Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE LEG?SLATUKE. After their holiday and feast at Kock Hill yesterday, the General Assembly felt ia good spirits aod proceeded to basioes8 in good style. They knocked ont Br. Sampson Pope in the first round, aod as far as the Legislature ?>f Sooth Carolina is co?|pey^y^% Pope's contest is in the" soap. The Doctor did not have a sin gie support? er on the Conservative or Reform side and his petition for a legislative io ves ligation went by the board, without even an io troduct?on to tfee %^e&bry. Speaker Jones announced that he had a letter from Dr. Pope saying that he could not get any member to introduce bis petition. The speaker roled that without the endorsement of at least one member, his (Dr. Pope's) petition had oovptace_ before,the House ipi unless lent raer patroon Tor^onsi?eration, could D ot do so. At this juncture Dr. Pope developed some sympathy and support in a measure from Mr. F. H. Weston, of Richland, and Mr. Earle, of Ooonee, the latter moving that the petition be read and the former seconding the motion. Pat to a vote the motton was lost. This settled Dr. Pope's hopes Tor a legislative investiga? tion. No sensible -maa could expect anything else from such a body. In the Senate Dr. Pope's petition met with a similar fate, the committee on same reporting it unworthy pf con? sideration. Io the House the speaker announced the committees of which the following . are chairm an : Printing and election, j. B. Watson. Ways and means, F. B. Gary. Judiciary, J. E. BffWffaj Agriculture, D. ^ pjfcsj|in. Incorporation, D. H. Magill. Fede at relatwos, ^ Wv Bacot. Claims, W. ML. aftna?&$?& Roads and Bridges, W. DJ rlarayT^ Railroads, XX P. Townsend. Education, J. E. Elder. Internal improvements, J. W. Ken State House and grounds, J. G. Wil? liams, Publie buildiogs, W. M. Phillips. Account?, J. N. Estridge. Mines and miaiDg, J. A. Harvey. Military, M. B. MeSweeney. Public schools, M. R- Cooper. Penitentiary, W. Q. Tatum. Commerce and manufactures, R. C. Barckley. Officers and offices, T. P. Mitchel. Lunatic asylum, W. H. F. East. Medical, M. 0. Rowland. Public printing, E. R. Lessene. Engrossed bills, J. Miehoe. Legislative library, John P. Thomas, 'A number of bills were introduced, the most important of which were : To open dispensaries in the county of Pickens, by Mr. Fred Williams. VFO reduce salary of State liquor com '700. by Mr, Rainsford. ?aw ia regard to pen lerate soldiers, by "Mr. _ county boards of road commissioners o Charleston and Berkeley counties to purchase bridge on Ashley river, by Mr. Bacot. After appointing a committee to coo fer with a committee from the. Senate to decide upon a day upon which to elect judges for the third and eighth circuits and a superintendent of the penitentiary the House took a recess until 12:20 > o'clock. At 1:85 the Senate and House met io joint assembly to tabulate the vote for governor and State officers. Wednesday, December 5, was fixed for the election of judges and superin? tendent of the penitentiary. The first week of the General As? sembly came to an end yesterday. The House was the only branch of the Legis? lature which could be said to have held a session, and that branch accomplished very little, if anything. The South Carolina Legislature is slow. It has been slow for years and will continue to be slow uotil there is political revolu? tion. Not a revolution of arms and blood shed, bot a revolution of the bal? lots. A cbaoge in the election laws The Item bas contained complete ac? counts of the proceedings of the General Assembly op to yesterday and there was nothing of special interest done yester? day. The following were the bills that were of most interest that were intro? duced : To appropriate the net profits on the sales of spirituous liquors by county dispensers, one-fonrth to the use of tbe city or town io which the dispensary is located aod three-fourths to public schools of the county. By Mr. Hough. To declare intoxication, drunkenness, the use of vulgar language a misde? meanor. By Mr. Burns. To eoable the city council of Charles? ton to hold lands acquired or to be acquired for municipal purposes. By Mr. Bacot. To provide for the salaries of judge of probate, clerk of court, register of mesne cooveyance aod the sheriff of Abbeville County. Fixing the salary of the probate judge at ?1,000, the re? gistrar and clerk at $1,600 each, and the sheriff at $1,000 aud certain fees for dieting and transporting prisoners aod lunatics. By Mr. Magill. To ameod sections 23 and 24 of the "act to provide a system of county government for the several counties." It provides in section 23 that ali the courts io this State and municipal authorities, which, under existing laws have power to sentence convicts to coo-? finement in prison with hard lal shall sentence all able-bodied a convicts to hard labor opon pu roads of th? county in which ? persons shall have been convict and, in the alteraative, to impris ment in the county jail or Si penitentiary at hard labor ; pro\ ed, tfap.t municipal authorities u sentence municipal convicts to w upon the streets and other public wo of the municipality in which they hi been convicted, and such convicts, wi so sentenced, shall work under the ? elusive direction and control of municipal authority imposing senten Provided, that no convict, whose si tense shall be for a period longer tl two years, shall be so sentenced. Section 24. That all convicts so s teoced shall be under the sUpervisi and control of the county supervi: aqd by bim formed into a county chi gang and required to perform ht labor upon the public highways a roads. He shall direct the time, pb and manner of labor to be performed said chain gang, Provided, tl said chain gang shall not be worked connection with or near any road co tractor or overseer. By Mr.- Fowler. To require cotton buyers to numt each bale of cotton bought with sai number that is put upon cotton bi and books By Mr. Love. This bill provides that each and eve cotton buyer in this State shall be 1 quired to keep a book, in which shall inserted the number of bales of cott bought by him; he shall number t bales of cotton bought by bim a; shall give to the seller a cotton bill, which he shall put the number of t! bale or bales of cotton bought fro him. The number on the bale of c< ton on his books and on the cotton b shall be the same number. Section 2. That any person viol ting the provisions of the first Beet io of this act shall on conviction be fin* io a sum not exceeding $100 or ii prisonment not exceeding thirty days To forbid the three-fourth clause be attached to an j fire insurance polic By Mr. Edwards. Favorable reports were made by tl committees oo the following : Mr. Wbitcaire's bill to provide con pcn8ation for the members of the boan of township commissioners. Mr. Winklers bill to ameod Seotic 209 of the criminal statutes relating punishment for murder. The Section as proposed reads as fo laws : -Sec. 209. Whoever is guilty < murder shall suffer the punishment < death ; provided, however, that in eac case where the prisoner is found guilt of murder the jury may find a specii verdict recommending him or her to th mercy of rhe court, whereupon th sentenced will be imprisonment in th penitentiary with hard labor durio the whole lifetime of the prisoner. General Jos. H. Earle has friends i the city working for him, for a judge ship. It is thought Judge T B. If ra sera chances for succeeding himself ar slim, although everyooe must adm: that no better man ever lived, lt i quite probable, however, that Judg Fraser will develop strength and ha friends that will stand to him and h won't be white-washed in the contest. A bill that will be of considerable im portante to Sumter's future will be in troduced this week. Several enter pr?8?ogSumter gentlemen have been i the oity this week, in the interest of th bill. Senator Moses in the Senate, am Representative Manning in the House have charge of the bill For cerraii reasons the nature of the bill will no be given out for publication until it i introduced in the General Assembly. KOLB'S LATEST DODGE. He Wants to Bring his Contest U the Notice of Congress. WASHINGTON, December 2.-A spe cial from Montgomery, Ala, says : A meeting of the supporters of the clai mant, Reuben F. Kolo, has been callee to take place here to-morrow, when i ! is proposed the future procedure foi pushing the claims of Kolb would b< outlined. The conduct of Mr. Kolb in taking the oath yesterday has not been agree? able to all of his supporters and th( effect is something of a split, as the re? sult of which his plan of action so fat determined upon bas become public The intention of Kolb is to perform ali the functions of Governor, so far ae be may. He will indite and send to the Legislature when it as ! sembles a message, and at the proper j time he will give to Warren S. Reese, a certificate as United States Senator ol Alabama and issue similar credentials j to the four or five contesting Congres j sional candidates. Governor Oates j will sign the certificates of the geotle I meo decided to be elected and it is the j calculation of Mr. Kolb that the Re? publicans and Populists in the House will ?eat the contestants and thereby virtually recognize him as the proper Governor. In order to prevent this line of action a bill has been prepared by Represen? tative Knight, of Hale County, to go before the Legislature immediately upon its assembling, entitled "To pre? vent any attempt at usurpation of pub ! lie office y The troops have all left the Capital and everything is quiet. Neither Oates nor Kolb appeared on the street to-day. An impressive monument will soon mark the grave of the late Jere Rusk at Viroqua, Wis. It will be thirty-two feet high and will stand on a base six and one-half feet square. Ionia Items. IONIA, S. C., Nov. 30, 1894 -Crop ^her? ing is about done for this season, otton near about ali sold ?:id debts not What is io bedurie in the future is a problem that few of us ca;i work. But what is to be will be, and all that we can do is to trust the Lord for the rest. Most of farmers have plenty of corn to do us, if onr creditors will let os keep it. None of our neighbors have been broken up so far, bot we can't tell how soon it will be the case. Several fine bogs have been killed within the last few days, but the .largest one was killed at Rose Hill, and weighed 1,000 pounds. Never heard who it belonged to, Mr. Ryttenberg, I suppose. It would'nt take many like that one to do me, but I would like better to have five at 200 pounds each. I think if we can keep soul and body to? gether one or two more years, that we will be more independent than at present. The farmers have about come to the conclusion that they will have to leave off cotton to some extent. We will have to make what we eat at home and eat what we make, and when we do .that stop. n The bot supper last night at Dr. Brittoo's, from what I beard, was quite a success. Mr. Sidney Corbitt, of Rattlesnake Springs, happened to a very painful accident this morning. While drawing the load out of bis gun be neglected to uncap the gun, and, standing near a hog gallows, struck the ham? mer against it, causing the gun to fire. The load went through the palm of his left hand and into bis foot. But the wound io his foot is not very serious. Mr. Murray Roberson is .teaching the Sa? lem school. Messrs. B. C. Cook and R. E. Cbewning, while building a brick chimney a few days ago, the top scaffold gaveway, and they were but a short time finding the ground. For? tunately, neither was hurt seriously. Yours, &c, DRY JIM. Mr. M. H Hogarth, well koowa for bis intelligent work in Egyptian ex? ploration, tells of the high hopes he entertained when working to discover the site of a temple which be believed had hitherto been an touched. After digging down some sixteen feet he came upon small fragment of a German, newspaper of 1875. He says: "This was by no means a singular experience.71 Prof Hadley of Yale is to introduce j a system of instruction in bis classes in political economy. He will substitute debate for recitations. A division of j thirty members of the class is to choose I a subject for debate. The negative ; side then draws up a complaint similar I to a legal paper. This in turn is met with a reply by the affirmative. The arguments are then made by the "law? yers'' on each side, and finally the de? bate is thrown open to the house Robert T. Smith, one of the old-time temperance lecturers, is still liviog in Baltimore, and celebrated the 80th an? niversary of bis birth on Monday. He began bis crusade against the cup that inebriates more than it cheers in 1837, as secretary of the Franklin Society of Baltimore county. The colored republicans of New York city are calling the attention of the State republican executive committee to tbe fact of their existence and asking that their race be given its share of the offices to be filled by Gov. Morton. The colored republicans say they are 40,000 strong, that they mean to have their rights and that those rights include representation on the next republican State ticket. Mr. W. L. Dallas reports that the observations of twenty-five years, made in the Bay of Bengal by the Indian government meteorologists, have shown that the average temperature rises during years that sun spots are numer? ous, and sinks when they are few. When the uumber of sun spots exceed? ed the average the barometric pressure was less than its average. Two men, foreigners, happening to meet on La Salle street, Chicago, the other day, forthwith embraced, each kissing the other on either cheek. This quadruple form of osculation between men is common enough in Europe, but is so rare in this country as to attract attention. The two men were for a moment surrounded by a curious group of men and boys, bot quickly walked away arm in arm, apparently oblivious of the fact that they had done anything out of the ordinary. One of the most popular and eminent lecturers) on astronomy is Sir Robert Ball, who used simple and graphic illustrations to give his bearers ideas of magnitude and distance. For instance, be 6ays that going at the rate of tho electric telegraph-that is 186,000 miles a second-it would take seventy eight years to telegraph a message to the most distant telescopic stars. But the camera has revealed stars far mord distant thao these, some of which, if a message had been 6ent in the year A. D' j 1-that is to say, 1894 years ago-tba i message would only just have reacbee ' some of them, and would still be on the j way to others, going at the rate of 1186,000 miles a second. I A fad over across the sea is to have ; your foot photographed, as well as your i hand or face-that is, if you are lucky j enough to possess a foot blessed with ar j tistic curves and outlines. A prominent ! society woman of New York, on her re I turn from Paris several months ago, i hibited to a room fall of admiring j friends the sweetest, daintiest little j plaster cast of a foot, which, ehe de j dared, was a counterpart of her own, j made by a sculptor of world-wide fame, j She was at that moment having a life j size one carved in marble, to be mount I ed on cerise velvet, and several small or.es, one-balf the size, struck off in different shades of pale pink, blae and old rose. The extraordinary popularity of "Trilby'* has helped to direct atten? tion to our humblest member, and now the women of New York are experi? menting to see whether they have in? steps that "water will flow under"-a sure sign of blue blood. Hood:s Pills are the best family cathartic and liver medicine. Harmless and reliable. Chronic Nervoasness Could Not Sleep, Nervous Headaches. Gentlemen:-I have been taking your Restorative Service for the rast Lhrce months and I cannot "say enough in its praise. It has Saved Hy Life,. for I had almost, given iro hope of over bein? well again. "I was a chronic sufferer f roni nervousness and could not sleep. I was also troubled with nervous headache, and had tried doctors in vain, until I used your Nervine. Yours truly, MES. M. WOOD, Kingwood, 111. Dr. Miles' Nervine Cures. Dr. Miles' Nervine ls sold on a positive guarantee that the first bottle -will oenefit. All druggists sell it at SI, 6 bottles for $5, or it will be sent, prepaid, on receipt of price by the Dr. Miles' Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. For sale by Dr. A. J.China, Sumter, S. C. TAX RETURNS FOR 1894r-95. OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR, SUMTER COUNTY. SUMTER, S. C., Nov. 20,1894. Returns of all personal property and Poll Taxes will be received at the following times and places. Maye&ville, Tuesday, January 1. Reid's Mill, Wednesday, January 2. Mannville, Thursday, January 3. Smithville, Friday, January 4. Mechanicsville, Saturday, January, 5 Kingman's Store, Monday, Jan? uary 7. Rembert'e Store, Tuesday, January, 8. Hagood, Wednesday, January 9. Stateburg, Thursday, January 10, Wedgefield, Friday, January ll. R. I. Manning's, Saturday, Jan? uary 12, J. M. TindalPs, Monday, January, 14. Bishopville, Tuesday and Wednes? day, January 15-16. -Magnolia, Thursday, January 17. Lynchburg, Friday, January 18. Concord, Saturday, January 19. .johnston's Store, Monday, Jan? uary, 21. Shiloh, Tuesday, January 22. And at Auditor's office in City of Sumter from January 23rd to Feb? ruary 20th, inclusive. The law requires that all persons owning property or io aoywise having charge of such property, either as agent, husband, guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, kc, return the same, under oath, to the Auditor, who requests all persons to be prompt io making their returns and save the 50 per cent penalty which will be added to the property valua? tion of all persons who fail to make returns within the time prescribed by law. Tax-payers return what they own on the first day of January, 1895. Assessors and Tax-payers will enter the first given name of the tax-payer in full, also make a separate return for each Township where the property is located, and also in each and every case the No. of the School District must be given. Erery male citizen, between the age of twenty-one and fifty years, on ihe fir3t day of January, 1895, except these incapable of | earning a support from being maimed or j from other causes, shall be deemed taxable ; Polls. All returns must be made on or before the 20th day of February next. I cannot take re? turns after that date and all returns made after the 20th day of February, are sub? ject to a penalty of 50 per cent. A. B. STUCKEY, Auditor Sumter County. Nov. 20, 1894J_ FOR -FULL ASSORTMENT BEST NEW GARDEN SEED, -FULL LINS Purest Bruis a? Chemicals, CALL ON J. S. H?8HS0N & CO., Monaghan Block. MAIN STREET, Feb 8. SUMTER, S. C. ~~ NOTICE. ~~ I wurr every man and woman in the United States interested in the Opium and Whisky mabita to have ona of my books on theie dis? eases. Address B. M. woolley, Atlanta, Ga? Box 882, and one will be sent yon fr?e. OFFICIAL The time has now come when you must think of FALL # WINTER PURCHASES, And we want you to connect these thoughts with ?OUR SM ii STORE! Our preparations have been made with a view to offering buyers gr^at latitude of choice in We are now ready to submit the STOCK which represents our taste and judgment to the critical test of public opinion, and hope to hear your voice in the general verdict. It represents the best the Market affords both in MATERIALS AND STYLES, and the Prices are the Lowest that can possibly be made. Before you make your selections we respectfully ask an ex? amination of our Goods. We shall not request any one to buy, feeling that, if our Stock will? not make Buyers, nothing# we can say will win custom. A half hour spent in looking over our ASSORTMENT will give you a fair idea of the Popular Styles, and we can only hope that it will be as much pleasure for you to see as for us to show our Goods. J, RYTTENBERG j ??ONS, N. W. Cor. Main & Liberty Sts., Sumter, S. 0. New York Office, 84, West Broadway. AIJSH db rtttjssxnr ant to ell You In/texr mlioes. hen You L lee Them e are KJure You Will be Surprised. The Surprise will be occasioned by the -LOW PRICE At which they sell first class SOLID LEATHER SHOES. You have no excuse to run around to "General Stores for Shoes, WALSH & SHAW will Sell Leather Shoes For about the same price that you will pay generally for "paper bottoms.' "Shoes Exclusively'9 Is their business and they have their Fall Stock in and are waiting for you. Don't fail to see them. WALSH & SHAW, Monaghan Building - Sumter S. C. East Main Street, 4th door from Liberty St. Seat 12. CALL FOR WHAT YOU WANT STILL BETTER HARDWARE! FOR YOUR R. w. DURANT & SON, THE OLD RELIABLE." -Are now prepared to Offer Lower Prices than Ever. Our Stock is Complete. We have added to our immense Stock of Hardware a large line of PAINTS, OILS, ETC., ^^^^C Harness, Saddles, Great Bargains in Leather, &c Guns, Pistols, etc. -HEADQUARTERS FOR Powder, Shot and Shells (loaded and empty.) Engine Supplies, Belting, etc. Headquarters for COOKING and Heating Stoves. WARRANTED.