The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, December 22, 1886, Image 1
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The following ne- ills wUre intro
ducel
Bill relating to ag.utumd ontrac
and prescibing a punishment for i:Iter
femngi. with such contracts; to reda
taxed costs in certain case; to atna
Section :,46t). (itenen1 Statultsr
to the criminal law: to regula. ter
of interest upon lan:sabl i
college of agrieulture aid tl Uchanie
arts, and to devolve the dutie. the Je
partmen~t of agricu-1lture upon. it a-nrg
of directors; relatiing to the cur on of
delinquent taxes; authorizing t r m
ing of the taxes paid by arn:' cot
ton listed for taxation In 1r86 from the
crop of 1PS5; to amend Section 1 i an
Act to change the time of listing prop
erty for taxat'on; relating to actions for
the recoverv of real property; relating
to the maintenance of bastard childr
providing for the adtmision of deaf mnutes
and the ilind to the South Carolina In
stitute for the Education of the Deaf,
Dumb and Blind; bill amenling the
charter of the town of Brunsoi.
AUDITORS .D TnEAS"Rs
The bill to reiuire the Governor to
appoint one and the same person to the
office of county treasvrer and county
auditor, and to provide .aaries for the
same in each county, caine u-p as un
finished business. Senator Howell led
an attack upon it. and the chief burden
of its defence fell upon Senator Patter-!
son.
.On Senator Moody' s motion to i
definitely postpone the unfavorable re
port of the committee the vot. resulted:
Yeas-*enators Alexander. Austin,
Byrd, Edwards, Erwi, Field, Moody,
3u.tray, Patterson, Sligh, Si&t, Tal
bert, Williams, 'Wingard and Wofford
-15.
Navs-Senators Bell, Biemai, Black
Crews, Howell, Kennedy, Mc2aster,
Moise, Munro. Reynolds. RL:Le, sink
er, Smythe and Youmns-1-.
Senzitor Mood's oill to re-lire the
Governor to appoint one and, 'he Same
ue-son to the Oflic of county treasurer
ind county auditor, and tv provide sala
ries for the same in eatch county, of
course provoked a tight. It ':ad been
unfavorably reported. Senator Moody
moved to table the report and take up
the bill. A general discussion ensued,
which was suspended by the considera
tion of the first sp.ecial order for the .
day, and the bill was afterwards post
poned till the session of 187.
TUE coL3iA CANAL.
liezre was <pie a ight over te Co
lumbia Canal bill, which was t-. 'pecial
order for the 13th inbt. Withut objeC
tion Senator McMaster scn red theu.
adoption of aran1tdments a ving the
whole appropriaftion f 0.1, to be
drawn from the State treasury an d re
funded out of the surphis earnings of the
penitentiary.
Senator Sligh oi*ere d an amnendnunt
providing that the penitentiary atr.i
ties build a check dam at the present
head of the Canal to preserve he work
Ircmi injury by freshets; that th -ct of
Colimbia have the option until Ma 1,
Is7, of accepting the State's interest in
the Canal; that the State -rant to the
* city one hundred eonv icts for- e iperiod
o"treyears, the city to pay for- the
ooclothes, guards, se- . eured by
thiem, provided the city give bond to
supply the penitentiary wit.h .90-horse
- power on the complein of the Canial
and further assume* Lhe State' lihability
for furnishing Col. S. A. P earce the
500-nors.e po. wer due hima by contract
upon the completion of the Canal
"Senator Byrd moved to table th?is
amendment. ~The vote resuited
Yeas-Senators Bell, Byrd, Erwin,
Field, Howell, Izlar, McCanl, M cMaster,
Moise, Moore, Murray, Patterson, Rey
npids, Smith, Smtythe,, Williams, Wina
gard, Woodward and Youmans-I.
Nays-Senators Austin, )iem ann,
Black, Crews, Edwards, Hemnphill, Ken
nedy, Moody, Munro, Sllgh, Talbert and
Wolord-12.
Senator Eigh next offered an amend
ment providing for the connection of the;
old and new canals at a cost of 85,00)0,
with a view simply'~ to xurnishing water
power to the penitentiary.
Senator Byrd moved to table. Adopted
by a vote of 18 to :3. The only change
from the preceding votc was th~at Sena
for Erwin voted "no.
Senator Sligh next moved to strike out
the appropriation of S1:2.000 and in-ert;
one of &25,006'.
Senator Howell moved to table. Car
r ied without a division.
After further de'atte Sem t.ar Talbeit:
noved to strike out the enaceting clause
of the bill. Senator Marray moved to
tal le.
Yeas-Senators UBli, Byrd. Field,
dowell, Izlar, McCall, McMaster, Moise,
Moore, Murrg Patterson.cenolds,
Woodward and Youmians-l .
Navs-Senators Aus'tin, Liemanu,
Black! Crews, Edwards, ErwinHm
hill, Kiennedy, Moa ly-. Mu'o, Rhae,
Sjligh, Talbert and Wolord-i.
Idenator Taldert then moved to dis
charge the hill and make it thle spneca
order for to-murr ow. Senator Smytahe
moved to table. eariied by a voeo
22 to 9.
The bill then piassed without . iveln
It appropriates iroX: tue sur-pio .re
fngs of tL'- p::it -ar .i Us o h
troseention of thevL h i~oitr~ua
piroviso is adided t C:la h penittio
directors are authorize di a- thi.
from the State trenetury, to be :eturned
when the peniteaLti.y arns the i ao nt.
On the questio' of the final4 pa.sage of.
the bill Senator Tailbert demanded thet
yeas and nays, is pr-iu motion to
.-ecomimit having. failed by ax voe f to
18. The vote resuled:
Yeas-Se-nators Uel, Un ist. yd.
Field, Howell, Mc astrr Mix, Nur
ray, Patterson, Rvenold, iRhaL, Seua
her, Smith. Smyethe Wika -s, W iir
and Youmtans-17.
2ays -Senatrs hx -,in
Biemann, Crews. Ed r .0ney
Moody, Sligh, Taned and~ W-orord- 11.
Senators Black. Ein Munro,. who
would have voted "n. wer pa ~ired w ih
uenators I;:Iar, Woodward and Moorv.
wh Io V.ol have voted ".Ayt,"
Sen'ator lienwhill wa, absent.
. L.: E:;S.' ro01 Do0s.
Seniator Talbert's bill proividi:g foi
the taxation of dogs and bitches'' was
much di.cus ed. Sir Taihert scorcd a
preliminu-y victory by securing the re
Lection Of an. uufavorable report. without
a divi on. He then moved to aieind so
. t J"rOvide for a c-licuse" of one dol
ar inotead of a "tux," the proceeds to be
Paid imto the county treasury for educa
tional purposes.
Senator Williams moved to ,rike out
tl.ie enacti claulse of the bill.
Sinitr Au,7stinii ioved to tai-le Sena
tor Win:ms's motion to strike out the
enactinu words if the bill:
Ye -nator Alexander, Austin, Bell,
Diemaarn, Byrd. Crews, Edward-, Erwin,
Mc Call. Mle~aster. 31oody, MIurray.
illhame, Sligh. Smythe and Talbert-16:
Navs-Senators Black, Field, Hemp
hiil, owe.l, Kennedy, Mnro. Patter
son, Reynolds, Sinkler, Smith, Williams
and Younans-13.
Several pro forma amendmcats were
made to the bill. Several amendmeAts
were defeated. The bill then passed
without a division. with notice of general
amendments on the third reading.
TFE UNIVERsITY TISTEI.
When the bill relating to the trustees
of the University was read Senator
Smythe moved to reconhider the vote
by which on the second reading the
Senate rejected the amendment adding!
the chairmen of the committees on edu
cation of the Senate and Hous3 to the
board of trustees. Senator 'Murray urged
that the motion was out of order, but
after discussion the Chair ruled that it
was in order. On the question of recon
sideration the advocates of the amend
ment urged that it would be advisable
to retain this provision of the present
law. Senators Murray and Edwards de
clared that it would make the board too
unwieldly, as the bill already provided
for nineteen members.
On Senator Murray's motion to table
the amendment, the vote stood on a
division 15 to 14. The bill thei passed
without a division.
:41i5sELLANEOUS.
The hill to amend the law in relation
to highways and bridges was amended
so as only to abolish the office cA super
ittendent of highways. It passed its
third reading in such shape as to exempt
the counties of Greenville, Chesterfield,
Sumter, Darlington, Orangeburg Fair
lield, Chester, York, Clarendon, Rich
land, Beautfoit, Marion and Laurens
from its provisions.
The bil to regulate criminal practice;
in the Courts of General Sessions pasd
its second reading after a light, by a
vote of :2 to G. it reduces the number
of peremptory challenges for defendants
in criminal cases, and abolishes much of
the unnecessary verbiage of indictments.
The bill to drovide for the payment
by the State of the expenees of :.1 prose
cUtions in crimiuatl cases provoked much
discussion. A motion to indetinitely
postpone the unfavorable report of the
coinmiiCe was adopted by a vote of IG
to 1:1, but soon after a proposition to
continue it to the next session was car
ried by 1T yeas to 14 navs.
The bill" regulating the taxation of
attorneys' costs in certain cases, and
prescribing the method by which an
attorney's right to additional costs and
fees under control of the Court may be
determined-went through withiout, op
position. with a provi.o that it shall not
apply to causes already commenced.
On motion o1 Senator Smy the one
hundred copies of the resolution in re
gardi to the Charleston Jetties were
ordered to be printed and distributed in
acco rdance with the terms of the resolu
nion.
Senators Smythe, MIurray and 3MeCallj
were appointed the Senate conferees on!
the earthquake reassessment bill
On Senator MIurray's motion the Sen
ate refused to concur in the House reso
lution in regard to phosphate royalty.
The Senate agreed to the House
amendments to the bill providing fo
the transportation of convicts to the
State penitentiary by penitentiary
guartis.
Senat r Sligh made a vain endeavor to
rescue from an unfavorable report hi
bill to give' physicians a lien for p~rofes
sional services, and the bill was killed.
Senator MIc3aster's joint resolution
proposing a constitutional amendment,
that the State superintendent of educa
tion shall be elected every four years by
the Legislature, was, after a brief de
fence, continued until next session.
The bill fixing fees for tuition in the
South Carolina College was amended so
as to strike out the clause requiringI
benetleiaries to teach two years in the
puli schools, and authorizing to sus
pend b'eneficiaries at the end of ainy ses
sien., and passed and sent to the Hous.
The bill to stay executions (thatis
p.roviding a Stay Law; till next Novem
ber wvas killed.
The bill to change the time for listing
taxab le property was killed.
The bill to reiveal the lien law was
p~ased to a third reading. The repeal to
take e~'eet one year hence.
The h ill to amend Section 20.4i of the
General Statutes was passed to its third
reading. This bil is intendled to punishi
parties or organizations (like the Knights
of Labor, from interferring with labore:s
The bill to abolish the oicie of 3Maste
in Laarenus county: was killed.
The bill to reduce the number of tria
justilces in iershaw county was piassed to;
oth eeal countie nay the costs of
crimnal pros cuitions was passed.
\ joint rpiltion passed, to extend
ine time or paymet of tax~es to the~ Isth
TNbi toprh .i settlemient of
criminal case$ " ith~outile conlsent of the
aira neral or solicitor, wans iiled.
A~ lil to make carnal know'ledge of a
va.ma chid under tihe a.'e of sixteen
ears, either with or without her c insent,
caial oniencee, was killed, on maotin
SeatrYoodward, by avote of 1f
A id t. give a lihn to owners ofXtl
us. ::. on the miar- served and their
.an wi postp ned to the next ses
. nt M3array's bill, relating to the
LItion of delinquent taxes. wa passedi
* a ot e of N to 14.
The ili 'o amend the Code o'f Proce
alate. was d.b:led iv Le lega
membhers and hi Ld.
Senator phill-s bill to nrohibi
cigIhting weithiu three mi:lestf an'
cli.er.e institution of k in thE
State p.aed by a vo te 19i to 12.
E<0N l~eDINS.
The following bills receivd their see
ond reading: To coi ier certain righ t. on
the Port Royal and Western Carolili
itailw ay C oiapunv, providing; fur tin
dis;i e~ition of cert an unlaimeud draft
in the bands of tlhe Colleton colty
elll 'missioners-; vaulii certain town
s and town sulbsriptions to the Cor
poraltion ,,ow knUow'n as the . utie antd
Nore twestern hailro id Company:
aei:: ng the e of I f1_Etawv.ilk
Railroad Ccam; relating to the com
pensUtion of oertain of the ulhcers of
Charleston colnir.
The Speaker appointed 1e-srs. Mose,
of Sumter, Brown, of Anderson, and
Brawley, of Charleston, the committee
of conference tn the Charleston earth
quake bill.
The House took up the ag-ricultural
bureau bill. and passed it without any
oppositiox. This bill is a substitute for
that introduced early in the session, as
the embodiment of the views expressed
ly the Farmers' Convention. Its pro
visions are as follows:
It repeals Sections 1, 2 and :3 of the
Act of 1879. "to create a department of
agriculture," &c., amd substitu-tes the fol
lowing in lieu thereof:
SEe TION I. The Souti Carolina board
of agriculture shall consist of ten per
sons, who shall be agriculturalists. and
be elected by the Legislature for the
term of two years, and until their suc
cessors are elected and qualified, a ma
jority of whoi shall constitute a
quorum, and vacancies arising fro:a any
cause shall be tilled by the Legislature
for the unexpired term. The board
shall meet for the transaction of busi
ness as :ten as they may deem expedi
eat, but at least twice in each year. They
shall receive no salary, but shall be al
lowed the sum of three dollars per diem,
and five conts per mile actually traveled
while engaged in the duties of tihe board,
not exceeding twenty days in ,ny one
year. The first election of tL.. board
'hall be held immediately after tae ap
proval of this Act.
Se. 2. There shall be held in the Ciiv
of Columbia, in the month of November
in each Year. an annual ieeting of the
South Carolina board of agriculture,
togetherI with a convention of delegate ,
consistng of live from each co:;uty or
ganization or society, 've froma the State
Grange and five foa the State Agricui
tural a)d Mechanical Society, who shliall,
for the ilme being, be memabers oi the
South Carolina board of agriculture, for
the ourposes of deliberation and cun
sultation as to the wants, prospeeta and
conditions of the agricltural interest
throughout the State, but they shall re
eeive no comptunsanon.
Sac. 3. Immediately after the election
of the board they: shall organize. by the
election of one of tieir number pre'-i
dent, and at the expiration of the term.
of office of the present eoniLssioner of
agriculture, and every two years there
after they shall eleet a commissioner of
griculture, who shall be an agricultur
ist. He shall be paid a salary of twenty
tive one hundred dollars per annui.
1ayable monthly, and shall -;ec b;.2d to
the State, with suretis con.titioned for
the faithful discharge of the duties of
his oflice, in the sum five thousand dol
lars, to be approved and filed in like
manner as the bonds of State oflicers.
He shall be empowered to employ an
eflicient clerk, whose salary shall be
twelve hundred dollars ivr anmuu:, rav
able monthly. The saiai board shall also
organiae ant encourage farmers' clubs or
associations, and holdt farm ers' institutes
wherever practicable.
The very limited discussion which en
sued after the bill had been read was
opened by Mir. Boozer, of Eidgeuield,
who opposed r. motion to amend the
third section by making the- salary of
the clerk of the new bureau $1,500, in
stead of $1,2U0, as provided in the origi
nal bill. MIr. Boozer said that if this
LegislatuLre had come here to reform,
this was a good time to commence re
forming. The clerks in the City of Co
lumbia worked from 12 to 18 hours a
day and received f rom .3')0 to S8600 per
annum. He didn't see why this clerk,
who he was told worked about 1 or 5
hours a day, should receive $1,5-00. The
amendment was tabled.
MIr. Abney, of Rtichland, ventured to
move to amend the bill by making the
Governor a member of the ne.w board.
la als" wanted to make the Governor
chairman of the board.
MIr. Tindal, the chairman of the com
mittee, accepted the suggestion to make
the Governor a memb er of the board,
but pointed out very clearly that he
could scarcely act in the capacity of
chairman. Finally, after some consulta
tion b etween the mem' nbers, ti-e ~amend
ment was withdrawn.
31r. Lawton oifered a substitute to the
entire bill, which p)rovided for the elec
tion of seven members. one from each
Congressional distriet, who, together
with thle p~resent board, should consti
tute the department. The substitute,
however, was tabled.
Dr. Thomas, of Union, wanted t: re
duce the pay of the comilssioner from
.92,100 to S1,S00, but the House refused
to entertain th~e p~roposition. and the bill
wvas finally passed without ary '-u end
ment, save one providing that the dele
gates to the annual conventain si-dlrh
ceive nlo pay.
The hill] ij hyMr. Dogla,~ vf Fai
!!eld, to re rgaie the trial juslt*c
systeim e' ched nmehi ebace The bill
is intend3ed s -a!jtis ars
if amenidments wVere inserted.
The following couinties are enaaed
iu21 itspovisi ns: Leaufort * justices.
Chester 5, (Clarendon I, Edg nd s,
Ge-orgetown h Gzreeni lle 30, Ha1 ',
Afe ieting the number,. of jaie
th 1House, or thait por'tion of it 'intereced
in the lili, addre'e itsl to.1'1 the o-li;
u 14at compilex task. ofI lxing the salar it.
whiceh took np conisiderabl. thlee thle
MIario delegat in alone consumaig 1
large portion of it. The original bill
tixed the0 saaies at 'At0 for justicesi out
side (if towns, $75 for those ini townts ojf
towni of more than that number of i
habitants. As near as could be gatler
the followig sp cial salaries were name
Wiiamsburg, s25 *per annum; Orang
bur city two justices. 175 each:
Matthew's, $150: Edg'tieid town, Si1
Horry, town of Conway, - Go: town
Sniter, (0: town of Plantersvill
GCorgetcwn count, SI125: town of Lai
'ca r .4200; outside the town. :1
G(reenv c1ity two jnstices, .'125 ene]
i 1"M cr.o'\Ty SUEmIars.
Among the bills whieh hav'e been o
derco( to be engrossed brv the House ai
two widch 1r esp2cdly interesting t
countV sherhir. The firt is a bill ca:
rVin- out Governior Sheppard's recon
mendation in reference to the transpo:
ta0io2 of convicts from the various corm
fy jails to the penitentiary. The bi
provides that the clerks of Courts in th
various counties shall immediately a
the close of each term of the Court c
ession notify the superintendent c
the pen)itentiary of the number of pri,
oners sitteneced to the penitentiary, an
the superintendent is directed foithwit:
to send a proper guard to take charge c
the pi oners and convey them to th
peniteniiary "without cost to the coun
tv." i.~nder this bill, should it pass th
6enate, such little excursions as tha
which visit d Columbia two weeks ag
from c;ne ot the eastern counties will no
be prctible, and the taxpayers of th
counties will not be called upon to pa;
from 8:10 to 70 to transport each con
viet to th-e penitentiary.
The other bill is one to fix the fee fo
dietingf prisoners in the county jail. Th.
bill is ury short. Its provisions ar
simply th 'on and after the passage o
this Act the fee for dieting prisoners i:
county ja.ils shall be 25 cents per day."
Both tlne bills were passed a few mo
mets before midnight. Next mornin
ir. J. Frost Walker moved to recon
si(ler the vote whereby the bill was or
dere'd t., be "nroMd.3r. 31e(Hughi
0 Charltozon, made - speech in favor o
the motion to reconsidir. It must bc
remembercci. he argued, that the sherifT
olice had no salary attuched to it. Th-1
ofieer?) was paid solely by fees. The fe,
were lixed not only to reimburse hin
for the expenses incurred, but also t<
provide him with remuneration for th<
discharge of his duties. It semed t<
him that there had been too much re
forming of the offiac of sheritl. The
bill passed just before this ha: taken
away one of the most nroistable source:
of the incomes of fberiTs-he mi ant th(
bill to provide for the transportation (d
convicts to the penitentiary. These two
-ills, he sail, would together take away
one-third of the ineonles of the s'herinel.
H1e proposed a reconsideration - in orde:
to amend the bill iy making the fee :3U
cents.
Mr. Mill, of Beaufort, said if th<
Hous. re- nidered its action ,f tie
previous night night sessions wouldI no
0e worth one cent.
After some further discusion the tMo
iion to reconsider was tabled by en over
whelming majority.
THE L coL.411 CANAL
Thec Se',nate bill appropriating .12,I)O
for till Columbia Canal caused a lon
debate in the House. Finaliv the en
acting clause was stricken out by th<
following vote:
Yeas-3Ie'srs. Anci~n:, Ansel, Archer
Austell, Barley, Darmore, Beard, Big
hbr, Bpack, Boozer, Brawley, Brown,
Broiwning. Byrd, Cain, Chalmers, Cleve
land, Connors, Daniels, Dantzker, Da
venport, Dean, Drake. DuBose, Dukes,
Easley, Evans, Fox, Gary. Guen:, Ham
ilton. of York, HamIlton, of Chester
Hickman, Hi'J, longh, Hyde, Irby
Joehnttm, Jones, Jordan, Keitt. King.
League. MIars, MIason, MIcClintock, MIe
Da)'niel 3Ic'issick, MIiller, of Laucaster
\lims, Mloses, Norton, O'Bryan, Puri
oy, Priing le, Raysor, Rleady, IRobinson
Rue, Sally, Sarratt, Shaffer, Shaw,
Sim'pso, Stanland, Stewart, Thonmas, o1
Unimon. Toale, Walker. Washington
Wh arton, W~\ilson, of York, Wim:berly
Wylie, Yourg-75.
NaysSpeaker Simons and 3Messrs
A.bney. Aldrich, Baxter, Blackweil,
Brice. Brooker, Burke, Cappleman, Can
sey, Chandler, Cobb. Douglass. Earle
Ficken, Graham, Harper, Hudgens,
Hutson, Ixershaw, Lawton, Lesesne.
Lee. MIaher, 3Means, MIcHugh, 3Miller, o1
Georgetown, MIiller, of Beaufort,
O'Brien, Padgett, P'lowden, Rlankin,
Rutland, Seegers, Thomas, of Rlichland,
Turner, Walker--:37.
MIr. Ansel moved to reconsider thi
vote by which the enacting clause wa
stricken out, and also moved to lav thai
motion on the table. The yeas and nay~
were called for and the motion prevaileC
-yeas 74, nays :4.
When the appropriation bill camle ul:
ihere was a tight over the item of $14,
000 for the militia. On a motion tu strikt
out this item, the vote stood 5d to 335
Subsequently the vote was reconsidered
and, the item was reduced to $13, 000 ani
passed ini this shiape. The aipplrritiot
of 62Rc,000 for the Citadel caused sonm<
debate, but was adopte'd by a vote of 7:
to .11. The bcill was then palssed as
whole.
Wh'len the bill for tlie payment of th<
members. onlieers and attaches of thn
Gaoneral Assembly came up, MIr. Bigh:;m
of M1arion. moved t'. redtuce the pay o:
the Cler'i: of the Senate from $1 .0I00 tc
6500O, and the pay of the Assistant Cleri
from1 s250i to S15'. Bothi proposition.
were rejec. The bill was then passed
blIn to alclow warrants and other prc
e "sse'- issuedc by muinicipal authorities t(
bed exted or c' ser'ved outsidcCe cporat(
~t,: t' prcovhde for the' c' mpulsory
anendncle~ . sch. l 'ci ldretn from I. t:
ofae who ire not now eni
rla. and ina g ul; r' attendance inc .schoolI
to ombnethe cimlie of auditor aini
Ldecne the terim "tonship" a~s used it
the varcius Aet of the. GeLeral A ssenmblh
cr thc purp'ose of lections to mnake si'b
Bill to ;mh i.. ihe rc'c-auding of th<
cta-:es i.:.d by iarmers on cttoni li:,tec
1o1 t'Xatin i-i .N c rom tile cr011 o.
'S~-: to give the- Court cf Sessioncs eli
current ar*i-dictio in' cases; ~.f..i asaul
an utev 1 d~ the~ value
homeste j :'cmpt I.-a; t' amen 'd Se.ctio1
- : & th~e Genecal Statutes, relating tc
idhe. Ilen of the 'wncers of certin "toeh:
to rew'I ! hecharte'r of the t *wn of Fcor
Thec biil tc lix the 5l~daries of C'ircui
I ''mrt .Tn'-'.s was hict taken mp. Thc
a-, bill proposes to r-duce the salaries
d 83510 to S3*,:YJ. After some disenssi(
1: a motion was made to continuc the b
e I to the next sessiun, and on a call f 1:
it yeas and nays the motion was adopte-d
1; yeas t7. nays 41.
> I The bill to reduce the salaries of ti
Supreme Court Judges was kilh-d witl
- out debate or division.
: A motion w.as afterwardl- made to n
. consider the vote contining the Cire
.Tudges' bill to the next sl.
Pope called for th- yeas and nays, vlie
resulted-veas 61, navs -S. This bro agh1
tlie bill up again, ad a motion. was mad:
to strike out the enacting words-.
1 After some further discu-ion, 21:
Hyde moved to indefinitely po stpone th
bill. Dr. Pope demanded the yeas aL
nays. iesult, yeas G!;, nays 4:3. So th
bill was killed.
D The bill to am'enid tl law in relatio:
t to hawkers and peddlers provides for
county license of $-50 per annum
Amendenis were freelv offere.l. inclid
ing dealers ii sto 'res, sewing machinci
tin clocks, lightning rods. The bill ii
consequence, became considerably mixe<
up, but it was finally passel.
The bill to renew and amend thi
charter of the town of Winnsboro wa
t passed. The sale of liquor is left sub
ject to the local option law.
t i-A R MD PROVE NTT.
Have the readers of the Cultivator
-'like the writcr, in all panics or depres
sions that affect business in general
noticed that the value of farm propert:
was the last to siw it effects, but whe,
it did fall it was ;he last to react whei
reaction took plaee? And why is it so'
Simply because active butsiness is mor
sensitive to reactions than passive busi
ness like farming. For the last rev
years all 1 business has been very mue
depressed and values have fallen. espe
cially farm lands, so much so their vahu
is but nominal, and to-day farm proper
ty is at its lowest fgures. Reaction ha
taken place in city and town property,
and their values are rapidly increasin.
and why is it so? Because the ownen
such property are wide awake and
anye to their interest and boom it up, at
the commercial and financial barometer:
indicate. This rise in values in citie
and towns, if permanent, in time, will
have its ellect on country property, foi
prosperity, like depressions, has its in
fluence on all surrounding interests; and:
as prosperity brings money into active
circulation, the amount of mnoly raises
the vahmc- of all kinds of property
throughout the country. ' s such, it
behooves the farmers to begin to put
their long-neglected farms. in order zind
dress them up, for appearances ad':
much to values, and hais iuch weight in
influencing purchasers. All buildings
on the farms should undergo repain
and renovation, and where bullilgs and:
sheds have been neglected for stoek,
they should be built. In sIhort, the
outfit should be complete. and paint an':
whitewash used to make evervthing look
neat and nice. Antlo it sloult be ith
fencing. Have as good fencing and!
gates as one can atiord, for all scii adds
to the va--ie of the farm.T iL tui
time 'o do all this kind of worIk and, im
provements when it will iot iaterfere
with field work, and it will be time well
employed and in the end prove must
profitable.
Then comes field imnprovements and
proper culture. As one rides along th
roads and sees the iields gallied and
washed, the impression made, is, "here
is a farm going to ruin and waste; there
can be no profitable farming done on
such a farm;" and where briers ani
Lushes have taken the tields the samc
impression s are also made, and the con
-elusions are perfectly correct; for where
gullies, briers and bushes prevali no
profit can arise from such a state of
things and if even should there be a
sufficiency of other land to cultivate, to
admit of this waste of land what an ugly
appearance it gives to the farm, suci
yawning gullies and unsightly roughs.
Now, what should be done? First, ter
race all the hill lands and slopes so as to
-stop washing and gullying, and if there
are flat lands that hold water ditch them
off, and when that is done, the plo0w and
harrow must do the rest and diversitied
farming follow; and let grain, grass and
stock be the basis on which the farm
must be built up. Our greatest trouble
now is fencing, for timber is very scarce,
which makes fencing more expensive
than wec can undertake to have properly
done. So why not abandon fencing andl
keep up stock; for wherever it has been
adpe id a proven very sajisfactory,
adhsrdthe farmer of an expenise in
trying to k.:cp up fencing which proved
ineffectual and a waste of the little tim
ber left us. Let property be ever so
v 'aluable, if neglected and suifered to
run down, it will depreciate in value and
ofte.ntimes we see property sold above
its val1ue, owing to neat and comafortable
bul and good feing being phtaeed
on it. Attractiveness has much or nmore
to do withi the value of a farm titan tile
value of1 the land; as such, we say- to
the farmiers, go to work and improve
your farnms and whether vu wish to sell
or not it will enhance thteir *.alue.
d oss H. Ursr.
Care bprng, Ga.
\ llHar e Out~go ruir
Some of the best rbr n(u a
* uage are often the lest correct, in a
strictly gr'ammiatical sense. Manyia
gifted authior dirds the connmon ruh
of granmmar andi compnoses to suth
Iharmony. He ireegte them
-pedaggues and~ P p e- and --hmu f' r
h-nm-elf more s-cop", ttigher ieedcm.
n i hl as ha- often bee reared
rammart..tit-s tongue, Lt andc sediy e
mor o. 0C(lever and~ ac(eted .:uurr
nowadaol ma-kii?e phi.ogie lawo 0 ch
on, a'd in-stead *t obey~..g dtry
mutyath' ritie- beome autorit
then~elvn-s. Thet Eng'l~in lnagi
* io big, too trong, too r-ich to st-K ii
rowing to ho bonud ty anien-t fiede
inelastic iule. \ Yo '.~..ran i
-veitr
n '.Iol Fran io .Mitiiey. I' Benj1' um
The r. -.1 .. I, p-. N 1 re 1414)11 1ot*
e H .- 1, W r ' hNE i s 0t-;1 1 4n-- he i
.. - ie~ : 1 :141 'Wit ho10ut Rte-medy-.%
(!- m~: w::a - .h. : .- X-v Y.r: s-.n.)
the pres nt conditi n of a
cI amous st)ck grwing valley. Four
v rs talI t ii Lrass stood in the
upper oth Platte I allev. The low,
rocy hilab -.ere covered. The spaces
iet weein the sage bushes were occnpied
1 by bunclies of grass. The treeless tlanks
ef th e mountain ranges were vellow with
dried grass, which waved in the wind.
There was grass. and good grass, every
Where throughout the valley. Heavy
crops ofj hay were cut on the natural
meadows. Cattle, lorses, antelope and
ell roamd through the valley from
Hunter's ranch at the bridge over the
North PlAtte to nifty miles below Fort
Stee. On every creek which issued
from tile mountains prosperous cattle
growers lved in log houses. The cattle
were fat, an(1 though the growers always
lied ab'out the per cent. of calves they
branded, it did not seem as though dis
aster were close at hand.
But how is it to-day? The valley of
the North Platte, this famous grazing
ground, is virtually a g.ass desert. I
have just returned from a trip through
it and the adjacent mountains, and I
have never sen a more valueless region
to grow or hold cattle in. The grass is
tramaped out by the hoof.s of thousands
of ha gry and lean cattle, that walked
for nonths over the arid land in search
of food. They roamed for days before
th -v staggered close to the snow in the
foothills. and tlhe they closely followed
the ritreating snow bauks intothe down
timber, int; the green timber, and final
'y on to the summit of the Sierra Madre
ouiintatus.
.\.iX 0F L'-OLio.N.
While slowly driving down this gray
valle of desok tioii my comrade con
tinually assured me that there was
good grass in the footlhills, and that the
catth- whIch grazed there were fat. We
let the wargou at Grand Encampment
river and took saddles and rode into the
fothills. I we s strongly impressed with
the unlhealthy appearane of the cattle.
Their hair did not lie smooth. There
Was :a pecliac stare in their eyes which
f had long ago learned to recognize as
fateiutl. The calves sucked the cows
often and with nervous energy. The
cows, ahmiost witlhout exception. were
lean and weak. The grass, scanty ap-I
pear ing to eastern eves at all tiies. hid 1
a queer, strange appearance. After going
a few miles, and inspecting the grnass
from1 the elevatiou of horse's back. I dis
iounted and carefaily examine-d it,
ch aft-r bunch, until 1i had inspected
I'ftv buiches. The story was tol. In
o buin which f examined we.tre there
Lmore than twelve stalks of this year's
rass. Tie other stalks, from twenty to
sixty, wure last year's growth. It is not
)ossible for cattle to separate the good
frL m the poor. Three-quarters of the
food that the cattle, which have grazed
in the foothills during the past summer
have eaten consisted of the weather
b'atei. raiusoaked gras, of last season's
-rowti. it is no wonder they waidered
tar hit) the moitains in search of fresh
and teinder iood.
Almost daily, while hunting in the
Sirra 31aldre mountaius. I saw small
brls fl cattle feeding in the mountain
j41ak or in the green timber. These
animais we~ re ahuost as wild as elk. Tihey~
lbed in the same localities that the ela
'ad blacktail deer did. I judged from
the frequency with which I saw these
small her"ds that there were many. hun
dreds of them'" in the mountains. What
will be the fate of these half wild ani
mais wich are glazing in the lofty,
pine clad hihands three weeks ago? I
uuhcsitatingly ans.wer not one ina ten
will get out of the mountains. B3efore
thi time thley. are .snowe'd in. Instinct,
or pe'rhaips suior 11 reasoning power,
tcehes game alnials to liy out of the
mountains when heavy snow storms be
gin to rage. Cattle have not ,this in
stinet. TIhey' are almaost sure to linger
too long in the highlands, and there
they die of cold and hunger. The na
ture of the ground forbids their being
driven out, and, indeed, the cowboys
have no heart to enter unknown and in
tricalte mountain systems in search of
these cattle, as they might get lost them
selves.
31y hut ing" clnp was pitched Oin the
eat.ernli slop~e of thle bierra 3Madre ntoun
tain about two mu's fromi the summit
of the dvid. Betweeni it and the bare4
ft isa a jack.traw like tangle of1
dow timber,1' and tw.'o wide belts of
-*ren timber. A heavy m4jV fell steadily
1all of n nih. localizinig that thme
hun as at an end, we~ packed up~ and
traveledC4 down~ thie rugged mountain
ilanks noW n~ down i truber, n14w In
green:. W~e p~assed manity biands of cattle
thatt raui in all directions, excepting the
right one, aIt our applroac.h. It was C'vi
Went that they had forgotten the tril
ona w.ich th ey entered the highlands in
caiv sununer. There catitle are sur1" to4
die 1hs wi'nter. In the treeless foothills
ai the" attle which had passed the stun
unrthr wee trailing for the lowr
the* 1 rth , Clisut. 4'irt co V"il Ii of
ii . v.r -..a 04, . - n uht ecati onld
Before i *.oth b xl ofte - os alli
Salong the b4arbed1 wir
ce. na1 tin tr ' u er dire' the4m
* o1' ly ' thy ltrte . gl. in pa.irs a.nd
4 4ler' u ,4'' 4gin de-titute of ca':ttle'. It
as1 itiful :iht to) se the hun.:ry1
:mml r.outel ent('er the foothills and14
'1 ibe ee "'now. i. srchi 01 tiood.
others I m.et 111d taliked1 with cattl
north, and in the south, in the west and
on the plains, and, with few exceptions,
all told the same story. That the native
grasses on closely grazed grounds were
almost extinct; that the grass had been
trodden out of many valleys; that other
extensive areas had been almost ruined
by overstocking, and that disasters, seri
ois and widespread, menaces the whole
cattle growing industry west of the 101st
meridian.
I have no doubt that the losses of cat
tle now grazing on the ranges of high
altitude will be sufficiently large this
winter to bankrupt many individual as
well as associated cattle growers. And
it matters not what the winter may
prove to be, whether mild or hard, the
condition of the grass on the range
sharply indicates that a large portion of
the cattle cannot rustle through it.
They are doomed to die. There is but
little good grass east of the mountains.
The Barber's Temperance Lecture.
There are many temperance lectures
which are not delivered in public places;
and a good.many plain, sensible people
say things on the subject which are quite
as well worth remembering as the most
eloquent addresses of emment temper
ance orators. When men will look facts
in the face they will find abundant rea
sons for letting strong drink alone.
Two colored barbers were together in
a shop. One was a young man, the
other was old. The young man took off
his apron and started out of the door.
"Yo's gwine to get a drink, Jim?"
asked the elder.
"Dat's what I's gwine to do."
"Go and git yo' drink. I yoost ter do
de same ting when I wuz young. When
I wuz fust married dah wuz a gin mill
next to de shop wha' I wucked, and I
spent in it fifty and sebenty cents a day
outen de dollah an' a half I earned.
Wal, one mawnin I went into de butchah
shop, and who shood cum in but de man
wat kep' de likker shop.
"Gib me ten pounds po'ter-house
steak," he said.
"He got it and went out. I sneaked
up to de butchah and looked to see what
monev I had left."
"What do you wan?" said de butchal.
"Gib me ten cents wuft o' libber,"
wuz my remark.
"It was all I could pay fur. Now you
go and git yo' drink. You'll eat libber,
but de man wat sells yo' de stuff will hab
his po'ter-house steak. De man behin'
de bar eats po'ter-house steak-de man
in front eats libber. I ain't touched de
stuff fo' :30 years, and now I am eatin'
po'ter-house steak myself."
If a man wishes to make the rumseller
rich and himself poor; to feed the rum
seller luxurious while he starves his own
children; if he desires to dress the rum
seller's wife in velvets and his own wife
in rags, and rob his own wretched, bare
footed children that he may adorn and
beautify the family of the rumseller
there is only one thing necessary, and
that is, let him drink strong drink. He
will lind that these greedy rumselling
cormorants will take everything he
earns, and leave a wretched outcast,
while they revel in Inxury, and waste
the substance that belongs to the poor
and suffering.
Chierios %%ill Probably Make Hi Conffesion
on the Scaffold.
Rliciustoxo. Va.. December 11.-A
though Cluverious, the convicted murderer
of Lilian Madison. has declined to see any
one except his spiritual adviser, there is a
well-ground suspicion that he has in the
past two day" confessed that he committed
the crime for which he is so soon to pay
the penalty. Rev. Dr. Hatcher, an emi
neut Baptist divine, who has known Cluve
rius for many years. is with him daily, and
dthough he is reticent when asked the
point blank question, yet certain questions
put to imn, and others near him. guarantee
the conclusion that the prisoner has ac
knowledged the commission of the crime.
For instance, the teaching of the Baptist
miinisters is to the effect that a man who
ims comimitted the sin of murder must ac
inowledge his sin bdfore God and man.
Lertain parties who are near to'Cluverious,
md who are also Baptists, to which de
:iomination Cluverious belongs, have posi
:ivdiv asserted in the la't i4 hours that the
orisoner has made his peace with God. It
s thought that the prisoner's confession
will be read from the scaffold, and that his
piritual adviscrs have been bound to secre
y until that time. This was the course
~ursued in the celebrated Jeter Phillips
~ase, Phillips being a member of the Blap
ist denomination. le maintained his in
aoeence up to the last, so far as the public
was concerned, but confessed to Rev. Dr.
D)ickinson, who kept the secret until the
-onfession was read from the scaffold.
Of what kind lof timber is the post of
honor:'
It i.s an east wind that blows the coal
lealer good.
Transported for life-The man who mar
ics happily.
The darkest hour is when you can't. tind
lie matce 's.
Ilouiest goodl humor is the oil and wine
>l a nmerry nmeetine.
An opponent of D~arwvini'm calls it "'sci
It is the- private secretary that makes so
nany things public.
Lots of mien kne~w nothing of art before
he war can draw a pension ea-sily now.
We shoulid like to know how nmauv
pokes therearc in the wheel of fortune?"
The United Presbyterian contends that
i- good to havec piety infused with com
It is nrea.t error for a l:ady to wear ao
onnet too youithiful for her age. ~It only
rlll o mak the latter miore noticeable.
ri inisatersoinh-: 1'a. that was an
al'o loing prayer eaur preacher made this
arin: I thougt hie would tadk the Lord
'd in elers advertise ihemaselves da!Iy.
N.ba the a ubil uCIIed- i' uic' cellars in -
xi I singersli and istrumllemlalists can
.\ mvi'er 'Iot long ogo preacihed from
he\ e -e ve therefore 'teadfast." But
hpimer mald h.im expoundl~ from "Be
Woie .'il 'hat 'aladl ivy is '-till alive
Ii.x he wa1 hlx riv 'ime h:Lt Christmas
, lrg ires o minee pie, beecause his
udi miIflI-unn watedx 1)>1 maeC hima p'iec.e-ful.
Nothingl I enlre th" 'l ircle of' hiumat;
an l n hrista, Each- I year exhiibits a
v line u of 'ini.a', withiout which
riaaou- giver- wou'll ive up in ei espair.
Th- correct bill ofiare 'or a Christmas
el ad p~!lh-c u a xx <ntig. Of cour
herel' mulhit he- a f air'- proprtiOn oh he:irtx'
-lililreh