The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 25, 1898, Image 1
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The Titles of the Additions Made to
tho Statute Law,
A LIST OF THE NEW ACTS,
Tho Measures That Got Through and
Wer? Untitled at the Session ot
1808, Just 1C tided.
!} Tho following ore the lawn made at
if the session of the General Assembly
just ended.
An act to provido for the creation
and disbursement of a publio sohool
teachers' retuornont fund in the city of
Chart os'ton
A joint resolution to extend the time
for tho payment of taxes for the fiscal
yeareuiUug Deo. 81, A. D. 1807.
An act to require tho county super*
visors and tho county boards of com
missioners to furnish a duplioate copy
of pll approved claims to their represen
tatives whon required to do so.
An act to amend seotion 1 of the crim
inal statutes of South Carolina, volume
II. of tho revised statutes of 1808, relat
ing to tho arrest of a felon. ?
Au act to amend section 121 (2400) of I
criminal ?ode of revised statutes, 1803,
rolatiijg to attempt to poison.
An aofc to approve the action of the
town council of the town of Green
wood iu tho matter of the oontraot for
the erection of a court house and.
jail.
- An Rot to amend an act entitled 4tAn
act to apportiou the road fund derived
from tho special county levy}-" approved
the 17th day of February, 1807, by add
ing nn additional sootion to be known
?a section 5.
An act to repeal seotion 220 of tho re
vised statutes, as to special returns by
merchants for taxation,
A joint resolution to extend the time
for the payment of the commutation
road tax until 80tli April, 1808.
An act to regulate the rate of interest
npon any contraot arising in this
for the hiding, lending or use of nloney
or other commodity.
An act to umoutl an act entitled "An
act t.o facilitate tho settlement of es
tates of testators," approved the 25th
day of Febrtlary, 1807.
An act to amend ah aot entitled "An
act to incorporate the Western Caro
lina Railroad company," and to chancre
tho name thereof to .that of tho l ...o
ltiver, Anderson and Tidewater Kail
road company. ' "
An act to amend the charter of the
Mutual Insurance company of Green
ville, S. C., approved Dec. 22," 1804,
changing the uamo aud prescribing the
duties-of officers.
An act to require the South Carolina
and Goorgia Railroad company to
erect and maintain bridges over the
railroad cuts on certain streets in tho
city of Aiken and to open up and
grade crossings on other streets over
said railroad and maintaining the
same.
An aot to renew tho charter of the
Unitarian ohurch, in Charleston.
yAn aot to requre the free public
schools of this State to observe the
third Friday iu November of eaoh year
as arbor day.
An aot to renew aud extend the
charter of Furman university and tQ
amend the samo.
Au act to tenew and amend the
oharler ofjtlve lilytho Gap Turnpike
road in Greenville.
An aot to amend an act entitled "An
act to provide a poor house and farm
in Berkley cctanty," approved Deo. 22,
1804. /
Au act Jo empoyfcr the clerk of cir
"cun- courts to appoint guardians ad
litem.
An aot to authorize tho county board
of commissioners of Oconee County to
build a bridge across Tugaloo river,
ular .Tenkin'a ferry, provided the au
thorities of the Htate of Georgia wilt
pay ono-half of costs of same.
An act to authorize and direct the
oouuty bofrfd of commissioners of Ker
shaw county to ascertain fay ballot at
the next general election the will of
the voters of Kershaw as to the
erection of a jail and to carry out the
same.
An aot to validate the eleotiou of the
intendant and wardens of the town of
Branch vlltdetoctod tho first Monday of
April 165)7, and their acts under said
election, q[?o to validate the eleotion of
. the intendant aud wardens of the town
of Branchville elected tbe first Monday
' of December, and their acts un
I dor said eleotion.
E . Au act to amend section 1 of an act
* entitled "An act to prohibit emigrant
?gents from plying their vocation in
vthi* State witboutrfirst obtaining a li
cense therefor nud.for other purposes,"
approved 24th December, 1801, amenda
tory thereol.
Afi act to regulate the fees for filing,
indozing and certify ipg chattel mort
gages, where the amo6nt secured is not
more than $100.
? An aot to amend' an act to amend an
act entitled "Au aot to create a separate
: sohSol district from portions of 'Aik
en and Orangeburg counties, includ
ing. the town of Sally, in Aiken coun
ty.'*
_ xAtk aot to require the oounty a
pendente to. make monthly a?
meAts ift all - moneys coll
county treasurers for th#
requii
'.?out the same.
and Jka require tho
preflriUn r
e mttf
Aa aot to ameodcAQ act entitled "An
act ?n^awtr; tho Wapfrpo Bridge
?w#id
"A
a tits ?b rail
furnished
of (be
fund tt> \Y. Ii. Oroxton and Mrs. C. A.
IJlaokwoll cortaiu overpaid taxes,
An aut to provide for tho transfer and
investment of tho23owuor fund.
An act to amend Bcotiou 2J10 of tho
revisod statutes of this Htate, the same
being a part of tbo Lord Campbell act.
An not to repeal an act entitled "An
aot providing for a uia*tor for the
county of Berkeley, approved Pecom
birfclst. A. P., 18S2, and to devolvo
the duties of the master in Berkeley
county upon tho olork of tho court of
common pleas.
An aot to cede unto the United States
of Amerioa certain lands in tho harbor
of Charletston for tho purpose of estab
lishing and maintaining a home and
sanitarium thereon.
An aot in relation to tluvcolleotiou
and disbursement by tho commission
ers of the siuking fund of the uupaid
lax olaims duo upon or by the Blue
ltidge railroad in tho oounties of An
derson and Oconee.
A joint resolution to requirA the
county treasurer of Edgefield county
to pay over to tho county treasurer of
Saluda county cortain school funds,
and to authorize the sohool officer of
Saluda couuty to apportion and oheok
out same.
A joint resolution to authorize and
direot tho oonnty treasurer of Charles
ton county to borrow a sum of money
not exceeding twenty-five hundred dol
lars ($2,500) for tho purpose of paying
Charleston county officials for the month
of January.
An aot to amend an aot entitled "an
act to ameud section 003 of the revised
statutes of 181)3, Vol. 1, beiug section
93 of an act entitled "an act to provide
aaystom of county government for tho
several counties of tlio State, "approved
Jan. 4th, A. D, 1894.
A ioint resolution to oxtond tho tiino
for the assessment and equalization of
property in Kershaw county for the
liscal year 185)8.
An act to amend an act entitled "An
act to establish Greenwood county,"
approved 2nd March. 18!)7, fixing tho
amount of commutation tax and sal
aries of county supervisors and his
olerk.
An act to incorporate tho S ivern and
Knoxvillo Bail road company.
A joint resolution to authorize and
require the county board of commis
sioners of Barnwell county to transfer
and convey a cortain school lot in the
town of Barnwell to the board of trus
tees of tho Barnwell graded school dis
trict.
An aot to amend sections 1 and 3 of
au aot entitled "an act to require any
insurance company or association to bo
possessed of $100,000 surplus or capital
on deposit with somo State for the bou
eflt of all policy holders, or in lieu
thereof to deposit, with the treasurer of
this State valid Stato socurities aggre
gating ?10,000; said securities subject to
any judgment against said companies,
and such judgments shall operate as a
lien on such securities, and providing a
penalty for the violation of tho provis
ions of this act.
An aot to enable the county board of
commissioners of Darlington county to
enlarge, repair and improve tho court
house for said county and to levy a tax
therefor.
An act to anthorize the town oonnoil
of Summerville to laj' out and consVruct
a publio park. j
An aot to exempt Greenwood coun
ty from the operation of an aot en
tited "an act to provide for the election
of pnblio cotton weighers and providing
for their compensation. "
A joint resolution to require the sec
retary of- State to have the space in
front of the steps of the State house
and the sidewalks on Main street
from the State house to Gervais streot
paved.
An act to amend section 81 of the
?ode of procedure so as to permit cir
ouit judges to qualify before certain
officers named herein.
An aot to incorporate the Sumter and
Watered River Railroad company.
An aot empowering the town counoil
of Gaffney City of the fcytalo of South ?
Carolina to convey by deod of gift or
otherwise oertaiu publio property in
the town of Gaflhey City a a said town
oonncil deem best and proper for any
purpose whatsoever.
A joint resolution to authorize and
require the county board of commis
sioners of Barnwell county to tranafer
and convey a certain school lot in the
town of Barnwell to the board of trus
tees of the Barnwell graded school dis.
triot.
An aot relating to the adjustment of
tbe bonded indebtednese of Menden
hall, in No. 8 to\rnah<p of Newberry
county.
' An aot to authorize universities and
colleges of this State to provide a course
of etndy and confer the degree of
lioentiate of instruction, wboib shall
authorize their graduates to teach in
the free publio sohoola of the State
without examination.
An act to amend section 2487, general
statutes, being section 3501, reflsed
statutes, by adding at the end of said
section a provieo allowing only 25 cents
per day for dieting prisoners in the jail
in Charleston and Aiken counties*
An act relating to the adjuetment of
certain bondea indebtedness here
in mentioned of Newberry township,
or Township No. i of- Newberry
oounty.
"A joint resolution to require the treas
urer of Cherokee county to pay tbe per
diem a ad mileage to commissioners ap
pointed by the Governor under an act
entitled an aot to eetablieh Cherokee
?ity.
An act to regulate the election of the
MueUM of the Clemeon Agricultural
College of South Carolina.
An aot to make the embezzlement of
loriffi&jr lld ioilzlltl
thereof,
?elieve against the obetrac I
Hon 9<m a certain parte* Enoree river
serfage of ita tributariea.
aot to amend eecrion of there
j norattou tO the Indianolu Manufacture
i iuk uinl Water Power company,' ap
proved February, A. 1>. Ituw, no as to
{ further restrict ami limit the power*
and privileged of said company, " ap?
proved nth Maroh, 18H0, exteudiug tho
| said oharter,
j An act to amend flection 788, genoral
statutes, being section 837, revised
Btututes, rs to the bond of tho master
for Edgefield aud Saluda oounties.
An aot to prohibit unreasonable dis
crimination by telophone companies
| doiug business in Una stato in tho
rates at which thoy furnish telephones
and tolophone service to their patrons
In different localities.
Ati act to authorizo the sinking fund
commission to lend to tho county board
of commissioners of Oreenwood oouuty.
for thu purpose of paying certaiu past
indebtedness.
; An act to provide for recording cer
tain instruments of writing in Ureen
wood oounty.
An aot to alter the county line of
Greenwood county so as to iucludo por?
lions of Abbeville and Edgefield coun
ties, '
An fiat to authorize au election iu the
town j of St. George's in relation to
bonding said town, and to authorize
tho iseue of bouds under propcribod
oonditmns.
(t'ONTIKrED NEXT WEEK. }
LAROR IjKOISLATION.
Aim Moh Meet ami Appoint ?? Com
mittee to Go to Washington.
The Greenville (S. 0.) News Rays: A
meeting of the prominent cotton mill
iyen South Carolina, Georgia and
North Carolina was hold in tho oftloe pf
Colonel Orr, presidont of tho Piedmont
Manufacturing Company, on tho Itith.^
The objuot of the meeting, wbioh was*
held behind closed doom, was to tnko
sorao action along the lino of protest iu
ro^ard to lojjislutiou now ponding in
the iower House of, Congress to rowulato
tho hours of labor in tho manufacturing
Bphere.
The situation wlta cono over careful
ly aud alter a thorough canvass of opin
ions a set of resolutions wore adopted
and the meeting adjourned.
' Tbe following gentlemen wore ap
pointed a committee to appear before
tho Congressional Jtfdiciary committoe
to protest against tho jomp resolution
providing for Congressional regulation
of hours of labor ij# manufactories:
uth Carolina? Ellison Smythe,
frnan; J. L, Orr, 1>. E. Converso,
Oliver. II. D. Wheat, J. 1j.
tervolt, D. A. P. Jordan, W, E.
is, J. 0. Cary, T. O. Duuoan, J.
A Block, XV. A. Oourten?y.
G<apr?ia? Dr. Turner, chairman: II.
E. F&her, .T. S. Hamptou, Chas. Estes,
J. P. Werdery, Jaoob Elsas.
Norfci Carolina? D. A. Tompkins,
ohairnjpn; W. T. Jordan, Goo. E.
NVilsoi, J. W. Canuon, Lawrence Holf,
Caesar Cone, Dr, J. II, McAden andR.
>1, Miller. Jr.
That tho chairmen of the respeotive
State couimittoos notif^heir Senators
and Representatives oftho^oming of
this committee to Washingfmi, aud re
qu?Mk their presence and assistance be
loriivfce judioiary committee.
Furious Forest Fires.
A gentleman who traveled on the
Sumter road from Vauco's to Fort
Motte, Bays that for' the distance of
thirty miles tires were' rAging in tho ,
pine forests on either side tho rivers.
He was informed by the conduotor of
the South Carolina and Georgia rail
road that the tiro extended to" within
jtwonty miles of Charleston. Suoh de
struction has not been soon for many
years. It Was stated that a similar
calamity occurred forty-two years apro,
when it was more widespread than this.
It was a similar winter to this. A fourth
lire of a like character -was in Lexing
ton county, on the Augusta road.
Pisseugors who came in on the train
Tuesdav afternoon say that the fire wap
so fierce as to heat the window-classes
of the coaohes so that one could not
tonch them. This fire destroyed 1,000
cords of wood bolo aging to Dr. Bumter
Earle. Other fierce forest fires wore
reported from various parts of the
county and State.? The State, l?th.
? ? - ? ? ? . - -r^>
Mayors* Convention Called,
Mayor Calvert of Spartanburg,
and Mayor W. R. Hichey, of Laur
ens, president and secretary re
spectively of the mayors' eon?
ventlon of this State have issued.au
official notice calling the convention to
meet at (Georgetown on Tuesday, May
luth at 19 o'clock noon to ccntinoo in
session until the 12th*, The first of
these conventions was held in Spartan
burg last May and much lasting good
has resulted A therefrom. The prac
tical example of road making
Spartanburg/ had on hand at that
time cansed several towns to
r'irohase complete rock-crushing and
road making machinery. ,?J.'hough an
experiment Jthat meeting^ as a decided
success and! President Cllvert is confi*
dent that at\the coming \ meetings the
towns will be better represented and
larger results WillJoHol
Tobacco Factory Burned.
The Piedmont Tobadoo Faotory, at
Bock Hill, has been burned-.-^Ae^uild*
ing was of three -stories, brick,
quite substantial. There was quite a
supply of stock on hand, in addition to
machinery, and 87,000, the amount of
the insur. nee, will not cover it by #4,*
000. The factory haa been in suooese
ful operation for four years nnder tho
management ? of Philip Taylor and Wr-|
T. Meadows, and has established a |
good trade in the Carolines. Its pris
ota*r ptodneie were _tho"\Y; "
Oirr and" "Caroline Mil lure,
It Has Been Approved by Governor
Ellerbe.
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER FIRST,
There Shall bo l? Addition to tho lf|i at?
Class coaches u SR?oond*Clrtss i.ar f?.>r
Any and All Persons.
Tho separato ooaoh act as passed at
the reoent sessiou ot the General As
sembly ha? boou approved by the Gov*
ei nor aud bun now become a law, ofl'co
tive on siept. 1, noxt.
1. That all railroad" or railroad coin- 1
panics engairod in thin Mtate as coin*
mou carriers of passengers for hire
shall famish separate apartments in
first-class ooaehea or separate Urst chvs
ooaohos for the acoomniod&tioit ol white
and oolored passengers; provided emial
accommodations shall be supplied to
all persons without distinction of race,
color or previous coudiliou in such
coaohos.
2. That any first-olass ooftoh of such
oairier of passongera may ho divided
luto apartments ny n substantial pat
tition, iu lien of soparate ouachos.
8. That should any railroad or rail
road company, itsa^jiits or omployes,
violate the provisions of this act, such
railroad or railroad oouapany shall ho
liable to n penalty of not more than
&5i.0o:' 1-'8S than $800for eaoh violation,
to bo coiieciod by suit of any citizen of
this Staio, and tho penalty rocovored
shall, after paying all proper ft>os and
costs, go into the general fun I of tho
Stato treasury.
4. Tho provisions of this act shall not
apply to nurxoH on trails, nor to nar- j
row guago roads, nor^o relief trains, 1
in cases of accidents, hor to through
vesttbuled tra its; nor to ofllcors or i
guards transporting prisonorR, nor to
prisoners being so transported.
fi. That in caso tho ooaoh for oithor
whito or colorod pa^Rengers should ho
full of pasaengors and another ooarh
cannot bo procuroc) at tho time, then
the conductor 1 in chargo of tho train
shall be and ho is horoby authorized to
sot apart so much of the other coach
as inny be nocossary to acoommoduto
tho passengers on said train. ?
(I. That Jiere nhall bo in addition \o
tho first class coaohos provided for in
this act, a second classical", in which
it shall bo lawful for any and all per
sons to rido by paving second class
faro or having a second class ticket.
7. That tho provisions of this act
shall not go into ?fleet until Boptom
ber 1, 1808.
8. That all acts and parts of acts in
conBistont with this act aro hereby re
pealed ; provided, that nothing iu this
act shall prevent tho railroad* of the
Stata from attaching passenger coaohos
to freight trains. Tho provisions of
this aot shall not apply to roads under
forty miles in h&a?th.
STATIC NKWS HUMS.
Crenshaw Distilled t ?i?* First Spirits
of Turpentine in rhln State.
[From the Nowa sn<l Oourior.)
CnnitA'w: CheraW baa among ita
population, in the person of Leonard
Crenshaw, colored, tlio pioneer of the
turpentine bueinoss in this 8tate.
Leonard was in the employ of Oon.
Crenshaw, who boxed the first trees in
this, State, and Loonard was his dis
tiller. Tho old man distilled the first
barrel of spirits of turpentine ftvor pro
duced in South Carolina?which is
quite an honor, as the industry after
wards assumed such large proportions,
and is still an important ouo, amount
ing from that day to thiB to millions of
dollar*'. 'Congressman Strait is at
workto get a sufficient appropriation this
year from Congress to effect some real
and permanent good in the Poe-Doo
Itiver matter.
Marion : Letters have been received
hero from Elizabeth City, N. C. , in
quing into the character, standing, etc.
of one "Dr. Hill," formerly a r6Hident
of this place for several months. While
4l9*;e ho ciaimod to bo a J3aptist minis
ter ; in Elizabeth city he is said to be
posing as a Methodist minister. Ho
claiiAod to be a "divine healer," but
proved to bo an unmitigated scamp,
and whan the reputation he bears hero
becomes known in Elizabeth City that
good town will probably be made too
unoomfortable for the man to remain.
Columbia: Comptroller General Der
ham will in a day or two get (to Vork to
apportion the 370,000 school fund,
whioh is to go to making up tk% 83 per
eapit* for school children iu the various
countios. An estimate was made up
sometimo ago on the amount of taxos
due by the aeveral counties, but the
joint resolution of the Assembly re
quires that tho apportion ment shall be
made upon a basis of the mqnoy ac -
tnatly cclledtod. Mr. Derham does not
expect to go neyond tho prcsont year in
making np the figures. . . .The Ellnwood
Cottou Mill Company, whioh is to bo
ran by colored labor, in getting in
shapc to begin operations at an onrly
date. ... Attorney General Barhor has
nearly finished up bis work on the ap
Keal papers in the Vaodercock caso.
fr. Barber is now having his argumout
printed and thinks that it wifl bring
new light on the issues involved. The
The case will be heard in the United
States Conrt on the 7th of March.
Hpavtapbubo : JDr. Wnrtenbaker,
of the Marine servioe at Wash*
iagton, P. C., vi?ited the Bean- A
moat mill a lew days sitfra to ez-yl
amine the 46 -coned oases ot^fcellpox.^
He says there is not any smsllpox
Yhete) and it may be "Itnpetigy.". . .
Fertilizer is bevin jiiifto rollout. Most
of it is sold ip carloed lot*. It Is nrob- ,
able that there will be awmuoh sold this I
' ^
at a radnction of the Cotton screage
-flfWe are herd to force ont of their old
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PALMETTO STATE ECHOES.
Tho following items two taken from
the News and Courier's eofreapon
iloutft :
N'owhoi-ry.
Since tho organisation of Newborry
T.o'iigo of tho Knights of Honor, in Sop*
torn her, is?tl, tluriy-two members have
die 1 ftn?l thoir boneticiauos have re*
cowed altogether Stil.uoo. iho a??e*s?
nieuis paid during thin period amount
to jA living n balanco of $l?,ot)l)
in favor oi tire lodge hero. 1 ho mom*
bershtp has u:\vayn been composed of
substantial citizens Iho Cotton
Growers' Association of Newberry
township litis boon organized. It is
O1 uoposod of nil oHi/.ons interested in
tho price of cotton, the ni'einboi ship
enrobed represents nil the profess ons
and uvooati'iis ? dentists, doctors,
merchants, farmers, lawyers ana
editors? for ull u'O interested in tho
price of cotton n f t ?*v it in produced
The eoniinissionersof public works havo
made another reduction in water into*,
ami it applies to yard and garden hy
drant*- first faucet ^1 a year; second
faucot a year. A number of mer
chants out putting in street sprinklers.
.... New berry spent OUU on her streets
last year, c< I , *mo of which was lor
'vhest," a deposit found in largo quan
tity near the town. It makes a splendid
street ami withstands storm water, the
r.ti oo 1 8 are being gradually improved by
thin method, aiei mnd, which has been
seen throe feetdoep in many streets and
tlm public square, will toon disappear
altogether from tlie thoronghfareHif the
city fatho n will continue tho good work
so wisely begun.
( 'a in it on.
('apt, Mnndurvillo, who is to con
struct tho city water-works, has gone
Xoithto b ly tho piping. Tho plant
will l?o put in soon Contractor
(ircon has completed the hoti^e for the
ice fnctory Tho merchants are iu
love with tho electric lights. In a short
while most of tho stores will be usiug
electric, lights,
Hrnnchv tile.
In Orangeburg county tho South
Carolina sud (ieorgia itiulroad has b st
thousands of new erosstios' by toroBt
lires. Cuttle CroeU campground, with
its thirty-six tents and l?r<<o stand,
witli the old, historic church, was also
swept away It is noted that moro
fertilizers aro being sold at this point
than during last Benson, . . . . There is a
; very line promise of a largo oat crop,
j the very dry weather being n draw
I back Tho slind lishing, so fur, is a
failuro, owing low water in tho l-'dist-o.
This is another extensive loss.
St. Stephens, Herkoley County.
Forout lires last week did torriblo
work in this vicinity. Ono oame down
? on this littlo viilago with terrible force;
| tho w ind blowing about forty- llvo miles
' an hour. The peopio turned out on
1 masse, and it was with greut difficulty
that they could save the Uhvn. fence
nftor fonoo went down before the flames,
and ono house, ooeupied by h colored
family and ownod by .Mrs. li. it. iteOk
en baker, was burned. Several telegraph
poles wore burned down, aud many
families removed thoir household goods
to placets of safety. Iho merchant*
placed all their tuonoys aud valuable
papers in their safes, and watched the
sparks as they flow fast and thick on
their bouses, 'i he advocates of fences
BUfttuined a sovore blow from the flames,
! mil tfill have to dive clown iu their
; pockets to replenish tbem.
Sumter.
Facts do not boar out the belief preva
lent iu Homo quarters that the cotton
crop will bo smaller thin yoar than last.
Several merchants have told tho writor
within tho past few dsys thnl they havo
bud a| plications for moro fertilizers
than they had last season, and this they
think is an indication that mure cotton*
will be plautod in thoir neighborhoods
than last year.
Jonesvllic, Union ? oiiuty.
Thero is a sensation near Jonesville
caused by u wild boast of some kind at
tacking some men the other night as
i they passed along a road. The beaut
| is said to losomble a hog, makes a
! roaring noiso like 0 bull and make* a
' track in the sand similar to thut of n
dog. The people in tlie neighborhood
are badly scared and call tho thing a
1 "wining doodle." What this whang
doodlo is remains to be seou.
GreenvlUk
,& sensation was sprnngthere a few
days fiinco by a telegram trom Atlanta
ptating that on train south -bound,
of the Southern Koad, passing circon
ville at 1 : !?> a. m., a middle-aged man
entered a first-class coach with a bas
ket, whioh ho pub on a scat, stood
awhile and then disappeared in the
darkness. The train moved oft', the
baskot remaining on the seat until the
train reached Atlanta. The officials
thero opened the basket and found a
threo-deys-old baby, dead, It was
stated that tho baby died between
Greenville aud Atlanta, neglcct being
dfcidently tho causo of death. Tho po
lice in veVtigntcd here, but could got no
cine. It was learned that tho basket
was put on tho train at Gainesville,
i' ?
The .McCrady Jllstory.
The following is tho text of the reso
lution oftered by Senator Archer and
adopted by both houson of the general
tssemhly iu regard to General Mc?
Grady's history of this State:
Whereas "The Hiatoryof South Caro
lina" by Gen. MoCrady (the first vol
nmo of which baa been very recently
published by the McMillan company),
is the first complete and only constitu
tional and philosophies history of the
Utate vet written;
lie u resolved by the Seaate, tho
House of Representatives concnrrlni:, ]
That tho soid history ho. Mid the same
is hereby, earnestly rfndepocially com
mended by the general sWiably of tho
State df South Carolina to the trustees
and other persons in charge darary
educational institutum in tho Stale aa
wott a? to each and arery citizen of the
StOtO. - * -
Bowery yttm* WOtt, JV9
ought to stop- snoUtF dfarcttea. V*t
?lo*t ioo4 for for.* CftoUy? "W-whj
BOtr Bow?jr BUl~''Look!?o? ***+
mux*
111. wi in mm.
An Effort to Cheek the Now England
Snfak Gamo,
THE UNIFORM LABOR HOUR HILL
lilt ruduoiul riuuu;;h Musftuohuaot t?
.Maniifact hi pis, ho OhJCCtluliAblu
ol. Orr LoiuU till* Iftjjllt.
A delogotiou of ftontborn colton mill
man appeared last week bofor? tho
judfiv iary cninmittoo in tho llojtso of
lieproKontntivos ut Washington to op
poso tho passa^o of tho joint resolution
pvopoKO'l by l\ej>ie- ontanvo 1 -o* i ngf,-*
of Massachusetts, to authorize Con
gross to regulato tho hours of labor in
tho different' States.
Sir. Covering, tho author of tho
measure, llr-t addressed tho uommitteo
in favor of tin* measure lltsurgu*
uiont was an exhibit of tho needs of
Uiu mnnufaoturing interests of hi*
tut o for projection against compel i
tion ontfiule tlnj State. Ho thought
this ooiihl bo best accomplished by a
law making tho unfovorablo condition*
surrounding labor tho same as in New
Uugland.
lio was followed by Pepvoseniative
Walker, of Massachusetts, in a Hpeoch
favoring the bill,
Col. James L. Orr, of Piedmont, 9. 0. ,
addressed the coniimtteo i n opposition
to tho bill. Col. Orr pointed out the
great confusion to whioh all such special
legislation Would luild. Ho Haul that
while wo all knew tho measure is. dp
routed at the eotton mills of tho South,
tt nevertheless opentjd tho way for de
mand* to be mudo4tpon Congress in
every sort of manufacturing intcvost.
lie believed that all things considered,
the .Southern mill operatives received
more net money for labor than those of
the East.
Cupt. Ellison A. Smyth of Polzor, S.
0., next spoke, He thought that thoal
log oil advantages of the South in cotton
manufacturing Mere largely overesti
mated, and that muoh had beou paid
on the subject in Nlow England for tho
purpose of constraining legislation in
the Massachusetts Tiegislaturo ami to
influence .Massachusetts labor to accept
the proposed reduction of wases now
?pending there. %
iMr. ! >. A. Tompkins of Charlotto, N.
('., emphasized the remarks of ('apt.
Smyth rotating to tho extent of inis
stiiiomelits of th<v advantages of tho
South. I ho present alarm about tho
breaking up of New Kuglaud mills, he
said, was ?without reasonable founda
tion. He gave tho name of a number
of New Englund mills which had is 1 H.?7
paid 10 to an por cent, dividends.- He
behoved that the trouble came not bo
much from competition of the two soo
tions oh from Unsatisfactory general
trade conditions. He believed tbut the
remedy lay iu the direoliou of improv
ing donmitio trado condition* by a re
vision of tho currency system.
The Charlotte (N. O.) News says that
Messrs. W. T. Jordan and i). A.
Tompkins has rot timed from Washing
ton. Mr. .Jordan is of the opiivion that
tho President will take immediate steps
to light tho wrong if theollioial investi
gation provos anything outside of an
accident, Tho committee of cotton
mill men of which Mr. Jordan was one,
who wont to Washington to protest
against tho passago of the Covering
resolution, nro thoroughly of tho
omniou thai their work M ill bear fruit.
\ir. .Ionian tells a reporter that the
judiciary committee was polled by
CongroB&man 1. at timer, of South Car
olin?r-ft few - minutes before. -it-**d
jouruod und Mr. Lattimer states that
tl;cro was only one member of tho om
mittoo that was in favor of the passage
of tho resolution and ho in a congress
mail from .Massachusetts who ought of
courtesy to his colloague, Mr. Trover
lug still hold out forstlwbi.il.
Congressman CoverVAgi. ^h? author of
the obnoxious bill, the South
about a year ago and ww t*ken through
o number of Southorn by a Char
lotto mill man. At th.ovwtoe the Char
lotte man knew nothing ot Mr. Cover
ing's intentions. It now transpires that
on this trip South, ho was collecting
data that would Anally come up in the
shape of tho bill which if it should be
come a low would work much harm to
tho m i 1 1 a of tho South. Mr. Jordan's
opinion is that the resolution is dead;
that it will be burrieoMn tho committee
room and thot -wo will not hoar any
moro of it. -
Sp;: In's War I'rcpurntlons.
Spain is making earnest effort to be
prepared for a war if the relations with
tho United States should so result.
More contracts for smokoless powder
hove been placed, and orders havo beon
indued to hasten york on the armored
cruisers Carlo^V'and Ciistohal Colon.
Tho Carlos Ylias 1 1-inch turret guna,
while tho Cristobal Colon is a aiater
t hip to tho Jose Garibaldi, purchased
.?r ;in Argentine Republic.
Latest About ttie Maine Disaster.
Tho examination into the causo of
tho cruiser Maino being blown up in
tho harbor of Havoua, Cuba, is now in
progress. Absolutely no information
will be given out by the court. Capt.
Sigsbee was the firsf'witness.
The latostyny from Washington
says divers areil work and 100 bodies
are yet in tho.. ship, and . all eflbr Uar?
heing'toadetosacare tbem. Noreport
*a to an j discorariee in tba condition
of the wreck ia reported A war ship
will certainly be sent to H*van? to re
Caoe the. Maine. It will b# atthar the
We been found. ?
Cfir iW-ftNtiW
Jur Government Will Not Investi
gate the Maine With Spain.
MEN WANTED FOR THE NAVY.
Spanish Authorities View the Maine
us Kxtra*T?rrllor><tl) us U. 8.
f
tion, Situate. I lit foreign Territory.
Tho destruction of tho cruisor Maine,
m the harbor at Havana, Cuba, en the
i th, has caused ouo of tho greatoat
?<on*atiouR since the uows of tho civil
war. It is nt ill uncertain whether the
Vuw dvalro^'uvl l>y n tv* |'u\tO| c?
by hov own powdor magazine.
Washington. ? (Special). ? Tho res
ident ami decretory l.ong, after an ox
i muled conference docuiod that tho
United State* will make tho inveAtiga
tion into the causes of tho "Maine"
disaster independent of tho Spanish
aothbrie*, nun that tho Spanish ail
thoritiew call make such iuvoatigations
an they desiro.
Thi? arrangement commended itself
to naval men aa fair to all, and at tho
timo waa calculated to develop
ho etivot factn in n manuer that}
could not ho questioned. There was,
a good deal of talk aiuoug tho
officials of tho need of spoedy relief
measures for tho bo'ioflt of the families
of the victims of tho explosion. Uudei^,,
<ho Treasury rulo;* tho allotments of-'
(tortious of pay to members of theiii
tamilies made by the won who perished
in the wreck must utop at 01100. Jt in
not doubted that Con^retiB will do an it
did in the cane of tho Sumoan disaster,
and provide for' a yeav'B pay t?> the fnutl
ies of tho sailors who died ut their
t?osta. The difficulty, howover, ia that
?moll a meusuro cannot bo passed at
once, and meantiuie some of the faini
?oA of the dend Bailors will bo in great
distress.
The Navy Department are determined
10 raise the Maine aud may be tako the
wreck to Norfolk, Vn. , navy yaul.
henor I)n Hoso, charge d* affaires of
the Spanish legutiou Bays a complete
and hargupiioua understanding between
?.,'aptaitr?Mgsbee and the authorities at
Havana has been reached on the mat* ? i
ter of divers, and that the Spanish n\\- k
thoritiei view tho Maiuo as oxtra terrl- j *
torial, that is a part of the sovereign
territory of tho United Slatos, tho sumo
a* a United States legation situated in
foreign territory. With tho Maine hold- ><f
njc jts status as oxtra territorial alt
? loubts as to work on the wieok are re
moved. Tho wators of Havana harbor
aro of course Spanish territory and
onio confusion has been aroused by
i ho idea that this jurisdiction over the
waters attached also to tho wreok in its
present helpless condition at the bottom
of the bay.
?*. Georgians Uot for W?r.
Governor Atkinson, of Gfeorgifc, is
overwhelmed by pflors from Ihoae who
want to onlist ia th* Tevent thai the
"Maine" episode brings on a war.
Rver since the suspioion of foul plaj> ?
began to be entertained, telegrams have
begun to pour in to tho executive office,
ana <<ne of them is from the Adjutant-*
deuoral of the State, asking for an op?
portunity to aerve under the United..
tates flag in Cuba, or any where else.
The Governor is making the same reply, ?
to alltuese patriotic men: " I here will
bo plenty of timo to fight, it matters ?
reach a crisis. "
Humors of Wat.
It is reported on enod authority that
the President ha& .decided to end tlia ..
war in Cuba by interference and recom
mended that the island be purohasei by
the Cubans. It is though} that a dec
laration of war wilt be made irttie in
vestigation shown that the Maine tfae
sunk as the resnit of a conspiracy. Ail
depends npon tho result of the investi
gation into the disaster.
Men Want?<l tor tho Navy,
Orders have been issued for the en
listment of MO men for the navy to All
the vacauoies caused by tho destroo
tion of the battleship Maine, and to
complete the legal quota. The new man
will be sent to receiving vhijUfrom
whore they Will be sent to snips in com
mission wherever needed.
Estimates of Dead and Injured. ? -
The Navy Department baa giraa out
these revised e/atisttos of the dead and
injured of the orew of the battleship
Maine: Total officers saved, ?4; men ~~
saved, 76; officers lost, 2; men lost, 248;
men injured** 07; doubtful, 7; oat of a
orew of 864.
Services of 10,000 Men Tendered,
Commander-in-Chief Street, of the
Colon VfrtefStt*' Union, hasoffered to
tho President the , services of 10,000
men of his order for the defence of, the
country. Thoy oonld be ready for ao
tion in forty-eight hours.
Atyourt8(rrte?.
It in learned from good authority sajra
the Charlotte (N, C.) Observer, that the .
A<1 jutaat General - has telegraphed th* 7
President, offering the ?e vices of thft
North Carolina Jstate Ouard in caaeol
war with Spain*