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AtoPr TTwo -, VOL. XXXVI. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1916. THE 197 $[SSON OF THE GENERAL ASS! Columbia, Dec. 9.-The 1917 ses sion of the general assembly will con vene just one month from today, on January 9. There will be a great many new men in both bodies, and no one can predict with any degree of accuracy what course the legislation will take, but it'is confidently expect ed by those who have kept up with the past campaign and developments since that there are several mattqrs which will occupy a great deal of the time of the session. Clerk Mann Unopposed. Lieutenant Governor Bethea having been re-elected, it is certain that the senate will have the same presiding officer, and no opposition has so far developed against le'rk Mann for re election. Speaker James A. Hoyt was sent back to the house from Richland county, and his friends will urge his re-election as speaker of the house. It has been stated that Mr. N. George Evans, of Edgefield, will oppose Speaker Hoyt- for re-election, and the name of Mr. Thos. P. Cothran, of Greenville, has also been mentioned in this co'nenction. Others have been spoken of for the position. Mr. Hoyt was chosen speaker two years ago, at the beginning of his service as a member of the house, being elected without opposition. He had been clerk of the house, from which position he retired when elected a member from Richland county. Speaker Hoyt's re election is predicted confidently by those who are familiar with the per sonnel of the new house. Clerk Gibbs Opposed. Clerk J. Wilson Gibbes, of the house, is being opposed for re-election by Editor H. C. Booker, of Spartan burg, who has been waging an active campaign for the clerkship. Clerk Gibbes has been in communication with his friends among the members of the house, and seems confident of re-election. The friends of Editor 'Booker are also predicting his elee tion. The senate ought to be able to get down to work on the opening clay of the session, but the first day in the house will probably be taken up with the organization of that body, and if any of the races are close the or ganizatiop may take longer. At practically every session of the legislature since Senator Tilman was governor a large part of the time has bon taken up with a fight on the i uor question, and no doubt liquor 11 come in for its share of atention a the approaching session. It is ex ted that the effort will be re ved to secure some legislation loolk t'bvards a license system for rleston. There will also be an ef further to tighten up the liquor s and make liquor harder to get at present. In Columbia it is I to get liquor now-legally. At express office the lines of people there every day, each patiently ng his turn at the liquor window. JEWERY AN! THEY HA Very naturally wh< Presents you at elry Store, and in e appropriate gift ndsome Watch.' Brilliant Diamoi A Birthstone iF IA Set of Ci A Signe4 A C have the bigge ion, and the s asy. Wh'en y a to come ini ai e just what .W. F LER. STATE'S MBLY WILL SOON CONVENE One goes down an alley to the rear, takes his place in line and waits, He finally gets to the window, and after a series of questions he is told whether his package is there or not. If it is there, he goes away happy; and if not, he goes away sad. One gallon per month is the limit-wleth er it be liquor, wine or beer. In the line of negroes there are a good many women, and outside there are a good many negroes who are wait ing to take the packages to their destination for the white people. Illegally, it is not so hard to get but the price is higher and the qual ity is very seldom even passable. More Beer, If Not Vetoed. There is an act on Governor Man ning's desk now which would reduce the quantity of liquor per month to two quarts, but providing in lieu thereof one may receive sixty pints of beer. This act has been held up by the governor. Having been pass ed during the closing hours of the last general assembly, it cannot be come a law without his signature un til three (lays after the convening of the next legislature. It will go into effect at that time, unless the gov ernor vetoes it. The people of Beaufort, as reported in The Charleston American, have held a mass meeting and requested their delegation to work for absolute prohibition, or, failing in that, to try to have the quantity which may be received during a month cut down as small as possible-even to a half pint. The attorney general has recently rendered several opinions in constru ing the present gallon-a-month law, which have given the law a severe .jolt. The first was to the effect that a person might store as much in his own home, for his own use, as he could legally secure; the second, that there was nothing to prohibit express companies from delivering liquor in the night time, .provided -ib--yvas.nob contraband; and the third, that non residents of the state might order whiskey shipped here and come here and get it, and that as many as might desire might use the same au tomobile and each occupant take his gallon along with him in the car. All this agitation of the matter, with the general dissatisfaction which now prevails as to conditions through out the state, will lead to a thresh ing out of the whole problem again at the approaching session, it now appears. Twice a Year? Biennial session of the general as sembly, which has been agitated for a number of years, will probably be brought up again. This reform was one of the planks in the platform of Former Governor Blease during the past summer. The public printing will be discus sed. At the last session a joint com mittee on printing was established ) CHRISTMAS! RMONIZE. an you think of Christ asociate them with a this line there is no than nd. ~inu. iff Links. ~t Ring. ut G lass Set. A Silver Set. -A Handsome Clock. st line of the above in tocks are large, choos ou are in Sumter we* id inspect these goods, you want. OLSOM, . SUlMTERD S. C. and this committee has looked into the public printing during the last year, and has awarded the contracts for the printing needed by tO-e various departments of the state government, The committee will submit a num ber of recommendations to the legis lature. Mr. W. R. Bradford, a mem ber of the house from York, and a practical newspaper man, is clerk of the committee. One of the important questions which will engage the attention of the legislature will be that of a sys tem of rural credits. The rural cred its commission created at the last sesion of the legislature held a meet ing in Columbia recently, and an ef fort will be made by those in favor of such a system for the state, to get together upon a proper measure and push it through. At the last ses sion the sentiment seemed to be in favor of a system of rural credits, but there were a number of different measures proposed, varying widely as to methods, and the friends of the proposition did not seem to be able to get together. As a consequence, nothing was done. Rural Credits. Senator Jno. L. McLaurin, state warehouse commissioner who has studied the subject thoroughly, has completed a draft of a rural credits bill which he will submit to the leg islature in connection with his an nual report. It is in line with the national act, but is especially drawn with a view to giving state banks an opportunity, through the aid of the state, of making loans on lands where the amount is not over $10,000. State Auditor W. W. Bradley, who was en gaged for about six weeks in the checking up of the state warehouse office, was engaged with Senator Mc Laurin during that time in the prep aration of the bill. Mr. Bradley made a careful study of rural credit legis lation, while he was in Washington with Congressman Aiken. The bill provides in the seventh section for a land loan board, composed of the governor, the comptroller general, the state treasurer, the state hank examiner and the warehouse com mnisioner, ail of whom shall serve without extra compensation. In this connection it may be stated that there, is little doubt that the state warehouse system will again receive a good deal of attention at the hands of the legislature. Senator McLaurin is going to urge a develop ment of the system, and his report will deal with the system and what it has accomplished, and what he thinks it should be made to accom plish in the way of selling cotton di rect from warehouse to spinners. The system has done a great deal for the farmers of the state, and is in fine working shape as a vehicle for the storage of cotton and for securing loans at low interest rates on the re ceipts, but it has not yet accomplisn ed the mission which Senator Me Laurin has had in view for it-to make it a reservoir from which cotton could flow direct to the spinner, sav ing to the farmer the profits of the middleman and taking care of the surplus. To Outlaw Boll Weevil. The near aproach of the boll wvee vil which wvill be in South Carolina next season, wviil diemandl the atten tion of the legislature. The South Carolina boll weevil commission wvill submit a number of recommendations. Their suggestions to the people of the state have already been published. Trhis commission is composed of Gov ernor Manning, President Riggs, of Clemson college, andl a number of others prominently identified with the agricultural interests of the state. The commission recently took a trip through the infected district. The wvhole boll weevil question will come up on the recommendation of the boll weevil commission andl the rep~orts of the state department of agriculture and the wvarehouse. Insurance. That there wvill be some insurance legislation, there seems to be no dloubt. State Insurance Commissioner F. H. McMaster is the chairman of a commission appointedl by Governor Manning to look into the insurance situation at this time, and( to make recommendations in regardl to a re vision of the insurance laws. The commission has m'et with the repre sentatives of the insurance compa nies, and held another meeting in Columbia (luring the past week, at wvhich their proposed recommenda tionis wore considleredl. They wvill meet again on December 19. 'Their report willl be made to the governor. The insurance commissioner thinks the whole situation can be worked out amicably, to the best Interest of the neople of the ate nnd the con-. HAD lITTLL HOPE Of EVER RETURNING HOME In This Frame of Mind, Mrs. Evans Left to Visit Daughter. TOOK GOOD ADVICli "It is Just Wonderful," Says Starr Woman, Telling How She Com batted Troubles. After suffering twelve years, the last several months of which were so severe that she believed herself on the verge of the grave, Mrs. Ella Evans, of Starr, S. C., Route 4, found irreat and almost complete relief in the first bottle of Tanlac she took. "It seemed almost like a miracle the way Tanlac worked," she said. Mrs. Evans was interviewed at the home of her $on-in-law, C. C. Crocker, of 11 Prince Street, Anderson. IHer statement folk ws: "I suffered 1 ery badly from stom a.' trouble for stwelve years before I " egan taking ll1-ac, and it seem ed that no medic 1Q would break up my trouble. Fre(qu itly I would have terrible spells, and iny heart, stom ach and nerves wou get out of or der all at once aml would nearly (lie with these attack4. I had lo.,t hops and I (lid not bell ve I would ever get well. Also I had, a very bad bowel trouble with these attacks. My nerv' s were in a terrible fix and my hea rt fluttered a great deal. "I c"(2H' not sh*p well, and I was so weak I could hardly walk. Though I had the best of medical attention, I got no better. I live in the country, but when I came here to visit rela tives I did not know that I would live to get back home. "My relatives here persuaded me to take Tanlac and I consented. I have just finished my first bottle. I *(m) a great deal stronger now in every way and I have not had one of those attacks since I began tak ing Tanlac. 31y nerves are much stronger, and my stomach, liver, bowels and heart have been) strength ened and regulated. I have a good appetite now, also. "The very first dose of Tanla. hroight a change for the better and it seemed like a miracle the way Tan lac worked. I stopped all other treat uent when I began Tanlac. In every way Tanlac has made my health bet ter and I believe I am on the road to -onmlet.e recovery. It is just won derful." T'anac. the Master Medicine, is sold by Dickson's Drug store, Man nin,; L. W. Nettles, Jordan; Shaw & Plowden. New Zion; Farmers' Sup ply Co., Silver; I). C. Rhame, Sum merton.-Adv. panies, and that is what the commis sion hopes to be able to (10. It is not improbable that there will be a 'reneral revision of the insurance code. One of the acts which Governor Manning has on his desk, unsigned, is the measure putting the election of chief game warden in the hands of the legislature. This was one of the acts passed by the legislature within three days of its adjournment, and cannot become a law without the signature of the governor until the next session convenes. The present chief game warden is Col. A. A. Richardson, who is regarded as a Blease supporter. His term of office expires next spring. As the old law stands nowv, the app~ointment of his successor wouldl be in the hands of G;overnor Manning, upon the recoin me'ndation of the Audubon society. If the governor signs the bill nowv on his dlesk, the legislature wvouldl choose Col. Richardson's successor. Governor Manning has nmade no public an nouncement as to whether or not he will veto the act on his desk. If he vetoes, it it will take two-thirds of each house to sustain the act and place the election of game waroen in the hands of the legislature. If he dloes not veto it, the legislature will elect the next game wardlen. School Laws. The state superintendlent of edluca tion, in his forthcoming annual re port, proposes to dliscuss the school laws, and there are alwvays, ,at each session of the general assembly, a number of educational questions which arise in a progressive state. The free scholarship (juestion will come up in connection wvith this re port andl that of the state board of charities.. The boll weevil will lead the (dis cusion of the establishment of a "boll weevil zone." Senator McLau rin, state warehouse commissioner-. recommendled this in his replort to the legislature a year ago, along the line of the bill introdiucedl by Senator Smith in congress. --O - GREEC:E TO F'IGHIT ENTlENTiE AT ANY NEW PROVOCATIION Amsterdam, D~ec.11.-gThreats and counter-threats, official andl unofficial, are flying thick nde fast betmnn Greece and the entente powers, if fragmentary dispatches from Athens are to be believed. Germany, the bystander, continues to form the center of mystery. Upon what she and her ally, Bulgaria, has done, is based the present stern pol icy of the entente toward Greece. Up on what she may do, may have prom ised to do, rests Greece's continued defiance. The outstanding "news of the day is a dispatch from Berlin, of semi official flavor, that the Greek govern ment has announced: First-That Greece hereafter will strictly observe armed neutrality. Second-That it will make no fur ther concessions to the entente. Third--That it will consider any new provocation as a census belli. If the last of these three state ments is true, it means that King Constantine will greet the next allied demands-should he choose to con sider them as "provocatory"--with a declaration of war. These demand:, unaccial dispatch es from Athens state, are to be pre sented to the Greek government in a formal note tomorrow. They will be followed up by further, more speci fied demands. Included in what the entente will ask of Greece, it is said, will be demobilization of the Greek army and surrender to the allies of the control of the railways, posts and telegraphs. The release of Venli'e los, imprisoned by the Royalistic gov ernment. also will he demanded. In view of the fact that King Con stantine has just ordered the mobili zation of his army, it is not expected that he will ecept the most import ant condition. Meanwhile. mysterious wireless nessage's are bei ng: (xchalnJ'ed be tween Athens and radio stations in Sofia, (Constalnt inople and Ier in. Aerial tlegrans from King Constan tine to the German capital are said to have been picked up by the Greek battleship IHydra, which is under en tente control. Revolt has broken out in the Cy elades, a Greek island group in the Aegean. Another unoflicial dispatch asseres all the Greek communities in Egypt have renounced their allegiance to King Constantine. Lat tonight word came from ILon don that the British foreign ofbce has announced that eftorts were being made by Great Britain in einjunction AN EASY AND SU CHRISTMA JOIN Chris Saving Startin(; Save a little every week f you will receive a check interest) on December 1 when a little readly moi You will never mfss th and will be agreeably sur to see how easily you hl Money for JOIN T Get Your Fri Everybodyi Inter 'st wvill be paidl on< kept up promptlIy, but ii up. payments when clue, fov the amount p~aidl in c No Charg Member's Tickets Issued Co; THlE PIEOP OF MA with her allies with a view to solving the Greek problem. While dispatches from Athens to day reported the situation there to be more calm, it was admitted that there is a wholesale exodus of citizens of the entente nations. ADVEtTISE IN THIE TIIES. MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina, County of Clarendon. County of Sumter. By virtue of a decree of the Court of Conon Pleas for Sumter County, in the State of South Carolina,. in the case of Combahee Fertilizer Company against Daisy F. King, L. Il. King, the City National Bank of Sumter, S. C., The British & American Mort gage Company, Limited, et al, I will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder at the Court Ilouse in the City of Manning, in the County of Claren don, State aforesaid, on Sales I)ay in January, 1917, being the first day of sail month, the following described real ('Sta.te to wit: All that tract of land situate in Clarendon County, said State, con taining eighty-six acres, more or less. bounded on the North by land of W. C. King; East by land of J. W. Broad way and J. 11. King; South by land of Gardner and of Eadon, and West by land of Eadon and of Wilder. The said tract of land being that which was designated as pa'cei 5 on a plat made by McLellan & Palmers, Sur veyors, date.. February 6, 1912. Terms of sale: Cash, purchaser to pay 1fo' papers. E. C. IIAYNSWVOR'l, Master for Sumter County. 31AS'l'EICS SALE. State of South Carolina, County of Clarendon. County of Sum11ter. By virtue of a decr'ee ot' the Court of ('onion Pleas for Sumter County, in the State of South Carolina, in the case of T. E.-Ilodge, as Adlin istrator of the Estate of Harney Kt. I lodge, deecased, against Dorothy P. IHodge, Barney G race Hodge, Susie May (lodge, et al, I will sell at public anction to the highest bidder at the Court Mlouse in the ('ity of Manning, i the County of ('Clarendol, State aforesaid, on Salesday itl January, 1917, being the first (;ay of said month, the following nescribed real estate, to wit: That tract of land in Clarendon County, in the State aforesaid, con taining ninety-six acres, More or less, bounded. on the North and East by Ian I of W. L. Osteen, on the South by land of James Smiling, and oi the West by the line betwen Sumter and Clarendon Counties. 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