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The General Assembly. THE ELECTION BILL IN THE HOUSE, The Australian Ballot Kille? by a Largo Vota? Tho Eight Box Law Passed. The l-Iouso had undo? consideration the election bills, whloh included tho Australian ballot introduced by Mr. Manning, of Suinter, /and tho olght box law propoaed by Jtidge Townsend, of Marlboro. #' Mr. Manning sai/d: It is with u.i,1..11 men difiidonuci that i bavo un dertaken tbo task of presenting this bill, realizing as I djo tho seriousness of the problem confronting u? and tho great importance off its wiao and right Solution. Nothing but tho earnest conviction that twfj must havo an im provement in our \eleetlon system and put it upon a hlgjbor plane of public morale has mad* nio undertake tho task. In introducing/thlatm I wish tostato with equal-fridfckncas that 1 boliove if it is adopted *t will greatly promote purity and fa?nct-8 in elections. I havo tried to ?mbody all that is just, fair and right, ftud I hopo that the at tention of thoVghtful men will bo drawn to tho sublet with an Interest that will direct pur?Wi0 sontlmont and domand tho adoption 0f such laws as will insure fair olcctiCins. It is not my purposo tu outer injto a discussion to provo that elections (hold in this State in tho past havo not ?joon honest, bo cause I bclievo that ovjory candid man, of whatovor party or fltictiou, will ad mit that frauds huvo Iboen praoticcd under the election law? heretofore in force. Framed with ftho purpose of maintaining whlto srlpreinaoy these laws havo uccomplishfod that object, but it has boon at a fealrful cost. High toued and honorable Vu the private ullairs of lifo, but undeV these prac tices our pooplo havo jfooou taught to boliove that tho end justifies tho means. Suoh a sentiment inovltjably leads to a rapid downward moverfnent of degrada tion of public moraifa. Against this, Mr. Speaker, I raifso my voice and solemnly protest tlilat such practices must cease. Ill dorn? a becomo tho State to sot an ox-Ample of fraud and ueception. She- BboluTd always aim to teach hcroitlzene toldo the things that are right and true. SuoiJ<.au example must and will havo an elevating ujJTeut, but if sho sots an example of trickery and corruption what can wo expect but ! a debasing and degrading inlluenco on , ber sons < bach lull'ieiioe would soon load (o deception among her peoplo in . the private affaipB of life. No, sir, we can not afford it. Wo, who have , suns to bring up, can not toll tnem to bo upright and honest in privato ' alTaii o, aud then tell them to counto uanco fraud when it comes to elections. ' 1 boliove, sir, tbut the constitutional 1 Convention dealt with the suffrage question in a commendable spirit and ' taking it all in all with, wisdom. Uudor ? the conditions now confronting us1 wo 1 can liavo honest elections aud at the same time maintaiu tne rule of tho Intelligent, und I trust that this Con- ' eral Assembly will rice to tho impor- t tanco of the question, and provide for tho purity of the ballot. I am fully 0 aware, Mr. Speaker, that the avorago politician in afraid of suggesting any 1 change which ho thinks may be un- , popular among tho voters, whoso ouf frago he may want, but 1 bolievo that ' thnroTa a Strong and growing demand J for this reform, The governmental J and economic questions to bo decided 1 by the ballot are far-reaching and all 1 important, 1 no upon tholr scttlomont fc will largely depend the advancement 1 and progreea of the nation and State along material, educational and moral ( linos. On questions of moment South Carolina has generally been in the 1 front rank, 011 this question of reform, ' on which so much depends, 1 hope she will follow her traditions of former * days and tako tho lead. I The bill which I introduco ombodles ( the essential features of the Austra- . Han ballot system-certain sect'ons J are taken from an old law and It Is made to conform to evory requirement of tho now constitution. I will add j that tho Australian ballot system is | not a new 0110 and it has boon tried in , so many countries and in so many olec- , tiens that It ean well be said to havo . passed its experimental stage. It has J stood every test and in no instance on record where the system has ever been ( tried has it been ahantloned. Mr. Helton Watson then took up the ( election hill and especially Mr. Man ning's bill. Ho said tout tho ballot simply meant an educational qualifica tion. He hold that by forging the de vices there could he frauds. Mr. Manning said tho olliclal ballots do not go outsido of the ballot box. The stub protects tho manugors. Tho supposed trouble has novor arisen where the law has been enforced. Wr. Watson wont on to suggest that manugors might combine as they now do. It is unknown in what party any of us may soon be. Ho was in favor of tho objects of tho bill, but under ex isting conditions ho did not think tho piau practicable. If all tho peoplo were educated and could prepare a ballot it would bj well, out tho educa tion is not bore and It must bo recog nized. Tho eight-box system has objectionable features, but In compar ison with this is bettor. Ho would not willingly pass' any oloctlon bill by which old Confederate soldiers would havo to votn according to tho dictates Of managers. There must bo an elec tion'law to provido for tho substantial whlto voter? who arc lllltorato, as tho State is largely responsible for tholr condition. Tho only safo thing la to carry out tho arrangements we now havo. This can bo dono to tho satis faction of ovoryono. Mr. Manning insisted that ho would leave It to anv unprejudiced man a9 to whether his bill was not more guarded against fraud than tho eight-box law. Ho had no idea of disfranchising any one and was willing to give illiterates assistance. Mr. Francis H. Woeton, of the Rich land delegation, took up the aubject and delivered a strong argument for honest elections. Ho recapitulated tho hislory of cleotlon frauds In South Carolina, showing that they wore tho outcomo of Republican misrule und then said: This Australian system will raise the people out of an election miro, out in tho broad open sunshine, and It will show our Northorn friends that In tho race for honosty In elec tions they can not outetrlp ub. The eight-box law has evil associations and that Is Its chief trouble I >:.?.hon esty in our elections prevents and strikes at our vory government. He, too, would protest against depriving any Confederate hero of tho right to vote. Ample protection Is glvon every lllltorato voter. This J.oglslaturo has a grand opportunity today. Thoro Is now an opportunity of immortalizing ourselves and of being real bei ' factors. If wo will hold tho light'Sou Mi Caro lina will follow. Whatever may bo tho changes we will have tbp con sciousness of -?? v best and that we have taken froro tbe statute hooks a law that has been a reproach and a dis<raco to the State. Mr. Shuman, of Greenville, took up the defonee of tbe eight-box law. He urged that tho opportunity for fraud was where the voter was unable to read. Thcro Is no difference in tbe two iaws as to tho preparation of the ballot. The eight-box law requires instructions, when requested, and he saw no advantage of one law over the other. The people woro acoustomod to the eight-box law. He believed every hours' voter oould deposit his ballot properly under this law. Ho did not bollovo any white man had ever been dofrauded of his voto. Ho belioved tho ohargo untruo and a oalurony on the State. Every white man has felt that every other whltro man was on tltled to and should vote. Tho prcs ont law has ropeatcdly carrlod us to victory and it would bo bad polloy to depart from it now. Capt. Wilson, of Sumtor, simply wanted to add blstostlmouy that If tho people are in oarnest for honest elec tions, and ho bolievod they wore, thon this bill should bo passed. Ho was a momb'ir of tho Loglslaturo that passed the eight-box. Ho then regarded It a necessity, but ho no longer regardod It a necessity to have an eight-box law. Ho meroly wanted to advocate honost und pure elections. Mr. Bacot said tho eight-box law was conceived in a spirit of justlco and right. It was tho brldgo that had carried us over and it does not now lio with us to abuse it. Ho could not go back on what he boliovod to bo an honost purpose to maintain white rule. The eight-box law Is admirable in its conception and so with tho Aus tralian system. He was not yet in <a position to decide upon the merits of the two hills. Mr. Manning proposed that th? reg istration bill be first taken up, then Mr. Townsond's election bill, and thon come back to his bill. Mr. Tatura moved to kill Mr. Man ning's bill by striking out the enacting words. Mr. Manning called for the yeas and nays. Tho vote resulted : Voas, 7(3; nays, 17. Mr. Townsond offered the following substitute section for section 9: " At tho general olectlon for tho year 1890 and all special elections thereafter held up to tho first day on January, A. D. 1898, the managers of election shall require of every elector ottering to voto at such election, be fore allowing him to vote, in addition to tho production of a registration certificate, proof of tho payment of KUH tax six months before said eloc Ion of any ^.loll tax thou duo and paya ?lo. After tho 11.Sr.3t day of January, S..&. 1898, they shafi'-. require of any ileotor offering to vote atVany election >eforo allowing him to vote sin addi ion to the production of rogistrati?^v icrtiUcato, proof of payment of all axes, including poll tax assessed .gainst him and collectable during the . ?rovious yer.r. Tho production of a . ertificato or of tho receipt of the iflicor authorized to collect such taxes J hall be conclusive proof of the pay- ' nent thoroof." Adopted. Mr. Patton proposed as an amend ucut-that the result should be posted mmediatoly after tho result was de ilarod. Mr. Thurmond said the published ] tatemont may lead to contosts. \ Mr. Mishoo wantod to know if it fOUld not require more work. 1 Mr. Pntton said under the hill a man ins a right to seotho count. The pur? ?oseis to put as great a check as possible I ipbn tampering witli tho box from tho J lme it leaves thonifiiagcr to tho time t was officially counted by tho com nlssioncrs. Thero would bo no rea on to invalidate tho box, but only to nake It a crime. The amendment was tabled by a voto >f 50 to 23. ! Mr. Manning proposed as an amend nentat least ouo of these connnisfc.ion ira shall belong to tho party polling ho largest voto at the last preceding roueral State election, and at least one ihall bolong to tho party casting next argest vote at such election. Tho semmissionors of election shall ap point threo managers of olectlon for saoh polling place at each olectlon ireeiuct of the eouuty for which thoy ihall respectively bo appointed. At east one of thoso managers shall be oug to tho party polling tho largest io\o at the preceding general election, will at least ono shall belong to tho rnrty polling tho next largest voto at >uch eloctiou. The discussion on Mr. Manning's tmendraont was postponed in order that committeo reports might bo ro joived. Argument on tho election bill was resumed on Mr. Manning's resolution providing for hl-partisan boards. Mr. Watson oaid that In tho country it was a reflection to suggest dishonest elections, and ho moved to table the amendment, and on this the yeas and nays wero domandod. Thoso votlhg for the amenumont were : Anderson, Bacot, Fowler, Htott,Lofton, Manning, Mehrtons, A. K. Sanders, Wilson?0. By a voto of 71 to 9 tho amendment was tabled. -Mr. Andorsou, colored, moved to amend by providing for four boxes. Lost. Mr. Bacot offered an amondment that instead of 8 tho polls closo at 5 o'clock. Tho committee had fixed 4 o'clock ; 6 o'clock, he said, was broad daylight. Mr. Watson objoctod, as tho country managers eon Id not make Up their returns and got home, and those boxes wero in tho majority. Tho amend ment was rejected. Mr. Bacot offered an amendment providing for tho keeping of the'boxes until tho next election. Agreed to Mr. Magill moved to recommit. Lost. Mr. Baeot offered an amendment providing that the boxes be locked when handod in with all tho contents. Killed. On tho final pnssago of the bill to a 1 third reading tho yeas and nays wore called. Thoso voting against tho bill woro: Adams, Anderson, Gregory, Manning, Mollott, Miller, Fatten, Sauders, We^ton, Wilson?10. In fa vor of tho bill 82. THE STATE FAIR WINS. ' Tho Houie Reconsider* Ito Action and Makco tho Appropriation. In the House a successful effort was made to reverse tho decision in regard to making an appropriation for tho State Fair, as follows : Mr. 1 'at,ton wantod torovive tho State Fair matter, and argued thut ho had a substitute he though would moot all objoction. Ho said the substitute did away with tho objoction that the oora pany Is a private corporation. The appropriation Is mado for encouraging ' stock raising and agriculture All j money Is to bo usod for oxponsos and ! premiums and no profit. Reports are to ho mado to the Legislature, and immoral shows are prohibited. Every dollar of tho Stato fund must go In premiums in encouraging the agricul tural i' nd mechanical arts. Tho money is to be spent under the direction of Liio Governor, Secretary of State and chairman of the committees of agri culture. There is no possible oh.men for any job, any immorality or any soheming. Mr. Pollock favored considering tho substitute on its merits. The Houso agreed to reconsider. Mr. Warr said that the 92,500 was made constitutional in the fewest words he had ever seen. Mr. I Icier-ton moved to table the sub stitute The yens and nays were de manded, whlcn resulted in a refusal to table tho substitute by vote 47 to 40. Mr. Otts said be had uerer seen so much lobbying for a bill. Several days ago there came a request to join the society, because the members held the purse Btrlngs. This was a plan to whip the devil around tho stutnp. Mr. Mitchell said his sole objeotlon was to the obscenity and gambling, and ho would now vote for tho Fair appropriation. Ho was satisfied the Fair would bo proporly managed. Mr. Leon Williams was surprised at the turn in the votes. He nover bo linvod in undoing what has been done. Ho thought it unbecoming to renew such fights. The bill means that about 10,000 Carolinians will come hero and will spend $10 to $25 aspleco and get no good. Most of thoso farmers are theorists. Tho monoy goos to tho rail roads and Columbia for nothing. Tho most serious objection Is to whoro tho mattori8 leading to. Tho Stato is now top heavy with State institutions. In ) loss than ton yoars $10,000 appropria tions will bo asked for. The effort Is to got mouthpieces up here and down stairs. *? Mr. Harper said that If the farmors had followed Mr. William's advlco they would be ploughing oxen. These wero tho only places whero the farm ors met, and it was whoro thoy first planted the rcdomptlon of tho Stato in tho past. It was tho union of the white people. Tho Grango was started there. The white men understood each other thore and knew what to do. Mr. Pattou presented the argument in favor of his substitute. Ho wanted to avoid any constitutional objection. Mr. Williams, of Pickens. insisted that the Fair was only for Columbia, that the agricultural interests woro worse than ever and that the farmers patd all tho taxes. J On tho adoption of tho substitute tha yeas and nays were again demanded; | Tho substitute was adoptod by a vojfe of 48 to 40. f -1 ?>?>- / DISCUSSES CLEMSON. Tho House Considers tho Privilege Tax_ No Change Maoe. 1 Columbia, February 20.-^Tho House to-day considered and Acted upon several important matten^. The re> gistratlon bill was finally passed by tho Houso aud sent back t0 the Senate to see what It thought tff tho amend ments tho House had kindly put in tho neawnire. / After ? .-lively fighl the Houso inde Initely postponed t?e bill to chango iho present apptf6*4tion of the ontire privilege tax fund to ^i^,n80n College. The debate brought out tbv. . oxlstenco jf considerable interest and scrn..,{Qy u8 to the financial affairs of Clemson u.-i. lege. Thero was an unexpected contest igainst the passage of a resolution providing for tho purchase of 10(> aoves )f land that is much needed by tho Hospital for tho Insano. Tho bill to provide for a reduction in the scalo allowed for Stato printing passed by a decisive vote. The bill proposes a general reduction of about 10 or 15 per cent, and the announce ment Is that printors stand ready to mako a sufficient bond that tho print ing can be done for tho rates agreed upon to-day. When tho registration hill came up for t) third reading a numb *r of amend ments wero packed in again by Mr. Townseud. Tho Senate will havo a merry time of it recognizing the bill when It gets back to that body. When tho bill to provide for tho ilstributlon of tho prlvllcgo tax eamo up, Mr. Hainsford said that tho Clom son report having boon received it was bimo to act on his bill, which proposes to give Clemson $25,000, and tho balance to Wintr-op College. Mr. Williams proposed that tho balance should go to the Stato treasury direct. Mr. Broazoalo moved to strike out tho enacting words of the bill, saying that as long as tho implied contract is in force that the prlviloge tax should go to Clemson it ought not be diverted. Mr. Williams said If tho contract has been brokon it was by tho Clomson people. They have ooruo hero year after year and asked for money, if they returned what they had gotten It would bo well to talk about brokon contracts. Clemson should bo given definite amounts. Clemson, he said, would spend every dollar given. Mr. W. J. Johnson, of tho Investi gating committee, said that a similar tax to that of last year was recom mended. If $25,000 was given from tho privilege tax it would be $8,000 morO than is recominendod, or was spent last year. Thou thoro is $20,000 received for tho board and about $5,000 ought to bo reeuivod from tho farm Ho wantod to knew whothor tho sixth of all tho Stato taxes should go to Clemson. The four denominational colleges wero bolng run at a cost of $18,000 ho understood? and that was letjs than Clemson College was receiv ing. Ho favored tho bill. Mr. Leon Williams said tho law provided for but ten professors at Clomson, and many more wero em ployed contrary to law. Thero aro 150 boys in the fitting school, and thoy should be at school and not at colleges Thoso professors wore paid $41,300, Mr. Williams thon oxhiblted an in tcresting statomont of salaries paid tho professors. Mr. Williams went on to say that at Krskino 87 boy3 wero educated at $5, 850, an averago cost of $07.25. Now borry Collogo, 120 boyB woro educated at $5,500, or an avorago cost of $42. WofTord 144 boys at $13,000, an averago cost of $00, and Furiuan 130 boys cost $10,500, averago $75. At Clomson 400 boys woro in attendance, and for these tho cost for profossors was $41,300, or a por capita of $100, while tho avorago por capita Of the four denoiuinational col logos was $08.50. Tho only way he could explain the difference was that it was State monoy that was being spant. There appeared to him to be a h row loose somewhere. If Clemson were given $25,000 of tho prlviloge tax that would give tho Institution $00.000, whloh ho hold wassuffiolont for all ex penses and more than the four deno minational colleges united spent. He did not Intend crippling any of the colleges, and said that Winthrop would be well oarotTTor. Ho inslstod that be only wauted to seo things oonduoted in abuslness-llko way. Mr. Tatura objected to the bill a9 It diverts tho fund from the purnoeo for which It Was intended. A olll hair just been killed to rejpoal tho tax and tho prosont effort is lll-tlmod. Mr. Watson challonged any one to show whoro 'tho money has been mis spent. The report* show that all gen oral funds have gone to build up a tino plnnt. Thero la now a compact that . this tax should go to Clemson, whloh compact wan made vrbon the ltntitu tion was established. Thero is no ap ?ea'. from the farmers for a ohange as > this fund. Tbo matter should be al lowed to remain just as it is. Mr. Garrls said tho board hoped to complete the college in every dotall this year out of tho privilege tax. Mr. Burns was opposed to the tax on Erinolple. but If it be imposed it should s distributed as provided in the bill. Any oollogo dopondlng on a privilege tax is In danger. Every colloge should come to the Legislature for a direct appropriation. If "the fund amounts to $70,000 It would all be spent. Thero Is no reason for special privileges to Clemson. Mr. ltalnsford said the committee re ported a similar appropriation to that of last year, $57,000, and this bill pro vided for over $(10,000 to Clemson. Mr. Sturkie, of Orangeburg, felt sure that the tax would be repealod, and tho time will soon como when a dlroot appropriation will have to be made As ho oollovod this privilege tax will soon be out off ho favored Clemson hav ing thoadvantagonow. I' Citizen " Ashley approved tho tax, but was opposed to tho bill. Mr. Connor, of Orangeburg, said Clemson has boon established on a solid foundation. Thoro was a fascination about indirect taxes, and Clemson, ho urgod, could 111 afford to got such a tax. Ho did not want to criticise Clemson, but tho fact staros the mom bers in tho face that four denomina tional colloges aro run for less than Clemson. AH information shows that tho Clemson Is doomed unless ehe gives up overy purpo90 for which Clemson was 'milt has been mado a secondary Consideration, this privilege tax. Clemson started out with ton professors und uow she hasa,ljgvrt '30' He had been informed t&uTamajorlty of tho students at Clfiflngon had bettor be at homo attjndlagan academy. He was told that tfefbre were 27 mules at Clemson, and-y^t money Is asked for hauling o^ral He was advised that overy p>*ofossor got house rent and water and light free, and possibly vegot^oioa auci iue\f aua\ he asked that yro salaries be compared with those it tho South Carolina Collego, Citadel, iTurman, WofTord and tho other col leges. The convicts did all tho farm work he heard, and yet $3,000 was asked for farm larbor. Clemson should bo con fined to her proper sphere and what sho was 'ntended for. Ho regretted to havo to say that Clemson's truutees should take warning of a prediction made to him that "a literary crank " would ruin tho collego. He had no criticism to make ou the management of the trustees, as they were now men and doing tho best they could. Mr. Blackwell 'moved to indefinitely postpone tho bill, and on this tho yeas and nays were demanded. Tho hill was iudoGnitoly postponed bv a vote of 50 to 45. COUNTY COURT BILL. A Majority of tho Voters Can Establish County Courts. Mr. J. R. Earle, mcmbor of tho -Tonse from Oconoe County, has intro luceo t? h?! with reference to the istablishmenuv^f county courts. The ollowlng.ls asynoj.. ,?i8 of tho bill: Upon tho recomrnondb.nJ.^^ 0f the frand ju-*y of tho county, the ..?ountv tomraisslonors shall order an oleotTo.." o bo hold upon tho question of ea abllshlng a county court. If a major ty of tho votes catt shall be against he establishment of a county court, io other election shall bo hold for four ?ears: if a majority is for a county iourt, thon, at the next general oloc ,iou, a county judge aud county attor my shall bo elected for a term of four ?ears each. The duties now pe.rform id by tho probato judge aro to bo de volved upou tho county judge. The iounty court shall havo concurrent urisdiction with the circuit court in dl criminal cases, oxcopt murder, nanslaughtcr, rapo or attempt to rape, irson, common law burglary, bribery md perjury. It shall havo civil juris Uctlon whore tho amount involved loos not exceed $1,000, or whore tho )unishiuout in criminal eases does: not ixceed livo yoars imprisonment, and nay issuoaod havo all writs that are ised in tho circuit courts within their jurisdiction with ilko powers at chain 3ors or In session. Tho jurisdiction Is joucurront with circuit and magistrate jourts within tholr respective jurisdic tions. Tho pleadings and practice are to conform to that of tho circuit court, with appeal direct to tho supreme jourt. The terms of tho court aro to bo held on the first Tuesday of each month. The trial jury will bo com posed of six jurors. Tho cireult judge is to transfer the criminal cases after Indictmont is found or presentment by a grand jury to tho county court. For Froo Silver. Jackson, Miss., Fob. 19.?Mt. Mc Clurg, member of tho legislature from Carroll county, tho homo of Senator Georgo and Sonator-olect Money of fered tho following resolution tonight, It being adopted with only ono nega tive voto: Resolved, by the House of Repre sentatives of tho State of Mississippi, that wo favor tho frco aud unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to 1 by the government of tho United States iudopendontly of the action of auy othor govornmont. Second?That wo do not favor tho nomination of any Democratic candia date for l'resldoutof the United States whoso known viows aro not in accord with ours abovo expressed. ( Third?That wo favor and insist that thoso States which givo Demo cratic majorities iu the general uloctlon should control in making a nomina tion for President and Vlco President. When a person begins to grow thin there is something wrong. Tho wasto Is greater than tho supply and it is only a question of time .when tho end must como. In nine oases out of ten tho trouble is with the digestive organs. If you can rostore itbem to a healthy condition you will stop the wasto, put on now flesh and causa them to fool hotter In overyj.way. The food they eat will bo digested and appropriated to the noods of the system, aud a normal appotlto will appear. Consumption frequently follows a wasting of bodily tissue beoauso nearly all consumptives have indigestion. The Shaker Digestive Cordial will re store the stomach to a hoa.ithy con dition In a vast majority of oases. I (let, one of their-hookai from your druggiat aud learn about this now and valuable remedy. When the children need Castor Oil, glvo them L>axol,~It Is palatable. -mm^^4fm-? V-Don't kenp on hand too many out nndjdrled theories. a, foot-rule is a cont'oniant thing for ft carpenter to carrV about with him; bu)> a man who la aways "sizing up" other people's opinions by a prlvato rule of his own It apt\to be a bore. [ DR. BARRETT, OP ABBEVILLE. A Man of Extensiv* Knowledge In Many Di rections?An Interestino Sketch of Hie Family. Maj. Wm. Hoy in tho Spartan. It is just fifty-six years since I be came acquainted with Dr. J. P. Bar rett, of wbom I spoke in my sketch of Mr. Van Patton. Ho was a native of England aud ono of Abbevill's best citizens. Dr. Barrott made a success of every enterprise ho took-Jiold of. Ho was an expert in medicine, chem istry, farming, botany, and most of tho useful arts that ho turuod his atten tion to. Ho was entbusiastio in tho support of early manufactures in Spar tanhurg County, giving all his pa tronage and influence. He was partly educated in this country, beiug a school-fellow of McDuflie and other I eminent men of South Carolina. He had few equals in botany and had per haps the best flower yard in tho United States. It contained about two acres of tho rarest flowers that the world could produce. I havo always regret ted that I did not get information from him couoernlng tho resurrection plant, which people crossed continents to seo bloom. Ho had procured with great trouble and expense for his botan ical garden, a troe called by some botanists tho classic cypress, but tho doctor said it was simply tho codar of Lebanon spokon of in tho Scripture. The leaf and tasto wero tho samo as the native cedar of that country, but the boughs were only throe feet long and grow squaro from tho bodv o'J&e tree. The dO?tt%. FI?uiotect that in time ,frfr?y* *ould attain great height, sife'had a splendid museum that I will mention farthor on. The doetor was president of a socie ty that I may fall in giving the cor rect name. For thut socloty I onco procured soapstono from what is now Mooro's limestone rock from tho spring of that name, Iron ore from Gafl'ney's and presented them to the society, for which I rccoived the most compliraetary letter of my lifo. The letter thanked mo for my contribution to tho aid of science, tho fine arts and the general diffusion of knowledgo amongst mankind. Tho doctor onee presented mo with a brick that ho said camo from tho walls around Jeru salem and a sword fish. Much to my regret my negroes destroyed them beforo I got them homo. The doctor determined to grow tropical fruits in Abbeville. Ho built what ho called a hot-house, threo sides of tbe houso being brick, the fourth side wool and portable. Ho hitched up his team and went to Beaufort and procured some lino specimens of orange trees, loaded his wagon with soil that was said to be favorable to the growth of tho orange tree, had two immenso ooxes made, filling them with Be. ufort soil, plant ing hia trees in tho boxes, aud with the aid of a shorj portable roilroad ho could run them out on a warm -day and bring them in when cold. By tho same process he could givo them moisture on rainy days. Attached to tho back part of his houso he had heating fa cilities and by tho aid of a thermome ter could have any temperature ho desired. I have seon his orange trees loaded with fruit and lemons growing whon thero was snow on the ground. He took a premium at the State Fair for those oranges. At another time tho Doctor hitched up his team and in company with his cV'hool-master, Mr. Head, went to Gov. Iam~?u,nd'8 farm in Florida to get j uriositfbvs for his musoum. Govornor j lararnond guvo him assnJe\*anco. I iave heard tho doctor relate, aim1 irove It by Mr. Head, an adventure he , iad with an alligator. The doetor , tated that he and Mr. Head went out c n a boat into tho Gulf of Mexico and ^ oming in contact with an alligator he uriped astride it, stabbed it under its ^ ure-leg, killing it instantly, and bring- ( ng it safe to land. It was about oight ( eet long. Mrs. Marshall, the doc or's only daughter, removed hor fa- ^ hor's museum to a houso near her t esidonco in Greonvillo. I saw tho ^ ' gator" in it a llttlo over a year ago. t drs. Marshall will hand over tho key f md any ono can see it free of expense. Tin. Doetor must have been at I east si x ty years old when ho had that ?neounter. Dr. Barrett got most of ^ he seeds that ho used from England . tnd divided thorn among his friends 1 vith a lavish liberality. Ho had a i leighbor by tho name of Richmond . still. Ho added Duke to his name ( tnd was Known by no other name than , .he, Duke of Richmond. The doetor , ?ofused tho presidency of several med- . eal colleges. Ho lectured on seien ?iio subjects with great succoss, f'.-eo >f cost. I once heard him in one of aifl lectures stato that lime had to ho imnipresont to animal life aud that life would not exist uuless one-tenth jf tho matter was limo. His corn and cotton compared favorably with his neighbors. His garden oxeelied. He thought that cabbugos would fatten hogs cheaper than any other <dnd of feed. In addition to his numerous enterprises ho carried on wagon mak ing aud a olaoksmith shop. After ho had made a bucccss in all his under takings he fixod up his residence. Tho inside or parlor was the finest I over Baw. He sent to the North and pro cured tho services of Van Patton, the brother of the porpotual motion man. This Van 1'at ton was well known in Spartanhurg, and I havo scou like nus80s of men in Spartanhurg that ho drew from memory at Montreal, Cana da, that wero almost perfection. From Spartanhurg ho wont to Europe and took lessons at Koine and Athens, and at tho timo ho got hack to Dl. Barrott his work was almost perfect. That accounts for tho doctor's fino parlor. Why the doctor choso to havo tho bat tle of Lake Erio illustrated in his par lor I do not know. Perhaps ho had become entirely Amoricanizod. Tho painting wap a gorgeous production, representing Porry in brilliant naval uniform, loaping in his boat and car rying the flag to tho Niagara. 1 think, Mr. Editor, 1 can give a short skoteh of tho doctor's family that may intorost somo of your readers. He married tho widow Watson. By Watson she had throo children, ono daughter aud two sons. This daugh ter first married a Porryman and had somo chlldron. On Ferryman's doath i be married a Mr. Croswoli, who was aiivo a short timo ago. He must bo near ninety. Her two sons, Richard and Edward, wont to the Moxlcan v/ar. Edward was in tho front rank in all tho hard-fought battles and died of disease In Mexico. Dick, as ho was called, was cmt .oyed as a scout, In which ho mado a fino roputution. Ho was takon prisonor and oonvoyed to Gen. Santa Anna. Ho showed hlmseVf to bo a strategist, giving Santa Anna information that was to his disadvan ago. Breaking through his oaptors he got to (ion. Scott and gavo him infor mation that was of great advantage to him. In tho assault on Chupultapoo, Dick was tho nearest man to Lieut. Solieck who placed tho Amorlcan flag on Chapultapeo. Dick was wounded in the leg and when au Ignorant sur geon attempted to amputate it, drew his pistol and ran him off. Dr. Barrett, hearing of it, hastened to meet him aud he got home safe. Somo years ! afterwards ho crossed over tho mystic I rivor Dr. Barrett's family was a power when their country needed tholr ser vices. Mrs. Barrott's maiden namo was Brooks, closely related to tho Butler fatnily.and nearly related to Preston S. Brooks. Dr. Barrett was a nulliiler in 1832 and secessionist in 1851. Ue did not much like Polk's administration, but when ho saw tho immeuso guius of territory with its inexhaustible r.eans, ho 9aid Polk was a protty smart fel low. Tho doctor left two chlldron, a son aud daughter. Bis daughter married Dr. Marshall, who for muny years has beon a widow, and now re sides on Buncombo street, Greenvlllo, where I have statod tho doctor's museum could now bo seen. John, his only son, went into tho Confederate army. When a battory was to bo stormed, ho was in tho front rank and tho last time ho was ever soon by any ouo that survived, ho was right in front, the nearest Confederate to it, aud was never heard of afterwards. I hoard some one say that tho doctor's farm is now a cotton-Uold. I hope some of tho classic cypress remains. Tho painter, Van Patton, has boon dead many years. Strange to say ho was making money whon ho dlod. Dr. Barrett was a member of Mount Mo rlah Buptlst iChurch a*nd was an orna ment to that organisation. THE CLEMSON COMMITTEE. '" Their^^?rt SUDmittod?BotUr Work Pro ?r dieted. Tho following is the report of tho commlttoe appointed by the Legisla ture to Investigate the stato of affairs at Clemson Collego. Tho report was submitted to tho Legislature on Wed nesday, and was signed by J. W. Floyd, C. W. Garris. W. J. Johnson, U. B. Watson and John T. Sloan : To tho Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of South Carolina : "That a joint committee consisting of two mcmbors of the|Sonato and three raombers of tho House of Representa tives bo appointed to mako an investi gation into the workings of Clemson Colloge, tho service of its various de partments aud as to tho foundation of certain rumors, reporting a lack of harmony in the collaboration of tho board of trustees. That said com mittee have leave to sit at such time and places as will servo their conveni ence and that they havo power to send for persons and papers and report to thejpresont session of tho General As sembly by bill or otherwise." Under tho above concurrent resolu tion we, tho undersigned members of tho committee, acting through the authority of tho same, beg lcavo to make tho following report thereon : First, as to tho workings of Clemson Colloge, we beg to say that tho com mittee visited the college on Thursday, Fob. 6th and remained thero for nearly three days: that they personally in spected and examined all the depart ments of the institution aud so far^s thoy were ablo by diligent observation and inquiry from the various beads and assistants of said departments, would say that systematic management and apparont good order were clearly indicated and especially was this ob servable in tho chemical, horticultural and dairy departments. It appeared to the Committee that the moehanical department wasalsc liberally equipped for perfect instruction in mechanics, hut upon consultation with the presi dent of the college aud a majority of tho board of trustees, wo were told that to graduate successfully the senior class (which is large) other auditions >r timuohinerv to .Ahnt dpuprtmeut were kbsolutely necessary, and sb?uui' Jjo nade at once. As regards the agri- ] lultural department, in which connee ion the Hatch fund for experiments in t igrieulturc is a valuable audition, we I law no reason or necessity for further > >utlay, with the exception of two ad- <: lltloual instructors which were elected ? it the recent meeting of the hoard of > ?rustccs. We regret to add, but are t! loverthclcss firmly convinced from tho C .ustimony takon, that sufPclent attou- i .ion has been sadly lacking in pushing 1 wid perfecting tho two paramount de- j lartments of the institution?mechanics 1 tnd agriculturo. 1 Tho evident Intention of tho projeo* J .or and foundor of tho Institution was I ,o give to South Carolina an agricul- i airal and mechanical collego, per so. f Wo believe, however, that the board I )f trustees and the president are now . thoroughly awakened to tho impor- I Lance that specially attaches to those, i two departments which immediately 1 ^oucorns and determines tho future ; success or failure of the institution as I such, and that they will work vigor- I ously and harmoniously to that end. I Your committee would further report that as pertaining to tho rumor of tho lack of harmony in the board of trus tees that the testimony taken points unmistakably to the truth thatsuch was a fact, and that impediments wore in some instances interposed which Im peded or stayed for a timo tho pro gress of the institution: Wr> boliovo, howovor, that the causo which provoked said condition has now been rcmovod by a partial reor ganization of tho faculty and tho dis charge of certain profossors and in structors and tho oleetion of others, which impresses us with tho heliof that hereafter tho board of trustees and the president and faculty will work harmoniously and that wo may confidently look for success and pro gress In that great institution of learn ing. Wo would say furthor that a cursory examination of the bookkeeping of tho collego disclosed tho fact that tho books of tho institution wero neatly and simply kept, and the plan of au diting accounts aud making requisi tions for materials, etc., disbursing funds for various payments showed perfect system and simplicity. Wo havo considered also to somo ex tent tho chargo of extravagance in ox pondlturos and from close observation and to all outward appearances wo aro led to concludo that whllo errors and mistakes havo doubtless boon made,we nevertheless boliovo that all the largo sums of money heretofore appropriat ed by the Stato and controlled by tho col lego from other sourcos havo boon honestly oxnondod, but tho collogo, now that it is (inishod and nearly equip ped and no furthor appropriation bo log necessary for building purpose, wo boliovo a slmlliar appropriation in amount to thut of laBt year for tho our* ront expenses of tho prosent yoar will be fully amplo and we so recommend. All of which wo respectfully submit and ask to be discharged from furthor consideration of tho samo. 8. F. Yingcr, Dowart.Pa.. writes: Mr. Harlng of this placo has used your remedy for tho Piles and recommends it very highly. He gave mo your address. I would like to know on what terms and price you sell to donlors. Lot mo hoar from you and obligo. ?At a Sundy-sohool In Wlnstcd, Conn., recently, tho text was, "Wis dom is hotter than rublca." "Do you underatand tho text?" asked the toaeh er of one of the llttlo girl scholars. "Yeaanm." "What io ItV" "Wledom i Is bitter than rheumatism." j TRIAL OF THE CQLLETON LYNCHER8, Tho Awful Roveja^ion oi U'jtaiity in Whita Men?Tho Nogroes Thrown Into Ono Gravo?Strong Testimony Aja-n-j*. tho Ac cused. The tria.^of the paitiis charged with tho horrihlo lynohiug at Broxtoud' bridge, inColioton County, Whloh took place on the 2nd o( December, 1805, was begun at Waltorboro on Thursday, when Dr. W. B. Aekermnn, Frank Jonney, Frank Brant and Wyman Koarso wero arraigned for the murder of Hannah Walker, colored. Tho full story of tho lynching was told in theso columus soon after the occurrence. A negro named Isham Koarso was accused of breaking into a church In Haruwell County, from whicii a Biblo was stolen, and ho was suspected of gravor crimes. Some men went in search of him, and ho was found just ajroaa-HlO lino in Colloton County, w^^pftfg^^ Ho was captur(lod hy tho pa*rt$\-*?d "long with his u.)tQOr and his wife ho t*SC brutally tre^^j which resulted in the death of IfJiara Xearso and his mother, Hannah WC?ker< The shocking details woro glvor. ut tho trial la3t weok) wnloh was pre8i?iod 0ver by Judge Aldrieh. boiioitor neiii0ger appeared for tho State, and tho.orlsoners were defended by. Oj)U Robert.?ldrioh, M. P. Bowoll and s?voral mem&n of tho local bar. Tho first wltnostTv^Uod In tho trial of tho Broxton Bridgo "Hynohers" was Maleom Wood, who liveu uear tho Broxton bridgo and saw Dr. Ankerinan on tho night of tho murdor at 8:30 o'clock. Aekorman said ho was going to a frolic. Goorgo Robertson, colorod, saw Aek orman aud Jonny at Woods'store, near Broxton. Two whito mon woro with thorn. They loft about 8:30 and went towards Broxton. Will Johnson, colored, saw Acker man and another man at Woods' store on the night of tho murder. They went in tho direction of Broxton to gether. Frank Rohortsou mado tho samo sworn statement as tho two previous witnesses, having seen tho men at Woods' store. Jonathan Graut swore to tho same facts. Three negroes sworo thoy saw four meu at Press Illors's on tho night of the murder. Win. Folk, whito, who had been ar rested as an accessory to tho crime but afterwards bailed out, was put on tho ?-tand. Almost every question put to him by Bollin^or ho declined to an sver becauso it might in somo way crlminate> him. Bellinger Bred ques tion after question at Folk, but iu every instance the witness declined to answer. He would not say where ho was on tho night of the murder. There was a long diseu-sion as to whether Folk should be required to answer, which was euded by witness declining under his constitutional rights. Tom Kirkland, colored, sworo that tho crowd in which he recognized Folk and Hires came to his house the night of December 2nd aud asked for Hannah Walker. He saw them later go to a negro house and get tho woman and Kearse. They were tied with ropes behind a buggy and hurried off. Ho made a clear statement and did not flinch under the cross-examina tion. Solomon Grant saw the men take Hannah find Koarso from Seymour's house. Ho recognized Acker man then and in the dock as being in the party. Ho denied that lie had been bought over by the State's detective. During this examination the prison ers showed little signs of uneasiness. Dr. Aekorman was smiling most of tbe dav Tho next . witness was Kosa Koarso, ho eolord ' I'tAkov^' caped with her ife from th fury of the vnehers. She 9 a good looking girl, 17 jvoars old, [tiite dark, but with very good features. >ho made her answers in a Arm, clear 'olee, and stood the examination with- ] mt contradictions or blunders ovor , [iiestions. Her hands clenched tightly , is sho told about being stripped and ashed, but never gave any other sign if emotion. In tho examination Rosa iearoO satd : "I am 17 yoars old and iavo an infant n months old. lsam , Coarse was my husband bbforo ho was , tilled. 1 lived at my uncle's. On the light of December 2 two men came tnd called mo out. She recognized ,he pris ?neos, Aekorman and Frank fenny. Tin y asked her about some jooks. I told them that l knew netti ng about any books. They said l had letter tell them. They then took me tnd tied a rope around my neck and ,iod mo to their buggy. Then thoy started at a trot for the swamp, i fell ind dragged a ways and then they neld up and went slower." "When wc got to tho bridgo Frank Brant, Wyman Kearse, Frank Stan loy and Presa Hires were there. Ae korman and Jenny woro in tho buggy to which I was tied. Isam Kearse was thero and Hannah Walker. They brought Hannah to the house where I stayed and carried her to tho bridge also. Thoy then stripped us naked and whipped us with two traces from a buggy. Thoy whipped lsam first. They had lsam and mo tied with ropes around the noek and heat us with tho traces, one holding the rope and two othcis doing tho whipping. While they were whipping lsam 1 was tied ta a tree. We wero all kept naked and they whipped us all around and then began over again. Frank Jonny, Aekorman, Brant and Kearse did tho whipping. Wo didn't know what the beating wus for. They said it was about some books. While they heat us wo were naked and it was very cold. We were whipped standing up." Solicitor: "What was said during the beating '.J'' Witness: "We only begged for meroy and thoy replied by cursing uk. Isam bogged them to shoot him. But they said DO, they had rather not. While tho men woro beating Is:.m again, after beating Hannah Walk r twico, she ran oil" towards tho swam; s. That was the lost timo I ever saw her. Sho put on . u or two pieces of under* clothes and ran away. The men asked whoro sho Was, and 1 told them sho had gone. I have no idea how many la-.h. s w ro ?/ v >n. Aftor tho beating they loft and told m?> to stay thoro. 1 built a little tiro and remained until morning, le in could not anewor mo in the morning, and 1 wont homo to my uncle's ah no." Tho witness thon gave a statement of how sho wont to her father's house and subsequently eamo to Waltcrboro. Tho witncBB w;is sharply cross-oxamin od by tho defence, hut almost nothing was obtained to tdiako tho testimony. On tho second day of tho trial, tho first wltnoss was Charles Manuol, whito, who sworo that Aekorman told him several days after tho murdor that tho ncgroos had been klllod and thoy woro accusod. 1 Dr. C. Clarkson, of Allendalo, who assisted in tho autopsy, gavo an ac count of tho condition of tho body of ' Hannah Walkor when this was done. In substance, bo mado tho eame statement as did Martin Bollingor, and said that doatb was oaused from ?lolonoe administered to the doad parties ; that water cJuld not enter the body after death, whljh proves that : the bodies wore thrown in tho water while life existed. - Solicitor Hollinger was sworn, and Maid the examination was ma le by his ? ordors. Dotrotive New hold was an of I Heer of the Stato and was working un I der his instructions, j Deputy Black tost I tied that the , men came aud surrendered to him. I This was two weeks after the crime was co niu'tted. Ho tirst searched for defendants, out could not tlud them. Defendants' witnesses were then called. Dr. C. M. Hires svas firat called, and testilied that he made tho examina tion at tho coroner's Inquest. There were no stripes on tho body, save a few on the lower extremities. Deuth was caused from drowuing. Death would not result from whipping. Tho body lying in tho water twenty-four hours would promote decomposition. Solicitor Hcllingor put tho witness./^ tYirou?'o ?__hot eross-oxamination, ? which showed tilers up as a poor ex port. He was ou the stand nearly two hours, hut hie testimony is not worth reporting. County Treasurer Smith was- sworn. Ho went to jail and saw Rosa Kearso thero. She said she did notikuowwho had*whipped her. Smith could not bo positive on any point, and didn't re mom'oer tolling any ouo about the con versation. Ho know all tho defend ants; they wererhls friends. J. IT. Dodd testified that Rosa told him sho did not recognize tho meu who whipped hor. Ho went to tho jail and got a stalomont from Rosa, which defendants' counsel produced as evidence yesterday. Dodd is a first cousin to Aukeriuan. Trial Justice Walker testilied that Solomon Grant signed tho statement drawn up by Detective Newboid in his presence. Solomon said he recognized none of tho parlies but Hires and Folk. Walker issued warrants for tho arrest of defendants. Gross-examined, ho said ho bad talked with tho attorneys for tho de fense, but never gave Solicitor Bellin ger any assistance. Ho had tho ne groes buried in tho same grave. After Walker's testimony, Mr. Grt hor aroso and said that the dofom was ready to close their case. Solicitor Bellinger wanted to inti duce a written statement of Solonr Grant, signed before Walker. T defense, however, objected to tb but the court ruled that it should in as evidence, Solicitor Bellir then put this in reply : Grant s that the crowd oatno to his hoc tho night of the murder, hui Hannah Walker. Sho was not tl> and they then went to Hen Seynu where sho was caught. It was stated by tho defense Newboid had throatoncd Grant f statomeut, but on tho stnnd Gra tilled that such was not tho case was put in as evidence, and tl was closed. The defense asked that ai'gu deferred tiil Monday, wide some delay, was done. They quire four hours, and Solic1' hal f that time. None of the prisoners tho stand. The defeuso W great measure upon tho s merits of Treasurer Sualt Dodd. The prisoners all seem tc health. Dr. Acker man ' about ;i0 years of age, wit' and full face. Ho griw Charleston Medical Coll' since that time hu.s a tensive practice. Ho is man. Frank Brant is tin quartette., being on ,tbr forty. His hair is tir there are many gray moustache. Brant is several children. He Wyman ilJ&jimcW^C .?, youngest In the party, lie ?ied, but a young lady told .... j lay in his presence that Hearse was ?tiliin the matrimonial market. His father and mother aro both alive. Kearse is a farmer. Frank Jenny is perhaps 2~> years of ige. His father is dead, but his moth 3r is still alive. Jenny's skin is yellow, mowing had health. He has a little dark moustache. The'evidence put up by the Stato has been very strong. Solicitor Bel linger has collotod a chain with no missing links. Detective Newboid has aided to a large oxtentinthis matter and has done good work. ?President Cleveland has refused to grant a pardon to Louis Rodwlne, the young society man of Atlanta, Ga., convicted of embezzling the funds of u national bank by which he was employed, and was sentenced on January 22, 1894, to six years' imprison ment in the Ohio penitentiary at Columbus. In denying the pardon tho President said the sentence was not severe and he sees nothing to entitle tho convict to clemency. Representa tions as to Redwine's ill-health do not, Mr. Cleveland says, justify his releaso at this time. The endorsements of Red wine's application for clomency set forth that his health i< In a pre carious state. ?The dynamite explosion at Vieden dorp, a suburb of Johannesburg, Fob. 19th was remarkably disastrious, a hole thirty feet deep was made in the ground and every house within a radius of half a mile was razed to the ground. Two hundred injured persons have been taken to the hospitals, whoro several of them have died. Compara tively few white persons were killed. As yet nothing is positively known as to what actually caused the explosion. Twenty tons of dynamite had been ex posed to tho direct rays of tho sun for three days. The latest estimate places the niunluM" af- killed at over. 100'. Many persons are missing and thero is scarcely a doubt thatTm\y wore blown.to pieces. * ?? ?Sir James Criebtou Hrowne, the expert on brain diseases, holds that insomnia is not attended with such disastrous consequonces as is common ly supposed. It is not as dangerous as tho solicitude of the eufforor. Ho sug gests that tho brains of literary men, who aro the most frequent victims, ac quire tho trick of tho heart, which takes a doze, of a fraction of a second after eaeh beat, and so manages to got six hours' roet in 21. Homo brains, in cases of Insomnia, sleep in section , different brain centres going off duty in turn. ?A lady of oharitablo disposition asked a poor man if s!io could not help him by monding his Hotlws. "Yes, madam," ho roplled. "I havo a button, and you would .oblige rue greatly by sowing a coat to it. ?Instead of complaining about tho faults of others, take a pood bonost look at yourself, and It is llkoly that you will find it convenient to let others , rest, while you attend, to the beam that la in your own oyo. ?Vice President" Stevenson is being 1 suggosted as thev Democratic candidate i by tho silver w^fig of ^he party.