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: '?DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAfcl^HJR LIVES IN 'PHY POSSESSION HAPPY, OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." .]??_' . ? :'. VOL. XXVII. BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FMpAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1903. NO. 14. THE FIRST DEBATE Takes Place in the State Senate Over a Bill to REG UL \TE THE TRAFFIC IN SEED Cotton anti Unpacked Lint Cotton. Full Text of tho OMI, and How tho Hon tit ors ' Voted On lt. "When Mr. Gaines' bill to regulate thc traille in seed cotton and unpack ed lint cotton came up for a second reading in the Senate on Tuesday of last week, a general debate ensued which occupied almost the entire time of the Senate. As tho bill is general in Its scope and of much importance to thc agricultural class, its ha ?In fea tures are given as follows: Section 1. Tile traflie in seed cotton or unpacked lint cotton by purchase, ] barter or exchange within thc period ] beginning August loth and ending De cember 2uth of each year without li-| cense, or between the hours of sunset and sunrise, is hereby declared against, | thc public welfare, and is prohibited. Sec. 2. Thc clerks of t hc courts of common pleas arc authorized and em powered to issue licenses lo traillo in seed cotton or unpacked lint cutt on by purchase", barter or exchange within thc period beginning August l?th ano ending December 2oth of each year, 1 ".itbin their respective counties to such person or persons ns shall tile with said clerks, respectively, a writ ten application therefor, the granting of which shall bc recommended in writing by at least ten land owners re siding within the township wherein ? said applicant intends to carry on such trafile. . Such license shall specify the exact place whereat said traffic shall be carried on and thc period within wjiich such traffic is permitted, and shall continue in force for the period of one year from the date of issue; and for such license, if granted, a fee of th rec'hundred dollars shall bc paid by the applicant to thc county treasurer for thc use of the county. Sec. ll. All persons engaged in the traffic in seetl codon and unpacked lint cotton are required to keep legibly written in a book, which shall be open to public inspection, the name of the person or persons from whom they pur chase or receive hy way of hailer, ex change or Hallie of any sort, any seetl cotton or unpacked lint colton, willi the number of pounds and dale of pur chase. Sec. 4. Any person who shall engage in the traille*in seed cotton or unpack ed lint cotton within thc period begin hing August 15th and ending Decem ber 20th of any year without license as herein provided, or between the hours of sunset and sunrise, or who shall fail to keep the book ol' record as herein provided, shall be deemed guilty ol'a misdemeanor, and on convict ion shall bc punished by a tine hot exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by hot h line and imprisonment , at Hie discre tion of the court. Sec. 5. The provisions of this act . shall not apply lo t he purchase of "lin > tors" nor to the purchase of seed col - ler, or unpacked lint cot ton soid under process o? law,!n the colled iopof rents or of Jlcns. or . moi l games' P,c "iously \vnen n-*^vc^ . " ^r'^e ouh ,,,,R euac ??u" ~n.use, which was promptly sec onded. Mr. Gaines, the author of the bill, resisted thc motion, and stated how the inequality o? the seed cotton law now on the statute books mitigated against Greenwood County with Abbe ville and Edgehcld on her borders; this was not only the case with his county but' with several other coun ties in thc State which had had spec ial legislative enactments and il, is the purpose and scope of t his bill to wipe them all out and establish a general law bearing equally In every county in the State. His people wanted protec tion and in granting lt io them it was his desire to extend it to others. Mr. Warren believes that there is an abundance of laws already on this subject and opposed it because, in his judgmental would work a great hard ship to the small farmers all over the State. Under thc present law mer _-.elnj.nts must keep a record book open to inspection at all limes and if any cotton ls suspected of having been stolen and sold, Hie owner has no trouble in tracing it by thc records. Mr. McLeod strenuously opposed Hie motion, and believed that, it was high time that existing evils along this line should be remedied. Thc record hooks he declared, arc a farce and ?ire gener ally tilled up with fictitious names, and this he could assert from bis own knowledge. The County of Leo is hampered just as many others by its border counties, and he wanted thc hill to become a law as soon as possi ble, f Mr. Mciver favored the motion, de claring-the bill to bc extremely dras tic and in some of the poorer counties would almost amount Lu a confiscation of property. Tho law, if enacted, would not stop stealing, and the small farmer will be the innocent, sufferer. Mr. .1. W. ltagsdalo favored the motion and told how the cotton acre age had been decreased in thc Fee Dee Country by the cultivation of tobacco and lie knew that his county desired no change in the seed cotton law, as tills matter had been thor oughly discussed throughout his coun ty during the last campaign. The en actment of l he hill would encourage rather than discourage stealing. Mr. Hardin was of the opinion that the existing law is unconstitutional and would not stand thc test before the supreme court and therefore advo cated the passage or the hill, believ ing it to be for the general good of thc public. Mr. Sharpe opposed the bill, believ ing that the law as lt now stands is amply sufficient. (Ju the motion to strike out the en acting clause the yeas and nays were demanded and resulted as roi lows: Those who voted in thc affirmative were: Messrs. Davis, Forrest, McDer mott, Me J vcr, ltagsdalo, J. W. Sharpe, Sheppard, Stackhousc, Talbird, Von Kolnitz, Warrcii. - 11. Those who voted in the negative were"? Aldrich, Mlake, Ibice, Brown, Carpenter, Douglass, Caines, Hood win, Hardin, Hay, J fermion, Hood. Hough, Johnson, Manning, Marshall, McCall, McLeod, Peu ri foy, Ilaysor, Stanland, Walker - Total 22. So the motion was lost' Mr. Peurifoy offered an amendment making the license fcc $100 Instead of $300. Tue amendment was killed by a vote of 18 to 13. Mr. Talbird theu moved to exempt Beaufort County. Mr. Brice moved to lay Mr. Tal blrd's motion on the table, which was carried by a vote of 18 to 11. Mr. J. W. Rugsdale then moved to exempt Florence County. Mr. Brice moved, to lay this motion also on tlie table, which was carried by a vote of 20 to 14. It now became evident 1 that the Senate was about to puss thc bill, and uri motion of Mr. Shoppard. the bill was committed to tho judiciary com mittee to report whether or not ari amendment to exempt certain coun ties from the operation of this bill will be obnoxious to the provisions or the constitution relating to special legislation. THE CHILD LABOR BILL. Thi* Important MeuHiiru fasset) thc Senate hy ii Good Vole. Mr. Marshall's bill "lo regulate the employment of children in factories} mines and manufacturing establish ments in this Stale," being made a special order for Wednesday, caine up for a second reading in the .Senate on that day: Mr. Hood of Anderson moved to strike out thc enacting clause. Mr. Marshall staled that every sena tor had already studied the bill and had their minds made lip as to how they would vote on thc measure, and he saw no use for argument. A direct vote was immediately taken on thc motion lo strike out the enact ing clause and resulted as follows. Those who voted in the afb miali ve were: Messrs. Huller, Carpenter, Davis, birihls, Douglass, Gaines, Hay, Hern don, Hood, Hough, Mciver, Walker, Warren-13. Those who voted In thc negative were: Messrs, Aldrich, Blake, Brice. For rest, Goodwin, Hardin, Johnson, Man ning, Marshall, Mayfield, McCall, Mc Dermott, McLeod, itagadalc, G. W. Haysdale, .1. W.: Kaysur Thomas, Sharpe, Sheppard. St ark house, Stan land. Talbird, Von Kui nil/.-22. So the bill was passed to a third reading with notice of an amendment by Mr. Marshall On Thursday thc bill came lip for a lina! reading. Mr. Mutier offered an amendment adjudging as vagrants all lathers who put their children at work in the fac tories and spend their time in idle ness, drawing the wages earned by his children to bc squandered by him, the overseers, superintendents and mill presidents being required under penalty to report all such cases to Ibo proper authorities. Mr. lintier recited instances that came to his own knowledge, among them ari instance where a father had rtravrrt nts children's wages and had gone first' LU inc*dispensary, tuen to a rest u rant and spent the balance of the afternoon at a baseball park. Thc bill provides for the protection of tho. physical condition of thc labor ing children and now he wanted the State to protect t hem in their rights as they could not do it themselves. Mr. Marshall objected to thc pro posed amendment, stating that the bill provided that children under 12 years of age could not work in thc factories and he thought it unjust tc place this extra vigilance on thc mill presidents and managers, and there fore moved to idellnilely postpone the amendment. The yeas and nays being demanded thc vote resulted as follows: Those vot ing in the allirmal.i ve were. Messrs. Illa Icc, Brice, Brown, Davis, Forrest, ("aines, Mai din, Hay, Hood, Hydride, Manning, Marshall, McCall, McDermott, Mel vcr, Mower, l'eurifoy, Uagsdalc, G. W. Kaysor, Sharpe, Sheppard, Talbird, von KolniU, War ren-Total 24. Those voting the negative were: Messrs. Aldrich, lintier, Carpenter, Dennis, Douglass, Hcrndon, Hough, Johnson, McLeod, ll.igsr.lulc, J. W., Stackhousc, Stanlan?, Walker,-To tal -13. Anil thus the child labor bill in its original shape passed a third reading and was sent lo tlie house of repre sentatives. Devoured hy Hears. A Bedford City, Va. special suys: A few days ago t hree black bears at tacked t he children of a mountaineer named Parker, living on the road from Moue to Arcadia, on the James river, and killed an l ale. his 2-year-old biby. Parker's three children were playing in file edge of thc woods only a few hundred yards from the. house, when the bears made their appearance. The animals were very bold, and the two older children ran to the house, forgot ful or the baby. The father and mother rushed lo sare tlie little one, but the bears had torn Hie head from the body of t he. child and were de vouring it. During the winter black bears have been very troublesome in the mountains and have preyed on hogs and cattle to such an extent that owners have been forced to keep their stock housed._ A llercaveil Family. A dispatch from York ville to The State says thc family of Mr. J. C. Conner, of that city, have been sorely bereaved within the past.few days. [The body ol' one daughter, Mrs. D. A. Poplin, was brought hero from ?Vinns boro on Monday for burial, and while family were at the cemetery laying this beloved daughter to rest, another daughter, Mrs. J. M. Fd wards ol Virginia, who was here, on a visit, died and was buried beside her sister Wednesday afternoon. The agc ol Mrs. Poplin was 1!? years and that ol Mrs. (edwards was 2f> years. A Prince Killed. Prince Wo!Hank /ti Stolherg. was found Shot dead early this morning ii the park of his castle at liotllcbcrodc, Prussia- His lille, was nearby but il is not known whether he was murder odor accidentally shot himself. Tin prince's father died a few days ago. DEATH ON THE KAIL. An Appalling Disaster on a Now York Suburban Line. SCENES WERE HEART RENDING. An Express Train, Going nt tho Hale or Sixty-live Miles 'un Hour Kan Into n Iiocal Train. One of thc most appalling railroad wrecks that has occurred in thc vicini ty of New York for many years took place Monday night, Jan. 20, at Grace land on the Central railway of New Jersey near Westfield, N. J., when the Royal Blue'Linc Express ploughed at top speed into the rear cud of a locai train. Immediately after tho crash three ni thc shattered cars of tito local train tonk tire, rendering impossible the rescue nf many of tuc wounded, who wore pinned fast lu thc wreck. Many bodies are believed to haye been con Mimed. On board the Flyer all the passengers, although badly snakcri up, escaped uninjured except for trill ing bruises. The train winch was run into New York at 5:40 and rons us au express to Hound Hrook, making stops at Elizabeth, Westlich! and Plaiutield. Beyond Bound Brook it runs as a lo i al. The Royal Blue train left lifteen ?nimites later but travels at a high rate of speed and makes no slop ex empt at Elizabeth and is scheduled to overtake the slower train just beyond Graceland, where the kilter switches from track three on to track four to permit the Hoyal Blue to pass. Monday evening a freight train was blocked on track number four and thc local received orders to proceed on the express track to Dunellon and there take the outside or number four track. Shortly after receiving orders thc nain had to stop for a hot box which delayed her so that when she got un der way again she was due at Dunel lon. She had just started and was moving slowly when the Royal Blue, traveling apparently at full speed, which at that point usually approxi mates fi? miles an hour, crashed into the rear end. The heavy engine of tho Royal Blue torc its way into the rear car and at tile same time drove the forward end of that car into the rear end of the car ahead, which in turn was driven into thc third car and this in turn was driven into thc fouth car from the rear. The fourth car was only partly wrecked but thc last three were torn to pieces. Thc engine of thc Royal Blue left tim rails and turned over on her side, tlie engineer and fireman stick ing to their posts and going down in the wreck. They arc now in Muhlcn burg hospital at Palnlicd and the en gineer is not believed to have a chance ol' living of more than a few hours. $ Passengers on the Flyer say the cn minut? or so before the wreck. The. train ahead had sent a flagman back, but it seems he was recalled when thc train to stop in the short distance re maining got under way and althuogh lie left thc torpedoes the Royal Hine did not heed them or else was going too fast to stop in the short distance remaining. The man who went back to flag the train had just Hung into thc rear end of his train and ls among the dead. The engine and three worst wrecked cars were piled into an awful heap containing at least one hundred dead and injured. From the mass came fearful cries for aid. A minute later the wreck caught tire from tlie tire box of the locomotive. The screams of the injured in tile heap were lntenslticd as they found themselves hemmed in by thc Hames. The passengers in the two forward cars of Hie lirst train and all the men from the express and every one In the neighborhood started to work nt once to get out thc Injured before the llames could reach them. At times while tolling in thc wreckage the Hames reached tlie rescuers and their clothing took Hie, but they worked on though, in constant danger ot being killed themselves. Some of tho in jured were burned to death In sight of the men who wer? working witli desperation to save them, but the Hames soon gained complete mastery of the two last cars. Thc li remen from Westfield were summoned by telephone, but arrived too late to save many lives. Doctors weie called from Elizabeth, Westtield and Blain Held, and there was a score on hand. The parlor cars of thc Hoyal Hine train were converted into temporary hospitals. Tho dead as they were taken out were laid in a row along side the track until means could he found to convey them to Piainficd. Thc liremen after a time mastered thc Hames. Then thc wreck age was attacked again and the work of recovering the bodies was begun. Out of thc first car eight bodies were taken. Thc sight while the wreck was burning was horrifying. Men could be seen In the wreckage pinned fast amid thc timbers of the cars and struggling to bc free while the Hames roared around them. The rescuers were helpless Lo aid them as they had already been driven from the wreck by thc Hames. Ono of those who tried to lake a man pinned lu found that lie was held down hy one leg near thc ankle and seeing it would he useless to do anything cine ls ?lld to have llnallv severed the man's leg and then carried him to one of tlie parlor cars. Bot h rescued and roscu ers were bailly burned. When tho engine ploughed Into thc rear car it partly spilt thc car open and at thc same time lifted lt up and on to Itself. Tills car was the first to take lire and most of those In lt are dead. Some of them arc believed to be beneath the overturned engine. Those in thc car ahead which was lifted over the rear car suffered the most. For some time before tlie Hames reached them from thc car below and behind them they were enveloped in smoke and steam and lt was here that the worst sights wore witnessed. One passenger only was severely burt on the Hoyal Blue. He was walk lng in thc aisle in one of these cars when the crush came and tba Impact hurled him up iii tho air and sidewise across thelheads or several perseus in chairs and then through a window Ono of his hands were out and he was bruised. He said he was a dun of Juhu Wanamaker, or Philadelphia. He did good work later, after his hand had been bandaged. Just as the wreck occurred an cast bound train was approaching on track 5. Peforo it could be stopped the en gine crashed into thc wreckage, which had been buried on to the track, but It was light stulf and the engine brushed lt aside and crushed part of lt under the wheels. Thc train ran its own length beyond the wreck, stop ped and after ascertaining it had sus tained no injury itseir, proceeded to ward New York. The total loss of life 20. In addi tion to these Engineer Davis.nnd Prc ?man McCarthy of the Philadelphia and Reading express, who are in the hospital at Plainfield, may die ab any moment, and it is believed that several of the Injured passengers can not recover. Thc number of those known to bc Injured ls upwards of firty, of whom thirteen remain in thc hospital. Thc blame for the disaster is placed by the railroad un Engineer Davis, who, according to policemen who took him from the shattered cab of his englue, admitted that he had seen thc red end green danger lights displayed, but expecting tu sec them suddenly change to white rushed on until it was too late to check the speed before he plunged Into the rear of the train ahead. No statement has been obtained from Davis in the hospital, but in Intervals of semi con sciousness and delirium he moans, '"I saw nothing." TRAINS CRASH TOGETHER Ami IVlitny People Meet Dr nth hy fleing Crunhcil und Hunted The failure of night operator George Clough at Vails-Station Ari zona, toduliver orders to a west-bound train, known as thc ''Sunset Limit ed," caused a head-on collision at 3 o'clock Thursday morning between two passenger trains, four miles cast of Tucson and six miles from Vails Station. At last account-? twenty bodies have been taken from the mass of burned and charred wreckage and lt ls believed that seversl more arc burled In the twisted and tangled mass of Iron und steel. Lynn Helm, an attorney "of Los Angeles, Cal., and his wife, who were passengers on the Sunset Limited which was wrecked near Vails, Ari zona, Wednesday, arrived herc Thurs day. Mr. and Mrs. Helm were asleep in the rear Pullman Car of the train and escaped without injury, ne attri butes thc escape of the two Pullman cars of the'Westbound train to thc nerve of Engineer Ijruccl who stuck to his engine and set the air brakes. Mr. Helm says: "There were no groans from the 20 or more victims burled In thc burning mass. All must have been killed In? stantlv. Tlic flames were .so flore? that those who were not killed In stantly by thc shock must have perish ed within a minute or two from the intense bent: Thc oraah must have signalled thc death of all, and there fore the complete destruction of cars and Inmates mercifully saved thc vic tims from the tortures of the flames. "Passengers"In the uninjured Pull mans without exception, sustained bruised heads. It was a matter of general comment afterward thatevcry passenger had one or more bumps on his head caused by thc sudden stop ping of the cars which threw thc sleeping passengers against thc head boards with considerable forco." A I'ooilsii Alan. While visiting an animal show In Charleston Raymond Howman, a white man, In a lit of bravado, offer ed to go into thc leopard's cage with th e. lady attendant, and the offer was taken up by the show people, who thought it only a bluff on lils part. Howman evidently meant what he said, however, for without a sign ol fright he walked up to the cage and followed the trainer In. For a few minutes thc animal touk no notice of the presence of the stranger and How man became more bold. The move seemed to anger the beast and with a bound thc- leopard was on him. His cries for assistance were answered by thc showmen who were near, and with some trouble the leopoard wai forced to leave his prey. This, how ever, was not done until Howman had received several bites and scratches from thc leopard's claws. Howman is now in the hospital not expected to recover. THImrtll'H M nun/.l nc Pistol. Gen. li. It. llcmpbill, editor of thc Abbeville Medium, writes from Co lumbia to his paper as follows: "Las I Friday afternoon I went around tt the ellice of J. Frost Walker, clerk ol court, to see the pistol used by Lieu tenant Governor Tillman when he shot Editor Gonzalo). It ls known af a magazine pistol and made In Ger many. The balls are put In the st?eli or handle of the weapons. The bar rel ls nine Inches long and ls of blue steel color. The stock ls rather Hat and gives a better hand hold than ll lt was round. It will shoot ten times and lt ls said will kill a man 2[20( yards distance If lt hits him. Tin colt pistol ls also in the hands of the clerk of court. It ls a short one ant Is fully loaded."_ Tirer Intnred Trainor. At Richmond, Va., Herman Weedon of Indianapolis, an animal trainer, was ?tucked by a tiger dujlng a per formance Thursday, and seriously In Jurcd. One of his arms was terribly lacerated and a great piece wai' torr out of one side of his face. Hlooc poisoning ls feared. Tired itt the Neuro. At Topeka, Kansas, a resolutloi was Introduced In the leglslatun Thursday to amend thc election law: so as to exclude all negroes from vot lng and to require foreign born peo pie to become naturalized before vot ihg. Thcic is much sentiment ii favor of the resolution and lt wll cause a hard contest. NEW COLONELS. Governor Heyward Hakes His Staff j Selections. PERSONNEL IS REPRESENTATIVE Tho Now Ofllcer? Como From Differ-| cot Ports ot' tho State. Their Commissions Take Effect January Ul. Gov. Hayward has, as commander-] in-chief of the military forces of the State appointe 1 the members of bis personal stall, the commissions being issued to take etlect from Jan. 21 last. The following general order promul gated from thc olllce of the adjutant and inspector general Thursday makes the formal announcement of the ap pointments: Headquarters Adjutant and Inspec tor General's Olllce, Columbia, S, C" Jan. 29, 1UIKJ. General Order No, 12. Hy direction of his excellency D. C. Hey ward,-governor and cojnmander in chief of tho military., furies o? South Ca? Una, the following otliccrs arc hurel^.-appoinCiPfrmembers of his ..?taff to take rank from date of com mission, and will be obeyed and re spected accordingly: Urigadjer General-.lohn U. Pro lb, adjutant, and inspector general of South Carolina, ex-ufllcio member and chief of staff, Columbia. S. C. Colonel John M. Pat.ljk, assistant adjutant and Inspector general, ex otllclo member, Anderson, S. C. Colonel If. II. Watkins, ipiarter master general, Anderson, S. C. Colonel Altamont Moses, commissa ry general, Sumter, S. C. Colonel .f. F. Folk,engineer in chief, Hamberg, S. C. Colonel G. A. Neuffcr, sergcon gen eral, Abbeville, S. C. Colonel H* A. Molony, paymaster general, Charleston, S. C. Colonel B. A. Morgan, judge advo cate general, Greenville, S. C. Colonel R. .T. Gantt, chief of ord nance department, Spartanhurg, S. C. AIDES TO THU COMM A ND Ell-1 X-Cn I E.V. Lieutenant Colonel T. Y. Williams, Lancaster, S. C. Lieutenant Colonel T. D. Dalling ton, Laurens, S. C. Lieutenant Colonel D. A. Spivey, florry, S. C. Lieutenant Colonel J. P. DeVaux, Charleston, S. C. Lieutenant Colonel W. G. Smith. Orangeburg, S. C. Lieutenant Colonel August Kohn, Columbia, S. C. .-. Lieutenant Colonel F. C. Sml?? Newberry, S. C. Lieutenant Colonel C. F. Moore,* Marlboro, S. C. Lieutenant Colonel R. T. Jaynes, Oconce, S. C. Lieutenant Colonel J. R. Tuwill, sxlripton, S. C. Lieutenant Colonel E. R. Clark, Coif^, S. C. L. ^euant Colonel George Cotield, spj ..vu?-rg, s. a ; Jr .tena,ntvColqnrd James G. Pad gel* Collo ton, S/C. 'Lic^enant Colonel Geo. P. Elliott, Beaufort, S. C. Lieutenant Colonel Robt. W. Hunt, Charleston, S. C. Lieutenant Colonel D. N. McLaugh lin, chaplain, Chester, S. 0. Captain A. G. Plnckney, Anderson, C. Captain R. M. Barnes, Georgetown, S. C. Ry order of thc Governor, com man ler-ln-chlef. John D. Frost. Adjutant and Inspector General. Now Tax tau-. Thc State Senate passed a new act in Friday to lix the time for the pay ment of taxes and penalties thereon, lt provides that all State and county taxes and all taxes collected, whet State and county taxes arc collected, shall bc due and payable from the lpt1: day of October to and including thc 31st day of December of each and ?very year, and If such taxes anci I assessments arc not paid on or before I said time, a penalty of live percentun thereon shall be added by the co?ritj auditor on the county duplicate ant collected by thc county treasurer; ant if the said taxes and assessments ant penalties are not paid on or before th? 31st day of March next thereafter, tin I said county treasurer shall issue hi! Lax execution for thc said taxes mu penalties, against thc defaulting tax payer, according to law. Youtsoy Confessen. ."James B. Howard, of Clay county tired the shor- that killed WU I ian Goobel," said Henry E. Youtsoy, it his confession as to his part in, ant knowledge of, the conspiracy whicl terminated in the assassination of tin Democratic claimant to the governor ship of Kentucky. Thc con victed mar now says that he bas made a cleat breast of the details of the plot ant has told everything lie knows, "fullj and frankly." He said that the shoi wns tired from thc front window in thc private ofllcc of Secretary of State Caleb Poners, and that he and Jiu Howard were thc only persons Insldi the room. Ile named William S Taylor. Charles Finely, Caleb Powers John ti. Powers, William H. Colton Wharton Golden "and William J Davidson as conspirators with him. A 8n<l Accident. Harry Sanders and Miss Lilly Rush lng were Instantly killed at a rnilroai crossing by a Seaboard Air Linc pas senger train near Savannah Wedncs day. They were In a buggy with Mi? Rushing's brother and his wife, hot) of whom miraculously escaped uri in Jurc.d . V bin ff..obscures the rallwii* trat ?. . j dro-T '?.wesw ! ?.; . puiti >ii Man,a,i I har-:.. . The hly^,._. . Rrolse i>6\ve BO I LEN and <,;/ Coi sali .. will weet for . won ? \ piy rt [i tJiig otlke, at I, V boro hiull Ni COMPULSORY EDUCATION. Tho Suue .Sonnto I'as.Hog a Bill Tp That Effect. The Raysor compulsory education bill, "to require all parents or guar dians to compel their children or wards bo attend school for eight weeks in each year," was taken up in the Senate on Thursday and after a pro tracted debate which consumed thc great part of the morning session was with tho addition of two amendments finally passed to a third reading. The bill had been carried over from the -previous day when at thc conclusion of Mr. Brice's "argument to strike out thc enacting clause lt was agreed to resume the arguments Thursday. Mr. Raysor, in opposing Mr. Brice's motion, spoke at length and held the undivided attention of the senate throughout. Ile said that thc mat ter had been before the public a long time and had been discussed in all its phases. It had the endorsement of all the leading educators of the coun try not only in this State but else where and in addition to this thc gov ernor .md thc superintendent of educa tion had earnestly pressed it upon thc general assembly. The most abiding good that can come to a people is the uplifting of thc niasses. Conditions in thc State aro rapidly changing; competition is becoming .sharper every day and it is the duty or thu Slate to do all iii its power to improve thc mental as well as .the physical well being of ber peo ple. The children of today arc the material out of which our future statesmen are made, who in after years will come Into these legislative halls to enact laws for tho government of our people. The argument of pa ternalism has nuthlng to do with the fulfillment of thc conditions In this proposed measure. 11 ls a matter or record that no State which has ever enacted a compulsory educatio.i law has ever repealed it. He drew a com parison between the State of South Carolina and Massachusetts where the law had been enforced for a num ber of years. He spoke of Germany and pointed to her as thc leader of all the nations, today thc strengest corii morcial competitor of the United States. In South Carolina there arc O?.OOO white children and the sta tistics show that only 58 per cetit. of them attend the schools and 2f> per cent, go to school uni}' two weeks in the year. The great question now is to arouse the parents and make them take advantage of the opportunities which the State has given to aid them in the discharge, of their God given obligations. The bill is Intended to represent thc rights of the child. The . State, undertakes to defend his physi cal condition and it is nothing but right that his mental condition be also cared for if we expect to take our proper places among thc sisterhood of 'States. Thc constitutional conven tion, he said, fixed a tax of three mills upon all our people whether they be parents or not and under the law wc have an educational qualification for voting. As to felic negro, he is herc and here tb stay. Ts'olaw is necessary to compel him to go tu school. Ills parents are willing to make any sacri fice to.send him and will do so even if they have to steal from their employ ers to buy books and pay contingent expenses. It ls thc white people who arc indifferent and he believes if necessary the strong arm of the law should he used to compel them to take advantage of the opportunities ex tended. Mr. Hough thought thc proposed measure beautiful in theory but tbor . oughly impractical. "Wc can open the school doors," declared Mr. Hough, "hut wc cannot drive thc children into them without] violating one" o? thc fundamental 5 principles of ' iXic J constitution. Thc- child labor- bill - embodies all that is necessary to give . the children opportunity to attend tile ' public schools. i Mr. Sheppard expressed himself as , being in favor of thc bill except that i he is utterly unwilling td imprison ? any man who has committed no crime I but whose iinancial conditions arc I such that he could not possibly com ; ply with the conditions of the law. i Ile said that if the penalty of "im t prisonmerit in the county jail for not 1 less than ten days nor more than 20 I days" be stricken out, he would ehcer i fully vote for the measure, i Mr. Goodwin and Mr. Price opposed i it; Mr. Johnson and Mr. Sharpe favor s ed it and Mr. .J. W. Ragsdale stated 1 that he had promised his people tt - favor and vote for the bill and he wm now perfectly willing to fulfill that promise. Mr. Sheppard offered an amendment ' to strike out thc words "or imprison 1 ment in the county jail for not les.1 1 than 10 days nor more than 20 days.' 1 The yeas and nays were demanded ant 1 resulted as follows: ' Those who voted in the affirmative were: Messrs. Price, Prown, Davis, 1 Dennis, Forrest, Gaines, Goodwin, J Hardin, Hood, Hough, Mciver, Mo 1 Lend, Mower, Peurifoy; ltagsdalc, G. \V., .Sheppard, Talbird, von Kolnitz, L Walker, Warren-19. ' Those who voted in.thc negative ' were Messrs. Aldrich, Mlake, Butler, 1 Carpenter, Douglass, Hay, Herndon, T Hydride, Johnson, Manning, Marshall; . McCall, McDermott, Ragsdale, J. W., ' Haysor, Sharpe, Stackhousc-18. ' Mr. Manning offered an amendment . which was adopted to reduce the age . limit from IA to 12 years so to malo if conform to thc child labor measure. Frozen tn Dont li. ' Mr. Edward lapford, a white man about (?0 years of age, was found dead near his home two miles below Wal * terboro Wednesday afternoon. Thc 1 facts, as far as could be ascertained, ' are about as follows: Mr. Llpford, t' .?iw| js unmarried, lived alone witli brother;. Thc latter was absent - home. Monday morning thc \sccl left home and on returning _ night and when in about half ii ! of his bouse, it is thought thal ell from his mule and was frozen oath. Whiskey was found on lib i? a ?on. Dr. Lindsay Kennel made ti .mortem examination and stat.ee li pera he Jury that in his opinion thc rcBpaB?i was frozen to death. There coimte no marks or bruises that wonk ?rig, hint to foul play. The jury rentlcrec JV. Qth-Tdiet that the deceased came tt .death by misfortune or accident. LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS. Associate- Justice and Code Commis sioner aro Chosen. Wednesday Mr. 0. A. Woods, of Marion was elected associate justice of the supreme court and Wednesday ni ?ht Mr. Wm. Elliott, Jr., was clect etTcode commissioner. Thero were in all four ballots for associate justice and eight for code commissioner. Mr. Woods' election was not a walkover as his leading opponent, Col. Aldrich de-, veloped considerably on the final bal lot. Mr. Elliott started Into the bal loting for code commissioner with strong support, _ but Mr. McClure's friends stuck to him aud as the other candidates dropped out the race be came more and more Interesting. Mr. Woods' term is for two years-to-fill' out tko unexpired term of-Hon. Y. J. Pope, recently elected chief justice. Mr. Elliott's term is nine years to succeed Mr. W. II. Townsend, who became assistant attorney generala few clays ago. MK. C. A. WOODS ELECTKD. When the joint assembly recon vened Wednesday all but two of the caudioatcs for associate justice were withdrawn from the Held by the gen tleman who had made the nomina tions. : The two names in the final ballot were C. A. Woods, of Marlon, and Robert Aldrich, of Barnwell. A train there was a full vote, 154 out of HU, and again Mr. Woods went in to thc contest with unanimous sup port of tim Pee Dee counties. Col. Aldrich received 21 votes from I his colleagues in the Senate while Mr. Woods received 17. But In the House of Rc present.it i ves Mr. Woods receiv ed 24 votes more than Col. Aldrich. The final result was, votes cast 154; necessary to a choice "8; Mri Wood? 87; Mr. Aldrich (?7. On the tinal bal lot Tuesday the vote stood Woods 71, Aldrich 33, Tribblc 17, Caldwell ia. Ular l>, Gfuber 14. In thc ll nal ballot Mr.. Woods gained 1(5 votes and Cul. Aldrich a4 votes, lt was. to be ex pected that Col. Aldrich would make these gains as Judge Izlar and Mr. Gruber are from neighboring coun ties. CODE COMMISSIONED Thc joint assembly then turned its consideration to the election of code commissioner. This ls a very respon sible position, requiring the services of a man who has more than a super licial knowledge of the law and a man of sober and careful habits. Mr. J. C. McClure, of Chester, was nominated by Senator Hardin, second ed by Senator Price. Mr. E. C. Haynsworth of Sumter was nominated by Senator Manning, seconded by Mr. Wm. L. Mauldin. Mr. Wm. Elliott, Jr., of Columbia, was nominated by Senator Marshall, seconded by Mr. Colcock. Mr. E. II. Dominick, of Newberry, was nominated by Mr. Klblcr, second ed by Mr. Dennis. Mr. Elliott and Mr. Dominick tied on the lirst ballot, on thc second Mr. McClure pulled up and tied Mr. Dom inick. On the announcement of thc fifth ballot Mr. Dominick's name was withdrawn. The sixth ballot resulted: Elliott 5(5; Haynsworth 41; McClure 50. There were but 147 votes polled on that ballot. Mr. Elliott needed eigh teen, Mr. McClure 24 and Mr. Hayns worth 33 votes. A recess was taken until 8 p. m. When the joint assembly recon vened at 8 o'clock, thc seventh ballot for code commissioner was taken. The vote was Elliott GI, Hayns worth 35, and McClure 4(5. Senator Manning then withdrew thc name of Mr. Edgar C. nayns worth. The eighth ballot resulted as fol lows: Elliott 7a, McClure 71. The is sue was watched with keen interest, Biri McClure, who ls a partner of So licitor .}; K. Henry and one of tin besti young lawyers of the State, modi a spje.ndid run. The majority of thc Hainsworth vote went in a bulk t< MivMcClurc. lt was thought up tx thc last vote that the result would bc a tie, but Speaker Smith changed tin probable result by voting for Mr. El liott. There was one other election, thal of trustee of the South Carolina Col i lege to succeed Lieut. Gov. J. T. Sloan. Mr. John J. McMahau. whe for four years has held a place on thc board by reason of being State Super intendent of Education received thc unanimous vote of the joint assembly ) Fa:?il Boiler Explosion. 1 At Anniston. Ala., a large boiler ii ' the malleable foundry of the Souther! Car and Foundry Company blew u] ' Wednesday, killing six persons an< ' injuring probably.20 others, several o j whom will die. Tom Hird, one of tin killed, was on top of thc engine ad justing thc piping when the acclden occurred, and was blown (50 feet int? ! the air. J. A. Forte, holler maker was blown to the top of a neighborinj shed and Instantly killed. Ike H ard j was hit by a flying piece of the boilei while 70 feet away and instantly kill ed. Parts of the boiler weighing a tor or more were blown over buildings ? thousand feet from the place of thc explosion. Thc cause of the explosioi is not known. Won't Ii t Hooker Speak. A dispatch from Gainesville, Ela., ? says recently AV. N. Shea ts, superin ! tendent of public instruction, Invitee Hooker Washington to deliver an ad dress before thc joint convention ol county superintendents of public in struction and the general educationa 1 board to meet at Gainesville February 1. Mr. Shoats is severely censured ir j Gainesville which he claims as hi! 1 home town, and W. M. Hallo way, conn 1 ty superintendent of public instruc 1 tion lias telegraphed to the Gainosvilh 1 Sun that Hooker Washington will noi ' be permitted to speak in thc auditor I lum on the occasion. IJ?VC Stock Humed. i Thc barn of Mr. Edgar Hall a pros ; perons farmer, living four miles wes i of Anderson, was destroyed by flip I Friday night. Thc building contain ; ed live mules, a horse and two cows ? all of which were burned to death 1 together with a quantity of hay, fod 1 der, etc. Thc origin of the lire ir. no ) known. Mr. Hall had $500 insurance which covers about a third of the los.' BURNED TO DE?Tf?. Fifty lunatics Perished by Tire in an Insane Asylum. ALL THE VIOTIMB WEBE WOKEN. Piro In Jo wiall Win? of Colney Hatch Institution, .Panic-Stricken - Inmates Impedo Work of Rescuers. h .;* At London, England; on Tuesday morning bf last week fifty-two insane patients, all 'women, were burned to death by a fire at the Colney Hatch asylum. The outbreak occurred in tho Jewish wing of the Institution. ,, The flames spread wi th great rapidity and before they could be got under control five wooden buildings, includ ing dormitories and the doctors' apartments, were gutted. All tho efforts of tho officers were . directed towards moving the insane inmates, but the later, became wild with excitement and so panic stricken that not only were they unable to help themselves but greatly Impeded thc operations of those trying to save them. There were nearly -OOO persons in thc burned annex at the time tho 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 br friends of the pat lents who arrived from all quarters. Pitiable scenes were witnessed as . weeping men and women left the premises arter ascertaining that rela tives or friends had perished in the Hames. The nurses had a terrible experi ence in trying to assist the insane people, who were so panic stricken that they had literally to be c?riven to aplace of safety. Thc inflammable premises almost immediately became a furnace. Nothing was left stand ing. The corrugated iron roofs of the. dormitories and the bedsteads of the patients were, melted by the intense heat. Some of the lunatics were burned in their beds and the charred remains of others were found huddled together in corners, while groups of partially consumed bodies on the site of the corridors showed that many persons lost their lives and sacriticed those of others in their frantic efforts to force a passage through the man building. BIENNIAL SESSIONS. Thc Bill Gets the Requisite Two Thirds Vote in the Senate. There arc two billson the'calendar in regard to biennial sessions, one by Mr. Warren and the other .by <Mr. li ay sor. Both arc joint resolutions "tb amend section 0 article 3 of: the State constitution sb as to provide -for the biennial sessions of tho general assembly." ?** Jj .Mr. Warren's having been placed first on the calendar was read and up-,', '_ on it the vote was taken. This being a proposition to amend the constitution bf the State a two thirds majority vote* was necessary. Those who voted in the affirmative, were Messrs. Aldrich, Blake, Brice; Butler, Carpenter, Davis, Dennis, Douglass, Forrest, Hardin, Herndon, nood, Johnson, Manning. Mayfield, McCall, McDermott, Mciver, McLeod, Peurifoy, Ragsdale, G. W. Ragsdale, .1. W., Raysor, Sharpe, Sheppard, Stackhousc, Stanland, Walker, War ren-total 21). Those who voted in the negative were Messrs. Goodsvln, Hay, Hough, ) I Marshall. Talbird,' Von Kolnitz )|Total (5. So the bill was passed to a third reading. On Thursday the bill came up for a third reading and was passed and sent to the 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, Herndon, Hood, nydrick, Johnson, Manning, McCall, McDer mott, Mciver, McLeod, Peurifoy, Ragsdale, G. W., Ragsdale, J. W., Raysor, Sharpe, Sheppard, Stack hou e, Stanland, Walker, Warren Pl31 j Those voting against the bill were as follows: Messrs. Goodwin, Hay, Hough, Mar shall, Mower, Talbird-G. I Before thc tina] passage of the meas ure the Raysor bill was substituted for the Warren bill as being more 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. They Won't Preosso. At Chicago a mob of nearly SOO men, women and boys held up a Chicago and Northwestern coal train and car ried away the contents of live cars be fore they were dispersed by the police. Women led the attack, uncoupled thc J cars in a number of places and In 11 timidating the train crew. For threo - hours traffic was suspended while the r I mob increased to more than a thous-} land persons. A riot call was turned, in and order finally ' restored. Three women and two men were arrested, but thc menacing attitude of the i [ crowd caused thc women to be quickly released. . ? ICscnpcd in a Carriage. Robbers blew open thc vault of tho Dank of Steel ville lil., early Wednes day morning and secured $3,000 with which they escaped in a carriage. Tho sheriff at Chester was notified at an early hour and he has left with a t, I posse for thc scene of tho robbery. Lui Imei- l?lectcd. lion. A. C. Latlmcr was formerly I elected United States Senator by the Legislature last Tuesday week to succeed Senator John li. McLaurln, whose time expires on the 4th of next March.