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LEGISLATIVE SESSION OF 1JU7 IS COXCLl'DEU Half a Million More Than in Previous Year Needed to Bun Goyenimeni, Whieh Means Two Mills Over the 1910 revy. Columbia, Feb. 21.?The legisla tive session of 1917 was concluded at o:20 o'clock this afternoon. The appropriation bill carries a to tal of $2,989,404. It was signed by tne governor this afternoon, rnis is an in crease of more than a half million dol lars over the appropriation measure of last year. The two branches of the general as sembly disagreed upon the appropria tion this morning, and there was au acrimonious debate, but they finally so: together upciL the free conference committee report, embodying the pen ate recommendations. The act pro vices for a levy of eignt ana one-nan mill^ which is an increase of mills over the 1916 levy. It retains tn^ voO.OOO for "law enforcementthe $20,00u for a new law building at the University of South Carolina, looking towards an additional appropriation of $20,000 next year; $150,000 for de velopment and repairs of the State Hospital for the Insane, tms year, auu ail otlx^r items inserted by the sea ate. The veto message of Governor Man ning upon the act placing the election of chief game garden m the hana? of the people, and retaining Col. Rich ardson in this position until the next general election, will not be cons4? ered until the next session, under tne action taken by the senate just before concluding its session, when debate was adjourned until the first day 01 the session of 1S18. This meajjfc thai the law stands as it now is. Coi. Richardson's term expires in Marcn, but his successor must be appointed upon the recommendation of the Au dubon society. He has that/recom mendation for reappointment. Gov ernor Manning regards him as "un suitable," but under the law as it now stands he can not appoint except upon the recommendation of the society, and Mr. Richardson, l*eing in officw, holds until his successor is appointed and qualified. Col. Richardson, upon whom a fight has been made on ac ?+V.C Pont that hp iq a "Bleasw t'UUUl Ui. IUV ibvt. ... -- appointee,'' has won a notable victory, hit the matter may yet go into thb courts. At 5:15 Governor Manning, througn Secretary LaRouque, sent the follow ing message to the genral assembly, in response to the messages from thb liouse and senate asking if he had any further communication: "I respectfully inform your honor " able body that I have signed the ap propriation bill, and the school ana county bill and have no further com munication or message. "In returning to your homes, per mit me to express the hope that ma year- will be ^>ne of health and happi ness and that each of you may return next year prepared for good and cou structive work in the interest ot all the people of our State.'' ">4ay God's blessings rest upon you and yours." The following appointments were announced: Committee to contract for publica tion of supreme court reports: Sena tor Hughes and Representatives Sear son and Martin. Joint committee on printing: Sena ^ riv1Mt.fQncon onH T,pp and Reu 4.VI O VUIIOM,UUVU resentatives Bradford and Crum. The speaker announced that Repre sentative Cothran had asked to be re lieved from duty upon this commit tee. _ . . Committee to inquire into progress of code commissioner: Senator J. H. Johnson and Representatives Atkinson and Mauldin. tn invoctipqtp railroad Ill Hi I L I W iv/ A** T demurrage Tares, under Duckwortn resolution: Senator Padgett and Rep resentatives Duckworth and 'Walker. The senate adjourned sine die jusi three minutes before final adjouru ir.ent was reached by the house. The quart-a-month liquor bill and the canal bill were both among tne measures ratified today and sent to the governor, but executive action has not been taken upon either of them. The governor can sign them and make them laws, or he can hold them until the next session of the' general assem bly. The House. The house met at 10 o'clock this morning and, after the transaction of some routine business, recessed, sub ject to the call of the chair, in order to give the senate time to express itself further upon the appropriation bill. Want State Hall for Ball. Mr. Morris C. Lumpkin, of Rich land, introduced a resolution to allow the South Carolina club to use the hall of the house of representatives the annual "State ball/' but im consideration of the resolu was objected to? and it was plac | ed upon the calendar, which proba-'. , biv means its death. One Jtest Day Each Week. The house gave nnal reading to the : ' measure proposed by Mr. Furman x^. Long, of Greenville, "to require ail ! corporations, persons, firms and asso-i ciations to give every person in their employ at least one rest day during : each \veek." The bill now goe6 to tht> . < senate. | 3 The thristensen senate measure to \ perfect the law In reference to insut- ] ance of public school buildings by the i oinl-inre t'linrl onmmicsifm WJl?. i given .final reading by the house. Spirited Debate. There was a spirited debate in th? ! house upon a motion by Mr. X. C*. ! Evans, of Edgefield, to recall from | the senate The Searson concurrent re? i olution, passed by the house last ' night, recommitting the appropriation j bill, with the reductions suggested by i the house. "The best information I can gather ' iii the senate cftamoer," saia Mr. n;v j ans. is that there "is absolutely 110 ' hope for the house resolution to get ' through the senate. There are omv : about ten senators who might voie ! for it. The others, my information la, ! are unalterably opposed to recommit 1 ting the appropriation bill, and thert no use for us to sit here and km j time, at the expense of the people. "We I have put ourselves on record." Mr. J. Howard Moore, of Abbeville, 1 urged that the resolution be left witii I the senate to pass upon. "We sent, 1 j it to the senate, now let them voie 1 | on it," he urged. ! ] Mr. T. C. Duncan, of Union, saia:'i j "From the information I can secure i | there are only ten senators in that au j gust body who propose to vote in fav- t or of that resolution, and as long as ] | the members of the house continue tv 1 let that resolution stay over there 11 ( ! seems that the speaking will continue, t j and there is no way to stop it. Somt 1 of tlie senators appear 10 De piaying ; to the galleries. All the burden of tn* increase in the appropriation bill rests j upon the senate, and I am in favor I of the resolution being recalled, ana ] I that the house adopt the report of the t committee on free conference. "We - , have placed ourselves on record. Ir < j the senators are willing to go before ! their constituents and say that the? < . were wiser in their day and genera- t irt" wo n-or<? hv infppflsinp' frin . levy, I say, give those gentlemen tue ; , honor and distinction which til*/ t ; claim for themselves.'" ' J Mr. R. P. Searson, Jr., of Barnwell.! ' was opposed to recalling the resoiu-, tion. "Something has been said about ! cramming our views down the threat of the senate, but I think the boot i is on the other foot in this instance,"'! he said. "We had no opportunity to 1 raise our voices in regard to the sen-!< ate increases until last .night. In a i spirit of fair play and compromise, j : we have cut off only one hundred; ] tliou3and dollars from the senate i j measure. They raised our bill about ? j $350,000 and we have cut down their i ; increases approximately only 33 per { < ' cent, thereby meeting them two-third.*' ] | of the way. If they want L assume ? j the responsibility of rejecting this rt?- I | port, let them take the responsibili- i , tv. Let them act on the resolution, i j 1 QO HOC IfllJUK 1111S uuuse is lUipci I ' nent because it sends a few recom , mendations to the senate," he cou- j" i eluded. 11 Mr. X. G. Evans contended that the j great trouble with the house had been < I that the individual members were noT^ i ' willing to "give and take." "\ j The idea of my friend from Barn- | I well (Mr. Searsonj and of my friena j from Abbeville (Mr. Moore) is a beau- ] | tiful political move, but what is tlie I use of our delaying the hour of aa- | ! journment uselessly? We have done j the best we could, and the time wt ] J spent in cutting down the senate bill ? by $102,000 cost the State almost the ] amount of the reduction.'' Mr. J. E. Davis, of Barnwell, urgeu < that the matter was too small for so t ' great a fight. He was in favor or ; "withdrawing the resolution and pui-j i i ting the responsibility where it be-! j j longs, leaving this house a clean sheei : 'on/1 r> r>l og r <sr>i PT? CP '' J -I , ??? a v v.- . . ! Mr. J. C. Rivers, of Chesterfield, said; j j that he was in favor of "rigid econ-j omy," and had so voted as a member: i | of the ways and means committee ot j ] ! the house, and had also voted to cut; i j down the amounts which were in- j i creased by the free conference com-1 ; ! mittee. but he saw no use of staying ! ] I here any longer in a hopeless fight., '"The onus, if any,'' he said, "will re^t, upon the senate. 'What will we gain by delay?" j Mr. J. W. Hamer, of Dillon, was in , ! favor of letting the senate record its vote. "Why are there so many new members here? Is it 'Bleaseism' or is it 'anti-BIeaseism?' No; it is the j taxpayers of South Carolina sending j business men here as their represen- j T C/-n ? sws 1 r\ A r\y c a TL* V? o + dllVCS. I, 1UI UUC, IUUU1 ' uuv, gentleman from Barnwell (Mr. Sear sou) said. Let the senate act upon this amendment. If they turn it down, j then I will vote for the appropriation bill." j Mr. Harry R. Hnshs. of Oconee, or* posed the recall of the resolution. Ho HA\M\(i'S BITTER FIGHT ON MIL RICHARDSON rimart,ed by General Assembly in Securing i'ower of Appointment Chief Gume harden, Governor >o? ->iiiKes Accusations. . I Columbia, Feb. 21.?"From many sources, by letters and by word or nouth, I have received complaints hat -Mr. Richardson's deputies, wltn lis approval, ha\e made Illegal collet Lion.^ of money; that they have held up presumed violators of the game laws, in the field, and demanded casn payments of fines, without procea* provided by law." The foregoing are the sensa' v t "harges embodied in a mess' fc?t . from Governor Manning in tL ? today, in which he vetoed the gently patsed by* the general assen ^.v, Dlaciiig the office of chief game war Jen in the general election in 19 IS, ind pioviding for the retention of tne incumbent. A. A. Richardson, in ot ic e unxil his successor is elected an4 qualified. The governor charges extravagance in the operation of the office, asserts that he does not contest the placing or the office in the general election, but deprecates the effort to legislate a, nan into office.'' I "The conduct of the office ef chler' ?ame warden un^er Mr. Richardson, and the bold 1 u>by for this legisla tion," says the message, "forced me to the conclusion that the election at :he remote date specified was simpiy proposed as a screen to bl fad you 10 :he sinster aspects of a deplorable sit uation." When the message was received m ;he senate, Senators J. F. Williams. Bonham and Lee made short speeches, :he tenor of which was thai- th? charges were of so serious a nature hat they ought to he carefully inve3 tigated before the senate took Hffy action that would seem to sustain them. On motion of Senator Nicholson, of Edgefield, the consideration of the message was deferred until 4 o'cIock his afternoon. iid not think the house should "cut another somersault." "We have cut enough somersaults already," lie con ended. Mr. S. ft. Eaddy, of Williamsburg, =aid he liaa been in hopes thai some hing could be done whereby the levy :ould be reduced, but it would be "al most child's play" to recall the housb resolution from the senate at this 'ime ^without giving the upper t?ranc>? time to consider it." Resolntion Killed. I lie mo Liu XI iu iuc icsviuuuu !rom the senate was "killed by a vote }f 49 to 16?which showed a bare quo rum in the hall. Senate's Message. At 1 o'clock this afternoon the house received a message from the senate stating that the senate had killed the Pearson concurrent resolution to re commit the appropriation bill. The 30use uien, aner suine iui uici uismo sion, by a vote of 47 to 31. adopted :he report of the free conference com nittee, which means the final adop :ion of the measure, which row goes ;o the governor for action by him. i It will be noted that there were only ; ;$ members voting. The total mem-' >ership of the house ij 124. I The vote upon the final passage, or-! iering the bill enrolled for ratiflca-^ :ion, was 50 for and 27 against?77 nembers being present, little moru :han half of the entire membership. tAit 1:30 the house recessed until 3 ?. m. The Senate. The senate refused to go back on ts previous action in adopting the re port of the committee on free confer-* ?nce in regard to the general appro-, ^nation bill. The wrangle which has caused a leadlock between two the house for hree days was apparently no netum end when the senate met this norning. The concurrent resolution, idopted by the house last night, sug gesting that the free conference com mittee be instructed to do some prun ing on several sections, was read. Before the senate could concur in :he resolution, it was necessary under parliamentary procedure to reconsider ihe vote by which the report of thn tree conference committee had been accepted, senator banc* iuauc mc.* motion, as a preliminary to moving1 concurrence in the desolution with1 certain amendments making it slight- j ly milder in tone. \ i The motion to reconsider was lost1 by the narrow margin of two votes, the final count being 15 to 17 against reconsideration. The following sena tors voted aye on the motion: Beam enard. Black, R. D. Epps. Ginn. Grif flth. Gros?, Johnson. Laney. Ridgell. Rogers, Sinkler, Spigener, 9tacy, Wharton and J. F. ^lliams?15. The following voted against recon sideration. or in favor of the commit tee report: Beattie. Ponham, Bank3. Christensen, DuRant. Durst, Evany, Friday. Hugrhes. Johnstone, Ketchin. j.pp MWnwn% Nickels. Nicholson, Sherard and Stuckey?17. POIXTED PARAGRAPHS FROM PROSPERITY TOW* Prosperity, Feb. 22.?The. Youny Peoples society of Grace chjtfrch wiL render the pageant entitled "Chrftt in America'* on Sunday evening ai 7:30. The cast of characters repre sent practically all of the nations ot the world and the songs are especially inspiring. The processional of the church is beautiful. The whole pageant is very suggestive and in structive. The public is cordially in vited. The Lutheran Pastoral association of Newberry county will meet herb Friday. Mrs. A. G. Voigt of Columbia is thb guest of Rev. Mrs. C. J. Shealv. -Mrs. J. U. Dt'UKUUvl Up II uj. ruuiana is spending a few days with her par ents, Mr and Mrs. J. .M. Werts. Mrs. J. B. Stockman has gone to the Columbia hospital for treatment. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Rawl and Mrs. G. W. Harmon were in Columbia Tu esday for "Intolerance." Mrs. Lindsey Fellers has gone to Winnsboro to vLsit her parents. Miss Doris Kohii of Columbia col lege spent the week-end at home, j Mr. Carroll Mills of Clemson col lege Is home recuperating from a cast of measles. Miss Annie Moseley of Batesburg is spending the week with Mi3s Maria Sohirm nprt Miss Bess Bowers leaves today for Clemson college and Greenville xo visit relatives. Miss Sadie Goggans of Newberry spent Wednesday with Mrs. Jarc*^ Goggans and her little son, J. F., Jr. Dr. and Mrs. G. Y. Hunter spent Wednesday in Columbia. The ladies of Grace church will ob serve Week of Prayer services next week. All are welcome. Mr. Ernest Allen Counts of TT. S. A., who has been stationed in El Paso, Texas is visiting bis parents, Mr. an^ Mrs. E. O/'.Counts. Tbe word "carpet" w^as in later medieval times used to describe dra peries as well as tbe stuffs whlcn covered floors and seats. THE GOLDEN WEDDING OF ( APT. AND MRS. E. P. .MATTHEWS (Feb. 21st, 1867-Feb. 21st, 1317). A large and happy company of near ly one hundred guests assembled tu . celebrate their fiftieth anniversary. | The old home, where they have llv 1 ed over thirty years, formerly the Jacob Schumpert place, seven milea from Newberry, seemed to look dear er and mnrp hnsnitable than ever and a kindly atmosphere of grace and gracious maturity pervaded all the house. Capt. and Mrs. Matthews (once Mis* Edith Langt'ord of Newberry) havt thus long enjoyed and still rejoice in the heavenly benediction of an Al mighty God, and though this hall li nr\o Deaf) n wnr ci nr>p thpv Arst plighted their marriage vows, tney are strong and t wiiole-hearteo yet and apparently destined to live together many a long and useful year. In the good providence of their Heavenly Father seven children were born to them, all living and prosper ous, except one dear boy, taken sud denly away in his early manhood: Mrs. M. "M. Satterwhite, Mrs. Pink Smith nf K"inard? and Mrs. Ttiad McOrackin. Clarence, Atwood of Ben nettsville. S. C., and' Aubrey of Pine Bluff, Ark.- All the children are hap pily married; and all were present at the wedding except Audrey, who at the last moment found it impossi ble to come and wired his love arid congratulations. There are thirteen grandchildren. The photographer was there "took"' them all, even the old family dog lying at their feet. L-.md what terms are enough to de scribe that wonderful wedding feast! Or those numerous golden wedding gifts, among which was seventeen dollars and a haif in gold. In a ?ome where hospitality anVl skill and culinary arts have always been unsurpassed elsewhere, this day Its Own Dounieous -reparttuuu uas outdone itself, and the happy ^uest-j rose up from that table full of utter ance and many things. The day had beeun with threaten ing clouds; its close was fair ana i bright and warm. "At evening i: ! shall be light." and every friend wish i ed for them both a glorious light j in the eventide of their lives. f I J "On your golden wedding day. we pray i The grace of God the Son. The Father's love and the Spirit's joy May abide with you every one. | And. one hy one. when the time shall come. Which God in his love se^ best, i May you rather safe In the horn*; above, r it. - "i j _ r ? ~ l. tj WILSON likely TO SMASH axothk aged precedent President Considers Eliminating tire *\ ninp of His >'ew Term. n^kshington, Feb. 20.?President [ Wilscn is considering breaking an other precedent of more than a hun- j dred years' standing by not calling J < the customary session of the senate j ! immediately \ at the beginning of his j t new term. t j 'I Special Session of Senate I UaUoUrtiUUU iiUilUgCmcuis, an tciujr i much upset, by the fact that March * : falls on Sunday, may be further d!s i arranged by the abandonment of the special session, which in a measure would change entirely the method ana ceremonies of inauguration of the Vice President The president's purpose, as under pt'-od at the capitol, is to avoid a special session of the senate unless I . .- nnciAn r\f + Vin ti'Vi n I o ' : congress is necessary at the time. Tne , senate called* in special session, as is the custom, to confirm appointment J of cabinet members and others, would ] ' j be pow erless to legislate to any pur- j < pose alone, but there would be notn- ] - I ( ing to prevent the body from remain- j < j ing in session as long as It pleased j i ) and discussing any subject it chose, i ;j The understanding at the eapitol to I day was that such a situation was to 1 be avoided if possible. . ; : Would (urfail Ceremony. Abandonment of the special sessloh , rr-rviilH fin Q-n-ov with the* 11 fill 9.1 PArH- ! | mony of inaugurating the vice presi I dent, and would eliminate exactly one . naif of the official ceremony of inau j suration day. Vice President Marshall pointed out today that under the cou j stitution he could,take the oath of 01 ! flee and file notice with the secre I tary of 3tate any time before Marcn! ! i, and then, if he chose, take au-j i other oath at the formal ceremonies j March 5. j i President Wilson has not dec-idea, | so far as is known, what be will ao | about taking the oath of office some j time before ttie public ceremonies on j J , Monday, March G. Secretary Lansing j .'has advised him that, it would De1 1 proper to take tV.e oath Sunday,/ 1 , March 4. and then take it again at < the rnblie ceremony. There were 1 i indications that the president.] might decide no: to take any oath <it! : all until Monday, March 5. That|i j would leave an interval, strictly;.1 | speaking, during which the country j 'j would be without a president, "but; *: there is precedent for such action. ! j March 4 fell on a Sunday in 1821,!; ' j when President Monroe entered nis: < 1! second term. On the advice of Chier j ' 1! Justice Marshall. President Monro** 'i took no oath until the following Mon- j 'j clay. President Taylor followed tlie j 1, precedent set by Monroe when, m j , j 1849, he dtlayed taknig the oath or j I office until March o. ' | There is a precedent for taking the | ; 1J oath prior to March o if President | 1 Wilson wishes to follow it. President j Hayes took it on March 3. a Satur day, immediately after the announce- j r ment of the conclusion of the mem-1 | orable contest with Tildeii. 1 WEEK OF PRAYEB BY H. A>"D F. MISSIONARY SOCIETY , The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary society of the Church ot ; | the Redeemer will observe the Week- : [ of Prayer and Self-Denial for mi3- : ! sions, February 26?March 4, 1917. < j These meetings will be held at the'1 parsonage at four o'clock. An at-. ] tractive program has been arranged ] for the public meeting Sunday night, ! i j beginning at seven-thirty. < j Following is the program for the! i w ecA; ; Monday?Examples of Prayer and Self-Denial.?Leader, Mrs. W. G. Houseal. Tuesday?Our Home Mission Work. ?Leader, Mrs. C. B. Spinks. Wednesday?Our I~ner Mission Work.?Leader, Mrs. .;Ohn Switten berg. i Thursday^-Our Foreign Mission i Work?Leader. Mrs. H. W. Schum ' pert* j Friday?Joint Meeting or ? omen s, | Young People's, and Children's Socie I ties.?Leader, Young People. Officers Knights of Pythias. Newberrv Lodge, No. 75, K. of P., at the last regular meeting elected the yoll/Dwing officers for the ensuing term: J. W. White. C. C. R. H. Swittenberg. V. C. S. J. Derrick, prelate. W. S. Mann, M. of W. C. A. Bo-vrman, K. of R. and S. W. F. Ewart, M of F. W. A. ^IcSwain, M. of Fx. Geo. S. Mo^er, I. G. F. H. Aull, 0. G. Past Grand Chancellor Geo. S Mower and Past Chancellor S. .T. Der rick were elected delegates to the]' Columbia convention.* which is to!* meet March the 1st in honor of the I J ifcaE^fctaaceJIor. 'BONE DRY*5 PROHIBITION TAKES LONG STEP AHEAD riiree Hnndred and Nineteen to Set enty-two in Payor of Item Prohibit ing Importations of Liquor Into States Which Hare Porbid Sale. Washington, Feb. 21.?Absolute prohibition legislation took its long est forward stride in the nation's History today uhen the house after :\vo hours of uproarous debate, ap proved by a four to one majority a senate measure Ahicb would raise an .ron ciad barrier against uni-ortation Df liquor into prohibition States, it 13 expected to receive the approval :?f President Wilson within a weeK. immediately to the "bone-dry' territory about one-third of continen :al United States. The provision is regarded as the most far reaching that could be en acted by the federal government ana is sweeping as would be possible un aer any meuiou suurt ui <x liauuuai prohibition amendment. It would cut off entirely liquor im portation, amounting now to millions Df dollars annually, into the large number of States which have forbid den manufacture or sale but have per mitted importation for personal use. Division Within Winsrs. v Advocates of prohibition divided among themselves over the expecn sncy of the step, some friends of the tause declaring so drastic a law would have a reactionary effect. In tne same way those who have opposed prohibition \xere not unanimous m 3ppo3i-t:on when the vote was taken, rhe roll call brought cries of "bone iry" from all parts of the house, ho^ jver, and the result was greeted witfe i noisy demonstration. The vote as officially announced tvas 521 to but a recheck of tte a 01Q + TO Parfv run luaugou ic w o j.^ ^ ... x ?.? \.j lines were completely broken down and numerous representaives from prohibition States were recorded in :he negative. So large a vote seldom ts recorded on any measure. A provision barring liquor adver tisements from the nvails in State* Lhat prohibit such advertising is in cluded in the measure, which camt? before the house as ? rider to the an nual postoffice appropriation bill, in serted by the senate last week on [notion or senator Keea uy a vine ">5 to 11. Little Chance of Chance. Although the appropriation bill will go to conference because the nonso disagreed to other senate amendments there is little possibility that the.p:i? hibition amendment, concurred ta without change will be altered. Mem bers of congress are taking it for granted that President Wilson will ap prove it. Although some members have gi\6B it as their opinion that tlie legislative features added to the postal bill would not be affective until July 1, the ef fective date of the appropriations It carries, senators and representatives who are considered authorities salti tonight that ail the legislative riders, including the Reed prohibition amend ment, undoubtedly would become operative as soon as the president has signed the measi'.rp. Dry advocates were jubilant tonigm. Representative Webb of North. Caro lina, father of the resolution for a national prohibition amendment, de clared the overwhelming affirmativa rote has killed the State rights argu ment and that the national amend ment, already reported favorably, cer :ainly would pass the house at this session. The national legislative com mittee of the Anti-Saloon league is sued a statement saying today's ac :ion had "cleared the decks" for a n* ;ionaI amendment. Brewers Seemed Pleased. Many of the wet advocates in con gress, particularly those with brew ers among their constituents, also de clared themselves much pleased with he outcome. The brewers are cinder >tood to have been in favor of the pro ^ f rrr/'vtil/l /Ml 7 I ?'I5101i tHJLii uaauoc 11, nuuiu vu^w.> .he socalled mail business carried louses dealing in spirituous liquor* md because it might prevent States now wet from going dry and indefi nitely postpone nationwide prohibi ;ion. Distillers and -whiskey dealers, on :fce other hand, were vigorously op posed to the proposal. There are at :h:s rime, Representative Sherley of Kentucky declared during debate, T.ore than 225,000,000 gallons of liquor n ix*nd in the United States and 40 per cent, of such liquor heretofore ias been sold in partially dry terri tory. Under the amendment con i?mMof hu L'urrta in tuutjvf <xn \jl iui^ muot vu sold in absolutely wet territory, prob ably, be argned, at a great loss. Mr. Sherley made a futile attempt to irnend the proposal by extending the lime when it wonld go into force for jne year. This motion like all others looking to amendment of the measure was overwhelmingly defeated.