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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Hampton Memorial Services to be Held?Bills Introduced. Columbia, Jan. 14.?The house of representatives finished the election of officers.- The. representatives were : assigned to their respective seats and the work of the session progressed so well that three new bills were intro duced. Speaker Smith has not an nounced the names of the honse ap pointees, nor has he made public the committee assignments. Mr. Moses offered a resolntion that a new committee be added to the list of the standing committees, this to be known as the committee on the dis pensary. This was adopted. . The first bill of the session is one proposed by Mr. E. M. Lofton of the Charleston delegation. It is a bill which seeks to give McCleilanville an inland waterway to Charleston. The . people of the first named place have no railway facilities and the trip to Charleston throngh Bull's Bay is said to be very dangerous. Congress has appropriated $50,000 for the purpose of deepening and straightening the in land waterway between the two places. Mr. Lofton's bill cedes to the federal government the State's right and title to a strip of marsh land 200 feet wide on each side of the channel. This pro posed channel means a great deal for McCleilanville. Lumber and farm pro ducts can then be sent to Charleston with little trouble. It is proposed to continue the channel beyond McClel lan vilie to Georgetown. Boats of iour fcot draught can rnn np the 60-foot j ehsnnnel at low tide when the ob structions are removed. Mr. Biehards introduced a bill to increase the amount of each scholar ship at Winthrop from $44 to $100. There is one scholarship for each member of the general assembly or 165 T for the entire State. Mr. Toole of Aiken introduced the first dispensary bill of the session. The bill seeks to have the stock at the Siste dispensary reduced to $300,000 . .asd the balance " put into the school fend. The bill also requires purchases of liquor to be made on the steps of the State capitol the first Monday of each month, and also that the directors i of the dispensary shall not receive or ribate free samples of liquor upon penalty of forfeiture of office. THE SENATE'. The following sepcial message was received and read from the governor: Gentlemen of the General Assembly: On the 11th day of April, 1902, ? Carolina was called upon to mourn the death of one of her most dis inguished sons. While it is true that Gen. Wade Hampton was a private citizen at the time of his death, yet I have thcught it proper, in vi ew of his distinguished service to his State in times cf war and of peace, that the general assembly, as representatives of ? the people, should pay proper tribute to his memory, and I recommend that you fix'some time in the early part of * your session at which suitable memorial services may be held. He was one of the heroes of this generation. In a republican form of government like ours, it is well for stability of our institutions that the virtues of our great men shonld be held up as models for the young. It ' inspires a love of country and acts as an incentive to high .endeavor. ? It has been truly said: "Republics Test on the virtues of their public men. Other forms of governmtggitsjnay live, and often live more surely,, without the love of country, but wstn repub lics, patriotism is life." Everything, therefore, that encourages and gives life to this virtue should be the con-: cera of all good citizens. There are many things in the life and labors of L tids distinguished Carolinian in which may be held up to the young of this day as incentives to a greater love of country and a more faithful service for the good of humanity. . He was a leader in war and in peace, always cool and conservative and hold ing the welfare of his State above any appearance or suspicion of self-promo tion or self-aggrandizement. He was * a brave Confederate soldier, a leader i of men, and in the trying days from IS6I to 1865 defended the southern cause with a heroism and a fortitude a as only the true patriot can corn end. He sacrificed his all, as many other true sons of Carolina did, on the altar ef his State, and when the arbitrament of arms was decreed against the cause for which he fought, * ae took up again the battle of life with out complaining. In the dark days of 1S76 he was called from the quietude of his plantation life to lead his people from bondage which held them stron ger than the shackles of slavery. His wise counsel and his prudent judg ment were relied upon and trustee*, and the State was redeemed from the alien and the scalawag and the government once again placed in the hands of its righful owners. As governor, and in the halis of the senate of the United States, he was honored and trusted by his people and respected by his ene mies. In order that some one familiar with * his history and his work might deliv er an address on his life and his service and have time for preparation, I have taken the liberty to invite Gen. M. C. Butler to deliv-u' said address at such time as you may fix, and I ask that this action be confirmed and that you designate some date in the early part of your session at which suitable vservices may be held, and that a com mittee be appointed from the senate and house to arrange for such ceremo nies as may be fitting. Gen. Butler has accepted. He is eminently fitted for this duty, having served in the same branch of the army with Gen. Hampton and having been intimately associated with him in the redemption of the State in 1876, and also having served for a long term of years with him in the senate of the United States. Respectfully submitted, M. B. MScweeney, Governor. Mr. Marshall introduced the follow ing conenrent resolution: Resolved, By the senate, the honse "ol^repre^jntatives concurring, that the governor's special message recom mending that a day be set apart by the general assembly to do honor to the memory of Wade Hampton, South Carolina's great soldier, statesman and patriot, be referred to a special committee, consisting of two members bgf the senate, to be appointed by the president of the senate, and three members of the house, to be appointed by the speaker of the honse who. shall make such arrangements as will appro priately carry out the governor's ree ommendations. The resolution was adopted and the president on behalf of the senate ap pointed.Messrs. Marshall and Aldrich. Another message was received from the governor vetoing "the joint resolu tion to authorize and require the State treasurer to write off the books in his office certain bonds entered in said books as old bonds not; fundable, act of 1896, Blue Ridge Railroads $37,000" with the reasons for his objections. A number of bills were introduced, the most important being a child la bor bill by Senator Marshall, and a compulsory education bill by Senator Raysor. Columbia, Jan. 15.?The most im portant matter in the House today was the announcement of the committee appointments by Speaker Smith. He took care of his friends and they re ceived the best of the places. The members from Sumter county were assigned to the following com mittees : Altamont Moses, chairman ways and means, and member of Legislature library and rules committees. T. B. Fr?ser, judiciary, public schools, incorporation and rules com mittees. J. H. Clifton, railroads, State House ana grounds. Geo. M. Stuckey of Lee county was assigned to the following committees, ways and means, enrolled acts. The vote for governor and Lieut. Governor will be tabulated tomorrow. Mr. Hugh Sinkler, of Charleston, obtained the passage of the first con current resolution of the year. It is an expression of protest from the Rep resentatives of the sovereign State against the appointment of Collector W. D. Crum. It was unanimously adopted as the expression of the people of South Carolina. There was no business ready for the Senate and the session was short. The Plague in Mexico. Laredo, Texas, Jan. 15.?A Mexico City special says that Dr. Favela, who is investigating the epidemic dis ease which made its appearance at Ahome, states that he has not deter mined that the malady is the bubonic plague. The symptoms differ in material particulars from those of the plague. The disease at Ahome appears to .be sporadic. The Cosmos Steamship Line, oper ating ships between points on the west coast;, has issued rigid quarantine or ders against its own craft that touch at any of the northern ports. All steamers must be; disinfected before attempting to touch at southern ports. The merchants and foreigners at Guayamas have addressed a petition to the Governor of the State, asking that a rigid quarantine be established at Guayamas against all persons coming from Mazatlan. The petition has been referred byt he Governor to President Dias and the superior board of health. ZOLA'S EARLY TRIALS. Ti:::cs When t'cv Dcil<lixi;x Author V.'i:x PisiigeU In Tills ery? Vow:^ Zola had kicket] his heels for sever: i years in ministerial anterooms, but ail ;o no effect Garnbetta, to pre vent Zola perishing of want gave him the subprefocture of Castle Sarrasin. Bet for want of money he had to stop on the way, and for so long a time j that M. de Freycinet slipped into the place. Zola during the period dealt with in ''La Debacle" was in the south of France. How he then lived I can not imagine. After things settled down in Paris in 1S71 he had fallen into the blackest misery, and with a beautiful young wife. Her mother was no lon ger able to share her domicile and board, such as they were, with them. Zola sometimes had to take the wool out of the mattress of his bed and sell it He escaped from death by famine owing to a letter of introduction from a doctor who attended his mother to Hachette, the great publisher. The latter employed him at a salary of 60 francs a month to tie up books in par cels and address them. But he rather liked Zola and, divining in him first rate stuff, engaged him to write for the papers these puffs known as reclames for books the firm had brought out Noticing his punctuality and his re serve with other young men, Hachette promoted Zola still higher by making him his private secretary. He was then an uncouth, shy. ill dressed, man nerless, squat little fellow, but he evi dently had a tidy wife. who paid great attention to the furbishing up of his clothes and to his shirts. ? London Truth. His Wonderful Dream. "Say." said the newspaper man thoughtfully. "I had a great dream last night Thought i was making a mint of money." "How?" asked his friend. "Why, I dreamed I was a space rate reporter on a Russian paper." ,4I can't see how there was so much money in that." **But that isn't ail of it I dreamed that J was assigned to get the names at a court baiL" '"Tough job!" "Of course it was a tough job. but just think of the money. Why. every name was a yard long and had a string of titles to It besides. Oh, I was just coining money when I woke up."? P>rooklyn Eagle. lie Surprised Her. Kidder?Skinner played a mean crick on his wife. lie told her if she learned hew to cook he'd give her a surprise Slimkins?Did she learn to cook? Kidder?Yes. and then hi surprised ner by discharging the cook.-Detroit "?'ree Press. A Ring on EI? Eland*. "is Harkins worrying over The fact that Miss de Riehe jilted him?*' "No, but it annoys him exceedingly to think that the ring she gave back was purchased at her father's store and paid for, too, by Jove!"?Harper's Bazar. The man who cannot blush and who ';*?'? no feeling of fear has reached the a<'m\l of Impudence.?Menander. i SENATOR TILLMAN ON THE TRUSTS. A Very Lively Day in The Senate Chamber. Washington, Jan. 16.?In the Senate I yesterday Senator Tillman continued his arraignment of trusts and monopo lies and again charged the Attorney General as being primarily responsible for lack of action with regard thereto. Senator Tillman declared that the railroads are absolutely in the saddle on the coal question. They mine and market coal and fix the price, he charged, without regard to a solitary independent operator. He said it was an infamy the way the press of the country was prostituted and lending itself to befuddle the minds of the peo ple and deceive them into the idea that the railroads are willing and anxious to relieve the distress occa sioned by the coal famine, but that somebody, somewhere, called an inde pendent operator, is responsible for the present condition of affairs. The President deserves no credit, said he, except for his attempt to effect a settlement of the question, "but the actual fact is," he added, "that J. Pierpcnt Morgan gaye or ders to his co-conspirators or servants to attempt the arrangement between monopoly and strikers." The At torney General has been, he said, derelict and criminal, and he is the man to whom the people can point and say, "You have murdered all those who have frozen to death. You are the man who deserves the opprobrium, and hate of the poor and oppressed of this land.'' In the course of his remarks Senator Tillman stated, after being closely questioned by Senator Spooner, that W. R. Hearst had charged that the United States district attorney of New York and received orders from the Attorney General not to submit his report of his investigation regarding trusts. To his mind, he said, a case had been made and the evidence and facts had been unanswered. The law, he said, was too plain for anyone to dis pute it. Senator Beveridge, of Indina, took exception to a statement by Senator Tillman, which he thought impugned the motive of Judge Woods in issuing his injunction in the Debs case. Replying Senator Tillman said Judge Woods went far beyond anything ever contemplated by any American Judge. "Why," he inquired, "are J. Pier- j pont Morgan or his co-conspirators any j more immune from the proceedings of j our Courts of justice than Eugene Debs?" "Mr. Morgan," he said, "had such a sanctity thrown around him on ac count of his vast wealth that to im- j prison him would cause the stars to , get out of their course or the sun to i stand still. "He had," he said, j "brought in the President's name, be cause he is the 'boss' of Knox. and if Mr. Knox is responsible he either has misled the President or somebody else \ nas misled him, but primarily Mr. Knox is responsible for lack of action in regard to trusts. The Delineator, The Designer, at Osteen's Book Store. Elite Styles, Toilettes, Bon Ton, L'Art de 'la Mode. H. G. Osteen & Co. Dun's Weekly Review of Trade. New York, Jan. 16.?R. G. Dun & Company's weekly review of trade tomorrow will say: Fuel shortage is still the one seri ously disturbing element in the in dustrial situation. Transporting facilities have been diverted from other merchandise to the disadvantage J of shippers, yet iron furnaces are un j able to seen re sufficient supplies of coke, ! and many other manufacturing plants reclosed because of inadequate coal deliveries. Mines are more fully operated, but there is no prospect of normal conditions until spring. Ex tremely low temperature during the past week stimulated distribution of heavy clothing and other seasonable goods. Retail trade was accelerated by the customary clearance sales, especial ly in dry goods and kindred branches. Traveling men are sending large orders for spring goods, the volume of advance business surpassing the customary amount for this time of year. Quiet conditions in the iron and steel markets do not mean dullness or diminishing consumption, but merely the oversold condiiton of furnaces and mills, together with great uncertainty about keeping plants active on a day to day supply of fuel. Inquiries are numerous, especially in structural lines, but makers are not ready to ac cept bids until the future appears more definite. Dry goods trading has increased in volume buyers arriving in great num bers, and the prospect favors still more activity in the latter half of the month. There is- little disposition to anticipate wants in the cotton goods division, but immediate needs have evidently grown more depressing. Failures numbered 267 in the Uni ted States, against 334 last year. A Supposition. "Yes," said the wise guy, "I am thor oughly convinced that honesty is the best policy." "I suppose you have reached that conclusion after having tried both," murmured the simple mug?Philadel phia Record. Desperation. Customer (wildly)?I want some sooth ing sirup, quick! Druggist?What size bottle? . Customer?Bottle! I want a keg! It's twins!?Illustrated Bits. ta????? 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