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VOL~~~~~~~~ Xiv NO' 10 NE BRY.S.0ktb..PBUR-1 97 OUSE PASSEs THE LOCAL OPTION BILL ISPSNSARY QUESTION IS NOW WITH THE SENATE. n%obibition Measure Defeated-The Work Of The Legislature Reviewed. Special to The Herald and News. Columbia Jan. 31.-One half of the session concluded yesterday. It mark ed decisive action by the house on the burning and all absorbing ques tion before the people of the state at this time, the state dispensary. The debate begain on Tuesday at 12 o'clock and was continued Tuesday night and Wednesday until one 0'clock, when a vote was reached. The state dispensary people in the house realized that the dispensary as a state institution was doomed, so far as the house was concerned, so when the local option bill came up, Mr. Sinith of Colleton, who is a prohibitionist, offered an amend ment in the shape of a straight pro hibition.measure, and it was on this amendment thU.t the fight was real ly made. The state .dispensary peo ple immediately became ardent and enthusiastic prohibitionists and ral lied to the support of the prohibition measure as preferable in their opin ion to local option as among the coun ties. The debate was able on both sides, ,all the speeches being above the average. When the vote came the prohibition amendment was defeated by a vote of 55 to 68, all the mem bdrs being present except Mr. Nor ton, of Marion, who has been sick for several days. The local option bill was then ordered to a third read ing and will be sent to the senate today. The purified dispensary bill offer ed by the state dispbnsary advocates was killed, but in ease the senate should 'refuse to adopt the local op tion bill and send to the house the purified dispensary measure the (fight would then come up on that bill. Just what the senate will do does not seem to me to be at all certain. ,.It was claimed that the plan to send a prohibition measure to the senate by the house was part of a scheme to perpetuate the state dispensary for the reason that the senate would not stand for prohibition. All the indi cations point to a close fight in the senate, though the local optionists are claiming a majority in that body because of the passage of the Smith resolution calling foi- the abolition of the state institution. While that ,may be the sentiment of the senate on the abstract proposition, the membens may not be able to agree on what shall take the place. of the state dispensary. For instance, they may .not agree to the local option bill passed by the house. Still all indica tions now point to the abolition of the state dispensary. The report of the special investi gating committee was, submitted on Tuesday. It brings out nothing new Sor what w,as not .already known. In: vievw of the dispensary fight for the past two days very little else has been done. In fact, practically nothing in thie house. The senate has passed the 10-hour la* soinewha in the shape of a com promise. Or, rather, to meet the plan uready agreed . upon by the mills. he mills have already 'reduced two oirs. This 'bill provides that two ore hours shall be taken off on uly 1, of 'this year and on January 1908, the sixty hours a week shall come effectiye. This will probably a the house. * * *. he senate has killed-the bill intro 'in that body to abolish the lien though it has not yet aeted up o bill passed by .the house, hIt is not probable that It will itself and the indications are the lien law will 'ernain ,In A resolution 'has bpen lnttodue' ed to submit the question to the peo pie in a general election. The bill to increase the pensioi appropriation -to $250,000 has passe the house and a bill to appropriat $15,000 for the purchase of artificia limbs for Confederate vetreans ha passed the senate, and a bill to ap propriate $3,500 to expenses of re unions has been introduced, making total of $208,500 for Confederate vet erans. * * * There is great demand for increas ed appropriations in all department and for the establishment of nev departments carrying big appropria tions. As already stated, the militif -are asking for $40,000 and now come: the state reformatory asking for $65, 000 and claiming that amount is ab solutely necessary. Then the senat( has passed the high school bill carry ing $50,000. And yet if you ask tha the. salary of some stenographer b( increased one hundred dollars, whiel is necessary to give her enough tc pay board and buy clothes, som economist will jump up and tall about extravangance in high sound ing words. Mr. A. N. Boland, who was appoint ed magistrate at Little Mountain, be ing postmaster, could not serve, an Mr. Sam. W. Young has been ap pointed magistrate at that place. * * * Inl regard to the card of Messrs Wilson and Wendt, I desire to sa) thaf the list of recommendations pub lished in my letter is an exact copy of the letter submitted to the gover nor. Who commissioned these gentle men I do not know. I think I signet three papers stating they had beer nominated in the primary. Mr. Johnstone's local bills, whiel were printed in Tuesday's paper have all passed the house and havc been sent to the senate. The water works bill is still in th( house but Mr. Johnstone told me hE had looked into the matter and hai decided to withdraw all objection. * * * The ways and means committec has been considering the appropria tion bill this week and hearing de mands and requests for increased ap propriations. The committee is en deavoring to hiolkl down appropria tions so that the levy may be reduced to 4 1-2 mills. It ought to be nol above 4 mills. Of the Newberry delegation, whel the dispensary fight. was up in the house, Mr. Wyche voted for Prohibi. tionist Smith's amendment, an< Messrs. Aull and Johnstone agains it. Mr. Wyche voted to iodefinitely postpone the local' option measure and Messrs. Aull and Jonhstone votei against the motion to indefinitela postpone. Messrs. Auhl and John stone voted to table the purified dis pensary bill, and Mr. Wyche vote against the motion to table. E. H.A. Columbia State. After a debate of nearly thrce hours and one of the most exciting contests in recent years, the house or Wednesday .tabled the amendmn f6r prohibition introdued by Mr. D L. Smith, passed to a third reading the Carey-Cothran local option- bill completely routing the disp~ensar2 forces. There were times in the fighi when the vote was close. The decided stand taken by Mr Nash, a life-long prohibitionist, wly said that he would not vote for th< Smith amendment, an exact copy o: his bill, because it meant playing inti the hands of the dispensary suppor ter's, caused several of the others whE think like Mr. Nash to cast thel votes for the Carey bill. There - wa at no time any hard feeling display ed and before the roll call Wtas had i was practically certain that thi house had decided to kill the stat dispensary. The hopes of the othe side were high Tuesday night befor Mr. 'Nash made his speech. Afte that they realized their chan~ces wer slim and yesterday the fight wa 'purely a perfunctory one except witi enmr o atihe lada of the diann - sary people. The speakers were: Mr. Richards of Kershaw, Mr. Gary of Abbeyille, i Mr. Brantley of Orangeburg and Dr. I Sawyer of Georgetown in favor of 3 the dispensary, and Rev. Coke 1). 1 Mann of Oconee, Mr. Alan Johnstone s of Newberry in favor of local option. - Mr. Cosgrove of Charleston favoring - the Carey bill, Mr. Brantley of Oran t geburg, favoring Carey bill, Mr. . Banks of Orangeburg favoring the bill and i number of others. Mr. Richards' Statement. -iThe speeech by Mr. Richards k brought out somc interesting facts r about the Nash bill. Mr. Richards - said he had inade up his mind to t force a vote onl a prohibition meas ;ure if he had to write a bill of that - kind himself. He had so told the dispensary committee of the house and. they had by a vote of 6 to 5 refused to report the Nash bill. Had this bill and the bill by Mr. Richards been taken up in their regular order iI4ith the Caey bill the fight might have been prolonged and this was what had been hoped for by the dispensary side. WhIen, hiowvever, pro hibitionists like Mr. Kershaw, Mr. Johnstone and others who believe in the principle, but did not see how any thing could be gained by a vote for the Smith amendino4t, and when Mr. Bi(antley, who announced that - while he was a believer in the state dispensary, he could not consistently vote for such an amendment, the final vote was not a surprise. Anoth er speech attracting attention was made by Banks of Orangeburg, who said that two years before he had come to the house a supporter of the -state dispensary from observations he had made of its operation in his own town. Now lie saw every oppor tunity to reform it defeated, and lie would cast his vote for the Carey Cothran bill. Only One Aboet. When the roll call came every mem ber of the house was in his seat ex cept- Representative Norton, who has not been present at this session be cause of serious illness. The galleries and floor were filed with spectators from the time the debate started 1.30 p .m. When the strain was over and the relaxation followed, nearly all the members left their seats and the other business of the day was purely routine. There was no desire expressed for a night session and the transferring of the fight to the sen ate was a relief to both sides. Wouldn't Encourage Laziness. One of those family emergencies had occurred. There were several unexpected guests and an insuffi ciency of servants. So the head of the house persuaded a daughter of a farmer who lived near by to officiate as waitress for one night only. "It's easy enough," he explained to the unwilling girl; "when the bell rings all you have to do is to come in, do whatever little thing is wanted and then go out.'' As t,he guests took their seats at the table one of themn brushed a fork to the floor. The host touched the bell. In camne the temporary waitress. "'D'y'e wecnt me?"~ she ask ed. ''Yes,'' said the host, motioning with his hand, ''the gentleman drop ped a fork." ... The girl stepped inside the room. With uplifted -hands;. and eyedopert wide in astonishment, she brairied out: "Good Lord! Yew don't 'mean ter say yew rung that ere bell jest ter have me cum in 'n puck up thet fork, do yern Well, by gorryl 'f C's ser lazy he can't pick it up himself, yew kin let it lay tIhan. I won't tech it." .Then she made .a hurried exit, bang ig the door. Naturally Suspected. Chicago Record-Herald. -"So you used to be the janitor of a flat building?"' "Yes, mum." HIowv did you lose your job?" L"The landlord thought I was crazy. When the tenants asked' foi' more I' alwaga~ gave it to 'em without a Sfight." Do omething for somebody, and do li no* . MIt. IAWLEY'S EXPERIENCE. i Pormer Newberrian Writes From Cuba of Her Experience During ' I Recent Disaster. Mrs. E. P. Pawley lived in New- < berry for several years, and is pleas- t antly reieibered by her friends < here, wlo will be interested in the t following letter from her: To the Editor of The State: If the scenes of horror and distress f in Kington after the earthquake could be written ill blood the readers of the world would scarcely have any conception of the situation as it real- C ly was. The writer of this article has many friends in South Carolina who will; doubtless be interested in her nar row escape. She had gone with her mother and baby of 14 months amt little son of five years to spend three months in Kingstoi.. We rented a lovely house completely furnished from a gentleman whose family had gone abroad with the eceeption of a nepliew, whom he loved better than his life and whom you will read of later. We had been settled only a few days when a friend Fame down from New York with her little babe to spend some timne in Kingston also. We invited her to conic to our home, which se did. We were living so smoothly, so comfortably in beautiiful IKingston, almost every day we would say ''isn't it lovely to be here sur rounded by everything that makes life worti living;'' the sill so warm, the shade trees so large and grand, the gorgeous roses and flowers of 0 every description for each ''pen,'' 0 as they call the palatial residences in t Jamaica; hand beautiful flower gar dens and servants; we had on all sid es some wishing to work for us for food alone; the negroes being great ly in the majority, were always look ing for work: t In one sense of the word we were e living in the lap of luxury, but it was not to last long, for on .Jan 14 (will we ever forget the date? Never! It t will be remembered for all time-the C horrors, the indescribable terrors) at e about 3 p. m. our next door neighbor sent and asked us to come over for a I few moments. We were just going to C have our afternoon nap, but decided t to go over. On leaving their house the earth began siaking. My friend C 4aid, ''Run into the street.' I first 0 ran to get my little son lie and I tried 1 to rin. On reaching the gate we were 1 both thrown down and the large gate I posts, eight feet high, were thrown 11 on us, one pinning ine down by my a skirts and my little son just able to pull his feet from under the edge of the other without any injury. God only knows why we were not killed instantly. On regaining my feet I ( ran to our driveway and there, wlat , do you thinkI saw? Our home in y ruins thick brick walls all crumshiedt to t he earth and not a soul ini sight. I raised my hlands to heaven and wvith eyes and voice I asked God to save imy baby and my mother; where weire they? Could it be they wvere lburied(l alive under the ruins? Readers can you imagine our helplessness? I sank to the grounld, unable to walk ; wouldi get up only to fall again. I was chok ing and my heart seemed to stop) beat ing altogether. I p)icturedl my loved *ones lying- bleeding, dying, b)eneath t the house.., I arme .again and saw my v~ mother coming ou't of Ahe ruins; where she was -caught in the 'door and the walls falling -in on her from thea sides. She only knows that -God saved her in a most miraculons way. I then saw my baby and nurse, but my friend 's baby, where was lhe? On reaching the spot her nurse was to be seen, but no baby. She had run and left him to perish. My mothler and thme nurse found thle spot where thme baby was left, but thlere was no0 trace of himl, they moved tIhe brmick, rock and dirt; they heard a little moan ; thecy worked until thlere was a sight of the little white dIress; thley at last succeeded in extricating the little body with only a cut. on hlis I hlead amnd several bruises, but not ser- I iously hlurt. In all the homes near us ours was the only one whlere all escaped with their lives; two doors below five were killed:;next door, two funerals n one night. Tle cries, screams, Ll aoans and groans were such as could each heaven, praying, begging, oleading of the passe-by to tell hen of their loved ones down town; lasl for those down town, they were DI aught like rats in a trap; from ten o 30 persons in each store were rushed without, being able to get Mi o the doors and many who had been tjuired ai not able to help theisel 'es were burned to death by the lamiles, as the fire spread rapidly and CO t Was only tle flames that. lit the ity by night and lent light to those te veary mid worn, who sat the long, leq reary night. keeping watch over their al cad, suffering and dying, or lie ii- cO oceent babes and children, who were Th leeping on the gortnd at our feet. Ca The next article will contain a de- tlh< cription of the long night. watches, y' lie horror of robbers coming in upon 0' is with pistols demanding all that e had left (which was little). How ed o get away from the city with no 1)0 entlemai or mai of any kind to vai clp 'us, walking our. only llope of stI etting to the ship over burning sli 01uses and11 dead bodies. sh Mrs. E. P. Pawley. col hIiantanamo, Cuba, Jan. 21, 1907. oll LPPOINTEr) ON PARDON BOARD pI1 bie Ir. W. A. Clark, President Carolina Sp Nationaa Bank to Succeed Mr. vil Shand. dis oul Mir. Washington A. Clark, presi- of ent of the Carolina National bank, wil id former president of tile cliamber be r commerce, and a leading memrber f the Columbia 1)11r was appointed in y Governor Ansel as a member of ccl lie state board of pardons vice Mr. the W. Shand, resigned. Mr. Clark for 'ill accept. The board will meet in cal pecial session shortly and it is pro- Or( >able that at this time Mr. Clark ,ill be elected secretary. Acoerding rej a precedent arising from conveni- gil nee; the resident member holds this act osition. boi General approbation will follow He his appointment. Mr. Clark is ree- ine gnized as a lawyer of long experi- bui nee, sotnd native judgment and nol aret learning in the law. The posi- wil ion is iiot one that many attorneys in ani afford to accept, since for prac- ifi ically no compensation it entails a tlh ireat amount of work and sacrifice fat f mneh time. Mr. Clark is so situ- sul led, however, that the salary that I iiglht be attached to the offiec would mi e comparatively a minor considera- To ion. The position is one in which he iay reler invaluable service to tile late. - --- ho Cotton Disease Investigations. Ve Practical investigations upon the dIiw iseases of the cot ton plant in Sou1th 1arolina have been started at tlhe wall louthi Carolina Agricultural Experi- Ni lent Station and these investiga-h ions5 canl be~ maiteiallhy aided( by the ii oop)erationi of' thle catton growers in se. lie state. Duriing the coining season e pecimens of diseased cot toii plants 1)0 re earnestly solicited from growers te( rhio will send with the specimens the olowing information.th 1. When planted? att 2. WVhen were diseased plant,s first ati bserved? th 3. 'Do you find lice or red spidersfi ni the under side of the leaves of lhe plants which appear diseased and nfl rhien were they first observed? pe 4. What kiind of fertilizer wvas us-y d (Formula); when applied; how; t ad how much per acre. 5. Do you find the boll-worm doing ab' muchi damage? When did it first ap- A ear? all 6. W~hat ei;ops5 were grown on the ga amne land the three p)receding years? me 7. Ts the soil red clay, yellow clay, tra >ipe clay or a sandy elay; loam, re' and1 loam, or chiefly sand ; if black tic. oil, bottom land 01' upJland 7 ho 8. H-as fthe weather been dIry or VO ainy andl is the crop gr'owing vigoir- 'wi usly or is it unhealthy? 7 9. H-as the p)articullar' trouble re- p1' >orted been observed- in previous we >ears and ai'e the affected areas in irculair or irregular' patchies, or is it ecattered here andl there over the o ield? haO Address all communications and ar; pecimens relating to this subject to st< ha Botaniat. Clemson Colleea. C.t QUOR PURCHASES VADE ILLEGALLY RECTOR BLAOK FIGURES. LARGELY. de a Purchase Amounting to $125, )06 in a Manner Not Laid Down in the Rules and Regulations ' hlbia State. [n tle senate Monday, Mr. Chris iseln presented the report of the :islative investigat ing committee pointed to inquire into financial iditions at the state dispensary. c report came unexpectedly as pt. J. 0. iehards, a member of committee, was out of the city derday, but lie returned at 9 lock Monday night. h evi(ence is too long to be print in full, but Senator Christensen 'mitted tle newspapers to have ad lee proof sheets and a brief ab act of the tevtimiony along lines -gested by himself is given in The ite. The deductions made by the 1mittee aire priited in full. qo witnesses were examined except cers and oicials of lie -state dis isary. Capt. John Black could not examined as lie is very ill at Hot rings, Ark. Thie heslinony begins I Commissioner Tuluin 's letter to peIlsers anld gives reIllies from 049 of 108, who coidein the practice tle several boards inl projecting Ilhew lbralds-whielh eventually ,oie liard stock. ['he board several times acquieseed the comiissione r's request. to can orders, but. il tlie last shuffle of cards lie appears to have got lost, tle stuff began to pour in by the load before lie knew that the big lers had been placed. Phe report confirms Mr. Tatum's iort that whiskey was bought irre arly and further shows up a trans ion in which Maj. Black in person ight $125,000 worth of whiskey. was authorized to make arrange uts for a certain grade of whiskey the legal methods of purchase do a appear to have been complied :h. There is also sensational testi ny in the evidence of the new reet Ir aid blender, Norfolk, who swore it some of tle goods for which icy prices had been paid are of no istantial value. ollowing is the report of the coin [tee: the (Jeneral Assembly of the State )f South Carolina: [In pluSh uran(ce of tlie conenurrent olut ion passed by youiri honorable ly on Jainary 15, 1907, for the in ,iigation of the alairs of, tle state penlsialry, you comillittee hey leave I"hat you committee miet and or lized by tle election of thue Hlon1. ls Ciristensen as chairman and Hin. William N. Graydon to con rt the examination of the wit nes -and the Hion. E. M. Itucker as retary. Mr. H. H1. (Glaze wa ap Iii ed( stenographer for the c'ommnit )wing to the limited time allowed commiilitteeC to report, we have not empllted to go into4 any genieral in ~tigat ion of the financial statuis of dlispensary, bit have rather con edl our attention to the manage nt of the aflhairs of the stato dis isary. We deem it just to say tha't obstacles were thrown in our way the officers and employes of the in [ution, but they testified fully and ely as to all matters inquired >ut. We examined no one but of tra and employes. We have had the testimony taken in the investi tion printed for the use of the mbers of the general assembly and nsmit the same herewith. We have 'rained from making recoimmenda ns,preferrinug to leave it to your niorale body to say what action ti desire to take on our report, t-hout any suggestion from your amittee, contenting ourselves sim ,' with the findings of fact which think the evidence demnds. We fin<f as matters of fact: 1. That the state dispensary is erstoeked, and that there was on nid in the state dispensary on Janiu v 15, 1907, about $669,000 worth of >ck. 2.,That $400,000 worth of stocknte l