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SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1897.
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The , General Assembly.
COLUMBIA, February9-The House
to-day straggled with Mr. Epps's bili,
which proposes a short of privilege taz
oo cigaretts. Mr. ?tdertoo's bill rela?
tive to graduated liceo ses was passed,
after bieng amended so as to snit those
. opposing it. There was some dicussion
oo the bills relative to banking and in?
surance inspector, but it was thought
best to let those interested in these mat?
ters consult over the various bills and
make np a bill that would be generally
acceptable.
The Dorchester County proposition
came up this morning on the motion to
make it the special order to-oight, but
it was decided after debate to let it
come up to-morrow night.
There was some opposition to the
final passage of Mr. Joh ?son's bill
looking to the purchase of school books
by the counties, but after a lively de?
bate the bil! was given its third read?
ing.
THE SENATE.
The petition.for an appropriation for
?the erection of a monument to the Ca?
tawba Indians at Fort Mill came up
witU an unfavorable report, and was
lilied.
A report from the Senate committee
OD public buildings, recommending the
appropriation of $750 for the purpose
of repairing the Governor's Mansion
and erecting a new barn on the grounds,
was put on the Calendar, some Sena?
tors being unwilling to consider so im?
portant a matter without thorough in?
vestigation.
At 12 30 the Samuel Lor J iost bond
bill was called up as the special order
Mr. Archer moved to strike out the
enactios words of the bill.
Mr. Boist asked for the gentleman's
reasons for making the motton.
Mr. Archer characterized the Sam?
uel Lord memorial as ao ex parte pre?
sentation of the case, sayiog that there
was no evidence from the memorial that
the State asked for any evidence of the
possession of these bonds. He was
not certain that the bonds were destroy?
ed He took the memorial and criti?
cised practically every point in it,; say
ing that "these, fellows" claim every?
thing.- He said that the bank bad es
tablisbed its claim, and said that no
Court in the United States wooid take
the testimony presented and rivera ver?
dict for the bank. He said these peo?
ple (bought they could pass any kind
of a measure through tbs Senate. He
intimated that be was not fool enough
to believe that the hoads had been de?
stroyed by the Yankees. The claim,
he said, was an insult to the intelli?
gence of the Senate. As a matter of
course bis peroration was "economy
and hard times.''
At the conclusion of Mr. Archer's
address the Senate receded from busi?
ness until $ o'clock to-night.
When the Senate was called to order
to-night Mr. Gaines, of Edgefield, took
the floor to oppose the Samuel Lord
lost hoods bill, which came over
from the morning session, as unfinished
business. Mr. Gaines took the ground
that the bonds might have been lost.
Mr. Buist disclaimed all personal in?
terest in the bill, which 'he simply re?
garded as a valid and just debt. The
only question was whether the bonds
had been lost This was provided
against, however, by the security of?
fered and the Statute of Limitations.
The whole matter, be said, was boiled
down in the memorial, which any can?
did reader would fiod to oontain posi?
tive proof that none of the thirty-eight
lost hoods had pver been paid, and the
question was of depriving a citizen of
his rights, when the interest on the
bonds was there waitiog to be paid
oct
Mr. Dean said that investigation had
strengthened bis doubts as to the valid?
ity of the claim, which be opposed on
the ground that the proof was iackiog.
Mr. Gaines said that to pay the claim
would be simply to make "these peo?
ple" a donation of ?60,000.
Mr. Ragsdale opposed the bill, say?
ing that the Court bad not passed upon
the facts, as they were being coosider
ed.
Mr. Henderson, in answer to an
argument by Mr. Dean, said that be
could not hold that because a claim bad
been "fused by one Legislature it was
res adjudicata. He prooeeded to set
forth the proof that the bonds were
lost tod urged the point that the Stat?
ute of Limitations protected the State.
?t bas been decided thar, by an amend?
ment the bonds should not be issued to
refuod until 1900. leaving a margin
which would fully protect the State.
Mr Archer said that there was no
projf that, the bank had e ver owned
the bonds
Mr. Buist called for the yeas and
nays oo Mr. Archer's motion to indefi
oately postpone which was carried by
a vote of 22 to 7.
CoLUMiA. Feb. 10.-The Jim Crow
car bill was passed by the boase of rep
resentatives to day after a pretty inter?
esting debate, in which the negro prob?
lem played an important part. It
was passed, too, over aD unfavorable
report of the committee. # The bill goes
further than was expeoted, providing
for separate second as well as first class
coaches. Exceptions were, however,
made io favor of through vestibuled
trains and nurses.
Mr- Robinson's bill relating tr? the
restoration of stolen goods or the pay?
ment of the value thereof J>y the party
convicted of larceny was considered
fully. It was shown to be a radical
and dangerous bill aod it was accord?
ingly killed without much ado.
The most interesting feature of the
day was the acrobatic exhibition of the
houie io regard to taking ^4 a day oo
the occasion of the trip to Charleston.
Mr Cushman moved that the members
forego their $4 per diem oo this ocoa
8?oo. The roll was demaoded oo a rao
tioo to table and the house refused to
table it by a large majority In a few
momeots the opportunity wa? given for
the members to vote directly OD the
motion viva vooe. It was knocked out
almost unanimously, only two noes be?
log heard.
The house theo accepeed the iovita
tioo to visit Charlestoo on the 18- h and
also accepted the invitation to visit
Ciemsoo college oo the 22d.
The followiog is the text of the
separate ooach bill as it was ordered to
the third readiog.
Seotioo I. That all railroads or rail?
road companies eogaged io this State
as com moo carriers of passengers for
hire shaft furnish separate apartmeots
io first and second class coaches for vbe
accommodation of white aod colored
passengers ; provided, equal accom?
modations shall be supplied to all . per?
sons without distinction of race, color
or previous condition, io such coaches.
Sot? 2 i ff tri* ?Dy first or second
class coach of such carrier of passen?
gers may be divided ioto apartments by
a substantial partition, io lieu of sepa?
rate coaches.
Sec. 3. That should any railroad or
railroad company, its agents or em?
ployes violate the provisions of this
act, such railroad company shall be
liable to a penalty of not more than
?500 nor less than $300 for each viola?
tion, to be collected by suit of any cit?
izen of this State, and the penalty
shall be equally divided between the
party bringing suit and the State of
South Carolina.
Sec 4. That the provisions of this
act shall not apply to nurses oo trains,
or to relief trains io cases of accidents
nor to through vestibuled trains.
Sec. 5. That the provisioos of this
act shall oot go into effect uotil July 1,
1897.
The appropriation bill was submitted,
aod made a special order. The foliow
iog are the most important items of
the appropriatioo bill :
Militia, $ 10,000 00
Attoroey Geoeral, litigation
fu?d. 2,500.00
S. C. College, 25,000.00
Wiotbrop, 30,000 00
Citadel, 20,000.00
Colored State.College, 15,000.00
Current expeoses Hospital for
Iosaoe, 100,000.00
Deaf, Dumb and Blind, 18,450.00
Catawba Indians, 800.00
Claims. 4,00000
Supervisors' Registratioo, 15,000 00
Public printing, 20,000 00
Public lights, 2.000 00
Pensions, 100,000.UO
Phosphate Commissioo, 5,000.00
State Agricultural aod Mechan?
ical Society, 2,500.00
It will be ooted that DO provision has
beeo made for Wiotbrop dormitory.
THE SENATE.
The senate passed a .number of
seoood aod third readiog bills,
killed several others, the compul?
sory educatioo bill being ooe of them,
aod after finishing the calendar still
found time to aocept the invitations to
visit Charlestoo on the 18th and Ciem?
soo college oo the 22o.d inst.
Mr. Moses' bill to provide that all
suits arising between citizens of this
State and foregn corporations snail b<i
tried in State courts and not transferred
to the United States courts, elicited
some discussion when it came up for a
second reading.
Mr. Mower moved to strike out the
enacting words. He did so, he said,
nob because he was opposed to the bill,
but because be thought it would bc in
contravention of the United States
Coostitutioo aod laws and hence nuga?
tory. It would lead to costly litigation,
aod besides would become a dead let?
ter.
Mr. Moees, io reply, said if there
was doubt of the bill being unconstitu?
tional, theo the benefit of the doubt
shouid be given the S'fue ir ibis :
S'afe was good cocoon for foreign cor
poratioo9 to do business in theo our
courte were good enough td have their
causes trifd in He oited instances of
the cost of trial in United S*ates courts,
and as a means of profecnoo against
these great costs he hoped the bill
would pass.
Mr Mower's motion to strike ont
the enacting words was defeated and
the bill ordered to a third reading.
Mr. Gaioes' bill to amend the dispen?
sary ? law as it relates to distil?
leries passed a second readiog.
Under the present law distileries
can be established anywhere io' the
State by a permit gr?nted by tbe State
board of control Mr. Gaioes' amend?
ment provides that such permits shall
not be granted QDless accompanied by a
petition signed by two-thirds of the
free holders of the locality in which it
?9 proposed to establish the distillery.
Columbia, S. C , Feb ll-The
House ?9 paving the way for adjourn?
ment and if the calendar is cleared as
rapidly as it was to-day sit bills will
soon be disposed of. At the morning
session twenty one bills were passed to
a third reading, twelve were killed, one
was recommitted and several were con?
tinued to the next session.
Two railroad aod one whiskey bill
went over till the next session
Buring the day they settled the question
as to who should pay the expenses of
the recent new county elections; it
suffices to say the State will not pay
them. The house has also rescinded
its action acceptiog the invitation to
visit Clemson college
Mr. Price having returned to the
house, his dispensary investigation re?
solution was taken ap and agreed to
The resolution is a sweeping one, giv?
ing authority to report at the next ses?
sion.
The Reynolds public printing bill
was called up, being the special order.
Mr. Kinard moved to strike out the
enacting words of the bill
Mr. Reynolds said that for a great
many years South Carolina bad been
letting out the public printing nuder
contract. Until 1893 the work had
been given to the lowest bidder. In
1877 the matter was considered so im?
portant that the act, practically the
sime as this bill be presented, was pass*
ed. In 1893 the new act allowing the
general assembly to elect a public
printer was passed. This bill was sim?
ply to let this work to the lowest bidder
just as they would any other class of
work. The bond protected the State,
and, further, the responsibility of the
bidder had to be passed upon. There
was no reason in the plan now in ope
ration ; it had no precedent in this
State. The practice in regard to all
other work was totally different. He
made clear the poiot that no higher
prices could be paid under his bill than
those now paid for the work. If they
could offer a chance to get a reduction
of 10 to 20 per cent., why uot do
it. The State had h?en paying a fancy
price for public printing, flippantly ap?
propriating $20,000 for upwards of 20.
years, without trying to get at the bot?
tom prices, while doing the State an
iojury. The printing should not cost
over ?15,000. He bad merely re?
tained the present prices at the maxi*
mum figures, and opened the doors to
competition. This was founded upon
right and reason and custom. In Geor?
gia, a State having greater population
and twice as much taxable property,
ooly $15,000 was paid. For 20 years
a great deal of useless printing had
been going on. He quoted a good
maoy figures to show what could be
done by competition. He believed that
the cost of the work could be done for
$l5,000 instead of $20,000, without
reduoing the volume. The State was
not able to pay this sum if she could
get it cheaper. The cost of materials
had gone dowo very considerably. He
did uot argue that the cost of labor was
or should be cheaper. They were legis?
lating for the future aod there was no
telling what considerations might come
to apply in the seleotion of a public
printer.
Mr. Ilderton, as one of the minority
if the committee, said nothing had been
presented to the committee to show that
the printing could be done cheaper.
The prices paid were almost admitted
to be as reasonable as couid be obtain?
ed. This being so, he could not see
any reason whatever why they should
take the power out of 134 men's bands
and put in the hands of a few men.
There were investigating boards now.
If any trouble came under this why all
of them would bc responsible. They
could have a voice in the selection of a
public printer. He thought it was un?
wise to deviate from the principle laid
down in 1893 Foresight wa9 why a I
man prospered through life. It had |
happened in the public printing io j
some States there bad been combina?
tions for getting larger figures for
public printing. They could send in
bids and get high prices
Mr. Stevenson- Under this bill the
prices can't be higher thau they are
now.
Mr. Cushman asked if when the
public printer was elected it was not
koown that some parties were willing
to do the work for lees.
Mr. Ilder?orj said thai the commit- j
tee had heard some talk of thar, but no j
proof had ever been offered that lower ?
prices could bo obtained.
Mr. Cushman said the ma'ter of se- i
?ec'ing a Stare printer was a piaio
business proposition. He could see
no reason why they should require argu?
ment to convince them oo this matter
He said it bad been stated a?d many of
the papers had stated that lower prioes
could have been obtained It was a
fair and fquare deal. We take no risk
in passing this bill.
Mr Ilderton said that at present the
printer's bills could be scaled by the
general assembly, if it saw fit.
Mr E. D Smith said the principle
involved was just this : What right
bad the State to go back upon the geo
eral custom and virtually subsidize a
public printer and pay a price*tnanifestly
larger. If any company could reduce
it ?10. was it not due them that they
Ghould have the work. He haild with
delight any measure that carried out
the principle of equal rights to ali and
special privileges to none. Let this
principle He eLgrafted in all our law3.
The q .?ion should be left open.
Touchiog Mr. llderton's fear of a com?
bine, be said why should not this same
company now subsidized do something
on the same order
By a vote of 46 to 44 the House re?
fused to strike out the enacting words.
The House then adjourned without
taking fio al action.
THE SENATE.
The Senate indulged io considerable
discussion but accomplished but little
real work.
When the house bill to require the
sidking fund commission to lend funds
to the several couoty treasurers of the
State, Mr. Mayfield offered an amend?
ment to strike out all after the enacting
words of the bili and insert io lieu
thereof eight sections, practically mak?
ing it a new bill. It provides that the
commission shall, whenever it is
unable to purchase State bonds at par,
lend the money in its hands at a rate
of interest not less than 6 per cent.
Such loan shall be made upon the secu?
rities, or upon the note of any county
treasurer and supervisor who shall
make application for a loan not in ex?
cess of one-third of the tax levy of
their county ; said note to be paid out
of the taxes collected for the fiscal year
in which the money ?6 loaned, with the
provision that the commission can re?
new the note for one year. Applica?
tions for these loans shall be received
uotil March 1st. with the provision that
for this year the time sbail extend to
May 1st. The amendment provides a
penalty for county treasurers violating
the provisions of thc act.
At the night session an unsuccessful
attempt to defeat ?he bili creating
Cherokee county was made on the
ground that the constitutional area was
not left in Uoion couoty.
The anti-cigarette bill was reported
favorably last night by the senate
committee. It was amended by pro?
viding that each packoge should con?
tain 10 cigarettes instead of five, and
the privilege tax reduced from 25 to 5
ce?ta per package.
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Situation in Crete.
Turks and Christains Are
Killing and Burning.
Canea, Crete, Feb* ll.-It is stated
on good authority that the governor of
Crete, George Pasha Berovitch, is de?
sirous of resigning his office, but that
the porte wishes that he should remain
here. The entire Moslem population
about the city of Heraklion have enter?
ed that place, where they attacked the
Christians and pillaged their shops.
The prefect of Sitia'reports that 300
Moslems have been killed io that dis?
trict by Christians. It is reported that
the Moslems at Retimo have blown up
with dynamite a number of houses,
owned or occupied by Christains. No
mention is made of loss of life being
caused by th?* explosions.
It is reported that the Christains are
maS8acreing Moslems in the villages
arou?d Sitia and that 13 villages are
burning. The Moslems oontinued to
prevent the departure from the island
not only of native Christain?, but also
of foreigners. It is probable that the
foreign worships here will intervene
and demand that those who wish to
leave the island shall be allowed to do
so without hindrance.
Confirmation has been received of the
reports of atrocities committed on wo?
men and children in Kisamo aod
Kasteli.
SALISBURY WORRIED.
London, Feb. IL-The Pall Mall
Gazette, commenting upon the Cretan
situation, says there is abundant foun?
dation for thc belief that the sending of
the Greek flotilla to Crete is looked
upon by the British government as a
matter so serious as to threaten conse?
quences of the greatest import. In
view of the fact that thc action of
Greece was entirely independent and
taken without conveying the slightest
notion to the powers, the Gazette says,
Lerd Salisbury may be relied upon to
take prompt and decisive measures to
neutralize its effect.
Sensation in Union.
Attempt to Burn the New
Bank Building.
UNION, Feb. 10.-The startling in?
formation has just leaked out that an
unsuccessful attempt was made to burn
the handsome new bank building situ?
ated on Main street. It seems that the
attempt to burn this building was made
in the cellar of the drug store on Mon?
day night last and the mode of proced?
ure was as follows : A pile of
straw was saturated with kero?
sene and a lighted candle was placed
in the middle of the straw, and
when the candle burned low it
would bave lighted the straw. It
was fortunately discovered in time to
prevent what would have been one of
the most serious fires the town bad ever
had.
This building is by far the hand?
somest io town and has only been com?
plete a short time and is occupied by
the Merchants aod Planters National
bank and the Union Drug company.
Io it is also situated the opera boase
aod quite a number of handsome offi?
ces.
What makes the matter ali the worse
is that parties of the highest staodiog
aod character are implicated. This
subject has beeo the all-absorbiog topic
cf cooversatioo here to-day and further
particulars are awaited with intense
interest. The building above refer?
red to cost about ?20,000.
The Union Sensation.
Uoioo, S. C , Feb. ll.-The attempt?
ed buming of the new bank building is
still shrouded io mystery. The accused
party, a gentleman of high staodiog
aod merit, tells his version of the affair
through the columns of to-day's local
paper. He denies the charges and says
that it is a scheme to defame him.
This is a very serious affair as all par?
ties connected therewith are of tbs best
character, and as there is no doobt
about the attempt being made to burn
this building, which would have caused
untold loss to the town, the matter
assumes a very dangerous phase. Fur?
ther revelations ara expected and the
blame will be placed, DO doubt, where
it beloDgs. This affair has been almost
the sole topic of conversation here
to day, as it beyond doubt one of the
most serious that ba9 ever happened
here.
To American Women.
An Address From Leading
New York Ladies.
ASKED TO TAKE A HAND.
NEW YORK, Feb 9 -The following
circular which explains itself was made
public to day :
To the Womeo of the United States :
We ask your earnest aod prompt co
operatioo io urging upon the senate of
the United States that after full consid?
eration, it should ratify toe arbitration
treaty between this country aod Great
Britain aod without amendments which
will cr'mple its efficiency.
The mothers, the wives and the
homes of our land have the deepest io
terest io the substitutioo of law for war.
In times of conflict they are the keen?
est sufferers, and while the nation's
honor is dear to them, whatever tends
to settle disputes by reason and law
rather than by warfare demands their
heartiest eodorsemeot.
lt is absolutely oecessary that the
universal public opinion of the country
in favor of this treaty should fiod
expression. Therefore we ask you
without delay to write personally to
your senators, to hold meetings, tosend
petitions and to aid by all means io
your powe?* the completioo of this great
act of Christian civilization.
Ellen M. Henrotin, i
Alice Freeman Palmer,
Louisa Lee Schuyler,
Josephioe Shaw Lowell,
Manrgaret Sagster,
Mary Mapes Dodge,
Mary Low Dickiosoo,
Jeaooette Gilder,
Haooah Einstein,
Grace H. Dodge,
Mary TrautmaD,
Candace Wheeler,
Elizabeth B. Custer,
Maie Louise Beebe,
Maud Ballington Booth.
Address : Julia H. Percy, Secretary.
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! The Governor's Staff
j The Members of His Military
Household Named.
Governor Ellerbe has appointed the
officers of his military household, andja
perusal of their names will create mild
surprise in some quarters. The follow?
ing order from Adjutant General
Watts embraces the appointments refer?
red to :
COLUMBIA, S C , Feb. 10, 1897.
General Order No. 1.
The ^following named officers are
hereby appointed on the staff of the
Governor, succeeding ail officers of cor?
responding grade whose term of service
expires upon the publication of this
order :
Quartermaster-General, Colonel R.
H. Sweeny, Summerville.
Commissary-General, Colonel T. J.
Cunningham, Chester.
Eogineer-in-Chief, Colonel E. 0.
Woods, Darlington.
Surgeon-General, Colonel J. R.
Hopkins, Columbia.
Paymaster General, Colonel J. N
Drake, Drake's.
Judge Advocate-General, Colonel
S. G. Mayfield, Denmark.
Cheif of Ordnance, Colonel W. M.
Conner, Charleston.
Aides to the Commander-in-Chief.
Lieutenant-Colonel, Austiu S. Man?
ning, Little Rock.
Lieutenant^Colonel Thomas H. Bur?
ris, Anderson.
Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. Knight,
Sumter.
Lieutenant Colonel C. W. Garris,
Smoake's.
Lieutenant-Colonel Dan. E. Dukes,
Orangeburg.
Lieutenant Colonel T. Y. Williams,
Lancaster.
Lieutenant-Colonel J. P. Thomas,
jr., Columbia.
Lteatenant-Colonel David H. Wise,
Aiken.
By order of the Commander-in-Chief.
J. GARY WATTS.
Adjutant and Inspector General,
THE VOTE DECLARED.
Congress Counts the Electoral
Ballots.
Washington, Feb. 10.-The boose
joined to day with the senate in wit?
nessing the count of the electoral vote
for President and Vice President of
the United States for the term begin?
ning March 4, 1897, and after the an?
nouncement of the resu'c adjourned
until to morrow. The votes of the
several States were read in turn by
the tellers-Senators Lodge (Rep.)
of Massachusetts and Blackburn
(Dem.) of Kentucky and Representa?
tives Grosvenor (Rep ) of Ohio and
Richardson (Dem ) of Tennessee
and the result stated by Yice Presi?
dent Stevenson, who presided over
the joint convention. It was that
Mr. McKinley had received 271 votes
for President, and Mr. Bryan 176 ;
that Mr Hobart had received 271
votes for Vice President, Mr Sewall
349, and Mr. Watson 27. It was
stated that this was a sufficient de?
claration in law for the election of
Messrs McKinley and Hobart for the
term, stated ae^President and Vice
President respectively.
The proceedings were witnessed
by an immense crowd of spectators
that filled all the galleries, but with
out the crush in the buildings that
has marked previous similar occa?
sions
The spectators of the count were
j largely the members of congress?
men's families and their intimate
friends, the galleries by resolution
having been reserved for their use.
f One section of about 200 seats was
thrown open to the public. The
abandonment by Representative Mure
ray of South Carolina of his previously
announced intention to object to the
counting of the vote of that State
had the effect of decreasing general
interest in the proceedings. It fell
to Mr. Grosvenor's lot to announce
the 9 votes of South Carolina for
Bryan and Sewall. As he did so an
expectant silence fell on the assem?
bly, but not a whisper of protest
was heard. Mr. Grosvenor declared
that the certificate appeared to be in
proper form, and it was accepted.
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