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ACTS RATIFIED BY
THE LEGISLATURE
LIST OF NEW BILLS AND RESO
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LAWS OF STATE.
LATE STATE CAPITOL NEWS
Review of The Latest News Gathered
Abound the State Capitoi That Will
Be of Interest to Our Readers Over
South Carolina.
Columbia.
Acts ratified by the general assem
bly at the extra session are as fol
lows:
To authorize and direct the town
council of Westminister to pay for
right of way for wye tracks for use
of trains Nos. 41 and 42, operating
between Charlotte and Westminister,
stations on the Southern Railway
company.
To amend section 12, volume 1,
code of laws, 1912, relating to ac
quisition of land by United States
govarnment for national forest re
serve.
To exempt certain citizens of
* Bethel, Ebenezer, Bethesda, York and
Catawba townships in -York county,
from the tax levies of 1914.
To provide for tne cnairman or tne
senate finance committee and the
chairman of the committee of ways
and means of the house of represen
tatives continuing to be members of
the commissioners of sinking fund
until their successors are respective
ly appointed or elected.
A joint resolution to rofund certain
license fees to persons in Bamberg
county.
To authorize Aiken and Lexington
oounties to borrow money for certain
purposes.
To repeal an act entitled "An act to
retire certain .bonds issued by Union
county in refunding the bonds debt of
said county represented by outstand
ing bonds of said county issued in aid
of the construction of the Spartan
burg and Asheville railroad under 'An
act to provide for refunding the bond
ed indebtedness of Union county,"
approved the 24th day of December,
1894, calling upon Cherokee county
for its prorata part of the same and
regulating the manner and mode of
retiring said bond.
To amend section 7 of an act en
titled "An act to provide for the Ex
amination of plumbers" by striking
out and repealing the provision in
section 7 of said act.
To amend section 1 of an act en
titled "An act to amend section 2265
of the general statutes, volume 1, of
revised statutes, 1912, in reference to
drainage in certain counties," approv
ed the 28th day of February, A. D.
1913, so as to include Laurens coun
ty in all the provisions of said sec
tion.
To amend an act entitled "An act
to provide for township commission
ers for Cherokee county, a clerk for
said board, to prescribe the duties and
to otherwise provide for the oounty
government for said county."
To require the treasurer of Chero
kee county to make and file an item
ized statement of his receipts and dis
bursements.
To amend that subdivision relating
to Kershaw county entitled "An act to
provide for the levy of taves foi coun
ty and school purposes for the fiscal
year beginning January 1, 1914," (re
turned on Mwch 4, 1914, with veto
end passed by both housea over the
vAtnl- nrovidtne for the Day of the
glrl9' tomato club of Kershaw, and
the nay of the supervisor of rural
chools in said c<Mnty.
To make appropriation to par the
salaries and wages of the officers and
employes of the South Carolina Con
federate infirmary accrued and to be
accrued in the year 1914.
Providing for a new township in
Richland county, to be known as
Blythewood township, and provide for
a commissioner thereof.
To authorize the city of Columbia
to pay the commissioners of elections
for the city of Columbia additional
Grants Several New Charter*.
The Rembert Warehouse c: mpany
of Rembert has been chartered . with
a capital of $1,000 to do a general
warehousing business. The officer**
are D. V. Keels, president; C. M.
Emanuel, vice president, and W. C.
Harllee, Jr., secretary and treasurer.
A charter has been granted to W.
R. Carr & Co., of Spartanburg with a
capital of $25,000 to do a general iron
and steel business. The officers are:
W. R. Carr, president and treasurer;
R. E. Boggs, vice president; E. S.
Tennent, secretary.
Hagood Warehouse company of Ha
good has been chartered with a capi
tal of $1,000 to do a storage and ware
housing business. The officers aru:
u. J. jacKson, president; j. n.. oa.i
ders, vice president; W. J. Sandeiu,
vice president; W. J. Sanders, secre
tary and treasurer.
The secretary of state has Issued k
charter to the Apex Land corporation
of Clumbia with a capital of $200 to
do a general real estate lmsiness. Th&
officers are: Edwin B. Greshara,
president and treasurer, and George
E. Crout, vice president and secre
tary.
Automobile and Marine Motor com
pany of Charleston, with a capital
stock of $7,000, has applied for a dis
solution of charter. The officers are:
Santos Sottille, president, and A. H.
Gorse, secretary.
South Carolina Cotton Oil company
of Columbia have asked for a reduc
tion in their capital stock from $250,
000 to $1,000.
A commission has been issued to
A. H. Clauss Co. of Charleston with
a capital of $10,000 to deal in stocks
and bonds and real estate. The peti
tioners are Andrew H. Clauss, J. C.
Grastorf and S. A. Guilds.
compensation for extra services /ren
dere>d during the year 1914.
To amend section 1 of an act en
titled "An act to amend section 842,
creminal code 1912, volume 2, so as to
provide for the appointment and com
pensation of the county dispensary
| joard of Richland and Union coun
ties," approved February 27, 1914, in
so far as the same relates to Richland
county.
To abolish the office of dispensary
constable in Richland find Orange
burg counties.
To create the office of master for
Dorchester county.
To amend section 9 oi an act en
titled "An act to confer full power
and authority upon the county com
missioners of Jasper county to rent,
lease or build and equip suitable
buildings for a court house and jail,
ordering an election for the issuance
and sale of bonds therefor, and the
repeal of all conflicting acts thereto,"
approved February 12, 1914, so as to
provide a sufficient sinking fund to
retire bonds to be issued under said
act.
To regulate the division of dispen
sary profits in the counties in this
state, same being act No. 89 of the
acts passed by the general assembly
at its 1913 session, in so far as the
same relates to Richland county," ap
proved February 12, 1914, by adding
a proviso at the end thereof relative
to Richland county.
To regulate the appointment and
operation of dispensary constables in
Bamberg and Orangeburg counties.
To amend act No. 312 by changing
the salary of the magistrate and his
constable at Pinewood, in Clarendon
county.
To require the county supervisors
of Laurens and Lee counties to pub
lish an annual statement of the finan
cial condition of the counties.
Tn maVp the term of offices of the
county treasurer and auditor of Barn
well and Cherokee counties four
years.
To fix the age limit for working
the public roads of Cheroke ecounty
and the amount of commutation tax.
To reduce the commutation road
tax to $2 for Fairfield county and
I prohibit the county treasurer from
collecting more for the year 1914.
To amend section 1806, volume 1,
code of laws, 1912, so as to allow Dor
chester county to borrow money at a
rate of interset not exceeding 8 per
cent per annum.
To repeal section 2844, cde of laws
of South Carolina, volume 1, relating
to charter fees for cotton storage
warehouses.
To amend section 27 of volume 1,
civil code of South Carolina, and to
repeal section 236, volume 1, code of
laws, 1912.
A joint resolution to provide for the
pay of the managers of the special
electron on rural police law in Lau
rens county.
To exempt certain citizens of Fair
field, Newberry, Lee, Anderson, Edge
field, Spartanburg and Laurens coun
ties from the tax levies of 1914.
To authorize the county board of
commissioners or i^aurens county 10
borrow money for certain purposes.
An act relating to the cultivation
of cotton.
To amend section 2583 of volume 1
of the 1912 code of laws of South
Carolina.
To regulate the storage, grading
and marketing of cotton.
To amend section 717, volume 2,
code of laws of South Carolina, 1912,
so as to aidd a provision extending
the time for hunting deer in the coun
ties of eBaufort, Clarendon, Dorches
ter and Berkeley and so as to extend
the close season for hunting doves in
Aiken county.
Authorizing and requiring the
county and township board of as
sessors and equalization of eBaufort
county to assess real estated uring the
year 1915.
To amend subdivision 4 of section
29, volume 2, of civil code, 1912, by
striking out the proviso therein. .
To repeal an act entitled "An act
to provide for rural policemen for
Kershaw county."
A joint resolution to require the su
pervisor and county commissioners of
Fairfield county to draw their war
rants for ?50 in favor of the county
auditor and treasurer each and the
county treasurer to pay the same.
To prescribe the time when acta
passed at the special session of the
general assembly, 1914, shall become
effective.
Farmers' Bonded Warehouse com
pany of Union has been commission
ed by the secretary of state with a
capital stock of $1,000 to do a general
warehousing business*. The petition
ers are: R. P. Morgan, Thomas Mc
j Nally, L. L. Wagnon, J. D. Jones, L.
i J. Hames, Jacob Cohen, R. P. Harry,
Andrews Cotton Warehouse com
' nanv of Andrews has hppn phartored
with a capital cf $1,000 to do a stor
age business. The officers are: A. A.
May, president and secretary, and
C. J. Levy, vice president and treas
urer.
Honor Dr. Seaman A. Knapp.
Demonstration agents who attended
j the fair hold dear the memory of the
late Dr. Seaman A. Knapp, the origin
i ator of the demonstration work in the
United States. As a token of respect,
i pictures of the "grand old man of ag
! riculture" were hung in many of tha
j booths at the state fair. One of the
pitcures was in the booth of the Ar
j cade and Victoria mills exhibit. It
i was the intention of Dr. Knapp to
j make South Carolina a model state
; in agriculture and the records of the
state sho\v that he never refused.
| Governor Sends Message No. 13.
Message No. 13 of the extraordinary
| session was received in the senat6
; recently from the governor. '.This
j was in,the main an argument aga'nst
; the proposed bond issue, based on
j technicalities of the constitution.
The first argument was that the
j author of the bond issue project, Sen
ator Alan Johnstone of Newberry, was
not legally a member of the senate,
in that he was a trustee and chairman
of the board of trustees of Clemson.
Another was that all bills providing
j revonue should originate in the house
VOTE IN STATE
IS VERY LIGHT
ELECTION IN SOUTH CAROLINA
CREATED VERY LITTLE
INTEREST.
SOME BALLOT ON BONDS
/
Several Votes Are Cast Although
Question Was Not Bsfore People
For Action.'
Columbia.?The election In South
Carolina counties seems to have
created little interest among the
voters. Partial returns from over
half of the counties indicate that the
vote was lighter than usual. Practic
ally no vnffr oufj;ide of the countv
seats have been reported. During
the evening a report was received of
about 6,000 votes from some 25 coun
ties. The Socialist and Republican
tickets received little support.
The tickets for the proposed issue
of cotton bonds were :it many polls
and some were voted, although the
question was not before the people.
Indications from early returns are
that the question would not have car
ried if a vote had been authorized.
In many of the counties the regular
Democatic ticket was not opposed and
the nominees received all the votes
cast.
In Dorchester county two men who
ran in the Democratic primary ap
peared as candidates for county su
perintendents of deucation. Joseph
A, Parler seems to have defeated J,
J. Howell by about 100 votes.
Charleston Counts Ballots.
Charleston.?Thirty boxes out of 37,
the city complete, give Smith 701 and
James H. Roberts, Socialist, 15, for
United States senator; Whaley 702,
Eberhardt, Socialist, 15; Prioleau,
Republican, 0, for congressman, Man
ning 845; Britton, Socialist, 18, for
governor. Vote on bond issue, nine
yes; 586 no.
Light Vote in York.
Fort Mill.?A light vote was polled
throughout York county. Word be
came generally circulated that the
proposed cotton bond is*ue would not
reach th% people and thfs information
doubtless was responsible for much of
the apathy. There was little interest
in the election here, less than 100 of
the 400 registered voters going to the
polls to cast their ballots.
'No Opposition to Ticket.
Anderson.?L/ight vote was polled
here. CThe cotton bonds were not vot
ed on. Constitutional amendments
were carried though not voted on gen
erally. No opposition to regular
Democrat'c ticket.
One in Four Votes.
Newberry.?The vote was very
light here. In the city only 232 votes ,
were cast out of about 1,000. No re- (
port has come in from the country
precincts except that the vote was ;
very light. In the city the state vote |
whs 18 more than the federal. It is ?
not thought that one man in four in
tbe county went to the polls.
REPORTS FROM COUNTIES.
Manning.?There was general ap
why at the election in Clarendon,
probably not more than 1,000 votes
being cast. On the bond issue ques
tion Manning precinct voted 110 for
and 20 against.
Abbeville.?The vote at Abbeville !
is: Aiken 96, Smith 96, Manning 95.
No county boxes heard from.
Bennettsville.?PaTtial returns gives ,
Smith 327, Ragsdale 327, Manning
334.
Chesterfield.?Three boxes out of
24 give: E. D. Smith 288, D. E. Finley
290, R. I. Manning 270. For bonds ,
150, against bonds 76.
Conway.?Conway precincts polled
83 votes for governor, senator and
congressman. Only Democrats voted.
Union.?Seven precincts out of 16
give: Governor 5.72, senator 550, con- ;
gressman 549. These seven precincts
represent more than two-thirds of the
entire county. There are 3,200 regis- '
tered voters in the county.
Sumter.?Only three boxes report
ed In the congressional and two in
the state give: Manning 219, Smith
258, Lever 257, Leevy 13, Lee 3.
Laurens.?In the election the Laur
ens ctty bcxes gave the state ticket
167 votes, while the federal ticket re
ceived 188, seven of which were cast
for Saxton, Republican candidate for
congress.
Bishopville.?It is impossible to get
anything like complete returns. Those 1
received indicate a small vote. Bish
opville precinct polled 120 votes out 1
of 480. Manning received 118, Lever
120 and Smith 112.
Saluda.?Saluda box gives Smith,
Manning, Bethea and Byrnes 121.
Boxes from over the county are not
yet heard from.
Lancaster.?The general elections
here and throughout the county was
exceedingly quiet and the vote cast
even lighter than is usual. The total
vote here out of about 700 is as fol
lows: For governor, Manning 182;
for senator, Smith 135; for congress
man, Finley 135. The percentage in
the few boxes of the rounty heard
from is even smaller. There were
145 votes here against tho state bond
issue and 20 for it.
Bamberg/?In Bamberg county one
box out of 13 gives Manning 150,
Smun 13C, Brynes 136.
Florence?Indications are that not
over 500 votes were cas*. in the coun
ty, of which 123 were Jn city boxes.
All votes were for Democratic nomi
nees. No returns are being received
from county precincts.
Pickens.?The election was very
quiet in Pickens, with only 123 votee
cast, all being; Democratic.
Marion.?Marion precinct's vofe for
United Slates senator was 202, for
congress 203 and for governor IDS.
INDICATIONS THAT DEMOCRATS
WILL RETAIN BARE WORK
ING MAJORITY.
WHITMAN IS ELECTED GOV.
Glynn Is Defeated In New York.
Massachusetts Elects a Demo
cratic Governor.
New York.?Sweeping Republican
gaina throughout the country which
reached a climax in this state by
overwhelming victory of Charles S.
Whitman for governor and James W.
Wadsworth to succeed Elihu Root in
the United States senate, w-sre indi
cated in early returns of the elections.
Heavy falling off of the Progressive
vote in many states, the return to
congress of former Speaker Joseph G.
Cannon, decisive Republican gains in
New York and Illinois In tae house
membership, and the overwhelming
defeat of Representative A. Mitchell
Palmer by Senator Boies Penrose In
Pennsylvania were features of th?
early returns.
Democratic leaders, howeser, were
pleased by a triumph in Masachusetts
where former Representative Samuel
W. McCall was defeated fGr the gov
ernship by Governor Walsh
Early returns indicated that the
Democrats would retain control of
congress with approximately no
change in the senate majority but by
a decidely reduced majority In the
house. At a late hour results in Illi
nois, Indiana, California and Colorado
as to the senatorship were in doubt.
In Illinois, Roger C. Sullivan who
had the endorsement of most admin
istration leaders, Secretary of State
Bryan, excepted, was leading in Chi
cago and Cook county by a large plu
rality over Senator L. Y. Sherman,
Republican and Raymon Robins, Pro
gressive, but Senator Sherman was
running ahead in the country dis
tricts and was claiming the elecxion.
Senator Shivley, Democrat, found
In the Indiana early returns a strong
opponent in Hugh Miler, the Repub
lican candidate, with former Senator
Beevridge, the Progressive candidate,
polling a smaller vote than had been
expected. Senator Shively's vote be
gan to pick up at a late hour and
administration leaders were claiming
his re-election.
In Colorado, Senator Charles S.
Thomas, Democrat, was being hard
pressed by Hubert Work, Republican
candidate.,
The triumph of Senator Penrose in
Pennsylvania over A. Mitchell Palmer,
Democrat, who was one of the origi
nal supporters of Woodrow Wilson,
and Gifford Pinchot, Progressive was
overwhelmingly. The senatorial fight
In Kansas also was uncertain, ac
cording to earty returns. Charles
Curtis, former Republican senator,
Congressman George, A. Neeley,
Democrat, adn Representative Victor
Murdock, Progressive, engaged in a
spirited contest for the seat of Joseph
L. Bristow.
Senators re-elected as the result of
hard battles were frank B. Brande
goe, Republican, of Conectitcut, op
posed Dy (Jov. Simeon E. Baldwin; Al
bert B. Cummins, Republican, of
[owa, who defeated Representative
Maurice Connolly; John Walter Smith
Democrat, of Maryland; William J.
Stone, Democrat, of Missouri; Jacob
H. Gallinger, Republican, of New
Hampshire, who was oppoeed by Rep
resentative E. B. Stevens.
Tennessee-^-First district:
Sam R. Sells, Republican, re-elect
ed.
Second district:
R. A. Austen, Republican, re-elected.
Indiana: Seventh district:
Merrill Mores, Republican, re
elected.
Elected All Democrats.
Atlanta, Ga.?Georgia elected to the
United States Senate the Democratic
nominees Hoke Smith and Thomas
W. Hardwick. Nat E. Harris, Demo
crat, waa elected Governor. All Dem
ocratic Congressional nominees were
elected.
Republican Returned.
Chicago.?Early -returns from the
Nineteenth District indicate the elec
Hnn nf WllHom P MnTTinlav
chairman of the Republican National
Committee.
Elected Full Ticket.
Montgomery, Ala.?Early returns
throughout the state show the election
of the entire state Democratic ticket,
including Congressman Burnett, in
the Seventh District, where the only
formidable opposition was made
against the Democratic nominees.
All Are Democrats.
Jacksonville, Fla.?Senator Fletch
er and the entire Democratic Con
gressional delegation were re-elected.
Democrat For Governor.
Boston.?For Governor: S00 out of
1.125 election districts: McCall, Re
publican, 120,215; Walker, Progres
sive, 20.4GS; Walsh Democrat 142,522.
Defeated Woman Suffrage.
St. Louis, Mo.?Scattering returns
from all parts of Missouri indicate
that the "woman suffrage amendment
was overwhelmingly defeated.
Improving Grass.
Nitrate of soda at the rate of 150
pounds per acre, applied to the lawn
just before sprinkling or before a
rain, hastens the growth of grass and
gives it a darker color. It is well to
apply two or three times during thr
summer.
Guard Against Flies.
Do not buy meat, groceries or fruit
from any store where Hies are tol
erated, and, above all, keep these dis
ease-bearing insects a way from the
creameries by every possible mean?
DEMOCRATIC HOUSE MAJORITY
IS REDUCED FROM SIXTY
EIGHT TO TWENTY-FOUR.
REPUBLICANS GAIN MANY
Heaviest Gains Are in Illinois, New
York, Pennsylvania and Ohio.?
Progressives Lose.
New York.?The membership of the
sixty-fourth congress, as the result of
the election will be as follows.
House of representatives: Demo
crats, 229; Republicans, 196; Progres
sive,^; Socialist, 1; Independent, 1.
Democratic majority, 24.
Senate: Democrats, 53; Republi
cans, 39; Progressive, 1. Democratic
majority, id.
Senatorial contests still in doubt g
were in Colorado, Nevada and Wiscon- g
sin. Democratic leaders still claimed
the election of Charles S. Thomas
over Hubert Works in Colorado and
of Francis D. Newiands over Samuel j
Piatt in Nevada.
Pluralities ranging from 1,500 to 2,- -]
000 for Paul O. Husting, Democratic a
candidate for United States senator, i
over Governor E. F. McGovern, Re
publican, are shown in four different c
sets of returns from the election in c
Wisconsin, but none is complete
name of the victorious candidate. Both
still claim the election. An official p
count probably will be necessary.
In computing the Democratic total c
in the house at 229, William Kettner
of the Eleventh California district, 0
who also ran on the Progressive
ticket and ranks as a Progressive in I
the present congress, is included with t
the majority party.
Representative John I. Noland, of c
the Tenth California district, who ran
on the Republican and Progressive 1
tickets and was elected to the pres
enough to announce
the p
ent congress as a Progressive, is
classed with the Republicans.
The House:
Alabama?Democrats 10; Republi
cans none; unchanged.
Arizona?Democrats one; Republi
cans none; unchanged.
Arkansis?Democrats 7; Republi
cans none; unchanged.
California?Democrats 2; Republi
cans 3; Progressives 6; unchanged.
Colorado?Democrats 2; probably
Democratic 2; unchanged.
Connecticut?Democrats 0; Republi
cans 5; Republicans gain,5.
\ Delaware?Democrats 0; Republi
cans 1; Republicans gain 1. '
Florida?Democrats 4; Republicans
0; unchanged.
Georgia?Democrats 12; Republic
ans 0; unchanged.
Idaho?Democrats 0; Republicans
2; unchanged.
Illinois?Democrats 9; Republicans
17; Progressives 1; Republican gain
of 13 over Democrats in Third, Fif
teenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nine
teenth, Twenty-first, Twenty-second,
Twenty-fourth, Twenty-fifth and two
at large; over Progressives in Tenth
and Twelfth.
Indiana?Democrats 11; Republi
cans^; Republican gain of 2, In Sev
enth and Tenth Districts.
Iowa?Democrats 1; Republicans
10; Republican net gain of 2; gains
in Second, Third and Sixth Districts,
loss in Eleventh.
Kansas?Democrats 4; Republicans
2; probably Republicans 2. Demo
cratic gain of one in Eighth Dis
trict.
Kentucky?Democrats 9; Republi
cans ; unchanged.
Louisiana?Democrats 7; Progres
sive 1; Progressives gain one in
Third District.
Main&?Democrats 1; Republicans
3; unchanged.
Maryland?Democrats 5; Republi
cans 1. Republicans gain one in
Fifth.
Massachuetts?Democrats 4; Re
publicans 12; Republicans gain 4, in
Eighth, Eleventh, Thirteenth and Six
teenth Districts.
Michigan?Democrats 2; Republi
cans gain two over Progressives in
Tenth and Twelfth Districts.
Minnesota?Democrats 1; Republi
cans 8; Progressives 1; Progressive
gain of one.
Mississippi?Democrats 8; Repub
licans 0; unchanged.
Missouri?Democrats 14; Republi
cans 2; unchanged.
Montana?Democrats 2; Republi
cans 0; unchanged.
Nebraska?Democrats 3; Republi
cans 3; unchanged.
Nevada?Democrats 0; Republicans
1; unchanged. t
New Hampshire?Democrats 0; Re
publicans 2; Republicans gain 2.
OHIO ENTIRELY REPUBLICAN.
Elect Governor to Succeed Democrat.
Cincinnati, O.?Ohio will have a ?
Republican Senator to succeed Sena- c
ThonHnro F! T?iirtnn Ppnnh1ir?*in ' c
a Republican Governor to succeed J
James M. Cox, Democrat, and a Re
publican majority in the state con- t
gressional delegation. [Jesuits defi- c
n'tely assured by late returns follow: e
United States Senator?Warren G. i *
Harding, Republican, elected over I
Timothy S. Hogan, Democrats, and r
Arthur L. Garford, Progressive. j p
Governor?Congressman Frank B. I
Willis, Republican, elected over Gov- a
ernor James RI. Cox, Democrat, and e
James R. (Garfield, Progress've. c
Republicans carry 12 out of the li
.12 congressional districts. j t
Republicans elected tly? entire state s
ticket. j I
State-wide prohibition amendment v
defeated.
Woman suffrage amendment de
feated.
Special tax levy amendment de- t
fcated. t
Amendment asking for home rule, t
recoKnized "wet" proposition adopted, v
G BY TWO DOZEN;
Y IS NOW THIRTEEN
New Jersey?Democrats 4; Republl
:ans 7; probably Democratic 1; Re- ,
mblicans gain 5, In Second, Fourth,
Dlghth, Ninth and Tenth Districts.
New Mexico?Democrats 0; Repub
leans 1; Republican gain of 1.
New York?Democrats 20; Republi
cs 21; Progressive 1; Socialists 1;
lepubllcan gain 12 In the First,
Wnth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twentieth,
rwenty-fifth, Twenty-seventh, Twenty
jighth, Thlrty^hird, Thirty-fifth,
rhlrty-seventh and Fortieth, Socialists
;ain one in Twelfth.
North Carolina?Democrats 9; Re
mblican 1. i
North Dakota?Democrats 0; Re
publicans 3; unchanged. i
Ohio?Democrats 10; Republicans
2; Republicans gain 9 in First,
fourth, Eleventh, Fourteenth, Fif- 1
eenth, Sixteenth, Eighteenth, Nine
eenth and Twenty-second Districts.
Oklahoma?Democrats 6; Republi
cans 2; Republicans gain 1 in First
District.
Oregon?Democrats 0; Republicans
!: Republican gain one over Progres
ses in Third District.
Pennsylvania?Democrats 7; Re
ublicans 29; Republican net gain 10;
;ains over Democrats or Progressives
a Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Twelfth, Sev
mteenth, 1 wenty 'third, Twenty-fourth,
twenty-eighth and Thirtieth Districts
ind two at large; loss to Democrats
n Twenty-fifth.
Rhode Island?Republicans 2; Dem
icrats 1; Republican gain one in Sec
ind District.
South Carolinar-Democrats 7; Re*
tublicans 0; unchanged.
South Dakotf?Democrats 1; Re
publicans 2; unchanged.
Tennessee?Democrats 8; Republi
;ans 2; unchanged.
Texas?Democrats 18; Republicans
i; unchanged. ,
Utah?Democrats l; Republicans 1;
)emocrats gain one) in Sfecond Dis
rict.
Vermont?Democrats 0; Republi
cs 2; unchanged.
Virginia?Democrats 9: Republicans
unchanged.
Washington?Democrats 1; Republi
:ans 4; Republicans and Democrats
>ach gain one over Progressives.
West Yirginia?Democrats 3; Re
>ublicans 3; unchanged.
Wisconsin?Democrats 2; Republi
:ans 9; Republicans gain one in Sixth
District. ,
Wyoming?Democrats 0; Republi
:ans l; unchanged.
Latest returns indicate that the
Senate will remain Democratic with
jrobably increased majority. Al
hough there is uncertainty regarding
he election In Utah and Nevada in
lications are that the njw Senate will
jonsist of 53 Democrats, 39 Republi
cs and 1 Progressive. The re-elec
ion of Senator Reed Smoot, Republi
:an, of Utah, practically was assured
onight. Senator Newlands of Neva
la, seemed in danger of losing his
leat to Samuel Piatt, Republican.
In states where the fight was hot
est victory probably was assured for
L.awrence Y. Sherman, Republican, in
llinois; Hubert Work, Republican, in
Colorado; James D. Phelan, Demo
:rat, in California; Benjamin P.
Jhively, Democrat, Indiana; Charles
Curtis,v Republican, Kansas; Warren
J. Harding Republican, Ohio, and
Charles H. Burke Republican, South
Dakota.
New York's Vote.
New York.?Revised returns on
lov-ernor from all except 134 districts
n the state give:
Whitman, Republicans, 670,325.
Glynn, Democrat, 537,151.
Sulzer, Prohibition-American, 118,
>36.
Davenport, Progressive, 46,981.
Whitman's lead over Glynn is 133,
L74.
Returns from all except 383 dis
xicts in the state for United States
Senator give the three leading can
lidates:
Wadsworth, Republican, 599,269.
Gerard, Democrat, 552,641.
Colby, Progressive, 55,528.
Wadsworth's plurality 46,628.
Kansas Elects Repubican.
Topeka, Kan.?Arthur Capper, Re
>ublican, has been elected Governor
)f Kansas by approximately 30,000
jlurality over Governor Hodges, Dem
>crat. Capper's election was con
:eded by Democratic managers.
Congressman George A. Neeley,
Democrat, and Charles Curtis, Repub
ican ,are running neck and neck for
Jnited States Senate. A late, but in
:onclusive count favors Curtis.
Close Vote on Suffrage.
U?1an? Mrvnf "Datiirna from Qpqf.
ered precincts in Montana show the
ote on the woman suffrage amend
nent to be so close that the official
:ount will be necessary to determine
he result.
Democrats Did Well.
St. Louis, Mo.?Senator William J.
Stone of Missouri, chairman of the
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee,
:onsiders the result of the election an
emphatic endorsement of the Wilson
Administration. lie said:
"The Republicans have been saying
hat if they could become united they
:ould lick us. They were united
everywhere and the contest generally
<*as a clean-cut fight between the
")emo'crats, standing by Wilson's Ad
uinistration, and the Republicans op
losing it.
"Considering the fact that this Is
:n off year; that the Democrats have
inacted a new tariff law and new
urrenoy legislation; that we have
lad to meet the hard times cry, and
hat a great war is oh which has ah
orbed public attention, I think the
democrats have done remarkably
irell."
Three More Dry States.
Chicago.?Three of the six state?
hat voted on ousting saloons decide
o retain liar-rooms while the other
hree on latest returns apparently
rent dry.
MHMT10NAL
SUMSdlOOL
Less?
(By E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director Sun
day School Course, Moody Bible Insti
tute, Chicago.)
LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 15
JESU8 AND PETER.
LESSON TEXT-Mark 14:27-31, 68, 64, 6S
n. f v
GOLDEN TEXT-Let him that thlpketh
he standelh take heed lest he falL?I Cor.
10:12.
The record of Peter's failure is a
sad story. Mark, who received .his
Gospel from Peter, gives it in clear
outline. This suggests that Peter did
not spare himself.
I. After Passover Feast, w. 27-31.
On the way to Olivet Jesus warns the
disciples that all would be "offended"
(caused to stumble) because of what.
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Matt. 26:58, Zech. 13.7. Peter, assured
In bis own mind, denies that this
should be true of him, so confident
was he of himself and of his devotion.
Over against this warning Jesus
sounds the note of his resurrection,
and It was chiefly in their inability
to catch, or comprehend this nofe, that
they stumbled. Particularly 1b this
true of Peter. That Jesus could fotand
a church on the vulvar tragedy of a
criminal's death was beyond the range
of his understanding. This self-con
fidence was the beginning of his fal},
Prov. 16:18. It Is pride like this
which men have In their own strength,
that is the chief reason why they are
not saved. If they are able to care
for themselves, why do they need the
help of another?
Peter's Denial*.
Peter trusted his own heart. A man
Is a fool who will trust such a deceitful
member, Jer. 17:9, Prov. 28;26.
Peter's loud profession is answered by
a definite prophecy of hiB utter fail
ure, v. 30. "Before, the cock shall
crow twice, thou shall deny me
thrice." Again Peter contradicts the
Lord, "I will not deny thee." Peter's
later denial of the person of Jesus in
the judgment hall is prefaced by &
denial of his master's assertions on
the way thither. He had to learn wis
dom and humility in the bitter school
of experience. Peter is quite like us
all, but he did learn and profited there
by (I Peter 5:5), which cannot be
said of all of us.
II. Following Afap Off, w. 53, 54. f
Peter "followed afar" into the qourt
of the high priest's palace. We have
suggested (Lesson of Nov. 1st) that
zeal and affection prompted Peter, yet
he was expressly forbidden and fore
warned, John 13:36-38. Some one has
said that the development of Peter's
weakness began in tne garaen wneu
he ceased to pnay. That courtyard
and its brazier of coals was a danger
ous place for any disciple of the Lord.
The servants and soldiers of the pow
ers against Christ were congregated ?'
about that first. It Is never safe to
warm oneself at the enemies' fire
though we see it constantly being
done, Matt. 6:13; Ps. 1:1.
III. "I Know Not This Man," w. 68.
72. While at the flref a serving maid
looking at Peter said, "Thou also wast.
with the Nazarne, even Jesus." Im
mediately and without any seeming
hesitancy Peter denied, and declared
his ignorance both of the ihan and of
understanding what she said. Peter
did not sympathize with what was be
in ir dnna tn .Tesus. but at heart he was
not brave enough to separate him
Belt from the enemies of Jesus thereby
to draw upon himself some sort of
censure or condemnation. Thus con
forming to the world about him made
It easy for Peter to utter his first
note of denial. Having done so he
passed on Into the porch and heard
the first crowing of the cock. The
apparent contradiction between Mark
and the other writers over the ques
tion of the number of maids seem?
to be solved by John 18:25, where
reference is made to several who
spoke at the same time. Doubtless '
" ro.
the words 01 UU lilBL maiu ??o
enforced by those of another op the
second occasion; they both brought ad
accusation against him.
Speech Betrayed Peter.
This second maid addressing the
onlooking spectators said, "This is one
of them," and again Peter denies the
accusation. He had escaped one pre
dicament only to be plunged into an
other and perhaps more dangerous
one. To deny afresh seemed to be
the only way of escape, James 4:4; I
Cor. 15:32 R. V. A few words of a
serving maid filled Peter with dis
may but a second denial did not de
liver him from his predicament After
a little those standing with him de
clared he must be one of the follow
ers of Jesus, for his speech betrayed
him to be a Galilean. Then Peter
touched the bottom, for he accom
panies his denial with curses and
oaths. One of the principal uses of
profanity is to emphasize a lie and
the larger the lie the more profuse the
profanity. Again he hears the cock
crow. Mark says nothing about the
look of the master and seems to as
sociate Peter's weeping chiefly with
the effect produced up his memory by
what the master had said. The mem
ory of those words banished Peter's
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disloyalty and cowaruice, uucu
with remorse and shame and turned
him to tears of bitterness and repent
ance. The memory of his own act
and the evident dashing of his Mes
sianic hopes of Jesus, plunged him
into the depths of dispair.
From his high and exalted state of
mind, his high hopes as to Jesus, he
sees himself a traitor and Jesus about
to be crushed by the hand of man.
Peter was passionately devoted to
Jesus and had felt that he could go
with him to the limit. Once before
at Caesarea-Phllippi ?eter had been
warned. Flo had been mystified by
what Jesus said about the cross and
had protested. He had high and noble
aspirations but they carried him be
yond the limits of his permission into
danger and defeat