D?sChamps, Doar, Dukes, Ept iQg, Etheridge, E. J. Faust, Ford, Gause Graham, Gray, Green, D. L. Green, W. McD., Gvles, Harrellvm, Harrison, Hlggins, Hutto, Irby, Kee nan, Kirven, Lanev, Lester, Little, McCants,'McColl. McFaddln, Massey, Miuldin, T. J. Nance, Parker, Pltt rasin, Pollock, Rawlison, Richards, Riley, Stoll, Turner, Walker, J. M., Watson, J. B., Webb, Whatley: Yel dell?50" Nay? Arnold, Ashley, Ballentine, Bass, Beamguard, Br?dham. Brice, Browning, Colcock, C ?thran, Dabbs', Divis, Ehrhardt, Etberedge, L. B', FiShburne, Frost, Gasque, Gibson, J. P Gibson, W. J., Hall, Hamel, Ham Hn, Harley, Hetnphill, Heyward, Kershaw, Lawson, Loftou, Lcmax, McMaster, Mauliln,L., Miller, Mor gan, Morrison, Nash, Nesbltt, Nich olson, Otts, Patterson, - Poston, Reaves, Rucker, Sanders, Saye, Sel lers, Sinkler, Strong, Toole, Tribble, VanderHorst, Walker, M. W., Wha ley, Wimberly?53. Pairs?Pyatt a&d Foster; Herbert, D. 0., and Green. Tne Rucker bill was then sent to the Senate, wqere It met the fate of the Morgan bill. So ended dispensary legislation for the session. The question will have to be decided by the people this summer. Killed Himself. At Macon, Gi., Cicero Taylor, a young white man, committed suicide Wednesday in the Rutland district where he lived, hv blowiDg out his brains with a 44 calibre revolver. The only message be left behind was a brief note to his young wife, tellinp her to be brave and take good care of their unborn child. He was 22 years of age, and had been man led abouL six months. For Survivors. A bill has been intrbducsd in e in gress to appropriate something like five millions for the relief of the fami lies of persons who lost their lives in the General Slocum disaster on the Hudson river, in New York, on June 15. 1904, when 1,030 perished by the burning of this excursion steamer. Light Ship Loot. The United States revenue cutter, Semlnole, and the steamer Compton went in Wilmington, N. 0., Wednes day night from a fruitless search all day for the Frying Pan Shoals light ship which was torn adrift from her mooring in Monday night's storm. O?ANGrEBirilG, I LASHED TO FURY: Hawthorne Pictures Senator ?Tillman Discussing the ?AILROAD E^TE BILL la the Senate, and Describes the Won derful Transformation from Lodge andjthe Isles of the Blest to the Storms and the Buc caneers. Julian Hawthorne draws on amus ing pioture of Senator Tillman ad dressing the United States Senate last week on tbe railroad rate bill. With the scholarly Senator from Mas sachuseets, says Hawthorne, we had been sailing long and smoothly on Summer seas. He seemed to be en acting the parts both of Youth at the Prow and of Pleasure at the Helm. The rise and lapse of his melliflu ous accents, as ha read his speech, and. at stated Intervals, lifted the ieaf from l?e pile of law books on bis left and laid it gently and accurately on the slowly augmenting pile on his right, seemed like the softly swelling and subsiding waves of the blue ocaan over which we voyaged. The Senatorial audience sat en tranced, with eyes half closed in dream comfortableness. The galler ies, graced with much that was femi nine and beautiful, sailed on serenely with the rest of us. Mr. Knox, keeping his eyes resolute ly sjir beneath his level and slightly gathered brows, gave his most courte ous attention. Other great railroad representatives ?^Toraker, Aldridge, Elkins, Gallinger?attempted not to opnceal the plentitude of their satis faction in the argument of the spokes man of the White House. The desks of the opposition were less well filled, but several of their oc cupants confessed to the spell of the orator. Mr. Tillman read pamphlets, but he was to speak after Massachu setts bad finished. The Isle of the Blest seemed near. All was well alow and aloft. The nation, under the aegis of tbe Executive, was safe. Tbe rate bill was an important, measure, but Mr. Lodge bad given the subject of rail way rates his earnest attention dur ing several months, and he knew, he might venture toubeliebe something aoout it. He had even gone so far as to unload bis modest holdings of rail way stock before beginning his exami nation, lest any shadow of self-inter est might oreep into bis point of view. He was explicit, after all this Btudy, in announcing that personal rebates were really and truly wrong, and must be stopped. But abl gen thmen, what a mighty and prosper ous nation was ours; and ab! again, what a mighty element of beneficence were our railroads! Railroads are the property net of a few baughty millionaires, but of mil lions of trusting and deserving stock holders, for whose benefit they are conducted. To injure railroad*, then, Is to aim a blow at the common peo ple. "Is any here so base that does not love the common people? If any, speak, for nim have I offend! And, do not railways depend upon the pros perity of the country for their living? How, then, can they ba suspected of working against its interests. ''It is preposterous," exclaimed tbe Senator, almost raising his voice, "that they should be suspected of be ing shortsightedly avaricious." And so, at last, he laid down the last leaf upon the four square pile and turned to receive the congratu lations of Messrs. Aldrich, Foraker and tbe rest of tbe men against whose interests the Hepburn bill is under stood to be aimed. It was beautiful; it was like the lotus eaters; and we were just falling into the Bweetest slumber when all at ones an awful thing happened. In the Senate Mr. Tillman is al most the only event that ever does nappen. Up he came from the dark some hold of our Snip of State, sav age and threatening, a freebooter, armed and fierce-eyed; a brccaneer, with a knife between his teeth and a pistol in either hand. The Summer seas passed away like a dream. The Isles of the Blest sank beneath tbe hor.zm. Tne clouds blackened the sky and the storm wind shrieked In the silken cordage of the rigging. Tillman had ripped the entire bot torn out of our craft, and we were sinking. ? Tne seas rose in fury; we were plunged headlong into them, swim mh.gly suddenly for our lives. There was no peace, no pros lerlty, no econo mic beneficence of natural laws. Sharks bit cil our legs, swordfish im paled us?water swallowed us whole. The nation was once mure strug gling in the grasp of the octopus They were starving, they were wronged, they were victims of an out rageous and destructive tyranny. And what a hideous farce it all was! Here was our President, who had this measure for the rthef of the peo ple so closely at heart, on whose coat tails we were admonished blindly to hang, in whose courage and wisdom we were invited to trust, who feared no foes?least of all railroads?here be was with his bill, and whom had be called into counsel with him to manufacture it? He had called in?shouted the bno 5. C, THU?SDAY, EEEI caneer, stalking forth upon the deck and menacing the Republicans with uplifted arms?two men who more than any others were devoted body and soul to railways.! He had called in Mr. Root and Mr. Knee: he had confided the drafting of the measure to their wisdom; to their tender mer cies had he entrusted the salvation of the people. Truly, Mr. President, this is a fun ny world! Infinite is the ridiculous ness of human nature! These are the advisers whom our brave and independ ent Executive summons to aid him in defending the masses against the ra pacity of the classes! But' Mr. Till man would feel a little safer in tast ing the meat?lest it have poison in it?hai it not been submitted to the cookery of such cooks. Something evidently had to be done; and Mr. Knox, clambering upon a piece of wreckage, was heard to de clare, in a bold, bardv voice, that never,, either directly or indirectly, he aoted as counsel for the Pennsyl vania Bailway. ".Well, I'm glad to hear you say itl" roared Tillman. "I'm glad there's a man I can respeot as not having been bought by a corporation before coming to the Senate to frame a bill against it. But I don't think it will be denied that Mr. Root has been Very close to railway intei eats. "And I Bay it is false to say that the railways always desire the pros perity of each region. I see too much evidence that all this pretended zeal for the people is apparent but not real. I see two hundred thousand miles of railways in this country, and they are under only five different ownerships, and those owners are so bound together- and interrelated that you c j tell them apart. "I am a plain, blunt man, and I say they are robbing the people. '.'Here's the Pennsylvania has suoh faith in the innocuous character of these thunderlDgs from the White House that they advertise in a New York newspaper a direct proof that they are acting in restraint of trade! They say, like the late eminent finan cier, "The publ'c be damned!' They are striving tooth and nail to get the President to put in a proviso that tbe courts may be appealed to and t^e decision of the commission be sus pended till the appeal is decided. They wont let him fly the coop if they know itl" \ At this point Foraker got his head above water. "Should there not be a proper provision for appealing?" he inquired. "What is a proper provision?" re torted the freebooter. "A just one," was the rej oinder?" "And does not this bill secure jus tice?" "I say it's a farce!" roared Till man, "and I ask you are you satisfied with it yourself?" "I don'c have to be," replied Mr. Foraker, sidestepping quickly. "Then I ask you whether you are going to vote for it?" his antagonist persisted. 'I am not," the forlorn-hope oham plon was obliged to confess; and South Carolina held tbe deck alone and tri umphant. But vain is it to attempt to report such a man. A combined vitascope and phonograph would fail in the effort. July we may be sure that so long as he holds his seat the public will have a chance of knowing what is going on?what is and what is not done by our Government. He talks right out in meeting; be has no reserves, no subterfuges or ambiguities. The galleries are en cuauted with him, tbe Senators both er j >y and abominate him. He is the great, rude, natural force asking ques tions and shouting out the awkard ess foots. And, in his own way, in in his action and his aspect, he is the true orator, the tribune of the pro letarlt. If aught in the State of Denmark be rotten he will reveal it, and under his manipulation it will lose naught of its aroma. The BjII Weevil. A dispatch from Wasaington says Mr. W. D. Hunter, of the Depart ment of Agriculture, who is in charge of the cotton, boll weevil investlga tlon, is preparing to leturn to Texas where he declares the problem of wee vil extermination is far?f rum bOlution. Our latest reports, said Mr, Hunter, show the weev.l last year has made his customary advance for fifty miles eastward. An unfavorable part of tbe present situation is that tbe late ad vance puts the pest in the lowlands a'oag tbe Mississippi river where conditions are most favorable to its existence. In Texas the low wet sections Stil ired most. In Western Louisana, there was a belt In which no cotton was grown, a great timber nett. Weendevored to keep the boll weevil from getting past this belt, but have failed. The Mississippi river can not be regarded asi barrier as tbe weevils have been known tolle twenty-five miles with a favorably wind, and as there Is much traffic across the stream it is sure to he carried in baggage. Along the Missi ssippi river is wtiere the greatest damage will be done. All the South ern States will be affected uuless some new thing is discovered. Killed by a Girl. Nora Taylor, 12 years old, confessed to shooting Wiufield Compton, the Norfolk and Western railroad brake man, who was shot from his train Wednesday at Nemours, Va. The child says that she was shooting at the train for fun, not realizing what tbe result of such pastime would be. She will be sent to the reform school. Discharged. The seven men arrested in Barnwell county last week on the charge of participating in the lynching of Frank and John De Loach, colored, had a preliminary hearing before Magis tr?te Moody on Wednesday and were discharged for laok of evidence to bind hem over. tAU?r 22, 1906. THE BOXER RIOTS Are Said to Be Imminent in China Against Foriegners. FEEDING IS BITTEE. American Soldiers] Are Held Ready. American Missionaries Are Notified To Keep la Touch with Certain Cities of Refuge Known as Treaty Ports. 0 E. P. Schwerin, vice president and general manager of the Pacific Mail Steamship company, whose busi ness relations with the people of China have been intimate for more than a dczen years, regards tbe situation in China with grave apprehension. He considers the manifestion of dis order as primarily anti American, but what sentiment of "China for the Chinese" underlying the eruptions, the trouble is certain, in his opinion, to spread and bscome an anti-foreign uprising that will make all other na tionalities excepting the Japanese to be subjects of attack. Speaking of the prospect of trouble, Mr. Schwerin last night said: "The Boxer uprising of 1900 was the one evidence of tbe ferment of anti-foreign feeling, but when order has been restored no people stood closer to the' Chinese than did the Americans. And as a reeult, our trade with China has increased by leaps and bounds since the end of the Boxer outbreak. But the anti-Amer ican boycott has not only cheoked tbe development of trade relations, but what has already been built up is now threatened. This is only the re flex of the active ana aggressive meth ods of certain labor, organizations of the Pacific. The clear intent of the treaty of 1894 has been perverted. It defined the excluded class but in re sponse to the constantly asserted lab or Influence the provisions have been buried out of sight. ''Then again, tbe laboring organiz ations on tne coast have applied the boycott, not only against Chinese goods imported into the country, butj againBt Chinese goods -imported into tbe country, but against tbe merchant who would buy the garden products the Chinese farmer in the coast states and tbe result has been that the Chinamen have turned the weapon upon the Americans, who taught them tbe example and power it pos sessed." The Presbyrerian board of foreign missions, in New York In consequence of tbe embarkation of American sol diers for tbe far east, in anticipation of service In Onina, has decided to keep in touch with the nearest theaty ports in case of trouble. The chief cause of anxiety, accor ding to the seoietary of the board, is the constant spreading of wrong ideas of the treatment of the Cnlnese in this country. Storie8 are being cir culated tbroug Cnina of the massacre of Chinese in America and' they have yellow j urnals just as we have them nere. But they have not the intelli gence we have and the stories have a greater percentage of believers. We knew of the the presidents inten tion to send troops to tbe Philippines weeks ago. "The treaty ports the missionaries may use as refuge places are Canton, Soanghai, Hankow, Hangchsw, Soo, Chow, Ningh Po, Tsientang, -Cnee Foo, Tien Tsln and Pckln. The ma jority of these would give a means of escape or refuge and by water routes. Ia all of them missionaries and their families would Sad high Chinese offi cials and foreign representatives who would be of help to them. But in many cases the missionaries and Americans are at such remote places tnat they could be easily cut ell and their only chance of safety would rest with the government of China and its representatives." One of the visitors to the Presby terian boafd of missions was Rev C. Charles Falrclough, a mi.-.sionary, who had just arrived from China. "Wnile It takes tim-a for the news of the boycott on American goods to traves from tbe coast to the interior, said Mr. Fairclough, "theanti-Amer ican and anti-foreign feeling in North China is very bitter, and 1 believe it is more bitter than it was at any time during tne boxer war. "Tne feeling was very strong when I left the Anhui province in Decemoer. Id was caused by tbe stories of ill treatment of Cnlnamen in America and tne exclusion law. In the exter ior towns the mercuants are sel'ing no American goods rather tnan have their countrymen know they have bad them in their possession. ''It is not the same anti-foreign feeling of the boxer trouble, it comes out of what they believe in patriot Ism. The Chinese are anx.ous to get their properties into their own hands. There are railroads, mlnirg and other kinds of syndicates developing proper ty in China and the men back of them are foreigners. Only recently I saw one of tnese syndicates go through all tbe stages of development In the building of a railroad line and at the last moment tbe Chinese rescinded all the rights given to them. "I was amazed to find a remarka ble liberality of views among the Chinese students in Japan. They cut off their queques, wear Eropean clothes and even talk about the necessity of a new form of government for China. There is a spirit of governmental revolution among them. A dispatch to tbe Tri cube- from Washington, D. 0., sayi: Thirty - eight thousand men of the regular army are to be mobilized at Manila for service in Obina in case of an up rising against foreigners in the an cient empire. Tbe war department has determined to send four regiments of cavalry and seven batteries of artil lery to the far eastern islands in add! tiog to the troops already ordered. The navy also is active and has di rected Bear Admiral Sigsbee's equad ron, consisting of one armored and three protected cruisers, to hold it self in readiness to proceed to the far east and report to Bear Admiral Train, commanding tbe Asiatic fleet. The navy department also has sent Instructions to Bear Admiral Train to take suoh measures as may seem to him advisable for tbe ade quate pro tection of Americans and tneiz inter ests. A gunboat of the Helena class which has been undergoing repairs at Manila, will be commissioned without further delay and sent to Obina for use on the Yang Tse Kiang. Bear Admiral Train has arranged wicn missionaries living in the terri tory transverse by this stream to hurry to certain points in case of ap prehension of trouble and upon arri val they wlU be picked up by men of war. 30LICIT0R8 SALARIES. They Are Fixed at Soven? en Hun* dred Dollar?. < In the House after the Rucker bill had been adopted Mr. Clifton took up the bill to fix salaries of solicitors. He wanted the inorease applicable to 1906. Col. Herbert protested against the increases. He saw no use for lt. ^ Mr. Clifton wanted all solicitors paid a uniform salary of 81,800. Mr. Laney thought 81,600 was a good salary and they received 8160 from the engrossing department. There was a dispute whether so licitors drew 84 a day whether attend ing session or not. Mr. Laney urged that the solicitors all received 84 a day for the entire session whether aft tending the session or not. He pro duced the record and showed that each solicitor was paid a minimum of 8160. Mr. Sinkler favored the bill to in crease salaries and Bald Mr. Richards favored certain increases. Others he opposed. It was too small an increase to worry about. The solicitor repre sented the actual civilization of the State and should be well paid. The solicitor should be ".well paid. The solicitor should be a man of character, f ores and ability. Mr. Richardson made a vigorous and forceful speech called for a halt in legislative extravagances. He wondered where it was ail going to stop. He said already the house had increased last year's appropriation bill by 8128,000 although the ways and means committee reported a.bill which carried less money than last year's act. Mr. Richardson is a hard and earnest fighter and Mr. Clifton says Hi tie in debate but be made a fine fight for the increase in solicitors salaries. Mr. Rlohardson urged that he spoke simply for himself, but spoke for himself alone as the ways and means committee had not discussed tne matter. By a vote of 31 to 56 the house killed the 81,800 amendment. The house refused to let the in creases apply for 1906. Mr. Hutto wanted to fix tbe sala ries at 81,600. Toe senate bill pro vided for 81,700 salaries for solici tors. On the motion to fix the salaries at 81,600 for all solicitors the vote stood 46 for to 55 against, and then the question came up on the 81,700 a mendment. Mr. Walker moved that the increase take effect on April 2, 1906, and this brought on another fight. The a* mendment was agreed to. Mr. Sinkler wanted the solicitor of the ninth circuit to receive 81,800 be cause nis solicitor was elected and made the contest with the under standing that he was to receive 81, 800. List. The bill as passed to its third read ing fixes the unlf jrm salary for solici tors at 81,700, tffiCtlve April 1, 1906. Foot Pad Caught. At Charleston Magistrate O'Shaug nesoy committed to jail Henry Sterl ing, a stranger, who is charged by the pohcj department with having been the man who held up Messrs. Siegllng and Spear during the past week, rob bing them of money and valuables. Sterling is six feet, five inches. Be has been walking on crutches, which the detect'ves say, however, he dis cards at ni^ht, when tbe hold ups oc cur. The man denies his guilt and claims thai be came to Charleston for the benefit of bis health, after a short stay in Columbia. He claims that bis spine Is injured and the crutches are necessary, but the police depart ment takes issue with him on this point. Both S.egllng and Spear Iden tified the mau as the party who held them up on Rutledge avenue. Killed on ltoad. Mystery surrounds the death of Mack Minor, a well known citizm of Scott county who waa found dead near Clinchport, Va., Wednesday morning, with a bullet hole through his head. The body had apparently been dragged some distance and thrown into a ditch near the roadside. At 2 o'clock Tuesday Minor went to a Btore and procured some cartridges. An hour later women living near where the body wa9 found, tes-ify that they heard shots fired. There Is strong evidence that the murderer was in wait for Miner and fired upon him as he passed. V $1.00 FEE ANNUM. 'downed hubbie. Result of the Elections of Dis pensary Officials. TAT?M EEELFGTED Commissioner Without Opposition, bot GL. H. Evans, Was Badly Beaten by Rflwliason. Black and Wylie Are the Other Members ot Board. The two houses of the general as sembly by some chance agreed upon an hour for holding the elections to :ill vacancies which will-soon exist in tihe personnel of the management of lihe State dispensary. There had been dlibusterlng over the proposition for a day or two and finally it was decid ed to dispose of the matter at noon Saturday. ' The result as to the eleotion of a (ihairman of the board of directors o the State dispensary was a great sur prise. Mr. H. U. Evans, the Incum bent, generally regarded as one of the most popular men in the State, ? was defeated by Mr. J. M. Bawlinson of Richland county, the vote being 103 to 3J. If all of the absentees had been present to vote, the ratio of difference la the votes might not have been af fected at all. This was quite a surprise to every one, for although it was known that the incumbent was sub ject to a severe cross-fire, it was be-, lleved bis personal popularity would give him a good start in the race. Mr. W. O. Tatum was reelected commissioner of the Statt) dispensary and Maj. John Black, formerly of Col leton, and Mr. Joe B. Wylie of Bioh burg, Chester county, were elected to succeed Messrs. Boykin and TowihY who were not candidates for .reelec tion. At 12 o'clock the two bouses met in joint assembly to elect a commission and three members of the board of di rectors of the State dispensary. Senator Baysor nominated Mr. W. , O. Tatum. This was seconded by Mjt, J. B. Watson of Anderson, who some time ago was spoken of as a candidate against Mr. Tatum?-although Mr. Watuon himself never announced his candidacy. There was no other nom ination and Mr. Tatum was elected. Tbe joint assembly consists of 165 members and there were but 128 pres ent and voting Saturday. For obairman of the State board, Senator Marshall nominated Mr. Jodie M. Bawlinson of Eichlaad. This was seconded by Mr. Haskell. Senator 0. L. B'easa nominated Mr. H. H. Evans of Newberry. This was seconded by Mr. laFitte. The result was: Total number of votes cast 133; necessary to a choice 67. Mr. Bawlinson received 103 and Mr- Evans 30. The voting was as follows: F:.r Mr. Evans?Senators Bivpns, Black, C L. Blease, E. S. Blease, Den nis, Johnson, von Kolnitz, Warren (8) Bepresentatives Browning, Bruce, Calllson, Colcock, Earhardt, E. J. Etheredge, Hall, Harley, Heyward, Higglns, Hutto, Keeoan, LaFitte, Nance, ParKer, Taylor, Tribble, Tur ner J. M.. Walker, J. B Watson, Wim berly?30. For Mr. Bawllnson-Sanators Bates, Blake, Brown, Carlisle, Davis, Earle, Efird, Hardln, Hay, Hood, Hcugb, Hudson, Johnson, Manning, Marshall, McGowan, Mclver, McLeod, Purlfoy, Baysor, Stack house, Walker,. Wells, Williams (24); Bepresentatives Ander son, Audrey, Arnold, Banks, Bass, Beamguard, Bradham, Brant, Brad ley, Brice, Clifton, Cloy, Cothran, Quiler, Dabbs, DdsChamps, Devoe, Doar, Edwards, Epting, Faust, Flsh burne, Ford, Foster, Fraser, Frost, Ga<que, Gaston, Gaus?, J. P. Gibson, Graham, Gray, D L. Green, W. McD. Greet Gyles, Hamel, Haralin, Harri son, Haskell, Hemphill, D. O. Her bert, Irby, Kershaw, Klrven, Laney, Lawson, Lester, Lomax, Lvon, Mc Cants, McCoil. McFaddin, MoMaster, Massey, L. Mauldio, T. J. Mauldin, Morgan, Nash, Nicholson, Otts, Pat terson, Pittman, Pollock, Postoo, Py atti Beaves, Richards, Riley, Rucker, Sanders, Save, Sellers, Splvey, Stoll, Strong, Tonle, M. W. Walker, What ley, Yeldell?103. ? Senators absent ? Brice, Brooks, Butler, Carpenter, Christensen, Doug lass, Hollloay, Mauldin, Talbert. Bap resentatlves absent?Ashlev, Ballen? tine, B >yd, Dukis, L. B. Eihereige, J E. H^erberr. W. J. Gioson, Glover, Hirreilson, Little, Lofton, Miller, Morrison, Ne^blt, Rawlinson, Sheldon, Slnkler, VanderHorst, Verner, Webb, and Whaley. For tbe two places on the State board, there were three nominees, Mr. Jos B. Wylie of Chester, named by Seaator Hardln aud Mr. Kirven; Maj. Joan Black of Columbia, named by M;\ Browning of Union and Mr. J. P. Gibson of Marlboro; and Mr. B. F. Dukes of Orangeburg, named by Mr. J. A. Banks and Mr. McColl of Marl boro. The result was. Total vote 137; Wylie 108; Black 90 and Dukea 75 Necessary to a choice 69. Two fimt named were elected. Fa tall v Injured. Miss Mary Lee, daughter of the late Colonel Bichard Lee, and a near relative of General Bobert E. Lee, was probably fatally injured in a run* away accident near Winchester, VaM Wednesday. She was driving a thor ough-red horse, which took fright and ran away and she was thrown oat of the buggy, landing on ber head and shoulders. Reports from her home near Boyoe Clark county say i there is little chance of her resovery^ ' \ . ;