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\ " t. £.J." •. •: t* •' .. ■ • .• 4'':. • ^ w,. 5-f • • i.' K.^i. Vjsv a; v Item Gkaacd Fte* th« V"— of ww *\. >, ' *■ ’f • Evo K X - DECEMBER 15, 1910 Governor Ansel has appointed H, C. Kitchmi* Magistrate at Williston to succeed Judge W. L. Frederick, who htd resigned. tER IT, 186ft. Rev. CT 8, Riley, a lady minister, wUl preach at the A. M. E. Church, Bprhwell, next Sunday week. Married, December 6th, 1886, at the resiflenof of the bride's father, by Bbv. G. N. Askew, Mr. J. B. Arm strong, of Appleton, and Miss Bessie Miller, daughter of Or. J. C. Miller, both of Barnwell County. Married, on the Iftth inst., by Trial Justice J. P. Strobel, Mr. Shad Still and Miss Clettyaoie Miles. (Another instance of love laughing ait lock- smiths.) i. -Married, on the evening of. the »th All«rtoRn'i‘pl^e! teat, Ml the. residence o<. the bride's P mother, by Rev, Paul Willie, B. T. Rice, Rea,, Probate Judge of Ban»* a daughter of _the la^e. Col. N. G. w. talker, for so many years Sheriff cf t^ls county, in the presence of a happy gjrotip of relatives and friends. The bride received nmy bpagtfyl nnfl useful presents, and a most elegant supper was* served in truly royal s^yle. IgS Meeting of Bnmwell County Association Held Last Week. Tta County bald in th< ton-Elko Mr. W. D. Weathersbee, of Dunbar ton, aged 60 years, died suddenly on Monday morning in Blackville, where he was visiting his son, Wkens, from • stroke of paralysis. s There will be scmething new in agri cultural methods under the Barnwell County sun on next Monday when tkree-qoarters of an acre are to be broken up with dynamite on Mr. J. Sftrrted an yetU^dMy in Col^bi* at the^reaider?c^ cf Frenj^ G. Tomp kins, Esq., biother-in-lsw of the bride, Mias Sophie, daughter of JudgbP °: South Robert Aldrich, end M*. Deyi4 & El- Uson, of Columbia- e are honored with an announce ment of th$.,marriage in Williston on the 7th inst of Miss Lessie Marion, daughter of Mrs. Harriet Rountree, snd Mr, Henry Melville Thompson. meeting of the Barnwell tion Association was, auditorium of the Wiltia- schooi building on Tuas- day afternoon of last week, at which time the ofllbwing program was pre sented 1 : Tart 1. A ^ 3:80-4:15.—General Session, Mrs. W. B. Parker, president, presiding. i By SPECTATOR. The calling of the Legislature in ■pedal ression thirty days before the regular session seems to me a mis take. In the first place the special session will be expensive—but just i another initijie series of expenses aris ing out of this most deplorable high way situation. Politically the extra session is a blunder. The governor . knows, or should know, the the legis lature is not responsible for his wishes. It was opposed to him last year; how can he expect it to take his ddb now?’ Every lawyer in the gen eral assembly will bpw to the 'Su preme Court and interpret thje gover nor's course as one of arrogant assump tion of supreme power in defiance of law and courts. What, then, can he possibly hope to gain by a special see don? Everybody is agog over the governor and the highway matter. - We now have the three co-ordinate depart ments of our State government In ac tion. The governor acted, setting a side an organisation created! by the legislature; the courts declared this illegal; then the governor put the militia in charge of'the highway de partment and called the legislature to settle matters. I can’tysee what ths governor hopes to get from the special session^fOne result is sure—it will cost this State S' lot of money—at least fifty thousand dollars. What will the State receive for this money ? Can any good result from the special session? No; nothing will result but talk, abuse, re crimination, allegations supported 1 , and unsupported,* but disregarded. It is like stating a problem in mathematics —a clear statement will make a fairly easy solution. Let’s restate the prob lem: The legislature created 1 the High way Commission; the governor remov ed the commissioners, abolished the commission and created a special board of control called the Board cf Managers. The Supreme Court says this is illegal; the governor puts the T r nously that the governing purpose is to relieve human distress. The threat ened orgy of State spending has no such motive. The State is not creating work to relieve distress; it i 8 called on to increase salaries and expand services in accordance with well for mulated plans, but without regard for the condition of those who must pay the cost. , No man in touch with conditions in South Carolina can say that we are a prosperous people. No one who knows our people can fail to under stand that we are over taxedt In some counties taxe 8 are much higher this year than last year. I need not dis- cuss that in detail. Whatever may be the reason, the fact remains that in every county in the State the most urgent need is tp reduce the taxes about fifty per cent. I know, of c&iftie, a 8 well as anybody else that such a cut is impossible overnight without great confusion, but the need is there just the seme. It is desirable that some relief be given to all eur taxpayers, not merely one class. Be cause I am interested! in farms and farming does not shut out from my sympathy the merchants and manu facturers of our State. All our peo ple, in whatever kind cf business, need lower taxes. Prudent statesmanship calls for a careful study of the State as a whole so t^at no single dollar shall be added to our State expenses, but that any increased yield of pres ent taxes shall be applied to relieve those now bearing an apprecitive bur den. x We shall never have any relief unjjl we think first of the taxpayer,* and t not of the services he is called on to maintain. There is no service which is not somehow good; and no service without friends to speak for it; but our people should have some oppor tunity to work without feeling that the only result of their labor is the chance to pay taxes. Here in Columbia pcliticians look on Devotional*.—Dr. W. M. Jones, of Barnwell. Special Musk.—Misses Hair and Stansell. __ Introduction of Speaker.—Supt H. J, Cruch. Address.—Dr. Josiab, Morse, Univer- Carolina. Business.. * Part 2. 4:15-5:QQ.—Departmental Meetings. (a) High School Unit, Principal M. M. Player presiding. 1. The Reorgapisatiop of the Sec ondary Schools from the Standpoint at Extra Curricular Activities—C. K. Ackerman. 2. Our Special Activity Period—M, M. Player. 3. Tlirift in the Seecndary Schools —Miss Dorothy Hightower.. (tik Intermediate Unit, Miss Way presiding. 1. Health and Physical Education in the intermediate School—Miss Gene Way. 2. Teaching in th® Grammar Grades—Miss Eloise Quattlebaum. 3. Conservation in the Grammar School—P. N. Wise. (c) Primary Unit, Miss Baker pre siding. 1. Teaching Language in the First Grade—Miss Julia Pennel. 2. Teaching Language in the Sec ond Grade—Miss Dorothy Miller. 3. Teaching Language in the Third Grade—Miss Geraldine George. department under the militia—which, • the highway muddle as a g ame . The iW\- m of course, is illegal, and calls on the legislature to clear up matters. What can the legislature do? I 8 it conceiv able that it will put aside its own Ijw? I don't think so. Then the result will be—what? Precisely nothing, as I see it One hears a lot of talk about im peaching the governor. The senate would sit as a court and would prob- aSly pui the governor out. But it is the House which must bring the charge of impeachment aHd'the House will never vote the necessary two-thirds for impeachment. So there will be no impeachment The legislature, then, Will do nothing against the governor. On the other hand, the Senate will probably block any bill that the House may pass (if the House should pass any) and 8 o neither the governor nor the legislators will advance one inch, as I analyze the situation. Shall the militia continue on guard? Well, the only way to remove the ntiUtia would be to disband it by law. Can we do that? /Oh, yes! Shall we do it? Oh, no! So them you are. Theiw^s a vast difference between the m*We of liberal V the government and that which free apesiding by the Rtete. National Government, is- combatting to economic left miltioQS cost of this session; the possible loss of Federal funds; the very grave ques tion of orderly, constitutional govern- ment-r-these are not deeply studied. One i^ught suppose it were s game played! as a sport. Said a prominent man in public life: “The governor can’t afford^to withdraw the troops because under the order of the court the same fellows would walk in and take posses- sion.” Welt, of course. I hold ne brief for the Highway Department and have ho special friendships on the commission itself, but we can’t escape the perfectly plain obligation to re spect the decree of the court. There may be a time when a citizen may esteem the right (as he see 8 ^It) as above any court; but it cannot be denied that in the main the Court lies fairy interpreted the lew. When the couit ordered the comptroller general to issue his warrant for back salaries —that was a principle on which a citi zen might .well have challenged the authority of the court; but in this case the governor has*put himself in the hands of the enemy. A great pity it is! No man who ever sat in the governor’s chair desired more than Otin D. Johnston desires^to be t bles sing to his. Statq, What a.pdty he hf* listened to men of reckless fanatk»i«m rather than the calk counsel of sober ins Tine it*. ■ . J- g : .*- Triple “C” N$w* Npfet Trip to Luray. Company No. 468 had a very busy trip which started off. with, the army track taking a load of boys to the sub- 1 camp at Leray to pay a visit to the fellows there. This trip ws made Sun day, Dec. 8th. The men at the sub- ciimp seem well satisfied, and will probably be more so as they get more settled. • , Religious Services. On Monday Chaplain Phillips was here,, and he and Mr. Inabinet, of Barnwell, held a joint service, which ,wa 8 well attended. OnWednesday Chaplain Pbflliils held services at Luray. Wrestling at Aiken. A couple of trucks went to Aiken Wednesday night to see Swede Sul livan, local favorite, grapple with Jack Ross. The results were not what wa 8 desired, and Ross was in some danger of having to grapple the two truckloads, but the danger was avert ed, nd he escaped to Augusta in safe ty. Wrestling in the Orderly Room. There is a mystery hanging oyer the camp. Everybody is’‘wondering what happened to George (“Minus”) Rawlinson the other evening in the orderly room when Lieut. Knox showed him how an Indian Death, Lock works. Road Show/ Thursday night two truck loads of boys from Luray came to the home camp to see the All Fun Revue, put on by Mr. and Mrs. Art Gilbert, and Mr. and Mrs. Sutton. The program was much enjoyed, as the laughter of the spectator* proved. After the main show thebe was playing hy the com pany for dancing, but there was a dance in town, that night, so no were present. In their absence, Mr. Bryan, our CEA, did a and then “Duke” Gehlken, our own performer par excellence took the floor and' entertained for the rest of the evening with dancing and monkey- shines. Basketball Game. On Saturday the basketball team played Montmorenci again, and this time went down again to the tune of 36 to 11. The team fought hard, but Wad had no practice, so the result was not unexpected. Arthur Rid dock. Reporter. ' 'V' toti TRESPASS NOTICE. AUe persona are hereby forbidden to hunt, haul wood or straw or trespass fa any manner on any dad ail hmda owned or controlled by the HA : <A' ; t^sri TRY 4»-i* • m Wk -i ? r K i< ,A ‘ V-! mm. * A.V. fli T? ±a ■vA; *'«* . , • • . i - * A vyzi v" invites |unouiHfeig community of B inspect tkeir stock before v 'i purchases for Christinas. 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