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^ k TOLOtE 1UL, JiUHBEB 9. , K iliflH^ KEWBERRY, S. C? Tl'ESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1916, ~ IVVlCJi A WEEK, $U0 A YEAR. w Half of The Set Now Bel I ( | APPROPRIATION BILL ft HAS BEEN INTRODUCED. J TIGHT BEGUN 0> THE STATE TAX I10MM1SS1UX f The Free Tuition Figrlit Continues? \ Liquor Measures Galore?Legis- ' lators as College Trustees. (By Jno. K. Aull.) Special to The Heald and News. Columbia, Jan. 31.?The legislative session of 1916 is about half over. Very little of statewide importance has L been done so far. What the remaining j " -*- ? ??1? v.n coecinTi will hrin? i rj* tnree vveetvb ui uuc 0 forth is problematical. The fight has! begun in the senate on the state tax I commission. Several drastic prohibition measures are well on their wa3', but ha-ve not reached final passage. ' The fight on the abuse of free scholark ships continues, but nothing definite "has so far been accomplished. All the elections have been held, however, and fthe appropriation bill nas been introduced in the house by the ways and means committee. The county supply bill will be introduced this week. So that the way is clear for trie legislature to do what it is going to do with the really important matters before it. Additional Elections. On Friday Mr. James H. Ham i111 wi tvoo oioftAr? fL me-m - IUilUUU U1 LU1U UiUiu nutf VW-- ? ter of the board of visitors of the Citadel, defeating Col. W. W. Lewis of York, who for many years has served as chairman of the board. Mr. J"D?. P. Thomas of Charleston was re-elected a member of the board. Messrs. G. B. White of Chester and C. F. Brooks of Laurens were elected trustees of the state negro college", without opposition. (The general assemoiy is niimg mei "beards of trustees of the various state institutions with its own members. The senate, it will be recalled, voted down a proposed constitutional amendment t to allow members of the general asA sembly to hold the office of trustee of ^ a state college or public or high school. Why the senate thougnt such an amendment necessary it is hard to ' in view of the fact that so many members of the legislature are already trustees of state institu*tions. And yet the senator from NewH"berry, who is already chairman of the I "board of trustees of Clemson college, -voted for it. The Free Tuition Fight tThe free tuition n?nt goes on. .senator Verner oi' Oconee has introduced another bill, along t*s line, which provides for an appropriation of $50,000. as a loan fund, to be borrowed by indigene students, who har?e met examination requirements, in any class not below the freshman, in any college chartered by the state. Tne appropriation. the author explained, is the equiv-1 alent of the amount so provided for HA free tuition at state institutions. Students would. by this bill, be allowed to B expend the aid, extended by the state. HL^at denominational colleges as well as ff-jfcit state institutions. No student is to receive more than $100 in monthjy installments of $12. The money is to be had upon notes signed by the student's rparent or guardian, and is to be returned after leaving college. Require. Liente to receive this aid would be statements by three near neighbors of the student applying, and an affidavit from the nearest bank, that the student is unable to pay. The money is to be A apportioned equally oeiw^en tne young A men and the young women of the state. Hl. Liquor Measures, jt Senator Carlisle's bill re-enacting HsKe prohibition law voted last summer, H * toas passed second reading in the senH ate. The measure is designed to re? move any cloud which might rest on l? V s i. j i ~T~ ~..1,3 K?. aL |& X.I16 prum union law. &liuuiu it, i/c cn.tacked in the future. The Oarlisle L Johnstone bill to permit the handling of alcohol bv druggists has also passed ^Uecond reading. |^H^?,-JFhe house committee on police regulations "has submitted an unfavorable Wreport 011. the bill which passed the I senate prohibiting the publication of "whiskey advertisements in newspapers. A favorable re:"K>rt has been made tsion Is hind The Solons on the bill introduced by Mr. Sturkie providing for the sale by the sheriffs, at whn1fts.ale nrices. to bidders without ~" * ' \ the state, of the left over stocks in th? several county dispensaries. The bill would require the sheriff of any such county having such left-over ctock. within sixty days after the approval of the act. to dispose of the Lquor. at wholesale, to parties without i-ho ?tntp th#a nrip^c; to be aoDroved by the county treasurer and clerk of court?bids of course to be called for 2nd the highest offer to secure the iiquor. If after sixty days the sheriff failed to make sale he would be required to pour out the liquor. The proceeds would be divided equally between the schools and the county, fke ~~ j-p ho r>rv to! I 11 O V J 1a* U V1JL W *a vvv wvw* j j v?? be used in paying expenses. A letter addressed ro Mr. Williams, a member of the lie use from Edgefield, suggesred a solution of this matter which occasioned considerable amusement. The letter follows: "1 s-ee some representatives want to reopen die dispensary in those counties wliore they aid not sell out all their stock. The majority of the people of Sojith Carolina voted that South Carolina oe ary auer jtuiuary x auu to allow a drop of liquor to be sold legally would be a direct slap in the face of this majority. You all are not going to do anything for the" benefit of the people nohow and I think the best tiling lo do with the whiskey they have cn hand is to ship it to Columbia and let you fellows drink it up. trusting you may take this view of the matter, I am your friend, W. S. G. Heath." The letter was dated January 24. at Edgefield, and sent to LVIt. Williams of the lower house. 1 On motion of Mr. Johnstone tne j nouse concurred in the recommenda- j tion contained in the letter. Imme- j aiately aftedwards, however, the house j on a motion to withdraw the communication from the files of the house decided by a division vote of 24 to 23 .n the affirmative. The house committee on police regurnnnrfo/l far, Arahlv J5 hill i&nuu5 iia.o icj;ui?;u iu'VI ij v? ?... i by Messrs. Warren of Hampton and J. W. Boyd of Spartanburg, "looking to the suppression of the evils of intemperance by prohibiting the sale, manufacture, use, consumption or storage of liquor." The legislature will hardly go so far as to make it a crime i to take a drink, but there is no telling. Certain Legral Defenses Retained. I The house on Saturday recommitted, with the purpose of killing, a bill by j Mr. Moore of Abbeville that opponents said tended to run manufacturing corporations out of the state because the legal defenses of contributory negligence and assumption of risk in a case I of an injured employe would be practically voided. The bill was on third reading, having been given a second reading without opposition. The' author of the bill maintained that it is similar to the federal employers' liability act, with the principal exception that the recovery of damages would not be limited to those Uipon whom some one depended. Compulsory Education. senator ^arnsxe & cuuipuisvi > cuucation bill, for which ano'her was. substituted one year ^go. has been introduced in the senate again. This provides for statewide compulsory attendance of four months each school session, of all pupils between the ages of S and 14 years. Trustees shall 1 - - ? ? ^ ^ 4-V? ^ o-n /I nn maKe 3, Ceusuij ui nix: yam-nig auu j/upils of their respective distric's. Giving of false information would be a S misdemeanor, punishable by a fine-of not more than $25. It is not -likely that the legislature will interfere with the present compulsory education law at this session. <The house has already Killed a Din to extena it. , Negroes in Textile Manufactories. A bill was introduced in the senate Friday by J. F. Williams of Aiken, to amend the act passed one year ago, relative to the emplayment of negroes in textile manufactories. Violation of the act is made a misdemeanor, each offence punishable by a fine of not less than $100 or imprisonment at hard labor not more than 30 days, or both in the discrection of the court. A bill relating to the regulation of textile machinery was introduced by the same senator. The latter bill is to prevent the running of automatic machines in textile plants for a longer time than required of the operators thereof. I Other Matters of Interest. Senator Verner's^bill, which passed the sena-e, to require the employment of competent stenographers in the engrossing department, has been favorably reported by the house committee The house has passed to third reading the bill to increase the salary of the state pension board clerk to $1,500 ! per year. Miss Kate Maher is the effi; ?ient clerk of the board. Mr. Oxner of Lexington has introduced a bill to submit a constitutional amendment providing that the governor can only exercise executive clemency upon recommendation of'the board of pardons, but that he may refuse to pardon upon their recommendation. The house committee on medical af fairs has reported favorably a bill to require that each tablet of' bichloride of mercury "shall be attached to a small piece of wood so as to prevent same from being taken by any one into the'mouth through mistake." Uncontested Matters. The house tried out Friday morning for the first time the new rule setting aside 30 minutes each legislative day for the consideration of uncontested bil;s. The wisdom of the rule was clearly exemplified by the action of the house in giving 28 local measure? a -second reading; the rule enables the calendar to be cleared for action for more important statewide measures and will probably keep a number of 1 1 u11 ' ^rinor r>n tlio r>9 1 dlld3 T lucai urns u um at. the end of the session. There is always a deluge of local bills at ?very session. For State Highway Commission Bill. Thus far the house has been unable .to get together on the bill creating the state highway commission. For several -days it has come before the house, buteach time some special order has arrived, interrupting the debate. After n Iiaivcq a t n some uxsuu&aivju m.c u8.wu adjourn debate on the measure until Tuesday at noon. iTihe bill is meeting with strong opposition, based not on doubt as to the value or necessity of having good roads, but on a question as to the advisability of creating a commission and employing a state highway engineer. On the other hand it is contended that the road system in this state needs one head, both for the general advancement in road construction I . I and for the purpose of being so or-1 ganized that the state may receive! federal aid. South Carolina is one of five states without a highway comj mission. The bill under discussion is one j drafted by the house committee on roads, bridges and ferries, and is the | product of several years of study on ' the problem. There vare several other i bills of a similar nature before the , house and it seems probable that 'thL, - 1 i-?n ZC ?~ nocca.^ Will VlCi P i nnai 0111. n unt; 10 ^aootu, >? *?? ? ! composite of the bills now under con] sideration. j .. Fight On State Tax Commission. j The fight to abolisn the sta?.e tax commission was begun Friday morning I / ( ; in'the senate when debate opened on i *~ hill trv rPllPal the Inxtr wamnua-^i-uviw,. ~ ?? - law creating this board. One speech 1 only was made, that by Mr. Stuckey of I.ee. It is no fight on Governor ! Manning, the speaker said. "I have , known him intimately for years, and believe he'll be re-elected in spite of his friends." Opposition is based on the alleged unconstitutionality of the law and "the centralization of too much authority" in the members of the tax commission. Mr. Stuckey is connected with a bank at -Bishopville. On motion of Senator Alan Johnstone of Newberry, debate was adjourned - ? * until Tuesday uiormug. The only other bill debated Friday in tne senate was Senator Laney's bill to prevent fire insurance companies of this state from entering into any comi a- to fix rates. The | patl VViuw?*?v?v bill is designed to promote competition, the author claiming that the rates are fixed by the Southeastern Underwrit ' -Vio nharap.ter fcl'Sj assirtiaiiua, " uivu uv, . ized as a trust. Debate was adjourned until this week. The senate adjourned Friday afternoon at 2 oJclock to meet Monday night at 8 o'clock. House >ret Saturday. 'TJie house held a session on ?atur STATE LEVY REDUCED ! A HALF MILL APPROPRIATION KILL CARRIES PRACTCALLY SAME AMOUNT. I Bill Now Before the House for Consideration?Reduction of Leyy >'ot Reductoin of Taxes Ahvfcys. Xews and Courier. I Columbia, Jan. 29.?The general ap^ j propriaticn bill went into the house to- j day and Chairman Liles has the distinction of having introduced this most important measure earlier than it nas }ver before been presented. The committee members, Chief Clerk Malcolm '".Tiler and Mr. J. C. Townsend, chief clerk of the engrossing department, all worked with persistency to get the bill iiuo the house today, so that it would be ready for consideration 011 Monday. The essenstial point of the bill is that it provides for a tax levy of 6 1-2 mills, whicn is to cover all of the expenses of the state government. Notwithstanding the -very heavy demands :he appropriation bill shows a net reluction in the total of $79,260 80. It will be interesting to note how continuously the appropriation bill has lung around the two million dollar nark. These figures win oe interesting: 1914 $2,213,675.54 1913 2 463,759.82 1916 2,384,499.02 It is very much easier to undertake o n>ake reductions in an appropriation bill than it is to accomplish this. Chairman Liles in a talk with the newspaper men after the introduction ->f the hill had this comment to make: Liles' Comment. "The committee has faithfully endeavored to serve the best interest of L'ne stare. We did not appropriate in qrrnrrianrp with out desires, but we iav morning, and after the introducion of the appropriation bill adjourned :ver until Monday night at 8 o'clock. It will be noted by an inspection of the appropriation bill that the state warehouse commission is c%t down from $15,000 to $10,000, though tile state warehouse will this year pay into -1- ~ ~ l-.o*-, omniint I CII0 XrCcts urj' liiu-i c luau uufll auiuuuv. The state warehouse can not be developed on $10,000, and certainly should be allowed to spend for the farmers what it brings in as revenue; otherwise it would be tantamount to a iax upon the farmers. It remains to be seen the legislature will do m this regard. Two Valuable Members. Newberry has two young members of the house who are rapidly extending their influence and field of usefulness. They are attentive to their duties, and they serve their county well. 'Their insight into questions pending before the legislature and their quiet zeal in the interests of their county and state have attracted the attention of the body in which they serve. *1 refer to Messrs. Neal W. Workman and B. V. Chapman, who are representing Newberry county worthily. Hilary <>? Asylum Superintendent. i ne appropriation bill as introduced by the ways-and means committee of the house of representatives fixes the salary of the superintendent of the state hospital for the insane at $5,000. When Governor Manning appointed Dr. (\ Fred Williams as superintendent he issued a statement, which was published in the Columbia State, among other newspapers, in which the gov ernor said: "I nave found it necessary, in order to get the trained, skilled physician I was seeking for the position, to allow a salary of $6,000, but without the residence and without any perquisites. In addition to the salary provided fo? in the appropriation bill, I will personally borrow monthly the balance of the*isalary, standing security for the same I and will report the matter next year I to the legislature to reimburse me if I it agrees in what I have done." j This statement was published on April 15, 1915. The ways and means committee evi dently does not take the same view as to the necessity for $G.OOO which was taken by the governor, but goes ahead and increases the salary from $3,000 to $5,000, which is $2,000 more fhan is raid the governor of the state. believ* we appropriated as the condiI ixuii of the state's finances justified. I The most careful consideration has ^ been given every item and we feel | sure that the actual needs of every ! department and every institution have jbeen supplied, and we think we hav? j provided funds for extension and im| provements where the needs for such j [ were great. ?The work of the commit- j tee has been absolutely harmonious, j All differences were settled in the com- j mittee room and we are ready to stand ; by our work. I can not speak too j highly of the faithfulness of the mem bers of the committee. It has been a day and night job since January 11. T\T o y,\ ViAnofnl rViof f'n a rocnlte r\ f /Miir i TV ^ ai t tllUO LiiVy Vi UUi efforts will prove satisfactory to the people of the state. It will be noted that for ordinary state purposes we have appropriated less than $2,000,000. The amount for pensions and for the improvement of the State Hospital for the Insane increases the total as j shown. We have carried out the reso- j lution of the committee to keep the \ amount raised by levy within $2,000,- \ 000 and have reduced the levy one-half mill." The appropriation bill is a very long document, consisting of forty-two itemized sections, but the following recapitulation will show where the committee expects the state to use its funds. Recapitulation. Section 2. Governors office. $ 16,830.00 Section 3. Secretary of state's office 6.920.00 Section 4. Comprtoller gen-o= n zru\ Art i era: s oiuc? 3,uwuu Section 5. Insurance commissioner's office 10,595.00 Section 6. State treasurer's office 8,600.00 Section *7. Superintendent of education's office 15.340.00 Section 8. Adjutant genedal's office 23,931.56 Section 9. Attorney general's office 6,045.00 Section 10. Railroad commissioners* office 15,800.00 Section 11. Public schools. 298.500.00 Section 12. State librarian's office 2,559.03 Section 13. Public buildings 2,470.00 Section 14. State electrician and engineer 23,005.00 Section 15. <- Catawba Indians 7,500.00 'Section 16. Department of agriculture, commerce industries 4,000.00 17 .Ttidirial denart ment 106,670.00 Section 18. Health department 48,816.25 Section 19. State board of medical examiners 3,000.00 Section 20. Tax department 94.879.76 Section 21. University of South. Carolina 97,064.01 j Sectiorr 22. Winthrop Normal and Industrial College 0. 147,605.78 Section 37. The Citadel, the military college of South Carolina 40,500.00 Section 24. School for the Deaf and Blind 50,393.33 Section 25. State Colored In duserial and Mechanical I college 15,000.00 i Section 25. State Hospital for the Insane 417,000.00 Section 27. South Carolina Industrial school 37,000.00 Section 28. State penitentiary 7,150.00 Section 29. Oother charitable and penal purposes. 3 100.00 Section 30. Chief game warden's office 4,332.00 Section 31. Historical com- t j mission 4,550.00 Section 32. Interest on the ! bonded debt . 260,043.92 Section 33. Elections 48,285.00 Section 34. Expenses common to both houses 499.78 Sc-c'ion 3>. The senate... 18,765.00 Section 36. The house of ? representatives 35,052.20; Section 37. Engrossing department 6.644.00 95 Tho "VfAdiral I Oct L1V711 tj U. JL uv \ College of South Caro~ lina 31,800.00 Section 39. 'State warehouse commissioner's office 10,000.00 Section 40. State board of charities and corrections 8,445.00 Section 41 Miscellaneous. 136 307.37 Section 42. Pensions and ^ ?> ? ^ COTTON MARKET ? <s><s><3>3><8><?<s>^3><e><s><?<?<s><s>$>^ ^ dewberry. <3 ^ Cotton 11^4c # ^ Cotton seed, per bu 8c * ?> * $> Prosperity. <? ^ 'Cotton WVaC. <$> ? Cotton seed, per bu 65c ^ <5> < > 3> Pomaria. ^ & Cotton ll%c <3> <$> Cotton seed> per bu 65c <& <?> <S> Little Mountain. A P/kff Ar> . "1 1 1/ ^ v v/vnuu 1174 V/ v Cotton seed, per bu 65c ? < > <S> * Whitmire. <? !Cotton H%c <S> <$> Cotton seed, per bu 65c Overwhelms Greenwood. Last Friday night in a one-sided game the Newberry High school boys beat Greenwood High school at masket ball by a score of 45 to 6. The Newberry first team played for 30 minutes before the visitors cotild make a score. After this Newberry's second team was sent into the game, which also outplayed the Greenwood boys, scoring 8 * ' points to the visitors' 4. -w- < ? ; Notice of Meeting of Pension Board. The pension board of Newberry county will meet in the auditor's office Monday, February 7,1916, at 10 o'clock. W. G. Peterson, Pen. Com. Confederate infirmary... 300,000.00 Total $2,384,499.02 Increases and Decreases. it is to be noted that the margin nvpr 82.fl-0fl.fl00 i? raised from fees and license charges ordinarily paid into the State treasury by tae insurance and other departments. ITihe following schedule shows some of the increases and decreases over the bill of 1915: Governor's office, decrease $2,000. Secretary of state, decrease $100. Comptroller general, decrease $845. Insurance commissioner, decrease $500. . State treasurer, decrease $5 <>50. Department education, increase $20. Adjutant general, decrease $200. Attorney general, decrease $800. Railroad commission,increase $1,711. Public school fnnds, increase $12 000 State librarian, increase $83.12. Public buildings, decrease $7,000. vv uil iiiuiajLis Department of agriculture,, decrease $8,112. <* Judicial, decrease $300. Health'department, decrea&e $5,860. State board medical examiners, same as heretofore. Tax department, increase $12,500. University of S.C.? decrease $7,087.40. Winthrop college, decrease $8,643.54. Citadel, increase $2,000. Institute for Blind and Deaf, deY? ?* 1 C* Z* ?Q Of\f\ V/i LuoC yvjwv,v.v ? . 'State colored college (same). State Hospital for Insane, decrease $42,000. Industrial school, Florence, increase *6,0CP. Penitentiary, increase $100. Charitable institutions, decrease $ 1,205. VjrilUit; vvaiucu, yj.w. Historical commission, same. * Interest on bonded debt, decrease $989.46. Elections, increase $13,435. Expenses of assembly, decrease $350. House expenses, decrease $1,250. Engrossing, same. Medical college, decrease $1,515. State warehouse commission, decrease $5,000. Board charities and corrections, (new), $8,445. Pensions, same as heretofore. i\fiscellaneous items, decrease $12,000 State geologist ino allowance;. No new buildings are provided for. The University of South Carolina did not get its law school building. Winthrop failed to get its new dodmitory. The item for the State Hospital for the Insane shows a decrease of $42,000, out this decrease is made to apply to trie building and improvement wuu and the maintenance fund is increased. Under the head of the department of agriculture the expenses are to be paid out of the fees collected through that , cuice in connection with its various inspection taxes. --? mtL" v -