The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 16, 1892, Image 1
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.
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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:
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"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.
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^AD?DOUBLY SAD.: i 1
i J j 1 1 ii 1? * J ^ s
A GIRL -OF TWELVE YEAttfr t& ! LEFT A' -
WIDOW.
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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
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