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Eie err NtmR em a ESTA BLISHED 1865.~ NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 28, 1902. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAHB CANDIDATES FOR THE NEXT CAMPAIGN %oE OF THE POSSIBILITIES AN[ IMPOSSIBILITIES. 90me Aftermath of the Session -PolIt1Ca (1hat from Abo-at the Lobbies of the Xegislativ-, alle-The Con grer lonal Outlook. [TIS State, 24th.] - In another part of this issue if given a resume of the work done by the Legislature. It will be seen thal a number of acts were passed out oA the 1150 bills introduced. But thE members also gave through to some thing more than bills, joint resolu tions and acts. The "campaign next summer" is the roseate future to which nearly every legislator looks. Some have beome disgusted with public life and swear that they will not again enter the lists. Others will "come t"ack" if their friends "urge them" to do so. But others think that this world has better things in store for them. Some of the members of the house at present seek nothing higher than to become senators. In this dlams 1ay be named Messrs Butler of Cherokee, Biohardson of Clarendon, ' McLeod of Lee, Ashley of 4nderson gd Efird of Lixington, provided mntar Jbarpe retires. There arm several members of the house who have been suggested as aqdi4at for the speaker's chair. Among them are gesars Iucker of Anderson, Morgan of Greenville, Wil JiaMs of Lancaster, and Smith of ger&biW. Each of them is well en 4oved with ment attributes, each bs ha4 eperiene and all Ore pop lar. The house is more prolific of candi dates forState o0ices that in the sen at. The latter is not "so warm" but the -house Is a regular incubator. tere are fully a dozen State officers who were representatives, but none of them, except one, was ever in the Senate. Among the candidates who will go from the noisy hail of the house to the rapy debates in State campaigns lathe speaker, Hon. W. F. Steven men of Chesterfield, who iss a an of warked legal ability and would add dignity to the o@ce of attorney gen era!, to whiph 'he aspires. His pjectjen is no seneoure, bit Mr. gisyenson has n.ever yet sugfered- de foat. 'The only other annoneed e.adidato is Mr. U. X. Giunter, the preSent assistant attorney general, who is popular in the State and a finished politician. For secretary of state nearly a quo p9j; of tlNe house will offer. T1'be auowed c,az4i49tes froan the house are Hon. J. Harvey Wilson of Sam tpy, chairraan of the ways and means *omiEttee5 Ifr. J. C. CamphAIl of Masrlboro, Capt 3. Kampden BrdLoks, that most gallant of Confedera&e sol diere, and CoL J. T. Austin of Green ville, he of the invincible handshake Other candidates will be Mr. J. T. &antt, Col. E. H. Aull and Mr. W. W. Bradley of Abbeville. The house has a trained campaign pr gnd a level headed militiaman as a pandidate for comptroller g-neral. !n the last few 4ays of the hes'4ion capt. !. G. LSiehards of Kershaw an nonoed that he had about decided to enter the race. (3apt. }Wiebards has been a supporter of the Charles ton Medical college and of Winthbrop in the fights in which those inistita tions figured. Senator Sharpe with his lusty vociferati.on will also be heard upon the stump for this office. Osapt. Black, sceretary of the St ate penitentiary board, is a candidate for this office. -Mr. Derhamn may be hard to de feat for re election. The attoruey general, secretary of state and adju tant general will not stand for re election. Mr. Derham, Mr. McMa han and Capt. Jennings will be t here when the campaign opens. Now the house has an aspirant for Mr. McMahan's office, Mr. Arthur Kibler of Newberry, one of t be lead ers of the house and a ebampion of the common schools. Mr. Kibi er is also an advccate of measures regula ting the workings of insurance eaom panies. Prof. Q. B. Martin of Green ville has announced himself as a can e didate for State Superintendent o education. Col. A. R. Banks o Rock Hill was suggested some tim, ago, but he will not be in the race. For adjutant general the hous, will have a Confederate veteran wh4 will try to succeed the gallant ol< soldier who will retire to take up thi fight for congress in the Fifth dis trict. Capt. A. H. Dean of Spartan burg is a candidate for adjutant gen eral. Capt. Dean has been a con sistrvit advocate of purity in our pen sion system. He is well known ii the up country. Col. Jno. D. Fros of Columbia, the popular and ver efficient assistant adjutant general will be in the race to succeed Mr Floyd, as will Mr. Panl Ayer of An derson and the dashing Col. Jaci Boyd of Greenville, who has nevej quit being a soldier siace the dayi when he was a "Johnny Reb." The office of railraod commisaionei seems to be a soft berth. At an3 rate there are xpore candidates foi this office than for any other Among the candidates who are sc far in the race are Mr. Henry J. xi nard of Greenwood, who is, perhaps, the leader of the economists of th( house, although he is not narrow it his views; Mr. J. G. Wolling of Fair field, whose success as a merchani and farmer would augur success ai a State official, is also in thp race Senator B. L. Caughrin of Saluda author of the "Jim crow" car law, ii a candidate. Mr. 4. C. Wilboorn oJ York, the present chairpan, wil stand for rerelection, haying sorve4 eight years. Mr. W. Boyd Evans ii a candidate-and there are others. No member of i ho house aspires tc be governor-yet. There is onE candidate on t4e other side of thE State capitol. Lieut,. Qov. {. H. Till ma and the winner will haye to 4e. feat 4bort alf a dogen other candi dates, among them ov. McSweeney, CuL W. Jasper Talbert, Capt. D. C, Heyward of Colleton, fnd Ur. F. M, Ansel of Greenville. The leading candidates for lieu, truant governor are Hon. Frank B, Gary of Abbeville, whose ability and fairness as a presiding officer are ax iomatic; Senator S. G. Mayfield, whc 4as bee'n tqr eight years chairrlan o1 the senate's most iwportant commrit. tee; Senator J. Lyles Glenn of Chese ter, and Mr. Cole. Li. Blease. Since the redistricting of the Siate there haye been g nurpber of buids og the flower of congressional aspirW tions. In the lirst district it is thought that Mr. Geo. Liegare ol Charleston will be elected. In the second district the following namei have been mentiQned, and -all will probably run-William Elliott ol Baaufort, q. Duncan Igellinger and Jf. 0. attersoni of 4arLiwell, J. W, Craft of Aiken, and J. Win. Thur mond of Edgefield. Mr. Bellinge; is the fearless, agresive and brajn) leader of the andt-tynt eement d1 the State. Col. Oroft agrees witk Mr. Bellinger in that figlht' and is ap eloquent and powerfuli defender of the common people ot. the jldor of the house. In the th ird district the candidatei will be: Senator George S Mower ol Newberry, Seniator Graydon, ex Sen ator McCatlla and Wyatt Aiken ol Abbeville, Geo. E Prince of Ander san and Dr. Smith of Pickens. Thg latter has not been heard of much ir politics, bqt bie is sai4 to be a very formidable candidate. Mr. Joe Johnson will npt be ye electe,l itn the fourth distript without opposition Re defeated Mr. Stan yarne Wilson by about 3,000 votes It is rumored that Senator Dean o Greenville will try conclusions witi Mr. Johnson. In the fifth Mr. Fi;aley will stand for reelection and Gen. Floyd au< Slicitor Hen ry will oppose him. Dr Strait will rn again. In the sigth no opposit jon to UJon gressman Scarborough has developed In the' eventh Mlr. ILever' s mos formidable opponent will be Senato. Rysor of Orangeburg, who coul< ave been elected this time. Rich land may have a candidate, and Sum ter has material in waiting. The lMgislature is the hotbed fron which many tender plants are takei and grafted into the soil of the Stat, offices where their foliage is kep 'moist by the dews of emoluments an< narqniites. THE WORK OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 3 ACTS AND JOINV RESOLUTIONS OF THE SESSION. A Complete List Given for the Convonience of the People of the State. The legislature has completed its work and adjourned, and naturally the question will be asked, What has been done? Below is published a list of the acts and joint resolutions ratified at the sessions just closed. Of the new laws few of them are of great importance. The greatest interest centered in the new jury law, the new road law and the new coanty government law, which were made necessary by the decisions of the courts declaring the old laws to be unconstitutional. The new laws Qu these subjects were prepared with a great deal of care but it remains to be seen if they will stand the tests of the courts. It will be noted that a great many of the new acts relate to unimpor tant matters. A large per cent of them relate to purely local affairs, such as school districts, county mat ters, etc. There are some unimpor tant changes in the pension laws, and some new regulations for municipal ities. But taken all in all the work of the legislature has not been of great importance. Following is a full list of the acts and joint resolutions that have been rati#ed; An act to fix compensation of county officers. An act to further regulate the working and maintaining the high ways. An act to prevent the sale of cer tain explosive firecraclefs. An act to protect keepers of board ing boilse An act to provide school books for certain school districts. An act to license manufacturers, bottlers or dealers in mkneral waters and other non-alcholic beverages, the exclusive use of kegs, boxes, crates and bottles owned by them and ren dered capable of identif4cation by the name of the owner, or other dis tinguishmng uzsark, stamped, stencil led, engrayed, cut or in any other manner fized ther Aon. An ac t to amend section 984- of tihe reyised statutes of 189L3 so as~ to ex erppt dentists from jury duty. An act to prevent the altering or removing land marks. An act to require public ginners to keep their books for inspection. An act to exempt school trustees from road duty. An act to armend sections 4 and 5 of an asct entitled "An act to require the supervisors of the State to pub iish quarterly reports, so as to make the siid act general, and so as to e poal ineonsIstent acts and part of An act to allow all farry products to be marketed in any town in this State without license, An act providing a procedure to enable the attorney general to se cure testimony in relation to viola tion of the anti-trust laws. An act to prohibit pools, trusts and monopolies. An act to provide for the running of public schools on a cash basis. An act to authorize the county treasurer and county superintendents qf the several countjes to borrow rmoney for any fiscal year to pay school claims of said year. .PENsIONS AND PENsIONERs. An act in relation to the enroll ment by county and township of cit izens of South Carolina who ren dered military or naval service to the Confederate St ates. Au act to amnd~( section 3 of an 4et to provid" for pensions for cer tain soldiers and sailors, now resi dents of South Carolina, who were r in the service of the State or of the Confederate States, in the late war . between the States, ao far as it re lates to widows of Confederate sol idiers and sailors. SAn act creating a count) pension commissioner, defining his duties. jAn act to amend an act to exempt soldiers and sailors in the servie of the State of South Carolina, or of the Confederate States. in the war be tween the States from taking out li cense as hawker and peddler, by making same apply to towLs and cities. An act to regulate county aid to ex-Confederate soldiers, and to pre vent their disfranchisement A joint resolution to provide for the purchase of 300 copies of the Confederate Woman's books. An act to amend an act to declare the law in reference to the duty of the county auditor when a false or improper return for taxation is made. An act to provide for the repair of artificial limbs of certain citizens of the State who were soldiers in the war between the States. An act to prohibit the wearing of the Southern Cross by those not en titled to do so. An act to amend sections 1065, 1066 and 1067 of the code relating to pensions. AS TO PAYING TAXES. A joint resolution to extend the time for paying taxes for the fiscal year 1901 to March 31st, 1902, with out penalty. I A joint resolution to extend the i time for the payment of commuta- i tion tax in lieu of labor on roads for I the year 1902 to March 31st, 1902, 1 without penalty. An act to amend an act entitled I "An act to raise revenue for the sup port of the State government by the I leVy and collection of a tax on in- f comes," approved 5th. da) of March, I 1897. An act to extend the time for the payment of taxes levied and assessed for the fiscal year 1901, to pay judg rpents obtained and entered upon township bonds issued in aid of rail- ( roads, and interest and principal of such bonds not rednoed to judgment, when the railroad has not been com pleted through the township as pro jected, to March 1st, 1903,' without penalty. An act to amend section 399 of the revised statutes of 1893, relating to the seizure and sale of a default. zng tax-payer's estate as heretofore amended by act No. 349., approved 20th, February, 1901. An act to 4eclare con~trEacts entered into to evade the payment of taxes to be against public policy. An act to repeal section 27I of the statutes of 1882, and to fix the time for the payment of taxes, assess ments and penalties. An act to amend section 334 of the revised statutes relating to the collection of taxes without being stayed by the proeess of court TEESE c~oNcERN RAILROADS. An act to authorize the Chester field and Lancaster Railroad com pany to change the location of its track in certain particulars. An act to incorporate the French Broad and Southern Railroad corn pany. An act to prohibit hand-cars and lever cars being left 'vithin 50 yards of any public crossing, and to fix the penalty therefor. An act to authorize the consolida tion or merger of the capital stocks, franchises and properties of the Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad company, the Scith Carolina and Qeorgia Railroi I company, the South Carolina and Georgia lRail road Extension comnpany and the Caiolina Midland Railway company under the laws of this State, and to authorize and empower such consol idated company to make a lease of its railroad properties and franchises to the Southern Railway company. An act to incorporate the Charles ton Union Station company. An act to incorporate Mount Pleas ant and Georgetown Railway com pany?. An act to require electric street railway companies to affix vestibules to their cars for the protection of motormen. An act to provide for corporate agents of certain townships, and to prescribe their duties. An act to providle the measure of damages to which any common car rier may be held for the conversion to its own use of any property held by it on consignment or in course of consignment An act to provide the manner in which owners or projectors of any railroad companies, incorporated un - der the laws of other States or coun tries, may become incorporated in this State. An act to require all railroad com panies doing business in this State to provide spittoons in passenger cars. An act to further define connect ing lines of common carriers and fix their liabilities. An act to empower the Charleston and Summerville railroad to build bwo bridges across the Ashley river. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONs. An act prescribing the manner in which cities and towns may extend ;heir charters of incorporation. An act to amend section 1 of "An ict to provide for the incorporation >f towns of not less than 1,000 nor nore than 5,000 inhabitants," ap >roved 5th. March, 1896. An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to authorize and empower -ities, towns, townships and other nunicipal corporations to issue ne otiable coupon bonds for the re unding or payment, in whole or in >art, of bonded indebtedness, and any inpaid past due interest thereon, ex sting at the time of the adoption of he present constitution," app roved 4arch 9, 1896. An act to r quire municipalities o provide drains for surface water. An act to empower cities and towns o issue exclusive franchises to per ons or corporations furnishing wa er or lights thereto. An act to establish municipal ourts and define their power and urisdiction. An act to authori7e the establish nent of board of police comnii3sion rs i cities of not less than 20,000 nhabitants nor more than 50,000. (Continued in our next paper.) 0OL. JOHN G. WILLIAMS. )eath or One of Hampton' Qalant men A Citizen of Laurens County. [Special to The state.] Cross Hill, Feb. 24.-Col. John 1r. Williams died at his hoirne this norning after a long aind painful llness. For many years Col. Wil iams was one of the leading men of L~aurens cotnnty. W was widely mown in the State. H~e commanded company during the war Between he States; served upon the staff of >f Govs. Hampton and Simpson. He vas elected to the legislature from his county in 1890, utaling a safe, ntelligent and faithful member. de was a man of strong convictions, 1aying the courage to stand by them. Jol. James Williams3 of Revolution mry fame was his great grandfather. He married in 1808 Miss Nannie U. Campbell, daughter of the late Robt. E. Campbell, who stirvivea Hie bore his sufferings with great ~ortitude, praying for -submission md patience, asking his many friends, >oth white and colored, to meet him n heaven. He was a member of the KIethodist church. The devotion of 2is loving wife was beautifual and nost pa'hetic. Relativ6s and friends nost tenderly nursed him and sijilled 3hysicisne attended hing, doing averything known to medical science :o proloug his life, but from the first bis case seemed to be hopeless. lie wvas in his 69th year. Little 1iIotain items. Capt. Brady of this place has a very sick child. Mrs. D. J, Shefaly, near this place is also on the sick list. She is improving some for the last few day s. Mr. A. N. Rowland's baby that was 3ick with pneumonia is almost entirely well Rev. J. K Efird of this place was called to L'exingtoni Co., this week to bury Mrs Lola Agnes Amick at St. Thomas E. L. Church. She was the daughter of Mr. Anston Wessinger. Some rogues entered Mr. Scott's store last Tuesday night by forcing off the weather-boarding under one of the front windows with a crow-bar. They went in and lighted a~ hop and left it burning after escaping through a win dow. The amo"unt of goods taken is not known. Mothers can safely give Foley's Honey and Tar to their children for coughs and colds, for it contains no opiates or other poisons. Gilder & Weeks. ROOSEVELT AND TILLMAN. AN UNPLEASANT SFQUEL TO THE FIGHT IN THE SENATE. The President Suggests to the South Caro lina Senator that Owing to the Circum stance of his Being Under Contempt of the Senate It Might be Well if he were to Withdraw his Ac ceptance of the President's Invitation to Dine with Prince Henry. Washington, February 24.-The President has withdrawn his invita tion extended to Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, to attend the dinner to be given tonight in honor of Prince Henry, of Prussia, at the White House. It is stated that this action on the part of the President. was made necessary from the fact that, owing to occurrences on the floor of the Senate last Saturday, the Sena tor from South Carolina was declared in contempt of the Senate. Senator Martin, of Virginia, accepted an in vitation in Senator Tillman's place. The invitation was extended to Sena tor Tillman, owing to the fact that he is the ranking minority member of the naval affairs committee. There was a sensational sequel to the decision of the President to elim inate Senator Tillman's name from the list of dinner guests. The Presi dent sent for Senator Crockrell, of Missouri, and asked him, as a friend and Democratic colleague of Senator Tillman, to suggest to the latter the propriety of withdrawing his accept ance of the dinner invitation. The President explained his attitude in the matter and said that, in view of the contempt proceedings, Senator TillmaL's presence would not only be an affront to the Senate, but a dis courtesy to Prince Heijry. Senator Cockrell accepted the commission and later telephoned to the President that Senator Tillman absolutely re fused to withdraw his acceptance in respopme to the President's sug gestion. The President then im mediately cancelled the invitation in a note he dispatched directly to Sen ator Tillman shortly before noon to day. In this note, which was very brief and formal, the President stated he regretted he was obliged to with draw the invitation. Simultaneously Senator M1artin, of Virginia, was in vited to take Senator Tillman's place at the dinner as the next ranking Democratic member of the Senate naval affairs cmmuittee. THE PRESiDENT's LETTER. The following is the letter from the White House withdrawing Sena tor Tillman's invitation to dine there tonight: "White House, February 24. 9'The President regrets that he is compelled to withdraw the invitation to you to dine tonight at the White Ilouse, "Very truly yours, "George B. Cortelyou, "Secretary to the President." SENATOR TILLMAN's5 CoMMENT. Commenting spon the letter Sena tor Tillman says: "The President, of course, has the right to invite any one he chooses to dine with him, officially or otherwise, and also has the right to withdraw such invitation. As I am not con scious of having done anything, per sonal or official, which gives the President the right to insult me, I am surprised at his action. The in vitation to this dInner came to me unsought and unexpected, and so far as the withdrawal is concerned it is a matter of absolute indifference to me. It is the motive behind it which seeks to put me in the condition of unwor thiness to meet the President and his guest before final action by the Senate. Prince Henry, the Presi dent's guest, comes from a country whose custom makes it obligatory upon any man who regards himself a gentleman to promptly resent an in sult, and the method is by challenge to a duel. That was once the cus tom, but it is now obsolete in the United States, and we have been forced as a people here to cling to the old Anglo-Saxon rule of consid ering the lie direct as the first blow, and no man coQld hold up his head in decent society should he, being near enough to answer the lie with a blow not give it. "As for my being in contempt of the senate, which I presume is the excuse for this insult at the hands of the President-that I deny. I have been guilty of a breach of the rules and the privileges of the Senate. The Senate was not sitting as a Court, but as a legislative assembly. It has the right to expel me, if it sees fit, and I am ready to abide its judgment and action. It has the right to ar rest me and to hold me in custody until it makes disposition of my case, but it has no right to gag me, and the President has no right to judge me guilty of conduct unbecoming a gentleman, unless he belies all his antecedents, which lead one to be lieve that he would have' done just as I did under the circumstances. As to which of us is the gentleman in this matter, in view of the un sought invitation to dinner at the White House and its indecent with drawal, I am willing to abide by the jndgment of all brave and self-re specting men." Tribute to Our Old Kitchen. Far back in my musings my thoughts have been cast ro the cot where the hours of my child hood were passed; [ love all its rooms to the pantry and hall, But that blessed old kitchen was dearer than all. [ts chairs and its tables none brighter could be, And all its surroundings were sacred to me ro the nail in the ceiling, the latch on the door, &nd I love every crack on the old kitchen floor. [ remember the fire-place with mouth high and wide, rhe old fashioned oven that stoc1 by its side, Dut of which, each Thanksgiving, came puddings and pies, Tbat fairly bewildered and dazzled our eyes. And then, too, St. Nicholas, slyly and still, Came down every Christmas our stock ings to fill; While the mark of the axe-handle out by the door Did not pass for his hoofs, while carry ing his store, But the dearest of memories I've laid up in yore, [s the mother that trod on the old kitchen floor. Day in anld day out, from morning till night, Her footsteps were busy, her heart al ways light, For it seemed to me then, that she knew not a care, The smile was so gentle her face used to wear; I remember with pleasure what joy filled our eyes, When she told us the stories that child ren so prize; They were new every night, though we'd heard them before From her lips, at the wheel, on the old kitchen floor. I remember the window, where morn ings I'd run, As soon as the daybreak, to watch for the sun; And thought, when my head scarcely reached to the sill That it slept through the night in the trees on the hill And the small tract of ground that my eyes there could view Was all the world that my infancy knew; Indeed, I cared not to know of It more, For a world of itself was that old kitchen floor. Tonight those old visions come back at their will, But the wheel and its music forever are still; The band is moth-eaten, the wheel laid away, To be used on our cart on those bright sunny days; The hearthstone, so sacred, is just as 'twas then, And the voices of children ring out there again; And ye who do daily, cross over that sill, Step lightly, dear children', for I think of her still. I ask not for honor, but this would I crave, That when the lips speaking are clos;ed in -the grave, My children would gather theirs round by their side, And tell them of the mother who long ago died; 'Twould be more enduring, far dearer to me, Tban inscription on granite or marble could be, To have them tell often, as I did of yore, Of the mother who trod on the ok'. kitchen floor. Geo. WV. Eddy. Mt. aor. N.JT Feb. 22, 192