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- t / * J \ * / \ . / * X .... . a i c^<'......."^4 ^ ^ f- 't vSi s? v* \ KM* ?.?* *3 (;'-! . ; qf ?? ?2 pv ^ f? *'3 mtf Svf^T43' SP> i!if SUMi ii iiteif PilM x ?.. ?i. * ^ ivS ? "i M ?vli' - 2*".fc^?- >% i. v - JSif jtf ai'tiS 3*> ?yf( 'I*> *:?* &*- fT''; $3 Bjfx tSf? \ 1|J'. - '^ IWWP ' , y^ony^ . \ wi^sM * >'Va<_ -j\-.vj? \ e-"-* -s.*?"* vMwbs^^O? ! ? :,V ' \ ^ ' ' . VOLUME LVIL, NUMBER 11. NEV/BErlRY, S. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3: 1921. ' TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAR ' ' ' ' ' i in KWM-.3U8.1 jtgaxjK'-gi.v-eu'j 1 f * im AUGUSTA HOTEL * DESTROYED BY FES BON AIR, FAVORITE OF WINTER TOURISTS, WIPED GUT * Flames NGet Start in Dininrj Ficon, Possibly as Jvcsu't or D~ ?~g-'d Insulation of Electric Wires. Loss Reaches One Million Dollars Wiih I&sur^ , ance fcr Half \ " Augusta, Cra.,' refc. 4.?~i:ie ison Air, one of the leading winter resort i hotels in the south, was destroyed by fire early vfchis morning. The flames - originated in the dining: room*and,are attributed to scrae fault with the electric lighting equipment. There were 260 guests in tho hotel. No one was injured though many guests lost much of their personal belongings. Two mer, Frank A. Lawrance of X.w York,'and M. T. V*[ing cf St. JohnsQ.burg, Vt., who were iil at "the hotel, we're removed to the University .hos* nital, and statements from there ar'e that they are none the worse physically for the:/ experience. The fire started in the dip;~g room ar.d is attributed to damaged insulavtiorj. wires. The guests have found accommodations at a nearby hotel, r.t homes k of residents on the Hill, the suburb* in which the hotel was locat' Vi,. while others lefts-this afternoon for tl^ir homes .or ether winter re< . ' sorts. - " ^ The loss 's $1,000,000. The. insur ance is $550 000. i Tnare i3^-a tacit i understanding that reeonst&cfci?n will be begun at once, though Shcre is.no formal decision by t.he stockholders as yet. The hotel was a frame structure and while it burned rapidly, the guests Jeft it in orderly manner and there was a remarkable absence of hysteria. Tte owning company is capitalized at $300,000 ar.-J - a& the static is held i-rr Augusta. - 1 While the tire was i? progress, -residents in surrounding homes ^ made most hospitable overtures to the Seeing guesis to become gussts in their homes.. Those citizens who had no rooms to offer were using automobiles to get the half clad visitors to ; places cf refuge. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Straus, who have a cotta^c on the Hill took in as their gueits Sir Ashl y Sparks, cf the Cunard line, and Lady Sparks. Judge If. C. Lovet, president of the Southern FadHe cr.' . f Union Paiific. who lost vzgz'z of his * personal effects, proceeded to a town - ! hotel and left during the afternoon v 1 + - in his private cr.1- for*New Yor.:. Jcnn C. White, former lord mayor cf Deifast." saved his personal belongings *r*A *Q d f?f>xrn!.oVn hotel. Tho^e of the visitors who did not secure accommodations are leaving the c::y principally for foreign points, Senator v , Frelinghuy/en cf New Jersey, o -: vhose houseboat Mr. Harding is now ' ^ a guest, hss for years beeh winter Kucst .at the Bon Aair,'ar.d there w:s the belief, if not the definite? understanding that, wiien tV.e Florida vacation is ever the New Jersey senator ,v _ unci his distinguished guests v. vc to top Cif Mr. Harding's recreation it\> with a week's stay at the Ben. A i. with golf on the country club link:-, which resort the hotel com-v-ny y-h J.??n.. Wli!Ta ?? > - . ^ t:cany u?nn. t?.?-*?, does not offer to finance a r.e.v h&V.U he oTers to become a stockholder. Hj declares that 4ie is not the rich rn. n he is supposed by so many to be i: ; that He has exhausted much of ?L < means in the charities in which r ? ^0? had been engaged, especially dur!n. the last tv;o years. >? * Special to The. State.. Aiken. Feb.'4.?Af.er the bur-: , of the Bon Air hotel on the Hi:! i : Augusta this morning cc.: . a number of stents nought refuse.! : Aiken at ike Highland Park hotel. About 4 o clock several automatic? arrived filled with people half cloth 3 and with a few belonging? t ie?l i-n sheets. Others have come in >r w .]. J. Sweeney, manasrei of the 1 is makiji-r an eft'orc to take care of t... people, lie nas gone zo day, as has Albert Wiilcox of ' I Willcox hotel, It is believed t!i- r ; Bon Air management will a-lvii-/ A; ken for many of their gues'.s. v The W. C. T. U. will ;:uet T day afternoon at 4 o'clock w?i .x: ^ Mary Wright. ;r_, _ r- * rrr^' '--; ..- > T% ? a /f> 7i T ; ?$3I ft 11| g iCfhl s$S ?.. - j. u. ii ?- ii a'. :w w - i ESCAPED COS'YICT ^r.TURNS TO j WEST VIRGIN IA 7 ; Deputy oh-riff Taylor ard Captain | * 'AShoy rteacij-'Cacil-ai With prisoner I j The S'atc. | Washington, Feb. 5.?Deputy Sher ! III U. i i (. .UJ l ..\cv?yvii v %_ vuiivt, [ left Washin? ton to J ay tor the Mound rills, W. V?... 0- ;"tontiary v/fih W. II. -Gr! H'.h, the prison? ; who was arretted January 25 at Greenwood after C'Ti i.llWeu aiicmot to- rob store; at Silvers*-set. Jj; was subsequently ascertainecl that/no ws ail escaped convict from the West Virginia penilsntiary \vlio"c hi- w r;,s^ vin.r a sentence for lilc. He escaped January C. II. W. R. * . 77 ~ _ A conversation wun s.'ieriir r>iuiise j.vf Newberry ever the telephone-Inst ! liifrht cor firmed the. dispatch from ; Washington that GriiTicK, had been . taken back to West Virginia. 'Mr. | Taylor acecrapanied Cant. E. W. At hey 01 the vVc.it Virginia prison. I Grh'Hth's departure from ;ve\v ?i r.,i rberry was evidently guazaea cait iui,iy, both a standpoint of sa*o?y : il of secrecy, for the deputies Mid t.'.o prif '.nT;" had reached the national capital before word reached Columbia that * the. v trip was be-?::# made. This ' indicates that the p;rty probably left XewWr-y Fiidaj* afternoon. > Jt was ?ait^ o:> rood authority bjr> last ni.yht that th'jre was a reason for ].ec'\'nr the departure quiet. It h said that the deputies dii not want --- 1 > ? - Iv. i>1 arviv:.: ..j '.v. i j.i ^ .i.v, ^ , West i for fear c-l trouble. It v/sjs for ':/ * r^-or, *t is said, that "the o-Ttcer frfcir. West Virginia talked little of hh brovessents and p&ss. It had ben-: ;ir. .1 Ih^t If2 return t ttip "ffot fofev '^LogSSy. For several liriys E. V?T A they, (faptain c";: the ^uare'r.. v;ho arv;:d in New'-berry sever-:* fV/s "?o, or Warden Terrell of :he Wert Wrjinia ' 1 n. princ::, ii-U y;t . ca; CI.S4 ... b"a with requisition papers. This, of course, rar.hei ir certain that Ori/l;.h returns without this formality. G rim Lb wa^arrestcd Greenwood, by rclieeman Nckon danuary 25. the policerr.r r? boiievh-^ him to be con nsctecl v? t h s^^b^riss at Siiverstreet x::z n:/!.. bee. 'Ti theory turned cut to be cv;r-cc,t. C'ill who was arrested under the nam? "0. B. Mays" ? / admitting the thefts. G iflVth is said to have* kilkd a tallow cpnvict and to h.?ve ceea irnpii-ated in the burning cf pr^'i cC* thQ *7e^t Virginia state prison, r?hen he :r.nd"e his escape the c:irly nzrt of W.nusry. "s was srrvir-g: r I:*-." sentc-ce* for ^kiKing the CiY.z* of pclic* c* "iifcMton, W. Va. ^ The case has retracted "vide interest ihro"ar--houv the country. Policeman Ne'zon gefs SI.OCO reward for makkr* the capture. J . Capram AUu-y left Nc\v"berry on . ThurVQy i.Iucrnoc.n igr Whitmire with Grifilth who has neon i:i the Newberry jail for several days .and who ; was wanted in West Virginia. In ordeT to avc-id ail trouble the authorit el \'e.\ Y> (Yd. nor- .are to i have the time of departure with Grif rKh tu 1 e knov . so he v/as quietly ta?:?>n :i t ? :-;i; and took "the train :.t V.*!;'tr::ie : v_.y few people k.-.c'.v of the departure nniSl the > -:::t dr-v at*lei the party hr.d reached -ir-.-'t:-: ?':ci\if 5; lease gives out I:- ? i:uv.-.-,u r.i :r. re part; to : the Departure of the famous unsoner: ! ' | ''After receiving the message frc-m Warden Terrell, asking that I place r. : .;v r t .-IT.'.h, not to ir.: .. ' t: ;; : :es "v''.h I:!:ti arid not to him to get avrsy, I., received an1 - - - o 1- ?' shslto r.crA a govd man as far :5s i on v,->th Mr. A\hcv, the s v * \*-v* ilint came r.fl'j ? Gr'-" Mr. .Vl-.uy ds i , received a wire om the waraen say"? :v :: h:il > I . i. ' f:ri?T":" .. ' o: ' m ths ja!: ! hare " .hi > ; .)} t.> . . v ! tr-15 . : w . \' t; ('h2.?lC3 for outside h :Ip there, ye: I wanted to fCo t^ivucd oil ?n?"c 5.) % . ~ ~ I f **> 41 I r\ ; hx&& ? ?.l -i b OF 7AXP4YERS \jf M iJ. ti A ?.&?<? a ii *1 ^ ta ^ ,*. ?'v ' f, > y " ii>r' _ " : * e i J' u*"l . i:A.. U A. a .*^ c '.; i- > - ??-> ]:iOIJI>AY i Dabbs Issues Cail fcr Ccv.rly Con vcnticru ThiD^jhouc Siaie to DiGCU33 Question I E. W. Da&os oj! Mi>yv-v;ric. of Hi? ! !taxpayers' ec.raarttee, hrz is. uc-i a | j cail for all t.-.xyr.Vv-r- to rl Ihsi:* : I county court fcouse* r.ext "<fcr<I:y, jFebiUi.ry 7. a:?:' : tc-i'o^aLc iholi* sc:.i ators aiv.l r;nyesen':. ives with re- ' ' ' 1 * , ; ? ? ?' !> t*-.o vor-'i'l --"l ; ! >T Ct 1 U l vy lit v?i A i* \ * t 1 - w ? v v ?.? v . ! I J that -early, ;r. Jnrusry a nriss irieec:~ ' j i * ' ' of taxpayers was hew in lhj hr.:i ct , i * "jthe house of rrpreser.tuJv;. - a:.\' t; 2 , tsx ?Uu?:n^ c:7cu?:;0vi. A siutr-v/l^e I rnee:irf to h:kl in Co>um';:'a 1 referrwiy II, a/:! euc;i curily i? ar,-;ed to Fond f;.'j dele'-cales. j At tl'iat ti:n2 a^ commit Ice was ri.I pointed to !<fok further into the ? *>:: 'situation. Mi. Dnbbs, for the "a::i . , 1 n?'i ;> j (. ft 1 ?>:iv _?? . ^ .. I . - ,J ; mer z ior |:vr.i!v:t;?cT,. j The cail follows: . j "Your comniiti.es \v.:c given a very |attentive healing by the ways and! ' means committee of the house. We, II 1" _r? s\ m >m rf" ^ o ic; OSIICV y i/lliio C?'i-? VU*lUli< vvwv -..p.? ^ j alive to ihe gravity of !the conditions j in the state and.'will cut ay propria- j : tiens at eveVy point where it can be ] 6onq with oat detriment to the public . i service. If it were net for the pres-j I'sure that we feci sure will be brought: ! to bear'on the members cf the le^is-. ; i ! lature iby the beneficiaries of the va-' j ricus appropriations, we should cair ' ; ofi the county meetings for-r.ext Mon-:' j j; ! Vfho wavs and means committee cf , i j ; ; the house have our moifc profound ! svn:~aih" in the stupendous task' * . " I | jihai !'e? beiore J&CQt to :r:>.r--:ak'c apT,, ! propriatiens vs, t :> keep up the ef?-: i ciar.cy of the sta'e arid county gov! crnments and__at the sr-mie time, re-J | duce the burden of ta?:e.?. ! 'Therefore, \*,e do ui.'e you to as-j 4 i serrtble in you:*' respective court' 'houses next Monday and get ail the i i information you can from your sena-! tors'and lepvei^ntalives; then .to j send net less than five delegates from each Vccunty to a state meeting on . Wednesday, February li. to assemble at *3 oVUvk in the State House to\ i take* such action as mav then reem 1 1 *| wise to counteract "Jie mfiuvneos that!' j we* are sure will seek io keep ihe a'p-!: ' propriations to'-high water mark. We! ! believe you should express your J ion about importance cf abolishing jnumerous unnecessary offices that] j consume in salaries, office rents and; | traveling: expenses,, many thousands >* ,j ot dollars of the people's taxes. "That you should advise the repeal j 1 of unwise laws that, have brought j ! about fuis '^apitl increase in apprcpri-j | ations, and that makes it so difficult1 i for the ways and means committee) :lc apply the pruning knife. I Talks oi Conspiracy ! "Your committee further came j j across what looks to them like a con-i ; roiracy, anri'is certainly a propagan-j Ida, to force the sale of cotton in the; r.exl oO and GO days. This information | ! came to your committee from so ma-j ny and such widely separated parts j j of the state that we laid the samKbe-1 ! fore the ways and means committea I of the house, finance committee of the ; rho iudiciary committees! of the two houses, that they might ' carcfully consider the same with a j view to such legislation as may be j proper ^to defeat this nefarious! scheme, which, if allowed tov go un-j i checked, 'will put cotton to live cents' j per pourri. This propoganda or con- j ' piracy is Ueirg furthered by 'business ! J Viier- in the state, who s::y ;t is absc-! : v- rt.<v?r*?nrv to force the liquUa- j ticn of cotton, that business may ?/o i ; on, and the farmers be enabled toi t make anctner cvcp. > ;?ur committee ; ,;rr.y ft-r your careful consiaerairon, | .! better far. ' oniy surh crops* as you can \v;:heut aid than to sue-; ' r.-': i !> ;> the sale c?1 ycur cottcn ,v would be against! i j taft Avslfare of tk^s^ta. It :: nc:-e?"r.rv for tr.e bankers ??t ' 1 1 . ihe strtto?to coiv.c out .:*.to tne oner., I ar;d deny this chargc r *n! to slate j , uv.MV--*: ' ' * ' ; ! r :\\ r:: .";-' . c m::v o?*. \ . ....... . : i I _ >. . p r ? VIC.' ARM BILL WINS fvsrrr* VTJSI ^/T/Tr; 3 w V.? S? -vi? t '1 v"* t< i * '* > < > V ?j? u \J - j K-- % 2 .: ... ^ ;" j\ ISHS \'r r '3"l . ' " 'i7'.'ftil~' "' Tt>;." \ i 1 . V-* ? 1 k_ r,.:- n,;\r.T; 'rjr:..>- lo 17~. COO Men?Ninety-two i/evnccrali Jo'n licpubirt::. Ovcri-v.Id' i "1 :tLvui \V:: hin^'tpr. v.?The* j'? i . ev?:;u;ioK i!i -'ing i":?c top pi-my o" e?:!?stme:.fs un .il t>. ri- ;Jar a-v::y i r,r*'};irfj to 175 f'j' } siiori. \v;Vi tonight by the Ilou.e over Prcsklen V . .. .'i. O \ v^wVj. The veto Swas o.\ Wrier* !y a vot: ui i i to 10, one hic-mlcr voLiir: pres 0 M I \ , * ;J h'.- pre32'Ie;;t's veto me:-5^:>i ; no1 io".: to L!*o i.-ou*. tint!! six i'?u . l-. -jei* its fcr.rai delivery,, but one t rction was swift, representative Kor..ltjI, o? V/yem i: ' ti e republican leader, s^Ui th< ?;:ci2.i70 presented ::e ar^uns -ntc- tf-.rv had '. 't a'.ier.dy been before "he bed. and-:hat further ui'-./af .Jo:'} *.v.sg u.? nece^avy. He &s!:cd for'r.n im m VO -.0. VoLrd Dcwrt Over **helr:i"~?y A motion to adjourn, offered b; Representative Wingc. ucmoera!:, Ar Icansas, was voted down overwhelm ingiy. - > All 'of the sixteen members voting to susiiain the president in the tin a vote wore democrats. They were: Bee, Texas; Bland, Virginia; Camp r cl 1, Pennsylvania; Cleary, i\'ev; York Coady, Maryland; Eagan, New Jer sey; Fisher, Ternesiee; Igce, Missou ri; Mc Andrews Illinois; Minahan, Nev Jersey; Peli. New York; Raker, Call fornia: Sims, Tennessee; Tagiu-, Mas sachusetts; Weaver, North Carolina \ v-.'ciiir.A, Utah. Lee, democrat. Georgia, vote;! pre* ehx. ~ -* Those voting to override the vet. included ninety-two democrats. Action expected on the^veio earl; v nert week In Vint senhte, vrnere it wa said, prospects were .favorable for ov * " * * . J J. errldin? me pre&iwiH. Returning the measure to jche hourthe president said he was "unable t< ?ee in the conditicn of the world a br^c or in the needs of the Unite* States any change" :h:it would justi fv n restriction upon the mining;) .'>;rcv.r?;'ih of -SO,"000.men "pro <? ?i-:?eri for in ^he recently enactO'l arm; reorganization Din. W.' P. G. HARDING PREDICTS THE END OF DEPRESSION Chicago." Feb. "W. P. C. Hard ing, governor of the Federal Reserve Board, predicted prosperity and a1 end to business depression when h arrived here today to speak befor the Chicago chapter of the America] Institute of Bonking; "The dangerous stage of readjust ment has been parsed safely,'* he said '"and there js now no reason v/hatevc to fear a money panic or general col lapse of business. "The average1 reserves cf all Feder al Reserve banks are 41) ner cent, a against 44.50 per cent, at this tinr last year. "The situation generally is encour * i i ? _ i? xl. ajrir.^r. It is the hone ar.ri ocnen ui<; the unemployment situation is c temporary character." A^d The Groundhog Saw His Shadcv Clinton Chronicle. As much as we dislike for Kinp: So to veil his face,"w? were very mud disappointed when the. leaden cloud beprnn to clear at nccn, 'Wednesday and the ?reat Monarch of the Soutl " 1 * 1 - - 1 - TT* came out in all n;s :rp:en;;^r. < knew that the ground ho? v/ould s?1 his shadow, -and going back to hi warm quarters say, "Don't call rae ui 'till the niid lie of March." If this o'.' tradition true the bac*k-bone of win tor is not broken, and we are to hav morf weeks of col ! weather. Alas Alas! the vvond hog. saw his shad- ?v ' wt* mav he aide to meet it w'r nil the weapons at our command. W t call upon the governor r.rvi state bar. examiner i o secure and make publi th? attUu-io of the.banks of the stat in case they t?o not respond to thi V OOU O 31 Oi 0 U 1\3. "For thi? reason we again th taxpayers ro r.ieet in force nex: .Mon i (\[\ 4 \ ! SENATE INDORSES h i| . MARKETING PLAN!' ! |; - CONCURS IN RESOLD 7'ON ON i 1 { SAP IRQ iDEA T ! . . , . I: - Waiters Schedules fr'crj i This Wee?:?F:cc Conference ' . C..1 Taxes 1 he State, ?. i' !.cc:? iesi.-Ialion c.cijpicJ the time ' f <f :':j? zCiiuto ycsteid *y. although (lis- 1 : <*iii*sion was entered i.": *> on several ] I i::i')ortar.t bills cT s^.ie^ide effect, ' i; <!v; discursicn, however. . jeir.g to ' . make special order? or to advance j' >' measure r> one read in*: on the cal-!' . craar with thy urrdcrslandin^ that!1 j the debate and intendments would!1 <then Is in cider. ^ i,1 .' A concurrent ?e:'f.!utIon from the ]' . house favorinjr and indonis: the Cai- j' j iforni;> cr Sapivc/*an of cooperative j ! production and nv.;rfcutin? was con-! a' cu: .i in by the c by a vote of;' ~ O r; i ' ; * v. . : r l Senator Johnstone in.cy.^jed a bill ei i;0':y:n?- the Sapivo plan and provi;:\\" feu* the operation of this mar-;, wNorne. Thin measure pro-' J - I h-r.c ; for t!:a forra^tbn oi' associa-1 :icn.~ throughout t;ie nt-ate and how J these associations shr.ll be governed i in their work c? cooperative market- j ing. The bill is very comprehensive, going into intimate details as to the ? i , 5' plan. ] i * I Senator Johnstone also offered a , ! bill lcr the taking over bv the state ' =- * i) "; of the Fairwold Industrial School for j ' Negro Girls. The measure provides.** for an appropriation to operate the-ischcci. Senator Johnstone explained! j * that the school .is at present run'by: the negroes and they are unable to j Ireep the school functioning properly.;, > j The negroes have off ere J to deed the*: I property to the state, Mr. Johnstone; rJ [. | To Free Conference o; The senate received the joint taxi f resolutionv postponing the time for! i/inaying taxes from the house, "the I s! lower body having failed to concur | -j.in fhe amendment of the senate pro-' | vidir.g for oni? 1 par cent per.alty: 2 j up til ;April 1 ajid then add 7 per\cciit. I 3 i The resolution was sent to a free con-; t ference, the president of the senate j* \ j appointing Senators Wells. Robinson: . j and Miller from the senate. ^! A rather sharp debate resulted overs 1 4U.\ va r\ ? i'-n r* nam nf VA! ? *,* P'f'rOV- : _ I C i ?.- v?l .... | jr i al on the resolution of Senator V/ighl| man asking for a li^t of tlie salaries j j and employees of the state govern-1 i ment. Walter E. Duncan, comptroller j general, sent a communication to the | senate advising that bodv of the re- > i i , i .[pert on the resolution made bj^ the! i^J treasurer and asking fo* mere time j r. jr:id help if he was to*furnish ,every ! r,' warrant paid cut ai a salary. Mr. ^ 1 : nvr.loinpcl flint thp Ifth would! o j ;/a:u.aii v<*v?? ? ,i require a great mass of detailed work',' ' which would be impossible 'for his of- j _ fice to do in the ten days allowed, | and unless more help was provided.' r ' Senator CJifton took exception to I . i the report, holding that ' the compj troller general had no*t doneavhat the! .! senate had requested him to do. and^ i s| saying that the comptroller general; 21 had no right to arrogate to himself, I v/hat lie should or should not do. Mr. i _! Clifton wanted the comptroller gen-1 11 era! required to furnisTi the informal j f j lion asked for. Mr. Clifton said if the i comptroller coul^'t furnish the in-' | formation, why get a new c'omptrcl- ; v ! ler general. ! V/i/rhtman Displcr.sedl lj Senator Wightman said the infer-' i,! mation he wanted had not been fur-! 1 i i s" nished and he saw no reason why it i ^ j shouldn't. He s^i.i he wanted to tur:j , i. on the light, and if the treasurer and ! o: comprcller said r.o liirht was to be' I _i ? i ^ a j turned an, and this was agreeable to; ? : the senate, whv it was all right with ,, him. 0 j i i j Senator Hart explained the irrer.t _! amount of Vork necessitated by the j i resolution and said he thought it: v. j i r would be useless to -recuire .-o much ; ? i v.:o/k to be done and then never act-' .jed upon by the general assembly. ; hi After a general discussion on the' e' jepcrt it v/r.s held over until next s- : i- .. ^ j K Wd'K lUI cj Senator Johnstone asked that his J e. hill to reduce the acreage in cottcn ! ~ j in the F'.aie be brought t ;> ('r.rd v.ead- J j inc with notice cf -reneral amend-! e: merits and debT^te at th:u time. Sena- i l- j 7 or Wightman moved to strike out | lio firo^irir WOl'ds. Ml id ' M y 1 if fie ' : A >arliamentary procedure tangle was f jneounterea.Mr. Wightman was the )nly senator objecting to the request )f Mr. Johnstone, he holding that he -vanted_to strike out the enacting! irr?>vic fViorp After a considerable j iliseffSsion the measure was finally ldvancod to third reading: and made i special order for Wednesday mornng. Senator Moprc's bill to provide that Abbeville county be allowed to expend its share of the two mill hisrh.vay tax and its share of the motor[ /chicle license fund as it deems wise,! ? I.--.. X,. J Mr. Wight man's bin zo aoou^a uie state highway commission, Mr. Rags:lale's measute to amend the highway ict so as to allow any county having 10 national highway or road maintained by the highway iommission to 3o as it saw lit with the two mill tax and the motor vehicle license fund,! in;i Mr. Wells' .bill to provide a sys- i tern of county government for Edge- J field county were ^1 made special or- j ders for Wednesday after third reading bills. ConfajJeratc Hone Bill -- t Senators Marion's bill to change tne; government of the Confederate Jn-, firmary to allow four women mem-1 bers of the board of control was nass-j ed and sent to the house^ An amend,-; ment offered by Senator Pearce to ? make the number of women three was, io?t. Senator w imams onerea an amenu-; rnent tp the bill of Senator Wightman to abolish the truant officers and de\'olve the duties . thereof oh" the county superintendents of education Sncl the local school trustees by allowing an appropriation of $15,000 to be made for a number of state-" wide truant officers to aid the local authorities in er-forcing the-law. The amendment would allow the state su-1 penintendenf of education t^ super-; 1 A tm. vise me ^.vox'r ui ?.P ant officers. -J . .- ! ''The bill to abolish ^he^Tak corrr^ mission wa^ also made a special order for Wednesday. I A large number of local bills were ; received from the house during the A<y-- i I "** > * . \ \ I The senate adjourned atj 1:45 ; o'clock to meet Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock to cbnsid'er the local, un- i contested matters. WILL HOLD DEBATE FEW WEEKS HENCE < i f Annual Contest Between Literary ! Societies of Newberry Ar. ranged % . ! The intersociety debate of the lit- j erary societies of * Newberry college J will be held in the opera ho/ise Friday i everting, March 18, at 8:15 o'clock.! The debaters are: CJ. L. Epting, Cha- j pin, and L. E. Biackwelder, Concord, ; representing the Phrenakosfr.ian so-1 * - -?-1 17 T Qofvloy Mpwhp'iTV. ' civ'.yj auu hj ju. .?^; and K. TV. Kinard, Johnston, repre- j senting the Excelsior. C. J. Blume of, Concord, N. C., is captain of the I Phrenakosmian team and I. N. Mer-! chant of Newberry is captain of the 1 Excelsior team. The essayist, repre-1 senting the Philomathian society, J is Miss Ethel Saner of Prosper- j ity. This event is always one attract- j ing keen interest among the studentsj and the townspeople, a$d is attend- j ed by many of the former students, I who come to "root" each for his old i society. . : There will be a freshman "triangu-1 jar debate this spring, Wofford, Preshv^o^'an College of South Carolina ' and Newberry 'being the contestants, j The freshman class of Newberry will be represented by: Affirmative, G. H. j Hipp and C. E. Hipp, both of Newbar ry; negative, J. H. Crooks, Pomaria, and T. E. Epting, Newberry. This is! a new event and is looked forward to With much interest by the students' / y i ne re. Behind the Times A traveling man one night found ' himself obliged to remain in a small . town on recount of a washout on the j railroad, caused by the heavy kvj:, j which was still comfng down in tor- j rents. The traveling man turned to rhp waitress with, '"This certainly] looks like the fiocd." "The what?" | "Tile flood. You've read -about the flood, and the Ark landing on Mount ' Ararat, surely?" "Say, Mister," <he returned. "I. n?n> n r.nnor for three days!" j t t hgOse employs fatal head hold , PUTS MEASURES TO SLEEP IN , QUICK ORDER , \ Q -' *1 Not Yet Ready for Movie Censor*? \ Greek Letter Bill Slumber* Till Next Year The State, 5. The house of representatives clamped a fatal deadlock on several young and promising bills at its session yesterday morning, and when the smoke cleared two measures lay cold in death with their "enacting words" removed, one was struggling with a "ipntinued indefinitely" sentence hanging over it and another was limping around with "continued until the"' session of 1922" stamped across its m chest. >> rJk'3fl It wan ntwn season fnr hills and the Aivl house went after some of the measures with considerable roughness. lThe two measures that were - killed outright were of different natures. The first wa^ 3 bill introduced by Representative F. G. Harris of Spar- ^ tanburg and had to do with the regulation of the exhibition of moving pictures in Soutn uaronna. ine nouse could not see a board of censors at all : and thexbili was slain without mercy. Another bill that followed in the path Vv of the movie,censorship measure was* " ffcat of Representative J. W. Moon of Greenville, and it had to do with ths time given a man to make good.a check issued when had no. funds in the bank to meet it. Representa tive Moon wanted the time- snortenea v from 30 days to 15, but the house saw it differently and it, too, died. , Let Pool Rooms Live Representative F. G. Harris' ibiil tp . prohibit the operation pf commercial * ? pool rooms in the state after a cer- - . taifli date jeceiyed short shriftj. it be? ^. . 4 ing continued indefinitely.4-'9* Then the Greek letter fraternity bill stuck up its head. This measure was introduced by Representative E. R. Ellerbe of Djllon and provided that the board of trustees of the University of South Carolina determine whether or not secret fraternities be allowed at the institution. This measure was continued until the session^ of 1922. . 1 So savage was the humor of the v house that members who had meas- > 1 1? connnrl TPD/ urcs Que to cumc up ivi svbvuu ing moved that' they be passed over ,y until next week, in several instances </X . J. certain days being fixed for debate . \ on-the measures. v.' V - * 'Back to Committee The bill^of Representative J. B. At kinson of Spartanburg, which was in- ' tended grant additional powers _ and duties to' the public service com- ^ mission came up for a thiid reading ~ ^ and was sent finally to the ways and. means committee, which is under- ' fl stood to be against the measure on -V" account of the finances involved. Its commission to the ways and means committee probably means its' death so far as the house is concerned. This public service - bill attracted ; 1 A. considerable debate, Representative C. N. Sapp of Richland expressed his riieannrnval of it. 'while Representa- , ~ __ , tive J. 0. Sheppard of Edgefield made a speech.in favor of it, as did J. Lyles Glenn, Jr., of Chester. Repre-sentative E. T. Hughes of Union opposed the bill, while Representative J. K. Owens favored it. The motion to send the bill to the ways and means committee was' passed by a ' vote of 58 to 28. . y. : A large number of new bills were introduced and many measures or' 4 V dered sent to the senate naving re- . ceived three readings in the house. A majority of these measures sent to the senate ha^ to do with local affairs in the different counties of the state. MR. JOHN W. FOLK SAYS - $ HE DID NOT MARRY Editor: win you pieu&t: publish this in your paper? ; . J " I want everybody to understand that I am not married. That piece , '~M which came .out in The Herald and fe News a short while ago is positively unt?ue. I hope the people will stop^ ' the rumor which they now have go- ~~~1 ing, for I am still a single man. ?-- ttt r?.n. .lonn vv. roiR. S3 l v .> V A ' V J .'*