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VOL XLV NO. 5 NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY. JANUARY 17.1908. GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON LABOR CONTRACTS P ONE OF MOST INTEBSESTING TOPICS IN PRESENT SESSION Bill to Be Drafted to Meet Federal w Decision-Both Houses Down w to Hard Work. o Special to Herald and News. m Columbia, Jan. 16.-The senate to- S day refused to concur in the resolu- b tion fixing tomorrow for the election th of an associate justice of the supreme p court to succeed Associate Justica q Gary; jud!ge of the second circuit, to ie sneeceed Judge James Aldrich, and di- t< rectors of the penitentiary and college 1 trustees. The senate named next la Wednesday as the day for the elec- w tions, and this will probably be agreed fi upon. al a Special to- Herald and News. . t Columbia, Jan. ,16.-It is very evi- S dent that the question of the farm la- ti bor situation is going to be about the ef most interesting topic discussed by t this session of the general assembly. h. On Wednesday night at the call of Representative Wade of Aiken, tire ni farmers of the general assembly were re called to meet and they took up the tl matter in earnest, discussing the sit- ni nation from every standpoint. It was rc decided to appoint a committee who ., shAll draft a bill regulating labor con- n< tracts that will meet th~e decision of s1 Judge Brawley as to constitutional- to ity and to present it as this session. 1i The general assembly' has got m down to work very quickly and will T soon be disposing of business as if it b were several weeks old. The trip to IN Winthrop on Saturday will consume at ,one day, but it is customary to take a day on Lee's birthday 'and the result will not be a loss. The usual number of bills has not been introduced yet, and while the engrossing department has not been idle it has not been rushed very great- o ly. 'The new form of bills as in stituted by the attorney general is meeting with favor in some quarters, but others object to it. The two houses assembled on Tues ' dav .at noon and besides listeninig to P Sthe governor's me'ssage an i swearueg 0 *in new members little has been ac- e complihd so far. If the elections a can be gotten out of the wty this - week, the two houses can gt down to business.a The House. -t Columbia, January 15.-iThie hou-su t of represent'atives went througi' the . :Ge' iar today. as tP' legislative ex 7. nis, and di efe of.a niumber I .of bills left over froD last aession byt a.llowing them to he withdrawn from I the files of the hou;e. Others were passed over temporarily, under a res-. .ol.ution by Mr. Nicholson to.take up only unconstested matters today. 0 The-re was one 'bill which passedt to *third reading that is of general inier-C *est, this being Mr. Croft's bill, to givea -electric railroadis the right to con .dem'n rights of way. Governor Ansel sent in a special message announeing the resignation .of the Hon. Jas. Aldrich of the 24d judicial circuit, and stating that as the unexpired tearm is foi--niore than I one year his successor must be elected I by the general assembly. The messageb was received as information. The Senate. 'The senate has got down to regular U work. One of the most noteworthy g bills so far introduced is by Senator j W. N. Graydon, of Abbeville barring' the plea of self defence where a pis-. tis used, -except on one's own prem A Monster Sausage. Recently it was noted that Mr. and Mrs. JT. B. 0O'NealIl Holloway we,re kindly remembered by her brother in! Orangaburg county with a box of nic-e fresh meats, including a sausage a little over seven yarde long. Now comes another opportunre remem- a brance from her sister, Mrs. Thos. 8. i Haigler. of Cameron, of "fresh"' among which was a sausage nine t< yards long, from a killing of eight 7I monster porkers. This sausage~ eer- p tainly takes the blue ribbon and the recipients are to be congratulated.! SCORES PERISH. ennsylvania Town Plunged Int Agonized Grief-Theatre Fire. Boyertown. Pa., January 13.-B+ ieen fifty and seventy-five persor ere burned to death tonight in a fii hich eompletely destroyed Rhoad yera house, in this place. The opera house was crowded wit embers of .St. John's Lu,thera unday school. who were attending mnefit given for that church. Whi] e show was in progress a tank ei oded. The actors endeavored t iet the audience, but in their an ty to make themselves heard an avoid the awful stamped'a of ti; omen and ~ehildren the coal o mps which were used as footlighl ere overturned, setting the place o re. The flames, fed by the .oil, ror most to the ceiling. and there wE rush of the seven hundr.d persor escape from the burning buildin; ores of women and children wei ampled upon and several who e. Lped being ,burned to death died a: T- being dragged. from the oper )Use. Boyertown, Pa., Jan.' 14.-Whe ghtfal3 put a stop to the work c seovering the dead from the ruins c ie Rhoades opera house, where lac ght's holoeaust occurred, the offici; 11 of victims numbered 167. Whetl anrv more bodies are baried b, ath the ruins can not be positival ated., but it is believed that the t< aL list of vietims will not,go abo 0. The ratio-of woamea and girls 1 en and boys is about nine to on he work of identification will not I sgun until tomorrow as most of ti )dies are lying in a confused stal the four improvised morgues. In Memoriam. sAt the regular meeting of the con .1 of Holy Trinity church, Litt [ountain, S. C., a committee was al Dinted to draft suitable resolutio1 Sreepect in memory of Mr. Simee [iler. who departed this life Sel mmber 26, 1907, in his 88th year. TI )llowing was submitted and adopte: Whereas, the Lord in his all-wit rovidentee has seen fit to call fro: ar midst unto himself the soul of o1 teemed neighbor, eomrade-in-arm nd felow-conneilman., Brother Sii yn Miller, who for years has been iithful servant of the church militai nd resting assured of his happy e: anee into the church triumphan .erefore, be it, Resoved 1. That we bow in hnt le submission to the will of o1 [eavenly Father an~d resign oursSlv >his ways. meekly trusting in h1 oodness and grae so abundantly b towed upon all his faithful childre 2. 'That we hereby express our- gra ude- to God for the exemplary i ur rot;her lived in thie church .ar the neighborhood, and that 3 erish the meamory of the patien nd perseverance he exhibited in tl bhiristian life he led and the exampI e left for us. 3. That we strive to amend 01 yes, to order our walk and conves on in such a way as to emulate I irtues, that we may have hope, nion again with the blest in tl alms of glory. 4. That these resolutions be ret ~fore t.he congregation of Holy Tri ; chureh. of which he was a mer er,. and whieh he attended even: reat inconivenience up until nea.r t. nd of his life. 5. That a copy- of these resolutio1 e furnished the family. nd the p er-s for publication, and that a pa1 our min*ute book be inscribed sa d. to his mnemor. 0. B. Shearouse. W. C. Shesly. J. A. Boland, Committee. Notice. I earnestly request the buine r'en.t of every local Farmers' Unic the cnunty to mieet me in ti rt. house next Saturday just a. r the adjournmnent of the CourA eachers' Am;oeiation. This i.a in 'rtant busi:ress to all. J. B. O'Neall Holloway, TILLMAN ON THE DISPENSARY. o Addresses Prohibitionists of District IN Of Columbia in Favor of the G. M. I. 3- A special frcm Washington to the LS. Columbia State. under late of Ds- i ! cember 14, sas: 's "Seaator Tillman tonight proposed a to the proihibitionists of the Distriet t, h of Columbia, who are making a fight n for prohibition in Washington, that h a they establish the diapensary. 1ha n Le reviewed the hisiory of the G. M. I. c in Sonti Carrlina during its long ca- a :o reer and said that it was a success d and would be the thing to- establish ( d here. The prohibitionists held a large f te mo ting in the First Congregational. n il church and Til'lman was one of the speakers. 1 It was a new thing for the senator v ;e to be making a speeh in a church, is but he made the samn sort of speech a is that he is wont to make on the stump b r. in South Carolina while preaching the c 'e gospel of good "licke'r" and he used - the same sort of words. a - The church was filled to its utmost f a and Tillman's remarks created tie b great interest that they usually do in Northern audiences. i Bank Examiner Resigns. , r t Mr. Lee G. HB)lleman has tendered r 1to Governor Ansel his resignation as d state bank examiner, to take effeet e February 1. He has recently been E elected president of the Peoples' t Bank of Andirson. e 0 Card of Thanks. B Mr. Editor: Will you kindly allow e e us space in your paper- to voice, in . esome degree, our gratitude to the '] ma:}y friend's who, during -the last ill- E ness of the eompanioi and mother of t our home, exhibited towards her so t much of that heaven-sent solicitude, which has taught -us lessons to be en shrined in our hearts while life shall i le last. Mere words fail to express all i - we wish to say, and we can only wish t S for the choicest blessings to be pour- t 'n ed in full measure upon the heads of i each and every one of them. Your e long eon tinued services merit a high- l er reward than aour heartfelt thanks, C and as surely as the Creator lives so m surely you will find that "as ye have ir done it un'to the least of these, so, al a so have ve done it until the meek and a lowly one." a IAgain ma~y all that conduces to a happiness, hrere and hereafter, attend a you, physicians, friends and relatives t; s the he'artfelt wish of1 Your friends for all time. n-G. C. Evans and fa.mily. 1 es ~ The Last Week. I is The Rinalos, Ca}ifornia's noted1 SPahnists, located at 9)20 Main street, Shave announced the week ending Sat t-urday, January 25, asi their last week in Neitberry. In view of the refin 6/l, appreciative patronage here, it is 'jwith regret they terminate their visit ee -in Newberry next week, but being booked in other cities in this state j iand Florida, it necessitates their de-1 iparture. Those who have not had the apleasure of .the honedt, sleifnd teaj. sings these people give should not fail to cosult them before they depart. The readings prove Wfitertainmag, in estructive and to one's advantage, and d are guaranteed correct and satisfac t'ory or no charge made. Charges re at ~ Trains Delayed. 1 eA small trestle on the Southern1 arailway, near Pomaria, was burned -last Tuesday morning, and oecasion ejed much delay of the trains for about c four hours, it being necessary for it e- {o change over to tehe C., N. & L. track to get to Prosperity and New-t berry. IA wreck on the C., N. & L., near Columbia. the same day caused the trains on that system to be held up for quite awhile. s ound to be Insane. >Fannie Williams, a young colored t woman. who~ has be living i I Graveltown, has been deeliared to be 7of unsmuma mind, after an examina-' -tion by Dcotors Houscal aud Smith. ord ered by Probate Judee Schuimpert. The w'oman was carried to the State1 Hospital for the In'sane on yesterday 1 NEWS F'ROM EXCELSIOR. Eegro Has Narrow Escape in Swollen ] Stream-Personal Mention Other Items. Excelsior, January 1.-Mr. G. P. Kinard, who has been confined to is bed the past week with grip, is lile to get out again. it is gratifying ' report. ir. Thompson Young, and family ave moved from this 'section back ear his father's. Our new organ has been .ordered I nd will be in soon. At our un ay school Sunday afternoon Miss llie Counts was. dlected organist or the Sunday school and Miss Au ie Singley assistant organist. Mr. P. S. Cook and family, of Co imbia, are up spending a few days Tith his mother, Mrs. J. C. Cook. Don't forget the union meeting nd oyster supper at the schoolj ous' Friday afternoon, January 17,!: ommening at 4 o'clock. 'There wiTl be communion service t Bachman Chapel church on th; ourth Sunday morning in this month i y the pastor, Rev. J. C. Wessinger. I1 Mr. J. D. Lorick spent a few days a Columbia last week. Drayton DeWalt, colored, who lives ear Mr. W. P. Counts' place, had a airow escape with his life Satur !av afternoon. The negro had tak-, nv a bale of cotton to Mr. Mike! healy's gin, in the Mt. Tabor see ion, and was going home with an mpty wagon when he drove in the reek near Mr. Counts' home. The reek was up higher than he expect d, and the two mulea and wagon re washed on down the stream. 'he negro says that he narrowly sav d his own life by jumping from he wagon just when he did. The wo mules and wagon were found 0a Sunday morning some distance I Eown the stream, both the males be ng drowned and the wagon body be ng about a mile further on down he stream. The negro says that the rwo mules were his own, and the loss s heavy on him. Mr. Willie Cook went down to Co-1 unibia last week to take a special ourse at a business coRege in. that ity. Mrs. E. M. Cook spent 'Monday in ~olumbia. . Sigma. Granted Bail. Sam Setzler, th3 negro lodged in al several days ago, charged with ie murder of Clarence Bates, anoth r negro, near Pomaria, was granted >ail by Judge Gleo. W. Gage, at Lau "ens on Tuesday last in the 'sum of $100. He bias not as yet furnished he sureties. Messrs. Blease & Dom nik represent Setzler. Here's a Test. If yc'u want to know whether you iave aterrh' of the lungs or niot, ~im.ply 'expectorate in water. If the8 ~putum 'sinks instead of floating you ltve lung eatarrh, the forerunner of ;he:great white plague, eonsup~tiong, 3ther symptomns ate short breath,' iight sweats, stitches in' side, unusu tilly ~bright 'eyes, extra loud voice, eas ley tired, prominent colI'ar -ones, usri lly hopeful mind and loss of or fickle Whietese latter signs aecompany ung trouble, the first mentioned test nay be considered infallile, and1 hould be heed by a thorough ourse of Andes' Great Prescription, he most reliable blood purifier and ~onsequent healer of diseased tissues the market. It is but wisdo>m to earken nature's warnings if one re c'ards goods health. Each hours delay eheases the risk, entailing addi onal. yet unnecessary suffering. Andes' :Great Prescription is an ionest remedy, showing its contents a plain English on every label and yackage. It is recommended to cure nly certain diseases. Among th'emI tre eatarrh. whereever situated, rheu-! natism, indigestion, constipation, bil ousness, blood impurities and result-I ng complications. It costs $1 per bot M three for $2.50, or six for $5.00. housands of bottles have been dis ribted by Wmn. E. Pelham and Son,, ld not a single failure or complaint Las been received. This is a wonderful 'ecord for an'y mediicine. Get a bottle SILVER STREET ITEMS. 'arm Work Moving Along Slowly Bad Roads and High Water Personal Mention. Silver S treet, Jan. 16.--The farm rork is moving along slowly. We aa do nothing but eut wood and ;plit rails, the ground being so wet. There has been very little travel ng in this section, as the roads are o very bad and the water courses iave been so high, and the trains lave changed sched-ules. We regret ery mueh that the trains Nos. 12 Lnd 19 had to be dileontinued. Misses Mayme Lominiek and Malie Wieke:. of near Pomaria, visited re atives and friends in our comm1an ,y last week. Mr. David Porter, of the city, has een visiting his uncle, Mr. D. G. Livingston, at Dead Fall. Mr. Gault, of Jonesville, is visit ing some time with his son, Mr. 'rank Gault, who is depot agent at his place. Mr. Jos. W. Alewine, of this place, visited the family of Rev. Jno. J. Long, near Pomaria. , Miss Minnie Crouch, of this com nunity, has returned from a visit to ier sister, Mrs. Glenn, at Greenwood. Miss Carrie Berry, of Saluda, -vis ted her sister, Mrs. M. D. Sheppard, it Dead Fall. Mr. Will J. Long, who has been working at the carpenter trade hera for several months past, has gone to his home at Greenwood to be with his family for some time. Mrs. John J. Long and son, Virgil, >f near Pomaria, are visiting tela ives here this week. They will re turn home Friday. Mrs. David B. Werts, of the eity, visited in our communfty a. few days this week. Mr. Moore, of Spartatburg, visited his son, Dr. E. H. Moore, who is practicing medicine in this comrnn ity. Mr. Enaene IL Londshore.. of the city. wa= Ler- this wc'k.on business. Mrs. James P. Blair, of Lhe Utopia community. acrompanied by Miss Helen Nichols, visited relatives here' this week. The phone line from here to th-s city is pro ressing nicely and will soon be ready for use. We fear that the grain crop has been shortened by the recent cold and wet weather. 'The family of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Boozer have been 'blessed with twin irs that have a hearty welcome into their new home. In Magistrate's Oourt. Ed Shell and Illinois Spea1rman, both colored, were up before Magis trate Blease Tuesday, being charged with disposing of a small amount of seed eottom over whijch bir. J. J. Hitt has a lieps Both negroes plead guil ty, and each of them was sentenced to pay a fine of $10, or to serve on the gang for thirty days. eyberry: pity Djinc$ory. Mr. Frank Wingard has:c been in town this, week, securing information for the publishing o'f a city direc tory of Newberry. The .book i3 to be published by the Piedmont Di retry Company, of Asheville, North Carolina, and is to contain the name and address of every business man in the eisty, and his homre address. The diretory will cost $3.00, and those who ao not get to leave or ders with Mr. Wingard may send them direct to the house. Mr. Wingard is very careful in oitaining his information, and prom Wses to give usd thre best drectory ever made of Newberry. Mr. Wing ard1 is a son of Hon. J. B. Wingard, a prominent attorney of Lexington, and well know here. Took His igqnor. A few nights ago Chief of Police Adams seized from Mr. J, Henry Todd four erallons of corn whiskey. it. Tovdd had just alighted from the train when the officer took thre hooze. The~ liquor wais purchased by Mr. Todd from the Columbia dispen saries. for hi.a own personal use he claims. and it is understood that he will take legal steps to secu,re its re turn to him. ANNUAL MESSAGE TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY GOVERNOE ANSEL EBYIEWS AF FAIRS OF STATE Gives Information and Suggestions Gathered From His First Year's Administration. Governor Martin F. Ansel's an nual message was transmitted -to the general assembly on Ttresday. 'Fol'lowing is a synopisis of the mes sage: State's Finances. We are one year behind in the as sessment and collection of our taxes, or rather we collect the taxes at the end of the year for the expenses of the state government for the year\ past, when we should have the taxes in hand at the beginning of the year to pay the obligations of the state as they mature. This condition of things frequently makes it necessary for tha state to borrow money before the tax es are collected to pay the running expenses of the Otate government and the appropriations made by the gen eral assembly. During this year the governor, state treasurer and cQmp troller general have had to borrow $350,000 for .these purposes, the au thority for borrowing tire money hav ing been granted by you at your last session. These conditions are likely to con tinue year after year uness provision is made to catch up. I, -therefore, recommend that at least an extra 2-mil1 tav for state purposes be pro vided for at this session of the legis lature, the same to :be done for the nt two years, whieawe will have-i: the treasury money sufeiant to plsee us where we will not be required to borrow, but "can pay as we go." Another, matter whieh I desire to call to your-attention is that the ap= prepriations. of last year exceeded the c"'timatefl re-?n. on .a 4 1-2-mill. levy, by s.!. a thousaad dollars (see report of comptroller general). It is very evident to every thinking business man that if an appropriation; is made the tax levy should be suffi cient to meet the same. Assessment of Property. By the constitution, it is made your - duty -to provide "for a natform and equal rate of assessment and taxa tion, and shall prescribe regunlations to secure a just valualtion for~taxa tion of property, real, personal and possessory, exeept mines and mining claim's, the produicts of which .alone shall be taxed.'' All property should bear its just proportion of 'the taxes. The question arises, How is the audi or to find out what personal property the taxpayer ha.s? I suggest the in quisitorial plan: Regrnire th topw auditor .to publicly egPiniet t9 9h taxpayer na eah ppun mt trly~ answer geweerntng all his pre-' pety of whats'ver kind and reeor4 .. * - it on his tax return with the valua tion he places on same, Whf? .s to a afterwars equalized uy the town sip anrd county boards of equaliza tion. By -this means the value~ of'all - the visible property, as well as all - - Istocks, notes, bonds and mney can be arrived at, and much persoinal pro. perty which now isdipeg ase~ssment would be brought to light. More carA shold be used by the counaty auditors in receiving the returns of the taxa payer. The oath should be adminis tered and the party fully interrogated as to his or her property and the pro.' prty under his or her control, with the valuation thereof. When this is done publi.ely the neighbors who may be present will know whether the val uation is 'correct and the "tax dod ger" will be required to answef cor rectly or fake the consequences. Labor Contracts. Governor Ansel calls attention to the fact that t'he United States gov erament has declared the labor con tract laws unconstitutional, and has the follow"ing to say in regard to the tr: I recommend that you pass a' strinaen't act whi-h will punish both landlord and laborer for violation of a labor contract, and make it a mis demeanor for one person to employ a laborer who is under contrae't with . ate. Rnire tat these labor -