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??I- ' * ,* <V-\?" ,. mmmm ^ TO _ ' ?5^ /ST j _, m m mw . ^ ^ jpk. qfe***!^ JIL ? M - "00 TH, G BOAT UBBRTT, INPIHB OUR SOULS Als? MAKIO Ogji IJ.YE9 IN TH :J0N HAPPY OB OUR DKAT?I3 (U.0K10U* IN TUT OAUSB." VOL. XXXI? BENNETTS VILLE. S. O.. FB?DAY. (i ANIJARY 18. 1007. NO. 8. WITH US AGMN. Tile Opening of the Qeneral Assembly in Columbia. WHALE Y IS SPEAKER !) Of Mic House and Col. L. Blesse Is President Protem of Hie' Senate. All the Old Oiflcers Arc Re-elected In Both Houses. Tho Legislature of South Carolina | mot In annual session on Tuesday of last week, and both Houses organized without any troublo and Rot down to work. - The gallery and floor of the House were crowded when Mr. Thoa. 0. Hamer, aotlng olork, rapped for order at noon and aiked for the eleollon of a temporary chairman Mr. John G Richards, Jr., nominat ed Mr. Frank ll. Gary of Abbeville. Mr. Gary was unanimously elected and on taklDg tho obair ordered the calling of the roll. Messrs. Courtenay ot Aiken, Hoar of Georgetown and Glaube of Williamsburg were absout. There was ons ray of humor tn the otherwise routine and dull proceed ings. Mr. Hamer oslled the roll frc m the nowspapor list printed some time ago ond when Clarendon was reaohed read tho name of D. L. Green. There was no answer and he was about to be marked absent when a member of the delegation informed the olork that Mr. Orion felled of re eleotlon. The election of speaker oame next. Mr. J. P. Gibson of Malboro, in a abort speooh nominated Mr. MoOoll. It was ueocuded by Mr. Croft ol Aiken. Mr. George F. von Kolnltz of Ohar leBton placed before the assembly the name of Mr. Richard S. Whale), whloh was seconded by Mr. Fraser of Sumter. Dr. J. H. Miller of Laurena nomi nated Mr. J. W. Nash, whloh was seconded by Mr. M. W. Walker ol Spartanburg. The nominations thc* closed. Misara, von Kolnltz, R'ohard. and Miller were appointed teller:. On tho Hut ballot the Yuto stood t. follows: Wlialey 65 .votes, McCall 60 votes and Nash 13 voles, /s lt tcok 60 votes to ?loot there waa no eleotlon tu the drat ballot-, and another ballot was ordered. Mr. Walker then withdrew tb of M?; Nash and the second ballot resulted as follows: WHAT.KY. Arnold, Aull, Banks, Beattie, A G. Brloe, Bryan, Carey, Carrington, O?ary, Olinksoales, Cosgrove, Cotbrau, Cox, DeVoru, J. B. Dodd, J. H, Djdd Fraser, Frost, W. J. Gibson, Greer, Gyles, Hall, Harloy, Hemphiil, Hin ton, Hydrlok, Johnstone, Kellahau, Lawson, Legare, MoArthur, Mann Marshall, Nash, Nesbitt Niohol . Nioholson, Nlver, Parker, Patterson, Reaves, Ruoker, Sayo, Soarborougn, Sellers, Shlpp, D. L. Smith, Karn, P. Smith, Snlvey, Stillwell, ahomns, Todd, Vauderhorst, Verntr, vox. Kolnltz, Wade, Walker, Wallaoc. White, Wiggins, Wlmberley, Win gard, Yeldell, Youmans -04. MOCOLT?. Ayer, Malley, Ballentino, Bethune, lloyd, Brantley, T. S. Brloe, Cannon Carson, Carwlle, Croft, Culler, Dei ham, Dick, Dingle, Dixon, Douglas*, Dowling, ICpps, l?ptiug, Garr?s, Gary, J. P. Gibson, GlasBOOOk, Goodwin, Harman, Harris, Harrlsou, Hughey Jones, Kershaw, Kir von, Lane, Len ter, Loltner, Little, McKeown, Mc Master, MUey, Miller, Morrell, Nor ton, Richards, Richardson, Robinson, Sawyer, Soruggs, Snarpe, Slaughter, J. B. Smith, Stubbs, Tatum, Tomp latins, Woods, Wyohe 56, Not voting-Whaley, MoOoll. Total vote 119. Necessary to eleot 00. Mr- MoOoll was congratulated upot the large vote which he reooived. Hb friends now olaim thathewasa win ner up to lOo'olook Tuesday morning. Mr. Whitley's friends counted 63 vote for him Monday night and he reoeiv d 64 on the first ballot. It might bo hard to say to wba? extent the dispensary issue was work ed. Both sides used lt, and nelthei side olaims to have raised tho distur bance. Mesirs. Hemphiil, Johnston an'' Carey vt ero appointed a committee t escort Mr. Wlialey to the ohalr ain the house arose as the newely eleotti speaker carno down the aisle an took-his seat. Mr. Wbaloy's remarks were short but the thanks ho gav? wero sinoero. TUR OT I MClt IC I. Ki "PIONS, The other elections were unani mous, but under the law the roll hud to bo oallcd in oaoh oaao. Mr. Thomas C. Hamer was no mlnated for olork by Mr. J. 1\ Gib son md seconded by a number t mombers. Mr. Hammer is comment lng his ninth year as olork and di:, lng that time bas given univers; satisfaction and seldom has oppos' tion. During his Bervioe ho has neve lost or misplaced a paper or bin despite tho oonstanb demand on his th?o. l?r, John S. Withers of Ohestt was nominated by Mr. J. B. Wingard Mr. Withers ls tho oldest attaoho ot the houso and this session ls the bc ginning of his 15th year. Mr. John S. Wilson was unani mously re-elected sergeant-at-arms this being his fifth year, He ha nover been opposed. Rev. R. N, Pratt, who was ie eleoted chaplain, is tho pastor of th? Seoond Baptist church la this city ant ls woll know to both tho old and tin now members of tho houso. It was then af* v 2 o'clock and ?av oral of Ibo members wanted to ad Journ. A motion was made to tba otfeot when some one oalled tho at tentlon of tho body tu tho faot tha the governor and senate had no been notltled of tho organization o tho body. Tho senate had adjournei au hour previously and the governo bad been walt lag on tim message from ho iso in ida? ni :o downstairs Messrs. Harrison, Fi asor and Walker woro appointed a oommltteo to walt on tho governor and notify him. IN Tiru ?KN AT IO, There waa little of partioular Inter* est in the opening of rho State nonato, evoepti for the Introduction and adon tlou of the ready-made committees. These committee assignments were made up at a oauous Monday evening. Senator O. L. Blease was eleotod president pro tem of the senate. Gen. l.t. R. Hemphih, olork ; Mr. W.H.. Stewart, reading derk, and Col. J. F. Sohumpert, Borgeant-at arms, a oapa ole and etil ole nt trio were re eleotod without opposition. The Rev. A. "N. Urunson, pastor of the Main Stroet Methodist ohurob, wai. elected chap lain over Rev. J * P. Knox, pastor of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, by one vote. livery body was sworn in ir.oluding all the new Senator?, and even the doorkeeper. There was some de murrer entered when the quoBtion of swearing in the ohapla'.n o?me up, hut ho got a ohanoo to make the oath too. Mr. M. . M. Mann of Florence was appointed assistant clerk. Mr. J. R. MoGheo of Green wood bill olork and Mr. G. E. Moore of Ilonea Path jDumal derk, and Mr. W. Eugene Gook georotary to the president. lu the elcotlon for president pro tem, Senators Outs and Sliklar asked to be excused from voting, saying they would spread tholr reasons on tho face of the journal, lt was un derstood that they obj 50'.od to the oauous plan of selection, not only in this instance, but in the case of the committees also. Senators Bass and Talbert also asked to bs ex'used from voting, but gave no rearons publicly. When tho Hit of oommlttess was sent up, Senator Staokhouse asked the suspension of mle 19, and all the chairmen wore eleotod at tho same time. The usual formalities of sending messages to the house and tho gover nor wore gone through with and the governor's message was also read. Senator Graydon made a flue start by introducing a bill to or?ate a com mission to lix up the State house grounds, the bill carrying an aporo prlat lon rf 830,000 with lt. Senator W. J. Johnson submitted a resolution endorsing Harvlo Jordan and Livings ton of Georgia In their efforts to 'ceep the Hew York cotton exchange from making fraudulent .uso of the mails. Senator Bisase introduced a resolu tion endorsing the action of the presi dent in the Brownsville affair upon .he recommendation of Gen. Garling ?on? and requesting that the South Oaroltna senators "stan! by those two ?nloials in the discharge of their duties BO far as this affair ls concern ed." Oopieu aro to bo Bout to Rooso velt, Garllngton, Latlmar and Till man. President John T. Sloan proslded and will remain in tho ohalr until he turns over tho gavel to Lieut.-Gov. McLeod. Although a year has elapsed since the last session, the president scorned to be as ready with parlia mentary usago as over and dispatch Ml business with his usual celerity and unfailing courtesy. HB WAS CAUGHT. A Negro Trios to IO va do Hobt by Don niiiK Woman1? Attlro. The Oharloston oorrospondent of The State relates a queor story of how a negro tried to dodge a debt. Disguised at a woman, Sidney W. Burgess, oolorod, of Greeley ville, WU* llamsburg county, was arrested Thursday afternoon by tho polloe on Uhapol stroet and Friday morning sentenced by the recorder to pay a duo of 820 or spend ito days in Jail. "Miss" Burgess obtained board at a oolorod inn on Alexander street on Tuesday night. "She" was on her way to Florida, whore employment was waiting for "her." A lioensod agent at Kingstreo furnished thc mon ey for transportation ano board. The disguise was employed because Bur gess owed $00 under Hen to Claronoe Montgomery of Grecleyvllle. Sidney Burgess' crop failed this year and ho found himself in debt $175. Ho paid, he said, all hut $50 of this amount and tried to make ar rangements to pay the rest. The agent at Kingstreo told Burgoon that ho would pay the balance of tho deut and get him work in Florida. Ho suggos ted to Burgess that he don woman's olothes so that he could get out of the Stato all right. Burges? wore a blaok bat with two 'eathers in it, a blaok waist and a oalloo skirt. His form looked not svelt or lifting, rominlng one of a paokage of sooka with a string about bhe middle. Ile was not of a stout make-up, and having a clean shaven faoe, with rather femlnlno foatures, was muoh liko a woman in appear ance. It was his voice that gave him away to the boarders and led to his arrest. Mr. Montgomery of Grooloy ville han been communicated with by tho ohiol jf police hero and probably tho line ol the negro will bo paid so that he oan go hack home and ilnish working out his dobt. AlmaiiaoH Dleoroflitetl, Tho woather buroau of the depart' mont of agriculture Issues an ioono olastlc bulletin in which lt statee that long-range weather forecasts af based on the position of the planets phases of the moon, stellar Influences, or by the observations cf animals, birds and plants havo no legitimate basis. This all means that tho tradl tlonal groundhog, gooso bone, ohangei of the moon and other tlme-honoret! woather indioatlons aa a mattor 01 fact have nothing to do with th? weather, and therefore must bo oil mi I Dated from thc calculations of tho far j mer who wanta to ba up-to-date. Wealth 1'rortuoorB. The achievements ot the Amorloai ' far mo rn I nat year wore on suoh a pro L< dlglcus Boale that Seoretary. Wilso) could hardly Hod words to doscrih - them In bia annual report. It is est! b mated that the value of farm produot J footed up to$7,000,000,000, a tremor * dons sum to bo added to the wealth c r*a nation In ono year, <i? N. K. E. LEE. II i ^ BIRTHDAY WI I-f. BE OKLE BUAXED NEXT SATUIIDAY In AU Parti of the South by the People He Loved and Served. The observanoe of the oontenlal of the birthday of Gop. Robert ?2. Lee will take plaoo on Tan. 10, which ls next Saturday week. All over tho South oom memorativo exeroIseB will be hold and In Columbia the day will be observed very generally through out the olty. Appropriate exerolses will bo cai?leet?out by tbe Daughters of the Confedoraoy, the United Con* federate Veterans and by tbe faoulty and student body of tho University of South Carolina. The exerotseB'whtoh aro plannod for the evening, to be held in the ball of tbe house of representatives, will bo of great public interest. The pro gramme will be made up of addresses by those intimate with the lifo of Gen. Leo in its different phases and the presentation of the Daughters of the Oonfederaov medal. OKN. C'AUWILB'S ORDBRS. The following orders Invo been In sued by Gen. Oarwllo of tho United Confederate Veterans: General Orders No. 17. As iretruofcod by goneral orders No. 52 from Gen. Stophon D. Lee, the major generals of this department aro advised that it ls the wish ot the general commanding that ordors bo at once sont down to tho brigades to unite in a speoial oolebratlon in honor of Gen. Robert E. Leo on January 19th, 1007, that day being tho one hundrodth anniversary of the birth day of our late illustrious leader. No suggestion ls mado as to the form of the memorial exerolses to bo bold, but lt ls desired and requested that the hour for tho oolobratlou be 12 o'clock m., on Saturday, January 19th, and that the hymns, "How Firm a inundation, Ye Saints of the Lord?? and "For All the Saints Who From Tholr Labors Rest," bo used. Ry command of Thoa W) Oarwllo, Major Goneral, Commanding S. C Division, U. C. V. J. M. Jordan, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff. TUM SONS OF VBTICKANS. Tho following orders were Issued by the United Sons of Confederate Vet erans. Goneral Orders No. 14. The 10th day of this month will be the one hundreth anniversary of the birth of Gen. Robert IO. Loo, the oommaudcr lu ohlct ct thc Southon foroes in the War between the States. As a soldier, a oltizen and a man he was tho embodiment of a lofty ideal. His greatness la rooogulzed by all, and hlBtory acoorda him a place among tho groatest of the great. Ills life was consecrated to the cause of the Oonfederaoyi Her hopes and victories were his, as were also hor disappointments and her defeat; and through lt all he bore himself as one worthy of tho oause he espoused. It is Utting, therefore, for the Sons of Confoderato Veterans to honor the momory of Robert E. Leo, the chief tain of their fathere; and all the members of the South Oarollna divi sion, U. S. O. V., aro oallod upon to properly observe the birthday of this great Southerner, By ordor of George Hell Tlmmerman, Commander S. O. Division U. S. C. V. O molal: D. A. Splvey. Adjutant and Chief of StaiT. Permission was grautod by tho houso of representatives for the uso of tho hall. TAINTED MONEY, Amt It ?WK i n Ul ho Itoturnod Snyn Ito tlrlnjc Uovornor. Betlrlng Governors. H. Klrod, of South Dakoto, in his last address to the legislature, denounced in empha tic terms the deal by whloh South Da kota carno in possession of about *26,? OOO through suits against tho State of North Carolina on bonds issued by that state during tho oarpetbag re gime. South Dakota, Govornor Elroi said, had no right to tako tho money, and tho Stato University, to whloh lt was givon, should not have touohed lt, bo oause lt was tainted. "1 reoomm?nd," said tho governor, "that tho legislature pass an cot car rying an appropriation to return the sum of 922,410 to the state of North Carolina. Wo took it away from oui sister state, North Carolina, simply beoause tho law said we could. Might did not make right In this instanoo, If the stato of South Dakota returns said mm to tho state of North Caro lina, it will do more to ooment thc states togothor than anything that has happenod stneo the olvtl war, Morally wc have no right to a oont ol this monoy, and we, ought to bo bravt and true enough to givo lt baok." Tho retiring governor said it is ovl dont that ingenious schemers aro us lng the stato for private ends. Tho oaso of South Dakota vs North Oarollna is tho first of simllai suits to be brought to oompel tho HOV oral states of the South that iloatoc wildcat bonds during oarpetbag tlmci and slnoe repudiated thom, to pa: them with interest. An individual cannot sue a state but one commonwealth can soo an other commonwealth. Hone? oertali i holdors of bonds havo entorod Inti I partnership with the stato to fore f payment. Kohbotl ?ucl MurUorod. At Danville. Va., George Stevens Fletcher Harris and Albert Adkins young white mon, were hold for tb grand jury Thursday in a preliminar hearing on the charge of robbing J M. Thomas of Roanoke, whoso bod ii was found in a ravine near that cit e on tho morning of Jan. 2. Stovon I? turned State's evldenoo and testi?ei 'S that Harris and Adkins robbed Thon i* as while ho was In a drunken stupoi if Ho acknowledged receiving park of tli ' money. A Fight Narrowly Averted in National House. GAINES AND MAHON Come Very Near Mixing on thc Floor. ;,No / tun Caa Tell Mei Me," Shout .? lha Tennessean as He Rushed For the Penn sylvania Member. The National Houso of llaprcaenta Uves av Washington took on the ap pearance late Thursday at tho dosing days of Flfty-flfth oongreBs, oommonly known as tho "war congress," when altercations between members werai frequent. g& Mr. Gaines, hjt Tonnessoo, and Mr. Mahon, of Pennsylvania) woro only prevented from mooting in a personal enoo unter by the Intervention of other I mombors. Mr. Gaines was making a j speech on his bill to "dook" members' pay for absoenoe from the house and was being twitted by both sidos of the j ohamber, to his evident ombarrass mont, when he . oharged Mr. Mahon with belog absent from tho houso 06 per oent. ot the time. p/ovlous to this sweeping assertion, Mr. Gaines has read oxoorpts from The Record in relation to the with bolling of pay in the Fifty- third oon gross and the part Mr. Mahon had played at that time. When Mr. Gaines had oonoludod Mr. Mahon roso. He explained how in the Fifty-third and Fifty-fifth eon grcssoB ho had had $7,000 duo him and that tho then speaker, Crisp, had glvon him an order on tho sergeant* at-arms for the amount, whtoh was) paid. Then norning to the crux of Mr. Gaines' oharge Mr. Mahon thun dered: "Any man who oharges me with be ing away from this house 05 per oent. of the time tells an untruth.'1 Mr. G lines started down tho aisle from his seat. "No man oan toll me I Ho," oxolalmed the Tennosseean. Then Mr. Mann, of Illinois, who was in the oh air, took a hand In the altercation, Both men wore ordored to their] seats, Mr. Mahon obeyed tho oom* maud, while Mr. Gaines stood two seats away from the eontor Of the ohamber shaking both fist and head at tn?i Pennsylvanian Whon order had been restored Mr. Mahon again rose. Having been cau tioned by tho obalr that lt was against j the rules to address a member in the second person he measured his words; saying he would speak In tho "fourth person.\ He then said: 'The ohargo of the gentlemen from Tennessee that 1 am away from this house 05 per cent, of my timo is a de liberate faiBohood." With a rush Mr. Gaines readied the conter of the ohamber making direct ly toward tho gentleman from Penn sylvania, insisting as he wont that no ' man could cali him aliar without] personal chastisement. Tho house was In an uproar by this time, the obalr adding to the nolHo if not to tho confusion by pounding of desk withhlBgavel. His elforta tlnally oauaed the hoad of the gavel to Hy ana lt bounded into thc body of the hourn-, almost striking one of tho members. The rush of Mr. Gaines upon his ad versary brought a do/en members be fore tho sprakor'a deBk. Mo ; nu. Ollie James uf Kcntuoky, Taylor ot Ala bama, Hell of Georgia, willi, um of Mississippi, the minority leader, and Sta ?ford of Wisconsin grabbed Mr. Gaines, who, reslHtlug vlgorohsly, was borue baok to his seat. Mr. Mahon standing in tho first aisle on the its publican sido, seemed to walt for the impaot which novor came. With Mr. Gaines baok in his seat the Pennsyl vanian continued his speech of ex - planation as to how he oamo to be oonneoted with tho Invoking of an old statute compelling members to forfoit pay for time absent from the houso. He said that ho was away from tho houHo 05 per cent, of tho timo was a Ho on its faoo, and that ho was there 05 per cent, of the time as evory mem ber who oared to inquire could ascer - tain. Mr. Lacey, of Iowa, had read tho Btatute relating to the dooking of mombors' pay and ho was followed by Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, who oxpialn od tho roasonR for the Btatute. Mr. DeArmond, of Missouri, asked that tho minority views of the judlolary commltteo on the statute bo printed. While this colloquy wa? in progr?s? tho friend? of Messrs. Gaines and Ma hon wore engaged in an elf ort to bring about a r?conciliation, in whioh they were successful. Mr. Mahon arose to a <locution of personal privilege. He stated thai) tie did not desire to im H pugn tho motivo willoh prompted Mr. ) IG Aines to uttor what wa? an untruth about his absenoo from tho house, but he desired to say that tho informant was Inoorrcot. He had no desire to ol?end tho gontleman fro*n Tennessee whom ho olaaaed among bia friends. Hut ho wantod Mr. Galaoa to under stand that tho perso.i from whom he 1 obtained bin Information mtsrepre 3 ?outed tho facts. j Not to be outdone in chivalry. Mr. GainoB immodlatoly arose and show ing d*op roding said that tho gentle ! man from Pennsylvania had alwayf j been lils friend hut that bo had brer 3 goaded beyond end iranoo, not onl> 0 today hut on a for mor ?occasion. Hf regretted oxtromely the turn affain had taken. "Are you satisfied with thatV"1 lu asked j pointing to Mr, Mahoh. i, For answer, Mr. Mahon rusher a aoross tho ohambor. Tho two mer y olasped hands amid loud appia uso. Mr . Smith of Iowa facetiously remarket y that "as war had been tho subjeot o y the wholo day's proooedtngB rosultlni a in almost perennal encounter' hi d thought the house was in no tempe i- to proceed further with the for tillea r. tlons bills and bc accordingly movei io that tho oommlttoj rise. Accordingly the homo adjoumod. IWNBVILL? AFFAIR. Tho Hcnaty of Houth CArolInt? ?ma? tho Matter. ttrowx-ftVjiile ^ongagod tito attoitlon 4*5 Souato Wednesday. A resolution W to tho conduct of tho .South Claro) \na sonatorH In 1 'standing by", tiic Prtaldout and Gon. Garling ton had been Introducid tbo day be for? ?nd bljis waa brought up Somo of tho stators opposed lt on tho ground cf 'ta quesblouablo propriety, gomo on 'bs ground that our ropro ftontatlvcH should nolther ba instruct od nor requited to act ether wise than the ooureoithey had already deolded upon. The resolution, whloh had been In troduced bx Senator Blease. waa fa vorably reported. Senator Katoa want ed iv bold over on tho ground of pro priety. Su ttor Bloaso oppoaod this and a viva /ooo vote refusing to plaoo the matte ? on tho calendar brought out more b*,lk. Senator Mauldin opposed lt on the ground of .uoprloty. He. wrnted al) tho negro troops sent to tho Phillp pines, but '.bought suoh au aotion by tho senate would only add more capt tal to thc .lopublloan party's glori tl cation of ti c brother In black. Senator please wanted lb passed .ti baok up Grit. Carlington. Senator Bates again roso and said thc question of legal right was not for the Sou;;>h Carolina sonato to sot Uo. Senator )i?ysor did not want to re quoub our ?-onatora to tako aotion, al though Iv: ondorsed tho presluont'K course. ' Senator .kaney did not want to in flame sectionalism any further, Senator Weston, reforrlng to Sena tor Baysori said that tho praotloo ol inatruoth ?. congressional reprcsouta tivoa was ntlto common, bul Senator Graydon Kided with Senator Bates. In addition be said Tillman's oourse waa well k^iown and he "did nob want to embarras the senior souator." Senator tf&uldln mado the last; talk before the vote, saying that h would be hotter tb let alone "the two bright and shinlrv; lights in tho senate. " Ydav- ,'v.nators Appelt, Blvlns, Black, tile, ?e, Brico. Brooks, Uarllslo, Chrlsteusi/t, Grouch, Marlo, Griffin, Haynes, r.toKelthan, Otta, Sinklor, Smith, Talbert, Toole, Townsend, Wells, Weston-21. Ways- V. ntators Bass, Bates, Oar i>onbor, 01\?ton, EQtd, Graydon, nar din, Holli $.y, Hough, Laney, Maul din, Ru-or, Roners, Staokhouao, Walkor. V. illlams-16. liXDJjj .TED ?Y TUM IIOUSK. When ts o above resolution oame tip In tho Ho'so on Thursday it was re jected by \ laig.-i majndty. On mot n ' o strike out tho enaob iii? wo'i?b, o?,o vote vtas as lOilowai Ayes-Messrs. Arnold, Balley, Banks, B?attlo, Bathuno, Boyd, Brantley, A. G. Brloo, T. S. Brice, Oannou, Garey, Carson, Oarwllo, Goth run. Ouher, Dorham, DeVore, Dick, Dingle, Dixon, J. B Dodd, J. H, DorM. Douglass, Epps, Eptlng, Fraser, Garr?s, Gary, Gauso, J. P. Gibson, W. J. Gibaon, Glasccock, Goodwlu. Har ley, Harris, Uarrsson, Homphlll, Hin ton, Hughes, Hydrlok, Jones, Klrvcn. Lane, Lester, Laltner, Lsgaro, Little MoArthur, MoOoll, MoKeown, Mo Master, Miley, Morrell, Nesbitt, Nloh olson, Nlver, Patterson, Rioharda, Richardson, Robinson, Sawyer, Saye, Scarborough. Soruggs, Sbarpo, Slaugh ter, J. E. Smith, Stillwell, Tatum, ThomaB, i?odd, Tompkins, Wade. Whaloy, Whlbo, Wiggins, Woodp. Wyche, Yeldell-~70. Nays-Messrs. Aull, Ayer, Billon tine, Bryan, Carrigan, Clary, Ollnk scales, Cosgrove. Courtnoy, Cox, Croft, Dowling, Frost, Greer, Gyles. nail, narman, Johnston, Kellahan, Kershaw, LiwHon, Mann. Marshall, Miller, Nash, Nichols. Parker, Reaves, Bucker. Sollers, Shipp, D. L, Smith, Kurt/. P. Smith, Stubbs, Vernor, Von Kolnltz, Walker, Wallace, Wlmborly. Youmans -40, Many of tho members of tim Houso agreed with the president, but they regarded tho rosolutlonaa a oovort at taok on Senator Tillman and for that reason voted against lt. Too Much Blind Tiger? A dispatch from Marlon to The j Stato says quite a sensation was oaus ed Thursday evening by tho olroula j tlon of the report that two well known negro men, who had been drinking blind tiger, or wood alcohol, were taken suddenly 111 whllo talking to i each other and died within a few min utes. It was afterwards learned, howover, that only a part of this was truo. Thoy had boen drluklng to gethor and while talking, one of them., Grant Franklin, wis striokon with ap poplexy, which proved fatal In about jan hour. The othor ono, "Rav." Hbo piton Bass, evldenbly thinking that bis 'mo, too, had come wont to bod and .nt fora phyaiolan, who could j tlnd nothing the matter with him ex j oepb tho cittota of tho whiskey and tho fright. Grant Franklin had boon a familiar tlgure on the stroots ol Marlon for a number of years. He was quiet, inoffensive and Industrious and bad- a great many frionds among the white people Throo l'craon? Killen. At Pittsburg, Pa., as a result ot an explosion of a furnaoe at tho Ell ai furnaoos of tho Jonea & Laughlin steel works Thursday night, throo persons aro known to bo dead, seven are in a hospital with Borlous burns and inju ries, and 24 aro missing. Tho explo sion was oaused by an accumulation ol gas at tho base of tho furnaoe around ?tblob we/o working 36 men. Of al 11 theso bub ono man escaped Injury, ' j Without warning and with a roar o artllery. tons of moiton motal won * I poured ovc-r tho workmen and for i spaoo of 30 foot about tito furnaoe thi metal ran. to a dopth of four and ilv< foe??. ?_ I I Another Humuiftii Hilled. i| Col. Patko Andrlcff, ohlof of th? gendarmes of tho Lodz dlstrlot, wai \ shot and killed Thursday mornhq f on Poludntowa street. A passing In < fantry patrol fired a volley at thi ? assassin, but only wounded tevora r innocent porsons. Tho aasassln oi I caped. Poludntowa stroet was closet by the troops and tho polico begat making a strlot soaroh of all tin .houBoi fronting upon lt. GIVEN DEATH BLOW. WAH MMTTINO HEADY TO HOB| BOUIU OAtlOI.IN A. Bond Colleoting* Agencies Given Set back by South Dakota's Chief Fxeoutive. Tho Washington correspondent of | Tho State, Zack McGee, says tho ao tlon of Gov. Elrod of South Dakota lu recommending to the legislature in his annual message the return of the (25,000 that oame Into the possession of that State as the result of the bond litigation against North Carolina at tracted vf ido attention in Washington. It was tho subjoot of muoh favorable comment of the capitol, not only on tho part of the North Carolina sena tors a?d representativos but by those | from other Southern Skates as well. Thore aro two big bond collecting companies, one headed by ex-Secre tary Oarllslo of tho treasury and the | other by Marlon Butler of North Car olina, whloh have gathered in large numbers of oarpetbag and speolal tax bonds issued by Southern States dur ing Reconstruction days. Many suob bonds bumed In tho name of Soutb Carolina Uguro in these buildings and 'ecovory was expected cn tho success fui suit issued in tbe name of South Dakota against North Carolina. New York, Illinois and other 9tatos refused absolutely to become tho colleoting agencies for tho bond sohemers and shylcoks who are threatening litigation against all the Southern States for tho recovory of tho face valuo of tho worthless Re construction b:ncB and Gov. E.rod has I given a death blow to their ambition. Former Sonators Pettigrew and Marlon Butler schemed and planned the thole transaction by whloh North Carolina was forced to pay tho Nen York bondholders, using South Da kota as a oolleotlng agenoy. United tates Senator Klttredge of Soutb Dakota is in full aocord with the ao tlon taken by Gov. Elrod and so ex j prossed himself. ne said: "I was exceedingly glac that Gov. Elrod made the reoommen dation to tho legislature and I hope and believe that the appropriation foi tho return of the money will he made. In point of good morals his position is oorreob and action by the legisla ture suoh as he has reoommonded, would be the graolous and propel thing to do. "I do not believe that any State should permit Itself to be used as colleoting agenoy In actions against sister States." Senator Kittredgo then spoke of the faot that the suit against North Carolina was planned and instituted during the Pettigrew rAglmn . and prior ' to the administration of Gov. Elrod. "I happen to know," Senator Klt tredge oontinued, "that Gov. Elrod has boen offered large numbers of old bonds against Southern States with tho expeotation and hope that suits would bo Instituted for the reoovery of what purports to be their face val ue. "Knowing tbat these bonds tender ed him woro fraduleut the governor has deollnod to recieve thom. I do not know tho amounts of these bonds or the names of thc people who offer-1 ed them." ZACK MCGHKK. BANKS OF STATE, State mont IHHUOII HIIOWB Their Condi tion at Clono of Yoar. Mr. Leo G. Holleman, Stato bank examiner, has completed a statement of ttio condition of the 204 State and private banks doing business in South Carolina and the showing made is con sidered a remarkable one. The state ment ls up to and including Deo. 20, 1000. Mr. Uollomau said that the banks of this State were In better co idltion than they had been In years. The 204 banks have individual de posits subjaot to oheok, $17,104,02*?.. 82 and in the savings department they have on hand $11,888,550.80. This ls ono of the best foatures of tho report, showing as lt doos the saving habit whioh is so muoh encouraged by tho hanks now. The roport does not include tho national banks, whloh aro under fed eral supervision and no doubt if they wore added tho resouroos and liabili ties would show as well as those of any State In tho country in propor tion to population and average wealth. The statement is as follows: RK80UKCKH Loans and Discouuts.$30,000,032.61 Demand Loans. 2,332,115.14 Overdrafts. 820,310.33 Bonds and stocks owned by blie banks. 3,700,000.44 Banking houses. 692,022.3fi b'urnitnto and fixtures... 200,130.08 Other real estate. 200,062.26 Due limn banks and bankers. 5,(500,020.0? Currency. 1,215,482,21 (?old. 138, (?85. ?ii Silver, nickels and pen nies,. ' 204,264.0) Checks and cash Hems... 418,018.2( Exchanges for tho clear ing house. 64,669.4i oilier resources... 123,271?.m Total.$40,870,821.8< I.IAIUMTIKO. Capital stock paid in.$7,188,809.0] Surplus fund. 1,249,370.0: Undivided profits, less current/ Expenses and taxes paid. 2,601,83t.ll Duo to Hanks and Hanker.1; 1,023,013.3 Due. unpaid dividends. 23,201.01 Individual deposits sub ject, to Oheok.17,104,(527.8: Savings deposits.11,888,550.0! Demand certilicates. 560,600.2 Time certificates. 1,073,214.4 Certified cheeks., 18,000.1" Cashiers Chocks.85,012.7! Notes and bills rediscount* ed.;., 051,912.1; Bills payable. 1,790,924.7: Other liabilities. 80,072.5: Total.$40.810,821.8' f-jjiiohlng In Iowa. A orowd of more than 1,000 mei battered through the walls of th county jail at Charles City. Iowa with railroad irons, tore hinges fron the door and took James Cullen ou and lynohod him for wife murder. OONFESBBD TO MURDER. And Implicated ? Judgo and a lllfth H h OH ff. A dispatch from Lexington Ky., eave Judge James Hargls and his sup porters are dismayed, lb is said, as the result cf John Smith, ono of the men under indictment, oonfesslng participation la assassinating Dr. D. B. Cox at the order of Judge Dargin and Sheriff Callahan. Smith's confes sion bears out in detail tho story told by Anbury Spicer, who swore to be ing employed by Hargls and Callahan to kill Cox. Spioar'r, confession was made last June. Hargls deolares that Smith Is lying. Smith fears for his life and is beg ging for protection against wrath of Hargls and Callahan Hargls remain? closely in his store at Jackson. State Inspector Bines has just arrived hero from Jaokson and says the situation does not warrant sending troops to Jaokson and he will reoommond to Gov. Bookham that none bo sent. Tho confession made by John Smith ls now in tho bands of Attor ney Jouett, representing tho common, wealth. In this confession Smith Bays James Barging and Edward Callahan induoed bim to enter the oonsplraoy against Dr. Cox, making promises to see that he was acquitted and to give him work. Bo tells about the murder in detail and says that Callahan gave him 01 oo after tho killing of Cox, say ing James Hargls has sont the mon ey. Tho situation ab Jaokson is quieter since Speolal Judge W. M. Carno* was enjoined by the court of appeals ab Frankfort from presiding in tho case of Judge James Hargls, oharged with tho assassination of Dr. Cox. Judge Carnes oonvened oourb Friday morn ing and made bhe announcement Sab urday thab bhe court of appeals had issued a wrlb of prohibition restrain ing him from further aoblon in the case and adjourned oourb unbil noxb Friday. He also passed the oases of Elbert Hargls, "Bill" Brlbbon, John Abner and John Smith until tho same date, Judge Carnes said ho did not know what ?nal aotion tho appellate oourt would take, but that he would return to Jaokson next Friday and made some orders In the oaso. Lator Judge Caruos left Jaokson for Frank fort to explain to tho oourt of appeals c?rtalo of his rulings in favor of Har gls. Judge Carnes was olosoly guard ed in his room in the Imperial hotel before he loft. CLAIMED BY ASSASSIN. I Anotlior Ituuutnn Uoner?l Killo'l by Mombo*- ul'TorrorlBte. In Sb. Petersburg, Russia, Lieu* Gen. Vladlmer Pavloff, tho military procurator, or adyooato gen oral, gen erally known slnoe tho days ot the late parliament as "Hangman" Pav loff, from the epithet oonstantly ap piled to him by the radical deputies, was shot and killed Wednesday while walking in the garden of tho chief military court building, near tho Mol ka oanal. The assassin, who oras disguised as a workman, was capturad after a long obese through crowded Btreeta during whloh he tired about 40 shots from two revolvers wnion he oarrled, kill ing a polloomau and wounding a small boy. When taken to the polico station Gen. Favloff'B slayer was in the high est spirits, cha dud the lnvcBtlgr.tiga ting officer about the Inadequacy of bhe polloe precautions, and desoribod with gusto how simply and easily his plan was executed, answering tho of iloer's questions with laughing Josts. The orime was executed deliberate ly and showed evidenoe of tho same careful preparation whloh was char acteristic of the murder? ot Gen. lg , natieff and Von der Launitz and un ' doubbedly was oarrled out . by bhe samo organization, whloh, it is report ed, has sentenced Emperor Nicholas and several of the ministers to death. The assassin, who wore the uniform of a military olerk attaohed to. tho I garden under the pretext of submit ting a report to the military procura tor. He approached the uuoxpiotlng general within arms length, drew an automatlo pistol and discharged sev en Bhoba into. Payoff's body, Every shot was well aimed and two i of them tote a gaping wound In hla breast, from whloh tho general oxpir: . ed while being oarrlod to his apart ments, which wore located in tho same building. The assassin ran down Glinka street, past the Imperial opera house, with a orowd of 30 house por ; tera and oourt atbaohos in olose pur suit. A'rlooof I,?nd UlKhor, i Thoro has been a gonoral increase i in bhe valueof farm lands, equipment and buildings of ovor 33 por ocnb dur * lng tho last ll vo years. . The highest ( inoreaso has boen in the South ant' West, and tho cotton land shows thc , groatest change. This ls all tho more i remarkable in view of tto faot that in some of the Extern farming BOO ; tim m whore tho soil has baon robbed I and where tho "country estate" own " er has nob Invaded, thoro has boon a material dtoroaso in values. I MIHBIHK Stonmor. L The steamship Police of tho Nevi York and Puerto Rioo steamship Uno, ) whioh sailed from Ponoe, Pucrtc 1 Bloo, Deo. 20, and was due at NOMI 5 York Jan. 1, is still missing, and thc belief that the vessel's deity v/as diu 2 to Borne meohnnloal acoldent ls giving I way to the fear that she la loBb. She i waa last spoken on Dcoernbor 28 bj 1 tho ship Shenandoah nineo whiob j nothing bas bom seen or heard ci her._. ^ - , llAiift-tUK in TuimouHDO, 2 John Thomsfl, oelorod, was hanget i) in the Knox ojunty Jail Thursdaj afternoon for the murder of Ernesi Perkins, colored, killed as result of i 1 orap game. Thomas' nook was no * broken by the fAl. He made a i? ? minute speeoh on the Koaffol 1 bub dh a not refer to his orlme, merely otu t stoning members ot bia raoc to ob lei ve Ibo laws, LABOR RIOTS. Thirty Mexican Strikers Killed and Eighty Wounded in a ROW WITH SOLDJJSBS. Several Hundred of the Strikers Held Up a Railroad Trafo ou Its Way to Vera Cruz, The Jails Are Full of the Strikers.! Ilaports reoelvadfromNoga.es, ia tho Orizaba mill distrlot of Texas, in di oat? that the government has com pletely mastered the situation. The strikers havo ceased all aota of vio- - lenoo In the pr?senos of the large body of troops rushed there from tho capi tal and nearby garrisons. The serious ness of the affair, however, was real ized today when lt was made known that thirty of the workmen were kill ed outright and ovor 80 wounded by soldiers who wero oompelled to Are on the main body of the rioters before they oould bo disported. It was learn ed that the men, aftb. Pillaging th? ?tores at the Kio Bianco mills, beoame emboldened by their success. A part of the men rushed to Nogales, a short distanoo away where another mill le looated. Telegraph, telephone and oleotrlo light wire were out and pawn shops and private houses were pillag ed. Then the jails were thrown open and tho prisoners set free. Residents of the mill distrlot Hod in terror to the city of Orizaba. When the strik ers reached Nogales oneoffloial and one gendarme from Orizaba made an Ineffectual effort to oheok them. Tho striker named Morolos threw a huge stone as Senor Herrera, mayor ot the city of Orizaba, striking the official on the head and badly wounded him, Herrera shot Mor?les killing him. A body of troops arrived and as the strikers attmeptod to resist, a volley was fired into the mob, killing 30 and wounding over 80. After this the mob was soatterod, the strikers gathered in groupes at various points and a body of 700 oollootcd on a railroad track and held up tho train tor the city of Vera Oruz for several hours, the engineer not daring to run through the orowd. Finally troops arrived and charged the men with broad swords, soattoring them. The Jails and armories aro filled with imprisoned strikers. ? Tho government has learned that a committee of sbriofcors nos tors oriza ba for Flaxoala, Puebla, and other olt tles, to lnolte laborers at those pointa to strike. It was also earned thal one man well known to the police had left for the isthmus of Tohauntopeo on a Uko mission. All of these mon aro being pursued by the federal au thorities. _ TILLMAN'S POSITION. Tho Senator Moolaroo That State Hem atora Mlaaonntruoil Him. Senator Tillman, who was In Co lumbia on Friday, in discussing tho resolution the State Senate of South Carolina passed endorsing Roosevelt's action in tho Brownsville case. Till- ' man said: "I do not consider that Blease. who presented the resolution, understands tho situation or tho-facts. Those who passed tho resolution probably misconstrued my attltudo. They have but a vague idea of tho essential ab surdity of the act of the President. - , lie has gono too far In discharging in nocent negroes, and not far enough lo. punishing the guilty. ' 'There ls no doubt in my mind that ho exoeeds his power In providing that the members of the negro troops discharged' could not serve In the civil branch of the government itt the . future. His exooutlve orders have gone so far beyond his constitutional authority that they seem to bo pro mulgated without any thought that there aro legal limitations pus upon his authority as PreBlcV?t. "There has been no oauous ot Dem? oor&l lo Senators to support the Presi dent, t and no one has authority to speak for mo in shaping up any suoh agr6emor^urio^ vjutrook ^wlll be made 1 olear In my speeoh to-morrow; 7 K^Zk 1 it absurd that Dsmoorats should per - mit executive usurpation of oonititu 1 tional aots not guaranteed to the President, simply beoause they want to see a lot of negroes punished." . Found With Skull Crushed. ) At an early hour Tuesday morning , an unknown wblto man. about 20 - y oars of age, was found in an unoon .j nylons condition ?unr the railroad I traoks In the station yard at Whit? ) miro. Ho was Immedia.oty taken to ; tue Seaboard. Air Line walting room ) and made as comfortable as possible Dr. B >yd was summoned and made an I examination, Unding that his skull ' was orushod and his brains running i out. Nothing was found on his per. son tnat oould be used for identifica tion vilth the cxojptlon that the hat worn had been purchased from Wylie ? it OJ., ot' Chester, ,; 1 Twenty Burned To Doaih. ? Slxteon girls and four youths, from . 15 to 18 years old, were bu*nod to , death at the village of Qoispolshiem, Germany, in a fire at nubers Comp ; any's faotory at 0 o'olook Tuesday , morning, i A basket of celluloid sorapa caught Ure from a spark and exploded * tn a room, where forty persona were working. The flames spread qulokly, cutting elf tbe exists, Twenty of the empioyees ?vere driven by the fire to tl e end of a roc nd and perished there. p dtton dinned* > b The oensus bureau Wednesday is a sued a report on ootton ginning, show t lng that up to Jan. 1, there were 28, 300 active ginneries in operation and 1 that 11.7P0.044 bales were ginned. * compared with 0,725,420 balea for . loos. Round bales wet? counted ail halt hales,