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MB '* 1 "i ?????^i^? ????? ??^^ ?????i? ????? ? ????MM vOl.rWE LT. XUHBEB 12 NEWBERRY, S. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1919. TWICE A WEEK, $1.5? A YEAR NEXT TWO LEGISLATIVE WEEKS MOST IMPORTANT * Work So Far Has Paved the Way for ^ Vitally Important Legislation I Which is Under Consideration. Columbia, Feb. 10.?With practically four weeks of the session behind them, and with the way paved for such action as the majority may decide upon in the several important pending mailers, which are either on the calendar or have been introduced and are in committee, indications would seem to point to final adjournment of the general assembly by Saturday, February 22, which would just about make an average-length session. I f Having gone home for the week-end, j the solons will come back to Colum-i , bia today and Tuesday with their j minds practically made up on their! action for the remaining days of thej session. The elective State officers' j salary bill having been passed during | wool- whirh pnahled the ores-i ?nt officers to receive the benefit of! | it during their preseht terms, which began on January 21, both the house and senate the past week put through \>ills increasing the salaries of the judiciary and court officials, and one pr two other State officers. The senate bill made mor^ increases than the & house bill, but both bodies having M voted in favor of increases there would 9 seem every probability of an. agreeznent in free conference committee. The house bill provides a salary for the chief justice of $4,500; supreme court justices, $4,000 each, eliminating the provision for 500 traveling expenses; circuit solicitors, $2,000 and court stenographers, $1,800. The two Houses will probably agree on the house bill. The bill also carries $5!,500 each for the chairman of the tax commission, superintendent of the penltens tiary and chief -game warden. J As to Roads. w Neither house nas as yet taken any definite action upon the various good roads measures which Have Deen introduced. The central steering committee has introduced in the house a measure to provide machinery and lay the foundation for highway improvement of a permanent character, which would steer clear, if neccessary, of a bond issue at this time, but which wauM nrnvirJp for the expenditure of ' such an issue and provide for its retirement by automobile licenses, etc., if an issue should be voted now or at any time soon. If there should be no . such issue, motor vehicle licenses, fed' eral aid and State levies would be put to work upon permanent improvements. Tax Commission and Taxes. The tax commission is still up in the air. The house having voted to abolish the commission, it is now up to th6 senate, and it seems probable that " the commission will weather the storm. The measure to abolish the J ? ? ~ 4.^ commission ana me measure <.u ucaic a state board o? assessors in its place ?which would include all the various measures along this-line, so far as indicating the position of the senate is concerned?have been made special orders for early in the week, and it is v probable that a vote will not be long i delayed. There has been no indication from the ways and means committee so far as to what total will be carried by the general appropriation bill. It is I thought, however, that it will neces- j sarily be somewhat larger than last | year, but it is being urged that the in- j jfc/ crease in taxable value should take! f care of it without an increase in the j levy. The ways and means commit-; ^ tee is working hard to whip the meas-1 ^ ure into shane. Reprsentative W. R. r ? Bradford, of York, an experienced legislator, is chairman of this committee. Education. So far as the educational situation (is concerned, there is little change from the status as noted in the review of the proceedings published in this correspondence several days a^o. A general compulsory education bill apyears certain of enactment, with adequate provision for its enforcement. The ages will probably be from eight to fourteen, and the legnth of attendance required something in the neighborhood of four months each school term, though the senate would make it a longer term than this. It is the history of legislation at each session the general assembly, however, that a large part of it is done in free conference committee, and really it takes a review of the entire session, after its close to find out definitely just what has been done There is no way to obviate this matter of legislation by conference committees, because the two houses must agree, in order for a measure to become law, and when they disagree over details, the only way to settle the differences is by a joint committee. The only criticism which has K*>or? nffprwi hv those conversant with legislative affairs is the disposition to rush through important matters in the closing hours of the session, wheen there is little time to digest the reports of these committees. But a legislature is somewhat like a jury in a ' 1 + oil tha court 1116 geueiai lUCCHUg ml all, mv minds upon the essentials usually correctly fixges what the general intent of the body is. Constitutional Convention. The necessity for a constitutional Convention to frame a new fundamental law for the State is being vigorously ursred. and the .legislature may call a constitutional convention?or. rather, submit the question to the people in the next general election. It has been argued with a great deal of force that the constitution' ratified in 1895, in the heat of the Reform movement, contains too much legislation, and that it is rapidly becoming a patch-work of amendments. As was done in 1895, the convention itself could pass the necessary legislation, arid a session ol the general assembly I would not be necessary during the ! year in which the convention sits. The legislature, however, has given no definite indication yet as to its disposition in the matter. A bill has been introduced in the | house, carrying out Governor Cooper's 'views as expressed in the campaign last summer,.to provide a loan fund' ifor students in State institutions of higher learning, in place of the present free scholarships. This was one of the governor's definite planks in his platform during the campaign. j I In connection with this question of education, it has heretofore been stated that largely increased sums are being asked for the public schools! by the department of education. This matter is of course up, first of all, to the wavs and means committee, whose recommendations always have large weight with the house, and, indirectly, with the senate as well. i I Represenative McMillan of Charleston has a measure which looks towards educating free, at State instituitons, all soldiers and sailors from the State disabled in the ^reat war The Price of Cotton. ~ I Represenative H. Jti. nrvans, 01 i>ew-; berry, has a far-reaching measure be- j fore the house of representatives to prevent the sale of cotton for less than thirty-five cents a pound. It provides "that it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell, ship,' barter or exchange any cotton in bulk, seed or bale beyond the borders of this State for less than 35 cents per pound for lint cotton. Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this act shall be fined not less than $1,000; or imprisoned for not less than two years, within the discretion of hte court. That each and every sale shall be deemed and considered a separate offense." j In connection with the general ag ?- I- ! ricu^tural situation, a Din nas oeeu mtroduced, at the request of the State j Farmers' Union, which would create j a State board of agriculture to advise ' and cooperate with the present department. The board would be comprised of the commissioner 01 agriculture, a, representative from the* State at large and one representative from each congressional district. Booze and Substitutes. The liquor question has so far come in for very little agitation. The judiciary committee of the house has reported a substitute bill, lor one introduced by Representative Hart, of York. The substitute committee bill would prohibit the sale of "tonics, bitters, drugs, medicines or compounds containing alcohol, if the alcohol contained in such compounds or preparations is in a greater quantity than is necessary for the purpose, solution or and unless SUCh COD2 pi COtl VUVIVU) ? pounds or preparations are sufficiently medicated so that they can not be used as beverages." The bill would also prohibit the retail selling of flavoring extracts in other than small quantities. It would make unlawful the act of any person purchasing as a beverage "any compound, toilet article or flavoring extract containing more than one per cent, of alcohol." Violators would be punished by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500, or imprison ment of not less than three months nor more than one year, for the first offense, and imprisonment from one year to two years, without the alternative of a fine, for subsequent offenses, i Representative Evans' gallou-amonth law has not yet been acted upon. J Representative Evans' gallon-amonth law has not yet been acted upon. Two important weeKS rex. i The session so far has been devoid of anything bordering upon excitement :or sensationalism. It has pursued the jeven tenor of its way and will probi ably finish within the next two weeks. .The coming two weeks, however, will be bar far the most important of the session, and will fixe the policy of the ! government for the year. The four weeks which have passed have largely been a mere paving of the "way for tfie real work of the next ten or twelve days. .Tno. K. Anil. The cotton fight is the biggest fight the farmers ever made, and the Newberry farmers are putting up a good fight. i Health Officer Lindler jumped ri&lit into the making of a good official, "just natural like," and Newberry has a fine Tk/\iw>o fmm Phipf Rodplsnererer &Vi VV 1.A W4M v?*v ? - ~ ? x wdown. ! The opinion is expressed that if Representative Hub Evans were to increase the amount in his bill, to be allowed between now and July the fir?t that hp wmild have a sizable lob w ~ " ? ? by down there to work for the bill.? Greenwood Index-Journal. _ l l L.. Not) Car 0 ! i i We have a large bile narts. and I have the largest tubes we haVe e\ ty a stock of stoi fit your car and with every battei you want, we ha wait on the trad* business. Give \ we will do the re Carolina Agent Oakland, Chalmers Have Cars in Stock. i Piedmont and Wa f High Point Bug Just received a < and the price is 1 to see us if you n ??? i m fill j H v* ||j ' 0 , v ^ TOaMn^^MCT : ^W xjg?^ . I " JAHU K. LLV/>GSTON . I Son of Mr. T. D. Livingston, who was killed in battle in France. j Corporal Frank Ewart will not ar~ ' rive in New York Thursday with the 61st artillery, as he is a member of the ordnance department, which is scheduled to land there on another i # boat. , f * . ; i ? ' 1 t ? X- f ice iu < Owners : f 1 c stock of automo- i accessories. We stock of tires and ] rer had. We carrage batteries to a gjarantee goes ry. If it's gasoline I ve two tanks to ,j 5. We want your * us a chance and j? . jt st. i c Auto Co. i I and Maxwell Automobiles ,1 !c n* r- A j ; rrices uuaraniccu. I -? ; k 1 p i* wi I Chattanooga gons |i j and Rrnwn i MAIM www mm ic rgies i. a !n carload of each, t 'ight. Don't fail !J teed one. is ti tl 11 r : u ujiiipaiiy : n WMvu i> mm* % >< ? ' am?mi ammmmammmmmmmmmtmmmm \ -ETTER FROM J. C. LONGSHORE.) I i Ettrouchy. Germany, Dec. 25, 1918. Dear Father: Received your letter of October 26 oday. Glad to know that all are well rti-iAvi'nfr lifo T o rry in fhn nf xiiu iiife 111^. x uui iu uiv vi j lealth Today is Christmas and we are hav ng a good time, though I never got lome as I hoped last Christmas to' ipend 1918 in the States. This makes wo away from home, one in France ind this one in Germany across the jreat Rhine. The armistice was signed the lltb >f November and we started for the *hine the 18th of November. It was i long hike, around 200 miles, but we ;nded with a smile. The road was rood and when night came we always 1 lad a good bed to sleep in. If some >ne had told me October 11 that we vould spend Christmas across tne ilhine I would have said it was unrue. You ask me in every letter to tell rou what I was doing. Sometimes I was joing over the top. I was over the top our times. Guess you have seen in he papers where the Americans went >ver at St. Mihiel and the Argonne Forrest. I was in both of them. But trulv hone? we will never have to go ver any more. Jim was wounded in he Argonne Forrest. I was in 50 feet >f him wheu he got wounded. It was. he 12th of October, the last day we lad to fight, for we were relieved that light. ' That's when I got my seven i [ays leave. I sure did have a good ime down in the south central part of ; France. I have heard from Jim but ?nce and that was when I was in Luxemburg. We came through some nice owns of Germany. Spent a night in Koblenz. That is some town. You lave heard about the grccit Rhine rine. It sure is good. You said it ( lad been five weeks since you had teard from me. I have written four ir five letters in that time. T havp nnt heard from Rufus in two r three months. Guess he is somerhere in Germany. You said that you rere sending me a Christmas box. I rill be looking for it every day. We tad a little party for the company . ast night. We had a good time moking cigars, eating chocolate and rinking beer. About 12 o'clock it tarted to snowing and this morning ' he ground is pretty and white with now. It is almost dfnner time. Will : lose. Will write again in a few avs. Your son, ^ Jas. C. Longshore. Co. L, 26th Inf., 1st Division. Goes to Newberry. Ilinton Chronicle, 6th. S. J. Kilgore, who has been conected with the orphanage here for nnmber of years as head of its techical school, has severed his connecion with this institution and he and is family left yesterday for Newberry rhere they will make their future ome, he having accepted a position 1 the neighboring city. Mr. Kilgore j an expericened mechanic and elec rician. He has served ward four for * ie past three years as alderman and 1 5 at present representing this yard c n the city council. He and Mrs. Kil- < ore have a wide circle of friends in I ie city who will learn of their de- i arture with regret and whose bsst j 'ishes follow them as they go to their ? ew home. j DOMJNICK WILL ASK FOR MANY BUILDINGS Third District Representative Desires Appropriation for Postoffices in Eleven Towns. The State. Washington, Feb. 6.?In view of the announcement several days ago that the committee on public buildings and grounds would report a general public buildings bill at this session of congress the committee to provide for postoffice buildings at the following postofSces in his district at a cost of $50,000 each: Belton, Peidmont, West- ^ minster, Easley, Williamston, Walhalla, McCormick, Pickens, Pelzer, Seneca, Honea Path. Mr. Dominick has also asked that federal court houses at Anderson and Greenwood be authorized, providing for an appropriation of $250,000. At each of these places and authorizing and directing the secretary of the treasury to sell the present buildings and sites there at public sale to the highest bidder. Mr. Domipick authorized the statement several days ago that he is opposed to an omnibus public buildings bill at this time, believing that expenditures should be curtailed as much as possible, owing to the heavy burden of taxation which the people are now bearing. He is frank to say, however, that if the public building bill is reported out of the committee he will vote against the passage of it under the conditions existing at this time. However, if it is reported and passed, he is going to try and get what he can for his district. THIRTIETH DIVISION GETS PRIORITY ORDER War Department Designates Famous Fighting Organization for Immediate Return. \ > The State. WocKlnortrtn TTaK K TVo tttof rle. TV UUUIIIq Vvii) rtu, Um X JLi HOI partment today made an announcement which is of great interest to the relatives and friends of the men of the Thirtieth division. The division, it was stated, was "given priority," on January 23, which means that orders were issued giving the division precedence over othpr organizations for immediate return to the United States. It was further explained that judg mg by what has been done in the past, it should take from one month to six weeks for a division to get back to the United States after a "priority" order has been given. This should put the Thirtieth here about March 1, or possibly earlier. _ ^ LIEUTENANT H. X. AULL. Lieutenant Humbert M. Anil and iirs. Alice tsoozer are spending-a zew days with their father, Col. E. H. An!', at the old home in Boundary street Lieutenant Aull, as before stated, has just recently returned from over seas and was on Saturday given Ills didcharge from the hospital at Camp Jackson, and from the army. He is looking remarkably well, and, apart from the eras attack which has kent him in hospitals in this country and overseas for three months, went through the fighting without injury of nnv kind, and he io trnly fortunate. He was first with Co. K llSth regiment infantry, 30th division, which went from Camp Sevier in May of last year, and after receiving his commission was assigned to the 112th infantry 28th division of which division iie was a part when he received his Lras attack on the 2nd of November v*t a few davs before the signing of 'he armistice. He is too modest to :alk for publication and therefore we aHll not -undertake to dilote any of llfa experiences. We are truly thankful :hat he is able to be back with u* ind that he lias done his duty. The *as affected his eyes and his bronchia! tube but these have healed and le will likely not suffer any serioas effects. In his removal from the field lospital at which time he wag blind o the base hospital he lost all his Delongings even his clothes so he ;omes home without anv souvenirs of :he creat st.n'-a^e. T^e ooiv thing le brings back that he took o^er is a vrist wstch which we su^e him r>e:orp he left hiit hp jq Mod to sret himself bock w'th even that and no more personal injury.