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VOL XLV NO 11 NEWBERRY. 8. C.. FRI DAY. FEBRUARY 7. 1908. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR 0\7?? LTJGISL^TIVE LETTER. The Farm Labor Contract Law? New Dormitory For Winthrop College. Special to II era It! and News. Columbia. Feb. (>.?Before I lie close of t'nis week Hie most important measures before Hie general assembly are apt lo be acted on. T.he way will then be clear for tlie consideration of Hie appropriation bill, on several items in which there is apt to bo n 'lively fiy.lit. There is pending however an ap parontly inevitable conflict between house and senate on the matter ot farm labor contract statute. The bill propose,1 by the house judiciary committee went Ihroiu'ii that h'odv will no dissent at all. in fact with no dis cussion on the floor. ?s il bad lb? unanimous favorable report of tin judiciary commitIce. Rut the judi ciarv committee of Hie senate has re ported a very different bill, a.id has made an unfavorable report on tlv; house bill, many of the senators de elariivr I he house bill will not serv< the rur-vise. Th'? bouse bill applief to aM labor contracts wb*le the sen at'1 bill refers onlv !<? farm contracts and there are other differem-os. A; this i? dec! l?dlv Hi ? most iniportan matter before the iron oral assomblv jiHifviiv a:i extra session if it wen not settled. il i< to be booed tlia a vilid bill will be agreed on. Tli" senate has killed the bill in {reduced hv Senator Talberl last voa providim." for State prohibition. T11. vote w;is 21 (<> in against the bill bn there a,-e other prohibition measure: pendiie.v that may ?. <? I a larger vote and the proposition t<> refer the whoh * - matter to the peoole is meet in** will vor. ' " The senate has not yet acted o; the rate bill nor on tbe repeal of 111 s li< n 'aw but has discussed both rpies * lions oxl eusivel v. The bill- on llii subject a?'e special orders on the sen ate calendar. The house has passed with liltl opposition Hie bill to proviwe for j ^ new dormi'tory at Winthrop. the ap propria!ion bcinir $4S,000 of whicl one-half is to b<? paid this year a.u an additional $12,000 will be ohlaine. from the lVabody board. In oppos , ill? this bill. Mr. Anil took the posi 1 '* ?;i thai last yoair the leu'isl.it up . rave an appropriation for a mode school at Winthrop and the buihlim has not vet be?ii bennn, and h< thouuht one Imihlim*' ouvht to be com pleled before another was paid f<?i v lie 1^- pointed out thai oilier Slat, colleges were said lo need build inifs more that Ibis building was nee-1 ^ ed. M.f, Anil warned the housi against excessive appropriations, de clarii)'.!' thai as already framed tlv appropriation bill carries over c.ii and one-half million dollars. The house passed without opposi tion the bill creating Mie ll'th judi cial circuit, which is primarily in tended to relieve tiro congestion o the dockets in Richland county Richland and Kershaw are left in tin fifth circuit, of which Judge Mr lies fiary remains the judgfe, and St<m ographer Macfeat the stenographer but a solicitor for this circuit will hi appointed by the governor. The lltl circnt is composed of Lexington am Kd gefield, taken from the fifth, an< Saluda, taken from the eighth. Soli citor T'.nuiierinan will become soPici tor of the 11 Hi and a judge will b< elected by the general assembly, am he will appoint a stenographer. Tin senate has not yd acted o:i the bill The house has passed Mr. Na3h bill to establish the ofTice of Stall health olficer, at a salary of $3,00( per year. The duties of the seciv tary of the Slate board of healM are devolved upon the health olTlccr who is to he a physician, and who wi'l have other important duties. < M'"* Rucker's hill to require a li cense of all secret orders was kille< ? on I!iiid reading, by a vote of 54 |( rilA ahi r if has passed second read ''.v ' vofo of 56 to <16 a few days ago. I lie hill sought to suppress t lx secret societies which are he l^Vffd to be harmful in their influ tsnee hut many members did not thi:il ? f the bill would accomplish its jmr- ( pose. M McMiiMci'V )>ill In punish I usury was passed hv (lie house. 11 ! is intended (o aid in (lie suppression! of what arc called "money sharks."! money lending* schemes which impose . on the poorer classes. II makes it aj misdemeanor to eh a rye over 'JO per M i cent interest on loans. : The compulsory education hills v and the rural police hills are special 1 orders on the house calendar, as are 1 all hills relating to insurance reyula- ( lion, of which there are a number. The yen era l assembly will yo to ' i Charleston to spend Saturday, hv in' vilation of the Citadel Academy a.id I the citizens of Charleston. 1 Saw Lincoln the Day lie Was Born. , The February American Maya zinc contains the recollections of Ahra- . 1 h:im Lincoln's cousin and plavmate. | - Dennis Ilanlrs. as reported hv Mrs. , - Kleanor Atkinson. of Chieayo. * Hanks yives the fullest and liveliest 1 picture of Lincoln's hoyhoold ever | - printed. Ii"iii.is Hanks was horn lei; vers "" * !) >i- >in Lincoln, and. a* 'lie i. e ?.r ' ' inson saw him (ISRf)) !ie was the only liviny person win * remembered the hirth and childhood of Lincoln. Here is Dennis's own - .lory of Lincoln's hirth: j "Tom an' Nancy lived on a farm about two miles from us, when Abe was horn I recollect Tom eomin' over to our house one cold Feb'uary an' ^ savin' kind o' slow. 'Nancy's yo! a I hoy baby.' "Mother yo| flustered an' hurried no 'er work to yo over to look alter p, the little feller, hut 1 di.ln'l have ( nothin to wail fur, so I cut an' run the hull I wo miles to sx1 mv new cousin. i ^ "\on het I was tickled to death. _ Rallies wasn't as common as black^ herries in the woods o" Kaintucky. _ 'Mother coins over and washed him :in' put a yaller flannen petticoat <m ^ him. an' cooked some dried herries with wild honey fur Nancy. an' slickel Ihinys up an' went home. An' | that's a!] the nss'n either of 'cm yot. ^ Lordv! women nowadays don't know I what their yrand mot hers went Ihrouyh an' lived?some of 'env. A yood many of 'em died arly. Abe's said many a lime that Nancy'd lived ^ if she'd had any kind o' keer: an' 1 r reckon she must have been strony ^ to 'a' stood what she did. "1 rolled up in a b'ar skin an' . .;!c)' by the fireplace that niylil. , o s I could see the little feller when - h* cried and Tom had. to yit up an' - 'lead, to liiin. Nancy let me hold him party soon. Folks.often ask me if - Abe was a yood-lookin' baby. Well, p now, he looked jusl like any other p baby, at fust?like red clierry pnlp squeezed dry. An' he didn't improve . none as he yrowed older. Abe never _ was much for looks. T ricolleet how _ Tom joked about Abe's lony leys f when he was foddin' round the cabin. He yr(\wed out o' his clothes [> faster'n Nancy could make 'em. t 1 Shaws Only Smoke. ^ New York Smoke. i Leslie M. Shaw, who resiyned from I the secretaryship of the treasury to ^ become president of (he Carneyie _ Trust Company, and who will leave _ thai institution to be offered by his j native slate, Iowa, as a candidate j for the* Republican nomination for [? president, has never been a smoker; vet lie has smoked. Alderman Sullivan should be interested to know Il>e only occasion, on which Ihe Town j candidate ever used the weed. Tn his office in the yloomy treasury build^ iny in Washington .one day he received a call from the wife of one of the j most dastinyuished members of Hie most dTsljnyuished members of a South American diplomatic corps. Refore statiny the purpo^ of her call she drew forth a jeweled yold case, 1 opened it, offered a ciyarette to the - F ?wa farmer, as he likes to call him-j < self, and took one herself. Secretary > Shaw manayed to find a mnleh in the treasury department, and while the two smoked, Ihe ycntle sonora explained luer iruission. OfYienil eti-! c | quette is an imperious tyrant. JIVES WINTHROP DORMITORY.' I Vlr. Aull Opposes Bill on Ground j that State Cannot well Afford to Spend the Money. \i\vs and Courier. Columbia, February ?Winthrop vnii easily today before the house t?I*. vpresonlatives when the l>ill lo pro-i id" for a new dormitory was brought ip. There was little discussion and 10 roll call, only a I'ew votes being asi against tins measure's passage. I'he hill, introduced hy Mr. Uieh-j nils, wa? on the house calendar as a special order. and was called up hy MV. Richards. Mr. Aull moved to i.rike out the enacting words and Mr. Richards took the floor to ex-j |>lai11 the neces.-ity I'cr the new lor-j initory an 1 lis** terms under which it ! was be.nr asked, lie made a strong i uiiu' out I'or t!:e measure, paying a tribute l'> Wintheop and the women >f the Slate. Mr. Aull said lie did not have a word lo say against Winthrop and lie' work, out he thought in view of! the already large apporpriations the logislivre -iu-uld u<> slow ahout this untie.. !! a!o made tlu> p.iint lhat I la-1 yea." ;'i general assem' ly had ma.le an ap(.ro iriation I'lf a practice school at Winthrop which had not yet i heeu begun. and he (bought oii<> huild- I ing should he conipleled before Iho college asks I'or another. He said | the t niversily of South Carolina was j asking Tor a now building, the first ! the institution had had in nearly 100 | wars, except three cottages for pro-1 I'essors' residences, and the Citadel I wanted an appropriation lo improve] the old police station. There was no other extended discussion and the vole was taken without division, the bill passing' to third reading. I'he measure provides for more dormilory and hoarding accommodations at Winthrop; the sum of ^-rS,(")(? is appropriated?$24,000 for the year 100S and *24.000 for the year I!)!)!)?to be expended by the board of trustees, together with $12.00 already oftered by the I'eabody board for I lie same purpose. Her Answer Corrected. A teacher in the Oarliehl school was teaching a primary class the beginning of arithmetic. ":Novv I have one pencil in my ricrht hand and one in my left." sh< said. "How many pencils have I? Helen, you may answer." "Two," piped a small voice. "Then one and one make two, lo they not ?" '' Sure.'' The teacher frowned at the disrespectful answer, says the Kansas City St nr. "That's hardly what you should hav said." she said. "Will some one in the class tell Helen what her answer should have been?" There was a moment of silence. Then one brown Hirst shot confidently into the air. "Ah, James you may toll what Helen should have said." "Sure, Mike!" shouted .7immL> in a tone of triumph. ,fM,e A lterr?9*?ve?! The ; re--!('< of one e.f the minor e-dle?p- i nlerinv down a saadv la t. nas' Mi ie.' ee'ly m *r when he met a < han ' osr.c youth. I his youth had jusi b graduated. lie ?vas very poor ar,.1 very iiitelliuenl. in all his c.'iu . s lie ha i taken honors, and hi athletics also '/real Iiouii.s had been h,-. "We!'. ? I'li." said :?>' s-r.?'idonl. '' t hroii'jh at lasi, oh ?'' 1' \ os, sir," said the young man, smiling and blushing. " .* nd now vvha 1 arc vou going to' do?" I "I hardly know yet, sir. I have liad I wo "I'lcrs." '' Two ? Wonderful!'' " es, sir. One is from a scientific socio! v offering me a secretaryship al $.) a week and the other is from aj baseball magnate offering a five years'j contract to pitch al $.">,0(10 a season."! ?Philadelphia Ledger. ; STATE COTTON MEN ASSEMBLE Officers Elected and Resolutions Adopted?E. D. Smith Re-elected President. >?e\\s . t ( . itvr. ( 1 luinhia. February -The annual meeting of the South Carolina divi-i,.., .,( ;! , Soul hen (' uii As*o:?ia I ion w. ' > .t:, u-as a larue attendance from a'l -viions <.f I M1 S:at an,I much e:ith.;?iaxu was nan i fe^.ed. I lie election of nlliccrs resulted as follows: I'' I). Smith, president; K. I,. Archer. vice president; F. II. Hyatt, sectary and hvasnrer; members of national executive commilice. F,. j,. y\,._ clier, of Spartanbur<i\ a:i<l \V. McCow:i, of Florence: finance conunilK. M. Williamson. Wade S'aekhonse. .). ft. Wannaniaker a:t<l .1. M. Moss. I'he executive committ??<? will he appointed hv President Smith. Ill'1 Hon. I-, n Weston, who has S(,rvi{ I -J > accept a'fly as secretary, declined reelection on account of il' health, and liiyh trihutes to his excellent service were paid hv President Smith and MV. Williamson. II was decided to combine the oflices of secretary and treasurer and M:. Ilyatt was re(|iicstc(l to accept the new position. As dei;".!ales to ih Dallas Convention the following were elected: Messrs. A rclier. McCown. Smith and I'. i\l. Kinard. At the Oallas convention on the l!)th instant Mr. Smith will resign as :iMtioual oru'ani/.or. A resolution was adopted calling for a reduction of i>."> per cent in acreage this year in order to meet the | reduction of cotton purchases hv man. u I act un.Ts. A resolution ealliiiu' foi [a similar reduction in fertilizers wsn | pas<ed. A resolution endorsing the plan o| .cotton holding ware lumse was adopt i<'d. The resolution calls on local hank; ; to assist in this effort. The repeal of the lien law was alsr | hv resolution endorsed. , Milton I). I'anly, of ||,(. departmeni i"' justice, said of a rumor hroinrlil !t'? him f r confirmation by ;i reportei !'?!' the Washington Star. "The originator of that rumor i. j as j.!ai:?ly i-.'iiorant of the law as ; c.itain schoolboy was of l-Yench. p I his niiy s lather said to him on< i niylit at dinner: ' W ell, now are you udlinr on will iyour 1* rench. niy son?' \ cry well, thank you. sir.' tin lad lvnlied. '"The father beamed with pleas j uro. " ' Ask noli) .|y in French for sonn ' he said. j was an awkward pause I hen? | " <H|"' fa I her.' said lire hov, 'I j don't want any peas.' " Thai young woman posfofliee em ploye of Norwalk, Conn., who makes ii vigorous protest against the nee essity of licking postage stamps nnti her tongue "aches mosl of the time.' | is entitled to universal svmpathv . We do. mil know what ?lilterin.ir gen | "-is it was who invented the adhesiv. ',f'h. ahiomination ithaJ caries out ' '' 'j' r'te: mos| parts of fh< _ ;,Md we would not for a momVM "'"e his services to man ' i">' ill" same, licking pos stamp.; is unpleasant employj inc.-t. and the American people liavr : ahsorhed tons tvu] tons of -oveniJnicnl rluo without armed resistance. | II has h'?->n' suggested that the -ov, eminent pure food experts leave off Iprtterimr around in flimsy hre.ak| Inst toods long enough to take meas'ires to improve the quality of t.|(.> i vlu?? used hy tlie posfotTice department. If we must eat glue, why not have something palatable? If Ihe government -In- fnetorv wouin employ , variety of flavors to >'111 individual tastes the stenoyrnph"i-s and o(lice hoys of the land, not 1o mention the ies| of us, would derive some pleasure from t!ie ordinary i?ksonie work <d correspondence, or iistance, it the government should have stamps flavored villi strawberry, or mint, or orange, or licorice, it would he more simple. ' DIROTDBS AGAINST BOYCOTT. ; Supreme Court Opinion Adverse to Union's Contention. .... J \\V!iiuy.ioii. February d.?Today, To l':e third lime within a month, the Sum-ire Court of III,' I'nitod Stales promulgated an opinion coujstruiny laws adversely to the contentious of orynni/.ed labor. The lirst of I lie decisions was rendered o,:i dmiliary (i. in Ihe case of* some railway employees who sought to secure damages under whal is known as the "Fmployers Liability Law." making railroads responsible for injuries resulting from the neyliyence ol' fellow servants, which law the court held to be unconstitutional. The second important finding in this line was announced on |.h:> 'Jilrd ultimo. when the Frdman Arbitration Act. forbidding lite dischaVye of employees because they are members of labor unions, was also declared to he invalid. The verdict rendered today was i:t the case of Lawlor vs Loewe, the former a member of the Matters' I'nion and the latter a hat manufacturer of Danhnrv. Cvmnecl ienl. The t av.' involved the applicabiliiLy of the 7th section of the Sherman anti-trust law in reyard I" conspiracies by labor unions to boycott articles enteriny into Inter-State trade. t'mlei ! the terms of that provision the comj plaining party may collect three lime? . the amount of his loss if (he cliarjt is sustained. The union fouyhl tin case on lh(> ground the law was inapplicable to such oryanizalions. bul the court, whose opinion was an . uonnccd by Cliief Justice Fuller failed to accept Ibis view and in ef feci held I ha I the unions could nol ; I bo permitted to interfere by bovcot with tho free exchange of commr>re< T between the Slates. There was m . dissenting opinion. <1 The suit was instituted by Loewi & Co. in the Cuiled Stales Distric > I court for Connecticut. The company alleyimr daina^<,> by boycott ayaius Iheird'aelory to tae extent of .fSO.tKKI | ask *d for a .judiMiicnl for .f'J 10.()(?(( ii I in accordance with the terms of tli r | Sherman Act. Not o.ilv ihe member | of the I I'll:ers' i'ni ? . but the An.er < I icau I'ed.' i''o i of I.:ii. i. v.i- in i ! eluded in Ir- bill. In ilie c miidnir. | il was alloyed that the labor oruani/a > t son had undertaken to compel tli mauul'aclnivrs to unionize their t'ae i to.'.v and il was asserted that wlioi (lliey tailed in this effect the iiliio; ? battels withdrew and induced othe uipiov ? ii, d > ' This act u a . ilowed by ihe <h'cla r:i I ion of .1 boy coii tin-l I oewe list* : 1 I 1-- .!i > 1.1 rm coiilroiled an extensive l:*ad tlir.Msv'hoiit ihe country Ihe hove,,I extruded lo many Stales, which, i the lamma*.'" of III.' bill. co,isfi|u(ei I a coinbination |o restrain Inter Slate commerce. The Circuit Com declared thai as neither the ni.mu fact lire nor distribution of na!> i - Inter-Slate in character Ihe eour found it necessary lo decide whcMie " a combination which seeks to inter I fere with both the manufacture am distribution simultaneously is on< which direct ly affects I ransportat io> " from Ihe State lo another. Tiie \;f ' feel of lliat decision wa > favorahh to (lie union, as it held thai the su ' preme court bad md broadened Ihf Sherman Ad so a- to make lil such a < < IiI ion. Aecoi din ly I'lu complaint v. as di nisx d 0.1 a lemur . r and ihe dimissal was allirmed b\ 1 In* coiil'l of appeals. The decision of the appeliale cou.'l was today in turn overruled by Ihe supreme court The country lias not lime lo sliul up shop and complain of bard limes for more than a few weeks. 11 has loo much lo do. The stapl-' exports his| month- threads!ufl's, provisions, cat'!-*. col I on anl refined mineral oil ?surpasser all records. ;in?| ran nearly ^1 o.tinO.PIH) above I lie fiyures for |)i eenil.er. |!HH>. Wheal exports were wt tli more than Ihree limes us much jar n I <ei '"her of l!:e vear before. ! (V Ji?n : a y.iiii of $ I.">00,000. I The rclai'iii b?'l wen our trade and I a?.1 iciill if. , iv e.vtercmely close; the ??r neil'v if ') . last decade is prirrjai ily :"i?,# vral. and last season's ' cro" ? ?" teak.- business irood al least ti"';l ' ' 1 .1 rvostx. | A RETRACTION. ^ Many Errors Appeared in Article Concerning the Last Duel in South Carolina. Mr. Kdilor: My at I nit ion lias linen called by Mr. ). L. lrhy of Boykin, S. to the fact that I have madvj many errors and misstatements in mv article "Last Duel in South Carolina" published some four or live weeks ago. ami I herewith apoligi/.e to him and to a.iy members of lire Cash and Shannon families and fjel ashamed that I have been so thoughtless as to misrepresent the dead. ,J. 11. Godfrey. Played Solitaire When Settling Politics. (). O. Stealey in Sueeess Mngu/.inc. While John (1. Carlisle was speaker of the house, senator, and secretary of lli 1 treasury, he solved at sol! itaire all questions of great pith and nioiii'Mit that bothered his womlerlul ! intellectuality, and he was familiar | witii a dozen or more varieties ol ihe. lvalue. Now, in the practice of law i he works on I his point.; and prepared i his briefs i.i the lay of the cards. Mr. Carlisle does not walk or travel more I I '.inn necessary, nor does li?' indal'.ve in golf. i,Minis, or any oilier atlilelie sports. In fael he lakes no exercise whatever, and never did. and at sevj rut v-l wo is apparently a healthy and j vigorous ma.i. lie claims 1 i a I soli. I aire is his only recreation, it such | i| can he called. I I It* it had not hemi for a uamc of .J solitaire, Mr. Carlisle might have | heeu pr.'si.lcnt of the I nited States. I The tirsl winter al'ier he was made I I secretary of the treasury, some inii i porlanl financial questions arose in ,, ihe Cleveland administration, i.i ..'which several members of Ihe cabiI net, chiefly Mr. Carlisle and ?l. Sterl,,1 ing Morton, coul,1 nol agree wjlli Mr. j j Cleveland. The contemplated bond issue was the main point of disagreeI in. nl. After a 1< ng nivht session at i Ihe While I! <n..e, t'arlisle a.id Mor, ' Ion talk I the mailer over, and be' fore |>:s?Iihad about made up their ..; miml> to I'sigu. Mir. (T'velan.l had .an i ii I iuiat 5 ?i lhat the,.> was danger in the ai.\ and se: t a messenger for i j Mr. Carlisle l einrti to the While I louse, a > lie wan' "il to >o over Ihe ,j matter again with him. AfJer lb.'* . j>ec'i.id conference. Carlisle relnnied , I his K St ri i residence somewhat , ' 'scaled, but :i t satmlied over the ,. s'n j a t i n. and .jumped into 11 i ~ tnosl s j di'fieiill vaine of solitaire which be ../laved I urioii.-lv until ?l :?y I ?r?h I. lit ,. 1 ' me-Ml ini" !>e *!: I vine all i?ver { a id under the question. and IhrcshI . i il mil than and made up his mind r, I t < s! I b\ < lev la id. I ! 'ic.li nol | I'll 11v hai limni/iii".' in Ihe policy of . j his chief. I | The friends of ("arlisle, Senators - Heck, Morgan, Voorhees, lleiiry Wnls lersoii. and many others, asserted at I the time, and often since, that had r Carlisle resigned in the winter of - as h.' thought so strongly of I doing, he. and nol Bryan, would have ? been the democratic candidate ill i ISflli, and might have been elected. Mr. Carlisle/,in speaking of Ihe in" cidenl years afterward, said, "Ah, -j well, il is one of those might have ? | beens. Anyhow, when Cleveland put I I il to me -o strongly, 1 fell as an lioti1 [ iirahle man I could not desert him, j even if desert ion had been a step to' v, a rd I lie presidency.'' The refusal of Carlisle lo resign 1 marked the real political birth of \\ . d. Bryan. who up i<> Dial lime \vaj> only a grade above one of the hoys I iu Ihe trendies. It is now agreed lhat. (Mr. Cleveland's financial policy split jllie democratic parly wide open, and had there been no Cleveland there j would have been no Bryan. We would not liwke lo |>e eonsiderj ed as kicking a man when he is down, lnil il must be said lhat the Karl of j Yarmouth seems no belter than a Boni de Castellaiie.-- News and Coii' rier. I The Solons and Colomons will feel . | for one day at least the thrill of liv! ing in a pennant-winning town.? j News and Courier. 0