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VOL III. BATESBUIIG, S. ., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4,1908. NO. 2 THE FIRST DEBATE Takes Place in the State Senate Ovt a Bill to REGULATE THE TRAFFIC IN SEE Cotton ami l'n|?urkc?l taut t'ottoi Full Text ol* the Kill, mill How tin* Senator* Votc*<l (in It. When Mr. liaines' hill to regulat the traffic in seed cotton and unpad ed lint cotton came up for a sccon leading in the Senate on Tuesday ? last week, a general debate ensue which occupied almost the entire tiin of tlie Senate. As the bill is goner; in its scope and of much importune to the agricultural class, its main for tures are given as follows: Section 1. The truffle in seed cot to or unpacked lint cotton by purchast barter or exchange within the perio beginning August 15th and ending lie cernber20tli of each year without 1 cense, or between the hours of sunse and sunrise, is hereby declared again* the public welfare, and is prohibited. Sec. 2. The clerks of tlie courts c common pleas are authorized ami en powered to issue licenses to t radio i seed cotton or unpacked lint cotton h purchase, barter or exchange wit hi the period l>eginning August 15th an ending l>eceinher 20th of each yeai and within their respective count ie to such person or persons as shall til with said clerks, respectively, a writ ten application therefor, the grant in of which shall be recommended i writing by at least ten land owners rt siding within the township whereii said applicant intends to carry on sucl traffic. Such license shall specify th exact place whereat said traffic shal be carried on and the period withii which such traffic is permitted, am shall continue in force for the pi*riot of one year from the date of issue: am for such license, if granted, a fee o three hundred dollars shall he paid b, the applicant to the county treasure for tlie use of the county. Sec. 2. All persons engaged in th trattle in seed eoiton and unpaeke< lint cotton are required to keep legihl written in a book, which shall be opci to public inspect ion, tlie naincofth person or persons from whom t hey put chiise or receive liv vv:iv of l?iri??r change or trallic oi any sort, any seei cot ion or unpacked lint cotton, will the number of pounds and date of put cliase. Sec. 4. Any person who shall engag in the trathe in seed cotton or unpack ed lint cotton within the period begin ning August 15th and ending Decern jr.* f-rtUiIuuL r.dftfc.. herein provided, or tjetween the hour; of sunset and sunrise, or who shall fai to keep the book of record as hereii provided, shall lie deeinecUguilty of; misdemeanor, and on convict ion shal be punished by a tine not exceedinj one hundred dollars or itnprisoninen ttot exceeding six months, or by boll line and imprisonment, at thediscre t ion of t lie court. See. 5. The provisions of this ac shall not apply to t he purchase ot Iin t.ers" nor to the purchase of seed cot ton or unpacked lint cot ton sold undo process of law in t lie collect ion of rent: or of liens or moil gages previously given on the cotton sold. As soon as t be bill was called Mr Warren moved to strike out the enacting clause, which was piomptly sec onded. Mr. Haines, the author of t he bill resisted the motion, and stated how the inequality of the seed cotton law now on the statute books mitigate! against (ircenwood County with Abbe ville and Edgefield on her borders this was not only the case with hi: county but with several other coun ties in the. State which had bad special legislative enact merits and it is tin purpose and scope of Hi's bill to wip< them all out and establish a genera law Irearing equally in every county ii the State. His people wanted prolec lion and in granting it. to- them ii was his desire to extend it toothers. Mr. Warren believes that there i; an abundance of laws already on this subject and opposed it. because, in hijudgment,it would work a great hard ? ship to the small farmers all over tin State. 1'ndcr the present law mcr cnants mu^t keep a record book opci to inspection at all times and if anj cotton is suspected of having beei stolen and sold, the <?wner has ni trouble in tracing it by the records. Mr. McLcod strenuously opposed tin motion, and believed that it was higl time that, existing evils alone this Inu should be remedied. The record bonks he declared, are a farce and are ^endally tilled up with fictitious names and this he could assert from his owi knowledge. The County of Lee is hampered just as many others by ittiorder counties, and he wanted tin bill to become a law as soon as posse hie. Mr. Mclver favored the motion, declaring the hill to he extremely drastic and in some of the poorer counties would almost amount to a confiscatior of property. The law, if enacted would not stop stealing, and the small farmer will he the innocent sufferer. Mr. .1. W. Kagsdale favored tin motion and told how the cotton acre age had been decreased in the I'er Dee Country by the cult i vat ion ol tobacco and lie knew that his county desired no change in the seed eottoi; law, as this matter had been thoroughly discussed throughout his eounty during the last, campaign. The enactment of the hill would oucouragi rather than discourage stealing. Mr. Hardin was of tlie opinion that the existing law is uneonslitutional and would not stand the test hefori the supreme court and therefore advocated the passage of the hill, believing it to he for the general good ol the public. Mr. Nharpc opposed the bill, believing that the law as it now stands is amply sufficient. On the motion to strike out the en acting clause the yeas and nays wen demanded and resulted us follows: Those who voted in the afflrmativi ! were: Messrs. Davis, Forrest, McDer mott,Mclver, Itagsdale, J. W. Sharpe Sheppard, Stuck house, Talbird, Not Kolnitz, Warren. 11. jj Those who voted in the negatlvi were: Aldrieh, ltlake, Brice, Brown Carpenter, Douglass, Gaines, Good , win, Hardin, I lay, lierndoii, Ilood Hough, Johnson, Manning. Marshall MeCall, Me Leo* I, ieurifox, Uuysor Stanland, Walkei Total So the motion was lostMr. l'euril'oy olTered an amendment making the license fee $100 instead ol e $:h)0. c- 'idic amendment was killed hy : <1 vote oT Is to Ft. if Mr. Talbird then moved to exempt d Beaufort County. ie Mr. Bricc moved L? lay Mr. Tat il bird's motion on the table, which wi?y :e curried by u vole of is to 11. l- Mr. .1. W. H insdale then moved ti exempt Florence County, n Mr. lit ice moved to la> this motion ' also on the table, which was carried ^ by a vote of -<> to 11. j" It now liecame evident that the Senate was almut to pass the bill, and [I on motion of Mr. Slieppard the bill was committed to the judiciary coin?f inittee to report whetner or not an i- amendment to exempt certain eoun" ties from the operation of this hill y will l>e obnoxious to the provisions ol 11 the constitution relating to special l. legislation. 1 1 e THE CHILD LABOR BILL. K This Iiiiporlani Mfasurc I'asscs llic Si'iiale I))' a <iooil \'ole. e tl Mr. Marshall's t>i!I "to regulate the j employment of children in factories, j | mines and mannfacturin^ establishI incuts in this State." Ik-mik made a 1 special order fo: Wednesday, came up j I tor a second reading in tiie Senate on that day: I Mr. Ilootl of Andcison moved to v strike out the enacting clause. II t Mr. Marshall stated tiiat everv sena(? j .. tor had already studied the bill and - had t heir minds made up as t> how | they would vote on the measure, and -1 he saw no use for argument. A direi t vote was immediately taken 1 I on t he mot ion to si l ike out t he enact ini; clause and resulted as follows. Those u: voted in the alliimalive < were: - - s Mess I hitler. Carpenter, I ?avis. 1 Dennis. 1 >ou^rla.ss. (laine.s, llay. llernl j don, IIimmI. Iloup'li. Mclver, Walker, ' Warren l.'t. 'j Those who voted in the negative j: were: Messrs, Aldrich. Blake, I trice. I'm '! rest, (rood w in, I lurdm. .loluison, Maunii.ir, Marshall, Muytield, McL'all, Mcl Hermott. Mel.cod. Kanadale, <i. \V. - J Kansdale, .1. \Y.; liuysor Thomas, ! Sli.irpe, Sheppard, Staeklu list', Sluti1' i laud. Talhird, \ < ;. Ko'nit/ 22 s So the hill was passed to a third 1 reading with notice ol an aincndinent ' hy Mr. Marshall j ?>n Thursday the hill came up h>r a _ I linai reading. Mr. I'.uflcr offered an aineiulment udjudniun as vagrants all fathers who pul their children at work iu the fac. lories and spend their time in idlc j ness. drawing llie wanes earned hy _ i his children to he squandered hy him, . ! the overseers, superintendents and j mill president s being required under penalty to report all such cases to the proper authorities. Mr. Ilutler recited instances that , came to his own knowledge, among I them an instance where a father had Jdr awn his children's wanes and had I none tirst to the dispensary, then to . a resturant and spent the balance of the afternoon at a baseball park. 4 The hill provides for the protection . j of the physical condition of the laborinn children and now he wanted the State to protect l hem in their rinhts , i as they con id not do it themselves. Mr. Marshall objected to the pro! posed amendment, station that the ,, hill provnd that children under 12 , l years of age could not work in the ( 1 factories and he thounht it unjust to ' place this extra vinllanee on the mill . presidents and mananers. and there, I tore moved to (definitely postpone the . : amendment. The yeas and nays heinn demanded the vote resulted as follows: Those votinn in the aillrmative were. Messrs. I slake, Itrice, Mrown, Davis. .'Forrest, (rallies, Hardin, Hay, Hood, , llvdrick, Manning, Marshall, McCall, . j McDerinotl. Melver, Mower, l'eurifoy, llagsdalc, <1. W. Ilaysor, Sharpe, \ Shcppard. Telhird, von Kolnit/., Warren Tot al 21. Those voting (he negative were: Messrs. Aldrieh, Hurler. Carpenter, ! Dennis, Douglass, Ilerndon, Hough, j.lohnson, Mcl-end, Hinsdale, J. W., I Stack house, Siaidand, Walker, To* | tal I li. And thus the child lalmr hill in its original shape passed a third reading . and was sent to the house of rcpref sen tat i ves. A ItrrrnvctJ Family. i A dispatch from Yorkville to The . State says the family of Mr. .1. <'. . Conner, of that city, have heen sorely . bereaved within the past few days. The liody of one daughter, Mrs. D. A. i'oplin, was brought liere from A'inns| lioroon Monday lor burial, and while . family were at the cemetery laying . this beloved daughter to rest, another {daughter, Mrs. .1. *M. lid wards of) , \ irginia, who was here on a visit, | died and was buried beside her sister ! Wednesday afternoon. 'I he age of [ Mrs. I'oplin was lb years and that of I Mrs. lid wards was 2."? years. DEATH ON THE HAIL e B An Appalling Disaster on a New York Suburban Line. J SCENES WERE HEART RENDING , An Kx|irt*sH Train, (JoIiik at the Hale ill' Hixtv-llve MIIch an Hour Han Into a laical Ll r Train. 1 One <if the most appalling railroad wrecks that lias occurred in the vicinity of New York for many years took place Monday night, .Ian. 20, at Grace land on the Central railway of New Jersey near Wcsttield, N. J., when the Itoyal lilue Line Express ploughed i at top speed into the rear end of a I local train. Immediately after the crash three J ot the shattered cars of the local train i*riiv lire, reiiuuruiK IrupossiDie liic ' rescue of many of the wounded, who were pinned fast in the wreck. Many 1 bodies are believed to have been consumed. On board the Flyer all the ; passengers, although badly shaken up, escaped uninjured except for triil' ing bruises. The train which was run into New York at r>:45 a id runs as an express to bound brook, making stops at Klizabeth, Weattield and lMalntield. Ileyond bound brook it runs as a lo rat. The ltoyal blue train left tifteen minutes later but travels at a high rate of speed and makes no stop oxj eept at Khz ibeth and is scheduled to I overtake the slower train just beyond (1 raeeland. where the latter switches I rum track three on to track four to permit tlie ltoyal blue to pass. Monday evening a freight train was blocked on track number four and the local received orders t > proceed on the express track to Dunellon and there take the outside or number four track. Shortly after receiving orders the I t rain had to stop for a hot box which delayed her so that when she got miller way again she was due at buneli Ion. She had just started and was i moving slowly when the ltoyal blue, | t raveling apparently at full speed, which at that point usually approximates <>."i miles an hour, crashed into tlie rear end. Tile heavy engine of the ltoyal blue i tore its way into the, rear ear and a'. | of Lhatcarinto the rear end of the ear ahead, which in turn was driven into the third car and this in turn was driven into the fouth ear from tlie rear. The fourth ear was only partly wrecked hut the last three were torn to pieces. The engine of the ltoyal blue i..11 11,., -..II. ? ? > I . . U ii i, I.irn <11111 1 11 I MCI over Oil IICF ! siil.>, the engineer and ti reman sticking to their posts and going down in l ttu' wreck. They are now in MuhlenJ lung hospital at 1'a in tied and the engineer is not believed to have a chance : of living of more than a few hours. Passengers on the Flyer say the en-1 j gincer applied the hreakes hard a minute or so before the wreck. The train ahead had sent a llagman back, but it seems lie was recalled when the train to stop in the short distance remaining got under way and althuogh lie left the torpedoes the Koyal Hlue did not heed them or else was going too fast to stop in the short distance | remaining. The man who went back to (lag the train had just thing into the rear end of his train and is among tlie dead. The engine and three worst wrecked cars were piled into an awful heap containing at least one hundred dead and injured. From the I mass came fearful cries for aid. A ; minute later the wreck caught lire . from the lire box of the locomotive. The screams of the injured in the heap were inteusitied as they found ! themselves hemmed in hy the (lames, j The passengers in the two forward cars of the first train and all the men from the express and every one in the | neighborhood started to work at once I to get out the injured before the j llames could reach them. At times ! while toiling in tlie wreckage the Haines reached the rescuers and their ; ! clothing took tire, tint they worked on I though, in constant danger of being I killed themselves. Some of the injured were burned to death ii. sight of the men who were working with desperation to save them, bill the llames soon gained complete mastery j of the two hist cars. The liremen from West Held were summoned hy telephone, hut arrived ' too late to save many lives. Doctors : weie caueo irom i';ii/.abeth, Westtield j and I'lainflold, and there was a score ' on hand. The parlor ears of the i lloyal 1 tltic train were converted into ; temporary hospitals. The dead as they were taken out were laid in a row along side the track until means could he found to convey them to riaintied. The ttremen after a time mastered the (lames. Then the wreckage was attacked again and the work of recovering the lx?dies was begun. Out of the first car eight I todies were taken. The sight while the wreck was burning was horrifying. Men could be seen in the wreckage | pinned fast amid the timbers of the cars and struggling to be free while the (lames roared around them. The rescuers were helpless to aid them as they had already been driven from the wreck by the (lames. One of those who tried to take a man pinned in found that he was held down by one leg near the ankle and seeing it would lie useless to do any thing else is said to have tinallv severed the man's leg and then carried liiin to one of the parlor cars. Moth rescued and rescuers were badly burned. When the engine ploughed Into the rear ear It partly split the ear open and at the same time lifted it up and on to Itself. This car was the first ~ ' to take tire and must of those in it are dead. Some of them are believed to be tieneath the overturned engine. Those in the ear ahead which was lifted over the rear car suffered the p] . most. Kor some time before the (lames reached them f;om the car below and behind theih they were enveloped in Tl s smoke and steam and It was here that the worst sights were witnessed. One passenger only was severely hurt on the itoyal blue. He was walking in the aisle in one of these cars when the crash came and the impact hurled him up it. the air and sidewise across thcilieads of several persons in in chairs and then through a window St One of Ills hands were cut and he was pe bruised, lie said lie was a son of .John iss Wanamaker, of Philadelphia, lie did good work later, after his hand had ga been bandaged. an .lust as the wreek occurred an east- th hound train was approaciiing on track po "?. before It could be stopped the engine crashed into the wreckage, which to had been burled on to the track, but Ja it U'fiu ll.rlit c. t .? IT 1 V M (hi n^aiu ntuil auu- I/I1C Uli^lUC 1 brushed it aside and crushfcd part of it under the wheels. The train ran its lit own length beyond the wreck, stop- inped and after ascertaining it hiidsus- So tained no injury itseir, proceeded to- an ward New York. sti The total loss of life 20. In addl- m' tion to these Engineer I>aviR and Ere- SP? man McCarthy of the Philadelphia and Heading express, who are in the atI hospital at IMaintield, may die at any So moment, and it is believed that c'> several of the injured passengers can- 1 not recover. The nutnher of those acl known to l>e injured is upwards of olll fifty, of whom thirteen remain in the 1 hospital. The blame for the disaster U1!1 is placed by the railroad on Engineer 1 Davis, who, according policemen T who took him from tlie shattered cab ' of Ids engine, admitted that he had '*a seen the red end green danger lights t { displayed, but expecting to see them er; suddenly change to white rushed on ; ' until it was too late to check the Kci speed before he plunged into the rear ( of the tram ahead. No statement .CJl' has been obtained from Davis in the; ' hospital, but in intervals oi semi-con- I na sciousness and delirium he moans. "1 | A" saw nothing. La TRAINS CB ASH TOGETHER 1 to I Anil Many I'eoplo Meet Ilratli t>y lie lleing Crutdtcd and Iturned )c George Clough at Vails Station Ari. ] zona, to deliver orders to a west-bound Co train, known as the "Sunset Limit- ' ed," caused a head-on collision at .'1 ^ o'clock Thursday morning between ^j;l two passenger trains, lour miles east ] ; of Tucson and six miles from N ails fdc I Station. At last accounts twenty ? ' I I A bodies have been taken from the mass "* j ! of burned and charred wreckage and j qit is believed that several more are j i [buried in the twisted and tangled | s mass of iron and steel. i' 'j Lynn Helm, an attorney of Los I I KCi Angeles, Cal., unit liis wife, who were ' j passengers on tlie Sunset Limited , whicli was wrecked near Vails, Ari- j zona, Wednesday, arrived here Thurs- ^ day. Mr. and Mrs. Helm were asleep j | in the rear Pullman car of the train jjn and escaped without injury, lleattri- ( butes the escape of the two Pullman ^ ( I cars of the westbound train to the '^ nerve of Engineer llrucel who stuck to ^ his engine and set the air brakes. Mr. ' ' j | Helm says: L, "There were no groans from the 20 , or more victims buried in the burning ; mass. All must have t>een killed in- j stantly. The llames were so tierce ! j that those who were not killed in- ! A I stantly by the shock must have perish-' tac ed within a minute or two from the j nai intense heat: The crush must have ; Mo signalled the death of all, and there-! ant tore the complete destruction of cars : Pa | and inmates mercifully saved the vie- | in tims from the tortures of the tlames. i hui "Passengers in the uninjured Pull-j tlu | inans without exception,- sustained , ani bruised heads. Jt. was a matter of j old general comment afterward that every ; ful passenger had one or more humps on ! mo his head caused by the sudden stop- but ping of the ears which threw the' the sleeping passengers against the head- ! vol ltoards with considerable force." ( ben ! the A Hank Itohhed. j |i()j Four men robbed the Citizen's liank ! ,,i:i t ? - 1 * t.^ iii tfiiicriihi i-iiriy weanesuay and cseaped with ~?t?o in cash, after exchanging shots with citizens attract- > cd to tin- scene by the explosion. A alx dozen citizens appeared on the scene after the explosion, gathered at the l(.j. bank and opened tire on the robiiers. f?c The tire was returned, one of the roll- are tiers on guard shouting to tlie citizens 'w(l that they had come t here to rob the ^ js bank and Intended to do it. Their fro work finished, the robbers made a ('|cc dash into the darkness. Another fusi- t|)n lade of bullets was exchanged tint no- m|'| tKKly was iiurt, the robbers finally get- ,)(> ting away in a stolen rig. to ( A Suit Accident. pos Harry Sanders and Miss Lilly liush- j to i ing were Instantly killed at a railroad ma crossing by a Seaboard Air Line pas- ! wei senger train near Savannah Wcdncs-1 poi day. They were in a buggy with Miss a v Bushing's brother and his wife, both his of whom miraculously escaped uninj 11 red. A blutf obscures the railway track at the crossing, and the party I drove on the track lieforc they were fou aware of the approach of a train, the Sanders and Miss Rusbiiig were to I'ri have been married in ajfew weeks, is n The young woman's lioifi was horri- ed 1 NEW COLONELS. XI )vernor Heyward Makes His Staff Selections. bi ERSONNEL IS REPRESENTATIVE wi in le New < iflioern Come I'Yoni IhD'or- So tr; ei?t I'ai-lM of the Stute. Their w i i 0111 111 Inhioiis 'I'n k < EfTt'Cl . til I miliary 21. h' pr Gov. I ley ward lias, as commander- of -chief of tiie military forces of tlic t'1 ate appointe 1 tlie members of bis f? rsonal stair, the commissions being sued to take effect from Jan. 21 last. m' The following general order proinul- 1,11 ted from the otllec or the adjutant l,> d inspector general Thursday makes ^ e formal announcement of the ap- 1*' intments: pb Headquarters Adjutant and Inspec- a" i vrciiuiiii a * mice. VJUlUmiJia, S. (J.. tl^ n. 2?, iuo:i. wi General Order No. 12. eri liy direction of his excellency 1). C. jyward, governor arid commander- .<u chief of the military forces of uth Carolina, the following olllcers UP a hereby appointed members of his 'n ill to take rank from date of com- 001 ssion, and will be obeyed and re- f'a ected accordingly: ^ llrigadier General?John I). Frost, jutant and inspector general of ' 1 uth Carolina, ex-olllcio member and Ph ief of stair, Columbia, S. C. ms Colonel John M. i'atiiak, assistant Jutant and inspector general, ex- yci icio member, Anderson, S. C. ha Colonel II. II. Watklns, quarter- ?f ister general, Anderson, S. C. l-e| Colonel Altamont Moses, commi.ssa- 'l1' general, Sumter. S. C. I Pr' Colonel J. F. Folk,engineer in chief. : rct mbcrg, S. C. ; cni Colonel G. A. Neulfer. sergeon gen- I ha il, Abbeville, S. C. ! Pa Colonel II- A. Molony. paymaster j ^a neral, Charleston, S. C. Clu Colonel 11. A. Morgan, judge advo- he te general, Greenville, S. C. an Colonel U.J. Gantt, chief of ord-i'h nee department, Spartanburg, S. C. 1111 DES TO THK COMMANDKK IN-CllIKK. Lieutenant Colonel '1'. V. Williams. ncaster, S. C. i-'s Lieutenant Colonel T. I >. D.nling- 11,1 l, Laurens. S. C. cei Lieutenant Colonel I>. A. Spivcy, Lh' irry. S. C. j Lieutenant Colonel J. 1*. DcYaux, ; t,a' arleston, S. C. ' w' Lieuteoaut Colonel AW. it. Smfffr 1 <J|1 augeb^^- S. -G: "bl Lieutenant Colonel August Kolin, reI lumbia, S. C. SU Lieutenant Colonel 1'. C. Smith, ca' wberry, S. C. j r'k Lieutenant Colonel C. F. Moore, ral irlboro, s. C. Pn Lieutenant Colonel U. T. Jaynes, once, S. C. tin Lieutenant Colonel J. It. Towill, 11P xing ton, S. C. Pa Lieutenant Coionel K. U. Clark, ha lumbia, S. C. vol Jeutenant Colonel George Cotield, a,,< irtanburg, S C. lieutenant Colonel James G. Pad- Pal -t, CoHWon, S. C. hot lieutenant Colonel Geo. P. Elliott, l,u lufort. S. C. crs Jeutonant Colonel ltobt. \V. Hunt, exl arleston, S. C. are lieutenant Colonel 1). N. McLaugb- nct , chaplain, Chester, S. C. s'u Captain A. (i. Pinokney, Anderson, a(h C. ter Captain U. M. Harnes. Georgetown, C. mi; ty order of the Governor, comman- ou? -in-chief. John 1>. Frost > ^h( Adjutant and Inspector (Jenoral. int Devoured l?y Hours. , \ 1 ted ford City, Va. special siys: coi Few days ago three lilack liears at- em ked the children of a mountaineer tin nod l'urki r, living on the road from pul no to Arcadia, on the James river, J ! 1 killed an I ale his 2-year-old baby. ; bei rker's three children were playing , he the edge of the. woods only a few | an; tidred yards from the house, when bui bears made their appearance. The ; sue inals were very hold, and the two ; ply er children ran to tin* house, forget- He of the baby. The father and pri ther rushed to save the little one, ies t the bears had torn the head from da; ; ln)dy of the child and were de- ful iring it. During the winter black | I irs have been very troublesome in \ it: mountains iind have preyed on ed ,'s and cattle to such an extent th: it owners have been forced to keep fav ir stock housed. . i noi Fro/en to Death. ',r<, >Ir. Kdward l.ipford, a white man t)) nit ?>() years of age, was found dead ' Ult ir his home two miles below Wal- t|,r twiro Wednesday afternimn 'I'h# ts, as far as could Ik* ascertained, , ri.s alxiut as follows: Mr. Lipford, j '<] o is unmarried, lived alone with wo brother. The latter was absent ; m home. Monday morning t he j ja eased left home and on returning ' jA',( it night and when in about half a ^ e of his house, it is thought that ; yy. fell from his mule and was frozen ! ' death. Whiskey was found on his' Wt, son. Dr. Lindsay Kennel made a (;a] tmortcm examination and stated [ jj' the jury that in his opinion the n was frozen to death. There! |?a re no marks or bruises that would j % nt to foul play. The jury rendered wjJ erdiet that the deceased came to jjni death by misfortune or accident. t <\ Prince Killed. rince WoltTank Zu Stoltierg. was nd shot dead early this morning in ^ prt park of his castle at ltottlcbcrode, j C., issia- Ills rifle, was nearby but it on ot known whether he was murder- we< or accidentally shot himself. The wo nee's father died a few days ago. at COMPULSORY EPUCATION. iifi Stuto Senate I'iinscn a Hill T? That Kffect. The Itaysor compulsory educatior 11, "to require all parents or guar ans to compel their children oi irds to attend school o.t eight weekt each yeaivas taken up in the mate on The day and after a proacted debate which consumed the eat part of the morning session was ith the addition of two amendments ally passed to a third reading. The d had been carried over from the evious day when at the conclusion Mr. llrlce's argument to strike out e enacting clause it was agreed to iume the arguments Thursday. Mr. Itaysor, in opposing Mr. Itrice's tion, spoke at length and held the divided attention of the senate roughout. lie said that the matr had l>een bo fore the public a long ue and had been discussed in all its uses. It had the endorsement of the leadi ig educators of the connf not only In this State but elsclere and in addition to this the govlor and the superintendent of cduea?n had earnestly pressed it upon the neral assembly. The most abiding ud that can come to a people Is the lifting of the masses. Conditions the State arc rapidly changing, m petit ion is becoming sharper every y and it is the duty of the ate to do all in its power improve the mental as well as e physical well l>cing of her peo;. The children of today arc the iterial out of which our futuic itesmen are made, who in after irs will come into these legislative lis to enact laws for t he government our people. The argument of pa-nnlism lias nothing to do with the tillmcnt of the conditions in this jposed measure. It is a matter of jord that no State wh'cii has e\'cr acted a compulsory education law s ever repealed It. He drew a cotnrison between the State of South rolina and Massachusetts where e law had been enforced for a numr of years, lie spoke of Germany d .minted to her as the leader of all c nations, today the strongest, cornsreial competitor of the T'nitcd ites. In South Carolina there are ,000 white child re i and the statics show that only f>s pur cent.? f em attend the schools and J.'i per ;it. go to school only two weeks in e year. The great question now is arouse the parents and make them ke advantage of the opportunities lich the State has given to aid them -JUie disc ha r^ "f Iff ir God?trfrrtr li'hf tiill is intended to iresent the rights of the child. The ite undertakes to defend his physfcondition and it is nothing but lit that bis mental eondition be also red for if we expect to take our >pcr places among the sisterhood of ites. The constitutional convenn, he said, tlxed a tax of three mills on all our people whether they be rents or not and under the law we ve an educational qualification for Ling. As to the negro, he is here i lit re to stay. .No law is necessary compel him to go to school. His rents are willing to make any sacrl to send him and will do so even if y have to steal from their employto buy hooks and pay contingent lenses, it is the white people who indifferent and lie believes if jessary the strong arm of tlie law iuld he used t o compel them to take vantage of the opportunities exided. dr. Hough thought the proposed asurc beautiful in theory hut thor;hly impractical. "We c4n open ; school doors," declared Mr* Hough, ut we cannot drive the children o them without violating one of ; fundamental principles of the istitution. The child lalxir hill bodies all that is necessary to give ; children opportunit y to attend the I>1 ic schools. dr. Shoppard expressed himself its ng in favor of the hill except that is utterly unwilling to imprison v man who has committed no crime t whose financial conditions are h that he could not possibly com' with the conditions of the law. said that if the penalty of "imsonment in t he county jail lor not s than ten days nor more than 20 ,\V he stricken out, he would cheerly vote for the measure, dr. Goodwin and Mr. Brice opposed Mr. .lohnson and Mr. Sharpc favorit and Mr. J. W. Ilagsdale stated it he had promised his people to or and vote for tho hill and he was ,v perfectly willing to fullill that unise. dr. Sheppard offered an amendment strike out the words "or imprisonnt in the county jail for not less in lo days nor more than 20 days." e yeas and nays were demanded and idled as follows: Piiosc who voted in the atllrmativc re: Messrs. Brice. Brown, Davis, mils, Forrest, Gaines, Goodwin, rdin, Jlood, Hough, Mclver, Mewl, Mower, IVurifoy, Ilagsdale, G. , Sheppard, Talhird, von Kolnitz, ilker, Warren 10. Phose who voted in the negative re Messrs. Aldrich, (tlake, Butler, rpenter, I>ouglass, Hay, Ilerndon. clrick, Johnson, Manning, Marshall, Call, MoDermott, Ilagsdale, J. W., ysor, Sharpc, Stackliouse?is. dr. Manning offered an amendment ieh was adopted to reduce the age lit from 14 to 12 years so to make onform to the child lalwir measure. Oil's from n Mhii'h lllte. I. II. Sparks, a well known show prietor, died at Winston-Salem, N. Thursday, as the result of a bite the arm by a young lion some eks ago. Blood poison attacked the und. The remains will be interred East Brady, l'a. BURNED TO DEATH. Fifty Lunatics Perished by Fire in an ( Insane Asylum. [ ALL THE VICTIK 3 WEBE WOMEN. Flro in .IcwImIi Wing ofColney Hatch Institution, 1'nnlc-tttricken Inmates Impede Work i of Rescuers. At London, England, on Tuesday morning of last week tifty-two Insane patients, all women, were burned to death by a tire at the Colney Hatch asylum. The outbreak occurred in the Jewish wing of the institution. The tlames spread with great rapidity and before they could be got under control five wooden buildings, including dormitories and the doctors' apartments, were gutted. All the ctrorts of the officers were directed towards moving the insane inmates, but the later became wild vvini incitement and so panic strickeu that not only were they unable to help themselves but greatly Impeded the operations of those trying to save them. There were nearly 000 persons in the burned annex at the time the fire was discovered, and most of them were safely transferred to the main building which was uninjured. All the victims were lunatics. Their charred remains presented a horrifying spectacle. The asylum was besieged by anxious relatives or friends of the patients who arrived from all quarters. Pitiable scenes were witnessed as weeping men and women left the premises after ascertaining that relatlves or friends had perished in the (lames. The nurses had a terrible experience in trying to assist the insane people, who were so panic stricken that they had literally to be driven to a place of safety. The inflammable premises almost immediately became a furnace. Nothing was left standing. The corrugated iron roofs of the dormitories and the bedsteads of the patients were melted by the intense ' heat. Some of tlie lunatics were burned i in their beds and tlie charred remains i of others were found huddled together ' in corners, while groups of partially consumed bodies on the site of the Vofriders flowed h'tat niiiiv n'rmtw lost their lives aud sacrificed those of j others in their frantic efforts to force i a passage through tlie man building. BIENNIAL SESSIONS i Tlie Hill (iciN ilic Itetjui .lie Two- < Thinl* Vote in the Senate. i There are two bills oil tlie calendar in regard to biennial sessions, one by Mr. Warren and tlie other by Mr. Itaysor. Both are ioint. resolution* "to amend section y article .'I of the Stati constitution so as to provide for the biennial sessions of the general , assembly." Mr. Warren's having i?ecn placed ; lirst on the calendar was read and upon it the vote was taken. This being a proposition to amend the constitution of the State a twothirds majority vote was necessary. Those who voted in the affirmative were Messrs. A Id rich, itlake. Rrice, Ituiler, Carpenter, Davis, Dennis, Douglass, Forrest, Hardin, Herndon, Hood, Johnson, Manning. May field, McCall, McDerinott, Mclver, McLeod, lVurifoy, ltag.sdale, G. W. ltagsdale, ,1. W., Raysor, Sharpe, Sheppard, Stackhousc, Stanland, Walker, War| ren;?total Those who voted in the negative were Messrs. Goodwin, Hay, Hough, Marshall. Talbird, Von Kolnltz? : Total t>. So the bill was passed to a third j reading. < >11 Tlllirc/lon O.^ --- - ? iiuiouuj cue urn uuuc up ior & third reading and was passed and sent to 11ic House. A two thirds vote was necessary. Those voting for the bill were as follows: Messrs. Aldrich, Blake, Brice, Brown, Butler, Carpenter, Davis, Dennis, Douglas, Forrest, Gaines, Hardin, llcrndon, Hood, Hydrlck, Johnson,'' Manning, McCall, MeDermott, Mclver, MeLeod, Peurifoy, llagsdale, G. W., Hagsdale, J. W., < Kaysor, Sharpe, Sheppard, Stackhou e, Stanland, Walker, Warren31. Those voting against tho bill were ^ as follows: ' Messrs. Goodwin, Hay. Hough, Marshall. Mower, Talbird?0. Before the final passage of the measure the Kaysor bill was substituted for the Warren hill ?? complete. As the House passed a similar bill several times it is almost sure to pass : this one, and then the question will be submitted to a vote of the people. BMtpod iii a I'arrioice. I Itobliers blew open the vault of the In Hank of Steelvtlle 111., early Wednesday morning and secured $3,000 with JH which they escaped in a carriage. The slieriIT at Chester was notified at an t arly hour and he has left with a J poSse for the scene of the robbery. A Latimer Kicnoi. fl Hon. A. C. Latimer was formerly H : elected United States Senator by the j Legislature last Tuesday week to succeed Senator John L. McLaurin. whose time expires on the 4th of next ^HgSi March.