The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-01-28


ofthe physician for we are told that
the grip is very insidious disease.
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In the elections last week the legis-
lature has done very well. The pres
ent judges who desired reelection had
no opposition. The successors of Judges
Benet and Buchanan are good men
and lawyers of ability and will adorn
the bench in South Carolina. In addi-
tion they are young men and will bring
the vigor of youth to the discharge of
their duties. It was we'll that the old
board OF dispensary directors was re-
elected. The affairs of this institution
during their term has been we'll man
aged and we have had no scandals, and
in that case it was well to let we'll
enough alone. We omitted to men
tion that Cole L. Blease was elected to
succeed Prof. W. K. Sigh on the board
of trustees of the Colored State College
at Orangeburg.. Newberry has had
representation on this board since the
organization of the college. 1t was
pleasure to us that Miss LaBorde was
elected State librarian without opposi-
tion. She is a most excellent and a
most deserving young woman and the
legislature did well in retaining her.
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Mr.. McGowan's redistricting bill has
passed the house. 1t leaves the third
district just as it is at present and that
is the only one which directly concerns
the people of Newberry. The bill has
not yet passed the Senate but it is very
probable that it will with possibly
few amendments. Of course there
is opposition to this bill as there would
be to any plan and it was surprising
with what unanimity the MCGOWAN
plan passed the house.
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Our friend and former schoolmate,
the Hon. Preston Brooks Mayson of
Edgefield had a very far reaching mea-
sure which he was urging. Itproposed d
to give the farmer or land owner lien
for supplies or advances, in addition to
his lien for rent, priority without
written contract and without recording.
Mr.. Mayson made an eloquent speech
in favor OF his bill and it was then
killed.
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Mr.. Kibler of Newberry had bill to
put geese, ducks, and fowls generally
under the provisions of the stock law
along with COWS and hogs. After strik-
ing out chickens the bill passed the
house. 1t is good bill for flock of
geese or ducks can do as much damage
to a wheat field as a drove of cattle,
Only chickens should have been in.
cluded.
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A proposition has been presented to
the legislature in the shape of bill to
establish by the State big fertilizer
factory, and while the State fights the
fertilizer trust 20 inaugurate a big trust
on its own account. 1t may be that the
gentlemen who present the proposition
think the best way to fight the devil is
with fire, and if the attorney general
can't get the legislature to enact anti
trust laws sufficiently strong to drive
the trusts from the State we may be
able to do it by establishing big fer
tilizer factory to be operated by con-
victs. The proposed bill reads as FOL-
lows and has passed the house:
Section 1. That commission consist
ing of three members of the general as
sembly, two of whom shall be appointed
by the speaker of the house and one of ]
whom shall be appointed by the presi-
dent of the senate, be and the same is |
hereby created, for the purpose of in |
quiring into the advisability of estab- ]
fishing and operating fertilizer plant |
in this State with the convicts of the |
State penitentiary.
"Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of |
the said commission to make careful |
inquiry into the question of location,
cost of materials, machinery, plant,
operating expenses and any other mat
ters pertinent to the manufacture and
sale of fertilizers in this State, with a
view to operating such fertilizer plant
with convicts from the State peniten-
tisry.
''Sec. 3. That said commission shall
report it's findings, conclusions and re
commendations to the next general
assembly, and shall receive as compen-
satien per diem of four dollars each
day for the time actually employed in
the investigation, not to exceed Is days,
and mileage at the rate of cents per
mile"
It may be if this committee reports
favorably that we can have cheap fer
tilizers.
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The good roads trains on the South
ern has already reached Columbia and
will be there during the week. The
convention is to be held on the 3Oth
and 31st. It is near by Newberry and
offers an admirable ODDOrtunity for our