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* VOL. XXVHI. WALTERBORO. S. C. FEBRUARY 14 1906. NO. 3o REVIEW AND FORECAST. What tine General Assembly has Done and May Do. SATURDAY THE LAST DAY. OfPMltlve Legislation It has Do< Little of General Interest. Mor gan's Bill May be Killed By Senate. Colombia, February 11.—This is the week of the legislative session for 1906. It ought to be in place at this action has been taken. Fortunately most of what has been done has been negative; that is proposed laws have been killed. The statement has been made time and again that if the General Assembly •pent its entire session In passing the general appropriation a d supply bills and then adjourned end went home that it would do a great service to the State. This means that there a~e quite enough laws on the statne books and that it is always good policy to let well enough alone. Up to the present this appears to be the sensible view taken by the Assembly. While there have been a great many minor Acts passed and ratified, there has fortunately been nothing of a radi cal nature passed by both the boose and senate and approved by the governor. Ihere are several such measures in the balance—some of them have the ap- • «v " proval of the House—the two and a half cent mileage bill, brokerage house leg islation and other matters have the im press of Hie Bouse. On the other hand the Senate has given a knock to oooa- oola and has passed 4 reformatory bill, bnt the House has yet to consider these propositions. Whether good or bad, for the weal or woe of the State the Honse has been dlspoeed to defeat propoeed innovations. It killed the bill to abolish the depart ment of immigration. It refused to al low the State to embark in further busi ness, such as oil refining. It declined to enact the compulsory education statute, which is gaining in favor. It again kill, ed the proposed ten-hour labor statute and altogether its record has been one ef letting well enough alone—a most view in prosperous times. For some reason the statement was that this wodld be a record break ing Assembly in point of liberality. It has not yet shown snch a disposition. The appropriation bill as it left the House this year really carried no more money than that of last session, with the exception of the increase of $50,000 for Confederate war pensions. Although the appropriation bill pro- video for a necessary deficiency for the Hospital for the Insane and $35,000 for the general elections this year, there is no substantial increase in the aggregate of the money proposed to be expended for the State Government. ITiere were plenty of requests, bnt they were not granted. „ There is a bill pending which pro- poms making an appropriation of $30- 000 for an adequate display at James- There has been nothing whatever done, except to report bills. Comptroller Gen eral Jones has worked hard and well, but he has an uphill job. His views are on the right line, bnt whether they will be adopted or not is another matter. For instance he has asked, and it ap pears to be a very sensible suggestion— that the State levy should not be defi nitely fixed at this session. He argues that thft members do not and can not know what the taxable values are'go ing to be as the books for the assess ment of property have not yet closed* and the boards of equalizatiop have not even met, and it is, therefore, impoesble to know on what amount to figure the. levy. Given the appropriation bill and later on the taxable value of the' entire property, he insists that the chairman of the ways and means committee, the finance committee and he can figure the tax levy what it ought to be. He insists that it wonid be suicidal to any propo sition to get at values, for the absolute levy to be fixed now. He ^thinks with DISASTROUS FIRE IN WALTERBORO. The Dwelling of S. A. Frajsee \ Burned to The Ground. NO INSURANCE ON PROPERTY. The Residence was Occupied by Dr. W. B Ackerman, a Prominent Physician of this Place. time to ask a hat has been done, bnt the foot is that but little affirmative active Platitude and with even a lair assessment oi property, that the State levy ought to be reduced at least two mills. The matter has not yet been discuss ed, bnt Mr Jones’ plan may strike some as an innovation and may on that ac count encounter trouble. The Honse has "done Its stunt" on the dispensary. It has passed what is known as the Mor gan local option bill and stands on that proposition. There were a dozen or more bills on the Calendar affecting the State dispensary, bnt the House concen trated its fire on the Morgan local option bill, passed it aad sent it over to the honorable Senate and has given that body ample time in which to act. The senate has not yet taken a vote on the bill, and the fear on the part of some now is that although the ttonse sent the bill over to the Senate in ample time the Senate will give the House ‘some eleventh-hour legislation, or per- hap* a proposition to adopt an entirely new law, a* the result of a free con ference, in which event, if adopted, it wonid be the adoption of a law made by six men. There are some members who already insist that no matter what may happen they are not going to sub mit to three members legislating for their side of the Assembly on the most important matter of the session, and that the experiment wonid be danger- ous. The house is not going to do a thing until it hears something from the senate on the Morgan bill. The friends of the Morgan bill insist that the senate will pass that measure with acceptable amendments. On the other hand, the dispensary advocates claim a majority in the senate, and that the Morgan bill will be killed in the senate. Should the dispensary advocates kill the Morgan bill in the senate, the bill of the dispensary advocates would then be passed and sent to the house for that body to act upon. The advocates of the system claim that in the event of the killing of the Morgan bill, that there would be a sufficient number of members of the house to vote for the' dispensary bill, who have snpported the Morgan bill to insure the passage of the bill to patch the dispensary system. Last Thursday night about 8.30 o’clock the citizens of Walterboro were aroused bf the alarm of fire be ing given. The dwelling occupied by Dr VV B Ackerman on Hamp ton street was found to be in a blaze. The whole second story seemed to be in flames, aud it was found that it would be impossi ble to attempt to save the house. By this time quite a number of people, both white and colored, had gathered and by hard work they managed to save most of the furitnre. It seems that the house caught through some delect in the chimney. This dwelling was the property of S A Fraysee, of Hendersonville and had been occupied by Dr W B Acker man for sometime who contemplated purchasing same in the near future. We understand that there was no insurance on the property. Fortunately .Thursday night was a very calm night, or the residence of D U Black aud Mrs L M Fripp would have been in great danger. Walterboro heeds a fire depart ment badly. rr If you are troubled with Piles and can’t find a cure, try Witch Hazel Salve, but bu sure you get that made by E C DeWUt A Co, Chicago. It is the Original. If you nave used Witch Hazel Salve with out being relieved It la probable that you got hold of one of the many worthless counterfeits that are sold on the reputa tion of the genuine DeWltt’s Witch Hazel Salve. Sold by John M Klein. mendation was signed by myself, Gen Hampton, Stuart %nd Robert E Lfee, and forwarded to Secretary of War, C S A. Colleton County, as well as South' Carolina should be proud to have sent out such a man to fight her battles. He was known all over the State of Virginia, as Hampton’s scout who rode the little gray hone, he was known in the army of North ern Virginia as Pnoleau Henderson, oC Beaufort District Troop, Hampton Legion. A Confederate Veteran, of Charleston, S. C. • • » • Two Engineers Killed In a Southern Collision. Greensboro, N C, Feb. 41.—At an early hour this morning train No 34, running north, ran into an open switch in the new Southern railway yard just north of Pomona and crashed into a switch engine, both locomotives being thrown from the track. ♦ The engineer of the passenger train, Owen Norville, was hurled un der one of the engines and was al most instantly scalded to death by the escaping steam. His home is in Lynchburg, Va. The engineer of the switch engine, named Pennington, was also killed and both engines are total wrecks. It was said that none of the passen gers were killed, though all were badly shaken up and J T Wilkie of Columbia, 8 c, among others, had his lip badly cut by flying glass. No 34 was running at a high rate of speed. She was late and was mak ing up time. Just south of the point where the collision took place there is a curve aud it is impossible for an engineer to see very far ahead until he enters the yard. I^ater it is reported the fireman and two or three passengers were killea. It is said that there are some bodies under the overturned cars. “ToleraW,llow , re^dur J T Shuptrint, Wrens, Ga. Sirs:—“Having obtained a box oT wrmr TVlprinfi which 1 used on a case upfor a vote. As has been heretofore remarked the qpiitt that prevails is shown by tbs foot that thsre was not evea a suggestion to rduoa the appropriation* as proposed by by the committee forth* South OaroHaa tbs Citadel. The an allowance for the good work of the a«*yB*a rv>l|ayit •twl *Kf» tkm was unanimously adopted thing that baa! for no good, until I got the Tetterine. I am well. Accept thanks.” Yours, R RKing. Tetterine also curse Eczema, Tet ter, Ground Itch, Erysipelas, Dand ruff and all other forms of skin di- aeaae, 50c the box. Your druggist or «ddre« J T Shuptrine, Mfr., Karan- nab, Ua. —: e « e "-*• Don’t frown—look pleasant. If you are •uflering fum InfflareHoa or sour stom ach, taka Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. Hoa Jake Moore, of Atlanta, Ga. says: "I •uflbredmore lhaa Ml years wita Indi gestion. A friend recommended KodoL It relieved foe la one day and I now en joy batter health thag for many years.*' Kodol digests what you est, relives sour Sioauch, «as on stomach, belching, etc. Mdif Jobs A Letter from a Confederate Veteran. - Editor Press and Standard: I was talking some weeks ago with a man who ts considered one among the first men in the State of South Caro lina. Starting out in the Con federate army as Captain of Edgefield Hussars, Hampton Legion. He rose to be Major General of Cavalry, A N. Virginia. After the war he received the next highest office to President, U S Senator, and in the war with Spain was commissioned Major Gen- end USA. We had been discussing brave deeds performed s in Russia- Japanese war and in the Confederate war. General W C Butler, of S C was the man, I W£S talking to. Among other incidents of the war “between the States,” he remarked “there were deeds performed in our war that ought to be on record and wonid have been if performed in the days of Napoleon Bonaparte. One of my old soldiers, who went out with me to Virginia in 1861, is alive and now living in Walterboro, S C, Colle ton County. He to my surpriae and to the surprise of us all, lived through the war, escaping with one arm shattered by a pistol ball and a •abre cot in his bead, his nniferm being riddled several times with shot and hjs hone being shot four times. He wis considered one of the most reckless dare-devil as well as the bravest Of the eoldisrs sad scouts who followed Wade Hampton and J BB Stuart 1 recommended him for promotion in 1864, for distin guished gallantry and bravery shown in battle, scouting, eta His reoom- Agonizing Burns are instantly relieved, and perfectly healed, by Backldn’s Arnica 8alve. C Rivenbark, Jr, of Norfolk, Va, writes: -I buret my knee so dreadfully; that it blistered ad over. Bucklen’s Arnica tialve stopped the pain without a scar.” Also heals all wounds and sores. 25c at John M Klein, Druggist. Get a Telephone. If there’s sickness in your family, And to illness all are prone, You can quickly get a doctor If you’ve got a telephone. If your house should catch on fire From the sparks the winds have blown; Yon can get the fire laddies In a jiffy with a ’phone, If a burglar comes a burgling, When you’re left at home alone, You can get s cop to uab him By reaching for your ’phone. You can get your clothes and victuals And your medicines as well— You can get just all you’re wanting,' By the ringing of a bell. SOUTH CIROlim NOTES. Items of Interest Gathered up ‘from Very Part of the State for Our Readrs. John F Owens, v atchman of the Charleston Terminal company, was shot Sunday afternoon, as he came upon a gang of negroes playing crap in an empty car. Owen’s condition is senous. The police are after the man who did the shooting. The body of an old gray haired man was^found near the Southern bridge near Fort Mill Sunday afternoon. There were no signs of violence and it is possible that the old man froze to death during the recent cold weather. About $47 was found m the pockets of the overalls, with the exception of some very thin un derclothing, was all that he bad on. Two small negro children of Mary Childs have been lodged in joR charged with having committed a murderous assault upon their mother. The women lives several miles below the city oi Anderson. W bile sleeping alone in the room with her two children abe was beaten abont the head and body and was found in an unconscious condition the next morning. On Saturday abont noon John F. Ad dison, brakeman on freight train Ne 164 on the Southern railway, going east, was badly hurtty falling from the top of one of the cars to the ground. Mr Addison was on the top of the car when the engine threw another car against the one he was standing upon, causing a consider able jar, throwing him to the ground. Double Killing In Georgia. Rochelle, Ga., Feb, 10.—At the home of Jesse Hearn, north Rochelle, last night Joe Watts shot and in stantly killed D S McDuffie, Jr, and Orrin B McDuffie, sons of D S Mc Duffie, Sr, aged 19 and 10. They were at the gate leaving for home from a party. There were a few words between Watts and the el der McDuffie. Then atr shot both young men through the heart, killing them instantly. Watts tied aud is now being pursued by the sheriff. r* 11-1 !'* Ulmer-riudzon. Miss Miley Ulmer, daughter of Mr and Mrs L G Ulmer, was married last Sunday afternoon at tf o’clock to A W Hudson. The ceremony performed by B A Herndon, o The bride wore s beautiful gown of dove odor with white silk shirtwrigt over which she wore a bolero jacket draped with white silk and lace. Many handsome and beautiful pres ents were received attesting the pnpn. larity of the yonng people. A luge crowd attended and all went home with best wishes for the happy ooa]fle in the fetare. ^ < Witnem. Three PrUonerz Burn to Death. - Kastman, Ga, Feb. 10.—Last night the city barracks caught fire, the building, together with its three in mates, who were placed there for be ing drunk and disorderly, being con sumed. The inmates were D A Coop er, Elbert Mullins and John B Hark all white men. Cooper was about 55 years old and lefc a large family. Mullis was about 50 years old and leates a large family also. Hart was a yonng man and left a wiie and child. ^The origin of the fire is unknown, but it is supposed to have caught from the inside by a match being dropped in the bedding. Poisons in Food. Nj V ^ Perhaps yon don’t realize that many pain poisons originate in roar food, but some dey yon may feel a twinge of dye- pepsin that will convince yon. Dr King’s New Life PUle ere gnerenteed to cure eV elcknese due to poisons of ondlceeted food—or money beck. 25c at John X Klein drag store. Try them. ■ * ' "i. o. . % i Plow on, former, and jnake your children plow on!- Don’t gend 'em to school As ton p yon can votg, what’s the diiforenoe! Plow so, former, sad don’t let your children know more than yon da Let their noses go to the grindstone, just at yours has done. Don’t tot W*lta$ existence is good enough. Flow on —.The Colombia Stated.