The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, February 20, 1906, Image 1
-VOL XLIII. NO. 15 NEWBERRY. S. C. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 1901. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR
THE GENERAL ASSEXBKY
HAS ADJOURNED
THE IMPORTANT PROBLEMS
LEFT UNSOLVED.
The Dispensary Situation Unchanged
-Biennial Sessions Voted
Down-Fox Question Not
Touched.
Columbia, February 17.-The gen
eral assembly, which adjourned to
night, was expected to deal with three
tnost important . matters: Taxation,
the dispensary and biennial sessions.
,It did nothing .on any one of the
three topics. The record is a blank,.
perhaps, more than a blank.
Just for the moment it may be well
to give the finale on the dispensary
legislation. The whole situation is
expressed in the trite expression,
"Nothing done." Not a syllable in
the act in foree when the members
came here has been changed. One
proposition to amend the law after
another was killed. The house stood
to the finish against the state dispen
sary, while the senate on the other
band, insisted and persisted that the
state dispensary must stand, and the
thing to do was to purify the state
5ispensary and not abolish it. As
mas said last night the house would
have agreed to almost any reasonable
proposition that would have- contain
ed the abolition of the state dispen
sary. It wanted local option, and it
voted to that effect time and time
-again. The senate, with its forty-one
members, blocked everything that was
proposed by the house, and persisted
in its one idea that the state dispen
sary could be purified by its bills.
Last night, when the house by the lar
gest vote recorded, rejected the sen
ate bill, practically all hope of legis
lation was gone. Some seemed to
think that there might be something
done -by the conference committees,
and if the senate had agreed to- the
proposition to abolish the state dis
pensary nd let the counties run the
d, j:y, where they wished, and
ihibition in those that have it,
ay would have been very clear.
smorning there was a whisper
that the general assembly would ad
.journ without electing the new board
or commissioners, and i this way
force Govei-nor Heyward to appoint a
board of directors. It was urged that!
in this way a business-like and good
~board would have been selected by the
governor. Governor Heyward, how
ever, did not care for this to be done
and thought the general assembly
mught to meet its own troubles but if
left to him he would do the best he
could, but he much preferred not to
have a thing to do with the appoint
ments.
The first bill which went to confer
enee and then to free conference was.
the remnant of the Morgan bill. The
committees on this bill were:
Conference--Senators Blake and
Williams. and Messrs. Browning, Gas
-ton and Otts.
Free Conference-Senators Walker
Mclver and Efird, and Messrs. Rich
ards, Sanders and Whaley.
Then the Rucker relict went through
the mill. On conference there were.
Senators W. J. Johnson and J. B.
Black and Messrs. Gaston. Arnold
and Ashley. On free conference
Senators Stackhouse. Bates and Wells
and Messrs. Richards. Otis and Nash.
All the work of the conference comn
maittees c'ounted for niaught, andl both
of the bills were re-ejected and abiso
lutely nothing was (lone in the way- of
dispensary legislation, except toi elect
the executive officers of the dispen
sary under the old law, wich pro
vides fo.r the $400 salaries, about
which so much has been said.
The free conference committee on
the Morzann bill br i,i abouti one
have~ an1~1 explanationi ast h h
commtte cold nt aree
p,. Iw : hnh i etntt
go into such matters. but Mr. Whaley
being called upon had started to make
a statement, and then. on a question
of personal privilege. lie created a'
very decided sensation, when he said
that overtures had been made to him
to give in aiid secure high license for
Charleston by agreeing to some plan
of '"purifying'' the state dispensary.
and in saying it Mr. Whal.:v said that
when the committee met he was asked
if there were any suggestions as to a
mode of agreement on a bill, and he
stated that there might be if the view
of the house could prevail, and the
state dispensary were abolished. The
house would agree to some plan of
settlement if the state dispensary
were abolished, and he would treat
on these lines. He was told that such
conditions would be impossible. Some
time ago there was talk about Char
leston's representatives being in a
dirty deal. If there was a deal of any
sort he knew nothing about it, and
the Charleston delegation had no part
in it. Then he went on to add that
he was satisfied. that the Morgan bill
might have been fixed up so that the
committee or the requisite number
would have agreed, had he taken fa
vorably to suggestions that were
made which looked to high license for
Charleston and the retention of the
state dispensary. He said that as
soon as the suggestion of giving Char
leston high license was made thlat he
declined it, if it meant the retention
of the state dispensary, because he
was the representative of the house
and of the people of the state, and
while such a measure may have been
agreed upon and been passed in the
house. it would have been unfair to
take advantage of the house and the
body he represented. He said he
promptly rejected the overtures as
much as his people wanted a change.
He could not-fir anistant, repre
senting the house on such an import
ant committee, have done other than
represent its view, and that was
against the state dispensary first, last
and all the time, and that ended the
matter.
Later in the session Mr. Richards,
who was on the committee, came in,
and, hearing of the statements. said
that he did not question anything that
had been said. but that he simply
wished to say that no such proposi
tion as giving Charleston a license
system was heard of by him: that he
would have fought it and that no such
suggestion had any authority to bind
him. He was not present at the ses
sion of the committee at the-time, as
he was engaged on other committee
work, but he would have protested to
the end against any such compromise.
Mr. C. P. Sanders. who was sitting
nearby. arose and said in a few words
that Mr. Richards was not prei'sent
whenCi the overtures were mde. but
that the offer was made to Mr. Rich
ards in his presence. and1 that it was
rejected. The dffer to give Charles
ton a license system came from mem
hers of the senate comnittee. He then
at down.
Members. however, insisted that
Mr. Sanders explain the whole mat
ter, which he did, and then in minute
detail said that Mr. Whaley was not
in the room when Mr. Efird first
broched such suggest ion. but as soon
as Mr. Efird mentioned such a con
tinency that he went. out for Mr.
Whaley. It was suggested that the
entire committee be gotten together.
and all of the members of the comn
mttee were present when the sugges
tini was repeat ed. Mir. Eli rd cert ain
ly gave him to understand that he
would be willing to t reat (on a bais
f ret ai ning the state dispensary and
of Viyng Cha rleston a license system.
-.-' h wa ute ''f the impflressionf
tat sneh a view was concri( in b
enaor W~alker in so ma~;ny wordls.
e(I beforie his committee.
Senalor Efird said that tfhey dis
Cssed a mber of propositions as
foundations for compromise, but that
no definite proposition had been
made. le said that some tentative
suogestionls might have been made,
but that no direct and authoritative
(iffer was made. but that in a spirit
of comipromise he and others dis
cussed in a general way what might
possibly be done, but that it was pure
ly tentative. He did not in his state
ment to the senate discuss details or
go into the rhinute particulars.
Mr. Whaley say that le was asked
the direct question. "If we will give
you high license for Charleston, will
you give in?'' He said, no. unless
you abolish the state dispensary. The
dispensary has been the foremost is
sue of the entire legislative session,
and the pity is that something one
way or another could not have b~een
done.
Two hundred and forty-one acts
and joint resolutions are the result of
this year's'legislation. The appropri
ation, supply, fertilizer and a bunch
of other acts were rushed in at the
last. The engrossing department was
crowded.
News From Excelsior.
Excelsior. February 19.--iIss
Maggie Stone has been visiting rel
atives in Newberry.
Miss Julia Matthews, of Ninety
Six, visited in this section last week.
The farmers' association will meet
in the school house on the first Sat
urdayafternoon in Marchat 2 o'cloek.
Mr. Aunierle Singley. of Newberry
college spent Saturday and Sunday
at home.
The grain in this section is looking
ery nicel.
Mr.. Arthur Lee Wheeler and sisftea
spent Sunday with relatives at Little
Mountain.
Rev. and Mrs. M. 0. J. Kreps vis
ited in this section last, week.
Prof. J. R. Dyers, principal of the
raded school at Whitmire, visited
Prof. J. S. Wheeler last week.
Mrs. J. S. Werts and children. of
he Saluda side, visited Mr. and Mrs.
H. J. Kinard last week.
We still have a few cases of mea
sles ini this section.
Mrs., Kenneth Baker and chlildren,
of Greenwood. visited Mr. A. A. Nates
and family here last week.
Mr. J. B. Cook spent Friday and
Saturday in Newberry.
Little Misses Leiah and Ruth Bo
land, of Prosperity. visited Mr's. HI.
1. Kinard and Miss Janie Kinard
down here last week.
Miss Alice Long~ informs us she
has a pretty little, lemnil bush grow
in. that has an ahnoist full grow~n
IPemon on it. This is somethi ng new
to griow lemons in the sunny south.
at Little Mountain. the guest of' Mr.
-. S. Shealy 's f'amilyv. Tt was our
privilege andl pleasure( to attend the
ii o'clock service at the Lutheran
chareh and to listen to an able ser
mon )reached by the pastor'. the Rev.
. B. Shearouse. Mr'. Shea"' use
preached upon1 the duty of children
to their parents and piar'ents to their'
chilren. The sermon wa interest
iinz' throughout and the speaker was
given good attention by the large
(.~.~cn)rftiI ni. Such ser'mons onght to
do) god The Sunday school is large
and is superintended by Prof. W. A.
This dlispatchl of last Satiirday
fom Omaha. Nebraska. may' or may
not heC significant of important de
veh-pme~ nPiS. I! is in11t lear'ned that
he 'ervement quartermaisters in the
i'aritmnen t of' Missouri have been
rnshinr.g work niTht and d]av on sup
)liQ- of al! kinds. wh chre bein.
H. H. EYANS DEFEATED
BY J. M. RAWLINSON
RESULT OF ELECTION OF DIS
PENSARY OFFICIALS.
W. 0. Tatum had no Opposition
John Black and Joe B. Wylie are
The Other Two Members of
the Board.
The two houses of the general as
sembly by some chance agreed upon
an hour for holding the elections to
fill vacancies which will soon exist in
the personnel of the managment of
the State dispensary. There had been
filibustering over the proposition for
a day or two and finally it was decid
ed to dispose of the matter at noon
on Saturday.
The result as to the election of a
chairman of the board of directors of
the State dispensary was a great sur
prise. Mr. H. 11. Evans, the incum
bent, generallv regarded as one of the
most popular men in the State, was
defeated by Mr. J. M. Rawlinson of
Richland county. the vote being 103
to 30. If all of the absentees had been
present to vote. the ratio of differ
enee in the votes might not have been
affected at all. This was quite a sur
prise to every one, for although it
was known that the incumbent was
subject to a severe cross-fire, it was
believed his personal popularity
wo1ld give him a good start in the
race.
Mr. W. 0. Tatum was reelected
commissioner of the State dispensary
and Maj. John Black formerly of
Colleton, and Mr. Joe B. Wylie of
Richburg. Chester county. were elect
ed to succeed Messrs. Boykin and
:Towill, who were not candidates for
-rTeelection.
At 12 o'clock the two houses met
in joint assembly to elect a comniis
sion and ihree members of the board
tif direeto-s of state dispensary.
Senator Raysor nominated Mr. W.
0. Tatum. This was seconded by Mr.
J. I9. Watson of Anderson. who some
time ago was spoken of as a candi
date against Mr. Tatum-although
Mr. Watson himself never announced
his candidaev. There was no other
nomination andl Mr. Tatum was elect
ed. The joint assembly consists of
165 members and there were but 128
present and voting..
For chairman of the state hoard.
Senator Marshall nominated Mr. Jo
die' M. Rawlinson of Richiland. This
was seco nded by iMr. 'Haskell. Sena
tor C. L. Blease nominated Mr. H. H.
Evans of Newherry. This wais see
onded by Mr. LaFitte. The result
wvas seconded1 by Mr. Hiaskell. Sena
neesa 4t a choice 67. Mr!. R?aw
:30.
The voting was as follows:
For Mr . Evans-Senators Bivens.
BlaI ck. C. L. Blease, E. S. Blease. Den
nis. .Johnson. von Kolnitz. Warreni
(S). Representatives Brownin.
Bruce, CallIison. (Coleoek, Earhardt. E.
J1. Etheredge. Hall. Harley. Heyward.
Higins. Hut to. Keenan. LaFit e.
Nancye. Parvker. Taylor. Tribble. Tur
ner, J1. M. Walker. J1. 1 . Watson
Wimberiv-30.
Earl. Efrd.lardin. Hay. Hlood.
Hens:4I Ifudson. .Jlhnson. Mi\anning.
~end. rIfoy!!''. P ay5or. Stackhouse115.
Walker. Wells. Williams (24): Rep
:esentat i vs A\nders(on. Ardr'ey. Ar
ail. anks. Iass. B)eamL'.uadi.Br
hamn. Bront . lbranley. Brice. Clifton.
'lv. Ci;t hr:m. Culler, Dahh. Des
Champs. U)eor.e. Doar. .Edwards.I
Epting. Fauust . FsihburneII. Ford, Fos
ter. Frase '. Frost. (GasqIue. Gaston.I
ie; Carnpenter.: Christnsen.? Dou
lass, Holliday. Mauldin. Talbert.
Representatives absent-Ashley, Bal
lentine. Boyd. Dukes. L. B. Etheredge,
J. E. Herbert, W. J. Gibson, Glover,
Harrellson. Little. Lofton, Miller.
Morrison, Nesbit, Rawlinson. Sheld
on, Sinkler, VanderHorst. Verner,
Webb and Whaley.
For the two places on the state
board. there were three nominees,
Mr. Joe B. Wylie of Chester, named'
by Senator Hardin and Mr. Kirvin;
Major John Black of Columbia, nam
ed by Mr. Browning of Union and
Mr. J. P. Gibson of Marlboro; and
Mr. R. F. Dukes of Orangeburg, nam
ed by Mr. J. A. Banks and Mr. Me
Coll of Marlboro. The result was.
Total vote 137; Wylie 108; Black 90
and Dukes 75. Necessary to a choice
69. Two first named were elected.
The African at Algeciras.
Washirgton Post.
Our latast press dispatches justify
us in assuming that the Moorish del
egation to the Algeciras conference
are taking the affair very seriously.
When a prominent gentleman of
Morocco. such as Sid el Mokhri is
known to be, charters a whole steam
er for the purpose of transferring
his harem from Tangiers to the Span
ish town already mentioned, it is safe
to assume that he expects to make a
season of it. No one can adjust him
self to emergencies more completely
than the high caste Moor. He is a
warrior by instinet. he flghts like a
Berserker, and he'll keep at it till he
is killed or starved to death without
one whimper of complaint. But when
it comes to the capers and the junkets
of diplomacy: when he has nothing to
look for but palaver and conspiracy
that is where the Moorish gentleman
proposes to make himself comfortable
and to take along all the comforts of
home.
Thus Sid el Mokhri-we intend to
call him plain Sid after this-has put
his entire Tangier caboodle on board
of a chartered steamer and trans
plant it by night to Spain. He has
not left a wife or a mother-in-law or
any other member of his female reti
nue behind. For all we know lie may
have added a few more ladies to the
bunch so as .to be prepared for a real
long session at Algeciras. He will es
tabl)ish is abodle in some inmpenetra
ble grove surrounded by high walls,
lv in a full stock of sweetmeats.
eunuchs and bastinadoes, plant spring
traps all around next to the barrier,
and then, b)ut for the daily sessions of
the delegates and the attendant wear
and tear ot language, lhe won't know
whether he is in Africa or Europe.
wise mran inhis generation is our
good friend Sidi. lHe knows a soft
snap when he sees one and he takes
it with him when he travels.
A Traveling Bird's Nest.
W\ashincgton Pest.
inr- my last trin to Germanv.'' said
A. F. Taylor a oroinenWlt linen imn
orter, of New Yor at the New Wil
lrd. "'It was a travr'ling b)ird's
nest. For five years a pair of birds
much like your rohhins. t.nlled the
maisel ' in Germn'anv. have built a nest
-va4 year under the a vrs of a~ pas
ePer~ train thn't in:k"s two ro,und
triOs a (nv btween. 7ittan in (Thr
many, and Re*henhlro-. in Bohemia.
a distance of sixty miles. Five yearsj
aro t he ear was !ail ny for r'epaiIs
andl durinv: that tiro" thO birds made
a nest. Whlen the ear was put in ser
vice the birds stuck to it and went
back and forth 12P iks a day until
hei r venne wore hottohed and able
.ofl ma tairne abno st as chicken.
BOARD OF PARDONS
NAKED BR GOVERNOR
MESSRS. SHAND, HARVEY AND
CLEVELAND APPOINTED.
Three Good Citizens Selected-New
Board Will Go into Office With
in One Month From Ap
proval of the Act.
Governor Heyward Saturday night
announced the appointment of the
board of pardons provided for in the
act recently passed at the session of
the general assembly just ended. The
board consists of Mr.'R. W. Shand,
of Columbia, Mr. Wlison G. Harvey,
of Charleston, and Mr. R. Mays
Cleveland, of Greenville.
In selecting the board, Governor
Heyward endeavored to secure three
men of the highest standing and char
acter, who are not actively in politics,
and those who know the three gn
flemen consider that he has succeeded
in naming such men. Mr. Shand,
who is appointed for the three year
term, is the recently retired presi
dent of the South Carolina state bar
association and no lawyer in the
state stands higher in the estimation
of the profession and the public at
large. Under the terms of the act the
resident member of the board will be
the secretary.
Mr. Harvey, who is appointed for
two years, is president of the Enter
prise bank of Charleston and is one
f the most progressive and popular
young business men of that city. He
has a wide acquaintance througho.ut
the state.
Mr. Cleveland. whose home is at
Marietta, in Gieenville county, is. one
of the most substantial, honorabl
and public-spirited men : inx.- vSouth
Carolina. He is one of the largest-.
and most successful farmers in..th0
p-country and is a member of the,
state executive committee of tho
Southern Cotton association, in which
rganization he has taken a deep and
active interest. Mr. Cleveland for
merly represented Grdenville county
in the general assembly, He gets the
one year term.
The board will go into office 30
days after the law is 'signed, which
was done Saturday. The members
are to receive $4 a day for their ser
vices while in session and their meet
ings'are limited to 20 d'ays during the
year. so that for such men as have
een named the work will be one
purely of honor and patriotism. The
zovernor is empowered to refer to the
bofard any petitions for pardon upon
which he desires their recommenda
tion but he is not required to do so
ad lie is not required to follow the
recommlifendationis of the board in
~ranu:n or refuising a pardon. As a
ractical matter. it is not likely that
ayv governlor will in many instances -
!hlinfe to follow the recommenda
tion!s of the board. as the pardon
orolemn has become more and more a
burden upon that official within the
last few years.
Advertised Letters.
T.etters remnaining in the postofice
si Newvberrv. S. C.. for week ending
February 37, 1906.
P--Mr. Marshal Bergis. Miss Bes
sie Burton.
C-Mi-. E.d Campbel!. Mr. D). Th
c. Mr. .Thssie Crotter. Haitie
D-Miss May Davis, Mrs. Almer
Dr)o. ft s. Miss Carrie Dowoll.
F-Mrs. D)enyetter Floyd.
G--Miss Maud (D:nsuett.
H{-Miss Chara Hamlin. Mr. Win.
olmes.
T.-W. W. TDsenberry.