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*AY 1912. the ig of e legislazuL , Gwith -stnding the hard work of the mittees, and the day and sessions, there has been none of the main issues disposed -The referendum bill which iof special interest to the Pro tionists, is a special order will be considered the early otinext week. An attempt to bring it up Friday nthe plea to give it a reading with notice of amendments, but many tenators took the view several of the senators had -home with the understand this measure would. go ana that it would not be 46-take it up in their absenee. -some discussion of this of the matter, the motion withdrawn, and properly so; if the: Prohibitionists, are in-the majority, had in and forced the considera atthahtime it could only resulted in a speechmaking with'nothing accomplished s realied-by many Prohi that the claim of the %Mou to have the three i Prohibition, Dispen License, submitted to the isbased on reason. If eople are to pass on the question at al they should to pass upon the and when this Zed al will have to fio their decision./ But ae Atothe extreme Prohibi Athe one question o have the right i and here is where wilbe waged. I do not wl be any serious t6 the referendum if qeisioais to be sub the majority will hiss-thin it is prob ill bea long hard bimay take up the skand too, there will iade to amend. the ~ j:Obill, which permits ttothe State upon iIpermit ofe the clerk ialtndecan pass the 3 ep nut to the aver :heth~er he be a Pro -. wh not. Very are willing to subject eto the humiliating of havinag to secure per toexercise a privilege, - ry hen. that privilege nemton of an unlawful Shave mentioned before, -' ~ urging the members .LeIgisaure to vote for a ~have niot as yet etdso far aslI have -able to learn. I have made - ries regarding them, but been unable to End the from this county; and &~tseriously if a majority ~thvotrsof Clarendon have the petitions, alt-tough y have been in circulation br ong time I made the in 1~iis~ bout the petitions -in ~od that 1 may be informed ~vshror not a majority of my noiettatents have requested or edme wth regard to this aer, but I have heard other $$ators sa'y they have done the Aime thing, but so far, if their anatitutents have spoken, their a saeor instruction has not i been presented to them, and m1by feel that they mast exer e cse-their own -judgment. at last. Thecompulsory education bill beoethe. senate has been so 1needthat if it passesi the Minor of the measure will not S-ieegse %t the changes are al ~go ther the reverse of what is ~bigadvocated by the school ~~eitndents, and the asso ~itions urging compulsory ~sho ttendance. The House ~tebill in such a tangle that iwas finally committed to a ciommittee to take out ihe naml, and, it begins to look as itsll legislation on this line will go up in smoke for a lack of agreement. Many of us do not take kindly to a drastic law on iasfelicate subject. It must be keiled to interfere with the gov abanymt otchildren is a delicate task, and that it will be far bet tagg~t there must be legislation, fodo so gradually, rather than to'apply rigid rules at one time. We do not take kindly to the tuant officer feature, because, &fthe opposition parents would b ave to an officer, for a fee that fund, entering their homes and questioning their right to con trol their children, and too, we do not want *or the present to have this law forced on the peo ple without their consent, by amendment, the senate bill fixed it so, that any district or aggre gation of districts- upon a peti tion of one-fourth of the quali fied voters require the trustees to order an election, and if a majority vote in favor of putting the law in operation, then it shall e put in force. This is in line with the platform of Gover nor Mannmg, who was elected over Mr. Clinkscales who favor ed an out and out compulsory law and made the same an issue in the campaign. If the election of Governor Manning is signifi cant of the wishes of the major ity then a local option compul sory school attendance law is what is wanted. The same may be said about the liquor question Ron. 0. A. Smith made it a pre dominate issue in his campaign to have a referendum for a state wide prohihition law. Governor Manning had as one of the fea tures of his platform, local op tion, did the people endorse Smith or Manning? If Manning, then it seems to me he should be given an opportunity to show whether to carry out his prom ises of law enforcement on this plank of his platform,. and not by legislation force him to aban don the principles endorsed by the majority when they selected him over the candidate urging the referendum principle. I am sure that Governor Manning will endeavor to execute tue laws on the statute books, regardless whether these laws meet with his personal approbation o. not, but I think it the part of wisdom that ha be allowed to put his principles and theories of gov ernment into operation1 especi ally those which he advocated before the masses. without load ing him down with the principles and theories of the gentlemen who failed of being endorsed by the masses;; when they had the opportunity to choose. There has arisen some friction between the governor and the attorney general with regard to the selection of assistant to the attorney general, and all of the correspondence has been 'pub lished in the daily newspapers. In my opinion, there was no need for this- publicity, as it is condeded that the attorney gen eral has the right to appoint whom he pleases to assist him in his office. and neither the gov ernor nor the legislature can prevent it. Ilam sorry 'this differ ence between these distinguish ed officials has been brought about, especially when all seem to desire to have at least one ad ministration without friction. If Attorney General Peeples crea ted the impression on .the mind of. Governor Manning that he would not reappoint Mr. Domi nick, and then reappointed him anyway, it does seem to me Gov ernor Manning -could have told the attorney general of failure to keep his promise privately, and not subject himself to the suspicion of* attempting to con trol an appointment not within his province..Had he done this, there would not have been any chance for the political oppon ents to make capital out of the disagreement. An Act was passed extending the time for the collection of taxes until April 1st without penalty, after -which time the penalty of 5 per cent. will be added. This Act must not be re garded as a precedent, and there may never be the necessity for such an extension again, at least I hope not, but it was shown to the satisfaction of the general assembly that because of condi tions which the masses are not responsible for to enforce the penalty for non-payment during the months of January, Febru ary and March would be a hard ship upon a large proportion of the taxpayers, and in many cases force them to sacrifice their property to raise the money to keep it from being sold under execution. The general assembly visited the State hospital for the insane Thursday 'afternoon to inspect that institution so they could better understand the needs pro posed by the expert that Gov ernor Manning secured to ex amine and make recommzenda tions. There is no denying it, this institution must be cared for properly by providing better equipment to make the unfor tunates and afflicted comfortable and healthy, so far as sanitary measures can tend to this end. It is going to take money to do this, and the general assembly must provide it. I am on of those who re tryingo nkeep down annro. priations, but I realize that ap-, propriations cannot be kept down at the expense of suffering humanity, and when Governor Manning secured the services of a disinterested expert to examine into this institution be did a wise and a humane act for which he will have the approval of all right minded people: There is before the senate a tax commission bill which has the approval of the Governor and the Comptroller General, and it has received the favor able report of the finance com mittee, with the sole exception of myself, and I signed a minor ity report., not with a view of op posing the measure, but simply because I was not willing to give such a weighty matter my en dorsement and thereby have my self committed to it upon a su perficial examination. I wanted the committee to place the bill upon the Calendar without rec ommendation with the under standing/that it be recommitted to the committee without losing its place on the Calendar, tLen have it considered by sections and passed upon, the committee thought - otherwise, hence my report without recommendation. Since then our committee has had the bill under consideration as I suggested at first, by sec tions, and I am q'uite certain we will be able to have it in work able shape. I favor the theory of the meisure; and in conversa tiou with Governor Manning in his office today I explained my attitude towards the measure, and my purpose to give him full support in any of his recommen dations that appeal to my judg ment, and wheq in doubt, I shall confer with him- before offering opposition. I am certain the gov ernor understands me and re spects my stand. This tax commission bill pro poses to revolutionize the fiscal system in this State, and right here I will say, oir taxing and assessment scheme is very un satisfactory, unjust and discrim itory, those of us who have an opportunity to look at the work ing of the present method must know the inequality in assessing the property. works a hardship upon the smaller taxpayer, and plays into the hands of those in position to pay a just proportion of taxes from whic-h they are escaping now. This measure seeks to remedy this crying evil. The comptroller general stated to the finance committee that there are many corporations in the State whose capital stock has never been returned foi: tax ation, he told me one concern in Columbia with a capital of $400, 000 that has ne'ver paid one cent on its capital stock. I asked him if he knew of any farmer who has been able to evade having his property put on thei books? To which he replied no. This tax comamission-. bill, if enacted into law, wiIg abolish the state board of equalization, which Mr. Jones characterizes a farce, and it will have 'agents of the com mission to go into the several counties to find property which is and should be subject to taxa tion, and it is claimed that it will add millions ot dollars on the books, pay for the expense in curred, and reduce the levy con siderably. If this is true, then it ought to be enacted into law. It is another one of the features of Governor Manning's positions that he advocated on the hust ings, and .which, by their act, was endorsed by the people. Talk about your referendum, the primary of last summer was -a referendum on a good number of important questions of state policy, and I am anxious to aid in giving a trial to those matters endorsed by the people when they had a full and unre stricted opportunity to express themselves. Governor Manning stood for law enforcement, all of us should be willing to join him in this, but if the idea is that he can carry out this promise with out the aid of those who profess to stand for that pinciple they are doomed to disappointment. The Governor can execute the laws as provided through legal procedure -and through the officers in every town and coun ty in the State, it is not his province to play the role of de tective, police, sheriff, magis trate, constable, witness and juror, therefore he must rely upon an honest administration of the laws by all those whose duty it is to enforce the law, which includes witness who give testimony as..well as jurors who are charged with the trial of causes. Lets all of us do ouir part andlI will guarantee that the Chief Executive will do his. Hon. R. S. DeSchamps after having been ill has returned to (inlmbia accompnied by his) wife. He introduced a bill seek. ing a pension for aged women, I have not been able to secure a copy of this measure as it has not been reported from the com mittee to when it -was referred, nor have I had an opportunity to talk with Mr. DeSchamps about it. Mr. Rush's bill relating to shooting sleer during the flood season has not yet been report ed from the committee, but I think his object is to prevent the unnecessary destruction of game without interfering with the present close season. I herewith publish Mr. White fertilizer bill that he. has had before a committee and they re ported unfavorably, but he has revived it with some hope of se curing favorable action. This is the bill. A BILL. To Amend Section 2317, Vol. I, Code of Laws, 1912, Relating to the Location of Fertilizer Inspectors. Section-1. That Section 2817, Vol. I, Code of Laws, 1912, be, and the same is amended so as to read as follows? "Section 2317. The said Board- of Trus tees shall appoint and control one person or inspector in each Judicial Circuit in the State, who shall secure for the board samples of said fertilizers and fertilizing material, and cotton seed meal, -under such rules and regulations as such Board may adopt, and shall cause said sam ples to be forwarded ,to Clemson Agricultural-College, there to bea;ialyzed and otherwise ex perimented with, and who shall perform such duties as the board may direct: Provided, That the said- in spector shall reside, as nearly as practicable, in the center of the Judicial Circuit in which he is appointed." - The only remaining (Jlarendon bill on the calendar is the one re pealing the ne-half mill for the bond issue of 1908, -it received its second reading in the House and it is now a third reading bill which will probably be ordered enrolled for ratification Monday or-Tuesday. The Chief Exeoetive is - ex ercising great care with all bills presented for his approval, I wa sent for Friday night by -him and informed that in en grossing my bond bill some clerk was very careless with the spelling, and if it had not been detected, it would have invali dated the bonds so they could not be nrade marketable. I with~ his private secretary took the bill back to the department and had the corrections made.I thank the Governor for the dis covery. BOND ISSUE. A ,Bill to Authorize and RequirE the County Board of Commis sioners of Clarendon County to ssue Bonds for the Pur pose of Paying the Indebted ness of Said County Accrued Prior to 1915, to-.Prov-ide for an Annual Levy for the Pur pose of Paying the Interest on Bonds, to Provide a Sinking Fund to Redeem Same, and to Provide for the Appomntment of a Sinking Fund Commis sion. Sec 1. That for the purpose of providing funds for paymng the indebtedness accrued prior to 1915, now due by the .county of Clarendon, the County Board of Commissioners of said county be, and they are hereby, au'thor ized and empowered to issuna in terest- bearing coupon bonds of said county, to be known as pub lic debt bonds, in the aggregate sum of twenty thousand ($20,O000) dollars. in denominations of one thousand dollars and five hund red dollairs, numbered consecu tively from one upwards, and bearing interest at a rate not ex ceeding tive per cent per annum, payable semiannually on the first day of Aril and first day of Oc tober, until the same shall fall due, which bond shall be made payable to bearer, not more than twenty years from the date tereof. and a record of the re spective numbers, denomination and the amount of said bonds shall be registered -and kept by said board in suitable book pro vided by said board for that pur pose, Sec 2. That the bonds hereby authorized shall be signed by the Supervisor of Clarendon county, and countersigned by the Clerk of the County Board of Commissioners thereof: they shall be impressed with the seal of the county Supervisor, and the coupons thereof shall be signed in the same manner: Pro vided, however, That the signa tures cf said officers to the cou pons of said bonds may be en graved or lithographed, and such engraving or lithographing shall be sufficient signing -there of. Said bonds shall ba nontax able for all purposes whatsoever and the coupons thereof, when due, shall be receivable in pay ment of all county taxes. Sec 3. That said County Board of Commissioners - shall have entire charge of the sale of said issue of bonds hereby auth orized, and they shall,:;upon the insurance of the same, without delay, proceed to make sale of said bonds by advertisement in one or more newspapers publish ed in this State, and otherwise, as they deem proper; no offer for the same less than par to be conidrad. and when said sale shall have been made, the pro ceeds derived thereftom shall be paid by the purchaser or purch asers to the County Treasurer of said county, to be held by him for the purposes herein pro vided and designated on his books as the"Public Debt Fund" which aid fund shall be depos ited by said Treasurer in Two-or more chartered banks in the county of Clarendon, and paid out lOy him as hereinafter pro vided; and said County Treas urer's official bond shall be liable as in case of other funds in his hands, for all funds deposited with him under and by author ity of this Act. Sec 4. That the proceeds of the sale of said bonds herein provided for shall be deposited with the County Treasurer as herein required, and shall be used for no other purpose or purposes than as herein desig nated, and shall be paid out or disbursed by the s-Lid County Treasurer at the instance and requirement of the said County Board of Commissioners, and in no other manner or by any oth er means than upon the special warrant or warrants of said Com missioners, drawn upon said County Treasurer, which war rants shall be signed by the County Supervisor and-counter signed by the clerk or secretary of said County Board of Commis sioners, based upon itemized and verified vouchers. filed with said County Board of Commissioners. which vouchers shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Cort of Common Pleas for Clarendon county, and all orders drawn or issaed by said County Board of Commissioners, and to be paid by said County Treasurer as herein provided, shall specify in each case the object for which they are drawn. Section 5. Should there be any balance of said funds herein authoriz'ed and provided for, after paying indebtedness ac crued prior to 1915, the County Treasurer shall transfes and set aside-such balance. as a specia] fund to be used in paying Court expenses and other emergency purposes. Section 6. That for the pur pose of paying the interest on the bonds hereinbefore author ized to be issued, and the retire ment of the same at maturity, the county Board of Commis sioners of the county of Claren don and their successors in office shall, from year to year, frour 1915, levy a tax of one-half mill n the dollar upon all taxable property of said county, to be known as the public debt tax, tc be collected as the other taxes of-said county, and after the payment of the said interest the balance of the said, special levy shall be held by the said -County Treasurer, which sum shall be, and constitute, a sinking fund for the payment of 'the princi pal debt of said bonds at ma turity. Sec 7. That the sinking fund hereby created shall be kept separate and intact by the Coun ty Treasurer, and shall be by him deposited at interest in two or more chartered banks for the benefit of said fund, and upon the expiration of the period of time herein fixed at which said bonds are to . be redeemed and retired, the said County Board of Commissioners, or their suc cessors in office, shall -redeem and retire, by. means of said sinking fund, said bonds, in which event they shall call in and pay off said bonds .so re deemed and retired, and when so redeemed and retired shall, together with the attached and unearned coupons, be destroyed or mutilated by said boad, and a record of said bonds so redeem ed and retired shall be kept in the book herein provided for: Provided, however, That the said County Board of Commis sioner~s, and their successors in office, may invest any part or all of said funds on hand at any time in said' bonds, if same can be purchased at a price not ex ceeding par, the proper records of all such purchases and can cellations to be kept as heiein before provided. Sec 8. Should there be any remaining fund in the hands of the said County Treasurer, af ter all bonds are redeemed and re tired by said sinking fund, the same shall be converted into the county treasury, to be used for ordinay county purposes. Sec 9~. That the County Board of Commissioners of said county together with the County Audi tor and county treasurer, shall constitute the Sinking Fund Commission provided for herein. Sec 10. This Act shall take effect immediately after its ap proval by the Governor. A BILL. To Amend Section 1494 of the Code of Laws of South Caro lina 1912, Volume I. Relating to and fixing the Salaries of all Officers of Clarendon Coun ty. Section 1. That Section 1494 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1912, Volume 1. b>e stricken out and amendments thereto be repealed and the fol lowing inserted in lieu thereof, to become Section 1494, as fol lows: Section 1s94. The salaries of the county officers of Clarendon county shall be the amount set opposite the name of each office herein, to wit: Auditor, $i,350; auditor's clerk, $400; tr-easurer, $1,350; tresurer's clerk, $400; sheriff, $1,000; deputy sheriff, $450; lerk of court, $1,50; judge of probate: Marriage license fee of $1, to be retained by him as part ofhis compensation; superin tendent of education, $1,200; conty commissioners, $2 per day and 5 cents per mile, not exceeding fifty days; clerk coun ty commissioners, $300; supervi sor, $1,200; at Manning, magis trate, $450; at Sunmmerton, mag istrate $300; at Summerton, con stable, $100; at Pine-wood. mag istrate, $200; at Pinewood, con stable, $75; at Alcolu, magis trate, $150; at Alcolu, constable, not exceeding $75: at Paxvill, magistrate, $100; at Paxville, constable, $75; at Foreston, mag istrate, $100; at Foreston, con stable $75; at Turbeville, mag istrate, $100; at Turbeville, con stable, $75; 2 rural police, $1,800 at New Zion, magistrate, $100; at, New Zion, constable, $75; Tomatto club work, $500; cor oner, $200; and for coroner's ex penses, if so much be necessary, $50. The Magistrates expect at Manning, Summerton and Pine wood, shall be allowed 10 per cent of all fines collected by them. A BILL To Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Require All Persons in Clarendon County Liable to Road Duty to Pay a Commuta tion or Road Tax in Lieu of Working - Upon the Public Highways of Said County, etc," Known as Act No. 413 of the Acts of 1913. by Making Said Tax Two Dollars. Sec 1. That .Section 1 of an Act entitled "An Act. to require all persons in Clarendon county liabe to road duty to pay a com mutation or road tax in lieu of working upon the public high ways of said county, etc," known as Act No. 413 of the Acts of 1913, be, and the same is hereby. amended by striking out the wdrd "three." on line six, and by inserting in lieu thereof the word "two," so that section, when amended, shall read as follows: Sec 1. That all able-bodied male persons between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, both inclusive, in -the connty of Clarendon, shall be required an nually to pay a commutation or road tax of two dollars, except ministers of the gospel actually in-charge of congregation,teach ers employed in the public schools. school trustees, and persons permanently disabled in the military service of the State, and persons who served in the War Between the States. and all pe'-sons actually employed in the quarentine service of this State, and all students who may be attending any school or col lege at the time when the com mutation tax hereinbefore pro vided for shall become due: Pro vided, That any person claiming exemption from the provisions of this Act on the ground of physical disability, where such disability is not apparent, shall be required to produce a certifi cate of disability from two regu lar practing physicians, -dated within three months before the application. THE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL LEG ISLATION. To whom was referred a Bill (S. No. 4) to exempt Clarendon county from the provisions of* an Act entitled "An Act to pro vide for the appointment of township commissioners, to fix their salaries, and to define thbir duties, for the purpose of securing a more accurate and unifor-m system of tax re turns and more equitable valu .ation of property for the pur poses of taxation," approyed February 3rd, .1911, respect fully. REPORT: IThat they have duly-a~nd care fully considered'the same, and ~recommnend the following: Repeal an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the appoint ~ment of township commissioners to fix their saaries and to define their duties, for the purpose of sejaring a more accurate and uniform system of tax returns and mor-e equitable valuation of property for the purpose of tax ation," approved February 3rd, 191I. Sec 1. That an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the ap pointment of township commis sioners, to fix their salaries, and to define -their duties, for the purpose of securing a more ac curate and uniform system of tax returns and more equitable valuation of property for the purpose of taxation," approved 3rd, 1911, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Sec 2. That this Act shall go into effect immediately on its approval by the Governor. HENRY MULLINS, . for Committee. A BILL To Exempt Clarenon County From the Proyisins of an Act Entitled, "An Act to Provide for the Appointment of Town ship Commissioners, to Fix Their Salaries, and to Define Their Duties, for the Purpose of Securing a More Accurate and Uniform System of Tax -Returns and More Equitable Valuation of Property ror.the Purpose of Taxation," Ap proved February 3rd, 1911. Sec 1. That Clarendon county be, and te same is hereby, ex empted from the provisions of an Act entitled, "An Act to pro vide for the appointment of township commissioners, to fix their salaries, and to define their duties, for the purpose of scur ig a more accurate and uniform system of tax returns and a more equitable valuation of property for the purpose of tax ation," approved the 3rd day of February, A. D. 1911. Sec 2. That this Act shall go into effect immediately on its ap Turbeville. Th:e leading social event of the past week was the shower given by the em broidery club to Mrs. E. R. Morris, until recently Miss Pauline Jones, on Friday afternoon. When all the mem bers had assembled each took part in a florm.' wedding story by answering ouestions with the names of flowers. Mrs. D. L. Green won first prize. a lovely calendar containing her fortune. The members then wrote wishes to the bride. Refreshments consisting of sandwiches and tea were served and on the bride's plate was a note written in verss telling her where to look for her first present. In this package another verse told where the second was to be found, and so on until many useful and valuable presents were collected. Mrs. M. L. Turbeville entertained the embroidery club last Wednesday afternoon. During the business meet ing offeers for the year were elected as follows: President, Mrs. W .H Woods; vice-president, Mrs. C. E. Gamble; Secretary and Treasurer, Mrs. D. L Green. Peaches, cream and cake were served. The Boston Lyrics, the last number of this season's lyceum course, was given in the Turbeville hall Saturday nicht. This performance was one of the best ever given here All this season's attractions have been good and thb'e managing c)nmittee is to be congrat ulated upon the class of performances secured. It is hoped that a cantract may be made for a coarse another year Miss Sue Kennedy of Ridgeway, spent the week-end with her cousin, Miss Sallie Jones. - How's Ths I We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured be Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props., Toledo, 0. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 and believe him perfectly honorable in business transactions and naln ily able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. WEST & TRuAx, wholesale druggists, Toledo, 0. WALDnqG, KINNAN & MAEvnq, wholesale drug gists, Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally. acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all pruggists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills are the best. - Flowers Bloom on Icebergs. Arctic explorers often report the dia covery of flowers blooming on iceberga. The explanation .of this is as follows: It appears that some animal carry on their feet a growth of moss, which is deposited on the ice while It is at tached to the mainland in polar re gions. In time this decays and forms a shallow soil in which the seed of buttercups and dandelions often fnd a lodging, borne by currents of wind that doubtless caught them up in some southern clime. These take root and bloom when the great gleaming Ice berg floats out to sea and is carried southward, where the soft winds melt the surface and give the plants the moisture they need. Russian's Prayer for His Horse. The Russians are In the habit of using the following prayer for their horses before going into action: "And for these also, 0 Lord, the humble beasts who with us bear the burden and heat of the day, and offer their guileless lives for the well-being of their countries, we supplicate thy great tenderness of heart, for thou hast promised to save both man and beast, and great is thy loving kind ness, 0 Master, Saviour of the world. Lord have mercy." These also who have traveled over some of the wide spaces of Russia and Siberia will ap preciate the simple trust shown in It, for Russians have often to face dangers alone on horseback in their great coutry even in times of peace. -Country Life. Credit. Credit Is an estimate of your ea pacity to worry about paying your bills which Is held about you by a lot of total strangers. Credit is also a be lief held of your ability to pay for something long after you have ceased to derive any benefit from It. Credit Is likewise a gauge of your willingness to deceive yourself into the belief you can afford to buy something because you cannot pay cash for It. If every body .paid cash there would be no bond Issues, no huge clerical forces, no national debts, no armies or .mil tary systems, no schools such as exist today, no war, no degenerate fash ions--nothing but plain, everyday liv ing. Credit erables everybody to live a fictitious existence. Nothing exceeds like credit-Life. From Quill to Steel. Writing Implements changed donsid erably for the bettor during Sir Walter Gilbey's long spell of life. "Though quill pens are still in use," he remarks in his "Recollections of .Seventy Years," "I remember the time when one seldom saw any other kind. Steel pens in their early days were expen sive and Ill made, and few people used them. The paper we had seventy years ago may have ibeen partly to blame; It had neither the substance nor the surface we take as a matter of course nowadays. I remember when envelopes came into use, and what a boon they were considered after the old system of closing ietters with wafers or wax. Before envelopes were invented letters were always written with an eye to the position of the wafer or seal, t. blank space being left to correspond v-.-th the space where this would be put on the outside, lest the written portion should be torn in opening." STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA County of Clarendon. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Hartsville Oil Mill, Plaintiff against Alexander DuBose, Defendant. ORDER. Upon reading and filing the Petition of Alexander DuBose herein, IT iS ORDERED, That Sartsville Oil Mill and all other creditors of the said Alexander DuBo'se are hereby re quired to appear before me at my office in Manninir, South Carolina, on the 4th day of March, 1915, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the Defendant Alexander DuBose should not be discharged from custody upon complying with the pro isions of Chapter C. of Title V. of Volume I of the 1912 Code of Laws of :outh Carolina provided for the relief and discharge of prisoners as insolvent ebtors. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That the said Alexander DuBose be brought before the Court for examination at the aid ime and place. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That a copy hereof be published once a veek for three weeks in the Manning1 ['imes, and that a copy be served forth vith upon the Hartsville Oil Mill. GIVEN under- my hand ana seal of aid Court at Manninz. this the 9th day _ >f February. 1915. A. I. BARIRON, As Clerk of Court of Common Pleas aor laendon County, South Carolina.. IN SEAfCH OF A WIFE By ELMER B. WARRINGTON. (Copyright, 1914, by W. G. Chapman.) "Now, Ezra, remember, you are making a brand new start in life." "Yes, ma'am," assented Ezra in ,his usual homely, old-fashioned way. He regarded his mother In a wistful manner. For the first time in his life she did not seem to him like his mother. The old familiar dimity gown had given place to a showy brocade. The iron-gray hair showed traces of walnut stain. There was even a 'sus picion of powder about the sunken faded cheeks. Then, too, the meal on the table. Mrs. Rachel Tuttle had hired a serv ant girl only that week. "Now I'm going to enjoy life," she had declared with vim. "I never saw Niagara falls, nor the White House, nv: the ocean. I'm going on a tour, Ezra, and take in some-relatives In New -S ampshire and sort of spread myself on all the money I'm going to get. You say you don't want to jine me, that you don't like rummaging around. All right, Ezra, you've been a good son and you shall have your own way. Make yourself comfortable and have a good time. Here's some money, and- spend it freely. I suppose when brother William's estate is set tled up there'll be a big plum for Us. And now, Ezra, remember you're'mak ing a start in life. You won't be plain plodding Ezra Tuttle any more. You're a gentleman of means; now." "Yes, ma'am," said Ezra, more de pressed than ever, with a longing glance at his discarded homespun - hanging on the clothesline. l1mmedLaely upon hearing that she was an heiress, Mrs. Tuttle had drawn a goodly amount from the bank and had planned out her "grand tour." "I'll have one grandbreathing spell, after all my years of drudgery," she declared, and Ezra was silent, but he mourned In spirit. Three days of the slatternly new cook had givenhim indigestion. Certainly his mother -had been a model housekeeper. How he missed the homemade sausage and buckwheat cakes, and neighboi'hood pure maple sirup, the nectarlike'.cof fee for breakfast. "I am lonesome and out of sorts," he ruminated, "and it - will be an ex perience, anyhow, and if mother is going to wander about and break up' the home,' why'not a wife? Maybe I'll find one in my travels-who can tell?" and he smiled quaintly. Ezra was no clod, only. homespun. He knew fully how to conduct himself in company and made a good impres sion with the Mantells. His rumored fortune -it was, however, that made' a better one. He was soon aware of this, judgingo from the specious n quiries of Mr. and Mrs. Mantell. Then they threw Helena at his head. She was an only daughter, tan, stately, cold as ice. Amid her state liness, .however, Ezra soon discerned that she was bent on capturing him. The family were truly aristocratic, that was their bent and pose. They were selfish, skimping, sacrificing comfort to malta a show. "Three days of these people was all I could stand," soliloquized Ezra as gracefully as he could, he took his de parture, feeling that heswas- luclk to have escaped still a bachelor. .Then Ezra tried the Moores.- They had money and lived at a private ho tel. There -were two girls here, one a blue stocking, the other a langnilsh ing sentimentalist. They played their arts alternately. The flimsy feeding at the table d'hote did the rest for Ezra. He made his adieux and struck off for a rural jaunt feeling free once. more. Then came the crisis in Ezra's life. He was passing a field hedge when his quick ear caught a moaning sound. He brushed aside the osage orange bushes to locate a man lying exhaust ed to faintness. Beside him lay a. scythe. It was dabbled with blood. Then Ezra saw that he must have stumbled, and one limb had 'fallen athwart of the keen blade. The man's eyes closed as Ezra sprang to his side. The latter saw at. a glance that the viciim of the .acei dent was bleeding to death. It was a question of a -speedy emergency service. Within a few minutes Ezra' had stanched the ebbing -life tide, bound up the limb at the cost of his coat, and had the satisfaction of see ing the man come back to conscious ness. "Home," he just whispered, and pointed up a near rise. Ezra ran to its top to discover a fiandsome farm hou'se a few hundred yards distant. He took up the man in his arms and proceeded towards it. "You saved my life," declared Rob-. ert Wadham that evening, as he and his daughter Elinor and Ezra sat in the comfortable best room. . The daughter-ah! there had come a revelation to Ezra. Perhaps her pretty gratitude had stirred him more deeply than common, or her tender de votion to her father. Four months later, a tired-out, dis appointed we-men. Mrs. Tuttle got off the train to receive a roya' welcome from her waiting ten. "Oh. just to get back .to the com forts of home! i'm tired of tr-apse-' lng!' the criid. *'Ucu~se all in diser der. 1 nuppcse?' "Neatest yen ever saw. :t,' 'ler zon responded. -Got a new houiakselpe:." Elephant Gave Sick Soldier a Pill. In tho lsland of Ceylon. where there are a great many elephants, there was a young one which had been caught nd tamed when it was a little thing. 'he doctors at a hospital used to take it round the wards with them in the norning, when It would see the sick olders take their medicines and pills. 3ne mornig a native soldier dropped ts pill on the floor. In an instant the slephant picked it up with Its trunk, poppedl the pill into the man's open :nouth, and, with a great puff, blew It lown. The elephant in its wild state lucks tender leaves from the trees. vith Its tunk; food growing about :he roots of trees it digs up with its :usks. It takes up water with its runk and pours it down its throat. hen the flies worry, it breaks off he branch of i tree, and, making a iand of its trunk, uses the branch like Sfan.--From ''The Childs- Book of nowld.a' Cu.... noaeentsni P....man1.