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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-01-15
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
IS now INSESSION.
BOTH HOUSES CONVENED AT HIGH
NOON ON TUESDAY.
New Bills Introduced On First Day-The
Elections in Memory Of The Lament
ed Gordon Other Matters.

on lueSday.
This being a middle term and ali
the members having served during
one session, both houses were Or
ganized and got down to business
with very little ceremony.
The matter of the election to be
held during the session was taken
up early in the day and Mr.. Aull's
resolution in the house calling for
an election of an associate justice,
two members Of the penitentiary
board, a chairman of the dispeusary
board, two dispensary directors,
liquor commissioner and a state
librarian, tc BE held on Friday. The
matter was referred to the commit
tee on privileges and elections.
The most important event of the
frs. day, and that which consumed
the most time, as is usual, was the
reading of the governors annual
message.
The message was given to the
readers of the Herald and News in
an extra edition shortly after it was
delivered.
FIRST DAY IN THE SENATE.
When the roll of the Senate was
called there were only six absentees.
Mr. G. I. Holiday, of Horny, was
sworn in, succeeding Senator Nc
Dermotte, who has resigned since
the last session. The proceedings
were opened with prayer by the
Rev. W. l. Herbert, in the absence
of the chaplain.
Lieutenant Governor Sloan de-
livered an appropriate address,
referring to the fact that the ranks
of the senators had not been entered
by death, and expressing the heart
felt wish that they would live on to
see South Carolina, now great and
grand, become greater and grande7.
He expressed the wish that their
proceedings would be characterized
by harmony, courtesy, intelligence
and dignity. IS sII.s S%G::3:
>. >. A concurrent resolution was in
troduced by Senator May6eld, in
viting all county supervisors to
attend the good roads convention to
be held in Columbia on the 10Th of
this month and providing for the
payment Of their railroad expenses
By the legislature.
A special message was received
from the governor on the death of
General Gordon. and the following
concurrent resolution was offered
by Senator Aldrich:
Whereas, it has pleased the Al
mighty to end the brilliant earthly
career Of that splendid soldier and
statesman, Gen. John B. Gordon, Of
Georgia: and,
Whereas, at trying period and
critical period in the history Of the
State be came to our aid and rend-
cred voluntary service Of such value
and devotion as entities him forever
to be known as the friend Of the
people of South Carolina Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved by the senate and House
\ Representatives of South. ..Caroliua,
otThat a committee of honor be raised
10 attend the funeral of Gen. Cor
don and to pay the States tribute
OF respect to his memory, said COM
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-01-15

AN
mittee to be composed of his Excel
lency, the Governor, or such mem
bers Of the executive department as
he may designate, the Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court, or such
member Of the judicial department
as he may designate, three Senators,
to be appointed by the President Of
the Senate and four of the House of
Representatives, and that the SER
geant-at-arms of the houses be in
structed to carry out the provisions
of this resolution.
The resolution was sent to the
house and was concurred in by that
body.
The large portrait of General
Gordon in tie senate chamber had
already been draped in Grape by the
sergeant at-arms, at the suggestion
Of Senator Sheppard.
THE FIRST DAWN THE HOUSE.
The proceedings of the house
were opened with prayer. Speaker
M. L. Smith was very eloquent in
his opening address, saying the
members of the house had assembled
to look after the welfare of their
people. That was the highest law
and he would caution them that it
was more important to find what
was necessary than to apply the
remedy.
The special message of governor
Hayward and the concurrent resolu-
tion of the senate relative to the
death of General Gordon were re.
ceived, and speaker Smith appointed
the following committee to attend
the funeral, saying that he thought
those who had fought with Gordon
were the proper ones to represent
the State at his funeral: Messrs.
Tribe; James, Brooks, Jeremiah
Smith and King.
Mr.. McGill introduced a bill of
local nature, which the house re-
fused to refer to a special commit
tee consisting of the Greenwood
delegation.
Mr.. w. J. Johnson, of Fairfield,
introduced a bill proposing fran
chise tax of one tenth of one per
cent. upor the capital of every
corporation in the State, except
cotton mills, doing business for
profit under a State charter, and
requiring that the corporations
make reports to the secretary Of
State.
The Senate yesterday took up
the consideration of the "a bills
left over from last session, mostly
which were either recommitted or
passed over without discussion. A
resolution was passed inviting
Senator Latimer to address the
legislature on the goth. The good
roads convention which will be in
session here at the time, will be
invited to be present.
SECOND DAY IN THE HOUSE.
The house yesterday morning
adopted the concurrent resolution
fixing Frid;.y as the day for the
electionSa
There was considerable discus
sion on the matter of referring
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-01-15
CITIZENS WILL SEEK
SOME OTHER METHOD.
A COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO CONFER
WITH COUNCIL.
A Com municati0n Received From The City
Council Giving A Full Statement Of the
Towns Financial Condition.

The adjourned citizens meeting
held in the court house on Wednes-
day afternoon heard the report OF
its committee, appointed at the
previous meeting, submitting a
! full statement of the towns finan-
cial condition, and after a full
and free discussion of the necessity
for the license tax recently imposed
by the council, continued the COM
mittee, with the addition Of the
chairman of the meeting, to confer
with council and to report to a
fo urth meeting, some measure for
funding the floating indebtedness
of the town and by which the cur
rent expenses may be met out Of
the revenues. The meeting was at
tended by about sixty citizens.
The meeting was called to order
by Chairman George B. Crome1.
THE COMMITTEE REPORT.
The committee, consisting Of
Messrs. George Johnstone, chair
man, W. E. Pelham, o. B. Mayer,
T. c. Pool, B. F. Griffin, F. Il.
Dominick, and E.. c. Jones, ap-
pointed at the last meeting to secure
adequate information as to the
financial condition Of the town, re-
ported through its chairman, Col.
Johnstone, as follows:
QUESTIONS ASKED BY COMMITTEE.
The following communication
was handed Mayor Earhardt by the
committee:
John w. Earhardt, Esq, Mayor
of the Town of Newberry, Newber-
~, S. C.-Dear Sir: The under
signed have been appointed a COM
mittee on behalf of a meeting of the
citizens of the town who have under
! consideration certain matters Telat-
ing to the finances of the town IN
which they are vitality interested.
They requested of US to obtain GER
tain information from you which is
necessary, as they conceive it, to
an intelligent understanding Of the
matters in which they are concerned.
They request US, therefore, to ask
of you the following information:
I. What are the entire revenues
of the town, and from W hat sources
are they derived, and what amount
is derived from each source? In
this connection, we would be glad
to have a statement, (a), AS to
what is the amount derivable from
the ordinary six mill levy; (b),
what amount is derived under each
of the special levies and what are
the amount for the special levies.
2. What is the Indebtedness OF
the town? Under this head, we
would like to be informed, (a),
what is the present amount OF the
different bond issue outstanding a.
gainst the town; (b), what is the
amount of the floating debt includ-
iue ali items roe covered by the
bonded debt, ard we would like to
know to whom this Indebtedness is
owed ard what rate Of interest it
is drawing.
)! :. What amount is it estimated
that the present license ordinance
iof the town recently passed will
bring into the Treasury?
d.. TO what purposes is it pro-
posed to apply the amount realized
under the present recently passed
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TWICE A WEEK. 81. so A YEAR

We would be pleased to have
this information at the earliest
practicable moment as we Under
stand = 1t it is desired that we sub
NIT it roan adjourned meeting Of
the citizens on Wednesday next.
Very truly yours,
George Johnstone, Chm
W. E. Pelham,
Fred. H. Dominick,
B. F. Griffin,
T. c. Pool,
E. c. Jones,
o. B. Mayor,
Committee.
THE ANSWER OF COUNCIL.
To this communication council
replied as follows:
Newberry, January ~.
Messrs. Geo. Johustone, Pelham,
Mayer, Pool, Griffin, F. II. Domi-
nick and E. c. Jones, Committee:
Gentlemen: In reply to your re-
quest for information concerning
certain matters relating to the
finances of the town in which the
citizens are virtually interested, It
gives me great pleasure to hand
you the within statement. If we
have failed to fully cover all ques-
tions, or if any further information
is desired, please call on the City
Clerk who will gladly furnish you
with whatever additional informa-
ton you may desire.
Very truly yours,
Jno. W. Earhardt,
Mayor of Newberry.
(1) What are the revenues Of the town,
and from what sources are they derived,
and what amount is derived from each
sourcee
& MIL e11,1ar TAFT oY2o %
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-01-15

s24652 s.
(a) Derived from s Mill Regu-
lar Tax. ...................... 5 oI2o 2S
(b) See answer question number one.
(2) What is the indebtedness Of the
town? Under this head we would like
to be informed:
Opera House Bonds..............S22coo 90
Water Wks g. Ell. It. Bonds. 42ooo 90
Sewer Bonds ............. ........... $4,000 90
$4,000 90
(b) What is the amount of the floating
debt, including all items not covered by
the bonded debt, and we would like to
know to whom this Indebtedness isowed,
and what rate of interest it is drawing?
Commercial Bank (Note) Due
12-1-o3 Is per cent. )...:.......$ 3o25 81
Commercial Bank (Note) Due
> 3eo4 Is per cent. )....... ..... 2so4 50
National Bank (Note) Due
1-2-o4 Is per cent. j.. ........... 3e9e IS
Fair Gravel Co (Note) Due
3-27o4 Is per cent. )............ 1000 90
Fair Gravel Co. (Note) Due
6-Ie-o4 Is per cent. ).......... 5a II
Eureka Fire Hose Co. (Note)
Is per cent j.. . $50 90
F. c. Hallbrook (Note) Due
1904 IS per cent J.. $500 90
Sarah ". Houseal (Note) Due
1-1o-o5 IS per cent.).. 1900 co
Carolina Savings Bank (Note}
Due I2-23-o4 IS per cent. ).... 1000 90
Carolina Savings Bank Note
Due 2-2S-o4 IS per cent. )..... 1000 90
NJ. G. G. Scherer (Note) Due
12-31-o5 IS per cent. 49,. 800 90
Mary 4. Ehr1nan (Note) Due
I2-3I-o5 IS per cent. ....". 100 90
Natl Bank Newberry (Note)
Due 12-22-o5 Is per cent. 49," 5o9 IS
Savings Bank Newber1y (Note)
Due 12-3o-o5 IS per cent ).... 1000 90
Savings Bank Newberry (Note)
Due 17-3I-o3 Is per cent. ).... 1000 90
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-01-15
SECOND DAY IN THE HOUSE.

The house yesterday morning
adopted the concurrent resolution
fixing Frid~; as the day for the
electionSa
There was considerable discus
sion on the matter of referring
measures to special committees, The
discussion was provoked by a mo-
ton to refer :; bill relating solely to
Charleston to the Charleston dele
CATION. The motion was finally
killed and the bill went to the
regular committee.
THE HAMPTON MONUMENT,
A number Of new measures were
MISUNDERSTANDING them bill to
increase the appropriation for erect
ing a monument to Hampton to
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-01
How Much Food to Eat.

How shall one determine, then. how
much food to eat? Too much mystery
has been thrown about this subject. Let
your sensations decide 1t must be
kept in mind that the entire function OF
digestion and assimilation is carried on
without conscious supervision or con-
currence. 1t should be entirely unfelt
and unknown. excepting by the feeling
OF blen-etre which accompanies and fol-
lows Its normal accomplishment. Sati-
ETY. is bad. 1t implies a sensation of
tulness IN the region of the stomach, and
that means that too much food has
been taken The exact correspondence.
III healthy animal, between the appe-
t1te and the amount of food required is
extraordinary. AS rule, the meal, I'M
less eaten very slowly, should cease be-
tore the appetite is entirely satisfied. be-
cause little time is required for the
outlying organs and tissues to feel the
effects OF the food that has been INCEST
ed. If too little has been taken il is
easy enough to make it up at the next
meal, and the appetite will be only the.
better and the food more grateful.
No one was ever sorry for having
voluntarily eaten too little. while mil
lions every day repent having eaten too
much. 1t has been said that the great
lesson homeopathy taught the world
was this: That, whereas physicians had
been in the habit of giving the patient
the largest dose he could stand. they have
been led to see that their purpose was
better subserved by giving him the
smallest dose that would produce the
desired effect. And so it is with food.
Instead OF eating, as most people url-
fortunately do, as much as they can.
they should eat the smallest amount that
will keep them in good health.-Centu-
~ Magazine.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-01

Knocking the volcano has again be-
come the pastirne of hotel clerks in
this city-not of all of them but of
enough to turn many tourists away
from one of the seven marvels of the
world. OF course the object is to keep
the tourist in the hotel and get all the
money he intends to spend. As re-
suit he misses an experience which he
would tell others ABOUT as long as he
lived. Sleeping or waking the volcano
of Kilauea is the most impressive sight
to be found anywhere between the
1t is to Hawaii what the glaciers are to
Switzerland, the fiords to Norway and
the Yosemite to the Pacific Coast.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-01

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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-01
"Where Advertising ends
business dates its decline. .
WAR BY SCHEDULE.

The afternoon papers, taking the
same Associated Press service, puo-
lished yesterday a dispatch in which it
was said that the Japanese fleet had
been ordered to attack and capture
Port Arthur on March 1. In one paper
the dispatch was headed 'Liao Tong, -
which is not a city or telegraph station
but peninsula and one which, being
in the enemy's hands, could hardly
claim intimate knowledge of the orders
given the japanese fleet. The other
paper credited the same telegram TO
'.Laio Yang, shantung'' a place which
we shall take on faith in all ec,cept it's
opportunity to gain a fore-knowledge
of the japanese naval plans. Shan
tung province is not japanese base
nor has place called Lao Yang been
hitherto accredited as a distributing
point of Japanese secrets.
1t is interesting to speculate on what
would happen to the Japanese Admiral
If, after having been ordered to take
a great fortress on March L, he should
HIQ GlIHSeI TO 90 before
March 2, or even March 8. P. rhaps he
would be cashiered. And it is, more
over, new development in naval tao
tics-entirely fresh and pretty-to send !
out an Admiral with orders to take a |
well-defended place at a given time, |
just as he would a gift off Christ |
mas tree. Usually an Admiral, if |
ordered to attack on a certain specified |
date, is allowed some latitude as to
when he shall achieve a victory. The
authorities assume that he will en-
counter difficulties; that he may be de-
layed or even disabled and they do not
usually undertake to run him or
schedule time. like a railroad train, be-
tween station and station. However,
the japanese do not initiate the old
fogies of war and strategy and may
possibly have fixed things up between
Togo and Alexieff. notified the world
in advance by way OF Laio Yang or
Wun Lung or any old place and then
have sat down, pencil in hand, to take
a March 1 inventory of the captured
Russian effects.
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spencers That Rejected Titles,

Herbert Spencer in disdaining all
titles, happened to follow a lead set
for him by others of his name. Charles
Spencer, second Lord Sunderland.
would not, when he sat in parliament
for Tiverton, allow himself to be called
my lord and expressed the hope that
he would live to see the day when not
a peer would be left in England. An
other and a later Spencer. George Spen-
Ger, sixty years ago, astonished his
father the Earl Spencer of the day. by
dropping his title and even his name
when he became a Roman Catholic and
entered the passionist order as Father
Ignatius.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-01
TINE TO SEEK SETTLERS.

There is a hint for Hawaii in the
following paragraph from a leading
editorial in the Savannah Morning
News:
And now comes the information that
1900 German farmers are to be added
to the population of Rapides Parish.
The statement is on the authority of
an agent of the immigration bureau of
the Missouri Pacific Railroad, through
which bureau arrangements for the
German colony We're perfected The
German families. to be moved into
Rapides Parish will be gathered prin-
cipally from the cities of ST. Louis,
Cleveland, Chicago, Milwaukee and
other cities of the Middle West. The
Germans will engage in diversified
agricultural pursuits, and beyond the
shadow of doubt will make indus
trious, aw-abiding and prosperous citi-
zens, of whom the state may well be
proud.
There is no doubt whatever that if
Hawaii would set apart ten thousand
acres in this and other islands of the
group and open an agency like the one
which is working in the interests of
Louisiana, it could add hundreds of
white families to the producing classes
here. The soil and climate of these
Islands lack nothing of the elements
that confer benefit upon the agriculture
of Louisiana and have many good quail
ties which the Gulf State cannot claim.
Letters received by the Promotion
Committee indicate that farmers want
to come. There are large areas, all
told, of susceptible land in the group,
some of them owned by the Government
and not under lease and some of them
owned by private estates. They are ca
pablo of supporting 100000 people at a
minimum estimate. Is there any sound
reason why these opportunities should
not be taken advantage of?
Hawaii is trying to get tourists with |
most Indifferent success and prospects. |
Would 1t not be wise, with the cooper |
alton of public and private land-holders. |
to use the money remaining to adver- !
tise for permanent settlers who want |
to come instead of transient guests who !
don't? /
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-01

The opposition to the partition of the
old historic palace site for armory pur-
poses seems general. There is none too
much foreground and background now
for the noble edifice which has so long
been the seat of government; and if
the Territory starts in to cumber the
little park with other public buildings
the capitol viii eventually be as badly
off for broad approaches as the San
Francisco City Hall has been since an
iconoclastic Board Of Supervisors sold
off the Market street lots. If an arlnory
is built on one corner somebody may
want to put city hall or a postoffice
on another some day. 1t is better to
set no precedent for such a piece of
vandalism and to preserve. as a public
recreation ground for all time, the
old gardens of the island kings.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-01
THERE SHE BLOWS.

| From the Bulletin we get the follow
ing version of a skeleton dispatch
| which was received yesterday:
SUEz, Isthmus of Suez, Feb. 29.-The
! Russian cruiser Aurora, with five tor
pedo-boats are entering the Suez Canal
en- route TO the Orient.
This is what the Star made of the
dispatch:
SUEZ, February 29.-The Russian
cruiser Aurora and five torpedoboats
are entering the Suez Canal. This
squadron is to join the remainder of
the Russian fleet at Jibutil. This
movement of the Aurora and the tor
pedo-bo is now thought to mean that
the combined Russian fleets will start
for the Far East. The destination of
the Russian vessels after leaving
Jibutil is being kept a secret.
Now briefly: If the Russian cruiser
Aurora and five torpedo-boats entered
the canal at Suez, which is the canal
have been going away from Jibutil and
not towards it. In other words they
must have been going home.
Furthermore the Aurora, which a
contemporary says is to join the squad
ron at Jibutil, has been part of it all
the time. AS witness this telegram III
the Examiner of Feb. II:
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 16.-Admiral
Wirenius has been instructed to hold
the Russian squadron consisting of the
battleship Oslabia, the cruisers Auro-
ra and Dimitri Donskoi and a number
of torpedo-boat destroyers at JibutiI,
French Somaliland, until further orders.
The question is, did the original dis
patch received yesterday say anything |
at all about the Russian squadron go
ing to the Orient or to Jibutil or was |
that a little touch of romance put in |
to make the news more stimulating?
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-01

The Home" Rulers are out for a
Conversational County Act, which means
Home Rule by proxy. With great good
sense the Democratic Central Commit
tee has refused to join in the effort
and the Republican Central Committee
may be expected to follow suit Ha-
wall is capable of managing its own
private concerns and should insist up
on having its right to do so uncircum-
scribed by action of Congress. As to
the Home" Rulers they had better
change their name. The present one
is a misnomer.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-01

monthly, Mr. w NJ Giffard, is doing
good work, his knowledge of diversified
farming and his interest in it being
broad and keen. AS editor of the For
ester and Agriculturist he works for
the satisfaction it gives him to help
the country, having no other recon-
pense. His periodical has the backing
of the Board of Agriculture, the use of
its exchanges and authorities and is en-
tirely up-to-date in its news and COM
ment.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-01

The doubt expressed by this paper
as to the truth of the Manchurian dis
patch about the japanese landing near
Vladivostok. is justified by the latest
news. Landing a large army on Off
shore ice with horses, artillery and
stores would be next to impossible in
time of peace; but such an enterprise
in the presence of an active enemy,
would need a miracle to make it 60
At Vladiyostok Japanese operations
are confined to the Navy, which pro-
poses to bottle UP the Russian fleet.
possibly by the same stoneboat meth
DDS employed at Port Arthur
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-01

Rice thieves are now about Rice is
rice since the Oriental war began and
it is one of the commodities that stands
high in the list of things that store
breakers prefer.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-01

The Hawaiian Forester and Agricul-
turist, the newest periodical here, is
worthy of the hearty and continued
support of everyone who is interested
in island farming. The editor of the
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HAWAII AND ITS MILITIA.


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of sown. Below ares