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THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
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8DOWH CONNI DICKA m.v; WOKK
aiuny Measures ?>r Public Interest Adopted
or KeJeeteri?A ?ood Bhowlug, lu Wurl<.
for A Very Working Budy.
OoiiUUBU, Docotnbor 17.-Tho record
of tho fourth week of tho present Bennion
shows up well in the mutter of work
hard work-on the patt of both Senate
and House. While tho output of billa
may not be very I irgo, yet tho number
of important mattcrB settled speaks well
for tho industry ot both branches of thc
General Assembly, below will bo found
a synopsis of tho proceedings.
THE UNIVERSITY.
Tho bill couceruiug tho University,
which ha? boeu fully outlined in this
correspondence, came up as a special
order in the Senate, With it woro ap
pointed for consideration tho two bills
providing for a separate agricultural col
logo. After tho adoption of some formal
amendments proposed to tho University
bill Sonator Youmaus, ouo ol which
provided for tho formation of "a post
graduate department or University de
partment proper." Senator Bligh moved
to indefluitely postpone tho threo bills,
saying that ho thought thc best thing
tho ?Ute could do was to ?end all those
Boh?mes, for which she waa unprepared, j
to tho rear. Ilia motion proving im
practicable, ho confined it to tho Uni
voruty bill.
Sonator Izlar moved to tablo it, and it
waa tabled by tho following vote :
Yeas-Boll, Byrd, Howell, Izlar, Mur
ray, Moore, Munro, Moise, McMastor,
Patterson, Uhaiuu, Reynolds, Smith,
Smythe, Wotton!, Williams, Wingard,
Woodward and Youmaus-10,
Nays Austin, Alexander, Biomaun,
Black, Crews, Edwards, Field, Kennedy,
Moody, Bligh and Talbert-ll.
Senator Buist, pro, waa paired with
Senator McCall, con.
Senator Edwards moved to discharge
tho University bill und tako up bia own
bill providing for a separado agricultural
coll -ge. Upon this motion ho delivered
an ? . ll -tustive argument in favor of the
sop rat?, v-ollego.
1.ie motion to take up Souator lvl
wn'd*1 ' separate collcgo hill was defcatod
without a division.
The question waa then put ns to tho
passage of tho University bill, and on a
viva voco vote the bill was passed, but!
before tho vote waa announced Senator |
Edwards remarked that ho did not pro-;
poso to have tho separate collego scheme
ignored in this way, and if it was not
given a showing lie would bo compelled
reluctantly to vote against tiie University
"bill,
Sonator MoMuster remarked that tho
friends of thu University agreed with tho
Semdor aa to thc importun?e of agricul
.oul ?ducation und had made full pro
"ion therefor in this University bill.
Senator Sligh said Unit it appeared to
0 the policy of tho Senator from Bara
.veli to rely on thc votes hu scoured and
vouchsafe no ai;,um? nt ia vindication of
bia bill, lie proposed to delny this vote
somewhat, und to make some remarks to
bring out debite. Thc Senator tbeu
mode a s peech iu favor of tho general
proposition that separate agricultural
colleges wore tho tigut kind of institu
tions.
Senator Youmniis replied to Senat ir
Sligh.
Senator Crews thought thin plan meant
a renewal of free tuition in tho college.
Ho moved to adjourn tho elebato uutil
12 o'clock next day.
Senator Smythe moved to table. Car
ried.
Sonator Edwards moved to adjourn
tho debate until Thursday.
Senator Howell moved to bible, but
gavo way to Senator Moody, who accused
tito friends of tho University of trying to
gag tho Senate and force this measure
down its throat. Ho askexl a postpone
ment.
Senator Smytko said that tho leport
?resented with tho bill gavo argument*
1 its lavor. It had boon on tho desks
of Senators for many days, and ho sup
Eosed that every Sonator hod mado up
ia mind on tho subject. Ho, therefore,
rei mw eil the motion to tablo. It wua put
.nd carried.
Senator Sligh entered a solemn pro
tost against tho action of tho majority in
refusing to postpone tho vote on thc hill.
Nobody answered.
Tho nil I wa? nus od to it? third read
ing, 10 to ll. Thoro was not tho change
of a singlo vote.
THU HILL IN Tili: ?OU8B.
Whcu the hill was announced Mr. Keith,
of Newberry moved to strike out of the
first section the words "the college of agri
culture and mechanical arts." lledidnoi
believe that the lilli made adequate pro
vision for the ?ducation of the youth of the
Bato in the principles and practice of agi i
culture, ill? principal objection to con
necting thc agricultural and literary insti
tutions was that such an union of these two
departments could not give the practical
education which the farmers demanded
?nd needed, and which had U-en shown to
he practicable In scverulof tHeotliei States.
M Ali8fiis"i[)pl and Michigan.
Mr. Unison spoke next. Aa tho intro
ducer of the bill, ho outlined ita practica)
purposes and said tho real quest bai b
wh< er wo shall have au ngiicultund col
leg. i part of ?ho University or shall lt la
a m . irate one He argued that if tho pro
poi d l nivcrstty scheme failed, lt would
lu .10 wise work hann to tho Ht ito, and
then Ps opponents would have the very
best argument for thc establishment of 1
separate agricultural college On ihe oiltei
hand, if thc separate plan was tried am
failed, thee would bo noeud lo tho dita?
trous consequences. If thu bill prevailed
.nd Hie measure succeeded, lt would oblit
erate all Jealousies iu the .State. II? then
showed tho great economy of lue measure
There hail not been a single argument Hu '
proved thc mcmity of a separate college
Dr. Pope said thal ho had hoped 10*1
whon thc quent ion of free tuition was sci
tied at tho lost session Unit thoro was "at
end on it." Tho present bill was Intro
ducal io foreataU ?he farmers in llielr de
t?trc to establish 0 1 -p?rate ollego, and "U
>onin the $b"?,(H.K) appropriated hythe
itch bill." Thc College "annex' ww
JW (-ailed the agricultural "college.'
ap trustees had seen tho importune* o
"u? name, ?nd he gave them groat crodl
for their Ingenuity. He concluded by say
log: "1 give you fatr warning ttoat d yo?
carry tin* thing through you win da u 1
y?>ur cost. You'll hear a howl from atoan
tain to seaboard. The farmers are a bad
crowd when Uley get started, and 1 tell
you to ponder weil before you pass lids
bill."
Mr. Haskell replied. He said that the
Mississippi Agricultural College bad cost
$80,000 a year to maintain it. No county
in this Stale eau afford to donate anything
but thc baldest nucleus for a separate cob
loge, while for the one proposed Wo have
the necessary buildings. In reply to Dr.
Pope's quest.iii, "Is lt wile in thc face of
the clamor ol' the people?" he would ask.
Is lt wisc, in tile lace of thc clamor for
economy and relief from taxation, IO saddle
Upon tho people the untold expense of un
experiment which has been tried elsewhere
and proved to to be a failure? This farm
ers of thu Stale were S."> per cent, of the
population, and if they wanted an agricul
tural college they could easily get it. ile
Showed from the catalogue Of the .Missis
sippi College Hint agriculture was taught
only nine months hi the whole course of
three years, horticulture three months, and
ehmiistry live months. The measure was
au honest effort to give the farmers what
Is theirs. Il thole was no other reason
against the separate ngi?cultural college, lt
was sufficient thnt il would raise a wall of
separation between the different proles
sinus and callings and create nrtilieial dis
Unctions between the sons ol' u common
mother, which could but work injury to
the best interests ot all the people.
Mr. II. F. Wilson supported the hill In n
telling speech, lie thought the principal
argument against tho separate Agricultural
Co lege had b en presented by the gentle
man from Richland when he so graphically
showed thc effects of such n system tn sepa
rating the people ol thu Slate into ranks
and colleges. The cry fi r a separate ooh
lego had not come up fruin the fannel s of
tho State. When tl did, he would ho pre
pared lo give hood toil; until then, be
would oppose lt. He could not exactly see
the success of a sysicm which taught young
m.'n to raise cotton nt a loss of $100 tier
bile as he showed had been done lu lbj
Mississippi College.
Mr. Devonport said that ho was compara
tively tm uneducated man. liewa-- glad
he had no mere of il as ll would make him
a bigger fool than he was. Of all fools,
said he, the educated fool is tho biggest,
"Scientific farming! Gracious alive! Show
me a man who has ever made a tarni"! by
reading books and I'll e,ive $.*>." (This
Statement was greeted by u hurricane of
laughter.) The proper way io make a
farmer w ai tr, put him in thu field. To tho
intense amusomcnt of his hearers he re
pealed his experience in scientific fanning
as derived from following the instructions
found i i a newspaper.
Mr. Thomas, of Richland, said that, hi
Iiis opinion, a higher B ilieuie ol education
had never been projected In South Carolina.
Its conception Involved tho highest states
manship ns well ns the scholastic gi nins.
In Ibo South Carolina Military Academy
we have a unique ECIIOO! of military and
practical dlsclphni, in Chillin College we
?lave au udinlrab'e institution for tue col
oreti men and women of South Caroliua;
in the s nth Carolina University we would
liavo live dis'iuct school-, providing foi
.?..cry class in tho Stale, Ile bolloved I hal
thc cull for n sepcrato college cum: tr >m u
minority, representing not one lentil of the
tanners of the Slate. Thnt minority had
Its rights They were good and true men,
Inti he dui not think it waswlsoloestablisli
tho scporato college, lt was too expensive
in view ol' the condition cf die Slate, and il
we had mi liions lo spend lt, would not In
wise. 1 ls tendency was to place the fm mci
>n a lower plano ralina than to el?vale him
-to dwarf his intellect and repress hu as
pirations under a partial culture. Tiny
ihould have the broad bads of u genera
education. In the present scheme then
was all the agricultural interests could de
maud and it was freighted with solid am
lusting good to the State. Ile believed tim
thc new University waa thc system de
nanded by the people of the Slate, and lu
liopid thal tue tribunes of the people WOllll
rise to the height of the grand coneeptioi
if the bill before tbein, and by passing I
misc a monument to thc wisdom of th
Trustees anti the statesmanship of lld
lK>dy, which shall endure to the blessing o
'.he future generations of our people, am
n Ibo promotion of their unity and pros
perity.
Mr. Padgett, of Colleton, moved to bibi
Mr. Kelli's motion. Dr. Pot,*.1 (Milled fo
tho yeas and noys, The result was-ycai
10; nays, 84.
Mr. Blackwell moved the previous qtlof
lon, which was ordered, and Hie bil
passed Its second reading by 09 to 84.
When tho Sonato bill to amend Cbaj
tor XP. of tho Oeuoral Statutos ontitle
"Of the Uuivorsity of South Carolina,
winch woe, in effect, to conform th
Statutes to tho provisions of tho bill t
reorganizo tho University, which posse
tho Houso on Tuesday night) carno ..
for a second reading. Dr. Popo move
to recommit, which failed.
Slr. Ansel endoavorod to get in h
imeudment requiring tho tuition fees t
tn- pnid into tho State treasury insten
ii tho treasurer of the University, wbic
was rejected on Tuosday, but tho araem
mont was defeated by a vote of 65 to 3!
An amondmont propoied by tho con
mitten was adopted, providing for tl
.onfroi ot tho fund provided by tl
irrunt of Congress for Agricultural ar
Mechanical Colleges, by the Trustees i
tho University.
Other vorbal amendments wore mud
md tho bill was ordered to a third rea
ing.
run Aomouivri'iiAr. DRIWUTMKN r.
The bill to reorganize tho Dcpartmo
of Agriculture oumo back to tho lion*
with tho Senate amendments ns ci
bodied in Benat?r Youuiaus's substitu?
Tho usual process is either to oouour
to rofuso to oouour in umeudmouts, b
In b J case, at tho suggestion of M
I'iou id, of Clarando o, who bad tho b
in charge, tho debate was adjourned ai
tho Senate amendment? woro ordorod
be printed. As the bill now stan
(passed by tho Senate) provision is mn
for tko Organization of the bureau uud
tho following system:
"That a department of agriculture
hereby created and established, whi
shall be limier tho control omi sup?
vision of a board consisting of ton mo
bore, who shall bo agriculturalists, t
of whom shall bo selected from tho Hu
at largo, and ono from each judicial c
O.M. They shall be elected by a jo
vote of tho Gi noral Assembly, as f
lows, to wit: Five for a short term
one year, to be cleef cd, ono from t
State at large, and one caeh from I
First, Third, Fifth and Sovonth c
oaita, and five for a long term of t
years, one from tho State at Iorgo, n
one each from tho Second, Four
Sbxih and Eighth circuits."
Tho friends of tho bili og roo to tl
Tho difference, however, Hos in
method of electing tho con missioner
agriculture. The ?rionds ol the meas
dosi.ro to give th* election either to
- i H..IM.mn? nui I nam lita
board or oleo to tho pcoplo. Tho Sonate
amendaient provides for tho oleotion of
tho commission by tho Legislature.
l iri: AOBICCI.TCllAL BX BM PT ION DILL
gavo riso to a Bpi rited discussion. Tho
bill carno up for its dual reading, having
passed a second reading by a vote of 92
to 0. Tho discussion was oponed by
Dr. Pope, of Newberry,- who moved to
recommit tho bill, that being tho par
liamentary process of squclchiuK a bill
that has already been passed. Dr. Popo
explained thnt ho made thc motion be
3IU180 tho bill is unconstitutional, it be
ing in direct conlliot with Section 1,
Article 0, of tho Constitution. Tho bill
iixos ono timo for tho farmers' produots
to bo valued (August 1st? preceding
January 1st of tho return and leaves
othor property to bo valued as of Janua
ry 1st. The bill then passed ita third
reading, without a division*
NO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
Tho joint resolution to call a Consti
tutional Convention was fully discused
in tho House, but was killed by a vote
of 00 to l l. Tho mutter may now bo
cousideicd settled for tho present session.
ELECTION PaBOlSOTS.
.Tho House has passed tho voting pre
cinct bill to a third reading. This is in
tho nature of an amendment to thc elec
tion laws and is passed at almost evory
session, the object hoing to chungo or
add to tho products. Tho counties
affected by tho present bill are Chester
field, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lexington,
Spartan Im rg, Chester, Horry, Beaufort,
Laurens, Berkeley, Anderson, Oeonee,
Pickcns, York ami Greenville.
NO NEW APPORTIONMENT.
The apportionment bill caused quite a
discus-don in tho Senate. Tho oppon
ents chiefly took tho ground that it wat
unconstitutional. It was finally killed
by a vote of 19 to 15.
TUB COLUMBIA CANAL.
Tho Columbia Canal bill was on thc
Senate Calendar for a second rending,
.Senator Hemphill moved its indefinite
postponement. Tabled by a vote li
to 9.
Senator Talbert moved to amend bj
requiring tho convicts to be clothed, fe.
uud guarded by the trustees of the Cana
and five dollars a month be paid foi
their hire.
Senator Murray moved to table tin
motion. Carried-18 to 18. Seuuto
Talbert offered auotbor amendniout, ro
inuring tho panal trustees to feed um
clotho tho convicts. This was defeatcc
by a voto of 16 to 14. On tho passagi
ol the bill Senator Tal bei t demuudei
the yeas aud nays, Baying that ho wishei
Iiis vote recorded against thia infamen
scheme. Tho bill passed by a vota o
18 to ll.
TUB STOCK r.AW IN COLLI'.TON.
Tho bill to exempt portions of Colic
ton from tho General Stock Law passe*
tho Moase after a lengthy debate, put
tioipatcd in by Messrs. Dant/.lor, c
Orangetmr?; Padgett, Hill and Win:
borly, of Colleton; Lesoano, of Charlot
ton; Keitt, of Newberry; Tindall, c
?larondon; Stanland, of Berkeley; Hair
ilton, of Chester, aud sumo others.
THU PllOPOSBU COUNTY OK FDOltENOE.
Wheu the bill to create a now county
Lo bo known as tho County of Florene!
was taken up in tho Senate, Mr. Moodj
A Marion, moved to indefinitely INJS
[?ono tbo uufavorablo report of tl;
Judiciary Committee. In support (
this motion Senator Moody dolivored a
?arnoat speech, strongly setting forth tl
needs of tho people of east Marion, au
appealing to the Senate te roooguh
those needs by pasting the bill.
Senator Edwards, of Darlingtoi
irgued strongly against tho bill on tl
ground that it would take valuable terr
tory awav from both Darlington au
Williamsburg, against tho will of tl
neoplo of those counties.
Senator Byrd, of Williamsburg, o
?ected to the bill, also on thc gt nu
that it would take territory and popnl
kion from his county, aguinst tho will
the pcoplo.
After eomo further debato Senat
Edwards moved to table tho motion
Bonator Moody to indefinitely postpo:
tho uufavorablo report of thoeomuiitte
lipon tho call of ^tho yea? and r.aj
tho voto was as follows:
Yeas-Moflsrs. Bell, Itiemau, BUc
Buist, Byrd, Crows, Edwards, Howe
Hemphill, I/.lar, Kennedy, Marra
Moore, Munro, McCall, Moise, H lian
dinkier, Talbert, Wofford, Wilban
Wingan!, Woodward, Youmam-'-21.
Nays- ?. Monars. Austin, Alexandr
Field, Moody, Pattoreou, Hoynob
Smith-7.
Senator Edwards then moved to adc
tbo uufavorablo report of the com mitt
?nd reject tbo bill. This motion \
uloptod without a division, and tho fi
of tho bill was soalod.
ABOUT OUANTINO HAIL.
Tho bill to reun?ate tho granting
bail after con viel ion caused Borun deb
in tho Souuto. It was tinnily pussod
tho following shape:
"That from and after Ibo passage
this Aot it shall not bo lawful for f
I md ice or any Circuit Judge of tbo HU
poudiug an appeal to tho Supremo Coi
to grant bail to auy person who si
bavo l>eou convicted of any OIYOUHO
punishment whereof is death or impris
meut for lifo or imprisonment for
years."
TUB PHOSPHATS BILL,
Thc Houso had a a longthy debato
tho bill roported by tho phosphate 0*
mo.ooo-whiob has already bcou <
lined in thia corrospondouoe
Col. Haskell argued in i'avor of
bill, and Dr Popo spoke t^ainst it
viows being, in general, those of tho
poncuts of tho ru eas uro.
Dr. l'ope said that this bill meant I
there would be an agreement beta
tho land ami water companies to rest
the production of phospboto. Tho c
mit too asked this legislature deli
utely to or?ate a monopoly I To d
poor mon out of tho UUBIIIOSS, and
give the bnaiuosa to those five fat c
panics, lt was a monstrous propoalt
A duding to Col. Haskell's desorlptio
tho complicated machinery used in dr
lng rook, Dr. Pope intimated that
phosphate compactos liad i nt rodi
phosphate tongues into tho eyes ot
committee. Ha didn't nndorstand
those companies could bo languis
wheo they ollere! to pay $170,000
.ornum for this monopoly. In tbo cc
o? his roiriAfks Dr. Pope mado tho N
ment that the general rights people
paid $90,000 o? tho $'208,000 paid to tho
Stnto.
Mr. Haskell produced tho report of
tho Comptroller Gonoral, tallowing thut
tho live eompnuicH minted had paid $195,
000, leaving $13,000 to bo accounted for
otherwise.
Dr. Popo said ho had beou misin
formed, but it made no dilVerenco in tho
argument. Ho opposed this monopoly,
aud opposol it in tho interest <>f tho
farmers of tho State.
The bill was further discussed by
Messrs. Miller of Beaufort, Maher of
Barnwell und Wilson of York, in favor,
aud by Mr. Ansel of (Ircouville iu oppo
sition.
Dr. Popo thou moved to indefinitely
postpone tho whole mattor. This mo
tion waa adopted by a vote of 72 to ol.
A motion to reconsider waa tallied by a
voto of ?ti to 46--thus burying the bill
quito out of night.
TUR RAILROAD SWITUn RILL,
as it is culled, passed tho House after
some little struggle. This measure, in
substance, requires every railroad com
pany to "switch oft* and deliver" to con
necting roads cars consigned to partios
beyond Bitch lines. The object of tho
bill is to givo shippers or consignees tho
choice between diff?rent lines, and to
compel thc railroads to recognize this
choice.
LOCAL TAXES FOB SCHOOLS.
Tho FIouSO has passed tho bill to fa
cilitate tho formation of now school dis
tricts, lt provider, as follows:
1. Each city, town or incorporated
village in the State desiring bi obtain tho
benefits of tho Act is hereby declared to
he a school district, with the power to
levy and collect a special tax not exceed
ing two mills, .subject to the following
provisions:
2. The school trustees shall at any
timo previous to Ute .'10th of dune of
each year, upon the written request of a
majority of tim tva! estate owners, issue
neall for e. mo ting, alter one week's no
tice, of all those citizens who return real
or personal property in said district.
Tho persons entitled to vote in said meet
ing shall have tho power, among other
things, to decido whether, in addition to
the amount of the constitutional tax ap
portioned to the use of tho schools, it is
deemed oxpedient to lovy au additional
tux, not exceeding two mill", for the pay
of teachers'salarios, or tho building and
improvement of schoolhouses, or for in
cidenhd expenses.
i?. Speed.': instructions are given to
auditors und treasurers as to the method
of levying and collecting the tax thus I 1
voted. The Act, of course, docs not ?
nft'ect school district** heretofore created j '
by special enactment.
riMMNO THE DRirr,
The bill to lund tho State bond? nod | ,
stocks maturing next .I uly caused BOtno I (
debate in tho House-chit Hy upon thu j
matter of the rate of interest. Sonio \
members favored ? por cont., SOmo 4| I <
and some 1. Tho -1' percent, rate was I j
finally adopted by . heavy votj. The ! i
bonds are to run forty years.
TUB APPROPRIATIONS, I 1
The general appropriation bill, as re-1
ported by tho Ways and Means Commit- ]
tee, appropriates as follows:
Executive Department.... ? 58,970
Judicial Department. 50,750
Health Department. 8,050
Tax Department. 2:5,000
University Department ...... r>:\,700
Penal and Charitable institu
tions. 109,985
Miscellaneous . 100,200 11
Interest on Public Debt. . 390,000 f
Total .$807,205 I
Tho legislative appropriation bill, |.
whioh provides for tho payment of the I
per diem, mileage and stationery coriiti- j "
cates of the members and o thoora of tho
General Assembly, tho expenses of tho
engrossing department, etc., passed ita
second reading without debate or com
ment. This is ono measure that is never
obstructed by anybody in either branch
of tho Assembly, lt appropriates the
tobil sum of 8*2,989.
OTHER SCATTERS, I
Quite a debate arose in tho House ou j v
the bill to give tho trial justices jurisdic
tion over coses of petit larceny. Au hour 11
was spent in tho discussion and the bill
was passed with hui ono dissenting voico. n
Mr. ItavHor thon|got up another bill giv- J
ing trial justices jurisdiction in caaos of J
receiving stolen goods of tho valu . of I '
twenty dollars or under. This was passed
without discussion,
Tho bill making Sumter a city was
passed to a third reading.
Tho bill by Mr. Pope, to carry into
effect Article 10, Section 8, of tho Con- .
: .li tut om, in regard to free schools, wa? Q
indefinitely postponed. j,
Several bills were passed without dis- j
cussiou: To reduce thu number of trial /
justices in Kershaw county ; to author- f
izo tho county commissiouers of Ivor- S
shaw to borrow money for school pur- $
puses; to pr?vido a salary of $000 for tho li
probate judgo of Fairfield. fl
Tho bill to abolish tho oflioe of su
perintendent of highways, and to de
volve tho duties thereof on tho comity
e.uuiio. -loin ,. , was indefinitely post
poned.
A bill to empower tho Charleston, Cin
cinnati and Chicago Bail way Company
to mortgago ita proporty waa passed.
Tho bill to allow shoriffs SM per day ?,
for actual attondanoo upon tho sessions
of tho Circuit Courte in their respective
oountios was passed after r. hot debate.
A j oint resolution proposing au amend
ment to Artiole 4 of tho Constitution
passed. Tho resolution gives probate
judges jurisdiction in all matters testa
mentary, Ac., and also in business ap
pertaining to minors, and tho allotment
of dower, and in casus idiocy anti luna*
oy, and persons non oornpos men.u. Tho
tenure of ellice is made four yours.
The Blnklor forfeited land bill was
Kissed to a third reading. This is tho
ill to restore to tho tax list? unimproved
lands which have not boon upon tho tax
duplicates since 1875.
Tho joint resolution requiring tho Di
rectors of tho Penitentiary to louse 150
oonvicls. at $5 a mouth, to tho Carolina,
Knoxville and Western Hallway Com
pany, to bo employed in building twelve
miles of tho road across the mountainous
section of Greenville county, waa killed
in tho Senate.
Senator lzlar's bill extending the limit
of tho poll tax paying age from Atty to
sixty years caused some debato, but was
following billa have passed tlu 'r t
rending in the Senate; Author./.
iug and requiring tho town council of
Hock Hill to issuo bonds tor educational
purposes; (House) authorizing tho treas
i :er of Berkeley county to transfer io
tho credit of tho school'districts of said
oounty cortain funds; chartering tho
town of Clover; (House) authorizing tho
trennurer of Berkeloy county to place the !
ht. io of tho trial justice tux in St. An-1
dr? s parirh, levied in 188,J and 1885, to '.
tho v icol.'o. past indebtedness of IHS5;
< Ilousei un,-ndine the charter of tho
town ol > ?oronco.
Senat' r Patterson's bill "in relation
to forfeited lands, delinquent lands and
tho collection of taxes," passed - Vit) to 10.
Tho Columbia Canal bill bus passed
its three readings in the Senate, and now
awaits tho action <>f tho llouso.
Tho bill to establish scholarship in thc
Winthrop Training School ut Columbia
is also pending in the House.
Tho bill to abolish tiio olliee ol Master
in Laurens county was killed in the Sen
ato by a vote of 10 to 15.
Among tho bills passed by the Senate
aro tho following: Bill to amend an Act
for tho prevention of cruelty to animals,
Bill to charter tho Beuuettsville aud
?boraw Railroad Company.
Bill to amend au Act to provide for
?nd regulato tho iucorportion of bunks
in this Stato;
Bill to ropeal Section 2 of an Act to
regulato appoals in criminal cases.
Tho bill (by Mr. Koitt, of Newberry, j
io establish a separate Agricultural Col
ego and to devolve tho duties of the
Department ot Agriculture upon tho
Directors of mob College, was laid on
bo tablo upou tho motion of that gon
lomau. Ho stated thut bo considered
ho question of establishing a separate
Agricultural College settled by tho action
m tho University bill, and that he had
IO desire to consume timo uselessly,
lis motion was adopted.
Tho bill to incorporate the Columbia
Jlub caused somo little debate in tho
louse, but was dually passed, after
ibanging thc uamo of tho organization
0 tho "Columbia Social and Literary
;iub."
Ou motion of Dr. Pope, tho enacting
vords wero strickon out of a bill to
:n.-rn! Section 1452 of the Qeneral
statutes, so as to give the Bai I road Com
uissiouors $100 for otlico reut instead ol
>2()0. as now allowed.
Tue Senate bill to pension Confeder
ito soldiers ami sailors has passed the
Iouseanilwillofcour.se become a law.
The Columbia Canal bill was rend und
inb red for consideration.
The follow ing hills were read thc third
?nie:
To fund tho deficiency bouds at .! per
:e"t
lu the ?renate yesterday the hill pro
'kline for a separate Agricultural College
vus killed by a vote of 20 to4-Si lators
Jrews, Bicmann, Edwards and Murray
^instituting tho adherents,
The bill imposiug thc punishment of
lard labor upon persons convict! d by courts
>r municipal authorities was Indefinitely
lost poned on its second reading by a vote
if 18 to 10.
A bill making it a misdemeanor t any
urson lo obtain board or lodging al apil?
le or private house and depart therefrom
rithout tho knowledge of Ibo proprietor,
raving his bill unpaid was killed.
The hill authorizing thc elly ol Columbia
o guarantee and pay the coupons on bonds
nbc issued by Hie Board of Trustees ol
he Columbia l anai passed i's pee md
citing,
iii.- Joint Aiuwnitily.
At '"' o'clock yesterday afternoon the two
muses met in joint assembly in Ibo Hall of
he Baise of Representatives fort?n pur
msc electing a Coinmltsloner of Agri
uP.ui an' 'wo Directors of the Slate
*ontleutb'ry.
A re<" i|| m had been adopted re^ ilvinjj
hat there should heno speeches, and th?
lomlnnlioiis consequently were con ll ned
Imply to an announcement oflhe namoi
f tho c uididntes.
Lieut, -Governor Miuildin called Ibo twi
muses to order and called for nomlniltioUI
or tho ofllee of Commissioner of Agrl
ultiirc.
Mr. O'Brien nominated Col. A. P, But
er. The nomination was seconded by Dr
'ope.
Mr. Anderson nominated Mr. M. L
)onaldson, of Greenville, Thc nomlnatioi
ras seconded by Mr. Uaysor.
Tho voto icsulted ns follows: Huller ti*
donaldson b5.
The following gentlemen were placed ii
lomination for Penitentiary Directors
lessrs. A. A Barratt, Thomas 0. Sanders
olin S. Scott, E S. Allen, Michael F
Conned}'.
The voto resulted in tho choice of Messrs
iarratt and Sanders.
M-iiicy for laic mid I.Ililli.
VAI.I'AIUMO, Ind., December M.-Thor
?ave been docketed for trial at uexl tern
f Foster County Circuit Court the follow
ng suits against tho Chicago ami Atiantl
lallroad, grow lng out of tho Koutsdlsastci
In administrator's ?ult to recoyer $10,00
or the deaths of sovi ral members of th
Idler family; a guardian suit to recove
110,000 for Herman Miller, thc Injure
ioy who was Hie only member of th
Idler tinnily saved from the wreck n su
f the Kents Hotel proprietor to rCCOVl
ompensntion for tho carool tho Miller ho
n indictment for involuntary manslaughtt
gainst John B. Burk and John Dorse)
rno are hold responsible for tho btouts di
>.tcr, will come up: also a suit brought 1)
tunic Burkbart against tho New Alban
nd Chicago Railroad h> recover $10,01
or the death of Andrew Burkhnrl, lu
iiisbnnd, who was killed on the road ?
hat company.
Ovftr*Worked Women.
For "worn-out," "run down," debilitad
eliool teachers, mil liners, seamstrcsse
nd overworked women generally, D
Scree's Favorite Prescription is the Issi i
ll restorative tonics It is not a "('ore ul
mt admirably fulfills a singleness of pu
msc, being a most potent Specific for I
hose Chronic Weaknesses and Dlsess
leculiir to women. It is a powerful, pc
ral ns well as uterine, tonic and not vin
ind Imparts vigor and strength lo the who
y stem. It promptly cures weakness
(omach, Indigestion, blOA lng, weak baO
lervous prostration, dobllity and steeple)
tess, in either sex. Favorite Prescriptl<
H sold by druggists under our poslll
;uarnnleo. See wrapper around Lotti
'rico $1.00a bottle, or six bottles for fi l
A largo treatise on Diseases of Wome
irofuscly illustrated wllh colored plal
.nd numerous wood cuts, sent for ten esl
n stamps.
Achires?, World's Dispensary Mrdh
Association, 608 Main street, Buffalo, Hi
fork.
Th? detective ought to ls> goold m.
localise be ls always contemplating 1
ihrvly PWC of Ufo.
JOURNALISM BY ROTE.
A .IKKHKV COLMCOK I'OK AKl'lliAN
TO NKWHIMl'lSK I IO NOUS.
Professor POIIHIIIIP omi Iho Huck nundi
s< lu.<<i of .loiti-nalism, Whore Practical
awl Thooro!loni Newspaper Mal?li >; >..
I mimili >>y m. trient.
Thu undersigned buviug opened n
Behool ol' Journalism, respectfully re1
quests a fair shan- ol' tho public p'ttroil
ago. Thee* hool ?g handsomely wiuatod
on thy Haokonsuok meadows. The looa*
tion is healthful, from thc campus tho
blue Orange Mountains aro visibk , onlv
a few miles away. Cn tho apposite 'ii-1
reetien may be seen the husy Dm n nf ac-1
turing town of Newark. Too i ego o ul.
Bachelor of .Journalism is confer? ' ; ou
all students who pursue the full cour u \
and pass a satisfactory examination. Tho ?
ilcgree ot ?Master of Joumulistn i. be
stowed on all students who com; h li ;? ;
post-graduate course of six monti .
Lectures will he given during the year
hy many Kow Jersey editors. Mis. j
Podsuap will have tho society report? is ?
nuder her personal instruction. ?'o-j,
fesser Podsnup will lecture during tho <
winterbomestor on '.Personal Journal-]
ism-' iu tho South. ,
Terms:-Full course. ..?"*>
Diploma.??5 i
Post-graduate course. h) 1
Tim Wiggins medal, founded by lion.
John Wiggins, of T< nally, will b pie.
sentcd at the annual oommencem t to
tho student writing tho best report of a
tire in Hackens-uck.
Tho following works are conti I ully
recomnu udod as text books: We''dei s '
Spelling Book, Creon's English Gram
mar, M it ebel l's Momentary Geography
md Swinton':^ Histoiy ol the Army <f
bho Potomac.
TiiKOcotit's POOHNAC, President, i
Professor JANE POU.SN.VI?, llegibt: ir. i
The interesting advertisement printed l!
tbove recently appeared in a New . -r * y j,
newspaper, although tho moue pign. d t>> | ;
it was not Podsuap, fho Coa .> of .
Fourualisui is situ?t id on the ou ? kb ts M
if Hacken sack. lt hu two-story frame I
Molding wit?> large ground 'thc cant-1 j
pus ooiuttiauda u uuo vio?, pf Hackee- j
wok meadows, through which the li ick- j
..mack Uiver, on whoso I iul - 11 o.d
Dutch settlors URi'd to tish, \% ; :><^ ' koa '
'leriuan silver thread. Tho ( rango '
Mountains may bes ouubovothoh rizon j
iuo through a glass.
Professor Podsnap, who wa ... v lei aa
ournalist umt wore n dreas coot-, rc-j
wived tito reporter in t\ cordial manner. !
Fwontj students, representing ?very 1
jounty in Now Jersey, liad matre ated ;
it his school of journalism, he said, dur- \
ing tho past fall, Tho institution WHS in
i ilourisliin.mditiou and its ii 'mc- :
Lion was intensely practica'. Au iiungi- j
jury schedule \? is made out i vei . il >y,
un?-Vtu ' nts were nt out on ii lugimuy \
tssigiiiueuts. lu this tvaj they b . unu '
iceiihtomod to writing i ?.. ry hindi < f eur
.cut news. 1?
"Como if," said tho professor, 'Mud 1
n ar one ol' our recitations. '.Ve hiitoj:
it least u down btudiiita ivlio hav?!i hun
.ero only Six week.-, and urC uoW <; adi- '
led to edit any newspaper iu the * orb!. ? .
Seven of our senior chis? oro svu.iti g lor I
daces as managing editors. Burne ?? j.
mr managing editors have already ot-j.
ained great distinction in j'nr., ism, ,
Sanderson Migg loton is marine editor j j
if thoTottmiv.be Pul!.elm:... J. V. idker !
tompkins is dramatic editor o: tho j
Penally Courier."
President Podsnap toAt charge ol hil \
?lass. "I have seid. OUT. ono Btadent," '
laid ho, "to write up u stroll tin ?ugh j
[aokensnek, a la Joe Howard, auother
o write up a supposititious Uro, i hird ,
o describe, an imaginary tm h Di . 1er,
iud a fourth to write up aud t .uu lt tho
letails of a hypothetical suicide. In lin .
vay wo give to our students tho training
vhich they would obtain eu a r< liar ^
towspaper." I
Ti.o cluss lihil in. The first student
vho reciicd arose and read: "Tor ible ?
Conflagration -Wild Beonos in Hucken*
?ick-Tiic lue Department Kx?uiibtod i.
-Narrow Escape of the City. A isat* ?
irons conflagration burst out in lim kim- v
nick last night. Tho ?urge bil Ll 'd' , j
Deacon H. YV. .Jones tock lire hist i 'Kid.
Thc lire hell rang with Uaroo clangor, 'J
lummoning the frightened citi/.ous i 1
he scene. The Hames mounted t i tho 1
iky in lurid columns, threatening Mr . \
dodo mick's hon yard with insto/ de. Jj
itruotiou. No. l and No. - weie on tho j
'round soon aller thc lire bogan. Hook
md Ladder No. 8 arrived only flvo ?
ninutes niter the hose companies, having Jj
leen delayed iu a rut.
"The city cisterns having luci: dry ; v
or three months, the luise companies ?
vero uuahle to do anything. Huck, ts of i \
viiter were passed from hand to hand, .
mt they wi re bko oil ou tho watara anti j
ody seem, ll to increase the ll unes. At 2 .
I. ni. tile lire Was bc*, olid cootr.d amt \
tad burned down lo the btwomi Qt of the '
)urn. The loss will reach $500. 1 *o
ons of hay, a set of bafnOPS and Q shout ; ?
vero burned. Loss $600, tusUrAnooli
llfiO. Bamuol Simpkins of tho lire d' - j
.artmentsprained his Utile Unger in try- <
ng to lift a ladder off No. '2."
"That,"said Professor Podsnap, "ia al
liotureeqUO and splendid n port. Von '
nigiit have put in a little agony Qt tho 1 '
liscovery ol tho iiie; but it is very good. 1
Liot us hear tho next ono."
A red-haired young man bashfully jj1
uo.se and read "A htioll through Hack- !
msack." L
"In the corridor of tho Pod, em i ,;
douse yesterday 1 occidentally nut Mr.
reremiah Townsend, a substei tial farm?
ir of Winklcburg township. Ile said
hat the outlook for Uubbard squashes
vos bettet this year than over. Iiis
iqnash viats had run ov*or on tho farms
ii two adjoining neighbors. Buck-wheat
vas looking tolerably "fell, but. Record*
ng to his calculation was about H per
'out. ofY. lio xnid that 18S8 would bo a
?ood yt or for tho KepublicaiiH, and pro
ioted that Cor<mer Caraway would buvo
dnoty-nino majority in Piokwick town
ihip.
"Picking his teeth in tho hobby of
.ho hotel, I discovered Farmer Aleck
Crandall.
"Ho is an orndito and loamed man,
Having boen graduated at tho Tonally
l?gh school twenty-six years ago. lio {
bold mo that tho Republican prospocisi)
Lit Tenafly wore good, ami that ho had .
. atUv painted Ins ba. n red in honor M
nf tho Itepublican victory in New Jer
ley. I shook bauds v
mm
told mo that ho was suro that tho Demo
orotfl would carry tho (State uext year.
"Sauntering iuto tho barroom, whom
(should 1 soo but t?cth Stiggius, of Jones
boro, on?' of tho loading Prohibitionists
of the State. He, wu;, drinking upplejack
through a btraw. Ile asked mo what I
' i.ilil have, und 1 told him a 'stone
fence,' a? .something mild would suit mo.
Ho predicted that St. .lohn would got
10,000 vote , in N'i'w Jersey next year,
and asked ino whether 1 thought peach
brandy was better u .Jersey apple
jack.
"Old Caleb Wigfe - of Hickory
Point was sittiuq; by i stove in tho
Simpkins House lust night. Ho said
fiat, bc ho bad lost ii collar button re
cently, and that bc thought tho tariff
ought to ls) reduct il. Ho is a probable
candidate lui paid master at Cheesequako
Creek.'
So thc recitations wont on. The
amateur reporter, who went out to re
port tho imaginary t 'pie murder, killed
un.ml -eveii people and bathed New Jer
soy ic blood. The imaginary suicide
i: i - ged himself twice, cut his throat with
ii scythe tinco tintes, took a pound of
Pan green, washed it down with a quart
i?f prusso acid and tiualiy jumped into
I it Haokonsack Uiver, and was rescued.
President Podauap, who had been
editor of a New Jersey weekly newspaper
?ol- oin month, expressed himself highly
ph aescd with the progross ol tho school,
md thought it one of thc greatest insti
tutions of the United States.
SO ll 1U e.YHOI.INA lillis.
Sunni ol llutler'H Ilaugliters Who ? ill he itt
Wtuililngloii Society tats Winter.
A Washington correspondent of tho
Now York World give . a long list, illus
trated with portraits, of the "buds" who
will cuter Washington sooiety this win
ter, ile says:
Senator Butler, ot South Carolina, is
ono of tho most courtly ami handsome
men in thc United States Senate, and bis
laughters will be among tuc brightest of
ho rosebuds of tho capital this winter.
Miss .Mario Butler had just a taste of
Washington r-oeicty last season, and Miss
I aise will make her first appearance on
Sow Veal's. They both seem very
iretty. Miss Mario is very stylish aud
.ighly accompli sited. Sue spooks French
I i !>:ly, and, like her sister Btise, is
rory loud of horseback riding. Tho
)?.. t ue 1 give you of iuT is an equestrian
?no an 1 it, i.. taken hom au instantan?
it?, pb itogruph "f lior seated on ber
a vor ito horse, Frisette, while standing
ii ?,. ie o? th,- roajs of the family ostuto,
lied Hill, near Gdgo?eld, S. C.
My pieter.? ot Eli SO, who is a little bit
nore ol a rosebud than Mario, was taken
it tho same tum-, and it represents her
,n riding costume, but docs not show
? V h tl.e fud beauty o! her features.
Mina H iso limier is a beautiful girl. She
is of medium height, well formed, and
iior l.irgo bluo eyes look out over fair
?lue!,.- rosy with color. Like ber sister
Marie, s! e e. a good French .scholar, and
bo wal be, as Mario was last winter,
i ry popular with the diplomats. Sbo
- fond ol reading, and is an accompiish
id od;;, r. The Washington home of
bo butlers i- in tho most fashionable
[ tour ot tho eily, lt is within a stone's
brow ol' Hie liritisu ligation, not far
rooi HI line's house lacing Dupont Cir
ilo, and just around the corner from
vbero Secretary Manning lived last win
er and where tho Count Mitkiowiez
ives now. lt is u red pressed blick,
leaving tho numbai l,7?l 1' street, and
s wry comfortably furnished. Mrs.
[haler comes (d' one of the liest families
d' the Palmetto State, and as for the
?Senator, his ancestors were the Hukos of
Irmaud, one of whom \\>f lieutenant
. ii ral o? ti." Uoyal Iroopfi during tho
ii-ii insurrection ol' KUI, and who was
.ord [jiouteiiiinl of ireland in 1014, Ho
ii md; lo the Cru .vu when Orouiwell
cized tho Government. He proclaimed
'luirles II in Ireland and made an un
lucoessful attempt to capture Dublin in
GU). Cromwell, however, drove bini
?ut oi Ireland during tho following year,
.nd Charles li ruado him a duke when
ie came into power.
The man's name ans dames Butler
Irmaud, and ono ol his descendant?,
'levee butler, who was ii third son of
>ir Richard Butler, of ireland, came to
his country as a major in the British
nny. He resigned, however, before tho
? volution and settled ii; idiarloston,
nd :t is from bini, I think, that tho
nt M n* butler family originates. Ho
ins a momber ol th. - first louted States
ienate, and ono of bin SOUS niarricd Miss
'anny Kemble, tho actress. The patcru
,1 grandfather of the Misses Mutier was
n Congress, one of their granduncles
van un ollicer in tho Amorioun army and
pas killed in tho Mexican war, and
,nether gr&uduuclc was tho United
(totes Senator in defence of whom
'reston S. Brooks, a relative, assaulted
'liarles Sumter, inasmuch as Senator
tn tier was not ut Washington at tho
imo Sumner's attack upon him in the
?..nato was made. Sonator Butler's
nother was a Perry, and sbo uns tho
oungest ?istOi of Commodore Oliver H.
'erry, the hero of tho battlo of Hideo
?ric*
\ Large Pire in Ht. itugnsilae.
J ACKSON VIM.K, Pl. A., Dev'. 10-At 4
?'clock this afternoon lire broke out lu
bimblln's hardware store at st. Augustine
rom nu explosi?n In tho oil room. The
linne-, spread rapidly to the buddings cast
od southeast, fanned by u strong wind
owards tho bay. Thc hm s arc: Ham
.im oe Co . hardware, building $10,000,
tock $100,000: H. H. Cordon's block
119,000, Partly insured; Kstes & Brown,
Iry M?"('s. flo.OOOi insurance $6,000]
?uris brothers, dry goods. #15,000, hiKtir
nce *'.i,(K)0, A-pinwall House $10,000,
mrtinlly Insured. Thc elly market, jail
ntl council chamber, thc engine house, thc
MUK lie/, block and several other buildings
vere damaged. Total loss $'?00,000; la
urance about $(10,000.
The burnt portion south of tho plata
lear th? seawall will be rebuilt hi Coquina,
-ipmidi 'md Moorish ?lyle. Tho north
ide of thc plaza, Including thc old Catlie
lrnl and SI. Augustine School, was burned
ast spring. Tho old Cathedral wis re
itoicd.
A Columbia mother was putting ber
little one lu lied and mid: "I think, Fiossle,
r*ou aro old enough to learn an evening
prayor. I'm goleg lo say lt for you and
?rou will repeat it aller me." 'xeth'in,"
d Un lillie one. "Well, we'll begin,
are you road vf' "Yclh'm. Lor 'cr go,
Speaking