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I VOL XX/V1 NO 8 NKWBHKEY, S. O., TUESDAY. JANUARY 28. 1908. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR 1/ THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. I I I ' House Has Voted as Usual to Kill I Lien Law and Senate Will Like- i ly Concur?Others Matters. I Special to llerald and News. Columbia, Jan. 27.?Two weeks of the legislative session have none V and in that, time four hundred hills 01* more have been introduced, while \> there were that- many and more al(l ready on the calendar when the session began. Of these some have iheen killed, others have been passed and the majority have not been acted on. Railroads in the senate and the lien law in the housei-?during the laUer half of the last week these two subjects were up. The message of. (.?ov. Ansel slating the proposition of the Southern and the Atlantic ( oast Line to put reduced rates in effect voluntarily was read in the tw.i houses on Saturday. The nowrnor recommended that- since the railroad commission lias power under the law to lix rates, the matter be left to tire commission, as the commission can adjust tin; rates s,. as not to injure the local, short lines, which could not do business at a profit oil a t\\<> and one-half cent rale. The messane was received as in I orniat ion in the house. In the senate1 when it was presented tire bill to require railroad teleiiiaph operators to stand an examination before a state board was up for discussion and Senator I oole, who had the lloor. sharply critici/.ed the governor's mild and conservative , recommendations rega rdi ng rail roads. Mr. Toole has been lighting for years for reduced lares and lie did not anree to the proposition Itha't the roads are niving the reductions voluntarily. but asserted that the fight made by Gov. Glenn was responsible for their course. The bill to require railroad operators to stand an examination passed the house last year, be inn introduced by Mir. Kershaw of Florence. It lias not yet been acted on in the senate. The senate has with the consent of the author. Mr. Toole, killed the bill to repeal tlie Southern merger suit act. leaving it to the attorney general to continue the case now in the con rts. The senate has also killed tire bill of Senator Oraydon to increase from one to live per cent the failure to pay taxes within two months after tee 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 supervisor four years instead of two. and the change will go into effect wit!, the next elections. The lieu law was decided in the i house on "Friday, after debate that day and the day before. Tire Richards hill, 'which repeals the act permit linn the mcrchnnil who furnishes supplies to fake a lien on the ungrown crop, was passed after debate by Messrs. Richards, Wyche. Johnstone, Verner and others for I he bill i and 'bv Miessrs. Rucker. Norton, Sel- t lers, and Harris in apposition. The < vote was 75 to 29. Last year if was i 78 to 32. Tn tire sen ait e last year the < bill was killed by a vote of 20 to 10. '< but friends of repeal stay it will pass thw senate this year. ? The house has killed the bill by Mr. Morrell of Richland !o require I marriage licenses. A similar bill hv 1 Mr. Wallace of Charleston was with- i drawn to make wnv for I he "Morrell l bill, but- has been introduced again. 1 The vole on lire Morrell bill was 50 to J 47. -' The Charleston license dispensary v bill has been killed. Tit was referred i to the dispensary committee, which t made on unfavorable report, and th? 1 report was adopted, reject inn the bill. The Nonth Augusta dispensary f came in for soon'C talk during th'e t week. Mr. Line, I he Marlboro pro- I hibilionist. who as school trustee re- j fused to receive his school district's i share of S<(ate dispensnry profits, in- s t rod need a resollion eonlenrning the f action of the Aiken county board in | putting a dispensary in Norfih Angus- r ta when iif, was not wanted by a ma- t joritv of the citizens. The resolu- r tion was adopted without division but t next day the Aiken delegation scour- i ed its reconsideration and rejection 011 lilt* ground thill it was a local matter with which the liou.se had nothing to do. The whole, matter was ordered expunged from the records. Tlu? house has set Wednesday for the memorial exercises in honor of j the late J. M. lvptiivg of Lexington | and W. V. MeArthur of Cherokee, who have holh died since the last session. CROFT ASSAILED. Charged With Being Paid Represen- j tativc of Liquor Interests?His Statements Arc Denied. i Tli * State. Augusita. f!a., Jan. 20.?At a mass meeting in North Augusta today,, resolutions were adopted containing j charges thai Representative Croft is the paid representative <>P lii|uor in-j ieresis. and that he praeiieallv made such an admission at the Aiken j county court house durin.tr the dispensary hearing. The document also i denies the charges made by Mr. Croft lli::' i vo mine-leys of Xorth Augusta are unfavorably disposed jo tire (own dispensary, hut willing I" have one ; operated in the hotel. Sworn statements, before a notary. were collected to be takni to Coliini- . hia today by a committee composed of Messrs Carpenter. Yerdrey, M'c- j Kie. J. 11. Carpenter, Woodward,' Mealing, llalin and Barksdale, who are to appear Monday before a com- i mittee of both the house and seriate. , Tt was charged at the meeting that! Mr. Croft had made statements "un-j conditionally false and wilfully mis-{ leading." i Advertised Letters. Letters remaining in the postoflice . at Xewherry, >S. C., for week ending January "J."), 1 DOS. A?Mr. 1). K. Alevand 'r. B?tSindv Ba.les, Mr. W. IT. Brown, j C?-Mr. Hen Collins. I).?Miss Carrie Dewalt, Miss Mag- I ti'io Dobias. K?dreary L. Kdwards. (!?Mr. 1'. W. Clary. II?Mr. W. W. Hull. Mr. Frank 1 linemtim. J?M'rs. 1 Tat tie Jones. M?Miss Sarah Mai his, Mr. L. W. Miller, Mr. C. W. Munnerlyn. K?<Mr. Kdwin Hoof. S?Henry Shell. Mr. A If Swit lonhurg, Miss Irene L. Smith. T?Miss Knla Tolbert. (2). W?Mrs. Daisy Witt. Charley j Wells. Miss lVessie Walker. Persons (?:?11 i titi' for these letters will please av that tliev were adver- ' lised. " " j Clias. J. Pureell. P. M. Force of Habit. A Boston psychologist was recently reminded of the story of t!he dory of the Russian jailer who, changing Ms occupation, found the hie-f interest, of his leisure monrents in cat'ehing birds, putting them in ayes and selling tliem to the high- ' ^st bidder. The scientist, having to attend a series of lectures in a large hall druck up acquaintance with janior of the building and soon noted in lim a suggestive. bent of mind. The nan seemed fond of counting the icople. and would occasionally relorf the exact number present. "We i:ive 11") here tonight," he would ay. or "Just 201 all told;" or, v'hen the hall was crowded, "I.mak.1, t .'{70." There was a problem in all I hi-?, but it took some lime for the >syehologist to solve it. j A bit- of friendly, familiar talk." onhinually renewed, did the lmwi- j less, for it brought out the fact- that j he janitor had speui many of the;1 >revious years of his life ;?> warde:i | n an eastern prison. Willi rifle on | Jioulder. from some or,closing wall,/1 lie man had counted his convicts nil- : il the habit, became insrra-iiivd. In tlio ecesscs of liis brain the lecture hall i ook the shape of a jail yard and the mdience were has prisoners. He 1 minted because he wished to know f all were there.?'Boston Herald. \ MR. BLEASE NOT PRESENT. j Was Not At, Meeting to Consider Dis- E position of Co,nit House?Says it Is Matter for Whole County. X Tlu' following Idler lias been ; haiutctl Tlio I Ir; aid ami News for w publication : T Newberry, S. Jan. 'J7, 11K)S. li 1 Ion. Win. 11. Wallace, Kditor Newberry Oibserver, Newberry, S. C.? a Dear Sir: My attention lias been call- j, I'd In a report published i.i your is- | j sue of January 21sl, 15)08, of a meet-j (] i11 held in ilie town of Newberry by (1) a committee of I lie chamber of com- ^ merce. represenialives of the city j, coiiii'ci! of Newberry, lho. touiiity sup- || crvisor and commissioners of New- . berry county, and liie rcpreseulatives j( in the legislature, iu wiiicli said re- n port il is sialed that Se.ialor Cole. L. ;J Ukase was present and participated, s| and at which meeting: au agreement ), was reached as to the disposition of j the question as l<> what siiouhl be () done with the present court house. ,,, I desire to state that I did not attend jj any such meeting; that I was not inviteil li? alteml any such meeting, ,, ami that at the lime lhe said meel- j, ing was held 1 was confined to my |, bed with sicklies, ami that I would |( nut have known that a.iy such meet- j, ing was going to be held had il not been for 111?' courtesy of the Hon. Klbert II. A nil. who 'phoned to my room only a lew minutes bel'ore said mooting was to bo iield and asked me :1 if 1 was going to attend such meeting. I slated lo liini that I did not si know such mooting was to be held ei and that 1 Was sick in bed and nil- <1 able to attend it, and thai I would lie ,.lad if he would state at such |( meeting for me that my position was n that the people of the entire comity u of Newberry owned that building and that the country people had as much right lo say what should become of il as the people in the town of Newberry. a'ld thai I did not propose to be dictated to by the town of New- 11 berry a< to what disposition should he made of that building*, but that I represented the entire county of li Ncw.'ierrv, and before ,1 took any positicii as to the disposition of that buildim.*' that 1 proposed for all of the white people in the county of Newberry, in the country as well as i:i the town, to be heard from, and ' to leave it to them to say what disposition tliey wanted made i>f the old court 'house; that so far as ui.v individual opinion was concerned, j?; that I would express it at the proper |>| time and in no .uncertain terms. Col. ni Anil stated that he would make thai i; statement for me- lo the committee. |n I was afterwards informed by a genlit!);" who was present at the meetiii'4 thai Col. A nil did as ho promis- u ed. 1 was flirt herm<ore. informed thai In Hi-' iiiocdinif was not entirely liar monious or unanimous, and 1 was , I.. , surprised when I saw it. reported that Senator Bloase was at that meeting' and had agreed t<? any plan for the disposition of the present- court house. I wall appreciate it if you will do me the kindness to publish this arti- sn ele in as prominent place as you pub- (( lished that report, and if you make any charges therefor, if you will sa present vjour account it will be promptly paid. P' Very respect fully, N Cole. li. Bloase. P. S.?I am sending- a copy of this letter to the editor of The Herald in and News, with a similar request as ''' to its publication that f make of ns vonrsell'. si 111 Did Better. "' to "You left off smoking because she ,,n askoid you to." .>r '' Vos " 1 1 wi "And you left off drinking be- kii cause she asked you to?" on i(V.? >? ' es, wi "And you left off swearing be- kii tvauso she asked von to?" "Yes." ' in, i "It is a wonder to nte that you lid not marry her!" eo "I had intended to; but when I j ra had trot ri.l of all of my bad habits ! I found I could do better."?-Mod-j'(!l anr Society. | hu TILLMAN ON LIEN LAW. ! Y Icgardcs it a Curse ancl Drawback to Land Owners. j la Vws and Courier. I th ('oluni'bi.a. .January ?While lie ti as in the city this week, Senator h: 'iMn.au *\vas asked his views o;i the j en law, ami lie replied: i 111 "Merely speaking as a lanner and j in s one familiar with all conditions!'" 1 South Carolina lor 25 vears past 1" must say that T have always felt lattlie lien law, while a benefit to a I s" frtai'.i class of the poor white peo- j !U le. was a great drawback and curse M* ) lit.- land cAvners. because it pnt i.'iii in the power op the negroes to j einand rent rather than to submit : 1,1 ? tin* supervision of the landlords,'^" ie result being destruction of land j 11 n l fertility of soil and absolute de- 0A iruction where the eouivlrv was hilly j 1,1 y llie washing away of the soil. , abor L growing more and more de-M'. lorali/.cd as eotlon rises in price, be- 11 :iuse !h > negroes can easily gather j " ie lit le money they want for cloth- u' ig and the gratification of their ap- j elites. The repeal of lie law will j[ '*' l.jure no honest white man or no ones! negro. and it is certainly not >:1 ur business to look after the dis- '' ones) ones.'' ' 1 di One On Dr. Lee. (>< Recently Kev. .fames \V. l<ee sent fcj n old-time friend a (fine turkey. ".My!" exclaimed a critical young- I*' ler, "them drumsticks is big <p iiougli to beat a. bass drum. Whore v: id such a turkey come from?" ot lie was told thai Dr. Lee had se:il I'1* . 4' The same, one woose name is on ie. front page of four big Bibles illi the colored pictures in them." By that was meant the "Self-In- vl ?rpreling Bible," -edited by Dr. Lee A newly-arrived youngster asked: " Where'd he come from?" mean- p, ii?* the turkey. iy ''The man who wrote the Bible < i nit it." was the <piick reply of a I tie fellow. "Why." said ilie questioner. "(iod '1 rote t lie Bible." ^ Not. the one we've got iu our nii>e! Dr. Lee wrote ii. an' it says in print letters." jn Bluffed the Parson. "i The former Lord Klphinstoiie's urish minister was a very scatter rained theologian and in his scro is often knew not the end from ie begiii'nning. One Sunday his ml.-dtip, in his customary sh'cpin*j J" ivc vent to an uumistaikaihlc Miore. ' !:is was loo much for the minister, ' ho stopped a.id cried. ''Waken y Lord Rlphinsloiie!" 1,1 A tuuI followed, and then nis rdsiiip answered, "I'm no sleepig minister." "iBut ye are sleepin'. 1 wager ye una ken what 1 said last," exaimed the pastor. us "On aye," returned the |>eer. "Y-e .T| id, 'Waken, my Ix>rd Mlpliinstone.' "Aye, aye!" said the minister. But I wager ye dinna ken what I id last afore that." at "Tuts," replied the wfbleniau m; omptly. 1 wager ye dinna ken rself."?Dundee Advertiser. ?'<' lie , i i co< A ironlleman owning a sugar estate Demerra went out. to visit it for e first time, says Chambers' .lonr11. The day after hi^ arrival lie nod watching the punts bringing i "" e cane home. A young negro i>o\ io was driving the mules wishing _ increase, the speed of these, struck ^ e of them with his whip. The mule ornpt1 v responded by launching out ( til its heels and dealth the boy n , . c|< on le head, which stretched him fe ground, were Ire lav rubbing his , . s 111 inlly pate on the s/pol wnere the rk had .been received. I ni" "Is he hurt ? Is lie hurt?" cried j , e planter in alarm. A full grown t j;) gro hearing I lie expressions of ; w. ncern, sprang forwr.-d ha illy and,! y ising the mule's heels, shouted out : j), ";No boss! That mule him walk p(.x id ah fo' a day or two, but him no rt." ?j r?<-'r> h? Lumbering Southern Ap-1 prrlacbinv Forests. 'I'll-.- f ire < | s of i he Si hi i It** ru Appa-N ciiiiilt M i m H I'll 1 is nave been nil SI I 11'4*'/ I\ I'*t* l tit* vit 1 aable 11a; *! .\ otitis e >-. ::l:Mit ;I:?\ 1 very little viririn : ' : - lol l :m 1 ' :tl K."> per cent ' ' i> : . > ! ecoud "ToWtll. 1 Tlie ilrain on these. forests by tttititv | dustries is immense. The lumber- i en atv roinir over tlio land for lire * inl time. First they took only the > ime oak ami popular saw timber. > exit I bey took the oaks that were * lit I'll I'm- bartvl staves. Now they < v after whatever iu.Mvltaula.ble < ees are leftt. such as birch. eltesl- : it and gum. Moreover, these forests ltavc been, i ul still are. lo^ed vtrv wastefullv. early thive-quarters of the timber jl tl fur lies is wasletl. Double or i en ttvible the number of ties now \ il I'otibl reailily be secured from the, 1 me area without injury to thefoivst. I i v simply taking all lit** suitable j ees. ties i-oiilil be rut front an I iv which now yields only till, ami il . . 1 | lie wood in I he trees were Ittlly , ili/eil I7K additional lies per acre, nil I be seenreil. I With mine timber- tb?' story i> the i me. fully I" | ier ce:t I ol I he ; ttilier handled in procuring litem is ilitvlyr wasted. Finally, tires are injuring the prole;! iveness of the Appalachian forI by running' over "the ground aid ' lliifj!- youn.u" jiTowth. I Citvular 1 IS. just published by lb.' ntt:>st iService, discusses lite whole | i.i>stion of niaitairinji' to 'better a il ni'hme lite second ?rro\vlh forests ( ' the Appalachian region. This pub- j 1 :*atioa can be obtained of (lie 1*or- | 1 iter at Washington. ! I Tlti- is one of many of ihl same j, ittil from tin' llotisiliott l'o-it : "I'ay j ur poll tax to.lay, yon stinifv ras-, ' al." It is (i\ I neinely dillicult to , mvince a man i:i llnuslott |ha.| lb.'j | rivilei>vs of citizenship i.i that tmvn 1 ; > worth a ilollar a year.--news and , ; ttrier. j I - I .Savannah's silence about prohibi- , on merely shows how quickly lb.* ! ink I a mru may be acquired. L ws and Courier. I | Question for debate: Kesolved ilia! j. Columbia owe ca'i't .listitr.'.uish a j i but m *Luu a Soli.n at :> distauve : ; Nearly all l)etnocrals un.ler 'Jl are [ , iv I'o van. News and Courier. I'r?-1 ?a 1 1v the ea.-ie.- ! worked c alj ine in the wi-tld is at ? uvay. i. ai nikin. 11 is sil uat.'d in I'll.' ide ol' j hill, and the coal is simply run on! | 1 i trucks, instead of haviuu to he I I mled to the surface. t Stung! i "ITa! ha! ha!" ranted Hi Trair- ' ml, mad, mad !'' "IMI bet," yelled a voice from the \ illery, "you ain't near as mad as r, fellows tluit. paid to uvt in."? ) te Catholic Standard and Times, ji t Solves a Problem. I Coddio?'I see a college preside.it n Auroro, 111., has discovered that n in can subsist on ipeanuts. f Molly? If I oat is true you can f t your supper al lite baseball park x! summer and we can hold a s ?k. St. I ouis l'ost-1 >ispiiteh. j, c Tno Measles Mouth. From I ne IMiibidclphia Hull.'tin. v "I 11111 s I lay in an ex Ira slock of t| asb-v ieteedi.'s,'' said a doctor. riieiv is a run ott measles that will j S( ntiiiiie lill February a.id il' I don'! j <o car.- of my supply of measles e !iys will be exhausted. ,r '.lus| as merchants have at cer- (| n sea-oits runs on ceratiu articles .veronals in (he winter, bathing ^ Is in !I;e summer and so on so we lor> know just what diease each n'h will brimr forth. 'We psepar" for diptheria in the I I'lirec mo"ni.. of the year. u .oopitt eoiu-h is at its maxim in t'il. Ilav fever has a lonir ru.i in P ! autumn. So. too have scarlet er and typhoid fever. Dyspepsia, nintrilis. cholera morbus, malaria t< ill have their special months." PASSPD HOUSE. Repeal of Loin Law Now Almost Certain.?Majority Was Very Large. A.i overwhelming voir in the honso nissed Mr. Wichards' bill for I lie iv?eal of lh(> Iii'ti law Id a third readng Friday morning and Saturday it vas sent to l in1 senate. While thei'0 vas not much "rebate on the proportion as compared with last year, vhcii the senate defeated the efforts >f Mir. b'ichards. still the advocates >1" tin' lien law made some strong irgmnents. The entire morning session was taken up with the hill ami 10 other business was done. The bill passed was very short, leing as follows; "Section I. That section .1050, volume 1. code of laws. South Caroliia. IMII'J, rel.atill".'- |o liens for advances, be and the same is hereby epealed. "See. "_\ That all act-; or parts of ids i teonsisient with this act. bo, nnl the same are hercb\ repealed. ''Provided. This act shall lake "effect on the lirsl day of .lannary, A. I>. l!Kt!>." Tho Vote. <>n tiie moti,mi to strike out the enact.nr.:' words of the bill, made by Mr. Sellers, the vote was as follows: Nays Wlialey, Anil, Aver, l'allenine, lietlinne, lloyil. Urantley, P?rnv, A. (i.. Uric.'. T. S.. liryan, W. I)., liryan, 1"'. M., Cannon, I "'arson, Carivilo, t'osi^ivivc, <"otbran, Courtney* "rol't. Culler, DoYore, 1)ii-1<. Dingle, Dixon, Dodd. .!. II., l)ow ling, Fpps, Frost, (lary, (lanse, fJibson, W. J., ilascock. (ivies. Hall, liannan, Harris, llnyhcs, llydrick. .Johnstone, lones, Kellahan, Kershaw. Kirven, La ic. Lawson. 1 .ester, Logan', .Major, McKcown, Mann, Miley, Miller, Morrell, Nash, Nesbitt, Nicholson, Niver, Hiclianls, Richardson. Sawyer, Save, ^'caiibo rough, Sharpe, Slaughter, ^mitii. d. K., Still well, Stnhbs, TaIntn, Todd. T( ni| kin-, Yanderhorst, Venter. Wa 1c, Waiiiiainaker. Wig.'ins, Wingard, Wyclie. N",* 1 < 1? 11?7~>. ^ eas I'ailcy. I'catlie. Carey, Carrigan. Clary. Clinkscalcs. Derliam, I' i ; i.". I )on_-la -s. .1. I'. (I; o i, (Joo.Ie. in. Ilarley, ILiirisin. Ilinton, Lille. M<c M a.-1 el. Nichols. Norton. Par; :". I'a11cr.-on. L'eavos, Kncker. Sel. K. I'. Smith. Thomas, Vonlvol>it/. Wallace. Wimberly '20. Pairs? Fraser, aye, Leitner. no; Walker, aye. Arnold, no; Kobiuson, io. Spiv-y, aye: Carris, aye, Yonnan-. no; <.'ii"r, aye, ('ox, no. Amendments Voted Down. I he \ ?t: I d.i\\ ii the proposiioii 11\ !?1 t i -J I in make I lie law effective at once and by a vote of SI 0 voted down Mr. MeM aster's 1 :'i ) rsi t mil to ext."lid the time for lie enforcement of the repeal until !!)10. Mr. Richards believes that the act vill pass the senate by a majority of it least four and possibly live. 11,* tas canvasod that body thoroughly iml the repeal is certain, lie will iow support tho hill offered by Mr. lydrick, which will protect the farners and tenants, in that a mortgage it a crop before it begins to grow is orbiddon. Mr. llydrick's bill is as ollows: "No mortgage of any crop or crops hall be good and effective to convey o the mortgagee any interest in any rop or crops other than (lie crop or rops to be raised during the year in liich said mortgage is given, an 1 iilfss I!ic land whereo.i said crop or rops are to be raised shall be der-ribed or mentioned in said mortage, and unless the crop or crops e ein referred to shall be np and rowing al fhe time of the execution f the mortgage. "That said amendment shall not ike effect until the first day of Jaunty 1 ''All the little boys and "j-i.-ls v,ho ant to go to lieaven,'' sa I ih<. Snnay schoo". -nperirit 'ndent, "will lease n< '' All ro.-.e i ;t Sim.'on Snortei. ''And doesn't- this little boy wan; go to heaven?" '' Nr-not yi f.''?J tulge's 1A bra ry.