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Y011ME L1V? M'MBER 4 .< 'i4?i 3EWBEEBY, S. (? FRIDAY, JAM AKY 12, 1917. TWit*. A 91.61 A YEA* The Legislator< Sh ^ ** _// C, KjOV, wanning r ciuco uu ui point Game Warden ?Ni in Committee Special to The Herald and News. ColumDia, Jan 11.?Gov. Manning sent in a special message to the legis lature this m?rning 'submitting the Luis recommended by the special com mittee which lie appointed to recom mend a revision of the fire insurance Ctoro ThoQP hills ia?b vi me wiuiv, i ~u ?. - already been published in The Her ald and News. Measures were introduced in both houses this morning looking towards the adoption of equal suffrage. A bill was introduced in the house this morning by Mr. Lesesne of Clar endon to call a constitutional con * vention to provide for biennial ses sions of the legislature. Bills were introduced in both houses today to abolish the Siate warehouse system. Mr. J. T. Liles was reappointed chairman of the ways and means com mittee. Speaker Hoyt announced his com mittee appointments this morning. The Newberry members did not fare so well in the assignments. Mr. Do minick is chairman of the committee on legislative library and a member of the committees on banking and In surance, and game, fish dud forestry. Mr. Evans is a member o^?*e com mittees on commerce and manufac tures, railroads, and State house and grounds. xt "Rnin Pst is on the on incorporations, local legislation, and Offices and officers. Both houses accepted an invitation from the city council of Charleston x to visit that citv January 24. to in spect the State institutions there. ' )>'*$ V - Awll Columbia. Jan. 10.?Of the seven acts of the last general assembly, held on the desk of Governor Man ning for a year, and which have been inoperative without his signature be VhA %?a a Hifiv n-nffl H11 Tin cr t?l<? va use iuc? n rifc iu>iuv.u ... cluing days of the session nf 1916. preventing! the governor fro having his constitutional right in hold them for thrre legislative days before the close of that session, five \^ere vetoed today and the vetoes sustained. ! Two-Quart Law Vetoed. One of\?he two measures origin ating in the senate, upon which the veto of the governor was sustaluew, is the act providing for the reduction in the amount of alcoholic .liquors V?i- anv riri w iilCU ma > UC t\ivviivu UJ zen during any calendar month, from one gallon of liquor to two quarts of liquor, or in lieu of the two quarts. 60 pints of beer. The most important veto message sustained by the house was in regard to the manner of the selectior ot chief game warden. At the session of 1916 and act was passed taking the appointment of this officer out of the hands of the governor, heretofore made by him, under the law, upon the recommendation of the Audubon! society, and making the position elec tive by the general assemoiy. me present chief game warden is Col. Al fred A. Richardson, of Barnw<*jJ coun ty, who was appointed by Governor Blease and confirmed by the senate in 1913. Politics is considerably mix ed up in this matter, and a very pretty political situation, from a news stand point, may yet develop in regard to it When Colonel Richardson was ap pointed by Governor Blease four years j ago the department was not making ( expenses. It liad practically ceased I business. Colonel Richardson was! appointed by the then governor and; confirmed by the senate. He took hoM I of the department and it is today, as i was pointed out by Mr. R. P. Sear- j son. Jr., in the house of represent-; atives this morning, a source of con- f stactly increasing revenue to the! State. j Governor's Flarlit for Power. The action of the house this morn- j ins: means that the successor of Col-; onel Fyfchardson w?!l be appointed by the governor, under the conditionsj stated. At a recent meeting of tiiej Audubon society. Colonel Richardson, was recommended for reappointment, j and at that meeting Dr. E. C. L. Ad- i aras. of this city, was elected presi- j dent of the society. Dr. Adams is a strong supporter of Colonel Richard son for reappointment and will stick nrnna in f Vi rv r\ f r"Vi n I uy ma &M&&0 ill rnuuti i.uw * ^ j ommendation which has been made.1 The governor, of course, has the veto j power in regard to the recommenda tion. and has the right to turn down I any name submitted to him. Colonel j Richardson, already bring in office, j will hold until his successor is ap-j pointed and qualifies. There has been; no intimation publicly from the gov-! ernor's office as to its attitude in j the matter, but it is generally regard-1 f e Has irted to Work \ istained?He~Wants to Ap iwberry Dosn't Get Much Appointments. ed, under decisions of the supreme court during the administration o:' Governor L> lease, that there'may be a! spirited fight in case Governor Man- j nir.g should decide to appoint some , one else to succeed Colonel Richarct son 011 March 7, when his term ex- j pires. / j Jt was urged in the house this morn i ing that if the legislature sustaineii the veto in this matter, it might ao well pas an act to give the governor the right to appoint the warehouse; commissioner, the State insurance; commissioner, superintendent of the . penitentiary, circuit judges and other j State officials. Argument was of no | avail, however, and the house, after . addiess by Mr. Searson, of Barn well, and Mr. Cothran, of Grer-nville. ! proceeded to a vote, with the result stated. The veto was sustained by a vote of 65 to 52, which was a majority I of 13 in favor of the governor's po sition. whereas it would have taken a ! two-thirds vote to pass the measure over the veto. ! The three other measures vetoed were, in two instances, as' stated by : the governor, .duplicates of measures 1 | which had already become laws, and ! the other measure, introduced by Mr. j i w 1 ' loaf I i JJOrriSOll Ul K^uaiicaiuu, at iuc JO.O*. > session in regard to drainage, was I | stated to be covered by an opinion of' | the supreme court, "rendering the approval of this act unnecessary." Sfcns Prohibition Act, | The governor today signed- the act J re-enacting the present prohibition-; ! law, which does not change the status. iThis act was passed last year, follow^ | ing the prohibition referendum, to i prevent any technical objections. It ! was held by the governor for a thor ' ough investigation. It was not re ! garded that the act wag essential, but ! the prohibitionists, who had submit ! ted the matter of prohibition to the pCUpitJ, clUU iia.il aiau cua^icu uiv | ; gallon-a-month law, desired it in the j interest of safety. Feeling that it ! would not affect in any manner the ! situation as it no'? stands, Governor j Manning signed it today and it has j become a law. I The governor also signed the local! measure for Clarendon county provirt- I ing for a tax on automobiles, in tho interest of road improvement. The appointments of assistants in both houses were made by. the preeid ing officers this morning. The com-1 mif.tee assignments in the seoate were announced, but Speaker Hoyt, of the house, stated that he would not an nounce his committee appointments in that body until tomorrow morning. 1 To Winthrop on January 19. The house agreed to the senate idea to visit Winthrop on January 19, and the members of the legislature will go to Rock Hill on that day. which is rrinay or next weeK. The fight for equal suffrage has been inaugurated early in the Session and there was an active lobby in the State house today. Mr. Jos. A'. Berry, of Orangeburg, was elected spraker pro tempore of 1 the senate hv a vote of 6$ to 47, over j Mr. Thos. P. Cothran. of Greenville. Columbia. Jan. 11.?The reading of the governor's message, following the organization of the two houses, in cluding the election of officers, was the principal business transacted up on the opening day of the legislative session of 1917. The program was carried out without deviation- from the plans which have been foreshad owed in this correspondence. [ : Mr. James A. Hoyt, of Columbia,! was re-elected speaker of the house. [ There had been ?alk of opposition to j him, but thp strength which he de- j \ eloped, and which was shown be-!; fore the house met, prompted pros-j pecuve canaiaares agamsi n:ra to withdraw from the race. Mr. J. Wilson Gibbes. of Columbia, was re-elected clerk of the house, ov er Mr. H. C. Booker, a Spartanburg editor, by the flattering vote of 7S to 41. Mr. A. E. Hutchinson was re-elected reading clerk of the house without op position. In the race for sergeant-at-arms of the house. Mr. A. McQueen Martin, of Greenville, failed to develop r great deal of strength against the in- j cumbent. and Mr. \Tames S. -Wilson j was re-elected with S3 votes, as against 34 for Mr. Martin. The Rev. L. E. Wiggins of the Green Street Methodist church, of Colum bia. was chosen chaplain. In the senate all the old officers were re-elected. Mr. Le Grand G. Walker, of Georgetown, will be presi dent pro tempore and Clerk M. M. JVIann, of St. Matthews; Sergeant-at arms J. Fred Schumpert. *if Newber ry, and Chjaplain C. A. Freed, of Co / -5- / < ?? & $> <$> <?> f , / <r THK IDLER. ^ <s j e- ^ < - . $> <?> $> <$ $> <?> $> ^ <$><*? | ] walked around the other day by! the First Baptist church and it was soon after the recent rains?and I couid not heip won-Vring if Zaok. Aright and Joe Werts? I reckon I should say Mayor Z. K Wright ana Street Supervisor .J. W. Werts?b\it tnen I want them to know that I am entirely friendly and m an to be com-1 plimentary in what I am going to say, and 1 know they will pardon the ap parent familiarity, because i want 10 get close to their hearts. Well. 1 L-1 ?>??. arl out tn cm- that F Wac fiP> 1 i 2h f - id to see what a pretty view that little stretch of Caldwell street along the front of the church presents and how pleasing it is to the eye, and what a comfort?if for only a brief space?it rau^t be to the driver of a buggy, or even a motorcycle, and ev en a Ford or an automobile, to travel over it. And I know that Mr. Wright and Mr. Werts are very grateful to The Idler for calling their attention to tHe necessity of doing something to this street, and how proud tney must feel of the result. And they have a right to feel proud of the job. It is a good job and adds so much to the appearance of things. It is really pleasing to the eye to look upon. Now, the point^I am tryiDg to make is, that it would be such a glorious ?yes, that's the word, glorious?thin:; if thoy would go to some other places and make the same application. There are so mapy, 0, so many, that need a similar application. And it could be done. ,)Why not make your admin istration a glorious thing for the present and future generations of the city, by giving the town some real good streets. Take Main street from the end of the brick paving all the way out to Mr. C. E. Summer's resi dence, and it is in dire need of an application just like the one you gave this little stretch on Caldwell street. What a monument you could build in the hearts of your countrymen and what a glorious thing you could do for your cotemporaries, if you would just make some more improved streets. Yes, it takes money. They tell inp that everything that is worth while takes money?I mean any material thing. But don't you know that your fellow citizens would be glad to be tr.xed up to the neck, if you would give them some real good streets. And don't you know that if a town wants to grow and prosper and have a good business that it must in this day build and maintain some good strtets. And don't you know that there has been enough money wasted and washed in to either branch of Scott's creek In the last twenty years to have paved every street in the town of Newberry. And don't you know that the streets are no better today than they were twenty years ago. And if you don't know it I am here to tell you that it is a fact, and a bold and a plain fact, and one that stares this town In the face today. No town begins tp grow and prosper until it begins to build strrets, and make good perma nent improvements. Mayor Wright, the people of this community have confidence in you, and in your busi ness acumen?I reckon that is a good word, anyway it seems to m? that 11 have heard some one use it. and I think it is what 1 want?and they would follow your lead, and it is your duty?that's a good word I know ?to do something for the building of; permanent streets before your term | expires. Yes, it takes money to bnild' streets, but I verily believe that if' you would call a meeting of the busi- ; ness men and taxpayers of this com- \ munity together, and lay before them a plan to pave the streets of this town.; and show them the cost and where you were going to spend the money,! and what you were going to get, they would almost unanimously say, "Go to it, Zack. we are with you, and will j stand by you, even if it takes half a million dollars,'' because they would J feel that you would not waste the money. Nc5w, that being true, don't you kinder think it is' your duty to' it'au Liiriu ill tins iimun. liiiun i?. over, old boy, but don't waste too! much time thinking about it. because they want action as well as thinking. | We have a great town and a great county, but the town or the county! that neglects to make roads and j streets that are the right stuff is sure to lag behind in the march of civil- , ization. Put that in your pipe and< ?moke it and sre if I am not correct j Now, seriously and in all-earnest ness. I wonder what John Kinard and' Walter Hunt and Henry Parr and! Tas. Mcintosh and Geo. Summer and Rurt Matthews would say about issu- j ins: bonds to build streets in this good Did town. And I mention these gt-n-| tumbia. will serve for anoth-r two: years in the positions which they! lave held. The whepis of legislation began to evolve promptly at noon, when the louse was called to order by Clerk jibbes, and the senate by Lieutenant Governor Bethea. tlemen not for personal reasons, bu< because they represent in their offi cial capacity Ue big corporations or this community, and the big tax-pay ing institutions of the community. And 1 mean to include in the list ZacK , Wright as contradistinguished from j Mayor Wright, because \2 is the ofti cial head of the most successful o 1 , 'g.11 of our corporate institutions. 1 * wish they would come out and speali, and I am sure the editor of The Her Y\r\ T-rw**. o-lo/l tA iiiU clllU ?\CH b nill ici V l tiia \.\j j.iiblish their vio?vs on the subject of better streets for this town. And we should go at the building of them in the proper \ way, and not waste j the people's money. 1 am sure that | President Fairfax Harrison and Presi- i dent John Livingston of the two rail- i roads would be glad to pay their part I of the cost, for it would mean a j great* r town and more business for J them. Now, I have done told you a number of times that I am no busi ness man, and do not know the value of a dollar, because I never had one. but I can see as far ,through a mill ston? as any one else, and it takes j not very good eyesight to see that we should do something- to start thio; old town a moving. The banks all have plenty of money, and are making more, and the merchants have all had a good year, and only the news- , papers say they have had a bad year,? but if every one will get together with : every one else great and glorious i things can be done. Ye3, glorious, LU^JUgO. n 1 w? ? v gvv ?? V* '4 i in my cranium tonight, and I believe j. I will get down my old Webstef and , see just what it does mean. 'Well, Webster says it means, "noble; j praiseworthy; excellent^ splendid illustrious; inspiring admiration; as glorious deeds." Now, that's what I thought. Burns uses the word in this connection: ' i "Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O er all the ills af life victorious.'* r i A?d then Dryden uses it in this con- . nection: . .-<? '} T?n ?< n n a tfojann rsraa T\ i V. A lii* V j The sons of Belial had a glorious time." . ! i I Well, I reckon you know what T mean by its use. Glorious deeds, eminent, noble, excellent, renowned, illustrous, celebrated, magnificent., ?rand, splendid. That's the- idea. Let's do something glorious. Build ing streets would be that something. ?0? Well, it's funny how one's mind will work. When I sat down by tne siae i of my typewriter?I mean machine?1 j had no idea of writing this stuff.: I only, intended to commend that lit- \ tie piece of street work in front of the j Baptist church, ai:d then I had an- j other thing altogether different about, which I intended to write?a sort of j essay?but I reckon it will have to j go at this for this time. Now, I am j going to quit for this time. I hope j some of the gentlemen whom I have | named will say something on this j all important subject. It is worth j whil?. Mr. Editor, will you please j ioir .roiir Hnntvnp man to set mv i name in caps and email caps. I am no printer but I reckon that is what 11 want and somehow it seems to me that recently you have been making my signature look too insignificant. 1 want to se? how it looks that way just for once. Here'"goes. THE IDLER. (Note: As I have no small caps on machine I will put your namo in black caps. This is a rare treat we operators seldom give, but as you want your name conspicuous I will allow you this privilege because your articles generally contain some good "stuff." Tim signature alone is en ough to cause you to occupy one of the pedestals in the hall of fame. Operator.) Nkrht School at Si. Phillips. On Monday night a large crowd of ( men, worn- n >and children gathered ] at St. Phillips school to see some steroptic views of Yellowstone Park. The grown people talked over the ad- ? usability of organizing a night 3 school. Thirte n people signed their \ names as wanting to come to learn r more than they now know. On Wed-it i.csday nignt nine men and one v:o- r man met Miss Ola Brown at the Mouse. v They began tlir> study or leuer-wru-? > ing. Barton, Napier a&d Stewart's! c agriculture, Stewart's1 Farm Life! t Reader, Book One, Wallace's Civil c CrO%*ernment and Tate's Farm Supple- c ment to Arithmetic. The members, r say others will join them ncx*. wee"!: I a on Monday or Wednesday nighf.-s. Mr. t T. M. Mills piomises to lecture ori ?t?A c ar>in Pliirrt. I ciiiriL'UilUI C an U IU ua?c rnjii.t v-*- iu J v son specialist talk on Hort*c:iHur?f ' Poultry Raising, etc., for the benefit of the night school. There will b? the quartern* c-om munion service at St. Luke^Luther an church next Su&day^^Riing at 11:30 a. m. lHJL old .national bank r<iW!\<; INTO ITS own The old National Bank has made wonderful strides during the last i ear, and is making money and grow ing rapidly every day. The business is increasing and the bank is serving Lhe community and the community is appreciating the service. Just a year ago its ueposit account was in round numbers only $215,000 President b. C. Matthews. while by the last statement the de posit account was $410,000. The loans a year ago were $316,000; to day they are $591,000, nearly double. The surplus arid undivided profits a y: ar ago were $3,000; today they are $18,000 and besides a eemi-annual dividend of 3 per cent lias been paid. One ot the 1 things in our opinion tiiat gave this teak a start forward in the hearts of the people was when President Matthews advertised that fre would lend all the farmers money on their cot'...n when the price was away down, at 6 per cent interest. It was an innovation in banking in these parts, and he was the pioneer and the people appreciated it And he said that lie would lend all the ^Doney'that the farmers of the county wanted on all the cotton they had, and give them a good valuation on the i cotton. It was a real treat for the! small farmer with his one or two! bales of cotton to take bis warehouse; receipt to the bank and borrow mou- i <" It at K ror r>pnt intprpqf Somn thing that had not been known in this county within the recollection 01', any of the farmers, especially the lit- j tie fellows, and they are the ones who make the wheels of progress go j round and round. And the bank did S what it advertised. If you had but ' one bale of cotton you could take your warehouse receipt and get the money at the same rate that the big fellow with his thousands could get it. It caught the boys and it was the right thing to do. There is no better col-( lateral than cotton. And ttfen the young men who work in the bank are always polite and courteous and make you feel when you go in that they are glad to s-ee you, and you feel like going back' train, and you get tlie naoit. Ana ou biconie either a lender to the )ank by depositing with it. or a bor ower, and either one or both is what he bank wants and out of which it nakes its money. The only trouble ve find with them is they won't 1ft ou carry an overdraft, and if you j lo happen to slip a little on theip i hfy won't let you take up with a heck on them, unless you have the oin to your credit. Well, it is the j ignt way to ao. it is Deuer ior you .nd certainly the right thing for the] tank. The annual meeting of the stock-1 lolders was hrld on ?TVe<tnes3ay when ! he report of President Matthews was ) -resented, .and the election of direc- j ors and officers was held. The re port showed the condition as stated ibove. The following directors^^re fler.t d: Geo. S. Mower, Gec^^^fcistone, \ H. T? D. W. wneeier, t. *v. jonn&tone, n. v. .-**<*1, ihews. These were ail reelected. The following officers were reelect ed: ' President?li. C. Matthews.. Vice-President?Geo. S. Mower. Cashier?T. K. Johnstone. Assistant Cashier?H. T. Tannon. Assistant Cashier?W. W. Cromer. Bookkeeper?S. H. Lovell. Assistant Bookkeeper and Stenog-' rinVinr A C p Attorneys?Geo. Johnstone and Geo. 3. Mower. Mr. Cromer was appointed to Cashier T. ?. Johnstone. assistant cashier at the meeting on Wednesday. ; -^President Matthews is a native Edgefield (now Sa4uda) county, but came to Newberry when a young man a few years ago and has actively idtti tlfled hinraeir win* me growm am development of the community. Cashier Johnstone is a son of Sen ator Alan Johnstone and a grandson of Chancellor Job Johnstone and was born and reared and educated in the county. Assistant Cashier Cannon is a son of Mr. B. F. Cannon and was reared and educated in the county. Assistant Cashier Cromer is alse a county reared man and was one time anditor ' of thf? eountv and. the best in the State. Bookkeeper Lovell is a native of Tennessee but has been here long enough to be one of us and is fully, identified with Newberry. .Assistant Bookkeeper Matthews \Is r. son of Mr. B. C. Matthews and is just starling ou the journey and is adapting himself finely to the har ness. Assistant Cashier >V. *V. Cromer And it must not be forgotten that presidents and other officials of the institution may come and may go bat Guilford Snowden goes on forever as the faithful janitor. Only the older citizens remembt-r when his prede cessor was in the position. There is only one suggestion we desire to make and that is that the bank should go to work during thia year and er*ct a handsome office building modern in all its equipments on the lot which it owns and on whicli the institution now stands. At the Opera House. Tbe big minstrel show Friday night will eclipsp the moving pictures for the time, but they will be given Sar urday in addition to the regular pro gram for the occasion. See program. Saturday as usual, -The Girl frcra Frisco-," the Krazy Kat Kartoon and the funny keystone comedy wfil in terest and amase the '"rowd. rvfrrnday another Lasky products* win be given in "The Hoir to Hoorati." with Thomas Meighan and Anita King coetarring. Jnnior Workers. The junior division of the mission v society of Central Methodist arch will meet with Troxelle Wright turdav afternoon, January 13, at 20 o'clpck. Claudia Wheeler, Secretary.