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_____ iis"T TUNES .aTHA M'GULLOOH WILLIAMS, [Copyright, NN191, by tlie Author.] "Almighty (od, Father in heaven, forgive thy unworth3y servant the sins he dady c0u1mlit 4" "Dl)oni't, pop, doji't! Whenever you git tho prayvin fit', it bringis me had luck. " "ILt1uck! Iliat has luck to do with sch as you? There's 110 chanco for you to lose, except whel you Nwalt to." "But a miiglty heap of ebanco for me not to win w hen the otier fellor holds all tie evards. Don't ho soft, pop. If whatever it, is that sitH up above us keeps any sort of accounts, I reckon you started with suich a big credit it'in't nigh balanced yit. Selis to im you used to read sthii('tin 'bout him that saveth a soul froi death 81111 hido a mltitudo of sins." "Silence! lHow dare you' "Dare? I datre anything, beoauso I'm your son, I re(kon. I'vo hoard tell as you waIrIl't afraid of nothin, not evell satai. leshiles I remomber t hat las 0111111) lleetill, the lovo feast an tho un drod n1ew converts aill crowdin round an huggin you an tellin you how your preaclin had kept 'em (liout of the fire t11n brimstone. It made 11e proud of you, pop-it did, ildeed. 1 m11os.t felt like I'd be a preacher myself until-well, after ward." A swift har(dness came' upon1 both faces. Tho e1d(r man,111 said grimly: "Afterward you changed your mind. Well, You h11ad good reasoll to do it." Then. droppiig his fave ill his h (ands andto speaking v- ry low: "Dh> you know, Jim, if I wva- sureof h.aveii-a muro as I felt inl thein times-l'd givo it ul) for Jest ono year of tle old li fe--ridin an1 preai'hiin six dy m l soven it coniin home to the poor little liouse that hold you-aln Sally"- choking a hit over the inamie. "Tell mo one tiing," the other said, a dark.1 rod flush1ing aill over his face. "Did you givo upi all that for-jest, a horso?" Thie ol( nian shrank unasi t'lfrom his son's koen look. l1e opened his lips as though to Apoiak, thOen shut them'n close, turiled away and begani funifidig with the keys of an old fiddle. Jirn went on) remorsels:ly : "If you did, you must '.I' been 'razy. Gand, it snlakes me shliver, man,11 t o (iik about. tlat night! It. was Augut, sorter starlight, fog all about, anl out of it Came th 1 ye1l Vo lin filds with) torcel an till pajns 5an1 cow hornis, an1 yoll inl tle middle, all tilr ill feathers. Tlili sm11 body shouted, 'Here's thle nbl cliris tialn gelit)(llll that stolo Coloniel (lly 's horsoI' tinl I don't rtw1eem)r 1() mOrk) till mornin, atu I know I must go away with you." "What indo you do it, Jim? I've wanted to ask you oftit, but s(ome4bow I couldn't seem to fotoh it," tho father said wistfully, without looking at his 8011. Jim answered Pimply, "Becxauso she said I must." Warm light glowed all over lie with crud, hiaggird, ol(d face, ao pi tpously averted; slow ttr's (1rollpp( over t ho laigle of hoard, and (lit) worn lips mur mul1red softly, "Thank God, I hold 311y Trewais scorniful specu lation is) "1 (3n1't ma13ke you out," '' 11ai3 after a1 minut11e3. '"So h-t 's slop talk in fool ishi an1 I'lu d30 Itwn toi bu111ses. "'Wha t ar1o the tutl-l for t(onighit?" "Whast's4 thel gam1o?" "P1oker 3, If they'llI lot m11 in. If not, I'll try ol sh'dge iun val~toon." "'Jlhich Satin' 'll 11ean1 'hli's blutf inl;' 'Ton Meiwon%'lt her, ' 'raise him i.' If I striko 'Rook of Ages,' call him an be quick about it.'' "'Well.'" "DIo you want to ruin my luck for goo~d an1 always? Shoroly you wvouldn't dare! to 1play3 mother's hlymnl~?" "Why not?'' with a rookless 1aug11. "Yourl1 imotheir gave me her son. Ildn't she love0 y'ou better than) her MCuII, 5a1 (10 you think she'd mind what I did if it was to help1 you?'' ''Say you rathor-- But lot that tunoe alonei. Youl play 500O other ones5. It's Uhristmias eve, an I feel enough like son11(thill was3 aibout to hafppeni with) (Jut hearin t bat tun~o ini a gamibl in (1en. "' "W\ell, you wo'n't hoar It toniighlt, unles1s thereo's dlangr--dreadful danger -ahead. Somohow I'm1 a bit shaiky, too), ani all1 this improviln conversation we've had ha3sn't helped0( to set mo1( up."' "T1ry this--it'.s thet onily frienid left us8, '" Jim1 3aidil, pouring a glass half full (If whlisky 81m( hanhdinig it to 11is father. ''Half that, Jinmmy - half' -- jest enloughi to mlako my1 wits an finigers nimIlble," th 1le old man sa idr, 03'ing the glass thiirsti ly, but niot touching it. Without a word Jim pouired palrt of the li(t11uor oui the floor; then, as his fa ther 81na1tched 110 glass and drsdined it, he saidl slowIv: "'I'll wvait till after the game to drinlk daminationi to Colonel Olay." TLhe old 1man1 got up with splarkcling eyes. "Th'e blue devils are all gone, Jiml,"' ho said oatehinig up is (Iddlo and1( striIxing a 11ar1 or two of" -"Of to Charlestoni."'''i "eep a level head, lmy lad. H1(ar5 thle old woman talk--sho'llI tell youl al1 t hat.' against you toniight, 1.n1 not hal1]f try."' "I'ml afraid it's l uck that 'sI againt me, "' Jilm mulhttOreSd to himself as lho fol lowedl his3 fatther Into tihe streot:. "'I've felt thunder in1 the air ever sincoe that letter' from Kontuoky told me that Colonel Allen Olay hlad started down tile river to Now Orleans." * * * * * * Ohristmas before theo war wasn the southernl faturnalia, especially inl the1( river town 's. WVhilte m1en, black men, mon01 of : intermlediate comnplexionls, .drank Ii: . enrouse5Ld and1( burned 1powdei in honor the daiy. Christmasw eve was peculiarl' uproarious. Planters fr'om many miles around 011111 131 to 140l1 a11 buy and to end a day of furious trai:ng with a night of high play. Jim and1( Bialdy might reasonazbiy oxpect a rich harvest. If the pair 11114 any1 othles names, niobody know it. They hand dr'ifi. ed into thet village thriee day13S li f , ap. parenitly from nJowher1, apair tet waifs that everybody ahsLerl at. Bot '. were tall and1( lan nad~ ush ght ly stooped, wit h meiager' faces full o tf deep lines. 'Though ,Jim's hair31 W3va white as5 wool, t he otheui iteemed to look 0on him1 as5 a mere1 in3fantl, whom lie must gnasrdl and gu ide ini all wr~ys. It was odd thlat thel thin fringe back of .Baldy'Ae ars should bo dar'k and3( silky an-a ravnn'sdown 'Toll seo" ie said to the groups which Onme about drawn bythe magioiof hisfiddle, "Jim' got the hair, but I've got the color of it Maybe I mought one 'a' had some ot hel name, but I've boon Baldy so long--ear ly piety, you know-that I don't feel al home when you cnll me nothin 0ls0. " The fiddle and Jim's rifle mado ul their luggago. He was a dead shot. Al all elso ho appoared the simplest back woodsntn that over gaped at semicivi ijzation. The gambling hold him spell bound. le stood for hours beside tb players, who won and lost hande, mon ey, crops and slaves, his eyes shining, his lean faceo twitching with engor in torest. His father had usually t( drap him away an11d onco cuffed himl% roundl "for bein such a fool is to keer foi them spotted papers. " The players wero nearly as much in tore'sted in the odd pair. When the tw< appeared in the saloon oi the rive: bank, thero wlas at chorus (if welome It was by far the most gorgeous one it the plae--full of mirrors aimd gilding with a Ihick, soft earpot, a wheezy pian and soveral picturos of large and liberal lovely ladies. The steamer ianding wa just besido it. Indeed, whoever cano o thu boat haid to pass its open door When, an hour later, Colonol Alloi Olay cam11o through it, ho found Jiv seated at; the main table, the picture o radiant verdancy. lie had been invite4 to take at hand with the craok players the nervy set., as skillful as they wei bold. Much to their astonishmont, hi had pulled ouit i oleSkiin, orammnot with coin, and risked it am frosly an the bhst. of them. StTaiger still, he won woi steadily. h is father ineant.iimo walk ing round anud mound, with tho iddl tucked unider his chiii, too rest less ovi dt-ntly for citinuout play ing, bu striking now aid then i few harm fron nieno old familiar breakdown or reol Invariably .Jima begged hit n "stol that sriueakin." As invariably JIM&; sail : "Oh, coimio away, ,lim. 'lat. aill no placo for you. You'll got to losii diretetly, an thien whar'll all our littl cotton Crop he?" At first tho restI laughed over it anm tid aside one to inot.her tliat who ever woi it poor greenhorn's iuoney would, of course, givo it back to him, after he h ;d lveen tiaught tho folly 01 gainlllig. By the Ii inne Colonel Olay caie ol tle Scenle thIis hoenovolount inlten tioll hald vanished in th in air. Fool', luck did not b(egin to express fortune'i favors to the greenhorn. Yot it was 1lo pure anid siulplo. There wan no sloigh or palining in thono awkward, trom bling hlnds. Two or three times th, limi it; had been raised oil purpoo t soaro hii away. As the colonel cimo it tho table was fairly heaped with goh and niotes. "What's in tho pot?" he asked care lessly. "A thousand in ontsh, two liggorm and i 'wigon and 11,111 said t playei wh'lo had not "comli' inl" the gairme. Oiutside, through the warn fog, ItIm'll boat eamo down stream, puflin and chiurniing in to the lanling. Nohod; hividod it. All (yes4 woro riveted oU thI play-thle pIylyers. As ('olonel Clay looked, a slow daw: of reeiglitim 1311ao ilito his eyes. 11 glained hack from Jiiii to Daldv. Rork ifr A zie, e'eft. fm om,, 1.-t In hido 1ry1telf ' i th al Te fildd le seemediut to tilay it plaine frozm hiis i;-at, then1 ( dr(opped baok, say ing, "'I calli you." "I lier stop y,3ouir galme, gentI lilmen Thiorni is chlat inig ait 1Ithboard, "'ol inel ('hty~ said, fohling hiii armse aim lookin oi. wn froin his 6 fe"et 2. Jim tGe''ilhitu, wvhite wvith rage. "Whosay so?" "I do(." "Because thoro must be when th< 0on (If a5 horse thief iS founid playingi wvi th gent lemon I" There wa the leap of a panther, eboking gurgle of breath, a wild cry "J.imn, Jim! Don't touch him for you lifeo'' thenl a swift, deadly gleam c st eel, and t wo lnen01, fm amin ig and blreathi hi ss, hodbd apart , whlile a t hi rd lily be tw%en, w il h groat purts5 (If blood( gush ing up~ fiomn his IbreastI. T1he b~oat hlad Ilnded. T1hero was light, slow step on the gangway ; a slons der, bowed woman, with a face of ashes paused half a breaith at thle door, tihei ran~l to the prostrate nman, knelt anm pressed 11er hand1( hard against the up rushing blood1(. At lier touchl the wVound1 ed maim's eyes openod. Fear, shame aum exquisito conitont camen into them. HI put a feeble hand over hers and aait huskily: "Sally--you are-just in time." She foil pronoe besido him, laid bei eheek softly to his and said brokenly: "'Oh, \\illiam--~.my husband--.forgive me-forgive 111 thatt I left you to suffoi so many years-alongl" "God bless you for it, Sally I I'm dly ing now-and~ truth comes easy. If yoi had staiid with me1, 1 nlever could hav< spoken-and asked you 1(oforuive. Heml everybody away--evenl Jim-- lian't di easy until you know all." ''Hush, hush, imy da~rlinlg. I do kno,' - everything. Did you nOeer thinm what kept me so long? From the nigl you-loft us, Miranlda (5ay wasH unla I helped her husband care for~ heri. Thrt~ monthms ago 1sho d ied in moy arms---sa penItent-fully, freely forgiven, asi hope for foIrgiveness." "'Dear heart---t rue heart''- c'aressir her hand-" you ti ed to atonle, but vain)." "Don11't think (of t hat, W'illialul. E~ra pray! The tiume is shlrt, bunt (God is ii merciful, all plowerful. Ask hlim to to give anud saveW you for Jesus' sake." "For Jostis' sake, " ho repeated dlrona thy. "I taumght Mirandla to pray whenm I knelt beside hecr in the alta Rtaiso me--I am11 clmoking. Now give n my fiddle. sing, Sally, as you used do, 'Reek of Ages,' while I play." If Sally sanig, only the angels heam her. Her airma were Olasme tight abo her husband, her oheok lid againeU ..........J. shoubtor, h hr fiigers dabbled in hils lif 9 blood. Now awd then her lips move but no sound of tlhso piercd throug the flooding melody that death itse seemed drawing from the strings. A last the player paused, with bow in ai1 An awestruok whispor, "It is Christmit eve, too," pierced through his cloude conscoiousne~ss. "Ohristmas evo-so it in," he said laughing softly, "and I have a top ft Jim and a kiss for Sally. She won mind. Jim is just 5 years old and lit not harned to do without what li Wants." "Pray, my darling, pray. You hav only minutes now.'" His broath cane ii gasps. He grope for the fiddle bow and drew it foobl across the strings, singing: "Let the wnter and the blood From thy wounded side Oaat flowed Bo of sin the donblo cure" Tho how fell. There wns a convulsi Isimpping of strings. , One masque of t he passions w as nudei 3 THI END. The General Asembiy of South Carolin IN TH E HOUSE "OF REPRieSEl IA I INICV . Some of' the Measurem Acted Upc in the House-The County Goveri ment. Law Receives Attention. Mr. Goodwin's bill to apportion t road fund doervod from the count levy was taken up. The bill was abot to be ordered to a third reading in thi shapo without debato, when M: Kinard called attention to the fact thit this bill repoaled the act to provid for advertising for certain contracti ir. Goodw in said that was in the lin of ecolonly. M1r. Gage wanted to strike out bot the provisions of tho bill relating t contracts made in excess of the annui apportionment. le said if theseo pr< Viso were passed they would work hardship upon the people who had th right to contract with the county con missioners and look to theii for pr tection. Mr. Goodwin said the same provi ions were made as to the school fund this only applied to the I mill road ta: Mr. Gago's amendment was then killc Mr. Livingston said that the amn< wonts offered by M r. Thomas destroye the whole effect and purpose of the bil a They took the matter from the towi ship commissioners and put It in tU hande of the county commissioners. M r. Thomas said that the townshi commissioners had no right to pay ot money. After much discussion Mr. Kinar took the floor an(] opposed the bil The county "overniont law was bein too much weighted down with amcnt nicuts. le wanted tho county goverr ment law operated for a year at leae us it was. lie moved to indefinitel postpone the bill. This the House r' fused to do. Mr. McCullough then got a thir proviso in relating to the matter ( d isbursing funds. A number of exoni tiens wore then made. Tho bill wi * finally ordered to a third reading i this shape: Section 1. That on and aftor the pa: saigo of this act, the county board < coiimissioners of the several countit r of the State where thbere is a levy (i ireail and perisonal property for roa purposes5C, not later than the first Mlarch in each yoar, shall apportio the road fund to each township upo) an equitablo basis, having dlue consi oration for the miles of road to b worked and the number of bridgest he kept in irep".i r. Sc. 2. rThe road fund so apportione shall be expended in doing all necez sary work upion the public highway and in opeing new roads when direci ed,and in building and keeping in repal bridges that do not exceed 12 feeti leng th, by the road overseers, under tl1 direction of the board of towvnshi Scommissioners, subject to the generj supervision and approvm "' '.4. couni r board or commissioners ; provide, f however, that the hoard of county cor missioners shall not enter int. any cc tracts for the expenditure of more thi four-Iifths of the apportionment bofo the first of the last quarter of the ilse year; provided, further, that any cc tract entered into by the board county commissioners in excess of thi ap~portionment shall be void :provide further, that no funds shall bo d bursedl under the provisions of this am ,cexcept at the written reqluest. of L h oard of township commissioners; pm v'idd, further, that the provisions this act shall not apply to A bbovill F'airfield, i.'lorence, Spartanburg, Che ter, Kershaw, Sumter and Richland. Sec. 3 Th~lat no township commi sioner shall be dlirectly or indirect i nterostedc in any contract portainirl to his duty as township comimissione COUNTY GO\'ERNMENTL AGAIN. Mr. Uiainsford's bill to provide coni pensation for the members of tI: boards of township commissioners an chairmen of said boards while servin as members of the county board of cou missioners was then taken up. Mr. Johnson offe red to amend so to allow the membhers of the boards ps for ten instead of ilvo days, so as to s8 cure good men. Hie wanted also to 1h th~e members travel as many as 2( miles Both propositions were table The bill was ordered to a third readis in short order In this shape: Section 1. That from and after tl passage of this act the members of tU board of township commissioners pri vided for in an act entitled "an act i provide for a system of county goveri ment for the several counties of t4h State," appiroved January 4th, 189 shall each receive as compensation it his servicen the sum of $1 per day, fm exceeding five days, and mileage at cents a mile, not to exceed 100 miles I any Onlo year, and the chairman of sal board the sum of $1.50 per day an same mileage as other members of towi i sh ip boards, and $1.50 per day and miht ago ait 5i cents permile in the mo It direct route one way from his home I -. the coumrt house Nhon attending up0 meetings of the county board of con 6. mflinoners, when the said county boar 55& not sitting as a board of equal izatioi prov ided, members of the county boar of commissioner~s shall receive miloag att six (diff erent meetihgs In each yea: Sand no more: provided, further, thi nlo nmember of any township or count 6, board of commissioners ehall receiv 11 more than one per diem and milea~ r. for attendance upon one board meetin in one day. That all acts ID conflm 2. with this act be, and the same am to hereby, repealed. r. ALL SOLDIERIS CAN PEDDLE. w Mr. Winklor's bill toexen pt soldiel tc and sailors in the service of the Stal of South Carolina, or of the Confede date States in the war between. ti dStates, from taking out the license thawke'r ar.d peddler required by oha is em.rLJIl Voi1 Renv..ed St .- mA$ . of South Carolina, was called up and I 1, Mr. Moares immediately moved to I b strike out the enacting words. Mr. i 1 Blythe spoko earnestly in bohalf of the I few old soldiers who wore forced to I peddle. Mr. Meares said ho would be the last i a to do anything against tho voterane: I d the whole trouble was that tile bill wts I clearly unconstitutional in that It dis- I criminated in favor of one class of citizens only, t Mr. Simpktine did not intend to make anything like a patriotic addross, but he did say that it was a duty that the E House owed the old Confederate sol diers. Put the law on the books and he ventured to say that none wouldever be found to havo the law tested in the t d courts. Ie know that there were old i y veterans who would ongage in this I business. Mr. Winkler defended his bill ear- i nestly. He had not expected that i there would he debate on this measure. I Tle judiciary committee thought it was a constitutional measure. I Mr. Wilson said he wished to see the t - enacting words stricken out. He was I an old soldier; he had proven his love i for his fellow veterans in many in stances. The old soldier did not wish 1 j this exemption. After a speech by Mr. McWhito, the House refused to strika out the enact i- Ing words. The bill finally passed in this shape : Section 1. That any person who was a bona fide soldier or sailor in the ser vice of the State of South Carolina or 1- of the Confederate Statos in the war between the States may expose for sale ora sell, as hawker or peddler, any 0 goods, wares or merchandise in any y county in this State, without taking out the license required by chapter XLUII, volume 1, Revised Statutes, 1893, of South Carolina; provided, ho make -, to the clerk of the court of common t Pleas of the county in which such goods e are to be sold satisfactory proof that he was such soldier or sailor. e Ti'n PRIVILEGE TAX. SMy. Ashloy's bill reducing the privi 0 lege tax on fertilizers from 25 to I cent l per ton was then called up, being a . special order. Mr. McWhite moved to strike out a the enacting words of the bill. Mr. Blythe was against the bill. He detailed the many reasons why this tax should be retained. Clemson only asked to be allowed to continue to re ceive this tax and wanted no other ap propriation. The question as to the amount and disposition of this tax had been settled In 1890. Beforo Clemson d took chargeof this tax it really amount ed to nothing. It went to support the farmers' college. He quoted the figures 0 showing a largo increase. He made quito an earnest argument. To take away this tax from Clemson would throw the college back into politics. He doubted if the farmers paid the tax. d When it was put on, it did not increase the cost per ton of fertilizers. At least ifarmers had so informed him. They were threatend with an increaso of taxation now and it would be most un- 1 wise to pass this bill. Mr. Ashley supported his measure. This was a tax, ho said, on the agri- I cultural classes only. Georgia farm- 1 Ors could purchase fertilizers cheaper. At Clemson it was not alone the farm- I 6r's son who was educated. The farmer was the worat Imposed upon|1 (and hirdcst worked man on the face of the globe today. Clemson was not a college for the farming class only. He, did not wish the farmers of Georgia to have any advantage over the South Carolina farmers. d air. Crum said the object of the tax was to protect the p~eople from fraud. Tb s hill wvould not raise enough to even pay for the chemicals necessary -for tihe analyses. He wanted the tax e continued. oM Ar. Ilderton was in favor of the bill and against the privilege tax for 01em son. Ho said that the college should be maintained out of the general tax Mlr. Mauldin was In favor of the bill. rHe did not want Clemson supported by one class. He aid not wish the poor ewoman who ran a farm and wile was unable to send her children to school to pay a tax to educate the sons of men who were able to send them there. He had respect for all the State colleges, bthew wanted " special privileges to .none."~ Mr.* Verner wanted to clear up all .a doubt as to who paid this tax. The al farmers paid the tax. n- Mr. Bly the called attention to the of (act that a large part of the fertilizers ir was shiipped out of the State. Bloth Messrs. Mauldin and Verner made excellent speeches. ct mid mith, of Hampton, made his 2c mien elort speaking at length and wihthem to forget their promises to the " poor old farmer." He wanted all staxed alike. Ho could not bear the Sidea of having promises made to farm era only to be broken. He wanted them to go ahead and get through. "~ Give the poor old farmer a chance. if you keep him in the harness between 'the shafts all the time, applying the lash he will finally have to kick and I- lie will kick you all out of the shafts." e Mr. Goodwin, of Laurons, felt good d just now because he was one of " the g poor old farmers" so much pitied. aThis thing was agitated all over the State and the tax was voted by large is majorities. The farmer paid It every y cent it was true. Mr. Goodwin spoke at some length against the bill. it A t 11 o'clock Mr. Ashley's bill to ro 0 duco the privilege tax was again taken -up, in the hope of a final settlement. Mr. Goodwir, -'f Laurens, resumed his argument. h..d 1..t id the.L to m'ik" e a direct appr priation for Clemson e would be to cripple Clemson. To - cripple one of the higher oducational o Institutions would be to cripple them all. There Is no desire to hurt any of e tile State institutions. The farmers ~'would not be helped by the reduction of the pivileg tax. Mr. McoWhite, of Florenco, said that 650s far as lhe knew there has not been a n~ voice raised against the tax, or its d going to Clemson. In fact, it has never d been an issue In hIs section, and every body In his county was proud of Clem son. He said lhe was sick and tired of thearing ab~out tile " poor farmers." 0The farmers are sick and tired of being a called " poor farmers." Thov are not asking politicians to appeal ~for them d on the ground that t~bey are " poor."~ m: It is not a direct tax on the farmers. d From his section boysc go to Clemson o and come back a credit to th emselves. " Everyone knew how diflicult it was to t get an appropriation for State colleges. n eknw that C'mon was the cheapi estInstitution in &iu 6ate; the whole o money outlay, with uniform, is only g $74 Besides, the boys are paid for it labor on the farm and in the shops, e and one boy told him ho had $30 to his credit for work. The denomInational schools can do nothing like Clemson -s and Winthrop. The denominational *e schools are literary. The denomina r- tions, especcially the Methodists and 0 Baptists, arc now heavily taxed, and othey have no Idea of undertaking the, p. education of the masses. He said he a3 was not afraid'in un before his people In opposition to repealing the privilege such a ,ax. Men came here and professed to keep u 'epresont the farmers, and really know Mr. lothing about their condition. He farmor mid ho could not be bulldozed or ed the scared into keeping his mouth shut on olleg io important a matter. To pass this Citado All is to cripple Clemson and Win- Mr. irop, and the offect will bo detrimental buon o 'o the whole people. provio Mr. Smith, of Hampton said he bad tained, ceu critioised for pleacing for the the ye poor old farmers " for politioal pur- strike )sos. bill. Mr. McWhite said that such argu- Yeai nonts were made to work on the feel- Armst n a and sympathies of the members. don, B Mr. Smith, of Hampton, went on to man, ( ay this was not so, for he had more Davis, espect for himself and the members. DeLoa lo said he used argument and when Gaded4 i spoke of the " poor old farmers " he win, ( neant what he said, that they needed Thomi 'clief. He wanted it understood that vey, I 1e intended standing by the farmers. son, 11 When anyone attributed impure me- nard, ;Ives to him he had to resent it, and he Loftom mupposed the speaker when he went Cullou iome would be glad to embrace these White lamo " poor old farmers." He said he Reyno )pposed the privilego tax because he Speer, believed the tax wrong, unjust and un- Theme rair, and should be repealed. The ling, N farmers paid the tax and by heaping go, W Dn such taxes the farmers will not be Nayl able to stand much more. thune, Mr. Graham, of Abbeville, said wards, he was a farmer, and perhaps a ton, L " poor old farmer," as Some had been Misho( called. Four years ago this whole Patton matter was ventilated in the State and ford, discussed on perhaps every stump, and Sinkle perhaps more farmors--" poor old Sullivt farmers "-voted in the campaign of Winkl four years ago. "The poor old farm- Afte ers " voted for this tax, and they have killed never asked for its repea.. He was tary bi opposed to any interference with exist Ing uonditions. Mr. Burns, of Oconee, said this was ----To a discriminative tax, and no tax im. ing tc posed on any single class is right. if curren all the farmers pay the tax it should W. Sc go to the free schools if used for educa- his po tion. You are told to p. rpetuate a dispen wrong, on 80 per cent of the people, all ment : for Clemson. He told his people he go, bu opposed the tax as a matter of princi- credet plo, and at the same time was a friend there of Clemson. The South Carolina Col- Mr. S< logo and the Citadel have not been are no crippled, and they got direct appro- in no priations. He was in favor of giving decap Clemson College all the money that Is the was actually needed to run the institu- If holt tioo on the proposed lines. Mr. Burns iota, i said President Craighead had gone with I through his countl making speeches is just and had spoken of farmers as " peanut alway politicans." There Mr. Kinard, of Abbeville, said he can be had only one son, and he was studying exper Latin and Greek. He was surprised who h. to hear any farmer speak'against Clem- J)sper son College, for to destroy this tax will of the be to cripple Clemson, which was knows started in response to an agricultural eillcie demand. He has never hoard of a tributf single famer objecting to the tax new S1 -oing to Clemson. Mr. Kinard at- aged t cnded every meating, and nov r heard _gV ny one speak against the tax. countr Mr. Robinson, of Anderson, said the patent natter was an issue in the campaign n his county. He was opposed to any special tax-therefore to the privilege ax. Mr. Wilson. of Sumter, said if the ax is abolished the revenue of the state is reduced, and the saving to the armer will be small. This isna privi ego tix on a special class and should 20t obtain. Ciemson's doors are open o all classes, so it is not a voluntary tax by farmers for their own use. One 1ourth of the privilege is paid by the ,olored farmer4 and they have no 3hance of going to Clemson, but they To At have no possible ground for complaint, ens, 3 Ele favored all State and every other New 3 aollege and every class of education. ingtoi, Hie was and has been a stanch friend ule in of Clemson, but she should stand or fall like every other State institution. Mr. Garris, of Colleton, believed the demand for the repeal of the tax came Lv Ne' from a ralsapprelhension of the facts. Phil While the motive of the bill is pure Balti and honest it is not on the right line. W~asi The farmers of South Carolina have Itich for many years when they needed Norfi anything come here and salid so, and l'ort: put it in the platform of the Democratic Welt party. Prior to 1888 there was a "pro. Hen< tection tax, ' most of which was used to Ar Dul pay salariesi. Hie said nearly a million Lv Do dollars had been spent on Clemson, Itale and this was a purely farmers' college, Sanf and they want tihe College and the tax' re I0 In the first place a one-cent tax will Ha not pay for inspection. it now costs oi $1,533.82 to pay the actual expenses of the examinations, and to have the Ch examinations separately made would Che cost nmore, as the general salaries , at Clemson go to pay those assist- ibb, lng in tihe analysis. It Is argued that Elbei a reduction of the tax will be that Lr Atl much reduction In price to the con- A"* W sumer. If the rules cited in argument Ar Atl are to a pply, why vet ask for your cotton what you want ? The farmer__ cannot fix fertilizer prices. Capital regulates thlose p rices, and will con- Lv A t tinue to do so with or without a priv- Lv A t ilege tax. He hopedi for consistency. Jllb The tax should be left alone. A bbi Mr'. Mauldin, of Pickens, denied that Giree those who favored the bill had any in-.-.. tention of injuring Clemson. He want ed equal rights to all. Give us all institutions on an equitable basis. Don't tax any class for any sp)ecial purpose. There is no justice in it. Let every man go into his own pocket and pay his just proportionate share at all such institutions. Mr'. Asbili, of LexIngton, said that liquinrs, tobaccos and fertilizer's were all the articles used here that had to etanrl a privilege tax. Farmers have to use fertilizers and it Is wrong to tax necessities. As the representa tive of the farmers he would protest T against taxing any necessity. He fa vored Clemson, but wanted this ques tion reliaved of Clemson, and he op posed the bill on general principles. Mr. Epps, of York, as a farmer, said that to do away with the privilege tax would be to abolish Clemson College. The Intention may not be to cripple Clemson, but the repeal of the law will have thlat effect. He paid the taxes and favored doing so. . Mr. 1'. D. Smith, of Sumter, wanted to see members lay aside all class feel ing. There are 350 boys at Clemson. This, he thought, was a small attend mnce. Thousands and thousands would like to go to Clemson, but cannot, as they are shackled by poverty and are unable to attend. If Clemson's list were examined it would be found that nine In ten would be able to pay .heir way. Mr. Smith said the tax was un just in principle and equity and should' not be imposed, as at present. M r. Skinner, of Barnwell, said that when he heard men favoring the bill - and being friends of Clemson he felt like saying: ~''God save Clemson from her friends." Clemson was the vic tory of the farmers and they should not go baek ward fn their great stru g gle. When the first bill was passed it A was at the instance of the far'mers, and they have never desired a change. If you are friends of Clemson you had bettor let this thing alone. Those who have opposed Clemson wil b., votoy as this have courage to fgtaantClem~son. Clint uilivan said that the same IL ai s' convention of 1880 that direot- - (jf;j privilege tax to go to a farmers 11M obligated Itself to abolish the 80-1 I and had not done so. R ale Magill s:ggested thero had XrDii Uough debate and called for the LYDur Us question. The call was sus- ~-W6 and then Mr. Ashley called for Rich ias and nays on the niotion to Was out the onacting words of the a 3n this the vote stood : New i-Speakor Gary All, Anderson, XriZi rong, Bacot, Bailey, Banks, Be- Norf lythe, Breoland, Carson, Caugh ;olcock, Crum, Cushihan, C. M. Nos. George W. Davls, W. C. Davis, 80id oh, Dukes, Eird, Epps, Fairey, Atiait 3n, Garris, Gasque, H. P. Good- Portein GrahamNost. ). P. Goodwin, J. S. Graham, Train 69 A. Graham Hamilton, Har- bet wo [lott, Hollis, humphrey, .3ohn- For :ennedy, Kibler, honry J. KI- tion a Lancaster, Lester, Livingston, B. , Maill, Mehrtens, Miles, Mc- Pass. gh,McDaniel, MoLaurin Mc- Ga. ,Owen,Phllips, Pollock, Iy att, Giic Ide,Russel l, Skinner, Simkins, Chari Sturkio, Stevenson, W. H. is, Timmerman, Vincent, Wol- E Vestmoreland, Whisonant, Win- Goal ycho, Yeldell. Total-71. V. I i-Asbill, Ashley, Austell, Be- dent. Burns, Carraway, Child, Ed- H. Fox, Gage, Henderson Ilder- TV. lyton, Mauldin Joel H. Miiller, Agon , Mitchell, iocro, Nettles, Gon Perrit, Plyler, Prince, Rains Robinson, Sanders, Seabrook, r, W. S. Smith, E. D. Smith, S( bn, Townsend, Verner, Wilson, or. Total-35. r Mr. Ashley's bill had been Mr. Magill gave it a parliamen irial. e Columbia Register, in allud a rumor that had boon given Cond cy to the offect that Mr. Seth ruggs will be discharged from sition as chief clerk at the State N sary, makes the following state " Dame Rumor is always on the t it will not do to place implicit Ly. At ice in what she says. Of course " N are people who would like for "13u 41 (n ruggs to lose his job, but they " t likely to be gratilled for he is Ar. Co immediate danger of ofliaial Lv. Mt tation. The unkindest cut'of a!l "' charge that he is 'puffed up.' line oilico has changod him one " C hose who are in daily contact :: iim i ave no' discovered it. He (41% the same Seth Scruggs he has " li t been, and ae pl.iin as an old shoo. (4n is one thing about which there Lv. Chi no dispute-he is one of the most Ar. D& bookkeepers in the State. Those Ar. R11 ave had occasion to examine the -- isary books since he took charge Ar.W m will vouch for that fact. He .h his busiuess thoroughly and his eN icy has in no small degree con d to the success with which the sout ate board of control has man he affairs of the Dispensary." N ritzerlani- is the only civilized " Phi y in the world which grants no s for inventions. , Lv. R I Ar. Ch Lv. Ow, Ki rt, ESTiRULEDj Bit LIMITED " Sell AI5 : e DOU3LE DAIL.Y :: It SERVICE : is Lanta, Charlotte, Augusta, Ath- "No Vilmington, New Orleans and Ar. At ork, Boston, Richmond, Wash /r. At , Norfolk, Portsmouth .-Sched "A" effect Nov. 22, 1896. No. weatoi soUTH HOUND). l~ N o. 403. No. 41. eya v York---......*3 20pm 900am via VU Ldelphia........... 515am 120a Oman s more ...-..........7 31pm 255am Ola iington.--......... 8 dopm- 4 30am )eaini mond--..............123am 905am etu.ru 31k via 8. A. L..... *11 30pmn*I 05am atur mouth . ...2 Olam 9 I5am $ r on ...............*305a*11 55am betwe< lerson - ....*4 32am * 3pm NO* rhtam via 8 A L.t7 32am t1 00Opm rtm e rham ------f2pmti0am lan igh via S A L...*5 55am *3 34pii oa a rd ...------.-.....7 14lam 4 58pm passon lines----........... 800am 5 49pm i let -------....8 50am 6 55pm esboro-------...........9-5am 801lpm avop roe--............0 4am 8 5pm tg lotte via. A. L...1i 35am*10 2pm NIos. ter via8SA L..1203am 10 32pm Et. 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Throughu Pullman g ears between New York and New Or ia Washington, Atlanta and Mont tcom d also betweeni New York and Memphis, shington, A tlanta and Birmingham. Pll-II nopung cars bet ween Now Yornk and Now 5. la connootion with the "Sunset Lim rains for San. Francisco, semui-welnkly, r Jersey City TIueocdays and Saturdanys Ing, leave New Orleans Wednesdagya and aye. Tihis train also caintoa Richmond Ia alooping ears betwoon Danvilleand tie. Firas class thoronghfaro coaches in WYashington and Atlanta. Dining care .11 meals on route. 85 and 88--United States Faat Mall alid between Washington and New Or ria Southern Railway, A. & W. P. EI. IR., SN R.R. being o omposed of bagtrago I coaches, t'hrough withont change for erofal classos. Pullman drawing slee'ping cars between Jersey (City and )rleans, via Atlanta and Montgomery. .g WYasl'dngtou each Saturday, a toi-ris Lg car will run through betwen W ash and San Francisco without ehange. 81 and 12-New York and Florkla Lim Vostibulod train between New York and ugust ino, via WVashington, Oharlott-o. Q0 i, Savannah and Jaeksonvillo, conals In g lIan drawing room sleeping cars, I alf >mpapnrtmeni oars, Pullman obsoa v'a-Ion ad dining cars, leaving Now York and I gustino (erminal poIntg) daily 6x"Opt y. This train also carrios twolvo soc ton ig roo buf'et sloeping cars botu~ een 1a and Now York. 11 and l2-Pnllmnan slooping cars bobw.oon end and Danville. Air Line Bollo trnin, Nos. 17 and 18. be Atlanta and Cornella, G., dily excop6 (REIEN, J. l. GULp 1 Supt, 'Trafllc Mig'r. ishington, D. (I. Washington, 1. d. TURK, 8.74. HARDWICK, I Pass. Ag't., Ass'tEGen'1 P'aos. A g'". ishington, D. 0. A tlan ta, da. EXCHANGE .or see. KOS. C. Ap *