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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.