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' . .1. ? IN THE UPPER HOUSE.| A Bill to Establish* a'State Fertilizer ?v ?Manufactory. % AN INVITATION DECLINED. What the State Senate Ha* Done During tlio Past Week in the Way of IiOj?islai ion. The-Setuite met vit to o'clock on rr* l.. .. : * ... . .i l :.. tory all over the State if enforced. No seed cotton cafi he sold between sundown and sunrise. This hill, if r passed, would bring about a worse condition tlian at present. The bill provides for a license of $2") f?M- purchnsi ers of seed cotton. This is too low. ' . .What should be done is to stop the sale of seed cotton altogether. Mr. Appelt defended his bill. Its object, he said, is to provide a uniform law. . Mis county requires a licej'** front persons whr^JrdY .,eed cotton. v. '.Joining county of Wil^ irWug^ifV ditos not have a liccns-* s\sttfmi. and the negroes on t he liordcr of rendon Williamsburg This was unfair. favor the.license system, hnt if there are to be licenses in one count;. there should be a license in all. Ilis county received ?l'200 from these licenses .last year. After some further discussion the bill was killed by an overwhelming vote. HARD ON KfDXA I'l'KKS. * Senator Sheppard's hill "to amend section 2475 of tho general statutes, relating to kidnapping, by extending the provisions of said section to any case of taking away a minor without consent of parent or guardian," was HBHh tiie special order and was taken up. The bill, which introduced ffln bly with slight amendments the committee. The hill prisomnent for persons who kidnap1 children in the hope of HH It was given third reading with practically no discussion and ordered ^tot lie n Hi t<> attorneys for railroads and porations holding seats > the genertil assembly \v;is then taken up for its B Senator length in favor uf*i"t. " lie-said the hill Wf might be frlgardcd as peculiar HH hut he had the right to introduce it. MB and besides, ho thought necessary that such a bill should come ^H9Bb the lcgislature. Tin constitution pro-i Hk vides that school trustee, who gets no compensation, nHHR lator, but corporation lawyers, who represent inimical to welfare WT are often and help to pass' Wm laws that arc not for tiie tie jy people. We so often hear tor's vote on a measure. "< )h, he is a corpora ion hmj."'" 11 lit;lititon |^B Is prone to err, Senator Ildi-rton and corpor; T cannot regard measures si edit to the good of f h gg the interests of ids corporal ion are affeeted. 11 < t Ik1 made a polil i.mi , to. no , ml j of the State to the other. Ho hoped I none of tlie senators would regard tliis i as a personal attack, for hcdld not rc| gard this as a I n ma' lie wanted to amend the constitution In this respect for till time so as to' protect tlie State and the generations ifViycSrs to come. The law lie lit I" tx? so that il a man wanted t > he a r" momltor^of the lo^isJUtt tire he would ^"UaV to resign his ?ffosit ion as a corporation lawyer, il he held sueh a position, and come here tin from any obli^at i<m,s. lie said lie had heanl t hat this had been done a year or s a^o by one gentleman, and he spoke of how the people honored the man who had given up a lucrative position1 In order to lie a free represent at i\e of the people. i Sena br Mr. 'd a; ! .' . i i. . ton did not feel more Ueenh than It other senato t ions aiid Its i Ik1 reached stieli a law w u I i? ; dlv passed. Hut he did not think the bill as proposed Under this bill an at tonu s lor a bank or agricult urai s<m t t bat kind, could t? r.vtevj legislature I f Iprik- '.y. f<>r corpoi atious elude physicians who administer to alck members of corporatioi foi himself, he had alwa.vsopp >sed trusts: B'tSgk lie had helped pa - tin t rust laws of I lie Mat' . and o-aso iutguaj lIHHIUli^ II! 1(IM ?!TK .IIMI III the half l\our lie fore the convening of the joint as.senihjy had disposed of everything on the calendar. Mr. McGowan's hill, which came Hliili i ill- uniiM', ,1111 imn/.MIn rill'"-. towns. school districts and counties to issue bonds to refund lynded indohtedness, was given its third reading and son^. back to the lionse with amendments. Mr.' StieppardV tiill providing t >r only one set of commissioners and managers for State and federal eleeI tions was given its third reading and & sent to the ii use. I Mr. It a.vsor's 1 >i 11 anthorizing school district No. ">7. in Orangeburg c on 9 ty, to issue bonds was also given its third reading. INVITATION OKIT.1NKI). Senator llendersoji antiouueed that a committee of citizens of Augusta, (la., was present, to invite the members of the legislature toutt<md the Good Roads convention now being lield in that city, am! on motion the memiters .of tiie committee were invited to address t lie senate. Mnj. \V. T. Gary and -State Senator Sulluan. lxtth of Augusta, were then introduced and formally extended the invitation. Senator May field oifered ;t resolution regrettiiig the inability of the legislature "to attend, but extending'the wishes of the general assemble for the success of the convent ion. This was adopted after a brief dissension. Senator Maytield. ot'.!>ennnrk. introduced a bill to establish a State fertilizer plant.' Til K SEKD COTTON lilt.I.. Jit the Senate on Wednesday Mr. Appelt's bill "to regulate the tratlle <>f Sfcedhottton and to provide a license for the same," was the tirst matter to he taken up after the morning hour. Mr. Graydon moved to strike out the enacting words. The bill is very defective, he said, and it would be ;i 1 dangerous law. The present law has "Worked satisfactorily in 11is section aryt he iteliev* d it would be satisfac why there Is s<? much coulplalnt about ni the trusts Is that the State ottteers "i have never trleil to enforce those laws. Sk lie moved to adopt the unfavorable sa report of the committee and thus kill cc the bill. ni Senator llagsdale thought the bill should pass, lie said he regarded tc ! lawyers as fully the peers of any other CI class of men. and he meant no reflcc- sc lion on them, hut the people are de- s< manding that we correct what is regarded as a growing evil in legisla- tl j tlon. It is no easy task to be tlie 0< keeper of another man's conscience, hut it is admitted that a man cannot t,j serve two masters, and he feared that f., I attorneys for great corporations could rt not always truly represent the people. ni What are they to do when their clients say, "We want this bill Killed." (j, It places these lawyers in a position yj that no man should be allowed to oe- pi copy, lie thought the question should j> be submitted to the people. It Is true l,| that the neonlc have often sent, eor | (Miration lawyers here t<> represent them, hut t hey have lieen orylng about {,] I "corporation lawyers in the legislature." Now lets submit this amend- ^ I inent to the people, and let them ' adopt it or else stop all t his talk. Senator Maylield renewed Ids mo- ^ i tion to adopt' the unfavorable report *( i of tlte committee and reject the hill; 1,1 and Senator llderton called for the ai ayes and noes. The hill was killed by I' a vote of 27 to in. as follows: Sl A yes Senators Aldrich, Appelt, I tarnwdl. Iilakeuoy. Itowen. Hrown. V' Mean, Dennis, Douglass, (Jlenn, (Iray- 11 dor. Hay. Henderson. Herndon. 01 llongh. Hydrick. Manning, Maylield, " Mi-"re, Mower, Kaysor. Sharpe, Shep- s' , pard. Sullivan, Tnibird. Walker, Wil- 1)' | liains 27. c' Noes Senators Caughman, Hnlnes, (too Iwift, llderton, Livingston. Me- 511 DeriiiOt. Itagsdale, Sarratt, Stack- s' house, Stanlaud in. THAT At'OUST A Tttlf. al Tl house concurrent resolution accepling the invitation to attend the * \ugusta (loud (loads convention was received. Mr. Maylield moved to lay p) | the resolut ion on the tabic, and this j was done without discussion. The w si i.ate evidently, did not want to go to Augusta, notwithstanding Senator | Sullivan's fascinating invitation. The Senate was in session less than an hour on Thursday and .he proceed- (; ings were only of routine nature. No business of great Importance or public interest was transacted. Senator Kaysor's bill to require all j children toet,tend school at least eight V weeks in each year was reported fa- Si i vonibly by the committee on educa- it lion, with amendments. The amend! ments are that, the law shall not ap- 'x ply to children who live more than It two miles from a school house, and ot that prosecutions for violations must sc be instituted by some memlier of the ii board of school trustees. di The committee on agriculture made t* a favorable report on Senator Stack- t! house's bill to authorize the hiring of b; county chain gangs to private persons or corporations. in There was a favorable report on the hi bill to provide for the preservation of le the valuable historical records of the ol State. ' P" There was fy?\:h'?e icport on ni "Se'y^tor Aldrich's bill to provide pun- c< ! islunent for persons who negligently ot ] expose.children to the danger of lire. g? The presiding otlieer requested those j senators who contemplated going to tl Augusta on the free train to the (Jood P j I toads convention to hand him tlieir ni {names. None of the senators respond- <11 led except Senator Caughman, who T said he might go hut was not quite S. certain. On motion of Senator Hen["dersbn leave of absence was granted ec all who desired to go. at AD.tot K\KI> Foil TWO I?.\VS. ?'l> 1 n the Senate on Friday there was ' KAneldamhlA dtc ? n it uiuii; umt unaum .i linn mil made by Senator Maytield. that when ! 11 lie senate adjourn it be until ft o'clock 11 ; Monday night. Senator (Iraydou opposed the mojtion. lie said there was work to do | and t lie senate ought not to adjourn. 'V ' II an\ members were compelled to go 11 homo they could get leave of absence hut tlie oilier should stay here and attend to business. Senator I trice agreed with Senator ea ilra^vdou. The leglslaturejs to takea trip to ('harldston. he said, and lie did 1 | not I hiirk t he t iine could be spared to ' * adjourn now. ' Senator Mower said the senate could hold a night session and clear thecal- ]' endar. and accomplish just as much as M could be done by a session of Sat- u unlay. so nator I tarn well favored the ad- 1 a journnicnt. Many of the senators are g< ing home, anyway, lie said. and it is not a good plan to have legislation : . going on without a full senate. Senator (Jruber hoped the senate would, not adjourn. There is a great deal of important work to be done, and lie thought the members ought tov'a\ here and at tend to it. Senator tiravdon called for the ayes and noes and a vote was taken. The senate, by a v<ite ot 21 to to. agreed to adjourn < < lill Monday night. The vote was as folk >\\ >: Nie- Senators Appelt. Hlakeney, ltrice, Clraydon. Ciruber, llerndon, Itaysor, Sarratt. Sheppeard, Stan- ha land. 10. 'I' A\ -s -Senators Aldrich, Uarnwell. ha Urow n. I tennis, Douglass, ( allies, dc (lb on. Hay. llerndon, lldertou, Llv- M i ton. Mas I'm Id. McDerniot t. Moore. ?tl Mo,-, ei. .Sliarpe. St'leklioiiM*, Sullivan, co Talbird. Williams. Walker. 21. Hi Till-: soill.l'.v KICSOLCTION. The senate, wllhoiil diseussion, w| agreed to the house eoneiirrent resolu- Vt. tion in regard to Admiral Schley. The resolu I ion is as follows: . ()|He il resolved bv the house of rep- ,l( resent at ivos. the senate concurring, ' j| that I be t hanks of every patriotic ^ ^ A meri< an eil i/eii i< ilim in i loi t ! I ;ifi naval ' ! i iff la in, \\ 111 licit I S. Schley, . ( his otlieers and men, for 11 u*lr gallant u conduct in tlie liar!tor of Santiago on July 3d, I8#8. ? M r. Crofl"s liill to exempt dentists |i(j from serving as jurors was ^iven its S(.| second reading without debate. a#? was:' . Mr. Austin's l?il! to ^ive boarding {j house keepers the same rights of re- j dress at law as the keepers of hotels and inns. AS TO MKNNIAL SESSIONS. j The judiciary eommittee inot ITi- ] flay afternoon and took act Ion on Sen- nil ator firuber's hills looking to biennial (j;i srssioi s. Ki^'ht mernhers of t he com- pit mil tee were present and they divided j ap evenh who it < aine to making a re- cm purl. Senators Henderson. < ruber, I Ju liarnwell and llaysor are in favor of no biennial sessions, while Senators May- <|j< lield. .Mower. (Iraydon and Talbird are jn< ?ppf id to t he scheme. Until reports tin were presented and went over for fui tire ( oiisitleration. The whole mat tcr . will eoine up next week and there will J". in much debate. '11 : t rn IN Till? IIOl SE. lii the House Thursday the commit-J Sel le.- on military alTairs reported a sub- tin dilute for Mr. \V. J. Johnson's bill to we. xlend thanks to Schley. The orltfl-11*1 . - ? -? . - ? .1 I il gave Sampson and others a little roust." The sulwtltute merely thank , hley tor his gallant conduct without ylng anything about who was in smntand. The substitute wasadoplI without discussion. Mr. .1. It. Smith withdrew ids bill ? divide the privilege tax between leniton college and the common hoots CliMIIWin ?./.? Si iniething like $00,000 a year. Mr. Morgan withdrew tlie claim of le estate of Joseph II. Karle for $1,1(1 for unpaid salary as circuit Judge. There was a long discussion of the ill to require the specification on its ice of the exact sum to l?e secured or ;prcS'.nted by any hill of sale, chattel lortgt.ge, or other evidences of debt. Mr. Spears, the author of the bill, jfended It, as did Mr. Ihirker, lessrs. Croft, Stroinan. Ashley. < * a 1 ichat. Wingo and others. Messrs. rince Logan, MeCowan and Cooper [)Uo>ed it. A number of amendments were proused and rejected ami the bill receiv1 its second reading. . Following is the text of Mr. Spear's ill: Section 1. That every bill of sale, hen intended and used as a security ir a debt, every chattel mortgage, ate of Imiul or other paper intended ud used as an evidence of debt, sliall lalnly express, in its face, the exact un or sums to tie secured "or cvi necd thereby; and any clause or auscs therein providing or at temptig to provide for the security, or us irldntice or any other amount or debt lati that which lias been specifically atcd. as hereinbefore required, shail ? null and void; and such bill of sale, latlel mortgage, note of hand or her paper shall only lie enforceable ad valid for find to the extent of the nn plainly specified therein, as aforelid. and lawful interest thereon, if i.v l?e required by the terms of the aper. Provided, That this shall not rcvent the mortgagor securing a reainable attorney fee. Section 2. That this act shall*take Tcct on and after its approval, and il acts and parts of acts inconsistent ith this act arc hereby repealed. A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING. rent Convention of the Stale's I-'itiCKt Type of Voting Mnnhootl. The Annual State convention of the tiling Men's Christian associations of nitli Carolina will convene this year i Columbia, Feb. 8-11: The gathering already bids fair to j one of considerable strength, will differ In many respects from her conventions held. The opening ssion will l>e held on Saturday evenig.'and the closing session <?n TuesIV nii'lit Sniifl'ivr will l"? ? i*??/l l?.t ir day in Columbia. Nearly all of le pulpits of the city will be occupied y prominent delegates and speakers. In the afternoon a mammoth ineetig for men will Ik* held in the opera use. A chorus of male voice" ?I ad the singing. Mr. L. -v. Coulter, ' Richmond, V'a.. : speaker of rare Wei ?iiid anility, will address tlie iccting. The Columbia association tnlidcntly expects to see a thousand ' the men of the city at this great spel meeting. On Sunday evening there will he tree or four mass meetings in the ritieipal churches, addressed by prolinent association men, among whom re Messers. C. L. Rates of Atlanta. . S. McPheoters of St. Louis, and F. . C.oodman of New York city. Monday and Tuesday will be devot1 to the discussion of problems which feet men and boys. A well known isoeiat ion worker is to open a discusen on work among the men and bovs i factory districts audit is expected lat this will be a topic of absorbing iterest. St udents from fifteen ditlerent initut ions of learning are coming: delrations of active, wide-awake young en are coining from the towns and ties. Altogether it will be a strong army determined young Christian warms that will take possession of the pltal early in February. The state executive committee, trough tlie columns of this paper, tends ail especial invitation to the iristian men of the state to attend lis convent ion. Any man w ho is inrested in the welfare of the men and >ys of Suntli Carolina is invited. It ill he necessary for him, however, to cure delegate's credentials, and this n he done by writing A. (J. Kne I. State Secretary Y. M. <'. A., larlcston. S. C. Parties desiring fuller information should address m. There will be reduced rates on till le railroads. The people of Columbia will curtain till delegates. SETTLED AT LAST. unities Will Not Have to i'ay for Those Charts. The State Supreme Court iast week indeddown an opinion that winds up at celebrated chart business which is attracted so much attention. The eision sustains tin* view taken i?y r. (?unter c?f tlie attorney general's liee in tlie opinion lie furnished the tinty hoards of school trustees when e issue lirst arose. It will he recalled that an agent of Chicago chart factory, named Tutiler, canvassed 111is State ahout three nrs ago and sold to county hoards school t rustecs alMMit * ino.nno worth his school chart s, which were placed .'I7.n0 each, it lieing siihsc<|iicnl ly leged that they were not worth more an ahout $7. The charts were sold (I notes were taken from file trust's. When Mr. Mc.Mahan ...vaine perintendent of education he called tent ion tot lie matter and an opinion is asked from t lie attorney general's Ice. It was to the clTect that the liool trustees had no authority to rehase such charts, and thereupon roughout t lie St ate the count y superlendcnts refused payment of the liins. In Lexington county a suit was ought by the Loan and Lxchange nk of Columhiaagainst !?'. \V. Shrah Ising all the issues. Judge lOrnest lry took the- same view astheatrney general's olllce, and then an! peal was taken to the Slatesiipreuie ! irt. This court litis now sustained j dgc fJar.v and the chart claims will ! i in> paid i?y t lie cnnnt ies. Theenurt I nut pass ujmiii the ipiestJon of the ' lividua! liability of the niemlieis of ti Imardsof trusters. Tin* Statu. Nils. |t. Mnrill has just been married Hinvsiin to (!, A. Morrison after a1 p of miles from Seattle. She iveiled ."inn miles in a sleijjh'over the ' rilous White Pass trail. Near Ikirk the sleitfh overt urned and a i passengers save the bride-elee , rethrown from the ritf. She wa j tenth, but fortunately was not hurt J \ ?? , j PRESENTS IT S si UK. |?? re | fir Tho Virginia-Carolina Company He- ,l< 1# *?.? piles 10 tne Charges tu Br OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. vc an An Able Presentation ol' It's Si<l<> of jtl the Controversy Which It Wants the People to ltoad nn?l |* Think Over. t it The defendant, the Virginia-Caroli- fat : na Chemical company, most respect- ' fully shows that this cause has by the tiling of the petition ami Itond for re- th moval herein, been duly removed to , an the t nited States circuit court for the ()r eastern district of South Carolina, and vo | w? tiiat this honorable court has no fur- I(| ther jurisdiction thereof: and this de- t i? fondant. in no wise admitting to the Gi Tii jurisdiction of this honorable court, j)r 'hut protests against t he same and an- or swering herein because of the proper respect due to this honorable court, [" | should it notwithstanding said protest 'adjudge that it has jurisdiction of t his '. | action, and order tlint tlie same pro- n. eeed herein. Now this defendant for , <1 answer to the complaint and amended foi complaint liercin alleged: uu I'irst it admits the allegations of l*i tiie lirst article of the said complaint. Second? It admits the allegations of the second article of the complaint? ^ saving and excepting it shows and al; leges t hat under and in pursuance of o, the public laws of the-State of South ry Carolina, it located and carried on in j business within the State of South ; on i Carolina, as to such part of its business of as was properly to he transacted t here- 'Ml I In. long prior to the 2nd day of .lanu- J'jJ j ary. 1 boo. and furt her alleges that un- (.n' ! der its charter and the laws of New j .lersey, it is empowered to purchase, acquire and hold stock in the corpora- ail j Hons, domestic and foreign. tp Third?It admits the allegations of jthe :ird. 4th. .*>th. <">th. seventh and rj, I eighth an<l ninth articlcs of the said complaint. Tenth It. answers to the allega- (|, tions of the tenth article of the coin- tj, plaint, this defendant admits the pas- ( ., sage by the general assembly of the tj, State, of South Carolina of the acts ac therein referred to. but sla ws that Jja the same are but partly in said article 11, set forth and alleged, and prays referenee by this honorable court to the said acts in full for their provisions. fc Eleventh It admits so much of ar- ar tide eleventh of said complaint as j? may he held to allege that all the de- sj( , fondants in the said complaint men- (1(l tinned were enterior to the time and date of the sale and transfer of the . respect ive. ^^ .cir.nflcr men- 1 Li<"' engaged in the manufacture 1 and sale ot'fertilizers in South Carolina. and denies all oilier allegations in n' I the said article set forth. Twelfth It denies each and every allegation contained in the twelfth 1 article of the said complaint. J"1 Thirteenth It denies each and ' every allegation contained in the thir- ar teentli article of said complaint. sa\e 1 and excepting that this dffendant ad- 1,1 j mits t lie conveyance to it upon t he re- 1" speetivo dates mentioned in the said 111 j ihirteenth article of the property end an plant ?if the said several respective ' | fertilizer companies therein in intloncd J'1 I for the consideration therein set forth. Fourteenth It denies each and every allegation contained in the four- !'' teentli article of said complaint. Fifteenth ll denies the ullegat ions 111 of the fifteenth art icle of thesaid coinplaint. this defendant admits j,r save that for tlv purpose of supplying nec? ssary raw material, to an wit: Phosphate deposits containing i") a sutlieient percentage of hone phos- fla phate of lime, it has acquired and owns a certain amount of land of phos- aM I phate territory in the State of South a" Carolina, hut no more of t lie same t han s'" is reasonably proper and sullicient to ( a supply the necessary proper! ms of this V ' defendant, in the manufacture and ' a j output of its fertilizers. This defend- V I not ndmlltt furl I... r 11...1 f..? <1... ...... Ill ?MH- | | |h>S(> (if securing and supplying to t! 1 i^- s''' defendant of tliat ingredient in the | manufacturing of complete fertilizers !1" j known as nitro^en which is the must essential ingredient, therein, it ac- "" quired n larjje amount of the capital | stock of t lie Southern Cotton oil com- i'"! panv. That the said Cotton Oil com-1 s'" pany, is not a competitor in any way "" of tiiis defendant hi manufacture and sale of fertilizers, hut is simply llie c\" purchaser of cotton seed, where from it manufactures cotton seed oil and i ri>i the cotton seed oil products, j " as well as the cotton seed meal from ''n which the ingredient of nitrogen as 111 furnished is auxiliary and assists the j !'n : manufactur<- and sale of the complete i ? ' fertilizers. and tiiat the procuring of j !"' said cot ton seed meal in like manner; ei i | as the procuring of phosphate rock is simply auxiliary and assistant in tin* manufacture of ;*omplete fertilizers. su Sixteenth This defendant denies the allocation of the sixteenth article of t he complaint. a|)l Seventeenth This defendant in an- j?,. swertothe a I legal ions of article sev- rj., entcenth of the said complaint denies oj, I lie same except and save that this de- fu'r fendant admits that after its c reation and organi/ntion and the purchase by (||( it of the plant and property of various \j fertilizer companies, wliicli were hy r l lie owners and stockholders thereof!.! otfered to it to purchase, one ??f t he cle- j nients \\ hich were so olTercd to he sold ! 11 to it was what is known >.. it... .r.^..l- am " I will of said frrl ili/cr companies such pof goodwill includes t lit* inltueiice held by ter certain manapiiip oHiccrs of such cor- t lit porat ions which I hey rccardi d asmoncy | hi and property, and which thev had a ripht t o sell and for w hich a*, an iuprej dient of said sale, a certain considcraj t ion was claimed and accepted. That * I in order to procure the value of that which was so represented to lie valuable and sold, this defendant admits that it did in some instances as to sonic otliecrs, procure from them an apree j fed | incut Ilia! they would not for a cer j rih tain limited specific t ime, carry on t lie . hui ! business of mamifact urinp and sale of i | fertilizers in certain territorv it he- I ,' i up' part of the undcrstanilinx audi agreement that such covenants and u r agreement was intended as an assicn-: < ment and t ransfer to this defendant. wa: for vahiiitilc considerat ion by the pa:- lie\ t ies nlmvc named of such valuable pood t he will and influence as they may haveac- j Inn quired in such territory by carry iup on fn, tin* stild business. ren Kiplitcent li And furt lier answering j , the said complaint this defendant " shows and alleges: <'r" 'I'liat the acts of the general assentt?ly of t lie St ate of Nout li Carolina, re- Wc ferred to in art icle loth of the complaint herein, and based upon and to enforce the provisions of which this | act ion is brought, are null and void. j,,n and inopertit ive under tlie const it lit ion , and laws of t lie I lilted States: in t bat. I. The acts undertake incontraven- ' t ion of section H article 1 of the con- |,v st it ut ion of I lie I'nited Sti'tesand tlie I'ei act s of congress in pursuance thereof, |ous f prohibit and render Invalid null am iid all arrungements, contracts or ag fluents whatsoever between pet sons ins or corporations, which in ton uialiv or unintentionally tend toles n full and free competition in tin pollution or sale of articles import it to the State or in tlie uiaiiofac re or sale of articles of domestic owtlior of domestic raw material. 1. The said acts undertake in contra nt ion of sect ion 1, of article XIV, an lendmcnt of the constitution oft lie lilted States, to prohibit and rendei valid, null and void, all arrangeputs,contracts or agreement, whatever, between persons, firms, or corIV1 t iidtw tl'lilol' ?<??? ? !! MIK IIIUMIIIIJ HI II 11IIInfiunully, tend to advanceteduce or ntrol the price or the cost to the oducor or to the consumer of any aides imported into the Stale or manu:tured or Known therein. 5. The saiii acts undertake in cont rant ion of sect ion 8, article I, of the list it ut ion of t he t'nited States and e fictsof congress in pursuance there, and of sect ion 1, article XIV, an lendmcnt of said constitution lc oliihit and render invalid, null and id, all arrangements and contracts tween persons, llrins or corporations, at may intentionally or unintcnmally lessen or affect in any manner Hand free competition in any J rallies, tes, tolls, premiums, or prices in any ancli of business, t rade, or commerce may seek to control the same. Nineteenth And this defendant rl her shows and alleges t hat in and tiie public laws and statutes of the ale of South Carolina, to wit: Chapr X LY, scot ions 14<W? and 1471 oft lie vised statutes of 181)3. it was declarhy t he Stai e of Sotd h Carolina I hat reign corporal ions duly incirporatcd idertlie laws of any State of the lit I'd States would he permit ted to ate and carry on business in the ate of Sout h Carolina, in like inanr as the natural Imrn citizen of the atesofthe t'nited States migiit do ider I he law exist ing at t he t iiue.and at any such foreign co'rporat ion caring on business and owning property t he St ate of Sunt h ('arolina. should joy all t In- privileges and immunit ies owning oroperty and carrying on isiness in like manner as individuals, t lira I bom cit izens of such St at os ot e 1 nitcd States and as domestic rporations incorporated in the State South Carolina might do. That in pursuance of such public law id salutes. Ibis defendan-t entered e State of South Carolina and purased and acquired property andcar d on business therein, but has only quired and carried on the same as tural lwirn citizens of the States of e t'nited States might do as doines5 corporation of the State of South irolina might do, and such invitaui and the rights therein given when cepted and acted upon by thisdefennt, constituted a contract between e State of South Carolina and this fendant- which the said State ol mth Carolina has hy its said act rerred to and set forth in the tenth tide of said complaint, sought to ipair and violate against the proviuis of section 10. article I. of the nstitution of the t'nited Slates. Twentieth And t his defendant finer shows and alleges that in and hy e said acts referred to in article Hi the said complaint, the property jhts of their defendant in the Stall South Carolina acquired in puranee of the invitation to and conact made with this defendant, hy i,l nnlili.- -.?I - - < - l ... j/u.'iiv lilttn <UIU DUll IlllVt in article nineteenth of this answer e made subject to impairment and struct ion at any time if thisdcfennt should make any arrangement; nt ract or agreement which sliould lintentionally have the effect of in ly wise tending to advance, reduce control the price or cost to the oduccr or the consumer of any ar les imported, manufactured or own in this State or tending to isen full and free competition in the i port at ion or sale of the same or of any wise a fleeting full and free comtition in any tariffs, rates, tolls, emiums. or prices in any branch of ide. business, or commerce wherein d whereby said acts referred to in id article tenth of said complaint ve i 111 pa red said contract and have rttier abridged the rights, privileges d immuhit iesso by cont ract granted d given to this defendant and light to further deprive thisdefennt of its property without due pro-.sof law and to deny to this defennt the equal protection of the laws the said State of South Carolina, contravent,ion of the provisions of tion 10. article 1. and of section 2. Iicie XIV, of the articles in amend nt of said const it ut ion. Twenty-first And further answer!. this defendant alleges and shows at the said acts of the general asnbly referred to in article tenth of id complaint are null and void, and iperative as in contravention of si c n a and 0 of articles 1. of the cont nt ion of t lie State of South Caroa. in that the said acts abridge the rhts. privileges and immunities of is defendant and deprive it of its perty without due process of law d deny to this defendant the eipial lection of the laws and impair the ligation of the cont ract so entered owilh this defendant, as hereinfore in this answer more specifically forth and alleged. v\ norernre dcieikI;iiit prays that <1 complaint ho dismissed. ( '< tin in i (teal Suicide. r. 1 le\ ward Thayor, 7.*? years of aye il .">o years a clerk in t lie < harleston <t otlioo. shot himself through the lit temple at 7 o'clock Friday mornr at his residence in that city. Kneed overwork at the postotlidc. ineilt upon the rush of mail matter for holidays and l he exposition, caused . Thayer's health to break down, tilting in melancholia and t tie sad K'ody. Mr. Thayer spoke to his Tea few minutes before the tragedy 1 seemed perfectly rational and self vsessed. He died a few minutes af' shoot in? himself. He was one of last three Charleston survivors of Palmetto regiment, which (listinished itself in the Mexican war. lie s remarkably active for fi man of years. A Horrible I'ate. \ dispatch from Walhalla to The lie says: "Alfred h. Hallow. a('onerate soldier, ajfed met a boric fate Tuesday ni^ht hv Iwiiitf ned to death in the tniard house, te in the afternoon he was locked and at it o'clock the truard house L A1 i I - ? ? <uiiv<iMirii I" !? nil lire. IICIJ) no 1<m?latt*and only t lie chaired form s taken from t he debris. It is he ('(1 that beset tire lot ho cell, as tir^t rcscurcrs found the building nin^, the strongest llames coining in within, and the coroner's Jury so dered its verdict. Mr. Itallew came e from (ireenville county, lie was liking when locked up. The town ied bis remains Wednesday in stview cemetery." A Continuous Ovation. tear Admiral Schley loft WashingFriday for Chicago. where lie is to the truest of the Hamilton Club. admiral and party, consisting of n. Schley and Congressman John J. ley of Illinois met with a continuovatlon all alon# the route. / I FROM MONK TO BENEDICT. Cttint! out of n M.maatarjr to Marry IIIH PirHl liuvr. The little blind (iod does not secin | to have lieeti so very blind after all in the ease of William Callinyrer. yotuitfJ est son of the New Hampshire sena.; tor. since it has opened his eyes to the fact that a future life as a Umedict A j with the pretty nirl whom be lias j loved for years is to be preferred over I! tlie monastic life and celibacy to which a year a^o he tie voted himself. A The pretty yrirl in the case is Miss fjra Marie Wadsworth. daughter of the <n?. | late l?r. Wadsworth, of Washington, suit . 1>. C., t<? whom Mr. Gallingcr was en- rioi I gaged t wo years ago. Just why the Ish ' I engagement was broken is still a tnys- Hn i tery even to their most intimate lian , friends, as the young people have pre- cha I served t he strictest silence. con , That for two years there was an en- und , gageinent existing l?etween Senator $i,{ (?allinger's son and Miss Wadsworth Mr. was known to all their friends. Mat- the ; t.ers ev<*n went so far as t<> the lixing hat | of the date for the marriage and issu- slst j a nee of invitations for the event, han when suddenly the brief announce- foui ment was made that all invitations sior had been recalled and that the en- a st ' gagemcnt was broken. . tha Senator and Mrs. Gallingcr had Mr. j been disappointed at the outset at ans their son's choice in life. Hut as the sooi months went by and they grew to ten , realize what a work he was accom- cell plishing among suffering humanity, tire! they Itecame reconciled and naturally the j proud of his career. As late as last S ' j autumn brother Leo labored among the i the slums of New York. call Then came the first Monday in l>e- ria>; ccmhcr. when congress convened, and the just as unexpectedly as he had disap- tun 1 cared from the glare of Washington kno i society t wo years since ??Ir. William Str< i (lallinger reappeared and resumed his w*or former position of private secretary to bar ;! his father. niei I'pon the day of his return to Wash-1 tus ington, it is said, he called up<?n Miss blot Wadsworth and told her many t hings. in ^ '{not the least of which was that she \vh< J was the one woman in the world to sos. him, that the diamond ring she had oth ! returned still lay unopened in the lit- nier tie white kidease?that it would Ih? so wot forever unless she consented to take it A f 1 i once more and wear it with the old don I time significance. son '| Miss Wadsworth listened. The 1 it-| duo Iie case was reopened, and the jewel \\"a again flashed upon her finger. Miss at t ! I Wadsworth is at present visiting friends at Riverton, N. J.. while Mr the (iallinger remains in Washington husy ove j with his duties as secretary. No date sto| ' | has been set for the marriage, hut it Con ! is likely to l>e an event of the early the s spring, declare friends of the families, a c< met A BILLION DOLLAR SECTION. sllC( call latt I The Industrial Development of the and met South Is tireitt. tll't The Manufacturers' Record, of HalI titnore. Maryland, in an elaborate an- jn t alysis of preliminary census figures of tail industrial development in the South, Jan' but j says. the I "The South has Iteeomc a inanu- . fact urer ott a hillion-dollar scale indeed. it were better to say on a billion '' . -and-a half-dollar scale, for the value . of the products of its factories in 1000, . . | I according to preliminary figures of the i twelfth census, was $1,400,000,405. . . which was greater by nearly $450,000,- ' 000 than the value of the products of manufactures in the 1'nited States in ~ i 1850. The total for 1000 shows an in- '' ' i crease of $">40,440,408 over the total I of 1800 in the value of products, and I of $404,847, in the amount of cap1 ital invested, which in 1000 amounted j to $1.1 fi:i.070.007. against $058,795.- A 1J 860 in IsOO. "The value of products in South Carolina in 1890 was $31.020.081; in ... looo these figures had increased to ,j(l|| $,18.148,1, U. jnlr "The analysis shows that the aver- Tue , age rate of interest of capital in the! Mar ?i?~ ? ?- ? I .'wuui iiuiiii); i in- ll-ll Jfiirf) WilS l.l. IlilSK per cent., and that 1 his rate was exceeded in eight states, with Louisiana ' s:,k'< leading with 225.3 percent. Louis-! !nera iana led. also, in the actual increase '"f., of capital. *78.3:10,17:1. though Mary- '[n^r {land led in the amount of capital in- hun (vested in l'.itiu, $103,422,200. The av- fenr erage rate of increase on the value of in t products in the South was !?. which hi 1 was exceeded hy nine states. North jc'liai Carolina leading with 135 per cent... noA and Maryland leading in actual in- 'j ; crease with *70.?10,307." i South Carolina shows up well In ;in<| I manufacturing capital and in inanu- said factored products, ranking alxnit inis< sixth, and is showing a steady increase. ' shal Louisiana, with her largo rice and r*' sugar interests, besides smaller ones, . 'runs ahead of the other Southern { states in capital invested, and espec- ps , tally in produels. ' jlilvj South and North Carolina stand sulTt near together in increate of capital, tliei I The increase of products in South M'poi Carolina is not near that of her capj ital. 'ol * In producing cotton goods. the capital required is mueh larger than in jnVr most other productions. which make a ' s|i;i| great disparity in comparing capital 1 tent and product in thislinc. South Caro-j Se j iinr heats Cieorgia in increase of pro-i stall ducts, and their interests are much 1 lie I same. sain Candidate* in ilir State I'riinnry. guil | Vict Mr. August Kulin, Columbia cor- upoi respondent of The News and Courier, j*'ln says there is a good deal of hotel and coin.nittee room talk alKiut the ap- js, pmaching primary, ami numerous v;ui;, memlHTs have been making; notes of c<ts 11 lose whom they expect lolie candidates for State otllces. Here is a list of men talked about as possible catuli- ' '' dates; (Jovernor: M. II. MeSweenev, James a'"s II. Tillman. \Y. J. Talliert. !>. ('. lley- j crac ward, \V. II. Timtnerman. M. F. An?,] I amo Comptroller General: .F. I\ herharn, ! l)ost \V. 1). Black. ! whc I.ioutenant Governor: Cole F.. '>on I {lease. Frank 15. Gary, Francis II mile Weston. I >. II. Itehre, M. 1.. Smith. ofllct Secretary of State: J. T. Gantt. Hirn W. W. Itraillcy. .1. Harvey Wilson, J. visit C. Campbell, J. Thomas Austin, HI- Gok bcrt fl. A nil. ?>rov Attorney General: F. X. Gunter, lr.. W. F. Stevenson. I Not Sii|>erinten(lent of Education: J. J. F>een McMahan. 11 he Treasurer: 15. 11. Jennings. railv Adjutant General: .1. W. Floyd. Kail road Commissioner: J. C. Wllhorn, it. L. Cniighman, .lim Canslen. I. K. lVt I igrew, ,F. (?. Wolling, W. 1 F,anl Itoyd Kvans. j HFtoi Governor McSweeney lias not ant ho- : 'hin rized the mention of his name as a '' candidate for re-election, hut there, >m' seems to lie a 'telief among the Legis- ' : lators that he will run. j IH,rFI _ JThe World's Greatest Fever Medicine. HH For nil form* of fovor take JOHNSON'S CHILI- AND FPvro mvir t. I I va !)<) iwimt iuuii qululno and dova In a -lech' <1ny what it low quinine cari'iot I do In 10 day it. It'* pleudld euro* ttru In strlklug contrast to the fo?bla euros K made J quinine C()STS ^ CENTS IF IT CURES. & HIT WITH A HAMMER. it Will Cost Yon Dean Cooper of St. Iioufa Murdered in a Hathroom. n M Only One Cent l. IX'an Cooper, treasurer of the iham Paper company, of St. Louis. \ 1 In that city Thursday as the rei of injuries sustained in a myste- ^ , . . - , is manner while in the Vista Turk- to tind out ahont the ",H* bath establishment at l.r>18 Prank- MatlhiM; the* quality, tlie avenue Wednesday night. Wil- guarantee, the* prices, and a A. Strother, tlie colored man in tjib. Drop us the posrge of the bath-house, who tells . , , . *???> ? ?? dieting stories about the affair. is tul- ?*? . li*x? u?d ler arrest and a diamond ring worth fllgn \ronr uanie in full, giv>00 and a valuable pin belonging to in^ addr*-?a Cooper have been recovered from ir hiding place in the cellar of the hhouse. Mr. Cooper's injury con52 BfouiR & Mattress Co. i of by tlie police. Strother made atcment to tlie police to tlie effect t about midnight a boy brought Cooper a note which he refused to R f wer. The tioy went away and * W i after a man and two women enid. When he returned from the ar where he had gone to tlx the s Strother says he found Cooper on . * ~ " j couch unconscious. . -i v-' ,i-mv ^rr.,.vr? j trother later told the police that ... ."' "* i'...' j two women and a man who had t / >?,-. r *- ' , j.j * ! ' ed to sec Mr. Cooper came in a car- ! 1 | :e. He said that he had admitted m to the cooling room and had re- j . > tied to the l>asement. He did not t .j . w, he said, when tiiey departed. . j , ^ /..V.': ; >ther also said that two colored j 1 -i..: .. ':?>? ? j nen, .Tosie 11 oustn and Florence j J,. , .*!v *0!S' * 10l,": i iks. had visited liini in tlie lyase- i ?--- ? - -- j it earlier Wednesday night. Eras- iJti b ? _ _ . ,( Fountain, janitor of the Vista ? 681 it $6 V H Cl?rTb j, ck, says that tlie two women were HE . ? brother's company at 9.30 o'clock f* ii he made his visit to the oremi- ' a,-A The police say that there is no lUIblTrni er evidence than Stmther's state- lWANlCU! it to prove tlie visit of the two lien and a man to the bathhouse. T)-ant onj huui-ed more ?(uJenta at ew minutes aftiT midnight I hoo- enc to ciie i' i corupic*; our hustae*c or u '\xiner. known as '"1<m1' Cooped, rhirth-ird ?t>'1 ?aoept good positions of A. I >ean Cooper, answered the hum di?*"ly after grvticuitg to urJnr to r tM-11 at the family residence, :t71 :t p?e all an ope riuniiy <? *v%-o ihi? ?p?cial shington tKiulevard. Strother was oif-r ?? one-. ftoi fa'?. In* ?i(i??r and take govd nona ?r thr-e wor* as p\rt Your father has lieen hurt," said i ^?v?,u;u' *' u ^ ?!? ?? <> *? i.iv i ?vn'e " one for fu i i-for'UHti n negro to young Cooper. lie is | r at the bathhouse now." Without r jplnK to question the man cluwly, Colombia Business College. per went to the Vista block. In) COLUTR'A 8 0. cooling re Kim of the bath house, on j fJ * / ^ *J ?t in tlie middle of the long apart- 1 .> ft \ bh'vb \ Praidaof it lie found liis father covered l>y a ' ;'i. Physicians were immediately EEM- MEDICATED CIGARS ed and the police notified. The and er made an investigation EEM- SMOKING TOBACCO, discovered tlie blood-stained ham- f.->? uwh nf u-' ? 'co t-.at n.ir r with c?Young Cooper told the police tsrrY Anbma ?r Bronr.Lide ?y?rantee t the ring usually worn by 1 iis ? ?'co !"? i n i r-mourns coo? of Cat&rrb ler was missing and they made an- * n' tr 1 p '" > k ' w-> resits!* for for Hay er search, finding the ring and pin I *'T; r , be cellar. Strothcr stoutly main- ZZT, Z , Bc!kkt** lt ... ?*!' ( t^>t ;.o , Aiiar:*, '-a., fir tho umis his innocence, fountain the pe Trade eupplscd V?v Mibkav t>?ro Co., tor. \\as taken to the jmilice st.it ion j < '.4,1,1m t>ia. S.. .. ma 01m Drug Co , Chir was released after telling almut | !e-t n. - r presence of the two colored women - he bathhouse when he left. The! VHE YOUNG3L.OQO "Tnil" LUMBER COMPANY | per stated to the police that his AucusTa - ? ?3 ler had practically closed a deal | ^ w Nortii vor.rar,. S. C the sale of the bathhouse property eh lie owned and that the transfer j ' B 1>U8 ?No m 8 to have been made today. Mr. 1 ?\itl? *? aKE per was considered one of the , . :,iu1.nG Gt/.LING **? INlllnesl men St. Lmns. | 81I.F piNTS'lINC UPJBBtt !t? A GOOD BILL. GEORGIA PINE. A'1 prciutit a.ten; i Meunure that Should I'ass iht> ! n '7 Legislature* Without Debate. HEAL THYSELF. You can do so by itettin* one of our Famhere has long boon needed legisl.t- ly Medicine ruses. an<l "The Home Phys ilntur thr> lines tirnnosed in a bill elan." These are "Active principle" tnot i . i .7J, J in , whole IiniK. Medicines, all I'hyslclans use od 1100(1 in the state, SillJte last tiictn for tjuick and sure result. No. I Case sday work hv Senator Aldrit h <>f fA.uu, No. rase $ u?, hook rree witheither nwell The nrovisiotisof t ho hill one case; cadi Case owner entitled to free connvtt.li. iiu prm isioiisoi mi run oni 8Ultatlon from tli Is office. Write for free it lows: , samples of our "After Dinner Pill," It cures ot ion 1. That on and aft or t ho pas-j stomach ami Liver diseases. Aleuts want- 4 of this act it shall be a niisde- "l home kemkhyco., nor for any parents or others hav- on?-.?tM Austell u m*.. Atiauta.Ga. t he care of children to leave them lined in any house or other build- ___ ? ? ^ exposed to the dangers of lieing , ff, -frr -v* I led by tire, and any person so of- ' ^ -,C ling shall, upon convict ion, lie lined i rric^it.?S? lie sum of *h?o and be imprisoned , .V* . is*--'", wf?ii ia?. ^ be penitent iary or on the county ! i ^ ,.c-frfxt SCHOOi"' SHORTHAND; ingang at hard lalior for a |>eritHi of i k .:0/' us * :*ssV c-v?/.vr//cr,*,' /?j} ; less t ban one year. '/Cheap Board j> situations sreunto. ctton 2. i liat on an after tlie pas- - e children locked lip in any ' ' ' ' " go away, whether tire be left in The B maiS the no-> house or not,shall be guilt v of u1 . , . , ,. .. lemeanor, and upon convict ion, I There IB no truer friendship than 1 suffer t lie penalties imposed in the that of thc boy and the dog. Thors section of 111 is act. *rr no happier days to which tha rtion 3. That ifany child or child- grown man may look back with a i who may be left alone in any tender regret for their passing than sc. or left confined in any house, by the days spent in the old home fields >r their parents or other person with the faithful four-footed coming it or l hem in chaige. and shall panion of vouth. Confidence betweeni .*r injury, the person so leaving it or bov nnd do was perfect. ThP d i nshall be guilty or a felony, and _ ., ,. , .lAMifi-MUH, snaii oc imprisoned at f~-""?? "?? ? >uurougnDrea, anai, I labor in I lit* State- penitent iarv had con,e into the world minus ai i period of live years, and in the pedigree, but the boy accepted him it of the deat li of am such i hild 'or what he was, and in the blessed i sue!) eaiise 1 lie person so olTeneil- ingenuousness of youth may even have against t he provisions of this act found un occasion of added pride in I be imprisoned in the Stale peni- the dog In some characteristic which iar\ foi a p? ri? (1 of In \ear-.. now knows was highlv to the anlion 4. hat an> magisl iat e. eon- mRi's discredit as determined bv the' 4e or ot her peace oiheer who shall , , , . , ? . * . lo prosecute, any person offending ^encIl ^ow standards. An ?, for list the provisions of this act. the dog, on his pan., too, he took the e * oiniug to his knowledge, shall he boJ' {or what he was, asking of him ty of a misdemeanor,and upon eon- no more than that he should condeion, shall forfeit his olliee, and seend to make of himself a demigod i tiie conviction of siicli an one for unstinted confidence, affection g cert itied to I he governor he shall end worship. If the scientists would lint a successor to said other ac- devise a way to represent the care ingtolhc I ei ins and plot isioiis ?>t frcP happiness of bovhood days in ling laws governing the li ling ot fion)e equivalent of foot-pounds, tho aic.es in the State and county otll- ntnount4of it justly RoereSitcd t0 tho ; companionship of boy and dog would Safe Mowers at Work. he expressed in many tons.?Forest ife blowers have boon at work in and Stream. upper part of the State. At Don- ? the Safe of W. R. Dunn was Fashions In Horns, ked and $195 and some money be- if the question were asked: Why ing lo private persons, the exact do the rhinoceri grow their horns lint of which is not known. The upon then, Instead of on the head, olliee at Donalds was next visited like other animals? the answer would re the robbers secured $190. From probably he that they require them aid they went to Due West, four for root digging and such like purs through t he country. The post- poses as well as for war. am! tho nasal j at this place yielded good re- position renders them more generals. They got $0:14.90. They next ly useful than if they were fi*ed on ,m1 the stable of D. 11. Winn and *b? toP of the skull. At present the from him a now buggy and a rhinoceros i. the only quadruped rn man- about 7 years old and *hioh h?s a horn of this kind, but a , good thoir osoape in this turnout. ?tudy of fossil mammal, show, thnt 'urther tiaivuf the rohln rs has he i. the sole surnvor of ava.tnuinfound. It is stated that tools of *>er creatures whose natural wenpsection master on the Southern on. were hin t on the -ame general i f . ,. fi. plan. In fact, in the oars of the rhiv:ts were secured for then ^ork. ' , . } noeeros enrly forefathers horns of |*rrtt> Tough. this kind were probably inuch more > , ,lwt common than those such as wc ace (.ovoriiot ot Miss -on lias jusi . . , , .. .. ri't11,r i on the heads of oxen, antelope, and uicd a convict who was sorting a , , .. ? , . . ,.i? n,/. o..oil..it eheep. In the course oT ages the fashi-n vearsentence In the pennon- 1 , . ' . , , _ , Ion in wearing horns has undergone a ' for manslaughter, that he might .. , . " . , ,. , radical change, hut the r.rnoccros, anged immediately murder ^ {a e?JntUlly tl COJ18erT.tlvtt mil' i ''I an a up " s< 'I beast, has .tuck to the older method. , prison. '1 hat is a pretty tough _ rcar,un.. Maga,.ine. Ion. L. -M' i