The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, January 22, 1902, Image 2

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THE BATESBURG ADVOCATE. 1 VOL. II. BATESBUHG, S. C., WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 22, 1902. xo 1 ,-j THE HOUSE MEETS. j With Fine Attendance of Members at theJOpening. WHAT HAS BFFN DONE SO FA It. j I Thr Go?crn??r?' Mt'KNUjjo Itnnri. Two j ^Votco* Aim* Son I In l?r tin* m. ! Governor nvul Hoth Aro i V The house of representatives was) B called to order at noon on Tuesday of & last week by Col. Tom C. Hamcr, the clerk. The roll by counties vas called and a majority of I ho members found , present, lion. \Y. F. Stevenson of < 'best erllcld, speaker of t he house, then took the chair and addressed the meml>crs of the house. N'KW M I'M OKI'S. ? At the conclusion of nis remarks, lhe speaker called the new members before the bar of the house and they were sworn in. The new members are , L. F. Izlar of P.avnwoll: W. .1. .John- j son ( f Kairtlold: .1. It. Towill of Lexington and M. .1. Hough of Chestertield. These new representatives then presented their credentia.ls and subscribed to the oath of otliee. Mr. Izlar is a lawyer, a bp t her of former .Indite and a leading cit izen < f hlaekt csl leading uqfec befort^ . . ., member , f ,h. prate house coin... :,m Mr n,,^, ] Is a brother of Senator ,(?,.rK .U;(J w;ls ; clerk of the judiciary co' ..i x .irtlu; 1 house last year. CIIACI.AIS* KT.Kt'TUn. A message from the senate declared that that lxsly had organized. The liouso, after electing: a chaplain, noli- | tied the senate that it. was ready for 1 business. There were three nominations for chaplain: Krv. It. N. Pratt of the Second baptist church: Uev. M. M. Kinard of the Flionzer Lutheran church an Uev. J. L. Mullinix of the Methodist conference. On the second ballot Mr. Pratt was elected. The senate and the governor were notified of the house's organization. Tingovernor's message was received and read. TIIK VETO t'SKt). Act No lo:t providing a special school t 'district in Anderson county was vetoed ^ bj the governor, as it was sjgclal legislation. and 11 f 1 i < was s . not i'i d. The Andersi delegation -to k I I 11! si I s., iUI.HIJ-V L'CM.., gind the hous? concured. The governor's message i irning the tree past act was read. Mr. Spears moved that the hill he passed, notwithstanding the governor's veto. Mr. Ashley wanted to post pone action on the vet oof the free pass aet. hut 'the speaker ruled that it was a matter which should he acted upon at once rasa courtesy to the governor. The vote was then taken and the hill was buried by a vote of (54 to.'ts. the latter being in favor of passing the, act over the governor's veto, whereas it required 8 J votes to pass it. AITOI N'TM KN'TS. The speaker announced the following 1 rapjxuntments: Assistant clerk. .1. Wil:son ("Mbbes: speaker's porter. Pnrncll Meehan: lahorers. IV tor Harrison. Gallic Robins, Will Rurton: doorkeepers. lVtcr Saunders. S. I.. l'ope, ..T. C. Jennings: pages, Gaihqan ImRruhl. Clark Ward law .)dmjfes. ('. .1. Colcook i\. and Koleryp^ans. Th H'-w u.( mlxivrfTide house were 1 rasslgiK-d io fo!!y(vs: l/.lar on ways .?_ i nd n.m .lernal improvements: ' tThuj-if^Gjudieiary and enrolled acts: Johnson. State house and grounds and public m-1 tools: Towill. education and printing. ; NKW HI M.S. The following new hills were int.ro. ! iduccd: 1 ty Mr. Rucker, to increase the annual appropriation for pensions to $150,000; by Mr. J. 15. Smith, to extend the time for the payment of taxes every year. ; The lirst Hi 11 or resolution of theses- ' slonwasMr. Ha cot's concurrent resolution suggesting the postponcment of the exercises incident t o t lie present a- 1 tion of the brass tablet from the last resting place of (Jov. James (lion. The resolution also extended an invitation to Col. J no. It. Cleveland, the donor, to be present at the exorcises. The resolution was adopted by both shouse. WHAT WAS HONK WEDNESDAY, Iii the house on Wednesday Mr. Moses of Sumter offered a resolution . that a committee of one from each county he appointed to consider the several hills on redisricting the State and to report by liill next Tuesday. This was opposed by Mr. Croft of Aiken. Mr. Tat urn of Orangeburg. \i,. o..;.,of..-,i r i/, i. ...it. .i.i i > - 1 ..ii. !Wliii.iiimii ..1 l.iiffrnrm <lll'l III HITS. Hie resolution was voted down. It was finally decided to dispose of liiis mat ter on the 22nd of this mont h. The first hill to occasion debate was j that of Mr. I>odd of Spartanburg to [ prohibit, the sale and manufai Lure of j cigarette papers. Mr. Spears moved j J.o indelinitely postpone the hill. This was voted down. The representatives . from t he l'ee I >ee seet ion pitched in- ' to the bill. Anion# those who opposed it were Dr. Woods of Clarendon. j Mr. Wells of Florence, Mr. Sinkler of. (Charleston and ( oh Ilotmison of An-J derson. It was urged that this would cripple the great tobacco industry of, the State without accomplishing any I good. The bill was killed. Mr. Dorroh olTere I a resolution for t t he nppointmcnt of a commit tee of three to draw up a hill providing for the establishment of polka* courts and , of the otllce of recorder in cities of over lo.oou inhabitants. This was j agreed to and Messrs. Dorroh, Weston and Sanders were appointed. Tl.e ! cities of Greenville. Columbia and Spartanburg are interested. Among the new hills introduced! were the following. By Mr. C. l\ j Sanders: To authorize and direct the ' secretary of state to deliver to th< ' Spartan chapter of United Daughters! of the Confedefury, or their authorized agent. one of tlio broken granite ior eoluinns on tin* Mate house grounds, to be used in the erection of a Confederate monument on the public square in the eitv of Spartanburg. Wh; My Mr. Mucker, to provide for pay- j ing costs in criminal cases transferred from one county to another. This 1 bill puts the cost on the county in ! which action started. There have 1 WO! been suits in court because of the J lack of such a statute as this. My Mr. Lomax of Abbeville: A bill - Hem to provide for buying school books for certain school districts. The bill pro- : ' vides that whenever the trustees of j f??iv district shall doom it to I the interest of such school district to j provide school hooks for the school in j such districts they nay use so much of i the money apportioned to the district , for the purpose of providing books as , 1,,< in t bnir judgment will Ih> of advantage I intfto the promotion to education in such ly c district. Some other bills of a local chir character were introduced and the j n, t Home adjourned to Thursday. ! , . TIIK FISH INnrsTitv. j ,CI!! The House on Thursday had a long She; discussion on Mr. MeCall's bill "to t.y < provide for the further protection of ! nsu; iish in this State" created discussion M^j( and brought out interesting information. The iill! was finally adopted by a vote <?f 4"> to l's. The tirsl section . 'not as \arioiisly amended now reads: "It ! notl n i... r ..?? ?.. .... : . . oiiciii ? uiiiiimui ?in* jiuiotm *?? ; volt persons to use and seine, pill net or j Si trap. ??r dynamite for the purpose of ]ar catching fish. excepting mullets, j re? crabs, lobsters and shrimps. in any ?*f -Jso l he hav: pa hie si reams of 1 his St ate he- 't he twee: i the lirst day of January and t.he ' refi lirsl <la> of April." j Bdu 'l'he s eoiid section provides that j nut mi vev ' " or ni'i'iini-; yi il ;: ' I'Mi i proviso .of i ids aet shail he deemed in?r. p; > . of a misdemeanor. and upon i -i \i n then of shall he lined not den ] , t h i . 1 hi inmdred ( if.'lOh) dollars, i <ir -iim.i d not more than three j in t months. : i illi. in the discretion ?.?r 1 ,?he eourt. and that one-half of the "an j iJ" ;m I and collected shall lie ( the P?t' ' prosecutor who furnishes j flu | '"h idol . convict t lie often- s ! a?a i >l'.l!!N'.. ATTIIK lilsl'KNBAHV. , Till M '1' Hinders offered a hill to I out j amen. 1 the dispensary law. It pro- ' joii \ id''s '.! : cei.ien 7 of the d spensary ; pi h law h ken out and a new section j . rd. 'l'he existing section | mo' 7 provides the manner in which dis- i toe pensnries may he established, tin pro- j w;i> posed section 7 yoes further and pro- ! * j vines for the removal of tiewe now sen j operating. The proposed section 7 mljj [concludes: "Any county may secure the | the i stahlishmcnl of a dispensary or N ( dispensaries, or the removal of a dis- tha pensary or dispentarics within its rial i limits, in tlie following manner: We lrp<m he jHitltiiui of one-fourth of the v' pialihed vrii*-rs of -itch couuty forjfm e'ert ! 111 (i . it hi r the question $f: ' * nishmcnl or the removal f?f i dispensaries therein living liled with Hie tl.i canity supervisor of each county, tiv? h" shall i'. i r an election submitting I I lie quest ion of "dispensary" or ''no j cioi dispensary" to ihe qualified voters of { Col sueh count y. which election shall he J I lie eondueled as-o1her special elections, mat and if a majority <>f the hallots east lie Zin found and declared to he for dispensary Mel then a dispensary may he established <?oi in said county. hilt if a majority of the few balioi- east lie found and declared to he against t lie dispensary. t hen no (lispensary shall lie established therein, C()n and air. disptensary already established (>nl( shall !>e closed. Klections under this section can lie held not oft oner than mu once in four years. No dispensary (,(M| shall he established in any county. ? . town or city wherein the saie of aleoholie liquors was prohibited prior to fju1 .mii.t j. as noretn permit- ,() t<d: Provided. That where dispell- Rj ,.;;:ies have t?eeii established in sueh w.(\ eniinly. town or eity they shall re- 'i main as esta I dished until removed or jju%~ closed as permitted in litis aet." ^ TIIK DISl'KNSAKY III LI.. s On I-'ridav tiie first second-reading ice bill on the calendar in the House was wot Mr. Sanders* bill to allow counties jmi to vote on the establishment or re- _\u| tnoval of dispensaries. Mr. Tatuni ann moved to recommit the hill. He spoke > at length against it as directed as a sen; blow against t lie dispensary. assi Mr. Metiowan saw in this hill the prei disintegrating process which would f(,r result in the final overthrow of the arv dispensary. Sen Mr. Dorroh l>o you mean by that sigt admission that you are afraid to trust s this matter to the people? tlor Mr. Metiowan replied I hat he would tot not trust them with loeal option. It. was is unwise to have 1 lie people, ehurehes, families perennially stirred up, and the matter is now settled. The dis- tl pensarv law is etTeetive only as a po- scss lice regulat ion, and a police regulation bou must apply to the whole State. <*on? Mr. T wvill of Lexington said tliat as \ the people are satisfied with the dis- wltl pensarv T Mr. Henry It. Richardson thought nou 1 lie measure fraught with great dan- Flo) ger in opening a way to elect ions. We erst cannot, satisfy all of the people. IS Kit her the dispensary has decreased lutl drunkenness or just at the t hue ii was Ltio started a moral uplifting came upon \ fart the people, for conditions are better. ! rooi \\ hat is advocated rs option for ?i !n count ics ini^ht I>? mlvocnteil for the Si towship ;in.l where would it end? trod Mr. Cooper of Laurens wanted to sory know why tills opposition to the hill? cuts Are the dispensary people, who are In- ('rer trenched, not willing for the people to a p say what they want ? had favored eltfh let t ine t aeh eo nity govern the dispell- vent sar.v in its own way and lie had la-en cxci sustained in the campaign. hl?lp I >r. II..I. Kinard said that if this this law were passed harleston would vote [ a fi the-dispensary out and liquor would I thai llow as free as the tides oil the ocean. | thai Mr. Sinliler Weil, the people of the recti wood needn't eouie down there: liiu and j,r?-t drowned. . the Mr. Ashley W. uld Charleston vot- j refe iim out t he dispensary have anything i tlon to do wit h Greenwood? ' S* Mr. Sinkler If Greenwood is now a "dry" ( oinity w herein is it N-t t er t hnn ' so aCharleston would in-without dispense- j tho i rit >? j hav< Mr. Kinard replied to these several : year questions hy saving that the town of j eled Greenwood is (Iry. hut the county at ; k'x 3 lai^o favors t he dispensary. j extr Mr. ! '. II. Me Master made a spirited erno defense of Charleston which had lieen ! pows draped into this debate. Charleston ! on [cONTINI KIj ON I-AUK KOI'It. ) MlC. EM\(t THE SENATE.I, I t? ai y It Was Hard for the Body to Adjourn. < " w RK DONE BP TO THIS TIME. ri tor lt*ysor Sworn in mul Ah- ^ Illicit to Several Oomiiiiltifs. The (iorcruor'N MmsaRC I t( ICcci'ircil am! itoml. st I" he pnly troutile that the seriate lb at its first session was in adjourn- n Everything had moved smooth- *' It n.ough ami only Senator Barnwell's f( ography liad occasioned any hitch I. he proceedings until al! I.iisiness si ig apparently disposed of Senator ppard, the parliamentary aulhori- (j of t tie leg I slat line, moved in his tl manner "that the senate do mnv mm." j, was lakon for granted thai the p ion would pass, siuee there was ' ting else to do, and so no one . I o . V mat or Sheppard's (lludslonc e"! was perceptilily agitate .when the i idirg ntfai r. Limit, (lov. Tillm: si. i " from Ivige.field. announced i iat ^ motion was lost, that tl.e senate J used to adjourn. The si nator i'r .111 : ' re tie Id for once was puzzled and did j j* conceal the fact. Finally he in- , rci 1 he reasons of tire chair's rid- I 1 1. No senator voted." said th presi- ( }' t. "and tile motion is lost." How many, Mr. President, voted 'J tie negat ive?" asked t ire seiiat r. J It was a tie,' said ihe president, id in ease of a tie the president lias right t.o cast I lie deciding vote. chair voted no." enator Slieppard smiled_jind t licit j in moved to adjourn. Lieut. Hov. '.man promptly ruled the mot ion J v of order, since one motion to :idrn cannot succeed another witlmut r business intervi nirijr. enator Hou^h tried his hand and red to adjourn. He was met with same ruling and Senator liou^h ; silent. , enator Mower suKgcsted that some t a tor who vi tied with the majority flit move to consider. Notiodj Itnt reporters laughed, enator Appelfc arose. He moved i t!'i senate attend t lie (lien memoex -reisos in the hall of the house . dues!.vv nitfht. Several senators ml fur i he motion and none against so it .was carried. The senator j -.union t la-n _s artlrin;rf H? 51 !iai is liow t he senaffstlrst ses- 1 i ended, it lte^an at noon when x . Tillman called it to order, and f clerks called the roll. Prayer was 1 lie hy the chaplain, the I lev. S. ii. ^ nnerman, pastor of t he Main St reet ' thodist chnreh. after which Lieut. Tillman addressed t he senate in a 0 appropriate words. TIIK K1KST Ht.'SINKSS. \ enator sheppard moved that a ; intittee to appointed to connnuni- J r be the governor tliat the senate , to ?anized and ready for any com- f nicat inn from his excellency. The , unit tee consisted of Senator Shop- t1 d. Barnwell and Brown, and thes. f tlemen Immediately performed tin* ;1 y. Senator llaysor. the sueeessor j| Senator Brantley of Orangeburg, gned. presented his credent ials and .sworn in hy the president. .ieut. flow Tillman then announced appointmcnts of pages and other ior officials of the Ixvdy. enator Sheppard for the commit it'ii 111111 i no governor >;ii<l In* j ild communicate with the senate j J. uediatolv and Private Secretary j I was announced and presented the j 1 iual document. I .J enator Sheppard moved that the! J itor from (trangchuri;. Paysor, In* i j gned to the same committee as his J .. lecessor save that on public library, | which was substituted the Judiei- j committee. This was carried and ator liaysor was accordingly as- j ted to the committees. j' enator liarnwell offered a res ilu-!4 i to recommit all hills unacted upon !,v he appropriate committees, which ; ^ adopted. COM I'n.SOUY EDfCATION. ii Wednesday the senate was in ! Ion hut little more than half an ' r hut during that time dispatched 11 ddcrahle business. Sucli matters' ,vcre acted upon wont through i (' hout discussion. ' a < i |Mr.->ninn ?* l lilt* 5'MiniO OH- . 11 need the appointment of 11. A. J' yd and A. 11. Glover as doorkcep- , ' oid t hey were sworn In. nator May fluid Introduced a reso- J 1 on. which was adopted, directing . sergeant-at-arms to provide new , lv liture for the senate committee1'1 ns, that, now In use being worn and " pidated. nator Itaysor of Orangeburg In-." Itteed a bill providing for cninpnleducation. The hill reqtdres parlor guardians to send their chll- { 1 between S and 14 years of age to ; ^ tublio or privat; achool ai. least A weeks In each v< ar. unless pre- 11 led by illness or proficiency. such , ' ises to be passed upon t?y the town- ' ''' i school trustees. Violations of ' provision are made puuishah! !.y ,s nc of not less than 15 nor more , ' i fJU. or hy imprisonment not less 11 i five day*. nor more than 2o days. I w cases to l>e tried hv magistrates, j" }s so collected are to be turned Into county sahool fund. The bill was rred to the committee on educu- " nator Gruher Introduced six hills ing to amending the constitution % to provide for biennial sessions of j genera) assembly, llis plan is to , < > the legislature to meet every two c< s, and to have n present at ives St ted for four years and senators for gi iears. His scheme provides for dt a sessions to be tvllcd.-bv t he gov- T r if < cession shouklfirlsc and em- f?L ers the governor I , till vacancies s." the supreme a?id circuit court p? ihes. The hills w >n? referred to sli judiciary onminitr,^. in i t Severul oilier bills of <i local Charac- , r were introduced and the Senate . ljourned over to Thursday. Ill U1V* KILLED. Tile Senate was in a hill killing hu- ' tor on Thursday, and several bills ] liat came over from the last session j ore permanently laid aside. Quite a | ninhor of new hills were introduce:! lid referred. Lieutenant (Governor Tillman has ,'ceived a eommunieat ion from a eomlittee of the St. Louis Exposition. i 1 hie!) it is stated that a committee of fty would \isit this State to attend lie Charleston Kxposition and come > Columbia to at tend the le^isletl-.e ssion. The eonnnittee will come ere alxnit February L the date set y the Lieutenant Coventor at the finest of the committee. It is uncus food that the committee will ask ?r an appropriation from the Mate ?r a South Carolina exhibit at the Si. ' lie 1 'viwicit ii .n I ii i ! it dim v v:. i'h'i I w? talcd that no money for that purpose ill t>e appropriated. The Senate t hen adjourned to I'ria.v morning. TtIK NEW J I' KY I.AW. In the Senate on Friday the i i lieirv committee made a favoraije reori. wit h amendments, on t lie hill Inreduced Thursday hy Senator <1 rayon providing for a new jury law, The ill was made the special order for Vcdncsday and from day today until isposcd of. This is one of the most ntpi rtan! matters to come before this : sskim of the legislature, as most of lie. courts in till' State are "tied up." it lo speak, for lack of a const it lit ioti1 jui \ law. the lawyers lieiug unwiilig to proceed with the trial of eases ,; it juries drawn under the present iv. The bill has been very carefully repared and i' is imped to get it line: ;li both housc.y and have it lalied at tin early day so tliut new juries ki> iw drawn In different counties. These bills got tludr second reading; .11 iiniit discussion: The house hill to authorize and pinewer cities, towns, towships. school ist rie! s and count ii s to issue in got ia>!e coupon bonds for the refunding or layi' enl in whole or in^pari of aii> aiid li 'tided indebtedness hcretofon r hereaiter cont raetod hy the s.id it ies. towns, townships, school disricts. special school districts or realties. Mr. If yd rick's hill to authorize tlu ouuty treason r and count> superiti cndcut of thesevi nil counties to botow money for am fiscal year lo pa chool claims of said year. Mr, lierndon'sbillamending the act n regard to dispensaries in Pickens nd Oconee. Tliie bill gives t he monej n Oconee to the '"hunt, fund, and in l o, 11 tutor <ir|?' , TpS ' '' 1 frjitn the steai t roUm^^f^WrfV >tai.! t n'" Teg^" slature* b> paAi^ijI !M ro,iUi,;nK, jiml igents for l.?11u> 1 rit\s "irtside tiie Slate >ay an annual licens \ The momoriaJ. vhich was unite a lengthy one set drill that the steam laundry business s as yet an infant industry in this >?,kic; i iiin anoni vmkmkm is invested n 17 different steam laundries; thai heir business is txnng injured by heap competition from old established aundries outside tlie Stale; that these itilside laundries have no money iuested in tlie State and pay no taxes 11 the State, and should not be allowed o injure home enterprises, ete.. etc., hroiiKrh several paces of typewritten oolseap. The memorial was referred o the committee on commerce and nanufad tires. A bill requiring a gems or laundries outside the State to pay license litis already been introduced a t he boose. Arrm.T VOTED AVE. After the conclusion of all the other nisiness Senator Appelt moved to c> uto executive session for the purpose f confirming the appointments of ia cist rates, ete. The lieutenant cover nor put the moion in the usual manner: "Those in avor thereof will vote aye: those oposed will vote no." Nobody voted. "The chair is in doubt." liocan the eutanant governor, when Senator Apelt jumped up and cest ieulated franieally. "I voted aye," he exclaimed, enator Appclt plainly didn't want a ecurrencc of the incident of Tuesday. "Very well." replied the lieutenant overnor. "Thesenator from Olarenon voted aye; the motion is carried nd the senate will Into executive ussion." The Senate then adjourned to londay morning. A \V 11 riling to IliMilinu. A patient who became temporarily j cranked under the lnlluence of cas ! early took tlie life of Dentist 11. K. rout/, of Montgomery. Pa.. Wedncsay. The patient was Morris Tyson.' muscular mechanic, lie leaped from te chair, and catching Dr. Front/. by ic throat, threw him to the floor, 'yson picked the drictor up and threw im acaiiist the wall, stunning him. hen lie stoo 1 t b dent ist on bis feet, rasped Ids throat again, and had early stranded him to death aIh.ii i i lp (Mine. When Tyson recovered | din the rlTcc's of tlie gas he recalled ! [(tiling'if his attack upon thy delist.. llalilc* npr Worth ? Vuarlcr. The i ,'hlcago News says: Cook county ill haw to jia> ^.r? cents for every iby horn inside its limits and whosi irtli is lepoiti .l to t lie County Clerk m ini: luu:\ This is on account of a ,w which was enacted by the last egisiature. The object of the law as not to place a bounty on the birth ' babies in Chicago, butto Insure the cording of the births of the babies ho many lie born. The physician residing <it tin' blrtii of a child will entitled to collect the tax. If lie gleets Ids duty, the parents of the Tsprlng will have the next chance at < ic county's quarter. A Noli* of Warning. "A note of warning," says the New rleans Picayune, "is given to the immissioners of t lie Charleston and Louis expositions by the figures ving the admissions to the lately >furict Pan-American show at Huffilo. lie total admission footed up to8.of which no less than O.ituti.were dead heads, and yet there are oplc who are wondering wliy tlie t low closed Its gates with an enorous deficit." A NT I-TRUST FIGHT r ! ; HasyBcen Started in the South Carolina 1 General Assembly. regulating the railroads. 1 ' ; 1: !? Si'UM. McasitrcN Which Will ho l'|) > .C liir IMxpiMnl At this Session of j II ! t |? :io IiO|fislatur<>. fighting j / Trust*. J . I' ' -in legislature Is Iw^innir.jf at once ' ^ t'? up the matter -if combination , " of cadiitai into "trusts.*'and there are also si, ae bills relating toother eorpo- " rut i. . V .. m..< v ..... .. r r ..... ?.. ! I ^1. .ui vi<;\v?iu ?n ijiiurou.n in , t lie .tutbur <l?'t lnt ;mt i-t rust bill. ' _ Mr. \V. .1 /lolmson Thursday introj chiiNjM lUJn t?) r?j'.|ijire mil roads and , raii^.ltY'S>mpun ics to accept as full , payiiiofiit for freight t lie rate provided ^ ; by thc^^l of lading and the pro rata 1 i <.f frr'^Hon the amount ??r quantity ! of gotflMelivercd. J > Mr.^^tijoach of York lias a bill k-oii-jf.t over from last session "to rcg- 1 I u!at" e sg? ? ;* ! lenient of freight short.- J ; 8 I ' Mr. iTIieus of II a in pt aii will Intro-' * duce v tiili "to impose on all railroad:) t 'lies m this State liability for ^ i :ss damage to proper!) delivered ' ; t?i tltcfa for shipment and lost or dam- ^ i aged lyyond their own line." I I .uiAiNST Tin: TUI'ST. h j Thei t itle of Mr. MctJowan's measure j Is; "A bill to prohibit all inanufact ur- \ ' lug corporations from buying or leas- ; ing ?: otherwise acquiring property, ; ' right ., fninelii.se of good will or eapi- , | t?l stock." 'C i It bigius with n prcam&hlc stating: ! { " l ' ' ; as l be buying, leasing or other- i Ivt juiriug by manufacturing eor|, rati ?ns. the property, rights. frv- ? ; < . id g si will of other > orpora; - i.... ng ig I in similar business tends <_ j t 1-- .,u i lit- price of agricult ural proj ilnioof t ;.e State, creates monopolies t | .mo .ill competition and Increases ' ^ iiiSiiiif.iet ill lug proilUCLS. ' \ t Tlu r? f- >re. i ( ".v . ti,,n I. He It enacted by the v \ gene .;I mbly of the State < f South j | t'.iro i ia that all manufacturing cor- n 1 ra-... be and they are hereby pro- [ n liil.fr ;n buying, leasing or other- !j wis.- : '-quiring the property, rights. :j fraiu . and good will, or controll- \ ing interests in tlio capital st<>ek of: j other corporations engaged In the ! n same, kind of business. ' ^ "a. c. 2. That, all corporations vi?v- | biting the provisions shall be. subject j of live per cent <.f tin en pi t r 1 i BPSHkof the olTcnding corporal lor; to ^ vored by the attorney general j Mil. DICUtACli ,s S r.Je f' lowing arc the provisions^ ' Mr. <Ie Loach's bill: "That whencvefb any shortage occurs in freight to bet delivered within this State b> any railroad company or common carrier \V such railroad company or common!! irvrri'T sh.ill deliver the balance .. ..v .K.u id inoconsignee upon dcj < maud a ft or such consignee has tendev ed to said railroad company or con# moiicarrier the full aii.i.niu <\t oarr 1 age charges. loss the cost van! 1 sucli shortage; and in case such short? ^ aire exceeds the carriage charges, such railroad or common carrier shall, upon demand, deliver the balance of such freight then in their posesslon to the ^ cot'iMgnee under a penalty of *10 per . day for each and every day such (-, freight may remain in their possession j after said demand, to he recovered in s any court of competent jurisdiction ' by the person aggrieved." . The 1 >i 11 to he introduced by Mr. I f, Thetis provides: "That all railroad , companies in this State shall he deem- < cd and he(oine liable to the owner. '(l whether consignor or consignee, for all | property delivered to them for ship- r ment lievond their own lines. And c "That all connecting lines of rail- f road receiving property from the shipping railroad as aforesaid shall and they are hereby declared to l>e the agents of the railroads receiving said property for shipment for the purpose r of transportation and delivery." And the following are the provisions ' of the hill Introduced by Mr. W. J. Johnson to prevent railroads from col- ^ looting J KRKIOIITON OVKtU'lIUIOKS. See. i. That any railroad or railroad v company in tills State or any other f State receiving merchandise, wares or v commodities of any kind for shipment ii to any place or point in this State ja shall issue a hill of lading thcr/Hor v with the rate of freight with tho t point of destination therein stated, and v.hen said goods merchandise comnn dltles shall roach their point of destination or place of delivery the ^ railroad com pa:.y delivering the same n goods, merchandise. war< sorcommodities shall protect the rate of freight . | stipulated In the original bill of lad- J1 I ing issued by the receiving company. | "Sec. 2. Any effort or attempt on v i the part oNany railroad In this State t j to collect ti greater amount than the ' | through rate stated in the original | hill of lading or any effort to with- 0 hold the delivery of said goods, wares, j merehatidise or eomnto lit ies when the ' freight equaling the rate stated in the hill of lading Is tendered by the consignee. siiall lie lined in the sum of not less than I'OO for eaeii and every j, offence. In addition belli# liable fur other damages tliat occur to the con- D signer by such unlawful delivery. See. 3. No person or persons, Anns j or corporations siiall Ik- required to pay freight upon the goods, wares or mer- j( chandise.they do not receive,but where t] a shortage occurs on any shipment by (>| loss in transit or otherwise the con- ^ signer siiall only be required to pey % such portion of the freight as may he ^ due upon tlie portion of the shipment j he receives. For a violat ion of the provision of tiiis sect ion the offending railroad or railroad company shall be lined in a sum of not. less than $.'?0 tl nor more than $100 for each and every h offence in the discretion of the court. ti I Ko?pe?t to l)r. Htokea. f: Senator Tillman on last Wednesday ti morning announced the death of the ai late Congressman St<ikes to the United ?in States Senate and asa mark of respeot' ei ho Senate adjourned. iv WANTS A TRANSFER. ;hw Virjfiiiia-Carolfiin Chcmlcul Co. ook the United State* Court. There has been another move in the natter of the suit brought by Attorley General Bellinger against the r'irghiia-Carolina Chemical company, rhlch was a move to dissolve thecharers of the domestic corporations eonerned and to prohibit the further dong of business within this State by lie Virginia-Carolina Chemical com any. Wednesday night tlie followng notice was served open t lie attoricy general: | L'bc State of South Carolina. Richland county; in the court of common ' pleas. I lut nuuv; <ii ouuiu uarouna vs. me j Virginia-Carolina Chemical com pa- ' ny ct al. j L'o lion. G. Duncan Bellinger. attorney general: Please take notice that a petition ; itid l?ond for removal of this cause to ! he clrcull court of I lie United States 1 or the eastern district of Smith Carolina has lx'cn tiled in this court, and i hat on the tirst day of the session icxt ensuing after The date hereof, at lie hour of 12 in,, or as soon thcreafcr as counsel can l?e heard, the said t ictlt lon and bond for removal will ln>' irescnted to thin court for its accept- 1 i nee. ditclv-11 vV Smith, Attorneys for V'.-C. Co, iVillCOX A \V 11 Icon, Attorneys forlmperial Fertilizer Co. rrenlmlni, Illicit. Miller & Wlialey, J Attorneys for Standard F. M. Co. \ V. A. Jiolman, A t torneWor Berkeley Chemical Co, ilijunonH, Sleglfny A ('uppellman, Attorneys for ChicJir i Fertilizer Co. . ,'lark A Muller. Attorneys for Columbia PhYlSs^o. l\ L. and A. II. lionaldson, Attorneys for Greenville Fert. Co. , i' W, Ilnnlln, Attorney for Carolina Sul. Arid Co. Charleston, S. C.. Jan. 14th, 1902. The principal ground for the pctilon for removal is that the South iarolinn anti-trust law id In r.v ! cut ion of the constitution of the Jnited States and null and void. This vci* indeed an interesting turn. Itut t was not nearly so interesting as the icxl move of the attorney general j nado Thursday night. He calls on he legislature to at once revoke the irivilegcs and franchises given the Virginia-Carolina Chemical company, 'riday morning lie sent the official locuinent to t lie general assembly..'olumbia State. Too Patriot!*. Patrick bfc "-orbed hartkall his days i Hit his for j aarossing-tender at a small i.< roadtat ion. He looked dubious as the lilies of the office were explai tied t> dm, and tlie meaning of the various 1 itfswas clearly stated, "li c:? f '..uger. with a train coming, of curve '>ii wave' he re 1 Hag." siid his triend, - eeding with his explauation. a .nrd old hand pfTasped hto arm. "Man le.ar, it'll 1 >ver do" 8?vld Patrick, disking his head solemnly. "I could never trust n" s"f ' rtndmlxT to ivavo a red il* whin th*T wn* ^ green van hand-^^JinviTiixr 'rkr .'<i rn 'tiovenior '' ' , ' rratulated on his a f'*fn'r >ass repeal bill, lie :u'Ii:lv lone the popular and right tlm^WJ"*: ias boen hitting the nai on the ic?^ o frequently lately that there is some ground for the suspicion that he eoncm plates being a candidate for relection. Tie has tilled his high ofllce n<>st acceptably ? . the people of the date and has carefully avoided many ipportunities to make mistakes, lie ias shown great patriotism and state trido and has done everything he ould to further the interest and wclare of the state and its people." Necklace Uncovered. The valuable necklace which was ecently stolen from the Woman's hiilding at the Charleston Exposilon, has l?een recovered. The nockace wa* traced to New York and the letectivesof that city were asked to ratch the express company's odices nd arrest the party who called for he package. After allowing the aluahlc heirloom to lie in the ofllcc or sometime he called for it and It ras delivered to him. The detectives mmedlately took iiim In charge out s the charges were not pressed he i as released and t he necklace returned o its ofrner. Ttie Cherry Tree Swindle. A dispatch from Rutherford. N. C.. ays: "Postoftiee Inspector Enterlan is here working up tlie cases gainst the cherry tree men. l>epu t .-viTirsrini. >co^tfins lias all the work e can do summoning witnesses, and rran^ln^ for the preliminary trial Vedncsday. IMstrlct Attorney 11olon is expected to nttand the trial, nd rumor has It that, there are sevcr1 prominent citirens here and at Forst City whose names have not been onnected with the business lnifore rlio will t>? Implicated." (Iiporfnl Now?, The News and Courier thinks they ave queer Ideas of what constitutes cheerful news" in Manila. A disatch frotn tliat. city reports that such ewsbas been received from Hataii^us 'rovinee and explains: "The columns ave distroyed a lar^c number ofham>ts and enough rations to feed twenty bousand Filipinos six months. The nemy fled l?eforc the Americans, lany of them were killed." There as "not swingle American cnsuallty," , is added?which Is probably the ticerful feature of the report. Well Put. The Washington Post calls attenon to the fact that the burning of uman lielnpsat t lie stake In thocounry "had its origin in Massachusetts. ' 'he News and Courier well says "the let is irrelevant, however. The vlems in that State had not committed tiy crime; and besides, the South does ot accept Massuchusstts as its oxmplar in other matters. and should >)t In this on?." REDISTRICTINO THE STATE. I Tilt) Districts ?n Now Constituted With Their Population. i 1 ! The Congressional Districts of the State are almost sure to Ihj rearranged at the present session of the Legislature. For the information of our j ] readers we give the districts as now constituted and the population by counties of each. ^ First District?Charleston 88.000; Georgetown 22.840; Beaufort 35.495; Williamsburg (portion 22,130; Colleton (portion) 11.151; Berkeley (portion) 15,000; total 195,628. Second District?Aiken 39,032: Barnwell 35,504; Bamberg 17,296; Saluda 18.966; Kdgetield 25,479; Hampton 23.738: total 160,015. I* Third District--Abbeville 33.400: J r Anderson 05,728: Greenwood 28,343;'s Newberry 30.182: Oconee 23.634: Pickens 19.375; total 190.662. Foujth District- Kairtield 29,425; Greenville 53.490; Laurens- 37.382; 1 Spartanburg 65.560; I'niwn 25,501; ' Htobiqnd (portion) 31.392; total 242.-; 770. Fifth District -Cherokee 21.359; 5 Chester 28,016; Chesterfield 20.401; J, Kershaw 24.696: Lancaster 24,311; [ York 41.084: total 161,067% i r Sixth District -Clarendon 28,184; 1 Durltngtun 32.388; Florence 28,474: t < llorry 23,364: Marion 35.181: Marl- : < h.iro 27,639; Williamsburg (portion) ! 9.555? total 184,785, ! \ Bevontlt Distriut ik?rohester 1G.-1 } 294; Lexington 27.264; Orangeburg ] 59,603; Sumter 51.237; Colleton (por- 1 ( tion) 22.391; Berkeley (portion) 15,- t 4"4; Kichland (portion) 14,197; tot:il t 206,410. i 1 AOMR I'KOPOSBD enANOES. Mr. F. II. Weston )ias introduced a f bill in the house to group the counties a as follows: i J Pee Dec District Marllioro. ? iics- ' -tarti'-ld. Darlington. Marion, Florence, ^ iiot^y and Clarendon. Sauttriet -Georgetown, Wil- c liainsburg. Ciitt^leston, Berkeley and j Dorchester. . i Wateree District j^Uichlmd, Fair- 'J field. Kershaw. Sn.^.er. Lancaster j and Lexington. > Edisto District A )range'i Barnwell. Bamberg, yfllarnoton. BeaTilWCl^j Colleton. / i Saluda District Edg-tield. Aiken. , Saluda, Newlierry, Greenwood and ? Laurens. / 1 Keowee Dl#o rict - Abbeville, Anderson. () once./ Pick* ii.- and Greenville. 1 Catav\ha{ J >i?trict ?Union, Spartan- * burg. Cliefokee. Y urk and Chester. . , The bi'll introduced by Mr. Mc- |i Gowan o* Laurens provides Uiat the ^ districts .-.hall l>e formed as follows: i First 1/istrict -Charleston. Ilerke- i l"-v, Beau'ort. Colleton and Dorches- 1 tcr. < 1 V. ' I I I J 11 : j i and Hampt LfimT Dist i'i> <> Anderson, Ablreville, Greenwood and i > ewlrcrrv. , \ Fourth Dist l iei our... _ ? --- i .7?J4ll Ltlll" * burp. H recti villc and Fnion. 1 Fifth District Cherokee, Chester. 1 ^ i>rk. I*airfield. Kershaw. Chester- j field and Lancaster. J < Sixth District ?Marlboro, Marion. ! t Ilorrv. Darlington. Florence, Wil- ,t liamsburpand (leorpetown. > Seventh District?Richland, Sum- i tor. Oranpeburp and Clarendon. Then t lie re arc others which will be introduced later. > i A GHASTLY SIGHT. i \ :' i t l ive Mutinied lioilio* Found in One t i1 . ' ^ smalt ile?lroom. ! ( was made Wed- : nesday wlum^W^e"^ ijlibors hearing | t cries coming froifrs^' tesiden. of Yineenzo Vizolek, 1 Spring Alley, l'ittsburp,IS, brokt j open the doors and found the I of the house saturated with blooitTM Mrs. Rosa Lak lay licsidc tlio bed, her : face and head almost crushed beyond i reeopnition, dead. Three little chil- { dren, their beads and bodies covered with cuts and p ashes, and the husband, Veneelsick, almost dead, were lylnp on t he floor. : From what could Ik; learned it. appears that Veneelsick came home in- ] toxieated last nipht and assaulted liis ] wife with a rail cutter. The first blow inflicted an uply pasli on her shoulder and knocked her down, but ' she was on her feet, apain in an in- * stant and with such weapons as she could find in the room she defended herself. The three children were 1 asleep In one of the l>eds and the hru- < tal father beeominp so anpry at his j wife rushed to the bed and rained i blow after blow upon tlie sleepinp lit- i tie ones. The sharp edpc of the cutter t hacked the children in a friphtful 1 manner and the hospital physicians! say that there is very lit lie hope of; their recovery. The attack on the children infuri- r ated tlie wife* and with a knife in each ' hand she spranp at her husband and j stabbed Dim a nutnlHT of times. He t managed to get in a number of blows ^ during the close battle and seeing that ^ she was getting weak he nave her a shove* and as she stance red baek p brought the cutter down on her skull with all his force, crushing her skull t and she fell t<> the floor dead. Ry the . v time he had killed his wife Vencelslck was exhausted. He sank on the floor ^ and lay there throughout the night > unable to move. The moans of the 1' children this morning and one of them r crying was what attracted the neigh- . 11 bors. ( t Vencelslck. It is said, was not mar- ^ rled to the woman, whose name It de- 1 veloped later was ltosa Lak. A strange t man who was found in the house by i t the police, was loeked up. He refuses v t<? talk. I I1 Open Kvery Hit)-. Harold It. Wright, pastor of the Christian church at Pltlsourg, does | not believe that a church should be i closed up six days in the week, and ' f only opened the seventh, when the ' gi people assemble to worship. He pro- i ] poses to make the building earn dlvld- ,, ends every day in the week. It will : ^ be open at all times, comfortable ^ chairs w ill U? provided, plenty of good t, reading matter, htoks. magazines and (| dally papers will Is* at hand, and the |( public will he invited to drop in ul M any time and enjoy the oomforts. n \ X. THE FREE PASS BILL .:l _ /etoed by the Governor and the Hoose Sustains Him. IOW EACH MEMBER VOTED OK IT. ['lie Governor Fully Set* Porth Ht? !{?-i sous for the Itejeetton J of the Act By Ills ^ Sflj As soon as the House of Represent a ^^^^k Ives got ready for bus!neas on Tues* lay week Governor MeRweeney sent in i message vetoing the act repealing he ant ifree passant pMBO'l at t lastless ion. The message reads as Volro the Speaker and Mem hers of the ^^^k H l eg to ret em without rny nil act to prevent the use of opress or telegraph frank >n railroad hyany United States or ncmher of congress from this State, or i.v any member of the general assembly ii" t his State, or by any State or county ^^^HB ilticial. or by any Judge of a court of ocortj in this State.' Approved Be emb* r 22. A. I>. 1891." This act was assod at your last session, but was not utitied atid t timed over to us i:nt 11 the - J ast day of the session and, therefore, ould receive no consideration until afer your adjournment. The act which tie one under consideration purports o repeal was passed in iespor.se to a inptdar demand to remove the legislaor and the official, tis far as possible, { rom corporate powerand influence. It vas not entirely a factional measure, Itough enacted during tl)" time when actional feeling ran high. It had the Imb upport of memhers of ail factions at hat time and wasenacted for the pule ^^B ic weal. 1 do not know of any demand a- any good reason why it should lie /e- ?'~^^B lealed, and have therefore withheld ny approval from the act repealing it. ^^^B The system of distributing free passes BB^ >v railronris among the members cf the egisiature and o?her officials liefore his act was passed prohibiting it was B^^B > rnicious. and while I would not fora ^^^B lornent In* understoo<l as sa> ingor in- ^^^B iTTrjAUiil'bat any legislator or other nli('iVsTrft*MlE county, could he nnhih influencccHe' receiving a free ass. yet it sliould^j^l^r^mmi *B lainiiml | I o that man or - ... ^BB already a frank man as State not he a these corj to rations he and i; u~, I^Tu-entirely to act/with entire^ H iir.pHJ^iality in making and executing lawSi 1I-' all times to hold the.scales of justice with n hand, remembering always t H rights of the corporations as we U as the ights of the people. Believing this an be letter done by not accepting -?^^B^H favors from the corporations, and there- ^B H ore not lieing under obligations to hem. however small the obligation, 1 ieg to return to you the repealing act ^HB^fl vit limit my approval and signature. ltcspect fully, M. B. McSweeney, Governor. mo motion of Mr. Spears of Darlngton to pass the act over the veto vas voted upon by the house at once. It required 83 votes to do this. When he counted it was found ? H hat the friends of the measure had ost, getting the required figures, but proper order?38. The Ayes Ashley, Bivens, Blease. Car- ^|^BHH^HH or. Cooper, ("rum, Dant/ler. Dennis, iHiminick, Durant. Kiird, Es .Tarnegan. W. H Kinsley, Little. Lockwood, H Mauldin, McCalL McGowan, ;m. Mr Master. MofTett. W. L. Darker, ^HpB^HHNjffiR p.,ff,rson, 11. B. A. Robinson, SeaWells, Weston. Whaley. HI WrMams.-'^- V U'ftrll. Ranks, BeamguariJ. JlrooK.'>Bnjjg.^^B^HRHB^B Bryan. Campbell. Coy^esliallC* r Dean. DeBrubl. Dorroh. I ht&g hilluchmt .er.^afl | L/iar. O^H H l.id>\^B Lomax. Mayson. McLaughlin, McLeod, M'-Slaster. Morgan. Morrison, Moses, Moss, Nesbit. Nichols. Prince, ^^HHEHHBHj Pyatt, Rainesford, Rankin. "Richard-^B I Rucker, Stackhouse, Sand rsl | seipler, .1. B. Smith. M. L. Smith^^BBBNB^HHn| strotn, Strotnan. Tatum. Thompson,^JHH9K8HgH|fl C?>\vill. Vincent, Wolling, 'Webb, Wcst^^9HH^H^H|M SVils n, Wingo, Woods. Woodward. ^H H It seen that tho Governor's H reto sustained by a handsome H which Will likely dispose of Hj H Krlpins ttie Kxposition. BbHu In the National House of Rep- jHHfiH esontatives on Wednesday Mr, Hoody of Massachusetts presented a | 8 resolution to appropriate $90,000 m 9S expenses incurred bv tho H west Indian and South Carolina Inter* || j| exposition at Charleston, s. c . B fl with the government xhihit harleston. Mr. Payne of sew York declared that the managenent. when the government exhibit gUMWMBI States would not beasked for one cent. in reply, took tame Ir. I'ayi.r as to the facts. He said c \mis nr eh more anxious that the lanaci-nicnt of the exposition should ^KpS?gS5pE| "t ? i iced in a false attitude than J!mhH9EsK hi : .solution should 1n> ud<>pt-d. i M pledged himself I It' ui? i : a of the pending he on; rn months expense In ion \% 11 the Charleston t' \ amid assod. ^ The >avid lit mi is Id tiw It ? ; h3a|jBfl[aEB)jffijBgpra i ieii^^wdR^?^EaKSWBSSB5raBlftc|ft^^f^y^S^^^^^g i >a ?iti?'