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OL. XIV. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1899. NO.31 TH1E LIEN lAW1. A Bill to Repeat the Law Debated inthe House AND IS FINALLY KILLED. Full Report of the Discussion and How Each Member Voted on the Question. The'louse spent the whole of Tues day of last week in the consideration of a bill to repeal the lien law. gving it a year for it to b e - .- . bill was introduced by -r. \ erne-, who said he had' be tr, fr tf.n years to get this o''ruty. 11 wanted to be listened to for ten or tjf teen minutes. lie hid somithi' fi portant to say. HIle 1 ometlun i his heart and his head to show why i lien law should be repealed. Thbis la w a remnant of the old times. About a!1 that was left every two years was a crop of political corpses. There is a reason for this. and it is because the ieople want relief. The main cause o. our troubles is this remnant of Republican rule. This law has been here since the war, and is the worst creature of the war. When this bill was foisted upon us we were helpless. We fought the war to remain i4 CONTI f tr1 miestic affairs. but Wc !"st 1 et "!; ! Negro. but so much el-e 1it wet 1. came discouraged and have not trica a we should to regaiu what hias ben 1on, We are to-day going to the LUtati. States Govertiment and trying to iav. the Government stamp half a dollar s worth of silver for a dollar. Let u. remedy things here at home before ap pealing to Congress. Let us be inde pendent at home, and there will be no use to appeal to Washington. We have made one gain. and that is, that we have learned that it is better to rea son for a thing than to fight for it. He wanted some of the smart fellows who opposed the bill to give some reason. It is a cry about the -'poor man. -it is always the poor man. This thing has gotten the poor man down so poor that he cannot move. If this lien sys tem has been tried thirty-five years and has been a failure, how much longer is it wanted for an experiment? It is now time to stop and try something else. le took it for granted that every one knew how poor the people were. There are two remedial propositions; one to decrease the cotton erop. and second. to increase the money crop. The people at home want something done, but often do not know what they -vant. It is much easier for the South to control the cotton crop instead of the money issue. He was not such a great believer in free silver, as it was too far off. It was not worth a shuck. It made him sick to think his people were chasing free silver instead of trying to regulate their home affairs. Then he branched out and asked if anyone ever thought what would happen if the tide were not to come back. He did not know what it meant. bnt if it did not come back there would be the devil to pay. The lien law has been carrying the tide out for thirty-five years. What is to be done? Try to get free silver? It is pitiful to see our people waiting for free silver. but there is much to be gained instead or waiting. We've always been led in the wrong di rection. What we want is to control our own affairs. There is one question to be answered. How to do without the lien law? I~e was talking what he knew and had tried. He told those who applied to him for liens that they could get nothing but something to eat. Let them wear what they already hav-e to wear. and do with out dry goods and bicycles, and they can get along, If they stop the dry goods bill they will owe only half as much, and then make their molasses. hominy and thiegs at hre-e What he wanted to do was to make the poor farmer stay at home and now what ht needs, and stay away from the dr2 goods store until he is abile to pay for what he buys. Mr. Wharton: --Do you tii .if w. repeal the lien law in Souti Carolima ia will help or hurt free suiver! 3r. Verner:"Do you think the heni law will bring free silver?' 3r Wharton: "It hasn't a thing to do with it." 3r. Verner said that if the State goes back to a cash basis other States wiil do the same. and if the States go back to a cash basis there will be ai reduction in acreage, and that is bound to help i1h was not asking for support for his b.in. for he believeu it right. The ilen !a. was contrary to a legitimate creuit syr Col. R. B. A. Robinson, of Anderso. said no man gave a lien unless he has Mlr. Verner: - "Yes they do." Mr. Robinson: "If the lien law is thy poor man's only credit, why rob him o it. The extention in the time for pay ing taxes was for the poor people. 11 the poor people wanted calico let then, have it. Pass this bill and he did no' see how the pioor peop'le would get through." Mr. Mann. of Abbeville. was op posed to the lien law. It encouragel idleness. it makes the white man de pendent. It is a custom of poor met to be required to give a lien. It de. moraizes the poor farmer. He wantec the bil passed in the interest of the poor farmer. The bill has nothing t< do with free silver. This bill will givi the pople the freedom they have asked Ar. Fairey. of Orangeburg. wanted o know why the people generally were so bad off He had some experience it merca~tile business and was a farmer. When a man approaches a merchant t~ et a lien the first qluestion is: "Hos uch cotton are you going to plant'?' If nte says lie will plant rice, pota toes sorghum and the like he canno get advances. The only man wh~ akes anything out of giving the lien i the famer who acts rascally. It has endeery to wrong. It does not buili up crc lit on a proper basis. Hie woult relate a case lie knew of. A farme: gave a lien year after yea-r. lie wen backw::rds. and was finally sold out and lo t his horse, mule, and all. The merchant wh.o had run him for five year efu~sedi him advances. He went horn braced up, went and got an ox from a neighbor. He gathered up the old ploughs. Three days he worked on the field with his ox, and three days he worked out and made rations for his family. At the end of the year he han three bales of cotton and did not owe a cent on them, and today that farmer is pretty well off and does not owe a cent. The lien law is a rainbow to the mer chant. Ninety-five rper cent of the merchants who deal, in liens fail sooner or later. The lien law is calculated to make men dishonest. Mr. Threatt, of Chesterfield, thought this law best with the homestead law. A man is bound to have something to eat and wear, and with which to feed his stock. This bill will make every poor man a hireling. Men cannot get credit unles they have something on which to base that credit. Ie hoped thebill would be killed. Mr. E. D). Smith. of Sumter. said Mr 'airev's man made his independence with the lie n law in exi.,tenee. If thei licn law drive thi, man and others t ide;.end ence then it does no harm. T lie.n I 1w is wanted fur a clasS of e Who) cannot be reachi ther Is.. Uder the I hmstead law iere is al Peemption of &, ;100. Repi"al this ti law and no business-like business mn ill maii ke himi avdances. Repel1 the lien law and there can be no hare crop with the smaller and poorer clas of farmers, especially the colored ones. In every country where there is a free tenantry the tenant will have some thing to say about the crop he helps t mage. He lived in the fine tobacco section and busines" men were quite as willine to ,itipulat tobaicco tas cottIIn. To~ pass. this bill wil d io f) d \r. Woods. of Clarendon. tholulght this the most important bill of the ses "on. The bili affected every one. Vir tuollv 4out h CXrolina has no homwsterad law. Every day you see homesteads passing from the hands of their owners. We must give the people of the North credit for taking advantage of our posi tion. They know our crop must go on market. le saw no use to retain this relic of Radicalism. This i: not an honest law as he viewed it. A great deal has been said about doing away with small farmers. If you let the law stand in a few years there will be no one here to rent to. He saw no reason to retain this statute. Who are profited by this lien law? Not the poor farm ers, for they are the poorest of the poor. A motion to indefintely postpone the bill was last, and the further considera tion of the matter was then postponed until Wednesday when it was taken up again and debated at considerable length. On a motion to kill the bill the vote was: Yeas-Speaker Gary, Ashley, Bell, J. B. Black. Blythe, Bolts, Colcock, Cross, Crumm, Dargan, Davis. Dean, Dowling, Epps, Estridge, Floyed, Gam ble, Gantt, Hill, Hopkins, Jenkins, W. J. Johnson, Lockwook, Lofton, Lyles, Manning. Laban Mauldin, Mc Cullough, E. D. Smith, McDill, Mc Cow, McLaurin, Mehrtens, Miley, Mobley, Montgomery, Moss, Nettles, Pyatt, Henry B. Richardson, R. B. A. Robinson, C. P. Sanders, Sawyer, Sim kins, Sinkler, G. P. Smith, Jeremiah Smith, Stackhouse, Stevenson, Suber, W. J. Thomis, Threatt, Varn, West, Weston, Wharton, Whisonant Williams Wilson, Wimberly. H. H. Woodward, M. B. Woodward, Young. Nays-Bacot, Bailey, Blease, Brown ing, Caughman, Cosgrove, DeBruhl, Dendy, Efird, H. H. Evans, N. G. Evans, Fairey, Gause, Graham, Hen derson, Hoflmeyer, Hollis, Jackson, Mann, Marion, William L. Mauldin, McCoy, McCraw, McLauchlin, Means, Patterson, Peurifoy, Richards, George W. Richardson, C. E. Robinson, Rog ers, E. L. Sanders, Seabrook, Sharpe, J. L. Smith, Strom, Sturkie, Theus, W. H. Thomas, limmerman. Verner, Wingo, Winkler. Woods, Wyche. After the bill was killed Mr. Ashley moved to consider the vote and to lay the motion on the table. which was adopted, and the matter is now at rest for a year at least. The Word Damn. The State of M1ississippi has decided that the use of the word "demned" is profanity. says the Memphis Commer eial-Appeail. This seems singular when e consider the origin and the me nim: of the word. It conies from the thiorough reputable Latin word 'danare," to condemn. and. taken by itself, there is no profanity in it. Ver.y ftten the preacher does not hesitate to ell such of his congregation a" are de inquent that they are damned; and the use of the word here is profanit': under the Mississippi decision. which dleclares that --any words importing an imprecation of divine vengeance. or implying divine condemnation," con stitute profanity. If one person speaks of another as a -condemned"'or''hope ers" fool. he eujuld not be hauled up for swearing, yet the mieaning would b about the same as if he used the woru 'damned." Of course, the latter word is lacking in gentility and politeness, but there is no more essential profanity n it thtan there is in the word "utnmiiti gated." ________ Town Killers. The following from an exchange may apply to more towns than the one, a~ some of the types mentioned exist it nearly every community: "Town kill ers: First. those who go out of town to do their shopping; second, those who are opposed to improvemeut; third. those who prefer a quiet town to one of push and business: fourth, thoss whc imagine they own the town: fifth, thos< who deride public spirited men; sixth, those who oppose every movement tha1 does not originate with them; seventh, those who oppose every movement that does not appear to benefit them; eighth, those who seek to in jure the credit o: reputation of individuals." Augusta Strike Ends. The strike in the Augusta, Ga., cot ton mills. which began Nov. 11, wa: ended Friday by the operatives return ing to work at the reduced scale od wages. Abot t four thousand hand: were involved in the strike. It is said that the prices charged for fuel haye been cut in half by the mill companie: and the house rent reduced most mate rially. T H E old Confederate veterans wil assemble in large numbers in Charles ton on the 10th of May, and prepera tions are already under way looking t< their entertainment. Every county 1t the State will be represented and exera CONFEDERATE DEAD Buried on Every Battlefield from Gettysburg to Rio Grande. SGME INTERESTING FIGURES The Number of Our Heroic Dead is Not Known Accurately. Many of the Rolls Are Incomplete. Col. Fox. in his valuable and pala1 taking book on liezin enta! I.osses in tile Civil War.~ -:i dl'"i ut' ol, the k%1:1;i : ni nor ~ tit, Is rs l\ . t ' Le Confeerte es-timate-- in"'.;I Isa tha 1). ! .111. 11, iiun 11numbe .. the aaet u r.be ul official ConedA e , ' ln the war deartment : a CONF-EDERATE KILLED AND DIED oi W OUNIS AN:.) ItSEASE. Died of Pied of tt i~i .m'uinds. disease. a . 7 :1.7ti 7112 1 d tt.t7 t147 Ala..1! 1 .)I 724 X rkan;-v. 2 1i,:. 1 .5 3'. 7S! I Te:.-,, 211- 66-4 3. 42 5 Regulars . 1 0)I, 46;S 1. 040 Border States.. 19. 1 672 2.- 12 Totals ...... 59.954 21,570 59.217 While these returns are obviously in complete, they are worth noting, as they show that at least 74,525 were kill ed or died of wounds, and that certainly 59.297 died of disease. The only States where the figures approximate to fulness are North and South Carolina. Those familiar with Southern war statistics are confident that the Virginia killed and died of wounds exceeded that of any other State, except perhaps North Carolina, yet her losses in this coipili ation from the incomplete official re turns are but little more than half those of the small State of South Carolina. The official records of the war show conclusively in the running reports that Alabama lost in killed and died of wounds fully 15,000 men. The losses of the "border States," Missouri, Ken tucky and Maryland, are obviously in complete. Missouri alone lost more killed than is here stated. The re cords of battles do not show that South Carolina lost in killed and died of wounds such a disproportion exceeding the other States, excepting North Car olina. Her troops fought very well, and sometimes lost heavily, but the losses of Georgia, Alabama, Mississip pi and Louisiana regiments were cer tainly as great, if not greater, besides which most of the States named togeth er with Virginia. had a greater number of regiments engaged in most of the great battles. The explanation of the figures is that the losses of the Carolina States are fully set out, whereas those of the others are only partially includ ed, because the official rolls were lost in the hurly burly of the wind up. But enough is shown in this table to con firm the official records quoted by Col. Fox, showing that the Confederate killed and died of wounds numbered fully 94.000. Of coiurse the statement of the aggre gate that died of disease is far below the total. In the beginning of the war the Confederate 1egiments were terribly raaged by disease, as fugitive state ments in the official records make per fectly plain. If North Carolina lost 20.002 of her soldiers by' disease it :s hardly credible that Gecorgia. furuishuing approximately the same nlumber' of troops, lost only 3.70Y' fromi the samew cause. It is probable. as has been stated by high Southern authorit) in recent years. ta the Confederatelusses frm disease appro.ximlatedl closely to 12>,000 mn. It i1 easy to deduce frnu the foregoing tahie tamat the death from diiseas couli hrdly halve fallen shrt of that to al i The Confedeirate de.K ke the Union ie buried on every .auletield from Gettsburg tothe mosuth of the lRio Graiide. aid at all se prison depots througvut te North. A few of their dead have been ex' humed here and there and remjove by iL .'- frisads. but there has ben no e:racre uf the Confed erde dead li th he haracterizcd the Uinion policy, for the reason that there was 1no centra iaut;Iurity to direct and no (overnmnent treasury to pay the exenise fsuch an um iertaking. 'Thc South hilas ahv" y loni'ed to mark and care for the graves of her dead soldiers on a similar pslan se l ivith that of the North. but, impov.eri.hed by the war. she has been unable t do so. Several patriotic societies haIve made efforts to do something towarid this much desired end, but compared with the vastness of the whole task but little may be said to have been accomplished. In some of the principal battles of the war, selected from the various thea tres, the gallant Confederates made the following losses in killed outright, the figures not including those who after ward died of wounds: CONFEDERATE LOSSEs iN BATTLE. Battle. Killed. Bull Run (first Mlanassas). .. 8 Wilson's Creek............. 7 Fort Donelson..............46 Pea Ridge............... 0 Shiloh....................13 Fair Oaks (Seven Pines). . -..-.-.- 9 Seven Days' Battles.. .. .....: .3,28 Bull Run (second 31anassas)....1,53 Antietamn............ .....1,512 Coryih................1.200 Fredericksburg..... .........59( 1 urfreesborough .. .. .. .. . . . l794 Chancellorsville.. ... ... .. ..I...65 Champion's Hill..............:. Vicksburg seige........... .. 0 Gettysburg.................50 Chikamauga..... ... ...,8 Misionary Ridge.. ..... .. .... 313 01astee................... 9 Sabine Crossroads.. ...... ...... 85 wadrns, .......I. 133( Atlanta campaign.. .. .147 Spottsylvania . . .. . . .. .. .. .. .. 1.200 Drewry's Iluffs . 3.>.> Cold Harbor. . 900 Atlanti July 22. 1 484 .. . .. ..1.500 W in ester.......... ...... 2 I Cedar Creek......... 320 Franklin...................1.750 Nashville.................... 300 Bentonville...'. ...........239 Five Forks................... 540 Many important sieges and battles are omitted foi want of space. The Union losses of killed in battle and died of wounds exceeded Confederate tigvures by about 13.500 men. Tihe oiicial records show that 26,774 Confederate !oldicrs and citizen prison erS died in Vnion bands duringthe four .eurs of the war. The tabulated state nent specifi'ally enamerates 109 points a wh b-h pri'oners were held who died, l1:) io :at unknow n places. There Wr1.ly abouit twenty-five regular :-1.. d . a th North. however. T i *,ming are de total deaths of ( nfederates at the iiiore important prio;n po sts 4inring th war: Number of Pi-in jEct. I eaths. A lt . I ... ..................1.613 Ca n Iutler, Ili.... ..........816 Canp Chase, hio.............2.108 Caxiup lngla... 111. ...... ....759 Camp Morton. Ind..... ..... 73 Camp Randall. Wis.. .........137 Cleter. Pa.. ............... 21 lDovid's bian.i, New Yo k liar b r....... .....................178 Ehnira. N. .................. 2.970 Fort Iaware. I)ai...........251)2 Fort Warren. Boston harbor.. ... 3 Frederick. d..... ..... .... 22 (ettysbur. Po........... .....210 H1art's Island. New c York harbor. 2:1 .lohnson's Isl and. 0hi'. .... ....270 K ioxvill-. Ten ................ ):S Little Rock. Ark .... ...... ....220 Nashville Teun.............. New Orleaws.L..... ... 2 Point Liokout. Mld......... ..3.446 Richmond, Va............. ... 177 Rock 1-ard. 111.............1.922 St. Louis. M ................. 589 Ship Island, Miss.... .........12 Washington, ). C.......... .457 Of the total of 2G.774 Confederates who died in Northern prisons, the graves of 19.920 were originally marked "known," and 6,85-1 "unknown.' Whether it is still possible to identify the graves marked as "known* I am unable to state. but probably there would be some difficulty. The graves of those Confederates who died in the hospitals of their towns and citles could in most cases be found and identified. The graves of those who died in the army hospitals would be hard to find, and in most cases must necessarily be marked -unknown.. .Of the thousands who died on the battlefield have left no trace of their being, and can no longer be cared for in the sense of the Presi dent's meaning. They will henceforth give no sign except as their bones are ploughed up by future generations. KILLED IN THE SENATE. The Bill to Apportion the School Fund Between the Races. In the State Senate on Tuesday of last week 3r. Ilderton's bill to require school trustees to apportion all school funds between the raeswas taken up for third reading. Senator Archer moved to indefinitely postpone. Senator Ilderton said that it had been intimated to him that his bill was un constitutional. He was no lawyer, but he thought he understood English, and he failed to see where the bill was un constitutional. The peop)le wanted it and he had offered the bill at the re quest of many citizens. lie found nothing in tihe Constitution of the United States that would confiet with his bill. nor could he find anything in the State Constitution to conflict with bhiil Senator Ihenderson stated that pro bably. if we consulted our wishes we would. agree with the Senator from Flrne If this bill should be passed the elmes were that in a few months the whle s chool fond would be tied up in the Federal Courts. lie thought it a v.ey had i experiment for the Legisla ture to pass a latw which it knew would be delared unconstitutional. Senator ELerton demanded the yeas and nays. Yeas-Aldrich, Archer, Blakeney, Barowell, Boweni. G. W. Brown G. A. Brown, Dean. Dennis. Glenn, Griffith, Henderson. Hlough, Livingston, Love. 31anning, 3Marshall. 31auldin. 3Iayfield, MIower. Ragsdahe, Sarratt, Scarborough, Sheppard, Standland, Sullivan. Talbird, Walker. Wallace and Waller-29. Nays Alexander, Appelt, Graydon. I!dert on. Sudduth-. Only Wore a Smile. l'rivaote Eairl Agnew. a 3Iinnesota boy at Mlanila. says in a letter to his parents: --The inhabitants here are not very modest. So:n.a of thxe:n wear simply a smile, while the more bashful of them wear a garter string." This observing young man also notes that "uigthe dry season it only raims tiay n e we.but during ta rainy :eason~ it rains only once. and and that is all the time. The German Way. A German editor has been sentenced to more than four years' imprisonment for hese miajestie against tihe Emperor's second son. a small boy 'n kniekerbock ers. Yet the offending article which in itself was nothing, was published in the absence and without the knowledge of the editor. Convictions for lese ma jestie under Emperor William have ex ceeded anything ever known before in Europe. whiether in medieval or ancient times. An Honest Woman. An old woman stopped a retired busi ness man cf Ebensburg, Pa.. a few days ago on the street and handed him $2. 50, which she said she owed him. The man protested that he knew nothing about it, but the old woman insisted that it was correct, and he took the money. lHe afterward hunted up his books and found it was a pair of shoes over forty years ago. when the woman was a girl living i Ebensburg. 8Six Men Scalded. W\hile cleaning a boiler in the cruiser New York at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Thursday six men were injured by es aping steam. One of them, J. F. Shea. a coalpasser. will die. Three rters were sclded slightly. WKINLEY SCORED. By a Republican Congressman in a Hot Speech. OPPOSING THE ARMY BILL. The President's Course De nounced as a Policy of Evasion, Hypocracy and . Arrogance. While discussing the army reorgani zation bill in the House of Representa tives last Wednesday Mr. Johnson, a Republ-an mcniber from Indiana, took occasion to pitch into President Me Kinley with gloves off. *"While the president in the pres ence of what he may conceive to be a popular demand." he began, "is hurry ing the army and navy across the sea to in flict upon an alien people a govern ment against their will and propose, fearlessly. without regard to its effect upon my personal fortunes, to make a plea for liberty, and an argument against the perpetration of injustice." "We were on the verge of a crisis,' said Mr. Johnston. "Those who failed to rush forward in support of the schemes of the imperialists wpre being denounced here in the public press as 'Spaniards,' and men who failed in their duty. Iis auswer was that if the chief executive would break his silence and operily state the he did not propose to enslave the people of the Phillippines, the present strained relations in the is land would cease, those who were but yesterday our allies would return to their homes and there would be no ne Cessity for this proposed increase in the standing army. No. this would not be done. Continuing lie drew a parallel be tween our revolutionary struggle and the struggle the Fillipinos made for in dependence. Ile argued that today they had a stable government, republi can in form, a president. a vice-presi dent and congress, the whole founded upon the free consent of the governed. To attempt to subvert that government, he charged, would be an "unspeakable crime that should bring the blush of shame to the cheeks of every free born American." Mr. Johnston paid a high tribute to Aguinaldo and to Agon cillo. "If William McKinley ever changes his policy regarding the Philippines." he declared in stentorian tones. -fhe will bend to the weight of popular opin ion to which he bows right or wrong." This utterance raised a storm of ap plause from th: Demoaratic side. Mr. Johnston requested that such interrup tions cease as thF.y took up his time. Several times before he had made a similar request. "I should imagine the gentleman could tolerate Democratic applause, interrupted Henderson, Republican. of Iowa. "The gentleman can always tolerate the applause of honest men. no matter when it comes," replied Johnston quickly. As the applause whieh greeted this rejoinder died away, he added: "And he can also tolerate the narrow censure of those of his own party, as he has done frequently in the past. He has never been so well satisfied with himself as when his narrow colleagues were crying him down." "I pride myself, Mr, Speaker." he continued, drawing himself up to his full height. "that I have broadened since I entered public life. My party is a means, not an end, with me, and when I believe my party is wrong noth ing can make me abate my independent convictions" Proceeding he denounced the presi dent's course as a ''policy of evasion," and charged that his supporters were conjuring up specters to drive in the opposition. If we set the example and withdraw, recognizing the indepen dence of the Filipinos. others would do likewise. But if other countries did pounce down upon the islands, let them do it. We were not expressively or inmpliedly responsible. If there was to be a European war. let us. in God's name. keep out of it. The cry went up. "Ratify the treaty and stop the war." The president arrogated to himself the right to speak for 70.00(1. 000 people. "'I thank God." shouted Johnston. 'for the spirit of independence in the senate of the United States. irrespec tive of party. Bryan never made a greater'blunder than when he said the treaty should be ratified and our puolicy determined afterwards. Andrew Car negie was nearer right, but he said the treaty should be fought in the dark. not the open. I say we should fight it from start to finish. Public sentiment should be aroused. Itis being aroused, as evidenced by the great 1.ublic meet ings in New York and iPhiladelphia, and my word for it, it will not be many months before the tide of public senti ment which thme president vainly im agines is now carrying hmim to a second term will recede and leave him high and dry. Tfhe voice of the people will rebuke the spirit of commerce which has supplanted the spirit of liberty. 'If' the treaty is ratified without be ing coupled with a resolution declaring for the ultimate independence of the islands, it will be the death knell of all our efforts to stop the torrent. Hie would vote for a bill to reorganize the army. but before God lie would never vote for a standing army of 100, 000. whose ultimate objiect was to es tablish a colonial system. "IJf I were in the senate.' he said, "I would rot in my seat first. I would scorn the demands of a state legisla ture and thme clamor of the press. I would not let themu malign my charac ter and misinterpret may motives, but I would never swerve from what I believ. ed to be right." Johnston nexit referred to the part Great Britain had taken in inducing the United States to enter into controver' sies in the far east. and of the manner in which British assistance was being given to the "iniquitous policy of Wil ham MIcKinley.' MIr. .Johnston n~ow turned to the "cost of expansion." 1k detailed the cost of the war and the estimates of $145,000,000 for the military establish ment, and $45,000,000 for the naval establishment for the next fiscal year. It . hoed he said, that our war bud get exceeds that of the great military powers of the world. It is within three millions of that of Great Britain's vast establishment by which she ruled her colonial empire; it was more than the war budget of Germany; more than that of France or any other nation on the face of the globe. And this was to real ize "the wild dream of expansion." Mr. Johnston's time wa3 twice ex tended, Democratic members of the military committee yielding their time to him. The Monroe doctrine, lie declaed, would vanish with the annexation of the Philippines. If we reached far out into the other hemisphere we could not with propriety resist aggregation on this. In concluding Johnston said that the cup of our national humiliation was filled to overflowing, and closing, lie said: "We have witneesed the achieve ments of our soldiers and sailors and have inspired in the Old World a feel ing of respect. This country. the bea con light of liberty, this locked and in trenched continent, this proud and erect nation, which never in its history was oblighed to ask a favor of any other country on earth, now depends on the intervention of England to keep other powers off its back. We have become a miserable mendicant. depandentupon the mother country. We are compelled to abandon the cardinal principle of protection and submit to the open door' policy--at this point the gavel fell and Johnston said he would not trespass further upon the time of the other side. though lie was urged to go on. "I thank the other side." said he. "for the opportunity to be heard which I could not obtain from this side." There was a whirlwind of applause when Johnston took his seat, and many Democrats crowd'cd up the aisle to con gratulate him. THE NEWLY ELECT. Short Sketches of Senator Griffith and Messrs. Robinson and Boykin. Capt. D. J. Griffith will soon lay aside the senatorial tbga for the gatb of another office. Senator Griffith is a very popular man personally, and is regarded a good business man, having been in the railroad bussness 14 years. Last year Senator Griffith won the gold watch awarded by The State to the most pop ular member of the general assembly. He has served as clerk of the court and as treasurer of Lexington county for a number of years, al vays winning over his opponents by large majorities. Capt. Griffith is colonel of the Lex ington regiment, United Confederate veterans. In the civil war his service as a private for the first few months was so faithful and valuable that he was promoted to lieutenant at the age of 16. He was a captain when 18 years old. He made a good soldier, has been equally as good a citizen, and promises to do just as well as superintendent of the penitentiary. Mr. T. C. Robinson, who was elected to succeed Mr. Douthit on the Stat board of contiol, was a candidate for the office of State 'Superintendent of ede ucation three years ago. He was a law yer of good standing in Pickens, and proprietor of the Pickens Journal. He is a Wofford college man, and possesses good business qualifications. Mr. Buirrill H. Boykin is a clear-cut successful business man and farmer. His father, for many years before the was a member of the general assembly, was captain of the first troop of cavalry froni South Carolina which entered the Confederate service. Mr. Boykin, who is now 48 years old, received his colle giate training at Yale. He has since devoted his time to farming, and has been very successful. He was once captain of a cavalry troop, having re ceived a commission from Gov. Rich ardson. This is the first time he has applied for or received an office of pub lic trust. His work on the board of control is expected to be honorable and faithful.--State. FILIPINOS ARE INSOLENT. They Present an Ultimatum and Threat to the President. A dispatch from Washington says it is acknowledged in administration cir eles that Agoniallo. the Filipino's rep resentative in Washington. has practi cally submitted an ultimatum to the president to recognize him at once as ambassador from the Filipino republic or take the consequences. The Fili pino delegation who have come to Wash ington as the agents of Aguinaldo have issued an address to the public in which they say: "G en. Francisco Villanuedaly Felipe. governor general of the Vis cayas. has, upon the retreat of the Spaniards from Iloilo and its occupa tion by the Filipino troops. acting un der directions from Aguinaldo. issued a general manifesto of' amnesty to the Spaniards of that city and province. guaranteeing them all liberties under the republic as enjoyed by the Filipino people. The maanifesto also calls upon the Spaniards to stand by the Filipinos. as brothers with mutual interests. for the establishment of a just govern ment. The proclamation has had the effect of pacifying the Spanish residents of die city and causing themi to yield willingly to the authority of the gov ernment of the Filipinos. The paper shows much ability upon the p'art of the governor-general and a fatmiliarity with many of the most important events of history. Sensational Charges. Senator Whitesides, of the Montana Legislature. ereated a sesation Thuirs day by openly charging that every man who voted for Clark for l'nited States Senator had been bought. lie mien tioned ilepresentative Garr by name. and that gentleman shouted "you are an infamous liar." The grand jury re ported that nmoney had been used on both sides, but there was not sufficient evidence to warrant an indictment. Big Falling Off. The Atlanta Journal has been looking into the matter and finds that the total fertilizer shipments in Georgia this season are only 60,597 tons. while the total to same date last year was 122. 000 tons. The sales later in the sea son are expected to raise the proportion somewhat. but manufacturers do not expect the trade to exceed two-thirds of 'that of last year. The fertilizer trust may have something to do with THE CONFEDERTE SOLDIER. Not a One of Them a Rebel or a Traitor. In the United States Senate on Thursday Senator Marion Butler. of North Carolina. made a notable speech in support of his bill to pension Con federate soldiers. Senator Butler's speech developed, as he proceeded, into quite a remarkable utterance. After presenting an analysis of the compact of 1787, he declared that "not a single southern soldier was a rebel or a trai tor." He maintained that the great fratricidal conflict was forced upon the south. and that the people ofthe south simply defended their personal and constitutional rights. Under the com pact 1787. the southern state undoubt edly, in Senator Butler's opinion. had a right to withdraw from the Union. He was inclined to think the compact was not right, but it was a compact, and ought to be and ought to have been respected. Senator Butler said that his own state of North Carolina fully and completely recognised the right of South Carolina to withdraw from the Unior, but decided herself not to withdraw. Not until forced to defend herself did North Carolina vote to with draw. together with her sister southern states. This Senator Butler said was true of a majority of the southern states. They had been forced by the northern states to take up arms in self-defense. Every gun fired by a southern sol dier.~ declared Senator Butler, "was fired in self-defense of the constitu tional rights of the southern states, and in defense of his home and fireside." Further along, Senator Butler said, speaking of the civil war. "It was a most unnecessary war. The southern states did not desire the war. They asked only to be allowed to exercise their constitutional rights and withdraw peacefully from the Union. The south was right, and history will so record. The south knew she was right at the time and she knows it now. It is the duty of th- southern people not to per mit a prejudiced historian to brand their fathers and brothers as rebels and traitors." le believed that the states whose soldiers are being pensioned would not object to the pensioning of the ex-Confederate soldiers. Interrupting Mr. Butler, Mr. Chand ler said he had no doubt the exsoldiers of the north would be perfectly willing to set on foot any reasonable testimoni al of regard and respect, but he did not see how the government of the United States could recognize, as Senator But ler had suggessed, those who had taken up arms against the Union. Senator Butler protested against the language of Senator Chandler, as he had already explained, he said, that the south did not take up arms against the Union except in self-defense. "I wish the senator would explain," inquired Senator Chandler, a little later, "upon what theory the United States government eould be asked to pay for property in the south destroyed by the forces of the Union?" "Whenever," replied Senator Butler, "the senator will explain to me why we should pay Spain $20,000,000 for the privilege of not being whipped by the Filipinos I will answer his question." "For an answer to his questions," re torted Senator Chandler, "I must re fer the senator to the senior senator from Massachusetts," (Mr. Hoar.) (laughter). At the conclusion of his speech, Sen atos Butler withdrew his amendment. REDISTRICTING THE STATE. How ths Counties Are Grouped in the New Districts. The House of Representatives spen a great deal of time Wednesday in dis cussing the bill proposed by Mr. Patton rearranging the congressional districts in this State, The fight against the bill was a hard one, but it passed by a safe majority. This measure purposes to repeal the law creating the "shoe string" districts formed to keep the Re publicans out of power. The following are the proposed new distriets: Pee-Dee District-Marlboro. Chester field, Darlington. Marion, Florence, orry. Santee D istrict-Georgetown, Wil liamsburg, Berkeley, Charleston. Wateree District-Fairfield. Kershaw Rlichland, Sumter, Clarendon. Edisto District-Orangeburg, Barn well. Bamberg, Haptn Colleton, Dorchester, Bleaufort! Saluda District-Aiken, Lexington, Edgetield, Saluda. C reenwood. Laurens and Newberry. Keowee District-Abbeville, Ander son. Oconee. Pickens and Greenville. (Catawba~ District-York, Cherokee, C hester. Spartanburg, Union and Lan caste r. A Remedy for the Grip. lk-er. W. T. Lander of Williamston, S. C.. published in the State a year ago a remedy for the grip which has had most beneficial effect in a number of cases. H~e says: For the sake of the suffering public I would say that the dose I have used for grown patients has been a level teaspoon of baking soda, dissolved in plenty of water, taken e-very two hours until the headache and soreness ar-e gone, then one extra dose for good measure. It is not the best to take a dose just after eating. I have rarely found miore than four doses need ed. Since the system is in an acid state, calomecl, of course. it is very dangerous medicine. and miany deaths from influenza are, without reasonable doubt. traceable to) the usc of calomiel in the disease. Tolbert Must Leave. The citizens of Abbeville held a mneetinig on last Wednesday at which resolutions werec adopted to the effect that 11. 11. Tolbert. Jr.. miust leave Abbeville.- This action was taken on account of 'Iolbert's recent conduct in the Phoenix trouble his presence hcere is undesirable and for the peace and good order of the community lie had lbest make his permanent abode beyond the limnits of this county. No objection was offered to his remaining to transact necessary business, but it was advised that he leave as soon as possible. The sense of the meeting was'that this is a white man's government. and it would be maintained by citizens of this com munity. Messrs. Wyatt Aiken, L. C. Haskell and Jones F. Miller were ap pointed as a committee to inform Tol bert of tihetion taken by the meeting. A GEORGIA MOB Kills an Old Man and his Son for Revenge. ALL OF THE GANG ARRESTED. One of the Dastards Fired at the Head of a Woman But it Hit Her Hand. A dispatch from Colquit, Ga., gives the details of the blackest crime that has ever been committed in that State. The dispatch, which was sent to the Atlanta Journal says: The officers of Miller county are gathering all the evidenca possible against the Phillips gang which attack ed the home of1J. V. Rustin, a farmer living near here on Saturday night of last week, and murdered Rustin and his young son, shooting them down in cold' blood. As told of in the Journal dis patches yesterday, nine men have been jailed as members of thegang and other arrests are likely to be made soon. It developes that several-days before the killing of Rustin and his son the old man was warned to leave the county. He received a threatening letter and a picture of a coffin and skull and cross bones, all of which was thrown into his yard by unknown parties. He was told that he must'leave the county because his daughter had sworn a lie -and caus ed the arrest of Ccot Phillips'for wrong ing her. The old man paid no attention to this warning, not thinking that the men would harm his family. le determin ed to prosecute Phillips for ruining the reputation of his daughter, and when this determination was made clear the mob was organized to kill him, and the attack on the house arranged. The details of the murder have been recounted in the Journal, except that the daughter of Rustin was also shot by the mob, which fact has been learned today. She was shot through the hand while screaming for mercy after the murderers had already killed her young brother as they broke in the door, and while her father lay gasping on the floor in his own blood, which flowed from five wounds in his body. The young woman lay in bed scream ing and wringing her hands, and fear ing every moment that she, too, would be killed. One of the murderers level ed his pistol at her and fired, but the bullet missed her head and crashed through her hand, and then into the headboard of the bed. While old man Rustin struggled on the floor and writhed in pain from his wounds one of the murderers shot holes through his feet just for the fun of -it. The men thought that the old man was dying, and seeing that they had killed his son they evidently became frighten ed and left the house, dispersing quick ly. The wounded woman, who was terribly frightened, ran from the house as soon as the men left and she made her way to the nearest neighbors, screaming out and crying for help. The alarm was given and in an hour a large crowd assembled at the Rustin house. The scene there was horrible to contemplate. The floor was covered with blood, and the old man was gasp ing for breath, but he was conscious, and he made a dying statement; giving the names of the men in the mob whom he identified. He died from his wounds the next morning. Coot Phillips is said to have been the leader of the crowd. He is charged with having wronged the Rustin girl and because she prosecuted him he wanted to gether and the Rustin f ami ly out of the way. A Burglar Killed. On last Wednesday considerable ex citement was created- in Andersoih by a jail delivery, George J. Rice, who was in jail for breaking into C. F. Jones & Co's clothing store some time ago, and a Negro named Grebn escaped from jail about half-past 9 or 10 o'clock in the mornin.g The sheriff. at the time, was absent from the jail.' Returning, and finding the two Negroes gone, he organ ized a posse and started in pursuit. A young boy, Frank Hammond, joined the posse. A messenger had been sent to Quince Hammand's farm, a short distance from the city, for bloodhounds to track them. In the meantime the runaways had been apprehended on the - Murray Spring Branch. Young Ham mond called on them to surrender, but [their only answer was to hurl stones and other missles at him. Hammond then fired a pistol, the ball striking George Rice and wounding him fatally. He died in a few minutes. Green was finally caught and brought back to the city, and safely locked up. Against Lee County The committee on privileges and elections in the State Senate submitted an unfavorable report against Mr. Ri. E. Carnes. senator-elect from Lee county. taking his seat. The report is length~y and the committee bases its finding on the ground that Lee has been declared no longer a county and hence is not en titled to a senator. In the HIouse the question of the eligibility of Mr. ID. E. Keels, member from the "county' of Lee. camne up. The committee on~ privileges and elections reported ad versely to his claim. The house sus tained the report by a vote or 9J0 to 17. Died While Speaking. For-ner- Attorney General Augustus 11. ; ariand was stricken with apoplexy at W:shingiton while addressing the United States >upreme court at 12.15 o'clock Thursday afternoon and died. within ten minutes. The occurrence came with startling and tragic unex reetedness. changing the usual calm and dignity of the court into temporary confusion. while the dying man was carried from the chamber in a futile effort to alleviate his condition. The deceased was a promninent Democrat, and was a distinguished man. A New Motive Power. A mammoth New York company. headed by Joseph Leiter and Richard Croker. has been formed to operate all vehicles by means of compressed air, thereby doing away'wvith the horse as a motive power. Plants will be establish ed in all the principal towns of the TUnited States.