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.~ -A ESTABLISHED 186wE BE, JA E S S. C., TUESDAY, JA NUARY 22, 1.901. [WC EK85 ADJOURNED IN HONOR OF ROBERT E. LEE THE HOUSE WOVtKi0AREFVULLY. Some ostly Olercal1 Errowu lavf Taugi i Legislators the N"ce-ity of Taking Many 1recautions. [The Rtate Jan. 19.] The house of representatives Fri. ay at 12 o'clock adjourned until Monday night at 8 o'clock. A number of bills passed second reading and some were killed, too, among them the State bacteriolo gist. Mr. McMaster's bill relative to liability of textile mills, railroad, telegraph companios, etc, to the employes was reported favorably with an amendment striking out "textile mill"where ever it occurs in the bill. There was a favorable report on Mr. Jno. P. Thomas' bill to provide expert supervision for public schools. The minority submitted an unfavor able report. There was a favorable report on the two bills to provide for taxation of dogs. Unfavorable reports were made on Mr. McLaughlin's bill to reduce the rate of interest; and on Mr. McCall's bill to repeal the lien law. An unfavorable report was made on Mr. Galluchat's bill relating to labor contracts. Mr. Gunter's bill relative to the division of dispensary profits was re ported favorably with amendments, the principal one being that monthly settlements instead of quarterly be made with county and city author ities. ADJOURN TILL MONDAY. Mr. Dominick introduced a reso lution that when t he house adjourned it be until 8 o'clock Monday night. There was some discussion of the resolutions, but it was finally adopted. THIRD READING BILLS. The following bills yesterday passed their third reading in the house and were sent to the senate. Mr. J. P. Thnmas, jr.-To regn late the bonds of public officers. Mr. Tatum-To prohibit careless and reckless riding and driving upon the public roads of the State. An effort was made by Mr. Blease to- have the bill against reckles driving recommitted, as so many amendments had been offered that the bill should be put into proper shape beyond peradventure. The motion failed. RECOOMMITTED. There is an evident indisposition on the part of the house to pass any bills which forward special legisla tion. In another matter great care is being observed. Olerical errors have heretofore put some counties into awkward predicaments. These counties come here now seeking r.elief, but the house is acting with caution, preferring to let all these *matters be incorporated in a general bill. This mattbr was brought up yesterday. Mr. W. J. Tbomais had a bill to exempt the county of Hampton from the act tixing salaries of clerks of court. Mr. Thomas ex plained that Hampton's clerk re ceived fees, and Hampton was put into the former act by mistake. However, the bill necessarily, i'eeit ed the former act, word for word, and for fear, that in writing it the *clerk may have gotten some of the counties into the wrong place, Mr. Prince objected to its passage and the bill was sent to the committee to see that the arrangement of other * counties had not been affected. REAPPORTIONMENT. Mr. WV. J. Thomas' bill to re apportion the membership of the lower house passed second reading after some verbal changes had been mnade by Mr. Gaston. The bill passed second reading. The only changes in the present arrangement are that Charlestor. BJeaufort, Berkeley and Edgefld lose one member each, ,while Spar tanburg, Lexington, Aiken and Greenwood each gain a member. The bill contains thQ following proviso: "That in the event other counties are hereafter established, thon the general assembly shall reapportion the representatives be ttveen the counties.'' As the time for the payment of the taxes has been extended. Mr. Brown introduced a bill to authorize the reimbursing ofItbose delinquents who might have paid the penalities. The bill passed second reading yes. terday. No BACTERIOLOGIST Mr. F. 11. McMastor's bill to pro vido for a State bacteriologist was killed by a vote of 36 to 33. The bill evidently had merit, in'it, but pro vided for a salary of $1,500 and this, perhaps, is what influenced the vote against it. The bill provided in part: "That a Stato bacteriologist shall bi appoint ed by the governor, upon the recom mendat ion of the executive committee of the State board of health. That it shall be the duty of the State bacto riologist to make such bacteriologist examinations for the physicians of the State as may aid them in the diagnosis of infectious diseases; to investigate into the nature and sources of epidemics, and to do such other work as may be required by the excutivo committee of the State board of health: Provided, That whenever his presence is required in any locality, the local health authori ties shall bear all neccessary travel ing expenses." Mr. McMaster made his first spfeech in the house, and showed that he can do other things besid'es run a good newspaper. Mr. McMaster said that the bill was offered at the suggestion of State board of health. Dr. Babcock of the State hospital for the insane has urged action on this line. South Carolina is behind the times in this matter. Charleston has an officer of this kind whom she pays $1,800, and no official gives more valuable service. On motion of Mr. H. J. Kinard the bill was indefi!.itely postponed by a vote of 30 to 33. Mr. Ashley put the clincher. CHARLEsTON's DRY DOCK. The house gave a second reading to Mr. Sinkler's bill to convey to the city of Charleston the right, to a certain tract of land, covered with water, on the west bank of the Cooper river, and containing 700 acres, to be used as a naval station. The tract must be conveyed by the State to the UnitedStates government and if not used as a naval station within 3 years reverts to the State. Debate was adjourned on Mr. Lide's hill to prohibit the sale of goods within a' mile of a camp ground etc. The bill was opposed by Mr. DeLoach, but Mr Lide will amend it so that the bill will not prohibit peddlers in selling to people who live in this neighborhood of a religious camp ground, except when services are in progress. The object of the bill is evidently against lem onade stands and blind tigers at camp meetmngs. The senate sent over a concurrent resolution to allow the introduction of a bill to incorporate the Marlboro Educational society. This is neces sary in order for the Bennetteville school district to receive large founds donated by a lady who was a former resident. The resolution was adopt. on viva voce vote-89 to 0. NEW BILLS. Among the new bills introduced yesterday were the following: Mr. All-T6 change the scholastic year to conform with the fiscal year. Mr. Jno. P. Thomas, Jr., by re quest-A joInt resolution relative to the claim of Joshua Fanning. Mr. McGowan-A bill to incorpo rate the Thornwell Orphanage. Mr. Fre-man-Rlelating to the terms of county superintendents of education, Mr. Gaston-To amend the law relative to time for holding courts in the Sixth circuit.. Mr. Austin-To provide for a town ship pension board. ANOTHER BRIEF AEsSION-DIL.L rovxD ING EASIER TERMS FOR INsURANCE coM PANIEs. The senate was in session barely an ho)ur yeterday, and whon adjourn. mn3t was had tho hour of reassora. bling was fixed for 8 o'clock Monday night. Only routine businoss was transacted, everything that would evoke discussion being passed over or made the special order for future days. Notwithstanding the apparently small amount of work that hivi been done by the sinao in itH sessions sa far, the various committoos are busy every day ani 'ho real work of the logislaturo is progressing. NElW BILLS YESTEIRDAY. The, following new billt were in troducod: By Mr. Stanland-To provide for the establishment of chaingang-s inI incorporated citioi, towns and vit lages situated in countios that have no county chaingang. By Mr. Mower-To provide a I mode for the amendment of charters of corporations heretofore or horo after granted. I By Mr. Herndon-To regulate the granting of pardons. By Mr. Brice-To fix the time for holding courts in the sixth circuit. By Mr. Dean-To amend the law relating to insurance companies. At present insurance companies ire re quired to put up a cash deposit of $20,000 before doing business. T bis bill providos that a certificate from t the county auditor showing that the I company has assets to the amount of ( $20,000, above its liabilities, will be sufficient. By Mr. Manning--To regulate the bonds of county officers. Mr. Henderson )resented a peti tion from the State Agricultural an(d ( Mechanical society endorsing the Charleston exposition and urging the t appropriation asked for. THIRD READINO BILLS. Three bills passed their third read ing and vcre ordered sent to the house: - Mr. Gruber's bill relating to land lord dnd tenant, the purport of which has already bebin given. Mr. Stanland's bill abolishing the summer term of court in Dorchester county. t Mr. Marshall's bill ratifying tI e amoudnient to the constitution relat t Ing to municipal bonded indeb.ed ness. Ex(ract from a Spo-lh oI tho Lat - Henry w. Orady. "I attended a peculiarly sad funer al once in Pickens county, Ga. He was a poor "one gallus" fellow, whose breeches struck him under the ~ armpits and hit him at the other end I at about the knoe, They buried him I in the midst of a marble quarry ; they cut through solid marble to make I his grave; and yet, the tombstone they put above him was from Ver mont. They buried him in the heart I of a pine forest, and yet, the pine collin was imported from Cincinnati. 1 They buried him in touch of an iron mine, and yet the nails in his coffin and the iron in the shovel that dug I 0i his grave was imported from Pitts burg. They buried him in the .best sheep grazing country on earth, yet the woo) in the coflin bands and the coffin bands themselves were brought fronm the North. The South did not furnish a thing on earth for that funeral but the corpse and the hole in the ground. The clods rattled down on that Cincinnati coffin, the corpse decked out in a New York coat and a Boston pair of shoes, a pair of breeches from Chicago and a shirt from Philadelphia, leaving him nothing to carry into the next world to remind him of his dearly loved home in the so called "Empire State of the SouthI." Besaru th h8Kn You have Always Bough Bignature To havo given a woman notbi, g save the benefits of a doubt has at times helped her amazingly. Ber.a h8Kind You Have Aiwa SougM Slgnature ef If Plato realized how elastie his doetrines would become he would have died brokenhearted. womanI ovrything sho needs. G t her a nutrso. Fly, mian! Como back if you nevd mnorv. Poor, poo womt an!" Ai hour later inld tho clorg) man roentered Mr. Armour's oflice. "Well, how is s110?" Was tho eagor illqIliry. Tho clorgym1ani, pulling out tho identical roll of bills that had been thrust in his hands a short timo be fore, replied: "Mr Armour, I havo brought you back y,our ioney. I cannot use it. The womtion is qito unworthy of your charity." "W hy?"' demiandod 'Mr. Armnour. "Vell, sir, ats i sanotimonious look Cam)(% into t10 mnIII's face, "nto w0ddingr zing ha4 over boen onl her finger. Tho child is a child of sill." "But I ho wolieli is wit liout, food ?" "She is." "Sihe halts no fire, nio nurso, no mlOdicineo Y" "Nono." "Shoi ill this (readful plight aind )ou a follower of Christ, IOfusO to atid herY" "Mr. Armour, I grievo to say, I cannot. 1Hor sinl hiks found her out." Thon the groat packor, his face palo with i anger, poIkted to the door. "Get. out! Got out! Thank the Lord they'ro not all liko you!" I Mr. Ariour tolej)honod to his wife to got in her carringo aind moot hin it the wretched abode of the sick wonian. H1e asked her to "pilo in" everything she could think of in the way of delicacies ind necessaries to supl)ly th imiiediate wants*of a young imother ad child. He then tolophonled his own physicianl, or dored himil to bring a nmurse and go with aill hato to the help of the sick womni. Not sat,istied with that, 110 loft his great business, and, jumping into a cab, hurried to the sick room. This story illustrates the syinpa thotic naturo of the m)an. One of the Armour "poisoning cISe" had a serio comic side, il though it had enough seriousness from one point of View. It wits inl 179-1 that at poisoned bottle of wi)o wias sent to Mr. Armour and this is the story connected with it. Two discredited newspaper 11011 who hald been kicked out of every offieo in Chicago put their heads together to produce a "fako" story that would "soll" throughout the country. They went to the city editor of the Hferaldf and told this story. "Last night we slept at a hotel on the North Side. We overheard two men in tile next room~ conspirinlg to seind Philip D1. Armour a bottlo of poisoned wvine. They declared thley wo(uld1 send it the next night by a mess('ngogr boy from tihe Palmer house anid would also send a letter signed 'Potter Palmer.' We decsired1 to lay for that messenger noy. Woe Went up to Mr. Armour's house just, at dark tonight and wvatched. Sure enough abou1t 8 o'clock up comes the boy wvith tihe package under his arm. Just as he reaiched the Armour door Mr. Armour came in from a neigh. bor's house and asked the boy whlat he wanited1. Tihe 11ad gave him tihe package. Jutst then tile door opened and Mr. Armour signed the ticket, gave the boy it coin, aind then1 the door was shutt. WVe rushed over, rang thle bell and after some little timei wore admitted. We asked Mr. Armour if he had1 recoived a bottle of wine from Mr. Palmer. Hie as5ked( 'Why ?' 'Bocau.'e it's poisoned,' I said. Hie turnedl pale and rushed up stairs. He was gene a long time. T1hen hoe came dlown andl asked for our story. We told him just as we have yeon. Hoe gave us. $5 apicco andl( took our adIdress. "Yo can verify this story. 'We want $100 for tile exclusive story in Chicago and the right to schedule it to outside papers, referring to you as city editor to show it's straight." "Your yarn is ptretty thin," saidl the Herald editor. "if Mr. A mour got a bottle of poisoned wine or wine that was niot poisoned it isn't hard to guess who sont it. BUt PIl inlvesti gate it. . You stay right here for a time." Men were sent ou t in cabs to round up the messenger boy who took the wine to Mr. Armour. H-e was found and at midnight brought to the ofmce AAItMOUIL's tIONU lI'N r IN WVoIK'4 OF~ (liAlJ,iIrY. llo%v t1lo It h,14nifitre Sought 14 1)( ood ill Ilia Day at1i 1 thsl'rat folk. Atauly Devdi (of Mmnevelelucv, [Baltimore Sun.1] In works of charity Philip D, Ar mour's lmonumkleit, will be found in 1,ho ArmourInstituto of Technology, o which but a short. timo ago he ave $750,000 in ono remenibraneo. Asked onco what ho considered his >wst paying ii vest ment, ho replied: "6lThe Armour institute.'" Tho inotituto today riprosent.is an n1vestiment oil the part of Mr. Ar uour and his blrother Jo-l)h of 32,'0,000, witi a yearly expenso or maitntonanco of $100,000. Moro han 1-200 boys oager to be masters i manual training work are stupy. ug at tho initituto each yoar, and Lpplications for admission far exceed he number who can bo cared for. T'jo instituto g,row% from tho- A r nour mission, of which it was s.i0 hat, next to rho World's fair it w is ho biggest thing in Chicago. The1 nission contains a day nursry lur hildren, a church, a Sunday school, reo medicino disponsary atd intnum. irablo other good things for the !hildren of tho poor. It reprosonts evoral millions of Armoir gifts. Inl the connection wili the insti ute it will bo of interest to Balti noroans that Rev. Dr. Frank W. Junsaulus, a former pastor of Brown &Iemorial Presbyterian church of 3altimore, was an instrument of iecuring this ostablishniont. In a liscourso one Sunday morning in liymouth church, in Chicago, Dr. lunsaulus set forth his views on tho ubject of oducating childron. At ho conclusion of the sorvices Mr. rmour went forward and asked: "You believo in thoso ideas of 'ours, do you ?" "I certainly do," replied Dr. Gun aulus. "And would you carry them out if rou had tho opportunity ?" "I would." "Well, sir," said Mr. Armour, "if 'on will give me live years of your ime I will give you the money." "But to carry out my idoeas would ak- a million dollars!" exclaimed )r. Gunsaulus. "I have made a little money in my imo." returned Mr. Armour, lnd so he famous institute began. The magnitude of the charities of v1r. Armour will Dever be known. It s said that outside of tho money rivnn to the Armour institute he gave sway more than S1,000 per cday. Iuch of this wvent to an army of >ensioners. Illustrative of the man's broad hu. aanit.y the following may be told. )ne Sunday at the institute Mr. krmour was showing a friend about he big pile of buildings. In thme ourse of conversation the visitor had referred to the vast business Mr. trnmour had builded, Before reply og the groat packer openeid a door oadling into the, bi1g audlitorium, vhere nearly 3 000 children wore ingaged in Sabbath School exercises. tl of them wore pupils at the in titute as well Waving his hand rom left to sweep the room, Mr. trmnour, his eyes sparking, replied; "Yes, wve do big things up at the tock years. We make overything rom porter-houso steaks to glue. 3ut we're doing vastly bigger things iore. We're making men and womn. There is one story which every iowspaper man who knew Mr. Ar nour intimately loved to toll and hey told it many times. Here it is: A clergyman called on Mr. Ar. nlour, lie told the philanthropist >f a most distressing case that needed rompt relief. A young women, he ,aid, lay in a room absolutely devoid >f furniture save the bed on which he lay. Tfho,r( was no fire, there was lot food and the weather was in-. ~ensely cold. By her side in that iqmdlid chamber lay her child scarce. y a day old. The great heart of Mr. Armour rairly leaped in his bosom. He rushed over to the cashuier, came back with a hianidul of bills, thrust them in the clergy man's hands and cried: 'Jumn in a carrige. lat. t.h poor. Thoro ho idetitified one of thm h tiak irs" is the man who sent tho bottle. Then thoro was a fall of two bright youI)g 11011. Now tho serious part of it is that tho wino was reIally poisoId-poi. tioned to imiko the "realism" more werfect. The consepirators know t hoy would stop the wino from being drunk, and thon wholn tho antailysis was lado and showed the dirug it iico reward n,ight bo expected from Mr. Armour. Mr. Armour said af terward that he took the wino up stairs to 'Mrs. armnour who was feel ing badly. Hlo iad the bottle uni corked, pourod her out it glass, and julit. then-It was called down Stairs to Ioet "two strango young men." that wits why Mr. Armour rushed up stairs wh)1en hlit heIvarI the wine Wits poisoned. Mrs. Armour had just, taken the glass in her hand. but for tunttly had not touched her lips to it. From that day Mr. Arour never permitted himself or family to eat or drink anything that was tt to t0her uiless they know of a certtinty from whom it camo. Tho poisoning of the family by buckwhoat. flour sont by it stipposc)d friend, nui in the samio imneiior its the wine, nearly cost the philanthropist and Mrs. Ar nour their lives. And, strango to say, two men wcro actuially overheiard discossing the crime, and the listener gavo the alarm, but not quito soon enough. The story of the wino senders was -jo like that surrountling th poisoned buckwhot that Mr. Ar. mour belioved the relittors and did intold, if thy proved to bo docent persoll', to repard Ihmot with a largo HIIII). No ian wits more approach able than Mr. Armour. Hie wats fond of newspaper reportors and often in vited them into his privito oflict. "for a chat," as Ito put it. Mr. Armour gave freely of his weIlth to men who desired to froo thomsolvos from the liquor habit. He sont to a gold cure establishumleiit moro than .100 muen. A clergyman came as a stranger, into a strange church in Cincinnati one Sunday where the organist had always had more or less difficulty with the man wh,Iio blew the organ. She sometimes had to send him pretty sharp conunands about the performance of his duty. When the stranger came to the church she fe't specially anxious to have every thing right, and as the oillower was ini thec habit of stop)ping the ini strumenCit someitimles w~hien he thought she had played long enough, she took tihe precaut ion to write oni a p)iceC of paper a few woids, wviich she then called the sexton aniG asked himi to take to the lower of the organ. Hie thought it was a notice, and( as a matter of course it ought to go to the iniis ter, and forthwith went and laidl it on the minlister's desk, who put his spectacles on his nose andi slowly readi alouid the following laconic message: "You min td your business this morn ing and julst keep blowing away till.I tell you to stop.'' Th'le general initerest, in the Booker T1. Washington series of auitobio griiphical articles called '"Up From Slavery,'' now being publlishIed in The Outlook, is constantly on the in crea-o. The instalment contained in the Jaonry Mitgazino Number of The Outlook tells soume extromely significatnt as well as amusing stories of the duilicultiog encounteredi at Tuisko,ge in indnemciig the ambitious colore,d stuidenits to tarn thitir atti n tiont to indlustialt subjects. 'The ar ticle has mniny illustrations. ($ a year. The Ontlook (Comnpaniy, 287 Fourth Avenue, Neou York.) CASTOR IA For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears th Praise Allah when tihe rich ask you to dine, but if you are worldl wise you will raiise nothing save harlL FAVt,ICAi.IE ON "IMUOLoOY" BILL. Impqilry n AVo Ilethser Telegraph and Pinl,ouo Car Conlhpmssies Have Mlade 1*ro,tr ieturne for Taxation. |The Stato, Jan. 18.] A very am111usiig incident occurred in lie reading of the committee re port on Mr. Sheppard's bill to create a Stato board ontomology. The read ing clerk, Mr. Stewart, fell down once on the pronunciation of the word "entomology," but knowing the gen oral purport of the bill, he announced that it. was a bill on "bugology," and the senate, as a body, enjoyed a hearty laugh. INFOROMATIoN IS COMINo. On yesterday, on motion of Mr. Griydoi, the sonato adopted a reso lution calling on the attorney gen oral for information as to the en forcement, of tho law in rogard to the fortilizor trust. Mr. Sheppard an nounceId that he had been requested to stato that the information desired will bo found In the forthcoming re port of the attorney general, which will bo placed on the desks of the members in a few days. SENT11 TO THlE ]MlUsp. Tho following bills passod their third reading and wore sent to the houso. Mr. (rnber's bill declaring the construct i -i to be lAcod upon certain acts amie iing former acts. Ml r. S.. )amppatrd's apportionment bill. Air. Grubor's bill to ratify the animidmont to the constitution pro vidiig for the condemnation and assessmont of lands for drainage pur POSPH. Mr. Thomais' resolution, which originated it. tho lious->, providing for insuring the propd,rty of the South C4rolina college, passed its third reading in the sonate. NEW ILLS. The following ire the now bills in I roduced: By 1Mr. Doinit3--To amend sen tion 1087 of the general statutes re hating to damaged caused by defee eivo highways, causeways or bridges. By Mr. Barnwell, by request-To 1mend the act proving for renewing tie chartors of forries. B1y Mr. I Hondorson - To declare the it.gal status of shares of stock in mau1facturing corporations for the purpose of taxation thereof. Algo a bill to provide uniforn.ity and eqnal ity in the assessment of property re turnable for taxations engaged in textilo industries. Mr. Livingston off'ered the follown ing resolution: "Rlesolved, that t he comptro]ller general be and is hereby requested to rep)ort to the senate at the earliest p)racticablo day whether or not the provisions of an act to provide for the taxation of telegraph, telephone, palace car, sleeping car, drawing room car, express5 and fast freight joint stock associations, companieP, partnerships) and corporations, trans acting business in the State of South Carolina, approved Fiebruary 18, 1898, have been complied with by persons aff'ectedl thereby; what comn panieos. associations and corporations have made thoe returns required by saidl acts and wvhether or not such returns are in compliance with the terms of the said law; the aggre. ~rate value assessed against each of said companies, association and coza poration3s, and the amount against each in this State, and any other in. formation ho may be able to give ti e senate in reference to the execution of said act." Thle resolution was adopted. Bears the 14lhoKnd YouHiave ALwa Bege Bignatuire of Ex-President Harrison Tries Golf. When Edward IRok, editor of The Ladies' Home Journal, heard that ex President Harrison was practicing gofon a links near Indianapolis, he * ook a new ball out of his golfag and -expressed it to the General, with the words, "Drive this" In a few days came b)ack a die.. patch: "Thanks. I have. But doesn't a bottle of liniment go with each ball?