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volume XI OAMDKN, S. C., I'MiylDAV, JAM.'ARV 20, I1IOO. NO. .5. -?> AFTER A II0I.IDAY.1 # The Salons Have Returned Ta Theif "<f Labors. WORK THEY II AVI: BEEN 1)01 Mi. Mat ? Broad Tire Bill Passed Many , ters That Have Occupied The Attcn* Hon of the Lawmakers. SfcNATR. t Ninth iKty.? The Senate's morning ' sa-siou was dcvotod to the conshlera- ? tlon of tlw* wide tiro bill Introduced by Sonator Mauldlm. whloh eamo over] from the .loat session. There, was* a ..vigorous light on the meafcinv but it way llnally pasmxl by a vote of 21 to ? 12. ? Tha- SaiuUoUnet at H o'clock and the only tiling eomdderod was the wide tiro bill, the sossum lasting nearly four boors, ujid a/ night session being necovfsary for t.ho\ passage of second reading bills. At the morning session 'tho following: new bills were intl'O Hueed; (>w school di* r Sheppanlfft" 1st' vt lo regu f ./real ?state: Ma is am., rail-roads to pay taxes to the treasurer, county01 auditory to to townships in We ? county; Marshall, providing 11 < tlon road, tax for- Kk-htan?l ; Mo WH relating to the exam ina<t ion accounts of the State treasurer, ?trailer general and the ODUunis. of nhc sinking fund: Connor, to section 547 (2711) of the second revised Ruututes. relating uj t?li penitentiary ; Manning rola>ting registration of births, inarr^vj " 'iwifclis. In t The ilouw - ate bill to nerTuce the salary phosphate inspector were a ami the bill passed as iimimdi fixes the salary of the insj j $1,200. The bill introduced by Sp Dermott by re<u.\esl to amenj' ty govern m<ent maw so far to the term ojj the sup* reached on Link calendar Slieppurd moved to wtrjko acting words, Flying he /suf>elvitfor <>ugh\ by all] elected by the pwple. the terra of supeiVisor / Instead of two. \ fa Tenth Day. ? Thefees/'1 ate was devoted princi/"8 : "giaei atldn o/w the" set; <f*rp * on th<> calendar, mo.yen* __ passed to the third i7i,,u' ate adjourned nntii dt in probable -that sf^?so 'i/rfftfhasv will be held if$m~ of (hp-many matte* ? blv. }ntro The following b duced: * to Livingston, w fj1!s 's oonnties -fn hlr\,,?ll8e' the bill which rn,lS to Stanland. to arrf88 ? ? ? ttifl incorporatl/^0*' u" 1,000 in/habftai/P. a<"c?Pt act requiring,/ " % "bales or <on<y '?i ^jwtinds. /' /''Pof ted ^ The comi Senator Gjlt,? , 0; " without re/f ?r-i t Senator/?"/" (I,,:n . ho had rv<L. *ho dw|"' ] i? leston ei\x resolu. t ??opto? lions of On mot mark o ernor a further in or y of Gov n the Senate _ recess siuv.a ?P'ouyjvH.seeim'd dis coii vej steady work, urjident pro te.m., toaeqhe absence of Scarborough* wasfe opened with -hicj Mahaffey. Tin* TMhe calendnr us V*J rtlght were pass bUed as special or bills were intro ira named: duties of sheriffs; duties of county "authorize pre Jjr special term ""^Irtographer; o' Che8te?r. ^jtsterfleld ?4 ^5?r- to has i of city} of ?oni a tt A>1? rep* VI AW trlct Itstea ft t\onsl ^ * icsl ..Mutlon of i ho bill Uv> Immediate tyi U>ud.u. ^aU) it went \fK , . v f? Repre NINTH ' .Jither short SCSsMin : aontrttWHH Uat7i>iils, ucuong them niv I kUl?? H , taKf the c.lhce of' i Mr. WhavtonLo primary. Air. county the operations of j ! yevners to i 00tton o;op. Arnortf ! the Hen law NVt,rt. the measures j those whU'h^ Sullivan'.^ island to J I to cede 11 Mgovornment. Mr. Pat- i the I'nUeo J Columbia cl'-ar .itles ; | ton's hill Ujvoperty. Mr. Wilaon's ! | to the clt?nte $10,000 for 'ho I t)i\t to nyomimeut and a bill re- J ! ahlcUftmflfoys^'in of health re?U? , orpanlzuja\0 'p)H, i,ni providing lutlon?.?fof convicts to counties for the l[0 (ho committee. not on w&fi ^^Wjtion to the bill, but to accounfome part iculars. perfectfjjg now )>i l Is and tesolu j 'rh?m>6duced: ? tlonisij. n concurrent resolution N- 1 the attorney general to In- , to au, or ienso of the South ' *rT ^'ot>rR'u Southern; j t'nijlnt resolution proposing an Wy to the constitutionaffcctinK i t H'ytf of pitying school funds: , ; tl/ to authorize the hiring of . j lyo counties for work on the yd s; Oendy, to authorize com t ? of Oconee county to co-oper* ? authorities of Habersham ftia., in building bridge across liver: Kairey, to validate the gtatr fHl election at con .none; asu rotun/ regulate, the Palo of whiskey; eacF'n> authorize* county treasur .ai,it/l??y certain school claims; La w{>r Jlauldin. to devolve the duties of oJ- A'isors of registration upon city col#ounty officials; Magill. to protect ,u?7ary elections; Crum, to require iu/urerR of State institutions to be V(Jled offlcers and to regulate draw p 7 of money from State treasury; Jliards, to regulate the appointment ? Jheneficiar.v scholarships; Prince, to I) vide for the further codification of J>uth Carolina statutes; Prince, to Mhorize registers of mesne couvey nce to record options, etc.; Patton, to to tec t game; Lockwood, to reqiro liofphate commissioner to live in Seaufor&jfouiily ; Est ridge, proposing onstitutlonal amendment repealing [-'clause relating; to lynching; Menrtens, to pro von t sale of merchandise in de fraud of creldtors. Mr. Mauldin want ed to recommit the bill relating to the hiring of eon victs-td' counties: The bill as it passed Tuesday was preferable to the original bill, but it was still not such a measure as the people desire. The bill was recommitted by a vote of to 35. Mr. Moss' bill to increase the number of judicial circuits was made special order for Thursday of next week. Mr. Wythe thought Mr. Asho ley's bill to reduce the tax 011 fertili zers to 25 cents a ton a menace to the educational institutions of the State, and he wanted it taken up and acted on at onfre. liut it was decided to wait until the report of . Clemson Collegt should hc^peut to the' rcueral assem bly. as that institution receives the in come from the fertilizer tax. Mr. Wharton's bill to provide for the 'elec tion of county dispensers was next discussed. Mr. 0. 10. Robinson moved that the enacting words of the bill be stricken out. Mr. Wharton claimed that the present method of selecting dispensers is favoritism, and not Dem ocratic. Ivet the people elect compe tent officials. Mr. Crnm opposed the bill. Mr. Varn spoke in favor of the bill as a means of stopping the vices attendant upon favoritism. Mr. Mob ley .Said that the desire of the people is to take the dispensary out of politics. The House killed the bill. Mr. Vomer's bill to limit the extent of liens and mortgages for agricultural supplies was taken tip. The bill provides that all liens and mortgages given for agri cultural supplies shall be a lien upon and cover only the crop or crops of cot ton grown 011 the land upon which said lien o>-mortgnge is given, and upon no other crop or crops whatsoever. Tenth Day. ? The House of Repre sentatives adjourned iintil noon Mon day. I kittle was accomplished at to day's sessidftf* ICIeven bills passed third reading, there being no question to any except Mr. 1'at.ton's to confirm to the city of Columbia the title to the lot whereon stood the city hall, but af ter a short debate it also passed third reading. The bill regulating railroad fares w?ih killed. 'I'll is practically con cluded t"he work of the day. The hour of noon\having arrived, the Join me morial eAerclse.s to the late Governor KHcrbe were held. The State officers and supfeme court attended in a body, it was three years before, at the hour or noon, that he first subscribed to the oath of ofTH-e as ifttvCrnor, in the hall whAre these exercises were to I?e held, and Just a year! previous he had delivered 111 this halljhis second inau gural addr^qs. A'.Jow days later he was confined to his bed by the disease which wrought his death. The ^Senate wide tire Wit was rend first time and referred to the committee on roads, bridges and ferries. The following were among the new hills introduced: Whisonant. 16 amend the relating to to barbed wire: Jackson, to prohibit the firing of children in payment of obligations for de?>t; Jonos, to amend tha law relating to tax sales; Wimber ly, 16 amend,. ihc law relating tojacor poration of towns of less than 1.000 inhabUanter Wilson, to require the <?tate to pay to counties and school dis tricts taxes bn land/forfeited to State for non~parm??i Of laxes; Nettles, to bond magistrates at *200: Caughman, to igcluda town# of sot less than 140 * Itant# m*jJtSVa<l relajJ?g to re capitol, J* A ? fwmmw (tOPIMd trol and to regulate the salt- and trans* porlatlon of intt-xicatiug beverages; Patterson's hills wore referred to the judiciary committee as have been all dispensary bills; ('mm, to amend sec ton I of the sinking fund act relating to unpaid taxes ete.; Pendy, m validate the municipal election of Walhalla; \V. II. Thomas, to provide fo^ the forma tion of lodges of fraternal ttyt'riers, etc. The rest of the day's session was oc cupied in the dis; -u.-sion of Mr. rat ion's hill to amend the act defining the method in which towns ami cities may increase or diminish their limits. Af ter a lengthy debate dual action was i?ok; noned. HIS ONLY COMFORT. He Wilt in Mukiiii; t'|i to Kc.tem lilti lilt Dt'iid Wife. From the toes of the dainty hoots I which peeped from beneath a tailor made skirt to the stylish bonnet perched upon the head 01' gray hair, the prisoner arrested lecently by De- j teetive Kelly of I he Pennsylvania rail road it; the big waiting-room at Jer sey City appeared a woman, but when j taken to the First precinct station- ? house the supposed woman removed her gray -wig and stood revealed a man of 53 years. ' 1 have been almost j crazy ever since I lost my wife some years ago. crazy to see her. and 'he ; only comfort I have is in dressing and making up iis she used to look." was all the explanation the prisoner, who ? said he was John Jones. f?.'t years old, i of Newark, would give. It was about II o'clock when Detective Kelly had 1 his attention attracted to the supposed woman by seeing the latter leave the ^ ladies?* parlor. Something in the walk ? caused the detective to think the sup- . posed woman a make-up and he start ed to question her. Receiving no tin- i .sw(>rs. he called Policeman Murphy of the First precinct, and they took their prisoner to the station-house. There the latter broke into tears, but still refiuscd to speak. "Take off that wig," ordered Murphy, and when he was ? obeyed the partially bal.d he. id of an old man was revealed. Then it was that the prisoner told of losing his wife, and how, with no children, the idea of seeing her again had so grown on hinWhat time and again be made ' himself up as she would appear, then j donned women's clothing and started away from home. Fnder further ques- , tinning from Inspector Archibald. Jones (which hp admitted was not his right name) said he lived In Mont- i clair. lie said that he was a book- ! keep?;- and that he was well connect- 1 ed. Every article of clothing worn by ! him was female apparel. His make- ' up was excellent. As lie refused to give j any further information he was held. A MARRIED IN HASTE. I One Couple llnitjd In Very Onick Tim? iu I'll IkImiix A wedding ceremony was conducted ? recently in the ofllce of Alderman Wil ? llam Watson. street. north side. ? 't t a lightning express late. The high eontraeting parties were Harvey Mar.-? he.L?a- n?gro, -and Haltic Allen of the same race. Th event was wholly un expected even by the bride, but waa the result of an impulse which struck j the groom as he was ;n the act of t delivering a load of coal in the neigh j bbrliood. Barber, who is a teamster, told his girl hjpl pledged their troth ? and gone through nil the forms which > it is customary to attach to a mar riage engagement. Some days ago the , marriage license was procured, but the groom wanted tu see his way a lit j tie clearer at the financial end before . having the knot tied. Yesterday morn j ing he began the delivery of coal ear . ly. It was a good day for business anil he caught onto a few dimes extra. The ? sum total of his catch was $1.35. Har j vey's last Job for the day was the dc | livery of a load of coal in the vicinity of Squire Watson'v ofllce. He was i driving leisurely along Bast street | when he spied his fiancee gavly trip i ping along the sidewalk. She had j just stepped out to buy some "supper : things" for the l&dy who employed j her. This is what t^ie told Harvey ( when he hailed her Tplth a "Good ev j ening, girl; right ?lad to see you." ! Harvey had a dollar to spare, and his j maxim through life had been never to let a good chance go by. He asked \ ; Hatlie how much time she had to .-spare auc^as told: "Just fifteen min utes." "Just about the same wa J j here," said Harvey? He then asked her to go to Squire Watson's ofllce and . have the wedding take place at once. } Miss Allen didn't object. Harvey sang ' out, "Get, whoa, hoa," and the team was up against a hitching post. The horses were tied and then the c<Wplc > fairly mshed Into the squire's office to i | get ihemselves hltchpd. "Come to gei married, squire," announced tbo i groom. "Here's the license. Please j hurry up. I haven't any time to I spare. This girl has to get. back toj cook supper, and I have co.4|Mo leavo j i right away." The prospective groom, j w4i.li coal-begrimed fingers, fished out ten dimes from his fob pocket, and laid the money on the counter. "Here Is the fee. squire. I didn't ex pect this little matter. waa-|foi?#--to happen or I would'have had the coin all In trao pleceT^TTe said. Constable . Jolp Homan was impreMgL~M A-vU? 4-nesa,' and' tttrTwala wpre made one. "Swjon down at ihe .^wariWor row/' waa the groom's partln*.?alnt% r^wnvef tSi coal, and _ awa j_ *> **> ~*UUAwr0 Pwt. 'W "I'f lit' ii ? i jl ' ~ ^ wm I'PKISINfi IN NtOROS. Would Nave Been Serious (I Not i're pMlure. j. (Manila, by 'Cable. ? 'Hip escort of 10 ' men of (V). C, Thirteenth infantry, Lieut. Kalston commanding. which i was ambushed near Lip.i, as ar.?*miy eablod. oonsisted of 50 convalescents i from the hospital, who were going io I i*oj?>i ii the regiment. The insurgents ? hid in the bushes along the road itnd ? opened tire upon tthe pick train from ! three sides. The Americans in addition <o their casualties. wero compelled to abandon the- train, which couslsted of ~~ horses. The latter with their packs, till fell into the hands of the insurgents who pursued the retreating escort for thive I miles along the road, until the \nie: icans were reinforced. Mail advices from Negros bring par ticulars of the uprising last month In the southern part of the island in which Lieut. A. C. Lcdyard, Sixth in fantry, was killed. Instead of being an unimportant revolt of native police as was at tirst reported, it appears to have been an attempt to overthrow American authority. The movement was started by the chief officials of the autonomous governmont. the men who were elected and inaugurated with so much ceremony last November. Klevon of these officials, including tiho president and several councilors, were lodged in jail on charge of plot ting treason. Several secured their re lease under heavy bonds, but other;; remain in prison. (Jen. Smit.'a found evidences that the revolting police were following the or ders of the autonomous government, which designed to us? the force under its control to overpower the Ameri cans. Tlhe plot failed through being started prematurely, but Negros was in a state of uneasiness for a week. Two companies of the Twenty-sixth infantry were hurried from lloilo to reinforce the garrison at llacolod. The officials arrested include some of the most prominent men in Negros it Ls believed tihey will be expelled from t'he island. I.ord Robert's Way. Cape Town, by Cable. ? 1><^ KoIhhIs. purposing not to alienate. , le Capo ! Dutch and to see that -tlhe !?, diary re- j speet the (rights of f non-combatants, j regardless of race or sympathies, has ! issued, through Ivord Kitchener, his i chief of staff, the following order: "Tlhe oomfnander-in-ch1ef wishes to impress upon all officers who may at : any time be in charge of columns or i detached commands, the grave impor- | tanee of doing all in their power by | gnxxl and?con<iliatory treatment and of j securing compensation for the people j of the country in all matters nfTectlng ! either their own interests or those of , the troops. "In all cases where supplies of any r kiud are required these must, be paid ' for on delivery and a receipt for the j ! amount taken. Ofttcers will be hold re sponsible for the observance of the rule that soldiers are never allowed to enter private houses or molwt the in- j habitants on any pretext whatever. ! and every precaution must bo taken i to suppress looting or petty rubbery by persons connected with the army. "When supplies are absolutely neees- j sary for the subsistence of the army and the inhabitants are unwilling to meet HUfri demands, commanding ofli cers may. after having satisfied them selves by careful personal investiga tion that such supplies are necessary j and available, order these in surh j cases to bo taken by force, full receipt j thereof to be given." j Burned Infidel Books. Toledo, Ohio, Special.?* Marshall O'- j Waggoner, the infidel whoso convcr- i I wion to Christianity was recently an- I i nonnoed, has burned his magnincent ' library. consisting of writings of infl- i delH. The ttHhocAof tl?e books reat in | like bottom of the furnace of Memorial United Brethren wiprdh of tihis city, to which 'he privatol j consigned them, lie threatened to destroy this <w>llec Hf>n some time ago. but delayed doing so until the night of January 8. With supreme? satisfaction and a feeling that he was doing God's will, the aged law yer watched his precious volumes wither and .crumble Into atfhea into t<he furnace heat. Many of the volumes wore exceedingly rare. There was a lar^c number of manuscripts and first prints .not to be found in any other li brary In America. Shot to Dm&t , North, S. C.. Special. -Report reaches * here that Wm. D. Jefcoat shot down his brother. Jas. A. Jefeoat, and that t/ho father. R. A. Jefcoat, fired at the prostrate form of his already wounded son. Bad fueling existed between the above named for some tlm? past. The ; parties were all well to do farmers and live about six miles from here. A later report is to the effect that .fames Is dead. To I-'IkIiI Fcrtlllicr Trust. Chffrlpston. S. C\. Special. ? The op position to the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Ttist. styled by the farmi^s Jim "the phq^phate trust." is coming to a head in this State. The farmers ^of Kdgeflekl have already appointed a /day for a public meeting. The farm- , c-s of Greenwood on Saturday root In ) mass meeting and adopted resolutions in which the president of the^ParmerV Alliance concurred, decla r 1 ng ifcat Uliia pricAs of fertilizers arefceing advanced arbitrarily ill rough tha Influence onr itTOal," and appealing to the farmer* of alt the ?yfton A^te* to meet at their contt houses on the flrrtJMgg&ur I in Tnhwisij ?iiil. lllHlfi' t5<> twelves |oot to ' purchase fertilizers at ?sore ^than 19 per cent. over I tSjjgj COL. BRYAN SPEAKS. 1*)' -? 4wlHi$iaslic Audience Greets Mini in Baltimore. I ? DtSCU&KS llll: MONEY (JIESTIOY Also l:lucidntes Ills Position on Hie Problem of l:\panslou A Large Audiencc Hears Him. ! H. tit imore, Md., Special. Hon. \V. j , 1. I try an delivered an address here j j Saturday night upon the pnliti.-tl i j quest ions of (ho vlay to an audience ; whieh tilled tlio music hall, tin* his-' j next auditorium in the city to its rnil- : i est capacity, and which greeted him land h is remarks with tin* greatest ?? n - ! j thusiai-m. Tin' mooting was held tin i der the auspices of the 'Maryland l> in i ? joeratic Association, one of the Tree. ? silver wings of the Democratic party I j of t he State, and was not encouraged ? in any manner by the regular Demo- j jcratic organization. In fact, the latter ; ! hold striotly aloof from any parti;!- ' ; pa Li on in the affair. Thev made no I j effort to discourage it in any maninv.1 j but not one of tin* Democratic leaders j i appeared on t he platform, and an of- j j fer of stage (IcKotx was politely do- j | olined by t he principal members of the ! l>omocrati<!. State Central Committoe. ? With the party who came from j 1 Washington with Mr. Hryan were Sen- ? ! ator Tillman, of Stnith Carolina. Con- j ; pressman Sulzer. of New York; Ki li-i ! nrdson. of Tennessee; Jones, of Vir- . j glnia. and DoArmond, of Missouri. It j was nearly eight o'elock when the I ' party ro#ehed the music lull when the] ! crowd greeted him uproarion Njr. Bryan said in part: "I want to assure you in the begin ning that my happiness does not de . pend upon any honor which the peo ; pie of this nation can confer, neither j do 1 believe t'hat this nation's liappi i ne?s or welfare depends upon any ofic | pefl?on. As in politics. as in . the army, i the generals get glory and the privates | do the work. And therefore 1 feel that I owe it to those who for nearly four i years have been bearing the iHi-edrn ; in Lho.heat of rhd day; I owe it to t heai | to way that what I have done is but an atom compared with what they have done. "in IS9(J the voters proved that they could control the policy of the party and during the last three years they have proven that they could hold what they gained In lSSH! in spite of news papers. in spite of railroads, In spite of banks, and in v spite of every in* flueneo supposed tp obtain, the plain people of the Democratic party have and now stand for t'lie. -Ohimgo plat form, in all that it nays. I want to be gin with an accepted1 proposition, that proposition which I consider most fun- \ damental in government. "1 find it in the Declaration of lml" pendence ? if you will .pardon me fori quoting anything from that old and outworn document as our Republican friends seem to think it. Look tip Old ColtufrCtclm. At Washington Southern Senators J | express themselves as hopeful over the ? prospects of securing legislation during I I the present session of Congress, look iiiK to the refunding of money paid Into 1 the .treasury^jf" thjc United States soon ; after the clvll\wtffy as the result of tho ! sale of the cotfoo raptured by the Fed- j eral troops. was originally I about $30,000,000 M. -this money, but a ! portion of It wan paid to the owners of ! the eotton soon after the war 4, The re- i malnder was left in the treasury and ! has remained there ever slnee. Sena i t.or Money, who Is giving speclnl nt j tent ion looking to the reopening of the ? subject, ways th^J the sum left amount - 1 ed to about $11,000,000. A bill in-Iro | duced by -Senator Davis gives one year I additional time for proof of such claims 1 before the court of claims. It has been | favorably reported by the Senate eom | mittcc oa claims and 'Senator Money : thinks the outlook very good for fa vorable action. Most of the claims hh* . held In the Southern States. Jov in Lad3'smlth. ; 1 vadvamlth^ jBy Cbble. ? The m^my ; have plae**V In position new guns j throwing eight-inch shells and have ; been I >om banding more vigorously for I the last few days. though lttt!e dam age Iwus been done. Three of t'h<? Hrltl&h force hftTjft'bcen wounded. Ttie j troops are jubilant over General Bui- ; ler's successful advance. His guns , : c.-mi be heard dbrtfnrtljr. and the bin at - { ' Ing of shells can be plainly aeon. To Oust a Denlocrat. j Washington. P. Special. ? The j house cxm>is4?ft* on elections. No. 1. I divided on party -lines and by a vote of six to^wo decided to recommend the seating of Wm. F. Aldrlch, Re-publl can.' who contests the seat now held ? f?y Gaston A. Bobbins, Democrat, fax. _lih? Pettrth rang resslon al district of AIaIjmmi. ~ It' *? tt&.ftr3t decision in a <^n Jested, el oc-Uon ?c*?e at rtie present seimton of CongreaA The conte*^. Jtt* basgj on Allege it"TKtImidatlon and raclal prejudice* gnowiu# out of . the appeals for wbke anpiggg^x: 'A paU of Mr. RoMMaft. * ** ANNUAL KliPORT OP COMPTROLLER. Tito State's I'inaiiccH and tlovoriuncnt J I Expense lisilmak. ; Tlit" long expected, but necessarily : delayed annual report of the eomptrol- j lor gonfrnl. upon which financial lcgls- j latU>n has been based. has been issued. I The report presents a cash balance showing the amount actually available J for expenses of the State government j for I WOO to bo $129,574.%. The visible i collectable revenues are: Uncollected taxes for 1899. $025,000; insurance It- j cense fees, $12,000: additional licenses, . $13,000; fees secretary of state's office, : $i.U00, making a total of $(84,574.90. The estimated expenses of the State j government for 1900 are put down at J $W?ti.5lS.90. leaving $121,943.91 which ! must be pivbl from the taxes of 1900. , lu regard to two matters of general ^ interest the report s:iy.s: On the death or Mr. l'\ A- Flo? count v treasurer, and the appointment , of his succci-sor. Mr. 14. I?. Kree II was,', discovered that the rash In Imnk to the rm,it of Mr. r- A ^eo wrf *s-l".Rl | less than tlm amount should have been In hand according to the settlement . made at that time.'-' ' This shortage was a sunrise to all coicernetl. At the time of settlement j o> taxes Tor IS07. in October. 18l?S, Mr. V K Free produced the vert lllcat* of j the cashier of the Hank of liarnwell, that he had .utliclent funds desalted l? hank, with a small amount of cash in hand to cover the balance shown to . be. due by him. If Air. Free was short at that time ; there was nothing in the records to in dicate It. Had tins department 1 iho services of an expert auditing <1 . who could make a thorough cxamina (ion in each instance, and at any time | during the year, mistakes and s bo - ages, such as above mentioned *ould. In mv judgment, be aWdfd. , am -impressed that It would be the part of economy for your body to pro- , Vide for an auditing clerk , charge 1 ; j with this special work, and who in ud- ; i dltlon, could keep the insurance and , ! phosphate records in'Hhls ?n\u. . ; , | observation is that shortages ui j LregularKttrfi occur for the most pa. t ; hy reason of the fact that un i V,;' inexperienced men ?^e _s()?uetl.nt^ j ISlria^e^'omces and undertak A I I important work. With an in?pe^; I or auditing clerk to wtn^sthety^, | IW^^?V^OM<WS TlW?. i An examination of <?'? 1 "usury I the disbursement of the dispensary I " On'Tl.. lftth .lay <>f A!"-!'. ,8M' iiiiUB amonnlluB to ?C1.20?.30 f ? <Tmti?. I-n, i?0'vv^ on j "ttuUon "of "S ?n.l Mm 'ro.ol.Ulon passed, at session IS. S. ^ sir rsss ! irerlMlMd dimculty in Mcn.lnglnfcrrn^ j apportionment. 1 his mi i? whero 1 e^h school district l? m SSi! I I < he sum realized from th . niike ' I Iinfl poll taxes is notsumcient^akc | $76 for each school m the dlstrkt. tn | isss&^ssi I amounting in tli? ^usurers of 30 'HA ai wore Bont to 't-Vio lic?xsu i v.. ...o ! solioola ?r.,000 ' i I superintendent of ?>?<?'' ',? ??? wnt j I The remainder. S43.*T?7.??.?. wa . I to all the counties 'In the Sta I ^n Uordtn* to ?!?"?"" 'nrolled In , the nubile schools. .. ' The $130,000 expended as abOVC. ? If Ihiu show Of force is conunutu. i'"u sr"?d 1 I - ?"* 45 "r r,# ; ,'chlldren. (ieneral Wood Pleased. Havana. Special. ? Oen. Wood return- j ed from an inspection of the instltu- ! tionR of I'lnsr del Rio. The residents j w*?re -highly pleased wlt-h his visit. (Jenernl Wood has congratulated Oen- j era I I>ee on the condition- of -his prov- j ince. Tie found the plantations In cz- ' cellent. condition and all who desired were at work. News Notes. T'he ft?M)re>m> Court of the District of Oc-hinvMa Issued an- order that the Navy Department fiAmft a surrey, appraismee.t ami Inventory of the Sprinted Vessel In/aota. Teresa. This Is a part of^the prorcedinits Wrtnitfht for Kie award of prise money , ? o Admiral Sampson, fet* officers and men. for catftures by the tilted State* fleel during Uie Spanish war. ^ fttilwwl Osrter; rotored. 19 years ?id. was hanged at Onofcerteirt . . Coert iu>h^, V* . aUemptrfd criminal m samH on 4 *-y<mr-q*& <4?lldifs mwdf *-^>ecc4j fnom the nllWM. Warn ij*g.ltegpga ln in?. iBi^ngrfe de Aist frotttootra^tnjrwhfte Wwaen. Tbls Is ?&e second execution 4? VHtlula fcr attempted astcuUt. Dy rr.wmof He frt*a a Mkm BULLER IS BALKED. * lie Comes (<> a Standstill Before the, o Enemy, DAYLIGHT ATTACK NOT POSSIBLE. # ?? A Zone of l-lre Through Which Jfft Rcfuses to Send Ills Infantry- Splow Kop Heights to be Assaulted. ? l tuition. by Cii bio. (ienoral Baler's ^ great tinning movement, of wlilwl ?o much had been expected, has com? to a standstill. HIk carefully worked message to tho War Offlco telling this, after a silence or two days. reads like an apology and explanation. General Warren holds the ridges, but the ene my's positions are higher. The ^7*" i^h a r;il!ery is playing on the Boer po sitions. ami the Boers are replying* British infantry is separated by only 1,100 yards from the enemy. but an ap proach to t he Ht^ep slopes, across the ? bare open would expose the British to ' a fatal litle lire. General BUller's*" plans have reaehwl their development. H0 declines to send his Infantry acrosH this /one against formidable positions ) hy daylight, and discloses h Iff purpose 1 to uKV-stiilt the-Splon kop heights dur ing the night. This appeavs to bo the - key to the Hoor defences. If he takes ? it ami thus commands tlfe adjacent- ^ country, an uni>orluivl and possibly H decisive step will have been accom plished. it seems thut" General Bullef s ^ dispatch reached the War Ofhco rather early in the night and waH the subject or a prolonged conference between * T.ord Kansulowne. Mr. Balfour and era) staff oHlcinls. ^ The lhilU'i' dispatch, a>ll things con-* sidered. looks like piM'jwKl't ion for worse news to some of the nowevpa pers. T\i.rli anient will meet In. live days. The cab-Dirt trad boon hoping for one rallying . Hfnitisih euecees to cheer the country," and to ooIIWIbfiSd gtmTirati* f?upiH)iit for fhnewh -revewue mea?ure\ A, 1110115? these will 'be prob ably an/4iwmi6o in the Income tax to a whiUfng in the pound, but this would only |provi(I^L.t'ho co*l of live week* hos tilities*. ThJ? duties on tobiweo. alco- L hoi, tea and coffee aro llke-ly to T>s ra iwd . The e-aiblntft will meet at the end of t.he week aiwl dlecuss the situation. l*oli Meal von slder'at lows, both foreign and domnfltlci i>rtv " ->n the mllitiwy authorities the Hi* ?f ?sixf^Mly accomplishing son r ......... thorith* may ba.v * urge General Bui _ ... his great operation w^ pre paration. ApparoiSryW mStA Roberta hu? nothing wihiaiteve*' to do with .Cien eral HuIU-t's operations. Gewxnal Bul lor ami the War Office co-mmunCcate with eaeli other direct. The Dally (Throwieio publiehtea the following, heliograplied ?ro*n Laxly sm'ifch dated Jamuory 22, by way of Swart/, kop. January 23d: "Y?yt*r<lay , we could see llritlsh Shells bunating closo to the Hoot catfnp oa tihe plutmn this side of Potgletere drift, 1>u* - camp still remchlius in portion tAere u to-day. We heaavl ho-.ivy firing ? - maiming. The Jhwo t? slack, but the hhg gun on Mount uui wana is still bring. Impelled Prom The Party. Augusta. Ga., Special? W. H. Stal Hngs, Republican postmaster of Au guKtn, has been "expollod" from the Republican party by tiegroen lnl?on.tf"; of the people of the warty in ? this country. He presented hinweK r?*?> ter for selection or dele?at*s to^ tbo state and national oomrentlen, and. was denied the privilege on the grou^d that ho was expelled. This action JfCa* taken becaune -he refrtse/T lo aP^' a' nog 10 na?ne<l WUwberley as aesi?ant lH>b-:tmaster. Prohibition Convention. Chicago. HI., Special. ? The following call for tfic national Prohibition con vention has been Issued: The nation- % nl convention of the Prohibition party to nominate candidates (or 'President and Vice President of the United States, and to transact such other bus iness a* may properly come before li> Is her?i>y ?'aHert to lifeet at the collse? um, in the city of Chicago, 111., at 10< o'clock a. m., on Wednesday^ J?ne27, 1900. _ t> Telegraphic Briefs. The President sentt&e following nominations to the Senate, Army? to be brigadier general of the Uaite* States volunteer*, Cotoasl (ho. Jt - States army; Colonel M. Ml, Twenty-seventh InfamT^ U?|l*t - States volewteen. ^ A specie! from Greesktille. TseSU, says Mrs. M. J Fettecfea. tfcs eety-Ur^ r in* t3W? or AsJrw JacfcMML la <_* caily 111 at Ih^e pectedio I^She lejOWW^ceouaf^ .????? - " ? ?/. - -r> The sngrof l^ w> hag ^