The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-02-11

TOUR weeks OF the SSSSlOu3 OuI lAeA0
remains yet great many important
matters to be disposed of. Adjourn
ment certainly cannot be had under
forty days, unless business of great
Importance is neglected So it may
be safely assumed that adjournment
will not be had until Saturday night,
February II.
A few bills have been ratified and
have become acts, but most of them
are only of local Importance. Two
of general interest are the declaring
the code to be the stationary law Of
the State and the other is the act
regulating the drawing of juries. Both
of these bills were signed by the
governor last night as soon as they
were ratified. This was done more
on account of Anderson County than
any other, because court is to con-
4ene In that county on Monday and
there are about forty prisoners in
isil It was therefore necessary that
the jury law should be approved at
once, SO. that jury could be drawn.
The Virginia Carolina Chemical
company affair is still hanging fire.
The Judiciary committee has had
aay number of consultations about
the matter, bat no report has yet been
made. It is certain that the Gray
don bill will be killed, for it provides
for annulling the charter OF the COM
pany, whereas it has no charter in
this State, but is chartered under the
laws of New jersey. The company
simply has license to do business
IN this State. Without impugning
the motives of any man, 1t is fact
that there is more or less buncombe
in the legislature every election year,
especially when it comes to corpora
lions. The fight against the Virginia
Carolina company has assumed a
more serious aspect than legislators
anticipated, for if the proposed leg
islation is carried out, the company
will leave the State and throw hun
dreds of people out of employment
and materially decrease taxable val
ues. Real zing this, Legislators are
hunting some compromise whereby
they can get out of the pit which
they dug for themselves. 1t is said
that Senator Henderson has sub
stitute for the Grsydon bill whereby
the company will be given certsin
time to domesticate itself. AS ore
member expressed it, the Legislature,
SO far as the company is concerned,
will go up the hill and then come
down again and will pass bill that
will not hurt the Virginia Carolina
company and at the same time will
give aspiring politicians an oppor-
tunity to wsllop the trust right and
left when they appear before the
"desr people" in the primary.
Speaking of buncombe in the pro,
ceedings, quite lively incident oc-
Cured in the house last night. The
question was whether members should
accept their per diem during their
two days holiday in Charleston, Mr.
Efrd, Of Lexington, called for the
ayes and noes, thinking, like many
other members, that representatives
would be afraid to 60 on record. But
this time they were Tot. Instead,
Mr.. Williams, of Lancaster, proceed
ed to jump on Mr.. Etird with both
feet, and he jumped down hard every
time. He charged Mr.. EGrd with
often beng absent from the house
and still drawing his pay. He also
said Mr.. Efrd had visited the Char
lesion exposition, and be asked him
pointedly whether be had refused to
2.aw MS pay. OF course Mr.. Efrd
hadn't. Then Mr.. liar rubbed it
in pretty hard when he said MI:
Efrd had spent five days in Wash
ington at an alliance meeting and
drew his salary as legislator and also
mileage and salary from tie alliance.
Mr.. Efrd denied that he was in
Washington FIVE days. On the whole,
it was quite warm night for the
honorable member from Lexington,
Mr. Wiliiop,o' y>loiD cpORa0