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THE WORLD OP TRADE. Manufacturing Activity a Venture In the South?Uuth for Alaska Begun. Brad street's Commercial Review for the past week says: "Distributive trade remains rather quiet, mild weather throughout the country tending to check the distribution of winter goods. Pricos generally romaiu steady or tend upward, except for Borne grades of iron, and orders for spring trade, where received are encouraging. Industrial activity is most manifest at the West, where the demand for iron is large. The featuro of the week was the placing of an order by one railroad for 100, 000 tous of steol rails, with smaller orders aggregating in the neighborhood f of 20,000 tous more. 1'iir iron nroduc tion is now at au unprecedented rate, i the furnace capacity being estimated at 1,000,000 tons a month. At the bouth manufacturing activity is a feature, aales of iron being very heavy. A good export dcmuud for cotton and grain at steady prices is also a feature. At the East a number of strikes against wage reductions are reported or expected in the cotton industry, borne woolen mills, working 011 heavy men's wear goods, are refusing orders, their capacity being fully booked. Anthracite coal production, it is ho|>ed in tliut trade, will be restricted sutlicieutly to allow of the advance of 'JO to 40 cents per ton being maintained. The weather has beeu disappointing at the Northwest, but an improvement in the demand developed at some centres as the week advanced. The rush to Alaska has already begun on the Pacific coast. Freight charters are reported lower. Export trade conf; tinuos large, a gain of 8 per cent, on the totul export of broudstufTs, cotton and minerul oils, cattle and liogs and provisions bomg shown both for Decomber anu the calendar year. " THE CAMPAIGN OF 1900. Wm. ,1. Bryan's Intentions If He is ^ Nominated. W. J. Bryan, in concluding a speech before the Bryan Leaguo at the Tre11 ? - uuui nuusu, v nicago, ill., during a banquet made Home reuinrkH wbicli are interpreted as showing his intentions if he is nominated for tho presidency in 1JKH). In speaking of the next presidential electiou, Mr. Bryan said : "It may bo we will bo strong enough to wiu without any outside help. But, nevertheless, I prefer to win with the Populists on out) side and the free silver llepublicuus on the other. And wo must not forgot when tho victory is won, that in the campaign of last year it took more conruge on the part of tho freo silver Republicans to desert their old party, and nioro self-sacrilice on tho part of the Populists to go outsido of their organization for n presidential ** candidate, bocuuso he agreed with them ' on the paramount issue, than it did for the Democrats to support tho ticket which was nominated by their own na tional convention." FOR A FUSION OF ALL. Jones Is Acting for the Democratic Party, Hotter for the Populists. As n result of conferences held within the last few days at Washington between tho silver leaders of various parties, it is understood that Chairman Jones, of the Democratic national committee, Chairman Butler, of tho Populist national couimittoo, and Chairman I'owne, of the Silver national Republican committee, will issue a joint manifesto with a view to socuring common action by the three organization* in the political contest of ISjiS. Tho draft of tho document is now in tho course ol preparation. They will appeal to all those interested in the cause of silver to work in union and to avoid rival organizations by which their common strength will he dissipated. LKFI" 8AFH KMPTY. Vice President of Louisville Trust Co. Steals $100,000. Tho Louisville (Ivy.) Trust Company lias been compelled to close its dears on account of tho embezzlement of its fuiuls by one of its most trusted oflieers. William Reiuecke, vico-prosident of tho company, has disappeared, leaving tho enfo empty. Reinecko was manager of theeoncorn and whs trusted with all its business. The exact amount of the shortage is not known, but it is thought ho secured nearly a i> hundred thousand dollars. Koinecko and his family have disappeared, leaving no trace behind. Tho detectives have no clue as to tlioir whereabouts. The affair has created a great sensation in litinncinl circles. Death of Dev. K. A. Kauisey. Wev. E. A. Ramsey, pastor of tho First J'resbytorian church of Memphis, Tenu., and one of the host known divines in the South is dead, aged 4tS years. South Carolinian Wins His Suit. A spocial from Now Haven, Conn., I..J 1 *' n?.>n. .F lUWIISeilll, OI TllO I II I 11'( I States Court, has decided the case of i'.dward X. I'j'att, of South Caroliua, against Horace Wahlo and others, of New York, in favor of tiro complainant. The suit was brought to collect from the heirs of Sarah H. Waldo, deceased, tlio uiuount due on a bond made by her in her lifetime, the amount hoing ??n,i;oo. The statute of limitation figured in the claims of tlio defence. I'liilitdclpliin Has liaised $.*>,000. I iio Secretary of State has been notified b.V Mayor \\ y-wick, of i'liiladelphia, that the Cit? ' JJ*?-iuanent Belief Committee, o has collected (HiO for the 10 sullering Cuiians. A Crer '0r *<?<>. 'I ho British steams.iV,# Jlaii/o cleared from Savannah, On., for Bremen, Oer many, wit h is, ?(((> bales of cotton, weighin?, r.t'iitt.s.Vi pounds, valued at jf.VJ-1,This is the largest cargo of cotton ever shipped from an Atlantic port, and is over 7,000 bales more than was over shipped from this port on any other vessel. llaniia Cots Both Terms. ?,j areas A. Hnnna received both tho long and short terms in tho I*. S. Senate , from the Ohio Legislature, his job bo- | ^ jug good until lWu. PRICES 100 M 160. Some Items Copied by Rev. R. P. Smith From an Old BUNCOMBE CO. ACCOUNT BOOK. fa the Old Times It Took a Week's Work to Buy n Bushel of Suit?How Do You Like tho Times Now? The Gastonia(N. C. )Gazette, of arecent date, says: People talk of the cood old days of long ago when times were bet ter aud money wasn't tight. How would you like to have a dose of old times as they aro indicated in the pricos copied below from an old account book kept *J'J years ago in Buncombe county, N. C. Having an opportunity recently, Bev. R. P. Smith copied somo items from such a book in kind remembrauce of his home paper. Tho old book is now owned by Mr. S. AV. Davidson, of Swaunanoa Valley, Buncombe county. It might have beon kept by a blacksmith who run a store or by a merchant who also ran a smithy. Here are some items copied under <late of March, 17'J8 ? nearly 100 years ago: 1> EDITS. To l(i pounds sugar $4 00 To 2 bushels salt 3 00 To 1 gullou whiskey 75 To 1 iron wedgo 50 To laviug plow 50 To 1 pair shoe soles 50 To one-half yard muslin 37? To 1 pouud powder 1 00 To 10 pounds of nails 2 00 To 1 (piire paper 37 To 15 pounds sugar and 0 pouuds coffee C 00 CREDITS. By 3 days' work 81 '17J By 1 bushel com 50 By 70 pounds beef nt 3 cts 2 37 By 1 week's work 3 00 Seo that 10 pounds of sugar for ?4.00? And a bushel of salt for $1.50? How do you like it? The price of muslm was out o'siglit?nouo was then manufactured in this country, perhaps ull imported. Powder at u dollar u pound was too high to burn nt Christmas. At 20 cents a pouud people couldn't afford to hit luauy nails on tho lioad. And people must have bad something important to write aud wanted to write it mighty bad when they paid 37 cents a quire i'or paper. Jn other items tho contrast with today is not so marked, but in the old times when it took a week's work to buy a bushel ol suit tho contrast is strong enough to made a body inint. Ho who in those days could earn tho salt that went in his bread ought not to have been counted u lazv follow. 1 VICTIMS OF TUF TORNADO. 43 People Kilted ut Fort Smith--130 Houses IIIown Down. The latest from Fort Smith, Ark., shows a total of forty-three lives lostiu the tornado which swept through that city. Xot less than seventy others are injured, a lurge number of whom are seriously hurt, and several are expected to die. The full extent of the storm maj' bo comprehended from the fact that thirty-five miles northeast of the city u quantity of tin roof from Garrison avenue building was found. l<ndies of the city are at work distributing food and clothing to the needy. The relief committee, composed of the prominent business men find difficulty in housing the suflersrs. One hundred and lifty buildings were demolished. Memphis, St, Louis, Kansas, Little Lock, and other cities havo wired readiness to lend u:d if necessary. A census of the dead, injured and property loss is being taken. The number of dead will not exceed fifty. Organized War on Hnnnn. A Columbus, <)., special of tho 13th says: Leaders on both sides are still here,' preparing for another fight. The opposition to Hanna was defeated in hie election, but it proposes to tight now against his being seated for the long term. His enemies say they have not tho time to interfere on the short term, i?ui tbey will press tho bribery charges, as such charges were pressed ou Henry Jl. Payne, fourteen years ago, to the United States Senate. Subpoenas have boon issued for Senator Hanna, Major Dick, \V. I). Hollenbeck, H. H. Hovee and others to appear before the Senate committee. Jjihel suits have been brought against several Kepublieau papers for damages in connection with the i bribory charges, notably one by T. C. Campbell, for #100,000 against the Ohio 1 State Journal. * VlHsknippI for Intervention In Cuba. The Mississippi Legislature adopted unanimously a rousing Cuban resolution offered by Senator Hardy. After reciting the fact that 1>0,00() persons have been starved to death in the province of Sauta Clara siuco January last, and that it is the policy of Spain to exterminate the "Queen of the Antilles," it demands that the United States government HKall at once intervene, "peaceably if .? can, forcibly if it must," Reduced the Hill. The supervisors of Queen's county, (N. V.) struck the items of $1150.15 for wine. $J12S.-10 for cigars and $52.40 for billiurds from the hotel bill of the Thorn jurors. The net sum of the bill was reduced from $2,049 to $004. Killed Ills Sweet heart and fllmaoif At Hurlock, Dorchostor, Md., a negro nnmcd Coleman shot and killed his sweetheart, a girl named Matthews, and hadl.v wounded her companion, named Hughes. Coleman then wont home and killed himself. Jealousy was the cause. More Legislation. The Postoflico Department will recommend to Congress legislation providing that postoflico clerks be required to give bond to the government and not to the postmaster. I CUTTING WAGES. Lower Kate* to Prevail In Cotton Mills of Six States. The operatives in over half a hundred cotton mills in New England States ceased to be paid under the old schedule of prices on the 15th. On Monday morning, the 17th, the general policy of the manufacturers to reduce wages went into effect in nearly every mill centre in tho six States. The reduction becomes operativo in the cotton mills of New Bedford, Lowell, the Pawtucket and Blackstone Yalloy in Rhode Island, and in the States of Maine and New Hampshire. The Fall River mills with the exception of three corporations, cut wages in the month, as did also tho Amoskesg Company, of Manchester, and the mills in Salem and u number of smaller places. Notices were posted in the cotton mills of the Atlantic & Pacifio corporations at Lawrence, Mass., announcing that on and after Jan. 51, a reduction of 10 per cent will he made in the employees. Tho Pacific corporations employ about 5,500 hands and the Atlantic about 1,200. It is thought tho operatives will accept the reduction, as the strike of about two years ago was unsuccessful. The Lawrence Mills urn Ui? Inst in New England to join in tho general movement. The Everett, Poinberton and Washington Cotton Mills here have not as yet announced a reduction, but it is generally believed that they will do so soon. A special from Pawtucket, R. I., says: In the Blackstouo Valley, 7,000 mill operatives avill work at reduced wages. Tho reduction is announced nt from 10 per cent to 11 10 percent. The operatives say that iu some instances tne reduction is moro than announced. The mill hands uro vigorously protesting, but they have thus far decided to continue at work. GENKRAL BOOTH'S VISIT To This Country Is to Further Ills Schemes to Ilcnellt tho Poor. General William Booth, tho head of tho Salvation Army, reached New York on tho 15th, on board tho steamer St. Paul, from Southampton. Tho general was met down tho bay Commander Booth-Tucker. On tho pier a large delegation of headquarters Salvationists were awaiting their chief. General Booth was given a warm reception. Ho stopped at Commander BoothTucker's house in Fordham, where he remained a fow days bofore ho left for Canada, whero he was met by liis daughter, Miss Eva Booth, who is in charge of the army there. Ho will remain three weeks in Canada, inspecting the work of tho army, aud will then return to the United States. Ho will begin his American tour on February Kith, in Washington. "General Booth's idea is not alone to look over the work und progress of the Salvation Army in the United States and Canada, but in traveling through these countries bo will c-onfor with n number of citizens of the leading eitios concerning his schemes for tho assistance of the poor. General Booth will inspoct and suggest improvement in tho socinl institutions we have established iu iins country, which now li&vo ac coinmodation for 4,000 persona." FROM Till-: 81XTKKMII FLOOR. Alfred Crcenlcuf's Leap From the Chicago Masonic Temple. At Chicago Alfred ('. (ireenleaf, u bookkeeper committed suicide by jumping from tho sixteenth floor of the Masonic Temple. (Ireenleaf had been out of employment for some time uud becoming despondent decided to mako away with himself. His first, attempt was made in the Chamber of Commcrco building, where lie was caught in the act of jump'ug over the railing from tho twelfth loor to the rotuuda, and ejected l'lom tho building. (Ireenleaf tbei. wont to the Masonic Temple, ascended ro tbcsixteenth lloor, climbod upon the railing and jumped otl into the rotunda. His body struck a marble landing on the third floor, shattered a slab two inelieH thick and landed on tho balcony of tho second lloor. Tho body was reduced to a mere pulp. Greenleaf's fall was witnessed by a score of people in the rotunda. Striking Engineers (live I'p. London, (By Cable)?Tho engineers and allied trado unionists, now on strike at Glasgow have decided to abandon the struggle and give notice of their decision to tho secretary of the Federated F.niployers. Emploj-ers held a meeting at Manchester and allowed the lockout notices recently issued to lapse. The Walls Collapsed. At Baltimore, Md., the walls of two bouses being erocted 011 Twenty-second Btreet fell aud seven men were injured. two probably fatally. Ihc Cuban Itellcf Movement. A letter from Stephen E. Bartin, cf the Central Cuban relief coinmitteo of tlio Stato Department nt Washington. D. C., says that tho committee is receiving communications from bovornors throughout tho country, all indicating a satisfactory response to tho appeals of tho Department of State, and the committee. Cold Ulooded Murder. At a negro fair, near Palmira, Yu.. l'hillip dailies colored, shot and in" stantlv killed (icorge (ireen, also colored. Tho murder was a cold-blooded one. Dailies escaped. A Triple Murderer Hanged. Archey Lackey, colored, tho triple murderer, was hanged at King ami Otieen courthouso, Virginia, on the 'I .,?? ? i ? " J I?U. H1VJU n tlUMU ft I 1 lie j court house, and the sheriff auc' his! doputies had to produce pistols to pre I vent soma of thoao present from fore j ing their way into tho enclosure around the scaffold. Football Onme Itccclpts. Princeton and Yolo each pot 812,* j 3S2. Ti as their pro rato share of tho re- i ceipts of tho lost Princeton-Ya!o foot-i ball gamo, TOID IN A PARAGRAPH. Tbe South. Mormonnre making libeir appear* nnco iu North Carolina iiL great numbers. * Thoro is n movoiuout to change the capital of Alabama from Montgomery to Birmingham. Tho orangti crop of Southern California, now being harvested, isinprimo condition. The Citizens* Excliaugo Bank has been organized in ltichmondf, Va., with a rupitnl stock of g'JOO.OOO. .) ndgo Dick, of North Carolina, baa gone to tho .Johns Hopkins Hospital, at Baltimore, for treatment. Governor Taylor, of Tennessee, has announced himself us a candidate for election .to tho United States Senate. The Vir.Tiuia Legislature has passed a bill providing that clubs must secure license to sell wines and liquors. Mr. J. ,T. jNowinan, of Salisbury, N. C., is making efl'ortu to organize a ltownn county sottleru' association. The car "City of Chorlotta" was slightly damaged at Marion, N. C-, by a shifting freight car oa the side track. Thieves entered Morris' store, Alexander, N. C., rolled the safe out of the building, and broke it open, stealing $70 in cush and soveraJ checks. The President has named Owen L. W. Smith, of North Carolina, to be minister resident and consul ;fenoral of the United States to Liberia. The Isboll Corundum Corapany has been organized at Ashevill e, N. C., with $27)0,000 capital stock, mine the Clay county mineral, twenty miles from Murphy. There is a movement on foot to embrace in one national park tho battlefields of Fredericksburg, Ohancollorsville, the Wilderness an dSpottsylvania Court House, Va., eLabruciug 0,500 acres. At Huntington, W. Va., Cartor Shifllotte huH been arrested for passing old city orders which mysteriously disappeared from the vaults at the city hall. Fifteen thousand dollars worth havo been paid a second time. ShitHetto says he came by'the orders honestly. The aggregate amount of tho missing orders is $140,000. Tho North. Fifteen persons were injured in a rear-end collision on tho Long Island liailroad, in New York. The Inland and Iron Forgo Company of Chicago has started, giving employment to 500 men. By a gas explosion at Daleville, Ind., the tile factory of II. F. Lefter was destroyed and .John Pinker killed. The site of a prehistoric village has boon discovered near Massillon, O., and evidences of cremation found. Adlai F. Stevenson, former Vico1 resident of tho United htatos, has accepted tho position of Western counsel of tho North American Trust Company of New York, with a membership in tho board of directors. Mrs. Augusta Nack, jointly charged, with Martin Thorn, with tho murder of Wni. (iuldonsnppe, ji bath rubber, at Woodside, If. I., mi June of last year, has been sentenced to fifteen years in the State prison at Auburn. N.W On February 1st 114 looms in tlio Manchester (N. H.,) Cotton Mills will be stopped for an indefinite time. The fftiiso assigned is tlio fulling oft' in tlio demand for print poods. There will also be a reduction of about 10 por cent, in | wngep, aft'ectinp about ?U) per cent, of tlio employes, on Junuary :14th. Miscellaneous. Corbett oflers Fitzsimmoiis$,'15,000 for a light to a finish. John Lincoln, of Bolshow, Mo., a second cousin of Abraham Lincoln, has ! asked for a pension. Secretary Loup has nsked Congress for an mcreaso of 1,000 enlisted men in the navy and TOO apprentices. The Mexican Congress has concluded a long teim contract with the Western Union Telegraph Company. 'J lie whole story of the Indian uprising in the Indian Territory is a fuko, says the Associated I'ress. The body of the murdered, W. H. T. Durrant, was cremated at the crematory of ilcynolda and Van Nuys, at Aldenu, Cul. A delegation called on Chairman Dingley in the interest of legislation reducing the internal revenue tax on distilled spirits. The deaths from the plague at Bombay during the past week iiiiml?Mnl l .o. There were 1,897 deaths daring J the same period from all causes. 1 The estate of tho late Georgo M. Pull- ^ man, from an inventory Hied in court ^ at Chicago, was estimated to include j ?S,009,000 in stocks and bonds and 8'J,000,000 in real estate. , The contral Cuban relief committee i of New York, recently made a large 1 shipment on a Ward Lino steamer, i consigned to Cousul-General Lee, con- ; Risting of 80,208 separate packages and l in addition 800,000gruins ofquinine. ] Lev. Dr. John 8. /ahm succeeds the * late Dr. Corby as provincial of tlio 1 Catholic Order of tho lloly Cross in 1 this country ? Kx President Cleveland, owing to press ot business, has resigned tho position of trustee of tho Now Jersey His- \ toricnl Society, but will contiuue to be : a member of tho society. ' The Atlantic Const Lino's New York t and Florida special llyer was put in x service, for tho eleventh season, on the j. 17th. It is tho fastest train running c between New York uud Florida. j Washington Jottings. t The superintendent of engraving nnd * printing jit Washington denies that the counterfeit silver certificates were made from the government plate or from nn ? impression taken therefrom. ? Tho Postoflice Department has decid- J cd that postmasters cannot bo required to cash pension checks. Robert P. Porter has declined a tender of the superintendoncv of the next e census, nn<l Henry Gaunott, of Wnsli- 1 in^ton, I>. C., inaypretit. j, 'i'lio nomination of E. C. Duncan for " collector of mtornal revenue of North Carolina, has been contirmod by tho I' nited States Sonate. f The United States Henato has con- ? firmed tho nomination of Thomas ('. , Fuller, of North Carolina, to be jndgo of tho Court of rrivato Land Claims. I IlFEMS* Annual Session of the General As* sembly Convened on the 11th. PROCEEDINGS OF BOTH HOUSES. Senators and Representatives Prom New Counties-Sworn ln--RcsoIution to Kxtend Time for Paying Taxes. The assembling of the Legislature on the 11th was not attended by any unusual incidents. The members wore promptly in their seats and business proceeded with the usual formalities. The principal business of the day in both houses wns the reading of the Governor's message. Below can bo found, that part of the work accomplished in the Senate, that is of general interest to the public: THE SENATE. Tuesday.? Pres. McSweenoy called tho Senate to ordor promptly at 13 o'olock, aud spoke in part as follows: "Senators: After a parting of nearly a year, we moet again to discharge the duties of this co-ordinate branch of the Legislature of the State of South Carolina. I feol assured that we have. one ami all, come to this session with the full determination to perform those duties on suoli a mnnuer as to meet aud obtain the approbation of those who sent us here; whose welfare we have at heart and whose interest we are bound to subserve." The roll was called and all were present except Henators Norris, Talbird and Sauders. Prayer was offered by Chaplain Willoughby. He invoked divine guidance that all might realize hat they wero the representatives of ho whole po ople, that the deliberations tf the present ses?.on might be characterized by large wisdom, largeness of heart, sympathy and liberality of sentiment. The following new Senators wore sworn in: Win. T. .Jeffries, Cherokeo; S. G. Mayfield, Uainberg; C. A. ('. Waller, Greenwood; itobert Aldrick, Barnwell; J. H. Losesne, Charleston; T. O. McAllianey, Dorchester. The following wero among tho bills introduced: Henderson. An amendment to except licensed df uggistH and their agents from the operation of the act to prevent modicine venders from plying their vocations. Henderson. To facilitate and economize tho enforcement of tho crimiual law b/ providing that solicitors aud htuto witnesses shall appear ut the county courthouse on the {Saturday before the convening of court, so that solicitors may ascertain such witnesses as are maternal; and discharge unnecessary witnesses who shull be paid a per diem and mileage for one day. Henderson. To make the embezzlement of public funds a felon)', making >f l'lckenB county from SlOU to SvJ. dcAlhauy?To authorize an election u the town of St. George in relation o bonding said town, and to authorize he issue of bonds under prescribed coalitions. Maytield?A bill providing for ho registration of births, deaths and carriages in this State. Lesesue?To .uthorize town authorities to exohanga ibor of town convicts with county uu< Uorities. THE HOUSE. Tuesday.?In the House the roll call liowed only twenty-four absentees, 'he proceeilings were opened with iraver by Dr. kinard. The s|>eaker made a brief address before actual buscess was begun. He said: "We aro again assembled as repreeniatives of the people of South Caroina to enact such laws as in our judgment are needed. Coming as we do rem evory section of the Siate. and* opresenting all classes and conditions iiiu iiuuiHiiuieui in mo discretion oi tlie court, etc. A concnrrout resolution, offered by Mr. Heudersou, was adopted and sent to tho House for au election on tiie 17th, ut 12 o'clock for a Chief Justice uud judges for tho first, second, third, fourth and sixth circuits. W rdne8d a y.?The session of the Senate was exceedingly short and devoid of interest. Very little was done, and the body, which convened at 11 o'clock, adjourned before 12, having been iu session but little over half au hour, nothing of trreat interest liaviug been accomplished. Thursday.?Tho Senato got down to business, and if the present pace is kept up, tho session will not be needlessly prolonged. The House concurrent resolution was adopted lixing Tuesday, Jan. 25, for balloting for a United States Senator to succeed tho late Senator Joseph H. Karle. A petition was presouted from citizens of Hdgefield county questioning tho right I of Senator J. M. Gaines to hold a seat I as Senator from tliut county. The bill providing for townshipaud local boards of health was killed. Tributos of respect to the late (leu. Hugood was adopted. Friday.?In tko Senate Mr. llagsdale's joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment providing for tho election of circuit judges by the tjualitied eloctors of the respective circuits, and a similar joint resolution relative to the election of justices of the Supreme court, were killed after extended debate, and Mr. Mnytiold's bill to divide the Stute into judicial districts was recommitted to a special committee. Third reading bills: A bill to amend lection ill of the Code of Procedure, so as to permit circuit judges to qualify before any officer authorized to administer an oath; a bill to amend section of the .Revised Statutes of this State, the same being a part of tho Cord Campbell act; a bill to provide for die transfer and investment of the [iowuei fund; a bill to inuko the embezzlement of public funds a felony, wid to fix the punishment therefor. New bills: Waller?To approve the iction of the town council of the town >f Greenwood in the matter of tho contact for tho county of Greenwood and o declare the bonds issued pursuance >f said contractu valid debt of the town >f Greenwood. O'doll?An amendnent to the road law of the itate, increasing tho commutation tax , ofpeope, we matt realize that last year was one of great hardship on the masses. They look to us to relieve them, of the burden as far as possible. It behooves us, therefore, to dispatoh the business as expeditiously and economically as is consistent with good legislation. As you all know, there are a number of elections to be held this session, and it is well known that the business of the house is retarded until they are disposed of, and I suggest that they be held as soon as possible." The new members sworn in were M. P. DeBrnhl, of Abbeville; D. E. Hydick, of Spartanburg; F. O. West, Hpartanburg; Horace E. Johnston, of York. The messago was road, and then the various subjects touched upon by the Governor were referred to the proper committees. Among the new bills were: Rainsford. A joint resolution to extend the time of paying taxes without the penalty until March 15, 1898. I a vuvvn. au riuvv < vuivt juouw auu judges of tho first, second, third, fourth, sixth aud eighth circuits on the 14. Adopted. Goodwin. A bill to require persons holding mortgages to have it entered oa record in a limited time. Pollock. Joint resolution to extend the time for the payment of taxes to aud including Feb. 20. Thomas. To amend section 44 of an act entitled to declare free school law, approved March 0, 1806. by adding thereto another subdivision to the subdivision defining tho powerstand prescribing the duties of boards of school trustees, so as to facilitate the acquisition of 6itesfor Bchool buildings; to authorize the levv and salo under execu-' tion of personal property, notwithstanding the same may be covered by mortgage or other incumbrance. A proviso is that such sale shall not affect the lien of said mortgage or othor incumbrance. Wki>nk8dat.?The House went to work in earnest. Tho calendar from last year was taken up and the following were among the sixtjr-three bills disposed of: Haselden's bill to equalize the railroad fares of all students hereafter attending tho Winthrop College was killed; several bills relating to tho establishment of voting precincts iu various couuties were recommitted, in order that a general bill on the subject might be Introduced; the bill to include Hampton in tho provisions of a measure to regulate tho sale of seed cotton passed to r third reading; MoCullougli's bill relating to negotiable instruments, being an act establish a law* uniform with the laws of othor States on tho subject was recommitted after some discussion; Patton's redistricting bill was made a special order for Tuesday next and from day to day until disposed of; rr i?_ l. * 11 A J it * iuui n uiu lunmeuu iuo oouuiy governmeutbill in connection with working tbo public roads, was referred back with amendments; Cushman's bill to regulate tbe speed of railroad trains and engines passing certain stations, was killed on motion of Magill, though Cusbman argued its necessity; Owens' bill to provide a licenso fee for owning and carrying a pistol was passed over on motion of tbe author; Thomas, of Richland, had a bill which would allow aliens to own five thousand acres of land in tbe State, instead of five hundred, as the law allows, but it was killed; the Child's prohibition bill came next, but as the author was not present it was passed over; Action on tho bill to regulate the public printing was postponed until another day. This bill was introduced last session by Mr. Reynolds and puts the public printing on a competitive basis. Mr. Reynolds moved that it be passod over for the present; the joint resolution to extend the time for the payment of taxes to Feb. 20th was passed, after considerable discussion pro and con. Among the bills killed were: To create the office of State geologist and to provide for a geological, mineralogicat and physical survey of the State. Another bill with the same object in view will be Introduced by Mr. Lancaster, of Spartanburg; to prohibit railroad companies from employing any person under the age of lit years as night telegraph operator. The two bills following were among the other proceedings: The bill to re ijuiro hii mo institutions ot tlxib state, educational, cbaritablo and penal and State dispensary to furnish an itemized statement of all receipts and disbursements, inclusive of saloons, passed to a third reading; Tuesday, the 18th, was agreed upon as the (lay for eleeting judges, and Tuesday, the 25th, to eleet Senator McLauren. Among the new bills introduced were: Caughman?To require railroads to provido separate lirst-class coaches for the accommodation of white and colored passengers, and enforcing a penalty for each violation, to be recovered by suit of any citizen; McCullough?An act to amend the dispensary law; Price?To license the carrying of pistols, dirks, razors, knucks, knives, having a blade over three inches in length or any other deadly weapons upon the i>ersou; Rogers?to repeal the lien law. Thursday. ?The house put in a hard day's work, and anions; other things passed the committee's substitute to the Reynold's public printing bill, which provides that the contraot for the State printing shall go to the lowest bidder. Some amendments were made enabling the General Assembly to | award tho contract for the next two years at the present sessiou. There was quite a fight over the bill of Mr. C). P. Goodwn directed against all kinds of labor on Sunday. When it was ahowntliat servants could not be required under the bill to work in the household on .Sundays the bill was killed. There was quite a lively racket on the third reading over the joint resolution providing for the extension of the time for the payment of tlixuf* It, ilifl nnl nmniint in ninnli in tho end, however, for the House passed the measure aud ordered it sent to the Senate. Thoro wcro quite a number of now bills introduced, among them being Mr. W. S. Smith's bill to repeal the metro|>olitan police act and Mr. Reynobis' bill to provide for the reorganization of the engrossing department. The last hour of the day's proceedings wore devoted to the memorial addresses upon the late ex-Governor Gen. Johnson Hagood. Even while theso addresses were being delivered tbo llags on the building were at half-mast, out of respect to the memory of another deceased Confederate general and exState official?Jno. D. JBratton. I'kioay. ?TheHouse had a brief session, but managed to dispose of several bills coming over from last eessigft.. ggilUMPERT, UUTLEM A MoUOWAJC At to rue ja at Law. At 0. C. Culp'a aid Offio*. jy^UNROA UUNKO. Aittraiji at Law. Wo. 2 Law Ri*mg 8. STORES. Alloraaj at Law aod Trial Joatlaa, Ofioa Rear af Court llouoa. vw? vv . n v T> T rvno A V 1/lfc. ma ulieil u. wilwai, Dentist, Office over Merchants and Planter* bank. Main street. 0, p. townsend^ " ~~ Asst. Atty Gen'l., Columbia, s. c Ben F. Town8end, Union, S. C. TOWflSEND a TOWNSEND, Attorneys at Law, Union, S. C. Office Judge Townsend's old stand. BRING YOUR Job Printing to The Times It will be neatly executed. immmrnmmmmmmimmmmmmmmmummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm CARD. vloney to loan on short time on good security. W. W. DIXON, attorney at law. Office corner Main and Judgment Sts., Union, S. C. OLD CLOTHES MADE NEW! Ccaning, Dying and Silks renewed at short notice. E. W. WILLIAMS. 13?ly. Money to Loan. _ 11?1 In Sums of $800 and upward* t'.pon Improved Real Estate in Union County at a low rate of interest. Long time und easy pay* tucuts. Apply to HYDRICK & SAWYER, Attorneys-at-Law, 9.6m UNION, 8. O Tho public printing bill passed its third reading without debate or opposition. All bills relating to the dispeuBury wore referred to a special committeo on that subject, except one by Mr. J. 1\ Thomas to provide for the sule of native wines by county dispensers which was promptly killed. Thobill to establish a bureau of labor for tho purpose of gathering tlio labor statistics and inspecting the weights and measures of {South Carolina was withdrawn. It was n measure championed by Mr. Ilderton during the last session uud caused u great deal of debato. The bill to prolvbit tho reduction of wages of operatives was killed without debute. The graduato license lull figmi last session was knocked in the head without tho least commotion on motion of Mi*. Voided. .Lust yeur it came near passing the house, but members after mature deliberation evidently felt that tho bill w as one which good policy con* demned. A bill regulating tho work of immigrant agents in the State wus,passed to a third reading. This bill is of greut interest to farmers, and is as follows: {Section 1. That section 1 of an uet entitled "An act to prohibit emigrant agents from plyiug their vocation with 4* >uia uiaio WllOIll Iirst OtltUinillg a license therefor, uiul for other purno sea," approved JMtli of December, 1SJ1, and all actsnmendatory tbtreof, be uud the Maine are hereby, atneuded by striking out all of the words between the word "titate" and the wora "without" iu ?aul section, so that tho same wheu so amended shall road ns follows, towit: Section 1. That from and after tho approval of this act no person shall carry on the business of emigrant agent in this State without having lirut obtained a license therefor from the iStuto treasurer. Mr. Reynolds introduced tho following concurrent resolution, which went over for consideration: Kesofved, 'ihat tho Houtli Carolina Senators und Representatives in the Congress of tho United {States be, uud they are hereby, requested to take such action as they may deem advisable to induce the passage, by Congress, of un act submitting to tho several {States of tbo Union an amondmeut to tho constitution of the United {States, which shull require tliut {Senators of the United {States sliull bo chosen by a vote of the people in the several States. Birds* Kgga. Next to that of the British museum the largest collection of birds' eggs Is that belonging to a lawyer named Xehr Korn, lu Braunschweig, tJennnny. lie Intends soon to issue a catalogue of Ills collection, with Ufty colored plates depleting the more valuable specimens, of many of which no other sample Is known to exist. The statement of the British commander-in-chief that to carry the colors into battle under the modern conditions of warfare will be an act of suicide, is well grounded. They would only be a mark for "wea|>ons of precision," while the victim would, from a military point of view, fall in vain, sluce his rank would not be high enough to give promotion. It is a serious blow to the romance of war, A