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*( _ THE PEOPLE'S OURNAL. VOL. 7.---NO. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4 897. Tho Gooral Assembly. FROM THE STATE CAPITAL. The Measuros of Importance Under Considoration by the Legislature Business that Will Occupy Timo for its Disposal Correspondence of The Greenville Moun taineer. COLUMBIA, Jar..aary 27.-(Special). The purpose of Mr. Patton, of Rih land, to offer a now arrangement of Congressional districts has been car ried out by the Introduction of a bill which makes the following division : Po Do., Dist .lct.-Chesterfield, Marlboro. Darlington, Florence, Ma rion and Horry. Santoo District-Georwetown, Wil liamsburg, Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchestor. Edisto District-Orangoburg, Barn well, Colleton, HmpLton and BeAufort. Wateroo Distriet-Fairilold, Ker shaw, Richland, Sumter and Claren don. Saluda District. -Lturono;. Green wood, Nowberry, Saluda, Lexington and Aiken. Northern District--Spartanburg, Cherokee, Union, York, Chester and Lancaster. Piedmont District-Greenville, Pick ens, Oconee, Anderson and Abbuville. It is as yet 1npossible to say what will be the fate of this measure. There Is evidently a desire to make some changes looking to a better grouping of counties in the several districts. But whether the particular distribu tion set forth in Mr. Patton's bill will go through remains to be scen. The House, early In the session, rejected a proposition to at)olut a committee to frame a bill to redistrict. It would seem probable, therefore, that the best that may be expected for the bill now on hand is that it, will Lo continu ed till the next session. The que>Lon of Ltition in the State collegt-:; hat taken shape in two forms. In the fir.J, place, the nat mha las ed a bill rt qin r uden at Comin son Colleue to l'ay- i 0J a yene for tui tion--with thi 1i-t c xc-ep:tjioi in fa Vor of youing un.ri v oe pa rents L.ali show thelir inability to piay :n-ges. It ha. b'Cni iinmu that ther at, in the t . (. i J. C .1- i n. quf , dihfi;iitie:-- in ,u Way iiony it .en chargecs at I t many b Ic i'' k1 -- 1m Uent In favor ' '. : it.. i nstitutiion on the same ftingtiw.r, in this reet, wi other col, e ;:, 's ery genr,.rat1. In t~ao 110ous Mi. 1 ). Smith. of Sumter has intimcueed a h11l1 whicAh is given Cese whlre, j.;t t l to L e result of a r.:-ent conferent-c of re ... sentatives of the ditfu-rent de::0 ina tional coiheges. Its lito cannuot n1,1%w 1, safely pred ic-ted. It will no 60oubjt cause much debate in both Ilouse aind Senate. There was a sprightly debate in the House on th bill to liinlt the work of street-car employes to twelve hours a day. AndL:tled so as to pormit loneer hours by special agreement, in cans of accident or necessity, the bill was pased without a dissenting vote. The bill to require insuranco com panics to depoe.t $10,000 in good secu rities with the State treasurer to se cure policy-holders has been held over. Mr. Kibler, of Niewberry, has intro duced a bill. to combine the duties of Insurance commihsionor with those of bank examiner. . It is expected that the provisions of this bill will meet the case to such an extent that the deposit bill will be found unnecessary. The Hiouso joint resoultion to relim burse persons who had been unlawful ly campelled to pay commutation road tax was killed in the Senate. The House yesterday had under dis cussion a jill to amend the .school law. Excep~t in matters of mere administra tion the principal change contempla ted is to permnit children in one district to attend school in an adrjoinintg di 1 trict. There were many opinions on this point, and, after much debati', the bl~l was recommitted to the commtitteoo on common sc!iouols. Mr. Bacot, of Ch arleston, has intro duced a bill to prohibIt rthe use of "partial or partisan " text-books in the common schools. Ther'e was an auimated debate in the Senate, on a hill, introduced hy Mr. Ragedale, of lFairlicld, to dheprivye ci cult judges of the right to set, aside or reduce verdicts on the ground of ex cessivoe 'aimages. 'Tho bill had been unfavorably reported, and it was re jected b~y a large mejority. The House has granted permission for the introduction of aL hill to incor porate the Atlantlo Coast Line. The two houses met in joint assem bly yesterday to declare the result, of the election of United States Senator-. Judge E trIo had received every vote cast, except that of Ander-sor,, the col ored representativo from Geor-getow n. The Legailature will go in a bod~y to Rock Hill on1 Saturdaty, to inspect, the Winthrop Normal College. The schedule will b', so arrangod, of course, that the visitors will tgo and return the same day. A bill whictth may cause a little stir Is that to autthor'ize. countly dIispensary boards to ha.y l iquors oft dIistilIliries opera~tedl it the sever-al counties of th is State. CowtIM iIIa, Jant. 2.-int tihe Scinate thi, mmn enint Ja-r. Ibii4t of Char-leston offeried aL bill to tZ regula tarty lii maies1C-onet obij.e of wiv ich is to pit 'all the counity pmrintries- within thei law, jusit that of Chatreton~ no.w iS. The Se-nate concuirredi in tihe leo-uw rcsolutiont to allow the Iintod 1 in-i of a hIll to ch artcor timo At: ati t Xi it Line. The bill (of S n. tor- LI ig. 'e tom render tigraphm cotipanies I.Lbh: in damages fotr the taridy deilivory of mesit sages wais de femttd(. TheI Hous , rj (ctttrd the bill to muak thoolil 4 of Master elective. Tne mian argument of the app~onets~t of the ohie" might, at any time, Ithi ough a proper regulation in the D~imocratic primary, be lof t to the voit -r to filli. The [1ous6 passed a bill authorizin z the Sinking Fund commission to lend to the dlifferent countl. s un mploye moneys at a vote hot tm> exce d 44 p -r cent. jcr annum -the lo~in to be secur.d bya pledge of taxes, - ;,. l)IDIiATI IN TiI'2 8IGNA'Id, t] T I t It'u Cy Goverilmkent. Ljaw% aII( t k ile Utnhso ol' Cuba Libre. In Ono of the ruo-t intoresting days so P. far in the Senate brought out the trj- ti bunes of the people on topics of wide- s tpread importance, and the discussions cl are reported as follows in The State: n NO COMMISSION WANTIED. A concurrent resolution from the p, House providing for the appointment of aI comnilssion com"posed of three d< members of that body and two of the 1 Senato to consider all matters relating ot to county government, to sit in extra di ses'ion anwl to have its report, printed g andt mailed to each representativo, was et substitutod for a similar resolution le which had boon made the special order. pI Mr. Scarborough moved an indefinite C. postponement of the concurrent re08- at lution. p( Mr. Honderson: I hope the motion er not prevail. All the 8 %nators have noticed the flood of amendments to the ol county government law. If wi attemnpt bi to amend this law by piece-meal the result will be very unsatisfactory and n( consuimo more time and cost more than D1 for the cominission to sit after the Lug- M islature adjourns. h( Mr. Suarhborough; The bills that have tit been introduced and being introduced have been carefully prepared. We aro 1> Askedl to tun all bills over to a coIm- C3 inission for consideration, but wo are not assured what will ba done with them. They may be unfavorably con sidered and the very grievances which they were intended to obviate will go uncorrected. 3 1 Mlr. Ragsdalo: I think the motion of or tho Senator from Iorry should prevail. .j The most the comn ission could do is t) to consider these bills. We are as well te prepatud to aut on those matters now I, as we would be a year hence with nothing but, the commission's report before us. I submit that the bills can be considered as well from the floor by bu the representatives as after hearing a special report. Mr. Dean: I opposo the motion of the a Senator from Horry. There is nothing more important than these measures ; to amend tihe county government law, and In their consideration too much ci care caininot, be taken. c M r. MAj field: Various counties in the Sttte have ucrtaln objections to the cIuntt y t o nienit law. Amend mentst Ar, intodt.vtd tiLere almost daily and t 0 n ti me of Considering the lm on the ar t of botI htous5e would mako the p ex im m neh -enter than to havell, as am'r ec('011)3y and a Im ' tan ,: i m e, y :-Wt-tt ment of this difieu.it r . I irw: l[ I thought that the cann awoul a-omlish the obl ji . IA diew, I wom:d favor it.. Thrt. tC i nothing to be gained by this tomi- di niston wh IJh w ould only be an in. 8 r.B : W'.o mld taki nlocon- di id ratu imt iher coli :soiins I - i never b. -ii i:i i-factoryv. A b ill wou 0 1 II'N!i it k.! (v, ' IV h ichI woUld ).. more ~ dtit.h thbu ir all the Iearate Milr. Saniders: I foe i tisfiedtt thn t the jti colnty govern- menAit law is not givigt entisfaction in many counties and I an JI sburo 1t coimlmisziion could draw up a bi munch better bill than the existing one. Mr. 1-Hu ist: I am,11 heat-tily in favor of a (IL commission if we can hold overy county OP t) the bill drawn up by it, but this I11 thing of excepting this county and that (I county would leave such a bill applica.8 es ble to only a very fow counties in the a,; State. go Mr. Moser: I shall vote for the mo tion of the Senator from Hory. The Pr( only way we can settle the matter is to th< fight it out on the floor. It would be Pr< impossible .for a commission to drawa up aL bill satisfactory to every county jti in the State. Besides those counties air who ind the present law oner-ous wish to their grievances lightened as soon as p)0 p)ossible. They do not want to wait thm twelve mtonths. to The voteo on the indefinite pos5tp)one-th mnent of the resolution was then taken. I It was ats follows: p Aye--Archer, Br'own, Biuist, Connor, go Loive, Mdauldin, McCala, Mel) niel, Cl Mliller, Moses. O'Desll, Puttigrew, t, R~agin, Ragsdale, Scarborough, Sloan, fa Stackhouse. Tat bird, Turner, Walker, no Wallace, Williams--27. of Nay--Alexander, Dean, Douglass, a U- nder-oau, Mayfleld, Mower, Sandters er* TrHE CUBJAN RIESOLUTrIONS. u Tlhe Cuban resolutions w hich have ye been matdo the special ordeor from time tri to time were taken up and finally dils- col posed of. List week, it will he r'e- po: called, Mr. El enderson moved to strike tto out the thtirdl resolution which called. me on the gover'nont to) recognize Cuba's ! independence at once. ain Mmr. Ra-.fsdale spoko in part, aS follows: i "I do not believe there are three score ctl of pcelpio in this State who do not be- or; lievo that Cuba ought to be free. South th. Carolina, horn in revolution, has a the groat sympathy for' those who desire noi freedotm and self-government. The~ vie rcoignitioni of Cuba is not a casus belli roi andI th is Senatu would ntot be true to Itsetlf end too 9000oopl it repr~tesents if it tie didI not tahle; Mr. Henderson's mfotioni to jilt str'ike ouit tihe thit'l resoluti ion. I sin- ,i cerrily hope this will ha (1on1 arnd the jm resolutioins as they stand bo p~asscod." ro' Mr'. Sloan: [ trust the motion of miy no: fri enrd from A iken w ilI not pre-ivai I 'i i think the intdpendene of Cubat should jmt ho r-cogn iz -d att Onca. If these gal- ex Ilamt peioplo are to be i- C; creo nied it. ' shouald bit dono he fore tihe resontuirces' of wv that, i slandl are destIroyed toiIt can dio fmu tno harm to let our' C mI1 t* onen kno hhi.'11 that the Senate of thtU. .A', is int hearty mympathy witih i.--- prop, C udl&eedenci nowm', independhenc-e .,,r rdi. lIon esn: Thereo is no Ontor ' ithl C :i, bt the po14 it)tt IS that svu h., Ishtot'd i.0, may tha~t her' intl)lOedece i tmhouldtIIi be rctt;uiz d. Ou' repres~en tativesIat Wsit iotn are better able co tto judgeJ' of the qute-tion than we. Di ga nlot attemptil tto( ditato to Ilhem. The ch r'ecogniition wouild lead to war and who be can tell what the ltoutome wouldl b3. fa Spain has t he symtpthy of l'ouronat, atnd, M assisted by some~ of tho-so power'fni he nations, woO tIldtprovo a for-n~idable j u enemy. As busines-s men~i in a busintess th mnutr we should ac1 oin this mtlittr,' bu Mr. Dean; I am In aumnathy with -n 10 reSUIutions in their entiretv. I do it taike these resolutions as- an at mpt to dictate to our representatives Congress. If grand juries make re >rts to us do we consider it dicta on ? No. Thou when we reflect the ntimont of the people of this State it mnot bo termed dictation. There is > less than nine-tenths of the people this State in sympathy with those ruggling patriots, and a fearless ex 'ession of It Is no more than right. Mr. Hay: Th proposition, ts [ un irstand it, is an expression of the mpathy of the p"ople. We express ir sentiments. We do not attempt to (tate to Congress. It would )) a iod idea, I think, to send a copy of Lese resolutions to the P resident and t him know the sentiment of the peo e of this State. I dolJt sipposO Mr. evelarnd cares what- our sentiments 'o, and If he did it would not alter his )IlCy in the least, still I think it well 1ough to let him know them. The aye and nay vote was then called k whether the third resolution should killed or not: Aye---Alexander, Brown, Iuist, Con r, Dennis, Douglass, Duhose, Gaines, enderson, McDaniel, Miller, Moses. ower, O'Dell, Ragin, Sanders, Stack. >uSe, Talbird, Turner, WIllace, Wil ims-21. Nay---Dean, Hay, Mayliold, McCalla, 3ttigrew, lagsdale, Scarborough, ean), Walker-l. VElMICT AS To PACTS. The S nato by an overwhelining ma ri ty. after a lengthy debate, rej~ected r. Ragsdale's bill forbidding circuit dges to set aside the verdict of juries (tietstions of fact in civil cases. Tn bill was taken up from the spe A order list and Mi r. Hagsdale gained cfloor in its support. The commit e had given his hill a black eye, but appeal:.d from the comimuittee to the nato on the merits of his measure. 3 said the bill did not seek to strip e judge of any of his prerogatives. It it did propose to forbid his trespass ion ble province of the jury. This thority of the judge to set aside a rlict on questions of fact was uncon tutional and the act allowing it. ould be repealed. That portion of a constitution forbidding the judge to argo upon the facts would be of no alI if after the verdict Is ron,lered e judge is to iet aside the deeroe of e jury on a question of fact. Under e present law a verdict Was set aside d the case went to the next jury ejudiced by a verdict on it being set ide by tho previous judge as wrong, d on the case went, until the judg's nion prevailed at iast. ve iniilt well do away with the jury alito ther. Mr. Heldeo'0 said thqt the comm it. L! had beeI unanimous in their ver t. 11e doelard that there was no ch law in the United States as pro * 1.' e ii. 1l ab 't u toant adji o ) .,th. ishd throughou t tie toy of !ii un0on thll prinlciple WaI. ery w ' lero aid down th at the jud pe 1a ri-ht to -e.t usiole the jir s v r ', whea it is inmanifestly against thIe !ight (if the evidlence. Pass this bili d no matter how many inistakes a ey may make In passion or otherwise, ore would be no means of obtaining -tico for a persecuted litigant. The I was too far-reaching. %Ir. Sloan spoke in favor of the un 7orable report. This bill, In his inon, was the most dangerous and wiso ineasure that had Lcon intro oed Into the Sonate during his entire 'en years' experience. It wan Linst the practice of every civilized iernnment of the wor'ld. dr. ) -an saw no great danger in the )io)sid bill, but, on the contrary, ho )Ught it was directly in line of the )gress and the spirit of the times I tendencmy of jurisprudence. If the ies, selected as they were, from ong the best citizens, were subject undue influences, it should be sup ted that the judges wore liable to 3 same influonees. We should hew the line and the letter and spirit of ) coinstituttional provision that says the matters of fact the jury is au 3mie. Let it be said that when twelve d, lawful and representative men, o know the~ witnesses and~ atre best alified to j :dge of their testimony, it they alo ne shall be judges of the mts. The friends of the measure did reflect upopn the honor alnd purity the circuit judges, but it must be d they are human and as liable to - s jurors. vir. Pecttigrow, it ireply to the argu nt that a jury is often pre'jud iced, ed that in such cases a chianire of riuo could he obtained, and the case cd by an impartiat jury in another mnty. It was unreasonable to sup se that one man wats bettor qualified pass upon the fact than twelvo honest m, the poors of the person litigating. vir. Mower bald he had not beard of y condition of affailrs In this S'tate vt cal led tor' the passing of this r'ad 1 lavw. This bill proposed to say that, 'ore of judoges can be corre'cted, but tt those of the jurors could not. If jury commits an 'irror through 1g Pance or other influence, the super ory authority of the judge should be alned to correct them,. drm. Hlay appr'oved of the new consti lennal drovision which forbid the Igo .to state the ovidenco. lie b.e ved in trials lby jury*, and ho waLs no Ige wor'shipper. Putting at black >C onl a mtan d11d not make him a judlge, v et a lawyver. But he had no in ition of relhecting on tho cir'cuit I ges o f this StaIto. It, ha d been his pericenee fhtat it was almost implos de to g'et at new tial from a juedge e'n th Cjurty had pal ~ssed upon tho 'J.lne are b'ymiert and are liai ', thioui h hone,',ty so, to ma~ke is~ <o (Snmd mil el-contra-- Ltheo facts. lb tihl mot s: the v~i-um In eittl' g ogl r'-iiurc' 1 lio a'ppeal to llhe Supreme cis o I: n im for at ntmw triatl, whichme Nbr. A\ r.*ber was o' t hie oinion thiat IweveruI oir thitten ,m -. lIer parti, he pmiferresh Lie tirmen. NI r. MIas lIeldt s poke adnet the bill, mpilarinug the judge It a lco~notive ver'nor', who super'intmnd d and ptt a cek on the judicial machinc wh'len it came unruly and ran '-o excess or led to mete out ex oe' ji tie, an d to r.['ettlirw's qu *-st . i LL woulId the use of a jury i f : ey wv':-e not thet ulges thmeof fatts,r'c, ieo iv y ompartumy u jumdge to thle he~u ad -ittr oc(f a .luding, wvho saw that the work was onorly conatruntat Mr. Ragsdale appealed for what h< considered the gfood principle in Ih bill, and moved to indefinite lv 9o.t pono the_1 unfavor'able ruport. On this motion the a'ce and nays were called for, and It was lost on a vote of 27 to N as follows. Aye --Dean, GaMes, McDaniel, Nor ris, O'LmIl, Pettigrew. Ragsdale and Wiliam2-S. Nays-Alexander, Archer, Brown, huist, Connor, Dnnis, Douglass, Du B~oze, Grilli11h, Hay, lfenderson, L-,ve, Mauldin, Mayliela, McCalla, Nliller, Moses, Mower, IRgin, Sanders, Sear horoulgh, Sloan, Stackhouse, Talbird Turner, Walker and Wallace-27. \ Mr. Mafylleld then moved t'ae adop tion of the unfavorable report and re jection of the bill which was carried. ---- o--- -- Ulm iCLlCOTION Ol SIGNATOR. Te Formal Procecillings in I ho Leg islature-Judge IEarle Gets All file Votes 1CExCept. 11h1e Coloul Memitllber Froml Georgetownl. 'olumbia State. The nomination of Judge Earle, of Greenville, for United States Senator in the recent primary lessened the great interest which n1o-lv w# e-' the election of -I ":.. , .,j e,, ,ot0n of trust an-l dignity. The election was one of formality and without in cident. W! en the hour arrived the president of the Senate announced the time for ti.. elect-on at hand. M r. Dean, Sen;or from Greenville, arose to put in nomination Judge Earle. lie said " We are here to excente the will of the people; I, therefore, rise to place: in nomInats )n the n-une of tLhe gentle manis who wai chosen by the people to repre8ent theim in the ,United States Senato. A gentlonian whose, purity in public and private life has never been! quustioned:a gentlec'an who will rell :el, Iionort on this State in the halls of the national legislature. It, is my privilege tW prueent, the name of the Hou. Joseph 11. Earle of Greenville." Mr. Moses-I second the nonination of the Hon. Joseph 11. Earlo with pleasurc. Nir. lende-son--lf ability and purity of characte' in public and lriVate life counts for aught, then the lion. Joseph H. Lariu, wYill ably represent this State. 1 s cond the nomination. Nir. Maylield-The gentleman whose namec bas been put in nominaion wa: chosen by;thelpeople after a heated cam p)aign. 1 ol)l)osed his election then, but since the will of the people has beenu expressed, it gives me pleasure to se cond the nomination of the Hon. Joseph H. FIrle. Mr. Hiit--The metropolis of the State unanilolsly endorses the Clec tion of the Hlon. Joseph 11. Earle, and as thei' representative i second the nominaijtlon. ir. Sloain-Representing the Capital city of tihe State, on its behalf it is wit I ploasuri that I second the noninatLio, of tho lon. Joseph H. Earle. Mr. Archer-As I understand it, if the roll is called, we will all secono the nomination of the lon. Joseph :H. Earle. The roAl was then called, all the senators prosent voting for Judge Earle. In all 31 votes were cast. 1_ the HIoLiSe of 1prose1tatives, when the hour arrived, the election of a United States Snator to succeedI Senator [rhy was proceeded with. The election consumed only 10 minutes o: the timo of the House, and it wat mnovely a matter of form. Mr. Blythe, of Greenville, rose and addressed the speaker thus : Nir. Speaker: I nominate lon. Joseph [H E irlo el Greenville. As is weli known to the General Assembly, J udge lEurle was nomninated for this position at the late Dnmocratic primary elec tion held for that psurpose. I take it, therefore, that the duty of the mem bers of this General Assembly in cast ing their ballets will be largely pe functory and that they wvill confirmn the action of the D~emocrats at the pirimary by the unanimous election of Judge l- urIc. Mr s. E. Di. Smith seconded the nomi nation on behialf of the SumJiter dele gation. Dr. Wyche .mnoved that nominatione now close. This was agreed to and Messrs. Wyche, E'. D. Smith and P-of lock ap~pointed toiler's. The colored membet', Mr'. Anderson, voted for (G. WV. Mur'ray. The rest of the voto was cast for' J1udgo E trie, as follows : E irle, )7 : Mlurray, 1. F:AORLI: ' OltA E L CTiION. Although he had received an almost unanimous vote in both houses, the Ilaw reqired'C~ thte formality of ia j >Iint assemibty ton the day following to) dI cilare the election of Senator l' trie. Upfon) Lieutenant Governor McSweeney taking the chbait' Ito an tnunced t hal the speclal business was the election of! a U nited States Senator, in accor'dane with the laws on that subject. I-Ic then cal led upon Clerk [Hemphtill, of thme Sensate and Clerk Gray, of the llouse, to recad the journals of thieir respective houses relative to the elcecion and vote for a United States Senator. After the journals were iread antd the vote aunnoutnced, NIrI. McSweoeney declaredl that the Hon. Jlos. 11. Earle, htaving received a majoirity of the total vote ea-'it, was declared eloet~ed U nitedl M'to Senator from Sooth Carolinst for six years from March 4th, 1897. It t~Oik just fivo mfinlutes to-day to go I I brough the formaul election of United States Senator. PATTrON'S ilSTRIuT PLAN. Natming the Congr'euon~al Di1straicts for 4 'onsve'nience-Thela Scheme hi~x pilainesd by Its Anthilor. 1 'ese'nt ali ve F C. Patton. of Rich lanl, hasi in troduced!i a hiil I to i'-edistrict the State in to mi ore hom nogeniou and 15( n atu ral di viii ons. Ti) prevent rotnfit 1ion ats tos numbers, lhe has givens nam~ies to tihe d ist~mricts, usi g teriritorial desig nations that are fam iliar and atlppro pitto. The rearsrangemnent tunder MIr. P'atton- bill will hie as. follows: lPeo Ice Distrlet--Cgest( rfield, Mar boro, Dar'sington, i'soroece. Marion and [Horry. Santee District-(ieorgetown, Wil Ii amsburmg, Chiarhl.- n, Ilerkeley and Dotce ri -i. 1N 11,o D~itr'et- <> -isngehutrg, Illarn well, Collecton, ILlaimpt, n and lBeaufor-t. Wateree District- ilnflid vor shaw, Richland, Sumter and Claren don. Saluda l)istriet-1-- Laurns, Gi-een wooot, Noeyberiry, Salidia, LAxington and Aiken. 'Nor-thern 1isrc--pranue Cherokue, Union, York. Chester and Lancaester. I 'iedlon i)istrit-G reenv i lie, 'ick ens, Oconee, A nderson and A bheville. Speaking of this bill, M rl. Patton aid I to a llegisteri lepo-tlr that he was Ilore irily impkssed with th1 boliof that tile people of Soliti Car-olina w isled to have the State redistricted tl!e m1orC tihe li tter1 was di udrc and th mn1ro ho intqiired into it. IIs ph i i-rovides for the for-mation of disLicts by grou ping what he calls "natural divisions' of the State. In regard to the novel feature of giving the distiricts names instead of lumtbers. Mr. I 'atton said t liat such desig-nation would pr mvent the con fusion Of .11 di. cial Circiiits and Congri'essjional IDis trict. The naie "'cc Dee I)istrict" would initnedi ately supg't. the location and the counties compo.ing it. In ad dition to that, thei r natu ral advantages would be more homogenuous in their composition, made up1) of leople, as one inmight say, more nearly akin in thought and feeling. So far as the l.atter of designation S. d istrict. is concerned , there is noth inn. he said, in re1CarLd to it in the acts of Congre-.s. It is only required thnt Cogrlessilen should hoe v eted from districts composed 1as nearly as )ossi ble of the -aue number of inhabitants, anid that the'i coilities or Suhdivisions shoulld be contignous. By the pi cent arrangcment the law is not observed for the distr icts vary in populat-ion from abIout 110.000 in the aallilet to over r200.th ) in tile la'rgest. I3v ihe presheit, :c heiae that vation wonli . be Iedliced to about 1-l0,000 in tihe .mle0It, to 17"),009 in the largest, av cording&u to the ee nsus of I S91O. . NI. I 'at ton arg ues tI at ti e distr icts, as provided in his bill, will h.% much noroVC compaMCt muc mor11 near Illa! in arca. No county is divided between two distric', as is done under the present ainiemient, and eath county wouild then eXercise itb full indutee. lie also cal S attention to the fact that the t bire seaports of the State are, uinder thi M peselt, arrng i leent, in the Ine di s.rict and tle thlree large t -Aties In the State, outside of Charles lon), are iml tihe same, which disitic t ctintains about, one-foilrth of the white polaUILtiOli of thil Stale'. This mani festly should not be. Under, the precs ent plan he claims thatr not only Il the matter of Ipoiation more eq uitably adjusted, but another evil is relorimed. Trhe only two districts containing a very large number of inhabitants have the simallest numnbo of qualified elee toirs. w ho, of course, make the selection of the Congressman. It has been suggested that the mat Iter f redlstrict.igii bo postpolled until the census of 1J00. To this AMr. Patton satys that if a new apportionment h3 mlde it woIIld not be until 1903, and it would ho worse than foolish to po4tpone $1, Change, the necessity for which Is felt in the present, for six years. So far as the change would aIfect the ontests now pending in Congress, Mr. l'atton does not think that the most in.- c.,ilus manl Could find anly argumlent against the seating of mem bers-nlect by reason of tho re-division into logal and proper districts. GOrrymanderi ng, ho argues, is al ways an offensive imauner of piartisanship and any excuse that migi . t niave existed a, the time the present diivision was made has ceased to exist. It is also very much more ireasonablo . ex pect that our Cong ressmen, elected from districts that comply with i the act of Colngross. Would have a much bettor chance of being seated than when olected as they now are, under the present unreasoinable, unjust and grotesque divisions. As to the register'ed voters in the several dIistiriets as prop~osed, it is only niecessary' to say that the white electors, 1as shown by the Olfiili records, so) far as5 arie aLccessible1, as well as b~y the vote in the last general election, are in an overwhelm ing majori ty in each d is triet, there being only one county in the St ate wvhere negro's have thbe ma j-lity of registered voters--George ownii-and in that by a very narrow i' argi n. Mr'. IPatton 's hill prov ides for the d istricting of the prcoposed counties. lin ease they are not, formed, lie say's thbeir complhonent townisips) would fall hack into the district of the old count~y to which they belonged. I MIPO iT'ANT 1IOUSI0 flihbl,. bleaelH' Th'Iat ale Likely to Ciregige hi,,euisslin in the Liegislatur'e. A momry the hills introd uced within the la4t few dlays bly mnemb ers of the ii ouso (If lI jresentnatives, whiebch will attract tieneral 4atention, we noteo the follow ing : A;A iNST 'A ITliSA N lilSTIIlIs. Amon~itg the new biiis Inutrod ucedl was NI r. Iieot,'s mealisurIe to pr'oteet the Ilhibiren) of thbe State from the bane11 ful inIl iue(nce of false anud partial and11 part1'isani instruetion. Thle text, is an \VhIiere'a s var'iou s and11 man ifold ioos anld lnriiiths hiave been atnd arc miani fIoit in many of the accounts aindi 5o calb-id hi bintries of the hate war bitiween the States ; and11 WVhe reais, it is essen tial toLI trumL ttand juslrtjicc, as well as to thle propelr nuri Liir an 1111d admo~nitioni of sons and dlaughlters now in infancy and yet, an bolrni that they as wards (If this State shold befairly a nd truly and1( iminpar tially instruieted ini the reaisonsi foir and therauses andi e Ifects of thatL traigIc dramitan alsoi in Lth1 accouniits of its aicts and12 noCtors; h)e it enaetdi by the General A asemnbly of the State (of South Section i . Thai~it nlo paritial or patil sani ori uinfir r untrue hoo'i~ 111k oir other istructionl shlil be iallowed or had or g iveni i I any hooll or other' ed uci Liti 1al -tiLlt.t on (If or' in this State. Anid it shallt Ib11 thme du ty of the State boardil 01 ed uenitioni or any mneniber thieieof miade that such boo0k or other instruction 0ist had or' given in any schlool 01' other eduicational institut ion (If 1)r in this Stateo; to examine into) Isulch charige or compi laint (of the tiruth ofthicoh the said board or' aL maijority threfshal he the solo judge)ani uch~l (1har1ge3 ori clomplaint bei found to be~ lrue, ilo colimand ar.d (ordoer il:,,a:li ah-conlt inuancfle of ary 80uch hoonk or oither instructlion andit in It-I place~ hul mediatoe use of somn true nd fair and L FOR Wenfare now inl our Bickstorenear. (lhe dep, di|)t'llsiligl Bal.railils t(. to makea Racket '"sho I high pric(S Up the back v Ils Old c cas s blfore a I Visit Our Bargain We have somte bargainls our lRim ter youl otily havo to visit to be Con1 we give you your choice for 2 e. We have a lot of good Cream (hIt Timo to L'low. - We have what ye as the cheapest. Colie anld See us anu finid out for NEW YORK 1 Easley, '-. C. itr:1 itialI anU un paItisan book or other illstruction. Se. 2. That, any professor or teach el' or other pers:onl who shiall dis'obeoy aI such coillalid or order shall for k11.1h and ve'ry such wt. of i:-bdlitilit' stlra pullish)tnelnt of $5 inl flne or ()nt y(IntrS illnpri:'onmem nt. whichI Ahall bto tho st'ltelco illiiposd in 1.1h 'llt'rna Live ait the 'llit, of inty milembr f the sail board or (if te ! per.on V ho mnat'c uchl charg' or complaint or elst if sOlih proft ,Sor or teacher.. orl. otaller port sonl drawt~ ally pay ov salary or ot'lher emlI1olelt, or prolit frot any pbli); i fiunds ho or she shall forfeit any such 11n1mid pay or balary or. otiber emlolul ment Or proltiL accrued or to acI'ne, and, if enllj2gaed ill any Stato or counly Or' otherVI mun111iipa imetitultion, 91ha11 Li, e reupoii forthwith ceasoe to L ieh therin or t bLe collnectd therew it,hl And alir otMtir who shall pay mr caust to ho paid out of any public funds U Lly such profi'sor' oi tLeacher or othe I person any such pay o( sitalary o' otthe elui011nent (ir profit shall fvriL, out o Ik (Such 0llier- ow eonim.sions (.1 fecs o1 puy O' salary the a moolit b, him so pa'd oI C;llt'ed to ho paid oil of any pilblic funds to aly sih pro fcssor or Icacher or (totlirI' proln. This bill was introdtcid in nveeC dallce %iLll I lie iemliorial of th-. l)allg I teris Of Ohe Conifd iracy of the lat of Soidh Carli na rcentlyv prepar and laid upon thu desks of the men bers. TL I'PIN IN STATE C(-sMUlE(Es. Mr. 1,.. D). Silnit,h1, of Sumlter, ha:. propoiscd the following 1:111 to rUgIlatt tuitiionl in the StatLe colleg s : A hill to irovide tLint there blall I tuition fecs paid lot' all persis attend ing the Statu ed ucational cotloges am llilversities, excptLi the institutl,io fo' the dat and blind. Stection 1. That front and aftel' thl pasage of this ntet, ill perl'sonis, mah or featile, attending ti, State educa tional Ocoeg' ces and 111iver'siLies of ti:l State, extcpt tlt, ilIStititiolns for tlI deOaf and blind, shall not be adiitItet toi said Institution witholt, paying I tu i, Ion fee (f at least r.4 ) p. r an num'.1. Sec. . That I f any personi w hto de sitres toi enter id 11 istitu.t1i(ons and i1 not ablte to1 pay said tuition fees lie or she shiatll certt fy to) hiis or iher id ieney, w hich cer'tificate shll b le Itor'sed by said( cer'tilicaite ho sais'falctor'y to the bouard oif trulsteos, ia note fijr the11 amoiun lt of 81aidl L~it ion fecs, inudtorsi byv Lila paren ft or' 2 gui an (If anid per-1 50on, or' if said perIsonlI IY 111ve noi paret2 allwe tiii oLI eniteri said instjitioni by~ executing his~ or her note wittthout such11 Sec. :L. 'Tha ttll alcts (ir part~S (if acts ino ns ister t, wILI ith I thtit hie, and1( th sameli are' hereby' 1. i'e'peiled. l iM 11 l MA IC III Q [JOIIS. Thie folloiwm g IS tnOex oA I(f the bilt pal:1aguo oif this actI i ha~l he lawful for the 'ountly boards'il of 'onitrol oif tile severall (:ountl.inls (of thii Stal:to 1,'u ciinse, flor 1.h uist' oif the (lounlty diispen-~ illan J i s andl 1( w iie't fi'oii d i stitllerites Lies of tlbi. '.taite. Se c. 'd. Thai lt liihe Sl ato board of con1 lations go~verninlg t.he purlCha~sing oif said tjliiuors, lixing Lthe pices' of thte samle, prid~itin g for LtheI paing o l~f Liib' sameiI andItl do veriythliin g necv-ay for~lI Ltht prioperl carrin''Vg out (If the provIi sions of section 1 (if tis act. Sec. :1. That sid State bioardl of ing t'hat the( distiltlr fromli whomll -ait agen111t shaH l erlet andi'c~ 11( aissLiit t coun11ty board( (If con11trot in bo~ttling112, label ing iandt seatlinrg sauid l iuo's after'i thet same11 heivtI bieen del Iiert to theU coon ty boa11 d of contirot. 11(e Iteailizes I ho It~osjiibIlI ity oJ Oflli anmti I ofend1s(1 to bie GAovernuoi (It' Sou hl i Carol ina. 'Te senior01 edir o II'(f the Piedmont I leaaltight ha1s been a v[-it toColumnbia and g ives Lthe following as thu resull \Ve met, Giiver'nor i'l lerhe, of courso51 lIeI has jutst r'ecover'ed fr'om an attack tihe giyi and is looking raither' thin, hu oitlherw ise his health Is good. 'Th G;overlor was temrnlliarily 8topp)ing a Llhi ,Jcromoii, buot on Mondaiy mocved wit] his fail In' ltoI thie mansflionl Goveri't Sl'i e r bec's r'ooml was hconstantly crow1 te v ih visitoriLs, and11 nlo man1 whot ee tild 1(1tti10 ini South Carolina startLe 1: ~hi ubil Oic career' under bighLt'r aui: olens Evne n a nximm that hi THE ED FLAG. new <Iuarters in the Big >t, aund are Stiill eiigaged in >ur customers. We mean iut WVe mean to rip old itlh a ibroad ax, and roast lot fire of low prices. Counters. - - - nant Count r. Then our. Shoo Oounii vinced of their value. Hat Counter 11se to go it 10e. por pound. It need in I 'low Goatr, and as cheap 'ourself that, these things are so. ACKE3T STORE LV D - & N A I, I, P1oprietor8. admtiistrationl sce 11d, and Will eX trid tm him ai hilping41 hand. Governor J'i l-rhe is a gentlieman, and we closely watcliti Ils receptiol of Visitors. It IIIatLt' aed net, to whichiv potlitiCal faction IIIe cal!lers belonged, or what he their condii Aon in life, he extended to theml I le sume co1rteoIs and kind grecting. l'ven the artImy of oIiee-sckers b that bsieged 11ii1 I received with the gfreatest Courtesy. Thel next (lly WO Called oi the (ov r i at Is ollice, and hold it long 0011cVrsttioni. GJOVernlori l ltierho fols the re.lponsib1,il ity resting uponi his shoult and sioie of his peculiar p(.-itiion. lit) S1id lh. was as IIItImly at lached to Lhi principles of refolmh) as ILL inly tiio in i1 Cai'ecreel,but he re4alized Oil-, fa10t that whenl we adopted Our. direct primary it was t accom plim11 nit of the chief eid of outr min t')lol, for n1,fow every iimn 11 repair to the hallo-Ihx and vote for the cand1 dat es of h is choice. Udrthe ()ld politicalI regimie," that, m1or farericts halt for grievIane was that, they were di faIh isedtl i'iili hrh painte-d 1ove ti11.10t t a, mostde -4of noiaigaler nvahamoldoned itild eVI''i W hit Vtit '. it Iiitters [lot 11 v poor (t illi.'ratt. h. may he, eit) - have' ant Cpual voiIce in the !ov'nI'me10nt (if his Sta.1A With his fel low ilm riaLs. SN4)w%, if wve deny thle right of the mli nority to irtielpato in an Orial gov ernment of this Stite, or re'irt, to ult'irior. ileanis to override tlhir will, then we, its .Le fortcr1s, aro doing just, what we condeined in the meni whos governed out State 11p to l80. I Imai n tained this view when defeited for of -iec some two years ago. "I fully realize the fact that I occupiy a p-cu1liarl and delienite position. N o Illl mor highly appreciales the -,kip port, of ils friends ti Ihan iyself, illr will IoVe m1ore1, loyal t his political Conl Victions. But, it, tie Hume timei , imiy pcople, through the first direct prillm arv ever held in SoutLh Carolina, lavo mdo mne Gt(verntor of their State, and I intend to be Governor, mnd not, a fie ti onia leaderC . I k now thatm i si1011 expjectteul of me)-mul ich mi)orel, perha ips, LI tta I w ill evera hci itble to atccomip1lih. My~ potsitLion Is far from an ehiaible oine. Oni one1 hand I haivo the Sey Ila of I Form'ii, anid oIn Lth otherl handitio the Uhartiybd11is of Conservatisn. I. mu lst tt'eer hiettween these two factions, and wheI r0 Lit31111he m in ombat ers of strifeo nro1 nti, yet lixtLing~u ishied. Ii hall earn'lestly strive to atvoid( ei thler rock, andt with a Iirtm grip upon the htolmn of state Liy and simp1 m)5 iy it t ad iitaon as will red~outnd Lt) the hon1) torln up bu1 Iiig of Sth Liartiol inaI. fI)11 blieo ini tbe rul of11(I thej wivito majritj)'Ly at of colliceris wVill be1 somewha.Vlit gu ided by rectmhIi menint.ionis oft t he coun11ty memi her inl Lho ( inneratl A ssembil y. 11 ut i tshall not forget the fact, that itt am Gv - 1ernor, anid wvill care'ifiully scrttin izie the lin 2t'alcttTrS of that1C.Of recommedations iiiaib', atnd thieni 3Ielect the tioni whom I belie ve w ill bestsv 51t'V ho puit ) c, . dit nott intend11 to) h. utsed by any iman 01' set, tit men1 I to revengo.'l por)sonl griev noers(1. I have atsked those memiibers rI presen lt. inlg conserIlvat Ive counitics Lto tdiv lile Li titppointments with re(formn cir., atit thiiy hiave generally atgrocd to do 'to. "I hlie~tvo that the peopl)1 of South itrtolina are t wuaried of all IthIs fac Lii ilal stiiflI and1 turmoil, and i Is 1 hIgh tiune. t hat we were' itt peaco0 and tuining ouIttt'ntioni to tho mater'iai devolop Govi'l'rnor~ illierboe is ono of the broad 1st-nundtiled men NOo ver knew, andi a truei platriot lie was raised( up at this plelia ittLimei to hel~lt thll di ffrences ex Istinog in hiis State and bring peace oult (It disc3ordl, atndl tur'n tho attention (If ourii people4 firomn factional dilffer'ences into the br'oadler channel of material lpioieity. \Ve do not know of an Other mantt in Souith Carolina who could diiseharlgo tis delicato mission as Win. 11. l'ierbe. Whuile he retains the con fidetico of his own faction, at the satme timie he hats the good will and respec~t~t of consorvatives. Thori ma~n who thinks that .Vm. HI. hiitrho will h)4 utnder' his dominlgation is counting withIout his1 host. Ellerbo3 htts betn elected GIovernotr, andl he does tnot InOtend LI) surr'ender1 h is p)ower into the hanttds of any one. Wh lon Ellerbe delau~red ho intended~l to be Governor hol meantlt over'y woird of it. 14ast year' was disastroustomn hisines.-s ventures, more failures occur ing thati in 1893, the first year of the panic an~d the worst. In 189l3, the nums. .'ier(If f altires was 13,197 ; in 1896 there wer'e I i 890. In 1893 the liabilities r wIPro $l73I.96.000 ; last year, about I $h25,000.000, an inoroaie ini number of Lthabtut 12 por,. cent., and in amount of a liabilitiaa of 20 nvr ont