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5 It mis" Daily Proceedings of The House and SenateMANY BILLS ARE INTRODUCED vMThe Members Are Working Hard and a ^ Great Deal of Legislation is Being Done. i SENATE. Seventh Day.? 1 he Senate met at 8 o'clock after a recess since Saturday. The proceedings were opened with prayer by the chaplain. Rev. G. H. Waddell Senator Gruber moved noneonenrrence in the House amendments to the county court bill. The motion was carried. Senator Henderson moved concairenee 1n the house amend- j n.ents to a bill to provide for the am aidmenrc of charters, with certain exceptions. such as railroads and municipal corporations. The Lill was passed by the Senate. The following new bills were introduced: Marshall, allowing street railwavs and lighting companies to con solidate; Marshall, to direct the superintendent and board of directors to take up two notes discounted in the Carolina National bank for the penitentiary. . These are two Neal note?, one the C. W. Ragsdale note for 52.00?) and the other the W. W. Russell note for $ti00; all third reading bills were passed over and the second reading bills taken up; the committee substitute for Senator Graydon's resolution to investigate the Virginia Carolina chemical company was adopted cn Senator Graydon's motion, and the resolution was passed to the third reading; on motion of Senator Henderson j Senator Hough was added to the com- j mittee on corporations, in place of Hon. J. C. Scarborough; the president announced that he had appointed Senators W. A. Brown and Livingston with the house committee on arranging memorial to Gov. Ellerbe. Also Senators Gruber and Manning on the joint ; committee upon the drainage of swamp lands. Eighth Day.?The following new bills were introduced: ' Talbird (by request), to prevent the wearing of badges of secret organizations bv persons not members of the same; Sheppard, proposing an amendment to the constitution providing for binennial sessions of the legislature; Talbird. bill to regulate the gathering, catching, and export of oysters, clams and terrapins and abolishing the office of terrapin inspector: Surratt, changing the county government bill in reference to the drainage of public roads; Cflnotnr Cnorxriorr? c 11 Km i t i H rPTTHrt JCiiavui L'luj/paiu ouwtuikWM ? vr?. ? , from the committee on privileges and elections in the shape of a resolution providing for a joint asembly on February 2d to elect'three directors of the penitentiary, two for two years, one for one year, Cunningham's unexpired term, sev >n trustees of the South Carolina college for six years, seven trustees of Winthrop for six years, four members of the board of visitors oft he South Carolina military academy, who shall be graduates of the academy, two trustees of the State colored college; one member of the State hoard of control for five years, to succeed J. Dudley Kaselden, and four trustees of Clemson. three or four years and one to fill vacancy caused by the death of Governor Ellcrbe. The following bills were pased to the third read in?,: Senator Sheppard's bill to dispense with the requirement of duplicate receipts to be isshed by State Treasurer. The committee amendments were adopted. Senator Livingston's bill authorizing commissioners of sinking fund to lend money to Marlboro county for a newjail. The committee amendments were adopted. Ninth Day. The Senate's morning session was devoted to the consideration c-f the wide tire bill introduced by Senator Mauldin. which came over from the last session. There was a vigorous fight on the measure but it was finally passed by a vote of 21 to 12, The Senate met at llo'clock and the only thing considered was the wide tire bill, the session lasting nearly four hours, and a night session being necessary, for the passage of second reading bills. At the morning session the following new bills were introduced: Sheppard;relative to new school district in Edgefield; Manning, to regulate the foreclosures on mortgages of real estate; Marshall, to require alt IdlliUdAld vv" >/.!.> l>d AW IA/ llir CUUV treasurer, county auditors to return I the amounts as to townships in each ccunty: Marshall, providing a capitation road tax for Richland; Mower, a bill relating to the examination of tho accounts of the State treasurer, comptroller general and the commissioners of the sinking fund: Connor, to amend section 547 (2711) of the second volume revised statutes, relating to the State penitentiary: Manning relating to the registration of births, marriages and "yl deaths. r' The House amendments to the Senate bill to reduce the salary of the phosphate inspector were agreed to and the bill passed as amended. This fixes the salary of the inspector at 51.200. The bill introduced by Senator McDermott by request to amend the county government law so far as it relates to the term of the supervisor was reached on the calendar and Senator Sheppard moved to strike out the en ? acting wards, faying hp thought the' supervisor ought by all means to be elected by the people. The bill fixed the term of supervisor at four year.-1 instead of two. Tenth Day.?The session of the Senate was devoted principally to the consideration of the second reading bills on the calendar, most of which were passed to the third reading. The Senate adjourned until Monday night, and it is proitaoie tnat several nigm sessions will be held in order to dispose of tlie manv matters before the assembly. The following new bills were introduced: Livingston, to give preferences to counties in hiring convicts. This is , the bill which has passed the House; i Stanland. to amend the act relating to the incorporation of towns of less than 1.000 inhabitants; Archer, to repeal an act requiring cotton buyers to accept bales of cotton weighing less than 300 pounds. The committee on education reported I Senator Graydon's dispensary bill without recommendation. Senator Henderson announced that j he had received a telegram from Charleston giving the sad news of the deatli j of Mrs. Barnwell. He offered resolu- ! tions of sympathy, which were adopted ! On jnotion. the Senate, as a further mark of respect to the memory of Governor Ellerbe, adjourned. HOUSE. Seventh Day.?The House or Eepre tl.J ? * ? ,, onrl sentatives reassennmu at uwu , was in session an hour, during which time little was accomplished. The income tax law was the subject for a little discussion, but the bill to repeal j that statute passed its third and last 1 reading in the house; Senator Gray- j don's bill to reduce the salary of the phosphate inspector was taken up; j Means' bill to regulate the ownership 1 and hunting of game and provide for j the violation thereof was indefinitely | postponed: W. H. Thomas' bill to am- ! end the charter of the Fourth brigade , (of Charleston) passpd second reading; ' F. H. Weston introduced a joint reso- ! lution to authorize and direct the sup- ! erintendent of the penitentiary and the ! board of directors to take up two notes J discounted by the Carolina National j Bank of Columbia for the penitentiary, j Among the new bills introduced were I the following: McDow, to complete Winthrop college: Wharton, to provide pension for paralyzed Confederate soldiers and sailors: Ashley, to regulate the granting of bail by magistrates; Young and Sinkler. to amend the law in regard to the foreclosure of mortgages; McCullough presented a memorial from the trustees of South Carolina College asking for an appropriation of $10,000 for a new mees hall; there was a favorable report on the bill to reduce the number of supervisore of registration: a new bill by Mr. H. E. Johnson to amend concealed weapon law; Mr. Dukes, to provide for the bonding of school districts for school purposes; the House at 1.20 p. m. adjourned. Eighth Day. The house of representatives spent the morning discuss-1 ing two timely matters good roads. | with the use of convict labor, and biennial sessions of the general assembly. Mr. Laban Mauldin's bill to prevent the hiring of convicts for work on private farms came up for second reading, and a substitute was adopted providing that'counties have the first bid at convicts for use on the public roads. Mr. Efird's resolution to make sessions of the general assembly a question to be voted upon in the next j election passed by exactly two-thridmajority, but his other bill to make the terms four years in length was j i.tn.j 11 muru. The proposition to reduce the salary of the phosphate commissioner to $80C resulted in a compromise at $1,200. The following were among the more important new bills introduced: Henry 1 B. Richardson, a bill to regulate the charges on leaf tobacco, making 7 per cent, the maximum toll:- a petition ' from the State Grange for better roads: a resolution by Mr. Wharton < that Prof. J. A. Holmes, geologist ol 1 North Carolina, be invited to address < the joint assembly on good roads. Ad- t opted; Moses, a petition from H. It 1 Thomas for an investigation of the ] railroad commission's affairs: Oaug'i- i man. a bill to allow Saluda county re i buy part of Carolina Midland railway: i Rogers, a bill to amend the free school f law; Moses, to fix t'he time for paying 1 taxes, allowing discounts on taxes paid t within certain months; Wimberley, tc i prevent the sale of goods within one t mile of a religious camp ground unless within an incorporate .own: Epps. tc s .amend the law as to trespass: Hop- 1 kins, to amend the same lau-; Moss, tr r establish Central township in Orange- c burg county. NINTH DAY. The House of Representatives had another short session and killed a few bills, among then 1 Mr. Wharton's to take the cfl '-c of P county dispenser into the primary. Mr. x Verner's to confine the operations of } the lien law to the cotton crop. Amorg [ those which passed were the measures to cede a part of Sullivan's island to the United States government. Mr. Pat- 1 ton's bill to give Columbia clear .itles 1 to the city hall property. Mr. Wilson's ' bill to appropriate $10,000 for the | Chickamauga monument and a hill re- a organizing tne system ui uean.11 legu- i lations in the State. The bill providing J, for the hiring of convicts to counties j was sent bark to the committee, not on account opposition to the bill, but to perfect it in some particulars. The following new bills and resolu- J tions were introduced: N. G. Evans, a concurrent resolution to authorize the attorney general to in- t vestigate the sale or lease of the South t Carolina and Georgia by the Southern; 1 Eflrd. a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitutionafTecting the method of paying school funds; Stevenson, to authorize the hiring of convicts to counties for work on the public roads; Dendy. to authorize commissioner of Oconee county to co-operate with authorities of Habersham county. Oa., in building bridge across Tugaloo river; Kairey. to validate the municipal election at Fort Motte; Ashlev. to regulate the sale of whiskev: i Wharton, to authorize county treasur- | ers to pay certain school claims; La- | ban Mauldin. to devolve the duties of j supervisors of registration upon city . and county officials; Magill, to protect ' primary elections: Cruin, to require treasurers of State institutions to bp j bonded officers and to regulate draw- ? ing of money from State treasury; Richards, to regulate the appointment . of beneficiary scholarships: Prince, to ' provide for the further codification of I South Carolina statutes; Prince, to authorize registers of mesne convey- 1 ance to record options, etc.; Patton, to protect game; Lock wood, to reqire [ phosphate commissioner to live in ' Beaufort county; Estridge, proposing , constitutional amendment repealing : clause relating to lynching; Mehrtens,' to prevent sale of merchandise in defraud of creidtors. Mr. Mauldin wanted to recommit the bill relating to the : hiring of convicts to counties. The bill , as it passed Tuesday was preferable to the original bill, but it was still not such a measure as the people desire. I The bill was recommitted by a vote of 43 to 35. Mr. Moss' bill to increase the j number of judicial circuits was made special order for Thursday of next . week. Mr. Blythe thought Mr. Ashe- i ley's bill to reduce the tax on fertilizers to 25 cents a ton a menace to the educational institutions of the State, and he wanted it taken up and acted j on at once. But it was decided to wait until the report of Clemson College J should be sent to the general assembly. as that institution receives the income from the fertilizer tax. Mr. Wharton's bill to provide for the elec tion of county dispensers was next discussed. Mr. C. E. Robinson moved that the enacting words of the bill be stricken out. Mr. Wharton claimed j that the present method of selecting j dispensers is favoritism, and not Dem- I ocratic. Ret the people elect competent officials. Mr. Crum opposed the bill. Mr. Yarn spoke in favor of the bill as a means of stopping the vices | attendant upon favoritism. Mr. Mobley said that the desire of the people is to take the dispensary out of politics, j The House killed the bill.. Mr. Verner's j bill to limit the extent of liens an l ! mortgages for agricultural supplier was taken up. The bill provides that all liens and mortgages given for agricultural supplies shall be a lien upon arwl enrol, nnlv fVio crnn np r-rnnfi nf COt? ton grown on the land upon which said lien or mortgage is given, and upon no ; other crop or crops whatsoever. Tenth Day. The House of Repre sentatives adjourned until noon Mon- i day. Little was accomplished at to-, day's session. Eleven bills passed 1 third reading, there being no question to any except Mr. Patton's to confirm ' to the city of Columbia the title to the I lot whereon stood the city hall, but af- J ter a short debate it also passed third reading. The bill regulating railroad 1 fares was killed. This practically con- i eluded the work of the day. The hour i of noon having arrived, the join memorial exercises to the late Governor Ellerbe were held. The State officers j and supreme court attended in a ! body. It was three years before, at the , hour of noon, that he first subscribed ] to the oath of cilice as governor, in the hall where these exercises were to 'oe ! held, and just a year previous he had delivered in this hall his second inaugural address. A few days later he , was confined to his bed by the disease which wrought his death. The Senate wide tire bill was read first time and referred to the committee on roads., bridges and ferries. The following were among the new bills introduced: WhLsonant. to amend the relating to to barbed wire; Jackson, to prohibit the hiring of children in payment of i obligations for debt: Jones, to amend he law relating to tax sales; Wimbery. to amend the law relating to incorporation of towns of less than 1,000 nhabitants; Wilson, to require the state to pay to counties.and school dis- j tricts taxes on land forfeited to State . 'or non-payment of taxes; Nettles, to 1 COAA. PnnnKmon IUHU Illiisiaimirn ?m ^.vu, ^aiiAuuiuu, ( :o include towns of not less than 140 1 nhabitants under act relating to reurn and assessment of taxes. The building of the State capitol, stopped by the civil war. will probably je completed at a cost of 1230,000. A nonument to cost $10,000 will be erecitd on Chicamauga battlefield. "Those inanufacturers who construct icavy machinery arc buried the deep- t st beneath the avalanche ?>f orders ; vhicli have made memorable the past i ear," says Iron nn?l Steel. "Activity u the machinery trade belongs exclusively to no one class, and is shared ; n rich measure by all. but while all ire kept busy, all have not to au e<pial legree contracted for tlieir future outmt. Tool builders can make reasouible deliveries on the smaller products >f their factories, but are sold many uonths ahead on the larger machines. ; ['hose engine builders are sold fartli st into the future vyho make the most towerful types of power. In all lines f iron and steel machinery the same | : itrenous demand is noted for the larger products. Tt Is observed that denand is greater for special machinery < ban for the standard forms, with doiveries correspoudinglv belated." 9 HI 10 Illlj Pubiic Ceremonies Both North I O (I ana doutn, THE DAY FITTINGLY OBSFRVED- ! Mrs. Jefferson Davis Receives a Sponta- ! neous Ovation in The City of New York. _ New York, Special. The tenth an- i nual bar.qnet of the Confederate Vet- i erans Camp of New York, given in i honor of General Robert E. I^ee. was j held at the Waldorf-Astoria Friday", ) 1100 persons being in attendance. One of the features was the presence of a ; large number of women, members of the families of the camp members. Edward Owen, commander of the camp presided. While the dinner was in progress. Mrs. Jeffers'on Davis was es- : cor ted into the centre box in the bal- i cony overlooking the banquet hall. She was given an ovation. Fans and nap- , kins were thrown in the air, and flowers were flung to the box from the ta- ' hies below. In a short time Mrs. Davis was surrounded by a group which deserted the banquet tables to greet her. ! An informal retention of an hour or , more was accord 1 lgly held by the widow of the fcrrier head of the Confederacy. The dinner over. Commander Owen proposed to toast "The President of the United States .and the Army and the Navy." It was drunk standing. Thomas Nelson Page, of Virginia. I responded to the toast. "Th? South Beyond Her Borders." The speaker first : referred to Che part played by the South in th9 upbuilding of the city cf j Now York. He then spoke on Stonewail Jackson, and paid that Southern , hero a stirring tribute. He next told of j the life of General Lee as a civilian j and as a president or an mucauoiiiu institution, and said that his motto was "duty is Che sublimest word in the English language." He alluded in 1 glowing terms to the life-work of Mrs. Jefferson Davis. Letters of regret were read from President McKinley, Governor Roose\elt. Mayor Van Wyck and Colonel Longstreet. of New Orleans. The letter ! from President McKinley was as follows: "I received your kind letter inviting me to be present and responded to a toast at the tenth annual banquet of your camp on the 19th inst., and I ' regret very much that engagements already made prevent me from sending , an acceptance. The cordial feeling of, mutual respect and good will existing : between the sections of our now re- | united country, among ail the people j is most gratifying to me. It would af- j ford me peculiar pleasure to be wich , you on this occasion and give renew- j ed expression to my grateful apprecia ticm of the pT>mptness and patriotism widh which the citizens of the South, | as well as of the North, respond to the 1 call of their country, and of the ever ' increasing help they are giving to i these things which contribute to its permanence and influence." "The Man on the Monument and the ! Memory of Robert E. Lee," was re- | sponded to by John Temple Graves, of Georgia. Webster's Statue Unveiled. At Washington, on Thrusday, a dis- ; tinguished gathering of public officials including President M'Kinley and his j entire cabinet, representatives of the Senate and the House of Representa- ! tives, the judiciary of the United States i supreme court and other branches of I public life, participated in the exer- | cises attending the unveiling of the c lossal bronze statue of Daniel Web- j ster, executed by the Italian sculptor, i Trentanove, and presented to the United States by Mr. Stilson Hutchins, of ; Washington. The President and most I of the other distinguished guests pro- ! ceeded to the Scott Circle, where at 12 i O I'lUt'K, Lilt? MUIUC ?d-o uiittiicu. * lie I drawing of the veil was performed j by Jerome Bonaparte, the great-grandson of Webster, assisted by Mrs. Hutch- : ins and Miss Katherine Deering. British Losses 7,967. A London dispatch of Thursday says: j The British losses in killed, wounded i and captured up to date are 7.9S7 of- ( ficers and men. Blackburn Declared Elected At Frankfort, Ky.. on Thursday. J. : C. S. Blackburn was formally declar- | rd elected United States Senator at the joint legislative session. The Jim Crow Car Bill. The Virginia House of Delegates passed the "Jim Crow Car" bill, or the bill requiring separtate cars for whites i and blacks on the railways without a ! dissenting vote. Urlrjs of SuMf Peduc?d. New York. Special.?The American 1 Sugar Refining Company announces a ' reduction of five points on soft sugars I Number 2, and Numbers 7 to 11 inclu- ' sive. in any quantity. The reduction 1 hold indefinitely. Wages Reduced. In a circular which has been posted on the walls of the Pullman sub-office, at the union station, Chicago, a reduction in the wages of sleeping car conductors is announced. mm THE STOUT OLD LADY AND THE MAN," ^^Hlj lie rushed into the car The crowded car tod ero The stout old who Bm (Inrl ilrAnr.H.1 kflp fn rP Recovered It he took the only scat That had been vacant there. She grabbed a strap and stood Before him while The car lurched on and on, Mile after mile. ^ She looked down at him and lie gazed away; He sat. she had to stand? There's more to say. The scene has changed: A maiden fair Plays lightly on a sweet guitar; Her cheeks are red and on her breast . A hunch of fragrant roses are. He comes at last; she gree.s him and Then leads him where Her mamma waits, hnlf buried la Her easv chair. A stout old lady glances up, lie bows and then ] They both remember hew aud when They met before! Diverging ways. A sad good-night: It sometimes pays To be polite. Chicago Times-IlernM; JINGLES AND JESTS. Lawyer "Do yon swear the collision raised the entire car?" Witness "Well, it raised everything bat the windows." Judge. Patience "Don't yon think Will bus a musical laugh?" Patrice "Indeed, I do! I notice he always laughs when you try to sing." "How ' gracefully she handles a fan!" "Yes. She used to keep the Hies off the tables in her father's dairy luucb." Cleveland Plaindealer. All hail the man who makes his way, init flchts his battles dav bv dav: Hh floors Lis foes. I joy to see. I'm glad his aim is not nt me. ?Chicago .Record. Visiting Curate?"Ah, my friend, you should reflect on the fact that we are here to-day and gone to-morrow." Convict?"You may be?I ain't."? Tit-Bits. Miss (of Boston)?"So mnch depends on environment!" Miss (of Chicago)?"Jlist so! Now, out in Chicago we are continually annexing our environments."?Puck. I'd rather go fishing than gunning; I'd rather do sitting than running; Rut I And myself wishing, I was gunning or Ashing, When a fellow comes after me dunning.* ?Philadelphia North American. First Combatant?"He called me a thief, sir." Second Combatant? "And he called me a lazy loafer." Peacemaker?"Well, I wouldn't fight over a difference of opinion. You mav both be right." There was a young man of Dunbar, Who playfully poisoned his ma. As he gazed on his work He remarked with a smirk. "This will causo quite a fumily jar,* ?Life. "I wish now," shrieked the angry young wife. "I wish now, Frederick Harrison, you had married Editli - ' ? mi Macmaliou instead 01 me: xnai? what I wish!" "I would have married her," yelled the infuriated husband, "only she wouldn't have me aud you would."?Cinciunati Enquirer. She?"To think that you once declared that you would love me as long as you lived! And now, hardly a year married, and you care nothing at all about me!" He?"But you see when I told you I would love you as long as I lived I wasu't feeling very well, and I really didn't think I would live long."?Boston Transcript. "Call a messenger boy, quick!'* cried the business man. The model office boy paled perceptibly. He feared to lose his situation; but then ?there was his conscience. The mental struggle was fierce but brief. "No. I cannot do it," he said, simply; "for I have uever yet spo&en an untruth." ? Catholie Standard and Times. "I am giad there are a few honest people left. Two years ago I sent a boy around the corner to buy a postal card, i have never seen the boy to this day." "Yon don't call that boy honest?" "Yes, sir! This morning I received <* postal with this on the back: 'Dear Sir: Here is your postal. I started in business with the penny you gave me and have prospered. Thanks.' "?Chicago News, Traveling in Colonial Days. ? After the period of walking and canoeing had its day in colonial times, nearly all laud travel, for a century, was on horseback, just as it was in England at that date, in mere were only six stage coaches in the whole of Great Britain, and a man wrote a pamphlet protesting that they encouraged too much travel. Boston then had one private coach. Women aud children usually rode seated on a pillion behind a man. One way of progress which would help four persons ride part of their journey was what was called the "ride-and-tie" system. Two of the four persons who were traveling started oa their route on foot; two, mounted on the saddle and pillion, rode about a mile, dismounted, tied tho horse, and walked on. When the two' who bad started 011 foot reached the waiting horse they mounted, rode ou past the other couple for a mile, dismounted, tied and walked on; and so on. A Small lloy'n Discovery. "Dear Grandma," wrote the little boy, "I saw the fog horn and heard it blow, but the fog doesn't come oufc of the horn." New York Sun.