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VOL. XLII. NO. 37 NEWBERRY, S. C.4r TUEDAY J- I1mAY 14 1-O. 7TICE A'WE.S.0AYA PROCEEDINGS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TEN-CIRCUIT BILL IS NOW LAW. No Dispensary Legislation-Ten Hour Bill Killed-Appropria tion and Supply Bills. Special to The Herald and News. Columbia. February 13.-The leg islature has now entered upon the last week of the session. The gener al appropriation and supply bills have passed the house and will be passed by the senate this week. The appro priation bill was passed by the house exactly as it came from the ways and means committee and with very little discussion and practically no -opposition to any of the items. Of all the bills introduced during the session proposing amendments in the dispensary law not one has been able to get through both houses, and it is practically certain now that no dispensary legislation will mark this session. The house by a decisive vote has killed the Raysor-Manning dis pensary bill, the full text of which as it was passed by the senate and sent to the house, was published in the last issue of The Herald and News. The senate. it will be recalled. some time ago killed the local option bill introduced by Senator Brice. The lo cal option bill introduced in the house by Mr. Toole went through the house by a decisive majority and is now in the senate, but unless the sen ate reverses the position it took on the Brice local option bill, which does not seem at all likely, the Toole bill will die. I: is now on the senate cal -endar with an unfavorable committee report. The senate discussed at con siderable length on Saturday and passed the Mauldin bill to abolish hotel and beer privileges. This bill, it is predicted, will die in the house. It will be seen that each house has passed several bills proposing chang es in the dispensary law, but on no bill have they been able to agree. There was a flood of dispensary bills 'early in the session, and it was pre dicted in The Herald and News at the time, it will be recalled, that with the number of bills before them the two houses would not be able to agree on any one making an impor tant change in the law, and it appears now that the prediction will be veri fied. The ten-circuit bill, after going through the hands of conference and free conference committees, has- been agreed upon by b.oth houses and has become law. The bills providing for additional judges and solicitors will also be passed, and the two newv judges will be elected this week, be fore the end of the session. The bill as finally agreed upon is practically the measure as it was amended avd sent back to the house by the senat'e. A new judge wvill be elected for the 9th circuit, composed of the counties of Charleston, Colleton and Beau fort, and a new judge for the xoth cir cuit, composed of the counties of Anderson, Greenville, Pickens and Oconee. Mr. R. W. Memminger, of .Charleston, has been endorsed by the bar of Charleston for judge of the 9th circuit, and it seems probable at this writing that he will be elected. He will be opposed. it is s:ated, b'y Rep resentative Fishhurrne, of Colleton. -For jiud ge of the 1oth circuit l\l r. Geo. E. Prince. of :\nders ni. and M\r. Thos. P. Cothran, of Greenville. are candi dates. Both are we!! knt.wn thmr'uh oum the state. !r. Julius F. P'm of Pc'.:ens. has been n:entionel as a .andlidate. hv't has ta!ed :b at he i not in the rame The Ten-Circuit Bill. There was a hard fight ufn the ten cret't hi 1 in the house on Saturdav' imorning when the report of the free conference committee, in lavor of the senate bill. wi:h a few changes. was received. The fight was begun by the Lexington delegation, which did not want t, see Saluda county taken out of the circuit with Lexington. .\Ir. Hutto. of the Lexington delegation. intimated that the change had been made to allow the senator from Salu da to run for solicitor, saying there was so much pAitics in the bill that if it dropped on the floor it would burst like a bubble. The favorable report of the committee, however, was adopted by a vote of 63 to i. and the senate having taken similar ac tior., the bill became law and the two new circuits were created. The bill goes into effect immediately. Fol lowing is the new arrangement of the circuits: Ninth Circuit-Charleston, Colle ton and Beaufort First Circuit-Berkeley, George town, Dorchester and Orangeburg. Second Circuit-Hampton, Aiken, Bamberg and Barnwell Third Circuit-Clarendon, Flor ence, Lee, Sumter and Williams burg. Fourth Circuit-Chesterfield, Dar lington. Horry, Marion and Marlbo ro. Fifth Circuit-Kershaw, Richland, Lexington and Edgefield. Sixth Circuit-Chester, Fairfield, Lancaster and York. Seventh Circuit-Cherokee. Spar tanburg, Union and Laurens. Eighth Circuit-Abbeville, Green wood, Saluda and Newberry. Tenth Circuit-Anderson, Green ville, Pickens and Oconee. Appropriation and Supply Bills. The principal items in the appro priation bill were published in the last issue of The Herald and News, and 'else -here inhis issue fuller refer ence is made to this bill and the gen eral supply bill. Beer and Hotel Privileges. Mr. Mauldin's bill to abolish beer and hotel privileges was taken up by the senate on Saturday morning and it provoked a great deal of discus sion. Senator Cole. L. Blease's mo tion to indefinitely postpone the bill was lost by a vote ot 16 to 15, and an amendment proposed by Senator Raysor which would save hotel priv ileges was killed. By a vote of 17 to 16 the senate agailk refused to con tinue the bill, and it was passed. For New State house Dome. The house has given second read ing to a bill authorizing the commis sion appointed for the completion of the state house to have drawn suita ble plans and specifications for a new dome for the sLate house, and to report the cost thereof to the next general assembly. The bill has also been introduced in the senate. Raysor-Manning Bill. The Raysor-Manning dispensary bill was overwhelmningly killed by the house on Friday night. The dis cussion began on Friday morn ing and continued during the day and for sev eral hours at night. By a vote of 78 to 21 the enacting words were strick en out, the three members of the Newberry delegation voting in the af firmative, to kill the bill. The Immigration Bill. Shortlv after the Raysor-Manning bill was killed, the.. house. by a vote of 67 to 36. killed Mr. Ashley's bill to repeal the law providing for the de partmnent of :rmmigrat ion. The three mvembers !1i te N2whe.rry del:atio n voted for the b)ll.. Pay of Dispensary Constables. The2 -ena&(. by. a ri.ci-si e vote. has nl t o~( kill the bill u icrea-e the adloptedl an anmendment making the The Ten-Hour Bill. The house has killed. hv a decisive vote, the Toole bill limiting the hours of work for cottwn i ll ,peratives ti ten h(jurs a day. The bill was kill ed by a vote of 65 to 4o. The three members of the Newberry delega:ion voted against the motion to kill the! bill, voting solidly for the bill. Alr. Taylor made a speech in favor of the bill. saying there was an un dercurrent now at work demanding recognition and the rights labor had a right to call for. If labor was given what it asked for then labor would be satisfied and South Carolina would forge ahead and even lead Massachus setts in after years. The operatives demanded humane legislation. He had overseers to tell him that they wished more time to study. Being in a cotton mill was very much like be ing in a prison. It was too much to require operatives to work it hours, in hot, stuffy, dust-laden rooms. Peo ple wore out and gave out. Corpor ations had no souls, but the people who worked under them had souls and could not go on grinding for all time. Eleven hours was too long for criminals, but it was not too long, it was urged, for free white people to work. There was a great deal of dis cussion along the same line. Very few speeches were made in opposi tion to the bill, the opponents of the measure seeming to be satisfied they had a decided majority and being will ing to kill the bill by their votes and without much talk. The Military Bill. The house has passed the general military bill, to harmonize and per fect the law. The bill raises the sal ary of the adjutant and inspector gen eral to that of all other state officers. The senate has passed the military bill to a third reading. The Reformatory Bill. The senate has referred to the com mittee on finance the bill establish ing an industrial school and reforma tory for boys. The senate has adopted the unfav orable report of the committee on the bill to require trustees of schools te make reports -to patrons. Acts Ratified. The following additional acts have been ratified: An act to authorize and empower the voters of School District No. 36, of the county of Orangeburg, to or der an election and to issue bonds of said district for school purposes. An act to amend Sections I, 4, 5, 10 and 11, of an act entitled "An act to require the payment of annual license fees to corporations doing business in this state, and report to the comy~ troller general," approved Ist day of Mlarch, 1904. so as to correct errors. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the board of trustees of the Presbyterian college of South Carolina," approved 20th day of February, A. D.. 1903, and to repeal Section 8 thereof. An act to amend Section 714. of Code of Lawvs. 1902. Volume i, relat ing to th-e state treasurer, so as to require duplicate instead of triplicate receipts. An act to amend Section 255-256, and 257 Of V~olume 1. of tihe Code of L.aws of 1902, relating to primary \'n act t'o ratify an.'d con firm the charter of thie Parr Shit als Po wer C','mpany, gr'e by the secret ary 'f staLte Cn the eighith day of D)ecem ber. f(;04, ~' an to confer additio nal . I rary 19. !(04. iact to au:h.rize the town cotin i)oion inl tUnion cownty,' to elect a L.wN aulditor. to defille his p owers and diiies and iix his compensation. A.n act to validate and confirm the ' and coevance of two lots. Nos. i and .. in ;he t%wn ,f Darlington. lzniown a. the jail lo:s. by the county[ b(iatrd of comminlissiliers oif 1)arling '-ln Cou!ty. to C. W. Hewitt. .\act to amend Section i of an act entitled "An act to amend the various statutes and the laws as to school districts embracing the towns of Mariou, Mullins, Latta and Dil lon, inl Marion county." approved the 23d day of February. A. D. 1903, by making its provisions apply to Fork school district No. 26. An act to fix the time for elec:ing trustees for Easly School District 13, in May. An act to provide for a reappraise ment and reassessment for taxation of certain abandoned rice lands. An act to authorize and empower the voters of School District No. 65, in the county of Orangeburg, to order an election and to issue coupon bonds of said school district for school pur poses. An act to enable o and authorize School District No. 70, embracing the town of Elloree. in Orangeburg County. to issue bonds for the pur pose of paying for the erection and maintenance of a public school build ing, and to provide for the payment of accruing interest and principal of said bonds. An Act to devolve the duties of the board of public works for the town of Gaffney upon the town council and treasurer and clerk, fixing the amount of bond of said treasurer and clerk at $5000. GENERAL SUPPLY BILL. State Levy of Five and One-Half Mills-Newberry County Levy. Columbia, February 13.-The gen eral supply bill, which has passed the house, carries a state levy of five and one half mills. The levy for New berry county is fixed at 2 1-2 mills for ordinary county tax. The provision of the bill fixing the state levy is as follows: Section m. That a tax of four and one-half mills, exclusive of the public school tax hereinaf:er p)rovided for. upo n every dollar of the value of all taxable property of this state be, and the same is hereby. levied for the pur pose of meeting appropriations to defray the current expenses of the government for the fiscal year begin ning January 1st, 195 and to meet such other indebtedness as has been or shall be provided for in the several acts and joi:st resolutions passed by this general assembly at the session of 1go5, providing for the same. That in addition to the tax levies above provided for a tax of one mill is here by levied upon every dollar of the vaule of all taxable property of this state, to be used for the payment of pensions: and in cale any surplus shall remain after the payment of all pensions as provided by law, the said surplus shall be turned into th.e gen eral funds of the state treasury. Sergeants as Bookkeepers. gedni with New Y\ear's day. 'e4k sergeants of Chicago polhice sta tions became biookkeepers inl in15:all <is . Thlie ser.'nts will have to make en tries iof arrests. comnplaints. ma~:kes fine grained. satinv bread only 1. b..;g 1kneecled rather soft. WOMAN SHOT WITH EFFECT. Wife of Sta-e Senator J. D. Bivens Killed a Man at Her Home Near Ridgeville. Just after the state senate conven ed for business Saturday morning Senator J. ). livens of Dorchester recelVed :he following telegram: Yuur wife killed the Jew. Come home at once. Particulars later. 1. A. Limehouse." The following account of the trag edy was wired from Ridgeville. Ridgeville. February ii.-At Beech Hill. near Givlhan's Ferry, which is seven miles south of Ridgeville, Mrs. J. D. Bivens shot and killed W. Greenburg last night. About the 4th of February Mrs. Jno D. Bivens, wife of State Senator Biv dns, had W. Greenburg, a white man, arrested, charging him with having threatened her life after having made improper propositions. At the time she was forced to leave her home and seek protection at a neighbor's house. This charge was dropped upon Green burg promising to leave the neighbor hood and not return. The story, as related here, is that on :he night of February io Green burg returned to Mrs. Bivens's. She sent for her neighbor, Mr. Platt, to come to her house. On his arrival she told him that Greenburg had at tempted to criminally assault her. Mr. Platt went to Mr. R L Limehouse, another nearby neighbor and the two returned to Mrs. Bivens's. As they reached the hall door Mrs. Bivens came to the door and they heard some one run through the rear back door. On entering the house Mrs. Bivens told them that Greenburg had run in to the shed-room. They found the door locked, broke it open and found Greenburg in it. When asked why he had returned there he said Mrs. Bivens had sent for him. At that moment Mrs. Bivens fired upon Greenburg, killing him instant ly. Magistrate Cummings held an in quest upon the dead body and the jury rendered a verdict of justifiable homicide. Mrs. Bivens has been released un der bond to appear at the next term of court. M'CUE CONFESSED. Admitted Before He Was Hanged That He Killed His Wife. Charlottesville, Va., Feb. 13.-With out a tremor J. Samuel McCue met death on the scaffold at 7.35 o'clock Frdlay morning for wife murder. Hardly had his struggles ceased when his confession wvas given out by his :hree spiritual advisers, Revs. G. L. Petrie. H. B. Lee and John B.. Thompson. After the execution one of McCue's spiritual advisers said: "Ms. McCue left this world with feeling of bitterness toward no human being in it. His heart was wonder fully softened. He was earnest and tender. This morning in our presence he offered to God a feverent prayer for his family--for his brother and their wives, for his sister, for his uncles and aunts and lastly and most feverntly of all for his children. He called them each by name. He in voked the blessing of Almightly God upon them all." Immediately after the execution McCue's three spiritual advisers gave out the following signed statement: "J. Samuel McCue s:ated this morn ing in our presence and requested us to make public that he did not wish to leave this world with suspicion resting on any human being other .han himnself; that he alone was re spon-;ible for the deed, impelled to it byv an vil p..wer bey mI his control, and1( that he ( rec' gnizedl his sen te''ce as