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VOL. XLII. NO. 80 NEWBERRY. S. C.. FRIDAY JANUARY 20. 1905. TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAR nNy NEW MEASURES HIYE BEEN PROPOSE] LBOUT THREE HUNDRE] BILLS INTRODUCED. The Bills Introduced by the New berry Delegation-Newber ry Graded School Bill. Columbia, Jan. ig.-Today is th birthday of Gen. Robert E. Lee an is a legal holiday. In consequenc both branches of the general assen bly have adjourned until 12 o'cloc tomorrow. Several organizations i: the city will observe the day witd suitable and appropriate services. The session so far has about got ten started. A flood of new measure have been proposed but nothing a special interest has been done a there has not been time. The engros sing department has 'ground ou about three hundred new measure which propose some, amendment t( existing laws oi some entirely nev idea. The present house is composed o about 85 new members and. of course all of them have to try to do some thng, if for no other purpose, t( use as thunder before the dear peoph in a future campaign. As stated in my former letter thi dispensary, compulsory educatiorn some change in the jury law, a mar riage license bill of some kind amendments to the constitution ar< among the main question which seen to be in the minds of the members iudging from the number of bill! proposed on these subjects. The first fight of the session wa. last night before the committee or commerce and agriculture of th( house when the cotton mill represen tatives of the state appared befor( the committee to protest against th< ten hour labor law of Mr. Toole, o Aiken, as to employeels in cottor mills and the bill of Mr. Taylor o Newberry to make the fellow servan law apply-to cotton mill operatives Argument in favor of the bills wa made by Mr. Toole and Mr.-Clay of Aik en. Mr. Irby of Laurens and Mr. Tay lor of Newberry. Those opposed t< the bill were represented by Col. Or of Greenville, and Mr. L. W. Parke of Greenville. Representative J. W Ashley, of Anderson, also made; speech against the bills. The com mnittee decided to report the ten heou law of Mr. Toole favorably but gay the fellow servant law of Mr. Taylo * an unfavorable report. Mr. Earhardt's bill to provide fo the indexing of farm labor contract also received an unfavorable repor from the committee on agricultur but he managed to have it placed o: the calendar without immediate con sideration and the adoption of the tun favorable i-eport. It will come up fo debate in its regular order but th probability is it wIl be killed. Mr. Higgins' resolution providin: for a commissoin at four dollars an day mileage to sit during the reces to revise and simplify and unify th school law of the state, also receive an unfavorable report from the corr mittee on common schools. A dupl cate resolution has been introduce in the senate by Ser.ator R;aysor c Orangeburg and it is probable it wi pass the senat.e. but v.ill lik-ly me the fate of the Higgins re-sob' ni the house when it reaches that bod: though it frequently happens th3t th house passes a measure over the ur favorable report of a conmmnice. Mr. Higgins~ has a bill i.' the hous -.':-' of cour- -m rm. . t. i're Vi for an issue of $.,ooc in bondst build a school hones in the towa Whitmire for school purposes. Th .londs are to run for twenty year *t which time they are to bt paii including the interest. Mr. Higgins also has a bill ti aineid the school law in -eferenc. to the +ransfer of pupils from on, school district to another. As th law now stand it provides that th, trustees may transfer pupils o anothe district and the school to which the: e are transferred shall accept them. I I is proposed to change the "shall" v e "may" so that the school to whicl - they are transferred may or may no C accept them. In case the bill passe: , f trustees of one school district usi their discretion and transfer pupil: and the trustees of the school t< which they are transferred use theii - discretion and refuse to accept then s I presume such pupils would be wth f out a school home. - Mr. Higgins says he will also in t troduce a bill to exempt confederat< s soldiers who are doing business it ) partnership from their part of the li 7 cense tax. I'n the senate Mr. Blease's dispen sary investigating resolution ha. passed the senate unanimously witt a few amendments. It is now in th< house and is in the hands of the dis pensafy committee of that body. presume, of course, it will pass, as n( one who holds a public office of trus1 or profit could object to the fulles1 investigation of his acts and doing And as there are constant rumors- o: things not what they should be it i. well to hav.e a good and busines, committee to make a thorough inves tigation of these rumors. It is stated by some that this investigation wouli be a reflection on the legislative com mittee appointed every year to chec< up the books of the institution. Thi! committee is only charged with check ing up the books while ther esolutior of Mr. Blease covers other motter. in connection with th.e managemen1 of the institution. Senator Efird foi Mr. Towell, a member of the boarc from Lexington, stated that Towil wanted the fullest and most search ing investigation, whereupon Mr Biease stated that Mr. H. H. Evans a member of the board from New berry, courted the fullest investiga tion into his officiol and private act! as a member of the board. So ther< can be no objection to a full and com Splete investigation. It seems to nm -that such a course is th'e best to pur sue. If there is anything wrong ir crooked in the management of this institution the people have a right te know it and if there is not it is du< Sthose conneced with the institutioi that the people should know it also. r MIr. Blease's bill to reduce the pas senger fare on railroads in this stat< tfroa three to two and a half cents mile wvii! be considered by the judi -ciary committee next Wednesday when the representatives of the rail roads will be heard in opposition t< r the bill. Mr. Bleas.e hias also introduce< a bill to prohibit the repetition in th< printing of certain resolutions an< public matter by the public printer. eAlso a bill to extend the powers o th~e Parr Shoals Power company This is a Newberry enterprise in tha the stockholders live here and if thi power is developed it will mean; .great deal to Newberry if our peopi tgive it proper support and encoui agement. If the power is develope we should be able to have the tows 'lighted much cheaper than at presen e and also have power which woul make th,e establish'mnent of small in Idustries that need a small amount c power a very feasible. undertaking So fras I haebeen able to ascertai thiis bill will pass without any oppc sii.. Mr. Blease also has a bill to change s the time for th'e examination of appli d cants to practice medicine from May to June. This is to permit graduate, of medicine to be able to stand their a examination without waiting a year e after graduation. e He also has a bill to amend the dis e pensary law so as to be able to fill a r vacancy by death or resignation with r out wasting thirty days as iow re t quired by the law and this in many ) cases causing the dispensary to be 1 closed during the time. s He has a bill to establish voting a precincts at Mollohon and Garmany, s academy for the general election. r Mr. Blease also has a bill to amend I the magistrate law by which the con - stables will be required to do a por tion of the work now devolved upon the sheriff and to create a new magis - terial office the office to be located at or near Caldwell's in No. 2 town ship. In order to carry out these - provisions and changes without ad ditional cost to the county he pro poses to take two hundred dollars off - the salary now provided for the sher iff. I Mr. Blease also has a bill to abol ish that provision of the law which r.equres a member of the commission ers of election to carry the returns to Columbia and have these sent by express and thus save thle expense t of five dollars for each messenger in addition to the mileage which he re ceives. The bill providing an amendment to the act establishing the Newberry graded schools has already passed the house, having been introduced as a Newberry delegation measure, and is now a second reading bill on the senate calendar. The bill provides for the abolition of the board of trus tees of the graded school of New berry as now constituted and for the election every two years of one mem ber from each' ward of the city, mak ing the board constituted of five in stead of eleven as at present, the present board to hold until the next general election for mayor and alder men. As at.present constituted seven of the members hold for life and their successors are chosen by the board in case of a vacancy, the other four be ing elected by the people. The bill also provides that no teacher shall be elected to teach in the school who is related within the third degree to any member of the board. It also 1makes tne tax perpetual, providing, of course, the manner of voting it off by petition and special election. 1The following appointments for county officers have been recommend ed by the delegation: -Master-H. H. Rikard. Auditor-W. W.T Cromer. STreasurer-Jno. L. Epps. Magistrates--No. 1, 2 and 8 J. H. SChappell. -No 3-J. C. Dehines, vice T. P. SAdams resigned. No 4-A. J. Holt, vice F. W. Fant. resigned. SNo 5-W. C. Sligh. SNo 6--J. B. Smith. SNo 7-Jno. W. Ropp. No 9--B. B. Hair. No 1o-P. B. Ellisor. f Little Mountain--W. A. Counts. -No 11-WV. F. Suber. t The members of the county board of control and supervisors of registra a tion are not appointed until next Jan e uary. d I have taken up most of this let ter with the doings of the Newberry 'delegation and matters pertaining to d Newberry county because I felt out -readers would be most interested in f these matters. n1 Next Thursday is fixed as the time - for holding the elections to be made by. the legisature. There is to be elected a judge of the fifth circuit to succeed judge Ernest Gary. It now seems conceded hat Judge Gark will be elected without opposition, though one or two names of lawyers were mentioned as probable opponents. In the eighth circuit a successor is to be elected to succeed Judge Town s-nd. Senators D. E. Hydrick, of Spartanburg. and F. P. McGowan, of Laurens and Representative C. P. Sanders of Spartanburg will oppose Judge Townsend. The impression seems to prevail that the race will be between Judge Townsend and Sena tor Hydrick with the chances prob ably in favor of Judge Townsend. Superintendent D. J. Griffith of the penitentiary will succeed himse.lf. He has made an efficient officer and the affairs of the penitentiary are in good shape under his management. Three members of the board of di rectors of the penitentiary are to be chosen to succeed M. 0. Rowland of Spartanburg, Jno. G. Mobley, of Fairfield, and A. K. Sanders of Sum ter. They will be candidates to suc ceed themselves. They will be op posed I understand by Representa tive Kirby of Cherokee and Jno. T. Gaston of Columbia. A trustee of the colored college at Orangeburg is to be chosen to suc ceed Senator Cole. L. Blease who re signed when he was elected senator. So far as I have beard of no candidate for this place. It looks somewhat like some sort of compulsory education law will be passed. Mr. Raysor put a bill through the senate two years ago but it fail ed in the house. Mr. Ashley has not yet brought up his bill to abolish the immigration department of the state and even if he does it will most probably be kill ed. The sentiment seems to be in favor of letting (he department alone. Two or three bills have been in troduced to a division of the privilege tax between Clemson and Winthrop. One proposition is to establish an in spection office at Winthrop and give to that institution the surplus from the tax colleced at that point. Another is to divide the surplus from this tax, if there should be 'any after paying the cost of inspection, be tween the two institutions. The dan gir in tampering with this tax is that we will lose it altogether if we do not be careful. * * * It wvas only yesterday that a bill was introduced to ratify the constitu tional amendment as to biennial ses sions. There seems to be some doubt as to the legality of the amendment and it is expected that a stubborn night will be made against the meas ure. Others think there wvill be no difficulty in getting the measure prop erly ratified. One of the objections raised is that the constitutional pro vision as to amendments was not complied with in having the proposed amendment spread upon the journal. In case the amendment is ratified it will be necessary to change sev eral other laws to conform to this change. I understand that another ten cir cuit bill will be introduced at this sesson but as yet no such measure has been proposed. The bill to turn the South Carolina college into the South Carolina uni versity has bee introduced in both houses and will probably pass. It takes about $ro,ooo more money. E. H. A. Mr. John Lee Davis has accepted a position under Superintendent F. M. Boyd, of the water and lighting nlant. PROSPERITY NEWS. The Coming and Going of the Peo ple of a Live and Progres Prosperity, Jan. ig.-Mr. J. Burr Connelly requests me to extend through The Herald and News, his grateful thanks to his friends and neighbors for th-eir very kind minis trations to him and his family during the recent illness and death of his claughter. Inez, and Isks the blessings of a kind providence upon one and all. Ve are glad to note that Mrs. Ellen Wait is improving and that she ex pects to be out in the near future. Mr. P. R. McCain, of Columbia, :ame up on a visit to his parents Sat arday. The first quarterly conference of the Prosperity circuit will be held at Wightman Chapel on the 18th, and 19th- of February by Presiding Elder Rev. J. E. Carlisle. Mr. D. M. Bedenbaugh will build i saw mill on the Brown and Mose ley tract near Col. Young's. It will be just behind the usr. * meeting place in Young's Grove. L'e will saw oak and pine lumber. Mrs. Katie Bedenbaugh, wife of Simeon Bedenbaugh, was buried at St. Lukes last Saturday, aged 89 years. Aunt Katie was one of the ldest citizens of St. Lukes section. She sleeps in St. Lukes cemetery. Mrs. F. E. Schumpert and W. A. Mvoseley are spending a few days with friends in Columbia. Miss Flora Simipson, of Laurens, is visiting the families of Dr. J. B. Simpson and Mr. S. D. Duncan. Dr. Frank R. Hunter of Newberry, was in town for a while Tuesday. Miss Eunice Halficre has been on a visit to Mrs. P. C. Singley. Mr. J. Q. Black is visiting in our town this week. He is stopping with iis sister, Mrs. H. P. Wicker. Mrs. Corrie McWaters, of Atlanta, is visiting her father Mr. Andrew Kinard. Rev. J. D. Sheeley and son, of Del mar. were in town on Wednesday. Miss Annie May Bedenbaugh- has been visiting friends in town this week. Miss Eva Lester -w entertain the Sorosis on Friday evening, Jan 20. Mr. J. P. Bowers has gone to Greenwood to attend the meeting of the stewards of the Cokesbury dis rict. Judge B. B. Hair conducted the auction of the J. Y. Culbreath sale on Thursday. The judge is quite an auc tioneer, and spoke a piece into Messrs. S. and C. Graphophone. Ought to hear it. Mesrs. Birge Wise and Herman Werts attended a social near Pomaria Tuesday evening. The Prt.sperity hotel is being im proved by t.he addition of a porch on 8.11 sides of the house. You can al ways find a shady side at the Pros perity. Mrs. Caroline Cook, has been con fined to her room for some days, at her daughter's, Mrs. Pierce Wick er's. The. annual meeting of the stock holders of the People's National bank was held Wednesday, Messrs. M. A. Carlisle, H. C. Moseley, W. A. Mose ley, Jno. B. Fellers, Jacob B. Fellers, R. L. Luther, Geo. W. Bowers, W. P. Pugh, Geo. Johnstone, J. P. Bowers., and J. H. Hiinter, were elected di rectors. The board elected Messrs. M. A. Carlisle. president; H. C. Moseley, vice president; W. W. Wheeler, cash ier; Geo. Johnstone, attorney. Those are the same officers that served th,e past year. Mrs. D. S. Cook is rapidly conval escing and wvill soon regain her usual health. Mr. Phil. Livingston is visiting his