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till I in,, LIE HA E U!b1. Aguinaldo Asks for Cessation of Hostilitiesand Conference. GEN. OTIS SUMS UP RESULTS! Aguinaldo's Influence Destroyed, and He Will Find it impossible to Obtain Terms Possib!e Last Week. The war departent has rec-ived the following dispatches from Gen. O(tiz: Manila, Feb. T. Adjutant General. Washington: The insurgent army concentrated arouud Manila from Luzun province. numbering over 20AW0. pos"esing Sev eral quick firing and Krupp field guns. Good portion of enemy armied with Mausers latest pattern. Two Krupp guns and great many rifles captured. Insurgents fired great quantity ,of an munition. Quite a numberof Spamish soldiers in insurgent service who served artillery. Insurgents constructed strong intrenchments near our lines, mostly by bamboo thickets. Thete our men charged killing or capturing many of the enemy. Our casualties prolabiy. azgregate 500. Full repurts today. 4 isualties of insurgents \ cry hIvy. Have buried some 500 ef their dead and hold 500 prisoners. Their loss kille. wounded and prisoners probab ly 4.w.10. Took water works punpimg statiwn yesterday six miles out. Considerabie skirmish with enemnv shich umaue nI stand. Pumps damaged; wil 1 be wI ing in a week. Have nuo f e. cou densers set up in the cit v whclan 1 furnish good water. Treopls in x spirits. Quiet prevaiL. 'i' M;ilma. FeI. i Situation rapidly improving. Rle .connoissance yesterday to south several -miles to Laguande bay, to ouzheast .eight miles. d-is lug stragglinginsurgent troops in var,-'us directious encounter ing no decided op position: army disinte grated and natives returning to viisages -displaying white flags. Near Caloaan six miles north, enemy made a saud behind entrenchinents, charged by Kansas troops led by Col. Funston. Closed encounter resulting in rout of the enemy with heavey loss. Loss to Kansas. Lieut. Alford kiiled, six men wounded. On the 4th Acuinaido issucd fly.nz proclamation cha.isig Americans with initiative and dciated war: Suanaay sued another calling all to re-.ist forn' invasion: his it.fiuec e tnrouguoUt tm'; section destroyed: now applics for a cessation of hostiliti., anI e have declined to ansrer. I- urgnt expectation of rii city on night1% of 4th unrealized. Provost marshil general, with adiirable disposition o troops, defeated every atte m;t. Ci. quiet; bu.-iues, resum1ea. niaaves rv spectful and el, rial. Fig. uu ties of Ameriean troops a revention to all inhabitants. C)im THEY l1AV" RETREATED, The Americans arc in conmplete con trol of the situation w ithin a radusu vi nine miles from 1anila. Their liucm. extending to Malabou o tl.: north anti. to Paranaque on the =.uth, aire fu!!y 2> miles long. W\hie a fe deav e bodies of ernmy ili- -r.er desultor., opposition, the main b-ody of the rebels is in full retreat and utterl routed. Of the hordes of tro.'ps rriginaly drawn up in battle array against tlhe Americans fully one-third are alrea'i incapacitated and the others are scat tered in every direction. The terrible loss othe rebels may be gathered from the fact that 160 of thenm were buried in "ne rice field on Monday, near Pasas. and that 87 weie inerred between Paeo and Santana. A converted river gutnboat did terri ble execution among the rebels, sweep ing both banks of the river with her Gatling guns and her heavier battery. Hundreds of Filipinos undoubtedly crawled into the canebrakes and died there. The Americans are wcrking nobly in their efforts to find the wound ed, and arc bringing hundreds of suffr ing rebels to the hospitals fvr treat ment. The natives are unable to una derstand the humane motive which prompt the victors to succor the wounded of the enemy. WOMEN Fot' AMONG THE~ iEAI). The correspondent of the Associated Press is inforr.ed that mnembers of the hospital corps have made the startling. discovery that there are several women, in male dress and with hair cro.pped. among the dead. The chief of tle Igorrotes, the Fili pino natives who fought so gallantly in the face of our artillery fire, with their bows and arrows, is in a hospital with a shattered thigh. Ie aditi that he never saw modern artillery and was i' norant of its effects util be and his followers met the disas.trous ire of the cannon on Sunday mnornin. The chid is bitterly incensed against the Taalb for placing tihe Ig-orr. tes in front of the American battery uner il-c prte-n-e that they were se't to ocupv a' poi honor, and he intimates tha the igr rotes will avenge this trea *er when the survivors return no~rt. It is regarded as a Anr irt e that many of the Filipino omeic.' MIanila disappeared from 31a-ila as soon as hostiliti' commPence-L u of them are suppo.,ed to be -til ..i-r I there. Ihundreds of women are 'c-r ing into 31anila fromn all distri.: asth villages around 3lanila have. as a rale, been destroyed by the troops The further the Am.erican x~n their lines the mocre the neof aean of transp.rtation ine rm . The American comumanders ha- a-ready been compelled ti itupre.s - .s -i Alil the pul'teos tt writmn in hav eithr..e...-..... have dis.a ,jared~ ii -Bem other. Sue" rtr-e.-r.i ning reguladly.th he::s ainost Ue-serted. Tor am tive stoves op(1' e a: nature of towels. p2' 'lv ndm :ied to bambnhs tdO'rn t. ui A the native tesiden'ceC- it in .1-'. o these emblems of peac. acr- r' einos. under the eover of darknes-s fired from these sam wiu a-e t ,a evning on the Americau fatuoi t9 last Light there was a zen ral fu ilhide iii the Quiapo and Biuon The Inhabitants of the city generally bAJelved thatt a battle was raging at their d.otors. lights were extinguished the dwellings, and a.amajority of the people were in a state of terror. Unader the circumstances, it is remark able that no casualties were reported. Several shots were fired across the river duriicg the excitement. A COLD SNAP. Almost the Entire Country Frozen Hard Last Week. The weather bureau issued the fol lowing special bulletiu today. Morning ad vices sho w that freezing teniperature occ rred in Florida list night as far soutli as a line traced from a little south of Tampa to the Atlautic coast just north of Jupiter, Tampa showing a initimumn temperature of 30 degrees and Jupiter a minimum of 36 degrees. At Jacksonville a minimum of 2S de grees was reached. These temperatures were very accur ately forcasted Wednesday morning. when the weather bureau at Washing ton telegraphed the following forecast and warning, which was distributed by its Florida stations to all fruit growing, azricultural and transportation interests that could be reached by telegraph, telephone and mail during Wednesday: "emperature will fall to about 23 de-rees toright at Jacksonville and the ,ine or f'reezing weather will extend as tar south as Tampa. Temperature will antinue low Thursday and Thursday uiht and vill moderate Friday." i he tenperature continues abnormal Slo. in al di.tricts east of the Rocky iN.untain-. the eastern Dakotas, Min 'esota and, western Wisconsin, and the reion to the northlward being embraced within the area of low and temperature. where the rcading, range between 32 aIU 36 degrees below zero in the states named, aud reached 50 degrees below at Minnesota. Manitoba. Zero teapera ture exten.ds to a line traced from cen tral Virinia over Tennessee, northern Arkansas and southern Oklahoma, and at Cincinnati the low temperature re cord has been broken with a reading of 16 degrees below zero, the lowest pre vious temperature ever recorded by the weather bureau at that place being 12 bt~low February Sth, 1S95. and on Jan ary1, 86. Ihe outlook is that there will be a uark~ed, though gradual moderation in teiInperature east of the Rocky Moun ta ter oday. In Florida and the c iod will be of brief duration and a1 returni to the normal temperature may be expected in that section by Friday .1ght. Eng~ statious showing low tem vcrut ares were: N.v York. 4 below; Washington, 7 kelorw: Cincinnati. 16 below; Pittsburg, lo be.ow: B, ffilo. 4 below; Chijago, 20 2ow; Milwaukee, 20 below; Daluth, :32bel"w: St. Louis. 16 below: Kansas City. 20 below; Omaha, 24 below; Bis inarck. 2( below; Charleston, 26 above; Atlanta, 2S above; Jacksonville, 28 above: Jupiter, 34 above; Tampa, 30 above; New Orelans, 2S above; Galves ' ou, 28 above. Willis L. Moore, Chief of Weather Bureau. "Spotted Fever" Plague. A letter from Morganton, the county seat of But~ler county, in tb~e western part of Kentu. ky, 15 miles from any railroad, says an epidemic of spotted fever, or spinal meningitis is raging there. old and young dying rapidly. It is imlpossible to estidate how many have died, and there is' no one to report the true condition. it is known that there are no longer any coffins in the place t.- bury the dead. The peopie are panic stricken and fleeing in all dlirections. It is reported that there are now only a few left to nurse'os who are stricken and are helpless. The female seminary and the public school are cloed. rile physicians have been doing hieroe work but seem powerless to cheek the disease. Morganton is a plIa e of 1,100 inhlabitants, situated on ai hill, and has been considered'very healthy. Several large saw mills- are locatedi~ there, and the theory advanced il at the decaying sawdust started the epide'mic. Jealous of the Soldiers. The y oung mlen who reside in East Athens. Ga., have declared war against the United States soldiers stationed th~ere.- The soldiers have been notified to keep out of East Athens or else take the consequences of bombardment by the young men who hurl rocks and fire pistols at the soldiers as a penalty for crossing thle dead-line established. It sems that the young men objiect to the soldiers paying attention to the young ladies of East Athens, and they have beeni warned to -remnain away. N'ome of the soldiers have found sweet 11eartsamilong the -young wom'en, and this has easised bad feeling between Eatl tinkyouths and the soldiers. Several soldiers who have ventured to ~oe trocha have been fired upon, and someW of them were struck with ek h Cud frtom alleys and 'yards. Death to Live Stock 'eisath from Denver, Col., sayi .f W r rier. seeretary of the Con tinental Land and Cattle company. Wedneday.received word :from its ''.\du.s d iDakota ranches that the I.2 of li stock would be very great re l: 'f the long and genera. Ua' .i ctold. ''The loss" said Mr. ntr-'will be general throughout e. western country from Montan; da aogh Wyomnin g, Colorado, Neu deiad Texas. In somec places it wi nobtedly reach 5;I ner cent.. an t 'i un Jhroughout the countr' btwe 10 mind 25 per cent. Thle greal eattle is bound to make higi ' a' the year. ColdestonenRecord. 'h fromn Chicago says no ha C hicaogo exl'eriencee - cold as that which pre day. The lowest notch n - rth esabishment of th~ ....... in C.hicago was 23 be x e ock We duesday nigh b x l"eprts froim point; n'in ai'nd I llinrois sho-. s.b.lo zero. the latter at LaCrosse Wi.There is much suffering in th< BATTLE AT MANILA Between the American Troops and the Filipino Troops. DESCRIBED IN DETAIL. The American Troops Crnducted Themselves Most Gallant ly and Routed the Enemy With Ease. Oiving to the area embraced in the scene of Sunday's engagement, a semi eircie of fully 17 miles, details regard ing individual fighting have been ex tremely difficult to obtain. So far as can be gathered. the brush coiuininced at 8:45 on Saturday evening, by the fir ing of a Nebraska sentry at Santa Mesa upon Filipinos who were deliberately crossing the line after repea ted warni-ngs, with the evident purpose of drawing our fire. The first shot from the Am erican sentry was evidently accepted as a prearranged signal, for it was followed immediately by a territi fusilade along the entire Filipino line on the north side of the Pasig river. The Amnerican outposts returned the fire with such vigor that the Filipino file was checked until the arrival o1 reinforcements. All the troops in the vicinity were hurried out and the Filipinos ceased firing for half an hour, whiie their us rcifore ment- camne up. At 10 o'clock the fig!.ting was re:ua4ci the American firing line consisting of the Third artillery, the Kansas and the Montana regiment, th Minnesota regiment, the Pennsylvanians, the- Ne braskans. the Utah battery, the Idahos. the Washingtons, the Californians, the Fourth cavalry, the North Dakota vol unteers, the South Dakota and Colorado regiments, the Sixth artillery and the Fourteenth infantry. The Filipinos concentrated their forces at three places Caloacan. Santa Mesa and Galingatan, and maintained an intermittent fu11sil lade for some hours. They brought artiliery into action at Galingatan at 10:30, but only one _ari annoyed the Americans to any apprecia ble extent, a howitzer, on a road beyond Senta Mesa. The Third artillery sil enced the Galingatan battery by firing two guns simultaneously, which was followed immediately by volleys from the infantry. At about midnight there was a lull in the firing, lasting until 3:45 a. m., when the whole Filipino line re opened fire. The Americans poured a terrific fire into the darkness for 20 minutes and then there was another lull until daylight, when the Americaus generally advanced. Daring the night, in response to Rear Admiral -.nvey's signals flashed across from Cavie. the. UEited States cruiser Charleston atA the gunboat Concord, stationed at Mlala bon, poured a deadly fire from their secondary battery into the Filipino trinches at Caloa-an. After daylight the United States monitor Nlonadnock opened fire off Malate and kept shelling the Filipino lft flank, while the other vessel shelled the enemy's right flaink for sev eral hours. By 10 o'clock the Amieri cans had apparently completely routeu the enemy and had taken the village of Palapong, Santa Mesa, Paco, Santana, San Pedro, 31aeorte, Pandocan and Pasai, had destroyed hundreds of native huts and had secured possession-n- the .water main and reservoir-a distance of over sih miles.. The Tennesseeans joined the firing line at 10 o'clock on Sunday morning and assisted in capturing Santa Mesa. -SMOKED OUT AND SHOT. One of the most notable events of Sunday's work was driving the Filipi nos out of their stronghold at Paeo by the reserve, a few companies of Cali fornians, commanded by Col. Duboce. The main road to the v.i-llage was lined by native huts full of Filipino sharp shooters After they had been firing upon Gen. King and his staff, killing a driver, and firing on an ambulance of the Red Cross society, Col. Duboce or dered the huts to- be cleared -and burn ed. . The Filipinos concentrated in Paco church and convent, where they made a determined stand in the upper stories. A platoon of Californians statione d on a neighboring bridge maintained a hot ire on the Filipinos. but was unable to dislodge them. In the face of a ter rific fusillade, Col, Duboce and a few volunteers dashed into the church. scattered coal oil inside of it. set fire to the oil and retired.. In the meantime Capt. Dyer's bat tery of the Sixth artillery bcmnbarded the churdh, dropping a dozen shells in to the tower and roof. Company L and? part of company G. of the California's charged int> the church,. -but-wire un able to ascend the single flight of steps leading to the story above. After the incendiaries had retired, a comanyoi the Idahmos- nd the W~Xash ington Guards, stationd oni eithdr'side: of the building. picked off the F ilipi-. nos as they were smoked out. 3any -of the rebels, hewever. esca~ed4 .iyto the. bush' in the rear of the chtureli. The Americans aaptured 53 of the rebels. and during the fighting abont the church 20 of the rebels were kied. Some 2.500 women. childreu :md non - comba-tants were a-liowed- to enter -thte American lines after prow using to go to the houses of friends and rcemaini thee Another intensely interestainci dent occarred during the cngagemnent. The Washingtons and1 the- Idahosad Companies K ad NI, dthCaitor nias charges acr-ossthe rice fiels be tween Paea and Santana, in tiie fac-'o a territic fusillade. .The 'ground. t day, over wh i they' pased. is- en edl with de'id and wouded-nautiv. The former are being b~uriedAin groum; of five or six abolt wheres. they lay. and the latter are being brought'to the huos pital. It was at this stage of the fighmt ing at Caloocan. that the F-ilipinos suf fered their heaviest losses. The Fourteenth regulars were- in a particularly tight. place near slogalo~n and Col. D~ubuce was corupe-led t- u~ past them with the reservesmu in :-rt prevent the regulars from bein cat 'f In the last line teelve men were killed before the rebels retired -Both sides eheered frequely d1ur ing the engagement. The. Americanu "hurrahs" were almost invlaal :met -with derisive " vivas. - were~ espedaa ~ noticeab rl their biavery, about 700 of these naked - ag faein artillery with their bors and arrow-. SCENEA AT MANi.A. Ihc scene at Manila when the alarm was givenu bn Saturday night was wildly exciting. The American soldiers in the theatres and at the- eircuses were called out, the performances stopped. Filipinos scurried <verywhere and the rattle of musketry and the booming of cannon outside of the city was plainly heard. The residents on the outskirts of Manila fleked into the walled city, with their arms full of articles. All the - carriages disappeared as if by magic, the street cars were stopped, the telograph lines were cut and the soldiers hurriedly but silently n.arched out of the- City to the stations assigned them. The stores were closed almost instantly, foreign flags were to be seen flying from many windows, and a nun ber of white rags were hutig out from Fiiipino huts and houses. On Sunday imuense crowds of p1co ple visited the water front and gath red in the highest towers to watch the bom bardment. There were no street ears or carriaces to be seen and the streets were almost deserted. The Minnesota troops, acting as police, searched-every native and arrested many of them, with the result that while there were several attempts to assassinate American offi C-. on Saturday there was none on Sun.biy. .isilate order was main ta:.nea. The Aieriems are det-rmined not to aive the Filipinos a chance to recup erate. The official list of dead and wutik.v ")" n b-n submitted fo: p a '-lii . ai It is; imlpoz lible, owin.g '0 the fact io t-r ens are S. Lered. to bin a' ; rel iale i?.> except f ron ed res TF:> Ii i pino~ con0iz'-ioners f romn Iloilo and fou ebel otbeers were ar rested at 'anila 3day morning after boardling the -,amer Uranus. -Many suspects have ben arrested in various parts of the cIt. I.ATER NEWS. The ia:ect advices places the Filipino loss at 2,000 ki!!ed. :.50' wounded and 5.000 p.risoners. Ihe American loss was tirty-eh killed and about .the san numbcr wounded. The enemy has been driven ick ten miles. Col. Win. 1. Smith. First Tennessee, died of appoplexy at the head of his com mand on firia line Feb. 5th. Dispensary Insurance. At the neeting of the State board of control Weinesday the long delayed re port as to the vogue iLsurance matter was presented. Theco mmitteestys: "We tind the loszesby ire in the disperrsa ries at Maring, Mix T. 1837. of $400 and at Eatawvillc. .Tanuary 12, IS98, of $200, have not been paid; these two dispensaries were in ured in the Brit ish and A1 r.::n Echianx-e Associa tion, with T. 'J. Brow 1P. Chicago; Ill., agg, aud 13 B. Evans. agent for 4outa Carohina. The.-e two poheces were issued March 2) and April 15, 1897. After careful inquiry we find this to be a.bogus company, therefore no'hiig can b- reovered on these policies. We find there were forty of these policies on dispensaries in tihe State, with lpreaiiinus anounting to S485.053 and luses bv irc anoutin:: to 8U!I0. Thie lust p..iie. ini thi compandty exfred eight intam ago. Imn the fu tare we rcomamuli tia no lisurallce. either onr State or county dispeu~aii :. be placed without knowing they are re liable companies licensed to do busi ness and have fully complied with the insurance laws of the State, also that thc party claiming to represent them is their regular appointed agent." The Isla de Cuba Saved. The Isla de Cuba, one of the Spanish cruisers sunk by Dewey. has been raised and sent to IHong Kong for re pair~s. It is remarkable that in spite of the fact that her engines were under water for seven months they were found in excellent order and needed only a little cleaning before the cruiser struck out for a700-mile voyage alone. The isla de Cuba, sister ship to the Cuba, and the ciuiser Don Juan de Austria, also have been sneccessfully raised a-nd will soon follow the Cuba to Hong Kong for re pairs. These three ships were the most modern of the Spanish vessels in the East, and although not nearly sO big as the Castilla or Reina Cristina, they are more valuable. It will cost about feet00 to put the three ships in per fetshape, but when this.is done they wiHibe worth over 52.000t.0k)0. Last Remnant Goes. By unanimous vote the judiciry comi mittee of the national house Wednes day decided to recommend the repeal of what is-said to be the last remnant of disqualification against those serving in Ithme 'tife~deracy. The proposed amendm-eut' is as follows: ' "That the sectiotis of:the-revised statntes which disqualify persons otherwise q,uaified from Serving ifs <drand, or petit jtuvrs in the courts of' ihe Ulited States who hae-taken imp' arms or- joined -in any insurreetioni or rebellionu a.ainst the Uated notes be repealed an1d that here for any service in mny couart or in any brnhor deptatmt :ofc the goxvern mlent o h i ited 1,ates on account of o articiptier. in the eivil war of 1'1-18 0. Deawy Causedl It. I wau that 'it wasp Admiiral Dew e'm e' itn ezi vsel loaded with ros for the ti-t -neted the Pi'llip1' pine minsru-ents a' attack the~ Amteri -an iler a.u x nisht, for it is umter:-1'ud thoiL L . the hi:ttere~st of tei zrievances wasxwhat thmey declared C 'ie uluarrantble. ntr'erenuce with thir ip l .i.' t is learuedA at the a i-o the mialu,.~ -aseji the LdzrL of t'e -cho"ner Teneng. with I il suiply of aa rmsfe;theinugens. That a.::nca -s c 1r d i - u the met~ thas C..ug'ht it LIuself. dio ss ig de i. I. Umith'M eoiIir sex res .a i ai 01r:ate 6.0 for the. reilm temall j'x .uiirhers in' Sute'r. 1I - i- dt : a meu:iher from C wrcdoi'n . opoed -the bill, saying tt' he did not "think the disease 'ima!!pox. Dr. Woods is now aWt homein trian d v bhe 1:mgue, whatever hope't it is no't simaup 'OX and that he will can o n ot an.r&---tate. TIIE DISPENSARY. What Mr. A. Howard Patterson Says About It. THINKS NO CHANGE NEEDED In The Present Law Unless It Is To Prohibit the Granting. of Hotel and Beer Privileges. Mr. A. Howard Pattcrron. or Darn well, who is an ardent advocate of the dispensary, while on a recent visit. ex pressed binself a:s follows regarding the dispensary situation: No changes whatsoever should be made in the law' at this tinc, unless it is to prohibit the granting of hotel and beer privileg'-. I think thait the friends of the dispensary in the General Assemn bly can better occupy their time in or ganizing to fight the proposed deal be tween the Prohibitionists and high li cense men than in attempting to amend the law at this session. I say 1pro posed deal.- because I do not think that bona fide Prohibitionists are ng to unite with their old enemies. the high license men. to lovin a law that all conscientious Pohibitionists must 'admit is far superior to tie old bar iom system. and that is what high license will reilt iu. Dj't s'uppoe-ti, ah atteing to dietate to the frienIds of te diSil sary in theGeneral Assembly, for th: are presum.d to know their busine& and to represent the inte-,st of the" - constitueats; bu: they, as all men wou. like to hear from home occasionaly and to know that they are in elbow touch with their cinstituents in repel ling assauits u,,.n a law tiat the great mass of the people of South Carolina are heartily in favor of. and especially so at this time, when such an onslaught is being made airiinst the dispensAry. and only that which i.s abusive of i, is being dished oat every monin g for Lhe consumption of the i mtbrs of the General Assembly by the daily papers. It there ever was a time in the history of the dispensary law when its friends. both in the General Asseaol' and in the State. should speak out and rally to its defence. now is the tim . -Only in the last few d ys the Prohi bition candidate for governor in the re Cet:t Camlpaign, who upon every stuamp in.South Carolina preached prohibition and prohibition only, in language sel dom heard upon the hustings. but.more frequien thy in the pulpit, comes out in an interview. folloxved by a letter, and boldly advocates a coalition between the Prohibitionisits and high license me-nters of the Ge' eral A!embly to down the dispensary;-giring as his rca son that in that event both the Prohi bitionists and high license men will get what they wish. prohibition and high license' Such a combination is calculated to m. G. ani Neal Dow turn over in their grm!ves in di-gimt. Wha.t dou h.k of 3r. 3a uidi'.i mI. Fnmt L)'s m . - uracine sis 1i -as it i--k, iie the ii'f~ ,ping t: a e m Ict m i I- li lationm run imad .1d iiC cted, woo requlire a sta-idia armyv~m torcre. it. Of cour-se, the po imary objet ot the pilist kill the. dispnsary and. e oudly. tom give ( narleston, oitmubia, and may~be Greenvxile ad Spartauburg higth license. All of then other coun ties in the State would hold on to the dispensary, w ith the excelmtion of three~ or four, which would adopt prohibition. I say this because the third section of the bill provides that in those counties adopting high lieense only the C'ourt House towns shall be allowed to se-ll liquors. andl you know as well as I do that in those counties where the court house toWns do) not contain a majority of' the voters of the county- that the other towns in the county are not going to allow thenm to have a monopoly of the liquor business. Therefore. as these towns now have dispensaries they will vote to retain them. The friends of tihe dispensary are not afraid to sub mit the qjuestion to the whole people of the State to dieide between prohibition high license and dispensary at aspeeial election, for they are confident that a large majority are in favor of its reten tion; but they arc most assuredly. .op posed to special legislation to3 exeinpt certain cities from the dispensary law that have flarantly violated it anid hiave thrown every obstacle in thme way of its enforcement, and which arc now re sponsible for all of this wrangling about a law th:.t has given general satisfac tion to the people at large. If~ high license is adopted with the cositittdirestri-tions what effect will it have? As I said upon a frmer oceaion. it will miean a '-ietor for '1te .: and be a cuirse to the Smate. We woculd be retro -rad~ ina all of thec work that ha ben done again' thd- lo be 10.,! In a a ears ta co iut affetct his i o epit We, hadI laWr arainst sceling tm mimrs. druhmmnus. selimng hipan electin diay-an-id-o N uays tbifire the c i-ensary law a' adopcted. ye t- the we vin c- 'ig c'bocei I fohr e~iv bd'Uiasi obd uin. ' Ifit i abut m -, t po bl1o'iunder i the e a l 'to get al reputale cit- o tnt -hln' igM m en m.i;re ieult woi -iti i bIt ::h s t.t n i boie i re-ibl t i...-te o b ifucnei.- mncn to hvc I ii I Hei under a heavy &ond for the tatlil per frmnance of his duties. and is ever vatched by the State and county boards oI u control and by the public I say the public. bueause there are any number of men every rewiy to report any mis conduct on his part, so as to step into his official shoes, and the enemies or the dispensary are vigilant watch dogs upon imm. so as to bring the law into disrepute. Another serious objection to high li cense, which concerns the health of our bibulous citizens. is that they wouid be at the mercy of the barkeepers as to the quality of the liquors that they would drink. for it stands to reason that the higher license the higher the price. The poor man would get meaner liquor and the rich man would have to pay more for the finer brands. It. is a well-known fact that under the saloon system the vilest stuff was palmed off on the poor white man and tile Negro. Upon the other hand, under the dis pensary law no distinction is made but all are served alike, and the law requires that pure liquors be furnished. It is amusing to see those who were a while back fihting the dispensary upon the ground that it was a monopoly now advocating high license. One is a monopoly by the State for the benefit of its ci izens; the other a monopoly by a few individuals, whose sole object is to make all the money out of it they can. Morally there is no difference between the State engaging in the sale of liga->r and receivinz the profits there from than for it to receive the license fees from saloons. It is a choice be tween tw) ovils. and [ ebo se th, le., As long as the State en in the isale oF liquor thc good felatures of the dispen .ary law can be enforced-such as the openin! and closinz at certain hours. w1)t reiling to minors or drank ards, o: upon electiou jays or Sundays. not ellin less than a half pint, not al lowitig liquor to be drank upon the premises and thc selling for cash. The last requirmcnt prevents many a man from buying liquor, while the saloon or high license system does not and would not. Adopt high license and in a few years all of these good features of the dispensary law will be a dead letter. Prohibition is impracticable and can not be enforced, and if the Prohibition is's succeed in having a prohibitory law passed they will regret it. for pandemo nium will reign in this State until the Legislaiure can repeal the law. At one time I was in favor of prohibition, and votcd for the Childs bill while in the Legislature. Since then observa tion and experience have taught me that it cannot be enforced, andthat the dispensary is the best solution of the liquor problem. Daring the two years 'that we had prohibition in Barnwell County I was county chairman of the Prohibition party, and I must admit tiat the law was a perfect farce. It was violated upon everp side. and the grand juries would throw oat the bills as fast as they were presented. - All I have to say to the Prohibitionists is not to forget our condition under the old bar room system, and what change- the dispensary law has brom.zt ab/it in somiie of re worst towt, i' South irO i:ia. .D nt kih "the ro e the l.t: ge gobieeg.. Bior. tao dispnsarv law w4 Waile I an in Lav r ivr (I d ra .s. ysL L am. andt nav aiinga roee ''eer privilege>, fr they are ni moure than bar rooms. and I dao not be-lieve that they are ib keepinz wi.th the spirit and objer of the disoansary sytueem. [f any one, tourist or beer drinker. desires to quenec: his thirat he shouli oc req'ired to go to the regular die pensary and purchase theire. Thle law was not passed for the purpose to make money. but to regulate and control the sale of liquor, and to fuarnishi it only to those who will have it, at a reasonable protit. and it should be adrministered with- this object in view. Therefore. as I have said. a rigid enforcement of the dispensary law is the solution of the liqjuor problem for South Carolina. A Tribute to Gen. Lee. An incident of the celebration of Lee'sbirthiday in Atlanta was the ap pearance on the blockboards of all the schools of the-late B3. HI. Hill's famous eulogy of tihe great Confederate chief tain. The object in placing the eulogy on the blackboards was that the chil dren might memorize it. It is as fol lows: "[Ic was a foe without hate, a friend without treachery, a soldier with out cruelty, a vietor without oppression. and a victitu without murmuring. H~e wals a public offieer without vices: a private citizen without wrong; a ne ih bor without reproach: a Christian with out hypocrisy, alnd a man without guile. Hle was Ccesar without his ambition: Frederick without his tyranny: Napo leon: without his seltishneses, and Wash in-:ton without his reward. lie was ob'llent to authority as a servant. and royal in authorityas a true king. lie was cntie as a womn::f in life, and mo e-alv d pure asav virgin in thought: watc hhul as a lio:uan vestal in duty: tbisirt law as Socrates. and~ arad in battle as Achilles? Every - h'ol biy and giri i:: this coun!:ty iud ' ~a nii:t th!i- bet:uiful tribute to the- ::::r:ortal Lee to meory~i. All the vaiehers in the county are hercby reg-te-1 to.readi it to t heir schels and reau st the children to learnm it. The *eb at the s~Ime time mig~ht tell the ci l nat manniier of m:an (;en Rivers on a Boom - The' rr and streams~ in the uper art ofth State continue to borm at a awav --airoad culverts ' and *retles I (' or'syti. The Wa teree at Ca. .5-.,:aoveA the' dangerc lne: e e atne. 8 f Ctao.e Ilia b fet a Itedangrlie. The -iCamde'. Churao and ColumbIa. re . Elii hm. Fair Bui. IKinmr. alcan or wi l rec the ". ' - .Iur poi wihi the Vnl:. w i CHAN&ED IS "TIND Senator Appelt Wants a Vote ca the Lianor Question. At the session of the State Se'nate Wednesday night Senator Apelt oil-:red a bill for "the submi--ion to the votero of certain counties the question of high license, prohibition or dispensary and to provide for carrying out the said election. When asged about this change from what was supposed to be his position Mr. Appelt said: -No doubt you think the introdue tion of this bill is a reversal of my po sition and to some extent it is. but I have given the subject considerable thought and I have come to the con elusion that the people are tired of this everlasting ding-donging about the dis pensary and they want the liquor ques tion eliminated from politics. "The fact is. in most of the counties in the State, questions that thould have been discussed in the primary were entirely sidetracked by the ques tion whether or not liquor should be sold under State control. "I have been an ardent supporter of the dispensary system because I be lieved it the practical way of liandling the trailic. In my county it works like a charm and has lessenei the drink habit. -I am now satisfied the only -say to gut the liquor question out of polities is to let the pcoplein the counties say what they want and when they have spoken the matter will be settled. This is good deioeratic doctrine and it will take away from the1 politicians a hobby they now ride in political races. At one time I was doahtful of the advisa bility of putting the liquor question to the peo; le because I fearcd that it could only result in permitting licenses to the large cities to the detriment of the smaller towns, but when I consider the complete failure of tle authorities to enforce the dispensary law in the large cities I feel it would be better to permit some modidcations and provis ions which will have a tendency to put a stop to this defiance of law. I sin cerely believe if we contirue in this failure to enforce the dispensaty in the large cities the evil will grow and reach the smaller towns sooner or later, and eventually make the law a farce. "I am convinced it is against the wishes and interests of the people for the dispensary to remain in politics and I believe the matiagemient of the dispen sary has become a huge political ma chine. What leads me to this belie' is the scene I witnessed upon the floor of the house during the joint cession for election of a m;wber of the State board. It is a notorious fact that dis pensary officials and their fricuds work ed and lobbied for the defeat of a can did-ate for the position; personal ap [eais were-sie~To~ memnbers to vote against the candidate they 'vre oppos iI:!. W hy this .a - donri, not kno x bout I do know it has the: a'-i'Acw of Loo muhi: P di-,s in a bti j s C tin and Lii: gr-p 1 the ! >..c Ii au~d be i. -ti. l fo i. hic.-r ' i d rnd I e 2 ii secd ije quaia n o t': - .u - e for Sentec: Conatead. The presi-dent %-.dies i1 ease t be promnulgated the s..t-ce in th-: e...e e f Jen. Uharles P Exnu T u from the armly and the preside-nt com muted this to six ye-ars susplenlsion from1 duty which covers the remnainder of the time prior te Gen. Eagan's retiremeut in January, 1905. It vwas state-i by the adjutan. general that Gen. Ewau's suspension carries him to within acr days of his retirement u ider the age limit. He will be reinstated ill time to retire with the regular rank and pay provided in such eases.- The sentence of suspension, according to the legal officers of the tiepartment, does not de prive Gen. Eagan of any part of his p::y. but as the seztcee reads "with out'rank and duty" he loses his allow ances, which include commutation of quarters. rations and fuel and his horse allowance- This is quite a large finani cial item. He Disappeared. The Anderson latelligencer says Mr. Thios. E. Watkins, a prominent farmer who lives in Hlopewvell 'l ownship, has mysteriously disappeared. ie went to Anderson on the 27th of Janua-y and left his horse at a livery stable. It is reported that he was at Calhoun Falls the next day. and that he boarded the west bound train on the Seaboard Air Line. Nothing has been heard fromi him. and his family and frienads are very uneasy about hin. N~o cause has We Ar-e M~eat1 Eters. In the eatin -f mea the* I0-i'ed here c-ery yer. r I M iiound to cac erson. 1-i-:e touandl m in pouW Kin inhitnt:1~u\ ' itwa luse no,0l pon ds:~ 1 n e" N o " : --- u y I 5:~ wit~rand 62; 1 *lnum d1: \ tro- Ilunizarv Ci: Russi. P'ortutand Netheriaut'B. 50) iuu-ds eal: l.ai; Caught in a Jungle. i-'d compn - . T'-nd - a iinnry. ar'd a pivat of that -" ny. were killed and it' oter'-:-r BIENIAL SESSIONS. The Matter Taken Up in the House of Representatives. HOW THE MEMBERS VOTED. On Account of a Very Slim At tendance of Members the Matter Was Post poned. In the louse of Representatives on Tuesday of last week. Mr. Sturkie moved to take up the resolution provid ing for biennial sessions and four-year terms for members. His people want ed such legislation. Mr. Blease said the Conttitution pro vided that a two thirds vote of the members elected was necessary to pass the resolution. There were barely two thirds of the members present, and he hoped the matter would be taken up with a larger attendance. The house agreed to take up the resolution. Dr. W'Ie(he said if the General As scrbly did not fritter away its time it need not meet every year; in fact, cbe session every four years would do as well. There was no earthly reason, he could see. for sessioas every year. There was too much work done there whioh ought tobe transact by the county com missioners. lie said members present a bill one year. and next year legislate to chang.e iL around. If the Legislature confiaCs itself to general legislation there will be more than enough time. Local matters should be left to the county commssioners. He thought all c';tv olieers should be elected for. four years, as it would save a great deal of money now 6pent in holding-elec-.. tions. Annual sessions may be bette for the politicians who want to keep themselves before the public. Laws ar*e re-enacted. Laws which have been forgotten are revived simply to do something. General laws should be passed to give the ,people time to get acquainted with the laws. 'Mr. Ashley favored four year terms and bienunial sessions. 3r. Winkler wanted to indefinitely postpone the bili. 3r. Eard appealed to the members to relieve the taxpayers of the $50,000 expenses for a session. The lawyers and solicitors do not have the time to kuow the law, the changes are so fre quent and confusing. Let the people vote on the matter. Mr. Dendy said the resolution would do no good. It is a matter of experi-. ence that wherever biennial sessions are the lIr extra sessions have beeni called. There was no necessity to, change the Constitution. The _ htQ. of _he State has been that &f annui . sssions l- strict attention and-eftd t.!.: out locAl m,:iures the sessions ou-:ht . o to last ove-r thirty days. iTle ''iU to indeilaitely nostpone the re- n-.i was tha renewed, the se -~ea. Baiay B~yhs.Col ek i.D . D-li, Deidy, N. G a m I.iL I nJtm Jones, :d -h II3 - P'mui. 3 B1Rss N ee xs .Wey B'ell, B 13se BIt - Ca 'a Co'serove, Cretan. D)te . E-rid Epps . H. ;n. iijl. [lIff:2y er. Hopkins. H. E. JohaI~soT. WA. J-. Jtihn-on, Man. La M1edra . 31.-Duw, McLLauohlin, 3Miley, M1outgom.-ry. 1u-.s, Prince, Pyatt, George W. R.ichardson, C. E. Robin son. RI. B. A. Rtibieson, 0. P. Sanders, E. L. Sa.;ders. Sawyer, Sha:pe, Sim kins. Sial.er. G. P. Smnith, Jeremiah Smuih sme&khouse. S:evenson. Stro m, Sturki. Threatt. Yarn. Verdier. Wes ton. Whamn. Wilson. Wimberly, WVineo. Wolfe. HI. H. Woodward, M1. B. Woodward. Wycbe. Young -61. Eighty-nine members voted, and eighty-three is the two-thirds' require ment. so ouly six over the entire two thirds' vote were presen:. The house then agreed to- adjourn the debate until there was a fuller at tendcauce. dr. Sturkie on Friday again called up the special order the joint resolution to submzit to the voters of South Carolina the q-iesti'on of biennial sessions. Ir. MIoses said as elections under this bill could not Le eld until the fall of next yea-r he thoughit that the bill ought to be eoutinued until next session. He made a motion to continue the bill. 31. Starie said that this was a ques tionu w hih the people were very much inter-tedi i:, and action should be Si .3 o e x l i e that he thought tha IL matter oughz t to be debated, bI ac ttis session; it would take too mu---me and it was not necessary to ii he :Otnt coine~ was, upon an The bill ~the pasda second read V- 'ley Be'll J. B. Black, Cosmee Cr.o. - rume. Davis, Dow de ra E-ps HI. Hi. Evans, N iry Floyd. Gantt, I en ill, Hlofmeyer, 11 V e-kins. H. E. I .j Jun on, Leverett, o ay.: 3eraw, ~ ,er-on PrLiJce. Pratt, J. W. R d e Richards, G. W. Rich ------ *- e . L. 'ders. '-awy'er, J Lh. N~th 'ethiouse, ITe't Gu. Verdier, oire H. H. Coeok. Dir '6 i2 1101s - t 1,i.2 o th -..