The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, February 27, 1901, Image 4

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LIST OF NEW ACTS Passed by the Legislature at Its Recent Seasior'. NONE VERY IMPORTANT. Re ad it Over Carefully and Then File It Away for Future Reference. The work of the General Assembly, which has just adjourned, is best shown in the compact list of acts that were en acted by the lawmakers. Last year there were 178 acts and resolutions enacted into law. This year there were not as many acts and resolutions passed, the total number being 152. In order that the work may be more readily grasped and understood the list of ratified acts has been divided up into groups, which ecver the main features of the legislation. It will be seen that most of the legislation this year, as usual, referred to petty county matters, raising the salary of a .county officer or providing for some insignificant road work. Then there is a large instalment of acts that refer to special schools. where authority of law is given for the erection of a School building, the bor rowing of money for this work or the changing of the law as to the election of the trustees. A great many of the measures refer to claims that were pre sented, and a glance will show that there were precious few bills of a gen eral character that were enacted into statutorylaw. The greater part of the work of this session would be covered on a negative sheet by shoeing what was not enacted into law. The list of ratified acts will be of gen eral interest at the closing up of the General Assembly for 1901. The acts and joint resolutions are as follows: TAXATION. A joint resolution to extend the time for the payment of taxes for the year 1900. An act to require owners of real pro perty situate partly within and partly without an incorporated town or city to list the part in the town or city separ ately from the part outside, and provid ing penalty if it is not done. A joint resolution to require county treasurers to refund penalties on taxes paid after 31st Daceipber, 1900. An act to ratify the amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Carolina, to be known as "Article I of amendments to the Constitution," to authorizij the General Assembly to pro vide by law for the condemnation and equitable assessment of lands for drain age purposes. Judiciary committee: An act to ratify the amendment to Section 7, Article VIII, of the Constitution relat ing to municipal bonded indebtedness. An act to provide uniformity and equality in the assessment of property returnable for taxation by persons, firms or corporations engaged in textile industries and canals, providing power for rent or hire, and cotton Eeed oil companies and fertilizer companies. An act to amend Section 4 of An act entitled "An act to fur.her provide for the return and assessment of uroperty for taxation, approved the 2d day of March, A. D. 1897, so as to make town ship assessors equalizers as well as as sebsors of property. An act to make appropriations to meet the ordinary expenses of the State Government for the fiscal year com mencing January 1, 1900. FEDEBAL RELATIONs. Mr. Sinkler: An act to grant to the City Council of Charleston, and its suc cessors, the title and interest of the State to certain lands in Charleston County, for the purpose of a naval sta tion. Judiciary Committee: An act vacat ing Beach avenue, inthe town of Moul trneville, Sullivan's Island, 8;uth Car olina, and ceding to the United States for military purposes the title of this State to and the jurisdiction of this -State over certain lands now occupied by Central and Beach avenues, Moul * trieville, Sullivan's Island, South Car Mr. Thompson: An act to give con sent by the State of South Carolina to the acquisition by the United States of such lands as may be needed for the establishment of a national forest re serve in said Stat. THE EXPOSITION ACT. Mr. Barniell: An act to provide *for a building and a State exhibit at the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition, and to make an appropriation for the same. OURTS AND JURIES. Mr. Mower: An act to validate the drawing of all jurors for the year 1901. Mr. Bivens: An act to amend an act entitled "An sotto amend Section 18 of the Code of Civil Procedure, fixing the times for holding Courts in the 1st judicial circuit," approved February 19, 1898, so far as Dorchester County is coneerned. A joint resolution to authorize the State librarian to furnish the Chief Justice and the Associate Justices and the Circuit Judges of this State each with a, copy of the repra of the code commissioner, made in pursuance of Section 5 of Article YI of the Constitu tion of this State. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend Sectiou 21 of the Code of Civil Precedure,being Section 21 of Part I, Title III, Volume It of the Revised Btatutes, as to the time of holding Courts in the 4th circuit," approved the 26Jh day .of 'January, 1897, so as to abolish the provision for theJune term of the Court of General Sessions for the counties of Horry and Chesterfield. Mr. Wells: An act to amend an act entitled "An act to fix the time for holding the Courts of the 3d judicial An act to amend Section 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure of this State, relat ing to the juridiotion of the Supreme Court. Mr. McGowan: An act to require all the Courts of this State to take jadicial notice of the laws and ordinances of any town or city in this State when the same shall be certified to by the clerk or other officer of the town or city, un der the seal of ti e municipal corpora tion wherein such laws and ordinances as are or were of force. An act to provide for the empanelling of the jurors in the Courts of Common Pleas, and to prescriba the manner in which civil actions and issues ordered by the Court shall be tried. An act to further regulate the draw ing and service of grand jurors. An act to amend Section 9 of an act entitled "an act to provide the organ isation of the Supreme Court, to define its powers and jarisdiction, and to pro vie for the appointment of its efficers, And to define their duties," approved the 6th day of January, A D. 1896, in relation to the reporter and rcports. An sot to amend Section 6 of an act entitled "an act to fix the time for holding the Circuit Courts in the 8&h judicial circuit," approved Februsry 27, 1899. COUNTY AFFAIRS. An act to authorize and direct the com missioners of the sinking fund to lend fund to the county board of commission' ers of Marlboro County,-to pay for build ing a new jail for said county, and tc author ize said board to pass a special taB levy to secure the payment of the same. An act to amend Section 2 and 3 of an act entitled "an act to repeal an 'act to atolish the office of Master of Kershaw County and re establish said cffice of Master," approved December 20, A D. 1893, by requiring him tc enter into bond and exercise all the duties now devolved by law upon Mas ters, and receive the compensation and fees'of said office. An act to amend an act to amend Section 1 of an act entitled "an act to provide compensation for the member. of the township commissioners so as to fix the mileage of the chairman of said commissioners of Beaufort County at five cents per mile going and coming.' Ar act to amend an act entitled "an act to amend an act entitled "an act to provide for the establishment of a new school district in Marlboro County, and to authorize the levy and collection of a local tax therein," approved Decem ber 24, 1888 An act to enable the commissioners of the sinking fund to lend funds to the County of Barnwell to pay for build ing a fire troof rerository for the records of said county. A joint resolution authorizing and requiring the county a board of com missioners of Clarendon County to have thoroughly investigated the present condition of and the workings of the public offices of Clarendon County for the past ten years. A joint resolution to authorize and require the State Treasurer to pay to the county treasurer of Dorchester County $225 for commissions paid for the State by said county. An act to authorize and empower the county board of commissioners of Ker shaw County to sell the jail, lots and buildings owned by said county and to purchase another site for the same. An act to amend Section 1 of an act entitled "an Act to prescribe and fix the fees of physicians for post-mortem ex aminations at coroner's inquest," ap proved 25th February, 1896, by making same act apply to Barnwell and Wil liamsburg counties heretofore ex empted. An act to make the salary of the magistrate and constable at Williston, in Barnwell County, the same as that paid to the magistrate and constable at Barnwell Court House and Blackville, in the same county. An act to repeal an act entitled "an act to amend Section 1 of an Act enti tied 'an act to provide for a salary to the register of mesne conveyances of Greenville County, and to require fees ror recording, to be co loted and paid to the county treasurer,' approved De eember 19, A, D. 1892, so as to reduce the salary of said officers to or e thous and dollars, and so as to add a section to said act, to be known as Section 3, providing a salary for the clerk of Court f Clarendon County, and to further regulate his duties.' " approved 9th day a February, 1900, so far as the said act relates to Clarendon County, and to restore fees. An act to repeal so much of an act etitled "an act to declare and regulate the fees of clerks of the Courts of Dommon Pleas and General Sessions in this State, and to provide a salary in ieu and instead of costs and fees in riminal cases, as relates to Hampton ard Marion counties." approved the 3M day of March, A. D. 1899, and' to estore fees. An act to amend Sections 1 and 3 of an act entitled "an act to amend an act entitled "an aat to pr ovide for the ounty government of the various counties of this State, app-oved the 6.h day of March, 1899,"! approved 19ah day of February, 1900, abolishing town ship commissioners in York County and increasing compensation for county commissioners of said~county, and pro. viding mileage for county commis sioners of Florence County and addi tional compensation for supervisor of Union County, and relating to the com pensation and duties of the supervisor and commissioners in Orangeburg County. An act to to amend a certain portion of Dorchester and Clarendon counties from the general stce'l law during cer tain months. An act to repeal so much of an act en titled "an act relatin'g to the fees and salaries of the county officers of the sev eral counties of this State as relates to Marion County and Newberry County," approved the 19th day of February, A. D. 1900. An act to amend an act entitled "an act to amend an act entit'ed 'an act tc provide for the county goverment of the various counties of the State,' " ap proved 19th February, 1900, with re gard to the county government of the counties of Sumter and Marlboro. STATE CVLLEGES. An act to further amend Section 1, 114 of the Revised Statutes, relating tc the powers of the board of visitors of the South Carolina Military Academy. An act to provide for. the completion of the Winthrop Normal and Industrial College of South Carolina. and tc furnish it and to appropriate money f o for the same. An act to provide for the erectiot and furnishing of a steward's hall at the South Carolina College. An Act to remit fees to teachers at tending the special courses for teachers at the South Corolina College. PENITENTIARY. A joint resolution authorizing the board of directors of the Penitantiary to furnish book cases for books used at the Penitentiary. An act to authorizs and r,:quire the superintendent of the State Peniten tiary to hire convicts to the several 3ounties to work on the public high ways, and not to hire them out for farming purposes. NEW BOARDS AND OEFICERs. An act to create a State board of entomology, to define its powers and prescribe its duties and provide for the inspecion of fruit trees, vineyards and vegetable farms, to prevent contagious dsaases and destroy destructive inects in orchards, vireyards and other places in this State. An act to author:zi and empower the board of trustees of Clemson Col lege to promulgate and enforce rules and regulations-for the guidance of the veterinarian of' Eaid College, in the treatment or destruction of animals affected with contagious diseases. An act to provide for the appoint nent and compensation of a State geolo ELECTRIC LIGET8 AND CITY PLANTS. An act to amend Section 3 of an act entitled "An act to authorize all cities a system of water-works and eteotrt lights. and to issue bonds to meet th cost of same," approved 2d day o March, 1896, requiring board of oom I missioners of public works to report t council and limiting their lower, An act to provide for lighting th Stte House and other public buildings FISH AND TERRAPIN. A lill to amend "An act to regulate the catching, gathering, sale, extort o canning of oysters, clams and terrapins to declare the law in reference theret and to abolish the cffi:e of terrapin in spector, as herein provided." approve the 19th day of February, A. D. 1900 CHARTERS AND CORPORATIONS An act to incorporate the board v visitors of the Thornweil Orphanage, a Clinton, Snth Carolina. An act to provide for the election o directors, trustees or managers of al corporations in South Carolina, and ti carry out the provisions of Section 1 of Article IX of the Constitution o the State oF South Carolina in refer ence to accumulative voting of stock. An act to amend an act entitled "Ai act to grant certain powers to th Bishop ,nd standing committee of th Protestant Episcopal Church for th diocese of South Carolina," approve February 20, 1880, and to substitute i their place another board of trustees. An act to provide for the collectios of ccrtain fees by the Secretary o State. An act to amend Seetioni 1 and 4 o an act entitled "An act to incorporate the A. R, P. Orphanage, and prescrib the duties and powers of the board o trustees thereof,' approved 1st March 1899, empowe ring the board of trustee to change the name and ice city of the orphanage. An act to incorporate the Seigle Mills Company. An act in relation to the renewal an extension of the charteis of all corpor tions, (railr~ad, railway, turnpike an' canal corporations excepted) inc rpora ted by special acts, whose enarters hav not expired. An act declaring the legal status o shars of stock in manufacturing oor porations. An act to regulate the issue of prefer red stock to corporators. RAILROADS. A joint resolution to declare correc reading of Section 7 of an act entitles "An act to provide f.r the aisessmen for taxation of railroad property whiol has been off the tax books for the year in which they have been off the book and to fix the time when such taxe shall became due, and for the collectioi thereof," approved the 19.h day o February, A D. 1900. An act to require t'e railroad con mission to fix rates of storage to b charged by railroad comFanies in thi State, to prescribe regulation for charg ing the same and to prescribe how sni shall be brought for overcharges, an' to fix the measure of recovery and t regulate the freight charges on melons An act to vaiidate and confirm th original bonds and all renewals there of, known as railroad bands, amountini to seventy-five thousand dollars, issue' by L aurens County, pursuant to an ele tion held in said cunty on 7th day o June, 1881, un ler the provisionof an ac entitled "An act to authorize the fer.na tion of and to incorporate the Greenvill and LaurensRail'road Company, "appra~ ed Feb. 14. 1878, as samnded by an so entitled "An act to amend an act entiti ed' An act to authoriz ithe formatiol and to incorporate the Greenville an' Laurens Rai!road Company,' approve' the 14thday of Feb. 1878," apiroved De camber 24, 1880, and to valida'e an' confirm the original bond and all renew als thereof, known as rai:road bonds amounting to seventy-five thousan' dollars, issuid by Laurens County pursuant to an election held in sril county on the 7th day of June, 1881 under the provisions of an act entitle' "An act to charter the Greenwood Laurend and Spartanburg Railroa< Company," and to repeal an act enti tied "An act to charter the Greenwood L u-as and Spartanburg R iilroa Company," approved December 2 1880, and authorizing the refunding c said bonds under the -general laws. An act to amend Section 1,479 o the General Statutes of 1882, appearin as Section 1 675 in the Revised Statn tes of 1893, relating to the running c railroad trains on Sunday, so as to pre vide for the zu'ining of trains to trans port passengers to and from religion services. An act to incorporate the Johnstori Saluda, Greenwood and Anderson Rail road Company. An act to authorin3 th town of Sa'u, da, in Sialuda County, upon the peti tion of a majority of its free-holders and the vote of a msjority of its elec tocs qnalified to vote at such elections to subscribe to the capital stock of th: Saluda and Johnston Railroad1 Comn pany twelve thousand dollars in bonds An act to amend an act entitled "Ar act to amend Section 2.316 of the R3 vised Statutes of this State, the sam being a part of the Lord Campbell Act, approved the-day February, A. Di 1898 An act to named an act entitled "At at to amend an act entitled 'An act t regulate the schedule of passenge trains in certaic cases,' approved th 9h day of March, 1896." approved th 2i day of M ry, A D. 1897. An act to amend Saction 1,615 of th Revised Statutes of the State of Souti Carolina of 1893, relating to the con solidation of railroad companies. ROADWORK. A bill to amend Section 4 of an so entitled "An act to amend Saotions and 4 of an act entitled 'An act to pro vide a system of ecunty government o the several counties of the State, Eo fa it relates to the maintaining and work ing of the roads and highways in th State,'" approved the 19th day of Feb ruary, A. D. 1900. An act to repeal an act entitled "Ai act to amend the Country Governmen act as embodied in the Revised Statute and acts amendactory as to workinj roads in Marlboro County, approve< Febuary 19, 1900, entitled "An act t< amend Sections 3 and 4 of an act entitl ed 'An act to provide a system of count: government of the several counties o this State, so far as it relates to th maintaining and working of the road and highways of the State,' approve March 23, 1896," and to make certait special provisions for the county o Marlboro, An act to amend an act entitled "Ai at to amend Seotiens 3 and 4 of an ac entitled 'An act to provide a system o count government of the various coun ties of the State, so far as it relates ti the maintaining and working of th4 roads and highways in the State,' ap proved 231 March, 1896," spproved thi 10th day of February, A. D. 1900, ba adding another section, to be known as Section 2. &n act to provide for the establish ment of chain gangs in incorporatec cities, towns and villages situated it counties that have no county chaux gangs. An act to amend an act entitled "At act to amend Section 1,087 of the Gen ral Statutes relating to damages caus bridges," now appearing as Section 1 169 of the Revised Statutes of Sout' f Carolina, by adding thereto an addi - tional proviso. lERRIES. An act to abolish the charter of the Port Royal Ferry Company and to veal the control of the same in the cunty board of ctmissionera for Beaufort County, with power to operate the same. An act to regulate the rates of tol] for passengers and the times of running of all public steam ferries in this State. INSURANCE A joint resolution to provide for the f insurance of the buildings and other t property of the South Carolina College. An act to regulate the business of c ohu-ch fire insurance companies in this State. An act to amend an act entitled "At act to provide for State insurance of public bui'dinga," approved the 191 day of February, A. D. 1900. An act to amend an act entitled "At act to amend Sections 1 and 2 of at act entitled 'An act to require any in surance company or association to be possessed of one hundred thousand dollars. surplus or capital, or, in lieu thereof, to have one hundred thousand dollars on deposit with some State, foi the benefit of all policyholders, or, it lieu thereof, t0 deposit with the Trea. surer of this State valid State securi ties aggregating ten thousand dollars, said securities to be suject to any judgement against said companies, and f said judgment shall operate as a lien oc such securities, and providing a penalty for the violation of the provisions of this act." GENERAL ACTS. r An act to r.gulate the bonds of pub lie Dicers and to provide a penalty fit any person who assumes, or attempte to assume, the duties of any office with 1 out having given the required bond. An act to prevent the sale of goods, a wares or merchandise within one mile of any camp ground or other place of religious meeting outside an incorporat ed town or city. An act relating to attorneys' costs it the Supreme Court. An act to regulate the carrying, man ufacture and sale of pistols and to make a violation of the same a misdemeanor. I An act to amend Section 2,359, (18 t 74.) volume I, of the Revised Statutet 1 of 1893, as to the exemplified copies ol I wills admissible in evidence by reduo I ing the number of days from sixty day! to ten days. I An act to provide for the election of a commissioner to codify the statute law of this State, define his and to fu his compensation, and for the publica tion of such code and the disposition of 9 the same. - An acts to amend Section 355 of the t Code of Civil Procedure of 1893, witl i regard to the justification of sureties. ) An act to amend an act entitle d"At act to further amend Section 8 of at 3 act to provide for the appointment o! magisttrates and to define their jurisdic tion, power and duties," .pprovec 1 March 2. 1897, and acts amendator3 thereof, approved March 3, 1899, ap proved February 19, A D. 190~0. t An act fixing costs and expenses fo: -the Eettlemnent of estates of less thai a one hundred dollars. DRAINAGE, ETO. An act relating to drainage, publii canals and other ditches in Charlestor ICounty. I DISPENSARY. Au act to furthre amend Section 1~ i of an act entitled "An act to provide - for the election of the State bcard o: ,control, and to further regulate the sale. I use, consumuptioD, transportation anc ,disposition-of intoxicating and alcoholi< Llquora, etc," approvt d the 5th of Marei ,1897 to prevent the manufacture and i distilling of such liquors within tw< miles of any church or public schcol. lAn act to amend Section 10 of an ani -entitled "An act to further declare th< ,law in reference to and fur~her regulate i the use, sale consumption, transport a ,tion and disposition of alcoholic liquic f or liquors within the State of Soutl -Carolina, and to police the same," ap f proved January 2, A. D. 1895, as t< Sthe compensation of the board of can - trol of Chesterfield County. CONFEDERATE. An act to set apart for Confederate souvenirs and relics a room on th Senate side of the third fb~or in the Capitol, and to give the Dau.~hters o the State Confederacy control of th~ same. To increase the pension fund to $150, 000 ELECTIONS. An act for the apportionment of Re presentatives to the House of Repre senattives. Auact to validate the elections where by J. F. Mahafey, W. H Suber, J E Epting and J. H. Bushardt were elect ed wardens and Jackrson Counts inten >dant of the town of Peak. An act to amend an act entitlcd "Ar act to divide the City of Charlestor into twelve wards, and making pro vision for the election of the Mayor and Alderman of said city." 'An act to provide for the holding of an election within that . portion ol Chesterfield County now exempted fromr the-provisions of the general stock la, to ascertain whether said exemptior shall continue, or be abolished. An act to further regulate ti e reg istering of elcetors in this State. MEDICAL AFFAIRS. An act to amend Sub-Divison 7 of Scorion 970, Volume I, Revired Statutes of South Carolina, as to the qualifications of physicians, so as tc exempt graduates of the Medical Col lege of the State of Siouth Carolina and all graduates who present a diploma from a reputable medical college in this State. An act to amend A'ticle 1, of Chap ter 24, of Title 8, of the Revised Statu tea, Volume I, relating to the' board of health, by adding thereto two sections, to be known as Section 969a and Sec tion 969'>, extending the powers of State and local boards of health. SCHOOL DISTRICT MATTERS. An act to authorize and empower the trustees of School District No 60, in the county of Aiken, in the town of Wag~ ener, to erect a school house on a lot owned by said district, and to empower said district to convey an interest in said school house and lot to said town. and to employ j oint the teacher for said school and to change the name of said district. An act to authorize Branchville School District No 18 to issue bonds for the purpose of purchasing and pro curing grounds and erecting buildings for the public schools and to,.provide for the payment thereof. An act to amend Section 3 of an act to amend an act approved 21st of Feb ruary, A. D. 1898, entitled "An act to amend an act approved 17th day of February, A. D. 1897, entitled 'An act to provide the pupils attending the free public schools with school text boo ke at actual cost,' " approved the 17th day o f Ferary, A. D 100, by strikina out on line 20, Section 3, of said act, the word "Beaufort." An act to amend an aot entitled "An act to create a new school district within the township of Blackville, in Barn well County, to be known as the 'Black ville Echool District,' and to authorize the levy and collection of a local tax therein,"' approvcd 23d of December, A. D. 1890, and all acts amendatory thereof. An act to repeal an act entitled "An act to authorize and rc qire the trustees of School District No 1, of Kirshaw County, to pay the county auditor of said county annually, out of the special school tax collected in said district a reasonable compensationfor assessing aLd levving 'aid tax,'' approved D.c ember 21. 1883 CLAIMS. A j int resolution to provide for the payment for extra service by J. F. Breeden azd J. T. Covington, as county commissioners for Marlboro County, during the construction of the new jail in the year 1900. A j iint resolution to pay A. B Dean $40 72, <xpenses incurred in extradit ing from Tennessee Arthur Sime, an escared fugitive from jus:ice from this State An act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the county treasurer of Laurens and Sumter counties to pay certain sohcol claims," approved the 19,h day of February, A. D. 1900, so as to have the said act apply to Claren don, Newberry and Marion counties. A j pint resolution authorizing the Attorney General to mark satisfiAd a certain judgnent against E. M. Ken nerly, R W. Sandifer. S. G. Mayfield, C. B. Free and J. W. Lancaster. MISCELLANENUS. An act to amend Section 2,500 of the General Statute of 1882, incorporated in Section 165 of the Criminal Statutes of 1893. amended by act approved Dee ember 20, 1893, so as to apply to all personal property. An r et to prohibit careless and reek less riding and driving upon the putlic roads of this State. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the appointment of of ficers of the peace having jurisdiction within industrial cmmunities contain ing one hundred inhabitants or more," approved 21st February, 1898, by re quiring a bond and declaring their liability. A j iint rasolution to provide for the keeping and preservation of the flag and records of the Palmett> Regiment and also of the Jackson vase. An oct to amend Section 3 of an act entitled "An act to provide for the election of public cotton weighers, and to provide for their compensation," ap proved the 9..h day of March, A. D. 1896, by adding a proviso providing for the removal of said weighers for good cause shown, and to fill any vacacy occurring for any cause in cffie of pub lie cotton weighers. An actincorporating L'ttle Mountain section of Lexington County inte New berry County and to alter the county line of Newberry County s) as to in elude portic ns of Lexington County. An ict to limit the number of acres of land which any alien or any cor poraticn controlled by aliens may own Iwithin this State. An act to amend an act entidled "An act to amind Seot'oc 1,819 of the Gen etal Statu'es <f 1882, being section 1. 839 of the revised statutes cf 1893, relating to land-lord and tenant," ap proved the 21st dayof Februiry, A. D. 1898 An act to amend Section 5 of an act entitled "An act to provide for the elec tion of public cotton weighers and to provide for their compensation," ap proved the 9th daycof March, A. D 1896, by adding a provisofor the city of Samter. A. K. Child Labor in Mills. The South Carolina Legislature has defeated a bill planing some restrictions upon the employment of children in the factories of the 8;ate. Thisis the work of cotton-mill owners and the cupidity of parents, and it is not creditable to the State. The astion of the Legisla 4u-e is all the mnre surprising when we consider that the bill merely provided for a gradual prohibition of child labor under twelve years of age, this prohib' tion not to became fully effeotiva until May, 1903. They are evidenily deter mine d in the South to hold on to this advantage over ceatton manufacturing in New England, no matter what i; costs the generation now growing-up from infancy. And what it must be costing the State in this particular may be partly understood from a report j ist made by a delegation of Cincinnati business men as to what they saw in a tramp through some of the manufactur ing sections of the South. AtGafiney, S. C., for exumple, they found a cotton mill employing 700 hands, composed 'mostly of children." "Bibes of six, seven arnd eight years," it is added. "attend the spindlt s, big-eyed, old looking youngstera of both s'xes. Some of them earn a pittance of 25 cents a day, and their no ac sount parents fetch them their dinners at noon."-Spring field Republica'n. The Planet Uranus, Astronomors are turning their tele scopes in the direction of the planet Uranus, which has become interesting of la e by reason of the fact that it has assumed such a position in the sky that its four moons, revolving about it like so m any little golden shuttles, are at present in a p'ane at right angles with the line of vision from the earth, says the Saturday .8vening Post. Ura nus is a very interesting sort of a world in more than one respect. It is about sixty times as big as the earth, and one of its years is equal to eighty-fcur of ours. From the viewpoint of its in habitants the sun rises in the west and sets in the east, while all of the four moons have the same peculiarity. To them the sun looks only one four hun dredth as large as it does to us, inas much as they are 1,800,000,000 miles away from that luminary, and daylight is proportionately dim, though bright enough to see by comfortably, inasmuch as at midday it is equal to the illumina tion of fifteen moons like ours. Uranus has a diameter of 35,000 miles, and its distance from the earth is 1,700,C00 miles. Aged Bride and Groom. The Gaffney Ledger says an event has just transpired within Cherokee's borders which proves eonclusively that Cupid is no respecter of persons and that even the heart of seventy is not callous to his magic wiles. We refer to a marriage in which Mr. Alfred Pritchard, aged seventy four, took unto himself a bride of seventy-two summers in the form of Miss Lucinda Jones only daughter of Mr. Gnat Thaniel Jones, of lower Cherokee, Mr. X. Blan ton officiated at the wedding of this aged couple whose hearts beat again with the ardor and warmth of earlier days; and many friends hope that they may live to enjoy many years of con TORENEWOURYOUTH 2 !c Dr. Talmage Tells How We May A Grow Young in Spirit. ti Way to Conquer the Effect o Ad- hi wincing Years-The Christian's M Heaven a Place of Eter- W pal Youth. hi [Copyright, 1901, by Louis Klopsch.] sc Washington, Feb. 17. hi In this discourse Dr. Talmage shows o1 how anyone can conquer the spirit a of years and grow younger-in spirit; W text, Psalms ciii., 5: "So that thy li youth is renewed like the eagle's." li There flies out from my text the ri most majestic of all the feathered creation-an eagle. Other birds have more beauty of plume and more ti sweetness of voice,'but none of them has such power of beak, such clutch p of claw, such expansion of wing, such b height of soaring, such wideness of dominion. Its appetite zejects the nc carrion that invites the vulture, and K in most cases its food is fresh and v clean. I, veling his neck for flight, o in spiral curve it swings itself toward s< the noonday sun. It has been known to live 100 years. What concentra tion of all that is subli s the gold- 0 en eagle, the martiabeagle, the boot- h ed eagle, the Jean le Blanc eagle! tl But after awhile in its life comes the molting process, and it looks ragged t and worn and unattractive, and feels a like mQping in its nest on the high tj crags. But weeks go by, and the i old feathers are gone, and new or- h nithological -attire is put on, and its , beak, which was overgrown, has the tl surplus of bone beaten off against t the rocks, and it gets back its old i capacity for food, and again it riounts the heavens in unchallenged o and boundless kingdoms of air and light. David, the author of the text, 1 had watched these monarchs of the sky, and knew their habits, and one day, exulting in his own physical and d spiritual rejuvenescence, he says to his own soul: "You are getting o younger all the time. You make me think of an eagle which I saw yes terday, just after its molting season, swinging through the valley of Je hoshaphat, and then circling around t4 the head of Mount Olivet. Oh, my d soul, 'thy youth is renewed like the h eagle's.' " The fact is that people get old too f, fast. They allow the years to run e away with them. The almanac and d the family record discourage them. 8eine of you are older than you have s any business to be.. You ought to f, realize that as the body gets older , the soul ought to get younger. Com- T ing on towrard old age you are only n in the molting season, and after.that h you will have better wings, take high- '1 er flight and reign in clearer atmos- o phere. Our religion bids us to look t after the welfare of the body as well t: as of the soul, and the first part as n well as the latter part of my subject p is appropriate for the pulpit. p Many might turn the years back- t ward and get younger by changing . their physical habits. The simpler i life one leads the longer he lives. a Thomas Parr, of Shropshire, Eng- I land, was a plain man and worked t on a farm for a livelihood. At 120 t years of age he was at his daily toil. C He had lived under nine kings of t England. When 152 years of age, he I was heard of in London. The king i desired to see him and ordered him ~ to the palace, where he was so rich- ' ly and royally treated that it de- t stroyed his health, and he died at t 152 years and nine months of age. When Dr. Harvey, the discoverer of ' the circulation of the blood, made ' post-mortem examination of Thomas Parr, he declared there were no signs I of senile decay in the body. That ~ man must have renewed his youth, f like the eagle, again and again. All. occupations and professions t have afforded illustrations of re juvenescence. Hippocrates, the father ~ of medicmne, lived 109 years, and ~ among those eminent in the medical ~ profession who became septuagenar- 8 ians and octogenazians and nonagen arians were Darwin, Gall, Boerhaave, ~ Jenner and Rtuysch, observing them- ~ selves the laws of healta that they I taught their patients. In art and j literature and science among those ~ who lived into the eighties were Plato ~ and Franklin and Carlyle and Goethe C and Buffon and Halley. Sophocles d reached the nineties. You cannot tell how old a man is! by the number of years he has lived. I have known people actually boyish in their disposition at 80 years of age, while Louis II., king of Hungary,~ died of old age at 20. Haydn's ora torio, "The Creation," was composed a at 70 years of age. Humboflit wrote ~ his imzffortal work, ''The Cosmos,"s at 75. William Cullen Biryant, at 82 ' years of age, in my houze read with out spectacles "Thanatopsis," which he had composed when 18 years of age. Isocrates did illustrious work at 94. Liontinus Gorgias was busy Y when death came to him at-107 years of age. Herschel at 80 years of age b was hard at work in stellar explora- P tion. Masinlssa, king of Numicna, at C 90 years of age led a victorious b cavalry charge against the Cartha- C giians. Titian was engaged on hi greatest painting when he died in his one hundredth year. How often theyb must have renewed their youth! But the average longevity of those in privat, life and with less mentalt strain and no conspicuous success isr much larger than the average longe- ~ rity of the renowned. There are hundreds of thousands of men and n women now renewing their youth ~ like the eagle's, so that tae possibi~ty I of such a turning back of yqars is all 04 around u's being demonstrated. bi Bismarck, the greatest of German statesmen, a long while before his K decease vassed his eightieth mulle- 7' TH aT PENSION ACT. a The Text of the Measure Over Whichs There is Question, er CI Below is given the full text of the til aet relating to the additional $50,000 fo ap propriated for State pensions which re was referred to in The State of Tues- in day as having puzzed thie comptroller Ct general, no provision for the additition- ti al amount having been made in the sen- li' eral appropriation bill. It is likely he that the opinion of the attorney gen- wt ral will be requested in writing, and lie that when that opinion is furnished be there will be no further question of an the money being disbursed as the leg- en islature intended it should be. Here wi is the text of the ac t which has been sa: approved: pr An act to amend section 1 of an act cit entitled "An act to provide for pen- sh sions for certain soldiers and sailors au now residents of South Carolina, who ces were in the service of the State, or of wi the Confederate States in the late war lo1 between the States," approved 19th of one When Gladstone was 88yesa-- j ! age, I ran with him up ano down h Le hills of Hawarden. We start-d a d a walk, but it got to be a run. tr Il those men again and again re- t1 wed their youth. am Some one writes me: "Is not le ree score and ten the bound of ae iman life, according to the bible?" g< y reply is that Moses, not David, hi ho wrote that psalm, was giving a at atistic of his own day. Through Ii tter understanding of the laws of y, alth and advancement of medical b ience the statistics of longevity y, ve mightily changed since the time ti Moses, and the day is coming when w nonagenarian will no longer be a h< onder. Phlebotomy shortened the hi !e of whole generations, and the w ncet that bled for everything is now tI rely taken from the doctor'spocket. entistry has given power of healthy e1 astication to the human race and n, sus added greatly to the prolonga- nl on of life. Electric lights have im- ti roved human sight, which used to it s strained by the dim tallow candle. a he dire diseases which under other gi imes did their fatal work and were < msidered -almost incurable, now in a ajority of cases are conquered. t acination, which has saved millions em lives and balked the greatest of sourge . of nations, and surgery, b, hich has advanced more than any ti her science, have done more than tl in be told for the prolongation of w uman life. The X ray has turned i= se human body, which was opaque, o, to a lighted castle. It is easier in h da age to renew one's youth than in el 2y other age. When Paul stopped al se jailer from suicide by command- ti g, "Do thyself no harm," he showed a imself interested in the physical as f, ell as moral life of man. Among, nI Lo blessings which God promised was c] iat in which he said, "With long e fe will I satisfy thee," and David, w L my text, illustrates the possibility tI E palingenesis or rejuvenescence. But the body is the smallest and least ti nportant part of you. It is your soul o at most needs rejuvenation, but you el ill also help bodily vivification. In or- t] r to do this, I advise you to banish as o: sr as possible all fretfulness out of a our life. The doing of that will make c) u ten years younger. I know many o: ed Christian people who are worry- m ig themselves gut in managing the af- a: sirs of the universe. They have under- n ken too big a job. They are trying to s, re too long and fiery a team. They s ve all the affairs of church and state r" a hand, and they fret about this, and a ,et about that, and fret about the.oth- a r thing. They fear that China will be i3 Ivided up among the nations and there y ill be an entanglement causing wars r ach as we have never heard of. They e: ear that Edward VII. will not be as t is a king as his mother was a queen. t hey are appalled at the accumulated 'n ational debt. They fear society is go- m ig to pieces by reason of immoralities. I 'hey apprehend that America will be f, rercrowded with foreigners. They say - he newspapers are getting so bad that b his country is going to be utterly de ioralised. They are all the time ap- a rehensive of social and religious and a olitical calamities, and it is telling on b eir mental health, depressing their t hyscal health, and instead of renew- f, ig their youth like the eagle's, they a re mitating the eagle who would sit y his est ofsticks lined with grass on t he rock, mourning about the woes of 5 he ornithological world, the loneliness f the pelican, the filthiness of the vul re, the croak of the raven, the reck- d essness of the aibatross. Would that c nprove things? No. It would be a b ioltng process for that eagle which rould never close, and it would~only get.o dinner and more gloomy and less ablea a gain food for its young and less able , o enjoy a landscape as it appears under r 20-mile flight on a summer morning ~ nder the blue heavens. I do not advise you to bein difelrent to 1 hese great questions that pertain to ~ hurch and state and nations, but not to ~ ret about them. Realize that it is not- j n anarchy that has charge of affairs in f bis world, but a Divine government. At ~ he head of this universe is a King hose eyes is omniscience and whose rm is omnipotence and whose heart Sinfinite love. His government is not* ring to be a failure. He cannot be de ated. Better trust Him in the man gement of His world and of all worlds.1 d you and I have to do is to accom lih the work that is put in our hands. 'hat is all that we have to be responai 1 for. In a well managed orchestra he players upon stringed instruments o not watch each other. The cornetist' oes not look to see ho-w the violinist drawing the bow over the strings, or does the flute scrutinize the drum.2 ey all watch the baton of the leader. nd we are all carrying our part, how ver insignificant it may be, in the t et harmony of this world and ofd ie universe which our Lord is leading, nd we all have to watch His command d do our best and not bother our- y lves about the success or failure of ther performers. If you want to re ew your youth, better stop managing y i affairs of the universe Mythology tells us that Jason begged edea, the goddess, to take some of the utrs of .his life and give them to his ither. She promised that without ab-h reviating the son's life she would rolong his father's life. She filled the h ildron with herbs and the blood of e east and birds and then stirred the ldron and put some of the juices in~ t mouth of the aged father, and it Is dd that his hair turned from white to back, the shriveled limbs rounded into ~ bust health and the rejuvenated man P 1 as he did at40 years of age. All h t is a poetic myth. But a brightened E ligious hope and a strengthened faith C God's providence have rejuvenated al anr a man in disposition and useful- a1 a and renewed his youth like the -fi gle's. On the contrary, It is thought h tat worriment is beceming In this 01 untry a national disease, and It has a~ en called "Americlnitis."y Another- mode of rejuvenescence Is uch of the time associating with those mger than yourself rather than with iount of the appropriation and fur- pa; r prescribing the distribution of the so' me 0. . a Section 1. Be it enacted by the gen- -be a assembly of the State of South pri iroli, that section 1, of an act en- tio ;led "An act to provide for pensions to r certain soldiers and sailors now th( sidents of South Carolina, who were sio the service of the State, or of their nfederste States. in the late war be- the en the States," approved 19th of a bruary, 19t)0, be and the same is thu reby amended by striking out the prc rds "one hundred" and inserling in tio a thereof "one hundred and fifty," tit] fore the word "thousand" on lines 2 d 3 of said section, and by adding at igi d of said section the following, to t: Provided, further, in case the ne or such amount as shall be ap priated, shall be more than' sufli tt, then the amiount so appropriated all be distributed proportionately m long all those legally entitled to re. an ive, the same; so that said section W Len so amended shall read as fol- dr etion 1. The sum of at least $150,- an Lie no children of - your own, bettema lopt a child. There are in this cou. y and in all countries orphans bye .e tens of thousands. Go to one of the ylums or institutions where riend is children are cared for and seleoek' me little one with an honest eye and >od disposition and take him to your; ime. Puteround him all theelevating d happy influences you can provide.' two years he will become part of >ur life, and his company to you will indispensable. It will make you 30: Wars younger. He will be anillUin )n to the evening of your life, and he ill speak your praise long after you. ive departed from this world, and in avenly places you will have been re arded by the great friend of childrem, .e Lord Jesus. My text suggests that Heaven is an vernal youth. A cycle of years will t leave any mark upon the immortal ture. Eternity will not, work upon; e soul in Heaves any change, uniess be more radiance and more wisdom. ad more rapture. A rolling on from ory to glory! In anticlpetionof tha6 ime o' the happiest people on earth; ,e as Christians. the mightiest etim.. .s have been given by the ve4 -ana in the Gospel army. While some the aged have allowed themselves to. come morose and cynical and imp.: nt with youth and pessimistic abontt ,e world, and have become possese:= ith the spirit of scold and fault ind g, and are fearful of being crowded it of their sphere, many of the-aged ve been glad to step aside that oth. as may have a chance and are hopeful >out the world, expecting its redemp. on instead of its demolition, and they re inspiration and comfort and help. ilness to the household and to the ighborhood and to the church. The' d:dren hail the good old man as he >mes down the road. His smile, his ords, his manner, his whole life, make e world think better of religion. I congratulate all good Christians. tat the molting season will soon be rer and you will. mount higher thas igle ever ascended. What a goad ing that you-are soon to get rikd winter's cold and summer's best ad drenching rain and hovering A ouds and live in superbeat elimate the universe, whether it be .this orld made over as to atmosphere... d contour or in some : star which' : A dghty telescope hails from the ob rvatory or in some center around:! hich all woalds wheel. It Is all lsady and- has been ready, as near;: s I can calculate, since 1,871 years. ro, when Christ went up after say g: "I go to prepare a place for ou." What .a good thing to get *d of this world's vicissitudes and ater upon glorious certainties, and > have no surpraes.e.rept' those :at are exhilarant as lton iay ring a new canto or Chrysou~ ay speak with a new eloquence oa andel may render a new symphony. >r I do not suppose that those who ere mighty on earth are going to e idlers in Heaven. I congratulate afl Christians who re in the eventide. Good cheer-to il of you. You, are yet to hear th eat songs, see- the grandest sights, ike the most delightful journeys, >rm the most elevating friendshipe, ad after 10,9S'years of transport ou will b o nearer the last rap are than' when you were thrlfed ith the first. In Heaven you will have what-uost leases you. Archbishop Leighton's esire for Heaven was a longing foea hrist and purity and love, and he as found there what he wanted. obn Foster. rejoiced at the thought E Heaven because. there he could ludy the stecrets of the universe lthout, restant, and- he has been tgalng himself in that research. outhey thought of - Heaven as a lace where he would meet with the ~arned and the great-Chaucer and - ante and Shakespeare. He no doubt as found'that style of communion." 'he great and good Dr. Dick was' md of mathematics, and he said he hought much of the time.in Hessea rould be given to that study, and I ave. no doubt that since ascension e has made advancement In that rence. The "12 manner of fuints" poken of in Bevelation means all inds of enjoyment in Heaven, .for i manner of fruits Includes all the hief fruits that are grown on trees. suppose there wiRl be -as many' nds of enjoyment in Heaven as here will be inhabitants. Tou will have in Heaven just what on want. Are you tired? Thea eaven wIll be rest, Are you pa. onately fond of aweet sounds?' h-en It will-be music. Are you stirred - y pictures? There will be all the lors on the ncw heavens and on - ie jasper sea and the walls imbed ed with what splendors! Are you mnd of great architecture? There o will find the temple of -God and ae Lamb and the uplifted thrones. re you longing to get back to our loved ones who have, ascended? hen it will be reunion. Are-you"'' ome body? Then it will be home. ere and there in this world you will ad some one who now lives where a was born, and three or four gene rations may have dwelt in the same ouse, but xgost people have had sev tal homes-the home of chidhednA ie home they built or rented for er early manhood, the home of per and more prosperous year.' at all homes put together, precious they are In remembrance or from resent occltan~cy, cannot equal the avenly home In the house of many. ansons. No sickness will ever me there, for it Is promised "there all be no more, pain." No parting the front door, no last look at. - ,ces never to be seen again, bus me with God, home with each her, home forever. And that right 'tr the molting season, when "thy uth is renewed like the eagle's." Wings to hover free O'er dawn-empurpled sea; Wings 'bove life to soar And beyond death forevermore. the pensions provided for by this and in case the same, or suelh ount as shall be approgriated, shall insuffeient, then the amount so ap priated shall be distributed propor nately among those legally entitled recive the same; Provided, that - Be pensioners described in subdivi A, seotion, 4, hereiu, shall have t been paia in full; Provided, fur r, in case the same or such amount hall be appropriated, shall be more n sefflient, thea the amount so ap prated shall ha distribitel propor ately among all those legally en ed to recsive the same. Approved the 19.h day of February, Many Tramps. Rundreds of tramps, many of the ist vicious kind, are causing serious noyance in Somes parts of northern iconsin, where the cold weather ha. ien them to open erime in orderto inre shelter in look Ups. Burglaries I assaults are common aid oleers kept on the jump.