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IE. H. Al'I ... Ito,N. N. G. GONZALES. The assassination of Editor Gonzale: in the manner in which it was done wil be deplored by all the people of th< State. A brave man would give evt"r an enemy an opporit t,o defend him salf. If this sort of thing is to be con oned no man's life will be secure We have had many differences with Mr Gonzales, and at times we have thought him unjust and unfair, but we have al ways recognized his ability and hi: forcefulness as an editoral writer anc we regret the tragic ending of his life. He will be missed by his frierds and as well by his political enemios. Ther was no editor in this State, and has been none since the death of Capt. F. W. Dawson. with as strong personality. and who wrote as vigorous English as N. G. Gonzales. We would not say anything to prejudice the case of Mr. Tillman. but we cannot help but deplore such tragedies and recognize the it'ss of such a personality as the dead editor. THE SHOOTING OF MR. GONZALES. The readers of The Herald and News are already familiar with the facts in the awful t rage(.' which was enacted Columbia last week. It is to be de plored by all of the people of this State. Editor Gonzales had taken a very active part against Mr. Tillman in the last campaign and had published some very severe strictures upon him. le was shot on the streets without warning and when he was unarmel. The whole matter is to be deplored. Here is the second executive oflicer in the State on his way from tne State Capitol armed with two pistols in violation of the statute law of the State, and assaulting in such manner a citizen on one of the most public thoroughfares of the city. It is very much to be deplored. Editor Gonzales was one of the most vigorous and forceful writers in the State, though he often weakened his in fluence by the bitterness of his pen. His ability was recognized by his enemies. His labors and his pen were always for what he believed was right. His death will be a distinct loss to the paper which he had built by his own genius and strong personality to be one of the leading papers in the South. Our sympathy goes to the stricken editor and his family and we trust he may recover. Apart from the etreet of the awful tragedy utpon the two persons most interested and their immediate families We are sorry it happened for the effect it will have upon our State. We are glad to note that the city is going ahead with street improvement. It will cost money, to be sure, but the benefits will be so great that there will be no kicking after it is seen what these improvements mean. In some places now when there is the least rain wagons cannot travel the streets and p)edestrians can scarcely get to their homes without wading through the mudl. Good str'eets, good sidlewalks and good public highways are the cry ing needls of these times. They are more to be dlesiredl thani low taxes be cause they will sav'e much more money than they will cost. Gr'eenwvood's sewerage s,vstem is vir tually comp)leted now. 'lhbe fourteen miles we nowv have cost us about $25, 000. Columbia has t wenty' eight miles and its cost was over $75,000. Twicet as m,any miles cost three times as much. ---reenwood Index. It is a little remarkableb that New berry sewerage cost so much more. We have only five miles and had $25, 000. Now it may be that there is stil' on handl some $;,000. Our board o1 public works has made no staten'ent as to the cost of our system of sewerage This is a good time to take the semi weekly News and Courier in connectioi with The Herald and News, both ond year for $2. The Herald and News wvil keep you poisted from Columbia as t< v~hat our own representatives are do ing and give you the principal work o the sessior., but in the News and Cour icr you will get the detailed account o each day's proceedings. The trustees of the Sotuth Carolin College have elected Maj. Sloan presi dent and he ha.s accepted. He has beei connected with the college for man years anrd for the past year as chair man of the faculty has been in charg of the institution. He is veryv popula with the student body ar.d we wish fo him abundant success. The inauguration of the flew Govmr or will take pace on Wednesday. Go'. McSweeney ar.d family will return: Lis home in Hampton the latter p-art o th:s week. Wanted. We would like to a.:k, thog th columnis of your paper, if there is ar' erson who rhas uLsed Green's Augud' Fwer for the cure of Ir& gest-s Dys sia, and Liver Troubles that ha. no n.ured -- a we also mean thei: results, suich as sour stomach, ferrr.n tation of food. habitual cotvns nervouas dyspia, he&ahes, de dent fe'elings, sleePesss-i aytroubie conneted with the* stomr acirer? This mediciea.s b.e sold for manyjears in all civilized cour, tries, arsd we w ish to conrespond wit? you and seal you one of our books fre of <es. If you never trid Augus Flower, try a :3 eent bottle first. Wd have never known of its faiirng. If s.x sonetLrng mre semicas is she mattez with .70j' The 25 eent sire has just been mntroda-ed this year. Regulaa mie TS ents At aDl druzggists. G. G. Gemwn. Woiobu,r v.J COLUMBIA LETTER. Columbia, Jan. 19. - The first weel of the legislative session has passet without unusual incident. For the firsi couple diys, with the exception of or ganizing and getting ready for busines: practically nothing could be done. ow ing to the fact that the pn sent Gen. eral Assembly is a new body and thelv were no matters on the calendeti brought over from a previous sossion A good many meastires, some ot hwI of a great deal of importan.e, h.vv now been presented. howev:er. %:'-i both branches of the legislative , have plenty of material on whwh to grind. The most im.rtnt queslo:.. N considered at the .vseni ses. A:e those of child latvr, c s \'.:. tion. tax ation: a-\i 'V. ' . , -ea: : s and in measures u.ve s naturally r.he g:xa es: .:'vs tert\. ag o f 1 t w A - e 't: f. i "t ' e . ifif T'ercusa:: 'A : e 'In V father :S .*,-.:'',:'f* *:e! I : age of ll' s. ..t.. der the age of _ a :- e - : between the hours of 7 . m. ad . m., and that no child utider the age of 14 shall he so employed between any hours, unless said child can write its own name and simple sentences in the English language. That a fine of $100 shall be ilpose(l upon any person or corporation violating or permitting to be violated the above provisions. The manner of enforcement is about the same as that propt s td in the Auli B, The mill men have already become active in their opposition to the child labor measures. At the meeting of the commit tee on commerce of the Senate, held on Friday to consider the Marshall Bill, Capt. Ellison A. Smyth, of the Pelzer mills, '.;r. W. A. Clark, of the Columbia mills, and Mr. L. W. Parker, of the Greenville mills, were present and presented their views. They did not think there was any necessity for legislation, saying the evils incident to the employment of such labor in this State were wholl^ imaginary and ex aggerated. If a law must be passed, however, they would prefer the Mar shall Bill rather than the one intro (uced by Mr. Aull. It looks very much now as if one of the proposed measures is going to be come a law. Compulsory Education Bills have been introduced in both houses. In the House M r. Aull is the author of a Bill the pro visions of which are that on and after the first (lay of July, 1903, every child in the State between the ages of 7 and 12 shall attend a p)ublic school in the district in wvhich it resides, or some ot,her' school approved by the board of truistees, for the length of time that the said public school is in session dur ig the year; provided, that non-at tendance may be excuised by the board of tirustees. That the failure of a child of the reqtuired age so to attendl school shall be conistruedl as a misdlemeanor on the part of the p)arent or guardian of such child, for which saidl parent or guardian shall be p)rosecu tedl bhfore any magistrate with ju risdiction, and shall be subject to a fine not exceeding one dlollar for each day of unexcused absence, or one (lay's imprisonment. The manneir provided for the enforce ment of the law is that a census of children of the prescribed ages shall be nmade each year, and1 the absence of any child any (lay shall be rep)orted by the teacher to the board of trustees and the boardl shall proceed against the delinquent parents. In the Senate Mr. Riayor, of Orange burg, has a Bill requiring the attend ance upon school for eight, weeks of all childre-n betweern the ages of eight and fturteen years, inclusive, unless they may be prevented by illness or reside more than two miles from a school j house, or by reason of already being - proficient; and when such reasons exist said children must be excused by tl board of trustees. A fine of not less - than $.5.'X r.or more than $20.00), or im a risonment in jail for not less than ter r nor more than twenty dlays, is provided r for every o:Tense. In the matter of the improvement of the p.ub:le roash Mr. Aull has i tro duced in the Hous.se a Bill requiring and > d:-eetin~g the County Board-s of Com. f misincers in the various courties in th< State to or4er an~ ection u;,J tht q :stxon of Lssur.g a:-rds for the pi r. P:te ojf rwaamr:z7.g ar.d prrnar.en.tly pargthe r'.is1. h:ghways a-.d: -brudges. This care s-r.py aee s eav ri oput : s.a wir e a erty tac for tr.e t'2ldin.g of rahi ar. to do away w-ith a petitu.n sigred byi a mnajor-ity of the. freeho.krs fr. orde to order an el.eet:-n to k:e up-. th,e qusaon- The elect-a pnopceed Li a sF*ial on~e, to be hda'. soera ttr.e durir..g July or Augusat The firt c -urrert re-s.tin of the sessioc which pa.s4ci b>th hoses ~ar. imously. i a pro~test agaizat' the ap.. portmnevt of the r.e,g-' Crm cazt of the port of Chresr n~ we latixs is as foCorus: of claytvntz at tht' tt\ of Ch*ret\\tt. and sAi1 pwintment vit )'W Vaigi tifrimAtiN by t. 'teate; 'and Wletww 1te Iwdtent has igno'd the earnest p:t\st of t1'e Ma\%r aid citisens, iv t\entit\g tht tNstss in 1\l1mttent, in thAt the nis.h\, o' ItII }Nt wrk'.\ jg; d llitxd mt.1 the intet' est of the It.xv \w\'ik tulate't lly\ sultt'r t hevby .;oaI* Whe ts, it ( it m\ent\$iance ith the fleata'n tat istmeip ',es 11 at i mas < .,'; G'ei%'nt that the }\'uet of :\' X;'e'' "sc\linttc ll' t yn\ily o: 'he oteilrl u':al e \' :\ it b applytoh cit harits I0 t :l.t; ~ ' ;; ..'S .c .t Governor MecSweenley hlas sent to the House his veto of the Bill to abolish the olice of phosphate inspector. No action has been taken on the veto. 'Tomorrow has been fixed as the day for the election of a chief justice of the supreme court, a superintendent and three directors of the penitentiary. The election of a United States Sena tor will take place in joint session on Tuesday, the le th, the time fixed by statute. No vacancy was recognized in the of fice of State Librarian, it being con strued Ihat the election at the last ses sion of the present very etf.:ient e: cumbent. Miss LaIBoarde, was for two years, her term expiring in 194. Capt. 1). .1. Gritlith will in all proba bility succeed himself as superintend ent of the penitentiary. It is gener ally conceded that lion. Y. J. Pope, of Newberry. now Assocaite Justioe, will be chosen Chief .Justice to succeed the late lamented Chief Justice Melver. Of course, lion. A. C. Latimer, who was nominated in the primary, will be elected United States Senator. This election by the legislature is now only a matter of form. No (late has yet been hixedl for the inauguration of Governo" H-eyward and the other new State officers, though it will most probably occur on Wednes dlay of this week. G;over'nor- Heywood and family will arrive in Columbia on Tluesday. Both houses have agreed to Gover nor McSweeney's recommendlation~ that a special (lay be apploinlted for memorial services in honor of General Wadle H ampton, andl committees of ar rangements have been appointed. As already stated, General M. C. Butler, upon invitation of Governor McSwee ney, wvill deliver the add(ress. Th'le report of the sub-judiciary comn mnittee aplpointed at the last session to investigate the circumstances relative to the substitution of a Dispensary Bill, for a Road Bill in free conference corn mittee, was presented to the General Assembly in a special executive mes sage. It will lbe rememberedl that Mr. D)ominick, of Newberry, who was last year a member of the House, was p)rom imently connect ed with this matter. The committee fully exonerated Mr. D)om iniek and the others connected with it. Th committeet, however, placed itself on record as not ondorsing such mn ythods, but adlmitted there was prece.. d (ent for it. Today is the anniversary of the birth of Robert E. Lee, a legal holiday in South Carolina, and the Legislature has ad'juirnedl unftii tomorrow. Upon invi ta:ion of G;ov rn(or McSweeney, chair man of the boatrd of trwaes, a goo mnr. of the- rnernbers left this morning t ( 'LCollg. at R'K Hi!! They will On the, rorr e a r'it by the the to zwig a.'gr.rr.r.t' w-e given man- r: -a ar.d OG-e ' .s ar.d mrn r g rme fr:jrela tan ...4M.. -~ ..iii MNt. SPEAKBR SMITH. The eletion of the lion. M, L. Smit of Ker shnv Seaker' of the llous of Repreentat ive'' by such a handsom maiority and over worthy 'and comuN tent competitors is a very high cn'l.i ment to his charaetel and his abih.y lie has had only one term of legislativ, servitt\ lle is a man ot' ability an ti9e personality' and during his shor le tslative service impressed himlsel uni ll the members and won their eonti 1ene ' antd, osteeta. W\i' have ieard some criticism of hit appoimt ments on commit tees. It seem. that he has not followed precedent am has )iven1 some new men g\aki posi tlor.. over soie older lmenl who had seten loter service. This emritieism may be just and it may not. Years of s'\ 't' dloes not ah\va\'s mt'an that a man' is best tit tedl fior ipo't ant colm init te' assignment. There may be solc new men in point of service who aris older in point of experienet and \\ho an' t'better tit ted by reason of t his than sone who are old in service for smen im1portant 'ommlit te 00 assigonents. Then in this matter it should be re mem<'berewi that this was a new house ade etvy lember was on practieally the sanim' fo1'tngl1. W do not believe the Jacksonian doctrine that to the Vc or-s N'long the spoils if it is carried to the extent of impairing the public serv-er but unless it does we do not be :r'\ e any man should be criticised for its exetvise- if a man does not count his tends w\ h; n he has positions to be st'w h'w can he expect to have friends. tit ca be shown that Speaker Smith by l'mvingt some tegive of preference to his friends in the matter of appoint ments has in the slightest impairted the public service or promoted men who are incompetent, then the criticism is just and proper. but if the men who have been recogni:.ed in his coumittet assignments are compete'nt for the po sitions given them and the public ser vice will be cared for in an ethlcient manner then the eriticism is unjust and in bad taste. We believe the latter is true and that the assignments made by him are as good and the men as com petent as would have been the result if he had followed the wishes o' tO'se who opposed his election and v ye n them the preferment. I.et the c ri-: cisms in this matter be iust. We believe Mr. Smith will make a good presiding officer and will be fair and impartial in his rulings and that those who did not get just what they wanted should remer that there are about 124 membe -- and very few extra good places at the disposal of the speaker. We have no doub: that in this list are some of his friends and Supporters. It should be the effort of every mem ber to uphold the hands of the speaker and help on the work of legislation. We know he has ability and we are sure he will be impartial in his rulings and that he will have in mind only the best interests of the State and the happiness of its people in all of his official acts. TILLMAN VS. ROOSEVELT. The Senator to Make it Hot for the Presi dent -South Carolina's Notable Senator Will Heat His Pitchfork to a White Heat in an Antraeite Coal Fire and "Go for" the President and the Attor necy General With an Accus- - tomed Dash and Vigor. [Shecial to News and Courier.] Washington, January 13. -Senator Tillman gave notice in the Senate to (lay that he will endeavor to lay the coal famine nowv prevailing throughout the land at the (100r of President Roose velt and Attorney General Knox. Sen ator Tillman obtained the floor today, p)ending the dlebate on the fr-ee coal resolution, but he gracefully yielded to Senators D)olliver and Aldrich, who be came involved in what Seniator Tlillman dlesignated as a "pel)tty family (luarrel." The South Carolina Senator (lid not obtain the floor again until he had a little clash with Senator Fairbanks, the temporary presiding ofli--er, wVho did not know that Senator Tillmian had been p)reviously recognized by P'residlent Fr-ye and had yielded the floor to others. Senator TPillman and his associates tho roughly enjoyedi the hair-pulling match in the Republican household over the reciprocity. Senator D)olliver declared it was the dloctrine of Blaine, McK(in Iey andl Dingley, and Senator Aldrich boldy rpuditedit as injurious to Amorican husiness interests.' Senator Tillman will probably handle Roosevelt without gloves tomorrowv, in splite of the fact that the p)residlent handed him an olive branch last Satur da b mviting teSenatoran hi family to attend Mrs. Roosevelt's mu sicale at the White House. Senator Tillman, of course. dleclinedl to attend, rernembering the recalled (linner invita ti'n of last winter, it is the intention of Senatojr Tillmnan to expose the Presi dent<s inconsiste.ncies on the tru'Ist quies t:tor.. A THRUST AT CHIARiA.FsToN. rntaster Harris is here looking a: M mi- confirmation. Senator Till.. mar r.aa not relented in his opposition ar.d :r.sw.a that he cannot bring him e ? to beneve there is not a white man :r G:arletrn besides a "carne.t-bagger"' hoc is qrahted to preside Over the - e Senator Tillmnan says when he tanka o- the importunities from (2a:tc'narm irn behalf of Harris's o-athmatonhe fees it is almost un easaorahte to ~eet him to make an enhiaati fiht against Crumn. J AED FLL stoek of Pape ptM ifa .rAev~ and ae A Golden Rule 0 of Agriculture; - l good to your land and your crop will be good. Plenty of Potash in the fertilizer spells quality I and quantity itn the har. vest. 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