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K /t " f t r / \ 1 lye, t I r ' J i r" i 1 f, , ' !YN 4 r^c? r lYt4 ! t r !i _a!\t C .f/ r3/ " 7' yt, J!\ :.> I ! I" i' s - -- -- - -- .\ \ *lil) llJA Y, .l - Fill. ; IN THE STATE SEN.TE. SHEEP KILLING COGS HAS TOO MANY FR'ENDS. RI)w the S -ratore Voted cn -'veral i portant Measures Durig; the Pas: Week -A Report of the Work Done. The session of the Senate Monday was entirely without incident or de bate. The entire morning was taker up in routine work, which was pushed forward at a rapid rate. President McSweeney announced the appointment of Capt. A. M Ruth as senate nost master. vice J. T. Parks resigned, Capt. Ruth is an old Con federate soldier ard served for 16 years as sheriff of Hampton county For a numb:r of years before the war, his father was a senator from Beau fort county. The bill to require t' . killz of the sheep killirg dogs, which had been passed by the Bouse was killed. On Tuesday the session of the Sen ate was devoted to the discussion principally to two measures-the ques lion of biennial sessions of the Lrgis lature and w:de tires for wsgcr s af ter considerable discussion the first proposition came to a vote as Iellows: Yeas-Alexander, Archer, Brown, Buist, Connor, Dennis, Douglass, Du Bose, Gaine, Love. Mauldin. Mc Calla, McDaniel Miller, N-rris, O'Dell, Pettigrew. Sanders. Scar borough, Suddath, Turner, Walker, Williams-23. Nays-Dean, Griffith, Hay. Hensler son, Jefferies, Ltsesne, May field, Mc Alhany. Meses. Mover. Ragsdsie. Sloan, Talbird, Wallace, Wa!ier-15 The measure falling to set a t-c thirds vote as required by the coars:itu tion was declared defeated, and the Legislature will meet every year as heretofore. The Senatewentio work with a meat ax Wednesday andkilled almost every bill on which thera was the least de bate. The first to suffer was Mr Pat ton's paving bill and soon after Mr Gaines' broad tire bill received the same fate. Mr. Her dersen's county government bill ran the gauntlet, but it was the only one to successfully do so. When the paving bill was reach ed Mr. Archer moved on indefinite postponement, which after considera ble argument was agreed to oy a vote of 21 to 16. Mr. Hendeson's county government bill was then taken up. Mr. Ragsdale thought it would be better to try the county govermer t law in force for a while longer. It was beginning to work satisfactoril3 in Fairfield sir cc it was becoming un derstood by the people. He moved an indefinite postponement. Mr. Archer said the people of his county wanted a change, and the sooner it could be had the better. The expenses of Spartanburg bad been in creased enormously under the present law and a change was needed. Mr. Moses endorsed every word the senator from Spartanburg said, for they applied to Sumter equally as . wei. Mr. Lesesne hoped the bill would pass Mr. Henderson said that if each sen ator would devGte five minutes to cal culation they would see that at leas' five or six hundred dollars per annum was saved to each county. He then pointed out the cumbersomte macbin ery of the present law and contrasted it with the simplicity of the bill under discussion. Mr. Archer moved to table the mo tion to inde finitely postpone the bill. The aye and nay vote resulted: Ayes - Alexander, Archer, Buist, Dean, Dennis, Douglass, Dubose, Gaines, Griffith-. Hay Henderson, J.-f feries, Lesesne, Love, Mauldin, McAl hany., McCalla, Miller, Moses, Mower, Norris, O'Dell, Pettigrew, Sanders Scarborcugh, Sloan, Stackhouse, Sud datb, Turner, Walker, Wallace, WaI ler, Williams- 33. Nays-May field, McDaniel, Rags dale, Talbbird-4. Mr. Norris wanted to amend by pro viding for tha election of the two ad -visory commissioners by a p:opular vote. The senate almost unamimoasiy rejected the amendment. A number of amendmnents perfect ing the bill in miner details were offer ed, some of which were adopted and others rejected. The bill then passed its secona reading with notice of gen eral amendment on the third reading Then the broad tire bill came up and after some discussion was killed by the following vote: Yeas- Buist, Connor, Dean, Doug lass, DuBose, Griffith, Hay, Hender son, Jefferies, .Love, Mcalbany, Mc Daniel, Mower, O'Dell; Pettigrew, Ragsdale, Scarborough, Sloan, Wal ler, Williamns-21. Nays-Alexander, Brown. Dannis, Gaines, Lesesne, Maualdin, May field. Mc~alla, Miiler, Mt sea, Norris, San ders, Stackhouse, Suddath, Taibird, Turner, Walker, Wallace-18S Mr. Love called up Mr. D,:Loache's bill to regulate e xpress and te:egraph companies and to extend the powers cf the railroad commissioners, so as to give them power arnd authority to regulate charges by express companies for transportation, to regulate itte charges of telegraph companies for the transmission of messges by tele graph, for charges by persons engaged in the several businesses herein nsam ed, to apply the powers given to said commiesioners, by law, over railroad companies cr persons owning, contro! ling, or operating a line or lines of express and telegraph, and make tbe penalties prescribed against railroads for violating commissioner's ruks ap ply to th~e companies and persons herein named, whose line or hines ia or are wholly or in par: in this bate. Mr. Henderson, after the bill had been discussed, moved to pt spone in definitely the bill The yeas arnd nays resulted as follows: Yeas-Messrs. Buist, Dennis, Lu Bose, Bay, Henderson, Lesesne, Msaui dmn, Mafieis, McAihaniy, Mi;1er, Mower, O'Dell Sanders, Sican, Tur ner, Waiker, Walk cc.-18. Nays-Messrs. Alexander, Archer, Brown, Cornnor, Dean, Dougiase, Gaines, Griffith, Jefferies, Loe Mc. Calla, McDavill Norris, Peigrev, Ragsdale, Scarborough, S.scatnouse, Suddath, Talbird, Waller, Williams. -21. Mr. Moses amended by exempting the telephone companies from the op erations of the bill. There were many private telephone companies in iz:s State, he declared, and placirog the tJ uader a commission was an ueces sary hardship. If this thite ei ab lishing comzmissions were carrit ci further there wculd ce com:is-is for ice factories, public ginneries, ec. Messrs. Archer,andt Mc.asia~ 5pJe against the amendment. Dyt as. D -1 s3, rai, u'- y -, HenI' deCrs, J e:G s, C1.-es' . 1.a:uld::. Mower. O'D 11, Pnee s e Sanders, Scarborcu^'1. I. , TM Cc Nvs-Mi sirs .-xarder, Ac'er, 1a. 'DanilNri. tcaue Std (alb, Talbird, W al:;ce, Wii:lia s. 14. Mr. Burst ctler'd an are'e"'me' Er n ptine telegraph coprn.ies f rom he i ilu. Tile am.e~i nmnt w"as re; jcee13 the followirg vole: C Yea-3 s. Buis. D: nris 1 r B'eI EiHnde rson, Lense, M l ;iMaie eId. McAlhar"y. M:'-:r, 11i MJoses, :do wer O'D . 1, San ders, Sloan, # t'urner, Wle.1 Nass -essrs. A dr Archr, I Bro , Contor. 1) a,,FCU Dogas, r Gaires. Gr ilth. J f"ries, L-. Mc ~alla. McDe ie! 'N eis, Petti2 Rigsdale, Scarbo'rough, Stckh'us-, tiddath, Talbird, Walitre, Wallier, s Willia-n -?? Mr. MasxSeld raended by strikirg s out the section of t e bill which pro vides that tie omissilon amav crOpel T t le;raph cnam'aa i's to establish -,en c eies at all railway w ta ions. The S-n I ate a. reed to the amendcnt by a vote of 22 tolo The biI cam? up agein Thursday < and was passed by the iol!owing vote: YL as--Messrs Archer, Brown Dear, f Douglass, DaBase. Griiit J:fsBrie s, Lt I Love, Mauldin, McCslla. Norris, Petti t grew, Ragsdale, Scarborough, Sack house. Sudda;b, Talbird, Waflsc' and r WiJliams-19. Na't--Messrs. Buist, Dennis. Bay, H-dersoni. Lesesne, Mayfied, McAI Ianv. Miller Moses. Mower, O'D., Saaders. Skoan and Walker- 14 6LZZA.R .N NEW FOUN.AND. v 'able Story Brot ght by the e'd orces Steamer Portia. Tze R-d Crrss Line steamer Pa.rtia arrived Tuesday at New York. rIor days over due, from St. John's, N. F , and adii'ax, after a desperate encoun ter with pack ice of the Newfound land coast, and with a harrowing sale of blizsrds and destitution in the coast c section of that country Hundreds of men, women and children, dead or dying from exposure and starvation, with abundance close by, and hun dreds miore threAtene-1 with a lik~e 'ate, are the brief details of the condi. !tion of affairs brought by the Portia Four days tie Portia was penned in huge Arctic floes, in plain sight o: Si. John's, u:able to move. She man aged to escape by the merest accident. Many other craft, several of them re i -f vess-is, sent by the Canadian Government to succor destitute fiher m:-n, had to abandon their errands of 3 mercy and return toSt. John's, where I t ev were still in the ice when the c Fo-:ia struggied into clear water. Clore to where the Portia lay tie s'eamsh rginia vas locked tight She had 'oen sent norta by the Cana diar Grv-rnament with food for the starving fishermen, but a short dis e tance up the coast she found the roue seriously blocked and was forced to return to port to prevent being ice f boand all winter. Before her depar ture news had reached St. John's tu =t 0 unless assistance was prompt y dis patched the unfortunate inhabitan:s - wvould soon be beyond relief. Among the detained fl-et at St John's were a dzzen or more sailing C vessels loaded with codfish for En~ land and Brazil. The city of S; John's was in a terrible condition on account of the blizzard. Tne streets were rendered impassable, the rail roads suspended work, and the poor were suffering throueh hunger and e cold. Prices of fcod had advanced until they were bey ond the reach of C Lhe poor. When the Portia was working her w'ay out to sea she was closely fol 2 lowed by the ark Flora, and these C two vessels were the only ones that suc ces ded in leaving St. .Tohn's. Several miles c if shore the Par tis passed the steamer Grand Lake, fast in the ice I aid in a perilous conci.ion. Tne ~ steamer Virginia was released from her perilous position after the depar- ~ ture of the Portia from St. John's, and the position of the rest of the dis tressed fleet has been reported by tele ~ ~raph to be relieved.t A Brut at Murder. S One of the most brutal murderers that has ever stained the fsir name of Tatnall cunty, Ga., was committedi Tuesd-y at tte home of Mr. Alex a Snarpe, one of our best -knwn ciii z~ns. When Mr. Suiarpe star ed to -upper his attention was at!!act -d to a f fire near his fence and, not tniinking q of its being fired for so foul a caise, :ook all his hands with him, leiving v Mrs. Sharpe at the house alone. He said be was ge'ne about three quarters c o: an hour, when he retarnee to thea house alone to aet an axe and a bucket ~ ;o put cut the fire and, on reacoing a the house, his attention was attracte d a by the struggles of nis then exciring g wife in the dining room. 02 seeir g tneghastly sient of his wife soaked it. her own blcod, sickened and coaifus ed he hsstened back to tell the sad news. The men, on investtgation, 'cund the tell-tale axe, covered with t blood, thrown under the walk. The brute, after taking the life of the gout I woman, broke ipto one o: the roxmn and tooa ab :ut $30. and a shogani Tiere is to clue to the murderer as yet. -Augusta Caronicie. Are TD-y so ilind? A change of 25.000 vo es in 1896 woculd have plec~d a fre-e siivtr ao minitration In piwer, and still thes: "business representatives" and "mue etary commni'sioners" would absolute !y igore the s' vr sentu~net in tfl comnprehensiv plan they woulh force upon the ci atry :'Tnese re formetrs pro-es :o o'- w- rging tor ;h restorat-o? o. otie c *atdtesta buit~y of governmental .ianciat pmi eies. Are iney so ulic d as to imagine ra:at hair the voting Lppulationf th U i.ed States wit: accept witnoc: s" ragle, long, bitter and determined, t Lu partisan plan which ther repreteu tatives of Lhe other half would ftoist uuon the country ? Do they suppose 1152 the miiens of the WVest anuc SouiZ wi1 sit quiaily under a straignm go d sandard ian that has no ekt ~n. __ vraceorg L[a-r ameSa aid tandrd, - crh on~ tna' 'uer- a.e ..tes n -urd spi ca ts for theosition of malicrwrijm LiT!Hi HVE HE WOK OF THE 5',Y DU.RN THE PAST WEEK. cvmral Medsur.m of impmam o tri P -Scme are 'a' 'd aInd ne aro ,d SeUnm Spicy Iebite. On Mondar .urinZ a stion f a ite over two hovurs the Hau; did ? ac:anJ h very r1ct i: ss be \ern r il > dovidi fe' tr avy p;r is mem: of t-nse ca::vic e ft 'e seductionI of an ,rmarri e an und'r prolie of m::r ria)e: e ' Ir. Ashle/'s bill to approp-i: :^t'" ri ieg tax to the c :Lnou S Sn . t kiled. and Josh say s }e crric. udes a d o ro uc a t f hoculda be refused. Mr. B~stbe's bili, equirio ass-iet of ";rri ages to er i-tered Cu : ^e rrecor d '_o n::;-iv d d se o' Pn-ck Cut crops :(d died. 'he following is the bili in regard i eductio2 as it passed its third reading: Section 1. That an.y persoa wh: hall, under promise o' msrr:age,bave Iicit carnal intercourse with any ua nsrried womal of previous coas--e haracter, shall be guilty of a nisde neanor, and upon couv:cticn shal b f unshed by a Liae of not less t':;n 5t0 ! or more tban 5, . or impri nn:ent for not lethaniorth a': more tban tiv 'Fars, eihA or b.h . I e discretionz of the cou:rt: Pvidedi. bat no conviction sball be had u-.der he provisions of tbis ac:t' n the testi nonv of the femle seucEd, uncor-- t oorated by other evidence, either !ositive or circums:antial, nor urs warrant 're s-crn out orprosct... omrnenced within one year aster t. ronistinn of the , tis Provided, urther, that the subsequent intermcr iae of the parties may be pleaded as d- fense. O: Tuesday the Hoise of Represen a ives sidetracked evervthina else and ook up the annual spnropriatin b-1o Sgot along beautifuly wrth it until re appropriation of $1 0O0 for the eneral esp-'l,ses of thr State boarL o wsath was reached Then a aebate is rich much was said in criticism and efenlse of the Stat board, ab .::t vac - ir.ation, about smalipox, ab ut the Lability and abili'y of doctors to di ~nose smallpx., snd about a little of very thing els-, was l'gun The ap. ropriation bad been $2,500 isst year, nd it was proposed to L.u: it oack aL at figure. Finally, ju-t b'fore the c'ss tor dinner, the house by a vct: f 33 to 6S declined to adopt the in rease. Tuesday was the last day for the in. -oduction of new bnia and the big nhite papers came in thick and fay'. ':.e most notable of th-e inew bills in -oduced were these on tip same sub -' ir trcduc-d by Mesrs R Ers a' a derto ), desizned to c. ma-l comnmc arrie:s to trausport m;'bers of :ne reral assembly, State and c ut ' flicers, j ides, solic.tors and s ertL -oml plac to place whin on tilii usiness free cf charze. The House Wecneaday devoit d 1i tire day srssion to the c n~ideration f the aipropriaticn bill The mos otabie ceange made in t, hill as .e cutting dwn of the $25.(u f x d .r the South Carolina colirge to $2d ;. Toere was quite a hard fight 'or -e old college, but it - as of no avail lo fight was -made on the Citadel ap rcpriation or on t e general appro riations for any of th-: otber State alte~es An:ther fiht was m .de on ae mpropration for the State FAir iciety, a;d this provision was cut out f the bdli altogether. Dr St'arkme~ acceded int genliog the $1,00 put in >the State board of heaita increav'd >$1 500. The Mackey clhim f ar ~2 5u0 was passe d.I Mr. Edrd's bll to divide the privil ge tax on fertil:z-rs eaually between Lemsonl Agriculturai college and Vinthrop Normal college was then alled up. Tse pending ques:ion was n a motion to indefiaitely postpone, ad debate being thus snut off the ouse plunged into a roll call on the oton. Tnle hcuse refused to indeti itely postoone the bill by a vote of 6 to 60. This was clinched. Mr. Edrd had an ameimdment to' 've $3U000 to Wint' rop and the re atinder to the puO1he schools. IP Vin hrop's $30 000 was not made up tr Clemson had gotten her's, then he general fund should pay the drfnc :.His previous am-ndment covered 11 this save the reference to public :ools. Mr. Yaughman wanted ta :know if his $30,0'00 to WViuthrop was to be in dditon t> the appropriation already lae. Mr. W. H. Thomas said that the armers of the State would awake uickiy t) the fact that the tax th-y rere patying was goiimg elsewhe-e and roula demarnd the receal of this tax.j twas now kept at Clemson by virtue f tre fact that there was an experi ental station there. It could not be rprly applied at Wiutbroo. Soiti i of the.,e institutions would be 'ccing at the door for direct appro riaons. Tnen wnich andhbo -vmany rould go dosa? Hle called uon thea rier:ds of nhgher education to raliy to -- sun'rurt at the calleges Mr K nard did niot r'elievre there was av ue to get scared. Tne farmers ad no obj emiun to let~i:, p art of his mou-y to o t:> Wiutiropc e - ge 0 give the surplus to uthruo. Mr. McL~uri'u asked why they i 'aid not make~ the tax 50 inst-ad of 5 cnts, and has support all thr- co! xis it it was right to supp-rt W\in nrou with it. Mr. Edrd di claimed any hostlityv o the institutios~ of htuher le'aran. art-d lhim L.e ladJ pl1'dged hs-lf o ths people He, 1.ad t ld his ~.pe.p Lt CGcn sm\'was ,et'ie 1..o inaen mot o~aue a an enemty t' t'.1 ;utl a fri::a '' it U-;r s s5)e hl'g a'. do'" v in -'ete I sr h vuaton b c te pr v p at e 1h n, a u.jat o' d to y e Vi. tur.. puoateea propr~s' -31 u '. :".oeha w*-s "he undre.i. he. hewas to be s Jpara Oy .h 1 emsou? need . Ift1.x wa to 7at for tClemson, 'he s igta s 'hould be made. The H.,se then refsed1 to 'sid medethad bxen agrxe to Mr. A :hiy de:nanaea t:: ae and 21 aso h qu-st~on o0 ordermg the il'l t ard readU2g. M.r Le-mmon sed t thea "ate had quiened ih co:lege amn.i it couLd la -as t:. a- w:1 a ' t on a'it:. ~ g~vn'to duo w.ith C( n '" h~ .'d :ld} n 'cod L- 1 %7 ;r ~r ~ ur~ 'ti a: the truti'e; of l,," p'rS-):s wvho c:;u~d teill C '~i r c~Oie had said : FC r,"'~ rmre ,h ?n Qi3K) 000. Mr. E- ,rd re ate'i tht nss is -rvi~~'u '"? ,W i.touc Ed he p~onoe .at ar- year- a'-c the ,-_X had not s::: iE i nure t ,, 'i 30Ja coV ;egtaoialr - ;t t' r. %en rn the q-'es~ion of crA.eri1 th biil to a third The vot r ."ulted as follows. XYta -3. ti? ' :Bii B~-ih a c . ia ~ Colco'k u3 W/" )t s. ''re 1 ad dd T gp.ton lar e, H-n'ieson , 'a, Hu I: ro' ,"n c Kibler Hi . J. K nand, L- :r, L?-n on, L me 1 nu-h NetlrPt :oo 1a'e P t~. ivler, Pic ie, ; -f' tIi .sford, P - C 'i''--~ 'r..~jO Wi~unWta~k Yeii t F' k 1rank 1B. Gar;, Mli, Bre a and B3jrns Cr n Crurn,Cus :n x C. M. Davis W. U. Davis. D~ Bri'l Ga r's . HIP Gy-idd-in, 0 P. &Gd vi. 11i , rc da.T.E.J ;ha j.~ D ki- -J, L r+-aster, Lift-in, Ic.J H. Mlili'', M$itehe?1. Rio re \icX ,wnr2 Me'LTurin, MJc t it==, 1' ii AiOs P :rs SktaLe-, S V jih .VbS-Sdh, S':'irk it.W. H. Ti ).: as. Tole:W Wjn~ o-44. G- T usa tb-a Huse tor~k up d~r. Childs bill "to p-ov.Lie for th ..lectr'n of a sa-te~ bear i o c~ntrul, ad fu er reE iate the satle, use, CC ~umr'&i), tr-cusisrtitio a nd dit jcsv i a of ir'tox;cating trnd alc holic o r-rs or liq lids is this stat?, for 1t-die l ci ckILitaan.LI mecanic .lu'ass only, and prescrib furtLv r penal-i-,s for violationl of te dis~pensary laws, and to police the sam e." After alon~ spe-ch in~ fanr of the bill by M!r r ids D S urkie moved to strtie ou~t t~ie en'icti-iZ words of the btli, .chhthe za~ae reui d t:)do by ias Y ra' Gary, All, And~erson, AustK, , Bacot. B ;icy. Bar, s.B:!thuue. Coi rn 6 Crum. G3 o. W. Davis. DeBriahi Edt dI, E 'os, (G .rris, 0 P. G %)J w*a ar:-t o d-iz I ier. a-.id-rsoa, II :-r '"'n, Hi :race E Joh:~on, h.:ofr, J D. 1 sce, t tc' ell Ai=L arrir 1c Pri a F~ lt*, Skicu'il oilin-k -3:ir k-, I T H o_:as, TO7Js 'd. Vic, 't rt, V:?so.. vi :.ir ..W ili ams, t~lSu.Lmar , C K. I) - :s, \V C. D vs E3 P. Goodin Harve, Iiio~ Ho uis, Ha.mph-c- T. E J h-ison, K "rinedv, Henry J. 1Kara, L-rane'ous- L'ftcn, J E. Mrl r Joel H dell-r, MccCuI TI E TAXES THIS YEAR. THE .STATE LEVY IS INCREASED TO FIVE MILLS. What Thy Livyfor Esch C3nnty it Fixed at--Haw ti1 1 Fances of the State In the House Friday when the sup ply bill was taken up the chairman stated that the senate would decline to d: any thin g towards an a_ j urnment until t ais bill was in its possession. The total levies for county purposes ia t e several counties were fixed as 'ollows, some b-ing left open to be pat :.u wh-n the bill reaches the senate: A bb ville-3 i mills. Ake"n-3 i mruls. A aderson -3 - mills. H-ti fort-6 i mills. B-ru ley-5 i mills. Bmb 'r-3 :nills. B arn r;eli-3 mills. Chareiston-. Cnerokee-5 mills and special levies in different townships. Onester-7 mills Ches'erd-ld-9 mills. Clarendon-4 i mills. Colleton-. Dariing:ou--4 i mills. D >rche ster-5 imills. E Ig- dield 4 ; aulis. Fairfield-5 mills. Fio rence-3 m ruills. Greenville-5 i -nills. Greenwood-4 mills. Gtorgeto n-8 {nills. Hamtnon-4 mills. H >rry-5' mills. Ktersna K- mills. Ltncaster-8 mills and spacial in tWo townships. Lsurcns-2} -nits. L xn~gton-3 i mills and special in certain to vnsas. - Mariou-4 i ills. M~trl bari-3 'nills. Nre boerry--3 mills. O"nee- 4 ; oulls. O.angbu-a-3 mills. Pickens-9 muills. Riznatd-3 mills and spacial in 1certan townsaips. Saluda-5 mills. S.yartanbrg-5 r mills. Su ater-3 L 6 Tals. U'ioa-s ; mills. Wtvltamaourg-4 mills. Y rk-4 mills and special in certain '.ovuip. In Fa:rfield the county commission -is are p:rmittad to barrow a sum not ex eediug $7 500, on which interest so'. to exced 7 per cent. is to be paid, for the purpose or improvements to th- i il. R caland C )unty-For Richland c-iuav, for o-dinary county purposes, 3j ranls; an addittonal tax of j of 1 andJ in Colunbia towaship for inter ei. on railreai b nds, and an adli t. nai tax or I of 1 mill in said town s'iip o' a s:Lai:g fund for the par post of reuri -,g railroad bonds, and in .dditioa tnere-o there shall be levied a .ax .f '2 mills in the scaool dis:rict lt iht ctt: o: Columbia in lieu of any spcai Ta- athurized to be levied by an ac' -ntitled "A.u act to orovide for i sta >iihmei t of a ne x school district in R caland c iuaty, and to authorize the levy and colic'ioa of a local tix tnerein," a pproved December 21, 1880; that the som of $150 is hereby appro priated t. De paid as other county c:a-ms are paid out of any county -uds, for tae pay of the county treas uirers for services for collecting and dansursine soecial taxes leviedi for uis cal y ear 1597. The sec:.on fixing the State levy is as folio w7s: Sectisa 1. That a tax of 5 mills, ex clusive ofthe puolic school tax here lsaater provided for, upon every dol lar of the value of all taxable property of this Stats be and tne same is hereny levled for the purpose of meeting ap Ipropriations to defray the current ex penses of tne government for the fiscal year beginnizng January 1, 1898, and to meet sucri other inde btedness as has 1ceen or shali be provided for in the several acts and joint resolutions pass ed b*y this general assembiy at the session of 1898 providing f or the same. Wren the nill had been read and amende~i by the several delegations, a -vork that was not completed until nearly half past 12 o'clock, Chairman John P. Thomas went over all the fig ures as to the general expenses of the government and proceeded to show .vhy the committee had placed the .evy at live mills. He spoke as fol Io ws: "The ways and means committee ias recommended a special levy at five mills for State purposes. In or d-er tat the house may hear the data Iupon which the committee has acted L have prepared certain statements which I su bmitted for t be information of the roase. These s stements who w the condition ot the finances of the State as they stood on Jan. 1, 1898, and give the estimated ordinary re s.aure-s and exoenditures of the State government for the ensuing year. Cnese sta e ments are submitted in or der that mec house may vote intelli gently upon the passage of this bill, and that each member may have such information as will enable him to ex erciss hiso vn judgment upon this im por aut questuoa as to which is the urLper amount of the State levy. idre are thletigures: E'irn'ed available resources Janu m ir~ st, 169S: Cash ina State treasury as per atreau r.-r's re port fvr 18uIT...43,41S % Af uta rei of speciali funds not available for ordinary pur $1310 19 Amount due' upoa taxe3 cf 1i-17.. 19,000 l' . mere r o st ~ate...3 U 0 TI.- on it-uraaice. .lO i...c.u-e tiae... ..........QL00-24.000 a lai' ro I corn ision refunde.... 7,K40 iv tt e n c uauary ...............10.UU0' 0 Exe o proprio ion for in over w:n treasutry and re sur.L, i o:u currentL tuCs of 16 ..nd..e......e..,.1.........14s.27C 2 The amoutnt due upon tax:s .ur 159~7 ar-iv\ d eas'.ilows: .u.................. i,0I0 CU ., ee:: is-in ofconoty trek n- c xess of ap pr priat mns for o wit. $141.276(6, is abouit the a 0nto tue usual C xpenditures for 1so m on'hl' the year. Inis is abcu. .h rm dlcien'cy. if deticiency it n e 0 2'eteauy ureoe a ab tiLa grouud. It is calculated, terefor- treat present available re sources are sailicient to ran the gov jnment untit Nov. 1, 1893. After thattime, cxp-ndi'-trea roust b m-> out. of the colhetion of tiaxs for 1S9.S or by borrowing money in advance of the collection of those taxes: Estimated expenditures of fiscal year 1898: Generaiappropriationsas iXed Ly ways and means committee....52.77 t' Interest on pub:ic debt............. - {",; $8231'> ts Legislative appropriation. esti mate of comptroller general based on ;30 day session......... .0 A,. 4 15 Unpaid interest. 1 !7............... Outstanding warrants, J7 ...... 2.l C 02 Estimate ci receipts of Sta'e t:as ury upon basis of a five mill levy and other ordinary vasources: ive mills on $173,000,(G 0....... .Gi..' 0% Insurance and secretary of States fees.......................... ......... ,' Railroad comnmis-ion, cpenses refunded by railroaIs...........7.; 1- 0 South Carolina penitentiary...... 10.0 ' Less taxes of 1x37 collected prior to Jan 1. 1;oS. (See treasurer's report, page 10 ................... 2 ,000 0: 53S),000O 0C Less commissions on county treasurers abatements and nul Ia bonas, comptroller general's estimates............................. 40.000 WC The total taxable property, a cord ing to the reoort of the comer.)er general for 1897. page 9) is $173.S72; 182 There may be some differenc: in this amount for 1SOS, as there is tc b? a general reassessment of prop-rte this year. It is, ho vever. consider-d safe to estimate on basis of $170,000 000 It will be seen from these stremeats that a five-mill levy, together with the other ordinary resources of the state, are sufti.ient by a close mir;i to meet the usual exoenditures of the State government, provided the anp propriations do not ex:eed the aggre gatsas reoortel to the house by the ways and means comnittee and pro vided also that the session does no exceed 3) days. 'If the general appropriations art materially increased, or if the sesior exceeds 30 days in length, then the expenditures will excede the resources of the State upon the basis of a 5 milJ levy. In this event, if the State treys ury is to hold its ground, it will b? necessasy to increase the levy of mills for State pur)Ises. which the com.nttee has re:o.nmended." Heavy Fertilizer Movrmns. The movement of fertiliz -rs out o! Charleston for the last fe n weeks has been exceedingly h-avy. S me timye ago Tne News an : C >arier orinted an article based up ) inf er nation gath ered from reliable sourc-s to sho.t that there wis no fou*id..ion for tat belief orevailing in cert :ir quart:er tc the effect that the product of the mills would oe a drm uo ;O the mar ket this season. T e views then ex pressed have been fa'l zu tained bt the events of the last few weeks. . well known fertilizer man said Wed nesiy that last week his company sh:pp d out of Charleston nearly s t n of goods a minut- for every work ing hour of the six Lays of the we. . He had the tigueres wita him to sub stantiate what he said. His record; sno wed that dariog the~ week ending last Saturday he had shipped up'rard: of 3 300 tons of goods cut of tht city., There are ten workiug hours ir a cay, or 600 hundred ruinutes. Thit made him shi 94 100 of a toa of fer Itiliz-r every working minute - f the Iweek. The demaud is reported to be good all along the line, and in mort than one instance there has beene sharp advance in price recently. Many of the companies have jost aboul as much bnsiness as they can do, and. they are kept in a rush all the time. A few days ago agentleman who had made a purchase of a Charleston com pany sent in an order~for more s~ud "at rock-bottom prices." A dispatcs was sent out inforaning him that he could have his order filled at an ad vance of 37 cents a ton on what he had paid a we k or to before, and i he wanted the stutf at these fi.gures he had better wire his acceptance before night, as the offer would not be allow to stand over tilt next day. He v'ir ea his acceptance. Similar instances could be multipli-d to ind cate the ac tivity in the ertilizer business. The cases mentioned are not is lated ornes 111isr~rattog Hts Point. Senator Tiliman can always be re lied upon to furnish an interesting performance in the senate when be makes a speech. -Saturday Mr. Till man was d:scribing bimetalism in his own unique way when the amnu'ing in cident occurred. 'Br fore 1S73," said he, marching up and down tne aie, "we used to go on two legs. One leg was gold and the other leg was stl ver," he said, bringing his t wo fee down with a resounding thutnp, one alter the otner. "In-n we cat one legft f," he went on, drawing~ an im aginary knife access his tn:gha, bar. not content with that, wve plac d the- cat i f leg on cur shoulderike tois," il lastrating his mneaning by acting as i he had lif ted a heavy lead, "and no w,' Ihe added, "w'e go bopping ar':uad on Ione leg with ano'ther I- g on our s boul der " Mr. Timan stuixd the action to th'e word. He hopped ar.ound tue s- nate on one leg, with nis arm taro Vn o;.r his shoulder, sad made saun a judi crous and at the sa:1.e ti-u> c f ed v Ipicture o his idea, that toe C".>cd is the gallerirs shouted witn ?au er. and tee vice presiint h'ad to r op fr ordtr. - 5UnsaIbe Farmere ANUMIDER of farmters in A,.abama pledged ;emelves to s frie to t wentty busne*ls cf w~ heat last , all "Tnis is a miovemnt" thei lanta C tiutiaon - iifpri. ed in, miil emoa''set- *ouyce fr. m the necessiy oC p'ay ' mt [1 :o the West and our s:oamens froms the tho'usat d andl oe bad o e fi !ur, in whic'n the essne of tre wheat has eltither benl~~ ho!!y desro ed cr substitu ed cer o::n or-m other mixture of equal we'h't andA in ness." Kiled About~ an~ Giic-3. In a dtliiclty on the s rrets of 00 le'ika, Ata., Tuesday m3) ing, W. J. Sidteali, clerk o' tie Ctreoit Cour, se riously cot D F iC rd n, and in re turn receive~d a woumat from a pistol shot, which will probably prove fatal, the ball striking niml in t e bac., of the neck. His body~ is para ',zei.Te trouble was over polites and th a pointinent of a pnstnss-er. Bthr. ties are R-publicans and were act -e suapporters of oppdsing candidate fo the place PP 3 E.:N T.4EFLXMS Of t. 1cr its ..c a: Gvass:e New re sem oe'cicch Tusl .'ay uoi'n2 - f use. at G :vers'fl. N. Y., ^:s s-s:revd by fire. The build in' 'cur'C yith almott i'cred:oe ridity *'rd spectators shuddered at tie t: ough tat some of the inrma'es would be ur.sble to erc~ge from the a-rv urnace. At thiss ason the busi 'ess is uausally large, and it is Iund rsto::d that nearly every root' wAs cccupied. 'The fire started on the tround fl.or and oup orconi'ri the uipper stories with entice-lie speed, the broad :irs ars iall .a.s fu rnshzrg great ilts wV:ch carried '.he flam- s up ward. aimst im med a 'y: af:.r the l-aaes were a was son e dt b re ai 1:.eh -.us ar.:i ihe bgho C -l I. u :. h : cn ie widst. conf ;s; -n. C a; s wil "iscrain ple on he ta-t ofte:aests to escape irom th butludin w:ith their uersonai oroperty, but many were forced to ilee without saving anything. A few of the guests made th -ir esc.pe by the -air ays, bat the smoke soon. cut off this retreat. The next resort of the impriso'ed people c'was the windows. A.- their terror-stricken faces an peared, the ,zeat crowd bebv I wat cd breatn1ssly, hoDing against dope th:: al oud be saved T ei guests wh were .thus entrapped did not lg h asitate o.o take the rihk of jampin, tinouga some tcere rescued rom t eir verilcos positions by the :irem-n. Oers leaped from the windo-s and were more or less in ured. W. W. Fiud ay, a suesm~n :or an Albynv house. clad only in a shirt and tro ,sers. jumped from a -id , .dig. sdely in the snow. r. and Mrs. J. C Sirus finding no escape by way cf the halls, s:epped out of the windjw and on:o the uarI raw le' or car-nic-1, where they stojd 10 cr 15 minutes a vaiuit'nerescuers. W 'itri he aid of a ladder the hook and add r men brougnt them safely to Le around. Mrs. S.raus lost her -velry and wardrobe, valued at $t -1 0. L. G L tnb--rt, a Caicago giov buyer, ja nped from a secnd story window ar. broke his right arm, be side.s r ctin7g iaterna t iju -its T'h' "olio ,;igare mis;iar, nd are pplieved to have p-rised in the ii vnes: H rv C. D:y, G oversviile: E C. 1K :nvel, wife and dauafator, ladin I apolis; Rupert, a ball boy. The tote loss on tae buikcing, furniture and proprty of guars will probily am unt to $lU00.0O. pardy insured. Tae fire starte. near the laurndry, but from what cause is not k:own. Benjamin F S:richcaod, contrac:or and ouiider, who re~i-edl t tae Al ord hotel, is also nissing. H enry C Dav wras one of the most p-nminent basi - es -n c Glo3rsie ii '.r 5 sr les iLja -d (-sdeg L G. La _b: ) are: Wila-n n r-"li.; toni re-:d un'-o.vn, , sp-aied akle. :iud B a Rt . Hrave. ce -na, R T[. firm er:'1- al Ls in the t!eir ei .es ,ere unremrted. Er _C :rt;e a s na e b a -ut ig v-rte r and a .rge force -7 is C atiaue the s5eatC ail Li'^t The tvo trOvel ing mn rip .rtei missing are accout e t'o- t ~i t. la:in.( x k'oovu vic ri n;. Dr. J D. Davis of Westfield, IN Y. pnord fron tie thrnd story d struc the wires ooossit~e th::second str e was turo 'n to the~ grm)ad, btwas not seriously hur:. J* . I B3srnick of Tro> ja.:noed fron tne third mory and wan only~ sliohtdy ia .j 'rred. E~roi de Lng, ti a, son of iarmnto, 0 it , jased fron the1 four:L flrm to asned and wras only! slioh~ly nurt. ThE NATIONAL ISSUE MADE. Ey the LCatted sres een andi the House of ?epreser~t .::ies. The party iinas were srctly drawnj in Sea:r Re~d's Congzressional classi room at Wasciinton Wed nesday when! the bailo: was taken oa tho Teier res olution which pass'd the Senrate by1 such an overwh -liming maj arity last Friday and which is prieucally noth iag more than a reatliemation of the awara on the statute books that he obligatiors of this government snl be. p id in gold or s-iver at the government's option. Toere were sev eral exceptions or breaks Icom the, party alienment, but they served to e-nphs'ze the party s didity on eithe-r sidr-. so far as the m-mbership of the Hl use go's. rath'r thn n e re o' his Crn srsiodl district ha th disir~jio of te'nz o e of the t'io Democra s in the paar od ..of the "etim-al leiru wo voted with tne R~niee a thi quoestion. Mc Aler ofa Pe ss rni,wv s the otber Tuse tso disun'uia' ;: ~-ntlemnau, ap parml c - tue al trat is len. in pit: V -o-rc rd:ks to representth setim whc Orour t toget'rerto Lruapal ts Cvarni n and put forthth--Pame a n ner singol ol aar ta--e ii toe natio~s -:r i .oet by iso R :psoe'n m Vus Lny -- at ' rt a Iformetr votic" fo a esh n tne latteradel.n vos: ~a';. * en'- and. 1I is . ' ta spc~e i L r pet iie : nu -i-*..-u- u rir sar d u - hey aa tn n-. -e.le HUN REDS ARE STARVING A FA:R SAMPLE OF REPUBLICAN PROSPERITY. The Pa r of New Castle, Delaware, are In a Most Pltiybie Condition-Oat of Work and N . Credit. A dispatch from Newcastle, Dela ware, says starvation is staring in the faces of 700 people in this town, and the condition is growing more and more alarming every day. Unless something is done to alleviate the suf fering there is no telling what the consequ-nc s may be. Daring tie period of depression of the past fevr years, the Delaware Iron works and the other industries of the town, employing upwards of 700 men, were compelled to shut down from time to time,resuming operations only vrhe3 business demanded. While many of the operatives were enabled to support their families upon the compensation they received when the mills were ra-i on partial time it was an utter imp rsibility for them to lay up anything for a rainy day, and the blow which befel them when the mills did cease operations a few weeks ago was more than many of them could bear. Tae storekeepers, who in the good ness of their nearts, extended to the idle workers a line o' credit fora short time after the misfortune overtook them, have been c~mpelled to refuse them credi: any longer they say, stat ing that it means merely the dcnation of provisions for which they need not exoect to ever receive any returns. Were they to give freely to every one who asked credit at their stores the groters state that it would only be a master of time when they would be dependent upon the trastees of the paor for their matatenance. O' course some excepiions are made to this rule by the storekeepers, but the major por tion of those who ask for time in wh'ch to pay for their purchases are poiately toad that they must seek as sistance else vhere. Many of the landlords whose houses are occupied by the idle mill opera tives assert that they have received no rents for weeks at a time and one in dividaat property holder said his tea ants were in arrears $1 000. It would take all their heiongin.s to satisfy his :laan, he added, and yet he could not so far forget his duty to humanity as to sell the very roofs above their heads. As an evidece of the impoverished conditioa of some of the families who have felt the curse o? pindhing pover ty as they never did before it is only necessary to relate a fe ' instances to coavince the most skeptical mind of the condition which exisas here today. A young women carrying a basket on ner arm entered the grocery s:ore of a m.na she had known for years, and with tearful eyes begged him to sup py ner wish enough provisions for rersei and :amnity for a few days. die said that sac and her husband had g:one s:operless in order that they might have something to eat for breakfast and vhen taey arose from the morning meal thy had devoured tbe last morsel of food that was left in the larder. Toe woman added that her husband had come to a neighooriog city in quest of work, and as the rent was long since due t bey were unable to re rnove their belo agings, o wing to the fact that everytning they possessed -gas subject to the landlor's disposal. The grocery man kno vin. the family to be a d&serving one, had heaped the woman's basset with provisioas, and on the following day sent an addition al allo vance to her home, "What they will do when those sup plies are exhausted,God only knows," said he. TCo a boarding house mistress the ap Peal for assistance comes from a wo man on the outskirts of Dobbinsville, and the case, when investigated, prov ed to be one of the mest deserving :.hat has yet come to light. The fami ly bad actually been without food (or a period of three days, and when suc cor did come it brought a gleam of sunshine to a home wn~ch the blight ning shadow of starvation had hither to d irkened. 0 her instances are related of how mtothers in some cases have been com pelled to put their children to bed without anything to eat and without proper clothiing to protect them from cold, and little, if any fuel to furnish warmth for tneir bodies From neigh boring woodlands underbrush has oeen gathered a.s a substitute for coal, ard even green saplings have been cut down and dried and afterwards made to serve the purpose of the fuel. Tne various evaogelical churches stirred to the necessities of the occa sion, have formed what is known as the~ Associate Guarities, and a commit tee ha be~en appointed to take care of cas s0boughlt to their notice. Mrs. Bi d ruother of Mayor E an G.Boyd, ad Miy L.ie Mahoaey, form what is k~ Oo'n as tze vi itiug committee, whinle the city has been divided up int dsrts for the relief of the suf Wa'ie sYnc of the famnilies out of sticer Lecessity report their distress to the see et:es anda receive assistance for ec2ari; ble resideu~ts of the town, otcers surf r in silence, being too oroud to let their wants be known cm to reueve trceir -vants by be'gzing. Anrm o lscts, perfectly black an'a zma s chii >es, hsapoeared t s s e 'i:n anda no one knows wnete:- tV - c e'n' or woat their mis -ion 'my' be T'ees app-ar in low, '--r-js ;aes anrd :a~ ioddI~erent to tra: di :nire. M llions of them a t s-:sa lov place, es pea a:yn & a ajks. Mr. J. W. & :'u. a i a v op- fuall on exhibi ma a aay a- and al who saw th-ma e dt the lisect is astranger a :: -le. Axl n ough so small, y y.'a om ihat, tike ticas. So far o -see 'a n't to ha'ea ne any harm rh no ecal mission. A G. >od P-im, SmrnVci T...tan :ade a good point a rarANe ~ en the latter -s m-ag* a *pe.s argument on TE:: ~r~a tsno w taat the era- o the -easury was free d r p -satus to pay the tnsin gold or u.heSuch Car to~ pi t)I he Iowan * *.:l XX tatemient, yes be :eveO the bonds e I ii;r-at present. But Sevaded toe thrust and -n t arswe the question.