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VOLUME LIV? M'MBJEK 6 LEGISLATURE BALLOTING FOK , W A HE HO I'SE COM Ml SSI 0 N E K Several Nomina ted Bnt No Election ?Dr. >Y. (i. Houseal Defeated for; Member Hoard 3IediOal College.? j State Loses. New Jail For New berry. I Columbia, Jan. IS.?Today has been! given over mostly to the remaining; elections by the general assembly j There were a number of candidates' for warehouse commissioner to sue-! ceed Senator AicLaurin and the vot-' ing on the first ballot was rather scat-! tering. At 3 o'clock the balloting was in progress with no result on that office. ' ! i ine IOllOWing trustees wcitf cicvi-1 <ed for the State medical college: Dr.J R. B. Hughes, Laurens; Dr. W. W.. Fennell, Rock Hill; to succeed them- ; selves. Dr. J. M. Davis a present; member of the board of Orangeburg ^vas elected to fill liie unexpired term ' of I)r. C. X. Wyatt of Pickens, de- ; ceased. Dr. W. P. Link of Florence ' and Dr. H. H. Wyman of Aiken wer* , electod as new members of the board.' i r?r <w a Houseal of fsewberry. a 1 present member of the board was de feated for reelection though he re ceived a most flattering vote. Jasper M. Smith of Colleton and P. L. Bethea of Dillon were reelected members of the board of directors of the penitentiary. 0. C. Scarbor ough of Colleton was defeated for Teelection on the board by H. H. Ar-j noM of Spartanburg. j iJp to 3 o^clock one ballot has been 'taken for State warehouse commis sioner "with the following result: Johm L. McLaurin of Marlboro 15; | J. G. L. White of Chester 17; John T J. McMahan of Columbia 29; W. G. a Smith of Orangeburg 27; <A. J. Beattie c of Kershaw 18; John D. Frost of Co- 3 lumbia 1; W. W. Bradley of Abbeville ^ .23; J; A. Drake.of Marlboro 21; I. S. Hutto of Dorchester 2,',; i t Senator DuRand of Clarendon in- a i , troduced In the senate today a bill t providing for shipment of .only one s quart.'of whiskey per month to any a male ciuzen uvwi ycat O V4- iv wcpaan who is the head of a family. Hepresentative Dominick of New "berry has introduced a^tli to provide ior the erection or a* new jail for ' Newberry at a cost not to exceed $3o, 000. The erection is to be in charge! of a commission to be appointed byj the governor on the recommendation of the legislative delegation. Mr. Dominick has also introduced a bill to return to the National bank' $1030 overpaid State and county taxes.! These taxes had been collected in er-; JUI. " The following young ladies are be ing voted for in the motion picture contest at the Opera House: Misses Maude Epting, Pauline Gilder, Har riett Adams, Caribel W-est, Mae \it rant, Marion Earhardt and Kate Spence. Beginning with Tuesday's issue the standing of the candidates "will be given. f OOPEB GOES BACK ^ TO LAW PRACTICE * Retires as Solicitor of Eighth Cireait After Twelve Years of Splendid j 1 Serriee. Kews and Courier. ? Columbia, Jan. 17.?After serving t twelve years as solicitor of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, the ?Hon. Robert A. j ^ Cooper, of Laurens, today retired to j wsq succeeded by!. private uuu _ Homer P. Blackwell, Esq., of Laurens, j ^ He leaves here in the morning for his; t home having been in Columbia since! t the convening of the general assem-j *bly "with the other solicitors in the! engrossing department. When the Eighth Judicial Circuit .jya* lormed twelve years ago, out of' ^ the counties of Laurens, Abbeville,! Greenwood and Newberry, Mr. Cooper; j was elected solicitor, defeating several j strone opponents. Previous to that time he served in the House of Rep resentatives. from Laurens. The strength and ability with which Mr.' Cooper filled the office of solicitor is j shown by the fact that since he was! tirst elected he has had no opposition, j thre? times having been chosen to sue-1 vimcoif anH he^retires from the! VCCU %v?v* ? ? - ? -office voluntarily. Mr. Cooper has already announced that he will be in the race for the Democratic nomination for governor I next year. He does not plan to be-; grin any canvass this far away but j will devote the next few months tc ; the practice of his profession and one ! ear hence will take up tlie fight hich he and his friends hope will j nd him in the governor's chair to cceed Governor Manning, when the ter retires the third Tuesday in nuary, 1919. fW. F.Caldwell. J THE IDLEK. <* $ ? ?>&<&*> ?<$><$>?'$><&<$<$''<><&<!l>?1 That was very Kiiiu 01 im* uperci tor to put my signature in black caps, as he did no: have caps and small caps on the machine. But I think li he will just' put it in ordinary caps it will -be all right. It is not the sig nature that will give me a place in the hall of fame, but it is the stuff that 1 grind out. That's it, sir, and don't you forget that. But don't mis take or misundertstand me. 1 am not quarreling with the operator or any one else. A 1 was just thinking the other day that 1 had heard once a saw mil! man bragging a.bout what fine lumber he could turn out, and he was proud of his job out in the pines and in the cabin all alone during the week. Now, what I was thinking is this?what a great thing it is for a man, or any other sort of person, to be proud of his calling and his job, and to take an interest in it and do the best hs can all the time. It makes no differ ence what it is, so long as it is hon- j arable, he should so magnify his call- j ing and his work that he would be i proud of it and always do the best ne :an. If he is not proud of his job, then he should get him another one. \*c man can tio his best at anything, unless he is sufficiently proud of it :o take an interest in it and always lo the best h> can. It isn't so much Rhat we do anyhow as how we do it, :hat counts. And that we do whatever s at hand to do. And the man who Rill not do the small things well and aithfu'.ly can never hope to be put in charge of big things. He must iave the stuff in him that makes the nan, and if he has, then the small .hing that he is doing is just as im jqrtant to him as the big thing that ome other man is doing. Take'"the e ...... tKo ma? tv li r\ Ko Vfl i.?> Ul ? Ol - U" lilt UiVti nuy Mfa?* V I 'ison in the world In- any endeavor, j md you wilf And tba.it tbey were proud >? the little jobs on which they started, md they were just as faithful in their tischarge as they were when the job M bigger, and if they had not been :tu-y would have been doing little hings to the end of the journey. "When ."man's a man then he can do things hat are humble- and "apparently In imifLrnnt iust as earnestlv and we;! i .s if he were charged with the big, hiiigs of life, and if he can't?take I t from one who has been here somei ittle bit, he will never be charged vith the doing of the big things 'of ife. In other words, my creed is Thrice blessed Is he who takes his place.* Though poor and humble in the land, iind with a cheerful, smiling face Performs whatever is at hand." That's the idea. If I am a hod arrior- lot mP fin that lllRt Ha. Wfill as I I is possible and just like it was he best and biggest and greatest job n all the world. (And if I am a arpenter let me take a pride in driv ng a nail or sawing a board square nd making two boards fit. Let me lo without complaining or murmuring whatever is at hand, and do it with . pleasant smile and make oth(fs feel hat it is the thing to do. ?0? I read a little poem the other day rhich expresses my creed along this ine better than I can myself. And J ou just watch the y^ung men who ollow this creed and see them grow nto manhood, and you will see the oen who arp making their mark In he world and who are rising. I nev. r did have much use for the clock catcher, who seems to have no fur her interest in the business of his! mployer than to put in the allotted lours, and thr-n come up at the end if the week and get his envelope. And ou may put it down that the one rho does will do the same thing to he end of the chapter. But here Is he poem: A Cree& Vhatever is at hand! Ah this Is Creed enough for you and me; ?o do whatever work there is. However small the task may be, s better than for one to dream Of greater tasks than others do. That bring rewards, perchance, that seem Far richer than the times to you; rhrice blessed is he who takes his place, Though poor and humble in' the land. ^.nd with a cheerful, smiling face Performs whatever it at hand. Some blessed day the gate will ope? The Builders of the >\Vorld will* move ft'ith souls of faith and hearts of hope, T'non the Temnle made of Love: The Master Builder then will take A strict account of all, to &ee Some one of all the "host to make The Keeper of the Golden Key: He may choose fortune's son. and yet More apt a man who sought His side Without a claim, exc pt he met TiiE .NEWS OF PKOS FERITY i i Will Observe Lee's Birthday?Address iij I)r. .las. T, hinard?I'ersan al Mention. Prosperity, Jan. IS.?Quite a num. ! ber of our citizens attended the Live Stock association in Columbia the 16 and 17th Tvho were as follows: Presi dent G. Y. Hnuetr, H. J. Rawl, P. L. Langford. W. T. Gibson. T. M. Mills. B. W. Mills and J. <A. Nichols. Miss Doris Kohn of Columbia col lege spent the week-end at home. Mrs. J. C. Schumpert is spending j a few days in -Columbia. Mr. Ira Nates of Columbia is spend-; j mg a wane at uie uume ul ms iatuci, | Mr. A. A. Xates. I Mr. A. G. Wise is back from tlie west with a car of mules and horses. Mr. S. J. Kolin was a business visi tor to Columbia on Thursday. Mrs. Joe B. Hartman and son are expected home this week after spend ing a month in Lakeland, Fla. The William Lester Chapter U. D. C. will hold Robert E. Lee birthday exercises Friday evening at 7:30 o clock in the town hall. Following is the program: Instrumental Duet?William Tell Overture?'Mrs. Browne and Mrs. Quattlebaum. Invocation. Are YOU tf-rom ?xvu&aiieii Quattlebaum. Mockin' Bird?Julia Quattlebaum. Address?Dr. James P. Kinard. Vocal Duet?Keep The Camp Fires Burning?'Miss Tena Wise and Mrs. Geo. Harmon. Instrumental Duet?Poet and Peas ant?Mrs. Browne and Mrs. Quattle baum. . A silver offering will be taken. The meeting is to be public. Everybody is inivited. VUC Jimjt . j Biggins says he got on .by burning < the midnight oil. (Wfeil, keeping late hours did help him some. He danced all night three or lour times a week < till finally h--> met a rich girl and mar- < ried her.?Washington Star. J1 Whatever was at hand?and tried! ) I ?John D. Wells, in the Buffalo Ev-p ening News. j1 Well, sir, you know, my friend Joe ; Werts' is working on Main street,; and while it looks now just like It j would never be a road, yet when the! rain is over and the sand and clay I get good mixed, as they will, it will j be a road that will make the .heart M glad to drive over. It may look like' i it has 'been ruined. Dut sometimes, f j you know, you have to put the knife < in de;p and make the patient suffer, in order to heal. I think there Is ' good authority somewhere for the t statement that we must be purified - through suffering. And there is some- 1 thing about being purified by fire. And < all that sort. 'Well, the same is true j 1 as to roads,. sometimes it looks like! t yon are just playing the mischief with ! < the whole thing, when if we just wait1 we will see that the builder "has fol- . lowed the right plan to get good re- ' suits. j : _rw 11 I notice the editor invites the citl- j | zens to enumerate what Newberry j r most needs, .Now, if he had asked j 1 me- I could have spent several coi-11 umns telling. But I can and will tell j , him one of the greatest needs just: ^ now, and one that will do the most j ^ good to the greatest number, is to- j ^ make that old court house a real com- j ^ munity building, and fit it up as !tj-j 1, moira a lihrarv and!. SnOUlQ UC y ClUU lUUliV/ v% J have some one to take care of it and: | look after the comfort and conven- J ieuee of those who come to town and' would like to have a place to rest! and refresh, and then have in con- j neetion with it a good county library.! And up stairs a good auditorium, and , have it always in good shape for use j by any organization that desired to j hold a meeting. It will take an act of the legislature to carry out the j idea, and I reckon the committee ap-;: pointed at the meeting of some one' of the various woman's organizations, , some time ago?I think I am right j in saying that such a committe was; appointed?will taKe in.- matter u^, with the delegation, and that some-! * thing will be done. I have been talk-. ( ing about this almost from the be- j 1 ginning of my work on The Herald j 1 and News. Did I say Work? Well,, that was a mistake, because it is 1 not work for me to write, it just;* comes natural like, you know, and I; ; do it for the pleasure I get out of it,! ' and for the good I may do to my fel- j lows. for; you kuow, I realize that I: am all th^ time amusing or instruct- | ing. or making some one feel better j by what I write, and that is the com- ; pensation that I get out of the job, j ami that is sufficient. But I will have | to quit again, and I have not evetf; this time written what I started to write, or what I intended to write, j when I took my typewriter?machine j ?in hand and began to grind. Well, i I ?.-i!l try it again n*xt time, and may-! be I will not be called off. because I, Mvo something about which I really, vant to write. Tyyr-* t^t I 11 it* i JU jl-ij!.* w. COMPULSORY LAW WHOLE STATE Propose Tterm of Not Less Than Six Months and School Age 8 to 14 Years. Columbia, Jan. 17.?Statewide com pulsory education is provided for in a bill which will be introduced in both branches of the gi-neral assem i>ly tomorrow by the Marlboro del egation. The bill will provide forr a minimum school terra of six months for ail public schools and will require all children between the a?,s of eight end fourteen years to attend school every year for that length of time. This bill will be introduced in the; senate by Senator J. J. Evans, and in the Jiouse by Representatives JVIcLau r:n, Edens and Peguee. This proposed law would supplant tlie Local Option Compulsory Educa tion Act now on the sta:ute books - * ?1 1?" ViAfln frvnn/T HflPs HOT ana wmi'u, it uus uccd iuuuu, . meet the needs. With a rew excep tion it has been found that the school i districts which need compulsory at tendance under the local option law clo not invoke it and those districts which vote the law are not in any great need of its provisions. There has been for some time a feeling that the compulsory education law should be made State-wide and replace the J present statute, which has been pro nounced by 6ome authorities as Tittle, bt-tter than a makeshift. The Hon. John E. Sweartngen, State Superintendent of Education, recom mended a State-wide compulsory edu cation law in his annual report. Gov ernor Manning mad^ a similar recom mendation in both his annual message and inaugural address, only he would allow those Bchool districts whlcfi 1o not want compulsory education' to iX-fmpt themselves. The law proposed by th? Marlboro I legislators exempts no aisiru-i. um :o State-wide and with "teeth" in' it. Attention has been focussed on the compulsory education agitation, bf i endorsement given it by the legisla te committee of the State Federation >f I^abo^ which met in Columbia h !' w day? previous to the opening ot :he legislature, and drew up laws tfhicir tbey wished enacted, and coro* pulsory education was one they: recom- ; HdAipiBO "J ^iSnoj^s papuatn J Hr. Walter Wicker Died Suddenly, I Mr. D. Walter 'Wicker, of the St. | Phillip's community, was found dead.' n his bed at his home Tuesday morn- j ng at 5 o'clock Coroner F. M. Lindr iv was notified of the sudden death. shortly afterward and he at oncei ivent to investigate. After hearing :he statement of the dead man's wife, Mrs. Mary -M. Wicker, and of the at :ending physician, Dr. Van Smith, the 'oroner concluded that an inquest wns iot necessary, as it was determined] ;hat -the deceased had come to his leatfi by natural causes. Mrs. Wicker testified that her hus band had not -been feeling well for ieve/al days but continued to work iixtil Monday, when he was in bed j )art of the day, when he got up and ;at up until bed time. About 3 o'clock Tuesday morning he was restless and Rent out on the piazza, going back ;o bed a little Iat^r. About 5 o'clock rfie went to 3Ir. 'Wickers bed and? ounc1 her husband dead, but his body* -vas still warm. For some time pre rious to his death he had been corn naming of a pain and queer feeling n his left side and arm, with short ness of breath, a-* stated by Mrs {Vicker. Dr. Smith pronounced the ?ause of death paralysis of the he&rt. The burial took place at St. Philttp's ilmrch on Wednesday morning at U 3'clock, service by the Rev. S. P. voont. Besides his widow. Mr. 'Wicker is survived by nine children, as follows: jeorge. Sallfe. Lula Gruber. Henry, j Vlary, Adam, Manuel. .Andrew andj Mice. File State. Pomaria, Jan. 17.?Waiter Wicker lied suddenly of heart trouble yee home n^ar St. Phillips Ci Viat> at :hurch at the age of 66 years, nine | months and 11 days. He leaves a A-ife, formerly Miss Cromer, nine chiV lren and six grandchildren. Besides :his immediate family there remains :>ne brother, M. L. Wicker, and three sisters, Miss Lou Wicker. Mrs. Glen *r- -t-~ ?A I? i\v rVnmrtton AltJrlztr ituu _?n o. j_>. Mr. Jordan Vaughn is excusable for not running the operating machine tor the moving picture at the Opera House Monday. He had just come in possession early that morning of a i?ttle moving picture of his own, Wi/ich in the course of time may be a canlidate in a contest similar to that now conducted by Manager Wells. And at about the same time the water and lights man under the Opera Houst* (Mr. Clarence Werts") received a simi.'ar motion picture of the same gender. Dr. J. M. Kibler can tell you abc-t the two little girls. * GOV. MANNING'S INAUGURATION The Charleston American. Columbia, Jan. 16.?Governor Rich ard I. Manning was totiay inaugurat ed as governor of South Carolina for the two years beginning today, sec ond Tuesday of January, 1^17, at 12 o'clock noon. The inaugural cere u^rp rarripfl out in accord a nee with the detailed program, which has already been published. Chiof Justice Eugene B. Gary, of the supreme court, administered the oath of office, following which the governor delivered his inaugural ad dress. Atter the address of the governor, tn*- oath of office was administered by Chief Justice Gary to Lieutenant Gov ernor A. J, Bethea, In his inaugural address Governor Manning said that during his two years in office he had endeavored to enforce the law. He called attention the the "admfinistration" measures which had been passed, and about a r .1.. -.i- v -JJ ? A lOUriUL ui ins auuicsa was ucruicu iv > the accomplishments of the State ad ministration during the* past two yrars-" In regard to the liquor law, he said that he trusted "the general assem bly will enact eucfr legislation as "fill minimize the evils of liquor and make possible the strict enforcement of the law.'' He reiterated the recommendation in his annual message "that a method be provided for the suspension or re moval of sheriffs and other officers for incapacity, misconduct or neglect of duty.* Taking up the subject of education, he said that "our school term; should run for at least seven months," and [ ne riicommeuueu. iu? o-mm wu stitutional tax prQ-vieion. for schools, be changed from, a county tax. to? a. State tax, an?fc paid into. tlie Stai3> treasury-.. - v Attention- was called to the plat form of the national Democratic party, "recommending X&e extension! of the franchise to the women of the country by States," ansf this matter was called to the attention of the legislature for "careful eonsidera tion~* tiovernor Manning- briefly but; pointedly refererd to the financial con- j ditioa of the State. "Tfre spirit of j - ? ?anniroa- f ftiff rmr TP- { illr I'viisiiiuin/u i^vjun venues shonld .at least fte* equal toj our expenditures,'! lie eaa'dl. An ih-j1 heritance tax,- the strengthening"" off the income tax law, increase of' h-[ crnse fees of corporations,, and" a pra> |; vision for a flexible levy; were urged ( by ttint A "commission on economy arid ef-f; ficiency''" vas recommenaBd:. ! ; That the terms of the governor arid j' other State officials should be for four; years,. arw? the governor and lieuten- | ant governors be not eiigiMe for re-: election, and that the public service? would be promoted by Saving bien- J ni:ri sessions of the legislature, were} among the- fart recommendations I suggested. In regard to "penal and charitable ] problems^"" said Governor Manning. I "we should pursue a. policy with re-' .sard to our boards ol administration ! so that institutions of more or less 1 the same general nature would he;, jontroITed' by the same board. The-; work or tfcese adinftristr&tfve boards . should, m turn', be under the general i supervision of the State board of char- j ities imcf corrections." The governor \. outUfiswC hfs suggesieu prvgx CLLLI ILL AW I gard to this matter at some length J "The State's penaf system,''" he urged. I "shotiTd be administered by 'the State; board of penal administration,' which ; ; wouM supplant the board of direc-; tors of the State penitentiary." This i board would consist of five men, to be j appointed 'by the governor, and the <; superintendent of the penitentiary j ' would be appointed by the governor, > of *?wfed' hv the legislature . i liiaicavi v? _>T _ as at present. A number of other matters in re- 1 gard to penal and charitable matters 1 were touched upon in the addrrss, 1 among them a recommendation that the constitution should foe amended limiting the power of the governor in 1 matters of clemency to action in this j regard upon the recommendation of j the State board of pardons. * *? H-io nonn?P I In conclusion ue uigcu "again to turn their backs on past dissensions and bitterness/' In beginning his addres-s this mov ing, Governor Manning thanked Mrs. 1 Mary Butler Evans, of Newberry, for j her "support in the interest of good ' government." Mrs. Evans came into the house with the inaugural party. She is the mother of Mr. H. H. Evans, cf Newberry, former chairman of the statp disDensarv board, and novc ! a member of /the house of representa tives from Newberry county. The galleries were well filled when Governor Manning delivered his ad dress. " - He was applauded at the conclusion of his rerhark? Cotton Sec<L It is fstimated that one seed of cot ton. given the application of all pos n'bln rare nnd skill, would produce .'.n nnO.COO ? 9^ :'n six veaT>.?E^i ' vance. SANDERS CHOSEN HEAD OF PEMTEXTIART Griffith I)i<i >ot Desire Keelectioa, Murk'?, (iosnell, Huffman and V. irton Candidates. \ ? The State. A. K. Sanders of Hagood, member of the house of representatives' from Sumter county and chairman of the agricultural committee, was yester day elected on the second ballot su perintendent of the State penitentiary, Mr. Sanders succeeds D. J. Griffith, for many years at the head of the penal institution, who did not desire reelection Mr. Sanders was for ser eral vtars a director of the penitem tiary. Mr. Sanders was nominated by Sen ator R. D. Epps of Sumter. Repre sentative Liles of Orangeburg placed before the joint assembly the name of Dr. L. K. Sturkie of that county. J. H. Gosnell of Spartannurg w<r9 r.onzmated by Representative Jess# W. Boyd. P. H. Lesesne of Columbia was nominted by Represnetative Marria Lumpkin of Richland. J. 9. Huffman of Richland, former member of the house, was placed in the race by Senator Spigener of Richland, L. C Wharton of Union was offered -by Representative T. C Duncan of Union. Mr. Lesesne has been for some years office man at the State prison. \fr Qaniforq lAff nn tlie first hall?t with 65 votes. Mr. Lesesne was next with 43. The other votes were: Mr. Gosnell 24, Dr. Stirrki'e IS,. Mr. Whar ton 7, 3Tr. Hoffman 6. The three lowest men withdrew from the race and Ihe next ballot was taken between Messrs. Sanders. Le sesne and' G'owielT. Mr: Sanders re ceived 82 votes, the exact number needed for chofce on: this ballot;- Mr. Lesesne was second with 53; Mr. Gos nell got 2-8. Tie vote on the second ballot was: * ? Sanders-^Scnators Banks, Beattie, Black, Bonham. " Brice, Christensen, DnrsJ, R.-D. Epps.,.Evans, Gfirn, Har mon, Hughes, Johnstone, Ketchla, Laney, Lee. Manning, MoCo-wn, NjcJc Fes, Nicholson, CTDell. Piirdy, RISgeTl, Robinson, Shelor. Sherard. Sinlslef, Stuckey. Waifrer. T). R. Williams, an? Representatives Berry, RoyTtfo, Car ter, Clybum, Cothran. R. E. Dennis, Dobson, Dominibk, Dnckwortfi. Dtnu carr, Edens-.H. HL 35Vaiis,.X. G. Eva*?, Fortf, FYipp, Prom-Berg, Gbadvfn, R. FT. Hall, Hambliii, Hiiies,^ Hiagfies, H. T Johnson, Keenair, H. KefLey, Mason, Ma u Id in; McCants, W. Lj McOuteTie?, McLaiinn. MiaaiPion. Miieneii,- jm-oibv, Moore, Xeuffer, Xicftols. Norton, Pst3 ?^iTafgne, Pe^ues. Pickens. Redmoit, RfcFiarrfs Roberts. Scott. Seabroofc, Sens^nev. Shull, H". L. S'mi't&, Jr.. S;. W. Smit'i. Walker. WTiarey, WTnsard an-4 Foil its. Lesesne?Senators Beamguard, Back, E. C. Epps. Cross, Johnson, Padgett, Spigener. .T. E. Williams, xnd Representatives And>rson. Bailey, Barnwell, Boinest. Booth, Boozer, Bradford. ClinkscaTes, Coney; Crews* ("rum. J. E. Davis, J. J. Eaddy, S. (k Kaddy. Ei'lis. Fuller. Graham, A. Hall, .fr? Hamer, Hammond. Hemphill,. Hoyt. w. W. Johnson. J. O. KeHy, Klitg,-J". H. Lesesne. Lnmpkin, Mac "ron n tt" XTWuf^Ttpn "McMillan-. McSweeney, MeTfett, Mfshoe, Xtiim, Owerts. Pursley, RawFinson. Richey, Rfrers, Searson, Smoafc, Strom, Sum mers. Thomas. Toole. Gosnel!?Senators DuRant, Friday* Griffith, Rogers, Stacy, Wharton, and Representatives Atkinson. Boyd. Daa ieJ, Byrd, FindTey, Fulmer, Gaston, LJresham, Harrison, Horton, Lanford, LMes, Long, Martin, Rector, Riddle, rtiiey, sianoru, wa,??v?. ncovu>v>b~ land, Williams, Wright. The general assembly reelected without opposition four circuit judges, as follows: Fifth circuit, M. L. Smith; Seventh circuit. Thomas 3. ?ease; Ninth circuit. R. W. Memmin ?er; Tenth circuit. George E. P;^ice. Elections will continue at noon to :lay. Four members of th<> board of trustees of the South Carolina Medi cal college: three directors of tha State penitentiary and a Stat? ware house commissioner remain to ba chosen. FARMERS COOPERATIVE UMOX MEETS SATURDAY PROSPERITY The Farmers Cooperative union will meet at Prosperity Saturday, 20th at 2:30 o'clock. LA 11 farmers in terested in buying fertilizer are in vited to meet with it. GEO. P. HUXTER. Secretary *Potash & Perlmotterv ' Potash & Perlmutter," the firm that made the laugh famous on two stories in the Saturday Evening Post: continents, will be at the Opera Hou?^ Friday, January 26th with their im mortal line of wit and wisdom. No play of recent years has so won its way into tne nean anu muugui ??i the theatregoing public as this dram atization of Montague Glass's famo'ig "Abe" and "Mawruss" have become the modern Damon and Pythias. A capable company up to the usual A. H. Woods standard will interpret ?he piece.