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LIII, MTIBEE i:>. JiEWBERBf, S. 0? FRIDAY, MARCH 23, TW1C1 t WIIE, ILM A T1JJL ^SECRFTORGANIZATION AMONG THE PLANTERS PERSISTENT RUMORS AFLOAT THAT THERE IS. j t> ~ An Interview In Regard to Mistakes In Acts By the Recent Legislature. (By John K. Aull.) Special to The Herald and News. . Columbia, $aroh 22.?For some several weeks there have been persistent' rumors of a secret organization among M:e farmers of South Carolina. This I correspondent was on a trip. tnrougn W Kershaw and Lee counties recently, j and heard considerable talk along thjis line. On the same trip was Mr. O. E. j Crowson, editor of the Winnsboro j Sews and Herald. In writing of tee matter he says: ?uo^.rrkco a cinp-jilMr condition : f? C iau wv* vwv ? | of affairs in Lee county, during our } visit there. We do not know how gen- j eral it is in the State, but, ifrom in- 1 inquiries, we are disposed to tbink that j the movement is more general than j might be supposed. We regard it as ) the outcome of the unusual financial : conditions which have obtained in this , country, and of the agitation for the 1 relief of the farmers. T':e meeting in ' Lee county was under the auspices of k the Farmers' union, but we heard of I a secret organization that is said to | contain in that county at least 700 j f . members, called the farmers' associa- j P tion. The initiation fees and dues are very small, and, from -tee inquiries Which we made, it seems to be not in opposition to the Farmers' union, but a closer organization for tree purpose; of getting the farmers to act together,1 i not only financially, but politically. j f "We could not get much information on the subject, as everybody seemed to be so close-mouthed, but that there is in process of formation such an organization as f at in South Carolina can not be doubted, because we re ceived the information direct irom sev-, eral who attended fc':e meeting on Fri day." f I fek Ti^at there is some such movement on foot, there seems to be no doubt. W but, as Mr. Crowson says, it is hard B to get any definite information in resard to it. j ' ^ Legislative Mistakes. In reference to mistakes made in ^^r.cts passed by the last general assembly, in regard to which there is much t discussion, a gentleman familiar with B legislative matters, tad this to say: j W ''When a member of the general as-! sembly desires to have a bill drawn.1 he outlines it to a solicitor. fThe so- j licitor draws it in the rougj'j and ' t "hnn/lc it trw a vonn'? lailv in thp f>n- 1 f ? * ?" ?" ? grossing department, who copies the bill. The solicitor t'.:en reads it and marks on it. "correct," and signs his I name. The bill then goes into the > licuse or senate, and takes its usual course, and passed by bot^. houses, v:ith or without amendments, goes back | tinto the engrossing department and is enrolled for ratification. The solicitor fc:en takes it and reads it over ! with the clerk or some one else, an-1 ! puts on the back of it the following: ! "Read and found correct and properly enrolled for ratification." The bill then goes back to the >':cuse in which it originated and is placed in the hands of the committee on enrolled acts. Th-> j members of that committee read it and f compare it with the original, ana report it correctly enrolled and ready 'or ratification. Then it is ratified, "being signed by the speaker of the ouse and the president of the senate. Then it goes to the governor for signature, and the governor is supposed to read it. Now, when it has passed j r through all these channels, how can | the blame for a mistake be laid upon j a young lady clerk? "The following will be found on page 84, Journal of tte Senate, February 20, 1915, under the head, 'Report ? ? ?? r-> 11 _ i ? ? <rr?V ^ I kOl Lomfliuiee ua acls. mc committee on enrolled acts submits the fqHowipg as correctly enrolled knd ready for ratification: S. 58 (H. L8), Mr. Patterson: An act to amend Potions 3354, 3?55 and 33S6, Vol. 1,1 Code of Laws, 1912, relating to febe State Hospital for the Insane ?nd pro fviding a government for the same. (Signed) R. D. Epps, for committee.' Now, why shove the blame upon the young lady clerks?" concluded the gentleman talking to your correspondent. S.eriff C. J. Lyon, of Abbeville, who has received his commission as mar <? <? ?' >> 5- % <& <?> <?> <$ <? <? '? <S> <? <? WAR SUMMARY. $> ?> <? Operations of the allied fleet in the Dardanelles, interest in which has been intensified by the powerful resistance of the Turkish forts and the disaster to three of the allies' battleships, hare been delayed by unfavorable weather conditions, but it is expected they will be developed in full force as soon as warships now on the way to replace those sunk join the fleer, j 1 Sixty-four members of the crew cf the French battleship Bou^et, one of fc.-e trree that was sent to the bottom 'on March IS. were saved, taus probab- : ly about 600 men of that ship perished, i The loss on 1/ e British shv Ocean ; r.nd Irresistible is official1. anuouncecj. to have been small. Land fighting is continuous, particularly in the east. I ? Polauu the Rus- ; sihns cIh'ui to r ' v forced the Ger-; i mans back into their own territory niter the Tauroggen engagement, and they announce also the capture o:' | Memel. Elsewhere in the Carpathians and j Kastern Galicia the Russians report\ successes, and declare a =;ortby tne i Przeifcysl garrison was repulsed. Vien- j na's account cf this sortie is to the effect that strong Russian forces were encountered in an easterly direction j and that ' Russians were forced to j retire after an engagement. In France j the Germans have gained over tee! JBriti&b. in the region of St. Eloi, an'I report also they have repulsed French attacks in Champagne, the Argonne forest and in the 'Yasges. The French war office, on fc' e other hand, describes briefly the capture of ^-'German position in the Argonne art-; er two days' struggle. N i According to the secretary of the im- j l-erial German treasury the subscrip-i tions to the second war loan are much greater than those to t' e first. The ' two war loans amount to $3,000,000,000.! i Both British and German naval arms j are active in seizing neutral steamers, j The Germans y.ave seized two Scandi- j navian vessels in the Baltic and a I Dutch steamer in the N'orth sea. The ' British ave detained a large number cf steamers, and in'addition^nave capti:red a Spanish ship proceeding for a German port with iron ore. Xo definite news has been received regarding developments in the Italian situation with respect to the war, bur all Italian reserve officers born between 18S2 and 1887 have been recalled under the colors for a limited period. Persia has called upon Russia to V evacuate fe e province of Azerbaijan; i Northwest Persia, according to an iteni j given out by a news agency in Ber- I lin. ? N Foreign trade of France suffered a | decrease of $126400.000 a month dur-1 ing the first two months of this year,! as compared witih. the same period, in J 1Q1A o<r m ctnticnr-s nrpnarHfl j in Paris. The decrease was equally ; divided between imports and exports, j wmm The March Debate. 4The annual March debate fcetwee.i rh^ Excelsior and Phrenakosmian so-' cieties was ireld in the city opera ! ouse on Friday night before an audience that packed the house. The debate was very interesting and both societies are due credit for putting out men who can make such a creditable showing. Tt':e subject of the debate was: "Resolved, That the States of f'e American Union should adopt the initiative, referendum and recall for all elective and municipal omeers, excepting judges." The affirmative was ; upheld by the Phrenakosmian society, while the negative was represented by J j the Excelsior society. The judges, af, ter a short deliberation, announced ; treir decision in favor of the negative. Meant WelL Regular Customer?I shall want a | large quantity of flowers from you next week for my daughters coming out. Flower Woman?Yes, mum. You I snau nave u-e very oust iw cm, yv/ic dear. Wot were hse put in for?? : Punch. ?- i j: ? * ^ ^ ? T? snai ror tic^e new ieaerai msuiti, wu<ij ! went to the governor's office and tendered to Gov. (Manning his resignation as sheriff of (Abbeville county. Gov. Manning has made ro appointment as yet. It is understood7 there are several applicants for the position. / THE GALLONS-MONTH ACT MAY BE TESTED IN COI'RTS Jteported Three Columbia Lawyers) Doubt the Constitutionality of New Law. I News and Courier. Columbia March 20.?The *'gallon-a-1 mont) *' act may be tested in the courts, j according to reports around the capi- j tol this morning. It was stated that j three well-known Columbia lawyers had gone over the act and decided that it was unconstitutional in several of its provisions because the title did not i conform to the act. However, the rail- : road companies are taking no chances, 1 but are complying with t< 'e act, and ; several citizens have appealed to the j governor to inter>.ene to allow them j to get liquor which they said was or-! dered be:ore this act went into effect, j However, Gov. Manning can do noth-j ing and the recourse dissatisfied cit- j izens can resort to is to have the la\tf tested in v':e courts. There seems to be a very general ob- ; servance of t':e law, according to re- j ports received in :ColumDia rrom every county in the State. The thirsty ones j can get their gallon a month or they can, of course, get more from the dis- j pensaries, but any increase ove;- tre : gallon is attended with grave dangers, : for the officers of t':e law are keeping a sharp watch to nab violators of this j particular act. ?? Traveling Aron uu. 'Thi? npws is traveling the rounds ! of the State: The thirty-eightih an-' nual convention of the South Carolina Sunday School association will be toeld | in the city of Newberry, April 20-22.' This convention bids fair to be one of the most unique and helpful conventions ever i eld in the State. The theme of the convention is "Religious ! Education.'' The convention will be v i ' - - A 2 J ? A'ofhApino- ' cnaracierizea uy u xr ^auicitug (gether of the best educational and re- ; ligiousvtalent of the State. Newberry ! is preparing to entertain in ' er usual ] hospitable manner four hundred dele- ; sates. A number of social functions} in connection with the convention are being planned. PARKER IS VERY ILL i Condition of Former Mill President! is Critical. - i f T' e State. Columbia friends of Lewis W. Parker learn with dismay that his con- j dition, following operations performed j recently at Johns Hopkins hospital, I is sue. as to cause grave anxiety. Dr. j Finney, the celebrated surgeon, is j quoted as saying that the utmost which ! science can suggest has been done in j n-U; J ~ io s\r\ *VlO 1-noPc I r;auuuure <tnu i t? icsl h v/h iut j of the gods. Mr. Parker was until 1 0 I recently president of the Parker Cot-| ton Mills company, operating 16 cot-1 ton mills in South Carolina. Mrs. Par- j ker, formerly Miss Maggie Smith, was ! once a teao er in Columbia. She aud her husband have verv manv friends / in tl?e capital city.' i ??? ) Keassuriug >'ews at to Mr. l\irker. \ The State of Monday says: News of .Lewis \V. Parker's oondi- j tion which \vls receded in Columbia j 1 yesterday was reassuring to his friends ?1 - ? ^ ^ PA x. clo IV A I alter repons 01 tut: a-v, ( message to a Columbian from Mrs.: I Parker, dated at Baltimore yesterday, J , says: I "Lev.is sitting up today, dressed; be ; home in ten days; doctor thinks ' cured." r j Mr. Parker has undergone two opj orations recently at Johns Hopkins hospitr.l in Baltimore at the hands of t e celebrated surgeon. Dr. Finney. tA Grafton. W. Va., dispatch to the ! T>V> ; 1 O 1 r\ Vi i o Daf.nrH MV5' StT8.n HP r uiiauc'V""4 iicwi u ~ ^ _ took no chances of being arrested for violating the Yost prohibition law when he arrived it ere yesterday. As , he walked throug t':e streets, Strange wore on his hat a placard printed in Ic.rge letters which read: "I contain two pints of pure rye wnisKey ana six bottles of beer." An amendment to the law recently makes it a misdemeanor not to label in large letters containers of alco-olic liquors. He?Are you superstitious wiben IS J * i-x V? r\ foKI A Qf t"n A I persons sxi uuv.-u w wc wuic wu ; same time? I She? iWfell, not superstitious, but I am sometimes worried, if I have cook-1 ed only enouch for ten.?Woman's , , Home Companion. I MANY OVER HASH IN ASKING FOE JOBS DISAPPROVES DISRESPECT SHO|W> BEFORE OFFICI AL IS DEAD The Fact That a >fan is an Applicant is Almost Surety He Will Not Get Place. News and Courier. j Columbia, March 19.?"It is a faoi ; that in some instances when an officer died some people make applications for the vacancy before the dead man is buried." said Governor Manning tonigl't, in commenting in terms of strong disapproval on what is called by some lack of proper respect whioa j seme office-seekers exhibit in their \ easrerners to obtain office. The gov- i ernor's displeasure has been aroused . over this in more than one instance, and he is shocked at those guilty of such conduct. . The flood of applicants for county offices w';ich are vacant, or which there is ground to believe will become vacant, continues unabated. Several . liar, e applied for appointment as! sheriff of Kershaw county, supposedly j because of t'~ publication of the order ! of the governor for Sheriff Huckabee ! to show cause wi' y he should not be j removed from office because of alleged : failure to en orce the liquor laws, j Fifteen applications have come in for,j the office of coroner of Greenville : county, but upon inquiring into this matter it was found that the Green- 1 1 ville coroner is still telle and hearty. J He is reported, however, to have gotten into some trouble, and possibly j his fifteen fellow citizens fr'ought there ! would be a vacancy in the cffice. A | great many are applying for the of- j fice of sheriff of Abbeville county since I Sheriff Lyon has been named United States marshal for t' e western district of South Carolina. Let Ojlice Seek Man. It is very plain that when it comes j to making appointments Gov. Richard ; I. Manning is following t> e rule of j making t e office hunt the man. In j ciher words, there is no use to "ap]'1\" for a positi^ii, for the very fact t at one is an applicant almost guar-1 antees that he will not get Lie place, j The men named on the State tax 1 I commission, asylum regents, old sol- j diers' i':ome, State house and grounds j ? ? Urvrt w J nf nllQl'l- I commission, mtr own; ui/m u v.uui? I ties and corrections and the fish com- | mission were not applicants. They \ were tendered t'.:e appointment by the ^ governor after he had satisfied himself | rhey were worthy and efficient, and j ti ey accepted the places. On the State : board of accountants two of the ap- j pointees were nofapplicants. while the ! third was, and wif.i this single excep- j tion not a single applicant for appoint- j M ' * J - ? I ment on these responsiDie uouius mnu- j ed. While there has been no official j announcement, it is very clear that i "there is 110 use to apply" when it is ! known that appointments of positions 1 of State-wide importance are under consideration. Of course, when it comes to county \ ^ ~ n r\,. VI riac eriro O YV il .'1 * Illclllt'I b li-C 3L/V CTJI 11 vyI ?U1 ivo . .. - - w from this rule and* lie relies in a majority of instances, probably, cn th^ legislative delegation. However, he does not restrict himself to this, but frequently goes outside and picks a man whom he thinks will fil! the position efficiently and then tenders him t:c piace. County Positions. The appointments for magistrates and county positions take up much of the time of the governor, for it frequently happens that local divisions are so fierce that it is impossible to get at.the true situation without prolonged presentations and conferences with opposing factions. This case is well illustrated in the matter of the county dispensary board for Barnwell county and the clerk of court for Greenville county. The governor is still being bombarded with telegrams and letters from Greenville, both pro and con, for Harry A. Dargan, whom to was about to name, but whose appointment has been held up indefinitely pending hearings to be awarded protesting and favoring delegations of his constituants. Local politics are said to play an important part in many of t^e recom- j mendc.tions which are made for some county apointments by the county tach mere importance to the magistrate's office than anything else, and it frequently happens that telegrams i GOVERNOR XAHE8 'l MILITARY STAFF 1 Adser, Dick and Cooper Are the Colonels. ( flXe State. Gov. Mann inn has aDDOinted him i military staff. Tie members serve ] without pay. The members of the governor's staff are: Military secretary to the governor, < C. H. Cabaniss. Adjutant general. W. W. Moore. ; < Colonels?John P>. Adger. Belton; j George'W. Dick, Sumter: R. M. Cooper, ; Wisacby. < Lieutenant Colonels?A. L. Gaston, ; Chester; M. P. McCalla, Lowndesville; j j T. W. Davies, fieacli island; w. J. I Muldrow. "Anderson; W. A. Klauber, j < Bamberg, W. R. Darlington, Jr., AI- ] londale; W. K. Fishburne, iMoncks I < ;Ccrner; J. D. Shirer, Lone Star; Ar- . t-'ur Young, Charleston; E. W. Du- < vail, Cheraw; J. W. Witsel, Walter- , boro; L. <\V?igfall Cheatham, Edgefield; Sam McCall. Florence; Hifgh L. Oli- j ] 'ver. Georgetown; Rion McKissick, I ] Greenville; H. B. Ingraham, Green- j; viTo T4 T Srranrre Leo countv: 0. ! ' *""" * O - - I K. DaRdque. Marion: Donald McQueen. -Ir.. Marlboro: A. A. Manning, Walhalla.; C. U Cureton, Pickens: .T. J < Stokes Salley, Orangeburg: 0. R. j; Doyle, Calhoun; L. W. Perrin, Spar-1 tanburg. James McCutchen, Johnson- j, ville; C. U Cobb and John T. Roddy, I ] Rock Hill; H. J. McLaurin, Sumter; E. E. Ay cock, Wedgefield;* J. A. Mc- , T " * - A *? * "XTT T"> D.. Plov. I KDigut; ouiiuer; vv. n,. Duisrio, via< er.don; George Warren, Hampton; Allen Brabham, Manning. - > v $ $ <*> $ <?- ><$> <S> <$> ? A CORRECTION. <S> ' ' V > > - i- f t> '? <5' In the list ot' contestants printed in The Herald and News of '..Yiarch 19, j t e following contestants were nnin- j : tentionallv omitted: ! First Grade Reading?Deadfall. Hat- i tie Boozer. Second grade, James j 1 Dlair. T ird and fourth grades, Lii- : I lie Mae Werts. Fifth, sixth and sev- 1 enth grades, Gecrge Stevens. Mt. Pi! grim, fourth grade. Bertha Lee Cook. ! First and Second Grades, Composi- ! tion?Deadfall. Walter Spearman. ' ; Third and fourth grades, Kiltie Ste?- j | ens. Excelsior, Lona Stone. Third and Fourth Grades. Spelling? j Dead all. Maggie Boozer. Fit't'\ sixth ; and seventh, Rubiv Boozer. Excelsior. 1 Bernard Stone. Fourth and Fifth Grades. Arithmetic ?^Deadfall, Rebecca Livingston. Sixth and seventh. Lucile Blair. Elementary School Boys. Declamation?Hunter-DeWalt, Hugh Boinest, \ "Whipnine the Teacher." ' I; Death of a Child. Augusta, Ga.. Marc?: 11.?George j Barnard, the 2-year-old son of Mr. and ;\.:rs. Rudolph Shackleford, died! last night. T o remains were taken j. today to (Whitmire, S. C.. and the fu- [ neral was from Duncan Creek Bap- ! I tist church. _ | Death of Mrs. Caroline Chapman. | Mrs. Caroline Chapman died Wed-1 j nesday night at tp* home of her j dnnp-htpr Mrs. .Tno. S. Nobles. in ths j St. Lukes section of the county. She j was a member of the Cannon's Creek i church and the interment was at the j -emetery t^ere on Thursday. " Pay Your Tax. The time for paying State and county (axes without the penalty will expire on March 31. which is the last day. After fc'at t're penalty of fiv? per cent will attach and the execution will be placed in the hands of the sheriff. Remember the time is not April 1, but March 31. "The Only GirL" Will be given at the Jolly Street school on Friday night of this week by local talent. It is a co-medy drama in four acts and will furnish an evening of pleasant recreation. The proceeds go to the school and lyour presence 1 will not only demonstrate your interest in the school, but will help ma- : iri tVtn. Crnn.^ U'Arlf Which thiS " i?tl ittiij iU vuu .. w - ? school is doing in the community. Ad- ' mission is 25 cents and 15 cents. arrive at the governor's ofnce asking ' ' him to hold up ti.-e naming of some certain magistrate until Mr. So and So j can file his petition of protest. t )ISPENSARIES IN BARNWELL CLOSED IKltKK AAVS Tft FVFR.V I,F?AT. LIQUOR SELLER I> COUNTY. ffay Hare Expert Report on Condition of Barnwell's Whiskey Business. Vews and Courier. Columbia, March 19.?All the dispensaries in Barnwell county were closed :his afternoon by order of Governor Manning, and will remain closed indefinitely. This order was issued ia i letter sent to each dispenser iters :onight. The letter follows: "Under authority of Section 856, Criminal Code of 1912, you are here by, immediately on receipt of this or- ' 3er. required to close the dispensary it , Barnwell county, and to keep said dispensary closed until further orders from me/' T>'r.e letter w-as addressed to the following dispensers: B. A. Best, at Ultner; C. D. McClendon, at Fairfax; ?W. P. Walsh, at Williston; D. E. Rice, at Allendale, R. M. Wise, at Blackville; M. -C. Lee. at Kline; F. M. Cave, at Rnrnu-plI' J T-Tlitm at. "F!lko* F_ H. 3ault. at Baldock, and E. G. Bolen, at Dunbarton. Information was received today fctat the Barnwell county grand jury had been authorized by the court to employ an expert accountant to examine the books of the Barnwell county dispensary board which was recently removed from office by the governor. T'is audit will cover the dispensary from tile time it was mau^uraiea until the present date. W. I. Johns, of Baldock, is the foreman of the grand jury. , Says Rooret Hit by Two Hea y Guns. A Turkish official stateme:1 , from Constantinople, via I^ondon, under date of March 21. says: "Observations made during the battle in the Dardanelles established that thp. French battleship Bouvet was struck by t'.vo h*>avy bombs. Frve of our srpnader, reac." ed the Queen Elizabet'1. and four the Inflexible. '"On our side only one long-range fun was damaged and r.boui twenty ^rJriiprs killed. The enemy attempted no action today against the Dardanelles." tm Women .Hen's Jobs. London. Mar ' 21.?'More than 7,000 women, reprr *1 ing all classes of society. have responded to the government's appeal for female workers to take the places of men in ousmess sua industry, that more recruits be provided for Lord Kitchener's great army. The central labor exc anges offices were beseiged by women Saturday. Most of them were from trie well-tori o middle class. They werp considered by the officials to be best fitted. One woman of good position offered to drive a delivery wagon. Another wrote: *?r ?i,^ Jio.f /-vf fivo snJriiprs and * I CL ill L1ICT IUVW1VJL \JL. LA . v, ? ~ _ sailors and I want to do my little bit to release further men to go and fight." A member of a prominent woman's club said she would drive a taxicab. Seme volunteered to do milking in dairies, while others offered to do clerical and secretarial work. An official of the labor exc^ang:* said it probably would be found ad* *' ? " ? -T? ~ -rv-. /xn /v ru\oi? visable to snnt wumt;a uuiu vucfwlion to another to find the post for which they are best qualified. The labor they are best qualified. The labof press continues strongly to oppose war service for women. Wilson Posted on Relief Work Abroad. Washington, March- 21.?/Efforts of Col E. M. House, (President Wilson'* personal friend, who is in Berlin, to learn .facts which will facilitate the co-ordinating of relief work abroad, are said to be progressing favorably. The president, it was learned tonight, is being kept in constant touch with Col. House's work. Several plans have been suggested ' * * Q i? for systematizing reuei Utcoouivo, the president it as indicated a willingaess to lend ibis aid unofficially. "A ready way to lose your friend is to lend him money," eays the proverb. Yes. and a ready way to lose your money is to lend it to a friend.?Macon News. i