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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-03-09

AS the deliberations Of the House
proceed from day to day, lobbying be-
comes livelier At one time yesterday
the Speaker was saved from declaring
mo quorum by just one man.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-03-09
2I5 Merchant St,
DR.. GEO. j. AUGUR.
HOMEOPATHIC PRACTITIONER AM
SURGEON.

Diseases.
Richards street, near Hawaiian hotel
Office and Residence the same.
Office hours: 10 to IL a. m.; to 4
p. m; to s p. N. Sundays $50 to
1890 a. IN. Telephone 733.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-16
The Largest Population in the
Institutions History.

The board of regents for the hospi-
tail for the insane held a regular month
ly meeting yesterday. all the mem
bers being present except Mr. Glenn.
who was detained by the death Of
Representative Glenn
During the month of January forty
elk patients were admitted, and the
total population is now 957. the iarg
est in the history of the institution.
The board expects to have the
Parker building ready for occupancy
by the 22d, and come rooms can be
used and will be to day The board
arranged that all brick work and
other impedlments in case of Ere,
should be removed in order that the
firemen might have free swing in
cases of 6res.-Columbia Register.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-16
WORK OF THE SENATE.

When the roll Of the senate was
called yesterday fully one-fonrth OF
the members was absent. Those
present did not allow this to retard
the work, through from the nature oi
the bills on the calendar there was
nothing to provoke discussion Presi-
dent McSweeney and President Pro,
TEN. Norris were both absent, 80
Senator Moses was called to the chair.
Mr.. Moses is considered one of the
best parliameDtarians in the senate,
aud from the way he made business
hum this claim was we'll founded 1t
was due to his expeditions work that
no night session was necessary
An amusing incident occurred in
connection with adjournment. Il had
been previously agreed that the calen
dar should be finished at the morning
session and adjournment taken until
IL o'clock this morning, to enable
several committees to catch up with
their work. When the last bill on
the calendar was passed, MIR Noses
grsvely raped his gavel, looked in
the direction Of MIR May6ield, who
was sitting at his desk in an absent
minded mood. and announced.
@The senator from Bamberg moves
that when the senate adjourn it ad
jouln to meet at II o'clock tomor-
row." BE then gravely pat the
question and declared it carried.
Looking toward Mr.. Dennis, who vas
nodding, Mr.. Moses said !: "Senator
Deanis moves that the senate do now
adjoorn The motion was carried
The Joint committee on the time Of
adjournment recommended that the
general assembly do adjourn on We'd
nesday,s the 10th of February, the
exact hour for adjournment to be fix
ed according to the exigencies of the
business on the day Of adjournment.
The senate adopted the reccornmen
dation.
An effort was made to kill the
house bin, when it came up for a
third reading. making it mandatory
for the county superintendent Of
education to keep book repositories
where text books Can be obtained at
actual cost. The effort failed by a
7ote Of 20 to 8.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-16
Factionalism.

The defeat I Eptoo was much more
thao the defeas Of one maa over anotbez
for Office It was more ,bao slap st
the Governor II was Intended as re.
pudiation Of the spirit of citation.
1t was victory for those known as ..rs-
aetioDists," who might be called also
the "factionisss' Ep.on vas always
reformer, Of course. and at times
more or less bitter partisan, but bis
election vas brought about BY the con-
servasive men of both faction. not iu
accordance with any trade or deal, but
as deserved promotion Of capable
and deserved mao. His defeat was
caused by the desire to upset this grow
Jog spirit of harmouy and fr.teroalism.
His defeat .as ccmpassed 20 aid the
"factionists." to back up some Of .6e
driftwood Which swims only on disturb.
ed waters. aud which might be endan-
gered in piping times of peace
Everybody realizes ;ha: /: is bastard
ly to defeat mau from saoh motives
chat it is particularly unfortunate that
man should be defeated oa account of
circumstances over which he could not
possibly have any control The senti-
ment here acd as far as I can ascertain
ali over the State is with Eptoa. He
will very likely be elected Comptroller
General by vote that will be highly
aatsering .-Spar'anburg Herald.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-16

protested. 30 also did Rock Hill. Re
then explained hov the Trzah dispen.
sary was started aud how the . ?
store followed. This is worse taan a
blind tiger. 1t is mean liquor The
whole community IS cursed. A few
days sipce the fourteen voters at Tirzah
voted sgains; the dlspensary and the
dispenser aud nis clerk alone voted for
the dispeDsary. He appealed for the
people and the Church to remove the
ooly dispeasary 10 that County.
Mr.. DeLoach's amendment vas
agreed to and 80 York and Occoea we're
exempted from the dispensa.y la1.
Pickens County vas also exempted
from the operations Of the dispenssry
Law. Then the yeas sod nays were
called oD ordering the bill to third
reading. and the bill was passed to its
third reading By vote Of IS to SO.
Mr.. Wilson moved to lag on the
table the bill to Incorporate the Samter
aud Waseree Railway Company. Tue
motion vas carried, and che bill was
Withdraw frcm the fiies Of the House.
The Senate made some amendments
to the school bill of Mr.. johnson, 80
as not to make it mandatory to have
school book repositories in certain
counties
The Senate also put rider on the
bill by adding that in all schools end
colleges within this State, which are
supported in whole or in part from
the free school fund it shall be un-
lawful to use any textbook which
has been condemned or disapproved
by the State board of education
Strange to say, after the text book
fight Of several days ago, the rider
was adopted without discussion, and
Mr. Bacot was duly happy.
The special committee appoited to
investigate and report on the neces-
sary officers attaches of the General
Assembly reported recommending
that the following clerks and attaches
car be dispensed with In the Sen
ate, general committee clerk, the
clerk to roads, etc, clerk to railroads,
clerk to privileges and elections, one
doorkeeper aud one porter-a deily
saving of $21 In the House, clerk
on claims, enrolled Acts, one door
keeper, one laborer and one porter
a daily saving Of SIS; making to-
tai daily saving of S36. a bill was
introduced to carry out the above re-
commentators.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-16
Read Good Books.

There never was time when books
were as plentiful and as they are DOW
Aud With the thousands Of good books
those that are calculated to impars
knowledge and to exert an elevatiug
and refining infueace, it is passing
strange that the tastes Of SO many read
ers of books are for those that are debas.
log aud degrading in their influence.
Why no. read good books? We would
advise every young mau especially to
select bis books carefully frou the beat
authors, read them ard take care Of
them, aud they will be surprised at the
wonderful amount Of Information &C.
quired in few years as result, and
in this way. too, they can equip them
selves With valuable library Of the
choicest books.
By all means esohew the trashy nov
els They lead to crime and degrada-
ton. Only few days ago, We read an
account of fifteen year cid boy 10
Philadelphia mardering little i've
year-old boy. and weighing his body,
down in creek with rocks, aod the
aause which LED to the commission Of
this horrible crime was declared TO be:
Reading trashy uovcls." This is
only one instance cut Of the many
where the trashy novel has led TO the
committing Of the most horrible crimes.
We recall an instance iu one Of the
towas of this State where ooys of re-
spectacle pareptage. bad baDd:d togeth.-
er fer the purpose Of stealing, and
traahey novels. found ia ;aelr pockets
when detected, vas declared the start
ing point of their career OF sin. There
is no doubt but 'hat trashey novels will
promote crime. while good books ap-
peal to tie 6oer sensibiities Of ones
ussure Steer clear of trashey novels.
Read books Sy ali means. but read
those that arc elevatiug and ennobliog
in sentiment.
Away With trashy literature =
Wateree Messenger.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-16
A Queer Case.

A queer suit has been sled 10
Michigan court against free silver
politician uaued Baker. It appears
that Baker holds q mortgage Cor S346.
The owrer Of the 1cumbered property
rendered payment il silver dollars, but
Baker refused to accept it. claiming
that be nus: be paid 10 gold, legal 'en-
der paper or an amount Of silver bal
lien equal in value to the amount of
the debt Baker contends that the
Blard-Allison act, under which cur
standard silver dollars are coined il uu-,
CONSTITUTIONS! because it did Dot provide
for the free coinage cf silver. Suit has
beeo brough. to cempel the mortgage
holder to accept the silver dollars
Bakers defense IS that the Biand-AiIi.
SOC dollars-and tbe Sherman law s5o.-
lars also-are Unconstitutional be-
cause the government boueb: silver cat
its deprecated price 10 gold and pocket.
ed the seigaiorage y Mr. Baker thinks
that is unlawful, but be would be will
ing to have the government let the ell
yer uine-owpers take his deprecated
silver to the mint to be coined Into dol
lsrs nbioh the government: would be
under 20 obligation to keep at par and
which would be Worth oply forty. Sour
cents.
Mr.. Baker has placed bimself 10 a
very ridiculous position.
The Bland Allison silver dollars are
distinctly declared by statute 70 have
Unlimited legal tender qcaiity. Any
decision which declared the Blapd-Aili
sou act unconstitutional becaoe under
it the government purchased silver bull
lien at it's market price would upset al
the. coinage laws of the government
which have been enacted since 1854.
since under every one Of them the
government has bough. the silver out of
which our fractional currency has been
coined Mr. Baker has woo reputa-
sion at once for originality and sssinin.
ity.-Atlan:a Journal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-16

Columbia. Feb 10-The House to-
day dealt With three questions--wbis-
key, water aud Pee.Dse County. It
was a curious jumping from one ex-
treme to another. but all three of the
Issues are os deep ioteress to their
several communities, and. while the
measures all have their general interest
they are. 10 the eud. quite local 10 ap-
plication. The water company bill, in
which ali Charleston is Interested, aud
about which much has been said 10 this
correspondence. vas passed to it's third
reading iD the House to day, without G
whisper Of objectioo. The flow of va
ter was peaceful. but as is usually the
case. it was extremely difficult 10 the
case Of vhiskey Last uigbt the House
passed bill to exempt Oconee, Picke1s
and York counties from the operations
4 the dispensary law. because the peo-
pie of those counties wanted relief, and
had asked for it in vain To-day ao
effort vas made to have the body re-,
verse i.s action of but twelve hours be.
fore, aud practically defeating the oill
exempsiug the three counties
from the operations of the
bill The effort failed, and the
bill was sent to the Senate.
The Pse.D County matter is also
one Of deep caucera to the people Of
Marion and Pee-Dee's hopes. There
has been some bitterness injected in the
work for and against the new county.
The Hause declined to approve Of the
creation of the nca county at this time,
but it. by very large majority, de-
c!ded to give the advocates of Pee.Dee
County a new trial ct the ballot. box.
The Senate at its nigh, session
amended the appropriation bill SO as TO
give $25.0o0 instead OF $40, 900 to the
South Carolina College. $2.400 to the
State A Agricultural aud Mechanical So
cIefy, apd $3.50, instead Of So, as the
Adjo:aDt Generals contingent fund
News vas received in The city during
the day Of the uotimely and uofortu-
nate death of one Of she mem bers. Mr..
Jobn NJ Glenn, of Anderson Couoty.
.Newe and Courier.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-16
Provisional.

The Syracuse Post priass story
ooosaioing 40 excellent hint. which
fathers and mothers who have babies
to name may we'll consider.
a gill baby vas brongh; to clergy
man of Syracuse to &c baptized He
asked the name Of the BABY
"Dinah M" the father responded.
.'But what does the n staud for 2"
asked the minister.
"Well, / don't kuov yet; it depends
upon bow she turos ous ("
"How she turns out? Why, do not
understand you,' said the minister.
"Oa. if she turns cut nice and
sweet aud handy about tie house. like
her mother, 81 shall call her Dinah
May. But if she has fiery temper
and bombshell disposition like ,mine]
l shall call her Dinah Might"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-16
The ZoIa Trial.
Conduct of Case Declared to
be Unworthy Of France.

Paris. Feb 9-In spite of specia
precautions there was repetition o
the Scetes witnessed yesterday wbe,
the trial of Emile lola and Perreux
who are being prosecuted by the govern
meut for denouncing the Esterhaz,
cour,-mart;al, vas contioued to-day il
| the assisss cours of the Seine.
Gen. Bois D'Efre refused emphati
eally to testify. under the plea OF pro
fessiooal and state secrecy
NJ. De. lie Gorgue, the presiding
judge, consented that Madame, Dreyful
should be allowed to .ostify, 90 the con-
ditiou that her evidence be restricted tt
the Esterhazy case.
Over 200 barristers, 10 their robes
gathered at che entrance aud INDUCED
in horseplay. When the presiding
judge ordered them not to obstruct the
passage, the barristers made demon.
stration agains, the judge.a, Thereupon,
the commaudant of the republicau
guards sent a detachment of troops
to quell the disturbance. The ioterven.
tion of the military vas i'll received,
and led to violent ARRAY. The bar
risters rushed upon the guards and
struck them. Ooe Of the young officers
vas arrested. but after quiet had been
restored he was released.
Gen Gonz refused to testify. scene
following. the court was cleared
NJ. LaBorie protested against the
Limitation of the evidence of Mme.
Dreyfus and denounced the scenes io
court. the biased reports in the news
papers aud the attack oo his client ss
being unworthy Of France.
Gen Bois d'Efre. replying. admit
ed that as minister for war, before he
bad testified at the Esterhazy cour.
martial, be had received from Major
Esterhazy certain document which
concerned the Dreyfus case. but be re-
fused TO give any further particulars
on the ground of professional secrecy
The general admitted tha. Col. Pic
quart had been transferred TO Tonis
owing to his being favorable to Drey,
fus and the witness added that be
personally vas convinced CT the gull,
of Dreyfus, while other facts, before
and after the court martial, whioh bad
come to bis knowledge. made this Goa
vic.ion uashakahle. This statement
made sensation in court.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-16
Liquor Debate the Feature of
the Day in The House.

Columbia. February 9-Tbs House
became impatient to-day and killed Mr.
Chiids's prohibition bill With its dis
penssry parapbernalia. a majority OF
the Hocse did not vote for the killing
of lhe bill, aad al,ogeshet there was e
liga. vote cast. The discussion
OF the peaeure had become tire
some and still members want
ed to discuss various important
phases Of the issue aud there was some
resentment at the policy Of outing, of
the debate, aod SO the Hourse killed
the bill, thus reaching the Inevitable
result somewhat sooner than was ex-
pecsed. Il Eou looks all the more like
y that nothing, ABSOLUTELY nothiag. will
be done With the dispeosary low at this
session.
The county govornnens Law came up
for consideration so-dsy on the discuss
ion of DIR. Henderson's bill FROM the
Senate. bu. no positige action was taken
by the House. There was. however,
positive expression of Dissatisfaction
with the existing statute. The House
after yery long discussion decided to
require all county officials to file detail
ed reports Of che incomes OF their
Offices. Some effort YES made TO ex-
empt certain counties from this re-
qniremen., but after sharp contest the
effort TO get this exemption failed.
The House is still working with G
Wednesday adjournment 10 view, aud
hopes to be ao!e to get away By tha,
time.
At the night session favorable re-
port vas made 90 .he bill to create Lee
County. There is minority report
sisoed by Eve members Of the commis-
tee There vas hard Ggbs before the
joint Judiciary committees. The Sea-
ate com nitteee, by a majority Of one.
reported oofayoraoly 90 she bill.
The Senate bill. with reference to
boards of equalization, was killed 90
the unfavorable report. There vas
something Of rumpus about the filing
of she repor. 90 the Lee County bill.
Mr.. Werner called up his bill to
exempt Ocouee County from the opera
'ions Of thu dispens.ry Law. The peo.
pie of Oconee do not want the dispen-
sary. His people were satisfied with
Prohibition. The frs: year his people
bought $3.50 from the dispenssr2 in
Ooonee. oexs year $4,000. aud las;
year $4,000. He could also show
there vas twice as much liquor made
and druok in the county Every man
and woman 10 the town where the dis
peossry is located peti'ioued for the re-
moval of the dispeusary. They bad to
buy lot cot Of town to ou; up the dis
pensary
Mr.. DsLoach also wished to exempt
York from the Di.pensary law There
is but one diepensary at York The
State wanted di.pensary at York
Court House. The people rose up aud
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-16

Some OF the Massachusetts laborers
begin 10 clamor for congress to fx
working hours for southern mills, but.
as The Philadelphia Record says. it cay
only regulate government work. II
adds that "the new propaganda is so
interesting illustration of the Masea
cbuset.s idea that the affairs of toe
universe ought to be cut strictly by
the pattern Of Bay State necessities.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-16
Barrios Murdered.
Guatenalan President Was
Assasslnated.

Washington. Feb 9-Ssnor Lszo
Arriaga. toe Gua'emalaD minister to
the United States. this afternoon re-
ceived an eff :is' csb.esram from the
minister Of foreign :ff.ies Of Guatema-
Ia. announcing re- assassination Of
President Barr.os ard ~. succession to
the presidency of F.rss Vice President
Manuel Estrada Cabrera.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-16
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-16
SUMTER. S. G.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 1898

sion he Concluded by moving 70 IN
deGoitelv postpone the bill
The roll call waa demanded Tie
house, oy vote of 60 to 3S, iode6oite.
y postponed the bill The vote was
olinched.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-07-02
4 Dutcl. Ironc!ad.

1t is Of interest tonote that according
to some authorities the Dutch were the
FIRST in the modern period of history TO
build an ironclad and that during the
siege of Antwerp by the Spaniards in
1886 the people of that city built an
enormous flat bottomed vessel, armored
it with heavy iron plates and thus con-
structed what they regarded as an i'm
pregnable battery. This they named
Finis Belli Unfortunately the vessel
got aground before coming into action
and fell into the hands of the enemy. 1t
was held by Alexander Of Parma to the
end of the siege as a curiosity, but was
never employed by either side III any
action. Magazine.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-07-02
THINK NOT AGAIN OF Me.

Dark sorrows wings brood DER my soul,
And meath their baneful power
nv hopes havo withcrcd like the dews
Upon q bloomin: flower.
No more roam the realms of bliss,
From pancs of anguish free.
Thy love must nc'er, nc'cr DO mino.
Think not again OF me.
When in the halls of reveiry,
OF music and OF mirth,
Oh, would have thee 10 forget
That Ger we meet on earth!
l would not wreck thy bark of life
Upon an unknown sea.
Go share thy love with some fond heart
And waste il not on me.
The shell that is by ocean cast
Upon the sandy shore
Still in its secret, deep recess
Keeps cchoing its roar.
So in my heart. which fate has thrown
Upon loves hidden reef,
Still echoes my LOST loved ones tones
Amid my lcars of grief.
New York Ledger.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-07-02
Tho Phrase "nottled Up.n

The expression "bottled up" is at
tributed to General Grant, SO far as it
relates to military affairs.
In May, 1864, Ben Butler, at the
head of 30, 600 Federal troops landed
at Bermuda Hundred, on James river,
and advanced upon Richmond and Pc
tersburg. The Confederates were taken
by surprise somewhat, and Butler was
able to push his lines up to the Rich
mond and Petersburg turnpike. Ho
thus got in between Richmond and Pc
tersburg. He also made some dangerous
movements nearer Petersburg.
Confederate troops were, however,
summoned from Charleston and from
Lees army, and Butler was attacked
near Drewry's Bluff and at Port Walt
hall station and was driven back ia
Bermuda Hundred. There he was henl-
med in between the James and Apo
mattox rivers and the Confederate lines,
so that he could not move forward nor
to the right or left He was, however,
relieved of danger when Grant came
down to Richmond and Petersburg from
Spottsylvania.
Buffers unhappy position on the
narrow neck of land where Bermuda
Hundred is situated led Grant to say
that Butler could not havo been moro
effectually disposed CT "if he had been
bottled up. Richmond Dispatch.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-07-02
a Nice Little Order.

\ man who had got on i'll life and
rapidly amasscd a large fortune, on fur
nishing new and luXuriously fitted
house, suddenly discovered, TO his great
distress, that he had omitted the harm
less necessary" library. He went to Q
local shop AID ordered IL supply of books.
"What are your particular tastes:"
asked the BOOKSELLER.
ooh, I've 20 hideas about the mat
ter, was the reply. You're book
seller-you ought to know all about it.
1 simply ask you to provide me with a
library
and you have no preference:"'
ono, but wait q second. L ave a
preference. There's a man whose books
I ought to ave Now. bless me, what S
is name: Shake-Shakes-Shalles some.
thing"
Shakespeare, suggested the book
seller
"That's 'ill-AIr. Shakespeare. Get
all he's written, and see that any new
books he may write are ordered for me
immediately. '-Pearson' S Weekly.