The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, January 22, 1902, Image 1
r*fHE BATESBURG ADVOCATE. 1
I VOL. II. BATESBURG, S. C., WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 22, 19<>2. ~ v.~ , V
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THE HOUSE MEETS.
With Fine Attendance of Members at
theJOpeniug.
WHAT HAS BELN DONE SO FAH. j
Thr Governor*' MeKsti^o Iteail. Two ^
^ Vetoes Are Scni In I?.t the
Governor nml ltotli Are j
H Sustained.
V The house of representatives was
called to order at noon 011 Tuesday of
lust week by Col. Turn C. Hauler, the
clerk. The roll ny counties \\.ts called
and a majority of the members found
present, lion. W. F. Stevenson of
Vthesterlleld, speaker of the house, then
took the chair and addressed the
members of t he house.
XKAV >1153! IllCHS.
At the conclusion of Ins remarks,
the speaker called the new members
before the bar of the house and they
were sworn in. The new members are
L. F. l/.lar of Barnwell: W. .1. Johnson
(if Fairfield: .1. it. Tow ill of Lexington
and M. J. Hough of ChesterHeld.
These new representatives then
presented their credentials and subscrihed
to theoith of olflce. Mr. l/.lar
is a lawyer, a br ther of former Judge
^^-^^^zlar. and a leading citizen < f BlackTowill
ls?|ulte a
osburg
n" ^'^^ i-abing
'^E. m a m niber of Urn
..ope .H-rore^. ,smembcP , r .
.xtate house coin... :,)n >Ir ll(lllipll
is a l.Motlicr of Senator r(,,?r,( .,ml wus
clerk of t he judiciary e<> . ! ?, ,V ^ ]u.
house last year.
CH AP1.AIN ELECTED.
A message from the senate,declared
that tinit lx.'dy had organized. The
house. after electing a chaplain, notified
the senate that it was ready for
bt ?ness. There were three nominations
for chaplain: He v. H. N. Pratt
of the Second Baptist church: ltev.
M. M. Kinard of the IJtenzcr Lutheran
church an Hev. J. L. Midlitiix
of t he Methodist conference. On the
second ballot Mr. Pratt was elected.
The senate and the governor were notified
of the house's organization. The
governor's message was received and
read.
THE VETO I'SKI).
Act No lO.'l providing a special school
^ 'district in Andersoncounty was \etoed
^ by the govi rnor, as it was sngcial Icgislation.
and the house Wasaohottfled.
The Ai d? . delegati(i*j?Beu8d to
^ fli'i i.>i( 11 i i 1 _ I'll To f: i ' 'F \T. 111
and the house concured.
The governor's message i lining
the free past act was read.
Mr. spears moved that the bill be
passed. notwithstanding tiu* governor's
Veto.
Mr. Asliley wanted to |x?stpone action
011 t he vet oof t he free pass aet. hut
the speaker ruled that it was a matter
which should he acted pon at one*1
as a courtesy to the governor. The
vote was then taken and the !>i!l was
buried hv a vote of (54 to ."IS, the latter
being in favor of passing the act over
the governor's veto, whereas it rc<iuiried
8:5 votes to pass it.
APPOINTMKNTS.
The speaker announced t he folk iwing
-appoint ments: Assistant clerk..I. Wilsson
Oiblx-s: speaker's porter. Parnell
Mceham: laborers. Peter Harrison.
Gallic iiohins. Will Burton; doorkeepers.
Peter Saunders. S. L. l'ope,
J. C.Jennings; pages, Caihpnn I>0BruliI,
Clark Wardlaw .)dmj?es. ('. J.
Colcook. Jr.. and Koheryp^uis.
Tlx- new mimlH ivrff t tie house were
assigned :is folk^vs: l/.lar on ways
?__ and nie;t.pSi^aTTijternal improvements:
^VThugi)^vGiudieiary and enrolled acts;
Johnson. State house and grounds and
public schools: Towill, education and
printing.
NKW BILLS.
The following new hills were int.ro.
duced: By Mr. Bueker, to increase,
the annual appropriat ion for pensions
to *150.000; by Mr. J. B. Smith, to extend
the t ime for the payment of t axes
every year.
The lirst bill or resolution of the session
was Mr. Bacot's concurrent resolution
suggesting the postponement of
the exercises incident to the presentation
of the brass tablet from the last
resting place of Gov. James Glen. The
resolution also extended an invitation
to Col. J no. I!. Cleveland, the donor,
to ho present at the exercises. The <
resolution was adopted by both
shouse.
WIIAT WAS I?ONB WEDNESDAY.
In the house on Wednesday Mr.
Moses of Sumter offered a resolution ,
that a committee of one from each
countv be annWnted to <<.i,<wlor to,.
several bills on redislricting the Stale
.and to report by bill next Tuesday.
'This was opposed by Mr. Croft of
Aiken. Mr. Tat urn of Orangeburg.
Mr. ltainsford of Kdgelieid and ol hers.
'The resolution was voted down. It
was finally decided to dispose of this
matter on t lie 22nd of t his inontli.
The first bill to oee.ision debate was j
that of Mr. I >odd of Spartanburg to j
prohibit the sale and inanufaeture of i
cigarette papers. Mr. Spears moved j
itiO Indelinitely postpone the bill. This ;
was voted down. The representatives .
from the lVo Dee section pitched in- '
to the bill. Anion# those wlio opposed
it were I ?r. Woods of Clarendon. }
Mr. Wells of Florence, Mr. Sinkler of.
Charleston and ( oj. Itobinson of An- J
derson. Jt was urged that this would
cripple the great tobacco industry of j
the State without accomplishing any '
good. The bill was killed.
Mr. I)orroh offered a resolution fori
the appointment of a committee of
three to draw up a bill providing for j
the establishment of police courts am! ,
of the ofllce of recorder in cities of 1
over 10,00u inhabitants. This was j
agreed to and Messrs. Dorroli, Weston '
and Sanders were appointed. The !
cities of Greenville. Columbia and
Spartanburg are Interested.
Among the new bills introduced
were the following. Ity Mr. C. P. j
Sanders: To authorize and direct the
secretary of state to deliver to the J
Spartan chapter of I nited Daughters
of the Con fedora ry, or their authorized
agent. one of the broken |?r;m!11*
columns on 11?o State house grounds.
! to Ik' used in the erection of a Confed'
erate monument on the public square
I in the city of Spartcnburg.
By Mr. Itucker to provide for pay|
ing costs in criminal eases transferred
' from one county to another. This
hill puts the cost 011 the county in
I which action started. There have
i been suits in court lieeause of the
I lack of such,a statute as this.
By Mr. Loniax of Ahticville: A hill
! to provide for buying school books for
| certain school districts. The hill pro!
vides that whenever the trustees of
1 j?nv whool district shidl ilwm it. to
I the Interest of such school district to
! provide school hooks for the school in
! such districts they may use so much of
1 the money apportioned to the district
for the purpose of providing books as
In their judgment will Ik; of advantage
to the promotion to education in such
dist rict. Some other b'lls of a local
character were Introduced and the
Home adjourned to Thursday.
THK KIPII INOrSTUY.
Tlio lfimcr* ?"iti TlinrtHnr Sififl * Inner
discussion on Mr. McCall's l>ill "to
provide for the further protection of
iish in tliis State" created discussion
and brought out interesting information.
The i?!.!l was finally adopted by
' a vote of 4f> to "J^. The first section
1 as variously amended now reads: "it
shall unlawful for any person or
persons to use and seine, gill net or
i trap, or dynainit e for lite purpose of
catching fish, excepting mullets,
crabs, lobsters and shrimps, in any of
; the navigable streams of this St ate between
the lirst day of January and the
I first day of April."
Tile second section provides that
j <?;?,* person or pep-ons vi'?I vyit *.' the
j proviso ; of t his act hitaii l?c deemed
; ptj.i . of a misdemeanor, r.nd upon
j coii v i ! 5 .1 I hereof shall he lined not
less than thrpe hundred (#300)dollars,
or . C'linii ml not more t.luiu three
months. ! i isilh, in the discretion of
, the court, and that one-half of the
j 1111>- :11, . | and collected shall lie
i Pa; prosecutor who furnishes
\ ''h id'' . . :() convict the olTeni
:.et'.lN'. AT Tin; NVwPKNS.VKY.
M <\ i' Hinders ofiered a Will to
I amend the dispensary law. it provides
tlvt -eel ion 7 of the disjK'nsary
aw >: ken out and a new section
7 suo-.i i1 tiled. The existing section
7 provides the manner in Which dispensaries
may be established, the promised
section 7 goes further and proj
vides for the removal of those now
j operating. The proposed section 7
j concluded: "Any county may secure
j the establishment of a dispensary or
. dispensaries, or t he removal of a disi
peusury or dispentaries within its
! limits, in the following manner:
Upon be petition of one-fourt h of t he
qualified town* of each county for .Ah
' .I up' : , eltiu-r t iie quest ion f f
' ** ( -I : 'sediment or the removal f.f
dispensaries therein lieing filed with
the omity su|>ervisor of each county,
lie shall order an election submitting
t lie quest ion of "dispensary" or "no
dispensary" 1 o tlie qualified voters of
, sueii com.ty, which election shall be
conducted as-other special elections,
ami if a majorit y of l he ballots cast lie
found and declared to lie for dispensary
tlien a dispensary may lie established
in said count y. but if a majority of the
iKiiiots east be found and declared to
lie against t lie dispensary, t hen no disIII'IKMIS'
^IimII !>., nji.i!.li.'i...J ?i. :
........ rv * r?l il i/ll.-tlll-ll lIlt'H'lIl,
an:! any dispensary already established
shall be closed. Flections under this
seel ion can he held not oftcner than
i once in four years. No dispensary
shall he established in any county,
town or city wherein lite sale of alcoholic
liquors was prohibited prior to
: .Inly 1. lstill, except as herein permitted:
Provided. That where dispensaries
have been established in sueh
county, town or city they shall remain
as established until removed or
! closed as permitted in this act."
Till". DISl'KNSAHV lUM..
' On Friday the first second-reading
hill on the calendar in the House was
Mr. Sanders' bill to all>-w counties
to vote on the establishment or removal
of dispensaries. Mr. Tatum
i moved to recommit the hill. He spoke
i at length against it as directed as a
' blow against the dispensary.
Mr. Mctiowan saw in tins hill the
disintegrating process which would
result in the filial overthrow of the
dispensary.
; Mr. Dor roll Do you mean by that
admission that you are afraid to trust
this matter to the people?
i Mr. MeHowan replied that he would
not trust them with local option. It.
is unwise to have t lie people, churches,
families perennially stirred up. and
the matter is now settled. The dispensary
law is effective only as a pojiee
regulation, and a police regulation
must apply to the whole State.
Mr. Towillof Lexington said that
the people are satisfied with t he dispeiisa
rv.
Mr. II?-nr> it. Richardson thought
the measure fraught wit h great danger
in opening a way to elect ions. We
cannot satisfy all of the people.
Kit her the dispensary has decreased
drunkenness or just, at the time it was
started a moral uplifting came upon
Hie people, for condit ions are better.
11I...I : i. * 1
xii.u is iiuviKMH'i] as seal dpi Inn fur
count ies ininht be advocated for the
towship ;uiil win*re would it end?
M r. Cooper of Laurens wanted to
know why this opposition to tin; hill?
Are the dispensary people, who are Intrenched,
not. willing for the people to
say what the} want? i!e had favored
let t in# each county govern the dispensary
in its own way and he had heen
sustained in the campaign.
Dr. II. .1. Kinard said that if this j
law were passed Charleston would vote j
the dispensary out and liquor would I
llow as free as the tides on the ocean, j
Mr. Sinkler Well, the people of
Greenwood needn't come down there;
and jjet drow ned.
Mr. Ashley W. uld Charleston vot-j
inu out t lie dispensary have anything i
to do with <ireenwi od?
Mr. Sinkler If Greenwood is now a
"dry" county w herein is It l?et ter Mian '
Charleston w aild Ik; without dispensa- j
rii s?
Mr. Kinard replied to these several !
questions hy savin,? that the town <?f j
Greenwood is dry. hut. the county at
buy favors t he dispensary.
Mr. K. li. McMaster made a spirited
defense of Charleston which had been j
draped into this debate. Charleston .
| ('ontln't'ki) on iwok whir. )
Ol'ENINU THE SENATE, i t
Why It Was Hard for the Body to
Adjourn. J J
???? \
WORK DOKE UP TO THIS TIME. !
)
, Senator llaysor Sworn In and Ah- (
| algm-il to Several t'oiiiinitti ok.
The <*oTeri?or*n Mensafje
Iiccclvetl and Until. t
I I I
1 The only trouble that the senate [ 1
had at Its lirst session was in adjourn- 1
1 inn- Everything had moved simxith- (
ly enough and only Senator lturuwcirs j
chirograph)- had occasioned any hitch ]
tn the proceedings until all business *
; being apparently disposed of Senator
' Sheppard, the parliamentary authority
of the leglslatUFe, moved in his
! usual manner "that the senate do now
adjourn." ;
It was take:i for granted that ti e \
. motion would pass, since there was '
(
< nothing else to do, and so no one .
i voted.
I Senator Sheppard's (lladstone cllar
was p-rceptihly agitate .when the ! .
j resisting oflicer. Lieut, the., Tillman. I
also fr<'in Edgefield, announced ii.it
the motion was lost, that the senate \
refused to adjourn. rI*he nator from : .
1 Kdgctield for once was puzzled and did j ^
i not conceal the fuel. Finally lie in- . (
i ?;tsi**? t the reasons of the chair's nil- j ,
I ln?f; i i
"No senator voted." said the presi- [ J
: (lent, "and the motion is lost.."
"How many. Mr President, voted ' |
in the negative?" asked t he se.nat r. j
| "Ifc was a tie," said the president. j ,
"and in ease of a tie t he president has
j t he right to cast the deciding vote.
The chair voted no." j
Senator Sheppard smiledjmd their (
j again moved to adjourn. Lieut, tiov.
; Tillman promptly ruled the motion
i I out. of order, since one motion to ad'
journ cannot, succeed another without
; other tmsiness intervening.
I Senator ih ugh t ried his hand and
! moved to adjourn, lie was met with
j the same ruling and Senator Hough
i was silent.
Senator Mower suggested that some
senator who voted with the majority ^
might move to consider. Nobody hut
the reportc.rs laughed.
Senator Appeit arose, lie moved J
that the: senate attend t he. (lien memorial
exercises in the hall of the house
Wednesday night. Several senators
voted for the motion and none against
' it., sii it was carried. The senator
'! f 'i'ii i IrVrejidon then tyoved to adj
-4* lore were suaHHHjHBBC
lie nfiirmafj-wi
the :
'1 hat is how the seiiaWstlrst ses,
-ion ended. It liegan at noon when
Col. Tillman called it to order, and 1
the clerks ealled the roll. Prayer was '
made by the chaplain, the Kcv. S. !l.
Zimmerman, pastor of the Main Street '
Methodist ehiireh. after which Lieut. '
tiov. Tillman addressed the senate in a '
few appropriate words. '
TIIK KIHST HU8INKSS.
Senator Sheppard moved that a ;
committee to appointed to com muni- j
cate be the governor that the senate J
was o -nnized and ready for any corn- |
munication from his excellency.' The t
ciHiuiiiiiice consisted or senator Sliep- ,
pard. I tarn well and Brown, and those (
gentlemen immediately performed I lie .
duty. Senator llaysor, the sueecssor j
to Senator Brantley of Orangeburg,
resigned, presented his credent ials and
was sworn in by the president. (
Lieut, (lov. Tillman then announced
the appointments of pages and other
minor officials of the liody.
Senator Sheppard for the committee
reported that tlie governor said he
would communicate with the senate J
immediately and Private Secretary
Aull was announced and presented the '
annual document..
Senator Sheppard moved that the
senator from Orangeburg, llaysor. U> i j
assigned to the same committee as his ! .
predecessor save t hat on public, library,
for which was substituted the Judiciary
commltt.ee. This was carried and
Senator llaysor was accordingly as- ^
signed to the committees.
Senator Barnwell offered a resolutlon
to recommit all bills unacted upon j s
to the appropriate, committees, which | ^
was adopted.
COM IT LSO K Y KDCCATION.
On Wednesday the senate- was in |
session hut littie more than half an j
hour hut during that time dispatched]11
considerable business. Such matters''
as were acted upon went through 1 '
without discussion. ! a
The president of the senate an- . 1
nounced tlie appointment of 11. A. ' ]
Floyd and A. 11. Glover as doorkeep- , '
era and t hey were sworn In.
Senator Mayfield Introduced a reso- j '
union. which nns adopted, directing ! ^
tlio sergeant-at.-arins to provide new , "
furniture for t.iie senate committee ' 11
rooms, that, now In use being worn and fl
delapidatod. ! "
Senator rtayaor of (Jrangeburg In-."
! I.rodueed a Mil providing for compnl- '
sory education. The bill requires parents
or guardians fco send-their ehil- i
dren tictwecn h and M years of age to ;
a public or private school at least ''
eight weeks In each year, unless prevented
by Illness or proficiency. such 1
excuses to l?e passed upon by the town- ''
ship school trustees. Violations of
this provision ar* made punishable !>> u
j n fine of not les.-. than la nor more , "
! than I2u. or by imprisonment not less
than five days nor more than 20 days, I VN
the cases to l?e tried bv magistrates. , j"
Fines so collected are to 1k? turned Into "
the county school fund. The bill wan "J
referred to the committee on educat
loll. "
Senator Gruber Introduced six t>i 1 is i
looking to amending the eonstltutlon j
so as to provide for biennial sessions of j
the general assembly. His plan Is to , < >
have the legislature to meet every two e<
years, and to have representatives Si
elected for four years and senators for gi
six years. Ills scheme provides for di
extra sessions to be e;.!l< <|.-in the gov- T
ernor if < cession sl:o'.:yi firlse and em- f>2
powers the governor to till vacancies 8.'
on the supreme ;\hd circuit court p?
lienehes. The bills.re referred to sli
the judiciary oommijt,.0 m
Several other bills of a local Charae- ,
er were Introduced ?"d the Senate .
idjourned over t?? Thursday.
IUI.W KILLED.
The Senate was in a bill killing hu- >
inor on Thursday, and several bills J
that came over from the last session )
tvere permanently laid aside. Quite a j
umber of new bills were introduced
md referred.
Lieutenant Governor Tillman has
vceived a communication from a com- !
nittee of the St. Louis Kxposition. i 1 ,
ivhieli it is stated that a committee of
iftv would visit ibis State to attend j
lie Charleston Kxposition and come
o Columbia to attend the legislative
iession. The committee will come i
lere almut February 1. the date set
>y the Lieutenant Governor at the
i?r?iicji1 of the i'o:nnii I I <>e It is !i;i
"v ~ ; ,
lovstood that the committee will u.sk
'or .in appropriation from the State
for a South Carolina exhibit at the St. 1
Louis Exposition, but it may s?Mj Ih* j
>ta!cd that 110 money for that purpose ,
vi 1! Iv appropriated.
The Senate t hen adjourned in Fri- '
iay morning.
THE NEW JI'UY I.AW.
in tlie Senate on Friday I lie iuliei- ,
irv committee made a favorable re-'
port. with ainendiuents. on the hill Inrodueed
Thursday by Senator < I ray- |
Ion providing; for a new jury law. The j
>ill was made the special order for'
Wednesday and from day to dsn until ,
lispo .ed of. This is one of the most
impi rtant matters to eonie Ik*fore this
.ession of 1 In- legislature, as most of;
I.he courts in the Stale are "lied up," t
?o to speak, for lack of a eoust itution- .
il juiy law, the lawyers being unwiil
log to proceed with the trial of eases j
wii h juries drawn under tlie present
law. The hill has hcen very earefully ?
[irepared and j' is Imped '>> get it
Ihio : ;h hoth houses and have it rati
tied at an early day so that new juries '
ina> lie drawn in different count! *>. !
These bills pot t heir second reading J
a it built diseussion:
The house I>i 11 to authorize and em- j
[lower cities, towns, lowsliips. school I
list rids and count ii s to issue m got ia- j
lile eoujion bonds for the refunding or I
payment in whole or Injart of any I
valid bonded indebtedness lieretofon f
?r hereafter contracted t>v tlie said;
rities. towns, townsiiips. scliool dis-j
I rids, special school districts or coun- '
plea. j
Mr. Hydride's hill to aut horize th< i
jouiity {rcasurer and count} superin
lei.dent of thesevi nil counties to hot
row money for any fiscal year t o p y
.cIkkiI claims of said year.
Mr. Iierndon'ihill amending the act
in regard to dispensaries in Pickens
Hid Oconee. Thie bill gives the money
in Oconee to the 'tdiool.fund, and ill
I'iekens to the
Senator GrfO'non, requcst/prS
Minted ft memorial fthih t-he steam I
iTi llll'll !<l . !W ! V >l.ll( : i Oirifr t id..
. - ~ "* " KP
i?24U ",x ri*quirlnfr fcl
lipoids for l.imi'lnNj outside the State
pay an annual licens N .Th memorial,
which was quite a lengthy one set
forth t hat the steam laundry business
Is as yet an infant industry in this
state; that about * 100,000 is invested
in 17 di Me rent steam laundries; that
Iheir business is bcinp injured by
heap competition from old established
aundries outside the State; that these
uilside laundries have no money inrested
in the State and pay no taxes
n the State, and should not Ih'allowed
o injure homo enterprises, etc.. etr.,
liroupit several pa pes of typewritten
'oolseap. The memorial was referred
0 the committee on oommeree and
nauufact ures. A l>ill requiring agents
'or laundries outside the State to pay
1 license has already been introduced
n tile house.
APPltl.T VOTED AYE.
After t he conclusion of all the ot her
itisincss Senator Appelt moved to po
tito oxecut ive session for tlie purpose
if conlirniinp the appointments of
papistrates, etc.
The lieutenant povernor put thenu?- 1
ion in the usual manner: "Those in
avor thereof will vote aye; those opiosedv.
il! vote no." Noliody voted.
"Thecl air is in doubt." bepan t lie
ieiitanaiit povernor. when Sena tor Ap?elt
jumped up and pest ieulated f ran- ]
ieally. "I voted aye," lie exclaimed.
Vnator Appelt plainly didn't want a '
eeurrence of the incident of Tuesday. '
"Very well," replied the lieutenant {
[overnor. "The senator from Clarenion
voted aye; the motion is carried '
nd 1 lie senate will po Into executive
ession."
The Senate then adjourned to
Ionday morninp.
A Warning to Dentists.
A patient who iiecanie temporarilv (
. ranped under the inlluenee of pas ^
early took tlie life of Dentist II. K. <,
"rout/., of Montpomery. Pa., Wednes- ,
ay. The patient was Morris Tyson, j
muscular mechanic. He leaped from ;
lie chair, and cnteliirio t>r iv,,..i . k.
ho throat, threw him to the floor. (
'yson picked the doctor up and threw ,
i 111 against tlie wall, stunning him. ^
'hen lie stoo l the dentist on his feet, j
rasped his throat, again, and had s
early strangled him to death when j
t lp eaine. When Tyson recovered
(mi t lie effects of the gas he recalled j
othing of his attack upon the den- t
t
Itnlilc* nre Worth n (Quarter.
The Chicago News says: Cook county ,
ill have to pay -.r> cents for every f
nhy horn Inside its limits and wliost j
irth is reported to the County Clerk s
uring I'.ucj. This is on account of a ,
ov which was enacted by the last ,,
egislature. The object of the law (J
as not to place a bounty on the birth s
' I(ahies in Chicago, hut to insure the
cording of the births of the ha hies (l
ho many Ik- iHirii. The phjslcl.an f
residing at the birth of a child wilt c
entitled to collect the Lax. If lie n
gleets his duty, tlie parents of the p
Tsprlng will have the next chance at s
le county's quarter. s
d
A Note of \V artiiug. ^
"A note of warning," says the New p
rleans Picayune, "Is given to the r;
untnissioncrs of the Charleston and fi
Louis expositions by the figures n
vlng the admissions to tlie lately o
funct Pan- Vmeriean show at buffalo,
he total admission footed up to 8,!0.0|s.
of which no less than f(,.'H)U.itt
were dead heads, and yet there are 11
ople who are wondering why the i If
iow closed Its gates with an enor- S
ANTI-TRUST FIGHT
Ila^Bcen Started in the South Carolina
General Assembly.
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REGULATING THE RAILROADS.
j
Sfi/ij. Mcbsui'i'N Wliloli tVlll hn Up
y
y.-?' I>ik|m>h?I ?t this Sohhioii <>r
i
|lri<> IiOjriHlaturt*. Fight i m?
f Trunin.
'?s/!* legislature is at once
-.- K'' up i iic matter -ii conininaitnn
ofcapiival into "trusts." and thereare
also sti.ne bills relating toother corporations.
P^r. McGowau of Laurens is
t he author ?tr the anti-trust hill.
Mi. \V. .l/^lolitisoii Tiiursday introdueiVitAln
t<> require railroads and
raiinhlrtreorrpanies to accept as full
puyiocfiit for freight the rate provided
by thcwhl of lading and the pro rata
of frc^Bon the amount or quantity
of g<M?Rrlivered.
Mr.^s^Mjoach of York has a t)ill
broiisjfit. over from last session "to regt),,1"pla*
<;. ! t leinont of freight shortaye."
j
Mr. jThous of Hampton will Introduce
{ hill "lo impose on all railroad
companies in this State liability for
1 ss o< damage to property ilellvered
to tlici'n fur shipment and in.t < r damaged
li/yond their own line."
AGAINST Tin: TUfST.
Tile! t it le of M r. Met Joe in's measure
Is. "A bill to prohibit all inanufacl urlntr
v<-rporutloiis from buying or leasing
yfr otherwise acquiring property,
right.., franchise or good will or capital
slock."
It hiuins with a preamaMc stating:
"i\ lu reus i lie Jurying, leasing or otlicrw
Isc pilling by manufacturing corporal
ions. the. property, tights, fn\nt
s- s ind j;: >< <1 will of other corpora '
ion engage.j in similar business tends
to If.-eii tin- price of agricultural produce,
i.f the State, creates monopolies
and .ill, - compelition and increases
t ie | h e, manufacturing products.
Tin r- f >rc.
"> ction 1. He it enacted by the
gene al ns<- mhly of the State of South
Cam ma that ail manufacturing corpora^.
. be and they are hereby prohibit
,1 fr an buying, leasing or otherwise
: e' lring the property, rights.
fraiKi.lv < and good will, or controlling
interests in the capital slock uf
other corporations engaged In the
same kind of business.
"t>e. 2. That, all corporations violating
the provisions shall lie subject
^^oiieoftive per o ut of the capital
PBB f i lie >ral l?>i_ "-to
vered by the attorney general
I^i<
MIS. Dr.I.HAH!
I' following are tlie provisions^
Mi. <")!<' Loach s hill: "That whenever
any Shortage occurs in freight to be.
delivered within this State by any
railroad company or common carrier,
such railroad company or common
carrier shall deliver the balance ofa
such freight to tlieoonsigneo upon del
mand after such consignee lias tende*
cd to said railroad company or con/
moncarrier the full air.entu <\r oarr ?
age charges, loss the cost vai.l
such shortage; and In case such short*
ago exceeds the carriage charges, such
railroad or common carrier shall, upon
demand, deliver the balance of such
freight then in their posession to the
consignee under a penalty of $10 per
day for each and every day such
freight may remain in their possession
after said demand, to he recovered in
any court of competent jurisdiction
by the person aggrieved."
The hill to lie introduced hv Mr.
Theus provides: "That all railroad
companies in 11)is Slate shall bo deemed
and become liable to the owner,
whether consignor or consignee, for all
property delivered to them for shipment
beyond their own lines. And
"That all connecting lines of railmad
receiving property from the shipping
railroad as aforesaid shall and
they are hereby declared to he the
igents of the railroads receiving said
property for shipnvnt for the purpose
>f transportation and delivery."
And the. following are the provisions
if the hill introduced by Mr. W. J.
Johnson to prevent railroads from collecting
KHKtOIIT ON" OVEUCII VKOE8.
See. 1. That any railroad or railroad
lompariy in this State or any other
dale receiving merchandise, wares or
ommoditics of any kind for shipment
o any place or point in this State
ilia 11 issue a hill of lading t heritor
.villi the rate of freight with the
mint of destination therein stated,
ind v.hen said g< Kids merchandise
ommoditics shall reach their point of
lest illation or place of delivery the
ailroad company delivering the sanio
foods, merchandise, wares or commodlies
shall protect the rate of freight
.tipulated In the original bill of ladng
issued by the receiving company.
"Sec. 2. Any effort or attempt on
he part of?any railroad in this State
o cuiiYi n greater amount than the
hrough rate stated In the original
till of lading or any effort to wilhlold
t!ie delivery of said goods, wares,
nerchandlse or commodities when the
rcight equaling the rate stated in the
till of lading Is tendered by the conIgnce.
Sliall Ik* fined In the sum of
lot less than Itoo for each and every
Hence. In addition being liable for
tiier damages that occur to tlie conIgnee
by such unlawful delivery.
Sec. 3. No person or persons, firms
r corporations shall Ik- required to pay
reight upon the tfoods, wares or merhandlse.they
do not receive,hut where
shortage occurs on any sliipment by
?ss In transit or otherwise llie conignce
sliall only he required to pay
uch [Hirtion of the freight as may lie
ue upon the portion of the shipment
e receives. For a violation of the
revision of this section the offending
ailrond or railroad company shall lie
nod in a sum of not. less than $T?0
or more than ? 100 for each and every
Hence in the discret ion of the court.
Ilnprti to llr. Stokn.
Senator Tillman on last Wednesday
lorning announced the death of the j
it e Congressman Stokes to the United
tates Senate and as a mark of respect J
lie Senate adjourned.
WANTS A TRANSFER.
'J
Tl>? Virglnlft-Carollnn Chemical Co.
Book tho United StatcM Court.
There has l?een another move in the S
matter of the suit brought by Attor- J a
i ney General Hcllinger against the i
} Virginia-Carolina Chemical company, r
I which was a move to dissolve the char- c
1 tors of the domestic corporations con- c
cerned and to prohibit the further doj
ing of business within this State by (
! the Virginia-Carolina Chendcal coin- j >
pony. Wednesday night the follow- J (
Ing notice, was scrvetl upon the attor- i
r ney general:
i The Stato of South Carolina. I!lchland |
county; in the court of common ' s
pleas. j i
The State of South Carolina vs. the j
'. Virginia-Carolina Chemical compa- ' /
i ny et al. j j
To Hon. (1. Duncan Hcllinger, attor- i
J ney general:
Please take notice that a petition j t
and bond for removal 01 this cause to ] ?
the circuit court of (he lrnl{ed Stales 1 j
for the oastem district of South Caro- 7
11i?n 1 I 1 ' ' * *
Mil iiiin ih-vii men in mis court, and I
that on the tirst day of the session ' (
next ensuing afti r the date hereof, at j<
the hour of 12 mM or as soon thereaf- ^
ter as counsel can in* heard, the said i
'vet It Ion nud bond for r(unov?l wjj] bo 1 j
presented to tlds cam for tts accept- ' ]
a nee. (ti
Mitchell .V. Smith, I ti
Attorneys fur Y.-C. ('. Co,
, Willcox A Wlllcox, { ?
Attorneys fur Imperial Fertilizer Co. 5
Trenholm, Rhetfc, Miller & Whaley, | t
Attorneys for Standard F. M. Co. ; 4
W. A. Jlolman. 2
Attorney for Berkeley ChemicalCo,
Simmons, S|egl:'>g & Cappellman,
, Attorneys forChicbr:'i Fertilizer Co. .
I Clark & Muller, jD
Attorneys for Columbia ri.os^'0- | a
T. L. and A. II. Donaldson,
Attorneys for Greenville F< rt. Co. j ri
N, W, Hardin, 1
Attorney for Carolina sul. Acid (Jo.
Charleston, S. G\, Jan. 14th, 1902. '
The. principal ground for the petl,
tlon for removal is that the South
Carolina anti-trust law is In contravent
ion of the constitution of the a
1 Cnitcd States and null and void. This
j was indeed an Interesting turn. But "
It was not nearly so interesting as tlie
jnexi. move of the attorney general ?
made Thursday night. He calls on ,
{the legislature to at once revoke the
; privileges and franchises given the
Virginia-Carolina Chemical company. Sl
j Friday morning lie sent t lie official
| document to tlie general assembly.
! Columbia State.
Too i'ntrioti*. '
i l'at rick h? ' .pyked banKall Ids days 1 1,
i hut, his 'ufr\r: r'" 11'
'a crossing-tender at a small la'road- w
station, lie looked dubious as the
ditiesof the office were explained t-> 2\
lilin. and the meaning of the various >
yl .gswas clearly stated. "Ii c:c f
(V?i!iger. with a train coming, of course
I you wave the red flag," said his friend,
\ "proceeding with liis explanation. A ^
\11ard old hand jftasped lv> arm. "Man tj
f. dear, it'll never d ' said l'atrick.
shaking his In nrl - -lormily. ''I could n
never trust nvp,llf remimber to p
wave a red IW whin there was a preen
wan hand*- t(
^^^ ovprnnr M^swci
Th^SSE^* m
"'Governor McS'Wi^^ r's,
gratulated on his tetfr^Lj % an,l'fr,.'<
pass repeal bill. 11- lT!S^'an;[v
done the popular and right thmia^bV
lias l>een hitting the nail ?.n the heafW^
so frequently lately that there i> some
ground for the suspicion that lie conteniplat-s
lieinp a candidate for re- ?
election. Me has till* < 1 his liiph office c
ni?ist aeeoptably t > the people of the y
State and has carefully avoiiled many s
jopportunities to make mistakes, lie
I has shown preat patriotism and state 0
| pride and has done everything he y\
j could to further the interest and wel- f;
fare of the state and its people." r(
d
[ Xecklnee Keoovcretl. ?
| The valuable necklace which was h:
[recently stolen from the Woman's b
j Building at the Charleston Exposition,
has been recovered. The neck- P<
! lace was traced to New York and the t<
detectives of that city wore asked to w
watch the express company's otllces h
and arrest' the party who called for si
the package. After allowing the si
valuable heirloom to lie in the otllce st
for sometime he called for it audit ?
was delivered to hhn. The detectives hi
immediately took him in charge but af
as the charges were not pressed he t?i
was released and t he necklace ret urned w
to its oftner. hi
tl
The Cherry Tree Swindle. hi
A dispatch from Rutherford. N. C..
says: "Post-office Inspector Enterman
Is here working tip the eases
against, the cherry tree men. l>epu- .
t.v Marshall Scogglns has all the work
he can do summoning witnesses, and
arranging for the preliminary trial s
Wednesday. District Attorney Hoiton
Is expected to attand the trial, '
and rumor has It that there are sever- s!
al prominent citirens here and at For- * 1
est City whose names have not been "
connected with the business Iwfore "
who will t>? Implicated."
Cheerfnl Nr??. Wj
The News and Courier thinks they ai
have queer ideas of what constitutes
"cheerful news" in Manila. A dispatch
from that city reports that such < r
news has been received from Batangas *
Province and explains: "The columns
have distroyed a large numt>er of hamlots
and enough rations to feed twenty u*
thousand Filipinos six months. The J11,
enemy fled before the Americans.
Many of them were killed." There 141
was "not swingle American casuallty,"
It Is added?which Is probably the
cheerful feature of the report. (,j
Well 1*111. no
The Washington Post calls atten- eh
Hon to the fact that the burning of on
liuman beings at the stake in the coun- pe
try "had ita origin in Massachusetts.'" po
The "News and Courier well says "the on
fact Is irrelevant, however. The vie- be
thus in that State had not committed ch
any crime; and besides, the South does re;
not accept Massuchusstts as its ex- da
entplar in other matters, and should P?
nOt Id this one." ' an
REDISTRICTINO THE STATE. J
['he DlKtrtctH un Now Ci)iiKtitute<l '
With Their Population.
The Congressional Districts of the
itate are almost sure to i>e rearranged
,t the present session of the Legislaure.
For the information of our ,
eaders we give the districts as now
onstituted and the population by
ounties of each.
First District?Charleston 88,000;
Jeorgetown 22,846; Beaufort 35.405;
Villiamkburg (portion 22,130; Colleton
portion) 11,151; Berkeley (portion)
5.000; total 195.028.
Second District?Aiken 30,032;
tarn well 35,504; Bamberg 17,296;
ialuda 18.900; Edgefield 25,470;
inmpton 23,738: total 100,015. I
Third District -Abhovllle 33.400: !
tndorson 56,728: Greenwood 28,343; '
fewberry 30.182: Oconee 23.(134: J
?ickcns 19.375: total 100.002.
Foujth District?Kiiirtield 20.425; :
Jreenvillc 63,400: Laurens 37.382;
ipartanburg 65.560; Union 26,501;
tioliiand (portion) 31,392; total 242.- j
7o. ;
Fifth District?Cherokee 21,350;
liester 28,616: Chesterfield 20.401;
vershaw 24.606: Lancaster 24,311;
fork 41.684: total 161.007.
Sixth District -Clarendon 28,184;
larllngtun 32.383; Florence 28,474: (
lorry 23,364: Marion 35.181; Marl- !
1 ?ro 27.0.;:>: Williamsburg (portion)'
.555: total 184,785,
Seventh District Dorchester 1G.- 1
94; Lexington 27.204: Orangeburg
9,663; Sumter 51.237; Colleton (por- i
Ion) 22,301; Berkeley (jxirtion) 15.r4:
Hichland (portion) 14.197; total
(6.410.
OMR J'nOPOSBD CTIANOES.
Mr. F. II. Weston has introduced a
ill in the house togroup the counties
s follows:
Fee Dec District Marlboro. < iicsl^rtield.
Darlington, Marion, Florence,
IoTty and Clarendon.
Santei>--41|Htrlct Georgetown, Wil- ,
amsburg. Clittfleston, Berkeley and
iorchester.
Wateree Distri f j^JtichHnd, Faireld.
Kershaw. Sin ner. Lancaster
nd Lexington. >
Edisto District yOrangtftWOg, Barnell,
Damberg, A I.tin tor . Beatfrrtk^,
olleton. f
Saluda District-Edgefield. Aiken,
aluda, TSewlierrv, Greenwood and
aureus. /
Keowee District Abbeville, Anderm,
Oconct.? Pickens and Greenville.
Catawhv. District ?Union, Spartanurg.
Cherokee. York and Chester.
The lii'll Introduced by Mr. Mc- |
<iwan of. Laurens provides that the
istriels ??hall !>e formed as follows:
First District -Charleston. Berkey,
Beaufort, Colleton and Dorchescr,
;-J
sa!ii<!
jil ajd Ilanipt'ni.
liuTTT DIsTr I'iikri:-, 4^77^^^
idorson. Abbeville. Greenwood and
> cwberry. j
1"ourtli Dist ricl - J^iurer s, Spartanorg,
Greenville and Union.
Fifth IMstrict Clw?r?>L-*?n ?
V?^v, VIJV'AtCi ,
?rk, Fair Held. Kershaw, Chesterold
and Lancaster.
Sixth District?Marlboro, Marion, I
orrv. Darlington, Florence, Wilamshurg
and Georgetown.
Seventh District?ltichland, Sum- i
r. Orangeburg and Clarendon.
Then there are others which will be
itroduced later.
A
GHASTLY SIGHT.
| i
iv?* Mangled lUxlieN Found in One 1
i i
^v^^Sinall Hedrnoin. i |
\ 'I v vvas ni?ide Wed- j
esday wlumiui^-'i-,,,M,r!: hearin? ' \
ries coming froiTt^si^ reside i of |
ineenzo VJzolek, ' .
pring Alley, l'ittsburg,iS*',n'^0 !
pen the doors and found t lie j
f the house saturated with hlootlTV
Irs. Rosa Lak lay l>eside the l?ed. her
ice and head almost crushed l>cyond
Hjognition, dead. Three little chil- j
ren, their heads and bodies covered '
1 tli cuts and gashes, and the hus- ;
and, Vencelsick, almost dead, were
ing on the lloor.
From what could Ik? learned it apears
that Vencelsick came home indicated
last night and assaulted his
ife with a rail cutter. The first
low Inflicted an ugly gash on her
loulder and knocked her down, but
le was on her feet again in an in- ;
ant and with such weapons as she !
>uld find in the room she defended '
r-rself. The three children were
deep In one of the beds and the bru- (
il father becoming so angry at his j
ifc rushed to the bed and rained 1
ow after blow upon the sleeping lit- 1
e ones. The sharp edge of the cutter t
icked the children in a frightful t
'.inner and the hospital physicians |
y that there is very little hope of |
icir recovery.
The attack on the children infuri- J
ed the wife and with a knife in each
inn sue sprang at her husband and J
abbed him a number of times. lie t
anaged to get in a numlicr of blows 1
iring the close battle and seeing that ^
ic was vrettiiik weak lie gave lior a
iovo and as she staggered back f
'ought the cutter down on her skull
Ith all his force, crushing her skull t
id she fell to the fI<K>r dead. By the , v
me he had killed his wife Vencelstek
is exhausted, lie sank on the floor
id lay there throughout the night *
lable to move. The moans of the '
I Id ren this morning and one of them 11
ylng was what attracted the neigh- 1
us. , t
\ encelsick. it is said, was not mar- *"
d to the woman, whose name it de- t
loped later was ltosa Lak. A strange 1
hi who was found in the house by , t
e jHilice, was locked up. He refuses v
talk. j l1
Open Kvery Day.
Harold It. Wright, pastor of the
iristian church at Pittsburg, does j
t believe that a church should be j
wed up six days in the. week, and '
ly opened the seventh, when the ' s
oplc assemble to worship. He pro- : j
ses to make the building earn divld- ,,
ds every day in the week. It will i q
ojH'ii at all times, comfortable ^
airs will !* provided, plenty of good r.
idlng matter. l?ooks, magazines and (]
lly papers w ill l?e at hand, and the
bite will he invited to drop in ut w
y time and enjoy the comforts. n
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THE FREE PASS BILL
*1
Vetoed by the Governor and the House
Sustains Him.
HOW EACH MEMBER VOTED OH IT. U
Tl?o tiovernor Fully ScIh Forth Hi?
llcaHons lor the Rejection
of ?ho Act By Ills i
Veto.
As soon as the Ilooseof Represents
tives got ready for business Toes* B
day week Governor Me&weeney sent in
message vetoing the act repealing
the ant if roe pass act T?s?ed at the last ?
session. Tlie riiossaire reads as folTo
the Speaker and Members of the ^^^^B
House of Represent at Ives: ^.^^B
i uc*K lureniiu loyoti my
act No. act ^B B
act to pre vet it the ese o?
a free pass, express or telegraph frank ^^R B
on any railroad 1 >y any Uniicd States or
member of congress from this Stale, or
by any member of the general assembly
of this State, or by any State or county
official, or by any Judge of u court of '^^B
record In this State.' Approved Pecomix
r A. 1>. 1891." This act ?< ^
passed at your in si session, but wasnot ? .
ratified and t timed over to us until t he
last day of the session and, therefore,
could receive no consideration until after
your adjournment. The act which
the one under consideration purports
to repeal was passed in response to a
popular demand to remove the legislator
ami the official,as far as possible,
from corporate power and influence. It
wasnot entirely a factional measure,
though enacted during the time when
factional feeling ran high. It had the Ita
support of members of all factions at B
t hat t ime and was enacted for the pui>- B
lie weal. I do not know of any demand
or any good reason why it should be/e
pealed, and have therefore withheld ^B
my approval from the act repealing it. ^B
The system of distributing free passes
by railroads among the members of the ^B|
legislature and other officials lie fore
this act was passed prohibiting it was ^^R
i> rnicious, and while I would not Cora B
Moment lie understood as saj ingor in- ^^B
i hat any legislator or other
iittieiVsTlff%C? county, could be un- g^^BH
duly iVithWnw^te^^^Tr^tf^
man orcorp^^^|H^Rfi^Il*'
we
a frank oNR^^^BB^^^^^^^^^^B|
State offi^B^^^^B^B^^^^^R
not
he a
is
these corporations
B BRlllie official and ? 1 \^Ro!P
i^bi- entirely to act/with cut ire^R^^^^^^^B
impartiality in making and executing
the law> He sbould all .^^^^^BB^B
times to holtithe. scales of Justice with
an eve n hand, rememberingalways t ho ^^^^^BR
rights of the corporations as well as the ^R^^B
rights of the people. Believing this ^^^^B
can be better done by not accepting ^B^B
favors from the corporations, and there- fore
n.)t being under obligations to ^^^^R
thein. liowever small the obligation. I
oeg 10 return to you the repealing act
without my approval and signature.
Itespect fully, ^B^fl
M. R. McSweeney,
Governor.
Tito motion of Mr. Spe?rs of Rarlington
to pass theact over the veto
Was voted upon by the house at once.
It requlrt 83 votes to do this. When B
tilt- was counted it was fouud ? fl
that tin* friends of the measure had
last, getting the required figures, but
lite proper order?38. The
011 the motion was a follows:
Ayes -Ashley, Bivens, Hlease, CarCooper,
('rum, Dantzler. Dennis.
Dod I iminick, Durant, Efird, RsHough,
Jarnegan, W. B
B B
Mauldin, McCalL McGowan, B
cMastor,Moffett, W.L.Parker, B
it. a. Robinson, Sear
Wells, Weston, Whaley, B B
:v / B
N ays?Sto\('fb>on. Ml. B a e
Banks, Beamguan'. 1 r<k Kn.w; *" jfM B
Bryan, Campbell, <'ocXreshall^0 * B
Dean, PeBruhl. Dorroh. 1)4gfs |^B B
GalluchfW .or .^^B B
Iziar. (Mfl B
hide, V
Lomax, May son, McLaughlin, McLeod, ' M
McMaster, Morgan, Morrison, BHHB
Moss, Nesbit, Nichols, rrnuv,! B
1 llainesi'onl, Rankin, Riehard-B B
Rucker, Stackhouse. Sami- r-.B B
Seigler, .1. B. Smith. M. L. SmithB B
Stroman, Tatum. Thorn p?, >n B B
Tow ill. Vincent, Wolling, Webb, west B
Wilson, Wingo, Woods, Woodward; B
it lie seen that the Governor's B
veto was sustained by a handsome B
majority,.which will likely dispose of B
[hr bill for good. B
Helping the Kspimitlon. flBSH
Iii the National House of Rep- 19SISB
esentatives on Wednesday Mr/
Moody <>f Massachusetts presented a
oint resolution to appropriate $90,000 ^RgraSSyEwn
> pay expenses Incurred by tin* ^^B H
a est Indian and South Carolina Inter* g H
exposition at Charleston, s. r.. j B
connection with the government ^BsPB^B
xhibit at Charleston. Mr. Payne of nmBB
x'ew York declared that tlie manage- BBBBB
Inent, when the government exhibit fl H
[ it?s would not be asked for one cent. fl
' "it in ri?plv. tAH'k issue with
lr. I?ayiic as to the facts He said Hywmi
le was much more anxious that the wBB
management of the exposition sh-mld H|&?hHH
"t b j ue,I in a false attitude than B|s?gMra!?
t at tie- r-. solution should tie adopted.
li. Mi sly pledged himself
I) in ' th" t? inii;u;
he . -v. rmnent's expense in
i"ii with the Charleston exJ-X.*
"Ollld Mlse.
asscd. Yi '
The
>avid ?iii^BjgreraaMBjBafip^^
iiii id
ti w
arte r M 'Km
ou Id