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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. A H ARD FIGHT. Railroads Must Stand by the Rates Stated ia Bills of Lading, AND TO PAY FOR LOST FREIGHT According io tim Valtio Staled in tlio Hills ol' Liuling Within Sixty DttVH Says tho Houflr. On Tuesday of last week in thc House Mr. Johnson hud a bill relative to the carrying outoT rates on freights. He wanted it made mandatory that the railroads recognize the rates placed in a bill o? lading, and that no more should be collected. Mr. Johnson in sisted that the railroads had no right to exact a cent more than is stipulated in thc bill of lading. A clause in his bill required immediate payment for articles lost in transit. He said there was no such Act" now un the statute books. Thc railroads collect, ho in sisted, thousands, and even millions, in excess charges, and kept tile money from six months to two. years. Ile insisted that the Sullivan Act does not reach the case at all. These laws are a nullity because of the penalty. Mr. Johnson's bill is bitterly opposed by the railroads, because they know it could be enforced. This bill pro vides for a forfeit to thc treasury and bah* to the consiguee. Mr. "Williams said be saw no use for the bill, or for so heavy a forfeit, lie knew of several suits pending under the Sullivan Act. The .railroads ought to be made to carry out their contracts, but they ought not to be crowded. The bill ought to bc killed. Mr. Toole, of Aiken, said he had experience in getting freight claims settled, lie had spent a year in get ting a settlement. When goods are shipped freights have to lie paid. If we have enough law more will do no harm. The penalty now is not enough. "Mr. Beamguard said last session he had sucha bill passed in the House, but it was killed in thc Senate. If the penalty ls not made large enough the railroads will pay no attention to it Mr. Thomas said thc bill under took to take property without due process of law, and proposes to hr dd a South Carolina railroad responsible for a loss that may have occurred in some other State and linc outside or the State. The bill proposes that a claim should be paid "upon demand" regardless of its validity. At thc last . . session an Act was passed that thc railroads must pay or refuse to pay ijfrhfnjdYtv.thivs_Tile AcL.was held, t? bo . constitutional; and 1K as far'as the laws can go. Mr. Thomas knew whore judgments had been recovered on the very Act in question, and a judgment for $50 had been recovered for refusal to set tle within sixty days. Mr. Copgeshall said he never rep resented a railroad, and came frc.m a section that was as much oppressed by railroads as any in South Carolina, but he opposed the bill as being un necessary. "Mr. W. J. Johnson said it was easy to find out actual cost, so the rail roads can settle upon that basis. Thc bill will show the cost. If the bills do not give the cost then there can . be no arbitration. The Sullivan bill is totally ignored by thc railroads. There never was a more just measure than this. There is ;i universal de mand for such a bill. Ile was asked for a copy of the bill by thu Columbia Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Cooper, of Laurens, favored re quiring tile railroads charging only for what they delivered. Thc bill simply imposes a line of $200 because the railroads say they 'Vi not owe the claim and have the traitor settled in the courts. Thc idea is simply to impose a linc of $200 for daring to contest a claim. If there were lint one railroad in the Stale this bill might do, but there are several rail road systems and it is wrong to arbit rarily hold one party responsible if it wishes to test thc matter. Thc bill is unjust and unfair anti unreason able. Mr. Johnson insisted on a yea and nay vote and the Mouse was exactly divided and therefore Mr. Cooper's motion to kill failed. The vote stood: Yeas-Speaker Smith. Aull, hailey, Banks, Barron, I'.ates, Black. Black wood, homar, Brooks, Brown, Calli son, Carey, Coggeshall, Colcock, Cooper, Culler, DeVore, Dowling, Ed wards, Haskell, Hendrix, Humphrey, James, Logan, Mace, Magill, Middle ton, Morgan, Parnell, Patterson, l'carman. Pyatt, Qu lek, Rawlinson, Sarratt, Seabrook, W. c. Smith, Stackbouse, Thomas, Towill, Walker, "Williams, Youmans-44. Nays-Bass. Beamguard, Clifton, DeBruhl, Donnald, Dor rob, Doyle, Ford, Fraser. Cause, Gourdin, Daile, ll ar milson, D. O. Herbert, Hinton, Irbv, Jamegan, Johnson, Kelley, Kib ler, King, Leavcrcft, Little. Ly les, McCain, Mauldin, Mims, Nichols, Peurifoy, Pollock, liai nsf o rd, Bankin, Beady, Richardson, Jeremiah Smith, Tatum, Toole, Tribble, Wade, Webb, AVhalcy, Wingan!, Wingo, Wright 41. The bill was then ordered to its third reading as follows: TIC XT Ol" Til H Itlbh. Section 1. That from and after thc passage of this Act. all railroads or railroad companies doing business in this State shall protect thc rafe of freight stipulated in thc bill of lading for the carriage of all freights, goods wares and commodities of every kind, whether thc said bill of lading he foreign or domestic, and for flic failure or refusal of any railroader railroad companies or their agents todcliverall such freights, goods, wares or other commodities upon demand, and pay ment of freight charges equalling tho rate stated in thc bill of lading, said railroad company shall be lined in tho sum of two hundred dollars, to he re covered for each and every offence, in any Court, of competent jurisdiction, one-half of which shall go to the con signee aggrieved and the remaining balance deposited in thc county treas ury as other public funds. Section '2. That where any loss or shortage occurs in any shipment of goods, wares, merchandise * or other " commodities,.as may bc shown by the original bill of lading, the railroad or railroad company delivering the par tial shipment shall, upon thc demand of thc consignee or consignees at thc time of delivering the partial ship- '. ment, pay the consignee the full cost value of all such goods, wares, mer chandise or other commodities as may have been lost in transit. Kor the failure or refusal of any railroad or rail- , road company or their agents to com ply with the provisions of this section, said railroad company shall be lined in the sum of two hundred dollars for - each and every offence, to be recovered in any Court of competent jurisdiction, one-half of which shall be paid to the consignee agrie ved, and the balance placed in thc county treasury where the olfencc may hr.vo been committed, and used ns other public funds. Section 3. All"damage to goods, wares, merchandise or commodities o? I every kind while in transit, caused by | water, caieless handling or otherwise, shall likewise be adjusted tit the time ! of delivery by Hie railroad or railroad < company delivering thc same, under j tine and penalty of thc preceding sec tion. RAIL ROAD BILL KILLED. The State Somite Itel'une to I ii lil lt i the Honrs ol* Lahor. On Wednesday Mr. Hydrick's bill "to regulate thc daily hours of service of employes of railroads and railway companies doing business in this State" witli a majority unfavorable and a minority favorable report with amendments, was next taken up in 1 the Senate. Thc debate which cn 1 sued was made principally on the amendment to limit thc hours to 12 instead of 10 hours. Mr. Hydride explained why he t bought the measure necessary. These employes are under great corporations and knowing that their daily bread is dependent/ upon their labor must necessarily bow to oppression, realiz ing full well that on the slightest complaint they twill bc hustled out and other men put Into their places. "Thc bill," said Mr. Hydride, "is sim ply to provide that no railway em ploye shall work more than 12 hours each day without extra compensation and in cases of emergency when his services are demanded there ls a pro vision to collect his extra compensa tion by suit necessary." Mr. Sheppard said no bill introduced deserved a more speedy rejection than this one. He characterized it as paternalism in its worse shape, lt diirers from thc child labor bill in that' it attempts to interfere witli the con tracts made between adults and cor porations. These men knew full well the conditions that would be imposed; they are not in any way hound to re main in their pscscnt position and more than that it is an immoral thing to advise a man to break his contract by. bringing, suit..,for the overtime, besides giving the fight! to annul that contract by suit Which lie would be permitted to bring any time within six year.:. As a matter of en couraging litigation this bill bas no superior and would he grievous to thc railroads and he believed its rejection a duty the senate owed to thc people. Mr. .1. W. Ragsdale said that he was undecided as to how he would vote on thc bill until he had heard the argu ments of Mr. Sheppard and now he was emphatically in favor of it. Mr. Ragsdnle told how tho train crews were often sent (?ut on duty at Flor ence just after return from along and tedious trip and be knew that their condition was such that they were not capable of assuming the responsibili ties devolving upon them, lt is a duty tlic generally assembly owed to the traveling public and the families de pendent upon them. There are no positions inoro trying than that of a railroad man and lo discharge his du ties aright he .should bi; in tile best possible physical condition. Mr. Rags dale also referred to the operators along t he lim; and the long hours they are often required to work. Mr. Kaysor thought il a (langerons thing to attempt to interfere in con tracts between adults and told of the differences between tho hours ol' work in the busy and dull seasons, lt would be too much to keep two sets bf men employed and as a general rule the men would prefer to do thc work than allowa green man to handle his hooks if lie is employed in tile freight de. parlaient, and besides if i chefs are employed this would bc nothing less t han a reduction ol'salaries. Thc bill is nota protection nor will it remedy the evils complained of. Mr. Manning brought the lengthy debate to an end by a motion to in definitely posl pone. The yeas and nays were demanded and resulted as follows: Yeas: Messrs. Mlake, lintier, Den nis, Douglass, Forrest, Hardin, Hay, ll erndon, Hood. Hough, Manning, Mayileld, McCall, Mciver, Raysor, Sharpe, Sheppard. von Kol nit/., Walker, Williams -20. Nays: Messrs. Aldrich, Drice, Car penter, Davis, Goodwin, Hydride, JOhnsuu, Marshall, Mower, I'eurifoy, G. W. Ragsdale, .1. W. Kagsdale, S tack house, Sta ula nd - 14. So thc bill was killed. Deal li lu a Storm. lt is feared that IT went to their death in the storm which struck Sag inaw Ray Tuesday night, says a dis patch to the Tribune from Hay City, Mich. Thc men were living in shan ties built on the ice. The. storm burst without warning, lt was accompanied hy a blinding swirl of snow and the waves crushed the icc in the bay upon which the li ihernien's huts were standing into a grinding, crunching mass. Nothing has been seen of men or shanties since. It is known that two were drowned and little hope is expressed for thc others. Safe llohhcra. The sale of the Pendleton Manufac turing company at A ullin, hear Pendleton, was blown open with dynamite by three robbers on Tuesday morning before daylight and $100 was stolen. Robbers also blow open the safe of W. 1'. Cook at Iva, Anderson county, (>n Tuesday morning at 2:'l0 and got $'if?. A clerk in the store was waked by thc explosion and tired at thc robbers, hut missed them. Give a woman a rope id'pearls and and some furs and she will manage to dress to her satisfaction in any clime and for any occasion. AN OIL INSPECTOR. rhe State Senate Passes an Act Pro viding for the CREATION OF SUCH AN OFFICE. \IK1 That AU Illuminating Oils Sold in Tills State Shall Stand a Certain Fire Test. TSie "bill to create the ufiico ui oil nspeotor; to prescribe thc amount of lis salary; to establish the fees for In jectors of oils and to provide for the llsposltlon of such fees" was the first business taken up in thc Senate on Wednesday. As soon as the bill was read Mr. Urlcc moved to strike out the enact ing clause and gave as his reasons that Lbe measure had the appearance of creating a fat job for somebody, that lt is useless and expensive and the ap pointee, should the bill become a law, would cost thc State as much for his expenses as his salary would amount to; that it would be impr tcticable in that no one man could go all over this State and accomplish all thc duties that would be required or him. Mr. Goodwin stated that be had in troduced a crude bill at the bust ses sion looking to the remedy of the evils here to be corrected and it had been referred to the judiciary committee and this Is the cue that they had for mulated in conformity to thc one now in successful operation in Georgia. "Greenwood," said Senator Good .vin, "has long been the dumping ground tor the refuse oil of the Standard UH Company," and the complaints bad become so general that he determined to give thc people some relief from the great imposition that was being prac ticed upon them. Ile read extensively from the reports of the Georgia in spector to show that the people had been bcncUttcd by Its operations, j True thc cost of 1 cent a gallon comes out of the consumer, but as a return they get a purer and more lasting product. Mr. Butler thought that thc evil complained of could be regulated by statute Just as the sale of. the toy pis tol had been made a misdemeanor and agreed with the position taken by Mr. Brice. Mr. Manning is opposed to the mul tiplication of olliccs, but when an evil exists and it ls necessary to correct it hy the establishment of :\h additional ollicc he would assent. Other States have tried it, and arc satlslied, and from thc evidence before the commit tee he is constrained to believe that thc Standard Oil Company has taken South Caroliun os a dumping ground Tor the rejected oil shipped Into other States. Mr. Marshall said that the bill orig inally proposed to establish one inspec tor in each congressional district, but he deemed this unnecessary and thought the better plan to pay him a stated salary and expenses. True, he could not do all the work required of him at once, but he believed that the retailers would assist him by sending samples and reporting special cases which needed immediate investiga tion. Mr. Marshall further stated that the committee was unanimous in its favorable report with the proposed amendment. Mr. Ilydrick gave his "experience" in ii summer resort hotel and thought thc punishment should be extended to the retailer as well as the wholesaler. Mr. May Held also advocated the measure and said that the Standard Oil Company has various repos!ts es tablished all over thc State and it would bc, as a general rule, only nec essary to test their contests. Ile spoke of thc superiority of the oil received from Savannah over that purchased In Blackville. "Increased cost to the consumer is eh old song al ways conveniently sung by the oppon ents of any measure." Mr. Hood stated that the greater portion of the oil brought into this State comes in tugs to Charleston and from there ls shipped to all points in the State. He suggested that if the inspector spent the greater portion of his time there that he could bc of elli clent'service to the people, lie be lieved that the retailers would give him a cordial support and thus help to relieve the people from thc imposi tion now thrust upon them. Mr. Johnson said that he would bc the last man to impose an unnecessary tax upon the people, but that the evil complained or was real and not imagi nary, and to hts own knowledge a shipment of oil which had been re jected in Georgia had been then sent to Aiken County. Mr. 1 fermion stated that thc loss of thc condemned oil would ultimately fall oh thc Standard Oil Company. Mr. Sheppard also favored the meas ure. On motion of Mr. Manning thc bill passed toa third reading with notice of several amendments. PROVISIONS OK TIIK ACT. Section two of thc bill provides that no illuminating oil or burning Huid to be used in lamps, stoves or heaters shall be sold, offered or kept for sale within this State with lire test of less than 120 degrees and with a Hash test of less than Itu) degree fahrenheit. Section :i. Provides that for thc purpose of enforcing thc provisions of this act tho governor shall appoint one inspector of oils for a term of two years at a salary of * 100 a month and his actual expenses while engaged of ficially, which shall be paid by thc State treasurer upon a warrant drawn by the comptroller general, provided such inspector shall furnish monthly on itemized sworn statement of his expenses td the comptroller general. Sec. 4. Thc inspector shall inspect by test all such oils and fluids sold, olVered'for sale, and kept for sale, within this State wheresoever found and at the request o? any person In terested as informer or otherwise. Sec. f>. Whenever any such oils or fluids fail to come up to the test here in provided, it shall be seized and sold for redistillation only to thc highest bidder by the inspector after giving live day's notice of such sale on court house door and thc proceeds remitted to thc State treasurer monthly. Sec. 0. If auch oil reaches, or sur passes the tests 'herein provided, the vessel containing the same shall be branded, "South Carolina, Approved" or "Surpasses," as the case maybe, with date of Inspection followed by the signature of the Inspector. Sec. 7. Upon refilling In whole or part any vessel so branded such brand shall be erased or cancelled by thc person having the Bame in possession under penalty of not more thai) thirty days Imprisonment or one hundred dollars tine. Sec. 8. For each inspection as here in provided the inspector shall charge a fee of one-half cent per gallon on the whole lot,or lots Inspected and re mit thc same to thc Stute treasurer, of which bc shall keep a full and cor rect record, and at the end of each mouth make his report to the compt roller general of the amounts inspect ed during thc previous month, to gether with his Itemized expense ac counts,both of which statements shall be made under oath. Sec. 'J. The secretary of State shall furnish said inspector the testing in struments named In this act, or other Instrument as well delincd. Also with the necessary stencils and blanks for monthly reports, and to pay therefor shall draw his warrant on thc State treasurer. Sec. 10. Any person interfering with or obstructing any inspector in his ef fort to discharge his otuelal duty,upon conviction thereof shall pay a Une of not more than $50 nor imprisonment not more than thirty days. Sec- Iii All such oils or fluids as shall in any manner be so bandied, disposed of or used as to evade in any way thc provisions of this act shall bc forfeited and sold aud thc proceeds paid to thc State. THE SHERIFFS MEET. Well Attended Meeting of the Oill cern of thc ljnw. The State says a number of sheriffs from the different counties in the Stale met in convention Thursday night In the ellice of the sheriff of Richland county. This meeting was an cITort to revive the sheri (T's associa tion of the State which has been al lowed to become quiescent in the last few years. The meeting was called to order by Sheri IT T. S. Burch of Florence, and Sheri IT j. E. Cornwell of Chester county acted as secretary. The following sheriffs were among those present: Fairfield- -R. E. Elliton. Clarendon-J. Elbert Davis. Abbeville-C. J. Hon. Union-J. Wi-Sanders. ' Greenville-.1. D. Gilreath. dewberry-M..AI. Buford.- t .'Berkeley--J. Ti. Morrison. T - Richland-W. IL Coleman. Bickens-.T. IT. McDaniel. Lancaster-J. P. Hunter. Sumter-II. W. Scarborough. Lee-J. M. Smith. Beaufort-H. II. Borter. Aiken-Owen Alderman. Orangeburg-.lohn Iii Dukes. Kershaw-J. S. Trantham. Hamberg- lohn B. Hunter. Col let?n-L. G. Owens. The organization was perfected by the election of the following officers: President-T. S. Burch of Florence. Vice President-W. II. Coleman of Richland. Secretary-J. E. Cornwell of Ches ter. The sheriffs first discussed the prop osition to have the general assembly provide, a reasonable salary for thc deputy. Then they discussed a re quest to thc general assembly to re peal the law prohibiting thc railroads from allowing thc sheri ifs passes on their lines. The body decided that thc organiza tion should be permanent and should meet from year to year to discuss mat ters of special interest to such otllcl als. A committee consisting of Sheri irs Porter, Coleman, Lion and Scarbor ough was appointed to draft resolu tions to be presented to the general assembly. The president and vice president were appointed a committee to see that these resolutions ure properly presented to the general as sembly. Murder anrl Suicide. At Winston-Salem, N. C., on Wed nesday night Banks Miller, a young man shut his wife and then killed him self. Both died in a few minutes. Miller and his wife had a dispute and decided to separate. She left her hus band, taking their two children to the home of relatives. Miller called to see his wife and, after talking over their misunderstanding, thc wife con sented td live with ber husband again. As he started to leave the room he asked his wife toc?me to the door and kiss him good-night. She compiled with thc request. Miller immediately thereafter turned around and Hied at her, thc ball taking cITect In her right breast. Thc husband then placed thc pistol to his head and ilrcd. When thc officers arrived at thc bouse, Mil ler and bis wife were lying on the Moor dead. There were two eye-witnesses to thc tragedy. Digging for poid? Some negroes who live near tuc old Carpenter's Mill in Anderson County, arc spending a good deal of time in digging in a hill side across the creek from thc mill with thc expectation of Unding buried treasure. One of the negroes claims to have had a vision in a dream not long ago in which he was told that If he would dig at a certain spot he would lind 820,000 In gold. Ile let two other negroes Into the secret, and they have spent several nights in digging up the earth. So far they have not found anything. There has long been a tradition that Mr. Robert Smith, who owned the mill many years ago, burled some money on the place, but nobody has ever put much faith in lt. Tito Davin Iloinn. At a meeting on Tuesday at Jack son, Miss, of the Beauvoir committee of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the $10,000 for the purchase Beauvoir was raised. Thc deed to the property will be received from Mrs. Davis In a few days. STATE GOOD ROADS Convention Met in Columbia Last Tuesday Week. THE ATTENDANCE WAS GOOD. A Memorial to the Legislature Was Adopted, OillcerH Ite-electcd and Other Business Dispose?I Ot*. Tho annual convention of the South Carolina Good Roads Association met in Columbia on Tuesday of last week and wasHn session two days. The convention was opened with an im pressive prayer by Rev. J. F. Beasley. An address of welcome was made by Hon. Francis H. "Weston and Governor ney ward then spoke fora few minutes In au enthusiastic manner upon thc purposes^ of the convention and the subject with which it was dealing. Governor Hey ward believes that the success' of tlic movement can be ac complished through taxation aud hy the bond system. He assured the members that he would heartily ren der them any aid in his power, Mr. F. ll. Hyatt, the president of the association, then addressed thc meeting chiefly upon the Brownlow bill recently introduced in Congress providing for a national appropriation for tho good roads movement. The roll was called by State Geolo gist Karie Sloan, tho secretary, and about.40 members responded. Tlie minutes o? thc meeting held at Greenville on Dec. 10 last were read and tho former olllcers were then re elected, by acclamation- They are F. H. Hyatt, president; Earle Sloan of Charleston secretary, and lt. F. Talley of Andorson, treasurer. A committee of live was appointed for tho purpose of drawing up suitable resolutions and memorials to be sub mitted to the legislature. The mem bers ,of " the committee were J. M. Major, Greenwood; C. D. Smith, Greenville; E. Mci. Williamson, Dar lington: S. H. Owens, Richland; W. P. ' Cantwell, Charleston, and the president, ex-oflicio, chairman. Thc convention then took a recess until 7:30 o'clock when the resolutions prepared by the committee were sub mitted and discussed. The resolutions as adopted read as follows: Whereas the development of thc re sources and industries and the ad vancement of the highest civilization I of this State largely depend upon the facilities for intercourse and transpor tation,, and W hereas thc constantly increasing ?service Imposed upon thc highways renders, them extremely diflicult of |^ravel:thd improvement or these high w lys.becomes an. imperative necessity ".ffo'y;?ydjVlhe -present statutory pro-. I vlsi?a?.-~a/re lamentably inadequate, therefore be it Resolved, That the honorable legis lature now in session be earnestly me morialized to enact such legislation as will relieve thc oppressive burdens of almost Impossible travel to the marts I of trade, to the school bouses and to the churches. That this honorable body bc-- petitioned accordingly to (grant thc following prayers, to wit: 1. That thc respective counties bc authorized to issue county bonds for thc betterment of their public high ways and bridges, provided thc major ity of such qualified electors as are freeholders may so decide in an elec tion to be called by the couuty com missioners. . .That the respective boards of county commissioners of this State be authorized to institute a tax levy for tho improvement of their respective roads and bridges. ;>. That thc honorable legislature will enjoin upon our representatives in congress thc importance of according their earnest support to thc measure now pending before that body which provides for national cooperation in the improvement of the public high ways the same being essential to the ready transmission of tho United States malls. i. That the honorable senate be urged to enact the measure approved by thc honorable house which provides that all convicts under sentence to penal servitude for a period of 10 years or less shall serve on the chaingangs ?of thc respective counties in which they have been convicted. i. Resolved, That the chairman shall appoint a committee, of which he shall lie ex-olllcio chairman, to ten der a copy of these resolutions to the appropriate committees of thc senate and house and to urge that they grant the relief herein prayed. The second section ni first Indicate 1 that each township might be taxed at tile discretion of a majority of its free holders but this was thought inadvis able and that section was so altered as to Torce tho richer townships to help the poorer ones in case cf a tax levy. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted' Resolved, That the most earnest ex pression of grateful appreciation ba extended to his excellency, Governor I). C. Heyward, for Iiis warm sympa thies and very active cooperation with the Coori Roads Association of South Carolina, and that we thank li i in for his able address on tho subject of 'Good Roads." The president announced that the county supervisors would then bc heard from in alphabetical order, as to thc progress of thc good roads movement in their respective counties. Bach gentleman's talk was brief but of great interest to the members ol thc convention. Thc subjects chielly dealt with were road material, food for convicts, their shelter, thc cost ot keeping them, the advantage of Statt prisoners as compared with chaingang prisoners, long term men as compared with short term men, free labor, hired labor, road machines, etc. County Supervisors G. H. Nickels, j of Abbeville, I). C. Bruce, of Ham berg,-J. O. Darby, of Chester, Owens of Clarendon, .1. P. McPride, of Flor ence, J. H. Read, of Georgetown, J E. Speigel of Greenville, and J. M. Major of Greenville spoke. Among those in attendance upor tho convention are thc following: Abbeville-G. H. Nickels. Bamberg-?>. C. Prucc. Pam well-A. W. Parker. v I Berkley-J. II. Hairly. Charleston- W. P. Cantwell. Chliokie-J. V. Whelchel. Chester-J. O. Darby. Clarendon-Owens. Colletons-J. V. Moore. Dorchester-J. H. Knight. Fairfield-A. F. Hood. Florence-J - B. McBride. Georgetown-J. H. Read. Greenville-J. E. Speigle. Greenwood-J. M. Major. Lancaster-L. J. Boyd. Marlboro-M. E. Coward. Orange'jurg-O. M. Danl/.ler. Pickens-L. D. Stephens. Richland-S. IT. Owens. Saluda-B. Matthews. Sumter-W. n. Seal. Williamsburg-J. J. Graham. Lee-J. O. D?liant. Darlington-E. M. Winson. Florence-D. H. Traxlcr. Greenville-E. L. Walker, C. D. Smith. Ocone?-G. F. Stalvey. Richland-D. C. Sontsburg and B. M. Douglas. Sumter-Q. T. McNeil. A SWINDLER ARRESTED. A Slick Negro liascal Arrested for Swindling Negroes. Thc Spartanburg correspondent of Thc State says for several days past there has been parading about thc streets a portly negro man whose rotundity of form bore evidence of easy living. Wednesday he was ar rested and tried in Magistrate Kirby's I court for assuming the role of emigra tion agent without the necessary $501) license. Ile gave as bis name William White, and claims to be a janitor at one of the national banks in Washing ton, D.-C. He bas put in some profit able work rtmong the credulous ne groes of Spartanburg. He sets forth to them the following kind of propo sition-that upon the receipt of SI, each person will be furnished free transportation to Washington where jobs paying from $20 to $:if> per month in thc cooklug, house keeping, hos tclry and other lines await them. Next Monday evening was the date fixed for the exodus; and the trans portation, according to his state ments, would bc sent from ll. Jones, 14?ri Main street, Washington, D'. C. White told the negroes that bc mere ly exacted thc dollar as a guarantee that each one would show up at the Sout hern depot on next Monday even ing at thc appointed hour for depar ture, and that once started on towards Washington, he would refund the coln. Wcdncsdaj morning be told his story once too often. His listeucr wiis a wary negro, and offered to wager $5 producing the money, that White could not furnish trauspoitatton free to Washington. This led to a discus sion, the result of which was that the negro John. Young, appeared. before the magistrate and had a warrant^is sued for White. White waS tried in Magistrate Kirby's court Wednesday afternoon. He bad no license fur his linc of business and was bound over to the next term of sessions court.. lie was lodged in jail In default of bund. PASSED THE SENATE. Thc Railroad Employees Win Their | Fight After All. The Senate Friday again devotee! much of its time to debate and held two sessions in order to hasten the work before it. A surprise was in store for the: members when, as soon as thc body assembled Mr. Brown moved that the! vote taken thc night before by which the bill providing that members of the railroad relief department bc al lowed thc right to sue the railroad ' companies for damages was killed be reconsidered. Thc motion prevailed. Mr. Hood stated that he for one wanted to change his vote of the hight previous, giving as his reason that bc did not think it right that I employees should be coerced hythe I order issued by President Ervin that membership in tbe relief departmenl was essential to securing employment with the Atlantic Coast Linc Com pany: and further that he learned j that employes of said company could secure insurance at thc same or [ cheaper rates in other fraternal or ganizations and therefore bc desired to vote for thc bill. Mr. Mayfield proposed making it special order for Monday but Mir. .1. W. Ragsdalc objected. Mr. Mayfield then proposed Tuesday ano again Mr. Ragsdalc objected j with the proposi tion that he would be willing that thc votes of all absent senators who voled against the bill the previous night should be counted against it. This proposition was considered first and the yeas and nays being demand ed resulted as follows: Yeas-Messrs. Blake, Carpenter, Davis, Douglass, Forrest, Goodwin, 1 lerd?n, Unod, Hough, Hydride, Johnson, Manning, Marshall, McDer mott, Pen ri foy, Ragsdalc, G. W., Ilagsd.de, .1. W., Raysor, Stackhousc, Talbird, von Koluitz-21. Nays-Messrs. Aldrich, Brice, Brown, Butler, Dennis, Gaines, Har din, Hay, Mayfield, McCall, Mciver, McLeod, Sharpe, Sheppard, Stanland, Walker, Williams-17. So thc bill passed third reading and was sent to the house. Death ol'a Teacher. At Rock Bill Miss Sophie 1>. Whil-1 den, a member of thc faculty of thc music department of Winthrop Col lege, died Tuesday morning at f> o'clock from an attack of pneumonia, which first developed last Wednesday. Miss Whilden was a native of Charles ton, but had lived and taught in sev eral other places, notably in Green ville, S. C., and for the past live years at Winthrop. (Jnodnye Or um, . Thc nomination of W. D. Crum, colored, to be collector or thc port at Charleston, S. C., was discussed Thursday by thc senate committee on commerce, but action again was post2 poned. There was sn. nine nt expres sion of opinion to lead members pres ent to conclude that If a vote should bc taken the committee would record j itself In opposition to Crum's confirma I tion. CHILD LABOE BILL. Pull Text of tho Bill OB lt Passed tho ! House and'Sonute. The following ls the full text of the Child Labor Bill os it passed tho Senate and Douse: Sec. 1. That from and after the first day of May. 1003, no child under the age of 10 years shall be employed in any factory, mine or textile manu facturing establishment oftbis State; and that from and after the llrst day of May, HUM, no child under the age of ll shall be employ od in uhy factory, minc or textile manufacturing estab lishment of this State; and that from and after the lirst day of May, 190p, no child under the ?geUf 12 years shall be employed in any factory, mine or textile manufacturing establish ment of this State, except as herein- : after provided. Sec. 2. That from and after May 1st, 1903, no child under the age of 12 years shall be permitted to work be tween the hours of 7 o'clock p. m. and 7 o'clok in the morning In any factory, mine or tixtile manufactory of this State. Sec. 3. That children of a widow ed mother and that children of a to tally disabled father who are depend ent upon their own labor for their support, and orphan children who are dependent upon their owi labor for their support, may be permitted to work In textile establishments of this State Tor thc purpose of earning their support: Provided, That in case of a child or children of a widowed mother, or of a totally disabled father, thc said mother of the said father, and in case of or-1 phan children, the guardian..of said children, or person standing in loco parentis of said child or children, shall furnish to any of the said per sons named in Section 4 of this act, an amdavit duly sworn to by him Oi lier, before some magistrate or clerk of court of thc county in which he or she, resides, stating that he or she is unable to support thc said children, are denpendent upon their own labor for their support;: then, and in that cases, the said child or children of the said widowed mother and the said disabled father and said orphan chil- : dren shall not bc eliccted by thc pro hibitions in Section I of this act, and tilling of said affidavit Bball be full justitication for their employment. Provided, further, that the officer be fore whom thc said affidavit shall be subscribed shall endorse upon the back thereof his approval and his con sent to the employment of said child orchildren. Any person who shall swear falsely to the facts set forth In said act shall be guilty of perjury and shall be indictable, as 'provided by law: Provided further, That thc employ ment of said child or children shall bc subject to the hours of labor herein limited. .... , Sec. 4. That' ' arty?-owner, -superln? ' tendent, manager or overseer of any factory, or textile manufacturing es tablishment or any other person in charge thereof, or connected there with, who shall employ any child con trary to thc provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and for every snell offense shall, upon con viction thereof, bc lined not less than $10, nor more than $50, or to be im prisoned not longer than 30 days, at the discretion of thc court. Sec. 5. That any parent, guardian, or other person having under his or Uer control any child, who consents, suffers or permits the employment of bis or her child or ward under the ages as above provided, or who mis represents thc age of such child or ward to any of the persons named in Section 4 of this act, in order to ob tain employment for such child or ward, shall be deemed guilty of a mis demeanor, and for every such offense shall, upon conviction thereof, be lined not less than $10 nor more than $50, or bc imprisoned not longer than 30 days, in thc discretion of the court. Sec. <>. That any parent, guardian or person standing iii loco parentis, who shall furnish to the persons named in Section 4 of this act a cer titicatc of a school teacher or school trustee that their child or ward has attended school for not less than four months during the current school year, and that said child or children can read and write, may be permitted to obtain employment for such child or children in any of the textile estab lishments of this State during thc I months of .lune, duly and August, and the employment of such child Ol chil dren during said months upon the proper eertiHcatc that such child or children have attended school as afore said, shall not be -In con ll let with the provisions of this act. Sec. 7. That in the-cmploymcnb of any child under the-age'of 12 years in any factory, mine or textile manufac turing establishment,' the owner or Superintendent of such factory, mine or textile manufacturing establish ment shall require thc parent, guar dian or person standing in loco paren tis of such child, an affidavit, giving the agc or such child, which affidavit shall bc placed, on tile In the office of thc employer: and any person know ingly furnishing a false statement of thc age of such child shall bc guilty of a misdemeanor, and for every such of fense shall, upon conviction,' bc lined not less than $10, or bc imprisoned not longer than 30 days, in the discre tion of the court. Sec. 8. That all acts and parts of acts in conllict with the provisions of this act bc, and the same are hereby, ' I repealed. Caught In Thc Act. A woman suspected that her hus band was in - the habit of kissing the servant girl and resolved to detect him in the act. On Saturday ulght she saw him quietly pass into the kitchen. Thc servant gil was out and thc kitchen was dark. The jealous wife took a few matches in her hand, and, hastily placing .? shawl over her head, as the girl often did, entered thc back door, and immediately she was seized and kissed and embraced In an ardent manner. With heart al most bursting the wife prepared to administer a terrible rebuke to tho faithless spouse, and, tearing herself away from his fond embrace, she struck a match and stood face to face with-tho gardener. ANOTHER MURDER, rhe Chief of Police of Bamberg Shot. Down by a ''-V3* WHITE MAN IN GOLD BLOOD. . -- ' Mr. King, the Chlor, Had Gone to tho . Homo of Davis, tho Murderer, to Settle a Family . . Row. The killing of people in South Caro lina, gop.s rm Mpace. Chief of Police . King, of Bamberg, was shot and kill- . ed on Wednesday by a: white ! man named Joe Davis, at the tatters home : on Factory Hill, a suburb of the town of Bamberg. It seems that Davis and his wife had been having a row Wed nesday morning, and that Davis had been. threatening her with punish ment of a summary kind. She came down with the avowed intention of having her husband placed under a peace bond. Sheriff Hunter, to whom she came, sent Chief of Police King up to try to settle the matter. When Mr. King arrived at the house and ascended the steps, Davis, who was in the front room, it ls said, called to him to stop. Mr. King continued to advance to the front door, on which he tapped. Whether he pushed the door open, or whether it was opened from. the in side, is hot clear, but as the door opened Davis, who was standing just inside, fired on the officer, using a double-barrelled shot gun, loaded with small shot. King reeled from the piazza and expired a few' seconds latel. Davis came down town and gave himself up. As soon as the news was known a great deal of excitement pre vailed, but there was absolutely no danger or any hasty action. Mr. King was originally from Batesburg, and was fur some time In business in Co lumbia, from which place he removed to Charleston, going from that place to Bamberg to take charge of the dry goods business of J. A. Spann. Ho was elected to his present office on tho force and.took charge January 1st. He was a most excellent gentleman, and leaves a wife but no children. Tell Talo Snow. A special to the Journal from Cam bridge, 111.-, says: The First National Bank here was robbed of about $10, 000 at 2 o'clock Wednesday morning by four men and within a few hours the robbers were captured by citizens and marched to the county jail, where they are now held pending an exami nation. No trace of thc money has yet been discovered, but it is believed it will be found soon, as the robbers had practically no time for effective concealment of it. While the robbers were working in.the bank snow began falling. Thisjncreased.in volume and ,*--W'u? ah easy matter ftii^Xhe"h^?''t^\^: track the robbers to a barn""two'innes" cast of thc city. The men wer?5 found. buried beneath the straw and were taken to the jail. A Young I judy Drowned. In attemping to drive through a swollen stream known as Foundry branch, near Oxford, N. C. Ethel Koyster and Mary Dean and a young man named William Tillotson were thrown Into the water by the over turning of tho buggy and Miss Roy ster of Oxford was caught beneath the vehicle and drowned. Miss Dean seized a bush as she was swept down the stream. Tillotson grasped her skirt in passing, and both were rescu ed a few minutes later by a 12-year old brother of young Tillotson, who waded out to their assistance. The body of Miss Roystcr was found half a mlle further down the stream. Hog Cholera. Dr. Nesora, of Clemson College, was recently called . to Greers to make an examination of a disease prevalent among the swine In and about that town; he diagnosed this disease, after a careful examination of some of the hogs, as hog cholera, lt is thought that the epidemic originated with and spread from a shipment of hogs to Greers from Tennessee, some weeks ago. About 400 head of hogs have recently been sold within a radius o? a few miles from Greers to Pelham, aud the purchasers, in the majority of I instances where persons who already possesssed hogs. New Olllcers. At the spring meeting of the State Fair association held in Columbia on Wednesday night lt. P. Hamer of Marion county and A. -W. Love of Chester county were elected president and secretary to succeed Fresident A. IT. White and Secretary . Thos. W. Holloway, who both died the same day Jan. 20th. Two Scholarships. Ata meeting of the trustees of the Cecil Rhodes estate It has boen decid ed that thc chancellor or preident of thc state university of each southern state shall have the right to appoint a committee to select two young men between the ages of 19 and 24 for scholarships in Oxford university, England. Aged Veteran Murdered. Samuel S. Hudson, a Confederate veteran, 78, years of age, was murder ed at his home four miles from Athens, Ga., one week ago, and the body was found Thursday afternoon in thc cottage where he had lived. Death was caused by strangulation. Rubbery was the motive for the crime. Mnny Cattle Ole. An unknown contagious disease is prevailing among the plantations around Pine Blulf, Ark., causing thc death of a number of herds ol cattle. It affects them in the back and causes dcatli In thirty hours. One planter has lost all his cattle and an other lost thirty within a few days. Flvo Mon Killed. A special from El Pasco, Texas, says: A head-end collision between two Rock Island freight trains early Thursday noar T?colato, N. M. resulted in thc death of five mon and tho injury of several others.