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w ~A01% VOL XLVIII NO 15 NEWBERIRY, S. (2. TUTESDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 1910 TIEAWE.S.0AYA LTillman's Cond Been Ste IS FAIMLY HOPEFUL OF COMPLETE RECOVERI WI NOT BB ABLB TO RBSUME SAT THIS SBSSION. There Are Chances for Complete Be sovery.-Needs Quiet and Rest. * * * * * * * * * * * * * Special to Herald and News. * Washington, D. C., February : * 21, five twenety P. A * Senator Tillman rapidly improv-" * ing. Paralysis diminishing and * power of speech returning. Pros * peet of recovery from this attack 4 now seems good. J. W. Babcock. A message received from the Co ia Record at three o'clock yes erday afternoon stated that Senator 1 n's condition was iL. roving. message had been received from J. W. Babcock, who stated that articulation was better, and that the paralysis generally was gradually passing away. The message was very hopeful, and stated that the family we4e now looking forward to a much ,greater improvement in the senator's condition than even his physicians had thought possible after he was stricken. Since Senator Tillman was taken ill on the steps of the capitol in WashingtoA on last Wednesday, his condition was improved, and that he not only in this State but throughout the country. Early yesterday morn ing the report was received that his condition was improved ,and that he had been able to speak to Dr. J. W. Babeock, who went to Washington from Columbia on Friday night in re sponse to a message urging him to come. Dr. Babeoek is Senator Till mani's personal friend r.nid physician, and was with him on his recent tip to Europe. Senator 'fillman was seized with an attsaek of dizziness on the steps of the eapitol on Wednesday. He was taken to his room ,by two capitol em ployees and was later removed to his cpartment s. It was stated that his Miness was a recurrence of his old .trouble-hardening of the arteries, re sulting in partial paralysis. For a ~time his life was despaired of, and it as stated that the aphasia--loss of e power to articulate-,which had esulted, would forever deprive him the power of speech, even if he ilid survire the attack., In view of these gloomy reports, news received yesterday morning as especially gratifying. Dr. J. W. Babeoek, superintendent *f the State hospital for the insane, as been Senator Tiliman's personal physician for ninetef.n years. When e arrived in Washington on Satur day he proceeded at once to the sen ator's home. He found the patient in better condition than he had sur mised. Upon leaving the Tillman a -ents shortly after 12 o 'clock on'$aturday, Dr. Babcock at once sent a telegram to Columbia for the benefit of Governor Ansel anid the legislature,. then in session, Henry C. and Sallie May Tiliman, son and daughter of the senator, reachied their father's bedside early on Saturday. They were summoned by telegraph from Greenwood. The senator's wife and -their eldest son, Benjamin R. Tillmian, Jr., have been with him since the inception of his illness. The Tillman apartments are being besieeged by inquiries delivered in person, by telegraph, and by tele phone, from his countless friends throughout the courntry.. No sooner had word of the senator's serious condition gone forth than messages of sympathy began to pour in. When Senator Tillman suffered the first stroke of paralysis about two years ago, he cancelled all his en ition Has adil ImprovingI gagements and practically retired from active public life. He went to Europe, accompanied by Dr. Babcock,;. and enjoyed several months of thor ough rest. Last summer Senator Tillman returned to the platform, but only for a few engagements in Ohio. I I] The following despatch was sent the Columbia State on Sunday night by its Washington correspondent: "Hello,. Doctor Babcock." These were the first words Senator Tillman had spoken since early Thursday morning. He greeted thus his friend and physician this afternoon. Dr. White came in a moment later. "Do you know who this is, sena tort" The single eye gleamed. "Dr. White,' he said. The. physicians then shut' off furth er efforts at speech, directing that ths patient should not exert himself. Nevertheless the fact that speech . returning was a source of great grat ification. 'The senator has been improving -il rday. He had a good night last night and has been dozing peacefully mit of the oay. After the consultation this after- s (noon a most favorable bulletin was given out and the family began t consider plans for the future. Taey ' expect the senator to sit up in bed c tomorrow. Dr. Babeeck will leave tomor.nw ; aLternoon for home unless there is a -.ebback. There is a meeting of re gEnts of tle asylum Tuesd-%4, ai whieh he wskes to be present. Must Rest Himself. There is no hope that the senator a be able to retain his seat in the senate this session, and even if he is able to do so, his physi-cian will op pose it. Whether he ever will or not, no one can be safe is predicting. Dr. Babcock, who has long been thorough ly familiar with the physique of Senator Tillman, after two days at his bedside, gives to The State the following summary of the whole sit nation: "Senator Tillmnan 's present condi tion is the result of h.is active life. 1 The danger signal was raised March t 1.9, 1908, when he haid his fuet .attack e of apoplexy.. That attack was mnild, 5 as compared with his present illness. 2 "By rest and quiet he,had almost 1 recovered from the effects of the for mer illness, the seat of which was! I 'at the base of the brain. Recently 4 his friends have thought he was look ing unusually well but he himself has been apprehensive that another at tack was impending. Of this appre- a hension he has spoken frequently to 1 his family and friends. But no one, t not even the senator himself, has an- c tieipated that this second attack was so soon to strike him. " The blow fell almost without 't warning, following upon a period oft unusual worry and anxiety. The symptoms that developed last Wed nesday .appeared trivial at first, stim ulating a fainting attack that came on while in an elevator..i "Following this he was quite ch.eer- e ful But Thursday morning the i ptoms of a hemorrhage at the surface of the left half of the brain became so serious that his physician was called. This apoplectic conidition was clearly the result of a ruptured blood vessel, followed by a slow oozing ofe blood into the brain. "The centre of the brain controll- t ing speech and the right half of the a body were involved. t An Encouraging Sign.e "His condition hecame very alarm- t ing to all his friends. In the first 24 hours there was little change for the 1 better. In the second day no new symptoms developed. Saturday his e mind was clear and he was able to . write. To-day his power of speech t has returned and there is less paral ysis. 0f course, this is much more' t encouraging than was to be expectedi i so soon after an attack of apoplexy .t apparently so severe. "The nnoutod is still donhtful. No ( me can say what may take place in he.next few days. "Much depends upon rest and quiet. ] lis condition is easily under the con ;rol of the doctors. "Tonight the senator is propped ip in bed. If all goes well, he may ;it up in a day or two. His heart is I teting normally and he is free from'i .ever. Should the favorable condi- I 'ion continue, however, and the un- It !avorable symptoms yield to nature tnd treatment it will at best be a i nonth before the senator can be ta-I c4n to his home at Trenton." I The Balfour apartment house,1 I vhere the Tillman:s reside, continues o attract hundreds of dallers. Presi- I lent Taft has sent a beautiful floral t oken of regard. Cabinet officers and i mumerous senators have done like- - vise. Senator Bacon of Georgia says I ie has never before known a sick f enator to receive so much attention I rom his colldagues or such warm andI incere sympathy. t MR. 0. M. JAMIESON DEAD. rominent Business Man Passes t Away.-Has Been in Bad Health. t Mr. 0. M. Jamieson, for many ears one of the leading business men s )f Newberry, died at the Newberry I lotel at two o'clock Sunday after Loon, aged about 55 years. Mr. Ja- I aieson had been in failing bealth for e ome time. Mr. Jamiesotn was a native of Ches.- I er. During his early life he moved o Mississippi with his parents. He ( ame back to South Carolina and en- I -aged in'business in Laurens, with his incle, Mr. J. R. Minter. A branch I the firm of Minter & Jamieson .was pened in Newberry and placed, in harge of Mr. Jamieson about twen y-five years ago. Some five years ater Mr. Jamieson bought the entire usiness, and up until atbout four 'ears ago he conducted one of the i eading clothing stores in Newberry. Since his retirement from business Le his been living quietly, speirdig aost of his time in Newberry. He is survived by four brothers ne of whom, Mr. W. A' Jamieson, ormerly of Newberry, now lives at Tewnan, Ga., and three of whom live a Mississippi, and by two sisters, roth of whom live in Mississippi. His body was shipped Monday aorning to Tippersville Tipper coun-' y Miss., where a brother and two isters live. The corpse was aecomn sanied 'by his brother, Mr. W. 4. Ja cieson, who 'had been with him' since ist Friday. Mr. Jamieson was of a quiet dis- ~ esition and unessuming maniner and .n honest .and upright business man. Death of Infauts. I The little two.year'-old son of Mr." and Mrs. J. L. Ruff, of the county, ~ vas buried Saturday. afternoon at hree o 'clock, at St. .Phillips' church emetery. Tfhe infant of Mr.: and Mrs. John' imith, of West End, was buried yes erday afternodn at Mt. Zion ceme Pulaski Lodge.t Pulaski Lodge, No. 20, L. 0. 0. F., , rill meet Friday night, February 18, 5 a Kiettner 's Hall, at 8 p. m. Let ev- t ry m'ember attend. ' C. G. Blease, h W. G. Peterson, Noble Grand. e Secretary. Not Snowed Und.er. I Mark Twain and Bret Harte have~ onceived some drolleries based on I ,euliar and unusual surnames which' hey have adapted to circumstances nd made them fit, but the imagina.' ion of neither one nor the other has' reated a situation like that in Ful on county, ':Georgia, where the can .idates for office of supervisor were I 'rank Rain and Harry Shower. An' ifort was made to bring a third; andidate into the field. His name' S was Hiram :Snow. It so happened , hat Fulton county at that time was ."dry'' county and the humor of he siuaion appealed so powerfully a Mr. Snow that he declined to en er the contest. Rain was elected ud appointed as his chief deputy a Inay Waears.-Exch ange. - THE NEWBERRY COURTS. lill Passed by Legislature Changes All the Fall Terms.-The Changes. The ibill to fix the time for the iolding of the courts of the 8th ju licial circuit, passed by -the recent 1-eneral assembly, changes all the fall erms of the Newberry courts. iThe September term of the com non pleas court for Newberry is rhanged from the second Monday in neptember to the third Momiday in september. - The common pleas court which has ieretofore been fixed to convene on he Tuesday following the first Mon ay in December is fixed for the third donday in November, and is to,. be 'ollowed by the criminal court on the ourth Mooday in November. The 'all term of the criminal court for qewberry has heretofore been hel4 in the third Monday in November he time now fixed for the common )leas court. The spring and summer terms of he Newberry courts were not affect d by the new act, and the criminal ourt will he held in Newberry on he third Monday in March, as usual. On motion of Solicitor Cooper a pecial terin of the criminal court or Greenwood county has been or ered for the fourth Monday in &arch. The regular term of the ommon pleas court for Abbeville will be in session at that time, Judge )antzler presiding, and a special udge will 'be necessary for the rreenwood court. Judge 'Kugh has ieen appointed to hold the court. HOME- MADE CIGAES. mall Factory in Greenville Makes an Excellent Cigar.-R. D. Smith & Son, Local Agents. In the city of Greenville the Amer ean Tobacco Co. has a very large ilant, which manufactures eigars. 'here is also in the city an inde endent cigar factory composed of aen who live in the city, and while it s not a large plant, yet the output s a4bout ten thousand eigars per day nd the company manufactures most xcellent Havana eigars, containing ~enuine Havana tobaceo. Tihe compan-y is.the Wise Cig'ar danufacturing Oo., with Mr. Wise s manager. The .selling agent in fewberry is the firm of R. D. Smith & Son, and the eigar. iskniown as the~ upiter cigar, ffhe Herald and News understands hat Miss Annie 0. Ruff is handling he cigar for the retail trade, and hose who indulge in the habit of moking will find it a most excellent mke and should remember that rhile they are getting a better moke for the same price they are lso eneouraging a home industry. here is scarcely a better five: cents igar on the market thani this cigar ade in Greenville,. To the Highest Bidder. Even tobacco buyers have their roubles. One of them, who repre-. ents a New York hiouse, met a Con ~etint man who had sold his ep. he buyer was amazed at the price he man sa-id he .had received. "You have been cheated,'' said e. "You are entitled'to more mon y than that." "Well,'' replied the farmer, nothing has been paid to 'bind the argain.?' "Then I'll give you 5 cents more pound and a bonus of $100 for the rop.'' "Agreed,'' exclaimed the farmer, nd he received a check for the full mount. . I "Oh, by the way,'' observed the uyer, "who was my rival in this ransactiori?'' He was informed. "I might have known it," said he adly. "That man is my partner.' few York Press. In the Air. Willie-What is a bat, pa? Pa--A bat, Willie, is/-a mouse in n aeroplane. Now run along to bed. -.Echange The Legislative 1910 Br< GERAL ASSEMBLY HAS ADJOURNED SIM DH ACTION ON ASYLUM VINDICAT ES DR. BABCOCK. $100,000 to Buy Land And Bred Buildins.-Other Important Matters. - Columbia, Feb. 21.-The genera assembly adjourned at about eighi o'cloek Sunday morning, having bee' in session for the customary fort3 days. Pbssibly the most important actioz taken during the session-, in additioi to the passage of the annual appro priation bill, was on the asylum mat ter, the substitute bill presented b3 the free conference committee being adopted late on the closing night oJ the session. The bill provides foi the appointment by the governor oJ a commission of five, who are au thorized to purchase land and ereel ruch additional buildings as they ma decide upon, the commission being authorized to borrow $100,000 froi the sinking fund, or elsewhere. Th( superintendent of the hospital, Dr Babcock, and the chairman of th( State board of health, Dr. Roberl Wilson of Charleston, are to b< members of the commission, the oth. er three to be business men to bf named by the governor, it being stip ulatNd that no member of the gen eral asse:mbly shall be eligible to ap pointment. The genieral assembly killed t1 important railroad legislation whiel was urged and the discussion oJ which consumed a great part of th( entire time of the session. One oJ the measures which died was th( Graydon senate bill which as origi nally drawn provided for a passen ger rate of not more than 2 1-2 eentz per mile-the -rate now in force b3 agreement of the railroads, the lega rate being 3 cents-and required thi acceptance of mileage book coupon on trains. The senate ki-lled the firsi sectiona of the ,bil. which reduced the legal. passengpr rate to 2 1-2 cents and so loaded down the other sectiot with amendments that it wouktd havt been of no practieal effect. The meas re had a checkered career in thi house but had sufficient headway t< get through with amendments, an the whole matter went to free con ference Saturday night, and the bil1 was killed by the refusal of the sen ate to adopt the free conference com mittee report. Another railroaxl me.asure whiel met its 'death in' the closing days o3 the session was the senate bill which the house killed, to provide foi a five-mile base for freight hauls This bill also included express com panies. Trhe State-wide prohibition bill whieh- passed the .house and went tc the senate-a bill exactly similar it its provisions to the~ measure which the senate killed-died on the seIm ate calender as a "second readina~ bill. ?The bill which passed the house providing for an investigation oJ Clemson college met a similar fate in the senate. The Asylum Bill.. Following is the act passed Satur day night by -the general assembly tc reorganize the State Hospital for the Insane: A joint resolution to create a commission to purchase lands for the use of the State Hospital for the In sane and erect buildings thereon and provide the means thereforL Be it resolved by the general as sembly of South Carolina: ,Section 1. That immediately upor the approval of this resolution the governor shall appoint a commission consisting of five members, to 5b known as the State hospital commis sion, two of whom shall be the su peritendent of the State Hospita for the Insane and the chairman of Session of >ught to a Close the State board of health, and whose term of office shall be for; one year from the date of the appointmemAA unless sooner removed by the gover nor. See. 2. Said commission shall ion mediately organize by the election of a chairman and a secretary from their number. ,See. 3. It shall be the duty of said commission- to purchase for the State suitable lands for the use of the State Hospital for the Insane to have made planss, specifleations and estimates for said hospital. See. 4. That said commission shall adopt such plans and specifications as may be necessary and shall erect L such buildings on said lands as it may decide upon which will relieve the congested conditions now exist ing in said hospital. See. 5. That said commson in order. to carry out the provisions*of this joint resolution are hereby aa ithorized to borrow on the' credit of the State the sum of $100,000 from the shnking fund commission or else-. where in case the same can not be obl ained from said sinking fund eom missin at a rate of interest not to eneed 5 per cent. per annum said 4um 4o be borrowed in installments pgly ,as needed for the pu, iasng of said lands. and erectiory of buil& ings trereon: Provided, That noth ing herein contained shall be con strued as limiting the said commis sion as to their plans for the enlarge ment of the hospital, for the insaRe: Provided, fuirther, That no member of the genervJ assembly sixall be gible for appointment on the couv mission created by this act.' See. 6. The compensation of each member of said commission shall be $5 per day ^or each day actually employed about the -business of the commission and actual expenses for the time engaged. See. 7. That said commission Ahal, make a report to the next session 4f the general assembly of their work he;iunder. The free conference ,ommittee v:hich snbmitted the bill as it pas ed consisted of W. L. Mauldin, P. L. Hardin and W. J. Mon tgomery, on 1-~art of ae E-:e 'nd J. . Car ey, Wade C. dairr-son, and O0u Saw- - yer' on the part a* the hou'se. Speaking of the adoption of the4 Ifree conference committee's report, ' the Columbia State of yesterday Imorning says: "It was a4coineidence that all of .the- conferees from the house were members of the investigating. comn mittee which. had the' matter,under ad4visement all of last year.- T.ut for some reason or other in the. senate neither Senator Christensen, who has - made a valiant fight, or Senator Bat es, who was also of the investigating committee, received.recognition from> the president of the senate iu making' up' the free conferenec committe. Fortunately the free conference comn mittee report was signed unnmmous ly. iA "SThe house bill to provide for a bond issue, the bill by Senator Har-. din to provide for acquiring land in this vicinity of Columbia, and the. Mauldin substitute to appoin.t a corn mission to get options and to report at the next session-all of these were tabled and the free conference sub-. stitute was passed without dissenion in either house. All sides in the con troversy appeared to be pleased. Sen ator Christensen and Mr. Harrison last night. declared that it is a vindi eation of their advanced position, and yet the free conference commit tee bill submitted by Senator Naul din appears to be conservative enough for the "minority'' of the invetigating committee. "The senate under its bill had pass ed merely a commission plan but provided no money with which to do anything effective and left the com mission to report at the next session of the general assembly. Under the plan agreed upon the commission will be able to spend 100,000, whicJh