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VOL. XLII. NO. 38 NEWBERRY. S. C.. FFIDAY FEBRUARY 17, 190F, TWTCE A WEEK, S1.50 A YEAR
FINAL DAY OF SESSION
IS NOW NEAR AT HAND
LEGISLATURE WILL ADJOURN
TOMORROW NIGHT.
Messrs. George E. Prince and R.
Withers Memminger Elected
Judges For New Circuits.
Special to. The Herald and News.
Columbia, February 16.-Only two
days of the session of the legislature
remain and both houses are getting
ready for the final adjournment on
Saturday night. The last two days
of the session are always devoted
principally to the appropriation bills,
and except for the consideration of
these bills the present session is now
L practically closed.
Election of Judges.
The election of judges for the new
9th and ioth circuits was held on
Tuesday, Mr. R. Withers Memmin
-ger, of Charleston, being chosen
judge of the 9th circuith, and Mr. Geo.
E. Prince, of Anderson, judge of the
ioth circuit.
Mr. Memminger was opposed by
Representative Wm. J. Fishburne, of
Colleton, who received 40 votes as
against 110 cast for Mr. Memminger.
Mr. Memminger went into the race
with the unanimous endorsement of
the Charleston '.ar. Tt -ppeared zo
have geen generally conceded when
the ten circuit bill was passed that
Charleston was entitled to the judge
in her circuit. and there never seem
ed to be any doubt that if Charleston
decided upon a candidate he would be
elected. The Charleston bar,met and
endorsed Mr. Memminger. Mr. Mem
minger has presided over the judicial
court in Charleston. The unanimous
endorsement of the Charleston bar is
proof of his ability. Senator Cole.
L. Blease and Representatives Ear
hardt, Higgins and Taylor voted for
Mr. Memminger.
For judge of the Anderson-Green
ville circuit Mr. George E. Prince was
opposed by Mr. Thos. P. Cothran, of
the Greenville bar, Mr. Prince receiv
ing 8o votes and Mr. Cothran 69.
Both candidates are well known and
their legal talent is recognized
throughout the state.
Of the Newberry delegation Sena
tor Cole. L. Blease voted for Mr.
Prince and Representatives Earhardt,
* Higgins and Taylor voted for Mr.
Cothran.
No Cut in Clemson Appropriation.
The senate has indefinitely post
ponied the bill. wvhich passed the
house, to cut down the appropriation
to Clemson college by diverting a part
of the income from the fertilizer tax
to Winthrop. There was a great
deal of discussion on the matter. The
advocates of the measure urged that
Clemson was getting too much mon
ey, that when the income from the
fertilizer tax was small the college
managed to get along very well and
did not ask for more money, and yet
when this income was doubled Clem
son spent the whole sum. The oppo
nents of the bill urged the good work
that Clemson was doing. The bill, it
will be recalled, proposed to estab
lish an inspection plant at Winthrop
and the opponents of the bill held that
a girl's college and a fertilizer inspec
tion plant were entirely incompatible.
The constitutional phase of the matter
was also argued at some length,
those who wvanted to kill the bill
holding that it would not stand the
test of the courts. By a vote of 19
to 9, on motion of Senator Cole. L.
Blease, the senate indefinitely post
poned the bill.
The Lien Law.
There was a long discussion in the
house on Tuesday on the lien law, the
house again refusing to repeal the
law. The question came up on Mr.
Richards bil to repeal the law, and
his resolution to submit i: to the peo
ple, the two propositions being con
sidered together. By a decisive vote
the resolution and the bill were kill
ed.
The Reformatory Bill.
The bill establishing an industrial
school and reformatory for boys,
which has passed :he house. is now in
the senate and has been discussed,
though up until this morning the sen
ate had not taken a vote. Senator
Cole. L. Blease made an argument
against the bill on Tuc3day, saying
that his duty was the moving power
in his action and that he could not be
deterred by women's pleas, by news
paper criticism or by the curses of his
political opponents. He regarded a
barrel stave, effectively applied, as
the best reformatory for boys. He
had not seen the need for a reforma
tory, if Newberry was an example
that might be taken.
Beer and Hotel Privileges.
The senate has recommitted and
d'sposed of for this session the bill
to zbolish beer and hotel privileges.
The notion to recommit was carried
by a vote of 16 to 13. When the bill
passed its second reading in the sen
ate on Saturday many of the senators
were absent and it so happened that
the majority of those absent were op
posed to the bill.
The New Circuits.
The bill to fix the time for holding
the courts under the new ten circuit
law is now being considered. Many
of the courts will have to be rearrang
ed, and a bill fixing the courts under
the new law requires a great deal of
work and close attention.
For a State Armory.
The senate has passed to a third
reading the bill to establish a state
armory. The bill was passed after
the acceptance of the Dick militia
law. The Dick militia law appropri
ates to each state for its militia a cer
tain amount, proportioned on the
number of equipped men in the several
states. The bills passed by the gen
eral assembly provided for an addi
tinoal appropriation for the state mi
litia this year for the purpose of equip
ping more men.
Memorial Services.
On Wednesday night the senate
paid tribute, in memorial services, to
the memory of the late Senator
Charles S. McCall, of Marlboro, and
the late Senator E. J. Dennis, of Ber
keley. A number of feeling addresses
were made by members of the senate
and suitable resolutions were adopted
by a rising vote. As a further mark
of respect to the deceased members
the senate then adjourned tintil next
morning.
To Encourage Night Schools.
An interesting little senate bill that
wecnt through the second house read
ing provides:
Section 1. That whenever any
children of school age, as provided by
law, shall attend a public night school
for twenty nights in any scholastic
year, they shagl be deemed enrolled
and their names shall be used by the
county boards of education in making
apportionments just as if they had at
tended day schools ten days, as pro
vided by law: Provided, that the said
night schools shall be taught by
teachers qualified by law to teach in
the public .schools of the state: And
provided, also, that the course of
study shall be the course approved by
the state board of education of the
state.
Section 2. That the same childrer
shall not be counted twice in making
up the enrollment of a school dis
trict.
Contagious Disease Bill.
Mr. Baker's bill looking to the pre
diseases received its second reading
in the house. It provides these regn
lations:
Section i. That each incorporated
village, town and city in this state
shall have and maintain a board of
health, uder the direction and con
trol of the state board of health.
Section 2. That all local boards ol
health shall fortiwith quarantine such
contagious diseases as smallpok, diph
theria and scarlet fever, as soon, as
the knowledge of the occurrence of
such disease comes or is brought to
their attention; they shall cause to be
placed notices at the entrance of the
premises where the disease may be lo
cated, stating the disease and that the
building infected is quarantined. The
quparantine shall remain in force un
til the attending physician shall certi
fy that the danger of the contagion is
passed or removed; that no p'erson
shall enter or depart from the prem
ises so quarantined during its quar
antine, except attending physician,
without a speical permit from the
board of health.
Section 3. That when infectious dis
eases, such as enumerated in Section
1, occur outside -of incorporated
towns, the attending physician shall
quarantine shall remain in force un
same occurs, give the notice and as
sume the duties of the board of health
in the premises; and he shall report
the same to the nearest board of
health; and that in the case of such
quarantine of a country house by the
attending physician, no one except
himself shall enter or depart the
premises without the permit of the
attending physician.
Section 4. That any person violat
ing the provisions of this act shall up
on conviction be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and shall be fined not
exceeding $ioo or imprisonment not
exceeding thirty days;. and that each
member of the council of any town
neglecting or refusing to establish and
maintain a local board of health
shall be deemed to violate this act,
and upon conviction shall be subject
to the foregoing penaties.
The Appropriation Bills.
The supply and appropriation bills
are now in the senate and are being
given consideration. The appropria
tion bill, it will be recalled, passed the
house without a change in any item
reported by the ways and means com
mittee. Whether or not it will have
the same smooth sailing in the isenate
remains to be seen.
J. K.A.
A Good Natured Wife.
An English rustic whose wife was
blessed with a remarkably even tem
per went over the way to a neighbor
one evening and said:,
"Neighbor, I just should like to see
my wife cross for once. I've tried all
I know, and I can't make her cross no
way."~
"You can't make your wife cross?"
said his neighbor. "I wish I could
make mine anything else. But you
just do what I tell you, and if that
won't act nothing will. You bring
her in some night a lot of the crook
edest sticks for the fire you can get
them as won't lie in no form-and see
how she makes out then."
The pieces of wood were according
ly brought in, as awkward and crook
ed and contrary as could be found.
The man went away early to work,
and at noon returned to see the result
of his experiment.
He was greeted with a smiling face
and the gentle request:
"Tom, do bring me in some more of
those crooked stick if you can find
them. They do just fit around the
kettle so nicely!"
Fussy-How is it you couldn't keep
the secret I told you?
Mrs. Fussy-Why couldn't you
keep it yourself?
ROOSEVELT IN ERROR.
. verse Report From Senate Judi
ciary Committee In Matter
of Senate Recess.
Wa.hington, Feb.. 1S.-That Presi
emi Rosevelt and Secretary Root
werc in err r in their constructive re
cess :heorv advanced to bolster up the
appointment of Crum as collector of
Charleston and of Gen. Wood to be
major general. is the finding of the
subcommittee of the senate judiciary
committee to which was referred
some months ago the resolution of
Senator Tillman, calling for an in
terpretation at the hands of the judi
ciary committee. The report adverse
to the president has been drawn by
Senator Spooner. The members of
the subcommittee are: Messrs. Spoon
er, Nelson and McComas, republicans;
and Bacon and Blackburn, democrats.
It is not known whether the report
was unanimous, but it is known that
Senator Spooner has prepared the
document which demolishes the theo
ry built by Mr. Root in order to get
the president out of a hole and enable
him to force consideration of these
appointments.
GENERAL NEWANOTES.
Items of More of Lees Interest Con
densed Outside the State.
President Roosevelt spent two days
in VNew York this week.
Frank Raisinger was hanged at
Bridgeton. N. J., for murder of wife.
The drop fell at io.o4. The rope
broke as the body rebounded and the
back of Raisinger's head struck a
cross beam of the scaffold and broke
his neck. The physicians present said
death was instantaneous. Raisinger
was not officially pronounced dead un
til ten minutes later.
On recommendation of the board
of pardons Gov. Pennyjacker, of
Pennsylvania, withdrew the death war
rants in the case of Mrs. Kate Ed
wards, the white woman, and Samuel
Greason. the negro, who were under
sentence to hang together in the
Berks county jail at Reading yester
day morning for the murder of Mrs.
Edwards' husband in igoi. The case
of Greason will now be again taken to
the Pennsylvania supreme court and
if that tribunal refuses to reopen
the case the attorneys for Mrs. Ed
wards anid Greason will have to ap
pear before the board of pardons next
month.
Wayside Observations.
Dallas News.
Some books that are bound in gold
have only dross inside.
An up-to-date leather goods manu
facturer has brought out a new style
pocketbook which he calls the Cassie
Chadwick. Of course, it is extra large
"Imperial Caesar dead and turned
to clay," may be made into a jug to
hold the stuff of which eggnog is
made.
There is a circus owner who is so
strict as to the use of ardent spirits
that he refuses to employ a tight rope
walker.
"My dear boy never deter until to
morrow what you can do today."
"Then, mother,"' replied the urchin,
"let's eat the plum pudding tonight."
A Gentle Hint.
Yonkers Statesman.
"Some men are just like automo
biles," she said, with a yawn, as the
clock struck 12.
"How is that?" he asked pleasant
ly, glancing in the direction of the
clock.
"Why, they won't go when you
ant them to."
NEW FEDERAL JUDGE BILL.
How Mr. Finley Surprised His Broth
er Members.
Washington. February is.-South
C-arolinians who are interested in the
creation of a new District Judge now
have hopes of obtaining favorable leg
islation during the present session.
The Johnson bill, which was object
ed to last week, was put through the
house yesterday by Representative
Finley, just as the house was about
to adjourn. In the absence of Mr.
Johnson Mr. Finley was recognized
by Speaker Cannon and the bill was
passed. Representative Mann, who
objected to the bill last week, reluc
tantly withdrew further objection,
and Speaker Cannon, who was frie..d
ly to the measure, declared the Lill
passed, and in the next breath ad
journed the house. The other mem
bers of the delegation did not know
the bill had passed until they-learned
of it today.
Senator Latimer is confident he can
pass the bill through the senate; the
only question is whether the senate
will insist upon amending the bill to
substitute Greenwood for Spartan
burg as one of the places for holding
court.
The scramble for the prospective
judgeship was resumed today and the
members of the delegation have been
flooded with telegrams today from
all parts of the state by aspirants for
the appointmen:.
Senator Latimer will seek the earli
est opportunity to ask unanimous
consent to consider the bill in the
senate. If he is wise he will accept
the bill as it passed the house, for de
lays are dangerous at this late stage
in the session.
Dodging the Butcher.
A miner's wife some time ago ran
up a bill at the butcher's and was al
ways in fear of being pressed for the
money. One day she espied the
butcher, a Mr. Dodgin, coming up the
path. so she told her husband to slip
out the back way and so avoid the un
welcome visitor. The butcher, gett
ing no response at the front door,
went to the back, where he met the
husband coming out. "I am Dodgin,
the butcher," he exclaimed.
"Bedad, so am I," said the miner.
An Up-to-Date Diogenes.
An eccentric old gentleman placed
in a field on his estate a board with
the following generous offer painted
thereon:
"I will give this field to any man
who is contented."
He soon had an applicant.
"Well, my man, are you a content
ed fellow?" asked the old gentleman,
"Yes, sir, very."
"Then why do you want my field?"
The applicant did not wait to reply.
Cheerful and Cheering.
Not long ago a stock of crockery.
was sold at auction, and Mrs. Wilsong
attended the sale. When she return
ed, her face was radiant with joy.
"You must join the Cremation so
ciety," were the first words she said
to her husband.
"What on earth for?" exclaimed
Mr. Wilson.
"Why," replied his loving spouse.
"I've bought such a lovely vase to
hold your ashes. You can't think how
it will set off the mantlepiece!"
Making Allowances.
New York Times.
He-What allowances do you think
your father ought to make us when
we are married?
She-Well, I think if he makes al
lowances for my exetravagance and
your income, dear, he will be doing as
..ch s we can expect of him.