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1C. H. AUI,,, HDITOR. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. (Editorial Correspondence.) Columbia. January 25.-- Nov that the elections are over the leg islature can get down to work There has been a great rush of nev bills at this session. A great main bills have been killed and none o very great importance has beet passed. The past week was broker into by the elections, which took al of Thursday. There wis no ses sion on Monday and Tuesday. Hon. H. H. Evans had easy sail ing for chairman of the board o directors of the dispensary, receiv ing almost two votes to one givei his opponent, though Mr. McDer mott, who ran against him, is q most excellent gentleman. The vote stood 99 to 56 in favor o Evans. Mr. W. 0. Tatum, who wa: elected dispensary commissioner is an Orangeburg farmer and i mieIber of the legislattre. le hiai long beenii a warm friend of tile dis. pensary and is a successiul busiines Imn Ie \wls elcted without op. marIkable fr )o good a position for the paIy of this job is exactl. what We pa u lt overnor, Ml,lo o an1d Ilore .tian Lilhe pav of the chie justice ot the supreme court. Thc business of the ills'itutioll will bx safe in the hands of N;r. Tatumi. The other mIIeIIIbCrs of the boar( of directors ele:cteL are lHon. Johr Bell Towill, a member of the house from Lexington, and a young mai of high character and sterling qual ities of head and heart; and Mr. H. W. Boykin, of Kershaw. Mr Boykin is a successful farmer an was a candidate for this same posi. tion two years ago. These tw< were elected oil the first hallot ove two opponents of high character.M i J. B. Wylie, of Chester, and IHon R. H. Walker, of Barnwell, a mem her of the present house. The election of Miss Linne La borde as State librarian over severa applicants for the place oin the tirs billot is a deserved compliment to most excellent an( a m1ost (leserv ing young ladly. The other elections were held o Thursday eveninig and thlere~ wer few. candidates. Thlese inicludeC trustees of the various colleges an resulted as follows: Members of the board of trustee bor the South Carolina College, C. I Speer, of Yorkville; Rob)ert 1 I lamer, Jr. , of Marion. Trustees of Clemson Agricultuirt College, G. Dunncan Belliniger, < Columbia; Jesse 11. HIardin, Chester; Ivy M. Mauldin, of Pich ens. Trustees of the State Colored Co lege, at Orangeburg, A. G. Bric< of Chester; J. W. Floyd, of Kei sh aw. Trustees for Wnthrop Norms and Industrial College, D. W. M< Laurin, of Marion; Dr. T. A. Craw~ ford, of Rock Hill. Trrustees for the Citadel, Cot. C S. Gadsden, of Charleston; W. \M Lewis, of Yorkville. It is all a mistake abotut Mr. I A. Sease being legislated out of hi office as a trustee of Clemson Co lege. The commliittee to whom we referred the vacancies to be fille reported three vacancies on tbi board of the college but no oI seemed to know whose terms ha expired, except that there was tlh unexpired termi of Mr. Garris,< spartanbnrg, who dhiedl the pal year. It was also stated th: the term of Mr. Jesse, Hardit of Spa rtanbhurg, had expiredl and Ii was nomninated to stucceedI hi msel The president,'f t he joinit assemibl held that as thle.comiit tee reporte three places to be filled, t'ie election could not proceed until three names were presented, whereupon Mr. Mauldin, of Pickens, was nomi nated and the three were voted for. After the ballot had proceeded some one suggested that term of Mr. L. A. Sease, of Newberry, had ex pired. An examination of the journal of the house disclosed that Mr. Sease was elected in 190 , and , again in j902, and as the term is tour years it was concluded that the first election was for an unex pired term and the second for a full term, making it expire in 1906. There should be a record kept in the office of the secretary of State and it would be done if these trus r1tees were commissioned, though Mr. Sease tells us he has his con inission for four years from 1902. The same thing happened with the trustees of Winthrop, though Senator Tillnian was actually left off the board of that institution, whereas in the Clemson matter it seems only ,ne too niany was elected. Dr. Crawford has resigned and this will require a neV election and it is presuied Sen-ator Tillman will be elccted. ThLCre were more can1di(lates for members of the board oI venliteltiay directOrs thanl an v other oiCe. Mr. 1). B. l1eurifoy, of Saluwa, who nas one klected, is known to man Ne\herry people. The other sue Cestil canididate was lIon. J. 1). Wingo, ot Greenlvillke, a member of the house. Mr. Kilbler vsl iintroduced his inl surance hill again this year. It passed tlie house last year but was killed in the senate by a very close vote. Mr. Banks' bill to require school trustees to he freeholders was killed. Mr. Aull has introduced a road bi!l which has been pliblislied in The Her,-dd and News and a bill to provide for rural school libraries. le had prepared a bill on la*-or con tracts but itiasmtch as a bill n hich was broughit over from last year embodied about the same provisiv;ns lie advocated it. Two bills on this 1 subject have passed the house. t They provide as follows: 1 "ScCtioln 357. Any laborerwork . ing on shares of crop, or for wa ges iIll money, or other valuable Considierationl. unlder a verbal or -writeii contract oi farm lands, who e shall receive advances, either in mioniey or supplies and, thereafter, xvi wifully and without juLst cause fail to performi the reasonable service reqluired of him byli the terms of the s smid contract, shall he liable to pros5 ecuion a for a m:isdemneanor ; and, p)rov ided , thle proseacution shall be donuniieniced wit hin tort y da:1ys a fter thie alleged violation, and, on con Ivict ion, shall be punished by im prisonmnent. of 30 dlays, or to be ined in: the sunm of not less than: $50, nor more than $roo, in the discretioni of the court; provided, the verbal contract herein referred to shall be witnessed by at least twc disiiterested witnesses; provided that the contract shall be valid only between the original parties theretc and any attempted transfer or as 1sign ment of any rights thereunder shall be null and void.'' "A bill to amend the Criminal -Code (Vol. 2, Code of Laws, 1902), as to Labor contracts. "Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: "Section i. That the Criminal -Code (Vol.2, Code of Laws, 1902), s be amiended by adding after Section 357 a section to be known as Section s 357a. to read as follows : "Sec. 357a. That a conviction o: Seither party mentioned in Sec. 355 e andc 357 of the Criminal Code (Vol. e 2, Code of Laws, 1902), for viola d tion of such contract as is nmenitioned e in said sections, shall not operate as a release or discharge of s ch person from: the performance of any t part ofsaidl contract which is to be t performned subsequent to the datt of the breach for which such con. vict ion was had : Provided, how ver, that such person shall not he criminally liable for the n:on-per Y formuance of any obligation duLe tc cl h e n)erformie(l clririw the peid o time such person may be under going imprisonment." The question of taxation will be under coisideration. this week There will be several bills before the legislature on thi, most imipor tant question and it is difficult at this time to forecast the outcome. A bill has been introduced to provide for a secretary of immigra tion n.id also a hi!! io provide for an inspector of oils. These with Mr. Kibler's insurance bill would create three new State oflicers. The estimate submitted by the couty supervisor for Newberry provides for a levy of 3,' mills. The delegation met with Mr. Hunter, clerk, and went ovetr the imatter with him. Another meet ing will be held this week when the delegation will decide what the levy shall be. Cures Blood, Skin Trouble, Cancer, Blood Poison, Greatest Blood Purifier Free. 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B. is especially advised for chronie, deep-seated cases of impurle blood alnd skinl disease, and cures aft,e- all vlse falls. STA''I1 01F SOUTH CAlROLINA, COUNTY OF NE\Vl3ERRY--IN COnlION PLEAS. Francis L. Britt, Plaintiff, aguinst Ezylphia Gauntt, Dolly .rogden, Eliza Gunter, Polly Gunter, Alfred Gauntt, Jacob Gauntt, Mrs. Rish, John Lindsay, Henry Lindsay, Fan ny Lindsay, Eliza Ann Killough, iM artha Ann Johnson, Eloise \) at thews, the heirs at law of Henry Gauntt, and the heirs at law of Isreal Gauntt, whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiff. Defendants. Summons for Relief. [Complaint filed.] IY OU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the com plaint in this action which is filed in the ollice of Clerk of Court for said county, State aforesaid, and to serve a Copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribe. at the law ollice of' Lam hert W. Jones at Newberry. South Carolina. within twenty days after the service hereof; exclusive of the day of suech service; and if you fiail to answer the comiplaint within the time ator( saidl, the pllaintiff in this action will ap l1y to the Court for the relictf demand edl in the compllainit. LAMlERT W. JONES, P laintitl''s At torney. [J. F. J. CA LlDWELL,1 ot Counsel. D)ated Oct. 18, A. D). l897. P) the IDeftend ants. liz,a Gun t er, P olly Gunter, .\lvs Rish, also the hejirs a't law of IHenry ( ;auntt and heirs at law of Isr'eal Gauntt, whose names an lcsof residlence are unknown TPake notice that the complaint in this action together with the summons, of which the foregoing is a cop)y, wvere filed with the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for Newberr-y County, in the State of South Carolina, on the fourteenth (lay of October, A. D. 1899. LAMBERT W. JONES, Plaintiff's Attorney. Newb'erry, S. C. ,.THE... People's National Bank PROSPERITY, S. C. CAPITAL STOCK $25,000. 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