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VOL. XV. MANNING. S. C.q WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1900. NO 39. GETTING ON :SLO)WL Memorial Meeting in Honor of tre Late Governor Ellerbe. A IWO DAYS' HOLIDAY Taken by Both Branches of the Legislature. Very Little Work Done So Far by Either the House nr Senate. After considerable dicussivn 'T ,s day the House of Representatives reduced the salary of the Phosphate Inspector from $1,500 to $1,200. After a long running debate the fol lowing bill regarding convict labor was ;assed to a third reading: The board of directors of the Peni tentiary are hereby authorized and empowered to lease or hire out any con victs in the Penitentiary, except con victs under sentence for murder, rape, arson and manslaughter, under the fol lowing rules, and regulations, and restrictions, with all others imeposed by the said board: That the said board of directors shall make an annual re port to the General Assembly at the regular sessions, showing the number and names of convicts hired out, to whom hired, for what purpose, and for what consideratioc, and the board of directors are authorized to retain for the use of the penitentiary all amounts received by them from the hire or labor of conviets during the current fiscal year: Provided, that the prefer ence shall be given to counties desiring to hire the convicts for work on the publie works of such counties for $4 per month, and the county pay all ex penses of guards, transportation and medical attendance: Provided further, that the county authorities shall have the right to hire such convicts and work them on their chain gangs and pay for them out of funds appropriated for repair and construction of publie high ways. Theyea and nay vote on the final passage of the bill resulted 62 to 42 in favor of the second reading of the bill being ordered. The vote was clinched. A number of new bills were introduced and the House adjourned to Wednes day. There was a spicy debate in the House Thursday over the proposition to take Friday and Saturday holiday. Mr. Magill moved that when "this house adjourns it be to meet Monday at 12 o'clock." Mr. Lockwood moved to amend by making it 8 o'clock at night. The amendment was adopted by a vote of 69 to 20. Mr. C. P. Sanders moved that for Saturday the flouse draw no pay. Fri day is Lee's birthday, a holiday which should be observed. But for Saturday the members 5hoti accept no pay from the State. Mr. Bacot and Mr. Ashley heartily favored the suggestion of Mr. Sanders. Mr. Williams said that there were a umber of members who could not go home Saturday and it would be unfair to them to take their pay from them for an adjournment which they could not help. Mr. Means suggested that those miem bers who were here Saturday appear before the clerk and have their names recorded. They could draw their pay and the absentees could forfeit theirs. M~r. M. B. W'oodward contended that the time had heen frittered away thus far during the session and he was op posed to adjourning until Monday. Mr. Marion wante d to meet at 10:30 . m. friday, Lee's birthday. Mr. Stevenson thought it proper to spend a day in honoring the memory of a hero. but it was not right to use that s an excuse to obtain another holiday. Mr. Marion's amendment was killed, as was Mr. Sanders' amendment to the original motion. The question before the house then was Mr. Lockwood's amendment to Mr. Magill's motion, to assemble Monday at 8 p. m The aye and nay vote was demanded, resulting as follows: Teas-Bacot, Bates, Blease, Blythe, Colcock, Dargan, Dowling, DuQkes, Epps, Estridge, Evans H. HI., Evans N. Q., fairey, Floyd, Gause, Henderson, Hoffmeyer, Johnson H. E., Johnson W. J., Lockwood, Lofton, Magill, Mc Graw, McCullough, Mehrtens, Mitchell, Mobley, Montgomery. Moses, Nettles, Patterson, Pyatt, Ragsdale E. B., Richardson Henry B., Rogers, Sanders E. L. Sawyer, Smith, G. P., Stackhouse Strom, Theus, Thomas W. H , Thomas W. J., Williams, Wilson. Wimuberly, Winkler-47. Nay-The Speager, Ashley. Bailey, Bell, Black, Bolts, Brantley, Browning. Cross, Crum, Davis, Dean, DeBrul, Dendy, Efird, Gantt. Graham, Hollis, Jackson, Leverett, Lyles, Mann. Man ning, Marion, Mauldin, Laban, McCoy, McVil, McL aurin, Me ans. Moss, Peuri fey, Prince, Ragsdale J. W., Richards, Richardson George W., Robinson C. E. Robinson R. B. A., Sanders C. P., Sharpe. Sinkler. Smith Jeremiah, Smith J. L., Stevenson. Suber, Thre att, Varn, Verdier, Verner, West, Weston, Whisonant. Wingo, Woods, Woodward H. H., Woodward M. B., Wyche, Young-s>. The house having refused to adjourn until 8 o'clock Monday night. Mr. Ba cot, moved that when the house ad journs it be until 12 o'clock Monday. This was agreed to by the house and clinched on motion of Mr. Rogers. A number cf those who opposed adjourn ment until S p. m. Monday were standing ia the hall with hat in hand and overcoats on, ready to break for the train and to take a holiday which they had voted against for the house as a body. Mr. W. J. Johuson defended his bill to reduce the rates of transportation to not more than 2} and 3 cents. The railroad people had been given a hear ing before tne committee. while he had been given no hearing. Ho wanted South Carolina to be on ani equal foot ing with her sister State, Georgia. It is unfair for northern stockholders of South Caro'ina roads to demand a larger fare than in Georgia. After some discussion the bill was killed by a vote of 42 to3. This practicaily concluded the work of th day. The hour of noon having i-it u.Corial exercises to the late Goveriur -llerbe were held. It was tjre e years before. at the hour f Shat he first subzcribed to the oath oi ofuice as governor, in the hall where these exercises were to b. held, and just a year previous he had deliv ered in this hall his second inaugural address. A few days later he was con fined to his bed by the disease which wrought his death. Senator Sheppard presided. The governor and state offi cers and members of the supreme court occupied seats on the rostrum. Sena tor Brown introduced suitable resolu tions in memory of the late gorernor and made an address in which the good qualities of the deceased and his success in life were depicted in glow ing words. Addresses were made by Senators Livingston, Aldrich, Hender son and Appelt. On the part of the house by Representatives Moss, Hy drick, 31cCullough, Montgomery and Bacot. The House then adjourned to meet on Monday. IN THE SENATE. On motion of Senator Wallace, the senate agreed that when it adjourned it shouid stand adjourned until Mon day evening at 8 o'clock. The senate then took a recess until five minutes before 12 o'clock, when the body was again called to order by Senator Sheppard. and the senate pro ceeded to the hall of the house of rep resentatives for the memorial exercises. When the senate returned to its chamber. Senator Henderson announced that he had received a telegram from Charleston giving the sad news of the death -f Mrs. Barnwell, wife of Senator Jos. W. Baruwell. He offered the fol lowing resolution of sympathy: Resolved, That the senate has heard with great sorrow of the death of tLe wife of our associate the distingu ished senator from Charleston, Hon. J. W. Barnwell, and we hereby extend our sincere sympathy to Senator Barn well. That the clerk forward a copy nf this resolution to Senator Barnwell. On motion of Senator Brown of Mar: ion, the senate, as a further mark of respect to the memory of the late Goy ernor Ellerbe. adjourned. THREE KILLED IN A ROW. An Ex-Congressman Uses a Pistol With Deadly Effect. Ex-Congressman David G. Colson shot and killed Ethelburt Scott, Luther Demaree and Charles Julian and slight ly wounded James Golden, in the Capitol hotel at Frankfort, Ky., Wed nesday. Scott and Demaree died a] most instantly. Julian was thought to be only slightly wounded, but died at 1:55 p. m., from shock and loss of blood, making the third death. Harry McEweng, of Louisville, also was hit by stray bullets, but not seri ouly wounded. All but Scott were by stanlers and were shot by accident. Colson was shot in the arm, but not seriously hurt. After the shooting he went to the residence of Chief of Police Williams nearby and gave himself up. Later a warrant was sworn out by Clint Fogg, who witnessed the killing. Fogg says Colson shot first. The kill ing occurred in the lobby of the Capitol hotel, which was densely packed with people. Accounts of the killing differ and it is impossible to give details further than while Colson and a party of friends were standing in the southwest corner of the hotel lobby, Scott came in the hotel and when near Colson the firing began. Scott after being shot walked backward toward the stairway looking to the barroom and fell down the stairs, dead, as he reached them. His body rolled over against the bar room door, and as it did, Colonel Col son, who had followed shooting at every step, fired one or more shots in the prostrate from. Decnaree, who was killed in the general fusilade, was shot twice, one ball piercing the he-rt and the other either penetrated the heart or went directly under it. Those in the immediate Colson party decline to talk about the affair, and while it is generally understood that several oth ers were engaged in the shooting, no names are given. Hundreds of people flocked to then scene of the shooting and watched the tragic scenes following the removal of the remains of the dead from the hotel. The mkost profound sorrow exists over the accidental kill ing of Demnaree and Julian and the feeling against Colson among their friends is exceedingly bitter. Colonel Colson has been a prominent figure in Kentucky politics. He served two terms in congress and de clined a nomination at the hands of the Republican party of the Eleventh dis trict in 1S98 in order to accept the colonelcy of the Fourth Kentucky regi ment in the Spanish war. Scott was a lieutenant and Golden was captain of a cavalry troop in Colson's regiment and the trouble which led to the tragedy Wednesday began then. A feud sprang up between Colson and Scott w-hile the troops were in camp in An niston. Ala., and in it is said by Colo nel Colson's friends that Captain Gol den was a warm partisan of Scott. This trouble culminated in the latter shoot ing of Culson by Scott after the regi ment was mustered out. Serious charges and counter charges were made at Washington against each other as of ficers. Scott and Golden were also Re publicans. The death of Julian is most remarkable. He walked to his room unaided. His cousin, Judge Ira Julian, examined the wound and con gratulated him on his escape. Doctors were busy with the dying and Julian waited. He was bleeding to death, however, and when the doctors turned attention to him, he was past recovery. Fifteen shots went home in Wednes day's tragedy. When it is remembered that, so far as known only three revol vers played a part in the duel. it can be seen that the aim was for the most part accurate. Colson's shots were true, but this detracts nothing from the noted skill of Scott, because he emptied his revolve? after several bullets had lodged 'in him. Following is the record of the marksmen: Scott, a bullet in temple, one in throat, two in lungs, two in back. Demaree, t,vo in heart. Julian, bullet in calf right leg. Captain Gol den two bullets in spine. Colson, bullet splintercd left arm from wrist to elbow. Bullets tore his cuffs and sleeves to shreads. Nobody not in line of fire BIENIAL ESSIONS. Proposed for the Legislature by the House of Representatives. HOW EACH MEMBER VOTED. Eighty-three Members Voted for the Measure. While Only Twenty-two Voted Aoainst ii. On Tuesday of last week in the House of Representatives Mr. Efird called up his joint resolution to make the sessions of the General Assembly biennial. The time of the General As sembly, he said, is taken up amending and repealing statutes. The statutez of a general nature are jumbled up and the laws affecting the several counties are at variance. There are only seven or eight States which have annual ses sions of the General Assembly. Just as much could be accomplished in bien nial sessions. The Legislators are pledged to economy, ana the peopl. should be given a chance to say whether they want the Legislature to meet every year or every two years. The bill merely provides for an election on the question of an amendment to the Con stitution. Mr. Peurifoy said he was a member of the House in ISS , 18S7, ISSS and ISS9. The resolution, he said, was nothing new. He said at that time that if the House did not meet in five years it would be better. Formerly the House met late in November and ad journed before Christmas, but you Re form Legi lators meet and remain in session forty days, and there is no more done. Bicnnial seszions are wanted. Mr. Wolfe said that nine-tenths of his biennial constituents favored bien nial sessions. There was now too much legislation. The State is not rich enough to pay for laws of no value. The taxpayers are overburdened. There is a public demand for the measure. Mr. Bacot said that since 1791 down to the rresent time the bill of rights has provided for the 3eneral Assembly to meet frequently. le thought it healthy for the lawmakers to meet fre quently. It is the result of the wis dom of ages. After further discussion a yea and nay vote was ordered, which resulted 83 to 23 in favor of the reso lation. Those who voted against the resolu tion were: Speaker'Gary, Baeot. Bai ley, DeBruld, Evass, Jones, Lofton, Lyles, Magill, Manning, Mauldin. W. L. McLaurin, Mehrtens, Mitchell, Moses, Patton, Ragsdale, Richardson, H. B., Seabrook, West, Williams, Wods-22. Those absent or not voting were: Blythe, Cosgrove, Cross, Dargan, Gads den, Jennings, Simkins, Sin kler, Theus, Varn. Pairs: Weston and Crum. There was some contentio about ex cusing Mr. Weston from voting, but he was finally excused. Mr. McCullough was paired. Mr. Rogers and Mr. Prince said that if they had been in the hall they would have voted yea. The 83 votes adopted the resolution and by the bare "skin of a vote" the House adopted the reselution submit ting the question of biennial sessions to the people for a constitutional amendment. Under the Constitution .it took the eighty.three votes to order the vote on the constitutional question, and the resolution now goes to the Senate hav ing passed the third reading in the House. The advocates of biennial sessions won a decided victory; those voting for the resolution were Messrs. Ashley, Bates, Bell, Black, Blease, Bolts. Brantley, Browning, Caughman, Col cock, Davis, Dendy, Dowling, Dukes, Efird, Epps, Estridge, H. H. Evans, Fairey, Floyd, Gamble. Gantt, Gause, Graham, Henderson, Hill, Hioffmeyer, Hollis, Hopkins, Hydrick, Jackson, H. E. Johnson, WV. J. Johnson, Lev erett, Lockwood, Mann, Marion, Laban Mauldin; McCoy, McCraw, McDill, McLauchlin, Means, Miley. Mobley, Montgomery, Moss, Nettles, Patterson, Peurifoy, Pyatt, J. W. Ragsdale, Richards, G. W. Richardson, C. E. Robinson, R. B A. Robioson, C. P. Sanders,. E. L. .Sanders, Sawyer, Sharpe, G. P. Smith, J. Smith, J. L. Smith, Stackhouse, Stevenson, Strom, Suber, WV. HI. Tnomas, Threatt, Tim terman, Verdier, Verner, Wharton, Whisonant, Wilson, Wimberly, Wingo, Winkler, Wolfe, M. B. Woodward, W H. Woodward. Wyche, Young-83. FoT-RTH-YEAR TERMS DEFEATED. The next resolution was to have a constitutional amendment looking to four year terms for members. Strange to say the fiiends of the biennial ses sion bill were divided on the four-year term idea. Mr. Stevenson thought it a bad idea to have four-year terms. Mr. Efird and Mr. Ashley favored the four-year idea. Capt. Wilson agreed with Mr. Stev enson and did not vote for the f our year term. He voted for the biennial session, but thougzht it best to get the Representatives fresh from the people. Mr. WV. H. Thomas thought it easy enough to say they voted for biennial sessions and at the same time vote for four-year sessions. The two measures must go together. Infrequent elections are just. as good as infrequent sessions of the General Assembly. The friends of the measure already passed should stick to the four year term. Mr. Stevenson said the committee did not think it wise to have four-year terms. It is all a sentimnent to re-elect members. Moss backs would have to be kept here for four years. The House year after year passed the Clemson College resolution, but the Senate defeated it, but ihe was disposed to have men so they could be reached, and new and fresh men from the people put in office. There ought to be one body in close touch with the people. Nr. Stevenson wanted the House and the Executive elected together and ia harmony. Tfhs Senate has at least half the members in harmony with the people, half the members being elected A yea and nay vate was then ordered on the resolution looking to a four year membership, and as only seventy members voted for it-although a de cided majority of those voting-the motion was lost, as it was held that un der the Constitution a two-thirds vote of all members elected must vote for any such resolution to insure its sue cCSs. MURDER AND SUICIDE. An Awful Deed of a Georgia National Bank Cashier. On Wednesday morning J. W. Mur phy, eashier of the Third National Bank of Columbus, Ga., shot and in stantly killed J. W. Shutze, the paying teller of the same bank, and then blew out his own brains. Murphy was unusu ally depressed and blue Wednesday morning. He went to the bank early and talked for over an hour with Presi dent G. Gunby Jordan. During this conversation it was decided that Mur phy was to accompany Mr. Jordan to Atlanta Wednesday afternoon for treat ment. Murphy agreed to accompany Mr. Jordan and informed him that he would step down to his home and see his wife and would make her make preparations for his departure. Mr. Murphy after leaving Jordan started for the rear end of the bank and stopped at Shutze's desk and made some jocular remark to him. He then akcd Sbutz- for a sharp pencil, Shutze did not have one, but said he would get him one. At this juncture one of the bank clerks spoke up and said that he had a pencil and handed it to Mur phy. Shutze paused a moment. Mur phy, who had by this time reached the directors' private room turned and beckoned Shutze to follow him. Shutze responded quickly and in a moment both gentlemen disappeared into the private room and the key was heard to turn in the lock. In about two minutes three shots were heard in the room one, a short pause and then two in rapid succession. President Jordan fortunately had a key to the outside, or street door of the directors' room and gained an entrance. The sight that met his eyes was a hor rible one. Shutze, whom he had seen only ten minutes before sitting at his desk in the bloom of health and man bood was sitting in a chair by his type writer, his left hand in an open drawer clutching a sheet of writing paper, his head thrown back on the chair, cold in death, with a bullet hole through his temple and the brains slowly oozing out of the frightful wound. About five ',et from Shutze lay Marphy face downward with two bullet holes through the roof of his mouth and his life blood slowly oozing away. From Shutze's position it is evident that he had no forewaraing of what was to happen. He knew that-Murphy and himself had been the best of friends and little did he dream that when he was called into that room that the sum mons was that of death. Since Mur phy has been in such feeble health it has been Shutz.'s custom to write all of his letters for him and the supposi tion is, that when the two entered the room, it was with the intention of at tending to some correspondence. Shutze had taken a seat before his typewriter desk, opened the drawer to his left ano was in the act of removing a sheet of :aper from the drawer when Murphy ired a bullet from 38- calibre, Smith & Wesson revolver, into his right temple. t is evident that Shutze never moved. Eis blood and brains oozed down into is lap and on to the floor, his head fell ack and he was dead. The resolver was evidently placed very close to his emple, as a place as large as a silver ollar on his temple was burned black. n an instant after firing the shot into Shv'ze's brain, the supposition is that ~urphy placed the revolver inside of is own mouth and fired two shots, ompletely tearing away the roof of his outh, causing instant death. The loor under Murphy's prostrate body was strewed with blood and brains, and t is evident that he did not move a uscle after he fell. Columbus is ushed in silence and the city mourns he death of Murphy and Alderman Shutze. A Minister Robbed. The Greenville Times says the Rev. W. H. Wharton, a well known minister f the up-country, retired Thursday ight at the usual hour and up to 1 >clo.,k enjoyed a peaceful sleep. About hat hour he was awakened by a noise n his room, and when he investigated he cause from his upright position in ed he saw a man taking an inventory f the contents of his trunk. He arose nd approached the thief and was met with the remark that all the ready cash he had must be given np. The minis ter told the amount he had in the room and the thief replied that he already ad it in his possession. The midnight caller seeing nothing else he wanted ooly drew a pistol and pointed it at he minister and in a cool deliberate manner made his exit, going via the oor he came in. When the sudden nd unpleasant ordeal was over Mr Wharton found that his overcoat and gold watch and chain was gone, pre smably with the thief. Search was made Friday morning for information oncerning the unknown man but no suh could be had. Criminal Careleness. A dispatch to the Columbia State ays Jack Thomas accidentally shot and killed George McCall. There were no itnesses to the shooting. Both par ties were Negroes and were the best of riends. The verdict was to the effect hat the shooting was accidental and the prisoner was liberated. The Ne groes were trading pistols. Thotnas, hinking he had removed all of the artrid ges from his revolver, began to snap it. It was discharged and Mc Call was struck just above the heart th a 3S-calibre ball. Death was in stantaneous. Thomas is a highly re spectable Negro, and his regret of the ccident is genuine. GoocTJuries. While newspaper men and ministers are exempt from jury diuty, they are not disualified and may serve if drawn, The commissioners of Greenville put the names of ministers and newspaper men in the box and some were drawn for jury duty. Supervisor Speegle said that the commissioners put into the box the names of preachers and newspaper men because they wanted good juries and added that the intellect BROAD TIRE BILL. Passed by the State Senate by a Large Majority HOW THE SENATORS VOTED. Nearly Two-Thirds of Them Favor the Good Roads Measure. Full Text of the Bill as It Passed. The Broad Tire Bill was fuhy dis cussed in the State Senate on Wednes day and finally passed by a very large majority. Senator Ragsdale moved to strike out the enacting words and spoke to his motion in opposition to the bill. Al though the supervisor of his county, Fairfield, had endorsed the bill, he said the sentiment among the men who use wagons was against it. Fairfield is a hilly county and the wagon owners say the wide tire wheels will slip off the hills. Senator Sarratt opposed the bill on very much the same ground3 as did Senator Ragsdale. He thought the wide tires would not work on roads in his county. Senator Appelt said he would not vote against the bill but would ask for Clarendon to be exempted. Senator Bowen thought the bill would be a hardship on Pickens. Senator Mayfield took the floor and began by saying the roads in Pickens were the finest in the southern states. The present road law ii modeled after the Pickens idea. He was raised in the county adjoining Pickens, and as a boy had worked on the roads there. The United States department had sent a commissioner to Pickens who highly complimented the roads. Tbe'saw mill wagons had broad tires and he had never seen or heard of any of them slipping into the gulleys. In late years he had lived in the low country and had no ticed the advantage of broad tires on sandy roads. They were good for both clay and sand roads. In sand, the wide tires packed the road. lie de tailed the work of investigation by the Clemsoun authorities which ne had wit nessed. The read taken for experi ment was the worst in his section and all who saw it afterwards agreed that the broad tires were good. All timber wagons, traction engines and vehicles for heavy loads use broad tirts. Driv ers would always hitch up a wagon with broad tires in preference to one with narrow tires. He favored the bill be cause it would help the country to have good roads. The country could not have macadam or telford roads but could have good dirt roads and wide tires would pack the roads. Senator Hough of Lancaster said the people of his county also opposed the bill but he would vote for it because he thought it a good bill and the opposi tion was because the people did not un derstand what a benefit it would be. There are no broad tires ia use in his county. Senator Connor of Orangeburg thought the use of wide tires would not build good roads but would only aid in preserving the roads. Hie doubted if the bill would be operative, though he did not know that he would vote against it. Senator Manning was surprised at some of the statements which had been made in opposition. Scientific tests show that on all soils the broad tire has lighter draught. At the last session this was admitted as to all soils except sand and the experiments made during the year at Bamberg had proved it true in regard to sand also. The bill is a plain, simple one. There is nothing drastic in it and it gives ample time for the introduction of broad tires. It can do no harm. If any one engaged in hauling would once use wide tires he would never go back to the narrow. He lived in a andy country, and his hands always preferred the broad tires. The passage of this law would introduce the wide tire. Seniator Henderson favored the bill, but did not think counties ought to be exempted as such a law would not have any good effect. The senate may as well meet the subject fairly and squarely. Senator Mauldin, the author of the bill, took the floor. He gave his per sonal experience. He had had more to do with hauling than any other man on the floor. In the war he had been a uartermaster and all wh.o knew him knew he had some knu dledge of haul ing. He had since the sar had experi ece in hauling heavy loads in the lum ber and turpentine business in the low country and had also lived in Greenville and Anderson and knew the roads up there. Not only the scientific were on his side but the practical men who arc building roads in this State. lie read an extract from the Edgefield super visor's letter endorsing wide tires. He ad favorable letters from supervisors of counties whose senators opposed the bill. The supervisors ought to know as much about roads as the senators, and if the counties hadI vot elected su pervisors who knew something about reads they had made a mistake. In reference to pleasure vehicles, he said they did not cut the roads. As to wagons ulpping from roads, there was o excuse for such conditions as would permit this. rhe United States gov ernment uses wide tires, and so do all1 States which are trying to build good~ roads. They are used in France. As to the constitutional question in regard to section 1, he said the lawyers might have to settle that, but it would not make much difference if this were left out. Senator Graydoin z~id t!t ,vithout reflecting on counties whose s*onators were opposing the bili, he represented a progressive county which was endeav oring to have good roads, and Abbe vile's supervisor heartily endorsed wide tires, as any must do who has seen them tried. They were helpful to stock also. The vote to strike out the enacting words was then taken with the follow ing result: Yeas-Bowen, Dennis, Hay, Mower, Sarratt, Sanland, Suddath, Walker, Wallace-9. Blakeney. G W Brown, W A Brown, Connor, Crosson, Douglass, Glenn, Graydon, Gruber, Henderson, Hough, lidertop, Love, Manning Marshall, Mauldin, Mayfield, McDermott, Shep pard, Sullivan, Talbird, Waller, Williams-26. Senator Ragsdale. who would have voted aye, announced a pair with Sena tor Livingston, who would have voted no, if present. The absentees were: Senators Aldrich, Dean, Livingston and Barnwell. Senator Appelt moved to amend by exemption of the counties of Claren don, Oconee, Berkeley, Georgetown, Dorchester, Laurens, Kershaw, Pick ens, Florence, Horry and Chesterfield. After some discussion the amendment was rejected by a vote of 19 to 12. Senator Appelt then moved to strike out the enacting words of the bill ae amended with the following result: Yeas-Alexander, Appelt, Bowen, Connor, Dennis, McDermott, Mower, Sarratt, Sheppard, Stanland. Saddath, Wallace.--12. Nays-Archer, Blakeney, G. W. Brown. W. A. Brown, Crosson, Doug lass, Glenn, Graydon, Gruber, Hender son Houge Ilderton, Love, Manning, Marshall, Mauldin, Mayfield, Sullivan, Talbird, Walliams. Wallace.-21. Senator Ragsdale announced his pair with Senator Livingston, who was ab sent, but who would have voted -no if present. Those absent were Senators Aldrich, Barnwell, Dean, Hay, Livingston and Walker. The bl was then ssfe-by a vote of 21 to 12 and was accordingly passed. The bill as it passed will be found in another column. COTTON MILL LEGISLATION. Considered by the Education Commit tee of the Senate. The Marchall-King's Daughters bill, preventing the employment of children under 12 years old in cotton mills, came up Tuesday zfternoon before the committee on education of the Senate. It had been previously announced that any parties interested would be given a hearing. J. L. Orr and L. W. Parker, of Greenville; Mr. Hickman, oflGranite ville, and Leroy Springs, of Lancaster, appeared before the committee in op position to the bill. Col. James L. Orr .as the chief spokesman for the mill nea. He referred to the fact that the most cordial relations now existed be tween mil' men and operatives, and that no legislation was needed on any mill question now. The mill men had no objection to a law limiting the age, provided it was made compulsory tha! the childrel be educated. Mill owners themselves did not want to employ such labor, but since the parents would not send them to school it was best to em ploy them in the mills and keep them out of mischief, such as breaking win dow glasses and other fragile property about the mills. The operat.ves them selves wanted their children employed, and if it was not given them they would take themselves and families to North Carolina, where they could secure em ployment. This would disorganize labor in this State. It was further stated that mill owners have been negotiating with owners in North Car olina to cease employing children 12 years old unless they 'had previouly been to ehool. Unless both States acted in unison on the subject any law like the proposed one would be an in jury to the mill interests of the State. Other gentlmen briefly spoke, emphasiz ing the points made by Col. Orr. The committee tied when a vote was taken and the bill will be reported back with out recommendation. Those voting for the bill were Senators Marshall, Mauldin and W. A. Brown; those against it Senators Graydon, Brown, of Darlington, and Henderson. Killed Himself and Family. Martin Bergen, the catcher of the Boston baseball team of the National league, killed his wife and two children and couanitted suicilec at his home in Brook field, Mass.. Friday. An axe was the implement used in taking the life of Mrs. Bergen and one of the children, while a razor was employed to cut the throat of the other child. a little girl. and of the man himself. It is thought the action was due to insanity. It has been suspected for some time that Ber was a victim of mental derangement. The tragedy was discovered by the neighbors, who found the body of Ber-' gen and the little girl lying on the kitchen floor. Deep cuts in the throat of the child and its father showed how death had been inflicted and a blood stained razor lay nearby. Further investizations showed that Mrs. Ber gen and the little boy also had been killed. Their bodies lay upon a bed in the chamber and nearby was an axe covered with blood. The head of both the woman and the child had been crushed by the blunt end of the axe and presented horrible wounds. Bergen was 29' years of age. His wife was 'of about the sameL age. the little girl was S or 9 years old and the boy a little younger. Dire Famine in India. A dispatch from Calcutta says the council Fiiday considered the famine situation. The oilicial estimates show the cost to the government oif the re lief works, etc., to the end of March will be 40,000,000 rupees. About 22, O000,000 per.-ons are now -affected in British territory and abut 27,000,O000 in the native States. The viceroy, Lord Curznm of Kedles ton, said that the famine area had ex padded, surpassing the worst fears and they were now facing a cattle, water and food scareity of a terrible charac ter. About 3,250.000Q persons, he con tinued, were alre-ady receiving relief. While in 1897 the world shared In dia's sorrow and contributed hundreds of thou-ands of pounds towards the re lie-f fund, the n:ecroy pointed out, In dia now would have to strumgle alone, for the thouzhts of every E-nglishman in the world were centered on South Africa. It would be the duty of the government to pursue the task of say ing millions of lives and it would spend its last rupee. if necessary to do so. Seeking Mill Hands. Sheriff Geireath, of Greenville Coun ty, ree-:ived a telegram Wednesday from Lonsd-ale, Rhode Island, notify ing him of the expected arrival there of agents to secure factory hands for that place. where a strike is raging. The sheriff will tromptly arrest any such agent ndelr the stA laws THE BROAD TIRE BILL. The Full Text of The Act as It Passed the Senate. Whereas the use over the public highways of the State of the narrow tire wagons now in general use is in jurious to said highways and against the public welfare; therfore, Be it enacted by the general assem bly of the State of South Carolina: Section 1. That after January 1st, 1901, it shall be unlawful for any per son or persons, firm or corporation, to sell or otherwise dispose of for use upon the highways or public roads in this State, any wagon having less width of tires than below specified, viz: On all wagons having standard iron or steel axles, not exceeding one and three eighths inches, tupular axles not ex ceeding one and seven-eights inches, or thimble-skein axles not exceeding two and one.eighth inches, the width of the tires shall not be less than two inches; on all wagons having standard iron or steel axles exceeding one and three eights inches, but not exceeding one and five-eights inches, tubular axles exceeding one and seven-eighth, inches but not exceeding two and one-eighth inches, or thimble-skein axles exceed ing two and three-eighths inches, but not exceeding two and three-fourths inches, the width of tires shall not be less than thre, and one-half inches. On all wagons having standard iron or steel axles exceeding one and five eights inches, hut not exceeding two inches, tubular axles exceeding two and one-eighth inches, but not exceed ing two and five-eighths inches, or thimble-skein axles exceeding two and three-fourths inches, but not exceeding three and one-fourth inches, the width of tires shall be not less than four inches. On all wagons having standard iron or steel axles exceeding two inches tubular axles exeeding two and five eights inches, or thimble-skein axles exceeding three and one-fourth inches, the width of tires shall be not less than four and one-half inches. See. 2. That from and after the pas sage of this act and until January 1st, 1903, any prrson who produces a cer tificate of the township b'ard of asses sors, or a majority of them, to the effect that such person owrs and habit ually uses at least one road vehicle with tires not less than four inches in width, shall be exempt from road duty and from the payment of a commuta tion road tax: Provided. That the pro visions of this seetion shall not apply to log carts or log wagons. Sec. 3. That after January 1st, 1904, it shall be unlawful for any per son or persons to use upon the public highways of this State, or any part thereof, any wagon having tires of less width than specified in section 1 of this act: Provided, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to plasur vehicles, nor to the use of parts of the public highways by any person or per sons in transporting any crops or pro ducts from one part to another of their premises: Provided, Further, That all wagons now in use, or that may be in use January 1st, 1904, of less width than above designated may be used until worn out. " k See. 4. That the violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed, and is hereby declared, to be a misdemeanor, and the offender, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $5 or not more than $15, or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days. Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of all county supervisors and members of county boards of commissioners to see that the provisions of this act are properly enforced, and to prosecute all violations thereof. To Refund Cotton Money. The Southern Senators express them selves as hopeful over the prospects of securing legislation during the present session of congress looking to the re funding of money paid into the treas ury of the United States soon after the civil war as the result of the sale of cot ton captured by the Federal forces. There was originally abornt $30,000,000 of this money, but a portion of it was paid' to the owners of the cotton soon after the close of the war. The re mainder was left in the treasury and has remained there ever since. Sena tor Money, who is giving especial at tention looking to the re->pening of the subject, says that the sum left amounts to about $11,000.000. A bill intro duced by Senator Davis, gives one year additional time for proof of such claims before the court of claims. It has been favorably reported by the senate com mittee on claims, and Senator Money thinks the outlook very good for favor able action. Most of the claims are held in the Southern States. Showing Up a Renegade. The United States senate committee on finance had under consideration Thursday the nomination of _W. D. Bynum to be general appraiser of merchandise at New York. The Democratic members of the com mittee continued their opposition to the nomination, contending that Mr. Bynumu is not a Democrat and that his nomination as such is an evasion of the law. After a general exchange of opin ion, it was decided that the Democrats should have time to adduce proof of Mr. Bynum's Republi:anism. A True Test. One of Moody's favorite stories was about a converted miser to whom a neighbor in distress appealed for help. The miser decided to prove the genu ineness of his conversion by giving him a ham. On his way to get it the tempter whispered, "Give him the smallest one you have." A nmental struggle ensued, and finally the miser. ook down the largest ham he had. 'You are a fool," the devil said, and the farmer replied, "If you don't keep still i'll give him every ham in the smoke-house!" Gen. Wheeler's Returu. G-en. Wheeler started for home from the Philippines last week. 'u ar de part ient officials have little to say re garding Gen. Wheeler's return. The order had been given some time ago, but whether it was the result of an alication from him could not be re called. It was gathered that Gen. :is had not been able to find a place in the field satisfactory to Gen. Whee ler, who had no mind for service in TIIE TOBACCO TRUST. North Carolina Tobacco Growers Will Fight It. BACKED BY CAPITALISTS Who Agree to Take the Entire Crop at an Advance of Fifteen Per Cent Over Old Prices. The tobacco growers of North Care lina met at Raleigh on Thursday in State convention, for the purpse of formulating some definite and feasible plan for fighting the American Tobacco company. After discussing the various plans suggested, the convention Thursdy morning adopted a contract whereby they are not to sell the American To bacco company a pound of their leaf tobacco for the next five years. The contract in part is as follows: "We agree to enter into a contract with J. F. Jordan and his associates to sell to them our tobacco raised dar ing the next five years at an advance of not less than 15 per cent. over .the prices of the same grade of tobacco during the last five years, said price to be fixed by a commission, a majority of whom shall represent the seller. "We farther agree to take stock with said Jordan and his associates, a cor poration which shall be formed for the purpose of manipulating and disposing of said tobacco. If we make default in this agreement in any particular we agree to forfeit to said corporation the said stock so taken. "And we further recommend for our mutual benefit that the farmers of North Carolina reduce their crop at least 25 per cent below the past year's production. We invite the co-opers tion of Virginia, South Carolina and other sections which grow bright tobac Co.," This is merely a preliminary agree ment between the convention and the capitalists who are backing the fight against the American Tobacco compa ny. The contract will be submitted to individual farmers forapproval. When 90 per cent of them have agreed to it another State convention will be held. The final contract then adopted will also be referred back to the individual farmer for his approval. If signed by 90 per cent of them it will be binding and become operative at once. All the 30 principal tobacco growing counties of the State were represented by delegates in this convention and a number of representatives were there from Virginia. An effort is being made to arrange a joint convention of North Carolina and Virginia tobacco men with a view' to securing the co-operation of all tobacco growers in the two States. Bryan on Republicanim. Col. W. J. Bryan addressed an audi ence of 5,000 at Cincinnati Wednes day under the auspices of the Cin cinnati Bimetallic coun~cil He said that the time had come when no far mer or laborer could afford to be a.Re publican. He said that party had entirely changed front. As to drop ping the money question he said that there was no man in this nation big enough to let that question fall in such a way to break it. He argued that monopolies could be stopped by Con gress. He~ discussed the defenses of the Philippine policy and was very severe on the theory that the posses sion of the Phillippines would pay. He said: "I would not put the life of one American soldier on the auction block for all the gold and all the wealth of thie Philippines." Fell Nine Stories. Two men were killed and thrse possi bly fatally injured in the falling of an elevator Thursday in the storage ware house of O'Reilly Bros., One Hundred and Twenty-third streetand St. Nicho las avenue, New York. The dead are Michael McLean, aged 22; Patrick Leddy, aged 27. The elevator was at the ninth floor and had just been loaded with five wheelbarrows filled with brick. There were five men aboard. & cable broke and the elevator drop ped 140 feet to the basement with frightful rapidity, and was crushed to spinters. Oa the way down it tore out the brick partitions and loosened the iron counterbalance weights, which, falling on the elevator, killed the men. A Baby in the Well. A special dispatch from Roek Hill to the Columbia State says on Thurs day a colored girl, drawing water from a well in a vacant lot in the rear of the Presbyterian church, found a bag caught on the bucket when it was drawn up. She called a p-isserby and upon investigation found the contents of the bag to be a bright mulatto child. - The police are at work and have already found a clue, which they will pursue. Thre is considerable talk of the affair, the most serious aspect of which,- in the opinion of the publce, is the con tamination of the water of a publia drinking place. Wheeler Has Resigned. Gen. Wheeler announces his plans in a private letter received by Tax Comn missoner Wood of Fiorence, Ala. From Luzon, Dec. 2, the general writes he exj,eets to leave in a few days and will devote himself here to push sirg school and land legislation for the PailippineCs through co ngress. He says: "I could not have left hero while the campaign was on without be ing subjected to severe criticism. I have resigned my position in the army." Dies From Faith Cure. A post mortem examination held upon Ester H. Hocking, two years old, of Jhicago has developed the fact that the child died from measles while un der the treatment of Elde Carbon, a disciple of Dowle, the faith cure preacher. The other ehildren of Hock ing's suffering with scarlet fever are being healed by Carbon, and it is said their father has refused-to call a physt a. Hocin is a plumber by trade.