The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, January 22, 1902, Image 1

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V VOL. XVI. MAN NI NG S C., WE1)NESIAY, JANUAR THE HOU SE MEETS. With Fine Attendance of Members at the Opening. WHAT HAS BMEN DONG SO FAR. The Governors' Me.sage Read. Two Vetoes Are Sent in by the Governor and Both Are Sumaned. The house of re-resentatives was called to order at noon on Tuesday of last week by Col. Ton C. Ramer, the clerk. The roll by counties was called and a majority of the members found present. Hon. W. F. Stevenson of Chestertield, speaker of the house. ther took the chair and addressed t-he members of the house. NEW M3EMIBERS. At the conclusion of his remarks. the speaker called the new members before the bar of the house and they were sworn in. The new members are L. F. lzlar of Barnwell: W. J. John son of Fairfield: J. It. Towill of Lex ington and M. J. Hlough of Chester field. These new representatives then presented their credentials and sub scribed to the oath of oice. Mr. Izlar is a lawyer. a brother of former Judge Izlar. and a leading citizen of Black ville. Mr. Towill is quite a young man. editQr of the Batesburg Advocate and succeeds Congressman Lever. Capt. Johnson is a leading merchant of Ridgeway,. has been a member of thie house before and is a member of the State house commission. Mr. Rough is a brother of Senator Hough and was clerk of the judiciary committee of the house last year. CHAPLAIN ELECTED. A message from the senate declared that that body had organized. The house, after electing a chaplain, noti fied the senate that it was ready for business. There were three nomina tions for chaplain: Rev. R. N. Pratt of the Second Baptist church: Rev. M. M. Kinard of the Ebenzer Luth eran church an Rev. J. L. Mullinix of the Methodist conference. On the second ballot Mr. Pratt was elected. The senate and the governor were no .tified of the house's organization. The governor's message was received and read. THE VETO USED. Act No 103 providing a special school district in Anderson county was vetoeti by the governor, as it was special legi lation. and the house was so notitied. The Anderson delegation agreed to -the justness of the attorney general's .decision in regard to the act No. 103. .and the house concured. The governor's message returning -the free past act was read. Mr. Spears moved that the bill be passed. notwithstanding the gover nor's veto. Mr. Ashley wanted to postpone ac tion on the veto of the free pass act. but the speaker ruled that it was a matter 'which should be acted utpon at once :as a courtesy to the governor. The v-ote was then taken and the hill was buried by a vote of 64 to 38, the latter being in favor of passing the act over the governor's veto, whereas it requir ed 83 votes to pass it. APPOINTMENTs. 'The speaker announced the following apointments: Assistant clerk. J. Wil son Gibbes: speaker's porter. Parnell Meehan: laborers. Peter Harrison. Callie Robins. Will Burton: door keepers. Peter Saunders. S. L. Pope. J. C. JIennings: pages. Calhoun De Bruhl. Clark Wardlaw Adickes, C. J. Colcook. Jr.. and Robert Evans. The new members of the house were assigned as follows: Izlar on ways a nd means and intern~al improvements: dough on judiciary and enrolled acts: Johnson. State house and grounds and public schools: Towill, education and printing. NEW BILLS. The following new bills were intro duced; By Mr. Rucker, to increase the annual appropriation for pensions to $150,000: by Mr. J. B. Smith. to ex tend the time for the payment of taxes every year. The first bill or resolution of the ses sion was Mr. Bacot's concurrent reso lution suggesting the postponement of the exercises ineident to the presenta tion of the brass tablet from the last resting place of Gov. James Glen. The resolution also extended an invitation to Col. Jno. B. Cleveland. the donor. to be present at the exercises. The resolution was adopted by both shouse. ~WHAT WAS DONE WEDNEsDAY. 'In the house on Wednesday Mr. M'oes of Sumter offered a resolution -that a committee of one from each ,county be appointed to consider the -several bills on redistricting the State :and to report by bill next Tuesday. 'This was opposed by Mr. Croft of .Aiken, Mr. Tatumn of Orangeburg, .Mr. Rainsford of Edgefield and others. The resolution was voted down. It was finally decided to dispose of this matter on the 22nd of this month. The first bill to occasion debate was that of Mr. D~odd of Spartanburg to prohibit the sale and manufacture of cigarette papers. Mr. Spears moved to indetinitely postpone the bill. This was v'oted down. The re presentatives from the Pee Dee section pitched in to the bill. Among those who op posed it were D)r. Woods of Clarendon. Mr. Wells of Florence. Mr. Sinkler of CharlestOn and Col. Itobinson of An derson. It was urged that this would cripple the great tobacco industry of the State wvithout accomplishing any good. The bill was killed. Mr. Dorroh offered a resolution f'or the appointment of a committee of three to draw up -a bill providing for the establishment of police courts anid of the ottice of recorder in -cities of over 10.000. inhabitants. This was tagreed to and Messrs. Dorroh, Weston c and Sanders were appointed. The INR! of Greenville. Columbia ,Ad gpartanlburg are interested.. nat Amonir the new bills introduced paere the following. By Mr. C. P. ~denders: To authorize and direct the RM-retary of state to deliver to the DrUiartan chapter of United D)aughters the Coanfedrlrr or their aunthorized ::(eit. )Ile of Iih broi:el I aIe COilumlis Wn th S[:,,Z Jhouse grolunds, to he used in the erection of a Confed erate molnument on the public square in the city of Spartznhurg. By Mr. Rucker. to provide for pay iri costs in criminal cases transferred frimi ne countv to another. This bill puts the cost on the county in which action started. There have been suits in court because of the lack of such a statute as this. By Mr. Lomax of Abbeville: A bill to provide for buying school books for certain school districts. The bill pro vides that whenever the trustees of env ,eheo! district shall deem it to tce interest of such scho:l district to provide school hioks for the school iln such districts they may use so iuch of the money apportioned to the district for the purpose of providing books as in the' r judgment will be of advantage to the pronoticn to educaat ion in such district. Some other C of a local character were intr2::d and the lorne adjourned to Thursday. THE FISH INDUsTRY. The House on Thursday had a long discussion on Mr. McCall's bill "to provide for the further protection of tish in this State" created discussion and brourht out interesting informa tion. The bill was finally adopted by a vote of 45 to 2S. The first section as variouslv amended now reads: "It shall bIe unlawful for any person or persons to use and seine, gill nut or trap. or dynamite for the purpose of catching jish, excepting mullets. crabs, lobsters and shrimps, in any of the navigable strearnsof thisState be tween the first day of January and the first day of April." The second section provides that person er persons vie!ting the provisions of this act shall bie dieimd guilty of a misdemeanor. and upon i conviction thereof shall be lined not less than three Iin dred (000) dollars, or imprisoned not more than three months. or both. in the discretion of the court, and that one-half of the fine imposed and collected shall he paid to the prosecutor who furnishes such evidence to convict the offen der." TINKERI-NG AT THE j)IsPENSARY. Mr. C. P. Sanders offered a bill to amend the dispensary law. It pro vides that section 7 of the dispensiry law he stricken out and a new section , substituted. The existing section 7 provides the manner in which dis pensaries may be established, the pro posed scection 7 goes further and pro vides for the removal of those now operating. The proposed section 7 concludes: "Any county may secure the establishment of a dispensary or dispensaries, or the removal of a dis pensary or dispentaries within its limiLs. in the following manner: Upon the petition of one-fourth of the qualified voters of each county for an election upon either the question of the establishment or the removal of dispensaries therein being tiled with the county supervisor of each county, lie shall order an election submitting the question of "dispensary" or "no dispensary" to the qualified voters of such county, which election shall be conducted as other special elections, and if a majority of the ballots cast be found arnd declared to be for dispensary then a dispensary may be established in said county, but if a majority of the ballots cast he found and declared to be against the dispensary, then no dis pensary shall be established therein, and any dispensary already established shall be closed. Elections under this section can be held not oftener than once in~ four years. No dispensary shall be established in any county. town or city wherein the sale of alco holic liquors was prohibited prior to July 1. 1893. except as herein permit ted: Provided. That where dispen saries have been established in such cou-ity, town or city they shall rc main as established until removed or closed as permitted in this act."~' THE DIsrENsARtY BILL. On Friday the first second-reading bill on the calendar in thc House was Mr. Sanders' bill to allow counties to vote on the establishment or re moval of dispensaries. Mr. Tatum moved to recommit the bill. Hie spoke at length against it as directed as a blow against the dispensary. Mr. McGowan saw in this bill the disintegrating process which would result in the final overthrow of the dispensary. Mr. Diorroh-D~o you mean by that admission that you are afraid to trust this matter to the people? iMr. McGowan replied that he would not trust them with local option. It is unwise to have the people, churches, families perennially stirred up, and the matter is now settled. The dis pensary law is effective only as a po lice regulation. and a police regulation must apply to the whole State. Mr. Towill of Lexington said that the people are satistied with the dis pensary. Mr. Henry 1B. Richardson thought the measure fraught with great dan ger in opening a way to elections. We cannot satisfy all of the people. Either the dispensary has decreased drunkenness or just at the time it wa started a moral uplifting came upon the people. for conditions are better. What is advocated as local option for counties might be advocated for the towship and where would it end? Mr. Cooper of Laurens wanted tc know why this opposition to the bill? Are the dispensary people, who are in trenched, no~t willing for t he people tc say what they wvant? ile hail favored letting each county govern the dispen sary in its own way and he had beer sustained in the campaign. D Tr. ir. .J. Kinard saidl that if this law were pass~ed Charleston would vote the dispensary out and liquor would flow as free as the tides ccn the ocean. Mr. Sinkler-Well, the people ol Greenwood needn't con~e down therc and get drowned. Mr. Ashley-Would Charlesteci vot' ng cut tihe diispencsary have anything to (d0 with G reenwoodP Mr. Sinkler-If Gr1eenwood is now "dI count where in is it better thar Chrest'n wou~ldl be wtitt dlispensa Mr . Kinard, repiedY to these several qesti ons' bVy saing' that. t he town ol Greenwoucci is'. t . theC county at l rge fa' rs the di'spensary. Mr. F. 1. Mc 'aster made a spirited defense of Chiarlestcn whichi had beer dragged into this debate. Charlestor OP-ENIN( kTHE SENvATEK Why It Was Hard for the Body tc Adjourn. WORK D01E UP TO THIS TIME Senator Raysor Sworn in atnd As signed to Several Committees. The Gove'nor's Message R1cceived and iRead. The only trouble that the senatc had at its first session was in adjourn ing. Everything had moved sinooth. ly enough and only Senator larnwell'. chirography had occasioned any hitchl in the proceedings until all bufines being apparently disposed (f Senator Sheppard, the parliamentary author. ty of the legislature. moved in lili usual manner 'that the senate do no'. adjourn." It w taken for granted that the motion would pass, since there was nothing else to do, and so no onc voted. Senater Sheppard's Gladstone el lar was perceptibly agitated wnwii thc presidinu ofleer. Lieut. Gov. Tillman. also froin Edetield, announced that the motion was lost. that the senate refused toadjourn. The senator fromn Edgetield for once was puzzled and did not conceal the fact. Finally he in quircd the reasons of the chiir's rul No senator voted," said the presi dent. "and the motion is lost." "*How many. Mr. President, voted in the negative?" asked the senator. "It was a tie," said the president. "and in case of a tie the president has the right to cast the deciding vote. The chair voted no." Senator Sheppard smiled and -then again moved to adjourn. . Lieut. Gov. Tlllman promptly ruled the motion I out of order. since one motion to ad journ cannot succeed another without other business intervening. Senator Hough tried his hand and I moved to adjourn. He was met with the same ruling and Senator Rough was silent. Senator Mower suggested that some senator who voted with the majority might move to consider. Nobody but the reporters laughed. Senator Appelt arose. He moved that the senate attend the Glen memo rial exercises in the hall of the house Wednesday night. Several senators voted for the rnotion and none against I it., so it was carried. The senator from Clarendon then moved to ad journ. There were several votes in the affirmative and none in the nega tive and the senate adjourned. That is how the senate's first ses sion ended. It began at noon when Col. Tillman called it to orde-r, and the clerks called the roll. Prayer wa. made by the chaplain, the Rev. S. 11. Zimmerman. pastor of the Main Street Methodist church, after which Lie t. Gov. Tillman addressed the senate in a few appropriate words. THE FIRsT BUstNESs. Senator Sheppard moved that a committee t~o appointed to communi cate be the governor that the senate was organized and ready for any comn munication from his excellency. The committee consisted of Senator Shep pard. Barnwell and Brown,. and these gentlemen immediately performed the duty. Senator Raysor, the successom to Senator Brantley of Orangeburg, resigned, presented his credentials and was sworn in by the president. Lieut. Gov. Tillman then announced the appointments of pages and other minor officials of the body. Senator Sheppard for the commit tee reported that the governor said he would communicate with the senate immediately and Private Secretary Aull was announced and present ed the annual document. Senator Sheppard moved that the senator from Orangeburg, Rlaysor, be assigned to the same committee as his predecessor save that on public library, for which was substituted the judici ary committee. This was carried and Senator Raysor was accordingly as signed to the committees. Senator Barnwell offered a resolu tion to recommit all bills unacted upon to the appropriate committees, which was adopted. COMPUtLSORY EDUVCATION. On Wednesday the senate was in session but little more than half an hour but during that time dispatched considerable business. Such matters as wert acted upon went through without discussion. The president of the senate an nounced the appointment of R. A. Floyd and A. HI. Glover as doorkeep ers and they were sworn in. Senator Mayfield introduced a reso lution, which was adopted, directing the sergeant-at-arms to provide news furniture fo? the senate corumnittee rooms. that now in use being worn and delapidated. Senator Raysor of Orangeburg in troduced a bill providing for comnpul sory education. The bill requires par ents or guardians to send their chil dren between 8 and 14 years of age tc a public or private school at least eight weeks in each year. unless pre vented by Illness or proficiency. such excuses to be passed upon by the town ship school trustees. V\iolations oi this provision are made punishable by a fine of not less than S5 nor more than $20, or by Imprisonment not lest than five days nor more than 20 days, the cases to be tried by magistrates. Fines so collected are to be turned intt the county iehool fund. The bIll war referredntothe commnittee on educa Senator Gruber introduced six bill looking toamnending the constitutior so as-to provide for biennial sessions '.' the general asse:nbly. His plan is t have tihe legislature to meet every tw( years. and to have re-presentativie elected for four years and senators fut six years. His scheme provides foi extra sessions to be called by the gov ernor if ocessIin should arise aind em powers the governor to fill vacancies in the supreme and circuit court benches. The bills were referred b the inriciary mmmiee. several ot her bills of a local charac it'-r were introduced and the Senate adjourned over to Tmursday. BILLS KILLED. The Senate was in a bill killing hu mor on Thursday. and several hills Ithat came over from the last session were permanently laid aside. Quite a number of new bills were introduced and referred. Lieutenant Governor Tillman has received a communication from a com1- S inittee of the St. Louis Exposition. in which it is stated that a committee of fifty would visit this State to attend the Charleston Exposition and come to Columbia to attend the legislative session. The committee will come here about February 1. the date set by the Lieutenant Governor at the request of the coimittee. . It is uu d(!'rstood that the coii!t.tee will ask for an appropriation from the State r, for a South Carolina exhibit at the . Louis Exposition, but it mnay safely be staled that no money for that purpose will be appropriated. The Senate then adjourned to Fri day morning. THE NEW JURY LAW. G in the Senate on Friday the judici- 0 arv committee made a favorable re norr. with amendments, on the biH in- t i rodluced Thursday by Senator Gray- u don providing for a new jury law. The I a hill was niade the special order for Wednesday and from day to (lay until d disposed of. This is one of the most e niprtant matters to come before this lh sesion of the legislature. as most of t the courts in the State are "tied up," a so to speak. for lack of a constitutipn al jury law. the lawyers being unwill ing to proceed with the trial of cases with juries drawn under the present law. The bill has been very carefully I prepared and it is hoped to get it throu..h both houses and have it rati- t I led at, an early day so that new juries may be drawn in different counties. These bills.got their second reading without discussion: The house bill to authorize and em power cities, towns, towships, school t districts and counties to issue negotia ble coupon bonds for the refunding or payment in whole or in part of any g valid bonded indebtedness heretofore t or hereafter contracted by the said cities,' towns, townships, scbo6l'dis tricts, special school districts or coun- g ties. Mr. Hydrick's bill to authorize the county treasurer and county superin tendent of the several counties to bor row money for any fiscal year to pay school claims of said year. Mr. Ilerndon's bill amending the act - in regard to dispensaries; in Pickens s and Oconee. Thie bill gives the money in Oconee to the school fund, and in Pickens to the road fund. LAT-NDRIES WANT PROTECTION. st Senator Graydon. by request. pre- b sented a memorial from the steam ir laundries of the State asking the leg- f( islature to pass a law requiring that agents for laundries outside the State pay an annual license. The memorial. which was 'quite a lengthy one, set forth that the steam laundry business a is vs yet an infant iindustry in this d State: that about $100,000 is invested r in 17 different steam laundries; that s their business is being injured by c cheap com petition from old established s laundries outside the State; that these n outside laundries have no money in- e vested in the State and pay~ no taxes n in the State. and should not be allowed a to injure home enterprises, etc., etc., s through several pages of typewritten a foolscap. The memorial was referred r* to the committee~ on commerce and d manufactures. A bill requiring agents f for laundries outside the State to pay e a license has already been introduced d in the house. Aftrthe conclusion of all the other business Senator Appelt moved to gc into executive session for the purpose of confirming the appointments of magistrates. etc. I The lieutenant governor put the mo-e tion in the usual manner: "Those in favor thereof will vote aye: those op poe ilvote no." Nobody voted. n "The chair is in doubt.," began the lieutanant governor, when Senator Ap pelt jumped up and- gesticulated fran-P tically. "I voted aye," he exclaimed. Senator Appelt plainly didn't want aa recurrence of the incident of Tuesday. "Very well," replied the lieutenant0 ~governor. "The senator from Claren don voted aye; the motion is carried and ,the senate will go into executive 1 session." The Senate then adjourned to Monday morning. A Warning to Dentists. c A patient who became temporarily c deranged under the influence of gast nearly took the life of Dentist H. K. s Frontz, of Montgomery, Pa.. Wednes- y, day. The patient was Morris Tyson, y a muscular mechanic. He leaped from a the chair, and catching Dr. Frontz by c the throat, threw him to the floor. d Tyson picked the doctor up and threw r him against the wall, stunning him. g Then he stood the dentist on his feet, t grasped his throat again, and had s narly strangled him to death when i: hel cae.When Tyson recovered from the eitects of the gas he recalled t nothing~ 'f his attack upon the den- It tist. _______ _ It nat)ies are Worth a Quarter. The Chiicago News says: Cook county wll have to pay 25 cents for every if haby bo rn inside its limits and whose a bith-'is reported to the County Clerk s during 192 This is on aceount of a n law which was enacted by the last o Legislature. The object of the law j was not to place a bounty on the birth I of babies in Chicago. but to Insure the recording of the births of the babies woimany be b~ornl. The physici an g presiding at the birth of a child will Ie be entitled to collect the tax. If he . a neglects hi's duty. the parents of the oTspring will have the next chance ats tile cotonty's quarter. Id A No~te of Warning. A note of warning." says the New p Orleans Picayune. "is given to the r c'mmissiners of the Charleston and fi St Louis expositions by the liguresn giving the adlmissionis to the lately 0 defunct Pan-American show at Buffalo. Tihe total admission footed up to 8. 52.08 of which no less than 5.306. 5t' were decad heads, and yet there are n ple' who are wondering why the l; showv closed its gate~s with an enor- I mou emciit." ANTI-TRUST FIGHT [as Been Started in the Soutth Carolina General Aesembly. REGULATING THE RAILROADS. onie Measures Which Will be Up for Disposal at this Session of the Legislature. Fighting Trusts. The legislature is beginning at once take up the matter of combination f capital into "trusts." and there are iso some bills relating to other corpo itions. Mr. McGowan of Laurens is Le author of the anti-trust bill. Mr. W. J, Johnson Thursday intro uced a bill to require railroads and .ilroad companies to accept as full ayment for freight the rate provided y the bill of lading and the pro rata f freight on the amount or quantity f goods delivered. Mr. deLoach of York has a bill rought over from last session "to regT late th settlelpent of freight short ge." Mr. Theus of Hampton will Intro. uce a bill "to impose on all railroad ,mpanles In this State liability for ss or damage to property delivered them for shipment and lost or dam ged beyond their own line." AGAINST THE TRUST. The title of Mr, McGowan's measure "A bill to prohibitall manufactilr. ig corporations from buying or leasr g or otherwise acquiring property, ghts, franchise of good will or capi il stock." It bigins with a preamable stating: Whereas the buying, leasing or other ise acquiring by manufacturing cor orations, the property, rights, fran ses and good will of other corpora ions engaged in similar business tends ) lessen the price of agricultural pro ucts of the State, creates monopolies d stifles competition and Increases ie price of manufacturing products. 'herefore, "Section 1. Be it enacted 'by the neral assembly of the State of South arolina that all manufacturing cor rations, be and they are hereby pro bited from buying. leasing or other ise acquiring the property, rights, anchises and good will. or controll g interests in the capital stock of 1her corporations engaged in the Lme kind of business. "Sec. 2, That all corporations vio ting the provisions shall be subject a fine of five per cent. of the capital ck of the offending corporations to a recovered by the attorney general i an action on behalf of the State and >r the use of the State. MR. DELOACH'S BILL. The following are the provisions of [r. de Loach's bill: "That whenever ay shortage occurs in freight to be livered within this State by any ilroad company or common carrier, ich railroad company or common grier shall deliver the balance of ic freight to the consignee upon de tand after such consignee has tender Lto said railroad company or comn on carrier the full amount of carri ge charges, less the cost value of ch shortage; and in case such short ge exceeds the, carriage charges, such ilroad or common carrier shall, upon emand, deliver the balance of such ~eight then in their posession to the >nsignlee under a penalty of $10 per Ry for each and every day such eight may remain in their possession rter said demand, to be recovered in a court of competent jurisdiction y the person aggrieved." The bill to be introduced by Mr. 'heus provides: " That all railroad >mpanies in this State shall be deem and become liable to the owner, -hether consignor or consignee, for all roperty delivered to them for ship ient beyond their own lines. And "That all connecting lines of rail >ad receiving property from the ship ing railroad as aforesaid shall and iey are hereby declared to be the ents of the railroads receiving said roperty for shipment for the purpose transportation and delivery." And the following are the provisions the bill Introduced by Mr. W. J. ohnson to prevent railroads from col ecting FREIGHT ON OVERCHARGES. Sec. 1. That any railroad or railroad >mpany in this State or any other tate receiving merchandise, wares or >mmodities of any kind for shipment > any place or point in this State -all issue a bill of lading therefor -ith the rate of freight with the int of destination therein stated, nd when said goods merchandise >mmodities shall reach their point of estination or place of delivery the ilroad company delivering the same oods, merchandise, wares or commodi es shall protect the rate of freight :ipulated in the original bill of lad ag issued by the receiving company. "Sec. 2. Any effort or attempt on ae part ofeany railroad in this State collect a greater amount than the arough rate stated In the original ill of lading or any e~ort to with old the delivery of said goods, wares. ierchandise or commodities when the eight equaling the rate stated in the ill of lading Is tendered by the con gnee. Shall be fined in the sum of ot less than $100 for each and every fence. In addition~being liable for ther damages that occur to the con .gnee by such unlawful delivery. Sec. 3. No person or persons, firms r corporations shall be required to pay eght upon the goods, wares or mer andse,they do not receive,but where shortage occurs on any shipment by ss In transit or otherwise the con gne shall only be required to pay ich portion of the freight as may be ne upon the portion of the shipment e receives. For a violation of the rovision of this section the offending ilroad or railroad company shall be ned in a sum of not less than $50 or more than $100 for each and every fence in the discretion of the court. Respect to Dr. Stokes. Senator Tillman on last Wednesday iorning announced the death of the .te Congressman Stokes to the United tates Senate and as a mark of respect WANTS A TRANSFER. The Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. Seek the United States Court. There has been another move in the matter of the suit brought by Attor ney General Bellinger against the Virginia-Carolina Chemical company. which was a move to dissolve the char ters of the domestic corporations con cerned and to prohibit the further do ing of business within this State by the Virginia-Carolina Chemical com pany. Wednesday night the follow ing notice was served upon the attor ney general: The State of South Carolina. Richland county: in the court of common pleas. The State of South Carolina vs. the Virginia-Carolina Chemical compa ny et al. To Hon. G. Duncan Bellinger, attor ney general: Please take notice that a petition and bond for removal of this cause to the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of South Caro, lina has been filed in this court, and that on the first day of the session next ensuing after the date hereof, at the hour of 12 m,, or as soon thereaf ter as counsel can be heard, the said petition and bond for removal will be presented to this court for Its accept ance. Mitchell & Smith. Attorn'eys for V.-C. C. Co. Wilicox & Willcox, Attorneys for Imperial Fertilizer Co. Trenholm, Rhett, Miller & Whaley, Attorneys for Standard F. M. Co. W, A, Holnlan, Attorney for Berkeley Chemical Co. Simmons, Siegling & Cappellman, Attorneys for Chicora Fertilizer Co. Clark & Muller, Attorneys for Columbia Phos. Co, T, L. and A, H, Donaldson, Attorneys for Greenville Fert. Co, N. W. Hardin, Attorney for Carolina Sul. Acid Co. Charleston, S. C., Jan. 14th, 1902. The principal ground for the peti tion for removal is that the South Carolina anti-trust law is in contra vention of the constitution of the United States and null and void. This was indeed an interesting turn. But it was not nearly so interesting as the next move of the attorney general made Thursday night. lie calls on the legislature to at once revoke the privileges and franchises given the Virginia-Carolina Chemical company. Friday morning he sent the official document to the general -assembly. Columbia Stat-e, Too Patriotic. Patrick had worked hard all his days' but his sons had spent his money for him, and when he was too old for ac tive work, he was offered the position of crossing-tender at a small railroad station. He looked dubious as the duties of the office were explained to him, and the meaning of the various flags was clearly stated. "In case of danger, with a train coming, of course I you wave the red flag," said his friend, proceeding with his explanation. A hard old hand grasped his arm. "Man dear, it'll never do," said Patrick, shaking his head solemnly. "I could: never trust mesilf to remimber to3 wave a red flag whin there wa~s a green wan handy." Governor McSweeney. "Governor McSweeney is to be con gratulated on his veto of the anti-free pass repeal bill. He has certainly done the 'popular and right thing. He has been hitting the nail on the head so frequently lately that there is some ground for the suspicion that he con templates being a candidate for re election. He has filled his high office most acceptably to the people of the State and has carefully avoided many opportunities to make mistakes. He has shown great patriotism and state pride and has done everything he could to further the interest and wel fare of the state and its people." Necklace Recovered. The valuable necklace which was recently stolen from the Woman's Building at the Charleston Exposi tion, has been recovered. The neck lace was traced to New York and the detectives of that city were asked to watch the express company's offices1 and arrest the party who called for the package. After allowing thef valuable heirloom to lie in the office for sometime he called for it and it was delivered to him. The detectives immediately took him in charge but as the charges were not pressed he was released and the necklace returned to Its owner. The Cherry Tree Swindle. A dispatch from Rutherford, Ns. C., says: "Postofflce Inspector Enter man is here working up the cases against the cherry tree men. Depu ty Marshall Scoggins has all the work he can do summoning witnesses, and arranging for the preliminary trial Wednesday. District Attorney Hol ton Is expected to attand the trial, and rumor has it that there are sever al prongInent citizens here and at For est City whose names have not been connected with the -business before who will be Implicated." Cheerful New. The News and Courier thinks they have queer Ideas of what constitutes "cheerful' news" in Manila. A dis patch from that city reports that such news has been received from Batangas Province and explains: "The columns have distroyed a large number of ham lets and enough rations to feed twenty thousand Filipinos six months. The enemy fled before the Americans. Many of them were killed." There was "not abingle American casuality,"' it Is added-which is probably the cheerful feature of the report. Well Put. The Washington Post calls atten ,tion to the fact that the burning of human beings at the stake in the coun try "had its origin in Massachusetts."] The News and Courier well says "the fact is irrelevant, however. The vic tims in that State had not committed any crime; and besides, the South does not accept Massachusstts as its ex emplar In other matters. and should not in this one. REDISTRICTING THE STATE. The Districts as Now Constituted With Their Populatioi. The Congressional Districts of the State are almost sure to be rearranged at the present session of the Legisla ture. For the information of our readers we give the districts as now constituted and the population by counties of each. First District-Charleston 88,006; Georgetown 22,846: Beaufort 35,495; Williamsburg (portion 22,130; Colleton (portion) 11,151: Berkeley (portion) 15.000: total 195,628. Second District--iken 39,032; Barnwell 35.504; Bamberg 17.296; Saluda 18.966: Edgetield 25,479; Hampton 23.738: total 160,015. Third District--Abbeville -33,400:; Anderson 55,728: Greenwood 28,343: Newberry 30.182: Oconee 23,634; Pickens 19.375: total 190.662. Fourth District-Fairleld 29,425: Greenville 53,490; Laurens 37,382; Spartanburg 65.560; Union 25,501; Richland (portion) 31.392: total 242,-: 770. Fifth District -Cherokee 21,359; Chester 2S.616; Chesterfield 20.401; Kershaw 24.696: Lancaster 24,311; York 41,684; total 161,067. Sixth District-Clarendon 28,184; Darlington 32.388; Florence 28,474; Horry 23.364; Marion 35,181; Marl oro 27,639; Williamsburg (portion) ),555; total 184,785. Seventh District-Dorchester 16, 294; Lexington- 27,264; Orangeburg 59,663: Sumter 51.237; Colleton (por 5ion) 22.301; Berkeley (portIon) 15.-1 154; Richland (portion) 14,197; total !C6,410. sOME PROPoSED CHANGES. Mr. F. H. Weston has introduced a )ill in the house to group the counties s follows: Pee Dee District-Marlboro, Ches rfield. Darlington, Marion, Florence. Rlorry and Clarendon. Santee District-Georgetown, Wil iamsburg, Charleston. Berkeley and Dorchester. Wateree District-Riebland, Fair leld, Kershaw, Sumter, Lancaster Lnd Lexington. Edisto District-Orangeburg, Barn vell, Bamberg, Hampton, Beaufort olleton. Saluda District-Edgefield, Aiken, saluda, Newberry, Greenwood and Uu rens. Keowee District-Abbeville, Ander ;on. Oconee, Pickens and Greenville. Catawba District-Union, Spartan >urg, Cherokee, York and Chester. The bill introduced by Mr. Mc Yowan of Laurens provides that the listricts shall be formed as follows: First District-Charleston, Berke ey, Beaufort, Colleton and Dorches :er. Second District-Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Edgefield, - Saluda, Lexing on and Hampton. Third District-Pickens, Oconee, knderson, Abbeville, Greenwood and \iewberry. Fourth Distric-Laurens, Spartan >urg, Greenville and Union. Fifth District-Cherokee, Chester, Tork, Fairfield, Kershaw, Chester ield and Lancaster. Sixth District-Marlboro, Marion, Eorry, Darlington, Florenee, Wil iamsburg and Georgetown. Seventh District--Richland, Sum er, Orangeburg and Clarendon. Then there are others which will be ntroduced later. A GHASTLY SIGHT. ive Mangled Bodies Found in One Small Bedroom. A ghastly discovery was made Wed nesday when some neighbors hearing ries coming from the residence of Vincenzo ~Vizolek, a Pole, at 209 Spring Alley, Pittsburg, Pa., broke pen the doors and found the bed room af the house saturated with blood. Mrs. Rosa Lak lay beside the bed, her race and head almost crushed beyond~ recognition, dead. Three little chil ren, their heads and bodies covered with cuts and gashes, and the hus band, Vencelsick, almost dead, were lying on the floor.. From what could be learned it ap pears that Vencelsick came home In toxicated last night and assaulted his wife with a rail cutter. The first blow Inflicted an 'ugly gash on her shoulder and knocked her down, but, she was on her feet again In an in tant and with such weapons as she~ ould find in the room she defended, berself. The three children were asleep in one of the beds and the bru tal father becoming so angry at his' wife rushed to the bed and rained blow after blow upon the sleeping lit le ones. The sharp edge of the cutter backed the children in a frightful manner and the hospital physicians say that there is very little hope of their recovery. The attack on the children Infuri ated the wife and with a knife in each band she sprang at her husband and stabbed him a number of times. He managed to get in a number of blows luring the -close battle and seeing that she was getting weak he 'gave her a shove and as she staggered back brought the cutter down on her skull with all his force, crushing her skull and she fell to the floor dead. By the time he had killed his wife Vencelsick as exhausted. lHe sank on the floor mnd lay there throughout the night >nable to move. The moans of the :hildren this morning and one of them :rymng was what attracted the neigh Dors. Vencelsick, it is said, was not mar ied to the woman, whose name it de reloped later was Rosa Lak. A strange nan who was found in the house by he police, was locked up. He refuses o talk. Open Every Day. Harold B. Wright. pastor of the hristian church at Pittsburg. does ot believe that a church should be losed up six days in the week, and mly opened the seventh, when the people assemble to worship. He pro poses to make the building earn divid ~nds every day in the week. It will >e pen at all times. comfortable :hairs will be provided, plenty of good reading matter. books, magazines and aily papers will be at hand, and the public will be invited to drop in at mny time ndnr1oin the comforts. THE FREE PASS BILL Vetoed by the Governor andthe House Sustains Him. HOW EACH KRRHEVOTED ON IT. The Governor Fully Sets Forth His Reasons for the Rejection of the Act By His Veto. As soon as the House of Representa tives got ready for business on Ttues day week Governor McSweeney sent in a message vetoing the act repealing the antifree pass act passed at the last session. The message reads as fol lows: To the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: I beg to return to you without my approval act-No. 129 to "Rcpeal an act entitled 'an act to prevent the use of a free pass, express or ielegraphirank on any railroadby any United States or member of congress from this State, or by any member of tlhe general assembly of this State, or by any State or county official, or by any judge of a court of record in this State.' Approved De cember 22, A. D. 1891." This act was passed at your last session, but was not ratified and turned over to us until the last day of the session and, therefore. could receive no consideration until af ter your adjournment. The act wilch the one under consideration purports to repeal was passed in response to a popular demand to remove the legisla tor and the offcial, as far as. possible, from corporate power and influence. It was not entirely a factional measure, though enacted during the time when factional feeling ran high. It had the support of members of all factions at that time and was enacted for the pub lic weal. I do not know of any demand or any good reason why it should be re peale.d, and have therefore withheld my approval from the act repealingi The system of distributing free passes by railroads among the members of the legislature and other officials before this act, was passed prohibiting it was - pernicioiwnd while I would not fora moment beunderstood as sayingor in timating that any legislator or other official, State or county, could be un duly influenced by receiving a free pass, yet it should be remembered that we are all human and must feel kindly to that manorcorpration the recipient of whose favors we are. These corpora tions are already very powerful ad wield great influence on legislation. Why should a frank or a free pass be given to a man as State official orleg islator when it would not be thought of so long as he remained a private C zen. Legislation is frequently-had.af fecting these corporations and laws al ready made affecting them have to be executed. it is best for the public service that the official and the legisla tor be entirely free to act withen impartiality in maling and executing, the laws. He should be able at al times to hold the scales of justice with an even hand, rememberingalwaysthe rights of thecorporationsas wellas the rights of the people. Believing this can be better done by not accepting favors from the corporations, and the fore not being under obligations to them, however small the obligation, I beg to return to you the repeaning act without my aproval and signature. M. B. MSeeney, Governor. The motion of Mr. Spears of .Darl ington to pass the act over the veto was voted upon by the house at once. It required 83 votes to do this.. When the vote was counted it was found that the friends of the nieasure bad lost., getting the required figures,-but _ not in the proper order-38. The vote on the motion was a follows: Ayes-Ashley, .Bivens, Blesse, Car ter, Cooper, Crum, Datze Dnns Dodd. Dommnick, Durant, ,fr Es tridge. Freeman, Gourdin, Hough, Humphrey James, Jaregan W Lyles, Mauldin, McCall, McGowan Jno. McMaster, Moffett, W.L. Parker, Patterson, R. B. A. C~obinson, Sea~ brook, Spears, Wells, Weston, Whaley, Williams.-38. Nays-Stevenson All, Bacot, Banks, Beamguar Brooks, Brown Bryan, Canipbell, 11ggsh, Croft Dean, DeBruhI, Dorroh, Dunbar, El der. Fox, Fraser Galiuchat, Gunter, Haile, Hardin, Nill, Hollis, Izlar, 0. L. Johnson, 'Kibler, Kinard, Lide, Lomax, 3layson, McLaughlin McMo Moses, Moss, NebitNo ls rne Pyatt, Rainesford, Itankin, Richard son. Rucker, Stackhouse Sanders, Seigler, J. B'. Smith, M. 'L. Smith, Strom, Stroman, Tatum, Thompson, Towill, Vincent, W Jng, Webb, West, Wilson, Wingo, . W d, Woodward. 64. It will be seen that the Governor's veto was sustained by a handsome majority, which will likely dispose of the bill for good. Helping the Exposition. In the National House of Rep resentatives on Wednesday Mr, Moody of Massachusetts presented a joint resolution to appropriate $90,000 to pay the expenses incurred by the West Indian and South Carolina Inter State exposition at Charleston, s. C., in connection with the government exhibit at Charleston. Mr. Payne of New York declared that the manage ment, when the governmenf, exhibit was secured, agreed .that the United States would not be asked for one cent. Mr. Elliott. in reply. took issue with Mr. Payne as to the facts. He said he was much more anxious that the management of the exposition should not be placed in a false attitude than that the resolution should be adopted. Mr. Moody pledged himself that with the adoption of the pending resolution the government's expense in connec tion with the Charleston exposition would cease. The resolution was assed.__________ A Democratic Ticket. The Chicago Chronicle suggists David Hill and Carter Harrisou for the Democratic ticket in 1904. The Chattanooga News says that this is a strong combination but for one thing. Hill is too prominently allied with the old light in the party. Schley aud - Carter liarrison would be a stronger ticket, in our opinion. Presidential calculators should keep their eyes on the hero of Santiago. The Democrat ic party wants to get together. Hill would not heal the breach: Schley miht dor it.