The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 20, 1901, Image 1

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THB SUMTES WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850, ' "Be Just and Fear not-Let ail the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THS TRUB SOUTHRON. Established jane 1566 Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C., WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 1901. New Series-Vol. XX. No. .10 -Bf 2W. Gr. Osteen, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : $1.50 per annum-io advance. ADY?S?ISSHXS?: On? Square first insertion.$1 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer wil be made at reduced rates. AU commanicatioos which subserve private interests will be charged foras ad versements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. The General Assembly. Macy House Bills Must go Over. The boase yesterday morning took np second reading senate bills and passed a number of them. Nearly all of them were local measures Senator Graydon* s bil? to domesticate railroad corporations in this State passed There were eieven third reading bills, among them the legislative appropriation bili, and all of them passed and were sent to the senate On motion of Mr. Prince, the house decided to discuss only second read ing senate bills during the morning session Senator Henderson's bili to pro? vide uniformity and equality in the assessment of cotton factories passed with general amendments Senator Gaines had a bill to regu late the delivery of alcoholic liquors by common carriers. Mr. Kinara stated that the object pf the bill is to keep liquor from be ing pat off at coal chutes and water tanks Mr DeBrabl and Mr Spears con tended that the law now forbids this Mr DeBruhl twitted Mr Kinard that Greenwood was a prohibition county and needs no such law Mr Kinard replied that the "prohibition fellows got left at home " The town is for prohibition and therefore there is no dispensary in the county The house then gave second read ing to Senator Sheppard's bill reia tive to regulating diseased live stock. The bill provides that the board of trastees of Clemson college shall j promulgate and enforce regulations to guide the veterinarian of the col lege in the treatment or destruction j of infected animals Thc board is empowered to prevent the introduc tion o? infected stock into the State. The veterinarian is given the right to visit any section of the Stare, and to -enforce treatment of infected animals. Those who interfere with him shall be guilty of a misdemeanor An investi gatiou must be held upon the demand of two or more reputable citizens that their animals are affected with a con? tagious disease Section 3 recites that : It shall be unlawful to sell, or offer for sale, in this State any horBe, mule, cattle, hog, or any live stock, that is known to be affected with any contagions disease, the tendeocy of which is to cause the death of any such live stock ; and any person or persons violating the provisions of this sec tion shall be deemed guilty of a mis demeanor, and lipon conviction shall be fined in a som not exceeding one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding 30 days. The boose last night went through the calendar until it had concluded tbe senate bills, and then a few house second reading bilis were acted upon AH other boase bills die on the calendar The first matter the house disposed of was to pass the bill to create the office of state geologise The bill provides that the governor may appoint by and with the consent of the senate The expenses will be, salary $1,500 and contingent fond $750. Mr Spears made tbe motion to strike oat the enacting words, but withdrew his ruotiou when he saw that Senator Brown of his county was the author of the bit! Mr Mc Laughlin renewed the motion Mr Prince championed the bill The State bas missed a great deal by not having a State geologist The federal government will contribute as much as the Statte The geologist of North Carolina has within the last few years doce more to advertise the resources of that State than any other man it it A State geologist can arrange miner al exhibits for exposition, etc ile did not know how long a State geologist wouid be needed This is but an experiment so far as that is concerned Mr Tatum stated tba! he had always been one to vote against the creation of new offices, but he favor ed establishing this office After considerable discussion the vote was taken on the motion to strike ont tbe enacting words of the bill, which resulted ayes 40, nays 56, and the bill was passed and ordered to a third reading TEE SENATE Tr.e senate m^de excellent prog? ress today and rapidly advanced many bills, so that they s-and an excellent chance of becoming' laws ymong other mattera of interest accomplished was the passage of a anti pistol law and the final passage ot the chiid labor bill The bill to give Winthrop yearly 25 convide was the first to canse general debate Senator Brice introduced the bill and showed the necessity for the number, saying that they would be needed on the farm, in the laundry and elsewhere about tbe buildings The college authorities had asked for the Dumber and this is conclusive that they are needed Senator Glenn opposed the, bili because he said that it would prac? tically amount to an additional ap* propriation If the college has to run a farm let the convicts be hired and paid for out of the abundant appropriation made: to this institu tion The people ought to know what this institution gets ?t gets ?69,000 and this ought to be enough without 25 extra^ convicts. Senator Sheppard said there could possibly be uo need of 25 convicts to work 100 acres of land and, anyway, Winthrop is the last place in the State where convicts should be seen He moved to indefinitely postpone the bill Sena'or Gain?s wanted an amend? ment requiring $5 a month to be paid for each convict The senate, on a division, indefi nitely postponed the bill The child labor bill came up fer a third reading and Senator Sullivan offered an amendment to the May field substitute, which woold insti? tute a general compulsory education ai provision ranging from 7 to 12 years He sa:d the provision in the original bill virtually applied com pulsory education to factory children, which is manifestly unfair. He also introduced an amendment reducing the age limit tj 10 years Both amendments were voted upon togeth? er and both were rejected by a vote of 21 to 14 Senator Sharpe offered an amend ment wh'ch would allow orphans under age to take oath and work in the mills This amendment was adopted Senator Gruber offered an amend ment, the effect Oi which is to confine the law lo textile manufactories The amendment was adopted The bill was then parsed and ordered recngrossed and sent to the bou^e Representative Cooper's bill to regulate the carrying, manufacturing and sale of firearms was reached and Senator Graydon offered an amend ment which relieved the bili of ile very drastic features when it left the house, whereby even the carrying of a shotgun for innocent purposes wou'd be unlawful The Graydon amendment made it plain that only pistols were intended to be legislated against. Mr Graydon said that 250 people were killed last year by pis? tol?, and a law prohibiting the sale and the manufacture of such fire arms will save not only human lives, but thousands of dollars. Senator Mayfield offered an amend ment which would license the carry iug of concealed weapons for one year, the license fee to be $50 He said that he offered this amendment so that the bill would not come within the inhibition of the constitu tion. If a man thinks be ought to go armed let him pay a license, but every man wili know that be is licensed. By a vote of 21 to 16 the senate refused to strike out the enacting words of the bill Senator McLaurin Not To Be Condemned. Columbia, Feb 14 -The calendar yesterday cootaioed oo bill* which bad origioated io tbe house, but showed 21 second reading senate bills. These were ali taken OD aod disposed of There were 30 tbird reading billf, ail of wbioh were pasted although Mr Ashley made a last violent effort to kill thc two providing for a State geol? ogist aod for a board of entomology. Josh if? opposed to oreatiog new c.fBru-s.'' Tbe boose voted down Mr McMa? t?rn resolution to censure Hon Joo L McLaurio for supporting the republican administration io ifs foreign policy The boase was not disposed to readily ? accede to tbe ecrj&re amendments t/? tbe appropriation bill By .i vote of 56 to 28 the h .ase | refaced tr? accent cbs secat?*$: amend mc ot proposing ri inorca:-o thc .-aiary ? of t?t; oieik to trie State i>upcr:n:oi:d eoe ? Mr Ashley said the house bad time and a2a;nrk!!:od thc .?prop-.wnoo Mr Ktoard wanted to kn'?? if the bill ?tili provided for the additional j ?400 for the stenographer Be was I informed tbat such was tbe case. Thc ? boose theo refased to accedo to the j amendment. j Thc oes-: senate amendment t-.'coo up i was that ro increase thc salary of thc j S'ate reporter of the supreme cosrt j from ?900 to ?1,500. There wa* a I geoerai sick against chis and the hou-e refused to concur. Is was explained by Mr Bicot, Mr Croft aod other? that the 6alary would really bc OD more j thao heretofore The State ban been paying ?1,200 for printing these reports and the reporter D38 been getticg a commission, which was prac? tically made his salary ?1.500. Now thc State proposes to pay $600 for printing. This will make the tonal cost to the Slate tho samo thing aod will by an arrangement allow the reports to be sold for ?2.25 a oopy, instead of ?4. The verbal amendments relative to South Carolina College and Winthrop College, were adopted, al90 the senate amendment striking out the ?100,000 proposed for the publio schools. Mr John McMaster's resolution to condemn tho notion of Hon John L. Mclaurin in the United States senate was then reaohed. Mr McGowan moved io lay the resolution on tho table This motion shut off ail debate and tho vote wa9 taken The boase hy a vote of 58 to 44 agreed to table the resolution. THE SENATE. Trie senate put io aoo'.ber hard da^'s work yesterday. There was no night sfssioo as the meas bars wanted to go to the theatre, and aa afternoon session waa held instead. Tho ?oance co rn a it fee's bill a? to the iijjhiicg of ibu public, buildings was given its third reading and sent to the j house. Tbs bill provides that tho Scate shall establish its own electric light \ p'tact at a cost cf $30.000. Thc noted bill against the carrying of pistols was given its fins! reading j The bill to allow the working cf 10 ! year convicts on county chain gangs i was postponed until the nest session, and a bili to provida a new me?hod of ! apportioning dispsnsary profits was ic ! definitely postponed. . j A big batch of bi!Is received third reading, eome others passed eie^ood reading, and a cumber of acts were ratified -Mr Strom's bill to increase the sentence of convicts on county chain gangs to ten years was taken op for its second reading and tharo was a contest over it. I Senator Graydon movea to strike cut the enacting words The law, he said, aiready allows five year 'convicts to work on county ohatc gangs, and he thought this a long enough term. He did oct believe a mao cauld live for ten years on a county chain gang on account of the hardship and exposure To sentence a man no ten years on the county chain gang is to sentence bim to death, and he thought as a matter of humanity *?hc bill should be killed The county cbaiu gangs do d?t have proper j hospital facilities for sick convicts, wbtie the penitentiary has, and be thought that all oonvicts whese terms are for mere that ton years, should be left in the penitentiary After farther discussion a motion was made to strike cut the enacting words on whicb the vote stood : Ayes 17, nays 20 ; and the sonate refused to strike oat the enacting words. Senator Graber theo moved to emo? tione the bill until the next session which was done by a vote of 21 to 16, and tbe bill goes ever Pensioners Get $150,000 Tillman Endorsed Columbia, Feb 14 -The senate did another big day's work today, getting ready for the adjournment,' Morniog, afternoon and night sessions were held. Thc senate reduced tbe boase appropri ation of ?200,000 for peosions to ?150,000 ; killed the house bill to appoint a commission to investigate child labor to cotton factories ; passed the "mental anguish telegraph bil " to its second readiog ; killed a lot of bills and advanced a lot more ; settled the general ap? propriation bill by the aid of a free conference committee ; adopted a reso? lution endorsing in fulsome words B R. Tillman's coarse io ?be United States senate, and wound up by revers ing its action of a week ago on a bill to repeal the law forbidding pablio offi? cers from asing railrosd passes. THE HOUSE. The house of representatives in two bour9 of its morning 9essioo acted upon two important matters. One of toese was the proposition of Senator Mower to establish a plant in Colombia for the purpose cf lighting State building' in this city. This bill was passed by the hou-e The other rnittcr was Mr Rucker'? ? motion to agair: bring before tho house ! Mr McMaster'e resolution condemning ! Senator McLaurin. This w?3 kiiied bv ! ti voro of 55 to 49 There were 14 seoatc h?ls ander :he i h?ad of ..tl.ird reading v These v.^re ali ^r-ot ro tho engrossing department j tv) b? prepared for ratification. Columbia. Feb 16 -The legislature was in sessioo nearly ali day yesterday and until 2 o'ciook this morning. It was hoped that both bouses could finis all business and aojaocrn sino die last sight, but at 2 a m todsy it is found thar, it will ba oece^-ary to boid another session b?gic??iu2 9 a tn. The house yesterday morning spent a listless session. Four second roadtog bill? were ordered to third readiog. When the homo reached Senator Mower's bill relating to a lighting plant to be built by ths State. Mr Moses moved to amend by allowiog the commission appointed for that purpose to use us discretion as to erecting a plant or contracting for power. The amendment was adopted. The house passed the senate resolu? tion commending the action of Senator B. R Tillman in tbe recent party 183Ue8. The house killed the resolution of the committee on St ire house and grounds providing that the balls of the State house fee used by politioal bodies only. Mr Moses explained that the use of the balls bad already been tendered the Confederate veterans and the reso? lution would nullify that eotion The refution was killed by a vote of 43 to 14 The objsct of the resolution was evidently to keep ou-, the State ball. The free conference oommit?ee made ifs report on Mr Cooper's bill relating to the manufacture, use aod saic of pis'ois Tho report was adopted. Thc bill as it will become law provides that no postel weighing under three pound? and under 20 incber? ic length shall bs worn concealed or exposed. Tbi? does nor. go into effect, however, untii July, 1902, aod does not spp'y to peace c Sicers. The free conference oommi^es's measure allowing the Uoited States government to establish a fostery re seruatioo io thc Appalachians was ? adopted OHS of the most important measures whioh bave ooma up at this session was the effort to domesticate railroad cor? porations, tn other words to make do meetie corporations of them so that they may have suit brought against them ia the State courts. Three bills were in troduced Senator Graydon's was pass/ ed by the senate, Mr DeBrobTs by the house. The bouse continued Mr Fraser's uo;il next session, and the senate made such disposition of the DaBruhl bill wheo it reached the s?cate. When tbo Graydon bill reached the house tbe DeBruhi bill was substituted for ii The senate refused to accept the amendment A committee of con ference was appointed, the members being Senators Mayfield and Brantley and Representatives M. L. Smith, Gas? ton and Cooper This committee could not agree and a free conference com miftee was appointed, consisting cf Senators Graydon, Henderson and Dean and Representatives DcB-uhl, Frasor and Croft. This committee also failed to agree, it requiring two senators and two representatives to constitute a ma jority of the committee. Consequently tbo bill was killed. It is well known that the three representatives on tho free conference committee held out for passing some bili, preferably the house bill This was one of the leading issues of this session and like nearly ail others it goes over until next session. Messrs Fraser, DeBruhl, Croft, Gas? ton and M. L Smith, champions of tbe house bill, contended that the Graydon bill is little better than the act of 1896 whioh is almost a nullity. Their statement of tbe difference between the two bouses is: 1 The South Carolina constitution forbids foreign railroad cdrporations to do business in this. State It requires them to become domestic, i. e , based upon natural persons ? 2 The courts bold that a new cor? poration based upon a foreign corpora tion is a foreign corporation. If based upon natural persons it is domestic. 3 The senate bill requires the new corporation to be based upon the for? eigo corporation. Therefore a corpora? tion created under it will be foreign. 4 The house bill requires the new corporation to be based upon natural persons. Therefore it makes the new corporation domestic. At tbe afternoon session little was dooo except wait for the reports from committees cf conference. Thc senate amendment to Mr Webb's bill relating to giving of pay checks by manufacturing establishments was agreed to. The bill purports to keep cotton faotory companies from baviog a monopoly io the "company store.'' Tho amendment merely keeps it frcm applying to farmers who pay laborers with orders At the night session the salary of tbe reporter of inc suDreme court was ?xed at ?1,300. , * ' A resolution wr.s adopted sutborjsicg thc forgeant at ann^ to purchase a new carpet f.^r thc hail of thc bouse of representatives, at a cost not exceeding ?1 OOO. This moraio?\y session tiegan at | 12 15 o'clock a tn. Speaker Stevenson announced thc appointai ?nt ol thc following members of rho hou^e as members of tho joiot committee to examine State institutions, etc. &coordmg ro rho annual cotom, aod according to thc et^turos : To examjrwe the books of pena! and cbar^UAHHkrioos-J H Brooks, To examine books of Stats dispen? sary-A Z S?romao-, T B Butler. To oxamioe books o? State treasurer and other officials-F C West, F H Dominick. Speoial committee to investigate tbe advisability of tbs Stated establishing a iighting plant-Altamont Meses, G20 E Prince. J E Baamguard. Special committee to revis? the code -Jno P Thomas, Jr, M P DeBrubl. The house agreed to the senate's amendment to the pension bill making the appropriation of ?150,000 instead of ?200,000 Yesterday in the senate was not devoid of incident. The bill to re peal the free pase law got through on the lieutenant governor's 7ole ; and the bills to domesticate railroads aod to regulate the prices of gas in cities were killed in the free conference committees during the last hoers The senate met at ll o'clock and in two boars bad cleared the calen" dar There were only third reading house bills to be acted on and most of them went through without discos* cussion Some had amendments and these were sent to tbe houee for con? currence, and those without amend? ments were ordered enrolled for rati? fication. When the bili to repeal tbe law forbidding public officials from using railroad passes came up for its second reading another effort was made to kill the bill and it got through on the lieutenant governor's vote. Senator Manning moved to indefi niteiy pestpone the bill The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote taken without deba?e. This was the result : Ayes-Barnwell, Blakency, Brice, Douglas. Gaines, Gienn. Graydon, Hydrick, Manning, Moore, Mower, Ragsdale and Sullivan -13 Noes-Aldrich, Appelt, Brown, Dennis, Henderson, Hough. Living? ston, Mayfield, Sharpe, Stackbocse, Stauland, Talbird and Williams-13 Shot and Killed a Negro Fort Hill, Feb 14 -W R Brad? ford, captain of the Fort Mill Light infantry, and editor of The Times, shot aod killed John McCord, colored, this afternoon Bradford's mother W28 quite siek, and negroes were making a noise just behind her house. He went to see about it. McCord drew ? pistol on him and soapped it, and when shot by Bradford fell with pistol in hand. This is the first homicide here io years Everything is perfectly quiet McCord nas been in frequent rows, and W3S a very daogerous negro The coroner's inquest; is in Brad? ford's favor Tho Bellevue Case. New York, Feb 13.-The work of selecting a jory to try Jesse Davis, one the trio of nurses charged with causing thc death of Louis ll, Hilliard in thc insane pavilion of Bellevue hospital, before Jodge Cowing in the Court of Geoerai Sessions, was oompleted at 2 o'clock today. The attaches of tbs district attorneys office have not succeeded yet ia locating Ann McDermott, one of the most important witnesses for tbe prosecution Marshal and Dean, the other accused ourses, were present and tbev wiil be permitted to sit throughout tbe'entire trial. The Carnegie Deal. Pittsburg, Feb 12 -Thenegotiations for tbe purchase of Andrew Caroegia'a stock in the Carnegie Steel Company by J. P Morgan continues to be the absorbiog topic lc is asserted that wheo the parchase has been made a number of the companies will be con? solidated in a manner similar to the present organization of the Carnegie Company. A report reached Pittsburg today that the transaction contemplates the consolidation of the Pittsburg Steam? ship Compaoy,- the Carnegie oonoern, the great Rockefeller ore fhet and ?he fleet of the American Steel and Wire Company. Thc reorganization io that eveot will dominate entirely the ore oarrying trade of the great lakes Russians Killed by Boxers. London, Feb 13 -A special dispatch from Sfaain Hai Kuan, d*ted Feb 11th says tko Russians lost 40 men killed in an engagement at Kao-Chlao and that they refused the assistance o? the allies [5 is hoped that the arrival of Sir j Seltcr Hiller, adviser to the British j military ;;u:horiries tn China, at Pekin, j wiii c s p " vi i t :? thc negotiation with thc ; Chices? court Rioting in Madrid. ARMY AND POPULACE TOGETHER. Madrid, Feb 12 -Whispered ra m ors whioh are cot supported by tangible faors, say that Madrid is on the verge of a tumult. The government, how? ever, is calmly proceeding to carry out the details for. the wedding of the priocess of the Asturias to Prince Charles, of Bourbon, but the street corners, the clubs and. the hotel corrid? ors teem witb disturbing stones. The new shout, "Lieg live the army," is the most serious sigo.. -Should it take a real bold on the people, sod should the fever reach thc armyitself tbe outcome would be .threatening Tb? current talk represents the army as being dissatisfied and as announcing that it does not intend to take up arms against the people so long as their opposition is directed against the Jesuits, and ?be couot.of Caser?a- Tbe feeling against ?be former is iargely political, but a real and deep seated antagonism ezists against the former Carlist leaded Seaboard and Southern NTew York, Feb: 15 -The Com mercial Advertiser today has the fol? lowing : i "Rumors that the recent heavy j buying of Seaboard -Air Line shares j in the slock market wa9 in the inter I est of the Southern Railway company j are denied by persons identified with j the ia?t named*'company It is I asserted that the management of the ! Southern has no desire 10 possess the ; Seaboard, and even if such a desire j exists the laws of the different eouth ; ern States . in which both systems ! operate would prevent any combina* i tion or'merge of tire two ! "According to certain State stat I otes in the south, one railroad com j pany cannot beconaa, even indirectly, j interested-in the controKof a parallel j and competing line There is appar j ently a disposition on the part of both I the Southern and Seaboard people to maintain friendly relations in order that no revenues may be wasted through rate wars " ? Mrs Lawton's Land. . Washington, Feb 14 -lt ie said -at ! tb? navy department that Secretary j L:ng wiil appoint a board cf officers : to proceed to Charleston. S C , and ; look further ia io the matter of the I acquirement cf !?ud for a cow naval station at that piece I; is understood ; that Mrs Lawton, th? owner of th? 170' , acres of private izu? required ia che j site cos-sidors thc price of ?200 an acre' j recommended by tbe Pert K yal board I as inadequate to the poiot cf unfairness The navy department, while having tho i alternative of irstitnring condemnation j proceedings in case the owntr will nos j agree to sell at the government's price, ?has no intentioo of being grasping in the matier, bence the beard of rSeers to look into the merits ci lae owcers case The Madrid TrcublesL Madrid, Februaty 13-3 pm - ! Mosic on the public squares and a j general holiday bad been arranged as j today's programme of the Asterias : Bourbon marriage festivities, but all this bas - been abandoned on account of the attitude of the populace With nightfall every approach to the Puerta del Sol was jammed^with the idle populace insulting re? marks were burled at the police ar.-d the civil guard. A trumpeter sound? ed a charge, which waa made with swords drawn Heads were not spared; many, persona were injured and there were numerous arrests. The scattering crowds sought the shops and hotels All the front doors of the Hotel de Paris were smashed in, a great crowd assembling there. The police and guards rushed into the streets leading to the Puerta del Soi, but the dispersed throngs quick? ly reassembled In some quarters considerable anxiety has been "felt as to th*1 out? come of this evening, fer reports have been circulat?d that the agita? tors had selected tonight for the be ginning of aa crganizsd outbreak Lorenzo Marques, Feb 14-The fever season here ia exceptionally disastrous* Many deaths of promi? nent British subjects have occurred. The majority belonged to the impe? rial railroad administrative staff and had to be removed* to a "hospital ship in batches Il liW?TT|-n-|?lfllM I>1H1> POWDER ABSQIMJTEW ?NJRE Makes the food more delicious and wholesome _ _ROY At ?Mcijjd pgwg coggg YORX.