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K. 11. AULL, liDlTOU. Entered at the 1 'ostoffice at New i>erry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. 'Tuesday, February 1, 1 !iUS. THE LEGISLATURE. One half <>l' tin; present legislatiw session has been completed and boll .houses have taken a recess until to day?the house to meet at 12 o'eloc.l and Uie senate at night. Two of the important questions t< be considered this session, in fact w< might say three, have been conclude* by the house. The lien law was re l?cal(.i oy ,i v.-vv large majority. Fol lowi;iir l-Jiis the law as to mortgage: HHi "rowing crops was amended s( tiia! Ill'1 iiiortuaiic coidd not be givei until the crop is up. The house has refused In pass i stale prohibition measure hul adoj>t ed without ch^bate the labor eonlrac law as prt>pare(i and presented by Hit judiciary committee. The senate lrt> discussed I he lupio question and the railroad rale bill ^ mi I lias not reached a voir on * i 111 ?* oil'1: i! has no! yet taken up the lie. law. though il is generally under Si < M M I l ha I it will pass the bill pro po/niv to abolish the lieu law by j majority of from four to nigh I. The judiciary committee of th< senate has also pr.-pared a labor eon tract law, somewhat different in souk of its provisions from Ihe one adoptvd by Ihe house. It is proabble thai when 1 h. question comes up i.i tin senate there will lie some discussioi bill there is no douhl thai a laboi conl i act law will be enacted he fori the adjournment ami il is thouglil tiiat an agreement will be reachei between (lie tv.o Inei-es which wil meet the demands < the 'aimers am at Ihe same time stand ihe lest o tlie conrI. The lull a- passed l?\ I in house, was printed in full in the las issue of The Herald and News, Compulsory education wil! lie la ken up in Ihe lious'e probably |oiii"'hl eerlaink imt later Mian Weduesdav The hill which i-^ proposed i . not a I ail dra<l 'c. and it i< I he opinio i <>I those who have canvassed the -ilua lion tint it will be passed. The senate has passed one or t w? compulsory education measures a dilVerenl sessions, but I hey have no met Ihe approval of the other brand of the general assembly. Tne proposition for a rural mount ed police, ill lieu of slate eo.istable and lor Ihe protection of the peopl in the ennuiry will also.be dispose* of during the present week. The nil on this subject which was presenl.'. by Mr. Anil, was published in full ii The Herald and News a few issue bark. The ways and means committee ha alr.'adv * niqdclcd the a ppmpria t ioi bill a id will probably present il ti Ihe house on Wednesday. As il nov stands it ?arris an appropriation o .$1 ,-|.'lS,000 in round numbers. Th items which make up lhi> have beei I .ass. I upon by the coinniitlee am no doubt will remain i i the bill whet i! is presented. They are all author i/.ed by statute except ihe appropria 'lion for Ihe remodelling of the po lice s!a''(iii for u-es by the Citadel and - iV1 St.-.te purciia-ed ibis sta l ion I wo years ago for OOP it i: p i. 1 i'?! that the money will be ap pr?,?: ialeil to make it available fo use b\ ihe academy. If there should be no further legis lation carrying appropriations, ac cordin*.; to the estimate of the eotup troller v.enera! ii would not be nee essarv to make Ihe levy neyo.id fon and three fourths mills, but even a this sum and including' income froii other sources the expenses of th Stale government could be met am leave a surplus of some $20,000. 11 is very probable, linwewr. Ilia the legislature will authorize 111 birldin: f a new dormitory at Win lib)-" . \v 'eli will lake an appromia 1 i '' " ' I'OC. Il i- i! . i undersMoi thai 'lie commission In improve th rou nb aiouud 'he Stale house ar goim; 11' as|< for $'J.">.000 for this put 'Pom ; the approprialion last year wa ?$1">.000. 'I">e South Carolina Cniversit twanl $100,000 for a building-, bu only asks for $110,000 this year. Th Reformatory or Industrial school a Florence, is goia to ask for $15,00 and a bill has been introduced an has received a favorable report frot the committee, appropriating $10 000 lo build a monument at Vick> hurt;. Mississippi. ff these item and some others which will very pre hablv be put into Ihe bill are a| iproved by Ihe two houses it will I seen th I Ihe appropriation bill thi yerv wi I ?o beyond one and one ha 111i11"?11. exclusive of lb" legislaln ?'Xoe"s< s which amount to about $00 000. \\ i,h these included it is m , :'i<* 1 lial I lie total ap- I c ' I"'i v ill aggregate $1,000,-It ; should it will take a t . to raise the revenue which a - will < a;i increase of one and one- t ' If ;;i :. ? in the present levy. Tho n . appi opriat ions last year amounted to t $1,-1 .*12,374.;}!), exclusive of (he le?is 1 ,1 lative appropriation which was $03, t 000 iind the report of the comptroll> general shows a deficit of $03,0 ') j Of course il is impossible to say what i s i will he I lie disposit iorc of the house i . and tlie senate as to extraordinary I { ap]>ropriations and some of us who a have opposed the large incrcasys of I t lli.' ways and means committee' have t always found ourselves in a very s I lioplcss miuorily. The .situation, e however, may lie different when the t lads a re presented to the house and I s senate. Judging by the action of last j year, Innvex er, . would be forced to ) the conclusion that .lie amounts i:i the |, appropriation bill aii'i to be request- | cil will be rmiilcd. As evidence of j that lad it miuht be mentioned tliaf | I lie appropriation bill last voar was tl $100,000, above i;. one the year be- s lore. It included an appropriation . of $:>D.000 for hiuli sch Is which i .| 1 | was authorized by an a<*! i?i' the leu- s j isla 1 ure at the sain,' session, as was o 1 j an increase in pensions of $20,000. , 1 Another it.'in was $7,000, o.ic pay- j men 1 on the police slalioii authorized v by act of the legislature ? f 1000, an- f 1 oliier ol $1;>,000 for improvement to the Slate house urounds aulhori/e.l ' by an ad of the lev isla: lire of 1007 - and another as $10,000, first pay- L, meul i?n the* practice school at Win- j. - I lirop college, ant hori/ed by ad of ,, I the legislature of l!)07. 'I'here was ( ' also an increase in the aiuou.it for s i maintenance at W'inlhrop and at the South (Carolina l'liiversity and this ?( year the increase at Winllirop college .i I lor ordinary expenses and improve- i I meals rniounls to $3,000. I litis bcinu' election year necessi- i | tales an increase for election ex- , I' >ii penses of about $20,000 and for pay | , of supervisors of registration $0,100, I ' I here is also an increase necessary} this year in ruiiuiuu' expenses of) I lie State 111 > pi | a I for the I iisai?" and , *' . I'm* i?I. I i I i 11 a I building of $2" .Ml 10. j " When the membeis are brought j j j face to lace \\ ith the fad of the i r i 11 arue amounts necessary, in older !?? ?. n?c tli,* demands ol former leyisla- I lion, it may be that some of the ex? traordinarv ex.pe.ises asked for at this I session will not be "ranted. So far t as we are concerned we believe thai i Winlhrop college could un without a new dormitory and thai the Citadel ' - could uo for a while without llie iius provcineiits at the police slalion ami i' that the South Caioiiua l'liiversity j I | could do without the new build iuu'. 1 j Of course all of these are needed but ' 1 I many of the lax payers of the Slate ' i j need a ureal many lliinus which they ' ? have lo do without becausc I hey have J noi the means with which to secuiv I s , ? Im til ami with t lie appropriations i ; running' up as I !i??v 11?. the member*: I j should govern themselves in spendv j i11 - I lie people's money seinct hi:iu affit.'r tli,- manner in which tiiey would i use it il they were spending their 1 i own. ami when thy ralize these ad- e Ij.litional expenditures will necessitate n i j a material increase in the tax lew i -Jllu-N may hesitate. i " j 11 is :i little remarkable that ex- c - penses should increase in even ureater 1 proportion than the increase in taxa- ] ' hie \ allies, in fact t lie deficit last i s v ear would have been considerablv | - more but I or the fact that the taxa- v i" hie property ol the railroads was i.i- < creased something- over $1 1.000,4)00 i - ami the general ad valorem increase | - j of other property was about $0,000.- s - 000. In ISOjr the total receipts of i -jlhe State government were $S7!),- < r 002.00 and there was an excess of t j revenue over expenditures of $101,- I n 1000.S-I: in l!)07. including: the frail- c. e | cliise lax and insurance liense lax the < I : total receipts were $1.302.102.03 and i jlhe total expenditures were $1,4(50,- , I ' 200.10, leaviiiu a deficit of $08,103.12, i e | so it will he seen that as the income \ increased and taxable values increas- | -led expenditures increase 1 in greater i I proportion and in lad almost double > ' in ten years. W ith these tacts before them it is t - useless to talk about the people ever j s agreeing to return their properly at i i's actual value. They have nol ? v reached the point when' they can < I trust Iheir legislature and they are l >' .justified iu thai decision by the hist lory of legislation. If the logisla0 lure would be more economical in d the expenditure of money and reduce . n the rate af taxation as the value of ,- property iivereased ipeople would be , !- more willing and ready to assess 1 hoir ( is properly at its actual value. We be- , >- lieve if the people would assess Ih.'ir >- property a' its value and we had ' ?.< $^00,000,000 on the tax books instead , is of redueinu' the lax levy Iroin five to If two and oik* half mills il would lie ; 1 increased t roni live to fen mills, I'he house has, however, refused to d pass a bill increasing the salaries of ircuit judges $.">00 each, mainly I'm' lie reason tlial it was not the proper liing to select one class of ollieer.s nd increase their salaries while leling the salaries of State officials rcnain at the very low figures which hey are now. The increased expenlilnres, however, have not been on mint of salaries. In fact this late is paying its State ollicials ^nominiously low salaries and there lionld be a general increase. The ilea ol' expecting any one to serve lie State :is a State officer on $11)00 ind live as a State oilicer should ive, is ridicnlons. Unless he happens o have other sources of income this alary would not meet the necessary xpeuses of living in Columbia, not 0 take in to consideration the loss 10 would sustain by giving up his irivate business to serve the Si ah'. The three largest items of increase lave been in the expense account of he State Hospital for the Insane; 11 tin- appropriation lor Confederate tensions an.I in the increased deiiaml from the Stale educational inlit utions. The Slate Hospital this ear will require $210,000 against bout $7.">.000 ten years ago. l'cnioii have been increased from $.">(),>00 to $2.">0.n()0 and ibis year the otal aiiioiint carried in tin.' approtrial ion bill as agreed upon by the iays and means commit lee for the our Slate colleges receiving direct ppropriat ion from the Slate, mounts to $21-1,1-10.00, and this does 01 include the proposed new dormin y al Wint lin.p, nor I he new buildig at the South Carolina University or does it include what is spent at 'lemsmi college, in other words the late is conl rihut ing about $200 per it pi(for every boy or girl who al nds one of the State colleges, e.\lusive of what il costs the boy or girl imse.lf or herself. In the common schools in which ar.1 II,00(1 white children we are .-peudig le s tiiau live dollars per capita, or \that i^liu-aiimi which will fit Ik*in for citizenship. The limine.' commit tee of llic senle and the and means comiuili'o ol' the house have appointed a 11b-(-1>111111i11 ee composed of Senators . S. I trice, W. II. Ilardin, I). I\ llird, and Uepresenlatives l\, 11. Anil, II. Wldcll, Ii. II. ('arrigau, to r\ise the salaries of county auditors nd treasurers and to report an eijiiia'ble salary bill. Two-thii-ds-ol! tjie alaries of the auditors and U'ittsurrs are paid by the State. This coinnil lee has reported ami will probable rese.it the bill on Wednesday. In the readjustment, the salaries of he auditor and treasurer for Newlerry county will be $1,200, each. II s, of course not known what view he two houses will take of the protosed re-adjustment. jIVING IS HIGH EVERYWHERE. *o Better in Germany and Franco Than in America. rile present tiuancial depression las di tiered from its predecessors, specially in tha.t il has been particdarly hard on the salaried man. This s the case because while wages have emaiued the same, or have been deceased. the cost of livimr has :iol ecu eorr?>spomliugly lowered. Dis?;:lch.s I roni day |o day have told <>1 eductions in the salaries of high cor oral ion ollicials, of the laying off ol merlin M. of actors and actresses out >f employment. of I lie closing id ii'.u.n I'acl uring plants or of-reduced iroductio.i. Mul the rea.ler has ;earelied in vain for the announcenenl ol a decrease in the necessaries f life. ? Happily the situation is now (lightening very much and there is very reason to believe that normal 'ondi.tions will before long'?be fully estored. Meantime sufferers hero an find some consolation in knowing hat mailers are jusl as bad elseviiere as they are in this country, Jeporls to the department of eomuerce and labor show that the same dale ol affairs prevails in fiermany III,1 Kurope as that which obtains in bis country. In (icrmany it may hi i trifle worse il anything, tor, accordU'4' to Consul (leorge Nicholas, not nl.v has t he cost of living Tn thai onntry increased. Iml harvests havt >een li'-Hil. I'lie consul s.ivs Food Stuffs High in Germany. 1' rom all, parts of fierniyny sliar| idvances in the prices of the necessities of life, especially in ('foodstuff* ind fodder for live stock are report'd. The latter have been noticeabh [luring the past few weeks and an lue in a measure at least, to the un satisfactory crops of the past year I lie result is a strong upward move lirent in the prices of :i|j foodstuffs Meat is the only exception. Il show.i sli'ini Icadency to lower prices, bin is slill abo\e the ligtires i.f two veari ago, a.id the slightly lower prices ol today are, perhaps, due to the con slant agitations l'or cheaper meat, i which have continued uuinterruptedijly for the past two years. .In some I instances municipalities have gone into the butchering business and have sold directly to the people, while in many places meat prices have been fixed by municipal onactimeiit. Prices of milk, butter and other dairy products have advanced :n sympathy with the price oif fodder, and the imperial bureau of statistics notes, as \\\dl, advances in prices of tea, heri ring, vegetable oils, petroleum, tobaci en, cotton goods, linen goods, woolens, let". In fact, from this latter authority only two items, sugar and potatoes, are quoted as being cheaper today than th jy were a year ago. Some Striking Details. ' During a recent debate in the Saxon Landtag figures furnished by the statistical bureau of the city of Dros! den were quoted comparing the aver! age retail prices of the principal ! foodstuffs for the year 15)03 and lOOti. They showed that during that time foodstuffs had advanced as follows, per kilogram PJ,201(1 pounds:) Beef, 1 cents; pork, O.'J cents; mutton, 5.0 'cents; veal, .">.7 cents; bacon, (speck) J !.' ) cents; lard, d.O cents; bread. 0.(? j cents; beans, 1.7 cents; lentils, -1.!) I cents; coffee, .VJ cents; butter, '.Mi cents; eggs, 'J.!) cents per dozen. . From these figures it was estimated I that the cost of living for the averaye workiugman's family of four to j seven persons had for 1900, as compared with 1JMM, increased about ! $11.10, and that of this increase $4.0.") i was on account of '.he higher price of I meat. During the same debate in ! the Landtag 'figures compiled from j reports from sixty cities and towns in ! Saxony were quoted, showing inereai s.'s in re.it (li >r duel I in us renting for from f71.Hi to f'J.'SS per year) of 1 fr<<in 10 to l!> per cent. Coal prices | for the cities of Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz, the principal cities of Saxony, showed increases op from j 10 to 'JO per cent, accot.ling to the j kind and grade of coal. Expenses in Paris Much Higrer. Consul (icncral Frank 11. Mason j furnishes the following in formal ion concerning the increased cost of livj in .: i.i Pa; and the causes assigned ; foi .-.ndi increase. i No one who has visited or 1 ved in! | l'aris for any length of time during! I the past year can haw failed to no? lice a marked increase in most of th 5 I ordinary expenses of life therein. 'Prices at hotels and restaurants haw advanced; marketing of nearly every kind, meats, fruits ami vegetables are dearer than ever before; even the cabman, who was formerly content with a tip of three cents, is now aggrieved if it is not at least live cents or more. These facts should be j know n and taken into due account by | j students and other Americans who. , j relying upon traditions of cheap and i .comfortable living in l'aris, plan lo| ij make a move i>:' less prolonged so-| jjoiirn i:i this city. j A careful study of the markets, both wholesale ami retail, which has i been recently made by a trustworthy authority, shows that the following i perc Milage increases in the cost of 1 twenty-three articles of daily utility have taken place in Paris during the past five years: I'read 1 be>f 'J'J, veal I I, cheese J.~>, fresh fish "?(), pre- j ; served li>ii edible past 's 'JO. con | fei-tionary J.">, edible oils l.">, pctrol-j en in 1' L gasolene !!0, coal charcoal [ I 2 I. chocolate !*.">, ca.idles lit. hoitse, hold ironware This amounts to an average increase og 2.'1.0 per cent ' on the whole list of articles named. ! American Influence?Rent Advances. If is a favorite theory of the native Parsian lliat much of this general advance in the cos! of living, i which bears so heavily upon th3 I small-salaried and wage-earning classes, is due to the influence of ' foreigners. especially Americans, ' who come to visit or live in Paris and spend money in the lavish, easy going way thai they are accustomed to at home. There is, no doubt, more j or less of I ruth in this. The prices ' I oi' flie great modistes, milliners, ,jewi elers and furriers of the Hue d,> la ' Paix and its vicinity reflect directly 'the extravagance of Knglish, Russian and notably. American women. Rents of roMins, apartments and ' j Ileuses, which advanced from l~> to j 'JO per cent during the exposition i year of 10)1)0. lmvc never receded > I since that time. The building of apartment houses and tenements and ? the replacing of old buildings by new and more commodious ones, > goes on steadily from year to year, ' but the number of people, both :ia live and alien, who prefer to live in ' . Paris, increases even more rapidly, j - so lhal the hotel keepers and land-' . lords are masters of the situation, > and point to their increased taxation; I j an 1 the growing cost of food mater-' < i i a Is as the best just ilica i ion for i >1 creasing or stubbornly maiiiutaiuiug rents. Tho IIcwc Serva: Probleai. A French servant who lias been s-v employed fur any length of time in M an American family is considered by tho better class of French people as ou spoiled for their service. Partly as se an effect of this cause, partly in consequence of the Socialistic ideas ml) Which prevail so largely among the working classes, and partly on account of the insistent readiness of the servant class i;i French cities to in take advantage of every chance to th increase their income, the cost of tli domestic service of all kinds has ad- go vanced at least 25 per cent since the tli spring of the year IflOO. da I he ease is still further .aggravate I tii by the development of the "sou systein," which has become the despair o| I r;i;.*al in>i..'uk?.opor<s in Paris. Un- JU" der this system the cook or other do- ('(> mestic servant who does the family v?' mai keling is enlitlcd to receive from the dealr a son. or 1 cut, for each franc? expended, thai is, a coinmis- ? sion of per cent on the cost of all pi supplies purchased, which is naturallv added |o Mi<* jn-ice paid by the housekeeper. t>ibis, litwever, is not all nor Ihej worst lealnrc of the system. The gived fin- commissions is an incen-j live Id e.x!ravaganl purchases, (he waste of food and (he paying of first-! class prices for second-rale meals,' fruits, vegetables, fuel, and oilier! OPERA I EARHARDT & WELLS, SATURDAY, F "TfriAT GO0I PERCE R?B Magnificent Seem "A Cowbo A Story of t A COMPLETE ORIGINAL CASH NEW SONGS! LOTS OF Prices 25-35?50iFLORiDA During These Cold Wi VIA THE ATLANTIC Would be just Vcq thin& living. Superb Trains, and Tickets which offer < sible for a pleasant and c For, full information c your nearer!; Ticket A;;er VV. j. CRAIG. ^cISSs fYaf. Ivl an afrpr, WILMINGTC NATIONAL BANK OF IS? Q 12 ? <X> y-i W ... 2 a a s -j w 8 at Q ? i'V 4 '"! ? ffl ? ^ SUCCESS along with every man or wc so show your good judgmei bank to guard your funds an cial interests. This bank solic you absolute safety. Why nc DIRECT M. A. Carlisle. H. C. Mc J. A. Black welder. Robt. Nc B. C. Matthews. S. B. Aul households I'iic B si.?m ' uded so far Ihat tli'J rvitii :iv?!l receive the stan rd c.ni.:r; ' n on i;as, electricity, tside laundry work, and other esnliais, with the provision of which Tr ey have nothing to do, except t^ I ike the consumption and monthly fl Is as large as possible. I Farmers Reap Benefits. J The great compensating advantage wf,V the general situation consists in 1 e fact that a fair proportion * of | e increased cost of food products [ >es to the farmers, the gardeners, /k e poultry and fruit growers and the *1^ irymen who produce them, so that ft e country people who cling to the j| il and till it lo an intensive fertility |j ai is little less than marvellous jF| e prosperous and for the most part nlenl. The farmers of France liar- Jf i sled during the j>;i ! summer 308,- C '() bushels of wheal ;i surplus of 28,- a ^j-oOO bushels above 'the normal fr fl ead-stulT rc(|uircmeuts of the pao- ' 1 c, which thus becomes available r export.? 'News and Courier. EPAIR SHOP?Furniture, lounges, jP 1 and parlor suits, 'each uplio Is tared, I I recaining chairs, repaired; making ' f and laying carpets and mattings, ^ ' cleaning old furnilur". In Sunlight ia\ I Tall, near old colored Baptist \ T church. J f L Wesley Means. ? | HOUSE N Lessees and Managers. rebruary8th Vi 3 SHOW" i I BENTON'S fl * r$ i ? ic Production [ jf's Girl" > I he Plains. SARLOAD SPECIAL SCENERY I NEW MUSIC! FUN! 1 ?75 and $1.00. ?CUBA Is nter Months A Trip \ COAST LINE* I to make life worth Excellent Schedules ' * svery advantage posittractive trip. >r pair,phlets call on or wi i!:e < \ T. C. WHITE, Gen. Pat.3. Agent. 3N, N. C. ,S ia? Iiiim.:- mx ^nnmniHgan NEWBERRY S. C- 1 r S-i it si oho 2 \ tf Pf * ^ FLIES J." man of good judgment, it in the selection of ajjh d look after your finan- W :itsyour account, assuring /:} ?t open an account NOW? ORS: ,v >seley. T. B. Carlisle. ' >rris. Geo. Johnstone. Jos. H. Hunter. 4>