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?DO THOU LIBERTY ORK AT. INSPIRE OUR BOTOASD MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY, OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IK THY OAUBE." VOL. mzvrC BENNETTS VILLE; S. C., PIUDAY, FEBRUARY 20,1903. NO. 15/ HEARING- FOR BAIL. Chief J m, tice Pope Continued Mat ter of Irregularities. THE AFPIDAVITS FOR TILLMAN. Jloltzuiihuch ol UriKcfielil SwcurB to ' Kcai'iiiK ti Convers?t lott in thc Semite. Thc DclV-.mhuit'H Sdi-Defense I* I CH. On a motion made before Chief Justice Pope at Newberry on Thurs day by Solicitor Thurmond, on the part of the prosecution, thc hearing on the application for bail of James H. Tillman, charged with murder, was postponed until Thursday 20th in stant, when it will be'held In the su preme court room in Columbia. Tu i motion was sustained on the gr umd that counsel for defense had not sub mitted to State's counsel the affidavit-; presented last Thursday, and State's counsel therefore had no opportmity . for reply. Following are the allida v its in subit?neo, as they were sub mitted. Mr. -Nelson Tor the defense also presented thc testimony taken ar the inquest over the body of N. C. Gonzales. HOI.TZlCXllACIl's AXHIDAVIT. Before me personally appeared Pieb ald iloltzcnhach, who hchig duly sworn, says: "1 came to the city of ?Columbia on the 12th day of January, ??1903, for the purpose of trying lo get a position as doorkeeper for the house .of representatives but was unable to get thc appointment and returned to my home the 17th day of January, and while 1 was in the State house a day or two before thc unfortunate occur rence, 1 was talking to Capt. I. A. White, who was the keeper of one of the committee rooms. While he was there 3S. G. Gonzales saine hi and asked White where his 'boss' was, and Capt. White replied, '1 have lib boss.' Mr. Gonzales said he meant Lieut. Gov. Tillman. Ile said, 'I suppose ho is neglecting bis duty, as be always is.' At the time Gov. Sheppard was presiding.- N. G. Gonzales sahl to Capt. White he was referring to Lieut. Gov. Tillman: that he made him show the white feather on several occasions and would make him show it again. Shortly afterwards Mr. Gonzales went Off. 1 don't recollect whether he turned and went to the senate cham ber. Soon after saw Gov. Tillman in company with Senators Talbird and Brown walking up Mainstreet. Sena tor Brown was on the inside. Ile dropped hack to speak to a lady and left Lieut. Gov. Tillman with Senator Talbird. Senator Talbird was on the outside. Deponent noticed Mr. Gon zales coming down t he street walking $8Sflri ..Simirr'j'ctiOii "of the State house. He had on an overcoat and each hand in the pocket and lils thumb resting on the top of pocket. As he got near Gov. Tillman, he cut across the pave ment and thrust his whole right, hand til his overcoat pocket. 1 expected from what I heard him say in the State house that he intended to shoot Gov. Tillman. About that time I heard Gov. Tillman say,'Mr. Gonzales, 1 received your message,' and t hen im mediately 1 heard a report, of a pistol. 1 didn't see where Gov: Tillman got his pistol from, as 1 was watching Mr. Gonzales, expecting tosee him shoot Gov. Tillman. Gov. Tillman, after he tired turned and walked off into Main street. Shortly after he shot. Senator Talbird said, 'This must stop,'and several persons went t o M r. Gonzales." .7. A. WHITE'S AFFIDAVIT. An allidavit was read from J. A. White, keeper of one of the commit tee rooms, in which White said that. . he recalled the events mentioned in Iloltzenbach's allida vit and substan tiating it in every particular, except that not knowing N. G. Gonzales, he did not say it was Mr. Gonzales. TI IA.M A N '8 A FFI DA V IT. u lief ire me personally ap pea rd .las. II. Till ir?an who being duly sworn says: That the statement herein made so far as he is informed and believes, it is proper to make at, this time, is as fol lows: That for more than a year and possibly longer, N. G. Gonzales has villi lied deponent, pursuing him unre lentingly with malice and venom which deponent believes was never equalled in the history ol' this Stale, charging bim with being a liar, blackguard, rogue, debauchee and villain and such other epithets. IO ve ry 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 otlieer. That he bore all this with patience all hough his private lifo, heretofore considered sacred was invaded, discussed and held lip lo pub lic derision. Thal deponent had been informed that during the campaign lhere was a rumor t hat Gonzales had said if Tillman had said the same things in Columbia that he said else-! where t here would, he a personal en counter iii Which otic, would die. De ponent was repeatedly urged and warned t o look out for his safety while in Columbia, by various parties. De ponent was informed thal, Gonzales came to I he State house and inquired for deponent ano said that, he had made deponent,show I he white leal her on several occasions and intended to make him doit, again. That deponent verily hebe ves that N. C. Gonzales at, I hat, t line was armed. I icponcnt was still anxious to avoid an altercation if it could he done honorably. Inas much as deponent was about, to retire from thc ollice he was removing his personal belongings from the State hmso lo his room in tlx; hotel and among other t hings it became neces sary to remove two pistols, one the property of deponent, Hie ot her left in thc room hy some one not known, bul presumably some friend. While carry ing these weapons to his loom, while uiion Main street, he observed N. G. Gonzales coining direct ly towards him, glaring at, deponent, and with his hands in his overcoat pockets. Sud denly he pushed his hand into his pocket on the righi side and turned to wards deponent. Said Gonzales was all the time glaring straight at deponent. Believing his life in danger, deponent, hurriedly said. "1 got your message," and tired. Deponent believed then and believes now that Gonzales was armed and intended to kill him. That he was desirous of avoiding a dilliciilty with Mr. Gonzales if he could. When Gon zales cut across was the time depo nent saw him thrust his hand in his pocket. That, deponent when li?: left the Slate house didn't, know he was going lo meet Gonzales on tho st reel. Deponent believes Gonzales was about to draw a pistol upon him and there fore he died upon him. Deponent, tired to save himself, believing his life was io danger." J. W. DeVorc and T. II. Rainsrord. members o? the house from Edgelleld eo?i o ty, made all H i av it that they knew Capt. .I.A. White ls a man of unim peachable character and au old Con fed?rale soldier. Judge l'ope sustained the motion for a conti nuance. Here is his order in full: Slate of South Carolina. County ol Richland. The Stole against James ll. Tillman Charged willi Murder. After hearing read ilie testimony taken before the coroner's jury, ami the affidavits submitted on the part ol defendant in Iiis application tor bail, and the State's attorneys thereupon asking for additional time in.which to submit a tilda vi ls in reply to Hie af?l ela vi ts on "the part of the defendant , it is ordered that the further hearing of this motion be postponed until bl o'clock a.m. of Thursday, lil February, 1HU:J. Tlie hearing to he had in the supreme court room in the eily of Co lumbia. lt is furt he.- ordered I bat the de (undent's council serve upon the coun sel for IhcStaU on the Kith day or this month, collies of the affidavits on the part ol' d?tendant, and that thc Male's counsel be required to serve upon t he afternoon of the Kith day ol' this month, copies of all affidavits in reply which the State will use. at the hearing ol'I his motion. And that t he d?tend ant shall have the right louse addi tional aftidavits in icply thereto at the heaving in Columbia. Let the petitioner be retained in the custody of thc sherill ol uicliland county. Y. J. l'ope, Glilef J ustice. Newberry, S. C., 12th February, loo.l. ANOTHER MURDER. James Minson shot ?cad ia tireen-1 ville hy .lohn (ioodwin. A special dispatch from Greenville to The State says a fatal shooting took place between fi and (> o'clock I Tuesday afternoon on Washington street by which James Minson lost bis life, in the twinkling of an eye. His j slayer was John Goodwin, a young man not more than 20 years of age, who was a clerk in a store of T'fhlay I hos. H bison was a horse dealer who worked at l'ates & Allen's livery stable. The two men had been together for several hours and apparently there was no cause for the trouble which arose over the purchase of a bottle of liquor that Goodwin bad in his possession. Tiley had crossed the street in the) presence ol'several persons, and Good-1 win had walked ahead some dis tance'when I Hilson called after him and said he must ha ve some of it, sup posed to he the liquor. Hood win had gone about HO feet I from Hinson, when he turned around and drew his pistol, (iring tue first shot in the air and then in a straight) line tired directly at Hinson, the' secourt shot striking Hinson in the I left breast and going through the I heart. He died almost instantly and was carried into the office of Thack slon & Son. Goodwin immediately surrendered to a policeman and was afterwards taken lo jail. Ile is well connected and has been regarded very favorably since, he came here from the country. Hinson has been living here for several'years, but went back occasion ally to North Carolina, where he has wile and two children. Ile was about .'17 years old and a strong, athletic man. lt i., another case of pistols and whiskey as lhere does not seem to have been any previous quarrel, and an eye wit ness to thc shooting says that lie was with them not ten minutes before thc fatal shot was tired, when they were friendly so far as he knew. STILL A NOT! I KU M Ult OKU. A dispatch from Wal ter boro says I Wednesday morning about II o'clock, near Cottegeville, Allen Adams laid wait for Henry Jaques and, with a shot gun, sent a load of buck shot| through his neck, instantly killing him. Jaques was on bis horse and never knew what struck him. Adams and Jaques had a difficulty Christmas. Mr. Jaquiet was a quiet, peaceable man, while the reputation (d' Adams in his community for peace and order is not good. The killing is greatly deplored. Jaques leaves a wile with eight chil dren, several ol' them small. The sympathy ol' the people is with Jaques. Adams came up Wednesday night] and surrendered to Sheri IF Owens'. A (html Hill Killed. One of thc first measures that was I t aken up in the Senate Tuesday was | the hill which passed second reading the day previous relating to thc qualification ol' tile county superinten dents (d' education. Tlie hill was1 called up for a third reading and im mediately Mr. Sharpe moved an inde llnlte postponement. Mr. Kaysor moved to lay this mot ion on the fable. The yeas and nays were demanded, which resulted as lol Hows: Yeas .Messrs. Aldrich, j hake, ilroWn, Carpenter,Goodwin, Hcrndon, llydrick, McLeod, Kagsdale, .1. W, Kaysor, Stackhouse, Stanland-12. Nays Messrs. brice, lintier, Hean, Dennis, Douglass, Forrest, Gaines, Hardin, Hood. Johnson, Manning, Marshall. McCall, McDermott, Mc iver, Peurlfoy, Sharpe, Sheppard, von Kohl!I/., Warren, Williams-21. So the motion lo lay on the table was lost and bill killed. AKUIIIHI Cru III, A dispatch from Washington says the commerce committee of the senate decided Friday by a vole of eight to seven to report adversely the (?rum nomination. Two Republicans voted against Cnirh. The indications are ?that the senate will take action on this report before adjournment and the present prospects are that the re port ol' the committee will be. sustain ! ed. Wanted (lie Money, lip in Michigan, Mrs. Hay, aged 80, has been granted a divorce from her second husband in order t hat she may secure the renewal of a widow's pen sion made void hy her second mar riage. Mrs. Hay . will therefore be looked upon somewhat in the light of a grass widow. STATE DISPENSARY To Bo Investigated by a Legislative Committee. INTIMATIONS MADE IN DEBATE. "Coon Corn, Old an<! Mellow," Kx hiblted in tho Senate Chu lil - her. No DrliikliiK on the Premises. As soon ns the Senate assembled Tuesday evening the galleries ItoyrttII Lo lill willi Spectators and before the evening was over every available seat was taken bli thc Hour of the chamber with prominent personages, among whom were the governor and Mrs. Heyward. When Mr. Hood's joint resolution "lo appoint a committee to investi gate the management of the dispen sary" was sailed. Mr. Manning moved til strike out tbc enacting clause and declared the regular committee was .empowered to make all necessary in vestigations. Ile regarded this pro posed investigation a useless expendi ture of money. This brought Mr. Stanland to bis feet. Hu requested that he he allowed to address the Senate from thc re porter's ti?bl? iii front of the presi dent's desk. Ills request being grant ed Mr. Slunland came forward bear ing in his arms a box with the name of a well-known patent medicine plainly branded on the bair sides, and proceeded at once to display Its con tents which were four different kinds of whiskies contained in bottles of dilferent sizes. Senator: "Arc you extending invita tions?'" Another senator: "Have you enough to no around?" Thc president's gavel stopped any further jesting remarks, but could not prevent the majority of thc members from gazing longingly and anxiously at the tempting spread before them. They wondered what would come next. Mr. Studland prefaced bis remarks with thc statement that he Is not op posed to thc dispensary, has always advocated lt, but his purpose was to pay his respects to the 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 to the dispensary the third and the fourth day the people were drinking this "Coon Corn-Old and Mellow." Mr. Stanland went dil to say that the Richland instilling Com pany made one X .and two X corn whiskey, gin, rum, apple and peach brandy, all out of the same product. And be thought that it had become an annex of the dispensary; or rather thc dispensary an annex of the distil lery. Ile exhibited the various sam ples an I alleged that certain products were bought by 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 the dispensary a larger margin of profit besides paying thc freight. From this Mr. Stanland argued that the profits accruing to the State were dissipated and wrongfully diverted and given to the 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 the bottles from the table he read thc name of thc lable, "Cream of Caroli na." "Its real name," said Mr. Stan land, "I cannot mention in this cham ber, but 1 have written it on a slip ot paper and hand it to the reporter." On the slip of paper were written the words, "ll- ?'Ire." Mr. Stanland asserted that the last general assembly had instructed the management of the dispensary to re duce their stock to $100,000 hut in stead they had increased it nearly $8.'l,000. The very fact that the man agement is lighting this investigation is proof conclusive that something is wrong. Ile charged that thc dispensary li quors arc adulterated by water and if thc investigation Is ordered he prom ised to produce all the necessary doc uments and testimony. The regular committee has no authority to go into the internal management ?d' the con cern, which handles a business amounting to $.'1,000,000 a year and he did not think the smali salary of $100 a sullicient. amount to pay to each of the members of the board in compensation of their services. Mr. Aldrich opposed the resolution and said there was nothing brought before the committee,nor in Mr. Stan land's statements except the board was discriminating in their purchases in favor of thc Richland distillery. The legislature in its wisdom had granted them discretion in their deal ings with distilleries within thc; Slate and with foreign concerns, and bc saw no wrong in what they had been ac cused of doing. Mr. Sharpe asserted that "the dis pensary is allright." "Thc people," said he, "arc satisfied that it is the best solution (d' the whiskey question, and it is only tin; dissatisfied 'outs' that are making all Ibis fuss." The. (?illy trouble that exists rests hi the minds of those who art; hostile to thc institution and are based upon a newspaper article signed by Mr. I ?ou thit, who at one time was connected wit h the dispensary. Mr. Hood said that the national government keeps a close watch on all its employes and there is nothing wrong lu the State doing the same. If nothing is wrong thc friends ol' the institution have nothing to fear and the moral clfcct would more than compensate the cost (d' the investiga tion. Mr. Mayfield opposed the resolution at length and said that as a financial success thc institution has done better each year of its existence. In I Still the dispensary's net profit to thc State was $ 111,000; in 11)00, $474,000; in 1001, $045,000, and last year $">00,000. Mc asserted that, the people are satis tied and the appointment, of the com mission would result in nothing more ( limn a junketing trip. The yeas und nays were demanded on thc motion to strike out the re solving words and resulted as follows; Yous-Messrs. Aldrich. Blake, Hul ler, Dean, ^Forrest, Gaines, Goodwin, Hydride, .Johnson, Manuln?, Mayfield; McLeod, ltuvsor, Sharpe, Sheppard, Wilkor, Warren, Williams-18. Nays-Messrs. l?rico, Ihowi, Car penter. Davis, Dennis, Douglass, liar din. 11 erndon, Mood, Marshall, Mc Call. McDermott, Mciver, Peu ri roy, G. ?W. liagsdulde. .J. W. Kagsdalc, Staokhnuso, Stanland, Ta I hi ul-I?. So thc resolving words wort; not stricken out. and i,he joint resolution passed to a third reading, lt, is ai follows: . TMK UKSOMJT?ON. Section 1. That a cum ml lice con sisting of live members. I wu nf whom shall tie members nf tho senate, tu he appointed tty thc president, thereof, and three of whom shall he members of the house, to he appointed hy the speaker thereof, is hereby appointed for lue purpose of examining into the business management, methods and control of the State dispensary as ad ministered hy Hie directors thereof, and hy the dispensary commissioner, and hy any other ollleer or ofliecrs thoreof.having administrative author ity in connection therewith. Sec. z.. Said committee shall have power andj?lithor!ly tu send fur per sons and papers, to administer oaths hy its chairman,or any member there of, to em pitty a stenographer and other clerical assistants that it may deem necessary; and such stenograph ers 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 at Hie Hmo and place at which he is re quired, or tu answer any question pro pounded by the said committee, tir any member thereof, shall be deemed in contempt, and shall he punished there hy said committee, as may ho done hy courts of record. Sec. % Saki committee shall meet in Columbia, and at such time during tile present year as lt may lix, and each member thereof shall receive the same compensation per day, and mile age, as is allowed mcmhers of the general assembly, hut not to exceed 3? days. Sec. X. Said committee shiill make its report to tile governor on Hie com pletion of its investigations, with all convenient speed, including the testi mony taken, and the governor shall transent the same to the general as sembly on the li rsl day of thc next session thereof. The senate meets at 11 o'clock Thu rsday. ?-'?neil lor Kissing. The anti-kissing hill introduced in the legislature of Virginia recently has been taken seriously In TOngland and the London Chronicle referring to that measure says: "The proposed American statute for the abolition ol' kissing and a line of *? for each in dulgence in unhygienic osculation is not new. The old Pori lan blue laws of Massachusetts forbade t he exchange of kisses in public as a breach of youd behavior. This law has never been repealed, and nut very long ago there was much amusement, and some in dignation, in Huston, at, the arrest of a prominent citizen for kissing his wife in the street. Milan has a similar ordinance against kisses* or other amatory demonstration in public places. It, dates from the time of the St?rzas, and only a short time ago a pair of perfectly respectable lovers were hauled before a magistrate for kissing each other in the park. Ile ruled that though a kiss under such circumstances was not. immoral, it was inconsistent with Hie decorum o?. civilization, and indicted a line of 12s. A similar law imposed in Kngland on bank holidays would make the income tax a superllnity-if the tines were paid!" Ali- Von i- Kootus. There is a great di tlc renee between changing the air in a room, and just inixing it. Suppose you open one window in an otherwise close room. You may think you are gaining plenty of fresh air, whereas you are only get ting a more or a less impure mixture. Every one has been taught, presum ably, lu air a sleeping room in the morning, especially if it has been used during the day or evening, before retiring. Thc average woman is likely to feel that she lias attended to the exigencies ol'the case when she has thrown open a window and (-hised the door. Thc fresh air comes in, lo he sure, hut much of the old air remains, and they light it, out between them. The air in a room can not he through ly changed until a dm ft hat been es tablished. Impure air is thc runt of muc.li sickness. Contagious diseases which aro rare in the summer time arc apt to gain headway in winter, and the reason is not obscure. The fear of admitting the cold keeps out thc fresh air. Thc poisonous principle or microbe becomes so concentrated and virulent that ifs power is directly increased, and from one case of small pox or scarlet fever many cases grow. In summer time fresh air is encourag ed tu enter whereever it, will, and contagi?is diseases languish lill win ter and closed doors conn; again. - Pittsburg Press. A (?ooil Ainu Gone. Dr. A. [J. M. Cu ny, une of the most prominent educators in thc South, died af Ashville, N. C., Thursday night nf Height's disease, at the resi dence of his brother-in-law, Col. Con nolly. Dr. Curry had been critically 111 titi-the past two weeks. Mrs. Curry arrived from Philadelphia last week and was at the bedside of her husband when his death occurred. The re mains of Dr. Curry will be buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Kiel)mond, Va., on Sunday. A Si runge sight. The sudden appearance of an acre of sea lish two inches long on a Cali fornia hill tm miles from the ocean is more interesting than the downfall ol' frogs su often recorded. After a while the atmosph?re may take tu carrying larger tish ur a variety of marine ob jects. _ The young mau who only works enough to cam his wages is always the young man who complains because he'cannot get, a better job.-Will M. Ma upi ri in Thc Commoner. TjlE PUBLIC HOKEY. I The Appropriation Bill as Passed by ] the Houso. I . _ HOW THE MONEY IS SPENT, j The Appropriations .Made Tor the] J*Vi Maintenance t?I* thc Several De pur I men and institu tion ttl' the Stale. j Thc appropriation lilli was taken up In thc House on Wednesday.- Thc biggest discussion at the morning session was ibu proposition ttl renew the annual appropriation ol' $15,000 to prevent epidemics of contagious dis eases. . Mr. DoHruhl wanted lo reduce to ?.jo, ono. Mr. L'earriuin of Anderson, Mr. Williams of lancaster and Mr. Wi ugo of Green ville eal It'd attention lothc fact that in I hese colin tics there had been epidemics and their applica tion tor help and rei'of bad been re jected hy the Slate board of health. If this money is spent who gets the benefit of it. Mr. Williams moved to cut nilli thc entire proposed applica tion. This was voted down, ayes LS, ??iys ill). |The.Slate board or health was de fended by Messrs. Moses. Tatum, Cooper, Lancaster, Lofton, Jeremiah Smith and Lcscsnc. 'Mr. Don mild moved lo cut the ap propriation from ?15,000 to $5,000. This was carried by a vote of (18 lo 34. SOUTH Cn??LIX? COMdiOK. 'Mr. IOU rd ottered an amendment proposing to reduce the appropriation from $28,000 to $24 j000. Mr. 10 li rd said that last year he had warned the house that the appropriations would exceed thc Stale's income. This prediction had been fulfilled. There are other appropriations in the bill from which the South Carolina college will derive benefits. Ile proposed ho| discrimination, but would move to re duce proposed appropriations to all State institutions. .Mr. Towill, also of Lexington, differed with Mr. lOtird. He speke of | the good the college has done for over one hundred years and referred with feeling lo Hie splendid work being done there now. It would not do lo cripple thc institution. >S\r. Ly les in reply to Mr. 10 ti rd sta ted that the $7,50(1 for sewerage is an extraordinary expense imposed hy the city of Columbia; and should not| come out of tlie fund for operating tile college. IMr. Cooper called attention lo thc fact that the college asked for more binn tho.commttte had recommended, although agr??t many ?f thc commit tee ra vb red the increase in order "to | pay valuable men good salaries. Mr. l'a ri roy of Saluda supported Mr. IStird's amendment. He decried the tendency to increase appropriations. Mr. Moses replied that not a single appropriation td colleges had been in creased. Furthermore the bill this year is $42,000 less than the expendi tures of last year. No appropriation had been recommended unless it was| needed. The motion to cut thc appropria tion failed by a vote of (ts lo lu. Mr. Hornett wanted the appropriation fix ed at $25,000. This, too, was voted I down, and the committee's recoin-1 inondation, $28,000, was adopted, ruiibu; SCHOOLS. Mr. Pollock ottered an amendment to appropriate to thc public schools $100,000. Mr. Pollock declared that thc house had refused to put aside a little extra dispensary prolits for the benelit of the schools, and he felt it a duty to introduce this amendment. The State ol South Carolina has never appropriated a cent for the public schools while she has always given liberally to the colleges, but the masses should be taken cure of ti rsl. There was no other discussion. Mr. Dorroll moved lo table the amend mcnl. This was lost by a vote of 48 to 51. Mr. Dorroh then moved to provide that the money be applied t< the counties in which it is raised. Mr. Pollock urged that this would reduce it to a local fax instead of a general lax. Ile moved to table Mr. Dorr'oh's amendment. This was lost by a volt Of 2!? to 70. Itel'ore Mr. Dorroh's amendment could be adopted Mr. Ktbler moved lo iudeliinlely postpone t he original Pol lock amendment. The vote was 5."? lo 55, and Hie motion was lost. Mr. Mauldiu moved lo continue thc amendment. This was carried by vole of (?ii lo 5 1 and the amendment was killed. There would have been another tlc vote, but three member who had been with Mr. Pollock, voted against thc proposition this lime There were three roll calls ?ind ont poll of the house on this amendment so close was the vote. Thc house passed an amendment giving the governor's (illlcc an addition al $2,500 for paying judges of special courts if so much be necessary. The governor's stenographer is also to gt ?lil increase of $loo. Thc two li remen in thc engine room of the State hollie get $15 a month ad dilional for t he seven months they lire employed, ?md there is a Slate hoii.se j?nltressi nt $120 per annum provided for. When the house took recess, the following items in Hie bill bad bet approved: KXKCITI VU O Kl" I OKS. Governor's ( mice Salary nf go vcr nor, $3,000; private secretary $l..'!50; stenographer $500: messenger, $400; contingent fund, $5,000; stationery and stamps, 300; civil contingent fund 2,510. ( Mllcc of secretary of state Salary 1,ililli; cluer clerk, 1.350; extra clerk hire, 1.200; contingent fund 200; sta tionery and stamps, 500: books and and blanks, 300. Secretary of state as keeper of State house and grounds-Two watchmen, DOO; janitor 1(50: engineer, seven months, 75, live months, 25, (?50; tlre mcn (360 cacti), 700; contingent rund, 200; fuel; for Statehouse, 1,200; jan 1 tress, l?.o; repairs on State house, sod. ^GOJUM^U^ general [C0Nj|iNUKl> ON 1'AOK KOlMt.j \ DISPENSARY CONSTABULARY. V Dill 1*UBSCS tho House tu Hour* Kanizo 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 thc enacting words. Mr. Aull explained thc provisions of the bill, lt keeps the governor from being thc chief constable and gives the constabulary a bead who can give his personal attention to the workings of thc constables. Ile de scribed the annoyances to the gover nor on account of having so ninny pet ty details to keep up with. The bill will not do away witt) the governor's constabulary clerk who keeps up with thc seizures, expense, etc. Mr. Dclhuhl opposed the bill as it provides for a new olllceati '. gives the chief constable much latitude in ap proving expense aceoiihls. Mr. Tatum thought the governor should bo given the machinery with which to enforce the law. The chief constable would save the State ten t imes more than his salary if he were any account. Then: are now over 1,000 applicant s lor places on the con stabulary, and . thc .governor cannot immediately go through that volumin ous correspondence;. Mr. Pollock tnld.oflhe manifold du ties ol' t he go verh?r who ought to be relieved of passing upon every little claim for liquor seined by constables. Tho. governor will still be the respon sible head. j Col. Muses*and Col. TowiH favored the bill. The latter declared that the present law makes thc governor a con stabulary clerk. He staled his sin cere belief that the present governor wants to enforce the law. Mr. Pollock also favored the bill. Mr. Nichols thought the district chief constables could do this work and save the salary of the proposed olV.ce. Mr. Dowling thought this would be removing the responsibility from the governor's oilier, anti he objected. If lhere is too mindi work t-> be done, why not get another clerk in the gov ernor's ellice to sift out the corres pondence? . Tile motion to strike out the enact lng words failed by a vote of 'Sil to 75. The bill provides for a chief consta ble al a salary of $1,500 a year, and expenses. The chief constable, witli the advice or the governor, is autho rized to appoint one (jr more State constables at a salary of $2 per day and expenses, seven assistant chief constables at a salary of $'1 per day and expenses, and one or more detec tives at '"reasonable compens?t lon." The expenses of the chief constable are to be approved by the governor and the expenses of the subordin ates arc to bc approved hy the chief. 'I he latter is to have au olllce at the State dispensary. The proposed ijoiid of the chief constable is to $1,000; and of the subordinates $500 each. Salaries and expenses are to come out general dispensary fund. Mr. Aull proposed an amendment that the governor and not the chief constable should appoint the subordi nates, but this was rejected and the original bill passed intact. A. New Disenso. Thc mysterious "sleeping sickness"' of West Africa, which has been thc subject of late seicntilic Investigation, proves to bea form of meningitis, dif fering from ccrcbro-spinal meningitis in its chronic and almost invariably fatal character, lt is classed with hy drophobia as one of the most deadly diseases known, lt is communicated from person to person in some un known, lt 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 fiom one to six months. Thus far it has been known only among negroes, lt has depopulated large districts, however, and Its spread is feared through the opening of Africa trade. Overcome liy Oas, Five men met death and ten were overcome Thursday night hy the fumes cd' gas escaping from the purify ing box in the plant ol'the Northwest ern Gaslight and Coke company at Illue Island III. The men, under the direction of Supt. Russell had been engaged in changing thc purifier in the purifying box. According to the statements (d' men at the plant, when the men Mulshed the work of changing thc substance hi the box they did not (dose the covers of thc box. When the gas was turned on into the box for the purifying process, it escaped in volvines and the men were overcome where they stood. Supt. Marlin is among the dead. Thc other victims were laborers. Hear This in Mind. Thc State says the governor has been fairly Hooded with letters from various parties throughout the State reporting eases needing the assistance of veterinary surgeons, particularly as applied to diseases of cattle and live stock. The governor asks that in future all such notification's bc sent direct to Dr. G. 10. Nesom at Clemson college, who ls the Slate veterinarian. All reports of smallpox cases should be sent direct to Dr. James Evans at Florence. Dr. 10vans is the secretary ol' the State board of health and much Hine and trouble can be saved by writ ?og direct to him. Hold Train Hohl up. The Creal Northern passenger due at Hutte Mont., at 0:45 Thursday morning was held up and robbed at Woodville, 14 miles from there. An armed posse is pursuing. Two masked men covered the sides of the train with guns and after cowing the crew uncoupled the engine and mail and ex press cars and ran them two miles ahead and secured about twenty thousand dollars. Horst; M?at. The fact that :tl?,000 horses were eaten in Herlin last year, and thc great horse-meat banquet in that city the other night, at which OOH persons ate heartily and joyously, maygreatly alarm Kaiser Wilhelm, If thc rage for horseflesh shall continue, how will he get horses enough for the cavalry? STRIKES ?ND LOCKOUTS. Tho state Senate POBSOS. a Bill on tho Subject. - ( In the Senate on Tusday Mr. John son's bill "to prevent strikes, lockouts and similar troubles," upon which four committee reports had been made, caused much discussion. The object of the bill is to prevent recur rences similar to. tho events In the "Horse Creek valley" last summer, when lb was alleged that operatives were locked oftt to punish strikers in the King mill in Augusta, Ga. j Mr. Brown moved to strike out the ena ting words and characterized thc measure as an unwarranted interfer ence in contrauturai rights of adult citizens. Mr. Mayfield advocated thc meas ure. It is not an interference of con tractual rights but intended to' pre vent the coercion of striking operative punishing the innocent in another mill. Mr. Hood opposed the hill and said that thc same rights and privileges should bc extended alike to mill own ers as well as operatives. Upon the motion to strike out the enacting words the vote was: Veas-Messrs. Blake, Brown, But ler, Carpenter, Dean, Douglass, For rest, Hardin, 11 erndon, Hood, Man ning, McCall, Mciver, Uaysor, Sharpe, Sheppard, Tal bi rd-17. Nays-Messrs. Aldrich, Brice, Den nis, Caines, Coudwin, Ilydrick, John son, Marshall, Miytied, McDermott, McLeod, Ragsdalc, G. W., Ragsdale, J. W., Stackhou.se, Stanland, Walker, Warren, Williams-18. So thc' enacting words were not stieken out. Mr. Marshall introduced an amend ment Indicting thc addi tonal penalty of imprisonment at the discretion of thecourt. Thc amendment was strong ly resisted. On tim motion to lay the amendment on the table the yeas and nays were again demanded :ind the vote resulted in a tic-li) to li). Lieut. Gov. Sloan then voted in the nega tive. Thc vote was as follows: Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich, Blake, Brice, Carpenter, Forrest, Goodwin, Hardin, Ilerndon, Ilydrick, Johnson, May Held, McDermott, McLeod, Rags dale, J. W., Uaysor, Sheppard, Stack house, Warren, Williams-19. Nays-Lieut. Gov. Sloan, Brown, lintier, Davis, Dean, Dennis, Doug lass. Gaines, Hood, Manning, Mar shall, McCall, Mciver, Peurifoy, Rags dale, G. W., Sharpe, Stanland, Tab bi rd, von Ivolnit/., Walker-20. So thc motion was defeated and the amendment adopted. The bill came up for a second reading. Nothing daunted the yeas and nays were again demanded and resulted as follows: Yeas-Messrs. ' Aldrich, Blake, Brice, Dennis, . Douglass Forrest, Gaines Goodwin, ilerndon, Hydrictr, Johnson. Marshall, Mayfield, McDer mott, McLeod, Peurifoy, G. W. Kaes dale, J. W. Ragsdale, Stackhouse, Stanland, Warren, Williams-22. Nays-Messrs. Brown, Butler, Car penter, Davis, Dean, Hardin, Hood, Manning, McCall, Mciver, Raysor, Sharpe, Sheppard, Talbird, von Kol nitz, Walker-Ki. SD the hill passed to a third read ing. Sonic Census Mysteries. From the returns of the hut census it appears that out of H03 separate oc cupations reported there are only eight in which women workers fail to appear, lt is not surprising that there are no woman among the sol diers, sailors and marines of the United States government, yet there are I5? women employed as "boat man"' and sailors. Women haye not yet invaded thc ranks of the city lire departments, still not less than 879 women are returned in the same gener al class of watchmen, policemen and detectives." There are no women street car 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 thc roofers and slaters, yet two wo men arc returned as engaged in these employments. There are 120 women plumber, 45 plasterers, 107 brick and stone masons. 211 paperhangers, 1, 750 painters and glaziers and 545 wo men carpenters and joiners. No wo men are returned tis helpers to steam boilermakers, hut eight women work at this industry as full mcchahics. There arc lft.'l women blacksmiths, 571 machinists, :J,:170 women workers in iron and steel, 890 in brass and 1, ! 775 women working in tin. Brill;; them to Taw. The Newberry Observer says: "Gov. I Icy ward will have thc best sentiment of the state, including Charleston it self, in bis efforts to enforce thc dis pensary law in Charleston; It can be done. All that is needed ls a strong band and a determination that it shall bc done. There is no sense in having some portions of tiie state to obey the law and other perlions to defy it. The conditions in Charleston arc 'peculiar.' Certainly they are; and so are they everywhere-hut thc law is uniform and should be enforced impartially if it takes every constable in the state and more besides." Hurrah lor Berkeley. Tlie St Stephens Fcho and Bress says. "You cati often hear our neigh bors of adjoining counties calling Berkeley County the "black county;" of course this is because thc colored element predominates, hut can our sister counties make as nice a showing as was made at the assembling of the Court for the February term and the Grand Jury failed to obtain a single Unding. The Judge commended thc Jury and the county, and we would likewise wish and hope that such con ditions might prevail thc entire coun try over-but how futile such a wish or hope." Wade Hampton'. Tlie 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 subseription. There was no debate. Kim ARRESTED. The Man Wanted in Florence for tho . Murder of Rogers. WAS CAPTURED IN DENMARK. Ho Had Formed Partnership With Senator 8. G. Mayfield to Plant Tobacco^ A Sud den Dissolution. A special dispatch ' from Denmark to Tho State says .Wm. C. King, wanted in Florence county for Una v'^Yj killing of .Sam Rogers and tuc wound ing of James Rogers.was caught there on last Thursday. The dispatch says "The firm of Mayfield & King, com posed of Senator S. G. Mayfield and Wm. C. King, tobacco planters, lias been dissolved by the arrest of thc latter. Our intendant ai.d chief of police biin? wide awake, saw in the Mr. King, expert en tobacco planting, the man wanted in Florence county for murder and notified the sheriff that he was here. Mr. Thos. Durch ar rived here Thursday morning atan 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 trying to take him, and knowing that he would be armed and knew thc Florence sheriff at sight it was decided for Mr. Burch to re main out or sight and let our plucky deputy, Capt. Hunter, arrest thc 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 King his room was visited and in it was found a Winchester rilL, 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 afr^r the killing, from Sumter to Columbia, and thence to Denmark, where ho-hos been ever since; also that he ir.tiended going back to Florence in time for court. It seems strange that- he should use 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 put in a good word for-him. "Mr. King, I learned, called on Senator Mayfield Tuesday morring af ter his arrival here and represented himself as an expert on tobacco rais ing and made a bargain with the sen ator to plant 10 or 12 acres on shares, he to do all the work and Mayfield to furnish thc land aud fertilizers. Mr. King was progressing nicely with his new farm when the law steps in tc.-. . day. It is hoped the senator wlilV ;V;. succeed In getting another-partn?V tb " carry on-this work, for it is believed that our soil is the very thing for to bacco." The Green Eyed Monster. At Birmingham, Ala., John Smith, a motorman, put lour bullets in the chest and abdomen of A. T. Wright, a molder, at the common boarding house or Wright, himseir and Miss" Gussie Gardner. Both young men were enamored of the girl. Wednes day night Miss Gardner went to the show with Smith and they returned at a late hour. Wright, just after the young man had told the girl good night, appeared In the hallway with a pistol. Smith at once opened fire ou him and inllicted what are bound to be fatal wounds. The girl was a wit ness of the tragedy. She spent a por tion of thc day at the bedside of the wounded young man, advising hlni to be quiet. A Desperate Fight. Chief of Police Albert Hughes, of Laurens, had a desperate encounter lasting fully ten minutes with a negro named John Workman whom he was attempting to arrest Thursday night. The negro resisted and struck the of ficer a terrific blow on the head with a Hat iron. This occurred in a cabin. The fight was then transferred to the yard, when in the struggle the negro secured the chief's pistol but the offi cer managed to keep him from using it, and finally in a terrific grapple and clinch the chief caught the negro's lip in his teeth. About this time help arrived and the coon was subdued. The Knee Suicide. A dispatch from Washington says President Roosevelt's denunciation of "Race Suicide" though a letter to Mrs. Marie Van Vorst, author of "The Woman Who Toils" which will bc published, has stirred everybody in Washington to such an extent that Thursday statesmen interested with the subject called on government stat iticians for d ita of marriages and families. The average size of families of thc United States has decreased steadily for the last 50 years. The largest birthrate is in the South, but it has decreased even there to an ap preciable per cent. A Cruel Joke. Criminal action, it is said, will be taken against the persons implicated in thc burning of Fred Sands, a boy of Jerricho, L. I. Fropi what can bo learned, the boy had his hair cut at a hotel. The barber soaked his hair with alcohol, and some one threw a lighted match on his head. Immedi ately Iiis head, face aird neck were en veloped with Hames. Shrieking with agony, the boy dashed back and fori h about thc room until he was finally caught and thc Hames extinguished. He was then removed to his home and attended by a physician. A Town AM nuked. A dispatch from Manilla says a hundred ladrones attacked the town of Nanjan, Island of Mondoro, Thurs day. The constabulary repulsed them after a scattering fight which lasted 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 constabulary, has swept through northern Risal and southern Bulacan provinces, where ladrones have been i operating but he failed to find a trace of them.