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WOR OF T! 8 S10 ACTS OF GENERAL INTEREST PASSED BY T HE L EGISLATURE. The Measures that Got Through and Were Batinesd by the senate and Rouse of Representatives-The Unal Number. The following are the acts and jPin resolutions of general interest pesstd by the Legislature at its late session which closed last Wednesdsy morn ing: AN ACT TO Provide for the taxation cf telegraph telephone, palace car, sleeping car. drawing room car, dining car, express and fast freight, joint stock associa tions, companies, copartnerships and corporations transaciog business in the State of South Carolina, and to repeal acts in conflict. Prohibit unreasonabie discrimination by telephone companies doing busi ness in this State in the rates at which they furnish telephones and telenhone service to their patrons in different localities, Amend an act entitled "An act to amend Section 27 of act entitled "An aot to provide a system of county gov ernment for the several counties of this State, to far as it relates to the working and maintaining the roads and highways in this State,"' approv ed 21 March, 1897. Regulate the practice in the courts of this State in actions ex delicto for damages. Amend Sections 4 and 27 of an act entitled "An act to provide a system of county government of the several counties of this State, so far as it re lates to the working and maintaining the roads and highways in this State" approved March 23, 1S96, ant also amended and approved February 25, 1897. Create the county of Lee from por tions of Kershaw, Darlington and Sumter counties, with boundaries as hereinafter described, and to provide for the erection of court house and jail, for the holding of courts and for the electio- of county officers. Authorize and empower the county boards of commissioners of the several counties of this State to establish and maintain free ferries. Declare the law as to fees of Clerks of Courts and Registers of Mesne Con veyance for certifying to the record ing certain written instruments. Regulate express and telegraph com panies and to extend the powers of the railroad commissioners, so as to give them power and authority to regulate charges by express companies for transportation,to regulate tne charges of telegraph cpmpanies for the trans misston of messages by telegraph, or charges by persons engaged in the several businesses herein named, to apply the powers given to said com minioners, by law, over railroad com panics to all companies or persons owning, controlling, or operating a line or lines of express and telegraph, and make the penalties prescribed against railroads for violating com missioner's rules apply to the compa nies and persons herein named, whose line or lines is or are wholly or in part in this State. Amend Section 1694 of the General Statutes of 1892, appearing as Section 432 of the Revised Statutes of 1893, Volume 2, so as to prohibit the des troying of the nests or certain birds. (Charter the Central Carolina Rail way and to authorize towns and cities interested in and along the lines of said railway to subscribe to the capital stock thereof in bonds. AZwend an act entitled "An act to require all persons or corporations boilding or using a barbed wira fence within fifty feet of a public highway. when same runs parallel with and within fifty feet of a railroaa track, to place a plank on or near the top of said fence," approved December 21st, 1894, so as to make the terms thereof more explicit. Amend Section 2 of an act entitled "An act to apportion the road fund derived from the special county levy." approved 17th February, A. D. 1897, aa to length of bridges to be repaired or-built. Amend Section 1692 of the General Statutes of South Carolina, being Sec tion 425 of the Revised Statutes of 1893, Vol. 2. Amend Section 693 of the Revised Statutes, relating to certain claims against counties. Construe mortgages of real estate within this State. Amend an act entitled "An act to deciare the law in relation to liens on real estate," approved December 24, 1879. Create the office of State Libarian; to fix the salary and prescribe the du ties thereof; to constitute a Board of Trustees for the State Library, and to designate the powers and duties thero of; to appropriate money for the use of the State Library, and to make cer tain offenses herein specified a misde menor. Amend Section 1299 (596) of Vol. 1 of the Bevised Statutes, 1893, as to labels on commercial fertilizers. Amend an act approved 17th Febru ary, 1897, entitled "An act to provide the pupils attending the free public schools with school text books at act ual cost." Amend Section 1776 of the General Statutes, being Section 1963 of the Re vised Statutes of 1893, as to the effect of registration of legal instruments. Amend Section 279 of the General States of 1882, apnearing as Section 335 of the Revised Statutes of South Carolina of 1893, Vol. 1, relating to the powers and duties of the Compt roller General in the non-payment of taxes, in special cases. Amend Section 352 of the Code of Civil Procedure of 1882, appearing as Section 352, Vol. 2, of the Revised Statutes of 1893, relating to stay of execution and sale on appeal to the Sunreme Court in certain cases. Require the Magistrates to hold pre liminary investigations in criminal cases beyond their jurisdiction unless waived in writing. Protect boarding houses and inn keepers. Empower magistrates to order ser vices by publication upon absent de fendants. Provide for the pay ment of certain pensions. Incorporate the Saluda and John son Railroad Company. Make the drawing of jurors public. Authorize sheriffs and deputy sher ifs of the State to arrest criminals without warrant in certain cases. Establish and declare the law as to distress for rent. Exempt students of colleges from road duty orthe payment of commu tation tax in the towns and cities of this State. Provide for the inspection of foods, drugs, spirituous, fermented and malt liquors, and to provide for the pun ishment for adulteration thereof. Providing for~ the erection and maintenance of gates acres pbi highweyn-t certain points and for the punishment of persons failing to close same. To amend the act entigjed "An act to provide for the formation of certain corporations and to define the powers tnereof," approved 9th March, 1890, so far as the same relates to the notice to be given in order to obtain a new charter or an amendment to a charter, and in ordernto mortpage a corpr-a tin's naroert to scus- the navmen Art; nd s~;''> t -tt re qire certail c::mors to keep an item ized :.ccoit Of teir incomre o virtue of their et: e. and to r:ilire them to make an arQ l repcrt or the same to the Cor'y S uterriscr," approved March 2nd, 16147. Amfnd an act entitPd "An act re Sairin the Sinking Fand Commis sion to lend funds to the several coun t- Bods of Commissioners of the State for the use of their counties in preference to lending same to other applicants for said funds," aDproved February 25th, 1S97. Amend an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to pro vide for the formation of certain cor porations and to deir.e the powers thereof,'" anproved the 9.h day of March, A. D. 1S9tt. ttake railroad corporations liable to a penalty for ailure to post the sched ule of rates as provided in Secton 1650 of the Revised Statutes of 1S9:3 Amend certain sections o the Gen eral Railway Law, Chapter 11, Article 10, relating to certain ofenses and penalties, and to insert a new secion to be ;oown as 1734 i. Confer on the couvcils of the cities and towns of this State. power to make and establish certain rules, by laws and ordinances including general police power. Define the rights of the Sinking Fund Commission as to unpaid tax claims, and forfeited and other lands in the control of said Commission and for the management of the same. Amend the law in relation to the location and names of voting precincts in this State, aporoved 9th March, 1896. Amend Section 4 of an Act entitled "An act *o require the Supervisors of the State to publish quarterly reports," approved 2nd day of March. 1897. Amend an Act entitled "An act to amend Section 2555 of Vol. 1 of the Revised Statutes of 1883, being Section 2431 of the General Stat utes regulat ing the fees and costs of Clerks of Common Pleas and General Sessions, and to establish a special fee bill for the County of Spartanburg," approv ed March 5th, 1S97. Fix the salaries of the County Su perintendents of Education of the ieveral counties of this State. To abate all taxes due the State and county by certain citizens of Colleton County who have suffered losses by the storms of 1893 and 1894, rendering them unable to pay said taxes for the fiscal year 1892 and 1893. Require all magistrates to submit their dockets to the County Board of Commissioners quarterly, and said board to report on same to court. Amend an act entitled "An act to prohibit trusts and combinations and to provide penalties," approved 25th of February. 1897. Amend Title 4, Section 146, of the Code c Uivii Procedure of 1882, being knowa as Secraon 146 of the Code . of Civil - rocedure of 1893, relating to the place of tried of civil action. Provide f^r the number and ap pointment of clerks and attaches to the Senate and House of Representa tives. Provide for the county government of the various counties of this State. To incorporate ,the Barnwell Rail road Company. Amend Section 1288 of Vol. 1 of the Revised Statutes, relating to the Gen eral Stock Law. Authorize town authorities to ex change labor of town convicts with county authorities. Amend Sections 4. 5, 10, 11, 12 and 13 of an act entitled "An act to pro vide for the registration of all electors in this State qualified to vote in State, county, municipal, Congressional and Presidential elections." Provide for the winding up of the business of corporations whose char ters have been forfeited. Amend an Act entitled "Au act to amend an act entitled 'An act to pro vide a system of county government for the several counties of this State, so-far as it relates to the working of the road and highways in this State,' approved 23d March, 1896, erxepting Sumter County. Amend an Act entitled "An act to amend Section 15 of an Act entitled 'An act to provide for the election of the State Board of Control and to further regulate the sale, use~ and con sumption, transportation, disposition of intoxicating and aleoholic liquors, etc.'" approved the 5th March, 1897, to prevent the manufacturing and dis tilling of such liquors within two miles of any church or public schooL. Make appropriations for the pay ment of the per diem, mileage and stationery certificates of the members the of General Assembly, the salaries of subordinate officers and employees thereof, and for other purposes herein named. Raise supplies and make appropria tions for the fiscal year commencing January 1, 1898. Require all railroads and railroad companies operating trains and doing business in this State to provide and oerate separate coaches or separate apartments in coaches for the .accom mdation and transportation oi white and colored passengers in the State. Make appropriations to meet the ordinary expenses of the State Govern ment for the fiscal year commencing January 1st, 1898. An act relating to the records in the office of County Auditor. An act relating to the collection of taxes in towns and cities. Joint Resolution to abate all taxes due by the taxpayers of Colleton Coun ty for the fiscal year 1893 and 1894 icluded in that portion of the county known as the storm district. Joint Resolution to authorize and direct the Secretary of State to enclose the Confederate monument on the State House grounds. Joint Resolution to authorize and direct the Comptroller General to draw warrants on the State Treasurer in favor of the County Treasurers for the amount due each county in the apportionment of the supplementary school fund derived from the net in come from the sale of spirituous li cuors. The MIc~rady History. Th-e following' is the text of the reolti.on cLiered by Senator Archer and acopted or both houses of the aere-al as-emblyv in regard to General McC ady' n:ory of ts.State: Whereas "-The History of South Carolina" by Gen. McCrady (.he first volumnero which has been ve:y recertly published by tce Mc\iilian comparlj is th~e irst comnlete and only consitutional and ptilosophical history of the Sate vet written: Be it resolved by le senate, thte house of represe" a "-es corncarrirg, That the said h t 'y o -, and tne sa:se is herehy, earnestly and specially coa mended by the genrai assembly of the State of Southi Carolina to the trustees ad other peons in carge of every Ieducatonal instiution in the Ste as we:l us to e-ca and every ciutn of No> sgs of the Forty Man. A later report- say s the steamer Cara Nev2. vs bauine otr Berners Ba;, Lynn Caa. c tire and. ex ploion were a-en and near:,: arm the wha.rf and reckage was picked up on the beach nextdcay but there were no signs of the forty' men who left Sa uy on nr REASCNS FOR PRIMACY ON THE MONEY QUESTION. Thinks the Free ,>teage of Silver the Par amonut Issue in the Next Campaign Be tween the Two Great Parties. The Journal prints the following article by Wiilian J. B-yan: In ansver to your inquiry, I submit some f the reasons which lead me to b:-e that the money question pre E srn:s an issue which is still paramo x. t in importance. In the platfcrn adopt d at Chicago, the Demccratic party said: "Recognizing that the money ques tion is paramount to all others at this time, we invite attention to the fact that the federal constitution named silver and gold together as tge money metals of the United States, and that the first coinage law passed by con gress under the constitution made the silver dollar toe monetary unit and admitted gold to free coinage at a ra tio based upon the silver dollar unit" After thus eievating the question to the place of supreme importance, the platform proceeded to poiint out the effect of an appreciating dollar, and declared the unalterable opoosition of the party to the gold standard, char acterizing it as both un American and anti-American. The platform specifi cally demanded: First-The free and unlimited coin age of both silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1. Second-That the standard silver dollar be made a full legal tender, equally with gold, fcr all debts, pub lie and private. Third-lhe enactment of such legis lation as will prevent for the future the demonetization of any kind of le gal tender money by private contract. Fourth-That the United States shall not surrender its right to redeem its obligations in either gold or silver. Fifth-That the government shall not issue interest-bearing bonds in time of peace. Sixth-That the government shall not surrender to national banks the right to issue paper money. While the declaration against na tional bank notes is not a part of the silver plank,the division line between those who favor independent bimetal lism and those who oppose it is almost identical with the line which separates the advocates of government paper from the supporters of national banks of issue, and the two questions will be settled together. Nothing has happened since the elec tion to lessen the real or relative im portance of the money question. If the gold standard was bad in 1896 it is still bad; if our present financial sys tem was un American and anti Amer ican in 1896 it has not become natu raliz d since that time. "THE ONLY REMEDY.' In 1896 independent bimetalhsm was pointed out as the only remedy for the gold standard, and the failure of our monetary commission to secure inter national bimetallism sti engthens our contention. The senate has recently put itself or record in favor of that plank of our platform which declares that the silver dollar shall have a debt paying power equal to the gold dollar and that the government shall not surrender its right to redeem ccin obli ligations in either gold or silver, and the house' has declared against the propcsition. The effort of the secretary of the treasury to secure authority to issue more bands and his demand fcr the retirement of the greenoacks are in direct opposition to the positions above statEd. Thus it will be seen that events, not free silver agitators, are keeping the money question before the coun try. The evil effects of the gold standard are so apparent that the Republican party ref uses to become sponsor for the system; it is so indefensible that even Secretary Gage in his recent speech at Philadelphia took occasion to say that the president is in favor of international bimetallism and has the support of all his cabinet in his effort to secure the co-operation of other nations in getting rid of the gold standard. But while the Republican party, through the chief executive,still holds out the hope of international bimetal lism,. none of the party leaders say a word in defense of the double stand ard, independent or international. Why not? Because international bimetallism can only be defended on the theory that the existing gold standard is un satisfactory, and the Republican party leaders know that the Republican par ty has no real intention of abandon ing the present gold standard, and they cannot, therefore, afford to say anything which would make the peo ple-dissatisfied with it. Neither do they. as a rule, say any thing in favor of the gold standard, because to do so would at once raise the question: Why, then, is interna tional bimetallism des'rable? "GAGE ON BOTH SIDES." Occasionally a speaker will be found who will take both sides of the ques tion as did Mr. Gage at Philadelphia. After trying to show that the gold standard had been a great blessing to the laboring man, he declared it to be the intention of the Republicans to substitute another system. The ques tion at once arises, if the gold stand ard has been a blessing to the labor ing man, why does niot the Republi can party advocate its retention,rather than its abandonment. International bimnetallism will have exactly the same effect as independent bimetallism in raising prices. If a fall in prices is an advantage, then a rise in prices cannot be desirable; and if, on the other hand, a rise in prices, whether obtained through independ. ent bimetallismn or through an inter national agreement, is god, then the fali in prices caused by the gold stan dard must be admittedt to have worked an in;ury. The fall in prices extending over the last 25 years, has, in fact, been disastrous to the producers of wealth in every gold standard country of the world. France now desires to abandon the gold standard ; the German reichstag declared for international bimetallism in 1895; the far-ners and laboring men of Eag;and are nowv protesting namnst the goldA standard Can any Demo rat deny that relief from the go~d s'andard is imperatively needed i Should the Deraceratic party aandon the position it has taken on the side of thec masses in this world wide can The stand taken by the Republicans rase-'th 'most im portsnt question thai ca c ufot a naition, uamely;, the rgt of the people to legislate for themselves. Tne Rapublican platform is the irst. platform which ever de elared in favor of repealing tie De c"aration of indenendence. That platform expressly transfers from' America to E-:rope the right to determine thle :inancial policy of the Un'd SttEs. Accord'ing to that platform, the American pepie shouid seek inter-national co-operation in re storing bimetallismi, but must main :ain the cold standardi until that co oeration is secured. 'The Republican plan is to invite for eign assistance, but while we may in thus far done s). ie ieuucan platf=orm, thererore, means that we must have the gold standard as long as European nations faro-the gold stand ard, and can have binieta!lism only when they consent to it. Recent events have demonstrated that Europe has turned the money question over to England, and England seems to have turned it over to the English tinanciers, who, on the 22 1 of last Sep tember, met at the clearing house, pledged themselves to secrecy, decided upon the gold standard, and thus de term'ned our financial policy as long as the Reprulican plan prevaiis. .W)NEY QUESTION FIRST. No one oeieves that bametailism will prove a panacea for all political ills, best the money question must be settled before other questions can be reached. Financial independence is a condition precedent to reform alone other lines. The power that controls our financial policy can control the pokey of our government cn every other subject whenever occas:on arises for the exercise of that control. Suppose, for instance, that the men ey question were dropped and the ight against the trusts made the main issue. Much foreign capital is invsted in trusts, and foreign financiers could announce that any legislation hostile to trusts would be followed by the withdrawal of foreign capital and a panic. If they can threaten the with drawal of foreign capital to prevent a change of our financial policy, tney can tnreaten sucn withdrawal to pre vent the annihilation of trusts or the regulation of other corporations. Not only can this threat be made in regard to our domestic policy, but it can be made to prev.:-nt the adoption of any foreign policy which does not meet with favor in Europe. We can not protect the rights of our citizens avenge an insult to the thg, enforce the Monroe doctrine or express our sympathy with thcse who are strug gling to be free, if we are to te de terred by the threats, of foreign invest ors. The right to legislate for our people on the money question involves the right to legislate on all questions, and until this right is secured the discus sion of other questions will avail nothing. When we have released ourselves from the dictation of foreign finan ciers and overthrown the local money trust which controls our financial pol icy we shall be in a position to under take the extermination of other trusts and the protection of our people from all forms of monopolistic oppression. "OTHER I'LANKS NOT ABANDONED." The other planks of the Chicago platform are not abandoned. Those who favor free coinage at 16 to 1 ad vocate and will carry out all the other reforms enumerated in the platform, but they will not lessen the emphasis placed upon the money question by the party itself in its latest utterances. But there are some who admit the necessity for bimetallism and who confess that it can only be secured by independent action but suggest a change of ratio. Tney ask, why 16 to 1? I answer that there are several rea sons. Sixteen to 1 is the ratio at which we had free coinage from 1834 to 1S73. It is the ratio now existing et ween the gold and silver coins in circulation, and it is more favorable to gold than the ratio now existing in most European countrier. To change the ratio by independent action, beside changing existing con tracts, lessening our currency and in curring great expense, would put us out of harmony with other nations, especially would it put us out of har mony with France, the European na tion most friendly to silver, where the ratio is 15 1 2 to 1. If by international agreement we should change the ratio to 32 to 1, for instance, it would necessitate the re coinage of more than four billions of silver into coins twice as Isarg~e (pro vided the change was maae by increas ing the size of the silver coins). To double the size of silver coin of the world would L iminish by one half the silver money of the world; ir, would diminish by one quarter the entire volume of metalhe money of the world. Such a shrin'kage in the volumne of money would, ia effect, add hilions of dollars to the debts of the world Should so great an injury be done without the necessity for it being prov en beyond a reasonable doubtI "PRESENT RATIO ARTIFICIAL." Bimetallists contend that gold and silver have been driven apart by hos tile legislation, and that they can be brought together by friendly legisla tion. They contend that legislation favor able to gold has increasad the purchas ing power of an ounce of gold through out the world and lowered the general level of prices, while the same legisla tion has lessened the demand for sil ver and lowered the gold price of that metal. They con tend that the restoration of the free and unlimited coinage by a great nation like the United States will increase the demand for silver to a point where the mints will require all the surplus silver of the world, and thus, by raising the gold price of silver and lowering the purchasing power of an ounce of gold, will re. store the-parity at 16 to 1, and there after maintain the parity at that ratio. It is true that some bimnetalists do not believe that tbis nation alone can maintain the parity at that ratio, but shall the great majority who do De lieve surrender their conviction to the comparatively few who doubt? Upon what principal can a minority demand of a majority the right tc dictate a platformI Those who are oppsed to the gold standard must act together, and the plan of action must be determined by the majority. The moment the ratio of 16 to 1 is surrendered our silver plank loses its force. "OPPONENTS OF 16 TO 1 NOT AGREED'" Those who oppose the ratio of 16 to 1 are not agreed among themselves. No considerable body of men ask for any other specific ratic. One man says 20 to 1, another 24, another 32; but all the objectors together are small in number when compared with those who firmly believe in the ability of this nation to maintain the parity at 16 to 1. If it is proposed to leave the ratio to congress, it must be remembered that those who desire bimetallism demand aiirmative action, and every one op posed to the ratio fixed in any propos d bill will be counted againu any Kind of bimetallism. If the ratio is left to be determmred by congressmen who run upoa differ ent platforms, itgives a charnce for a I a-it ty of ra t.c s which will e fectually prevent any legislatioa favorable to imetalism, and will also give a enance for friends of the gold stand ard to slip int o congress under the Ipretense of favoring some und.:ned Iratio, bu: who, as matter of fact, would use their nositi-ons to maintain the sold standard. The ratio of 16 to 1 has been adopt ed by tne Demccratic party in acon vention whice, more than any recent convention, received its authority di Irect from the people. The rank and file of the party, in stead of leaving the ratio to the lead iiL: u' e. ai( twL openiir'T ;.cs .ut o chacnrea since t:Ic coraenticn. This ratio has also been indorsed by T the Populist party. the National Sil ver party and the Silver Republicans. To abandon the ratio v culd be wrong in itself, and as impolitic, as it would A be wronv. S If the Democratic party were to al- G low its policy on tuis question to be d dt trmined by a few doubting Thom c ases, or by the deserters who support- tl ed the ene:ny in thestrugles between f, D mncracy and p:utcrary, it would g lose the respect atd coniidence of those who now iok to it :+s an efficient to means of restcrirg the government of n the people. I -- n "TILE .,IRE OF AlMDiGUITY." b To turn from its clear and coura- n geous enunciation to wallow again s in tte mire of ambiguity and deception e would alienate those who rave been c drawn 1o it by the plat'orm of 189E t The Democratic party could havere- t tained withn its folds the deserters of t< 1S9G if it had consented to a meaning- t< less platform. but it preferred to lose some members of the body rather c than have the whole bcdy destroyed. b Regeneration did not come too soon. t] The gold Democrats were rapidly making the party a rival of the Repub a lican party for the favor of trusts and I monopolies. If the Chicago platform v did nothing else, it drove frcm the o party those who had been manipulat ing the party for private gain and e using the government for public plun- d der. l< There are many of these deserters s whose return to the party would bring f weakness rather than add strength, r and there are millions of Democrats n who would not surrender a single v line of the Chicago platform to re- e cover every deserter who left because a of real antagonism to the principles p set forth in that platform. I do not refer to those who were to misled. There were many who left o because they did not fully understand - the issues raised,they are coming back b of their own accord, because they find t< t.emselves in sympathy with out platform. d The party can win more voters by s steadfastly standing by the right than c by weakly compromising with error, a and those won back to the platform a will be useful when they return, c while those who profess attachment i: to the Democratic name rather than to F Demccretic principles will always re quire watching. t The Democratic party has put its a band to the plow. and unless 1 mis ake the spirit which animates the t members, it will not look back. e W. J. BRYAN. George TUiman in the Race. - Gcorge D. Tillman, of Edgefield, has given out to the press the follow ing announcement: To the Demccracy of South Caro l:na: Much more at the suggestion of others than by my own prompting, I t announce my candidacy for governor, i honestly belie 'ing that the otile seeks r the wan, or else I would not have re- t ceived so many letters urging me to r run. Manly candor also bids me to con ess that a sense of duty as a citizen impels me to make the effort to reunite the people of the State and correct certain evils, which if done would re sult in more liberty and less taxation. To ichieve these ends I s'tall advo cate several measures that if adoptedt would both strengthen local self-gov-c ernent and reduce present annual State and county taxes at least a fourth-or say, half a million dollarst -without diminishing but positively increasing the efficiency ef our gov ernment. What these measures arec and argument in support of them, will be discussed later on. I shall run as the candidate of noa faction, no ring, no bcsi, but simply on my own character as a man andt record as a public servant. Geo. D. Tillman. Kentueky Red HoS. The following resolution was intro ducsd in the Kentucky legislature Thursday and will be voted upon Fridav:. "Where, war is now being waged by the Cuban patriots, for linerty,. home and country, and whereas, the United States, for her kindly endeavor in trying to secure peace and autono my for the insurgents has been re peatedly insulted by the Spanish gov ernment, to sich an extent as to no longer be withstood; be it "Resolved, That the general assem bly of the state of Kentucky that Cuba is, sud~ of right should be free and in - dependent, and to secure that end, immediate steps should be taken by our representatives in congress and senators to secure liberty and restoret peace; and forever renounce the right of Spain to 'overn said island. "Be it furtaser resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be presented to our representatives and senators in conc gress, and they may know that in the( sense of the representatives of thec common-wealth of Kentucky, furthert delay is cowardly, and the time fora action has come." Mazines Drowned. Mail advices received from Colom- 1 bo, Ceylon, say that Barnes and King3 marines belonging to the Unitede States cruiser R ileigh, on her way to I Obina ,were drowned during the night I of Jan. 24 It is supposed they started( to swim ashore on a "lark", thinking they were able to scale the breakwa ter. AS IMPORTANT ORDER.-Dr. Wv- - tan, of the agricultural station of i Clemson colle. e, has received frome the secretary o' ag' icultur -, Jamess Wilson, the following order, whichi is of munch i-r p rtance to cattl.e ship-t pers: "Con'oromng to the s at- re gulations of Kansa s..Illinois, Ket tuckyc and Vi-ginia. it is hereby o' de ed that B. A. Or der No. 8 (D cer her 13, 197), and amendments thereto, bea suspe -d d so as to permi the entryt of Souths-rn ca'tle into Kansas, Illi nois and Kentucky until Februa-y 1, 1898 and icnto ani through Vi-gini e u-itil Feb uary 15, 1898, w.-thout re stri:ion. Alt prior order conlie'.ingt erewith are hereby suspended."? EASTER.-Lent beiins this month. Wednesday, February-23. will be Ash Wednesday, and the period of 40 days of self-denia.l will begin at that time. Hoy week begins ihis year April :s and Eister comes April 10. Durii g the 40 dans intervening betwseen the drst and last date mentioned the ada son will be religio'iy of erved by a great many. To the average eye not more thane 5CC0 stars are visible; some personst taing extraordinarily strong eyes can see about 8,000 stars. Through the Lick telescope and other poweriul in. struments about 50,000 stars are visi ble. There are believed to be stars in existence beyond the reach of any tel esope yet constructed. Should you or any of the family get a burn, moisten common baking soda with water and apply at once toa the effected part. It will stop the pain d almost like magic, and prevent blist engo- f the skin. A acsA Hom_.. hree Iis< Iends Set FIce to al Young Lady. An Atlanta dispatch says Govrncr tkinson is in receipt of a letter from heriff Patterson, of Decatur county. a., giving the particulars of a most astardly crime committed in that munty one day last week, and asking ie governor to offer a suitable reward >r the arrest and conVction of the uilty partiP.. The sher:!' itel's of the heino':s at 'mpt to burn to depth the 16 year id daughter of a prom'irent eiAzn o' >ecatur county by three unknovn egrces who escaped :.'ter their terri ie crime. ard are still at Lrge. The egroes acccsttd the girl wnile at a pring a shlr; distance from her fath r's house, and without apparent nuse caugnt the child and prcceeded > ;et fire to her clothing. She was ien released- and she ran screaming her home, where she was expected > die at last accounts. The governor is investigating the se fully, and if the facts warrant it, e will offer a -suitable reward for e capture of the three negroes. The full particulars of the crime re contained in a clipping from the inbridge Democrat of recent date. rhich Sheriff Patterson sent Govert r Atkinson, as follows: "A story has reached here to the Ecct that on Mor dsy the 16-year-old aughter of Mr. Jim Alday, of the >wer part of this county, went to the pring for water, situated 200 yards nom her father's house, and on !aching there was accosted by three egro men, who asked her name and rho she was, and upon being inform d asked if she was Jim Alday's child, nd upon receiving an affirmative re ly, said "Well, - - - you, we are going > burn you up," and seized her, two f them held her while the third fired e: clothing all round the bottom of er skirts and then liberated her and >ld her to r un. "Screaming for life, she ran like a eer to her father's door, but when he reached there every stitch of lothing bad burned from her body nd she was horribly burned all over, nd by this time the unfortunate reature is probably dead from her ojuries, although receiving the romptest and best medical attention. "Whether the demons who perpe rated this horrible crime have been pprehended, we are unable to learn. "The account of the crime was de ailed to us by a gentleman who learn d it from Dr. J. D. Chason o" Iron ity, who just left the bedside of the oung lady, and he expressed no note f her recovery. She Forgot the Turnips. She was a thin old lady and climbed nto the car at Kingston with many esitating turns of the head, and hen her big black valise and other Bundles had been piled upon the seat a front of her, she pushed back her ed-striped shawl and looked out of he window with an air of content nent. The train had not proceeded many ailes, however, before she began to umble among her bundles in a ner 'ous sort of way, and suddenly she iroke out in a most pittiful wvail: 'I knowed it! La w a massa, wvhat ill I do?" The passengers all looked sympa hizingly toward her. The kindly ld gest across the aisles went over to Ler and said : "My good woman, what is the rouble? Can't we do anything for "Oh, Lord, I can't b:ar it! Let me if. Stop the train. Stop it quick." The ola gent gave the bell cord a !igorous pull and the train came to n abrupt halt. "What's the matter here i" asked he conductor sharply as he came in rom the forward car. "W'y" sobbed the old lsdy. "I lum fergot thet peck o' turnips I had acked up to take to my son John lenry in Atlanta."-Atlanta Jcurnal. Mlill st )ne Brake. A special from Letohatchie. Ala , svs: By the bursting of a mill rock t the mill of McDonald and Whit tey, near here Friday evening Z tck )a had his brairns dashed out. Jim ~owell was fatally wur.ded snd C. D. McDonild was b.ully hurt by a ece of 20:k. aarf oni Ace. A dispatch received here from Eel ingfors says that a track of ice on the oast of Finland broke adrift in a nown storm and was carried to sea ith 200 fishermen an d several horses. Deucerzdants oS oolutnbas. A Spanish newspaper announces hat the last two descendants of Chris op ber Columbus are now occupants of porhouse at Cad iz. PROLONG CHILDHOOD .-Too early :hidr'n b:c-me meut and women. )ar effort should be to prolong their hilahood, and beguile and enthrall hem with childish pleasures and musements. , Let them believe with .11 their hearts that Santa Claus is a eal person and a lover of children. et imagination not be checked, Lut Lave full and free rein. Too scon, 'es altogether, too soon, will their yes be open, and they discover the ollowness of life, as they assume du ies we would fain have them escape. )ny after they are men and womnen ieed they putaway childish things. TnE COw's CUD .-There are hun reds of people who believe in giving sick co w a piece of salt beef to 'ring back her cud." When a cow s sick she refuses to eat ; it is then de ided that she has 'los t her cud,"' and he is treated for its restoration, when a fact the chewing of the cud is simply he forcing of the food into the moutn rom a large storage stomach to be hewed and then swallowed, the food assing into a s:naller stomach for di estion. Hundreds or cows, however. re treated for "loss of cud," and heir horns are bcr~id as a remerdy for 'holow born. So3ITmsaN is bound to hreak out in Ltla'ta 4. least once a we ek I: may e Will My ers or only the smallpox, lut break cut it mili, as sure a. deabh .nd taxe- ahich are reasonab~y cer an irn At'acta saa s the Aususta jrald. It is th'e kissing evidemic rhich roir attrac's attention. D. grams of the infected district and peciic directions how to catch' the isease apcear 'n the daily p'pers ar d he spe:iel correpone ns a:-e cerring champagne' slary An exchange .as "Th~e mn n who rert cut to milk and s--t cui a stump~' n the mide of te p~iture and wait a for the co"- to bac up to him a he elderrther othe man who kpt .store and didn' adverti'e because be believe~d 'he purchasir c' puie rould back u. tohisplace anted anythino. T H E claim of the '. overnmnatt for tne rar of its builcg w3 y ss. etc, ras passed 6.v th os a n overwhel>ing miljjri -. Anter clay of twenty-fie years the covern aert. through onelHoue oE Congress rats. s or un' isuuted iusdee. U FOREST E::S . V/u>te P;op'rTy i arned-The FlMamt Extend for Miles -Mary Need Assitance. A gentleman who traveled on the curter road from Vance's to Fort Yctt on Tuesday week says that for the distance of 30 miles fires were rag inz in the p'ne forests on either side the rivers. He was infr.ned by the cor,ductor that the fire extended to within 20 miles of Charleston. A heavy southwest wind sprangup abcut midday, driving the lre with great rapidity. The roar of the flames was like the roar of the ocean. The smoke was so dense it obrcared the sun. In places where fires were burning on both sides the dirt read it was impossi hle to sce the track, but the noble thorough bred dashed through undis mpayed by fireand smoke Several rouses were seen on fire and it was feared 'i it a number cf homes were destroyed. Men on foot and horse back were rapidly moving across the field to endeavor to stop the spread of the flames. Such destruction has rot been seen for many years. It was stated that a similar calamity occurred 42 years ago, when it was more wide soread than this. It was a similar winter to th.s. Otber fierce forest Eres were reported from vs rious parts of the county and State. Rev. J. W. Peavy, a Methodist minister, who lives about 10 miles east of the city, told of a fire wbich occurred Tuesday. It extended over many miles and swept the homes and all of the proper ty of many inhabitants in the section. The fire apneared to ccme from the di rection of Hampton's mill pond. Mr. Peavy had been in the city Tuesday morning and left for bis home about 3 o'clock. When he reached his place two hours later, he found his barns, and outhouses in flames. He had struck the fire two miles this side of his place, and had ridden in has'e to see if it had reached his home, and fourd that such was the unfortunate fact. His neighbor, Mr. Wm. Tucker, had fared equally as bad and all of his Effects were totally destroyed. Mr. Peavy says he never remembers see ing such a distruction. The Rev John Smith, who is a Baptist preacher, and lives in'ote of Mr. Peav3's houses, had to flee with his wife and children fcr their lives. They together with some member3 of Mr. Peavy's family had tc get down into a ditch and remain un ti night. Another fire occurred in Lexington county, on the Augusta road. Passengers who came in on the train Tuesday afternoon say that the fire was so fierce as to heat the win daw glasses of the coaches so that one could not touch them. This fire de stroyed a thousand cords of wood be longing to Dr. Sumter Earle.-The State. The Separate Coach Act. The separate coach act as passed ai the recent session of the general as sembly has been approved by the gov ernor and has now become a law, ef fective on September 1, next. The following is the full text of the bill: 1. That all railroads or railroad corgnanies engaged in thisBtate as comn.on carriers of passengers for hire shal furnish separate apartments in first csess coaches or separate first class coaches for the accommodation of white and colored passengers; pro vided, equal accommcdations shall be supplied to all persons without dis tinction of race, color or previous con dition in such coaches. 2. That any first class coach of such carrier of passerngers may be divide into apartments oy a substant al par. tition, in lieu of separate coaches. I3- That should any r ailroad or rai' road company, its agents or employes violate the provisions of this act, suck railroad or railroad c:.r p any shall bt isble to a penalty of nor, mcra thar $500 nor less than $300 for each viola ton, to be collecte d by suit of anl citizen of this State, and the penah:' recovered shall, af ter paying all prope fees and costs, go into the genera furd of the State treasury. 4. The provisions of this set shai not apply to nurses cn trains, nor ti narrow guage roa:.s, nor to relie trains, in cases of accidents, nor ti through vestibuled trains; .cor to ofBi cers or guards transporting prisoners nor to prisoners being so transported 5. That in case the coach for eitk e white or colored passengers shculd ti full of passengers and snother coaci cannot be trcured at the time, the2 the condu'etor in charae of the trair shall be and he is hereby authorized t< set apart so much of the other cotcl as may be ne cessary to a ceommcdati the pussengers on said train. g6. That itere shall he in addition tc te first ciss coaches provided for i1 i bis act, a second class car, in whicl i: shall be lawful for any and all per sons to ride by paying second class fart or having a second class t'cket. 7. That the provisions of this ac shall not go in'o efecet until Septemn ber 1, 1898. 8. Tihit all a'ds and parts oftacts in consistent with this act are hereby re pealed; provided, that nothing in this act shall 1:revert t be railroads cf thE State from auaschiog nasseiger cacht to freight trains. 'I he provisions ot this act shall not apply to r'oads undei 40 miles in length. A Distressing Tragedy. A distressing tragedy occurred it Cleveln d county, N. C., on last Fri day. Sid Grigg, a youth about seven teen y ears of age, had lcng been des. prately in love with Ella Williams, a very pretty young girl who had just t urned sixteen. He besought her tc elope withr him to South Carolina, where they could be married, but she refused all his overtures :id ' old hio she did not love him. Gri~g orooded over his unre quittedl love and resolved that as life we~s no lenger worth iv ing, he and Ella should die toge 'r. H concealed himself in a hed, e by the roadside along which he knew < would p:ass. She soon came along ae capanied by her little brother. As they came along from the ht- a shot rn<u: and Ela W~liatr.s. 1e: Ifatally wvounded. N t sure toat the sintle bullet would do its work, Griga rushed -ut from his concealment stod . yr the body of the dying gir: a shot itr'a time. After he saw Ithat si e wras dead, he r e:ed to take his omv lie He put - moin ptol t> b's own ia - d fired. Ts entire 'op cf his betau. was blown (P and~ "te died al"cst instant'a. h Williams~ child -rrid the - e tetragedy to' he parens of c tis Why v they reched iih they fo"nd th'e 'cody of tu- "-ure r ed has~ c:,sta l.> over i 'e entire I ce-v county gc. away with the coun d c Os ni oners, cons'sting ~jeris >r and the chair ei township beard, arnd pro et d for a salaried supervisor oc-:uty c: m-nissioners toServe a rdelars per day for actuai ser vce Tae salary for the supervisor ofr 0:angeburg is fixed at 600. The t 'o commnissioners are to b:: appointed Roy - makes the food pure, wholesome and delicious. ~OY4 AKlId POWDER Absolutely Pure ROY OAkIm PowDER co., NEW YORfC. Dangere of vagrancy. In discussing the brutal murder of Major J. K. Marshall, at Chester, S. C., recently by a vagabond Negro, the Yorkville Enquirer calls especial atten tion to a condition of affairs that is de serving of the mcst searching enquiry. The average individual, says the En gairer, unaccustomed tostudying con ditions around will him, naturally be disposed to put this murder down as one of those unfortunate circumstances that are liable to ccur at any time. Not one in a hundred, probably, would think of tracing the tragedy to any special defect in social conditions, or oversight in the enforcement of the laws by the powers that be; but for the real trouble we do not think it worth while to hunt much further. There is an old and true saying to the effect that the "revil is always quick to find somethug for idle hands to do." The significance of this saying has been appreciated almost as far back as his tory goes. Especially apt illustrations are found in the habit of wise generals in keeping their soliders at hard work while not engaged in actual campaign ing. A dczen cases might be cited from ancient history; but a more familiar example can be found in Stonewall Jackson. Many of his long, tiresome and seemingly unnecessary marches, were intended more than anything else, to keep his men em ployed and cut of mischief. This Negro, Anderson, the murderer of Major Marshall. the other day, was one of the vagabond class-one of those people who are always trying to live without work, and who are so common in all the towns. They are of both colors. They are not numerous, it is true; but they are too numerous for the good of the community. We find him loafing about Rock Hill for several days, and his whole time, like most of the oth ers of his class. had been spent, no doubt, in looking for a chance to steal something. I'be same time and thought spent at honest work, would have probably paid him well.- But by men cf his class honest work it something that is thoroughly despised. Subsequent developments in the case were a matter of course. Inotur opin ion, this murder is directly traceable to idleness-vagabondage. More than that, no town or city in the country is threatened with a more dangerous menace than the vababonds by which they are infeste d. There are statutes to remedy this evil; but we know of no town or city in this stat'e which. has magistrates of .sufficient intelli p'nce or backbone to enforce the law. Until, however, the laws against vaga bondage are rigidly enforced, there can be no hope of checking crime in its irncipiency or protecting comn munities from the recurrence of such crimes as that which was witnessed the other day in Chester. Calamity -Howlera Hon. Patrick Walsh, of the Augus ta Chronicle, and Hon. Clark Howell, of the Atlanta Constituticn, turned the tables very neatly on two gold bug calamity howl ers at Atlanfa last week. Any cne who is familiar with the vogaries of the avarage gold hug are aware that for sever a' years past they have delighted to rdfer to the silverites as calamity bowlers and t > ridie'!e the claims of silver men that the condition of the cotry wa r not what it should be, and, constantly, to preent treasury and other statist'cs 1o prove t'rat the county yi1 swimming in oil, everything is 's lovely and ther goose honks high.- But as thick head ed as most gold-bugs are, the truath seems to be making itself felt at last. At a cmmercial emnvention held in Atlanta last week Col. Guyt McLen don, a Cleveland gold bug, and Maj ,r Hanson. a McKinley gold-bug sang a most mournful song about tbe degen eration of the State of Georgia in par ticular and the whole country in gen eral. Col. McLendon arraigned the legislative and j ndicial branches of the government, and diclared the day of hnest thoughtend courageous sl.e cli see wo have passed away. It was a sad, doleful, calamity howliig speech that this deciple of Chveand mac e, and when he got through gloom hung like a pill over the assembly. Then came Major Hlanson, theMcKin'eyite, who declared that Gecr..ia was in a bad way and was beirg ou's~ritped in the industrial race by the Caroli nas, and that she must materially chage her policy before success wi'I d awn. Both of these gerntlemen are 4cquent speakers and their calamity no wing depr.essed the meeting very :ach,hut luckily for thecountry ard ithe State of Georgia there w ere present two alleged silver calamity howesin the persons cf the Hon. Patrick Walsh. of the Augusta Ch roni ee and Hon. Clarke Ho well, of the A!an a Constitution. These t wo dis tinguished gentlem i brought for ward figures and facts to show that Georgia is gettng along fairly well, in view of the general depre: ssion, and z ebuk el the spirit cf pessi mnism manifested by McLendon and Hanson, wno, no doubt, before McKinley was eie~ted egpe:ted and predicted great prosperity as a resul of Repulica gold-bug success.