The Afro-American Citizen, 1900-01-17

THE LEGISLATURE, Ca'ly Doings of Our General As Assembly. - sembly. Assembly. SENATE. First Day.-It was promptly at 12 o' o'clock - clock o'clock that the Senate was called to c r roer - oer roer and the roll was call Hi bv the clerk, Gen. R. R Hcmpnill. Th?' ab absentees - sentees absentees were Messrs Bowen. Dean, Dennis. Iiderton, Maui?ln, Rr.gsdale, Waiker, Wallace and WiU-itus. The chaplain, Rev. G. H. Waddell, opened the session with prayer, thank thanking - ing thanking God for the blessings of the year and invoking divine guidance upon the work of the body. The two new Senators were escorted to the bar of the Senate by Sergeant Sergeantat-Arms - at-Arms Sergeantat-Arms Gaston, and they were sworn in. Senator Appelt introduced his bill providing for the submission to the people of a vote upon the question of dispensary, prohibition or high license. The Senate, on motion of Senator Henderson, then adjourned. Second Day-The Senate was called to order at noon by Lieut. Gov. Scar Scarborough, - borough, Scarborough, and the evening prayer was made by Chaplain Waddell. Senator Graydon introduced a bill to authorize an election in the city cf Abbeville up upon - on upon the question of issuing bonds in aid of the Black Diamond railroad and to provide for the issuance of the bonds. Senator Livingston, to authorize the sinking fund commission to loan mon money - ey money to the county of Marlboro and to pledge a special tax in payment o? the loan. Referred to committee on fin finance. - ance. finance. The concurrent resolution from the House providing for an investiga investigation - tion investigation of the dispensary was referred to the judiciary committee. Mr. Caugh Caugh; - ; Caugh; man's House bill to amend the jim crow car law was recommitted to the committee on railroads, which had re reported - ported reported the bill without recommenda recommenda! - ! recommenda! tion at the last session. Senator Al Ali - i Ali drich's resolution to investigate the j ?ispensary was referred to the judic judicI - I judicI i arv committee. ! Third Day.-The Senaie's session : was short and itneventful. About an j hour was devoted to the introduction : >f new bills, cf which there were 10, j ir..i to tile considera tion of the calen calen: - : calen: lar. A number of bills of minor im imI - I imI j pcrtance passed second reading. ? Fourth Day.-Among the hills intro intro; - ; intro; duced were the following: .Mr. Con Con: - : Con: nor-To provide for the sale or lease i of the penitentiary farms. I The Senate agreed to the house reso resolutions - lutions resolutions providing for a special joint committee to consider the plan to ! drain the low lands. The committee j on agriculture wa- relieved of further :-onsidcr?tion of the matter. Unfavor Unfavori - i Unfavori able reports were adopted on the fol fol; - ; fol; lowing bills which were thereby killed: i Maying stenographers' notes of trials . final and conclusive evidence of wha? j was sworn and chargea' and a bil! : amending county government law in : reference to road? and highways. XTn XTnj - j XTnj favorable reports were made on Sena Senator - tor Senator Graydon's bill to provide a uniform j system of registry, ami his bill relating j Lo service of summonses of magistrates. ! These two bills were placed on the j calendar. j On .Mr. Gonion's motion, the enact enacting - ing enacting words were stricken out of Mr. i Stevenson's House resolution to make j it a misdemeanor to swear falsely or j commit fraud in a primary election, j The same disposition was mad" of Mr. Mower's bill relating to municipal J elections. : The following bills pa-sed the sec sec! - ! sec! ord reading: Mr. Blakeley's bill to g?ive landlords and tenants liens ' against the shares cf laborers and ! croppers after division of crops for ? advances was recommitted to the ju ju! - ! ju! diciary committee. Mr. BarnwelTs bili I to amend an act approved 11th Febru Februj - j Februj ary, A. D. 1S08. and entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to eui eui! - ! eui! power the Walpoo Bridge Comparer to ! construct a bridge across Wappoo j cut,* " approved February 11th. A. D. i 1897. was passed over in his absence. ! Mr. Barnwell'* bill to further amend I chapter XCIV., article i. of the Revised , statutes of South Carolina, volume I.. 1893. relating to jury commissioners, as now amended by law. was passed to a third reading. The Senate, having disposed of the calendar, adjourned until noon. On Tuesday next at 5 o'clock p. m., the judioary committee of the Senate will consider a bili in relation to rein reinsurance - surance reinsurance and the transaction of business by fire insurance companies or asso associations - ciations associations otherwise than through resi- ; de.Dt agents, and a bill regulating , pawnbrokers and providing a license i therefor. Parties interested in these measures can appear before the com committee. - mittee. committee. Fifth Day-The Senate convened promptly at noon. Lieut. Gov. Scar- j borough in the chair. The usual j prayer was offered by th? chaplain. : Several new hills were offered as^fol as^follows: - lows: as^follows: Se a a ter W. A. Brown-To re-j quire parents or guardians to compel' their children to attend school for eight weeks in the year. Referred to committee on education. Senior McDermott-To amend county government law so as to in- i elude Horry among counties wherein i townships assessors are appointed by ? the auditor. . Senator Henderson-To further pro protect - tect protect waterworks, sewers and d'rajns of : cit:?? ard towns. i Senator Henderson-Granting to the Fnite? States the title of this State and the jurisdiction ct* rh's State over certain lands on Sullivan's island il? Charleston county for military pur purposes. - poses. purposes. Senator Stanland-To alter salaries of Dorchester county officials. - Senator Talbird-To amend the act prescribing the compensation of the clerk of court for Beaufort so as to re reduce - duce reduce the compensation. Senator Marshall-To prevent chil children - dren children under 12 years of age from work working - ing working The judiciary committee made a favorable report on Senator Stan Stanland's - land's Stanland's bill to amend the law providing for the appointment of magistrates so far as it relates to Dorchester county. The same committee made an unfa unfavorable - vorable unfavorable report on Senator Mower's bill relating to the granting of par pardons. - dons. pardons. Th? report was adopted and the bill rejected. A favorable report was made on Senator. Hay'e bill to;

cut down one-'half for round-trip tick tickets? - ets? tickets? There was then a colloquy be between - tween between himself and Mr. E. B. Ragsdale as to the railroad v^ht and the jus justice - tice justice of making tickets "not transfer transferable" - able" transferable" By a vote of 50 to 36 the House killed the bill. Mr. Wood's bill to forbid persons j making advances on liens on crops to ! take other collatera was indefinitely postponed on motion of Mr. Magill. The House passed Mr. Sanders' bill to change tine scholastic year fromHhe 1st of July to the 30th of the succeed succeeding - ing succeeding June, as the law now is. so that the law shall read. "The scholastic year shall begin on the first day of January of each year and end on the 31st day cf December following." This does not affect the terms of schools, but simply makes the records conform to other records. Fifth Day.-The legislature finished ? its first week's work. Mr. McCul- j lough's bill providing for an extra j term cf court passed. Mr. Bacot in- ? treduced a resolution looking to the conversion of Sullivan's Island into a Knited States government station. Mr. Mrinryomery introduced a resolution that January ISth at noon be set apart j as a day cn which the Serat? and house of representatives should meet j in joint session in memory of the late : 3cv. Wm. H. EHerbe. The resolution j provided that the governor. State su- j preme court and State officials be in invited - vited invited to a.ttend. and that a committee of three representatives and two Sena Senators - tors Senators be delegatd to prepare a pro programme. - gramme. programme. Th? resolution was adopted unani- j mous-ly by a rising vote. Twelve third ! reading bills were passed, all but one, | having b\-en passed by the Senate, are j now in the engrossing department be- ? lng enrolled for ratification as I aws. | Thefirst bill brought up was Rogers' j requiring marriage licenses in this j State. Mr. Rcgers stated that South ! Carolina was the easiest Stat? in the ! Union in which to get married, and ' rh? hardest to get out of it The issn- I mg of marriage licenses will be of bene i Rt in many ways. Mr. Weston spoke In favor of the bill. For a fee of 25 ..ents a man may, under this bill, have the record of his m ar rage perpetuated, i There is a need for such a record to j aid in establishing the rights of par- < ties to deeds, titles, dowers, etc. Mr. j Williams opposed the bill. There j might be marriages by officials igno- I rant of the license law and such mar- ] ridges would be illegal and entail j great confusion. Mr. Wharton thought ? licenses would be of great value in pre- j venting unhappy marriages and in I preserving the peace of the home. Mr. \ R. B. A. Robinson-Let's give the ; young folks a showing. Let's give ! them a chance. Marriage is a fine in- i stitution. I don't see any uso in this I bill. Mr. Woods thought this would j be but a stepping stone towards a di- ? voreement law. Mr. Jeremiah Smith | thought it reflection on th? preachers j and law officers to say that there ? would be illegal marriages by officials j ignorant of the law requiring licenses. I [f a $1 license is an obstruction to mar- : riage. then there ought to be no mar- j riages cf such pecple. Mr. Stevenson favored the bill. A man may know that he is married, as the law now is, j )ui forty years hence his heirs will ? lave a hard time proving it. for there j ?venid be no rer-ords. The house re- S 'used to strike out the enacting weeds ? j nd Mr. C. E. Robinson introduced an ? imendment making th? bill become ; >. operative Jan. 1st. 1900. The amend- j [ neut was rejected. Mr. Magill moved '. o indefinitely postpone the bill. Lost i ; by a vote of 33 to 61. The bill passed | . ts second reading. The measure pro- j rides: ; , Section 1. That from and after the j ipprova.l of this act. no marriage shall 1 . je solemnized ar contracted in this j j 5<tate without a license therefor issued ? >y the judge of the probate court of t he county wherein the ceremony of i narriage shall be performed, a record j >f which license shall be kept in said ' >robate court, always open to public nspection. For such licenses shall be harged a fee of ?5 cents, to go to the wotoaite judge, except in counties where he probate judge should be a salaried )fficer, when the fee shall go to the general county funds. Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of he judges of probate to issue marriage icenses on application of a.ny person, vmich license.shall contain the date of he intended marriage, the names and I r .ges. race and color, of the contract- {\ ag parties, and the facts as to who- r\ her they are respectively bachelor, j o vidower. widow or maid: Provided, j e \o such license shall be issued fer the j c narriage of any female whose mar- j t iage would be contrary to the laws of j v h:s Sta.tc. j e Sec. 3. That any person, either a 11 h il magistrate or a clergyman, or j linister cf any religion, church or j n erl whatsoever, who shall perform ? t he service or ceremony of marriage ; ? ar any perron without first having j 0 ?ch license exhibited to him. shall be j c n??ty cf a misdemeanor, acid, on cor.- ; (] Icrir^ slv'l b"4 nmi?aed by fir? nor in xcecding five hundred dollars, or by . ;? aiprisonment not exceeding one year. J a :i the discretion of the court. j v Senate bill to provide a ifhiform time ; ti :r payment of municipal taxes was ? w pad in the house for the first time j t: esterday. Also the Senate bill relat-> j t' lg to Marlboro's new jail. j ti Mr. Martin introduced a bill relat- j g sg to the making of highways. j P Mr. Bacot-Relating to the board of j o rustees a! the Citadel. I a Mr. Jeremiah,Smith-To put Horry ounty under county government law. MT." Theus-Relating to the hunting f deer. Mr. Ashley to change county line of .ndeirson so as to include a part of .cnalds' township in Abbeville. Mr. Gantt-To declare the rights of ?rtain corporations. Mr. Patton-To protect partridge, nail, deer and turkey. Mr. Lockwood-To relieve certain eaufort taxpayers from n ii lia bona j ~. ixes. j tl The several committees have been ; crkicg cn the new bills introduced t this session, and a number were re resrted - srted resrted upon Favorable with minority report cn [T. Moss' bill to increase number of idicial circuits. Favorable with minority report on j. Epps' anti-cigarette bill. The judiciary committee returned ie Winkler dispensary bill without i t ( , a ii b Si d P ci c: a' tl n e

I recommendation. Unfavorable on Mr. j Blease's bill to require chattel mort mort; - ; mort; gages and bills of sale to be witnessed i by at least one disinterested party. I Favorable on Mr. Patron's bil! ro < declare in what manner city and town j boundaries may be changed, j UnfavcTable on Mr. C. E. Robinson's j bill to regulate the bonds of county i dispensers. ! Favorable cm Mr. Wilson's bill to \ erect a monument at Chickamauga. j Favorable cn joint resolution to au auI - I auI ihorize sinking fund to lend funds to j Marlboro with which to build jail. Favorable on bill regulating t?ir working cf convicts on private farms. Favorable on bill amending Charles Charleston's - ton's Charleston's hajo'oQ* commission law. Unfavorable on bills proposing to charter the Win st on-Salem and Caro Carolina - lina Carolina and the Carolina and Southwest Southwestern - ern Southwestern railroads. Unfavorable cn bill reducing rail;ci'" fares. LEGISLATURE IN SESSION. Governor McSweeney's Message Read ! Tuesday. The General Assembly of South Car- ! j olir.a assembled at noon Tuesday. Sen- ; ator R. B. Scarborough becomes Lieu- j tenant Governor, succeeding Miles B. i Mcsweeney, who became Governor on the death cf William M. Ellerbe, Juno 2, 1809. In his annual message Gov- | crnor Mcsweeney congratulates the j General Assembly on existing cor.di- i tions. There is no bitter political fac factionalism - tionalism factionalism in the State and South Caro Carolina - lina Carolina has ad vain ced wonderfully in the j year just ended. There has been no ; mob violence and good order has pre prevailed. - vailed. prevailed. The condition of the State finances j is encouraging. There were 7.15S per- ? sons on the State's Confederate pension j rolls, the total appropriation being $100.000. In the State Hospital for the ! ' Insane are 1.002 inmates, 599 white and j j 403 colored. In the State prison are ; t 1.073 convicts. This institution netted j ' the State $12.500.56. The phosphate .' 1 mining industry shows an increase of i e $15.856.64 in royalty to the State. The ! [ net income of railroads in the Stat;1 j for 1899 was $2,701,430.16. The follow- ' i ing new lines were constructed or are ! < being constructed: Atlantic Coast ! * Line, 34 miles: Southern, 31.2 miles; ! * Seaboard Air Line. 91 miles; Sumter fz ? a Wateree, 15.8 miles; Lockhart & Un- 11 ion. 15 miles: Conway & Seashore. 10 ? miles: Camden & Sumter, 20 miles; to- I t tal, 237 miles. This represents an out- \ ^ lay of about $600 and will add at least j ^ $2.500,000 to the taxable property in ! t the State. In the Institute for Deal, . ? Dumb and Blind 18(> pupils are cared ! t for by the State. I s Speaking of the cotton mill outlook j s the Governor says: *'ln cotton manu- i facturing South Carolina leads all of the Southern States and stands second ! only to Massachusetts in the number I of spindles, and second to none ?n j " equipment. If the progress of the past : a year augurs anything for the future, ; we shall soon lead all others in this ? imponant industry and instead o? fur- ' nishing any of our staple crop for ex- i f. port to other places for manufacture , J| we will be large importers of cotton i from other places to supply the local j demand. During the past year eleven ; ' lew mills have been organized an?! ai-' ! -, in progress of construction, represent representing - ing representing a total capital of $3.270.000. Six- j . :een old mills have been enlarged, rep- I resenting an increase of their capital 1 stock of $2,420,000." ! lY Governor Mcsweeney suggests a ; empi?te change in the management of j :he State liquor dispensary, delegating ! rhe powers of the board of control to ! State officers and a commissioner to '.'e ! elected by the General Asrembly. He i ^ ilso calls attention to the impending . langer from trusts. The following is the conclusion < f j he message, which consists of a gen- i fi >ral resume of the State's progress I l(\ md her present condition: 0] There has been no mob violence du- ; tc ing the past year and general good or- j bl er has prevailed throughout the State, j oi 'he county of Darlington is to be con- ; pi rratulated on giving a legal ?trial and i tl xecuticn for a crime that usually re- w ults in summary justice. This spirit is j \e 0 be encouraged and commended, and j rill result in great respect for the prop- j r and legal channels of administering ? he laws. ? I have thus endeavored to obey the , ?i ?andate of the Constitution laid upon j fr he Governor to "give to the General fi< issembly information cf the condition j "1 f the State, and recommend for Its j T onsideration such measures as he shill . m rem necessary or expedient." I have ; in ot'presume.l to lecture you on economy ? tr or I feel sure that yon reaiiz" n-i fu??y tc s I do the needs of our people, and : fill be as economical in the expend?- j ure of public money as is consistent ' rith efficient service. The burdens of ixation always fall heavily, but where here is wise and necessary expandi expandive - ve expandive cf the public fund for the general ' ood. no reasonable taxpayer will com- j x< lain. You should deal with the affairs j ; State in a business like manner and , s a prudent business man would man- m ge his private affairs. If you find that 1 ca 1 any department the expendieres can j e cut down without kurt to efficient i m enrice, it is your duty to sut them ' sc own. Useless and extravagant appro- j . nations should under no circumstan- j es even be considered. Prudent and j a. ireful economy should guide you in j m Il matters touching the State's finaces. j ^ I invoke upon all your deliberations j ie guidance of an all-wise and over- j liing Providence, and trust that what- j ver you do may be done with an eye ngle to the good of all the people of ie State. j w M. B. MCSWEENEY. Governor, j in w Of th et T ai F w A cc The Shamrock cost between four ind five hundred thousand dollars to mild and the London Yachtsman tow suggests, on the score of economy hat the next challenger be shortened wenty feet and the cost reduced tc 50,000. .

amend the law as to county treasT compensation so far as it* relates? Kershaw county. The report as adopted with araren d men ts. The fi fiable - able fiable report with amendments on m mtor - tor mtor Gru ber's bill to require clerk Jd registers to satisfy records of cjn mortgages of real estate was ad Jd. The same committee submitted fa favorable - vorable favorable report with ameadmeJ? Senator Graydon's resolution ie iequire - quire iequire the attorney general to liti litigate - gate litigate the Virginia-Carolina Chica 1 company. The report was a dori A favorable report was made cn Jbil? in reference to the judgment of fcis fcistrates. - trates. fcistrates. Messages were receivefom the governor transmitting the ?rts of the adjutant general and thia te librarian. The rouse resolution re regard - gard regard to the election cf officersfcng this session was referred to tlom tlommittee - mittee tlommittee on privileges and ?lectif Mr. i Sawyer's house bill to valida the grand jury of Union county wai s sed j and ordered enrolled for ra.tltion. j On motion cf Senator Graydf Mr. j Suber's bill to amend the sci law j i by adding a provision pitting j teachers being members cf bps of | trustees was recommitted to fcom- i j mittee on education in order J: the j superintendent of education mt be j ] heard thtrecn. Stnator wreirs j bill to amend the statutes ring co 1 jury commissioners was giver! third j reading and passed, lt. is J lo.-al ; measure of bittiest to Charl?. Tnt; only second reading bil iidered j was Senator Waller's bill amend : title XI. chapter XXXVI, jci: statutes of 1S93. and fixing of a bushtl of bolttd corn pounds. At this paint a taken until 12:45 in order commuters to hold ssssicrJ When the Senate r? con ve J a reso resolution - lution resolution was passe:! in vi tings ho?se to a joint i ss icu at 1 o'clcflD ratify acts. The invitatcn was aied. and the house cam? to the Ssnphamjsr at the hour stated, when [fill vali validating - dating validating the Union county jtjfras rati ratified. - fied. ratified. The Senate then ad jour j HOUSE. First Day.-The Housel Repre Representatives - sentatives Representatives assembled at nj Col. T. C. Hamer, the clerk, calle* roll and 114 of the 124 Representas respon- ; ded. Several of the abstf came in j late. The proceedings of thouse were ; opened with pray r by . chaplain, ? Rev. J. C. Abney. Hon. Frank li. GaryiAbbeville. j the speaker, then ad dre J the mem- ! j bers of the House, conflating the body upon the conditiepcisting in ! the State. j The following new hwere intro- ' duced : Mr. Mehrtens- A bil-amend the ; act relating to jurv co?sioners. Mr. Wharton-A hil]extend the ! time for payment of tain til .March ; ist. i ; Mr. Jeremiah Sir.ith-jlll to amend ! , the county government as far as I I samp relates to terms flinty super supervisors. - visors. supervisors. Mr. Means-A 1)111 #ulate game and hunting. Mr. Gadsden prese::! bill to re refund - fund refund lost or destroaante-bellum coupon bonds to ih#? corporation ' known a> the State flete. Mr. Bacot-A bill lating to recording ments. dowagers, et The House then Second Bay.-A was accomplished by resentatives. The 14 pages, each page pagelend - lend pagelend act re reriage - riage reriage settle led. t?eal of work louse of Rep RepJar - Jar RepJar numbers ?in?ng tiie ti titles - tles titles of eight bil?s oriiverage. The : House took up the ?Jar systemat systematically - ically systematically and worked t#h the first 10 j pages. The following 4 introduced: West, to amend pe J laws so as to include the maimi'respective of age; E. B. RagsdalJimit the num num, - , num, ber of acres of lan Joh an alien or a corporation conti?by aliens may i own in this StateJot- relating to the transportation fad bedifs; La La. - . La. ban?Mauldin. to arila w relating ro working convicts ?"ivate farms; C. E. Robinson, rig to examina examination - tion examination of teachers f of fica tes; Bi ease, to require one disfcsted witness to ? bills of sale and tjtgages: also, to ; amend constitutif as to place in State treasury fcrfral purposes the State's pro rata- pi dispensary pro pro; - ; pro; fits: W. J. .lohnsP make rates of | railroad transpopu 2 and 3 cents: Richards,^empt graduates of South CaroMnafical college from examination for |e: Rogers, to au authorize - thorize authorize building few jail in Marl boro. Third Day.-f^use of represea tat i ves worked ? A number ot new bills wefftroduced. among them Mr. W. Jjfson's to prohibit sts in this State, n's providing for a Confederate mauga. Mr. En Enan - an Enan i m ou si y electe? i * ; I i ( i J I : ? ? r \\ ! 1 ? ? ! i t I ? I * i a V the formation and Mr. Harv an appropri?t monument at gene B. Gary to succeed hi of the State Biease's prcpo constitution t of representa associate justice .erne court. Mr. '? mendment to the | e length of terms } four years was ? f, killed." Mr. wfohnson introduced J r a bill to prevents, etc.. from be- j J. ing formed anp^ed in this State. ? j. Quite a numb!hills passed third,' reading and wpt to the Senate, ? i} Fourth Dayfnf,e passed Senator j Gruber's bilip'idin? f?r county j ti courts, after i thirty counties had been exempt?1*- -'loS5 introduced a a bill providf1* tw0 additional ju- j dacia! eircui? . hinkler intrcduc- ; o ed his bill dS(I to reconstruct the j dispensary l^Ir- EPPS introduced j -A an anti-ciga^iii and Mr. Steven Stevenson - son Stevenson a measU{Pr*vent children un under - der under 12 from [?g in manufacturing establishmeif he first bill discuss discussed - ed discussed was Mr.Flers? t0 Provide for round-trip tl 00 railroads and at reduced ratf r- Gadsden moved to strike out.Enacting words. Mr. Winkler disf ? that it woulu work a hardship Railroads ' and would benefit thele- It will encourage travel andi** Dot'h parties. The tickets aref*ansferable and scalp scalpers - ers scalpers will nt benefited. Mr. M. B. Woodwardpd the general assem assembly's - bly's assembly's inter! with a railroad com company's - pany's company's prffhusiness- There was now a lawp the rate of transpon tation, anr should that rc^e be D c< B tl Vi a P< ji ti

Army Led To Destruction By a Madman. THERfc ARE SOME EVIDENCES GIVEN. It Is Stated That He Has Been Re Recalled-The - called-The Recalled-The London Press Repress? ing the Facts. Chicago, 111., Special.-A special cable to the Chicago Tribune from London says: Lieutenant General Lord Methuen, commanding the column advancing to the relief of Kimberley, is to be re? lieved of his command within two j weeks. Later he will be sent to Cape j Town and eventually ordered home. : When he reaches England he will ba ! retired. These facts have been con- | firmed by an official of the War Office, j Lord Methuen's case is a sad one. His ? constitution began to show signs of j breaking down almost immediately ? after he took command of his division, j Three days after the battle of Belmont, | General Wolseley suggested to the ? War Office that Methuen be relieved. ? His advice was not herded The wis- i dom of the aged but keen commander- i in-chief of the British army is now realized to the fullest extent by the j War Office, who scoffed at his sugges- ! tion. j Those who know the circumstances *nd the situation on Modder River ? equally well and who are willing to ; i ;tate facts plainly, say that Methuen's : 1 nind is unbalanced. . ? < Constant proof of this has been com- j ng to the notice of the officials of the : ?Var Office ior two weeks past. The London press is considerately , suppressing the true state of affairs so j ar as Methuen's ailment is concerned, i < jut the papers do not hesitate to print ! t he hard facts about the battle of ( tfagersfontein, which are just reaching j -, ,ondon through the mails, all of which j r,o to show, in the language of an j >ffi?cer, that "the attack was that of a j2 na dm an." j i The death of Lord Wauchope, com- j t nander of the Black Watch, was one I 2 )f the many sad results cf that en- j t sagement. Lord Wauchope, it is now ? veil known, realized the futility of the i v :ssault as planned by Methuen. He j ( irgued strongly and expostulated bit- j j erly against it. Methuen, however, ! v ?ersisted and the two quarrelled over j g he matter the night before the battle ; ir h ich proved so disastrous to the Bri- : ish forces. A member of the Black j Vatch in a letter just received, gives ; he details of the charge which led ? S Vauchope to his death. He quotes ! f he general's dying words-words j . howing how fully he realized the ituation even in the hour of his death. ; * The letter reads: I s "It was one of the darkest nights we j ti ver saw. The rain fell in torrents e nd we went on pud forward, falling, ] n tumbling and slipping over necks and (' . nthills. ; li "It was imposable to s^e where we c rere going. After, we had been taken j c y surprise our right half battalion j A harged. but the men were mown down j a ke grain before a reaper. General : fi Wauchope was shot at the beginning j f the charge. When he saw the mis mislke - lke mislke that had happened he shouted: " 'Rally 'round me, Black Watch, 1 e L's not my fault.' ? "Then he fell. literally riddled with ; v ullets." ! a Letters from men serving in the ^ [odder River column tell of the de- j ?oralization of the troops since the ; Dmmander's incapacitation. ? ^ A Hghland Brigade man says: ! js "There is not the slightest doubt 1 lat Methuen has lost the confidence j t every man in the Highland Brigade, j am not going too far in saying thal ? ley are afraid to trust their lives i w ith him." I "Wauchope, no doubt", went out to | " nd death."' write? Sergeant Grey, s( ?'hen such a disastrous fire was j oi pened. He had previously shoute? f? ) the Argyll Highlanders: 'Don't j is [ame rae for this. I received my j s< ^ders and had to obey them.' With i tc -oper handling we could have cleared j w ie Boers out in two hours. As it was ! fa e were taken into a butcher shop and j bi ft there." j 01 Buller Changes Base. London, By Cable.-The War Office ? as received the following dispatch ? j? om General Buller, dated Spring- ? p< ?ld. Thursday, Jan. ll, at 9:20 p m.: j j : occupied the south bank of the j ugela river at Potgieter's drift this j orning and seized port. The river is j & flood. The enemy is strongly en- j P* enched about four and a half miles | P* ? the north." ! fa In Honor of Mrs. Vance ; Ft I de Washington. D. C., Special.-A large in ?mpany. representative of the entire J H; ? .hr )uth, attended the ball given by the I : cc orth Carolina Society of the District j ar aid of the General Robert E. Lee j emorial monument fund. The oe- j st, i .sion also was intended as a compii- j C( ent to Mrs. Z. B. Vance, one of the j ^c ! fa icietv's memfters. who has been elect elect1 - 1 elect1 R< I president of the Lee funds It was ; ^ brilliant success. The proposed j h? onument is to be erected near Fort j yer, on the heights overlooking i GI rashington. ; pl er m ru wi P* Filipinos Stubborn Stand. Manila. By Cable.-Colonel Bullard ith the Thirty-ninth infantry, mov movg - g movg in three columns from Calamba. ith two guns, attacked ten companies '. insurgents strongly intrenched cn ie Santa Tomas road. They resisted tn ubbornly, making three stands. ta wenty-four of the rebels were killed M id sixty prisoners were taken. The to Llipinos retreated, carrying their w ounded toward Lake Taal. One merican was killed and two officers ai ere slightly wounded. * 1B

WEDDED ON WHEELS. Novel|Experi?nce of a South Carolins Couple. Greenville. Special.-The passen passengers - gers passengers and crew on the Southern train between Columbia and Greenville Wednesday were treated to an un unusual - usual unusual attraction, being witnesses to the marriage of Miss Riggs of Crange Crangeburg - burg Crangeburg to Mr. Holloway of Chappells, which was solemnized while the train was speeding along between Helena and Silver Street at the rate of 45 miles an hour. Miss Riggs was ea route to Abbeville to visit the family of her uncle there. Mr. Holloway and a couple of friends boarded the train at Prosperity, having arranged that the minister should get on at 'New 'Newberry. - berry. 'Newberry. As soon after leaving New Newberry - berry Newberry as possible the marriage took place and the happy folks left the train at Chappells. where they will reside. End of Smallpox. Florence, Special.-The smallpox situation has ended very satisfactorily. Lizzie Merricks, the negro woman who was afllicted. has been released and the quarantine raised. The woman is perfectly well. The disease was con conlined - lined conlined to this one case, although there were five people living in the house with her. These were vaccinated svithin two hours after the case was reported and 172 other negroes were ?riven the same dose in very short or* 3er. The board of health is to be con congratulated - gratulated congratulated upon the admirable man manier - ier manier in which they handled the first :ase it had to contend with. Depew Invited. Senator Chauncey M. Depew has }een invited to visit Due West at the ?ommencement in June next and make .he anniversary address in Erskine college; and a similar invitation has K-en extended to ex-Governor Robt. Li. Taylor of Tennessee, to make the tnnual address in the Due West Fe Fen.ale - n.ale Fen.ale college. In Erskine college th? wo literary societies, the Euphemian ind the Philomathean. alternate, year >y year, in the selection cf the anni anniersary - ersary anniersary orator, and Senator Depew is hosen by the same society which two rears ago extended the invitation cn vhich William J. Bryan made his firs; peech in South Carolina. Through Trains by Feb. ist. Baltimore, Special.-Vice President 5t. John, of the Seaboard Air Line, re reerring - erring reerring to the progress of the work on he links that will connect the different properties that compose the greater Seaboard Air Line system, said that if he bridge-erecting companies were qual to the task, trains could be run runing - ing runing through from New York to Flor Floria - ia Floria February 1. The grading is about ompleted, and track-laying is going n between Cheraw and Camden. Lbout 50 miles of track is to be laid nd this is progerssing at the rate of our and one-half miles per day. Cleveland in Georgetown. A special'from Georgetc/U^ x-President Cleveland. Commo?ore??.^ !. Benedict. Captain Robley D. Ev Evans. - ans. Evans. IT. S. X., and a party of friends rrived there in their private car and rent down to the Santee Gun Club reserves Friday morning for a week's port shooting ducks and other game, eneral Wade Hampton, Columbia, : to join the party. Sixty Die in Wreck. St. Johns. N. F., Special.-The recking and burning in St. Mary's ay of the two-masted steamer, with ;s crew of probably 60. and possibly )me passengers, all perishing, is one f the worst marine disasters in this ct ion for a considerable period. There not the slightest prospect that any >ul aboard escapee! death, as the in innse - nse innse mid-winter cold would kill any ho escaped drowning and the ill* ted vessel was of nearly 3,000 tons irden. She went ashore before day day*eak - *eak day*eak Thursday. iNews Notes. Col. J. W. Rucker, of Atlanta, a ember o* the banking firm of Mad Mad)x. - )x. Mad)x. Rucker and Company, died at aim Beach. Fla., Friday night of ?eumonia. J. F. Atlee, chairman of the Addicks ?publican faction of Delaware, has .oposed a plan to the "regular" Re Relblicans - lblicans Relblicans cf the Stat* by which the ctions may work in harmony. Secretary Gage sent to Congress his atement in answer to the resolutions .manding an explanation of his deal dealgs - gs dealgs with the National City Bank and anover National Bank of New York, r. Gage declares he has committed > act that is not sanctioned by law td precedent. John D. Rockefeller, in a sworn atement addressed to the Industrial jmmission, declares the Standard Oi? )mpany does not receive unlawful vors from railroad companies. Mr. Dckefeller says that commercial corn cornnations - nations cornnations are necessary, and tells how ? would have^|\em governed by law. The funeral of Rev. Dr. Edward Mc Mc[ynn, - [ynn, Mc[ynn, the noted Catholic priest, took ace at Newburg, N. Y. Buying of silver by the Indian gov govnment. - nment. govnment. The Statist says, cannot be uch longer delayed in consequence of . ipee coinage requirements, and this ?ll lead doubtless to a marked io .ovement in the prices of silver. General Otis has made a report to e War Office in regard to the mili miliry - ry miliry operations in Luzon, south ot anila, showing the capture of several wns, and a large number of prisoners ith arms and ammunition. The Colombian government troops e reported ? be retreating toward ogota.

If??J TERMS. ; Between Germany And perica Settled. t AF. Bf as esl dy| ter ed *. ty a. il. ce fis Dr ill tn PROTEST ?0 ENGLAND. ;n? Tired of the Seizure of chips and Merchandise as ?hil;?? {e.-The correspondent . i l*ress interviewed the - Ambassador, Mr. An? about the present sta sta-fiaticns - -fiaticns sta-fiaticns between Germany . : States. Mr. Waite ..... question between the - ad Germany, the insur insur. - . insur. ; minor matters have mettled. The main ques quesr - r quesr main are the commer commer... - ... commer... : the proper inspection ta ats. The former will :dered at Washington. . tsi depend upon the ac ac?stag. - ?stag. ac?stag. Though the siows bitter hostility n ol' th? present ar ar; - ; ar; i oppresive to American - -i '[)>. \ that the proposal ai McKinley's message TH of a special com comaccepted. - accepted. comaccepted. There is no ?verament, apart from .. wau id be heartily glad . : fair settlement." thc government's com comte - te comte it during the debate -al of political officials si the (-anal bill is con conni - ni conni great importance to lies as it shows the Con Con. - . Con. ll intend to bitterly op opror, - ror, opror, especially on the : ! which does not please s. ra spite of the fact that enormous improvement Th" Eastern provinces of s of German steamers by -hips have had the effect of DI- and generalizing anti anti! - ! anti! . nient in Germany. r Buelow's speech at the . Ck* the Hamburg- Vm eric nu : amer Deutchland. especially ms of friendship he devoted to fited States, is much commented German press and with few H.- approvingly. ??a h .s now begun apointing fe fey - y fey inspectors. The budget is a] propitiations for their sal sal: - : sal: marks each. nrred recently in Vilbel, fort, in the presence of :;.]?.. of a newly invented ess . ft noiseless powder. The \ r. turned out rather unsat unsatK3..." - K3..." unsatK3..." [Germ?*: ! to f! ?Jj t>-, S IV" &BB : sr thc Bri? / evil]? :.. Rt?cati 3 K-VT liso re? Efe m ; ace? ?d in inten* I i- inti Rei? h ? ondent of the Associated from an official source has addressed a second peat Britain, urgently re rer - r rer lease of the German it. rath, and expressing at the undue delay. The demands guarantees from ;. against a recurrence of wrongful and aggress aggressn - n aggressn of a combattants right rals." tests Great Britain to de deming - ming deming of contraband in a ptable to the nations not ? ho war. liation about the seizures tin ed the coming Friday ? News Notes. sational testimony, marked the proee dings in the'Clark bribery ?gation. Several of the Senators wen- produced. Hou* of Delegates of the St. ! 'Municipal Assembly barred from \ ion citizens who came to pro prosaist - saist prosaist a failure to properly light ' :.' and Henry Kaiser, who i peen convicted of the murder cf ' E. Brown, and eight times re-' ! ?*hen about to be hanged, were I ' ;.'c! o:> City, Mo., hav-j ":- >% r o lie innocent of the j Rasdall w year was celebrat celebrationis - ionis celebrationis of the Greek church in . l0* > of Governor Taylor, of against the committee T<> hear the contest for his JC? overruled hy the committee. yachtsmen were poisoned by ..vv : :> . eora on a cruise off At At"> - "> At"> N. J., and two are in a crit crit'.^uion. - '.^uion. crit'.^uion. Hi^^^ion of Governor Smith, "friand, was presented to the pw it gave rise to considerable op on the question of a need of :: system for the filling of va vapfal - pfal vapfal Wheaton's troops now occu occu~" - ~" occu~" . province of Cavite. difficulty Settled. ^Domingo ?via Hayden Callie. ' tffficnlty between France and Domiagu has beon satisf actor i iarrangei - arrangei iarrangei through tue French ad adana - ana adana the officials of the govera goverafic'am - fic'am goverafic'am !aiter via PTuablv issue a i ?tri on fcaaWns the public for *Wr foe]lnSs and declaring at Ito *me lhat thore wa3 no iQten" W d Fraace in tfc? Patriotic tenons, or to molest its repre -