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YOLOre LI., >"UMBEK B. XEWBERKY, SOUTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, JAM ARV 21, 1918. _ TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 4. TEiB. _ . 1 FIRST WEEK OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, . ROTH HOUSES RECESSED FRIDAY ' I UNTIL THIS WEEK. A Keriew of tiie Work of tlie Past >Veek?Inauguration is to Take Place on Tuesday. Special to The Herald and News. fVkinmhifl. Jan. 20.?Twelve o'clock I tomorrow will mark one week since j the general assembly of 1913 convened. On Friday the house adjourned until 11 o'clock tomorrow, and the senate until 8 o'clock tonight, so that at the end of the first actual week the senate will have held five sessions and 1 the 'house four. It takes a few days for a new legislature to get its bearings and to get down to steady work. , During the past week, however, the various committees have been getting organized, a largo number of bills liave been introduced, and the probability seems to be that there will be a good deal of real hard work this week. Governor's Message. - ' "Seven messages have been sent in , A from Governor Blease. Unless sonie" z thing calling for special messages de1 Ll- +v>q oTAi'or-1 velops, it is proDauie 11ICXI , nor has already sent in about all the communications he will have for the , present session, except, of course, his1 reasons for pardons, paroles and commutations, and his appointments, both of which go to the senate. Message No. 1 was the annual mes- , sage; Message No. 2 transmitted the governor's Chester speech in reply to the Augusta s-ession of the dispensary winding-up ^oa^j(ttee; Message No. 3 transmitted tft&>-governor's address before the CogJ^Jence of Governors in .Richmond; Message-No. .4. was the message on newspapers. Senator Till-1 man and W. E. Gonzales, and urging restrictions upon newspapers; No. 5 transmitted the report of the 1911 winding-up commission; No. 6 transmitted the resignation of Mr. Julius H. Walker as a member of the board of trustees of the South Carolina university, and No. 7 called attention to mistakes in the Acts of 1912. The "Tillman-Gonzales" Message. The Tillman-Gonzales message, as it has come to be called, created considerable sensation during its reading in the two houses and since. In the senate it was ordered printed in the journal, with leave to Senator Ti'iman to have his reply, if he desired to reply, incorporated in the journal. In the house, somewhat by agreement between Mr. Rembert and Mr. Stevenson, it was referred to the judiciary com?i K;II mittee along witn :\ir. rteniueiLs um regulating the publication of certain .articles in newspapers, the matter of printing it in the journal to be acted upon by the house later when the | committee reports. Washington dispatches say that Senator Tillman has ^ prepared a reply to be submitted to ^ the general assembly. Bill on Newspapers. Mr. Rembert's bill on newspapers requires a newspaper or other periodit 1 ^ nAnoAw f A Cell pUDllSDing ittlitClvS Uil a. jjciouu \.v .publish the reply or explanation, without charge and to give the reply the same prominence as the original article and provides for a fine of not less than $500 and imprisonment for not lesj' than thirty days for a violation of its provisions. It is not impossible that one of the fights of the session may be precipitated by this bill, which Mr. Rembert ha*? introduced in the house. The "Primary Bill." A bill in regard to the primary law j lias been introduced in both branches ?in the senate by Mr. B. E. Nicholson, of Edgefield, and in the house by JVIr. W. H. Nicholson, of Greenwood. The bill would require that a new enrolment be provided for by the clubs six months before any primary. In order to enrol one must take an oath that he has been a resident of the State two yeans, of the county one year, and that he has not enrolled in any other club. Club rolls must be certified to tho r?f thirtV I ClllU iilCU ? Itu IUV VAVi IX Vi. WV V * *~v days before the first primary. ^ To Abolish Hosiery Mill. Mr. C- C. Wyche, of Spartanburg, has introduced in the house a bill to abolish the hosiery mill, and a bill to similar eft'ect lias been intro-duced in h+> senate by Mr. J. Moore Mars, of % Abbeville. Senator Jno. L. McLaurin has introduced a oill to reduce the legal rate of interest to six per cent. Mr. Remb-ert has introduced a bill to tax water powers in the State, and will make a determined fight for its passage. For State "Warehouse System. Th-e Farmers' union, in session in Columbia the past week, has been working on a bill to be introduced providing for a State warehouse system. The last legislature pa&s-ed a bill along this line which was declared unconstitutional by the supreme court, and it is desired to secure a bill which will meet these constitutional objections. A measure reducing the passenger rate to two cents per mile has been introduced. Election of Judges. The election of judges and of penitentiary officials has been fixed for next Wednesday. The Inauguration. A joint committee has been appointed to wait upon the Governor-elect and the Lieutenant Governor-elect to make arrangements for the inauguration. The time for the inauguration is now 'fixed by law, and the inauguration will take place in the hall of the house of representatives' on Tuesday, January 21. >'o Visitors on Floor of House. Jtsy resolution in?e nuuse ui icpicsentatives has barred visitors from the floor of the house. Visitors, however, will be made welcome and aomfortable in the galleries and additional chairs have been ordered purchased fop the galleries. Yislted Penitentiary?Bequest a Pardon. Some six or ei|#j.t members of the house of representatives visited the State penitentiaries Saturday, and Ithey returned to. tjxe ^apitol with a petition signed by each one of the party for the pardon of a woman cc .fined in the penitentiary. Newberry Members' Assignment The Newberry meraoers or ine nouse have the following committee assignments: Mr. Mower?Judiciary. Mr. Wyche is chairman of the committee on education, and member medical affairs, judiciary and Hospital for Insane. Mr. Kibler?Ways and means. Senator Johnstone i& chairman of the committee on Local Legislation, and member of Agriculture, Education, Finance, Police Regulations, Public Buildings, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. Dr. Geo. W. Dick, of Sumter, is chairman of the imoprtant house committee on Ways and Means, Mr. A. Vander Horst, of Charleston is chairman. of the Judiciary Committee, and Mr. J. W. Ashley, of Anderson, is chairman of the Committee on Agriculture. In* the senate the chairmen of the important committees are: P. L. Hardin. of Chester of finance; H. B. Car lisle, of Spartanburg, of judiciary; Geo. W. Sullivan, of Anderson, of agriculture; Louis Appelt, of Clarendon, of railroads; Huger Sinkler, of Charleston, of education; J. T. Strait, of Lancaster, of penitentiary. Passenerer Rate, Hosiery Mill, Etc. The general opinion seems to be that this legislature is going to reduce the passenger rate to two cents, and that, if the facts are properly present ed, and the right kind of fight is made, the hosiery mill at the State penitentiary will be abolished. Both these measures are in line with the recommendations of Governor Blease's annual message. There is also a strong feeling that the legislature is going to levy the one-mill tax for the free common schools so strongly urged by the governor. Measures along other lines recommended by the governor are also taking definite shape. To Yisit Winthrop. The legislature has accepted an invitation to visit Winthrop college on n-ext Friday. He Kept a Copy. " ' ' ? * OM ? 1? * ??? rv i- s\ "Do you reany love me: sue \\:ulc. "Referring to my last letter," he promptly replied, "you will find that I love you devotedly on page one, madly on page three, and passionately on pages four and five."?Washington Herald. Better a tramp in the woods than one in the kitchen. THE SEWS OF PROSPERITY. The Literary Sorosis to Discuss Shake speare Deacons Installed?Missionary Meetinsr?Personal. Prosperity, Jan. 20.?Prof. J. ? Wheeler and daughters, Misses Nan nie and Pearl, spent Saturday at Sum merland college. Mrs Top R. Hartman has as he guest., Mrs. Francis Boggs of Trindoc Colorado. Mr. A. H. Hawkins, of Columbh was a business visitor here Thursday. Miss Elizabeth Hawkins will spen this week at the Wheeland school. Mr. A. H. Hawkins spent Friday i Columbia. Mrs. J. D. Lorick has gone to th Columbia hospital for treatment. Mrs: .T. M. Cook left Friday for Mont gomery, Ala., after spending a mont with her mother, Mrs. Alice Wither spoon. Mr. W. J. Wise spent Sunday in New berry. -?t_ t t-i r\f fl?) JVir. .J. rj. ov;uuuip^i v, is visiting his aunt, Mrs. W. A. Mose ley. President Robertson, of Due Wes Female college, delivered a very ir teresting sermon at the A. R. P. churc Sunday morning, and one at the Mett odist church Sunday evening. Miss Esther Moore, of Excelsior, ha been visiting her sister, Mrs. Elvir Kibler. Mr. C. R. Davis has returned t " - ?~ v.; Erskine college, alter a visit iu brother, Rev. 0. S. Davis. Mr. G. D. Brown and Miss Minni Boy'd Brown were shoppers in Coiun bia Saturday. Mr. J. P. Wise, of Ridgeland, hs been home for a few days. Mr. Carl Fellers has returned froi Albany, Ga., where he has been ei gaged in the cotton business for tt past season. ~ I The Literary Sorosis will meet Fr day afternoon with Mrs. M. C. Morri at which time the following program will be rendered: Full oft 'tis seen, Our mean secures us, And all mere defects Prove our commodities. ?King Lear. King Lear, Acts' 1 to 3?Mrs. Morri Acts 4 and 5?Mrs. Browne. Current Events?Miss Bobb. At the congregational meeting Sui , day of Grace church, the followin elders ana aeacous wcic Messrs. J. L. Wise, L. A. Black, G. 3 Able and J. D. Quattlebaum. There will be a public missionar meeting Sunday evening at Grac I church. Mr. D. C. Copeland, of Clinton, w? a business visitor here last week. Mrs. H. T. Patterson has as he guest her brother, Mr. Joe Wieer, ( Texado, Canada. ORDER IN THE EYAXS CASE. Htnrnov TTllSt SllOW CfltlJ I Uiuiuuut awwimv., V?r il'e Shonld >ot be Disbarred. Following the information furnisl ed by Attorney General Lyon the su preme court of South Carolina issue the following order Tuesday: "It is considered by the court th; the public interests require investigi Hon of the charges against Barnar B. Evans, an attorney, presented o information filed by J. Fraser Lyoi aattorney general, on the 6th day ( i January, 1913. "Therefore it is ordered: That Bai nard B. Evans do show cause befoi this court on the 3rd of Febuar; 1913, at 10 o'clock a. m. why he shoul not be disbarred on account of th matters alleged against him in the ir formation, and that he file- a copy < his return in the office of the clerk < this court on or before January 2 1913. "Ordered further: That the sheri of Richland county do forthwith &en a certified copy of the information an of this order on Barnard B. Evans. "Ordered further: That evident and argument in support of the infoi mation and return be heard on Fel ruary 3, next' in open court." The first electric plant in Arabi has just been installed in the palac | of the sultan of Oman, at Maskat. TALKS ABOUT CANAL. First Vessel probably Goes Through -\ext Fall. Washington, Jan. 16.?Col. George >. W. Goethals, chairman of the Isth miam canal commission, told th-e house nnnvAnriotiVnc tA/lo V [- v-u.'inuicicc uu a^^ji lcit.iwho iuuuj about the progress of the Panama Car nal, over which he expects to send a 1, ship or two experimentally next autumn. He and half a dozen bureau if chiefs of the war department spent the day at the capitol explaining the ofd ficial estimates of $6,700,000 that the government wants provided for in the n coming sundry civil appropriation ! bill to cover fortifications, batteries, e | camps and the like during the next | fiscal year. It is estimated that ultii niately the fortification expenses will h j be $15,000,000. - j The date set tor opening trie canai I to commerce is Janaury 1, 1915. A host -- of details must be worked out between the time the canal is finished and its opening drite. Pilots will be needed, vessels will muke experimental trips to test the working efficiency of the it waterway, cross currents that may be i- j encountered by .he ri.nning in of the h I Pliaort.? rirnr i pr\v.f>n the lnckc of l- Gat fin and Miia?o-ps. will be figured on and many :hings must be adjusted s in the preliminary p*j.r'od leading up a to the actual ( n-'i ,'r.<; ct the canal. i I Col. Goetbals is to confer with jo President-elect Ui)son at Trenton and is will meet the vomi ittee again Mon* day. :e ? m l- Fiddle-^-dee. - . ? _ ay pursuasion uiey: jarere vjci maiw>. ts He, being a distinguished member oi a band, had eznigragd^ to London, 3i bringing with him r^OjS belongings l- including his wife.; ' ie ^Onenaorning Mrs. Shrossbosses came Hntcm -#?** nrenared to ?et break i- fast; but in the hall she fouDd hei s, husband's violin in a badly broken ai state with a damaged bridge. "Hans," she called out, "your fiddle vas broken! How vos you do mit it?' Hans ^ad really very small conception cf what had happened the night before, but he turned over sleepilj in bed. s- "Vot time did you come home?' came again from below. "Kartrina?Katrina" came the reply 1_ "home early indeed I vas. Dot dis? aster to the violin was a real accident i: real and sad. Kartrina, I stood on dei bridge at midnight!"?London Telegraph. y ? - ?- ? J6 control over its distribution. "JIM CROW* IN SUPREME C0UR1 LS Mississippi Court Reduced Damages *r Ogainst Railway from $15,000 to )f * $2,000 for Young Woman. Washington, Jan. 14. Probably tli most novel "Jim Crow" car case evei before the supreme court of the Unitec States reached it today when the Ala ,e bania & Vicksburg railroad companj filed an appeal from the verdict ol Miss Pearl Morris $15,000 for distress ! of mind and body caused by being | required to occupy a berth in a Pul j man car in which three negro mer l" | occupied berths. The supreme courl of Missisissippi reduced the damages to $2,000 lt No case of this nature has ever beer considered by the supreme court. The ^ eas?e is attracting particular atterjn tion because of the Mississippi courts L1.' have interpreted the "Jim Crow" law of that State as applicable to interstate commerce as well as to intrastate r~ travel. They justify the law on the 'e j ground that the "Jim Crow" law was v'' enacted to preserve order by separad | ting the two races and disturbance ie i is as likely to occur upon an inter1_ | state train passing through the State ^ ? 1/NAo 1 4- r? o i r> I ciS lipuil <1 iuv;ai naiu. )f i Another point upon which the case may serve as a precedent in case oi affirmance is that State "Jim Crow' ^ laws securing seperate accommodare tions on passenger trains means thai d separate Pullman cars must be furnished as well as a separate passengei ;e car. In the case brought to the courl today Miss Morris boarded the trair and upon entering the Pullman she observed the presence there of three negro menl She at once demanded ia separate accommodation which were refused. She boarded the train al i Vicksburs for New York. I I ATTENTION DIRECTED TO MISTAKES IN ACTS .at.'jsAbli; Oti bvMi.jLfc.NOK BLEAS1 1U liE^EKAL ASSEMBLY. One am Item of Sixteen Hundred Dol lars in Appropriation Bill?Others Are Enumerated. Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, Jan. 20.?Following is th( special message of Gov. Blease to th< general assembly calling attention t( "mistakes in the Acts of 1912": Gentlemen of the General Assembly: I respectfully beg leave to call t< your attention the following mistake: in the Acts of 1912, and ask that yoi order the same corrected in you: .Journals, and in the Acts of 1913: It appears in the Acts of 1912 tha Act No. 416, page 738, "was not re turned to the house in which it origi nated within three days." By refer ence to your House Journal, pag< ! 1116, Message No. 46, you will see tha 11 returned this Act to your house witl | my veto; that the said veto messagi was referred to the ways and mean committee, and that Act was after wards taken up and passed over m; veto. You will find, in the Acts of 1912 that Act No. 425, page 751, " and wa not returned by him to the house !i which it originated within three days. By reference to your House .Tourna] 1912, page 1276, you wiirtind Messag , * . No. 50, wherein I vetoed tM6 an' . ' /'. ' * j/Bt/B gave my reasons therefor, and" y?i I * . ' will find this Act \yas alsQ.passed ove my veto. ', 3 , I call your attention also to Act N( . 460, page 841, Acts of 19/2, "An Act T Prevent the EstablisH'm-ent of 111 i Shaped Counties." In the Acts of 191 it is stated, "This Act was presents i to the governor th-e 16th day of Feb ' uary, A. D. 1912, and was not returnei by him to the House in which it or 1 tvifhin thrPA fiflVS tllP 2fen -eral assembly being in session." A matter of fact, this Act was passed a the session of 1911, and was held ove by me until the session of 1912, whe: it was sent in to your house, with special message, see page 21, Hous [ Journal, 1912, Message No. 2, in whic I stated: "I have decided to alio-* this Act to become a law without m signature to the same, and if the con stitutionalitv thereof (of which I i serious doubt) is questioned, the court are open, to those interested, for th ; determination of that issue." , See also Acts of 1912, Appropriation Acts, section 34, Item 18, under th s Jiead of Miscelaneous," page 981 "John Keuker, refund, $1,652.94 I If you will see House Journal, 191.' "| page 1254, you will note that 1 dis ' I approved of Item 18, Section 34, "be 1 cause," it is there stated, "I think thi ' is a matter which should be settle r ' in the courts," etc. On the questio: of passing the Kem over my veto, th . yeas and nays were demanded, result ing, Yeas, 14; Nays, 74. In Hous ) . rnal, page 1255, it is stated: "Hav L mg failed to receive the n-ecessar. > two-thirds vote of this house, the ob . jections of His Excellency, the gover ; nor were sustained, and the item fail mm " Tt nnnears in the genera I ^"U IU pocc. ~ ?ri. appropriation bill that this item wa ; passed and the refund ordered, and ! recommend that you instruct the at ; torney general to proceed to collec the same, the v-eto of this appropria ; tion having been sustained by an al most unanimous vote instead of onl. ? the necessary two-thirds. The Stat is entitled to have this money bacli > and Mr. Keuker is not entitled to hav< this v>a: :* it in his jjocitei. ui ' a mistake, but somebody is responsi . b'e, the tax-payers are not, an< t this money should go back into th . treasury. In this connection, I beg to call t< your attention, without meaning an t reflection upon anybody, that a care l ful study of the Acts of 1912 will re J veal many mistakes. I call attentio: ; to the few which I have noted above 1 because they directly interest me. an > 1 do not propose, when I go befor : the people again, to be presented wit] a false record making it appear that signed acts or allowed to become law without my signature Acts which I ? vetoed, causing me to have to explain J by saying, "This record is incorrect;" but I call it to your attention now, in , order to show how careless (I will not say inefficient) some of tho officials your last general assembly elected have proven to be. I beg further to call to your attention that if you will take the Code of Laws of 1912, volumes 1 and 2, and give them a very careful perusal, you may be struck with the fact that some body has failed to do his duty, either 3 for the want of proper knowledge and ) experience or as the result of haste. t hnruM thic -will not muse the State / or any of its citizens any particular ) inconvenience, but if taken advantage 5 of in the courts it may avail some i criminal lawyer very much in some r particulars. There are other mistakes of the last t general assembly which I might call to your attention, but, as the people have " " * ? A- xi i canea attention 10 tntra uy reui-mg bu many of its mmbers, I do not deem it necessary now, for my present purposes, 1o review this past record. Very respectfully, 1 Cole. L. Blease, & Governor. s Columbia, S. C., January 17, 1913 - ! - 1 fifty lawyers AGAINST TITAMIC *9 S Hope to Obtain for Their Clients Mere ^ Than $10,000,600 Dameges After Loss of VesseL I, e New York, Jan. 14.?Fifty lawyer* who hope to obtain^for their clients r loes of life and property on the eteanl- ' er Titanic; were arraigned against atmore than- $10,000,000 daaiages for >- torn-eys for the White Star; line- in 0 the TTnitpH States district eofrirt today. the expiration of the time limit set K " by the court for filing suits. The * d limit'was extended to Febuary 11. . * Vrt * r-f . The White Star line contends that ' d its entire liability is limited under i ? - the United States statutes to less than - $100,000?the value of recovered s wreckage and passage money. Ament can claimants allege that the line can r not claim this limitation, because it n was itself responsible for the loss of a life by reason of personal negligence. e If their assertions in this respect is h sustained, the claimants will recover v full damages. But even if this claim y is not upheld, the contention of A.. L. Brougham, representing 200 claimants, ? is that the White Star line's liability can only be limited by the provisions of the British law which would come pel the company to pay the total da-, mages of about $3,000,000 s * HAS MONEY: WON'T GITE A WAT >, Following Faceions Newspaper Story the Mint is Swamped With Let ters of Appeal. ! ? a [ Washington, Jan. 1*.?a newspa^i Q story discussing the per capita ci.rcue lation of the money in the United - States in a humorous vein has flooded e the treasury department with appli cations for $34.72, which is the nay I tions wealth per capita, and, if divided, - wouIq he the possession of every man, - woman and child. The story facetious_ ly advised those who needed the mon1 ey to draw upon the government. s Dozens of letters today swamped T j George E. Roberts, director of the _ | mint. One woman wrotf: t j "Kindly send me by parcel post my _ dividend of the $3,330,727,000, which _ | is $34.72, in one dollar bills and 72 y pennies." e Another applicant said he was married man with a family and he hoped k) o-Awrmprif would not be offended e l.lc fe^. .... s by his request for his own. Mr. Roberts has drawn a circular ^ letter in which he must disappoint e the applicants with the information that the treasury department montho ly computes the per capita circulation on a theoretical basis and has no y When a man has a bad temper, he n is never satisfied until he bestows a x sample of it on all his friends. a e j If you cannot like a man be lenient i h I bad when there is a billion dollar T country behind it. * < v vrv . ^