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VOL. 11, No. 3(>, SUM I
PROM ONE" GALLON
10 TWO QUARTS
Senate Votes for Alternative
Amendment in Changing
Gallon-a-Month Act
CUTS WHISKEY
ALLOWANCE
Two Quarts ot isooze or r ive
Dozen Dottles Beer Monthly
I If Houses Argees.
Prohibition measures were
further entrenched in South
Carolina Wednesday when the
senate by a vote of 26 to 18 reduced
the amount of liquors
that may be imported each
^ month from one gallon to two
quarts. Earlier in the morning
an amendment to limit monthly
shipments to one quart was rejected
by a vote of 21 to 23. Several
other amendments were offered,
among these being two
to allow the alternative of beer
shipments. One by Senator
Hughes of Union would provide
for 60 bottles or one-half
barrel of beer monthly. Senator
Sinkler of Charleston offered in
substitute an amendment to provide
for 30 bottles of beer. Vote
was not taken on the alternative
amendments during the morning
session.
in the evening session the
bill whs further modi fieri by tin
adoption of the Hughes amendment,
which provided for month
ly shipments of GO nint bottles
of beer lieu of the 2 quarts
of whiskey. The amendment was
adopted by a vote of 22 to 10
The Hughes amendment was
further modified to preclude
shipments of beer with a content
of alcohol greater than 5 pei
cent. Provision was also made te
have beer shipped in open cases
that rigid inspection might be
enforcerl. The bill in its entirety
was passed bv a vote of 28 tr
12.
Each sorctav fp his sea<
yesterday morning, and a com
nlete vote was polled on the tw<
amendments, calling for decisive
act!on One changed vote on thr
first amendment would in ,,v
probability b'>ve cut the shir
ments to one n"->vi Qm.-v. chnnowould
have divided the fov,-> >
penally, thu co >vv>l1:nr1' the nr ?
sident of th * enstP V'hn ia :
avdo^t prohibitionist 4 >
the deciding vote.
Sninted debnl-c v?? mm 0,
:n dur'ng the morning the '
meats fol'owincr the age won
Mnos of olovarro between legi;'?
tion with loop-hole and thai
which knows no compromise
Senator Banks argued that nd
option of the amendment woulc
run counter to the exnressc
wish of the peonle. who had fa
vored prohibition, contingent ut>
on extension of the cahon month
law. Senior Carlisle empha
sized that the referendum re
ferred particularly to manu
facture and sale only, without
sentence, without the fine alter
relation to importation.
Senator Black of Bamberg bo
lieved the reduction of tht
amount would aid materially ii
eliminating blind tigers. StocV
for illicit selling, he said, coulr
be easily supplied when three
or four would pool their monthly
shipments.
Senator Kitchin argued foi
the retention of the law withoul
modification. Shipments could
be received from each express
office in the county, and reducing
the amount, he said, would onl.v
necessitate an increase in the
number of offices to which the
purchaser would have package
shipped.
Senator Brice argued for
the passage of the amendment,
expressing the belief that the
-reduction of the amount to one
quart would be mere effective in
ridding the State of illicit liquot
dealers than would the Liles bill,
which proposes imprisonment
sentence, without the fine alterv
native.
^ Senator Alan Jonstone, Sr.,
of Newberry characterized the
Sinkler amendment as a "dangerous
bill." Express packages,
the Newberry senator pointed
out, could not be broken, and
bottles of whiskey could t)e
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mmMANNING 1
URGES PASSAGEOFBILLSI
Sends
Message to General As- F
sembly Regarding Several
Important Measures
SAYS PEOPLE
WANT ACTION
W
Torrens System Rural Credits,
Child Labor and Other
Matters Referred To
Columbia, Feb. 8.?Special: r(
to Charleston News & Courier u
Governor Manning tonight sent1 n
a message to the General As- C(
sembly urging them to pass the j
Torrens system of land registra- ^
tion, the rual credis bill, the bill ^
providing for the teaching of
agriculture in the common j
schools, the bill raising the child ( r(
labor age limit to 14 years, the
workmen's compensation bill;
i and the bill providing for the (sj
certification of teachers. The N
message follows: j L,
"Permit me to respectfully
' call your attention to the im- j
portance of pressing the con- '
i sideration of certain measures y
. on your Calendars, which I .deem
i of importance to the great body j
> of our citizens whom you and I ,
r represent. i.
"My reason for this message (\
, that we .are approaching th1 ^
,j closing days of the session, and'
[ I earnestly desire that these
matters should not be overlook- 0_
. ed. "a
. "There have been meetings of
] citizens in many localities >
throughout the State, calling on ,
j the Legislature to adopt the y
[ Tor reus system of land registra-1 j
I tion ami enact the same into ^
. law. This is a necessary pre-|a
) requisite to a system of rural ^
credits. It will reduce expenses j
? in borrowing money on land; it I n
.(gives the State warrant to titlej j
J and puts an end to litigation
j on land titles. Such an Act would (J
he a boon to the State, and T
earnestly urge its adoption. v
"Forty-three per cent of our
I white farmers are tenants. The j
dream of the South Caroline
j tenantsh is to become owners of .
II their homesllnd farms Tf we
>re to progress we must help
the e tenants to help them
- selves in thoJr an' '' to be 3
come !\on c owners m' u t
1 ma! 4 th: pos -ib'c bv adopt'
' > - apes hitherto, u t?:cd
, if iW nv v seem radical T e
'Crw'luufcd on Sth n ye.)
j " 2 . " " \
. i easily inserted when eases were
I made up in lieuor houses Tt -
passage, he predicted, would
. open a gateway yhich would ,
\ "destroy the dignity and effect- f
1 iveness" of the senate's act and j
. that passed by the people. i ^
Senator Wightman of Saluda '
, saw a greater peri1 in soft c
. drrinks, which form "the stop- (
. pin# stones to drunkenness." c
. I The Saluda senator said he had t
:! "never take a chow of tohacco, v
.; smoked a cigarette or taken a s
drink of whiskey." Tf he had to ^
he debauched by either soft j(
[ i drinks or beer he'd prefer the \
( beer. He pleaded for total elim- v
. I ination or the retention of the j
j act in present form.
Senator Ginn o^ Hampton fa- v
.j vored the passage 01 the amend- e
ment. His chief objection to theie
. beer provision was that percent- v
ajjes of alcohol in beer could be \
j readily increased, until the con- 1<
[ tent was nearly all alcohol, and t
f j yet retain the name beer. t
-1 The vote for the Carlisle to
i amendment, reducing the shin- r
i ments to two quarts, which is a n
. J duplication of the laws in effect n
I in Georgia and North Carolina, t"
. was: a
Yeas ? Beamffiiard, Black. a
.j Brice, Carlisle, Christensen, Du.
Rant, Earle, E. C. Epps, R. D. t
i Epps, Evans. Ginn. Gross. Hnr-'n
ilvey, A. Johnstone, Laney, Lide, t
McCown, Nicholson, O'Dell, Pad-; t
;jgett, Richardson, Sherard,' Sin-'v
kler, Spigner, Verner, and
Walkes,?26. m o
Nays?Banks, Beattie, Buck, r
. Goodwin, Hughes, D. B. Johnson s
,|Ketchin, Lee, Manning, Mullins, u
i Nickles, Patterson, Sharpe, s
; Stacey, Stuckey, Wightmai], f<
John F. Williams and D. Reece' a
, Williams?18.?The State. t
n ii 111 i ?i ii in
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LANCASTER, S. C. FEBRUARY 11. 1!)U>
ECRETARY GARRISON WILSON SPEEDS UP
LESIGNS FROM CABINET ROUSE ARMY E
j
ailure of Congress to Adopt Measures Will Likely be 1
the Continental Army for Represenatives i
s Scheme Cause. Two Weeks
WILSON'S POSITION SENATE HEARINGS EI
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filling to Leave It to Congress* Dills Two Houses Expec
While Garison Insisted on ! Differ and Final Action 1
Department Plan. j be Compromise.
Washington, Feb. 10.?Sec-| Washington, Feb. 9.?
itary Garrison resigned today President Wilson pesonalh
ecause President Wilson would j mf? both Democratic and F
ot 'irrevocably" support the; lican members of the
sntinental army plan, and be-' military committee to 1
luse he opposes the Admin- j preparation of bills to car)
itratiop's program of selling a j the army's part in the ns
efinite time for Philippine in- preparedness scheme, indie
enendence. J tonight were that the me;
President Wilson accepted the might be ready for the
esignation but has not selected, within two weeks or less
successor. The President him-' Hearings will end torn
elf probably will take personal or next day and it is unde
harge of the Administration's the main features of the b
lational defense plans in Con-; ready have been whippe
ress. | shape in which it is ex
Assistant Secretary Brecken- they will receive virtual
idgc also resigned as a mark unanimous approval of th<
f loyalty to his chief, whose mittee.
iews he shares. The President The Senate committee hr
ccepted his resignation. Both eluded its hearings on arm
ake effect immediately. Major take up the wo
ieneral Scott. Chief of Stall' of orat'ting its proposals fo
he Army, automatically be- Senate early next week,
omes Secretary of War aci in* n'"? *he general outline i
erim. plan to be recoromendec
Tt is known that one of Sec- crystallized in the minds
etar.v Garrison's principal rea- members,
ons for his conviction that only . T'1" hill of the f vo hoi
Federal continental army in- ,s expected, will d'Ofer rn
toad of a reorganized National ar,d final legislation 1
rimrd should be the main milit - j ^vorl<ed out as a comnron
ry dependence of the Nation j conference,
lis belief that some day the Un- Progress also was made
ted States may be called upon on navy legislation, the
o defend the Monroe Doctrine, sures paving the way foi
ind in that event he foresaw atruction of battleships *
hat the National Guard might 44 at navy yards and pro
lot be available for use outside for '100 additional midst
>f the United States before a in the July class at Ann
leclaration of war. being passed by the Senate
Upon that contention on the oassed the House .vested;
?ne hand, that the continental ?nly the President's
rmy or ultimately universal ser nture to become law. S
rice was the Nation's only ivUj_, Clark introduced r bill to
nee. and the position on the increase the number of
ther, tli?4 re cr.r. plan could be Military A ulemy
inon Congress, Piesident Wi!- Chairmen v. of th >
on and his Secretary of War military - ommitt . >. and v
it >t mi official company. of his Democratic :oili
Mr. G rri; oi i motion ''sou- *:ed rrmv i?t ?* s '
t ecmnh in -u:or; <? to r?" :,;ert \\'il?on <! n ?ho
Va h p <on grp ?.rally TTe n *Kp.. he Pre iden4' 'M'-go {'
? *y 1 r, ,,i % c. I ? "()\- rV : *v ' '
loi b' fo a tV Y'U : 1-ekim -F-nubP-ar n -ml
.
t'-j \y ,v fo To Xew York <?> : V bite I Tor -\o ? ? thr v<)V(*
h rJ bcrr -r -so ' ?t 1h 11 ' "!k!
v'u Department that ho hud('nt v :1j< :)! u-o-Uvlth !.h-?
rone for an Indefinite stay. '.1() (' '' ' v H
The acute differences of opin- ' 11 h;m.
o which led to the hreak bo- was evident, however
ran early in the year when op- tor proceedings ol the o
position to the contiental army tee that Representative II
dan began developing in Con- uot been swayed from 1
tress. There had been indefinite position to Secretary Gar
umors of the possibility of the Proposal for a continental
Secretary of War leaving the which the President warn
""abinet. but they never were vocated during his recer
ountenanced in official ouar- j Paredness speaking can
crs. The Secretary everywhere witness hefore the com
vas regarded as one of the i ho was opposed to tl
itrong men of the Administra- ! tinental plan,
ion upon whom the President '*:o am ' " interiecte*
eaned in the difficult situations, Hay. "We all are."
foth domestic and international, Democrats and Repukiit
'hich have marked his Admin- the committee agreed ton
stration. saying that an army bill
The circumstances which led ,)e Quickly written alt
ip to the resignation are detail- there might he minor
d in the Secretary's correspond- which would take consic
nee with the President which ('?^at? to settle. The feat
/as made public tonight by the House bill, it was
Vbite Hmi?o n-- would be
M ? ^MV.1
?tters disclose, believed that the I ''*'/1 though a pay bill
raining, organization and con- IVs limitations designed
rol of a military reserve should the war department peac
e under immediate Federal di- i ?on?' 0f training anciI i
ection, but is not "irrevocably!111^ National Guard
r dogmatically committed to T ~
ny one plan." He wrote Mr., SENATE PASSES^
iarrison that he could not force' NAVAL
nv specific plan on Congress; . . ?
nd added: Washington, Feb. 9?T1
"I must welcome a frank in-J1? " resolution n
erchanjreof views and a patient i ? .000 available for
nd thorough comparison of all 1 PH Maw Island and New
he methods propose,1 for oh-1 V-V Vnr<lfl *<? h"'1' haUI'
aininer the object we all have in '* f*8se<l,a bl" ,ln('r
lew 1 y entrance class
' . , . .. 'Naval Academy. It pass<
Mr Garrison s contention that h Momlva *
nly the plans of the War De-i 1
artment could be considered ? ? ~
eemed to the President "wholly |
njustifiable." Mr. Garrison con- wro^e President,
idered 'reliance upon the militia "It is evident that we
ir National defense an unjustifi- lessly disagree upon what
ble and imperling of the Na-iceive to be fundamntal
ion's safety." In resigning he ciples."
in *tt ,m >11, .?? t* '
-
rnea
THE HOUSE PASSES
IILLS CHILD LABOR Bll
Iteadv put Through Graduated Me
n ure as Compromise by a
Vote of 61 to 39
i
sTDElV; BILL FOR WAGES BY WEI
ted to Cotton Mills Measure Amenc
Will to Include Lumber Plants
and Passed.
-With Columbia, Feb. 9.?Speci
/ urg- j to Charleston News & Cour
tepub- The House today passed a gra<
House' ated child labor bill. It provid
lasten first, that no child under 14
ry out siding in any school disti
itional where there is complsory sch
ations j attendance shall be employed
!\sures! any cotton mill. Second, that
House1 ter July 1, 1916, no child un<
! 13 shall be employed in any c
mrrow ton factory, and that after J
rstood l, 1917, no child under 14 si
ills al- be employed in any cotton f
d into tory. This bill was passed
pected (third reading by a vote of fil
ly the 69, and is regarded as a cc
=? com-| promise.
Section 1. That Section 1
is con Volume 2, Criminal Code
V bids: South Carolina, 1912. be, .
0< tin1 same is hereby, amended
r the I ..f ? * ? = - i!
.-mi ii? ir; win >;iiu Mii'iion anil
There inserting in lieu thereof the
of the lowing: No child under 1 1 ve
1 has! }lfre residing in any school <
of the,t?ict. where the conipuls
school law is in force shall
isci. employed in any factory, mini
dically textile establishment of t
>vi'l be stat<v After July 1. 1016,
ii*o in ehild under the age of 10 yo
shall 1)0 employed in any fact*
today niine or textile establishmen
mea- this State. After July 1. 1017
r con- i child under 11 vears of ayre si
13 and he employed in any facte
ividinc mine or textile establishment
lipmen this State.
anolis, The vote on the substit
'* They child labor bill stood: Aye, (
iv and > bill) 61; nfty, (against)
i sitrn-i Ayes?Speaker T-,?. A H<
peakev \ f k in sou \ustin Relies, Hal
d v to P>ockott Reiser. Ron v. P.lue
cadets \y Boyd, R. t>. Boyd, Britrh)
"n vie Co! V n Ci mi, D. >
Rousfl 'er. Dennis, DesCbanips, Kri
levorel 1 ."jr. T ' M " ' urn
>a urues \ "p h ' > a, w r tt TT TT
i (v or* S'Mif t'v S > .rsor- ' ,M
uiev. snnltT Stnrkie S.:r n
Toole. Yarn. Wall" oe, Vn r
in In- Wood?61.
immit- Mays.?Arnold. Bolt. Bow
ay had Bradford, Brown, Burns, Cai
lis op- Carter, Chapman. Cherry. Dr
rison's Dixon. Durst Etheredge, F
army, Goggans, Graydon, Hicks. 1
nly ad- t-hi nson. Lofton, MeKeown
it pre- m. Martin. Masse.v, Moore. M
lpaign. ei, Nunn, Ramseur, Reid, Rivi
mittee w. S. Rogers, Jr., Wagnon. W
le con- White. Williams, Wolfe, Wr
man, Wright?3D.
1 Mr. Paris: LeGrand rnd J.
Walker.
;ans of The House also passed a
ight in offered by Messrs. Rogers
would Hicks requiring all textile pla
.hough to pay their employers wee
details'The bill was amended throi
lerable the efforts of Mr. Barr.
ure of | Georgetown so that it will
said, elude lumber plants,
of the; The House found itself v
carrv. *- ,t-_n ? .....
Miucri naneo up" tins morninj
0 give account of the fact that it 1
e time made "special orders" of a ni
officer-! her of bills, and that these 1
precedence over all other me
; ures. At the suggestion of ]
Moise all special orders were <
charged. The House will r
te sen- Pr,)Ce0(l regularly with
tkaing Calendar.
equip- Rills are now going in throi
1 York committees, and while there 1
ishi.ps. been a considerable shacken
at^ho thero still continues quite
?d the steady flow of proposed legis
tion. The chances are all toge
er against any new general 1
islation that is now proposed
coming a statute, as there see
to be general unanimity that
pCrin- .i?urnment be bad n
week.
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y WEATHER
Fair Friday and
Saturday, rising
VJ temperature Satv
W
$1.50 A YEAR.
^ GOVERNOR SPEAKS
II Dccnnr Tiir i ?\/mrii
ll DLrunc mt LHUVitN
as-( Great Reception Accorded the
I State's Chief Executive by
Religious Conference
EK i OTHER SPEAKERS HEARD
led Convention Came To A Close
? Wednesday Night?Prominent
Men Speak.
al: Columbia, Feb. 8.?Special:
ier Governor Manning was accorded
du- a great reception when he stoples,
ped by the Laymen's Convention
re- this morning on his way to his
*ict office. He was presented to the
ooi gathering as a man who was
in doing his part in the great work
af- of upbuilding South Carolina,
der Governor made a short talk to
:ot- the delegates assuring them to
ulv his intense interest and symlall
pathv in the noble purpose which
ac- is responsible for the Convento
tion and of his readiness to do
to everything in his power to as>m
sist in the movement.
The third day of the South
22. "arolina Laymen's Convention
of i of the National Missionary
ind | Movement saw severed hundred
by' more delegates added to the
bv 1 number already enrolled It was
fob estimated this afternoon that
ars over 2.">00 delegates were here
dis- for the Conv< njdon, 1 the
VM... *. ' i
ui v i u -iins vnK rterr,om brought
bo more to :ul<! to this already
* or!epoch marine attend; nco. The
ihisj oirit of unity of purpose and of
no \ co-operation in the great cause
!ar< ! underlying the Protestants of
)ry. .the state made the sessions one
t in of great invagination. Much en.
no thusiasm is being d'splayed by
hall the delegates in every session,
>ry. and the great auditorium of the
t in Jefferson Hoto' has been crowded
both morning and night to
ute hear the diPV?i*T.f snoakm\s.
for In addition to Governor Man30.
jning the speakers >t tlm morn>vt,1
ing se -.ion today were:
iP1T- The Rev. ii G. Dale. Chester.
' secretary Laymen's Missionary
vemont. VP ? Chu" h.
Two Americas;" the Rev.
lv^ r \. G. Shinlev. ?h mghm,
a. si.- n; ex- of the MothTm
1 : > (''I , . ( i ay '
p'? foj ^ ^
|
* 1
' 'ft: ? 1 * -e>. .i )t iv t he I
O ! ho 1 B"-e1 ' . i till
1(1. ..T,u, a?... ??. ? (|i. i .: ' ' pf
,r" us Christ."
, ( , At 3 o'clock this afternoon
/ there were conferences of *he
','V. denominations in al! of the de'
\Y'1 nominntional churches of the
I | city. Those conferences were
j" largely attended and talks on
' ' ' | the laymen's work dominated
ow e
ers conferences.
e^t The programme f'or tonight
)ik- wns scednled for 7.30,, and included
the following:
F. "The World Crisis and Its
| Challenge to America," by the
bill Rev. C. .1. Thompson, Raleigh?
and secretary for mi c-h-is, FountC
them Baptist Convention,
kly! "A Near View of the Far
igh East," by the Rev. William F.
of McDowell, D. D.. Chicago, Bishop
in- of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
erv The Message and Mission of
r or Jesus Christ," by J. F. Love, D.
lied D., Richmond, secretary foreign
lm-i hoard, Southern Baptist Convened
j tion. v
The Convention will come to
Mi' > close with the sessions tomorlis
row morning and tomorrow
lOV/ liffht. Tnmnrvmr
..... . *> in ut? tne
th,* climax of the gathering, and in?-*
dications tonight were that the
igh attendance tomorrow would surha
PRr"s nven the figures for toing
night. The people throughout
a i the State seem to be thoroughly
5la-| live to the great good which
th- {will result from a Laymen's
eg gathering, and the unity of purbe
pose dominating the various sesms
sions have evoked warm approvad
al from the rank and file of the
ext Protestant denominations
; throughout the entire State. ,
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