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"DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MABLE OUR TjlvES IN THY FOS YOL. BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FltlDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1904. POSSESSION HAPPY. OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." NO. 6. rAW?JriiJL) AT LAST. Members of the Home Vote for the Biennial fessions. Bill. IT IS NOW BP TO TH? PEOPLE To Say Whether they Want thc Legislature to Meor < Every Yon? or Every Two Years. After a hi rd flgbt the House of Representatives passed the biennial sessions bill o i Tuesday? Jan. 26. The bill passed th i Senate at tho last ses sion and is a rao$t certain to become a law. If it does it means that thc people of Sou, h (Jarollna will be called upon to vote i n this question in the next general e'ection, and if a majori ty ofthevotis cast are in favor of biennial sessl ms, the legislature will will meet every second year ?f ter 1906. The tight un the biennial sessions bill bas come up every year since the session of 1890. There have been in timations that in the post the bill was advocate} for "home consump tion," and th it tlie members of the house inew. that in passing the bill they would rely upon the senate to kill it.. Bub t lie action Tuesday was brough-, axm, by conditions that bad to bej"??ed sq ia rely. Tbe senate had passed Aie bill lost year, and tt e bouse -after its repeated kicks on account of the lack of support on the part of tbesenite on billa which before had been killed-was called u pon to de clare il-self in favor of the raeasure without, any strings tied to it. Tne number of voles required was 83, and the bill received 87. Mr. Moses, of Sumter, oppoacd the biennial session constitutional amend ments The p jople do not attmd the general. elecMons and they^do not t?ke'?fiy. ? interest or care about "con stitutional amendments. The Legis lature of South Carolina is one of the cheapest. Long terms lead to careless ness ard possibly extravat ante. He thought ' it a good idea to brhig the people together. The people have a perfect right to have ,iheir laws changed when they involve hardship. The people do not demand tais leg islation,,'' He wanted the people to votf^ofien'on their candidates. rf3r..Blaok said he would favor the bill bn tlie liae of economy. Every two?yeiirs was enough. 'Mr. J-leamguard wanted to put thc . whole issue squarely up to the people. It is in tbe Une of economy and bis people- want such legislation. He proposed to favor the bill before his people. Mr. RlchardB insisted that his peo ple knew what was going on and were .-.fully, posted on. public issues. His people wanted such a bill. ?*;'Mr.-Etird insisted."that ho has faVored tuis resolution for seven years : and the resolution has passed the '".House. All that ought to be dono is to .pass the Senate resolution ani then take up the matter of tenure later, i .All .that is asked is to let this whole ,~!'rjrja*tter go to the people. -t ' Mr. Dorrob urged that it was a routine bill. The only argument is that the peupla want this law. This is a legislative, body and ought to con sider this measure on its merits. He \vas an economist. He regarded the Legislature as a necessity-as much as the grand jury. As to too much legislation, il we need lt we must have lt. There must be a great deal of legislation to keep up with the rapidly clumping conditions In this State. He tl jught there waa danger in leaving to much power to the Governor. Hi believed lt better to pay members a tlxed salary and . an unlimited session. South Carolina is one of the fev States that has animal sessions and t has less statute law than most St. tes. There has been a steady growt i of crime, and it ls as sensible to ai .rue in favor of one ses sion of the gr nd jury. The Legisla ture meets t ) provide for changed conditions. Mr. Baske 1 urged that biennial nessious woul I lead to hasty legisla tion. Condit nus have not changed since. 1895, nv 1 tho proof ought to be offered to sbo / that there ls a necessi ty for changing the sessions. Georgia changed bael: to the annual sessions and cal led extra sessions nearly every year. The Legislature may easily save more than the cost of a session. In Alabama, where the corporative power is su preme, that corporate power secured quadrennial sessions. Corporations want inf requent sessions. Mr. H. ?3. V'huley said there was no campaigning in his count/. Helias previously opposed this bill. In thirty four out of foi ty* four Stairs there are biennial sessh.ns. In Texas they have quadrennial Sissions and lu live States they hive annual sessions. Ile had letters from fi.rty-four States and was now convlneet that the do ma.id was for biennial lesssons. He was of the opinion that t lie majority Oi the peo ple were for biennial sess ons. This bill would not. take elreotu Hil 1007. Mr. T. H. llalnsford wa ; convinced that the people want bienmal sessions. There was no use to argue that bien nial sessions woul J not nave much money. Mr. Lido, of Orangeburg, was heartily and thoroughly la favor of tho State advancing Itself and going to biennial ;jesslou;a Tl ero ls no necessity for annual sessions and BUCII matters as are needed can bi acted upon for two years. A bill could go over for two years as well as for one year. The people would ?4 it along by walting a little. Mr. Holman favored annual ses sions of thc Legislature. Mr. Magill insisted that the people did not want this bill. In response to an inquiry as to bow he could read the mind of the people he said be was a hypnotist. Tho main point was that there ls no demand for such leg islation and there ls no use to make the change. Mr. Magill made u long and forcible speech for annual sessions. Mr. Quick, of Marlboro, made a red hot speech in the linc of trusting tbe people on tbls measure. Ho favored the bill vigorously and thought bien nial sessions meant economy in what ever way ir. ls Ugured. His people iavorcd thc chango. Tho House called thc previous ques tion. The question waa whether the Senate resolution should be passed or not. On ordering the question to its third reading the Bouse first killed the House substitute bill, and tbvn took a direct vote on the proposition ...1..,. >>.,,- Ihn I..!.., .?MIM.I.? -U TT .Ul . WMV. JV111U ICOUlUUiVU ItUVUlU be ordered to its third reading or not, and on this an yea and nay vote was necessary, which resulted: Yeas-Speaker Smith, Aull, Bailey, Banks, Barron, Bates, Beamguard, Bennett, Black, Homar, Brown, Bunch, Calllson, Carwile, Coggesball, Colcock, .Culler, Davis, Dennis, Do Vore, Doar, Doyle, Edwards, Eflrd, Ford, Fox, Gaston, Ganse, Glover, Halie, Hnrrcllson, Hendrix, D. O. Herbert, J. E. Herbert, Hill, Hum phrey, James, Jarnegan, Johnson, Kibler, King, Kirby, Lanham, Leve rett, L'de, Lofton, Logan, McCain, McColl, Mace, Mabaffey, Mauldin, Middleton, Mims, Morgan, Moss, i Nichols, Parnell, Patterson, Pearman, Peurifoy, Pollock, Quick, Ralnsford. Bankin, Beady, Richards, Richard son, Russell, Sarratt, Sinkler, Jerc mlah Smith, W. 0. Smith, Stackhuuse, Strong, Stuckey, Tatum, Towlll, Traylor, Tribbie, Walker, Whaley, Wingard, Wingc, Wise, Wright, You uaans. Nays-Aycock, Bass, Clifton, Cooper, DeBruhl, DesChamps, Don nald, Dorroh, Fraser, Haskell, Hin ton, Holman, Irby, Kelley, Lancas ter, Lesesne, Magill, Moses, Potts, Pyatt, Rawlinson, Seabrook, Thom?i3, Toole, Wade, Wall, Webb, Williams. lt is to be- noted that, Richland, Sumter, Aiken, Spartanhurg and Clarendon f urnished most of tho voces against biennial sessions. The bill failed to pass third read ing Wednesday morning when it was lirst called up, but the matter wai reconsidered and on the second vote the bill received the two-thirds ma jority required by the constitution. Whgn tho vote was first-taken thor? were "9 In favor of giving the bill lt? third reading and M opposed. Mr, Coggesball quickly changed his vote to the minority as he wanted to be Ir position to move a reconsideration. Thb was d.me before the vote was announced, and the vote as recordec was 78 to 28. There were 18 absen tees. When the friends of the bill Bav that it bad not. received the 83 vote! r ecessary to its passage they immcdl ately moved for a reconsideratloi through Mr. Coggesball. The point ol order was raised by Mr. Thomas tba a motion to reconsider is not in orde as the bill had failed and that is th end of it. The point of order was overruled but Mr. Moses made the further poln of order that it would require a two thirds vote to reconsider. This, toe was overruled and the house recon sideredits action whereby it failed t give the bill third reading and to oi der it enrolled as an act for ratifica tion. Mr. Pollock then moved to adjour the.debate for. 15 minutes, which.wa agreed to and.in that Unie the friend of the bill went out into the cnrnmil tee rooms and lobbies and bi ought i several members who voted for th bill when it came up again at the e" pi ration of 15 minutes. The fin; result was yeas 8.'i nays 26. Thus th bill passed and now is awaiting Blgnt ture before becoming a law. Tb act will bear thc name of Senatt Warren. Those who voted in favor of tl bill were Hpn. M. L. Smith, speake i-.nd Messrs. Aull, Bailey, Banks, Ba ron, Bates, Beamguard, Bennet Black, Homar, Brown, Bunch, Call sion, Carwile, Coggesball, Colcoe Culler, Davis, Dennis DeVore, Doa Dowling, Doyle, Edwards, Etird, Fur Fox, Gaston, Gause, Halle, Harre, son, Hendrix, D. O. Herbert, J. '. Herbert, Hill, Humphery, Jam: Jarnegan, Kibler, King, Laney, La ham, Leverett, Llde, Lofton, Loga McColl, Mace, Mauldin, Midd! ton, Mims, Morgan, Moi Nichols, Parnell, Patterson, Pearma Peurifoy, Pollock, Quick, Rainsfor Bankin, Ready, Richards, Rlchar son, Russell, Sinkler, Jeremiah Smlt W. C. SroRb, Stackhouse, Strim Stuckey, Tatum, Towlll, Trayh Tribbie, Walker, Whaley, Wingai Wingo, Wise, Wright, Youmans-? Those who voted In the negatl tire: Messrs. Aycock, Bass, Brool Clifton, Cooper, DeBruhl, Deschato Donnald, Fraser, Haskell, Hintt Holman, Irby, Kelley, Lancast Lesesne, Magill, Potts, Pyatt, Ra linson, Sarratt, Tool, Wade,* Wi Webb, Williams-26. Those who added to the afllrmat on the second ballot were Mess Coggeshall, Parnell, i Richar Tribbie, and Whaley, who were i "Otlng on the lirst ballot. Dad's oin iin-cotu;?. A Missouri boy puts lt like tl ''When dad has worn hts breee out they pass to bud John, then turns them round about and Bill p them on. When Bill's legs so h has grown the trousers fall to h 'em then George claims them for own and styles himself Inside '< Next Sam's fat legs they close in vi and when they stretch no tlgh1 they're turned and shortened, was and pressed and fixed on me, tne \ ter. Ma works them into carpet i when I burst out the stitches; doom's day we perhaps will seo last of dad's old breechess." MlHHiiig Thirty Years. After more than thirty years mystery surrounding the sudden unexplained disappearance of Get Geyer, a prosperous young man friendship, Me., has been parti cleared by tho receipt- of a letter nounclng his recent death in ( fornia. Geyer disappeared from home In 18.1. A mutilated to found several days later, was -iden ed as his. Ills gropcrty was sold until now no doubt existed as to death. A Kntal Fall, Charles Holcombe, a nine year lad of Ashville N. C., died Sato night as the result of an injury rei cd while out skating two weeks Young Holcombe, in company ' numerous others, went to tho p< and lakes about Asheville during extreme cold weather tho first of uary, and while skating he fell, s ing his bead onii?T?"1cl3r^-^jir> rendered unconscious by theflffla, was taken to his home, wherufiio lain in the same condition until urday, w&en death ensued. \ BY BRUTAL NEGRO. In th? Heart of a City "Revolting Grime la Committed. ? t ? DONE, TOO, IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. Tho-.Horrible HJ.ght That Greeted ? Young HuHband ?nd Fatlu r as He Carno in lor Lunchoon. When George J. Shields, a well known young business maa of Roa noke, Va., reached his home.in the heart of tho city at the luncheon hour Saturday ho found his 3-yearrold daughter, Mildred, lying in a pool of blood on tho reception hall ?loor with two ugly wounds on tho" head. Follow ing blood strains from the dining room to an upstairs chamber ho fouod his wife lying in pools of blood on a clothes closet floor, with her throat cut from ear to ear and ber head hor ribly baoked. Mrs. Shields managed to gasp, "a large black negro man came through tho kitchen and attack ed me in the din ng room." * Besides this there ls no elua to thc criminal. Mrs. -Shields had been out raged after her assailant de:.lt her several blows on the head with a hatchet, frnctu.ing the Bkull, drag ging her upstai rs, where he cut her throat with a razor and threw her in the closet, fastening the door on the outside. The little girl was stuck to hush her orles. The dining room floor was covered with blood and showed there had been n terrible strugle. The doctor's entertain but slight hepes for toe recovery of uither the mother or the child. Tiver since the discovery of thc tragedy a large crowd of citizens has been in the vicinity of the city jail watching to see if the officers carry any one into tho building. At 8 o'clock Saturday night thl3 crowd numbered more than 1,000 men. May or Cutchln hos ordered Capt. Francis of the Roanoke Blues iv, il! tu r j cenv pany, to assemble his men as a pre cautionary meas nc. By order of t*ie mayor all the sa loons were closed at 8 o'olock Satur day. While Judge John Woods of the corporation court was pleading from the jail steps wit h the throng lu the district to preserve order some one in the crowd hurled a beer bottle at him. The missile bandy missed its mark. At 11 o'clock the crowd had dispersed. Raiding ?Iie_Treasury. A special dijpatoh from Washing ton to The State says "there appears to bo real danger of the passage by the Republicans of tho service pen sion bill, a measure which makes pos sible an annual grab from thc treasury of upwards of $<10,COO,000. The pro position ls ?o pension every fc.'-,}ljs.:_ who fought or. tlic ur.l-on side ..J thc- - Civil war whether he fought for a day ( or year, and whether h?. is sick now or , was ever sick or unabled. It this bill is passed there will be no public build ings bill. There is to be no river and harbor bill according to the announce ment of the chairman of that commit tee. Speaker Cunnon is said to favor the pension service bill and the presi dent is also quoted as approving lt. It will be put forward so far as r.he j Republicans are concerned, openly as a good vote getter. The argument has been made that a Republican cam paign fund could not be expended In a better way; moreover this fund will be contributed by tho government." General Gordon said that, on One occasion during the Civil War, a threatened attack of Federal troops brought together a number of Confed- , erate officers froto several commands. After a conference as to the proper disposition of troops for resisting the expected assault, the Southern ofllcers withdrew Into a small log hut stand ing near, and un ted in prayer to Al- , mighty God for His guidance. As they assembled, one of the generals was riding within hailing distance, and General H^rry Hetti of Hill's corps stepped to the door of the log cabin and called to him to come and unite with his fellow ofllcers. The mounted General did not understand the nature of General Heall h's invita tion, and replied: "No, thank YOU, general; no more at present; I've just had some." Private i'ostol Carda. The following information knocks out, after a cert iln date, a large class of advertising nail mutter, lind all private postal ards which iml'.ate the regulation postal cards. ' The law oflicer of tho postoffice department advises that car-s Issued by private peisons, bearing on tho address side the words, "Uni ted StateB of Amer ica,'are In 'likeness or similitude'of the regulation United States postal cards and therefore in violation of the law and unmaiU.ble. . However, in or der to give owners of such cards rea sonable time to dispose of those on hand, postmastc :s will accept them for malling until July 1, 1004, upon the payment of the postage ut the proper rate. Ol and after July, 1, 100-1, such card:; will be treated as unmallable at ary rate of postugc." TreaoherouH Moros. A dispatch from Manila says it has just been learned that Llout. Camp bell W. Flake of the Twenty second infantry, was killed willie trying to enter Moro Cotta, Mindanao, for. the purpose of examining tho locality. Ho was accompanied by Private Foy of the same regiment. Lieut. Flake was shoti treacherously, the Moros fir ing on tho party while Maj. Billiard was parleying willi thom. Moro Cotta was at once'taken by assult, with no further loss to tho expeditionary feces. Tho estimated loss among tho moro? ls twenty killed. Ily Powder ISlabt. By premature explosion of a charge of dynamite Thursday afternoon at :i o'clock at Shuman's camp on the Sea bird grade, near Powder Springs, Ga., an old negro known as "Uncle Dick," was blown to pieces, and Thomas Shuman, contractor in charge, was seriously Injured as was seven other laborers. It is not thought that any of tho Injured will die. Charlos Shuman, a brother of the one injured, was instantly killed at tho same spot two weeks ago. A BIO HAUL. Tw?uty-Threo Gamblers Up Beforo tho Recorder in Colombia. Th? triai of 22 negroes who, with W. R. Watts, a white nan, were ar rested Sunday morning between 2 and 3 o'clock in the midst of an alleged all-night gambling session, in Watts? place on upper Main street, came ofts Tuesday morning on schedule time and with considerable eclat. W. R. Watts, charged with keeping a gambling house, asked for a continu ance of tho case against him. It was not'made quite clear whether the con-' tinuance was wanted on the ground that it would be distasteful to his more refined sensibilities to be tried in connection with the 22 negroes who had been making themselves at home In his place all night, or because he desired additional counsel, as he had only oue attorney at the morning ses sion and two at the afternoon session. Ho presented no witness. When the case was called a platoon of 22 coons "fell In" in Irregular double formation without regard to height, size color or previous condi tion. They were all there-the short chunky specimen adorned with a red sweater silhouetted against the till, slim sport; the big, heavy fellow s.nd the little thin-voiced negro whose Whisper rattled the tin on the roof; tho lejry-eyed Individual who was crazy lo take me recorder into his confidence, and the melancholy mi ca ber "who had just arrived when ?be police busted in." When the recorder opened the game every player, while seemingly intense ly interested, hesitated before playing: the pikers, contrary to custom, start ed, in just to see how luck was runrdn' and were early Joined by bettors on the side, the lookers-on soon queered the game and Recorder Stanley called for a new deal, whicli so rattled the entire bunch that they "snoved in" their "stacks" and trok the conse quences-which was a forfeit of $7 or 16 days for the "plungers" and $10 or 30 days for the "lookers-on." The case against Watts wa? trans ferred to the magisterial side of <jhe court, and Recorder Stanley, having Jurisdiction in both, Watts gave a prelimloaiy hearing Tuesday afters noon and bound bim over LO appear at the April term of court. -Columbia State._ Cot ton Fire on Wheels. A special to The State from Spar tanburg says Wednesday morning Bhortly after 1 o'clock fire was discov ered in one of the box cars of the sec ond section of through freight No. 74, by N. Tlllotlson, night baggage mas ter, as that train pulled into the Southern yards preparatory to going Its northward course. The trv-ln was baited and the car, which w s pack ed with cotton, examined. J as dis u? U?at?-.?? iiuiiibei v/." V * ton w???'on' tire. 'rna ore ami ni waa given and the train shifted int- a sidetrack nearest to the city and here the department hastened to come. The car was quickly unloaded and 00 bales were discovered Cn Ure. The fire was extinguished and the damage was about as great from saturation by water as from the fire. The cotton came from .some point in Mississippi and was helm; snipped to some factory in Gas! jnia, N. C. The origin of the tiro ls unknown. A Rough Bide. "Mock the limited; there's a man on the cowcather," was the startling message Hashed along the Pcnnsyh ti tila line telling the story of a railroad accld-.mt just outside 'o? Chicago, wbki! trainmen say ls unprecedented in their experience. While, crossing the tracks in l'ark Manor .lohn Han crow wax caught from his feet, hurled In the air. re-caught in the cowcatcher, and while the train sped on nearly a mile a minute, he sived himself by wrapping his arms around the iron beams in front of the engine. Two of his ribs and one of his legs were broken, yet in spite of a freezing tem perature be clung for four miles, una ble to get a signal to the engineer and fireman who were only a few feet be hind him. Then a telephone operator saw the man, sent a mrssage ahead and tho train was stopped. iTancrow will cover. Bryan Coining Here. Mr. Wm. Jennings Bryan said a few days ago in New York paper t lat he would visit South Carolina seme time next month, and arn.ngemeats will accordingly be. made for his re ception in Columbia; He will sp-;ak at the Gridiroti club in Washington on January 20, md a Frankfort; Ky., on February 3. Mr. Bryan said. "I have accepted an invitation from ,he legislature of Kentucky to speak oe f'<re a joint assembly there, J'he occasion is the third anniversary of the killing of Governor Goobel. I shall go as far South as Stuth Caro lina and will speak In Virginia ?.nd North Carolina, and that is as far as I have my plans made." Mr. Bryan ls to deliver free lectures w;ierevor he goes, says the paper, and will pay his own expenses. Thc sh.nl Hill Passed, In the Senateon Wednesday ai ter the calendar bad been read, the Cause bill was brought up as a special order. Senator Walker of Georgetown, who has been active In fighting this meas ure, whic i prevents thc shipping of shad out of the State, was on his leet immediately and renewed lils motion to have an amendment parsed del ly ing thc deforcement of the bill until February 20th of this year. He realiz ed that the bill would itself be passed and risked of the senate to grant ulm this concession for the political 'am I ly of Georgetown which he represented. The bill was passed as amended by Senator Walker. Wanted an Old Ono. "Yes," said thc old man address ing his younger visiter, "I am proud of my girls andwould like to see them comfortably married and as I have a little money they will not go to their husbands penniless. There's Mary, 22 years old, and a real good girl; I shall give her 85,000 when she marries. Then comes Bet, who won't tee 35 again; I shall give her $10,000; and tho man who takes Eliza will have $15,000 with her." Tho young man refleoted a moment and then inquired, "You haven't one about 50, have you?? FJB?EE SCHOLARSHIPS At Clemson College Is Provided for by tue xicgiaiuiuiw. PASSED AFTER A LONG DEBA1E Thc Hill Provides for asjtlariy Schoh ar?hips In Each County as rThoro Aro AKombers In tho House. i Al\<\x a long debate in tho House on w7*inesday.Mr. D. O. Herbert's bill to proride for scholarships at Clemson college passed second reading. Mr. (Cooper, in a strong argument against paternalistic features of the^^fll, declared that tho State shou...,'foster its public schools and shou i dj maintain its State colleges, but li> might to stop there. Tho prac tical c jTcct is that these scholarships will to those who have had the advantage. If Clemson has more money? than it needs, tho revenue shoultE .be reduced or there should be some'tfther disposition of the funds. Ile is Apposed to all free scholarships at the hands of tho State. " Mr;s 'Logan favored the bill. He propped an amendment, but. he op posed b ivhig preference to those .who will take the agricultural course. The ambitious son of a farmer should not be confined to a particular course but should; bo given wide latitude. The hlstorr-.of all agricultural colleges is that mel young men do not wish to tako t.'lic course. The wish of Mr. Clemson-was that this should be a mechaft?'^ as well as an agricultural collei^ . Mr. ^?aulclin opposed the bill. It will ' fall, short In its application. Man} \oung men have been educated at the. citadel whose parents are am-M ply ailie ?to provide for them. He |, submitted the proposition that a man can support a boy at Clemson as cheaply ?ts he can at home. Ile thinks the legislature nao better keep its hands oil. Mr. Boma r thought that the re marks which he had heard seemed to be good politics but not much busi ness. He. suggested the need of a | ( journal Into which the speeches could ho put for home consumption by those who u.o always talking of the "poor h farmer." The trustees want to be let 11 alone in tho management of the In stitution.. The proposition is not a good one. 1 Mr. Herbert corrected Mr. Bomar i by saving that members of the board i who had opposed, the bill are now in j favor of it. Mr. Bomar continued that if they f ii vor it t hey have, not recommended it in their report. The college ls rnr? . ? hn'.^u i? 'ivi, The history of nen .inv'f offo^ed^ schob? . shi??> probes that it is not wise. Trih tty college In North Carolina has done a\vay with free scholarships although it has plenty of money. These schol arships would breed a race of office seekers who would say to the State. "You owe mo a living." Mr. Wingo, hailing from the rank and file of the farming populace, stat ed that he liad acquainted his con stituents with the nature of the bill nts farmer friends do not want it The farmers feel that it will bs the favored few who get the scholarships In reply to a question i'rom a member Mr. Wingo repelled the lntimatloi that he opposed the bill on accouift of his friendship for denominational In stlf.iitions. What South Carolina needs is practical men. He is in fa vor of higher education, but the great structure of education in this State 1 top-heavy. Ho cited the case of farmer who wrote to Mr. Wingo t favor the bill and concluded his letter by saying that lie has $2,000 worth ol' cotton and wants to know if now i the time to sell. That is the kind of man who expect s to he bene li ted by tho bill, not thu really poor man Mr. Toole was surprised at the posi tion taken by Mr. Wingo, who is a farmer. He favored the bill but op posed tho proposition to require tho beneficiaries to study agriculture alone. Mr. Biehards, the author of a bill to increase the Winthrop scholarships from $4(i to .$100 each, favored Mr. Herbert's bill. Ho wanted to make lt certain that none but the extremely poor would he henelittcd and nono but, those who propose to take the agri cultural course^ However, he feared that it would be unconstltut ional to give the scholarships to farmers' sons alono. Mr. Jeremiah Smith favored th? bill. He mude a very strong speed in advocating it as a whole nd par tlcularly amendments which lie offer ed. He wanted to give these scholar ships to sons of farmers but not to re strict thom in tho course which they should elect. Ho wanted to see th?: sons of fanners given advantages to become mon of educat ion in technical branches. Mr. Sm Ith wanted to giv?: these scholarships to farmers' sons. Mr. I). O. Herbert thought tho sar castic llings of Mr. Bomar were un worthy. Ho accords tho highest mo tives to others and asks tho same for himself. Ho read a letter from a trustee favoring tho bill. Senator Tillman himself upon tho laying of the corner .'tone of tho agricultural hall had expressed the hope that ii, would turn the trend of education to ward tho agricultural department. Col. It. W. ?K.ipson, president of the board, declares In his annual report, that there is nothing lacking to make tho course attractive. It ls compul sory upon members of the freshmen elass. Tho trustees want to teach agriculture. This bill would carry out their purpose. There was a mass of amendments on tho speaker's desk, and tho house decided t hat as lt was 2 o'clock further action had hotter bo deterred until evening. At tho night session tho Clemson college scholarship bill was hammered upon again. The "provlous question" had been ordered and thore was no discussion, but on tho speaker's desk we.ro no less than two score proposed amendment's. These wero taken up in order and wero rejected with great regularity. Tho most Important amendments submitted came from Mr. Jeremiah Smith who v/anted to confine the / .scholarships to farmers and sons of farmers. These amendments were overwhelmingly defeated. '>. 'i-f Mr. Sarratt wanted to exempt all students at Clemson to have free tu tlon. This too was voted down. Mr. Webb's amendment to make the course received instead of con tin ing scholarship students to agricul tural course was adopted by a vote of 58 to 49. Mr. Ell rd moved to continue the bill. This was lost by a vote of 07 to 48. The house voted down Mr. Dorroh'a amendment to require the recipient?! of the scholarships to enter into bond to repay the college the amount of the scholarships. The bill then passed.second reading by a vote of 82 to 20 and the house then adjourned. BENEFICIARY SCHOLARSHIPS. A Full TOTt or the Bill aa It |Passed tho House. Col. D O. Herbert's bill to provide for beneficiary scholarships at Clem son college passed third reading Tues day and was sent to the senate. Thc bill provides: Section 1. That there are hereby established and oreated 124 beneficiary scholarships in the Clemson Agricul tural college of South Carollra, and each of the said scholarships shall be of the value of $100 per : von um, and shall be apportioned and distiibuted among the several comities of the State in the same manner as thc mem bers of thc house of representatives are apportioned; so that each county shall have as many scholarships as such county ls entitled to members in the bouse of representatives. Sec. 2. That the said scholarships shall be awarded by the State board of education, upon the recommenda tion of the county board pf education of the several counties, to the most worthy and needy young men, not less than 15 years of age, wh i shall have passed an approved entrance examina tion upon the common school branches ind made at least 50 per cent, upon >uch examination; and pref renee mall be given to those young men who desire to take the agricultural [and mechanical) course. Sec. 3. The questions for such ex amination shall be prep ired by the president or some memter or mem oers of the faculty of thc said Clem son Agricultural college, under the lirection of tho president, and.shall oe forwarded to the respective coun ty boards of education on or before the 15th. day of July in each year, to gether with a statement showing the oumber of vacant scholarships to which each county is entitled; und the said county boards of education mall hold said examinations, and thereafter read and grade the ex imlnation.papenu)LuR_spnllcanTs and: Torward the same to tue State board of education, with their recommen dation of the award of the scholar ships. Sec. 4. That before applying for the said scholarships applicants shall make proof under oath to their re spective county boards of education, is required by law for scholarships in the South Carolina Military academy,, ot their financial Inability <o attend college, before they shall receive from said board pet mission to stand such examination. Sec. 5. Thai the said scholarships shall be paid from tho regular income of said Clemson Agricultural college, as now provided by law, and shall each continue for the term ot four years, or for tuch length of time as the beneficiary shall be able to main tain himself ind comply with the rules of the college; and the said sum of $100 per annum shall be placed to bbc credit of each of said beneficiaries ind applied toward the payment of his board and other necessary school 2xpense8. ? .- ' Sec. 0. That this act shall go into street from and after the first day of luly, A. D. 19)4. * Foll <o Her Death.. At Madrid in the presence OJ? 5,00,0 persons, Mina Alex, a. daring young Serman au tor .nihilist, was dashed to the ground from the top of a "Hoop the Hoop" at Parish's circus Wedn?sg lay and fatally Injured. Amid the en thusiastic, cheers of the spectators.the /Irl had made ooe circuit ot the track.. As she shot toward the bottom of the "Hoop" on her first time around, the operator was unable to swerve the track to allow the aut omobile x> run to the ground. The heavy car, with its speed somewhat slacked,. dashed up the Incline the second time. It bad not maintained enough momentum to uarry it around the circle again, and, as it reached the apex, the car lew off | into space with the girl Inside The young woman gave a scream as she was hurled to tho ground. She ay .un able to move. The automobile dropp ed a few feet away from ber, smashed to pieces. Women In the circus ?shriek ed with horror, and many of them, fainted. Hundreds of people rushed for the entrance intent on mobbing the manager of the show. He saved his life by fleeing from tba town. The spectators wrecked the Interior of the building. This was thc lirst perform ance on the "Hoop the Hoop." Two White ]ton#hs. The Columbia Record iays: "Two visiting young ladles ha I rather an unusual experience Thurcay sevenlng when eturning from the presentation, of "Little Lord Fauntleroy" at the theatre. As lt appears, they were visitors to the city, and ?tad joined a largo party to attened too perform ance, but at the last moment others In the party decided not to go, and these, two thought, in Columbia as elsewhere, ladles could go without an escort, as in this cap.c. After enjoying the play, they were returning home, when they realized that two presump tions, impertinent white men were following them. This completely un nerved them, and tho elder burned to the men and asked thtru to pass, which they refused to do, declaring their intention of escorting the two home. The ladles Uvo some little dis tance from Main street, and they .ap pcalea to a coudie who were passlhg at tho Imo, who gladly walked home with them. This ls an unusual affair In Columbia, and the ladles looked around for a police to report the mat ter to, but could find nouo," FATE OF A TBA MP. Caught in n Box Oar Loaded With Burning. Cotton. A special, dispatch from Spartan burg to The State says the body of an unknown white man was found in a box car In the Southern yards Thurs day morning. Mr. E. B. Atkinson, an employe at the Southern freight depot, was engaged In checking up the bales of cotton left in the box cars of second section of freight No. 74, which was discovered on fire in. the ?Southern yards, a few nigh ti ago, and 52~bales of which were damaged. The remaining 44 .bales were being taken from the smoked and scorched car, and wore being placed into another oar, when Mr. Atkinson and his col ored assistant were startled by the appearance of a man's body in upright posture, falling forward,.as they re moved a cotton bale from its position. Tbe coroner was notified and the in quest was held. Little testimony was adduced, an i there was no clue as to the identity of thc deceased. The general presumption i-i that he was a Syrian or Italian of tho laboring classes, and that he crept into the box car at Mt-ridiin,. Miss., where the cotton w, s loaded and shipped for Gastonia, N. C. In his pocket was found 26 cents, in. tho very smallest denominations of currency. No let ters or papers were found on his per son, save a receipt from a local ex press otllce in Now York city, and on this paper was thc address, "Austell, Ga." What purported to be the name of the person to whom the re ceipt was issued was unintelligible to all the spectator!; and to the coroner. Had the characters been Chinese or Sanskrit it would have been as easy to decipher. The man appeared to be 35 years of age, ha was comfortably dressed, but not neatly; and was pow erfully built; bis muscular develop ment was superb, and he had evl dently been used to hard manual work or training. His complexion was somewhat olive or dark, as is the case with Syri.tns. Ills hair was black and curly, his Hps large and his features irregul?r. His death was evidently due to strangulation. When the cotton begin burning the close, compact quartets were soon Ailed with smoke, and it v/i s doubtless in a futile, frantic effort to escape his fate that caused him to be lome wedged between two bales of cotton and suffocated and burned. j The verdiot of the coroner's Jury was that deceased, an unknown man, came toi.his death from suffocation ?nd burns. Bis body will be buried by the Southern Railway company. . THE FATAL FALL Or a Cage to tho Bottom or a Minc I Sha fl. Causes Fifteen Deaths. i At Victor, Col., by the falling of a cage Monday iu .thc Stratton Inde pendence; mi ne located near the cen tre of the city, 15 men are dead and one other Eevcrely injured. . In the main shaft 16 men were being hoisted in a cage from the sixth, seventh and eighth levels. When the cage reached j the surface the engineer, for some un explained reason, was unable to stop the engine and the cage with its load of human freight was drawn up into , the gallows frame where it became lodged temporarily. The strain on the cable tl nally caused it to part, and , the cage released, shot down the shaft with terrifllc speed. Two of the on- ( cupants, L. P. Jackson and James Bullbek, had become entangled in the' j timber rods .iear the top of thc gal- j lows frame. Jackson was crushed to death by the shea ve wheel, while Bull bek had a marvelous escape from death, but received painful injuries before being rescued. The other 14 men were hurled to death down the 1,500 foot shift. ': As soon as possible the shift boss and a number of miners weut down the mine through another comoart ment of the shaft. They found 14 dead, the bodies scattered in different directions. Ara s and bodies bad been torn, heads crushed and clothing strip ped from the victims. From the 700 foot level to the pottom the shaft was spattered with b'.ood.. . * ' The bottom br the shaft stands In in 25 feet of water and into this the [cage plunged, carrying sorae: of the men into, the waser wRh R. Frank Celles, engineer.jn charge, surrender ed himself ta.tJio,.mllitary officers in thc district and;V?as, locked up. He would not tall?. Tho militia has tak en charge of the mino and a rigid ex amination will b3 made. A Ht;; Gun ?old. A letter from Beaufort to the News ?and C( uriersays recently there was a Govern meat salo of old iron and metal, including the bip pneumatic gun and gun carriage and old shells and other obsolete and useless articles abandon ed by the Government. The big gun ls Hf ty feet long and weighs about forty-live or Hf ty tons, and the rest of the old Iron and brass weigh thirty to forty tons moro. There were only two biddors and thc highest bid was for only about $150. The bids were sent to Washington to bc approved. The moving of thc big gun and the other effete castings will be a Herculean job, as it is in a most difficult and in approachable spot, lt is supposed by some cltizeus to purchnse the Long Tom and erect lt perpendicularly on the. bluff !n Bea? fort, with the amount expended lu ere sting it and tho price to bo paid for Its purchase engraved upon it as an historical relic. The gun is said to hive cost 340,000 and weighs tiffy tons._ Cau?cd hy Blizzard. According to the officials of the Burlington road, the collision* of a local passenger train and tho Denver express Tuesday night at Dardcene creek- 38 miles north of St. Louis in which four were killed and ten in jured, was the result of the terrille blizzard weather and no blame rests OB the crew. Tho blinding snowstorm made lt .Impossible for the engineer of the local train to see the danger sig nal In time to stop from crashing Into the express train, which bad stopped at a water tank. Tho Other Side. A New York centenarian Insist that he attained hts great age by never falling in love. It ls now up to him to explain what use thcro was la his living at all. FISK AMD GAME LAW. It Ia Now Being Discussed by the nansa of Representatives. IT WOULD BAISE SOME CASH. It ls Claimed That a Largo Amount ot Fish and Gamo Aro Taken Off of State Property. It is estimated that the bill now be fore the house regarding the taxation on the coast for profit will in a few years raise the state over ?200,000. The bill has been before ways ami means committee of tho house and has been favorably reported with mi nor admendmenta and lt is now up for consideration. Its title ls "a bill to grant the com missioners of the sinking fund exclu sive jurisdiction for the protection of - shell fish, migratory fish, ducks and others game fowl in the public watera and lands of the state. " As it stands now a very large industry on tho coast is doing business on state land without cost. The principal: pro visions of the bill are as follows: Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful, for any person to'engage in the business or practice of gathering oysters or ; clams or catching crabs or terrapin, shod, or sturgeon, or killing ducks or other game fowl in or about the pub-. lie waters, navigablo rivers or publio lands of this state, for sale within tlie state or for shipment, or for sale without the state without first procur ing a license therefor, vto be issued and signed by tho secretary of state and countersigned by the county treasurer of each county in which said license is to be used and exhibited . as a permit which licenses shall be good for one year only from the dato it is countersigned by the county treasurer; the license fees to be paid to the county trananrar shall be as follows: For each person gathering oys-, ters..810 00 For each persons gathering clams,. \ t. AO 00 For each person catch ing?terra-' -'* pin,.10 00 For each person catching shad, .-.10 00 For each person caching stur geon.10 00 For each person killing ducks, .;. 10 00 For each person killing game fowl..'. io 00 For each boat of one ton or less to be used gathering clams or oysters; S5.00, and for each additional to $5.00. For each boat to be used in catching shad or sturgeon, $5.00, that ;;^ each boat used under liceuse as afore- ' said shall be numbered in. large plain, figures, at least ten indies long, ona' conspicious part of sucli boat, by the owner or manager of such boat, and ' each person engaged on any such boat shall first procure a license as afore said; and the licenses shall be number ed and have corresponding stubs to bo retained by the county treasurer as exhibits and vouchers, and each b county treasurer shall report and re mit the fee to the secretary of state for the use of the commissioners of the ' sinking fund. Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of tlie commissioners of the sinking fund to enforce the provisions of thia act strictly, and to that end they^.^ shall establish such rules and regula tions os in their judgment/and discre tion will best believe" the object of this act; they in their discretion may exepend such part of the funds realiz ed from license fees as may be neces sary and proper for the enforcement of this act; at their discretion they may fix and grade a suitable license fee and require a license for each dealer, wholesale dealer in oysters, clams, terrapin, simd, sturgeon, and ducks and other game fowl, and foe each factory for canning shell fish, shad or sturgeon, and it shall bo un-^ lawful to carry on any such business" in vibla'oion of any rulo or regulation adopted or required by the cominis sioners of the sinking fund in the premises. Sec. 4. That all licenses how extant from the county board of com missioners of any county shall hold good until they expire by their own limitation, bub no other license on the subject of this act. shall be granted by the county board of commissioners of any county. Sec. G. That any person violating . the pro\ isions of this act shall, upon ' conviction, be deemed guilty of a mis demeanor, and shall be fined not ex ceeding ono hundred dollars (one-half of each lino to bo paid to the informer, who shall be the prosecutor), or shall be imprisoned not exceeding thirty days, and each boat found used in vio lation of the provisions of thi? a ct. j shall be deemed forfeited to tho com missioners of the sinking fund for the use of the state, and shall be disposed by them as in ouse of the forfeiture and condemnation of teams and vehicles seized in this state while transporting contraband alcoholic liquors. They Looked Aliko. Many curious blunders aro constant ly occuring in Congress by reason of the strong resemblance, actual or fan cied, between well-ktown men. Major Lacey, of Iowa, continues to be mis taken for Senator Alger, of Michigan. They are about the name height and wear beards of exactly tbe same shape and essentially the se.me color. Their resemblance has been noted for lnany years< In fact, Speaker Reed at the time of the investigation of Secretary Alger's conduct at tho war depart ment put his arm around the neck of Iowa's member one day with the re mark: "Lacey, you look so much like Secretary Alger that I always think, when 1 see you, that you ought to be whitewashed." Lifo Is Ohcnp. A special to the Augusta Chronicle from Waycross, Qa., says aa the re sult of a quarrell over a bird which both claimed to have killed. Carey Howell, a young man of that county. Tuesday shot John Harbor, ahoy aged seventeen, whose wounds, it ls feared, will provo fatal.