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VOL XLIII. NO.5. NEWBERRY, S. C. T ESDAY, JANTARY 1(;. 190-. TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAR GREAT.NUNBER OF NEW LAWS ARE PROPOSED THE FIRST WEEK OF THE SESSION OF . THE LEGISLATURE Difficult to Prophecy What the Mill Will Grind Out-The Dispensary Agitation. The Elections. ColumbiapJanuary i5.-The first week of the legisature of 1906 has closed. Something over two hun dred bills proposing amendments to existing law and to give additional laws have gone into the hopper. What the mill will grind out it is too early in the session to prophecy but if present rate is kept up for a couple more weeks the hopper will contain more grain than can be ground out before adjourning time. The house started off very well - the first week by killing a good many proposed laws. About as good business as a legislator can engage in is to kill bills. This is the last sesson for this legislature and many of the members want to do some thing for campaign purposes during the coming summer either in their campaign for a return to the legisla ture or to secure some other posi tion. Yet, when you sift it down one legislative session is very much a counterpart of those that have gone before. A gentleman reminded me the other day of the remark of a distinguished statesman of Virgin ia made many years ago. He said it was necessary in our form of government for the congress of the United States and the legislatures of the various states to assemble That when they meet each member should be given all the opportunity he desires 'to introduce bills and to speak on them and when every body had had his say let the appro priation and supply bills be passed -and adjournment had and the mem hbers go home to tell the people what * they had (not )dcone.- The idea was that we had enuarely: too .ruc legislation and too many changes in our laws. All of whiuch is. very true. And vet the .!eZtsiattre has decided that there ist .defect in the *passage of the resolution relative t. biennial sessions and the people wvill have to vote on it again. So the - .biennial sessions .matter is defer * ed -for two years more at least. As -a matter of fact we do not believe much goodl will come of a biennial session amendment anyway. How ever, the people . will have another opportunity to vote on it. Since the decision of the supreme court sustaining the Brice law there is considerable speculation as to what the legislature will do on the dispensary. The prohibition forces claim it as a victory for their side and the dispensary forces claim that the dlispensary w-ill win and, the two forces are lining up. .There are numerou~s bills p)ropos ng amendments to the law and sev . eral .proposing to abolish the law al .together. Mr. Taylor, of Newber ry, has a bill to abolish the state dispensary and wind up the busi ness. Mr. Rucker, of Anderson, has a similar bill which requires an election in each county on dis pensary, prohibition, or license. Then Mr. Morgan. of Greenville, has a license bill. Another member has introduced the 01(1 Childs p)ro hibition bill, which was in the legis lature some fifteen years ago. Tt is too early yet to forecast the re suit. WVhen there are so many va irying op)inionls ad( proposedl solii tions of any qjuestion the result generallly is that nothing is done. Arrangements are go ing ahead for the election of members of the board of dir,c:-rs. 'The senate resolution for these lcts- fixe the dlate for WVed nesda at 12 oclock. 1'1i louse tio has not vet concurred and it is cisi, 1)robable that the election will not suc be held on that day. -. r. . M. mal Rawlinson. of Richland. has enter- the ed the race for chairman of the am board against Ir. H. H-. Evans. So far only three can(i(lates have an- of nounced for the two places as mem- inci bers oi the board, Mr. Joseph Wy- Fre lie, of Chester: Mr. Dukes. of arv Orangeburg and Mr. John Black, not of Columbia. Mr. Towill and Mr. the Bovkin will not stand for reelection. Cle So far the campaign has been very nev quiet and very little has been heard ate, of it. Mr. Rawlinson was first an- the nounced as a candidate for mem- app ber of the board but afterwards de cided to run for chairman. of' The bill of the investigating com- but mittee giving the committee more cel power has been introduced and will 21 be passed. It gives the committee the power to compel the attendance of con witnesses and to force them to an- sho swer questions and to punish for goN contempt. stoi It is not probable that any oppo- COU sition will devel6p to Chief Justice cifi< Pope. wil Among the circuit judges whose mI terms expire and whose succes.sors I are to be elected none of them have we opposition except Judge Klugh. It WC is stated that Senator McGowan, on of Laurense wil oppose him. an No one has been mentioned as wh opposing Mr. W. 0. Tatum for re- thr( election as state liquor commission- I er. pro Governor Heyward will give a Thi I reception tomorrow to the legisla- Pro ture at the mansion. I Governor Heyward has appoint- oro ed Senator Manning. of Sumter, to the succeed the late Altamont Moses the as a member of the Hampton bs Monument association. Mr. B. A. Hawkins, formerly of 1 Newberry, who has been bookkeep- the er at the State dispensary for sev- eac eral years, has resigned to accept a pur position .with a concern in Atlanta, pla( and has gone to Atlanta to assume T.h the duties of his new position. .dis1 Very little, talk has been heard nur here s<> far as to candidates for state me officese: It is certain that there will Ser be some four or five candidates for spe; governor. Mr. Ansel and Mr. bill. Sloan arc sure to enter the running A andl so .is Mr. Smith and probably pec Mr. Manning. making .four, and FMe our two from Newberry, Mr. Jones, Cui and Mr. Blease make the entries six with several more to hear from. dlur Several citizens of Laurens have rl pitda letter asigMr. Trib - rDoa be to run for secretary of state and ta 'it is undestood that he had already rev: yielded to the tempter and was run- rev: ing. As the session gets nearer1 the close it is quite probable that' many more candidates wtill begin to 'nab show tip. v Mr. Seabrook and Mr. McLeod uat: are already running for lieutenant of governor. - tat A great many prospective candi- Isa (dates a.re waiting to see what the l ea~ legislature is going to (do on certainif luesions. E. H. A. sio10 gen IFORECAST OF THE WEEK. bill, A Brief summary of the Principal 1Iat- five ters that will Command the Attention tak< of the Civilized World. foll Among the world's happenings pin 'for the coming wveek the most im po-rtant is the Moroccan conference which will assemble on January 16, at Ageciras. Spain. Eleven Eu-Th ro)ean countries and the United States will send representatives. IFrance and Germany are the two most importanlt factors in the con ference and the attitude of their; representatives will be closely fol- I a: lowe(l.troi T., Geat+ Britain the eneral eleC--o s will continue. Saturdav's de ns, however, which showed i unexpected Liberal gains. c it a forgone conclusion that new government will have an )lc working majority. 'he election of a new president :he French republic will be co dent with the convening of the nch national assembly on Janu 17. As President Loubet will be a candidate for reelection, choice seems to be between iont-Atmand Fallieres. the 7ly elected president of the sen and M. Doumer, president of chamber. -The former's chances arentlv are considered best. anuarV 22nd is the anniversary 'Red Sunday" in St. Petersburg, preparations have been made to ,brate it this year on January 22. Intense interest is felt in manner in which the people will. imemorate the day. for it will w to what extent the Russian 'ernment has succeeded in, re -ing quiet. The -workmen's ncil have called a general pa strike for January 22 and there be parades and meetings held nemory of the day. Long the conventions of the :k is that of the United Mine rkers at Indianapolis. Indiana, January i6. which will consider adjustment of wage schedules ch affect at least 500,00 miners )ughout the country. n congress the outlook does not mise a very interesting week. senate has no clearly defined gramme and the calendar was :ompletely denuded by the vig s work of last week that unless e is considerable discussion of bills which have right of way prospect is not good for much ness. 'he merchant marine bill holds place of unfinished business I day after 2 o'clock and the e food bill has the preferential :e during the morning hours. tre is not apparent. however, any osition on the part of any large bem of sen'ators to press either, Lsure to a speedy termination. ator Mallory probably 'will ik tomorrow on. the shipping Lnong the senators who are ex :d to discuss the food' bill are ssrs. Lodge. Spooner and Mc nber. enator Tillman. will be heard ing the week on his resolution tive to the situation in Santo ningo, and there are intimations the Moroccan question will be ewedi by the introduction of aI sed resolution on that subject. 'he committee on isthmnian ca will begin the actual wvork of ~stigating the Panama canal sit on on Tuesday. The decision :he leaders to postpone at least* a week the reporting of the ehood bill from committee -es the business of the week now ight simply the finishi.ng of the lippine bill and one day of pen Sl'gislation. 'ondav is to be the .last clay of eral dlebate on the Philippinej after which it may- be debated two or three days under the -minute rule before a vote isi m. One day will be given tot Tate pension bills, immediately' wing the passage of the Philip bill. BACHMAN CHAPEL. Sayings and Doings Aroundi Bachimanl hapel - News of a Miscellaneous Nature. ~achan Chap)e. j anuary 1. ni rquestedl t' say that the p)a s f U nion .\cademy are called 3:30 p. m., for the purpose of sug rrestingy or nominating a trustee to Ell out the uncxpired term of Mr. L. I. Feagle, who has moved out of the school district. Every patron is requested to be present. It is learned that the measles have broken out in the St. Paul's commumtitv. Mr. R. T. lBobb. of Spartanburg, is visiting relatives in the county. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. J. Clinton Kinard died on last Wed nesday night. aged 17 days. The body was laid to rest in Bachman Chapel grave yard on Thursday afternon. Rev. J. C. Wessinger conducted the funeral services, which were very appropriate for the occasion. We know how .to sympathise with the young parents in the bereavement of their first and only babe, and commend them to the words of Christ when he said, "Suffer the little ones to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven." Mr. Editor, your letter from Co lumbia is very interesting. We are alvavs anxious to know what our law makers are doing, and I know you will leave nothing untdld that is of especial interest to your read ers. We look for nothing more than a great big fight over the li qour, some talk on the compulsory education, a little to say about the taxation problem, also a few w6rds about the reformatory bill, a little more debate about that same old biennial sessions of the general as sembly. and some fellow is going to object to the Clemson appropria tion, and for .shame's sake and the good credit of the state, I hope some body will introduce a bill to free the old yellow dog from taxa tion, or at best, prohibit the income from the dog tax being used as a supplementary school fund. This is the world of progress, and it seems that crime is progress ing as well as everything else. It is becoming really alarming to see hoiv cheap human life is. I have been trying to lead my mind to be lieve that our people are growing rni-ally better, but every time I pick up a newspaper. I see where men are shooting and killing each other as if ther~ were dogs. It is getting ie for the good law-abiding peo ple of this state to come together and devise some plan. to stop this blood-thirstiness and b.lood-guilti iess. I have already said, and I repeat, the only way to stop crimn s to punish criminals. We need nen for jurors who will pay due re ~ardl to law and evidence. and less atention to what smart lawyers The appointment stood last Sun :lay for communion services at St. Philip's and preaching at Bachman hapel in the evening, but for some :ause unknown to your cor respond ant, Rev. MIr. WVessinger was un ible to fill either of the appoint nients. M\ r. Eddie Kinard, the invalid son of Mr. T. P. Kinard,. requests ie to return his special thanks to :ach one who contributed to the list :arried around by your correspond ent for his relief. Lie has the names f each one wvho gave, and says that i shall always .feel grateful to :hem for their kindness. Wouldn't it be a goodl time now or the legislature to talk good 0as? We pratedi and foamecd all :ver- the country three years ago~( :alking about b)uildling goodl roads. md what dlidl it amount to? The Lhe rads fromi gettig muItddy in the winter season. hut it seems that sr- legisature could devise someIl wcav to beQtter the p)resenlt r-oad( law BRICE ACT IS SOUND SAYS SUPREME COURT 1 DECISION ANNOUNCED AND TEMPORARY INJUNCTIONS DISSOLVED. All Counties are Entitled to their Share of the Surplus From Counties laintaining Dispensaries. The supreme court Friday unan preme Court on Friday night unan imously decided that the Brice Act is constitutional. It dissolved all the temporary injunctions. The decision was even more sweepingi and more hurtful to the dispensary than the opponents of the dispensa ry hoped for, says the Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier. It says that the only thing in the Brice act that is uncon stitutional is the pena ty clause put in by the dispensary advocates, which sought to penalize the coun ties which voted out the dispensary of their share of dispensary profits for schools. The court whether in tentional or not, has heartily re sponded to the voice of the people. - The anti-dispensary advocates could not have obtained a more fav orable decision to those opposed to the state dispensary system. The decision goes so far as to say that all counties are entitled to their share of the surplus from counties maintaining dispensaries. The fol lowing is the full text of the decis ion, for which there has been such great anxiety and almost impa tience: The State of South Carolina, in the Supreme Court. November term. 1905. W. W. . Murph. petitioner, against B. G. Landrum et al. re spondents. Louis B. Cox, petitioner, against James Hodges et al, respondents. Jos'eph W. Coward, petitioner, against\J. H. Blackwell, et al. re spondents. F. P. WValker. et al, respondents. Robert E. Lihon, petitioner, against F. .H-. Burriss et al.. re spondents. Pickens County, petitioner, against A. WV. Jones, as Comptroller Gener al, respondent. Oconee County. petitioner; against A. WV. Jones, as Comptroller Geni Ieral, respondent. Adam L. Aull, petitioner, against! A. WV. Jones, as Comptroller G&ene; al. respondent. On each of these cases b)roulght in the original jurisdiction of this court the question is raised as to the constitutionality of the act corn monly known as the Brice act ap-! proved February 25. 1904, amend in Section 7 of the .general dis p)ensary law. approved March 6. 1896. After careful consideration this court is of the opinion that saidl act is not unconstitutional on any~ of the grounds alleged, except in so far as said "Brice Act" dleclares that "any county voting out a dis penfsary shall not thereafter receive any part of the surplus that may remain of the dispensary school funds after the deficiencies in the various county school funds have been made up as provided by law." While the court consideCrs this pro vision unconstitutional. the court is of the opinion that it is separable from the remainder of the act. and that saidl act stands as constitutional. with this p)rovision treatedl as Th1is>C cocion 1( renderCS it necC5 entioIn grantedl in the fir5t five above~ entitled case's restraining the cl1osing1 of the dlispensaries therein menftio nedl. and~ also that the tempo rar\ i ininctionV granItedl in the re .~ oin he ahore cases, entitled restraining the comiptroner general from drawing his official warrant for the several sums arising from the surplus of the dispensary fund as therein mentioned, be dissolved and the comptroller general left free to disburse the said fund as, it would have been disbursed before the enactment of the said Brice act, and it is so adjudged. The reason for these conclusions will be stated in an opinion hereaf ter to be filed. Y. J. Pope. Chief Justice; Eu gene B. Gary, Associate Justice; C. A. Woods, Associate Justice. This order will at once close the dispensaries in Greenville, Spartan burg, Anderson and other coun ties where they have been kept open Married in Anderson. The Anderson Daily Mail of a recent date says: A pretty but quiet wedding oc curred this morning at the home of Mrs. S. E. Holland on South Main street, where Miss Minnie Gaillard and Mr. Will P. Suber were mar ried, Rev. M. B. Kelly, pastor of St. John church, performing the ceremony. The bride is a daughter of Mrs. A. D. Gaillard of Greenville and is a young woman of a sweet sunny disposition. and charming personal ity. She has lived in Anderson only a few months, being employed as. stenographer at the Corona mills. The groom is a promising young man of splendid character and has lived here for a few months only, employed as-plumber by the Sulli van Hardware company. His home is in Asheville. The bride wore a handsome gray cloth suit with hat to match. Immediately after the ceremony the happy couple left on the 10 o'clock train for-Asheville, the home of the groom. After a visit of a few days they will return to Anderson, which they will make their future home. An Asheville paper of a recent date says: Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Suber and his bride left this morninig for An derson, S. C., having spent the hol idays with Mr. $uber's mother -on South Main street. Mr. Suber is as alesmai1 in the employ of the Sullivan H-ardware company, of Anderson, S. C. and is a young man of sterling quali ties. Mr. Suber married on the 23rd inst., Miss Minnie Gaillard of Anderson, S. C. She is a young lady of charming personality. They will be absent abQut three months and after April 1st will be at home in Asheville, N. C.. Advertised Letters. Letters remaining in the Post ffice at Newberry, S. C., for the week ending January 13. 1906. B-John E. Bacon. Miss Bessie Beatv, Miss Carrie Bearden, Rob ert }erkward, Dock Bi-wn Mrs. Sallie Burton. C-Annie May Clamp. J. S. Coasey, Darska Cook, (col.) D-M\rs. Alfred Dinson, J. Hun ter Finnev. G-Mrs. Mary Graham, Bettie Garv. H-D. J. Hartrey, F. H. Hen derson. J-Em ma Jenkins. N. B. John SOn. L-S. C. Long. (2) M1-Henry Mayer. D). Meyer, iss Mlartha Morrice. R -.\ Irs. Enla Rodgers. H-enri Kna od)(gers. Josie Rodgers. S -iss Mamie Sulton. T-i\rs. M1ar\y Thomas. M~ack D ais. care of Stella W\eber. \V-Elleni Whitenier. Am'bus Wiliams. Tfonnie Williams. Mrs. G!adv> Wilsoni. M\ary~ Jane WVil