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_ I _1 ' ' ' VOL XVII. P* IIKAHI Mi FOR f* *" Al Chief Justice Pope Conti wa* ter of Irremilaril nes< N THE AFFIDAVITS FOR ' ?,!t, i Jt llolizoiibacli ot r;<in?n<K ''' ?' llimrhiK a Conv?i Hati( it ( Senate. The Ih'I'i'Ti No II-Defense 1*1 ()n a motion mule l> Justice Pope at Newberr. . voj day by Solicitor Tlnirm M part of the prosecution, on the application for bj ' 11. Tillman, charged w [(ls, was postponed until Tbur J stant, when it will be h-I tlox preme court room in Colt , . , ibro motion was sustained oil 111 i! that counsel for defense tt'eec mltted to State's counsel Mist presented last Thursday ^ counsel therefore had no I 4. for reply. KoIIowIuk at Zoni Its in substance, as tin \y milted. Mr. Nelson fo thro also presented the test it the inquest over the I in In Gonzales. u; IIOLTZICNHACH'S A Sum before me personally i W ard Jloltzenbach, wh not sworn, says: "1 came Columbia on the 12t h <1 15K);t, for the purpose o a position as doorkeeper of representatives but <.VH Kot the appointment a) the f my home t he 17th day < t|H. v while I was in thcSta then or two before the unfit ./ re nee, 1 was talking I White, who was t he k the committee rooms. oiylit there N. (J. Gonzales I>it I asked White where his oe mi Capt. White replied, 'I i;t. Mr. Gonzales said lie appo Gov. Tillman. He sal u'-d i is neglecting his dutj is.'. At the time Gov* ., presiding. N. G. Gc Capt. White he was re; m(> Cnu il, .! lw. t he white feather 011 ^ < and would make him badShortly afterwards Mi ,ri.- i> off. 1 don't reeolhv ~>( o turned and went to tj ,, iber. Soon after saw J 1 in company with Senatj ;' nd drown walkingup Mu nator Grown was on He dropped hack to spdi.*. a) a iauy and left Lieut. Lov. Tillman with Senator Talbird. Senator Talbird was on the outside. Deponent noticed Mr. Gonzales coming down the street walking in the direction of the State house. He had on an overcoat and each hand in t lie pocket and his thumb resting on the top of pocket. As lie got near (iov. Tillman, be cut across t he pavement and thrust liis whole right hand / in Ills overcoat pocket. I expected from what I heard him say in the State house that lie intended to shoot Gov. Tillman. About that time I heard Gov. Tillman say, 'Mr. Gonzales, 1 received your message,' and then immediately 1 heard a report of a pistol. 1 didn't see where Gov. Tillman got his pistol from, as 1 was watching Mr. MUliMilun, l.*J ?t;i3 111111 ftllUOl Gov. Tillman. Gov. Tillman, after lie tired turned and walked olT into Main st reel. Short ly after he shot, Senator Talbird said, 'This must stop,' and several persons went to Air. Gonzales." a. a. width's affidavit. An atlldavit was read from J. A. White, keeper Of one of the committee rooms, in which White said that lie recalled the events mentioned in 11 oltz.cn bach'8 atlldavit and substantiating it in every particular, except that not knowing N. G. Gonzales, he did not say it was Mr. Gonzales. tii.lman's afkidavit. " lief ire me personally appeard .las. If. Tillman 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 follows: That for more than a year and possibly longer, N. G. Gonzales has villitied deponent, pursuing him unrelentingly with malice and venom which deponent believes was never equalled in the history of this State, charging him with being a liar, blackguard, rogue, debauchee and villain and such other epithets. Kvcry act of deponent has been distorted and discolored by hate and venom of Gonzales. That though innocent, he wascalled upon to endure these, inasmuch as deponent ,.011 rnu-i -?* was a yuuiiu uiueei. i liu.lv III' DO re <111 this with patience although his private life, heretofore considered sacred was invaded, discussed and held up to public derision. That deponent had been informed that, during the campaign there was a rumor that Gonzales had said if Tillman had said the same things in Columbia that he said else? viiere there would he a personal cn counter in which one would die. Deponent was repeatedly urged and warned to look out for his safety while in Columbia, by various parties. Deponent was informed that Gonzales came to the State house and inquired for deponent ano said that he had made deponent show t he white feather on several occasions and intended to make him do it again. That deponent verily believes that N. G. Gonzales at that time was armed. Deponent was still anxious to avoid an altercation if it could be done honorably. Inas?yk I lol\ nil /1a ?\/A?-? / > It t IIKI a fa lv/via# 1 /\ ? /? t ! iwt iiiiivyii <ir? ur|A;uuuu ?nn/ui iu mm ill? from the olllcc he was removing his personal belongings from the nlate house to iiis room in the hotel and among other things it became necessary to remove two pistols, one the property of deponent, the other left in the room by some one not, known, but presumably some friend. While carrying these weapons to his loom, while upon Main street, he observed N. (J. Gonzales comingoirectly towards him, glaring at deponent, and with his hands in his overcoat pockets. Suddenly he pushed his hand into his / \ <ri > II M>? pocket on the right side and turned towards deponent. Said Gonzales was all x time glaring straight at deponent L. (. -ving his tile in danger, deponent i in edlv said. 441 got your message, " ired. Deponent believed then and 7. l ves now 11i;it Gonzales was armed sl intended to kill him That lie was ious of avoiding a ditllculty with j (ion/.ales if he could. WhenGon,7 s cut across was flic time depots saw him thrust his hand in his ct. That deponent when lie left . State house didn't know lie was {to meet Gonzales on the street. I fhent believes Gonzales was about w a pistol upon him and there* 1 ie lired upon him. Deponent IIred vi- himself, believing his life was -tiger." W. DeVoreandT. II. llainsford, eal nihers of t he house from Kdgelield rn.nty. made allidavit that they know , h J. A. White is a man of uuimliable character and an old Con*. . ' ate soldier. i ug U(H, ge I'opo sustained the motion j.1 ontinuanee. Mere is his order u- 1: T lg of Soulh Caiolina. ol, jv.int.vot Uichland. rs ^>late against James II. Tillman 1,7,1,' Wd with Murder. or hearing read the testimony 4 before the coroner's jury, and pteo llidavits submitted on the part endant in hisapphcat ion for bail, W ..he State's attorneys thereupon 11 < ig for add it ional lime in which to \\ hi ullidavlts In reply to the atll. .. is nn the part of the defendant, .8 ordered that the further hearing (his inul inn he postponed nnlil hi !1/- '?? !< a. in. of Thursday. 19 February, I' 101 The hearing to he liad in the iisiiies court room in the city of ()oi&kell ! the/ ordered that the dee are a?* ?uneil serve upon (lie conn. i ' StaU on the l.'tth day of I his 1 ' ' /upies of the altidavits on (he defendant, and that the State's I be required to serve upon the N1 oon of the Kith day of (his ,i((1 v copies of all atlidavits in reply Jit State will use at the hearing "ll .s motion. And (hat the defendi01' ;l hall have (lie right to use addiippes Atlidavits in reply thereto at iel< ica/ing in t'olumhia. i t ( lie pel it inner lie retained in t he (),. ody of the shcrill' of uichland e I ?'y. I(. V. .1. l'ope, < 'liicf .1 ustice. Nowhcrry, S. 12th February, MOT ANOTHER MURDER. iff........ U villt* by .John Goodwin. A special dispatch from Greenville to The State says a fatal shooting t(X)k place between 5 and <? o'clock Tuesday afternoon on Washington street by which-lames Ilinson lost his life in the twinkling of an eye. His slayer was John Goodwin, a young man not more than 20 years of age, who was a clerk in a store of I'inlay Pros. Ilinson was a horse dealer who worked at Pates iV: 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 had in his possession. They had crossed the street in the presence of several persons, and Goodwin had walked ahead some distance when Ilinson called after him and said he must have some of it, supposed to be the liquor. Goodwin had gone about .'50 feet from Ilinson, when he turned around and drew his pistol, 11 ring the lirst shot in tiie air and then in a straight line tired directly at Ilinson. the second shot striking Ilinson in the left breast and going through the heart. He died almost instantly and was carried into the ottlce of Thackston & Son. Goodwin immediately surrendered to a policeman and was afterwards taken to jail, lie is well connected and has been regarded very favorably since be came here from the country. Ilinson has been living here for several years, but went back occasionally to North Carolina, where lie has wife and two children. 1 le was about M years old and a strong, athletic man. Jt is another case of pistols and whiskey as there does not seem to have been anv previous quarrel, and an eye witness to the shooting says that he was with them not ten minutes before the fatal shot was fired, when they were friendly so far as lie knew. STILL ANOTHKIl MUIIDKH. A dispatch from Walterboro says Wednesday morning about 11 o'clock, near uoLLegeviue, Alien Adams laid wait for Henry .luques and, with a shot Kim, sent a load of buck shot throtiKh his neck, instiintly killing him. .Jaques was on his horse and never knew what struck him. Adams and .laques had a dttliculty Christmas. Mr. Jaquiet was a quiet, peaceable man, while the reputation of Adams in his community for peace and order is not good. 'idle killing is greatly deplored. Jaques leaves a wife with eight children, several of them small. The sympathy of the people is with.Iaqucs. Adams came up Wednesday night and surrendered to SherilT Owens. One Minute Cough Cure gives relief in one minute, because it kills tlie microbe which tickles the mucous ..?v hi ?/i iiu\- | vmniu^ ? in; ?lilU ill. the same time clears the phlegm draws out the inhumation and heals and soothes the affected parts. One Minute Cough Cure strengthens fche lungs, wards otr pneumonia and is a harmless and never failing cure in all curable cases of Coughs, Colds and Croup. One minute Cough Cure is pleasant to take, harmless and good alike for young and old. I)r Pi Norton. A g<od workman Is like a pair of shears; shuts up when he goes to work. CONWAY, S. C STATK DISl'KNSAHV To 3e Investigated by a Legislative Committee. INTIMATIONS MADE IN DEBATE. "t'oon Comi, Olil mid Mellow," 1*1 \11 i 11 i f <*? I in iii? Senate C1 li ii in * bet*. No Drinking on Hie I'ioiiiI.hoh. As soon as the Senate assembled Tuesday evening the galleries began to till with spec La tors and hei'oro tin* evening was over every availnhle seat was taken on 1 tie lloor of the chamhei with prominent personages, anions whom were the governor and Mrs. I lev ward. When Mr. Hood's Joint resolution 1 "to appoint a eoinmlttee to invest i gate the management of the dispensary" was called. Mr. Manning moved to strikeout the enacting clause and declared the regular committee was empowered to make all necessary investigations. lie regarded litis proposed investigation a useless expenditure of money. This brought Mr. St.anland to ids ieei. lie rcquesicn i mil lie in' allowed to address the. Senate limn the reporter's Iaide in front of the president's desk. Ills request lieiiur granted Mr. Stanlaod came forward hearing in Ids arme a box with the name of a well-known patent medicine plainly branded on t he four sides, and proceeded at once to display its conLents which were four different kinds of whiskies contained in bottles of dliferent sizes. Senator: "Are you extending invitations?'* Anot her senator: "Have you enough to tfo around?" The president's navel stopped any further jesting remarks, but could not prevent the majority of the members from tfazhitf lon^in^ly and anxiously at the tempting spread before them. They wondered what would come next. Mr. KLunland prefaced his remarks with the statement that he is not opposed to the dispensary, lias always advocated it, but ids purpose was to pay his respects to the Richland IMStilling company. lie said that not iimiiij c\-> ?itfw in; nan i in iinvi'i II?>*.* incut in a daily newspaper where this company was offering a special brand of whiskey called "Coon Corn?Old and Mellow." It m; do him smile when he thought of this si me whiskey 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 on to say that the Richland Distilling Com pany made one X and two X corn whiskey, gin, rum, apple and peach brandy, all out Of the same product. And he thought that it had become an annex of the dispensary; or rather the dispensary an annex of the distillery. lie exhibited the various samples an 1 alleged that certain products were bought by the dispensary from I he dist illery and resold at a profit of only live cents a lmttlo, on which distilleries in other States bad to allow the dispensary a larger margin of profit besides paying the 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 pit ii y. County dispensers had told him that they could not get what they ordered. New and untried brands were shipped them instead. Picking up one or the bottles from the table he read the name Of the lable, "'Cream of Carolina." "Its real name," said Mr. Stanland, "1 cannot mention in this chamber, but 1 have written It on a slip of paper and hand it to the reporter." On the slip of paper were written the words, "II? Fire." Mr. Stanland asserted that the last general assembly had instructed the management of the dispensary to reduce their stock to $400,000 but instead they had increased it nearly $811,000. The very fact that the management is lighting this investigation is proof conclusive that something is wrong. He charged that the dispensary liquors are adulterated by water and if the investigation is ordered he promised to produce all the necessary documents and testimony. The regular committee has no authority to go into the internal management of the con cern, which nannies a business amounting to $3,000,000 a year and he did not think the small salary of i$100 a sufficient amount to pay to each of the memliers of the hoard in compensation of their services. Mr. Aldrich opposed the resolution and said there was nothing brought l>eforo the committee,nor in Mr. Stanland's statements except the lK>ard was discriminating in their purchases in favor of the Itichland distillery. The legislature in its wisdom had granted them discretion in their dealings with distilleries within the State and with foreign concerns, and lie saw no wrong in what they had i>een accused of doing. Mr. Sharpe asserted that "the dispensary is allrlght." "The people," said he, "are satisfied that it is the best solution of the whiskey question, It J.. I.. II.. .11 ?1 <!- -1 ? ami iu in iMiiy tut; uinsausueu onus that arc making all thi.s fuss." The only trouble that exists rests in the minds of those who are hostile to the Institution and are basest upon a newspaper article signed by Mr. l)outhit, who at one time was connected with the dispensary. Mr. Hood said that the national government keeps a close watch on all its employes and there is nothing U VVI) | THURSDAY. FK1J | i wroiitf in the State doing the same. If i nothing Is wrong the friends of tho institution have nothing to fear and i the moral elfeet would in,ire. than | compensate the cost of the investltfa- | I lion. Mr. May held opposed tin* resolution at length and said that as a linancial Mi -cess the lost it lit Ion has done Jiel t ei each year of its existence. In |Nt)t)j the dispensary's net prolit to the State was $414,000; in 11)00, $171,000; in! lnoi, $,'t4*i.ooo, and last year $f>(lt*,oon. j lie asserted that the people are satis- ! tied and the appointment of the roinmission would result, in nothing more than a junketing I rip. The yeas and nays were demanded on the motion to strike out the rej solving words and resulted as follows: Yeas Messrs. Aldrieh. Ill ike, IhitI i. Dean, Forrest, Dailies, (i todwin. i I I n driek, Johnson, M inning, May lit Id. ; | McLeod, Uavsor, Sharpe, Sheppard, W ilker. Warren, Williams 1*. Nays Messrs. Hrlce, lirowi, (Carpenter. Davis, Dennis. Douglass, liardin, lieriidon, Mood, Marshall, MeCall. McDermott. Melver, IVurifoy, (i. ?W. Kayx.s<l tide. .1. \Y. Itagsdale, j Stackliouse, Stanland, Talhiid ID. So the resolving words were not ! stricken out and the joint resolution passed to a third reading, it is as lonows: this i:nsoi,rTinN. Section I. That a committee consist intf of live members, two of whom shall he members ot the senate, to he appointed hv the president thereof, j and three of whom shall !?o members! of t he house, to he appointed by the I i speaker thereof, is hereby appointed I for t he purpose of examining into t he , j hnsiness management, methods and : control of the State dispensary as ad- J j ministered by the directors thereof, j and by the dispensary commissioner,! and by any other otlicer or olticers t hereof,having administrative author* ity in connection therewith. S.c.j. Said committee shall have j power and authority to send for perI sons and papers, to administer oaths I ! by its chairman,or any member there- j of, to employ a stenographer and j other clerical assistants that it may) deem necessary; and such stenographers 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 the 'time and place at which lie is rel<iuired, or to answer any quest ion propounded by t he said commit tee, or ' any member t hereof, shall lie deemed in contempt and shall lie punished there by said committee, as may be j done, by courts of record. Sec. .'1. Said committee shall meet ! in Columbia, and at such time doritur I t lu: present year as it. may tix, and | each member thereof shall receive the . same enmpensatinn per day, and mile- j age, as is allowed members of the general assembly, but nut to exceed I .'to clays. See. I. Said committee shall make its report to the governor on the com- , pletion of its investigations, with all convenient speed, including t he test i- 1 mony taken, and the governor shall transmit the same to t he general as- ; semhly on the lirst day of the next session thereof. The senate' meets at 11 o'clock Thuisd iy. A (>o<hI Hill Killed. One of the first measures that was taken up in the Senate. Tuesday was Mie bill which passed second reading the day previous relating to the qualification of t he county superintendents of education. The bill was called up for a third reading and immediately Mr. Sharpe moved an indefinite postponement. Mr. Itavsor moved to lay this motion on the table. The yeas and nays were demanded, which resulted as folllow.s: Yeas?Messrs, A Id rich, Make,. Mown, Carpenter, Hoodwln, Ilerndon, II yd rick, McLcod, llagsdalc, .1. W., Kaysor, Stackhouse, Stanland 12. Nays Messrs. Mice, Mitler, I)can, Dennis, Douglass, Forrest, Haines, Hardin, llood, Johnson, Manning, Marshall. McCall, McDcrmott, McIver, l'eurifoy, Sharpe, Sheppard, von Kolnitz, Warren, Williams 21. So the motion to lay on the table was lost and hill killed. The lOftHy I'ill. DeWitt's Little IOarly I Users do not gripe nor weaken the system. They i cure biliousness, jaundice, constipation and inactive livers, by arousing the secretions, moving the bowels gently, yet cITcetualiy, and giving such tone and strength to the glands of the stomach, liver and bowels that, the cause of the trouble is removed entirely. These famous little p.lis exert a decided tonic elTect. upon the organs III I'Alunil nn/l il' tlitf.ii* ii.... Iu ...... I i... i...I ... VIIV/M, UIIVI < I (/ii v i i IID*; irj i ' 'I i i i i I ii'"< I ' for a few days there will he no return of the trouble. Dr. K Norton. NVnntcd trie Money. Dp in Michigan,Mrs. Hay, aged ho, has been granted a dlvtomy from her second husband-i" order .that, she may secure thy renewal of a .widow's pension made .void by her second mar riage. Mrs- Hay :.will therefore l?c looked upoirROfuewhati i.n the light of a grass widow*. >* * * r l>c\Vitt> \Vi(ch ll^zol Salvo. The only: po^tdve^oitre for blind, bleeding, itclung amfcprotruding piles, cuts, buijis,. bruise*},. cc/eipa.and all abrasions of:Ute rtkillV .DpWitt s Is the only Witch Hazel Salve ti.uit.is made from the pure*, urvvi?'ltc?atcd witch hazel ami. ol.U?'vsAjjrJ'e. M'ountcrfcil s. DeWitt's witch Hazel Saiv/> is made to cure counterfeits arc made to sell. Dr. K. l^prtQHur The sMdfl(!rt.tU)bcUfanr'y of an acre of sea HslV fiiojp'as \outf on a California hUf Ofj' miW;fr.onj ihP ocean is more interesting tnan the downfall of frotfs ko often'jtocord&l. After a while the atmo$f?hc?* nrniV 'tdktt to carrying larger fish or a variety of marine objects. IU AHV 11), mo:{. THE PUBLIC MONEY, The Appropriation Bill as Passed by the IIouso. HOW THE MONEY IS SPENT. The Appropriations Mail*' l??r t fie .Maintenance ?>!* tin* Several Depailtiien and Instilii* t inn <>r t fie State. The appropri.it ion hill was taken up in the JltitiM* on Wednesday. The hi truest (lisetis* inn ai the morning j session was I he proposition to renew (lie annual appropriation ot $15,000 to j prevent epidemics ot mntaipous tilseases. Mr. DePruhl wauled to reduce to $ I tf,i)t)n. Mr. P-annanof Anderson. Mr. Williams ol' Lancaster and Mr. ' Winpo of (Jreeovi lie railed attention to the fact t hat. in these fountirs there ii.m ihtii epidemics aihi i tn ir apptica t ion lor help mi l rebel' had Ihtii rejected by the Stale hoard ol licalt li. II litis 111o111 y is spent who tfets the henelll ol il. Mr. Williams moved to ent out flu* cni ire propositi appliea lion. Tills was voted down, axes Is, nays (id. The Slate hoard of healt h was defended hy Messrs. Musis, Tatiim, ( Cooper, Lancaster, Lotion. Jeremiah Sniith and Iiescsne. Mr. Donnald moved lo cut the ap- . propria I ion from $!.*?,nun to $0,000. This was carried hy a vote of OS to ' a 1. , SOI Til CitllOtlNA I UM.KQK, I Mr. Klird olfered an amendment ' proposing to reduce 1 lie appropriat ion ' from $ lis.lino lo $H 1,000. Mr. Lllrd 1 said that last year lie had warned the' house that I In1 appropriations would exceed the Slate's income. This ( prediction had been fulfilled. There are other appropriations in the hill ' from which t he South Carolina college will derive henelits. lie proposed no!' discrimination, hut would move lo re- 1 duce proposed appropriations to all 1 State inst il ut ions. Mr. Towill, also (if Lexington. M differed with Mr. Llird. lie spoke of I I the good the college lias done for over one hundred years and referred with ' feeling to the splendid work being done there now. It would not do to ' cripple t he inst il ut ion. 11 Mr. Lyles in reply to Mr. Kllrd slated that the $7,500 for sewerage is an : extraordinary expense imposed by j' the city of Columbia, and should not : como out of the fund for operating ' the college. h Mr. Cooper called attention to the fact that the college asked for more J than the commit te bad recommended, I' although a great many of the commit- 1 tee favored the increase in order to pay valuable men good salaries. Mr. I'urifoy of Saluda supported Mr. 1 Klird's amendment, lie decried the i tendency to increase appropriations. : Mr. Moses replied that not a single 1 appropriation to colleges had been in- i creased. Furthermore the. bill this year is $12,000 less than the expenditures of last year. No appropriation 1 had been recommended unless it. was needed. 1 The motion to cut the appropriation failed by a vote of OK to to. Mr. Itcnnett wanted the appropriation tixed at $25,000. This, too, was voted down, and the eommlMee's recfim- ! inundation, $28,000, was adopted. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Mr. Pollock olTered an amendment | to appropriate to the public schools $100,000. Mr. Pollock declared that I the house had refused to put aside a j little extra dispensary profits for the | benefit of the schools, and lie felt it a duly to introduce this amendment. The State of South Carolina has never appropriated a cent tor ttie public schools while she lias always tfiven liberally to the colleges, but the I masses should lie taken care of lirst. There was no other discussion. Mr. I Don oh moved to table the amend- ' inent. This was lost by a vote of 18 j to f>l. Mr. Dorroh then moved to; provide that the money be applied to the counties in which it is raised. Mr. j 1,'oiiock urgen mat tins would reduce | it to a local.tax Instead of a general lax. IIe moved to table Mr. Dorroh's amendment. This was lost, by a vote > or 21) to 7!). He fore Mr. Dorroh's amendment could be adopted Mr. Kibler moved to j indefinitely post pone t in* original Pol- : lock amendment. The vote was ;"?.*? to | on, and the motion was lost. Mr. Mauldin moved to continue the amendment. This was carried by a vote of (10 to 54 and the amendment was killed. There would have been another tie vote, but three members who had boon with Mr. Pollock, voted against the proposition this time. There were three roll "cklls- and one poll of the house on this amendment so close was. the vote. The house passed amajnondment giving the gpvci nnr'solllce an addition a) $2,500 for paying judges of special courts if So much be necessary. The governor's stenographer is also to get nil ini'rn:iun' A I* sk 1 l ii i The two flVcinen in the engine room of the Stall*house tfet $15 a month additional foi? the seven months t hey are employ^ *M)d there is a State house j.udtress,ati $!20 per annum provided for. ; t I To Cu I Take Laxative Bror I Seven Minion boxes sold In past 12 n i DISPENSARY CONSTABULARY V I'.ill I'iinki'm tlio Mouse to IteorKitnixo the l''orc?. In llit! House on Tuesday morning Mr. Anil culled up Ills bill to reorganize the dispensary constabulary system. Mr. Laney moved to strike out tin; enactinvr words. Mr. Anil explained the provisions of the bill. It keeps the governor from IteinK the chief constable and Hives the constabulary a head who! can tfivo Ids personal at tent ion to I lie workings of tlie constables, lie described the annoyances to the governor on aceounl of having so many pel.ty details to keep up with. The bill will not. do away wHh the uo\crnor's constabulary clerk w ho keeps up with | I lie seizures, expense, etc. Mr 1 ). It111111 iitiiuivo i i 'to Kill ??. provides for a new oilleo an ' uives the ,-hief constable much lat itude in approving expense accounts. Mr. Tatum thought tie' governor should he mveil tiie machinery with which to enforce the law. The chief oostahle would save the Slate ten limes more than Ids salary d he were I my account. There are mow over I ,000 applicants for places on t Ic con ' dahulaiv, and lie governor cannot! immediately p<i through that volmninmis correspondence. M r. 1'olinek told of I lie manifold dulies of the governor who oiiKht to he relieved of passing upon every little Maim rot liquor seized hy constables. Plie governor will si ill he the responsible head. ( 'ol. Moses and (iol. Towill favored I lie hill. The latter declared that I lie present law makes the governor aconstabulary clerk, lie staled his sin ere belief I hat tin* prosenl governor; wants to v111<tree tho law. Mr. Pollock also favored the lull. Mr. Nichols thought/ llie dislrlet hlcl constables could do this work' ind save the salary of the pro|M>sed I illlce. Mr. I fowling thought lids would he! removing the responsihillty from the governor's olllee, and Unobjected. If there is too touch work t the done, why not tfet another clerk in the kov rnor's otlleo to sift out the corresp< >ndenec? The motion to st rike out the enacting words failed by a vote of X't to T."?. The hill provides for a chief constable at a salary of #1,500 a year, and expenses. Tho chief constable, with Lhe advice of the governor, is aut.ho li/.ed to appoint one or more State ijonstahles at a salary of $U per day nod expenses, seven assistant chief constables at a salary of $.'! per day and expenses, and one or more detectives at "reasonablecompensation." The expenses of the chief constable are to be approved by tho governor and tho expenses of the subordinates a re to be approved by t he chief. I he latter is to have an ollice at the State dispensary. The proposed bond 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. Anil proposed an amendment that'the governor and not the chief constable should appoint I,lie subordinates, but/ tbis was rejected and the original bill passed intact. /I New DImminc. rriie mysterious "sleeping sickness" of West Africa, which has been the subject of latescientilie investigation, proves to be a form of meningitis, differing from cerebro-spinal meningitis in its chronic and almost Invariably fatal character, it is classed with hydrophobia as one of t he most deadly diseases known, if is communicated from person to person in some unknown. It is communicated from person to person in some unknown way, beginning with slight, list lessness, which passes into coma and then into death, its duration being fio n one to six months. Thus far it lias been known only among negroes. If has depopulated lartre districts, however. :iiul its spread is feared through the opening of Africa trade. Overcome hy (ias. Kive men met death and ten were overcome Thursday ni^ht by the fumes of ^as escaping from the purifying box in the plant of the Northwestern < Jaslitfht and (Joke company at liliic Island 111. The men, under the direction of .Supt. Kussell had been cntfaKcd in chan?iriK the purltier in the purifying box. According to the statements of men at the plant when the men Mulshed the work of chan^in^ the substance in tin; box they did not close the covers of tile box. >Vhen the tfas was turned on Into the box for the purifying process, it escaped in volvmes and the men were overcome where they stood. Supt. Martin is amonx the dead. The other victims were laborers. Many a prominent man lias ceased to work at it after the votes were counted. When the house took recess, the following items in r.he hill h.-ul lm<>n approved; # KXKCUTIVK OKKICEH. (Jovernor's Oillee Salary of governor, $.1,000', private secretary $l,.'lf>0; stenographer $500: messenger, $100; contingent fund, $5,000; stationery [CONTINUED ON I'AOK KOUK.J re a Cold in On no Quinine Tablets. lonths. This signature, .. #* ? _____ . i NO. 20 1 KING ARRESTED. ( ti.? m\>\ir?? 1 ;.. t?i~? r?- ?u. y a iic man fi autca in f luicuto lUl tiio ' Murder of Rogers. WAS CAPTURED IN DENMARK. ( llo llud Formed Partnership With ? Senator S. <i. .Mnyflnld to I'lunt Tulmccu. A Mud(It'ii DImmoIuHoii. A spec ial dispatch from Denmark to The State says Win. C. Kin#, wanted in Morenco county for the killing of Sam lingers and tlie wounding of .lames Holers,was caught there on last Thursday. The dispatch says"The linn of Mayllcld & Kintf, composed of Senator S. (} May Held and Win. C. Kintf, tobacco planters, has been dissolved by the arrest of the latter. < )ur inlendant a- d chief of police h.diiK wide awake, saw in tlie Mr. kintf, expert on tohieeo planting, the man wanted in Florence county for murder and notified the sheriff that 1)1! was here. Mr. TIkm. Murch arrived here Thursday morning at an early hour from Florence and from discripl Ion u'iven him said at once it was the man wanted. lOxpeetln^ that Kin# would tfivu t rouble to those trying to take him, and knowing t hat lie would tx; armed and know the Florenco sheriff at sight it, was decided for Mr. lUircti toremain out of sitfht sind lot our plucky deputy, (Japt. 11 unter, arrest the man. Deputy Hunter was assisted by (J. J. Maxtor, and expecting trouble they had to do their work quickly. kin# was armed as expected, having a pistol in t he inside pocket of his vest. Me fori! b">iuK' to arrest Kill# Ids room was visited and in it was foun I a Winchester rllle, which lie brought with him hero, and this was taken possession of hy the sherilT. ' .Mr. Kin^r tells your correspondent that In* went direct to Sumter after the killing, from Sumter to Columbia, and thence to Denmark, where he has been ever since; also that he intended iroiiiLf back to Florence in time for court. It seems strange that he should use Ids correct name here, but it is true that no one thought to ask him his lirst or given name. Says he t hicks'Senator May Held should put in a good word for him. "Mr. King, I learned, called on Senator Maytleld Tuesday morrlng alter his arrival here and represented himself as an expert on tobacco raising and made a bargain with the senator to plant 10 or 1 ^ acres on shares, tie to do all the work and Maytleld to furnish the land and fertili/.ers. Mr. King was progressing nicely with his new farm when the law steps In today. It is hoped the senator will succeed in getting another partner to carry on this work, for it is believed that our soil is the very thing for tobacco." The Oreen l<2yod Mounter. At liirmingham, Ala.. John Smith, a motorman, put lour bullets in the chest and abdomen of A. T. YVrlirht. a iholdcr, at/ the common hoarding I house of Wright, himself and Miss Gussie Gardner. I loth young men were enamored or the girl. Wednesday ni^hl 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 goodnight, appeared in ttie hallway with a pistol. Smith at once opened tire on hiin and inflicted what are bound to be fatal wounds. The girl was a witness of the tragedy. She spent a portion of the day at the bedside of the wounded young man, advising him to be quiet. Hurrah lor Ilcrkeloy. The St Stephens Echo and Press says. "Von can often hear our neighhors of adjoining counties calling Ilerkeley County the "black county;" of course tills is because the colored element predominates, but can our sister counties make as nice a showing as was made at the assembling of the Court fur the February term and the Grand Jury failed to obtain a single finding. The Judge commended the Jury and the county, and we would likewise wish and hope that such con! ditions might prevail the entire country over but how futile such a wish i or hope." 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 floor a ?err I Uo blow on the head with a Hat iron. This occurred in a cabin. 'The fight was tiien transferred to the i yard, when in the struggle the negro secured the chief's pistol but the orti| cer managed to keep hi in from using it, and finally in a terrific grapple and clinch the chief caught the negro's lip in his teeth. Al>out tills time help arrived and the coon was subdued. Tiik anti-trust hill has passed the national house unanimously, Republicans awl Democrats alike voting for it. Some people l)clleve it is so constructed that it will fall to accomplish anything, and we are one of them. ie Day 1 frij J?* on every I