The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 28, 1908, Page FOUR, Image 4
E . U. AiJL. EDITOR.
Entered at the Postoffice at New.
eerry. S. C., as 2nd class matter.
Tuesday, January 28, 1908.
EDITORIAL ORRESPONDENCE.
Columbia, January 27.-Two week
of the present legislature have gone
The lien law has been repealed b;
the house by a large vote and thi
indications are that the senate wil
take similar aetion as soon as the bij
is presented.
The Newberry members in thi
house voted to repeal and Mr. John
stone and Mr. Wyche made speeche,
for the repeal.
The elections are over and there i,
nothing now to distract attention.
Numerous and varied new meas
nres have been presented and stil
they come. Many of them will mee
an early death as they deserv.
The labor contract law has not ye
been debated. A number of bills o
the subject have been presented an<
several conferences have been hei<
to agre upon somthing that wouli
meet the requirements. The judi
ciary committees of the two house
have been requested to prepare an<
present a bill that would meet thi
demands of the farmers and at thi
same time stand the test of the courts
The bill has not yet been presentea
but will be .and it is hoped a measuri
that will be saisfactory may be madi
the law. (The effort will be made a
any rate.
The dispensary committee has re
ported my prohibition bill unfavor
ably and has not yet reported thh
Nash bill. IAs was said some tim
ago the danger of the prohibitionist
this time is going to be to agree on
measure that will have their unit
ed support. It does not seem at thi
time probable that any prohibitioi
bill will be passed. The Charlesto;
proposition to give that city a licens
system does not seem to meet witi
much favor.
Senator Blease has a bill to abolis]
the office of county supervisor and t
give fre conmissioners. The bill i
printed in The Herald and News an4
if it is not acceptable to the peopl
of the county the members would b
glad to hear from them. I do no
know how the Newberry members o
the house feel towards the change
My opinmon is that unless the peopi
are willing to raise some money t<
pay for road building any law t-ha
may be passed will amount to ver:
little.
The estimate for county expense
this year calls for a four and a hal:
mill levy against three mills las
year. 'The delegation has not agree<
upon any levy as yet. It will bi
necessary to raise some more mone:
to furnish the new court house.
Mr. Aull has a bill to provide fo:
a rural mounted police system. It i:
orinted in The Herald and News to
bay as introduced. It is a specia
order and may be called up at ang
time. It proposes to do away witi
magistrates' constables and liquo:
constables, and let the rural pohi
do this work and at the same tim<
give some protection to the peoplh
who live in the country. Three suei
policemen in this county would cosi
no more than is paid to those officers
whose places they would take. W~
should have four in this county an<
Then the additional cost would noi
be more than seven or eig'ht hun
dred dollars. It is a good measure
but whether we are ready for it oi
not I can not say.
The comptroller general ~estimates
the total expenses of the govermnend
at $1,422,000 and that to meet this
it would require a levy of 4 3-4 mills
against 4 1-2 mills last year. lif ad
ditional amounts are put in the ap
propriation bills as it looks probabl<
now this levy will have to be in
ereased. 'The South Carolina Uni.
versity wants more money for run
ning expenses and something abou
$100.000 for new buildings; Win
throp wants $50,000 for new building:
the Citadel wants $30,000 for n'ev
bu.ilding or rather to repair the poliec
station whieh the State bought fron
Charleston some two years ago: Ton
Miller wants .$6,000 more for his col
ored college, and then Gen. Stephai
D. Lee addressed the legislature th
other day asking for a monument t<
the Confederate dead at Vieksburg
Miss., and already a bill has been in
troduced appropriating .$10,000; th
State hospital for the insane wil
have to have about $30,000 more thal
last year. This last will have to b
Zivenl but the others I vm awains
has plenty of money but is afraid a]
+hM time that some will believe tha
fShe iUiS ni<r. < 11 . 1; s11 ;:(eds. It
iooks as i' all tilese .1-tnands will be
I uranted. Of course some few of ::s
will try to keep the legislature from
being too extravagant but they say
the State is prosperous and the State
institutions must be liberally sup
ported.
I have a bill to abolish scholar
ships but it will scarcely get a fav
orable report. I have a bill also to
abolish the high school act and some
one said. tho other day that I was an
iconoclast but it is not so. I would
like to see something done for' our
common schools. But they are never
mentioned.
The appropriation bill will be tak
en up in earnest by the ways and
means committee this week and we
can soon form some idea how it will
appear when it gets into the house.
Gov. Ansel suggested in a special
message that the legislature should
- be careful and conservative in regard
L to railroad legislation. I think his
suggestion is along the right line.
The truth of the matter is as to pas
senger rates the people who do ths
most of the traveling would much
prefer to have the railroads furnish
better equipm?ent, better service and
more secure road beds than to cut tre
rate at all and if those who travel
only occasionally would stop a mo
ment to think they would reach the
same conclusion.
For the last few days there has
been very little heard around here
about the dispensary investigation.
The proposition is mad'e to appro
priate $15,000 to employ lawyers to
assist the attorney general in the pro
secutions.
'The state house and grounds have
been greatly improved since the last
session of the legislature and when
the grounds are completed will be
very pretty. This is a work which
should have been done long ago.
- There have been several Newberry
people in the city the past week.
E. H. A.
1 -'
OUR MAILING LIST.
I We have endeavored to correct our
mailing list and would be glad to have
i our subscribers 'examine the label on
the paper and see if the date opposite
the name is correct. If not we will
be pleased to make the correction.
SThe list was corrected uip to and
adncluding January 1S. Any payments
made since that date have not been
corrected.
-We would also ask those who are
in arrears to remember t!hat after th'e
first of April, under the ruling of the
post office department all who are in
arrears will have to be taken from
the list. We would regret to lose
any one of them and we hope all of!
them will come forward and make ar
rangments to be retained on the
mailing list. It may be we should
have been wiser than we have been
and not waited for the government
to force us to t.he ciash systeni but
we haven't and we will now see how
much those who have been indulged
from year to year appreciate it by
the manner in which they make ar
rangements to settle what is due and
to continue their subscription. We
believe it will work better for pub
lisher and subscriber.
You have two montihs in which to
arrange this little matter and we sin
eerely hope you will attend to it at'
once. It is a small matter to you
but in the aggregate means much to
RURAL MOUINTED POLICE.
Representative Aull's Rural Mounted
Po,jice Bill-Now Before
House.
The following is the text of th'e
rural mountad police measure pro
posed 'by Representative Aull in the
-house of representatives:
A bill to provide for a system of
rural mounted polic'e for this State
in lieu of constables.
Be it enacted by the general as
semly of the State of South Car
olina:
Section 1. That the office of State
c~onstabe and that of magistrate con
stable as now existing in this State,
shall be. and is herebyv abolished on
and after the first day of May, 1908.
Section 2. That a system of rural
mounted police, to take effect on and
1alfter the first (lay of May, 1908, is
?hereby 'established for this State.
under the conditions her.einafter set
forth.
S'etion 3. That the governor shall,
Son the recommendation of the sen
Iate and members of the house of
rereentatives of the vaiious coun~
te 0 of t~f Sftte. vppoint for cach
by hi w. hIle )ther I W() oi' members oL
said commission shall each receive a
per diem of three dollars per day and
mileage. when actually engaged in
the discharged of their duties; pro
vided the sums received by any one
commissioner during any one year
shall not exceed the sum of sixty dol
lars and five cents per mile. Neither
one of said commissioners, except the
sheriff, shall hold any political office
other than that of notary public.
Seeti n 4. It shall be the duty of
said police commission in each coun
ty, on or before the fifteenth day of
April, 1908, to organize by selection
of secretary and chairman, and they
shall. on or before the said date, elect
a chief of police for their county
and a numiber of rural policeine-i
hereinafter provid' d for each respec
tive county. The said chief and oth
er policemen shall each he selected
for a term of eight mionths, from
the date of May. 1903, and each sub
sequent election shall be for a term
of one year, froi the first day of
January of each succeeding year.
Said chief and policemen shall be
subject to removal for cause by said
police commission at any time.
Section 5. The chief of rural po
lice in each county shall receive a
salary of seventy-fire dollars per
month, and each rural policeman
shall receive a salary of sixty dollars
per month, to be paid at the end of
each month out of the ordinary funds
of the county upon the order of the
chairman of police commission of
each respective county. In addition to
the said salary, each of the said po
licemen shall be entitled to receive
the usual fees for serving civil pa
pers as may be -placed in his hands
by proper authority, but no fees shall
be charged in any criminal case by
any of said policemen.
Section 6. It shall be the duty of
said chief of police to take charge of
the rural policemen for his county,
and direct thair movements and as
signed to each a territory or beat
for regular patrol. Each of said po
licemen shall report to his chief,
either personally, by letter or by
wire, at his own expense, at least
once in every twenty-four hours.
Each of said policemen, including the
chief, shall keep and maintain a
horse for his constant use, at his own
expense.
Section 7. Said policemen shall be
vested with all the authority now
vested in peace officers in this State.
They shall be under the supervision
and control of their respective chiefs.
and shall cooperate with t.he sheriffs
of their respective counties.' and obey
and execute the proper orders relat
ing to the preservation of the public
peace, and the execution of the laws,
throughout their counties. It shall b~e
their duty to see that all laws are
properly observed and enforced and
to see that this order and crime are
suppressed. They shall have author
it to arrest any~ offender without
warrent, provided they p)rocure a
warrant as soon thereafter as may be
convenient. They may swear out any
warrant 'before any magistrate, as
they are hereby given authority to
serve th~e said warrant themselves.
No policeman acting under this act
shall have any other regular business,
and it shall be his duty to patrol his
section regularly. He shall have no
rerular hiours upon which to go on
dutv. but shall consider himself a
conservator of the peace at any and
all times. A police commission of any
county may or may not, as they deem
wise, require the rural mounted po
lie to wear uniforms at their own
expense.
~Section S. The chief of police shall
have his offee .at the county seat, and
wherever 'convenient shall maintain
at his own expense a telephone in
same. He shall biare power and au
thority to direct -any polieman un
der his charge to go anywhere in the
county for any purpose that may seem
to him' wise, consistent with this act;
and he shall also have the power to
mass any number of policemen at
any point in his county, when in his
judgment it is wise to do so. Any
chief or other policeman shall have
authority to call upon the police of
an adjoining county to assist in cap
turing criminals and suppressing
lawlessness-, and in the discharge of
their duties any policeman shall have
the same power and 'authority in an
adoining county that he has in his
own.
Section 9. The maa'istrates of the
various counties in this State may
turn over for service or ex-ecuton any
papers to any chief or rural mounted
policeman. and they are hereb)y re
gnired to serve all crjimin;l napers
om'i ehief o~f police as provided ahoy -
and in addition thereto, the resp'ee
tie cou.nee inti Ste all21 have
+e+e+U4
Begins February 1 st c
With a view of makin
business, we will sell
entire stock of Dry Goc
Clothing and Hats. Ti
Come and we will cor
are in earnest. Here a
7c Calico ................. ..............6c
5 1-2c Calico..........41-2c
8 I -3c Sea-lsil - .............7 1 2c
8 1 -3c Percale ............................7c
25c Table Damask.......... 20c
50c Wool Dress Goods...............39c
25c Hosiery...
Don't forget the place and
r,U NS q
little Mouni
This
It is:
bait for
w lemon fi
$1 a Week s.hop w
Slips through ~yuir finger dear-at i
befoe you know it--and gl.ie
rothing to show for il l ie
That $1 a week will put a lower
a Victor or an Edison in your consistE
ome right away. viceable
Good Music your ov
and
Hearty Fun~
Come and see us at once
r write for catalogues, lnage tr
Salter's Art anid Variety Store, ardayr
940 Main Street. Newberry, S. C.O lyb
the numiber of rural mounted police- have w4
men provided as follows:' ' egg
It is left to each county to fill n ulc
the num3ber desired. Spartanburg dollar g
takes fourteen.
Section 11. The police commission
f each county is given authority to
lay out a tevritory or "beat'' for the
chief of police of their county, and
it is made the duty of said chief to
nounted policeman, in addition to -T
tig as chief.
Section 12. This act shall go into
effect immediately upon its approval ~
y the governor; but the oflices of
State constable and mag'iorate's con- A F l
stale shall not be abolished, and the
>mees of rural mounted policemen
shal not he effective until the .first
day of May. 1908.Wew
10,000.!n i
Agents wanted at once. previous pyy
experienc'e is not essential, write soon ft
if you wish to make money faster
F. Clark. Conway. Ark.No
25 ~ar tfl( ci~r.datnosatis
Than ou vr ddfloredressl J. kow
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102 tJ. rjs Stee Atat oG,_________
ontinuing 30 days.
g a change in our
at a sacrifice our
)ds, Notions, Shoes,
ese goods must go.
vince you that we
re a few of the items
$1,50 Dress Shirts......-.._... 83c
$3.00 Men's Hats-......--.-$2.25
$3.00 Pants .....-. . $2.40
$12.50 Mens' Siits-........$9.50
$4.00 Shoes.--......$3.40
$1.00 Overalls ....- ... .
.. ..............19c
the date
SHEALY..
0in, s. C.
is Worth
AD ING.
ot our policy t3 hand you out a
breakfast anid follow it with a
r dinner and supper. Shoddy,
rn goods -such as you generally
Special Bargain Sales" are t
ny price. There is not one sin
in our line on which there is not
price than any other firm can
ntly offer. We mean honest ser-~
goods at 'Bargain Prices'. Study
mn interest-come-if we don't '
Show You ft Clean Cut Saving
very purchase pass us by, The
dt we command was not built in
r by "$pecial Bargain Sales."
persistent hard and honest toil
Sgained the confidence of the f
Spend your money where the
ves the best results.
Yours for Bargains,
LETTN ER1
Fair and Square Dealer.
- Offer
1 take care of your money for you,
rd it from all harm, return it to yon~
e you wish and, what is more, will
i for the privilege of taking care of it
eft with us for three months or more.
if that isn't a square deal we don't
hat is. Bring it in and try it.
THE COMMERCIAL BANK
of Newberry, S. C.
, President. 0. B. MAYER, Vice-Pres.
T V. McFALL. Cashier.