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VOL XLVI NO, 13 NEWBERRY, S. 0.. FEIDAY. FEBRUARY 12. 1909. TWIGE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE DEADLOCK CONTINUES JUDGE HYDRICK IS LEADING THE RACE. Three Ballots Taken Yesterday Morn ing-The Vote in Detail on Each Ballot. Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, Feb. 11.'-Three ballots were taken withnt result by tie joint assembly this morning for .ass-riate justice 'to succeed Assooiate Justice Ira B. Jones, reeently elected ehief justice. Cireuit Judge D. E. Hydrick' had gained e6nsiderably on the third bal lot, reeiving -the !highest number of votes given any candidate since the baloting began. The joint assembly will meet again tonight to ballot again, and it is be lieved here itoday that the deadlock -will be broken tonight. The three ballots taken today were as follows: First Ballot. D. E. Hydriek-63. Jno. C. Shepparrd-50. T. P. Cothran--48 Second Ballot. D. E. Hydrick-68. Jno. C. Sheppard-46. T. P. Cothran-47. Third Ballot. D. E. Hydriek-71. Jno. C. Sheppard-43. T. P. CoAhran-47. ILLS ANTI-ALIEN BILL. California Segregation Measure Dead For the -Present-House Re considers Action. Sacramento, Feb. 10.-Yielding to the pressure brought to bear by President Roosevelt and Gov. J. N. Gillett, the California ass6nbly to day reversed .its previous position by reconsidering the former vote oni segregation of Japanese in the public sohools and finally rejecting the meas ure by a vote 'f 41 to 37. An effort by -the supporters of the bill further to consider were lost by a vote of 38 t.o 38, and the assembly is now elear of any Japanese measure objected ito by 'the national government. TAFT PRONOUNCED PRESIDENT-ELECT Republican Victory Ratified by Con gress-Electoral Vote Can vassed. Washington. Feb. 1.-With simple but i.en si've ceremonies the count ing the .eleetorai vote for .president and vice president occurred today at a joint session of the senaste and 'house, !held in the ch-amber of the low er 'body. William H. Tafit of Ohio and James S. Sherman of New York were offi ea-lly declared to 'be the choi.ee of the people for the ,term, beginning M'arch 4 next. The eounts consumed exact ly 40 mimites. The tellers reported .that William H. Taft and James S. Sherman 'had received 321 votes and that William J. Bryan .and John W. Kern had re-] cei'ved 162 votes. Only 242 vonres were necessary sto elect. T!he vice president announced that Messrs Taft and Sher man 'had received more than the re qtnisite majority, and that "this an nouncement of the state of the -voite~ by the president of the senate sh'all be deemed a sufficien-t declaration of the persons eleeted president and vice president of the Un-ited Staites, each for the term beginning March 4. 1909, and shall be entered, toget1ier w'ith a list of the votes, on the jour nals of the senate and house of rep mesentatives The vice presidenit then declared the business completed. Sena>tors then shook hands with Mr. Sherman. Mr. Loudenslager (N. J.), du,ring a recess -that was taken in the house, proposed three ~cheers for the vice~ president-elect, which were given with a will by Republieans and Democrats alike. Some one started singing "He's a Joll-v Good Fellow'' .and the refrainI wa aken nn all over the 'house. MISS DAISY DAVIES. Excellent Address in Central Method ist Church on Monday Evening by Charming Speaker. On Monday night in Central Meth odist church Miss Daisy Davies. of Atlanta, Ga., who .is sent out by the Woman's Board of Foreign Missions, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in the interest of young peo ple, gave a most interesting address. Miss Davies is a strong-, forceful speaker, and adapts :herself well to ithe audience she is addressing. She said in the course of :her rerr.,rks that the two greatest movements in the chureh in recent years are th;e young people's movement for the promotion of missions, which bega.n about six years ago, and the laymen's move ment, which began about ithree x-ears ago. Up to within aboat six or seven years past the matter of missions had not received any special aittention at the hands of these two mighty forces. The women alone, wiith here and there a few exceptions, seemed to carry the great responsibility of sending the gospel sto -the heathen or those who knew it not. Miss Davies thinks fthat the awakening of -the young peo ple and the men ito this great cause is due -largely to the prayers and the untiring zeal of the devoted women who labored on through years of hard s!hip and often times discouragement, for this the promotion of missions. She showed in a very clear way the staftling difference between the op portunities fo:r Christia-n living here and in the foreign land>. All doors are open now, however, -to the preaching of .the inspired Word, and the -two needs now are the inessengers to go with -the glad tidngs and the money to plant the "red-s-tained banner of the cross" in every 1and that knows it not, and in 'the hearts of the people .to sow the seed of righteousness that will bring -to all eternal life. "We have Christ and tihey have not," 4that is the difference, Ahe said, between :,:-e Chori.,'ians of anY land and the degraded idol 'w,ojnsiQppers of fair away hmeathendom. Therefore, out of sheer gratitude it behooves us to do our duty, to exereise our priviege, .in helping to proclaim to ithese be nighted the plans of salvation, .and to 11relp show .a sin-lost world the way to find forgiveness, peace, and 'a.ppiness, and a,t -last to gain the Heavenly home >and 'to abide in the light and smile of a Savi'our's love. Miss Daimies left New'berry Tues day morning for Greenville, where she spoke on Tuesday night. On Wed nesday night she spoke in Bebhel carth in Spa.rtanibur;, a'nd then she went to Columbia, and from there she goes to B atebu.rg, and wvill be a't the district conference whi.eh 'the Wo man 's Fo'reign Missionary Society, will hold at that place -the 1.ast of !the week. After -that she will visit Cha'r leston and other ci'ties in the State up to t:he -last 'week in February, when she is !to go to Boston to represent the Woman 's Buaard' of Foreign Mis sions of the Methodist Churcih, South, .at the International meeting of the Woman 's. Foreign Missionar"y Societies of the United States and Canada. The Rev. Dr. Hallman, of the Spar t.anburg Lutheran chur'ch, heard the address of Miss D)avies at Greenwood ast Sunday, and a Spartanbnrg paper reports Dr. Ha.llman as saying thait it is t'he finest address on missions to which it has ever been his pleasure to listen. In Memoriam. Bro. Jno. S. Barre was born De eember 7th, 1873. and died November 12th. 1908. Bro. Barre was made ,a Maser Mason tn .June 17th, 1899, a.t 'the age of twenty-six years. He was always a fa.ithfu-I, useful and devoted member 'of P.rospe.rity Lodge, No. 115, A. F. M. In the Lodge, social circle, and in his home, lie -was always inter ested and active in .his work for the lodge and t'he .welfare of his fellow man; therefore, be is 'resolved: 1. That .in the death of Bro. Barre our society has lost a useful and fajith faA member. 2. That our Lodge mourns the loss' of a *memb'er who alwa.ys brought to h'r 'the best of his service; one who lov'd the work, and one who gave freely of 'his time and means to pro mote -her interests. 3. That we bar cheerful testimony -to his fakith.ful earnest service as a mem,ber and his deep interest in t'he 'welfare of t:he order. 4. That we set al)art a page in our minutc ~bmok to his memory: that a copy of these resoluftions be sent to his family, and al a copy be fur isheJd for puliWatioi. J. L. Wise. A. B. Wise. A. N. Crosson. Committee. CABLE PIANO EXHIBIT. Concerts Will Be Interesting Feature -Messrs. Wallace and Ken nerty in the City. Messrs. R. B. Wallace and H. J. Kennerty. specia-l reipresentatives fro-m the factories of the Cable Piano -ompany aft Chicago and St. Charles. Ill., are in Newberry for the purpose of conducting an adverti-sing exhibit .id sale of t-he renmvned Cable pia nos. They will inaugpurate manv ori ginal advertising features used excl.u sively b:: the Cable people. Among the most attractive feat-ires of their exhibit will be .a n-umber of high-class vocal and instrumei,mtal concerts, and anot<her interesting feature will he a demonstra-tion of the Inner Player, which plays over 15.000 selections witih absolute aecuratey and wit'h rich expression. Messrs. Wallace and Kennerty reached Ne-wherry yesterday, and a.re stopping ait the Newberry hotel. They a.re pleasanit and courteous gentlemen, being among the most popular and val.ued representatives of the Cable people. Mr. Wallace is a native of this State. Ihaving been born in Marl boro county. T-hy will call upon the masic lov ers of Newberry -and hope to secure their coope:ration in making the ex hibit a success. The exhibit will be conducted alt 1204 Main street, in the building for y.rly cc-upied by tihe Watts Racket ~tme. Announcement of t'heir open ing .concert .dat.es will be made soon. TIhe instruments which they will place on exhibit :here will be new and c.f ::. latest models. eominz to New bry .-railht from the immense Ca ble factories. LUXURY IS THE MODERN TY RANT. Although Living Expenses Have In creased, Our Money Goes for Non-Essentials. If wye should tell Newmioney thatt he was a second edition of the Roman spendthrift, he wonld point to his pew in the church, his subscription to harity and his contributions to the improvements of our village, says Lygn Raby Meekin in -the March De signer. He wouldn 't understand. Worse still would be our own unwill ingness to admit that we ourselves are not doing more swimming against the currenit. Indeed, the Tyrant has ast his spell over the land. At church conferences last year. pious men pointed out how the coun try districts-even the remote mnoun tain places-were being demoralized by the city boarders, whose manners, frivolities and extravaganees were leading the rural mia~ds straight to the sacrifice. There is wailing: throughout -the land at the enhanced cost of living. We are aghast at the high prices of food-and yet they make a very small part of the total. We complain about dress-and yet the average American family does not spend a tenth of its income on clothes. We declare rents are soar ing-and yet th-? difference is but a fotion in -the 'whoale sum. Where, thmen. the explanation? S eck -and we sh au1 faind it in t'he lux uries-mnost of them little, some large. possibly one unreasonably extrava gant, but whether big or little, many or few, the aggregate forms our ruin ons offering to the Moloch of the age. The moment we move beyond the boundaries of our means we meet sor roix a nd danger-and Luxury is :al ways bidding us to cross the line, ever tempting us to go farther into debt and discouragement and never givingj us a sin<zle rebate on our investment in suffering. For the Tyrant we eke out the largest sacrifices of all that makes life worth living. and his bedt honors and prizes are but Dead Sea fruit, tbat. when itouchedl, turns t.o THE WORK OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROHIBITION FIGHT BEGUN IN BOTH HOUSES. Mileage Rate Bill Passed by House Session Will Probably Go For ty Days. Coluibia, S. C., Feb. 11.-There seems to be little doulyt that the pres ent essioii of the joint assembly will last fully forty days. It is under stood that some of the members thought it would -not be in good taste to get the session -hortened after the aet fixing a definite a-motint as sal ary. as it might be construed as a re flection upon former sessions 'tha-t they went 40 days simply baecause the pay lasted that long. However, with ,the deadlock whieh has been on for several weeks in the election of an associate justice a good deal of -time has been eonsumed that would not otherwise have beein. The deadlock is still -on at this writing. During this week a -number of im portfant ma:tters 'have been discussed, but -no one of them .has yet been pass ed by both houses. It is noit at all probable that any legislation will -be h,ad looking towards State-wide yro hi-bition at t:his session. For associate justice the three ean didates who -have been' voted for con tinue to receive about the same vote. Now and 'then aa .few scattering votes for some one who .has 'not been in the race. The last ballot -last night gave Hon. J. E. McDonald, of Winnsboro, ten votes. the largest received by any one outside of the ,three candidaites. The ballots on Tuesday, the first this week, were -as follows: Fii-st-C-othran 49; Hydriok 58; Sheppard 52. Second-Cothran' 50: Hvdriek 57; Sheppa.rd 51. Third-Cotihiran 51: Hydrick 56: Slieppard 52. Four,h-Cothran 45; Hydriek 55; Sheppard 53. Fi,fth-Cot-livan 43: Hydrick 36; Sheppard 51; T. Moulitie Mordecai 1; T. B. Fiaser 2; Melver 1: R. 0. Pard 1; R. C. Watits 1. Sixth-Cothran 40: Hydriek 56; Sheppard 47; Fraser 7: M. L. Smit1h 6. Se'venth-Cotbran 43; Hydrick 55; Shppard 49; Fraser 1; Smith 6; J. P. Carey 1. The ballots Wednesday were as fol lows: First-Cotlwan 48; Hydriek 61; Sheppard 50; Jno. J. McMa'han 1. Siecond-Cot'hran 43; Hydrick 68; Sheppard 47; Walter Hazard 3. Third-C(oth ran 43; Hyd.riek 59; Sheppard 47: J. E. McDonald 10. The bill fixing a passenger rate in this State of 2 1.-2 eeits per mile on all roads 40 mi.les long passed the house by a vote of 91 to 5. It also provides that if 'any railroad shall sell mileage books at sueh rate or less the presentation of the mileage on the trains sihall be accepted by t~h'e short est route, the .conductor or other offi er taking out the mileage instead of requiring the passenger 'to exehange it for a ticket. Mr. Otts of Ithe senate agd Mr. Nicholson of the house have introdu.e ed a concurrent resolution providing for the investigation of the county ds.apnsaries. It is sta-ted that the bill is aimed a.t Chla.rlesiton principally, certain disclosures having been made in the conduct of the dispensary busi nss in that county being res'ponsible fo the int roduction of these resolu tions. Senator Appe-lt 's bill looking to a license upon persons soliciting orders for whiskey houses outside of ithe St:te has been so amended that he himself voted against his own bill t.hah it passed the senate as amend e. An amendment wvhieb was offer d yv Senator Clifton makes it a mis demeanor for liquor drummers to so 'l'it orders in -this State and provides a penalty for so doing. On 'a motion to lay this amendment on .the table the vote of the senate stood as -follows: Aes-Appelt, Carlisle. Crosso>n. Forrest, Graydon, Hardin, Harvey. Laney, Lide, Mauldin, O}tts. Sullivan. Summers, Wailer. Wha rin-15l. Na.vs-BIaek, Carpenter, Clifton. Croft. Earle, Griffin, Hougrh, Johnson, T.amatmne MeKeitman. Montgomery,j Mukentiuss. Rainsford, Stewant, Weston, Williams-16. N action :bas been taken by the penators on the bill to repeal The lien law and it is not probable at this time that anything will be done. The house on Tuesday discussed the State-wide prohibition bill but did not reaeh .a vote. On Wednesday most of the time of the house was devoted ito the consid eration of the appropriation bill. There was considerable opposi-tion in the :house to a good many of the items as presented by the ways and means eommittee, the main fight being on the provision for increase of the ap pry-iopriattion to Winthrop. The building of the new domitory calls for the building of a new dining room. T:he friends of Winthrop wanted ito appropriate $45,000 for I this parpose. After considerable dis eassion it was decided to provide $11, 900. making the total appropriation for Winthrop $122,745. The most unusual action taken by tihe thouse on yesterday was an amend ment t-o the appropriation bill offer ed by Mr. Doar, of Georgetown, pro viding $50,000 .for free school books to poor children. This amendment -reads: "That the sum of $50,000 is hereby appropriated for the purpose of providing free school books to the deserving children of the State at tending our public schools. The ques tion of who are deserving children in each instance shall be det.ermi'ned by said trustees of each school district and itheir decision shall be final. That this sum shall be apportioned among the counties of this State ac cording Ito .the enrolment of children in free public schools." I It is possible, of :ourse, -that the bill may be farther amended before it .leaves the ihouse and .then it has to be discussed a:fter it goes .to the sen ate. but it may be interesting .to note the main items in the bill as it was or dered to a .third reading on yesterday. There were practically no changes in the amounts allowed the different de partments. Th-e following are ithe figures and they may be changed after the house disusses the bill further today, and also again changed after the bi-ll ieaehes the senate. Goverijor 's offe .. .. ..$ 13,500.00 Secretary of state's office 6.500.00 Comptroller general's of fiee....... .. .......11,50.00 Insurance commissioner's offece.... .........7,400.00 State treasurer's office .. 7,600.00 Saire suiperintendent eadu cation's 'offee.... ......5,90.00 Adjutant general's oj.e. 16,700.00 Atto-rney general's office 6,725.00 Railroad commissioners' offeee.... .... .......10,550.00 State librarian's ofeei.. 1,330.00 Puiibe builings. .. .... 47326.88 St ate geologist',s office .. 3,400.00 Depa rtm ent 'of agriculture 16.800.00 Judicial department .. ..94,606.25 Health departmenit .. ..13,200.00 Tax depa.rt.ment .. .......80,393.14 University of South Cairo lina .... .... ........82,871.10 Winthrop ....... ..122,74.05 South Carolina Military academy .... .... ...30,590.65 Colored Industrial college 12,000.00 Othe2r educational purposes 107,991.65 State Hospital for Insane 185,632.00 Deaf, Dumb and Blind asy lum .. .... .... ......28,800.00 Suth Carolina Industrial schiool.. .. ..........4,000.00 Peniteniitiary.. ...........6,50.00 Other penal .arnd charitable purpses.. . ... -- - 700.00 Pesionis.... ......... 262,000.00 Hitorical commission .. 2.230.00 Interest on pablic debt ..293,246.03 Elections. ... . ...... .. 8,125.00 Misellaneous. .. .. .. .. 40,583.95 Senate .. .. .. .. .. ......14,796.10 IHuse of representatives.. 31,915.30 E.rsing department .. 5,113.00 Expen.ses common to both houses.. .... .........320.00 The bill providing for a bond is sue in Newberry county .'has passed the senate an.d ithe house. The Newberry county government bill has also passed both houses. The Speed Fiend. ltiim'ore Amenican. "T'fhe flirst time 'he went out in his new auto he ran across a few friends, and- ' "nid thy :1ave failies '" * * SOCIAL. * * * :. *. *. . Mrs. J. T. Mayes entertained a inmiber of ladies most delight-fully at a luncheon given by her on last Fri day morning. Mrs. R. D. Smith gave a luneheon on Satirday morning complimentary to Mrs. J. E. James. About a dozen ladies were present, and the time wes spei most charmingly. Mrs. Everard Blackshear, of High oprings. Fla., awas the honor guest at a delighu'1l bridge party on Saturday maorning at -the home of Mrs. George Jo astone. The game was followed by a delicious course luncheon, whic1h was served to ithe following ladies: Mesdames 0. McR. Holmes, J. E. Norwood, A. T. Brown, W. H. Carvile, J. F. J. Caldwell, Y. J. Pope, M. L. Spearman, P. E. Scott, Misses May-me Ferguson, of Laurens, Lucile Wilson, and Linp Jones, of Laurens. 1Uhe Wednesday Afternoon Olub was most &harmingly entertained by Mrs. R. H. Wright. The feature of the afternoon* was a unique contest at which Mrs. W. C. Sehenek won the first prize, a lovely silk work box, and Miss Cora Dominick, the consolation, a dainty work bag. Later in the af ternoon the lhostess served a delicious oyster supper. The guests of the af ternoon were: Mrs. John K. Al,, Miss Elizabeth Dominick, Mrs. S. B.. Aull, Miss Maude Langford, Kra. Dave Langford, Miss Mary Carwile Barton,- M-rs. A. B. Russell, of Autun, Miss Faldrop, of Hendersonville, Miss Blanche Davidson, -Miss Bess Gilder, Miss Sarah Robinson, Miss Camille Evans. Mrs. W. C. Sehench, and Miss Cora Dominick. A WBST POINT PRANX. When Fitzhugh Lee Startled Pompous General Scott. Writing :o "West Point Before tihe Wa r'' in the Met11p1i'tan Magazine, Ge4neva.1 S. W. FerguIa t,lls how F gitzhag Lee dved to play pranks: Fitz was always mast popular, full of fun and ireaidv for -any deiviilment. One daring tUe encampment we were bot:h under arreot for some caper, and, as wais c.u'stonary, are 'had t:o .ma.rch to .Ihe 'mms 'ha!ll ewih the gia'rd inste-ad of -w" t4he ba,ttadlio'n. A't tihat time Sott 's'tactics 'were used, and we were ahilays formed in two riamiks. The squaid, under command of Corporal Mo-t:gue, was mard'hing 'tO the mess i'al a'nd hald :a;Lmost reached the ebap el -wihen Generai Scott himself appear ed anud crrossed our path ,in front of us. The -corporad on seeing :the great ga'era.l strailghtened hiim'salf li'ke a ramrod, eaalle'd out in .his mgst martial tnes. "O!mos'e -up :there!'' and stepped out, toes pointed and eyes rigidly to the .font. F&tz 'and I were in the i'nr of tihe column. To my amazement 'amd consternation Fitz junaped one ide, pickeid up a round stone and sent it boiing ialong tihe flagsones elose by the general and was baek in his pla3.e as rigid as -any one i'n a second. The aid genrer al stopped, 'looked up, then aroand. Th'ere was notihing in siihit but the squad of hue guard. He ould not timagi,ne thiat tihe stone came from suc~h a souirce 'and resamed his walk. We 'had -no't gone more than a few steps awthen Fitz repeated 'the per forma;niee, sayiing on 'eadh oeeasion as he got back in his pleee. "Ha, old bg generall you ean't eateh me!'' By tNs 'time iwe had pasnad the front of ,Ae chapell, and the genera'l was out of sight. The ,last glimpse I 'had of 'him 'he 'was -looking around for the :sonee avhence came ihie rocks. I ~have often wondered what would have been -t-he thought of -the corporal had he known what was going on, and I have 'wonider'ed, 'too, 'what report bhe would have made. I >was badl<y sear ed. I must confess, but it was never thes very funny. One must have knwn .the pompous old general ito be bile 'to 'realize 'haw indign'ant 'he 'look d'~ at the eare}'essness of any one al owing a rock -t;o be thrown so neair h'm, the comma,nder in chilef of the arny. A shont time af.ter a:t the eradl bail -aLvays given before stri-k ing camp for- 'barracks Fitz wa'lked up to the general, ,irer:oduced ihimsedf a'nd 'had quite en 'animated conversa