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E. :. AULL, EDITOR. fntered.at the Postoffice at New t-rrv. S. C.. as and class matter. . Tuesday, December 21, 1909. THE LIEN LAW IN SOUTH CAR OLINA. On January 1, 1910, the new lien -,aw enacted by the general assembly at its last sessiont -goes into effect. There seems to be some misunder standing or want of understanding -as to how far the new law repeals the old, or how far liens will lawful -ly hold under the new law. It re mains, of course, that the rent for the land constitutes a lien. on the erop grown upon it, and also that -the advances made by a farmer to a tenant for the crop grown upon his land constitute a lien upon the crop grown on. the land, but as to whether such a lien is transferble is a point on which there is much disagree ment. A firm of eminent attorneys,- who for reasons of their own do not wish their names to be known but whose reputation is so well established that its advice is unhesitatingly accept ed, has given t'e following interpre tation of the la:w on this point to an exchange: "In our opinion the act of 1909 concerning the lien law only repeal ed the right of an agriculturalist to give a lien for advanees made by person other than his landlord. We think the landlord has the right to make advances to his tenants and that in addition to his rent lien, he will have a lien for advances so made. "We do not think the landlord can enter into a contract with his tenant to furnish him supplies, then assign this lien to a merchant and let this merohant furnish the sup plies, for the aet distinctly gives the lien for advanes to the land&ord 'for all advances made by the land lord to sueh tenant during the year.' "The aet of 1906, page'83, allows the landlord to assign his lien for rent due and his lien for advances made, and gives the assignee right to enforce the lien, but we do not think this latter act was intended for any 'more than to enable the as signee to 'enforce, and under the law as it now stands. To have a lien for advances the landlord must make the adyances himself to the tenant." From this it will be seen that, while the new law leaves the land lord amp(e protection it leaves the mere.hant none at all. -That this will to a considerable degree modify t'he old time teneiit farming system seems certain, but whether for bet ter or for worse remains to be seen. --Auigusta Herald. This deals with a very imnportant *matter. If the landlord can assign his lien, for advances to the mer chant and does so it still gives .him a partial control of his own premises and the people who work it. If; under the law, he can not assign his lien it may embarrass some landlords who -are not able to furnish the advances -wthout help. * We do .not pretend to interpret the law but thought this opinion would be of interest to some of our readers. OUE DUTY TO VOTE. The people of Newberry, and not. only of Newberry but of the whole State, are too caraless about voting in our general eleetions. In the mu uiicipal eleetion held in Newberry on Tuesday there were only about 130 votes cast, as against more than 600 cast in the primary. In Ward three there were only nine votes. It is our duty as good citizens, and it is our duty to the Democratic party, to vote in the general elec tions. Of course, in almost every section of South Carolina the Dem 'oeratic nomination means eleet-ion. But the nomination is not the elec tion, and the on-ly way to protect the nominaition is to vote in the elec tion. Take the vote in Ward three on Tuesday, for instance. Suppose for the sake of argument there had been ten men- in that wand who wanted to defeat the nomination in the pri mary--ten Republicans with the qualifications for voting, or ten Dem ocrats who would have deserted their party. It would have been an easy matter to have put in ten votes ia the last few minutes against t.he Democratic niominee and to have de feated the Democratic nomination in that wand. Of oure no such thing r was thought of, but the time may come-not in a municipal election especially, but in any kind of ee tion-when such a thing might be done. It is not impossible. We are glad that not a nominee of the party was scratched in the elec tion on Tuesday, and of course in Tuesday's election one vote for each candidate would have been sufficient to elect him. But it may not always be so, and we are getting too care less about these matters. The Herald and News takes one hol iday during the year; that is, we miss one issue. In accordance with that custom there will be no paper print ed next Tuesday, December -28th. We will print again, on Friday of this week and Friday of next week, whicl: will end the year. The year will soon close. We hope every one will be able to make a clean balance sheet, not ,nly in business matters but in their dealings with their fellowmen. Time will move on just the same, but it is well now and then that there should be a place where we stop to make an account ing. The end of the old and the be ginning of the new year is a good time. It. is a good time to make a review and profit b-f our mistakes. Says The Newberry Herald and News: "What Newberry needs is a leader who ha& bread* end is wiig to spend some time as well as some of his means in working for the public ,welfare. We believe that there are some men in this community who measure up to this standard, and we hope that one or more will come forward and take -the position. "Wfioever does must be willing to withstand blows from the little hammers of the little knockers who are ever ready to hit anything hat -is proposed for the good of the com Mnnity. 'Why, we thought Hon. Cole L. Blease lad been elected mayor of Newberry.-Lavrens Advertiser. Now, here you come with yoar lit tle old tack hammer away up* in Laurens. We thought sure you haid got religion from the long article you had on the subject, but you seem to--well put up your hammer and be good. Help us ,build that highway from Greenville to .Colum bia via Laurens and Newberry. Down in Newb)erry the people reckon time by "John Neel 's farm bell and Davis' whistle.'' Singu lar and somewhat primitive.-Lau rens Advertiser. You know we are only a few miles froin Laurens and you should not ex pect too much and to have it come too suddenly. It might jar. City Counneil published a notice some time ago that the time for the payment of taxes would be extended to December 15, and that after that date the penalty of ten per cent. would atta'eh. We understand that without giving notice and after sev eral citizens had gone to considerable inconvenience in accordance with the first notice and saved the penal ty, that City council met on Friday and extended the time to the 18th without penalty. This is scarcely fair to the tax payers of the city, but possibly there were some who had overlooked pay ing and it was not well that they should be required to pay the penal ty..L * The Designer for January. How contagious diseases may be handled until all ehance of spread ing is eliminated is one of the fea tures in The Designer for January. Syracuse, New York, has successful ly solved the problem. Dr. Charles Floyd Burrows tells how it was done. Another article of wide ap plication is "Carrying the Univer sity to the Worker.'' In this is de scribed how the university is giving the boy at his bench in the factory, a college education. Even though a young man has to ring up on a time lock morning and- noon, he may get the coveted learning. Elsie Janis contributes an article on the dis tinguished English actress, Miss Jef freys. It is entitded "What I Think of Ellis Jeffreys,'' and gives a most delightful peep into her life. The great service-patriotic education that the Daughters of the American forth. These women are carrying on a noble work that few know about. Just what it is Helen Corinne Hambidge tells in her own delight ful way. Other articles which demanid at tention are "The Little Children of the Big Hotels," "Letters from a Woman Physician," and "The Road to a Good Complexion." Handy helps around the house are especially serviceable for January, covering everything from the - attic to the basement. The fiction offering is strong. The odosia Garrison's serial, "The House on the Hill," is concluided. "Their Wedding-Day," is by Cornelia Red mond. Sara Lindsay Coleman has another delightful Bijie story called "Paradise and the Peri." The fashions are well set forth and timely, with hints and suggestions for the miss and the mother. The art finish of the book is pleasing, and the whole magazine breathes an atmosphere of usefulness and enter tainment. Whole Science of It. Two women walking along one of the business thoroughfares of New York, heard a great shoutin& of "Extry, extry,'" and looked about to see where all the .noise was coming from, says an exchange. Across the street they spied one very small newsboy shouting with all his might. One of the women, attracting the boy's attention, called him to her and bought a paper; then, as she dropped the pennies into the little fellow's hand, she said: "You mustn't make so much noise, my little man; you can sell your pa pers just as wel without yelling so." 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