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SOLONS TRYING TO GIVE RELIEF BY THE PASSAGE OF SUITABLE p- LAWS AS OUTLINED REj CENTLY. w i ? WILL SOON ADJOURN TV Appointment of a Committee to Confer With Other Cotton Producing States Was Important Matter Discussed at First. The special session of the South Carolina Legislature called to convene by Governor Blease on account of the ** depressed condition of the cotton market, convened in Columbia the first of last week. One of the first things mentioned in that body was the early appointment of a special committee to confer and cooperate with the law making bodies of other cotton producing states. The question of course was: "Of what good to pass laws curtailing the acreage in this State, if the other cotton growing States are not going to cut down any?" Aside from organization of the senate and house, the general assembly accomplished little. The governor sent up a message appended to which were suggestions as to legislation at the extraordinary session. This message was received by both houses in pamphlet form. In the copy to the senate, pages of the pamphlet had been stricken out by the governor, but the copy of the pamphlet sent as a message to the house had not been edited. In other words, the senate received an expurgated and the house an unexpurgated edition. The Upper House. The senate remained in session approximately one hour on Tuesday. This was consumed largely in reading of the governor's message, two of which were received. The first contained some suggestions as to remedial legislation. Measures suggested by the Governor were: s , That a committe he appointed to confer with similar committees from other cotton-growing States that uniform legislation might he procured. That a "stay law" of one year's duration be enacted. That the payment of taxes be postponed. That the legal rate of interest be reduced to 6 per cent. That " careful and serious consideration" be given the passage of a law curatiling acreage. That a warehouse system be similarly considered. And that the residents of certain districts in York and Laurens counties be relieved of taxes one year in consequence of hail visitations. ^ "I do not care at this time to express an opinion as to the constitutionality of a law for the reduction of acreage," the governor commented, Legislators were advised to pass it and "let the courts take the responsibility of nullifying your action." By Wednesday the House of Representatives got down to work. All of the bills on the calandar running over from last session were stricken off or laid over and the following new bills, all relating to the cotto nproblem were introduced for consideration C. C. Wyche:?To authorize the gov ernor, State treasurer and comptroller general to borrow funds to meet the expenses of the State government dur ing the year 1915. C. C. Wyche?To extend the time for the payment of taxes for the yeai inu J?7A*i. C. C. Wyche?A joint resolution creating a special commission to confer with members of other general assemblies of the cotton-growing States and setting forth the powers ant: t * duties of said special commission. C. C. Wyche?To reduce the acreage in the planting of cotton in this State C. C. Wyche?To exempt certain cil izens of York and Laurens countie* from the tax levies of 1914. Mr. Fortner?To provide for aiu to regulate the appointment of managers of election for primary election* in the State of South Carolina. Mr. Fortner?To fix passenger rate* on railroads. Mr. Fortner?To prohibit white per sons from teaching in negro school* and to prohibit negroes from teaching in white schools. Mr. Summers?To prohibit the for* closure of mortgages in this Stat* f*" prior to November 1, A. D. 1915. V Mr. Summers?To amend sectior 445, code of laws of South Carolina 1912, volume 1, so as to provide foi l the extension of time for payment oi taxes levied for the year 1914. k Mr. Summers?To amend sectior 2516, code of laws of South Carolina ^ 1912, volume 1, regulating legal inJjjk terest on decrees, judgment, accountt \ stated, etc. i\ Mr. Summers?To amend section 25 18, code of laws of South Carolina, 1912, volume 1, regulating interest. Mr. McQueen?To promote the ag, ricultural prosperity of the State by controlling and regulating the acreage to be planted or cultivated in cotton , and providing penalties for the viola1 tion of the provisions thereof. ' Messrs. Belser and Epps?To restrict the cotton acreage to be planted in the State of South Carolina during the year 1914. Mr. Stevenson?To regulate the storage, grading and marketing of cotton. As to Taxes. Bills extending the time for paying , 1914 taxes and authorizing the borrowing of money by the state were un favorably reported to the House. The House agreed to October 12 as the last day that bills could be introduced except by committees. Another resolution providing that j the House shall not consider at this extra session any bills except those ' relating to measures lor relict ol the agricultural and commercial interests was passed. Down to Real Work. \ Settling down to real work the 1 General Assembly seemed disposed to get at measures for real relief of the ( farmers. A rule was adopted which j will give emergency measure preced- ^ ence. Representatives Reiser, Pegues Atkinson, Blackwell, Rethea, Mower, j' C. C. Wyche, Welch, Epps, Lee and L Riley were appointed by Speaker j Smith as special committee of eleven i to consider all bills for the reduction of cotton acreage. Rills were srhed- ^ uled to provide that the question of j the elimination of all cotton in 1915: be submitted to the voters of the State in a special election on Novem- ^ 3. Another measure limits the culti- , vation to four acres for each work an ^ imal. These measures have been prepared by the spcial committee of the' South Carolina branch of the South- , ern Cotton Congress. j In the Senate last week an unfavor- ^ able report was made on the McLaurin bill or the deferment of the payment of taxes and another measure j, to bond the old asylum property for j $1,500,000. No report has as yet been made on the warehouse bill. Serious and Short. The members seem to realize the sc j riousness of the situation and the in- < ? durations are that the sesson will be j i! brought to a close at an early date. Last week the two bodies did veryI little except to dispose of preliminary I work. When the House and Senate j met last Monday after the members got back from their homes, they were1 I confronted with the necessity of pos-1 i itive decision between reduction of acreage in cotton, or total elimination | of the crop for next year. This bewildering dilimma gradually assumed definite form during the clos ing hours of last week's debates, when measures not germane to the cotton i situation had been barred. It is ex pected that little attention will be dii rccted toward other relief or mergent legislation until those particular ques tions have been disposed of. In the senate, the radical wing, ad- j vocating the total elimination pro. gramme, is championed by J. L. Mc, Laurin. The Marlboro senator has already delivered two lengthy speeches and the question is to be debated again Tuesday. A determined opposition is led by Senator Alan John stone of Newberry. The only question agitating the acreage reduction fac' lion is to what extent shall the crop be cut. Senator Sullivan of Anderson has ' introduced a hill limiting the crop to ' 2,500 pounds to the plow. A gradu' ated tax would be laid on the over' production. Senator Manning of Dillon is advocating a cut of one-third of cultivated land in 1915. Senator McLaurin is the author of the bill looking toward no cotton in 1915. i Senator Johnstone argues against the elimination bill the pre-existcnce of contracts, leases for rent years in ; advance. A law to eliminate would I be ex post facto in these cases, he argues. The Undertaker a Developer. : There are in many communities 5 successful business men and farmers who stand like stumps in the high1 ways of progress and in such a sit uation the Undertaker is an import5 ant factor in development. Scarcely a day passes that they do not add a 5 new terror to death by refusing to join with public spirited citizens in a - movement for the upbuilding of their 5 community or by their indifference ? snag an industrial enterprise. It takes live men to build a commun 5 ity and there is no sadder sight in life 5 than a few noble spirited citizens staggering under a load of dead tim i ber. The undertaker is often a devcl? oper. r f Story Belgian Atrocities. The admirable reply of the Presii dent to the address of the Belgian en, voys suggests the proper attitude for - the American people to take rcgard5 ing the charges and counter charges from the seat of war. ?Philadelphia i Ledger Ledger. .. HUCE AIRSHIPS ' OVER ANTWERP CITY HELP IN THE UTTER DESTRUCTION OF CITY WHICH SEEMS INEVITABLE. ARE PANIC STRICKEN When the People Know They Are Subject to Annihilation by Huge Monsters of the Air Dropping Death and Destruction. The condition of panic among the populace in Antwerp was increased last week by the appearance at 11 s'clock one morning and afternoon of German air craft which dropped aombs, destroying seven houses and \111111jji, a score oi peopie. After the Zeppelins' successful at:ack the large avenue leading to the railroad station quickly became black with a struggling mass of persons ?ager to escape from the city. It was a pathetic sight to see the poor people some carrying on their backs heir hopelessly mained or idiotic relatives. I The situation quickly changed again While at 2 o'clock even grown men vcre weeping with terror and fighting for places around the railway station, it (> o'clock everybody was again cer;ain that the forces would be able to , lold out against the Germans and won throw them back across the riv?r Netho while everybody was telling lis neighbor how far superior the * * * guns were to the German heavy artillery. The Belgian ministers are trying to ; each Ostond through Flanders and yia Holland. The Belgian army s marching into the city, tired out, caving the guarding of the forts for! the night to fresh * * * troops. (The asterisks are given to denote; words eliminated by the censors. Ev-1 idently they related to forces and guns brought to Antwerp by the British). New Line of Defence. The unexpected fierceness of the! German attack on Antwerp, which it j is reported is being made by live army corps, has given rise to the opinion among the higher military officers here that Germany intends to establish a second line of defence running from Antwerp to Brussels, Namur and Metz, upon which it will be possible to retreat in case the German l 1 f army mis lO reure Il"Om US present position along the river Aisne in doubj j ' Invigorating to the Pale and Sickly The Old Standard peiiernl strenRtheninRr tonic, j GROVK'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out Malaria.enriches the blood.and builds up the sys- j tem. A true tome. For adults aud children. 50c Amcrcan Shoes Abroad. Boston, Oct. 13.?Heavy foreign demands are being made upon American shoe and leather manufacturers. The armies of Europe are to be shod by American factories. Steel to Australia. Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 12.?The Carnegie Steel Co., has closed the deel to provide 17,000 tons of steel rails to I the government of Queensland, Aus-i tralia, for use on the State railroads.! ty)'I$ *309 *392 *auiii auivs aip m *I*3TT P"'^ n1B<T ISA31[DJ "(JO i opddspuy JCI oiqctjAJ pio '(njjopuoAV aqj Xq pajno 3jc ! 'SuipUBJS 3uO( A\Ot] JO iOJJfUJ ou 'SASt'D JSJOAV 3U J, 8jrq i.uom s0ip3uj0u jaiuo 'sojos p;o jsjnj) Grows Green Colored Cotton. A colored man on Mr W A Strom's place, near Edgefield, is raising some cotton that is already dyed. The negro brought the seed from Burke county, Georgia. The lint is light green which prevailed not only in one W~ll K..4- 41 1 4- -Ll- - r> 1 ? uv/ii, imi tiiruugnuui uie enure new. Nothing like it has ever been seen in that part of the country. Began Letter Writing. President Wilson last week began his letter writing campaign for the election of Democratic senators and representatives. He wrote letters endorsing Senator Shively of Indiana and Senator Chamberlain of Oregon. Others will be written in the near future. RUB-MY-TISM Will cure your Rheumatism Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps, Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects Etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used internally and externally. Price 25c. Report for Work at Clemson. Aoout ya per cent or the students of last year, omitting those who finished their courses, have returned to Clemson College and have begun the work of the present session. President Riggs stated that this session began more quietly and with probably less confusion than any other in years. All departments of the institution are now in full swing. 14 A ' ? WILL OPEN JANUARY 1ST. Instead of Going to Europe Trave Will Turn W est. Three months from Oct. 1st, 1914 the San Diego Exposition will open' t< the world. On this day occurs th< formal opening of the Panama Cana whose completion is to be celebrates by the two expositions at $an Fran cisco and San Diego. No other even has been marked by two celebration; of this sort, and no other event ha been of such prime importance to th< country which is celebrating. Th< striking feature of the exposition i that they are celebrations not alon< of something which is completed am gone on, but rather of somethinj which is ahead; they might be consid ered as heralding the mightier growtl of the West through presenting to th< world the opportuities the West of fers. Europe is today punged in th< greatest war of all time, and in 1911 will not receive the 500,000 Americai tourists who have gone there eacl year. Since these tourists cannot g< to Europe they are coming beyond i doubt to the West coast, and hen they will see sights beside which thos< of Europe, and Asia, and Africi amount to little. No other country in the world has the majestic harmony of sea and canyons and mountain; and forests and valleys beneath th( clear blue sky of the American West NOTICE OF SALE. Under and by virtue of the decre< and judgment of the court made bj his Honor J. W. DeVore, Presiding Judge, in the case of Bank of Litth River, a Corporation, vs. G. W. Mills Elizabeth J. Mills, P. M. Mills, P. P Mills, G. W. Mills, Jr., Bank of Hor ry, Conway Savings Bank, G. B. Jen kins, O. J. Bell, J. L. Bell and R. L Bell, Defendants, and dated the Is day of October A. D., 1914, I, the un dersigned J. A. Lewis, Sheriff of Hor ry County, will sell at public auctioi to the highest bidder before the Cour House door at Conway, in Horry Coui ty, and State of South Carolina, dur ing legal hours of sale, on salesda; in November next, it being the Sec ond (2nd) day of said month, all am singular those certain lands situate i; Horry County, and described as fol lows, to-\vit: First. All and singular the life es tate of Elizabeth Jane Mills in, to, air out of all that certain tract, parcel o pieco of land, lying and being in Lit tie River Township, County and Stat aforesaid, containing three hundre (300) acres, more or less, beginnin; on a cypress near the Mulberry land ing ford on Waccamaw River a Worthanvs line, thence with Worth am's line to a stake corner in old Woi tham Road, thence the old road to th head of branch, thence with th branch to the Perkins swamp, thenc Perkins Swamp to Waccamaw Rivei thence with the Waccamaw River t the beginning. Said tract of lan deeded to G. W. Mills, Sr., by Ale> ander L. Dew and Mary L. Dew, an recorded in C. C. C. P. office in Cor way, S. C., Book "L," page 138, Nc vember 30, 1875. , Second. All and singular a remair der in fee simple after the life estat of Elizabeth Jane Mills, in, to, an out of all that certain tract, parc< or piece of land, lying and being i Little River Township, County an State aforesaid, containing three hur dred (300) acres, more or less, be ginning on a cypress near the Mu berry Ford on Waccamaw River a Wortham's line, thence with Worth am's line to a stake corner in ol Wortham Road, thence the old roa to the head of a branch, thence wit the branch to the Perkins Swam] thence Perkins Swamp to Waccama^ River, thence with said Waccamaw River to the beginning. Said tract c land deeded to G. W. Mills, Sr., b Alexander L. Dew and Marv L. Dev and recorded in C. C. 0. P. Office i Conway, S. O., Book "L," page 13$ November 30th, 1875. TERMS OF SALE CASH. Purch aser to pay for papers. Conway, S. C., October 3rd, 1914. J. A. LEWIS, Sheriff Horry County. R. B. SCARBOROUGH, Plaintiff's Attorney. DAIRY NOTES. 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