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%flu TWICEJ TIEA WEEK, P1.5 A YEAR. VOLUMNE XLX NU1MBEER 5. EWBERRY, SOUJTHE CAB0LIA A, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1911. GIOVERNOR BLEASE TO TAKE OFFICE TODAY INAUGURATION TAKES PLACE IN COLUMBIA AT NOONX. Chas. A. Smith to be Inaugurated as Lieutenant Governor-The Other Officers. Coleman Livingston Blease, of New berry, and Charles A. Smith, of Tim moneville, will be inaugurated gov ernor and lieutenant governor, re spectively, of South Carolina, today. The inaugural ceremonies will take place in the ball of the houm of rep .resentatives at noon, the senate and the thDUSe meeting in joint sssioxL at that time. -Magistrate Dunbar, of Ellenton, Barnwell county, will administeir the oath of office to Governor Blease. Governor Bleawe will deliver an in augural addres, in which he will make recommendations to the genieral embly outlining bis administration. A number of Newberriams will at the inaugural cereon0ieS. The other State officials to takne the of office are the attorney general, retary of state, comptroller gener State treasuwer and superintendent education. None of these will be tsketL by new men, as all these offices will be held for amother term by the incumbents. Col. W. W. Moore has ,lready been sworn for the uneXpir ed term of adjutant and inspector gen -eral and will theiefore, succeed him self, as will Jho. G. RichaIds, Jr., and McDuffie Hampton. DIVBCE IT FROM POLITICS. rol Moore so Recommends Concern jng Adjutant General's Offie. -'Columnbia, Zanuary 12.-ReoaQ -mending that the office of adjutant general. o South Carolina be removed from politics, W. W. Moore, adjutant general today sent his annual report to the general assembly. He gives as his reasorns for the recommendation that the paic has LO special inter-st in the r.ff te anid that '-etter servi"e -can ne had a.ud rowuired If the rec .ommendation is accep)ted. 'This must be deemed -for the best interest of the National Guard as a *whole," says Col. Moore, "as South Jarolina seems to be the only State which retains this method. My gener ~al idea is that the adjutant general should be appointed by the governor 'upon a frecommendation of a majority of the officers, he being the only offi cer in the entire service who is not jelected in this manner. -In Memory of A. J. Gibson. Resolution adopted at annual meet ing of stockholders of the Comkmercial bank, of Newberry, S. C., Jarnuary 11, Whereas, God in his infinite wis dom 'las seen fit to rem 'e our arddst, our late friend or, Mr. Albert J. Gibson, ed this life on the 20th da ebruary, 1910; and -Whereas, the of the omrmerv'al BanW"7, s- c whose affairs b- ably advised as igjtg:or, do hereby express our ap 'reciation of his worth as a man, and usense of the loss we have sustain by his death. Furthermore be it Resolved, Tbhat apage in the mninute book of this coporation be devoted to the inscrip tion of these expressions of confidence and sorrow, and that a copy of the same be supplied to the family of our deceased officer. F. Z. Wilson, Chairman. 0. B. Mayer, 3. H. West, Committee. Was From Edgefield. Columbia cor. Augusta Chronicle, 14th. Representative W. H. Nicholson, of Greenwood, is among the legislators of experience. He is a brother to Mr. ,. E. NicholsonI, formerly a menmbet from Edgefield. Mr. Nicholson recent jV entered the law firm of Grier & Park, Greenwood, one of the leading legal partnerships of the up-country following Mr. Grier's acceptance o1 . n appointment as general counsel t< te Charleston & Western Caroline 11road. GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS GRINDING AWAY RESUMED WORK YESTERDAY EN. TERING SECOND WEEK. Some Measures of General Importance 4 And Interest Have Been Intro duced. At Thursday's session of the senate the two bills of most interest to the general public were the resolution by Senator Carlisie, that the attorney general be requested to abandon the "merger" appeal, and the bill of Sen ator Oarlisle with reference to mar riage license requirement. The wording of the "merger" res olution. is as follows: "That the attor ney general is hereby requested to dismiss the appeal, now pending, in what is known as the 'merger' suit, recently tried in, Richland county." The marriage license bill introduced today by Senator Carlisle, of Spar tanburg, is practically the same as the one killed in the senate last year. Proposed Provisions. After setting out that before the bonds of matrimony may be entered a license shall be secured, the propos ed mesure provides that each and every violation of the terms of the act shall subject the offenders to a fine of not more tham $100 nor less than $25, or irnprisonment for not more than thirty, nor les than ten days. The license fee would be $1, the license to b& issued by the clerk of court. An oath would ag to be taken by con tracting potgdethat they ae legally c*itatd to marry. Their full names would be given, their ages and their place of residence. The form of It oense is providped in the bill. - The funds for f violation would be paUt-Into tie schoo fund in- :th cotn ties where violations occur. Rice Confirmed Game Warden. In executive session of the senate Thursday James H. Rice, Jr., of Sum erville, was confirmed as chief game warden of the State. The announce ment was made Thursday afternoon. Mr. Rice bad been named for this posi tion by Governor Ansel. It will be re called that, owing to a defeot in the game warden bill, the chief game warden could not be actively engaged until after confirmation by the senate so that it was necessary to wait until the senate was in session this year to send a name to that body. Owinig the fact that the confirma tion was in executive session it is not known how the vote stood. The salary is $1,900, -traveing expenses $1, 000. Four years is the term. Senator Crosson, of Lexington, in troduced his annual bill making it a misdemeanor to spit upon floor of passenger coaches and cars. The fine is not more than $100 or imprisonment for not more than thirty days. Senator Sinkler's Bill. Senator Sinkler introduced a bill to "exempt alf school and municipal bonds from taxation." The bil! provides that all bonds now or hereafter issued by any city, county or school district within this State shiall be free and exempt from all taxes to the State, county or other municipality. Senator Lide, of Orangeburg, has introduced a 'bill to "prohibit any fire insurance or partnership doing busi ness in this State from entering into any compact or combination with oth er fire insurance companies, for the purpore of govierning or controlling the commissions or compensations paid their agents in this State or re quiring any such pledge, compact or agreement of their agents." The method of finding this state of alleged affairs out is by affidavit. Each company must make affidavit on the 31st of December of each year' to the insurance commissioner that no suchagreemfenlt has been entered into. The, penalty is not less than $200 for making a false affidavit, nor more than $500 and imprisonment alternative fix ed at not l-ess than three months nor more than one year. The "mileage" bill was introduced in the senate Thursday by Senator Carlisle. The bill requires the railroad companies selling mileage books to receive coupons on trains and to check baggage upon .pr.esetation thereof. The fine provided is not less than (onitmwue from page one). TEN YEARS JONES'S SENTENCE. ?earlstine's Slayer, Convicted of Man slaughter, Goes to Penitentiary. Orangebu.rg, Jan. 14.-Ten years md one month in the State peniten lary was the sentence pronounced to lay on John J. Jones, the Branch*ille tttorney, wbo was last night convict 1d, 'by a jury in common pleas court )f manslaughter, in the killing of Abe Pearlstine, a merchant of Branchville, Ln that town on December 15 last. Before the sentence was pronounced ittorneys for Jones moved for a new trial on the ground that one of the ju rors, Mr. A. E. Rutland, was over the onstitutional age limit, and while the records produced verified this conten tion, the motion was overruled. The case was called just before the aoon hour, and in passing sentence Judge R. Withers Memminger address nd some kindly remarks to Jones, who received the sentence calmly, taking xcasion to thank the court for its con nideration of his condition: Many interested spectators were in te court room dra.ring the proceed ings, and immediately after sentence b.ad been pronounced Mrs. Jones en bered and joined her husband. No notice of appeal has yet been entered in this case and it is not known whether or not the att6rneys for the defence will take the case to the supreme court. After the usual orders were passed the court was adjourned sine die. MUCH LAND NOT TAXED. Exeeeding Million Acres Not On Books Says Compit'oller. Columbia, Jan. 12.-ComptroHler General Jones stated today that more than one million'acret of land- in South Carolina are escailng taxation. The comptroller general will urge another survey of the State, the only Astlm now available' being Mills's, which is out of date, he says. In his statement Comptroller General Jones deals vigorously with the tax matter. NEW DREADNAUGHT. Kiss Maeon Sends Arkansas on Career of Glory-Greatest American Warship. PhiladeWhia, Jan. 14.-Amid the toodng of whistles, the ringing of bells and the cheers of thousandls of:.spec tators the battleship- Arkansas, the argest fighting ship ever constructed in this country, was launched from the ya'd of thel New York Shipbuilding cmpany at Camden, N. J., today. Miss Mary Macon, daughter of Congress man. Robert B. Macon, of -Arkansas, was the sp~onso'r and smashed a bottle of. champagne against the great prow of the ship as it slid away from her. In the launching party was Miss Edna Ellerbe, daughter of J. E. Ellerbe, con gressman from Southi Carolina. COUNTRY FAIR. Unique EntertaiDment to be Presented by Calvin Crozier Chapter, U5. D. C., on January 27. The Calvin Crozie'r chapter, U. D. C., will present in the old court house on Friday evening, January 27, a country fair. Admission will be ten cents and everybody is cord ally in vited to .attend and it is guaranteed that all who do -attend will get the benefit of the admission fee. There will be a snake eater and a wild wo man and a 'number of other things which go to make up an ideal country fair. Don't forget the time or the place. Baraca Officers. At a meeting of the Workers' Ba raca Bible class of the Central Meth odist church Sunday afternoon the following officers were 'elected for the ensuing year: President, J. L. Epps. Vice-presidenbt, J. H. Wicker. Teacher, C. H. Cannon. Assistant Teacher, J. W. Chapman. Secretary and Treasurer, JT. H. Baxter. Mr. Johnnie Harmon Operated On. Mr. John'nie Harmon, of Pomaria, was operated on at the Columbhia hos pital a few days ago and is doing nicely, and hopes to be home in two CHILD LABOR CUNDITIONS. iubject Treated of in State Factory In spectors' Report. Columbia, Jan. 12.-"We would call your attention to the gratifying. de Drease in the number of children un der 12 years of age actually at work In the cotton mills of the State, as compared with former years." This statement Is inade In the annual re port of S. IL Sloan, chief State factory Lnopector, transmitted to Commission e Watson and which will be sent to the general assembly. A. McDougall a4sisted in the preparation .of the re prt. The report contains a general r4ilew of the 7ork done by the fac tory inspection department of 'the State. That the managements of the textile plants of the State, in a ma jolity of cases, bave cooperated in the enforcement of the child labor law, is stated in the report. It is recommend ed that all children under 12 years of age be elimiinated.from the mills of the State. A measure has been introduced in the senate to this effect. Reviewing the textile status for the year in South Carolina the report says, that while the close of the year shows a neprKed increa :in the vi.ount of capital Invested. in .both. oill znd new industries, that the genpral prosperity of the textile industry has been handi caipped by the difference between the. price of- raw cotton and the value of the finished product. This is given as the reason for the curtailment. It Is stated that ovig to the -fact that the cotton mill operatives in the State are ecoming better trained in the art of manufacture, many of the mills are be ginning to change the ,character of output from coaree goods to goods of Aner, grade. It is pointed out that thig chauge means much to the South for .th,e price of the finished product twill tus be raised by the dhange. "This change will call for more mature workers and a higher wage scale," says the ri It is staed that here has been no shortage in the supply of labor for the textile industry of the State during the past years as there has been in for mer years. The report recommends the immed iate enactment of a law retquiring the egistration of all births and mar riages, as well as deaths. *"Without this law the dep,artment can not en force the cbiltd labor laws as :they ,hould 2he," sa ys the report. As to compulsory education the re port has the following to. say: "The cotton 'mill .management, without ex ception, express themselves as being strongly in favor of compulsory edu cation. We beie~ve that a lasw enforc ing school attendance 'between the ages of six and twelve years would re move many difficulties now in the way of both mill ~managemen'ts and labor inspectors, to say nothing of the, great benefits of the children themselves, who are a large element in the State's population." The Next Lyceum Attraetion. On Tuesday ev'ening, Jan. 17, the will appear the lyceum attraction, "Elbert Foland and .Thje Italian Boys." The Italian boys ruder Mr. Foland's personal super-vision have become one of the strongest lyceum attractions available. It is a company of s'ix musicians and a reader. This sea son they are not only offering the usu al high-clas, program of instrumental solos, duets and concerted ,numbers in conjunction with impersonations and readings, but they are presenting the musical and literary fantasy, "A Night in Venice." The name in itself sug gests beautiful costumes, delightful voal and instrumental selections, blended with a story of an American's life in the city of art and music. This is a good attraction. A telegram states that they will be here January 17. This is a splendid attraction. The Lyceum Bureau says: "This is an ex celent attraction, and you can recomfl mend it in the highest terms to your people, as we are sure they will be pleased with it." January 17, Tues day evening, Holland Hall, 8: 15. Mr. Jimmie Sanders Improved. Mr. Jimmie Sanders, who is now in the Columbia hospital, and whoi un derwent a very serious operation a few days ago, is doing very well, and hopes to be atble to be borne in a sho-1 timet The Double Vo Is A( Race For Summej Promises Ext Kontestants Are Making Th To Secure Prizes Now ( Holds First Place A is a Very Cic It was decided last week that Mon day, January 16, should be double vote day and it has been the busiest day the kontest department bas ex perienced since the launching of this' great subscription. and voting cam paign. Every new one year subscrip tion sent in today . counted double votes to the kontestant securing them and the ballot box is teeming full -with many votes. Special Prize for Feb. 1. Summer & Hipp,-the furniture deal ers, are offering a Reeld -rocker as special prize to the kontestant secur ing the most new one year subecrip tions between January 13 an'd Feb ruary 1. These gentlemen have mani fested* much interest in The Herald and News kontest and display their usual thoughtfulnesm and good taste in seleqting from their immenee and up-to-date line of household goods a prize that pleases the lad'ef . The kontestants are working 0ard for this desirable prize amd. the rivalrY con tinues to wax hotter each day, until I the people6 who, have not heretofore taken much interest in this race, find temselves in the midst of the man exeited and admiring be*ping friends of thes6 ea6fist-orkers. Mist Ven Werts-makes 'up for the few tousand ahead of her last Ti4ek and heads the list this week. Miss Ellen, to stay ahead of your other riend-ly opponents -weans work, sO hustle for Miss Koon is determined to either be ahead or pretty close to it-keep up your good work MIss Au aie and. reemey .Mrs. Dominick has shown us what ishe can do-end a leap 'to first place would nt be uno usual for Mrs. Dominick. * Miss Julia Smit, of Chappells, hs broken the .record -this week, having' added many thousand to her standing. It seems Miss Julia 'wants to get ini the lead again, and another jump like the CENSUS RETURNS. Dissatisfied Cities Have N~o Chance of Recount-Records Are Kept Secret. Washington, Jan. 14.-In response to the protests of citizens of Sumter as to the census report of population for that city, Representative Lever has been in communication with the cen sus burea.u with a view of obtaining permission either for himself or an authorized. delegation from Sumter to inspect the enumerators' returns, to ascertain if error has been made. His effor'ts have been unsuccessful thus far. The census bureau informs him that "'since the population of the Unit ed States has been announced it will be impossibi,e to make any change in the official returns of any place what ever, as by so doing it would result in changing the United States total and throw out the calculations of congress with respect to the apportionment of Iits members." Sorry for iMistake. Regret is expressed: "If any injus tice has been done to Sumter, but, even if omissions were made in the enumeration, it would be impossible' to add any names to the schedules." With respect to the congressman's Irequest for personal inspection of the enumerators' return, the bureau re "The returns of the enumerators are treated as confidential and are ac cessible only to sworn e.mployes of the bureau." Mr. Lever is considering introduc ing a resolution, making the einumera ors' returns accessible to the public, under certain regulation)s and now has he natter up with a prominent memn er of the committee on the census. Would Show the. Machinery. niee opaints as to population te Day treat Success -& Hipp's Prize iting Finish, ings Hum in Their Effo6s )n.-Miss Ellen Werts gain.-Miss Koon Pse Second. one tWs week will placerher in a odfe lead-keep on going Mi Suls, you an nt go too fast for U. Mius En -, Magrove ,and Mis Joe'Caldwell makin much progress and am esd Uy adding.to their standig-a decide' change has been made nin ftetr plae this week. Keep up your work young Ladies-don't stop until you reah th top of the list. Look, 50,00 Bonus 'OEer. To the one sending in the mostsub scriptions by next Monddy at 6oit." shall have 50,000 votes placed to . eriedit This is a eplendid Oer get towork, Firls Tor every leas'sent in by Saturday, Xenuary; will secue 10,000 extra votes toy stand*ng.. In this- way.-you ure from ten to may vots, so friends this is our time Wu in and elp. Standing of Ianidates PrOsperity, SiC Was Ellen Werts.......38 Pomarlai, kc; Ms Annie KOC . .3 - inards, S. C. Kr Jake Loainick.. Cb peff,SCL 'Newberryi. . F. D. No _ Mise Joe Caldweill. - Miss Kat Hargrd*e. Miss Sarah Scott. Miss Elliott Dobblns. Miss Myrtle Duckett.* - Newberry, S. V. Miss Annie Laurie Lominaik. -3 Miss osil May Boozer. Mrs. Geo. Alexander.... Miss Eula Darby......-. Miss Annie Bou1might.... Miss Eunice Abrams.... -. Miss Amelia Klettner.. .~ Silverstreet~ S 0. Miss ida Ooldman.. .... MiesMayLake.. ..... from different cities in thle'State an4 throughout the country are so n e ous as to make it seems neessary.to me," said Representative Lever, "that ~ the methods of the bureau and the re@ suts of its work should be more open. and certainly available for inspection~ to the accredited representative of the congressional distiict. If thiee r turns are to be held as inviolable c res, with no opportunity for the phub li to inspect themn, such a poliQyTf, vite it, for gross errors, ltif otactual fraud ,in making up the populationl6 the counitry." It is not charged by Mr. Lever that the returns are wrong oir that fraud has crept into them. "But," sayshe, "when a protest comnes up, as to the population of half a 'dozen .cities in it seems toAthrow some little suspicion upon the correctness of. the returns and 'gives justification for~ legislation which will permit the public to ascer tain if the returns are, in fact, corret.. I am carefully t considering the prop osition, in all of its phases, and shall perhaps introduce a resolution wv3hih will meet the situation." The MUan From Laurens. Columbia cor. Augusta .Chronicle, Col. John H. Wharton, senator fromu Laurens, has been in politics for many years and has friends all over the ' State. He was for two terms 'chair man of the railroad commission. Col. Wharton is a staunch Baptist. His I son was educated at Furman univer' sity and his daughters at Gnervlle Female college. Col. Wharton has a really remarkable memory for te faces of his acqigaintances, whose n ame ia legrion.