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) t.m ~ YOLOIE LI., NUMBER 11- NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA* TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1913. TWICE A WEEK, $U0 A YEAR. The General / j1 Putting In r A BRIEF SUMMARY OF WHAT HAS BEEN DONE SEVERAL IMPORTANT MEASURES TO COME l*P THIS WEEK. Appropriation Bill to Be Considered? Medical College Bill Passes House. I Other Matters. Special to The Herald and News, rvkinmhiji FV'b. 10.?Both houses of V/Vi U I liW'vv, ? - the general assembly are now putting in steady work. Night sessions were the rule all last week, and on Saturday the house adjourned until 1 o'clock this afternoon, and the senate until 8 o'clock tonight. The appropriation bill is yet to be v introduced by the ways and means ? ? ??J 1+ ?P. 1 rwvlro/3 fftr Ciirlv CUUiUllUrt elliu !( 1? iv/um u iv/? ^ ^ this week. Jfedical College Bill Passes House. The house on Saturday passed and sent to the senate the bill providing that the State undertake the management and absolute control of the Medical College at Charleston. The original bill first introduced by Mr. Barnwell was passed only after a most interesting and serious fight, 54 to 35. ^ The opposition to the bill, so it was stated, came from two conditions in the measure.. First, that it was not siving the State an absolute title in fee simple for the property, and that it involved an appropriation of $20,000. Kibler Against the BilL , The principal fight on the measure ? ^ v?yt "YT y? "LT -J K7 /\f Mmrhorrr v% cV5 Uiau^: uv 1TXX . iiiuici, ui Aiv ?? uv* * jt ard his contention was that the State had no right, to put money into the property with a trust deed giving the right of reversion in case the college -should be abandoned as a State institution at any time. This he regarded as more important and serious than anything else, and he insisted that the hill was not in proper shape to be passed. Baruwell for the Bill. Tho chief argument in favor of the t>i!l was made by Mr. Barnwell. He went into an elaborate statement of the purpose of the undertaking. He said that the chief purpose of the measure was to remove the college from the present classification as the standard in which it was now placed by virtue of the fact that it was not a State institution, nor connected with any system of State education, but stood in the -class known as proprietary colleges. This classification was arbitrary, and ? the only way in which the college rouId be given the standard to which it was entitled wa? to make it a State restitution or ally it with some part of the State's system. Mr. Barnwell explained tnat the college had excellent equipment and a splendid record, and that ther? was no desire on the part of any ore to unload an elephant on the Stat*\ With reference to the right of reservation, that was provided tor j in the bill. He hoped that this would j >i? 'ntraw Vn ? -r* a/vao/-. o r?t' Knt Vi /-\ fhnn orlif if I r :*ci uf ucv^ocai j, uuv nc uxvu^u*, ^ j prudent in case the State's policy should ever be changed. ^ On the motion to reconralt the bill, which would have been its defeat, the house voted 35 t<? 54 not to recommit tbe bill, and subsequently ord-ered the bill s ?nt to the senate. I Mr. C. T. Wyche voted again-.t the i bill, and Mr. Mower for ii. I i u-ere was no cirdiige wiiaievt'r iu the measure as originally introduced,! and, as it passed-the houses the proposition to turn the property over to th?e State as long as it is used for a medical college; to elect a board of j trustees with four ex-officio members: representing the State and to appropriate $20,000 for the purpose of the tr?.-sfpr and making the necessary changes. Ther-p i? nhsolutelv nrs mention or indication of any affiliation or conne-c-j ^ tir?:i with the Stat-:* university, and un- J s^J?for;pr the bill as it now stands the Medi-1 *** Jr t college will tn- an indeprndent and if-reliant institution the same as the j "itadel or any other integral part of The Vhe educational system of this State.; winji-.^'or fnvcsticration Confederate Home, ducted A concurrcnt resolution was pass d ffon t|iy the senate. [">vi(!*ng for a v.or: -^V ? K' T iiT- 4 y-~ y & . |;tj -i J M itk issembly is r Steady Work \ tee consisting of three members from j the senate and three from the house, I. i who shall investigate charges made against the officials of the Confederate "home. This action on the part of the I senate comes as a result of a petition I ">ent to both houses of the legislature, j signed by a number of veterans, not 'uinmates of the home, which charged 1 J *- -a:?tlin have tvra'TI ; inai UIUClcUB Ul LUG uunn, uu-\/ . ?? nized over the inmates of the home, I that the veterans are denied the rights cf citizenship, and are not sufficiently clothed or fed. A number of the inmates of the home have vigorously r-e. entea the i statements contained in the petition, | ; contending that they are getting along |'all right. j [ j Om third reading, the senate passed ? - - - :-i ' I Senator Christensens Din 10 pruvmc !"for the inspection and analysis of oils! ! sold within the State, and to provide ; for a penalty for inferior grades of oil. This law, if the bill is passed by the house, will be enforced by the secretary of agriculture. The Warehouse BilL The bill providing for a State ware- j hou=e system has bt'en maae a special * ? . i . I order m me senaiu iui lumum/n. , ' The Rittenberg bin providing for a j license system for Charleston i<n the matter of the liquor traffic has received a favorable committee report in the-: senate from the committee on police j regulation. Tax mi Water Powers. After considerable discussion and ' several amendments the house has ; passed and sent to the senate Mr. Rembert's bill imposing a tax of 20 cents per horse power on electric | water power developed from the | streams of the State. As amended by the house, the duty of enforcing the provisions of th^- bill is placed with the j I department of agriculture. It is stated that if this bill should pass South; Carolina will be the first State to im- j pose such a tax. Governor Blease has | I * J ? ?w-v Krtfh I j-strongly urgi<i sucn u mcasuir uwm j in his annual message and in special j messages. Six Per Cent. Interest Bill Kilie<i. j The house- bv a large majority has j killed Mr. Stanley's bill to reduce th-e j legal rate of interest in this State to j 6 per cent. From the beginning, the j advocates of such a measure have had j very little hope of its passange at this j session. There have been various argu-1 ments against it. and it has been urged that it would not be to the best inter! nf those who are forced to borrow small amounts of money, and would1 j therefore not be to the interest of the j poor man. It is hard; however, to see how, if there were proper co-opera; tion of the ba:nks with the law, with the spirit of "live and let live" prevailing, such could have been the result, if the law were properly enforced. J However, many arguments have been ; advanced on both sides, a;nd for the ! present session, at least, the question | seems to be settled. The Two-Cent Rate Bill. The bill providing for a flat passenger rate of two cents per mile on railroads is expected to conic up in rhe house this week, and may come up ear-1 ly during the we?k. There promises j - - l- ~ -?? i-.fr.p.-clirirT' f1icf>nccinn nf U Ut' il 11 IillCl \ Ul-OVH^UlVil VL V...V | m-asure. There will be lively opposi-1 tion to it and there will b? a strong and j determined fight for it. As to Compulsory Education. There are several compulsory education measures on the calendar, but they haw not v-'-t been taken up, and it seems highly improbable that there ? -:il to criclti tin n alifflor *his linp \MU Ut> U.v.uS and the session may -end without a fight, for it. The usual forty days will run out r the end of next week. The house> has adopted a resolution providing for adjournment, on February 21, but this may be reconsidered. February 21 would take the session practically through th?? forty days. 1 \<> Change in Primary Law Probable. Thorn several measures looking! toward* changes in the primary law J but it stents hardly likely that any will be passed at this session putting c>n any additional requirements for voting in the primary or 'the p'lTni-ry !;-v: ?:1 nry particular. It! has been urged with a great deal of force that there will be another session 'cf the legislature before another primary election and that this matter 'should be allowed to go over until there is time for thorough considera'Hnn mil fr>r rlisfMiRsirm amone th^ neo Sple, in order that, if it is deemed ad- ] visable to pass a bill in regard to the j primary, one may be agreed upon if possible, which will be satisfactory to 'the people of the State and servc the 'best interests of all the people of the State. Gov. Blease in his inaug'* 1 tV?of t Vi d ; lira] UU!" C;S i cvuunm uu^u iuav uiv ; legislature provide for keeping open j the hooks of registration two full! months this summer in ord' r to give j every white man in the State an op-j portunity to register, and that meas-1 ures affecting the primary be post- \ ) poned until the next s-e=sion. To press ) a measure at this session affecting the! nrimarv would probably precipitate a fight which might be avoided it" the [ matter is allowed to rest until thej next session, giving the membe rs of j the general assembly an opportunity,1 'to discuss it with their constituents and giving everybody an opportunity j thoroughly to consider what is best fnr all no?ncerned. It has been urged, too, that we have too recently emerged j from a bitter campaign to go into this i matter now, when there is another session of the legislature before another primary. THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. People Who Are Coming: and Going. Marriage of Mr. Dominick and Mrs. Abrams. Prosperity, Feb. 10.?Miss Fannie Cook has returned to Atlanta, after spending" a month with Mrs. G. W. Harmon. Miss Julia Matthews, of Ninety Six,! spent the week-end with Miss Ellen J Werts. j ? Mr. and Mrs. C. R.'Wise, of Xewi Vnai-rv crvpnt Snndav with Mrs. C. M. I WV.* * J ? v j Harmon. j' Miss Marie Kohn spent the weekI end in Columbia with Miss Nell Kohn. I Mesdames G. Y. Hunter and .T;io. Crosson, and Misses Gertrude Bobb, Mary DeWalt and Ruth Hunter sp-:nt Saturday in Columbia. \Tr .Tnhn Rrown has returned to, Johnston, after a visit to his brother,! Mr. J. F. Browne. Mrs. V. E. Kohn has returned from a visit to Columbia. Mr. Kenneth Kr?ps, of Newberry college, spent several days the latter part of the week with Mr. Robert Counts. # * Rev. E. W. Leslie has been called to Virginia on account of the death of a relative. Mr. and Mrs. E. 0. Counts have refrnm o viait to mlntivf4?? in Co- i 1 HI UCU u Vlll CI ? v vw - ? - , lumbia. Rev. H. P. Counts preached in Grace church Sunday night in the absence of Rev. Lesile. Dr. Rhinehart, of Saluda county, was a business visitor in town Friday. Mrs. .Toe Sit'z has returned to Decatur, Ala. Miss Alda Ray Wheeler left Monday for Summerland college to resume her studies, after being home on th^ -ick list for the past month. Mr. E. O. Counts has erected a corn mill at his residence and will grind Vvery Saturday. Rev. Carson, of the seminary, ;<t Coinmhi'i TMvar.hed at St. l,uke'> Sun day. Col. E. H. AnII spent Sunday with Mrs. J. M. Werts. Mr. and Mrss. A. G. Wis-? have returnrd from the m\'e markets of Tennessee. Mr. .T. H. Wise, of Little Mountain, a business visitor here Friday. Mr. H. Luther Dominick, a prosper-1 ous farm-r of No. 9 township, was married to Mrs. Abrams on Sunday at 9 o'clock at her home several miles beyond Newberry. Jas. I), \ance Camp, IT. C. V. The annual meeting of the .Tames J). Xance Camp, United Confederat? Veteran.5, will be held in the court hious? on saleday in April at 11 o'clock 'tr? nfRr-prc for the e^suiim year and delegates to the gen- nil and State reunions. ?.Iembers will pl ase pay their an' "t'P.'i vines of 25 ce.r:ts to William John'pon, treasurer. M. M. Bnf-rd. Adjutant. V WILL NOT LET TROOPS MARCH BEHIND NtliROES I I GOVERNOR'S POSITION AS TO INAUGURAL PARADE. (orrespondence With Officials m Charge of Parade Given to Legislatnre. Special to Th>e Herald and News. Columbia, Feb. 10.?Governor Bieas? j has sent to the general assembly the ( following special message, setting, forth fully his position in regard to | hi? refusal to permit the South Caro- j Una troops to participate in the Wil-! son inaugural parade: Message >'o. 19. Gentlemen of the General Assembly: j I have noticed in the Journals of! your respective bodies that a resolu- j tinri hcvci intrnHnrpH anr? i requ-esting that I give my consent for the South Carolina militia to attend j the inauguration of President Wilson. [ .This resolution, has never been receiv- ( I ed by me from the clerk of either j house, and 1 can not, therefore, treat j it officially. However, I desire to di- j rect your attention to the following facts in regard to the matter: On Jan. 31, a communication from Brig. Gen. A. L. Mills, chief marshal, j Sfwv-.nri nrnnri Tn'vl inr Tnausrnral Pa-' rade, was sent to ray office, with the ! following 'endorsement: "Respectfully referred to the commander-in-chief of the troops of South Carolina, for information. (Signed) Wm. W. Moore." In reply, I addressed the following communication to Brig. Gen. Millb. "Columbia, January 31, 1913. "Hon. A. L. Mills, Brig. Gen., General Staff, U. S. A., Chief Marshal, Second Grand Division, Iuaugural Parade, Washington, D. C. "Sir: Communication from you, unci-:r date cf January 2S, to the adjutant general of South Carolina, subject "Participation in the Inaugural Parade," has this day been referred to me with the following endorsement: "ReI spectfully referred to the commanderin-chief of the troops of South Caro lina, for information." "In reply to your communication, i would ask you please to give me in detail what position the South Caro? lina troops will be assigned to in your inaugural parade, and whether or not they will have to march behind n;gvo regulars or volunteers. If they ary to be assigned to such position, they will not attend; if they are net assigned to such position, they will attend. If vou /-.on nr?t rri\rQ mo On o :cnr!lllpp tVlflt f}|<?V V. O.H nut 01 t U .iiv uu V*.wv V?? w will not be so placed, you need mak? no preparation for the South Carolina troops to attend, as they will not attend unless they do so individually. If you will give us such assurance, we will be glad to take part, and do ary thing we can to assist in making ih'? inaugural ceremonies a grand success. "Verv resDectfully. (Signed) "Cole. L. Blaise, "Governor and Commander-in-CHi"! ' "Copy to the Adjutant General ' I have received from Brig. G??n j Mills .the following reply: "Washington, February 3, 1913. "Hon. Cole. L. Blease, Governor of South Carolina, Coiu'nbi?.. "Sor.ih Carolina. "Sir: "In acknowledgrn-n' of your excellency's letter of the ;'ist ultimo,' on the subject of the par' cipation of Sin!e troops in the app.' >'*!iiiig inaugural parade, and in which you request , to be infoi ned in detail a.- to the position the South Carolina troops will bv given in the parade, > 11 whether or not they will have- to rr.a.rcii behind negro regulars or volunteers, I l?ave the honor tj state in reply that the S'ate troops participating in he pa-1 rade will form the first section of th-c Second Division, and t'i- ,>rder of march in he column will be as fol- , lows: "First, National Guard th - :);st. ict ; of Columbia militia. "Second, the National Guard r;pre- ( sentin.s: the several Sta <-s u the c rder , of precedence determined by le dato ( the respective States ratified the constitution of the United States, or w-to , admitted to the Union. "To the present time, the follow5.ig States have signified their intention c:"| participating in the parade: Delawa?",; District cf Columbia, G'.'orsia, Mnry-J In7;hfisc (s, M*:;'! .') k V.J i New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania. "1 am unable to give you assurance as to the troops to be selected in each State as its representation, that being a matter entirely within the control of the State authorities, but in a report Irom t^p adjutant rcrP-.il, Listricct of Columbia militia, dated February 1, 1913, it is stated that the "First Sep urate Batallion (colored)?225," will participate. "Very respectfully, (Signed! "A.L.Mills, "Brig. Gen., General Staff, U. S. A., Marshal, Second Division, Inaugural Parade." From this letter of Brig. Gen. Mills-, it will be seen that negro troops will not only take part in the inaugural parade, but that they will be given the position of honor, at the head of the column. You will note the words of fhe letter: "First, National Guard of the District of Columbia Militia," in connection with the last sentence- of the letter, "in a report from the Adjutant General, District of Columbia militia, dated February 1, 1913, it.is stated that the 'First Separate Battalion (colored^ 225,' will participate." It will, therefore, clearly &e seen that if the South Carolina troops should participate they would not only be p'ivpn n nnsitinn hphinri np.?m trnnnc ?? i'~ V v. but behind negro troops holding the position of honor in thet parade. I have been informed that Brig. G-en. "Wilie Jones has received information that Maryland also has negro troops, and it will be noted that Maryland has signified an intention of participating in the parade and has a position near the head of the column. It is, there fore, an inevitable conclusion that the South Carolina troops would be treated just as I expected they would be, to wit, placed in a position i;y the parade behind negro troops. I d-esire to communicate this information to you, gentlemen, in order that, if your resolution should reach me, my reply thereto will be untK-r?tood> and in order that you may know wny 1 qg not consent 101 u.e zo?i. Carolina troops to participate in the inaugural parade. Individually, as 1 stated in my inaugural address, i Ten that 1 would receive just such treatment in c'ase I should attend, but I do not expect to attend, for the iv.i sons which I have heretofore statod. Ard I do not believe that the South Carolina militia?either the officers oi the privates?composed entirely of white men and gentlemen, will desire to participate under the circumstances. Brig. Gen. Wilie Jones will not participate. 1 notice the following large headlines in a Columbia newspaper this morning: "Won't Draw the Lise on Negro Militiamen. Inaugural Committee Declines to Give Assurance of This Nature to Gov. Blease." Under thp iinps thprp ic n \Vn<ihinPTon dispatch in which it is stated: "It is uroffically -stated that no negro troops will march in the Wilson inaugural parade, but the inaugural committee authorities do not intend to take the responsbil^ty of authorizing such a statement." It will be noted from the communication I have quoted above that it is officially stated that negro troops will participate and will lead j the parade. The last sentenc a in this ; Washington dispatch is as follows: j "Whether or not South Carolina will! be represented in the iuaugural parade i is a question still up to Governor Blease." In answer to this question. 'Governor Blease" emphatically says "no." It may be, or it may not be, that somf' of tho.-e whose political and personal animosity to me is well known, and who will have part in arranging the ceremonies connected with t he j inauguration, mav be instrumental, in j ~ f V. ^ o i + i /-,,, ri-K 5 I Knvo tot"- I V1CW Ul CIIC puouiun i uu? v j en, in eliminating negro troops from! the line of march, in order to make it appear that I have been unduly exercised ovrr the matter. But I am standing upon the official records in my hands from the authorities in charge of this parade, which give the situa- j Lion, or purport to give the situation, officially, as it stands today. 1 have thus placed you gentlemen in possession of the entire facts upon which my position in the matter is based. Very respectfully. Cole. L. El-ase, Governor. Columbia, S. C.. F 7. 1013 NEW INTERURBAN WILL ASK CHARTER % RAILWAY FROM COLUMBIA TO Greenville is Planned. |c GREENVILLE IS PLANNED. Hold Meeting in Columbia and Pass Resolution. J h | The State, 7th. The possibility of an interurban I railway between Columbia and Green| ville, to pass through Prosperity, Newj berry, Clinton, Laurens and smaller i' towns, has loomed up in the general J assembly with the introduction of ! a concurrent resolution to allow the l I introduction of a bill incorporating i the Palmetto Railway company. The j resolution was introduced in the house by Mr. Irby of Laurens and passed by , the neccessary two-thirds majority. It , will be considered in the senate this morning. j . The plans of the men behind the j new railroad are still in embryo, but i will take definite shape probably today when the bill to incorporate the company will be introduced in. the house. Representatives Present TV>n V. ? x iiiLi uuuv;uuii ui liic juijlil icjulution providing for the chartering of the new interurban to connect Columbia and Greenville and the several thriving Piedmont towns alongs1 its route was discussed yesterday at an informal conference in the State- library. < Besides the members of the Rich| land, Laurens, Newberry and GreenI ville delegations, W. L., Gray, Dr. A. J. Christopher and E. S. Hudgins, th^ree prominent citizens of Laurens; Prof. A. E. Spencer, of the Presbyterian College of South Carolina; W. W. Harris, editor of The Chronicle, both representatives from Clinton; and several ' others interested took part in the conference. Solicitor R. A. Cooper, of I^aurens, was one of the moving spirits in the meeting. The plans of the conferees as outlined informally yesterday provid-e for elections in the various townships on the route to float bonds to subscribe to the capital stock of the railway which would open up a prosperous territory and give Columbia a direct connection with the cities and towns in the northwestern Piedmont. The general idea advanced was to operate I J the interurban by electricity. \ H Ideal Route for Road. Of ccur.?e no definite route for the proposed intcrurDan has been agreed | upon, but at the conference yesterday it was suggested that it shoved pass through Prosperity, Newberry, Clinton, Laurens, and the smaller towns between on the way from Columbia to Greenville. Two surveys for railroads from Laurens to Greenville j have been made and on-e from Clinton to Laurens. Topographically the route [ is considered ideal since there would be little trestling and ro tunnelling. The road would be built along ti*e top of a long and well defined ridge. The proposed railroad is sure to meet with the -enthusiastic approval of the business men of Columbia as weli as these in the good territory through which it will pass, if ali goe: well with th>e company which the resolution proposes to charter. ?I ? 1 " 1 ' THE NATIONAL CORN SHOW. Mr. S. .11. Duiii-au All Farmers to Attend?This Works Winds (*p Siunv. Tiie officials oi' ilie National Corn exposition having deciu.u lo keep iii.tr -exposition cpeu until 0 o'clock p. in., Fri'aay, 14t.ii n.ht., we should siiow our appreciation by attending tiie exposi tion this \v*ek. ' a From an educational standpoint, the South has n?vcr had anything to surpas it, and the general regret of those attending is uot l>eir.g able to stay longer. Tak? advantage of this opportunity, study the exhibits, of the other States n _ J v*^ as ?i'ii i^s ,\our aim juu v> m uc *agreeablv surprised. 1 S. M. Duncan, Sp-.cial Aeon Demonstration Work. *3 J9 .J