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E0 ESTABLISHED 1865 NEWBERRY, S. C.. FRIDAY. FEBRUA,\RY. 2 1904. TWICE A WEEK. S1.50 A YEAR TEN CIRCUITS BILL KILLED JY THE HOUSE MAJOrITY FAVORED SUCH A MEASURE, BUT COULDN'T AGREE. Bil-Proposing a License Tax on Corpora tions-only Three Weeks More of the Session. Columbia, February i.-Today being salesday, both houses of the general assembly adjourned on Sat urday until tomorrow at noon. 'The two measures of most im portance and of most general in terest which have come up during the past several days were the several bills to provide for the creation of additional judicial circuits and the bill imposing a license tax on cor porations. The former were killed in the house after a great deal of discussion. No action has yet been taken on the latter but it has been made a special order in the house for tomorrow. ADDITIONAL CIRCUITS BILL. Practically the whole time of the house on Thursday and Friday was given to the discussion of bills which sought to give relief to the crowded condition of the criminal and civil dockets of the courts. 'here were three measures before the house and each was taken up and killed. A very large majority of the members of the house thought that some relief was necessary, but the measures failed for the reason that those who wanted some meas ure passed could not agree upon the measure. There were two bls before the house for the creation of two addi tional circuits. The measure known as the committee bill placed New berry. Greenwood, Laurens and Abbevii'- in the same circuit, while the Magill bill placed Newberry, Greenwood, Laurens, Edgefield and Saluda in one circuit. Then Mr. DeBruhl had a bill which sought to divorce the civil from the criminal courts. The point was made t-at the con stitution provides for two circuit court-, one civil and -the other criminal. 'The three measures were dis cussed by the house during the en tire session on Thursday and this discussion was continued when the house met on Friday. A vote was taken on each bill separately and each bill was killed. This action on the part of the house means that in all probability no relief will be secured from the present session of the general assem bly. It is possible, however, that the house may get together on a senate bill. LICENSE TAX BILL. Probably the most important bill that has been introduced at the pre sent session of the general assembly is the license tax bill, prepared and presented by the tax commission, consisting of Senators Manning and Mower and Representatives Thom as, Moses and Tatum. The bill, it will be seen, is aimed entirely at corporate interests. The measure provides for a report to be made to the secretary of State by certain corporations named, and further provides: Section 4. Every corporation or ganized under the laws of this State bto do business for profit other than rnaira cnmpanies. express coin panies, street railway companies, navigation companies. waterworks companies, power companies, light companies. telephone companies, parlor, dining and sleeping car com panies, shall, upon Ahe filing of the report required if th:n in Section :, pay to the Secretary of State on or before the 1st day of April in each year an annual license fee of one-half of one mill upon each dol lar subscribed to the capital stock of said corporation, said license fee not to be less than ten dollars in any case. Section 5. Upon the filing of the report required of foreign corpora tions in SeCtion 2, the Secretary of State shall from the facts thus re ported, and any other facts coming to his knowledge, determine the value of the property of such cor poration used within this State by them in the conduct of their busi ness, and shall charge and collect from such company, in addition to the initial fees provided for in the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1902, and Acts amendatory thereto, an annual license fee of one-half of one mill upon.,each dollar of the value of the property of each cor poration used within this State in the conduct of its business. Section io That the said State board of assessors shall, after as certaining the gross receipts for business done in South Carolina or the gross earnings from its opera tion within South Carolina of any railroad company, express com pany, street railway company, navigation company, water-works company, power company, light company, telephone company, telegraph company, parlor, dining and sleeping car company, notify the Secretary of State of the amount thereof on or before the ist day of May of each year. and the Secre tary of State shall there-upon pro ceed to charge and collect from such company, and such company shall pay to the said Secretary of State an annual license fee of three mills on the gross income of such company for business done within South Carolina for the preceding fiscal year, which license fee shall be paid by such corporation on or before the ist day of June in every year. UNCONTESTED MATTERS. Both houses on Saturday devoted themselves largely to the consider ation of routine and uncontested matters. Thus a great many mea sures of a purely local nature were rushed through. SCHOOl DISTRICT NO. 14. Representative Aull has succeed ed in getting through the house a bill carrying out the suggestions of the citizens' meeting on the school question held at Prosperity last Tuesday. The bill provides for an election in School District No. 1 4, in Newberry county, upon the ~question of an issue of bonds for the amount of $3,500 for the pur pose of erecting a new school build ing and purchasing a lot therefor. OTHER MATTLERS. A number of new bills have been introduce~d. Proprietor Wheeler Weds. Cards are out announcing the marriage of Proprietor Samuel Wheeler of the Columbia hotel to Miss Emily Marie Noterman of Hendersonville, N. C. The cere mony occurred at the home of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs Joseph Noterman, in Hendersonville, on the 28th of January. Mr. and Mrs W heeler will be at h .me to their friends in Columbia after the 2oth of February. Mr. Wheeler's many friends in this, his native county, wisfl for him and Mrs. Wheeler much hap NEWBERRY COUNTY'S LIST OF PENSIONERS THE BOARD MET YESTERDAY AND PASSED ON APPLICATIONS. There Have Been Several Additions and Transfers-A Few Names Dropped From the Rolls. The county pension board met vesterday in the auditor's office and passed on a number of applications for pensions. The roll as finally made up by the board is printed below. There was about a dozen additions and several names were transferred from one class to an other. Less than a dozen names were dropped on account of death or other circumstance. There were present at the meet ing Chairman W. G. Peterson, Messrs L. M. Speers, D. W. Kinaid and Dr. S. Pope. Mr. R. T. C. Hunter, the other member, was not present on account of sickness. THE ROLL. The complete roll, as finally made up, giving the names of all those from this county who, in the opin ion of the board, are entitled to pensions, and the various classes in which they have been placed, is as follows: CLASS B. This class composes those who lost an arm or a leg in the service pension, $o6 per year: J N Bass, W R Jones, George Lester. CLASS C., NO. I. This class composes those who were wounded in the service-pen sion, $48 per year: Rainey Hitt, J Philip Kinard, G. D. Lathrop, F. D. Moats, T M Smith, W P Wil liams, H D Cannon, G S Noland, John Sheppard, J. Press Kinard. CLASS C. NO. 2. This class composes those who were in the service and who are now above the age and included under other conditions prescribed by law-pension to be determined, last year about $17: W J .Beden baugh, D.T Boozer, F A Boozer, Levi Britt, J T Calmes, J D Cannon, J B Chambers, M H Livingston, J P Blair, Wade H Setzler, E P Bradley, D D Willard, M M Dick ert, T J Eison, J H Alewine, Joel T Crisp, W P Davenport, R S Da videon, W T Dennis, 0 A Dickert, John A Enslow, G D Fant, W B Franklin, Levi 3 Fulmer. J H Gail lard, Walker M Glymnphe, W W Griffin, Levi Gruber, J H Kibler, Levi Kibler, James Lester, D T Livingston, D W Livingston, Y C Myers, Haokett Poague, J B Quat tiebaum, B W Reese, W E Ruther ford, D E Sease, E C Cromer, F M Smith, J W Swindler, G W Thrift, J W Tolbert, H G Turner, 3 T Weed, Belton Wicker, W D Clop ton, E S Cromer, G S Livingston, James A Riser, B P Boozer, W R Elmore, WV P Fulmer, Jonathan Werts, W WV Willinghami, R. B. Livingston. CLASs c. NO. This class includes widows.whose husbands were killed ur did in the army-pension $48 per year: Sarah H Bright, Emiein . Cromer, E R Lake, Rebecca J Thomipson. Amr. da Bridges, Mary 3 Dickert, M R Hunter, Margaret Kisard, Caroline hapman, Elizabeth Kelly, L M K;ier, Mary Oxner, M C E Wheeler. CLASS c., NO. 4. This class includes widows over 6o-pension, same as Class C., No. 2: Catherine Bedenbaugh, Sarah J Bishop, Rebecca C Boozer, E C Brooks, Louisa Brown, L Frances Campbe'l, Ann S Campsen, T C Cannon, Elizabeth Cromer, Marga ret E Cromer, Mary Cromer, Re becca Cromer, Bettie L Davenport, Cat herineDehart.Nancy C Dickert, Harriet R Epps, Margaret Epting, Elizabeth Felker, S E Fellers, S L Garlington, Mary C Graham, S C Halfacre, Nancy C Harris, E V Chalmers, Matilda Beacham, Jane Hendrix, Rebecca J Hendrix, Mar tha Herbert, Emily Horton, So phronia Hardy, R Jane Johnson, S C Kinard, S E Koon, Mary Ann Long, F S McGowan, M M Mann, Louisa L Mayer, Elizabeth Metts, Jane A Montgomery, Dolly Morris, Elizabeth C Neel, Mary Nesley, C L Rhodes, Nancy E Richardson, Frances Rikard, Margaret A Ringer, Julia Sanders, Marcello Schautz, M J Senn, Elizabeth Sheely, R Catherine Sheely, Eliza Sheppard, H L Sligh, Mary F Stillwell. Nancy otockman, Mary M Stuck; Sarah '.'odd, Drucillar Tygert, Martha Wilson, A E Crooks, Sallie Holt, S E Henry, Catharine Moon, L M Merchant, Harriet F McCarley, Margaret Reeder, S A Reid I, M Wertz, Margaret C Clamp, Jane Havird, Julia A Kibler, S N Maf fett, M S Perry, R M Waits, Jane W. Tobias, transferred from Claren don.;. Sarah L. Johnson, Nancy Swittenberg. Death 4f Mrs Wright. Mrs. Irabel Jane Wright, relict of the late Mr. F. Z. Wright, of Laurens, died at the home of her son-in-law, Mr. G. F. Little, in Laurens county, on the 3oth ultimo, after a long illness, at the age of 72 years, and was buried in the Lau rens cemetery on Sunday. She was a consistent member of the Presby terian church and a thorough Chris tian, and was noted for her many good qutlities. Her most intimate friends knew her to be one of the noblest and best all through her long and useful life. Besides an extensive circle of relatives and friends. including a large number of grandchildren and several great grandchildren, her surviving chil dren are: Mrs. Geo. F. Little, of Lanrens county, Mr. Z. B. Wright, of Whitmire, Mr. W. F. Wright, of Laurens county, Mr. R. D. Wright, of Newberry, Mr. Geo. P. Wright, of Atlanta, Ga., Mr. Has kell Wright, of Newberry, and Mr. Julian Wright, of Houston, Texas. Rev. W. B. AtEl to Preach in Chcao. Rev. W. B. Aull, cf Dyson, S. C., post-graduate student@t theChicago Seminary, will supply the pulpit of Wicker Park Lutheran church, Chicago, during the absence of the pastor, Rev. Austin D. Crile, who has been granted six months' leave of absence on account of illness ot his wife, and has gone to New Mexico wi: h his family. The con gregation is a large one, with a Sunday-school numbering nearly Soo-. Pastor Aull is instructing a large catechetical class.-Lutheran Viitor. THAT DEBT BE FUNDED; RECURRENCE PREVENTED CITIZENS' MEETING CLEARLY AND DEFI NITELY EXPRESSED ITSELF. Amendment to Town Charter Proposed. Council Requested to Suspend License Ordinance for Twelve Months. The citizens' meeting held on Friday afternoon very clearly and definitely expressed itself in regard to the license ordinance. A com munication to council was adopted recommending that the interest bearing debt of the town be funded at 4yz per cent. and coupon bonds issued therefor, a levy of one mill being provided to pay interest and to retire the bonds; and that the license ordinance be suspended for twelve months and that it shall-hot. go into effect then unless after a fair test the revenues shall have been found insufficient to meet the current expenses. Then, in order to prevent the re currence of a floating debt after the present debt shall have been pro vided for, unanimous action was taken looking towards amending the charter of the town so that it shall be unla*ful for any municipal officer to incur a debt except after the manner prescribed by law for State and county officers. The amendments proposed make it un lawful for any municipal officer to incur a debt in a sum in excess of the tax levy or an amount appro priated for that specific purpose, or to divert the funds arising from the tax levy for one fiscal year to the payment of an indebtedness in curred for a previous year, or to draw a warrant for a public debt except upon money then actually to his credit, and also make it un lawful to divert the funds zaised for one specific purpose to purposes other than that for which they were raised. The meeting was called to hear the report of the committee pre viously appointed to confer with council in regard to the matter. i As the committee stated in their re port below, it had as yet not had opportunity to meet with council except in an informal way, but had prepared the communication to coun cil which was adopted. The meeting was held in the court house and was attended by abzut 75 citizens. There was a gen eral desire to get down to business and to take some definite action in order to bring the whole matter to some conclusion, and there was very little discussion. The meeting was called to order by the chairman, Dr. George B. Cromer. 'THE COMMITTEE REPORT. The committee, through its chair man, Col. George Johnstone, re ported that it had met with council and in an informal way had dis cussed the whole matter. Finding that it was impossible .for all seven of the .ommittee to get together, a sub-committee of three was ap pointed to confer with a similar committee from council. This sub committee was informed by the act ing mayor that council, being satis fled with its ordinance and having no amend-nents which it desired to make, desired to act as a unit and refused to appoint a sub-committee. Tf the committee from citizens had