The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-02-11
e. H. AGi.L ED:TOe. 6.
COLUNEI4 Letter.

Columbia Feb. TO- After re
cess of two days taking iu TIE CEar-
lesion Ex ition tile Legislature
got back down TO work today.
There remain only eleven working
days of this session for the forty day
limit expires on the 23rd which is Sun
day and the 22n6 being legal holiday
adjournment will IN all probability be
had on the night of the 21st. felt sure
as I stated, that the resolution intro
duced to adjourn on the 18th was only
a little buncombe INDUCED in or home
consumption. Nothing more has been
heard from the resolution and very
little has been done and this is the 10th.
The general appropriation bill was in
troduced only last Thursday and no
discussion has yet been had on 1t.
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The members who went to Charles
ton seem to have had delightful time
and speak in very complimentary terms
of the Exposition. It was time well
spent and do not think there are any
who will regret it. There was some
considerable discussion in the house on
Thursday over s. resolution to receive
no pay for the two days spent at the
Exposition and thirty members voted
for it, but inasmuch as the resolution
was lost presume they will now feel
free to accept this as will the others
Such resolutions as these strike me as
narrow and not offered in good faith,
but of course these are exceptions, Tor
I feel sure the member who offered this
resolution is conscientious and faithful
in the discharge of his duty. Still L
hate to see the legislator of a big State
like South Carolina quibbling over a
matter of this kind. 1t is right, OF
course, for every member to watch the
leaks in the public treasury and be as
economical with.the States money as
prudent business man would be with
his own.
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The trusts and the corporations are
now about the only matters OF public
interest to be handled and the redls-
trictiug bill. AS I have said before
the MCGOWAN bill has passed the house
but is now before the Senate. It makes
no change in the third district in which
Newberry is located The bill to revoke
tae charter of the Virginis-Carolins
Chemical Company has not yet been
acted on by the Senate and it is not at
all probable that anything will be done
on this bill but that it will die with the
session. The bill regulating salaries
OF county officials has not yet been
acted upon.
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The appropriation bill this year as
reported by the committee, carries with
it about $43, 900 more than did the one
reported year a go and it was in ex-
cess of any former appropriation. The
increase is accounted for by the in
crease demanded by the Hospital for
the Insane, the increase for Confederate
pensions, the increase to Winthrop and
to the Deaf and Blind Institute. And
also for the general election which is
to take place during this year.
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A considerable portion OF the time
for the balance of the session will be
taken up in discussing the appropria-
tion bill.
Tweuty-nine Acts aud joint resolutions
have been ratified since the session be-
gan, but only two have been presented
to the Governor and he has signed both
of these and they are now the law. One
is the Act adopting the code as prepared
by the code commissioners and the
other is the jary law.
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Iwant to say without any degree of
partiality that the sermon at the Luth-
eran church in Newberry yesterday
morning by the pastor, Rev. DR.. Sea.
brook, was one of the best I have heard
in long time. 1t was strong and force
full and delivered with an enthusiasm
that showed the preacher felt the truth
he was presenting.
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Sheriff Buford came down to Colum-
bia yesterday Afternoon on the alert
for some fugitive from justice.