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~FLEW. qI~I :3 - A ~j/III ULL S E~'kI~I~HIiED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIi)AY, FEBRUARY 7, h)02 TWICEA WEEK.S1.50 A YEA I~ ~~~~~~~1~ - -~ -- - I THE SOLONS IN SESSIO THIE WORK OF THE L W-N VK EKR; OF TH14 stATE AS-EMtHIALD IN COLUMBI 1k. A Condensed Repjrt of the Procetdi"904 Taken Froma tho Daily Papers -r m)tn Day to Day as the Work P*roct(&. Monday Night So-tion. IN THE SENATE Columbia, Feb. 3 -Tbesenato did not hold a morning session today, but resumed its work last night. There was an unusually large at tendance for a Monday night follow ing an adjournment from Saturday. The senate -ot down to plain every day calendar work, and had a lively debate over the anti roving chicken measure, finally passing it, after domesticating the various fowls enumerated in the house bill. The senate also passed the bill to require vestibules to be used on street cars. Mr. Herndon's bill to require the public printing of counties to be let to the lowest bidder was passed to a third reading without opposition. Mr. Kibler's bill to make turkeys, geese, ducks and guineas subject to the stock law was reported favorable with a committee amendment strik ing out the names o! particular birds and placing them all under the gen eral designation of "domestic fowls," which would also include chickens. Senator Caughwan moved to strike out the enacting words and demand ed the ayeR and noes, the result be ing the adoption of the bill by a vote of 14 to 11. The senate then adjourned. IN THE HOUSE. The house today held two sessions, one beginning at noon and the ot ier at 8 in the eveniug. A eah se-ion a great deal of routiu" work w s ac complished, and there w as a good attendance, notwithstanding it was salesday. Mr. Bacot offered a concurrent resolution that a committtee of one senator and two representatives be appointed to make arrangem4ents for the excursion to the Charleston ex position. Thbe resolution was adopted. Mr. Kibler offered a resolution that the house hold night s'ssions every night until the close of tbe session. 0 .j.htion was maide t ha important committee mueei-e hive been set for nights this week, arnd the resolution was voted down. THIRD READING There were 26 third readirng bills on the calendar. Tniey were as a rule local matters which had been acted on Saturday. The 'jury bill" to create a ew and general law by which jurors shall be drawn, was a senate bill. It passed third reading, but having been amended in the house it is not ready for ratification as ant act until the senate acts upon the amendments made in the housa. There was no objection raised and no amendn*ats proposed when the bill was read in the h>unse a third timre. NIGHT sEsSION. At 8 p. m, the house resumed con sideration of Mr. Brown's bill to al l>w farm products to he marketed in any town in this State witbout license. A flood of proposed amendments poure on the speaker's de-k but were religiously voted down, ex,o Pt one offered by Mr. Morgan to limit such sales to products in the bands of tbe producer himself. This bill will work a hard-hip on the butchers of cities l1k -Columbia where the local dealeis psiy heavy rent and taxes and a licens of S5( additional. The bill was consistently opposed by thbe Richland delegation but the maj>rity of the members of the house favored it. Tbe house then to k up Mr. Efird's bill to amend the ac~t allow. i'g penitentiary convicts tu 1:e hired t.> counties to work the roads.. Mr. Efird proposed to except conlv;ets under sentence for rape, arson, mur der or manslaughter. Mr. Kinard moved to indefinitely postpone the bill. This was carried and the bill was killed THE PIsTOL EVIL. Mr. Cooper's bill to amend the nipitol1aw na.sed at the last ses iion was next taken up. This law, though passed last year, does not .)come effective until July of this vear. Mr. Cooper's bill this year seeks to correct the phraseology of the act. Mr. Rucker offered a bill to rel ei the law. Mr. Cooper stated that his bill had passed second reading by an over whelming majority. Mr. McGowan stated that if the Cooper law should be repealed, that there would not be any law on the statute books prohibiting the carry ing of pistols. Mr. Rucker opposed the bill. The Cooper law does not yet repeal any existing law because it does not be cOme operative until the 1st of July. Furthermore the old common law prohibits men from going armed to the terror of the people. This is leg islation run riot. He argued furthermore that the act of 1901 is unconstitutional. Mr. Bacot stated that the judiciary committee had unanimously reported Mr. Cooper's bill favorably and Mr. Rucker's bill unfavorably. The com mittee thinks Mr. Cooper's law com plies with the constitution and the hardware dealers have had 18 months to get rid of their stock. Mr. Sinkler warmly advocated Mr. Cooper's bill. When the legislature passed the dispensary law it did not provide that the State should buy up the liquor in stock. He thought the hardware dealers had received due consideration in this matter. Mr. Rucker's proposed amend ment was lost by a vote of 58-to 30. Mr. Cooper's bill perfecting the act which had pa!sed last session was then given its second reading. It forbids the carrying of a pist.,1 h si tWan 20 inches in length and three pounds in weight. Mr. W. J. Johnson offered an amendment that it be unlawful for a person to carry a tooth pick, knife or firecracker unless more than 20 inshes in length and non explosive. The amendment was lost in a storm of ayes and nays. The house gave a second reading to Mr. WV. J. Johnson's bill to "re quire railroads and railroad comn parLils to accept as full payment for freigbt the rate provided hy the bill of lading, and the pro rata of fr ight on thbe amiount or quantity of goods delivered." Among the new bills was one by Mr Henry B. Richardson to provide for a board of pardons. Mr. Rich ardson stated subsequently, in reply to an inquiry, that he introduced the bill on his own responsibility and had not consulted the State officers. Friday's saalonD. IN THE sENATE. Feb. 4.-Morning Session: The senate held two sessions today, morn ing and [night, and the proceedings of both sessions were fasll of interest. The jury law passed its final read ing, the senate agreeing to the house amendments, and the bill will prob ably be ratified and signed by the goverLnor to morrow. The bill to allow women to pay taxes to vote for presidential electors was killed. The bill to bring d -mestic fowls under the provisions of the general stock law passed its third reading, after a hard fight. At the morning session there was a ratbei sensational encounter be t ween Lieut. G3ov. Tillman anid S-nuator Graydon, growing out of the forruer's ruling the senator out of order tn a parliamentary question. Se:atur Gr-aydon appeatled to the senate fr'um the pre'idents ruling, buti af> rwairds w i rew the appeal at the re quest of Senator Barn.vell, who franikl said he was only striving to prevent an unpleasant scene in the senate cbamnber. At t he night session Senator Ilder ton inj~.ctedl some spice into the pro ceedings by cbarging in a speech that the clerk of the 'upreme court had been on the floor of the efnate lbb' in g against a bill which the senator was trying to have passed. NO FEM1ALE sUFFRAGE. S'onator Sheppard for the commit tee on privileges and elections, pre sete( an unfavorable report on Sen aor Aldrich's bill to allow women tial electors. On immediate consil r eratisn the report was adopted and t the bill was rejected. t THE NEW JURY LAW. The bill providing for the new 1 jury law was the first matter taken up. The bill passed the senate a week ago and was amended several t times by the house. The bill, with < the amendments, was read in full t in the senate. The senate concurred a in the house amendments, and the I bill was ordered enrolled for ratifi cation. NO CHEAP JOHN PRINTING. Senat-r Brice moved to recommit Senator Herndon's bill to require I the public printing in each county t to be let to the lowest bidder. f Senator Graydon stated that in v Abbeville county both papers publish c all the advertisements and each gets c half the legal rates. He thought the bill should be killed. Senator Herndon defended his bill. He said that in Oconeb one 5 paper has been grabbing all the pub 0 lic printing and the other had been 1 shut out. He wanted to give all a r little of the pap. Senator Ragsdale said the bill f should pass. The present legal rates h may be low enough, but all printers t do not observe the law. You won't. get the same prices on the same ad f vertising from two offices. None of us want to offend the newsp aper men, t but the man who is willing to do the printing for the least money b should have the j->b. Senator Sharp said the bill ought not to pass. In his county there ] are four or five newspapers, but 1 only one of general circulation at the b court house. If the bill passes some Of thi little 8x10 newspapers, which 0 have no circul-ion ar.i are run at fl no expes, could get the advertis- d ing and the responsible newspaper would be shut out. He thought sl this the best bill to kill that has come 1 up at this session. Senator Raysor then moved to in- h definitely postpone t he bill. This was done by an overwhelm ing vote and the bill was killed. FREE SCHOOL BOOKS.s Mr. Lomax's bill to provide free a sehool hooks for certain school dis- n tricts was the~n taken up for its third a reading. Senator B3rice moved to strike out s the enacting words. The vote to indefinitely postpone ti further consideration of the bill was lost by a vote of 13 to 16, and the 3 question then was, shall the bill be o passed and sent to the house for con-r currance to the senate amendments. Several senators came into the chamn her in the meantime and on this s qnestion the vote was 18 to 16, and 3 the bill was passed. c DOMES'TIC FOW LS. When Mr. Kibler's bill to make V domestic fowls subject to the provis- E ions of the general stock law was reached Senator Henderson moved a to indefinitely postpone the bill. The motion was lost and the bil ~ then passed. Then an amendment to make the I bill apply only to turkeys, offered by I Senator Maytield, was killed. I Senator Hydrick then offered an I amendment that the law should be 1 enforced only against persons who t allow fowls to trespass upon .,he cul- I tivated lands of another, after having rec:ved written notice not to do so. This was agreed to. Then Sknator May field offered an a uendment that the law should not go into effect until January 1, 1903 The muotion to lay the amendment on the table was lost. Senator Hydrick wanted to amend by making the (late July 1, 1902. This mot ion was laid ou the table by a vote of 18 to 16. Senator Maytield then <(ffered an amndm qnt to make the maximum penalty $1 for each trespass ins'ead of $5 fur eaeb trespa-s. This was laid on the table by a vote of 17 to The aves and noes were calle:1 for on each vote, anid a great deal of time was consumed. Finally all thbe proposed amend mnts were voted on and then came the question, shall the bill pass and be sent tn the h mae with amend Lents ? Senator MaN fitAl called for he ayes and noes. The vote was li o 1r, and the bill was then passed. The senate then took recess until o'clock. Night Session. February .1 -At the night session he bill regulating the salaries of ounty officers was taken up and inkered with for a while. A lot of mendments w re made, but as the >ill has yet to run the gauntlet of the iouse, no attempt will be made to )rint the provisions of the bill until t finally gets through both houses. Senator Aldrich offered an amend oent by which the salaries of the reasurers could b) made different om the auditors. The amendment 7as lost, and the salaries of the two fficers will be the same in each ounty. At 10 o'clock the senate adjourned. IN THE HOUSE. February 4.-By a vote of 57 to 5 the house today refused to strike ut the enacting words of the child ibor bill. This does not necessa ily mean the success of the meas re, but it was a very great victory >r the advocates of the bill. The ouse adjourned without taking far er action on it. There were exciting scenes on the oor of the house today and a umber of members arose to "a ques .on of personal privilege" which ieans that a member feels that he as been misinterpreted, purposely iisquoted, or something of that kind. The feature of the day was the peech of Col. G. W .Croft, of Aiken, ho favored the bill. Aside from eing a lawyer trained at debate, [r. Croft has a remarkaule command F language and his speech was a ne effort. There were some splen id speeches made in opposition. [r. Banks, of Newberry, made the 2ortest but one of the best and most >gical speeches of the day. Mr.. ucker bettered any other effort he as yet made. Mr. Prince spoke ith his accustomed vim and direct Bss. In behalf of the bill there were veral champions who held the floor el. Mr. Webb, of Aiken, who has orked as an operative in a cotton il, opened the debate. Mr. John [Master made a very forcible >eech as did Mr. F. H. McMaster. [r. Logan, of Charleston, awoke the ger in the otherwise amiable dis osition of Col. R. B. A. Robinson. 'he fighting of the day was rather f the broadsword variety than of the pier. When Mr. Efird's joint resolution roposing amendments to the con. itution came up for third reading. Ir. Efird at first managed to have onsideration postponed. It re uired 83 votes in its favor and there rere barely 90 member present. ubsequently, after some urging, Jr. Efird brought up the resolution nd the vote on it stood 79 to 17. Ir. Efird wanted to postpone con ideration before the vote was an ounced, but Mr. Moses raised a ioint of order and the vote was an ounced. The house declined to iass the resolution, which was a com ~anion to the biennial sessions reso tion and provided for the governor o fill vacancies on the bench occur ing between sessions of the general .ssembly. THlE CHILD) LABOR BILL. Mr. Webb, of Aiken, then called ip the special order of the day, senator Marshall's bill "to prohbit hildren under 12 years of age from orking in the textile manufactur ng establishments of this State, un ir conditions herein stated, and to Drovide punishment for violations of his act and other purposes." Mr. Ri. B. A. Robinson m'ved to trike out the~ enacting words. Speeches in favor of the bill were n ade by Representat ives, W~ebb, John McMaster, F. H. McMaster, [Lxan and Croft. Against the bill Representatives, Banks, Riucker, Ash. .ey, Dorroh and Prince. Mr. Banks, of Newvberry, in oppos ng the bill said in part: It is no argument that South Car >lina should have this~ law because ot.her States have it. South Carolina aso aliysmee an unique, why should she not ho 1nin1e in this as Well Th is l()oks ]ik1- paterrnalista. It is a blow at the roots of the tree of lib erty. It is a blow at family govern ment. Does not the parent know what is better for the child ' Why should the legislature arrogate to itself the right to tell parents what to do? There may be som(e parents who drink up the m1one1y madf by their children, but why pat hard ships on the many jnst to correct the few? At the close of the debate Mr. But ler moved the previous question, which was carried. The pending question was Col. Robinson's motion to strike ont the enacting words. On this a viva voce vote was taken resulting as follows: Yeas-Asbley, All, Austin, Banks, Brow-A, Bryan, Butler. Campbell, Carter, Coggeshall, Cooper, Daritzler, Dodd, Dominick, Dorrob, Darant, Estridgye, Galluchat, Hollis, Hum phrey, James, Johnson, 0. L , Keels, K ibler, Kinard, Lockwood, Lomax, Lyles, Mauldin, McCall, McGowan, Moffett, Morgan, Moses, Nesbitt, Nichols, Parkor, W. H., Prince, Pyatt, Rankin, Robinson, C. E , Rob inson, R. B. A., Rtcker, Staekhouse, Seabrook, Thonpson, Webb, Wells, Whaley, Williams, Wilson, Wingo and Woodward-55. Nays-Hon. W. F. Stev;:son, speaker, Bacot, B-amgnard, Bivens. Blease, Bolts, Brooks, Bostick, Croft, Crum, DeBruhl, Danbar, Efird, El der, Fox, Freeman, Gaston, Gourdin, Gunter, Haile, Ilardin, Hill, Hough, Izlar, Jarnigan, Johnson, W. J., Kin s3y, Lide, Little, Logan, Myson, McCraw, McLaughlin, McLeod, Mc Master, F. H, McMaster, Jno., Mis hoe, Morrison, Moss, Murchison, Par. ker, W. L , Patterson, Rainsford, Richards, Rich ardson, Sanders, Sink ler, Smith, J. B., Spears, Stronan, Tatum, Thomas, J. P. Jr., Thomas, W. J., Towill, Webb, West and Woods-57. The vote on a similar bill laqt year was (62 to 32 against the bill. The vote of 57 to 55today showedc a larg er attendance and that the sentiment is not so rabid against the bill, to say the least of if. The motion to "clinch" the vote recorded above was lost by a vote of 48 to 45. Before any forther action could be taken on the bill, the hou-e by com mon consent adjourned as it was then 10 minutes after the hour for ad journg. IN THlE HOUSE. February 5.-The house today in definitely postponed the child labor bill by a vote of 54 to 52. A greater part of the day was consumed in the debate. The result was somewhat of a surprise inthat a vote yesterday indicated that the bill would pass. Last year the house killed the bill by a vote of nearly two to one. The rest of the day was spent in discussing the lost bond bill, which comes up every year. IN THE sENATE. Fe.bruary 5.-The senate this moraing devoted considerably over an hour discussing Senator Ilderton's bill to fix the .liability of railroad companies having a relief dlepart met. After having discussed this one measure for over two hours it was fiially passed by the (deciding vote of the Lieteuant Governor, the vote on the floor being 18 to 18. An amendment was adopted al lowing railro a-Is to put in a counter claim for the amount t hey had paid ta beneficiary in case t he jury should award him damages. The code bill was ordered to a third reading. New~ Sleefp!rvg Car Line, to c harit-sti''. Southern R ailway anntj nnfees est4tb lishmenrt of adit tnFal Weeping~ car line to (rnarbt ston,i ('., f .romtU Cilunn' L Chattanoog),a anaX .\tlnia via. Au\-ta ,otbo)Cund le'aVing. ('inlein!iati at O p. mt . C hat*tanoo)tg.a at h:.l a. m , A Iian t-a :10 p m., A wu.Iiaa 11 :90 p. mn., ar rivi ni in Char1e,t- at a. mn. Rce turinglt, leave C harb!-ton at II p. m , arrive at Augu -ta at ~:15- a. mn . Atlanta 12:45 p). m1., A-ha1ttanoo'La 9:50 j). mi. Cncnnati 8:1n a. m. On this sleeping~ car line witiw.b han dled Il'ullmtan sleeping~ cars, and this comlees Ihe excellent se, vice afforded by the Souitherni R ail way anid its con netions to Charleston on account of 'the oxnosition. NARROW ESCAPE ff a PASSENGER TRAIN b ri S&LUI)% RINER CovER; s irHEREN b H&LILWAY TRACK. at Tretile Loosened Under Wa1er--Eng1nA, r fr Attinptod to Bring Train Across, But Stopp-d .Jnt .n T!T-_e. Damag.. Now Repairvd.11 th [Special to The State.] tr Ninety-Six, Feb. 3.-Travel on the g Columbia and Greenville road has in been interrupted today on account of high water on Saluda river between Dyson's and Chappels, the rains of N Saturday night being very heavy in this section and Saluda river has been g higher than for several years. The rail road bridge over Saluda is free from of water but the track for several hun dred yards just east of the river is sub- st merged to a depth of six inches to 01 two feet. The passenger train from Greenville last night was unable to e cross and was sent back by way of tb Greenville and Spartanburg, reach. si ing Columbia about 10 o'clock this d morning. The early train from Co tr himbia crosed safely this morning a though the track was covered with cc water. The water ran into the fire tb box and extinguished the fire but the engine had on sufficient steam to d( bring the train through to dry land tc where the fires were kindl9d and the train proceeded. tb This morning's train from Green d ville for Columbia was not so fortu nate, it reached the submreged track al about 1 o'clock this afternoon. En of gineer Nicely proceeded with his en fc gine and train some distance on to N the water coVered track; when he de cr cided that things did not look ex w actly right and backed out. A lever te car belonging to the seeti n crew was tbn brou,ht into use and an inspec tt tion party sent into the water. It T was found that a small trestle about tb 00 feet in length had partly dislodged l and was half floating in the water. in The water came up over the floor of lever car as it reached the trestle- a! But for Engineer Nicely's caution tr the train would have been wrecked. After the train passed over this morning the trestle evidently became dislodged. The train was then backed s to Ninety-Six and has been waiting ~ ere ever since. The officials think tu the quickest way for the train to reach ai Columbia would te to wait here till m the water subsides rather than go r around by Greenville and Spartan- te burg. The passenger train which ti left Columbia at 11 o'clock has been si standing ali day at Chappells, just a east of the river. Finally, about 7 o'clock this evening, it was thought b safe for trains to travel the floating d trestle having been secured and the train from Chappells proceeded on . here crossing the submerged track in S safety. At 7.45 p. m. the train from Greenville proceeded towards Colum ba h si PAsSENGERs ExPERIENCE. The tr K from Greenville due in h Columbia at 2.40 yesterday afternoon a did not reach the city until 12.20 this l morning. Passengers who came ina on it had an exciting story to tell-a story of an experience which they claimed was full of excitement and ri danger and an experience which theyY did niot wish to repeat. As st ated in the foregoing dispatch, b the train was delayed by the high I water in Saluda river, and after go- ~ ing back to Nine;y.Six, did not leave t that place until nearly 8 o'clock last night. It was after leaving Ninety- 0 Six that their exciting experience be gan. THlE F LOATIN(' TREsTLE.S The railroad people give a simple though strange explanation of the I trestle which was partly floating in the water. According to their story, o the upper side of the trestle the a mndsills were buried in the earth, e while on the lower side they were s simply resting on the surface. Whben ~ the water rose over the surface of the ~ track there was nothing to hol<1 the a lower side of the trestle down and it C loated. While the upper side rei mained fast. Ibhis gave the surface of the trestle an angle of nearly 30 degrees. An expert bridge builder went to te scne oni the midday train, and ter maKiog an exuamuuiu 90y s opinion that the bridge was not vdly damsged and could be easily ghted by weighting it. The west )ind train, which had been held up Chappells, picked up an empty eight car and, placing it in front of e engine, proceeded slowly in that anner. Sure enough the weight of e empty box car forced the floating estle back into position and the en ne and passenger cars passed over safety. DARK AND TERRIFYING. When the west bound train reached inety Six the east bound train was ven permission to proceed with tion toward Columbia. An empty car was placed in front the engine as was done with the st bound train, and the train arted. The night was a cloudless ie, but there was no moon and there ere bu few stars shining. The box r in front of the engine shut off e iays of the headlight. The train wly made its way through the irkness, and when the submerged ack was reached the engineer liter ly felt his way. The track was vered with water for probably more an three miles in all, at places not ore than two or three inches in )pth, and at others the water would uch the lower steps of the pas nger coaches. The train was more an an hour passing through the Lngerous part of the swamps, the eed for the most part being liter ly that of "a snail's pace." Most the passengers stood on the plat rms of the coaches, expecting ery moment to see the box car go ashing into some sunken trestle or ashout piece of track, but finally rra firms was reached and all were surei by the lively increased speed at the danger had been passed. be train proceeded on itf way and e remainder of the trip into Co mbia was made without accident or cident. Ths river was falling last night id it was thought that by today ins could pass without delay. O'Neal Dote. Mr. Editor: A fellow can't sleep very undy when Chips and Feathertop t their heads together and kick with eir heels and paw with their hands id spin around until they look like a igthy wheel having spokes without a m. So Mr. Editor since they wont t us sleep any longer we have decided put our head to the center with .em, fling out our heels and sizzle and ig and scratch in the great whirl go-round. Mrs. Sallie Long fell one day last eek and came near being seriously art. Her arm is thought to have been slocated by the fall. Mr. Cohen Shealy spent a night last eek with his brother Mr. Pat. W. bealy. It is feared that the oats crop in this ction bas been seriously damaged. Our school teacher informs us that is school is flourishing. The under gned has known Tom as long as he as known himself and we know that e never brags on anytbing, so if you ant to know more of how the school progressing you are welcome to come ad see for yourself. Mr. Will Cromer, the tax assessor, as in our community last Monday. A cowcatcher is the front part of a ilroad engine and a calfcatcher is a oung man whose "peach" lives in aluda county. The young folks of our community ad a social gathering at Mr. Billy errick's last Saturday night. The [isses Fulmer, of Saluda county, spent ae night there. In looking over the Lutheran Visitor f last week we noticed the following: A young woman who Is very popular 2 social life was asked why she did ot marry. Her an wer will furnish oung fellows who are forming habits imaeting to think about. Here it is: [have considerable money of my own; have a parrot that swears; a monkey bat chews, and a stove that smokes; o you see I am not very badly in need f a husband.'" All that the under igned has to say is, that such a prefer nce on the part of the youn~g lady how mighty poor taste. Of course he presumption is that she taught the warrot to swear and the monkey to hew: and granting that she has taste ,nd judgment enough to choose a de ent nusband, it probably wouldn't be wo weeks before she'd have him caper ng around like a dirty little monkey, wearing like a parrot, and chewing nd smoking his poor) life away. May he undersigned never fall into the lutches of a woman who cani bestow ier affections on a parrot and caress a nonkey. JosH TRU'MP. Janar y 29. 1902.