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WASHINGTON LETTER. WASHINGTON, Eeo, 12? 1894. Senator Jones, of Ark., Vest, of Mo., and Mills, of Texas, the three good Democrats charged with the important doty of preparing the amendments to the Wilson tariff bill which are to be submitted to the Senate Finance com? mittee, have proveo themselves giants and earned the gratitude of the country, which wants the tariff disposed of at the earliest possible moment, by completing their work, and as the other Democratic members of the Finance committee have kept io touch with them in their work, it is altogether probable that the amend? ments reported by them will all be adopted by the committee and that the Wilson bill will be before the Senate ' before tbe close of this week. This breaks tbe record in committee work on tarriff bills, and is highly creditable to the meo who did it, bot there is another thing that is even more creditable to them. The bill they have reported will be supported by every Democratic Sena? tor. The proposed amendments have net been made public, bot they are all io ooe direction-that of iooreasiog the .revenue which thc new tariff law will prodoce. There are reasons for the be? lief that a m OD g the proposed amend? ments are a doty on coal, and on sogar, both raw aod refined. The sob-com? mittee made oo chaoge io the iocome tax. One of the principal reasons for largely increasing the revenue features of the tariff bill is that the Democratic Senators are opposed to any farther issac of bonds and propose to place the Treasury io such a condition that no more will be needed. Had the House not adjourned Satur? day OD account of the sudden death of Representative Hook, of Ohio, who ' dropped dead Friday afternoon while visiting a friend, it is probable that Re? presentative Biand's MU for the coioage of the seigniorage in the Treasury woold have passed to-day. That it will pass early this week is the general expecta? tion. There is mach talk aboot the bill being vetoed by President Cleve? land, bot it is admitted by those who say they expect it to be vetoed that their expectations are oot based opon any information they have received from the President. There is also some talk aboot submitting the bill to a Demo? cratic caocQ8 and that may yet be done ; not for the purpose of endorsing it bot for the parp?se of so changing it as to avoid the danger of a veto. Senator Morgan, of Ala., who is chair man of the Senate committee on Foreigo Relations, was at the time the annex? ation treaty was negotiated with representatives of the provisional government of Hawaii stongly in favor of annexation. For that reason it Jae bees feared that he might not agree with bis Democratic colleagues Senators Gray aod Butler-OD the sub? committee which has been making the investigation, as to the nature of the re? port to be made on the evidence taken by the sob- committee. I have jost learned from a trustworthy source that those fears are entirely groundless, as the three Seoators named are in accord aod will all sign the majority report. The investigation is closed bot the re? port may not be made to the Senate ontil after the tariff bill is passed. The remains of the late Represen " tative Hook, were accompanied to Ohio by a joint Congressional committee composed of the following : Represen? tatives Hare, Springer, Bryan Holick, MoKaig, Ellis, of Oreg., aod Ritchie, aod Senators Brice, Sbermao Dubois, Hunton, Martin aod Alieo. Mr. Honk was much liked and the unex? pected manner in which be died, while apparently in the best of health, bas caused great sorrow among his col leagues and friends. The House com m i tte oo the Judi? ciary does oot take aoy stock io either the beauties or benefits of woman's suffrage, as was shown by it prompt action io makiog ao on favorable report oo the resolution of Representative Bell, of Colo., providing for a woman's suffrage amendment to the Constitu? tion. At an enthusiastic meeting of -the democratic Congressional campaign committee. Senator Faulkner, of W. Ya., was unanimously elected chairman and Lawrence Gardoer and James L. Norris, of Washington, Secretary and treasurer, respectively. Next week there is to be a joint meeting of this committee and the executive committee of the Natiooal Association of Demo? cratic Globs, for the purpose of! arrangiog the campaign work of this year. The Hoose Naval committee has reported adversely the resolution ask? ing for an investigation of the granting of speed premiums to the constructors of naval vessels. The report exonerates oar oav&l officers and holds op to public seora J. Hale Sypher, ex-Congress? man and ex-carpet-bagger, of La., and at present a lobbyist (and some say something a shade or two blacker), who, the report says instigated the charge for his own purpose, which it broadly inti? mates was to be booght off by the ship builders. All estimates of the cotton crop seem to have beeo under the mark. The receipts to date are largely in ad? vance of last year and more coming. Farmers should take warning. The Sooth cao raise twenty millioo bales as easily as eight ; it is a question of capi? tal to put ioto the fields. Remember? ing this, Southern farmers will look well to raising their supplies. Large planters are not concerned in this posi? tion. The small farmer cannot com? pete and live by cotton alone.-Lau? rens Advertiser. Conflict in South Carolina. We have received a copy of "the memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Sooth Carolina to the Congress of the United States in the matter of receivers of railroad corpora? tions, and the equity jurisdiction of the Courts of the United States " The position is taken that the United States Courts have no power conferred by the Constitution or by acts of Congress to appoint receivers of railroads; and, therefore, all such appointments are void. The point is pressed that the power being usurped, no number of precedents can coirfeTv|K>wer or juris? diction upon tfcs ?Tourts, an?V that "unless the Federal Court of Equity had jurisdiction when for the first time it appoioted a railroad receiver, the appointment of a thousand receivers of railroads cannot clothe it with that jurisdiction." The memorial is written in a vigo? rous style and presents forcibly the case of tbe State in its efforts to collect taxes from railroads in the hands of receivers appointed by the Federal Court. The railroads io default are the South Carolina, Greenville and Colum? bia, Spartanburg railroad, Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta, and Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line. Out of a total railroad mileage in South Caro? lina of 2,554, 1,419 miles are in the hands of receivers. These roads are in arrears for three years for State, county aod school taxes The amount due is $208,600 or about $70,000 a year. This deficit, no doubt, causes some embarrassment to the State government. The memorial is a formidable docu? ment. It covers sixty-five pages of matter printed on foolscap. It sug? gests to Coogress legislation oo these lines : 1. To confer upon the Courts of the United-States power and jurisdiction in the matter of railroad receiverships. 2. To define aod limit that power and set bounds to that jurisdiction. 3. To determioe the life of a railroad receivership. 4. To prevent the courts of the United States and their railroad receivers from interfering with the laws of the States io the collection of taxes, and in the exercise of their police power. The railroads, whether in the hands of receivers or not cannot escape taxa? tion, but we confess to sympathy with the railroads that have been driven to the wall by the hard times. They have done much for the South. In the development of South Carolina, they have been important factors. The public is too prone to forget the invalu? able services rendered by railroads and to look upon corporations in general as their enemies. There is co excuse for this antagonism. Railroads cannot escape taxation. The state bas a lien upon them that must be satisfied. The delay is vexatious but necessary in the judgment of the Federal Court. This Cdurt is not of foreign creation. It is part and parcel of the judiciary system of our government. It should receive our support and its decisions should be obeyed aod respected by our people. Judge Simonton is a South Caro? linian. He was a gallant soldier, and was at . the front from 1861 until the war closed. This Federal judge has charac? ter and ability, and his service to his people io war and io peace entitle him to their respect and confidence. Judge Simonton is a jurist and a patriot, and he can be depended upon in the dis? cbarge of the duties of his high official Btation, never to do aoytbing agaiost the honor and welfare of his native State. We have known Judge Simootoo for nearly forty years, and we have yet to bear aught against him. If the honor aod interests of the people of South Carolina are not secure in his keeping, we would despair of the future of our Bister State. We know of oo truer man in South Carolina than the Hon. Charles H. Simonton, judge of the United States Circuit Court. Ho has been proven without fear and without reproach.-Augusta Chronicle. Fan in South Carolina. The "Conservative" press of South Carolina ("Conservative" is a misno? mer, for there is no conservative ele? ment io South Carolina politics and never was, but the press which repre? sents the Democratic element; of that State which is io the minority) is mak? ing itself as comfortable aod as merry as possible, in view or' its undone condition, and is giving the "Refawm ers" a great deal of assistance in the choice of their candidate for Governor" this year-or, rather, it would, if it would get together itself. The Colum? bia State is vigorously pushing the claims of Dr. Sampson Pope, of New? berry, whom it affectionately designates as "Samps." The Spartanburg Herald is urging Hon. John Gary Evans \ of Aiken, as an ideal Ile fa wm er and is riled because the State calls him john Gary evans. The Greenville News has set Geo. R. K. Hetophill, of Abbeville, io the pit, plumed and gaffed, and lauds him as "a faithful and veteran Refawmer, a brilliant journal? ist, an accomplished office-bolder/' who "would make a worthy successor as he has been a worthy and zealous follower of Our Noble Leader." Continuing its panegyric it says : He would fit any platform which the anguish and exigencies of a Refawm conference might produce. He has been overlooked too long and is iu danger of becoming shop-worn. We nominate him for Governor and we call on The State and The Herald to take their impotent Evans boom and their superfluous and unnecessary Sampson Pope boom off tbe track to make way for the triumphant rolling onward of the Hemphill chariot. , It is a pleasure to see the brethren of tho.South Carolina., minority enjoying themselves.-Charlotte Observer. Time to Keep Cool. Right now is a good time for all South Carolinians, regardless of poli? tics, to commence patting in some sound thinking. ' The situation is extremely critical, and above all else, it is incum? bent upon every one to study to keep cool: . About five weeks ago, a negro was killed in Spartanbnrg. Ten days ago a dispensary constable. was accused of slapping a woman in Charleston. On the same day there was almost a riot in that city. Last Thursday afternoon there was a street dael in Columbia. Last Saturday night one white mao was killed and another was seriously wounded near Welford, in Spartanbnrg county. All of these incidents were the direct results of efforts to enforce the dispensary law. The dispensary law is the law of the State. There is bitter opposition to it; but, nevertheless, it is law, and should be enforced. Notwithstanding the fact that the law is drastic and that its constitutionality is questionable, it is incumbent on every good citizen to give it his support, or fight it only in the courts. Violence is as unjustifiable as it is dangerous, and by resorting to it, our people have everything to lose and nothiog to gain. So far there have been two sides to every incident. It is claimed that the it Spartan burg negro resisted arrest, and was necessary to kill him in self-defense. If this is true, the killing was justifi? able. On the other band, it is claimed that the negro was running away and that he was shot io the back. If this is trne, the killing was unjustifiable. Elliott ^claims that he did not slap the Charleston woman, and that the charge was made against him and sustained altogether by interested witnesses, who had. sufficient motive to perjure them? selves. Whether this is true or oot nobody can tell ; but* at the same time it must be confessed that its truth is not impossible. It seems to be clear that Meetze was angry at Miller because Miller testified against an alleged blind tiger. Meetze was evidently the agressor in a matter in which he had no business, and got the worst of it. That Davis is also to blame in a measure, is quite possible. O oe story is that the people at Welford were shot down while trying to ron away, and another story is that they were resisting arrest. The blood of the people is so hot, that absolute assurance of the facts is next to impossi? ble. Just now the papers shonld be care? ful about printing such things, and should give both sides. They should do all they can to keep the people calm and cool. It should be remem? bered that the pr?somption of guilt is rather against those charged with breaking the law. Of course, if an official makes a mistake, it is natural that he shall try to defend himself, and with a hundred inexperienced consta? bles, it is not surprising that many mistakes should be made. Rut, at the same time, whenever a wrong is committed, the chances are that the responsibility rest in a measure with both parties to it. Again, we say keep cool. If the dispensary law is not upheld by a majority of the voters, the next legis? lature can repeal it. Io the meantime, let Governor Tillman do what he can to carry out its provisions. If the governor appears too rash, that is no excuse for rashness oo the part of the people. The remedy for all violations of law, either by the governor or the blind tigers, is in the courts or at tba ballot box. The people are justified io. seeking a remedy nowhere else. Above all things else, however, let everybody keep cool.-YorhviUe Enquirer. The Statute. - There is a good deal of squeamish- | ness being expressed by the Reform press upon the subject of obeying the law because it stands upon the statute. Now, because a statute is enacted, that does not make it immaculate. It may < not be law after all. Whether the Dispensary act id law, is the question the Courts are now trying and the I whole State stands tip-toe waiting ; their decision. Again it is not wrong, j although it may be illegal, to violate a statute. Franklin, Warren and \ George Washington utterly ignored j thu statutes of George 3rd, and the Boston boys flung the tea overboard in 1 the teeth of the statute and continue \ to enjoy the aplauso of mankind. A i statute that invades the liberties of the ! citizen is not entitled to respect. Laurens Advertiser. Collector Townes in Office. The internal revenue collector's of? fice was turned over to Capt. S. A. Townes on last Saturday, and he was dully installed into the position held for the past four years by E. A. Webster, a Republican. Gen. Sewell, a special agent of the revenue department at Washington, came to Columbia and j superintended the transfer, and found everything in a satisfactory condition. Capt. Townes was sworn into office by W. A. Carr. U. S. commissioner, and be at once took charge of affairs. As | the new collector has not yet announced \ any of his appointments, no change 1 has been made in the office force, and Capt. Little will continue to act as chief deputy until his successor is named. ? Mr. Webster has returned to his home in Oraogeburg. The applications for service under the revenue collector are still beiog filed, and Collector Townes will relieve himself and others when he decides upon the successful applicants. There is no dearth of strong, efficient mate? rial, and the difficulty seems to be in making choice among so many who are well qualified.-Greenville Mountaineer, Feb. 7. What the Cost Line System Pro? poses to Do Soon. lt has been puzzling a great many people to know exactly why the Coast Line system was rushing through the new piece of track just below Sumter to Denmark with such great dispatch. A mao who is as well posted as any one on railroad matters yesterday talked very interestingly about the matter. He state that very soon the connection will be oompleted. He says the Coast Line people are not going to bother much longer with the Florida travel to any great extent, but that their object is to. establish a through route to New Orleans and the great Sonthwest, which will be much quicker than any now existing. This business has ?grown enormously of recent years and is now something worth handling By this new piece of road the Coast Lioe runs into Denmark, theoce over the South Carolina raiiiway track-it being said that the system will obtain control of the South'Carolina road into Augusta-there turning over the trains to the Georgia Railroad for Atlanta. From Atlanta they will be rushed through over the Atlanta and West Point road, which bas the finest road bed in the South, to New Orleans The route, it is claimed, will be as di? rect as the Richmond and Danville main line route and the run will be make in quicker time than is possible to be made over any other road bed. If the work on the extension is com? pleted as soon as expected, it will not be long before through vestibnl? flyers will be running through Sumter, Den? mark aod Augusta. It will be a great thing for this section of the South. The same mao states that the Coast Lice intends to build a new piece of road direct from Denmark to Savannah and get the shortest possible connec? tion in that way.-State. George W. Childs, editor and pro? prietor of the Public Ledger, died on the 3rd inst, at bis residence in Phila? delphia, in the 64th year of his age. Mr. Childs was more widely known than any private citizen in this country. He was a mao of great wealth, which he used largely for the benefit of others, and his liberal hand was constantly dispensing charity and giving aid to the deserving among his acquaintances. He was a poor boy, a native of Balti? more, aod weot to Philadelphia wheo quite a youth, where he was sooo established io a lucrative business. Thirty years ago be purchased the Public Ledger, which had been a los? ing venture io the hands of others, aod from the outset he made it a success. He would not allow scandals aod immoral details io its columns, aod hence the Ledger has always fouod a welcome place io the homes of Phila depbiaos. He was an iotimate friend of General Grant, who insisted upon honoring him with a high office, but Mr. Childs declared that be would not surrender the contentment of private life for aoy public position with its inevitable aonoyaoces. His relatioos were also very close to Mr. Clevelaod, aod the fact is noteworthy that hip friendships were not marked by political or religious Hoes. The printers of the Uoited States are indebted to him for a large gift which aided io buildiog a home for aged aod iofirm printers at Colorado Springs, the dedication- of which Mr. Childs attended io May, 1892. He paid the meo employed oo , the Ledger a higher scale of prices than was fixed by the typographical union, and wheo the printers volun? teered to accept a lower price, he , declined to make^the reduction, as he was getting full pay for thc newspaper aod from its advertising patronage. It is oo wonder that Mr. Childs was universally beloved, as his life was regulated by the law of kindness aod justice to his fellow-man. Champion Rat Trap. Fill a small keg with water so that the top of a brick of aoy size stood oo the eod will be an ioch or so out of water. Nexc tie a heavy wrappiog paper firmly over the top of the keg, , spread on cheese crumbs, meat, bones, sunflower seed, etc., tying apiece of cheese or meat fast to centre of paper. 1 Place a board against the keg to assist , the rats io climbiog up. Let stand : some four or six days, or looger Theo cut across io the paper from one side to another, dividing it into four . equal parts. Let the cheese or meat dangle in center of paper. A rat comes, tries to reach the meat ; the paper gives way, aod the rat falls ioto , the water. It at once perches itself oo , the brick, the ooly dry place. No. 2 , falls io also, aod at once a lively fight j begins for the dry place oo top of the brick. The noise aod cries of the ; combatants draw every rat within ; heariog distance to the soeoe, and they j have the same fate. As the number of , rats in the water increases the noise i < grows louder and the fight more hot . and lively, thus drawiog more aod more to their fate. Next morning you j find a single rat on the brick, while all \ around him are the carcasses of his drowned and slaughtered brethren, and I you ought to get rid of him. ( Murder at a Premium. Judge Pope Lets Massey Off With $1,000 Ba?. NEWBERRY, Feb. 10-(Special to The State )-The spy, Massey, who killed Crawford Ballew OD the night of February 2d, appeared before Judge Pope this afternooo, applying for bail. The hearing was at Judge Pope's resi? dence. The .State was represented by Solictor Sohumpert, and Massey by Thos. S. Sease and Dr. Sampson Pope. Dr. Pope opened the argument. He claimed that the testimooy taken at the coroner's inquest was all the argument that was necessary to procure bail; that the killing was a simple case of self-defense by an officer in the dis? cbarge of bis official duty. Solicitor Scbumpert made a magnifi? cent argument for the State. He said that there was nothing to show that these men had a warrant for Ballew, and closed his argument by saying : "I say here, with the due sense of the high position which I occupy, that the shooting of Crawford Ballew under the facts and circumstances surrounding this ease, as evidenced by the extraor? dinary testimony taken at the coro ner's inquest, is pure and simply mur? der, and I most solemnly protest against the granting of bail." Mr. Scbumpert was followed by Thos. S. Sease, who made quite an elaborate speech in behalf of Massey. He, also, claimed self-defense in discbarge of official duty. Judge Pope, in render? ing his'decision, made a brief speech, io which he regretted that the pro? ceedings before the coroner's jury were not more complete, as in this case matters of detail were omitted. He reviewed the circumstances of the shooting, as evidenced by the testi? mony, and closed by saying: "This be? ing au'officer of the law, I will grant bail for $1,000." [Published by Request.] Commencement of a Colored School. Ur. Fred Dunlap's school, three miles from Magnolia, held their commencemet exercises on Friday eveniog, Feb. 9, 1894. The teacher has striven, for three months, to instruct them io various ways besides their books, and if they will be as faithful to the lessons learnt as their kind preceptor bas been to them, tbe time and money will have been well spent. It takes a good teacher to control aod teach nearly 100 pupils, averaging 75. About 200 pupils and patrons partook of a bountiful supper in tbe evening, as tbe sun was sinking from view, and the new moon rising overhead. At dusk all were called to order, and exercises opened by the clown, who compared tbe ladies to a bar of soap after a hard day's washing. About 300 were present, also a number of white people. Mr. Eli McIntosh acted as chief marshall. Visitors and patrons, took much interest in everything. The clown, Walter Right, caused much amusement. A number of hymns were beautifully ren? dered by many good voices. Among them : "Are You Washed io tbe Blood," "On Jor? dan's Stormy Bank," and "Open tbe Door for the Children," deserve particlar mention. One of the best in the program was the fol? lowing speech by Mortie Scarboro, age 7 : "When I was a little boy, Jost fifteen inches high, I walked around the table And stole the chicken pie." Little Minnie Weatberspoon spoke a nice little piece. Dialogue-"The Swallow," by Rose Andrews and Josephine Anderson was spoken well ; also "My Little Brother." by Minnie White, and "God Made the Sun," &c, by Charlotte Adams. The Multiplication Table was sung by the school, and counties of South Carolina, named in concert. Then a spelling match, &c, and several good songs. The "Good Girl," by Misses Laura Solo man ao? S. Anthony, was well acted A dozen voices sang, "I died for Love of the Butcher's Boy." Space is lacking to mention all of the speakers, or even the best pieces. One of which-"An Historical Poem," spoken by Ransom Scott, from the Mt. Pleasant school, was well rendered, as was also a sad piece on "Slavery," by Miss Minnie Thomas, from the same school. Both are good orators. After many speeches and songs, they closed with addresses by Mr. J. F. McRaeand several patrons, containing much good advice, wbich they would be wise to remember, and train their youths and maidens to be good citizens here and be ready for eternity, when the school of life is closed for them by death. Education should make them better and nobler, but even a king cannot obtain one without working for it, so they should work on and appreciate the efforts of their kind teacher who deserves much credit. Mr. Rigbt gave the right advice. M. B. M. Mr. J. C. Mann who killed Mr. H. H. Witt? kowski, of Camden, some months ago, was tried and acquitted last week. NOTIC?T We advise our readers to sead for Lan dreths' Seed Catalogue for 1894, which is mailed tc all applicants tree. It contains monthly directions for Gardeniog Operations, Catalogue of Flower Seeds and Flowering Bulbs, with directions for sowing and plant? ing, and beautiful colored plates of Sweet Pea3 and Nasturtiums-true to life. De? scriptive and Illustrative Catalogue of Garden Vegetable Seeds containing all the best varie? ties, old and new, Cooking Recipes, De? scriptive List of Grass and Field Seeds, Directions for Lawn Making, Mixtures of Grasses for Permanent Pasture, and numerous ?pecial articles on Gardening and Farming. Altogether the most complete, systematically irranged and practical Catalogue published, iud an invaluable guide and reminder to every one having a garden. Address, D. Landretb, & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa. It May Do as Much For You. Mr. Fred Miller, of Irving, 111., writes 'that io had a Severe Kidney trouble for many years, .vith severa pains in his back and also that his bladder was affected. He tried many so called finley cures but without any good result. About a year ago he began use of Electric Bitters and found relief at once. Electric Bitters is especially adapted to cure of al ividney and Liver trouble and often gives all nost instant relief. One trial will prove our itatement. Price only 50c. for large bottle* At J. F. W. DeLorme's. 6 Japanese Pile Cure is the only one that can )e guaranteed, as it is the only cure. Sold >y Dr. A. J. China: Cases of 40 years standing where op?rai ions have failed, have been cured by Japanese Pile Dure. Guaranteed by Dr. A. J. China. 1894. Harper's Magazine. ILLUSTRATED, HARPER'? MAGAZINE for 1894 will maintain the character that bas made it the favorite illustrated periodical for the'home. Among the results of enterprises undertaken by the pub* Ushers, there will appear during the year superbly illustrated papers on India by Edwin Lord Weeks, on the Japanese Seasons by Al? fred Parsons, on Germany by Poolta ey Bigelow, on Paris by Richard Harding Davis, and on Mexico by Frederic Remington. Among the other notable features of the year will be novels by Geerge du Maurier and Charles Dudley Warner, the personal reminis? cences of W. D. Howells, and eight short stories of Western frontier life by Owen Wister. 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