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VOL XLVI NO 8 NEWBERRY S. TUESDAY. JANUARY N. 1909. SOMETHING ABOUT THE LEGISLIIURE SOME OF THE MEASURES PRO POSED IN TWO WEEKS. . The Legislative Hopper is Full and the Mill Grinds Slow ly. Columbia, January 25.-Two weeks of the legislative session.have passed. About four hundred proposed new laws have been engrossed as bills and introduced. At this rate the number of new measures for this session will go beyond 1000 easily. A great many new men are.in this legislature and they have new ideas they want to put into law. Some of these n:,w measures are good and some are not. There are too many changes in the laws any way but the new member must do something to carry out the promises made in the campaign. - One of the elections has been held and was mentioned in the last issue of The Herald and News. It was for chief justice of the supreme court to succeed Chief Justice Pope and only two candidates were voted for-Asso ciate Justiee Eugene B. Gary and Ira B. Jones. Mr. Jones was elected. Mr Gary was the senior justice in service by about two years and according to all precedent should have been pro moted. The responsibility and work of the chief justice is no greater than an associate. Mr. Gary's forces were not organized and no special work was done for him while the Jones forces were organized. Of the Newberry delegation John stone, Kibler and Harmon voted for Jones and Wyche for Gary. The election for a asoncisHRDL The election for an associate jus tiec of the court to su-cceed Mr. Jones will be held on Wednesday .of this week. There are five candidates for this position-Ex-Gov. Jno. C. Shep pard, of Edgefield; Representative Thos P. Cothran, of Greenville; Cir euit Judges R. C. Watts. D. E. Hy dric.k and Geo. W. Gage. In the ev ent one of the circuit judges should be elected it would necessitate an other election to fill the vacancy thus caused. Then there are members of the board of the penitentiary and of the trustees of the colleges to be elected. Not much can be done until these elections are over. Several important and far reach ing measures have been proposed. Of course the prohibition fight is to come. The opinion seems to pre vail that a State-wide p)rohlibition measure will pass the house but there ~is some doubt as to what the senate will do. Numerously signed petitions have been coming to the members and delegations from the Baptist conven tion and thd Miethodist conference have been before the committees of the house and senate advocating the passage of a State-wide prohibition measure. Some of those who seem to know say there w'll be a majority of from fot4r to seven in the senate, against State-wide prohibition. Some of the senat'rs who are prohibitionists take the position that the cause of temper ance will be best promoted under the present law of permitting the coun ties to govern the thing as to each may seem b)est. If the legislature should pass State-wide prohibition it would probably tend to take the thing out of State campaigns and tive onr candidates somethina- else to talk about except liquor. The lien law will come up again for action and a bill to repeal has against been introduced. The State Farmers U.nion in session here last week passed resolutions asking the reeal of the law. A bill to provide punishment for attempt to rape has passed the sen ate. Its main provisions are as fol lows: 1. Attempts to ravish are placed upon the same plane as actual com mission of the crime, in so far as the death penalty is provided. 2. It is left to the discretion of the trial judge to commute sentence to life i-mprisonment. 3. The victim shall be alloved to tetify before the court sten aape and atto~rneys. thie sameflt to be read to i:1e jury in open court. Tohe bit raise the salaries of State officers has passed the senate. A bill has been introduced to pro vide fire escapes in hotels and also to provide an inspector of hotels who is to receive a salary of $2,000. He is to make an annual inspection of all hotels. and is granted polite pow, ers to enter any hotel at reasonable hours to determine whether the pro visions of the Act are being complied with. The bill states that the inspector shall keep a complete set of books or card index. for public use, and in fspection, showkug the condition of -each hotel as kispected. its sanitary conlition, the number and condition of its fire escapes. and any other in formation for the betterment of the public service. The bill also provides for assistant iispectors, if necessary. The superintendent of the Hospit al for the Insane has requested an -ex amination of that .institution and a bill has been introdu-ced in the sanate providing for this investigaton. A bill has also been introduced providing for a system of rural po liee. - A bill similar to this was in troduced in the last legislature by Mr. Aull of Newberry. but it failed of passage. There should be some protection given to the people of the rural dis tricts. A bill providing for State aid in the building of public roads has been introduced. It calls for an issue of two and a half million dollars of State bonds and to, be given to the counties on condition that the amount given by the State be supplemented by the countv. No more important measure couli have the attention of the legislature than aid in the build ing of public roads. The compulsory education bill has again been introduced. The State last year borrowed $500. 000 and paid in interest something vore $13.000. The appropriation bill this year will not b less and the tax levy will have to be increased.. The farmers in the legislature held a meeting one night last week to dis cuss matters pertaining to their in terests. Senator Johnstone., of New berry, was called to the chair. Sever al speeches were made, among those taking past in speech making were Representatives Harrison, Clark. Dixon and others. Some of the re marks were directed at the extrava gance in expenditures at Clemso;i. The presiding officer called Represau tative Scarborough to the chair and as trustee of Clemson defended the institution in a lengthy sp)eech. Rep resentative Mann' another trustee member also spoke for Clemson. A commission is prop)osed to look into the matter of erecting a gover nor's mansion and also a supreme court building and to report the cost and plans to the next session. A proposition to provide a county attorney was killed. *A bill to put 20 years convicts or all convicts over ten years on the public works of the county was also killed. The house on Saturday gave its at tention to uncontested house bills and many of them were p)assed to a third reading. The following is the p)etition on which an investigation of the Hospit al for the Insane is asked: "The board of regents and the su perintendcen1t of the State Hospitni for the Insane respeetfully urge the -ttentionl of your h onorab)le body to the inadequaey of the present pro yvision for and accommodations ot the IOspita1l and the desirability of mnak ing certain changes affecting its wvel fare and management. Among these chanzes are the re'zulation of the handling of eases of -ehronic inebria es and alleged insane criminals, as to which sonie misunderstanding has trisen as to the scope and proper con duet of the work of the institution, he better classific-ation of patients and the development of a farm col my in the country, besides improve ments in other conditions now unsat sfactorv. "We accordinigly request that a i;n and n ffai:> of the hospital and ts manag:ment in order that your .maTllale ml~ av be fully inform ed with regerence thereto. 1 all "Respectfully, th "W. J. Gooding. us "J. W. Babcock.' eit Amends Banking Laws. di Mr. A. G. Brice, of the house, has introduced a bill of weneral interest eo to the banks of the State. The bill in provides: That Chapter XLI of t-h Volume 1, of the Code of Laws of sh South Carolina. 1902. be. and the ac same is he-reby. amended by inserting na therein after Section 1,744, the fol- pa lowing two additional sections fo be th known as Section 1.744 (a) and See- ea tion 1,744 (b) as follows: Section 1.- sa 744 (a). Every hank or banking in stitution reciving deposits shall at all times keel) and have on hand as a reserve fund an amount 'equal to fif teen per centum o its active deposits. Bi and five per centum of its savings deposits. Section .1.774 (b.) Every bank or banking institution shall set aside to its surplus account not less than one-tenth of its net earnings h each year. until its surplus shall be th equal to twenty-five per centum of its ca>ital stock. And it shall be the Co duty of the State bank examiner to enforce this and the preceding see- hi tion. Wants to Eat on Sunday. Mr. Rucker, of the house, wants sh Sunday meals and has presented this 'c bill in the gneral assembly: Relating to lie powers of munici pal corporations in reference to serv- al ing meals and lunches to travellers on in passenger trains on Sundays: r2 Be it enacted by the general as sembly of the State of South Caro- . lina: i" Section 1. That from and after be the approval of this Act, no munici pal corporation in this State shall bo have, the right to pass any ordinance prohibiting hotel and restaurant pa keepers or other persons from serving o meals or lunches to passengers on trains within the limits of such mu- Ju nicipal corporations on Sunday, and te all such ordinances heretofore pass ed are heerhy declared illegal andt void. th mi See. 2. All act or parts of acts to inco)nsistent with this act are hereby of repealed. bri Statements by Corporations. an The committee on incorporations ju< will -report favorably on the Brown- th< ing bill, which requires all corpora tions to keep on file a statement, and to that such financial statement shall me be open to inspection of stockholders. sp, It wi'll report majority unfavorable on Mr. K. P. Smith 's bill to require ho; such financial statements to be mail- th< ed, at least once a year to stockhold- ele ers of record. sei The chief differenee between the so1 Browning and K. P. Smith 's bills are er.' that one looks to mailing a sworn chi statement to each stockholder, and wi Mr. Browning's b)ill requires that a sh: certified statement shall be made once a year. and that it shall be open tmn to inspection of stockholders. Pun- ot] ishment is provided in ease these re--sh ports are falsified. .. 0 To Protect Foxes. tie: Mr. Wright had a bill to include to Aiken county in the law for the pro- lar teetion of foxes. The bill was given an: its second reading but not .until a lit tle rider providing that nothing in thein bill shalh prohibit the killngr of foxesre while engaged in killing anything was attached to it. The result will be that all foxes killed will be en aged in killing or trying to kill. omething'. Under the bill, as adopt- Ri ed. many iunties undlertake to pro-F teet foxes luring eertain seasons of ne. the year. pm The house calendar con tinues to o.row, and the members will this J-. week have to buckle down to work. 1 A resolution was adopted authoriz- Cr. ing the speaker to engage an assis ant, who is authorizedl to do such lerical work as may be necessary and1 be a zeneral utility man. 1 The resolution looking to issuing a F. :harter to the Cinchfield railroad is being held up pending the introduc- jR ion and passage of a general bill au- ReIn horizing charters in such cases. Regulates Interest Rates. The house has a p)ropositionl to it' make the legal rate oif interest 6 per; e'nPt. The commit tee is opposed to he hill, which provides: P,. Se:ian 1. No gre:iter interest than 1I i p~wr !m'ni per* annum!f shall be charg- to owed upon any contract, arisimg i State, for the hiring, lending e of nioneY or other commod' her by way of straight inter 'count or otherwise. Section 2. Any p)ersoii. firm rporation charging, using, accE x any greater amount of inter in the legal rate as herein provid all forfeit all interest. cost of tion and1( such portion of the or I amount as may be necessary y counsel fees and all expenses e defndant or defendants in Si es -as may resist the payment id intei'est. REATE COUNTY ATTORNE 11 Introduced in the Senate to I vide For New Official-Duties Prescribed. A bill has been introduced in ate by Senator Sullivan to ere a office of county attorney and fine his duties. The bill provid "Section 1. That the office of unty attorney bz and the. same rebV created for the several co s of the State. "See. 2. The said county attori all be a r?sident lawyer of unty. "See. 3. His duties shall be to e each and every county office: legal and business matters pertv r to their respeetive offices and present the county in all cases iich the State or county is a p . He shall attend all inquests h the county and conduct the e fore the coroner, seeing that idlence is correctly recorded z at only material witnesses und over to court. He shall i re a brief of the cases and otli se aid the solicitor in the dispa business. He shall assist the gr. v in all matters claiming their ition, when requested by them the indictments recommended em are prepared and presented a court. He shall assist the c ttes appointed: by the grand .i examine the books of all cou: icers. including magistra inging to the attention of the co y matter in his judgment or lgmeint of the grand jury need court's attention. "Sec. 4. The books, record. f uhers of all county offieers e gistrates shall be open to his action at all times. "Sec. 5. At the first meeting of ard of eounty commissioners, af a pproval of this act. tiley si t a county attorneiy. who st -ve for twvo years until hi.s sulc is el'eeted and qualified: and two year's tihereafter said bo, ill elect ani attornley in accordai tl this act, whose term of ofi ill be two years. 'Sec. 6. The salary of county -nev shall be paid by the county ier county salaries are paid, i be fixed by the board of comn nmissioners for the several coi s in proportion to population. exceed thle sum of $1.000 in1 ger counties, nor less than $500 v ounty. 'Sec. 7. All acts or parts of a onsistent with thlis act are here >ealed. Reedy River Association. ['he Union meeting of thle Ree per Association will be held at -t Baptist church at Newberry ct Sunday. The following is rram: 0.30. Devotional exercises by RB F. McG4ill. nltroductory sermon by RIev. C. ermonl Sunday 11 a. m. by R< C. Hidden. sb.iets for discussion, "TI ristian and prayer.'' by Rev. McGill and Mr. .J. S. Dominiek. 'Tie Christian and the Word . C. L. Craig and Dr. James 12 'Tie Christian and the Holy Sp 'Revs. W. C. Hidden and C. 'Tie Laymen 's Movement.' R< P. Mitchell and Mr. W. H. Hunt {w we may use thle fifth Snndai bes .antg by all the'-d i' SENAIE REFUSES IO UT SALARYJ ,st. SENATOR EARLE WISHED GOV ERNOR'S SALARY TO BE $3000. pt edt Several Amendments to Senator the Graydon's Bill Were Proposed, But Were Rejected. to Of The senate agaiii considered on ch Thursday, says the State. the much of discussed bill of Senator GTraydon to regulate the compensation of the sev eral State officers and that of their assistants. Several amendments were proposed in addition to those which had come up on the second ro- reading, but all new amendments were killed. The proposition in gen eral is to restore salaries to what they were when the Reform move the ment came along, and to pay the offi ate cials of South Carolina a salary on to which they can live comfortably es: while in office, as is the case in other 1 t4e States. t IS Senator Earle offered an amend un- ment to make the governor's salary t $3,000 instead of $4,000. as provided iey in the 'bill as amended by the finance the committee. Senator Graydon, the au thor of tLe original bill, moved to lay' ad- the ameni.ment on the table. Senator in Earle had explained his reasons for in- offering tile amendment, as follows:! to It would be unfortunate for the leg in islature to increase the pay for the ar- governor's office, as this would make eld a scramble for the office. The legis ase lature has been creating offices at a the rapid rate, giving more clerks and in; ilmore expenses, etc.. etc. are Senator Forrest of Saluda offered f re- an amendment to make the salary of er- the governor $3,500 and Senator tch Otts moved to table. On this motion nd to table the vote stood 27 to 11. at- There was a general vote taken on nd a motion to table Senator Earle's mo by tion to make the State officers, in to eluding attorney general. et al., $2. )m- 000, instead of $2,250, as the original. rv bill amended provides. The vote on ty the motion of Senator Graydon to . table resulted: Ayes, 29; nays, 9. urt Before the vote to pass the bill over i :he the third'reading and order the same I ing sent to the house, there was some dis cussion on -the condition of South I d Carolina's finances. Senator Rains nd;ford called attention to the debt of - the State ae-coi;ding to the report in the governor's mnessage. Senator hMauldin explained the State was not. hin bad condition financially. Thet trlevv placed it 53 1-2 mills last year alwsould provide the needed money to all cover appropriations made. The de es- fieecy referred to would be obliter eatei. uTless there should be some ex rdc traordinary appropriations. A lv cof 5 mills should lie able to cover all eenecessary running iexpenses of the State government. at- Senator Laney said that if the leg as islature had followed Comptroller nd General Jones' recommendations the ty State would not have h.ad to borrow rn- $300,000 last year. iot The vote to pass the bill over to :he the house resulted: int Teas-Appelt, Bass. Bates, Car- I p)enter,. Christensen. Clifton, Croft, ets Grayd on, Hardin, Hough, Johnstone, I by~ Kelley. Lide, Mauldin. M'cKeithan, h Montgomery, Otts, Sinkler. Smith. ai Spivey, Stewart. Sullivan. Summers, f Waler.Waler.Weston. Williams -u INava - Black. -Carlisle. Crosson, FI he Earle. Forrest. Griffin. Harvey. John he ho-vy-s. Wharton-T 'sal 1-3t > he bill passed the~ seon ie -xi1 h -tile amendments as proposed by the ie finance committe. The governor 's L. salary is placed at $4.000 and the IState officeers at $2.250; the adjutant ; v. and inspector general at $2.000 and h the bill also carries the raise of the he: penitentiary superintendent 's salar at $2,230. ITo Promote Uniform Legislation. ,,Senator Sinkler's bill to ''establish a board of commissioners for the pro e- mtion of uniformity of legislation in the United States,'' passed third GC rreading and was ordered .sent to thet -house. There was some opposition to this fi . ill, bult the sentiment of the major-N ofthe sente w::S that in1:1mc G1t1 s s the new comimff~f reriuin: y e 'e:n!!ure of ml:meyC and may do al -ac wok .o the oasse'e of uniform; c aws, it should pass. The aye and nay vote on the pas age of the third reading of the bill tood: Ayes-Bates, Carlisle, Clifton, _;rosson, Graydon, Hardin, Hough, Fohnstone, Mauldin, McKeithan, dontgomery, Muckenfuss, Otts, nkler, Smith, Spivery, Stewart, Sul ivan, Walker, Weston, Williams, Yharton-Total 22. Nays-Appelt, Bates, Black, Car enter, Croft, Earle, Forrest, Griffin, larvey. Johnson, Laney, Lide, Rains ord, Rogers, Summew. Townsend, Yaller-Total 17. WANT ELECTRIC HEADLIGHTS. 3enate and House Committees on Railroads Give Hearing. Cews and Courier. Columbia, January 22.-There was i hearing in the senate chamber this ifternoon before the railroad com nittees of the senate and house uopn wo very important railroad bills that iave been introduced in the legisla ure. Engineers H. E. Thompson and D. T. McAllister spoke in favor of the lectric headlight bills. The line of irgument used in favor of electrie ieadlights was that they are the pro >er lights to safeguard against acci lents, and are in every manner in :eeping with modern railroading. Engineers J. J. Jennings and Wil iam Jackson, the former being chair nan of the engineer? board of ad ustment of the Atlantic Coast Line ystem, spoke against the bill, alleg ng that the electric headlights de troy the vison so that signals cannot >e oroperly seen. B. L Abney, counsel for the outhern; J. Hainan, general master nechanic of the eastern division of he Southern: P' A. Wilcox. attorney >r the Coast Line: A. W. Anderson, !iperintendent of the C. and W. C.; 1. B. Smith, member of the South 'arolina legislative board of the B. >f L. F., all spoke against the bill. i was pointed out that cost of naintaining each such -electric head ight would be $400 per year. The 1unber of engines in the Atlantic joast Line system being 663, the noney to be expended by this road >er year in keeping up the electri ;vstem would be $266,000Y. After all arguments for and against Lad been heard, the hearing was con inued until Tuesday at 3.30 p. m. The railroads have now el'ectric teadlights.on the engines of the main ines. ~The house bill would require 1l engines'to have them. There was also some argument on he 2 1-2-eent rate bill of Senator raydon providing for. the doing way with the necessity of exchang og mileage for tickets as is now the ase. This hearing was also postpon d to a later date. This bill is onein chichi the drummers are very much aterested. Death of Miss Marie Bobb. Miss Marie Bobb, daughter of Mr. ranis Bobb, of Prosperity, died at er father's home on Friday night ter an illness of three weeks. The uneral services were conducted Sat rar afternoon by Rev. M1. 0. J. reps. and the interment was had at 'rosperity. Mis-s Bobb was the eldest daughi j i the family and was about thir v-two years old. She is survived by er father. one sister and two broth She was a young lady of fine quali es tof charaeter and disposition. he will be greatly missed. from the ome circle where she was so much >ved, as well as by a large circle of iends and acquaintances. Death of Dr. G. r. S. Wright. Dr. George F. S. Wright died at eorgetown on January 21, 1909, in 1e 76th year of his age. Dr. Wright was a dentist by pro ?ssion1 and for severl yer l.*j5ived in ewberry county. He has been in eoretownI. however, for about 35 ears. His wife was a Miss Boinest 4La: e . ie tiiht schIol in this