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WORK OF THE SE'ON 1cONTUZUED FRON P.AE ONE. I to Article 3, Section 27, of the Costiu tion. An act to amend Section 6U9 of th1e Revised Statutes so as to include Pro bate Judae auditor treasurer and Master in Vquity under its provisiOns. An act to define the jurisdiction O0 and to settle the p rocedure in mus-ici- i pal Courts of the cities and towns of this State. To regulate the appointment of re ceivers by the Courts of this State In causes therein. An act relating to costs. An act to amend Section 1., 942) of the Revised Statutes cf 1' changing the time for executors ard administrators to account to tae Pro bate Judges. An act to amend an Act to provide for the organization of ine Supreme Court, to define its powers and Jpuris diction, and to provide for the appomit ment of its oficers, and to denne their duties, approved the 19th day of Jan uary, A. D. 1896. TaXATION AND BONDS. An act requiring the sinking fund commissioners to lend funds to the several county boards of commission ers of the State for the use of their counties in preference to lending same to other applicants for s ime funds. Au act to require the commutation tax to be expended in the township in which the taxpayers reside. An act to provide for the disburse ment of certain moneys collected as county taxes for the fiscal years 1890-91 and 1892 93 in the county of Beaufort. An act to amend an Act entitled "An act to authorize and empower cities, towns, townships and other municipal corporations to issue nego table coupon bonds for the refunding or payment in whole or in part -i bonded indebtedness and any unpaid past due interest thereon existing at the time of the adoption o f the present Constitution." An act to authorize the City Council of Charleston to issue thirty-year cou pon bonds at a rate of interest not e x - ceeding 5 per cent per annum, for the purpose of taking up or exchanging the 6 per cent coupon bonds maturig in 1898. An act to amend an Act entitled "An act to authorize and empower cities, towns, townships and other municipal corporations to issue nego tiable coupon bonds for the refunding or payment, in whole, or in part, of bonded indebtedness and any unpaid past due interest thereon existing at the time of the adoption of the pres ent Constitution." An act to amend Section lof an Act entitled "An act to authorize special elections in any incorporated city or town of this State for the purpcse Df issuing bonds for corporate purposes," approved March 9, 1896, so as to specify certain corporate purposes, and so as to validate certain bonds issued under the said Act. An act to amend Section 256 of the General Statutes of 1892, being Sec tion 311. of the Revised Statutes of 1893, relating to a special board for the equalization of property in the City of Charleston. A 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. An act to render uniform the mode of taxation in towns and cities, in ac - cordance with Section 6, Article 8, of the Constitution of 1895. An act to provide for the retirement 6fl'leanant Hill Township bonds of Lancaster County or investing of ac crued and accuring interest in certain securities as a sinking fund for the re tirement of said bonds. An act to provide for the disburse mient of certain moneys collected as county taxes for the fiscal years 1890 91 and 1892-93 in the county of Beau fort. An act to further provide for the re turn and assessment of property for taxation. An act to forbid boards of township commisioners and county boards of commissioners and any other officer or officers to assess or levy, and county treasurers or any other officer or offi cers to collect, any tax for the pay ment of township bonds or the cou pons thereof issued in the aid of a railroad not completed and finished through the township issuing such bonds and coupons and to impose a punishment for the doing of any act or acts herein prohibited. An act to require an additional graduated license fee from certain companies doing business in this State. An act to raise supplies and make appropriations for the fiscal year com mencing Jan. 1, 1897. An act to make appropriations for the payment of the per diem, mileage and stationery certificates of the mem bers of the General Assemby, the salaries of the subordinate officers and employees thereof, and ether purpos es herein named. ~An act to assess revenues for the support of the State payment by the levy and collection of a tax on in comes. INSURANCE. An act to require any insurance company or association to be possess ed of $100,000 surplus, or in lieu there of to have $100,000 on deposit with -some State for the benefit of all policy holders, or in lieu thereof to deposit with the Treasurer of this State valid securities aggregating $10,000 said se curies to be subject to any judgment against said companies, and such *judgments shall operate as a lien on such securities, end providing a pen alty for the violation of the provisions of this act. MiEDICAL. An act to amend Section 1 of an act - entitled "an act to establish local boards of health in the cities and in corporated towns of the State, and to define the powers thereof," approved January 5, 1895, as amended by an act entitled "an act to amend an act enti tled "an act to establish local boards of health in the cities and incorporat ed towns of the State, and to define the powers thereof," approved Janua ry 5, 1895, approved 25th February, 1896. An act to amend sub-divisions 2 of Section 970, Volume 1, Revised Stat utes of 1893, being Section 919 of the General Statutes, so as to provide for the election of the State board of med ical examiners by the State Medical Association. An act to regulate travelling medi cine vendors in plying their business. FISH AND TERRAPIN. An act to amend section 1 of an act entitled "an act to further regulate the catching of sturgeon and shad in the waters of the State," approved :9th of March, 1896, so as to extend the time in which seines may be used. An act to amend an act entitled "an act to amend an act entitled "an act to regulate fishing at certn~ times in Aiken, Barnweli, Darlington, Colie ton and Orangeburg counties,' appro ed December 24, 1894," approved March 25,1896. An aci, to amend an act entitled an act to prohibit the catching andi gath ering of oysters and terrapins within the limits of the State except upon certain conditions," approved March 9, 1896. An act to protect terrapin andc oys sam- e. etaue1 Sction-f an act entitled an SQc 60 pr e rinfdeg cesrtaia , 'n the o: e of mesne con verar c for ireenvi!!e County, and toaUthori and rc qire'.be coun - ss commisOrars of said county to levV a snecia aA to defray the expenses o: the same, apIprovel Decenber 23, 1891. An act to enable the county board of commissionerz of Aiken County to build a new Court House and jail fur said county, and to levy a tax there for. An act to amr2 s-ction 221 of the Generai Statutes. beire Section :t of the Revised Statutes, 1$93, so far as it relates to the treasurer of Edgetield County. A Joint Resolution to authorize and direct the county treasurer of Charles :on County to borrow a sum of mon ev, not exceeding three thousand dol lars (.300 for the purpose of pay ing Charleston County oaicias or the montus of January and Feuary. An act to repeal an act eutitled 'an ac: to pr3videfor -,e _ppoi:ntment 0 a special constabe for the v;mity of Lamb's and to deiine his powers and duties," approved December 22, 1813. An act to strike out Edge leIL, PicL ens, Abbeville, Williamsburg, Aiken. Greenville and Chesterfield from the provisions of an act entitled "an act to dispense with the publication an nually of the itimized statement of their disbursements by the county treasury of Fairield, Chesterfeld, Clarendon, Williamsburg, Abbeville, Edgetleld, Sumter, Colieton, Chester. ?rangeburz. Greenville, Darlir.gton, York, Pickens and Aiken counties, passed at regular session of 1894, pub lished with acts of 1S96. An act to amend an act entitle'd "an act to provide reindexing certain rec ords in the oflice of mesne conveyanc es for Greenville County and to au thorize and recuire the county com misqsiGners of said county to levy a special tox to defray the expenses of the same." An act to amend an act entitled "an act to provide for the poor in Charles ton County,- approved March 9, 186. An act providing for the division of the city ot Columbia into five wards and fixing the number of aldermen who, together with the mayor, shall constituic th city council of said city. An act to amend Section 1,358 of the Revised Statutes of 1893, so far as the same relates to the commissioners of pilotage of Beaufort, by striking out after the word "pereons" on the tenth line thereof the words "one of whom shall reside at Port Royal and one in Sheldon Township, and two of whom shall be seafaring men, and one a full branch pilot of one or other of these ports," and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "two of whom shall be or shall have been sea faring men." An act to amend an act entitled "an act to authorize the city council of Charleston to fill up low lots and grounds in the city of Charlesten in certain cases and for other purposes;" and also to repeal an act entitled 'an act to amend an act entitled 'an act to authorize the city council of Charles ton to fill up low lots and grounds in the City of Charleston in certain cases and for other purposes'"~ An act to authorize the appointment of a constabole for Aiken County to be resident at Langley. An act to authorize the clerk of the Court of Union County to provide a new set of index book for judgements for said county. An act to autaorize and empower the Governor to appoint a magistrate and constable at Piedmont and to de fine their powers and duties. An act providing for additional magistrates for the county of Aiken. An act authorizing the erection of a fireproof vault or building for the pre servation of the public records of Hampton county. An act to repeal An act entitled "An act to further regulate the juris diction and places of residence of cer tain magistrates in the county of Or angeburg," approved 9th day of Marcn A. D. 1896. An act to empower the superviscr and board of county commissioners of Beaufort county to borrow money for certain purposes. An act to provide for the appoint ment of additional magistrates for Berkeley county. An act to provide for the further distribution of the money refunded by the United States as direct tax penal ties and interest collected from the citizens of Beaufort district, now Beau fort county. An act ~to amend An act entitled "An act to reduce the required height of a lawful fence and to punish per sons failing to maintain lawful fences when any stock shall cross the samne, approved March 2, 1S8%, so far as the same affects Berkeley county. An act to amend An act entitled "An act to regulate the tra!!i in seed cotton in the counties of Abbeville, Aiken, Sumter, Yortk, Edgeflild, Berkeley,Kershaw, Richlandi, Orange burg, Charlesten, Quester and Union" approved 19:h December, 1887, An act to repeal an act providing for a special tax on certain live stock in Berkeley county and to require a license fee to be paid for keeping cer tain live stock within certain fenced territory in Berkeley county, and to provide for repairs of the boundary fence thereof,and for borrowing mon ey if necessary. An act to amend Section 2,555 of Volume 1 of the Revised Statutes of 193, being Section 2,431 of the Gen eral States, regulating the fees and costs of clerks of the Courts of Coin mon Pleas and General Sessions, and to establish a special fee bill for the county of Spartanburg. An act to incorporate the Farmers' Mutual Insurance Association of Berkeley county, An act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize a special election in the town of Honea Path, in Anderson county, for the purpose of determin ing whether said town shall be allow ed to issue bonds to the amount of eight thousand dollars to build court house and jail if new county is estab lished with county seat at Honea Path," approved 2Sth February A. D). 1%, so as to provide for $1',0>. in stead of 483 m bonds to be issued. RaI Ltol S. An act to make penal the doing of any act in thtis State by railroad comn Fpanies doing business herein, their of icers, agents or employees, which vio ates an of the provisions of Act of Cogesette "An act to regulate comerce" and the several acts amen iaory thereof, and of the orders of the~ Inter State commerce commission ssed thereunder, and to prescribe onisments therefor. ' nct to require the railroad tax on the Wi lmnington, Chadbourn and Conway tailroad, now called Wil mingnton, Columbia and Augusta rail od. in lorry e~unty, to be applied to th parti discharge of the annual nteas' on sinking fund for the bends of certain townships issued in aid of said railroad. An an to re are all common e te riers to pay aIn loss or damages fx loss, damage and breakage of any ar ticles shipped over their lines or to re An act anithoriznIr ihe rzareau-d comm11.Ssioners to reazire all railro-.ds to erect d :,d to im'nse a pen alty for th*eir fallreo do so whn reC ouired. An act to limit the Lours of Fabor cf certain enplob;s 'o" horse raiw: ~ompmnies andJ elc-ri ailes cm, - panlies and th st.i;retru y com, names. An ac: to anvd an 2ceil "An act to regulate the -chedule of senger trains in cert in casl, approved the *.h day o Jri . An act to provide-, fo-jr the col"lection'_ of oast due railroad taxes and for-0.1 di stri buatiocn of the samne. An act to amend Section 12 f the General Statu:cs, being Se 1.' ci the RZev-ised Staats so -s to include street rail,.vays in its provis ions. An act to :na.e corportir ' ii for dIanlaaes res-1lnn olado' from the wroFnM ohn-t ier courses. An ae: to prov>13 a p"rnalty n - ro3a coman!r s rin -zea;ng or 0) erating1r conmpetingz railroad lines wie In this Sate, and to provide for the Ireoverv thereof . An act to repeal an act entitled act to validate and confirm the con solidation of the Augusta, Edgefield and Newberry Raiiroad company with the Northwestern Railroad company, under the name of the Georgia and Carolina Midland Railroad company, and the consolidation of the last narn ed company with the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad comi pany, and to confer certain powers," approved December 24, A. D. 1887. An act to provide for the transpor tation by common carriers of bicy ces. An act to incorporate the AtIantie Coast Line Railroad company of South Carolina and to authorize the consolidation of certain railroads un der that name. An act to provide for the forfeiture of abandoned railroad property, and the providing of penalties for viola ,ion of the act. DISPENSARY. A Joint Resolution to authorize the State board of control to pay to the city of Columbia certain dispensary profits. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for election of a State board of control and to further regulate the sale, use, consumption. transportation and disposition of in toxicating and alcoholic liquors or li quids in the State, and prescribe pen alties for violation of the dispensary laws, and to police the same," appro ved March 6, 1S96, so as to regulate the importing of liquors for personal use. An act to amend the dispensary law so as to provide for the licensing and restrictions of distillers in this State. SCHooLS. An act to authorire the school dis trict of the city of Spartanburg to is sue bonds for the purpose of building one or more public school houses in the city of Spaitanburg and of acquir ing a lot or lots for the same. An act to authorize the school trus tees of Greenville to borrow money for sewerage. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the board of trustees of the school district of the town of Laurens to submit to the qualified voters the question of issuing bonds for the use of said school dis trict," approved December 24, 1891. An act to amend Section 1,120 of the Revised Statutes of 189~3, volume 1, being Section 3 of an act entitled "An act to accept the devise and bequest of Thomas G. Clemson and to estab lish an agricultural college in connec tion therewith," approved November 27, 1S89. An act to renew and amend the charter of incorporation of the Cokes bury Conference School at Cokesbury in Abbeville county. An act to extend the charter of the Reidville High School. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to create the school district of Y orkville, in Y ork county, and en able it to organize a system of free schools, to levy a tax in support of the same, and to purchase and hold property," approved December 22, ?S88, and the act amendatory thereto, approved December 23, A. D. 1889, relating to the election of trustees and their duties. An act to amend section t2 of an act entitled "An act to declare the free school law of- the State," approv ed 9th of March, A. D. 1890, relating to the exception of the special graded school district from special act incor porating said special school district. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to create a school district of that portion of Barnwell county lying within, the corporate limits of the town of Williston," appr-oved Decem ber 24, A. D. 1888, as to election of trustees. An act to amend the charter of the trustees of the College of Charleston. An act to provide the pupils attend ing the free public school text books at actual cost. Au act making it a misdemeanor for any State or county officer to re ceive any rebate on school books or supples or advertising. An act to regulate the election, of trustees in special school dist ricts whereby special acts said trustees have been heretofore appointed by the State Suerintendent of Education. An act to amend the free school law of the State. NE~W CoCNTIES AND ELECTIoNS. An act to establish Greenwood Co. An act to establish Cherokee county. An act to establish Bamberg county. An act to establish Dorchester coun ty. ~An act to amend Section 221, Gen eral Statutes of South Carolina, by insering on line 7 of said section af ter the word " dollars" and next preceed ing the word and the words - -the county treasurer of Saluda county, ten thousand ($10.000) dollars. An act to establish a ne wv township and polling precinct in Eldgefield county, and to readjust the townships of said county. An act to amend an act to regulate the election of the mayors and intend ants and wardens in the towns and cities of this state. An act to amend Section 7 of an act entitled "ana act to provide for the for maton of new counties and the changing of county lines and county seats and consolidation of counties approved the ha of March, A. D. Iss!, so as to provide a polling place ia certamn contungency. IAn act to validate tue election of in tendants and wardens of the towns of Walhalla and West Union. which was held on the 18S.h day of January, A joint resolution to povide for the payment of cerLtin balances due ne"wsaupers for publishing election notics in the form given them by the eection commissioners when the pub lihe wa ignorant of the form pre scribe~o by the Secretary of State. A joint resolution to auithorize and rer the Comiptroller Genera! to draw hi's warrant on the State Treas urrfr the sum of one hundtred and eventeen K'1e dollars in favor of the legal citmmander of thle IL isto Ri:es, of Uirangeburg; and for the sum of one hundred and thirty-nine 49,l1m dollars in favor of the legal -:Irra-de of th Tillman \'olunte~ers of O:ang-bur, : and for the sum of two handrd and i .venty dollars in favor of" te ;eal i.mnander of the For Mtote Guards, of Fort Mout, and he - Trea e"r 1o !)y the same. A int resolution toauthorize and re .ei Comiptraler General of s ta o ssue u&iplcate warrants in cavor of H. W. Ha-rvey, supervisor regist ration of Berk'ely Ccunty, for One huindre.d ,nd tw enty- five dol lans "or salary, ad to W. C. Gaudv for one hudred and twentv-fiive dol. lars forsalar' as super visoroifregistra tio - I arlington County. A ioint 1esolution to provide for the pavment of certai" exPenses in curred'n iue "Broxton Dridge cases." A Joint Resolution to authorize the paymicut of certain claims to J. B. E. Joint lasolutioa to provide for t payment Uf a fee of twenty dollars to Ltexrand G. Walker of Georgetown County for investigating and report in e condition of the Probate Judge's Cdmee. A joint Resolution to require the treasurer of Aiken County to pay William E Arthur a certain claim. A Joint Resolution to require the Comptroller General to tsse his war rant for the cost of advertising the ap ooinltments of the county boards of registration, and the State Treasurer to pay the same. A Joint Resolution constituting the Governor, Attorney General and Comptroller General a commission to adjuaicate the claim of Thomas J. Mackey for services alleed to have been rendered in presenting the claim of the State against the United States for rent of the South Carolina Military Academy. A joint resolution to validate the ap pointment of and registration of vot ers br A. K. Parham as supervisor of registration for the town of Dillon, and J. J. Rouse as supervisor of regis tration of Latta, in Marion County. A j int resolution to authorize and reqire the county board of commis sioners of Anderson County to ap prove claim of J. M. Payne, late treasurer of Anderson Connty, one hundred and fifty dollars for collect ing cammutatioa road taxes for 1S95 and 1890, and cunty treasurer to pay the same. A joint resolution to refund to Mr. Ann P. Manning certain money paid by her in taxes by mistake. A joint resolution to require the clerk of Court for Kershaw county to pay to Eliz Baker, sister of S. J. Yates, an Et-Confederate soldier. who died May 28, 1896, the amount of pension money in the hands of said I clerk for S. J. Yates. The list is worth keeping for future referenc2. A Black War Cloud. A-NS, March 9.-The reply of the Greek government to trie ultima tum of the powers having been deliv ered to the foreign representatives here, preparations for hostilities be tween Greece and Turkey, which are apparently inevitable. are being hur ried forward with all possible speed. Crown Prince Constantine 1s about to start for the Turkish frontier to as sume command of the Greek troops there, and several Greek transports have landed great quantities of war material and large numbers of horses and mules at Volo, Thessaly. It is reported that Greek bands have de stroyed a number of bridges on the railway between Monastir, the politi cal headquarters of the Turkish army, and Salonica- Nea Ephemeris, the ministerial organ, says that orders have been sent to Admiral Sachtouri, the commander of the Greek warships at Canea, to retain his position and not notice any dirctions that may be given to him by the foreign admirals, even if force is threatened to compel obedienc? to their directions. It is also stated that Prince George on board the schooiship Kanaris, went to Platnia and instructed Colonel 'Jas sos, the commander of the Greek ar my of cczupation, to avoid a c onflict with the powers and to withdraw into the interior of the island. The Greek squadron is blcckading a number of Turkish vessels in the Ambracian gulf. Three hundrcd monks at Mount Athos have offered their services as soldiers in the event of war. These were expected to arrive at the pareus tod ay. Corn in the Country. WAsmsx~oo, March 10.-The crop report of the department of agricul ture based on returns from three inde pendent sets of regular correspondents added to several thousand from mills and elevators, all carefully combined and weighed, relates principally to the distribution of principal grains, the stocks remaining in firms and the portions of merchantable and unmer chantable. All grain in the hands of farmers, including amount remaining over from previous y ears, are includ ed in the estimates given. The corn on hand, as estimated, aggregates 1,164,000.000 bushels or 51 per cent. of the last crop, against 1,702,000,000 in March, 1893. Both the proportion and the quantity in original hands at this date are unprecedented, although closely approached last year and in March, 1890. Correspondents report large stocks in cribs, particularly in the prarie States, awaiting better prices. The aggregate sold from farms to go beyond county lines is 623,000,000 bushels, or 27.:; per cent of the crop. The proportion mierchanta be is )36, 009,000u bushels, or 81.3 per cent. The wheat reserves in farm ers' hands amount to 20.6t per cent. last March. Of this amount 3 per cent. is reported as coming from previ ous crops. The proportion of wheat sold outside the county is 31.7 per cent. Of oats there are 31:3,000,000 busheis or 44.2 per cerm. or the 159t crop vet in farmers' hanls. Proportion sbioped beyond co'uuty lines. 27 per cent. Ki!'l Wrong Man. Cuie.x(o, Ill.. March 11.-Bullets fired by police oileers and Pinkerton watchmen in pursuit of a burglar struck Albert %temer, a Cleveland, Ohio, merchant. and he is now at the county hosnital in a dying condition. The shooting took place shortly after midnight tis morning in Playmouth place, opposite the Great Northern hotel, where Ziemer w.as a guest. He had left the hotel for a short stroll be Ifore retiring. Hie walked about 100 feet south in laymouth place, and was returuing to the hotel when a thief, pursued by several policemen and Pinkerton watchmen dashed past him. Fir-e or six snots were fired at the leemug burglar by the o!Iicers in pursuit and Ziemer was in range of the bullets. Twao of the leaden mis sles struck Mr. Ziemer and he fell to the ground mortally wounded. The Jackson street and liaymouth place was caught. Hfe gave the name of Oto Riemann. Not Connected with it. Ongpo t. C. March 12.-It is feme~ntly s'aed that time notorious Holland secuired thme evidence upon which Murpm was com~,nvicted of the murder of Treasurer Copes, of tims (County. Thi is amistake, Holland had nothm white.-er to do with the ase wh i was tried and did not get ne ceuf nhe rewaird money. It is WILLINGLY WA I TN . CAROULiNA REPUBLICANS QUAR TE: ED IN WASHINGTON. Several Camniattc' For Atnmon E 0: tienMemeey;!yGP "he Old Tim)m "De 2m1b ' WVAwmsNTox, D. C.. March 7. -Th' South Carolina Republicans of bot factions ar well 'represented in this city, and those of them who are here are already hard- at work trying to knock down some of the o!Iliml plums. )auaite a large contingent, main!y from tne uipcountry, are qaurtered at Ben Perrys boarding house in Delaware avenue, near the Capitol. Among those at this place are Dr. Latimer, P. ). Hough and Mr. Merideth, Dr. Sampson Pope and Dr. Clayton are at a private boarding house on H. street. Col. Wallace, Mr. Webster, Col. Pride, the Tolberts, Mr. Ncsmith, C. S. Nettles, Esq., and other white Re publicans of our State are scattered here. there and everywhere through out the city, and quite a strong con tingent of negro politicians headed by Gen. Robert Smalls are on hand to watch and wait events. I talked with several of the South Carolina Repub licans, and so far as I could ascertain, no slate of any kind has been agreed upon. Mr. Webster, it is generally understod, wants his old place as col lector of internal revenue. Messrs. Pride, the two Tolberts, Wallace and Blalock want to be United States mar shal, and George Cunningham is said to be the dark horse in this race. D,-. Pope, I am told, is not seeking any Slate appointment, but he is on the ground and on the lookout for some thing to turn up. Drs. Clayton and Ensor, E. W. Screven. George Hug gins and C. M. Wilder are hot after the Columbia postofice. and the ne gros want anything they can get. Lawson Melton, I am told, wants to be United States district attorney. I hear of no one especially mentioned for the Charleston collectorship, ex cept Deas of Darlington. It would be useless for me to at tempt to predict who will be the suc cessful ones among those I have nam ed. From South Carolina, as from all of the southern States, there are two factions, and both hope to get the favorable ear of McKinley and his ad visers. As regards the crowd from our State, the Websterites base their hopes upon the fact that they repre sent the old line Republicans. On the other hand, the Meltonites feel as sured of success for just the opposite reason. They not only claim not to be old time Republicans, but they want the claim that they are not well advertised. As one of them expressed it to me, "You cannot build on a rot ten foundation." McKinley wants to build up a respectable Republican par ty in the south, and he recoznizes that he cannot do so with such mate rial as can be found among those who led the Republican hosts in South Car olina in the days of good stealing. If McKinley is the kind of man one hears that he is, the hopes of those I have just quoted from would seem to be well founded. The opin ion is prevalent here that his admin istration will open on very conserva tive lines, and it is the talk of the lob bey chat he is especially anxious to stand well with the respectable people, and will try to appoint to otlice in the southern States the least objectiona ble men he can find. A proininent western senator, who is in close touch with the ne w administration, is quot ed as saying that McKinley firmly be lieves that the Republican party has in the past pursued a very unwise course in its policy toward the south ; that he believes that the race prejudic es of the southern people should be re spected within certain limitations, and that objectionable negro politicians. and equally as objectionable white carpetbaggers should not be foisted upon them; that it is useless to hope to build up a respectable Republican party in the south until such men are thrust aside, and that he relies upon the growth of protection theories and a policy of conciliation for the future of his party in the south. Howi much of this is true and how much fanciful I know not. It is pure ly lobbey talk, and I give it for what it is worth, but I may add that "straws show whi'h way the wind blows.' and it is certairly true that at present the pollitical atmosphere of Washing ton is cne of especial friendliness to wards ti2e south and th.is would hardly be the case unless it was thought that Mr. Mckinley wanted it so.-Clumbia State. ________ Reese Captured. CoLUMm, March 10.-Marion Reese one of the convicted murderers who recently escaped from the York jail. has be'n captured in Tennessee-at least some one supposed to be him is under arrest. Yesterday Governor Ell erbe received the following telegram from the sheriff of Lexington county, Tenn.: "My deputy has a man under arrest answering to the description of Reese. P. H. Henderson." Governor Ellerbe wired the sheriff of York and told him to come to Co lumbia, get requisition papers and go to Tennessee. The sheriff is expected today. A reward of $500 for Reese'a recature has been offered. He was convicted in a sensational murder case, originating in Blacksburg, the circumstances of which are fresh in the minds of the public. A Costly Error. CHATTAooAa, Tenn., March 10. Through a clerical error of the paying teller, the First National bank of this city is a loser to the extent of $3.600. A few days since a Tennesee river logger presented an order given by Snodgrass a:: F-ieid for 'inuU, at the bank. Charles Knoedier, the teller, cenei. his cash drawer and tossed out eight bundles of bank notes, each con taining 10 $50 dollar bills. The rafts man soon disappeared. The mistake was not discovered until notice of the payment was sent to the lumber firm of Snodgrass & Fields, who produced the cancelled check made out on its face for but $400. The raftsman was seen in Knoxville ycsterday spending money lavishly. The Oldest !an1 on1 Eath GUAaLim..'is, Mexico,~ Ma 1 -- Jesus Campeche. thought t> be the oldest man on earth, died on rirday, and aczording~ to his a!!rmation and other testimony, lie was 1 1 years old. He said he was born in Spain in 1742 and came to this country when he was 21 years old. He was living with his great-great -grandson and had copies of the church registe- at Valladolid. Span, showing the date of his birth and baptism. According to these na pers he was born December 12, 1742. ie related in~cients which occurred in the last century, shoivi ag that he had told the truth or had -stor-e'l his mind well with the happening~s o' that tie. A priest in the church a menci he attended, who is now 31 years old, says he remembers Campeche as be ing an old man when he was a little bo. __ _ _ _ _ _ _ Exnerate-d. EmmmoMarch l,.-Court cOn vened Monday, Ju dge Aldrich presid ing. In the case of the State t-s L eon 3. Williams, for theC kilin~g of L. D). and J1. V. White, the grawJd jury fail ed to find a true bill, conseC;gnftly RAM KA\TAHDMN INJURUED. A orazy Firem m Tri'- to ml.w up the Ves-mel ati i-4 S-t t to an ylur. NEW Yous, Marc- 16 -The United Slate ram katahdin h-as had a narrow escape f.rom s-ricus ini-rv at '.e hands of ire--n John Z. Brown. whcse bram was aolected by an irjury re crive e iyiears a hile on duty on JTe Katahdin, it wil be recalled, Ias ordered to Charleston recently in order to join the fleet of Admiral Bunce in th naval nanceuvres, but it was discovered that her Loilers were in a faulty condition and the orders were rescinded. They were patched up and the ram was then ordered to Ham pton Roads, and started for that station Thu rsday. She hsd proceeded no further than Staten Island, however, when the mischief done by the crazy man was made apparent, and the Katahdin was there fore obliged to an chor off Tompkinsville. Bro-vn, who has been in the service for live years, had ris;en to the rank of a firztelass tiremai. For some time past he had been actiug in a slightly eccentric manner, but neither Cnief Engineer Reeves nor Comman der Leary thought his eccentricities sufficientiy pronouced to warrant ctli cial invesLigation. L ist Wednesday, however the day before the ram was to sail for Virginia, one of the expert machinists attached to the vessel chanced in the boiler room and was surprised to see Brown kneeling be fore one of the six boilers and pound ing away at it vigorcusly with a ham mer and a chisel. "What are you doingC" the machin ist inquired in surprise. "Trying to blow up the d- ram," was the reply. The machinist very promptly fell upon Brown and endeavored to wrench from him his implements, but the in sane matn fought desperately. The sound of the struggle in the boiler room attracted the attention of num bers of the ship's crew and of Chief Engineer Reeves. They ran into the room, and after some difficulty over powered the fireman, who cursing all the time, was shackled and placed in a straight jacket. The following day he was removed to the Naval Hospital, in Flushing avenue, Brooklyn, and will subse quently be taken to the National In sane Asylum, at Washington, as it is feared that he is incurably insane. An inspection of the boiler which Brown had attacked failed to show any serious damage at the time, but when the Katahdin was under way it began to leak seriouly, and it was seen that it would be perilous to put to sea under the circumstances. The otlicers of the vessel refuse to discuss the ex tent of the damage, nor will they say when the Katahdin will likely prcceed to Hampton Roads. THE HUNGRY ARE NOT FED. Hlordies of Disappointed Men flanaina Around the Pie Counter at Waahington. WASHINGTON, March 12.-% mighty howl has gone up from the hungry. McKinley's declarations against early appointments and his evident regard for the civil service laws are responsi ble for the wailing and gnashing of teeth, which is heard tonight about the hotels and in the other haunts of the ofice seekers. All day there has been a continuous stream of the faith ful besieging the executive otlice at the white house. Men with friends and without them; men of national Iprominence and others whose fame has never spread beyond the limits of the cross roads town where they re side: white men and black men have almost fought for a chance to get a word with the president, whose elec tion each man judging by his repre sentations, insured. So great has been the crush that the president has had no time for business. So great has been the clamor for audience that he has had no opportunity to consult those -who in reality merited his at tention. Tonight he showed his teeth. He grew angry and declared himself in positive terms against those who seek office. "I will make no appointments, ex cept urgency ones before the middle of May," he is quoted as having de clared. Those people who think I am here simply to provide them with of fices will find they were never mor 3mis taken. I am going to respect th< civil service laws." It is this decla ation which has struck terror to the iearts of the boys. The result is the howl. They haven't begun to swear yd, be cause all of them are still hopefut but in their talk these republican politi cians give expression to regret in tm phatic terms. They refer to McKin ley's anxiety for their aid only a few months since and are wont to compare his present action with the roseate promises made by Mark Hanna and his lieutenants. The comparison is not favorable to the president. They are madder than he is, and their auger is accentuated by its being combined with a sorrow that is deep-seated and bitter. The hotels are still tille:d with republicans and oflice seekers, and President McKinley and the new cab inet will have a busy week of it. Many congressmen who were re elect ed remain in the city and the new members will undoubtedly be here in f ull force early in the week, pre paratory for the meeting of the fifty tifth congress in extra session on Mon day next. .M to children. It is a mistake to suppose that chil dren cannot De interesied in little pieces of household work. A child of 4 can save its mother many steps each kay. IU taught thus early in life to make itself usefal, and that its efforts are appreciated, it gradually gots ac customed to the idea that it is of some importance in the world, and you have probably saved yourself many anx ious moments. Children who have any realizing sense of their parents' love and of their own responsibilities as a factor in the home life are not lia ble to get very far from the right path, and even if the old Adam in them does rise to the top occasionally they sub due him much more quickly than the children who are never given reasons and are never taught to use their rea soning po wers or to utilize their super iluous energies. Children should be taught to amuse themselves in a ra tional way. It is my firm belief that they should never be left long to their owvn devices, and that the moment 'hey tire of an occupation or amuse ment they should have a change or a diversion. Grown p2ople get desper aely tired of doing one thing or a half dezen things over and over again. even whben they undersand perfectly the logi~c and necessity, and surely adults shouild be more reasonable than ch"i-ren, though our actions some ties say that we give children the credit for being the rnore sensible. Tne <nas Cmmderate I)eai. patrick, the lde' man in Georaa died today~ at Car ters. ie, ag'ed 1i08 years. He- enise a th Conf-derate armny wxhen he -a ta '.r old0- anda fougnt throna it. He was, a bati so lie arnd was an etimabje cit e all his life, lHe hved inl tils coiour y 2'i years. Mr. Klplat rick- was a farm REQU!SITiONS FOI FUITIVES wm1 N. bt I--in-nd for Any anid E:very Thing. Th*e following letter of instructions to shcri!is coneerniug the arrest of fugities from justice has been sent out by the aovernor: Columbia, March 6, 1897. To Sheriff of - County: Sir: Hereafter no requisition for fugitives from justice will be made upon the executives of other States unless the rules of practice adopted for rendition of fugitives are com plied with. First. There must be a certificate of the solic:tor of the circuit. 1. That in his opinion the ends of justice require the prisoner tc be brought to this State. 2. That he believes he has suf ficient evidence to convict the fugi tives. 3. That the person named as agent is a proper person and has zo Drivate interest in the a':rest of the fugitive. 4. If there hr.s been any former application for the same per son, it must be stated. 5. If ihe fugi tive is known to be under arrest in the State to which he has fled, the fact of such arrest and nature of proceed ings must be stated. 6. That the ap plication it not made for the purpose of enforcing the collection of a debt, or for any private purpose, and crim:. nal proceedings shall not be used for such objces. 7. The nature of the crime charged, and reference to stat ute defining and prescribing same. S. If the offense charged is not of recent cccurrerce, a satisfactory reason must be given for the delay in making ap plication. Second. In addition to this certifi cate, in case of fraud, false pretense, embezzlement, forgery there must be an affidavit of the prosecutorthat the appli cation is made in good faith, for the sole purpose of punishing the accused, and that he does not desire or expect to use the prosecution for the purpose of collecting a debt, or for any private purpose, and will not directly or indi rectly use the same for any of said purposes. Third. There must also be proof by alfidavit, that the alleged criminal has fled from the justice of this State, and is in the State on whose executive the demand is to be made. Fourth. If an indictment is to be found, certified copies in duplicate must accompany the application. Fif th. If an indictment has not been found by grand jury, the facts and circumstances showing the commis sion of the crime charged, and that the accused perpetrated the same, must be shown by affidavits, and that a war rant has been issued, and duplicate certified copies of the warrant, togeth er with the returns thereto, must be furnished. Keep this for reference. W. H. ELLERBE, Governor. .Christians Pillaged. CAREA, March 9.-Advices received from Retimo, on the north coast, some 30 miles southeast of here, show that the pillaging of the houses and shops of the Christians there is still going on. The vice consuls stationed at Re timo have asked the consuls here that protection be afforded the Christians. In Canea itself there has been con tinued robberies of houses owned by Christians who are absent from the city. This pillaging is done by Turk ish soldiers. Protests have been made to the acting governor, but no satisfac tion was obtained, he saying that the robberies cannot be helped as the Turkish soldiers have to pillage to live. Tewfik Pasha, the military governor, has sent to Heraklion for another batallion of troops which will make the condition of affairs worse than ever. __________ Government Extravagance. The Atlanta Journal says President McKinley is guilty of inconsistency when he pleads in one breath for an in crease of the government's revenue and in the next urges the necessity of strict economy. The income of the government is now ample to meet all necessary and proper expenditures. We want more economy, not more revenue. The government's income for the fiscal year ended June 30, 196, was $326, 976,200. This sum was more than sufficient to meet the ex penditures of the government for every year except two since 1SS0. Bat for the recklessness of the late billion dollar congress it would have been ample for all the expenses of the last fiscal year. It may be said that the country's growth demands an increase of expen ditures. So it does. but the increase of expenses has been out of all propor tion to the increase of population, as the following table will sho w: Year. Population. Ex oenditures. 1800.......5,S08,483 $7,400,000 1810.... 7.239,881 5,300,000 120. ... 9,633,S22 13,100,000 130...12,S602) 13,000,000 14.... 17,069453 24,100,000 185..... 239,876 37,200,000 160...31.443,321 6-0,000,000 170...38,55,371 164,000,000 18S..... 50,155,783 170.000,00 190.......2,40,540 321,700,000 1895 (est.).. .70.000,000 3S3,900,000 We have not only added immense ly to the bulk of our government ex penditures, but the per capita expense of the government has been outrage ously increased. En 1800 it was $1,39; in 1310 it was only 75 cents; in 1820 it was $1.36; in 1S30, $1,01; in 1840, $.41; in 1850, $1.60; 1860, $1.91; in 170, as a result of payments on the war de bt; $4 25; in 18S9, $3,39; in 1390, $5.14; in 1S95, $5 -IS. It is estimated that the permanent and o.; - i d appro priations made by the Atzly fourth congres; duxring its first session will entail an expenditure of $515.815,1i)4 for the fiscil year ending Jai 30, 197. Taking the present popu i -1,on at 72,000,000 this is a tax of $7, tV'o every man, woman and child in th a United States. The governme it can live, ana live well, on what it toj 2 i-i during the last filialyear. L.. iie ameu will be still larger this year. and yet Prsident McKinley calls for more money. If we get it there will be no lack of billion dollar congresses to squander it. An Important N-w L~w. An Act oroviding :i-moment for laborers who violate aior written or verbal contracts al ter having re ceived supplies. lBe it enacted by the Gener.~ Vsem lv of the State of South Carc - 'ecton I. Tiat any laborer w rk ing on shares of crop or for w iees in money or other valuable conder tion uuder a vsbal or s--i tn ' to labar ca farin lands. , who ir cive advances either in mioney or i suplies, and thereafter wvillfil and without just cause fail to p -rfor' nec reasonable servic3 required o him by the terms of the said cot . Sda sha.b iabe to prosecution for ni lemm' or, and on conviction shal be punsh ed by imprisonment for not less thAan twety days nor more thian toirty days, or to be lined in t'e sumi a: not less than twenty five do!!ars nor more than one hiundred dollars, in the discretion of tnie coiurt: P'rovided, the v erbal contract hlereini referred to shallI be witneswd~ by at least twvo dis~ater sted witnesse'. Approved thie 23 day of M-areb. A. POnWDER Absolutely Pure. Celebrat?'d for it, great 'eavening strength and healthfulness. Assurei t1e food against alum and all forms o' alul teratioa common to the cheap brands. ROYAL :AKING PoWDEr Co., NEW YoRK. CHEAP LIVING FOR A WEEK. A FuU Grown Man Who Lives on a Sm*1l -% mount. There is one zan at least for whom the present hard times have no terrors, for he knows how to live on 87, cents a week. This up-to-date professor of economics is the Rev. Miles Grant, of Boston, an active, hard-working evan gelist, who does not spare himself in his work, and yet, though keeping strictly within the limit of the expen diture named, suffers neither physi c ally nor mentally as a result of his unique system. While at the first glance it would seem impossible that a full-grow-n, healthy being could live upon s ic'i a sum per week, an examination of the Rtv. Mr. GranCs account of good things will c onvic - one to the con trary. Here is his list of articles, many of which ein be easily varied and still kept within the fixed limits: 1 poundIrish oatmeal............ .05 2 quarts flour at 5c. quart. ... .10 Beans, 2-3 quart...... ........05 Peas, half quart..............04 Figs, quarter pound............. 04J Dates, half pound................ .05 New cheese, half pound........ .I10 Raw eggs, one dozen............. .20 Milk, three quarts, at 8 cents.... :24 Total.........................871 Great saving may be made in some of the articles, as, for instance , when he tires of oatmeal porridge the Riv. Mr. Grant varies it with cakes of In dian meal, a ten-pound bag of which costs but 10 cents, or 2 cents a single pound. Grapes may be substituted for figs and prunes for dates without increasing the total output. For the unleavened bread all that is necessary is flour and water. Of course there is quite a trick in preparing such simple articles of diet as those on tne Boston minister's list in such a way as to make them palata ble. This, the reverend gentleman says, may be easily learned, but, bet ter still, one cin soon become ac eus tomed to unseasoned food. Take, for instance, the unleavene. bread which Mr. Grant makes nis prircipal article of diet. It is made by the simplest prcce ss, the flour and cold water are stirred till the combina tion is about thick enough, for gridle cakes. It is then baked in castiron gem pans. This bread is placed at the front of all healthful food, on which the doctor declares he lives well at a cost of 871 cents a week. There are no two things, he say, which will enable- one to accomplishi so much work, either mental or phys: cal, as will bread and oatmeal porridge, made after the same formula as hasty pudding. No matter what minor changes he may make in his bill of fare, certain articles are never allowed to pass the Rev. Mr. Grant's lios. On the pre scribed list there is neither flesh, tishi, fowl, pies, cakes, tea, coffee, sugar, spices or pepper or salt. The Rev. Mr. Grant has made .the question of proper and eccnomiical eating a study for years and his rules of diet nave, theref ore, an expertyval ue. On this subject he says: "In relat'.on to the '&.althiy quantity' of food, I became satisfied that .most people eat too much. When I came to deecde on the quantity that my sys tem needed, I first let my appetite de cide; but it soon occurred to my nd that my appetite had neither reason nor judgement and therefore was-not competent to direct in the matter. Thle late Dr. Dio Le wis, of Boston, gave me a very valuable rule on tins sub3 ject, which was to decide on the qutan tity before a mouthful is taken. A( ter weigning and measuring my .ood and noting the effect on my stomach I arrived at the quantity and goiality of food adapted to a healthy syste m I found that when I folio ved that nay stomach made no more complaint about its work than did my eyes when seeing, ears when hearing or heart or lungs when breathing. I have not had the sick headache once in forty five years. "Concerning the manner of eating I soon found that fast eating was a cmmon bad habit of the. A/nerican peole and one special cause- of indt gestien. I had been in the habit of eat ing ameal in five or ten minutes- Ian stead of moistening my food with sa liva I washed it down with tea or cof fee. My rule is not to eat a meal im less than half an hour, bat I arn usu ally much longer. All the food should be converted into a complete pulp in the mouth before it enters the stomach- I drink nothing when eating. "As to the time of eating. In my early life I ate whenever I felt an ap petite for food, which might be a doz en times a day. I becime satisfied th t this habit would lead to the, ruin of health. For thirty-Live years I have eaten but two meals a day, and nothing between meals. I tage break fast at 8 o'eicck and dinner about 3 oc lock. I nave no desire for food ex cept at these hours. "As I grow older I feel younger. I can preach every evening and three times Suaday and feel as fresn at the close of the day as in the morning." A Big iR sid onteSouthern. CisAoonU Tenn., March 11.. Proceedings were begun today in the Ci-2uit Court of the county against the Southern Railway in suits for civil damazes aggregating $225,000. Writs were issued for the defendats, vho are sued on nine separate bills in the amount of $25,000 each. :The plantiis are the several administra tors o1 the wife and eight children of IM. it. Woodward, a farmer residing at Jersey, Tenn , whose entire family va recently killed at a railway cross ug hear this city by a Southern train. The H~on. Hfole Snith, of Atlanta, ESecetary of tne Interior, wiilap pear as chief coansel for the plaintifls. a C wid get a grip on a Gegr a man it doesn1 make riuen difler en- no-v o!J hie is, he tumioles. -An old :fl)W o: r loped the other day wth a damsel of t3 to. prevent his ,:iiidn' frenm nferrapting the nup