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E_''AIASIEi8O. - NEWBERRY, 8.AC., FRI DAY, JANUARY T7,902WIEA.E ___ _ _ _TWI E A WE K. #1.50 A Y RA P THE SOLONS IN SESSION TRO WOUK OF 1H , LAW rAKRI Oir TUICANTAE asI8otuI.D IN CO L.UBIA. A onndehed Hoport of the Proocediige Takena Froin thn li,ly P1pers froin Day to Dhay no %h0 Work Praoceea. IN THE 1 )USE. Jaa. 14.-The General Assembly of the State met o i T. eiday, and as it was the second session of the pros ent body, there was no delay in per footing the organization. The House indicates that it wants to hold the election of Judges on Friday of this week. The other oleo tions to be held later. The new members of the House were all on hand and were sworn into office.' Two new bills were introduced. One to fix the Confederate pensions at $150,000, and the other seeks to permanently extend the time for the payment of taxes until March 1.. When the House met there were wenty-two absentees. The Housie was called to order b) lerk Thomas C. Hamer, who an ounced that a quorum was present. peaker Stevenson then took charge f the body and called upon the Rev. r. Abney to open the session with rayer. - Speaker Stevenson, in addressing he House, said in part: Since adjournment it has been fin Ily settled that the county govern. ents of most counties are only efective governments; that the laws tablishiny t iem nire in vilati ua f the constitution and that one of he first acts established should be a eneral county government act. He said that a new jury bill was ocersary and that the laws regard ag trusts, railroad legati'oi and child pbor in the mills needed immediate ttention. Rev. R. L. Pratt was elected Chap in of the House. The friends of ev. M. M. Kinard, of Columbia, o is a nAtive af Newberry, placed m in nomination, and he cam thin fonr votes of being elected aplain. At this juncture Gen. Robt. R. mph ill, Clerk of Senate, appeared d.announced that the Senate had anized and was ready for business. A committee was appointed to tify Governor McSweeney that the ouse was ready for work and any mmuniintions from him. Private Secretary Aull soon ap. ared and stated that he had the nnual Message from Governor Mc weeney, and the communication E clearly read by .heading 01 erk ithers. The reading of the doe ment was given close attention. *The house sent its cliuk to the enate to advise that body that it as ready for wo,rk. Speaker Stevenson annouinced the ollowing appo intn.ents for the ses ,lon. Assistant .clerk of the House, J. ileon Gibbes. V ages: Calkonn DeBruhi, Ward aw Addicke, 0. J1. Coicoek, Ji-., and . W. Evans. *Do:3rkeepers: Peter SanderA, S. L. Roper snd J. 0' Jennings. The following appointments on comeoiittees .were announced by peaker Stevenson: Mr. Laurie T. Islar on improve. ments and ways and means. Mr. Hugh on judiciary and en rolled Acts. Mr. Johnson on State House and rounds and public schools. Mr. Towell on Education and pub ic printing. Mr. Beamguard introduced a reso ution asking that a special comn ittee be appointed to mike a report pon all vacanci'es that were to be lied so that the dates for the elec Ions might be fixed. This resolation was adopted and esrs Beamgnard, Patterson and ominiok were appoin ted to "aport pon the matter. Mr. Prince, of. Anderson, offered a OBlhtiQn that the election of Judges 'e held on Friday of this week. He aid that he was anxions to have Viose elections out of the way and that everyone knew what a terrible hiisance it was to be button-'holed by the friends of candidates, and that its long as the elections were pending it would be a source of con stant annoyance. There was no good in a delay, as the members had all protty w'll decided w4o they would vott for and no good could come from having the elections tll held at the same time. Mr. Sanders, of Spartanburg, wanted the Judges' elections held on next Tuesday. He thought to hold the elections on Friday would be an unnecessary hurry and that the mem bors ought to have ample time in which to study the records of the men they are asked to vote for and to see the men themselves, as Mr. Prince had suggested. No good, that he could se%, would come from such haste. Mr. Dominick wanted to postpone the matter until tomorrow so that dates could be fixed for all of the elections at that time. Both motions ware lost, and the House voted to have the election of Judges on Friday of this week, and that will be the time if the Senate agrees to the House resolution. Governor McSweeney sent in two ve"o, 9 to bills that had been passed at the last session, an account of which appears in another column. On motion of Mr. Sinkler so much of the Governor's messeage as refers to the lost State bond4, the property of the State Bank, Was referred to the judiciary committee, together with the pending bill upon the same subject. The House then took up the Cal endar work left over from last ses sion. . Mr. Rainsford withdrew his bill relative to the holding of farmers' institutes on the ground that Clem son College had already arranged for such institutes. Mr. Webb, of Aiken, moved that the child labor bill from the Aiken delegation be recommitted to the opmuittee on manufacturing and commerce. He stated that the rea si n for doing this was because the committee already had a Senate bili on the same subject, and that the purpose was to consider the Senate bill, now before the committee, at the same time as the House bill. The House adjourned at 2:15 to day. IN THE SENATE. January 14.-The Senate met this morning at 12 o'clock. Long before the hour of meeting Senators, mem bers, friends and acquaintances ex changed greetings and the chamber looked quite like a reception room for-a short while. At noon the Lieu tenant Governor entered escorted by the sergeant at-arms. The Rev. D. Z manerman, of the Main street Meth odist church, the chaplain offered an appropriate p)rayer, after which Lieu tenant Governor Tillman formally called the body to order. The pre siding officer then delivered the fol lowing address: Senators: in obedience to the lawn of this Commonwealth you are again summoned to your post of duty. Fresh from the happy hours .if ths Ynletide your thoughts now turn to mote serious things. That justice and wisdom will characterize your deliberations 'twere needless to prophesy. But rememeer, man, that ht range connecting link between dust and Deit y, is prone to criticise, some times to slander. Disappointment awaits him whose endeavor would be to please a whole people; though when fsortified in .the fortress of duty well done he rbay bid defiance to those who envy. In the past twelve months parti sans threw aside their partisanship, parties were for a time forgot while a nation knelt beside the bier of a m-irtyred President; but through Almighty benevolence the grim Reaper has not entere'd here and we arc once more permitted to'welcome with kindly greetings each and every member of the diptinguished body. I.invoke your aid and assistance during the session. I hope to be fair.- I pray to be jest. Let noth ing mar your proceedings, but I would ave you feel like D'Artagnan and his musketeers: "All for pne one for allP'"-t,hat all, Carolinal I now declare the Senate of South Carolina ready for any business that may properly come before it. Senator Sheppard made the usual motion that a committee be appoint ed to notify the Governor that the Sonitte had been organized and was ready for niy communication which might be sent by the Governor. Sen ators Sheppard, Barnwell and Brown were appointed on the committie and, as it was purely a formal mat ter, they soon returned and reported. In the meantime Mr. T. M. Ray sor was sworn in as Senator from Orangeburg, to succeed Mr. T. F. Brantley. The President announced the ap. pointment of Mr. e S. Dingle, of Charliet.n, as Journal clerk and Mr. P. D. Butler as bill clerk. Private Socrotary Aull came in and delivered the message of the Gover nor to the Senate. It was read by Mr. Dingle, in the absence of Mr. Stewart, the reading clerk, who was detained at home in Rock Hill. After the reading of the message Senator Raysor was placed on the various committees upon which his predecessor was. Senator Sheppard introduced a resolution that the matter of all elec tions be referred to the committee on privileges and elections. Before that resolution was put another wias introduced to the same effect by Sen ator Sheppard that the committee on elections had already taken up the subject and would report as soon as possible. The object is to get the elections out of the way in order that the Legislature may attend to other business. On motion of Senator Blakely two hundred copies of the rules will be printed. Senator Mower moved that the sergeant at arms be instructed to purchase a clock, not to cost more than $50, and to get one whereby members might see what the right time is without having to figure out whether the hands pointed to the signs of the zodiac, the day of the mouth or what not. A motion was then made to ad journ. As there was nothing else to d-. every member refrained from vot ing. The presiding officer declared, however, that the motion to adjourn had been lost. This created much ainusement as nobody had voted. Lieutenant Governor Tilliman, in keeping with the humor of the con dition, declared that as there was a "tie,'' the Chair would cast a vote in the negative. There were a number of parlia mentary motions to relieve the sit.u ation, but the presiding officer ruled them all out of order. Finally the proper motion was devised and pro. posed and the Senate adjourned af ter having an a'iusing parliamentary experience before it could do so. i,gee Rabbits Killed ini a Dlay. Phoenix, Ariz, Jan. 4-A horde of howling, copper colored, braves, a dense mass of long eared, gray furred rabbits, a dozen flights of arrows, and then an onslaught with heavy mesquite wood clubs; an acre of ground covered with heaps of dead rabbits, a feast on the slain, then the sleep of the glutton; such in brief is the conclusion of the annual jack. rabbit runt of the Pima and Maricopa allied tribes: As far back as go the traditions of the Indian, these rabbit chases have occure,d. The Indian still disdains to use niodern weapons in his chase of the jack, and adhere to the arms which were used by his fore fathers, blunt arrows and clubs. On the Gila River reservatio,. t wenty miles south of Phoenix, the greatest round up of rabbits ever kn9wn within the memory of the oldest Indian in the Glila Valley took place last Tuesday. The rabbits this year have been particularly destrue tive to the Indian crops, and it was with the hope of driving the jack rabbit from the lower valley that the big round up was hold. From the Salt River reservation .came nearly a hundred bucks and from all parts of the reservation along the Glila. riot fewer than 400 mm and boys were present for the chase. Early in the morning the hunters gathered, and at daybrek the chase began. A party of tourists from the east came from Phoenix to see it, and were guests of,Chief Hermo. From a high butte they watched the round-up and then hurriedly m)unted and rode in as the circle narrowed and came together. It was a motley crowd that herded the jacks. The Maricopas are men of unusal size and height, while the Pima are short and sturdy. On tho puny I ndian ponies the contrast is marked. In an hour the circle had been completed. In a compact formation and with ear- piercing cries the rainers drove together the fi ightened rabbits. So close was the line that few rabbits attempted to'escape. In less than two hours the liiie had closed in on the quarry, and a tumb ling, panic-stricken lot of rabbits "loss3d about in the space within it. At a signal from Chief Antona, a volldy of arrows flow into the center of the circle. Volley followed volley, and then two score small boys went into action. With clubs alone they com pleted the slaughter. In less than an hour the work was completed and the count began. More than 1,200 rabbits made up the bag and the day had broken the record. Chief Antone explained to the whites that more than , 1,000 jacks had never been killed in a day's hunt before. In two hours the feast began and the boiled meat was hurried into the stomachs of the hungry hunters. The meat of the young jack is much like that of the cottontail, the rabbit of the east, whil i the flavor of the older meat is unpleasant to the whi es The Indians, though, make no dis tinction, and for two days the feast ing continued. Part of the meat was dried for winter use and the ftrs made into blankets. Don't Ho Afraid of Work. Dne thing that keeps young men down is their fear of work. They aim to find genteel occupations, so they dress well, not soil their clothes and handle things with the tips of their fingers. They do not like to get their shoulders under the wheel, and they prefer to give orders to others or figure as masters and let some one else do the drudgeary. There is no doubt that indolence and laziness are the chief obstacles to succes. When we see a boy who has just secured a position take hold of every thing with both hands and "jump right into his work," as if he ment to succeed, we have confidence that he will prosper. But if he stands around and asks questions when told to do anything; if he tells you that this or that belongs to some other boy to do, for it is not his work; if he does not try to carry out his orders in the cor rect way; if he wants a thousand ex planations when asked to run an er rand and makes his employer think that he could have done the whole thing himself, one feels like discharg mng such a boy on the spot, for he is convinced that he was not cut out for success. That boy will be cursed withimediocrity or will be a failure. There is no place in this century for the lazy man, lHe will be pushed to the wall-Success. The Canadian editor who pre pared the annexed market report had a happy conception of life and a good tab on things as they are: Young men unsteady; girls lively and in demand; coffee considera$iy mixed; fresh fish activo, and slippery; wheat grain better than barley; eggs quiet, but will probably be open in a few days; whiskey steadily going down; onions stro)ng and steadily ris ing; breadstuffs heavy; boots and shoes, those in the mairket soled and steadily goi, g up and down; hats and caps not as high as last fall, ex cept fools cap, which is stationery; tobacco very slow and has a down.. ward tendency; moon.y close enough to get hold of; feathers light and go ing up; iron fl--m; butter growing stronger; opium a drug on the mar ket: advice good, but nt demand. FIEANCES OF THE STATE DISPENSARY, T11K ANNUAL RKPOIC-r 401T0 iM. YEACS ' TIANSA TIONS. FritreH ot luterent to tit Mouth tarolinta, . The Stata'a Ur-at Liquor Hlatimse ts ia. i1unes to Urow In. VoliuE. [The State, 14th.] South Carolina's groat liquor business continues to grow in volumo and its annual financial showing for the last year and the last quarter is of course of interest to all citi. zens and particularly to tho law makers now assembling in Columbia. Yesterday the annual and the quar - torly reports wort completed and filed with the Governor. They fully set forth the transactions of the in stitution summarized in the report of the board of directors filed about as week ago. The proliminary report of the leg islative committee for the quartor ending November 30, 1901 is as *ol lows: To His Excellency Milos 13. M 3%wooney, Governor, Columbia, S. (. Dear Sir: The undersigned joint committee appointed to examin)o the books and finaicial transactions of the State dispensary beg leave to submit herewith our report for the quarter ending November 30, 1901. Stock on hand was taken on Novem. ber 28th and 30th, by W. H. Sharpe representing the committee, and A. F. H. Dukes representing the board of directors. All stook and supplies were actually exhibited, counted and valued. We found the officers and book keepers coming up to the full meas. ure of their duty in this branch of the government. The utmost bar mony prevails among the officers and attaches of the institution and (f directors. For the year permanent imip: ;e ments have been made as follows: Office buildIng costing...........$ 6,171 00 Addition to main buildIng..... 4,108 81 Vault fixtures ...... . ............. 1,650 00 Elevators.............................. 1,540 00 11eating................. ... 430 00 Warehouse No. 2............. 535 00 Total.......................$1.1,494 81 The progress of this institution for the quarter ending as aforesaid, and in fact for the year, has ibeen very satisfactory indeed. We append here two statements. and assets and liabilities; profit and loss; each tate. ment; receipts and disbursements; also not profits for counties and towns, all of which is respectfully submitted. W. H1. Sharpe, Senator. A. Z. stevenson, Member House of Rep. Thos. B. Butler, Member House of Rep. The summary of the annual report reads as follows: Comparative statements of assets and liabilities for the liscal year end.. ing Nov. 30, 1901. ASSETS. Cash in State treasury, Nov. 30, 1901 .............. 24,'74 88 Teams and wagons (invyen tory Nov. 30o, 1901.) ..... 04 00 Mupplies (Inventory Nov. 30 1901 ).................'71,622 40 Macl:Incr-y and otlice fIx Lurea~ (inventory Nov. 80, 1901 ............... ......... 4,529 58 Ciontrabanid (I n veontaory Nov. 30, 1901............... 272 50 R sal estate................... 56,747 42 4ierchandiso In hands of dIspensers Nov. 30, 1901 342,152 88 Merchandiss (inventory of stuck at Stale dispensary Nov. 30, 1901.............05 589 20 Suspended accounte A.... 2,901 37 Personal accountsadueState for tax advanced on bond ed spirits, empty barrels, alcohol, etc................r,290 52 Tiotal assets ..............$ 808,344 0 r,1AuJIA'LI IICS School fund.................. .$I 61,354 38 Personal accounts due by State for supplies, wie kies, winos, beer, alcoh ol, etc.......................... 196,990 25 Total liabilities..........$ 808,344 6( Statement of profit and lose accouni for the fiscal year ending Nov. 80, 1901 Gross profits on mnerchan 'disc sold during year..$ 480,400 6i Contraband seizures.........0,085 9: Permit fees.a................... 7 ra State's share of prolts on beer sold by the Germa. nia Brewing Compauy, Charleston, during twe yeal ..................... ......... 1,079 44 Amount recovered on bond of Rt F. Z lltelaw, ex dispe sor ....................... 250 00 Amount collected from W. J. Brown, ex-disponser at Cheraw, S. C........... . 41 19 Amount collect,d from C. Sartor, ex-dispentier at Union, S. (.......... ......... 10 13 A mount collect,id from M. T. 1itts, ex-disponser, Saluda, S. C ................... 25 00 'TOtal gross prolits ........ 488 088 77 Supplies- Bottles, corks, Ia bols, ten-foil, lead, seals, boxes, naile, suallg wax, etc., used during the year ............ ............ 191,406 05 Insuranco preiiums......... 2,843 22 Breakage and leakage....... 877 71 Froight and expresacharg es................................ 80,117 74 Labor (pay rolls) .............. ),685 11 E'x penso alccount,--eaiarie, expenlees of inspector", pur diem1 and mileage of meibir of State board of directors and legiola. tivo examining commit t,ee, oflicoatupplies, light--, tt legrains, postage, stock feed, ice, printing, reve nutle stamp, telephono rent, etc .................. . 29,348 56 -Constabu I a r y 845,127 22, less $2,516 00 proilt,e with hold from tho city of Charliston to pay expon Bea of constabulary force for services in city, froi July 18, 1901, t OC,Ober 9, 1901, inclusive, us per resolution adopted by the 81-tte board of dire. tors Oct.oble 9, 1901........ 42,611 32 Lo,s by robbery at Willis ton dtispensary oil ilght Nov 9, 1900 .........-..... . 12 90 Loss by robbory at Senec-a dipendary Oct 22, 1900... 23 75 Loss by robbery at Vairfax dispensary Dec. 12, 1900, less amount of goods re covered, $2 48........... ... 29 93 Loss by robbery at WillIs (on dispensary Jan. 7, 1901.... ..... .................. 41 ) 92 State beer dispensary at, Kershaw destroyed by order of commissioner... -34 00 Worthies inc at Sum mervilih -isponsary de stroyed by N. 11. Stansell, inspector ..................... .140 Of Worthless liquors at Lau rens dispensary e o n domned and destroyed by county board of control.. 32 08 Lose by robbery at Darling ton dispensary April 6, 1901............................. . .23 11 Revenuo license ............... 1125 00 Los by robbery at -alrfax dIspensary on the night of A ug. 14, 1901.. ..8... -4 013 Lose by robbery at Adams Run dispensary dept. 19, 1901... ... ................... 44 20 Loss by robbery at Danville dispensary on the night, of Sept. 29. 1001................. 10 7'l Total expensos...........867,720 52 Net p)ronit, for year, p)ased to) the credit, of tha school fund......................... 120,92 25 Tot,al-.--..-.................488,688 77 Cash statement. for fiscal year end ing November 80th, 1901: R ECEIPTS. Balance in State treasury Nov. 30, 1901----.--8 143,820 81] Dec. recei pts.8220.896 72 Jan. receipts. ... 216.911 41 Feob rect(ip e... 157,733 77 l1garch receIpts . 154 927 29 April receIpts... 157,748 77 May receipts .... 184,409 16 Juno receipts.... 110,384 83 July receIpts.... 189,056 55 Aug. receipt,s.... 126,5168 03 Se pt. receipt,s... 137,802 21 Oct. receIpts.... 210,799 79 Nov. receipts.... 179,826 17 Tot al recei pts for year.------...$,952,O80, 8 Tot al.................$2,095,901 14 DISHIURSEMENTS. December ....$188,961' 94 January......... 885,407 71 February ......... 141,578 45 March.......... 109,218 54 A pril ............ 135,878 50 May..............1,860 07 June............. 144,611 54 July ............. 119,804 02 August.......... 105,400 91 ioptember......95,642 92 October. ........ 237,19 07 November.... 221,788 46 T otoal disburse i 1 mente for year '52,0'll,726 I| ) Ralancn in State treasury Nov. 30, 1901.......... 24,174 88 Total ..........................82,095,901 16 P'urchases for fiscal yonr ending No vember B0th, 1901 Whiskics, wines, beer, alcohol, etc.: Decem be ......................... $ 288.888 77 Janu try ........................... 83,981 57 F'ebruary.........,............. .. 116.996 38 M arch ............ . .............. 148,185 96 Arpril................... ...... ..... 127 849 12 M ay ................................ 107,16 " 2G Juno ....................... ........ 72,044 8 J ly u.................................. 92.171 SI Au g ust .......... .................. 100,966 64 September................. ...... 109,949 86 Octobe t ........ .... ........... 230.828 60 November ................. ...... 188,984 48 Total.................... .....81.617,973 47 hottles, corks, labels, wire, thifoll, lead scale, boxes, nalls, sealing wax,ete : Decembeor............................ 29,403 14 January ..... ....................... 1 8 e 44 February ............................ , 8.637 02 M arch ................................ 15,451 TO Arpri .................................. 19,294 86 M ay ................................... 9701 6 , Juno .............. .. . ...... ........ 12,275 87 July ..................... 12,031 be August................................ 12,465 14 Hoptem her ..... .............. ...... 113,614 (11 Octob r .. ...... ............... 19,778 5 Novem ber........................... 19,3 0 20 fotal. ..........................$224,87T kit NHW ITISKs. N.w, I'u Into Shor, Form for the Muwd' - Ietrmer-CuallecI Ivrom axtmengoo. Mr. James Homphill, of Chaeter, died on the 13th. Ho was noarly 90 years of ago and had roared a family of di4tiniguishod children. Admiral Schley spent a few days tisi wik iin thm city ofr invannai. Admiral Prinen Henry, of Prus sie, will vihit the United State next month. The pension bill has beaou the iubjoct idor discussion in the Na. tional I Houso of lopresentatives this week. Dr. J. P. lichards, of Liberty Hill, died suddonly on Monday. H-e waR the assistaut olork of the House of Repreentatives. Eighty one bill was brought over from the last sssion to he disposed of in the House at this sitting of the Legislature. W. C. Gill, a telephone linsman, fell from i polo, a fow (lays ago in Greenvillo, a distane of 50 feet, and it iH thought that death will bo the result of his injurios. Sonator Tillnman has been in o luimbia this woek attending the mneeling of the Board of Trusteos of Winthrop Coilego. The newv union passenger depot in the cit.y of Columbia has been opened for service, andl all trains arrive and depart from the now station. Mr. '.E. Z. McGoo ha, resigned his position as assistant to Superin tendent of Education. The workingmaen at Homestead, Pa., on Saturday last contrib)uted $10,000 for the McKinley monu ment. Seven persons in Brooklyn, N. Y., ins trying to escape from a burning building, lost their lives a few days ago. 'Ie war department is in receipt of infomation to the effect that the work of .subjugating the insurgents in the Bhilippine Islands is pro. gressing favorably. Mrs. Dennis, wvho was murderously assaultedi in Washington December 19, has come to consciousness and will doubtless recover. The weather b)ureau will soon com. mence the issuing of weather mape for the benefit of the people of the State. William Jennings Bryan has been in (Jonr.ectient making speeches. A policeman in Knoxville, Tenn., shot and killed two men Monday. He refused to make a statement as t* what caused the shooting. It is said that the orange crop will be short and that the fruit will be smaller in size this season. Arthur P. German has been~ eleeted to the United States Senate to eue ceed Geo. L. Wellington, of Mary land. February 12th will be President's day at the Charleston Exposition, President Roosevelt will spend several days in Charlestoan at that ti:e