The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 16, 1906, Image 1
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VOLUME XVII.
CAM DION, S, C., KHIDAY. KKHKUAUV Hi. IDOtt.
NO. ?.
WITH OUR LAWMAKERS
MRjJf ?' kawmakera Down at
Work Bill:, '.hat Havo fleen Intro
J:*"3*
ihc lion :<j |lle( | h#rc wore Sfiv
i new bills introduced, Among
Hi new bills presented were:
Mr. Harrison-? To authorize a Vpe
|iC<eloclion for Fountain Inn lor
i# issuance of bonds.
Mr. Me< oil-? Ptx>pobiug uu amend
.?!}. '? Hip relating to
lunicipai indebtedness ,
Mr. Whaley introduced the license
mature ot the Morgan l?ili ft? a sep
b /S <ilflu,yt bi,,/ Hft ?im this
A'steni in ft! *" ,oay A ,ic?n8e
?811 ? . , t* ovei*t thatjjie Morgan
bil should by chance fail.] The Idea
-it es. I?" H ,(;?"Se bUI Wlicable to
u V wvT.H000 in Jin. event that
bo Morgan bill should tfaiK The house
aung passed (his pi-ovtao lor Char
leston it ik to be asked (o do so again
independent ol* any other hill. The pro
| visions Are identical with thoae of the
I ftZvXm "? fw vitka
J Mr. CIoyVTo a mend the law so on*
i^rrrui- ??? ^ ?to<* ??
?not Ik i ban k or corpora tiou.
E& f" ?- ? T*, purchase the prcm
l *"""1 1 for the
f S ^ r " -k?< the
I P?ai" "uthorizo the city of
<5 orjjfjtown in lease proper! v to the
t Georgetown ltifle Guards! *
* the Si2l?T"T? -lU^Ul 11,0 ,au ?*
? State boaid ol. examiners.
I milZ ;CP?,L 1,10 legislative coin
1 mittce to taaimiMj the ShitO liou.se of
orde.eTS night. It Was
otdeie l primed without leading it.
: leirartl \Ti|,S ?l "'turest with
IW r ' c'Xj<,ul?ation of the of
v ? s?cretaiy cf State.
" ? ;VlrVJ o,jl? called up his bill to pro
5S0 if;: ? 12 ,!c,v,1 "-??*?? x.
- . Keifehaw ol I< lorence had iio in
t. MM ... ra,hoa,ls but. ho ,va?
.d o i educing rates without vcrv
' S ,!rT"' 1,0 beliCT?'i ? wlw
. ! ?f (K ''ales would only result
, l!^y to 'he t raftic' and i?/pp?<
I.' 'V' ,l" ,'<-'itaii)lv thought it
?Xl s'i "l-,,vrl <? ??eh a
ladnal step a; !l?s time. The thin
s ro?L r; 'rm'dy <,vi,s' ,n,t u
-C , e,,n^ valt'8 vcrv
good realms. The people were de
niandmg were getting good aer
,lo;'rr; there was no reason
counsel vT?' ^ The rui,'^<?
counsel did not -, argue -uivthni^
thSS L M I Seenie<1 10 1,6 UlHt
vidun I li ".V wvin? 10 <h? iiidi
. i* i what the rail
douc.X'?1' V?ie people but the
-people did much too and he thought
,th!j\ ^l??tion would not hurt the
railroads. J he loads asked to be left
h.n '!i<1 ,,ot k?ow if that
?i?.t,ht o bo kept up all the time, lie
?aTnoiyiIlphid ]VKh l!ie railroa^s and
vot4i<l n f. ,fcV? 1 llc 'KTassionallv
against the mads and this wa's
Ql" instance j^u which ho tbousrht ot
?.g to vote with the railroad! ^
ev on?t?nS?. l? 80ll<Ii"J?-so much mon
,L i ,St"tc* He said the rail
Ibab" iWe'C. "Ifil<ins 10 P?r <!e?t. on
tbeu investment in this State.
ih? I'--- '' "*id ,l") 45 States
::iT* Uiut 1,01 onc Sl*tc that had a
?i-V? ^vrr rf t0 "1'PHed to the entire
? ^ovv ^ ork, Massachusetts and
Connecticut had u, 2 ami ;> t cent
late on cerium $<ads under their
rVI,,U,iS ,Va"l",! is"
tiania, batter schedules and safetv
?400,000 to $oU0,(X)0 10 thri roada in
I'ttssenger u^iaw, in .xow York
n'p%?vev ??tl a population
whofe PhP to there
of SmiH r' r0,mi)ared rhe population
sLS t ?1111;'1 with thnt of other
Iflilin ? !, 0Ulh Caro?n? the popu
[a ion is 44 per sqiUre miHT and a
laigo uortion of that is colored. Penn
Hvlvania, Maryland and Rhode Fs
lfl?d, with thick population, have no
Mich rate. He appealed to the house
not to injure the railroads. ? The rail.
roads in South Carolina arc not iuak
iness>ne 0,1 passenger bus
in reply to an inquiry as to mileage
books, he said the roads had tho use
of the money for a year.
Mr.^Toolc of Aiken said the reduced
passenger rates would be for the ben
efit of the people and urged that the
railroads would gel more travel. The
facilities arc good enough but he
wanted cheaper rates. The timo has
come for the State to take a step for
ward. He said the small and side lines
wejpo controlled and owned by the
largo roads. The trolley li^es. hi1
said, hauled passengers for less than
2 cents. \
On tho motion to strike out th coll
ecting words of the bill the vote in
sulted 47 to 20 and the houso votid
to put South Carolina in a class all
to itself with tho cheapest passenger
rates applicable to all r4tfroaj& iA
the State.
Mr. Ifoster wanted to include a 29.
* mfle roatfHn his county and nn amed
ment was adopted niak i ng the 2J-2
cent rate applicable to *11 roa?l? ra
"gardless of lengtV [Air. T<fole'? bill
cutting imsaenger rotes to 2 1-2 eenti
ra?t witU even less opposition than be<
expected. The bnrdeiv of the agree
ment aeenttl io W thHt^tlic iMiMt
rates were reduced tw
HOtt cara of; tli ii ?i >1^
lithon/ r8 ROVe" *'1 ^o^1*-. reading
ithoiit discussion. | }?, \? ?,>
be xepended out of ??,ia ^Lwii,,
funds in hand*, ** 1 ,WI'
?IS i n th" 8eu*te.
PVo hill* on South Carolina's o.ln
A. tho iinnnin^ *,*mo,i I
A b'IMo puhlicli ? l,r of } ';
fwi! Jjf "" ^ *ml ? '?*? to ,,ivo1
,ux
liHUlii- HM?|W|,,,llv, s,., w
" " ,<????? ?l> Lis bill l,> .IJv.rt
to Wi?th? "lx ?? IVnili*',
to Wmthrou. which u,? ujh
*h*Ji do a proportion oi ife? examin
ation. in a speech which included
"lu,'y telling figures, the author de
fended his niea?in?k hast year, ho
said, the friends of Clemson fought
t?lio bill on the {pound that^he col
lege had jufct bfio undergoing im
provements (the agricultural hull)
which used up money and that no di
vert some of (he tax wuuld do the
institution harln. Now ( lies debV was
paid and th?? ie'ccipth of the college
u??l .year showed something like
^1 .10,000 from the tax. I'robobly (his
year the receipts would be $150,000.
Senator Johnson commented on the
tact that the Clemson authorities an
nounced the college's income was
$179,118.00, from which over $:il.000
was deducted as "amount* appropri
ated by the leg-ifUtulv undel' special
aelts ??d which the hoa,, I must
spend as such. This left according
to the trustees" report tpaue 11)
$J 47,890.05 for expenses. The special
committee reported that Clcni.son re
ceived. including/permanent improve
ments and amwmf's expended by or
der of the legislature, over $200,000.
The senator from Fairfield com
mented on his assertion that il cost
the Slate 20 to .'JO per cent, wore lo
educate a buy ul Clemson than at
the other schools ol' the State. He
said that the trustees' report (page
13) asserted thai it cost $205, while
a divison of the leceiplg would show
that it cuttt $4?)2> Wiiitlirop 's per
capita was $2S7i the Citadel's $201
ami South t.arolina college's $150.
i Senator 'Carpenter, who is one of
Clemson 's staunehest advocates, re
pjied and in beginning had an affida
vit read which slated that some sal
aries listed on pago oh of the trus
tees report were charged to the wrong
account. He stated that the reason
that theft) was <i discrepancy in thf;
committee report and the trustees' re
port was (hat the fiscal year ended in
June and the committee's report was
made up to December. The Natch
fund was always misunderstood and
had to he applied to a spec. i tie pur
pose. Clemson had used about $115,
000 last year. Senator Carpenter .then
launched forth into a statement of the
college's foundation, its aims and pur
poses and said that he spoke not so
much lor the institution as for what
it would do for hi* State.
It \\as the hour of adjournment
when he closed and some of the sen
ators wanted to lake a vole, hut de
bate was postponed until the eveniw
session. ?
Appropriation Bill Passes House.
The House^ refused to kill the de
partment of nnmirgralion and show
ed a Jiberal disposition to the sup
port of the bureau. An increase of
$50,000 was made in the appropri
ation for Confederate vetrans. For
.ho first time in J 5 years there was no
suggestion' or motion to reduce the
appropriation, as recommended by the
committee, tor the support ol' (he
South Carolina College and Citadel.
There was a motion to reduce the al
lowance to Winthrop but there was no
change in the suggestions of tho sup
port needed for the State colleges.
The only real light in the house <>n
tho appropriation bill was on tho de
partment of immirgrntion hut the
n.enibeis were not disposed lo discon*
tinu that work.
The way^and means commit to had
its bill in'U'xcellent condition and had
the fortune of having (he. measure
agj eed to ?vith practically no changes.
The house refused to vote $2,500 for
the expenses of special torms-of court.
This^is taken an a second and direct
intimation on the part of the house
that it does not want special terms of
court, w
The appropriation bill carried an
expenditure of $1,280,809.09 as it
came from the committee. To this was
added $50,000 additional for pensions.
The pension bill last year aggregat
ed $1.203, 038.S9. This increase is
due to expenses for elections and to
make up deficiencies.
The liuse will today send tlxj, ap
propriation and legislative appropria
tion bills over to the senate..
The Reformatory.
The reformatory bill was finally dis
posed ot' as far as (lie senate is con
cerned. An aye dnd nay vote suc
ceeded on striking out Hie clause to
set aside the Lexington reformatory
for colored boys when the farger one
should be established. Senator Hood
then postpoed to indefinitely postpone
the bill.. By a vote of 21 to. 17 the *
senate senate refused to postpone, the
rote bejng: . - .-s
Yean ? bates, Riven*, Black, Blake,
C. L. BMImm, K. 8. Blease, Davis. Den
nis, Efird, Hood, Hough, W. G. John
son, W. J. Johnson, Peurifoy, Staek
N house, Warren, Williams ? 17,
<-~ Njr-Briee^ BrookSy Brown, Bnt
kr, - Carlisle, Carpenter, Dou^la**,
- -- |ingj
? 5* ' ' ' ' ?? TlWf- Hfh
IWs Meteo< Bajsor, Talbsrt, von
Kohrita Walter, WsHs-21.
Wr at the senators *?* bad
strike ont Dm section jiw#'
ttm* t* hill the Ml). ;
SaSJ ir?r *? .vttcv. V --- v? ? ^ m- ? A
i ?. v -Vf . v-- ? _iLCi*J fc MS r?v^? ~ ^ *
, ,,,i" tn *,vc circuit
? iul incioase in pay came over
J'?uso- The senate had
Wed on *1 liuu ?* Compensation, but
the house reduced Una $loO in oat h in.
n ance. Senator von lvoinit* moved
ionMH)n.'j,iM.nro, ?* the, Meuoyrapher
1 the innili eirvuit under i|1(, j,OUHG
l>?ll was cut $100. He was ct.l $200 a
>?*.r ago. No wi his cliangv cuts his
halkry *,0? "<?"''>? I', a like condition
i* tlie stenographer i? (|l0
benato, ? KtackhoUse, who ha, I intro
duced I lie original bill in the senate
moved concurrence, a?i?i t|,i? was ac
"t. 1,<k>r lh0 ?*?."?? i" ?alarieH
i " '-i1 the (wo -circuits
"I>?h?;U uutfer tlio Ions of $100 each
while the othftrs \\ ill $.100 more
V1'01* tlui geilerjil assembly con-'
vened.
Senator \V. K. Johnson announced
that a? the 10-hour law had been kill
ed in the house ho would make no tight
on il th* year. He merejy asked a
Note and tjvi bill jyas killed by u
of 28 tn fifty ^/T*- J .
The two fl^^piiniission biJU passed
to the house, with an amendment bv
Senator Wells thai tish may l>e caught
Jo days later hvo miles from the
month of a river than at iu mouth.
Some technical amendments by S?Aia?
tor Christensen, the author, wcro ad
opted. 9i
A special message from Gov. Hey
ward, beaiing on the financial invest i
gation in Hani well, was read. The
message was long and detailed and
wf.s ordered printed iu the journal.
The bill to grant it piece of land in
Senate si feet for the Titnrod library
was reported unfavorable and was
killed. The substitute offered on
Thursday by Senator Carpenter for
the motor car bill was read and ac
cepted ami passed to third reading.
Senator Marshall's second reading
bill on salaries iip*"w_r county
offices was read a second time. The
bill changes the number <>t' days on
which the commigsionrs receive pay
from 2o to 100 and the coronal's sal
ary is increased from $500 to^(J50.
, Practically all of the third lead
ing bills passed to the house without
any question and one or two second
rcuding bille went to third reading.
Appropiation Bill.
The. general appropriation bill was
taken up. Provision whs made for
iHore money for 1iie stenographers,
Mr. I'yatt Wanted the quarantine
ollieer at Georgetown paid $050, a
raise of $200. He has a family u). l.'l
and that commended the request for
the increase.
M r. Hants opporscd the increase be
cause the little increases counted.
Mr. Browning opposed and Mr.
Don i.' and Mr. Siukler wanted the in
crease allowed. The increase was al
lowed. %
Mr. I). 0. Herbert wanted to reduce
the appropriation for Winthrop. lie
proposed to cut oft* $1,000 from the
general support. He. said he thought
the. board asked for 50,884. The com
mittee evidently includes $1,000 for
library which is. not used. The board
asks for $2,000 but it used only $1 ,300
last yeaj- and he did not think Win
throp needed $2,000 for its' books. The
Citidal gets only $250 foe its library.
- The Wiuthrop library is*"very flue
and the State could not afford to put1
so much in the library but he thought
$1,000 ample.
Mr. Richards said*thc increased ap
proprintiou for Wiuthrop was $1,515,
1 7 for support, caused by increa^^l
attendance. They were given $1,500
additional for city water." The com
mittee did not grant $l,50(Laeked for.
Mr. Herbert said he niniply wanted ;
to sut tho library appropriation to
$1,000 instead of $2,000,
Mr. Beauigimrd took up the defense
of tho appropriation,
.Mr. Laney wanted that much or
more for the library. He wanted n
liberal' allowance for Winthrop.
Mr. Siukler defended the library
and explained that the money ought to
be granted.
The proposition to cut the Wintluop
appropriation was lost.
The commit toe reported on ah in
crease ol $1^)00 for tho support/ of
Winthrop and allowed the South. Car
olina college for increases '$1,980.25
and $2,000 for expansion of the law
depqrtmen. This is the tlrst time
witbis 15 years that there has not
been some sort of light on the appro
priations lor the South Carolina col
lege and the Citidal, not even a motion
being made on either of them. The
ways and means committee, particu
larly Mr. Richards and Mr. Frost,
uuuuiuu mis nneiy.
The house refused to allow the city
of Columbia iftme money for water.
There was considerable pleasant
discussion on Mr. Clifton's motion to
allow .$500 for improvements for t Ire
State bouse ground*. The money was
to be used for sidewalk* and garden
ing in the capitol grounds- On motion
of Mr, Richards the amendment was
tabled by a vote of 3G to 26.
For Pensions.
Mr. Bradham moved to amend the
bill by making the appropriation for
pension* $225,000 instead of $200^000.
Mr. Froat for the committee explained
that it xra? the intentiott'to make the
arapunt $225,000 if the peneion Mil
.now pending is passed. He moved to
f luy the amendment on th? table but
-tvHbdre^ ii for further djgeiifr?ioa,
Mr. Ashley gsntgpify aredu<*r
I. bat he favored the increaae of $25,000
for the old soldiers.
Mr. Brantley, Xr. TMUt sad Cast.
Ardrey favored thr imereaae for (m
VBhlW. ^ .
Mr. Richards said th? ways and
ifttMK fdini ??? U.r<x*i ti? iuas?n
*? ?" ?i SMKSiHSw yit li . .
but did not teel authorized in putting
tii* iucrcatc in (lie (tin until it was in
coi|>oratcd in the In ws, Mr. Yoldell
said this in?'i?jus?< was due and it was
belter to inoreuse tlii' allowance than
to ptxivide a ( \nt federate )tOtii*>.
Mr. tiray of I birlington favuted (lie
increase an. I t houprlit it timclv.
Mr. Ktlioridgo of Lexington favorod
the increase but culled attention that"
l.o ottered a bill on t it it* lino a year ago
He wanted more money for the widow
el at*#.
Kvcrbody was talking: for an in
crease tor the old soldiers' pension*.
Mr, Marion Huoker hit the iron at the
psychological moment ami woveu iu
increase tin- )>ensh>ii fund to $2:10, dot),
an iueivjise of $50,000. Tllo increase
to $2->0,000 tor pensions was voted
4S (o 25. Mr. Uuckgr led the light to
increase tin* pension fund from $100,
000 to $200,000 Several .tenrfc ago.
Tho house voted $l.2tH? /'or tho sec
retary ?>l the historical^ commission.
Tho house took up, after it had eon*
eluded the second reading on the geu
eial appropriation bill, the legislative
supply hill and rushed it through.
8enator? Did Not Discuss the Dispen
sary Question.
Contrary to r?x]>cc(ations, tho senate
did not continue debate on the dis
pensary hillt>, but instead transacted
more or loss routine business. One
thing of importance which was' done
was the passage oJ the coca cola bill,
amended from its original form.
This bill originally proposed to
charye a license of $500 for the manu
facture of the drink and others of its
kind. A .substitute was lately intro
duced by Sei.alor Williams, which
provided that manufacturers should
he charged 10 cents on the gallon, bot
tlers should be charged $50 license
and soda dispensers charged $10
license. Senator Mauldin submitted a
substitute for this, which provides
that bottlers be^hnrged $50 license,
which goes to the county. This was
accepted and passed second reading.
The. hill caused more of a debate
than was expected. There was objeo- 1
tiou to its being taken up. but an aye
and nay vote of 2S to 8 settled this.
Senator Melvr-r wanted to kill the bill
?>u the grounds that it w%s a hardship
on the druggists of the State and that
the ili ink \v??? not, so harmful ns had
boon pretended. Senator Williams,
who is a physician, was enthusiastic
tor his bill. The two sworn chemical
analyse* on 1 he drink said that it con
tained^ ratteng and cocaine alkaloid,
even the chemist of the company eon
c< ding 'cocaine in it. In answer to
Senator Melver's question as to
whether the license would make the
drink any less injurious, the sonaloi
from Williamsburg said he would be
willing to break up the business of
selling il altogether, were such a thing
possible. Senator Ravsor could see no
need i<?r this legislation, holding- that
if the drink is injurious it should be
suppressed, rather than licensed. He
did not admit that it was injurious
and said that there arc many chem
ists who hold this, among them Dr.
Kurney. Senator Mnulditi. who is
himself a pharmacist, id her former
ly favored the bill tint had changed
fhis mind, as if was not certain that
? the prepare at ion contains any cocaine.
I?e thought it reasonable however, to
tax the bottlers. Senator Carlisle
criticised the bill as unjust. Senatoi
Blease favored il because it is in the
nature <>f taxing a luxury. Senator
von Kolnit/. gave a number of stalis
1 tics and eviderpKi- to whow that the
drink wa? ntff necessarily harmful.
Comparing it to the Phillipino water
cure, he said it would take 200 gla^efe
to get n grain out of tho preparation.
The substitute was accepted and the
bill ordered to third reading'.
Uneventful Day in the Houfle. \
The unanimous consent rule pre-!
vailed in I he house and in this way
30 or move measure*} were pasved.
Theio were nu really important meas
nves exempt that of Senator Marshall
providing- tor a fireman's relief fund
to be paid for by the insurance com
panies 01U of premiums- aud the two
hills by which the cotton mills and
other corporations seek to protect
themselves against the use of their
coal by the railroads.
The general appropiiation and the
legislative pay bills received their
fund house readings and now in the
possession of the senate. The house
has disposed of the liquor question
and both appropriation hills and it is
rather unusual for the honsu to be so
tar ahead of the senate in the consid
eration, of material matters.
The members of (ho house arc be
coming quite alarmed over the si/.e of
their calendar and there has been
? some talk of remaining. here over next
| Saturday, on which day the pay for
the members will end, under the con
stitution pro\ ision. There is almost
no likelihood that the session will ex
tend beyoud Saturday.
1 The Supply Bill.
j The ways and means'^ommittee sub
f milted the supply bill. The bill ptt*
scnted is tentative, aslji.is proposed
to offer another bill, fixing a maximum
levy but leaving it so thai the levy
may be reduced if the assessment val
ue* warren Clearing the levy To be de
finitely filed on lbe float ^As*es?#d
valuations. The bill introduced fixes
J Me State levy at 4 mills and provides
a l-miil levy, for Confederate pen* ions
? a total State levy ef 5 mill*.
A nwubefnf unfavorable report* en
claims adapted tb* MHe
jwW. ; ..
Mr. He lUII^MUI'vl J lull alter
ihird-rcadio# bills wore read onl\
bills vidi favoiable i ?% j >, # j t ^ bo
j consult' i ed. Agreed
The general appropriation bill ,
ccived its third reading without di>
cusmou. Mr. Itichards, ni chairman
of the committee, submitted several
minor amendments.
Mr. Lauey, for himself and ilio com
milleo, explained why lie favored
000 for jwiisioiih instead <?l $*j.'>o,
t'OO. The old soldiers themselves ask
ed lor only Jr'_"J.'>,000 and such a bill
was favorably re|>oiU'd and In* wish
ed to stand by the committee* rejuni.
!!;x ?;? n<'?ji*ibl?? >tb taction (?> (he
proposed increase except iha* he
wished to i-bltJe by I he rcjiorl of ihe
commit tec
4
IHIHIttN CtNTS OFftRfO
Syndicate Will Take a Large
Amount of Cotton
FARMERS MAY HOLD HIGHER
A. Proposition That Inflnres a High
Price For Cotton to the Producer ?
May Hold For 15 Cents.
Atlanta, (>h. ? Special. ? President
Ilaivie Jordan, of Ihe Southern Col
ton Association, made the following
announcement :
"I have secured an agreement with
a syndicate of Kh stern capitalists,
headed by K. K. 'I'homas, to take <r>"0,
OOD bales of middling cotton from
Southern planters at the minimum
price of Kl cents a )>onnd. deliverable
at interior points or the points, by or
before July 1. 1000, the deal to be
closed soon as option on the syndi
cate's requirement* shall have been
secured.
''The agreement further provides
for the taking l>f .ill cotton ready for
market next Aungust ,md September
froitf'yiijrrop of li)0?3 i?t the then mar
ket. prices, to be not less than the min
imum price tlxed by ihe Southern
Cotton Association. This agreement
is not intended to ii fled holders who
are demanding n maximum of UYeenls
at present. New York bankers are
prepared to tSuanee fully all South
ern bankers in assisting holders of
cotton tor higher prices. Option con
tracts will be forwarded upon appli
cation In all cotton growers. ' '
Four Lobq Lives in Fire.
M
Portland, Ore.w -SpemnlJ-^Lt'' least
four persons lost their lives in h lire
that swept a busy commercial district
at the eusl end of the Morrison street
bridge spanning the Willamette river
and eleven persons were seriously in
jured.
The first started ili the Mount Hood
Saloon and consumed that place and
the lodging house al>ove it, in which
a majority of tlrose killed and injured
were sleeping. Twenty. two horses,
property of the Kustside Transfer C6?
were destroyed.
n iiiniiiiilUit N I'! P. ^
met death in a heroic effoi'ijj; to save
the horses. He made several trips in
to the transfer company's stables and
finally was cut off by the Hames.
lx>okh?fjL frptn an up net' window, he
waved bis hands to the crowd below,
and cried t "Good-bye, boy?i [ can't
pet out this lime," find he fell back
into the flame#/'
The loas i J? $50,0011.
S England Blames Germany.
Londuh, by Cable. ? It is expected in
official circles that tlio Algeciras Con
ference will break up, )K>ssibly flar
ing I lie present week, leaving the Mo
roecan situation where it wa* before
the conference wax en I led. Germany
is given I lift credit for the failuro. In
fuel, it is believed here that Emperor
William, realizing that tberj> in. no
hope of Germany's demands being
endorsed by the power*, is now anx
ious that the conference shall fail.
Great Britain maintains her jiosition,
supporting the French demands in
regard to the police, and cannot see
any reason for a compromise. Should I
the conference break up, it i* ynnder-/!
stood- that France will continue he,*1
policy of policing Ihe Algerian fron
tier, and should serious trouble break
out within the Sultan's domains,
France will undertake to suppress
them, notifying Ihe powers thai she
cannot allow the disorder to continue,
as it threatens the peace of her colony.
Canton Victim to Blame.
Hong Kong, By Cable. ? A dispatch
received here from Canton say* that
the ant^foreign sentiment there due
to the attitude, of the Viceroy, appears
to be determined to create friction
with the United States States. The
Viceroy, up to tin? present time^Ua*
taken no action in connection with tin*
representations of the consular body
regarding the rece^^ail tacks o.tlfot
vgnvte A If'ftjjHMAJbe^wjdely fir
cnlated in tho city of Canton urging
the people to co-op?urtc with a view
to the expulsion of till Viceroy.
VM lYewlb ?klMt idk Hm)>
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j WANT HUMAN TO TESTIFY
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Investigating Commit! f ft 0*1Ik on 8*n
ior Senator.
Senatoi Tillman hit;- been 1< < I to
take I lie !)?' fore the legislative
in vest igat iiiu committee. The eoniniit
has set next Friday iih tho day when
the will he I nil tn lis vm the.Benator 'h
presence. The mat tor wan brought ftp
by Mr. I i?* 1 1 i i because of remarks
made recently by the senior senator,
'llif mailer of request in? Senator
I illin.m io appear before the commit
tee eaino up at the dose i? t the session
SHtiti.lny when ii?Mil\ all the Auditors
at i lie day's hearing had left the su
preme courtroom.
W lien asked t ' ? hi ate his views on
the matter* Mr. M<*1 1 iti^??> , explaining
that he appeared in that connection
an t he friend ami i u ?? the attorney of
Mr. (Junter, who is ill, pointed out
that it was J? i>? understanding (hat all.
matters relating to Mr. (iunter had
been closed. llv (hen called attention
u the taet that the lettei' Horn J, 1{.
I* ant to |t. |{. Tillman was dateil Uc
t.ember 'Jtt, I'.iOl, over four yoars ago.
'I his letter contained a quotation that
Mark Itudasail had paid Mr. (Junter
$1J.) tor his position. Mr. Bellinger
recalled that Huda.?il had stated on
the stand that, lie had not paid to Mr.
(?uuter one cent inn had he ever said
that Mr. (Junter had roeeived a cent
from him.
In regard to other matters contain
ed in tint letter, Mr. Bellinger said
he also desired to have something to
say, as the attorney for two members
of the state hoard of direr torn, Messrs
Boykiu and I'owill, The letter, said
Mr. Ballenger, had been sent to the
commit tee, he noticed, by a nephew of
Senator 'I illmau and so tar as In* was
concerned lie would ask that the com
mittee "summons not only Senator
?he n .-.nntl.i . . ifiiunifwemf w
It. It. I illmau, but also the Honorable
?James II. Tillman and ('apt, ?f. It.
I' ant. He desired he said that Sen
ator I illmau should ^o on the stand
and testify as to the corruption in the
dispensary ot which he had spoken so
freely in the public prints. Mr. Bel
linger spoke with much earnestness
and insistency.
Mr. Lyon concurred i"iT**the expres
sion, of the desire fo have Senator Till
man present. Mr. Gaston called the
attention of the committee to the fact
that several months* a*.*o the chairman
had received a letter from Senator
1 illmau e \ pressing his willingness to
appear whenever ?the couimitl.ee
should desire his presence.
Chairman Hiy held that the sum
mons of the committee would be of no
force ior the reason that the senator
i"_ "ow in Washington and the com
mittee's jurisdiction does not extend
beyond the State. Mr, Lyon interpos
ed I ha I the committee had had good
luck in sending s'ome of its summonses
out ol Uiti State, us a witness had
come from North ('aroiina in response
to a summons. Both Mr,. Lyons and
Mr. Bellinger nrgiied tha* while the
summons would no| he manditory and
the presence of Senator Tillman could
m br coriipolfed. he *hotdd be -re
quested to appear,
Tt was moved that the chairman be
requested tjo writo Senator Tillman
and request him to appear before the
commit tee next Friday morning at
10:d0 o'clock. This motion was carri
ed In unanimous vote of the members j
of the committee present, and it is ex
peeled that, the senator will 1% on
hand. ^ n
!", Mr. Lyons t?n aaUl that threat*'
I nad been made against the lives of
witnesses. who might ooraa hero to tes
tify. Ho thereforo moved that', the
marshal be authorized to obtain a *Aif
fieent number of deputies or police
men to give ample protect ion to even*
witness who might testify, This wa?
agreed to and the committee adjourn
ed until Monday morning at 10:30.
The dispensary investigating com
mittee got down into the transaction*
between the Carolina 'Glaus works of
Columbia and the Houtb Carolina die- -
pensarv. Mr. C. F. Norton, the man
ager of the glass factory, was put on
the wtund. lie had testified for two
hours Friday afternoon and was on
the stand from 10:30 a. m., until 2
p. in. The cross-examination has not
started.
There was singular business meth
ods brought to light . For instance,
the Carolina Class company was so
anxious to get tin; Flaceus Class com
pany out of its way that it paid the
Flaccus people of Pittsburg >{<1,650
and received in return the privilege of
tilling and untitling part of an order
for 130 earn of bottles/ But that con
tract -secured with so much expense
and difficulty, wus never tilled. Con-,
current with it was another eon tract,
for 100 cars awarded to the Carolina
cofti pany. and this order was filled* as
were several others in the succeeding
years, but that contract for 22 cars
hat never been tilled.
?When the heaving was resumed Mr.
C. H. Norton, manager of the Carolina
Glass works, was on the stand. He
said that the stockholders of the Care
ss me now as' they were at the begin
; ninjf of the existence of the eo aera
tion. Those who had dropped o\il
were ; \V. O. Child*. B IX Miller and
W. K S. Whaley. Mr. ChiMs bad
wW bfa etpek, amounting to $1,000,
??nee the first of January, witueea
">Mr^NortM dMtarod thai tbe-e?s?-i
pnaylu* no M f" " ????<???
S-Tyhmj." TW-??pt?l '*<>*'?
Mr. W, ' * . ( 'IvildH 1 1. 'id moM Ii i k stock to
Mr. K. ' i. Seibel*. None of flu* block
i i ?' 1 1 ' I 'm i> own flu1 stock in Intnl. When
ever dividend is paid, a is charged m
tiift cash book and thou transferred.
Mr. Lyon presented (tic' book on which
dividend* Mere feeordcd. lie then
asked about. the surplus fund of l|ic
<<lass company. \
Mr. Lyon thought tlii* was trespasW
inx on I Ik- company's private affairs.
Mr. I .you declared* dial this com
pany has n charter from the State ami
the commit ice luia a legitimate righi
inquire the amount of surplus nmj
undivided profit a. This informal iou
(ii i^ lit b<< of #r*at value to the Stale in
Hie tut u?<*. The TVitr.frri I?1 not
answer the question anyway. Tho
book* allowed an account of .fc4'J,000
"profit and loss" in December in ad
dition to usaet* and I ii^bilit i???.
YVitnem said tliat he signed, the con
tracts with tin? State dispensary. Jle
keeps a carbon copy of contract and
of letter written by the glass company
to the dift|H>naary. The contract say#
nothiuK about the weight of the hot
tics. Mr. I.yon wanted to know if the
weight bus not a lot to do with the
order. A bottle with more. gltt?n
would be stronger, provided the ^lafis
fvenly distributed in the blowing,
said Mr. Norton. In :m*wer i<? qqeti
tionn he said thai their hot ilea '<ivo
e\ enly blown.
Mr. Lyon put in evidence the eon
tiact with the Dixie GiatS com puny in
i.S!K5 iiv which weight. WJtS specified.
(Mr. Norton had represented the
Dixie company at thn{, time).
Occurrences of Interest From
All Over South Carolina
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MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS
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A. Batch of Lire Paragraphs Cover
ing a Wide Range?What is Going
On in Our State.
General Cotton Market.
Galveston, steady 10js
New Orleans, easy. 10 1 1-fTT
Mobile, quiet. .10 D-TO
Savannah, ateady 10 7-10
Norfolk, steady 1 0~\t
Baltimore, nominal .. . XIVh
Now York, quiet . . . ^ .... 1 1 .2f?
Boston, quiet J 1.25
Philadelphia, quiet 11.30
Houston, ateady 11|%
Augusta, steady .
Memphis, utoayiuai.. .. . - 10 lll-lt >
Louisville, firm .11 J-4
Charlotte Cotton Market.
These figures represent prices paid :
Good middling:/. .11
Strirt twiddling. ... .\ .11
Middling "*;v
Quod middling, tinged .... . . . . IOVj
Stains .'J !-&<?> 10
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Powitr Plmfc At Appall.
Union, Special. ? Af tor several short
preliminary tri^p the eleotric power
generated at the big powor plant of
the Union Manufacturing and Powj^
company at Xeal's shoals, was, turned
on at tliu Buffalo cotton wideband vo
portw from Buffalo indicato timt ovtuy
thing Is running mo?t satisfactorily,
The plant, where this powor i? generat
ed i? loo a ted on Broad river, H miles
east of Union, The Union Mauufac
hiring and Power company was or?
ganized three years ago in Jlfttth witir
T. C. Duncan us president., and was
capitalized at $.>00,000. with privilege
of increasing to $5,000,000. Work oil
the dam, which ia 980 feet long, was
commenced tho April following, and
the whole plant whs not completed .
until lust October. This power com ?> '
puny .was closely allied with the Union
and Bui&ilo cotton mills, and after
their rcovgamzation, everything .velai
tivo to it was practically MspeHttedr
About a month ago action was begun
by the Mercantile Trust apd Deposit
frompany of Baltimore to have a re
ceiver appointed but this whs obviated
by the election of new officer*, Kdwin
W. Itobinson, president *?f the Union
a lid Buffalo mills sinco their reorgani
zation, being chosen as head of fbis
coucern also. It is estimated . thai
about 7,000 horse-power can be gener
ated at Xeal's shoals. Of this Union
ami Buffalo... will eiieh utilize about
2,600 horse-power, tt ispoasibte that
arrangements may be made with the
city council to furnish them all '-^lay
as well as night ennrent and let thcu?
distribute it to consumers in: town thu. "*
obviating the ne&sity of constructing
separate distributing lines, beaUM^
which the town can secure the powVr
at a leas rate than jt can now general*
Small Charleston Bank Forced to
<^1om Ita Doors.
leston. 8
m
Charleston. Sprint ? *ft*r a m ?
which is aaid to half! beenpreeip
by the anxiety of imrat Greek
ersra witfc an*U '
bian Bankwy ?
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