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IP P s Ui red. ila. to inl to - .....EoPLE. VOL. X . K~ . , tlit RS.DAY , AN ANO. 49. OUR NEW OFFICIALS iovernor, L.ieutenant Governor and State [louse Officials Inaugurated CAPTAIN VIEY WARD'S ADDRESS 'eace, liarmony. (ooi Feeling and t ,.,p< Prosperit. Prevail Throughout the C..omm3)onwe1calth.i Welsday l'iit. D. C. IIeywaiid of .' Colltton ci"wnty Wvra: inatlgurated into t h': di ti's of Ihe trovernor's otlic , I ii.' (t r oi" ie-. t ting ,.urtliul(ted in it u t,:+t 33 pirl ss >ivt )ollirwr. ihe1(" inaugurat ;in Ss.hed in thr" 11:111 of the house of rt'1r'":eatl i I'. l: T h eing th.":: :it1 tiin' in SiX VV,,ar: Ith:t h I rtirin g oil - crntr Was l pr's('It to take' pait lin titw fornla l <-x r,;c .- a umade the tc"r;mn\ - (Im:lbl.y ii :e s e Thrtr \t as a imnetseo crowd of i tors pis t ), re rst-t.i g the hi 13- 'pl'" of rvery couIIy of south ('ir b1 a he uembhers of the generai ais"1m11v 'en tl( digniiled senator"S \\(lI' cominplc11ed t(; stand driting thte t"ex("i.;ws wlrich: lasted nlearly tw\"o iiours. The gauilerieR were crowded wit'1 rz't! resr,ntativc p .))h-, and the chair:, on the floor of the house were of:crilloil by l t' fairest. Womanhood of Carolina. Mulrs. .lhSwemoy and Mrs. Ileyward land other ladiem of the party wer",; 4(eatedl imdliite,ly it front of th' speaker's' rostrum. .1llst, before tho hour for the intta , rat ion the siate camne over In all of its dignity, healed by the president, Ehx-G'ov. .ino. C. Sheppard and the elerk. Ukn. Rt. R. Htemphill. Gov Sh1ppard, ascendig the staud, qaled the Joint assembly to %-der rnd an. nioilnted the purpose of the assetrblitg. When the ltpproacb of the governor-s parly was annoannceA by the sergeait Sat1-:Irms. the Joint. assembly are:-:( at1 Ihe ci1stinguishied company threaded its \tay thirough t.he clo'--ely packed aisles to the spealer'1: desk where the c'rt" tnoni('s 'w('e to take place. F irst c"cme tha offic"ital party. ea,-th ni'mher of which was attende-l by a mnemlber of the legislative comm,nitt".e film inaugllral exvreises---Capt. 1). C. Ileyward. the governor-elert, with Senator (. W. Iirown of Darlington; Gov. Miles B. McSweeny. with Hion. .J,. R. ('ogg-eshall of Darlington: Col. ,Ino. T. Sloan, I)('utenttnt gove:"not eletJ, with Senator J. E. l'eurifoy of ('olleton;-- ion. Y. .1. Pope. chief juks tie. with lion,. Wn. )L. Manila of G(reenville: lIon. Nugene B. Gary. asso 'ial' .1listcc, with the- retiring se4.re :1-y of stale, Mr. M. H. Cooper of Col it'ton : lion. Ira :1. .Jlones. associate J.s itt. wit II ion. E. 11. Aull of N'ewh'er i\r. .1T T. Gantt. the new secre tary of state, wit.h Capt. R. ft. Je,t nings, who succeetrl himself as state IreasurI,r; Mr. C. N. Gnter, the n<w tittorulty genera1. with his irede("ersor. 'Ur. G. I)un"autl3 lIlliiger; IMr. A. W. Jones, the new corp1roller general, with his peod.c3:mor, Mr. J. P. Iler hamit. A%r. O. ii. Martin. the incoming State superintend-nt of edicatioln, With h:is prede"essor". Mr. .John .J. Me Mahau; andl the incoming and the ratiring heads of the millitia, (,en. .Ino. D. Frost. aid Uen. .1. W. Iloyd. (lov. Sheppard having announced the p;r(s";nee of the distinguishedl 1 artv, l:iayer vas otered by the senate ch"at lain, Rev. O. A. Darby. D. D.. Gov. II-yward itlien advanced to the right or the presiding officer and Chief Justice 'opc' to the left. The leiad of the Judi < inry pr-'tttd the oath of office which was assented to verbally and thenl subst-crihed to bly t he new head of the excotive dlepartment. After Gov. He-(' ward-t's al(ddress,5 the same14 formalit was obseOrved( with the lieutenanltlt gIv ernor', Col. Jn)O. T. Sioan. (Governor Hleyward adldress~ed the gen eral assembly for forty nitnutes, disct11usshg important qulestions9 of the dlay.: .\t t.he. close he was-Iibernily ap pllaud ted ando , re(eived handsloma bion 4huets9. 'ieut.-Gov. Sloan was sonme whatt nerevous when he was sworin in, bt regained is self-composutre wvhena at.page laid a handsome bouqutet of car nations beside the gavel which Col. Sloan , wgil wield for thte next t.wo yeats. After the conclusion of the exercises (Gov. Heyward andl ex-Governor Me Sweoney . and their party retuirned to tth.eoxecutive office where they receiv ed hutndreds of friends from all parts of Sotitih Carolina, welcoming andl en couiraging the handsome and genial youing governor and giving godspeed to the man of -large -hea.rt and keen per' ception who has been the chief exee tiive for three years piiat. Goev. Hey wvardl's first, e,xective act. was to sign tlhe 'cmmisusioi.ufSthelt hew seeretary of state, Mr.' dessei .T. .(#antt. The othter State offig were sworn in privately~ in. their several-00'ices.. (JQV. IYWARD'S4 ADDLRiCSS. 'I'he .fo lowintg: is. in par't, Gov. IIey ward's'flrttt u1tteranee~l to the reC)Ip.-,fn tat ivts- 6f t-he people, huis inauiguratl aid Memhbrs of thet General AAemb l'/ anhd (01'r6 (i .th pwoole is sutpremte, andl( 'we. have th if to)(eth'tr' today to carryi out thte- wishe'bf 'the peopje of this State, asi e'xpressie(r:Ut Ithe thenf,t electiont. in the providenehtof.Go (10 t has13 13a Jlen to' my lot to lie -called.gomu the quiet walk of life td assume i this mlantner and in this presene9 the high and)4 noble office. of '%dVernor of South Carolina. In. dohng sti. r. Bm- almost ojverwhelmledi .biygs.esa of~ the great resp)on'siillties whlichl I have- no,w .as sumed'; bttt even4 beyondI ttis is m .5ense oIf gratitutde fr the great lhonor dlone - me by the people1 (of mty State. I am mindful of the fact that the truly great gifts of life ever' involvo the miost uolemn responsibilltics, atnd wihen they comie as the expressOin of the manhood of the comm1)oniWellth), involv ing the selection of a chief magistrate .of a people whose heritage is as proud ans that.of any pedple upon this earth, whose hist9ry is a glorious rccord of patirt6tism, virtue ahd achievement, well indeed may ho upon vwhom thIs honor falls st.andsdrlent in conitemipla tion of ther sacu3ed responsibilitiest whieh his people have placed, upon huim. 'The honor you have 'bestowced utpon me is such as.would fill the heart *of any man with deepest gratitude-a gratitude that should call forth the mt5 sacr ed lolalty of a South Care !inian to South Carolinians. To meet these re4poni Mbillties. to ox e'Ilte til) various and onerous dut i: or my office; to give m1y tim(e, ny thoughts and my every endeavor It the service of my State. I feel wouhi itrdeetd be a poor recompeinse (I, Inly people for the trust. and conictlenee thert have placed in me. I beg, my frienl and my feulings on this o-ccasioa t speak to you of a heu it tilled wit i l'u' fur Sotlith Carolina an(1 for S0th(a (':1rc linians---let theml speak to you. for lmec of a dvottion to the welffare of o'T State, which with your conlt inuecl t'.. and help, will endure all thilinvs t .?cieve tiL fn : let i he il s iak \,1vo Of-a dleterminatIon to knOw' nol) h;iule amalbition thn to labor for the best in" .erests of all the peole of South Caro, lian. ( I ivted not a.sire you that no great'Er pride i-; inine ihan lies in the fact that I was elected1 to tis offic"e by South Caro!ina ftroml every c ounly and from U1anost every l)ro'ine1t of (lir State. I Our fo'llo' )emlocrats of Soith Caro- 1 lina cen togetlIer as brethren, and I this n,ll have but one meaning -.a (-p I itnd1 h1o11lylm anling which ('ann1Ot 11(1 sibly an14,11r othel i1han the Ibesi. 11r st and li;hic.-t thii gs for (ur dear oId I Statt, go~( fa: tow,uardIs uiuiUi, 11he 1 Sainterests o f bo h rac "(s. O ur w hite ("iti- f zels are, as tihey should hn', in ltmn p nte d p o ss ss io n o f e v e ry dl( o i S te " a n d pa rl ii ill i O1'('ernenlllt. \Whil'" Ohis naturally "' --- l.s .geat cause for rejoicing it sholl l at tin sne til]( make its deeply seni .. i hhi' of the fact It i:; in"umn1(ut uplon1 ' its to enne"t and to adiminister !aws r when enacted that the humbl'st cit'. r >:ens. he they white or black. can lio(k < 1o those law: for the protection of I life, liberty and iopert.y. It is only t by acting lin this spirit and under the d divine guidance of Him who holds us r all, State and nation, in the hollow of f, Uis hand that the great problea wh'-h confronts the people of the I rothtii. and especially the peole of i Soit.h Carolina. can he riglhlly and as finally solved. Gradually the colored man Is awak- r ening to the fact that the white man c of the South, whose land he tills and I from whom in variois ways Ie de- I rives his entire livelihood. Is at last t his host anti true,t frilt (l. amd instead 1 of scekin;g to attain political olfice lite is 1(;w" devoting hiamserl to those (, c"11'at ionls for whtic"h by. 11.tm'.l h 1 0 ,- 11 ouist fitted. antl in the hputrsiit o' w t ;hih alone he :ill aivanlict his (win ma.tt"rialI interests ai in 11 dtoiing the best in- 1 tertsts of his Stat('. i( In ("c)ini'tiol with i':-; pi lt-ilal c n1- a dii Can it. is fully as signilail t and i quite as gratifying to add ilat our < intlistril1 conditions were never so 1 satisfactory as they are tolay. In ag- 1 ricul1iture, and especially in uiftui&o tures. South Carolina has taken suchl strides that the attention of the out side world is upon its. While we can I congratulate ourselves itpon this however, remembering that Ihere is still so much to be done-we cannot af ford to rest here. South Carolina, though one of the original thirteen Stat.s. c has fully one-half of its great. irstrcts yet undeveloped. P No one doubts the truth (If the state- T Inent that the general prosper'ity of a State is dependent, primarily upon its farming interests, wIth-l establishes the fact that a government should inl (-Very wcay possible foster and protect this industry. lThc" steady. persistent work of the farmer is not. hlaun'(e1I forth to the world in mennin11gless lInt tely, but the results of this faithfiul ilaor most forcihly gives its own speet-h. I ask you all. each and 1'very on' of you, to :tand by lme in the lad mitnistration of th( high dtties of this office. even as you have Ianife.sted thlis splirlt lay y'tltr votes. Th'le addrtess dtlt-us w,itha a tnmber of qutestiIons that will demanal tite at teta tIon (If the legislat ure, anal clo's withI an Iapeal hor hlarmoany andat gtod fee lng amonig all the paeop)le. ltlghwayman Shot.c Middlesboro, Ky., Special.-Henry CummIngs, notoriouas among the hIgh wvaymen of the maoutntains, tmet death from ambush Suniday. James Adley Turner, who was walkIng with him,. was shot in the arm. The assassIns are unknown. It Is a common repor-t that Cummings killed John Abr'am, president of the United Mine Work ers' Union two years ago. Gree'nwood( WVard soon afterward,. and about a year, ago Blranhtamt Elama. a Kentuck inn. wlhile othaer ca-lmes at ro chlarg"id to h im, ' NEWSY GLEANINGS. Poriland, Ore.. Is aout to r'emodel: its publIc palrks. Last year was not a profitable onie for' the lBritisha cot toi trade(l. Disease has braoken out among tile foxes in NothI Chleshire, Engliawtl. Hotel rates are to bae advanaced whena thle Granad Armay amaeets at San F4rian cisco, Cal. Th'le lotaul enrollmenr'lt in thle (elmen try schelools. of New York City is 481,.. -191 chldren. 'IThe 100thI aniiiaver-sary of the birth of Rlalphb W'aldo ICmaersona will be ob serveCd niext May. Chlicago savinugs dep)osits shiow ana In craise of tirtay-ninte paer cent. withlain aibout asix mionaths. The ( ainraie lustitu te haus gutiarau teed $4000C to Ih lapi ek ObservatIor-y for ast ronomialeal aesearchel. Thea St. Iv"es (i'0nglanfd) Schiool Hloard~ haIi sanealtnedt I )thapurhase of a rock ing horse for' t' u-ie of inf'ant sc'hobiirs. Thle Goernmiaent is bteing urged to hioltd thle atnnual tanua'tvres betw'',een clAmy anid Navy tln the l'aillte Coast next year. Gr~eat Lvehlls of ore' contaIning fr'om fifty- to sixty iperi -'it . tat iron have ,' beeni discovered ini thae neighborhiood of Vadso, Norwiay. ElectrIeIty is to be uased for' lightling the bow masthteand comp !til ass lamps11. or the liitisha tor'pedo bat dlestroyerst now laeing built. A reproduaetion of King Solomon's Temle on a large scale is to bae one of the features of the Expositona at St. LouIs, Mo., lin 1004. Thae promoters of the Jamestown Ex positlon will ask the State of VirgInIa for an appropriatio) of $200,000, pay able In four annual 0nuna of #n0nn00, ROBBERY OF A BANK A Sharp Fight in a Nortih Carolina Iowni, With Shiot Gnns PROFESSIONALS DRIVEN AWAY. /ault Torn Open By Explosives, But Only a Small Amount of fioney Secur,d. 'harlot1', N. C., 0h.. Er 2. t ih. At 2 o'c'loIlI Alttn<tia" iln t g anl in !et' litt elflt f i a: l(a'- to r ih ti 'ark rc t A t\ate at \lot"ki-iHe. i-:. wIrt. e: kSmlc n1 - n t c:I 1 h va lt 1ld stole Soe 11.' loose m14-tal urr e. luit. w\ere inic'rrup ttd bt fourt th y h:a,1 Ilitm tto 1:1'n tl l 1 t- ' In i, sa;ft' in:i dol h v:,u l . At aow " o'clccnk Mr. T. I. . viyIv. he 'ishicr of tl' b1an1k. who rtotomS 1! :t !itilding c"lose toi ( the iank. he,ld w\"o t'xploslons. whic"h l 11holiught ;"ll-- 1r..1 1 te k -leik. !: arousetitd thce i l:reident of the bank. Mr. .Jlames i- c'-n:rt. .1 r.. :1n fl :1:iing tIhemlselvesR itlh shot-gts and pistols tif(e two 1111ng in)n stated ml onic' for the( il:ik. \Wh'n they catle close to the uilding they saw that the door Was p'n. At; Rye'rly starlld to enter a ian inside fired on him with a Win b!eStor ritle. Hyerly and MC(Guiro 0111 rt'' I -rned the t'rc' and a 'silade nrild. l' aShier and -7t"e pr'sib eint fired ten shots and the wvould - bo h1crs answered them almost shot 1 r shot. N orc' Wa: strutek. Wt'ttin the !'ring was over it was :)mnd 1i,at. the c'racksmen had fled. :inrri ' "xamination of the bank howed I no damage ns clone he ond ruto . the i vaIlt. which has a inassiiv -- loor oile and a half inch thick t; had been torn off by itro-gly; eri..,-. i r. B3yerly slated vet' the 'phei' this morning that Ilere was evory indiention that Sc'i" ral profc sslonal rohher"s wec're )en ci in t he atr.!a' : 0 rohhery. The 'whole to'n of Moc"ki.ville was ru'.s'd by the cit'c'ttnCe and efforts (' It' 10'' ' 1''c it i-rtt '"'' d f ll'' pht -.. sir u4' t t lie 1'the1's 1 roi:; t'-t apllintg. A 'h li:-orvc'r g- < trc press the 1"a.<h 'r and tII. other otffcers of the bank re t ring: t.o get al spec"ial train to ing bloodholtnids into Mo-ks:ilb- in rdi i that the dogs may get 1n the rail of the c"racksmcin binfore t gets (1o c ol Sunday Memorial Service. Wasn:hington. SpeeialI.- -''he llcI Ise tf Representatives i1nalugulrated the xper'imtent of holding nemorial s'er ic'c's for deceased eimbers upon Ithe ahhath. It, will he followed hereaf 'r duiring this session and lroblably ill I-come the general practice in he H-lus' inl the future. Ileretofor . I xc"ept. on very rare occasions. the c nsc' has hr'oken in ipon its tegis itive work on i'ridly or Saturday to ;.tenl to c'ulogic's on dec"cased mivm ers. but. the tim 1' has toldom h)6''in r'ollitIous and latterl'y1 the practice' as been ieeting with growing disfa or. On ac"ou1nt of the presstrc- of 111bI c" busin'ss at. this session it wa.s ('c"tetdd to hold the iillorial session ti Sunday, and dhuring the c'ourse of lese eulogies today Severall iethei's mik occasion to v'oiec' eii onlimeni t1tion of the innovation adtu to ex i-css their opinionl 11111 it. wouild be ui.owed in the futirue. At. the session List Sunday, tibuat Cwas pidc tco lie if' antd publi st'rvic'es of tIhe late tepresentatti'es lIussell, of C'onnec'ti uti. and She ppartd and I)eGraffenrceid, f Texas, each of wihom died dluing he 'onigr'essionlai recess. The attend' lnce In the galleies wvas quite large .nd there wvas a numflerou1s assemblage f the friends of the deceased mem era on the floor. Thei following memi 'era paid tribtte to thet memnoiry of Ir. Russell: Messrs. Birandegee, of ~onnecticut; Capron. of Rhode Islanid: perry, of Connecticut; 11111. of Con ecticut; Payne, of Ncew York: Me 3lellan of New York; D)alzell. of Penn ylvaia; Grosvenor. of Ohio, and( Me rail, of Matssnchuisetts. Those who culogized Mr. Sheppard were: Messrs. lenry, of Texals: Brantley, of Geor' lia: 1Ball, of Tekxas; Randlell, of Texas: Juleson,l of Te~xas, anid F'eeley, of illS iois. Those' who eulogized Mr'. D)c" iraffenreidl were'c: M.ssrs. Ru1sell. of. l'exas: Stephensfl. oif Texas, and let seirg, of Texas. The Plague Situation. Me'xico CIty, Sp)eclial.--TheC charity "(lmmlissionl at Ma tzatlIan has received .1p to (lat e $1 30.0001 fo" '1te In com-~ [tatinig Ite plague Money is still pouring in fr'om all parts of the coun-fl tr'y. ThelI otlicia Ilc hulet in from MIa'zait lan reporC)its fouir deaSthls anid four ne'w i'ases for Wecdnesdany last, and for' Thiuisday flyve deaths and twvo niew eases. The total nmlnhor' of eases in the* hospItal was 44. At the pavilions are housed 520 persons, none of whom are aick. D)r. J. ii. Grimes. the hubon-00 Ic plague expert, whoIl offceredc his ser' rices to the government. has1 been?l lnt) tIfied to hold hImself ill reCadIne(ss to p'rocend. Earthquake in I'exico. Mexico City, Special.-News has been received here by the MinIster of thri Interior of earthquake and vol ranie dlisturbauncs neari UrIique. State r>f Chihuahua. Nenatana Moutin has he'n 'lven in twain and thec at mosi5)Ip're Is filled wvith flin vlcanie I Ilthe ::;rdt wias terifyinig to the Inhabi tancts and( the4 people wvero tIlled wuith conisternait Ion. Crew Rescued. Port Arthur, Tex., Special.-The~ steamer City of Everett has arrived here, having on board Captain B. F. Clinton and six men whom the Ever ett ,picked up fromtp the wat r'-logged~ schooner Otis, on January L1. The Otis had encountered a hieavy gale and rapidly filled despIte the woi'k of the pumps. The Otis was from Scran ton, Miss., carrying a cargo of lumber and thnber to IUavana. COL, SLOAN TAKES THE GAVEL New President of the Senate linter Upon iils Dities. hle' te'nat n.et ai 1o01n WPdut d3da ail after i t usual formil (i('ning tit joint t:olmnittrc' appoinlte(1 to arrang}; for Ihe inittigirationl of ti- grn andl livmtviunt governor madle its; r1 llurt namiiig yesii'day at I o'clock a; tl titm' appoinlted for the ceremii s .\lr. .;arshall in belalf tf hr ilin (cmmilh(( inlade1 the, folh'twing r:I 1:: Ii.\.\'PTON .i'L\1lOltiAI. I).\1". l1' i t1 ii r solved by fihis s nai o ' i t - ill hou)1.- of re'pr''Sentatives, ('oueurill;: . That Ih(" e; ;n(ra ; :tItilyt , r Ili;ll.' appllrove's thi (' tl tit l f ;1i . > , . 1 " ' n y (;ovc'rnor" .\ . It. .\11eSws;ll., inl invilin~ (; n. .\M . ('. Iti1xtr It 6 - liv e b Ifor' I'-- leg!,islatueo an atl I ii1e11'; lie th(' Iif' Ill Ii r vi1 " . of 0 1 1i ,; rn. l adir IaI .Ipt.1 %l r to islo ' b(1 1 . r't int'lI ndat i '0s. 'i.es o fll'.a That 1( i' I W-tl h1lum m1.-i in "jinti assei'nly on I-'riday. thi" I dlay of .uui:iy i.t ..a at I 'a 1'clo ;k '. 1o reei tlh orator gponie.t .w, l' hear his :I(dra s ath o1 herwtie' pi y Ititabhlc' martks of re'Spe'-t I( b o mn'i >ry of inr great solier in s 1tat"..; :!. "- - %vt d. That Ihr joint ('1ni mlit irl;'.t ctoforPi apoie'itid flt conititi(I i a ("omltl niltt'e of ar'llglra ingt m lms -s1 i)rop(r1"ly ."ar oIubl the oecfrt (of ths'e '(solutlions. ThIle jot'. lnmittee to whomt was r('fe'rredl thi' m11essag' of his e te;(llen'v he governor in Which hP roimmi-. 'aies to the legislalture that i t' hai In r'it('d (e.P1.\l. C. 11iutler to deliver au lddr'ss hefo lrIhr(tlh o to hs'S of thie enerally Assetnbly uiton Anl early day n its se'ssio n pol' the life and seI'r ie'st of the lae G(eneral Wade lamp .o and re('du(stlg that arrang;em'nta )e made to fittingly recognize the o. asion: have had the samiv under loi sideration an1 br.g ile vet respectfullr fo report. ThIat it appear.s to your comimitt<'' hat ille Action of tit governor is 'i nently appropriate and that nothing 4hoil he left 1111one to proprtly ex. pire.$s the sentiments of the 1 a("' an'd ,g pay a suitable tribut( of r(sp1i'(w to Alt h l o'iry of her great son. Your committee aec"ordingly :'Il.,ni: e1('rewith for your c"oinsih 'iration t( 111nd4 thoir adoption. ISignedti .l. Q. Marshall. R 't. \I1l ric,h. on thle part of the sena te; Low is W. H askcill. W in. f.. Mauldini rn. 11 A1i 1, aln Ii- part of tilw hut:. Th apreport was aiopt-ed. The('il1 poresaidg arved the sete h Carose and proceeded to th houS representatIves to take part in thi^ in auigural prolceedings. T1o houirs later the senate rs;.r: to their chamber bringing wit the)n Lieut. Gov. John T. Sloan. Who hatving taken the oath of office imediatel. ntered Upon the discharge of his du ties as presidcent of the senate. TiE' PISII N' S A)f)RIt 4 In a few" neat. 'we chosen sentnce Preside'nt Pro Tem .1. G. Sh('pp:1r.I m roduhcd th new presidanl. wi fni s.sm ing fr chair sahld In pa't : gentleeno the i'Senate: 1S.r to h ofilce' of lieutenant gornortlo lv thc pepl' of my beloved State, and r; (nired by the ionsti tion to Ie'0Shi.. oner the d(liberations of this honlr ihle body. aSnoume th1 responih!i'y >f my new position witi a profoi.n1 ('iens of my inexperieinc' as a pre'sidiits 1t1!rer. and. When contrasting mwl lvith te distinguished men who l1v' re'Cyded mel' as presidenlt. of lthe s(l t, I cannot hpope to make their reecrds, imt I am deeply imupressed With th 1li high trust.imposed in mle, and with tu id ntdOC'114 coprtoni.ishali 01r dney try yo exdute i fto.the :bi good nd fo the elfa('11relfor pe ents and parts anshi,ad. hrci izd fory foeration,iht fnesan t).in' 11apprecfte thaitis apaig i. wi tinctoon fopreie toveri te' tenateit iouth Sate.na an honor solpu' figh gatifieds are idutoeps to aepe traonhof it. )rCmpsedI as iiii rnemes conpvicuou haor thereabilit bIand ihcaracter, leprentatory tesely un thund loft spndls,prmr devotn o fedr SttIndto twih w11 only ouits tepe aiono gethmei buhoi Baeaen pading er sail hrinh brfyghe strmns of thonor prever four flag chldro.e ifcrmant p1wsetwrlt v of I lie St'ate is due large'y to her rotlon factories. and the p)r'. 'ients of thevse mills (14e.rve Kreat red it for the success litey have altitinle(i. 1hey'f o nt(?( 1sk for (lass legislation tei iIrlp a.Letln. hut they asH k for sneh re'a 'nable le;gIslat io n ats will ('xte'n1 ('m. IntCriul r'lattens with foreign c"olan Iries. Appropriations might well o Iinade by our State gov"ernmuentt for bulildint; an? main(aining leexlil: svhools S) as to elevate a11n11 ed ,''I" 1in o )thler 4c-ount Ir ie t co )nl b h :( r,1 of glbien rolot'rod tobacno whichi e 'xpo1 rtede! har;ely It f';nglanld aI nd her lonies an harm) twn llands of the'ir inhabhitilnts. Aga;i(n in ot.h r (' ounities vould11 he ,n i hle' I hr'ift. ein r:y :an0 ;ue'llig, -I e 1f i;r' farmIllr4 s )!s eI x-"np1 litird y11 til iil' i 11ovell oOliens of thrir 1;anh1. :1ted 1h(' i: hap11 )1}' holes':, inl IheiI lahnnie;,t hirt'sts, di Vr"siti l crop.- :4:: 1 ma: . ,t in11r(1V ln)-tI. ill wv ll-hre' et i1"t. 1 ie rd IhW. lvwingl h1elb: of blI1,mirl,1 a 1-" delligh 11d th n ar Is tilrY 1)!)i,dl"d their way homlet'ardl inl ihe ;re a i;th I of thr stItn xud n fromill I e":1,! t,v1 ,r l t41 w ll-l1lld harnS. ln other (.uti t; ar;u 11hi e'9 i : lhids41o;lf IU(its fr (it Ii a eeS 11 I pear"s. ma(I 1f straw%\ i -r'r'ies- 11 ih1Il' "l I.) th m' ar aokts of Newy York. el stot : I ! ('hi1-1go) be-foir the ire is ihawe. 'n ti 11(1 f lroze' h (1114' s a 1' ri'veS. Ill others truck farms wital pro":'1.-. of great vue and in still Olhers rc Ilumbher Ills. amlon1t th" haru('st in thie world, beside naval stor(''e(i oI' ,at value. De'pression is at ano 41141 in 'o i lh darolinai): no lOnge"r is shte a pro:tr" -te" State; mone'y is gasy and her blee ar)' in 1gund e'tndlilionl her fnanrt;e ar(' muerged on a safl as1(is: her hrubs are far above par: her credit Is trnl limited: her colle'ge's and school% a:"t flourishing, and let GTod be ourtised that o11 people are togthe'r aga'in, that factional line's have ht-(t: oblit. er: ted. that 111ti.an hitte'rne'ss it; ist an11 end. nnd our people have' one(, com mon intl-rest to build up)111 the 'w !'t, and prosperiiy of our State, I' ever diI '(tiotn are life, progress and ac tiv ity. The futue rOf olu State (onrtaing more than hope: it is a vertaint.y, and her prosperity may be romparvd t() a skylark in his flight toward the blue sky-- "higher still and higher from tile (arth thou sp)ringte. t and singet.h %till dlost. soar, and soaring even singest." in co11cl11slonl. lei mell sa1y, senators, that I b(elieve thlat. your deliberathm. will he marked by harmlony .nd wh dom and1 youir aets. will refleet hlonlor upon your11 State, and 1 hunnbly trust that a m111'riful God will bless our free, en1ight\'ned at'l re-united people withl peace. pr"osperity and happines I beg to an tounct that the senate is 11eu ' a 4y foi hucilli's. Saturday's Proceedings. Saturda.v's session of the 1 11e was fuill Of snapl and busine0ss. Thl'1re were several second(t 40e4ad1in g hils 1o 1sty i Wdills en t to the general road Ilaw Which wvas passed last year. In speaking on one of these hills Iir. Ileamiguard of York declare that the nle had been ruslhed h1)rough (in t ho last day of the last. e s'ion and the( senate conferees had mnade the hous)t confe'renre necept prov'11ion4 as111 to omlmutation tax whh'h the hou;--1 had in open session 1)ersi!tently re fusedl. No action wats ItakIn, but all th road hills Were groulpcd and madle the spialt order for next. Il Tursday. i'A.SSJ'iC SI C (ON1 RU,AD1)N(i. .\Io. 5inkler's 1111l proposing an) ia oedment to the Charleston ollnty drainage art was g;iven srrun.I rea Ing. Altslo etron it' billkiro id1'( itng for li thee rawing of an jries 'ct for. CooarlestonIaal other amundea wil . eulirifoy'1s ('wo' h il rlt.ing tny th)ee duty and Salary fli superinndnt of14 edention( of ad lud )1asunt psedl h hous'n etavoe th 1econ lreading4.e 1144 rlt.ing t te qulifIcat io of county1(4lSPby1 superintendents of duatille. Th e i roed141 "hto)r'1ei no pes n-sal have1 a4 etif '1iat ofl qualtsilt 1 i to ('It.nh inl thi ( 41 e fr pbic schol of. t1he il Stae. 0 Sai cert04Ifleate to411 be ran11lte. ut14pon 'lmait on'I0l ' eihe y inhcel Stt board114 llil1I of1eucai (lraiby the ot Mr '4:54. Wingo1 had' a14 hill Ito amen the14 the1' sportis he prlohi.Itd fro tiaklein place'1 within4 three4 mlsofany th chrch.i 51:4r1. Cooer54i'l(I fi 1offered an Itendment 'dg.trI (inl t State1 ii. The aendmentu 1 was04 aotill and the'ill passd secon (1e1ad ill. Heretof1r1th law ('rohibi ted43 Shicken 14 I f hig w1ithn1'4( kIled ileso chienwd Tihtingy'rI (lo nmIstakableSi fOlCCllOIe wild .o furtler 114. aThrie house' byi a14vote of 40o11. ile Y r Deore' ofilllt rdue the num-as' been furors for( af c :onesllIu.est thagetit rualt di1strits nt is111a dife fctmer to sgure af tuyhe du.'fiileI fti cof aij" juonr' Ia1our1 )tie a(ctsile. No prpety wel at ctalled tothnr i a astake. Th oroner' humry lIereay bee Onc the mnno th deathe out the de (etfne awrl te ote was 44o tria6.Th Alr. Frascer thought .t.. dnern tme an . T, Th habeln let aln e for a year or )11t. :si s imnntl-r roinl' of the "onutI.I,iem 'n1 49ted I ch-ct their t"(IInly boards anld th("ir. 'Ii.p-n.. s4rs .iust as In em bere of t in' heg l latui n :Irv ei e( t.t"d. The State Dinrue"rat i. e tn lrittci( wolildl nol perwmit this innart.-1r to 1(i i 1 th I 111:t 1"ie i 1n.:-A "utitlite' .\I I lii : i n of . I. "i(n itr i . 1t a !i!1 to nrn ' il '.hls[ 1 fli -'.- to be' l!-l i t>y Ithi- tn-'optln. W ht-n Ithe ii I it ine iIi-tie qutit '- a tlttrrv. it was~ A '. r I e ( 1 11"u 11 .i i \ h "It I t I +t !1n :11 (1 t t' 1 in "i t ' t I ta 141" - it, ,. " 11 l 1s il it l . 'i n h11 ti- t tig .:.it.t i inni S1.\1I": Nl:\\' 1i11.1 1T'1tr0" W I r ' I', in. n Ii'h il str i lin ept in tin . h(u: t nt a iiini.t. 1i; intin;. 1:,: in nin n'I i ti: S i n . 'I:th-l zn -nA pIrel tt tnt-i n t' teint)l iiie with n: A ,,w my i re - ht. I t 1"t oI lo I ttno A in hs,n:-d ' norn iopit i n ofn 8thet i on 1.i 11 h t't ea nti aiint V ntistllawt.t: \.' t. I. r ii titOg ' t o 11 l I i t -ti iir Ile 0 f hnn('I' t hIui h t in' n At It. a i ).I . t i III II t i1il"tl e ' hll I Ii ti11; , 1 .to ttoital tint clogs. M .\t i!;''ne TO proh bc it t a p o tie nit wynin f -t aalr t i r - ih t h lrs -" l1al truiti as. Ifniie c oos lo b \Ir . I1atik1 r:a toIt i r ich (I f fonr -te Ar, h dil - f d (irecor aof th il St t 1di-:o tti : n-s. l- Il lvls 11 rt y ( a i n h ."r a nty ll -ltfte 0 r it l t dip. in \ I. It i k7n'. n- hi) a ttll sro id - rItL elnttnilun tt it I "lini lw.ts cunlIl- l - t:4 itn of . t11araitittir((t r oftll ta e (Is Mr. W. ('. Sinith: To submit. to ile 0 Vo)t(r-1 Ain I904 the yu1-stiun of at t"api.. i t-tiotn tax In ogs. MIr. ' .I l'a t su : T o exttI "udI t hl e timne for the" ta-n nt of ItI , without pn-it) alyt to 1 1.arh t. I !m: MIr. Deli('hamllp-: TO p roteel. hiigh- n ways frmiII Imarallel ur inerseetlug o r tramwn ays. I Mr. - I,i.sl liielatinl to atnt ts of fat-im lab)OrerS. r .\Ir. Quil"k: An anti-p)istol mleasur(. i Lr. li.tn i r: To Valiaty al ti e stckt iliwroven t i -nnis issted by the city t , of S anti n iart . t hi n Ni-. ('(oe sha1ll: To amtend1 the ltw relatint to t'rlin for of citt o t ie vial palerS. TI'he're was orVrable report (with :llct::l.,"1 . ) .....""iincreatse earlh Winthrol) si:holarshIp from $44 to $100. There wa(s a favorable report on Mr. .leremilth Siltith's$ bill to athorize anl 1'h;1.1' it.11 iu no in n tly on the stock law qunestiton. ThI'e committee n comntmer;e ina1nu fa't.tres reported a su bistit t hill inl the place of (i. Webb's, Mr. n. .. tFerh'ert' and Ailr. Aull'ts -chil lbt.or hills. Tighe subsitute is like the Ise atc' bill. Mr. Rintiford's bill to inrease thu penalty for usury to 25 per vent.. of the principal. A number of local measures reeeived favorable reports. Amellric-uns Routted. ii 1nila. ti (aibl. -Il- t is1 r"eported , here th I the "olu1nt ont er ore organn.. .ed at olina , lroVinc e of Zatit oine for" the pulrp l" of di s netring the t.a drones in hat Vicinity. s beo.n de IF atled au(l thatt thre," AmeIrietnnS, inl eli.1ing M1r. itsbornle, I teac"h( ser o kil ed. The tI itn uitlnum itr th wolunh."rs, i-rrmuiuled th" latter aind holord I hemt . T)h A mlrica n. di itrlit in.Th dtics of the offay totinabl ain prevntset ae imeagrie.s in tiero Wenil iame 177 anetheIs hilliard. ly r rest ofi tho wi-Itc c ttinterls intntoiite. Stmee Trst,~l expct Ito retns Itto the c Uite fta-citic es s. 'iI1. ia-sin, t he-3 ) fomt t in ist'er-of y t x itntri--rifo-r I tsinya, hanshed, wtnt 1". 't n-ti, 01,iXX) pi-erss a ioes-rli .nli.t Pirnponot-Moga 1a contritmted. aely t the -fou-inndat ciI oft an-v A nr ni-ntAcademy tof ts It atn I Ime tc nsenn tir An-Iso'nn isI onelofthe onlyits twogn who-iit havet served3 inntinuously inn- the1 nena tt si 1i877. l The cithe Wis iThomasc Poe, of(- Ilu hvilne ,a t- I -n., its 1)i.ved t tic-i the bbt ageisre iny (-he o Un isd 1 :tas i hins eld fom ihe tThe- Psidn o lintni os-i tnniersity haslnin rsignb . Wicl-tct- hnhts enliam 1In. in p thne TeltgintInaltchool.citlvVlly J.)t W.inn-nin- on the C ntt, h ist s s iting I in-ion i Q iart-l," ha ri t ebated- is. eit-secoin- bIirn-thday- in olios~rton. ( thrn livnttin ormer P5. iretaries f Wat nowI tsrvin nc-nl- t i ' intdS tts 1en iti a't. Thes ofc hcr awt aenientor Elkdtccit. HendndPreoDimord 1t-. '1ven ('lini, ~hoI the orer,eay tat ah famlyscnlng n of C tae fogher tat tIld.he muitf.\ntIlsiane. wav tnTed lIs . tr. he rarellrt atmopee Joetuhntabotfele ho adyee louylng hup mead Itn teeat) linlth Valoy near swallyown, It. Y.;and know owne 4ore cre thee.le may,its ower said, waurewiardet ith a preseato park. OUBLE HOMICIDE. A Rogers, Murders a Womas and a' Boy. EAI.1' WORKi OF A CRAZY MAN trger' lias Twice i ,e.i an leutrnt'e oi; the Il.'bspitnl :oe the iusane, But. W\ as I chtarge(d, as Curedl, t, lt" a n h1i( lin v- ? be"h enI is Sta - i. 11( i a :t tu t l( e n"M l. *i> 'l(r a I ii l( ,t r nt;nt hoy) v and n,t I'1 -.' n<ar his tmt e. i_it ntil(s "; 11 n1 l-'' n h(t. 'h( boy wa 1 cilih : .. n zhilr ladi :tigla TniheWrrm:ln %N.(:; hot Ii.btough 1 ?inrlctw": o! r,1 Ittii t'. ltogers Said tld h 1 h t:ra " liv, lItv(d h(e'. Ile :1', 'il(X(U 'ot' killing- lh(" negro. Stiltb: .\l. I,. I'1 14w e iivei a ntle ('I (o' 'IL .\11i1 iay sayttin : 'Isite tw o w:irr'ills for f:li. log :s n( t'or i,illint %\ ill Itie:hardson. e"ul-. t"d. :lnd1 on f(or killiing .1iack Helnts' atughtr. Setind offic('r' and1el a numb1i1her i nie'n at (on,"t. We fear erouble for oe"UrS is a dIangerous Atha raneter.' Mr. lIlow issued tfie warrant at 2::31, '"lo, k and la 3 o'clock Constable Biv anti a itrrsst" itft town In ti'suoti of o);l"rs. As neanr as enn now be learnesd, thea li(t'inlnrs aIe- as follows: Mondar turning Ili Rogers vas roatinig rough it-he woods near his mother's ome. eIp,htl tmies west. of Monroe. ear rintg a shot-gu1n. lie (am u.1 tpon Will lehardson, tn IS-year-old negro" boy. hi was e-aditn(; a (enm, hauling logs 11 a1 san mill. whien he deliberately Ris('I his gun. shot and instnntly kill 11 lth. boy. This happ(tr d at 4 o't"lolk. in hto 1r hntitr tl- owne-r of the teat ound Ite toy1 dead. At il o'iewli ito,gers, in past.sing Ite '0( of . ack Ilinlts. who is a t'.nant ni is I loger i'' i mtother'h land. Iiredi brnotgl th( Windlow, at Miss Natrc" ''t" . i Ih 1: entering her t out i d bowintg Ihrt h oa off. Miss 1>ress I(y w a. stel-tiatlaug te"r of "r. I ttlms. logers thent went to his mlotle anld it a (-(of andt('libera'te manner toild hlvr of what lie had done. saying ho hot "Nancy he("uttis" lie loved her.'' Hlo vrote liss Pressley a. note Priday and 2ad heard that sIt( langhiil at It. Ho av1'e n10 exeuse for killing the negro. I.' also fold his mother lie was going r) Mon rot' ain give hinself up, bitt. t.('tr loaded his gun andll lied to the oods. Rlogers has IWiee been in the Stlat lospital. bil was di;("harged several EarS ago. Only sI l-'I riday he met a negro boy ry the name of \VIinrhester, and with ilt any provatlion. shot at him, the ht t Iaking Infect inI It negro's leg. t201011S f)ICH W.A1t: PR l''ltOM Ti1it 110SITAI, IN 189G. .\imrganton. S l t("t. Cl --f il ogers,. of .'uiont comity, was (lh:;:barged from the 'tat( llospital h"- in November. IS!I, Held ResponilIe for Bionds. Watsht ingI ttn w.min. - lThe qulestiotn t the liabilityv of Anudriw WV. Smythe, ite super11in tendeni't of' the United tattes init at. New Orleans, for' $25. 10 in 'Treasury~ ntotes& was* de.eldled by If I 'niitedl States Sup lreme Court Mon 21y. The iltim In his behalf was that ic noteis wiere btirned, andl it was urg :I IthaltIas the notesv were( only prom tes to pay, the government had In "ality3 lOst nothIitng by their desIt.ruet( otn. The cour't, however, refused to ('(ept thIs vilew. holding Smythe and is sureties for the entire amnount lost. itsflee Pteikhanm dissented, holditng hant thte governtment had sus.. Linted no artutal loss and that. as the (ndi wats ontly fotr the purpose of tudemnity, the governtment could not 0l1e(t upon2 I it under(' thle ci rcumIlstan ras. New York. Speciail.-The late Abram .Hewitt was ('ulogized( by former ri(sidenlt GAroveir Cleveland Monday ight at a1 mtemorial meeting held at hei City Clubi. Addresses alsoi were mile by 1ilwardi M. Shepard and City3 hambterlain 1E. 11. 00ou1d and irhard Vat.son (lilder,' read a poremn, "T'Ihe ren'2t Citizetn," which he wrote rot' ir. Hewitt's funotral. A letter ftrom rceiet RtooseCve2l was tead. Killed Daughter anid lHImself. Rtoanoke,Va.. Special.-James Wray. ,Ftranklin (counity farmer, shot hit C-year-old daughter Bottle. andt bl0w mt. hI isVw braIns In his homte :12 olles soth of this city, Sunday nIght, Wr'ay had just returined home from iloanoke andii had not been1 itn t.he tOeise long whten hie .seizedl a revolver indi thrtene('id to kill his wire and five :-hildren. After a struggle, Mrs. Wray wrtneheltd Ithe revolvet' from her huts tiantd. f.afi Itoh again got the weapon mid goitg to1 a r'oom whtere his dltagh er iiettle' wVas, shot hetr throutgh the eait andh immiediately setnt a bulle1 brouigh his cwnt btrain, (dyig instant y'. The tr'age.dy is att.ribtuted to the ('empo0'ry insarnity of' Wr'ay. Carnesrle In Florida. 1jorne2gle is n h 'is way1' to D)ungeness. m Clisictiand !alcrd. neari this place, "htere he will visit Mrs4. Mary Carne. ;ii, wilo hasl one1 of the largest andI -tstheist homestC ;n1 4 m South.' A lar do party of hi!s f.tlends ht ve( prCe(cdd him o thtis 1,nce, wbh:e he annually spenIds a St.ason of rest. The yachts to the Cartnegio iiAy, pre alrebddy igneboredi kt DuingC .11 FI ". '