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VOL X.LVIII Ni7 NEWBERRY, S. C. TUESDAY. JANUARY 25. 1910 TW GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEGINS THIRD WEEK PEOHIBITION DISCUSSION MAYA BE THIS WEM. Number of important Measures Be- I fore Legislature.-Political Gos sip at the Capital. Special to Terald and News. Columbia, Jan. 24.-The general it -3ssembly was not, in session today,*r both houses having adjourned on Sat- 1 arday until tonight at* 8 o'clock. There will be several interruptions to e the regular work of the session this b week, and it is probabg that both -houses will tty, to get in'a good deal of work tonighti. U n The elections will be held tomor- P row at noon. On Wednesday the general assembly will go to Charles- t ton, i1 response to the invitation to s visit the Citadel, and on Friday the t Clemson trip will be taken. Win- t throp was visited on Wednesday of last week, so that when the legisla- 1 ture goes to Clemson on Friday the mqmbers will have visited three of the State's higher institutions of learning this session. if The dispositon of the senate seems to be to take up the prohibition bill id dispose of. it as. early as possi- j ble; and the advocates of the meas-! a ure hope to have it taken up onob Thursday. The senate committee has b already submitted a favorable ma- e j6rity and. an unfavorable minority Teport on the bill, and the senate has e agreed to give it the place on the cal- F emidar held by the Otts prohibition n measure of last year, and it appears t as a bill on which debate was ad- ti joqrned, thus enabling it to hold its g place under the _new senate rule which requires all second reading bills on which action is not taken to be 'dropped to the foot of the calen- t( fdar. The h'ouse dispensary Committee, C to whom the house prohibition bill was referred, has not yet taken ae tion, but it is probable that this com mittee will -meet tWday or tomorrow and agree upon its report. The real0 ftght wille in the senate, it being ceoeded that a State-wide measure will go through the house withouth *y serious trouble, Even now, afterh 16b weeks of the sessim,,it would be ird to foreeast with any degree ofb aenracy~ what the senat-e Will do. ~ <hesenato ~ hae ha~d several- live bdebates on- the whiskey question,h the dieussion being provoked by the . raydon injunction bill and the Otts t) measare to declarg the unlawfui sale, P ~er, storin1g, daid keeping in pos- t sessioci 9f eleglgy liquors & om .nan1uisance. Th i4ideioi bill of Menator Graydon ha~s pas50d the sen ate and been sent .to tie house, s riial drawn the bill providedP for the granting of injametionls forI the a&hetement of anisances created by violation of the liquor laws, the Injunctions to be granted by any jus ..tice of the supreme court or by anyva aienit judge whether or not thea adge shotdd :be in the circuit where he nuisanee ~was alleged to exist. The bill as passed. however, carries t< Sentor Clifton''s :amendmient which si rsides 'that the injunctions shall S only "be granted -as .ether injunctions ti .--y the:resident.-eircui? judge or the I b judge -presiding -in a cireuit, or if Ib neither should'be :in -t1e circuit then t< by th judge'in the gjdining circuit. The Graydon bi:.-and the Ot.ts bill provoked -discussions on -the, whole C :linr situation, anid there was a, .somewhat unusual alignment on the; bw Cills. Senator Carlisle, who is1 eading the prohibition forces in the senate, aTld- who is the author of -the State-.wide bill, led the fight for' s -i;he .'Otts eneasure. :In this fight hej was vigorously opposed b- Senator r Graydon, who said the bill was dras-. ( -ti, a-nd who during the course of the I ~several speeches. which he made took ( occasion to express his opinion of * orohibition to the effect that it was r a farce and a humbug. On the Gray * .In njntionf bill Senators Carlisle .nd Graydon were together in the si ight for the passage of the measure, C Ithough in the discussion of that li @ill Senator Grayddn strong1y 'ex- N ressed his well-known views against r< statutiory proki4ion, sjying, how- si ver, that he believed in enforcing vhatever law was on the statute is ooks and that he believed the only u ray to enforce the liquor laws was J v the injunction method. |s< 6 Senator Graydon is himself a prac- le ical prohibitionist, and believes in d irohibition, but he says that he be- m eves the only way to bring it about n by education of the people to the i vil effects from drinking alooholic c( everages. It is hardly probable that the sta;- bi s of affairs will be changed very p] iuch by the inttoduction of the pro- bi osed bill by Senator Smith, of = [ampton, providing for a license sys- fh ?m. It is rot likely that any new se vstem for the control of the liquor w affic will 'be inaugurated at this di me. it seems to be a question of th tting the matter alone or of pass- A ig the State-wide measure. As mat- er r of fact, only six counties in the ti tate are directly affected one way tA r the other. thte others now being gally dry. There has not been the usual polit- bi al activity which has characterized cE >me revious sessions of the general sa sembly The meeting of the State bi ar association last week, however, ringing together the lawyers from very section of -the State and the bi rembers of general assembly, inspir- fa I some political prognostications. th or some time the names of three bf entlemen' from the lower section of g9 Le St.ate have been prominently men- m oned in connection with the race for pi avernor-Lieutenant Governor Thos. h< -. MeLnod, of Lee; Representative of no. G. Richards, of Kershaw, and it! [on. Richard I. Manning, of Sum- PT r. The upper section of tte State it. 'ill furnish at least two candidates st om 'adjoining counties-Mayor TI ?le L. Blease, of Newberry, and W [bn. C. C. Featheistone, of Laur- p 3. so Mayor Blease was in attendance up a the meeting of the State bar as- be eiation, andi stated positively that pa e would be in the race. Hei said be iere was no use for him to say that as a was opposed to prohibition, that pa ret being well knowe, but that he nm lieved it to be the duty of a gov- ti< -nor to enforce to4he letter any law sb hih he found on the statute books. co Egwburg is a prohibitioh' town,'.' 'ti< e said, "anad since I have been may SI have been giving threm prohibi,. a'l on in Newherry.'' He said that his at latform would be .pactically the Di me as that upon which he stood ini e e campaign last summer. -p1 Hon. C. C. Featherstone, of Laur-- in as, who has been a leader in the Iw~ ohibition ranks for a inember of eia ars, spent several days in Colum- th i last week., and was an interested jfo sterier f6 the whiskey debates in the ha mate. Mr. ,Featherstone's views a prohibitid and other questions ce well kno1K- di - th There has been sorse fak of Sena- i.n >r Rainsford, of Edge~field, as'a pos- or be candidate for seeretary of State. bi enator Raiin sford, when uAked about th ie matter said that his friends had p een urging him to make the ra-ee,:e ut that he had not as yet decided se >do so. t Representative Coke D. Mann, of, konee, is a candidate for congress nI rom the 3d congressional district. se 'ongressman Aiken will be in the il ae for re-election, and there is talk c< f other candidates in this district. te Representative Rueker, of Ander-a on, believes in Anderson. When the ~lemson trip was agreed upon he was, eady with an invitation from the hamber of commerce of Anderson or the general assembly to stop ov r in Anderson either going to Clem- a: on or on the return, the definite ar- b angemnts to be made after confer lee with the Clemson authorities. IV s.,.rangee' have hbeen made fr a d. op of two hours on the return from lemson. The Anderson Mail pub shes the following telegram from [r. J. C. Lusk, of the Southern, in ,ference to the Clemson trip and the op-over at Anderson: "Referring to the visit of the leg lature to Clemson -college o,6 Jan iry 28, at the request of Senator >hnstone we are arranging. the hedule as follows: Leave Columbia a. m.; arrive Calhoun 11.40 a. m.; ave Calhoun 4.30 p. m.; arrive An rson 6 p. m.; leave Anderson 8 p. arrive in Columbia 12.30 mid ght. We have advised Senator Sul wan and Representative Rucker ac rdingly.I Representative Rucker has several 11s in the house in relation to em oyees in cotton mills. One of these Ils requires that a cotton or woolen ill which requiifs a -time notic om employees in'case of employees vering their connection with the ill shall give -employees, in ease of scharge. the same time notice as ey require when employees leave nother bill provides that when an 2ploye is docked. for defective work at such employee shall be given e defective cloth. Representative Rucker led a strong It last week in the house on his 11 to abolish capital punishment ex pt for the crimes of rape and as ult with intent to ravih, but his. 11 was defeated. The- most strenuous fight in either anch of the general. assembly so r has been on the. Hydrick bill in e house to require that a erop shall up and growing at the time a mort ge is executed thereon, in order to ake the mortgage valid. k .large rt of two days' session of the use was taken up in the discussion this bill, its advocates urgini Ithat passage was necessary in order to rfect the repeal of the lien law and opponents urging that it would de roy the credit of the poor farmers. ie bill was killed, after a discussion iich threshed out the whole lien law stem, and which tbrought forth ine very strong speeches. The ways'and means committee haa en hard at work f(pon the appro ation and supply bills, .the desire ing to repo-e't these bills as early consistent with their proper pre-. ration. The committee has had .a Lmber of hearings a's to appropria ms, but the bill is not yet in such ape as that a definite statement uld be masde in regard to appropria ms which it will carry, or th~e levy. Dilon county has won ii the senu e, and there seems little chance of' y serious' opposition in the house, Ilon is takeni from Marionjanid the Jy fight in the Wo ate waa agaili,t acing Dillon in the fourth circuit,. stead of the twelfth, Marion being eludeid in 'the'twelfthecircuit. Dilloni L left by 'the senate in the fourth -nit, and if the house concurs with e senate in this arrangement. the urth' and twelfth circuits will each ye four counties. A measure which he; c reated some eussion1 throughout the State' is at of Senator Sullivan, introduced the senate, making it a misdemean-1 for owners or keepers of pool or liard room's to allow minors under e age of eighteen years to play el or billiards, or to .loiter in their tablishments. The 1ill has passed' e&nd reading in the senate, with no : of general amendments on third ading. There was -some talk at the begit ng of the session of a thirty-h"' ssion, but it seems probable now at the average forty days will be nsumed. Tnere are several mat-, rs which n.g. take 'some time, amo-ng em being the prohibition mneasre ;{ t,he a< tion on the asylum investi John K. Aull. The Income-The Outcome. Miss G'oldounds-If father should low us to marry, count, what would Sthe outcome? Count de Brokeski-Ay, my. dair :i Goldbonds, zat, you know, would mapend-41fel on ze inome.-.Tudge. ROAD INSPECTORS. Senator Johnstone's Bill Would Ap point One for Each Township in Newberry County. Special to Herald and News. Columbia, Jan. 24.-Senator Alan Johnstone has introduced in the sen ate a bill to provide for road inspec tors in, the various townships of Newberry county. The bill provides that upon the recommeddation of the senator and members of the house from Newber ry the governor shall appoint an in spector of roads in each township in the eounty whose term of offiee shall be two years from the date of their appointment. They are required to inspect and examine the public roads and highways in their respeetive townships at least twice a year, once in May and once in November, ankl to report the true condition of such roads, highways, and the side-ditches,! crose-drains ad, didehes thereof; i and the failure or neglect of any road overseer or other persons re qfired by law to perform work there on, to peform such work, together with any recommendations or sug gestions for the improvement of the tondition of such roads or highways. The bill requires the report to be made i;i duplicate, one copy to the county supervisor and commIMion ers, to be kept on file in, their office, and the other copy to be furnished to the foreman of the grand jury for consideration by the grand jury. .The bill provides that to the report to 'the grand jury there shall be at tahe& a report of any and all fail ures and inegleet on the part of the county supervisor or the commi sioners& in reference to the building, repairing, or maintaining' of any of the. highways, roads or bridges of the )ounty. Each raspector is to be given for his services a per diem of two dol lars for not exceeding ten days dur ing any one year of his term of of flee. . J. K A. COUNCIL HOLDS MEETING.. Arrangements Made by Mayor Blease Ten Days Ago to Borrow $15, 0.-Streets at School Property. January 20, 1910.. Present: Mayot' Bless.; Aldermen ominek Cannon, Rodelsperger and Council and the truste4s of he graded schoole 'inspected the Pope: shool property as to.opening e1 ain streets. Ex-Mayor Langford and Ex-Al!der-1 naa Greeu of Ward 2 were present sad gave the eouncil information as ;oetain notsofthe town giwen.I ast year and which are now due and also information as to a supposed agreement as to the opening and illing. in of streets on the Pope1 >roperty. M[ayor Blease stated that he had nade arrangements several days ago o-' borow fifteen thousnd dollas for he 'use of the town at the. rate of ix per eent per annum. Mayor Blea3e and Alderman Can-j non were requested to take the mat-J er of borrowing what money ,the town would need for this ydar up ; ith the local ,ban'ks and give .them the first chance to make the loan andj that if the home banks could not han -I de t.he matter that the offer makie to the mayor several days ago by out siders be accepted.k An Ordinance was passed anid rat ie which prohibits the exhibiting of certain animals on the streets for! show and providing a license for keeping same and requiring closed1I stalls~ in which they sha:ll be kept. Meeting adjourned. Cole L. Blease, Mayor. J. R. Scurry, Clerk., Beb#er. He-So that is 'the much envied Mrs. Richie. She hasn't a very graceful earriage. She-No, bu.t you should see her magnificen.t automobile. - Boston' Tra-nsript. TO INVESTIGATE CLEMSON. Bill Has Favorable AporL-COm mittee Increased from Five to, Seven.-Expenses Cut. Special to Herald and News. Columbia, Jan. 24.-The bill ol Representative L. 5. Browning, ol Union, to provide for an investiga .ion of Clemson college, has received I favorable report, with amendments, from the ways and means committee )f the house of .representatives. The amendments proposed by the coni nittee would increase the joint in -e"tigating commitee from five to ;even members, and would decrease ,he amount proposed to be appropri iteld from the funds of the colege ;o defray the expenses of the inves ;igation from $5,000 to $2,500. John K. Aull. Cigar and Novelty Store. At the little store corner of Cald vell and Friend streets, presided ver by Miss Annie Ruff, you can be upplied with'some of the most use :ul things of this everyday life mong them being post cards, writ ng tablets, cigars and tobaceo, etc. Con have to write post cards and ise writing paper and while Miss uff does not uphold or endorse the moking habit in anyone, she says f you will smoke, why she has the igars and tobacco for sale. See hT. or groceries also. Baraca-Philathea Classes. The Baraea and Philathea classes f the city are asked' to meet in the hamber el commeree Tuesday, Feb uary 1st, at - 8 o'clock p. m. Sever d matters of importance eohnneted ith the Baraea-Philathea conven ion to be held here are to be attend d'to, and a full representation of hese classes is very much desired. lemember the time and place. Speaker Cannon's Cigars. ew York Times. We note with regret that the Hon. Toseph G. Cannon, Speaker of the louse of Representatives, . had no dea of "swearing off" smoking. We iad hoped that the advent of the enth year of a new century would )ring to Uncle loseph a new light ut the only one that it proinises is a ight for a fresh cigar. The indiea ions are now that he will' ever be a lave to the tobaceo habit This i' pity, for the Speaker is enslated in o other particular. He stands ,be. ore the world proudly as the Neap' ai of his soul and master of his ife. Incidentally he is the captain nd master of many of his fellowmen. As for. the quality of Speaker Can ou's cigars, we firmly believe it to ec good. Credence should not be riven to the report; that he. receives hem in barrels. That is merely a 'ashington' correspondent/s ex'xber nt way of stating that the Speaker as laid inj thjrough his own fore hought and the kindness of his 'riends, a large snpply of ?mokes for he remainder of the -session. Cid prs that .come in barrels are not the :ind that quiet the Speaker in. moods >f irritation, that lend pungency to ds wit anid dilsarness to his visioni. Che speaker is a good judge of to iaceo and men. We had vainly hopedi hat he would "swear off". smoking, Lot because his cigars harm him, bunt or the 3ake of the example to his ultitudinous nephews. But in spite f his persistence, we wish Uncle Jo ~eph the happiest of new years.. A Strange English Word. aturday Evening Post. To define one .word in the English anguage a modern dictionary takes L8 columns of ' small type. If the natter were set in type like this page md leaded, it would make about half ?he bulk of an ordinary novel. And this solitary word, upoh which the ictionary bestows such a wealth of alueidation, is one that hardly any body except a dictionary maker cat iefine at all. The ordinary educate<1 English speaking person's knowledge of it could be expressed in about hali . single line. This fecund word is- "of." If yot were asked to define it-unless yot are a dictionary maker or of an al lied trad-probably you would hav< to reply, "OfI Why, of just means of.'" You might add defensively: "I always comprehend perfectly what it means when I see or hear it amd can use it correctly in speech, so what do I want to define it for, anywayl" But if you were a (child your s tual mastery of "of" would stand you in no stead whatever. You would be set to digging out and memorizing the things the dictionary had to say about it-or as for instance, that in some cases it is such a kind of prep. osition and in other teases some other kind, and that prepositions have such properties when they don't have some other. Every lit of which you would absolutely and mereifully for get at the first possible moment. Look over a child 's grammar or "language'' lesson, with its ghastly array of useless bones In. 1950. New York Times. The' aeroplane football match that took place yesterday between Har vard and Yale was largely attendea, the air around the contesting teams being packed. The goals, wih con sist'ed of gas bags connebted by chains, were kept equal distance apart by the Aerospace space compa ny, with their magnetic controllers. The ball itset, an armored balloon, had a tendenej to get. away and mount upward, hat didn't leave the players' hands long :enough to get far. . Smith, of Harvard, won the tos and sprinted the ball thiough a for-. bank, where it was received by J6fies, of Yale, who had only just started to fly when he was- tackled by ,7 the Harvard half back, Robinso and his wings tomoff in'a jiEy;His wingholder was on hand, however, and he was held up and new w,Lgs adjusted,before elapsed time.' A .ying wedge w4, then frmed by Yale, but without effect, s t wasn't ballasted properly and g 4 th-e broad side down before they could prevent ,it., Black, of Harvatd, grabbed th ball and flapped through straight to goal. Score for HarvardL . When the Harvard team parachu ted back to earth they were gien a tremendous ovation. The last seen of the Yale team they were wandering around the sky too ashamed of themesives to isnd.* ew York Times. Suppose some king of a land of olden sanda should offer you a bi- I4 lion paper dollars if you would edunt them.?- You would go to work a thugh your life depended on your speed, counting for twelve hours * day? How foolish that woulib. -t You had better thank him with as good a- grace. as possible ndgo to some country where money is. not so lentifiil. . A billion is a millhon times a mnil' in. By strict, application you might count 200 bills a minute, and, .after practice, learn to keep up that. rat of sp-eed. That would give -you $124 000 an hour, $288,000 a day, (twen ty-four hours) or $105,120,000 in a' year. Ha Adam atthebeingof~ - existence begun to un,ad count-. pesnt on 0 iuefred nighit and day, he would not yet have finished his billion. To ou. a billion dollar bills would require a perid of 9,512~- years, 342 days, 5 hours and 20 minutes, provided he should count continuously night and day. But if, while attempting to avail yourself of the bounty of the king of the land of the golden sands, you should allow yourself twelve h1ours for sleep, rest and eating, to count .,. our billion dollars you would neea 18,025 years, 319 days, 10. hours and 45 minutes. Around the House. - ''Name the domestic animala?" asked the teacher one afternoon when he was giving her small pupib a quiz. Philip frowned, sucked his pen ci, and then manfully did as he was told. "The cat, the dog and the hired girl,' he wrote in his big, round ha-Harner's Magazine.