The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 17, 1905, Image 1
US PROBLEM NBU
Speech By President Roosevelt At
Lincoln Dinner
IS CONSERVATIVE IN EXPRESSION
1 >?e Chief Executive Appeals to tho
'North For Added Friendliness to the
M * ' 1
8outh Because of Condition* For
Which the South is Not Alone Re
sponsible and Makes Acknowledge
ments to Crusaders Again3t Lynch
ing?Backward Race Must be Train
ed Without Impeding Forward Race
? Must Maintain Race Purity.
Now York, Special. ? As thtt guest
of honor at the Lincoln dinner of the
Republican Club in tills city Monday
night, President "RooKovclt tti?ulo >a
npeech on the "raco problem. - He np-'
jiealed to the North to make its friend
ship for the South, all tho tfrealtr he
couso of t he "embarrassment of condi
tions for which, she is not 'alone re
sponsible," declared that the heartiest
acknowledgements are due to the min
isters law officers, grand jurioS, pub
lip mon and "great daily newspapers
In the South who -have recently done
tuch effect ivo work "in leading the cru
sado against lynching," and said that
tho pVoblcm 'was to "so adjust I he re
lations between two raocs of different
ethnic type, that tho backward raco
ho trained so that, it may enter into
tho possession of Uuo. freedom, while
the forward race is enabled to pre
serve unharmed tho high civilization
wrought out. by its forefathers."
Among other things the President
said;
The President's Address.
In his second inaugural, in a speech
which will he read as long as tho mem
ory o( this nation endures, , Abraham
Lincoln closed by saying:
'With malice toward none; with
charity for all; with firmness in tho
right, us God gives us to see the right,
let us strive on to finish tho work
wo are in; * * to do all which may
achieve nnd cherish a just and lasting
peace among ourselves, and with all
nations."
'.mmedialely aftor his re-election he
had already spoken thus:
"Tho strife of tho election is but
human, nature practically applied to
tho facts of the case. What has oc
curred In this case must evex recur in-'
similar cases. Human nature will not
?change. In any future great national
tjdul, compared with' the men of this.
*vo shall have as weak and as strong,
as silly and as wise, as bad and as
cood. Let us, therefore, study the in
cidents of this as philosophy to learn
wisdom from, and none of them as
wrongs to be revenged. * * * May
r.at all having a common interest re
unite in a common effort to (servo)
our com cu>u country? For my own
part I have striven and shall strive to
avoid placing any obstacle in the.
viay. So long a3 I have been here I
rove not willingly planted a thorn in
tiny man's hoaom.. While I am deeply
sensiblo to 'the high compliment of
a rojfrlectjon, and duly grateful, as I
to A Imlffhlu n?-vrl Ko,r!??
rceted my countrymen to a right con
clusion, cisT think, for their owii good,
?t adds nothing to my satisfaction that
any other man may be disappointed
or pained by the remit.
"May I ask those who have not dif
fered wHh me to join me in this same
spirit toward those who have?"
VICE NEGRO'S ARCH ENEMY.
I^aziness and shiftlessness, these, and
above all. vice and criminality of
every kind, are evils more potent for
harm to the black race than all acts
of oppression of white men put to-*
gether. The colored man who fails to
condemn crime in another polorcd man,
who fails to co-operate in all lawful
ways to bringing colored criminals to
justice, is the worsl enemy of his own J
people, as well as an enemy to all tho, i
people, l^aw-abiding men should, for j
the sake of their raco, bo foremost in
relentless and unceasing warfare i
against law-breaking black men. If
tho standards of private morality And
Industrial efficiency can be raised hiph
chough among- the blayk raco. then, its
future on llils cSntlherit fs secure. Tho
stability and purity of -the., home is
vital to the wclfare' of the black- race;
as It is to the welfare of every race.
NEIGHBORS HEUP MQST
In the next place, the \vhltfc. mart,
?who. If only he Is willing, ffln htip the ?
colored man more than nil other white
men put together, is the white man
?who is his neighbor, North or South.
Each of vjs must do his whole duty
without flinching, and if that duty is
rational it must he done in accord
ance with the principles above laid
down, nut in endeavoring each to be
his brother's keeper it is wise to re
member that each can normally do
most for the brother who is his im
mediate neighbor. If we are sincere
fi^rnrin of the negro let each. -In -hls.
djyn locality show It by ht* action
therein, and let us cach show It also
by upholding the-bands-of the- white
man. in whatever locality who Is striv
ing to do justice to the poor and the
helpless, to be a shield to those .whose
^nccd for such a shield is-gi^at.
V$8S8AWMi? xtsSt uvNCHWa
The heartiest acknowledgements are
due to the ministers, tbe Judges and
liw officers, the grand Jurors, the pub
lic m*n a*d great dally news
papers in tbe Pouth. who have recent
ly d ??? such effective work in leading
the cm?<te against lynching in the
SoutW and t am ?l?d to say that dur
ing UMMt three months tho returns
us far as they can be gathered, ahow
a smaller number of lynehinga than for
. Afivtother two months during tho last
twenty years. Let us uphold In every
the hands of tbe men who have ?
i?d in Ibis work, ahn are.gtrlTliig t? do_
?5i their work In this spirit. I am
gffrfl fi y&uitcm tUv&ddreaa of tfce
I
j Ufphi Reverend Hubert Strang*?. Hl?h
j on coadjutor of North (\Uii1ma, as
j given in tlu> Southern Churchman of
, October k. tou^i
i Ml SI" MAINTAIN HACK PURITY.
The bishop 11 rat en tin* ftii emphatic
i plea against m?.y social intermingling
j of t li? fare's: a question which oiuat, of
| course, be left to the people of each
| community to serttlo for themselves, ao
in such a matter no opo community
j and Indeed no one individual? -cal\ <lie
tate to any other; at ways provided that
in each' locality men keep in mind the
fact (hat thero must no c.oAfOslng
of civil privileges with nrvolai inter
course. Civil I'-i+r must not regulate so- I
cial practices, Society, a.s such, Is a law
nnto itself, and will always regulate j
Its own practices and habits. Full j
recognition of t Tie fundamental fact j
that all men should stand on an equal
footing, as regards civil privileges, i 11
no way interferes with recognition of
tlie further fact that all e?/V'<vtirig
men of both ra? ar^ united in fe?'lThg
that ra?>^ jbirity must be maintained. '
NATIONAL DIC ST IN V SAK1.\
Let lis he steadfact for the right; but j
let us err on the aide of generosity
rather tht\h on the side of vindictive
tiObs toward those who differ from its |
as 10 the method ot attaining ?iie right. i
let us never forget oil,- duty to help in j
uplifting tho ' lowly, to shield from !
VrVl/ng the humble; and let us likewise
act in a spirit of the broadest h and i
frankest generosity toward Our broth- j
ei?j, all our f?>llo\<-< br-ntrymen ; In a |
ttljirit proceeding not from weakr.ess
"but no ill strength, a spirit which takes i
h(i more account of locality than it
does of class or of erred; a spirit which
is resolutely bent on seeing that the
Union which Washington founded and
which Lincoln aavt?d from de ?truotion
shall grow nobler and greater through
out thft ages. <) -
I believe in this country with all my |
heart and soul. I believe that our peo- j
pie will in the end fisli level to every !
need, will lb the end triumph over
evCry difficulty that rises before them.
I could not have such confident faith in
the destif|>' of this mighty people if I
had it merely Ua regards one portion of
that people. Throughout our land i
things on the whole have grown better j
and not worse, and this is as true of ,
one part of the country as it fs of j
another. 1 believe in the Southerner as j
I believe in the Northerner. I claim tb& |
right to feel pride i>j his great qualities |
and In his great deeds exactly as I feel !
pride in the great qualities and deeds of |
every other American. Fbr weal or for ,
woe we are knit together, and we shall
go up or go down together; and 1 be
lieve that we shall go up and not down,
that we shall go forward insted of halt
ing and falling back, because 1 have !
an abiding faith in the generosity, the 1
courage, the resolution, and the com- j
mon sense of'all my countrymen.
PROBLEMS WILL VANISH.
The Southern States face difficult j
problems; and so do the Northern j
States. Some of the problems are (ho i
. same for (he entire country. Others
exist in greater intensity in one sec
tion; and yet others exist in greater
intensity in another section. lint, in the |
end they will all be solved; for funda
S ant-ally our people are the same
roughout tliijp land; (lie same in
?qualities of heart ai\J brain and hand
which have made this republic what it
is in the great today; which will make j
?it what it Is to be in the infinitely ]
greater tomorrow. I admire and re- i
spoct and believe In and have faith in j
the men and women of the Sou(h as j
I admire and respect and believe in i
and have faith in the men and women
of the North. All of us alike, North
erners and Southerners Easterners and
Westerners, can best prove our fealty
to the nation's past by the way in
which we do the nation's work in the
prosent; for only thus can wo be euro
that our children's children shall in
herit Abraham Lincoln's single-heart- |
ed devotion to tho great unchanging j
creed that "righteousness exalteth a I
nation." , !
NWWS OF THE FA II EAST. I
[ (leneral Dcmbowskl, of the Russian !
was wounded in Manchuria.
^f<Mo artillery than lit any former
battle in history was engaged in the
battle on the linn River
Oy?.ma reports that the Russians loft j
1200 <1 r* n (1 oil the battlefield at the hat- j
tie of the Sha River.
Tlie Japanese reported that Chinese
troop*, accompanied Mistehenko's Cos
?acks osi the raid against Xewchjvang
General fJrlpenhorg left the front.
Kuropatkln remains in supreme com
mand of t lie Russian forces in Manchu
ria.
Russian cavalry raided a town in I
Northeastern Korea. miles from ;
Vladivostok, held it four days, then re
tired north..
* ? A dispatch from Toklo said that the
losses of the Rnssians.ln the recent
hat tie 'were 10.000 men. and those of
the Japanese f?000
Roland continue'* to lie a centre of
disturbance. Fifteen thousand strik
ers marching on Warsaw were dis
persed by' Cossacks.
4 ! ' i
The'Cfhinese Minister called on Chan- j
ccllor ron Ruelow in Reiiin. and gave j
I > i ni most positive assura m-os that |
China is not infringing, neutrality.
Advices from Russian headquarters
in Manchuria say that the armies are j
In their former positions. The cold |
weather caused intense suffering to tlie !
Russian wounded.
Sharp fighting took place betweeri j
forces of (Jeneral Knroki nnd the Rns- j
left, affording to d' dispatch from :
?Mukden. Thousands of wounded men j
"arrived at the hospitals.
Admiral Kamimura has left Tokio to
rejoin his squadron, it having been re
i ported that the Vladivostok warships
were agaiu ready for service. Thirteen
junks With f.OO refugees from Port Ar
thur on board arrived at Chefoo.
Eleven junks were missing.
Heiies of Presidsnt Jackson.
Oi^envillp C. Smith of Ipswich hai
presented the MSine Historical poc.ietj
with so mo Interesting rolics of Presl
Cent Andrew Jackson, The relics con
sis of a lock of hair cut from the heac
of President Jackson a few hours be
fore his death, a letter from John Ap
nloton of the navy department and th<
commission as brigadier general o
John W. Smith of Portland, signed bj
by R. I*. Taney, t&en ?ccrettry of U?'
?'*??*
Many Newsy Items Gathered From
all Sections.
General Cotton Market.
(Jul vpston, steady f 11 -10
New OllWihs, firm 7%
prtsy ?'}?
Savannah, quiet 7Vj
Charh'^ton, quiet 7 Vi
Wilmington, rtcady 7l,i
Norfolk, firm 7 V*
Ifcilt imorc, nominal 7"Hj
Now York, quiet 7. SO
Homoij, quiot 7. SO
| Philadelphia, quie( 8. 05
Houston, steady 7 O-lo
Au^iiHrti quiet 7 <m<>
?L>MaaiilkqQ^> iiLi'i&d}, *?; . t ? / . . . ^
St. Louis, quiet .... .... 7>/j
I/iulsvilib, firm 7 IMG
Charlotte Cotton Market.
These figures represent prices paid
to wagons:
Strict good middling 7%
; tiobfl middling 7 *4
I Strict middling 7'/k
Middling 7'ij
Tinges ti to 7
' Stnln? 5 in G
An Unusual Occurrence.
Winnsboro, Special ?The unusual o?
i ourreiice of two funerals at the Tte.i
hyterian chureh at the same time was
witnessed here Wednesday. The funo
lals of Mrs. S. A. Hoylston and Wil
liam Orr Sloan were held at the Lres- .
! hyterian church at 12 o'clock, Mrs.
, Hoylslon wart ihterred in the Presby
terian cemetery and then Mr. Sloan's
! l?ody was taken to the Associate P.e
| formed Presbyterian cemetery. Among
Mrs. lloylston's pall bearers were J.
i J. Nell .Sr., Picston ltion, W. D.
| Douglass. Longstrtet (Jantt, S. D.
j Dunn, D. V. Walkt.r and J. J. Obear.
| Mr. Sloan's pall hearers were: Ilon
I Diary, Dr. J. C. Hucauan, W. A. Beatu,
| A. D*. Hood and S. 1). Dunn; active,
George F. Lauderdale, Jr.. J. McC'ants
Douglas*, Teasel Clarke, Jas. L. Bry
j son, Jr., John L. Hardin arid Henry E.
i Matthews. Rev. S. C. Byrd held the
?er vices over both bodies.
/
A Gruesome Find.
Union. Special.? A gruesome find was
l ri ade at the Monarch cotton .mills
i Wednesday afternoon when as the cot
| ton was drawn through the lens black
suction pipe Into the picker rcom, in
| tie midst of which, as it fell out, wa
j a long black withered finger.
The missing member was apparently
the third finger of the left hand and
the nail still remained on it. Where
the cotton the finger was found i *i
| came from of course cannot be asr-er^
I ained, but it is thought it. must have
been here in Union county, as Monarch
mills is a heavy buyer of Union county
I raised cotton.
South Qarolina Items.
Polk Odom shot and killed Houston
H. Hembree near llolly Springs, Spar
tanburg county. Odom has been arrest
ed and lodged In the county jail. From
what could he gathered concerning the
tragedy, it appears that Houston Hem
bree and two of his sons were out look
ing for the wife of Thomas Hembree,
son of the deceased, yesterday .after
noon. Fume of the. party carried guns,
ns it was good rabbit hunting weather.
They halted near the house of Odom, a
neighbor, and inquired if Tlios. Ilem
breo's wife was there. Odom said she
was not and Houston Hembree, who
made the inquiry, started off. His sons
testified that a short time afterwards
Odom shot at Houston Hembree, In
flicting a wound in the right leg, the
bullet severing the femoral artery. The
man walked about two miles and final
ly bird to death. After the fatal wound
had been inflicted, Odom and one of the
sons of the deceased fired at each other
four times. None of the volleys took ef
fect. The inquest was held by Acting
Coroner llolt and the verdict of the
jury was the deceased came to his death
from a gunshot wound Inflicted by
Polk Odom. Deputy Sheriff White ar
icsted Odom at his home. The prisoner
id a young man about 25 ywirs old. The
victim was about 50 years' old, and
a wife and eight children survive him.
Mr. Johnson Saylc Watson, a well
known citizen of Greenwood county,
died at his home here Monday after a
long illness. Ho was in his 55th voar,
having been horn November 7. 18~>0.
He was reared at Phoenix, in this
county, by his grandfather, the late
Johnson Saylc. He was known as a cit
izen who, respecting the law and lov
ipg order at all times, wa? faithful to
his State. IIo was burled here Wednes
day at 11 o'clock. Hr leaves, besides his
bereaved widow, one child. H. h. Wat
son, one sifter. Mrs. R. T,. Woscley, and
one half brother, Joe l>ake.
As to Duke's Sanity.
New York, Spocial.? The question of
whether llrodlc L. Duke- of Durham,
N. C., is competent to manage himself
and his property, was submitted to n
Jury by a decision of Justice I^even
tiitt, in the Supremo Court. The peti
tion for a commission to decide
whether Mr. Duke is competent was
fllod by his son. B. Laurence Duke. The
motion was opoptsed by Mrs. Alice
Webh-Duke, to whom Duke was mar
ried in December last.
A Distressing Accident.
Elloree, Special.? Charles Livingston,
a young man about 21 years old, while ;
adjusting a belt at A. L. Ott? ginnery
w4s caught In the shafting and bottn
arms and legs were broken. The body i
of the young man "wtt trapped '
around the shafting, In a most toftur- |
ing manner, mutilating the flesh of h?s
legs and breast before assistance eonld
reach him-. Medical aid was quickly
summoned and all that is possible Is
Lcins done to a*vo 0>e vount man. At
this writing thepeUent is resting fair
wtU. but grave doubts fa to fel* re
covery .
PALM E T TO LAWMAKERS
The House and Senate Getting Down
to Solid Work.
The entire time of the senate Ttiea
I day night was devoted i a discussion
If ih?> ten circuit bill and the cud i*
hot yet. The tippoie ms of the hill
founded their speeche., on eonsiutlonal
technicalities Init the mi, porters u.ol<
a broader \ lew and hel.l iuat ho mere
technicalities should slant tit the way j
I of progress and relief from congestion
| in the courts, **r
Senator Brown mov?-,i t? postpone i
! the consideration of il.< i,. i until the
text session hut Senator iim?d moved
to tahle this.
COMMITTKK KKI'DUTRl),
The joint committee appointed from '
! thR house nnd sOMlte dnr.r.? the sos* i
shut of It, Inve'st U;ate ilu. hooks j
iiUld ifmnyils MS. Stat.' oiii, .>rs, yes |
j terydriy inude their report to me gen j
j era I assembly. The report on the see
: retary of state's offtcc appears On iHo
I fat e of it to he a condemnation or
j rather a relinks of lax methods of that :
[ ifiice. The committee has heen thor
ough in its investigation and has not ;
I spared words. ? Columbia State.
flOUbli.
! By a vote of 08 to :i I ih<> house o? I
! representatives Tuesday night put II- i
self on record as favoring the orlgl- j
nai "Brice hill." This hill was Intro- j
ducod hy Mr. Toole of Aiken, and was
[the identhnl hill presented by Senator '
! Mrif'O of York last y^ar. The vat - 1
i last year was li> to <><;, the inajoritv !
! being i ti favor of placing the odious i
half tax' on the counties voting out
j the dispensary. ?
Among the. new' hills introdiued
j WIM
Senator Butler ? Fixing t ho time for!
I holding Courts in the several < ire-.iits I
I This bill is conditional to the passage j
1 of the. ten circuit bill.
j Senator Butler ? T) incorporate th^j
] Cherokee, Union and Spartanburg rail ;
| way.
Senator McOownu ? To ineorpoi site !
the Reedy ltlver Bower Company.
| At. the morning session of t,he sen
i at'* third reading hills on the calendar j
! were read and debate begun on the j
\ 10 circuit bill but this was interrupted j
j hy the vinlt <if the house so that acts i
; might be ratified. !
act HATinrcn.
j Debate was then curtailed by the en |
! trance of the speaker and clerk to !
I ratify acts made into laws a-; follow.-;: j
To allow county treasurer of Ches
! lei' to borrow funds. I
| To prohibit trespass.
! To allow Clio school district in Marl :
| boro to issue bonds, .
To dispense of nil money:; in State I
} treasury known as direct tax fund s. j
Ceding to government certain lands
i on Suilivsn'M Island.
j Amending law relating to powers of
trustees of the S. C. M. A.
For the protection of aids to navi- \
gation established hy the United*
States lighthouse hoard.
Fixing liability of stockholders in
banks.
After ratification was over It was
! not long until the senate adjourned
I until evening.
The house sent word that It refused
to Include traction engines In the pro
visions of the automobile 1)111 and the
president appointed Senators McLcod
and Warren as members of a confer
ence committee on this amendment.
The historical commission bill from
the hou^e was amended on motion of
Senator \C. L. Hlease by reducing the
salary ?of the clerk from $1,200; to
#1.000. The bill which thev^nate jsc n|
vp the house bail the amonnt of $7,000.
^Hie bill known ns th(/"hti^lrJlnonial
law\was killed.
ThK House, by a vote of 77 to 20,
refU8e\~to kftr Mr. b. O. Patterson's
Mil for the establishment of an in
dustrial school for boys at a cost of
$j.j,000. It then passed, the bill amend
ed so as to reduce the amount -to $r?,
000. but requiring the penitentiary peo
ple to furnish tno necessary convicts
without expense for the ( onstruction of
the original buildings. An amendment
also requires three of the seven trus
tees to be women. The board is to !
select the place for the school.
The Senate passed the tenth circuit
bill, amended so as not to interfere
with the present arrangements regard
ing judges and solicitors. It makes a
ninth circuit out of (Jreenville, Ajpder
'?on, Oconee and Pickens, and a vpntb
circuit out of Charleston, Heaufort and
Herkeley.
Answering the invitation to address
the Assembly on t be 9th, In the inter
est of the Jamestown Exposition, ^ien
.eral Fitzhugh Lee wired bis regrets
from Washington, saying thnt on that
day the matter would come up In Con
| gross, and lie could not reach South
Carolina, lie suggested that the mat
ter could he attended to ne\| year,
but thought it might be best for tiio
Senate to take action now along t lie
lines suggested in bis letter of a few
days ago. *
One of the Interesting features of
House legislation so far was the de
cisive majority with which that body
lnsi night passed the Toole hill, which
eliminates the tax feature from the
j Tlrlce act, allowing counties to vote out
I their "dispensaries. * The Senate has
killed a somewhat similar measure, but
the Senate hill went further, arjfl al
lowed not only counties, but. commun
ities, to vote out their dispensaries,
and the friends of the Toole bill are
by no means discouraged with the
prospects of its passing the Senate.
To hold thl3 proviso of half a mill t?x
over the heads of those counties de
siring or which might desire to vote
out their dispensaries is lookc.l npou
an a threat, which is being resented.
The handwriting upon the wall h:??
been brought Into -bold relief by the
action of the Hous^ which comes
freshest from the peopie.
In the House of Representatives
Thursday, there was a final tight on
Mr.Paltcrron's bill to establish an in
dustrial school for boys.
The ten-hour labor bill was killed,
as whs alfo the inheritance tax bill.
* Col. D O. Herbert's bill to codify
the militia laws of the State was
pushed by the Houcr. Col. Herbert ex
plained that the laws of this State are
in I m perfect condition, and the bill
i would rc-cnact those laws with a num
ber of dcsiraldo changes. The bill pro
! vldes for no appropriathHF, although 'it <
i does Increue the salary of the adju
tant gercWl from $1,500 to $1,900. He
r showed tone instances in which there
is do warrant of law for the ipllltta or- j
f*&U?Uon; It no statute to pro- '
Title for tbrte major* % itftvHfftt, tl?
I J i . ? ? ? ? t I'VftV r MS ll'M't" nri- ?
."'I : to v iM ('.?? mairiei > ( or
f;.uit /.it i< hi : S.'atiM Tlifi >? v.:i<
lio ojipot-ii ?, :i | ; <;:? t : ! i
'I i I ?? III I l-l i' \ ? || 1 1 | ?? ( ' I ? II ' ? ? I 1U>
ways an I i.:< .w..- . oinir.:u?,<''s t :'! to
I ' I "V I de fur .t . .M-n-itli ?? in' live t < < j ?? -
speil the ho.i\?, ill..! \ ?'i;< ii?>- i.f t ! : ? ?
State trcaau.i:;. vuuihud.lu .
? ?-i retai y i i ? 1 1 . :ii. i m 1 1 1\ l ' i !*. ins.!
ft till III i i i !l '!'!.? i i>:it:iii(?> C Iri.t Ik:*
I0|0!'f rOll.si: t ?? I . I 1,1 < 0 if.crr. lif | s 1 1, ; I
Mr. Moi'fi i Njii.iii./'.l i hat i!^ woi i? H
\ t'r> In/ay y t tin . . n; in : ? : ? ? .u? ? ?
tlii'.f h.v |ri\ my ,i I n. ? ip".:ii!i<-, of
11)1 Ill' | * iill-1 ? : ? 1 . ? I . J i K- tin- Witl'iv
'li t' ^rint" i' ;?> ! to the t< n ?-ir
euit hill and made a slight ? hange".
la joint session a<ts were latilicd an
follows:
Issuing ?< liv,<il hen la in district No. '
M in Orangeburg.
Amending tlit> ait requiring pajnient ;
of license fees i correct# an error I.
delating t ?"? hoard of trustee* of
*i'rnsi).vi? rtuir College 'o*i Soi/.'u V liio- '
Una
Having Stati' Treasurer issue
rate histoid of (riidhate itveipts.
Amending la'v relating tn prima ry
elect ions.
Ilntify ing charier of Parr . SlioalB
row ?'i i ojii|)<iii>
Allowing eoun I > I't'in in issj< ihm s <>f
lav to boriow money.
K'dftting to li muI i.T.uo for court
home iit ( ".liiitii u.
Klecting town auditor for I'nion.
Validating i-'uie of two I ? ?t m in Dar
lington to \\'. I lfwii t .
Kclating io r.; l>ools dis! rift a of Ma
lion. M ul I in.:. Dillon ;ui.l l.aila.
Fixing time for eie. tiny inistccn in
Kafdcy s. Ih'oI dist rii t .
Providian for r?\ippralHenient ami
taxation <1 ffit ihi abandons I rice
fi< Ids.
Author a/ins1, town of Wagener to is
sue bonds.
Author i/.ing s< hmd district No. <'?."> of
Orangeburg to is.-u:e homls.
Authorizing H' liool dist rirt No. 70 in
Orangeburg to i: sue bonds.
Developing dtit it's of hoard of public
work* on town oiic.i . il and HvaHUier
and ? ! rU of Oal'i to >*.
Although t In ? ^"iiate was too digni
fied to confess it. it adjourned until
II o'clock thi>: morning so that the
senators mi? 'it e.o to Die ininst rela
last welling. 'i!i"ie was no night ses
Hon, as all wanti d to attend the the
atre.
The Ctemson Bill.
Debate began Kriday in the senate
on tho Pollock hill. Till:- Is the house
I ill in establish nl Winthrop nn in
I spot-lion bun-ait in examine fertilizers. I
j t'lenison now derives tho total income i
i from the privilege tax and if tho hill
| pas cs the M>tiato Winthrop will ho a
j part henolh iary in it .
' ? * 1 ? * ? hill lt:i s h<vn on thi' calendar
j for some time, over since it canto over
j from t he house. Senator W. J. John
:i.> 11 has on tile senate calendar a sim
iiar hill hut hp will let it rest now
that tiie Pollock hnl has arrived.
A f:ood deal of speech making was
j engaged in Friday 'on this hill, hut no
| action was taken, lis consideration
occupied hoth I he morning and even
j Ing session.
The houuo of reprosontntivoK has
declined to pass any legislation to
amend the dispensary law. Saturday
the senate hill was considered as a
substitute for Mr. Brantley's hill, and
the whole matter was indefinitely post
poned after a long fight.
Will Increase Levy.
The "supply hill," or the bill to fix
the levy for taxes for the current
y.par, was given second reading In tho
house of representatives Saturday.
The levy for State and county pur
poses is, raised in tin* bill from 5 to
f> tti! mills. This is the first time in
two score years that the levy has ex
ceeded 5 mills. This bill occupied prac
tically the entire time in the IMuse.
In the Senate routine business only
was considered. Many metiers were
absent.
TIIB HALLS Oh' CON'tJItKSS.
The Senate considered the Statehood
bill.
Ti n House considered I lie Postofilco
j Appropriation l.d!l.
The Post office Appropriation bill was
! tinder cons ignition by the House.
Two battle f'hiprf iiiv the only now
navy vessels to l> ? aiilhorl/.cd by Con
gress t his s! s.-:0:i.
Ilepubr ans- agreed (?> p:tv? the Town
send-Kseh r.il'-rru'.ilaiioit bill at this
session of ( 'on ifre.se.
Tho reply of th.' 11 :i*.ts?> manacors to
Judge Swaync's i ! :> of not guilty was
received I y the Sc;,ale.
Senator ('raiv intfod!!,-ed ,?? bill ap
propriating S_'"o.i,;io for the establish
men! of a hp.-o-.u i?m fur the segrega
tion <-f lepers.
Itcprrs^ntative T T n ? !. r>f Iowa, hns In
troduced a i^li pmvidintr for nn annual
j appropriation of s 1 ooo.ooo for the pro
i motion of ritle practice,
The Senate passed n measure to curb
? ovor-enpMn li/:i i ion of corporations in
I the District of Columbia, and a hill to
i prevent express companies cairying ob
s. .'lie l^eraf lire.
't'h" Inadershin of ,T din Sharp Will
liuns was pr.ieti-aliy repudiated when
the Democrats broke away from him
and In large numbers voted against the
Senate Army Appropriation bill ninend
inents.
Senator Dillingham introduced a hill
directing that the name of Ksther A.
Damon, widow of Noah Damon, iate of
Massachusetts troop-. Kevoiut ion.iry*
War. be placed on the pension iol! at
the rate of I a month.
I'llmpr Dover, of Ohio, assistant see
retiiry of the Ttopuhliran National Com
mit t<-e, and formes' private secretary
to t he late Senator Manna, has de
clined t lie tender by the President of
the Assistant Secretaryship of the
Treasury to become vacant on the re
tirement of Robert I?. Armstrong. ?.
! Blind JJan'a Excuse Held Gocd.
A blind man nam^d Green made a
J .Mirlous defense at Birmingham, Eng
! land, to a chargc of .smashing a plate
l ghjso window worth ?15. He had
he on blind, ho said, for seven years. On
tho right In question he crlcd for as
sistance to cross the road, but no one
I came. Then ho heard s-omeone at a
; distance and struck at What used,
j when ho could see, to ho l>oarda suf
i rounding waste ground. He was as
: tonished wh6n bo iw*rti the sound t>f
j broke a glass. Tbo Jury acquitted
Mi? tn<rtre to difcbarfed. 1
financial legislation
IV ill the Franchise Tax Uc Sufficient
to Briny the He venues up to Meet
the Deficiencies?
From u romprchcnsi ve resume of tlui
l.eg'isdat nre's work last week in Mon
r4 rt y t? Columbia State wo cult tho fol
low i n k :
I he appropriation bill was followed
by the supply hill, whhh provide*!
for an Increase in the levy from 6
mills fo 5 11?. Tho appropriat ioila
(his v< m(' will bo iihout (lie same a.i
last y^ar on account of certain i n
rreases, which will make up tho
amount set aside last year for the
Hampton monument. f*>r the general
| fie; lion expenses ami for other ex
traordinary expenditures which will
imt he duplicated tills year.
The total amount of taxable prop
erty in the State last year was $210,
t H!l I, s."? I. At an assessment of ?> mllla
*1*? ? t* 'irtt'rt;;,.' (o rti9 would ho
* I. or. I ti.V.l. 27. At 5 1-2 nil lib tlio In
j come would he $1,150.825 20. To t'li
| may he added Insurance license fees,
j will h were $:it;,000 last year, fees to
! secretary of state, w hich were $14,
ui.O last year. Thin \vould make j>.
i?'i Ml fit 1 1 ,20?;.S2.">. which is even more
? than the appropriation hill carries,
il.ast year the comptroller general
! turned into the state treasury $(>1,812
i which had not heen used out of the
(appropriations. In 1905 prohahly
! $10,00(1 will he turned hack. The es
timated income from the franchise
?tax is $75,000. It harely possible
| that this amount with the estimated
j unexpended appropriations would be
j sutllcient to balance the income an I
the expenditures for 1905 without the
, nocesidtv or the. additional half iniil
, which would brim; in $105. 1(15.
Theoretically there was a deilelt of
j $so.OO() for (lie year 1904, although
tlu> deficit will he less than half of
| that amount as the $20,000 sot aside
j for the Hampton monument was not
j used, and the $20,000 appropriated for
"past due interest likely to accrue"
; was not taken up. this sum helm*. set
| aside more to meet emergencies thai|
j to pay any definite claims. There
| were other appropriations', ? for last
year which were not entirely taken
up, for the amounts appropriated are
frequently a little more than is actual
ly required. This year the income of
| llu* Stilt*1 will l*> reinforced by tho
i receipts from the franchise tax. It is
| nil imichh work as Vf> How much tills
will ho hut if anything 11 U?* $75,000
will ho received, the: State ought to
have no deficit at the end of the year.
Among the items of expense hint
] year not Included in the appropriation
bill this year are the following:
South Carolina college, extra 5,000
Citadel, extra 10,000
Cedar Springs, extra 2.500
Claims (5,000
Hampton monument 20.000']
Uopnirs on Chlramauga inonu
nient 2.500
Supervisors of Registration .... 0.150
General election expenses .. ..$25,000
.1. y[. Bakor ( Mlack papers) .... 1,000
lya
lu
?n .' 1 .000
total . $71). 750
But. these items of saving are off
set. hy the following . now matters in
cluded In tho appropriation bill:
Governor's office, special fund to
enforce laws against lynch
ing; if so much be needed..! 2. BOO
Comptroller general, additional
cleric for franchiso tax 1,100
Secretary of state, fireproof
cases 2,500
Militia (additional) 7,000
Treasurer, extra clerk hire.... v 000
Supremo court, one stenogra
pher for each Justice 2,000
State board of health, addi
tional 500
Wlnthrop College 5V?30
Colored Cologe. 2,500
^tate hospital (Including Insur
ance, $6,000) 23,000
Clerk, historical commission . . 1500
Fireproof cases, historical com
mission 2.500
Fireproof cases, comptroller gen
eral 2,500
Arithmometer, comptroller gen
eral 400
Refund loan, Gov. Heywood
Eutawvllle case 1,807
Repairs and fuel, governor's
mansion 750
Rfflrd's digest.../ 300
State hoard, medical examiners 500
vV
Total $55,847
To this $55,847 must he added $12.
000 for two additional Judges, solici
tors and stenographers; $0,000 for the
Stale armory and $5,000 for the State
reformatory. These were not Included
in the hill as it; was cent to the sen
ate. These ar<.i
ual expense, as <
lug $7,500 for k
large items of unus
*.??? the Items aggregat
ed filing cabinets for
the State houso\ and $7,000 additional
for the militia; \and $2,000 for steno
graphers for supiVnio court Justices.
Tho appropriations In the bill
amount to $l,148,0t>p. which must be in
creased by the Ihrefe Items just named
in thd foregoing paragraph. In ad
dition fo this the legislative appropri
ation bill with a total -of $47,000. ?
The appropriation bill of this year
contains an error In that an item is
Inserted for the governor to use $5,000
for repairs on the State house. That
Item was copied out of a former act
which permitted the. governor to mako
emergency repairs on the celling of
the State capltol In case any of It
should fall down. The celling Is there
ypt. There Is now a State house com*
mis-don to take chargo yf such mat
ters and tho commission la not work
ing under an appropriation, but has
a loan from t no fclnklng fund commis
sion. Another error In tho appropria
tion bli. is the omission therefrom of
an item for the pay of the circuit
so'lcltors. This amount was $12,300
last year* but will be Increased th
year account ct tn.> two additional
circuits.
Killed By Senate's Wife.
W. .prftehburg, a Jew peddlor, was
shot a"nd killed by tho wife of Senates
J. D Bivons. of Dorchester*. The
cruse <SF the killing that tfreen
burg had been annoying Mrs. B^yenp.
Newa of the Day.
We do not need to wonder whether
we are purfUhcd for our sins, when wo
k "? w_ *'e Hf6 punished by them. I
Andrew Goudy. In wiping, killed
Mrs* J. Hi ** *
DOINGS IN CONGRESS
The Senate and Itoune Regularly at
Work?What They are Doing.
After nearly four day.t of dismission,
tht' 1 louse, by a vote ? > |* to 17, jmhs
td tho Ksch-Townsend hill, providing
for tho reputation ot1 freight ratrn. Thn
nogntivo vote was made up of 11 Re
publicans aiul six Homo. -rats.
'1 he closing hours of the debate wore
occupied by Messrs. Williams, of Mis
*!tfslppl, t ho minority loader, and ilep
SiUiii, :?f Iowa. chairman of tho com
mi t loo whloli reported tho bill. Mr.
Williams, whilo supporting tho minor
ity measure, said ho Know it could not
pass, and complimented tho Republi
cans tor bringing In a bill which was
much bettor than ho exported would
oomo (rom thojn.
Tho speech of Mr. Hepburn wan
rather In defense ? >1 himself. Ho said
that his iioovIh and acta wore suftt
olont answer to tho "lies and slanders"
which had boon heaped upon him. Tho
) I Known as tho iiopburn bill, ho
8U Id, had iiafi prepared by tho Attor
ney General anL ?mly , yl?lded to
his colleagues on th'e ;?tnnnttoe on tho
ICsch-Townsend bill, boc?u&\"? no^
want the committee (o be Tift 8?
for scribblers, v' ho wanted senaatih!^*
headlined.
Personalities in the House.
Not In recent yearn has tho llouso
witnessed fcuoh a spectacle as it did
Monday with Mr. Sullivan, of Massa
chusetts, a William It. Iloarst as the
central figures. Roth indulged in per
sonalities of tin'* gravest character,
and so stirred the. House as to arouse
among curt in members a feeling ot
the greatest indignation. Mr. Sullivan
heaped upon Air. Hearst a tirade of
denunciation, whilo the letter, by im
putation, charged Mr. Sullivan with
coinplieity in a murder.
Tl.o affair grow out of tho recent
dlst tisslon if the freight rato question
in the House, when 'Mr. Sullivan in
quired of Mr. I.atnar, of Florida, who
was favoring the Hearst bill, why M*
Hearst did not defend his own hill,
litis lieing followed by a criticism of
Mr. Sullivan in Tho New York Ameri
can and Journal.
More Frequent Cotton Reports.
Tho?Senate hoard ten witnesses in
the Sway no impeachment trial Mon
thly, and devoted the remainder of its
time to the consideration of the aKri
cultural appropriation bill. '1'ho major
portion of tho debate In connection
with the appropriation bill was based
on an amendment suggested by Mr.
Racon, providing for semi-monthly ro
poV;.-t on tho condition of tho cotton
crop, which was amended so as to
cover the last, live months of ..tho
year, and adopted.
Mr. lhicon, In offering his amend*
mcnt. said that no provision could be
incorporated in tho bill that would
bo of Eo much importance t:j the cot'
ton producers as this one. Ho traced
tho failure of tho growers to secure
proflUrbio returns from last season's
c ron' to tho InfroQueucy tfr tho offi
cial reports. Tho Joss in one month on
this account had not been less than
$40,000,060. He also urged that the
Secretary should publish a synOpeta
of the information on wjtich hfs eatl*
mate is based, as well as the. estimate
Itself. Mr. Proctor uresented a letter'
from tho chief statistician of the Agrl^
cultural Department, saying that the
adoption of the Bacon cotton amend
ment would involve an additional ex
pendlture of $363,000 per annum.,
Carnegie Will Testify.
New York, Special. ? Andrew Car
i oglo announced that he would go. to
Cleveland to testify against Mrs. Oas
bIo L. Chadwlck, who is under arrest '
in that city charged with obtaining
largo sums of mtiney on alleged se^urt
tie? bearing Mr. Carnegie's name. It
is alleged that tho signatures were
forged. Mr. CurncgfuV uiiiiuunccnidsS*
was made after a subpoena ordering
him to apepar at court in Cleveland
on March 6 had been ^erved upon him.
Live Items of News.
In view ofxthe possibility that Kng
land ma fy be, dragged Into the far East
ern war thd Shipping World professes
to find comfort in tho fact that "the
navy is to be strengthened by the addi
tion of oak leaf embroidery to the pres
ent plain white slashes on the full dress
coats of flag officers, but the gold lace
edge to (he slash will disappear and
the oak leaf embroidery round the cuff
with distinction lace is to be replaced
lace."
August W. Machen and the Qroffs
were placed in the penitentiary at
Moundsville.
FASTEST BIRDS THE BEST.
Purchase of Ostriches Always f^r^ced*
ed by a Race. ^
"Have you ever seen an ostrich
farm?" tho sailor asked.
"No," said t Iks druggist.
"Then, of course, you've never seen
an ostrich en!o. I'll tell you a strange
thing about that. When a dealer
coraos to buy an ostrich ho always has
two or throo birds ho likes best run
a race. ? "?W'3
"The ostriches arc ranged- in a line.
A bunch of figs is shown to them. The
man with tho figs walks away about
a quarter of a mile. Then the os-*
trlches are let off. ?
"I Ml you, the big birvls run. Thoso '?
long, bony legs of theirs put the
ground behind them Ih a way that is "~
astoundln'. In the raco I saw there ...
were threo ostriches and ono left the '
others far behind him. As ho ifcn.he i!
kept lookln' behind him. like a human
racer, and when ho saw* that titers
was n6 tyhanco for tho others, lie
economized h!s strength by slowia'
down and ho reached the figs on
walk. He. bein' the winner, was. of
courso, Uie bird . that tho dealer
bought."
"Why are these birds always
and the fastest ore purchased?"
the druggist.
^Because," replied -Uxa **Uory- ;
fastest Is . ajwaj* the;
iusrithieai."? Chicago
. yr> fti.' 1
A hog tried To eat a bo* el
ridges In a P<mn*y1ra?l?
was
out The UHcesfUj i