The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, February 22, 1916, Image 1
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VOL. 11, No. 39, SEMI
ffiiir
FALL AT EARLY DAW
Sine Die Adjournment Reaehec
in Roth Houses at 5:.'15
Sunday Morning.
A PPOlVTMPVTC w
* * * A Vflil 1 ilili.l AO /111"
NOUNCEI
Determination to Hold Appro
priation Bill Down Accomplished
to Good Effect.
Columbia, Feb. 20.?Special t
The News and Courier: The sec
ond session of the seventy-firs
General Assembly of South Care
lina came to an end this morn
if? at 5.35 o'clock. It was not ye
midnight by the legislative clocl
when Senator Sharpe move'
that the Senate adjourn sine die
The final motion on the Hons
side was made by Represents
tiye J. W. Boyd. When the gav
els of Lieutenant Governo
Bethea and Speaker James A
Hoyt fell for the last time an
the members of the General A?
sembly trudged out, the firs
streaKs ot dawn were visible 1
the east. The end was calm an
peaceful, and there was nine
wringing of hands and expro
sions of mutual esteem an
friendhip as the various men
hers hade one another good-bv
and turned their faces norm
ward. There were 868 Acts pns<
ed by the Legislature at its r<
cent session.
The entire time of hot
houses from the moment the
assembled at 8 o'clock Saturda
night until they broke up at daj
light this morning was taken u
with detai1 incident to tli
clise. This consisted for the mos
part in adopting free conferenc
reports and ratifying bills. Th
houses spent most of the time i
recess, subject to the call of tl
Chair.
The usual jollification scene
occupied a large pla?e in the fii
al night. The piano, which hi
stood for several days in tt
lobby of the State House, w*
rolled into the House of Repr
sentatives and the niembei
gathered around it singing tl
old familiar tunes, ijrhich are a
ways a feature of the last nigl
of the session. As the night woi
on and the fact that the partir
would soon come was realize
the songs drifted more and mo:
to the entimental, culminatir
in the patriotic. A thrill wv
throughout the House when 11
group around the piano broke i
to the national anthem, and tl
feeling found its climax in tl
outburst of hand-clapping ar
cheering when "Dixie" wi
heard.
Representative Beckett Beaufort,
with his violin a
companied the piano, greatly
the enjoyment and pleasure
the throng
mere were several mock se
sions of the Senate and Hon
. during the hours of waitin
Senator Hughes. of Union, ar
Senator Leo. of Darlington,. 1<
4. the fun-making in the Serial
and tho clever manner in whi<
they got off hits on the va?io'
Senators was fully appreciat.
bv the crowd, Reading Cle
Hutchison, of the House,
called in to to act as readii
clerk of the Senate at the 11101
session, and this he did in h
usual happy way. He was p-i
ticularly good in his burlesq
bills on the pet subjects whi
various Senators have kept
the front during the session.
. .On the House side Represent
tive Odom of Chesterfield, ai
Representative Massey of La
caster, wore the Speakers f
the mock session, and they a
a good team.
There were several resolutio
put through uist before Una!
journmet. The Senate concurr
in the House resolution reque*
ing the Senators and Congre:^
men from this State to vote f
the hill now before Coneress
pension Confederate soldiers ai
their widows.
The following Senate a
pointments of various comm
tees for the ensuing year we
announced by President Bethe
Committee on penai and chfl
itable institutions, Senator G?
4E L/
-WEEKLY.
VENERABLE MINISTER In
GOES TO HIS REWARD Jj
I Rev. W. C. Power, Aged 81, of
Methodist Conference, Passes
Away at Marion.
1 Marion, Feb. 20.?Special to F
The News and Courier: The Rtv.
VV. C. Power, one of the oldest
hest known and ablest ministers
l of the South Carolina Methodist
) Conference, died at his home of *
his daughter, Mrs. M. C. Woods,
- in this city, at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
lie was 84 years of;
age and had been in declining
health many months. For several
o years this venerable and well
loved minister had not been in
t active charge of any church, but NN
>- lived here quietly with his dan- v
- ghter. He is survived by a widow,
t three sons, Messrs. William, |b
k .John and Walter Power; two ?
d daughters, Mrs. Woods and Miss tl
'. Julia Power, and a stepdau- d
e ghter. Mrs. Robert Teskey, of 1-1
i- Charleston. tl
It is likely that the funeral '
r will take place some time tomor- J1.
^ row, but the hour has not been '
d fixed, pending the arrival of sev- *
ertl menibei s of the family. The
t interment will be in Rosehill a
n emetery here. ?
b THREE MEN BLOWN
- UP THROUGH RIVER c
d c
j_ Blowout in Subway Sends Work- s
v ers Sky-Rocketing Through
?-{ Roof. i
, d
a_! New York. Feb. 19.?One man 1<
is dead and another is missing (
^ as the result of a compressed air t
blowout late today in a subway f
, under construction 100 feet be- s
low the surface of the East river
' A third man, who was shot with . v
[0 j the others through mud and wa- s
.fiter to the surface of ihe river. (
, wna hrnicoil uiul flu-jorl Ki,4 onmrt
? recovered after removal to a c
10 hospital. The blowout, believed l}
n to have been caused by a leak in j
10 the compressed air pumped into!
the subway to stabilize the work f
s under construction, imperiled \
the lives of thirty-five other men g
ls working in the tube. \
\C I 1
t,i The three men were sent sky- c
0] rocketing up through the roof of 1
_ the tunnel into the icy water.!
? Witnesses on the water front de- \
|l dared the three men were hurl 1
7 ed fully thirty feet above the!
v surface of the river. j
11? !<
f] America Has (Jiven 1 >
Helffiuni $7,300,000 c
1 r New York, Feb. 19.?America ^
1 h e. contributed $7,500,000 to the
lej relief of Belgium, according to .
n~ E. Van de Vyvere, Belgian in in- (
I ister of finance, who sailed to- j j
day for London on the steam-, j
u; shiip St. Paul, after spending jj
several weeks in this country. j
f Up to February foodstuffs and!
l>1 clothing valued at more than 11
$80,000,000 had been shipped (
" into Belgium, he said. Kelgi..n ,
' interests supplied more than 1
$60,000,000 of the sum expend- 1
en. 1 ne remainder was given by '
the people of the United States j
and other countries. Mr. Van de i
J. Vyvere stated that $56,000,000
>(l worth of supplies had been pur-j
e.; chased in this country.
The Belgian minister thanked '
the people for their generosity j
j and said in a farewell message: <
1 ."I ask you, individually and as 1
^<r a nation, to accept the love, the j
friendsh'p end the faith which (
is offered to America by evei.v :
Belgian as the tribute of their ^
Ll^ gratitude^
^ M. Stuckey, of Lee: committee
on State educational institutions,, 1
M Senator Hu'ger Sinkler, of Char- i
|VI leston; committee on Code commissisoner,
Senator R. I). Epps, h
0'~ of Sumter; committee on quar-j
tqts ior mate orncers, senator J.
M. Nick'es, of Abbeville, and j
Senator T, H. Ketchin, of Fairfield;
committee to investigate 1
7 rural credits and make recom- <
'n mendation to the Legislature, as '
provided by resolution, session i
1016, Senator D. R. Williams, of 1
to Lancaster; Senator Alan John-!,
rid stone, of Newberry; Senator J. .
L. SherartJ, of Anderson; coifi- i
mittee on State printing, pro- 1
vided for in Act of 1916, Sen- '
re |
a. ator Neils Christensen of Beau- j
ir- fort, and Senator C. D. Lee, of ,
jo. Darlington. ]
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V.NCAS
LANCASTER, S. C. KKRIU'
ROPS DESTROYED IAR]
BY RISING WATERS
ear Expressed by Mississippi Trent
Planters. X;
HEAT LOSS IN GRAIN
otton Yield Now Threatened. '
Absence of Labor May Pre- Oishc
rnnl 0,.~1 t
VIII iivivwdi,! lVV|JI?tlll- rh()(
ins.
! Atl
Natchez, -Miss., Feb. 20.?! trem(
ear that grain and cotton yields f
ill be destroyed by the rising1, '
'ater from the Ruck Ridge ere-, throi
ase in the Mississippi river Soutl
>vee was expressed here tonight porti<
y a number of farmers and and
wners of large plantations upon early
heir arrival from the flooded j felt :
istriet. The white refugees had tral t
cmained by their farms since any c
he break in the levee last, in so
'hursday in order to get their riedb
ve stock to places of safety nothi
'hi> creavasse there is reported , panic
o be more than 1,000 feet wide ! yp
.'he oat and wheat crops h \ to be
lready been destroyed by the the t
verflow. the planters reported, wher
'rospccts of negro plantation brief
iborers leaving makes the agree
hances for planting corn and from
otton rather dubious, they as- only
erted. Labor agents from across c;.l t
u? river have appeared and it hovve
* alleged they arc offering in- vere
lucements to the laborers to ; only
eave and work the delta farms.
vorn and cotton must be plant- . renc.y
<1 immediately after the over-i
low or it will be too late is the ^ \'e
*iew taken by the planters.
Refugees from the Buck Ridge |
rill be taken to Natchez. The > \y
iteamers Concordia and Uncle nijc
)liver left here today for theionds
revassee to continue the work noon
>f rescuing persons marooned shod
ilong the lc* ee and in high places f0])o<
n the flooded sections. dam;
As only a few boats are cap- ment
ible of navigating the district oral
>etween Newellton and the Ten ware
las basins, it was estimated her- herns
hat it wou'd take a week to res
lie the people in that section, -pr) <
Rescue work, however, will b'
icilitated by the construction o
lat boats, it was made known ;\fnn,
lere tonight. J
The condition of the marooned i
efugees tonight still was un- j
:ertain. Reports from rescuers (\
,vho have penetrated into the Gove
loser sections of the hack lands I the
dated, however, that suffering least
,vas on the increase. |sent<
The flood was reported to be of s<
last Waterproof tonight ar.d had | lina.
'overed all of Tensas parish with ed b<
:he exception of a few high aftei
aoints. East Madison and More-1 that
louse parishes also were report j tenc<
id covered. year
A member of the Mississippi | nrer
egislature here in the interest but
)f relief work said an effort For
would be made to have the legis- alty
ature of Mississippi appeal to cept
:he government for shelter tents of a
for the refugees at Natchez. law.
HOLI) lTP STEAMER, LiffJ
TAKE GERM VNS OFF Corr
'rilish Cruiser Removes |fl
Teutons From China. P.Vin
Shaighai, Feb. 19.?The Am- i..1
srican steamship China, which
left Shanghai yesterday morning
for San Francisco, was held ( H.'
>n the high seas by a British au- 2-Ql
miliary cruiser and .'18 Germans
ivere taken off, *'r'?
rPKn PVvinn id /\tvno/l l-vw t Ua
* iiv. V IIIIUI ir> W.y I iv
China Mail Steamship company.'
It is thought she may h ive been ^(
held up by the Laurentk\ which conl
recently stopped the Tonyo Maru Ql,a!,
whiVon a voyage to Manila, and socti
removed nine Indians. if
to p
Educators Meet in Detroit. I stnti
Detroit, Mich., Feb. 20.?Y h
all of the leading hotels iv, once
ed fdled many Detroiters to< ay i "rec
threw open their home to vi oroh
ing educators who h: . co n-0,
the city by the hundred 'o *,
tend conferences o r .
tions Which I .ncrip'- tr.
Find conclude on Friday
meetings which arc el< f
the auspices of (ho tin' .,<1 r,
ucational Association, are i dis j
pose of a great mass of ro '
business incident to the an
convention of the N. E. A., ??n
New York City in July. ' gove
ITER N
ARY 22, 1916
skefett f=5
in south carolina tttsw
lina b}
or of Slijiht But Distinct Columbia. Fe
Occurred About ate ,ast ni^ht
l.> 1. M. Monda>. house amendm<
)AMAGE YET REORTED Association oui
s Broken at Wlnnsboro and '''n^ 'lt ion'
k Fell in Other Section, latiflcation.
1 he act minis'
lanta, Feb. 21.?An earth viding for a boa
>r of slight, but distinct, Pas.sc<1 the **na
,, , , ., ... ,. ,, and was return
*e, that made it sell ten wph amendmer
ighout Geoigia, Noith and At the night
i Carolina, Virginia and at0 passed the 1
3iis of Eastern Tennessee for militamen v
Alabama, was reported The bill was r
tonight as having been house with mil
\t about 5. 45 P. M., Cen- a test vote si
inic, today. In no case was overwhelmingly
lamage reported, and while cent railroad ra
me instances persons hur- sure came up I
/ left buildings there was Sen itor Carlish
ng in the nature ot a passage, said tl'
the railroads. (
e only seismograph known Senator Shnrn.
in the section affected b\ bate? on the bill
remor is at Mobile. Ala . unlay. Senator
e tbo instrument record' 1 table this motio
shocks. Most reports ate refused to <
id that the tremor passed to 2!. Those w
east and west and was fell motion to table
momentarily. In Augusta . blv i\a *iv? \>
and several other places, beat tie. Earle. 1
iver, three distinct shocks win. Harvey
reported. At other point Johnson. Man
one tremor was felt. chin. O'DoM. Sh<
2 earth shoak either did not D. Reese Willia
1 Florida or was so slight Those who v
?t to he felt there, according motion that
ports here tonight. against the b
, Ruck. Carlisle,
Dishes Broken. Rant, E. C. Ep]
innsboro, reb. 21.?A seis- jjanev [jee |a,
disturbance of several sec- Cowii." Mull'ins,
was felt hero this after- ardson, Sharpe,
About 6.30 o clock. The Stacy, Stuckey
ks were two in number and John F. Williiu
wed in rapid succession. No
ige occurred worthy of n\'F< icvr
ion except the loss of sev-j "
valuable pieces of crockery-! VT .. ,, ...
and other fragiles by the * m "v"l:
ewives of the city. caster \\ .do,
To the* Editor
O Cr tNf! I* We ?ee fro*1
VIOLATE "DRY" LAW Kinston Daily ?
? 10 an article r
ning Signs I.'.les Bill ?Mc Pollie Simpso
irmick County Ml Right. county. South
( rinihall New Solicitor. t Hurt to seeur
. . ? 77 . death of her
ilumbin, S. ( reb. 19.? cr........... j.ai...
irnor Manning today signed in'(hV'sprinlr'n
Idles hill, providing for at sav }lor ji^t
thirty days' chaingang ?'ian, William V
mce for every man convicted nonr ni0 who
slling li<|iior in South Caro- factS; he rem*
The measure, which pass- ent an(j jias to
nth houses of the legislature again. I have to
r some opposition, provides Walter's) word
for the first offense the sen- man's in my se
e shall be six months to two no olu, who wi
s, tlie judge having the assertion of hi?
ogative of suspending all j h.iye to s.
thirty days of the sentence. , ,j jn mC]
subsequent offenses the pen-, n fhi (i
is one of five years all ex ; ,f Mr WhUc '
sWty days. The alternative |
fine is eliminated by the | of his ^ea(j c
make further >
nvernor Manning, late today, essary, after 1
ed the act creating Me- to what is ws
nick county. with the laws
ivernor Manning tonight ap- such matters,
ted William H. Grimball. of Kinston, N.
rleston, as solicitor for the
:h Circuit. Mr. Walfei
Kinston,
VNf.ES MADE IN THE To Whom Thi
IAKT MONTH MEASURE The undersi
that ho was a
is Containing Whiskey \\ if! panv I), Sixtyfot
Have to He Labelled North Carolim
. he was with tl
ilumbia, Feb. 10.?The free certain night
erence report on th? two- ot- Secession n<
*t-a-month bill struck out 1 m;i0s east of h
ion 10, which requires a man. that Peter Sin
b carries whiskey in a grip, j aerved about
aste a label on the outside various duties
ing how much whiskey the s|,ot in the th
contaihr. The free confer- soldier about 1
also struck out the wordnext
eive." as the original bill l111'' ('ani a, '
. . . , . i ust where he
ubited a man from giving his i1
. i i tl * i The occurrei
id a dnnk. rhe section pro- me an(j j ^ive
ting non-residents from get- knew Peter Sii
whiskey while in this state and never kne
also stricken out. The bill from, but my
inally adopted allows each was a dark skir
lent of the state to order two average size.
ts of whiskey or five dozen 1 feel certaii
les of beer per month. As husband of Mr
as the bill is signed by the
rnor it will become law. Witness: Ge
i - ' ----
[EWS
$1.50 A YEAR
governor signs
Fill MESSAGE
/ Law. t
, 1fk m .Manning Approves Appropriab.
If.?The sen- linn liil'.
agreed to the
;nta to the bill WITHOI T ONE VETO
itheastern Tari 'V
of the state. 1 he fJenoral Assembly Adjourns at
id enrolled lor O'clock Sunday Morning.
Resolutions of
tration bill pro- Thanks,
rd of conciliation
te late last night Without vetoing a single
led to the house item, Gov. Manning at 5:35
its. o'clock Sunday morning sent his
session the sen- > message ot approval of the ap)ill
providing pay propiiation hill an - the omnivho
attend drills. l>?s county supply hill to the
eturned to the general assembly. Two minutes
lor amendments, later the Ibid legislature heno
wed the senate come history, from its eonvenagainst
the two-: \nK at noon January 11 to its adite
bill .The mea- i?ui anient.
'or debate and The governor's farewell mes\
in opposing its sage was:
iat it was baiting "Permit me to thank your
)n a motion by honorable body for the courtesy
to adjourn do- and consideration e 1 ei ded to
until 10:30 Sat- -the executive department and to
Hughes moved fo me persomd'y luring your sesn.
which the sen sion. The friendships brought
lo by a vote of 1 1 \1 out Giro di nei -ip- - <>c iho
voted for the tion in a patriot! vv'ce 'o our
.that is, presum- lvmorel State wi'l linger with
T. were: I?anks. me long alter von have adiournK.
T). Epp \ ' 'oo i- ed and rctuvu nl t?? your h mes
Hugh"-;, T>. H. and love I ores.
Johnstone bet- "j respectfullv inform your
Tank \\ "'lWr.aii, honourable body that T have
ms, lotal i t. signed the nvpropriution bill and
'oted against '.he the school and county ripply bill
is, presumably end have no further communicnill
were: PJark, tion or message.
Christensen. T)u- ?Ma.v p.od's blessing rest imps,
Evans, Giv.nn. on vou and yours always, is my
ile.Manning, Mc- earnest prayer."
Ni( holson, Rh-Following the reading of the
, Sinkler, Spigner, nyntsan?a *
Verner Walker hu.miui-iiiiwhi,
' Tnt il 9 i immediately thereafter, members
of the house and senate ex~
w?x;Tr.<n tended hearty hand hakes to
? AM I wli. their departing coworkers in the
? i 'ogislative halls. It was in pledge
in ( onies to t.an- 0f the many words of farewell
?v s Assistance* and good wishes that had been
"of The Stato: rl'"ke" ?,<W intue'', !" ,,m'ins
, the nine and one-hall hour sesiows
of February sio" ol' n*ht'
elativo to Mrs concluding session of the
n of Lancaster 101 legislature was enjoyable
Carolina, and her *'10 members and the itinere
facts as to the nn* vis'tors because of its irhusband,
Peter regularities, its songs and music
1 near Kinston 'n'l 'ts mock sessionns of nnrf
'hi. Now please liamentarv procedure. In various
there is a crenth - wa.vs the legislators passed away
Valters, who lives''I10 time between the adoption
can give her the n1 ^ree conference reports and
unhers the ineid the ratification of bills.
Id of it time an l All attaches of the legislative
i say that his (Mr. department received thanks for
is as good-is any the services rendered. Loving
ction. there being cups were presented to Speaker
mild distrust any ITovt. who was highly eomplim*.
j ented in short speeches by more
ty that he is the than 20 members, and to Junius
ruber of Company T. Piles, chairman of the ways
on that we know and means committee. Speeches
s is anxious to be of presentation and acceptance
nice to the widow1 of these "slight tokens of high
omrade and will esteem" were made with a sinstatements
if nee- cerity that was not forced.
le is infoi mod as The engrossing department,
intcd, to eompb which had completed all bills
ot our Stude in turned over to it by 5 o'clock in
( iCO. r. 1 lllott. the nini'nilKr ol'tni- ? 4 . .
..... ..4..^ (41 kV I (I V ? 'I I L I 1 1 UWll -S
C. session of many hours, was
i commended in the following vers'
Statement- solution, introduced in the hous
N. Feh 12. hy .Mr. Massev and in the sonat
s May Concern: by Senator T,aney:
gned has to say "Be it resolved, by Ihe hou<,?
member of Com- of representatives (and tlm sc seventh
regiment, ate), That the engrossing dei
troops, and that partment is commended for their
lat company <>n a /oal and nvmner in which thev
during the War have attended t > the multitudin?ar
Cobb's, at few oik duties which have been
dnston, N. C., and theirs, and we especially desire
ipson, with whon to congratulate them on the
six months in th< pronmtne -* and correctness with
of a soldier, war which they transacted the busiligh
hy a Yankee ness 0f enrolling the acts on this
) o'clock at nigh; the closing night of the 1916
morning on the session."
he old Cobb mill ! M*ay of the members of the
was shot down. ] 7i9t genen! nsemb'y left on
nee is all clear to early morning trains, others deto
snv 1 i
pnrit-d miring tn^ day, while
mpson in the war c.t,i 11 others remained in Colurpw
where ho cnmo jn all of ysterday.?The State,
recollection is he Feb. 21.
med man of about
McCcrmfok Fo'inty.
l that ho was the, c0jmrp; hYh 19 Governor
3. Pollio Simpson Manning Into today signed the
W. F. Walters. ac.^ crating McCormick couno.
T. Parrott. ty.