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--- ? TRUANT .OFFICERS ~T PROVE UNPOPULAR 11* !? SENATE PASSES WIGHTMAN'S PV BILL 3Y B|G VOTE lf: it Dct?. te on Question Rather Heat ^ ? ? 5 j ei V?ue5s?<-?i by Speakers. j t The State, 3. * " jc Fassa^e of Senator Wightman's bill 1 f to amend the compulsory attendance! \. law so as to abolish all truant offi- f cers and devolve the duties of these; 3 i ; officers on county superintendents jv and local trustees to a third reading ^ after lengthy debate was the main ja action of' the seriate at the morning : ifyh session yesterday. a ' -.'Senator Wightman was joined*by a majority of the upper branch of the assembly and a number of speakers j f. came to his aid. Mr. Wigfotman charged that the offices were abso * ^ - t-M.- I 3 1 lutely useless, tnac me wiiiie pcuyic; v were observing the law and no need existd for the truant officers. Pie said that trustees and sunperintendents 0 of education could easily carry out' ythe law without the appropriation, of ^ ( $67,000 for this purpose. < After debate by numerous senators the vote came on Senator Williams' iC, motion to strike out *he enacting' t" words. The senate refused to strike;^ out the en^ctir,? words by a vote of 3.6 to 25, the following yeas and nays heine recorded: Yeas: Baker, Hutson, IT . Johnstone, Johnson, Kennedy, Light- ^ s " sey, Marion, Mason, Massey, McColl, McGhee;Miller, Pearee, Stabler, Wil- c liams and Young. Nays: Alexander, c Baskin, Beasiey, "Bethea, Black, Clif-J^ / ton, Crosson, Dennis, Duncan, Good--. :j win, Gross,' Hsrrelson, Kant, Hub-1^ bard, Laney, Moore, Padgett, Rags-j dale, . Robinson, Rogers, JeVcniiah ' Smith, Watkins, Wells, Wideman and Wightman. ** !J A J nsi" w kuia mu?uu | ? K y. J n \ During the middle of the debate, i0 ;V which had ceniered upon the fact v 0-- that reduced appropriations were nec- s ' * I esary and here was a good place to j a ^ ., "begin- Senator Hart offered an amend- j a . ment so the law would not take effect fc |gr jjSf " * ' L until June 30, but this was lost by a d : f big vote. Senator Eart and Senator <] k ' Moore, both against the truant of5- p cers, did net think the attendance offi- e i cers should be cut off richt in the mid r.'i;-;." . ~?1?: -- ------- v si die of the year with 110 j.cbs. pv-; ' The debate on this bill was extend? ed and covered a wide range. SenaH tors Young and Miller said to take j^-'- .this step would bs gs>:n~ backward land they were against the measure. " Senator Williams also strongly' de fended the compukorv lav; and the & truant cScers. . Senator Bask'11 t.ioigiVv the Saluda ru:y. senator's measure was'a good one and offered an opportunity to begin prun Ig* jng the ^appropriation- bill. r Seniors Kennedy and Mason also ' defended the truant officers and voted i ?&r killing Mr. Wightmans bill. Sen ' % ator Hudson said he was always in . favor of education and he saw no excuse for abolishing the truant officers, ^ holding that the people themselves PP?. varteci tftc law to stand as :z was. 0. * Many Join Wightmsa fSenalor DAr.can said curtailment in the dep^rtmer-t of education, where ll'^ the largest request of all departrV'v meats had come, was essential. He was against the truant officers a/id Ejjc , the compulsory law, claiming that fee negro children were placed inj fe Sohccl to every white child. . Senator Padgett said the law v.as V ttnconstitjiiior.a! end as passed and on -thf hoots 71 o\v was rv-? <-oo?] 77^! favored abolishment. Senator Mrsreon too;: the lead ir. rfi fighting the bill. He showed .that dur[v ing the first year of the operation cf the law ?5,000 children had been placed in school that would not have otherwise beer in the schools. He compared South Carolina with New v y" I ** , > England states and showed how the |; Palmetto state- -shouid be taking forward steps instead of backward, asi he considered Hr. Wigh-tman's measure. The 1 nigger'' question was here injected into the debate, Senator Ma-i rion saying that the opposition was j <lue to a "nigger in the wco Senator Alexander was strongly in favcr of the b'ii, charging- -that the' truant officer of Pickens had dene! nothing lest year, and further ch;rr I ing that many run'.;; superintend- { erc'ts 'of education were originally j against the trtinn- r..'V.--v. r,u r.owj since they had reveievd instructions; from the "king"* they had changed; - th?ir opinions and apparency i.n vor of the attendance o/iiceiv. Mr. [ Alexander charged that the "king"{ was not content v.*ith maintaining aj ciiib r,f .-iTr S<:v h;ir main tallied a "suite of skysci^pc-rs." The' Pickens senior c::::i;tined iha'; when' i he referred to the "king' hj was; speaking of the scr.'.e superintendent; of education. j % ; After Tomato Clubs Senator Moore said the truant offi-; . cers were a mere makeshift and a: useless expenditure of money. ;v 4 '? \ Senator Clifton said in Sumter j ounty 245 white children had been J laccd in the schools and something j ver 1,400 negroes. He said the case! 'as a "nigger in the woodpile*' and s far as he was concerned; he wanted ic "negro to stay at the woodpile." te also wanted odious#comparisons! f South Carolina with ouher states j topped. Mr. Clifton tpok ia fling at j omato club demonstrators in his i ounty, charging' that .these demontrators had flooded the couintry with J omatoes that could net be sold. Senator Laney said he was always tirred up when the negro question ?*as invoked, but he refrained from ebating the question, except for the sking of a few questions to show hat the compulsory law and attendnce officers were not what they light be. ~ ? 1 1 T>^?. Senators Black, Kagscraie arm xvv--i rs were also in favor of cutting this) :eni from the appropriation bill. Sentor Wightman joined in the chorus nd was in favor of the "bill. After the vote had been taken and he bill passed to third reading notice f general amendments were serve?d. j AYS GROUNDHOG >j WRONG THIS YEA.R j utch Weather Prophet Takes Issu?> | With Animal ! 'he State, 3. j The groundhog did not see his) > > ?i T-? ibwio -Pvnm hi<; Viole' MHQOW WI1U11 lie vam& a.j? ... ^ esterday according to the Dutch leather Prophet, who thinks this is , ne time the groundhog has been rossed up. He belie es, however, that enerally the little animal is right. "February 2 is to some extent as uportant an epochal period as the our regular quarterly periods in the 1 - alendar?the annua: equmu.\ \maiwi 0), summer solstice (June 21), auiimnal equinox (September 23). or he winter solstice (December 22)/' e said night. "Even a casual bservatiqn of the lengthening clays ill show that the sun has begun tc end its rays in increasing directness nd find an entrance between walls nd into windows where they have >een absent since October. So Can Uemas day (known as groundhog lay) may be 'said to be the midwinter eriod. No doubt this period is affectd by the changes as to temperature iff 5EH5 j I v * "::r Vv I ' '^-K "* '? 1 1 V111 "V. > I " '<C' Tim II \ * - ' . 1 *' : " >. -- v? f ,*s>. * , n v.. ^ * I ^r B.KL. ~~~~~T ~ EAS PltnnA jBnaojoam-?uoBrjB'nMMUiniitaaro.i awn* juso as they occur at the dates of the four seasons of the year. "Thus there are indications now that the 'back of winter' is not broken even if the groundhog did not sec his shadow at sunrise on 'groundhog day* for sunshine after the sunrise period dees not afreet the groundhog as the tradition is understood." he said. . "The connection of the groundhog tradition with the midwinter period: is only incidental," he continued. "In! 1S9G a French scientist made a math- j ematical demonstration of the effect, produced by summer fogs upon winter precipitation. The Frenchman's con* -Li- - - -1-- i- I elusions as .Dasea on ins omy exact science in existence are identically the same on the same subject that the f German settlers of the Dutch Fork section of Newberry and Lexington have handed down from one generation to another, and which is labeled 'superstition' by even people who want everything proved by mathematics. Even the Romans 2,000 years ago knew that air currents changed every three days and in their variation gave- multiplicity to changes in weather which occurred at regular periods after considerable time from their appearance. "Thus the year 1921 will close the I seven year period of 1914-21 which j has given forth many peculiar phenomena, of a meteorological cnarac-| tar," he said, <;not to mention the great political and economic upheaval caused by the world war?among which may be mentioned the great{ July (101G), the cold weather of May 191&, prolonged and extreme cold period of December, 1917, and January, 1918, as well as the peculiar effect of the sun on foliage of trees and plants 1916-1920. The snow and slep.t storm of last week adds to this list of phenomena. In sections north of Columbia it was both a Vet' and a 'dry' snow, while Columbia was the center of the disturbance of sleet and snow combined. "I made the forecast September 30 that two snows would occur during the present winter south and east of the Blue Ridge," he said. "This foreT-.oc v?oo,n vprififvH Likewise a.! taoi iitvo UVWA v.* ? ? year ago the forecast was made in The State that the fruit crop in 1920 would be abundant. Notwithstanding' the facts that temperatures were below normal at frequent intervals. \ t'A *. Ji- , . ' ' ' * ^ i'r - v' i- / v / r 'T / ' V * > A . d* . -.V- . ' Ql / : iYotwareljr hear*tfae price7 <?n? *rva*%4-?/>n a/4 y UA. UX& ? VAX iUMlVM/uvu. ^ Remarks about^its low cost and . long service are. much^morerfreqaent. .,?< ' 1 ^TVi^ -tprr rrnl^ggrru^.-r;TT^gr^}yK^gV?1 : &l . - . Vv^'-v.- . V^- '..' ' -V' '">* * ?*..v ' ' .* ! V $ i/'s ? ?j .!< * i ' : . ;' v i ' ' . "V'iTjJ" / . ?* .* . . ' ; . . V: ' - ; ; ; t .' '. ' . * ' V ' '*" * TERBY MOTOR < 200 Laurens, with severe frost, during the closing periods of the winter and '/irly spring , the forecast was also verified. However. I am not prepared to predict an abundant fruit crop, espeeia!1.. 1 r inoi TM,,. Intio i,v iur i.J?t. i u'j limnativiiio are that the similar conditions as to temperature and frost will prevail in 1921, but the relation of the elements which neutralize the effect of temperature and frost will be so different as to cause serious damage to fruit. "Similar also to 1920 will be temperature and precipitation during the summer of 1921. Overflows in the rivers are indicated and bottom lands will be affected thereby. THP MOTIOHON MFG. CO. Newberry, S. C., Jan. 28, 1921. The annual meeting of the stockholders of The Mollohon Manufacturing company will be held in the company's office at Newberry, S. C., on Thursday, the 17tn day of February, 1921, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, for the election of directors for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of other business. Please attend in person |Or by proxy. GEO. W. SUMMER, President and Treasurer. C. D. WEEKS, Secretary. l-28-3t. TAX NOTICE. The books for the collection of state and county tax for the year 1920 will open from October 15th, 1920, to December 31st, 1920. Those who prefer to do so can pay in January, 1921, with 1 per cent.; in February, 1921, with 2 per cent, and from March 1st, 1921, to March 15th, 1921, with 7 per cent. Thf* flrmnhv Auditor lias rv>adf? lit) books by School Districts and it will be necessary for taxpayers to give each school disrict in which their property is located. The levy for 1920 is as follows: Mills State j. 12 Constitutional School 3 Ordinary County GV2 T> ao o uuuu nuauo m Road and Bridges 1 Deficit 1919 % Bonded Indebtedness of County % Court House % Back Indebtedness % Jail Bonds % Total ...... 27 The following school districts have levied the following levies for special school purposes: Mills District No. 1, No. '52 15 District No. 14 18 District No. 19 14 District No. 2G \... .... 13 ' ~ \ i;... | I! ' r' s i ,-V;- I C - ' I I ' V I f ; ! i t'i ' | ill it:; i 1 J :o. i S.C. t \ District Xo. HO 11 i District Xo. 58 "1 i Districts Xo. 22, Xo. :>'J a*. i District Xo. 2, No. 7, Xo. 1*'>, I Xo. 15, Xo. 1 *>, Xo. 1 "i, Xo. 18, No. 20, Xo. 2.?>, No 25, J\(). i\ 0. .SI, AO. AO. 8G, No. 41,'No. 42, No. -111. j No. 44, No. 4.">, No. 47, No. 4S, No. 41), No. 50, No. ~>f>, | No. 5G I { ?i inn i ii ? iiim ?rri ! : I . ! glg|fe|S [iynJ ' ,Tj:' i . t'' - * "Vt*^ ;' ! .? /fy/M'-s-; f ^W ' '- /.',</ '; <'/*?/< v f <fcs?P w ; IJpP^ifP i t : 1 "jit bay: i I ? I Pi ^rOUPv prosperi i crops at the h that every acre ui" 1 . The crop yieU be sure you supp:; 1 The increased ; j; Fertilizers bring y< I.' Atlanta, Ga. r r^-j <> < \ . ' -;( ' ; ' u '; ? . * ,, * - " : ,< V -' ' *v ,, s ': ..: I ; :: ^4:w0- W4&'M > ' : >. .: ; ... I : : !>> : . .' : 1 ^ ' % :" ': ' \: ; ' : vv'..-> :: : ' I . ' ' I-; . ' '. ' . I jr J % r { ? ' '' |. . .' l#:"':''; > f - * < t I - ::;vv }: ' . ' " . ' '' . Any'surface that covered and will not c and saves the cost of : , . i . : [ iiv ' "'! K .. , . * * : r ' f ' l ' >..* F" "The N or write t 1 i District Xo. ~> G | Districts Xo. MS, Xo. 5 )Distric ts Xo. 4, Xo. 8, Xo. i Xo. ii, Xo. !2, No. o4, Xo. j No. 4v?, No. No. fj'J, I No. <;<) 1 i District No. li o j.'sistricts No. '*, No. 21, No. 21, J No. 2S, No. ~lj, No. -12, No. *)7, j No. i1.-. No. ?1, No. >> 1 2 ) j District Nc. .0 i rr*# * - - 83"/*""?r: j> .w ,* .' Ul'Ji r ' ,t? iwru \ &EE3PS^W*%i . v> / v" v. ; : .?? z j i;./ .? .1 - """"^?" ^^iT/ .' ' -'.vV;y - ' H' hyi, i ? F5] I:J ''v;' *mbbp^P^Pp? i.:^p*pW | _ sr VAMC Jfflf <! t{\ &.<?&i:- ''' - -' ' IET?? ?7 tblszers I 1 <ra mi BL4ULI JL ty during 1921 depends ti; )west cost per pound or bu \z2t prediico mere pounds an< is iu*prcpoi*<ion to the plant y plenty of plf:;*u food. ^ v?^/> ** ?-*> v ? \ * * T "> <* ^ f ;-wlw i^OjLr. Vi:\- ." ~ w C. .vw v/.1 >,u a brjr orofic. 12 uy now. 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