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Prohibi?ioDists Organizing. v What a Leading Frobibitioo ist Says About Situation in Regard to Liquor Traffic. Tbe meeting of the local executive committee of the general committee of the prohibitionists of the State waa not held yesterday, owing to the sick ness of State Chairman Childs. The committee will hardly meet until next week. The secretary says that 30 comities have been organized very thoroughly The prohibitionists pro? pose to posh their bill at this session, bat if it is voted down or sidetracked they are organizing so that the fight can be carried on more . earnestly than ever Here is what a prohibitionist had to say about the outlook yesterday: "The politicians of the State are j jest now in the condition of that re? presentative of their class who, a few years age came into the house of representatives directly from the congressional saloon, much toddled, and standing in the aisle utterly lost as to what was the business before the body, hiccoughed out in broken syllables 'Mrr-r-Sp-p-eag r r ! wh e-e-r are w e at a n y-how ?" "The session, of the legislature is at hand and something must.be done with the everlasting troublesome liquor question, but what ? Aye, that's the question. Sha!! it be dis pensary, high license. t<?w license, local option or the 'prohibition fol?y V J*The: mischief is that tbe United States supreme court refuses to settle the question for the legislature and they must take this rantankerocs bull by the horns. The governor declines to commit himself unconditionally to either horn ; the whiskey sellers and drinkers want dispensary, license or' local option ; but the poor, befuddled legislator is certain of one thin? only, and .that is that he does not know 'where we are at anyhow.' "The prohibitionists are the only ones Jo the field who have a definite 'idea of what they want Theirs is a very simple creed-'the legal prohi? bition of the manufacture and' sale of intoxicating liquors excepting for me diemal, scientific and mechanical uses, " and the proper legislation ind admin istration to enforce the probibtion 7 "Anybody with a brain can under? stand that proposition, and any man in the commonwealth who ought to cast a vote can do it understandingly ; on thai question. "Ali the politicans in the legisla ture would go for H at once if they were only sure it had a majority of the voters behind it, bot not being sure of that,, and be? ing dead sure that they would lose the whiskey vote if they showed the slightest leaning that way-*well, what Bhall we do V If, like Gov er nor Ellerbe, we declare for the dis? pensary first, and if the supreme court knocks the chief plank out of that 'tank/ then prohibition, wrrk^take lia, so what shall we do? Why don't those pestiferous prohibe accept something 'reasonable," ' on which we can all agree and end this uncertainty, say dispensary or high license with local option and the 0 P 's thrown in, then we could take in the whole tbing~*-and the voters at the same time. The programme would be like this : The old sa I ooo er would vote for the dispensary with local option, that would kill off the prohibitionists ; then combin? with the O P.'a and vote out the dispen sary and vote in license in the big ? places and divide the costs and profits between them See Then tbe 'hay? seeds' who don't want dispensaries or saloons could have prohibition by local option, you know, for we would help them to get it. See ? "This would give us dispensary or high license in the cities with 0 P 's aod blind tigers galore, local option :n the country with pipe line connec? tion with all the 0. P's and blind tigers in the State, everything get ting ali they want, the State its whis? key revenue, the foreign whiskey dealer the sale of alt his whiskey and protection for his customers-the ? P 's and blind tigers in the State and the blind tigers exemption from license and interference by the police In fact, it would be a veritable dis? pensary local option high license-0. P blind tiger jubilee."-State. An incident recalling Mark Twain's story of the million pound bank note occurred in Chicago the other night. A stranger named Yan Blatt showed up in that city with $110, a $10 bili and a $100 bill. He soon spent the $10, but when be attempted to break the other he found himself in trouble. The natives looked with suspicion upon acy stranger having in his pos? session a bill of such size fie tried to buy something to eat, but neither hotels nor restaurants would change the bill. He tried cigar stands, fruit stands, saloons and every store open at that time of night, with no better lack The hotels refused to take him in, regarding him as a suspicious character, and the police refused to assist him *' The outcome was that he had to sleep on the floor of a sta? tion house, notwithstanding he de? sired a room in a first class hotel, and bad the money to pay for it. The next day, however, a bank changed his bill for him, and he began to "live" again. The Legislature, Columbia Record, Jan. 14. The session of the senate this morn iog waa signalized by the opeoiog of ? the debate on Senator Ragsdaie's joiot resolutions to submit to the people the questions of amending the constitution so aa to provide that supreme court jus? tices and circuit judges shall be elected by direct vote of the people, instead of by the legislature, as at present. Senator Ragsdale, the author of the resolutions, opened the debate in a care folly prepared speech, wbioh was at all times forceful and occasionally even eloquent As he is a Conservative, the open ing utterances of his speech were all the more remarkable. He turned attention back to the days of the Shell manifesto. - He pronounced it a most remarkable document, which had inaugurated a great revolution io South Carolioa. Some of its statements may have beeo reckless aod too harsh, but its undying truths were responsible for the strength it attracted to the movement for which it was the bogie call. .He picked oat ss its keynote the ae olaratioo that South Carolioa had never bad a republican form of government, aod demonstrated, that it was at. least not without foundation. He referred to the fact that up to 1865 the ohief executive of South Carolina was elect? ed by the legislature, aod not by the people, as one instance confirmatory of the charge. He condemned that conservatism whi?b opposes any aod all changes, holding that the things of the past are ever best and should be oloog to Some people hate a governmental change of policy as venomously as the anarchist does the flag of hts country. To such it ia useless to speak, for hav? ing ears, they bear not, and eyes, they ? 6 3 not. He then addressed himself to a close and careful presentation of the reasoos why be thought the change he advo? cated was advisable and should be made. He called atteotioo to the nar? row majority hy which in the constitu? tional convention the proposition to have judges elected by the people was defeated and expressed the opinion that a vote of the people on this question would make a different result. The debate upon this important meas rure is likrly to be lengthy and very interesting. Senator Moses introduced a concur? rent resolution for the appointment of a committee of two senators aod three representatives to consider what attaches are needed to conduct the business of the general assembly and what is ade? quate compensation for their services. . Whatever changes may be recom? mended, if the report is adopted, will oot go toto effect until next session. A bill has beeo introduced in the senate providing that the system of county government shall be changed 8 3 that instead of a supervisor aod board as at present, three county com? missioners, at a salary of $500 each, ' ;hall manage the affairs of eaoh county. IN THE HOUSE The house worked so systematically and rapidly to day that it adjourned at oooo, having by the time considered all bills on the calendar the printed copies cf which bad been on the desks of the members twenty-four boors, as the rule requires. Ao unfavorable report was made upoo the bill to repeal the metropoli? tan police law. but its consideration was deferred. Mr. Gage's county government bill was made the^speoial order for Thurs day, the 20th inst The bill providing a graduated li? cense tax was killed with soarce a pro? test. After a snappy debate, the senate bill providing that township commis Sijners be elected was put to sleep. The prevailiag idea was that good men could not be induced to go through the worry of an election to obtain these offices, which pay nothing aod entail lots of trouble. A bill to abolish tourist hotel privi? leges was iotroduced and referred to the special dispensary committee of coe from each county, which has charge of all measures rebating to the dispensary Mr. Thomas's joiot resolution to pro vide for the sale of native wines by county dispensers was killed without debate. The house passed a bill to prevent and punish loitering at railroad stations The Proceedings on Saturday Not Important. Columbia, S C., Jan. 15.-In the bouse to-day there was quite a tangle about the resolution fixing the time for the election of judges. In some way the original resolution was lost. This fixed the election of ohief justice after tho circuit justices, but oo the same day. The conference committee left out the electioo of chief justice on Toesday. Atteotioo was called to the fact that the oooference committee could not do this as the house bad not agreed to this. Speaker Gary explained that tbe original had beeo lost aod io copying a mistake was made by tbe clerks. Tbe talk is common that the idea is to-postpone the electioo of obief jus? tice so that the threat cao be out that j if others are defeated Justice Mciver I will be defeated. Mclver's friends say it is a bluff and that he can not be beateo.no matter who is elected or defeated. A resolution was offered asking At- j torcey General Barber to present a dis? pensary bill tbat be tbonght woald st&od. There was objection to tbia, and the r?solution went on the calendar The senate adopted the report to post? pone the election of chief jastioe as it bad no official knowledge of tbe aoticn of the house Considerable protest was made against exempting certain counties from general acts. Columbia, Jan. 17.-Both the House and Senate did effective work to-day. The early adjournment pace was kept up. Mr. Lancaster has been persistent ir.-, regard to a bill to provide for the inspection of oil, used for illuminat? ing purposes, and 13-d?y got the bill through the House without any se? rious trouble Mr. Patton obtained the passage of a bill with reference to the paving of streets iu cities of 10,000 or more in? habitants. It is thought to be a bill that will stand the test. Mr. Grasque obtained the repeal of a statute, so far as the House is con? cerned, which has just been revived, with reference to the returns of mer? chants, which requires monthly state ment8 of their business. The never ending amendments to the county government laws were to day again considered and several amendments were adopted. The report of the special military Court of Inquiry in the Watts-South Carolina College matter of last sum? mer was presented by Governor El lerbe and referred to the millitary committee. CHIEF JUSTICE M'lVEB AND OTHEB JUDGES B E-ELECTED WITHOUT OPPOSITION. The opposition to Chief Justice Mciver petered out today when the actual votiog was done, for he was re-elected by a good majority. The general assembly met in joint session at noon to hold various elections The opposition to Judge Benet had been withdrawn - which may have had something to do with Mr. Mc? ivers big vote. General Dennis nominated Judge Benet for re elec? tion and he received 148 votes to 3 cast by Connor, Carsou and Price for Judge Izlar. Senator Henderson nominated James Aldrich for judge of the sec? ond circuit. He was re-elected with? out opposition. Seuator Moses nominated O. W. Buchanan for judge of the third cir? cuit and be was re elected without opposition. Mr. Stevenson nominated B. C. Watts for judge of the fourth circuit, and he was re elected without oppo? sition Geo. W Gage, of Chester, was elected judge of the sixth circuit without opposition. Mr DeBruhl nominated J. C. Klugh for judge of the eighth circuit, aud he was re elected without opposi? tion Mr. Pollock nominated Henry Mc Iver for re election as chief justice, while Mr Wyncbe nominated Sena? tor Geo S Mower, of Newberry, for the same place.. The vote resulted: Mciver-Senate 21, house 78.. total 99. Mower-Senate 14, house 37, total 51. Julius CogWdcll was re elected registrar of mesne conveyance for Cnarleston county. The house killed Mr Patton's re districting bill this morning by a vote of 60 to 57, the parliamentary clinch? er being put upon the motion dispos? ing of it. The senate passed the tax exten? sion measure this morning by a vote of 20 to 18 Unless the governor in terposes a veto, the penalty for non payment of taxes will not be imposed until February 20, 1898-Columbia Becord, Jan. 18 Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC, mm Public Advertising Bill. The Text of ike Measure the Legisla ture Will le ?sJced to Adopt. Tbe follov7?og is the text of tbe pub lie advertising bill that thc legislature will be asked to pass, it will be pre? sented to day : "Tbat State and county officials au thorized by law to publish advertise menes io tbe newspaper* of ibis State, including salee of probate and sheriff*, citations, notices to creditors and no? tices of final settlement by executors, administrators and guardians and all other advertising done by order of any court ^ notices of election ordered by commissioners ; reports of county treasurers, supervisors, superinteod ents of educativo, notices of oouoty auditojs, proclamations of the execu? tive d-partment, proposals for work and supplies by the heads of depart | meot8 or other officials authorized to j advertise for competitive bidR, and ail j other advertising whatever by S'ate or | county officials, shall be charged at the rate of $1 per ioch for the first inner tioo and 50 cents per inch for each sub? sequent iosertioo, the said advertise menta to be set in solid brevier type, incl adi og the caption aod ali other parts of the said advertisements. Section 2. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act be aod thc same are hereby repealed " The Silver Movement Conference Looking to Com? mon Action in the Con? gressional Election This Year. Washington, Jan 14.-As a result of conferences held in the last few days between the silver leaders of the various parties it is understood that Chairman Jones, of the National Democratic committee ; Chairman Butler, of the Populist national com? mittee, and Chairman Towne, of the silver Republican national committee, will issue a joint manifesto the early part of next week, with a view to securing common action by the three organizations in tthe political contest of 1898. The draft of the document is now in the course of preparation.* It will appeal to ?ll those interested in the cause of silver to work in union and to avoid rival organiza? tions by vhich their common strength will be dissipated. The talks among the silver men continued today, but they did not take the shape of a formal conference Chairman Towne had returned from the contest at Columbus, where he assisted in the opposition to Mr. Uanna. He was about the House of Representatives, talking with Repre eentative Bland and other silver ex? ponents. The feeling developed was general-; ly in favor of common action among all the silver elemente Messrs. Jones, Butler and Towne will confer further during the next few days, and the address will then be made public Ou the 18th instant the American Bimetallic Union holds its meeting here, and this is expected to give further cohesion to the joint silver movement. mm itt mm Hope fgr Hawaii. By a fcrtuoafe circumstance, the Ha? waiian treaty come* up for coosidera lion at a time when . grave conditions which have arisen io Cbioa, Korea aod the East offer a new and powerful argu? ment for the ratification of that compact. Russia, Germany, Eogland, France and Japan are ali reaching out for territorial plaoder and commercial advantage. For the present their greed is directed against the possessions of China, but with those spoils divided evenly or unevenly among the raiders there will be the temptation and perhaps the deliberate purpose to extend their aggressions in o?ber directions. Then what ? Where under the sun is there a region so inviting to the Eure pean spirit of conquest, seizure and subjugation as the islands of the Pacifio ? Hawaii is the commercial center aud the invincible naval position in that vast ocean. For a ceotury it has been coveted by the great rival natioos of Europe, to any one of which its posses? sion would give almost absolute control on the Pacific in time of war. Its occu? pation now by Japan or Germany would place its possessor in position to dominate the commerce between Asia and the rest of the world, while its oaval importance is such that the nation controlling it would be practically supreme ic those waters. If we fail now to aocept the Hawaiian Islands as a free gift, some other and more enterprising power will surely take them. They hang in the balance be? tween Asia and America, and the time has eome when their political destiny must be determined by the United States Senate. If we annex them we shall not place Amerioa 2,000 miles Dearer Cbiaa, as Che Tribune inaptly remarks, bat we shall place the Orient? al scene of European intrigue, land grabbing and possible war 2,000 miles farther from our own coasts. Failure to annex means the inevitable subjuga? tion of Hawaii either by Japanese or European influence. The cresent Hawaiian Republic cannot ia&t. It doesn't warat to last. It was intended, as its constitution specifically declares, "to endure only until a treaty of politi? cal union cab be negotiated with the United States7'-and it comes cow, waiving all conditions as to its form cf government, its taxes, income, laws, courts, schools aod civil institutions, ashing only that it be taken into the American UD?OO in order tbat its Christian civilization may be preserved for the descendante of the hardy pioneers who redeemed those fertile islands from barbarism. The Columbia Register Sold The proceedings to foreclose the mortgage of H. Lindenmeyer, of New York, on the Columbia Regis? ter were finished to-day. The purchase of the plant, good will, and al) other appurtenances to the paper, was made by one William A. Hatfield The amount paid was $5,000. The sale was merely formal, and for the purpose of transferring in form the property previously held in fact by the mortgagees; Mr. Hatfield, it is understood, stands in the place of the mortga gees-is merely another name for H. Lindenraeyr & Sons So this change of ownership presupposes no change in the personnel of the paper. Its officers remain as heretofore since the assumption of the control of the paper by the mortgagees.-Columbia Record, Jan. 14. uDown With Autonomy.'' The Cry Still Heard in Ha bana-No Americans En? dangered. Habana, via Key West, Fla., Jao 15.-(Delayed in transmission.) Al? though outwardly order is restored here, great excitement continues aod uoiess the newspapers exercise under tbe press censorship, great prudence, a general revolt is probable, with mucb bloodshed. Gen. Blaoco'8 position is more diffi? cult because bis mild methods of war fare disqualify bim to use energy with a mob Tbe rioters intended going io a pa ci?o manner to the palace to request General Bianco Co release Senor Jesus Trillo, a promioent attorney, who bas been unjustly charged by politioal in? triguers with fomenting mob violence. Up to the time this dispatch is sent oo American has been in danger, nor bas there been any hostile demonstra? tion or shouting against them, nor have any Americans taken refuge at the United States consulate. General Fritzhugh Lee, the British consul and otber consular officers, witnessed the disorder from the balcony of the Hotel io g I a. ter re Oo the first day of tbe riots, when a orowd of 5,000 men that bad massed io Central Park began stoning windows and shouting, "Death to Diaro," "vive Weyler," and "Down with autonomy,'' General Paraoo, General Solano and General Garrichs rode up and General Solano ordered the cavalry to charge the mob The cavalry commander re? plied : "Whom shall I charge ? Loyal Spaniards for shouting 'Long live Spaio' and 'Long live the Spanish gen? eral V " The Havana Riots. j The reported street riots in Havana furnish no rational cause for apprehen? sion in the United States, either for the safety of lives of our citizens in the oapital of Cuba or for the rupture of our diplomatic relations with Spain The disorderly demonstration is of far more ooccern to Madrid than to Wash? ington. It its a visible and violent de? monstration of what bas been stated by every honest newspaper correspondent in Cuba, and of what ba9 been con? fidentially reported to our Department of State by Consul-General Lee-tho absolute failure of that treacherous overture for peaoe which masquerades uoder tbe spurious title of autonomy. This so-called autonomy was doomed to failure at the outset, when it was in? dignantly rejected by tbe civil and mili tary authorities of the Republic of Cuba. The effort to forward the experi? ment by bribery was promptly thwarted by the military excutioo of Bianco's emissaries. At the same time, the new policy of autonomy was roundly de? nounced, not only by the personal par tisana of Weyler, but by the conserva? tives and Carlista as well in the penin? sula ; while io Cuba, especially in Ha? vana, tbe conservative Spaniards were even more outspoken in their opposi? tion to autonomy and in their regret at the recall of Weyler and their loss of a share of bis loot. Now, scarcely a week after the formal proclamation of autonomy and the inauguration of Bianco's new "Cabinet," the aogry conservatives, torned ont of local office and perquisites, gat the offices of au? tonomist newspapers and menace tbe consulate of the United States. The only effects of autonomy thus far have been to spur ihe insurgents into renewed activity, and to divide tbe Spaniards among themselves io the very oapital of the island What Spaio bas now to fear is that the example of these riot?, even theugh 3,000 miles away, maj be so infecliuus as to pro? voke an uprising st home against tbe Sagasta Ministry. But tbe situation io Havana, so far as reported, need cause no trepidation hero. Blanco has ample force at bis command to insure the pro? tection of resident Americans and of our consulate. Havana is but four hoars' steaming from Key West, whence the battle ship Maine is ready to start at an hour's notice. We have repeatedly maintained that American interests in Cuba fully war? ranted the presence of one or more of our war ships io Cuban waters Spain ould find no possible pretext for protest against the sight of our naval flag in Havana harbor Tbe outbreak of vio? lence among the Spaniards themselves in their own capital makes still more obvious the duty as well as the pro? priety of sending a naval vessel to a harbor of a nation with whom we are on friendly terms, but some of whose citi? zens are squabbling so viol&otly among themselves that they might be so un? fortunate as accidentally to strike an innocent bystander. That might rouse the by-stander to strike back. We do not wish that to happen ; Spain does not wuh that to happen Therefore, it is io the nature of a guarantee of peace that the American ocnsnlato and Amerioan lives and property io Havana should be made safe? ly inviolate by the presence of the American fUg and tbe spectacle of American guns. ---n - Quinine and other fe? ver medicines take from S j i to IO days to cure fever. Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic cures in ONE DAY* The Progress of This Century I That in inventions and material de? velopment there has been a great ad? vance daring the present century is well understood lu no other century have there been so many really great inventions as in the present century In surgery and chemistry the advance has been without precedent. So great is it as to amount to almost a re? velation and a revolution The tri? umphs of science and inventive genius are simply amazing. The machines that will print this and others of to-" day's editorials-the Linotype-is pro properly classed among the seven great inventions of the nineteenth century. Think of an instrument not only setting the type and dis? tributing it, but actually making the type that it sets, the making going on while the typesetting continues. President Gilman, the worthy and ac? complished president of John's Hop? kins University Baltimore, recently said'in an address on the great tri? umphs of the human intellect during the last half of this teeming most faithful century : "The establishment of the principle of evolution; the establishment of the principle of the conversation of ener? gy ; the development of mathematical science, and its applications to. physics, mechanics, electricity and astronomy ; the development of spec? trum analysis and the consequent discoveries respecting light and elec? tricity ; and discovery of the ncture and functions of bacteria, and of their influence for weal or woe, upon living organs." *' We have been 6crry to see it re repeatedly mentioned that this most important university, over which Dr. Gilman so ably presides, is much embarrassed financially. Johns Hop kits was the result of great bene? factions bestowed for that end by the generous donor whose name it bears. His bestowments were large and would have been ample but for the great shrinkage in values, one of the common features of those embarras? sing times. The university has called upon the Maryland legislature for help, and we hope it will be liberally granted. If not, surely in a city of half a million or more, like Baltimore, that must have very many rich peo? ple io it, there can be found liberal hearted'men enough, appreciative of the important work being done by the superior university, by odds Balti? more's greatest ornament, to help with generous contributions so as to relieve the great school of its present embarrassment. - Wilmington Mes? senger. A special from Thomas ville Ga., says : Hon. Ben Butterworth, who has been sick in this city some weeks, took a sudden tn rn for the worse this morning and died at 3 o'clock* this afternoon. His body will be sent to Washingon to morrow. The trouble which carried him off was Bright's disease. The end was peaceful, and when it came his wife and children were at his bedside. He came here to recuperate from an attack of pneu? monia and recovered rapidly till two weeks ago, when he suffered from euremic convulsions. From that re? lapse he never recovered. " Washington, Jan. 16 -Mrs. Lucile Lane, youngesTdaugbter of ex-Sena* tor Joe Blackburn of Kentucky, shot herself in ber apartment at the Wel? lington hotel last night According to the statement given out by the fam? ily the shooting was accidental Both of Mrs Lane's physicians refused to diecnes the subject even to the extent of saying whether or not the wound would prove fatal, but from the best that can be learned she will probably recover, although now suffering severely Irom chock New York, Jan 16.-Logan Car lisle, chief of the treasury depart? ment during the last Ceveland ad? ministration, died suddenly at the home of his father, John G. Carlilse, ex secretary of the treasury. He had been in poor health for more than a year and recently had returned from a fruitless search for rest at Hot Springs. Five days ago he was forced to take to his bed but his conditio? waa not considered alarming until this afternoon. The cause of death is given as heart failure. The Pianos that excel io point ot . ... np that quality w hieb rea i ly makes M. OffiCj tjje great difference between the best ?rd the inferioras found in its greatest perfection in Their cost is more reasonable than any oth? er good pU?O, because sold bj the manufac? turer direct. SUITABLE CONVENIENT TERMS STANDARD ORGANS. CHAS. M. STEIFF. BALTIMORE 9 North Lit.ertySr. WASHINGTON 521 11th St N W. Charlotte, N. C., -13 N. Tryon St. Norfolk, Va.,_4?6 Main St. Claremont Loilgs No. M A. F. ? TBE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMU? NICATION of Claremont Lodge, No* 44, A. F. M., will be held on Thursday gening, Feb. 3d, at 7} p. m. Brethren will take due notice and govern themselves accordingly L. S CARSON, W. M. Attest--H. 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