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COLUMBIA LETTER. Columbia. January 26. -The General Assembly has passtd through the second week of the present session. While up to the present time very few Bills have reached a third reading. a majority of the most important meas ures to come up have already been pre sented and referred to the proper com mittees. Each day the number of new Bills is increasing and the calendar as sumes larger proportions. The State's tribute to the memory of her most illustrious son was given on Friday, when the Hampton memorial exercises were held in the hall of the House of Representatives. The orator of the day was General M. C. Butler, a distinguished and (lose companion of H Iampt on in thet t roubdouis times of war and also in the great work of redeem ing the State in 1876. Perhaps no man in South Carolina is better qualified for the task of delivering an oration upon the life, .services and character of Hampton than General Butler. and the address was a masterful one, replete with inte'sting historical facts. and en hellished with eloquence which thrilled and swayed the large audience for near ly an hour. Imnmediately after the .1int Assembly was called to order the orator of the day and his escort were announced. The party was: 1. Gen. M. C. lButler, with the chair nnl of the .iuint (omnlnmittee. Senator J. Q. '11arshall.1 2. I is -:xcelbl-ley, Governor ). C. Hleyward. w1ith the IIon. l.' is Ward law llia kell. :{. I:X -:;overnor l. I. .lIeSweeney, with t I(" imn. W. L.. Maulrlir. i. ('hie' .Just ice Y..1. l'ope, with the 11( n. I":. II. Auli. . 'he Rev. O. A. I)arby, chaplain, with Senator Robert Aldrich. G.A ssociat e .Justice l-:ugene 1. Gary, wit h t1he Imli. IL r\ F. S'umans. 7. Associate .lstice Ira B. ,Jones, with Senator .1. C. Sheppard. . ( . I'. R. l!rno.L. with the Iev. Mr. Pratt. ' ('ap t. 1). .1. Gritihth. with ('apt. O). 4. M1art in, Sun ~t.dlent of Education. The following resolutions, which had been prepared by lion. l .eroy F. You mans, who was Attorney General under lamipton, were offered by lon. Robert Aldrich, Senattor from Harwel: "Wade I lampton is no mior'! On the II th day of April, in the year of our L.ord 19N, one of the most illustrious sons of Sou t I'arolina was gathered to his fathers, inl a ripe old age, in the midst of 'that which should accompany ol age - honor, love, obedience, t roops of triends.' In the course of his long and event ful life he discharged all of the duties of a citizeu, Ibotlh in war and in peace, in a manner vorthy of the admiration of all succeeding ages. I (is achiievem_ents in thle war bet ween the States, in the successive gradles of command from colo niel of the I haimptoni Legion to lieutenant general in the army of the Con federate States, will live forever in the pages of hiistor'y. Shiot andl shell and steel leftt thiir niarks on his princely frame to showv how he redleemed his pledge of li fe and honor to Sou th Carolina and the( South. "A fter the great struggle (of ar'ms his 5 sericies ini peacel( were fitly c'rown'ied by his redlempltioni (of tih' State mi 1876 frm t lhe rull' of t he alien aund the tritor', by his adioniistriat ion as G over'nor, by his (aree'r in thel Senate (of the UnTiitedl States. lIe i s l-ft to the State of' his hi rthl and love thle umenmory of a Ii fe wor'th th le honor, love, i mitationi and( cotnfidienoe oif hi'r sons for all t ime to ''i' it n-'solvedl by the General As ''"irst . 'That in the detat hof' Wade ll amp toun the State of South C ar'olina has lost her greatest soldiei' and states man w',ho, called( to the highest positiolns in great emergencies of plublic needC(, eve' e'xempilified( the most chivah-'ie ana fliial (devot ion to her inuter'ests, honor and( glory. 'Second. That his serv ices' to the St ate deserve to lie commemorated by a mionument mior'e endinl'ig than brass, which rhall keep forever gr'een thei( memon(ry of thll life and vir'tues of Wade H-Iampntoni. "'Thind. That this pre'amfble and these resoluitions be pr'operly engr'ossedl andl 'ommliunicaited to the( famiily of the( deC ceasedt." Col. Aldriic'h supp)or'ted the r'esolutions in at shiort addrliess andl one such as only Mir. A ldriichi can deliver'. The eloquent Senator from Bsarnwell is recognized as one( of the leading orators of the South C'aro~lina Legislature, and1 when he riuses to addrhiess the chair' hie never' fails to receive the close and( und(ividled aitten Lion of all present. On Friday when spleaking of the heroism, the great power' of leadership, the tender'ness as a man so conspaiously displayed by his dlistingu ished friend, the immortal Wade Hampton, lie was at his best, Following Col. Aldrich former Lieu tenant Governor Mauldin, of Greenville, and President of the Senate Sheppard seconded the resolutions ini a few ap proprlate remar'ks, andl General Butler, the orator of the (lay, waLs initrodluced. General Butler spoke for nearly an hour. Hie spoke of General Hampton's character and his high standing in South Carolina before the war, of his brilliant I career as a soldier and1 as a statesman< His concluding sentence is a brief stun-' muing up of the whole address: "Gen- I eral Hampton was a great cavalry sol- I dier, one of the greatest, of modern times, if not of any period of the world's history; he was an exemplary citizen of the loftiest and highest ideals of duty, devoted to the principles of constitutional government, a statesman of sound judgment and wisdown, an in corruptible gentleman. What more can or need be said of him?" The committee on commerce has re ported the Marshall Child Labor Bill to the Senate without recommendation. A majority and minority report was submitted on the Stanland Bill to pro hibit the sale of toy pistols, the ma jority being unfavorable to the Bill. An unfavorable report has also been sub mlitted on Mr. Ragsdale's Bill to requre railroads to give free transportation to State and county officers traveling on otlicial business. The Raysor Compulsory Education Bill has been made a special order for Wednesday. A good deal of discussion was pre c'ipitated in the House on Friday on Mr. ilaile's Bill to change the number Af days for road work to four and to make the commutation tax two dollars. The matter was postponed to Thursday, all commutation tax measures being made a sp'cial order for that (lay. There was also a lively discussion .tpon Mr. Holman's Bill providing for he election of county dispensers by the eople. By a large vote the enacting sords were stricken out. The Bill to prohibit cock fighting n any shape or form within the State ias been passed to a third reading. As will be seen, the important meas nres so far introduced and now pending rovide for the prohibition of child abor in 'the mills, compulsory educa ion, the repeal of the lien law, road mpr)ovement, distribution of dispensary arofiits,, the prohibition of cock lighting md the abolishment of the office of dhosphate inspector. MIr. Kibler's Bill in legard to county uperintendents of education ha. pased t second reading without opposition. The Bill pros ides: "Section 1. That no person shall be -lected county superintendent of edu -ation1 unless such person shall have a ertificate of qualification to teach in he free public schools of the State. aid certificate to be granted upon ex mnination either by the State board of -ducation or by the county board of ed ication. "Section 2. All Acts or parts of Acts aconsistent with this Act are hereby '-'Iealed. " Mr. Kibler has introduced a Bill to )ioVi(le for al insurance department mud to create the oflice of insurance in :pector. The Bill seeks to throw ad Iitional safeguards around those com >anies which are worthy of confidence tmd to protect the people from bogus ompanies. Tlomorrowy the election of an Associ aite Justice to succeedl Ilon. Y. J; pope mdu of Codle Comm issioner to succeedl loni. W. Hi. TIownusendl, wvho resignedl in >rder to accept the p)osition of Assistant \ttori ney. G;eneral, will be held. Although no action has yet been :kein, there is considerable- talk upon01 he quest ion of ctreating one or more ud(icial circuits. It is arguedl on the )e hand that the expense of special .ermis of court would be almost suffi !ienlt to pay the salaries of extra judges Ln( othler court officials, and that it you d be mluch more profitable to have dldit ional circuits rather than so many ipec ial terms. Those wh 10Oppose any etion claim that the present machinery s sullicient andl that the trouble is 'nainly caused by the delay on the part f attorneys in bringing their cases to ~rial atnd the further delays int the court ooml after cases are brought to trial. Still the fact remains that the State ias been rapidly growing and the busi less of the courts incr-easingr in p)ropor ion for a nunmber- of' years, andl that .vithI increase the number of ci uits remains the same. No unight sessionis have yet beetn held, dt.hough they have on several occa ions been sutggestedl. Most of the work is always crowdled inlto the last week or ten days, andl this session1 wIll be nio exception. ILieut. Ga,,. John TI. Sloan, who suic ceecded Lieu tenant Governor Tillmnan, makes an~ excellent presidling officer, and1( is held in esteeml by the Senators. J. K. A. COL. THOS. W. HOLLOWAY. 'Tle (leath of Col. Thos0. W. IIlolloway, which occurred at his home in this count-ty last. week, is ai dis(titnct loss to Newberry County andh to South Caro lina. For matny years Col. I lolloway was Secretary of the State Agricul tural and Mechatnical Society, atnd in this posit ion he did at immense anmount of work for the society, andl his efforts played 110 'iean part in making a sue 3ess of each succeeding State Fair. iIe lad become idlentif'ied wvith these an itual fair's a5 no0 other manl in South larolina, and to see him working for ~heir success was just as natural to the housands who have each year attend(ed us the sight of thle old1 butildinig it.self. Col. llollowvay wvas over ttue to his ~ounty andh to his State. lIe was at all imes ai courteous gentlemanl, andI hlad he r'esp)ect and esteem of all who know im. Genial, always considerate of thers, it was a pleasure to meet him t any time, ie will be sadly mnissed jthose whose good fortune it was to now him. NBBDBD RbVISION OF PUBLIC SBNTi MBNT. The Rev. E. 0. Watson, pastor c Bethol M. E. church, Charleston, an who is well known and highly esteeme in Newberry, delivered a sermon o Sunday morning, upon the subjecl "Needed 'Revision of Public Sentimen in South Carolina." The topic upo which special stress was laid was th Tillman-Gonzales tragedy, the memory ,i which is but too fresh among the peopl of this State. Mr. Watson in commen ing upon the tragedy, said: "We need a reform in public senti ment thi . shall make the taking of hu man life ior words a crime absolutel without defence. A reform that sha recognize that no words of a man to man justify even personal violencc Ah, how poor a cause must an mere words aupear as one look at a blood-staine( hand and has to bea the lash of a blood-stained conscience With this reform fair play will requir revision of public sentiment concerninf 'free speech.' We are too free o speech. There is too great readiness t, indulge in social defamation, commonl calleo tattling. Men are too quick t charge others with wrong-doing in busi ness and in of}icial administ:ation. Pres and pulpit are often too free with nei and lip to denounce and abuse. Ni would not have a muzzled puluit or; muzzled press, but with a public senti ment that says: '> words justify per sonal violence or bloodshed;' fair pla; demads greater caution in utteranci and that utterance, however, true an< necessary, shall be parliamentary, no to say polite, and shall be all the mor forceful for being so. "We need a revision of public senti ment that shall make the carrying o weapons in itself acrime, whether thes weapons weigh four ounces or fou pounds, whether they measure si inches or six feet, and whether they b< concealed or inconcealed. The mer< fact of a man s being armed should b( consi(dere(l prima facie evidence of at intention to commit a crime. Withoul such sentilent we may add law to la? upon the .-tatute books to noavail. Witi such public sentiment men will be led t< discard the pocket 1)istol as an article 01 dress and, being without weapons, cow ards (brave men are usually unarmed will be more cautious and self-controlle( in speech and action." "We need a 1evisio0n of public senti ment that shall m11-ake the carrying o: weapons in its(l'f a crime." True word these. There is no more detestabl habit than the can i ig of concealet weapols, and there is no other on thing that leads t o Ial f as many deplor able crimes. But so long as public sen timent upholds, or even condones the habit, so long will concealed weapons h carried. Legislatures may pass laws and they may lur'o\'i(e evely conceivabl< means for their enforcement, but no lav is going to Ib' enforced unless it i backed by a healthy public sentiment We need in this State a public senti ment that shall ine(quivocally condemi the car'rying of concealed weapons Iluman life in Southl ('arolina is becom inig too eleap. We do not believe w' in South Caro lina will ever reach the time referrel to by Mr. Watson, when we shall hay a "public sentiment that shall make til taking of human life for words a criimi absolutely without defenc , shall recog nize that no worls of a man to a m: justify eveun Ipersonal violence,"' how ev,er' desirable such a state of affair' might be. But it is a fact that we arn '"too tree of speech. " As w(' have oftcr saidl, thle freedom of the pr'ess is toc often const rued as thle rigi.t of a news paper to say whatever it ple'ases, le gardless of' anyt hi ng or (it anybody Too mlany edlitors, we are glad to say however, tha111t they numb er v'ery few i] this State, hold niothling sacred. We be lieve in freedom of1 speech, but thI< right of freedom of speech ought not t< he construedl as l icenise to say what one le(ases, no miattern how many pure cham aete'rs mayi~ Ie defamed, or how man) things that. are sacred are held up to th< gaz/e oft a cuious wor'ld. It will be many, many y.m-s befor< there is a pubillic senItimlent ini thiis Stat< thlat says that there are no wvord(s thia justify blows. So long as South Caro linians remain South (Carolinians ther' are word(s t hat. are going to he fol lowet by blowvs. The public sentiment thIa we nieed andI that is coiming is one tha shall hold sacred the right of' freedlon of speech and that shall condemn in ii unci(ertain mannieir the carrying of con ('ealedl weapons als ar'ticles of drcess o of ornlamient. President lloosevelt, it seems, is de terined that he shall use e'very eff'or mn his p)ower' to aid the iiegiro to rais, hiniself to social eqiuality with the whit, an. Oir, pleihaps, as the Presiden would say, he is simlply recognizing th etluality wvhich he thinks has alwaye existedl. Several newVspapercis have augF gested that lie give a grandl (ake wal in the White 1llouise, It is an excellen idea, and the priobab)ility is that as 1400 as it is brought, to the( attention of th Priesident he wvill tak. adlvantage of it It would( be ani (excelle'nt 0Ioppotunit for the pihoto1grap)h1ers and thle eng rav(e and( the niewspapers it Mir. Rooseve] should lead with the dus1ky Miss Wash ington, dlaughter' of Br'ooker TI. WILL LEiAVEj lENNEiTTSV.,LLE. Senator Johnt L.. McLaurln Sells Is House and Lot. lBonnettsvi lIe, .laniuary 2. -Senatoi John L. McLaurini has been here sev. eral (lays negotiating the sale of hii house and lot on West lDarliingtor street, wher'e his family now resides. He closed the (deal totday. Percy I. Moore is the pur'chaser. Tlhis transac tion probably means t hat Senator Mc. Laurin is pr'eparing to leave Hennetts ville, but lie hats not. yet announced where ho is going. RUTS d The walking sick, what 4 a crowd of them there are: Persons who are thin and weak but not sick enough eI to go to bed. " Chronic cases " that's what the doctors call them, which in common English i nais -long sickness. To stop the continued s loss of flesh they need 'Scott's Emulsion. For the iec f ling of wPve kness they neecd Scotts Emulsion. It makes new flesh and - gives new life to the weak system. Scott's Emulsion gets _ thin and weak persons out of the rut. It makes new, rich blood, strengthens the nr-ves and gives.appetite for ordinary food. Scott's Emulsion can be taken as long as sickness lasts and do good all the time. e'I' rc's new strength un1 flesh in every dose. We will be glad to send you a few doses free. ne sure that this picture in the formu ot a lab,l i in the wrapper of everv bottle of Etnulsion you buy. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, 409 Pearl St., N. V. " _-, 50c. and $1; all druggists. Best for tho "M' South," - WOOD'S HEW Ccjd F i 1903 -rld free n W . . afull of _rrrr thin11;s Stml 1 !!i :l a llltbou i bo1 th ort .l'! a tl (itrd.n. - v, ood's "''1 rade iark Br-and % j a R AS.iND -O' RA SEEDS 1 ? he !c u r l:iltes obtiniable. e ' r P'e i (and ourl" seed ultti ..formnat ion. W.WOOD & SONS, mcn, Richmond, Va. C'-mm-m Pleas Jurors TNOTICE ISHEREBYGIVEN THAT kthe undg~rsignedt composing the Board of Jury Commissioners for New -berry County, State of South Carolina, wilt on the 30th of January instant, at nmne o'clock a. mn., in the office of the Clerk of Court for said (ounaty, openly and publicly, dIraw Thirty-six Jurors to - serve as Petit Jurymen at the February term of Court of Common Pleas for Newberry County, beginning Fehruary 16th, and continuing for one week. W. W. CROMER, Auditor. JOHN L. EPPS, Treasurer. JOHN ('. GOGGANS, Clerk of Court. Board of Jury Commissioner's for Newberry County, S. C. Notice of Final Settle ment. OPTICE IS HIEREBY GIVEN THAT . I will make a final settlemcent on the estate of Anthony H-erber., de ceasied, on Tuesday, the 24th day of ,February, 1903, in thb Probate Court _ for Newberry, South Carolina, and will .imimediatebv thereafter apply to the r Judge of saidt Court for a final dis charge as Executor, &c., of the (de ceasedl. All persons holding claims against the estate of said Anathony Herbert, dleceasedI, are hereby notified to present. - the same (duly attested, oni nr before t said (late, to me or my attorneys, .Messrs. Mowver & Blynum. ' 'WALTE~R I. HIERBERTf. e As Executor, &c., of Anthony Herbert, t deceasedt. 4t Note Our Steady Growth, J .anuary I, 1897-$ 30,416 29 I.January I, 1898-$ 34,030 410 e Jan uary 1, 1899 --$ 42,326 78 . January 1. tC-$ (98,805 90 .Janu iary I, 1901---8 104,081 (12 sJan uary' I, 1902-$137,404 15 January 1, 1908-$163,161 61 The Commercial Bank OF NEWBERRY, S. C. Ol'I'I" IS. .hNO. M~ INATRD, I'r.s.'r.t. 0 H ?AY1,viu Vice P're't,. Z l'' WVQiTu' (ehior. I' ( . SMtiTHi, of Sm0ii h BrosM. ' W II ilUNT' A tt)re ast L.aw and1( . s)lieihor for the Hank. G;i:uo S. Mowsu~i, ArIo, I at L w. AVER..~ l'hyI,sic lin, and rel 'e' A .1 *41hItON, I' aIt r.J J1 NO. M. K I \ A R D, Pr',.idet, We 94 'e 'i in Saevn r iep ,,e mient .' ra, PR f 4Enpranu Fat FLl !.' makes a fat pIttrs A fertilizer w"il!rJut suflicient Potasb iS not c)t al,i,ett. Wrzite fur taucur GERM.t. KAI. WUYtKS, 93 Nassau Street. _%rk WHY2 COUGH, There are a goo I many people cinghing these days who could just as well not cough at all. Many peo ple endure a cough patiently because they have beeNt disappointed by worthless cough remedies and do not realize that there are other remedies which are wholly entitled to confi deuce. Quick Relief Cough Milxfure is one of these remedies We have abundant reason to know that this preparation is far superior to cough reuedies usually sold, and w bile it wi:I n->t eur.+ ev" ry e lngb, it comes as neer it, as aty hiug that we have tried Youi cau 'ike it knowing that there i, at least nothing httvr, that it bi)iek,y curt"s U0 )or c,tit. of all ordinary coughs. For sale only a, MaYeS' Drn[ kstore TOYS!I TOIS! TOYS! in endless variety. FRUITS! FRUITS! FRU ITS! fresh and luscious CANDY! CANDY! CAN DY! delicious and toothsome. Don't make your Christ mas purchases until you have examined our stock. $. B. Joqes, Santa lans lea4narters. Hello Central !----Give Me 48 Thc NcWhorry Gr'antte PFon OollfctliolnOy alid 8dkoy! They have all kindsi of Bread Patent Bread, M ilk Bread, G raham Broad, (Cream Bread, Cap Bread, Bye Bread, Kimmnel Seed Ryeo Bread, Bostam Brown Bread. Largest assortment of fresh, fancy Caken ever shown here before. Orders taken by Telephone and de liveredI free of charge as we have out our inew delivery wagon. Call and see us, or ring up Phone No. 48. H. A. Meyer & Son. Grand Clearing Out Sale Before Taking Stock. Cornmencing Dec 30, 1 902. we offer at actual cost all goods in our dry goods depart ment. This is a grand opportunity to get good values spot cash. No approbation, no de-, ception about this sale.1 When we say actual cost we mean just what we-say. MOSELE Y BROS., Prosperity, S. 0. To the. Penpie. GREETING. We desire to thank you for your patronage during the year which has just closed, and to so licit an increased patronage dur ing the year upon which we have entered. Your business will be appreciated and our sole desire shall be to please. When in need of anything in our line-and we have the pret tiest line of furnishings in the city --give us a call. Ewart-Pifer Co. Copeland Bros. "Is the Place for Bargains," For the Next Two Weeks. In Dress Goods, Jackets, Capes and Furs, Men's Clothing, Boys' Clothing, Hats, Shoes for Everybody... any Size and Style. Overcoats, Blankets, Lap Robes, Shirts, Collars and Cuffs, Neckwear, Gloves, Linen and Silk Handkerchiefs, Silk Mufflers, Umbrellas and Rubber Shoes. Also a nice lot of Felt Shoes and Slippers for Ladies and Men, Don't fail to come to see us, if in need of anything in the above lines. We will guarantee to save you money. We have a great many nice and suitable things that you can give to your lady or gentleman friends as presents for Christmas. Come and See Us Often. COPELAND BROTHERS. Almost everyone has discovered that Wooten sells the best goods for the least money and We Are Doing the Business Because we sell more goods for same money! Same goods for less money! wyAnd you may always count. upon getting everything yo~u want in the Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Gents' Furnishings,ietc., at the very lowest prices. 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