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CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1892. wivocated a Protective reir^afford to have their of a cha of ippoinied. If a svgtern of puties be framed that idWwhefcis and looms of motion and crowd our ware fth foreign-made goods, and ie time kfcep our own mills ePve us an increased lion in the tKKTS OF THK WORlJ> value than the home mar rrender: that will give in work to foreign workmen product to i>e consumed bv 'Ie without diminishing^ the I >f work to i>e done here; that ible the American manufac- ' pay to his workmen from 50 I r cent more in wages than is i . the foreign mill and jet to in our market and foreign the foreign producer; ill further reduce the cost of of wear and fixxi without re the wages of those who pro hem; that can 1* celebrated effects hav^beexi.^lized as station has been European as in American cities; the authors omoters of it will i>e Entitled to [hesl praise. We have liad in itorv several experienced the (Wed effects of a revenue and of tctfVe tariff; but this generation felt them- and the experience generation- is not highly inst^ic the next The friend's of the ti ve system with undimished ;enue in the principles they have -t?-d will await the results of the experiment. The strained and iften disturbed relation existing n the employees and the em& rs in our great manufacturing ishments have not been favora to a calm consideration bv the -earner of the effect upon wages e Protective system. The fUct his wages were the highest paid I ke callings in the world ami that} lamtenance of this rate of wages in absence of Protective duties upon ! product of his labor was impossi were obscured by the passion ?ed by these contests. He may : ^ able to review the question in ignt of his persona! experience ider the operation of A TARIFF REVENUE ONLY. It that experience shall demonstrate at the present rates of wages are'! re by maintained or increased, ther absolutely or in their purchasing I >wer, and that the aggregate volume ' *ork to be done in this country is creased or even maintained, so that | e re are more or as many davs work a year at as good or better wage* the American workman as ha^ ^ the ease under the Protective : rvstem everyone will rejoice. A gen- ! ral process of'wage reduction cannot ?e contemplated by any patriotic itizen without the gravest apprehen- ! 9U)n'' 1 indeed I ^believe is, possible for the American manu- ! racturer to compete successfully with ! h is foreign rival in many branches of ' production without the defence ot protective duties if the pay rolls are I equalized: but the conflict that stands between the producer -and that result I and the distress of our working people when it is attained are not pleasant to contemplate. The society of the unemployed, now holding its" frequent * and threatening parades in the streets , oi .oreign cities, should not be allowed \ to acquire an American domicile. SOWE oy^C^KR's FIGURES. In. 1880 tjie espital invested in in an ? fact tiring ^as $1,232. *39,070. I? 1890 the capital invested in man ufacturing waj^2,900,735,884. In 188# the jymiber of employees was 1,301,38.#^ In 1890 the number of employees^ was 2,251,134. In 1880 the wages earned were $501,9t>5,778. In 18'.H) the wages earned were $122, 1 70,45 4. In 48*0 the tfakie of the product was $2,7 II, 579, 8t&. In 1890 the value oi' the product Was $4,800, 280,837. I am informed by the surperinten deut of the census tfrat the omission of certain industries in 1**0, which were ine.ok^l in 1*90, accounts in part for the remarkable increase thus shown. after making full allow ance for difference of metho<l and de ducting the returns for all industries not included in the census of 1880, these remain in the reports from these seventy iive cities an increase in the capital employed of ? 1 ",522,7 4 f>,0< > 4 irt 'the value of lhe product of $2,02412336,1 *>*>; *a wages earned of $67\943$2t> and ^ y*- the uumber <k wage earners employed ' > J The wsrge earnings n^>t only show an increased aggregate, bat a:i increase of per capita from $386 in 1880 to $547 in 1890, or 41.7 fjer cent The new industrial plants established since October 0, 1*90. and up to October 2^, 189*2, as partially reports i in the A men can Economist, ntmnx r 345, and the extension of existing plants 1 OS, The new capital invest* <! amounts to ?40,449,050, and the i: miber ol additional employees to 87 .285. > THE Mff.LS Ct)MIX<; TO THE t'OTTflfN. The Textile World for July, 1892, states that, during the lirst six months of ;he present calendar year, 13~> new factories were built, of which 40 are cotton mills, 48 knitting mills, 26 woollen miils, 15 silk mills 4 plush mills and 2 liuen mills. Of the 49 cotton mills 2V have been built in the Southern States. Mr A. B. Shepper son, of the Xew York Cotton Kx chnnge, estimates the number of work ing spia*&;s in the United States ion September 1 , 1 892, at 1 5,200,000, txu increase of 660,000- over tfie y$ar 18^1. The consumption of co?|o^ by American mills in 1802 was 2^W,TO0 . v p i - / 1 ? ? "* bales and in' f892 2,5*4,000 hales, an increa.se of 1 88,000 bales. From the year 18*'^ to 1892, inclusive, there has l>een an increase in the consump i tion of cotton in Europe of 92 per j cent while during the same period [ the increased consumption in the [ Cnited States has been about 150 per | cent. FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. [ Economy the Order of the Day io the flou.se Wash ( joton, Dec. 8. ? The first business of the morning hour in the 1 House today was Mr Herbert's motion to table Mr Hoi man's motion to re 1 : - consider tie vote by which the bill terminating reductions in the engineer corps of the navy was yesterday passed. The yeas and nays were ordered and resulted: Yeas 110, nays St>. The "motion to reconsider was lost. j 1 ' , Mr J. I>. Taylor (Kep.) of Oiiio offered an amendment author izing"*the printing ot nautical almanacs, when the Secretary of the Navy shall make such a request, the books to be placed on sale. He spoke at some length in favor of his proposition. The amend ment was lost. Considerable discussion followed an attempt to fix a limit to the time allowed for general debate on the printing bill. Mr Holman suggested that the time be limited to one hour; hut so many objections were made to this propoeition that it was agree* 1 to allow a reasonable time. for debate. .. -,j Mr Richardson (I)em.) of Tennessee spo&e at gome length in explanation and advocacy of the bill, and said that the [probable annual reduction effected by this bill|J|would aggregate, from S250;000 to $300,000. . Oj Mr Holman opposed that feature of the bill wfiich creates a superintendent of docunrjeuts, and devoted a con siderable j>ortion of his speech to the Subject ot economy, saying that it was such extravagances as were carried in this bill which k caused serious apprehension for the /future of* Air country, j He would- ask that the mil be recommitted, in order that the provisional ioj^a superintendent of documents may be eliminated. After some general discussion, Mr Richardson demanded the previous question jon the Senate bill as amend ed, and t lie bill was passed to a third reading, j Mr Hoi man oiFered a motion to re commit the bill to the committee on printing, I with instructions to strike out t "'t? section relating to a superin tendent o<" public documents. Mr Soott- (I)em) of Illinois offered ; an amendment to Mr Hoi man's mo tion, prohibiting the employment of j apprentices in tlte government print- I ing office; Disagreed to. The question recurred on Mr Hal man's notion to recommit, with in structions. A division resulted: Yeas 70, nays 00. The point of no quorum was raise#, and pending the appoint ment of fellers, the House, ojpi motion of Mr Richardson, at 4:2-) p. m., adjourned. SENATORS TAKE A REST The Senate Adjourns Till Momlay^Ncxt. Washington, Dec. 8. ? On motion of Mrm&Ie, of Maine^ it was resolved to adjonria the Senate from to dtfV until Monday next. Mr Ydst, from the committee on commerce, Reported favorably a Sen ate bill authorizing the Southern Bridge and Railroad Company of New Orleans to construct and main tain a bridge over the Mississippi river above New Orleans of three un broken spans, 1? l>e at least 1,000 feet in length and with hut two piers in the river, and the height to be not less than 05 feet above high water: this bridge ti? be constructed under the directioa of fhe Secretary of War, and to be available ?for any (>? the railroads desiring its use to cross the Mississippi river, and also for post road and telegraph and other pur pises. The bridge is to be completed within five years of the passage of the act. The bill was unanimously passed. On motion of Senator Sherman, the Senate, at 12.35 p. m., went into exe cutive session, and at 1 o'clock ad journal fin til Monday. rolitical Complexion. ?T tUie fion*e. WAsLseTOJfjXtee. 3.? Tie list of jpresdntatives elected to tie Fifty third Cbngress U the election of No vember) 8, which has been prepared by Mr Kerr, Clerk of the House of Representatives, will not !>e given out for publication until the return of Mr Kerr to Washington. He will prob ably arrive here to-morrow. The list may Ik revised further by Mr Ke-rr, although this is not probable, but as it now stands the Democrats are given 227 members, the Republicans 12s, and the Populists 8, making the Dem ocratic; majority over the Republicans S9 an<$ their majority ovt-r all, 81. The list is based on unofficial re turns, hnd is complete with the ex ception of three districts ? the First and Second Districts of Rhode Island and thfc Filth Michigan ? where the outconle is t^> misty tor propheqy. \t Cl<*velAi?4> Hon; p. >dx K. J., Dec. 3. ? Ex itions are being made Cotjtage lor the reception it-elect Cleveland, trho is next week. J^Tonigh: was tbe gae&t of!&?or at a "Welsh rare-bit," served by Wjjjt son dej Meza, at his studio 1 AT COLUMBIA. a " PROCEEDINGS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Noiv Hills- Free l"ass<-s for Soutti Carolina OiIi. :al> - 1'roliibitloij ?>??? Other rroooertings. *? . The prohibition hill introduced as j the measure agreed upon by the pro hibition leaders is under discussion I . and the indications are that it will be passed. There are, however, two or three propositions before the General : Assembly to refer the question back ! to the people to be voted upon at a special election. The proposition by Col IIa3kell for ; the settlement, for the' present at least, ! of the State bond question \yas in definitely postponed, this action being taken during the temporary absence ; of.CoHJaskell from the Ilall. I pon ; hl^-rcturn he charged a breach of i legislative courtesy and announced " i\ j that he would yet make an opportufti ' ty to l?c heard on his proposition. A joint resolution to amend the | constitution so as to abolish the office ! of School Commissioner, passed a seo j Lond reading. I ^ t \ The bill to regulate the granting of ! divorces was killed on a second read* ? i:,?* : ? .. . j \ . ? A concurrent resolution was intro i duced to the cfFect that the time for | the payment of taxes be extended to ! the 15th of January. i The concurrent resolution asking : , Congress to re-establish free coinage ; j of silver and to instruct our Senators j and I representatives in Congress to urge the same was passed to a third renting. The bill creating a .separate school district from portions of Aiken and Orangeburg counties, including the town of Sally, in Aiken county, pass ed its second reading. THE KttEK PASS IMLL STIO&sj. Mr T. C. Duncan's bill to /epeal the free pass bill evoked an interesting and lively discussion. Mr Duncan said the bill was an insult to every meml>er. Demagogues had been going about the State charging that Stale officers had been, bamboozled by free ; passes and on this insulting charge ; they rode into office. There* were ' some of that stamp within the Hjuntl . of his voice. He hoped the House] would blot it out and put themselves above suspicion. MrBrice moved to strike out the enacting clause. MrBlease made a lengthy speech in j favor of repealing the bill and charged that it was a direct slap at ; the present chief executive. Mr Graham was against the bill. He wanted equal righto to all. The '( roads would give passes to Senators and Congressmen ?and State officers: but if a poor widow got on a train without any money the conductor would dump her of!'. Mr Breazeale said lie wanted to re fute the imputation that the passage of that act slapped anybody in the ? face. He was against repealing it. J Mr You mans said he believed the ' free pass bill had been introduced in order to cast a reflection on the . Governor and that, it was intended as , an insult to the reform administration. The motion to strike out the en- j acti ng words was carried . j. ^ NKW !JI!.LS. Mr Wolfe: To the salaries for criminal and civil service of the sherij's, clerks of courts and resistors of mesne conveyance in eac.h of the coiirties. and to provide for the re ceipting, accounting \\>r and disposition of any and all fees or clmrgr s for services ? received in tlu\-o several offices* Mr McLaurin: To provide a penrdlv against convicts for escaping. Mr Waters: Memorial of the (Vritral Club for the benefit of our State ex hibit at Chicago. The memorial does cot name any amount for the appro priation. The House Friday passed to its tlyrd reading a hill to repeal the free pass act by a majority of two .votes. The night before the enacting words of the bill had been stricken out by a. vote 55 to 47. Yesterday a motion to re-consider this was passed by a vote of 55 to 47. Mr 7. C. Dtinear*. spoke forcibly in uU*?vr of regaling the law. ! hkd a po<iket-book full uf .pa^es : ?f ; which he gave value received,. aud it I was wrong to deprive legislators of iiis class from nsrng"$as9es. \ \ Mr Bruce tboogbt that the, repiea! ' would he equivalent to a bid for fn-e passes, and it would be a great mistake ? U> repeal the law. Mr Bacot believed that the law was a reflection on the present officers and he thought it ought to be repealed. Mr II. .J. Kinard thought the issue ; of passes to a few by the railroads was an indication that something was wrong. The State allows each mem ber tencents a mile, and that ought to be sufficient for all traveling expends. Mr Boist appealed to the members as Christians not to change the law. Mr Josh Ashley said !i<* did " not think any member could be "tamed" by a pass. If a iroe pass law was wanted, it ought to include merchants. Mr Youmaus said that the bill was passed for no other purpose thSrt to . cast a reflection on the resbrm admin [ istratson. Adjutant General Farley ; might not to l>e prevented from ac i cepting a pass, as the soldiery was of atest assistance Xo the railroads in eases of strikes and trouble, i i Mr Breazeale believed that the bill f$P&f \ contained no insult in it and he did i not believe the bill ought to be re pealed. Mr Blea.se said that Col Haskell told him that he introduced ? the bill i last year in or<}er to expose Governor Tillman. It a* free pass would buy anyone money would do it just as well. J There is 110 bribery in the giving of ; passes. It was absurd to re tain, the ; law just to keep us out of temptation. A motion to table the motion to ! strike out the enacting clause was lost bv a vote of 57 to 49. ? I w ? . ^ l'LAlis" STAMEMElfT. Alter debate on the bill Col Haskell ' came in the hall and made the follow ing statement: . ; - j Mr Speaker: ? J am informed that before I reached the. House this morn ing the bill repealing the anti-free I pass law was considered and acted upofirand that fa the debate a member ! quoted what I said in private con versation. Whilst I have no objection to being quoted, I would ask to state what I did say, by no means question ing the correctness of the quotation, as I did not hear it. What I said was that I was perfectly ! willing, to see the bill repealed, as I j had never believed that there was any danger of members being bribed, and I thought that rt was rather a reflection upon the Democratic party that the Legislature should think it necessary to 'guard itself against temptation. I I further stated that when the bill was before the House last ye*r I never to my knowledge saw it until a few minutes before it came up before the House for action. I had nothing to do with the preparation of it, but I did take advantage of it to expose the hypocrisy of the Governor of theState, who had .everywhere denounced the acceptance of free passes as being, conclusive evidence of bribes taken and then had taken more- of them than any Governor had ever done in the State, as I w^a informed that he had passes from the telegraph, from the railroads and from the express companies. V. I think that if anybody will reVl the speech that I made upon the free pass bill they will not find that I said very much in its favor on that oc casion. I simply stated that where parties believing ^jJxr'lTeseptance of free passes a wrong, it is wrong to tfiKe them ? where they look upon them as bribes, if they take them they are bribetakers? and pointed the moral to Governor Tillman and some of his associates who were in this lamentable condition . OTJIER MATHERS. The joint resolution to repeal thesi section which provides for a county school commissioner passed its third reading I)}1 a vote of !'?'? to iO. The naval battalion bill passed its third reading. ' , the insurance mix. \ Mr Breazeales hill in regard to in surance companies will be reported favorably. w * The prohibition light was ended lor the present at least, in the House, Monday night, the bill being up for a final reading before that body. Those opposed to the bill fought and contested every inch, but were beaten 011 the iinal vote on the question, j "Shall the bill be passed?" by the fol lowing vote: Yeas -Messrs Blackwell, Breazeale, j Brcland, Buist, Byrd, Carpenter, Car- j roll, Chandler, Cox Covington, Davis, j Dendy, BuBose, 1-Ielder, Est ridge, Folder, I 'oik, Fofeter, Graham, Ham- > met , Henderson, Hill, Hough,. Jiones, j Jordan, Johnson, Kennedy, Knotts, J. j I). Kinurd, H. .{. Kinard, I -email, j -Love, Mnirili, Ln'nan, Mauldin. Mc- j r/.nirin, ?d<* White, Mishoe, Mitchell, | Nettles. Parks, Pattoit, Pearmnn, j Phillip-:. U:'.st Roper, Kogers, Russell, j Skinner. \.. J. Smith, Stackh<>uso. I Slalvey, Sturkie, Tatum. I inda!. . Yaughan, Whitmire, W. ( Wolfe, J \ eldell? r<>< Nays?' '-Messrs Anderson, Ashley,; Avinger, Sarry, Bacftt, Blease, Brice, j Cooper, C'rum. Q^gfhis, J. T. Duncan, j T. C. DunciWir^Edwards, Egan, Ellis, parley, Oarris, Hamilton, Hardee, Hardin., Haftdy, JTarvey, llaskell, Harris, Hydrick, Ivelley, Kirkland, I -an caster, Lesesne, Lofton, Lowrance, Manning, W. H. -Mauldin, Moses, : Oliver, Perry, Rhodes, Rivers, Row land, Shuman, Singietary, A. J. Smithy Stokes, Suddath, Sullivan, ! Taylor, Thomas, Tu pper, Von Kolnitz, ! Watery. Watts, AVeston, Williamson, J, S. Wohf, Wylie, Yeldell, Youmans j ? .?(>. ? Mr Asliiey raove Among _f troissioners to fix the royalty to he paid to the State ! by any person or corporation mining i phosphate rock and phosphatic deposit ? ia the iiavigahle streams and marshes j of this Btate. The royalty is not to j exceed ?2 per ton. By Mr Yon mans: To incorporate 1 the Savannah River Association Academy in Hampton G?untv. By Mr Yeldell: To provide an additional /remedy ffir the collection of taxea, and penalty upon lauds past due as d unpaid for <j?ht months. Ourjilg&ga. tioi| -^-pted' a s follows on j _t4ie tree pass bi^ry In favor of free/ pase*e> ? Frlder, ! Hydrick.; if' ^ j A'.'ainfftr 3 Shirkio, Tatum Wolfe. * ! Well lighted street^in a city ^ire the best advertisements for t^e place. Light is symbolical always of t0ift, honest}' arid pr<^perity,-and is to' the city whfjfcj education is to the people. , It will make iu^f known. it I TERRIBLE END OF A SPREE. THOMAS G. LAMAR SHOT AND KH.LED AT AIKEN. After Having First Shot aufl Dangerously Wounded Mayor Kobci'i A. Charec and Chief of Police Kol>?%t Gastou. Aiken, S. G, Bob Chafee, Aiken: Tora Lamar has pistol. He is very mad with you. He has gone to Aiken. C. B. Lamar." This was the contents of a telegraphic dispatch received by Mayor Robert A. Chafee from Langley,S. C.,at 5.30 o'clock this afternoon. The dispatch was signed by a brother of Col Thomas G. Lamar. " Mr Lamar came to Aiken, as the dispatch stated he would, and just one hour later there was a lively shooting scrape, in front of JBlaylock & Wise's barroom, and as a result. Col T. G. Lamar, "the kaolin king/' lies dead and Mayor Ii. A. Chafee , and Qhief Marshal Robert Gaston are at their respective residences suffering from dangerous pistol shot wounds, i The particulars that led to the shoot ing are as follows, as near as am be learned: <? . - Mr Lamar had been on an extended spree, and week before last he created a disturbance in Aiken and was locked up in the guard house by Mayor Chafee's orders. He was fined and released, but is said to have continued on his spree, uttering [ threats of vengeance against the mayor. Today he took the train at Hamburg, on the South Carolina railroad, and alighted at ^angley,rwhere his wild talk caused his brother to wire Mayor Chafee to be 011 the lookout for him. Mr Lamar drove over to Aiken and, stopped at the Senate saloon. While he was drinking Mayor Chafee and Chief Marshal Gaston walked Ju, and each taking hold ofan arm put him under arrest. Mr Laraar offered to go quietly with them after he had finished .his drink. As they reached the sidewalk Col Lamar,wiho had! his hands in his overcoat pockets; suddenly fired his pistol without pull- j ing it, the ball taking effect in Mayor Chafee, passing through the abdomen just above the waist. Lamar then fired two more shots in quick succession ? one ball taking ef fect in the left side of the marshal, just above" the heart, and passing I through the lungs. * c Chief Gaston instantly drew his club j and struck at Lamar knocking him to j his knees. Mayor Chafee also drew j liis pistol and fired, and Lamar fell <>ver dead, shot throiigh the heart. The succession of shots brought out a large and curions crowd. I)r Wyman was quickly on the scene, and j pronounced Mr Lamar dead, lie then turned his attention to Chief Gaston, who had been taken to liis office. Mayor Chafee was u-arried to his j residence, and ftis phyiseian, I)r I. G. Croft, is doing everything possible for him. BotKmen are in a critical 1 condition. Oil Lamar's body was taken in charge by the Knights Pythias, of which order he was a member, lie ; leaves a wife and three children. He was one of the best known, men in the State", and had done much to develop the kaolin industry of Aikeu county, | being interested in several mines, i I Aikkn, December 13. ? Social: j Gorouer Harden came over to Aiken j lost night, in answer to a telegram, and held an inquftst over the [remains of T. G. Lamar at 1 o'clock this morn- ? ing. The verdict of the jury was: ! "\Ve (the jury) find that the deceased, ' T. Lamar, came to Usr death by wounds in the head f nun a stick in the hands of Chief of Police Gaston, and from ;i ptslol shot in t lie left side, firedJjy.Mayor i?. A. ( 'ha fee." Mr Lamar's remains were buried this afternoon in thu new ccmetery. Mayor ( 'hafee's condition is greatly improved from what it Wiis thought to be last, night. Drs Wright and Glass, of Augusta, and Drs Croft and Mc Gahan, of Aiken, made an examina tion of the wound this morning ami they found that the. ball b/ld not j entered the cavity of tlie stomach, but bad deflected t<? the left and is thought ; to l>e imbedded in the muscles of the j back. Great hope is entertained for ! his recovery. Marshall Gaston is not doing so ! well. He has suffered much and fiuds j great difficulty in getting his breath. It is feared that he will not survive In tl?<! Jntpre*t of, HMmjony (hen Mulse A baitxioDs tiin Content. '1 he following card explains itself: ? ? j Sl'MTKH, 8. I)ee. 1 0. To the Alitor of The SUdc Please announce Uhat-i have concluded to abandon tfi<\ contest for the seat in (Congress from- the Seventh district I ; find much diversity of opinion as to the wisdom $>f unking the contest, and it seems that, for the sake of peace, :t would I>e best to let the incumbent, Murray, keep his seat. Under the-e circumstances it becomes my duty to withdraw from tije field, which I now do. Respectfully vour obedient servant, &W. Moi se. j Editors and preachers are alike in that they look after the public welfare, j and in turn are funded bv the pub- j lie for so doing. A great difference 1 exists, however, in the character of the ' pouncing. The preacher is built up and strenghtened while the editor ia knocked down and shattered. Be a preacher young tnan. ? ESSIQN AN EXTRA SESSION NEEDED. Such Ih the Opinion of SWfator Colquitt.? j His Rcititons Therefor. Atlanta, Ga., VDec. 3.? The j Coiixlitution will print to morrow an j interviewr-*^ Senator Colquitt in favor of an extra session, lie savs: . t " "We promised the people i relief from the burdens of tariff taxation and they are entitled to it At the earliest possible moment^Jr-tfmsider an extra, session of Congress not only expedient, but absolutely necessary."' The Senator shows that the tariff was <x>nsidered by both parties the j leading issue, quotes from the Demo- ! cratic platform the clause denouncing the McKinley and demanding the : repeal, and says: ! f'Upon this platform of emphatic i denunciation and direct promise, Mr j Cleveland was nominated because of ( his close identification with this! profound issue. Democratic speakers j aroused the people every w he op to a j hearty realization of the enortnous ex cesses of this protection legislation. We were taunted by our/opponents with the charge that for thirty years we had done nothing, but we told the people that for more than ffirty years we had not been able to make a new law or rfe^eal an old one, and we promised them that if they wculd give us absolute power we would offer them imn&diate relief. They believe it and are we now to_ wait a year be fore we begin? Such a course will dis grace ourselves and destroy I our 1?rty," i J ThejSenator sees no more i rereon to fear hasty legislation at a special than the regiilar session, and says: I "This McKinlev law, whicliNs^s atrocious class legislation last June, will not be^o innocent and harmless next June that we may safely leave it alone itotil December. Prom March 4 to tj& first Monday in December is just lfine months to a day, all of which time will be absolutely wasted unless there 6hajl be an extra session of Con gress." " As to the objection that an extr^ session will jeopardize business inter ests, he Said, that is the same old cry, raised at every attempt to reform tax ation, and that these sensitive "busi ness interests' are the protected in terests which will receive no more special favors', and that as there must be a ehang^ it is better for all that it should be made at once. To the question of how far tariff reform ought to go, he said: "To, the total rej>eal of the Mc Kinleyi law and the substitution of a tariff foVore venue only. This is what the verdict of the j>eople means if there is /any interpretation t<> it. Thijy h^ftve dealt a blow not only iit the ^uflKinley laws, but tjje uuconsti tuti6naISy*4eiu of which it is the ex ponent." Senator CohjWt's health is so much belier that he pjiected to leave Mi Washington to-dav , but Mrs Colquitt's [ severe iilyiw*' prevented him. Uej hopes to he at the capital for at least . a few days before the holiday recess. Cotton Future*. Nkw Voi:k, December 13. ? The following is a summary qj' Hubbard, \ Price A: ?o's circular: "Spot sales at Liverpool to- day were t?,000 bales. Fu tures opened at an arlvauce of 5-G4 , i but lost the improvement in part and ; closed 3 04 to 4-<>4d above yesterday. Our cables attribute the recession due to fear of bigger receipts next week and smaller purchases <>f spot; cotton i by spinners. The slight advance in Liverpool iu view/Of the strength bore yesterday was a distinct disappoint ment to the trade- here, and an open ing decline of 10 points brought out considerable long rotton. A t v. ? r the opening the market rallied siighily, lint again sold oil until an extreme loss of 12 points from last night's ; ligures had been established bv i 1 o'clock. A recovery of t? points fol lowed by ! o'clock. The recovery in j?art is due to the receipt of several . Liverj>ool cables advising that the ! cro]> projects of East India are Jess: favorable and the supply of cotton available from that quarter will not i exceed last year's production." . A Narrow liscaiKt. k ;TOn last Monday afternoon, Mr O. E. Hughes^ brother of our townsman. E. M. Hughes, sustained injuries on the skull, forehead and face by .the accidental falling vlpipiog j at tiu- new art->un jitell being Hunk ! I*;.' >Ir ( factory yard. ir>g. which *8 about 20 feet long and 8 inches in diameter, from the well, and about the time the lower end hud cleared the top of .the well, the hook attached to the pulley and the piping broke and the piping fell uitn the re sult abov??'noted. I he fart that Mr Hughes was close to the Iuk: <?! the piping probably saved hi- ii;<-. i }rs ? Ijowman tV lawman attended to the wounded man, ;Qtd do not r.xjKrt any serious results from the injuries. Mr Hughes will probably Ik; laid tip for some time.? Orangeburg A ntrrj?-ixr. Tin* lUilrouil ??*???. . The attorney general has received | the printed copies of the two big rail road tax suits. from the clerk of the 1 United States Supreme Court. These two cases are against the Central and Northeastern railroad g. The bearing will come oil' the latter part of next month, owing to their advancement upon the docket. Attorney ( "eneral Townsend. Samuel Lord, Eso., and .JheHon. Ira B. Jones, will go on to AVashTngton to appear for the State. . ' j.j i ' Subscribe for The Chronicle, only $1.50 per annum. ^AD?DOUBLY SAD.: i 1 i J j 1 1 ii 1? * J ^ s A GIRL -OF TWELVE YEAttfr t& ! LEFT A' - WIDOW. ' - >' ! JBer Ilusbaod plated XifHh Pawmytt a?| ? Dies iu a Week and Two Day* Aft?r ? ? ! ? * ?>? the NeopUalft? Remarkable, as Well m Sad. Mr Sydney >Gol9on, lately iu the neighborhood of Liraeaton, last Tuesday morning, at after a short illne?, from d< monia. t T . ? Mr Golson had been married ( 'jyp. * one week and two d^ya, which rendered his death V tad one, when it is told that he leave*: ft widow but 12 years old, the conditions are peculiarly distressing. * The child widow is the daughter of ^ our friend, Mr J. M. Robinson, former ly of Limestone. A wife of ten days lei a widow at 12 years of age. Reoord i will not show a' more re marfcabli state of facts. h ; * ) - j i ' Our sympathies rush out to the be>. reaved widow and families, and w< I invoke the healing touch of th > v Savior upon the torn and lacerates ! - hearts. | ^ Mr Golson was an industrious sn< I honest Vouug man, and stcgd'weH i; i " his community and in the estimatitt i of all who knew him. occupation, we believe, a was successful. f His until and the f>eculiar circumt rounding his shdrt married life are indeed. ? Orangeburg Enterprise, AiiotUer^l'rokibltloa'BUI. I V The last of the prohibition bits introduced this- session comes froii Representative Hydrick,of Orange burg. It is a novel measured ; It provides that after the lsfc.<f May 181)3, one distillery or brewer r shall be operated in Charleston1 ant one in GreenviHe^rovij&d that 6 } per cent of the resident freeholds* asked for it. Each is to pay^liceni* of one thousand dollars, which u to h i devided betweeu Clemson College an 1 the Girls'. College. j . . . j Liquor can only be sold in plaa a with police, and upon being 4sked fcr * by 00 f>cr cent of freeholders, i JNTo sales shall be made, of less tha? one-half pint and all sale stnust in public, with no screen or bar. , A license of $1,000 is provided payable?on the 1st of May, aiid to into general country fund. Municipalities can charge licenses they may desire. Only one licenbe can be gn each county, excepting Sp Charleston, l^ichland and ( Charleston is to have three, (ireenville and Spartan bj allowed two each. . ^ - It is intended that no tiS(me shf 11 he given away. 1#^ ? The bill provides that violation shall be punished by fine or imprisic *?. ment, or both, in the discretion of tie Court. *?! ? ? I The Fertilizer Trade. A number of phosphate and rail road men were spoken to with a vw ]i r ^ of finding out what kind of bnsinfs i was likely to be done this year. T opinions expressed differed so widely that it would be impossible to I anything like an accurate predi 011 the subject. S<jlne of the p_ phate men are anticipating a revi of business, which will start tbej something like it used to |be . years ago, while others say tnat* , farmers have not the money to pur chase with and that the trade trill lae poor. Prom one cause or another it is, generally conceded all amunc. that the business this year will be better than it was last. It will of course; be aSIected somewhat by the improfed^ prices in the cotton market, but ' To what extent is not known. The mil road.s\^rill continue to prepare' to handle t!ie fertilizers on the assutop* tion that the movement will be qoflT siderably larger this season thanj^ was last. ? ? Su!< l<l?' L't Chl*f leston. j | Charleston, H. ?.,~Dec 1 S. Joseph M. Meggett commit /this morning at the Hotel, Meeting str ini; himself in the h i )r Mc'^ett was a * w - of the old famijitil of sea i:hu^!eotton far _ century a g*r. lie was fifty- five yiars t. of nge and a g rail nate Of the Sojnth i Carolina Medical College of the class of js">S. He entered the Confederate army at the breaking out of the. jyrar a.s a private in the liebel Trwt) of Kdisto, Uut. in a short time received a commission as surgeon in the Con federate army, in wmch capacity he 1 served throughout the entire War. After the War he met with reverses, ! and a1)out a year ago came to Char leston. where his witij_opened a boird- ! ing house. There is very -little doubt ^th^t the di-cd wjw committed duringtempdrary^ mental abberation, and the coroner's jury returned :i verdict to that effect. ? 77/'' Sl'tfr. I >? ;? t^.1 <?l Mr. Sydney Goliton. N-jktw, S. C., Dec. (J ? Mr Sydney (iol-on. of Woodford, formerly of] the Limestone section, died this morning of pneumonia. The remains wilL be / interred at Pen Branch Churc b to/ morrow, atr 2 o'clock, p. m. The' deceased wfes about 30 years old. the 27th oi November prox.be married to Miss Rosa Robinson, daughter of Mr J. M. Robinson, Woodford. T^e widow is undoubtedly 4 the youngek on, record, ' being but 12 years and Ip days old On was the Tft inowf