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H E~ THE PEOPLE'S .OURNAL._ OL. 7.---NO. 5. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 897 ONE DOLLAR A YIAR I A I I I to Aive the college all It deserved and] if f.L( a ml.l i 4.0 11m Uel[fl ASSOMlY. TIhe Colee Appropriiions in the House. FIRST ONE WAY AND THEN AN OTHER. A Majority Outs Down the South Carolinia Collego to $21,000---This Action is Virtually Rescinded the Next Day. Columbia State. Mr. Ildorton moved to out the South t Carolina College appropriation from 0 $25,000 to $21,000. Mr. Ilderton said 0 this was to bring it down to the figures 4 of last year. He argued that all these t1 State institutions should be out down; (j the professors should not be paid so j much. He could not see how it took , so much to run the college. He wanted all the colleges reduced. He wanted 4 to do what was right. The professors L should not be paid more than any other N hard-worked nien. lo Mr. Kennedy moved to amend the 8 amendment so as to reduce the appro- 8 priation to $17,000. He presented a V schedule of ideal salaries that should be % paid. Mr. DeL'ach then spoke earnestly E and vigorously against these proposed T reductions. It was a shame to vote M mero pittances to the.e institutions. N To vote for such reductions meant the Si crippling of these colleges. They could P. not run the colleges with cheap pro fessional men. If you want to starve them out, do not give them one cent. As he concluded, there was a wave T of applauso from the students and ladies in the galleries. The speaker A at once rapped for order and announc ed that if such a demonstration was re peated he would have the ,galleries cleared. Mr. Toole was opposed to the amend ment to the amendment, but thought 81 that in viev of the State's financial condition $21,000 was enough ; he rep- pi resented tne taxpayora. p] Mr. Simkins wanted the $25,000 ap- le propn-iation made. To cut it meant " the dealing of a severe blow to the en- w tire educational sy-tem of the State. tc Make this reduction, and how much st money will you savo ? The $25,000 ap- m propriation cost each citizen about 2 ti cents. You would save less than a ti cent apiece by the reduction. The r South Carolina College had fewer pro- T fessors than any higi grade college in al the country. ti Mr. Mauldin said he did not wish to ti injuti or er,),ile tie higher institu- t! tions of learning. Wnenever the g, Legislatura began to practice econo- et my the cry of stan ving them was at si once raised. The ioor man felt the si burden of th sspe .al privileges. He c want. d to d. a out equal rights to all. 11, Mr. Bacot wielly -tated his observa- al tions and cxperienc as a trustee. He vent there ign rant of the inner n work ings of the college. He found s< there a body of ment than whom none oi stand higher in thi-, conntry. He re- ti ferred to tl.ir ca) nest work, giving up their holidays to work in summer is schodls. A d all ;,his upon reduedm b, salaries. If they did anything, It ti should be to increa e and put this col- C loge on a ame with the other leading institutions .f this jand. i MIr. Spoer did not wish to antagonize hi the South Carolin College, but it co should be rin ecoiomically. A man' should pay for h ig her education. le se t ok Erskine College, which ran on ano e income of $9,000 aid graduated about 17 students. He cited other State in- ti stitutions and then saii that tvitn $25,- n 000 the South Carolina college had si graduated only "' two and two halves " i students Tntese would not be worth et such a sum to the htats, no matter who ei they miszht be. y Mr-. Rogers was a friend of the eel- a lege, and would be willing to cut to $21,000, but not below. He favor-ed b tuItion fees and thought that they a should be paid by every student- a Mr. Biacot said that many of the tl students there now paId tuition fees of t, $40 a year. Over $2,000 was paid in p fees last year-. Mr. Biy the thought that $2i,000 was suflcient to meet all the expenses for fi the proper maintenance of the college. w He quoted some figures to sustain his 11 position.e Mir. Patton said he hardly knew I where to begin, the arguments had a been twisted about so much. His b friend from Abbeville had concluded b that big her public education was use- a less. The half civilized nations even a provided for higher education. The n history of the world showed that such education was beneficial to the State. et He denied the force of the argument, ce that the appropriation was too) large. p If the committee had said $30,000 he a had a little suspicion that some would have been satisiled with $25,000. There lI was a desire to make a show of i-ed uc- t, tion. Senator Tillman had recomn- 14 mended that a perpetual a ppropria V'Ion of $30,000 be given the college and S that it be taken out of the annual dis- e cussion. Tillmnan had car-cfunlly looked I into the matter and he was a friend of b higher education by the State. He in- 1 cidentally called attention to the (10- e lightful economy practiced by the I house a few days ago in voting to ac-\ Cept pay when they would be doing I nothing but enjoying themselves in C Char-leston. He then cited the figures f, of 3:1 States :howing that the only two t making a smaller appropriation than South Ga'- lina wore Montana and e New Mexico. If we go down to the a figures sugoesteid, South Carolina will e be at the very tai'. If the members woultd not hatrry t he old South Caro- a lisa College oevery year and thus teach t the young I mt then college was a fraud I upon the state t tcy would1 11ind ther studenut ho ty dould!ed. As their ster-v ling young Glovet i)or had told thorm, the future 4f the btate depended upon the h'gher iducati m of the youth. Nv r. Pattan wvent on to say that it wa a wonder that the college lived under such annual at tack 5. Give the college c all you uai for iive yeara an1I stop pul ing at D. If it does not redound toi the beo ft 4f the itate I will assist in pul ing it ( in. N e. Pobl ik said he was one of those friends of the institution who wasted iot one cent more. He had more I; erost in the South Carolina Colle ban any other. He was willing to r, luco all the college approprilatioi rhen shown that one cent of the pei olo's money could be saved withot kurting thom. Mr. Rogers had not intended to mak hDy remarks, but the remarkab pecech of the gentleman from RIel and had brought him to his feet. H 'ferred to Mr. Patton's remarks as t aving the college from its " but, riendsi-those who were its friend with a'provIso. The roll call was then demanded o he mut'ou to reduce to $17,000. Th louse voted as follows, tabling th mendment: Yes, 15; Nays, 87. The roll call was demanded then o he Ilderton amendment to cut to $21 00. The House agreed to the amend ient by the following vote: Yea-Hon. 1. 11. Gary, speaker; Al rnstroing, Asbill, Ashley, Austell, lit iune, Blythe, Burn, Caraway, Caughnat rum, Uushmnan, Davis, U. NI.; IDavii coge W.; Dukes, Edwards, Eppsa, Fairec ox, Glenu, Goodwin. 1H. P.; Goodwin. C .; Graham, J. 8.; Hamilton, Hollis, luir brey, ilderton, Johnson, Kennedy ibler, Kinard, Henry J.; Kinard, .1. D aiienster LIeyton, Lester, L1imeloust lauldin, Joel 11. Miller, M oore, MlcKeow' [cLaurin, MioWhite, Phillips. Plyler, Pol ,ck, Prince, Robinson. Rogers Rtissell kinne'r, Smith, J. .A Smith, E. N,; Speer turkie, Sullivan, imnmernan, Toole erner, Welch, Westmoereland, Whisonan' lingo, Winkler-66. Nav-A nderson, Bacot, Barkley, Bedon reeland, Colcock, Davis W. N . ;. DeLo .ch fird, Gadsden, Gage, Gasque, Graham liomnas A.; liiott, Livingston, Loftonr cares, Mehrtens, Mitchell, McDaniel ettles, Patton, Pyatt, Reynolds, Seabro >k nkler, Simkmns, Stevenson, Thomas, Johli ,,Jr.; Thomas, W. H.; Townsend, Vin mit, WVolling, Wilson, Williams, Wyche eldell-37. HE HOUSE CIANGES ITS MINI) Liberal Bestowal of Scholarship Gives a Majority to tbe South Caro lina Colit-ge--The Appropriation ii Likely to be Raised. >ecial to News and Courier. When the discussion on the appro 'iation bill was'resumed at the sectior 'oviding for the South Carolina Col. ge Mr. Smith of Sumter moved to add Provided, young ladies are admitted ho are qualified to enter." He wished strike out the provision to admil mo young men in the normal depart ent free of tuition. He objected to to idea of having this sort of fret Lition, and said that it was schooh ore than teachers that were wanted axes are pald to educate the teachei rid then to tax the parent to teact ie children. He wanted an obliga on signed by these beneficiaries thu icy wilt return the $50 or $40 the at. Everything should be free an juai. Teaching is a profession an iould be paid for as any other profes on. Taking two young men fron tch county is to give seventy bone Aiaries and he contended that ther 'e now more teachers than schools. Mr. Cushinan opposed the amend ent on the ground that these two Aholarships in each county wae thi ily good the poor peoplo got out o ie college. Mr. Kibler, of Newberry, said ther< a great need for normal training an< 3 wished every teacher had such i aining as is provided at the Souti arolina College. Mr. Ilderton, of Florence, opposet to amendment and thought it was t< tve these two scholarships for cact >untv. Mr. Thomas moved to confine th< holarsnips to students in the norma >urse. Mr. Smith, of Samter, opposed thi bstitute and said the demand wai t for teachers, bu, totr schools, and in sted that there was a eur'plus o iachers, and these young men who ac 3pt these scholarships arc bette1 lucated than the other ninety-eigh Dung men out of a hundred In th< tate. Dr. Price, of Orangeburg, did no elleve the State had arrived at sue) stage that it could deny scholarship the State colteges. If the doors o ese colleges were not opened to frei uition, he would not vote for these ap ropriations at all. The demand fo machers is greater to-day than~ ever. Mr. Kinard, of A bbevillo, said th< 'so tuition was to add students, and I as an admission that the South Carc na College could not get student iceept by offering free scholarshi here was no lack of teachers. Bleing friend of denominational colleges e could not see the State's mone, cing used to Injure the denomination icolleges. The friends of the colleg< re simply tryinag to get students ti take a show for an appropriation. Mr. Kinard said there were no frei sholarships at the denominationa lleges, but they accepted notes 1F ayment, and that was what he wantei t the South Carolina College. Mr. Patton said there was no collogi 1 America that confined its course r post-graduate work, such as Mr :inard wvanted. Mr. Kinard said young men left thi tate because the standard of thb outh Carolina College was too low [o said the State colleges would nov e closed if the denomInational col 3ges did not keep up the desire fo ducation. The South Carolina Col ago, ho held, was a drag on the State Vofford graduated tw n ty-seven boy ast year with $13,000), and the Soutl larolina Coll'ege sp~ent s$30,000 for: riw boys. It looked to hIm like 0) ravagance. Free tuition would p) sore boy s In the college and give hance for a demand for nmoro mone) nd thorobycrlpple the donomnin itlont olleges.' Dr. Wyche, of New berry, proteste gainst the statement that there wet 00 many teachers. What is needed eotter teachers. The normal depar font should be encouraged in ever ay possible as it is the best feature< he college. Mr. Smith said he was not protestin ~gainst normal education, but spech >rivileges. Drt.a~Wyche belIeved that any mac ir woman who wanted to teach ougl ~o heoeducated by the State, and wil nl y. t oo. .\lv. Smith wanted to kco'v how p)0t rbilileen were ever to get to the Soul )J trolina Colleg.. ? Mr. Wyvehe said tho arg-ument man - - - uvuLum uuurses a- none should be allowed to do so. '0 Mr. Patton offerod this substitute for 2- the section: 18 " Providod, that suitable courses of )- study are provided without foes for as it many students from each county, who may be unable to pay tuition, as may o be equal to the number of representa e tivos in both branches of the General i i- Assembly as such county nay be on- I " titled to; such students to be selected L o from deserving youths of either sex by the said representatives." 6 Mr. Patton said that, disguise the t argument as Mr. Smith would, he I n sought to deprive from attendance at o the collego those unable to pay tuition. f 3 I f the Stato has no right to give tuition free It had no right to give albed room c a freo or tj give the use of the college v - library. The tuition fees would not . pay half the expenses if wrun from every btudent, as some wish. 'Ihe col , l.ge knows that as soon as $40 was 0 charged to every student it would do- U privo poor boys of an education there. 6 There are young men now at the col- C logo doing their o.vn cooking and liv- 11 ing at seventy-five cents a week, and a yet thes young men are to be saddled 8 with $10 apiee by the State that owes E , them an education. There was no t, harm done, and no additional cost, to P let the poor boys listen to the learned P lectures. It costs no more for poor students to attend lectures than if they t did not go there. t Mr. Kinard said he did not want the ! State college to hurt his college, Wof ford, which he helps to support. C Mr. Patton said to taach the people that State edt.cation was not to be de- t sh ed would certainly operate against u denominat:onal colleges. h Mr. Patton went into an elaborate explanation of the claims of the col- c lege. The delegation can adopt, such It regulations as it sees fit, and the mem- 1 bers can select deserving and indigent ft young peole). If evil exists the mem- P bers can remedy it. He did not provide for competitive examinations, because C deserving youths did not always enter b such contests. The college can easily $ accommodate 200 or 300 students. Mr. Gage, of Chester, preferred that $ the question should come up on all w Stato colleges. The bald proposition is c whether one hundred and sixty boys 0 and girls should enter this college free g of all charges. The South Carolina c College, Winthrop and all belong to P the people, and no one man or set of 0 men, and it is the right of the Assem bly ta see where the money goes. He 1 was not one of the " but " friends. The college is here and the question is what t' to do under present conditions. le b supported the college and voted for a c $25,000 appnropriation. To admit stu- i dents free is another question. He was 9 willing to compromise on these mat- c ters, although his predilectlns were I against free tuition. JusticO in to be done and he favored Mr. Thomas's plan of two free scholarships, although . he may not favor it as a matter of principle, but the desires of others, as . wise as himself, had to be consulted. PiFull justice would be done by allowing two benefielary students. . Mr. Graham, as an alumnus of Wof y ford, said the denominational colleges all say they are weeding out free tui tion, and now with this statement from the college presidents themselves it Is the duty of the State to look to these poor students and he would support the amendment of Mr. Patton. As a Methodist, as an alumnus of Wolford and one of its supporters, he was not jealous of Wolford andl he could not agree with Mr. Kinard or Mr. Gage. 6 Mr. Graham's speech was one of the best of the daiy. Mr. Stevenson said he was a gradu ate of a denominational college and a t.rustco of a Presbyterian college of North Carolina and South Carolina. When Mr. Kinard raised his banner of the denominational colleges against the South Carolina College he wanted -it understood that he was not lighting under that banner. Hie said that Mr. Kinard's position was that the South SCarolina College did not graduate enough boys and yet he object~s to the poo)00 boys going to college. The logi cal conclusion was that Mir. K inard was opposed in to to the existence of the South Carolina College. Mr. Steven son said he knew and felt the necessity -of giving free tuition as he could speak Swith personal experience. Mr. Kinard arose to a question of personal privilege and defended his p losition. - Theax Mr. Smith had another qjues Stion of personal privilego and denied he wvas a piartisan of denominational Scolleges. There were three propositions before < the House: Mr. Smith's and Mr-. I . Thomas's amendments and Mr. Pat a ton's substitute. The yeas and nays y were called on Mr. Patton's substitute, whieh resulted as follows:1 3 Yeas--Speaker Glary, All, Anderson, I A rmstrong, Ashley, Bacot, Bailey, liarkley, Bedon, Bethiune, Bilythe, lirceland, hunt, Colcock, (Cushman, C. M. I 'avis, W. (2. IDa vis, Dei.>ach, D~ukes, Edwards, Epps, Uadsdeni, GJasque, Glenun Tlhomas A. (Gra 3 ham, liiott, llumphlrey, IlIderton, .Johnso, s Lemmon, Limehouse, Lofton, Magill,i .Meares, Mehirtents, Misho~e, Mitchell, Mc D)aniel, McWhite, Owen, P'atto", Phillips, Poliock, Prmnce, Pyatt, itainsford, Rtev noldis, ltobinson, Seabrook, Sinklier, J. ft. 8 mith, WP.8.8Smith, Stevenson, Sullivan, - Jolin P'. Thionmas, J1r.., W. HI. Th~lomas, Tfim 7 merman, TIooie Towvnsend, Vinicent, WVol - hng, Welch, Whisonant, Winkler, WVil r. hams, WI thterspoon, Yeldell-67. . Nays--AustellI. Banks, Carraway, Caughi .man,, Crnm, (Geo. WV. D~av s, Elird, F'airey, (lage, IiI P(oodwin, .J. S. Giraham, H am n iedy,' Kibler, henry J. Kinard, .J. I). Ki L nard , Lay:,ton. Lester, Joel IH Miller, Net - ties, ilogers, Russell, Sanders, Skinner, t, Himkins, K 1). Sra itha,Speer Sturkie, V'er ner, Westnmoreland, Wiflson, Wingo. Thlie College had won a decisive vic tory, and many members said that with ml the l'atton substitute the College e ought to have more than $21,000, and ,a they would so vote if they had the 3' (tlIS LS'ATE C~OFLLEGE WINS. >f Then camuc the WVointrop appropria tion. Mr. Tn'omas said it took $38,000 g to maintain the college, and of this LI $5,000 was received from tuition fees, and some fronm the l'eabody fund, and nt it required $30,000 of State funds. t Mr. Ilderton said lhe thought $25,000 1- was sulicient wit ht the $5,200 for the scholarships. TIhe colleges, he staidl, >r' always asked for more tihan they need hi ed. Mr.RIobinson,of Anderson,said when mt ever the female colenge were attad LiO Came to the rescil. If he did r lefond Winthrop he would almost ifraid to go hote. Mr. Cushman favorod the $30,000 v ropriation. Mir. Ilderton said he simply wish o test the voice of the House and i: out what was really neoded. Mr. Blythe did not want any een nent. Ho contended that accounti or every item of oxpenso $25,000 wou o sullicient. Mr. Ashley said all the education ad was through his good wife, ai he House should not waste time ti og to cut down the appropriation. Mr. Verner said there was no rcasi Dr the reduction. Mr. Ilderton withdrew the motion ut the appropriation to $25,000. l oto was taken. THE CITADEL HOLDS ITS OWN. Mr. Ilderton moved to cut the Oit el appropriation from $20,000 to $1R 00. Mr. Thomas, of Richland, said ost $34,000 to maintain the Citadc nd last year there was a deficiency < bout $3,000. The actual amount I upport a cadet is $293. If the Stal i to support the bonoficiaries it wi iko $20,000. The snlary list Is but ittance, and the money received froi ay cadets defrays much of the e: ense. Two boys It, v, - .:ou..j i iken up and .duCa,ed. It takes $' ) clothe each cadet; $103 maintonance ashiug $14, and s0 on. M homas pre-'nted the claims of tli itadel in a forcible manner. Mr. Ilderton said if it was a fact tha ao beneficiaries would have to mak p the deficiencies he would withdra Is amendment. Mr. Kinard said that the lboys shoul lothe themselves, and did not bolios right for the State to buy clothe 2oes and all for the beneficiaries. E mared it was accustoming boys to e ecting too much of the State. Mr. W. C. Davis, a graduate of ti itadel, was satisfied that nocut wou o iade if it could be shown that ti 20,000 was needed. The money at tl itadel was economically spent. 293 is too much for beneficiary cadet hy is it that until last year the I idets, who pay $300, outnumnbert io beneficiaries. It is because tli et a superior education to what th< in get elsewhere. Last year ti: oor boys were assesecd to buy sont their clothing or do without it. Mr. Limehouse, of Summervilli roposed $19,000. Mr. Crum said that the Citadel w io only institution at which a pot oy coul got an education without ent of cost. It is an institution f< be people and where p..or boys ct o and be as well dressed and thoug1 f as the richest. Smaller salaries a aid at the Citadel than elsewhere. Mr. Cushman thought the Citad he best inst'tution in the State al he institution should be supportc >ut he favored retrenchment. The House rejected the propositi o reduce the appropriation to $19,0( 6nd then the yeas and nays wore ca id on the proposed cut to $18,01 hose voting for the cut to $18,000 am dessrs. Austell, Ashley, Caughmi Jushman, Edwards, Bethune, Fairc 1. P. Goodwin, J. ). Graham, Got vin, Glenn, Hamilton, llendorsc ohnson, H. J. Kinard, J. D. Kinat layton, Lester, Lominon, Mauldi oel I. Miller, Plyler, Pollock, Print tussell. Spoor, Sullivan, Ti mmcrma 'oole, Wingo, Westmoreland. The Citadel got $20,000 by a vote 8 to 32, which is the amount the tri es asked for. WINTIIROP DORMITORY WAITS. Mr. DeLoach ellfred to amend t ill so as to provide $5.000 to beg rork on the new dormitory at Wj brop. Mr. Winkler thought it well to wi n mnaki ng the appropriation. Thc sas no institution he favors more th WInthrop, but thought It best to wi Lwhile. Mr. Stur'kic thought It wvell to ho matter rest. A BUSY D)AY IN THE SECNATEC Phoi Anti-Free Pass Bill Knocked the Head-The Road Taxes A .JustedI-The Oigarette Bill Kille The Senate proceedings which fclk .eil with interesting features of I.1 ession: COUNTY ROAD TAXES Mr. Moses objected to the bill1 requl ng the commutation tax to be expten d in the towniships5 wher'e collecte 'coplo didi net travel over their ov eads exclusively, and the effect uch an act. would be to comnplicate ti nachinery of the county governmc aiv and wouild be unsAtIsfactory. Mr. Decan urged that In the case york on the roads, it was 11l1 done( he worker's own township, and nonoy was paid Instcad of wor'k mutht to be used In the same way. Mr. Scarborough said that the col nutaItion tax law was net ant act, 'aise revenue, it was a privilegc alio ad a citIzen in lieu of r'oad work, a, ho 01(1 law made the provision i jiuired by this bill, it was left out ,hc general county government, law. Mr. Dum Fose urged thtat, the hill w Snecessity In many sections whi uluored from roads that had enjoy me working for' mtany years. becat he commutation tax wvas p~aid1 inste >f work being done on them. Mr. Dean moved to lay the unfavy Lble report of the committeeo on I able, which was carried. Mr. Henderson moved to strike< he section which provided for t Irawing of the money from the TPro trot' by township commissioners at ,thich provided that any warrant sxccss of fund in the Treasurer's har rhould b)0 void. It was useless ai shounded in causes of litigation ai grouble form the TIreasuror. The sect wvas stricken out anid the bill passt~d Mr. Moses moved toindofinitel~y pi potne the un favor'able report on the 1 rteeling the anti-free pass law. Mr. Ragst'ale said thmat the Seni had nothing to do with the circur stances under which the law v passed. The fee pass matter mcu a good deal to the people. Trhey stinctively regarded the holdinug (I pass by their public servamts with trust. le did niot think it would atf an honest man to use a fre puss 0 1 FOR U OOK We are now in our Brick Store near the dep( dispensing Bargains to < to make a Racket "slo 1 high prices up the back w his old carcass before a h Visit Our Bargain We have soni bargains our R1omi ter you only have to visit to be cons we give you your choice for 24c. Wo havo a lot of good Cream Ch< Time to Plow. - We have what yo as the cheapest. Comc and soo us and find out for y NEW YORK R En1sley, ". C. ir. Connor said he was not a detec I vo. The voto was called on Mr. Moses's notion t.) strike out tho enacting vords. Tho ayes and nays woro called ,s follows: Yeas-Messrs. Alexanlor, Brown, iaist, Dean, )ennis, Doughss, DuIloso, Irilith, llatv, Ilendoirsonl, Iatuldin, daylield, Nillor, Moses, Nowor, Nor 'is, 0 1)el. Iagin, ijtaIgsdailo, Scar mrough, Sloan, Suddath, Talbird, Nixker and Willims -25. Nays- Messirs. A rehur, Connor, jaines, Love, MeDaniel, I'ettigrew, 3taclchouse antd Waliace-8. rhe 111 to Coiilscato Abandonied Itatillroad Proper'ty. M r. W illius' bill providing for the orfeituro to the Stite of abaniloned 'ailroaid property was thou taken up. rho committoo amend mnts were .igrend to and then the bill was ordered to a final reading in this shape: Section 1. That any person, company Or corporation owning, operating c1 controlling any line of rail road in thh State wlich sha1 tea' up1) or rem1ovC its track, or attempt I o tear up Or t< discontinue a regular freight 11ad pas senge r service thereon for the periot of livO dlays, exceC)t when prevoted b the aet of God or the public enemy shall he deemed to have abandoned th< same, and because of such abandonmen shall forfeit to the Stato its ehairte and all the t aaCks, cars, rights of way lands, depots and ill othir propert connected wit h or belonging to th said railroacitd. Sec. 2. Whenever it shall appoar tc the Attorney General that any suel pelrson, company or corporation ha abandoned its line of railroad, he shal proceed to forfeit the same as afore sain by rule against such person, con pany or corporattion in a court of com potent jurisdiction, requiring them t show cause why the same should no ho forfeited : l'irovidc(d, That the pro visions of this ae', hall not apply I -t -out, ra I vaS. Sc. 3. T'his atI I ball tako etfec t , 1 >pIrova~l andic shll apply to anty andit ail ra il Iroads thaat may hierxeaf t.rj ho rt ceived by the Sto raeilroad comiaus sion and opened for op~eration. Mr. Mc~ui lough made an eiort, t< have the House r'econsider' the vot wher-ohy it, had passed Mr. Williams hill providling for' the forfeitur'e to th< State of abandoned rail road property, tie feared that this bill was aimed at a roadi in his county known as the "Swvamp RtabbitI."' To pass this bill would amuount to a dishonest act on the part of the State. Hie gave a history )f the road downi to its purchaso by xx alitizen of Greenville. It was wrong tc rob him of his property as this act would do. ieo olfor'ed an amendment to provent the propoerty from revert' ing to the State if the purc'hasor could not operate It at once. Mr. Williams said this bill did afrect this roadl, hut It was not intended to il ct it alone. The peCople of the State riad butil t this r'oad and were en titled o the convenioees of travel. Trho man iad refused to run the road anda had taid that, the people could( ho damned. lie was even tearing up thme track. i~e hen cited the caso of the Chestor and Jheraw r'oad. i f the ollicials wished to, uander the pr~esenit law, they could Lear up the road and depr'ivo the po plo of his county, who had paid thou 4ands of dollars for it, of thec pri'viloges fa railr'oad. Mr. John l'. Thomas held that uandexr the constituation they couldl not rob any one main of h is personal propertyv ''with out, diua process of law.'' They could not coniisctato property by a logislative act. MIr. liythxe supposed that Lhxe pur-" chascr hought the road as a sp'c'ulIa tion. The pu1irchasore stoppe~td thme r'un ning of trains. I Ie was now enjoained1 fx'oxm tearing the track u p. Ile cotuld not tell what the court was going t(J dlo. The people had comxo to him ask ing him to do all lbe could to see that they obtained thmeir-r ighits. Hie had agreed fox' MIr. WVillims to Introduce the bill, as lie hand a simiixux case in hit part of the Stato. MI r. I 'atton then xmtdo a legal prt'Osi atgalist suchi a hili. It wats ciearly,- ab. solu tely uinJonmsti tuxtional. Mr. Livingston wanted the mattoi considorxed without r'efer'ence to specia cases. I itai Iilras were publIIc eoa'pora tions. lie took issue with Mr. Patton ieo said this bill was not alone to curi presenxt ills, but also to control railroat proporty in the future, Mr. McCullough Bald this was noth ing more or les than an attempt t blackmail tho purchaser of this rca into 10operatin g it. Tisi was the pulr 1p0s0 of the b)1l1. Mr. liythe thought this languag impmroner. Thn ntieman who mo THE 1(0 FLAG. new quarters in the Big )t, and are still engaged in ur* customers. We mean lf." We mean to rip old ith i bload ax, and roast ot fire of low prices. Counters. - - iant Counter. Thon our Shoe Goun iuced of their value. lint Counter eso to go at 10c. por pound. Li need in Plow Goar, and as dhoap ourself that these things are so. ACKET STORE CLY1)E & NALLY, Proprietors. the attor noy for the road s1hould ro membeal)rt' that he wts not, in court. Mir. McCullough said lhe was not the attorney of tho road, but he did repro sent the purchaser of the road. All he asked was that tho hill be made to apply to railroads yet to be built. The gentleman from Greenville, Mr. Williams said, had used language, that to say the icast, kvas unkind. Mr. McCullough, interrupting, said ho had not intended to say anything unkind, but if he had, he apologized. Mr. Goodwin, of Greenvillo, thought the bill should be passed. Mr. McCullough's motion to recon sidor was then tabled. WAYSIDE GATHI RINGS. Bits oi Humor and Nuggets of Truth for the IMultit-ude. -Any delayed duty, be it over so sial 1, becomes irksome and disagreca -Jlanuary I was made the begin ning of the legal year in 10ngland in 17452. -There are in France 2,150 female authors and journalists, and about 700 female artists. --Let him who regrets the loss of htime make proper use of that which is to come in the future. L -No one is so poor as the man who W'awrrios over the fact that ho has noth ing to grumble about. -It is estimated that about 10,000 horses were exported in 1816, a much larger total than ever before. -Trying to be happy is like trying to go to sleep. You will not succeed unless you forget that you aro trying. -Louisiana now remains the only . State which confers the sulfrago upon foreigners in advance of naturaliza tion. -.iziness will cover your garden with weeds. Hard drinking, if you keep it up, will cove:r your wife with Wods. -Thear(3 are holanO thiin g. sutcht as I th(e aeg'utiit~in of kn:owledges undJ the - gr'ow L~t of chmaractem', th at, cannot, he -Th'ie small things of life are often of more importance titan the great; the slow than the qluick ; the sti LI than the noisy. - -JiTo can) b) no greater folly in mant, than by much labor to increase his goods, and with vain leasutre to lose his soul. --whten the queen of Italy enters a store to (do her shopp)ing, the (loors are closed andl the0 publio excluded until she has left. -ift is a singular fact, that buzzards de not frequent a far':m whet'e a good corn crop Is raised. -VTho demand for frogs has t'oached Colloton county, S. C., and the county prtess9 thtink it would be a profitable business to engage in. -Minnesota and South Dakota are tito only two States of the Union that haivo htal f of thoir population make up of fot'oign-born residents. -''he public lands still vacant in thtis country amount to over 600,000 t000 acre's, without including Alaska with its 3609,000,000 acres. -i1 it wcere not for the salt of the ocean the whole sea would soon become a mass of corruption, owing to the or ganic matter it contains. --There are 5,609 distilleries in the Ujnitod States. North Carolina loads with i,824, and Virginia is next with I ,352. Pennsylvania has 139. -Within the last 150 years the rate of speed of Ocean steamers has trebled, a'1id the usual horse power increased fromn 700 to 10,000. -One reason why more women do not got their lives Insured may be that the applicant for life insurance is al ways requtired to make a statement of his ago. --If the time we spend in wishing we h ad other people's advantages were spent in using our own, we would soon have as many advantages as we could wish. -While many ministers are con sidering how they may fill up their ohurches, Mr. Moody th inks "the great est need of the Christian church is thimening out." --". Yoh kain't set down no fixed rule o' conduct in disher life," said Ur-cld Eben. " samson got inter trou ble 'case he dono got his h'ah out, an' Absalom got Inter trouble 'cause he ; did-" y~2 boy," said old Drywater, .1 "In all creation you won't find any ant - mal except man who makes a habit of smoking. 'aO"Yoe, sir. Butineither do a I know any other animal that cooks a his meals." ot legislators should be not only virtuous, be but also abovo suspicion. If a legislator had a free pass he could not be abovo p- suspicion, no matter how good a man he was. lie should be froo not ory -d from a conscious, but an unconscious ,id bias. A free pass waS , iven as a favor, and the members of the General As Li- sombly had no right to accept favors ig from anybody. " If you do not think," id ho said, "that this pass is given to you for som other purposo than that you .o are a good fellow, see how far you can id ride when your term of oflice is over, y- and yet you aire just as good a fellow." Mr. Searborough thought that to be yn consistent Mr. itagsdalo should have urged this same argument against au to cepting the free transportation to o Charleston, which was a favor given by tho railroads. Hle took the act as people of the State when the Legisla turo found It necessary, for the pur rose of preventing contamiration, to pass this law. It was a bad law and it should b wiped off of thostatuto books for its imputation onl the character of f every State oflicer. He also opposed it because of the subterfuges resorted to '0 in getting around the law. If a free pass disqualified a man from holding public ollico by the efact it would have a in subverting his judgment, we should . go a stop further and declare that no Who is under any obligation as an aLt1rnov or stockholder of a corpora tion should be entitled to his seat here. Mr. Mayfleld thought it better that a man should take a frue pass than resort to such tricks as had boon charged, that some paid 10 cents for a $25 ticket. He (lid not like the spirit that hadl enacted the law. iv Mr. Ilay cont3nded that passes w6re d certainly meant to influOncO legislative o policy amid should not be accepted, therefore ho thought it good public poicy to declare against them. Hie (id not consider the acceptance, of tihe ~ trips to Winthrop and to Charleston against, the spirit of the law. It was dt, the railroads that invit d the Sena to Charleston, but the city coun oil. Mr. Buist made a ringing spechb against the repoal bill. "Lead us not s, into temptation" was Ils text. 10 said: '"The position which South Caro lina has occupied during the last six years is being gradually adopted as a necessity by nearly overy State in tile e Union, and if it was true that a judge n the bench paid 10 cents for a mile ago book, every member of the General Assembly should spend the whole re cess in socking tile truth and bringing that individual before this body with 1the 3open charges against him." a Mr. Archer said that no christian man could accept a froo pass without, in undertaking the obligation of a chris it tian to return the favor. re Mr. Scarborough denied Mr. Buist.'s righ to comparo South Carolina morals c with New York morals. If the Legis 1, Iiture was not to live free passos, then hedge us in on all sides and deliver us also from the contamination of lob 1 byists. Mr. Henderson said the object of tile 0 bill was not to make the railroads ive or the ollicers of the State accept passes, but to give a man the inborn right, tile divine right of exorcising his own free will. The po ple would not judge a man by whether he t'ok a fro pass or not, but by the way he acted. The repeal of this law would b the removal of a stigma. The 01 act was passed a1s a taunt in the midst n, of turmoil and excitement, and now of the Sonate in its dignity and quiet should repeal it. ~ Mr. Maylield thought the act Oil the statut hooks was a wholesome one. True, it was presented as a tatiunt, but. ic lt us turn the taunt against the hand in that direct d it and show that we are . willing to keep our skirts clear. The aye and nay vet) was citllod on tit Mr. Moses' motion to indelinitely post Sponlo tile tin favorable recpom t of tile comn anl mittee andi the following wats the vote. utYeas-Messr's. Conner, D~ennis, D)u 13ose, Gaines, Grilicih, Henderson, eot Alauldiin, Moses, O'Dell, Pottigrew, Ragin, Scarborough, Sloan, Suddathl, Walker andl Williams-1ti. Nays-Messrs. Alexander, Archer-, B3rown, Buist, D)oan, D)ouglass, Hay, Love, Mayfield, MeDaniel, Miller, ii Mower, Norris, Ragsdale, Stackhouso, T1alblrd and Wallace-I7. SThe vote was then takon on tile di d. rect qjuestion withlout chatigo. iw 1(iIliIND Ti1IN TAX ON C1GA~IFC'TJS. ie The cigarette bill was taken up as a special order. Mr. Moses moyed to indefiteoly post r- 1)one thle whlole bill, and said on the d- part (of tihe committee it was tbought d thle law wvouldi ho a dead lett -r. Mr. Connor moved to lay the motion ofn1 thle tiallo. This was lost. 0 Mr. Moses thenl movedi to table tile h ill, but withdrew it for Mr. Archer to say a few days in' favor (If the bill. cof Mr. Mos~es opposed the il i because nit would be Inoffectuaul, and wvould plile if d (oad acts oni the statute blooks. if it would accomplish any good he wudvote in favor of it. Thlere is no Il.imachinery to enforce it as the l iquior toatw is enforcedl. v-iMr. Conanor said that there was a ii rent demnand for the law from tall parts oIf tihe country, andl if the present law ofwas doing no( goodl, let us make thle rog uliations ior o str in gent,. ofMIr. Mower sent a communication from Jasper IH. Montgomer'y, presidentt ofthe society for tihe suppression of so he use of tobacco am~fong tile youth of the (Jnited States, to show that the dpro(hi bition and high l icense had been nechectuail in every case, and urged the enforcement. of the law against the sale( to mfhiora aLs tihe host stope toward corr'ecting the cv ii. l M r. Pettigroew, (If Florence, said that his consciencco had reproachoed him for the part 1he took In killing thin bill in last, year. lie made a long and earnest. usappeal for the passage of the law, He 111contenldedl thatt it would not huart tile midobac(co lidustr,'. on rh. Manylield read the existing law magainlst selling cigarettes to minors. it has bcon On the books since 1885, and thereo has never boen an indiictmnent ete under it. '"Let us5," he said, "enforce uill tile laws we now have before we load down tile statute hooks." lie referreud ito to the tobacco industry in tile Staa m- and the effect of this law, whlich, he0 ras thou ghlt, would be inoperative and yet mnt would prejudice the 1nterests of the in- grower. ia He put Mr. Conner in a hole by ask is- ing him why he did not indict the monf '31t whom lhe referrect to In his county who but .vionaed tho pr.--n la.