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EsTA[U1 ilD i86ai ~R US)Y E~UR ~L'~2TJ1~~VEJ. ~t\YA
AT END OF FOUR WEEKS.
LEGISLAIURE',4 WORK AND WHAT BE
MAINS TO BE DONE.
Many Very Important Matters Yet Un
touched-Bard Work Required to
Finlih Up-Various Mattf rs of
More or Less Interest.
[Columbia Record, 7th.]
The legislature has now completed
four weeks of the session, but there
remains yet a great many important
matters to be disposed of. Adjourn
ment cereainly cannot be had under
forty days, unless business of great
importance is neglected. So it may
be safely assumed that adjournment
will not be had until Saturday night,
February 21.
A few bills have been ratified and
have become acts, but most of them
are only of local importance. Two
of general interest are the declaring
the code to be the stationary law of
the State and the other is the act
regulating the drawing of juries. Both
of these bills were ;igned by the
governor last night as soon as they
were ratified. This was done more
secount of Anderson County than
any other, because court is to con
vene inthat county cn Monday and
there are about forty prisoners in
Jail. It was thert4fore necessary that
the jury law should be approved at
once wthat a jury could be drawn.
The Virgicia Carolina Chemical
company affair is still haugiug fire,
The Judiciary committee has had
aay numbertf consultati,)ns about
the matter, but no report h.s yet been
made. It is certain that the Gray
don bill will be killed, for it provides
for annulling the charter of the com
pany, whereas it has no charter in
this State, bat is charter9 i nuder the
l.ws.of New Jersey. The company
iiply has a license to do business
a this State. W,the;t impugning
the motives of any man, it is ai fact
that there is more or less buncombe
-iah legislature eve ry election year,
especelily when it comes to corpora
tions. The fight against the Virginia
Carolina company has assumed a
more serious aspect tban legislators
anticipated, for if the proposed leg
islation is carried out, the company
will leave the State and throw hun
dreds of people out of employment
and materially decrease taxable val
ues. Real zing this, legislators are
hunting some compromise whereby
they can get out of the pit which
they dug for themselves. It is said
that Senator Henderson has a sub
stitute for the Graydon bill whereby
the company will be given a certain
time to domesticate itself. As or.e
member exyressed it, the legislature,
*so far as the company is c>ncerned,.
will go up the hill and then come
down again and will pass a bill that
will not hurt the Virginia-Carolina
company and at the same time will
give aspiring politicians an oppor
tunity to wallop the trast right and
left when they appear before the
"dear people" in the primary.
Speaking of bancombe in the pro
eeedings, quite a lively incident oc
curred in the house last night. The
-question was whether members should
acat their per diem during their
two days' holiday in Charleston. Mr.
Efird, of Lexington, called for the
ayes and noes, thinking, like many
other members, that representatives
would be afraid to go on record. But
this time they were r.ot. Instead,
Mr. Williams, of Lancaster, preceed
ed to jump on Mr. Efird with both
feet, and he jumped down hard every
time. He charged Mr. Efird with
often being absent from the house
and still drawing his pay. He also
said Mr. Efird had visited the Char
leston exposition, and he asked him
pointedly whether be had refused to
Zaw his pay. Of course Mr. Efird
hadn't. Then Mr. Iziar rubbed it
in pretty hard when he said Mr.
Efird had spent five days in Wash
ington at an allian~ce meeting anid
drew his salary as legislator and also
mileage and salary from the alliance.
*Mr. Efird denied that he was in
Washington five days. OQ the whole,
it was quite a warm night for the
honorable member from Lexington,
and Mr. Williams' plain-spoken
speech produced a great sensation.
Mc.ny members think that such plain
talk has been badly needed, and
they believe it will produce a good
effect.
Very few of the leading measures
have been considered by the senate.
Among those scheduled for next week
are: the red'stricting bill, biennial
session bill, fertilizer plant bill, ap
propriation bills, incorporation bill,
consolidation of Three C s road and
Asheville and Spartanburg and other
roads, a fish bill, insurance commis
stoner bill and oil inspector bills.
Tae insurance commissioner bill bas
passed the house, but an unfavora
ble report on it has been made by
the senate. An unfavorable majority
report was made on the oil inspector
bill. The same is true of Senator
Livingston's bill providing for three
terms annually of the Supreme
Court and allowing each juE
tice a check. It will be seen by
this that there is plenty of work yet
to be done, and the list above does
not include many bill., of lesser im
portance.
Among the important measures
that have been killed are the child
labor bill and one to faruish pupils
of the public schools t, xt books at
cost.
Notwithstanding the very flatter
ing report made by the two experts
who examined the affairs of the dis
pensary, the senate's judiciary com
mittee has reported favorably on
Senator Stanland's bil to appoint a
legislative committee to investigate
the affairs of the institution, with
power to call for papers and persons
to give testimony before it. The
house has yi t to act on this measure.
Contrary to all precedents, the
senate has been regularly holding
night sessions, while the hons-, which
isually sets the pace in that line,
as held but one or two night ses
sions. Next week the senate pro
poses to meet at 10 o'clock every
morning and work hard to finish up
all business. The house wi1 do the
same thing.
THE JURY BILL.
t Uras Beso Pss .d by Both Braoches of
the General Assembly and Has Br ea
Ratified and signed by the
Governor.
The following is the text of the
jry bill as it has passed both houses:
A bill relating to the selection, draw
ing and summoning of jurors in
the Circuit Courts of this State.
Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of the State of South Caro
lina:
Section 1. That the coun'ty audi
or, the county treasurer and the
lerk of the Court of Common Pleas
f each county in this State shall per
form the duties hereinafter set forth.
Section 2. That the said county
uditor, county treasurer and c .k
f the Court of Common Pleas of
each county shall immediately after
the passage of this Act and thereaf
ter, in the month of Decemb?er of this
and each succeeding year, prepare a
list of such qualified electors, under
the provisions of the Constitution,
between the age~s of 21 and 65 years
ad of good moral character, of their
rspective counties, as they may deem
otherwise well qualified to serve as
jurors, being persons of sound judg
ment and free from all legal excep
tions, which list shall include not less
than one from every three such qual
iied electors under the provisionls of
the Constitution, between the ages of
21 and 65 years, and of good moral
character, to be selected without re
gard to whether such persons live
within five miles o.r more than five
miles from the Court Hous".
Section 3. That of the list so
prepared the county auditor, county
treasurer and clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas shall cause the nam:es
to be written, each one on a separate
paper or ballot, so as to resemble
each other as much as pcssible and
so folded that the name written there
on shall not be visible on the outsjie,
and shall place thewo, with the said
list, in a strong and substantial box,
withou appertnres or openings when
closed, (to b kn,ow as Yh "j ry
bn,") :o be fartruished to 1 hu by th
c>unty saipervis.>r of their county fur
that purpose, and of snch Size end
shape as that, when such separate
paper or ballots shAl have been
folded and placed therein, as above
required, they may be easily shaken
up and about and well mixed therein,
and it shall be the duty of the
clerk of the Court to keep
said jury box i, his custody.
The said jury box shiall be kept se
curely locked wit h t hree separate and
strong locks, each lock being differ
ent and distinct from tbe other two
and requiring one key peculiar to
itself in order to be unlocked, and
the key to one of s-idl three locks
shall be kept by th. c.>tnty auditor
himself, the key to another of said
three locks by the county treasurer
himself and the ki-y to the third of
s iid three locks by i he clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas himself, so
that no two of them shall keep a
similar key or similar keys to tI e
same lock, and so that all three of
them must be present together at
the same time and place in order to
lock or unlock the said jury bx. At
the same time they sla!! place in a
special npartmer,t in 10 sul Jary
box 1(whicl. apart a. t shscC.
b? known h-L"thx Li,ox") the
namnes e.f n i: th m n-lindred
nor More (r Ln Adre if such
perons . on said
list s e.-w n !rw -iks of the
Court Hou, fren h' tales box
shall i.e Orawn. jrris to supply de
ficinces arising fu trom ny cause or
emerge n.cy during~ the si g of thbe
Court. The -an s of p-isins placed
in said tales box hall be also placed
in the said jury box.
Section 4. That not Ae;s than ten
nor more 'han tw(nty da s before
any regular or specal tr,rm of tLe
Ciurt of GenerVl Sessions for tie
present year the county .uaitor, the
courty treasurer and the li rk of
the Court of Common Pleas of each
of the counties in this State shall
raw from the said jury box eighteen
ballots containing the names <. f
ighteen persons, who shall consti
ute the grand jury for the present
year. If there shall be drawn from
said jury box a ballot containing the
ame of any person not between the
ages of 21 and 65 years, or not of
go>d moral character, or who has
died, or who has removed from the
ointy or is otherwise disqualitied to
serve as a juror, such ballot shall be
destroyed and such name struck from
the said list and another ballot drawn;
and so on until eighteen are seecnred.
Not less than ten nor more than
twenty days before the first term of
the Court of General Sessions for
each yearafter the present year, the
county auditor, the county treasurer
and the clerk of the Court of Corn
mon Pleas of each of said counties
shall in like manner draw from the
said jury box twelve ballots contain
ing the names of t welve persons, who
with the six persons drawn by lot (as
provided by law) from the grand
jury of the next preceding year, shall
constitute the grand jury for that
year. When said grand jurors are
drawn as aforesaid the clerk of the
Court of Common Plea,. shall issue
his writ of venire facias for them, re
quiring their atterdancwe on the first
day of the env-ning tern cd the~ Court
of Geral Susi:as, and said writ of
venire facias. Qi! b3 forthwith de
livered t h heli of th cotmty:
Provdd h at 'ix rs' an term of
the Cout 3 a.a QSessions is to
be held a.is 2-s ian .%ey days
after t> .yr v: i of i: A.ct, such
list mayv, neverthie-s ha prepared
and the g'rawl jurors drawn.
Sectiou 3 ht uot :e*s Ih ten
nor more th t~ wa2 e-. bet; the
first day ofut we of any regular
or special ur o the~ Cireuit Cualrts
the Laid cuat siitor, the~ cr;nty
treasurer and ti clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas shall proceed in
like manner to draw thirty six petit
jurors, to serve for such week niy:j
Provided, that whenever a jury. :ll
be charged with a case, sueh jury
shall not be discharged by ra son o
anythingt in t bis sect ion ew.t pned
til a verd:et shall be iomai or n i
trial (,rdered in such er.>e. Ise
atel aftr rnh pntit jurors are drawn
th' ch.k of the Court of Commo
Pleas shall iisne his writ of veuire
facias for such petit jurors, rkquir
iMg their attendance on the first dy
of t-be week for which they have been
drawn, and the said writ of venire
facias shall be forthwith delivered to
the sheriff of the county: Provided,
that in case any term of Court is to
be held within less than twenty days
after the approval of this Act, such
petit jurors may, nevertheless, Le
drawn for such term of Court.
Section 6. That t he said drawing
shall be made openly and publicly in
tha office of the clerk of the Court of
4.ra,m>n Pleas, and the county aud
it r, the couty treasurer and the
clerk of tho Court of Common Pleas
shall give ten daN s' notice of each of
said drawings by posting in a con
spicious place on the Court House
door, or by advertisement in a county
newspaper, a notice of the place, day
and hour of such drawing: Pro
vided, that in case any term of Court
is to be held within less than twenty
days after the approval of this Act,
such jarors may, nevertbeless, be
drawn without such notice.
Section 7. That all jarorn shall
be selected by drawing ballots from
the said jury box, and, sablbi-et to th
e i s bereinhefore e
het p.s sor.s w hose namixes are a- *u:
>alo ' so dr~aw~u shall be' remrwG to
those who are . . fiv , I 'i ("t
erve as a h-li be
nyFIvt,'and!WInot b pr! b:achI
Lto t. e said jT lox t iih I L rt
v( visioni of Ahe j."ry lis h r,zi: 1, 1-ro
vi -d f>r afcer lhv hav- b;I s"
1irawn, to the end that no perIr, shall
servo as a jaror m._ ,rC th-; o-n ce ic 1
me year. The vi u rule shall be
>bservel as to draving jarors fr..m
be.san tales box: Provided, thai
h: herein coutained &hall be
2oustraed to be in conflict with tha
>rovisions of the law as to selecting
y lot from the grand jury six
1ebers thereof to serve for the en
ug year.
Section 9. That nothing con
~ained in this Act shall prevent the
~lerk of Court of Common Pleas
from issuiug venires for additional
jrors in term time upon the order of
beo Court, whenever it is necessary
for the convenient dispatch of its
>usiness, in which case venires shall
e served and returned, and jurors
required to attend on such da. ys as
the Court shall direct.
Section 10. That in drawing jurors
from the said tales box the same rules
shall be observed as in drawing frm
said jury box, except that no notice
f sch drawing shall be necessary.
Section 11. That no more than thirty
i persons, to serve as petit jurors,
shall be drawn and summoned to at
tend at one and the same time at
my court, unless the court shall so
>rder.
Section 12. The grand and petit
jurors drawn as hereinbefore pre.
cribed, from the said j ury box, shall
be summoned by the sheriff, as now
provided by law, at 1l>ast four days
before the time fied in the venire
for them to attend the sitting of the
ourt, except when such term of
Dourt is to be held within four days
from the approval of this Act, and
the grand and petit jurors drawn,
s hreinbefore prescribed, from,z the
said tales box, shall be summnoned
y him and shall a:ten,i and serve
acording to the eigency of the
summons.
Sectioa 18. 1 hat . ibjars drawa
and summoned rinder 1t he r.v:isonfl
hi3 Act shall I e orgainiz' I an~d em~
paneed in the~ G reuit Court as n?ow
or hereaft' r myl3 be provd ib law.
Sec. 1 . The the jaron)i draL~wn adA
mmmoned un tua pr;visions of
thi Act must h:iw - th- qu11aiicatiffi
th are now or m:a; h.-reater be
r:-cribd by law.
Sre. 15>. That wvhenever it shall
be necessary to supply any deficien
(s he number of grand or pet
jr-.rs duly drawn, whether caus-ed
by challenge or otherwise, it sh::ll be
the duty of the c znnty aad:i tor, the
county treasurer and the clerk of the
C.rt of Comimon F letn, un ler the
direction of Ih-- 01art, t;: draw frcm
he sad t:dcs bo:x sneh unuer of ni
jurors as the court shall eem eces
sarv to ili such va-aue.
Section 16. That whenever th
jury list of any county shall b-1 dd
stroyed by fire or other casualty, or
whenever it shall be held by any
Court of competent jurisdiction that
the jury list of any county has been
unlawfully prepared or is irregular
or illegal, so as to render void the
drawing of jurors therefrom, it shall
be the duty of the count; auditor,
the c'unty treasurer and the clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas of each
county to prepare a special jury list
for the said county forthwith in the
manner herein prescribed, from which
special list grand and petit jurors
shall be drawn for the Comits of
General Sessions and Common Pleas
for such county until the annual jury
list shall have been prepared for such
county as herein provided
Sect in 17. That when at any
tim- it -3all be determined by the
resident. Circuit Judge of any circuit
upon complaint made to him, that an
irregularity has occurred in the
drawing of juries for any Circuit
Court within his circuit, or that any
act h-s bepn done whereby the valid
ity of any jaries drawn or to be drawn
may be questioned, it shall b lawful
L oie circuit j 1Ige to i sue his
ordier to the c.unty auditor, the
c(,u:.t yre urer and the clerk of the
C0urt of Commo. Pleas for each
:>uLi fur whiich such Circuit Court
shall be held, at least five days be
Fort sittn therec-f, to proceed to
dri.w jirors for such term, or to take
such mesnres a3 may be necessary
to c:jrrect such frror.
Section 18. That in case there
shal be a vacancy in the office of the
clrk of the Comt of Common Pleap,
county au;li:or or county treasurer
at the til-3 hernin fixed for preparing
said jury list, or for drawing a jury,
or any o..e of said ofieers shall be
disqualifiod or un-able to serve for
any e%ase, the coutty superintend
ent of education shall ae't in his place
and stead, and in case there shall be
a vacancy in two of said offices, or
for any other cause two of said
officers shall be unable to serve, the
county superintendent of education
and the sheriff of such county shall
act in their place and stead.
Section 19. That all Acts and
parts of Acts inconsistent with t e
provisions of this Act be, and thbe
same is hereby, repealed.
Section 20. That this Act shall go
into effect immediately up>n its ap
proval by the Governor. And it shall
be the duty of the Secretary of
State to have printed at once a suffi
cient number of copies of this Act to
supply one to each clerk of the Court,
county auditor, county treasurer,
Circuit Judge and solicitor in this
State, and forthwith send a copy to
each of said officers.
Fork Dots
We have had plenty of rain and
cold weather for the last few days,
we hope that the weather will soon
moderate.
Oats are all killed from the freeze
iu this community. Wheat is as
nice as any one could expect.
Bird thrashing will soon be the
order of the day, for we can hear the
wood cutters f Lr and near. Leot
out little bir>.
Sorry to oearn that Mr. WV. B.
Counts will leave this week for Co
lambhia where hce will make his future
home. B;t we wish him well in his
Oar sebo d teacher, Misa Essie
Pearson. rpe'nt lest Thursday night
with Mr. 0. M. Kinard's faimily.
Mr. J. A. Wicker spent Sunday
wth Mr. IIenry Wieker.
Mr. M. L. Wicker and little son
went to Cdlmia last week, slso
Mr. WV. U. Wicker and Mr. George
Sheely. They arrived home Satur
day.
Mr. WVicker was the guest at Mr.
Kmards-last Saturday.
Sarerintendent R. S. Werts hasn't
visit'ed our school since he has been
ected. We would like for him to
call around to see if we are daad er
alive. UrTrER CCP.
Teurye 5, 190%
THE EXPERTS FILE
THEIR FINAL REPORT
WVIAT FXAMINING4 AC OUNTANTS
SAY OF DiRl'ENSARY.
&U(,hkeeping Sytin Pralmed-lhe New
J1ul;dLsgF and Oth r 1aft; ra 'oach
i d Upsm lin Ehe Hpmrt.-Qonme It
coimm t dil:) .
B -ow is givcn the text of the re
port of the expert accountants ap
pointed by the governor under the
a,t of the gtqeral assembly some
time ago to mske a thorough exami
nation of the books, accounts and
affiirs of the State dispensary:
Sir: Under authority derived
frow )our commissions dated at Co
lumbia, S. C., January 1, 1902, cre
sting us "an expert eommittee of ac
counts, to make thorough examina
tions ci the books of account, vouch
Brs au I warratits, trial balances and
balance sheets, invoices and entries
thereof and every matter of record
in anywise connectedwith the State
iispensary for the fiscal year com
mencirig December 1, 1900, and eLd
ing November 30, 1901, having this
lay completed a most thorough and
painstaking examination of every
>ook of account, vouchers, warrants,
nvo;ces and every matter of record,
ncluding inutes and eorrespond
?nces of the board of directors and
ill oth!r tra:sactioni of the record
:onnected with the State gispensary
1nri!,g the aforesaid fiscal ye'ar, now
!Vp' ib honor to certify, m.ake and
umit, tbrk.ugh the hane of your
xcei rey, to the gene.r& Pseembly
he foliowing report, to wh
(The finatcial statement,g?ten is
dentical with tiae preseitgd in the
innual report of the board.)
Forigoing report will bo found
jpon comparisoi to be ar exact coun
erpart of the report of the State
yo ird of directors of the State dis
pensary for the fiscal year 19;)1, now
before you. We tLerefo.e beg to
tate that our labors and researches
n obtaining the same results comn
nenced at the beginning of written
ate and lead us through every re
ord and book of entry connected
ith the State dispensary, all of
wich we found to be carrect to the
ractional part of a cent.; forming a
~ystem of bookkeeping very compre
1enive and unsurpassed in neat ness,
~te and correctness.
Tile present healthful conditioq of
the S .ate dispensary, as is shown by
Lhe foregoing reports, is made more
ianifest and evidenced by the fol
owing comparative facts, to wit:
First. That the profits declared
inring the past fiscal y ear are about
qual to those declared in any pre
vious year, notwithstanding grain,
from which liquors are distilled, has
dvanced nearly one hundred per
ent. during the said fiscal year.
Second. That the vaios of real
estate belonging to the dispensary,
y reasons of actual improvements,
has been increased neaily fifteen
thousand dollars, since our last re
port.
Third. That during the said pe
riod there has been a visible increase
n machinery and plant attached to
this institution.
Fourth. That itock taken No
vemer 30, 1901, shows an increase
n merchandise at the various dis
sensaries of $41,523.91, and at State
dispensary of S110,859.85, and that
persoaBl accounts due the State are
in excess of those due 1900, in the
mm of $i,829.SO
Yur committee, in view of the
great advance in prices of all kinds
tnd grades of liquors, commend the
good business judgment of the di
rectors for havimg purchased more
largely than usua1, when they ' dis
over:d tbe possibility of advances
in prices of all gooJs diseied frn
grai. For in their business sagac
ity they have thus savedl housands
of dolars for the State dispensary.
When we submitted our last re
port wo ventured to umke some re
comiwendat ions-notably, asto con
stables being required to be more
accurate in estimating the qua Itities
t;f lqufors seized. By careful corn
parisn of "Seizure Book,'' with the
1%eeipt and Damping Book,"' etc.,
it gves us pleasure to &iny that de
creacies complauinied of in said ro
por .o now ruarey nommel.
In e, .-ifsioti we assert, that any
per- o:; FLtertaitil:c prejudices and
suspicions itinst the present man
agement of the State disp3nsary can
have the s;un rinoved by making
just sub an investigation of its
books and bffhirs , s we have done in
cmpiling the. f.-roaoina report, for
'tis true as "Juuz" bath it, "To in
form the underltanding, corrects and
enlarges the human heart."
Respectfully suibmitted,
F. A. Searson,
J. W. Jones,
Expert Committee.
The Hidden Gold.
The unexpeeted charm of little things,
Like wiu( from hills of honey clover,
brings
A breath of melody so pure and sweet
The heart takes up the music on its
striugr.
When I behold a happy man awhile
Whose random laughter stops the guess
of guile,
I see some chubby babe of long ago
Rubbing its dimples into this, his smile.
Too light a kiss to leave so sweet a breath?
Look at the rose. How will it leave its
wreath
Of purple pride, its perfume and its
soul?
Wrapped in a seed, that tiny urn of
death.
Forgotten in the valley, soon or late
That urn is spilled into the hand of fate.
'Tis the old blood on fire, as red or
white
And white or red, that has meant love or
hate.
Would you foretell the color of the rose,
Unmindful of the changing bud that
grows?
Lift up the mother stalk and in her face
There read a mother's answer, for she
knows.
o heart that will not listen to the song
Of little biz ds! 0 eye that will not long
Pity the sweet pea, winged, but snared
in flight!
What brothers have you in the passing
throng?
Auother race for other worlds that gl(am.
The silver planets and the stars that
seem
Forbidden gold, if gathered to the
reach
Of our desire, would melt into a dream!.
-Aloysius Coll in Ainslee's.
BICYCLE
FREE!!
Will be given away
at the office of the
Newberry Steam
Laundry on
FED. 14th.
Every Fourteen
C en ts worth of
Laundry
ENTITLES YOU
TO A CHANCE!
The man who hclds
the lucky number
which is drawn
from the box gets
the Wheel.
SEND YOUR
LAUNDRY
Now and in addi.
ton to get.ting First
Class Work take a
chance on the Bi
cycle.
TICKETS also given
on Cleaning and
Pressing.
L B.AVLL,
Lessee.