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The General Assembly. DISPENSARY BILL GOES THROUGH HOUSE. AN ADMINISTRATION MKA8UHK lO MUET THE GUIS IS. Tho Bill is Vigorously Attacked on Various Grounds?The Support Given Is Non-Factional. Tho "official" dispensary bill was called up in tho House, and after the defeat of several amendments it was parsed to a third reading without any chango lu Its features. It Is not denied that this measure is intended to moot tho recent decision of tho Supremo Court with regard to tho importation of liquors, and in advanco hud received tho endoreoment of tho Governor. Mr. Crura, of Barn wall, proposed an amendment by which dispensers could glvo personal as well as indemnity and burety bonds. Mr. Skinner favorod the amendment. Dr. Wyche suid no policy should be udopted that would ondangor tho State's fund. The board of control havo entire charge of these matters. Mr. Crum said that It was wrong in principle to havo one or two men per haps keep a man out of otlice booauso tuiuu enemy of the nominee made a complaint to the company. Mr. Oushman, of A ikon, asked whether Mr. Crum knew of any county losing money where officers wore bond ed by guurantoe companies. Mr. Wycho said that there had ul roady been too much talk about de faulting dispensers aud ho certainly wanted to see the State board of con trol havo absolute power to protect tho State. By a vote of 6? to 24 tho House agreed to Mr. Crum's amendment giv ing the right to give personal bonds. Mr. McCuilough, of Greenville, pro posed to udd : "That said State board of control are hereby required In the purchase of liquors as herein provided to purchase from tho manufactories, distilling or manufacturing liquors in this State; provided, said liquors stand tho test heroin provided and the cost thereof to the Stato does not exceed the cost of othor liquors of equal qual ity or grade." Mr. McCuilough argued that the amendment would help tho farmers raising corn ; It would creato s legiti mate market, stop " blind tigers " and a. sist. society generally. Mr. Toule favored the amendment. Mr. Price, of Orangeburg, said he was satisfied the people thojght the dispensary is tho nearest aud most practical route to prohibition, and that was why they supported the dis pensary law. Ho and his people did not want to encourage distilleries in any way. By encouraging distilleries the Stato would glvo tho dispensary its hardest blow, as tho dispensary is supported because of its prohibition tendonciee. Mr. Garrls said there was an ar rangement now for tho State board to buy home-made liquors. If tho State requires tho board to buy home-made liquor it will cover tho Stato with dis tilleries. Mr. I'atton said thero was nothing to require tho State board buying from tbo home distillers. Mr. Garris said tho bill was care fullly prepared by the Attorney Gon oral, assisted by the Governor and others, and the bill was simply pre pared to meet the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court. Mr. McCuilough said tho State board would carry out the plain purpose of tho law and the doslro of the General Assembly. Mr. McCuilough said what he want ed was an expression from the House. Mr. Goodwin said the Stato board has promised to buy from tho moun tain distillers. Mr. Garris moved to table Mr. Mc Cullough's amendment and the amend ment was lost by a vote of 61) to 30. Mr. Thomas, of Richland, wanted to look out for the boor privileges, and o?urod this amendment : The Stato board of control shall havo tho right in their discretion to appoint special boer dispensers under such rules and regulations as said board may estab lish, said spcolal beer dlspeasers to glvo bond in such sum as the Stato board may prescribe, and tho said hoard of control may in thoir discre tion at any time revoke suoh appoint ments. The Houso had not concluded tho consideration of this amendment when tho hour for taking a recess arrived. At tho night session Mr. Thomas took up hi-- beer privilege amendment to the "official" dispensary bill. He said it merely proposed carrying out tbo present rules of the State board. The members of tho board are satisfied this amendment should pre vail. No harm can come from such an amendment, and it Is morely to carry out the present Interpretation of the law. To encourage beer drinking is to discourage the strong drinks. Be sides, it Increases the revenue. Tho State dispensary cannot bandle beer as othor liquor, and the sale can bo better oarrled on by special dispensers. The State board has absolute charge of the privileges. Dr. I Idea-ton opposed the amendment. Tho dispensers all sold beer and ho saw no reason for speolal boer privi leges. This bill has boon prepared by the Attorney Goneral, and he knew what was wanted, and if the bill Is loaded down with amendments thero Is no telling If tho whole thing will not be nugatory. There were now, be urged, sufficient dispensaries. The bill, he said, was simply to moot the recent deotslon, and there was no noed to confuse matters. Mr. Dukes said there were too many amendments to the bill. Ho thought he would rather drink whiskey, if anything, and not the beer. The amendment was lost. Mr. Patton moved to strike out the enaotlng words of the bill, and said that to oppose this bill was not to op pose tbo dispensary law, for that is here to Htay. ? It has been said that the bill was prepared by the Attornoy Dono?, with the asslstanoe of the DoToSfcr. N? <Jh?rornor or Attorney General has a right to say what this Legislature shall do. When thoy un d brake to dictate legislation thoy aro beyond their prerogatives. When suoh aoHf-eomus from tho Attorney Gen eral Or the Govornor it is enough to Erej?dioo a man of spirit against tho ill. The sooner the ozeoutlve officers know their places the better it will be for the State. It is our duty to legis late, and not the duty of the Attorney General and the Governor to prepare legislation for us.- We are presumed to know what is to be done. He re lated an instance, showing how a Srevious speaker insisted upon tho Ixeoutfve and Legislative dopartmon ts being kept distinct and reminded a Governor that the departments were dlstinot. He said that bad this argu ment not been given as a reason why the bill should be passod he would net have mentioned the matter. The amendment it) to evade tho effect of the decision of the highest Court in this country. That was the language of tho author of the bill. Ho said it was not dignified or honorable for a a Legislature to openly, publicly and wilfully seek to evade the constitution thoy havo sworn to support. He could not engage in a matter Intended to ovado a plain and unmistakable con stitutional provision of this couutry. This amendment will bo declared un constitutional, and it will' only cost money. He bad a high regard for tho Attorney General, but he thought that he was mistaken as he was before This amendment would not stand. The Federal Judges aro not to bo blinded in such a manner. Tbo amendment will do more than anything else to break up the dispensary, it will in volve a vast amount of exponsos and the money will all go to payingexpress charges. Mr. Patton's time was ex tended for five minutes. Mr. Simkins said tbo dispensary had worked to tho satisfaction of tho peo ple of Edgelield, and he was not speak ing in enmity to tho law. To restrict personal Importation, -as proposed, would injure tho system. The majority of peoplo are becoming reconciled to the law, and thero is no uso to further ugitato matters. To onforco this bill will again arouso antagonism, because people now bold they havo tho right to bring liquor into tbo Stato for their own use. Mr. Kinard, of Abbeville, said he wanted to found a warning note. He said only tho opponents of the law wanted to kill tho bill. Tho bill was intended to strengthen tho weak points in tho dispensary law, and he wanted every momber to s.and firmly by tho taw and its frionds. It is the grandest l*w ever oilered and we should stand by tho bills, and especially when they cotno from so high a source as this ono does. Mr. Stevenson said that the stated roason of the bill was to get around the recent Federal decision. If it does not it should not bo passed. The pur pose Is to mako the dispensary law an inspection law. An inspection law Is unconstitutional and this bill will not pass as an Inspection law, 'as such a law can only shut out that which is detrimental to public health. The Court had said that a law oannot say that what is sold by another is poisonous and detrimental, when the Stato itself sells the same liquor. The Court has already decided that ques tion, and there is no other result than for this bill to be deolared invalid. Tho bill is not worth tho papor it is written on. Ho had never opposed the law and helped to enforce the law as mayor of his town. Ho argued that thoro was no use to attempt to slap tho United States Court in the face. Thero are other cases pending in these Courts, and there is no use to prejudioo the Courts unnecessarily against tbo State. Mr. Garris, who presented tho bill, said ho was sorry members referred to tho bill sarcastically and alluded to his being its adopted father. He was surprised that some members should get so mad because tho Governor said ho approved the bill. Ho was also sorry that ihoopinions of tho Attorney General aud his assistant, who had worked ou this law for two or three years, were not given full force. Mr. Garris, in reply to tho inquiry of Mr. Patton, said the hill was pre pared by tho Attornoy General. Mr. Patton said bo did not blame the Attorney General for preparing the bill, but tho Attornoy General mistook the spirit of tho Constitution. Mr. Garris said ho denied trying to pass an unconstitutional Act. Ho valued the law. He has never seen tbo dispensary law declared uncon stitutional. Wo aro now attempting to l>ad another course, but not to slap at tho court. Unless soraotblng is dono the State will be flooded in liquor. It is clearly an inspection law. We aro inspecting liquor to protect tho people. Mr. Patton: "That is, it is a bona Odo attempt to protect the peoplo ?" Mr. Garris: "That Is ono of tho reasons, and another is to keep so much liquor out of tho Stats. Thero was no restriction as to who could ordor liquor, while tho Stato docs not soli to drunkards, aud this one thing this law will prevent." Mr. McCullougb bolloved every measure should be considered on its merits. Ho said ho had studied the bill and it did not commend itself to him. Mr. Garris had said in his speech that tho Govornor referred to was tho late Governor. He had said after his shoulder-hitting speech that he meant the present Govornor. Mr. Cushman said this was a crisis for the dispensary, and the only thing to do was to stand to tho bill. Mr. Price, of Orangeburg, went on to explain tho bill as ho saw it. Mr. Haeot thought It unwise to pass the bill, because he did not think the measure right. There was no doubt in bis mind that tho bill would be fruitful of litigation and it could not stand tho decision of the court. What is wanted 1b to stop litigation and un certainty. Mr. Pollook was sorry such sovore strictures had been cast on the ex ecutive and logal departments. With the section read tho Govornor has the right to recommend to the House. Tne Govornor has not done anything he has no right to do. He is require. ! to recommend legislation whloh ho deems expedient, ft was his duty, as it was that of tho Attornoy General, to point out and cure dofeets in tho law. One man has as much right to aeolde tho constitutionality of tho quostlcn as another. Tho Attorney General and others hold tho bill is constitu tional. Ho would say the bill did not seek to ovado tbo recent decision. The law now requires examination of liquors sold and tho idea is to exteud I the examination. He did not fear tho courts in tho least on tho bill. The measure is to take another road from that declared defeotlve in the old law. Dr. Ilderton favored tho bill and had every reason to supposo it would stand the testa of tho Courts. If tho bill does not become a law the flood gates are oponod. Mr. Livingston said that every ono acknowledged tho dispensary as an ac cepted policy of tho StAto. Ho said the Attorney General is the legal ad viser of all departments. He presents a bill to remedy a wrong and not to violate the Constitution. Tbo Gover nor naH a perfeot right to rocommend any bill he belloves for the welfare of tho State. The Attorney Genoral had a perfect right to prepare the bill and ask any member Lo lntroduoe it. He said for these fleers to use their in fluence would be wrong, but there Is nothing wrong to merely present a bill, or to point out defects In the law. Mr. Smith, of I tampion, said the bill should stand on its own bottom. The "tiger" is here to stay, he argued, and the tighter the restriction the more prolific the "tigers." The best thing is not to burden the book with morojstatutes. He1 believed if people were permitted to buy liquor abroad there would be a better feeling and. the law would ty did not believe iu He thought the bill should be killed because it renewed an obnoxious feature of the law. An aye and nay voto was demanded on the motion to strikeout the .enact ing words, as follows: Ycas-^^ffifPrson, Ashloy, Austoll, Bacot. Barkley, Burns, Colcock, beach, ICdwards, Gadsden. Gage, Gasque, Kibler, Lofton, Mehrtcns, McCullougb. McDanicl, Nettles, l'atton, Porritt. I'yatt, Reynolds, HobiiiBon, Handera, Seabrook, Mnkler, Simkins, Smith, Smith, Stevenson. Bullivan, Thomas, Townsend, Vcrner, Vincent, Wilson, Wil liams, Wyche?3D. Nays- -Speaker Gary, AH, Armstrong, bailey. Redon. Buthune. Breeland, Carra way, Carson, Caughman, Crum, ('ushinan, Davis, Dukes, Kind, Epps, Fairey, Garris, Goodwin, Goodwin, Graham, Grabarn, Hamilton, Ha/.cltOn, Henderson, limit, Hollis, Humphrey, Hdcrton, Johnston, Kennedy, Kinnrd, Kinard, Lancaster, Lay ton, Lester. i.cmmon. Limehou6c, Living ston, Magill. Mauld n. Meares, Miles, Mil ler, Miller, M Bhoe, Moore, McKeown, Mc Whlte. Owens, Phillips, l'lyler, Pollock, Price, 1'rince Uainsford. Rogers,] Russell, Skinner. Sneer, Sturkic, Timmerman, Toolc, W?lling, Welch, Westmoreland, Whisonant, Wingo, Winkler, Witherspoon, Yeldell?70. Tho bill was then ready for further amendmont. Mr. Ashloy then pro posed tho following amendmont: "Provided, that nothing herein con tained shall prevent any resident of the State from purchasing liquors outside of this State in quantitlos not excoeding ono gallon at a tlmo and having the same shipped to said purchaser in this State for personal uso dnly. Said pur chaser making atlldavit that it was for personal uso and having bald atlldavit attached to tho package while in trans portation." Another yeaand nay voto was called, resulting against tho amendmont about tho same as on tho first vote. Tbo bill was tbon ordored to its third reading. AN IMPORTANT SCHOOL BILiIj. Tho Boundaries of School Districts and tho Transfer of Pupils. The school bill of Mr. McCullougb was called up. This bill was tho first of tho session, and at tho time it was first discussed excited muoh debate. The bill was recomralttedjand came forth from tho committee with a new dress. Mr. Ashloy was not satisfied, and ho succeeded in amending tbo bill so that tbo consent of tho boards of edu cation of tho counties shall bo obtained before pupils can be transferred from one school district to another. Tho bill as passed is of much importance to the schools of tho State Mr. Williams wanted to exempt tbo graded schools from tbo provisions of tho Act. Mr. Rogers said tbo amendment was unnecessary. Mr. McCullougb thought the graded schools were now amply protect -d. Those who lived juat outsido of towns, bo said, helped to support tho schools by tin it- business, and tbo bill provides for amplo protection. He wanted to see tho schools overrun and proposed to table the amendment, which was carried. Mr. Williams tbon failod to have tho Lancaster school district exempt from the provisions of tho bill. Tho bill was then passed to its third reading. It reads as follows : Section 31, Tho county boards of education shall divido their counties into convenient school districts, as compact in form as practicable, having regard to natura1 boundaries, and not to exceed forty-nine nor bo loss than nine square miles in area; provided, that iu cities of t mi thousand inhabi tants and ovur this limitation of area shall not apply ; provided, further that when any school district laid out un der this section shall embrace cities or towns already organized into speoial school districts, iu which graded school buildings bavo been erected by the issue of bonds or by special taxa tion, or by donation, all the territory included in said school district shall bear its just proportion of any tax that may bo levied to liquidate such bonds or support the public schols thoroin. The present division of the counties into school districts shall remain until changed by the county boards of educa tion. Tho county boards of education aro authorized and empowered to make contracts for tho purpose of dividing thoir counties into proper school dis tricts, and to provide for tho payment of tho expenses thereof out of the school funds of the county. Evory school district now organized, or to bo bereaftor organized, in pursuance of this section, Is, and shall be, a body politic and corporate, by the namo and stylo of School District No-(such number as may be designated by the county board of education) of-coun ty, (tho namo of tho county in which tho district is situated.) tho State of South Caroliaa, and In that name may sue and bo sued, and bo capable of contracting and being contracted with, to tho extent of their school fund, and holding such real and personal cstato as it may como into possession of, by will or otherwise, or Is authorized by law to be purchased, all of which shall be used exclusively for school pur poses ; provldod, however, that In the division of : aid counties into school districts, as herein provldod for, the said county boards of education shall havo duo regard to the school buildings as they now exist and so accommodate tho districts thereto as to obviate as far as practicable tbo necessity of re moving or discontinuing tho uso of any such school building or house as such. Vbere It shall so happen that a per son or persons are so situated as to be bettor accommodated at a school of an adjoining school district, whether special or otherwlso. and such fact is made to appear to the board of trus teed of the school district in which such persons reside, the said board of trustees shall transfer the porson or nersons for oducation to Ihe school district in which such school is located; and the trustees of the school _djstriet in which such said school is located shall receive suoh person or persons ?) bo educated into the said school as though they ?'oslded In said district; provided, that in case such transfor Is made to a district in which the ordt-,, nary school fund is supplemented byV a spoolal tax lovy, then the parent, guardian or other person applying for tho transfer shall pay to the county treasurer, to be placed by him to the credit of said school district, an amount hoarlng the proportion to tho amount raised Dy spoolal levy in said district that tho number of children transfer red thcrct > bears to the total number onrolled tho previous year In salt] dis trict, unless suoh person pays a special tax upon property in said district at lout equal to said amount; and' In tbo event that said speolal tax Is less than tho amount required herein, It shall bo allowed as a credit thereon, and sucb person shall further pay suoh inciden tal fees as are required of resident pupils attending the same sohool; provided, further, that children shall not be transferred from a sohool dis trict in one county to a sohool district In an adjoining county without the consent of the board of education of the resposs^vo counties in which the transfor is made ; provided, further, 1 that if any taxpayer1 pays taxes in two or more counties he shall have the right to send his child to the sohool of anyone of said counties without the consent of the boards of education of either county, if he compiles with the ftrovtslons as hereinbefore provided or special sohool districts ; provldod, further, that in the oity of Columbia tho amounts herelnabovo provided to be paid to the oounty treaeurer shall be paid to the board of sohool com mis sloners of tho olty of Columbia. - A CAUCUS ON TAXE?. Forty Members of the Legislature in Consultation With tho Comptrol ler General. Tho correspondent Qf tho News and Courier makes tho following report of tho Urst caucus or conferonce, or what ever tt may be called, which was hold on Wednesday afternoon In tho Su premo Court room at tho Stato House; The mooting, or whatever It should be called, was to have been hold in the olllco of tho Comptroller General, but as the crowd of legislators was too largo It was adjourned to tbo Supremo Court room, whore porno ef those days a nnmNr el L* <vys.it> ?..?>.> o<ji.?..st the Very laws under discussion. In tho o'.don time It might havo been <? 1 ed a "caucus of Reform. There woro none others than Reform morn bora at the meeting so far as could bo seen. The idoa seems to be that tho members wanted enligbtanmont on tho three revenue bills under consideration in tho House, and wanted to talk over with oach other what bad better bo dono about the moasuros. That might a.s well havo been done on tbo lloor of tbo House, oxeopt that Mr. Comptrol ler General Norton could not havo par ticipated in tho discussion, and have told the members what was what and given some A. B. C. ltssons in finances and showed the real condition of alTairs in the State and how tho revenues of tho Stato aro not what they ought to bo. Mr. Norton was the principal talker at tho meeting, and ho gave the Rep resentatives prosent some pretty plain facts about the deficiencies and levies, and was of tho opinion that without these three revenue bills ?the Income tax, the I ieense and the insurance bills ?tho levy must bo about tivo and one half mills to got tbo State and its finances upon an absolute cash basis, which is very much to bo desired. With these bills tho lovy on all tho !)eoplo-could bo reduced to four and a lalf mills, wbilo the taxes on some of tho people would be a good deal more. Mr. Norton talked at length on tho bills und their advantages, chiefly that they would reach a class of people who, lie insists, now avoid paying taxes, and that the bit's would distribute the burden of taxes. Captain Blythe, of Greenville Mr. Klnard, of Barnwell ; Mr. Toole, of Alken ; Mr. lldorton, of Florence ; Mr. Timmorman, of Aikon ; Mr. Skinner, and many others participated in the debate. Mr. rimmornian said that the promised reduction of tax*, s by the Reform party had not been made, and that something would have to be done. Objection was raised to certain do tails of the license bills, and Mr. Nor ton said that this was a matt er of de tail, and that the details could bo arranged later on to suit the members. The dlscussiou continued In an in formal manner for a while, Mr. Crura, who seemod to be tho chairman of tho meeting, having occasionally to rap for order. Among those presont at the meeting were Messrs. Price, Blythe, I ldorton, Dukes, Toole, Skinner, Price, H. J. Kinard, J. D. Kinard.Caughman, Phil lips, Goodwin, ICtird, Miles, Bethuno, Wlnklor, Garris, Burns, Caughman, WcBtmoroland, Pox, lauiohouso, Les ter, MoWhite, Senator Pettigrew, and altogether about forty. It was by no moans a full gathoring Mauy of the membors said that they did nut care to attend the conference. Members who woro likely to oppose tho bills did nets om to bo expeetod. At least, they did not appear to know that such a meeting was being held. Tho conference continued in session for some time. At tho conclusion it was stated that tho inclination was to continue until next session tho gradua ted license bill, but consider tho in come tax and insurance bills. Thero, however, seomod to be decided differ encoof opinion as to whothor tho bills are to bo pressod in conflict with a Saturday adjournment or not. Thero seoras to,bo no binding obliga tion as to the supporting of tho income and insurance bills, and many of those at tho conforonco aro inclined to post pone tho bills asked for. The whole thing is that two bills havo been favor ably acted on by this conforonco, and the license bill is to bo loft over until next year. There is no cortainty, how ever, that any of tho bills will come up, as tho going homo spirit is spread ing. Tho Senate is only waiting on the House as to these revenue bills in order to agree to or postpone agree ment to the adjournment resolution. Thore is likelihood of a substitute bill to the graduated license bill if it should como up. ?Mr. A. B. Farquhar, of York, Pa , has written a significant leUor to tha tariff tinkers in Congroita. He de clares that h ? Is selling steel ploughs at a good protlt to foroign countries in competition with ploughs made by foroign cheap labor. Upon tha theory I of the protectionist this would bo im- ' possible. But Mr. Farquhar says i tbero is no trouble about it at all. Me says that with better machinery and more skilful aud intelligent, labor our factories can compete with any in th? world, and that the so-called ohaap fiauper labor Is tho dearest kind of aber. " Every sagacious manufactur er," ho says, " harlng a piece of work which bring him particularly low 1 profit, on which economy In every kind of oost is particularly ususssary, puts his best paid workmen oh just that piece; if be dreams of sparing labor eost by doing otherwise, he simply converts his margin of profit Into a net loss." Under the present tariff law there Is no duty on agricultural Imple ments , . ?Professor Verrill, of Yale, has desorlhed the dovllflsh which recently was found dead on the Florida coast south of St. Augustine. It was cast ashoro Pec. 6, and Instead of decaying rapidly the flesh has dried and harden ed in tho sun until It resombles leather 1 In its toughness. Six horses, with block and tackle, woro required to drag the monster out of the sand and to a place higher upon the beaob. The [ front part of the body' is missing, per haps oaten by the devilfish's natural enemy, tho sperm whale, and what re mains is 21 feet in length. Its breadth j is Bovon feet) and the weight of what ! remains is estimated at seven'tons. Professor Verrill thinks tho llvo weight of the oreature must have been about eighteen to twenty tons. Each of its olght arms is.about 100;feet long and as thick as the mftst of a largo . vessel, and oaoh of thoso armed with hundreds of saucer shaped suckers, the largest of which; are a foot la diameter. BATTLE OP CHIOK.AMAUQA. A Woman's Reminlsceuces of the Stirring Daye In 18<M? Touching Incident About a South Carolina Soldier. Mrs. W.H. Felton in Atlanta Constitution. As the government has already made a military park of the battlotiold of Cbicamauga and monuments donated by various States are being erected in memory of those who died in the ear nago of civil war, it is evident that everything of value to the future his toriau should be recorded before the persons who lived and weto actors in those stirring times have passed away. This is true of tho various occurrences ?passing events?as well as the statis tics of tho armies themselves and the muster rolls of their various com mands. I lived near whoro I now reside when General Bragg's army came out of Chattanooga to defend Georgia from Gen. Rosccreans' advance Everybody knew a great battlo was impending. Genoral Burnslde had passed through Cumberland Gap, occupying East Ten nessee, and Confederate communica tion by the railroad running through Knoxvlile to Virginia was cut elf. It becumo a necessity to hold tho State road or givo up Georgia to the enemy. A long drought had prevailed and the atmospbero was full of dust, as troops and wagon trains passed and repassed, supplemented by refugee travel south ward. General Bragg expected to bohl tho country and make a decisive engage ment, entrenched in the coves and groat valleys of northwest Georgia, and proteoted by tho mountains and ridges that bad only a fow accessible gaps or outlets. As the summer began to wane tho impending battlo seemed to be in every one's mind and on every body's tongue. The air was surcharged with excitement, and the country Hooded with sensations and rumors. As a people, tho Confederates were blindly sanguine, and to look back at that crisis it would seem that we had really nothing to expect but defeat, as tho cordon was drawn closer in every direction about us. while the outside foe had unlimited liberty, supplies, am munition and men to subjugate the South. I remember how confident wo be came when the first loaded train passed along, filled with troops, carrying Gon oral James Longstreet's army corps to General Bragg's relief. Tho very next day, if I mistake not, one of those load ed trains collided atoStigail's station, now called Emersou, and eighteen mangled soldiers were taken out of the wreck, and tho dangerously wounded were carried Into Cartersvillo to bo cared for. The survivors wore hurried away to Binggold, to become food for powder and bullets. In a few days tho trains bogau to come hack tilled with wounded men taken directly from tho battlo Uold and carried to the Atlanta hospitals. Kvery sort of car was pushed into service, and I have seen the liltby cattle cars, open to the weather, tilled to overflowing, with bloody men, who hud ridden all tho way amid stifling clouds of dust and under a scorching sun at midday. No doubt this discom fort was of small moment to those who bad been for days undert he storm of shot and shell. The citizens hastened to their relief with food and frosh water. Bay aftor day wo gathered at the depot to haul out such supplies to tho hungry and suffering men. Sometimes tho roofs of tho box cars woro crowded with federal prisonors, as we clamber ed inside to feed and give water to tho wonndod of our own army. One day, after I had done all I could in this lino, 1 saw a red silk handker- j chief lluttoring on tho side of a box j car, whore an opening had bocn rudely made to give air to some wounded sol diers on tho inside. The handkerchief was an improvised curtain to shut off the. glaring sunlight. I climbod up and peeped in to find an otllecr in uni form panting with fovor from a severe wound in bis body. lie said his com rade had gone for a canteen of fresh water and ho could not eat. I begged him to got off and go to my(home until he was better. No, ho was too sick, and his friend had boon dotailcd to go to Atlanta with him. Bo said his mother was in Toxas, cut off from him and no letter could roach her. As I began to i cry, be caught my hand and said : "I i would like to got well, to stand in de fenso for you good womon In the South."' I waited until his comrado returned and from his whispered words I know thero was no hopo. Tho brave ofllcor wus dead before the train reach ed Atlanta and ho was an adjutant of a Texas brigade. Tho next day, as tho train moved southward, I was attracted by a soldier In a cattlo car calling, "Lady! lady!" I found be was trying to make me under- i stand that ho bad laid his comrado off '; In tho dust because ho was dying and rirayed to be put off that ho might dio n quiet and tho shade. I rushed around as soou as the track was clear to find the poor man had been lifted Into tho piazza of a little store near by. He was well dressed and his Negro servant was absolutely daft with fright and ex citement. The soldler, I found, was desperately 111 with pnoumonia, and had lain on tho battlctlold all tho time, j Groat shots out off tho sops of the trees and the minlo balls fell like bail on the loaves as the linos swopt forward and backward over and around his pallet. Ho was speechless and his tongue was cracked and parched with fever. His own mother would not have known him to be a white man, so bogrimrnod were his features, his hair and clothes with the allporvadlng dust, which was shoo-moutb deep in our stroets. 1 put tho half-crazed darkey to heating the dust ont of the blankets te make a more comfortable renting place for the sick man until I could got a stretcher from the hospital. Then I tore up my hand kerchief and rolling strips about mv finger ?nabbed out that poor mouth uatll I heard kin swallew. Prloads came to my assistance and helped me to wash off hin face and hands until the white skin put in an appoarance. We placod him on the atreoher, moved him inside the storo to a dark and quiet plaoe and I fanned him until his eyes olosed in sleep and oxhaustlyn. After a long timo of waiting he stir red and murmured, "And is this heavon? Suroly an angel camo to take of me out of my agony!" The poor man thought he had died and was at 1 rost in tho heroaftor in tho care of an j angel. One of our host oitizons hurried in after I had soourod an ambulanco to take the sufferer homo, for ho had dis covered him to bo a son of an old South Carolina friend and a lloutonant in his regiment. He claimed this right to take tbo poor young man., 1 never ex pectod to see him live, another day in anybody's care, and I gavo him up to his father's friend, but good n?r ' brought him around. The so looks T shall never forgot. Ty op's skin had Changed ? brown uader dust and f great sympathy for hb olung to his poor your horrors of tbo on gaff Ijoloed la hi* relief of baok at me, sitting of the ambulanco. face, when It rr out (if Might. The Und was Oiled with moaning, anguish, fear and excite ment. I have been an advocate of peace and arbitration ever since. Do llvor mo from tho horror of another war. At another time I will continue this subject with othor romlnlsconcoe of the stirring times connected with the great battle of Chickamauga. CHEROKEE AND OTHER NAMES. Interesting Information About the Origin and Meaning of Names in tho Picdnaont Uegion. Now that Chorokeo county 1b a cer tainty, says the Spartan, it might bo well for her citizens, especially the children, to consider the origin of eor tain names belonging to this now coun ty. Cherokee is of Indian origin. When tho whlt3 peoplo began to come to the Piedmont section of this Stato? 1710 to 1700?they found tho Chorokoes spread 'over tho whole country,,from Broad river westward. It was the most powerful Indian tribe in tbo Stato. Broad river was established as the line between tbem and the Catawbas. There is a Cherokee creek thut lies wholly In the now county. Thoro is a Buffalo creek over on tho York side. It rises up in Cleveland county, and comes dowu ,for a fow miles through tho new county. Near its mouth Col. Williams, who was mortally wountiod at King's Mountain, Is burled. Iiis grave is unmarked. Since his descend ants have fail s! to mark bis grave, we suggest that the Daughtors of the Rev olution in the Piedmont section orect a ttono of some, sort to his memory. Tra dition says that buffalo onco roamed through tho forests of thlB country, and hence tho namo of tho creek. Thero is somo doubt as to tho origin of the namo "Thickety." Somo think it an Indian name, or the corrupt spell ing of ono. If it is Indian the spoiling, perhaps, would bo "Thlcketeo," with the accent son tho last syllable, as Indians generally throw tho accent on that syllable. Others say that about tho head waters of this stream, from the Air Lino railway northward, thero were dense thickets of undergrowth, aud henco tho name. We incline to tho Iudian origin. Cowpcns is a historic name. Hun dreds ol people pass by tho old battle field, or read about it, without even considering its origin. Most peoplo go through this world as though they wero blind, or having eyes, thoy seo nothing but tho thing they are pursu ing. One statement is that somo wealthy planters about Camdcu em ployed two men long before 1770 to go to tho head waters of Thickety and tako care of their cattle. Tho country then abounded in wild pea vines and cane. There are very little undergrowth. When the battle of Cowpens was fought thero was a pine forest there, with little undergrowth. Theso man would tako caro of tho cattlo during the sum mer and drive tbem back homo at the approach of winter, hence it was called "The Cowpens." Another tradition is that a man, or a family, by the namo of 11 anna, settled not far from the bat tlefield. Farmers living farther South would send thoir cattlo to "Banna's Cowpens" during the summer, and ho would tako care of them for a smal consideration. So it may be stated with certainty that|cattle woro horded about the battlefield, and thut fact gave namo to the place. The other names in tho new county, such as Blacksburg, Gaffney, Wilklns ville, GowdeyBville, White Plains and Gouoher, are easily traced to their ori gin. It would bo well, howevor, for somo ono to prepare a historical sketch of the new county with great care, and after it was printed, to preserve the same by pasting the printed slips cart fully In tho first book In tho Register's ollico. On tho fiftieth anniversary of tho new county such a record would be vory valuable. THE ISLAND OF CRETE. Its Size, Population ami Struggles for Freedom. The island of Crete is situatod in tho Mediterranean sea, to tho south of Greece, and is tho most southerly por tion of Europe. It is about 1(>0 miles in length, while its breadth does not anywhere exceed llii miles, and in somo places is only 10 or 12 miles. Tho greater part of tho island is occupied by mountains, somo of which reach to considerable hoight. The interval* between tho mountain groups are tilled up for tho most part by undulating tracts, consistiug of hills of compara tively low elevation. There aro no rivers of any importance. That part of tho island which is not mountainous Is of great fertility. Oranges and lemons and othor tropical fruits abound. Tho island also produces cot ton, tobacco, olive oil, wine and silk. Under a bott-r form of government tho i.-land would, no doubt, bo most prosperous. The population oi the island has been very much diminished. At ono time It numbered 1,000,000. In 1885, tho last census reported that it has dwindled down to .'100,000 and about 50,000 aro Mohammedans, ndarly all tho others being Christians belonging to tho Greek church, which has eight bishops in tho island. Tho language spoken by both Christians and Moham medans is Greek. Its ehiof city is Candia, which was formerly tho capital. Tho present capital is Canca, which is the seat of a Grook bishop, and the official residence of tho European consuls. In 1409 tho island was besieged aud conquered by tho Turks, and it continued subject to the Ottoman rule until tho outbreak of tho Greek revolution In 1821. At that time the natlvos made themselves masters of tho country, and drovo the Turks or Mohamotan population, t* i tako refuge in fortifications. This < tost was prolonged without any alvo roBtilt until in 1831 tho all' ors of Europe transferred thr tho government of Mo1 vicoroy of Egypt. It tl until 1810, when it v Mohomot Ali and re-" dominion of tho Tu St. Paul viaitod planted a chur' large numhor island to this tiana revolt'1 domanded of Greece aympath Cretan* Tlv dop ai A HIDDEN CRIME IS CONFESSED, MURDERED FOIl H18 WATCH AND PISTOL. A Former Citizen of Greonvlllo Is Shot Through the Head and His Body Thrown into; the Kiver?HIh Partner, was tliu ^ ? a? in. Special to Atlantn Journal. Harmony Ghove, Ga., Feb. 25.? Grady Roynolds, a merchant o( Hoi too, Ga., was arrested horo yesterday afternoon by tbo marshal of Holton for the murder of his busioess partner, Mr. M. U. Hunt, a prominent citizon of Helton. News has just reached horo that Reynolds has confessed and has told tho o?icers that they would ilnd Hunt's body in tho Oconco river, about three miles from this place. A largo posse of citizens and otlloers have just loft hero for the purpose of dragging the river at tho point designated by Rey nolds in search of tho body. It seems that Hunt and Roynolds wore partners in u store at Helton and both left that place on Monday, the 15th, on a trading tour. They wore in Harmony.Grovo trading .on last Mon day and went out of town about three miles and spent tho night, near tho Oconec river. That was tho last over seen of Mr. Hunt. Roynolds returned to Helton with Hunt's gold watch and pistol, which ho claimed ho bad bought from him and stated that Hunt had taker the train at this placo for Athens. Reynolds began selling out his goods for almost nothing and the people of Bolton becamo suspicious and threat ened to arrest him. Ho bocamo fright ened and came back to work near tho pluco where ho has confessed to have killed Hunt. Ho wus arrested Jhere yesterday and carried back to Bolton last night. The afl'air has croatcd tbo most in tense excitoment both hero and at Holton. Tho searching party has just return ed from the Oconeo river with the dead body of M. C. Hunt, which was found at tho exact spot designated in Grady Roynolds' confession. Tlie body was weighted down by heavy rocks so as to prevent its rising. A bullet bole was found back of tho right ear, and it is supposed the ball came out of tho mouth, as tho tonguo was split open. Tho posso is on route here now with the body and an inquest will bo held by tho coroner. Excitement and in dignation aro running high at Helton and thoro may bo a lynching there 60on. ONE OP BUNCH'S YARNS. A iiorse Buce in Greenville Where Cnpt. MoBce Got tho Best of His Opponent. Tho Legislature of North Carolina is considering a bill to annul tho lease of the road belonging to tho State, between Raleigh and Charlotte, and a recent voto iu the House caused some surprises. Hunch McBeo is working to havo tho lease annulled, as the Seaboard Air Lino wants to get the road. Tho colored members with one accord voted to annul the lease, which was against the Southern Railway holding the lease, when all along it had been understood that they wero in favor of tho Southern. No.one pretends to suggest a reason for tho change, but somebody recalled an old story about the time Andy Miller bet $1,000 on his horso against " Hunch" MoBee'd. Captain McBee's horso was tho fastest and Miller kwew it and McBee knew Miller must know it. Miller tirst proposed $500 on a side and McBee covered it. In a day or two Miller said ho would bet $2f>0 that bo would v/in his tirst bet. McBeo took that, too, but he got a littlo suspi cious. Ho spoke to his negro driver about it and old Sam said that ho bad seen Judas?that was the negro boy who rodo tho captain's horse?talking to Mr. Miller down at Mr. Miller's store, at tho hack door on Saturday night. Sam remembered having seen Mr. Andy talking to Judas's motbei, and: "Yes, Mr. Andy h.d done givo her a now dress." Tho day of the rase Captain McBee took Judas oil' on one side and tulked to him about in this way : "Judas, if had known that you wanted U) make some money on thir raco I would have fixed so that you would havo got Mr. Miller's money and sumo more, too. Of course what he gave your mother sho has, but yon aro not going to make that $100 from hiin ufor 1 shall not lot you ride my horso." Judas weakened and gave up the whole story. Ho had boon promised $100 if ho would pull his horso. Captain McBeo knew that if Judas did not ride tho horse out Miller would get suspicious, but if Judas should bring tho horse out Miller might go $250 more. So tho captain rollectcd a moment and then said : "Judas, I'm going to trust you, but if you pull that borse, I'll kill you sure. Now I'm going to lie tho mar tingale with a string and it will break tho tirst jerk you give it. When you win you can just say to Mr. Millor that the martingale broke and you couldn't hold him." Captain MoBoo knew ihn* -hr* martingale did hre- ' bold tho horse ' away from t rode the ' went U' for w?' WAYBIDK UATIIKUINGB. Bit? ot Humor and Nuggeta of Truth for the multitude, ?Lost time is novor found. ? Pay as you go and go alow. ?Men lose moro by soltlshnoss than tboy train. ?Breaking your promiso to a child id ono wuv of teaching it to He. ?When is a lawyor liko a doukoy J* Whon ho is drawing aconvoyance. ?Accusing anothor often moana nothing moro than excusing ono's self. ?It is of no conscquonco how good a man is abroad is ho is really mean at homo. ?The British museum lias three copies of the Bible written on the leaves of the fan palm. ?One drop of ink will darkon a glass of water, and ono bad boy will corrup a neighborhood. ? A Philadelphia grocer has this sign behind his countjr: " Tho man who trusts is out." ?A Japanoao tailor makes tho lin ing to a garmont tirst, nnd cuts out the cloth from it as a pattern. ?Tho oldest national flag In the world is that of Deumark, which has been in use since tho year 121G. - ?If all the Sl.itos wcro as populous as Massachusetts their aggrogato popu lation would be 1,118,045,000. ?Tho house lly of Europe Is said to bo of an entirely different species from tho same atlliction of Amorica. ?One Western, journal forcibly characterizes another as " vacillating as a flea twenty minutos after bed time." ?Tho London telegraph oliico Is the biggest in tho world. Over 3,000 operators are employed, and upwards of .'iO.ooo batteries being used. ?Greenland has no cats. How thankful tho Greonlanders should bo ! Imagine cats in a country whoro tho nights are six months \oug. ? Many men imagine that tho world couldn't get along without them, but when they die the town in which thoy live experiences a boom. ?Tho man that forgets a great doal that has happened has a better memory than ho who remembers a great deal that never happened. 'ft ?Courage is not the absonco of fear. Any ono can do what the world calls a brave deed if ho is not afraid, but it takes a hero to do It when he is afraid. ?A philosopher who went to a church where the people came in late, said it was " the fashion there for no body to go till everybody got there." ?A writer in tho London Spoakor declares that the greatest aid to diges tion is conversation at meals aod that laughter Is almost a euro for dyspepsia. ?It is proposed to ship Toxas cot ton from San Francisco, (Sal., to To kio, Jupac, In a Japanese steamer. This is a new movement in tho cotton trade. ?Tho man who is always pious, but never pleasant, is probably not much nearer the kingdom of heaven, than the man who is always pleasant, but novor pious. t ?Iu a single' district in India,' 00 000 people have died of starvation. Spared by the plague, annihilated by hunger. Civilization is sometimes as cruel as nature. ?It was Martin Luther who said : '' He who is not handsome at 20, strong at 30, educated at 40, und rich at 60, will never bo handsome, htrong, educa ted or rich." ?" Is this a fast train?"' asked tho traveling man of the conductor. "Of course it is," was the reply. "1 thought so. Would you mind my getting out to sco what it is fast to ?" ?Mrs. Partlngton, in illustration of tho proverb, " A soft answer turneth away wrath," says, " It is bettor to speak paragorieully of a person than bo be all the timo Hinging epitaphs at him." ?Tho oldest love letter in tho world is in the British museum. It is a pro posal of marriage for tho hand of an Egyptian princess, and It was mado 3,000 years ago. It is in the form oLi an inscribed brick. *?*^P ?The British parliament has pass ed, during it-; existenco, about 20,000 statutes, of which only about 5,000 aro still in force. Nearly one-half, or 8,300, have been passed during Queen Vic toria's reign. ?Who ever heard of slandering a bad man ? Who ever heard of coun terfeiting a bad note? Slander, as a rule, is the rovenge of a coward. It is generally tho best peoplo who aro injured in this way. ?A Student who had too frequently asked for a leave of absence ofl'ered as a reason tho necessity of attonding the funeral of a cousin. " Woll, I sup pose you must go." said tho doubting professor, " but I wish it wero a nearer relative." ?Soruo of tho papers aro calling attention to the fact that pensions havo cost this country $2,000,000,000 since 18(12. But more than that amount within the same time has vanished in the flame and smoke of conflagrations in tho Unitod States. ?Fully as important us the matter of saving a portion of one's incoino for a rainv day is the matter of makin