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Ssfc*--; "" - ' j ? v LEGISLATURES WORK SEVERAL IMPORTANT ACTS PASS ED DESPITE FIGHT WHICH HELD QUORUM ' A MEMORABLE OCCASION: List of the Most Important Measures of State-Wide Interest Passed and 1 >"ow Law. Majority of the Yetoes Ignored. The 1912 session of the general as sembly brought to a close Thursday afternoon was one of the most re markable in tVe history of the State. The members of the general assembly when they came to Columbia this year did not do so with the intention of starting a controversy, yet the con troversy was started and it was waged almost continuously for the 52 days that the house and senate were in eat?emn Hna Knrififinlol xcra a fVin O^OOIVUi v/uv Ubuuuviui vuvvb n t**v keeping oi a quorum here until the last. It is unual for the general( assem bly to remain in session for 40 days and then adjourn. This year 12 ex tra days were added th's year, as a direct result of the contest with the governor over many matters. About-the first question asked when the general assembly adjourns is: What constructive legislation was en acted? There was some legislation of a constructive nature and some more talked of at different times and at least one measure of that nature to meet defeat because of the opposi tion of the governor. One of the most important meas w/\n 4- /\ 1 Kw O* TTnf A UA CO IU UC 1C11 UJ Upuuiumg bUU I Wl/ of the governor was that providing for medical inspection of school chil dren. Important Measures Among the more important meas ures to be enacted by the general as sembly are: The Christensen citizen ship bill to eliminate all aliens from the primary; the measure to refund the State debt,' amounting to about $5,600,000; the measure prohibiting bookmaking and betting on horse races in South Carolina; the measures providing for elections in several cities and towns on the commission form of government; the measure to submit to the voters of the State the question of issuing $1,000,000 in bonds to improve "State Park" and thereby relieve the congested conditions at the State Hosptial for the Insane; the Crosson measure to provide for the final winding up of the affairs of the dispensary and the elimination of the present commission; the measure re quiring the railways of the State to accept mileage on trains and ctuvk baggage on mileage;the measure pro viding for electrocution in place of hanging; the measure to place the po sition of commissioner of agriculture, commerce and industries in the hands of the people, thereby eliminating the appointive power of the governor; iho measure providing for the warehouse system to store cotton, a commission of three members a"d the ulitmate expenditure of $250,000. In addition to these measures there were several hundred bills of a purely local nature enacted. This was the last session of the general assembly and all mem tr\ return thfiir UOl O ncic UUA1U UU bV ? V?M?M vw v~... respective counties with as much local legislation as possible. Many of the present general assembly will go on the stump this summer and ask for reelection and a number of local acts are mighty handy campaign material. Situation Last Year On the last day of the session last year, just after the appropriation bill had been completed by the house and senate and sent to the governor the word was passed around among the members that there would be no ve toes This caused many of the mem bers of both houses to leave town for their homes. Late in the afternoon of the last day the bill was sent back and there were many vetoes. The items vetoed were in a majority of cases small and inconsiderable, yet very necessary to the successful op eration of the various departments affected Lowndes J. Browning, the chairman of the ways and means committee of the house, who had worked hard to make a record on the framing of the appropriation bill, took the door in the house and de ? J J ^ AlfA. e\ ienaeu n.em ?oiucu uici wc veto of the governor and several of these met defeat in the senate. When the members of the general assembly came to Columbia this year they were confronted with several veto messages. This precipitated the contest and it continued through the session. Among the measures from last session vetoed were the measure providing for a committee to investi gate thr acts of the old dispensary commission, the governor, the attor ney general and others in connection with the old State dispensary; the measure providing for the distribu tion of the dispensary fund, amount ing to several hundred thousand dol lars; the bill providing for an elec tion on the commission form of gov ernment in several cities and towns and the measure to exempt ministers from Jury duty. Practically all of these measures werg passed over whelmingly over the objection of the governor. Appropriation Vetoes When the appropriation bill was sent to the governor this year ho vetoed 31 items, not of great im portance in many instances. The measure was sent back to the house and 28 of these items were passed over the Objection of the governor. L.- . ^ < The bill was then sent to the senate ind the same action taken. The State Lax levy has not been reduced. The levy last year was 5 8-4 mills, and It will be the same for 1912. The ap propriation bill carries about $1,983 P00. All unnecessary Items were trim med out of the measure before It was Bent to the governor. RIOT AND PILLACE IN PAO TING FU City Left in State or uesoiaaon After Meeting. Pekin, March 5.?Ail American missionary doctor who arrived here from the district below Pao Ting Fu, which has been the center of disturb ances for several days Bays Pao Ting Fu is in a state of desolation. Eevry where buildings had been burned and shops looted. The disturbances last ed three days and the damage prob ably is more extensive than at Pe king or Tien Tsin. From Pao Ting Fu the American doctor came to Peking by train, hav ing left sercetly. A few foreigners and Chinese officials accompanied him Most of the missionaries remain in Pao Ting Fu, including the women. They have been of great service in attending the wounded. So far as could be learned, no missionaries or foreigners suffered injuries. Below Pao Ting Fu the railway is entirely in the hands of the mutineers, who compel railway men to move the trains. The mutinous soldiers before they began their rioting, proclaimed three orders: Bespect Forefgnerg First, that foreigners shouldn't be interfered with; second, that there should be no killing; third, that there should be no burning. They ob served oniy me m>i. Not many persons were killed, but fires were started everywhere. When looting was completed, the mutineers proceeded south, seeking other towns and infecting other garrisons with the spirit of rebellion. The commfender of the British troops at Feng Tal has receive^ re-, ports that the mutineer* who were driven off Sunday have been rein forced and are moving down the rail way. The Inniskillln Fusiliers, who! nre guarding that section, are there fore being shifted to advantageous positions. Yuan Playing1 Tricks It is reliably reported that Yuan Shi Kal has brought into Peking e new bodyguard from his home pro vince of Honan. He 9hifts his troop? about Peking almost daily, one gay ' giving the old style troops conurianci onrt thA next detaining them in bar racks and leaving the police and gendarmes In control. The poliqp.iire mostly Manchus and the Mancha regi ments are proving more loyal than the others. The imperial guard on the night of the outbreak mounted a mk chine gun behind the burning gates and prevented mutineers from enter ing the imperial city and proceed ing towards the Forbidden City. Reasons for the nvutlny are still cause for speculation. It 1b believed the soldiers were incited by the pros pect of being disbanded, being re quired to cut their queues and be cause of loss of faith in Yuan Shi Kai, and there was also a certain section feeling against the Southern ers. The strange form the rebel ion took shows fatal ign&france and lack of discipline. Many of the low er classes do not know the meaning of the republican flag,which is float ing everywhere instead of the dragon. Will Build Y on U p and Make You Strong Old people, tired, weal-, run down people, delic children, frail mothers, *nd those recovering from severe illness, this is a fact Thousands of genuine tes timonials from reliable peo ple prove this claim, and to further support the fact and prove our faith in what we say, we unhes'^&igly de clare that any one who will try a bottle of VINOL will have their money returned without question if the/ are not satisfied that it die*, them good. p. B. SPEED. ROUND TRIP WINTER T098IST FARES New in Effeot via SoathemoRailway? "Premier Carrier of the South." Tickets on sale daily including April 30, 1912, with final limit returning May 31, 1912. For complete information as to schedules, sleeping car service, etc., cull on nearest Southern Railway ticket afr^m, or J. L. Meek, A. G. P. A., Atlanta. Ga. F. L. Jenltyhfc', T. P. A., Augusta, GUj JROWN'S fj LITTLE TABLETS . Com Iadigwtkm. DyipepA, Hosrtbem. . |Qg PACIU^S ' C. A. Milford & Co. WEST END. Personal Paragraphs and News Items Contributed by Miss Lily Templeton. Miss Lucy Henry came home from Wlnnsboro, where she is teaching, and spent Sunday here with her home people. Judge R. E. Hill is at home again, after spending some time in Gains ville, Fla., with his daughter, Mrs. I Roddy Layton. Mr. and Mrs. John Thorn left last Thursday for their home in Millers burg, Ky? after spending the past four months here. Mrs. Mattie Baskerville and Miss Mattie Baskerville, who have been here for some time the guests of Miss Mary L. Smith, have returned to their home in Richmond, Va. Miss Willie Calhoun has gone to her home in Atlanta, after spending some time here with Mrs. James H. I Perrin. Miss Janie Morse came home from Columbia where she is a student at College for Women, and spent Sun day and Monday with her home peo ple here. Dr. Herbert Rosenberg of Atlanta, was the guest of Mr. Sol. Rosenberg, a few. days last week. Miss Octavia Schwerin has returned i to her home in Sumter, after a pleas nt stay of a fe^ days with Miss Irene Rosenberg. Little Miss Winona Barksdale is at home again after spending a few days last week in Atlanta with Mrs. A. B. Cheatham, who is spending a while in that city. . Miss Flora Smith of Baltimore, Is In charge of the Millinery Depart ment of Mrs. J. S. Cochran's Ladies *jr* ^1 ? ? ? on/1 Vi Q o Store. MISS ?U1ULI US au ai nai anv* uuu an attractive display to please the most fastldldus shoppers. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Huntley, of Roa noke, Va? ate In the city the guests of Mrs. W. H. McFall. Mrs. Huntley Is pleasantly remembered here as Miss Orene Hughes. Miss Maggie Latlmter entertained the LadleB Bridge Club Friday after noon at a very enjoyable meeting. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Bowden of Scranton, Pa., are expected in the city this week. ' Mr. Lewis Levi has returned to his iome In Manning, after spending the 'ast week here. Miss Eriima Harris haB gone to Athens, Ga? to spend a while with her jrother, Mr. Thomas Harris. Mr. and Mrs. Will Braezeale and [rs. W. J, Lee of Anderson, spent Sunday In the city the guests of Mrs r. L. Robertson. Mr. Alex Cheek of Seneca, Is spend ng a few days here with his son, Mr John A. Cheek. Misa Estelle Strickle is at home af fpr a nleasant visit to friends in vJreenwood. Little Mies Martha P. Biggs, of Rockingham, N. C., spent a few days here last week with her little cousin Miss Mildred Cochran. Mrs. Ladson Mills and her interest ing a few day* here with his son, Mr. home In Greenville, after spending some time here as the guests of Mrs Lewis Perrin. Mr. David Henry of Clemson Col lege, is in the city at the bed side of his father, Mr. Frances Henry, whc is quite sic?. Mr. C. H. Brewerton, of Atlanta spent Sunday in the pity. Mrs. Richard Edwards went to Honea Path Monday. Our Citizen's Demand Fully Complied With-%An Abbe ville Resident Furnished It. There are few items which appeat ID l-Ulfl paper uiure jiijjmua ant m auw vllle people than the statement pub li?hed below. lu the first place, it ik from a citizen of Abbeville and can b> thoroughly relied upon. In the sec ond place, it iodi-.putably proves tha' Doan's Kiddey Pi I la do t heir work thoroughly and not temporarily. Rear this carefully : I. R. Qlbert of Abbeville, S.C., says : "For hIx years I HtiflVreri from kidney eompiaint, the piincipd symptom being a instant, dull pain in thd small of my back. 1 became tired easily, felt languid and was al?<o subject to headaches and a blurring of my sight. The secretions from my kidneys were too frequent in passage and I was forced to ari?e durine the flight. Learning of Doan's Kidney Pills, I procured a supply and "began their use. They relieved me from the first and I continued taking them until a complete cure was effected" For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Mil burn Co., Buffalo. New York, sole agents for the United State?. R-member the name?Doan's?and tako no other. dust and store sweepings! Paper ba^s leakstren^tliV | fifeshness and aroma, i ^ LUZIAMNE COFFEE in Its air-ti|ht can Is dost-free, strong, fresh and of j>er ^ feet quality. $ fl^DctEiLY-TmrnCo^n I II ? LILY WHITE WING ISN'T COMMITTED Refuses to Indorse Taft or Roosevelt at Present. Meeting here yesterday to call a State convention, the executive com mittee of the Capers-Blalock wing of the Republican party, dubbed "lily whites" by their opponents, refused to give its definite indorsement either to President Taft or to Theodore Roose velt. The committee's position was that, though it had endorsed the pres ident enthusiastically last year, Col. Roosevelt's announcement made a material change in the situation and rendered it expedient that the com mitted maintain, for the present at least, an attitude of impartiality. The committee, through its chairman, L. W. C. Blalock, issued a call for a State convention to be held here May 4 to elect delegates at large to the Repub lic r>/-mvontinn at Chicago, and di rected district chairman to call dis trict conventions. This action practically insures a contest over the State's representation In the national convention in Chicago. The wing of the party headed by E. W. Harris, postmaster of Charleston; Duncan Adams, United States mar shal, and Ernest Cochran. United States distrist attorney, with J. W. Talbert, as State chairman, held its convenion here Februray 20 and elected delegates at large, instructed Tor President Taft first, last and all the time. Caper's Statement Yesterday John G. Capers, national ;ommitteeman for South Carolina, ?ave out the following statement: "The State Republican executive committee, known as the Capers-Bla 'ock wing of the Republican party of South Carolina, met today with full .-epresentation from each of the seven congressional districts in t}je State and called a State convention of the Republican party to meet in wium jia on Saturday, May 4, for the pur pose of electing four delegates at large md four alternates at large to the Chicago convention of June/18 next. "The committee also provided for he calling of convention in the seven ;ongressional districts in the State at nee?that is, within 30 days after xotice. The committee took no direct action as to indorsing Taft or Rooae elt, but passed the following reaolu ion on that subject: "'Nearly one year ago this com nittee, in session here in Columbia, heartily indorsed the renomination of President Taft. Since that time, how ever, former President Roosevelt has Jeflnltely announced his willingness .to accept the Republican nomination. We are unable to measure the effect jf the changed situation upon the lews of the men who will be elected is delegates to the State convention or from the several congressional dls rricts. We do not regard it, there 'ore, as within the province of this Committee to make a formal an touncement as the delegates to this State convention and from the dis r-ict conventions will t)e elected for "he speclfiic purpose of voting at Chi cago on that subject.' An Unlawful Mob "I and State Chairman Blalock were In hearty accord in stating that the unorganized and unlawful mob, vho claimed to be regular Republi can organization in this State, applied to their organization the name of "lily white" for political purposes and the Northern consumption, solely because :he Capers-Blalock organization pro tested against the organization in the State being all black, as the Tolbert organization is, with its 42 negrc county chairmen out of 43 counties, its 3ix congressional negro chairmen oul of seven and its 23 negro members ol he State executive committee out ol a possible 24. As a matter of fact, we have two high class negroes on out State committee and that negro men of real merit had always been fairly treated by us. The committee also passed resolutions providing for nom inating a candidate for congress In ?ach of the seven congressional dis tricts in the State and that under present conditions, except for such efforts in congressional districts,there would be no party participation in State affairs this year." The following call was issued by L. W. C. Blalock, chairman of tne State Republican executive commit tee and Dan. H. Wallace, secretary The Official Call "A call is hereby made for a State convention of the regular Republican party of South Carolina to be held at Columbia Saturday, May 4, 1912 at 2 o'clock noon for the purpose of electing four delegates and four al ternates at large to attend the Re publican national convention, which meets in Chicago, 111., June 18, 1912, and for such other business as may come before it. This convention will be composed, under the State and under the party law of 125 delegates apportioned among the several coun ties of*the State,, as appears upon the attached list and statement. "Congressional district chairmen are urged, after conference with the State chairman, to arrange at once for a prompt calling of congressional con ventions in each district for the pur pose of electing two delegates and i'two alternates from each district to the Chicago convention. The law re quires 30 days' notice of such con ventions and the congressional dis trict conventions can, therefore, be held early in April. "The committee also urges special action looking to nominating a can didate for congress from each of the seven congressional districts of the State." Itcli relieved in 3ft miDuteH by Woolford'a SaDitary ?LotioD. Never falls. Sold by P. B. Speed, Druggist. $l,c For 21 Skovgaard re< Beach las1 He will pla; Wednesd SCHOOL Tablets Id General Sch< Speed's D: T New York, Plrilad Washington, NOW OFFER SBAB AIK LINE Sell CM r A l,1w.<M*!ln ijvnvt; 11 IJiM" V1I1V Arrive Richmond 14 Washington " Baltimore " Philadelphia " New York All trains carry through Steel ing-Room Sleepers, which now cut Station (in the heart of New York No* 32, "The Athinla-Uirniin; Observation Cur, Hirmingham to T All trains en route serve meals Any agent of the Seaboard cat ules, rates, etc. As si C. A. UIorpi er, 24 Onlnrio S?? KorheMc, N Y.. has ,-o? "??-!? i n? l??T?tr i.ml h- vcm' tack of kidney tn?t"e. liK mte hM- ? d? r t Foiev Kid' n p:I . Afii i d- tmi nir blc , lie ?ayw: "I hiii only fo<r' I did not w at r corner of Foley Ktdiiey H IIh. In a few ds- 8* time my barkucbe complete'} left me and J / .i arrp"tlv improved, My kidneys became Btronger. dizzy spelle left me ? ? ' I wat> do ioDicei annoyed al ntgbt. I feel 100 per rent belter Blooe UHlDg Foley Kidney F.llfi." Mc Murray Drag Co. f ' ' . V; *' , '.y + YOU COULDN'T expe up big and strong, coi profit-making crop cor the crop is properly fed. Few soils known have enoi j fertile when cultivated. Exa upon its fertility. Ammonia, Phosphoric Ac from the soil^?some crops re< and less of another. Ferti accurately as a doctor's { elements that are lacking, tl The fertilizers made by us We could cheapen them, ar the difference. But we pref in plant foods for the price y< reputation our richest asset. The bountiful yields of co of corn?produced by then Southwide prestige. Write us now for informal the Interstate Chemical Co would have them mixed?an< dealer. Interstate Chemi< CHARLESTON, SO \ \ )00 lights 3eivedatPalm t Summer. y here next a j night. I BOOKS Pencils Lk doI Supplies. rug Store. I SERVICE o . . . . lelpbia, Baltimore, and the East ,ED BY THE OARD RAILWAY lules No. 82 No. ,38 .... 0.02 p.tn 2.08 a.m .... t.'iz a.in o.uo p.m ....10.17 a.m 8.35 p.m ....12.14 a.m 10.00 p.m .... 2.2.'] p.m 1.04 a.m .... 4.40 p.in 3.50 a.m Electric-liglitcd Pullman Draw er the new Pennsylvania Railroad City). hum Special," carries a throutrn sew York. in dining cars?service a lii<f?:;i v. i furnish information as tosch C. D. WAYNE, slant General Passenger James Frank Clinkscales, Attorney utid Counsellor at Law. Abbeville, s. a Office?First-floor City Hall. a. & a half fed child to grow iild you? Nor can a big ne from your soil, unless lgh plant foods to remain cting crops draw heavily id and Potash are drawn quiring a great deal of one lizers must be mixed as >rescription to supply the bat the crop takes out are conscientiously made. Ld analysis would not show er to give you the utmost du pay. For we consider (.ton?the mammoth yields n, are. winning for them WsaSt rion aboutt the fertilizers of rporation?mixed as you 1 the name of our nearest zal Corporation, UTH CAROLINA RICHESOK CRAZY; MAY ASK HEARING 1 Lawyers Plan to Demand An Inquiry By Alienists. Boston, March 4.?Clarence Y. T. Rlche son, under sentence|of death for the murder of Avis Linnell, is steadily breaking up in mind and body, according to those who have seen him in his cell at the Charles street jail, and if the symptoms of lose of mentality continue to assert Fthemselves as they have within the past month, his counsel will apply to the courts for the ap Ktlntment of expert alienists to determine s exact mental condition. Today the condemned man had his usual Sunday outing of forty-flve minutes in the jail yard, by the courtesy of Sheriff Ouinn, who,has maintained from the start thnt nnnflriAm?tit n.nH mflnt.nl WOITV were ! weaiiog away the former minister's vi ; tality. His step was halting, his head bowed, and his general apperrance sadly delected, much in contrast to his former air. v.'VV A great friendship has sprung up be tween the sheriff and his prisoner, -and latter has several times expressed himself as greatly pleased with his changed con ditions since^he advent, of the,new sheriff. !An Itching .Skin , is abo*:t the most troublesome thinj; there is. You know it if you've ever had any kind of skiD trouble. But Ibey a'l give way, disappear, every last one ?every pimply,scaly, itching, eruptive kind of disease of the skin?when you treat litem to a box of HUNT'S CURE well rubbed in. Nothing like it to make the skin healthy and smooth and free from sting, or itcb or pain. Price is 50 cents a Box and one box is guaranteed to cure any one case or you get your money hack. Ask your druggist for Huut's cure. A. B. Richards Medicine C??., Sherman, Texas. SOLD BY THE McMURRAY DRUG CO. ABBEVILLE, 8. C. ?? nm Ab oeyille-Greenwo od MUTUAL Property Insured, 12,100,000 February 1st, 1912, WKITK TO OK CALL on tbe und. ra gjjed or tlic i>lr?rior of your Township for any inforruaUoii yon may desire about >ur pmu of Insurance. W ?> insure your properly ablaut <tf?trui? ion bj m, vansiBK he trains, and fio so cheaper th^n ;?nv ir?rrnwr- r*n?. i'ahv ill exisierce. uweim'is vuvtrru wuu met'ftl roo/sare lntfureU loi 25per cent, cheaper i imd other property. f.t-meiubfci wo .?rv> ^ rep tired to prove u> yon u.H' ours Is the xafest ?nfi chfape t plan 0/ :ti<.urt?nc* kDown. j. E, BLAKE, Gen. Agent ^bbeviile, S. 0. j. VEASEB LYON, Pre?. Abbeville, S. C. K. (j. Major*,...- OreeDWOort J.T. Mabry Ooftenbnry W. H. Acfcer.... ...Donu.'fiii T. 8. Kl 1 JMif U'o.? W. W. L. Keller -bong Cane /. A. Keller ?...jsiuiih viile 1). A. WardlHw ''Mar HprlLg W. W. bradl^y ....Abbf v'He Dr. J. A. Anderson AntravIMe S. M ftn:#w TjOwnitrfivlllo A. O. Grant .. Magnolia A. 1J. Ketm.dy :.v.h-ui.ui. .unit !* P Morr?h f"TC??nT H. 1>. Kasor Walnut Grove W a Nii'klftt Hodges M. G. Howi'-d roroiiiM'ft l> Lla't' wander...... Nicety-Sis A . 1). "I 'll in* I li;fU Kii.?li.fc Irn K Tm> !or. V?*l'r<WHh!p Ji^-pn l "k- Phoen1* .1. W.sinltb Wrdery J. H. itoiies Bradley J. W. J .von Troy A. W. Youugblood Yeldeil G. E. Dora..... Callison G. E. Dora Klrkseye S. H. Stevons Brook* Abbeville, B 0.. Feb. 1.1912. - - --