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VOL. XI. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1897. NO. 27. GETI TO WORK. THE LEGISLATURE CONSDEtNG SOME IMPORTANT B!LLS. II.vCetstions of t. h ikirg Fund Ce m mitson and Diepknsary Pre posetd--To Pat Telegraph ard Expre! C'ctpanu!' Urder Railroad C-mm1=I-n. r--. COLUmP.IA, S. C., Jan. 2f0.--The 1 'g islature hE s ncw gone to N.crk in dead earnest. IN TH1 E EOWSE. The first thing to cone up today was a petition gri1:st the formation of Cherckee County. The petitica was on behalf c f citizens of White Plais township, which it sppears is more or less torn up on the subject, it being stated that a pcrtion of the people want to se cede and go back to Spartanburg. The memcrial was re ferred to the judiciary committee. When Mr. Painsfcrd's resolution to adjourn on February 13 came up. he stated that be did not want to block legislation. There are some important matters, but he did not believe it would take longer than that. Under the old constitution it was always uzi derstood that the Igislature wou!d adjourn on Christmas eve. The time ahowed for legislation in the resolu tion is the same. He did not care to push the resolution now, he said, but simply wanted to give his reasons fcr it. Mr. Winkler moved to make it a special order for February 1. Mr. Magill wanted to amend by maainz it the 12th, but this was lost, and Mr. Winkler's motion was adopted. When Mr. Winkler's mincrity bill in reference to granting a license to carry concealed weapons came up Captain Blythe objected to it on the ground that if a license is granted then we would bave no law against carrying concealed weapons, some thing he was unalterably opposed to. After considerable discussion the bill was tabled. Mr. Verner intrcduced a resolution to appoint a co)mmittee to investigate .the Sinking Fund Commissiou to two members of the House and one Sena tor, and to report at this session. Mr. Burns thought that the regular legislative committee would report in a few days. Their investigation would be all that is necessary. Mr. Verner said that if any faith should be put in the Comptroller Gen eral's statement something should be done about it. Mr. Barry said that as a member of that Commission it courted an inves tigation, .but he thought consideration now was inopportune, and he moved that the resolution go over until to morrow, which was agreed to. Mr. Rainsford then wanted to know what had become of the unanimous resolution passed at the last Lgisla tur requiring that the Penitentiary authorities report on the advisability of manufacturing acid phosphat with in the walls. He wanted to know whether that report had been made. The Speakers pro tem. couldn't an swer and consideration of the matter went over until to-morrow. The bill introduced by Mr. Ander son to repeal the Act prohibiting emi grant agents from plying their vcca uion in the State .wittiout first taking out a license, passed to its third reaca ing without opposition cr discussion. Mr. Vincent .,itrcduced a bill to re duce the phosphate royalty to 25 cents a ton as long as long as the price remains $3.50, per ton. When it goes to $4 50, the royalty or one-third of suchi increase and over $4.50 per cent. of such increase. A concurrent resolution expressing sympathy for Cuba was almost unani mously passed. Ls 'rBE SEN:T. The new lieutenant governor, Mr. McSweeney, presided today for the first time, and did so in such a way as to cause favorable commenit from many. Scarcely had the clerk began the reading of the journal when, on motion of Mr. Moses. this was dis pensed with. This raised the flood gates for new legislation and new bills and committee reports poured in at an astonishing rate. The calendar, too, presented a' formidable appearance with its 15 or more second and third reading bills. but fortunately there was but one measure which the mem bers debated. 1 This was a bill which came up forI its second reading to provide for elec tion by the qualified electors of the respective townships in the State of the boards of township-commissioners, the text of which was as follows: Section 1. That the boards of town ship commissioners which will be ap pointed in the year 1897 pursuant to the section 5 of an act "-to provide a system of government for the several counties of the State," approved Janu ary 4th, 189 1, and the amendments to said act, shall hold their offices until the first Tuesday in November, 1898, and until their successors shall be elected as hereinafter provided. Sec. 2. That on the first Tuesday in November. 3898, and on the first Tuesday of November of every t so years thereafter tbere shall be elected three persons in each township in the several counties of the State by the qualified electors of said township. who shall be known as the board of township commissioners; said persons must be qualified electors and resi dents of the township for wnich they are elected, and their terms of oilice shall be for t wo years and until their successors shall be elected and qual I fied. In case of a vacancy by aeath or otherwise the governor shall fill such vacancy. Tue election of said township commnissioners shall be by ballot and shall be held under the1 supervision of three qualified electors or managers residing in said town ship, who shall be appointed accord ing to law by the State election coai missioners of the county ; and in case the commissioners shall designate a place for the holding of said elections for such townshifs and appoint man agers therefor. Said commissioners shall furnish to el ch prtcinct a separ ate box for the election of said town ship commissioners. The managers shall report the result of the election to the said board of election comin:s sioners, which board shail hear all protests and contests and decide the same, and report the result thereof to; the governor of the State, who, witn the secretary of state, shall issue co-: missions to said members of sai~ board so elected without cnarge on the part of the secretary of state. AllI persons elected as sucn township comn mnissioners shall be exempt from alli road and jury duties while such memn bers ea sall exercise and perform e di -d rceie te pay mtat may be tii& ; law. ec.That a acts. parts of acts, incon'sent wa'a tiis set be. and the sare sre herc by, repealed. Mr Ncses be:an t'e bsttle by mov rn tre Nnacting nords be stricken Mr. Hendericn, whose measure it was, asked the centLrren to plesse state his reasons for su-ch a motion. Mr. Moses did so bri t-, saying, in the firstplace, there were too many elections. Pecple had long been tired ofr havicg to go to the polls so frf quent ly. Again, in his opinion. be did not be lieve as gocd men were to be gottein on the township beards by election as by anpointment. The boards at present were composed of business men who would not enter into the scrambles for election and if tLe bill passed. he thought the public services would be decidedliy injured. Mr. Henderson in reply, said the number of elections would not be in creased, as the vote for the township commissioners would be cast at the same time for other county offices. As the law now stood the governor had too much appointive power which could be used for the furtherance of his own political aspirations. The people elect'd all their other officers and were just as capable of selecting the best men for commissioners as for any other positiors. He believed, for flis part, in local s::lf covernment and home rule. Mr. Pettigrew stated that he agreed with Mr. Mcses. As good men could not, in his opinion, be gotten on the township boards by the election as by appointment. Mr. Su iddath sooke against tne bill, as did Senators Gaines and Archer. Messrs. Mrwer. May field, Nrris, Connor ard Hay advocated the meas ure. Mr. Walker cf Georgetown favored the bill as a general mt asure but wished his county exct pie d for very potent reasons. The aye and nay - ote was demand ed on Mr. Moses' motiou to strike out the encti-g works with the followicg result: Yeas-Archer, Baist, Gaines. Grif fith, Mcst... Pettigrew. Stackhouse, Suddath and Wallace-9. Nays-Alexander, Brown. Connor, L'ennis, Douglass, DuaBose, Hay. Hen derson, Love, Mayield, MzDaniel, Miller, Mower, Norris, O'Dell, Ragin, Sloan, Talbrid Turner and Walker -20. Mr. Moses motion was defeatel and the bill passed its second reading. The full text of the bill is as given above with the exception that Sumter, Georgetown, Beaufort, Spartanburg and Saluda counties are excepted from its provisions. - An invitation was received from the president of Winthrop college for the senate to visit the college on Sat urday. Mr. Love asked who was to pay the expenses of the trip. Mr. Beown in formed him that it wculd not cost the State a cent ss the excursion was to be run at the expensense of outsiders presumably the citizens of Rock Hill. Mr. Mayfield asked would the per diem of tEe legislators be paid while they were on this trip. He was in formed that it would, whereupon he objected to accepting the invitation, saying that a single day's session cost the State from $3,000 to $4,000 and therefore a single day could not be lcst. If the legislature visited one college it would have to visit all, thus entailing a cost of about $10,000, which was half the appropriation granted to the Citadel academy. Messrs. Connor and Brown both spoke against accepting the invitation and finally the invitation was laid on the table. Mr. Henderson introduced a resolu tion whicn is intended to shorten the session of the legislature.- His resolu tion prohibited a bill or resolution being introduced after the-1st of Feb ruary, except. such as were recom mended by the committees. This passed without opposition. These are the bills that passed their third readtng to day: A bill fixing the time for holding courts in the secood circuit. Mr. Ragsdale's bill to make railroad corporations liable for damages result ing to land owners from the wrongful construction of water courses. Mr. Love's bill changing the com mutation road tax of York county from $1 to $2. The follo wing passed their second reading: Mr. Henderson's bill to authorize the appointment of a constable for Aiirencounty to be resident at Langley. The bill repealing an act regulating fishing in Aiken County. The joint resolution to extend the time for the collection of the commu tation road tax in the several counties of the State to the 1st of March, 1S97, and exempting from punishment those who pay by the date named. The bill authorizing the railroad commissioners to require all railroads to erect at janctioat points union ude pots and to impose a penalty for their failure to do so when required. The bilt authorizing cities. towns and townships to issue bonds for re funding inde btedness existing at time of the adoption to the present Consti tution. Champion Bigamist. KAYSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 21.-Gov ernor Leedy has pardoned H. C. Wit moth, alias Howell, alias Howe, alias Howart, who was serving a ten months' sentence far bigamy. Wil inoth was arrested on the charge at Terre Haute, Ind., where he was about to b: marrie2d to a wealthy young womian of that city. H's ar rest was brou h: azbout by Miss Bella Butil of Eii g.inm. Ill., 'to whm he wa3 also marr-ied. iI trial develc ped evidence which placed him in the front rank of bigamnists~it beine shown that he had wives in Cincinnati, Min neapolis. Chicago, Denver, Terre Haute, St. Josenh, Mo., Fresno, Cal., Zanesville, Oaio, Edingham, Ii!., Se neca, Kan., and Kansas City. His re markable martial career covered a pe iod of eight years, during which he had served a term in the Missouri ;enitentiary for one of his crimes. Pefrer's successor. TOPEiKA, Kas., Jan. 21.--Wn. A. Harris ,no was nomifnated for Uie States Senator in the: Popalist caucus !a night to succeed Senator Peiler, is an ex-Confederate, havingserved dur ng the rebellion as assistant c jtant .eral in Wico's Bigad. Long u t'ivision, andt as chief of ora tac o -f th dv'ons of Hll and yx a.d wa emrployved io an engimneer ing capcit during the construction of the Union Pacimic Road, for three years. .tie was also co)nnfete'i with (JETING D)OWN TO IT. THE LEGISLATURE HARD A.T WORK ON NEW ACTS. A Laba ,r 3teaure-A Home Rule Measure. Th- D-ipensary Investigatlon-The Veto -wer Suitained-A New Fertilizer Bill. CoI-urma., S. C., Jan. 21.-When the House met this morning there was a tlood of new bills. The following are the more important ones: Mr. Wolling-To require all railroad trains to stop at all stations. Mr. Bacot-To amend the act relat ing to tru's!ees of Winthrop and the South Carolina collezes and the Cita del academy so as to eliminate from the boards members of the general as sembly, in accord with the provisions of the new Constitution. Mr. Sanders-To prevent other than convict labor from being employed upon the State farms. Mr. Price-Joint resolution to pay oalances of salaries to several county supervisors of rezistration in the State. Mr. Sturkie-To amend the act rela tive to local boards of health so as to leave the matter of appointment and control thereof to the people of the several towns of not over 5,000 inhab itints. Mr. Gage--To provide a system of county gcvernment. The fundam-nt al idea of the bill is to organize coun ties as cities are organized; to be ,ov erned by a supervisor for the whole county and a commissioner for each township. This board is vested with power over roads, bridges, water courses, fences, public buildings. the poor and game. Tne board is empow ered to enact ordinai ces touching the above matters; ordinances fixing or changing voting precincts; ordinances axing the compensation of all county oflicers. The bill means government of the counties by themselves and not by a delegation in the general assem blv. It is a home rule bill. Mr. Sullivan-To amend the act regulating the schedule of passenger trains in certain cases so as to make all roads of not less than 50 miles in lengtn (except those in the hands of receivers) to run at .least one unmixed passenger train daily each way. Mr. Kibler-To provide for the ap pointment of a State labor commis sioner and to define his duties and for his salary. This bill provides that the labor commissioner shall enter upon his duties on the 1st of April, 1897, and shall hold office for two years. unless sooner removed by the advisory board bereinafter provided for. He must re side at the capital and must be 25 years old. The advisory board shall consist of the governor, attorney general and superintendent of education. The sal ary of the commmissioner shall be $1,500 and traveling expenses not to exceed $600. The comptroller general shall on or before Oct. 1 in each.year assess uoon each manufacturing es tablishment its just and equitablepro portion of all expenses of the labor ommissioner, of clerk and incidentals which assessments shall be charged up by the comptroller general and shall be collected by the several coun ty treasurers. The advisory board may appoint a clerk at a salary of $750 if they deem such services necessary. Incidental expenses. including office furniture, stationery, etc.. shall not exceed 500 :>er annum. When sufficient com laint shall have been made under oath by the employees of any cotton mill or other manufacturing establish ments that the officers or agents of such manufacturing establishments are abusive to employees or fail to pay their wages or improperly withhold them for any cause whatsoever, then t shall be the duty of the commission er to proceed to investigate and if he inds the charges are true he shall cor rect such evils and he shall have the power to demand an inivestigat'on of he conduct of any officer or agent of mny manufacturing establishment when he finds such agent is unjust. The cmmissioner must visit at east twice every year the different nanuf..cturing estabiisbhments and in restigate the conditon of buildings and employes and see that buildings re safe and that health, education and eneral welfare of the children and employes are properly cared for. The dvisory board may adopt such rules as they deem necessary for protecting he employees of any establishment from abuse and unjust treatment and o secure them all their rights. That if any establishment is guilty >f violating any of the rules of the ad risory board, and, after due notice to rincipal officer, ample and full re ocmpense for the wrong done, as de e bed by the commissioners shall not be doiie within a reasonable time, uch company shall incur a penalty >f each offense not less than $50 and not more than $300. The advisory >oard shall not make any rules or reg ilations whiich would be unfair to any nanufacturing establishment and if tny such are considered oppressive< ~edress may be had before the board: nd finally before a court. A ny otli ~er of an establishment who shall re use to produce all books, papers or: thier evidences that may be demanded. y the labor commissioner or shall< ibstruct the commissioner in the per ormnance of his duty shall be liable toj a tine of not less than $100 or impris nment not less than 60 days. The1 ~erm "'manufacturing co mpany'shall nean corporations, companies or in-1 !ividuals engaged in manufacture of ~otton goods of any kind.3 Mr. Carson-To amend the act pro iding for the election of bublic cat on weighers and 'o provide for their ~ompensation. The bill merely chang-< s the terri ory over which the weiga ~rs have ja.risdiction.< Mr. Sullivan-P-oviding punish ent for laborers who violate either critten or verbal contracts after hay ng receive supplies from his landlord. he offense is made a misdemeanor< unishable by not less than threei nonths more than 12 months, or a line f not less than $100 or more than By Mr. Harvey-To repeal the act >rovidmng 10r a special tax on certain ive s'ock in Berkeley county, and to -ni a lictnse fee to be paid for :eepmng -vtai.i live stock witain cer ain fenced territmry in Berkeley ]. :unty, and to -'cvice for rep-airs of be bounidary let e shereof and for ~orrowing money anecessary. By Mr. Mis b e--Te' require mar ~iage licenses f.nd certi cates in this Mr. Price isitroduced he folio wing, sking immediate coasiseratioa three Whereas certain newspapers and >ersons have made and t ubiished in-1 :nnotine anr1 chargemnf cnrrnmion s and mismanagement of the State dis pensary, reflecting upon the officials threof from its enactmeiit, Therefore be it Resolved. That a committ e of five, consisting cf three members from the house and two members from the sen ate, elected by the respective houses, the duty of which committee shall be to investigate said charges and insin uations, and, further, that said com - mittee shall have full power to send for persons and papers, to administer oaths to witnesses examined, to sit at such time and places as they may deem convenient, to employ an expert account to aid in such investigation as they see proper, and to report to the house of representatives and senate at the present session, or the next ses sion hereafter, or to the governor should neither house be in session when such committee wishes to make a report whether such charges and in sinuations be true or untrue and any other thing they believe would be wise and expedient. The reading of the resolution did not seem to create much of a stir in the house. A few members listened to it. After a long wait Mr. Kinard said it was an important mattter and it would be well, perhaps, to let it go over for a day at least. Ten members rising slowly one by one finally caus ed the resolution to go over until to morrow. PASSED A FINAL REkDING. The house wAs not able to tackle its calendar until 11 o'clock. Tnen these third reading matters were taken up and ordered to be sent to the sinate: Mr. Bacot's bill to amend the act to authorize and empower cities, town. townships and other municipal corpo rations to issue negotiible coupon bonds for the refunding or payment in whole or in part of bonded indebt ness and iny unpaid past due interest thereon existing at the time of the adoption of the present Constitution. The senate bill to amend the act to regulate the election of mayors and intendants and wardens and aldermen of towns and cities, with amendments. When Mr. Anderson's bill to re peal the anti-emigrant act came up on the third reading, Mr. 0 P. Goodwin moved to recommit the bill, holding that to pass the bill and repeal the law would be detrimental to the farming interests of the State. He gave the house Laurens county's experience with emigrant agents. Hundreds of negroes were taken away after the season had begun. These agents took them away and made them vio late all contracts, etc , even after their taxes has been paid. He was willing for them to leave when they are not nader contract. He did not wish to keep the negroes here if they did not wish to stay. The present act did not interfere with the negoes leaving if they wished to go. After some discussion Mr. Thomas moved to indefinitely postpone the ill. The vote on this motion was as follows, the bill being killed: Aye, 8); nay, 34. Those voting with Mr. Anderson were Messrs. A-bill, Bcot, Banks, Bethune, Burns, Fairy, Gads den. Gage, Harvey, Holis, Humphrey Kibler, Livingston, Meares, Miller, J. H.; Mishoe, Moore, Nettles, Patton, Player, Pollock, Prince, Pyatt, Rog ers, Russell, Sanders. Skinner, Smith, E. D ; Sturkie, Stevenson, Thomas. W. E.; Williams, Witherspoon and Wyche. Mr. Wingo's bill licensing carrying oncealed weapons, abouit which there haa been much wrangling the preced ng day. was taken up and killed by a ote of 62 to 43. When Mr. Timmerman's bill to re uire all county officers to give bond an surety companies was reached. Mr. Rogers moved the adoption of the un favorable report of the committee.- Mr. immerman defended his bill, saying hat in nearly every county there had bseen misdoings on the part of coun y officers." They could not legislate onesty in a man, but they wished to ix the barrier so high that it could not >e surmounted. Mr. Thomas remarked that there was no such company doing business n: this State. Mr. Crum was ooposed to the bill. He explained the present law and ointed out the hardnips that this bill vould work. Mr. Rogers said they would put it in he power of one or two companies to ictate who should hold office in this state. Mr. Kibier wanted to kno w if there ere any companies in the State. Mr. McWhite said the bill would ust put in the hands of one or two ~ompanies to say who should hold onded offices. It would defeat the vill of the people. The bill was then indefinitely post >oned, and the House ad journed. IN THlE SENATE. The first business on the Senate cal ~ndar was the veto message of Gover or Evans in the mriter ot removing nagistrates. The o'tj stions raised by he governor to this act, it will be re nembered, were that he had not the ower to remove magis~ra-.es, neither auld he appoint them save by the ~onsent of the senate. On these two ~rcunds the act was vetoed. Senator Mower, author of the bill, ~vathe only one to speak oa the veto. Ie said that the bill, as first introduco d by him,ga -e the power of removal or cause to the governor, but after ooting into the matter further he of ered an amendment taking away his right. He did so because after ore study hn believed the Constitu ion abridged this pow r, as it provid-' d for two distinct modes of remnoval a the case of jidicial otli:ers;~the irst, by imp achament; the secondI, by~ he governor, two thirds of the gen ~ral assembly concurring. Tne prop sitionl on the which M?r. Mower rest d as that m1agistrates are judicil tlicers and therelfori removable on2ly n the manner prescrib d by the Con-1 itution. As to the matter of reap ointment of magistratec whose api ointment the senate has refused to onirmn, Mr. Mower was of the opin n that the governor could not reap-, oint during that term of the senate. ~Vhen he had finished stating his po ition Mr. Mower moved that the tillI )O passed over the governo-':, veto nd caled for the aye e-na nay vote thich resulted as fol'.ows: Yeas--Archer, Dennis, Douglass, )ui3ase, Gainee, Irre, May11ild, Mc Jnieh Mas Molw-, Norris, O'DaiL ttirew, Rigtin. ':.gsdule, Sloan, Navs-Aler?der, Brovn. Buist, entderson, dMulidin, Mc~a!!a, Miller, ~cartoroug:, Stackhouse. Tlird, As -a two tLirds vote was necessary overcomae the v.-to, the bi failed carry by three votes. A bill to enable Eugene S. Blease f Saluda county, a minor over thec to the bar, came up for a second read. ing. After much discussion the bill was killed. The board of harbor commissioners for the port of Charleston reported that the total number of arrivals at the ports for the year was 737 vessels, with an aggregate tonnage of 804,578, against 794 arrivals with an aggregate of 853,390 tons for the year previous. The following new bills were intro duced yesterday: Mr. Connor-A. bill to regulate the sale of fertilizers and to determine the value thereof. Mr. Connor's idea is an elaborate one. He proposes to re quire every farmer purchasing fertil izers to place a sample out of each grade in a bottle and place that in the hands of the clerk of the court of his county, to remain there until he gathers his crop, when, if he should have any reason to believe that the fertilizer is not up to the limit he shall send it to the chemist for a thorough analysis. The result of this would naturally be that whenever a bad crop year came along the chemist would be worked to death. Mr. Buist introduced a bill to place street railways on a footing with rail roads in regard to damages to persons inj Ied. Senator Dennis-A bill providing for the formation of Dorchester coun ty. SenatorBuit-Authorizing the State treasurer to issue bonds of 50 per cent. fo the purpose of retunding the Sam uel Lord lost bonds. The following bills passed their third reading. Senator Henderson-To authorize thai appointment of a constable for Aiken county, to be a resident of Langky, a bill to repeal an act regu latig shing at certan times in Aik. en co ty, also a jpint resolution to extend the -time for the collection of the commutation road tax in the sev - eral counties of the State to the 15 of March, 1S97, and to exempt from pun ishment all who fail to pay before that time. A bill to provide for the election by the qualifed electors of the respective townships in the St- '..e of the boards of townsiip commissioners. This pass ed after Sumter, Berkeley, Edgefield, Laurens, Abbeville, Lexington, Wil liamsburg, Colleton, Marion, -Marl boro, Darlington, Horry, Georgetown, Spartanburg and Saluda counties had been excepted. Senator Mayfield-Authorizng the railroad commissioners to require all railroads to erect at junctional points union depots, and to impose a penalty for their failure to do s> when requir ed. - Senator Baist-To amend an act in corporating the South Carolina and Augusta railroad by extending the time for completing the first 10 miles of the road. Senator Buist-To empower cities, towns, and townships to issue negoti able coupon bonds for the refunding or payment of bonded indebtedness and any unpaid pist due interest thereon existing at the time of the adootion of the present Constitution. It might be interesting to note that the coaniittees reportsd unfavorable on Mr. Saddath's bill to repeal the act against nepotism and Mr. Ragsdale's constitutional amendments providing for the election of judges by a popular vote. Both, however, were placed on the calendar. The senate adjourned to meet to morrow at 11 a. m. WHILE THEY LOOKED .Ken and wom en on Snore - saw a Ship's Crew Perish. QUOGCE:, L. I., Jan. 21.-The three masted schooner Nahum Chapin, Capt. Arey of Rockland, Maine, from Baltimore for Boston with coal, was lost within 300 yards of the shore at this place early this morning and her crew of nine men perished miserably within sight of the hundreds of men and women who could do nothing to help them. The vessel went ashore here at 4 o'clock. For three hours she pounded up higher and higher upon the hard sindy beach. Then with a crash she went to pieces, and one by one the nine sailors on her, who could be plainly seen clinging to her rigging, were engulfed with the wreckage and died within hailing distance of the life sayers on shore. It was raining hard when the Chapin came ashore. The surf was unusually high and the waves beat in upon the beach with great fury. The storm was at its worst when the wreck occurred. Tb'e villa gers say that it was the worst storm that part of Long Island has known in years. The patrol from the life say iug stations were on their beat when the vessel struck and in a few mo ments at the most, the life saving :rew was on its way to the place. By the time they reached the spot nearest the vessel the alarm had reached the village and deznns of townfolks had ~athered to watch the work of the' ~rew and to help if possible, too. The ~rew of thie vessel could be made Out ~lingi'ig to her riging. A rope was then fired from the mor ar. It stru::k the vesel, hung for a econd across her yards, but then it lipped away and fell into the sea. rhen another rope was fired. This ime the rope landed safe and secure .n the rigging. The men on the ves ~el managed to secure it, but could not nahe it fast to the vessel. This rope vas lost as was a third that was sent ~ut a short time later. The men on he vessel could catch the rones but hey could not secure them to the ;cnooner. The life savers and those on the )2eh c->u~1 make out nice persons in he rielgi. Six were clinging to the 'oremast riging aad three men were )2 the jiobom. Several attempts vere mnade to launch a boat, bu~t the ea wa~s so territlic thiat it was nothing >ut death to dare venture into such a ea, and the boats could not pass the ist breaker. Finally the vessel be ;an to sink and a huge wave carried me of the men off the jibboom and ater the others were swe pt away. The six clinging to the rigging of he foremast had been safe up to this ine, but them masts began to whirl round and in a fe w minutes the miz :enmnast came down with a crash and tt the same moment a cry from the six >ersjns in toe rigging of the fore nasts told those oni the beach it was dii ov-er. In a few moments great luanties of wreckage began to ecme snore. At the last moment it was een that t wo of those who were cling ng to the rigging of the foremast were not men as had beea supposed, ut that one was a woman and the WITHOUT OPPOSITION GARY, TOWNSEND AND NEAL RE ELFCTED. Cunninghaw, Blackwell ard Wharton for Directors of the Penitentiary---Cuban Resolutions Hang Fire In the Senate. COLUMBIA, S. C., Jan. 23.-Outside of the elections yesterday and the con sideration of the Cuban resolutions in the Senate, the legislative proceedings were without special interest, being little more than a perfunctory sound ing of the calendar. When the House met at 10 o'clock there were a number of new bills introduced and the usuai preliminary exercises and motions were made before actual work began on the calendar. None of this was of general importance. The mad dog killing bill introduc ed by Mr. Harvey requires that the owner of a mad dog shall kill him at once, and refusing to do this, a pun ishment of $100 fine or imprisonment for 30 days is imposed. This bill did ne.ssume the length of proportions in debate as the regulation "yaller dog" bill, but a motion to indefinitely postpone it was overwhelmingly lost. There was considerable discussion, a number of members pointing out that it was useless, and from the terms of the Act, no convictions could ever be had, but it passed nevertheless. At 12 o'clock the Senate came into the Hall for the puropse of hoiding the Judicial and Penitentiary elections. The election of Judges came first, and Senators Alexanaer and Archer were appointed tellers and M-ssrs. Williams, Wsche and W. C. Davis on the part of the House. Mr. Rainsford nominated Hon. Earnest B. Gary Judge of the Fifth Circuit. Although the rule was adopted that only two seconds should be allowed, Judge Gary's nomination was seconded by Messrs. Ashley, Winkler,Crum and Patton on behal fof their respective delegations, when the Lieutenant Governor called attention to the rule. The roll being called, Judge Gary received every vote, to the number of 143. Mr. Crum nominated Judge D. A. Townsend to succeed himself. Sena tor Mower having withdrawn from the race as announced in The Regis ter, Judge Townsend had no opposi tion and was unanimously elected, re ceiving 144 votes. Nominations fcr Superintendent of the Penitentiary coming next, Mr. Robinson of Anderson started out ia a glowing speech in nominating Col. Neal, but the President, under the rules, had to call him down. No one was nominated in opposition and be was elected by 146 votes. For Directors of the Penitentiary the following were put in nomina tion: Mr. Goodwin Lominated J. H. Wharton of Laurens. Mr. Ilderton nominated J. H Black well of Williamsburg. Senator Love nominated John B. Cornwell of York. Mr. Blythe nominated J. M Wnit mire of Greenville. Mr. Asbill nominated John G. Guignard of Lexington. Mr. Gage nominated T. J Canning ham of Chester. The result of the ballot was: Wharton, 80; Blackwell, 109; Corn well, 56; Whitmire, 73; Guignard, 33; Cunningham. 91. .Messrs. Blackwell, Cunningham and Wharton having received the largest number of votes were declared elected. It took nearly t wo hours to complete the count of the votes in all the elections, after which the House ad journed. By Mr. Ashley-To make the privi lege tax one cent per ton instead of 25 cents, as at present. This bill is a rad ical change in the present law, but is in keeping with a large sentidient that the tax should be reduced. Mr. Ashley's bill will no doubt create a great deal of discussion, but he con tends that the farmers should pay only the expenses of the examination of the phcsphate sold them and that no profit should he made at their expense -hence the bill. Mr. Thomas of Charleston intro duced the following in reference to concealed weapons: Section 1. Any person carying a pistol, dirk, dagger, slung shot, metal knuckles, razor or other deadly weap on usually used for the intliction of personal in jury, concealed about his person, shall be guilty of a misde meanor and upon conviction thereot' before a court of competent jurisdic tion. shall forfeit to the county the weapons so carried concealed and be fined in a sum not more than $200, or imprisoned not more than twelve months, or both, in the discretion of the court. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to apply to peace otlicers while in the discharge of their du ties. In every indictment for marler, manslaughter, assault and assault andj battery of a high and agravated na ture, assault and battery with iQ'eut to kill, and in every case waere the rime is charged to have been com mitted with a deadly weapn, of the haracter specified in this secin, there shall ne a special count in the ndictment for carrying concealed eapons and the j ary shall be. required o hnd .a verdict on such special ounts. IN THE SENATE. The session of the Senate today was hort. The Cuban resAutions from he house, which were made the special rder for today, were discussed, and, urprising to say, met with more de ded opposition than was expected. Even this matter was not tinished and was carried over till Saturday, when everal other senators are expcd to peak on the resolutions. Among the new bills inte-educel as one by Mr. Connor to regulate ne manufacture, inspection, shipment and sale of commercial fertil:zers and anures, the priv.ilege tax on same, mnd providing a penalty for violations hereof. The bill provides for the is uance of privilege tax tags by the rustees of Clemson college upon the eceipt by the State treasurer of 10 ents per ton on fertilizers sold, It further provides that these tags shall e cancelled by the comnpany selling the fertililzers, stamping its name cross the face of them; and provides urther for the punishment of persons ssuing fraudulent tags or in any way voiding the tax. It provides for- the mployment of a special corps of in pectors and chemists at certain sea-j ons of the year and provides penalties an cases where fertilizers fail to ca:= ip to the standard. Tna tax it po oses shall be devoted to purpos~s of The presentment of the grand jury of Lancaster was received and referred to the proper commit.tee. It recom mended that State witnesses be paid but one per diem even it they had to remain lonzer than one day. The re port furtler recommended that not more than three leading witnesses for the State be tound over. The presidect announced the ap pointment of ROLrt R. Hemphill, Jr , as page, vice John Aull, resigned. He also announced that the King's Photographic company requested tWe senators to meet in front of the State House immediately after adjournmaent to have their pictures taken in group. On the adjournment, however, the senators were hungry enough to eat t woor three photographs so they didn't have their pictures taken. On the return of the senators from the house the bill to renew the char ter of the Beaufort and Port R~yal Turnpike co:Qpany was reported un favorably by the committee and the report adopted. The senate then adj raned until 12 m. today. LYNCHING IN LOUISIANA. Terrible Venaeanoe on Three Negro Mur derers. AWurE CITY, La., Jan. 20.-Yester day eveniz-1 ---hen is beclne known that John Johnson LwmicJoiner, charged with the Cotton family mu: ders would be lynched, small groups of strangers from every section of t.is and adj anin parishes commencei to com in and hold low conversations on thestreet corners. Tae night was a most miserable one, raining and gloomy. About 9 o'clock there were perhaps 25) people on the streets, whcn suddenly some 150 men on horses zal loped up to the jail, and having found the deputy who had charge, forced him t: open tie j til door, and also ooen thesteel cages, and they took from the cames John Johnson and Arch Joiner, and G,; Williams, the latter a negro charged with murdering his wife last summer, near Indepen dence. Tae crowd of mea were very quiet, and made no hostile demonstra tion other than to get the three ne groes. After procuring their men they bad a short consultation, and de cided to hang Gus Williams to an oak tree near a negro chur'h on tie outer edge of the town. A rope was quick ly adjisted over a large limb and one end around Williams's neck. Wii hams was made to get on a horse, and the horse struck with a whip, jumping from under Williams. His neck was not broken, and some men caught hold of his body and jerked him down. Williams disposed of, the cromd started on the long march to John Cotton's house, where the murders were committed. Johnson and Joiner walked a mile or so, when a wagon was procured and they rode the rest of the way. Tae distance trave led was 12 miles, through a heavy rain. There were nearly 2)0 in the cro wd during the march. Joiner prayed a deal, but Johnson did not seem. to mind his fate, remaining quiet most of the way. Af ter a ride of four hours the Cotton residence was reached, and all dis mounted. Joiner made a break for liberty, but was captured before he had gone very far. Joiner and John - son desired to fight, and they were permitted to, after which they were taken into the house, separated and efforts made to get a confession from them. Johnson strnek to his former statement that Arch Joiner was the man who did the deeds, Joiner stoutly maintained his innocence for a while, but when finally brought face to face with John Johnson confessed that he killed Mrs. John Cotton, Miss Agnes' Miller and Miss Lizzie Miller. A dis cussion then arose as flo the best way to dispcse of two self-confessed mur derers. Somne were in favor of burn ing them, and fires were made for that purpose, and somne say Johnson was actually pushed in the fire and burned. Cooler judgment pevailed, and it was finally decided to hang them which was done, and their bodies rid dled with bullets. It was Arch Joiner's earnest request that he be shot to deat b, and this was finally determin ed upon as was the mode of death which was to be meted out to John son, but at the last moment, after the fire had been starred, it was urged that both be hung, as Gus Williams had been, and they were taken a quar ter of a mile from the Cotton residence and executed as above stated, They both implicated t wo other negroes, but said nothing about a white man. All is quiet no w. Eamberg County. B.GBERG, Jan. 19-Never since the memorable victory of 187G have the people of Bamberg rej )iced so much over the resul: of an election as to day. The citizens of this town are wild with excitement, and are cele brating the victory with speech-mak ing, music and fireworks. The fol 10owing is the official result of the elec tion as reported here to-night, and in eludes all the follo~wing precinctsI w.ithin the new county of Bamberg: Banmberg, 358 yes, 1 no; Midway, 96 yes, 1 no; Denmark, 56 yes, 137 no; k'arr-ell's Store, 82 yes, 14 no; Ehr hardt, 112 yes. 72 no; Olar, 115 yes, 25 no; George's Creek, 5S yes, 3 no; to tal, yes 877, no 254. Bamberg as the county seat and Bamberg as the name of the new county were cairriedi by the same majority as the election for the new county. Her Fire' Husbind Lives. CH.nLo'rrE-, N. C., Jan. 20-An "Enocti Arden" aifair in real life turned up in the Saperior court here today. L nte A. McCrichard was granted a divorce from Valdella Me Cric hard. Baick of this is a queer ro-j nmance. Mrs. McCrichard's husband Mt her many y-ars ago. She mar ried again and was living happily with her secon~d husband. Her son was traveling in South Carolina. a short timne ago a-nd met his father face to fLee. He came homne and told his mother her first husband was alive.1 He has never returned, but she cg cide it was best to separate from ner meI ond husband aud the divor- was grarnted. Tre ~ - BELLAMfE, C., Jan-. ~ t-p murder occurred -ie last night at F at Rock. W. a..af x miles South of here.e J e ali aaer Moore and Jobu Gree went' to the honse of Lemn GTri. wir ance was in1 t rg -re-- ::: a ped to interrupt as stcia.Grim ordered them -:a n a 'agt ensued. Going into t(te. rim secured a shotgun and ce at. tne men. Russell wasi sho ia the breast andt the other twvo men in the back as they started to run away. All three d'ed ic -a short A GOOD DOCUMENT. GOVERNOR W. H. ELLERBE'S INAUGU RAL ADDRESS. A Paper that Wmi be Read With Interest by the People of South Carolina-Leu tenant Governor McSweeney Adds a Few Words. The following is the full text of Governor W. H. Ellerbe's Inaugural. Address: IVAUGURAL ADDRESS OF GOVERNOR W. H. ELLERBEE. Fellow Citizens: Youhave called me to the highest office within your gift. In assuming the duties of this most important trust I cannot express in iitting words my appreciation of the confidence placed in me. This great honor, I already realize, carries with it great responsibilities. With out your warm support, upon which I conndently rely, I shall be unable to meet and overcome the many difficul ties already apparent. It has long been the custom for the incoming Governor to outline, in his inaugural address, the policy of his administration. In obedience to this time-honbred custom I shall attempt briefly to set before ycu the course which I shall endeavor to pursue dur inz my term of office. Untrammelled by obligations or pledges inconsistent with the welfare of the people, it shazll be my highest ambition to discharge my dutties faith fully and impartially. The soimm oath o offie which I have just taken binds me to no political party or fac tion, but it does bind me to preserve, to protect and to defend both the Can stitution of this State and of the Unit ed States. Under our form of government faithfulness to our ftundamental laws and zeal fdr the public welfare are all that is demanded of citizens assuming public tr:sts. T. support the Coasti tution, the foundation of our free Gov ernment, is the daty of every citizen. Upon this consideration I have a right to expect the support of all good citi zens, and you have a right to demand that I, in the administration of the la ws, give "equal privileges to all and secial privileges to none." To administer faitifully the laws, to lighten by all wrthy means the bar den of ta%.:tion, to develop the re sources of theState, to protect the in dustries of her citizens, to encourage immigration of the right sort, to fos ter our institutions of learning, both Church and State, to enhance the effi ciency of our public schools, to sus tain our penal and charitable and oth er institutions shall be my earnest de sire and unalterable purpose. In matters of detail, however, 1 deem it best to make to the General Assembly, by special message, such recommendations as may from time to time o-,ur to me and the exigencies of the case may demand. To the in telligence and patriotism of this bo we must look for ' the- nacten of laws which may best protect the pso - ple's interests. I have neither the power nor inclination to force your representatives to accept my views. At all times I stand ready to co-oper. ate with them. +o counsel and to advise. TA.Z TIONX. Without taxation, dLe. or indirect, no government can be maintained. All patriotic citizens cheerfully bgr their part of the burden of taxaton when the affairs of the State are wise ly and economically managed. It is only when the revenues of the State are squandered or unwisely and extravagantly expanded, or when some classes of pronerty escape taxa tion and the burden of supporting the Government is, therefore, unequally distributed that the people complain. It is clear then that all taxable proper ty should be assessed and that great care should be taken in the equaliza tion of assessments. The legislators are the servants of the people, entrust ed with the delicate responsibility of appropriating public funds, and, like good business men, they should endeavor to expend every dol lar wisely and economically. To secure the best government at the least expense to the people should be the constant aim of every legislator. It is the part of a statesman to seek to lighten the burden of taxation, when this can be done without detriment to the public interest, but to cripple or destroy institutions established for the benetit of the people merely to reduce the tax rate is neither wise nor states manlike. To pursue the one course is to advance, to pursue the other is to retrograde. It shall be my policy, then, to endeavor to increase, in every legitimate way, our taxable property. This can be done by inducing worthy immigrants to settle in our midst, and by teaching our own people to diver sify and improve in every possible way. It is thus that we shall be able to bring under cultivation vast stretches of Aich, untilled lands and at the same time to improve soil al ready made poor by improper tillage. Our climate is, perhaps, on the whole, as delightful as any on this Continent. Our w;inters are short and our summers long, bu not warmer than at the North. Steck requires less food and man less clothing than in colder sec tions. utr truck far mers have an immense advantage over their Northern com petitors. We are no longer dependent upon the Western farmer for corn and :>ats and hay and pork and beef. In some sections tobacco culture has al ready become a profitable industry. We have perhaps the advantage of Northern snd Western farmers in nany other respects and, with cotton as a sure money crop, we can offer to :mmigrants advantages not possessed by any other section. There is now reason to believe Lhat the manufactur ers of Ne- ICE land are already look ing towarJs theo Sat They are be mtningto eah: that it isecheaper to bring t heir :miis to the cotton than to take the cot ton to the mills. With our ~pendi at~er powers, many of which rundeveloped for lack of capital, atu which, if harnessed for the use of oau would materially increase our e lth, we ought, it seems to me, to :all the attention of the outside world ot only to these un pD~aleled advan agob as~ to our g enial climate. he rchue~Ss and variety of our soil, ?ur ira wealth, 'jur splendid for ~sts of pine and oak and nickory and rainut end gum and other varieties of rees. South Carolina ought to become .great manufacturing State. We teed a variety of industries. There ;hould be no antagonism between the farmer and the man ufacturer, bet ween he citizen of the town and thc citizen f the country. Their interests are nutual.- Every exclusively agricul