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II S1AIE LEBUH. Tlio Work ofBotli Houses In Dotall Day By Day, ADJ.OURNED LAST WEDNESDAY, - ' Tito fiicomo Tux mm! Oiio of (lio U ceuao iViilB T^hhbos tlio )tuuso*-JIiu afteVa liltlo debate, it was deoidod to definitely postpone tho xdido bv a vote Of 27 to' (I.' NMMs MHed nj> tlio Hottso resolution fixing tho day for thud Ad journment VHo offered an amendment fixing Wednesday, thti ad of March, aa the day. F?tday.- In tho Senate Archer hint tho appropriation^ raised for tho deaf, dumb and ' hliib\ instituto nt Cedar Bpringh #(<X), also wan tod $8,000 appro priated for tho building of tho colored doaf, dumb and blind lnbtituto, which was rofUfced. Four thousand dollars Was appropriated for puttdhgin oleOtrio lights and laundry at thoOdui^prlugK deaf, dumb aud blind institute^* The Houso bitl to regulate au,d pro tect the lleliing interest of tho Statu wan killod, , . ? * , Taxoft were i rovidod for Porohofllof ft)?d Greenwood county. Porohestor, mill levy; Greenwood, 8 mills. The oommittee on privileges anil oleotions submitted an unfavorable re port on tho bill for the formation of Dillon county. -.Adopted. An unfavorable report on a joint roHo lution requiring 'the eomptrouev-gonor al tb lovy a supplementary tax for pub lic school purposos was adopted. At thfi night' sossion Scarborough's amendment to tho appropriation bill to provide $t, 166.65 for tho payment of supervisors of registration for the. months of Novombor and Docombor, 1895, was settled at 8 o'clock by tho adoption of Mower's amondmontthoreto providing that ono-half of that amount, or $688, Hh bo paid for those two months. The.Rupply bill was amended and or dered to a third loading. ; ? Passed' socOnd reading: House bill to amend an act to deplare tho free school law of tho State relating to the tihio of ^ppoiht jient of school truatoos in tho various Bohool distriota. Housq joint resolution to authoi'i^o and reoiure the oounty board of com missioners of Anderson county to ap prover the el aiin of Ji M. Pay no, late treasurer "of Anderson oounty?$150 for Collecting commutation taxoa for t8f)5 land 1806, and county treasurer to pay the same. . House bill to prevent traveling mod ioine venderp from plying "their voca tion. The following bills were killed: To reauire railroad companies making con tracts for the delivery of orosstios, bridge timbers and other materials for the -feonstruCtion and operation of rail roads to receive and pay for tho {.same within 60 days after their delivery upon the line of such railroad under cor tain penalties. To amend the aot?to reduce tho number of and to provide for salar ! ios to trial justices and constables of I Darlington county, approved July 4, 18U*r changing their., names to. magis trates, increasing their number and re quiring the Blier iff to aot as constablo | in certain cases. Saturday. ?Tho Senate passed iho anti-Greek fraternity bill, antV con tinued to the next session tlio bank and insurance commissioner bill. __Third reading bills : _ House . ' bill ro<iuiring that a copimJtico of one sen ator and two members of the House of Representatives be annually appointed to examine the accounts, ' books and vouchers of the penal and charitable institutions of this State; Houso bill to regulate the election of trustees in special school district whereby special aef5'BwiI."Hru^esljave^li'eei?^liei^lSr<yre' appointed by the Shite superintendent .of education; Hourfe joint) resolutionlto authorize^iho county uoard of commr^ sioners of Anderson county to approve the claim of J. M. Payne, late treasurer of AjvSerson, $160, for col lcoting. taxes foryf?95 and 1890; House joint resolu tion 'to validate the appointment of and registration of voters by A. K. Parhatn as supervisor ?^registration for the town of Dillon. The following acts were ratified in a of -the Senate and. House: 'o establish Greenwood1 county; to fix joint session To establish < _ . _ 1K6 tira^of "th"(S'ine'6tIlfgtf or the county board ojRjommisHionisrs for the counties o| Colleton, Anderson and~i#genold; to amend an act to establish local boards ? V* -lit. < . ?i . _ .li!... -Jt - i.i of health inthe cities and incorporated "towns of the Stato afid to define tlio powers thereof; uu aot to punish labor ers .who violate either written or verbal contracts after havingreceivcd supplies; to require certain officers to keep an itemized account of their_incoine by virtue of thoir office, and to requiyo them to make annual report of the same to* the ? county -supervisor; - to regulate the catching of stnrgeon; to *tnond an act to define in what man* nertowns and cities in -South Carolina - may increase or diminish their incor porate limits as to voting, and so as to extend tho limits of Bennottsvillo in Marlboro county; to require any insur ance company or association to bo' pos sessed of $10u, 000 surplus, or in lieu thereof, to have $100,000 on deposit with' Bomo'Stato for the benefit fit poli ov holders, or in lieil thereof, to depos-i it with State treasnror $10, OCX), said se- 1 ottriliee tobesubjeetto any judgment ? aaa lisp on anch. Beciirities, and pro tiding* penalty foj thb yiolatfon x>rthe provisions of this art; to further pro vide for the return and assessment of property Tor taxation; to limit the hours of labor of certain employees of' horse - railway companies and electrio railway optnpanie*, and other strpet railway ] companies; to amend an fct to au thorize elections in- cities and. to wn^ ?for- the purpose of issuing bonds; to establish a new tdwnship Tn Edge field county; to amend tho county gov srnmeut law so fat a*: UreUtea to the working highways; - to provide p?n ishment tor laborers after they^ have received supplies; to Amend an met to accept the bequest of Tfcomas Clemaon and e*tabliih MClemson college; to ^'?'?eV-torf*Ji$i4?hf The Senate refused ii.ii m oat. ? The Sen*t? * '** * fir VR V ; '1 VAi ^ ' 'V^V s 12J ?. ? T ? -1 ? ? ? Becond reading J>ills: House bill to forbid boards of township commission era mul county boards of eohiinisHumorti and any other oflloers to assess or levy, hud county treasurers or. any other ofllcer oV ofllcers to collect any t/ix for the paj'nipftt of toWhship bohds or the coupons' thereof issued iit the aid of a railroad /iiot completed and finished through the township issuing sfKih bonds and counoui) and to impose a punishinont for tho doing of any act or acts hot'oin prohibited; llouso bill to amend an Act to authorise Honea I'ath, in Andorson county, to issuo b<mds to theamount- of #8,000 to build court htiuno and jail if? now county in eatal)lished with coUhty seat at. Honca I'ath, Bo as to provide for $10,000 (instead of $8,000, in bonds to bo issued. Houso joint resolution directing the comptroller gonoral to levy and collect a supplementary tax for the public schools Avas continuod, as was tho llouso bill to provido for two more momborfl of the executive committee of tho Btate board of health, and for the appointment, powers and duties of township and local boards of health in this Btato. At the night session the bill putting an additional graduated license on in suranoo companies passed by a voto of 18 to 0. Tho incomo tax bill was taken up and discussed and amended somewhat, and then passed to a third reading. THfj HOUSE. Tuesday. - Tlio House began work riKftin, after having a, holiday in honor of tho birthday of the Father of Ilia Country. Among the thirty-throe thiv<l loading hillB were: Tho Benato bill to amend tho general corporation act; Y or nor 4 8 bill requiring raljroad com panies making contractu for the deliv ery of crossties, eto. , to receive and pay for same" within sixty days after their delivery . upon the line of aueh railroad undetf cortain penalties; Phil lips' bill to regulate the election of trustees in special school districts where by special aots said trustees havo boon heretofore appointed by the Stito Su polintolldent of education; Goodwin's hill to amond section 86 of tho free school law relating to the time of ap pointment of Bohool trustees in the va rious school districts; PerritVs bill to dearly define the powors of tho town of Darlington in regard to taxation iu?* (for its charter; the . Benato bill to amend section 15 of thofrco school law; tho Senate, bill to amond tho Act to, au thorize the Ujoard of trustees of tho school district of tho town of Laurens to submit to the qualified voters tho question of issuing bonds; the Sonato bill- to amend section 27 of the county government act so far as it relates to the workin^mt matntatniug tho Tonds and highways; Winkler's bill to amend soction 1,053 of tho revised statutes of 1893, volume i., relating to the Report of the school commissioner to the court of sessions; C61 cock's bill to empower tho supervisor and board of county com missioners to borrow money for certain purimaos; Garris' bill to prohibit socrefe Greek letter fraternities or ary organi zations of like nature in St-ato institu tions; Edwards' joint resolution to. au thorize tho county board of commis sioner of Anderson to approve claim of J. Payne, late- trea?me^ of- Ander son county. i. Billa -passed:-. McCullough'a . bill. ?flfaHing important changes in tho free school law of the-, State, was taken up and passed ; the legislative appropria tion bill. AH clerical salaries were left, as they we bv the act of 1893 j the "ad ministration'7 dispensary bill. There was a hot fight on this measure, Pat ton raised the point ofXinstitutionalit^. Garris, who introduced it stated^ that it Wi8.au administration measure * which had been drawn KoS attorney general and had been tfpnsidered by the go\^ ernor and others and that ' it was in tended to get uroiind tho recent decis ion ' of the United^ States Supreme Court. Tho Honso put in a proviso permitting dispensers to provide person al bonds. The House voted down the proposi;, tion requiring State boards, to give local distillers tho proferenco^ whero P/ices and quality are the same. WKDNK8i>AY.--The House got down to business and endeavored to clear tho calendar so that final adjournment can be reached by the time it has agreed-? on next Monday, no matter whethor tho Senate wishes to stay longer or not. Below arc tho most important matters that were disposed of^The legislative appropriation bill; McCuuoiigh s bill to amend certain sections of tho free school law: Garris* dispensary bill; Gasque's bill to drive traveling medi cine venders out of business after sev eral . amendment# were made; Gage's jdiht resoltmoiT to require the comp troller-General to levy the supplement al school tax. At the night session the House adopt ed the" unfavorable report on Senator Mayfleld's joint resolution authorizing the appqintmentof a committee to in vestigate. the. chargesjin reference to the receiving of rebates iu ^onuoction with the 8|at? difi|ven?*^y; ' - - ThftSenate bill tqj*?ke penal the do ing of any act in this State by railroad companies doing business herein, their officers, agents or employees, which violates any <ff the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an acs to regulate commerce" and the several acts amond atory the?eefrand- of the others of the interstate commerce commission issued thoreundor, and to prescribe punish' Mente was taken up and de bated at aom* length and passed to a third read in fir. The House, ref need to ogreer to the, Senate amendments to the Mackey claim rea^atkm and a committee on resolution iudicato thut adjournment pv.no din will not bo roaohod until some )H>,\t WOVfc,. J'.iyo.U a. Hnfllrtwdiny;. vbigo 8 jM?t- resolution relative to tho Hupplrtncntary wohool tax; OaHquo's i bill Up prevent modioiuo vondot'H plying 1 their Vocation. A bill passed providiug for ch&t'giuu a tuition of $10 at Olemaon college and giving trustees tho right to4?^guipt in dosorving easy#. Tho income twx bill was passed ,-ttt a third reading aftor several amendments by a vote of til to 42. Tho bill to renniro an additional graduated I icon** too on certain com pantos du&g business in this Stato wan ordermM'o a third loading. ^At fho night sossion tho House con curred in tho Honato amendment to tho eoneurront resolution fixing tho day of adjournment. Tho Honato cnnngod tho date, making it road n?xt Wednoaday, leaving tho hour open. Tho voto whoroby tho House agreed to tho amondmont was olinohou. Tho Honato bill to establish a now township and polling pr^oinot in Edge llold county and to roadjust tlio town ships of said county was ordered to a third roading without dobato. Tho Kongo conouriod in tho Honato amendment's to tho Kainpford five insur ance company bill. Conourronco was also voted on tho Honato amondmont s to tho Winkler bank dirootora' bowow ing bill. \ Burns' bill to rodueo tho privilege* tax on fertilizers v/ns oontinuod to tho4ioxt 80881011. Friday, ? The proceedings of the Houso Vovo not of tho greatest; dogveo of intorost, but below can bo found tho most important workings of that body. Passod a final reading: Senate bill rolating to tuition fees in Clemaon Col: logo; the income tax bill; Sonato bill es tablishing a new township and polling precinct fn Edgefield county, and to re adjust tho townships of saiu county. A bill passed to further punish usury. !~The bill seeks to annul charter where usury ia. ohargcil, and the principal for-. . foitod ia to gototho publio school fund. The graduated license bill was con tinued until tl^e next session without ilobato, according to tho understanding. At tho night, sossion the HousoJJ by a vote of <15 to 28. agrood 'to indefinitely ( postpono Caugnman's bill to require Hohool trustoos to apply 25 por cent. of dispousary profits recoived by their township or school {H^trict to tho pur cluvao of books for poor children un ftblo to furnish their own books. Pollock's bill to amend sections 0 1 ?? rind (ioU of tho revised statutes of 181W, so fat' as the .same relates to tho mem bership of tho county board of commis sioners of tho county of ChostoriicUl, was tabled, tho committee's substituto bill being taken up in its place, amend ed SO as to mako it apply to Marion, Marlboro and Lancaster counties also and ordered to a third reading. Lancaster's 'bill tq> provide for tho in spection of oils or otper fluids usod aR illuminating fluids /.in this State, was continued to next fission. Mx,.deLcMcli'fl T)iljlv to rcduCo tho privilege tax on fortilizorB was indotU nitely postponed. Tho bill to mfovide for a general liceuso on all occupation and business was continued to*next session. __ TkcubilL ta.pr.Q^lft ior .tho ylcotion of tho State librarian by tho General As sembly was kille*d.'v~l Tlio " House, as a rule, 1'ofused to agroo to Senate amendments to tho appropriation bill, in nearljr all cases whore the reduction madobv tho Houso was increased. Tho bill will now have to go to a .committee on con ference to adjust tho difloroncos be tween the two Houses. ? . ^ < 8A-rtuu>AV. ?When tbo House metUfif following wero among the many mat ters acted upon : Final reading bills: Committee bill to regulate the rate of interest, etc.; Pollock'#; bill -rolating to tho member ship of eoitnty boardB of commissioners In OheHterfioid county: " ? All House bills on the calendar /Wore continued to the next session by reso lution. Among them woro tho Gage county government and tho Cliilds pro hibition bills. Henate bills passed: Bill to amend section 1) of tho county government law relating to- tho time of mooting of. -tho' county board in Edgoflcld county; to amond tho act to require. contractor a in the erection, alteration or repairing of buildings to pay laborers, sub-contrac tors ami material men for- their services and material furnished; to amend sec tions 4, 12 and 18 of the act to provide for the ineor|K>ration-of towns of - less than 1,000 inhabitants; to further pre* scribe the terms and conditions u)K>n which foreign corporations may do business within- this State; to -amend sect ion 01H> of the' revised statutes so as to includo probate judges, auditors and treasurers within the pro visions thereof. - Mr.-Jiibler tacked on an amendment to include masters also; to amend section 2,064* of' the revised statutes pf 1898, changing the .time for executors alio administrators if aoconnt to the probate judges; making it a mis demeanor for any State or county officer to receive any rebate from any person or persons or corporation , on purchas es of books or any other property or supplies or from printing;, to amend section (J2of tho frco school law, relut ipg to tho exception of the especial graded school district from special act j incorporating said special school' die- , triot; to amend Boctioh 662 6f .tho county government act. A message was received from the i governor vetoing the measure regard ing the employment of convict labor on the State farms, (and (lie Honse refused to pass tho bill over the veto by ? vote Of 40 to 88. v i ' , ? ? The Senate bi|l to define the jurisdio t km o**?4 settle the procedure i a ma. I nicipfl courts of the cities and towns off ?^nd puMi t^ ? | Th& banking and insurance corumic sion bill waa tontinoed U>. ne*t aea- j Mokbat. - The House surprised itself ion OOd'rllflfli)' "of- tho rovisgd ?tuiutOfl itf iww, changing Nmtimo for oxocutors and ( admiuibtvutors l^jiooount to Iho invito.?; Mil making it ft misdo mcan^Xyr any State oy county ortlcor to roepiWltuy rebate fyoih any .person or *A oorpol^iionoii purchases YikiipoksW tiny otMU' property or sup plioH7^rrrrrp\ pvfniiUgf bill to further presoriboYKo tor inn and conditions upw whioli /o?\ign corporation^' Twa.r no ?buainefea wrtmtrttiis St?t?>Mlltoamond the act to require* remfraotors in the erection, alteration or repairing of buildings. to pay laborors, sub-contract ors ami material men, for their services iiihI material furnished; bill to provide for laborers* lion; tho bill restricting distillers by hvmiring ft majority of resident froo holuors or tho township b> npprovo tho application for distiller's permit, breweries exempt. The sinking fund investigation com mittee submitted their report, and in u eonenrront resolution it was agreed to receive tho sumo as gonoral information nnd that Raid comnjUteo prepare Hiteh bills an may ho necessary and report at t ho next session. A joint resolution to authorize tho Sta^o penitentiary to furnish twonty convicts to Winthrop College nnd the Hiuno number to the State Hospital for tho Insane for six months was passed to a third readme. The. report of the com initteo on oon foronco on tho general appropriation i)ill was received. Tho Houso was nrged to rooodo- from its amendments in regard to snlarios gf tho Governor's private secretary and ono or two other olovka, and in regard to tho extra ap propriation for the Citadel. Tho Son - ato was asked to recede from several of its amendments among thom being that for \ho building for colored men at the honpitnl for the insane. Thp oom .mittoo faijtod to agree on important dif ference^,' such as^ tho South Carolina College uom, AftrV a little dobate the. House agrood?to th/6 committee of oon^ foronce royxirt t\va vote of SO to 135, inid the oonunittoo"oT0frco Conference will do or fail to do th(Vi?#U/ < 1 At tho night session tho Sonato tackod oiuto the ono of the froo ^chool bill a'* proviso that in Newberry county tho school trustees should bo elected by a popular vote, but tho Ilouso refused to agroo to it. Ono after another froo school laws ramo tip. MoOnl lough's bill was killed in tho Senate and doLoaeh s'froo school bill came back amonded and tho Housq agreed to tho hjonato amendments. The Striate scaled down tho olaim of State Detective Nowbold from $102 to $1)0. The oxponses wore inourrod in getting witnesses for tho Ttoesotmckio case. t 1* A IjM KTTC ) iiK A V 10 s . As ttatherod at Random Throughout '\ South CuroUim. Oiins. W. Stoan was shot, and killed |^y JY'AV. Powell in Columbia, Two hundred troes or moro were set out in Rock Hill ? 'Arbor Day." The varioty most popular wan the silver ma plo. Mr. O. T. Burroughs, proBident of tho Burroughs & Collins . Company, and tlio wealthiest man in Horry coun ty, is dead. _ ' At Manniug tho jury in '.tho case of Halpb S. Peschamps for- tho killing of Tom lthamo, rendered a verdict of not guilty in just ten minutes j Charlotte and CchiJjbbU aro to be linked together by a Iqig distanco tele phone, that will connect them with tho greater cities of tho North. Bristol lii^wis, a ^respcctablo" colored man, ,was shot down in cold blood on tho streets of Charleston. His murderor: is unknowu, hut the detectives aro hot on his track at this writing. < Tno Colored State Fair Association lmvo issued an .addrflss. tp the;c,<^OKod_ peopfo of tho Htato and all others who favor tlM? advancqmont of negro enter prises tp lend a helping hand to the abovo cause. / s Ex-Governor Evans in conversation^ with a Spartanburg Herald roporier Stated that he was now enioying the happiest days of his life, and to ! iot tho turmoil and strifo of politics was I a blessing, which ho had never dreamed of. . Judge John li. Itacou died in Colum bia in his flOtb year. Iio wns a uativo of Edgefield county. Ifo wob a noted Houth Carolinian, Laving served his Hiato in many honorable position* both boforo and smoe tho war. On March 24th tliofo will bo held in Columbia a civil sorvice examination for poaitions in tlio departmental ami railway mail nor vice. TIiobo who wish to bo examined should apply for inform* ation to tho Civil Sorvico Commission, Wellington, 1>. ?." Mihh Montgomery, of Marion, has taken charge of tho State I/ibrary, ?Miss Montgomery was appointed by Govor^or Ellorbeo to succeed Mrs. Le Conto, who;fllled the i>o*ition since her appointment by Governor Tillman on Deo. 0, 1890. Tho State's Charleston corrcapondent flays; - 44JMs thought by many of the ^Klaudlj/Vfeidcnts that the construction mjLjio j^yieH is the cause of this inden {mofwwo beach, rind it in even feared that the surf will continue its. work and finally cut the island in two. Governor Ellerbe granted a full par* don to John Augnstine, Jr.. of ^Aiken oounty. He was convicts! of msn* slangbter at the September-term, 1 8M, for Aiken county, and Was eon ten red by Judge Witherspoon to five years in the {Mmiteutiary. - IT'S SIM (Iff M. House Will Not Pass Murray's ' Resolution This Session, . ? THE OUTLOOK IS SQUALLY, The ln?llon(lonH Arc That I l?o Xext 1'uHttroKS Will < live South Cu roll my I nti Amount of Trouble. J Wahiunuton, (Special.) -Tha/frnvoa ligation of tho South system uudor lli)? now .^institution, which KepieaontativajW'ftrrny, of South Carolina, has boon oiwoavoring to havo iho House take up, \rall not ho attempt od by this Congrofik! Tho committoo on eloction of Premdent, \ i(oo Presi ded and Ropvesontfltivos in Congress, which has boon listening to statements from the South Carblina politicians, de cided Friday to Ubavo iho question to iho Fifty -ill tlx C/ngross, whiyh will havo to pass upon j several election con tests made by Soath Carolina Jlopubli cans. If tho tompor of th(tttrmmitteo of the uoxt Congress bo likojTTat. of iho presont com milt eo, ?nl? ilneitlgtttion will bo mado. Several Heptuflioan members of ,tluv>oomniiMoo doclarod themselves iu'favor of an investigation, but worodriterrod by tho lack of timo boforo this sossion cj?psos. Consequently a subcommittee, consisting of throo Republicans- Atwood of Massachu setts, Cor lis* of Michigan, and Al drioh of Alabama, and two Demo-, ciata 'l'uckor, of Virginia. and H tai lings, of Alabama - waa ' iuBtruotod to report to tho House tho memorials and tho fitatomont mado to tho committoo with tho recommendation that thonoxt Congross consider that an investigation i? advisable. Mr, Atwood is writing tho roport, which will arraign tho rocont Constitutional Convention of South Carolina and tho Constitution whioh it framed. It will bo assorted that, tho convention was illegally called, that it was not a com ponont body for tho work it did, becauBO it? members took no oath, and that tho Constitution was not hubmitted to a vote of tho pooplo. Tho workings of tho eleetowrt KVBtom will bo criticised on tho ground that tho registration boards .are com* posed wholly of Denwcrottt. appointed by tho Governor, that tho to&tsare so manipulated by tho Registration officers that illiterate whites aro qualitlod and illiterate blacks disqualified.-^.- ? A minority roport may bo mado by tho Democratic mem bora of the sub committee. Several South Carolina polit icians appeared before thoeoylmit teo today, among thorn Dr. Synpson Pope, recently tho independent/ candi date for Ob vomer, and Jtobo*( Smalls, the eolorod ex-member of .CongresB^ There was a rathor warm passage be tween Dr. Pope and Representative Talhert when M r. Talbert said that Dr. Pope had bogun to run for Governor on the Democratic ticket and had run on ovory possible tickot since; Mr. Talbert assorts thai no white man has signed Iho memorials prqseutod by Mr. Murray. Dr. Pope characterized as a great fraud -the Constitutional Convention and reviewed the circumstances attend ing it. Uneasy for fear that the Con servative element of tho State would join tho Republicans and form a just Constitution, tho Democratic leaders. Senator Tillman, tho Governor, and others, entered, ho declared, irtto a most damnable agreement, Pho scheme to which they bound themselves aud their followers provided, among other things, that no white man shoijld be disfranchised except for .crimp, that, the . whites should bo insnred suprempoy and the Constitution, vyhon adopted, ?4ion)d not bo ngaijr - submitted to i the pooplo. Tho^result was that thous ands were debased from suftVHge. / k Mr^ftmalls stated that tho D/omoWfft ib State Executive Committee and tho Legislature had provided that tho Constitution should not bo submitted to a vote of tho people. Mr. Wilson held that tho old law did not declare that a now Constitution, but only amendments to the old Con stitution must bo submitted to tho peo ^ Dr. Pope securcd front Mr. Wilhon, in the course of thohearing, an odmie ?ion that he (Pope) has a right to con test the election and then declared that he had been unable to prevail upon any members of tho Legislature to present his contest and wh'cn the Speaker had been induced to submit it the Asjwnbly had voted iidown. J/ . .Then Mr. Smalls coim?lain<#that tho Republicans wore not nllo^Hl repre sentation on ? the e lectin boards, whereupon Mr. Htokw, . .of . South Carolina, contended thlK this was in correct and M/. Smalls argued that they were not represented., on' the reg istration boards, at. any rate. ' IB*;' Stokes said he was not informed on that l>?Wr. Wilson argueod at length on the bright of Congress to nndertako the in ?estigation proposed. ? This wan mere ly an attempt by- Mn.Mtirray to have Congress collect evidence for elec tion contests for the .Sprite Caro lina Republicans, ho ?aid. Congress had. no right on the showing made to in vade the State and investigate It# laws. . _ ? The Btrftnd Mstanhe says that an ?&*?!*& gtttan by affcUiid^ I wSrH?* thfto^T a^Sro f W * 1 for him. ? , . >. On the following pay-da j the pitman KIN ANOI AIj 8T"ATW?WNT. Showing ?? l>?'n?lonoy <" (ho 'Treasury. Thursday tho Ho^ato received the fol- ? |xwji|it ntntomoui from tho Htato urcr and Comptroller General; and was reml boforo that bouy? To the, Uworabto the 'Vf*'1''"" oilier Members <<f 'Ac MiiiUp ?/ ifouth Carolina. 1 \Ve liavo tho honor to submit tho sul ioirtcd report in accordance with a re - ISution of the Henato ro<juc8tni{r tho Htato Treasurer and Comptroller oral to furnish a statement of the treas urv iu what fund it exist a . VVhilo thoro is at tins date alaigo balanco unappropvirfod and thovofoio no actual dot\oionoy really exists a? present, additional futvdHmuBtbo Vidod to moot tho avpropriatlonaoftho ijyoaont Bossipn, and halaueoa of found appropriations romainmg uy.l>ft Thia different'? betwoou tho 'vmouot,, of funda in tho treasury and the nppjj' pnationa already made, and to bo niado hi thia aeauion, may be proporly jes^id od aa a prospective deficiency* /tho amount of which wo havo no moarfs of n?<?orlaining with absolute acmjraov, but which may bo eatimated aa follows. khtimatk. . Assuming tho appro prat ions bv act March, UUHl, aa a basis for an ^Ht^mnte wo itnd tho abrogate appvo|nuatdd f<>\ th? fourteen montha omjuyj . comber, IWW, (not including tutor- ? oat or tho legislative oxponsos) to l>o Effing tho following oxtrtraordl ^hvv appropriations made by act i?for ' vrtrl fn viz 1 . Winthrop Normal am] Ind'strial s ? Col logo, baok indebtedness..# 38,20& : Registration, . . . . ? rt'aoa Atlanta Kx position. ... uji'ooo- -? Oonatiutional invention 7*500 ~ Managers elections, ditto. . . . . . <> j> Kc>vi??>? logiKUotlou.. ...... WW 8 00,108 I $588,807 Alao deducting 1-7 for ttfO -'??? month's in oxoosa ovor one ^ yoar - & $804,841 - And adding, what will .be , re*.. quired for >rft?reat on Br<j\vllv and 73lu?jM 1-3 pm cents, and other St a to bonds and stocks payable^ July, 18U7'< .aU!.; . AUo1ogW?Ml? ?'M?Qne?s present Mue 4 1-3 por cent*. jj? Direct tax, claims. Oct. 1884 9.7W Now couuUea ^exponBea.^^^^-.^g* HuperviaoiB of registration, Bay. ? . Bundry balances, unpaid appr * j- qqq priationB ".'..lll.il '? . ??? Making an estimated total re- ^ ?v..ropri,t!on? fiSSta && fBfife ?:Mpsgb statement the. ?mount of interest w w? , - ? wSuldVedue from Igly MJgWUP July ist, < ,1897, ^ oa^W Brown bonds, ttggg the valid part stock b now outstanding, wnien," o?*? od for, would amonnt to ay nttlv a small amount of .tWV^ . 0aNor hive w? lnol<a?d >h? 't: -m, -uary 1, 1898,}e?Ting^Ul?r estmxated defloieney c,,ywW7' ' oip Hili February Wth. lWi. a iv(t?. oodting mala .took Top Mile Hill,- net? 0h( " week. Tbo oonteet laaU dave. The flrit regular AilnnU-AUi?n? main vu lan t*. In nine hack flghu . eight Quite a number of aportipg i wore present. . The resignation of Hon. P. M. MiJ?? who will on Monday nextftaalify -aa ?? member of the State board of control, and of waya and meant, oommittee/ who-.': sign iron account of ill ha#l nro tw?r vaoaneiea in - the wh.c st Spartanburg county; which wi to bo filled before next session. . The bill to creato (ho office of ban and inturance cqmmiaaioner wi """" pasaed the Hotftoand i? on the a Anal inweage through f ?? certain to and the candid already working Went.^m^ngl mentioned are Mei - wort, of tb.