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THE GE.NERAL ASSEMBLY. What It Acccmplished.-No Harm Done the State By the Session. August Kohn, in News and Courier. The General Assembly of 1910 has adjourned. Some folks may be iinj elined to call it a junketing Legisla ture, but it is more deserving of the title of a "let alone General Assem bly.' Many years ago Mr. A. B. .Williams spoke of a General Assem bly as being a "June bug" Legisla ture. By this he meant that the leg islators did the flying but that the string was pulled from "down stairs." Things are absolutely dif ferent now. "Down-stairs" is re spected, hut it does not undertake to pull the strings a-hd regulate the movements of the Legislature, and could handly do so. Everybody recognizes that South Carolina is growing. It has had a prosperous season and peaoe, as well as prosperity, blesses the State. It is, therefore, all the moire important to let well. enough alone, and that seemto have been the policy of the General Assembly. At times there were evidences of feeling towards eertain corporations and develop ments, but good sense and better judgment prevailed. Whatever may :lave been done or left undone by the General Assembly at its recent session, no harm has been done to the State. No radical poliey .las been adopted. Nothing 4hat will leave a stain has been done, and there is no occasion for regret over anyhing that has been passed. In legislation, as in many other hings, the least done the soonest amended. The Calendar of the House shows *hat there were thirteen hundred and vixty five bills and resolutions, all in Aicative of a legislative idea, pro posed during the two years of the last General Assembly; not half of 'hese became laws, and therein lies the safety of the State. It is now bee6ming generally recognized that the legislator who can most egective ly choke a bad or doubtful propomi tion is the best servant of the people. Of course some things that should be done, and which would perhaps be of benefit, fall by the wayside in this effort to.pass few laws. The most important and far reaching action taken by the Generalt .Assembly was with reference to the State Hospital for the Insane. The appeal .to~ the patriot-ism and good, sense of the Representatives of the people was not in vain. The legisla tion was constreotive and not de structive, either of reputations or otherwise. The General Assemb)ly hias provided $100,000 with which to begin permanent development for the overflow in the present institutiont .The million dollar bond proposition was defeated as predicted, and the ?tate is gradnally to develop a plant, that will lighten the burden on the Columbia institution, which is to continue as the central location of the Asylum. In addition to provid-i ng for the development of the branch of the institution an increase was made for the maintenance of the Hospital and a good allowance pro * > T he iROYAL Tyertr$650 Desigped and built by the master mi of the typewriter world-those who have "grown up" with typewrnter making since itsinception-those who have studied the ways of every success, the reasons for every failure and have PROFITED by their expenence. That is WHY- the Royal Typewriter is meeting with such phenomenal suc cess, that is WHY vou can PAY more but you cannot BUY more A dem onstration will convince you. 1. WILSON GIBBES, General Agent for South Carolina. Repairing and Supplies for all .Typewriters & Adding Machines. COLUMBIA, - - - - SO. CA. vided for improvements at the cen tral plant. With a -continuance of such a policy as has been adopted South Carolina will continue to have every reason to be proud of its policy towards the insane of the State. There has been absolutely -no change in the liquor situation. Not a thing in the world has been done to interfere with the status either in the prohibition or county dispensary counties, and there cannot be and will not be any legislation effecting the liquor situation for a- year. The House has for two years been in fa vor of State-wide prohibition, but the Senate has persistently killed the proposition, and early in the present session the Statewide prohibition bill was killed, and after that the Senate gave no further attention to State wide prohibition although the- House had sent over such a measure with its approval. On the other heamd the Senate pass-, ed what is known as the injunction bill, which was intended to reach property owners, and the House per haps got even by killing this meas ure. There were various proposi tions adopted with referenice to the winding .up both of the State an4 county dispensaries, where they Tave been voted out, but absolutely noth ing was done relative to the existing status. The repeal of the lien law did not' become effective until the frst of the ] present year and the result is yet un known. Mr. 4ydriek and Mr. Rich ards were very insistent upon the passage of the companion bill, which1 was directed against the mortgaging I of crops -until they are growing, but the House declined to go that far, i: and it is really questionable if the re peal of the lien law has or will amount to anything whatever. I iz even suggested by some that the re peal of the lien law has removed complibations and made the, ehattel mortgage stronger than ever. Upon the matter of child labor, compulsory education, marriage and death registration and kindred laws ] the General Assembly declined to do anything. There was a good fight made on the compplsory education bil but it secured fewer votes than in previous years. The -disposi.tion towaards high schools, common schools and the State institutions of higher education -was very kindly. .1 Under the Garris 'bill, the su,bsidiy to the poorer common schools was increased from $20,000 to $60,000.1 This was all that Mr. Garris asked. fgr, as he was inclined to the opiniont that a larger subsidy would result in extravagance and it would not. beK well absor,bed. Th'e disposition to the higher edu ational institions was that .of liberality. The Citadel was allowed $35,000 with which to erect an addi tional story. Winthrop and the Uni versity of~ South Carolina were grant ed as much money as the State felt! able to provide. The, McMahan proposition relative to the finances of Clemson College - and the Browning resolution looking towards an iJnvestigation at Clemson College were both defeated, and the status -at all of, these institutions was* left as at present, and they will con tinue to grow and do good service for the State. In pursuance 'of the general policy of letting well enough alone nothing 1 was done towards relieving the pr.es . ent, and well recognized inequalitiesi in tax assessments. It is a.pity that the lawmakers are afraid to under take some improvements in this di-t rection. There were suggestiouas looking towards the appointments of* State auditors, towards the crea.tion of a tax commission and various other plans, all of which were de-: feated. Had either of these sugges tions been adopted it would have been a good investment for the State. iThe people of South Carolina at. the general election will have a half dozen constitutional amendments be fore them. T:wo of themi refer to an1 increase in the number of Supreine: Court Justices to five, one of them refers to the privilege of assessing abutting property for street. and: sidewalk improvements in Colum!bia and Greenville, and the others all apply to increases in municipal bond ed indebtedness. In quite a number of the towins of the State the present constitutional limit has been reached and it ,becomes necessary to have a. constitutional amendment to allow an increase of this bonded debt for mu nicipal purposes. The State has its 4 1-2 per cent. Brown consol bonds coming due in 1913. It is rather early to begin1 -.5 legislating upon the refunding of these bonds, but the Geenral Assem bly has adopted the Well's proposi tion, which provides for the exchange in 1913, of the present 4 1-2 per cent. Brown consol bonds for new bonds to bear 3 1-2 per cent. interest. The same tax exemptions as are now provided for the 4 1-2 per cent. are to apply to the new 3 1-2 pr &Int. bonds. The General Assembly did not at this session inerease any salaries of State offleers. Various propositions along this line, were made, but the disposition was not to intcrease any salaries, and perhaps there will not be any increase as long as the flood of candidates continues, with a full knowledge of the Present salaries. There were various propositions looking towards restrictions of bank ing charges, and particularly to wards the reduction of the legal rate. of interest from 7 to 6 per cent. None of these measures were passed. The fact of the matter is that banks are getting to be very general con veniences, the stockholders are be aoming a very numerous family, and when this lcondition is found there is very little possi,bility of seriously interfering with their rights. Money %ny, way, is a . commodity like any lhing else that a person wants and brings what it is worth. One of the interesting develop nents was in connection with the law !egarding the right of a father to leed his child duriing the life time of ts mother. No one appears to have ;hought of the matter until the sen rational development of the Tillman ,ase. As a result of the appeal of drs. B. R. Tillman, Jr., to the Courts he law has now been changed. so hat a father can not deed his child, xoept with the eonsent of the moth r, unless there be special reasons therwise. Another bill that became a law Ld was the result of a special con lition was one changing the method >f selecting the trastees of the Rock fill Graded sehool. Under the pre rious law the Rock Hill board was self perpetuating. Und4er the pres at law it will be an elective body. he trouble which resulted in this >hange was the desire of Winthrop olleg~e to secure title to the high hool property in Rock Hill. It was expected that there would e something of a fight on the estab ishment of Dillon county, but thie ontest simmered down to the effort o secure ithe new county for one f two judicial circuits. Dillon coun y will be a reality in a very short wile as the Act provides for the lection of officers within a few eeks. There was no opposition to the trip of Ber ley county allying it elf to Oranburg county. This 1i aable new territory that has jpin. ~d hands with Orangeburg. The commission form of govern nent is to have a test in Colambia. (Continued oni Page Seven.) .Want Good Black Pays i The Southern, Seaboard, and Coa :he South. All pass through Richn o out on next train. Shipments mn n S. C. the next morning.. .All goods guaranteed under Pure Name 4 qts. ld Capitol Rye$57 Fern Spring Rye 4-5C John Black's Private S. 4.Oc E. E. Goff AAAA Rye 3-5c Belle Haven Rye 3 oc Red Deer Corn 3-oc Old Bonded Corn 4.5C Red Deer Gin 3.oc Hermitage Gin 3.8c In Bulk. .i gal. AA Rye $2.50 AAA Rye 3-50 Straight 8 Yrs. Old Rye 5.25' AA Corn. 2.50 AAA Corn 3-50 AA'Giu 2.50 AAA Gin -3.50 iMPORTED AND BONDED G4 are in Stock. Price list sent on apj Remember, I pay express charges Post-office Order, Express money 01 exchange or Cashier's check. JOHN E 712 East Broad St., ........... I ,,~ . ;,.. ~.. WOMEN'S WOES. Newberry Women Are Finding Re lief at Last. It does seem that women have more than a fair share of the aches amnd pains that afflict humanity; they must "keep up," must attend to duties in spite of constantly ach ing backs, or headaches, dizzy spells, bearing-down pains; they must stoop over, when to stoop means torture. They must work and bend and work with racking pains and many aches froga kidney ills. Kidneys cause more suffering than any other organ of the body. Keep the kidneys well and health is easily maintained. Read of a remedy for kidneys only that helps and cures the kidneys and is endorsed by people you know. -Mrs. Anna Leopard, Mill Compa ny's House, Newbirry, S. C., says: "I used Doan's Kidney Pills and they proved of the greAest benefit. I was subject to attacks of back ache which kept me in misery. The kidney secretions were also unnatu ral and plainly gave proof that my kidneys were out of order. Hearing Doan's Kidney Pills highly recom mended, I procured a box at W. E. Pelham & Son's and since using them I have mot been bothered by backaches or any other kidney dis orders." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,, New York, sole ageuts for the Unit ed States. Remember the name-Doan's and take no other. LYNN HAVEN bay Oysters on the shell. All meats and game of the season served on short notice. Jones' Restaurant. 3-14-10-tf. . TO DRAW JURY. Notice is hereby given that we the unidersigned Jury Commissioners for Newberry County, S. C., will on the 4th day of March, 1910, at nine o'clock A. M., in the office of the Clerk of Court, openly and publicly draw the names of thirty-six men who shall serve as petit jurors at the Court of General Sessions, which will convene at Newberry, S. C., on the 21st day of March, 1910. And we will also, at the same time and place, openly pnd publicly draw the names of twelve (12) men who shall serve as Grand Jurors for one year.\ Jno. L. Epps, Bug. S. Werts, Jno. C. Goggans, Jury Commissioners for Newberry County, S. C. 2-22-td. SALB BY ADINISTEATEII. Pursuant to an order ,of the Pro bate Court of Newberry County, I will sell at public outcry, for cash, to the highest 'bidder, before the Court House door, at Newberry, S. C., on the 7th day of March, 1910, at 11 o'clock A. M., seven shares of the apital stoek of the National Bank of Newberry, S. C., of the par value of one hundred dollars eadl', proper ty of the estate of Mrs. K. H. Cook, deeased. .Mary E. Epting, Qualified Administratrix. 2-22-4t-2taw. IWhiskey? 4 he Express. , st Line reach nearly every point in ond. Orders received on one mail ade from this point reach any place Food and Drugs Act. 8 qts. Case12 qts. $11.00 $15-00 8-75 12.50 - 7.75 10-50 6.75 9.50 4 5 75 8-50 5-75 8.50 8.75, 12.00 5-75 8.50 7.40 10-oo 2 gal. 3 gal. 4 gal. $-5$6.85 $9.10 6.8o . 9.20 12.20 ro.00 14-75 18.50 4.75 6 85 -9-10 6.80 9.20 12.20 4.75 6.85 9.1o 6.8o 9.20 12.20 )ODS,-Brandies, Wines and Beer lication. on all goods except on beer. Send der, Registered letter, New York ThLAQK, Richmond, Va. 4. BANKING F ith ample workin; tional collection ar a thoroughly organi2 this bank has the a tion to extend to its facility warranted I tive banking. 4 00 Paid onSav The Comme Of Newber Ihe Bank that away. A Bank Wi Deposits Janar $160,01 Reason, Conserv We are prepared, ready an greatest possible service to people in the greatest numi OUR FACILITIES LARGE AND SMALL A] same careful attention. The Excha IThe Newest Bank ill What Shal the Depends upon the seed you s to waste good money and hard et this is just what happens wv I can promise you seed certair ~an be done. My seeds arefr most reliable of growers. I recommend them with confi nd Garden Seeds at. w. o.*W1 The Cr Profi If you have newer used Peruvian Guano you have fi newer realized the greatest it possible yields from your soiL. 11 Peruvian Guano is the -excre ment of birds that inhabit the a rocky coasts of Peru and adja- k Cent..islands. -i The.e birds live on fish, hencethisfertilizerisespecially tr -rich in cerinelemaents. U These elemens are in differ- .A *ent forms some slowly and. be some quickly active, which Yi thus furnish nourishment tothe V plant from start to maturity, it PERUVIAN GUAI CORPORATIOTh CHARLESTON, 8, C. ACILITIES g capital, excep rangements, and ed office system, bility and disposi customers every y safe, conserva mgsAccounts. treat you rh.. D a Policy! , 1st, 1910 d willing to renden the. the greatest numaber of er of ways. 10OUNTS receive the~ Nears By aw. It ipuet be ~anoying work to little or no purpose. hen you plant poor seed& ty, as near as such a thingi .h. They come from thde dece. - Allsort. oflow~" cer.. Peruvian Guano is digested 3h and should not be con wsed with inferior products ke bat guano, etc. Many of our farmers have ied Peruvian Guano and se what enormous crops will produce. We have a beautifully flue ased book which tolls of this oiiderful products of natuza. songto to1ay. 6 - O-~