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VOL, III. MANNING, CLARENDON COUNTY, S. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1888. NO. 30.
OUR LIVING DEAD.
SERMON OF THE GREAT BROOKLYN
FREACHER ON SUNDAY.
Text: "And When He saw the Wagons
which Joseph had -nt to Carry if im
the Spirit of Jacob their Father Re
vived. And Israel Said, It is Enough
Joseph~my Son is yet Alive."
The Be,. T. De Witt Talmage, D. D.,
preached Sunday on "Our Departed
Still Living." His text was Genesis 45,
27and 28: "And whenhe saw the wagons
which Joseph had sent to carry him, the
spirit of Jacob their father revived. And
Israel said, it is enough; Joseph my son is
alive." Dr. Talmage said:
The Egyptian capital was the focus of
the world's wealth. In ships and barges,
there had been brought to it from India
frankincense, and cinnamon, and ivory
and diamonds; from the north, marble
and ron; from Syria, purple and silk;
from Greece, some of the finest horses
of the worid and some of the most bril
liant chariots; and from all the earth
that which could best please the eye,
and,charm th.e ear, gratify the taste.
There were temples aflame with red
sand-stone, entered by gate-ways that
were guarded by pillars bewildering with
hieroglyphics, and wound with brazen
serpents, and adorned with winged
creatures their eyes, and beaks, and pin
ions glittering with precious stones.
There were marble columns blooming
into white flower-buds; there were stone
pillars at the top bursting into the shape
of the lotus when in full bloom. Along
the avenues, lined with sphinx, and fane,
and obelisk, there- were princes who
came in gorgeously upholstered palan
quin, carried by servants in scarlet, or
elsewhere drawn by vehicles, the snow
white horses, golden-bitted, and six
abreast, dashing at full run. There were
fountains from stone-wreathed vases
climbing the ladders of the light. You
would hear a bolt shove, and a door of
brass would open like a flash of the sun.
The surrounding gardens were saturated
with with odors that mounted the terrace,
and dripped from the arbors and burned
their incense in the Egyptian noon. On
floors of mosaic the glories of Pharoah
were spelled out in letters of porphyry,
and beryl, and flame. There were orna
ments twisted from the wood of the
tamariak, embossed with silver breaking
into foam. There were footstools made
out of a single precious stone. There
were b '% A.i;. a .... ..s '.a -.w
jionin bronze. There were chairsspotted
with the sleet hide of leopards. There
were sofas footed with the claws of wild
beasts; and armed with the beaks of
birds. As you stand on the level beach
of the sea on a summer-day, and look
either way, and there are miles of break
ers, white with the ocean foam, dashing
shoreward; so it seems as if the sea of
the world's pomp and wealth in the
Fgyptian capital for miles and miles
fung -itselfup ;into white breakers of
marble temple, mausoleam, and oblisk.
This was the place where Joseph, the
shepherd boy, wascliedto stand next
to Pharoah in honor. What a contrast be
tween this scene and his humble starting,
and the pit into which his brothers thew
him Yethe was not forgetfulof his early
home; he was not ashamed of where he
came from. The Bishop of Menrz, de
nddAa from a wheelwright, covered
his house with spokes, and hammers,
and wheels; and the King of Sicily, in
honor of his father, who was a pote,
refused to drink out olanything but an
earthen vessel. So Joseph was not
ashamed of his early surroundings, or
of his old-time father, or of his
brothers. When they came up from the
farine-tricoleand zo. get corn from
the king's orn crib, Joseph, instead of
chiding ihem for the way they had mal
treated and abused him, sent them back
with wagons, which Pharoah furnished,
laden with . corn: and old Jacob, the
father, in the very same wagons, was
brought back, that Joseph, the son,
might see him, and give him a comfort
able home all the ress of his'days.
Well, I hear the wagons, the king's
wagons, rumbling down in front of tne
palace. On the outside of the palace,
to see the wagons go off, stands Puaroah
in royal robes; and beside him prime
minister Joseph, with a chain of gold
around his neck, and on his hand a ring
given by Pharoah to him, so that any
timsahe wanted to sap the royal seal
upon a documienthe could do so. Wagon
after wagon rolls on down from the
palaceladen 'with corn, and meat, and
changes of raiment, and every thing
that could help a famine struck peop~le.
One day I seesaged Jacob seated ini front
of his house. He is possibly thinking
-of his absent boys (sons, however old
they got, are never to a father any more
than boys); and whilehe is seated there,
he sees dlust arisig, and he hears wagons
rumbling, and he wonders what is
comiuing now, for the whole land haci
been smittea with the famine. and was
in silence. But after a while the wagons
have come near enough, and he sees his
sons on the wagons, and before they
came quite up, they shout: "Joseph is
yet alive!" 'The old man faints dead
away. I do not wonder at it. Tile boye
tell'thestory how that the boy, the long
absant Joseph, has got to be the first
man in the Egyptian palace. While they
unload the wagons, the wan and wasted
creatures in the neighborhood come up
and ask for a handful of corn, and they
are satisfied.
My friende, we are in awodld by sin
famine-struck; but the King is in con
stant commumeation with us, his wagons
coming and going perpetually; and in
the rest of my discourse I will show you
what the wagons bring and what they
take back.
In the first place, like those that came
from the Egyptian palace, the King's
wagons now bring us corn and meat:
and many changes of raiment. We are
aptto think of the fields and the orchards
as feeding us; but who makes the flax
grow for the linen, and the wheat for
the bread, and the wool on the sheep's
haek Oh, I wish we could see through
every grain Aeld, by every sheep-fob,
under trees of every orchard, the King's
wagons. They drive up three times a
day-morning, noon, and night. They
fruits from the topic, and bread from
the temperate zone. The King looks
out, and he says: "There are twelve
hundred millions of people to be fed and
clothed. So many pounds of meat, so
many barrels of flour, so many yards of
cloth and linen and flannel, so many
hats, so many socks, so many shoes,"
enough for all,save that we whoare greedy
to get more shoes than belong to us, and
others go barfeooted. None but a king's
corn-crib could appease the world's
famine. None but a king could tell how
many wagons to send, and how heavily
to load them, and when they are to start.
They are coming over the frozen ground
to-day. Do you not hear their rumbling?
They will stop at noon at your table.
Oh, if for a little while they should
cease, hunger would come into the
nations, as to Utica when Hamilcar be
side it, and as in Jerusalem when Vespa
sian surrounded it; and the nations
would be hollow-eyed, and fall upon
each other in universal cannibalism; and
skeleton would drop upon skeleton; and
there would be no one to bury the dead;
and the earth would be a field of bleached
skeletons: and the birds of prey would
fall dead, flock after flock, without any
carcasses to devour; and the earth in
silence would wheel around, one great
black hearse! All life stopped because
the King's wagons are stopped. Oh,
thank God for bread-for bread!
I go to hunt up Jesus. I go to the
village of Bethany, and say: "Where
does Mary live?,' They say: "Ycndor
Mary lives." I go in. I see where she
sat in the siting-room. I go out where
Martha worked in the kitchen but I find
no Jesus. I go into Pilate's court-room,
and I find the judges and the police,
and the prisoner's box, but no Jesus. I
go into the Arimathean cemetery; but
the door is gone, and the shroud is gone,
and Jesus is gone. By faith I look up
to the King's palace, and behold I have
found him! Joseph-Jesus is still alive.
Glorious religion, a religion made not
out of. death's heads, and cross bones,
and undertaker's screw-driver, but one
bounding with life, and sympathy, and
gladness. Joseph is yet alive!
"I know that my Redeemer lives
What comfort tais sweet sentence gives!
He lives, He lives, who once was dead,
He lives, my ever-living Head!
"Be lives to grant my daily breath,
He lives, and I shalt conquer death,
He lives my mansion to prepare,
He lives to bring me safe-y there.
"He lives, all glory to His na'me;
He lives, my Jesus still the same.
Oh, the sweet joy this sentence gives
I know that my Redeemer lives!"
The King's wagons will after awhile
unload, and they will turn around, and
they will go back to the palace, and I
really think that you and 1 will go with
them. The King will not leave us in the
famine-struck world. The King has
ordered that we be lifted into the
wagons, and tnat we go over into Goshlen
where there shall be pasturage for our
largest flock of joy, and then we will
drive up to the palace, where are glories
awaiting us which will melt all the snow
of Egyptian marble into forgetfulness.
I think that the King's wagons will
take us up to see our lost iriends. Jacob's
chief anticipation was not of seeing the
Nile, nor of seeing the long colonnades
of architectural beauty, nor of seeing the
throne-room. There was a focus to all
his journeyings, to all his anticipations;
and that was Joseph. Well, my friends,
I do not think Heaven would be worth
a great deal if our brother Jesus
was not there. If there were two
Heavens, the one with all the pomp and
paraphernalia of an eternal monarchy,
but no Christ, and the other were a plain
Heaven, humbly thatched, " nth a few
daisiesin the yard, and Christ -re there,
I would bay: "Let the King's wagons
take me up to the old farm house."
The King's wagon took Jacob up to
see his lost boy, and so I really think
that the King's wagons will take us up
to see our lost kinared. How long is it
since Joseph went out of yourhousenold?
How many years is it now last Christmar,
or the fourteenth of next month? It
was adark night when he died, and a
stormy day it was at the burial; and the
clouds wept with you, and the winds
sighed fcr the dead. The bell at Green
wood's gate rang only a few moments,
but your heart has been tolling, tollimg,
ever since. You have been under a de
lusion, like Jacob of old. You have
thought that Jacob was dead. You put
his name first in the birth-record of the
family Bible, and then you put it in the
death-record of the family Bible, and
you have been deceived. Joseph .is yet
alive. 'He is more alive than you are.
Of all the eixteen thousand millions o:
children that statisticians say have gone
into the future world, there is not one
of them dead, and the King's wagons
will take you up to see them. You
often think how glad you will be to see
them. Have you never thought, my
brother, my sister, how glad they will
be tosee youl Jacob was no more glad
to see Joseph than Joseph
was to see Jacob. Every time the door
in Heaven opens, they look to see if it
is you coming in. Joseph, once standing
in the palace, burst out crying when he
thought of 'Jacob-afar off. And the
Heaven of your little ones will not be
fairly begun until you get there. All the
kindness shown them by immortals will
not make them forget you. There they
are, the radiant throngs that went out
from your homes!
Does not the subject of to-day take1
the gloom out of the thoughts that
would otherwise be struck through with
midnight? We used to think that when
we died we would have to go afoot,
sagging down in the mire, and the
hounds of terror might get after us, and
if we got through into Heaven at all, we
would come in torn, and wounded, and
bleeding. I remember when my teeth
chattered and my knees knocked together
when I heard anybody talk about death;
but I have come to think that the grave
will be the softest bed I ever slept in,
and the bottom of my feet will not be
wet with the passage of the Jordan.
"Them that sleep in Jesus will God bring
with Him."
I was reading of Robert Southey, who
said he wished he could die far away
frem his friends-like a dog, crawling
into a corner and dying unobserved.
Those were his words. Be it ours to die
on a couch surrounded by loved ones, so
that they, with us, may hear the glad,
sweet, jubilant announcement: "The
King's wagons are coming." Hark! I
hear them now. Are they coming for
you or for me?
A thrifty animal is the snake: it can al
ways make both ends meet.
TRADE IN DOG-SKINS.
An Important Item in the Export Business
of China.
Mr. Edgar, the Commissioner of
Customs at Newchwang, in Mantchuria,
in the last Chinese Customs Yellow
book, referring to the trade from that
port in robes and mats made of the
skins of dogs and goats, says it is gen
erally supposed that dogs are picked
up promiscuously wherever they may
be found straying, destroyed, and their
skins sold to dealers. This, however,
is ni, the case, for, although the busi
ness may have had its origin in this
way, it is now as systematically carried
on as sheep-farming. There are thou
sands of small dog and goat-farms
dotted over Mantchuria and the eastern
borde's of Mongolia, where from a
score to . some hundreds of dogs
rare annually reared on each farm,
and where they constitute a regular
source of wealth. A bride, for in
stance, will receive as dowry a num
ber of dogs proportionate to the means
of her father. It is probable, says
Mr. Edgar, that in no other part of
the world are there to be found such
splendid dogskins for size, length of
hair, and quality, the extreme cold of
these latitudes, where the thermome
ter registers 30 degrees Fahrenheit be
low zero, developing a magnificent
coat. It is difficult to understand how
the dog-farmer can afford with profit
to rear the animals when the price of
the robe is taken into consideration.
For one full-sized robe, say 80 inches
by 86 inches, at least eight animals are
required. Putting the price real
ized at $3.60 for a robe,
this would only allow about
45 cents per skin, including the
selection, for the skins must match in
color and length of hair, and cost of
sewing. The animals are generally
strangled in mid-winter, but not before
they are eight months old, and then
the skins taken in a frozen condition
principally to Mukden and Chinchow,
where they are cured, assorted, and
made into robes, mats, etc. Last year
the robes are said to have been decid
edly inferior in quality. The reason
given is that orders went forward too
late, and the farmers, waiting till they
had news of some demand, kept the
animals alive until their winter coats
began to fall off. The value of the
trade from Newchang last year was
about ?40,000. against nearly ?60,000
the previous year. The decline was
due to depreciation in value and a de
creased demand from the United
States.-London Times.
STEAM VERSUS MUSCLE.
The Immense Gains in Force of the Men of
the Present Time.
What science and invention is doing
for the human race was tersely and
plainly presented. Note the following
illustration:
Compare a gaiiey, a vessel propeled
by oars, with the modern Atlantic
liner, and first let us assume that prime
movers are non-existent and that the
vessel is to be propeled galley fashion.
Take her length as some 600 feet, and
assume that place be found for as many
as 400 oars on each side, each oar work
ed by three men, or 2,400 men; and al
low that six men under these condi
tions could develop work equal to one
horse power; we should have 400
horse power. Double the number of,
men and we should have 800-horse
power, with 4,800 men at work,
and at least the same number
in reserve, if -the journey is
to be carried on continuously. Con
trast the puny result thus obtained
with the 19,500 horse-power given
forth by a large prime mover of the
present day, such a power requiring,
on the above mode of calculation, 117,
000 men at work and 117,000 men in re
serve; and these to be carried in a ves
sel less than 600 feet in length. Even
if it were possible to carry this num
ber of men in such a vessel, by no con
ceivable means could their power be
utilized so as to impart to it a speed of
twenty knots an hour, vreighing as it
would some 10,500 tons gross.
Prime motors can do what human
muscle can never accomplish. Take a
railway locomotive-500 horse-power
developed in a wagon which does not
ocnpy fifty square yards of space, and
that fies at the rate of sixty miles an
hour with its heavy train! How weak
and puny human muscle toward at
taining such results!-Sir PFredBram
bull to the British Association.
A Spider That Was a Spider.
A correspondent of the Calcutta E ti
glishaman sends a description of an
enormous spider which was killed in a
house. The creature was found cling
lg to a door curtain, and when
alarmed emitted a grating sound, but
whether with its mandibles or with its
feet could not be ascertained. It
showed no disposition to run away, or
even to move from the spot where it
was till it was thrown down, when it was
killed with a blow of a stick. It is
quite two inches in length and half an
inch in breadth, and the two segments
of the body are equal in size. It is dis
tinctly short legged for a spider, but
the eight legs are very strong and
heavy. The body, too, is covered with
fine short hair, and is all of a dark
brown color. The two fangs are like
a sparrow's claws, and exceedingly
sharp, and if stretched out straight
would, with the fleshy part, measure
nearly half an inch each. I find it
difficult to convey an adequate impres
sion of the terrible i.nd formidable ap
pearance of the monster. The com
mon large running spider, to be found
in every house in Calcutta, unhesi
tatingly tackles and destroys the largest
cockroach. Judged by this standard
this spider ought to make its prey of a
==a11brdoremonam,
NOTES OF THE SESSION.
A GLANCE INTO SOUTH CAROLINA'S
LEGISLATIVE BALLS.
Some Important and Many Unimportant
Measures Considered-A Great Deal of
Work with Rather Little Speech Mak
ing.
COLUMBIA, S. C., December 15.-The
third week of the Session of 1888 has
been a busy one. The law-makers have
settled down to hard work, and they
have put in a good deal of it. Below is
given a synopsis of the 'proceedings.
THE CRIMINAL COST BILL.
Half of a day's session of the Senate
was consumed in debating and voting
on the bill to provide for the payment
by the State of the expenses of all crimi
nal prosecutions. Several amendments
designed to render it fairer and more
affected were adopted. Then the real
fight began.
Senator Murray offered an amendment
to the bill, providing that from and after
the passage of the Act the salaries of all
trial justices in the county of Charleston
be, for such as are in incorporated cities
and towns, $200 per annum, and for
those outside of such towns $100 per
per annum, in lieu of all fees.
Senator Smith's motion to indefinitely
postpone the amendment was adopted
by a vote of 20 to 10.
Senator Wilson, of York made a bold
attack by moving to indefinitely post
pone the bill itself. He showed by the
recor ds that some of the smaller and
poorer counties incurred greater Court
expenses than some of the larger ones.
The bill was therefore not a just one. It
would also necessitate a delay of about a
year in the payment of the money the
officials depended on for a living. It
would unsettle legislation and require
twenty Acts to be placed on the statute
tcoks to carry it into effect.
Senator Smith, of Horry, the author
of the bill said that no one had denied
that the proposition that the expenses of
State prosecutions constituted properly
a debt against the State. Equity and
justice were with the bill.
Senator Dozier of Georgoto wn thought
the principle of the bill good, although
he did not see his way to approve all of
its details. It was now time to harmonze
the laws so that we should have a law for
the State of South Carolina instead of
separate laws for thirty-four govern
ments. Why call on his poor and small
coanty for three times as much to en
force the S.ate criminal laws as we exact
ed from other larger counties with larger
means? If sabst quent legislation was re
quired to make tue law effective, let us
manfully engage in it.
After further discussion Senator Pat
terson, of Chester, i.oved to table
Senator Wilson's motion. There was a
tie-vote 15 to 15. President Mauldin
voted "no," so that tae motion was lost.
After further debate by Senators Mur
ry and Smith Senator Wilson's motion
was lost-14 to 16.
Then the Senator fcom York moved
reconmit the bill. Sernauor Smith, of
Horry, moved to table. Lou-14 to 16.
A vote was then taken'on motion to
recommit, and it prevaled-lu to 14.
A COUNTY ROAD BILL.
The bill to prov.de a more efficient
system of working the pubhe roads in
Laurens County has passed the House,
with amendments making it app!y also
to Lexington, Edgefield, N ew berry, and
Marlboro counties, and Sen~ator Murray
gave notice of an amendment on the third
reading including Andersoii Coanty in
its provision. ii :s a bill modelled on
tat passed a couple of 3 eatrs ago with
reference to Anderson (.ou..ty, aibd
wich, although exciting muca oppo
sition at first, bas resula~e in a gr.:as un
provement of the roadis of t.'at coiunty.
.Tne pending bill is an improvement un
the Andlerson one, inismuch aus it in
creases the commutation tax iromn $5 to
$6, and contains provisions compeluing
te county commissioners to enforce it.
It will not be very long before all tha'
counties adopt this stringent latw iu
place of the present taulty and ineflicient
one.
lIMPORTANT RiEPOI;Ts.
Among the reports were the following:
Favorable on Senator W'~oodward's bll
to restore the power of the railroad cam
aussioners to lix the rat.:s of ieiht and
traffic in the State.
Unfavorable on the bill to repeal the
agricultural lien law.
Favorable on Senator Murray's bill to
restrict the "gobbling" or coniolidation
of railroads without Legisleative author
COTTON sEED MEAL.
There are several bills on the Calendar
looking to the classilication of cotton
secd meal with other fertilizers that are
liable to analysis, and to the payment
of the privilege tax, one of winen camne
up to-day. 'The farmers seemed divided
on the subject, and there was a brief but
spirited acussion. It turned out,
nowever, that the bill in question was
directed at the wrong section of
the Act, in that it provided for a tax and
not for an analysis, and the debate was
finally adjourned.
MARRIED wOMEN's CONTRACTS.
The House has passed to its second
reading a bill to revise Section 2,037 of
the kRevised statutes relating to the power
of married women to mako contracts.
here was a short di::cusion, during
which Mr. Mower, of Newberry, the
autor of bill, Mr. Brawley and others
took part. It was explained that the
bill is intended to settle the law on that
much vexed questicon by repealing the
Act of 1887. Th~e amended bill is as
follows:
Ieton 1. .a married woman shall
have the right to purchase any species
of property in her own name, and to
take proper legal conveyances therefor,
and to contract and be contracted within
the same manner as ii shea were unmar
ried. Provided, that the husband shall
not be liable for the debts of the wile
contracted prior to or after their mar
riage, except for her necessary suppor,.
Section 2. All the earnings and inc >me
of a married woman snall be her separate
estate, and shall bs governed by tue
same provisions of law as apply to her
other separate estate.
Section 3 repeals the Act of 1887, and
all other Acts and parts of Acts, &c.
TEE CLEMSON BEQUEST.
T oedulea..f ,a real a1nd personal
property of the late J. C. Clemson has
been printed. According to the sworn
return of the appraisers, the aggregate
value of the estate is $106,179 61, of
which $25,000 is in real estate and the
balance personal property.
Fort Hill real estate, 814
acres.................... $15,000 00
Personal property at Fort Hill
not to be sold............. 29i 25
Personal property to be sold . 663 95
Real estate in Maryland
(Bladensburg)........... .10,000 00
Silver plate and table silver... 1,800 00
39 oil paintings; no means of
valuing.
9 family porraits; no means of
valuing.
Books aed maps in house and
library; no means of valuing.
Stocks and bonds, $49,370. .. 52,328 00
Bonds secured by mortgage of
real estate................. 24,861 53
Notes foung among Mr. Clem
son's papers............... 1,228 88
Grand total ........... $106,171 61
MONEY FOR THE CITADEL.
The Senate struck the bill appropria
ting the funds from the United States
Government for damages to the citadel
to repairs and improvement of the cita
del academy in its progress through the
calendar. A shower of amendments fol
lowed. The committee had recommend
ed that $15,000 of the $77,250 received
be covered into the State Treasury and
that amendment was adopted. On ac
count of numerous changEs in the meas
ure Senator Donaldson sought to have
it made a special order for Friday and
failing in that, moved to recommit the
bill, which motion was lost. Several
other motions to postpone consideration
were lost and Senator Smythe, wfio had
charge of the measure, charged that the
intent was to endanger the bill by delay,
which charge was denied by Senator
Donaldson and those who voted with
hum, Senator Edwards announceing in
cidentally that he was in favor of the
bill as he was in favor of any measure to
promote the true interests of eduction in
the Sate. The bill finally passed a sec
ond read as amended, notice being given
of amendment on third reading as
amended, notice being given of amend
ment, on third reading.
STATE PENSIONS.
Mr. Williams, of Hampton, has
introduced his pension bill, of which
mention has been made in this correspon
dence heretofore. The pension is fixed at
$30 per annum, payable in two equal,
installments, viz: on January 1 and July
1. The persons entided to pensions are
solders and sailors now citizens of the
State who were in the service of the
State, or the Confederate States, in the
late war.
L order to obtain the pension the
soldier or sailor must show that he was
a bona fide soldier or sailor and that he
lost, while in such service, a leg or an
arm or received other wound causing a
permanent disability and and incapaci
tating him from earning a livelihood;
that neither himself nor his wife are in
receipt of any income exceeding $250
per annum. Applications for pensions
must be made in writing, sworn to and
endorsed by two or more credible wit
nesees. Widows-are entitled to the pen
sions while they remain unmarried.
All applications are to be submitted in
each county to a board composed of two
responsible citizens and a physician, the
board to be appointed by the State board
of pensions. The conuty boards are to
report to the State board. The rest of
the Act is devoted to throwing safe
guards around the granting of pensions.
Discounting or shaving certificates is
made a misdemeanor and an attempt to
secure: a fraudulent certificate is also
made punishable. Fifty thoumand dollars
iP appropriated for the payment of pen
sons
R~FoBM IN PRTMAXY EOTIONs.
The jaateiary comamittee introduced a
bill of their own, ia hieu of -the others,
whieh had been submitted to them pro
viding for reforms in primary elections.
The following is a summary cf its pro
vneons:
Section 1. All primary elections shall
be presided over and conducted by the
rults of the party having them, and by
managers r~ho shall take oath to couduct
them fairly, impartially and honestly.;
Should any manager fail to appear at
the polls, the~ remaining managers shall
select another in his stead, and he snall
take the requisite oath before a notary
public, or if nc.t, before the other mana
gers. who are empowered to adminis
ter it.
Section 2. Before the polls are opened
or any ballots received, the ballot-box is
to be opened in public and exhibited
publicly, then closed and locked and
not opened again until the close of the
election. Poll lists are to be kept and
each voter is to be sworn as to certain
requisites for his voting. The managers
must certify the result of the election
and transmit such certificates with the
full poll lists, all ballots and boxes and
papers pertaining thereto to the proper
executive committee of the party.
Section 3 deals with immaterial de
tails.
Section 4 provides that any manager
guilty of violating any provision of this
law or any duties devolving on him be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
unished by tine or imprisonment, or
~oth. Any manager or any voter guilty
oi fraud or corruption in regard to the
election is subjected to similar punish
ment.
THE LICENSE QUEsTION.
Mr. Bradley, for the judiciary com
mittee, reported yesterday a substitute
tr General McCrady's anti-license bill.
The substitute permits municipal cor
porations to impose licenses, but forbids
imprisonment for non-payment of such
licenses. It is said the friends of the
anti-license bill will accept this comn
or misc.
I- JOINT AsSEMBLY.
At 12 m. on the 12th inst., the joint
assembly convened, in accordance with
law, to declare the vote for United
States Senator. Lieutenant Governor
Mauldin presided. The journals of the
two houses recording the balloting for
Senator were read by the respective
clerks, after which declaration of the
election of Senator M. C. Butler was
made b-; the presiding officer, and the
joint assembly declared adjourned.
The assembly then went into the rs
maining elections in the order given
beow Senator Pop. in a few words,
nom " ated for superintendent of the
penitentiary Col. T. J. Lipscomb. The
nomination was seconded by Col. J. G.
McKissck, and, there being no further
nominations, Col. Lipscomb was unani
mously.elected, receiving 141 votes. It
appears that the anticipated opposition
to Col. Lipscomb failed to materialize.
Mr. J. R. King received one compli
mentary vote.
For directors of the penitentiary (3)
the following names were placed in
nomination: By Senator Meetze, N. W.
Brooker, of Lexington; 'y Senator
Wuodward, Thos. Anderson, of Fair
tield; by Senator Patterson, C. W. Mc
Fadden, of Chester; by Mr. Wharton,
J. G. Guignard, of Aiken; by Mr. Has
kell, Geo. A. Shields, of Richland. Of
these Messrs. Brooker, Guignard and
McFadden are incumbents.
The ballot resulted as follows: Whole
number of votes cast 145; necessary to a
choice 73. Mr. Anderson received 96,
Mr. Brooker 94, Mr. Guignard 91, Mr.
Shields 90, and Mr. McFadden 63. The
first three named were declared elected.
The next election was for Judge of
the 5th circuit. Judge Kershaw was
na minat . to succeed himself by Mr.
W. Trantha -; and the nomination hav
ing been seconded by Senator MctIas
ter, Jndge Kershaw was re-elected
unanimously,-receiving 143 votes.
The next election was for five members
of the board of agriculture, viz: One
from th' State at large, and one each
from the let, 33, 5th and 7th judicial
circuits. The following were the nomi
nations:
For the State at Large-By Mr. Mc
Kissick, D. P. Duncan, of Union; by
Mr. King, *D. K. Norris, of Anderson.
First Circuit-By Mr. Pringle, J.
Stoney Porcher, of Birkeley; by Mr.
Dantaler, *F. C. Bates, of Orangeburg.
Third Circuit-By Senator Bird, Jas.
McCutcheon, of Williamsburg.
Fifth Circuit-By Mr. Thompson. W.
A. Ancrum, of Kershaw; by Mr. Bean,
*B. R. Tillman, of Edgefield.
Seventh Circuit-By Mr. Cleveland,
T. J. More, of Spartanburg; by Sena
tor Pope, *Rev. J. A. Sligh, of New
berry.
*'hose marked thus constituted what
is known as the farmers' ticket, having
been suggested to the Legislature by the
State Farmers' Association.
The first ballot resulted as follows:
State at Large-Duncan 94, Norris 45.
First Circuit-Porcher 104, Bates 33.
Third Circuit-McCutcheon 139.
Fifth Circuit-Anorum 101, Till
man 38.
Seventh Circuit- Moore 114, Sligh 26.
For the position of trustee of the
State University Col. Haskell nominated
Senator E. B. Murray, of Anderson.
Mr. Brawley seconded the nomination,
and there being no other nomination
Mr. Murray was unanimously elected,
receiving 114 votes.
This finished the elections and the
joint assembly dissolved.
Commenting on the new members of
the Board of Agriculture, the Columbia
correspondent of the News and Courier
says:
"The election especially of the five
members of the agricultural board was
a surprise all around. There can be no
doubt that the economists were most
astonished at the result. Their candi
dates, Messrs. D. K. Norris for the State
at large, and Messrs. Bates, Tillman and
Sligh had been agreed upon before hand.
The vote in the House on the Judges'
salary bill seemed to indicate that they
had a clear majority of 25 to 30 in that
body, and the election of the economic
candidates was most confidently coc nted
upon. Mr. Beam, who nominated B.
R. Tilran for the 5th circuit, said that
Mr. . n;an was not a candidate for the
position, but that if the Legislature
elected him he was sure that he wouki
obey the call to duty.
"The votes for thre economic candi
dates ranged from 26 for Sligh to 45 for
Norris; Mr. Tillman received 33. A
significant feature of the election was
the vote of the Sc'..te. Ln that body
the Economic tickta po.lled 7 votes, and
the Conservative ticke . votes. Four
Senators voted scratched tickets.
"it appears that there was also an at
tempt to run somebody in o pposition to
Col. Lipscomb for superintendent of the
Penitentiary, but the movement appears
to have faulen through. Is should be
mentioned that the use of the name of
Col. D. F. Bradley, as the economic
candidate for that position, was unan
thorized by him. CoL Bradley called
on the News and Courier Bureau and
requested that this statement be made
public."
THE BoNDs OF THE THEE C's.
When the bill to refund the taxpayers
moneys paid by them under the levy of
one and one-fourth mills in DeKalb
township, Kershaw county, for railroad
purposes, came up in the Senate a mo
tion to recommit it was lost. Senator
Wilson, of York having given notice of
general amendments on the third read
ing, he offered amendments so that the
bill shall read:
"A bill forthe relief of taxpayers from
payment of taxes levied to pay interest
on township bonds issued in aid of the
Charleston, Cincinati and Chicago Rail
road Company by the townships of
Catawba, York, Ebenezer and Broad
River, in the county of York."
This bill, as amended, by Senator
Wilson, passed its final reading. It affects
$193,000 of the bonds issued and deposit
ed in trust. The other $24,000 in bonds
issued in York county were the subject of
the test case in the Supreme Court, which
declared them invalid.
The DeKalb Township bill, mentioned
above, was improperly ratified, and
Senator Alexander, fearing that the
Governor would veto it, reintrodiuced it,
and it passed a second reading. it was
found, however, that the defect could be
cured in committee room, so that Sena
tor Wilson seized the opportunity to,
subsitute his bhil. This Jatter bai re
straihs county treasurers from collecting
taxes to pay interest on to waship bonde,
and orders the refunding of taxes already
paid for tnat purpvae.
THlE CIEMSON BEQUEST.
There was manifestly an increase of in
terest in the House proceedings on
Thursday, when the hour approached
for the special order on the bill to accept
the Clemson bequest and establish the
separate agricultural college at Fort Hilt.
Mr. W. C. Benet of Abbeville led the
fores in favor of the measure.
The niret issue raised was the motion
of Mr. Brawley, of Charleston, to con
inue the bil to the next session of thej
General Assembly. After a short debate
this motion was defeatei by a vote of
62 nays to 50 yeas.
The bill was afterwards passed by
about the same vote.
The following is the text of the bill:
Section 1. That the State of South
Carolina hereby expressly declares that
it accepts the devise and bequest of
Thomas G. Clemson, subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in his
said last will and testament, and that the
treasurer of the State be, and he is here
by, authorized and empowered to re
ceive and securely hold the said property,
both real and personal, and to execute
all necessary papers and receipts there
for, so soon as the said executor shall
convey and transfer the said devise aw!
bequest to the said State.
bection 2. That upon the execution of
a deed and transfer of said property by
said executor, in accordance with the
provisions of said will, an agricultural
and mechanical college shall be, and the
same is hereby, established in connection
with aforesaid devise and bequest, to be
etyled the Clemson College of South
Carolina, and to be situated at Fort Hil,
in Oconee County, on the plantation so
devised, in which college shall be taught
all branches of study pertaining to prac
cal and scientinc agriculture and other in
dustries connected therewith, and such
other studies as are not inconsistent with
the terms of said will.
Section 3. That said college shall be
under the management and control of a
board of thirteen trustees, composed of
the seven members nominated by said
will and their successors and six mem
bers to be elected by the Legislature
every fourth year after the first election,
said board to elect one of their number
to be president and to elect a secretary
and fix his salary. They shall organize
the college and put it in operation as
soon as practicable after the passage of
this Act; shall prescribe the course of
study; shall declare the professorships,
electthe professors, of whom the number
shall not exceed ten, and define their
duties and fix their salaries, and make
all rules and regulations for the govern
ment of the college. They may employ
such superintendent, head workman,
laborers for the farm, shopsandgrounds,
as may be necessary; and fix their com
pensation. They shall charge each
student a tuition fee of $4) per annum;
provided, that said fee shall not be
charged until the funds arising out. of
the said bequest shall be exhausted in
accordance with the terms of the said
wil; provided, further, that indi
gent students shall not be required t.
pay said tuition fee.
Section 4. That the said board of
trustees is hereby declared to be a body
politic and corporate, nde the name
and style of The Clemson Agricultural
College of South Carolina.. They shall
have a corporate seal, which they may
change at their discretion, and in their
corporate name may contract for, pur
chase and hold property for the pur
poses of this Act, and may take any
property or money given or conveyed
by deed, devise or bequest to said
college, and hold the same for its use
and benefit;provided, that the conditions
of such gift or convexance shall in no
case be inconsistent with the purposes
of this Act, and shall -nour no obligation
on the part of the State. They shall
securely invest all funds and keep all
property which may come into their
possession, and may sell any of the
personal property not subject to the trust,
and reinvest the same in auch way as
they may deem best for the interest of
said college. They may sue and be sued,
plead and be impleaded in their corpo
rats name, and may do all things neces
sary to carry out tile provisions of this
Act, and may make by-laws for this
purpose if they deem necessary.
section 5. Tlhat it shall require a two
thirds vot a of the said Board of trustees
to authorize tile expenditure of any
moneys appropriated to said college by
the State, or to authorize the sale or
transfer or reinvestment of any property
or moneys arising from tne sale of any
property under the provisions of this
Act.
Section 6. That for the purpose of
erecting buildings on said Fort Hill
plantation and of purchasing stock and
implements theref or and any expenses as
herein provided, the sum of $8,000 be,
and the same .is hereby, appropriated,
if somuch be necessary, to be paid by
the State treasurer upon the order of
the board of trustees signed by the pres
ident and secretary; provided, that not
more than $1,500 thereof shalilbe used in
erecting buildings, fixtures or perma
nent improvements on said Fort Hill
plantation pending litigation in resyect
to said property; end provided further,
that all personal property purchased
with the money appropriated by the
State shall be taken and held by the
board of trustees as property of the
State of South Carolina. And it shall
be the duty of the said board to make
to the Legislature an annual report of
the c >llege and of all farming operations
and test and experiments, and of all re
cipts and expenditures, with a state
ment of the condition of the property
and funds of said college, and of all the
receipts and expenditures of money
appropriated thereto by the State.
Section 7. That all Acts and parts of
of Acts inconsistent with the provisions
of this Act be, and the same are hereby,
repealed.
BEGULATING RATE~OADs.
The bill introduced by Senator Wood
ward of Fairfield, to restore to the
Railroad Commission the power to fix
rates of carriage for passenger and
f reight was passed and sent to the House.
yhe only change made is that allowing
the railroad companies afected to appeal
to the Circuit Court for Richland coun
ty-the rates fixed to remain of force in
the meantime.
A Finn and Bold Executive.
Gjovernor Seay of Alabama is only 653
years of age. He is regarded as one ot the
orightest and most promising young men
of the New South. During his first candi
dacy for Governor he was opposed_ on the
ground of comparative youth and inexpe
rience. but his renomination and re election
without substantial opposition prove the
wisdom of the people of 4labama in elect
ing him their Chief Magistrate. His
prompt approbation of the course of Sheriff
Smith in the Birminghomi affair marks
him as a man bold enough to do right in
the face of clamor. He is now at Birming
Lam, and his presence seenis to have quelled
ill excitement and to have insured the or
derly operation of the machinery of the
law .....w York Star, Dec. 12.