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THE LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS.
Interest in Control of State's Li?
quor Business Overshadows
all Else.
Columbia, January 2L-The most
exciting elections held in the State
Legislature in years were held today
for members of the State board of con?
trol of the dispensary. It seemed to
eclipse pretty much all other elections.
Several hundred visitors were present
for these elections and when they were
over the bottom seemed to drop out of
the excitement. It was a qniet, de?
cent, orderly, but exciting:, election,
and the floor was cleared for the elec?
tions so as to avoid any disturbance.
The incumbent dispensary officials
were all re-elected. Commissioner H.
H. Cram and Chairman Leon J. Wil?
liams were reelected without opposi?
tion. Mr. H. H. Evans and Mr. A.
F. H. Dukes were reelected on the
first ballot.
Pretty much the whole legislative
day was taken up with elections. This
morning the Judges were elected as
follows: First circuit, Charles G.
Dantzler, of Orangeburg; 2d circuit,
James Aldrich, of Aiken; 3d circuit,
R. 0. Purdv, of Sumter; 4th.circuit,
E. C. Watts, of Chesterfield: 6th cir?
cuit, George W. Gege, of Chester; 8th
circuit, J. C. Klngh, of Abbeville,
Associate Justice, Ira B. Jones, of
Lancaster.
State liquor coramissioner, H. H.
Crum, of Bamberg.
Chairman of the State board of con?
trol. Leon J. Williams, Edgefield.
Members of the State board, H. H.
Evans, of Newberry; A. F. H.
Dukes, of Orangeburg.
Directors of the Penitentiary, W. B.
Love, York: W. N. Mann, Abbeville,
were all reelected.
What has not happened before in
many years was the clearing of the
floor of the joint Assembly of all no*;
entitled to the privi lege.
When the President of the Senate
gave the order to clear the floor he
simply carriedd out the resolution, bu;
he gave a decided shock to the many
visitors.
There was such an ontpour of visi?
tors that three sides of tbe gallery
were soon filled with those inter?sete!
in the dispensary elections and those
who had for days been pulling for the
varions dispensary positions.
No elections in recent years approxi?
mated the intense interest and work
for the three places cn the State board
of control.
Some Warm Passages in the Low?
er House Over the Redistrict?
ing Bil!.
Colubmia, Jan. 22.-The house met
at 12 o'clock and spent nearly two
hours discussing the redistricting
bills. The debate started off in a
matter of fact way, but was still under
discussion and in a very spirited man?
ner when the house adjourned.
The debate took wide latitude and
some of the representatives became
almost personal in their statements.
There was quite a number of new bills
introduced yesterday.
The bouse adopted a resolution in?
troduced by Mr. Harvey Wilson pro?
viding for the acceptance of the invi?
tation to Augusta Friday in order to
get some informiation on road build?
ing.
Afterwards Mr. Richards moved to
reconsider the vote whereby the house
accepted the invitation. He had
heard that the senate had killed a
similar resolution.
Mr. Wilson explained why he had
introduced the resoltuion. Good
roads are of paramount importance,
and then there is a social side to the
question. He would like to see Geor?
gia and Carolina bound closer togeth?
er. Several members spoke in oppo?
sition to accepting the resolution.
The bouse reconsidered its former ac
tion and the resolution was rejected.
The matter of redistricting the State
came up as the special order.
There were three bills on that ques?
tion.
Mr. McGowan made the first speech
on the question and defended his bill.
We live under a dual government.
South Carolina is entitled to seven
congressmen. The population is
1,300,000, and the nnit of representa?
tion is 191,000. Each district should
approximate that number in popula?
tion The several districts should be
nearly equal. He showed the objec- |
tions to the existing scheme of dis- i
tricts. There are in the fourth dis- j
trict nearly 24.1,000 people, while in
another district the population is but
100,000.
He fcken proceeded to show the mer?
its of his bill The fourth district !
which he proposes falls about 8,000 ;
short in population, but will ir. a very j
few years have the requisite amount, i
It is the greates: manufacturing
section of the State; There is a ;
homogeneity of peopies. He explain- ;
ed the formation of other proposed j
districts. The territory is contiguous
and the districts compact, as required
by the Burleigh act of congress.
Mr. Weston secured the floor and
told how the gerrymander act was
passed to save South Carolina fr<
being represented in congress by i
groes. Richland and other count:
had cheerfully consented to be d
membered in order that they mig
help to save the "black districts
That act was drawn by Judge Sime
ton, Gen. McCrady and Mr. Murr
of Anderson. The conditions whi
demanded such action have pass
away, and Richland and other cou
ties demand that they be restored
their former alignments. The adva
tage to be gaiend is that one congres
man will not represent 245,000 peoj
and another represent 160,000. J
disclaimed any selfish desire and ste
ed emphatically that he is not seekii
for congressional honors.
Mr. Henry J. Kinard opposed t.
bill. The present arrangement h
saved ns, why not let it stay? I
asked Mr. McGowan what comm<
bond of ninon there is between Pic
ens and Newberry.
Mr. Tatum asked Mr. Weston if tl
Burleigh act requires that distric
"shall" be of compact territory, etc.
Mr. Weston after seeing a print?
copy of the bill in Mr. Tatum's po
session argued that while the veriba<
may not be mandatory, yet the spir
of the entire bill is such. The Repu<
Heans have been trying to redu
southern representation, and tl
southern States should comply wi I
the spirit of that act.
Mr. Efird said he believed this wj
a fight of the politicians : that the pe<
pie did not demand a change. Whe
they did he would favor it. E
argued that the act of congress di
not require any change in the di;
tricts. The present arrangements i
as satisfactory as it is possible to mab
He moved to recommit the bill.
Mr. Carter of Williamsburg gave h:
reasons for favoring a change. H:
county -ander the present law is badi
cut up, the town of Kingstree bein
divided between the sixth an
seventh districts.
Mr. J. P. Thomas, Jr., restate
the various reasons for favoring redh
tricting regardless of any part?cula
measure. He said it is only justice t
the counties that are now divided be
tween different districts.
Mr. Thomas argued that complianc
with the intent of the Burleigh bi:
demands a change in the districts
The legislators represent the people c
the whole State, and should conside
whether it is not best for the whol
people to redistrict the Stata. Mi
Thomas made a spirited and effectiv
argument.
A WARM SPEECH.
Then the fun commenced. Mi
Cosgrove of Charleston sent up .
resolution that all of the bills on thi
subject be sent to the committee o:
privileges and elections with instruc
tions to the committee to give ou
week's notice of the day upon whicl
the bills were to be considered.
Mr. Cosgrove said in support of thi
resolution that "the voice of the peo
pie" once "was the voice of God,'
but is now the voice of a few legisla
tors. He charged a few men with try
ing to run roughshod over the wishe:
of tbe people. He had passed th<
judicary room and had seen mei
pointing at a map with a ruler an(
saying that they would "put Charles
ton here," or "put Charleston there. '
There were intimations that the peo
pie of Charleston even speak a differ
ent dialect. He pretested aginst thi;
allesred mistreatment cf Charletson,
Why was not the bill introduccc
through th9 committee on privilege:
ar.d elections?
Mr. Weston replied ina veryspiritec
manner. He had served in the genera
assembly for years, and he had neve:
had such a charge brought againsl
him. f?e repuidated the suggestior
that no new idea could originate ex?
cept trhough rthe committee on privi?
leges and elections. It is his right tc
introduce a bill if he wants to do so,
and he is not compelled to sbumit il
to the committee on privileges anci
elections. The politics of the up
countrv is not regulated by caucusses,
he said pointedly. He had introduced
the bill properly and it had been re?
ferred to the judiciary committee. He
was willing for the records of the
authors of the redistricting bills to be
compared with that of Mr. Cosgrove.
If he had to be dictated to by the
committee, "then to hell with the
committee on privileges-a pd elections.
Mr. Cosgrove intimated that Mr.
Weston had had the bill sent to the
judiciary committee because Mr. Wes?
ton is a member of that committee.
Mr. Wesson scored a point in deny?
ing emphatically that he is a member
of the committee named. The speaker
gave additional information that sur?
prised Mr. Cosgrove. The bill had
not been referred to that committee of
the speaker's volition or at Mr. Wes?
ton's request, but by the vote of the
house.
Mr. Dominick who seemed to be
warmed up, protested that the com?
mittee on privileges and elections
doesn't want to go to the neighbor?
hood to which it had been consigned
by Mr. Weston. He defended the
committee. It is composed of one
member from each congressional dis?
trict and these bills should have come
through that committee.
He referred to Mr. Weston's reflec?
tion on Charleston's caucus politics
and stated singificantly thar they have
politics in the up-country, too.
Mr. Mendie Smith opposed recom?
mitting the bills. It would mean
that a week would elapse before the
bills could ever bo considered. These
bills had come up last year. The
matter had been published widely and
no complaints had come from the peo?
ple. He declared that it would be
foolish to have people como beforo the
committee and make statements ir.
regard to redistricting. The members
cf the several counties know tho
needs of their congressional districts
and this matter could be settled ir.
open debate.
Mr. C .P. Sanders spoke along the
same lines as Mr. Smith. Mr. Efird
stated that he had heard protests
aga inst, red i s t ri ct i ng.
* The house by a large majorty voted
down the resolution to recommit.
Mr. M. L. Smith secured the floor to
speak on the same question, but
seeing the lateness of the hour had
Mr. Willimas to move adjournment.
This was carried and gives Mr. Smith
the floor when the matter comes up
for discussion in the morning
THE SENATE.
The senate yesterday killed Senator
Ilderton's bill for a constitutional
amendments to prevent corporation
lawyers from holding seats in the gen?
eral assembly, and killed the bill to
provide for a State bank examiner.
The anneal bill relating to the sale
of seed cotton was also knocked ont.
Senator Graydon introdcued the bill
to repeal the charter of the Virginia
Crolina Chemical Company, and that
proposition is now squarely "up to"
the general assembly.
Several other bills were introduced,
among them an important bill by Sen?
ator Hydrick to allow the lease of
several railroad companies to the
Southern Railway Company..
The McGowan Bill Passed by the
House Thursday.
Columbia, Jan. 22.-The McGowan
bill to rearrange the congressional
districts of the State passed second
reading in the house today and is
reasonably sure of enactment as the
senate favored it last year. There
were several amendments proposed.
Mr. Weston announced his support
of the McGowan bill and the with?
drawal of his own bill. The Freeman
bill was rejected.
When the redistricting bills were
brought up for discussion, Mr. M. L.
Smith of Kershaw had the floor. He
made the general statement that re?
districting is necesasry and further
that everybody cannot be pleased
with the grouping in accordance with
population. He denied that there is
any personal motive in the minds of
the advocates of the bill. Mr. Mc?
Gowan and Mr. Weston have intro?
duced measures which will practically
eliminate themselves from congres?
sional honors.
Mr. Smith declared that the framers
of the federal constitution never
thought of States being divided into
districts. In 1842 congess provided for
districts. Originally it was State
representation, and the congressmen
should now represent the entire people
of the State as they do of the entire
nation. It is necessary, however, that
these representatives should be dis?
tributed over the State in order to be
supplied with as much knowledge of
the needs of the people of different
sections.
He then cited figures showing that
according to the present grouping of
counties into districts one voter in
Hampton county has as much repre?
sentation as five in Greenville. H?
favored the McGowan bill. He held
up the ideal district and compared
the districts in the several bills with
this ideal, to the credit of the McGow?
an bill. He called attention to the
fact that all bat one of South Caro?
lina^ congressmen live in the border
counties. This is the result of the
gerrymandered scheme now in exist?
ence and the interior counties have no
showing at all. Tho county cf Rich?
land is so divided that one-half is
tacked on to the mountain counties,
the other to the seacoast. He closed
with an appeal for a change.
Mr. Freeman of Marlboro offered a
substitute for Mr. McGowan's bill.
He said that some of the districts in
the McGowan bili were like gourd
vines. He had consulted no candi?
dates for congress in arranging his
bill. He had taken the map and
worked every conceivable combina?
tion and he bad presented what he be?
lieves to be the best plan of all. He
then discussed the merits of the seve?
ral bills.
Mr. Bacot of Charleston offered an
amendment to the McGowan bill tak?
ing Beaufort out of the district with
Charleston. There are three seaports,
Georgetown, Beaufort and Charleston,
and they should be in separate dis?
tricts.
Mr. McGowan said this suited him.
Mr. Moses of Sumter opposed it.
This would make the Seventh district
top-heavy.
Mr. Rainsford made a strong speech
against the amendment. It would put
Edgefield into a district but 50 miles
wide and stretching from the sea al?
most to the mountains, a worse condi?
tion than any district under the gerry?
mander act.
Mr. Croft of Aiken made a speech
in favor of the amendment. The coun
iies of Beaufort and Lexington favor
tt, and why not let them be changed.
The amendment was adopted and
the bill as amended passed second
reading.
The following is the redistricting
plan passed by the house with the
population of each district :
3L Charleston, Berkeley, Colleton
and Dorchester-168,206.
2. Edgefield, Saluda, Aiken, Barn?
well, Bamberg, Hampton and Beau?
fort-195,509.
3. Oconee, Pickens, Anderson Ab?
beville, Greenwood and Newberry
190,662.
4. Greenville, Spartanburg, Laurens
and Union-181,9,33.
5. Cherokee, York, Chester, Fair?
field, Lancaster, Kershaw and Ches?
terfield- -190,492.
6. Marlboro,Marion, Horry, Darling?
ton, Florence, Williamsburg and
Georgetown- -201,757.
7. Sumter Clarendon, Orangeburg,
Richland and Lexington 211,937.
(This takes no note of Lee county, i
The following is the plan proposed
by M r. Freeman :
1. Keowee district, composed of the
counties of Oconee, Pickens, Green?
ville, Anderson and Abbeville IS5,627. j
2. Catawba district, composed of j
the counties o*f Spartanburg, ('.'?ero- I
kee, Union, York and Chester !
182,720. > j
3. Wate ree district, composed <>f the j
counties of Lancaster, Kershaw, Sum- !
ter, Richland, Chesterfield, Lee ''and j
Clarendon -198,082.
4. Pee Dee district, composed of the
counties of Marbloro, Marion, i lorry.
Georgetown, Florence, Darlington
andWilliamson rg-197,313.
5. Santee district, composed of the
counties of Orangeburg, Berkeley,
Dorchester and Charleston-194,417.
6. Edisto district, composed of the
counties of Aiken, Bamberg, Barn?
well, Colleton, Hampton and Bean
fort-184,517.
7. Saluda district, composed of the
counties of Laurens, Greenwood, New?
berry, Edgefield, Saluda, Fairfield
and Lexington-197,040.
The average population of the above
is 191,474.
Mr. J. B. Smith withdrew his bill
to divide the privilege tax between
Clemson college and the common
schools. Clemson now gets it all
something ljke $60,000 a year.
Mr. Morgan withdrew "the claim of
the estate of Joseph H. Earle for
Sl,066 for unpaid salary as circuit
judge.
Mr. Harvey Wilson introduced the
following new bill-To change the
amount of income of veterans eligible
to pensions from $100 to $150.
The senate was in session less than
an hour and the proceedings were
only of routine nature. No business
of great importance or public interest
was transacted.
A Routine Day in the House and
Senate.
Columbia, January 24.-The House
had what might be called a routine
day. There were conspicuous absences
from the House and there was a bare
quorum of members present. Strange
as it may seem, many of the members
who refused to accept the invitation
from Augusta were not in their seats
today. Those who did not go to Au?
gusta on the special trip to the Good
Roads Convention pegged away for
two or three hours at the work on the
Calendar, and then went into memo?
rial services in memory of the de?
ceased members and Assistant Clerk
Richards.
The McGowan redistricting bill was
given its third and final reading today
and sent to the Senate.
The House disposed of a number of
measures-none of them of striking
importance.
Chickens and geese took up some of
the time of the House today, and after
much discussion, geese, ducks, turkeys
and gaineas got into trouble, and are
to go under the general stock law if
the Senate agrees.
A joint committee will no doubt be
appointed tomorrow to perfect the ar?
rangements for the Charleston trip.
Governor McSweeney has received for
himself and the State officers an in?
vitation to be a part of the party to
visit Charleston for South Carolina
Day.
The invitation will be duly accept?
ed, but it could not well be consider?
ed today after the memorial services,
but Speaker Stevenson thought it
well to advise the members so they
could make their arrangements in
ample time.
Mr. McGowan's bill to extend the
punishment for those who broke labor
contracts was killed, chiefly because
the farming interests in ivhose behalf
the legislation was proposed did not
want the additional trouble and ex?
pense cf attending sessions of Court,
but were satisfied with the magis?
trate's jurisdiction, which is restrict?
ed to thirty-day sentences.
The later part of the Legislative
session was devoted to the memorial
services and a number of excellent
speeches were made.
WORK OF THE SENATE.
The Senate met at 12 o'cock today
and was in session for about thirty
minutes. Some routine matters were
disposed of, but on account of the
memorial services held ? in the House
at 12.30 nothing was taken up that
would provoke discusison.
When the special order for today
the bill to fix the salaries of county
officers-was reached Mr. Graber
said that he had no objection to see?
ing the bill again postponed, but he
wanted a definite appointment made
for its consideration.
On motion of Mr. Barnweil it was
made the special order for Tuesday
next and from day to day thereafter
until disposed of.
On motion of Mr. Mower the bill
in regard to the salaries of superin?
tendents of education in certain coun?
ties was made a special order for the
same time.
Mr. Livingston's bill to authorize
and direct the commissioners of the
sinking fund to sell or lease the prop?
erty of the State known as the "State
farms, '' except the '' Lexington farm, ' '
was, on motion of Mr. Livingston,
also made the special order for Tues?
day, immediately after the morinng
hour.
THE HERO OF SANTIAGO.
? The following concurrent resolution
was received from the House, to which
the Senate unanimously agreed with?
out discussion :
Be it resolved by the House of Re?
presentatives, the Senate concurring.
That the thanks of every patriotic
American citizen are due to that great
naval chieftain. Winfield Scott Schley,
his officers and men, for their gallant
conduct in the harbor of Santiago on
July 3, 1898.
The Senate held a night session and
cleared the calendar by considering all
uncontested measures and postponing
until next week all others.
Adjournment was taken until Mon?
day night 8 o'clock.
????a- --
Over Five Hundred italian Mul- j
berry Plants at Winthrop.
in addition to the many Italian mul- !
berry pla??s for silk culture grown at !
the Stale colored college from seed
sent by M i HS Kelly, Winthrop college :
hus several hundred ready to be trans?
planted, as the following note receive.!
by the governor from President !>. B. ;
Johnson shows :
Dear Sir: We planted the mulberry ;
seed which you so kindly sent us last
year and now have over .">0(i plants from
one to three feet high. If you wish
a number of them for ' distribution,
please let me know and I shall 'oe glad
to send them to you.-The State.
RE?L HONEST LAWYER FOUND.
Wanted No Unfair Advantage of
the Man He Had Sued and Stat?
ed Both Sides of the Case.
Newport, Ky., Jan. 21.-A case
I without a parallel in the Campbell
Circuit Court was tried today. The
style of the case was Brown & Terrell
vs. Haase, and upon its calling defen?
dant's attorneys were absent. Mr.
Terrell, one of the plaintiffs, arose and
said he was a practicing attorney of
Govington, and being directly interest?
ed in the case he did not desire to
take advantge of the attorneys on the
other side and asked for a continuance.
A messenger was dispatched for the
absent attorneys,'but returned with?
out either and the court ordered the
case to proceed.
Mr. Terrell, as attorney, witness
and one of the plaintiffs, was request?
ed by the court to make a .statement
to the jury. He proceeded, and
created a mild sensation so straight
forward were his statments in detailing
both sides, reading the answer in
full of the defendant, in which it was
alleged that plaintiffs, having given
no consideration for the new note
given by Haase, it could not be col?
lected. After concluding both siddes
the court instructed the jury. The
latter was not out more than five min?
utes when it returned a veridct for the
plaintiffs for the full amount of the
note and interest. The amount of the
note was $731. Mr. Terrell is a young
man and was but recently admitted
to practice at the Kenton bar. Ee
was comparatively a stranger to New?
port attorneys until the conclusion of
his case today, when all were anxious
to make his acquaintance, and the
verdict of the audience was that a
real, honest lawyer had been found.
Courier-Journal.
SPENDING PUBLIC FONDS.
An Appropriation of $500,000 to
be Expended at Manila.
Washington, Jc.n. 22.-Some of the
old partisan fire was injected into the
pcceedings of the house today when'
the item in the urgent deficiency bill
appropriating $500,000, for a military
post at Manila, which the Democrats
have been-using as a text for speeches
in opposition to the Philippine policy
of the administration for the last
three days was reached. Mr. Cannon,
in charge of the bill, confessed that
the appropriation was snbjeict to a
point of order and it went" out. In
lieu thereof he offered an amendment
to appropriate the same sum for the
"shelter and protection'^of the officers
and enlisted men of the army doing
duty in the Philippines. This the J
chair held to be in order, and it at j
once became the subject of a very J
spirited debate in which Mr. Richard- j
son, the minority leader, Mr. Wil- j
Hams, of Mississippi, and Mr. De Ar
mond, of Missouri, were pitted against
the chairman of the appropriation
committee The vote on the adoption
of the amendment stood, ayes 127:
nays 100.
Why Scheepers Was Executed.
London, Jan. 23.-The war secre-1
tary. Mr. Broderick, was asked by i
William Redmond (Irish Nationalist) j
in the house of commons today why !
Commandant Scheepers was excuted
last Saturday at Graaf Reinet Cape
Colony. The secretary replied that
Scheepers was shot because he had
been convicted of various offenses
against the usages of war, including
seven cold-blooded murders of natives
and the flogging of a white man. Mr.
Broderick added that the fact that
Commandant Scheepers was a prisoner
of war carried no exemption from trial
for murder or other violations of the
rules of war.
Mr. Balfour, the leader in the house,
partially parried an interesting ques?
tion put by Mr. McLaren (Liberal) as
to whether any proposals in behalf of
the leaders of the Boers, with the
view of bringing about a settlement
of the war, had been received by the
government since the negotiations be?
tween Gen. Kitchener and Gen. Bo?
tha.
"No proposals of that kind," said
Mr. Balfour, "has reached us on the
part of any one able to speak for the
leaders of the Boer forces."
The evasive reply of the government
leader was taken to be a confirmation
of the reports that proposals had been
received from the Boer delegates in
Europe but had been rejected.
-I p Ut 1 ll
More fish and fish eggs by 9,000,000
were distributed by the government
during the last fiscal year than in the
year before. The total fish and fish
eggs distributed amounted, according
to the annual report of United States
Commissioner of Fisheries Bowers, to
1,173,833,400. The principal species
were shad, salmon, lake trout, the
pike, perch. lake herring, cod,
flat fish and lobsters. It is of interest
to note that the vield of fish on the
great lakes in *1S99 was 113,728,000
pounds, valued at $2,(511,400. There
were 9,070 persons employed by the
fisheries, and $6,617,000 was invested, i
A feature of the report is the showing j
made as to the decline of the lobster- j
f i sh J n ur indust ry.
Supreme Bourt cn Chart Question.
Lower Court's Position Sustained
in Matter-Counties Won't
Haye to Pay.
Columbia, Jan. 21.-The State
supreme court has handed down an
opinion that winds up the celebrated
chart business which has attracted so
much attention. The decision sustains
the view taken by Mr. Gunter of the
attorney general's office in the opinion
he furnished the county boards of
school trustees when the issue first
arose.
It will be recalled that an agent of a
Chicago chart factory, named Tutwil
er, canvassed this State about three
years ago and sold to county boards of
school trustees about $100j000 worth of
his school charts, which were placed
at S37.50 each, it being subsequently
alleged that they were not worth more
than about $7. The charts were sold
and notes taken from the trustees.
When Mr. McMahan became superin?
tendent of education he called atten?
tion to the matter and an opinion was
asked from the attorney general's
office. It was to the effect that the
school trustees had no authority to
purchase such charts, and thereupon
throughout the state the county super?
intendents refused payment of the
claims.
In Lexington county suit was
brought by the Loan and Exchange
Bank, Columbia, against F. W. Sheaiy
raising all the issues. Judge Ernest
Gary took the same view as the attor?
ney general's office, and then an appeal
was taken to the State supreme court,
This conrt has now sustained Judge
Gary and the chart claims will not
be paid by the comities.
The court did not pass upon the
question of the individual liability of
the members of the^boards of trustees.
PRESIDE^
Or. Wilson Will Spend a Year or
More at European Universities.
Spartanburg, Jan. 23.-Dr. B. F.
Wilson has resigned his position as
president of Converse college. His
resignation will take effect aiter the
present scholastic year. The board
of trustees have, as yet, taken no defi?
nite steps to secure a successor. Dr.
Wilson at the end of the session in
June next, will sever his connection
with the college, and will go abroad
to the European universities and take
a course of a year or more in special
studies, pursuing the branches of his?
tory and philosophy.
During his administration of 12
years (the total length of time of the
existence of Converse College) Dr.
Wilson has been the institution's pres?
ident and executive manager. He has
labored well, and not without results.
His individuality, good judgment and
scholarly attainments have dominated
his every step in his honest and hon?
orable endeavors to establish here an
institution of whom the whole south?
land can well be proud. During the
12 years of his administration, there
has never been a dissenting, vote
among the board of trustees in meet?
ing or elsewhere, and during the same
period there has never been the slight?
est misunderstanding between the
management and any member of the
board of trustees.
AWFUL w? (fm mm.
Burns Himself to Death in Wal?
halla Guard House.
Walhalla, Jan. 21.-Alfred L. Bal
lew, a Confederate soldier, aired 63,
met a horrible fate last night by being
burned to death in the guard house.
Late in the afternoon he was locked
up and at ll 'oclock tho guard house
was discovered to be on fire. Help
came too late and only the charred
form was taken from the debris. It
is believed that he set fire to the cell,
as the first rescuers found the build?
ing burning, the strongest ?ames com?
ing from within, and the coroner's
jury so rendered its verdict.
Mr. Ballew came here from Green?
ville county. He was drinking when
locked up." The town buried his re?
mains today in Westview cemetery.
Expert safe crackers visited West?
minster last night. The safes of T.
N. Carter and Peden Bros., were
blown open. About $125 was taken.
Officers with blood hounds went there
i this morning, but no clue could be
found.
Planting pecan trees has become a
craze in Georgia. A correspondent of
the New York Tribune says at the
rate at which planting is new progress?
ing there will be within the decade
more pecean trees than peach trees in.
that State.
Mrs. Lease, the former Kansas ora?
tor, now of New York, advanced the
following original idea the other day,,
apropos of the liquor question now
being agitated there: "I would make
whiskey as free as water: I would let
the man who wants it drink his fill.
It would result beneficially in killing
off a lot of saloon frequenters, who are
only a burden to the world and to
themselves, and eliminating their
progeny, who furnish the recruits for
the great army of crime and disease,
and would bring into practical opera?
tion the law of the survival of the
fittest.'*
titian on
iras SCMTSB WATCHMAN, Established April, 2 SSO?
lBe .)ust and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and3Tmth's."
TUB TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jone 1566
SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 29. 1902.
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