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NO. II. CJOtl niul Oui? Nntlv^ Lnnd, ? ? r~r~r ? . .. ... CAMDEN, S. 0., FRIDAY, MARClf 26, 1897. A list > of the Ratified Acts bj the legislature. SjKr NO NOTABLE NEW LAWS, Most of Thorn of rt Special Character, j llttt Tho'y Aro Worth Ron' fling mid 1 Saving for Futuro Koferonco. Bm ? Bolow. is tho last installment of the list of acts ratified and enrolled by, tho last General Assembly; f To amend an act to rogulato tl\o diot i.ng of ali prisonora bofovo and after con viction when In tho custody of tho su pervisors amVsherift's of tbo State. To amend an aot to provide for tho formation of MUtual Protection Associ ation v To & -r araendt^H aot to require contract ors in tUe ero.ctlOlh alteration or roj mir ing of buildings to pay laborers, sub " contractor*} aw] material men for their ; sqrviocs and material furnished. . To amend an act to incorporate tho v:,.v .Parmers' Mutual Inemrauoe Aaaooiation of Florence oounty. To amend an aot to provide for the ; organization Of tho Supremo Court, to dolino its powers and jurisdiction, and to pfovido for tho appointment?*4*0 fioersand to deflno their duties - To make corporat ions liable ages resulting to land owners f* --r:yr -v -wrongful obstruction of water l >. ( - To amend sdotion 820 of tho rovis&d ... ..'statutes rolating to commissions of ' / bounty treasurers, -To amend section C63 of tho revised Statutes of 1803, to provide a system of ; -county govertimenfc for tho sovOral counties of the State. feSl4/- atnoiid section 20G4 of tho revised statutes of 18W), ohanging tho time for w exeoutors and administrators to ac , oount to the probate judges. To provide a penalty on railroad oompanios owning, loasmg or operat ing competing railroad linos within this State, -and to provide - for the recovery thereof. To amend au act to oroate tho school district of Ydfrkvillo. : ?: T^-f Jffi u t rqsSlution constituting tho G ov ernor, attorney general and comptroller general a commission to adjudicate the .. claim of Thomas J. Maokey ser yiees nlloged to nave boon rondeVed in ? -?- proseonting 'the claim .of the State - against the - Vnitod .Sthtos for rent of ? the South Carolina Military Academy. Requiring that a committee of ono 4-- - :-Senato"p<8nd two members of the-Honee of Representatives be annually appoiut* 'ed ttf examine the accounts," books and S vouchers of the penal and charitablo in " >Tilutidns'of tliis State. To protect tho Mongolian pheasant,, Joint resolution to validate the ap^i x pointment of tho registration of voter PI jjy a. K. Parham as supervisor of reg istration for tho town of Dillon^ and J. J. Rouso aB supervisor of registration * of Latta, in Marion county. To require all Stato institutions to , pay for transporting, clothing, guard ing and for medical treatment, of all ' <x>ny.iots~receJved.. by them - under 'feots ^^?.^-^int-reiTOl?t!on8"Of'tho-Genernl Assembly, and to give receipts for their vroi-k. _ t __ ? ? To amend an Act to inptfrpprate the r _ Mutual Insurance Company, ofGreen Joint resolution to authorize and.di reot the sinking fund commiasionors to ? - pro vid e f or tho payment of. any coats _^'?4ml^l3amagaa--con8equont Jipoh . ,tlio litigation now pending in tho United States court between J. F. Tindal and J. R. Boyles and Edward B. Wesley, ^"-?^javolTtngvthequcfttion- <>f -4hoiitleto-i the Agricultural httlL in Columbia. vL- : ' ^ To amend ail aot to create a school : . district -within the cor^prato limits of the tovru of Willis ton, as to election t 1 trustees. To provide for tho appointment of additional magistrates ^ for ?^Berkeley 'county. To amend tho law relating to pen sions. - ? repeal an act to further regulate iJbie jurisdiction and places of residence ofoertain magistrates iu tho oounty of i the jurisdiction and pla^es^ of residence * "'n i 11 1 * "v """" " " >ur ; Pf ~<?unly commissioners of Beaufort iwer tho supervisor and board of Beaufort for certain Sr^ oounty to borrow money lor parries. . . - To rwiuire the- ?ui>erv?9ors of the Ml x . 7- LI' 1. State to publish qnartorly roports. - Joint resolution to authorize and re auire the county board of. commission of Anderson county to approve mm&i J. M, Payne, late treasurer of Andtirson county, 3100 ? for collecting . ? ; : dommntatinau *4Hul.tnxeiJ^rl8Wj^ia - if^nfer w" r/Z-y fte. o prohibit secret Orcbk letter fra ternities or any organizations of like nature in State institutions. To amend ?4otion l3 of an .. act on titled 4 'Att aot to amend an act entitled ?*an act?. to provide a system of county government for the several counties of ?hi* State, no ft?r it relates to the working and maiutaing the. roads, and - m ' ^ ya- in thfa jitate,' " approved | WmMfe exempting PairfieTd^ oounty ftom said secUon. . . +, -A joint rosdluUon to futUfttize thp of the revised IS'Teiatiasttf y sjtp- "r tol rv. ft*" r -w( c ? - .Iw r ? ;?? ? "r'vr" " tu* i Hrr * f "*' * -j ?? :2i- ?. i- Si <? - . ty. ? .. ^ W ^ 5/. ? ix bd&i " xltkis amoiij ? An not to provido for ft laborers' Hen." , . , An act to amend the fioo school Jaw. An aot relating to tho phosphate commission, empowering iMotix roy4 aliies. . v An act to amend section 000 of tho revised statutes bo nsto include prolmto judge, auditor, treasurer and- minder in oqUlty undor its provisions. An aot to authorize oitios to operate vj'ater works, eto. An aot to fix tho time for the meet ing of tho conrtty hoard of Kdgoilold county. To repeal an aet to validate and con firm tho consolidation of tho Augusta, Edgofioldand Nowborrylteilroad Com pany wHh... th9 ;N.ov tJvoA^l ox n B ailroud Company under the namo of tho Gcor gia, Carolina and Midland Bailyoad Company, To protect torrapin and oysters with in tho Stato. To amend an act to provido tho manner in which railroad companies incorporated under tho Jaws of other States may booome incorporated in this Stato. To amend sootion 5?, 875 and 2,;103 of tho revised statutes of 1808 relating to jury commissioners; To amend the froo school law, To incorporate tho Atlantio Coast Lino company and to charter certain railroads under that name. To incorporate the Farmers' Mutual Insurance company of Borkoloy county. Relating to tho foos of qfoveks of courts and to establish a Bpeoial feo bill for Spartanburg county. ? To amend an act to authorizo the holding of a special olootion in tho town of Honea Path in Anderson county for tho purpose of issuing bonds to build a oourt hoUso at that placo. STATIC TAX ON COMM1CKOK. Cotton Seed -Mewl Imported Into tlie State Without Tags, Sci/.eil. ThOre aro other things that tho State seizes besides liquor, it has just, seized several car loads of colt oh seed meal. It appears that a New rbrk firm, so tho record goes, shipped a car load of cot ton sood meal to Bonnettsvillo. It ap pears somowhat strange that a Now Vork firm should ship cotton seed moid ' to South Carolina, but such seems to bo tho allegation. When tho meal got to Bonnottsvillo Inspector Cropland found that it was not tagged, and under tlio law requiring a lag on such meal, seized it. Tho facts were reported to Governor Ellerbe and he directed tho assistant Attornoy-Gonoral to institute immediate proceedings against tho par tics shipping tho meal info tho Stato without proper tags. Uiuler tlio law tho. State can recover from tlio shippers to tho amount of tho meal, which is said to.be about ^18. 50 per ton. Tho lot is said to bo 80 tons, which, it will bo scon, is quito a considerable prize, oven if tho cotton seed meal ; itself should bo confiscated to tlio Stato. ,Mr. Tpwnsend will get all of tho fao|p and bring action at onco. Tho understanding is that the Slate does not chargo^onty-hvo cents a ton privilege tax on cotton seed moal when it i3 used for foodin^ purposes, but when the meal is used for fertilizing purposes the change is mad^aml iiW-'aso of non-payment seizure is made. The matter may result in an inter esting legal fight on tho Inter-State ..Commerce. Acta,. ..tho same a* tho dis pensary law. 4 ^JL'ho statement was mado during tho last -session of tlio Goneral Assembly that a great deal of fertilisers sold in " thiH fitate e?oap?d tho payment of tho privilogo tax, and that in other cases tho'tags were taken off of tho saoks of fertilizers and returned to the broker in Oharlo&toWiX for credit," aiid" wore re fused, or the ' party Tcceiving^Iie fer , ^ilizer notified tho broker that ho would pay tho tax on tho next ship .meut?. _ Jttxv.Connor sought... to_roniotty, this tr.ouble, but his bill did not pass, v -wit is understood- that the cotton seed meaVsoized at BenncttsVillo was sold . through Now York 'broker sand was for Western ^ manufacturers. In addition to tlio failure to be tagged it ia stated 1 that tho meal failed to come Tipto the "requirement in not liaving aii$ com mercial value guaranteed. Stato Hoard of Health Meets/ , Tho State Board of Health held a meeting . in ,tho ofifco of tho Comptroller Goner a! in Columbia. They considered matters of1 necessary expenditures for tho coming year and dovised plans for . using, tho appropriation granted by the last Legislature to tlio best advantage. TKo Board lis n~6t' pleased much at tho tfeotion of tho Legislature in limiting tho number of copies of its roports to 800. Tho Board determined to try and on.list 'the co-operation of medical associations and other State boards in urging upon tho national government the necessity Of properly draining swamps and rivers ~aad-thuo remove omrof thomopt feOtful Cannes of death mtflafcuil fover, An other matter diacftesod^by tho Board was as to tho ' best/ means of clicking the ravages of consumption among tho population. * Tho;4^* ? :a the fearful mortal _ from this cause. ? It was . to issue a circular to all colorod teach ers explaining this i aot and sjKfWIug that the most fruitful caiUKT^of tho spr?tod of this disease waafhe habit of exp?*>tpralion by consumptives on tho floOrs oi^ichool buildings and else where. ThO bilLitf reference to keep ing vital statistics in the State was de feated by the legislature. It was nrgod by tho Hoard rrf Health wtto hoped to see it become law. They will enlist the oo-operation of tho StateMedicM .Asso ciation and urge the passage Of the bill &?|>4rinWn<l?iit Mvyfleld Buiy, fl?l a busily II Several After the Funds In tho State Sinking Fund, THE NEW ACT CONSTRUED. Sovcrnl Couutlcs Apply for Various Sums-? Tho Text of tlio Act ? A Coming Mooting# Thoro woro but fo w measures intro duced at tho loBt sossion of tho General Assembly whioh caused moro thought ful discussion than that intended to al low the funds of tho sinking fund com* mission to bo l6anod to tho sovoroj ooiintios of tho Stato. Many possible dangors wore pointed out at the time, but tho bill was passed and beoamo an act, beings approved on Fob. 35. It be comes offootive on tho 30th day thoro aftor, And now tlio subsequent pro ceedings are ?.interesting the Stato and oounty officials. Alroady sovoral coun ties have made applications to tho sink ing fund commission for loans under tho aot. ' The act roads as follows: An aot requiring tho sinking fund com mission to lend fifnd^to^thb sovoral county boards of commissioners of the Btato for tlio use of thoir ooUntios, in preforonco to lending samo toWlior applicants for samo funds. * Soction i.-Bo it onactod by tho general assombly of tho Stato of South Carolina, that tho' sinking fund com mission is horebv authorized and re quired, when in tno judgement af tho said commissioners oLAho sinking fund valid bonds of tho Btfln are not offorod o t obtainable at a reasonable prico, to loud tho monoy of tho Binking fund commission both "ortinulativo and or dinary" for a period o'f ono yoaiy at a rato of interest of 5 per cont. per *ua num. ^f}o. 3. That Raid loan shall ho mado jy said commission upon tho valid securities of tho sovoral Stntos of *fhe United States giving preforoncetheroto, or upon the note of the county treasurer and oounty sui>ervisor of any of tho oountiesrof this State who shall mako apnlioation for a loan; provided, the said loan bo not more than one-third of tho tax levy for saul county, and the wholo of tho taxes ox said county Bliall bo pledged for tlio ropaymont of the liionoy so borrowed of said sinking fund commission. Boo. 8. That tho county treasurers of tho respective counties borrowing funds of the sinking fund commission shall pay tho noto so givon out of the first taxos collected for tho fiscal year in which Baid money^s boirowod. Sec, 4. That the sinking fund com mission shall-reoeivo applications for? various coiintiea and filo the same until tho lirBt day of March o& every subse quent voar hereaftor; and if tho appli cations aggregate moro than tho en tiro fiind in the hands of thd. Binking fund commission, Baid commission shall pro rate the loanVti be made to^ the several counties in proportioayto tho taxos paid by tho respective counties; provided, that no tonn shall bo made to any coun ty in excess of one-third of the amount of tax levy for suoh county for county purposes.} provided, further, that for this year the applications shall continue to bs ma?ls until May 1st. Seo. 6. That the sinking fund com mission Shall forthwith call in all tem porary loans heretofore made by it, and ioHin said, fund under, tlxe provisions of this act. 'Seo. 0. That any county treasurer who shall violate tho provisions of this aot shall-be fined j~oa conviction there?1 of, a sum not exceeding $l,opo, anddHb bond shall be liable to said sinning fund, commission for tlio amount of tho ioss sustained bv said commission, to gether with all costs and expenses thereof. " $eoi 7> That air acts and parts o? lufts inconsistent with thin rtct bo and tno same are hereby rej>ealed. There being some question as to the construction of the provisions of the act, the Att*?rT??y-Qeneral was asked to construe it for the commission. This ho has dono and the following, issued by tho State Treasurer, has been print ed along with the act and is being nont to the several oounties, so tlmt their of ficials may inform themseld^ Office of State Treasurer, Department of Sinking Fund, Columbia, S. 0., Maron 17, 1897. The foregoing copy of an aot is trans mitted for tho information of those con corned. The attorney-general has construed the act as follows: The sinking fund commission. ia Authorized and required to lond money at 5 per cent, interest per annum, whon State of South Caro lina bonds cannot bo obtained at it reoasnablo price. The money cannot" be loaned for a longer nor- .. shorter per iod than one year. The money must bo loaned: First, upon tho- valid se curities of tho several States of tho United States, giving preference thoro - to; secondly, what money remains aftor making loans upon such securities offered as abo vestated^iar to be,on the first day of May. 1897, and on the first day of March of eaoh year thereafter, loaned to the several counties applying for loans and complying with terms of act;said. balance. loaned to ' counties, iog^pr^ated among . , the several unuefrfo proportien to taxes paid, id no loan to any oounty. shall be in Ce?s of one-third of the taxleyy for _4ch. countsr.f0t .. oounty pur poses? tho * 'ordinary oopnty tax. * trrbe ftrr ex-offlcio J of -?!? SU?~i fUREr*1--- m} years for the purpose of erecting a no court house. I naanmeh as no loan j an bo made (or longer than ?ue yeai t * safe to say that AiUou iMumo^g ot u?w ^ a" mooting of tho commission onllod for March 80 to consider all those minors. it will no doubt bo attend by all tho members. A' DOUItliK II AN (UNO. Jackson aiul Walling i*ay the Death Penalty. Saturday at Newport, Ky.,thoonco promising lives of Scott Jackson am Alon/.o Walling. the young don-, tal Btudonts, paid tho penally on tho gallows for tho murder of tho aw cot faced country gil, J>0"vl Bryan, of Green Castle Intl.. ftml J jj? extinguishing At tho samo time of the tiny spark of lifo that had driven hoi to desperation through fear . l shame. Tho scone was tori I homaa and tho date February 1st, 181M, iuo victim was docapitatod to prevent idea ti ligation and the head has noyoi boon located. The arrost, ivialB. Oonb^ Biona" and tho awful sequel hfcyo ' boon larsrolv of tho speotaonlar ovuoi, oh poeialiy the closing bourn , of tho hajo^ dv at Newport ^ Ky. Waling" seemed, swaying in tbo bfthvnoo snd the ft 1 000 people, with a plonuuu springing of nobly m?if0vme(l m|htm acting as guards, ,!? J,,,,! of at highest tonsion for ttfo Bpimging tbi fetaltw, or ;>>VrVTX?,mr the elomoney extended by (Ion ouioi !ilAl 1?;40 tbo double track was sprung and thoy swung in mid air twoniy jm" utos hot or ft tho horribjo woik of stia i filiation was compjotod. lho ? mm originally BOt was 7 o olook, but almost oh tho start was made for the gjJ1??" Jackson niado another confeasion. ie which ho said Walling was not guilty of "willful murder.' Again Vfm-thv or nor w?? appealed to at |'r.nnll^\ ? wire, Jackson lamsoV tologiaphing. "Walling is not guilty of this unno, but I am." Finally, . the Uovornoi, aftor patient investigation of Jackson a ttU'dy attempt to save bis comrade, in cluding a long-distanco telephone c on S wifl. judge md?ro, and tho attorneys m tho case Bebfod'anow the doom of both by de claring against further delay. JaoiTsoh is Mid . to liftvo loft still auothor written confession to bo Puu lished or not, as bis friends may soo lit Tho ono ofi Thursday, diabolically trying to shift a bar t of tho crimo on an innocent man, both Jackson and ^ a ing acknowledged this morning W bs a fako As there was objection to l eceiv jng the body of.fooljfeoii for bunal m tho Green Castle X^cmotorj , it shipped this evening OY?\vY^ J'1*5 Four to his former homo at W jninsc o, Maine, fallings body was taken to Hamilton, Ohio, by his family burial. _ m TH K K AO 1 N OJU 1SS1 SS I VV I . Lives liost, Stock ,>'<>wn?<1? Country licsoluted? AN orst Over. A special from 8t. Louis, Mo. , under date of tho 20th, says: Tlio warding sent out by tho Government signal sor dico on tho 19th that tho Mississippi Uiver and its tributaries would con tiiftio to rise has been fulfilled to ti e letter Tho communication with tlio ICded Bootion has . become a mou t, but dispatches rccoived fiom jviaoiy. separated . points Bhov that ftlb^havo suffered alike. It is eBtntfatod that a section of country with an arei a < oa? to that of tho Kbite of Missouri as now. auditor, over. Advices from Cai o. 1 Momi'his nod lloloua ?Uow tbrtttio region beginning North of New MftjUUW . Mo: , we?fc to amt molnding ih?^lley? nf tho Ht Francis, tlio White and thor Arkansas rivers m Arkansas, voast in Kentucky ami Tennessbe, tbevallovsof the Tennessee, the Cache, the Gb and tho Yazoo rivers, apd U?d river are under water, ino inwr voning rangos of liills and high ground only .plaoos ot ro ugo J j natclios rccoivod bore tell but one story Hvok lost, stock drowned andcountry SSatid ? At Cairo, XllinoU, ? tho r??r recked 5 0,1> foot and ,f'???h which is but ono foot short ^ tbe nign record of 1888. All the country south of there to Memphis is submorged^ A relief slcamor from tho flats below liird'a/Poiiit brought in four families. Tt la repovied that, a fiat boat contain ing a number of people was sunk at Is ^ AlHho cotton fields in the valloy of Forked Poor XUver m TennoBBee we under water, ^ xno AJ sociation haft five boatsatwork. tnoso boats go to poins that aro somo twenty opiniou of St I.ouis river mon i? th?t conditions must bocomo worse before thero can bo permanent ielief. A"OV Bay that numerous breaks in tlio 1? wo r levees are really blessin ^ ^ t^at i s natural outlets for the deluge that is certain to come from the melting snows f)f the North. ^ ? ? ? ~ " work, of ft Cyclone. _ A special to the Evening Constitution of Monday from Arlington, Ga., says: A cyclone struck this town and lias left behind it a. trail of doath and disaster. The Mgh school building wM blown U) nieces otid from tho wrecicnearly a<lvu,>r. have already been taken oil t. , Blakely, v*8 struck <ly a severe ptot^alS i^ich Sk * nwmotij and cost^ MyeraT l^^ .^sg^ It is known, bower?*,- that aeywral ^* killed and puw?y .t? ?ht* A Vory Serious Situation Along the Mississippi River, V> nothing in sight but water. Storms and Cyclones Add Terror to th'o Situation? Ono Hundred Miles of Country Under Water. Memphis, Tonn., March 10. ? A fur 'Ihor half-inch riso in tho Mississippi moans tho devastation of property and probably a. loss of life unomialod iu tho Hood history of this noction, Tho viso is threntorfiod, because rain is still fall ing. Hovonteon porsons avo roportod drowned bolow Ourruthorsv.illo, Mo. A ( etrotoh of land ovov 100 miloB long, from a point 70 miles north of Mompliis to a point C>0 miles south o^> Tonnos soo metropolis, is submerged, in places to a doifth of 10 foot. Tho fortile val loys of Tohnossoo and Arkansas aro completely inundated and many livos have been loBt ami stoek d vow nod. Fencings and dwellings have been swept away, and tho inhabitants aro destitute and homeless, loft to starve or drown by tho remorselessly lifiing tide. Hoports from tributary stroams show rains and rapidly rising rivers all of which will help to swell tho rising wators. Tho floods now partake of tho uatuj'O of a deluge. As far as tho eve cau seo nothing hut water meets the ga/.o. Six hundred people were rosouod vos torday on tho Arkansas Hide of tho rlvor and taken to Memphis, but there are Hooded districts which relief boats cau not reach tho stricken ones. On island BO, one hundred uulVorors and consider able live stock were rescued by tho steamer Itasca. Neither man nor boast,| had tasted food for 24 hours. Human beings and helpless brutes avo huddled together awaiting assistance all along the Iron Mountain and Kansas CJity, Fort , Scott and Gulf tracks. Five hun;. ] died people wore forced to tleo.-^Trom the floods in Dyer and Obion counties, Tonn. OVElt 100 HOUSES IJAMAOEIV Dallas, Tox., Mavfch 10,-Spcolal 'telegrams, recoived this morning, stato that northern Texas was swept by a windstorm last night, that at times do volopod tho proportions of a oyolono. 'jl'ho Worst damage reported so far, oo ?*ourrod' at Denton, whoro over 100 houses wore struck by the storm and all more oiv loss damaged. It is be lieved that tho storm in tho vioinity of Donton has caused dam ago to tho ox tent of $100,000. ??? j~r DIIOWNKD IJY Ul'SBTTINQ * 'jOUtt OUT. " , o Clavin Ark., March 0. ? For many miles tho country is flooded, and the wator is up on tho Iron Mountain track. Hundreds of hands aro try ing to keep it back with dirt |)ags. At every station tho negroes aro^Mlierihg, waiting to bo talcon away. Many get on tho trains and aro carried without pay. The list of fatalities is said to bo long and probab^ never will bo k/iown. Several livos have been lost by the Up setting of ft-"du g out," and many more fatalities are reported. A mountain of household goods is piled up at ev ery ototion. Whitos and negroes beg forhelp from every train crew. Houses along tho roads are submerged to tho roofs, and Rattle are standing in the i Holds with only, their heads AMpYO. tho . "waler." M THE MOST SERIOUS SINdfe 1882. ( New Orleans, Mar oh 19'/ ? A special to the Statos from Vicksbl^rg, Miss,, says tho river sanation for the next thirty da^s proi^s os to bo more than Bcrious. Thoro is a higher stage at Cairo and Helena, the two main points of observation. than\)inco tfjSO, and by their reported rain \alls to* ? tho past twenty-four hours, both will score ex treme* high water marks/- The prissnre is going to bo oxcessive all .along the levee lineB. It will first appear botweon Helena and tho mouth Of the Arkansas. On that reach, leveos have beon put in front, of the White river basin since the last high water, and the effect of this is now to be tosted. From there "down tho levees have been raised and enlarged greatly aud ought to hold unless the flood is prolonged. Altogether, it is the most serious situation for the delta since 1882. n A dispatch from Anniston, Ala. , Bays a strong wind storm did great damage j 'in tills section, but no loss of life is re- j ported. At Jackson, Miss., aud vioinity tho storm did great damage to property, but no loss of life is reported atjhie time. All tolegraph wires are down. A dispatch from Memphis, Tonn. , of March 18, says: Tho work of resouiiig the peopleiti tiio flooded district is be ing? carried on night and day and this moi'niug half a dozen stealers brought to Memphis over 1.000 refugees. Tho Btcamboat mon teli some narrowing stories of suffering and death. Ono wo man who was rescued from an Indian mound, w miles west of hore, held in her arins a dead infant that had perish-i ed from cold and hunger* Anotheriam~ | ily of four when rescued, related that two small children were drowned in eight of their helpless parents. Islands Noa. 40, 8jf And 84 in the MJs oisalppi river er^eoi And the inhabitanta abandon I P*inbeg*n to falljiere: J noon and at noon today there has been no cessation ?fthedownponr. The i tii iilr ffiiHf to ?a' r - W|f|? - t&m ? ft. ,*v"V NEWS ITEMS CONDENSED. Southern Penell Pointers. Martin NViao & I'it'/hugh, of^ Paris, Texas, one of the largest ooitoi) firms in (ho South, assigns, Tho Louisvillo Chair Company has assigned,, Liabilities are $(>0,000. It is claimed tho assets are much largor. Col. John Churchill, owner of t )?o celebrated Churchill downs, diod at Louisville, Ky., aged 78. Ho loft an estate valvod ut $'200,000 to his wifo and. child. .1). B* Biordan, formorly a Charles ton (H. O. ) journalist, hut recently liy ing iuvNfw York, diod at his rosidenco in tho metropolis March 41. Ho was a uativoof Virginia and AO yoars old. Firo in tho mailing room of tho Rich mond, (Ya. ,) Dispatch caused damage to tho amount of $'),000. ('ol. A. H Buck, tho (loorgia Bopub lioan lead or, according to the Atlanta Constitution, in to got tho .Japanese mission with $12,000 a year salary. John Y>. Smith, a negro preacher, was shot doad at Scottshoro, Ala. Ho was ohargod with outraging tho wifo of a'whito farmer. , J. It. Littlojohn assaulted his wife, ftt Dauvillo, Va., boating her with a stick. Ho was arrested and looked up and lator was found doad in his coll, having taken laudanum. Vj At Houston, Toxas, Walter Hutfluur was shot dead in attempting to kidnap a daughter of Frank J)unn, a wealthy resident of that city. Tho purpose of tho would-bo-kidnappor was to keep 'tho girl in captivity and demand $10, 000 ransom for restoring hor to her parents. Geo. E. llcnnott, formerly of Pennsylvania, committed suieido at Fayottovillo, N. C. , by drinking four' ounoos of laudanum. lie left a letter attributing his reason for suicide to o faith loss wifo. r. w All- About the North. ""At Center City, Minn., Co or go Kelly was hanged for complicity in tho min der of I'M w a yd Paul And J^cyb'fiayos. Sovon Chicago, III., women lmvo lost &25,000>iV following an astrologer's ad-' vicp-m whoat gambling. ^Christian Kiolnookor, _of Philadel phia, diod in a hospital from bloivs ro coivod in a prize light. Tho Franklin sugar refltieiy, at Philadelphia, Pa,, will soon bo started up again, giving-cmploymeiit to 1,000 hands. / Ton porsons wore injnrod and '^Jio killed In a wreck oft tho Halt! moro ahd Ohio Railroad near Oakland, Md. Boprosontativo Lambert charges gross corruption in the Iowa I.ogisla turo. Tho Spoakor of tho House has resigned, and domands an invostiga tioir. t- . # 4 Tho Pnoiflo Loan and Homestead As sociation. of Chicago, has gone under, tho stockholders charging that tho sec retary of tho concern got away with $282, 0Q0. Engineer Monyoo Bay and Fireman Johnpody wore killed in a railroad j wrook 1199 r Danville, J 11. William E. Harding, sporting writer for tho Now York", Daily Nows^'died of pneumonia. He was about O.vyearH old and^wos born in Canada. - ? ^Tho stffear refinery at Williamsburg, . N. Y., belongiug to tho American' Sugar Bpfining company, aftqr a shut down .of over five montlis, has opened with, a iorco x>f nearly OOOinou. . ^ Unemployed men and womon to the number of sovoral liuudrod hold a mass niceting in 'Chicago, at M-hic^i. thov launched a "declaration of independ ence" against "King Plutoeracy. MlRcellaiieoiiH. - Valuable ostatos in Povjvliavo boon destroyed by recent fre?hets on the Kiver J oro. President MoKinloy has granted at roBpito to four men, who were to have been hanged Tuosday at Hauta Fo, Now Moxioo. Boports from London to tho Now York Times tell of sliocking revelations of the custom of wifo and husband murdering in Austria and Hungary. A chemist made the romark that all tho village cemeteries in Htyria woro full of arsenic. Ian Maclaron is to bo called before a Presbyterian sync :t to givo an accounts of his alleged unorthodox holdings. According to tho War Oftlco statistics Spain has seut, up to tho oud of 18D(?, 1U8,047 men and 40 generals to-Cubjr Tho deaths in the field and from yel low fever and other diseases wore four generals and 33,731 men and officors. Q The celebration of oentennary of ICm Korer .' William I, who was born (arch 22, 1797, which bogau Monday was observed throughout (Jcruiany as tho nationrf Holiday. * The i-suo of ntandard silver dollars from the m\nta a?d Treasury offices for the week ending /March 20, wan $8rV7, - 882^ fcnd fo? theWorrospondiiKr period last year waVJM22>fl50. Thg shipment of fractional Biri^er \oins from March 1 [to 20, aggregatett^H^O/K). B eports Tf om jva"$h i ng ton "say~tTiaT Gen. Wade Hampton's condition is greatly improve " Orders have jbcen sent out /rein Washington to iocure increased vigi la&ce on the ParWof the vessels now oh ftlihustering off the South Atlantic and Gutt It ia said the Spaniards have sus " T?rr heavy In Pln^r del1 aee. A goT>r?B?nt train ?p>.attd: Tho Latest Nows as Gathered from Different Sources for tho MaViy. # ? r-' THE NEW ASYLUMN BUILDING. Stnto <felUoes and Rebates ? Union l>e pot aV(--1Iuihh)h Pnrdoncd--AYIlI not Disturb our t'oHtn^Vil^terH. The llospilal for tho Insane now has more female paliofita than over bofdro in lt.s history, so says l)r, liabcock to a htato reporter. Ho said there woro ?'too wortum at presont receiving treat ment and tho most surprising part is that they are nil lodged in tho main building. 'tho Uix cottage has not yet boon put into use, said tho doctor, on' lu'oount of tho additional oxponso at toudont upon its occupation. Homo of tho women pntionts will ho transforod (hero vory noon, howovor. "if tho Wallaeo property has not boon pur chased ami those additional quarters ao eurod, " Haid |)r. Habcock, "I don't boo how it would have boon po??i(>lo havo roooivod ovon ono more, atlliofod foinalo. Tho Dix oottago will com-" iortabl v house HO inoro and if tho worst Gomes to tho worst it may bo strotohod hnough to cover 00, aro rath or 00 pa-' tioijlionts may bo crowod into it." Tho arrangements for tho nogro patient#. ia also going to bo greatly improved by tho now quarters that* ore soon to bo. built. * Tho full text of tho Aot in roferoneo to robatos to Stato and county officers reads as follows : , - : An Aot making it. a misdemeanor for a State or couuty officer to roooivo any robato from jvuy porson, or cor poration ?i? purchases of books, or any any othor i>roporty or sup plies, or from printing or adver tising,^ Ho it onaetod by tho General Assom bly of tho Stato of South 'Carolina: neotion lr That any State or county officer in this Stato who shall rocoivo or Cdl loot any robato, commission or dis-: . count from Qny person, persons or cor poration u^on tho purohaaO /ftf any books, or any othor ... proper ty... or fcup"-. plies, or from printing or advertising .. whether for use of State or county, ana shall fail or refus'o to pay tho same to tho propor .State or county a\rtl\orities at tho timo of receiving tho shall bo doomed guilty of a misdomeahdf.' and upon oonviotion shall bo punished by a lino or imprisonment', in the , dis cretion of the Court, and Bhali aled for* foit his said office. Approved March ft, 1807.. >, , The following is tho copy of tho. aot enabling tho State ltttilroftrt~ Com mission to require tho railroads to es tablish union, dopots at junctional points : j An act authorizing tho Itailroad Com missioners to require all railroads to orect at junctional points union depots, and to impose rt ponal'ty for their failure to do so whon re ' quired. Bo it onaetod by th6 General Afl^ seihbly of tho Sta^o of Houth (Jaro Una: . " ? Hootion 1. That the Railroad Com- < niissionors of the Stato are hereby ??in-'** vested with authority to require all railroads in this Htato to orect union or , other d?jH>t? for tho .. convenience, asd. , accommodation of tlio public, An <L2f any raUroAd company shall fajl..orj^-.' i une to dj> so when required by. the said ? lUilroad Commissioners it shall forfeit and pay a sum of not less than ^H00O to be recovered in an aotioii. in any Tfofii hiy'm"thrft~maW\v7icrc'OTc!r viol* tion has occurro.d. aud said action shall bo inthenamoof tho Stato of Hoiith Carolina. The Commissioners shall in stitute such action through | At torpey-fleuCTal or any of the auditors of the State. M Ml ?* ? (J-' 'v?: -i. -^aa" - ipvoator Enrl6 called on Postmaster onoral Gary last week in the interest ? l % 1 *?t Ihia Ulimni v>i mjr *i?qv..u vwm '-i?r?- : -j- t of certaiu of our postmasters in thia Htato. The Postmaster -Generol prom ised hiuvthat he would not disturb Any of th&n until after tho expiration of their terms of Office: except for canso. Further than this he could get tho Postmaster-General to say nothing it G ov. Elletbe hftfli pasdoned Harmon ? of Loxington, who victed and sentenced for life n>r. the killing of F. O. CaughnWtn^Jr^ ington. CatighmArt was killed by In* brother of Florrio Horman in a wmool building. Tho State ofgtted that Miw : H iirman led the Caiighman boy to toko tIfepHviloge^h8*dfd. ? The Secretary of State lias . issued ? commission to James ^ E. Cigon. vJ. Thomas Stewart <ind .Tame^, M. Fergti^ son, as corporators of the .'Mountain into shares at $10 each. cotting up an annual to be_pubfit^d about tho first of June. beautiful! v illustrated and will ooataia a hundred or mow P|J. the ffrst publication *be kindfrom ft H out horn female oo|l^jfe? ~A~negra from North Carolina, *** '. for oarry ifl^f . h?a fhown 44i; ? ?i tion of madei I count nitfiwr In I^f' f