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VOL XLVS NO 10 NEWBERRY. S. C.. TUESDAY. KKHHUAUY 4. 15)08. TWICE A WEEK, 11.50 A YEAR OUR LEGISLATURE LETTER. I On the Homo Stretch?What Has i Been and What is Probable. !k Special In Herald anil News. Columbia, Feb. 3.?The legislature has taken an adjournment, the house to meet at noon Tuesday a:id the senf ate Tuesday night. It is customary for the legislators to go home on salV esday in February, and when they !'(, return they are ready for the homo !$ stretch. 4 There is plenty of work to be done, even if nothing was attempted except to kill one by one the hills on the two calendars. The most important measures, however, have been digested and the two houses are ready to express themselves. Ii appropriation bill is ready and will be introduce;! probably Tuesday night. if will then have the rii>ht of way through the house. The appropriations are hound to exceed those ol' 1007, and will no over one and one-hair million dollars i I' what 1 he colleges ask for is granted and anything is given for the Stale house grounds. The bouse lias disposed of the liquor question and has passed the labor contract bill introduced by the judiciary committee. The lien law it has also passed on and its position on the railroad rate question was defined last year in the passage of iho (Ivies 2 1 -12 cents bill. The Xash prohibition bill, an ironclad measure, was killed on Thursday by a vole of (5l2 to .">I. The debate liad been conducted in a desultory fashion for several days but was not at any time spirited. Its defeat was followed by the introduction of a resolution by Mr. Richards providing for the submission of the question of State prohibition or county dispensary to the people of the State at a special election this summer. This is similar to the bill presented in the senate by Mr. Otts and it would be surprising if it passed both houses. Mr. Cot bran has introduced a bill proposinir general amendments to the If. 'a rev-Co I bran law, patching up the weak places pointed out by the experience of the last 12 months, and makintr such changes as to distribution of profits as any county delegation desired. This bill will probably go through the house without any fii>ht. The senate lias ]>assed the bill by Mr. App'dt, levyimv a license of $ ">.000, en l??!Uor drummers, and the bill is favorablv reported in the house by the dispen^arv commitree. Several c*naI rs nhi?cled to it very sIiv-mv!\ on the ground ibat it mijlit j be const i u-'d nermiltiier t!ie s:ib" \ of vhiskey under license but the oh-j ject of the measure is to place a prohibitive tax on the whiskey drummers. A The senate has talked prohibition, railroads and railroad rates, but has not yet passed on the liquor question nor the rate question. The Toole rata bill is however a special order on third reading and along with it will be considered the Carlisle substitute. The Toole bill is the same as the Gyles bill, which passed the house last, session, and fixes a flat' 2 1-2 cents rale, while the Carlisle substitute carries out the suggestions of Mr. Finlcv of the Southern road. The house will accept whatever bill the senate sends over. The senate refused, b.v a vote of 23 to 11, to kill the rate bill. The house has passed the bill presented through the judiciary committee for a labor contract law which will stand the test of the courts and the senate judiciary has presented another bill in the senate, which is some-i what different from the house biil. The house did not discuss the matter at all, as it was fully discussed in the conferences, but it is likely that the senate will debate the question f racly. Th house has followed up the passane ot (he Richards bill io repeal fhe( lien la\\ by passing the Hvdriek bill I making |he existence of crops necessary to the validity of a mortgage. The ITyanck bill has a favorable report in t\e senate. The home gave a good deal of attention t(\ the bill of Mr. Ruckcr \ whir!) isaimed to suppress the neuro secret societies 111a 1 mv nol tlioni>li 1 lo do a;ly good. The hill requires every secret order or society to take nil a license with (lie clerk of court, who can exercise liis discretion in granting or refusing licenses. The vole on the hill was 50 to 40. Several members thought it unconstitutional and others thought it would not accomplish its purpose but the majority favored it. The senate has debated fully the bill of Senator Graydon to regulate (no application of the fellow-servants law to railroads and finally the bill passed that bodv by a vote of 22 to 12. In executive session the senate ha>> refused to confirm the suspension of Auditor Wiggins of Berkeley by Gov. Ansel, on (lie report of the comptroller general that Wiggins was guilty of gross negligence. Senaior ITarvey of Berkeley asked for this action and the senate stood by him. King of Portugal Assassinated. Lisbon. Feb, 1.? King Carlo- and Clown I'riuce l.uis Phillippc of Portugal, were assassinated today by a be.nil of men, who fired upon them while they were seated in the royal carriage here, .jns| after their return from \ ill.i \ icosa. Th,\ assassins wei e killed on the spot. Cat Jos, I., king of Portugal, was born Sept 'ruber 2S(h. and is tJje son of King Luis 1. and Queen Marie I'ia. daughter of Victor lvmmanucl II., of Italy. Carlos 1. succeeded to tilie throne ?>f Portugal on October ISth. ISSg. He married Marie Amelia, daughter of Phippe. Due d 'Orleans, Conte de Paris. They had two children, Loui/. Philippe, duke of Braganza, horn Miarch 21st. 1SS7. and Prince Manuel, born November 15th, 18SJ). The d,\?iasty has reigned in Portugal since :he e"d >p the fifteenth century. In .November. l!'04, Kin?- Carlos vis:ted the kiie.r of P.upland and stay i .t.". da; s at Sandringham Palace. President Rooseve't Expresses His Sorrow. Washington. Feb. 1.?Upon the advice of the assassination of King v(!;i:!os and Prince Luis, President Roosevelt expressed his sorrow. Tomorrow he will send his formal expressions of grief to the roval family. Most Dangerous Animal. Clnejv.ro Journal. "What i< lh?' most dangerous of all the wild animals (hat I have en;-o inte: , d ' The rhinoceros," said ?'ohn K. Mradley, one of the big gim?hunt -r> "!' I In' world. ' In e<(iialor;:il Africa you will 'i.id the rhinoceros almost everywhere, in the high land and in the low land, in the open country and in the brush. You will find him when you least expect him, and most often when stalking through his habitat, wholly unconscious of his presence, you suddenly hear his 'chug" chug!' Then God help you if you are not. provided with a rifle of large calibre and carrying steel bullets. Your only chance is lo do a swift sidestep, and even then you have only three shots that will count?I he brain, the neck and heart shot. Wlven he is charging head on it is impossible for you to reach either one." Qualified. There were some doubts in the community as to Homer Floyd's fitness f'M1 a rvisilim on lb" school board, owing to certain lapses in his carlv education, '-ut bis first spe.'ch in his official capacity silenced the tongues of all critics, says the Youth's Companion. He listened to several recitations i with a grave and interested air. an 1 at live end of the last one he rose to address Ihe school, "'by ref|uest." "It's within my province to say! tha' T never heard scholars answer ?i:' uiore promptly than you children of Ois'i-ict Mo. "As to whether your a iswers wer> or were not correct, it is not my place lo say. Your teaclrer knows, and in her hands T leave the matter. *' j PROBING KEPT UP. Dispensary Winding-Up Commission Brings Out Interesting Revelations. ('olum1 >in, Fob. I.?The dispensary j wimlinir up commission is still probi i.ig lor graft under its order to wliis' key house claimaiils to produce their bonks and papers and witnesses lo substantiate their claims against the State I'oi whiskey sold the State dispensary, and every session iirimrs out j new and interesting1 revolutions. The i eouuni.ssion has just got started on its s docket lor Forty odd eases, and with !'lie proceedings Mill going c;- at Asheville, where the claimants ai\? | lryiii??* to -jet Juduo i'rilehard to ini teivl re and take tii*? I'linds out of hie , hands of the commission. the iramo is ae! I i.rr exciting. with live ex-disIpiiary directors, an e\-dispensary "timniissii'iier. and a whiskey drum: iner under bonds avirrega I imr $S."?.000 I in answer criminal charges and on.* I whiskey drummer doHarod a fie.'.il ive : from .just ice. The principal evidence being developed just now relates fn systema| tic overcharging to the Stat.' for lii quors and beer, and to showing some ! of I he criminal reasons why tiiis ex, ; i>|.'d over a period of live years. "We propose lo show, and name ! Iho man concerned," suit Attorney jr. H. Folder of Atlanta, the leading [prosecuting lawyer, "before we are j through with this business, that one ' of your ex-directors lost $S7,0<)0 in I ''uIures in oiie season, (lot the docu: ments with his signature to prove it. | I e|| me how I iiis was done on a sal, arv of $100 a vear." ! \ oslerday afternoon the conimis! sion took up the case of the Annusta Isrrwing Company, of Augusta, C!:i., and had a very interesting and frank witness on the stand in tin' person of President Herman, who made a very favorable impression as heimr a strictly honest conscientious old f! erman. lie admitted in answer to a qnesj 1 i >11 that ''or a long period lie ch a ruled South Carolina a dollar more per I half barrel than the same stuff was i sold elsewhere. lie s;ii,| he saw he 1 was losing cut on the business over here, and a fellow by the name of Shaver (a dispenser at Laurens) came along and told him thai for a i dollar a barrel It,* would yet him orj dors. Mir. Herman aeccpted the J proposilion. and the orders began to I j- 'iir in. not only to the Stale disI pen<ary ilself. but In beer dealers | selling under a royalty arrangement wilii the S'tale and receiving sliipI ments direci. How much these enti s:do shipments amounted lo may nev er be known, the investigation heimr I confined to the accounts due by the Slate dispensary. ''Didn't yon know whore that extra dollar was going to?" Mr. Feller askel, "and didn't you know that you wore violating the law?" "Nn, I didn't know T was violating the law. I never knew where the dollar was going. T only had my surmises. The dollar was ad:led to the price of the beer." Shaver is the man the first dispensary investigating commission showed sent a hurry message to the Augusta concern to send him $125 quick to Laurens as he had to make a trip to Xewberry. In answer to a question from Air. Folder, Mr. Herman said thai it was his understanding, and the understanding of all whiskey dealers, that ' in order to ire I business over here a I rake off would have to be provided. .After he appeared before the former | commission and submitted his books | in evidence and reduced the price of j beer, he never got any morn orders i from South Carolinn. The commission will pay his claim ' less the overehagvs. I The bill pending in (he legislature for an appropriation of $10,000 additional for attorneys fees to continue [the in\estimation has been amended to read $15,000. In honor of the ..-ciieial assembly il would be well for all dispensaries an 1 blind tigers to close during" iis i visit to the city.?iNcws and Courier. APPROPRIATION BILL. ; It Carries a Total Appropriation o $1,435,222.77, Which Means a Levy of 1 3-1 Mills?Bill will will Likely be Larger by I a Hundred Thousa. i) d, Which Would Moan a Five-Mill Levy. News and ('minor. Columbia. February 1.?The aj preprint ion hill has been complete and will 1 )<> presented to (Im> lions probably Tuesday, whoa it will b uiven its lirsl readim;' by title an then printed. The second readiu will be uiven whenever Cbairma Hanks, id the ways and means eon tniltoo, deems it desirable to take u trie mtater. flic appropriations last yea amounted to litil,. less than $l,;V>0 I" be evict. $1,132,37-1.30. A the appropriation bill now stands ill sum carried therein is $| . I3."?.222.7' and ii is iikely in lie larger than I hi b\ more tnan one bundled tliousan dollars. The sum named, $1.13.") 222.? 7, does not include the conteii plate.I appropriation nf $21,000 fur dormitory at Winlhrop. nor does inclule auyt li!;i;:- for carrying on I ii work <d tlie State House '.'founds in prov 'incnt. nor I he appropriat io - asked for by the 1'illVersiIy of Soul (Carolina. $30,000, for a new (da? i room building. It does include tl $30,0(10 asked for by (he C'ifadel Ac: demy for inrprovinu' I lie old I'olu Station, but it does no! include an; thilit** at all for the reformatory ; I Florence. 1 he Stale House . 'rounds commi: sion will ask for an appropriation < I $2.>,000 to complete the improvemei I of the "rounds, which, with the $21 '' for Winlhrop and $30,000 for tl i University and $1.">,000 for the refo ' matory, will make an additional $01 i' 000, or to speak in round figures, a additional $100,000, raising (ho tot, appropriat ions to ove/r one nvi 11i? s and a halt ibdlars. That means . levy of live mills. Tiro appropriat i?i bill as it now stands means :i lew ? four and lhrcc-t|iicn'(or niilils, ;i ' a-jainst four and one-half Ibis la: I year. However, live mills is not i enable; in fact, it is now sjvnerall - ntii::nizr-.l that :i s-*rious mistake w; I made in reducing the levy from fi\ 1 mills last year, as if it had bee a lei at that li'_"iire the state woul.l not ha\ - had to borrow so much money an would have been on a cash basis. ' j ! I w ill be ii. I iced 1 ha! there is n di-eosition lialev r to l.'i; 11m I! n ... . , ' p-ir \ <iset > >u,j 'est ion lor an extr two-mill levy lo put (lie Slate on ( I- i! i-, ;i 11 -rally reco-. * ni'ed that ibis i- entirely mi lece: I sary. Lace Dressing Not Unhealthful. Indianapolis News. I.nee .Iressiny has been considere I a necessarily unhealthful oecupatio on account of Ihe intense heat .'( quired to be maintained in the roon t In some cases the temperature e>i j j feeds 100 de-.vre^s Farrenbeil an much nioi-tnre is evaporated froi the wet fabric. T'ae evidence brotiuli forth at a recent /investi'J;| ion i' I Knu'land. however, shows it to be a exceptionally healthful pursuit. Ne\ j workers are often upset al the b. J '.'iiim'r.'' by (he hiirh Jemp'M'at are. bu no cases could lie found where healt i li'i.l broken down. On Hi.' colli rar\ , I some ad'cents colds, for in-;t:i ' " were found less prevalent anion" laf dressers than ainonv' Ihe workers i iother branches of the indiH'r\ Timekeepers' hooks show *d few ah i seiices from illness. No special I. :i de icy I owe.I'd Inn*/ diseases coal 1 !i | found, mdwitleduMiliu'r tanl nm't o , j the workers 1 i\*< d mi poor ,.nd u ;.ini , jtary local:'i--" . 'id h-d irr -':ol"r live? ' | M s i\ !;ic; dressers now c.i''?v ,-i 1 (iroas ' !.! a- . after doin'.' '! ?- wor I ro;n tdi11ilh')?>d, Had Tlinw never married (lie wr | , man. he would never have bee I thoulil insane.?News and (Courier. LONGBOAT AND DEERFOOT. -- Two Indian Runnqrs Said to Surpass Any White Men in Speed. There is ?no Indian runnintr toda\ win) is said Im lie the fleetest nutria livinir, and Sflierriiijr, I he Canadiai 11(To Ml" the Marathon race in tin Olympic .iranies in Greece, says he b Mio {Treat est rnniu'i' on earth. 'Phoma? Loriyboat is his name, lie is a Oanadinn limlian and. says the Van Nordon Magazine. he is loan and striniry lias lonir arms and hi?r. flat, bonv lVet. IIo carries not an ounce of superfluous fles'h. liis stride looks louyei than the broad .jump of an ordinary ; man a id his ability to run is inherited from yvneratioiis whose very existence depended upon their staminsi and speed. Lonyiboal trains at home on i farm npim which lie is employed Kvery day lie runs rrotn live Id twenty miles. iSonivlimi's lie runs ahnie hut often is paced by a horse. II. weivhs 1 10 pounds, and is ."> I'eet ^1 inches (all. 1'nti! he won the Mara limn race ii Tmi-?> 11 ? Innrbnat was unheard of it the worhl of sport. In that race h< wa- mat.lied ayainst the fastest mei in the Dominion and until the rac. he was mil 11imiii>-ht to have a chanc< to win. ITc arrived al Toronto the day be fore ihe race from his home in ('ale donia and slept at a farmhouse. Oi the day of the race lie arose al o'clock in the morning and bel'or. the other contestants were out ol 1)0.1 he ran . over the course ,jusl t( see if he could do it. When he hat finished lie shown I no siyn of fatimie W hen the race started in the af tenioon the Indian took the lend am with a lung, swiniriny: stride Ilia never seemed to lire lie kept tin lead to the finish and was as fresl when the race was done as before h had made the distance the lirst linn in the early niorniny. When raciiio- Lonyhoal uses hi: brain quite as much as he uses hi: leys. lie tails behind I lie leaders hill keeps wilhiii strikimr distanc. until tlie last miles, when lie come: ii> the iro:u aad ''cnorallv wins will ridiculous case, lie trails alony be hind | lie llviny leaders. matchim their sprints wit.h a barely percepti bic letu: lieniuy of his stride unti his outrle eyes see siyns of ditress ii his rivals' ruir.iinjr. I iien In1 lets 11imsi it' out and be '-'ins his ellort. I phill and down In Iceps same merciless ?dip. bu roiny alonir as easily a> tliouyh lu was out for a practice joy. ' i' t ?!e distance race where lu smashed (JjiiTrey's I !)01 record l>\ more than five mimiles ihe conditio.n limit*!- which the Indian raced, an won. were heartlbrcakinvr. Winded In dust first, aad then by rain and snow with the I; -t ten miles of {^oinsj decidedly mndy, the plucky redskir bettofed Hie record of Caffrey?ad mi Herod the record of Caffrey?ad minted to be one of t.ho ?rreatesi Marathon runners that, ever lived? by nearly a mile, and to do this Tionpr boat had to run every mile of tin twenty-five in aibouf five mi.lutes an I'orly-five seconds. In the Historical Rnildiny at Huf lalo there haivjft a picture, a draw in :' of Doerfoot, the greatest of" al Indian runners. He was a Senee.i fndian. One one occasion in ISfil, beforf tio- Prince of Wales, now Kiny Kdward, he ran twelve miles in f)l minutes and <r?fl seconds. Think of it ?an average of <1 minutes XI seconds t , the mile. 11 takes a first class mile runner to do this now. Deerfoot frequently raced with horses; lie often chased larye yame, b'lffalo, moose and deer, on foot. His licurhl was fi feet in his stocking? and he weighed 170 pounds. If.' never eared for the medals he won bv j his rnnnimr, and as soon as he fro! i them lie would Vnnvl them to some ' la-1 v* or litl'e who chanced tn j be d'andino near hv. I j it is worth nolhinii' font the presid'Mit speaks rpiile as boldly tvilh tli. fleet absent as present,.?News and Courier. ! LIQUOR HEARING IN ,f ASHEVILLE HAS ENDED PRITCHARD RESERVES DECISION AS TO JURISDICTION. Sys if He Assumes Jurisdiction Charges Will Be Probed to The Bottom. A her hearitnr iirtrinnents 0:1 (lie dispensary mnl ler Judge Critehard j has reserved his decision as to jurisdidion. | Ik> artruments continued ,, I wo days. n j Thursday's Session. ,, | Aslii'villc. N. Jan. .*{<).?.Sancli l i('li?'il in 1 >??Iween able arguments on p! Hi.' question of whether or nn( Ilia j I iiiled SI ales ( ircuit ('oiirl lias jur,. ( is,lid ion lo entertain the snils of Hio _! Kleisi linianii Company and the \\ri|s | son ( ompany ayainsl the dispensary j commission ol' Sonlli Carolina, Judge i", i ' lileiiard I inlay witnessed sonic vcrv ,s boated (ills between oj?|?<?siiilt connd j s''1- < 'riininalions, recrimiaat ions _ and charges id false utterances and ,-j di-remilalde all.-at ions at times ;l 11'reaIcncil personal encounters. Not it '* "'> 'lid con iisi(| I'm (he Sl_ SIi ' denounce I hc i- ' iii^kcx d i"-1 ri 11 . rs rcpresciilaU1 r l'^l>s. w llo. Ilicy said. robbed (ho |j ! ."late, hut very damaging reflections | ?n I lie characters ol' certain nieniliers ,c --names not specilied?of ihc South ,i Carolina State Senate, which body, (? j ll,,> way, licl|>ed In create the conij mission represented by counsel, werft ,1 i not overlooked in (he listurbance. I Siihsfant ial progress was made s_ j 1,1 hearing. neverth<dess, and lire J arguments will be resumed when ij.j Court is. reconvened ac 10 o'elock i j lomorow tnorniu.tr. j r ,. ie I ' ',! "l s!'' ' "I warfare lodav r. ] mad;- its appearance while Mir. Morj deeai was addressing the court, Yesn | t?*?*Iay. il will lie recalled. Attorney n| ! General I.von inf"< I i1--. court ,,f (|1 . the passage by the Souili Carolina a I House of Representatives of a con|(l j current revolution endorsing the dis.( jpen-arv cnirrission and declaring it is j '* ' ; : . br'l the s| ' '1 "I* 'd I te Slate, Mr, I.voii assur.? j vd the conrl y.-Vrday that this resoly | liltkiii Would also lie passed liv (lie , senate. In I his. however, il appears '0 ' '* 'at loniev general was misI'l taken, and Mr. Mordecai was rel'erj ?"in'.r this morning l<> this fad when ,j !" i ii l en not e.l bv Judge I'rilc!:, -i r ' 0 | <- '1 me." ask' I'd Judge I'rilchard. " tha' I he senate i South Carolina refused lo pass a I he rosoluI ion ' i- j ,( "I'lisel answered I hat he did. A1 "'>* |'"ini W. |?\ St. v, nsoii. of .iin^?'| Ior the commission, and forni' * **1 -iker ol lh,' house of repies< Ml at ives in South Carolina, arose. "Yes," said Mr. Stev.-iism. "the senate killed il, hut I know thai lhcr.? d is a considerably larger num'ber of n attorneys in the senate who represent ?. claims againsl the dispensary and who i. represent officials under indictment Hi"ii the majority was against this ,| measure. And I umhrrsl and that n I hey were the persons who were for1 ciblv and continually fighting that ?vsoldl ion,'' n This brought Alfred S. Marnar.l, -Vjof counsel for the Fleischmann Company. lo his feet. "Is counsel irriil pugning the motives of these <re.if|'h men?" asked Mr. Rarnnrd. ' . " N'o." replied Mr. Stevenson, "bill I am in I end i n-' lo s".- this: ( j ''Thai il was hum bf into (Ms ,)IM.S. n j lion, and we propose to say tho , | I ml h.'' i- I Sti vn?on ^ a r*> i'men' was j concluded .just as Court was ready to I adjourn for I lie noon recess, and bis e remarks called forth another ' lilt, this linre belween himself' and Mr. 1.ester, id' counsel for Pleiscli^ ran & ('<>. I '' lii>t one word porsi.nal." said j j Mi- S'f. >-..nson. in i b>sin". "The alI b?.a! ions of this bill haw b"f-,i answered i? so far as the Slate dispensary commission is conc? rued. Thev Were answered fully yesterday. The n bill fon'aius an unfounded and disrejnitable charge against myself and