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"" 1IU-"""* " "???.?. ?* ?.(u., ' Legislature Wi Close Se SENATE ADDS $106,000 TO APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE AGREES WITH SENATE 10 DRIVE OUT SOUTHEASTERN. T*rrens Larfd Registration Passed? Warren Declines Judgeship to Which He Was Elected. (By Jno K. Aull.) ^P^cial to The Herald and News. Columbia, Feb. 16.?-The finance committee of tne senate reported the ' ? a.. general appropriation bill to tnai uouv on 'Wednesday, and both houses are aiow hard at work trying to get tkrough the work of the session in order to adjourn Saturday night or Sunday morning. Of course, final adjournment may not be reached until next week, but most of the members are Anxious to wind up the session and get home. Elected Judge and Declines. Mr. George Warren, member of the house from Hampton, was elected on 1-1 ? > 4 + Vi Tuesday, judge 01 ine new n,.u JUv^ 1 ial circuit over his protest, and on Tuesday night he send a comunication to the general assembly thanking the legislature for the honor, but slating that his duty to 'his family would not permit him to make the financial sacrifice. Mr. Warren is one af the younger members of the house, and he evidenlv thought that the salary of a circuit judge did not nold much attraction. Kt noon the house and senate met i? joint assembly for the purpose of electing a judge cf the Fourteenth judicial circuit. which ' includes the counties of Hamj'ioi:, Coileton, Beau:'.>n ami Jasper. ~ *--- "r,~ -nnTninatftd James senator rau^u Jx Peurifoy of Walterboro; Mr. Dantzler nominated George Warren of Hampton; Mr. Moore nominated W. B. Gruber of Walterboro. Mr. Warren tried earnestly to * withdraw his name as a nominee and mads a short speech in favor of Mr. Peiurifoy. The result of the first ballot was Warren 67, Peurifoy 49, Gruber 30, (W. R. Hubbard 1. While the balloting was in progress Mr. Warren withdrew from the hall t.hp house, returning in time to <vote for Mr. Peurifoy. A number of "nis friends surrounded him. urging him to stay in 'the race and not to withdraw his name, as he had twice attempted before balloting was ordered. While the first ballot was being iabulated he was again urged to refrain from withdrawing his name. He spoke informally of his embarrassing position, inasmuch as he had been the godfather of the bill creating the new circuit. Mr. Warren made a statement in which he spoke of his gratification and i surprise at being nominated. He i that he from the nrst uau suypui tcu Mr. Gruber. who has since indorsed Mir. Peurifoy. He pointed out < that the members of the bar had endorsed Mr. Peurifoy. He said, too, that to take the judgeship would be at a financial loss to himself. He i thanked the general assembly for its support, but made it evident that ne did not want the proffered position. He pointed out that at the time of the passage of the bill he had said that Jbe sought no office; he said toat he still did not want the position. He was r courteous and insistent in his request to "have Mr. Peurifoy elected and main - * ! tained that his own eiecuim wuuiu uc misunderstood. He was applauded on taking his seat. j Xo election resulting from the flfst i ballot, the joint assembly proceeded I to a second ballot, which resulted asj follows: Warren SI, Peurifoy 46, Gruber 21. j Warren was declared elected,! nis many supporters congratulating! him. J The joint assembly will have to elect some- one to the position at this session. Label Your Grips. The following section to . the liquor-j "bill will be interesting: J Ill Probably ssion Saturday , "Section 10. It shall be unlawful for | any person or any common carrier, | J servant, agent or employee thereof, to j ship or transport from any one point o' place in this State to anothj er point or p'ace in this State, any j trunk, valise or package of any kind : containing any alcoholic likuors or : beverages, unless the true nature and j character cf the contents of such rackaze is clearly and legibly marked on the outside thereof.'' and the amount of beer to 60 pints per calendar month; amendments to re< score the amount to one gallon and I opposing amendments to reduce the i quantity to one quart were lost. The : bill was sent to third reading with sev1 eral amendments.' and upon its apj proval by the governor will go into I effect immediately. I The house accepted the following j amendments: Limiting the per cent. : of alcohol in beer to 5 per cent.; lim ! king file number of shipments to one .person to one during a calendar i month: prohibiting non-residents of the State from taking advantage of the law; allowing manufacturers of ' ginger ale to receive alcchol for its . manufacture. ,The senate drove another nail into the prohibition structure by passing a bill making it unlawful for a person J to act as the go-between in securing | whiskey. The bill prohibits any ppr j son in tnis State, witn or wunoui compensation th?refor. to act as agent. intermediary or messenger for either the purchaser or seller of alcoholic i liquors cr beverages, with or without ! compensation therefor, to receive, acccpi, have in possession, transport, deliver, order, procure or purchase from ; another any such liquors or beverages for an unlawful purpose. Violation of this act is made punishable by a fine : of not less than one hundred dollars ; or imprisonment of not less than three i months. This applies io any beverage : containing more than 1 per cent of al | cchol. Nickels' Amendment. The senate on Tuesday refused to ! give second reading to Senator Nick' els's proposed constitutional amend ment prohibiting members of the genI eral assembly from being candidates for offices filled by the legislature, j The proposal failed of receiving the | necessary two-thirds majority and was ! lost by a vote of 20 to 17. j The senator from Newberry voted ! against the amendment, i IMcCormick County. Both bouse and senate have passed ; the bill by Mr. Robinson to create Mc! Cormick county with an amendment | tnat the act shall not go into effect ! until after the supreme court has faj vorably decided on the case now be; fore it from the State board of can; vassers. : Mr. Robinson pointed out the inconvenience of reaching either Abbeville, Greenwood or Edgefield from the neigrborhood of the town of McCormick. He said that the proposed c.oiiiKv came within the prowsions of I the constitution in area, population 1 and amount of taxable property. He 1 pointed out that there has been a fight ' for the county for 20 years, during i which time there have been three eleci : tions. all favorable to the formation , of the new county. Senator MeLaurin Endorsed. | Messrs Rivers and Xunn have intro duced the following resolution in the i house of representatives: I I "Whereas, In the development of i the State warehouse system, the Hon. John L. McLaurin, State warehouse j commissioner, has revealed the won-j i derful possibiliries which have lain i dormant in the fie'd of agriculture, the result of his efforts in South Carolina inuring to the benefit not only of rhp npnnlp of thic State, but of the : entire South; and, "Whereas. The need for a national warehouse system, patterned after the. system of this State, has been stressed by Democratic leaders in congress, and it is apparent that an extension of the system, under the control of the States, but with the assistance of the National government, would materially aid agricultural development and the conservation of agricultural resources throughout the nation: and, "Whereas, There seems to be a I strong possibility that the secretary i i cf agriculture in tne presidents cab- j ::iet may be promoted to the portfolio! of war; therefore, be it "Resolved, That in the event of a vacancy in rhe position of secretary of agriculture in the president's cab-S ir.et, the Hon. Jno. L. McLaurin, State warehouse commissioner of South Carolina, is commended to President j Wilson by this house as a man whose | ability as shown by his groat work in ; South Carolina, and whose construc-! tive genius coupled with his devotion to the cause of agriculture, eminently . i qualify him for this important post in | this time of wor'dlwide upheaval." j $108 000 Added 1?t Senate Committee, j Chairman Christensen. of the sen-J ate finance committee last night re- i ported rhe appropriation bill. The j committee has worked industriously j nd carefully on this bill for several I days. i Raise Levy One-fourth Jfill. The senate will advise a levy of six and one-quarter mills for general Si ate purposes and one-half of one mill for the*improvement of >he State Hospital for tne Insane, il his will mean a total levy of six and three-' quarters mills, against a seven-mill, levy last year. The senate bill shows a total of $2,.")14,652.22. This is an increase over the house bill of $106 000., The most important and influencing i= tVint thp senate raised the [ : j:v.i tucv amount to be expended on the ^eyli:m $50,000. Increase for Asylum. In a word, the senate committee felt that tne State was committed to a po'icy of improvement at the asylum and it did not wish to go backward in that direction at this time. In addition to this increase for the asylum there was an addition made for the State Industrial School at Florence of Si 4.000. These two items are the larg j. .t1 est increases in the senate report, uait: senate leaves the appropriation bill practically as it came from the house except tbat it adds these Items: These Additions. {Expenses for the new circuit, $5,425; repairs State house roof, $2,000; increase for tuberculosis camp, $5000; increase for Winthrop college, $3,000; University of South Carolina, $3,000; Medical college, Charleston, $4 000; State board of charities and corrections, $2,500; miscellaneous, mostly claims, $11,000. . a ?1.\?. &C AAA ?Miwry ^1.^^111111 u^u vv^wvf The senate committee recommends a salary of $6,000 for the superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane. The house placed this salary at $5 000. The senate committee recommends $125,000 to be expended on consolidated graded schools. This is a substantial increase for this item. The finance committee feels that^'it has kept the appropriations just as low as is possible, and that the only substantial increase over the housQ bill is in the continuation of the policy with reierence lo me nuapnai ?ui insane. , Rural ( redits Bead for Present In spite of earnest efforts from Senator Sherard to get his rural credits bill through, the senate adopted an! amendment. proposed by Senator D. Reece Williams, providing for a commission to be created to study the question cf rural credits and to report their findings to the general assem-j bly in 1917. Tnis means that there will j be no rural cretins lesisiauuu at mis session, a majority of the senate j thinking that it would be better to get all the information possible before enacting this legislation. Senators Sherard and Banks thought that the J rural credits legislation ought to be j enacted immediately. The senator from Newberry voted ( aeofnet t'na amendment. j u^amot V^AV Torrcns System Passed. The bill providing for the 'Torrens system of land registration passed the senate, and was returned to the house, with amendments. The bill passed the house last year, having been introduced by Messrs Rodgere, ! Carey and Harris. The bill is a voluI minous one, occupying 30 printed I pages, and is full of detail. It in general follows the Torrens system now '" * ? w onw Cfotoc o n r? wTlip.b is I ill UOC iJLl Illu.il J uuv* .. - ? the system whereby the State guarantees the title to real estate. It was one of the measures urged by Gov. Manning and is a necessary prerequisite for a rural credit system. Liquor Legislation. The house on Tuesday night accept-1 ed the bill by Senator Carlisle limiting tile amount of spirituous liquors one citizen may receive Jo two quarts Sontln astern Tariff Association to Go. by a vote of 66 to 44 the house today refused to continue the bill abolishing the Southeastern Tariff associa tion. 'mere was an attempt ai nuouster to kill the bill but Speaker Hoyt n:led cut all dilatory motions and the bill will pass second reading either tonight or in the morning. Of the Newberry delegation Messrs. Mower and Chapman voted to continue tl"?e bill which was a vote in tavor or the Southeastern Tariff association and Mr. Workman voted against continuance which was a vote to pass the bill and put the Southeastern out of ! u sin ess. -This bill has already passed the senate and if it passes the house will be up to the governor for his approval. Child Labor Bill Passes. The senate this morning passed the McCullough child labor bill. The rest of the morning in the senate v?as spent in consideration of the appropriation bill. The senate is agreeing to practically all of the amendments ae proposed by the finance committee. >*EWBERRY TO HAVE BI REDPATH CHAUTAUQUA An agent of the Redpr.th Chautauqua system, which has held assemblies in the large cities of the State, is here arranging for one of their big assemblies to appear here in May. This is il:e same Chautauqua that has mae such a hit in Charleston, Sumter, Columbia. Greenville, Anderson, Greenwood, Rock Hill, etc., and has in \V ? lists cities like Birmingham, Chattanccga, etc. It will be given in big auditoriun: tn.i+c- cmiin4> 200 neoD'e. with lights '.VH.O "-O -> JL- -1 seats and all furnished. , The program lasts for eight day< with no performances on Sunday, seven days, three sessions a day and witt seme 35 features. Last year's program included Alic( Xeilscn, prima donna of Metropolitar Grand Opera company; a Dand, th; calibre of Sousa's; Chas. Rama Ken * ' * ? 1 ~ Carr^nt ir nefiy s iamous pi<i> xnc >uuV the House," and other big features The program promised for this year is even more attractive. An effort is being made to get 5( k :r.rmt?rs. azout a third of whoir had been secured at the time the time we went to press. The Reapath people, unlike othei companies, do all the work of advertising. help sell the tickets and send expert men to lead in all departments } Newberry is a good Chautauqua town as was proven the first one given here some years ago, and it deserves the biggst and best that the country affords. They will get it ir the Retipath and it will no doubt become a permanent institution here as it has in every city in South Carolina where it has once appeared. Let's all get behind and boost foi the sake of Newberry. Church of the Redeemer. (Rev. Edward Fulenwider, pastor.) ! Xot'ning preventing, the following I will be tbe program of divine services at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemed next Sunday: 10:15 A. M.?11 .lie Sunday school meets. Make your class a banner class by your attendance. I 11:15 A. M.?The hour of worship. I The subject of the sermon will be, "The Challenge.'' Some exceedingly 1 important matters to every man and woman of this community will be presented in the sermon. Let those who may read this cnurcn notice, wuu never go to church or who go occasionally, make a resolution to attend some church service next Sunday. The habit of church attendance is worthy of any man's most serious consideration. 4 P. M?The classes in the catechism will meet in the church as usual. 7:30 P. M.?The usual evening service. The public is cordially invited to all the services. " -L' r?!n? Farmers tooperuuT? i m^n. fT.he Farmers Union of No. 9 township will meet at Prosperity on Saturday, February 19, at 2:30 o'clock. Any farmer in the county isterested in buying fertilizer is invited to meet wi.'n us. GEO. F. HUNTER, Secretary [ \$> ^> < > <$> <*s ;$> < ><?<$><?><$> $ <?> <e> THE IDLEE. <* <$> . <8> > <?> <$> <$> <$> <?> <?> <?> <$ <?> <3> <?> <?> <?> (v I was reading the other day an article in some magazine written by Andrew Carnegie on "The Principle or uiving. ne sa.^s men, iuulc.i u often given so as to produce the very evils which it is hoped to cure:' Well, I reckon he is about rignt in this statement, but I believe that if I had ; money for this purpose that I could -i ~ ^~ if "-Viot-A it nr/Mild rii"? a H'hfllP ! tliClKSC lly ? 11C1 t lb "UUIU ViW ....v.. I ! lot otf good, and make a whole lot of [ people happy. He believes in giving j to those who are willing to help themj selves, and. generally speaking, that j is a very correct rule to follow. It 1 is 1 it tie use to keep giving to a feli low who is too lazv and trifling to try . | to help himself. Among other things ! that he enumerates as being the right j direction to place money is in the '; building of parks. My. purpose in re,: ferring to this article is to quote what ; | he says about parks and the giving | to them. Here it is: . I ?o? ! . | "Public parks are in the very front - - _ i ^ _ I ; rank of benefactions, proviaea me J community undertakes to maintain, | lN9autify and preserve them inviolate. jis there a more useful or beautiful : ir.onument thai could be left by any ; man than a park for the city in which i j he was born or in which he has long j lived? Or how could the community pay a more graceful tribute to the >;citizcn who presents it than to give ?! his name to such a gift?" i ?o? ! 'That is very true, and if I had the 5; money I would long ago have built and | given to this city that park of which j I ha> e been writting lo, these many i1 moons. I suggested a long time ago j that there was a family in Newberry j that owned a beautiful place that 3 i would make an ideal park, and that -1 they could erect no more beamiful trii bute to their forebear than to give a sufficient portion of this property ; to the city for a park, and it is true i also that the city and county has hon-1 ored many of the members of this fam ilv with high honor, and it would be 1 not only a fitting tribute to their fore bear to erect such a monument to his > memory, but it would in some measure be an act of appreciation for the ' many honors bestowed upon them. But - I suppose they take a different view of the matter, and will not act upon my suggestion. But I am sure that while I have no money with which to hm'M a nark that some day Newberry I j will recognize the hard work that I i have done to get a park here, and that L there will be somewhere along the shady sides of Scott's creek a beau tiful park in which the children will ; gambol and where the young folk will 1 tell again the old, old story, and where ' the old folk may spend an hour of ? rest, and the name of the park will be ' The Idler's Park. Not for the money that I have put in it, but for the long and faitnful work I have done to arouse the people to build it, and it will be built by the people, and not by any one or two individuals. It will be a tribute from the people of the ' community to the unselfish service of 1 i one of their obscure and humble citj izens. And no better monument could I T ftociro T7Yvr nParlv ten lone VearS I UV>Oli V, * A ** ^ now I have been writing for this co;' limn, and nor many times have I written that I did not hav^ something to say about a park for Newberry. I nave begged, 1 have pleaded, I have quarrelled and I have- said pleasant i ? T rlo r% r? XT C ATV> d tilings ana suiiieinues 1 uaie oaj oumv, have thought that I have said some things that were not so pleasant. Be that as it may, I had but one purpose and that purpose was to get the people aroused to the necessity of buildI ing a park. It will come. There never has been any doubt in my mind about that. The only thing is I wanted it to ccme while I might be here to enjoy at least an occasional evening beneath its shady bowers and along side the babbling brook that flowed .right through the center thereof. ?o? And this reminds me to ask if you hr.ve e'er read that beautiful little poem called "Two Kinds of People?''! Well if j'ou bave not you should do so right now, and here it is. Two Kinds of People. Tnere are two kinds of people on earth today; ? 11 - ??? Just two kinds of people, no more X ay. Not tne saint and the sinner, for 'tis well understood The good are iialf bad, and the bad me lialf good; Not the ricb and the poor, for the count of man's wealth . Ymi must first know tfte state of his conscience and health; Xot. the h'imbie and proud, for in life's little span Who puts on vain jiirs is not counted a man; Nol the happy and the sad, for the swift-flying years Bring each man his laughter and each. mannis tears. No! the two kinds of people on earth ' that I mean Are the people who lift and the people who lean. Where'er you go you will find the world's masses Are always divided into just these two classes; And, Oddly enough, you find, too, I mean, There is only one lifter to twenty '/ho lean. Tn which class are you? Are -yon easing the load Of overtaxed lifters who toil down the road? Or, are you a leaner, who lets others bear care? ?o? And that reminds me to remark further that I belong to that class where "There is only one lifter to twenty who lean j I am and have always been a lifiter 1 and expect to continue in that role to i the end. I want you to come along | and join my band and let us all lift | together and the lifting will be. I much the easier for me and for you. i And you can never realize and appre I eiate tne good mat win come 10 you by being a member of the lifter band until you really do -some lifting. Torn know that you can't pull yourself very high by lifting at your own boot straps, but if you take hold of tht' ! ot'ner fellow's boot straps you may to* j able to lift him ever so high. Really, j there is no telling how much we might i lift th's town :f we wou'd all take holA of each other's boot 6traps, and not . be polling so hard ot our own. I 'neard there were those in the com, munity who are now very much inter, ested in the laymen's movement, and 1 that this county of Newberry is to &e I organized and a great big m.-eting is" to be ireld at Xewberry sometime soon, j and great big speeches are-to be made. ,1 hat's all r<*fcr ip a way. I believe is these meetings an<3 in getting up the * i i | enthusiasm, but I like to see so&e or t'ne enthusiasm spent in the way of helping the Other fellow, not only bj wise counsel, but by that which takes hold of his boot straps and helps to lift hi mup ojc oT the mire. And helps him to stand alone and to walk. Talk and conventions won't accomplish this by themselves. It is all right to have them but they must be ( followed up by that class wmcn -Delongs to the lifters. By George, I see that the house has passed the bill allowing them there 60 pints of beer a month, but it is not to have but five per cent, of alcohol. i I really have been much amused at the action of the present legislature in some matters that they have discuss ed, and undertook to deal witn, dui it is all right, I reckon, or it wouldn't I be. , . THE IDLER. i Hr\TER-DeWALT SCHOOL % DEMONSTRATION CLUB j The Hunter-DeWalt Home Demonstration club held its February meet1 J?,r nftornrinn Pfthrnarv 14 ILig luuuuaj unci uuuu, vu? The subject for the afternoon was "Fruits and 'Vegetables." Miss Wise led the discussions and the ladies readily gave their suggestions and experiences on the cooking and preparation of fruits and vegetables. Mis? Wise brought her iceless refrigerator model which meets the need of* the rural home for the summer. The ladies < were so delighted with it that it was left in the community for a few days to be passed from home to home. In this way we nope to have one made in every home. Miss Wise gave a demon* stration in salad making which was leojoyed,; byv alb LOTTIE 1. HALFI4CRE. Secretary.