The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, February 11, 1908, Image 1
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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.
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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