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NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1902. TWICE A WEEK.$1.50 A YEAR THS SOLOA IN SESSION TOE WtRK OF rtig LAW mKE14 OF rH6 8AIC 'stC1K..Et) IN (0 LUVB-4. 'A Codensed Report of the 1roc4wdtugS Tak n From the Paly Pap,4ra from Day to Day as the Work Vroced-. IN THE HOUSE. 5anuary 16 -The house met at 11 'clock te-day a d spent nearly all of the morning discussing a bill which seeks to prAect the fii Lf the treamrs from wholesale depredations. The bi passed second reading after being loaded dowa with "riders" which practically kill te measure. When the house was called to or -der, Mr. Beamguard withdrew the report of the special committee ap jpointed to find out what vacancies are to be filled. The house agreed to the senate tmendments to the house resolution ing Tuesday as the time for the election of Judges. There was one third reading bill re*ating to the amendment of chart me of corporations: It was ordered snt to the senate, but was afterwards recalled and recommitted. THE FISFF INDUSTRY. iMr. McCall's bill "to provide for --:6 further protedtion of fish in this dte?' created discussion, and was -biend down with riders and amend viente virtually killing the bill. .A DEsPEBsARY BILL. Mr. Saders' bill to amend the impanry law so as to allopw the sev iral counties to further regulate the t system came up. Mr. Gaston moved to strike out the -ianting words. Mr. Sanders de Aed the measare. It proposes to i '0ve loal self government and to re- I Mve the dispensary question from the stump every two years. The bill i was-not directed against the dispen- j Ssary. It-is what was known as the i "Arwer bill" in the senate a fe %v i y rsago. The motion to strike out the enact -ipg,words was lost by a vote of 73 to Mr1!*id then secured the floor and ranade an appeal to the friends of the .4ispensary to kill the bill. He favored B.ocal'self government-by the people est the whole State. To allow every wuonty to settle this thing for itself weald be to destroy the very princi pIe for uhiebi rpany had contended since 1898. - Mr. R. B. A. jRobeitson of Anider son favo&ed the biU. The.dispensary had been crammed dowo .thie.Throats of the people of his county. The dispensary is better now than it has been, but he is opposed to it and there are -thers who are. Mr. Gaston said that favorable con aideration of this bill would open the floodgates for other' measures to be introduced. This bill is a step 'to -ward local option. It would be un wise to put the people through the interminable treadmill of elections. Fif a -dispensary is voted out of a e county, that county will nevertheless Sreceive its share of the profits of tie :The house voted down Mr. Kibler's :mnotion to adjourn the debate. ,.Citizen Josh Ashley made an im .iassioned speech in favor of the bili. 'Two thirds of the people in his county y* junable to pay their taxes. He wants "liquor, liqnor, liquor," taken ont of the campaigs, and let the peo pie discuss taxation anid other really necessary questions. Mr. Efird at this point moved to adjourn. This was carried by a vote of 51 to 47 and the matter was left in sta'u quo. MR. SANDERs' BILL provides that section 7 of the is pensary law be stricken out and a new section 7 substituted. The ex - isting section 7 provides the manner in which dispensaries n:ay be estab lished, the proposed s: ction 7 goes ifnrther and provides for the removal of those now operating. The pro posed section 7 concludes: "Any county may secure the establishment of a dispensary or dispensaries, or the removal of a dispensary or dis pensaries within its limits, in the following manner: Upon the peti tin of one fourth of the qualified voters o each conity. for an elptein U 'on eith.r the question of the es tablishment or the removal of dis pensaries therein being filed with the county supervisor of each coun ty, he shall order an election sob mitting the question of "dispensary" or "no dispensary" to the qnalified voters of such county, which elec tion shall be conducted as other special elections, and if a majority of the ballots cast be found and de clared to be for dispensary, then a dispensary may be established in said county, but If a majority of the ballots cast be found and declared to be against the dispensary then no dispensary shall be established there in, and no dispensary already estab [ished shall be closed. Elections ander this section can be held ot oftener than once in fotr ears. No dispensary shall be es ablished in any county, town or ,ity wherein the sale of alcoholic iquors was prohibited prior to July , 1893, except as herein permitted: Provided, That where dispensaries iave been established in such county, :own or city they shall remain as es ablished until removed or closed as )ermitted in this act." WANT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION. Mr. Dorroh introduced a joint res >lution proposing an amendment to he constitution making the term of Oce of State officers four years. klso an amendment to allow school und to be paid by white people to o to the support of white schools d that paid by negroes to go to e negroes' schools. Mr. Campbell introduced a joint esolution proposing a constitutional mendment permitting a special leg slation in the matter of building iighways and bridges. Mr. Seigler of Saluda wants to mend the conistitution wherein it -elates to the election of senators and nembers of the house of represen atives and to abolish the classifica ion of senators. He also introduced m joint resolution proposing an mendment to the constitution by yroviding for biennal sessions. NW BILLS, Among the new bills introduced as that of Mr. McGowan against rusts at d the one of Mr. W. J. ohnson in regard to railroad charges. By Mr. 0. P. Sanders: A bill to rovide for the selection by the gov ~rnor of State depositories of public ands. By Mr. Moss: A memorial for ap ropriations to perfect CeLfederate olls. This is along the line of sug ~estions of Mr. D. H. Means to the onfederate veterans. Mr. McGowan: To repeal that see ion of the revised statutes of 1893 hih fixes the time in which taxes nnst be paid. IN THE SENATE. January 16.-The senate held an ther brief session today. No busi ess of special importance was trans eted beyond killing a number of ils that had been brought over rom last year. The judiciary committee reported is follows ou several bills that were brought over from the last session: Favorable report on the bill pre scribiig the manner in which count :es, a ties anid towns may issue re fund.wg bonds. The bill went on the calen An nnavorable report on the bill to increase the punishment fur larceny in cases where the stolen goods are not recovered, and to provide com pensation to the owners. T be report was adopted and the bill was killed. TEACHERS WILL BE GLAD. The judiciary committee made a favorable report on the bill author izing county t reesurers and superin tendents of education to borrow money to pay school claims. The bill authorizes these officers to borrow 85 per cent. of the amount of taxes to be collected on the school fund as reported by the auditor, at a rate of interest not exceeding 6 per cent. and pledge the taxes to be col ected as security. The object of the bill is to provide cash payments for teachers in some counties where they now have to wait several months or possibly a year to get their money, or e'se discount their pay certificates at a big rate of interest. NEW BILLS. By Senator Graydon-To regulate the drawing of jururs for the circuit courts. By Senator Herndon-To amend the act allowing the establishment of dispensarses in Pickens and Oconee. A memorial in regard to complet ing and caring for the Confederate rolls was referred to the committee on military affairs. By Senator Raysor-To allow school districts to issue bonds for the purpose of building school houses. There were several interesting matters in the legislature today. Prominent among these matters which originated in the house, was the recommitting of the dispensary bill, introduced by Mr. C. P. Sanders, proposing to allow counties the right to remove dispensaries from their borders. The fate of the bill was not settled at the adjournmeat yesterday afternoon, but after a long discussion this morning it was "recommitted," which practically means the end of the bill. All elections will be held on Tues day. The senate in considering the house resolution today amended it by making the election for dispensary commissioner, trustees of the State colleges, directors of the penitentiary, and so on at 3.30 Tuesday. It had been previously decided to hold the judical elections on Tuesday morn. ing. There was a long discussion over the election, and it was finally agreed to have them all on Tuesday. So the legislature will hardly do any thing else Tuesday except to ballot on various elections. The senate adjourned at 2 o'clock to meet Monday at noon. Senator Graydon, of Abbeville, presented a petition from laundry mea in the State asking that a law be passed charging a license for laundry agents of other States to do business in this State as a matter of protection. The petition was referred to the com - ittee on commerce. A favorable report was made on he new jury bill, which was made a pecial order for Wednesday. When the resolution from the ouse providing for elections by the oint assembly came up for consid raion, Senator Sheppard made the oint that in the case of a vacancy n the office of state librarian the pvernor had authority only to ap point a successor until the legisla ure should meet, and not for the ull term. Whereupon the senate agreed to the point made by the senator from Edgefield, and an amendment was made to the concur rent resolution providing that a state librarian be elected by the joint as sembly on Tuesday next, together ith other officers to be chosen at the same time, and the resolution was returned to the house with the amendment incorporated therein. IN THE HOUsE. January 18.-On the assembling of the house Speaker Stevenson was not present, having been called away on importaut busins, and the clerk, Col. Tom C. Hamer, called the house to ord'er. An election for speaker pro. temn. was entered upon. There were t wo nominations. Mr. Prince of Anderson and Mr. Bacot of Char. leston. The former received 25 votes and Mr. BacA> 22. Mr 'Princ 3 grace fully accepted the honor and pre sided during the day's sessions. When the house adjourned it was to meet at 12 o'clock Monday. There was an effort made yestcer day to reconsider the vote in which the house refused to concur in the ation of the senate fixing Tuesday an~ernooa as the~ time for electing trustees, directors, etc. By an over whelmitig vote the house refused to reconsider. sPECIAL ORDERs. Mr. Etird's several bills proposing constitutional amendments relating to biennial sessions of the legislature were made special order fur next Thursday. So was Mr. Lofton's general bill relating to working the highways an bridges of the State. Mr. Kibler's bill to create the of made the special order for next Fri day. NEW BILLS. Mr. Kibler, to repeal tOe lien law; Mr. Durant also had a bill to amend the lien law. Mr. Theus, to impose on railroads liability for loss of property in their hands. Mr. Izlar introduced his special road tax bill; also his relating to en try on lands of another. Mr. Estridge, the method of in flicting capital punishment. Mr. Tatum, to license horse trad ers. Gen. James, the Confederate Sol diers' Home bill. Mr. Dodd, to prohibit the sport known as pigeon shooting. Mr. Efird, to amend the law as to prevp,ntion of forest fires. Mr. McLaughlin, relating to agri cultural labor contracts. Mr. Brooks, to give to Greenwood County for a Confederate monument one of the broken granite columns in the State capital yard. Mr. Ashley, a joint resolution pro posing to amend the constitution so that special legislation may be per mitted on certain subjects. Mr. Dorroh (by request) a bill to prevent newspapers from publishing jury lists. Mr. KiLler, to include domestic fowls under the provisions of an act against trespass of live stock. ,APT. ' BILLY" SMITH. The Southern Shows Appreciation of a Faithful Servant. [The State, 18th.] Capt. "Billy Smith," the best known railroad conductor in South Carolina, has reason to feel grateful and proud because of his kind treat ment at the hands of a soulless cor poration. Capt. Smith has by rea son of ill health been off his run on the Columbia and Greenville branch of the Southern for some weeks, and as his condition did not seem to im prove, he tendered his resignation to the company's officials. Superintendent Welles refused to accept it. Instead he gave Capt. Smith written leave of absence for ne year. This gives Capt. Smith the opportunity to recruit his strength and if he desires to go into other business or at the expiration of the time to return to his run. Superin tendent Welles expressed his and the company's appreciation of Con ductor Smith's faithful service and voluntarily gave this evidence of it. For 43 years Capt. Smith has been running on the old "C. & G." He has always been polite and excess ively attentive to his passengers and devoted to the road's interests. He has carried more babies and bundles than any other conductor in the coun try and has never objected to the task. A South Carolinian is not truly a traveled individual who has not heard "Capt. Billy" call out "Pel zer, not Belton" and "Belton, not Pezer," or "Williamston-- where the water's good, the schools are good and the people good." TO VIsIT CHARILESTON ON FIRsT OF F . BRUJARY. Gvernor FeJheta this Day as "Carolina Day " at the Fxpositon-Program me to) be Arranlged. [The State, 17th.] Some time ago the board of direc tors of the Charleston Exposition de cided to have South Carolina day at the Expo.sition and to extend invita tions to the general assembly, the Governor and State officers and the jstices of the supreme court to at tend and participate in the exerciscs of that day. There was difficulty, however, in matter of selecting a suitable day and it was finally left to the Governor to determine after the Legislature met w bich would be the best day. Yesterday the Governor selected Saturday, Feb. 1, as the mos.t convenient day and the direc tory was at once notified. The for mal invitations will -ioubtless be is sued immediately, and the arrange ments for transportation, etc., will doubtless follow at once. An enter taming programme will be arranged for by the Exposition authorities. No doubt every member of the Leg isatura will take the opportunity of visiting the great Southern Exp si tinn. MR. LEVER APPEARS IN HIS OWN BEHALF. HIS SEAT ;IN CONGRESs I.ONrEi7ED BY DANTZLER. South Carolina Election L:)w-ThA Negro Was Conteiting Stokes' Seat and Now the Casa Is Continued Against Lever. (Special to The State.) Washington, Jan. 16.-Mr. Lever, c 'ngressman from the Seventh South Carolina district, appeared before committee No. 2 of the house yester day and the preliminary skirmish was fought. His case revives mem ory of another contest which occurred over 20 years ago. I he only case in the history of this country exactly similar to that of Dantzler vs. Lever is a case, strange to say, that came from the same district, when E. W. M. Mackey contested for the seat th3n occupied by Mr. M. P. O'Connor and finally won from the Hon. Samuel Dibble. The record in the case is vol uminous, covering several volumes, and discloses the thread bare charges of fraud, ballot box stuffing and in timidation. The charges came from both sides. Pending the contest O'Connor, the contestee, died and a long and bitter struggle ensued, consuming a great deal of time and arousing excitement in the house over the question of the abatement of the contest on the death of one of the claimants. The Democrats argued that the death of O'Connor ended the contest and that if Mackey desired to cou tinue the contest he would have to start proceedings de novo; that a vacancy had occurred, a new elecLion had been ordered, and that Mr. Dibble should not be bound by the plead ings and evidence taken in a case to which he was not a party. This contention was met by the argument that to permit a case to abate on the death of the contestee would be to place the contestant always at the ercy of the contestee. They ar gued that if a vacancy caused by the eath of the contestee would abate he contest, a vacancy caused by a resignation of the contestee would work the same result. However, the ecision was made against the Demo rats and Mr. Dibble was compelled o defend the seat occupied by 'Connor. The result was the seat ng of Mackey, the Republican. There is little fear that the pres nt contest will so end, though the mere fact of having a contest is suffi cient to handicap a member in his work, and keep him somewhat un willing to enter into discussions of other subjects until .the contest is settled. There is a great amount of work necessary even in a case that seems so absurd to our people as that of Dantzler vs. Lever. Evidence alore must be gathered, for it must be remembered that the committee who is the tribunal in this case is Republican. The case was taken up before election committee No. 2 yesterday, Col. Dudley of "block of five" fame appearing in the interest of Dantzler, who is an ordinary ricefield negro and it is alleged is scarcely able to read and write. Mr. Lever appeared for himself, Capt. B. H. Moss, his attorney, being detained at home on account of the death of his father. After a little friendly bandinage the committee allowed Mr. Lever the right to come in and defend his title. The case is set for hearing the 18th of February. The whole matter hinges on the constitution ality of the suffrage laws of South Carolina. Good lawyers say that these laws on vital points are the same as the suffrage laws of Massa chusetts, hence there is little doubt that they will be sustained and Mr. Lever's right to his seat established beyond question. PARLI&MENT OPENS. King Edward Delivers the Opentng Spee~ch -Reors to a Treaty with the U. S. in R, - gard to the Inter-Oceaclec C,aa-Re grets that the Boer War Has Not Been Concluded. London, Jau. 16.-King Edward opened parliament today with a cere monial in all essential respects sim ilar to that of February last. The procession to the house of lords was of the same character as that wit nessed on the occasion of the opening of the first parliament of King Ed ward's reign, while within the upper house was seen the same State pageantry, the same historic dresses and the same revival of ancient forms. After robing, King Edward and Queen Alexandra entered the house of peers and occupied their thrones beneath a canopy, with the Prince and Princess of Wales on either side of them. The other members of the royal family were seated on chairs at the foot of the steps leading to the throne, the gentleman usher of the Black Rod, General Sir Michael Bid dulph, having summoned the speaker and the members of the house of coninons, bis majesty read the speech from the throng. The speech was not an important utterance. His majesty referred in terms of gratification to the world tour of Prince and Princess of Wales. Concerning foreign affairs the king said: "I have concluded with the Presi dent of the United States a treaty, the provisions of which will faciliate the construction of the inter-oceanic canal under guarantees that its neu trality will be maintained and that it will be opened to commerce ship ping by all nations." In regard to the Boer war the king said: "My relations with other powers continue of a friendly char acter. I regret that the South African war has not yet been con cluded, though the course of opera tions have been favorable to our arms. A rear war eebt has been largely reduced despite the tedious character of the campaign. My soldiers have throughout displayed a cheerfulness in the endurance of hardships incident to guerilla war fare and have shown humanity even to their own detriment in their treat ment of the enemy which is deserv ing of the highest praise." A step in the Right Direction. Recently a young white man trav eling on the Savannah Division of the Southern Railway in South Caro lina fired his pistol out of the coach window. On arrival at the next sta tion the conductor turned the party over to the agent who swore out a warrant for his arrest. He was tried the following day and fined ten dol ars or in default of payment to serve twenty days on the chain gang. While such occurrences as shoot ing from car windows and the like are not frequent, the agent arid the conductor are to be commended for their prompt action, and the result is an example that the railway offi cials do all in their power to prevent rowdyism, and protect the feelings as well as the safety of their patrons. While the misbehaviour on pass enger trains in the South is now an uncommon thing, yet dealing with same as above cited onathe Southern Railway go a long way towards main taining the confidence of the travel. ing public and popularizing the line. Civil service Exe,mli ationu. The U. S. Civil Service Commis sion will hold examinations at several places in each state during March and April, to secure young men and women for the government service. 9,889 persons secured positions last year through these examinations. Probably 10,000 appointments will be made this year. All appointments are for life and for most positions only a common school education is required. Salaries at appointment vary from $660 to $1200 a year with liberal promotions afterward. Poli tis is not considered. There is less copetion in the southern states than in other parts of the country. This affords a good opportunity for people between 16 and 45 years of r ge. Those desiring places of this kind can get full information about them, free, by writing to the the Columbian Correspondence Col lege, Washington, D. C., and asking for i!s Civil Service catalogue, num br three. D1. TIMMERMAN IN RACE FOR GOVERNOR. HAS MADE THE POSITIVE ANNOUNCE MENT. rhis Makes Five Avowed Candidates-Up to Present Time Three Original Edgegield Men. [The State, 17th.] Dr. W. H. Timmerman, formerly lieutenant governor and later State treasurer, having been succeeded in that office by the Hon. R. H. Jen. nings, is in the city for a couple of days. For some time there have been hints that Dr. Timmerman would enter the race next summer for the office of governor. Yesterday the doctor was asked about the matter and at once he made the positive announcement that he not only had determined to enter the race, but would be in to the fin ish. He has carefully thought over the matter and only reached his de termination to enter after mature onsideration. The other four avowed andidates are Lieut. Gov. James H. Tillian and Congressman W. J. Tal bert, both of whom are from the famous old county of Edgefield, Mr. D. C. Heyward of Colleton and M. F. kosel, Esq, of Greenville. Some Dne remarked to Dr. Timmerman yesterday that his going in would make a race between three Edgefield men. The doctor gently reminded his friend that he now lived within he county of Lexington, being' the head of the new bank at Batesburg and living on the Lexingtom side of the town. These are the only five entries for he gubernatorial race that seem cer tain thus far, but the opening of the race is some months off yet and there is no telling who the next candidate will be. Of course there is a good deal of %alk going on in political circles about the possible candidates for tate officers. A number of nmes bave already been mentioned for dif. ferent places. Yesterday one more was added to the list. It was stated that that Capt. W. D. Black of Barn well, at present bookkeeper at the State penitentiary, has determmned bo oppose Comptroller General Der ham for the office he now holds. Capt. Black is a former member of the general assembly, and has stroog friends who will push him for the place. EtIL POUCH BoBBED. trown Out of a Train Last Month-PoUnld by a Negro Near the Canal Locks-Goa tents HadjB3een Bittled-Arrests Ex peeted. [Columbia Record, 13th.] Sometime early in the month of December last year a very valuable mail package was lost on the railroad. The package was en route from Char leston to the North via the Columbia and Greenville division of the South. er, and mysteriously disappeared. It was a valuable package and had a number of money letter remittances in it. The postoffice authorities have never said anything about it, but in vestigations have been going along just the same. A day or two ago a negro fisherman found the bag on the side of the road uear the canal locks. He turned it over to the poet ofice authorities, who, after investi gation, found that every letter in the bag had been opened. Those left in the pouch were personal letters and utterly usbless to any one else except to those to whom they were directed. What valuable letters which may have been obtained out of the pouch is unknown. It was learned today that several persons are und er suspicion and that some arrests will be mEde soon. PEE DEE COUNTY D)EFEATED. The Effort to Cut Off the 'Upper Portion of Marion County Proves Unsuccessful. [Special to the State.] 'Marion, Jan. 16.-Thevote for new county was 130 short of requisite majority. Great rejoicing among friends of old county. THE NEWS CONFIRMED. Dillon, Jan. 16.-Full returns from all the voting precincts give the following results ot today's election on the new county issue: 772 yes; 51 no.