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(L. NIV. )! A NNING, S. C., WEI)NESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1899. NO. 30) What the Grave Senators Are Doing in Columbia. WHAT THEY HAVE DONE. Work Done by the Upper House of the Legislature During the Past Week of General Interest. On Monday. January W; nearly all the senators had returned after the two ..ays'recess. and were in their seats arid .'ready for business." as the senatorial parlance has it. when that body was called to order at noon. Mr. Henderson cfered a resolution instructing the secretary of state to have 175 copies priited of the county government att at.o laid on the deks of the membcrs. This meas:ure has been held up by the ave nor and only be came law on the thi-d '.ay of this ses sion. There were numerous inquiries about the law. and there was no way for its text to be seen without refer ence to the original in the secretary ot state's office. Mr. Appelt's bill to exempt Claren don count-: from the operations of all acts providing for the licenses and li cense fees for trafficking in seed cotton was, on motion of Mr. Douglass, killed. Before the vote was put, Mr. Ap elt spoke in defense of the measure. It was rurely local, he declared, and said that year after year the Clarendon del egation had been urged to seek the re peal of the act so far as it applied to that county. The law was practically without force and effect in Claren don. le made an carnet etort to se cure the repeal. Mr. Manning, of Sumter, insisted that the measiue did affect other coun ties contiguous to Clarendon. For the reason that it affected Sumter county. he urged the adoption of the motion to kill, which motion prevailed. One o'clock. the hour the senate was t> r-tin joint session with the house havius arrived. that body adjourned to the hall of the house. There the vote in the last general el. etion was de lared. The Senate then returned to its own chamber, and, on motion of Mr. Arch er, adjourned until luesday at 12 o'clock. Among the first things taken up Tuesday were the resolutions authoriz ing the introductions of bills to amend the charters of several corp-rations. They were considered succesi rely and passed. Mr. Love of York is anxious for an early adjournment. He offered a reso lution fixing the day for final adjourn ment on the 10;h of February. No ac tion was taken on the matter. The chair annourced the appointment of Mr. W. Eugene Cooper as doorkeep. er in the gallery. The bill to require county boards of commissioners to deduct from salary of regular constables compensation paid persons acting as constables on a par tieular occasion, unless such service was rendered in an emergency wherein the regular constables could not perform the service, passed its third reading. Mr. Henderson's bill fixing the time at which objections to the qualifications of jurors must be made was taken up. This bill provides that if objection is not iniade to a juror before he is sworn in, no verdict can thereafter be set aside because any of the jurors hap pened to be disqualified. The need of such a measure was manifest that the bill passed its second reading without discussion and by a unanimous vote of the senate. Mr. Mower has undertaken to rectify the evils of the act providing for the formation of new counties. He had of fered an amendment and secured its adoption Monday, making it incumbent on the county boards of election com missioners as judicial officers to settle aU election contests which might arise on questions of facts. Dy the same amendment the State board of canvass ers is made the last court of appeal against the decision of the county boards. The contests which have been had with Lee and Pee Dee counties made the senate anxious to accept any law which would prevent a repetition of such contests. The Senate met at 11 o'clock Wed nesday. Thursday being Gen. Lee's birthday, Mr. Manning moved that when the senate ad journed it be to meet at 11 o'clock Friday. The regular order of the calendar be ing taken up, these bill were speed ily given a third reading: - Mr. Hend~erson, fixing time at wvhichx objections to qjualifications of jurors must be made; Mr. Mower, amending the act providing for the formation o: new counties; Mr. Graydon, relating to filing affidavits: Mr. Barnwell. amiend ing law with regard to sealed instiu mnents. The hour at which the senate and house were to meet in joint session for *the inaugural ceremonies having ar rived, the senate went over in a body to the hall of the latter. et. Upon the reassembling of thesea, Mr. Graydon spokein favor of his reso lution looking to a striking out of the provision of the constitution for the legislature changing county lines. Mr. Graydon dwelt upon the injustice to the counties in allou ing any section, no matter hovw small. even to a single plantation, disrupting county lines at will. it was, he said. new-countyism run mad. H~e cited many inatances in which injustice or evil miight be wrought by allowing the peoi-le wiithott restraint to change the- map of the State to suit local issues. The vote being taken, the unfavorable report of the committee was adopted. After the transaction of so'me other business of minor importance the sen ste adjourued to meet at 11 o'clock Fri day. 'The first matter to draw the senate out of its usual quiescent state Friday was Mr. Sullivan's amendment to the constitution abolishing the homestead. On motion of Mr. IHenderson the reso lution was killed by the following vote: Yeas-Archer. Blakeney, Connor, Dean. Douglass, Graydon. Hough, Sar Nays-Aldrich, Alexander, Appelt, Bar-w11 Bownn Brown G- A., Brown, V. A., iPnnis, Glenn, Griffith. Gru Hr ay, Henderson, Ilderton, Man 'izig. Marshall. Talbird. Walker, Wal lace. Waller. Williams. Standlanid-25. Those who voted yeas are in favor of abolishing the homestead and those who voted ri;v are opposed to abolishing it. SAW THEIR COARADES COOKED A Feast for Solomon Island Cannibals Provided by Boat's Crew. Mail advices from the South Pacific islands. via Jaan. give details of the seuttling of the schooner Sea Ghost by Solomon island cannibals last October. The cannibals kilkd all the crew of the chooner with t.e exception of two men, who had a remarkable escape. The Sea Ghost was owned by her master, Capt. Kohlsohn, who sailed from Queensland with a crew of ten men late in September for Buka. an island of the German Solomon group. to procure a cargo of copras. The two survivors reached tie Australian coast rec.ently. They said that Capt. Kohl otin arrived at Buka at night. The next morning five or six native boats came alongside, and in a few moments the r-sel' mate and crew were talk ing and making friendly signs to the is landers. Several members of the crew went below to secure coods for trad ing purposes, when thirty natives suri denly jumped on deck with natives. All the sailors were killed but three. One of these jumped oveiboard. swam ashore and was taken prisoner. His two surviving comrades were .bound hand and foot. Capt. Kohlsohn was dragged from his cabin and run through with spears. The natives then went ashore with their prisoners and took the dead sail ors with them. The two prisoners were left on the sands while the islanders prepared to eat the bodies of their comrades. While this feast was being made several natives went out to the schooner and found a barrel of liquor in her cabin. In a short time the en tire party became stupidly drunk. The two sailors managed to free themselves fromi the throngs which bound them iumped into a small boat and put to sea. After floating helplessly about for two days they were picked up by a trading vessel, which carried them to other islands from where they finally secured passage for Australia. Before proceeding to get intoxicated one party of the natives unloaded part of the Sea G host's cargo and then scuttled her. A DESPERATE CONVICT. In an Attempt to Escape He Cuts a Soldier. A dispatch from Greenville to The State says: "Charles Johnson, a white member of the county chaingang. du ring a brief season of partial freedom Monday afternoon. managed to raise a considerable disturbance and towound a soldier. Thomas Wilson, a trusty, with three other prisoners, .ame to the Laurens depot to get some freight for the convict camp, and Wilson, who is more guard than prisoner, left the oth er two "trusties" and Johnson at the depot while he came up town to get the supervisor's order for the release of the freight. During the short absence of Wilson, Johnson, who was the only one with shackles on, left the others and it seems made a dash for liberty. Some one, not yet apprehended, cut his shackles loose. The other prisoners gave the alarm and the provost guard and police were notified. "Johnson ran near the post of Thom as Hickey, of the provost guard, at Gower and Speights' coal yard. Hickey made an attempt to arrest the convict and was having a rough time of it. He had great provocation to shoot, but withstood the temptation. Adolph Alf-' riper, a German member of the Fourth M1issouri, Co. A., ran to the help of the guard. In the struggle he was sudden ly given a rake across the chin by the convict, who in some way had acquired a knife. Alfpiper was not seriously hurt, but he bled badly. The long sav age cut was frightfully near the throat. "Johnson, Wilson, the other con victs and Alfpiper were carried to the station house. The soldiers generally and the citizens were indignant about the affair. Soperviser Speegle will see that Johnson is dt ly punished. John son is serving a nine months sentence for breaking into Endel's store. Wil son bears a good reputation. and though a convict is not blamed. lie has won high regard during his term."~ Cob Charcoal For Hogs. Fattening hogs eat charcoal greedily, but that made by charring corn on the cob is eaten best, and is all that is need ed to keep, them in health. In one of the 31innesota Farmers' Institutes, Theodore Louis tells how he makes cob charcoal on a large scale where hogs are kept by the hundred. Hie digs a hole tive feet square at the top and five feet deep. Into this he throws some cobs. setting fire to them as they are thrown in until the hole is filled. Then the hole is completely covered, banking earth against the edges of the cover. In twelve hours uncover, and the cobs will be completely charred, so that they will easily crumble. Six bushels of this arc mtixed with eight pounds of salt, two quarts of air slaked lime and a bushel of wood ashes Dissolve one and a quarter pounds of copperas with hot water, and sprinkle over the mass. This mixture aids digestion and des trovs the intestinal worms with which fattening hogs arc always infested. Hogs, thus fed, have no occasion to root, as thbey get what they require with out this labor. Will Be Courtmartialed. President McKinley announced Wed nesday to the cabinet shortly after it assembled for its regular Tuesday ses sion, that he had decided to order a eirtmartial to try Commissary Gene ral Eagan for the abusive language he had used respecting Maji. Gen. Miles while on the witness stand before the war investigating conmmission last Thursday. E-ver since the sensational event the president has been carefully deliberating over the matter and has had frquent consultations with army offlcers and others regarding the steps that should be taken, for he was con v-inced at the outset that the question for consideration was what aetion should be taken, and not abether any disciplinary measures at all should be WORK OFTIE HOUSE What the Representatives Are Doincr in Columbia. THE WORK SO FAR DONE. Work Done by the Lower House of the Legislature During the Past Week of General Interest. The House accomplished very little the first week besides organizing and getting ready for work. A great many new bills have been introduced, but none of a very important nature. The following is a report of the proceedings since our last issue: On Monday. 16th instant, a large number o bills were introduced and referred, but beyond this nothing much was done. The calling of a thid reading of Mr. E. 1). Smith's bill ''to appropriate s2, 000, or so much as may be necessary, as an emergency fund, to be used by the State board of Health in dealing with ceitain diseases:" was the signal for an attack by )r. Woods. of Claren don, and others. After considerabie discussion pro and con the bill passed its third reading by a good majority. At 1 o'clock the senate came over in a body for the purpose of canvassing. in joint session, the- vote for gnvrtor and lieutenant governor. Senators Brown and Sullivan and Representatives Theus, Simpkins and Gantt were appointed a committee to canvass the vote. This occupied con siderable time, and when it was finally announced officially that W. 11. Ellerbe had been elected governor. 3r. Magill moved that a committee be aprointed to wait upon the governor-elect. to noti fy him of his election and to ascertain his wishes as to the inaugu'ral. This motion was carried rud the committees will be appointed at the convenience of the presiding officers. There was quite a debate over Mr. Stevenson's bill to repeal an act passed in 1888 entitled "an act to protect pri mary elections and conventions of po litical parties and to punibh fraud com mitted thereat." However, it passed its third reading. The lous.e then adjourned to 10 o'clock Tuesday. On Tuesday fcr the first time, the House met at 10 o'clock and continued until 2 o'clock. The resolution to present Lieut. Vic tor Blue with a sword was withdrawn from the files. because there was an ev ident desire to kili the bill. There were two bills on the calendar marked "No. 38:" the original of 1r. Jeremiah Smith to "devote t he net pro ceeds from the privilege tax to the erection and maintenance of academic preparatory schools in the counties of this State." and the substitute offered by the committee on public schools to apportion said funds among the free public schools of the several counties. Mr. Prince moved that debate be ad journed until Friday, when all matters relating to the privilege tax could then be discussed. This motion prevailed, and the fertilizer tax in all its phases and features will then be considered. A concurrent resolution from the sen ate, that the State printer be instructed to print 300 copies of the county gov ernment law. The house concurred in the resolution. A concurrent resolution that a com mittee of two senators and five repre sentatives be appointed to wait upon his excellency, William H. Ellerbe, governor, and Miles B. MIcSweeney. lieutenant governor, to inform them as to when they wished to qualify. Mr. Magill moved to insert 'three" representatives for "five." The amend ment was adopted with the resolution. There was some debate over Mr. Blease's bill to provide for the selection by primary of the nominees for the po sitions of superintendent of the peni tentiary, county auditor, oounty treasu rer and trustees of public schools. The bill was killed. The house received and accepted an invitation to attend the awarding of a medal by the Wade Hampton Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy, the ex ereises to take place at the South Caro lina college Thursday night. Mr. Blease offered aresolation thank ing all who had volunteered to serve the country in the recent war with Sp'ain. The resolution was unanimous ly adopted, and the House adjourned to I1) o'clock Wednesday. The session of the House Wednesday was interrupted by the inauguration ceremonies, but considerable work was accomplished. Mr.~ Ashley moved to strike out the enacting words of Mr. Blease's bill to increase the punishment for refusal to pay road tax. Mr. Bleasee said that he would make no argument on the bill but would mere ly make a statement in regard to it. The highest punishment now inflicted for retusal to work the roids was five days and he thought that the punish ment ought to be made more severe. Mr. Sturkey thought the present lim it of punishment enough and moved to) indefinitely postpone the bill. This motion was lost. The bill passed its second reading The section wthen amended will read as follows: Section 5. That it shall be the duty of every overseer to make out a lit of all persons liable to road duty. Said overseer is hereby authorized to de mand of any person or co'rporation the name of any and all hands in his, her or its employ; and any person or cor poration receiving of such ove'rseer or warner by him appointed, such demand failing or ref using~ to furnishi a list en tainiiag the names of all male employ ees, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. and for every such offense shall be sub ject to a fine of not less than $10 L~o: more than $-30, or imprisonment in the county jail foi- not less tihan 10J nor more 30 days, and place said list in hands of the warner, who shall serve notice, either by seeing the parties per sonally and giving verbal notice. or leaving written notice at the residence of the party, to order out every such person resident as aforesaid, between the first day of Janunary and the first day of December, annually, to do and perform the work aforesaid on the pub len r~oad to which achb nersnn may be assiglned; said assignment to be on roads near residence of said party, or any road to be changed or opened with I in four miles. And if any person being warned by such overseer as aforesaid, shall refuse or neglect having had at least 12 hours' notice, to attend by himself or substitute to the acceptance of the overseer, or, having attended, shall refuse to obey the direction of the overseer, or shall spend the time in idleness or any inattention to he duties assigned to him, shall be guilty of a ii i demeanor. and on conviction thereof shall be fined n'ot more than 410 dol lars nor less than $5, and costs. or be sentenced to county chaingang not more than 30 days nor less than five days. Mr. Jenkins' bill to limit the time in which the State can enforce the pay ment of taxes occasioned a long de bate. The original bill provided "That from and after the passage of this act the State shall not have the right to enforce the collection of any tax after the ex piration of two years from the last day on which such taxes are payable with out penalty: Provided, that this act shall not apply to taxes for the collec tion of which the State/shall institute judicial proceedings within the time limited above." The ways and means committee sub mitted the following substitute bill: That from and after the passage of this act all taxes hereafter levied, or becoming due under the laws of this State be conclusively presumed paid after six years from the last date said taxes could have been paid without penalty: Provided, That this actstall not apply to taxes for the collection of which the State shall institute judiciJl proceedings within the time limited above. After a long debate Mr. Gantt offered an amendment to limit the time to ten years. This was adopted, and the sub stitute bill subsequently passed its sec ond reading. Mr. Wharton's bill, regarding the traffic in cotton in bales weighing 300 pounds and over, passed its second reading after a discussion. The bill reads as follows: That it shall be unlawful for any cot ton buyer to refuse to accept any bale of cotton, after he has bought the same by sample thereof, weighing over three hundred pounds. provided same corres pond with the sample cotton; and any such buyer who docks or deducts any amount from the parchase price of any such bale of cotton, orattempts to dock or deduct any amount from the pur chase price of such bale of cotton, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction before any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined in the! 6um of not more than one hun dred dollars nor less than twenty dol lars. Mr. Stevenson's bill prohibiting frauds at the polls passed its second reading. Following are the provisions of this bill: That from and after the passage of this act it shall be perjury for anyone to swear falsely in taking any of the oaths prescribed by the respective au thorities of political parties to be taken in the management or conduct of an. primary elections for the nomination of candidates for office, or for any voter to swear falsely in voting or offering to vote at such primwary elections, and the same shall be punished in accordance with the punishment now prescribed by las for perjury. Sec. 2, That it shall be a misdemean or for any one taking part in the man agemient or conduct of a primary elec tion, or voting at the same, to commit any fraud in the management or con duct of said primary election, or in vot ing at the same, or in making returns of the same (other than committing per jury as above specified), and the offen der shall be punished by fine or impris onment, or both, in the discretion of the court. Sec. 3. That anyone giving or offer ing to give a bribe, or anyone accepting a bribe, to vote or to influence votes in any primary election shall bs guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by fine or imprison ment, or both, at the discretion of the court. Quite a number of new bills were in troduced and the House adjourned to meeton Friday, Thursday being Gen. Lee's birthday. When the house reassembled Friday Mr. Bacot's bill to change the color of the State flag from blue to purple was taken uip and promptly killed, as it should have been. The matter of fraud and intimidation at the polls called forth much spicy re partee between Mr. Blease, th~e author of the bill, and Messrs McCullough and Prince. The bill finally passed in the following shape: That any person or persons who shall employ or have control of, either as sn perintendent, manager, overseer or oth erwise, of any person or persons in this State. and shall by any threat to dis miss them from employment attempt to make them vote at any primary election against their own will. shall upon con viction be fine'i a sum of not more than $100 or. less than $23, or be confined on the chaingang not more than :0 or less than 15 days. The committee on privileges and elec tions, throu~Th Mr. S. P. Dendy, repor ted that it recognized that Mr. D. E. Keels was inot enUtitled to his seat as the representative from Lee county. There was no discussion and the mat :er was lai'i over for consideration. Arrested at Lake City. A dispatch from Lake City. S. C., says: WAdnesday evening E. Brooks Slich, United States deputy marshal, came up from Charleston on the train arriving here at 6:25. and arrested A. C. Blk. onec of our white citizens, on a warrant charging him with having takeu part in thc killing of Postmaster Baker and buruing the postofiice on Fecbruary 2i of last year. Mr. Belk quietly submitted and went along with Mr. Siigh, wvho returned to Charleston Wednesday night. The incident was without excitement here. Mr. Belk will likely waive a preliminary hearing. Standland Elected. The tabulated returns for election of seniat';r for Dorchester county are as follows: Standland 295: Minus 139: Behre 120; Fish burne 37. T. W. Stand land is elected to fill the vacancy crea ted by the denaho eaorn Mc Alany THE INAIGURATION. Gov. Ellerbe and Lieut-Gov. Mc Sweeney Sworn in. THE CEREMONIES VERY BRIEF The Addresses of the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor Short and to the Point. Governor William H. Ellerbe and Lieutenant Governor M. B. McSweeney were inducted into office Wednesday. The ceremonies attending the change of Administration were brief, not last ing over twenty minutes altogether. There was nothing unexpectd or re markable about the exercises. It would have been difficult to have made the ceremony more formal or brief. Sev eral hundred visitors, at most, wit nessed the swearing in of the Gover. nor. The young ladies from the col leges were present in a body, also a number of Governor Ellerbe's friends in the city. One of the interested spectators was Mrs. Ellerbe, who was accompanied by her children and mem bers of the household. The procession was not over five minutes behind the houi appointed for the exercises. Sergeant-at-arms Gas ton, of the Senate, with Sergeant-at arms Stansell, headed the line of march. Governor Ellerbe, who came in on the arm of Senator Mower, came next. He wore a black frock coat and black cravat, and lookcd quite well. Follow ing came Lieutenant Governor M Sweeney with 31r. Magill, Judge Earn est Gary with Sen tor Graydon, the Rev. Mr. W. R. Richardson with Mr. Montgomery, Comptroller General Der ham with Superintendent of Education McMahan, former Adjt. Gen. Watts with Adjt. Gen-elect Floyd, former AttorLey General Barber with Attor ne3 Generai D.lingerand M1r. Simkins with State Treaiurer Timmerman. As soon as the Sate oficers, their escort and the Senators arrived in the House and were seated Mr. Scarborough, President of the Senate. announced the purpose of the joint assewbly and that the Rev. Mr. Richardson would deliver the prayer. Mr. Richardson; of the Washington Street Methodist Church, delivered quite a long and fer vent prayer. It was then -announced that "the Ron. Wm. H. Ellerbe, Governor-elect, was present and ready to qualify.' Governor Ellerbe placed his hand on the Bible and held it while Judge Gary ead the oath of office. As soon as he had ead the oath, to which Governor Eiler be gave concurrence, Governor Ellerbe walked, to the front.of the Speaker's stand'and spoke as fol!ows: Fellow citizens: Two years ago I was called by an almost unprecedented majority to the highest office wizhin your gift. The reasons for my over whelming victory are not far to seek. We had just passed through four years of the bitterest partisan warfare that had ever shakeu the State. It haa arrayed brother against brother and triend against friend. It had engend ere the bitterest feelings between the different classes of our population. Town and country were at war, instead of working harmoniously together for a common good. The Reform Move mnent brought many substantial gains to the people; but, like every other social revolution, it brought with it the con comitant and inseparable ills of which I have spoken. Thegood remains; the evil in time disappears. The people, especially the people of South Carolina, are generous, and in their hearts the passions of partisan hate soon die out, self-consumed. 'Twas thus, after four years of strife, the people now, in mutual, well-be seeming ranks, marched all one way, ao more opposed against acquaintance, kindred and allies. Ignoring party lines, they turned with characteristic generosity to me; not because of spcial worth or fitness on my part, for I had done nothing to merit such marked es teem, but because they who knew me, best believed that as Governor, I would serve not a faction, but the whole peo ple, and strive to bring in an era of pleace aud good fellowship. Thus was I enabled to launch the ship of State under lavoring breezes. Knightly and gc nerous souls came forward with pled ges of cooperation. The press, with scarcely an exception, promised sup port andi prophesied a happay voyage under favorable skies. With many misgivings I undertook the task to which I was called, scarcely daring to trust my ability to meet the expecta tions of the people. Would that it had been possible. The scant majority, however, recently accorded me after a stubbornly fought fight is in sharp contrast with tbe over whelming victory of two years ago, and yet I have no reasou either to complain or whine. MIy duty I have performed to the best of my ability. 31y mistakes I shall neitber attempt to condone nor shift their responsibdlity on others. With deep gratitude to the friends who have never wavered in their support, with malice towards none and good-will to wards my fellow citizens, with a pro found appreciation of the great honor conferred, I enter upon my second term as Governor of this historic Common wealth. To the c':tizens. let mec repeat, whose votes were cast for me, I can never express my gratitude; but, while deply grateful to my friends, I shall endeavor never to forget my duty to the whole people and to~treat with fairness and consideration even the bitterest of my political enemies. I repeat what was said two years ago: "I assume this office untrammelled by a single promise inconsistent with the welfare of the people.' To discharge my du ties faithfully and well to wini the ap proval and to merit the confidence of all patriotic citizens shall be my high est ambition. In my former inaugural was outlined a policy which, in the main, I shall endeavor to pursue. In conclusion, my countrymen, I bespeak for myself during the two coming years, if my life be sp~ared, the "utmost stretch" of your generosity and char ity. Alli.good citizens are struggling, though over different roads. for the same goal, the highest welfare of our beloved Sta'e. Let us vie with each other not to engender wrath and bitterness of sench, but to allay passion and pre judice and to enkindle in the hearts of the rising generation a deeper love for our grand old State. With -onfidence in the integrity of our people, with faith in a God who favors and protects the righteous, I shall take up the bur den of this high trust with fresh hope and strong courage. There was applause at the conclusion of Governor Ellerbe's address. Lieutenant Governor McSweeney was then presented and took the oath of office, and, at the conclusion of the ceremony, said: Fellow Citizens and Gentlemen of the General Assembly: it has been a time honored custom for the Lieuten ant Governor simply to thank the peo ple for the honor conferred and to ad journ the joint assembly. I shall not deviate from that custom, and simply desire to express to the people of South Carolina my deep appreciation of the honor they have conferred in electing me for a second time to preside over the Senate. Two years ago, when I assumed the duties of this offee, I promised to preside with fairness and impartiality. I simply renew that promise now to treat with courtesy and impartiality every member of the Senate and to discharge the duties of the office faithfully and to the best of my ability. The business of the joint assembly having been concluded, I now declare the joint assembly dissolved. The Senators will now return to the Senate chamber. Thus ended the exercises. The Seu ate returrned to its chamber and the* newly elected officers went to their of fices to assume their new responsibili ties. ANOTHER TRAGEDY.. Two Spartanburg Men Killed Over ii North Carolina. Last Saturday night R->bert Hunts inger, of Greer's, and Toliver McCurry went over to Polk County to visit at the home of Houston Roupp. Arriving there they found a party of others already there and they spent a pleasant evening. After twelve o'clock several of the party retired for the night. Mr. and Mrs. Huntsinger and Mr. and Mrs. Ploupp and one other . visitor weie hitting around the fire, when Mc Curry came in and asked for* Durham. He was informed; that he had retired and he said he would wake him up so they could have s.me fun Just then he saw Mrs. Huntsinger sitting on her husband's knee nodding. He placed his hand on her cheek to arouse her, as they had known each other well for many years this was taken as merely a pleasantry, but Mrs. Huntsinger gave a sudden jerk and her husband being infuriated arose with a pair of brast knucks presenting them in Huntsinger's face said "Ill give him this." McCurry gave back to the wall, when Hunt.inger advanced upon him where. upon McCurry used his knife upon Huntsinger with deadly effect. Mrs. Huntsinger during the fuss called for tier brother Otis Durham who wa. sleeping in an adjuining room. Hie came in with a revolver and began fir inig upon McCurry hitting him three times. He advanced to the door and fell dead. Durham shot himself througb the thigh, inflicting a painful but not serious wound. He was lodged in the Columbia jail, his wounds being dressed by Dr, Green. Huntsinger was taken to the home of Brady, near New Prospect, where he lingered until Tuesday night. He was attended by Dr. King, of Inman, but the wounds proved to be fatal, and at 12 o'clock he b-eathed his last. Cor oner Bishop held an inquest Thurs day. Made Them Mad. Representative Berry. of Kentucky, has gotten himself mixed up with the German Emperor. The German Am bassador in an unofficial way called the attention of the state department Thurs day to the statement made on the floor of the House by Berry that "he be lieved in a stronger navy to protect the newly acquired territory but, that we would not be hurried by any nation on earth, even if it involved the necessity to whip Germany as we did Spain. Simultaneously with the complaint of Germany's ambassado: came dispatches from Berlin to the effect that the press is urging the Emperor to demand an apolygy from this government for Berry's remarks and in failing to make it, an international complication, that home of the Reichstag should seek sat-i isfaction from the Kentuckian, that Germany will not permit herself to be insulted as Spain was. -Suicide of a Tramp. Thursday night at 12 o'clock an un known man, about 35 years old, appa rently a tramp. was foundi in the wait iizg romI of the union passenger station at Auge'zta. Ga , with his throat cut from ear to ear, anid fast bleeding to death. lIe was on h is hands and knees letting the blood run out of the gash. Hie was almost uniconscious, and when asked his name said. "llerman." That was all that could be gotten from him before he died. Ile had written a pa thtetic note saying he had no friends, no money. and was suffering from an incurable disease lie prayed God to forgive him, and bid farewell to the sad, wicked world. There was nothing about him to identify him or tell whence lie came. His Mind Unbalanced. A speial from Anniston. Ala.. says: Licut. Leroy Brown. Co. D,' Third Tennessee. against whom very seusa tional charges have been made. had a dispute today with Capt. Toneray of the same company. which went into blows. Brown got a shotgun and went to look for Toneray. Capt. Stevens, offi cer of the day, t<,ok the gun away from him. Brown, who seemed to be in a frenzy, then got a revolver and went to the tent of Capt. C. S. Andrews, whom he tried to shoot. Andrews caught the weapon and received a flesh wound in the band from the hammer as it came down. It is thought that Brown's mind had become temporarily unbal anced as a result of brooding over his troubles. The officer of the day took HOLD DOWN THE ACREAGE. Some Good Advice to the Farmers of the South It would seem that the low price of cotton which has prevailed for the past few years would be the strongest argu ment against too much acreage in cot ton, but there is so much speculation in the fleecy staple, that even the farmer catches the air of chance that seems to hang ahout it, and feels every year that he will try it just one more time, and -that he is bound to win next time, and strike a year of high prices. He don't want to be caught with a short crop on a high price year, so he puts in full acreage and probably a few more than the .ear previous. Every farmer rea sons about the same way, and the re sult is big crops and low prices. Re ferringto the acreage for this year, Mr. Alfred B. Shepperson says in a private letter, "Under the present conditions I think it will be very unfortunate if the South should plant this spring an in creased acreage in cotton. Even with the comparative moderate crop which is now being marketed it has been cx tremely difficult to hold prices even where thy are now notwithstandiug the fact that Europeis consuming more cotton than ever before. I have no in terest whatever in the cotton market but I feel a deep interest in all that concerns the welfare of the South. The wisdom of the moderate acreage in otten last year has been made and it is not likelv that any change will be made frm the acreage now in contemplation. With the other -States, however, there is yet time in which the icreage con templated may be reduced or extended. CottoL is very low and therefore there is rcom for considerable advance to take place between now and the time for planting and such an advance might cause an increased acreage, which would unquestionably result unfortunately for the South." The low price which cot ton has brought for the past few years, the earnest appeals of the press, the advice of the alliance leaders, and the demand for hog and hominy has in a measure checked the mammoth crops that were being made, and slightly cur tailed the acreage, but there is room for further improvement, and the farmers of the South should give more acres to hog and hominy, and fewer to cotton than last year. HOPE ABANDONED. Never Expect to See Party on Board Paul Jones. A dispatch from Mobile says Messrs Taggart and Jones have practically abandoned the hope of ever seeing the party on board the yacht Paul Jones alive. The finding of a telescope by a trapper near the mouth of the Missis sippi, and the identification of it from a description as a part of the fittings of the yacht, and the finding of the two trunks washed ashore containing cloth ing belonging to Miss Florece Taggart, nas cconvinced them that the yacht met with disaster. It is barely possible that the party have survived and are in Lou i.siana marsh, near Bird Island, and the engineer's steamer Maud, with Messrs Taggart and Jones on board, ,tarted to the marsh tonight at 8 o'clock. The waters, inlets and sounds along the coast of Horn ship and Petit Bois and Chandeleur island, were thorough ly explored today, and nothing whatev er fo4und. The yacht had not at any time touched at Chandeleur island. The opinion of all is that the disaster happened not many hours after the yacht left the mouth of the Mississip pi. The customs officials are doing their utmost in trying to get information from every vessel or sailing craft from along the coast and numerous islands that daily enter the river here. The Paul Jones went to sea through Pass-a Loutre, with Colonel Yocum and party on board in charge of Captain J. Stur veant, on January 3, and was passed by several small craft next day sailing along the coast, and since then nothing has been heard from her. The lighthouse tender Pansy, in com mand of A. V. Wadhams, is making a thorough search along the shores of Breton and Chandeleur islands and may return at any hour wi:h tidings of the yacht. According to reliable in formation received late last night, the yacht Paul Jones is in all probability a total loss, with all on board. Fisher men from the back bay between Bird island and Colletts canal report finding a quantity of wreckage, such as win dows and doors, of the cabin of a new boat. Loved the Place. Recently a man died up in Pennsyl vania and left the town of Wrinches ter, Va., $700,000.: having previously requested that his body be buried there as near as possible to the dead Confed erates, so that in the resurrection he might right rise in line with the men that wore the gray. His request was religiously fulfilled and he was buried near the grave of that "noblest Roman of them all," Turner Ashby. He was a northern man by biath and lineage, but hghad lived in Winchester for a limited period since the war, and had become so iafatuated with the place and its associations that his love for it be eame the ruling passsion of his life. A Jealous Woman. A sensational shooting took pilace Wednesday night at the Eilington, a fashionable apartment house at Cleve land Ohio. A stylishly dressed and hiandsonme young woman, said to be 31iss Edna Raymond. e:ntered the rooms occupied by Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hlanna during the absence of the husband and opened fire on Mrs. Han na with a revolver. Four shots were fired but only one took effect. causing a painful wound. Miss Ravmond made her escape and has not yet been located. Mr. and Mrs. Hianna were married on Christmas. Up to a short time previ eus Hanna had kept company, it is said with Miss Ra.ymond. What the world needs to-day is great moral, spiritual and intellectual lead ors who will lead the people upward and onward in the direction of a better and nobler life. STORM ABOUT SAMOA Mataafa's Followers Loot and Burn'the City of Apia. BERLIN TREATY BROKEN. How the American and British Consuls Had to Put the Offi cious German Consul Out. Samoan advices say that Chief Jus tice Chambers on December 31 declared Malietoa Tanus to have been elected king, in succession of the late King Malietoa. The consuls of the United States and Great Britain and captains of the warship Falke and the Brit ish warship Porpoise met the Ger man consul, who refused to recognize Malietoa Tanus, and declined to co-op. erate in the aispersal of the Samoans. who thereupon assembled in large num bers at Mulinuu, armed themselves and surrounded the municipality. Malie toa and Tainasese mustered about 2,000 men, well armed, but supplied with de fective ammunition. The British and American consuls endeavored to avert hostilities, but they commenced on January 1. M;lietoa Tanus and Ta masese fought bravely, but 500 of their followers were captured. Then, dis heartened and outnumbered, the two chiefs sought refuge on the British war ships and their followers sought protec tion under the guns of the Porpoise. Mataafa's loss was 61 men killed and wounded, and Malietoa Tanus lost' 12 men killed and wounded. The foreign residents were placed under the protec tion of a detachment of men belonging to the British ship, and Chief Justice Chambers and his family went on board of her. The followers of-Mataafa looted and burned Apia, destroyed the plantations and pillaged considerably in the coun try. The consuls later decided to re cognize Mataafa and his chiefs as a pro visional government, pending the re ceipt of instructions from the powers. When the British and American con suls were informed as to the situation they adjourned the court and locked the buildiqg. The German consul de manded the keys, which were refused him. He then broke open the doors, removed the locks and replaced them with others. He afterward brought the German municipal president into the chamber and the latter went upon the balcony and shouted to the British and American marines assembled on the square: I am the supreme court. I am the chief justice." The crowd replied with jeers and the British consul demanded the keys of the building, which were refused. A Scotchman named Mackie thereupon climbed on top of the building and hoisted the Samoan flag, while the Brit ish and American consuls and a num ber of marines invaded the building, forced the doors open and pushed the German consul into the street. Then the two consuls formally and legally, according to the special dispatch, opened the court and issued a warning against any further interference with its jurisdiction, threatening to arrest and imprison any one attempting to do so. Matters, the dispatch concludes, are now quiet and the German consul remains in his consulate. DINED XICHIGAN m. Interesting Feature of Lee's Birthday Celebration in Savaninah The Thirty-first regiment Michigan volunteers, which is in camp near Sa vannah, Ga., was given a camp dinner Thursday on the anniversity of the birth of Robt. E. Lee by the First volunteer. regiment of Georgia, formerly the First Georgia volunteers. the Michigan soldiers' neighbors in camp at Chicka mauga and Knoxville. The dinner was served by members of the Georgia regi ment and by the ladies of Savannah. The cam iing ground looked more like a park than a military reservation. Pines and palmetoes had been placed in the ground and the company streets looked like a grove. The men ate at long ta bles, which had been decorated with potted plants. Each table was ocgupi ed by one company.and had the com pany letter suspended over it with "welcome." Despite the cold weather the ladies went out to the camp and waited on the volunteers in the bleak w'nd. The men sat at the tables for an hour. During the dinner speeches were made by Col. Gardner of t'ue Michigan regiment, Col. Lawton of the First Georgia and Lieut. Col. Schubell of the Michigan. After the dinner the regi ment gave a dress parade in the park. The Georgia Hussars, the famous Jeff Davis legion of the Confederate army, -shich acted as President McKinley's ese art during his recent visit to Savan nahi. and the Chatham artillary, next to the Ancient and Honorable artillery of Boston, the oldest artillery organiza tion ic the coun:try. paraded. The ar tillery muar,:hed through the streets to the park, where the enitomary salute of 2] guns was ficed in honor of the Confederate hero. Three Lives Lost. Out of the wreck of the steamer Otuachita. w hieh burued at the Mem phis wharf ear!:; Thursday morning, the charred b'ilits of three persons have been taken:. Present idlentifica tions of the bodlies is purely eireu:n stantial, but they arc believed to be those of Dr. Murray. cf Greenville, Miss., and Mr. and Mrs. Keek. Keck and his wife. were en route from Colum bus. O.. to Vieksburg, Miss., and Keck is supposed to have lost his life trying to save that of his wife. No other bodies could be found. Ti E Yorkville Etquirer says; "We believe that the people of South Caro lina would gladly ado p a constitution al amendment providing for biennial sessions of' the general assembly; but we are doubtful as to whether the nres ent generally assembly is willing to risk a vote on the subjiect." The member of the present 1egislature who fails'to vote to give the people an opportunity to decide this matter forthmes shoulcd be le ft at home next imeka~ in