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f \ : FORECAST OF U> PRESENT LEGISI N ; Session Will Probably Last T 9 sions Thought as Wei Columbia, Jan. 6.?When the general . 1 assembly of 1918 convenes on Tuesday j > it will be confronted with requests from j the heads of the executive departments l of the State government and State in-1 S & i * stitutions for appropriations of more i ' . than a half million dollars in excess oi' j ( the appropriation bill of 1917, which s I does not take into account such extraor- j t dinary appropriations as the $30,000 to j be asked for by the State council of j ^ defense, the- $60,000 to be asked for to ! ? Sst&blish a home for the feeble-minded, t and other extraordinary appropriations; t with the various war measures which j t have been and will be outlined; with a: > program of tax reform to be proposed J1 by the tax commission of the State; with j t a heavy calendar in each house of bills , t carried over from the last session; with t several important elections; with a num- j t ber of new propositions by legislators,"* c ? "> J ? it - ??; L ana wren a aeraanu irom uc pt-u^ic iuai> i i > the session be concluded as speedily as possible, and that appropriations be held down to a minimum consistent with j efficiency in the administration- of the ' t affairs of state. ; a It may safely be predicted that the i session will go thirty days. The usual r length of a session is forty days. There ' t . is no limit. The pay of the members is ( $200 each per session. In former years j it was so much per day for forty days, \ and after the expiration of the forty i. 4-1, ^ ~ (lays Tnere was no pay, except iur mo 11 clerks and attaches. Hence the preva- f lent idea that forty days is the legal j a * length of a session. As a matter of j \ L fact, the legislature can stay in session j t Wj tke whole year round if it wants to, but -v the pay of membei i remains stationary j j at $200 per session. The session may j \ ga the customary forty days, or it may j ^o longer, but it will be possible to con- ? elude it within thirty days, and there { seems to be a well-defined sentiment in i favor of getting down to work and get- ? ' '-Ll - 11. X} ? ? _ ^ {, ^ ting tnrougn wuaui a mu-iuu. xvcpic- ?. sentative Junius T. Liles of Orangeburg, t chaiuian of the ways and means com- i raitte^of the house, has stated that he i is determined that the appropriation bill! c shall be ready for introduction in the c house two weeks after the beginning of I r the session, and this will materially ex peunt* JticiLcerB. 1 Immediate Legislation Demanded. 1 The suggestion has been made that the t legislature convene and immediately re- ( cess until a later date in order to con- j serve coal.' The proposition is absurd \ on its face. Even if the members of the i general assembly bad to suffer a little < - inconvenience from lack of fuel?which j will not be the case?it is absolutely im- < perative that an appropriation bill be < (passed as speedily as possible. There i is not a department of government ] which has had any funds since the close i ef the fiscal year-'on JJecemoer ai, ana i there will be no funds available for any j f these departments until th? appro- ; priation bill for 1918 is passed. The < State, under its fseal policy, is now run- ; ?ing on borrowed money. If the general ; assembly should convene and recess until, ; (rammer time, without passing an appro- < priation bill and a county supply bill, ; mich institutions as the State Hospital < for the Insane, the county chain gangs, i and others, which require constant care ] wnnlri be helDless. to sav : nothing of the various departments of government being at a standstill, the State colleges without money, and the j whole machinery of the State financial- J ly paralyzed. There will be 100 tons of coal on hand for the legislature, but the people want to see the members set an example in the conservation program; enact the necessary legislation, and conelude the session within thirty days, if possible. The shorter the session the xrreater the savinsr. of course, in .the mat ter of clerk hire and expenses of that kind, which is a big item. There are some big problems before the legislature *nd some of them will take some time, brt that one-fourth of the customary j forty days consumed can be lopped off ! this year, if the members should be so j disposed, is the opinion of a great many j who have thoroughly studied the situation. Tax Reform. The State tax commission is going to ; ask the legislature for a flexible levy. This is in line with a program which the commission has mapped out of requiring AAliwfxr Affirtnro fVllCf TTDOT? In O QQOCfl I fc-ZIC l/UUU-Ljr v/jlllv/VXO I'Uiu J VU4 vv uuuvww property at its actual value, instead of one-third its value, as has been the custom heretofore, the idea of the commission being then to whack this valuation in half and get the property of tke State on an actual 50 per cent, val* . nation. A levy fixed by the legislature as in former years, upon the valuation HA^iow on the books; would raise too much Si^^Btotone if the assessed valuation should to per cent. IIP j ^.Vh!to fcfc^ce a very much greater tax-payers of the State. *? ma<*0 ^ t^ie tax 1||^ flexible -levy. This important- quesiSMfiBBlBBllllEllil$ifefc. 'ORK FOR I"' NATIVE SESSION" f hirty Days. Time for Ses>> ! as Sessions Action. fe up lave to deal, in connection, of course. j Pr ?"ith the subject of appropriations. j ei1 The appropriation bill last year car-jsi( ied nearly $3,000,000, and the levy was | "1 \x/n mills. If all the appropriations which J ?re asked for at the coming "sessioir, or-1 m; linarily, extraordinary and otherwise, j ?a ihould be granted, a State levy of some- j ^ ;hing over 10 mills would be required, j ^e' Appropriations. : <lu It is hardly within the range of prob- j ibility thatthe legislature will make all j he appropriations asked for, or that the | ^ Kill xrill aorcrecate the i ll-'FI ui/' lol,u" ?oo cotal of the amounts requested in rjic j ^1C arious estimates and measures pending, j There will be trimming almost aJl along'no he line, where increases are sought, and C*1 he effort will be to keep the levy downj^11 o its present figur,^. Some,are doubtful 311 is to whether that can be done: but it j ^ an be done, and the levy even reduced f the strictest economy, consistent with 'fficiency, is practiced. There will be no fight upon any ap- 1(^ >ropriation asked for in connection with I he war emergency, if the members are "1' iatisfied that it is necessary. At the I * ^ ' l neeting of the State council of defense! . ecently, when the proposed'legislation i111 o be submitted by that body was drawn,' Governor Manning suggested an appro j Sl> >riation of $<30,000, which suggestion vas concurred in by Major Richards, nu i s I vho was defeated for governor by Mauling in 1914. All factions and political faiths are in accord upon the matter of 'e idequate support, financial and otheri |}0 vise, of the war measures of the State , t ll< tnd the government. Likewise, there vill be no disagreement upon such .ap-:no jropriations as the members are con- ?/ *inced are necessary for carrying on )roperly the various activities of the State. But there will be stubborn op is losition to starting any new enterprises it this time, or to branching out into f se< my new lines of endeavor, or to taking rc< omr Knr^pnc; nnt, demanded bv the ^ ' li QK?i.J WV4* VfcVMW ? - % var emergency, and, as stated, the leg-! f( slature can, under the proper program, Slf lot only not increase the levy, but re-; luce it, and at the same time take care M * >f all the necessary war emergency 10tJ neasures, if it will. t ^ i th The Council of Defense. The State council of defense has out-, ^ ined a measure which will be submitgr ;ed to the general assembly, creating the jouncil as a State institution and defin- , ,ng its* powers and duties? There are ^ ;wo sections of the proposed measure tvhich have come in for considerable sriticism as being too sweeping in their ^ provisions. There is one section which SG .devolves upon the council the power riot )nlv of investigation, but of censorship, frith heavy penalties involved, and real- , U.C !y clothes it with even greater powers :han the courts now have. These sec-i cions, however, before they are enacted into law, will in all proDaDintv oe so ? amended as really to express what the souncil must intend. There is hardly j any probability of the legislature clothleg any body of men with such arbitrary ni powers as these two sections, taken to-: gether, would actually confer. In the main, and as the council of defense evi- j dently intends it, the proposed act is tl< otherwise well-drawn, and will very ti lr probably be passed in such shape as to () meet the wishes of that body. ! g. Tlie Elections. j ii The general assembly will have a num- j w ber of important elections on its hands. : One associate justice of the supreme c; court and seven circuit judges are to be tr elected. Associate Justice Hydrick of the supreme court will in all probability be re-elected without opposition. The n] terms of the following circuit judges ei will expire during the coming year, ne- a cessitating elections by this general as- e* sembly: Judges I. W. Bowman of the p* first circuit; Hayne F. Rice of the second k circuit; John S. Wilson of the third " circuit; T. II. Spain of the fourth cir- ^ cuit; Ernest Moore of the sixth circuit; j F. B. Gary of the eighth circuit, and c T. J. Mauldin of the thirteenth circuit, s Judge Mendel L. ?>mith of the fifth cir- ^ cuit, who, it was stated some time ago, ^ had been appointed a major in the judge (j advocate general's department of the armv, lias made no statement as yet ^ v 7 W ( c in regard to whether or not lie will ten- , * d der his resignation. In case he should resign during the session, three members n of the Columbia bar and one member | of the Camden bar will be candidates ; i for the position. They are Mr. W. H. S Townsend, supreme court reporter; Mr. j W. T. Aycoek and Mr. W. N. Graydon | of Columbia and Mr. T. J. Kirkland of! ! Camden. \ j ti TVio tprm nf Mr W. Smith as ware- i "V house commissioner will expire next No-1 vember, and this legislature must elect his successor. State Insurance Commis- c sioner F. H. McMaster, whose term ex- n pires at the coming session, kas an- j a nounced that he will not be a candidate ^ for re-election and there are some six c or seven candidates for this position, a promising a spirited contest. The term of Mrs: Virginia PI SfoOdy aff State' ^ librarian also expires. Mrs. Moody, will 1 a candidate for re-ele< tion. [j The house of representatives must j I ret a speaker to succeed Speaker Hoyt. | The Liquor Law. The prohibitionists are ?oin? to make earnest effort to have South Carolina tify the prohibition amendment to the j i i ?,3 ?i4.^ + I 4 a era. I roiisiuuumi, ?uu ai.w iu hjjihwii |.i i the present quart-rvmonth law. The obabilities seem to be that they will her require the prescription of a phy ian in order to secure the monthly j medicinal" quart, or cut out the booze je together. There is a bis; prohibition 5 ijority in each "house, and they can ss pretty nearly any liquor legislation ey want. On the ratification of the deral constitutional amendment, it. re}res two-thirds of each house, and the estion of State's rights may bob up in f? Hifirtjissjon. In the matter of oassins luor legislation for the State loeallv, vvever, there is a decided "prohibi>n:' majority in each house whieh can almost anything if its adherents do t split among themselves, and the only eck is a veto of the governor?and J e? present governor has not yet vetoed j t- linnnr low )l ! C V.Ol'Tl nflSSAfl. ! T ??*; - Jr le physicians of the State generally J e opposed to being burdened with the j eseription phase or the law, and will j lit such an amendment to the present j uor propaganda. Since the quart-a-month law for "me;*inal'' purposes went into effect in >ril, more than ">(5,000 permits for i nedicinal'' quarts have been issued | Richland county alone. Other Legislation. j Biennial sessions of the legislature; a I : per cent, legal rate of interest: wo-j m's suffrage, and other proposed leg- j atioa which has come up at sessions! the general assembly for a number of ars past will probably come iri again j r their share of attention. There will j an effort at this session to increase! \ e salaries of State officers. There isj doubt that at this time the majority| the State officers are not being paid ing salaries. The recently created ofes have larger salaries attached, most which are none too large, but there j a gross inequality. For instance, the j jretary of thj? State board of charities reives more than the attorney general, e comptroller general or the state ?asurer; the State warehouse comrais>ner receives more than other State icials?in fact, his salary is $3,000, lile the salary of the majority of the hers is only $1,000?and so on. That ere ought to be some legislation along is line is apparent. >To legislature which has convened m nth Carolina since 1876 has had a eater opportunity for real constructive )rk in the interest of the State?and r constructive work is meant al30 the aving undone of those things which j :?ht not to be done?that the general! sembly which will convene here on j jesday. The times are serious, and j rious thought, earnest endeavor for e good of all the people, and conse- j ation to thr> welfare of the State, are imaudeil. Jno. K. Aull. , LESS RAWL COMPLIMENTS HER MUSIC CLASS As a compliment for exceptional work iring the term preceding the Christas recess, Miss Kawl entertained very elightfullv for her pupils at the studio a the night before Christmas eve (Satrday). The studio, hung with cedar and misetoe and holly wreaths, and lighted enrely by Christmas candles, formed a ively background for the little girls in j party frocks" and the older pupils in vening dress, who sat at the piano durig the very informal program which as rendered early in the evening. After the singing of the Christmas arols the lights were extinguished, the andles and stars of the tall Christmas ee which had been standing in a rather ark corner forming the only illuminaion. Then came the opening of the ChristLas packages. Each pupil received ther a crepe de chine handkerchief of special design ami color to match some; ;pecial costume or a tiny kewpie who j trried a message peculiarly fitted to the iipil who received him?the traveling ! ewpie to the little girl who always,J wants to go'" before tiie lesson is quite i nished: the industrious kownio (with ai top and pail) to tho pupils whose work ; especially diligent; the kcwpie musi- ! al to tr.e very musical pupils who have f ome special fault to overcome. The J ewpies wUo love each other to the litle girl who loves music so well that she j oes as much work as two ordinary cliilren, etc. The normal children celebrated their rst week at the keyboard in the 1 Stories of the Copipos^'s," paper i oils and other childish gifts. ^ 1 1 X ?y-l*/v/\l on/1 llin umy ine pupixs ui un* scuuui <*??* ?wv. i oriaal children were prcsen1:. CITATION NOTICE. TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Newberry. By W. F. Ewart, Probate Judge: "Whereas, Henry Wise made suit to le to grant him letters of administraon of the estate and effects of Ernest rise These are, therefore, to cite and adlonish all and singular the kindred and' reditors of the said Henry Wise, deeased, that they be an appear before le, in the Court of Probate, to be held j * a OQ+l, Ton-I L i>ywutrr^y^ o. uu UIC .^tu vju VM^ ary next, after publication hereof, at i 1 o'clock in the forenoon, to show ause, if any they have, why the said dministration should not be granted. Given under my hand thi3 4th day of anuary, Anno Domini 191.?. W. F. EWART, P. J. N. C. lllffi FURTHER INCLASSIR l Total of 438 HacI Been Assigned to j the Five Classes Up to Mon. day 3Ioming". Tne following is the additional clas-j ificatiori of registrants since the issue ! f January 4th: First Class. Cole Sligh Wessinger. Isaac McKittrick Smith, Jr. Cole Earl Dominick. John Lester Krell. Calvin Counts. James Williams. Fitzue Bryan Dawkins. William Owens Wicker. Henry Thomas Lake. Obrage Edwards. Arthur Suber. Henry Edgar Shealy. P a 111 \f a yxl-oII Smith Benjamin Tillman Pitts. Tommie Smoot. Luther Hamilton Fellers. Charlie Mark Long. Charlie Green, Jr. John Roden. Marion Shealy. Robert Ruff. ' Joseph Epting Long. Mackatee Sanders. John Williams. Tommie Cannon. Ilenrv Cecil Boland. James Elliott Griffin. Horace Ruff, Jr. a Jessie Kinsler. \V. E. Wilds, Jr. George Farrow, Jr. . Dosh Jackson Walter Richev. Robert Robertson. Robert Williams. t | Tom Purcell Davis. "Willie Wise. L John Calmese. George Rutherford. Thomas Henderson. Henry R. Eoozer. Total?41. Class Tyro. ^ ^ Sam. Bob. Wade Dillard. Daniel Lever. Tom Tobe. Pink Todd. Thomas Sligh. Willie Edward Domjnick. Fred Boyd. James Johnson. Virgil Wise. Brice Henderson. Hampton Sat tor white. John Smith. John Norman Livingston. John Watts, Jr. Will Davis. Jerry Farrow. Everett Wilson. Thomas Ruff. George mil. Roland Washington. J G. W. Yarborough. ? Hoy Forrest Longshore. Henry Campbell King. "William Long. Hey ward Oglesby. . George O'Neal Boyd. Lindsay Caughnian. y Larkin Van Yarborough. Lewis Rhodes. Chesley Lindsay. Willie Walton. Mark Boyd. Sam lowers. Mack Dominick. Arthur Daw-kins. Felix Dawkins. Pink Davis. Odis Barnes. Seser Davis. Roland Thompson. Lemmie Coleman. George Rooerson. Johnnie Hair. Isaiah Lindsay. Heber Ruchton. Clarence Boozer. Albert Schumpert. Bennie Davis. Total?49. Class Three. Edward Harris Smith. j Total?1. Class Four. Norman Jefferson Long. j Minor Elijah Horne. Arthur Boyd. . Leo Thomas Adams. Johnnie Alexander. Stoutan Olin ^sesley. Mayer Reeder. David Oiney Frick. William Wallace Gilliam. Manse Jesse Black. I John Guy Miller. Richard Cureton. John Pressley Fellers. Eptmg Knnkle. A. E. Hawkins. Walter jonnsione wioc. . George Verna Clamp. Hayne Wllaon. John Clyde Bolin. j Ellis ItfcCoflu iiiCharlie Touchberry. I PROGRESS ills i raws! i Chie O'Neal Calvin Shealy. Assi, Wilbur Jefferson Ringer. J ^QV( Lester Odell Pollock. iHuntei William Hamie Callas. j Leg? Robert Nelson. Regis' Herbert Washington Stribble. aires . Malcolm Hunter Cook. ! qgo Mack Glenn. Mower Clarence Watson Whitley. I .^n; Samoel Lewis Jones. .'an(j a Dan Clark, Jr. I appeal Joe Ruff. Idicf rp Olin Clinton Derrick. j their ( Melvin Burton. i John Clark. L . i room j John M. Lee. witb t Total?37. I The Class Fire. *|agricu Elbert J. Dickert. I They c Henry Wilson. jboard Bubber Marshall. leach r Adam Henderson. lified, i C. B. Livingston. jtion b Elliott Wise. | course Franklin Pierce Boozer. ; later < Fate Sims. 'board. William D. Nance. ify hir Haskell Henderson. . will b Charlie Marks Mathis. j Any Daniel Kleckley. ipea! fi James Hill. I hoard Total?14. oTce Grand total?438. I days o WAR BOARD. j The Off! r>n Tliirrl finnr nf fnnrthnMSR ' r>nfin f (Advertisement) INSTRUCTIONS 10 COUi BY STATE TAX nffirp nf Sn::th Carolina Tax Commission. 7 Columbi To the County Auditor an J the Township E For Newberry County. In view of the constitutional requiremen sessed upon a uniform basis, and in order from difefrtnt standards of assessment in th the Tax Commission, after a conference wi Chairmen of the County Hoards of Equaliz; of the true reasonable market value of pre upon which all assessments of property gardless of classes, shall be made througl This standard will apply both to the asse Tax Commission and to those originally m Assessors. You are. therefore, instructtd, in taking payer state in the column caling for the " market vain-* of the property in Question, the full 100 per cent value of the property oath printed at the bottom of the tax retui quired to say that the property returned by ly believes to be its market value. When t to be turned over to and passed upon by tfc of assessors, who shall inquire into the vs the tax payer, and verify the value stated t Aft ?r ascei taining what is the market v the township or other local boards of asse! one-hall' thereof, as 'he ?'a!ue of the prope write same in the column value by the t value by the County Boards will be left Boards in equalizing or changing the ars boards, wheie they rind it necessary in o may occur in passing on the separate piec< In assssin^ real estate each lot, farm, !an<! is to be separately returned with a sta ings thereon, with the value of the buildins ue of tht lands, and so described as to be Assessors and other tax officers. In assessing real estate, the tax payer i threof. The true value is to be originally other local boards of assessors, and in asc or other loca? fcosrils should not apply or the same tax district without regard to loc Qitions especially affecting the piece or ] ascertain the true, reasonable market valu arately, ana after so ascertaining the true several pieces of lands and of the building local boards oi' assessors shall take 50 pei certained by them as the value of such p tion. If the tax payer has stated what h property is assessed for more than 50 per he shall be notified of the increase. The same standard is to be pursued in U as bank shares, textile industries, oil mil 1 -it-?? ..nnnntir f >1 yr\n <tV| nil and muies, ano omcr piuucituiuuQUw. tax payer st ail pay taxes upon the same pi of the property owned by hii!i as is paid State. Thi.c is reouiied by the Constitutioi that the tax payer make true returns of the fied by tjie township or other local boards percentage, namely, 50 per cent, of all sue] the basis for assessment of all classes of The tax pj.yer, when he makes his returi honestly believes is the market value of hi administered to the tax payer by County A to administer an o^th; and this informat Boards when they undertake to ascertain per cent thereof as the taxable value, rsew mere reference to formr returns will not property not listed or returned in 1918, the If the adoption of this common standard increase of the aggregate assessed value c the danger of excessive taxation will be av< Assembly in authorizing a reduction of wh such a rate as will enly raise the amount thorized by Jaw. The levying of taxes is e Legislature. The assessment of taxes is e Eoards of Assessors, Boards of Equalizati? Tax Board of Review. If the tax oflicers ra follow. spea&tfy SOUTH CAE A. HL Jonee. CfciinE**. jury room. iLcrs of local board: Derrick, Chairman. C. Gossans, Secretary. Fames M. Kibler. f Clerk: W. A. McSwain. stant Clerk: Miss Anna Dicker*. irnment Appeal Agent. J. 3.. il Advisory Board, ito assist rants in filling out que.stiocB. Cromer, I. H Hunt, Geo. Sibers olr the local board, cierfc ssistant clerk and government agent arc not permitted to a*gistrants with the filling oat of juestionairen. strants can find in the cotirfc any day legal advisers to assist, he questionaires. local board cannot classify oa ltural or industrial claims, ran only recommend; the district classifies. A card is mailed ta egistrant as soon as he is classinforming him of his classificay the local board. This, of i, lias nothing to do with ^ny classification by the district and should district board clai?-n in a more deferred class that ^ e his classification. registrant who wishes iu a-,>roir classification made by local may do so by calling at the of the local board within if date.of mailing of the notice. office of tilg local board is rom 9 a. m. to 8 p. m. i Um I C0HSS1HR ! 10 Palmetto Building, [a, S. C.t Decen\.b?r 29, 1917. loard of Assessors, t that all property shall be asto -event inequalities arising e different Counties of the State, th the County Auditors and the ition, has adopted fifty per cent >perty as the common standard x for the purpose of taxation, m iout the State in the year m*ssments originally made by tfije Lade by the Township Boards of the tax returns, to have the tajr,. value by the tax payer" the tnre which in his opinion represents . This is in accordance with tbs ns in which the tax payer is rehim is listed at what he honestlie returns are ?o taken they are le township or other local boardstlue placed upon the property by >y the tax payor. alue pf the property in question., ssors shall assess 50 per cent, <rr rty for purposes of taxation, acaS ownship board. The column Seer blank to be used by the Goosey.* essments made by the township > rder to remove inequalities tha? ss of property. plantation or separate parcel" oc~ tement as to the number of build A 5 a! [r ^T*rk7Y\ fR/s. 5S SIUICH aLcij Liwui, wt. * m>A identified by the local Board of s not required to state the- vafor ascertained by the township on" ertaining the value, the townsMprle value per acre to all lands in ality, fertility, or other local conproperty in question, but shotrld I e of the lands and buildings ;scp-< t, reasonable market value of the- * ;s thereon, the township or otft^r. cent of the market value so as- - iroperty for the purpose of taxa.-e deems the true value, and./ the - , cent of value stated by tax payer # ixing all class3s of property, sucfc Is, cotton mills, railroads, horses" t the State, to the end that eacts oportionate part of the real value by every other tax payer in the 1. For this reason it is necessary market values; that they be veri; of assessors and that the same fi market values shall be taken as property. 1, is required to swear to what Ic nrnncrti' onrl tVio r\o + h mn?f h& - LO \Jk KJ IJ L vj f C4,UU bUV V/W?WM ^ uditor or other officer authorized! ion is to be used by the County the market value, and to take returns must be made in 1918. AC. be allowed. In case of persoaaT. penalties by law will attache results, as it probably will, in ac: )f property throughout the State;. )ided by the action of the GeneraLatever levy may be fixed by it tc of appropriations made and ntirely within the control of the ntrusted to the County Auditors,, on, the Tax Commision and the' il to do their dutv injustice mus?." .OLINA TAX COMMISSION",