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State Legislature. Senate Spends tbe Day Talk in? Over a Primary Elec? tion Measure. Colurrbia Record, Jao 21. The house ia entitled to immortal glory, lt distinguished itself this moro jog hy passing a "yaller dog" bil!, something the public long ago ?-ava up ali hope of seeing accomplished -The bill was iotrodoced by Mr Ha? mer* permitting the kill ?fig of sheep kiliisg dogs, and made the keeping of each a dog pooishahie by See or impris oament. ? fight was made on the bill sod there wqre attempts to cripple it by amendments, but it steered clear of ali reeks and passed by a good majority. Mr. Rainsford's bili for ar? amend, ment of tbe constitution for the elee tion of judges by popaiar vole only re? ceived 42 votes, while 61 were recorded against it* The bill wa? opposed by Messrs, SimKio9 and ' Bacot, while Mr. Raioeford made the principal for it. Messrs. Kinard and Blythe made statements about the election cf Cl B. - Cairo as public printer which showed that Ooverncr EUerbe bad usurped power to secure tbe taking away of the printing from Toe Register Some action will be taken later and Tbe State may lose the printing. Tbe bill giving the railroad commis? sion control of tbe telephone, telegraph and express companies, passed its third reading. Tbe liquor bills of Messrs. Burns and Childs were made a special order for consideration at ll o'clock Satur-' -r day. IN THE SENATE. The morning in the Senate was, oc? cupied with a lively discussion of Sena? s-i tor Ba is l's primary election bill, the discussion of which, was finally contin? ued until Monday. Messrs. Archer and Bnist made the chief speeches for the bill, while Messrs. Mt?itt&p and Pettigrew led the fight against it. The worsfc fcaUre of the biil ia its provision that no one oai3 voto in a Democratic primary who does Dot show a registration certificate. Senator Henderson's county govern? ment bili was made a spacial order' for next Thursday. Senator Brown's compulsory educa tion bili ts not dead, as was incorrect? ly stated in a daily paper, lt is still io a position to be fought for. A Seview Of What Has Been Done to Date. Colombia Register, Jan. 24. A review of the resole of two weeks of the legislature's work, willi show that about as mach bas been acoom plishod for the interest of the state by what it has refused to do as what it bas done. There is perhaps as much wisdom in killing certain proposed legislation as there ts io passing new bills. One or the other of the houses duriog the past week has laid low several matters which have been mach discussed. The bill : in trod aced by Mr. Raiosford to elect judges by a popular Tote, was a meas uro which had maoy friends, and it was thought that it wonid pass easily. But there was same unexpected opposi? tion to it, and after a thorough discos* sion the bill was killed. Mr. Patton's redistricting bill met tbe same fate ?. This measure bad gained many friends, and it was thought that the bouse would adopt it by a good majority. It possibly would have done HO had not discussion of it been brought op Tho friends of the "present congressman felt that possibly the passage cf the bill might retire some - of them, and they rallied against its passage. The bill will come ap again through its introduction irr -the senate, and the author of it still bas hopes of its final passage. Another matter of prime importance which was killed, was Mr. McCul? lough's mortgage bill. The passage of thia measure would have materially in? creased the revenues of the state, but there were other features ta be consid? ered which induced the house ito kill it. The house adopted the ra eas are in? troduced by Mr. DeLoach, placing telegraph, express and telephone oom pastes auder the control and snpervi sion of the railroad commission. Thc bili was onee defeated io the senate acd tbe prospects are that it will meet the same fate when it again reaches that body. \ Altbongb the house, passed a resolu? tion to have night sessions, none have yes been beld. The senate has held one. The indications are that the short session people are io a large ma? jority. Mr. Gangue bas a resoluti&n intro? duced providiog for adjournment Feb? ruary 20, but ic bas not yet ?been dis? cussed. lt comes up as a special order today. It is not likely that the discussion of the dispensary bill will consume much time, for the attorney general, at the request of the special committee on the dispensary, will draw up a bill which will no doubt be adopted. Mr Barber is more thoroughly familiar with the law thoo any other mao, and knows where it needs strengthening. Mr. W. 8. Smith made a determined j effort to have the metropolita o police bill an Dulled, bat failed. The debate on the question showed that the mem? bers d?a not want the law eoforced except where it became necessary ajd of course, this meant the dispensary. Building and loan associations, es peciaiiy foreign ones, which are al leged to charge exorbitant rates of in? terest will very likely receive a black eye before the session ends. The de? bate on the question in the boose clear? ly indicated a desire to force such com? panies nat of busioess in the State, and when Mr. Patton's bill on the subject is reached it will no doubt pass without trouble. A bill which will come up for discus? sion dering the present week and one which is of especial interest to the farm er and.the merchant is that introduced bv Mr. Sogers to repeal the lien law. This subject is one of vast importance and will be as warmly fought as it will be supported. The election of jadges during the past week oooasipned much "log rolling" previously, but as a result there were redly no contests. The legislature will have to go tcrongih another election this week. On Wednesday a comptroller general and a State printer for this ses? sion are to be chosen. The legislature visited Clemson dar? ing the week, and was not mach "de? moralized" thereby as some suspected they would be. They came baok and got icto harness without trouble. ? 9 TS If Mr Meares' resolution to jameod the rules, referring oharter billsiflrst to ?he judiciary committee, is passed, it will eave a great deal of time and will >ave the state hundreds of dollars. There is one significant faot about this legislature, and that is that it works. This is quite in contrast to some oth? ers, which spent the larger part of the lia a in talk. There are no members whose chief object seems to be to draw :be ?4 per diem. All seem to bs work? ing for the best interests of the state Much Business Transacted In a Little Oyer Two Hours. | Colombia, S. C., January 24- i Both branches of the General Aggem sly met to day at noon and remained in session for a iittle over two boars each, in that time considerable business was transacted and tho good polioy of weed- j log out unnecessary legislation was ! sontinoed. The House refused to adopt Mr. Ashley's bill which sought to pat all Dominations in the primary. The bill, aowever, was no; without its friends ind received a considerable vote. The bitt te permit tba incorporation )f the Stevern and Knoxville Rail? road W8s passed without mach troable, ind the theory was advanced that tibe jeoeral As?embly should fix arbitrary .oates for roads before they even have jbarters. The most im portan nt action was the silling-of the resolution fixing the 12th >f Fobarary as the final day of the cession While there was not mach ?aid, and bat little voting, the resolut? ion was killed. Mr. Caaghman promptly introduced a resolution fixing ;be 15th aa the fie al day of the session, tod about the only reason why there ??DDOi then be an adjournment is t?? janse the members like Colombia well jaough to remain here jost as long as hey possibly caa. Mr Hydrick obtained the passage of t bill, which, if it passes the Senate, viii make a material change in the law ?rita regard to the punishment for man? slaughter by fixing tbe punishment at rom two to ten years where the jury .ecommeods the prisoner to the mercy of be Court. Mr. Sullivan's bili to permit arrests m Sunday for criminioal offences was sassed, although it mst with committee >ppoeitiot?. In the Senate today all of the special >rders were discharged. The House resolution exteodiog the ime for the payment ol the com muta ion tax was passed with an ameudmeat ixicg March 1 as the time for final payment. The public printing (advertising) bill passed the Senate to-day with no imendmcst to the effect that the papers j isicg type smaller than brevier be paid j apon a brevier basis, thus establishing | in equality as between the .type and 1 ?pace used. Another amendment ?as j that a certificate be attached certifying [bat the bili was made np in accordance I with the previsions of the Act; The Senate had the satisfaction of joiog through its entire Calendar to lay and aoted on most of the bills. THE GREENVILLE SITUA? TION. Official Statement as to the Smallpox Cases Up There Tbe following official statement of the smallpox situation in Greenville has been sent out Greenville, Jan 22. Total number of smallpox caces in Greenville, 27. Number dismissed from pest house, 7. Number still in pest house, 19. Number of deaths, 1. We have had no new oases in the city for two weeks. There was oue case taken from the detention house on the 18th. There is no danger now, as we have the disease ander control. C. C. Jones, M. D. Chairman Board of Health. Would Drive Oat The 0. P. Agencies. Mr. Pollock Introduces a Bill With This as Its Object, Tbe feature of tbe session of the house with the olosiog day of the sec ood week was the introduction of a bili by Mr. Pollock of Chesterfield looking to the control cf original package j agents and agencies. The bill puts dis? pensers and 0, .P. agent9 OD a footing aod requires the agencies to giva up 20 per cent, of their gro?s profits. If passed it will be interesting to watch its progress through the coons There was co session cf thc State senate Saturday acd the house only re? mained in session about three hours. A large number of third reading bille were disposed of Mr. W. S. Smith made a stong fight on bis bill to repeal the metropolitan police : act, which he characterized as most obnoxious and contrary to the rights of self-govern meat. Mr Winkler took the position that it was on the books merely to se? cure a better enforcement and observ ance cf law On a roll cali the bill was killed by a vote of 51 to 34. The bill to regulate building and loan asso? ciations wa? discussed a while and theo the debate wa? adjourned. Mr. Mc oolloogh's bill requiring notes and mort? gages to bc listed for taxation was dis? cussed at leogth and then killed by a vote of 46 to 43. There was really no other legislation. A large number cf oomoi?tee reports and new bills were prcsected. THE 0. P. TAX MEASURE Mr. Pollock's bill "to further regu? late the sale, use and consumption o intoxicating and alcoholic, liquors and liquids within the State, and to provide penalties for violations of this aot and to further police the State," provides that no county dispenser, cor any non? resident person, company, firm, corpo? ration or association,vnor any agent cf any such non-resident persoo, com paoy, firm, corporation or association nor any other person or persons shall sell or offer for sale within t?e State any intoxicating or alcoholic liquors or liquids until such dispenser or other person shall have cxsca'ed to the ooanty tre&surer a good and sufSchnt bond in the som of $3,000, which shall be recorded ia the effie? of the clerk of court, which said bond shall be condi? tioned, that the obligor will not sell or offer for sale aoy such liquors or liq? uids except as provided for io this act. No dispenser or other persons shall peil or offer for sale aoy intoxicating liquors exoept in paokages of not less than one half pint, and only between sunrise and sunset, and not to minors or drunken persons, or persons--io tho habit of using intoxicating liquors to excess ; and not to bc drunk on the premises. Before any sale shall be made the county dispenser or other persons selling such liquors shall re? quire written request signed in the true name of the person desiriog to make snob purchase, io which shall be stated tbe quality and quantity desired, and the price to be paid for the same ; and also that the applicant is not a minor, giving his true age The said requests ic the original shall be .filed, by tbe said dispenser or other person selliog liquor oa or beforo the 10th of j each month with the auditor, showing ! the 8ale9 for the month next preceding which shall be accompanied by the o&th of such dispenser or other persoo tbat said requests show all the sales made by such a dispenser or other per ! soo, or at his or their place of business for such preceding mooth. Such dis p?nser or other person selling intoxi? cating liquors shall on the 10th day of each month pay into the county treas? ury a sum equal to 20 per cent, of the gross sales for thc month next preced? ing, which shall be divided equally be? tween the county and the city or town io which such sales have been made. Any person who thal! violate any of the provisions of the act shall be pan ished by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $200, or imprisonment for not less than one mooth nor more than 12 months, or both, in the discretion of the court, and shall further forfeit thc som of $500 to be recovered by suit of the auditor cn tba bond in any court of competent jurisdiction The Small Pos Scare Over. For the benefit of those interested in Greenville, the people, institu? tions, business and general affairs of the city we wish to say that the smallpox scare is aboct over. Pa? rents throughout the State who have children in our schools in Greenville need not feel the least anxiety. Those students who anticipated com? ing to Greenville need not lear to cowe any day. We do not believe they will run any risk ; certainly we would uot encourage them to come to Greenville if we thought there was any danger st all In view of the exaggerated rumors that have been circulated about this sickness, we wish to state a few facts. About the middle of December a case of smallpox was reported ; phyeiciatib visited the patient Several physi? cians pronounced the sickness small? pox, several others said it was not These physicians still differ, while a number of physicians have never ex? pressed an opiuion on the subject Several members of the family where the sickness first appeared were taken down, and the same malady appeared in another house in the same neighborhood. All thebe per 6on8 were carried out of the city to the pest house ; the bouses from which they were taken were quaran? tined and thoroughly fumigated There bas been no spread beyond these bouses Only about twenty cases io all have been carried to the peet bouse, all negroes. Ail the esses are rapidly recovering and there has not been a new case for nearly two weeks The people of Greenville differ, and perhaps the majority believe it is uot smallpox However, nearly every? body has been vaccinated, every pre? caution has been taken to starve out the disease and prevent any further spread These are the facts It is worthy of note that wherever this sickness, called small pox by some, chicken pox by others, has appeared, the physicians disagree as to the nature of the disease We do not believe there ia any real cause for alarm anywhere, but it is right for everybody to receive vaccination as a preventive, in case the sickness should prove to be smallpox As we go to press the health officer of Greenville tells us there is no dan? ger, and no occasion for alarm We hope our friends throughout the State will accept our statement herewith as the truth in the case -Baptist Courier Overproduction of Cloth. Much is being said now about thc overproduction of cotton goods, just as we have beard for years past about the over-production of raw cotton. The trouble, when reduced to its last anal? ysis, is not that there is too much cloth, but that there is oot ecouab money in the hands of, the peo? ple to buy the cloth. It is net a lack of need for the cloth. The people are not overstocked with clothing, sheets and the like. There is hardly a nome among the middle acd lower classes where a bolt, of cloth would not bo ac? ceptable. There is p!eo<j of dssnnd, 50 far as th? need goes, but thsre is lack of ability to purchase. A mill man of long experience, who is thoroughly conversant with the situation both north acd south, said the other dsy that much cf the hue ard cry about southern competici?n is being raised in northern mills that arc mak? ing a class cf goods of which there is not a yard made south. The Textile Record of America thus states the sit? uation : "But is there, in truth, overproduc? tion of cotton fibre acd cot tea cloth ? No.! At this very moment there are many hundreds of thousands of Amer? icans in all parts of the country, who cannot afford to buy cloth enough to cover their nakedness. In Eu? ropean countries there are millions io the same unfortunate condi? tion. In the barbarous and partly ; civilized lands there are tens of mil? lions whose most meagre wants have never been supplied. We say with the boldness of positive conviction, that if every human being in our own land could obtain cotton cloth enough for bis mere em fort, the domestic mills could supply the demand with difficulty. If, besides, all of these people could satisfy their reasonable desires over and above their necessities, we doubt if the American mills now tu existenoe could meet the requirements cf the home market The real trouble, then, is not, at all that the mill product is in exoess of any possible demand, but very de? cidedly that the demand is not present? ed, and therefore the milis cannot sell, because great armies of our own fellow citizens are too poor to buy. Io the cotton growing region itself we find planters selling for less than five cents a pound cotton which cost more than five cents to produce. This production at a lons makes the planter poor, and inevitably it makes poor all the people who depend upon his prosperity for their prosperity. The same results ap? pear in nearly all the industries, agri? cultural and manufacturing. All are selling with small profit or no profit. Tne wheat growers alone get good prioes. But for their good fortune the condition of things would be bad in? deed".-Augusta Chronicle. Jewish Quarters Invaded and the Shops Pillaged. Algiers, Jan 23.-Anti Jewish riots occurred herc to day. The mob invaded the Jewish quarter and pil? laged the shops of the Rue Baba zoum, driving the Jewish merchants into the street A squad of chas 6auers was ordered to the scene and charged the mob with drawn swords, but the mob reformed further on, cheering for the army. Revolvers and daggers were freely used One man who was stabbed in the back and shbt in the head died on the spot. Many were seriously stabbed, I one, named Cay ol, dying from his ? wound? at 4 o'clock this afternoon The crowd, hearing of this, became dangerously excited, shouting, "They are murdering us," ''Death to the Jews," and resumed pilaging The j fronts of six shops were destroyed and the loot was bumed. The po J lice repeatedly charged the rioters, j but were stubbornly resisted and j were powerless to restore order until the troops anived Several police ! men were severely maltreated Many arrests for theft have been made j The Jewish authorities reccommend j their coreligionists to remain in j doors. Later the belief that there would be iurther rioting was well founded j Disturbances and looting of the Jew- J ish ehops continued throughout the evening, despite the efforts of the I ? troops to quell the disorders At 10 o'clock to night some Jewish flour stores were pillaged and their con? tents thrown into the streets The zouaves then charged the crowd with fixed bayonets and dispersed them, j many persons being injured. At the moment this dispatch is sent (ll p in ) the rioters are reassembling on the quays and setting fires to the Jewish spirit stores. Troops are being harried to the spot. Already there have been 150 arrests to day. The maintenance of order has been entrusted to military The Constabulary Fistol. The acquittal of Constable New? bold of any degree of crime in the killing of Mr. Tnrner naturally oc? casions some small surprise, despite the role that has obtained in such cases, but he was tried by a regular Court and the verdict was that of twelve sworn jurors, and public com? ment on the case is neither proper nor profitable Something may still be said, how? ever, regarding the deplorable trage dy in which he bore so prominent a part He claimed that the killing was accidental, and was acquitted accordingly. It is not improper to suggest that such "accidents" should be made impossible hereafter under like conditions. The circumstances cf the killing are still fresh in the public mind and need not be detailed at length. They were, in brief, that Newbold and a fellow constable were lying in wait by the roadside, at night, for any sus pected violators of the dispensary law who might pass their way. Mr. Turner passed with his driver, in a buggy, was ordered to halt by the two men, who were strangers to him, and upon failing to comply with the order was shot and killed-by acci? dent The shooting itself was claim ed tc be accidental. The constable, standing in the ro?d in front of the running team, fired his pistol "over the head" of the mule "to stop him," infllc?og a fatal wound on Mr Tur? ner, sitting in the buggy behind the animal The line cf fire can be in ferred from the coarse of the ball, but the accidental character cf the shot has b=?en accepted by the jury. The point we wish to make is sim? ply that it is not a desirable condition of things when a peaceable aod law abiding citizen, traveling quietly along the public highway on lawful business, can be dealt with in this strictly highwayman's fashion, by any kind of official. Every citizen is assumed by the law to be innocent of offence againet the law until he gives occasion for suspicion to the contrary. He is assumed to be in nocent, indeed, even when he is charged with an offence, on evidence, untii he is proved guilty, lt is not too much to require that even dis? pensary constables-with all the lat? itude that is allowed to them-shall have some more definite cause pf suspicion against a man, before inter ferii>g with his liberty, than that he is travelling the rosd which possible law breakers would travel in pursuit of their ends ! The conditions in this State are not such as to warrant so extreme mea? sures in the enforcement of any ordinary law. They are not such as to warrant such proceedings as New? bold and his companion resorted to with Mr Turner They are such ae to have impelled many men in his place to have fired upon the two un? known scouts at their first challenge from the darkness of the woods Their conduct was that of men bent on mischief, or'robbery, and a timid man, if not a prudent one. would give himself the benefit of doubt in the circumstances. The constables, we believe, proclaimed themselves as such. Worse men, in their place, intent on crime, could make the same proclamation to further their evil pur? pose. /The average citizen cannot distinguish between constables and thugs in the night, nor even by day light, when assaulted suddenly by unknown men in an out of the way place. If Mr. Turner had killed both the constables when they hailed and halted him, there is not a jury in the State that would not have rendered a verdict of justifiable homicide. As it happened, one of them killed bim. The one tragedy or thc other is liable to happen on every occasion of the same kind We submit to the lawmakers that this is not a desirable state of things, and that an end should be pul to it at once Constable Newbold has been aquitted. It is to be hoped at least that some effective steps will be taken lo remove the occasion for any mare such acquittals m future We have had too many already. News and Courier The Philadelphia Press calls timely attention once more to the extra? ordinary attitude in which the United States Government is placed by the continued refusal of Turkey to re cognize Mr Bergholz, who was ap- j pointed Consul at Erzerum when Con gress. two years ago, decided that a | consulate ar. that place was neceesary. I During these two years tho position of the Turkish Government has been j a continual affront, and the Press j properly suggests the propriety of an assertion of American dignity by the State Department, as the only means of maintaining a due respect for our representatives and residents in Asiatic countries.-N. Y. Mail and Express. The Wrong Titie. It ie not for us to assert that the verdict of the jury in the Newbold case was wrong but it is respectfully submitted that the title of the case *'State against Newbold"-was in? correct. When the attorney general, two solicitors, two sheriffs, the su? perintendent of the penitentiary, two high dispensary officials and other minor officials,, gathered from various sections of the State, ail forming a large part of the government of the State, are present at a trial in the in? terest of man under a felonious charge, the expression "State against -" seems almost absurd. To be sure, it may be answered that these officials were commanded to be pres? ent as witnesses but it was such a "cloud of witnesses" as never gath? ered in a court room before, we dare guess, in South Carolina It is strange to us-though there may be explanation-that these witnesses should have come so exclusively from official circles It is moreover, passing strange that in behalf of this man who is late of Texas, no affida? vits were introduced bearing rjpon his reputation in Texas. We should naturally suppose that a man occupy? ing so lofty a position in the esteem and, we may say, affection of the most distinguished Sooth Carolinians, was well known in the State of bis former citizenship. If there was any man in any way officially connected with any depart? ment of the government of South Carolina (unless it was some county official in Spartanborg) who appear? ed to desire the case of thc "State against Newbold" vigorously prose? cuted, we have not heard of him. For the sake of history, let the min? utes of the court be amended to read "the State in behalf of Newbold." Greenville News. ? - -a ? f ( Some Thoughtful Words. There is much in the record of Pro? fesser Booker T. Washington that justifies the prominence he has at? tained and evidences a claim to the position that has been accorded bim as the leading man of his race today. Iiis work at the Tuskeegee institute and in the general cause of industrial education for his race, and bis efforts to direct bis people's thoughts and aspirations towards worthy achieve? ment in the domain of usefulness, prove him a man of thoughts as well as of action. A few days since he made a speech in Jackson? ville in which he uttered tbe follow? ing earnest sentiments: "My friends of the white race: We are one in this country. The ques? tion of the highest citizenship and the complete education of all con? cerns eight millions of my people and sixty millions of yours. We rise as you rise; when we fall you fall; when we are strong, you are strong; when we are weak, you are weak; there is no power that can separate our destiny. No member of your race can harm the weakest or mean? est member of my race without the proudest and bluest blood in your civilization being degraded. The negro can afford to be wronged. The white man cannot afford to wrong bim. Unjust laws or customs injure the white man and inconveni ence the negro. No race can wrong another race simply because it has the power, without being narrowed arid dragged down in its morai satus. We are a patient, humble race. There is plenty in tbis country for us to do. Away up in the atmosphere of goodness, forbearance, patience and forgiveness, the woikers are not many or overcrowded If others would be little, we can be great; if others would be mean, we can be good ; if others would push us down, we can help push them up Charac? ter, not circumstance, makes the man." These are thoughts that merit at? tention from white men as well as ne? groes. lu the main what he says will be coincided in by all right thinking, patriotic, law abiding men Some will agree with him altogether, some will dissent from the view that the destinies of the two races are in? separable. In the opinion of many the negroes in this country are being fitted by association with the whites for self government in a separate na? tion, and that in the fullness of time they will go to Africa to bring up the natives of that great continent to a state of civilization and free govern? ment, and Africa will be the land of the black man. if not Africa, then it is believed that some southern province <>r state will find the ne? groes colonized together there, like the Indians in the Indian territory, and others believe the time will come whet? the negro will share the Indian's fate, and be driven step by step from the white man's territory. That the negro race will ever be as sitni?ated by the white race, and that through amalgamation the two shall become ono people, few can believe But all this is in the future-far in the future. For the preeent the two races are side by 6ide reading the riddle of life and working oat their destinies Whether it shall be a common destiny,or whether their des tinies shall be widely separated, the lesson of the hour taught in the thoughtful utterances of Professor Washington is a timely lesson, and one that is worth pondering-Au? gusta Chrouicle.