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| THE BATESBURG ADVOCATE. 1 VOL 1. BATESBURG, 8. C., WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1901. NO. 6 risruLs Musr uu. i t l At Least That Is What the L*gisfi lature Says ti t c SENATE AGREES WITH HOUSE ii The Bill Forb'ds the Canyirtg of Fir a Arm* L*ss Than Twfn'y Irenes <n Lerg h 1 Mr. Cooper's bill to regul&to the j carrying, manufacturing nod sale of firearms usually used for the icflction t of personal injury, aod to unke a vio ti lation of the saiuo a misdemrauor, was taken up in tho Senate on Tuesday of a last week. The bill is very drastio in its provisions, and tho cjttmittoo ro port on it was unfavorable. t Senator Gray don c ffurcd an einocd- ? i L: it- till ? < J welii uiaiiDg ice mn appiy only to ? pistols, and advocated the bill with bis o amendment at some leng?h w Senator Aldrioh thought it tho b st t bill that has been introduoed at this v l session. Public opinion has crystal- c ix.d on two joints, he said, that whis o key and pistols are responsible for o most of the crimo. Tho poca ty for ri carrying coneca'ed wiapjns is entirely ri too low. Ho knew ot no evil in tho e Stato more to be deplored than the almost universal custom ol carrying con- G ecalcd weapons. It is a most do 1 moralizing and degrading thing. Tho 3 penalty cannot bo mado too severe. Tho habit of oarrying a oonecalcd wea- c pon will make a coward of any man s All the courage ho ever hal will be S sunk in the barrel of his pistol, and if li -he over gets into a row without his piBtol he will run as sure as he lives si A pistol is a disgraceful thing, and no '< man ought to bo allowed to carry one ti whother concealed or not. If a man v need a fire aim at all ho needs a gun b and not a pistol fi Senator Henderson said ho was ac much oppoai d to carrying concealed weapons as anybody, but ho thought this proposod law would bo unsonsti tutional, as it forbids the right given ,( by the cocetilu'ion of carrying aTms, l' and this bill will pro! ibit us from car- c tying pistiolp. concealed or rot. Tho * bill, ho thought would be unoonstiiu- " tional, and for that reason he oould not ^ vote it. o Mr. lldcrlon suggested a amend mont that a man could t carry weapons "without just car or cx ' ouse." Ho thought the wis hing to ^ do wonld hp to |!.1 1 t ? __ -- ~ and Bale of pistols. Ho thought the l< bill nndor discussion should \ a e. c Senator Mowor analj zed .'nc bill. In P thr first play,j.it absolute!' forbid^^^n I "iiniVt 'y"?;r: - erJffW kind is entirely oai.'' x? 1 ? also provides that there shall not he v sold in this State a fire arm >f less than ^ a oertain size aid weight. 11: seriously 1 doubted if tho passage cf la on this 0 subject will accomplish much good. ^ We will have to have something bo n sides laws. 9' Senator Henderson said he did not bo u lieve tho law would do any good, that 0 it would bo violated just as the present law againm concealed weapons is ^ violated. Senator Msyficld offered an amend mcnt that a person desiring to carry a concealed weapon might obtain an an P nual lioenso from the clerk of oourt at u an annual cost of $50, and spoke in ^ favor of his amendment. If a man l< thinks ho ought to go armed he ought u to be allowed to do so, and tho people A ought to know it. So lot him take out 1( a lioenso, and let everybody know that u he has taken out suoh a license. Senator Henderson said this amend- 'e mcnt would still not make the law eonstitntional. Tho taking out of a li- license would not protect anybody. lie 11 moved to strike out tho enacting h words of tho bill. 11 Senator Graydcn centended that this ci bill would be constitutional eb tho lan- 51 guage of tho constitution as to the l' right of tho peoj lc to bear arms rc- 01 ferrod only to the militia. tl Senator Stanland thought this a most a important mcasuro, and ^hat some law bj of this kind should bo parsed, lie lr spoke of the conditions in tho lower '5 counties, and Eaid protection of some ai kind was sorely needed. b< The vote to strike out tlio enaoting ki words resulted as follows: Ayes?Barnwell, Bowcn, Brantley, Brown, Dennis, Gicun, Grubcr, Bonder son, Dydriok, Moore, Mower, Sharpo, ti Talbird and Walker?lfi. d: Noos?Aldrich, Appelt, Blakcney, ie Brioe, Caughman, Dean, Douglas, ti< Gaines, Graydon, B. ugh, Ilderton, gi Livingston, Manning, Marshall, May- it field, McDcrmott, Sarratt, Btackl ouse, lc Btanland, Sullivan and Williams?21. ai Tho senato refused to strike out tho hi enaoting words. tl Senator Appelt offered an amend fu mcnt that a man might bo allowed t > w carry a conocalcd weapon upon paying C an annual feo of $50 a Hcodbo to bo is m sued by elerk of tho oourt. ai Senator Bough opposod this liconce or featuro. If wo are going to prohibit ti tho oarrying of oonc:alcd weapons let us prohibit outright. If a man wants to carry a weapon for defcceo lot him carry it open and ahovchoard. J' SeDator Ilderton also opposed it and w thought it would discriminate against ^ the poor man, who might be unable to Wl Eay tho license, whatever it might he. ar le thought his amendment as to "just ** oauso or excuse" would cover tho l'c ground. Benator Mayfield withdrew his $a amendment. ' Senator OrAvdnn off/?rrd ?n ?Tv?/>r>/t A moot to simply make it unlawful for a >v< man to carry a fire arm less than 20 T' inobon in longth or lees than three hs poanda in woight. This, ho said, will se give a man tho right to bear any arnn &a oxoopt pistols. cu Senator Hrown moved to indefinitely wi postpone tho wholo matter. On this tho vote was 15 to 12, and tho senate refused to postpone tho bill. Tho question of adopting Senator 0raydon's amcmlmont then oauio up 'y and was adopted by a voto of 16 to 10. R< A vote was then taken on Senator II *c derton's "just causo or rxcuso" amond tr: ment and it was voted dowD. w' Senator Orubcr moved to indefinitely postpone the bill, but the chair ruled ne motion out or order. benator (i'uer then moved to recommit the bill. hiB was voted down by a voto of 19 to 4, and tho ponatc refused to recommit. ' The minority aojondmont that the nos oo!looted under tho operations of his bill shall go to the school fund in he country in which tho violation oourrei, was then adopted. The bill then passed ii second read- ' OR. ANTI PISTOL HILL PASSU). Mr. Cooper's anti pistol bill was t greed upon in oonferccoo on Friday j nd as ptesed ii prohibits tho carrying , bout tt;e person, whither concealed or ] or, any pistol of lets than tweuty , aches long and thrco pounds weight. , It i rohibits tho manufacture, saio or aiportanon for sale -of any pistol of \ BBS length and weight. j If flA.J rw\r AS i.. *. v uvvu uw j vv> I'cagv vuiw. i &u \ Ll> ftctu-1 di o. argo i f tticir duties au 1 o persons while on their oven |rcuiis<e3. It goes into etfeot on .July, 1902, to s to allow the ealo of stcck on ha. d. Reversed Itself. Tbc bill that passed the house souiciuic ago to repeal tho ami-ires pass Uw ras tik;n up in the Senate on Thursay. S.nau rGraydou iu jvod io strike u: the enaciirg words and tho vote ras taken without debato Tho vote tjod 15 to 14 at lirot, but loioro tho oto wai auDounccd S-cator Talbird hanged his vote from ayo to no and by no voto tho scna'.o refused to btriko ut. The bill then passed its second cadiug and was engrossed for tho third cading. Da tho voto to striko out tho nactiDg wi r is the voto stood: Ayes- Barnwell, Blakcncy, Brioo, lames, Gteon, Graydon, Gruocr, Hay, lydrick, Mucrc, Mower, lUg-dalc, arritt, Suihvau?14. Mays?Aldrioh, Appclt, Brown,Bow u, Dennis, Henderson, Hou^h, Livington, Mayficld, MoDcrmott, Sharpo, taokhvuse, Sianland, Taioird, Wilauis?15. By tins vote the Senato reverses itch. Week boforo lasi it killed Senaor S anland's bill to ropcal the anttree pass law. UnhssGov. McSweency eto s the bill any member of tho Lgistturc can accept and use free pas,es rom any r*ilr< ad. Tho Chinese Way. A dispatch from I'ekin Fays 1'riuoo Ihing and Li Ilung Chang havo received ocg dispatches lioiri tho court whioh ticy havo not dhclcsed to tbo foreign LVoyB. li is unactstood to contsiu la ddiiion to tho recent celebrated reform ecrec, an aooount of how Emperor Lwang Su Las sent a choice of methods f suioido to all those named for tun >hmcut by tho onvojs, olosing with ho inquiiy whether Prinoo Ching and ii lluogChang think tho envoys will c satisfied, it isundcrstood that the Ihincsc plenipotentiaries io their reply j the court said tho foreign envoys ould not object strongly to an aooom1 I . f m r*t hnf 1.-* * ? h ? n>A?* I J ?~ V _ liuvu iuuv, uui lUBV kUUJ nvuiu j^ruua* I j iy iufcidi upou the atnteucQ of cxocu- I, rr j anous points. It is very seriously , oubtcd in Chinese oircles hero that ung Fu Hsiang will agrco to commit t uioide. The army worships him. He as absoluio control of the MoLam- ( iedanE and is believed to bo one him- t elf. He r< fused to allow tho disband- ( lent of 5,000 mou and tho emperor rdcred him larfrom the court. To atjinp. Ins c^toout.oii, it is thought in 'hinoso circicH, might mean civil war. ' 1 * j Freak Legislation. \ Possibly mora freak legislation is 1 roposed at Albany tiicnia tho legisla- 8 ire of any other Stato of tho union. -1 lot long ago one of tho solons proposed i regulate by law tho number of oys ?ra wlnoh each "stew" is to contain. ' .ud now comosMr. Lj nn, of tho samo ' gisla-.u e, with a bill to prohibit the e <o of sDiaii tyj e No book or paper is 1 ) bo printed in Now York, if this bill i to become a law, with type smaller 1 ian eight paint, or without so many ^ ads beiwecu the lines. The member i eui "Way Back" in every legislature ' as a subitum contiionco in legislaon. Ilo thinks that every evil can bo .ired by passing an appropriate law ad that the wisdom of ttio members of E io legislature is superior to that of all c ther people. Fins being tho case, 0 ic legislature should be tho guide in ^ 1 tho atftirs of life. Nothing can bo j ore dangerous than leaving man as a e ac agent. The member from "Way ack is also as a rule a humano man , ad gem rally has a till to prohibit tho v. sating of rtrirs or poiiif-thinir nf w ? -""v 5 lud. ? Haiti.uoro Sun. In Self Defence. * The Columbia Siaio rajs informa- ^ on was received in that oily Thurs- t ?y afternoon that Capt W. 11. Hrad- . ird of Fort Mi.l Light lrfantry had a jcu forced to kill John MoCord, a no- j o of unsavory reputation. It poems f tat tho negro eauio into Capt. Hradird's back jard and was trying to kiii | uother negro's wife residing there, t iving alreauy find several times at t 10 women's husband. C*pt. Hrad- j rd s mother was pick and when ho <j ent out 10stop tno disturbance Mo- ^ ird turned the pistol upon tho youDg an, t o latter thereupon shooting him id killing hiui. Capt. Hradford at Q ice gave himself up to tho authori- ^ r-* ? t For killing; aNeg;ro v A dispatch fnm Fairburn, Ga., says e ligo Chandler has sentenced throo hito men to life imprisonment for the incur oi a negro. J he cases, which ere partly concluded Thursday, have 1 GUHid intense interest as tho partios c o all will known. Sontonoo was imiscd a few days ago on 1'ogrim Co- * iran and Thursday .Judge Chandler 0 .vo the court's pronouncement to Shell 1 ichran, a brother of Pegrani, and T. 'i . Heater. Thoic men with five others li jto indicted for tho murder of Sterling I hompson, a negro who it was charged o id "informed"1 on tho white men. In 1 ntencingthe men, Judgo Chandler a id ho thought tho lawlessness which ilminatcdin this murdor had'begun ith illicit distillling A Paper Trust. ^ A prominent (Georgian says that thoro / a plot on foot to huy up all tho week- (, papers in that stale and run them in n jombino. When tbo trusts^ begin to o t their bandson tho press of thcooun- tl y they aro poisoning the springs from o lioh tho oountry draws its lifo. They b ight to bo stopped boforo they got V at far. o TILLMAN ENDORSED. Evolutions to that Eff et Passed bj the House In tho house on Thursday Mr. J. B MoLauohlin, of, Orangeburg County introduced the following preamble anc resolutions: Whereas the oourso of our senioi u-nator, lion. B It. Tillman, in th< United States senate has been and i; :bat of a truo Democrat and contain! much of which his State feels prouc ind honored, towit, his vote against the ratification treaty, bis strong p'-.nc igaiost the armor plate trust, his m?g aifioont fight against tho ship subsidi ileal, bis manly position at all times it favor of tboso principles and moasurot founded upon Jefforsonian Demooraoy, .hereforo bo it Koaolved, That wo the reprosontaives of tho people of Spu h Carolina lo hereby endorse and approve of the jourso of our said senior sonator, B 11 rillman, but that it is with great rcgrel that wo oannot lend our oadorsemonl :o tho oourso of our Junior senator, John L MoLaurin, who has seemingly allied himself with tho Republican [tarty and gone back on tho tenets o! Democracy, which aro so dear to all .rue South Carolinians. Mr. Jarnuan said that ho oppo o3 ho inekious attack against Mr. McLaurin, but ho moVud the adoption ol hat part which refers to Smator Till nan. Mr. Cosgrovo moved a substitute vhich was much milder in tono. Mr. Josgrovi's resolution etattd: Whorean measures of great import to ho welfare and futuro prosperity of ;ho people oi tho United States as well is tc tho oitizins of South Carolina save recently been and are now undei lonsidcration by congress, and Whereas upon these questions 'he rotes of tho Hon. Uonjamin Ryan Tillnan, senator from this State, Lave pcen given in acoordanoc with the ^rinoiplcs of true Democracy and the icntimonts of tho people of South Caro ina, therefore, be it Rosolvcd, by the houso of roprsonatives of tho Stnto of South Carolina, ,ho senate oonouriDg That tho reooid >f Senator B R Tuiman in tho senate >{ tiio L cited States is heroby approved as tho true and only roprosonaiion at thiB time of tho wishes of the People of South Carolina. liosolvcd further, That a copy of bote resolutions, suitably cngros^oo, po trane-mittod to Souatur J'ilhnan. Mr. Jj-jver suggested that Mr. Cob;rovo s resolntion oontained a slap at he mombors from this Stato of the owt r houso of oongresa. Mr. Cosgrovo then offered an amend nent to his substitute restricting it tc 1 . 1- - *T ?. 1 n. uemucrs 01 1110 united iSEtica senate torn this State. This was adopted. Mr. Prince offered an amendment to trikc out of tho Bubatituio all aftci ho woid'"approved." The effect of thi' jocTu8io^>vo^uI^?_oDumo!re^^W^ni was adopted. Tho question thon was upon th( idoptioD of tho substitute of Mr. Cos grovo as thns emasculated. Bctoro the lucslion oould bo put, tho motion tc kojourn was mado and oirried by a vote )f 4D to 31. SENATOR TILLMAN ENDORSED. The iiouso on Friday rcootvod the Senate icjolutio-i endorsing Senator B i. Tillman. There was no objection vhatovor to the resolution, it was aken up at onoo and was unanimously adopted without discussion or quibble. L'no resolution as agreed upon and tdoptod reads: Be it resolved by tho Sonato, the louse ot Representatives oonourring, Lhat tho acknowledgment1- of tho Genual Assembly are bcrooy tendered to he lion. Benjamin K Tillman for his iblc, patriotic and consistent course in he United Btates Seuato throughout us service iu that body, which course s hereby endorsed and pronounoed rorihy ot his State and people. Tho Negro in Maryland. Senator Gorman is tho leader of a novomont to amend tho constitution if Maryland by embodying in it a Iranihisu restriction similar to that which dissirsippi, Louisiana and North Caroms have adopted, lie is urging Govrnor Smith to call tho legislature in xtraordinary session so that it oan subnit the proposed amendment this year, leuator Gorman is oonbdont tnat the ^oncment will bo supported by a ma ?ruy of mo legislature and that it rould prevail at a popular election. I'here aro about 4U,UUi) negro vote's in daryland and the groat insjority o! hi in would bo distianohioca by tho ilau rionator Gorman is atrcuuouaiy dvocating. A? tho negro vote in Mary and is almost solidly Republican to maculate it would inauro tho control >f tno stato to tho Djmoorats. The Jctcoorats carried it by a good mnjjriy at tho last election but at tho nalonal cieotion last November a sol d topubiioan delegation was elected, 'hough tho Democrats havo control of ioth houaoa of tno lcgisla'uro somo cf bo leading Maryland ouwapapors on ider it vory doubtful whether tho IranhiHO amondoiont would bo carriod in bat body. Mr. Gorman, however, thinks hat thcro is no doubt about it ana rilh a number of otho Democrat loadrs insists upon tho oxtra session. A Ruling Family. An editorial in tho Philadelphia 'ross calls attontion the rotnaikablo xtont to which tho blood of tho lato !'.ioon Victoria rules tho dostiny. of Europe. Members of her family aro onntctcd with tho thrones of many of ho great Karopoan nations, and tho ino is so numerous that its influence is ikely to grow rather than to decline, t is now certain that Queen Victoria's ffspring will rule not only in Great tritain and Germany, but in Russia nrl 11 nn rr? ania a a ?ha!1 uv. .wuumuia nn null, Hurrah for Kansas. An exohango hays Allen county, wansas, does not claim any ancient oan who danced with the Quacn, but tllon connty has a woman who saw Jueon Viotoria crowned, a man who is Hudireet desoont from tho Karl who nee owned tho Islo of Wight, on which ho Queen died, and a man who watt noo knocked and trampled in the dirt y a crowd watohing tho I'rioco of Vales unveil a monument. Threo hoors and a blind tiger for Kansas. ) MANY OCTOPUSES. r Countless Hordes of Thrm Invade the British Channel i THE HORRIBLE CREATURES. r ) ' Have Tentacles that Spread 8 x teen Feet and Hava a 5 1 Suction of Several Horse Power. A _1 1 ? 3 ? ) /\ piaguj bs norma id ub way a' any i of those from whioh tho ancient Egyptians uuffercd has assailed ibo south ( coiBt of Eagland. Countless hordes i of octopuses?tho dovil fishes of Victor Hugo?hare invaded tbo English Chan ncl. aod havo swarmed along tho shores 1 of Devon and Cornwall in such numbers 1 as to beggar belief. Travelling abaut ' in in irauiing armies, they havo well-j ' nigh destrjyed the iooal lobster and cra'-'fi-hories by devouring tboso erus 1 taoeaus wholo ealo and on tho French side of the Btrait, especially in tho Department of Finistero, they aro thrown ' up on the bcaclios by tho sea after storms io such quantities that their loathscmc bodies havo been gathered ! up and romoved by hundreds of oirt ' loads to prevent them from endangering the public health by rotting. Many of these crcaturoa have a spread 1 of six feet or more, tho tcntaoles bring , three feet in length and covered with I suckers as b:g as 50 cent pieces. Hut j | specimens have been seen very much greater in size, and individuals aro j known sometimes to attain a measure1 ojont of sixteen feet from arm tip to arm tip. That tho larger ones will 1 readily attack humtn being* is well 1 known, tho suckling discs with which 1 the arms are provided holding tho vie tiin with a forces equal to some horse pow er.Oucc fairly embraced by the animal, thoio is small chance for the strongest man, unless ho is lucky enough to have a big knife or a spear 1 1 ho most surprising poin about the plague roferrcd to is that tho ootopu^ j has rarely been seen 1 hertc in British ' 1 waters, hj r*rely .od, that duriov | , many years p: ,?clauijs couid only i bo obta'neo r ju^ria ;u England at I long in?r;, ?:g, a;.d hall a sovereign wat , frcq'icnt.v paid for * sojCI ore alive, j If it very num'r u> ii tho Moditcrra | 1 ncan, aLd ranges a; rir north as tb' j ' south side of ih glish Chann-i, | whioh is its extrco-? limit ordinarily. SoemiDgly tho : ic *c< -courgc is due to 1 a sorics of hot tumblers and mild win 1 ters, wliich have ouoju'sged the propa gatioQ of tho disputing mollmk?b: 1 nature a wim a -r aoi:ual?and pes j sibly other ocd: . -nay have helpedV it to multiply i r- ""-ientcd d ir. . ' bora. I (B til r'< ,.:ioa:.e was first r j ' tieed *lo" ' -"b * . * terswiftwiiiwi# ablo food supply on (hat Bido of the strait, tho overplus migrated in swarms ' across the Channel to England. 1 First there was an abnormal inulli' plication of lhe poulps in tho neighbor1 hood of tho Channel Island and along the Fionoh coast; thon cameoveicrowd ing and a omstquont scarcity of food, i and finally armies of ootopoda advanced across the Channel to the English shore. Oao of the first signs of its airival upon i tho shores ol Devon and Cornwall whs tho appcarocc o of great numbers of crabs which had oecn driven into the shallow waicra by tho marauding mol lusks. Tho latter enter tho traps of tho i fishermen and destroy the lobsters and crabs which havo been caught, and sometimes tho seine? ".to literally bur dencd with the writ iiog, 1 ulpy monsters. The f malo cctopu? makes her nc6t in any sheltered and convenient hollow in thj rooks. '1 hero aho lajs her eggs, which ia due time hatch cut youDg ootcpoda. One of tho curious phenomena incidental to the recent plaeuo has tho finding of immenso numbers of minute poulps, not long hatched, and hardly biggor than grains of rice. Not much is known as to their rato of growth' but it is believed that they do not reach fall eiz i until thev am about R years old. Tho prr?cnco of tie devil fishes in such great numbers in tl o English Channel being due to the unu?ual conditions, it is expected that tho p'aguc will not last Viry long. Oao severe winter would probably oestroy a n ajarity of them. Meanwhile, however, devouring immense numbers of o>f'ers as well as ediblo crustaceans, ar.d scientific experts havo been trying to find some means whereby tho enemy may be fought. In Plymouth Sound experiments have been made recently in fishing lor the poulps with pots such as are used in tho Mediterranean. In tho Mediterranean tho ootopus is rcgulr.r'y fished for and used for food. Pitcher-shaped earthern pots are attached at fixed intervals to a long lino and lowered to tho bottom, tho cord to which Ihcy nro fastened being buoyed at tho ends so that it may bo found gain. Kvcry few days tho lino is hauled up and it is not uncommon to find every one of tho pitohcrs oooupied by a devil fish. Tho poulp, being a soft bodied animal.it is an easy dtcv to manv enemies, and on this account it eagerly takes advantage of any suitable shelter. The jugs, whioh are not haiud in any way, afford ideal plaocs of concealment, the octopus occupying tho interior and spreading its tentacles from the mouth, llenoo tho f ffjctivoooss of these queer traps. Tho octopus has eight tcn'aolos of equal longth radiating from its ocntia'. mass aud armed with cuckcrs. Its habit is to lurk in some dark cranny in tho rocks, waiting for an unwary viotim to venture within rcaoh. With three or four of its a-ms it clings fast to a rock, whilo with the remaining tentacles wav ing, gliding and fceliDg about in tho water it keeps on the alert for prey. A man coming within its reach is likely to bo instantly embraocd. Instantaneously, as tho pull of a trigger, the pistons of tho hundreds of suckers on a tentacle are simultaneously drawn inward, tho air is removed from tho pneumatio holders, a vacuum being created in eaoh, and tho unfortunate is so ooaiplotoly pinioned that hardly a strugglo inpossiblo. Immediately tho othor tontaolcn not oo oupicd in clinging to tho rook are wrapped about tho viotim, and ho is drawn j into tho close hug of the poulp, to be torn to piece* by its parrot-'iko beak and absorbed. Tho.Chinco consider the octopus a ? gr at dolieaiy for oa'iog and it ;s similarly relished in inaoy other ports of the wotld. In the graves of tho anPeruvians, buried with tho mumics have been fouad in large cumbers ob- 'j joots which were for somo timo Buppcs- ' td to be desiccated human eyes. In reality, however, theBo objects arc eyes E of octopuses, which wore rogarled evidently as oharrns of valuo. f Rone Baohe. PARKER'S" H.AUL '' y A Leaf frcm the Past Brought te j Light. I A Columbia friend has sent us one of ( the original copies < f a now rare and 0 precious hanabtl', historic in South j Carolina, the irony if which will bo ^ apprtc atcd by 8 >uth Carolinians of 7 this gouiratiou a-* it was by thoso of , tho la?t. We bilitvc the bill was tho production of "rim" Hurley, tho c mi- , cent Radical politician whoso namo , locally mrvivis in Hurleyvillo: , Parker's "Haul." Thursdi> hwei.ing, Fob. f>, 1874. " L-cturo - on . llc'igion! , by > Hon F. .J M )3C8, Jr. v Author of ! MOttFCb Notes, Moses on Virtue, oto , ,? eta. Kwpcakcr of the House of Ro~ro- ^ fcntauvcB, and now, through the Un- i accountable Mercy of a Divine Prov- , iderco, Kxorci&ing the Duties of Gov- ? ernor of South Carolina. j The Lecturer iiaa been fccurcd at an immenso expense to the State. The sub- . jeot of his Lecture is 11 ligion, which . ror many years ho has ruade his ttudy, and, in order to become a master ol his I subject, he liab devoted tho entire Contingent Fund to this purpose. Ho is * a i vine fximplc of wh^t Religion can 1 do for humanity when properly under ri stood. He will show how littlo faith ? caa bo placed in tho dootrinc of the Jhuroh lathers that to have K digion H ono must nroctsarily poseess Morality, s t hastity, Truth, Honesty, Good Faith, 0 R vcrcnco and Filial Lovo (to say 11 cbingof Virtue). Ho will 6how in 0 ! ins own person tnat one can, in his * ' opinion, bo Religious, from a Christian | standpoint, without i Obsessing any of 9' i -.he aforesaid imaginary qualities. He c ' ,?ill show that without them one can C1 I iso to the highest position in tho ; State. During the Lecture he will pro- j' | duco Neaglc as an example of a man i * iihout Religion, possesad of the w ) Dc"'l. In order to illustrate his sub- . | j;o thoroughly, he will show to the 11 I audience a tablet upon which ii engrav! od a pay corlificate signed by the or c w-ioai Moses lor current expenses in ? ur' -c in drowning Pharaoh; a stone frot M'. Knai telling tho prioc of an , oOi^. n c. at land 3,000 years ago; a , fou- ' u tho garden of tho ltepub- 1 Priniir g Company, containing 41 r- " '?^?' r r p. he u-oilctoe Gazoitc, tzkcU from tho * corner atoco of the Preston Mansion. j On this occasion tho Lecturer will bo dressod in full uniform, manufactured 4 by Cowdilly from the original flag, H hauled down at Suuiter. He will also ^ wear the sword with which ho cut him 0 self lose from Truth and Virtuo tver u since infancy. Tho Mnsio for tha occasion will bo furniohtd by the $1 ,t)0U Ccrtiticato Post Band, which will play, by rcqacit, 0 sorno of tho airs performed at thoGub * erantorial M&nsion during tho maimer, . with tel otions also from "a hundred i thousand moro." A Quartette from the Penitentiary 0 will bo present and sing at the cIobc of 0 . r n ?.UU JLigUlUlU "licturn, je llaasomed Sinners, 8J Homo." u The Cashier of ono of our Banks haH 81 kindly consented to preside at the organ. _ P I'rice of admission. 75 cents. 8 Unpaid Notes of the Lecturer will he H takon at their rnarkot value. ' County Treasurera are invited to come prepared. Barker's "Haul,"as Columbians well 1 know, was purehasod about 20 joars 1 ago by the Stato and was used lor tight ^ or ten years by the department of 1 agriculture, the first floor being occupi 1 on by an exhibit of tho State's mimr*! 11 and forest productions. Oa the abolition of the department it remained vacant ?, until it came to be u cd as a Stato dis pensary, and tins uso continued unit. fl Gov. '1 illman gave up tho builurng to * Mr. K. B. Wesley, for whom it was 0 purchased in part with Blue iiidtro " scrip, it fell as a fee to Mr. WiMatn II. Lyles, the shrewd and active alter 1 ncy of Mr. Wesley, and has now bton ? eonveited into thu Albemarle hotel, tho firbt floor, formerly notorious as 81 Fine's saloon' or " tho Thiid 11 juso ' e of tho days of good stealing, being ec- 0 cupied by a wholesale fru't establish 0 mout. 01 Many have Icon tho changes in tho t( last quarter of a century, but tho flue- . tuations of fortune havo been nowhere better illustrated during that period ^ than in the history oi IVkor's "Haul." ?Columbia S.ato. ?. Do Not Need It. ^ Tho people of ytatesi oro, Ga., aro ycry muoh exorcis d oyer the proposed . building of atothcr railroad to tro tow n. j, Ihuy have kcaually held a mass moot g *?'fs nv j'luiuji n^a;ini mu LUllUJU^ 01 ^ the road. They say that thoy havo y enoughroadsan I do rot waut to bo further ru'dcjcd V.rily it is an in ^ stanoo of having j rjspority thrust upon one. , pi Oaring for Animals. E A Philadelphia society known as the j' Morris K'fugo Association lor H^tno- ^ loss and Suffering Auimtls spent ^ 858 iu providing food and homes for v such last yesr. l>uring tho year it | oared for 24,810 oats 4,740 dogs, aud 45 other annuals. Tho caro t estowod ^ upou forty live of tho animals was put y ing them to death in as painless a man- o ner as possible. Believes in an Empire. The Commoner Hays ono of tho ad- 0] ministration organs in Chiuago oritioisos Chancellor Andrews of tho Ne- p braska Siato university booauso ho pro- a, diotcd tho ultimato disintegration of tj tho British cmpiro. To securo bouquets 0, from Republican papers, ono must ad- ^ voeato tho establishment of an cmpiro t< hero, rathor than suggest the disinteg- b ration of ompires elsewhere. b THE McLAURIN MATTER he Resolutions to Condemn Him Laid on the Table The resolution intioduocd in tho ioubc to oondemn tho action of Senator 'ohii L. McLaarinin tho Uoitod States lenato was laid on the table on Wed icsday by tho followiog vote: Yeas?Ashloy, Au'l. Bates, Beam uaid Blcaso, Brooke, Bostiok, Bryan, Ism.'boll, Cartor, Coggoshall, Uoloook, Iroft, Crum, D.artzlcr, Dean, doLoaoh, )onniu, I)jdd, Dunbar, Durant, Elder, ''ox, Fraser, Freeman, Gunter, Hill, lumrhrey, James, Jnrnigan, Kinard, or, Lofton, Mauldin, MoCall, Mo lowan, Mishoo, Morgan, Moses, Mur hitoo, Patterson, R<obard*oo, llobinon, 0 E , Robinson, R B A , Haters, Soig'er, Binklcr, Smith, J. B , spears, Thomas, J. P. Jr. Thompson, Veiling, Webb, Wells, Wilson, Woods, vooawara?08 Nays?Austin, Bivens, Brown, Coo per, )cBruhl, Doroiniok, Dorroh, Estridge, laston, Qourdin, Galluchat, Hallo, lardin. Hollis, Jnhnron. Kibler, Kin ry, Liie, Little, Logan, Lomax, Lylcs, layBon, MoLood, MoMaster, J no., lorrison, Moss, Nesbiit, Niohols, Par er, W. L , Prinoo, Pyatt, Rankin, tedfearn, Robertson, Ruokcr, Hmth, 1. L., Strom, Tatum, Thru*, Thomas, V. J , West, Williams, Wingo?44. Tho houso was romowhat surprised 'hursday when Mr. Hooker movod to ako np from the table Mr. John Me laBtcr's resolution of eensuro for John i McLiorin. This motion was not cbatable, but the speaker indu'ged lr. Huckor to rtate his position. Mr. tucker said: Mr Speaker: Wednesday a rrsolu ion was laid on the table without givr-g an opportunity to those that favored L to give their reasons for its passago. t was an important ono and whilst who aro protect know tho reasons hat actuated thoso who opposed the DEclution it will bo misunderetood and sed elsewhere as evidoooo that the oufic of representatives endorse the ouree of the junior senator from this tate. 1 feel snro that not 10 per cent, f those who voted against tho rosoluion endorso Senator MoLiurin's oursc It is not a question of tho dvisability of tho resolution. It has etn introduced. The question I ropectfuily submit to you is, shall we ndrose his oourse, for that will do tbc atimato placed upon the njootionof he resolution. It has been urged in onveraation that we ought not to con* emn him in his absence. Why should o col? He has not hesitated in oar bset.ee to betray the trust we piaoed ) him. He ran as a Democrat in a Demoratio primary and as the reBultof that lection was chosen by a Democratic 'gislaturo to tho senate. 1 find fault with no man because of is vote upon any one question, even hough he disagree with his politioal jsosiatct, but when the disagreement itii his party asscol-'os reaches that iiiii n is iicfiiueU over Mie ouuary through the modiam of the Dress. hat "Senator McLaurin voted with the dministration a? is his ouBtom " I ay that the timo has eomo for us tc ut on record our condemnation of his our60, and in eo doing voice the eor.tiicnt of those who put him where he is. The junior senator's course has not nly keen absolutely at varianoo w th he well known wishce of the .people f the State, but has been inconsistent >ith his own publio utterances. A few ayB beforo the vote upon the treaty of 'aris, Senator McLaurin said upon the oor of the senate (I quote from momry,) "I am opposed to the ratification f tho treaty. In my judgment it icani tho establishment of a large landing army which will boused at rot to conquer oolonios abroad, and ooner or later, will bo used hero at 01110 to override and intimidato the opular will." And yet after in this oltmn manner having donoucccd the roaiy, 48 hours thereafter ho voted for How then can we havo any condonee in the senator. I submit to you therefore, gentleman, kat there is no course left ojen to us, I c resolution Laving been introduced, ut to i&ss it. To do less wculd bo to avo tho interpretation placed npon ur conduct that the houso endorses he conduct of Senator MoLauriu. He was elected as a Demoorat To II intentB and purposes bo is now a Icpublican. Ho is in favorof the ship uboidy bill, a Republican measure hich, under tho guise of assiseanoe to ur oommeroe, is uu unqualified raid pon tko treasury of the oouotry of undrcds of millions of dollars. Is hero any reason?and valid reason? by wo should not condemn him? cos he represent anything ho was upposcd .o represent when he Was ieotod? In no sense has ho carried' ut tho desires of his constituents. Hut u tho contrary he has violated the onfidenoe reposed in him. I movo to .L? .V.~ ? * -L ?bu uioicau uuon J reIII I no IAD10. Tte vote on the motion to tako np rora tho table wan as follows: Ayes -Austin, Baoot, Banks, Bates, Irooks, Brown, (Joopcr, Dcdd, Doraiiok, Djrroh, Gaston, Gourdin, Llaile, laidiu, llollis, Kib!ur, Kinsoy, Levor, .idc, Little, Lomax, Lylos, Mayson, 1 jLau^hlto, MoLsod, John Me'Mastcr, 11. MoMaster. Morrison, Moss. Murbisou, Nesb tt, Nichols, 1'rinoe, Pyatt, iankin, Rodfcara, Richards, Ruokrr. ardors, beabrook, Hciyler, Strom, Tajiu, Tbeus, W. J. Thomas, Wobb, Vest, Williams, Wtngo. Total, 49. Nays?Speaker StcvoDSon, ' Ashley, ill, B auieuard, Btease, Bolts, Bisttck, Bryan, Butler, Carter, Coggohall, Coioock, Cr.?ft, Crum, IHnteter, tan, deLoach, Donnis, Djabar, Bn tnt, Kldcr, Fox, Freeman, G*nter, lumphrev, James, Jsrar^ia, Kaja, lirnrd, Loikwood, Lofton, Mauldin, lit'all, MoOowan, Mishojj, Moffott, lorgan. Mono j, W. L Father, 1'at'rson, 11 cSardson, R B A. Robinson, tackkou-te, Sinkler, J. B Smith, I It rpu,. t - Tt I'uois, ii. i . i iiuuni, ?j r t i iiuiujtBUD, inccni, Wolling, Wolls, Whaley, Wil)n, Woods, Woodward. Total, .r>5. Groat Scott. Horo is a startling item which we lip from an exchange: ''British society i in a state of suspense respecting tho ofition with regard to it that is to bo sinned by tho King. It has boon inmated that ho will hays a weedingnt of tho socioty mushrooms; that tholawriohes and the moneybags will have > go, and that the King's sosial set will o made up according to birth and lood." i 1 - , 1 AN HONEST MAN A Worthy Example That Should be Oftener Followed We oommeod the following which wo clip from the August* Caroniolo to those of our subscribers who have been from time to time droppod from our subseriptiomliat for not paying for their paper. Tho Chronicle says there are few honest men left io the world. Some of this category who still remain with us aro too honest to live long. They aro needed in Heaven to lift the averago of that placo where even all are lust. Col. Oyer yesterday received a letter from one, who is oaloulated to do great work ai an average lifter anywhere he might find himself. He is surely too good for this wicked world ' and it looks like a shame that he should 1 be forord to remain so long with mortals of only ocmrnon human honesty. i The following is tho lottcr a luded to i abov l 9 8 J. Miogo S*. 1 Albion, Mioh., Feb. lOtb, 1901 i Pros, of Augusta KKc .rie K R 1 remombcr that while camped near i your city in the winur of 98 and 99, end while aoting as provost gua:J, 1 1 ucjustly used my right of riding en j your oars at two different time*. 1 wish to ba honest with all men, and { hoping yon will forgive me for delay in t paying ho same, pio&so aoocpt arnvjoi enolost i Yours tir'v, M. P ELDER. Formerly a member of lha iljiu Mich, i 1 he amount sent from the honest Miohigaador is eleven cent*. This i inoluocs the two fares and inters' theroon. The interest "Old Honesty" fig < uros out at on? cent for tho timo sinro < be toolt the rides without tho permission, or the right, to do so. Th.. inter- i est was figured all ovor a sheet of ia i per and waa correct to a goat's bcel. Col. Dyer should iinxedia'.eiy soud & receipt in a frame to this man tf exeep- i tional coBsoie"\;e, so that it e?u bt- Land 1 ed down in his family to gcnrra.ioss * yet uuborn To be desoendau from t snob a man would bo a greater tonroe < for s little able-boated bragging in the ' future thin to, in this day and gtuera- I tiou, Holland damo or any dignitary. ( More Pension Money. The bill to increase the amount of ] the appropriation for pensioning old ] Confederate soldiers was udcen np in j the Senate on Thursday. The house , bill proposed an iucrosio c? $!"!0,000, t making tho total amount $200,909. c Senator Mower moved to strike out t the cnaoting words of the bill, and, as ( ohairman of the finance ooinmittee, made a statement of the State's ? finances. c Senator Henderson hoped the appro- f priation would not bo killed, but that t the extra sum of $50,000 be given, as c Capt. Brooks intended it when ha introduced it in tho house. The oomp- f >%>?* fhi* vrM x,pv in \ orease the tax levy this year, but ( whether it did or not ho would vote for it. If the Stato is to help the old. soldiers it Bnould do so in proper shape. On the vote to strike out tho enacting words the motion was ovorwhei- j mingly defeated, the vote boing: ayes , 4, nays 27, as follows: Pryor fought bravely and managed to ; esoapo with a out on the head where , she was half stunned by a blow from ( the lead pipe. She pluckily gave chase ( and a policeman oaught her assailant, , who oalls himself Patriok Uynos. lie , was held in 15,000 bail for trial. j _ i v j- 1 Ayes ?Blakency, Glenn, Walker, j Williams?. | Nays?Aldricb, Appolt, Barnwell, Bowon, Brantley, Bird, Brown, Cauthman, Dean, Dennis, Douglas, Gravdon, 1 Gruber, Hay, Henderson, Herndon, Hongh, Hydriok, Mayfield, McDormott, Moore, Kigsdale, Sarr&tt, Sbarpe, Stanland, Sullivan, Talbiri?27. ( Senator Mowor was paired with Sen tor Marshall, who favored the increase. , Senator Hnadorson then offered his amendment to mako the appropriation , $150,000, whioh was adopted and the bill was ordered engrossed for its third reading. Food for Thought. Two years ago this mouth tho Philippi no war began. It has cost this republic a quarter of a billion dollars, 3 500 lives and its aoif respect to further the selfish schemes of promoters. Daring i those two years we had more men under arms in the Philippines Washing* ton had during the Revolution; more men than the republic had under aims diiring the war of 1812; more m n than Sjott had when he invaded Mexico; more men thaa Shatter had when he invaded Cuba and compelled the surrender of the Spanish forces, and more men than I Grant had at any time during hid Viokaburg campaign. And jet it h a: "been impossible to bubjagate a wi'akpeople who are fired by a l?,ve of liberty* .Tneio is i muoh in these facts that demands the consideration of the thoughtful.-"-The < Commoner. .. i - i 1 Officers Galoro. Tho new army bill provides fur about eleven hundred officers running fceue major-gcncraf dow'n to second lioutcu- I aut. Thesf ate life positions *a'; there i will bo a rorambln for them. If 'Kov r aro Judioioosly di*tnbuWKl a 'fiLdl iduf-' J ' able sentiment will bo oroatoB 4*: favor of a UrftO liii'imry **t*bli8AAini.f. Army tffioara aro. a* mla/mwni of Id- 1 tolligcna*and imv<? it.fi icitfiei family connection, ?D(i lb" advantages vhioh 1 tkoy derive f-orn tho syfcteai o?q bo ' easily seen. The bufdecfl of a large ' slatiiin.' army are, however, distributed 1 amonfc eft tho pcopH, arid are' tot so ' easily discerned. The. few who are bnntfiued aro aggroar,ivo while iho bur den boarora ?rr uno-irariiiid. It is not strange, therefore, U a'. tt>o people "2nd j it dithouU ,to keep a st neiog army \ within bouodd.?The Commoner. Plucky Mr&. Pry or. 1 Mrs. Louise A. Pryor, wife of T)r. W. K. Pryor, who id c on of ix Juigc ! Roger A. Pryor, was struck on the head 1 by a picoo of load pipo and robbed * Wolnesday in Now York. Tho scene 5 of tho oriroe was the stairway loading ' from tho uptown track of tho Fourth avenue tunnel at Thirty eighth street. Mrs. Pryor had Beveral huodred dollars Worth of diamonds and some money in ? her purso when sho was struck. Mrs. . NEARLY A BILLION. |H Appropriation of this Session Reach Almost that Figure. fl TEN DOLLARS FOR EACH HEAD fl Democrats Assail the Majority In ^ Ccngrass on Account of the Reckless Expenditure J rf Public Money. fl On Thursday the Democrats in Con- I ;ress oponcd a general assaaltupon the oxtravagaocj of the present congress. Messrs Bell, of Colorado; Richardson of Tennessee, and Goohran of Missouri, in tarn made speeches, Messrs Uaonon, of Illinois and Moddy of Massachusetts, defonded the record of Congress in tho matter cf appropriations. Kiftoen of 134 pages of tbj bill wore disposed of. Mr. Boll of Colorado, a member of the appropriation o^mirdu^e produced aquroH to phow tha 5- - da the par capita cost of orrvxr.^ on *bo governmental machirery bad Inereaod from *4 75 to over 510. The apeewh was interrupted to permit tne oountirg of the electoral votes and was ocaclnded immodia^el/ after tbat ceremony. Mr. Cootiran of Missouri declnrod the total *? prepriation<i for tho ne^t yea;, if rcoK-jned in ^old wculd eione-f Lho appropriations in ldtii .rhcc who Federal government had 1.200 shi*vj on tho pea maimrtniug a bloc -ado frc zi Galveston to the Chcsnpe-Ve, and 1,000,000 men ou Ucd erg-god in the the tretr-nious military enterprise in most history of tho ajje. ''Talk about progr?"8 and Christianity," he continued "if prcgics* 'nd jhmtuniiy mean marohing una or macy Sags o.'plunderor. and the Bwordb oi jlnifitiaa toldiera dripping is tho blood A plundered people, it is time v?i quit iiing ??>; the -.atqurado and eay 'Progress has turned 'rseboote" ohria.iaa: *, lumbers acc God is d**d." ,k iioc.itio applause.) Mr. Hiohardeou of Tennessee, the nicc'ity loader, ?aid tho total appropriations at this session vruu'.d r??oh 800,000,000. Four year* a?ro when President McKinloy'a adtnirifltra.ion )cgan, the annus! appro'-i-aon* w^re ibeat $470,0o0,000. Ho eonoeJod that ho appropriationv would naturaliy is- ^ trcap? every y,ar. hut why, he asked his prodigious increaoo cf over $300, 00,000. Tho war had been over t * a ' ycats ind could h ohargod wiihib^Mrij| H reases were iucJ to tho arm and navy ion bills. There was an iuw&aue m ivory ( no of the appropriation belle. Mr B'chardson referred to the ap- S nopriaUtn fortlie New en. m .onto as ittsm'ih'at couH ave been >mitted. Will Have Free Passes. When tho bill to repeal the law for>iddwg public officials from using rail oad paescB oame up Friday for its iccond reading another effort was mado ,o kill the bill and it got through on the iicutcant governor's vote. Senator Manning moved to indefinitely postpone the bill. The ays and aoes wero demanded and the vote takjn without debate. This was tho result: Ayes?Barnwell, Blakeney, Brioe, Douglas, Gaines, Glenn, Graydoi. Hyiriok, Manning, Moore, Mower lvagslal and Sullivan?13. Noes?Aldrich, Appelt, Brown, Den ale, Henderson, Hough, Livingston, Mayfi"M, Sharp, Steokhonae, Stsnland, Te'bird and Williams?13, Licat. Gov. lilltnan states tho reason for his vote as follows: "The chair ia casting its vote upon this question dosires to eUto chat it has never used a railroad pass except when a newspaper correspondent a number of y??ra ago, nor will it do bo now. "The act which this bill repeals is a festered sore?a remnant of factional ~-?" politics whiob every ^ood citizen in South Carolina wants obliterated. The act is a reflection upon every member of tho general assembly. If they can bo subsidized with a pass it is Ligh time that other people he sent Lo; to represc-t t&e S-.ato. The oLsir is of the opinion, however. th-' Moa<h C:rolin??''.s aro not yei . . , jLed. There being a ti?, the Henteotaif ;vernor announced tb-t ht. ~?ou!d \.te co, and tho seaste refused to indefinitely postpone the bill. Senator Kydrlck tfc^-- mado a motion to recommit, but this was dofc-tci by a veto of lf? to 13 and 'h hill was rpad and ordered enrolled fo* .-atmoatic i. A Poor Trader. Tho Washington Post --.yn the government wdl never .? ?t rich fcy sn. gaging in thb sliii b: ^korago Duzioetj. At the brr'an'Ug of the w?rwirh hpiin r paw #i,^3tfW0 ?.'r Sva vessels whioh wore ofTorod by private r* rioti. Sine.Uko it has '"cer: able -el1 thejo p?"ao ships for the sum of $7lu,P00. arithp'otiosl proo-? ? b v./s Uncilo Sara to be the loser to I'.'; extent of |5'J2,jOO It tn?y bo th*? the jenticidii *ho I'd the jinr^i.A3tns for cho government were altogether too 'nrton1. and ^verostir.-.tb . 0.11 uaogrr. * After the Barbers. The Nes York legislator' h*a before , it a bill to license and enporviee barkers E?-ry p.crsaa who ?hmten or tate j Lhe hair of another for a r.rtidrration is to be ooosii.'red ab^ber. ?a<i ao barbc* ?s to ho pe-niitted to do business nithouv a lioorav AH shops, soaps, .owoio, etc.. are to be snbjeotro to rigid SRMJtian M.t (isnitiTO ? --r r twitoi * lyi.'iiju f the law will bo ponishcd lr a fine of 1*25. Of eoareo harbor shop inspectors ! will havo to be appointed. J ! Vath of Mrs. Maury. m A dispatch from Richmond, V?., lays Mrs. Aon Hudson Manry, widow ^ >f Commodore Matthew F. Manry, of M .Lo Unitod States and Confederate 1 itates navies, who is known the world W >ver as '"The Pathfinder of tho S."\s," ?? lied in that oity Wednesday agud niuoty f| rears. Commodore Manry was the Js tnthor of tho georgraphies now in ui in this State bearing his name. 4. jI