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[PERSONAL MENTION. People Visiting in This City and Other Points. ?Mr. J. D. Platts, of the Olai section, spent Saturday in the city. t ur ~ C TT?U vV, .Mr. W. U. \\ arreil. U1 Diuuaiui I was in the eiiy Friday. C. R. Clayton, of Ehrhardt " was in the city Saturday. I ?Mrs. Wilson, of Blackville, ii W visiting her mother. Mrs. M. L. Johns ?Mr. W. A. Lindsay spent a fev days last week at his home in An derson. " ?Mrs. E. V. Camp, of Savannah ^ _ is spending some time in the city witl Bk relatives. mm ?-^r- J- D. M. Miley and son, o HB9| the Smoaks section, were in the cit] on Friday. ?Mrs. R. Boyd Cole, of Barnwell is spending some time in the city with *** A J J r' .MISS AUUJ6 najo. ?Messrs Buell and Hertz, Charles ton capitalists, were in the city 01 business Tuesday. ?Mr. J. Edward Berry, of Branch ville, spent last Saturday in the cit; twith Mr. G. O. Simmons. ?Messrs E. C. Hays and Jones A Williams will leave Tuesday for Wil mington, X. C., on railroad business. ?Dr. and Mrs. William Judy, o St. George, spent a few days in th< city last week with Mr. and Mre. W A. Klauber. ?Miss Inez Sandifer returned t< her home in Denmark Saturday afte: a. three weeks' visit to relatives it the city.?The State. ?Mrs. H. N. Folk has returned t< her home in Bamberg after a pleas ant visit to her parents.?Orangeburi Times and Democrat. ?Mr. John S. Jennings, of Kings tree, spent Sunday in the city, carry ing his two children, who have beej spending some time in the city, bad with him. ?.Messrs W. D. Rhoad, Thoma ^ Black. D. J. Delk and H. M. Grahan F went to Columbia Tuesday to appea before the house committee consider ing the prohibition referendum meas Iure, in the interests of the prohibi tionists of this county. "Old and "New" Washington. Washington is a beautiful city. A1 Americans are proud of their nation al capital and have reason to be. It beauty has not been obscured b; greedy commerce. However, its com mercial features are more prominen than they were in former days. I was never meant to become a grea manufacturing city, with innumera stacks bdchine forth volumes o smoke and soot, day in and day 0111 But it is a fact that the "new" Wash ington is very different from th "old." The New York Times having re cently made the remark that Wash ington has become "morai and sancti ^ fled dujl," and that new order i evolving a city that will never attrac those who knew it of old, leads th Houston Post to indulge in some elc B quent reminiscence, probably writ ten by a man who no longer wear B the "raven locks" of youth. Here i B an extract: HE "The vandal who has wrought th most destruction in the old Washing ton, however, is death. The men 0 a generation ago may find that b visiting the senate or the house, an' he will certainly weep to behold th strangers in the press galleries. "On the floor of the house ther are more members than ever, bu 'Old Dave's' massive and shagg brow is absent. .Morrison, Bland, th elder Crisp, DeArmond, Jim Richard son, Jerry Simpson, Jim Griggs, Di " Norton, Gen. Catchings and score fwho might be mentioned are dead So are Tom Reed, McKinley, Dingley Payne, Brownlow, Gen Bingham Butterworth. Dalzell and scores o men who used to ma"ke matters livel for t)te democrats. Chahip Clarl seems to be presiding over an entire ly new crowd. When Uncle Joe Can non returns he will probably feel lik , one who treads pathways almost en tirely new. "In the senate the changes hav been still more striking, with Mills Vest, Bate, Berry. Morgan, Pettus Bacon, Daniel, Carmadk, Walthall McEnery, Jones of Arkansas, Turne MitcKell, Hill, the Platts, Hoad Hawley, Quay, Dolliver, Allison am t dozens of others?all active but a fcv years ago. and now passed from thP scenes of political life forever. m "Political adversity seems to havi ' swept the part of the ground tha I rto;ith lpft nntnuched. "In the press gallery we look al Hp most in vain for familiar faces. Sup pose somebody were to ask: "When are Maj. Carson, Dunnell, Capt. Bra dv, Addie \tkinson, Count Secken dorff. Alfred Henry Lewis, Billy An nin, Frank Hosford, Arthur McEwen Pop Merrick, Jesse.Carmichael, Davi Hfe Barry, William Eleroy Curtis, Dicl P Lindsay, Billy Couch, Hal Landon Arthur Williams, the cartoonist Davenport and Dalrvmple, Col. Stea ly? Somebody would tell you the: ' are all dead, with many others whi i SLAYER GETS THREE YEARS. | 11 George It. Perkins Convicted of Manslaughter at Columbia. Columbia. Jan. 21.?With the f 1 same stoical indifference that has, marked his conduct during his entire ! , trial. George B. Perkins, Boston j architect, was tonight sentenced by i Judge H. A. M. Smith, in the federal,' court here, to three years in the At-1 lanta federal prison for the killing! of F. W. R. Hinman, business man-j - ? ? ^ t"_ ? i I ager or rne r loriaa nmes-uuiuu, ui i ' | Jacksonville, last November aboard ; the Clyde liner Mohawk. The morning was consumed with arguments by the attorneys. At 2:20 j 1 o'clock the case was given to the jury. After taking one ballot the f jury found Perkins guilty of man>' slaughter at 4:40 o'clock. Sixj o'clock was named as the time for! , sentence to be pronounced, t It was stated by attorneys that a; writ of error will be sued for tomor-! row morning, and Judge Smith fixed x $5,000 as the amount of Perkins's bond. The case will be carried on appeal to the federal circuit court at Richmond. If this verdict is sus tained on appeal it is said that the case will then be taken to the United * States supreme court. With good behavior Perkins would be released in two years if he serves the senf tence imposed upon him tonight. 3 ? ?' ENLARGES PENALTY. Bill Imposes Five Per Cent. Extra for r ^T*e4ay in Paying Taxes. 1 Columbia, Jan. 22.?The house passed to third reading yesterday a 3 bill placing a 5 per cent, flat penalty on taxes paid after December 31 in' stead of the cumulative penalty of 1 per oent. a month up to March 1. - The bill was amended to require - county auditors to notify the c-omp1 troller general of the amount of the * penalties. Proponents of the measure told the house in debate that it s'j would result in the prompt payment .1 of all taxes by large taxpayers before rj December 31 in each year. The bill -| was introduced by .Mr. Liles, of - Orangeburg, it reaas: "Section 1. That section 454 of volume 1, code of laws of South Carolina, 1912, be and the same is hereby amended, by striking out all of said section and inserting in lieu * thereof the following: "Sec. 454. Deliquent taxes: pens alties; executions. That when the ^ taxes and assessments or any -other portion thereof charged against any 1 property or party on the duplicate for * the current fiscal year shall not be 1 paid on or before the 31st day of December, the county auditor shall pro* ceed to add a penalty of 5 per cent. " on the county duplicate and notify the comptroller general of the e amount thereof and the county treasurer shall collect the same, and if said taxes, penalties and assessments are not paid on, or before the first day of March next, thereafter the s county treasurer shall issue his tax * execution for the said taxes, assesse ments and penalties against the property of the defaulting taxpayer, according to law. s "Sec. 2. All acts and parts of acts s contrary to this act are hereby Repealed. * e i"Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on the 30th day of September 1915." f ^ y Unfair Advantage. d James?The rain falls alike on the e just and unjust. Jones?True, but the unjust man e is generally provided with the just * man's umbrella. y _ e were their contemporaries. "Charlie Hamilton, Angus Mc . ? ? J T7* A ms ?* Sween, JacK .Messenger <tuu Dugai s Snyder are still around, getting old, 1. and very likely weeping over the \ ruin time has wrought amid the i. scenes that once breathed of life and f fellowship. y "Washington may. take its progresk siyism and go to hang, i- "Its modern statesmen, its strange - journalists, its skyscrapers, its new e customs, its new 'vittles' and intolerable beverage may delight the generation that is controlling affairs and e setting the pace of life with a mod;, ernity that is as hollow as it is ini, sincere. 1, "But men who knew Washington r twenty years ago will find little there 1. to recall its real greatness. The vani dais may think they have made somev thing beautiful and magnificent in e making what the Times calls 'a new Washington,' but they have certainly e ruined the town." t It could be expected of few writers yet living, Henry w aiersun oemj; uu - exception, to go back and call up the - departed spirit of the men of the e great triumvirate, and their fellow - associates; but in those named might - be added our own Isham G. Harris, - Blaine, Conkling, John Sherman, AI. len G. Thurman and others, all of e them seen by the eyes of a nation in i their day and time. The Washington ., of beautiful buildings and well kept s streets and parks is beautiful' to be hold, but the Washington of men has y not advanced.?Knoxville Journal 31 and Tribune. ASSEMBLY HOLDS ELECTIONS. ("apt. Griffith Reelected Suj>erintendent of Penitentiary. Columbia. January 21.?At the WP night session of the joint assembly IS O. C. Scarborough and P. L. Bethea M were elected directors of the peni- B? tentiary, and D. A. Spivev and J. P. PR Thomas were elected on the board of H visitors of the Citadel. JB The new members of the board for the medical College elected on the first ballot were: Messrs Philip H. Gadsden and Drs. Croft, Fishburne and Waytt. The result was not reached until 11.30 o'clock in the joint assembly. Mr. Thomas, who was nominated by Mr. Momeier, and Mr. Gadsden, Dominated by Senator Sinkler, were easy winners for the board on which tHoi- worn nnminatpd Chairman Bradford, of the committee to invite Secretary Bryan to j visit and address the General Assembly., reported that Mr. Bryan may accept the invitation later, and that j the committee would arrange for a i later visit than was at first suggested. | In the election that were held ; during the morning sitting of the j joint assembly Capt. D. J Griffith j was unanimously re-electied superintendent of the State penitentiary. Capt. Griffith has accepably filled this position for many years and the highest testimonial to his efficiency was given in his reelection without opposition. The second election was for Code commissioner to fill the position made I vacant by the promotion or Air. i Bethea to Lieu. Governor. Mr. Mar\ shall P. DeBruhl, formerly of AbI beville County, was elected on the j first ballot. The other names pre[ sented for this position were Francis ; F. Carroll, of Bamberg, and F. M. ] Wetmore, of Florence. On First Ballot. There were twelve names present1 ed for The three positions on the ; board of directors of the State Peni| tentiary. The only election of the 1 first ballot was that of Mr. J. M. j Smith, who was a candidate for re! election* now being a member of the i board. The nominees and tbe result J* of the first ballot were as follows: M O. E. Scarborough, of Clarendon, 61: J. A. Livingston, of Orangeburg, 2S: 1| T. H. Rainsford, of Edgefield, 58; J. R. Haile, of York, 12; E. A. Perry, V of Saluda, 33; O. L. Saunders, of York, 17; P. E. Bethea, of Dillon, i 60; George A. Browning, of Laurens, 4; J. M. Smith, 111 (elected:) J. H. Th Wharton, of Laurens, 37; J. B. Bell, ___ of Cherokee, 32; J. H. Gosnell, of Spartanburg. 14. The elections were not concluded at the morning session and the bal- *"oni loting for directors of the penitentiary was resumed at the night session. # C' At Xight Session. bear On reconvening at the night session the names of Messrs Livingston, rate Haile, Gosnell, Saunders and;Brown- roac^ ing were withdrawn as candidates a mi for membership in the penitentiary bill, board. the The nominees for the board of trus- cont tees of the Medical college at Charles- Tlle ton were then taken up. The first for 1 nomination was made by Senator tiesSinkler, who nominated . Mr. Philip roa{* H. Gadsden, of Charleston, as a sue- T1 I cessful and energetic business man ate 1 - . Wed ana one wno wouia maKe a mosi valuable member of the board. 0R Dr. T. G. Croft, of Aiken: Dr. Charles Simg, of Cowpens, and Dr. S. pres B. Fishburne. of Columbia, members Iar i: of the present board, were nominat- out ed, also Dr. C. N. Wyatt, of Easley; wan Dr. D. M. Crosson, of Lexington: Dr. pear A. H. Williams, of Lake City; and Dr. F. H. McLeod, of Florence. weel sena XEW HEAD FOIl HOSPITAL. othe whic Dr. Grim in Charge of Pellagra Insti- sena tution at Spartanburg. ni ??? * J Spartanburg, Jan. 23.?Dr. R. M. Grim, of the United States public j)ro, heaRh service, has arrived in Spartanburg to succeed, as the head of the federal government's pellagra gl hospital, Dr. A. R. Herring, who has j E been transferred to New Orleans. Dr. and Mrs. Herring left Thursday in t night. Dr. Herring has been in charge of the institution since its jng opening nearly a year ago, and prior jn a to that time spent several months The here putting the institution in readiness for the work. was Dr. Grim is one of the pioneers in plun the study of pellagra in this section, carr having spent much time here seven boy years ago, when the public health bug? service first became interested in the g^en disease. Since that time he has de- sejj vr>tar\ nrnr>tioal1v all his time to the study of the disease in other parts of the country, being stationed for a ^ue? time at Savannah. Ga. The hospital jj, here is the only one of its kind in resp( the United States and has undertaken tJie the most important work the public j j ^ health service is conducting in the ^ v study of pellagra. Dr. Grim entered upon his duties as the head of the ^ institution immediately. . , Atla: A whole lot of epitaphs are menu- elect mental liars.?Columbia State. Gree S WE ' j lavA Thpm Fnr SaIp i AH f V JLAAVAAA A VI l/VUV ' J '< AND , . | They Must Be Sold * We have a fine lot of Horses and | Mules on hand, which are offered for sale cheap. Come in and see | them. We will make it to your \ | advantage. I Our stock of Wagons, Buggies, Har- r 1 'J| nocc Ffn ic rnmnlpfp in pvprv He AW ?v/ mmm "V ? V J tail, and if you want a good vehicle at a reasonable price, now is the | time to buy from us. 1 - EV on b R omKorn- I I* 11 aim i/aiiiutig ;] e Live Stock and Vehicle Man Bamberg, South Carolina GOES TO 1916 SESSION. - '.rtpjr-* ANNOIINfFMPNTl 3lumbia, Jan. 22.?Fallowing a X m 11 11 " \J 11 V Ll 111 J-J 11 Jl ing on the bill by Senator I hes, for a flat 2-cent passenger j 9 We have secured the Universal pro- E , the senate committee on rail- I gram. This service will be shown here s this afternoon voted to return 12 ^ays a;fter being shown in Columbia. ijoritv unfavorable report on the | ^ ^ ^ ^ q? ^ with a minority lavoraDie, wun _ agreement that the bill is to be | n. _ a m | | ^ inued until the 1916 session I MartlHg MOndaV, t CD. 1 St agreement to continue the bill ^ w 7 one year was reached by all par- I FEATURING THE WORLD'S STARS J Representatives of the rail | I King Baggot, Warren Kerrigan, Ella Hall, s appeared against the bill. . I Francis Ford, Ben Wilson, Grace Cunard, he railroad committee of the sen- Robert Leonard, Mary Pickford, Dorothy Phillips, will hold a public hearing next Billie Ritchie, Mary Fuller, Cleo. Madison. * \ nesday afternoon at 3:30 o clock have also secured two of the best serial pictures ever produced, the bill introduced by Senator "The Master Key" and Terence O'Rourke, The Gentleman Advenner regulating the intrastate ex- turer," featuring Warren Kerrigan. s rates. This bill is of particu- we are takjng a new service we will . ' , nterest tb the merchants through- get the last of "Trey 0 Hearts" series, the State, and Chairman Appelt _____ __ _ __ __l . _ ts every party interested to ap- THIFI FN THF ATRF at the hearfng next Wednesday. 1 * 111 *i it il 1 11 ll^fL 1 1V1^ n Thursday afternoon of next the railroad committee of the J te will hold public hearings on * r bills affecting the railroads $100 A BALE IX GERMANY*. rh have been introduced in the ? | te- ^ Much Interest in Cotton Quotations DVTOV DEC r IFF REACHEICS TRAGIC DEATH. tions in Kaiser Land. P , i P. * For Ladies and Gentlemen ,vns When Frightened Horse Car- The News and Courier says: BHBHMHHMHBBH r ries Buggy Into River. Local exporters of cotton have ex \ pressed much interest in the report inner, Jan. 23.?The Rev. Gandv from Washington that cotton is sell- j avis, a preacher living on Man- ing in Germany at 20 cents a pound. | avenue, this city, was drowned While no shipment of cotton hasi he Carters Crossing of Lynch been sent direct to Germany from! Everything Up-to-date p. near Elliott, yesterday morn- here, is is believed that a considera-j In the Old Fostoffice when he went to cross the stream ble part of the staple that has been i I buggy with a small negro boy. shipped to Sweden and Holland has J All Kinds Home 9 horse they were driving became eventually found its way to Germany, j Made Candies I ? _...?Several steamships have left here: I ^ nenea ai au nuiuuiuuuc, nuivu ? - - also crossing the bridge, and with cargoes of cotton intended for | ged over the rail into the river, | Rorts. the names of which were not: ying buggy and men with it. The1 disclosed. managed to get out from the; The best grades of cotton on the ry and swim ashore. Davis, it local market are quoted at less than ' f . is, was unable to extricate him- 8 cents, and while the freight rates Fresh Norfolk Oysters from the buggy and was drown- to Germany are comparatively high every Day His body was brought here last because of war risks, concerns hand- >? ?! t and will be huried on next ling cotton at Charleston prices, and >day. y selling it in Germany at 20 cents a Using Vorce. ivis was well known here and pound will secure a gain of approx- parson Johnson: "De contribuected by,white and colored. At imatelv 50 per cent, it has been es- Uon dig mornin, wUl be fo> de pur. time he was drowned he was on timated. . pose ob making ^ de deficit jn your vay to one of his churches where Recent visitors to the German pastor's salary! De choir will now >as to preach. empire, who are familiar with con- sing, and will continue to sing until 1 ditions in that country, stress the de full amount am collected!"? seems absolutely fitting that an fact that cotton is sorely needed, and pock. nta newspaper man should be say that there is no doubt of Ajneri ed editor of a gas magazine.? can cotton finding a ready market in The man who loses could never sucnwood Journal. Emperor William's domain. cessfully run a gambling house. \ J ^ I ^ .-1. ' >>