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COTTON BOND BILL House Jud/c/ary Committee Reports it to Be a \ull/ty?House Adopts Report?Leg/slatiire Adjourns. News and Courier. Columbir, Nov. 3.?At 1:30 o'clock ir.::is morning the South Carolina legrj VV\ rvrl c-i n a /I i \\* 1 t V* HI 1 t islamic aujuuuicu oiut un,, .. ivv^v taking further action regarding the bond bill. ** Columbia, Nov. 2.?The bond question is now hopelessly wrapped up in technicalities. An issue involving five or six times the present indebtedness of the State is in such uncertain and mixed up shape that 12 hours before the ballot boxes are to open no halifdozen good lawyers agree on what to do. Will the act be operative at the general election tomorrow? Some say it cannot be; some who contend that it may be so construed by t'.ie courts are likely to vote and thus cause more confusion. The tickets on the bond question were ordered by foe senate sent to the commissioners of election. Tie secretary of state thought it sa/er and better to send them to the clerks of court of the various counties, and the ballots are now in their hands. What are the clerks of court, who are under bond, to do with tee ballots? Some may distribute t^iem and others may keep them in their possession until they are formally advised to distribute. Judfc/ary Committee Reports. The touse judiciary committee, after careful study, holds that the cotton bond bill is a nullity because it does not become the law until midnight Tuesday, many hours after the election is over with. The report was prepared by three of' the best equipped lawyers of the State. It is concise and reads: "The committee on judiciary, to whom was referred message No. 21 of his excellency, the governor, as to the time when t;:e act referred to will become law without the governor's ?ipnnatnrp hp? fr> rp.nort: "First. That the constitutional provision reads as follows: 'Hi a bill or joint resolution shall not be returned by the governor within three days after it shall have been presented to him, Sunday excepted, it shall have the same force and effect as if he had signeti it, unless tie general assembly, by adjournment, present its return, in w/.ich case it shall have sucpn force and effect unless returned within two days after the next meeting.' Computation of T/me. "Second. That in the opinion of this committee the computation of time in lvl Ka m o rl n aY/^I limine UlliLO laoc o-iiuuiu uiaug WJ the day on which the act was presented to the governor. This being so, Friday is excluded, and tv.e t."ree dayswill not be completed until midnight Tuesday, November 3, 1914. This is in accord with t':e opinion of our own supreme court in thf case of Corwin vs Comptroller General, 6 S. C., 390. "The language of the court is as follows: *T( at the three days wit1 in which the governor is to return a bill with his objection is to be computed by excluding the day in whicSi' tiie bill is transmitted to him.' "In tbat case t':e bill was trins*'j * * i-t- - mi U ^ ? miuea to tne governor on luursuay and it was held that he could return it up to midnight ol' Monday night, and, that failing to do so it became law at midnight of Monday night, the general assembly being still in session. In Tli/s Instance. "In this instance, the bill was transmitted to the governor on Friday, October 30, and by the same calculation will not become law until midnig'ht Tuesday nig:':it, unless signed by the governor or returned with his objec tions without signing and passed over his veto. However, if the general assembly adjourns before Tuesday night it will not become Law without the governor's signature until the second day of the next regular session. ''Respectfully submitted, ''Arnolus Vander Horst, "W. F. Stevenson, "Geo. S. Mower, r or tn? committee. ; The report "was adopted by the "house and ordered spread on the house journal. Hhis, however, will not prevent folks voting the tickets sent out by direction of t~e senate with no statute for the election. If the ballots are counted more trouble' willl ensue, j It is agreed that the cotton bond bill act has vaporized from a legislative viewpoint. Honse Adjourns. After the judiciary committee report was adopted Mr. Stevenson offered a concurrent resolution fixing 12:05 a. m. Tuesday as the hour for adjournment sine die. Coming from Mr. Stevenson, the manager of the bond measure, the adjournment resolution was promptly adopted. It then went to J the senate, but at the hour fixed by the house the senate was receding from business to make a new legis- < lative day. 11 Goveronr Blease appeared on the ? floor of t':.e senate and joked with the senators and told them that the bond hill was sa' ely resting in his safe and was in no way worthless, but perhaps historic document as it could not beccir.e law until Wednesday morning, one minute after midnight, and the polls will have been closed. T.ie governor cited the decision in the 6th . South Carolina and said there was another of similar purport in a sub ' sequent volume. Adjournment sine die wiM be had some time during the "small hours" of Monday night. House Follows Senate. The house followed the suggestion of the senate by undertaking to make a new legislative day of thirty minutes. Over on the senate side Senator Cli ton made the suggestion so as to get a third legislative day. On t'he house side the house adjourned to meet ait 12:15 a. m., and' then start a nev legislative day. The idea is to have the half-hour day count as a legislative day and operate as the o Tr f V? n f A /%/v+f An V\ av\ "Ki 11 U.CLJ HI ai V.UHUU UUilU Ulil will have been held' hy the governor. The judiciary committee of the house considered t'iiis and reported that the act could not become effective until Wednesday morning, one minute after midnight Tuesday. In the case quoted it is specifically held that the calendar days are to be counted and the days of the week are counted. The South* Carolina cs.se quotes decisions from other States, and one from Mississippi where it was held t'hat a day was 24 hours and nothing more nor less. Ail j of this, however, is all the more con; fusing. Stevenson's \ietvs. | 'Mr. W. F. Stevenson, the recognized leader of the cotton bond advocates in the house, regards the "jig" as being "up'' in the matter of legally holding the election. He thinks the constitutional "holding of the act has eJi fectually killed the elgislation. ; Mr. Stevenson said last night that : the constitution gave the governor three days to consider the bond issue act from its receipt by him. exclusive of Sunday. The exclusion of Sunday established the fact that it is tinree cal: endar days and not legislative days | that is meant ,as it was never contemplated that Sunday should a legislative day, and it would have been excluded without specifying it ii* legislfl+.iiYP rlciv ihd'on mount i fore, from the time of the receipt of tiie bill on Friday, at a little after 10 o'clock, the governor had until at least the same hour on Tuesday to return the bill. "The only question in my mind," said Mr. Stevenson, "is whether he has until the same hour Tuesday at w'jfch he received the bill or whether he has the entire day of Tuesday, under the rule laid down in the code, that you exclude the first day in making the r>!)il|pii']atirtn Tn oitVior* ovonf imloco +iv a v/i**v M All Vl'V"Vi V/ T VUW) UiiiV-OO l>?- V bill is returned, or signed on Monday night, it is impossible for it to become a law, because tie referendum must be held and all of the voters must have the opportunity to vote on it, and if it became law at 10 o'clock Tuesday, 25 per cent oU the time for voting will have expired, and it is presumed "Jiat 25 per cent of the voters will nave seen about their votes, and votes cast for or against the bonds beifove the statute becomes law would be a nullity, of course." Mr. Kibler, in the course of the evening, moved that the bond issue message be ref erred to the judiciary committee wilth a request for a written opinion as to the status of the cotton bond act. j Governor's Attitude. Here is an epitome of the attitude of Governor Blease in his special mes sage to the general assembly, expressing his attitude on the cotton bond act: j If I felt that my action would be ; final it may be that, holding the con victions I have that this is t:e most i dangerous act of legislation that has ' ever been presented to the people fcf ] South Carolina, I wouLd unhesitatingly i give my executive disapproval of the act But the people, whose wishes I 1 hiajve always sought to ohey, and i whose welfare I have always endeav- j rvrpri rare for anH nmmnto Viovo < the decision with, taem as to whether < it shall become a law. I am so ap- < pre'hensive of the dire disaster which < may come to the credit oiJ the State < by incurring such a fearful amount 1 of indebtedness for such a small State i as South Carolina, and which, per- s haps, and in all probability, in my 1 view of it, will not give any relie: j to the poor farmers of our State, nor I sufficiently protect the large planting ? interests of many of our citizens, and < so fearful of woful consequences as 1 may arise to our people at large, that I i uesiLaie ii> assume any responsiDH- ? ity for this measure. |2 Hesitant and Doubtful. t "But I became hesitant and doubtful t before the situation which my disap- ? proval d' this act may produce, and I v\Jhich. so many off our representatives t and our farmers think would meet the I ?mergency which tlhey now face, and s that it is for their benefit and wel- r :are." t The governor thinks he has "put it u*p'' to the general assembly, while the general assembly thinks it has "put it. up" to the governor. So there you are. Of one V. ing there can be no question : Th' -e r.as been no official ai ver'ising on the cotton bond question, and when the \oters go to the ballotbox tomorrow t ey will not know "where they are at.'' Xo one here knows. Some say an election will be all right, while most contend that the act, in the governor's safe?-where he is keeping it under lock and key?is as dead as a Cape Cod mackerel in brine. So t'l:ere you are. Governor Blease, in his message to iiie geneiai aabciii ui *, utsuuig v\ u v iit? has held t:e cotton bond act, has this to say: Governor's Message. I i Gentlemen of the general assembly: On account of the extraordinary occasion which had occurred in our State 1 felt it incumbent upon me, for the welfare of the planting interests in South Carolina and all classes of our citizenship, to convene t'::e general assembly in extra session to pass sucTt laws as in your good judgment would be necessary and proper for the relief oi' the citizenship of our State. When your body met. in accordance with my proclamation, I tad the honor to communicate to you suggestions with regard to certain measures which itseemed to me would, to a great extent, relieve our people from the distressing condition into which they had fallen on account of the 'iall in the markets 'of their staple product and their in ability to find the necessary funds wherewitih to meet the demands thai were made upon them, as well as t':e consequences which would befall our people for some time and until the foreign markets couM again be open to mem ana me reaajusLmeni or aifairs made whicth had been produced by tfce fearful and deplorable war then and now raging in Europe and upon the seas. You have now been in session for nearly four weeks. To a great extent the measures that I recommended have not met with your approbation and it is now too late for them to receive adequate consideration or to pass in any substantial form to our statute books as laws olf tibe | State. T am nnff hniwPVPT in rAP.Afnfr frnm your body, and -which you have rati-j fied, an act entitled "an act to authorlze the issuing of thirty-five million (35,000,000) dollars in 5 per cent cou- i pon bonds of the State, to be known as South Carolina cotton bonds, and to suLimilt ;Le question of the issuing of the same to the electors at the next general election, and" to provide for the payment of interest and t'neir re- i tiramemt, and to prescribe tne terms and manner of issuing and delivery of the same.'1 I am bound to officially accredit the mem'bers of your body with ha'viing passed this act in t:.e best of good ilaith and patriotism, and that you have brought to its discussion and its consideration tfoe very best thought and the most earnest desire to give relief from t':>e distressing con ditions which, surround our people. The act is now ba ore me for executive action, and I have endeavored to give to it all the consideration of which I am capable in this time o? i dire necessity to our people. It has brought to me great embarrassment and hours of most harassing anxiety in endeavoring to reach a conclusion as to what is my dulty and wfcat is good for my people and State. ; 'With regard to the act I have grave a r> connnc /I c? o o + r\ V+ ciiiu. ocnuuo uu uu'io ao tu v> i.^uici xi meets with the requirements of our constitution. Upon this point, however, I feel compelled to forbear placing my opinion as to such question, which certainly presents some reasonable dou<bt, before t'he express wish of the representatives of the people in such a State of affairs as tas arisen, j The courts constituted for the purpose oi' deciding these questions must decide this question. If I were absolutely satisfied that tbe constitution" which in .my oath of office I obligated , myself to support and respect, forbids i it, I would, under the solemnity of, such oath, unhesitatingly disapprove1 < this act. I am impressed with the ; conviction that it is not fair to ourjl citizens that tl^ey should be called up- :J :>n to vote upon such a measure as | ,.jis upon sucn inadequate notice?in ; 'act, without discussion among them : generally or knowledge of its mam ' 'eatures. At this late day it seems to me im- | ?ossiible for them to give the due con- < sideration and free consent which the < constitution intended if not enjoined. !< 3ere again the representatives of tfhe ] >eople, however, have seen fit in the < exercise o|f their legislaticve wisdom 1 ind in accordance witft their duty as (< .uey vviisiuer u, y<isseu nnu rai ris i ;his act, which they by such action ! ire convinced is for the good of the | >eople, and asked that it be submit- ^ ed to them. That the act has been t >assed so hastily as to time, and that1 uch inadequate, if not actual lack o? lotice, has occurred, may and should 1 >e a good reason w1h<y the voter should 1 NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that the undersigned cs Executes of t:.e last will tand testment of C. Hartman, deceased, will make final settlement on the Estate of said deceased in the probate court for Newberry county on November 7. 1914, at 11 o'clock in the ! :orenoon. All persons holding claims | against said Estate will present same, j duly attested, before that date and all j persons indebted to said Estate will make payment. Ben. S. George, M. G. Shealy. Executors. October 5, 1914. i izniuntsi th s fiLLo THE DIAMOND BRAND. a ff Lfl'Ilcs! Ask your Ifrugglrt for A\ | W^U Chl-chciuter s Diamond iJrand/i^X ?!?S^ IMlls in Red and Gold ntetallic^^^/ boxes, sealed with Blue Ribbon. \/ IHM Tnke no other. Buy of your * flf DrucirMt. AskforCllI-CIIES-TER 8 J? DIAMOND KRAND PILLS, for 25 JZ years known as Best, Safest, Always Reliable r SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE i NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT i | 'Notice is hereby given ihac the undersigned as executors of the last will and testament of Alfred Denson, de- j ceased', will make final settlement I on t-e estate o? said deceased in the Prcbate Court for Newberry county on Monday, November 30, 1914, at 11 o'clock in tfc-e forenoon, and immediately thereafter apply for letters dismissor.y as such executors. James Denson, Tr* K T~\ m r% m J11U. A. i-'CiiSUU, Columbia D.- Denson, Executors. i October 30, 1914. 4t. WEAK, WEARY WOMEN LearD the Cause of Daily Woes an.l End Them. When the back aches and throbs. Whon nnncon'nrl- io tlrtnra | IT AAV^JLJ. UUU^^/ " WJL ik. J. O bVl bU> . ! When night brings n) rest nor sleep, j Wfaen urinary disoraers set in. Women's loi is z weary one. Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak kidneys. Have proved their worth in thousands of cases. Read this Greenwood woman's testimony. Mrs. Mary A. Griffin, 225 Sygert St., Greenwood, S. C., says: "I had kidney trouble for years. It began with paiDs in the small of my back and I felt dull and languid. Having-been told tha Doan's Kidney Fills were a good remedy for such complain:s, I used them. I now feel much better in every way. It gives me pleasure to confirm my former endorsement'of Doao's Kidney Pills." Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mrs Griffin had. Fos'er Milburn Co.. Props., Buffalo, N. Y. For Weakness and Loss of Appetite The Old Standard general strengthening: tonic GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives on Mal-ria and builds up the system. A true ton-" onH ?ur'? AT,r?'t:'"'r ?n<J children. 50 TAX NOTICE. County Treasurer's office. The books for the collection of State and county tax will be open from. October 15th to December 31st. 1914. Those who prefer to do so can pay in January, 1915, with ? per cent; those who prefer to pay in February, 1915, can do so by adding 2 per cent; those who prefer paying from March 1st to March 15, 1915, can do so by adding 7 per cent; after March 15, 1915, the boots will be closed. in. a. -Taxpayers owning property in more than one township or special school district will please inform me when paying or writing for the amount of Ms or her tax. This is very impor tant, there being so many specia1 sd'/.ool districts. Those who wish to pay by the 31st of December, 1914, and do not care to come to the office, will please write for the amount not later than December 25, 1914. After that time I am too uus,y lu auswei leuueia ?ji uui.?/cijr. In sending stamps, nothing above a 2 cent stamp should be sent, as I sannot use them. * If money is sent, it would be best to register same; if sent otherwise, it t: must be at sender's risk. b By referring to your tax receipts of L913, you will know the township and special scnooi district, or Dotn, in ^ ?\'hicli your property is located. N T-e levy for 1914 is as follows: N Mills N State '6 N Ordinary 'County 3*? n Court House Vz N Road and Bridge Note V* N Ordinary County Note % N Roads and Bridges 1 N Constitutional School Tax 3 N N Total i*r2i;\ Except the following localities,' N vhere an additional railroad tax has X )een levied: N Mills ' X Township No. 1 l^ 'X rownship No. 8 3 N "ownship No. 9 2 !n 9 For years we have been stating country that a great many womei erations by taking Lydia E. Pi pound, and it is true. We are permitted to publisl extracts from the letters of five recently received unsolicited, more convincing? ^ TTatvitvw Afp.?"T hnri mins in b I could scarcely straighten up at was so nervous I could not sleep, and any better until I submitted to an operj Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compo woman."?3Irs. IIayward Sowers, IIo 2 Charlotte, N. C.?"I was in ba pains in both sides and was ver -rrrV>i/%Vi fViQ ooirl u'oo o rnmnr jiTlf VV IlIOIl UUUWVl OUJ.U ?? uu I had an operation. A friend advise* ham's Vegetable Compound, and I glad fine health."?Mrs. Rosa Sims, 16 Win( 3 Hanover, Pa.? " The doctor advif husband got me Lydia E. Pinkhan experienced great relief in a short time, and can do a hard day's work and n( 196 Stock St., Hanover, Pa. A Decatur, III.?"I was sick in Ix cians said I would have to be take ation as I had something growing in i mit to the operation and took Lydia pound?and it worked a miracle in m; what it has done for me."?Mrs. Laub. William Street, Decatur, 111. 5 Cleveland, Oiiio.?"I was very i my side pained me so that I expe eration. doctors said tney Knew 01 would help me. I took Lydia E. Pinl; table Compound and I became regu from pain. I am thankful for such i cine and will always give it the highe Mrs. C. II. Griffith, 7305 Madison Av., to LYDIA E.PINKHAM TO (CONFIDENTIAL) LYNN, MASS "onr letter will be opened, read an r a. woman and held in strict confi 1 t if ? Mf: J. is past. I Cole's HotBl tallows no sm< into the roori you. Burns soft coal, hard coal 01 4 See the name "Cole's" on the feed dot of each stove. None genuine without m. t -l IMewberry I Hardware Co. And except the following school dis- N< 1 ricts, where special school tax has No. II een levied: No. 1 ' Mills No- 1 io. 1, Newberry 6 No. 2: :o. 5, McCullough : 2 No. 3: :o. 9, Deadfall 2 No. 4; 'o. 10, Utopia 1 N'?- 4j 'o. 14, Prosperity 6^4 No. 5 ;o. 15, Saluda 2 A. i :o. 20, Big Creek 2 levied ~ , n tVio a o. lid, romaria..- < ~ i'o. 30, Little Mountain 10 those to. 33, Jolly Street 4 A t o. 34, St. Pauls ..2 all d< o. 35, Excelsior 2 Per o. 39, Chappells 4 a con o. 41, Dominicks 2 15th ( o. 45, Trinity 4 of De o. 48, Jalapa 4 All o. 52, Whitmire 5 have 1 o. 56, Zion 4 see tl: o. 58, Silverstreet 6 piece o. 11, Hartford 2 o. 12, Johnstone 2 I si I in the newspapers of the jgB i have escaped serious op- ^Bp nkham's Vegetable Com- Wp 1 in this announcement fill women. All have been % Could any evidence be 1 oth sides and such a soreness times. My back ached and IS I thought I never would be \ ition, but I commenced taking und and soon felt like a new 1 | dgdon, Me. WH ,d health for two years, with Sg y nervous. I had a growth W 11 never would get well unless * i me to take Lydia E. Pink- 1 ly say that I am now enjoying J >na St., Charlotte, N. C. \ | ?ed a severe operation, but my I l's Vegetable Compound and I A , Kow I feel like a new person 1 if. mind it."?Mrs. Ada Wilt, 1 id and three of the best physi- A in. to the hospital for an operny left side. I refused to sub- tf||l E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- mp| case, and I tell other women a. A. Geisvold, 2300 Blk. East ill rregular and for several years ^ cted to have to undergo an opnothing that jham's Vege- ( lor ann frpp III V ^^^umSIvIVV i good medi- Off fT sst praise."? 7/ . j Cleveland, 0. I I v* 1/ 11 | I [EDICIffECO. fA /J) J for advice. \\)\ W d answered dence. ^mlab~pinm?34^ \ffousewi/es j4 7ream w SMOKE, NO DIRT mmmmmmammmmmammmmmm ig up the dust nd the turkey ? their day i Original j last Heater l Dke or gas to escape | J no soot or ashes, ^ ? 's made that way. \ ' % \ i of its virtues. It has Come in and let us lem. no other stove will suit . A wuuu, MtfBllfl mm 1 3, St. Lukes 4 ^ 3, O'Neall 2 ^ ? 8, Fairview 2 \ | 9, Swilton 4 \J 2, St. Philips 4 V I, Wheeland 2 I, East River 2 I, Smyrna 4 | 9, Pressley 2 | joll tax of One Dollar has been 1 on all male citizens between ges of 21 and 60 years, except Wjj exempt by law. ax of 50 cents each is levied on sons liable to road duty may pay * lmutation tax of $2.00 from the )f October, 1914, to the 31st day cember, 1914. iSfffl taxpayers remember all taxes Mj$m )een listed separately, and please tat you have a receipt for each flHH of property so listed. mOjum^ Jno. L. Epps, MHHR County Treasurer, <C\ MMmm