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,.,. Qi VOL1.4V. NO. 12. LN CWBERttY i. 0 FR3i )A ~ RU1ImARY 8, 1907. TWIOE A WEEK. $1 50 A YEAR ArPROPRIATION lILL IS lPORE THE HOVSE BILL PRESENTED BY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE. YThe Various Items Showing Where There Is Increase and Where Decreases. Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, Feb. 7.-Following is, the 'bill as presented to the house of rep resentatives by the ways and meais committee. The increases and de creases in items are noted: Governor's office-$13,250.00. Secretary of State-$6,050.00; in crease $200.00. Comptroller Gen*ghl-$12,150.00; increase $190.00. State Treasure--$7,450.00; de crease $160.00. Supt.. E4ucation-$5,760.00; in efease $240.00. Adj. & Insp. General-$35,400.00; increase $15440.00. Attorney General-,$5,875.06; in -crease $350.00. State Librarian-S1,550.00; in crease $150.00. Pension"-$250,000.q0; increase $25009.00. ' R. R. Commsision-$9,900.00; in crease $500.00. Code Commisslon-$400.00. Keeper State H. & G.-$1,400.00. Electrician & Eng.-2,175.00. Judicial Department-$81,150.00; increase $1400.00. - State Geologist-,$3,400.00; do -crease $400.00. State Penitentiary-$6,550.00; in .crease $500.00. Health De1Oartnient-,$11,100.00; decrease $6900.00. Tax Department-,$63,000.00; in crease $1289.00. S. C. UViveaity-,$60,118.93; in -crease $17759.68. Immigration Department--,$17,300. 00; inereaso $6000.00. Winthrop College-$80,213.70; in crease $9429.20. Citadel-$9,250.00; increase .$7, 1500.00. Colored College-$7,800.00; in crease $1500.00. Hospitol Iisaic-$187,000.00; in crease $10323.00. Deaf and Dunb-$27,900.00; in crease $2400.00. Catawba Indians-$1,700.00. Water-$2,000.00. Claims-$6,000.00; decrease $6000. 00. Public Property-$15,000.00; in crease $500.00. Light State-$6,000.00. Fucl,$2,000.00. Phosphate Coms.-$300.00. -ExiBooks State officers-$1,300.00; ecrease $222.20. Ex. Books State Colleges-4297.70; decirease $7.10. Pay Sinking Fund-$15,000.00. Pay Ytinkinig Fund-$5,000.00. State Board Equalization-$1,600. 00; decrease !$400.00. * Supt. Registration,$,150.00: de ca so $6150.00. Mngrs. Elections & ptg.-$1,300. 00; decrease $27200.00. Rent office Snpt. .Education-de crease $75.00. Inf. Gov. Mans. & State, Armory $480; increase $27.80. R.Hftorical Coms.-$2,250.00; de ,espe $2050.00. SPdblic Libraries-$5,600.00. State Summer School-decrease1 1000.00. Repairs & Fuel Gov. Man.-$1, 0.60; increase $000.00. iFre Proof Metal C. O.-.decreaso *00.00. oard Medical Examn..$1,100.00; rease $500.00. ,, M. Minor-decrease $25.00. .yComs. Exam. Dispensary-$1, 0; decrease $8800.00. Donald-$250.00; increase $250. nographer - $50.00; increase um-$100.00. Fund-$2506.00. I Contract-decrease $350.00. an-decrease $608.50. lection Sumter-decrease Election -Cborokee-decrease $180.60. Special Peiipon-d'ecrease $69.10. Sp. Commission-decrease $09.10. Fish Coms.-decrease $84.40. Ex. Police Station-decreas.e $39.00. State House Coms.-decrease $102. 73. Jones-decrease $250.00. Sp. Election Darlington-deerease $110.20. Investigating state disp.-decretse $2500.00. S. C. Industrial School-decrease $4500.00. Board Fislieries-$7,000.00; de crease $3000.00. Confederate Home-$2,000.00. Jamentown Exposition-decrease $20,000.00. Int. State Debt-$285,000.00. Int. State Debt.-$5,000.00. 0oard Pardons-$800.00; increase $800.00. Statue J. C. Calhoun--$10,000.00; increase $10000.00. Surety Bounds-$143.35; increase $143.35. State Flag-$50.00; increase $50.00. State House-$500.00; increase $500.00. Grand Total--$1,319,138.48; in crease ' $113,592.03; decrease $93, 977.20. Klaw and Eringer. The management of the Newberry opera house have had the assistance of Klaw and Erlanger in a successful season in Newberry, and the follow ing editorial .from the New York Morning Telegraph Will prove of in terest to Newberry theatre-goers: The indictment of the Thetrical Syndicate, notwithstanding - all the fuss and fury and threats of Unter myer, Belasco et al., and the employ ment by them of every means to throw big scare and make a big noise has resulted in nothing more serious than a large laugh. All along the Great White Way on Thursday even ing and Friday could be heard the comments of theatrical people to the effect that the business of the Shu bert trust did not demand much atten tion from those interested in it, be cause they were giving what would be valnable time to business men to attempts to annoy their successful competitors. 1,verybody who knows anything about the business manipulations of the Syndicate of Klaw & Erlaiger knows that in the end they have al Ways .been victorious; and the wise, ones also know that Mi.. Jerome will be contested point by point, the same as he was when he brought the not orions ''John Doe'' proceedings. It will be remembered that the ''John Doe" proceedings were set. aside by' the Court of "pPeals, and that the learned judges their written opin ion, told Mr. Jerome that the sub poenas were of no inore weight than waste paper and were suggestive of ''private ends and furtive aims." Mr. -Jerome might have continued to he a little terror with his ''John Doe'' proceedings had not Klaw & Erlanger contested the legality of his action. The citizens of New York owe a debt of gratitude to these gentle men for crushing this procedure. Meanwhile misstatements will con tinue to be printed, founded in many cases upon01 ignorance and in some on malice, as, for instance, the rehash in some of the papers yesterday that Sarah Bernhardt had consulted the French Ambassador, a story which first found its way into thme New York Herald, and which, in the same paper, Miss Bernhardt herself denied over her own signature. 'The story of the 547 theatres is of a piece with this, as is also the statement th'at a percen tage of the gross receipts of theatres was exacted by the ,Syndicate for booking. If this matter is ever thor oughly ventilated the opera bouffe performanee of tihe recent incidents and statements will apepar in its pro per proportions.. Proprietor-' 'Oh, it wasni't the wages. He gets $2 a week less where he is no0w, but he is called a clhef.' Guest (in restaurant): ''What be enme' of the cook you h'ad last win *For the traveler the best guide book is a oheekbook. WATSON READY TO RPLY. Whenever 0oftgress Asks Miin For Any lnfotmation.-Undisgulsed 'Siut at South. A Washington Cor. Columbia State. The entrance of the immigrants who came on the Wittekind is still 8: bothering some people hereabouts, It is not the Federation of Labor this time, at least not directly, but it is RepresentatiVe Gardner of Massachu setts, son-in-law of Senator Lodge, n whio today introduced into the hloue a rc resolution calling upon t,he depart- b: ment of coinmerce and labor to send 1 to congress ''all the information in its possession relative to the introdue- I tion of foieign .laboxers in the State el of South bat'oliha by oneE. J. Wat. b son.2 The resolution also calls for the P opinion by Solicitor Earl Von the t point as to whether these inimigratits were admitted uinlawfully. Mr. Gardner stated to this corres pondent, when asked about his reso lution, that to him it looks like the -t immigration law was violated, and his 8 object in introducing the resolution a was to get at the facts in the ease. tI d The Commissioner Replies. ''Such a thing as this was to have been expected before this," said Com missioner Watson last night, when he s was shown the telegram from Mr. McGhee. ''I really do not care to say anything about this resolution as it seem-s to ignore the fact that this inl troduction of people into South Car olina was by a state official and not l by an individual. ''However, I may say that. T most cordially welcome the furnishing to congress or anybody else not .only all the information that the department of commerce and labor may have, but also which it may not have. I merely wish to say, here and now, that from the very first the every act of this de- I partment and its cqmmissioner has c been open and -above board with the United States authorities. ''Within the past few weeks, not witlhstanding any papers or docu ments that might not have been call ed for at the court of inquiry at Charleston were freely offered to the 24vernment authorities at the time, T have offered a special agent of the department investigating the condi tion of foreign labor in, this state all facts. documents and papers and have given him full information-as to the location of - immigrants and invited r him to talk with them to the fullest. n ''We acted from the frst on the construction of the law cabled by and from the state department at Wash inEton before one soul was booked, and the fuller the investigation of an' honest, open attempt upon the part I of a sovereign' state of the union though the action of the state in this resolution is slurringgty charaeterizt ed as tihe act of a mere individual the more it will be welcomed. I ''We have endeavored to conduct this work on a high plane and one promnising good .results for the coun stry at large, Massachusetts as well as South Carolina, and the fullest in.for mation as to the method of procedure has already been given by me omeial ly to a personal rep)resentative of the president of the United States ~ ngaged in stitdying the national immi gration prQblem. . ''One Gardner 6f Massachusetts is welcome to .all the' information this f omeie, the department at Washington, the United States department or anyt one else can, give him. That is all I have to say. Meteorological Record January, 1907.1 r Temperature-- Mean ,maximum nm 60.9; mean minimum 42.6; mean 51.7;i maximum 77, date 19th: minimum 21,y date 29th; greatest daily range 39.i Precipitation-Total 1.05 inches; I greatest in 24 hours .38, date 31st; 1 numnber of days with .01 or, more pre- I cipitation 7: 'clear 13; fair 7; coludy 1 11; killing frost'5, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, t 28, 29. I Remarks: First half of month I war'm; latter half cold. A groat deal "f plowing dlone.I W. G. Peterson, CoopeatIv Obsrver BfE HAS KILLED PURIFICATION BILL e 0 T PIESENT IT APPEARP THAT h tObAL OPTION WILL WIN. c eeoh by Senator Bleaso-Gentileman e kroift Greogetown Assailed the u House Bill. v The State senate on Wednesday t ght by a decisive vote put itself oin t cord against the state dLspensary I ra vote of' 21 to 16, striking out the r tactilig words of Senator Raysor's o ptriKenition" bill, says the Colum- 11 la St6te. This vote Was a surprise I t0h to the local optionists in that. i )dy ls they had not expected to t toW A majority of more than 2 and 1 aDMy nothing more than a 'bare f ajority of 1. t It can be safely asserted that no b rohibition measure stands a ghost of 'I show of passing the senate. f The vote on the Raysor bills is said t > have completely rated the dispen- I try forces, although several ardent d ivocates of that institution were of- 1 wring to place bets Wednesday night int the Carey-Cothran bill would be i efeated. Senator Walker, who made a two ours' speech in support of the Ray )r bill and against the local option easure, stated most emphatically tnt he would vote to kill absolutely very bill now on the calendar affect ig the liquor fque.stion in any way. The chamber and galleries were acked beyond their capacity and it -as almost impossible to get in and ut the doors. Many ladies wN.ere pres nt and a lArge number of the meni ers of the house. Senator Blease challenged the local ptionist.s and the senator from Char ?ston to put a high license provision I the hill and paid his respects to the rohibitionists in the house. He quot d Mr. Lyon's prnted testkmony be ore the committee in combating the harge of corruption and said that Ir. Lyon owed his position in the tale today to Sentor Tillman's peecli on the state house steps when e tried to make tlie volers of Sontli 'arolina cringe like whlilled ('us at is feet. Senator Sinkler insisted that le be uoted correctly, insisting that Mr. lease misrepresented him. Mr. Blease said lie was no apologist ort any mian except, himself, but when 'a Was On his sick bed 200 miles way, it is mighty easy to talk about tealing, but it' any man would meet lim on the streots and charge hiii "ithi heing a thief and come ofr as lie vent in, lie would vote foi' the Carey 0othirani bill. Senator Blease was very mnpassioned in his defense of the dis oeusary board against, what lie said vere Iproved and unll'supported haVrges of couption. He declaired hat the recent primary wvas no0 'voice of the people.'' He knewv of taunch dlispenisar'y mcen who votedl for ud( woirked for Mr'. Ansel. HeI p)oint d out various seiiatoi's who came heire .local option men wvho were unop iosed. He declared there wvere mioi'e tate dispensary men a year a"o. Mr'. Lusel only received 35,000 v'otes in he first primary; that wvas not a ma-I or'ity of the 120,000 voters in the tate. In the second primary Aiken ounty, which gave him (Blease) a majority in the first primary swept round. and swamp)ed Manni'ng. Is hat a demand for local option I He Iso cited'.Newberry, Union, Dor'ehes er and other counties, declaring that here was no ground to say that the leople had spoken so plainly. Ha aid that the campaign made in the riri'y against Mir. Manning had inde it impossible for a self-respect ig dispensar'y man' to support an ele cnth'-honh convert who came over' to tbecanse lie saw the way op)en to bie mansion. That wa.s why Martin '. Ansel is nowv governior and( niot be ause thle poople cied~ out aginist the tate dispeiisairy. Whon the paperis1 al you that the ple(Oll have ciid( ouit o loudly for' the abolition of the ate dispensary they are simiply mis rd.ing you. Ho predicted that if~ this ~ !arey-Cothran -bill should pass~ this eai' next year you would hear a voice ronm Charleston and from Columbiaj ad Beaufort and Georgetown saying, We have kiven you what you wiant 1, now give us what we want and I us have tile true principle for local ption-a license system.'' You will ear the same papers that have been anioring for this bill, clamoring for igh license. They know they must rawfish first and then they will get p and work for what they really 'ish. lie insisted that the bill gave iree men the right. to rob tle men iey buy from and then hide behind le law that you can not. sue a state. r they buy too much liquor they can Lfuse to pay for it, that is the sort. of f thing you will be party to. He paid is respects to the Anderson Daily fail and other papers for* their crit ism of him. He declared that if liere was a lie out the editor of the fail told it and submitted an article rom that paper telling of the jug rade on which his statement was ased. He declared that the Florence 'imes whose editor was then on the loor had urged him to "get out of lie way and let the ear of legislative rogress roll on," had done as much irty work against him in polities and F that editor could come down here nd forsake his principles, he (Sena or Blease) was not made of such tuff. . He did not care for his poli ical future, lie was no sulker, lie did is duty as lie saw it; he 'will not ue a traitor to the 19,000 people who 'oted for him, lie declarea. Senator Hardin, who next spoke, ndo.sed the eouinty dispensary and aid if the people wanted the dispen ary to go, let it go. Variouls m1otlis were11 Made onl the natter of taking a vote or adjouring n:. taking a recess and by at vote of 20 a 19, the senate refused to adjourn kmd the aye and nay vote on striking mt the enacting words of the Ray lor bill were (1allied, restiltinlg as fol ows: Yeas-Appelt, Bates, Bricm, Brooks, ..arlisle, Carpenter, Christensen, ,rouch, Hardin, Haynes, Holiday, Uauldin, McGowan,1PKeithan, Otts, ginkler, Stllivan, Tablert, Toole, Mlliams-Total 20. Nays-Bivins, Blease, Clifton, Ear e. Efird, (G-iffn, H,m',Johnsonl, Kelly, Laney, llay'sor, logers, Stack iouse, Townsend, walker, Wells, ATeston-Total 17. Tihe following p) irs were announe :Smiti presen , who said would iave voted "yea, ' with Black, ab. ecnt, who vould have voted "nay;' G11raydon, present, 'who would hav 'ated "nay" with Bass, absent, who xoild have voted "yea." Smnatoor Blease changed h1is vote From "yea" to "nlay" before time re. itl i was antionnieed, 1nahk(ing total. r1oad, yeas 21, nays 16. This ?-ives Senm ator Blease tle parlaimentary righit to make tile motion to reconsid LATIMER IS HANDS OFF. rhe Junior Senator Thinks, However, that People Want State Dispen 'sary Killed. The correspondent of the News and1 (otrier saw Senator Latimer al.nd( isked his viesw concerning thle state lispensary qutest ion. The seantor hiniks that the election results last mummer indcicated clearly flhe desire f the pe.ople for local option between ~ounty dispensaries and prohibit ion, nith the state dispensary killed. "Personally,'' lie said, "I am a >rohib)itiaonist, butt I have no desire to nterfere in the decision of the ques ion now pending before legislature >f South Carolina. So far as I am ble to from an opinion as to the mer tat of the var'ious bills submitted, it trikes me the Carey-Cothran measure axpresses thie wishes of thle people as aidicatIed by resultsa of thle recent elee iona. Paceticaully t his concedes to the aontIies thle right I.to settle thle liquor pileston according to I le will of the najoaritIy. Na Ilaw can be prioperly en 'arced tinless it has pnblic sentiment The more sunshine there is ini some nen 's lives the less hay they mnake. No man ever got a paini in his hback prom carrying hiis neighbor's burAen. GOYERNOR WILL HEAR THE ARGUMENT TODAY DISPENSARY BOARD IS REQUIR ED TO SHOW CAUSE. Why They Should Not Be Removed From Office-The Charges and Specifications. According to appoitilment, Mr. J. 1E. McDonald of Winnshoro, repres enting Director .Joe B. Wylie, appear ed before Gov. Ansel at noon on Tuesday, says the Columbia State, and argued the point which he raised a few days ago, viz: that the governor has not the right to remove without first giving notice to the accused that they must show cause why they should not be ejected from ofilee. Mr. J. Fraser Lyon, attorney gen eral, was also present. Mr. Lyon of. fored 'no objection to the point raised by Mr. MacDonald. The latter did not refer to the matter of the governor finally exercising the right to remove for cause, but the discussion was as to the modus operandi. Mr. McDonald claims that there is nothing in the constitution of 1895 or in the statute law providing the method of removal and therefore the matter falls hack upon the common law. In the com mon law the course is for notice to show vause to he issyed and for tle accused to make respoins on the (ay), set and, if tihey should not prove their eise, tlien the order of' remtioval froi ofliee should issue. Mr. Mel)onald supplied a great mlaniy (Iuotitiois fromi coirt decisimns to prove his eoitention. llis Views as to tie legal status were itot opposed by Mr. Lyon, who suggested to (ov. Ansel that the iiatter should take tle course suggcstcd. (ov. Ansel, wilo. hiad already given careful inv%estigrationl into the law, anioun1011ced tlat lie wolid comliply with Mr. MacDoniald 's request anid would issue the writ requiring the hoard to show cause why they should not bie removed fron ofice. Tle rtile is re tturnable Friday at noon an(l it is un dferstoodl that the atton:eys for t lie iemlbers of, Ile board will be here on Ihal date witi argumtis agai-nst tle retmoval. MIr. W. t. ("iber of, Colle tonl, is replrvSelt ilg Direelor John Black, his brother-in-law. Mli. Vylie a.Its served with . a copy of, tIle order. Ile expressed no reel-. ing Neept to haIve the(! nIJIeri brought to a finiality, at oncev. Ill I he course of his argIlument M~Fr. MDon'l) iahl was onutspo ken inl dvinmineing. thev stale dislwinsary. Ile did o11f hesilatv to declare Iis be liei t1hat it shoi . be abolislied. This ma1et' caime Ip in Ilhe disIts ion1 f the day on wIticli (he parties ivecused sliould mat1ake retirn11 thrt'oungh their alloriieys. Mr. feDoaliid refer red I(o thle penldinlg legislation in ithe senate l as all Ilhe llorv reason wh.v this miat ter shouldli be closed up before thle arnrlassembly ad.jou rned. IIe reerred t lie absence fo thle st ate (of some of' thle pa rties otn.. ('Pited o!'] initimtedit( that they might ('arie to brtinhg some ~'itniesses here fr'omi ben ite border of lhe state. It is evdn hat the hearhig is mere-. ly to l'ogin Fridlay at. nooni. The Iak 4n ir evidlence and1( the heating of arigumnents may consume several (lays. Attorney General Lyotn, upon the dlecisioni of1 Gov. Ansel beinig annone ed, p)repar'ed the charges and specifi cations which were signed by G'ov. Ansel last nigh( and coples served.on all the members. Thiere is sonme talk that Commis sionter Ta'tunm is as subIject to removal from' ollnee as the members of the board, for' even after he knew of the alleged unilawfiul purchelase (of whtis.. key, heo ordel~red lhe cler'k to pay $30, 000 r'er somte of it. rThe comi)ifls'sionier is bontded, thei miemlbers oIf I le hoard .nie tio. Theli (omiissi5ioner' is mforeO Iexpl icit.ly sub.ject to I le ord(ers~ of the Igov.ernor' thalin arei thle members of ICharges and SpecificatIons, eiiet ions made(14 by his exce'lhency, Mart.in I". A n-el, governor' of South Carolina, andl served upon .Jodie M. Rawlinsoin, .Joe B. Wylie andl Johnt Black, dlirector's of' the dlispentsary: "TAKIC NOTICE that the general assembly has passed a concurrent res.