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VOL. XLII. NO. 34 NEWBERRY. S. C.. FRIDAY FE3RUARY 3,1905, TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAR 5. TWI1CE MAY EASURES OF IPORTINCE DISCUSSED THE BRICE LOCAL OPTION BILL KILLED. Part of Fertilize: Inspection Tax Di verted to Winthrop College-The Legislatwre This Week. Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, February 2.-Three of the most interesting and important questions discussed by the general as semblv this week were compulsory 'education, the dispensary and the measure to reduce the income of Clemson College and divert some of the privilege tax money to Winthrop. The discussion on the dispensary was provoked in the sena.e yesterday when the local option bill of Senator Brice, of York, was taken up. The bill came up yesterday morning, but -after argument by Ehe author of the measure debate was adjourned until last night. Last night the bill was kill -ed by a vote of 18 to 1n. The Pollock bill to reduce the in come of Clemson College and divert some of the privilege tax -to Winthrop consumed nearly two days in the house. The bill as it finally passed gives Clemson the first $75,000 of the income from the privilege tax and Winthrop gets the remainder. The original bill as introduced by Mr. Pol lock provided. that 40 per cent. of the tax should go to Winthrop. but it was urged that the income would be -con siderably smaller this year and al ways varied from year to year, and that to give Winthrop 40- per cent. of the tax might cut Clemson's appro priation so much that the institution would be seriously crippled. It twas urged that the fertilizer tax would be considerably smaller this year than for a number of years past on account of the concerted movement through out the South for a redaction of the cotton acreage, and this entered very largely into the discussion. The amendment giving Clemson a speci fied amount of the income was pro posed by Mr. Hemphill. Mr. Hemp hill suggested $65.ooo but accepted Mr. Prince's amendment making it $75,000 .After being amended in a number of particulars Senator Raysor's com pulsory educa'tion bill was re-com mitted. Whether or not this means that the bill has been buried for the present session or that it will be re ported back by the committee and will pass the senate remains to be seen. It appears from the votes which have been taken that the senate favors a compulsory edifcation bill of some kind, though rhe fight against the measure has been determined. The Fertilizer Tax. Following is the text of the Pollock bill, as it passed the house, diverting a part of the fertilizer tax income to Winthrop College: Section i. That the trustees of the "Winthrop Normal and Industrial College of SQuth Carolina" shall, whenever requested so to do by the board of trustees of Clemson Agricul tural and Mechanical College, cause to be inspected any fertilizers or fer tilizing materials sold or offered for sale within this State. whether man ufactured within or without the State, so as to determine the agricultural value of the same as applied to farms, ~ trucking, gardens. orchards and crops grown within the State: and shall make report of such inspections to the said board of trustees of Clemson College whe:1 requested. Section 2. That the trustees of "Winthrop Normal and Industrial College" of South Carolina shall cauA experiments to be made with the sev eral kinds of fertilizers and fertilizing materials offered for sale within the State: and the said trustees shall cause the result of the use of such fertilizers .and fertilizing materials to be report ed to the board of trustees of said Clemson Co'Ie-e. Section 3. That from and after the approval of this Act the treasurer of this State shall firsc pay from the fund arising from the privilege tax on fer tilizers sixteen thousand, six hundred and seventy-one dollars and 64 cents ($16.671.64) (accumulated balance) on the order of the board of trustees of Clemson Agricultural and Mechanical College of South Carolina. and shall then pay annually upon the order of said board of trustees out of said fund of sevency-five thousand dollars and shall then pay out annually any balance remaining in his hands on the order of the board of trustees of Win throp Normal and Industrial College of South Carolina. Section 4. That this Act shall go into effect imme;.e.ly on its approv al, and all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict are hereby repealed. On the motion to kill the original bill Messrs. Earhardt, Hig gins and Taylor voted in the negative. The Dispensary Discussion. When Senator Brice's local option measure was taken up in the senate yesterday morning, Senator Brice im mediately secured -the floor and made an extended argument in favor of his measure. It had been introduced by him, he said, for the purpose of wip ing out the dispensary, root and b.anch. He wanted it left to the peo ple to say whether or not they wanted a dispensary. His bill was practical ly similar to his local option measure of 1904, except that it has no taxation provision. The original bill last year had no taxation provision, that being added to the bill against Senator Brice's wish. In every county where the fight against the dispensary has been determined aid open, he said. it had been successful. The tax feature would not scare the counties which really wished to be rid of the dispen sary, as evidenced by the fact that Cherokee had voted out the dispen sary. But under the operation of the tax feature the counties were prejudg ed, lie said: they were deemed guilty. He pleaded for what he cois,idered local self-government. Last night Senator C. L. Blease. of Newberry. who moved to kill the bill, was the first speaker. The following report of Senator Blease's remarks is taken from the Columbia State of this morning: "Senator Blease said that he be lieved that the senator from York was sincere in his views on the dis pensary law, and in fact believed that he was at one time in sympathy with it. He alluded to the. fact that the Prohibitionists had advocated the dis pensary law after the Childs bill was defeated in 1892. If the prohibition ists had helped the anti-prohibitionis'ts the dispensary law would never have been passed. If a stone had been given when bread was asked for, it was the prohibitionists who had done it. "The argument had been made that the dispensary would have been over thrown if the people had ever had the opportunity. Senator Blease cited the candidacies of C. C. Featherstone and James A. Hoyt, who had both been defeated, and in passing paid a tribute to both. It is now a disgrace for tche State to sell whiskey, and yet the pro hibition ticket had recommended it. What matter if it was *'for medicinal purposes," the effect is the same. "In giving the advantages of the dispensary law, the speaker cited the depravity of barrooms, the stringent regulations on dispensers as to selling to minors, keeping open after hours. etc., and the stamping out of the so cial drink. "There is one stench in the nostrils of the people-the so-called "'social club"-where men sit and drink and play cards until the wee small hours, but this cannot be laid at the doors of the dispensary. "Seato Blease said he seldom read from a newspaper, for he realized that too ofren a newspaper was the expression of one man, who, closeted in a small room, took a drink every now and then and enjoyed a cigarette. However, in defense of the late H. H. Crum, dispensary commissioner, he read from the Evening Record of this city an article relating to the dead man's estate. The article stated that, although Mr. Crum was reported to be very rich, he left an estate of $I-. ooo and owed from this $3,ooo. This then was the real fortune of a man who was said to have come to the general assembly a poor man and died worth $159,ooo. Why not tell the truth about these things, asked the senator. Pictures had been drawn of splendid homes built by those in charge of the dispensary, when in reality some of these homes were really crowded cottages. "The question was too big for local control. If the Soo voters of New berry decided by a majority of roo to vote out this dispensary, would this be justice to the other citizens of the couniy? "He was sorry that the dispensary investigation resolution had not, as originally intended, been carried out, so that the committee would have re ported by Feb. x, x9o5. It had been said that this resolution had been dic tated by a member of the State board of directors, but this Senator Blease denied with great vigor. 'Hubert H. Evans never saw it. He did not know of it until next day, when he heard of it or read it in the newspapers, said the senator. -The negro question was brought in by the senator from Newberry, who said that if the Brice bill prevail ed the brother in black would then have equal right with the white man to dictate as to the continuance of a dispensary. "You cannot condemn the whole for the faults of the part, any more than one would condemn a city because it had vile precincts. Put good men in charge of it-and I don't say that those in charge are not good men and it will be the best law ever placed on the statute books. "After giving the conduct of the dis pensary at Newberry. by the dispen ser recently dead, as a splendid ex ample for bther communities to fol low, The Senator from Newberry said that he would like to see the question put to a vote, especially in a guberna torial campaign. He painted pictures of the ante-dispensary regime and said hat he thought that Columbia and Charleston would never vote it out. "In ending Senator Blease urged the members of the general assembly to kill all bills breaking down the dis pensary law and to put the best men available in charge of it." After some further discussion the vote was taken on Senator Blease's motion to strike out the enacting words, resulting as follows: Ayes-Senators Bivens. Blake. Blease, C. L.; Blease, E. S.; Carpen ter, Christensen, Davis, Dennis, Doug lass, Hay, Manning, McGowan, Mc Leod, Raysor, Stackhouse, Talbert. Walker, Williams-I8. Nays-Senators Black, Brice, Hood, Brown, Brooks, Hardin, Holliday, Hudson, Mauldin, McIver, Wells-il. Senators Efird and W. E. Johnson were paired. The former would have voted aye, the latter nay. Senators Marshall and Peurifoy were paired. The former would have voted nay, the latter aye. Senators von Kolnitz and Warren were paired. The former would have voted nay, the latter aye. The following senators were ab sent when the roll was called. Sen ators Bates, Butler, Earle, Hough, WV. J. Johnson. Compulsory Education Bill. Senator Raysor's compulsory edu cation bill, which has now been re committed, has been discussed in the senate- at length for several days and a number of votes have been taken on the measure and on proposed amendments. An amendme:it by Senator McTver that sentence would be suspended on parents who promis ed to send their children 'o school. was adopted. as was an amendment by Senator Raysor to make the age I limit 12 instead of 14 years. Another amendment, submitted by Senator E. S. Blease, and which was adopted, provided Ehat no prosecution should be carried on if not instituted within thirty days. Senator C. L. Blease proposed an amendment that children who had to support themselves should be paid $5 per month while in school and Eheir book s given free by the county. Senator Blease strongly defended this amendment, but it was finally killed. Senator Blease has been one of the most determined opponents of the compulsory educa tion bill as a whole. Yesterday Senator Blease offered an amendment to strike out the section providing for punishment by imprisonment. Final ly Senator Blease moved to recommit the bill and the motion was adopted and the bill recommitted. Dispensary Investigation. The committee on free conference reported on the dispensary investiga ting committee differences. Accord ing to it the committee may sit in definitely; the provision exempting those who testify from prosecution was stricken out; a provision was in serted looking to the investigation of the legality of beer dispensaries. As to Closing a Dispensary. Yesterday Senator Blease had his bill amending the dispensary law to prevent closing of a dispensary after the death of a dispenser until the ap pointment of as uccessor, called up. Senator Blease cited the instance of the closing of the Newberry dispen sary. His bill provides that the coun ty board of control may appoint a temporary dispenser. The measure was opposed by Senator Brice, but it pased third reading and was ordered sent to the house. For Better School Houses. After considerable debate the house has passed the Richards bill to encourage the erection of adequate public school buildings. The bill is as follows, the only amendment which has been adopted being to' permit the county board to vote $50 for every Sioo raised by a community. Th'e orig inal bill, t will be seen, provides for the patrons to raise $300 and the county to give $1oo. Following is the text of the original bill: Section 1. That the county boards of education of the various counties of this State be, and the same hereby, authorized to annually set aside, from the surplus remaining from the net income derived by the State from the dispensary profits, an amount equal to fnve per cent, of the entire public school funds of their respective coun! ties. wvhich said amounts shall be used by the said county boards of ed ucation for the purpose of encourag ing and aiding in the construction of adequate public school buildings in their respective counties. Section 2. That when the friends, patrons or trus-tees of any public school in any school district in any county in this State shall raise by pri vate subscription, special tax, regular tax, sale of old buildings, issuing bonds, or otherwise, funds for build ing a school house in such district, the county board of education of such county shall turn over to the trustees for such school, from funds set aside for such purpose under this Act, one hundred dollars ($ioo) for each three hundred dollars so raised by such friends, patrons or trustees for con structing such school building: Pro vided, no one school shall receive more than three hundred dollars un der the provisions of this Act: Pro vided, further, that no more than one school in any one district, in any one year shall receive such aid. Sectin 3. Thar county boards of education shall give the preference to ,chool districts which have com bined and consolidated two or more school buildings. Section 4. That any school district availing itself of the provisions of this Act shall comply with plans and spe cifcations approved by the State board of education. Secti,on 5. That no school shall re ceive aid under the provisions of this Act without the approval of the coun ty board o education. Section 6. That the funds provided for in this Act be paid out by the county treasurer only upon the war raijt of the county board of educatron, countersigned by the county superin tendent of education, and any funds not used by the end of the year, shall revert back to the general school fund of the respective counties. This Act to go into effect immediately on its approval. Two More Weeks. More than two weeks of the session remain. Both houses have a large number of important measures to dis pose of during that time. Night ses sions have already begun and will be the rule from this time until the close of the session. The phosphate ~actory bill is now before the Senate committee on agri culture. A number of other important measures are still befor, committees. J. K. A. AGE OF A HORSE. How You May Tell It By Examining I The Animal's Teeth. At public sales one sees so many old horses sold for young ones that he who can tell their age feels no little sympathy for a neighbor who buys a fourteen-year-old and pays a six-year old price for it. Nearly every one can tell a very old horse from a very young one. Frequently one sees a sleek, fat, high lifed animal passing from general appearance for a five or six year old that is fully -Ewice as old. The lower front teeth, if healthy and natural, are practically an accur ate guide, says the Baltimore Sun. A yearling has very short teeth, with deep cups in the center, the two end ones being shorter than the others. A two-year-old has short teeth, with comparatively shallow cups. A three-year-old has two long teeth in the center, with two short or "colt" teeth on either side. A four-year-old has four long teeth-. with one short one on either side. A five-year-old has six long teeth, with deep cups in centers. A seven-year-old has the center teeth worn nearly smooth, cups of second pair shallow. An eight-year-old has the second pair worn nearly smooth. A ten-year-ol'd is commonly spok en of as a "smooth mouthed" horse --i. e., no cups. As the animal grows older the teeth become worn in pro portion and the corners of the end teeth become rounded. To t:ell -the age with any degree of accuracy beyond twelve requires much experience and the examination of many sets of teeth. Better Still. The new passengers of the Ham burg-American line will be fitted up with restaurants, so that passengers may eat as often as they choose, in stead of only seven times a day, as on the old-fashioned ships. Her Booby Prize. Patterson Guardian. A Hoboken girl who tired of wait ing for the bridegroom turned wed ding reception into euchre party. No body could blame her for offering the missing brigegroom as a booby prize.