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j. ''DO'THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR ?OVIS AND MAKJ?.OUR LIVES ?5 THY POSSESSION HAPPY, OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY OAU?B." VOL.S^mT ^ BENNETTSVILTX S. C., imp AY, FEBRUARY 20, 1903. ii; ? A NO. 15. HEARING FOR BAIL. Chief JuBtice Pope Continued Mat ter of Irregularities. THE AFFIDAVITS FOR TILLMAN. lloltzunlmcli ot HtlKclloltl Swears io! Hcurinj; a Coilvoitrntlon in tho Senate. Tho DetViitltna'a ?: .'.-'; ' ' ' ? . ' . ' SeU'-I>elciihc I'leu. On a motion made before Chief I Justice Pope ab Newberry on Thurs day by Solicitor Thurmond, on the part of the prosecution, the hearing on thc application for bail of Janies IT. Tillman, charged with murder, was postponed until Thursday 2l)th in stant, when it will ba" held in the su preme court room in Columbia. Tao motion was sustained un the ground that counsel for defense had not sub milted to State's counsel thc anida vi bi presented hist Thursday, and St'ltu's counsel therefore had no oppnrb ml ty for reply. bellowing are the affidav its in subita nee; as they were sun ni I bted. Mr.-Nelson for the defense also presented Hie testimony taken af the Inquest over the body of N. tl. Gonzales. HOLT/, UN* ll.WM l's AFFIDAVIT. Before nie personally appeared Uhill ard Ilollxcubacli, who being duly sworn, says: "I came to the city of 'Columbia oil the 12th day of January, lflO:i, for thc purpose of trying to get a position as doorkeeper for thc house .of representatives but was unable lo get the appointment and returned to my home Hie nth day of January, and while 1 was in thc .State house a day or two before thc unfortunate occur rence, 1 was talking to Capt. I. A. White, who was the keeper o? one of the commit Ice rooms. While lie was there N. 0. Gonzales ;*ame iii and asked White where hi.? 'boss' was. and Capt. White replied.'1 have no boss.' Mr. Gonzales said he meant Lieut. Gov. Tillman. He said, '1 suppose he is neglecting his duty i as he always is.' At the time Gov. Sheppard was presiding. N. G. Gonzales said lo .Capt. White he was refel l ing to Lieut. Gov. Tillman; t hat he made him show the while feather On several occasions and would make him show it again. Shortly afterwards Mr. Gonzales wahl oil". I don't recollect whether he turned and went, to thc senate cham ber. Soon after saw Gov. Tillman in company with Senators Talbird and Brown walking up Mainstreet. Sena tor lhown was on the inside, ile dropped hack to speak to a lady and left Lieut . Gov. Tillman with Senator Talbird. Senator Talbird was on thc outside. Deponent noticed Mr. Goii zales coming down thc street walking r-:li.---thiraife-cttOn"or the State house. Ile had on an overcoat and each hand hi the pocket and his thumb resting on the top of pocket. As he got. near Gov. Tillman, he cut across I he pave ment and thrust his whole right hand in his overcoat pocket. 1 expect cd from what I heard him say in the State house t hat, he intended lo shoot Gov. Tillman. About that time 1 heard Gov. Tillman say,'Mr. Gonzales, 1 received your message,' and then im mediately 1 heard ti report, of a pistol. I didn't, see where Gov. Tillman not his pistol from, as 1 was watching Mr. Gonzales, expect ing rosee him shoot Gov. Tillman. Gov; Tillman, after he bred tinned and walked oil into Main street. Shortly after lie shot. Senator Talbird said, 'This must stop,' and several persons went to M r. ( ??iizalcs." J. A. wurrk's AFFIDAVIT. An allidavit was read fron. J. A. White, keeper of one of the commit tee rooms, in which White said that, he recalled the events mentioned In lloltzenhach's allidavit and substan tiating it in every particular, except that not, knowing N. G. Gonzales, he did not say it was Mr. Gonzales. Tl LI..M A N 's A F Fl D A VIT. "Before me personally appen rd .las. II. Tillman who being dilly sworn says: That the stat ement herein made so fai ns he is informell and believes, il is I proper to make at this t ime, is as fol lows: That for more than a year and possibly longer, N'. G. Gonzales has villi lied deponent, pursuing him unre lentingly wil h malice and venom which deponent believes was never equalled in the history ol' t his Stale, charging him with being a liar, blackguard, rogue, debauchee and villain and such other epit bets, livery act of deponent has been distorted and discolored by hate and venom of Gonzales. That though innocent he was called upon to endure these, inasmuch as deponent was a public olllccr. That he bore all this with patience although bis private life, heretofore considered sacred was invaded, discussed and held up to pub lic derision. That deponent had been informed thai during the campaign t here was a rumor t hat Gonzales bad said if Tillman liad said the same tilings in Columbia that be said else where t here would..he a personal en counter ill which one would die. De ponent, was repeatedly urged and warned lo look out for bis safely while in Columbia, by various parties. De ponent was informed that Gonzales came lo thc State house and inquired for deponent, ann said that he had made deponent show the while feather 'oil several occasions and intended lo make him do it again. Thal deponent verily believes that N. G. Gonzales at I bat time, was armed. I Icpoiicnt was still anxious to avoid an altercation if it could be done honorably. Inas much as deponent was about to relire from the olllce he was removing bis personal belongings from the Stale house to his room in the hotel and ; among oilier things it became neces sary lo remove I wo pistols, OIK; t he property Of deponent , tl?e oi lier left in the room by some one not known, but presumably some friend. While carry ing these weapons to his loom, while upon Main street, lie observed N. G. Gonzales coming direct ly Inwards bim, glaring at deponent , and with I is hands in his overcoat, pockets. Sud denly lie pushed bis hand into his pocket on the righi side and tinned to wards deponent. Said Gonzales was all the time glaring straight at d?ponent, Believing bis lite in danger, deponent hurriedly said. "I got your message, and tired. Deponent believed I hen and believes now thal Gonzales was armed and intended, lo kill Iii iii. That he was desirous ol'a voiding a dilliciilty willi Mr. Gonzales if be could. When Gon zales cut across was the time depo nent saw him thrust his baud in bis pocket. That deponent when he left the State house didn't know he was going lo meet Gonzales on the street. Deponent believes Gonzales was about to draw a pistol upon him and there fore he Hied upon him. Deponent Hied to save himself, believing his life was in (langer." .1. W. Do Vorn and T. II. ltalnsford. members of the house from Edgelleld county, made allldavit that they knew Capt. .I.A. White ls a man of unim peachable character and an old Con federate soldier. Judye l'ope sustained the motion for a continuance. Herc is his order in full: Slate of South Carolina. County ot Richland. Thc Suite against James H. Tillman Charged with Murder. After hearing read thc testimony taken before thc coroner's jury, and j .the a fth hiv its submitted on the part I of defendant in Iiis application for hall, land thc State's attorneys thereupon I asking for additional time in.which to submit allldavils in reply to the aftl davitson *bhe part of thc defendant, it is ordered that thc further hearing of this motion bc postponed until 10 o'clock a. iii; of Thursday, lo February, 1H0J. Thc hearing lo he had in thc I supreme court room in thc city of Co lumbia. lt is fit ribo J ordered that thc d? fendent 's council serve upon thc coun sel for tlic St atv on thc Kith day ol'this month, copies of the allldavils on thc part ol' d?tendant, and that thu Slate's counsel bc required to.servc upon the afternoon of thc 10th day ol' ibis month, copies of all allldavils in reply which the Stale will use al thc hearing of this motion. And that thc defend ant shall have the right to usc addi tional allldavils in reply thereto at the heaving in Columbia; Let I bo petitioner he retained in thc custody bf I he sheriff ol' uichland cornily. Y. J. Pope, Chief J uslicc. Newberry, S, C., 12th February, mo:!. ANOTHER MURDER. Jumes Minson Shot Demi lit tireen ville l>y John Gootlwlh. A special dispatch from Greenville to The State says a fatal shooting took place between 5 and (i o'clock Tuesday afternoon on Washington street by which James Minson lost his life in thc twinkling of an eye. His slayer was J olin Goodwin, a young man not more than 20 years of aye, who was a clerk in a store of Kinlay Uros. Ilinson was a horse dealer who worked at Pates & Allen's livery stable. Thc two men had been together for several hours and apparently there was no cause for thc trouble which arose over thc purchase of a bottle of liquor that Goodwin had in his possession. They had crossed the street in the presence ol' several persons, and Good win had walked ahead some dis tance when Ilinson called after him and said lie must ha vc some of it, sup posed to bc thc liquor. Goodwin had gone about .'IO feet from ilinson, when he turned around and drew his pistol, li ring tue first shot in the air and then in a straight linc (ired directly at Ilinson, thc second shot striking Ilinson in thc left breast and going through the heart, lie died almost instantly and was carried into the ellice of Thack sl.on & Son. Goodwin immediately Surrendered to a policeman and was afterwards taken to jail. He is well connected and has been regarded very favorably since, he came herc from the country. Ilinson has been living here for several years, but went back occasion ally to North Carolina, where he bas wife and two children. He was about .'17 years old and a strong, athletic man. lt is another case of pistols and whiskey as there does not seem to have been any previous quarrel, and au eye wit ness to thc shooting says that bc was with them not len minnies before thc fatal shot was li red, when they were friendly so far as he kiicw. STU.I. A Nt ITU Kit MUKDKK. A dispatch from Walterboro says Wednesday morning about 1 I o'clock, near Cottegeville, Allen Adams laid wait for Henry Jaques and, willi a shot guii, sent a load of buck shot Iii rough his neck, instantly killing him. .Taques was on his horse and never knew what struck him. Adams and Jaques had a ditllculty Christmas. Mr. Jaquiet was a quiet, peaceable man, while thc reputation ol' Adams in his community for peace and order is not good. Thc killing is greatly deplored. Jaques leaves a wile willi eight chil dren, several ot" them small. The sympathy of the people is with Jaunes. Adams came up Wednesday night and surrendered to Sherill'Owens. A Monti Kill Killed. One ol' thc Mist measures that was taken up in Lite Senate Tuesday was tlic iii ll which passed second reading Hie day previous relating to Hie qualification ol' the county superinten dents ol' education. The bill was called up for a third reading and im mediately Mr. Sharpe moved an inde finite postponement. Mr. Ilaysor moved t o lay this mot ion on Hie table. Thc yeas and nays were demanded, which resulted as lolllows: Yeas-Messrs, Aldrich, Hlalce, I'.rown, Carpenter. Goodwin, I!erndon, Hydrick, McLeod, Uagsdale, .1. W., Ilaysor, Slackhouse, Stanland- 12. Nays-Messrs. liriec. Huller, Dean, Dennis, Douglass, forrest, Gaines, Hardin, Hood, Johnson, Manning, Marshall. McCall, McDermott, Mc iver, Pen ri foy ? Sharpe, Sheppard, von Kol ni t*/., Warren. Williams-21. So thc motion to lay on thc table was lost and hil) killed. Atilinto ('ruin. A dispatch from Washington says the commerce committee of thc senate decided Friday by a vote of eight to seven to report adversely thc Crum nomination. T.vo Republicans voled against Crum. The indications arc that Hie senate will take" action on this report before adjournment and thc present prospects are that the re port of thc committee will bc. sustain ed. Wauled tin* .Money. Up in Michigan, Mrs. Hay. aged HO, lias been granted a divorce from her second husband in order that she may secure Hie renewal ol' a widow's pen sion made void by her second mar riage. Mrs. Hay . will therefore he. looked upon somewhat in Hie light of a grass widow. STATE DISPENSARY To Bo Investigated by a Legislative Committee. INTIMATIONS MADE IN DEBATE. "Coon Corn, Old und Mellow," Hx hibltetl In thu Semite Cham ber. No Drinking on thu I'rcmiHCR. As soon ns the Senate assembler! Tuesday evening the galleries hogan tu till willi spectators and before tho. evening was over every available seat was taken on thc Hour of thc chamber with prominent personages, among whom were thc governor and Mrs. 11 ey ward. When Mr. Hood's joint resolution "ttl appoint a committee to Investi gate thc management of tho dispen sary" was called. Mr. Manning moved lo strike out thc enacting clause and declared the regular committee was .empowered to make all necessary in vestigations. Ile regarded this pro posed investigation u useless expendi ture ol' money. This brought Mr. Stanland to his feet. Mo requested that he he allowed to address thc Senate 'from thc re porter's table, in front, of the presi dent's desk. Ills request being grant ed Mr. Stanland caine forward bear ing in his arms a box willi the name ol' a well-known patent medicine plainly branded on the hair sides, and proceeded at once to display Its con tents which were four di li?rent kinds ol* whiskies contained in bottles of dilTerent sizes. Senator: "Arc you extending invita tions?'' Another senator: "Have you enough to go around?" Thc president's gavel stopi sd any further jesting remarks, but could not. prevent the majority of the members from gazing longingly and anxiously at thc tempting spread before, them. Tiley wondered what would come next. Mr. Stanland prefaced his remarks with the statement that he is not op posed to thc dispensary, lias always advocated lt, but his purpose was to pay his respects to thc Richland Dis tilling company. Ile said that not many weeks ago he saw the advertise ment in a daily newspaper where this company was offering a special brand of whiskey called "Coon Corn-Old and Mellow." lt made him smile when he thought of this sime whis key distilled one day, rectified the next, sold Ul the dispensary Hie third and thc fourth day Hie people were drinking this "Coon Corn-Ohl and Mellow." Mr. Stanland went on to say that thc Richland Distilling Com pany made one X and two X corn whiskey, gin, rum, apple and peach brandy, all out of thc same product. And he thought that, it had become au annex of the dispensary; or rather Hie dispensary an annex ol' thc distil lery. He exhibited thc various sam ples an 1 alleged that certain products were bought hy the dispensary from the distillery and resold at a profit of only live cents a bottle, on which dis tilleries in other States had to allow Hie dispensary a larger margin ol* profit besides paying Hie freight. From this Mr. Stanland argued that thc profits accruing to thc Slate were dissipated and wrongfully diverted and given to thc Richland Distilling com pany. County dispensers had told him that, they could not get what they ordered. New and untried brands were shipped them instead. Picking up one of thc bottles from the table he read thc name of thc bible, "Cream of Caroli na." "Its real name," said Mr. Stan laud, "1 cannot mention in this cham ber, hut 1 have written it on a slip of paper and hand it lo the reporter." On thc slip ol" paper were written tile words, "ll- Kite." Mr. Stanland asserted that t he last, general assembly had Instructed the management of the dispensary to re duce, their stock to $100,000 but In stead they had increased it nearly $8'l,000. The very fact that the mi)hr agement is lighting this investigation is proof conclusive that something ls wrong. He charged that thc dispensary li quors arc adulterated by water and if tile investigation is ordered he prom ised to produce all the necessary doc uments and testimony. Thc regular committee lias no authority to go into the internal management of the con cern, which handles a business amounting lo $'1,000,000 a year and he did not think thc small salary of $100 a sulllcicnt. amount to pay to each of thc members of thc board in compensation of their services. Mr. Aldrich opposed thc r?solution and said there was nothing brought before thc committee,nor in Mr. Stan land's statements except Hie board was discriminating in their purchases in favor of thc Richland distillery. Thc legislature in its wisdom liad granted them discretion in their deal ings with distilleries within the Stale and with foreign concerns, and he saw no wrong in what they had been ac cused of doing. Mr. Sharpe asserted that "thc dis pensary is allrigllt." "Thc people," said lie, "arc satisfied that it is the best, solution of the whiskey question, and it is only the. dissatlsljed 'outs' that are making all this fuss." The only trouble thal exists rests in the minds of those who are hostile, to Hie institution and arc based upon a newspaper article signed by Mr. Dou tliit, who at one time was connected willi the dispensary. Mr. Mood said that thc national government keeps a close watch on all its employes and there is nothing wrong in thc Stale doing thc same. If nothing is wrong tho friends of thc institution have, nothing to fear and thc moral effect would more (han compensate thc cost of the investiga tion. Mr. Mayfield opposed Hie resolution at length and said that as a tinancial success thc institution has done helter each year of its existence. In 181)1) the dispensary's net profit to thc Slate was $414,000; in 11)00, $474,000; in 1001 j $545,000, and last year $500,000. lie asserted that the people arc satis lied and the appointment of the com mission would result lu nothing more than a junketing trip. The yeas and nays wore demanded on tlic motion to strike out thu re solving words and resulted as follows: Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich, blake. Init ier, Dean, Jforfeat, Gaines, Goodwin, Ilydrick, .Iqhnsoti, Manning, May Held, McLeod, I cursor, Sharpe, Sheppard* Wilker, Warien, Williams--18. Nays-Messrs. itricc, llrow.i, Car penter, Davis, Dennis, Douglass, Har din. Denalon, Hood, Marshall, Mc Call. McDermott.. Mciver, Peuril'oy, G.?\V. iiiitfsdiilde. J. \Y.iUagsdale, Stackhouse, Stti uland, Ta ltd id-10. So the resolving words wen; not stricken but and ilic joint resolution passed to a third reading, lt is ai follows: ; THU KKSOUUTION. Section I. That a committee con sisting of live members, two of whom shall he members of thc senate, tc? he appointed hy the president, thereof, and three ol' whom shall he me ni bc is of tlic house, lo he appointed by thc speaker thereof, is hereby appointed for thc purpose of examining into the lit isl ii ess management, methods n fiel doh tri tl of thc State dispensary as ad ministered hy the directors thereof, and by thc dispensary commissioner, and hy any oilier otliccr or officers thereof,having administrative author ity in connection therewith. Sec. i. Said committee shall have power and authority to send for per sons and papers, to administer oaths hy its chairman,or any member there of, to employ a stenographer and other clerical assistants that it may deem necessary; and such stenograph: ors and other necessary assistants shall receive a per diem of not exceeding four dollars, in the discretion of said committee, and actual mileage: Any witness failing to attend tit the time and pl?ce at which he is re quired, or to answer any question pro pounded hy thc said committee, or any member thereof, shall bc deemed in contempt and shall -bc punished there by said committee, as may bc clone by courts cf record. Sec. 3. Said committee shall meet in Columbia, and at such time during thc present year as it may lix, and each member thereof shall receive thc same compensation per day, and mile age, as is allowed members of thc general assembly, but not to exceed 30 days. Sec. 4. Said committee shall make its report to the governor on thc com pletion of its Investigations, with all convenient speed, including tlic testi mony taken, and tlic governor shall transmit the same to thc general as sembly un tlic li i'st day ol' thc next session thereof; Thc senate meets at 11 o'clock Thursday. I'M ned l'or Kimtliif?f. Thc anti-kissing hill introduced in thc legislature of Virginia recently hhs been taken seriously in England and thc London Chronicle referring to that measure says: "Thc proposed American statute for the abolition of kissing and a line of $f> for each in dulgence in unhygienic osculation is not. new. The old Puritan blue laws of Massachusetts forbade the exchange of kisses in public as a breach of good behavior. This law has never been repealed, and not very long ago there was much amusement, and some in dignation, in Huston, at thc arrest of a prominent citizen for kissing his wife in thc street. Milan has a similar ordinance, against kisses' or other amatory demonstration in public places. It dates from thc time of thc Sf orzas, and only a short time ago a pair of perfectly respectable lovers were hauled before a magistrate for kissing each other in thc park. Ile ruled that though a kiss under such circumstances was not immoral, it was inconsistent with tlic decorum o?. civilization, and indicted a linc of 12s. A similar law imposed in langland on bank holidays would make thc income tax a superfluity - if the tines were paid!" Air Youl' ItpoiliM. There is a great difference between rhanging thc air in a room, and just mixing it. Suppose you open one window In an otherwise close room. You may think you are gaining plenty nf fresh air, whereas you are only get ting a more or a less impure mixture. Every one has been taught, presum ably, to air a sleeping room in thc morning, especially it' it has been used during the day or evening, before retiring. Thc average woman is likely t.o teed that she has attended to thc exigencies of thc case when she has thrown Open a window and closed the door. The fresh air conics in, to bc sure, but much of tlie'.old air remains, mid they tight it out between them. I'hc air in a room can not bc through ly changed until a draft ha; been es tablished. Impure air is the robt of much sickness. Contagious diseases which arc rare in the summer time ure apt to gain headway in winter, ind thc reason ls not obscure. Thc fear cd' admitting the cold keeps tint thc fresh air. Thc poisonous principle jr microbe becomes so concentrated ind virulent that its power is directly increased, and from OIK; case ?d' small pox or scarlet fever many cases grow. In summer time fresh air is encourag ed to enter whercever if will, and i:ontagous diseases languish lill win ter and closed doors come again. Pittsburg Press. A <;<ii)(l Mau (Jone. Dr. .1. L. M. Curry, one of thc most prominent educators in the South, lind at Ashville, N. G., Thursday light of Bright's disease, afc tho rcsl ience of his brother-in-law, Gol. Con mi ly. Dr. Curry had been critically ll for thc past twp weeks. Mrs. Curry irrived from Philadelphia last week md was at thc bedside of her husband tvhen his (loath occurred. The rc nalns of Dr. Curry will bc buried in Hollywood Cemetery, 11 ic li mond, Va., m Sunday. A Strange Hight. The sudden appearance of an acte if sea tish two inches long ou a Cali fornia hill HO miles from the ocean is nore interesting than !'.ic downfall of frogs so often recorded. After a while .he atmosphere may lake to carrying arger tish or a variety of marine ob ucts._ The young mau who only works mough to earn Iiis wages is always ,hc young man who complains because io "cannot get a helter job.-Will M. Maupin in Thc Commoner. T^?? PUBLIC MONEY. Tho Appropriation Bill as Passed by | the House. ' 1 OW THE MONEY IS SPENT. Thu Appropriations Mail?: for the fr]Mtiiittcnuiicc ol' thc Several Depart men ami Institu tion (?r tho St nt o. iTh? appropria linn hill vvas taken tip in tho House, on Wednesdays- The hingest discussion aL tho morning session was Ibo proposition lo renew the annual appropriation of $15,000 to prevent epidemics or contagious dis eases. frMr. De?ruhl wanted to reduce to ?.10,000. Mr. PearmVin of Anderson, Ml-, Williams of 'Lancaster and Mr. Wi ugo of Green ville called attention tothe fact that in these counties there had been epidemics and their applica tion tor help and rePof had becii re jected by I he Stale board of health. If this money is spent who gels Hu; bene li Lof it. Mr. Williams moved to cut pul tile eui ire proposed applica tion. This was voted down, ayes LS, njjya no. [UTI'ia.Sisile hoard of health was de fended by Messrs. Moses. Tulum, Cooper, Lancaster, Lofton, J et em lah Smith and Lcsesnc. ?Mr. Don na td moved to cub thc ap propriation from $ i ?,ot)0 Lo $?,000. This was carried by a vole of (>8 to .14. SOUTH CAH?'?IXA COI.t.KOK. 'Mr. 10 li rd olTercd an amendment proposing to reduce the appropriation from 628,000 to $24,000. Mr. Brtrd said lhat last year he had warned the house lhat thc appropriations would exceed thc State's income. This prediction had been fulfilled. There arc other appropriations in the bill from which the South Carolina college, will derive benefits. Ile proposed no discrimination, but would move to re duce, proposed appropriations to all State institutions. Mr. Towlll, also ol Lexington, di he red with Mr. lilli rd. He spoke or thc good the college has done for over ony. hundred years and referred with feeling to thc splendid work being done Lhere now. lt would not do to cripple Hie institution. '.Mr. Ly les itt reply to Mr. IOU rd sla ted Lhat. thc ST.nun for sewerage is an extraordinary expense imposed hy the city ol' Columbia, and should not come out of thc fund for operating bife college. Mr. Cooper called at tention to thc fitt?t Lhat, Lite college asked for more than the cominillo had recommended, although a.greab many Of thc commit tee favored thc increase in order to p;?y valuable men good salaries. Mr. Pu ri foy of Subida supported Mr. Eli rd's amendment. Ile decried thc tendency to increase appropriations. Mr. Moses replied that not a single appropriation to colleges had been in creased. Furthermore thc hill this year is $42,000 less than thc expendi tures ol' last year. No appropriation had been recommended unless it was needed. Thc inobion to cut Hie appropria tion failed by a vote of OS to 40. Mr. Ilenuctt wanted thc appropriation lix cd at $25,000. Tills, too, was voled down, and thc committee's recom mendation, $28,000, was adopted. I'UULUJ SCHOOLS. Mr. Pollock olTercd an amendment to appropriate to the public schools 6100,000. Mr. Pollock declared that thc house had refused Lo put aside a little extra dispensary profits for the bencfib Of the schools, and he felt it a duty Lo introduce this amendment The State of South Carolina has never appropriated a cent for thc public schools while she has always given liberally lo thc colleges, hut thc masses should he t aken care of tirsb. There was no other discussion. Mr Dorroh moved to table the amend ment. This was lost hy a vote of 48 to 51. Mr. Dorroh then moved lo provide that t hc money he applied to the counties in which ?tis raised. Mr. Pollock urged that this would reduce it to a local tax instead of a general tax. Ile moved to table Mr. Dorroh's amendment. This was lost by a vote ol' 20 Lo Ti?. liefere Mr. Dorroh's amendment ?Ould be adopted Mr. Ki bier moved td indefinitely postpone the original Pol lock amendment. Thc vol e was 55 lo 55, and Hie motion was lost. Mr. Mauldin moved to continue Hie amendment. This was carried hy a vote of 00 to 51 and the amendment/ was killed. There would have been another tic vote, but three members who had been willi Mr. Pollock, voted against thc proposition this time. There were three roll calls and one. poll of thc house on this amendment, so (dose was thc vole. Thc house passed an amendment giving thc govcrnor'sonicc an addition al $2,500 for paying judges of special courts if so much bc necessary. The governor's stenographer is also to get an increase ol' $100. Thc two li remen in Hie engine room of Hie Slate houseget $15 a mon bb ad ditional for Hie seven months they arc employed, and there is a State house Jil II i tress at $120 per annum provided for. When thc house took recess, the following items in thc bill had licen approved: BX l?t'imVK OKK1CBS. Governor's Ollicc Salary of gover nor, $1,000; private secretary $I,:I50: stenographer $500: messenger, 6100; contingent fund, $5,000: stationery and sta th ns, .tot): ci vii contingent fund 2,510. ( lillee of secretary ol' state Salary 1,000; chief clerk, 1 :I50; extra cleric hire, 1.200; contingent fund 200: sta tionery and stamps, 500: books and and blanks, .'100. Secretary ol' stale as keeper of Stale house and grounds-Two watchmen, (MS0; janitor 100; engineer, seven months, 7f>, live months, 25, 050; lire men (.'150 knob), "00; contingent fund, 200; fuel (for State house, 1,200; jan I bress, 1'^ti repairs on Sba te house, 500. P Oflioe ?v comptroller general [CONWUKD ON l'AGB KOUR.] Nu V DISPENSARY CONSTABULARY. A Dill Pusuca tho Hourn; tu Rcor trnuizo tho Force. In thc House on Tuesday, morning Mr. Aull called up his bill to reor ganize the dispensary constabulary system. Mr. Laney moved to strike out the enacting words. x Mr. Aull explained the provisions of the bill, lt keeps the governor from being the chief constable and gives thc constabulary tx head who can give his personal attention to tho workings of the constables, lie de scribed the annoyances to tho gover nor on account of having so many pet ty details to keep up with. The bill will nob do away with the ?overnor's constabulary clerk who keeps up wi til tlic seizures, expense, etc. Mr. Dclliuhl opposed the bill as it provides Tor a new office a tri ?ives the cliieT constable much latitude in ap proving expense aecoidits. Mr. Ta tilth thought thc governor .should be given the machinery with which to coloree thc law. The chief constable would save tile State ten times more than his salary if he were anj' account. There y re now over 1,000 applicants for places on the con stabulary, and the .governor cannot immediately go through that volumin ous correspondence. ? Mr. Pollock told.of the manifold du ties of t he goverbbr who ought to bc relieved of passing upon every little claim for liquor seined by consta liles. Tho governor will still be thc respon sible head. ,\ Col. Moses and Col. Towlll favored thc bill. Thc latter declared that the : present law malees thc governor a con stabulary clerk. Ile stated his sin cere belief that the present governor , wants to enforce the law. Mr. Pollock also favored thc bill. Mr. Nichols thought the district chief constables could do I Iii? work and save the salary of the proposed office. Mr. Dowling thought this would be removing the responsibility from the governor's oflic?, and he objected. IT there is too much work t-> be done, why not get another clerk in thc gov ernor's ?nice to sift out the corres pondence? Tile motion to strike out thc enact- ! ing words failed by a vote of 'V.i to 75; 1 The bill provides for a chief consta ble at a salary of $1,500 a year, and . expenses. The chief constable, witli thc advice of the governor, is autho rized to appoint one or more State j constables at, a salary of $2 per day and expenses, seven assistant chief constables at a salary of $:t per day ' and expenses, and one or more detec tives at "reasonable compens?t lon." The expenses of. tho chief constable 1 are to bo approved by the governor and the expenses of the subordin ates arc to be approved by the chief. '1 he latter is to have an otlice at the ' State dispensary. The proposed hood of the chief constable is to $1,000; ? lind of thc suhordinates $500 each. . Salit rios and expenses are t o como out general dispensary fund. Mr. Aull proposed an amend ment , that the governor and not the chief constable should appoint the subordi nates, but this was rejected and the original bili passed intact. A New DiHcnsc. Thc mysterious "sleeping sickness"' of West Africa, which has been the ' subject of late scientific investigation, 1 proves to bea form of meningitis, dif- 1 taring from cerebro-spmal meningitis '< in its chronic and almost invariably fatal character, lt is classed with hy- 1 drophohia as one of the most deadly diseases known, lt is communicated ; from person to person in some un known. IL is communicated from per son to person in some unknown way, beginning with slight listlessness, which passes into coma and then into death, its duration being fi om one to six months. Thus far it has been known only among negroes. It has depopulated large districts, however, and its spread is feared through the opening ol' Africa trade. Overe?me by (Jas. Five men met death and ten were overcome Thursday night hy the filmes of gas escaping from the purify ing box in thc plant of thc Northwest ern Gaslight and Coke company at Mine Island ll). The men, under thc direction of Supt. ttussell had been engaged in changing the purifier in thc purifying box. According to the statements of men at the plant when thc men finished the work of changing the substance in the box tney did not close the covers of the box. When the gas was turned on info t he box for the purifying process, it escaped in vol vines and the men were overcome where they stood. Supt. Martin is among the dead. The other victims were laborers. ?- i Hear This in Mind. The State says thc governor has | been fairly Hooded with letters from < various parties throughout the State i reporting cases needing the assistance i of veterinary surgeons, particularly as ? applied to diseases of cattle and live ] stock. The governor asks that in ( future all such notifications be sent i direct to Dr. G. R. Nesom at Clemson ( college, who is thc State veterinarian. ; All reports of smallpox cases should ? lie sent direct to Dr. James Evans at j Florence. Dr. Ryans is thc secretary of the State board of health and much time and trouble can bc saved by writing direct to him. < Hold Train Hold up. 1 The Great Northern passenger due nt Hutte Mont., at 11:45 Thursday 1 (norning was held up and robbed at 1 Woodville, M miles from there. An ! armed posse is pursuing. Two masked ! men covered tko sides of thc train ( with guns and after cowing thc crew ' uncoupled the engine and mall and ex press cars and ran them two miles . ahead and secured about twenty 1 thousand dollars. 1 Homo Meat. ( Thc fact that :10,000 horses were eaten in Merlin last year, and the great horsc-meat banquet in that city the other night, af which 000 persons ate heartily and joyously, may greatly alarm Kaiser Wilhelm. If thc rage for horsellcsh shall continue, how will he get horses enough for the cavalry? STRIKES AHB LOCKOUTS. Tho State Sonate Passos, a Bill on tho Subject. ? ? lu thc Senate on Tuaday Mr. John son's bill "to prevent strikes, lockouts and similar troubles," upon which Tour committee reports had been made, caused much discussion. The object of tbe bill ls to prevent recur rences similar to. tho events in the "Horse Creek valley" last Bummer, when it was alleged that operatives were locked ofit to punish strikers In the L?og mill in. Augusta, Ga. Mr. Brown moved to strike out the ena ting words and characterized the measure as an unwarranted Interfer enee in contractural rights of adult citizens. Mr. Mayfield advocated thc meas ure. It is not an interference of con tractural rights but intended to' pre vent tlie coercion of striking operative punishing the innocent in another mill. Mr. Hood opposed the bill and said that the same rights and privileges should be extended alike to mill own ers as well as operatives. Upon Hie motion to strike out the enacting words the vote was: Yeas-Messrs. Blake, Iirown, Uut Ier, Carpenter, Denn, Douglass, For rest, Hardin, Hcrndon, Hood, Man ning, McCall, Mciver, Itaysor, Sharpe, SI i op pa rd, Ta 1 bi rd-17. Nays-Messrs. Aldrich, Brice, .Den nis, Gaines, Goodwin, llydrick, John son, Marshall, Mayfied, McDermott, McLeod, llagsd.ile, G. W., Uagsdale, J. W., Stackhouse, Stanland, Walker, Warren, Williams-18. So thc' enacting words were not sticken out. Mr. Marshall introduced an amend ment inflicting the additonal penalty of Imprisonment at the discretion of the court. The amendment was strong ly resisted. Un thc motion to lay the amendment on thc table the yeas and nays were again demanded and the vote resulted in a tic-Ul to ll). Lieut. Gov. Sloan then voted In thc nega tive. Tlie vote was as follows: Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich, Blake, Hrice, Carpenter, Forrest, Goodwin, Hardin, Hcrndon, llydrick, Johnson, May Held, McDermott, McLeod, Rags tlale, J. W., Raysdr, Sheppard, Stack house, Warren, Williams-lt). Kays-Lieut. Gov. Sloan, Drown, [hitler, Davis, Dean, Dennis, Doug lass, Gaines, Hood, Manning, Mar mall, McCall, Mciver, Peurlfoy, Rags dale, G. W., Sharpe, Stanland, Tal bird, von Kolnitz, Walker-20. So the motion was defeated and the nmeudment adopted. The hill came np for a second reading. Nothing Jaunted tlie yeas and nays were again demanded and resulted as follows: Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich, 1 ?lalee, Brice, Dennis, Douglass Forrest, Baines Goodwin, Herndon, HydrickY lohnson, Marshall, Mayfield, McDer mott, McLeod, Peurlfoy, G. W. Raes dale, J. W. Ragsdale, Stackhouse, Stanland, Warren, Williams-22. Nays-Messrs. Drown, lintier. Car penter, Davis, Dean, Hardin, Hood, Manning, McCall, Mciver, Raysor, Sharpe, Sheppard, Talbird, von Kol nitz, Walker-10. So thc hill passed to a third read Some Census Mysteries. From tlie returns of the last census ( it appears that out of 303 separate oe- 1 pupations repprted there arc only sight In which women workers fail to iippear. lt is not surprising that there are no woman among the sol diers, sailors and marines of the United States government, yet there ure 153 women employed as "boat man" and sailors. Women haye not yet invaded the ranks of the city tire departments, still not less than 879 women are returned in thc same gener al class of watchmen, policemen and detectives." There are no women streetcar drivers, though there are two women "motormen" and thirteen women conductors. Women have not as yet taken up the employment of telegraph and teldphone "linemen," yet 22,500 of them are operators for these companies. There are no wo men apprentices and helpers among the roofers and slaters, yet two wo men are returned as engaged in these employments. There are 120 women plumber, 45 plasterers, 107 brick and stone masons, 241 paperhangers, 1, 750 painters and glaziers and 545 wo men carpenters and joiners. No wo men arc returned as helpers to steam boilermakers, but eight women work at this industry as full mechahics. There are 103 women blacksmiths, 5.71 machinists, 3,370 women workers in iron and steel, Silo in brass and 1, 775 women working in tin. Urin;; them lo Taw.' The Newberry Observer says: "Gov. Hey ward will have tlie best sentiment :d" the state, including Charleston it self, In his efforts to enforce tlie dis pensary law In Charleston, lt can be lone. All that is needed is a strong hand and a determination that it shall he done. There is no sense in having <omc portions ol* thc state to obey the law and oilier portions to defy it. The conditions in Charleston arc 'peculiar.' Uertainly they are; and so are they everywhere-but tlie law is uniform ind should be enforced impartially if it takes every constable in thc state md more besides." Hurrah .for licrkelcy. Thc St Stephens Echo and Press lays. "You can often hear our neigh bors ot adjoining counties calling Berkeley County the "black county;" )f course this is because the colored element predominates, but can our dster counties make as nice a showing is was made at thc assembling of the (Joint for the February term and the Grand Jury failed to obtain a single li liding. The Judge commended thc lory and the county, and wc would likewise wish and hope that such con ditions might prevail the entire coun try over-but how futile such a wish ur hope." Wane Hampton. The House on Thursday passed a bill to provide a monument for Wade Hampton, making appropriation of $20,000 to be available when $10,000 has been raised by subscription. There was no debate. KING ARRESTED. Tho Man Wanted in Florence for the Murder of Rogers. WAS CAPTURED TN DENMARK. Ho Had Formed Partnership WI til Senator S. G. Mayfield to:'^^^ Plant Tobacco^A Sud den Dissolution. . A special dispatch "from Denmark bo Tho State says .Wm. (J. King, wanted In Florence county for the killing of Sam Rogers and thc wound ing of James Rogers,was caught there on last Thursday. Thc dispatch says* "The firm of Mayfield & King, com- . posed of Senator S. G. Mayfield and Wm. C. King, tobacco planters, has been dissolved by the arrest of the latter. Dur intendant a;.d chief of police b.dng wide awake, saw in the Mr. KlDg, expert on tobacco plantlng. tbe man wanted in Florence county for murder and notified the sheriff that he was here. Mr. Thos. Burch ar rived herc Thursday morning at au early hour from Florence and from, description given him said at once it was the mau wanted. Expecting that King would give trouble to those trylog to take him, and knowing that he would be armed and knew the Florence sheriff at sight it was decided for Mr. Burch to re main out of sight and let our plucky deputy, Capt. Hunter, arrest the man. Deputy Hunter was assisted by C. J: Baxter, and expecting trouble they had to do their work quickly. King was armed as expected, hav ing a pistol in the inside pocket of his vest. Before going to arrest Klug his room was visited and in lt was found a Winchester rlfL-, which he brought with him here, and this was taken possession of by the sheriff. "Mr. King tells your'correspondent that he went direct to Sumter after the killing, from Sumter to Columbia, and thence to Denmark, where he-has been ever since; also that he intended going back to Florence in time for court. lb seems strange that he should usc his correct name here, but it is true that no one thought to ask him his first or given name. Says he thinks Senator Mayfield should pub in a good word forhim. "'Mr. King, I learned, called on Senator Mayfield Tuesday m?rring af ter his arrival here and represented himself as nn expert oh tobacco rais ing and made a bargain with bhe sen ator bo plant 10 or 12 acres on shares, he bo do all bhe work and Mayfield to furnish bhe laud and fertilizers. Mr. King was progressing nicely wibh his new farm when bhe law sbeps in to day. It is hoped the senator will succeed in getting anobber partner to^' carry on bills work, "for lb is believed bhab our soil Is the very thing for to bacco." The Green ISyed Monster. Ab Birmingham, Ala., John Smibh, a moborman, pub lour bullets in bhe chesb and abdomen of A. T. Wrighb, i molder, ab bbc common boarding house ol'Wright, himself and Miss" Gussie Gardner. Bobh young men were enamored of bhe girl. Wednes day night Miss Gardner wenb bo bhe show with Smibh and buey reburned ab a labe hour. Wright, jusb afber bhe young man bad bold bhe girl good night appeared in bhe hallway wibh a pistol. Smith at once opened fire on him and indicted what are bound bo be fatal wounds. The girl was a wit ness of the tragedy. She spent a por tion of the day at thc bedside of the wounded young man, advising him to be quiet. A Desperate Fleht. Chief of Police Albert Hughes, of Laurens, had a desperabe encounber lasting fully ten minutes with a negro named John Workman whom he was attempting bo arrcsb Thursday nlghb. The negro resisted and sbruck bhe of ficer a terrific blow on bhe head wibh a dab Iron. This occurred in a cabin. The tigbb was bhen bransferred bo bhe yard, when in bhe sbruggle bhe negro secured bhe chief's pistol bub bhe offi cer managed to keep him from using it, and finally ina terrific grapple and clinch the chief caught the negro's lip in his teeth. About this time help arrived and the coon was subdued. Thc Ruco Suicide. A dispatch from Washington says President Roosevelt's denunciation of "Race Suicide" though a letter to Mrs. Marie Van Vorst, author of "Thc Woman Who Toils" which will he published, has stirred everybody in Washington to such an exbenb bhab Thursday sbabesmen interested with the subject called on government statiticians for d ita of marriages and families. The average size of families of the United Stabes has decreased sbeadily for bbc lasb 50 years. The largesb birthrate is in thc South, bub ib has decreased even bhere to an ap preciable per cent. A Cruel Joke. Criminal action, lb is said, will be taken against th", persons implicated in the burning of Fred Sands, a boy of Jerricho, L. I. Freno, what can be learned, the boy had his hair cut ab a hotel. The barber soaked his hair wibh alcohol, and some one bhrew a llghbcd mabch on his head. Immedi ately his head, face and neck were en veloped with Hames. Shrieking with agony, thc boy dashed back and forth ?ibout thc room until he was finally caught and thc Hames extinguished. Ile was then removed to his home and abbe.ndcd by a physician. A Town Attacked. A dispatch from Manilla says a hundred ladrones atbacked bbc bown of Nanjan, Island of Mondoro, Thurs day. The consbabulary repulsed bhem after a scattering fight which lasbed several hours during which one lad rone was killed and one was wounded. Twenty women and children living In thc town were wounded. Inspector Crockett with a large force of mount ed consbabulary, has swept through norbhern Itisal and southern Bulacan provinces, where ladrones have been operating but he failed bo find a trace of them.