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Hiauted. My Love is dead. Yet day and nighit My Love is near: For t his II know by sound and sit' And. knowing. never fear. In drops of warm and limpid rn His ghostly kisses come: He whispers in the rusty gin Yet say they. De'ath is aumo. His eves g:ize down. WO pityig stars int'o m ine W~ wn ~uraseti He knocks agai: 'he unseen bars The wood-i)ird s'ops. amazed. And when a gau.zy mist uplifts Bet wixt t he ea rth and moon. His own loved form the vapor rifts. And comes a whisper: *Soon." "Soon:''-ah, my Love.1 tranquil wail. Till death's dissolvent wine Shall free my soul to join its mate Beyond life's thin sky-line. THE SUPPLY BILL As Passed by the Houze of Represen tatives on Wednesday. THE PROPOSED APPROPRIATION For Winthrop College was Reduced Ten Thousand Dollars. All the Others Went Through as Recommended. The appropriation bill was taken up in the House on Wednesday. The following items as recommend ed by the committee were put through, the only change being in re gard to Winthrop college: Governor's Office-Salary of gover nor, $3,000: salary of private secre tary, $1,350: salary of stenographer, $400; salary of messenger, $400: con tingent fund. $5,000: stationery and stamps, $300; total $10,450. Office of Secretary of State-Salary of secretary of state, $1,900: salary of chief clerk, 81.350: extra clerk hire, $1,200; contingent fund $200; station ery and stamps, $500: books and blanks, $350: total, $5,500. Office of Comptroller General-Sal ary of comptroller general, $1,900: salary of chief clerk, $1,400; salary of bookkeeper, $1,400; salary of auditing clerk, $1,400; contingent fund, $200: stationery and stamps, $300; printing $500; total $7,300. State Treasurer-Salary of State treasurer, $1,900; salary of chief clerk, $1,500; salary of bookkeeper, $1,350; salary bookkeeper, loan department, $1,350; contingent fund, $250; station ery and stamps, $200: printing bonds and stock. $500; total, $7,050. Office of Superintendent of Educa tion-Salary of superintendent of edu cation, $1,900: salary of clerk, $1,200; contingent fund, $200; stationery and stamps, $500; books and blanks for public schools, $1 000; expenses State board of educatioa, $300; traveling ex penses superintendent of education, $300; stenographer and typewriter, $400: total, 85,S00. - Offee Adjutant and Inspector Gen eral-Salary adjutant and inspector general, $1,500: salary of clerk. $1. 200; salary of State armorer and help, $350: contingent fund and armory rent, $500: stationery and stamps, $150; expenses offce and collecting arms. $550: repairs on armory at Beaufort, S90:ifor maintenance militia. $10,000; total. $14,340. Offce of Attorney General-Salary of attorney general, $1,900: salary of assistant, $1,350; contingent fund, $150; stationery and stamps, $75: ex penses litigation, $2,000; total. $5,475. Offce of State Librarian-Salary of State librarian, S800; contingent fund., $150; stationery and stamps. $300: for purchasing and binding books, $100; total, $1,350. Railroad Commissioners-Salary, $5,700; secretary $1,200: stenographer $800; rent, etc.. $750: printing, $250. (This appropriation is advanced and is to be returned by the railroads ex press and telegraph companies.) Pension Department-For pension 'es, $200,000; salary of clerk, $600: stationery and stamps, $120. Phosphate Inspector-Salary of phosphate inspector, $1,200; expenses of board, $300. -Keeper of State House and Grounds -Salary of two watchmen, $960; sal ary of janitor. $160: salary of en gineer, seven months. $75, five. months, $25, $650; salary of firemen ($245 each) $490: contingent fund. $210; fuel for State houe, $1,200: re pairs on State house, $350. Judicial Department-Salary of Jus tice Mclver, of Y. J. Pope, A. J., of Ira B. -Jones, A. J. and of Eugene B. Gary, A. J., at $2,850 each; total, $11,400; salaries of eight circuit judges, $24,000; salaries of eight cir cuit solicitors, $11,050: code commis sioner, $400; salaries of eight circuit stenographers, $10,000; salary of State reporter, $1,300: salary of clerk of su preme court, $800; salary of librarian, supreme court, 800; Salary of steno grapher of supreme Court $400; salary of messenger of supreme court, $200; salary of attendant supreme court, $200; contingent fund, $500; purchase books supreme court library, $500. Health Department-Expenses main taining quarantine station at Charles ton, $1,000; salary quarantine offce, Charleston, $1,650; salary quarantine offce, Port Royal. $700: expenses two stations at Port Royal. $300; sal ary quarantine office St. Helena $700; expenses quarantine station St. Hel ena, $150; salary quarantine ottice Georgetown, $450: expenses quaran station at Georgetown, $150: salary keeper of Lazaretto, $300: salary keep er hospital buildings at Port Royal, $175; for the puf~pose of carrying out the act establishing the State board of health, $2,200; clerk hire, State board of health, $300: to quarantine the State against contagious and infec tious diseases, $15,000. Tax Department-County auditors, $25,500; printing books and blanks, county auditors and treasurers, $2, 500. State Colleges-Support of South Carolina college, $28,107: support of Colored Normal and Industrial college at Orangeburg, 88.500; support of' beneficiary cadets at Citadel. $25,000. Winthrop Normal and Industrial College, 350,000: for scholarships, $5,450. State hospital for the Insane-Sal ary of superintendent 83.000: board of regents. per diem and mileage, $1,200: support of, $120,000: repairs and im proverments, $10.00i0: delicit 1901, $11, 520: insurance, 86,0&0. Deaf. Dumb and Blind Asylum Support of $23.000; for improvements. $5.859. State Penitentiary-Salary of super Intendent, $L.900: captain of the guard. $1,050: phy'sician, $1,050 chap lain $6500; clerk, $1.200U. Catawba Indians-Support of. $1, 000: for schools, 8200 Miscelanou-For committee to t:nmt roler gneral and ;sinking fund S. - J00: for coimmittee to ine os of pnal and eta it able i a t 1i.4us . 100 pubic print in _j);'1): to provi'de for Cle.ion Io ztateL house. 1~.0:Cohunnbia watter works. ,2.00o; salaies supervis rs re0e istrationl. E-12.000. Special fund fTr atto.)rney generai (anti-trust liti_-ation) : o n!: q)nt : an of1iee for State supeoirii n rn 4 education. -3:' for Ih o:in\ i debt to sink i .4n i N "1 1(1 com.,pletin j at 11p, r1-" for pamphit t o ie daI ribuated am4nyc public e y e li'rC d of head h, .~1. f4 ' i in: stewarls' ha1. io: f-or 8 ulh Carolina roomi in the iu-,er e unsum at ij1h m 0d repairs :nd imnprove ments S:r.rs 1 anson. 5;'250: claim.l.s passed1TY;. klC: for lightlini publi house. $.000: Agricultural nd Mechanical societ y. 1.200. Interest to eccrie-On 1I. 1.. C. at 4' 85.587.4:5 20 --21.4.58 On "1UC. S400,000 at 4, -I8.00: on Agricul tural collegc st(c'. Clemson ant Clif lin. $101.800-11.50k: on Clemson cullege per'petual stowk. i3. -51*2.36: total,2. -. . Past due interest likely T- accrue. 20.000. General Election Lxpense -Advor tsing notices of election, :.000: for commissioners and managers. 20.000: messengers. 1,500: total. 24.500. TIE FIGHT COMMENCI>. There was not a kick on a single proposed appropriation until South Carolina college's quota wag reached. 31r. Etird wanted to reduce the ap propriation of that college from 2$. 000 to 22.000. le said he had no fight to make on this particular In stitution. yet he declared that somc of the colleges (he particularized Win throp) are getting too much money. He continued that the South Car olina college will get 6.000 additional for lighting contract. Mr. Moses-The ways and means committee was united in reporting on this recommendation. Mr. Efird-I was not there at the time. Mr. Moses-Well. the bill has been before the committee for the past ten days. Mr. Kinard took issue with Mr. Efird. He commended the financial reports made by the college. The college is not asking for a cent more than it should have. This is the amount voted last year. He favors economy but not of the unwise varie ty. Mr. Wilson said that the ways and means committee had agreed on this amount and he hoped the bill would go through without hindrance, but as' Mr. Etird had been absent his opposi tion to it could be explained. Mr. F. H. Weston said this was the best, most concise and most detailed financial report ever made by a college to the general assembly. Mr. Hardin said this is financially the best managed institution in the State. ALL SPEND TOO MiUCH. Mr. Ashley said that South Carolina college might be as well run as any other, but they all spend too much money. He thought it was ridiculous to spend $28,000 on 200 boys. If he had the power he would give the So'ut~h Carolina college to Columbia and the Citadel to Charleston and tell those cities to run them. Mr. Ashley added with a sly wink that he would turn over the colored cullegee to Orange burg, too. M1r. W. J. Johnson said that this would be an unjust discrimination against the college. Clemson has 400~ students and gets $125.000. If any col lege's appropriation is to 'be cut let it be Clemson's. Mr. Ashley wanted to reduce all of them. VOTED DOWN. The house voted down Mr'. Efird's amendment. Mr. Ashley had an amendmet to fix the appropriation at $25,.000. This was then discussed. Mr. Prince and Weston explained to Mr.. Efird, who had been absent from the committee meeting, that the college doesn't get $6,000 additional for lights. Mr. Weston declared tha t the South Carolina college is the only State in stitution whicih does not have l ights furnish its students free. The SI.000 paid was for wiring the buildings. Mr. Prince favored the iui as re ported by the committee. The trustees had asked for 81.500 mor~e than the ways and means committee had re comended and the majority of the committee favored giving that amount but yielded to the minority and ac cepted the smaller amount iu order that there might be unanimity on this matter. The house on motion of Mr. Kinard ordered the previons question. Mr. Etird asked Mr. Prince why the college employs a matron from some other State when there are plenty of good women at home. Mr. Prince was not allowed to an swer the inquiry as the chair was about to put the main question. The vote on Mr. Ashley~s proposed amendment was 65 against it and 38 in favor. Mr. Bleas olrered an amend ment to make the appropriation $26. 000. This, too, was voted down and the committee's recommendation was adopted. wINTHRbOP COLLEGE. The next matter taken up was the proposed appropriation for Winthrop, which the committee had put at sixty thousand dollars. Mr. Ashley said there was no use to make a speech on this matter as the house seemed bent on giving the eol lgs every cent they asked for. Mr. Moses read a report from the Winthrop authorities showing why they asked for an increased appropria tion and what they proposed to do with the money. The salaries there are lower, said Mr. Moses. than in any other institu tion in the State. The expense there per capita is lower than at any other State institution. Mr. Jno. P. Thomas, Jr., one of the original trustees of Winthrop, said he was willing to take the recommenda tion of the ways and means commit tee but as one of the best friends of that institution, he wanted to warn the trustees oif Winthrop that they are remiss in the colleet~n of tuic n fees. The percentage of tuition paid at Winthrop is $7 while it is e" idr capita at the South Caroina" C*.!e'e. Mr. Prince rep)lied that Mr\h' a was misinformed as to t.' an'iunt .r tuition fees paid at thei 'u' i ao ia ciuliege, Iii.wever tii ao they appreia't" crtn r rni li r necessary and the w i let ai lr' .rr proportin (of tese fees. In aL of tie State institutions4' boys' are i'-t ting free iion w'holise pairents can a e is o enange tie 1,o-v on that SIIl)jct. n reply to Mr. Hardin he saii 1hat iven if the farm had never 1illepnss it wS tctsa it 1]ave a inrm i nter i t vt a Il t Mr "iniepr who as chaia I of khe Iommineeon education is a trIstiee *i br ''p. dLcla red that as a trus I. he was ever indful of his duti-s s l Lar and hLe knows that tids approprition is necessary f->r its ex itence. Th-n ame the gallant Col. Rlltbin sol of Anderson who defended the col lege of the little wi men. The chival r1os 'conel spoke as follows: I ai sorry to see on this floor men VliLging tie institulthinL of the fair daughoers If South Carolina. I don't hliev t av native, born South Cal.ii Ian will d1o it: he would have tcmou of a drive. You paid $1 0 to oir sex. the rougher sex. tli h'memr sex-is there a man of this So that don't believe they are eu t I to ivne-third? I say they should h one-half A re they not doing as mui fr t he~ hiOme. the church. the tane nd heavcn? I contend that t are doing more. They are the e adider which man climbs from e14 t heaven. For nearly one hun drI 1rs yIi ha-f ben paying and f. r lie, i male schools of this ;ta1e and only recently Winthrop has bee.n established and they have asked for less than one-third. You knife the a npropriation that means to close the doors of that grand institultion. Do thiat anl you will have a cloudy day in the history of South Carolina. I have visited only recently that great college; T can't find words in the En glish'language just now to do justice to Prof. Johnson, his corps of teach ers and the school girls. In leaving th-m I thought of the language of the Queen of Sheba in visiting King Solomon i all his glory. What she had seen and heard, the 'half had not been told.' I say now and here with out fear of contradiction, that more economy is practiced in Winthrop than any institution in the State. Think of the number of girls that is being taught there-in 1900. 59 grad uates at that school: the next year 58 were found in the school room. What they have done, what they are doing it will take eternity alone to reveal. I will now leave the matter with you. Give them justice, and treat them white and then. I will be satisfied." ANOTHER BLOW. The house had been discussing Mr. Ashley's tifty thousand, dollar amend ment. Mr. C. E. Robinson offered a substitute to cut the appropriation to forty three thousand, five hundred dol lars, the amount appropriated this ve ar. Mr. Robinson asked what do the girls get? They get live thonsand, four hundred dollars for free tuition, the same as last 'year. The rest goes to salaries of teachers, etc. le saw no help for the girls in the proposed increasetappropriations. and asa friend of the school he wanted to see the school practice economy. '.Mr. Morgan of Greenville said he is not in favor of legislation on the "cheap-John" plan, but the people of the Stte haive reached a crisis in their inancial affairs. They have to mort gage their farms to get corn for their very existence of their stock. It is time to call a halt. It is time to take alw from the burdens of the people whoar now growling in poverty. Mr. Morgan spoke with deep feeling of the general depression of the county. H is speech was about the most effectivye against the large appropriation. WILL NOVi EFFECT TAXEs. IMr. H. .T. Kinard declared that the proposed increased appropriations will not increase the levy' which is now 5 mills. He had thought it unnecessary to keep up that farm at Winthrop. but it had been proved to him that the farm is necessary in order to give a constant and regular supply of vege tables and milk at a cheap price to the college. Tihe time has passed when women must be kept in the back round. They must go hand in hand with men in the march of progress. He~ made a strong and sti'rring appeal for the woman's college. Mr. J. B. Smith of Colleton, the champion of the common school, de clared that there arc thousands of chldren in the common schools and ye theeislature hdrefused them $100,0010 last year. If the common ~l ar forever diseriminated agal::st the peoiple will rise up and se'na people to the legislature who will chage the trend of alfairs. IMr. Nayson oIf Edgetlid said he Ivielded to no man in his regard for woman. yet he agreed with Mr. Mc Leod that the house has not at its command the proper information. The house then voted on Mr. C. E. Robinson's substitute for Mr. Ashley's amendment. The substitute was re jected. Mr. McLeod of Sumter made a tell ing speech against the committee's recommendation. He declared that the figures quoted by Mr. Moses should have been put in the possession of the house in the way of a financial report from the college. He thinks that the ways and means committee takes too much from the college on faith, and the house takes too much from the committee on faith. He be lieves in the higest and best education which can be offered, and Is as loyal to the colleges as any other member. but he would not agree to give any of the colleges more than they had received last year. The house then by a vote of 65 to 43 adopted the committee report as amnded by Mr. Ashley. so that the a ppropriation should be cut to $50,000. The mnembers voted as follows: Afnlrmative-Messrs. Ashley, All. Autin. Banks. Bivens, Blease, Brooks. Brown, Bryan, Butler. Campbell, Car ter, Coggeshall. Cooper, Crum, D~antz ler Dean, D~efruhl, Dennis. Dodd, Dominick. Dorrob., Dunbar. Durant, EidI Fox, Fraser, Freeman. G;aston, Huphrev, Jarnigan. Johnson, W. .1.; Kels Kihiler. Kinsey, Lide, Lomax, May son. McCall, Mc~raw, McLaugh 1n McLeod, Morgan. Morrison. Moss Neshitt, Nichols. Parker, W. L., Rainsord, Robinson, C. E.; Rucker, Stachouse, Seigler, Smith. J. 13.: St rom. Stroman, Tatum. Webb. Wells. Wigo-05. Negative--H~on. W. F. Stevenson, speaker: Messrs. Bacot, IDeamguard. Croft. D)eLoach, Elder. Estridge, Gal. luchat. Halile. Iz~lar. JTames, Johnson. . L.: Kinard L tte Lo. LyIles, ieson, Parlr, W. H.. Price Pyatt, A.: Sanders.- iiabrock. inider, Smith. -1 L. : Spe-ars.I Thma. J. P. Jr.: -iliams. WXilso. W oods. Wiodward Wen it vas seen how the vote was ull,- "iloys. youI -.ili cr-ipple the in eta ti '' Lll Mr. Hardin replied with cutting em ohasis: ."Well, they can make it on the farm this year. TUE CITADEL. The iit on the Citadel came up on Mr. Ashley's motion to reduce the pro posed appropriation from 825.000 to 820.000. This was ouizrwhelmingly (efeaded and the appropriation stands as it was last year at 825.000. There was not a word of discussion on the appropriation fur the "dude factory" whereas 10 years ago it would have been passed in tumult and strife. THE NEGRO COLLEGE. N r. Ashlev introduced amendments striking at the appropriations for the colored State college. Mr. Ashley and Mr. Wingo said that this college had declared two years ago that it would not ask for more money to complete the building and yet they are asking for -500 to complete the building. They opposed this item. Representative Rohs. the colored member from Georgetown pleaded for the State institution for negroes. Ile thought 88.000 a pitiful sum for main tenance. and the 8500 is needed to com plete a building. Mr. McLauhlin of Orangeburg said he is opposed to educating negroes. hut this is State property and if the appro priation is not made it means that a 840.000 building will go to ruin. The school is managed by white trustees and they asked for 811.500, but the $8.500 was agreed upon as the least possible amount, The house by a very large maJority voted down the attempts to cut the proposed appropriation to the colored college, This finished the appropriations to the colleges, THE 1NDIANS. Mr. Wingo wanted to cut the appro priation for Catawba Indians from 81.000 to $600. Ile said there were not over half a dozen fullblooded Indians there anyway. They are lazy and guilty of vicious habits. Mr. Beamguard explained that the State has a contract to keep up these Indians whose lands had been taken away from them. The white mal has crowded the Indian back to a narrow strip of poor land and being indolent nature they would starve otherwise. Mr. Wingo aslied if it is right to be squandering money on these lazy half breeds who are too indolent to open their eyes to read. Mr. Beamguard--Was it right to take their lands away? Mr. Jno. P. Thomas declared that the Stateoannot vitiate its contract to keep up the Indians. The house voted down the motion of Mr. Wingo. The house agreed to let the State superintendent of education have $150 to rent an office in the city as there is no room in the State capitol. The railroad commission is also crowded out. STATE FAIR. The annual appropriation of $2,500 to the State fair was not made last year as the association did not need this appropriation (which is but a loan anyway and is always returned to the State.) Mr. Efird asked for this appro priation Tuesday as the last fair had not been a tinancial success. Mr. Wingo opposed. The house granted the appropriation. but Mr. Blease made a few remarks which the business men of Columbia should take to heart. Mr. Bleas thought the banks of Columbia Iought to lend that money to the asso ciation. The business men of Columbia are the ones who profit from the fair and they should not let it lag and lan guish and appeal for aid. Tyhere was no future fighting on the bill and by 1.30 it had been given its second reading in the house. No other business was transacted. A Safe Robbed. Mr. S. J. Taylor's store, at Greelev ville, in Williamsburg county, was robbed by burglars early Wednesday morning and the iron safe rifled of $'700 in cash and a lot of valuable papers. Tihe circumstances of the robbery are as follows; About 2 o'clock A. M. the town was aroused fro, slumber by a loud explosion, which sounded in the direction of Mr. Taylor's mill. Thinking that the noise proceeded from a bursting boiler a crowd quickly gathered at the mill. Finding nothing wrong there they wvent over to Mr. Taylor's store. which: is nearby, and dsscovered that it had been broken into. The huilding was filled with smoke and the sate door hung open. To get into the safe the handle was knocked oft' the door and the socket filled with gunpowder and ignited by a fuse. About a half hour had elapsed before Mr. Taylor got to the store and the robbers had time to escape. The money stolen consist ed of 400 silver, 180 gold and 120 greenbacks of 5, 10 and 20 denomina tions. __________ His Sweetheart's Letter. A colonel, on his tour of inspection. unexpectedly entered the drill-room, when he came across a couple of sol diers, one of them reading a letter aloud, while the other was listening, and, at the same time stopping up the ears of the reader. "What are you doing here?" the puzzled officer inquired of the former. "You see, colonel, I'm reading to Adklns, who can't read himself, a let ter which has arrived by this after noon's post from his sweetheart." "And you, Adkins, what mn all the world are you doing?" "Please, colonel, I am stopping up Murphy's ear with both hands, be cause I don't mind his reading my sweetheart's letter, but I don't want him to hear a single word of what she has written." Where is James Stewart? A communication has been received boy Collector of the Port R. M. Wal lace from the tresurer department. asking for information about James Stewart, who seved in Company "G," 128, U. S. C. T.. in the civil wvar. The man is said to have belonged to the late lion. John Hlanckel. The depart ment also wants to know if "the sol dier's father is dead, whether his f ither had another wife than Judy. who, with her husband and four children. was sold to Henry Lewis. of St. Thomas parish in 1845. and also whether there are any other children by another wife. survving."-Charleston Post. All Fowls Go Free. The free conference committee of the Senate and House to which had been referred the bill to make domes Itic fowls subject to the gen~eral stock law, reported that they had aireed to change the words ''domestic fowls" to "turkeys, geese, ducks and guineas." This. it will he seen. left chickens ouit of the operation of the hill1. There was some discussion over the commit tee's report. and finally the report was rejected. This kills the whole bill, and all kinds of fowls will go free T REAT INVENTION. With Beacon Eye Railroad Locomo tives Will See, and XAXE COLLISIONS IPOSSIBLE. All Engines Will Soon Carry Vertical and Horizontal Search Lights to Prevent Ranning In to Each Other. A practical demonstration of the utility of a new (leparture which, it is claimed by railway ollicials, will effec tively prove the solution in a large de gree of the railway collision 'problem, was made Thursday night on the Chi cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road near Chicago. The device consists of an exceeding ly powerful headlight, which not only perfectly illuminates the track with an intensely brilliant shaft of light for a distance of a mi'e, but also embraces the striking anti novel feature of a beam of light of about equil brilliancy penetrgting over seven hundred feet above, which can be clearly seen ten miles distant. It is thereby possible for approach ing trains to absolutely locate each other by this vertical shaft of light. though miles apart, and it is this fea ture which railroad officials claim will eliminate the possibility of collision. This vertical beam will, in hilly coun try, especially, where curves in the track are numnerous, so positively fix the location of trains that nothing but carelessness on the part of engine men will permit a collision. The apparatus consist cf a power ful electric arc headlight, a dynamo and steam motor, all of waich occupy the space on the locomotive usually de voted to the headlight. The dynamo which generates the current for this veritable headlight occupies a space of less than fifteen inches wide direct ly behind the headlight and is opera ted by a motor driven by steam impact on a turbine wheel. The current is six thousand candle power, which can be reduced to any degree of brilliancy at the will of the engineer. One the heaviest passenger engines on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, experimentally equipped with this headlight, drew a special train a number of miles out of Chicago last night, and a practical demonstration of the working of the apparatus was given under the supervision of Charles W. Adams, formerly assistant pener al passenger agent of the Pennsylvania system. At a distance of half a mile the tel egraph poles and framework of sema phores were clearly defined, while the track bed itself was distinctly visible for one mile. Straight above the lo comotive a shaft of light as thick as a man's body penerated the darkness, and persons posted ten miles away reported that it was clearly dis tinguishable. This is an entirely new departure in headlight illumination and railway signals. It is further proposed to convey sig nals of distress or other communica tions when trouble occurs between telegraph points by the use of colored glass to color the vertical rays of light. Among those aboard the special were HI. Ri. Williams, general manager of the C., M. and St. P.; W. J. Under wood. assistant generai manager: C. A. Woodward, general superintend ent; F. A. Miller. general passenger agent, and F. A. Gibson, division su perintendent, and it was their unani mous opinion that the headlight was thgroughly practical and would be come one of the future requisites in railroading, STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION. The Executive Committee Arranges for the Georgetown Meeting. A meeting of the executive commit tee of the State Press Association was held in the oft4ce of President Aull Thursday night at which it was de eided to hold the next annual meetingr in Georgetown in June. the dlate to be fixed later. The people of Georgetown have extended a very cordial invit ation to the association and Senator Walker and Reprsentativ'e Pyatt met with the committee to arrange for the meet ing and to assure the association of the pleasure with wvhich the citizens of Georgetown looked forward to tae meeting. The following list of subjects and those to lead the debate on them were selected: "HIow to publish a good newspaper in a small town"-weekly, John Bell Towill, Batesburg Advocate: daily. Hartwell M. Ayer, Florence Times. "The country editor; a business man or a philanthropist"-James T. Bacon, Edge ield Chronicle. 'Tihe typesetting machine in a small oflice"-Jas. L. Stopplebein. Spartanburg Headlight. 'How to secu~re and maintain, coun try correspondence"-J. T. Drew. Darlingtor Messenger. 'The light and shadows of news paper life"-Rey. W. P. Jacobs, Clin ton. Our Monthly, "The tendencies of modern journal ism"-H. L. Watson, Greenwood In dex. "The newspaper as an educator" J. F. Fooshe, News and Herald, Winns boro. "How to make a country weekly a financial success"-A. B. Jordan, Dil "The moral responsibility of an ed itor"-Rev. W. HI. Greever, Southern Lutheran, Columbia. Col. J. I. Estill of the Savannah Morning News was selected as the annual orator and a very complimen tarv letter of invitation was framed to be sent him by the committee ex prssing their high appreciation (of his wor for the advancement of jour 1Besides, Col. J. A. Hoyt, who is on the nationaul assoc iation executi ve comn mittee. E. H. Aull, Jas. L. Stopple bin, J. C. Hemphil and 4F. Hf. Mc Master were chosen to represent the South Carolina Press association at. the Natilonal Editor'al association w hic~h meets at hot Springs. A r'k.. an d adjourns to Charleston to visit tie expos~ition. The president asks that every imnm ier of the association who can attend the meeting let him know that he minght give them the appointment to till any vacancy in the representauon. There were present at the meeting P resident Aull, Secretary Langston. Gov. McSweeney. J. L. Stopplebxin aiid Hlartwell M. Ayer. A Georgia editor makes the remark that "'Dollar corn and seven centsc it toi will force a hundred dollar mule to wear a lifty dollar mortgage, even in~ the warmest seasrm." K TILLMAN IS A POWER. That 1-4 What a Savannaih Paper Says A bout IH I. . The Counmbus Enquirer-Sun said recently. Senator Tiliman continues to attract attention. However. this so far is about all he has done." The Savannah Press replies: "Tho En (1irer-SUl is istaken. In spite of his roughness Senator Tillman is one of the most influential men in the up per Ilouse. Some of his utterances jar the Senators and many or his re torts are far from court eons. But with all that. Senator Tillnan is a power. His pitchfork is feared by the members. le has done more for South Carolina. measured by practi cai results. I han any man who has been in Congress since the war. It is strange that such tactics should win especially in a body inerusted with traditions and hampered by rigid etiquette. But somutimes a nan is needed to break through these rules ruthlessly. Ben Tiliman is a reform er. some say a fanatic. but when he rises he generally says something. He acts and expresses himself with energy and when le goes to the de partments in quest of a naval dock or a postoffice he usually gets what he wants. Charleston has secured, through Senator Tillman. some fat appropriations, and South Carolina occupies a larger place in the public eye than she has in many years. Some of her people are shocked by the as perities of the case. Tillman is not polished or always pa rl iamen tary. There are times when the English language fails him in giving expres sion to his vehement ideas. But he generally has a message and he is not afraid to say it. Tillman is like Sam Jones. He is a man of flesh and blood, and is as fearless as S-vanarola and as rigid as Martin Luthu:. le does not franie his thoughts with a view of pulling appropriations from the pub lic crib,.but he gets them because he is not cringing or truculent. He makes ducks ansl drakes of the Senate traditions, and when he rises the cus toms of a hundred years crash like glass windows after a dynamite ex plosion. But South Carolina can get more with Tillman in the Senate than with the regulation article usually sent there, who is snuffed out by the weight of Senatorial courtesy. There is an. Ellenton riot every time lie ar raigns Republican tactics. THE PRICE OF COTTON. About Planting Time It is Pushed Up to Fool the Farmer. As usual about planting time the price of cotton is pushed away up out sight, so as the.farmers will be fooled into planting a big crop and keep prices down next Fall. A dispatch from New York says the weekly fig ures made vp Saturday disclose a'posi tion of exceptional strength and point to much higher prices in the immed: ate future. The dispatch goes on to sa~y that the world's visible supply of American cotton shows a decase for the week of 145.000 bales and is now only 180. 000 bales greater than two years ago, when cot tori went t~o ten and eleven cents perfound and was practically unobtaina ble at the end (of the season. Of this visible supply there is in Amner ca at the ports and interior towns 176.000 bales less than last year and 360.000 hales less than in the memor able bull year of 1900. The quantity of cotton brought into sight for the week is only 1:32,000 bales, which is the smallest on record for the corresponding week or any sea son in which the crop exceeded 9.000. 000 bales. We have consumed ap proximately 650.000 bales more than last year. Japan alone having taken 115,000 bales against only 6.000 last year. In every direction the de mand seems to be expanding and the supply decreasing. The average weight of bales is six pounds less than last year, wvhich is equivalent to a re duction of 120.000) bales in the supply. The cotton trade of the world seems upon the eve of ~recognizing the extra ordinary situation and a very sharp advance in the market appears immni nent. It is certain to come promptly if those who hold the small remnant of this year's crop decline to sell except at its fair value. It is worth, in view of the situation diisclosed,. certainly nin~e cents, anvl will probably com mand ten cents oefore the end of the season. It is only through a very sharp and immediate advance that an absolte cotton famine in America can be averted. The Cherry Tree Men. A dispatch from Rutherfordton, N. C.. says W. 11. Hester. IL. L. Clower. C. D. Wilkic, G. W. Rollins and C. F. Geer, of the Amos cherry tree con ern, who have been on trial for the past two days chargred with having used the mails for fraudulent purposes. were bound .in a bond of 81.000 each for their appearance at the next term of the Charlotte. North Carolina Federal Court. This makes 11 of the cherry tree men who h'ave been bound over, and there are vet other arrest to be made. The men undler arrest have made an oller to the United States District Attorney to compromise the cases against them-oriered to divide among the claimants $:30.000, they have 'on hand: but the District Attorney has retused the offered and will prosecute th~em to the end. They will be tried at the .June term of court in Charlotte. Th~e maximum punish ment is $500 hine and eighteen months imprisonment. These rascals swin ded a greait mnany people and we hope that they~ will be convicted and sent to the penitentiary. Somec of the defend ants are right proJminenit peoplie in.. I heir sect ion. (One being a preacher in good st-inding. Machinery at Charl esto'n. In this industrial day and genera tion, machinery and its multiform labor-saving devices. are of interest to every man. and it is ai lilier: edc uca tioin to the uninlforn:ed. w 'tever his callingr. to vist and e.:min the'se aggregations of inemt and capital. To watch one of these ma:chines at work. is toi see ci nron and st eel pubi sate with senti ent life.' They seem to think and thien to act.Hraeth marvels of elcica invenion, won des in ruibbr ad *eather . tang combli natin 115Of vawdu.s, cok and salt transformedA int shape of wen drous beauty . arder thn th diamond. the ie abrJ)asive. carbtm marine, a wildrnes 1 f up. 0to gins and gra in ma-chin.c:- implemennts and to ols. Trul whv un :i' v sc'es such an exhibit as tis. it is- :.0 diii t to understand how and -;:Byv Aunmeia ALOSS TO THE STATE. Death of'. aMst I-xcellent Youmng Man In, Coliubia. The Columbia State of last Thurs day said: Yesterday t he students anid faculty of the Soul h Carolina col lege received a great shock .when it was announced that Mr. P. N. flamer, of the senior class.had died at 1 o'clock. M r. lIamer had been sick oily about a week and it was thought that hs ill ness was only a slight attack of the grip. About a week ago he was feein"' indisposed and went to the imrminir. ie was gettingalong nicelyuntila few I days ago when he became very ill, hlis left lung being affected. It was then known that he had pneumonia. yester day inorning all hope of his recoveryI was givenl up. He lingered until I o'cloc!k yesterday when he quietiy and peaceful.y breathed iiis last. Mr. flamer was a prominent member of t he senior class and was one of its most deserving inembers. le stood ati the head of his class last year and has I always taken a high stand in his studies. In the class room he alhays exhibited the manliest conduct and was ever prompt in answering the ques tions put to hini. When any hard quest ion was to be answered t he pro fessors turned towards Mr. lanr and they were seld-n disappointed. On a count of diligent study and imerh orious scholarship he was awarded the llp ton scholarship in his junior year. Desides being a splendid st udent. he was an excellent college nan. Ile took interest in all the student body did and was prominent in carrying out projects for the benefit of the stueents. The students. reconizing his abilities and sterling worth, elected him to the highest olice in the college. that of editor in chief of the annual, "The Garnet and Black." Ie held this honor when death claimed him. The Clariosophie Liteiary society, of which he was a member, has suffered an irreparable loss. He was their most prominent member and took an active part in the work. When work of any kind was to be done, when any projecL. was being contemplated, Mr. firmer was always consulted. le was the leading man in his society, which. re cognizing his services, elected him to the highest honor, tne junior presi dency. He has held numerous other o-'ices in the society and represented it at the celebration of the college cen tennial at Charleston. The members of this society elected him as an editor of the college periodical, The Carolinian; and for several t.erms he held this po sition. Mr. Hamer was also a prominent member of the Young Men's Christian association, having identilied himself with this body as soon as he entered college. He has held several otlices in this association, and was. elected as a delegate to the convention which has just closed'its session here. As to his worth, a thorough man, a faithful student and a perfect gentle man each and every student of the college will testify. His Christian char acter is shown by his conduct the day before his death. He having asked con cerning his sickness, the matron of the infirmary hesitated about telling him. "You need not hesitate," he said, "for my peace is settled. I am prepared to die, if it is the Lord's will. I am young and love the world, but I am ready, if it is God's will." A few minutes be fore his death he shook hands with t hose at his bedside, and extending his hands in an attitude of prayer, he said: "O,. Christ, receive me into Thy dingdom.'- H~e immediytely closed his eyes and breathed his last. Iis brother J. A. Hamer. and his mother, Mrs. .J. M. Barrentine, are the only memibers of his family who are in the city. Mr. Hamer .was 20 years of ag3 the 4th day of December last. He was born in Clio, Marlboro county, and en tered college with the present senicr class the middle term of their fresh man year. He has been honorLsi and respected throughout his college career. both by the students and facul tv. 'The entire student body met at the chapel shortly before 4 o'clock, with most Qf t he professors on the rostrum. IPresident Woodward aenounced that the chaplain. Prof. J. W. Flinn, would take charge of the services. Dr. Flinn re'd appropriate lines and subsequent ly offered a most ,toulching prayer in memory of the beloved followvstudent just deceased. President Woodward then in his most touching style said a few words in reference to the deceased which had the effect of dampening every pair of eyes and swelling the already full hearts of the students. Dr. Woodward said. in brief: "We have met here, as professors and stu dents,.a a college community to do our last ser vice as friends of the de ceased. We all feel grief and sadness on such occasions and at such times there is little to be said. Only a word I have to say to you. I went down to the inlirmary this morning to see how Mr. Ilamer was and found him dying. By an effort and no doubt with much p'in to himself he asked, 'How about examinations?' I told him that he had done well on all he had stood. He had got ten out of a sick bed under an un oounded sense of duty. He has not fared worse by it though he is no longer with us. When he spoke to me I knew t hat he was passing his last, examina tion and 1 thought to myself, "Let me die the death of the righteous. Peace to his ashes and to us blessed be his memor.' Dr. Woodward then explained that owing to circumstances which delayed in tihe preparation of the funeral the body of the deceased couid not be taken away tint il this morning; that there would be no college exercises today and t hat he hopped every student would be at the intirmary in time to escort the, body to the depot and thus perform their last service to their late fellow stuent. The senior class was~ especial ly requlested to be present on this sad ussion. And then it was announced that the following students had been appointed to accompany the body to Clio, where ,they could there "testify to the towns people of the deceased of his worthi and character as a noble and true young man of the best morals:" Messrs. J1. W. Brawlev and .J. A. Stoddard for the senior class: Mr. Italph McLen.don for the Clariosophic society and law de partmient: Mr. .1. T. Wardlaw for the . M. C. A. and the junio~r class. Mr.' 1. 11. Lumnpkin for the sophomore class and ~Mr. Hlollis for the freshman class. The following members of the senior (lass wvili act as pallbearers this morn ing in carrying the the body to t he depot: Messrs. .J. D. Grittin. A. 11.1 McGhee. A. A. Springs. R. P. Bak well. L. M. Stokes and W. H. Nichol The senior elass at a special meet ing adptedl the following: Again the dreadled summons: anid slowly and withotut a muiriur our frienci and classmate. Peter' Nelison H amer,. yielded his l ife 10 Go'd. To know bini was to love him. E.nnfect ed and sinple in his habiis. e y,,msn(d his'' war ln life bearing t he g'~oon opioni oall svu11 knew him. the~ enmity of c 'alte andi~ vitue which "gave .he Irl ia nran'e of a man. Hie wa of 0 .an" riliious convictions, upight, hIinirabl. f a ihful and conscieont zous. \ s rienmis andt as classmates we in .er teibi est imony in the hope lb ha we'i may be inspired to live high~1er and1 parer lies. Therefore be it Resolved: Our class and ':llege hae ost a fait hful meinber'. one who exemplitied the highest princileso ienIm ristianity and friendshi Iiumbly bowing to lhe wIll of God in removing from our midst Peter Nelson Hlamer. we rejoice that we knew him and ca'led him friend. and to those who weep and cannot 1e comforted. we ten der our hear felt sympathy and trust that iGOd will gice If is mercy "to shine upnZ them" and strengthen them to iear wil b fort itude their heavy loss. Ilesolved. That the senior class send A two of its members to accompany the body to its last resting place. Resolved. That the senior class in token of its esteem and respect for the deceased. wcar crepe until after the interment. llesolved. That these resolutions be inserted in our college magazine, and annual, a copy sent to the family of our departed friend, and that- the pa pers he requested to publish them. Chas. Ryttenberg, Parker E. Conr.or, Geo. E. Boddiford. Each of the following sent beautiful bouquets of flowers tied with satin rib bon: The Y. M. C. A.: the editors of the Garnet and Black: the senior class; the Clariosophic literary society; Mrs. J. W. Fiinn, and Mrs. A. C. Moore also added ilowers to the casket. A SENSATIONAL STORY. The Augusta Herald Says Warren Was Seen Monday at Yemassee. The Augusta Ierald publishes a sensatwmal story about Bartow War, ren on J:ts Monday afternoon. The ;'dlowin is the story as told -by the I terald: "A :ailroad conductor coming into A:grusta this afternoon stated to a !1.rald reporter that the people of iemasee are considerably- etcited and all the talk of the little settle ment is of a visit the outlaw jaid that ] place this morning. Early Monday morning, shortly after the two or three stores of the place had been opened the people collected around them noticed a man coming up the railroad track rather sha-bbily dressed and with a brace of pistols buckled on the outside of his coat. When the man got near enough to be recognized and his back was seen it was noticed that he had a piece of paper pinned on his back on which was written: I am Dartow Warren. If you want me take me." Warren is well known to many people around Yemassee, andiV s said he knows the woods and swampe in that part of the country as weRa he does the home in which he was raised. Very unconcernedly be.-. walked directly to the store of K. Pinckney, on the right sidi of the railroad going down, .went in and stood against the counter for a short.,-: time with a hand on each of the pis tols while standing in the store, talked with the proprietor for a few minutes " and then went away. The reward ot fered for the criminal states that he must be taken and turned over -to the state alive and knowing the desperate character of the man no one seemed to care to run the risk of being kilRed for the sake of the reward, and It is further known that Warren will never EPIDEMIC O FIRES. Several Cities Suffer to the Extent of' Millions of Dollars. A great fire swept through Patter son, N. J1., Sunday, and in its desolate wake are the embers and ashes of property valued in preliminary esti4j mate at $10,000.000. It burned itsN way through 'the business section of\ the city and claimed as its own ama joity or the finer structuiref devoted to commercial. civic, educational and religious use. as well as ~scores of houses. There was small tribute of - life and injury to the conflagration, but hundreds were left homeless-anid thousands without employment. ST. LOUIs VIsITED. - At an early morning fire inSt. Louis on Sunday, which destroyed'the Em pire hotel, a large three-story lodging house at 2700- and 2702 Olive streeti occupied by men exclusively, ciused the death of eleven persons, ten men and one woman, and dangerously injured eight others. Ten or more who had nai-ow escapes from deathin fire, were more or less injured by be ing frost bitten.* oTaERt PLACZs VIsIZED. Springfield, Ohio, Chicago, Ill., El-d berton, Ga.. New York City, and other places have also had destructive fires. in the last two days. Several people. were burnt to death in a Chicago thea tre on Monday night. Two Bills Passed. house of representatives did a' gooc. day's work Friday. The gen eral road law was given second read-. ing as was the bill to prevent-the: formation of trusts. The features in the action on the road bill were keep ig the minimum age limit of those subject to road duty at 18 years. Also. the adoption of section leaving at the discretion of the county commissioners. the number of days and the amount, of commutation tax. This will evade or meet any suspicion of unconstitu tionality. The Johnson anti-trust bill passed second reading by nearly a two-thirds majority of all of the members of the house. There was a lot of play which appeared to be filibuster proceedings, but the bill was put through with a lurish although Speaker Stevenson held the house down for 15 minutes over the usual time for adjounment~ in order that there may be no more complaint of "knocking" this bill in a covert way. Indiana Day at the Exposition-. Indiana has no building at-the Ei position, her Legislature made no ap propiation for representation here,. and her manufacturers and farmers are not inevidence as she might be, but there is a neighborly regard none the less. and thiere is a warm welcome wait ing those "hoosiers" who may wander down to the salt sea sands on February 26th. which has been set aside as Indiana's Day. The great show is ready for them, the flowers will bloom and the sun shine for them, the bands will play for them, the soft breezes waft a welcome for them, the Imrses will race for them, the town is thelirs and they have only to enter mn to their own. A Salary Grab. A fter a brief discussion the Senate passed by a vote of 39 to 21. the bill providing. for a 25 per cent increase in the salaries of UnitLed States Judges. All amendmeaIts were voted down, inluding one to increase the salaries of Cabinet ofticers from eight thousand dH ~ars to twvelve thousan], five hun dred dllars a year. Senator Bailey, of TeI delivered his speech in the ~ ~ai in opposition to to this He' b'ie that the present es osntors and Representatives were mtlicint