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MS. RT. 4 . Ea ESTABLISHED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1898. T WICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAR LANDLORDS' LIENS ON.THEIR RENTERS ]SILtV OW INTInE"T TO FARK TENAN'tS 4.enator M'Laurla Voted For-The Bul It garding Telegraph blemages Passes the House. (The State, 20.) The House of Representatives did hard work yesterday disposing of a grert many bills on its calendar. It backed the centre" of the calendar, made several .plays around the end, tackles were frequent and there were several hard downq. The score-, shows, however, that several goals were kicked. Most of the de bate was on -the -bill to give land lords liens for supplies furnished as for rent., On this bill the House showed that it was pretty evenly di vided and when the hour for ad journment came - the House had re brmitted the measure. . During the day' Mr. Simkins an nouped that he would introduce a bll -to leave the liquor question to the several counties, A number of JiIlls were passed, the most important regulating the transmitting and de livery of dispatches by telegraph companies, which occasioned no de iate. - The House declined to con efde at- once a resolution stopping the introduction of bills save through committees after Monday next. A favorable report has been pre3ented on . Mr. Childs' bill to require in struction in the public schools as to the effect of intoxicating liquors on the human system. Among the new bills yesterday was one by Dr. Wyche to proviio for the inspection of food, drugs and all kinds of liquors. TU NZW DILLS. Dr. Wyche-To provide for the in speation ot foods, drugs, spiritu ous, ermeited and malt liquors cand -tor provide for the punish ment of any person who sells, man ufactures, brews, distills, has, offers for sale or sells any article of food, drugs, fermented or malt liquors, which are adulterated within the meaning of this act. Food is to in clude any article used for food or drink by man, including all.candles, teas, coffees and spirituous, fer mented *nd malt liquors. The bill goes -on to explain what shall con stitute adulteration, and exempting ordinary articles of food and certain articles that the State board of health from time to time may deem proper. In the cae of spirituous, ferpiented or malt liquor, it must not conta any substLace or ingredient not uormal or healthful or injurious to health when used as a beverage or reedicine. The board of health shall iave sup'erision of the requiremlents ' this bill, ahid sh6l1 see that it is L rioreed. . Mr. Lancaster--To require the soh9ols and to place the national flag on all school buildings. '-~ Xogers (bj request)-To re wiithe sherifs to keep a pair of blogd.houands. 3SAU Iro? TEN GOVERlNOR. In the course of the day the fol lowing meMsage 'from the Giovernor was received: Columbia, 8. 0., an. 25, 1898. Qentlemnen of the General Assembly: I asM.yoeipttentioln to.the move meet now being made to establish a sanitarium, or soldiers' home at the port of Charleston, and to signify my approval of such establishment as congeocive to the good of thie-State; Sreet.fully-recoinmnend that an Sefe paissed "cetding to the United Sasigovernment all the right, title and interest of the State in and 69 gqgiu-:land and marsh known as Os1o iookney, in Charleston har bor for said purpose. And I would further recommrend that such cession be made upon the express condition that the - land, propertg sand jurisdiction -so ceded be need solely for the pprpose afore said, andlthat should they be not so used or used for aay other purpose, they revert again to-the State Respetfully, W. H. Ellerbe, Governor. The' matter was referred to the n roner oommlttee LIQUOR DI 0OUXTIX*. When the House got to work a numerously signed petition was presented by Mr. Simkins of Edge field asking for the prohibition of the sale of liquor as a beverage. The - petitions asked that counties be allowed to act for themselves. Mr. Simkins said he would soon present a bill leaving the whole liquor question to the several counties. The petition was referred to a special committee. TUB LANDLORD's LIEN. Mr. Glenn's bill to amund the la.y relating to landlords' liens for rent was then taken up. The bill proposed to give land lords a lien for supplies furnished X tenants as well as for rent. Mr. Wolling moved to recommit. Mr, Lofton thought it was a good bill and t4tere was no necessity of re committing. . Mr. Sullivan said the matter was 1 one of great interest to the agricul tural classes. The lien law permit. ted outside parties to interfere with labor on the farms. There was no necessity for recommitting the bill. Mr. Wolling said it would put a barrier between the poor farmers and the small merchants. He moved to indefinitely postpone the bill. Mr. Ashley wanted to adjourn the debate on the bill. Mr. Robinson thought this was a good measure. Mr. Garris was a farmer. He didn't want to ask more for the far mer than any other man. Most far mers were renters. What right had the legiblature to give a man a lien for supplies without a scratch of a pen? The bill was further debated by Messrs. Bedon and Fairey and then Mr. Ilderton said that L4ey should be careful as to passing this bill. Every merobant should have full protection on the records. He hoped the bill would be killed. Mr. Efird favored the bill. It the lien law was repealed this bill would be a necessity. Mr. H. J. Kinard said he was a farmer and a merchant and a land lord. Mr. Livingston protested against the idea that members voted so and so because of personal interests. He regarded the bill as a more insidious attack upon tho lien law than a di rect bill to repeal. The whole idea of our law was to.have such matters spread upon the records. TO DE nUARD WRO LAT. By a vote of 45 to 43 the house in. definitely postponed the bill. A large number of bill. came over from the senate and were re, ferred to the proper committee. A VOTE OHANGED. After a while the olerk asked to be allowed to verify the roll call on landlords' lien bill. This was done, but the addition was not verified and the saiMe result was announced 'by the. chair. Then Mr. Edwards rose and said that he had kept the count and the vote was the other way so far as his count showed. The clerk verified the count and it was ennounced that the house really had refused to indefiitely postpone by a vote of 45 to 40. Mr. Ashley wished the clincher put on, but Mr. Livingston said he would call the roll, and Mr. Ashley withdrew his motion. Mr. Pollock then moved to strike out enacting words. Mr. Magill protested against the passage of the bill and moved to re commit. By a vote of 40 to 49 the House declined to recommit and then the debate was adjourned. .WOULD OURTAIL THE iN5w DILLs. Mr. Magill offered a concurrent resolution, asking its immediate con - sideration, that no bill be introducedj after January 31, except through| the chairman. of the standing comn mittees on concealed weapons and dispensairy. Mr. Winkler hoped that 10 members would object to the immediate consideration of the res olution. This was done and it went over for consideration. SENATOR M'LAURIN voTDD loR. The hour of noon havingarrived. Lhe House proceeded to the election op United States Senator to succeed he late Gou. Earle. Mr. Livingston said that they had imply met to ratify what the peo. >le had already done. He notui iated the Hon. Jno. L. MoLaurin nd the vote was taken upon a roll iall. Mr. McLaurin received all the 101 votos cast, save one for Geo. W. durray- that of thecolored member. Arrangementa were then made for he joint assembly to canvass the re urns. It will be done today at Loon. A COMING LIC*UHN. Mr. Gasque offered a resolution which was agreed to, allowing the Lse of the hall of the House for a )ublio lecture for the South Side 3aptist church on Thursday evening, reb. 8. The senate sent a message giving he personnel of the speoial com aittee in regard to pay of officers nd attaches. At the reqnett of Mr. Kibler, Mr. Iderton's bill to require the brand ng and labeling of adulterated flour -as recommitted. TJRE TLEQRAPH VILL. The committee amendments to (r. Edwards' bill to prescribe the Luty of electric telegraph companies as to receiving and transmitting dis )atches and to prescribe penalties or violationq thereof were agreed to 6nd without debate the bill was assed in this shape: Section 1. That every electric tel. graph company with a line of wires, wholly or partly in this State, and ingaged in telegraphing for the pub ic shall, during the usual office iours, teceive dispatches, whether rom other telegraph lines or from ndividuals; and, on payment of the tsual charges, according to the reg ietions of such company, shall ranumit and deliver the same with mpxrtiality and good faith, and with due diligence, under penalty f $100 which penalty may be re overed in a magistrate's or other ourt having jurisdiction thereof, by ither the sender of the dispatch, or he person to whom sent or directed, vhichever may first sue: Provided, rhat nothing herein shall be con trued as imparing or in any way nodifying the right of any person to ecover dauages for any such breach 4 contract of duty by any telegraph ompany, and said penalty and said lamages may, if the party so elect, e recovered in the same suit. Sec. 2. That such companies shall leliver all dispatches to the persons o whom the same are directed, or .0 their agents, on payment of any ~harges due for the same; provided, uch persons or agents reside within ne mile of the telegraph station or within the city or town in which iuch tation is. No DUnAtU. Mr. Townsend's bill to amend the t providing for the appointment of nagistrates was slightly amended nud then passed in this spape: Section 1. That any person- who procures board and lodging from ny boarding house or inn keeper in his State upon the representation in iting that there is money due or ao become due him to be paid on a !uture day, out of which he promises ~o pay for such board and lodging, )r board, and fails or refuses to so pply such money when collected by ium, shall be guilty or a misdemean r, and on conviotion shall pay a ~ne not exceeding $50 or be impri oned not more than thirty days; provided, 'That if such person shall >ay the amount due by. him for such >oard and lodging or board and the costs of. the prosecution, the case may be discontinued in the discre bion of the magistrate issuing the arrant. THU LANDLORD's LINN AGAIR. The discussion over the bill pro. iding for landlords' liens for sup plies without agreement in writing was resumed at this juncture. Mr. Magill said that there was no reason for such radical legislation. It hould have been killed when it first ame up. Mr. Pollock said the bill sought to give the landlords of the State an absolute monopoly of the lien busi. aess; the landlords would hold all the liens and privileges to the exclu. iion of every other class. Why should the tenant be forced to pur. 3hase from the landlord at any price ;he latter charged him. The mer. 3hants would not let a single tenant iave supplies if this bill passed. Mr. Pollock took Mr. Bedon to tr.sk for tsking a question of stuh kind re !erring to the class to which he be. onged. There was quite a lively .assage between Messrs. Bedon and Pollock. After awhile Mr. Caugh nan expressed the opinion that Mr. Pollock was not talking on the ques. 4on. Mr. Pollock-I am.sorry that the Centlemen cannot understand the @inglish language. Mr. Caughman-Much obliged for rour sympathy. (Laughter.) Mr.- Pollock continued his speech. Mr. Robinson did not wish to take kdvantage of any class, but he wanted ,he bill passed. Mr. Skinner was in favor of the yill. The House then decided to recom. nit the bill by a vote of 52 to 48. L'he vote was clinched. Mr. Sullivan's bill to amend the kot chartering the Western Carolina -ailroad company was then taken up md ordered to a third reading with )ut debate. WILL HELP GOOD ROADS. When Mr. Meares' bill to authorize md require the county boards of )ommissioners to fix annually the lommutation tax paid in lieu of ser. rice upon the public highways and ,o fix the time of payment thereof was taken up, Mr. de Loach moved to strike out the enacting words. M r. Meares said the bill was to let ,he tax be fixed at from 81 to $2. It was on the line of progress, so much so that lie could conceive of no ob jection to the bill. The bill was about to be ordered to a third reading, the house refus ing to strike out the enacting words, when Dr. Goodwin and Mr. Ashley asked that counties be erempted. Union, Darlington, Edgefield, York, Marion, Abbeville, Bamberg, Barn well, Spartanburg, Saluda, Hamp ton, Cherokee, Williamsburg, Aikon, E--sncaster and a great many others were asked to be excepted, when Mr. Rogers entered his protest against bhe nulliflication of a bill in this manner. The debate was in progress when Mr. de Loach got in a motion to ad journ, which prevailed. The text of Mr. Meares' bill is as follows: Section 1. That at the regular monthly meeting in the month of December of each year the county boards of commissioners of the sev eral counties of the State, the said boards are hereby required and au thorized to fix the amount of com mutation tax to be paid in- lieu of personal service upon the highways of their respective counties for the year succeeding, providing the said commautation tax shall not exceed $2 nor be less than $1. Sec. 2. That in case. of failure at the meeting specified in section 1 of this act, to fix the amount of commiu tation tax afore said, the amount fin d and r-equired theretofore shall be considered to continue of force. Sec. 3. That the payment of com mutation road tax for any year shall be during the first three months thereof, and the receipt from the treasurer of 'the county of the pay ment of tho'same shall exempt from road duty ,for and during the our rent calendar year. Capt. Richard S. . DesPortes died of typhoid fever in Columbia, on Sunday evening. His death is a sad loss to the community. He has long been identified with the development of Columbia, having moved there in 1880. It was some months ago thai Capt. DesPortes' health began tc fail, but trips' to Harris' Springs and Virginia left>'hinm much improved but his physicat'conditionk was hardly such as would enable him to stand long seigo. of typhoid f'ever.' i brothors and his oldesta son wer< with him, and he died surrounded by his lc.ved neg. IHES A OANDIDATN. Senator Archer out for the Goyernor*htp. The gubernatorial race promises to be a very lively one if indications point to anything. The election is nearly a year off yet, but candidates are al ready officially announcing them selves for the position. Yesterday Senator Archer of Spar tanburg issued the following card to the public: "There seems to be uncertainty in the minds of many as to whether I will be a candidate in the next cam paign. in order to allay doubts and let the opposstion fix their plans and trot out their horse or horses, I take this method of declaring myself a candidate for Goverdor. Though I will have no money for a campaign or corruption fund, I shall be able to canvass the State. My platform shall be the same I have practiced in managing my personal affairs: Economy, industry, education, and temperance. I would favor a con stitutional amendment raquiring a two thirds vote of both houses of General Assembly in appropriating the people's money for the support of public institutions and in the ad ministration of public affairs. I be lieve in every officer giving value re. ceived in service for his salary. I do not in crippling any institution, but in strict economy in managing their affairs. "I believe in uniformity in admin istering all laws. What is gool for Charleston is good for Spartanburg, and vice versa. I am in favor of the dispensary as it now stands until the people decide otherwise; then I shall snpport prohibition with a provision attached that those towns or coun ties which prefer prohibition shall pay for its enforcement in their bor ders. Here is briefly how I now stand. Respectfully, E. L. AnoEn." Columbia, Jan. 19, 1898. Besides him it is pretty certain that Col. R. B. Watson, of Ridge Springs, will be a candidate. Nu merous others bave been mentioned in connection with the place, but none have officially stated that they would make the race. Gov. Ellorbe will be in it and there will be no lack of political ex citement during the campaign. Mr. E. R. Arthur, clerk of the court for Richland County, died suddenly on Monday morning, aged fifty years. He was elected clerk of the court for Richland County in November, 1880, and has held that office continuously since. His ad ministration has been efficient, cour teous and just. No blemish rests npon his record. In the re-organi zation of the old Richland Volunteers, he took a most prominent part, be ing for a long time the first lieuten ant of that company, and for many years he was adjutant of the famous Palmetto Regiment. Mr. Arthur was a graduate of the Virginia Milhtary Institute of the class of '70, the senior graduate of that college in this State. Hie read law under Chancellor Carroll. Dur ing the dark days of '70 and before, Mr. Arthur was in the front ranks of the fight against negro supremacy. He added no little strength to the hard task of raising the prostrate State from under the dirty feet of carpetbaggers and scalawagH. Take JOfiNSON'S CHfILL & F3VLER TONI.~~ The Greenwood Journal t'hus tells of a big suspension steel bridge whyich 'will soon span the Saluds river: "Young & Hassie, steel bridg4 buildera of Nashville, Tenn., were ir town this week and had a conferenc< with County Supervisor Major. As is already known, those gentlemer are- building a steel bridge across th< Saluda river at Watts' ferry, an< will finish in about two weeks. Thi bridge will have a suspension spai over the river 195 feet long, and th approaches will be 182 and 110 feel making the whole length of thi structure 420 feet." DEATH WAS DEALT PR"ILEGE TAX BILL, MR. CONNOIt'S PET MEARURE KILLED IN TilE SENATE. Prinary Election Hill Defeated-Mr. Hulot's plan for Hon1est Elections Rejected by Upper Hfouse--ood Work at Night svsion. [The State, 20.J The morning session of the Sonate yesterday was taken up with the consideration of Mr. Connor's bill to regulate the manufacture, inspect ion, shipment and sale of commercial fertilizers and to reduce the privil ogo tax from 25 to 10 cents. This bill after an hour and a half's debato suffered tho samio fate as Mr. Buist's primary election bill, the enacting words of which had a short time prior been stricken out. The discus sion on those two measures consumed all of the morning hours and as tho calendar had scarcely been touched it was decided to hold a night see sion. THE PROoEEDINGS IN DETAIL. A message from the Governor was received recommending that the State's rights in Castle Pinokney, Charleston harbor, be ceded to the United States for the purpose of es. tablishing a sanatarium. ELEOTION OF A UNITED STATES SENATOR. Yestorday being the day for the election of a United States Senator, the Senate, at the honr of noon, pro. ceeded to ballot in it-s chamber. Mr. Pettigrew, in a five minutes speech, placed in nomination the name of the Ion. John L. McLaurin. The nomination was seconded in turn by Messrs. Aldrich, Stackhouso, Dean, Mayfield and Lesesno. Mr. Mayfiold, an unsuccessful ol)l)oneint of Mr. McLaurin in the Domocratic primary of last summer, said ho tookpleasure in seconding the nomi. nation of the man for whom the peo ple had expressed their preferenco. The ballot was then taken and ro sulted in Mr. MeLaurin receiving 3D votes. Every Sonator not absent from the city voted for McLaurin. PRIMARY DILL DEFEATED. Mr. Buist's bill defiting and rogu. lating primary elect,'ons o; political parties in South Carolina coming ujp for its final reading, Mr. Buist briefly urged its passage. lio had, he said, tried to renovo all objectiom to the bill which lie had heard ex. pressed the other day and thought h( had succeeded. "Now when my amiable friend from AikL.n," he con tinued, " got up the other day and told of his high plane on which olec tions are conducted in his county, ] felt proud that there was one Sonia tar here who had such a 'constituoen cy. The Senator from Newberr' ~made me doubly proud by express ir-g the same high confidence in the people of his county. The Sonata from Dorchester following these twv gentlemen, however, told a differon tale, lHe related how the fair nam< of the young county was besmircho< with fraud in the very first electioi held in it. This measure is not dec signed for the protection of snec counties as Aiken and Newberry where fraud does not exist accord ing to the honorable Senators from thos respective counties, but for the rem of the State, where the voters ar not as a whole such high.mindes men." Mr. Henderson replied to Mi Buist and stated that lie objected t the bill because it would be too bmi densome. There were no neced fc such stringent -rules. Besides thi bi'l would add to the expenIFIss c holding primaries for copies of th registration books, which simnp took the place of the l-ib roll would have to be made. Aside trol the monetary considerattions, it wvi hard enough to get the peoplei turn out to the polls anrd with ti: enactment of such stringent rules would bo harder still to got thei out. Mr. Pettigrew thought the bi Swouldi tendl to place our governmoe in the hands of the few. The vote resulted in the bill boir Sdefeated, 28 to 8, only Senators .A driah. Archer, Ruist DnRs.1 Ma field, McAlbaney, Miller and Norris voting for it. TU PRIVILHOR TAX DILL. Mr. Connor called up his bill to regulate the manuacture, inspet tion, shipment and fr.le of commer cial fertilizers and to reduce the pri. vilego tax from 25 to 10 cento. Debate was started by Mr. Mo Daniel aiending so to leave the pr'" vilogo tax at 25 cents. Mr. Connor declared that the tx was paid by the farmor and thit while the fund dr-ived thereby went co the support o, Clemson college there was moro than enough for this purpose. He read from speeches mado prior to 1890 by both Mr. Till mion and Mr. Norris and showed where each had declared that $100, 000 would suffice to establish and equip the college and $80,000 per annum be sufficient to run it. If that amount would maints' i Clem. son, ho afflirmed a grivilege tux of 10 cents would yield sufficient reve nuos. "If that be the - case, then why not save to the farmers of the State the extra 15 cents per ton?" he asked. Mr. Norris replied and declared that this question of Clemson had boon declared for almost unanimous. ly in 1890 and had been overwhelm. ingly supported since. He did not think it right to make curtailment of expenses at this time and before such a move was made thought the peo. plo should be permitted to pass on it at the ballot box. He declared Clemson was doing excellent work and stated that were the revenues of the college left intact a textile do partientt would bo added without any additional appropriation. But bofore making this reduction he a4sked that tho Senators leave it to the peoplo next year. A vote on Mr. McDaniel's motion to leave the privilege tax at 25 cents. resulted in it being agreed to by a vote of 27 to 8. The other features of the bill were taken up and discussed at length. A number of Senators were drawn into the discussion, whicl. differed little from that of last yehr on the same bill. Tho final vote on the passago or rejection of the bill resulted in its defeat by the following ayo and noy vote: Yeas - Aldrich, Brown, Buist, Gaines, Grillith, Hendermon, Lesesno, Mauldin, Mayfiold, McAlbany, Mo. Daniel, Moses, Norris, Sanders, Ploan, Stackhouse, Turner, Walker, A alter, Williarms-20. Nays-Alexander, Archer, Con nor, Dean, Doennis, Douglass, Du-. Bose, Hlay, Love, McCalla, Miller, Mower, O'Dell, Pettigrow, Rtagadale, Suddath, Wallace-1i7. Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic Cures Fever SIn One Day. -ENFOROCING THH~ IAW AT LAST. One ('rooked D)INg,enser Mstea lay a Fine of SSOO or (ii to t,e P'enitentlary-He. i - Nowv in orn,env,IIe Jailh i [SpecUial to News and Courier.]3 f Greenvillo, 8. C1., January 25.--~ e R. F. (G. HLoltzelaw, the first dispen y sier convicted in the Stato, will have i, to servo a term in thme penitentjary nm unless he can pay a line of $500. is He was ind(icteld on several -coum t1 0 and( convicted of misap' ropriating to and misusing funds of the State. At it the July termi of the Cour'f Judge rn Watts sontenced him to pay a fine of $500) or serve nine months in the 1l penitentiary. His attorney appealed at to the Supreme Court and the ap peal was dismissed. T1his afternoon ig he was arrested at Peizer by Deputy Al- Sheriff Gireath and lodged in the y- Greenville jail.