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EI U0 11 I I T A S. ESTABLISHED 1865 NEWBERRY. S. C., FR1DA Y, TANUARY 29, 1904. TWICE A WEEK, 81.50 A YEAR THE PEOPLE WILL VOTE ON BIENNIAL SESSIONS. SENATE RESOLUTION GIVEN THIRD READING IN HOUSE. A Great Deal Of Important Work Trans acted By The General Assembly This Week. Columbia, January 28.-Much!, work of importance and of general interest has been transacted by the general assembly this week. The joint resolution passed I last year by the senate pro viding for biennial sessions passed its third reading in theli louse on Wednesday by a bare 1 two-thirds majority and this much- C discussed question will now be sub mitted to the people. There was a 1 hard fight to put the bill through its third reading, on account of the 5 absence' of members. On the first i ballot the vote stood 78 to 28, 83 t being necessary to pass the bill. The vote was reconsidered and t-e t reconsideration postponed until 12 S o'clock. At that time a second I ballot was taken and there were 83 1 votes in favor of the bill, exactly the number required to pass the bill. This question has been agitated 1 in the general assembly since 1896. It now goes before the people. BIENNIAL SESSIONS. The biennial sessions resolution p came up in the house on Tuesday. a it was the same resolution which b passed the senate last year, and af- t ter a long discussion a yea and nay i vote was taken, and the resolution v was ordered to its third reading by a v vote of 87 to 30. The entire New- b berry delegation voted for the pas sage of the resolution. t The resolution as it passed the b house is as follows: c Section i. That the following amendmcnt to the constitution of the State of South Carolina be sub mitted to the qualified electors of i the State at the next general elec- t tion for Representatives, and if a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General a Assembly, voting thereon, shall I vote in favor of such amendment, g and a majority of each branch of the b General Assembly shall, after such election, and before another, ratify the same amendment by yeas and nays, Section 9, of Article III, of s the Constitution, relating to the s Legislative department, be amended c by adding after the word "place'' t in line ten of sad section the words "until the end of the session occur. ring in 1906, after which the said I sessions be held at the same time and place biennially," so that said section as amended shall read as follows: LThe annual session of the General IAssembly heretofore elected, fixed Iby the Constitution of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-eight,to 1 convene on the fourth Tuesday ot November, in the year of eighteent hundred and ninety-five, is hereby postponed, and the same shall be convened and held in the city of Columbia on the second Tuesday of 1 January in the year eighteen hun dred and ninety-six. The first session of the General Assembly elected under this Con stitution shall convene in Columbia on the second Tuesday in January, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. and thereafter an nually at the same time and place until the end of the session occur ring in 1906, after which the said sessions shall be held at the same . time and place biennially. Should the casualties of war or cotaosm dease render it un safe to meet at the seat of govern ment, then the Governor may, by proclamation, appoint a more secure and convenient place of meeting. Members of the General Assembly shall not receive any compensation or more than forty days of any one session: Provided, that this lmita ion shall not affect the first four ;essions of the General Assembly ander this Constitution. Section 2. That the question of idopting the amendment prefacea n the foregoing section shall be sub nitted to the electors as follows: 'h(se in favor of the amendment ;hall deposit a ballot with the fol owing words plainly printed or vritten thereon: "Constitutional tmendment to Section 9, of Arti,;:le :II, of the State Constitution, add ng after the word 'place' in line ten f said section the words 'until the nd of the session occurring in 1906, Lfter which the said sessions shall e held at the same time and place >iennally'-Yes." Those opposed to said amendment hail cast a ballot with the follow ng words plainly printed or written hereon: "Constitutional amend nent to Section 9 of Article III of he State Constitution, adding after he word 'place' inline ten of said, ection the words 'until the end of he session occurring in go6, after hich the said sessions shall be held t the same time and place bienni lly'-No." If no other resolution passes and be people vote "yes" on the amend 3ent there will be biennial sessions fter 1906. B. AND L. TAXATIGN. Another very important measure assed'by the house on Tuesday, fter considerable argument, was Ir. Whaley's bill which exempts be stock of legitimate building and >an associations from the taxation -hich it was recently held the vere liable for. The bill was pass( t y an almost unanimous vote. Unfortunately, on Wednesday be bill was recommitted. It may e passed yet, however, when it omes up again for third reading. AS To SPECIAL COURTS. It was announced in the last ;sue ot The Herald and News that be house on Monday killed Mr. laskell's bill to repeal the statute llowing the appointment of special udges upon the petition of any iven bar or the solicitor. The ill was killed by a vote of 50 to 9. It was argued by many of hose who opposed the bill that pecial courts and special judges hould not be abolished until the reation of new circuits, several of hose who took part in the debate .ganst the bill saying they would, avor its passage after some action' vhich would give the proper re ief from over-crowded dockets. THE CLEMSON SCHOLARSHIPS. At the night session of the house in Wednesday Mr. D. 0. Herbert's i to provide beneficiary scholar hips in Clemson college was passed o its third reading after a long de >ate. The only change made in he bill was that it was made to >rovide for either agricultural or nechanical scholarships. The bill >rovides for as many $r oo scholar hips in each county as there are nembers of the house. THAT FERTILIZER FACTORY. Though the senmate has already :illed two bills looking to the estab ishment of a State fertilizer factory, 3enator Warren has introduced an >her resolution with the same idea n view. The senate on the previous day iad killed the house resolution pro.. GOOD COTTON SALES. Fifteen Cents a Pound Paid for Large Quantities-Seed Cotton Worth Having These Days. Laurens, Jan. 27.-Yesterday Smith Bros., of Kinards, in Newber ry county, close to the county line, solid to William L Gray of this city 625 bales of cotton at 15 cents the pound. This price was for the run of the cotton. regardless of grades. The total price rea:ized was about $47,ooo. The Messrs. Smith are merchants and farmers They pro duced a consider able portion of the :otton and bought the remainder when the price was far below what it is now. About ioo other bales were sold yesterday, the highest price being 15 1-8. WELL DONE. Report of the Special Committee to Ex amine Into the Condition of the State Colleges. At the last session of the general assembly Senator Hardin and Rep resentatives Rainsford and Kibler were appointed as members of the committee, in accordance with the provisions of an act, "to examine into the expenditu.res of the appro priations for State educational insti tutions and the conditions of the same." Mr. Kibler is secretary of' the committee. The committee visited all the State colleges and submitted their report under date of January 20. The report appears in the journal of the senate of the 22nd instant and fills about thirty one pages of that publication. It si a lengthy and comprehensive report and shows evidences of careful and thorough work on the part of the committee. It is too voluminous to be reproduced in these columns and is too concise to be condensed. It will repay perusal by those who are sufficiently interested to secure a copy. The committee had an arduous undertaking, but they did their work well and have contribut ed a valuable document to the gen eral assembly. The report makes interesting reading, full of important information, and is a complete sur vey of the field laid down by the legislature. Death of Mr. H. M. Domirick. Mr. Henry M. Dominick died at his home in Stony Battery township on the 2oth inst., in the 76th year of his age, and was buried at Pros perity. He was a member of Beth el Baptist church. The old vali ant veterans are passing away. The deceased leaves three sons, Messrs. Simpson, Brady and Snowden Dominick. viding for an investigation into the advisability of the matter by the State penitentiary authorities, the senate resolution to this effect hav ing already been killed. The sen ate resolution had been indefi nitely postponed in the house. THE SHAD BILL. The senate slightly amended the shad bill, passed it through its third reading and it became a law. BA BY CAR RIAGES As BAGGAGE. The senate has passed a bill re quiring common carriers to carry bicycles and baby carriages under the same rules and subject to the same liabilities as govern trunks and other separate baggage of IGETTING TOGETHER FOR NEW SCHOOL BUILDING THE SECOND CITIZENS' MEETING HELD AT PROSPERITY. An Election To Be Held On The Question Of Issuing Bonds To The Amount Of $3,500. Prosperity, Jannary 28.-The citizens' meeting set for Tuesday last, at 3 o'clock p. m., to hear rec ommendations of the committee of twelve previously appointed, was called to order by Chairman C T. Wyche. The report of the committee was read by Mr. T. A. Dominick in.the absence of Mr. J. H. Hunter, the committee's chairman. This report recommended a frame building not to exceed in cost $3, 5oo to be raised by an issue of bonds and that in this act creating the bond issue be incorporated the governmental machinery of the Newberry graded schools. The cbitf interest centred around the cost of the building and there was a strong feeling that it should be increased, and with the understand ing that the committee would give further consideration to its report the citizens adjourned to meet at 8 o'clock. The attendance at the evening meeiug showed a growing in terest in the school house question. The committee recommended that the amended act of the last legisla ture be re-enacted with a few changes: That $3,500 be substi tuted for $5,ooo and the trustees be named in the act.. For the trustees the committee named five citizens of the district. Except the naming of the trus tees, this report was adopted. Tne adoption of this report of the committee will do much toward harmonizing the school' interest in the district and it is believed that the bond issue will now meet with but little opposition. Of course, everybody is not perfectly satisfied. There are some who believe that the school interest is sacrificed in a bond issue for less than $5,ooo. There are oth rs who feel a little grieved because the trustees are not to be named in the act. But these are some of the gives and takes and the compromises where there is any forward movement. NEWS FROM PROSPERITY. School Qnestion Now Uppermost In the Minds of the People-Coming At tracton-Personal. Prosperity, January 28.-The schoolhouse question is uppermost in the minds of most of our people this week, and if we are discreet a school builing for this district will be ready for the next session. Only reasonable concessions are needed to bring our people together and to keep them together. Dr. C. T. Wyche has been off a few days to Saisbury, N. C., on proessional business. The Arion male quartette will be here on the evening of February 6. All lovers of music should hear them. Mr. Jno D. Boozer, who has been in the C., N. & L. office here with Mr. D. WV. Boland, is now in charge of the office at Goldville, T ansn county. We hope for Mr. Boozer a big measure of success. Mrs. Janie S. Reagin is now oc cupying her new house on Elm street. Miss Marie Lorick has returned to her home at Irmo. Mr. and Mrs. C. Kennedy have returned to their home at Due West. Miss Ethel Paysinger is here with friends and relatives. Mr. Tom Johnson, of Newberry, has been here on a visit. Mrs. Addie Hodges, of Spartan burg, is spending some time with the family of Mr. A. H. Hawkins. Mrs. L. C. Merchant and chil dren are in Newberry with relatives. Mr. A. N. Crosson is in the Po maria section on business. Mrs. K. Baker is here 'with her mother, Mrs. S. C. Barre, who has been sick for quite a while. Miss Janie Kinard, of Leesville, is visiting friends and relatives around the old home. GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Items of More or Less Interest Condensed Outside the State. The national house of represen tatives has passed the army appro priationg bill, carrying approxi mately $75,ooo,ooo The U. S. senate has passed a bill providing for the appropriate marking of the graves of Confeder ate soldiers who died in northern prisons during the civil war and appropriating $2oo,ooo for this purpose. Former President Cleveland, when asked by the Associated Press ccrrespondent for his opinion of Wm. J. Bryan's statement that no man who voted for the Palmer Buckner ticket can be nominated by the Democrats, smiled and said: "I have not a word to say in the matter. except that Bryan has got the stage; let him go it. I guess that's definite enough." Whitaker Wright, who was once one of the kings of finance and courted by royalty, was found guil ty in London Tuesday afternoon of fraudulent practice in promoting gigantic financial schemes and was sentenced to seven years' penal ser vitude. Almost immediately after receiving his sentence Wright dropped dead in the ante-room of the court. Whether he took his life by poisoning or whether death in the "natural course robbed the lawv of its fulfillment will not be known until the post mortem. soutH CAROL.INA NEWS. Items Of More or Less Interest Condensed In the State. Jim Dorn, a negro, was shot and killed in his home at Trenton last week by another negro, Charles Bland. Dorn hac' requested Bland to leave on account of remarks made by him about Dorn's family. The Anderson chamber of com merce has outlined a plan to estab lished an institution at Anderson pat terned along the line of a county high school, but more advanced and thcrough, with two distinct course.r -one literary, and the other sdac tical and business. It is proposed to raise $roo,ooo, $25,ooo for equipment and the remainder for endowment.