The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 28, 1908, Image 1

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VOL XLV- O 8 NEWBERRY WICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Hou-e Has Voted as Usual to Kill Lien Law and Senate Will Like ly Concur-Others Matters. Special to Herald and News. Columbia. Jan. 27.-Two w,eeks of the legislative session have gone and in that time four hundred bills or more have been introduced, while there were that many and more al ready on the calendar when the ses sion began. Of these some have ;been killed, others ha.ve been passed and the majority have not been acted on. Railroads in the senate and the lien law in the house+-during the latter half of the last week these two sub jects were up. The message of Gov. Ansel stating the proposition of the Southern and the Atlantic Coast Line to put reduced rates in effect voluntarily was read in the two houses on Saturday. The governor recommended that since the railroad eommission has power under the law to fix rates, the matter be left to the commissiOr, as the commission can adjust the rates so as not to injure the local, short lines, which could not do business at a profit on a two and one-half cent rate. The mes sage was received as information in the house. In the senate when it was presented the bill to require railroad telegraph operators to stand an ex amination before a state board was aup for discussion and 'Senator Toole, who had the floor, sharply criticized the governor's mild and conservative recommendations regarding railroads. Mr. Toole has been fighting for years for reduced fares and he did not agTee to the proposition Ithat the roads are giving the reductions volun tarily, but asserted that the fight made by Gov. Glenn was responsible for their course. The bill to require railroad opera tors to stand an examination passed the house last year, being introduced by Mr. Kershaw of Florence. It has not vet been acted on in the senate. The senate has with the consent of the author. Mr. Toole, killed the bill to repeal the Southern merger suit act, leaving it to the attorney gener al to continue the case now-in the courts. The senate has also killed thre 'bill of Senator Graydon to increase from one to fi've per cent the failure to pay taxes within t.wo months after the time expires. The senate, it seems. will pass the 'bill which has already passed the 'house to make the terms of county superintendent of education and sap ervisor four years instead of two. and the change will go into effect with the next elections. .The lien law was decided in the house on Friday. after debate that day and the day before. 'The Rich ards bill. "which repeals the act per mitting the merchant who furnishes supplies to take a lien on the un grown erop. was passed after debate by- Messrs. Richards. Wyche, John stone. Verner and others for the bill and by Messrs. Rucker. Norton, Sel lers. and Garris in opposition. T?he vote was 75 to 29. Last year it was 78 to 32. In tire senaite last year the bill was killed by a vote of 20 to 16. but friends of repeal stay it will pass the senate this year. The house has killed the bill by Mr. Morrell of Riethland to require marriage licenses. A similar bill 'by Mr. Wallace of Charleston was with dan to make way for the Morrell bill, but has been introduced again. The vote on thre Morrell bill was 59 to 47. -The Charleston license dispensary bill has been killed. It was referred to the dispensary committee, which made an un;favorable report. and th e report was adopted, rejecting the bill. The Nouth Augusta dispensary came in for some talk during th'e week. Mr. Line, the Marlboro pro hibitionist. who as school trustee re fused to receive his sehool district's share of Sitate dispensary profits, in troduced a resoltion eon-lem'ning the action of the Aiken county board in putting a dispensary in NortFh Augus ta when it was not wanted by a ma jority of the citizens. The resolu tion was adopted without division but ed its reconsideration and rejectio on the ground that it was a loca matter with wiich the house ha( nothing to do. Tre whole matte was ordered expun.ed from th r3 cords. The house has set Wednesday fo the memorial exercises in honor 0 the late J. M. E'ptino of Lexingto: and W. F. McArthur of Cherokee who have both died since the las session. CROFT ASSAILED. Charged With Being Paid Represen tative of Liquor Interests-His Statements Are Denied. The State. Augusta. Ga., Jan. 26.-At a mas m-eting in North Augusta today resolutions were adopted containini eharges that Representative Croft i the paid representative of liquor in I terests. and that he practically mad such an admission at the Aike: county court honse during the dis pensary hearing. The document als denies the charges made by Mr. Crof tha .t two mninistiers of North Aunst are unfavorably disposed to th2 tow: dispensary. but willing to have on operated in the hotel. Sworn statements. before a notary were collected to be ta.kn to Colum bia today by a committee compose, of Messre. Carpenter. VTerdrey, Me Kie. J. H. Carpenter. Woodwari .Meali.ng. Hahn and Barksdale. wh are to appear Mon;day before a com mittee of both the house and senate It was charged at the meeting tha Mr. Croft had made statements "un conditionally false and wilfully mis leading." Advertised Letters. Letters remaining in the postoffic at Newberry. S. C., for week endin; January 25. 1908. A-Mr. D. E. Alevand r. B--Sindy Bates, Mr. W. H. Browr C-Mr. Ben Collins. D-Miss Carrie Dewalt. Miss Mag gie Dobias. E--Henry L. Edawards. G-Mr. P. W. Gary. H-Mr. W. W. Hull. Mr. FranI iinemum. J-NMrs. Hattie Jones. M-Miss Sa.rah Mathis, Mr. L. W Miller. Mr. C. W. Munnerlyn. R-Mr. Edwin Roof. S-Henry Shell. Mr. Alf Switten burg, Miss Irene L. Smith. 1T-Miss Eula Tolbert. (2). W--Mrs. Daisy Witt. Charle; Wells. Miss B'essie Walker. Persons calling for these letter will p)lease ay that they were adver tised. I Chas. J. Purcell, P. M. Force of Habit. A Boston psychol'ogist was recent ly reminded of the story of th story of the Russian jailer whc changing his oceupation, found th chief interest of his leisure monment in eat'ehing birds, putting them il ages .an d selling them to the high est bid,der. The scientist having~ to attend' series of lectures in a large hal struck up acquaintance with jani tor of the 'building and soon 'noted ii him a sug'gestive bent of mind. Th man seemed fond of counting th' people, and would occassionally ire port the exact number present. "W1 hve 115 here tonight.'' lie woul< sav. or "'Just 201 all told:'' or w -hen the hall was crowded. "'Lmak jit 370.'' There was a pr'oblem in al this, but it took some time for th4 psychologist to solve it. A bit of friendly. familiar talk contnually renewed. did the bixsi ness. for it -brought out the fact tha the janit.or had spent many of thi previous years of his life es warde: in an ea4tern prison. With rifle oi shoulder, from sore me-iosinz wall temnhad counten hi convicis un til the habit became w'arain?d. In th recesses of his brain the lecture hal took the shale of a jaii yard and thi audience were has priso~ner's. Hi cont:ed because he wished to knov MR. BLEASE NOT PRESENT. 1 Was Not At Meeting to Consider Dis r position of Court House-Says it - Is Matter for Whole County. <The followin," letter has been hand-ed The Herald and News for 1ptiblicati-on: SNeweerrv. S. C., Jan. 27, 190S. Hon. Wm. H. Wallace, Editor New be:ry Observer, Newberry, S. C. Dear Sir:. My attention has been call ed to a report published in your is sue of January 21st. 1908, of a meet ing held in the town of Newberry by a committee of the chamber of com merce, representatives of the city conreil of Newberry, the county sup ervisor and commissioners of New berry county, and the representatives s in the legislature, in which said re por-t it is stated that Seaator Cole. L. iBlase was present and participated, and at which meeting an agreement was reached as to the disposition of the question as to what should be 1 done with the present court house. - I desire to state that I did not attend > any such meeting; that I was not in t vited to attend any such meeting, 1 and that at the time the said meet 1 in,, was held I was confined to my bed with sickne-s, and that I would not have known that any such meet ingc was going to be held had it not - been for the courtesy of the Hon. I Elbert H. Aull, who 'phoned to my - room only a few minutes before said meeting was to be held and asked me > if I was going to attend such meet . ing I stated to him that I did noG know such meeting was to be held t and that I was sick in bed and un - able to attend it, and that I would - be .lad if he would state at such -meeiing for me that my position was -that the people of the entire county of Newberry owned that building and that the country people had as much right to say what should become of lit as the people in the town of New berry, and that I did not propose to be dictated to by the town of New berry as to what disposition should be made of that building, but. that I represented the entire county of New,erry, and before TI took any position as to the disposition of that buildin.- that. I proposed for all of the white people in the county of Newberry. in the country as well as in the town, to be heard from, and to leave it to them to say what dis Iposition they wanted made of the old court 'house: that so far as uly individual opinio.n was eoncerned, that I would express it at the proper time and in no .uncertain terms. Col. Aull stated that he would make that statement for mm to the committee. T was afterwards informed by a gen tn who was present at the meat inr that Col. Aull did as he promis ed. I was furthermore informed that I he meeting was not entirely har monious or unanimous, and I was surprised when I saw it reported Ithat .Senator Blease was a.t that meet ing and had agreed to any plan for the disposition of the present court Shouse. SI will appreciate it if you will do Sme the kindness to publish this arti -ele i.n as prominent place as you pub lished that report, and if you make Sany char~ges therefor, if you will Spresent yMour account it will 'be -promptly paid. 1Very respectfully, Cole. L. Blease. P. S.-I am sending a copy of this letter to the editor of The Herald and News. with a similar request as to its publieation that I m'ake of yourself. I Did Better. "You left off smoking because she asked vou to.' j Yes.'' I And you left off drinking be cause she asked you to?'' 'And you left off swearing be euse she asked yvon to?'' Yes.'' "t is a wonder to me that you did not marry her!'' I had intended to: but when I had oot rid of all of my bad habits Ii fo:md I could do better.''-Mod TILLMAN ON LIEN LAW. Regardes it a Curse and Drawbacl to Land Owners. News and Courier. Columbia. January 25.-While h f was in the city this week, Senato Tim'ln:an %vas asked his views on thi lien law, and he replied: "Merely speaking as a farmer an< as one familiar with all condition in South Carolina for 25 years pas I must say that I have always. fel thatthe lien law, while a benefit to certain class of the poor white peo ple, was a great dra'wback and curs to the land owners, because it pu them in the power of the negroes t demand rent rather than to submi to the supervision of the landlords the result b"eina destruction of lani and fertility of soil and absolute de struction where the country was hill: by the washing away of the soil Labor is 2-rowing more and more de moralized as cotton rises in price, be cause the negroes can easily gathe the little money they want for cloth inz and the gratification of their ap petites. The repeal of he law wil injure no honest white man or n honest negro. and it is certainly no our business to look after the dis honest ones." One On Dr. Lee. Recently Rev. James W. Lee sen an old-time friend a Ifne turkey. "My !'" exclaimed a critical young ster, "them drumsticks is bi= enough to beat a, bass drum. Wher did such a turkey come from?" HIe was told that Dr. Lee had sen it. "The saine one wihose name is 0: the front page of four big Bible witlf the colored pictures in them." By that was meant the "'Self-In terpreting Bible," edited by Dr. Le A newly-arrived youngster asked "Where'd he come from'?" mean ing the turkey. "The man who wrote the Bibl sent it," was the quick reply of little fellow. 'Why,'' said the questioner, "Go I wrote the Bible." "Not the one we've got in on' house! Dr. Lee wrote it. an' it say so in print letters.'' Blufed the Parson. The 'former Lord Elphin.stone' paish minister was a very se.atte brained theologian and in his ser mo:ss often knew not the end fror the heg'innng. One Sunday hi lordship, in his customary sleepin; eave vent to an unmistakaible snore This was too much for the miinistel wh stopiped anvd cried, "Wake: my Lord El'phinstone!" A grunt followed, and then hi lordship an'swered, "I'm no sleep ing minister.'' "BRut ye are sleepin'. I wager yi dinna ken what I said last,'' ex claimed the pastor. "Onu aye,'' returned the peer. "Ya said, 'Waken, my Lord El'phinstone. "'Aye, aye!'' said the minister "But I wager ye dinn.a ken what. sail last afore that.'' "Tuts,'' replied the ndblemai promptly. I wager ye dinna ker yerself.''-Dundee Advertiser. A gentleman owning a sugar estatt in Demrra went out to visit it fo: the first time, says Chambers' Jour nal. The day after his arrival h4 stood watching t:he punts ,bringing the cane home. A young negro bo) who was driving the mules wishing to increase the speed of these, strueli one of them with his whip. The inhb promptly responded by launching ou' with its heels and dealth the boy kick on t.e head, which stretehed hin on te ground, were he lay rubbing his woolly pate on the spot where the kick had ,been received. 'Is he hurt'? Is he hurt'?'' eried the panter in alarm. A full growl nezro hearing the expressions ol concern, sprang forward hz;it!y and raising the mule's heels, shouted out: "No boss! That mrule him wal' tendah fo' a da.y or two, but him nc Wor:-o in Linrbering Southern Ap palachian Forests. The ft're-ts of the Southern Appa lachian Mountaiins have been cut s car,e-ly for the valuable hardwood the."- en:ain :at very li:ttle virgil I : : : -'e:;,at 95 per cni r :!:e .':: . :econd growth. The drain on these forests by many industries is immense. The lumber men are going over the land for tha third time. First they took only the prime oak and popular saw timber. Next they took the oaks that werE suited for barrel staves. Now thee are after whatever merehantablE trees are left. such as birch, chest. nut and gum. Moreover, these forests have been t and still are. logged vtry wastefully Nearly three-quarters of the timbei crit for ties is wasted. Double o] even treble the number of ties nov cut could readily be secured from the same area without injury to theforest By simply taking all the suitabh trees. 123 ties could be cut from at r acre which now yields 'only 60. and ii - all the wood in the trees were fu1ll utilized 170 additional ties per acrr could he secured. With mine timbers the story is thE same. Fully 40 per cent of the timber handled in procuring them is entirelvr wasted. Finally, fires are injuring the pro ductiveness of the Appalachian for ests by running over the ground ani t killing young growth. Circular 11S. just puiblished by thr - Forest Service, discusses the wholE quiestion of managing to 'better ad" vanitage thle second growth forests of the Appalachian region. This pub t lication can be obtained of the For ester at Washington. :This is one of many of tht samE kind from the Houstion Posit: 'Pa3 e your poll tax today, you stingy ras eal." It is extnemely difficult tc convince a man in Houston that th< - privil'eges of citizenship in that tow re worth a dollar a year.-news anc a Courier. Savannah's silence 'about prohibi i tion meitely shows how quickly th1 wink language may be acquired. News and Courier. Queistion for delbate: Resolved that in Counmbia one can't distinguish Sokm.n; gm a Solon at a distance of ten paces. Nearl y all Democrats under 21 are -for Bryan.-News .and Courier. SPre.halHl the easiest-worked ea mine in the world is at onzay. neai Tonkin. It is situated in tihe side oi a hill, and the coal is simply run out on trucks, instead of having t.o 'bE hauled to the surface. Stung! ''"Ha! ha! ha!'' ranted Hi Trag mad, mad. mad!'' ''"I'1ll bet,'' yelled a voice from tha gallery, "you ain't near as mad as ,us follows that paid to get in.'' .The Catholic S'tandard and Times. Solves a Problem. KCoddie-I see a college presiden.t at Auroro, Ull., has discovered that man can subsist on ~peanuts. Molly- If that is true you can ~et your supper at the baseball park next summer and we can hold a cook.-St. L:ouis Post-Dispatch. The Measles Month. From the Phil adelp'hia Bulletin. "TI must lav in an extra stock of measles remedies,'' said a doctor. "There is a run on measles that will continue till February and if I don't take ca.re of my supply of measles drugs will be exhausted. "'Just as merchants have at cer taini seasons runs o~n ceratin articles -overcoats in the winter, bathing suits in the summer and so on--so we dotors know just what die'ase each mo n th will bring forth. 'We prepare for dipt.heria in the la t tihree mouths of the year. Wooping cough is at ite maxim in April. Hay fever has a long ru, in the autumn. So. too have scarlet fever and typhoid fever. Dyspepsia, menitis. cholera morbus, malaria -all have their special months.'' PASSED HOUSE. Repeal of Lein Law Now Almost Certain.-Majority Was Very Large. An overwhelming vote in the house passed Mr. Richards' bill for the re peal of the lien law to a third read ing Friday morning and Saturday it was sent to the senate. While there was not much 'ebate on the propo sition as comipared with last year, when the senate defeated the efforts of Mr. Richards. still the advooates of the lien law made some strong arguments. The entire morning ses sion was taken up with the bill and no other business was done. The bill passed was very short, being as follows: "Section 1. That section 3059, volume 1, code of laws, South Caro Ilna. 1902, relating to liens for ad vances, be and the same is hereby repealed. "See. 2. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. "Provided, This act shall take 'ef fect on the first day of January, A. D. 1909." The Vote. On the motion to strike out the en . acting words of the bill, made by Mr. Sellers, the vote was as follows: -Nays-,W.halev, Aull, Ayer, Ballen tine, Bethune, Boyd, Brantley, Brice-, A. G., Brice, T. S., Bryan, W. D., Bryan, F. M., Cannon, Carson, Car wile, Cosgrove, Cothran, Courtney, Croft, Culler, DeVore, Dick, Dingle, - Dixon, Dodd, J. H., Dowling, Epps, Frost. Gary, Gause, Gibson, W. J., Glaseock, Gyles, Hall, Harmian, Har ris, Hughes, Hydrick, Johnstone, Jones, Kellahan, Kershaw, Kirven, Lane. Lawson, Lester, Legare, Major, MeKeown, Mann, Miley, Miller, Mor rell, Nash, Nesbitt, Nicholson, Niver, Richards, Richardson, Sawyer, 'Saye,. Scarborough, Sharpe, Slaughter, Smith, J. E., Stillwell, Stubbs, Ta tum, Todd, Tompkins, Vanderhorst,. Verner, Wade, Wannamaker, Wig gins, Wingard, Wyche, Yeldell-75. Yeas-Bailey, Beattie, Carey, Car rigan, Clary, Clinkscales, Derham, Doar, Douglass. J. P. Gibson, Good win. Harley, Harrison, Hinton, Lit tie, MicMaster. Nichols, Norton, Par kar. Patterson, Reaves, Rucker, Sel 1er;. K. P. Smith, Thomas, VonKol nitz. Wallace, Wimbery-29. Pairs--Fraser, aye, Leitner, no f Walker, aye, Arnold, no; Robinson, no. S.pivey, aye; Garris, aye, You mans. no; Grie r, aye. Cox, no. Amndments Voted Down. The house voted dlown the proposi -tion by 91 to 24 to make the law ef fective at onee and by a vote of Si to 23 voted down Mr. McMaster's popcosition to extend the time for the enfonceement of the repeal until 1910. Mr. Richards believes that the act will pass the senate by a majority of at least four and possibly five. THe has canvased that body thoroughly and the repeal is certain. He will now support the bill offered by Mr. Hydrick, which will protect the far mers and tenants, in that a mortgage on a crop before it begins to grow is forbidden. Mr. Hydrick's bill is as follows: "No mortgage of any crop or crops shall be good and effective to convey to the mortgagee any interest in any crop or crops other than the crop or rops to be raised during the year in which said mortgage is given, an:1 unless the land whereon said crop or crops are to be raised shall be de scribed or mentioned in said mort I aze, and unless the erop or crops herein rerferred to shall be up and growing at the titme of the erecution of the mortgage. "'That said amendment shall not take effect until the first day of Jan uaiv 1909.'' "All the little boys and airls wao want to go to heaven,";'' a h1. Sun day school uperintendent. "w~i!! please risa ' All ro;' but Sinlan Snorter. "And doesn't this little boy wain to go to heaven?'' "Nv-o y t.-.Jd>M TsAhbary.