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'? ' 1 iiin i i i i i i i n I, - i i ! I. iii ?? VOLXLta NG.1'2 - . 1. NEWBEKtjY, 8. On TUESbAY, FEBRUARY 11. 1908. TWICE A WEEK. 11.50 A YEAR V - A ' v TWO MORE WEEKS OF y ' GENERAL ASSEM IX LEGISLATURE VISITED CHARLESTON ON SATURDAY. ^ A Summary of the Work of Past Few Days and What Remains to be Done. Special to Herald and News. (Columbia, Feb. 10.?-A great dwl V of work pressed into a few day-* i* ^ the general assembly's record for I he ' last Week. The invitation to visit Charleston on Saturday primarily tc inspect the Citadel, was accepted , and leaving on a special train proV vided for the occasion by the city ol Charleston, the day was spelt in thi metropolis. The house had met on Tuesday at noon and the senate at ni?ht, after adjournment from Fn, day, and on Thursday the house held ^ no session out-'of respect to the late Representative Major, of Greenwood who died on the night previous ol \ pnuemonia; a committee being appointed to attend the funeral. The senate without" debate has passed the bill relating to farm laboi contracts prepared by the senate judicial1 v committee and the house has done the same with the bill pre pa ret \ by the house judiciary committee ' The bills are radically different anc the two houses will have to get to gether on the propositions before i valid labor contract law can be so cured. The house bill is on the sen ^ ate calendar with an unfavorable re port from the senate judiciary com. mittee and the senate bill is now u Ihe hands of the house judiciary com mittee. . . \ The appropriation bill will nitv< \ Ihe riirht of way in the house thn ' week. Tt has. not vet been bvousfh in. as the \vav<> and moa><s mmitte? decided to make som> changes fron the original draft. Tt now seen likely* that the levy will have to hi \ ' raised from four and one-half to fiv and one-half if not six mills, in or dcr to raise the amount carried b: the appropriation bills. Of the special orders on the hous? calendar onlv' 1C important one ha been disposed of, the compulsory ed v> ucation bill of Mr. "Kershaw, whei this was taken up on Friday, Mi MKlcy moved to continue the hill an< , * this not being a debatable motion, cu off discussion and the bill was killei by a vote of ;"54 to 34. Mr. Anll^ bill on the same subject was next ii order but lie asked to have it nassoi over for the time being, and it wa not voted on. The nuniPPMH' insurance bills ajv the rural p?\liort bills are still specin orders on the liou?e calendar. Bv vote oif 44 to 20. the house has als v made a n^cinl' order of Mr. D. T ^ Smith's Hll to abolish the depart ment of immigration, ha vine twie before refused do take up the bill on of its order. This does not neces sarilv indicate the sentiment of ih f house regarding the department. Ha vine by a vote of 24 t'o 13, tab! ed Senator Talbert's orohibil,mi bil the ia* 'afor pass?-* tidge |? field senator's resolution ^o roquet Fk . tllie democratic executive commifte /'< to refer the question of prohibitio to the voters in the orimarv Th V vot? was a tie. 17 ro 17. on this rose lutivin and Lieut. On'. MeLeod cas I the tlocidin<r vote in its favor. Renn tor Otts has a bill to have r. speci.i ? election on the question in July, an Representative Richards proposes t submit it' to the voters in a sp?r?a election to be held o:i the snrne dat as tlve democratic primary. The senate has debated the rail Ti road i'ate question at much Iciurtl 'r but no vote has been taken so fa jl that will indicate how the senat ' stands on this matter. Senato Toole will probably force the is.ni this Wiok. however. Neither has th k senate voted yet o-n the lien law is sue, and this is under discussion, liav i ing been up several times for do bnte. The donate als-) has undo, consideration the hill *o amend th high school act and the propo-dtio ? to limit the benefit's of the act t J towns with less than 1.000 populr tion has been voted down. 15 to 1' |*S ^ / ' ' ) Rbing to a question of personal privii'ivi*, several of the h\wy?ir mem' bors of the senate precipM'ated the , most sensational episode of the session on I* '".dny when Senator* R'ease. J Have or, Weston, Sinkler ami Earle pa ill their respects to certain alleged j insinuali(vtis in an article i.i the ' ManniugTimes, of which Senator Appelt is the editor, referring to statements that certain senators were attorneys for liquor houses having, claims against the dispensary. The | ^ rcitnarks were of such a nature that j i it \* best not to attempt to sumrnar- : 1 i/o them, as am injustice might' he > done o:irt side or"the other. Senator * Appelt defended -his right to write ^ what ho pleased as an editor, but ex- j * plained that his editorial had not been rightly interpreted. > Two weeks remain of the session 1 And in that time there is much to ho done, as the calendar of each house * is heavy with hills. It is always the ' pri?e however that the last two weeks 5 bring about the most important ac. tions of the legislature and it is not - altogether unwise or unnatural, as * | this crives opportunity for full discussion and deliberation. r . "Rarhelor Maids. * . There will be a business meeting 1 of the RiU'helor Maids Tuesday after^ . nor-n ?*t 4 o'clock, in the chamber of rr>'""y'M'"" mom. * \ Joanne Pelham, Secretary. Newberry's Ohicco Arrested. _ ! Rob Porterfield. commonly known ns N*ewberrv's Chicco, was arrested hv Policemen Austin and Adams ^ Snt'irdnv. on the u??nl chnr?.r> of ??tori nor pont-rn.bnnd Honors. The officers n search of Poterfield's '-Iovp nnd found a nuart of booze. s Thev to?k the whiskey anTl required 'vitv1 of $100 fo" P?->h '<! tnivi? enllod hoHnvov T on"ford Mondav morn1 i..,f ,,n of fh? illnecs of s ? PnterHold's nttornev it was poste" noned until Thursday morning. I jr In Mayor's Court. | folio Coleman was fined $2.50 for R cursinsr on the streets which amount s no id." Will Dennis had a like fine placed 1 "" li-icj him for a similar charge. _ Dennis paid his ^fine. j .Onr>,(re Miller was charged with j. ''roat.^nimr to kill his wife. Not ft W-Jonr .*10.00, he took fifteen days s -ii the gang. i t?. j . .. | ft ( ? rt Bound Over For Stealing. s ! Paden Rawls, colored, who lives in ; X.?. i) township, was bound over to il tho court of sesions, last Thursday il hv Magistrale R. R. Hair on a charge p r.f larceny from the house. The proo ?'?eutor Mr. J. R. Stockman charges i. Rawl with stealing about twenty-five ehickens from his fowl house during 3 tho past year. Rawls gave bond for t his appearance, j *' Fooling With Booze. John Gilreath, a Saluda county I- ne'iro, was lodged in jail Saturday ' 'on a charge of transporting contrav* band liquors. Constable Williams t has been on the lookout for the nee oT0 for some month, he having caught n on to .his game quite a/while ago. The i constable ran across Gilreath up at ' Silver Street the other day and ;t j brought him in. '] ! A Fortunate Breakdown. 1 | ".Did you see the Alps?" I "Oh, yew! O.nr car broke down 1 i'i>ht opposite them, and do you know i I'm almost glad it did. 1 found them I j so pharminir and interesting."?Puck. r j How Fast He Oould Go. o I A breeder and trainer of race r | horses who is know almost' as well e ! in England as ho is here recently sold e j horse to an Englishman. The Engi-irishman before paying for the horse quilb bled a bit nlmut tho price and !- then said: r "You know. T'd like to see the o horse first just to see how fast he n*i can go." o| "Never mind about that," said the i- trainer. "11'c can't go any faster I. than I can tell it."?New York Sun. ft Y ' y.r'' ^ ' V CENTRAL METHODIST CHTJ&CH. Full Day on Sunday?Congregational Meeting?Young People Organize For Self Culture. Sunday was. a* usual, a ftill day iti Central Methodist church. At the morning hour a large congregation assembled and the pastor, Dr. Wolling, spoke on the dangers and the blessings of friendship?. using the words of Christ, "Ye are my friends if you do whatsoever I commam you.'' At the close of the sermon churcl conference, or congregational meet | 7 . . O j ing, was held, attended by nearly th< entire membership, and in the affair: ! of the church a deep interest was I manifested. The report of the pas ! tor showed that during the pas month he had made 104 pastoral vis its. had received 22 persons to tin communion of the cluvrch, and als< directed the regular Hcrvices, cxcop during the series of special services The financial report made by tin treasurer, Mr. Gaillard, showed j marked advance in the finances o (he congregation, however there wa shown to exist some deficit whicl they determined to remove at once. The report of the Sunday school made by Mr. James TCpting, showei where carefullytabulated, tha there are 207, including officers j teachers and scholars, and a livel; 1 interest is taken in the work done ii 1 the school. At the close of the meeting s successfullyv conducted by Rev. Mi Speake, the young people det'crminci I to organize for self culture and rc j ligious work. Yesterday they mo and elected their officers, all of whoi i will be formnllv inaugurated nes ! Sunday night at the elose of the rot nlar services. Thou-h the w.^aHier was vvy ii el (Mil out. I * v in Cei tral church wi.:\> largely attende. j and at the close of the sermon on It decision, based upon the text, "A most thou persuadeUi me to be Christian," three persons came foi ward for membership, and many r? mained to give a cordial handshak to the friends present. The Difference. "Grafton calls himself a 'profei , sional man,' and yet he takes n | part in anything but' politicsg. Is p< l lities a profession or a business?" "Well, when his side is in powc it's a busines; otherwise it's men Iv a. profession."?Philadelpbi Press. Certainly Would. City Man (to villager)?Wouldn I it open your eyes if you were to loo across at that lot there and see or of our citv skyscrapers covering it? Village Man?Waal, T guess would, secin' as I've got twcnl head o' cattle grazin' there.?'Boh mian. , 1 '' The Samo Old Signs. "I see tho depot signs are moi hopeful," observed Mr. Citiman. "M^bbe so," replied Far mi Fields. "Rut the only one? T sa said 'Beware of Grip Thieves.' "Kansas City Times. Family Secret. "That's papa's picture," e: plained the little girl to the calh who was looking at a framed phol< j graph tm the piano. "You wouldn I know it unless I told you cause if got a smile on the face."? Chicajj | Tribune. Strictly Biz. "Mr. Hoptoal, I have marrir your daughter." "Well?" "We want your forgiveness." "Take it an' welcome, but if yo 'xpect to board there, the terms wi be cash. 100 per cent in advance.' A Question of Temperature. Husband?What is the differem between the love of a lover and tl love of a husband? Wife?About .'100 degrees F?Ha por's Weekly. * > Heading Him Off. , Washington Herald. "'This is the biggest senate v have ever had." | "Why," began the oldest inhal taut, "when Dan'I Webster \vi alive?" ( j "'Numerically, Unele Josh, numei i | cally." I . i Alike. i Tern pits travels 5 On the fly. I . Life is short and And so am I. i ?'Washington Herald. } Appropriate. ? "Been to Washingtoni" 4 "Yep." " What's tihe latest?" t "Well, they're alluding to Pen - sylvania avenne as the great' whi 3 washed way." ) ? t Doing His Share. i. "I don't mind making you a c e of coffee on .the gas range," said t i cook. f "Im willin' to work for it, lad.\ s declared Tired Tiffins. "Permit !i to turn on de gas."?iWwshringl Herald. I, [1 Pointed Paragraphs. t Ohieago New?. ;, The good die young?espccin y good resolutions. ii <AII love isn't blind; some of it only near-sighted. o A man may be as ood as his w< . and slill not be a saint'. (1 .Sometimes a wise man po.* o-s a: !_ fool for financial reasons. it How small a doctor's pi Is ate wil n compared wth his bills! :t The man who is buried in thou r. can write his own obituary notic? Fl's funny the way a woman's i- uiv changes according (<> the fa 1- ions. I, The more money a man has the 1 i_ he is willing |<> admit ho ! as. ]_ There's many a -dip he'we^n a engagement ring and (he wedd r-' ring. ?. No man has half the influence t 0 he expects his wife to believe be 1 It is' easier to apologize for w you didn't do than for what you wrong. A mother never enjoys n visit av 5 from home unless she can wo 1 about the children. One of the imiporlant duties of elevator man in an apartment ho :r is t<> see that the children are brou 2- up properly. i ?.*, a t , . Reflections of a Bachelor. N'ew York Press. There's no girl so huggahle as >1 one in furs. II makes a woman very proud |0 spell her name like somebody whc rich. y A girl has such a wonderful im v inalion that every time a fellow 1 ses her she believes it's the first. When a man likes to take his w to a church reception for the mil tor he is thoroughly, famed. ^ The real expense of a divorce till< danger the couple will have to ?r it all over again with new mates. w " ? Beyond Her Years. Washington Herald. I wooed a maid And she was fair. Sir.? wor-? braid r Of golden hair. Adnwu lu*.' hark it showed its sh >. Kor she was barely just sixteen. 's To me she sai.I 'Twas nut her plan To ever wed A poet man. And as T think it o'er, I ween ,(1 Thai she was wise, for just sixteci Quite a Peat. m Washington Herald. || "Yes; my views shocked the c ? li/ed world." J "You seem elated." "Why not? It takes a good if _ 'shock the civilized world those day i le ' A "Problem of the unemployc r- is also reported from Coflumbin ; News and Courier. j ' I SWINDLER IN MILL TOWNf vo i Protended to Secure Divorcas Paymont of Fee.?Defrauded >i- Several Women. II7. Columbia State. ri- 'Anderson, Fob. 9.?Of all the sv dling games the greatest has L perpetrated in this county during past few weeks and as a result m women have been relieved of y sums of money. The scheme was a divorce dec ing game. Women wanting to "lawfully" separtcd and divoi from their husbands for any ci whatever were furnished the op tunity of having their wishes gr ed. Several weeks ago A. 11. Stee in- man of 55 or 00 years of age, clj te- ing a knowledge of law drifted Anderson, lie visited tlie var cotton mills and learned through sip and otherwise which womei up the villages were disappointed ,he their husbands and the names these women who would pay for ," accept a divorce. me Steed evidently had everything on own way. His game prgrcssed and many women, tired of their bands or because their husbands deserted them, fell victims to slick talk of the ''lawyer." lie Uy lee ted considerably money in Ai son, some in Willia-msion and ; is j in Pel/.er. His operations were j fined cliiefly to cotton mill villa nd The Scheme. Here was Steed's game. Tit? u * a find out the name of a woman might be willing to pay for a dr ten from her husband because of pretext or another. Steed would srlit it that woman, explain to her tli i. I was not necessary for her mar fi- life to continue and that he i sh- i arrange il with the courts so IIJ inivhl be made a single w< ess again. Steed would make a contra el tlu?! the woman that upon the payme ing I $5 1?.? >' onld prepare for her e: j lieu affidavits sustaining a coni]i hat i auainsl the divorce proceeding si ias. he made. hat Steed's understanding with did clients was that he should take complaint before a judge in ray j courts of Florida and there pr< rry the divorce decrees. Upon his r< with (he decrees, he was In re the jan addjional payment of use. ! in his services worth ill each ght $20. . , I Sleed enticed seveiyl women j the Cox mills, one in tHe Orr j village and some in oilier mill (lares of I lie ci I y lo become the "clients." In each instance j would collect his retaining fee to j*5. > is | After getting up all of the plaints, Steed would disappear n?y_ I few days?he would leave this las- of die county and would visit villages elsewhere. After an ah; 'ifc ?' several days Steed would tin; (1js_ a! the door of his client and pn the decired decrees and would di fhein upon the paymenl of lh / niaining $J5 in each case. Steed's whereabouts now are known. He is nearly (10 years of has a good and intelligent ap auce and has a growth on the side of his neck. 11 N said tin has two children living in Wil ston, whe: e he made his headi ters. 11 is safe lo say now, in cr, thai since h has eol wind o eon j fact Dial the officers are behind j with the intention of' breaking ii "skin" ame lhal ii(. will not p apjvaranee al Williamson jny j soon. If I he Klorida Repu/hlican coi lion had been peaceful, il wonh have followed from lliat eireums llial" its delegation would not undergone various changes of ot sin > lat r.--?X?uvs and Courier. The New York World su? Senator Macon, of fJcorgia foi to Democalie presidenfial nomin s." ?hut 's he a prohibitionist ?? and Courier. d" ..? Wisdom on tap all day Saturd Charleston.?'News and Courier, 3 SENATOR APPELT CENTRE OF STORM TERRIFIC EXPLOSIONS IN THE STATE SENATE. vin- . icon Personal Privilege by Many?All (ho About an Article Ho had Printany cd in His Paper Somo ood Time Ago. ree- "Infamous falsehoods," "infabe moun outrage}" *{ insulting," "an feed outrage and an infamy" are some of mse the terms used in the Slate sonata por- Friday morning by members of that ant- body in characterizing1 contain statements eontained in an article appoard, a iny in the Manning Times, of which nun- Senator Appelt is editor. One sonainto tor went so Par as to say that tbe ions author of the article should bo exgos pel led from tbe senate. 1 in Senator Hleas<? of Newberry, risinaf with to ii question of personal privilege, of read an article reprinted in the Newand berry Observer from the* Manning Times which, he declared, contained ; his (sucn serious reflections upon momwell hers of the senate that' ii called for bus- an explanation from lite senator from bad Clarendon, who is editor nf |he Ma lithe niinr Times. Il<? said that ho had col-I been leadiny the fiyhl in the senate id or- | ayainsl I In* bill referred to in tbe arsome | tifle, but lie wanted il understood con- | Dial lie represented no whiskey bouse ?es. land there-fore the publication''referred lo did him as well as other mom ould hers <?f ||,<. senate an injustice. Tie who j s:>id lie was opposed to the bill to /orce ; vWo Ihe attorney uoneral funds with one I which prosecute certain officers I vis- j connected will, the Slavic dispensary ml it , and b-? nroposed to use every loyitiriayo .mate effort possible to defeat Ihe bill, f 'UId j -e said thai when the slaienienl he was made by one ,,f n?. attorneys for >nian th'* di?;p>n-aiv commission before ij"due Pritchard in Asheville Ilia' Hk> wilili 's-nalors who .?i?po-ed the OMs resont of In!ion wire altoriicv.: whis|<<usoon . ,,, r *i; j|) were lainl lie fell li|<(. exneissiny himself at >"nld Jlwl lime I'i,t r .f.-ained IVo,,, doI iny because ,.f 'I... sourc ,,y his I era nee. lie v?id thai no t ne South the Carolinian w..?ld h"vo mad,, such i\ tire statement. n,i< 'euro j Hut. he declared, when a nwnnber 'turn of t',c senale indulyes in such eritmyo jcivms thronyh the columns of a uuik- j newspaper, he thought il demanded 1'iise - the attention of the senate, IS I The article referred to I,ad appear!i.} ki SemUor Appelt 's paper some l,m^ ngo and had been reprinted in . sorne ol the daily papers, but had ex,1S , cited mi comment until reprinted in Iiie Newberry Observer, fl reads as follows; Oom_ | Tho 'C,asus Belli, for a I '^''nator Appelt of riaicndou wrote part ;l : '"""ws in I'ho Manning Times, i?f mill i he is Ihe editor: ?' 5enee 1 "The 1 i<|u<>i s-ea:idals continue to il up .hold interest and the graft yany are aluoe i trying to work up a .sentiment against diver the attorney general because of his e re- j having employed Col. T. H. Folder, of Atlanta, (la., to assist him. Tliev un-ls<iv, 'Lyon Iiad to yo to fieorgin to ! age, g<'l help, as thouyh South Carolina pear-( did not have good lawyers;' but such left . ''"t will fool noln dy when il is k:iown it lie j that the li<)iior crew have, in their liam- | relations with the winding up eomipiar j mission of Ihe Slate dispensary re wev- lained a la rue number of law vers in I the I < olumbia and oilier cities, and some him 1 ?d" these are also members of the ley)> his islat'iire, who will probably fiyhl the ill in t'Toiinsiiiou ill makiny an approprinI i me j I io'i to defray I Ik* attorney yoneral's expenses in bringing lo justice men ' who have robbed the Stale. To scniven sihle men il mat ters nol where I he asI not sif'l'mce comes from. wb-Miiec it comI a nee ^'"in (Joorgia or Soulb Carolina, have ' '' s,) happens that Col. Folder is vnor- ; ^'"Hh Carolinian and is related lo Ihe ladders ol ('larendoii. I happen j to know the man. allhouyh I have ests ' S, ( M '"'n ,>0,,,i,,'~ here. He , | is an able, fearless lawyer and will ',|,xpos" I he names of inembers of the !r i on ral assoinblv who al'lemiil l'> News 1 ... ... ,, ' " llieir relations as altornevs for these iif|nor concii'iis to thwart' Ihe I -islalio:i neco.<-sary to uphold Alay in lorney fJenoral Lyon's hands, iTnI iVumation has already been obtained