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Fjrr. v " * r | fpje ilo ttivtt) fttffrrd. ' YOL. XXV. KiyGSTREE, SOUTH^CAROLINA^THURSDAY.^"FEBRuIRY 15. 1913. SO.49 * (4 He who knows and knows t and avows that he knows, is him. j He who thinks he knows a is a fool. Shun him. ; i '* , i ' He who knows and woulc 1 $ i 1 thief. Catch him. ! | Coffins and Cas WHAT THE LEGISLATURE^ HAS DONE RECENTLY. MANY MATTERS DISPOSED OF?, MORE PENDING?SOME LOCAL j MEASURES. Columbia, February 13 (Special):? fjfe The 1912 session of the South Carols? r ic nesrincr a close f 'UUjl LA^(l9iaiui? >o ? _ and this week will likely see an end of it. There are many matters of importance to be disposed of by the two Houses before adjournment,but jt* the general belief is that Saturday night or Sunday morning will see the final recession from business. I One of the most important mat- ( f ters before the House for the re-; I maining week is the Supply bill, and 7 the matters of importance before! I . the Senate are the Appropriationj I and Supply bills. The Supply bill | | has been introduced in the House I and the Appropriation bill, it was j r announced earlier in the week, would t be introduced in the Senate not ear| lier than Wednesday. Possibly the measure of greatest ( importance before the Legislators \ this session was the bill to make it ; /illegal to make books, sell pools or in other ways gamble on horse-racing or other sports,politics or games R' nf ohnnrp The bill has been fought II and advocated,has been debated and dei^ed,and not until this week was any definite action taken upon it. r* The churches of many of the leading denominations of the State durk ing the past year memorialized the r Legislature to legislate against the ** race track in Charleston, and the .outcome of such legislation has been watched with the keetiesi interest. L v On Monday of this week the Senate, by a vote of 33 to 2, killed the second section of the bill, that known . as the "Injunction feature". Debate was then postponed, at the time an amendment being on the Speaker's - desk to provide that no injunction proceedings could be had until a person had been held to bail or indicted by a grand jury. It appeared | from past votes and statements of [ many Senators that the majority L favored the bill with the injunction > feature left out,but no amendments , added. ' The Appropriation bill was passed by the House last week and many of the items were hard fought. The thp TTniversstv of t8pprupnonu?i,iw? South Carolina auditorium was fixed at $5Q,000, this to be paid in two inB&llrhpnts, half this year and half Irext year. The salary of the chief clerk in the office of the Commissioner of Agriculture was at first set at $1,400. This was,after a fight, rpffuced considerably, but, on reconsideration, was put again at at the 11,400 figure. The appropriation lor the South Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical society was left the same as last year, $5,000. - /. Williamsburg Bill. (A bill is now pending in the LegT* blature to to allow the Trustees of . Lake City school district to issue bonds for school improvements. The f bill was introduced in the House by \ Mr Ayer. hat he knows ] \^Hat wise, follow k SUPERIOF nd knows not, T ] What d p endorsed b> I What d used by ma And w* many heigh Who di During the past week three bills passed both Houses with amendments in the last House and the amendments were not concurred in ! by the last House and so had to be [ sent to free conference committee. The bill to create a State warehouse system for the storing of cotton, the bill that carries the quarter-million i dollar appropriation, is one of the bills that is with free conference. It passed the Senate week before last and the House last week, the House vote being 72 to 29. The Senate nnf nnnonr in elinrht flmpnrl n\juiu uv/w vvuviu iu ??? ments offered by the House and the bill was sent to free conference. The bill providing medical examinations of students in public schools and colleges of the State was passed by both Houses but the House would not concur in certain amendments, the principal one making the examinations optional upon students, and it likewise went to free conference. Another amendment to this bill that received objection was that i allowing the substitution of the j family physician for the school physician in performing the examination. The bill to provide electrocu- , tion of criminals instead of hanging was also sent to free conference. The House would not accept the substitute bill offered by the Senate, , the two bills differing in only a few particulars. A bill vsas passed by the House the latter part of last week to pro, vide for bettering of conditions at I j the State penitentiary. It calls for j I the tearing town of the old brick ' building within the walls of the pen- j itentiary, the erection of a woman's building, the supplying of books and magazines for the inmates and the I abolition of corporal punishment except in cases of insubordination. A bill is pending in the Senate that has caused much comment in the State. It is that to take the appointment of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Commerce and Indus- j tries from the Governor and make! the office elective by the General j Assembly. The bill was killed on [third reading by the Senate last I week, but a little later this vote was i reconsidered and the bill restored to j ' its place on the calendar. It is expected that warm debate will see the disposition of the bill. It will be j remembered ihat the Governor has i threatened to discharge the present Commissioner, Col E J Watson, and it is expected that if he does so, he will appoint to the job a member of his staff,probably Col Leon M Green, who held the office of factory inspector last summer. If the pending measure passes, the office will have to be filled by the Legislatnre. It j is believed by many that the Legislature is not favorable to Col Watson, so that if the bill passes there will be a campaign as to the next Commissioner. There is a possibility that the bill will not pass both Houses this term, the end being so near. Dispensary Elections. ! Last week an important bill pass! ed the Senate. It is Senator Lide's I I bill to allow any county to vote on I I the dispensary question. The bill! ; was first introduced to apply to Or-1 did you say waj SPARKER { TO ALL OTHER MAKES f [id you say was the best Stan r many. id you say was the best one a ny of the best farmers. ; all say AMERICAN FENC ts and styles with prices right d you say sold these goods? KINGSTREE H WHOLESA angeburg county only, and to allow that county to vote on the question this year. The bill was so amended that it allows any couuty to vote on the question on the second Tuesday in February, 1913, provided tnai a petition,praying for the election and j bearing the names of at least onefourth of the voters of the county, { shall be presented to the county j Supervisor not later thanDecember 11 previous to the i election day. The bill allows all counties that may, un- j der existing statutes, vote on the ; question this year to be exempted from its provisions. A bill passed the House last week j to appropriate one million dollars for the State Hospital for the Insane. The appropriation is to be divided into five annual payments of $200,000 each. Mr Jno M Daniels' bill to regulate the changing of text books for the public schools of the State was passedjby the House last week. The bill provides that changes shall only be erected in the lobby of the State house. The committee put in a claim of $13,500 for architects' costs,$900 for the plaster model and $12,000 for the drawings, the remainder being for other expenses connected with the work. The claim was disallowed by the House and a committee was appointed to investigate the matter. This committee was authorized to j summon witnesses and proceed : much in the way a master's or coro' ner's courtT ould in the securing of testimony. Several hearings have been heard and a number of wit| nesses sworn. The investigating committee will likely report to the House near the end of the week. Following is the Appropriation Dill lor wiinamsDurg couniy: ror county Auditor, $400; County Com made when approved by a majority of the county Superintendents of the State. During last week's legislative session Governor Blease sent a message to the General Assembly in which he told of the pardons,paroles and commutations he had issued during his term as Governor. In this he gave a list of persons receiving executive clemency and an account of the offense, the trial and the release of each. The Executive has pardoned, paroled and commuted, since he became Governor, in January, 1911, persons to the number of 317. At present there is in progress in the House of Representatives an investigation of the recent claim presented by the State House and Grounds committee of the House for SI3,500 as architects' costs for the making of plans and a plaster model for the new State House,the present building remodeled and added to. Last year the Governor sent to the General Assembly a message recommending certain additions to the State House. The committee on State House and Grounds let a contract with Todd & Benson, architects of Charleston, for the making of plans for the new State House. The new building was to cost $900,000. The plans were made and a Dlaster cast of the new building ?Wt>~ s the Best Distril OR GEM? iND ENDORSED by the Bes < Cutter? The GLADIATOR nd two horse Plows? WM. J ' < 1 if A T T I IT T - 1 n; is tne oest ior all: we j Why the people with the good ARDWARE COMP LE AND RETAIL DEALERS missioner's and Clerk's salaries,$700; County Treasurer's salary, $400; County Board of Equalization, $1,000; Jury, Witness and Constable tickets, $3,000; Clerk of Court, $425; Sheriff, $1,500; Magistrates and Constables, $1,700; Coroner, $150; Poor House and Poor, $2,000; j repairs on Roads and Bridges, $16,-; 000; Books. Stationery and Printing, $1,000; Contingent Expenses, $2,000; Post Mortem, Examining Lunatics and Conveying, $300; Jury Commissioners and Insurance, $200; i Court House, $200; Jail, $600; Physician's and Attorney's PVs, $250; 1 Road Engineer's Salary, $1,200; Sheriff's Contingent, $1,000; Su- ] perintendent of Education's Salary, i $700. Wyatt A Taylor < THE SNOW AT BENSON. Dogs Suffer Distemper---Farm Work Backward?Personal. Benson, February 13:?The snow j began to fall about 2 o'clock p m Saturday and with the exception of an interval of a short time with sleet, it continued nearly all night. Sunday morning it measured a depth of about 12 inches. The day following the snow was most lovely, clear, calm, crisp, bright and beautiful. We wonder who had a plenty of nice oak wood and fat lightwood. It happens that occasions like these often catch even country people | without fire wood, when maybe all, they have to do is to cut it and haul to the wood-yard. Two heavy snows so close together in one year are rather notable. A goocTsntrw is-said to be an indication of a good crop year and perhaps turn wnuld make it assuredly so. The question may arise, do we need an extra good crop year? We say yes; but we certainly do not want to make fifteen million bales of cotton this season. Then the ! sure remedy is to plant less. i The owners of canines in this i neighborhood are experiencing some ! trouble in keeping their dogs alive. ! Distemper has taken them and only i j by the use of tar on their noses and ; careful attention is the malady j \ checked. Several have died here I recently. Farmers are very backward with their work. Mr Rob Showden has returned to; resume his work with the N. Y.t P. & N.railroad,his headquarters being at Delmar, Delaware. Mr Hugh Tisdale, of this place, went with him by way of Richmond and Norfolk, Va. Mr Tisdale will go from there to Washington and other points North. It is all for pleasure and he only lacks having his bride with him. Mrs J B Chandler has been quite i sick for some time, but she is reported better. Mr C Ed Grayson is still on the j sick list. We hope for him a speedy I i recovery. Miss Lottie McCroy is visiting relatives in the neighborhood. Messrs R W and Hugh McCutchen and Thomas Chandler,of this section, j went to Charleston last week. Mr W I Ti?dal? took a flying trip to the "City by the Sea" last week. nifrfcr ? f First'mon< iwlvl ? testimony am I Eternity w t Farmers. > shall need it. * we did in a f< ,, used and I > From the r . OLIVER, J corrects his < have this in ^ To find fau f sometimes di cs n rfl 1 o ai v % ANY J | WeL, Cothran-McF.lvecn. ??1arried?Tuesday, February 6, at 3 o'clock p. m., at the home of the brother of the bride, Mr A B Cothran, Miss Sallie Parks Cothran of Timberlake, N C, and Mr Robert Edward McElve^n of Cades. The marriage was a quiet affair, only a few intimate friends of the contracting: parties beid^ present. The bride was beautifully attired in white, and the Ji t'.e lower girls, Misses Addie and Ruth Euddy, were also dressed in white. The very impressive ceremony was performed by Rev Mr Mullinix of Cades. Many beautiful presents were ?iven the handsome couple. After receiving the hearty congratulations1 of those present, the happy pair left for the home of the groom. Guest. 5| He Banked in Trunk Detroit.?Joseph Jarmbeck.a farmer who h a trunk containing $8,250 iu caan ana a dante o W After aeveral hours search the police found th< l&i The recovered money was tied in the sleeve o w attention of the thieves.?New York City Glob no Your own actions will 'tell on" house. Keep it there and you mi your LIFE. 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