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ANTI-TRUST LAW. Full Text of the Bill Recently Passed by the Legislature. VARIOUS PENALTIES PROVIDED. How Prosecution-; and Suits Must be: Brouht for Violation of the Law. Fori of Affidavit to be Made. The following is the text of the bill passed by the house entitled "A bill to prohibit pools, trusts, monopolies and conspiracies to control busiess anid prices of articles. to prevent the for mation or operation of pools. trusts monopolies and combinations of char ters of corporations that violate the terms of this act, and to authorize the institution of prosecutions and suits therefor:" Section 1. Any corporation organiz ed under the laws of this or any other State or country, and transacting or conducting any kind of business in this State, or any partnership or indi vidual, or other association of per sons whatsoever, who shall create, en ter into, become a member of or a par ty to any pool. trust, agreement. com bination, confederation or understand ing with any other corporation, part nership, individual or any other per son or association of persons, to regu late or fix the price of any article of inanufacture. mechanism, merchan dise, commodity, convenience, repair. any product of mining, or any articlt or thing whatsoever, or the price or premium to be paid for insuring pro perty against loss or damage by tire. lightning or storm, or to maintain said price when so regulated or fixed, or shall enter into, become a member - of or a party to any pool, agreement. combination contract, association or confederation to fix or limit the amount or quantity of any article of manufacture, mechanism merchandise, commodity, convenience, repair, any product of mining, or any article or thing whatsoever, or the price or pre mium to be paid for insuring proper ty against loss or damage by fire, lightning, storm, cyclone, tornado, or any other kind of policy issued by any corporation, partnership; individual or assocition of persons aforesaid, shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of a consipracy to defraud and be subject to the penalties as provided by this act. Sec. 2. A "monoply" is any union, or combination, or consolidation, or affiliation of capital, credit, property, assets, trade custom, skill or acts, or any other valuable thing or possession, by or between persons, firms or cor porations, or associations of persons, firms or corporations, whereby any one of the purposes- or objects mentioned in this act is accomplised, or sought to be accomplished, or whereby any one or more of said purposes are pro moted, or attempted to be executed or <carried out, or whereby the several re iults described herein are reasonably to be produced; and a "monopoly" as thus defined and contemplated in cludes not merely such combinations by and between two or more persons, firnis or corporations acting for them selves, but is -especially defined to in clude all aggregations, amalgamations, affiliations, consolidations or incorpo rations, of capita], skill, credit, assets. property, customs, trade, or other val nable thing or possession, whether ef fected by the ordinary methods of partnership or by actual union under the legal form of a corporation, or an incorporated body resulting from the union of one or more distinct firms or corporrtions, or by the purchase, ac quisition or control of shares or certifi cates of stock or bonds, or other cor porate property or franchises, and all corporations or partnerships that have been or may be created by the consoli dation or amalgamation of the seper ate capital, stock, bonds, assets, cred it, properties, custom, trade or corpo rate or firm belongings of two or more firms or corporations or companies- are especially declared to constitute mo nopolies, within the meaning of this act, if so created or entered into for any one or or more of the purposes named in this act; and a "monopoly," as defined in this section, is hereby de clared to be unlawful and against pub lic policy; and any and all persons. firms, corporations or association of persons engaged therein shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of a con spiracy to defraud, and shall be sub ject to the penalties prescribed in this act. Sec. 3. If any person, persons, company, partnership, association or corporation engaged in the manufac ture of any article of commerce or con sumption from the raw material pro duced or mined in this State, shall, with the intent or purpose of driving out competition, or for the purpose of financially injuring competitors. sell, at less than the cost of manufacture, or give away their manufatured pro ducts, for the purpose of driving out competition or financially injuring competitors engaged in the manufac ture and refining of raw material in this State, said person; persons, com pany, partnership, association or cor poration resorting to this method of securing a monopoly in the manufac ture refining and sale of the finished product produced or mined in this State, shall be deemed guilty of a con spiracy to form or secure a trust or monopoly in restraint of trade, and, on conviction, shall be subject to the penalties of this act. Sec. 4, If any person. persons, com pany, partnership, association, corpor ation or agent, engaged in the manu facture or sale of any article of com merce or consumption, produced, manufactured or mined in this State or elsewhere, shall, with the intent or purpose of driving out competition, or for the purpose of financially injuring competitors, sell within this State at less than cost of manufacture or pro duction, or sell in such a way or give away within this State, their products for the purpose of driving out compe tition, or financially injuring competi tors engaged in similac business, said person, persons, company, partnership, association, corporation or agent re sorting to this method of securing a monopoly within this State in such business shall be deemed guilty of a! conspiracy to form or secure a trust or monopoly in restraint of trade, and, on conviction thereof, shall be subject to the penalties of this act. Sec. 5. Any person, partnership, firm or association, or any representa tive or agent thereof, or any cor pora tion or company, or any officer, repre sentative or agent thereof, violating any of the provisions of this act, shall forfeit not less than two hundred dol- 1 lars, nor more than five thousand dol-1 laro for every such one, and eachi1 ship. or association shall Tntine tO d0 so. shall be a separate &ifence. the such cases to be recovcred . an acionrl f the State , a tI rein tio of' I!u atre nral A r OIhe oet Jt udicial eirenit within whi the rlien-e was; comitnited: ihe m1On'eys thuLs'ollected t'! g:o inti he .tate treasury. an i o Iec a' of the general fund e(xcep as lwrein after provided. The forfeit to be t!ixed 1b ti" whom the cazls' i.,; i i' t: Within the aosid liit r21:0 tion of which penall yT 'hal 1e en forced as the colleet ,''s ". ne against d lfendam'.S upoie' ici"i a~ mi ale see. (. I any a or more persons or corpra 11 nsI. wh are engagedr'M in i oiII t*r 11 sell1ing. a"y at icle of ((.ImI merce. manufaci tire. mechanisni. ier chandise. comnmodt y.convenience, re pair. any product of niiinz or any article or thing whatsoever, shall en ter into any pool. trust. agreemet.l combination. confederation. associa tion or understanding to control or limit the trade in any such art ile or thing: or to limit competition in such trade by refusing to buy from or sell to any other person orcorporation any such article or thing aforesaid. for the reason that such other persin or cor poration is not a member of or a par ty to such pool. trust. agreement. combination, association or under standing: or shall boycott of threaten any person or corporation. for buying from or sellina to any other person or corporation who is not a member of or a party to such pool. trust. agreement. combination. confederation. associa tion, or understanding,. any such article or thing aforesaid. it shall be a violation of this act: and any person. firm. or corporation or association of persons committing such violation shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of a conspiracy to defraud. and shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in this act. See. 7. Any corporation created or organized by or under the laws of this State which shall violate any of the provisions of the preceding sections of this act shall thereby for feit its corpo rate rights and franchises: and its cor porate existence shall, upon the proper proof being made thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction in this State, be by the court declared forfeiter void and of none effect. and shall thereupon cease and detennine: and any corporation created or organized by or under the laws of any State or country, which shall violate any of the provisions o the preceding sections of this act, shall thereby forfeit its right and privilege thereafter to do any bus iness in this State: and upon proper proof being made thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction in this State, its right and privilege to do business in this State shall be declared forfeit ed: and in all proceedings to have such forfeiture declared, proof that any person who has been acting as agent of such foreign corporation in trans acting its business in this State has been, while acting as such agent and in the name, behalf or interest of such foreign corporation. violating any pro vision of the preceding section of this act, shall be received as prima facie proof of the act of the corporation it self: and it shall be the duty of the clerk of said court to certify the de cree thereof to the secretary of state, and if it be an insurance company to the comptroller general of the State. who shall take notice and be governed thereby as to the corporate powers and rights of said corporation. Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state, on or about the first of July of each year and at such other times as he may deem necessary. to address to the president, secretary or treasurer of each incorporated com pany doing business in this State. a etter of inquiry as to whether the said corporation has all or any part of its business or interest in or with any trust combination or association of persons or stockholders, as named in the preceding provisions of this act. and to require an answer under oath of .the president. secretary or treasur er, or any director of said company. A form of affidavit shall be enclosed in said letter of inquiry, as follo.ws: AFFIDAVIT. State of South Carolina. -County of I. . do solemnly swear that I m the (president. secretary. treasur er or director of the corporation known and styled duly incorporated under the laws of on the ay cf 19- and now transact ing or conducting business in the State o South Carolina, and that I am duly authorized to.-represent said corpora tion in making this affidavit, and I do solemnly swear that the said known and styled as aforesaid, has not since the day of (nam ing the day upon which this act takes effeet), entered into or become a mem ber of or a party to. and was not on the day of nor any day since that date. and is not now. a member of or a party to any pool, trust. agreement, combination, confederation or understanding with any other cor-' poration, partnership. indi vidual. or any other person, or association of per sons. to regulate or fix the price of any article of manufacture, mechanism, :ommodity, convenience. repair, any product of mining or any article or thing whatsoever, or the price or pre mim to be paid for insuring property against loss or damage by tire. light-, ning. storm. cyclone. tornado, or any other kind of policy issued by the par ties aforesaid: and that it has not en tered into or become a member of. or a party to. any pool. trust agreement. ont ract, combination or confedera tion. to fix or limit the amount of sup ply or quantity of any article of manu facture. mechanism. merchandise. commod ity. convenience. repair. or any product of mining, or any article or thing whatsoever, or the price or premium to be paid for insuring prop erty against loss or damage by tire. ightning, storm. cyclone. tornado, or any other kind of policy issued hy the parties aforesaid: and that it has not is~sued. and does not own. any tru stj certificates for any corporation, agent. oticer or employe, or for the directors or stockholders of any corporation. has n entered into and is not now in any combination, contract or agree mient with any person of persons. cor porat ion or corporations, or with any stockholders or directors thereof. the purpose andl etict of wich said( comn bination. contract or agreement would be to place the management or con trol of such combination or combina ions or the manufactured produet hereof, in the hands of amny truste r trustees, with the intent to !nni >r fix the price or lessen the prodae ;ion and sale of any artticle of com nerce. use or consumion , ort. to pr ;ent, restrict, or di~min'ish thec manu ~acture or output of any such art iece: :hat it has not entered into any con ipirac, defined in the precedinz see .ions of this act, to form or! secure a rust or monopoly in restraint of uary 3]. A. D. 1901. and is not now a Tounopolv by reasoen of any conduct on Its part whih wouid constitute it a mOoopolv under the provisions of see tions 2. : . . 6I. 1 and 11 of tlh.s ac.1bli! h.as D-tise.and dues i rust rifi.catesand has n' o t Ii, o o olI ln I.(! is not now.\ i lly cOm inat1; ie:1. Cwnlrct , r agreemlenlt wilftl tr y person oir persons. corporlatin or corporatioLIs. or with the stockhohlers. dirc(o'rs. or anV ottiCr. agelt or em p)ye of anv corporation (r corpora tions. tlhe purpose and effect, of which conmbination. contract or agereement wotil be a conspiracy to defraud. as defined in section 1 of this act. or to create a monopoly. as defined in sec tions 2. :, 4. 5. . 1) and 11 of this it t. Subscribed and sworn to before . a --- within and'-for the coun ty --- this day of - 19-. [Sealt] Ant on refusal to make oath. in an swer to said inquiry. or on failure to do so within thirty days from the mailing thereof. such failure shall be prima facie proof that that such in corporated company is transacting business in the State of South Carolina and has violated the provisions of this act every day after the expiration of thirty days from the mailing of said letter of inquiry. the secretary of state shall certify to the prosecuting attor ney of the judicial circuit. wherein said corporation is located, and it shall be tne duty of such prosecuting attorney. at his earliest practicable moment. in the name of the State. and at the re lation of said prosecuting attorney, to proceed against suen corporation. if a domestic corporation. for the recovery of the money forfeit provided for in this act. and also for the forfeit of its charter or certificate of incorporation. If a foreign corporation. to proceed against such corporation for the re covery of the money forfeit provided for in this act. and to forfeit its rights to do business-s in this State: And provided. That whatever money. bonds or other securities may be on deposit in this State shall remain sub ject to the decision of said court to secure whatever penalties and costs may be adjudged against said corpora tion or individual: It is provided, hazver. That all parties making the afiidavit provided for in this section shall be exempt from criminal prose cution for any violation of law that may be disclosed by such affidavit: It. is further provided. That the secre tarv of state shall, from time to time. when he may have reason to believ.e that individuals or partnerships are doing business in this state in viola tion of this act. address the letter of inquiry herein provided for to such in dividuals or partnerships. and require of them the same answer under oath prescribed in this section for the ofli ers of corporations, the affidavit to which must be made by the individual addressed. or some member of the partnership addressed, and the form of affidavit herein provided with such changes as may be necessary to make it applicable to individuals and part nerships, shall be enclosed in said let ter of inquiry. Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of the attorney general and the prosecuting attorney of each circuit where the of fense is committed, respectively, to enforce the provisions of this act. Trhe prosecution attorney or solicitor shall institute and conduct all suits begun in the circuit courts. and upon appeal the attorney general . shall prosecute said suits in the supreme court. Sec. 10. The provisions of the fore gong sections, and the pains and penalties provided for violations of this act shall be held and construed to be cumulative to all laws now in force in this State: And provided. That the provisions of this act shall not ex empt from purishment or forfeiture any person. 1irm, association of per sons or corporations.- who may have violated or offended against any law now in existence that may be or may construed to be repealed by this act or in conflict herewith: And provided, further. That nothing in this act shall be deemed or construed to affect any suits or prosecutions now pending or hereafter to be -instituted upon any cause o.f action, forfeiture or penalty actruing or to accrue prior to the date of the taking effect of this act, but all such rights to maintain, institute or proecute all such causes of action are hereby reserved to the State in the same manner and with the same effect as if this law had not been passed. Old-Time Apple Butter. One barrei of sweet cider, boiled down one-inalf; then add the appes, pared. coirt .ads hleed to the boiling cider. unti: the rigt thickness. When half done, a ci eim :amon and! allsp'ee (ground) to the~ taste and sweeten with best eid-fashicamd sucoar houase me 'ass-is. I Inve a waw:.n pad.e e red fe:! of augeL~ r holes and :Gong enough to reach the~ io:tomh of the kettle. It must have a very long hatnde, so that for' cr more pe rsens cane stir the apple bir at one time: for it is a loe~ tedious and tiresome thing to make real appe butter. It will take from en riv morning until 12 eioc mid night .o get through. T: used to be the faio long agz o to~ invite the yowmg f~lks to helIp, ar.d fintish up with a sup per and au cance. leet you hrave a fine l* of applrne butter which wiil!last for years. Aend the aop<' es .w!y: also have' the ke tte welli propeped, so it will n waobble abouit while stirring. An old-fashioned fireplace is the best, with a erane.-Washington Star. stuffed Stesnk. This is an excellent and economica.l dish. but too often comes to the table wlth the meat dryv and tasteless, and the stttry a szegy inass. The meat shoulhd he :ak, freom the upp~er rount'd, ansho :2 be fuiEy :2% inhes thick. iIte e:h h hut eh er cut a pocket ini the tek, wich mayt. he sinifed with a moixture of one cpie: of fine bread .r~nbs, two tablemoeniael of sausag~e tn:et. antd on,. eableepom ft' each of nos ar:: mtn~ehr'oo., 0ney chopped. Sit ~ n well with s'a t and elwtper, fas en wii:h t oth ph-nks and ( brown a i over in a little hot fat ine a deep skiilet. Pour itt sueeiient hoing water to tae a heast-inch deetp in the pan: ovr cloely,'V ard simee r very scwly for :h ret tboer..tii aC' n-'Or water a s bol. away. Thiecken :ihe g ravy with a little browrned flouer, and flavor with a pich of kitchen bouquet.-N. Y. Pot. __ _ _ _ _ _ Different. Dorothy-Pauline, what makes you o unsociabe? Paleht-Usociable? I'm not a bit unsciable'; I merely don't like so eiety.-Detroit Free Press. All in That Claa. -Si!ies-1 an' your nticed thatmost here's a re :.:arriedti en ? Cits-E'r, every mnarried man is .. hero-Pnbi einhia Record. MILITARY DAY. The Citizen Soldiers of the State Move on Charleston. INVASION A PEACEACLE ONE. Special Trains Began Their Jour neys to the City by the Sea on Friday Morning With the Boys. Friday the citizen soldierv of South Carolina. thanks to the general as sembly in providing transportation. moved in a body upon Charleston. and pitched their tents on the exposition grounds. The big parade. exhibition and review took place Saturday in honor of Washington's birthday. There was at least three thousand men in camp on the grounds near to the model camp of the United States marines. These latter have been in Charleston since the first of December and will remain until the close of the exposition. it being their special duty to guard the government exhibit. TIE PARADE. The parade was commanded by Col. Wilie Jones. The following companies from the country participated: FIRST REGIMENT CAVALRY. Troop A-Capt. N. G. Evans. Edge iteld. Troop B--Capt. 1. M. Seabrook, Edisto. Troop C--Capt. I. C. Richardson. Jr., Panola. Troop D-Capt. A. D. Richbourg. St. Paul. Troop E-Capt. T. S. Sinkler, Char leston. Troop. F-Capt. I). C. Heyward, Walterboro. Troop G-Capt. W. A. Sauls. Gilli sonville. Troop H-Capt. R1. 2. Causey, Eu tawville. Troop I-Capt. J. C. Bailey. (YKa tie. Troop K-Capt. B. 0. Bourne. Sam pit. Troop L-Capt. J. M. Oliver, Con way. Troop M-Capt. W. T. Owens, Monck's Corner. Detached-Capt. H. T. McDonald, Georgetown. FIRST REGIMENT INFANTRY. Col. J. C. Boyd, Commanding. Company A-Capt. R. M. Blythe, Greenville. Company B-Capt. J. G. Richards, Liberty Hill. Company C-Smyth Rifles, Capt. J. T. West, Pelzer. Company D-Capt. 11. T. Hall, Gaines. Company E-Capt. Wm. McGowan. Spartanburg. Company F-Capt. John F. Langs ton, Clifton. Company G-Capt. M..J. Wallace. Cornwell. Company Hl-Capt. W. A. IHudgins. Hlonea Path. Company I-Capt. R. G. Mills, Ches ter. Company K-Fort 3Mill Light In fantry, Capt. T. B. Spratt, Fort 3Mill. Company L-Jasper Light Infantry. Capt. W. B. Moore, Yorkville. SECOND REGIENT INFANTRY. Lieut-Col. D. 0. Herbert, Com manding. Company A-Capt. M. L. Smith. Camden. Company B-Capt. W. R. Wright, Bamberg. Cornpar.y C-Tillman Volunteers. Capt. J. II. Claf~y. Orangeburg. Company D-Capt. F. W. Glenn. Columbia. Company E-Ti mmonsville Guards, Capt. W. HI. Keith. Timmonsville. Company F-Capt. 0. B. Rosenger. Orangeburg. Company G--Capt. A. T. D~arby. Fort Motte. Company Hl-Capt. F. S. D~oar, Sumter. Company K-Lieut. G. Rt. Rtembert. Columbia. Greenwood Guards--Capt. Ira B. Taylor, Greenwood. Company L-Columbia Light In fantry, Capt. C. T. Lipscomb, Colum bia. THIRD REGIENT, OUTsIDE OF CIIAR LEsTON. Company F-Capt. S. 3M. Ward. Georgetown. Comnpany G-Capt. S. C. Kemmer lin, Elloree. NAVA L 3IILITIA. Third Division--Lieut. George P. Elliott, G'eorgetown. SAVANNAH, GA.. TROOPS. First Battalion Heavy Artillery Maj. W. W. Williamson. Third Division Naval Reserves Lieu t.. A. C. Carter. - Chatham Artillery-Capt. Geo. P. Walker. Georgia lHussars-Capt. C. A. L. Cunningham. South Carolina at the Exposition. It is quite safe to say, that no State has ever made a better showing at an Exposition, than South Carolina does in Charleston. The Agricultural Palace. one of the great edifices of the Court of Palaces, was~ built with a State appropriation and its contents are from the Palmetto State. one and all. From fossil bones that may have been the property of some of the Ark's voyageurs, to the delicate needle wvork, from the little fingers of Winthrop's charges, it is all South Carolina. 'There are individual county exhibits from Berkeley Chester. Darlington. Dor chester. Florence. Georgetown. G reen wood, Harry, Orangeburg. Pickens. Spart anburg and Sumter: Clemson College. the Winthrop Normal and In dust riad School. So'uth Carolina College the Public Schools of Sout hi Carolina. the Deaf and Blind Instit ute and the Hospital for the Insane all imake beautiful, c.omplete. interesting and instruct ive exhibits. T1he displays of Mullins tobacco. HIarbin H osiery 3Mill and of C. A. Seanlain fossil remains, at tract a great cieal of attention. I t is excecdingtly gratifying to the state pride of any Catrolinian to stroll through this great building and t1o see on every side the ev idences of the skill and industry of his fellow citizens. Superintendent Love has (lone h is work well and t horoughly. and all through miay be secn lihe indubitable evidences of wvoman's skill and taste. Ia this one house is a day's work for the care ful sightseer, and when he tinally pa.s es out of the great end doors lie will be a wise moan, with a mental horizon widened, a patriotism strengthened. A SAD FATE-An unknown white youth met with a much sadder fate at , Denmark Sunday night. le made a ire near one of the numerous side tracks and must have fallen asleep with his head on the rail. A freight train on the Seaboard Air Line ran over him and his body clogged some part of the machinery. It was with diliIculty that the shapeless mass was removed. There was nothing found by which to identify the unfortunate ARTILLERY USED ON RIOTERS. Five Hfundred Persons Reported Kill cd and Many Wounded. The strikers Wednesday in Taree lona murdered three workmen who wished to resume work. The proprie tor of a bakery. who raised the price ofI bread was also killed. It is hourly becoming more apparent that anar chists are the prime moveri in the incipient revolution. The markets are witho(ut provisions and the strikers are preventing the slaughter of ani mals. Additional reinforcements of troops are arriving. The mob stormed Sabadell. not far from Barcelona and secured forty rifles, but they were sub sequently recovered by the troops. A message to the Exchange Tele graph company from Barcelona via Perpignan France. says a tierce battle has be fought between the troops and the rioters in the suburbs of Barce lona known as Sano. Before the en gagemerit the cavalry and infantry had been posted at the most danger ous points and a field battery had been located on the plaza, from which vantage point the guns could sweep the surrounding street. , When the final clash with the troops occurred, continues the dis patch, tne artillery was brought into action and raked street after street. The rioters engaged the batteries at close range, but were finally driven off. It is reported that 500 persons were killed and wounded on both sides. The enti e neighborhood was wrecked by the shells. The ruins caught fire and this completed the destruction. Further fighting is re ported at Mataro, 15 miles from Bar celona. where a quantity of arms have been destroyed. Fighting is also re ported at Tortoss and Tarragona. re spectively 100 and 50 miles southwest of Baracelona. According to telegrams received at Madrid late Thursday night from Barcelona the .street fighting there continues. The heavy rain which fell during the day helped to disperse the rioters, and the authorities are tak ing severe measures. A proclama tion has been issued ordering all priv ate individuals to surrender any weapons they may possess, under pain of severe penalties. The sale of arms has also been prohibited. Forty work mens' associations have been dissolved and the members of their committees arrested. The dwellings of the strike leaders and of anarchists are being registered and put under guard. The battleship Pelayo has been or dered to Barcelona. The military en gineers have assumed control of the street car services and a few cars, half filed with soldiers, are running. Even the funeral coaches have to be protect ed by the police. No letters have been delivered in Barcelona in three days, and in some distant parts of the town business iscompletely paralyzed. A pitched battle occurred in the out skirts of the city between the strikers and the military escort attached to several wagons that were bringing in provisions. The contents of the wagons were dragged out, and barri cades were built across the road. The rails have been torn up to prevent trains from entering the city. The strike movement has begun to spreadl rapidly. At Castellan de la Plana, taking advantage of the night and of the absence of the police. the strikers set lire to two factories with petroleum. The factories were burned. At a woi kmen's meeting held at Cas tellan de la Plana a general strike was yctedi. A t Saragosso most of the fac tories have already closed on the de mands of the workmen and the strik ers are bringing pressure to bear to compel the factories still remaining open to close down their doors. The captain general of Saragossa has wired for reinforcements. A strike commenced at Valencia but owing to the refusal of the dock laborers to participate, it did not be come general. The police at Valencia~ assisted by the troops have up to the present -time been able to maintain order there. It is learned that mar tial law has been proclaimed at Man resa, about 30 miles northwest of Bar celona. and at Saragossa. At the lat ter place the troops have occupied a strategic position in order to check the disturbances. Oflicial telegrams received here de scribe a slight improvement in the sit uation at Barcelona and ottcials to night seem more hopeful. The gov ernment declines to publish figures of the casualties in the riots of Tuesday and Wednesday. It is inferred from private information received here that 40 persons were killed, and 200 wounded during the encounters of those days, and that 500 arrests have been made.. Went Democratic. TI~he Columbia State says "Harris burg. Pennsylvania. the capital of Quays State. went Democratic In the municipal election of Tuesday. al though the normal Republican major itv is 600. The Democratic nominee for mayor, who got a majority of 2,300, was Vance C. McCormick, known to fame as a great football and baseball player on the Yale teams a few years ago. Evidently the Republican party is not to ha've a monopoly of strenu ous leaders. Mayor-elect McCormick is only 26 years old and was two years ago elected to the, common council. where he made a popular tight for municipal improvements in the shape of parks, sewers and filtration plant, all to cost over a million dollars. On this issue lie ran for mayor and won it was a sort of revolving wedge. so to speak, which made a large opening through the Republican centre." Fly Wheel Bursts. Wednesday night at the power house of the Spartanburg Railway. Gas and Electric Power company, a terrible accident happened as a result of which the three persons in the build ing were dangerously and perhaps fatally injured. The flywheel of the larger engine which runs the trolley -ars burst. destroying the engine and generator. Laurens Wilson, night engineer, was fearfully hurt. Ihis right leg was cut off below the knee and his right arm and side mangled.' Hope of his recovery is given up. Rob ert Sample, colored, night tireman was killed. T. R. Pike, white, who has charge of the gas house just by the power house. in the building. wa seriously injured. The roof of the building was torn off and the windows~ smashed. A Horrible Fate. Eliza Goodlett, white. 22 years old living with her grandparents near ;reers. after retiring last Friday night arose and rushed from the ouse barefooted. Search was com enced. but she was not found until Saturday morning, dead and buried in the snow. She was subject to epilep ic attacks and was complaining all day Friday. She was a daughter of ames Goodlett,. who abandoned his amily last fall. leaving them in great w-int. THE SALARY BILL Was Considerably Amended sad Pass. ed by the House. SOME OF THE CHANGES MADE in the Bill as It 1assetd the Senate several Days Ago. Somie Siaires Raised and Some Reduced. The Salary Bill passed several days ago by the Senate was taken up in the House on Monda.y of last week, and after being amended. was passed to its second reading. The house made the following changes in the senate's provisions as to the auditor's salaries: Barnwell, from one thousand to $1,300; ($866.66 to be paid by State and $433.33 by the county). Charleston from $2,800 to$3.200 (02.200 to be paid by the State and $1,000 by the county). Chesterfield. from $675 to $700. Col leton from 81.000 to $900. Dorches ter, from $700 to S800. Georgetown from $975 to 81.000: Hampton amount not changed, but county to pay $300 instead of $400 and State $600 instead of .500. Oconee from $900 to $800. Pickens was changed $675 to 8525. but was restored to $675 when the house subsequently decided to pay treasurers and auditors the same amount. Union ftom $800 to $900. The State pays two-thirds and the county one-third of each auditor's salary. SHlERIFF'S SALARIES. Under the provisions for sheriffs, Charleston's was changed from $1,800 to $4,000: Cherokee from $800 to $1, 150: Colleton from $1,300 to $1,200; Darlington from $1,500 to $1,800; Edgefield $900 to $1,000; Georgetown from $1,500 to $1,800: Newberry from $1.100 to 81.400: Oconee from $500 to $750: Orangeburg from $2,000 to $2, 200: Pickens from $700 to $600; Spar tanburg from $2,000 to $2,400: York from $1,400 to $1,350. The senate bill provides: "That the sheriffs of the various counties of this State shall receive annual salaries in lieu of all costs and fees chargeable against the county, as follows," etc.: After stating the amount to be paid the salary of the sheriff of each county, the bill provides: "That in addition to the . salary hereinabove provided, the sheriffs of the various counties of the state shall receive 20 cents per day for dieting each prisoner while in his custody, and actual traveling ex penses for himself and prisoners and lunatics, when called beyond the coun ty. Mr. C. E. Robinson moved to strike out "actual traveling expenses" and to insert instead "actual and necess ary expenses." This was adopted. The house changed the senate's fig ures for clerks of court in the follow ing particulars: Chestertield 350 to 400; Georgetown 500 to 600; Marl boro 650 to 500: Oconee 250 to 300; Spartanburg 500 to 1.500: York 400 to '00o. And the following changes were made as to county supervisors: Abbe vylle 100 for clerical services: Uarn well 800 to 900: Florence 600 to 730: Oconee 300 to 500: Orange burg 400 to 350: Rlichland 900 to 1,200, with the provisions that this does not apply to current term of oflice. The house changed the senate bill as to the pay and service of county commissioners as follows: in Ander son to get pay for not more that 40 days (senate had it 28 days); Green ville from 75 and mileage to 150 days and no mileage: Greenwood from 40 to 35 days: Hampton from $3.00 and no mileage to$1.50 a day and mileage: Laurens $100 per annum (omitted from senate bill): Lexington county $250 to $300 each per annum: Marion county 40 to 30 days: Marlboro $3 per day, notto exceed 25 day and mileage at the rate of 5 ceuts a mile (omitted from senate bill); Oconee $250 each to $300*each; Rlichland $2 per day for 23 days and mileage. Clerks of county boards-Aiken $200 to $225: Edgetield $75 to $150: George town $150 to $200: Dorchester $75 (not in senate bill); Horry $150 to $100; Laurens $150' York 1,000. Township commissioners were to get $1.00 per day in the senate bill, but the house changed this to $2 per day. There was some discussion of the matter be fore the change was made, but it was urged that the township boards when acting as township boards of assessors can put on the tax hooks enough prop erty not returned to more than pay the increased per diem. Mr. Morgan cited that in Greenville county the township boards had, by working ovcr time, put $30.000 addition on the tax books. The amended sbetion reads: That the members of the board of township commissioners in counties where such officers exist shall receive as compensation for their services the sum of two dollars per day for not exceeding five days. and the chairman of said board an additional sum of two dollars per day for each day's at tendance, and mileage of five cents a mile in the most direct route, each way. from his home to the court house when attending upon~ meetings of the cou nty board of com missioners, when the said county board is not acting as a board of equalization. The changes as to county superin tendents of education were: Bamberg where the auditor does the work) from $25 to $5: Blarnwell $430 to $500; Charleston $600 to $750: Cherokee $300 to $400: Fairtield $450 to $300: Hamp on $400 to $430: Lexington $500 to $600: Narlboro $400 to $600: Newberry 600 to $650; Richlrnd from $1.000 to $1,130. In Lexington. Charieston and Newberriy counties special provisions or traveling expenses were inserted. ut wer'ie afterwards taken out as it ,as feared the constitutionality of the bill might be made questionable: The raveling expense then was included n the regular salary. Township assessors and city' boards if assessors are to be paid $2.00 per ay. The senate bill provided for county oards of education to be paid for not ore than seven days. An additional rovision was inserted by Mr. West o extend this to 20 days for counties f over 50.000 inhabitants. Coroners-Edgefield $100 to $123: ichland $250 to $500: York $250 to, 175. Cot'NTY TREASURERS. ' D)uring the discussion of the bill Mr. yles offered arnd amendment provid ing for the salaries of all the county reasurers. Mr. Lyles said that the I reasurers do a great deal more of ork than the auditors and should get ~ ore pay. His amendment proposed for the treasurer .to get 23 per cent, ore than the auditor. The original i bl had propose the auditrs and treasurers to get tne same. Mr, Lyles declared that his amendment could bt further amended su as to suit every county. 3r. Mauldin supported the amend ment for the same reasons advanced by Mr. Lyles. Mr. Kibler opposed the ameadmamt on the ground that it would destroy the uniformity of the bill. He con tended that auditors do more work than the treasurer in some counties. Mr. M. L. Smith advocated the amendment. He protested against passing an arbitary rule giving these officers the same salary. The treas urer in the greater number of coun ties gets more than the auditor now and le should, for his bond costs more and he has considerably more work to do as a rule. By a vote of 51 to 40 the house tabl ed Mr. Lyles' amendment and declar ed itself in favor of giving the auditor and treasurer the same. The section relating to county treasurers provides: "That the county treasurers in each of the counties of the State shall receive the same salary as that paid to the county auditor of such county, the salary of such treasurer to be paid by the State and the county, in the same propor tion as that of the county auditor. That in addition to the salary so pro vided for, each of the county treas urers of the State shall be entitled to charge of delinquent taxpayers 59 cents for each tax execution issued against delinquent, such fee not to be ciiarg able against the county. Mr. Prince wanted .to strike out of the section relating to pay of treas urers the paragraph allowing the treasurer 50 cents for each delinqeunt tax execution issued by him. Mr. Croft opposed the amendment. On motion of Mr Beamguard the amendment was rejected. Mr. Austin wanted to make this de linquent fee $1.00. This was voted down on motion of Mr. McLaughlin. This fee is to be paid by the delin quent himself, not out of the public funds. Mr. Prince moved to strike out the paragraph giving the auditor 25 cents for each conveyance of real estate made on his books. Mr. Prince said that the law requir ing conveyances to be recorded is not carried out. Mr. Jno. P. Thomas, Jr., opposed the amendment.- The amendment was lost. Mr. Williams wanted to make this fee 10 cents instead of 25 cents. This too was voted down. The sections relating to the salaries of treasurers and auditors were adopt ed as amended. Mr. Dorroh then offered an amend ment to strike out the section fixing the salaries of sheriffs and to substi tute the old act giving the sheriffs cer tain fees. This was tabled by an over whelming vote and the house then took up the section county by county. When thebill after about three hours had been amended and patched up to the queen's taste, Mr. Butler offered an amendment that the act go into ef fect on the 1st of April. Mr Mayson wanted to know if this would affect the salaries of those now holding office and if so would this be constitutional. The question was not answered, but the amendment was agreed to and the bill then passed sec ond reading. MISS STONE BELEASED. The Bulgarian Bandits Surrender Their Prisoners. The Paris- Temps publishes a dis patch from Constantinople which an nounces that Miss Ellen M. Stone has been released by the brigands who have held her captive since Sept. 3 last and has been handed over in good health to the dragoman of the Ameri can legation. The companion in capitivity of Miss Stone was Madame K. Tsilka, a Bulgarian worpan, wife of Rev. Tsilka, a Macedonian teacher of Samakove who has been arrested on the charge of complicity in the Kid napping of Miss Stone. Miss Stone while traveling with Madame Tsilka and a party of about 15 friends was captured by brigands in the district of Salonika, Sept. 3. Since that time vigorous efforts have been made by the United States government and by missionaries to obtain the release of the captives. The brigands de manded a ransom of 25,000 pounds sterling (Turkish)but only $72,500 was collected for the ransom and this sum was paid over to the brigands Feb. 6 by M. Garguilo, chief dragomaster of the American legation at Constanti nople, and W. W. Pele, treasurer of the American mission at Constanti nople, who met the brigands on the road to the Pedrome monastery." fadame Tsilka was educated at the Northfield seminary. At the time of receiving her American, training and education she was Miss Stepenora, a Bulgarian. Having been converted in hildhood to the Christian belief she ame to America after having refused to marry a man of her parent's choos ing. Dr. Dwight L. Moody, becom ng interested in her welfare, found a place for her in his noted school. Hay ing finished her training at that in stitution she became a trained nurse. While engaged in her professi -nal du bies, she became acquainted with Mr. silka, a Macedonian, who had also :een educated in the United States. t that period he was preparing for work as a medical missionary. Soon ifter the completion of their training :he couple were married and went to Bulgaria, where they at once entered 2pon missionary work. Miss Stone is >ne of the missionaries of the Ameri :an board of foreign missions. She as been attached to the Salonika nission since 1878. She was born at oxbury, Mass.. and her home is in helsea. Mass., where her mother re ides. Four of Miss Stone's brothers re in business in Boston. Sometime Yon Shall Know. (Eugene Field.) lst night, my darling, as you slept. I thought I heard you sigh, and to your little crib I crept, And watched a space thereby; knd then I stooped and kissed your brow For, oh. I love you so-. Eou are too young to know it now, But some time you shall know. oae time when, in a darkened place Where others come to weep, tour eyes shall look upon a face Calm in eternal sleep; The voiceless lips, the wrinkled brow, The patient smile shall show ou are too young to know it now. But some time you may know. ook backward, then, into the years, And see me here tonight; e. 0 my darling, how my tears Are falling as Iwrite; Lnd feel once more upon your brow The kiss of long ago-I ou are too young to know it now, YANKEE SLAVE SALES Many Northern Fortunes Had Their Foundations in the Slave Trade, AS SHOWN BY BISHOP CANDLER What the Distinguished )ivine Says on the s4ubjcct in a Re cent Article in the - Atlanta Journal. It is quite safe. says Bishop Chan dler in the Atlanta Journal, in sf far as this world is concerned, to indulge I popular sins; but it is extremely dan gerous to practice a Nice that has gone out of fashion. The very people who in the days of its popularity were most addicted to it, make the least allowance for it in others when it has ceased to be motish. This view of the South's connection with slavery came to me the other day when I read in a Charleston, S. C., paper the advertisement of a slave sale in Boston. copied from a New England paper dated about the year 1790, If I ?.;cr coa ctly. Our - typical South hater reproaches us not because the South'once owned slaves, but- be cause we had them last. That is the head and front of our offending. Here is an advertisement from the Independent Chronicle, dated March 20, 1780: . "To be Sold Very Cheap, for no other reason than the wantof employ, an exceedingly active Negro Boy, aged 15. Also a likely -Negro Girl, aged 17." Where .were the parents of that boy and that girl? Had this adver tiser separated parents and children already? Or, was he about to do so? In The Continental Jo l of Jan uary 4, 1791, appears the ollowing: "To be sold, a hearty, strong negro wench, about 29 years of age, fit for town or-country." From the same paper November 25, 1779, is taken this: To be -sold, a likely negro girl, 16 years of age, for no fault sazelout of employ." Again in thesa:me paper, March 9; 1780, was insertld tis advertisementi To be sold, for want of employment, an exceedingly likely negro girl, aged sixteen." It may have been that the adver tiser of November 25; 1779, and that of March 9-1780, were the'same per son. If so, his stock had been redu ed, it seems, to one "exceedingly like. ly negro girl" of the age of "sweet ix teen," and she was rather slow -sae. He was evidently not minded to give her to her parents, if they were free, nor to present her to their master if they were still slaves. - The relation. of parents and child it thus aypeafs cut no figure in the plans- of this thrifty saint. He wanted. cold cash for warm human flesh and blood. If this last case seems heartless~ what shall be said of the next? It is of such -an extraordinary nature I hesitate to transfer it to the columns of a Southern paper, lest' I offnd a just sense .of propriety.- Certainly no such advertisement ever appeared in any Southern paper during all the days of slavery. I copy it with apol ogies. It is from The Independent Chronicle of December 28, 1780, print ed during the Christmas season, the glad keynote of which is ''peace on earth and good will to men.". It reads: "A negro child, soon expected, of a good breed, may be owned by any person inclining to take It, and money with it." The m'other expectant was not to be parted with by her master; she was of too "good breed," perhaps. But- the unborn child was not to be permitted to divide attention with her servile cares, and thus subtract from her pro fitableness. That there might be as little delay as possible about ridding her of the incumbrance a pre natal advertisement was used to secure an owner. Mother and child were to be parted with all possible haste after its birth; there was no time to lose. Slave holders in the South often brought negroes that they did - not want and sold others that they. pre ferred to retain in order to preserve unbrokien families; but It may be safe ly affirmed that no such brutal trans action as this advertisement proposed was ever heard of or ever dreamt of in the South. It may well be doubted if It ever had a paralled ontside of New England anywhere on the planet call ed earth. These advertisements show clearly where Mrs. Stowe and other New Eng land writers of her type got their Ideas of slavery. They fan-cied that the slaves of the South werb treated as formerly slaves had been dealt with in Boston. Their ghost stories were compounded from reminiscences of their own ancestors. It is a fact that Massachusetts is the only state in America that ever engaged in the slave trade in its cor porate capacity. This trade it carried on with a process that had bondage at both ends of the line; Indian captives were carried out and sold; while Afri can slaves were captured or purchased and brought in. Dr. Moore says; "It will be observed that this first en trance into the slave trade was not a private, individual specula~otn. It was the enterprise of the alfhorities of the colony. Cotton Mather's "Magnalia" and the records of the colony are quoted, passage and page being given to verify this statement. Georgia prohibited the slave trade from the first days of the colony; while Massachusetts allowed it from 1641 to 1788-the colony itself engag ing in the business for a part of that period. Georgia was a slave-holding . commonwealth for about 110 years; Massachusetts for 147 years. When very tardily Massachusetts rohibited the slave trade by the act of 1788, the act was carefully drawn so as not to abolish slavery, while pro hibiting the slave trade, and as a mat ter of fact slavery has never yet been abolished by any act of the legislature of the state of Massachusetts. But why dig up all this old history? Partly just for the fun of it. Partly s a matter of historical interest. P tly as a means of grace to New 1 'landers, many of whom run far ta. .asily to pride and who therefore often require the kindly help of friends and neighbors to keep them suitably humble. But chiefly, to raise this question: If sectionalism is to ruin against our southern ances tors and their children a sort of moral bill of attainder, when (if ever) will It. expire? And then I wish to inqire further. how the inhabitants of Massa" :husetts, the chief of sinners among the American states in the matterfo slavery, escaped this bill of attainder, and when?