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Oe ihaRg 1Dres. OUIS APPICr~LT. Editor .MANNING. S. C., JAN. 27, 1915. UBL~LSHED EVERY WEDNESDAY CAPITOL. CoRRESPONDENCE, Columbia, S. C., Jan. 23rd 1915: -The week just past did very httle towards legislating on ac count of. the inauguration and the several elections, but the worl for the session is now in good- shape for a continuous. and uninterrupted grind. he inauguration 6f Gover nor Manning was carried out -ilththe- usual ceremony attend e&by large crowds from all ov he State, especially from ~umeter. Quite a number. from anigg was present, including avoy2Bdham, and Messrs. Vhuaton DuRant. Dr. G. L. -Mickson, T. M. Wells, L. L. &Cu6"l Plowden, C. W. es, and others. - New Zion was represented by N . H. DuBose and Judge W. E. FTeemming, Pinewood was also evidence, .and so was the Fork setion. I was very busy thk day with committe matters wlehbkept-me from having the portunity of mingling with hehiam.folks as I should have liked to do, asit is always a - pleasure to, greet my friends 7khngithe-capitol city. ransmitted to Governor the names of those n"W sain the primary -for Auditor and the Mag andl presume that by they have been notified of pointmeit. i also sent 5..- ,c appointmnent the names by Auditor Burgess for lp assessors to wiF -ul N EL Broughton, J. H. 5R. C. Richardson, Jr., )Hodge, M.. B. Corbett. B. n. C. W. Brown, A. Pip* A. Brailsford. J. H King, W A R Lee Gayle. J M Barwick, B B .P-M Mitchum.. SMaks.4IN'Tobias, C M ano G'G Prierson. boic4. John S Watt, J E -. V Eadon. ames. Jeff M Davis,J E 'Sa my Swamp J E Kelley, $ roadway, J1. McD McFad ~M~ui~ W M Plowden, F X*ind. B ~ radham. I.Y Plowden. SB~wington. W T P Sprott. N~M~ avnesworth. E M Fulton. <Plowden's Mill. J M'Mont eer J ,D McFaddin, W W nH~ony.; S E Nelson, B B YOdm, 3 M Graham. ~~g~jziwa. S EJohnson, A C Bose, >R PBarrow. S-New Zion. G M Hicks, J L n ~ble, J1 P Buddin. ~-'Douglas. L B Gibbon, J1 L Green; F N Thomas. SSandy Grove. R E Smith,. W ~ Mc~ain, John H Ham.. cThe only changes from the n~Aditor's recommendations was a i Harigny and New Zion town ~.~bp y.Representatives White ~ nd Rush respectively. Mr. Rush hass introduced a bill to amend the Act relating to the taxing of timber so as to remove Uarendon from the list of coun kties in the exceptions.. -Abillrelating to advertising g Ia1notices introduced by the '-House delegation has passed the ,f ouse and is now in the Senate; ifpassed, it merely requires the motices of the Sheriff, Clerk of Court andJudge of Probate to be published in the two newspa pers at the samnerate as if pub lished in one. The publication ~,ofsuch notices as must be paid -for out of the county treasury, ,has already been contr'acted for --at alat rate by the Board of County Comnmissioniers, and, at a rate far less than was paid when' the count' allowed the newspapers the schedule of rates provided by law. The -ounty Commissioners are not Crequired to contract for the pub 2->laion of the notices eminating ~from the several officers, but it is their right to do so, and for a numberof years the Board con tracted this printing whereby they saved money to the taxpay ers The last contract expired. January 1st 1915, which was made public. The Manning ~Times notified the Commission ers of the expiration of the con tract it had with the county, and asked for the same to be re newed; at the first meeting in tihis year, the proper time to cnsider such matters, the Comn -missioners had before them the notice and request of The Times; my information is, no other ap maiatwas ile d in their offlie, notwithstanding the fact that written and -ppblished notice of the time when The Times cop tract would expire had been made, whereupon the Board by a resolution, which is on record, unanimously awarded the coun ty printing to The Times for a period of two years at the same rate of $125 per year as hereto fore. I have introduced a Joint Res olution to be submitted to the voters at the next general elec tion with a view of repealing that section of the constitution relating to the provision -which permits the relatives of a person lynched to o-tain a verdict of not less than $2000 against the county. I feel sure if the legis lature will allow the resolution to be submitted to- the voters they will agree with me that the provision is not just, and it should be repealed. The makers of the constitution did not contemplate when they provided for a suit against a county in which a lynching took place, that there would,-ever be a suit brought, but now since suits have been brought, and in this county a verdict has been obtained it has caused many to sit up and take, notice of the great injustice done the masses. Why should all of the taxpayers be. made to pay the penalty for a crime committed by an irrespon sible few? A man may be lynch ed in Clarendon by a few per sons crossing the river from Or angeb'urg, and yet, according to the law as required by our con stitution this county is liable for the penalty of $2000; it is not right and I am trying to put a stop to it. by asking the legisla ture to permit the constitution to be amended by repealing this obnoxious, and unjust provision. The bill is now before the judic iary cQmmittee, and -whether favorably or unfavorably report ed I prpose to fight for, its be ing sent over to the House. The proponents of compulsory school attendence have intro duced a number'of bills and a joint hearing was had on them Thursday. The 'Superintend ents from several of the counties and the State Superintendent together with Prof. Frank Ev ans of the city of Spartanburg schools were heard, but I have not been able to- gather from their arguments the necessity of such legislation, nor have they. shown me how the law can, be enforced without taking from an already inadequate school fund niopey to pay officers..- This be ing of great importance to the many, I think probably that .it is well to print the text of the bill as advocated by Superin tendent Swearingen and which was reported favorably to the Senate, but there is- a minority of the committee not in favor of the bill. I am among the opposi tion until convinced that I am wrong. A BILL to require School At tendance. Section 1. That from and af ter the first day of July, one thousand nine' hundred and fif teen, every parent, guardian or other person, temporarily or permanently, residmng in the State of South Carolina having charge or control of a child or children between the ages of eight and fourteen years, shall cause such child or children to attend the local public school in the district in which he resides, continuously for the entire school term of each year, except as hereinafter provided. This-period of compulsory attendance shall commence at the beginning of the school term nearest to the eight birthday of such child or children, and shall cover the compulsory period of six con secutive school years thereafter. This period of compulsory at tendance for each public school shall commence at the beginning of the school term of said school unlssotherwise ordered by the County Board Education in writ ing,or, in case of towns or cities of two thousand or more inhabi tants, according to the preced ing Federal census, by the Board of Trustees of the public schools of said towns or cities with the approval in writing of the Coun ty Superintendent of Education. Continuous attendance uponi some other public school or upon< any private or Church school aught by competent teachers teachers may be accepted in lieuj of attendance upon the local pub lic schools: Provided, that said period of continuous attendance I upon such other school shall be for at least as long as the public< school term each year. Provided,i further, That any private or< hurch school receiving for in struction pupils between the< ges of eight and fourteen years 1 shall be required to keep such records of attendance of said :hildren anil to render such re ports of same as are hereinafter required of public schools; and ] attendance upon such schools ref using or neglecting to keep such records and to render such I reports shall not be accepted in 1 lieu of attendance upon the lo town or city which the child sha.l be entitled to attend. Sec. This Act shall not apply in any case in which the child's physical or mental condition, as attested by any legally qualified physician before any court hav ing jurisdiction under this Act, renders his attack impracticable or inexpedient, or in any case in which the child resides two and one half miles or more by the nearest traveled route from the choolhouse and free transpor bation is -not furnished for him to and from school, or in dny mase in which, because of ex treme poverty, the services of such child are necessary for his own support or the support of is parents, as attested by the affidavit of said parents and of said parents and such witnesses as the attendance officer or the court may require; or in any case in which said parent, guar dian or other person having charge or control of the child shall show before any magistrate by affidavit of himself and of such witnesses as the attendance officer; or court may require, that the child is without neces sary books and clothing for at tending school, and that he is unable to provide the necessary books and clothes: Provided, that when books' and clothing shall haye been provided, through charity or by other means, the child shall no longer be exempt from attendance un der this provision, and it shall be the duty of the.trustees of the schools to provide. out of the public funds books for the use of such indigent pupils free of charge. 3. Every parent, guardian or other person in the State of South Carolina having charge or control of a child or children between the ages of eight and fourteen years shall cause said child to atteud school as afore said: Provided, that occasional absences from such attendance by such child. amounting to not more than two unexcused ab sences in four consecutive weeks, shall not oe inla vful: Provided, further, That the superintendent, principal or teacher in charge of any school may excuse any child for a temporary absence because of unusual storm or bad weather sickness .or death in the child's family, unforseen or unavoidable accidents, and such excuse and reason therefor shall be recorded by said superintend ent, principal or teacher - in charge of the school and report ed to the attendance officer as hereinafter provided: Provided. further, That in case of protrac ted illness any child whose at tendance is required underthis Act, or in case of quarantine of the home in which the child re sides, upon report of the L.ealth officer, or upon satisfactory evi dence to this effect, the attend ance. officer shall excuse from attendance such child until he is tully restored to health or until the expiration of the time re quired by law that he shall stay out of school after quarantine has been raised. Sec. 4. Every parent, guard ian or person in the State 01 South Carolina having charge or control of a child between the ages of - fourteen and sixteen years that is not actually, regu larly and lawfully engage'd in some useful employment or ser vice, or who cannot read at sight and write legibly simple sen tences in the English language, shall cause said child to attend some day school as aforesaid. Sec. 5. Any parent, guardian or other person violating the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and up on conviction shall be liable to a fine' of not less than two dol lars for the first offence and not less than five dollars for any subsequent offense, nor more than twenty-five dollars in any case, and upon failure or refusal to pay such ,fine said parent, guardian or other person shall be imprisoned not to exceed 30 days in the county jail: Provided, That the fine for any first offense may, by order of court, upon the payment of costs, be suspended and not collected until the same party is convicted of a second offense. Provided, further, That after the expiration of three dys from the service of the u~tice by the attendance officer each and every day parent, uardian or other person shall wifully and unlawfully keep such child or children from school, or allow him to remain yut-of school, shall constitute a separate offense and shall sub. ject said person to the penalities 2ere prescribed. Sec. 6. The Board of Trustee n each district shall appoint, Ld remove at will, an attend Lt officer for each district to mforce the provisions of this Act, who shall serve also as iaker of the school census of :hildren between the ages of six Ld twenty-one years, and as reeper of the attendance records, or which service he shall be lowed three cents per child of .hool age each year. It shall be is duty to take an annual cen us during the calendar months >f July and August. and to turn sh'each superintend ent, principal >r teacher in charge of a school ith an accurate school census if the district three days before he opening of the school each rear and also to furnish at the ame time a copy of the said chool census of each district to be county superintendent of ~ducation: Provided, The County oard af Education shall fill any racancy that may exist in any istrict, town or city. The at endance officer shall serve writ en or printed, or partly written and partly printed, notices upon wery paent, guarrlian or other person violating the provisions of this Act; and prompt compli ance on the part of such parent, guardian or, other person is hereby required. For serving such notice the attendance officer shall be allowed a fee of twenty five cents in case ot conviction, same to be taxed in bill of costs; and if any parent, guardian or other person upon whom such notice is served fails to comply with the law within three days, then it shall be the duty of said attendance officer to prosecute such person. Prosecution under this Act shall be brought in the name of the State of South Car olina before any - magistrate or recorder of any municipal court within the limits of whose terri torial jurisdiction the person prosecuted resides. The-attend ance officer shall'have the right to visit and enter any office or factory or business house em ploying children for the purpose of ascertaining the names and ages of children there employed and enforcing the provisions of this Act. When doubts exists as to the age of a child he may re quire a properly attested birth certificate or affidavit stating such child's age; he shall keep an accurate record of all notices served, all cases prosecuted, and alt other services. performed, and shall make an annual report of same on Qr befo'e July 15th of each year to the County Sup eriatendent of Education. In the discretion of the County Board of Education the attendance officer may be allowed reason able additional compensation from the county board fund for such services as are required of him under this Act, compensa tion for which is not specifically provided for herein. Provided, That in case the County Board of Education shall appoint a school trustee or magistrate's constable, or city or town police man or marshal or rural police man as attendande officer, the duties of such officer herein pre scribed are declared to be a part of. his duties ex officio: Provided, further. That the Board of Trus tees of any school in any town or city of five thousand or more inhabitants is hereby authorized and empowered, if in their jud ment such action is wise, to ap point an attendance officer for the schools nader their direction, fix his compensation and pay the same out of the special tax school funds of said town or city, and assign to him other duties in addition to those enum erated above, said attendance officer in cities of more than five thousand inhabitants to perforrn all duties and make all reports required of attendance oficer in other districts. Sec. 7. Employers shall keep on tile certificates of age or of exemption for all children under foutreen years of age in their employ or service. These certi ficates are prerequisite to the lawful employment of children, and are to enable the attezadance officers to identify the persons to whom they have been issued, and shall be open to inspection by such officers. Sec. 8. That no child under fourteen years of age shall be employed in any factory, work shop or mercantile establishment or in any other place or man ner during the usual school hours in any district, town or city, unless the person employ ing him shall first procure a cer tificate from the sunerintendent or teacher of the school said child last attended, stating that such child attended school for such current year for the period required by law, or has been ex cused fromt attendance as pro vided in the third section hereof and it shall be the duty of the said superintendent or teacher to furnish such certificate upon application of'the parent, guard ian or other person having con trol of such child entitled to the same Provided, That the super intendent, principal or teacher issuing such a certificate to any such child under fourteen years of age is hereby required to furnish a copy thereof to the chairman of the Board of Trus tees of the district, one copy to the County Superintendent o1 'Education and one copy to the attendance officer of the district. Provided, further, That in case of the change of teachers from any cause whatsoever. which may render the obtaining of such a certificate impractic able, said certificate may be is sued by the chairman of the Bord of District Trustees. Sec. 9. Thatevery corporation, owner, superintendent, qr~ officer of any factory, workhouse or mercantile establishmuent, and any other persoD who shall em ploy any child under fourteen years of age, contrary to the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined for each offense in a sum not less than ten dollars and not more than one hundred' dollars, or imprisoned for not less than five or'more than thirty days; and corporations shall be; liable for; and shall pay, suchI fines and penalties imposed upon their officers or agents violating this Act. Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of all superintendents, principals and teachers to co-operate with the attendance otticar in the en forcement of this law. To this end it shall be the duty of the superintendent, principal or teacher in charge of any school in which pupils between the ages of eight and fourteen years are instructed to keep an ac curate record of the attendance of such pupils; to render during the period of compulsory attend ance of each school term month ly epnorts of same in the attend-' ance officer and the County Su perintendent of Education, show ing all absences, excused and unexcused, and in case of each excused absence, stating the reason for which the pupil was excused. Upon the wilful or neg ligent failure of any superinten dent, principai or teacher in charge of any school to comply with the provisions ef this sec tion, the County Superintendent shall deduct from his or her salary for the currept month the sum of five dbllars before ap proving the voucher therefor, and in case of the sa.ond offense on the part of any superintend ent, principal or teacher the County Superintendent of Edu cation is hereby forbidden to ap prove the salary warrant of such offender. Sec. 11. It shall be the duty of the County Board of Educa tion of each county to cause this Act to be published in full in some newspaper published in the county, if there is one, and if there be none, then in circula tion form, and given the widest possible circulation at least four weeks prior to the ope'ning of tbe schools for the school year, beginning July first, one thous and nine hundred and fifteen, and annually thereafter, if in their discretion it seems neces- - sary. The Board of Trustees of any district, city or town shall give two weeks public notice of the date of opening of any school under their jurisdiction by publishing said.notice in a county newspaper or-by posting said notice on the schoolhouse door. Sec. 12. The notice of any Boai-d of Trustees giving the date of opening of any school, or schools, shall also state the proposed length of the term as nearly as practicable, and a copy signed by at least a major ity of the Board of Trustees shall be filed at the date of is suance in the office of the Coun ty Superintendenii of 'Education. In any county, district, aggre gatign of adjoining districts, town or city, the operation- of this Act shall be suspended for not less than one scholastic year, nor more than two scholastic years, upon the written petition of a majority of the qualified electors residing in said county, district, aggregation of adjoin ing districts, city or town; such petition shall be addressed to the County Board of Education and shall be filed with the Coun ty Superintendent on or before two weeks prior to the date of opening of the school, or schools, in the territory concerned. It shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees of each district sub miitting a petition to be exempt ed from the provisions of tnis. Act to check said petition against the registration books of the county in order to verity the signature of each qualified elector, and- said Board of Trus tees shall certify to thd County Superinteindent of Education their findings in writing. In any-such district, city, or town whees a petition signed by a majority of the qualified voters has been submitted to the Coun ty Board of -Education has been checked and verified by the Dis trict Trustees, and has been cer tified to the County Superintend ent of Education, this Act shall be suspended and of no.- effect until the expiration of the time specified in the petition, not to exceed two years. The opera tion of this Act may be further suspended from time to time up on a similar petition. Sec. 13. The Boai-d of Educa tion of each county, and in case of towns and cities of two thous, and inhabitants, the Board of Trustees herein shall have power at any meeting to make such rules and regulations not in con flict with the provisions hereof, as they may deem best. with ref erence to the time, place and hours for school attendance, so as to secure the attendance' of all children between the ages of eight and fourteen years upon the schools of the county, and such rules and regulations, .wheni approved by the County Super intendent of Education, and posted at the courthouse door and at the door of each public schoolhouse in the terr-itory af fected ther-eby. shall have the foce of law until and unless they have been revoked on ap peal by the State Board of Edu :ation. The operation of such ules and regulations may be suspended by the State Super utendent of Education during the pendency of the appeal. Sec. 14. Trhis Act shall being ull force and effect fromn and af ser the first - day of July. one housand nine hundred and ifteen. The bond, commnutation, as sessing bills have all passed the senate, and are now over in the ouse, did I have the space this eek~ I would be glad to print them, especially the bill relating to the bond issue. I have also had passed a bill repealing the :me ialf mill levy for the bond ssue of 1908, so that -the new ssue of bonds will not carry an dditional taxation. Of interest to my readers is he election of Hon. O. 0. Scar orough of Summerton as a nember of the Board of Direc ors of the State penitentiary. rhis was a spirited contest, as ~here were aspirants from sev aral counties, all good and prom .nent men, and the fact of Olar ndon capturing the prize, is ot only a compliment to Mr. earborough but to the county. [T ee wasnpad in nnrnination byI Hon. T. P. Cothran of Green ville, and seconded by myself for the entire Cldrendon delega tion, and he was elected on the second ballot. There is a strong effort being made to repeal the cotton acre age Act, and it may succeed, but in my judgment it will be a mis take to repeal now will have a bad effect abroad. I should rather let the law alone, even tho' I knew it would be indifferently enforced, rather than to take a backward step, especially now, at the time of year when the cotton speculators have their eye upon the farmer to know how much cotton is going to be plant ed, and too, I believe a normal crop made this year will spell ruin to the cotton industry. The mill centers opposed the passage of the bill at the time of its enactment, they are again fight ing for its repeal. and the same interests are making a fight- to discredit the state warehouse system, if possible, they will kill the proposit-on by-starving it to death if they cannot repeal the Act directly. I cannot for the life of me see how members fail to understand the motives of the representatives of the cotton mill districts, and the represen tatives of counties where there are large national banks. The News and Courier of today (Sat urday) contains a leading edi torial which surprises me for the lack of information its edi tor displays. He starts. out by expressing his surprise' - at the bill to repeal the wsrehouse Act getting. an- unfavorable report from the committee, and winds up by saying "The legislature has already spent $15,000 on this experiment. The net results so far are odorous of politics." I would take the liberty to ask the editor of the News and Courier to read the report again, and then save himself from the public horse laugh by acknowl edging his mistake, in reckless ly stating that "$15.000 has al ready been spent on this experi ment;" when the truth is, there has only been spent $2,300. The Commissioner has- demonstrated that if the warehouse system is given a fair chance it will be a boon to the cotton growing in terests, it may not suit certain stockholders of the daily news papers who are interested in cotton manufacturing and spec ulation, but'it will be a bulwyark~ for the protection of the cotton growing masses that all inter ests depend upon for existence. There is no question in my thind that the state warehouse system will be self sustaining if given honest consideration, and all of this rot of being "odorous of politics" is an insult to the in telligence of the legislature. The News and Courier cannot show, with the suspicion of proof even that Commissioner MLaurin has attempted to work politics, his appointments can not be questioned, there is but one man in his employ who is in spmpathy with Mr. McLaurin's political views, and lhe holds a clerical position for which he is especially capable, the other gentlermen have always ~been allied 'with those who opposed, what the News and Courier would term Bleasdism, therefore the attempt to prejudice the public mmnd by'giving the ware house system a political twist is rep-ehensible. Then too, The Columbia Record, owned by stockholders of cotton mills and national banks, (Messrs E. WV. Robertson August Kohn and others) cov ered nearly a whole page in try ing to force this legislature to repeal the wa.irehouse Act. This' same crowd through its hired editor loaded the columns of The Record with all manner of mis leading arguments when the bond issue was under- considera tion, and now, in order-, to ac complish the purposes of his employers, he sneeringly refers to "Mulberry Sellers McLaurin" and harks back to the days of "Commercial Democracy." If this editor, while in the mood of arkening back to other days, would only go a little farther, and take a look at the picture of those who made the foundaition for the fortune of some of his employers, he would then see, and understand the difference between the statesmanship of Mr. McLaurin. who was endeav oring to have the government use its power to break the com mercial shackles that fettered the farmers of this southland, and the selfish methods ,of the allies of the infamous '-Honest John Patterson," who it is said boasted of there being "five more year-s of good stealing in South Carolina." The older readers of this newspaper re mmber the names of thn mnost prominent figures in those hor rible days in this state Patter son, Hurley, Robertson, Chain berlain, Elliott, Gleves, Moses and a number of others. Robert son And Moses were not aliens, they were what in those days were characterized -'Native Scalawags," and there is a pic ture or cartoon in' existence which represents United States Senator Robertson getting off of a vehicle with his valise stuffed with South Carolina bonds 'au thorized by the Radical Legisla tore when this government was in the control of the Patterson, Robertson, Hurleys M o s e s, Chamberlain's and others of the pilfering gang, and it is from the outrage perpetrated by these wolves of Immorality that South Carolina is groaning under the burden of a state debt. When McLaurin advocated measures and policies which jeal ous politicians took advantage of to prejudice the public mind by saying it was "Commercial Democracy," another name for Republicanism, they played the same role that The Reco'rd is endeavoring to do now-mislead by appealing to pfejudice, but "a Loo-Loo'' hand can only be played- once. McLaurin's com mercialism caused him to be the victim of jealously, and it check ed his political ambition for a time; but, with a descendent of a lieutenant of the orew that scut tied our ship ot state, that is enabled by the fortune gathered from looting South~ Carolina's treasury, aided by.federal bayo nets: to buy newspapers an hire editors to build sentiment and deliver -an ultimatum to the general assembly. - I would commend to The - Record eaitor to take a. look at the cartoon re fered to fierei r., and then ask himself if his harking back 'to the days of commercial democ racy does. not revive the memory of the days of good 'stealing which may have alinancial bear ing on his present Saturday night pay envelope. But since The Record has seen fit to try to prejudice the ware houses system by alading to McLaurin's political career what does he base it upon? McLaurin was about -ten years ahead of his time. He saw, and had the courage to point out,the fallacy of free silver. Later Bi-yan cast it aside, and it is no longer an issue. Ship subsides were advocated, and McLaurin was denounced for that. Now President Wilson is trying -to force a Bill throughi Congress to actually purchase ships that we have a merchant marine; if fif teen years ago, measures had been adopted to develope an American merchant marine, an embargo on cotton shipments would not haveparalized our in dustries as soon as war was de clared, and, today the United States would be master of the high seas so far as commr :c: - concerned. The whole truth is McIaurin is a real statesman, with a strong constructive mind, and such men are always hated and feared by small politicians; and those who are profiting by conditions as they exist. It is a tragedy that fors a eleven years the brain g such a man has been denied our people by such means as are now bei!ng pursued by The Record. But lets get the warehouse prop osition. The editor of The Record de clares that the present warehouse system is a failure. Let us see. 1st. The Legislature appro priated $15,000. McLaurin has spent only $2,300. and the- stor age is sufficient to meet that ex pense: so thiat it will not cost tha State a cent. 2nd. He opened up the ques tion of the discount of agricul tural notes through the Federal Reserve system, and the analys is of the new currency law, by McLaurin, printed in the Colum bia State of December 9, and re published in other newspapers in South Carolina, is the clear est and strongest paper I have ever seen on the subject. * 3rd. The only six-months pa per discounted in South Caro lina are notes secured by -State warehouse receipts. 4th. The Record editor whines that this is not a part of Mc Laurin's duty; that he should confine his efforts to "warehous ing cotton." Yes; that is the "milk in the cocoanut." It does not suit Mr. Ed Robertson; the owner of The Record, the stand ard warehouse, and the Colum bia canal, and largely interested in the big cotton Mills, that any thing should be done except through them-but more anon. 5th. In the mattar of insur ance, McLaurin has secured ma terial reduction on cotton in state warehouses. Senator Banks of Calhoun count,. 1.1 letter to the Columbia State, says that he was paying $3.40 per hundred on his cotton, and that when the warehouse was taken over by the state, the - in surance was reduced to $1.75 per hundred. Perhaps some of the combination who furnish bread and butter to The Record's editor are in the iniurance busi ness and object to cheaper in surance. 6th. Senator Banks also pub lishes .a statement showing that he is getting storage at a cost under ten cents, against thirty five cents charged- by Mr. Ed. Robertson's Standard Ware houses scattered all over this state. No wonder McLaurin is villified; and that the attempt-is made to belittle him, when he is fighting for low interest rates,, cheap storage and sales of cotton direct from the farm to the spinner at home and abroad. I have heard oi a shipment of cotton from New Orleans that netted thirteen cents per pound over and above all charges, when the price. in. New Orleans wassseven cents; and another from Savannah that netted four teen cents. If these.parties can sell abroad, why should not the. farmers of this state do the same? Thirty. dollars per bale profit! Never smee .time, havejobbers, speculators .and others, who never produce cot ton, made such a killing as they are now making out of the planters of cotten. They will rob them out. of four hundred million dollars of this crop. So far. as the editor, of the. Columbia Record is concerned, he is worthy of his hire vith nothing remarkabi except ver bosity, as cheap in wit as he is poor in person, with no views save such -as tend to the inter ests of his master: -- "Swelled by contact ofQsch a fulsome toad, He lags about the editorial load' Which he doth use, in the old sneak ing'.way, Drinking.alnight and dozing all , the day." A.. - How's This t we offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured be Hal's Catarrh Cure. F. J.CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, 0. we, the undersigned,haveknown F. J. chen for the last 15 year and believe him perfectly honorable in all businessa aiy abeto carry out any obligations made by wasT a TauAX, wholesale druggists, Toledo,0. WALDflG, Kne~ la&MhAvn, wholesale drug glsts. Toledo, 0. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the syse. Price 7Sper bottle. Sold by all Hals Family Pills are the best. HDonor Roll-Davis Station. School for fourth month, ending Jan. 15th. Requirements; scholarship, 90. at least; conduct, not less than 95. High School Department not repre sented. Common School Department. '7th Grade-Not -represented. 5th Grade-Maggie Dyson. 91 4th Grade-Corine Dyson, 90 3rd Grade-Clara Belle Richbourg, 96, Edith Stukes, 91. Suella Horton,90. 2nd Grade-Luke Broadway, 93, .Al bert Barrineau, 91, Tommy Stukes, 91. 1st GradeAdvanced, Aline Childers,. 91. Miss Helen Malone, Principal. Miss Alice Connor. 1st Assistant. Mrs. Helen C. Chewning, 2nd Asst. Notice. It is against the law of this State for any person to plough or drag ploughs upon the public highways, or in any: manner to obstruct the ditches .and drains made by the read authorlties. It is also against the law in Clarendon County for any person to cut any ditch across any of the public highways. without first obtaining a written permit from the County Board of Commission ers. All persons are hereby caunnoned against the violation of any of these laws. For the past two years I have warned the people of the County, but have notprosecuted anyone. However, I have instructed the Rural policemen, and all others in authority, to rigidly enforce the law, and all farmers are re quested to co-operate with me in en forcing these regulations, as by so do-. ing they will aid in keeping roads in better condition, -and possibly save themselves trouble and expense by see ing that their ploughmen do not ob struct the drains and ditches and drag their ploughis upon the public high-. ways of the County. W. R. DAVIS, County Supervisor. January 19th, 1915. Notice. I will be at the following place.s on tlie dates named, to take returns of real and personal property. A 50 per cent penalty will be added to those failing to make returns. So either come to the office and make your returns, or meet me at the nearest appointment to you, and save yourself trouble. Paxville-Crtis's Store, Monday Feb uary 1st, Pinewood-Eppersons Store, Tuesday February 2nd. Remini-Wednesday, February 3rd C. W. Browns Store-Thursday, Feb 4th St. Paul-Friday, Feb. 5th. Cross Roads-Saturday Feb. 6th. Summerton-Judge Richbourgs offles Monday Feb. 8th. Davis Station-Tuesday, Feb. 9th. Jordan-Wednesday, Feb. 10th. St. Marks-H. A. Allsbrooks Thursday Feb. 11th. Foreston-T. L. Bagnals Store Frigay, -Feb. 12th. Wilson Mill-Saturday, Feb. 13th. Harmony-A. R. Chandler Monday, Feb. 15th. Midway-R. P. Barrow Tuesday, Feb. 16th. Sandy Grove-W. D. McFaddin Wed nesday, Feb. 17th Douglas-Turbeville Store Thursday, Feb 18th. New Zion-Friday, Feb. 19th. Acolu-Dickcsons Store Saturday, Feb. 20th. A. P. BURGESS, County Auditor. F0OE3O1ET-TAR