The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-05

misdemeanor and upon conviction OF
any of said offences shall be fined not
less than ten dollars nor more than
fifty dollars, or imprisoned not less
| than FIVE days nor more than thirty
days.
Section >. That all fines collected for
any and all of the offences enumerat-
ed in Section of this Act shall be paid
to the county treasurer and become
part of the public school fund of such
county.
Section 3. All Acts and parts of Acts
inconsistent herewith be, and the same
are hereby, repealed.
REGULATING THE TELEGRAPH CON-
PANIES.
Mr.. Earle has bill that proposes to
permit damages for the non-deliver-
ance of messages where no actual dam
age can be shown. It provides:
Section l. That every electric tele-
graph company with a line of wires
wholly or partly in the State AID en-
gagged in telegraphing for the public
shall during the usual office hours re-
ceive dispatches, whether from other
telegraphic lines or from the indivi-
viduls, and on payments or tender OF
the usual charges shall transmit and
deliver forthwith the same with 1m-
partiaity and good faith and with due
diligence under penalty of $50, which
penalty may be recovered by suit in
Court having jurisdiction therefore by
either the sender of the dispatch or the
person to whom sent or directed,
whichever may first sue, and this pen
atty shall be recoverable in every-case
where dispatch has been accepted for
transmission by any agent of such
electric telegraph comp inles, whether
charges have been prepaid or not: Pro-
vided, that nothing herein shall be con-
structed as impairing or in any way
modifying the right of any person to
recover damages for any such breach of
contract of duty by any telegraph COM
pany, and said penalty and said dam
ages may, if the party 80 elect, be re-
covered in the same suit.
Section 2. That such companies shall
deliver all dispatches to the persons to
whom the same are addressed or to
their agents on payment of any charges
| due for the same, provided such per-
sons or agents reside within one mile OF
the telegraph station or within the city
or town in which such station is, or If
not residing in said limits that the
sender of the dispatch specify IN the
| dispatch the place at, which III SAID
limits the dispatch is to be delivered.
STATUTE OF LIMITATION FOR MIsDE-
| MEANORS.
[ Another bill reads:
Section l. That no person shall be
convicted of any misdemeanor unless
the prosecution be first commenced
within two years after the offence
charged shall have been committed.
Section 2. That all Acts and parts OF
Acts inconsistent with this Act be, and
the same are hereby, repealed.
PAYING FOR MURDERS.
Section l. That in every case where
person suffer death at the hand Of an.
other person, and where the felon shall
have been duly and finally convicted,
the county in which such homicide
shall have occurred, or where the
wound was inflicted that resulted in
death, shall pay to the widow or hDs'
band OF the deceased. or to the heir or
legal representatives of the deceased,
5000, to be paid as other claims against
the county.
THE WORK STARTEDIN THE SENATE
GEN. r. r. HEMPHILL ELECTED
CLERK-oTHER ELECTIONS.
COLUMBIA, November 27.-The Sen
ate assembled at noon. DR.. Sampson
Pope, who was clerk of the preceding
senate, was present to put the ball in
motion and at II o'clock be called the
body to order. Prayer was offered by
the Rev. Mr.. Blalock, the blind chap
lain from Edgetield.
President Zimmerman then took
charge Of the proceedings and INDUCED
in short welcoming address to tho
! Senators, giving them cordial greet.
ing and hoping that the session would
be pleasant one.
ELEcTING OFFICERS.
Senator Harrison was unanimously
elected President pro tenn.
The WAS something of muddle
about this time, some Of the members
! making an effort to adjourn and post
pone the election of officers until to-
morrow. It was shown that the Senate
could not adjourn until the organiza-
ton was completed by the election OF
the officers.
Senator Wilson first made the mo-
ton to POSTPONE, which be after some
conversation withdrew. He then
moved to bold the elections by ballot
This brought the junior Senator from
Charleston, Mr.. Barnwell, to his feet
and be made the point oforder that the
Constitution required that all elections
by the General Assembly, except Cir
cult Judges, be vivavoce. This point
was sustained and the election for clerk
was entered into. The candidates
were: Gen. R. r. Hemphill, of Aboe-
Vile; the Rev. J. A. Sigh, of Newber-
nv, and h. NJ. McCown, of Florence,
who was assistant clerk Of the pre-
vious Senate. On the first ballot the
result was:
For Hemphill: Barnweli, Barton,
Brice, Buist, Dennis, Fuller, May
McCalla, Miller, Mcdaniel, Norris,
Raaiu, Sanders, Turner, Wilson'S.
For Sligh: Douglass, DuBpse, Eird,
Jordan, Mauldin, Moses, Mower,
O'Dell, Sloan, Stribling, Watsoh-l1.
| TOT MCCO"u-DIO"u, oylu, oet
ham, Finley, Harrison, Kirkland,
Stack khouse, Verdier, Williams-9.
On the second ballot Gen Hemphiil
was elected, receiving 20 votes to is for
Sigh.
&c. Elliott was reelected sergeant
alarms, getting % votes, J. E. Smith
receiving7.
When it came to the election of a
reading clerk Mr.. Jordan moved that
each candidate be required to read three
minutes before the Senate. After this
interesting aud timely performance
the vote was announced as follows: w.
H. Stewart %, r. L. Gunter 4, n. K.
Perry 4.
Under resolution of Mr.. Mcdaniel
the President was authorized to make
the same humber and character of ap-
pointments as heretofore. President
Zimmerman announced the following
appointments: Journal clerk, Jesse T.
Ganttr bill clerk, E. A. Perry door
keeper, Thomas Whittle; assistant, J.
R. Boyes; gallery doorkeeper, Marion
Darr; assistant, S. NJ. Scott; pages:
| Edward r.. Mcdaniel and Caldwell