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mm. | THE BAMBERG HERALD. I | Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1905 One Dollar a Year * ???^ ??i ???????????? ??? ? ??????????????????????m 1 I THE SOUTHERN'S CHARTER. f Attorney General Receives a Complaint From |r the Railroad Commission. The attorney general has received from Chairman Wharton, of the railroad comvV mission, a letter complaining over the failure of the Southern railway to enforce j the orders issued by the commission. The I chairman asks that the road be forced to become a domestic corporation. I It is expected that the merger suit now r pending will settle once for all the mat JnmMti/iofinn ?flftlnmhift T?#?r.r?rd. v id u1 uvlu&ovivawivu* I pg - Differences in the House. % Columbia, February 13.?At the begin;j? ing of the night session of the House of Representatives Mr. LaFitte created a % sensation by "roasting" a member of the Aiken delegation (Mr. Cloy) and Solicitor Davis of the second circuit whom he accused of attempting to "railroad" a court jK - schedule through to the detriment of \ Bamberg. Mr. LaFitte said he was sorry i> for the house, that there was at least one member who was unworthy to be here. He accused this member of deceiving him and playing him false regarding this court schedule. It was not right, it was not just, it was not honorable, and he hoped the house would not permit this attempt to gag a member by shutting off debate with a motion to table his (LaFitte's) amendment. No honest man would do a ' thing like this. The speaker warned Mr. LaFitte to stay within parliamentary limits. Mr. LaFitte dosed by appealing to the house to vote down such tactics. * A few minutes later LaFitte and Davis met in the door, and there being a scuffle between them, about 100 members crowded around, and for a few minutes the excitement was intense, the galleries being full of women who were looking down at the scene. Mr. LaFitte afterward made a statement to the house that no blows had been passed, that he had not r ^ struck him, that he merely took hold of * the arm of Mr. Davis, who jerked away from him. , Later Mr. Cloy replied to Mr. LaFitte, ^ but his remarks were entirely parlimene tary, and he spoke in good humor. He said he had tried to arrange a schedule to suit Bamberg, but could not, and that Mr. LaFitte's objection was that court would ' ' * *?*j fhoooooinn r\f IDtJ JQCIU ILL DSUJUCig UUliug tuc owooivu U4 the legislature. Thus the matter ended, as Mr. LaFitte did not pursue the matter further. The trouble grew out of the new .-ten circuit bill. poisonsIn food. Perhaps you don't realize that many pain poisons originate in your food, some day you may feel a twinge of dyspepsia . that will convince you. Dr. -King's New Life Pills are guaranteed to cure all sickness due to poisons of undigested food? or money back. 25c at all drug stores in Bamberg; Felder & Matthews, Denmark. Try. them. Six Negro Children Perish in Fiames. Savannah, Ga., Feb. 8.?Six negro ' - children were burned to death in a cabin . on the property of the Oketee club, in Beaufort county, about 80 miles from Sa vannah, on Sunday night. This is the story told by a lady who came from the ' scene last night: Richard Door and his family, consisting of his wife and six children, lived in a log house on the reservation of the Oketee club. Sunday night Door and his wife left their six children at home and went a short distance to visit some of their neighbors. During their absence the children went to sleep, leaving a big fire in the fireplace. It is presumed that a live coal rolled from the fireplace on to the fioor, setting the house on fire, burn ing to death five of the children. The sixth child, a girl 15 years of age,escaped through the door, which was the only t exit to the cabin, but her burns and in S juries were of sucn a serious cnaraccer | ^ that she, too, died the following day. The i& funeral of the six children took place g* on Monday near Ridgeland. I GRAVE TROUBLE FORESEEN, a It needs but little foresight, to tell that when youiy stomach and liver are badly 1 affected, grave trouble is ahead, unless I you^take the proper medicine for vour disease, as Mrs. John A. Young, of Clay, | N. Y., did. She says: "I had neuralgia of 1 \ the liver and stomach, my heart was | weakened, and I could not eat. I was very bad for & long time, but in Electric f . Bitters, I found what I needed, for they quickly cured me." Best medicine for weak women. Sold under a guarantee by I all drugggists in Bamberg and Felder & H Matthews, Denmark. 50c a bottle. H The married woman who earns wages B I may, in some cases, not have to work* as hard as the woman who is trying to make H| her husband's salary meet the family exHi. penses.?Washington Star. H Murray's Horchound, Mullein and Tar Hp* will cure your cough. Large bottle for B 25 cents. The legislature has been in session I more than three weeks and very little H has been accomplished thus far. HowHi > ever, much cannot be expected as long H: as such counties as Newberry and AnderH 'son elect such men as Blease and Ashley K to seats in the general assembly.?EdgeH field Advertiser. . For coughs?Murray's Horehound, | Mullein and Tar. 25c for large bottle. (The wife of an army captain has applied for a divorce from him on the ground of extreme cruelty. He has filed a cross bill against her, charging her with infidelity. She attributes his charges to the effect the Philippine climate has had upon him. That Philippine climate is responsible for 1 a great many strange things. Some of the officers who have been stationed in the Philippine Islands could tell stories of strange experiences in that far away land, due doubtless to the climate?Savannah News. AGONIZING BURNS are instantly relieved and perfectly healed by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. C. Rivenbark, Jr., of Norfolk, Va., writes: "I burnt my knee dreadfully; that it blistered all over. Bucklen's Arnica Salve stopped the pain and healed it without a scar." Also heals wounds and sores. 2oc by all druggists in Bamberg; Felder & Matthews. IN THE PALMETTO STATE. INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading Pungent Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. J. W. Farmer, a-white man of Florence, was fined by the mayor of that city last week for refusing to be vaccinated. A movement has been started by farmers in Anderson county to have all cotton covered with cotton bagging. This would increase the consumption of cotton by about 375,000 bales. A German jeweler named F. G. Trefzer has disappeared from his home in Union, and his whereabouts are unknown. Investigation and inquiry have so far failed to locate him. No reason can be assigned for his disappearance. Meetings were held in most counties of this State last week, and the farmers pledged themselves to a reduction in the cotton acreage and amount of fertilizers. County meetings are to be held at each county seat next Saturday, the 18th inst. The postmaster general has decided not to remove the postmasters at Westminister and Lancaster for contributing to the expenses of delegates to Republican conventions. All postmasters were warned however, that any further violation would mean dismissal. Policeman W. J. Bean shot and killed a negro in Charleston last week. He tried to arrest the negro, who had a pistol in his hand and fired at the officer, the ball taking effect in his foot. Bean then fired, the bullet striking the negro in the head, killing him. The "New York and Florida Express," a passenger train of the Southern Rail[way, had a head-on collision with a shifting freight in the railroad yards at Columbia last Thursday afternoon. Many of the passangers and train crew were injured, but none seriously. There is now some doubt as to whether the bill to create a new Federal judicial circuit for the upper part of the State will pass congress, but Senator Latimer hopes to have it pass the Senate and thus force the house to act on it. The race for ^udge is warm, although the district is not created. . I Fire broke out in the spinning room of the Lancaster cotton mill last Saturday night, but was soon put out by the automatic sprinklers. Before the water could be turned off damage to the amount of several thousand dollars was done to some expensive machinery, which 'was flooded. The loss is covered by insurance. The fire originated in a waste box. About 4 o'clock Saturday morning the Minor store in Sumter was again discovered to be afire. This is the third or fourth time that the store has been on fire since the first time, Monday night a week ago. The fire last Saturday morning was even larger and the damage greater than on the first occasion. The insurance agents have now placed guards over the store, two to be on duty at night and one during the day. J. L. Fitts, of Hampton county, was sentenced to thirty days in'the city prison in Atlanta last week for violating the ordinances in speaking his socialistic views on the street without a permit. Fitts graduated from the Citadel in Charleston in 1898 with first honor, and is a school teacher, but for some time past he has been connected with a socialistic paper, "The Appeal to Reason," published at Girard, Kansas. Senator Latimer is trying to get the Government interested in draining the swamp lands of this State. He hopes to secure an appropriation to this end. The amendments to the House bill making an appropriation of $10,000 for investigating the cause of blight in rice, and for experiments in tobacco culture, and increasing the appropriation for experimental road building to $50,000, all of which were proposed by Senator Latimer, were agreed to by the Senate. Houston Hembree was shot and killed by Polk Odom in Spartanburg county last week. Both parties are white. Hembree and his two sons were out looking for his son's wife who had left home. They had guns, and went to Odom's house and inquired if she was there. They were informed that she was not, and started to leave, but a short distance from the house they were fired on by Odom and the old man Hembree killed. One of the sons returned the fire but did not hit Odom, who has been arrested and is now in jail. A negro named "Red" Davis was tried at l_/OiUHlUlit lOOl. rrt&Q. auu ovuvvuxywu .v ten years in the penitentiary for shooting at some ladies while they were walking the streets of Columbia a few months ago. Davis was on a street car at the time, and fired his pistol recklessly. There was no motive shown for the shooting. He immediately jumped off the car and escaped, but was captured a few days later. He must have been full of mean whiskey or did it for pure devilment. At the trial he denied that he was the man. At the term of court for Richland county last week a white man named Marion Parr was found guilty of murder without recommendation to mercy. This means he will hang, but no doubt his lawyers will appeal. Parr's crime was the murder of a young white boy, the body being found in the woods several days after the killing. The evidence was circumstantial. This is the first time a white man has been convicted of murder in some time, and we are led to hope a better day is dawning in this respect for South Carolina. * SENATOR TILLMAN'S HEALTH. The Senator in Columbia on His Way to Philadelphia to Consult a Specialist Columbia. February 12.?Senator B. R. Tillman passed through the city this evening on his way to Philadelphia, where he goes with Dr. J. W. Babcock to consult specialtists. Dr. Babcock thought it best for Senator Tillman to consult Dr. Wharton Sinkler and other specialists, so as to make sure. Senator Tillman's condition is no worse, but he does not improve as much as he might. He is in ex * "* i. TT cenent numor ana is nui wurrieu, ja.c expects to remain in Philadelphia as long as may be necessary. Woman Kills Her Insnlter. M. Greenberg, a Jewish peddler, was shot and killed by Mrs. Bivens, in Dorchester county last Saturday morning about seven miles south of Ridgeville The woman's husband is State Senatoi from that county. About the 4th of February Mrs. Bivens had the man arrested for threatening her life and making improper proposals, at which time she left home and sought protection at t neighbor's,but the case was dropped on hh promise to leave the neighborhood. He returned Friday night, however, and sh< sent for a neighbor, saying Greenberg was in the house and had attempted tc criminally assault her. This neighbor went two miles to an other neighbor's, and the two returnee about six o'clock the next morning Greenberg and Mrs. Bivens had been ir the house together while the man wenl for the neighbor. As they came up Mrs Bivens met them and just then they hearc some one run <5ut the back way. Mrs Bivens told them Greenberg had run intc the shed room. They found the doo] locked, but brought a hatch'et and thej broke it open and found Greenberg. Thej asked him why he had come back and li< said Mrs. Bivens had sent for him. As soon as he said this Mrs. Bivens fired 01 him with a gun belonging to one of the men, killing him instantly. The jury of inquest rendered a verdicl of justifiable homicide. Senator Bivens was in Columbia attending the legisla ture. Greenberg's body was taken to Charleston for burial. He had friends ir that city who came up for it. They an not satisfied with the affair, and are raising a fund among the Jews to have the matter fully investigated. He had a family in New York and a son who lived in Charleston. GIVE YOUR STOMACH REST. Your food must be properly digested and assimilated to be of value to you. II your stomach is weak or diseased take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It digests what you eat and gives the stomach a rest, enabling it to recuperate, take on new life and grow strong again. Kodol cures sour stomach, gas, bloating, heart palpitation and digestive disorders. L. A. Soper, of Little Rock, Ky., writes us: "We feel that Kodol Dyspepsia Cure deserves all the recommendation that can be given it as it saved the life of our little girl when she was three years old. She is now six and we have kept it for her constantly, but of course she only takes it now when anything disagrees with her." Sold by H.F. Hoover." Two New Stars. The admission of Arizona and Oklahoma will cause a change in the United States flag by the insertion of two new stars. There are now 45 stars arranged in six rows of seven and eight stars. The two new stars cannot be added to the present arrangement without destroying the symmetry. But there is no arbitrary rule for arrangements in rows. Circles and even star arrangements of the stars have been resorted to in the past. Originally, a stripe as well as a star was added for each new State. But in 1816 the number of States having reached 20 congress reduced the number of stripes tc 13, to typify the original States, and enacted that "on the admission of every new State to the union one star be added to the union of the flag, and that sucl addition shall take effect on the Fourth of July next succeeding such admission." FRAUD EXPOSED. Counterfeiters have been making and trying to sell imitations of Dr. King's New Discovery fer consumption, coughs and colds, and other medicines, thereby defrauding the public. We warn you tc beware of such people, who seek to profit through stealing the reputation of remedies which have been curing disease foi over thirty-five years. A sure protection to you is our name on the wrapper. Look for it on Dr. King's or Bucklen's remedies, as all others are imitations. H. E. Bucklen & Co., Chicago, 111., and Windsor, Canada. I Tttv* Tlil o Dnvvln M. M. J JIUIO X UXUIlCt Here is a puzzle that puzzles everybody: Take the number of your living brothers, double the amount, add to it three, multiply by five, add to it the number of living sisters, multiply the result by ten and add the number of deaths of brothers and sisters and subtract 150 from the result. The right number will be the number of deaths, the middle will be the number of living sisters and the left the number of living brothers. Try it and see. THAT TICKLING IN THE THROAT. One minute after taking One Minute Cough Cure that tickling in the throat is gone. It acts in the throat?not the stomach. Harmless?good for children. A. L. Spofford, postmaster at Chester, Mich., says: "Our little girl was unconscious from strangulation during a terrible attack of croup. Three doses of One Minute Cough Cure half an hour apart speedily cured her. I cannot praise One Minute Cough Cure too much for what it has done in our family." It always gives relief. Sold by H. F. Hoover. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENING! IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Aronn< the Comity and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, February 13?"More rait , more rest," is the pet saying of the coons but think they are getting rather tired o the continued bad weather we are having , Their supply of provisions is about ex j hausted and they want to eat. We have had a lantern show nearl every night last week. The attendanc was good each night. Saturday nigh was the biggest of the week. Then th ( manager of the show gave away severs presents to holders of tickets with nurr , bers drawn out of a box corresponding . The queerest present of them all was ' live pig, weighing about sixty pounds, i a pen in the hall. Dr. Copeland drew thi 1 prize and had to go in the pen and catc the pig. The scenery of moving picture t was funny and interesting and very na i ural. Sleight of hand exhibits were goo< i in fact, was a good all-round show. > Miss Helen Hunter spent some time s i the guest of Miss Fannie Ehrhardt lai J week. ) A Colleton coon was put in the guar house Saturday. One of his comrad( says that he has been here for seven I months, but did not get converted on n x whiskey until Saturday, and instead < i having the holy laugh he had the hoi t cry?boo hooed good fashion. His con [ rade said he wanted it written up an . sent to the Colleton Press and Standai > this week. : We learn that Mr. I. D. Copeland hi r sold out his interest in the store know ; as Copeland & Dannelley to his partne 5 Capt. J. M. Dannelly, who will now tat 1 charge of the business. Mr. Copelan intends going with his father, Mr. Joe i Copeland, and help him manage his fare 3 We all regret to see Isaac go, and wis him success in his undertaking, i One or two fights was prevented Satu. i day afternoon by the timely interferenc [ of friends of both parties. Too muc r "fussy x" aboard was the cause. The dii i pensary authorities must have learne how to distill a liquor that has two fighl and a foot race to every pint. It seem ^ to be the case with those who drink it. ? Saturday night and Sunday can I > classed as a rainy night and day. Rathe damp for pleasure. Suited, however, fc | ducks and geese. | We had four fine wild ducks for dinne today. G. W. Able presented them to u; i They were very fine, and, as old Jac Hoover used to say, "not bad to eat." ; Jee. News from FarrelFs. Farrell's, February 14?We are ha\ , ing some rainy weamer. The farmers are not doing much outsid< They are enjoying good fires this week. Mr. J. E. Byrd is very ill with a sever case of lagrippe. We hope he will soo: i be up again. The mail carriers will have plenty c i mail Tuesday, as it is Valentine Day. i Mr. J. B. McCormack is making hi ! fertilizers this week. ; Mr. Nealie Wilson, of Brier Creek, wa ' here Saturday. i Mrs. R. A. Wilson, who has been o : the sick list for some time, is up again. We are glad to say that Mrs. Ros > Wilson, of Brier Creek, who has bee S very ill for the past three weeks, is in proving. There wasn't much visiting Sunday o - account of bad weather. [ t Barnwell News. f Judge James Aldrich entered Johr Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, for media treatment. His health has been unsati: factory for some time. He is thought t [ have broken down from overwork. The many friends of Mr. W. D. Grime > will be sorry to learn that he is rigt 1 painfully hurt, as a result of being throw ! from his buggy in a runaway of his hors i near his home in Barnwell on Tnesda : afternoon. If all the cotton States were like thi community ten cents wonld be gladl paid for cotton inside of two month! Last year Col. Frank H. Creech applied t his own crops and sold to others a tots of above 1,200 tons of fertilizers. Thi year he will not use and handle mor than half that quantity. Up to date h has not ordered a ton, while this time las year he had received several hundre< tons. Miss L. F. Gilford invites you to b present at the marriage of her niece, Fan nie Rosamond Gilford, to Mr. Mane Kirkland, on Wednesday, the fifteenth o February at twelve o'clock, noon, a home, G||ord, South Carolina. This in vitation |plls for our best and sincere con gratulations to our long time good frien< in winning the fair hand and gent! golden heart of so noble and charming ii all womanly graces a better half. Tha the years may lavish all the blessings o long, happy and prosperous life upoi them is the heart. wish of the People.Barnwell People. For coughs?at your druggist's or di rect from Murray Drug Co., Columbia, ? /-I ill*... TT ?1 3 HiTnlloln on. i v>.? jJXULLUy a xjluicnuunu, muuwm cam Tar. 2oc for large size bottle. f # SHOCKING AFFAIR IN DARLINGTON. L Two White Men Murder a Negro and Attemf ^ to Kill a White Man. The negro who was shot by a whit man over in Darlington county recentl is dead. The two men have been arreste an"d are now in jail. This would appea to be a case for a hanging. These tw l> white men worked at a saw mill a fe^ 5' miles from Darlington and had beei * making it a habit to go to town am j. get drunk, and on the way h'ome woul . shoot at negroes, dogs, etc., promisciouslj terrorizing the neighborhood, but fortu natelv had hit nobody until the day c 7 this murder. They always carried sho e guns. The day this negro was killed th lt two men had been to town as usual an were following out their program of pre e miscuous shooting on the way homi il The negro was on a load of cotton see i- and had not molested the men in an y way, being killed absolutely withoc s' cause or excuse. When the county trea* a urer, who was passing in his buggy, r( n monstrated with the men, they fired t is him, one small shot taking effect in h: . face, and his horse being shot in tl head and neck with small shot. Sue! ? outrages as this should cease. We trui t- an example will be made of these mu: 3. derers. Gorton's Minstrels. * IS One must have been hard to please wfc it was not delighted with the performam of Gorton's Minstrels at the opera hou: last Monday evening. We confess thi the company is a favorite of ours, havir heard them on several occasions. In fac al the first minstrel show we ever saw wi l0 Gorton's. This was nearly twenty yea: r ago, and each succeeding performance v have seen them in pleased us nearly j y much as the first. 1- The music of the band and orchest: (j was fine, the solo singers had good voici , which they handled well, the "coon! were laughable in their songs and joke an,d even if some of the stories were is little old thev were exceedingly well toll n The acrobatic work was as~ tine as v have ever witnessed, and all in all tl r? performance was a highly creditable on :e There was "something doing" every mil d ute while the show lasted, there being e j long waits and every act going on with vim and dash that made one have h wits about him to keep up. The sho h was decidedly the best that Manager Fol has yet given us, and if he will contint r_ to get such companies here he will ^ believe have no cause to complain of :e lack of patronage. h g. Farmers Meet. d The farmers of Bamberg township hel ;s a meeting in the court house last Satu is day afternoon in obedience to the call < President Smith, of the cotton grower >e association. A number of farmers wei :r present, and much .interest was. man r fested. Our farmers seem to be in earnest, an ;r there will no doubt be a large attend&nc 3. at the county convention to be held hei k next Saturday, the 18th. An official ri port of the meeting will be found in ai other column. Let the farmers stand t< gether in this matter of reducing tb acreage of cotton and amount of fertil r- zers, and cotton will bring a good pric next fall. Willi a ma fnmortv flnmnanv. e This company is to appear at the oper d house here for three nights this wee! Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, in stan( if ard repertoire plays. The opening bi for Thursday evening is "Wolves of Ne1 is York." This company is well-known t many people in Bamberg, and they wi is come here after an engagement i Orangeburg. Seats are now on sale : n Hoffman's. THE SUNSHINE OF SPRING. The salve that cures without a scar a De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve. Cuts, burn l- boils, bruises and piles disappear befoi the use of this salve as snow before tt sunshine of spring. Miss H. M. Middl n ton, Thebes, 111., says: "I was afflicte with a fever sore that was very painfu De Witt's Wich Hazel Salve cured me i less than a week." Get the genuine. So] IS by H. F. Hoover. McCae Hanged. Ex Mayor Samuel McCue, of Cha lottesville, Va., was hanged in that cil last week for the murder of his wif Before the hanging he confessed tl crime to his spiritual advisers, but th< did not make the confession public ti after the execution. McCue was a pron ^ inent man, and murdered his wife becau* he had tired of her. He shot her in the 18 home one night just after they had retun y . ed from church, and claimed that a bar/ " lar had killed her and hit him with som j heavy weapon which rendered him ur conscious. a The trial was an interesting one, an earnest efforts were made to save hi t neck, but all were fruitless. The appef ^ to the State Supreme court availed notl ing, and the governor declined to eve e commute the sentence to life imprisor ment. If we could get to enforceing th r law like this in South Carolina, we woul ^ have the right to call ours a law-abidin t State, for these killings would soon ceas< Suppose some man of his prominence ha _ been charged with a similar crime in thi I State? Can any of us doubt what the r< e suit would have been, no matter what th 1 evidence? t f DESERVED POPULARITY. 1 To cure constipation and liver trouble - by gently moving the bowels and actin, as a tonic to the liver, take Little Earl Risers. These famous pills are mile - pleasant and harmless, but effective am I. sure. Their universal use for years is I guarantee of their popularity and usefuJ ness. Sold by H. F. Hoover. Electric Light Franchise. > A special meeting of city council was held last Thursday in order to hear a proposition from Mr. Chase, of Florence, e for an electric light franchise. The meety ing was merely an informal one, and d while the matter was discussed to some r extent, no definite action was taken 0 However, Mr. Chase yras requested to v make a proposition in writing, and this a will be considered at an early date. In d the meantime council is getting all the ^ light they can on the question, in order 1 ?/>t intolliorontiv tchpn the nneat.inn nf if a franchise comes up. * We understand unofficially that Mr. ^ Chase wants a franchise for thirty years free, and a contract for the same length 3. of time from the town for thirty arc lights ^ at the rate of $90 per light a year. This i ( ^ would make electric lights for the streets 3. cost the town $2,700 a year. Our opinion s- is that $90 the light is too high, .and that ^ thirty lights would not be required. If . / ie Mr. Chase would give us twenty lights at ti $75 per year, the number to be increased 3t as council saw they were needed, at the r" same rate, why we would be heartily in favor of granting the franchise. But we think twenty lights sufficient. Council lo will, we feel sure, go slow in the matter -e and take all due regard for the matter of cost before signing a contract or giving s jg franchise. That body is in full sympathy it, with the movement for better lights, but ** they want to protect the interests of the citizens and taxpayers. In the meantime, je if there is any one else who wants to iS make an electric light proposition to the town of Bamberg, now is the time to do ra it. 5" Legislative Doings. o ? _ _ _ 1 a The house has killed the Kaysor-Alan1 ning dispensary bill which had passed . re the Senate. This was a good bill and jf should have passed. It seems almost im2'_ possible to get any legislation* through. ' 10 the house which will improve the system* ,a Messrs. Faust and LaFitte voted against it* V; The house killed the bill introduced by ' ? Mr. Ashley, to abolish the department of te immigration and labor. re The ten circuit bill has been finally * passed. This bill makes the second judicial circuit consist of the counties of Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell and Hampton. Two d new judges and solicitors will be elected r. for the new circuits. This bill is a use)f less expense. It creates places and salaries s> for two extra judges and solicitors, and .0 there was no earthly use for tnenu f. [. Even if taxes are increased, with addi- 4 M tional expenditures each year, the State d will never get out of debt, >e The Senate has voted to recommit the 0 bill abolishing beer dispensaries and hotel privileges, which kills the measure L. for this session at least. The legislature will adjourn next e Saturday, having lasted the limit of forty j. days. .0 The house has killed thej bill intro duced by Mr. Toole, of Aiken, which sought to make ten hours a day's work ' ' in cotton mills and other manufacturing a plants. It was known as the ten hour ,' % i: labor law. The house did wisely in kill- i?? 1- ing the bill. 11 Tuesday the legislature elected two (V additional judges for the new circuits, o R. W. Memminger, of Charleston, and $ 11 W. J. Pishburne, of Colleton, were can- . v. n didates for the first circuit. Memminger it was elected. Th& candidates in the ninth | circuit were Geo. E. Prince, of Anderson, and Thos. P. Cothran, of Greenville. Mr. . Prince was elected after a spirited contest. n . ^?4 g For the third time this session the re house refused to repeal the lien law Tuesie day, but the vote was close, 50 to 57. The bill to allow a part of Abbeville I county to be annexed to Anderson has in been killed. The election by the people id on this question was held several years ' &?o. ;flg The bill to create Calhonn county has been killed in both the senate and honse. r . . This was the scheme to form a new y county from portions of Edgefield, Abbeville, and Greenwood, with McCormick as the county seat. ; 1 J The report of the legislative committee which examined Secretary of State Jesse T. Gantt's books was referred to the ways and means committee of the honse and the finance committee of the senate. These committees in joint session found I- that the report was correct, but they e called attention to the fact that no defafcation was charged. It is now up to Gantt to resign. The jury commission bill was killed, J fA fllA AM OTTOfom u. also 1116 DUX (iD wv tuv viu "j p?viii is of paying taxes, that is, attaching seyen .1 per cent, after the first of January. The senate has killed the house bill l* providing for a part of the fertilizer u privilege tax to go. to Winthrop. This t_ money will go to Clemson as heretofore. The bill to put a tax on the sale of coca cola was continued till the next session. d The senate killed the bill requiring the g railroads to transport sheriffs ^and their deputies free. 1" The appropriation bill passed the legis^ lature without a single change in either 3 house. The house has passed the original Brice e bill, which allows counties to vote out the dispensary without having a tax of one-half mill levied on them to enforce the dispensary law. Such counties are s not allowed to receive any school money g from the dispensary profits, however, ^ which is eminently proper. d Take Murray's Horehound, Mullein and a Tar and stop coughing. 25c for large I- bottle. Your druggist or Murray Drug Co., Columbia, S. C. '3