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2 ~we1 THPEE n A AlllLiij Ul SPECIAI Display c science ? firvn o 1 41 VTA1141 VsAJ Don't fa Aeroph thus givi Twa Viirrl A TTVT IIAgl display fi Daily rac You OCT. 14-1! MANY COTTON BILLS V. BF.FORT! AftftTPTVTTiT/V * (Continued from Page One.) fix passenger rates in tliis state. 11 y Mr. Fortner: To prohibit th< employment of while teaellers I'oi schools attended l?v colored pupils By Mr. Summers: To prohibi the foreclosure of certain mortgage; and papers. My Mr. Summers: To extend tin time for the payment of taxes. By Mr. Summers: To repulat* the legal rate of interest. By Mr. McQueen: To repulat* the acreage of cotton n this state, the acreage of cotton in this state regulate cotton acreage. Ily Mr. Stevenson: To provid* for a warehouse system. As will he noted most of tlies* blls are related. Several of th< number have been published in de tail in The News and Courier. SPEAKER SMITH'S CHARC.E. After Clerk J. A. Hoyt had calle* the roll and the house was organ ized, Speaker M. L. Smith hoped th< members would realize the Horlous ness ami importance of 'he work ii hand, an 1 he. believed they would The machinery of the house was al ready for work and it was iiis sin cere hope that the house would d< what it had to do and adjourn will the least possible delay. (Appiause. BELSER'S ACREAGE BILL. The text of Mr. Reiser's eottoi acreage bill presented today reads Whereas, a great European wa has reduced the consumption of cot ton nearly one-half, and the cettoi producers of this state have on han several hundred thousand bales fo which they can find no market, ex eept. at prices far below the cost o production, and this condition 1 bringing about poverty, want an suffering among our people, and, Whereas, it is evident that th production of a full or normal cro of cotton during the year 1015 wll aggravate this condition of povertj want and Buffering among our peo pie, and, iWAff 1 \YS OF SL'PREf L TRAINS^ )f farm produ< ind art exhib hibits?racing=THF i il to attend ine flies twic ng you an i i-dive acts d< reworks Thur Pen high-class es on fast gr can attend th< Yftl Rook 1 I Whereas, a material reduction in r the acreage planted to cotton and . ' the planting of said acreage to grain | and food crops will greatly relieve - this condition, now therefore, in the exercise of the police power of this state, he it enacted by the general r nrsetnbly of the State of South . Carolina: t 1. That al! persons operating * farms directly or through agents, and their overseers, share-croppers > or other agents, tire hereby prohibited front planting in cotton during the year l!?lf> exceeding one-third of the total acreage actually planted > and cultivated by such peron during the year lit 14. and the planting . of each acre in excess of the said I one-third so planted is hereby de> olared to be against public policy and illegal, and the planting of each :> acre of said excess shall constitute i? a sepaiate offence and be punished - as hereinafter provided; pro\ idcd that in no case shall any person plant in excess of nine acres per each 1 regular plough annimal worked in - his farm operations in said year. b 2. That all persons guilty of the - violation of Section 1 of this Act 1 niian, u |iuu i (Ml v M llOIl. iJP piiniPrilMl . by a fine of not less (han J25 nor 1 iroie than $100, or be imprisoned - for not leas than ten days cor more r> than twenty days for each offence, ti 3. That all sheriffs, deputies, ) rural policemen, magistrates and constables shall be charged *?: the a duty of it spection and in all prac: :liable ways aiding in the enforcer ment of the provisions of this Act. 4. It shall be the duty of the aun dltor of each county to require of rl each person making tax returnt. a r statement, under oath, of the total acreage to be farmed or cultivated if by him in the year 1915, and of the g acreage which he is going to plant d in cotton in the said year, the said statement to be duly entered upon e said return, and it shall be the duty p of the township boards of assessors U to carefully pass upon and verify rf said returns. >- 5. This Act shall go into effect immediately upon its approal. \ - M . yl. TIIK LANCASTER NKWi OUR CO! ivr v\t n i n*ri^ n n VIC CLCAMJKC I ?Oct. 14 ctsV-girls' canr its?poultry sh --athletic\even X ?there will 1 :e daily?a vie idea as to ae lily, big parad sday night, edi =school child shows will fur aded track. 3 fair and retui %K COUI I ill. GOVERNORS MESSAGE. da The special message presented to- an day to the General Assebbly by Gov- rP ernor HI ease consists of one hundred and four book-size pages. At ' one time it ooked as if the house was ' m< to hear each and every word, Mr. jtli Nicholson, who had called for the no reading of the message in full was I',., satisfied after a long period of read- wj ing by Mr Simkins anrt It was deel-t ded to have the message referred to | special committees and printed in SPI the Journal. i K(l It was evidently the purpose of \t the Governor to have in the records of the State his political views and ' ho position. After the formal procla-I he mation he reprinted in full first his' {j0 Walterboro speech delivered in April sn 1914?that utilized about twenty- ha five printed pages; then came the full text of his St Matthews speech, Gf delivered in June. 1914, at the open- 8(, ing of the Senatorial campaign; 8PI this covered forty-four printed th? pages. Eight pages were given j | to other speeches or erxtracts he therefrom." Then followed under, vii | the heading "Post-Election State- ; Px uirm, uaieu o^pieill oer, I :? I 4 , sev- i th en pages. On page 85 there occurs ' th< the heading "Cotton Convention." | lai The first 85 pages are devoted to the v|< Governor's political speeches. Then i no follow the correspondence, rosolu-!*a tions and views leading up to the . to issuing of the proclamation for the th special session now being held. The th interview given this correspondent! th relative to the aims and scope of the; wi special sessions is given in full and ! da and following this comes phases of i foi the cotton question, as 7iewed by be the governor and others. Then fol- | ; lows a couple of pages on "The In-1 looming State Adminstration and the fal I Legislature." and finally what he mi has to say directly to the member- 1 ) ship of the assembly. This Is given ml in full and reads: I ml AS TO THE LENGTH OF YOIIU otl SESSION AND PAY OF MEM- | pu jlERS. | rel It has been suggested to me. in pr fact, I have been requested, to limit as your session to a certain number of | 5, OCTOBER 9, 1914. HE OMBINED WIT! ,-15-16= ling clubs?bo iow?horse ai ts?amusemei OUNTY le^sometbino itor qroppii rial fighting e each day/ 1 ucational pag Iren in line^= nish recreatic u -1 i iui 5C snow 1 rn home the MY i?J. South >ai ys, your membprs to a certain hi lount of pay, and your actions to rc rtafn hills. As I see it. under our mi nstitution. the executive depart- Of snt is separate and distinct from bll e legislative, and even if it were to t. the present executive would cer- to inly liavo no desire to interfere I de th your actions. I vis I cannot, and neither would I. if I to could, restrict the length of your ; ssion. I leave that to your own in od judgment una patriotism, wl ither can I prescribe what you of all do or what you shall not do, or ex w long you shall stay in session, of cause the constitution forbids my fo ing so, if I so desired, and I as- m< re you that in this particular I I ta ,ve no criticism of the constitution, po As to your pay, when a member scl the senate I made a hard and no ibborn fight against the $200 per hii usion nill. My reasons were given hii en on the floor of the senate, and up irged the very point which Is now hii ing made and asked that a pro- ou 10 be inserted that in case of an tra session of the general assembly re< at members be paid per diem. But in e matter was rushed through, the tni rge majority voted contrary to my as ?ws, and the law was passed as it he w Is, and you are entitled to the me pay as you would be entitled ca at a regular session. I nrmwt Is very contingency and begged of e senate at the time to fix it so co at in case of no extra session, th lich might last for only a few th ys. the lump sum contemplated an r a forty days' session would not be provided. al< SUGGESTIONS. sti Now. gentlemen, having placed of Irly and fully before you these lec liters, pardon me for suggestions: cr< First. That you appoint n com- pa Ittee to confer with similar com- rei Ittees from the legislatures of tie lier cotton-growing states for the rpose of passing such laws as will oa liltoo the present situation and thi event a recurrence of conditions tei they are today. fr? Second. That you pass a law pro- ab E7i 1 EDUCATIONS =REDUCE ys corn club: nd mule sh its-;-all are < r 17 A ID i ; doing evei lg miniatu in the Eur :wo bands d eant on Fri >n amuseme in front of g same day. illS , oc 'olina biting the sale of any property al or personal, under any lien 01 ortgage prior to the first clay o tober, 1915, with a proviso in tin II that if any debtor shall nttempi make way with Ills property, 01 do it serious damage in order tc crease its value, that the pro dons of this bill shall not appl} him. Third. In accordance with the terview which I gave out, anc lich I have quoted to you an part this message, that you pass an act tending the time for the payment all taxes, city, county and state r such period as, in your Judg ?nt, will be of most benefit to the xpayers of your state, so that If a or man who honestly and conlentlously does his best, but can t pny his taxes, falls to do so, that s little personal property, or ever s little home, may not be forced ion the block and sold and he and s wife and little children turne-l t into the street Fourth. That you pass an acl during the legal rate of interest this state to 6 per cent and mat. K the provisions of the act such are mentioned in my Interview rein quoted. Fifth. That you give your most reful and serious consideration tc e passage of a law for a reduction the acreage in the planting ol tton. Personally, I do not carc at is time to express my opinion as tc e constitutionality of such a law d of course It would hardly b? neflclal to our people If we acl ine, hut if all the cotton-growing itos would agree on a proposition that kind, the fact that you had 1 ofT in It would be much to youi ed It. You, as legislators, can ss it, and let the courts take the jponsibillty of nullifying your acm. aiwth mi? a - riAin. iiim von kivo your mo.it refut ?nc'. perloua constrlArtiMon to b passage of some warehouae sysn act. I seriously doubt, to be ink with you, though, the ndvisllity of state control, and most aa I READY \L FEATURES :d rates s?domestic ow?educa:ombined in ry moment re bombs opean war aily, grand day, 5,000 nt rand stand f Come T. 14-15-16 , I auredly could not and would not apr prove any bill that would place f such a system in the hands of state ? officials as ex-ofliclo managers, t Seventh. That you pass an act r exempting from taxation for the > year lhl4 those of our fellow citi" 7.ens in the counties or York and Laurens who suffered so much In, jury from the hail storm during the I past summer, t CONCLUSION. 't If you will pass the laws herein suggested, all of your people will rise up and call you blessed, and ? [those of you who have been tempori arlly defeated, or cheated, can go . | back to your people and receive their heartfelt thanks, nnd if you so t desire, receive at the next election i their hearty support and have writI ten upon your banners once again I the words "victory." for now, as I then, he who made the prophecy represents the sentiments and the t will of the majority of the white t Democratic voters of this state. The message is perhaps a recordi breaker in length. r >1. .I CITATION. ^ > STATK OF SOUTH CAROLINA, i County of Lancaster, r Hy J. B. Stewman, Judge of Probate, t Whereas, \f. Z. Hilton has made i suit tn me ?? "* wl? l"*' ? -.. s.buv UIIU IBllUrB or , administration of the estate and efi fects of R. T\Rman Hilton, t These are, therefore, to cite and ; admonish all ami singular the kind, red and creditors of the said del ceased, that thify be and appear be fore me, In they^ourt of probate, to i bo held at Lancaster October 28, > 1914, next, after Publication there of, at 11 o'clock if the forenoon, to show cause, If ail they have, why the said administration should not i be granted. V Given under my hand, this 8th i day of October. Anno Domini 19 J 4. J. E. 8TKWMAN, Probate Judge.