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VOL. XiI. MANNING., S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARX 0L, 1897. NO. 29. TilE SENATE AT WOK SEVERAL BILLE PASSED AND MANY OTHERS INDUCED. A Ntw Dispeusary Bill Introduced by Sen ator May leld-A Number of Othe r Bills Pa".ed and Itad- TI-e Senotte WC-ll tp With Its Work. COLUM, S. C- Feb. 5.--TheSen ate met Tuesday night at S o'clock. The usual routine business at te op ening was disposed of and the third reading bills on the calendar were reached when it was discovered that one of the assistart clerks was absent with the key to the desk in which were lcck-ed all the papers of the sen ate, including the bills. Under these circumstances there was nothing to do but to adjourn. This the senate did until 11 o'clock Wednesday. When the senate met Wednesday morning the question of the introduc tion of bills was reopened by Senator Moses offering a resolution to extend the time to the 13th inst. His resolu tion passed without comment, but soon thereafter Mr. Henderson moved a reconsideration, saying that it was time for this body to be looking to ward an adjournment. Bills if ne cessary could be introduced through the committees. Mr. Moses explained that he ssw no necessity or reason for shutting out the introduction of bills from the floor when they could be gotten before the senate through the committees. it was as well to let the author father the bill as a committe. And further, this talk of adjourning by the middle of February was out of the question. If every bill was in, declared Senator Moses, an adjournment could not be reached by that time. He then point ed out that tte supply bill and the ap propriation bill had not been touched in the house and predicted that the work of the body would not be fin ished before, the 1st of March. Mr. Henderson said that an exam - pie should be set in this matter. It should be shown that the senate was up with its work and was waiting on the house. His motion to reconsider then prevailed by a vote of 23 to 8. Saturday, the sixth inst.. was then tixed as the last day for the inLroduc tion of new bills. When Mr. Suddath's bill to repeal the act against nepotism in the ap pointment of clerks and inferior offi cers by the heads of departments came up for a second reading, Mr. Archer moved that the unfavorable report of the committee be adopted. Mr. Suddath gave as his reasons for introducing the bill that under the present law he thought unnecessary hardships were impcsed upon the heads of departments. These men were elected to offices of Lust and they wanted clerks of whose honesty there was no doubt and in whom re liance could be placed. If relatives of the officers were capable of filling these positions, then he could see no objection to having them appointed. The bill. he explained, applied only to state officers. The nlnfavorable report was adopted by a vote of 23 to 8 and the bill killed. A house bill to require coun'y offi cers to keep an itemized account of their income by virtue of their office and to require them to make an annu al report of the same to the county sunervisor and further to keep an open record of such account subject to in spection by citizens of said county was reached in due time among the second reading bills. Mr Mower moved the enacting words be stricken out. Mr. Dean said there was a demand from the people for such a measure. They wanted to know what their county oflicers were getting and in the case of~ those who received fees this was impossible. Mr. Mower explained that he made his motion to strike out the enacting words because the salaries of the cili cers were fixed by law, as were the fees. In the case of cili~ers with fixed salaries every one knew what those salaries were. In the case of the officers who got fees, such fees were fixed by law and the presumption was that they -were fixed upon the value of the ser vices rendered. Mr. Moses failed to see the necessity of changing the present system which had given satisfaction for the last century. Messrs. Buist, Archer and Gaines spoke in favor of the bill and Mr. R1ay field against it. Mr. Dear-moved to table the motion to strike out the enacting words. His motion prevailed by a vote of 27 to 6. A message fr om the governor was received whic'h recommended that the claims of T. J. Mackey be considered favorably. This was referred to the -udiciary e-:mmittee. The Senate after passing severai bills of no general intereft to a third reading, ad journed over to Thursday. s In the Senate on Thursday a num ber of new bills were presented, the majority being similar to the House bills. Those of general interest are noted below- The special order after the reading of new bills was the crea tion of Dorchester County. .There were both a majority and minority report. Both were laid over. 'Mr. Mower then called up his mag ist.tates' bill, in order to have incorpo rated the various amendments, and he gave notice of calling it up for final disposition today. There t was some share discussion on the motion to re consider the vote whereby the bill with amendments was ordered printe d. Economy was urged, but the Senate thought best to print it and refused to reconsider the vote Mr. Archer introduced a jocint reso lution to hav-e a committee of both Houses appomnted to see if the provis ions of the Act regulating the public printing had been carried out. It was taken up by the house, and Mr. Arch er explained that the provisions linit ed the amount of matter in State otli - cers' reports. As an instance of ir relevant and extravagant matter, he referred to the report of the Superin tendent of Education, which, he said. gave free advertising to a lot of pri vate schools. The resolution was passed. The House bill, to require clerks, sheritis, &c., to keep an itemized statement of their income fror.1 fees, was amended so as to except Barn well, Berkeley, Sumter, Lexington and Newberry, and was passed to a third reading. The following bills passed: To change the time r or the appoi ment of school trustees in the several Counties of the State. To amend Section 2 of an Act enti tma "'An Act to regulate the dieting ofPi pisore-s before ar.d after con iction when in the custcdy of ti e Supervisors and Shieritrs of this State," anprovt d tihe 9th day of March, A. D. A bill tc require certain otllcers to keen an itemiztd account of their in coae by virtue of their oflice. and to reouire them to make at annual re port cf the same to the County Super v:sor. A joint resolution to authorize and require the Dirt eors ' the State Pen itemiary to f urnish to the trustEes of Wintbrop.Normal and ludustrial Col lege fitteen convicts. Mr. Msvileld intrcduced a bill dis posing of the Dispensary and substi tuting prohibition and local option. In substance it is as fcLlows: It for bids the importaticn, manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors except for sacramental, scientific and medicinal purpcscs. It allows imnortation by !icensed druggists, to be sold only on order of reputable physicians, selected by the medical fraternity, and located at the County seats, whose names shall be certified to by the Clerk of the Court and published for sixty days in County newspapers, liquors to be sold in no less quantities than half pint packages and under the same re strictions as now in force under the Dispensary law. Any other persoa importing liquors or selling in any other manner than the one provided shall be deemed guity of a misde meanor and tined not less than $99 or imprisonEd in the County jail for not iess than twenty-nine days for each offense. Local option is provided upon written application of one-fourth of the qualified electors of any Coun ty asking for an election, which shall b3 held in tre same manner as other elections. If the sale is allowed by a majority vote it shall be sold by Jfl1 cers appointed by the County Board of Commissioners and municipal au thorities, or be sold under licenses granted by the Secretary of State on approved anplications secure d by cond for the faithful observance cf tbe law, and on this question the vote shall be "By officers" or -Under license." The parties selling liquor under liaense shall be approved of by the County Board of Commissioners and mumcip al authorities c f the place where the sales are to be made. The County Board shall fix a fee which shall be paid in advance and divided between the County and Municipality. Appli cants shFi. make full decharation of capital proposed to be invested, etc., and the County Board shall approve or disapprove the application. Bond to the amount of double the cap'tal shall be given. Liquors shall be pur chased at actual cost from the County Dispensaries until their stock is ex hausted, then from the State Dispen sary until its stcck is exhausted. These institutions shall be closed as rapidly as practicable. Purchases may then be made as provided by the Privilege Tax Act from other parties. Original packages are to be divided into smaller packages containing not less than one half pint. Adulteration is forbidden. Only cash transactions are alowed. The names of all pur chasers shall be taken as in the Dis pnsary at present. In case the elec tion shall be in favor of the sale by officers the Board of County Commis sioners and the Municipalities shall select the men and fix tweir salaries, fix their bond and prescribe the rules under which it is to be sold. They shall als:> decide the amount of capi tal to be invested and share the profits as they may agree. The Privilege Tax shall be at the rate of 40 per cent. of the purchase prie, and shall be paid into the State Treasury. This Privilege Tax shall be added to the cost of all liquors bought from County and State Dispensaries. It shall be kept by the State Treasurer for the benefit of the pubhic schools. Secretary of State shall pro vide the tax lables and they shall be affixed to all packages. Liquor manufactured in the State is subject to the same Privilege Tax, which must be affixed before it is removed or stored. Any liquor found without such lable shall be liable to confisca tion, and half the proceeds of the sale shall be turned into the State Treasury for the public schools, the other to the County Trasury for ordinary County purposes. Authority to enforce this Act is given to the Sheriffs and Muni cipal officers. Sheriffs may be sus pended for failure to enforce it. Tne Governor may suspend all authorities ntrusted with the enforcement of ithe Act, and appoint such others as he may deem proper. All manufactur ers of alcholic liquors and bever ages in this State at the time this Act goes into effect shall be registered with the Secretary of State and a full exhibit of the business made. For this registartion an annual fee of $25 is charged and no others shall be al lowed to be established except as they comply with this law and are licensed by the Secretary of State. For such license an annual fee of $25 is charged. Mr May field introduced another bill in regard to the control of the whisky traffic. It provides for the payment by all persons or tir-ms or corporations transporting liquors in this State of a privilege tax. The Senate then ad journed over to Friday. In the senate Friday Senator Scar borough's labor lien bill was the fea ture of interest. This bill provides that all employees in factor-ies, mines, mills, distilleries, stores and all and every kind of trading or manufactur ing establishment in this State shall have a lien upon all the output of the factory, mine, mill,* distillery, or other trading or manufacturing es tablishment in which they may be employ ed, either by the day or month, whether the contract be in writing or not, to the extent of such salary or wags as may be due and owing to them under the terms of their con tract with their employers, such lien other liens exceot the lien for muni cipal, State andl county taxes. The bill passed to its third reading. Mr. Ragsdale's bill to prcvide a penalty of $l00 per day oa railroad companies owning, leasing er operat ing competing railroad htnes within this State and to provide for the re covery thereof came up for a second reading yesterday. It was unfavora bly reported by a majority of the com nuttee but a favorab.e minority report was submitted. Messrs. Ragsdale, May tield ana Hay spoke in favor of abill. It was shownL that the bill was to enforce the Constitution which said a penalty should attach for rail roads operating competing lines. Tnere was no opposition to the bill and it pased its second reading. Tue magistrate bill passed its third reading yesterday, after being amend ked so tnat the magistrates can be sus pended by the governor for cause un before the senate at its first meeting af t( such suspension. At the evening session the House bill to amend an act to regulate the dieting of all prisonersbefore and after convic tion when in the custody of the super visors and sheriffs of this State, was led to the altar on the second reading ard killed without ado. The House bill to require killing of d gs bitten by any animal suffering with rabies, received as little mercv at the hands of the senators as the dogs do in the provisions of the bill. Sea stor Archer moved that the bill in stead of the dogs be killed,not in those words, and it was done. A bill to amend an act to regulate fishing at certain times in Aiken, Barnwell, Darlington, Colleton and Orangeburg counties, met the appro val of the Senators, who thought a time limit should be set to the diet of worms ala hook for the fish. Mr. Archer's bill to provide spittoons for courthouses and to make it a mis. demeanor to spit on the floors. was repcrted unfavorably and on motion the report was adopted. Mr. Brown, after moving to adol t the unfavora ble reuort, said if the gentleman liked he would withdraw his motion, and allow the bill to ea on the calendar. Mr. Archer replied that he did not care to have the bill placed on the calendar. He did not suppcse it would be passed, as people were very jealous of their rights to spit wherever they pleased. The Senate then adjourned NEW USE FOR CORN FODDER. An Importaut Dliscovery in Rtference to Than. A most important bulletin upon the value of a new corn product is now ready for distribution from the Mary land Experimental Station. Prof. Patterson, the author of the bulletin, says: "Prominent among the recent discoveries which will be beneficial to r-ricultural interests, as well as those nwre directly concerned, is the use of the pith c! the cornstalk in the arts and in the construction of war vessels. Corn pith has properties which for many pu'rposes makes it superior to any other substance known. One of the prominent uses to which it is put depends upon its ability to absorb great quantities of water very quickly. In war vessels its cnief use is for packing bet ween the inner and outer shell. This packing is put in under pressure and if pierced by a projectile it has the property of absorbing water and swelling with such rapidity as to close the hole before water can enter the vessel. The naval department of the United States government has conducted extensive experiments with corn pith for use in vessels, and the results have been so satisfactory that it has been adopted and specified for use in the construction of all new ves sels. A number of European nation?, also have adopted it and others have commisiions for the investigation of the material looking to its adoption. This extensive use of corn pith means a market for a farm product which has been almost entirely wasted here tofore." The process for the extraction of the pith, as well as the new corn pro duct, is protected by patent. The company controlling these pattents has operated one large plant in Ken tucky during the past year, using the corn fodder froxn 120,000 acres, and still has been unable to supply the de mand for the pith. The company is now constructing three new plants; one in Indiana, and two in Illinois. At this stage of the development of this new industry it is hard to predict what effect it is going t> have upon the agricultural classes of any com munity in the vicinity of these "pith extracting" plants. The corn fodder of hundreds of thousands of acres, which has been heretofore regarded almost as a waste product, can now be sold at prices that will induce the farmer to increase his acreage of corn. Not only can the farmer find a ready market for his fodder, but, after the pith is extracted, the residue is ground mato a most excellent and profitable feed. It in upon the value of this pro duct as a seed that Prof. Patterson has been experimenting. He says: "Field cured corn fodder, after hav ing the ear removed, contains about one pound of pith to every 14 or 15 ounds of blades, husk and stalk. In the process of the ex tractio of the pith, the blades husk are first remov ed and the stalks are cut up into small pieces. After the extractson of the pith from the stalk what remains is ground up into meal, which in gener al appearance resembles coarse bran, dried malt sprouts, or bre wers' grain. This ground material is termed the new corn product and is the material which has formed the basis for the investigation, the results of which ar e given in Bulletin 43. Cansidiering the fact that these prod uc'.s form s> large aproportion of the fodder it is im portant to know the value of them in order that farmers may get as great a return as possible for their crop. "The results of all tests made show the new corn product to be a valuable stock food. They show it to be ri~her in cOmposition than the whole fodder and tbe food cam pounds more digestible. The nev I corn product contained more pounds of digestible food per hundred pounds of the original ieed than does whole' fodder, corn blades or timothy hay Rations compounded with the new corn product as base are eaten well by. cattie. Tnese rations are more diges-' tible than the same grains fed with fcdder blades and will produce more gain. in lire weight per hundred pounds of food fed than the folder blades ration. Such rations are more easily fed and there is less waste than in feeding in the ordinary manner. "This new corn pro-duct is in such shape that it can easily and uniform ly be mixed with any kind of ground grain or any of the by-product cattle foods so common on the market. By its use as a base it is possible to mix a complete and normal ration for stock in one bulk and which can be fed at one feeding, so obviating the r~eoessi ty of grain and hay separately. This is a thing that has not been possible heretofore with any cla ss of food pro ducts on our markets in the shape in which they existed. Rations mixed in this manner are a; staple and pos sesses as great keepmng qualities as cotton seed meal or wneat tran. An imals fed upon such rations ate them with reh~h and kept in normal con dition at all times. Cows and steers would lie down and chew their cud sa naturally as when fed hay or in past ure. WORK OF THE HOUSE. THE MEMBERS KNUCKLES DOWN TO BUSINESS. The County of Greenwood Formed-Many New 1311i Introdaced and Some Few Papised.-The Redistrleting Bill Post poned for a Year. COLUMI-Lk, S. C., Feb. .--here was no session of the Senate Tuesday morning and the House was only in sesson two hours. The attendance was very slim, and it was almost im possible to keep a quorum, there be ing so many members absent on Jeive of absence. The two hour session was devoted to the consideration of new county matters almost entirely, and the House indicated its purpose to pass bills establishing new counties in accordance with the terms of the elec tions held, and not hampering the new counties with unexpected provisions: Among the new bills introduced was one by Mr. Haselden to force the railroads to obey the interstate com merce law and the decrees of the United States interstate Commerce Commission. Mr. Thomas intrcd aced a bill pro viding for a aepartment of banking. Several bills of this kind have been introduced during this section. Mr. Garvis has introduced a bill to prohibit Greek letter fraternities or any organization of like nature in State institutions of learning. It is claim ed that these societies make students cianish and interfere materially with tne discipline of the said institu tions. Mr. Johnson introduced a bill to amend section 2537 of the revised statutes of 1893 regulating the fees and costs of clerks of court. The bill pro poses to limit the amount of fees and costs of clerks of court. The bill pro poses to limit the amount of fees re ceived by any one acting both as clerk and register of mssne conveyance to $3,000, directing that all amounts in excess of thcse figures be covered into the treasury. Mr. Graham introduced a co cur rent resolution to allow a bill .o be introduced to renew the charter of the Cokesbury conference school. Mr. Graham explained that the secretary of state could not grant the charter. The house unanimously adopted the resolution. A substitute bili was presented by the committee for the bill to supply school books to children at cost. The oiginal bill was accordingly tabled. The substitute bill reads as follows: The substitute proposes to establish a perpetual fund of $500 in every coun y for the purpose of providing pupils with text books at actual cost. For the just accounting for said fund the superintendent of education shall be responsible on his official bond. The house then indicated a desire for an early adjournment. Mr. Rins ford's concurrent resolution fixing Feb. 13 as the day of final adjourn ment was called up in his absence. Mr. Burns, saying that as there was yet important legislation to be attend ed to, moved to indefinitely postpone the bill. On the vote it appeared to the speaker that the "noes had it." A division was called for and the first half of the vote inacicated that the noes" again had it. In the midst of he vote, however, Mr. Bacot called ttention to the fact that Mr. Rains ford was absent and the resolution went over for consideration. The House had granted several eaves of absence when Mr. Caughman f Saluda suggested that if the leaves were granted without consideration to aumbers a quorum may be broken. e suggested that further leave of ab sence be only granted for sickness of members or in their families. There were no further requests and the mo ion was not pressed. The House consumed much time in he consideration of the bill to estab ish the new county of Greenwood. Thbe new county had a clear track; it ad been carried by an over whelming ote, the committee reports were all favorable and so the bill had easy s tiling. It provided for the creation f the county, the area of the county, he appointment of commissioners, he location of its polling places, the ond of its oflcers, the time for hold ng court, the approval of oonds, the aking of juries and such machinery s is required for the starting of a new ounty. The substitute bill for Mr. Lofton's >ill to amend the county government aw was taken up. It related to roads, bridges, etc. Several amend ents were sent up, before they could e acted upon the hour for recess ar ived and the house receded from bus ness until 7:33 p. m. At the night session the dispensary ommittee asked for a clerk. Mr. inard wanted to refuse the request, f the clerk was to be raid, as suggest d by Mr. Magill. Mr. YeIdell did no; think the duties of the committee were so onerous as to require the serv c-s of a clerk. Mr. Ashley moved to able the amendment. Carried. Mr. Lof ton's bill relating to rotd ax and the number of days' work on he roads was then taken up again ad a large number of amendments were made. The commutation tax was decreased to St in many coun ties. This bili as it passe d will be puolished later on. Mr. Lof ton said tnat he scarcely re :onized his own bill. Mr. Goodwin explaiued that the changes made did not affect Charleston. The bill was then ordered to a third readiag. Mr. Good win's bill to apportion the rad fund derived from the county levy .was then taken up and passed to a third reading. The bill provid est that the county board of commission-I ers of the several counties of the State where there is a levy on real and per sonal property for road purposes, not later than the first of March each y ear. shall apportion the road fund to each township upon an equitable basis, having due consideratior for the miles of road to be worked and the number of bridiges to be kept in repair. The road fund so apportioned shall be ex pended in doing all necessary work upon the public high ways and in open ing new roads when directed, and in building and in keeping in repair all bridges that do not exceed 12 feet in length, by the road overseers, under the direction of the county board of commissioners, subject to the general supervision and approval of the coun ty board of commissioners: ~Mr. Winkler spoke against Mr. Ba cot's concurrent resolution to appoint a joint committee to report to the next session of the general assembly what legislation, if any, is necessary under the Constitution of 1895, saying he coul not ee the necessity for the measure. The judiciary committee was sufficient to handle all matters. Mr. Patton said this was not a com mittee to pass upon the constitutionali ty of measures presented, but it was to review the laws of the State as passed in the light of the new Constitution, making them effective and complete. The Constitution had limited the poweg of the legislature in many re svEctsi Mr. Caughman was opposed to the, resolution. There was much more discussion. Mr. Magill said he couldn't see why there was so much talk over such a harmless question; the resolution merely proposed to do something that should have been done long ago. The resolution was finally adopted. Mr. Rainsford's concurrent resolu tion requiring the directors of the State penitentiary to ascertain the pro priety of erecting in connection with the penitentiary a plant for convert ing phosphate rock into acid phos phate and report to the next session of the general assembly, was ordered to a third reading without debate. Mr. Rainsford's bill to provide com pensation for the members of the boards of'township commissioners and chairman of said boards while serving as members of the county boards of commissioners was then taken up, and after some discussion, was ordered to a third reading. The bill provides that the members of the board of town ship commissioners shall each receive as compensation for his services the sum of $1 per day, not exceeding five days, and mileage at 5 cents a mile, not to exceed 100 miles in any one year, and the cbairman of said board tne sum of $1.50 per day and same mileage as other members of township boards, and $1.50 per day and mileage at 5 cents per mile in the most dircot route one way from his home to the court house when attending upon the meetings of the county board of com missioners, when the said county board is not sitting as a board of cqua - lization: Members of the county board of commissioners shall receive mile age at six differnt meetings in each year, and no more: Mr. Wingler's bill to exempt sol diers and sailors in the seryice of the State of South Carolina, or of the Confederate States in the war between the States, from taking out the license as hawker and z(ddler required by chapter XLIII., Vol. 1, Revised Stat utes 1893 of South Carolina was called up and passed to a third reading. The bill provides that any person who was a bona fide soldier or sailor in the service of the State of South Carolina or of the Confederate States in the war between the States may expose for sale or sell, as hawker or peddler, any goods, wares or merchandise in any county in this State, without taking out the license required by hapter XLUI., volume 1, revised tatistics, 1893, of South Carolina; provided, he makes to the cler k of the ourt of common pleas of the county n which such goods are to be sold atisfactory proof that the was such oldier or sailor. The House then adjourned over to V ednesday. In the House on Wednesday only hree bills was introduced and none >f them were of any special interest. rhe following bills passed their third eading and were sent to the Senate: Bill to amend the Act regarding ped hlers licenses, the Greenwood County ill, bill relating to the coanty gov rnment law so far as the road tax is oncerned, bill to apportion the road und derived from the county levy, ill to require all the county officers f the Starte to keep their offices open huring certain hours each week day, he oyster and terrapin bill. The House then got down to sec >nd reading bills and the real busi ess of the day. Mr. Rainsford's insurance deposit ill was taken up, being a spe::ial or er and Mr. John P. Thomas, Jr., mffered a substitute which requires mny insurance company or association o be possessed of $100,000 cash capi al, or in lieu thereof, to have $100, )00 on dedosit with some State for the enefit of all policy holders, or in eu thereof to deposit with the treas rarr of this State valid securities ag ~regating $t0,000, said securities to e subject to any judgment against aid company, and such judgments hall operate as a lien on such securi ies, and providing a 'penalty for the iolation of the provisions of this state. Mr. Ilderton's bill to exempt certain ections mn Florence County from the >perations of the general stock law as taken up and passed to third eaming. Mr. Sulliv n's bill providing pun shment for laborers who violated ither written or verbal contracts af er having received supplies from his andlord was taken up and passed to a third reading. The bill provides hat any laborer working on shares f crop or for wages in money or other aluable consideration under a verbal r written contract to labor on farm ands, who shall receive advances ither in money or supplies and there fter willfally and without just cause fail to perform the reasonable service euired of him by the terms of the ad contract, shall be Liable to prose ction for a misdemeanor, and on onviction sball be punished for niot ess than 20 days nor more than 30 ays. or to be fined in the sunm of not ss taan 42 nor more than $50 in the lisretion of t'1e court. The Senate bill to amend and re-en act the act to incorporate the South Carolina and Augusta railroad was' rdered to a third reading without de ate; so was the senate clain of comi missioners and managers of e ection f Darlington county. Mr. Bacot's bill to regulate the ap ointment to receivers by the courts f this State in causes therein was aken up. The main features of this bill ave already been published. With ut material changes the bill was or ered to a third reading. Mr. Ashley's bill reducing the priv lege tax ou fertilizers from 25 to 1 ent per ton was then called up, being special order. Mr. McWhiite moved to strike out the enacting words of the bill. Mr. Blythe was against the bill. le detailed the many reasons why tis tax should be retained. Clemson only asked to be allowed to continue to receive this tax and wanted no oth er appropriation. 'The question as to the amnount and disposition of this tax had been settled in 1890. 13efore Clemson took charge of this tax it really amounted to nothing. It went to support the farmers college. hie quoted tihe figures showing a large in crease. He made quite an earnest argument. To take away this tax from Clemson would throw the college back into politics. He doubted if the frmers paid the tax When it was put on. itdid not increase the cost per ton of fertilizers. At least farmers had so informed him. They were threatened with an increase of tax ation now and it wouild be most un wise to pass this bill. Mr. Ashley supported this measure. This was a tax, he said, on the agri cultural classes only. Georgia farm ers could purchase fertilizers cheaper. At Clemson it was not alone the far mer's son who was educated. The farmer was the worst imposed upon and hardest workel man on the face of the globe today. CIemsoa was not a college for the farminz class only. He did not wish the farmers of Geor gia to have any advantage over the South Carolina farmers. Mr. Crum said the object of the tax was to protect the people from fraud. This bill would not raise enough to even pay for the chemicais necessary for the analyses. He wanted the tax continued. Mr. Ilderton was in favor of the bill and against the privilege tax for Clemson. He said that the college should be maintained out of the gen eral tax fund. Mr. Mauldin was in favor of the bill. He did rot want Clemson sup ported by one class. He did not wish the poor woman who ran a farm and who was unable to send her children to school to pay a tax to educate the sons of men who were able to send them there. He had respect for all the State's college, but wanted "spec ial privileges to none." Mr. Verner wanted to clear uo all doubt as to who paid this tax. The farmers paid the tax. Mr. Blythe called attention to the fact that a large part of the fertilizers was shipped out of the State. Mr. Smith of Hampton made his maiden effort speaking at lengtn and in an earnest manner. He did not wish them to forget their promises to the "poor old farmer." He wanted all taxed alike. He could not bear the idea of having promises made to farmers only to be broken. He want ed them to go ahead and get through. "Give the poor old farmer a chance. If you keep him in the harness be tween the shafts all the time, apply. ing the lash he will finally have. to kick and he will kick you all out of the shafts." Mr. Goodwin of Laurens felt good just now because he was one of "the poor old farmers' so much pitied. This thing was agitated all over the State and the tax was voted by large mejorities. The farmers paid it every cent it was true. Mr. Goodwin spoke at some length against the bill. The hour for adjournment having arrived the bill went over to be taken up later. At the evening session the sail in was smooth until Mr. Thomas' bill to provide for the return and as sessment of property was reached. After much discussion the bill passed to a third reading. A number of new bills of general interest was introduced and referred. The most important was the follow ing: J. P. Thomas-To amend the law relating to alien land ownership, so as to make the limit 5,000 inste id of 500 acres. Mr. Reynolds-To amend the gen eral statutes so as to allow municipal ties to tax railroad side tracks. Mr. Limehouse-To declare the law as to mileage which is claimed by all persons entitled to mileage. Mr. Goodwin-To prohibit individ uals, factories and corporations to oblige laborers to work on Sunday, except on railroads in certain cases, telegraph and telephone companies, those handling United States mail and and drug stores. The bill to authorize and empower the sheriff of Williamsburg county to purchase and keep at the court house a pair of bloodhounds for the purpose of tracking convicts and fugitive law breakers. The House then adjourned over to Thursday. When the House met Thursday Mr. Winkler moved that hereafter the House meet in the evening at 8 o'clock. Mr. Kinard said as the House had been there so long and done so little he thought it ought to meet at half past 7 and work until 10. A fter some discassion it was decided that the House meet at 8 o'clock. Mr. Rainford's bill to provide com pensation for members of the County Board of Township Commissioners passed. The act provides that they may sit eight days. All members to receive $1 per day and live cents mile age. The Chairman to get $1 50 per day when acting as member of Coun ty Board. Mr. Ashley's privilege tax bill came up next. As was to b2 expected the bill open~ed the ubodgates of pent up 'logaence axnd it was liter ally talke d to death A f ter many long winded argumen.s the bill was killed by a vote of 71 to :35. So the farmers will still pay 25 cents per ton royalty on phosphates and the same will go to Clemson College. The emigrant's agent repealing act next came up and os disposed of in short order.' It was kill~ by a de cisive vote. Gov. Eraus veto mess ige of the bill to prevent the publication of County Treasurer's reports came up as a special order. Ca a vote the veto was sustained by a vte of t2 to 3. So in future the reports of the COunty Treasirer will have to be pu'olishedi. The vote as to the disposition of cer tain books in the Sm~te Library was also sustained by a vote of 80 to 5. The House then ad journed to S o'clck. When the House reassembled at 8 o'clcck Mr. Patton's redisstricting bill was taken up. Me. Patton addressed the House on his bill, lHe had a large map airanged under the Speaker's desk which in blue lines gave practi cal demonstration of the present dis tricts and in red the districts as he pro posed them. Mr. P'atton spoke for over an hour in advocacy of his bill and held the attention of me:nbers throughout, for his subject is one of great interesi, to the people now and hereaf ter. Mr. Patton is a clear thinker and always expresses himself in such a way as to make his meaning under stood, and with the aid of the map he was enabled to give practical demons trations of his arguments, which evi dently caught the attention and good opinion of members. Mr. Patton, in speaking in favor of his bill, said that he thought this the most important measure before or to came before the House. He said he wouild ike to have the unanimous vote of the House, be lieving his bill one of s> much im-v portance to the State. Mr. Graham of Abbeville felt that the bill was unnecessary. Tane bill is to take effect in 18%. There is no Congressional election between now and that and he saw no rooesite for ithe bill. As far as rivers dividing dis tricts are concerned, he never saw a candidate who was bothered by that. He would swim it if necessary, no mat ter how nigh it might be. Ho vever, the people have not conside-red the subject, and the whole thing should be ventilated. But there is no necessi ty for the bill at this session, and he moved to continue it. This was lost by a large vote, only thirty-ive vote ing in favor of it. Mr. Winkler moved to adjourn the debate until to-morrow. Mr. Harvey moved to adjcurn, but this too was lost. Mr. Patton called for the previous question on the whole matter and Mr. lderton said that ne did not think 'snap juidgement" should be taken. The Speaker said that there was no "snap judgment" in the matter, buat the question was oae that must be de cided in the regular order, and the chair had no discretion. Mr. Ilder ton then withdrew the remark, but insisted that further time should be taken for consideration. Mr. Patton said that he had no ob jection to further consideration of the bill, but he did object to filibustering tactics. Several parliamentary motions were offered but finally a vote was taken on the motion to indefinitely strike out the enacting words, which was de feated by 36 to 61 by the followng vote: Yeas-Hon. F. B. Gary, Speaker, Ashley, Bethune, Carson, Cunning ham, Geo. W. Davis, Dukes, Ed- I wards, Efird, Epps, Fairey, Glenn, 0. P. Goodwin, J. S. Graham, Thcs. A. Graham, Hamilton, Harvey, Hen derson, Ilderton, Kennedy. Henry J. Kinard, Lester, Magell, Miles. Joel H. Miller, McLaurin, McWhite, Ow en, Russell, Skinner, Simpkins, Speer, Sturkie, Timmerman, Wolling West moreland, Witherspoon-36. Nays-A-l, Armstrong, Austell, Ba cot, Bailey, Banks, Bedon. Blythe, Burns. Omiilds, Colcock, Crum, Cush man, .0ox, Gadsden, Gage, Gasque, H. P. Goodwin, Hiott, Hollis, Hum parey, Johnson, Kibler, Lancaster, Layton, Limehouse, Lofton, Maul din, Meares, Mehrten, J. E. Miller, Mishoe, Mitchell, Moorer, McCul lough, McDaniel, Nettles, Patton, Perritt, Phillips, Pyler, Pollock, Prince, Pyatt Reynolds, Sanders, Sink ler, J. R. Smith, E. D, Smith, Steven son, John P. Thomas. jr., Verner, Vincent, Whisonant, Wilson, Wingo, Yeldell-61. Mr. Cushman initroduced a bill to prohibit railroad corporations or com panies from employing any person under the age of 18 years as night telegraph operator. The penalty is $100 to be collected by the Railroad commissioners. The House then adjourned to Fri day. In the House on Friday a bill was introduced to abolish the office of county boards of control and chief constables and State constables and devolve their duties upon other offi cers, and provide for the election of a State commissioner and county dis pensers. The duties of ccunty boards of control are devolved upon the boards of county commissioners, who shall be elected by the people. The State Commissioner is to be elected by the people as any other State offi cer. The committee on incorporations reported all labor measures unfavora bly and recommended in a special re port that the house consider immedi ately all the reports as presented and reject the bills. When Mr. Kibler's labor commis sioner bill was called up Mr. Kibler arose and said: "I would ask to with draw the bill from the files of the house." The house then rejeeted Mr. Ilder ton's bureau of labor bill and Mr. Mauldin's bill limiting the hours of labor. Mr. Ilderton's bill relating to the hours of labor for women and children was allowed to lie over in his absence. When the house got ready for busi ness Mr. Rainsford called for his in surance deposit bill, which had been made a special order for this hour. After some discussion the bill was passed to a third reading, The law provides that it shall be unlawful here after for any insurance company or association to transact any business in this State unless possessed of at least $10,000 of paid-up cash capital, or in lieu thereof shall file with the comp troller general the certificate of the official of some other State of the United States, under his hand and official seal, that he holds on deposit or in trust for the benefit of altithe policy holders or members of such company or association securities worth at least $100,000; or in the ab sence of such capital or deposit, then to deposit with the State treasurer of South Carolina valid securities aggre gating $10.000, said treasurer to be the jndge of the validity of such securi ties, which shall be subject to any judgment eutered up in any court of competent jurisdiction in this State upon a pohecy of insurance issued to any citizen of this State by any such company, and such judgments shall be a lien upon such securities. Mr. Fairey's bill to req:Iire the own er bitches to pay licenses was taken uy. Mr. Ashley moved to indefinite ly postpone the bill. The house had practically killed the bill when some1 protest was made. Mr. Kibler and~ Mr. Fairey defended the bill. Tae house was in the act of striking out the enacting words when Mr. Sturkie sa:d he thought there was so-ne merit in the bill. Josh Ashley said they could not leg islate against the nigger without legis-, lating against the poor white man. They were in the same boat. If there was anything a p23r white man di love it was his dog: don't take his on ly pleasure away from him. Mr. Holhs said it was wastine- time to pass d ag bills to have them killed in the senate. Mr. Verner was on the same line as Mr. Ashley. Mr. Pollock moved to indelnitelv postpone the bill. On this the rail was called and the hous2 Killed the bill by a vote of 57 to 45. Mr. Patton's redistrictiug bill was then called up again. Dr. Sturk ie took the tlhor and said that the meas ure should be delayct long enough~ for them to get the sco timent of the people on this matter. He had no ob-' jaction to od'er to the bill save that of prematureness. After some discus sion Mr. Magill moved to reconsider the 'rote whereby the house had ref use;r teniue the bill to the next ses Mr. Patton moved to lay this mno tions on the table an~d demanded the roll call. Messrs. Gage and 0. P. CATURE OF A FIEND. U: T3AIL OF BLOOD EXTENDS ACROSS AUSTRALIA. Arre..e3 oni Aretvhing In Sani Franisc1a-A R'ema'-t~y C,-: V1!in-The Evidence age m 1.4ai,7ed: as Conclu SN Fis2s , Fco. 4.-George EdTvard Bufler, alias Ashe, the mur derer, whose arrival on the ship S wan hilda was so lonz expected, is now in San Francisco jail. The Swanhilda was sighted at 5:15 this morning com in;; through the heads in tow of the tug Alice. The tug was to blow six whistles as the signal agreed upon if Butler was aboard, but detectivez waiti:g dovn the bay from Egg wharf did not hear them and although they knew the Swanhilda was coming in they did not know whether Butler was on board. Suddenly a red light flashed out through the darkness. This was another signal and the offi cers knew their man was there. The custom boat Hartley, which had been placed at the disposal of the police, was boarded in haste by six de tectives, four newspaper men and four revenue officers and the little vessel steamed rapidly away to the Swanhil da, which was met off Fort Point. The detectives remained concealed in the cibin while the revenue officers went on boer the -Swanhilda to see if Butler had been put in irons. They reported he was not and the detectives went on board and Butler was pointed out and in a second was handcuffed. He denied that he was Butler, but was positively identified by Detectives McHattie and Conroy, who came here from Australia for that puroose. The captured murderer was taken on board the Hartley, which soon lanned him at the wharf. The patrol wagon was in waiting and he was whirled off to prison. Although the arrest was a complete surprise to the - suspected man, he maintained remarkable coolness and calmly puffed a cigarette as he went ashore. It was agreed that when the crew lined up for inspection Captain Fra zier was to slip in front cf Butler. When the police came on board and the men lined up Butler was the sec ond man in line. Capt. Frazier stopped an instant in front of him and at the same time Sergeant Bonner of the local police force covered him with a pistol. Butler's hand's went up like a flash. Irons were slipped over his wrists and one of the most notable criminals of modern times was a pris oner. Desectives McHattie and Con roy, who knew Butler in Australia, Conroy having narrowly escaped be in one of his victims, weres disguised when they boarded the Swanhilda. When they charged Butler with the crimes attributed to him he professed entire ignorance and denied that his name was Butler. On the Hartley, on the way to shore, the disguises were removed and still Butler pretend ed not to know his captors. The Australian officers are over joyed at the success of the outcome of the long and weary wait. Extradition papers have already been served and unless something unforeseen happens, Butler and his custodians will sail for Australia Saturday on the Monowai. When his baggage was brought ashore any amount of incriminating evidence was found carefully packed in his belongings-a photograph of Mrs. Weller, a pair of bluchers on which were stamped the Weller name, two watches, a spectacle case and watch chains with a locket bearing Lee Weller's name and a number of books on the fly leaves of which -Nere the names of Weller and his wife and many other articles recorded by the detectives as positively connecting him with the murdered sea captain and prospector. The detectives are very ositive as to theidentity of their pris oner and scout any possibility of a mistake. The kno vn victims of Frank Batler the Australian murderer, it is said, number fourteen. His trail of blood, it is alleged, reaches from New South Wales to the reefs of Western Austral a. where he is susoected of similar deliberate murders. ~His method was to advertise in E aglish and American papers for a partr'er to prospect rich mineral districts. He stipulated that the in ending victimn should have a cpitai of $50. He received many re sponses and whenever he took a com rade into the wilderness to search for old he returned alone. As no one new of the partnership existing be t ween he and his victims, Captain Lee Wellet .id Ed Sorenson,their absence excitel much alarm. Butler had sailed on the Swanhilda. The first lue was discovered when the bodies of Weller and Sorenson were found by a snepherder. It appeared as though Batler had induced the men to dig their o wn graves in a pretended search for gold. for in the pit they themselves had dug they were found buried. E vidence was found pointing to Butler as the murderer and he had assumed one of his victim's names, as on the Swanhilda's pipers was found the name Captain Lee Weller. The authorities in England were notified and de:eetives started both from Aus tralia ando England to meet him on his a crival at San Franciscoa. Accord ing to thes otficers the list of Butler's vctm's is constantly increasing. He is an Englishman aged 4a years. Boss l[sma Gets Left. CULUMr~-J$, Feb - 3.-The friends of Chairman Mern A. H~anna here to day admit that he wilt not be ap pointed by Goa-ernor Bashnell to the senate to succeed senator Sherman. it is reliably reported here that the movernor has de'idd to appoit Lieu enaJt vro a. W.\ Jones Youngs townto e rey ad ihat this ac tionis l eadses iththe wishes o t i orer leaders. The agree meet is sad to be tat Gen. Jones wiinot be a candidate for election to the fl ai erm. Thi willigive oppor unity for a battle royal between Goernor Banell and Chairman Hfanna tha w inter for election to the full term. H Mr:x N. S. Feb. .Theseal iniz steamer Nimrod. is still in the ice o0 th ys~foundiand coas:, search in or tracs of th mi.ssing State of Geria, but te la. mssage did not idcate that any tracs of the missing line hw ba "id. Thie State of G~eona s now mo~re than a month overn fron Ne Fairwater in the Biie t :laifax, freight laden and insr S or:,00. She carried a crew ofterty-one men. nearly all of