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i tECB flE a. tIY. E 1N D1M65. NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1902. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAFR SHIP SUBSIDY BILL PASSED BY SENATE. soUrS C iROLN N4 JITNIOR SE 4ATOR VOTED FOR THE GR%FT. six Republicano Opprmed It- By a Vnt#4 Of 42 to 31 the Messour la succosani-rt w Amendments Were Adopted. Washington, March 17.-After prolonged debate, the senate today passed the ship subsidy bill, the final vote being 42 to 31. Senators Alli son and Dolliver of Iowa, Spooner and Quarles of Wisconsin and Proc tor and Dilliagham of Vermont, Re publicans voted against final passage of the bill, and Senator McLaurin of South Carolina, voted for it. The vote in detail follows: Teas-Aldrieb, Bard, Boveridge, Banham, Barrows, Burton, Clark of Wyoming, Callom, Deboe, Depew, Dietrich, Dryden, Elkins, Fairbanks, Foraker, Foster of Washington; Frye, Glinger, Gamble, Hale, Hanna, Hanabrough, Hawley, Hoar, Jones of Nevada; Kean, Kearns, Kittredge, MbComas, MoCmber, McLaurin of South Carolina; McMillan, Mason, itehell, Nelson, Penrose Perkins, Platt of Connecticutt; Scott, Warren, Wellington, Wetmore-42. Nays-Allison, Bacon, Bailey, Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Carmack, Olark of Montana; Clay, Cockrell, Culberson, Dillingham, Dolliver, Da boi, Foster of Louisiana; Gibson, Harris, Heitfeld, MeLaurin of Mis sisippi; Mallory, Martin, Money, Pttrson, Pettus, Proctor, Quarles, Rawlins, Spooner, Taliaferro, Teller, Vest-31. Some amendments to the bill were adopted but they were all agreeable to those in charge of the measure, the friends of the bill voting down all' other amendments. With the exception of amendments offered by Mr. Allison and accepted by Mr. Frye, limiting the time of the oper Ation of contracts made under the provisions of the bill to July 1, 1902, and providing that the amount of the expenditure under the mail sub * sidy paragraph should not at any time exceed $8,000,000 annually, none of the amendments agreed to matetially affected the bill as it was ' reported from the commerce commit tea. The voting upon amendments be ga at 3 o'clock and sne.h a flood of -them was offered that a final vote upon the bill, as amended, was not reached until just before 6 o'clock. Amendments offered by Mr. Vest of Missouri, providing for "free ships" and for the application of the pro visions of the anti trust law to the *shipping industry were rejucted, as was the amendmeat proposed by Mr. Patterson, of Colorad.>, providing that no Chinese person t.bonld be a member of the crew of a sbi vessel. Mr. Pettus of Alabama, of * feted an amendment providing that the total expenditure under thbe bill s hould not exceed $9,000,000 in any one year. It wa adE opt..d in com mittee of the whole but later in the snate was rej4eced. The senate agre.iwd to an amend -ment offered by Mr. Spooner provid ing that con gress should have power to amend or re.peal the act without impairing any contract made under its authority. Mr. Hanna of Ohio offered and the senate adopted three amendments applying directly to the acqtiisition by J. Pierpont Mor gan and his asociates of the Leyland line of British ships. Tbey provide that no foreign built ship shall par ticipate in thbe proposed subsidy, thbat nothing in the act shall be construed to prevent Americav' eitizens or cor porations from holding or operating foreign ships iu the ocean carrying trade, and that no foreign built ship of any line thus acq'iire-d by Ameri can citizens shall be admitted bert after to Amarican registry. Pernmylvianla m,.d Nont h ('ara.linal. 1774-1777. "As an expre2.sion of continued friendship, tbe commonwealthb of Pennsylvania, in which the Conti nental Congress n,et, dedicates thbis building to the St ate of Southb Caro lina, which furnjisbed t wo presidents of that paotici assembly. 1901--1902." That is the inscription over thb great fireplaces in the Pennsylvania i Building at the Charleston Exposi tion. This building constitutes one u of the most significant chapters in the new history of old Charleston. It is not only significant of the good will and sympathy of the descendants of Father Penn for their fellow coun t rymen of the South, great and grati- f fying as they are, but has the added 8 significance of a strong commercial- 1 ism which is equally gratifying. Al- I ready the Trades League of Phila- 0 delphia, one of the most potent or- t ganizations of the country, has taken C Q up the idea of direct steamer commu nication between Philadelphia, Char- t' leston and the West Indies, and if e the West Indies, why not .South e America? Philadelphia has been s the site of a great ship building in- f, harbor which is fretted at regular A dustry for many years our in 2 dustry hampered by a contracted intervals by great fields of ice, and b where all outdoor work is impossible e at times. Her emissaries must see ti that at Charleston exist all the possi- 81 bilities for the greatest shipyard in g America. Timber, iron, steel, cheap c labor, abundant dockage and harbor q facilities, already the chosen site of P one of the general government's P naval stations, and a climate which c makes out door labor, not only possi- t] ble, but pleasant, every day in the j( year. In fact Charleston is being C rediscovered by these gentlemen of tl the East, and there is every reason to hope that the discovery will result in mutual good from a commercial ti view point, as it has already resulted in a genuine feeling of kindness and t( good will. When Gov. Stone gathers t] his cohorts and goes down to cele brate the Pennsylvania Day at the P Exposition on April 16, neither he P nor they will have reason to regret c' their neighborliness. MM___ _ _ ix Advertised Letters a Remaining in postffice for week end ing February 26, 1902. B.-Lesey Burcus, John H. Boozey, Mrs. Vinnie Rrown, Mrs. A lice Boozer, n Miss Lizzie Butler, Mrs. A. B. Boyley. s C -Mrs N D. Chapman, W. M. Cadwell, Mrs. John T. Clinkscales,S John Cook, W.- C. Cury. F. -J. F Floyd.g G.-E S. Goldsberg. fi J.-Sallle Johnson, Miss Marrie Jous bioun. K.-J. Kassemety, Sims Remples. L -H. F. Lormier.v M.-Gpo. Mason, M. M Mills. o R -J. 8. Reed, E. E. Rickard, Susie a Riser, Lilla Ruff. V.-Miss Hattie Vaughn.n W.- M iss Perl Werts. A-Wi nie Abra.ms, Grit! Abrams, T a Adkind B-J A Bonds, H P Baker, Dick Brow er (col) Melany Burton, Emma V Burton. C-Miss ('barlo..e Cannon, M M Cas son, Ealar Coowell, Mat Colmoid care D:ave Lindsay, Lu ther Cousins. D-Bettie Duckett, M J Duncan. E-George H iFd wards (2.) F-Mrs Anna Floyd, A A E'oster. G-Thomats Glymp. H-Miss B'ss.ie Haltiwan'ger, Billie ~ Hair, Bena Holdt, Dr Hollaway. a J-Jacob Jatckson, Miss Alice Jones. 13 K-Tbh mas Kennedy. Hattie Kibler, j Butler E Koon.t L-C B Lane, J P Long, H G Long. M-Mrs Ada McCarley, S B McCarley, .J E McFees. P-Mary J Presbley I R-David Rivere, H P Rivers, Eller- t nora Rut!. S-W L Sharp, E G Stone, T M San-C ders, Geo Sbepard, Bluford Ste-C pbens, Peter Spearmana, Mary 1 Sligh, Jonnie Spears, W P Sum mers, J W Suber. T-Minnie Taylor, Lizzie Townyell, ~ Anos Flunston. W-Miss Lula Werl, J W Willis, John ~ J. Wilson, Jen'e Williams. Persons calling for the letters will please say they were advertised. FRANK L BYNUM, Acting P. M. A Prio-er GJreatly surprised I never was so much surprised in my life, as I was with the results of using ('amterlain's Pain Balm." says Henry T. Cook. pressman of thbe A.eville, (N. C ) Gatz.te. "IL contracted a se vere case of rheumatism early last1 winter by getting my feet wet. I tried1 s~veral things for it without benefit. One day w bi1' looking& over the Giz ette I noticed that Pain Balm was poitively guarant-ed to cure rb. uratism, so bought a bottom of it and before using two-thirds of it of rbeuraatism bad taken its flight ancr I have not had a rheumatic pain sinc:e." Sold by W. E. Alam & Son. 'Itate Politics Soon to be Active. IRECINCT CLUBA TO BE ORGANIZED NEXT MONr. oate For County Conventions -State '.on vention to be Held in May-Talk of Re duction of Number of Campaign Meetings. [The State, 18th.] The time is rapidly approaching Dr State politics to begin to get etive in South Carolina and in two ionths things will be lively indeed. 'he first steps towards the opening f the biennial campaign are to be iken next month. The city and Dunty Democratic clubs all over the tate are to hold their meetings for e purpose of re organization and ecting members of the county ex utive committees, and transacting ich other business as may come be re them, on the fourth Saturday in .pril, which falls this year on the 5th. Then the next step will be the olding of the county conventions to lect delegates to the State conven on to twice the number of repre mtatives the county I as in the eneral assembly, to choose a county iairman, and express views on any nestion that may be before the peo le. These conventions will be com osed of delegates elected by the lubs, one for each 25 members on ie club roll and one for each ma rity fraction thereof. The county mnventions will be held throughout ie State on the first Monday in May -the 4th. Then will come the State conven on on the third Wednesday in May -the 21st this year. It will have > transact all the usual bsiness of ie State convention of the party. It appears now that one of the rincipal matters will be the pro. Dsed reduction of the number of impaign meetings from forty to a )nsiderably smaller number. The atter is being agitated just now, d it is considered likely that the ree of going to every county seat ill be stopped. This year the State has to choose at only a successor to United States snator McLaurin and a full set of tate officers, but new county officers ill have to he nominated. Con ressmen also will have to be in the ad, and the redistricting of the ate will make t .ese races particu trly interesting! The roster of candidIates for the arious State, federal and county icers is now just beginning to fill Thus far while many are being ientioned in connection with the arious State and other officers there re many others who have not yet etermined what they will do. UTLINE OF PROF. HOLMEN' NOVEL ROAD WORKING PLAN. tea of Utilzing Prisoners in Jati A waiting Trial so That They Will Not be a Dead Expense. In his address before the general ssembly recently, Mr. J. A Holmes, tate geologist of North Carolina, dvanced a novel proposition. He rged that the prisoners who lie in sil awaiting trial be used to work be county roads. In reply, it mighti e urged that these prisoners could ot be worked before their conviction, it Mr. Holmes does not propose to se coercion, but to allow the pris. ners the option of working the roads *r of lying in jail pending the meet g of the sessions court. Mr. Holmes produced statistics to how that the loss to South Carolina rom having prisoners lie in jail is ver $75,000 a year. A case may be upposed to show where this cost rises. John Jones might be com nitted to jail in December by a mrg strate on some trifling charge, just erious enough to be bey ond thbe juris lictiou of the magistrate. If the >risoner is a poor darkey, unable to 3 abond, he must lie in jail until iarch or April, or whenever the next erm of the court is held. He costs he State 20 cents for every day he lies in jail. If he is there 30) days, is "dieting" or "rashions" bill is 6. As there are hundreds of such eases in every county the cost aggre gates into the hundreds of dollars, -And0. $7,70 was the total thus ex pended for the whole State in twelve-months for which P Holmes had statistics. Now, his suggestion is this: I an act be passed allowing the priso to make a voluntary contract Y the sheriff and county commissior that if they will release him fy jail and turn him over to the con: supervisor, he will agree to be worl just as convicted criminals worked. That if he is acquitted the jury, then he will be paid i fair rate of compensation for ev day which he has spent at work the county. If he be convicted the jury, he will be given credit the number of days he has worJ and this will be deducted from sentence. There are objections which co be offered. For instance it mil be urged that it is not humane just to have these prisoners w, alongside of convicted felons un] their guilt is certain. Futherm( it might be said, prisoners are to be worked on the chaingai when the term of their servitude for a period longer than 10 yei and the prisoner himself or nobt Dlse might know for how long ,entence would be. But these etails which could be conside: ater. Prof. Holmes made no exten< lefense of the suggestion. His ti as limited, and he alluded to t 1atter in a few brief remarks. I It is worthy of consideration, esp ially in view of the enormous ann axpense of the State. No doi many an unconvicted prisoner wol prefer to be in the fresh air at wi -even on the chaingang-especis is he works with the purpose 3bortening his sentence or of bei paid for his time if he is adjudi onocent of the charge. In other States the annual cost keeping up or feeding prisons c ined in the county jail pendi .rial is much heavier t t is in South Carolina. The foll< ng figures are taken from statisi ~ompiled by Prof. Holmes in conn ion with this suggestion. In Georgia, 120 of the 137 coi les reported. But 27 of those col ~ies use convicts on the county roa although these counties engag the labor of 946 convicts. The rn ber of prisoners reported kepi sounty jails in Georgia pending ti was 1,095, the average cost being sents per day. The aggregate pense was $160,750. The averi ost per convict per day for guardi t., was 26 cents. Georgia p 75 cents per day for hired labor wor k on the roads. In North Carolina reports w received from all of the 97 counti But 24 counties in that State use c victs on the public highways.'. number of convicts tans emplo; was 643, and the average cos' guarding, etc., was 24 cents per d There were 607 untried prisoners the jail, costing the State 30 ce per day each; an aggregate expe of $103,750. "Free labor" on roads costs 75 cents per day. In South Carolina 36 of the counties reported. Thirty-two convict labor-579 convicts, at a< of 18 cent per day each. Tk were 404 in jail awaiting trial, cost of 30 cents per day each, agg gating $75,750 for the year. "1 labor" on roads costs 75 cents a in this State. The above statistics relate to r mal conditions. This year the pense will be heavier, for in a ni ber of counties the jury law wasc tesed last fall, and many prisor were remanded to jail, where t remained at a heavy expense to county until this spring. On other band the legislature redr the cost of dieting prisoners tc cents per day by genaral law. H t'fore in some counties the fee less than in other counties. Whel Mr. Holmes' suggestion may be or may be radical it calls atten to the enormous expense mncua through the lawless.aess of men the State is now endeavoring t utilize the labor of convicted fe that the best financial returns be realized. The building and n taing of good roads is genem conceded to be the proper us onvits. the Republicans Adopt rot. Crufmpack -er's Scheim 'hat -- ner TO INVESTIGATEK NEGRO DISFRA rith CHISEMENT IN THE SOUTH. ters Dpmocrats Will Fight Hard Every Dev of ParlIamentary Procedure May be om Invoked to Defeated Passage nty of the Resolution. ked ~~ are Washington, March 17. - TI by house committee on rules by it a divided vote on party lines today d ery cided to report the resolution for Representative Crumpacker, of I by diana, for a special committee of for members to investigate and repc red on the alleged disfranchisement his voters in some of the States. The two Democratic members ald the committee, Representatives Ric ht ardson, of Tennessee, and Unde or wood, of Alabama, protested again rk reporting the resolution. Wheu ess was ordered to be reported by t] )re, affirmative votes of the Republict not members of the committee, Speak Igs Henderson and Representatives Da is zell and Grosvenor, the Democra of the committee consulted their cc >dy leagues on the floor of the house ar his began considering the advisability are expressing their dissent by resortiE red to the most extreme device of pa liamentary procedure, even to ti extent of stopping the regular pri cedure of t' e house. That this e: me treme shall be taken has not yet beE his decided upon, as Messrs. Richardsc 3ut and Underwood, after conferring wil ec other Democratic mt mbers, statE abt that action of the character conten abt plated should not be taken unlei . there is the most complete concu yrk rence by the entire minority and oly determination in advance to make of most determined contest. To th ng end it is the intention to submit ti ed matter to a Democratic caucus probi of bly on Wednesday night. A canct of already has been called for that nigi to consider the Boer war. Und( the cancus rules it will require unan mous consent to consider anythin . outside of the Boer subject. Buti view of the general sentiment amon ecDemocratic members, it is expecte that unanimous consent will be give a to consider this disfranchisemer ds question. Otherwise another cauct d,will be called. - ed One of the minority parliamenti rians said: .ma '!T he business of the house ra largely done by 'unanimous censeni 35the courtesy of the minority yieldi: e-a strict conformance to the rules age But the minority has the power I nwithhold 'unanimous consent' and I a require a constitutional vote und< the rules on every question arisini Without unanimous consent, eve ere the approval of the journal will r< os. quirearl call, and it will take oweek topass a bridge bill. TI heminority will be cautious in going i of this extreme and will not take suc ofa step unless assured in advance < ay. a united following. If the step Iin not taken it will be only because< nts the majority resorting to such e: nse tremes." the It is stated that the movement c the part of the minority is directe 40 not only against the Crumpack< use resolution, with a view to contestiJ ost its adoption to the last extreme, bi ere also to other legislation so as to en it a barrass the majority at every poin ire- The action of the committee c ree rules in favor of the Crum pack ay resolution will not be reported to ti house for about ten days as Repr or sentative Grosvenor who is to mal ex the report will be out of the cil im- temporarily. hySKETCHEs OF A RMY L.IFE the Intere.ting Incident, of the civil War Ei the lated by ''X. Cori. Fed " A Member ieed of Third 8. V. Regiment ere- Volunteers were called for he was to go up stairs on a house and shar ther shoot. E. U. Longshore volunteere mse but a stranger to me said: "Lon ton shore should not go, but he woul5 and He was killed by the first shot t o s enemy fired at him. Our compa Ions then moved forward and took po may tion near the Tennessee river. V ai-unteers were called for to go to t ffront. E. C Longshore, John Gal wa and myelnf volunteered. 01 one was to go at a time. Longshore went first and attracted the fire of a e, Yankee brigade on him; he got be hind a tree and gave shot for shot; N- finally be got tired and asked me to relieve him; he started back and a ice hail of bullets were poured after him. He had to cross a plank fence, and he had a hatchet as well as a bayonet in his belt and got fastened on the le fence. The balls were striking all a around him. I told him to throw his weight over and tare loose. He of did .nis and came to the ground. a- He was not hurt. Just at this time [3 we were ordered to cheer and shoot. rt The regiment had been sent through the woods to strike the enemy in the rear. This they did and were driv o ing the enemy nicely. Capt. J. K. G. - Nance's company were deployed as a rear guard for the regiment. Capt. st Nance sent word to Col. Nance that it the regiment would be surrounded ie in a few minutes, and Col. Nance n stopped his advance and ordered his 3r men to go out by the right flank. L The alarm had been a false one and ts was caused by a number of loose horses. This stopped the fighting d for the day, but the balance of the A brigade had a broad grin on their g faces. The gallant old 3d had run r from the enemy. The next morning e we were in a flat cracking walnuts. The fighting was sharp a short dis. tance in advance by our line of skir mishers. Lient. Dwight of Gen. Kershaw's staff came galloping to h Col. Nance and ordered him to take d his regiment to a line of cedar trees. ~ At these trees was the line of battle e of the enemy. We went for them at a run, down one hill and up another. a There was a short pause. The Yan a kee officer said he would surrender. s The Yankee officer ordered his men e to fire. Col. Nance saw what was coming and fell to the ground. The is officer said he would surrender again. t Col. Nance started to receive the surrender the second time and was again fired on. Then we pushed gthem and they ran. Our orders were nto stop at the cedar trees. So we gstopped and gave them a parting d fire. -A great many of our men were n barefooted, anad our clothes were t threadbare; so while one was pulling L5 off a dead Yankee's shoes, another was pulling off his pants, another 'searching his pockets. Gen. Kershaw came charging up cbeering the 3d sfor her gallantry. That was the last "said about the 3d resiment running. gAs we had stripped the dead Yan - kees Gen. Longstreet made us bury Sthem. E. C. Longshore lost his leg, o M. H. Gary and John Dairymple rtheir arms, and John Galloway was '. killed. The loss of the regiment was nheavy. "X. Con. Fed." C INFEDER 4TE REUNION. o0 GeneraI Walker Selects Greenville s Place h or tiung. iGen. C. I. Walker has selected Greenville as the next place of meet ing of the Confederate veterans. The ~ people of that city have already gone to work to make the reunion a suc cess, and that they will succeed is dbeyond question. r Committees have already been ap pointed. Several cities discussed t the desirability of having the reun ion, but Greenville went about it in a . business like way and secured the 4prize. ie The average girl thinks it is smart - to try to make other girls think she has e refused to marry a man when she is in hysterics for fear he won't ask her. South Carolina Day at Charleston Exposition Thursday. March 20th, 1902 See very low rates via Southern Rail way. Cough Icemedy. Between the hours of eleven o'clock a m. and closing time at night on Jan. e25Lb, 1901. A. F. Clark, druggist, Glade rSprings, Va., sold twelve bottles of p- Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He dsays, "I never handled a medicine that 'sold better or gave better satisfaction g- to~ my customers." This Remedy has been in 'general use in Virginia for many years, and the people there are be well acquainted with its excellent qualities. Many of them have testified 7 o the remarkable cures which it has si- effect.ed. When you need a good, re liable medicine for a cough or cold, or attack of the grip, use Chamberlain's he Cough Remedy and you are certain to .be more thani pleased with the quick o-cure which it afford. For sale by W. E. PRESIDENT PELL CALLED TO CONVERSE. WILL LKAVE COLUMBIA FOR SPAR TANBURG'S GREAT COLLEGE. His Abilities Recognized-And Board of Trustees UnanimOusly Elect Him to Succeed Dr B F Wilson as Presi dent. [Special to The State.] Spartanburg, March 18.-This morning the board of trustees of Converse college announced their action in regard to securing a suc cessor for Dr. B. F. Wilson as presi dent of that institution. This action of the board is the result of careful and mature deliberation, and those interested have used their energies and judgment to the end of electing a man to this high position who will at least measure up to, if not go be yond, record of the scholarly gentle man who relinquishes voluntarily this post of honor, importance and trust. The Rev. Dr. R. P. Pell of Columbia has been chosen, and he has accepted. Dr. Pell is president of the Presbyterian College for Wo men in Columbia. The following is a sketch,of Dr. Pell given out to the press by the secretary of the board of trustees of Converse college today: Robt. P. Pell was born in Wash ington, N. C., in 1860. He grad uated from the University of North Carolina Maxima Cum Laude, in 1881, being one of three men in his class whose average was over 95 per cent. Subsequently he was instructor in English in the University of North Carolina and also in the State nor mal schools during the summer tems. He then took a course of study in Union Theological Seminary, Va. For a few years he was engaged in ministerial and teaching work in North Carolina. He was pastor of the Aveleigh church, Newberry, S. C., from 1894 to 1896, and since 1896 he has been the successful president f the Presbyterian College for Wo en, Columbia, S. C. His adminis ration has been intelligent, wise and strong. He combines good scholar ship witn much good judgment, un iring energy and great capacity for etail management. His executive abilty is marked, and Converse col ege under his administration will ontinue its growth and usefulness. His election to the presidency of onverse college was unanimous. e will have large responsibility, but his past success, his fine scholarship ad his conspicuous ability give as srance that he will measure up to all expectations. LAST OF OUTLAW. The Jesse James of Caroilina Drowns Like a Dog-lu Positively 1Ientlfied. Branchvills, March 17. The body found in the Edisto river Friday morning has been positively identi fied as the remains of :Bartow War ren, though the verdict of the coro ner's jury was that the man was au nown to them and that he came to his death by accidental drowning. Every one that has seen this body nd knew Warren during life, posi ively identified as being his body. The pistols found on the body were also identified it as Warren's property. There was a camp fixed just across the river from where the body was found, just large enough for one man to sleep in. This was in sight of where the safe was tied on the night of January 27. The supposi tion now is that Warren was at this camp watching the safe when the oicers found it, and seeing they were pretty close and fearing cap ture, tried to swim the river and was drowned in the attempt. It was generally thought that Warren was at the head of both of the express robberies which occurred near Fifty Eight. There were several express en velopes found on the body, all of which contained $23.84. The body was taken to the neigh brhood of Warren's old home, near Williams, S. C., for burial South Carolhia Day at Charleston Exposition Thursday, March 20th, 1902. See very iow rates via Southern Rail