The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-14

will simply move to Augusta and Char
lotte and carry on the South Carolina
business from those places.
To-day there was prepared bill to
create an insurance department OF the
State Government, the idea being for
the Legislature to elect a Commissioner
and an actuary who shall have entire
charge of the insurance business in the
State, and who shall be paid by the
mpanies. This plan is favored hy the
insurance men and they say that in this
way no company can escape taxation
as there will be somebody to pay special
attenti ton to that matter.
To-day several insurance agents were
| talking about the matter and one Of
them said that it would be difficult
matter to get man in the State who
was fitted for the peculiar duties of an
actuary After discussion they came
| to the conclusion that about the only
man they could think of was Col. ]. P.
| Thomas, who once performed practi-
cally the same duties for the largest
company in the State.
ARBITRARY AND DESPoTIC-THE
RIGHT OF APPEAL DENIED.
One of the most serious matters that
the General Assembly has to deal with
is the railroad question. Senator Will
son, of Spartanburg, has introduced a
bill to place the entire control Of the
roads in the hands of the Railroad
Commission, giving the latter the
power to regulate all rates, fix sched-
ules and order depots to he built, with
out the power to appeal from their de-
cision. The administration people say
that the denying of the right of appeal
is the most important section IN the
bill and declare that when a railroad
gets into court it is st home.
From an authoritative source it is
ascertained that if the bill becomes a
law there are three or four roads that
will be entirely frozen out from doing
business, as they are not now making
expenses. I am told by railroad man
that there will be the very novel spec
tacle Of several roads being entirely de-
serted.
The bill has been favorably reported
in both House and Senate, the provis-
ion about depots being eliminated.
AN EXTRA SEsSIoN-G-E-E J!
There is good deal of talk about
an extra session after Christmas, and
there is,said to be on foot plan to hold a
caucus and get it to agree to take recess
next Friday and come back after Christ
mas and conclude the business of the
session. There is radical opposition to
| this, but then again some very infuen-
tial members are supporting it. They
!o1o tlof Sc f0N - q oraf
business to be disposed of without de-
| liberation and consultation with con-
stituents. Messrs. Buist, of Greenville,
and Breazeale, of Anderson, are said to
be in favor of it, while the other reform
leaders in the House, Jordan, of Aiken,
and Yeldeli, of Edgeield, tell me that
they are opposed to it, and that there
| must not be any such ''record-bIeak-
ing" as that.
SEPARATE INSTITUTION FOR THE
BLIND.
The Rev. P. P. Blalock, the blind
chaplain of the Senate, has had intro
) duced a resolution to appoint a COM
mission to inquire into the feasibility
of having a separate institution for the
blind. He says that at the Cedar
Springs Institute the mutes worry the
blind very much by the noise they
make, as it is chiefly through the sense
of hearing that the blind learn any
thing. The latter want to be placed iu
city where they will have the oppor-
tunity to attend lectures. Mr.. Bla-
locks idea is to secure part of the
South Carolina College buildings for
them