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RECEDE FRO1I BUSINESS TILL WEDNESDAT NIGHT (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1). house and senate reassemble that the Osbbrne resolution will be continued In force. This is that no calendar saatters be undertaken, except per haps the one or two third reading bills that may have to be finished up. The important question will be to adjudicate the differences on the ou standing bills, chiefly the appropria tion act, and wait on the engrossing of the supply and other important bills, including the commission form of government measure. Work for Free .Conference. There is much for the committee of free conference to do. The lev'y in the bill was fixed at five and three quarter mills, and this will suffice for all the items in the bill as passed by both the house and senate. But the rub. is not over the bill as it passed either branch, for the bills aggregate about the same and the differences can VQ.settled easily by sensible business ;en by the give and take method of eompromise and leave the amounts ppropriated to the several depart ments, the.same. The stumbling blocks are two: First, $132,000 for the ware bouse commission, and $200,000, or 50,000 for the State Hospital for the I3sane, Must Raise Asylum 1oney. The senate has not passed the joint resolution providing for a submission of the question of a quarter of a mil lion-dollar bond issue for the comple tion of the Hospital for the Insane at its new plant. The money that has been used to pay for the property, and that is now being used for the build ings, is being borrowed from the sink ing fund, and in 1913 all the funds in the h:ds ..f ih a sinkiig fund v:re to be called in and used for the re demption of the Brown consol bonds, under the contract with the bondhold ers. It wil], therefore. te necessary either to issue the bonds, provide for the money by direct appropriation, or borrow the money i. some way. This is a seric-us prob:m that faces the free conference. Cotton Warehouse Situation. The next serious question is that the cotton warehouse bill provides for $132,000 this year $125,000 for the' irst year for the building or pur ehasing fund; $5,000 for expenses and $2,100 for the chairman. This item will mean an increase in the levy of half a mill. It has come forth that the item has not the concurrence of lihe conferees and what will happenj fs not known. The free conference .ommittee will meet Wednesday af ternoon and the blessed featur~e is that it will not be rushed in its work nor -will the assembly have to be to get home. May Last Several Days. When the recess was takena it was 'tought that the session next week would be for a day or two, but this was with the idea that the appropria tion bill would be enrolled and rati led, but this -was not done for a va riety of reasons, one of which -was the disinclination to have an all-night1 session and, at best, unnecessarily! * rush things, with pretty much every one wanting to go home. The imapres sion now is that the session will con tinue until Friday eviening or Satur day morning, and in the meanwhile the senate will have determined what it -will do with the May recess prop osition. Full Blease Ticket? There has been a good deal of poli tical talk about the State house re c,ently, and the impression now pre vails that the friends of Governor Blease wili name a full State ticket, from the head down, including State officials and members of the general assembly from each county, and that the same will be done, in opposition, by the friends of Chief Justice Jones. This may be changed as time wears along and as the situation develops, but such is the trend of the talk now. Independent Campaigns i There is also some talk about doing away with the horrible county to county campaign system and letting each candidate, or set of candidates, conduct their own campaign. In this way Governor BIe-ase's friends wiln arrange for a meeting for him in one county while the friends of Mr. Jones will have arranged a meeting for him in another part of the State. The is sues can and will be fully discussed in this way and the useless bickering and contention will be minimized. In Georgia and many other of the States where the primary system prevails each candidate conducts his campaign in his own way and at his own pleas ure and gets his views before the peo ple and has .the opportunity of meet ing the people "face to face"-that much overworked saying. The "woods are full" of would-be delegates to the Democratic conven tion, that is to be held in Baltimore. HIGHWAY BILL KILLED. Lower Branch Opposed to State Roat Supervisor.-Was Ruch Discus sion. The Crosson bill creating a Stati highway commission was tabled by vote of 62 to 36 in the house Thurs day morning after a long debate. Th measure, which was introduced las year, passed the senate during the present session. It providing for lay ing a tax on automobiles to pay aY expert to supervise road constructioi in this State. Wednesday night the house seeme< disposed to pass the measure, bu Thursday morning determined oppo sition developed and the bill was kill ed. Mr. Wyche said he was in favoi of the passage of the bill, because il provided for au expert to supervisc road building all over the State anc teach bett.3.r methods of highway con struction. GOVERNOB SIGNS RACING BILL. Law Goes Into Effect In Summer.-In. junction is Eliminated. The governor signed the anti-racing bill Friday, following its ratificatior by the general assembly Thursday night. The measure was passed bi the legislature after being amen'dec so as to eliminate the injunction fea ture, and is designed to put an enc to betting on horse racing in Soutl Carolina. The provisions of tLe bil become effective on July 1. The governor wrote the following note und-er his signature: "If my sen ate amendment as to the 'Charlestor Jockey club' had been sustained thi; act would not be necessary."' The title of the bill is: "To preven betting, pool-selling, bookmaking, bet: or wagers and to provide punishmen for such offenses and to declare sam or any of them a common nuisance.' The anti-racing measure was intro duced in the house by Mr. Osborne o Spartanburg and Mr. Eckermann o Charleston. Vetoes Medical Inspection Act. Columbia, Feb. 17.-Governoi Blease tonight sent in a veto messagi on the bill looking to the medical in spection of school children. Mr. Gas que moved that the message be print ed in the Journal and that the bill and the message be referred to thE committee on medical affairs. The motion overwhelmingly prevailed This avoided any vote on the questior of sustaining Or overriding the gov ernor's veto. Governor Blease, in his veto mes sage, says the board of school trus tees referred to is vague and indefi nite. Then Governor Blease continues by quoting from the bill: "Every school physician shall make a promp1 examination and diagnosis of al] school children, students, teachers etc." The Governor's Views. "Now, gentlemen, this, in my opin ion, is taking from the parents of th4 children the right to attend to th4 physical condition of their own chil dren. ~I have no children, but if] had a girl and she had some deformit: Or she had some disease, by inheri tance, which she could not by associa tion com.municate to any other chil dren, and which could .not injure an: other child by her being its schoo mate, I would consider it a most out rageous intrusion upon my family af fairs to have any physician to examin that child and expose its deformity o its condition to the world. Ah, gen temen, more than that; I would no permit it unless I was paralyzed an< unable to use my physical power: which God Almighty has given me and I can not see why you want t< place such an imposition upon the lit te children of this State." SENATE UPHOLDS DELEGATIONS Refuses to Confirm Appointee; oi Goi ernor.-Was in Exec'utive Ses sien. The controversy uetween the gov ernor and several county delegation: with reference to the appointment o magistrates was officially brought t Ian end in the senate Friday, durim, an executive session, when that bod: refused to confirm the appoinfees o the governor. The greatest numbe: of cases decided were from Spartan burg county. The matter was pre sented to the senate by Senator Car 'lisle on behalf of the Spartanburg del egation. The conantion of the dele gation was uphel .. This means tha the hold-over. jngsta;tes.will remai in office, the senate having refused.t ,.cogiz the magitrates named b: the governor without regard for the recommendation of the county delega tion. The senate also refused to con firm the appointees of the governor in Beaufort and Anderson counties. The senate refused to confirm the following magistrate appointments in Spartanburg. county: T. 0. Fowler, Reidville; J. M. Bowden, Spartan burg; S. S. Tyner, acolet; W. R. k Turner, Cowpens and Clifton. All other magistrates recommended by the senate in Spartanburg county t were affirmed. The action of the senate means that W. C. Harrison, Reidville; A. H. Kir by, Spartanburg; D. T. Gossett, Paco let, and E. Potter of Cowpens and Clifton Will hold over. The salary question still remains unsettled and t will very probably have to be decid ed by the sppreme court. To Elect Commissioner. Columbia, Feb. 17.-The senate this t afternoon passed and ordered for en rolment, without amendments, the bill to put the election of the commission er of agriculture, c..nmerce and in dustries in the hands of the people. The proviso to allow the present in cumbent to hold office until his suc cessor qualifles, was left intact, not withstanding the request of the gov ernor that this be stricken out and his promise not to veto the bill if this be left out. Senator Appelt offered L an amendment to 'trike out the pro viso. He explained his position, stat ing that he could assure the senate that,if the provision were left out, the governor would not veto the measure. L NO LEGAL REASON FOR 1 CAPITAL PLANS CLAIM Investigating Committee Reports on - Todd Claim.-GoTernor Not Re sponsible For it. The house received Friday night the report of the special committee ap pointed to investigate the Todd claim for $13,550 for preparing plans pro posing to enlarge the State house. The report of the committee declares that A. W. Todd acted knowingly without authority of law in drawing up the plans for which he demands pay ment and that his claim is not based on legal grounds. The report was ordered printed in -the journal together with the steno graphic copy of the volumnious t.esti .mony upon which it is based. .The report is signed by the mem -bers of the investigating committee: L. M. Gasque, chairman; R. H. Bel ser, secretary; J. Rt. Conner; J. H. Miller and J. W. Boyd. The findings of the commitee, ap pended to a review of the testimony -and the authority under which the in vestigation was conducted, are given below: -"(1). That the members of the committee on State house and grounds who atte: ded an' of t a mieeting conducted .the important matters with which they were entrusted with an absolute disregard of all methods of business procedure and without any effort 't keep any proper record of their proceedings; and the lack of .such records is a serious handicap Ito any proper determination of the is sues involved. - Verbal Authority. [~ "(2). That the chairman of the committee on State house and grounds proceeded in this matter without ob taining any written authority from the governor, and that whatever ver bal authority he received was never transmitted to the committee as a - iwhole; and that, acting under this - verbal authority from the governor, ! the chairman, with the sub-committee appointed by him, carelessly exceed - ed that authority in engaging an arF t chitect to prepare and presnt plans and specificatiorfs not contemplated under the resolution from which he , received his authority. "(3). That Mr. Todd entered upon - ithe preparation for the plans for the enlarged State house,, and that the major part of the plans and specifi e cations were prepared by Mr. Todd without any proper authority being -given the committee to engage his services for any purj >se, under the concurrent resolution passed at the last session of the legislature; and - that the plans and specifications as prepared and presented to the meet f ing of the committee on Septemiber' 27th, 1911, were never cont.emplatelI Sby the general assembly at the time of the passage of the resolution or f by the committee on State house and grounds at the time of the appoint - ment of the subcommittee. -Governor's Connection. - I"(4). That the only connection the~ - governor had with this matter, either - before or after his letter of authority t to the chairman on July 26, 1911, and 1 the alleged verba.l authority to Mr. Bryan during the 1911 session of the legilaue+ was at the meeting in his (office on September 27, 1911, at which'* meeting the gojern'or was pres;nt * most of the time but took no material * part in the conferenr e and discussions * other than to state that Mr. Todd's * plans were beautiful and if the legis lature would pass ^ bill authcrizing such improvements he w..Iid be ghd mi to sign the bill, and to comment on da what he considered to be an exorbi- br tant expenditure av the committee in appropriating $1,000 for Mr. Todd's 'educational campaign.' There is some testimony showing that the subject matter of the contract to be entered into between the subcommittee and m Mr. Todd was discussed at the meet- ne ing, but the written contract entered into between these parties was not prepared or entered into in his office or in his presence, and that the actual preparing and signing of the contract ev did not take place until some time' after the meeting of the 27th of Sep- in co tember." LAYMEN END MEETING. South Carolinalans Re-elected Offi cers of Lutheran Convention. With the re-election of the former m officers and the adoption of resolu- 8 tions committing the Lutheran church of America as a force in the work of evangelizing the world, the Laymen's Missionary convention of that denomi nation, which was in session at Salis bury for three days, adjourned. The keynote of the final sessions was the need of men to carry the mes sage of the Gospel to every centre of I the earth. The solution of the finan cial feature of the problem was em bodied in a resolution by Dr. Geo. B. Cromer, which carried unanimously, levying an assessment of $2.50 per wi capita on every member of the Luth1 in eran church for missions. ev The officers are: Geo. B. Cromer, of af Newberry, S. C., chairman; W. P. Houseal, of Coluribia, S. C., recording secretay, and;Kenneth Bake. of Green 'wood, S. C., treasurer. u Dr. O. B. Mayer was reelected a rr.;mber of the executive committee. m In a delightful address, Mr. A. H.,1 Kohn, of Columbia, S. C., impressed "Respons'ibility of Lutheran Church ,to the Unchurched Masses of Ameri- S ca." This was an earnest appeal for missionary activity at home. Rev. W. C. Schaeffer, Jr., of Atlanta, Ga., was the next speaker, and he very force- tr fully brought out the "Reflex Influ- 1o ence of Missions." The church that le: is heartily in accord with the mis- m' sionary idea and filled with the mis- yo sion spirit grows and prospers. th Asthma! Asthma!n POP HAM'S ASTHMA REMEDY B gives instant relief and an absolute cure1 by~ Iin alcases of Asthma, Bronchitis, and Ine Hay Fever. Sold by* druggists ; mail on kia receipt of price $x.oo. Trial Package by mail 10 cents. m4 WILLIAMS MFG. CO.. Prop.., Cleveland, Ohio c NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT AND KEETING OF CREDITORS. Notice is hereby given that Mrs' N i Emma V. Hair, on February 14th, N 1912, made an assignment to me forN the benefit of her crdtor\e. There will 'be a meeting of the cr editors of l the said party in my office on Friday, February 23rd, 1912. at 11 o'clock a. mn., for the purpo,se of electing an t agent for creditors and transacting a any other business that may properl3 br Icome before said meeting. J. B. Hunter, ce As As.wng~ee of Mrs. Erama V. Hair. NI I2-16-2t. S SA LE UN'DER CHATTEL MORTGAGE a By virtue of the power given in a chattel mortgage, executed by W. V. Bledsoe to J. B. Bledsoe, H. 0. Long and B. M. Havird, dated the 27th day of February, 1911, and recorded on ,the 28th day of February, 1911, in the office of the Clerk of Court of New- o berry County, South Carolina, the e conditions of which said mortgage have been broken, the undersigned, as agent for the mortgagees, will sell a at the store of W. V. Bledsoe, at Sil- di verstreet, Newberry County, SouthL Carolina, on Friday the 1st day of March, 1912, at 10 o'clock, in the fore-b noon, all the stock of goods, wares, te and merchandise of the said W. V' th Bledsoe contained in the said store th house, consisting of dry goods, shoes, ti< clothing, hardware, crockery ware, etc., the invoice price of said stock dE of goods amounting to $1,395.19, and Ithe inventory thereof can be seen by calling on the undersigned, at his of fice, at Newb>erry, S. C. Also the fixtures belonging to the said W. V. Bledsoe, contained in said h< store, consisting of show cases, oil of tank, scales, iron safe, etc. tb Terms of sale, cash. at Cannon G. Blease, el Agent of Mortgagees. s Dated, .February, 15, 1912, .Newb.er ry, South Carolina. 2-16.t+ 16&R 27Z. * ** **** ** **** ** ? * - LODGE DIRECTORY. * * *************** * A Woodmen of the World. Maple Camp, No. 437, W. 0. W., sets every first and third Wednes y evening at 7.45 o'clock. Visiting 3 ethren are cordially welcome. D. D. Darby, T. Burton, Clerk. I C. C. th Newberry Camp, No. 542, W. 0. W., pa ets every second and fourth Wed- th sday night in Klettner's Hall, at 8 lock. tic Amity Lodge, No. 87, A. F. 1t. Amity Lodge. No. 87, A. F. M., meets 20 e:ry first Monday night at 8 o'clock masonic Hall. Visiting brethren rdially invited. 2 Geo. S. Mower. J. W. Earhardt, W. M. in Secretary. Vi at Signet Chapter, No. 18, B. A. I. $1 Signet Chapter, No. 18, R. A. M., sets every second Monday night at ,'clock in Masonic Hall. lo, Fred. H. Dominick, re Harry W. Dominick, E. H. P. Secretary. et Bergell Tribe, No. 24, I. 0. B. I. Cr Bergell Tribe, No. 24, I. 0. R. M., mi sets every Thursday night at 8 al :lock at Klettner's Hall. C. 0. Klettner, C. R. J. E. Franklin, Sachem. Lakota Tribe, No. 79, I. 0. R. M., 11 meet at Jalapa Wednesday even- -" ,, January 17, at 7.30 p. m., and ery second Wednesday night there- is .er. Wim. C. Sligh, te J. Wm. Folk, Sachem. ch Chief of Records. cb w: teechee Council, No. 1, D. of P., bt L 0. R. M. re Cateechee Council, No. 4, D. of P., Wl bets every other Tuesday night at 8 sa DON'T DELAY. ha hE $1 me Newberry People Have Learned PE That Neglect Is Dangerous. ... The slightest symptom of kidney' >ble is far too serious to be over >ked. It's the small, neglected trou Sthat lead to serious kidney ail- at mts. That pain in the "small" of to u.r back; that urinary irregularity; ,pe se headaches and dizzy spells; that ak, weary, worn-out feeling, may be ture's warning of dropsy, or fatal ight's disease. Why risk your life Ja ncglect;ng these symptoms? Reach ys at once with a tried and proven ney reLnedy. No need to experi mt-Doan's Kidney Pills have been ring kidney trouble for over 75 ars. Doan's Kidniey Pills are used d recommended t.hroughout the elvi Ja ed world. Endorsed at boine. Reed werry testimony. ar John W. Reagin, 2015 Elea'ior street, werry, S. C., says: "I can strong recommend Doan's Kidney Pills and 3.dvise their use in all cases of kid y trouble. My back was weak and ere were pains through my .loins td kidneys. Doan's Kidney Pills af ought me entire relief." ce For saJe by all dealers. Price 50 fi nts. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, th >w York, sole agents for the United ates-.e Remember the name-Doan's--anid ga te nIo other. co ATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY- to By Frank M. Schumpert, Esquire,, obate Judge. jn WHEREAS, George D. F. Lyles hath 3de suit to me to grant him letters administration of the estate of and1 ~ects of Carrie Lyles,I TSE ARE THEREFORE to cite I d admonish all and singular the kin- 1a ed and creditors of the said Carrie Ifr les, deceased, that they be and ap ar before me, in the Court of Pro- bE .te, to be held at Newberry, S. C., tthe 15th day of February, next at r publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in e forenoon, to show cause, ifan ey have, why the said administra-If m should not be granted. GIVEN under my hand, this 2thlt y of January, Anno Dominii, 1912. m Frank ML. Schumpert, J. P. N.C. ct NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING. er The annual meeting of the stock- pl lders of the People's National Bank, tb Prosperity, S. C., will be held at mn e bank on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 1912, bI 1 o'clock p. mn., at which time the p ction of directors will be held, and ,ch other business transacted as ay come befQre the .meeting. tr R. Tr. PUGH, [LANTIC COAST LINE R. R. CO., Passenger Traffic Department. LRDI GRAS, New Orleans, La., Me. bile, Ala., and Pensacola, Fla. On account of the above occasian Atlantic Coast Line Railroad coin ny offers special reduced rates to a respective points: Selling Dates: .February 13 to 19, "lusive, for trains arriving destia "n not later than midnight, February Limited: Reach original st4rftng int not later than midnight March unless limit extended to March 18, ,lusive, by personal deposit tichet th Joseph Richardson, special agent, destination, and payment fee of .00. Stop-Oveis: Stop-overs will be ail red at regular stop-over points es :1uest. For rates, sehedules, reservatis,. ., see local agent, or address W.. aig, Passenger Traffic Manager, WlT ngton, N. C., or T. C. White, genar Passenger Agent, Wilmington, N. ' J A Fierce Night Alarm. the h&oarse, startling cough of: ild, suddenly attacked by croup. 1 it aroused Lewis Chamblin, Qf Man ester, 0., (R. F. D. 2) for thei four ildren, were greatly subject to croup. ometimes In severe attacks," he rote, "we were afraid they would die, .t since we proved what a certain medy Dr. King's New Discovery is, a have no fear. We rely on it for oup and for coughs, colds or any roat or lung trouble." So do thou nds of others. So may you. Asthma,. y fever, la grippe, whooping cough, morriages fly betore it. 50c. and .00. Trial bottle free. Sold by W. E. ilham & Son. SESSMENT OF PERSONAL PROP-. EETY FOR FISCAL YEAR 1012. I, or an authorized agent, will be the following places named below r' the purpose of taking returns of rsonal property for fiscal year 1912: N'ewberry, January 1 to 9, Inclusive. Kinard, Wednesday, January 10. Whitmire, Thursday and Friday, nuary 11 and.12. Jolly Street, Monday, January 15. Pomaria, Tuesday, January 16. Walton, Wednesday, Januiary 17. Glymphville, Thursday, January 1't. Maybinton; Friday, January 19. Prosperity, Monday and Tuacday, nuary 22 ad 23. Little Mountain, Wednesday, J'arnu O'Neall, Thursday, January 25. St. Lukes, Friday, January 26. Longshores, Monday, January 29. Silverstreet, Tuesday, January 30. Chappells, Wednesday, January 31. And at Newberry until February 20, ter which date a penalty of 50 per nt. will be added against all persons, ms or corporations failing to mabe air returns. The law requires a tax to be charg on all moneys, notes and inort ges, also an income tax on gross in mes in excess of $2,500. There shall be a capitation tax of ty cents on all dogs, the proceeds be expended for school purposes. >gs not returned for taxation shall ~t be considered as property In any the courts of this State. Al! male persons between the ages 21 and 60 years are liable to pay 11 tax, except Confederate soldiers, those persons incapable of earning support fromn being maimed or :>m any other cause.4 Nothing but personal property Is to assessed this year, but all persons 1o have bought or sold any real em te since last return are required to ite such transfers on their returns r 1912. All property must be assessed "at true value," which Is construed to ean "the sum of money for which .ch property, under ordinary cir imstances, would sell for cash." Please do not ask that your prop ty be taken from the auditor's du icate the same as last return,,for e law requires that all property ust be listed on regular tax return asnks and signed and sworn to by ~rson listing same. Newberry, S. C. Name of township and school dis- A !ct must be given on every return. EUG. S. WERTS, Audito Newberry Count~