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MW. 4m3T[E enit)b em S 1. ~T 4T4ISIEDI8(~. NEWB ER RY, S. C., FRIAY FERAY1, 1902 TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YR A HE SOLONS IN SESSION. TF(1 WORK OF TI EM w-MAKEI OF TH STATIC AS-EMIM.) IN COiaUMBIIA. A 0Ondenned Repott of tioe Provomoisags Taken From, tho Dalily Paynro Frrool, Day to thay nt Iho WotIt I'rEtodea. IN THE HOUsE. Monday, Fe). 10.-The house of representatives did not undertake to do much business today. The s. Sion did not last over three quartors of an hour, because the first, thing the house did was to accept the in vitation of the local committee to have a group picture taken with the Cook County Democracy at 12.:45, And-then at 1 o'clock participate in thO-exercises at the Columbia Thea The principal work was to get th*ngh the bills that were pending 0 f tbhrd reading. All third reading were given their final reading pt one of Mr. Prince, relative to issuing of bonds, which he had mmitted, as he did not like the le of the bill. NIGHT SESSION OF HOUSE. When the house met tonight there as a mass of bills sent over from the ,nate. The bills were referred to propriate committees. Mr. Bacot offered a resolution that bill be introduced after Wednes. y, 12th instant, which was adopted. Mr. Croft called up his bill to per it the county dispensaries to sell quor on Sundays and holidays to ch persons as produce certificates a practicing physician therefor. fter some discussion the bill was lied. Mr. Rucker's bill to repeal the ooper pistol bill, passed last session, me up, but debate on it was ad urned. The house then, at 10 o'clock, ad urned. IN TE SENATE. February 10.-The senate was in sion only forty minutes this morn g, having adjourned until 8 o'clock t night in order to allow members attend the exercises in the theatre cident to the visit of the Cook ounty Democracy. Senator Henderson's substitute to e Graydon bill in reference to the irginia Carolina Chemical Com any was reported today. It was ead the first time and went on the alendar. NIGHT ERSION OF TIE SENATE. February 10-On the ro apsem ling of the souate tonight Senator lakeny, of CJhestertield, introduced e following concurrent resolutions: 1. That the thanks of the. General sembly are due and hereby ten ered to the officers anid muaniaers f the South Carolina Inter State nd West Indian Exposition for any courtesies shownt during its ecent visit t.o the Exposnition at b arleston. 2. That the wisdom of the ap)pro riation made to the said ExKposition y the General Assembly at its last ession may now be fully attested by he personal observations of every itizen and visitor. Thait the said 'xposition i.I co)mmDended for its eaunty, scope and marvellous ex ellencies; 'and the people of the tate are exhorted to personally in. pet and patronizo the sam", in rder that our great enterprise may ttain the success which it so richly eserves. Resolved, further, That the thanks f the General Assembly be, and are ereby, tendered the Southern and tiantic Coast Line Railway comn anies for the excellent transporta ion facilit'iEjfforJed the members f the General Assembly, their fami lea and the attaches of said assem ly, in going to and returning from aid Exposition. The concurrent resolntion was nanimnously adopted. Senator Aldrich's bill to provide unishment for those who negli ently expose children to t.he danger f fire was read the secondi time. The following new bills were in rodneed: Senator Mower: Amending the t prohibiting fire insurance com anies frotai entering into combina 0ne to control Iasurance rates, etc. Senatnr Raysor: To amend Part 2, Title 2, of Code, entitled parties to criminal action. Senator Barnwell: To declare the law as to references contained in codi iled acts of the Code of 1892. The consideration of second read ing bills was resumed and the follow ing passed: Senator Brice's bill to repeal the section empowering the extension of laxes came up and Senator Mower moved to indefinitely postpone the bill. Mr. Brice said the annual exten sion resulted in many counties bav ing to borrow money for necessary expenses and pay high rates of in terest. rhe act is not in the interest. of the poor man, for about the only time he has money is in the fall. He spends that and has to pay an enor mous rate to get money to pay taxes when they finally have to do so. The bill waa rejected by a vote of 20 to 8. Mr. Stackhouse's bill to authorize the county board of commissioners to hire the chaingang to any reliable person or corporation within the county came up and Senator Brice moved to strike out the enacting words. Mr. Stackhouse defended the bill and expressed the opinion that the measure would prove beneficial. It would not be liable to abuses, as sometimes occurs in larger instances of a similar nature. Senator Livingston pointed out that the bill was entirely optional. Senator Glenn said this was a dan gerous bill, in that convicts may be hired to men who would not treat them humanely. He thought con victs ought to be kept and worked upon public roads. It was a danger ous power to give to any man. Senator Sullivan believed the senti ment of the State is strongly against the hiring of convicts to private parties. The bill was rejected. The bill to amend the income tax act, authorizing the county auditor to place on his books a list of the persons in the county subject to the income tax, was passed to a third reading. There was considerable debate over the bill to require municipalitit-s to provide drains for surface water. The bill had friends, but the debate was adjourned in order to allow it to be perfected. Mr. Graydon's bill, prescribing the number of brakemen on trains of a certain class, was read the second The senate adopted the bill to pro hibit wearing the Southern Cross except by those entitled to it. The bill defining the terin of rob bery was ordered to a third reading. The follo wing measures also passed to a third reading. TIo require public ginners to keep their books open for inspection. Exempting ex Confederate sol ;iers from peddlers' licenses in towns. To allow all farm products to be marketed in any town in this State without a license. ' Relating to the seizure anid sale of defaulting taxpayers' est ates. The senate then adjourned until 1t0 a m. Tuesdaly. Tucaday%y' 5Maton. IN THlE SENATE. February 11.-There was a long and at tines exciting debate in the senate toda3 over the redistricting bill. The measure, as it passed the house, flidaly passed its second read ing in the senate, with the single amendment that Clarendoni is taken fronm the seventh district and placed in the first district, it is thought that this amendment will be agreed to by the house and that the bill will be ratifind in this shape. Senator Gruber yesterday offered an amendment which would have o aterially changed the first, socond and seventh districts, but after a long debamte the aimendmnent was lost. When Senator Mayfleld undertook to have Edgefield and Saluda placed in separate districts. This brought forth a spirited protest from Senator Sheppard, who carried his point, and Edgefield and Saluda remain side by side in the second district. A8 ITI PAssED. Tihe redistricting bill, as it p)assed the senate yesterday, arranges the congressional districts as follows: First District-Charleston, Berke. ley, Colleton, Clarendon and Dor. chester. SecondjDistrict -Aikon, Bamborg, Barnwell, Beaufort., Ed4gofiold, Sa Itida and Hampton. Third District-Pickens, Oconee, Anderson, Abbeville, O reon wood and Newborry. Fourth District--laurons, Spar. tanburg, Greenville and Union. Fifth District-Cherokee, Chester, York, Fairfield, Kershaw, Chester field and Lancaster. Sixth District--Marlboro, Marion, 11orry, Darlington, Florence, Wil. liamsburg, and Georgetown. Seventh District-Richland, Sum ter, Orangeburg and Lexington. The bill was passed to its third reading and the districts will stand as above. The remainder of the day was taken up in considering matters of local interest to the different counties throughout the State, which is not of general interest. IN THE HOUSE. February ll.-For several days past Mr. V. J. Johnson has been trying to get up for discussion and final action his bill to prohibit the formation of trusts and monopolies. This bill is a copy of the Hogg law of Texas and is not in conflict with any of the other incorporation meas ures introduced at this session. Mr. Johnion succeeded in getting the bill before the housn yesterday. But there was a great deal of filibuster ings a-rd no action was taken on the bill. There were several test votes, but none of them indicate the nuineri cal strength of the supporters of the bill. By a vote of 84 to 34 the house refused to stiike out the enacting words. But this wias not the proper strength of either side, as some vot ing with the supporters of the bill declared that they (lid not favor the bill as it stood and wanted to offer amendtnents. OTHER MATTERS. The house by a rising vote unani inimosly agreed to the senate's resolu tion thanking the Exposition authori ties for the trip last week. Mr. Moses introduced resolutions commending the Exposition and urg ing the people to visit it on March 20th, the State of South Carolina day. This was agreed to. Mr. Dean introduced resolutions urging the railroads to offer reduced rates to the people of the State in order that as many as possible could soe t ho Exposition. This was agreed to. NIGHT sEssION. When the house met at night, Mr. M. L. Smith moved that the joint committee of judiciary and of incor poration he discharged from further consideration of the bill relating to inco rporations, partiocularly in regard to trusts. He explained that these are such Jarge committees that there is great difficulty in getting them togeth)er, and he could not get a re port on his bill. He disavowed in. tending any discourtesy, but he wants his bill on the calendar at once. It was so ordered by the house. Mr. Efird wanted to get up his companion resolution to the biennial sessions bill. This resolution was up several days ago and failed to pass by 4 votes, there being 79 vot ing in favor of it, whereas 83 were required. There were 17 votes against it on that occasion. Mr. Etird according to notice given Mon day, mnovedi to suspendl rule 48. There was some parliamentiary sparring, but the house by a vote of 69) to 24 refused to suspend the rule. This looks unfavorable for the pas sage of the biennial sessions resolu tion. Other bills discnssed during the night sessmon were of little interest to the general public. Mr wVheeier (lot IRid or is (henmati. "During the winter of 1898 I was so lame in my joints, in fact all ove~r my bod y, that I couldi h ardlIy hobble around, when I bought a bottle of Chamber lain's Pain Balm. From the first ap plication I began to get well, and was cured andi have worked steadily all the year-R. Wheeler, Nort,bwood, N. Y. I,'or sale by W. E. Pelhami & Hon. UlearIng Up tho De1rls n,l Ooetg Reedy For Work -Losa s,000,000. Patterson, N. J., Feb. 10.-Tho firo conflagration which burned its way through the business contor of Patterson yostorday has coipletely spOnt its force and is quickly (lying out in th ashes and broken brick of its ruin. Tho firemon who hurried from other cities to save the ondan gored city havo, gone back to their homes and several companies of the local department have boon ordered to their houses for rest and refresh ments they sorely need. LO AMOUNTH TO $8,000,000. Conservativo opinIons inclined to day to cut $2,000,000 from the ag gregate loss of $10,000,000 agreed upon, and $8,000,000 will probably be accepted finally as the cost of the fire. No tabling of individual losses that can be accepted as reliable has yet been a lopted, and it will be sov oral days before satisfactory figures can be preparod. Equally incom plete is the estimate of insurance. It was stated here today that the insur ance amounted to between $4,000,000 and $5,000,000, but what gave basis to the calculation was not clear. Several of the largest losers said that they had not yet had an oppor tunity to examine their policies, and that in the neantiie they could not toll what amount they carried. Prob ably no fire of equal magnitude and widespread destruction ever produced an egually small list of losers. Many of the fire volunteers and the firemen were injured by the fall ing bricks and timber, burned by flying firebrands or temporarily over come by smoke, but only a few of them needed medicinal attention. T he small casualty list is explained by the fact that the people had am ple warning and time to abandon their homes before the flames came upon them. All) FOR STRICKEN CITY. A Broad and coffoo famine was averted by outsido aid. A Newark bread company early this morning started wagons loaded with 3,000 loaves of bread for free distribution in the stricken city. Wealthy resi dents of this city ordered large sup plies of coffee and provisions from Passiac, Newark and New York. The Ladies' relief committee has estab lished its headquarters in St. Paul's Episcopal church on Broadway and will provide food to all who may ap. ply for assistance. The fire made no headway during the night. Fanned by strong wind it burned fit fully in places during the early hours of the morning, but wherever it showed threatening strength the firemen turned streams on it and beat it down. The firemen were completely exhausted after more than 80 hours continuous work, but remained at their posts. There is comparatively little suffering upon the part of those rendered homeless by the fire, and the armory, churches and public shelters opened their doors to but few applicationo during tile night. Practically every home that escap)ed the flames was thrown open in a spirit of broad charity and near ly every refugee found shelter of some kind. The declaration of Mayor Win cliffe that the city can care for its own is not concurred in by every body and there may be at. appeal later for outsidIe help. TO RISE FROM ITS ASHES. With the embiers still aglow in the business districts commercial Pater soni planned resumption and restora tion. All of the banks burned out yesterday opened for business in tom porary quarters today and the ofl cials of the banks expressed a deter mination to do their part in the main tenlance of the financial standing and credit of the city. The nmilitiamon remained on guard today and wvill 1)e kept under arms and on duty as long as necessary for their service. Much valuable prop erty is still exposed and the authori ties are determined to prevent, the looting or disorder in any form. Sa loons that at,tempted to open after midnight were promptly closed and the sale of liquor wan prohibited u til after daylight. The holiday crowds of yestorday had dispersed aid the city wias very quiet andt(] or dorly today. All of the dangerous walls that st.and are to bo thrown (own in(] the stroots now obstructed with fallen brick will be cleaned up. Patterson, N. J , Feb. 10.--jatest -The work of reioying the dobris fromt yestorday's firo began today. Mayor WVincliffo deliniod ottido aid and residents contributed ton times ais iuch as was nooded to care for the hundreds imade hoimoless. The concerns burned out will bigin the work of rebuilding is soon as the debris ii cleared away. Theo loss is estimated at eight millions. Four hundred familics were burned onut and two hundred dwellings dest royed. The troops are holding the mob tin der absolute quLptnoss. The ruins of the First. National bank having been cooled off, workmen removed from the debris all the boo(s and be tween two and throe millions in cash socurities were found uninjurod and were carted away, guarded by ol diers. JOsli AHiiEJCY's (Gi(Nli'N. lio, Ollit" I hI uharle-stu Mhow lmsnt W. ok In All 1i1 Ruftlielly. [Charloston Post, 7th.1 There is i warm child of iatture in Charleston today. Citizen Josh, sur. named Ashley, has come to town. If there bo any among us so bonighted as to know not, the identity of Josh Ashley, it is proper to inform him that Josh is a member of the legisla ture from Anderson county, a suc cessful farmer and the dispenso of a line of diction which makes up in pith what it lacks in polish. Josh Ashley is a unique character. The flavor of the soil permniatos his rhetoric; the twang of the wood lands pervades his parts of speech and throttles Enghlsh grammar. He is not a handsome man; nor is lie ugly enough to hurt. He wears a florid face and a wool hat.. His hair and mustache are red. His mouth is too numerous to mention. He has a magnificent set of totth which have contributed no little to his fame. He is a trifle below tho average height, but above it in weight. His neck is muscular aRid thiek, indicat ing strength and life overlatting. His hands are lirge, hairy and freckled, and lie has a grip that would make most men curl up like a watch spring. Josh is now about 45 years old, but he is as virile as a young Hercules. H-I was found in the wilderness near Honea Path, An derson county, in 1890, by B. R. Tillman and he speedily developed an amazing thirst for p)olitics. In those days came Benjamin Ryan Tillman, a plain farmer from Edgefield, preaching the gospel of retrenchment and reform. A hot political revival followed. Josh Ashley was one of the first and most enthusiastic converts. Hie thought Ben Tillman was the personification of probity and a leader from Lead errsville. Tillman couldn't make a speech within fifteen miles of Honca Path without Josh A.shley gracimg the occasion wit,h his presence. Anid when Benjamin began to fry the con servatives in language chaste and seemly, Citizen Josh could be heard shouting above the tumult: "Hit 'em agin, Guvner; data de God's truf." Arnd yet, Josh owes his first term in the legislature to the vote of the conservatives in A nderson con ty. It was (done for a joke. Tilbman had the majority of the sons of toil by the scruff of the neck. The chances for a conservative candidate were' not visible to the unclothed eye, as the modest spinster expressed it. It wss then that Josh Ashley' "lowedi" he'd ran for the legislature. At that time .Josh could neither read nor writo. For that reason tihe Till manites did not receive the announrce ment of his candidacy with enthui siasm. One of them twitted him in this wise: "You go to the legislature, Josh," he exclaimed with a langh: "Why you can't write your name." "I knowed that without you tell ing me," retorted Josh. "And you kin go to an Anderann banke and writo your name on a noto and it won't be wnth five cents; but, if I put my mark on it you kin got all the money you wisnt." And this was true. But the conservativos resolved to voto for Jomh. They hand no can(i (ati6, of their own, so they played him to wiui sinco his election would be a joko on the Tilbnanites and add to the glory and renown of their dol e,,ation to the legislature. When the votes wero countod Josh was "it." Some few Tillmaiites could not help supporting him for wool hat and o1o gallus reasons, and this, with the conservative vote, enabled Josh to harpoon victory. That was in 1892 and iceo then, excepting on torm, Citizen Josh Ashley has been a mem ber of the "legislatur," and his ad mirors say he can make laws as easy as ho can break them. When Josh rears up on the floor of the House to do a few Deniostho noian stuts ho ladles out an assort mont of talk that is not, infrequently crowded with hard, horse sonse. Wihat he knows about political econ o11y3 and the science of government signifies nothing, but in dealing with practical propositionR that are not beyond his kon Josh can make a "spooeh" that is anything olso but. flat, stale and unproitable. In the fulniess of timo1e Jos4h's af fetion for Benjanin R. Tillman bo gan to HUfor for lack of proper nourithuient. The Edgefiold politi cian was comfortably onisconod in the U. S. Sonato aud he began to give Josh cold and repellout glances. The latter rocalled the many golden promises that Bonjamin hladi made and did not besitato to robuko him for his deeds of omission. 13ut Till mon was too wise to nion1key with Josh; lie morely gave him the ini different eye and the inattentive ear. Josh " 'lowed" he'd play another favorite. When the McLaurin band. wagon came rattling down the piko of opportuniLy, Josh flagged it and fought his way to a front seat. And now lie says he is 'jost as happy as a big sunflower that nods and shines in the breezes." In Anderson county Josh Ashley is regarded as a formidablo proposi tion in a fisticuff. He is chiefly feared since when lie has a fight. oi his hands he manifests an alarming tendency to bito. And if Josh's poworful jaws wore to faston on some important part of a man's anat. omy it would probably mean a case for the coroner. B3ack in the early 90's Josh Ashley and J. L. Farmer, of Anderson clash 0(1 on a train whilo enironto homew from GIreenville, where a big politi cal pow wow had boon held. Farmt or was an anti Tillmnaniito arnd was known to be not afraid of anything human or otherwise. Josh was Inst ing for troulo; Farmior was in a mood1 to d1eal1 out sudden01 death to arnybody who cravedl it. Jo'lh tackled him; they hitched. Fight? Very much so, thank you. Above the. roar of the train and the noise of thie comn bat Josh's teeth as lhe strove to clamp down on his opponent's ear or nose. It was even reported that Josh's teeth were seen to strike fire, but this story could not be verified. Anyhow, Farmer was unable0 to take care oif himself till pasiengers inter fered anid stopped the battle. How ever, it was a great scnfile, one of the many in which Josh has played a star role. This is not Josh Ashley's first trip to Charleston. Hoe was here several years ago with a number of members of tho'legislaturo, arid lie had at least one unhappy experience. The party were taken for a sail around the hiar bor. Jksh got seasick. WVhen the boat ret urned to the wharf arid Josh found himself on terra firma he was asked how he enjoyed the sail. "Hit was allright,'' he replied, weakly; 'but ' 3y God, how I (did fling up." Josh recently announced himself a candidate for the State Senate. He will make a hot canvass of his county andl astonish the "dear peopul" with linquistic fire works. Fortunately for the devil, it's a man's soul be wants to buy, and not A PKILIFET sUq0Ess. What a Viitor to the soutlh Carolina Inter State t"d Weat Is.dlan Kxpoattlon, Char. etonl, IRI to May About it. A recent visit to tho Expoitionj Charleston, enables me to say that the entiro show is a perfect success. rhe state exhibit in the State build ing is superb, is well as the various county exhibits in tho 1am1 building, all are au fait in every particular, and is well worth soeing no matter what the cost, and is a schooling to our people, espocially the young people. Mr. A. W. Love, the superinton dont of the State building and his assistants, Messrs. Mills and Banks, will take pleasure in showing visit,)rs all matters of interest in the State building, and other information that may prove of intersst to them. Far off Oregon, Louisiana and Florida whoso exhibits are in the annex to the Stato building, and are especially intorosting. Oregon shows the trunk of a troo that is at least twonty foot. in circumference, and a squi. e pieco of timber, over seventy foot long and throe foot squarol Bo sides tli woodm and min rals are in great abundance, fish, coal, the coro reals, etc. Louisiana malcts a fino exhibit of tho products of that. Stato-sugar, rice, tobacco, cotton, hemp, &c. Our Stato (ologist, Mr. Earle Sloan, has an exceptionally line dis play of miniorals, itd granito for building purposos of a :;uperior quality. The Cotton Palaco, the U. S. dis play, Comnierco, Art, the Womian's Departmenit, Maryland, Machinery, all are intonsoly intorosting and will require days to do justico to these departments alont. The exposition grounds are bonu tifully laid off in plots where over gremus aro planted with roses and pansies growing, and will, by the ti iddle of March or first of April, prove a wonder to visitors, When in blooml); besidos this beautiful showi a few miles up the Ashley river, issitu ated Magnolia or Drayton's garden -a most lovely place to visit, the hone of the Aguloa, whoro perhaps ono hundred or more colors and sladvs, are to be son-an olysian on earthl The ladies should not fail to see these beautiful grounds, and there drink in the beauties of nature. Those who do not desire to stop at the - many first-class hotels in Char loston, can, by writing to the many b)oardinig houses in the city secure comfortable qjuarters and1( at a mod. orate rate. Among the number is Mrs (I. S. Smith, 176 west end1 of Wentwvorth street, who is ready and willing to doc the right thing for all. It is necessary t.o engage quiarters in advauce. Tlhe Exposition grounds can be reached by the street cars for five cents from any point in the city, taking the precaution to get a trants for ticket where your line ceases. Admission to the grounds 50c. Dinner can b)e had on the grounds. Trhe midway is very attractivo. Ihere people from everywhere are to b)e seen, all engageod in selling the various kinds of trinkets peculiar to the section of the wvorld of wh'ch the vendoers are natives. The Battle of Man asses. T1hie Esquimno's and their performances, the notedi Jim Key the educated horse, the riding of camels and an elephant are among the attrac tions of the midway. Taking the whole show fromt the start to finish, it will gratify and please overyb)ody, andl should( be visitedi by all our people. Th'ie people of Jhiarleston dieserve great credit for the pluck and energy displayed by them in 'getting up so wonderful aishow, and it deserves pa tronage from all sections, especially so from Sout,h Carolina. Tusos. W. HOttOWAv. 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