Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SOUTH CAROLINA IS TO RECOGNIZE NOW WOMAN SUFFRAGE Columbia, Jan. 20.?In the House *f Representatives today, Representa tive Claude N. Sapp, of Richland, in troduced a bill which will or would permit woman suffrage in the sover eign State of South Carolina, this be ing a tacit acknowledgement on the part of South Carolina that the?19th amendment actuually has been adopt 9tf. Representative Sapp started some thing else when he introduced a con current resolution calling for a joint tegislative investigation of the Con federate State Infirmary in Columbia. He stated in support of his resolu tion that conditions at the Home for, Old Soldiers was something terrible. | The House adopted me resoiuuun anu [ ct was sent to the Senate. Hon. J. B. Atkinson of Spartan burg, put in a bill today which would rejuvenate the Public Service Com-, mission. According to his bill there i would be a salary for a chairman at! ,000 the year and salaries of $2,-| 000 each for the other two members, j; The three members now get ten dol- j Iars tha day and expenses when on. actual duty. Mr. Atkinson's bill would j: also set aside $30,000 for expenses of j the commission. The commission |; would have rate making powers for, electric light concerns, gas and other j such public service commodities. Hon. W. R. Bradford of York pro-! posed a joint resolution to permit ! Winthrop College to use funds from ; its farm for general expenses until ; the general appropriation' bill came j in to help Winthrop over the hill but on objection immediate action had to be deferred. ' j Representative O'Rouke of Char-; leston, put in a bill today providing for a State boiler inspector and that fees for boiler inspection should sup-, jort the said department. The committee on commerce and manufacturing made a divided report, on the bill by Messrs. Hamblin, of1 Union, and Jerrald of Richland for a forty-eight hour week for textile workers or nine hours the day for such workers. The Senate was not very active to-' For Torpid Liver "Black-Draught is, in my opinion, the best liver ^ medicine on the market," q states Mrs. R. H. White- 1$ _( */ r>? ?\v sice, oi rveoia uma. ane (fontinues: "I had a pain in my chest after eating tight, uncomfortable feel ing?and this was very disagreeable and brought on headache. 1 was con stipated and knew it was indigestion and inactive liver. 1 began the use of Black-Draught, night and morning, and it sure is splendid and certainly gives relief." Thedford's BLACK AD A II AUT IIRAUUn I tf<9 over seventy years purely vegetable reparation has been fyund beneficial by thou sand?, of persons suffer ing from effects of a tor t&orsjftw-acting liver. IU ^tflj^stion), biliousness, OTl-K\gflflteditpnguc. diz ziness, ?<M>stipation# bit ter tastt," sleeplessness, I lack of en.^BTf pain in I back, puifine^ under the * eyes?say or all ?f, these symptoms often indicate that there is something the matter with your Hver. You can't be too careful about the medi cine you take. Be sure that the name, "Thed ford's Black-Draught," is on the package. At all druggists. Accept Only the Genuine. J. 79 day. The Wells resolution that the appropriation bill should not go over when a vote was taken in the Senate this morning. The Senate rules committee report ed its recommendation that the Sen ate hold night sessions after this week on uncontested matters but on a vote the recommendation was de feated. Italy has some 4,800,000 lemon trees, which produce 1,200,000,000 lemons a year. , 0 1 SI V so Wp Vi^vp sol during our b couldn't help Our stock is inducement.. We are f, T di lei .'pi TWO DAMS BREAK AND MORE THAN 100 PERSONS DROWN Mexico City, Jan. 20.?More than 100 persons were drowned and more than 200 others were injured in the disaster yesterday at Pachua when two dams above the city broke and torrents of water swept through the lower sections of this big mining center, according to the latest re ports. A thousand persons were rendered homeless. ur entire sto< loes, Ladies' /ear, and M 11 . ! r1 1 id until reor le d thousands of c r t lg r ourieeii-Lyciy > Hut realize the : still by far tob 1c perfectly s :>r these pr o those who a iring u ic pas t us just she ices, then yc fICA LLOU. NOMINATIONS FOR 2,000 POSTMASTERS SENT TO SENATE Washington, Jan. 20.?Nomina tions of approximately 2,000 post masters were sent today to the Sen ate by President Wilson. This swells the already enormous list of I nominations made at this session and on which Republican leaders have determied not to act except where an emergency exists. = TO BE = :k of Dry G ' and Childlr* [illinery will uary I ft at... lollar's worth of f Half Price Sale j sound mvescmen irge and it must have not vi t fourteen da iw you thru >u can decidl( * * V MONTEREY V V V Mr. Raymond Price of Abbeville, spent Wednesday night with his brother, Mr. G. W. Price. Mrs. J. 0. Seals of Penneys Creek and Mrs. W. C. Simpson of the Na tion, spent Wednesday with Mrs. J. A Sutherland and daughter Miss Sal lie. Messrs James F. and J. T. Clink scales, spent Monday in Abbeville on business. Mr. Oscar Lanier was a business visitor to the 'city Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sutherland and little son, Cecil, spent the week end here with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sutherland. Messrs G. W. Price, B. C. Napier and J L Sutherland were visitors to Abbeville Wednesday. Miss Sallie Sutherland spent Tues day night with her sister, Mrs. W. C. Simpson of the Nation. loods, Notion en's Ready-t< continue to 1: *m resh, seasonable ] ?Because the bi t of every cent sp be reduced if pr urging you prevail lorn 1 I isitea our sco: ys: If you w and give yc 5 for yourself, * HEN 11JU11 h ?? S, > >e i merchandise uying public lent with us. ices are any to buy, re I ill )U I 11