The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, February 04, 1908, Image 1
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