The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 11, 1898, Image 1
R0NI0LB
NO. 5.
VOLUME IX. 4
i f?ra biil
The House ?a*ees the Separato
Coach Bill
ONLY ONE COLLEGE CUT,
6<>nute Defeats tho Paving and Broad
Tiro r Bills-? House Seduction BIU
Also Killed? Dihor Work of tlio
Senate and House.
Bolow can be found the work of both
bouses of the Ooneval Assembly, in de
tail, fjcom day to day:
THE BEN AT K.
Tuesday, ljjT.-rln the Sonato Norris'
resolution looking to holding biennial
so6>iuii>? ox (no Legislature was taken
up and thoroughly discussed and killed
by a vote of 2H to 15, Norris claimed
tne espouse of the Ooneval Assembly
was 950,000, and that this amount
would be saved to the people every al
ternate year. A concurrent resolution
from the House providing for the ap?
poinftnent of a special committee to ar
range tho time for the holding of courts
iu tuo various counties was agreed to.
Tho chair Appointed on this committee
Messrs. Mowpr, Sloan and Talbird.
Griffiths' concurrent resolution provid
ing for adjournment of the General As
sembly on tho 12th was taken up and
amended by Honderson, making if the
10th, whicli was accepted.' "Gaines' bill
to regulate tho width of tires occasioned
considerable debate when it came up
"fqr a ftual .toaaing. Dean wan to. I tho
bill indefinitely postponed, but tho
Senate refused to Kill the measure by a
vote of 21 to 17, and it was made a
special order for Wednesday.
Dean in ado au estimate that it would
cost between ?200,000 and 8500,000 to
put broad lives on pleasure vehicles
alone. Gaines said conuiderod in tho
aggregate tho cost did sfeem large, but
^educed to the individual it seems
trivial. It would cost, ho said, $10 to
* make the change in tires, and he esti
mated that 82J would be saved in time
alone iu hauling. Archer said that the
wagons %poJseu of by Senator Dean as
? fasting twenty-five years might well be
exempted from tho operation of this
bill, for they woro kept under sheds all
the time and had no chance to cut up
theroad8. i t
'Rio following acts wdorfe ratified: To
- amend section 170 "o7 the" criminal
t>tavU*es-oi South Carolina in yoj. 3 of
the revised statutes of 1893, relating to
entry of lands of another; to amond
section 2504 of the rovised statutes of
1398, being section 2440 of the general
statutes, relating to notarios publio;
to provide for and regulate the jjublic
printing in South Carolina.
Bills unfavorably roported: Toole's
salary reduction bill; on thoSenot? bill
relating to the holding of penitentiary
examinations by magistrates; tho Ben*
ate bill to fim<uid the law relating to
powers of circuipjiudges at chambers:
Ropcrt adopted A/Jamll rejected : Senate
.bill to dispense Kvith the word -4,lim*U
tion" iu deeds 4>f conveyance. Bdport
adopted and bill rejected; Winkler's
bit! relating to certain claims, Beport
adopted ana bill rejected; Carson's bill
looking to a constitutional amendment
making members of tho General Assem
bly eligible rfs trustees of State colleges;
- Sinrftwa' bill to amend the connty gov
ernment law.
WbdheAiJay, 2d.? The Senate after
r* thoroughly weighing Patton's bill to
5~_providoJor the trading and living ot
. the streets, publio -ways aud alleys of
cities of thisBtate of 10,000 inhabitants
and upwards and Gamea'abroad tire
bill* both were killed. The following
- ware tha i?a "gnrt gfty vater TWfWstfl
bill ? YeaU^sAlexaudcr, Archer, Brown,
Connor, Dfennis, Douglass, DuBo?e,
Galnea, - Griffith, Jefferies, Love,
- Mauldin, Mayfield, MeOalla, McDauiel,
Norris. O'Dell, Buddath, Talbird, Wal
lace. Waller. ?21. Nays- Dean, Hay,
Henderson, Lesosno, MoAlhany,
Miller, Moses, Motfer, Pettierew,
Bagadale, ? Banders, Scarborough,
Sloan, Btackhouse. Turner, Walker.
10.. Also Gaiuos\bill; Veas? Buist, Con
nor, Dean, Douglass, DuBose. Griffith,
Hay. Henderson, Jefferios, Love, Mc
? Albany, McDaniel, Mower, O'Dell;
Pettigrew. 7 Bagadale, Scarborough, j
- Swann, Whtfler, Williams ' 21. Nays
Alexnndsr, *Brown, Dennis, Gaines,
Lesesne, Mauldin, Mayfle'd, ' McCall,
Miller, Moses, Norris. Banders, Stack
. house, Sudaath, Talbird, Turner,
Walker. Wallacc-18.
These passed their third reading: J
f Bturkie? Honso bilt to amend an act to
r create a separato school district from
portion of , Aiken and Oraageburg
connties, includrng the town of wailey^
in Aiken county.. Connor? To incorvi
porate Cattle Creek camp ground, of
Orangeburg t<#u&ty. Pettigrew? to
amend an act so as to- extend the time
for hunting deer la Charleston and
Ftorene*- counties. Me Albany ? To
provide for tbe,ap'pointment of an ad
ditional magistrate for Dorchester
-county. ?
AnJanfavotebie report was adopted
on V?rnerTs seduction bill, and el^O on
tNNffXi ,WiTTapFTb?U requiring all.
messages to bedelivered within a radius
:
night session Love called up
DeLoach'a biH (House) to regUlat* ex
press and telegraph companies , and af
ter faefoir "modified considerably was
' ?nd. readingjiy a. yea
? to 14 . ??: ?
wSuce
-J- mm <aih ja?'^hr|
ladbyaveWof H i
th'er discussion, there being so many
amendments to the measure, Hendor- !
?on moved that Use bill bo re-engrossed, 1
with alt the amendments embodied, be
fore tbo bill was sent to the 1 louse. <
This \va9 ordoi od to bo done.
Deloaoh's bill to rogutate expires*,
and telegraph oom panics came tip aud '
was passed by the following vote: |
Yeas? Messrs. Arehor, JBrown, Dfcau, j
Dougla'ss, DuBose, Griffith, Jeffries, i
Love, Mauldin, McCnlla, Norns, 1'otti- ?
gr e\r, Itagsdalcr, Scarborough, Stack- I
houAe, Suddath, Talbird, \\ allaeo and
Williams? 19. Nays.? Messrs. J>nist, !
Dennis, Hay, Henderson. Lesestie, i
Mayfleld, MoAlhany, Miller, Motos, !
Mower, Odell, Sanders. Sloan and
'mi.Ker~14. ; .. *
When the bill oamo up regulating
the rates of interest on contracts there
was mueh discission, and the measure
was tabled by a voto of 10 to 18.
Fkiday, 4tU. ? In the Senate another
one of the rwtujial attempts toropoal tlio'
^agricultural JMn law was mado. Love,
tho author <vlho bill, apokoin its favor,
as did also^laines. llrowu moved to
strike out the enacting words and mado
a speech of Buuiu length. h o aye and j
nay vote resulted iu the bill to repeal
the bill being killod by a voto of^4 to 18.
Among tho seoond roadingbilUxvere:
To prevent the manufacturing and dis
tilling of such liquors within two miles !
of any ohuroh or school house; House
bill to amond the aot requiring insur :
ance companies to have a paid-up capi
tal of 3100,000 or in lieu thero
of to doposit with the tuasuror
of this State $10,000; to im
prove thQ court house of Darlington;
relating to lags showing payment of
privilege tax; to provide for recording
certain instrnmonts of writing in
Groonwood county; to require secre
tary of .State to furnish to clerks q{ ,
court of Dorchoslcr, Bamberg, (Jhero- i
kee, Saluda and Greenwood bound j
volumes of the statutes of South Caro- |
Una; to extend the time for asscsuneiit ,
of property in Kershaw count/ for
fiscal year 1808.
Among the bjlls killed were: To au
thorize and require the county treasurer
of tho county of Edgelield to turn over
to the couufy treasurer ofGreenwood
county certain school funds.
On motion of Archer a joint resolu
tion to authorize and direct the comp
troller genoraLof this State to draw his
warrant on the Stato treasurer to pay to
tho Hon. \Yn. A. Courteiiay tho sum of
$830 f^jr 100 full bound copies of the
history of South Carolina under tho
proprietary govornmonty 1(570-171 0, to
fcecomoMhe proportyof tho State, and
to be placed in the libraries and othor
public institutions of Stato and in all
colleges of the State, male and female,
was killed.
Senate then adjourned until Tuesday,
the 8th.
THE HOUSE.
Tuesday, Ikt. ? Tho House, when- it
reached its general orders, sidetracked
everything elso .and took lip the 011 una 1
appropriation bill. It got along beau
tifully with until tho appropriation of
$ 1,000 for the'.goueval oxpeneea of the
htate Board of Health was reached,
TEen a debate, in which much was staid
in criticism and defenso of the Stato
board, about vaccination, about email
pox, about the inability and ability $>f
doctors to diagnose smallpox, and about
ft little of everything eleo, was begun.
Tho appropriation had beeu 82.500 last
year, and it was proposed to 'put it baok
at thai figure. Finally, just before the
recess for dinner, the House, by a vote
of 83 to 68, decliftod to adopt the in
crease.
Monday was tho last day for tho in
troduction of new bills and the big white
papers came iu thick and fast The
most notable of the new bills intro
? dttced wero those on tho same subject
| introduced by Rogprirunrd Ilderton,
designed to compel common carriers to
transport members of the General As
? sembly, State and oqunty offioeta,
[judges, solicitors audi sheriffs from]
lynace to place wTiou in bffi^aTVns^j
The committee on enrolled acts re
ported that the printing bill had been
correctly enrolled and was ready for
ratification. . *
Tbfe houso took up its third reading
bills and the following were given their
third reading: Vomer's seduction bill;
Winkler's Joint resolution to extend the
time for the assessment of property in
Kershaw connty for thoracal year lt?8.
' The Senate sent a mct|sago notifying
the House that it had feiTlim five of its
measures, including -the bill relating to
the commission.on road improvements
and Mr. Harvey's sheep-killing dog
bill. It was adopted that the loau
olerk in the office of the State Treas
urer salary be paid ono-half by the
State andone-half by tho dispensary,
which amounts to $1,350.
The appropriation of $300 for the
expenses of the adjutant general's of- i
fico, for traveling expenses and thehke
lost.
I EflrdTe amendment to make Win
throp's share J&0,000 by appropriation
if necessary was then taken up, and bv
a vote of 43 to 24 tho House adopted the
amendment.
Bills unfavorably reported : To em
power magistrates to order service by
publication upon absent defendants; to
protect doves; to amend" the count;
government law relating tb roads; to
repeal the charter of Monck's Corner.
Wkpwtopay. 3d. ? The Hogsffttsveted
its entire day session to the eonaiHefa
tSon of the appropriation bill. The most
notable ehange made iu the ball waa.the
catting down of the '?55.000 fixad foi
the South Carolina Collage to $20,000.
I No fight was made on th?MJtf?del ; ppro
I hriatiou or on the generM appr pria
Ftkrna for aur of the other Htate col
Another fight waa made on the
iatfos ter&Sta* JTafrtJocietr,
"i waa eat out of the
if. Ouufcle aiummlnd
potr^faifci the.
V - ? i'. -Mkm
waa
, that tho bill will become a statute, for
cjvnto ft uumber of t ho reprosontativ ?
h?Y? expressed thomPo1.voa ag op'pdfcfiifg'
Al}0 bill, and still tho? voted against tlio
i notion to strangle it in order to got
fuithot discussion on iho subject.
Tho appropriation bill passed tho
third reading, as did Kind's relating to
distribution of privilego tax between
Clemson and Wluthra)>. John I*.
Thomas, Jr., mado an effort to secure
tho Appropriation for thoStato fair, but
was unsuccessful. Tho measure relat
ing to appointment of throe supervisors
of regiatratiou instead of one, as at
1>resent, passed second 'readiug.
jivingston'a joinl^rosolntion to peti- {
tiou our Cout-rei'imen to appeal for a
repeal of tho 10 per cent, tax on Stato
bank ft, was reported favorably,
MoWhito, for tho committee ou dis
pensary and pension a, reported unfav
orably upon a bill to prohibit the man
ufacture or distillory of wines or liquor
bAve for one's own use. lieport adopted
aud bill rejected.
Senate bill to eotnpol the attendance
of children upon school for eight weeks j
wan reported uiifsTorsbiy by tho wsys '
and means committee.
Friday, 4th. ?The House took up
tbo annual supply bill. The total levies
for county purposos in the several
counties wero llxod a8 follows, some
being left open to bo put in when the
bill roaches tho Senate: Abbeville,
mills; Aikon, 3V mills; Anderson, tfj
mills; Beaufort, 6] mills; Berkeley, 04 j
mills; Bamberg, }J niillH; Barnwell, U
mills; Charleston, ? Cherokee, G
mills and special levies in different town
ships; ChoBtor, 7 mills; Chesterfield, 0
mills; Clarendou, 4} millsjColleton ;
[Darlington, 4} mills; Dorehestor. 6 J
mills; Fdgefield, 4? mills; Fairfield, 6
mills; Florence, 8^ milla; Greenville,
i>& mills; Greenwood, 4jJ mills; George
town, 8 mills; Hampton, 4 mills; Ilorry, .
oi mills; Kershaw, ti^mills; Lancaster,
8^ mills, and special in two townships;
Latlrens, 2} mills, Lexington HJ
mills, and spocial in certain town
ships; Marion, 4} mills; Marl
boro, 8^ mills; Newborry, 0 mills;
Oconee, 4| mills; Orangeburg, y mills;
Pickens, 0| mille; Jlicblaud, mills
aud special in cortain towushijju Sa
luda, fi mills; Spartanburg, Skills;
Sumter, mills} Union, 8^ millf^Vil
liarusburg, 4 mills; York, 4 mills And
special in cortain townships.
T^e section fixing the State levy is as
follows: Seotion J. That a tax of five
mills, oxclusivo of the public school
tax heretofore provided for,, upon every
dollar of tho value of all tAXAblo prop
erty of this State bo and the Rarno is
horeby lovied for the purpose of meet
ing appropriations to defray the cur
ront expenses of the government for tho
fiscal year beginning January 1, 18U8,
and to meet such other indebtedness as
has been or shall be provided for in the
several acts aud joint resolutions
passed by this General Assembly at
the session of 1S98 providing for the
same.
NVhen the bill had been read aud
emended by tho sovorai delegations
Chairman .1 <>Uji P. Thomas went over
all tho ilgures \as to tho general ex
penses of the government aud proceed
ed to show why the committee had
placed the levy at five mills.
]f the general appropriations are ma
terially increase, says Mr. Thomas, or
jf the session exceeds thirty days in
length, then the expenditures will ex
ceed tho resources of the State upori the
basis of a G-mill levy. In this event, if
the State troasury is to hold its gronud,
it*will be necessary to increase the levy
of 6 mills for 8tate purposes, which the
committee has iecomn> ended. Roger's
free transportation bill was killed.
The House upon an unfavorable re
port, reiected the bills to abolish couu- .
ty boards of control aud the constabu- ;
l^ydrick's liquor bill gof a majority
unfavorable report and a minority fav
r
An unfavorable report was presented
oil the local option bill of Mr. Mauldin.
This bill leaves the question .oi
di*p?n?hry or no dispensary to the sev
eral counties.
The impartial history bijl caused con
siderable atir and was finally postponed
indefinitely by a vote of 4U to 4#, with
the clincher i ttached. r .
Saturday, Gth. ? The following is the
text of Caughmau's separate couch bill
as it passedf the house:
flee. 1. That nil railroads or railroad com
panies engaged la this Bute aft common car.
riers of pas*engors (or hire shall furnish sep
arate apartments in first class coaches or
separate first-claw coaches for the accommo
dation of white and colored passengers: Pro
ylded, Equal accommodation shall be sup.
plied to all persons, without distinction ot
race, color or previous condition, in such
coaohes.
Sec. %. That any first-class coach of audi
carrier of passengers may be divided info
apartments, sepatatfed by a '.substantial par
tition, in lieu of separate coaohes.
goo. 9. That should any railrood or rail,
road company, its agents or employees, vio*
late the provisions or this act, onoh railroad
or railroad oompany shall be liable to a pen
alty of not more than five hundred dollars
aor loss than three hundred dollars for each
violation to beooll?cted by suit of ?ny. citi
zen of this gl ate, acid the penalty recovered
nhall bo equally divided between (he citizen
bringing tho suit and tho Ktate of ?*uih
Carolina. . T ..
, flee. 4. That the provisions drtnis aet shall
not apply to nurses on trains, or to relief
trains in ra^oa of accidents, nor to through
vcttibule trains. ,
' >cc. 5.~Tfcat the provtetfirtfl OT"tBft StTj
shall not go into effect until July 1st, 1
1803.
~ Beerft' That all acls and pari* of ad* Jn
conaiatent with this act are hereby re
pealed.
Childs failed in his effort to get the
prohibition bill up for further consid
eration. The supply bill was ordered
sent to tha tienate. mJi.
- tnrkie'a bill, relating to the puwHj
men t for murder, which was to do away
wttfrtfaeJife asutvm^ upuu icuumuieu
daiion to mercy, was fc Uteri Ashley's
bill to amend tne Jewe* tolabala ee
commercial jfertUiaera waa takae
MaulrtlVs blii to repeal charter of
Clemsou Coiieuo passed eeoond
reaulug. . I
P?rritt'a bill to repair t)?o jail in Par- (
lington, tho work not to cost more tliau '
ei.lHK) passed second reading. ;
Honilorson's bill to *opC>al tho not i
dealing tho ollloeof master of Berkeley j
county : and to dovolvo tho duties upon
tho clerk of court passed t-oeond read
ing. >1c\\ lute's bill rpnulnting ,Jish- 1
?ing in Florence county was given its j
Wcohd reading.
MoPaniol'b bill to dispense with tho j
publication of tho county treasurer's vo- j
port in Fairfield county was given ita
?eooud reading. "
Monday. ?th. -r-ln tho House tho fob j
lowing were among tho most important
monsuros that were given their ttnal :
reading and ordered sent to the Senate: ;
M cares' hill to create tho oftfoo of State j
librarian, eto; Oviughraan'n ccparuto
coach bill: Yoldell's bill, to amend i
sootiod'8 of an act entitlod "an act to*
establish Greenwood county tho
8ubstitnto for Mr. PoBruhl'H bill to
establish and declare tho law ns to dis
tress tor rent; Lofton's bill to amend
tho act ami n liug the act to rjjigulato tho
trartio in seed cotton in the conation of
Abbeville, Aiken, Sumtor, York. Edge
llelo, BorkeW, Kershaw, Kiohlnnd,
[Orangeburg, Cl\ttVlej?tou, .Chester aiul I
'Union; Lovo'a lull to require ilio
county treasurer of York, I'nion and
Spartanburg oounties to turn over to
tho treasurer of Oberokeo county
certaiu school and other funds;
Porrilt's bill to provide for tho repair ;
of the court house for Darlington coun
ty} MoPaniel's bill to ainond an act to
dispose with publications annually of
the itemized statements of their depart
ments by county treasurers of Fairfield
and other coysties; Senate bill to repeal
the act providing for a master for tho
county of Berkeley and to dovolvo tho
duties of tho master in Berkely county
upon the clerk of tho Court of Common
plena; Sonate bill to cede unto tho
United Slates of America certain lands
in 1^0 harbor of Clmvloston for tho pur
pffco of maintaining a homo and sani
tarium thereon; Ashley's bill to amond
section 12U0 (5tft$) of volume of
the revised statutes, 1 ns to
labels on commercial fertilizers.
These also passed their third reading:
Caughman's bill to incorporate tho Sa
luda and Johnston Bailroad Company;
tho Senate bjfl relating to tho adjust- '
mout of corrfiin bonded' indebtedness
heroin mentioned of Nowberry township
or township No. l,of Nowberry county; |
thofHtuato bill relatiug to the adjust ;
ment of tho bonded indebtedness of j
Weudenliall or No. R township of New- ;
berry county; tho Senate bill to amond
?Section 4 of the hot to make tho school
district of tho town t.f Greenwood to
issue bonds for tho purpose of purchas
ing school propertyoud building pub
lic school houses in tl^o town of Green
wood; Sonato bill to amend the act to
establish Ureenwood couuty, fixing the
amount of commutation tax and salaries
ol bounty supervisor and his clerk;
/the bill to amend the.net amondatory
to the aot to regnlnto fishing at certaiu
times in Aiken, Barnwell, Darlington,
Colleton and Orangeburg counties;
Senato joint resolution to procure in
formation with a view to the establish* '
ment of a reformatory for youthful
criminals; Senato bill to include por- ]
tions of Edgefield and Abbeville coun* j
ties in the new county of Greenwood;
McCullough's bill relating to the col
lection of taxes in towns and cities.
At the night session au unfavorable
report was preseuted on Bauks' bill to
abolish the couuty boards of control.
The following resolution, introduced
by Kibler, was adopted without objec
tion: Be it resolved by the House of
Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, the Senate concurring, That
the granting of hotel privileges by the
State board of control contrary to the
spirit of the dispensary law and should
bo discontinued. That a copy of this
r osolTttioir tnmgfit to yach member of
the Goneral Assomblyjof the said board
of control. f a
The Sonate retnrtfed with amend*
mont deLoach's telegraph and express
company bill. Tile House declined to
concur in the amendment to strike out
telephone commutes. The provision
for th^oontingentsfoad of 8600 wo? also
not concurred in ouiko groiimL*liat it
had no reference to tclopliono compa
nies.
V
A Philadelphia Inventor has boon
having wheels In his bead to some pur
pose, If an accotmt'ln the Times of that
city Is to be believed. He has in?ente ''
n revolving railway train, a workltfg.
model of which", It la said, has been
tested with posltlvo succesa. The train
Is described as resembling a great
Ferris wheel, which is to revolve on au
elevated road, with the difference that
the cars are at the center of the wheel,
Instead of at the circumference, as In
the case of the great curiosity of the
Columbian Exposition. This novel
train Is expected to reach a speed of
ISO miles an hour, while transform
ing the usual discomfort of a long Jour
'ney into a holiday Jaunt, as It will bo
supplied with all the' ordinary com
fort# and appliances of a hotel, and
the motion will be uniform and pleas
ant. The Inventor -gays capitals ts
hare become interests In it, and tb/jt
he confidently expects to have a road
in operatKra by the close of IM cth
tury. As It will require only a double
elevated single track for operation,
which can be constructed at compara
tively small cost, and will make tiio
trip from New York to San Francisco
vis Chicago In a third or .a fonrth of
tl* present jtUpe, theianfpine inventor 4
eXpecta ta se? Ms system wholly sup
plant the present method* of transpor
tation. All of which may be practica
ble, bqt ltSoonds BMWlke one of
sober ac
w ii-WPi i i .
Reported With an Amendment by
Senator Tillman Regarding <
ISSUANCE OF FfU E PASSES, j
All Free Phkim I smeil by Rftllromt
rorpurittioni Minll Ho Slgnetl by
Homo Ollloer oit t lio Corporation.
Washington, ? (Special. ) ? The Son
ate committee on iuter-State oomineroe
on tho ad Authorized a favorahln rwnnt-t
ou the anti acalping bill, with amend
in out*, . Tho most important of theae
|taondnienlB wan the following, offered
by Senator Tillmah, relating: to railroad
passe?:
"That tho giving of free transporta
tion to portions or property, except aa
allowed 1>3' section 32, of tho act
'to regulate ooimueroe, ' approvod
I'Yb. 1, 1807, bIihII bo doomed an unjust
discrimination under sootion 3 of Buid
act, and , shall ho punished a* provided
lu section 10 of siud aot; and in addi
tion to tho penalties upon individuals
provided in section 10, the corporations
which may ho guilty of any auoh of
fences shall he punished by lino a3 in
haul i oction provided.
" 1 hat ail froe passes iaauod by or iu
behalf of any railroad corporation sub
iect to the provisions of naid aot, aliali
ho aigiiod by some oftioor of the cor
poration authorized by vote of thedi
rectors tv? Higu tho hame, and etory aueh
railroad corporation shall keep a rec
ord showing tho date of every freo
pass, t^e name of tho p?r?ot. to whom
il ia iasuod, the poiuta between which
the passage in grnutod, aud whether a
single trip or time pass, and, if tho lat
ter. tho time for which it ia issued;
and this record Bhull at nil tiinoH bo
open to tho intor-State commerce com
missipners, or to their representatives
who may bo duly authorized in writing
to examine the tamo. "
CUAZY Al AN WITH AN I HON 11 A It.
Rccomlnii Freiteleri In u ItrllKlous
Argument lio tttlltfThrce i'oople.
A special from Little l{ook, Ark., of .
tho .'Id, eaya: Sol. I<\ Autroy, a farmer '
of Franklin county, accompanied by
his family,' wont curly yostoiday morn
ing to visit his ugod father and mother/"'
living near Mulberry, (Shortly after
hie arrival, Autrey became cngagod in'
u religions argument. with the olu folks.
Suddenly hegraspodan iron bar, ki)l
ed his father, mother and his toli-yoar
old Hon, ami wounded his wife and
three remaining children, two of whom
aro not expected lo live. ,
His wife and eldest daughter, al
though badly hurt, mauugod to notify
the neighbor*. When they rcached the
house they found Autroy a raving ma
niac with his clothing on lire, lio was
oyerpowerod after a hard struggle. j
Autrey has beeu cbainod all day, talk- :
ing incoherently, swearing that witches
are the cause of the act. borne doubt
his insanity.
COST OF TIIK CUBAN WAK.
For Two Year* It Amouuts to $?40,?
OOO.OOO.
The cost of tho Cuban war from Feb
ruary lbU.">, to the end of 1897, ie ^offi
cially estimated at $240,000,000, besidos
the arrears duo from tho Cuban Treas
ury, amounting to $40,000,000.
Tho Tmnareial -oo?at?Utn* thai the 1
commercial negotiations between Spain,
Cuba and tho United Htutes aro being
jintrusted to Senor do Louie, tho Span
ish minister at Washington, and urges
the govern m??t?tt>--^)p(mit experts to
exaiui nomine terms foT^fl^ treaty on
f>pai^.J*' behalf
TKA^IIICU AN O cVt^Olt^N LiOST.
Almost Froxep to Death Wlen Fof .ul.
1 1 on ho ItlAu n Oonv,
On the 3rd, a terrific snow\torV. f>ra^7
vailod at Lcaehtown, W. V*>^lirpok'
Gaines, the teacher; Samuel I) ay,
Carl Andemon and two ohildren named
Catrill, were lost for two houra in the
storm. Thoy Mere nearly frozen when
found. The house of Wm. Henthorn
wan blown down. Several barns were
destroyed and many fences demolished. .
Tho thermometer was 0 below zero,
lioth the t/liio a*d the Kanawha river*
wereirozeu ov or.
To Circulate tho Itlble.
An association was formed in Chica
go for the purpose of spreading the cir
culation of tho t;il>!e. Already the sum
of 330, (>00 is in handr and this with all
subsequent capital, is to be expended
in placarding dead walla, rocks, bill
boards and blreet car signs with Bibli- ?
eel texts.
31cdicul MartlagM.
Representative Ohas. \V. Parker, of
Cuyahoga county ha* introduced in the
Ohio legislature a bill requiring alt
persona applying for lieoffse to marry,
to pas* a medical examination. Pet-^na
bavins dipHomonia, any form of io*
canity, hereditary tubercnloaia or con-"
aumption or siphilia, are ^barred from
marriage by the bill^ An examining
board of three t?hj*ieian* in each
oounty Kill be created by the bill if it
beeemae a law.
A *?w YeclT^erH'e Fat*. ?
Senator lloVulty iatrcdsoed lathe
i* k ki*.\ it i?: ?) ksckciama' kGh ,
T 1 1 10 PAMll.Y KUUCSIDIO.
?'OlaM**' Ik tl?e Si\liJ('ct ol tllO Twelfth of
the New Vol u lloraM'i Ceinnotlllvo
Semion*? lit-. T,iln\.vi;o l'lt-acho* oil
ihu Stylo ol tho OlivUliHU (IlHtriU'lAiS |
TY.xt: "There were plants In those dtty.s," I
?? Genesis, v i . , 4.
Till* itnt represent* (ha wall ol tho in or* !
1>M mini who reiuses to enter into tho ao- j
th'ltloa Ol llfu iiu.l Hud* i?o (ll leadership]
unionx tho men of ( j-day. lie views tho
men ot yesterday, mul, by comparing thorn i
wilh liis own * nothingness, call* them
giants. UnSvllUng to follow his rightful
loaders, he pine# (or (lio mighty men ol tho
J'llSt,
If tho wail were only (ho expression of
iMssutlsfliM donothlngs in tho world it
would be of lit t to account; but theory re
garding tho ancient giants bus connected
with It mi inference t licit no gtants exist to
day, because there Id lio opportunity for
giant llfo. This pseudo reverence for tho
great tarn o' the j v?m cart iet> with it tho
ltolsonous pessimism Hint stays, "There can
Ijo no giants now." tl is discouragement
boiled down and sugarMV-vitcd with u pious
worship of anelent worlnle*.
"Cajsur, Napoleon und Wellington wore
great generals, but thoro never will bo any
moro;" "Thoro will never bo anothoY pool
lltso Homer;" "'No nioro orator* like |>urko,
Tilt and Webster;" "Nomoro pteaohers llko
Weslov, Whitollehl and Edwards;" "No
Mioh statesmen its Madison and Jefferson."
"Thoro !?? no ehnuco for sue it men to-day,
ami no demand for thorn."
This Is u fair specimen of tho Idle talk of
Won wlf(> prot end to appreciate the great
ness of y.Io fathers), mid with (his pious
unsArvo
4v Iheg ^
rotest f rowi tho pulpit would bo In place,
plaint nnaArvo die ambition of youth, Wore
this simply thoj^jjlly t n He of imbecility no
nt in behalf ol discotu'Jgdu youth I pur
pose to enter an unqualified denbil nf
pptrtt of all thin word. TV Id* it not seem
liko impious roject'lon of sacred writ. I
would itftlrtn t tint thoro wcio no giants In
those days, Tho men Ol yesterday wore
.Jiot so great as tho men of to-day.
' Physically mou aro bettor than ever bc?
fore. Tho aVerugo men of to -day is too
larptt. to woar tho KnglWi armor discarded
by giant warriors of u few centuries back.
Tlio collegian of to-day surpasses tho
auciont Olympian. Cicero and Demosthenes
wore giants In oratory by comparison.
Orators wore fow and poor at that tlmo, so
those wore easily noted, Thero nro better
preachers to-day th:in Wesley, Edwards is
far Miryasdod in truthful presentation of
the word by modern sermon makers. Ills
inurck, Dlaine and Gladstone ovdrshadow
ancient nieTi in. Htateeraft. Macnuloy tolls
w.i that me.n usually jtut tho golden ago of
l'nglnnd at a time "when noblemen wcro
destltuto of comforts which would CUU80
riot In a modern work house."
Koiiiei) aro constantly placing tho age of
mental antl npiiitual greatness in times
when men were conspicuous not so much
for their own individual tuerit ns bocfiuso of
the lack of ordinary merit anpmg I heir fob
low. Jn a very litto uenso wo may say that
In tho light of tho nineteenth century tnon
thoro wore no glnnts in t hoso days. There
i.7 a proper egotism which boasts of to-day,
und i? iperiou&ly declares that no such men
lived ?<n the past uh our generation has
produced.
Turning from this, we, may bow with def
erence to the coming iiu.n, ? '4Mm yonthnf
to-day may rise above tho host of their
fathers. There was never a greater call for
giants than now; not a giant hero and
there, but a rnco of giants. Every profes
sion Is crowded with little mon and is
seeking for giants. rrofcKsious. llko sky
sciapexs, have vacant rooms on tho top
He >r.
Ttullroads aro anxious for first olnssmen;
editorial offleeB will givo handsome salar
ies to skilful writers; pulpits seek com
mnndiug preachers; corporations seek in
vain for properly qualllUd counsel; tho nu
tlon calls for bettor statosmen, tho colleges
for belter tonchcrs, tho merchants for bet
ter salesmen, tho manufacturers lor botUr I
artisans. "Top floors for ront" Is hung
out nt every corner, Inviting boy* who are
willing and ablo to ellmb tho old-fashioned
stairs. Thoro is no elevator lor enrrylng
idlo seekowto ih? tof? ot business and pro
fessional Ilio. Men who work AtlhelieniV^
of n probsbi'.u or business <tnust buv<v
Btrength, and that strength best coiuoa by
toiling up to tho high places.
Giants are not born, they aro made. In
herited adaptability witt iinr? somo boft'r
Inpr, but earned qualities will have moro.
Common htrciiRth, common sonse, common
honesty are the ttrst requisites. The gen*
Iub of hard work, frugality of time and
power, controlled by <tn indomitable "I
will," iniibt. enter Into the makeup of a
great man. Time, money und nervo pow
er dissipated by young men, not in truo
recreation nnd 'relaxation, but la idlo loit
ering, would, II truly directed, tnak'O many
great.
Nor will wo forget that "Godliness Is
proftiable," The giants spoken oflu Gene
sis W*ro grandsons of God; tho ginnts of
to-day aro real sons of God, Tho strong
est men nro they that are strong In tho
Lord. Jesus is tho giant of the ago, and
tho nearer related to Jesus tlio more gl
ganllo is man. Christian' qualities nro
rcalizahio assets,' for Christ luloa to-day
moro than all earthly potentates. Men
who scoff at religion desire Cliristlike qual
ities in their employe*.
Faith, hope and charity aro fit omblom*
for tho market, for commorco and the pro
fession, Thero nro Calvarys along the
roa l to groatness; men must' boar crosses
if they would rise. "Jt Is good tor a man
that ho beaMlfo yoke in his youth." It Is !
moro than good? It h essential; and tho
Christ yoko is tho typical emblem by which
men may work themssivos, by tho gracoof
God to boprc3ent day. giants.
James A. C'iiAMnchLT^, Ph. D., .
Pastor ol first Congregational Chtirofa of
Newark, N. J. /
^ ] KIND OF PEOPLE \igpBtO.
Drf. Twitting* UttcribAd tli? Htylo of
f;lirlitlan Character iUijuli'e.l T.>-d?y.
XkXTt "Who knornrth whothnf fhon url
coino to tho kingdom (or *ucli n tlrno na
llila?"? Kstticr iv., 14,
Esther' tho beautiful was tho wffo of I
?liimufriis tho abominable. The time had <
com'o for her to pre*??nt n petition to lior j
infamous hustmnd fn behalf of tho Jowlflh
nit Ion, to which ?b? had onco belonged.
Hhowas nft-Md to undertake the work, lost
bhc Mioutd lose her own llfo; but ber cousin,
JforJeeai. who. hod brought her ?p< en*'
cou raged her with tho, aoggojtioa that I
probably ahe had Uu>urnU?4 ai? +t<}od fori
That pwrairar mission. . r,Who knoweth |
whether thou art oom? to the fctnfdoofc far
eiuh a time a# tbUV v
btbor had her God-appointed Work.
You and Z have ouca. It leasy huafawa te
teH yo* whyfc style at
SSSSSg^
and not Hkolhoso person* who spend tholt
iiv??? 4n hinrnfmr'thrttf Christian KTtMte and
wondering why t hoy do not make progress.
H;?\V much robustness of health woultl u
man havo if ho hi. I himself in a dark olosot?
A ?reat ileal of tlio piety of to, 'day in too
V.vdilriive, It hides it"iOlf, It UtOFO
fro ah air, morn outdoor exeiM'so. Thero
am mnn.\ rini iuua who ufa ("? via^j Ihvlr
entire Hit) to Holf-examtnaito ).
ThU f>ty|oo( sol f^examj uivilon U a dam
an; * t^Mead of an advant i^o to their Ohrls
1 1an character. I romembor when I was at
bov i used to lijjr vo a small piooo iu tho
r iv.t a that I e>{lle l my own, ami I planted
o. ni lucre, and oyery tow days I would
t nil U up to so j how fast It was growing.
Now, there ate a ureal many Christian peo?
p?" in t h t ?* dnywh o 30"S T-: fiyiTTltlTRWO'ff moF5^
lv amount* to tho pulling up of that. whloh
t!u\v ouly yesterday ?or tho day beforo
planted. ' Oh. mv frh>uda, if you want to
havo a stalwart Christian character, plant
it rb?ht out Of doors in tho grant ??>> a t
Christian usefulness, and though fttorms
may come upon it, and though tho hot ftuu
of trial may try to conftftmo It. tt .will
thrivo until It befloittoa a groat tree, la
which t ho fowls of heaven may havo their
habitation, T havo ho patlohco with these
lht&cv-pot Christians. They Keep them
selves under shelter, and aft thole Ohrls
tian experience iu a sniull, eXiwtljilYO circle,
when I hey ought to plant il^ 111 tho gf|)At
'garden of i ho Lord, bo that the whole at
in p hero could bo aromatic with their
Christian usefulness. What we wont in
tho ohurch of <tiod I* move PtrOagtlkOf
piety. * si
Again, If you want to ho qualifled.to meet
the' 'duties whteh this ago demands of you,
yon muiit, on tho one hand, avoid rocklosa
1 ? >no(da3in and, on the other hand, not
? fl "U too much to thtnga bocauso they are
ol I. Tho, air la full ol new plaus, now pro
jeols, new theories of government, now
t heOlogles and 1 m? amused to see how flu
many Christians want only novelty In order
i ? recommend a Ihiug to their couildonco;
end so they vacillnto and hwIQ# to and fro,
and they flt'O use loss and thoy are unhappy*
Now phius? Secular, ethical, philosophical,
religious, ob-Mlanthi, trane-AtlantlC? long
u:iuU?h to laaio :v !!?? iwehh'ig frotrt thp
German universities to Ureal Bait Lak?
Ciiv. Ah, mv brother, do not tako hold of
a thing merely because it Is now) Try It by
tlio roaiUios of tho Judgment Day. But
on the other hand, do not. adhere to, any
i thlnj? merely bacmuso ft is old. There Is
1 not a atnglo enterprise of tho chut oh of tho
world but lias sometime boon Kcoffed at.
rl'horo was a time when men decided oveu
Elble societies, and when a faw young men.
met In Massachusetts and organized tho
(,llist missionary society over organized In
this country there won't laughter andrldU
culo all around tho Clirisllau Ohu oh?
All tho great enterprises in and out of
tho Church havo at times boon sooftods/tV
and thoro havo been a great luultltiWo
whohavo-thought that tho chariot of Uoiufl
truth would lull to n locos if it oaco got our
of the old rut. And bo there are those who
have no patlonco with auythlag llko im
provomont in church nrnhiteoturo, or with
anything ltko good, hearty, earnest church
Mni{lon, and thov dorido any fornt of ro
li?ious disousslon which goes down walk
ing ainonu everyday men, rather than that
which makes an excursion on rhetorical
Htills. Uh, that the Church of God would
wakn up to an aduptlhitity of work! Wo
nui't admit tho alinple fact that the
churches of Jeans Clnist In this day do not
roach tho great mnssew. Thero aro llfty
thousand people iu Edinburgh W.lWL.8 LfiW?
hear the gospol. T(uuo aro one mfllion
people iu Loudon who never hoar the
gospel.
-Ah, TnyfiTond^, (TToroTs work for yon to
do and for mo to do lii orftt to th|s: grand
accomplishment. I havo a ]iu4plt. I preaoh
in it. Your pulpit is tho bank. Your pul
pit Is tho store. Your pulpit Is tho o Utorlal
chair. Your pulpit Is tlio anvil. Your.pul
pit is the houso scaffolding. Yf.ur liulpit la
the moohahtcs' shop, X may stand in my
place and, through cowardloo or througli
self-Boeklug, muy ktiop back the word.. 1
ought to utter while you, with ftleeve roiled
up and brow boswnatod with tell, may nttw
tho word that will Jar the rouiidMiO.uft of
lmaven with tho shout of a great victory.
Oh, thnt wo might alttoel that theLord Al
mighty is putting upoWis the hauda of or
dliiutluul I t?)l you, evtry one, go fom
and proaeh,tht8 Uospel. You havea*nwch
right to prteach as I havo or any man Mr*
iUg. ,r
1 romark agaln that _ ill- ordLQl..ta .l?
qualined to meet your duty in thia par
ticular ago you want unbounded faith in
'the triumph of the truth and tho over
throw of wiokodne*8. How daro the
Christian Church ever get dlsoouragad?
Havo we pot ijie Lord .Almighty nn our
sideT How long aUl it takeOod to jiajr
tho hosts ol Benmicherlb or burn 8odom
or shako dowti Jerloho? How long will
it tako God, when lio Once arlse9 in hi#
strength, to overthrow all the forces of
Ini0uily?,-jp0twi:ea this time a?d that
thero maMljo'long aeaaono of darkness, and
tlio eharcot wheohi of God's (ioiipel ii*ay
Boom to drag heavily; but hero lit .#.!?<*
prombnr nnd yonder JS the throne^ and
when omnlsclenco has lost its eyesight
and omnipotence falls back Impotent
and Jehovah is drlVon froiJ^ W?.
throne, thon tlio Church of Jesus Christ
can niford to bo despondent, bat nOvajr
until thou. JJcApots m?y plan and armie*
may march and tho Congresses of the
nations may scein to tliihk their atoad"*'
justing all tho affairs Of tho world, but that
mighty mon of tlio earth are only fhadoat
of tiio chariot wheels of God's prOWdaSQ*.
And I think before thO aun Of thonekt dab
tury shall sot tho last tyranny wljli fall, and
with a splendor ord?monBfrJwenlbat?v|j(il
bo tho nsftntshment of tho.'JinlvatS&ilDd
will set forth tho brightness and pomp asd
glgry and perpetuity of HU eternal govam
roeut. Out of tho starry flugs and the ??
blasoned insiRnia of thia world God will
make a path lor His .own triumph, and *?
turning from unlvorsal conquest Ha Hill alt
down, tho grandest, highest throne of earth
Ills ffibtstool.
I pjfp:irw this Bormon twaatiM I want to
onoouruge All Christian worlcora laerory
possible department H&itii ollUio llftnjy
God, raaroU on! majrdh ont niattpirltWUl
bl?*s yoa. HH shield Will defend yt?;
Ufs sword will strlko for you. Mnrah pnl
:nnrjli ou! TliO despotisms will fail And
nagntrfjin Trill burn H* ldoto, and Malioma*
will give np Its fat*o prophrt. at*<t
tho great wulta of sur>onttltloi> vrJU ooma
down In tbnnrter nnd WfecU:miwn?fi^
loud blast of tho Gospel trumpet Maron
on! march oul The beelegew^ui wliLeoat?
bo vnd^K Only ? /?r moro itwi wt
tho long way; only A few more
sturdy ?;lnws: only- A - few raoio Btfli*
crh'0, then God will put tho l4ora>Jtpoa <
your brow, and from t ho living ftanlaJM
of heaven will bnthu off ffccf ? ?*"'?
hoat and tb? dust "?
osi! march oni - For j
will ?o<?n ba passed,
In^of thfllortg.uon
Lli.C?Aa)
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