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8888888888888888 - Local and Personal Mention. 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 u 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Ilr. S. N. Crisp of Mouintville spent yesterday here on business, Mr. 13. R1. Fuller of lountville,'spent Alonday in the city on business. Mr. Job Little left Monday to join his parents in Greenville. .ir. Earl Owings spent the week end in Greenville with friends. ir I. R . Blakeley spent the week end in Clinton with his family. Mr. Fred Nelson of Charleston spent the week-end in the city. Miss Marion Hamlton, who has been visiting friends here, leaves today for her home in Spartanburg. Mr. W. R. Weems, of West Point, Mli8s., spent.the week-end in the city with )lr. and Mrs. J. F. Hicks. ' Mr. and Mrs. Ienry Winn, of Clin ton, were the guest yZcslerday of Mr. and Airs. Jockle Mur'ff. Mr. and Mis. T. Lane Mon-roe spent the week-end in Princeton with rela tives. Mr. Dudley Young of Gaffney is spending a vliile in the city with homnefolks. Mrs. Carlos I. Moselcy and little C. D., Ir., have returned home after spending awhile in Spartanburg. 3r. J. T. A. Bailey of Lisbon was among the visitors in the city last Monday. Mirs. DuPre, Mrs. C. 13. Owings, Mrs. Raymond Hunt, of Owings, were shopping In the city Thursday. Dr. C. Brooks Sullivan, of Port Ar thur, Texas, is visiting his parents, Mr. and 1mrs. B. A.' Sullivan, on South Harper street. Mr. A. G. Hart has returned to the city after spending several days in Columbia and places ln the lower part bf the state. MIr. L. 13. Clardy han returned to the city for a few (lays after visiting his Charleston territory since the holidays. MIr. Herbert T. Taylor is traveling this week through the upper part of the state in the interest of the IEngi neers and Contragtors Materials Co. Thecondition of Nir. Jack McCravy, who has been in a Columbia hospital for several weeks, is reported as ui changed. Ills condition is a source of much concern to his niuimerous friends liss Nannie Kate lludgens, who has been visiting in Greenwood, is now visiting relatives in Ilonea. Path. Mr. F'. W. Machen made v business trip to Graeenville last week. l.i' A. 1. langston, who is to leave for hIra'il at an early date, occuipled the pulpit of the Firjt Presbyterian church Sunday morning and preachel a for'ceful se'rmon to a large and at tentive congregation. .\lrs. Earl IEleldge, who nicerwent anll operaton for appendicitis at the Julia .rhy sanitarium sev'ei'al weeks ago, Ia not yet aile to leave thle hos pi1 a 1111 hogh she is show Intg signs ofI imprpiovement. .\ i. Chias. Simpson left yesterday for i'Ial timilore to audergo treatment, hiavinhg been sick here foir some time. Tie was necompianiiedl by his braothier, .\1'. W'illiami Wells Simii i1on, chlim '~ent or the C'. & W. C. rallronad. Ills mian f~ rienads hop for himi ani earlyv recovery. Mr. and .\irs. C. P. Simmons, of Gireeniville; Mr. and Mi's. Jphln M. Simanmns, of Mounit ille, .. and( M1rs. 0. Ii. Simmons, of laurens; Mr'. And( M\rs. C. F. Simmons, of McCorm ick; and Mr. and Mr's. J1. W. Sim mnons, of Cross I li1i, ar'e the guests of Mr1s. J[. T. Sianmons-Grmeeniwood 'Journal (Saturdzi) A ('ard froni Council. 'To whomsoever it may concern' This ia to certify that on the 1st 'day of April, 1913, in Council assem 'bled tne City Council of the City of Laurons adopted a resolution to the effect that the reports of receipts and expenditures of the City of Laurens should not be advertised in the news rapers but that at the end of each quarter a Statement of Receipts and Expenditures should be made out by "the City Clerk and posted on file for, thme 'examination of any person- inter 'ested. The City Clerk viaa instructed 'not to oontract for any -advertising of said report in.-any .newspaper. The Mayor of the city is in no wise re sponsible for the said reports not be ing advertised in the newspapers, and 'a consierable sum of money has been 'saved to the -taxpayers of the city In advertising bills by the way in which 'this matteir has been handled. All reports are on file in the Clerk's of 'fice and can be seen there by anyone interested. -Dated the 19th (lay of January, 1915. L, 0. fliers, J .. WV. folt, T. C. Switzer, Aug. hluff, W. P. Thomason, Jr., Aldermen. DOINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE Sever'a 1llis of Gret IIntliorinn(e are Seleduled for this Session. Legis. litors ecm Anxious to Work Hard alid Prompily, Columbia, January 16:-The first week of the Generl Assembly has Massed without any unusual ici dents other than the sensational resig nation of Goveror Blease, which light have happened just as easily if the General Assembly had not been InI Columbia. Iloth the 1Hiouse and Sell ate have organized mucih-nore rapid ly than is customary and the temper for work is apparently serious. The Benate adopted ) the very first days of the session Mr. Singler's resolution providing for a thirty-day session, It will be remembered that for a gener altion prior to the Constitutional Con vention .in 1895, thirty-day sessions were tile rule and that adjournments were always had in time for.members to spend the Christmas holidays with their families. Further than this tile 'Constitu.tional Convention undertook to eliminate a great many unilnport ant matters and require the consider ation of general laws by the General Assembly. The week that has just passed was Aevoted to organization. The coming reek will be largely spent in the in auguration of Gdvcrnor Manning, which means tile beginning of a new political era in South Carolina and on that account will have m-uch more meanila tahan anl ordinary inautgura tion. It will be followed on tie-suc ceeding day by a legislative trip to Winthrop College, at Rock 1111. At tile request of the committee in charge, and in view of the fact that there will be a large number of out of-town1 visitors here for tile inaugura tion. Governor Manning has consented to deliver his inaugural address from the S.tate House steps. Tile exercises will consume most of the day and the felicitations will )rob ably prevent very mulch work being undertaken. As a matter of fact It will take a couple of weeks for the General Assembly to boil things ilown as a result of committee hearings and very little actual work can be ex pected for sone little time to come further than by the committees, which exercise such important influences o1 legislation. The two most Ilmportant hearings that hav- been arranged for are for Thursday on the race segregation bill as applied to textile plants. This lear ing has been set for Tiursdav after noon and on the following day there will b a hearing on the Iiughes two cent rate bill. Thls is an undercur rent that indicates that there will be a satisfactory solution of tile muh vexed mileage-book problem. Organization and effort are having very decided 11ifluence in the rohlibli tion situation. -The committees in ellarge of this propaganda have beenl persistent and have loaded tile legisla tive gullns with tile necesary aImu iiiilol. 'I'lhe prolibition bills and tile referendum have all been formally in troduceld and are 1ow under legisla tive consideration. At this writing Ihere seem11s to le 110 orgallized or definite opposition, ald if tie vote were talkl Withill tile llext few days, with the present temper, tile refer enduim bill wolld be .IIassed by both branhell. Th'is bill provides for the sb)ll lsiloll of' the prohibition ques tioll to tile volers of tile Stalt o1 Sep IoIberI 1 1, a11d there is a deided Is position to have the tallking (one (1111 ig tile suimm1er ml1onth11s rither than at this time in the legislative halls. Qtlite a nIm1l0ber of tile more Iliol tanlt lills that are( to he Credlitedl s Illtrlodulced until aff01r tile in1augullrai loll of Goever'nor Mann11in~g, that h~e mlay have tile opplortuity of claiming the0 credit or resldnsili~lty for' tltese g1olicies. Of COurse5, it 1s generlally5 kn own1 whant thlese piolleles5 of GIovernor~I Mann11 ig ar~e anld is frienlds expe(C't to prIopIos. mea~fsuIres alonig theOse 1lines. an pre hl'~ thm buCI) it prefer' to d10 so la1tr o sOi thfat the 1103 be:5 1 record as distilly3 blelon~ging to thle new Adl inilstratlon. One0 of tile first of these will lie Mr., Nicholson's plrimary3 1e formn lill, wiich was passed( lat a pre' viouls session., Ther'e ihas nlot yet 1been alny d11scus 81011 as to tile finances of tile State, but it ftI thoughlt thlat in ally eventI tiler0 wvillhave to 1)0 a sliht inlcreasle inl tile tax levy. Tis Is all tile m1ore0 ncessar'y, allowing for 110 lincrease in appropriations over thlose of last year', bueause of tihe fact that at tile extra ord(inlary session an1 avplfofflation bill carr'yfng items aggrecgating aiproxi mately $100,000 was passed. Of tis app~ropriation bill $58,000 wvent ,for thle expenses pur'ely inceidental to tile extraordinary and useless specIal ses slon. Tile balance was appl'opriated to meet deficiencies that it would .have necessary to provide for at tis tinme had thley net been covered at the ex traordinary Bession. Tile largest of thlese items was $30,000 for the asy lum. Governor Manning will now, as he has heretofore, undertake to bring about a reform and an equalization of the tax and, assessment system of South Carolina,. This is goIng to b~e tile most difficult problem that 1he will tackle and the one in which he is lia ble to get tile least restilts, simply for thle reason that those interested feel thiat the "let well enodgh .alone" polI cy is the safest, no mlatter flow bad the actual conditions as to failrne's and1( eEduality may be, On Thur'sday there wvill be tihe elec tions thlat are scheduiled for tile pures ent session. Thlere will be tour tru~s teen of thi- Medical College elected, two members of tile board of the Citadel Academy, three dIrectors of tile R-tate Penitentiary and a Code commilsionl or to take tile place of ILeuteant Gov ernor-elect Bethea. Thlere has been more or less talk, andi will contInue to bq, along tile line of thle impior'tanlce of a conIstitultlonlll convention. Suchl gathlerinlgs are, of course, always more or' less serious andi dangerous to tile settled plicey of a State, There are no0w prohably a doz~en constitutlonal lmend~ments Ilending all tile way from one0 i)rovlid 1ng for woman suffrage to the holding of a trustceship not being a disqual Ilication for appointment to another office. If there ever should be a con stitutional convention in South Caro Iina some of the propositlons that are going to have serious consideration are: First. Less frequent sessions of the General Assembly. Second. Restricting the pardoning power of the Governor. There are some who suggest tihat this authority should be taken away altogether from the Governor, although this !s prob ably too radical, and the suggestion is made that it might be well to limit the number of pardons that could be issued in one year to, say, one hun dred or any given maximum. Third. To make it impossible for a member of the General Assembly, while serving, or for six months anter his tenure of ofico as a legisator to be elected to any position within the gift of the General Assembly or to re ceive anl appointment as a regard for anything he may have done or cred ited with as a legislator. Fourth. To put the State higher ed ucational institutlods upon a direct andl fixed allowance, -that is, that so many mills or fractional parts of a mill should be allotted to the higher educatioal Institutions. These are only some of the sug gestions that are developing. It will be interesting to note that a compilation nad'i by Chief Clerk Townsend, of tih, engrossing depart ment, for the board that is in charge of the matter of more uniform legis lation, shows there has geen a gen cral decrease in the numlber .of bills proposed. The proportion of decrease has been quite large in other States. These are the flgures of the number of bills that patised through the oi grossing department of South Caro lina for tie iast six years: 1909, 1,030; 1910, 1,287; 191 t, 1,036; 1912, 816; 1913, 752; 1914, 827. It will be interesting to note that there have already been introduced through the engrossing department over .150 bills for tile present session. Speaker Hoyt in his committee as signments intorduced a new policy. Generally when members were ap pointed to either of the two most im portant committees, that is, the ways and mleans and tile Judiciary, they were left tbhere. Mr. Hoyt's purpose has been to equalize the importance of the other committees and he has taken from tie ways and means com mittee three of its older members so that lie may place them at the head of important columittees. Mr. Odom, of Chesterfield was made chairimaL of the committee on agriculture; ir. Charles was made chairman of the conimittoe on, banliing and insurance, aid Mir. Robinson, of Abbeville, .was put at the head of tie committee of the Alospital for tile Insane. The liouse is fresuently regarded as tile stieppila stone to the Senate. Mr. Lee, of Darlington, wenit without op position from tile louse to the posi tion of Senator from Darlington couity. Lie thinks that the Senate Is rather much of a sedate all( dignilled body and lie has been tryinlg to see if lie can't put a little ginger iito some of t.he customs of Ihe digileitd Solate. Th,1e other day le went over and asked one of the older Senai tors if it voutud he all right for soie or the youIg sen1ators to) haig their 1 hats anid over coats in the comllittee roomlis rathelr than ito put them oii their desks inl the seniato chamibOr. lie tounid that it would be all rigit to auing his iiI in any of the committeo roolis b chose. hie( also found out from one .! the lldigiifiod "elators that it woulid Ie uinite all right for him to get up dill ilg the proceediligs of tilt Senate al get a glass of wa ter'. Over onth house sideii ther tO n. iever any qtutes tion about these kitnds of things. 1aion perap ii)lIt as iot s Ieh formn size, btl this year' theo Senate ('alendarI is in ted oin tinkl paperot, :iui it. cnn he roaily reiognizeid lby its ruolor in tile mloundi ofsdloeuments th:sM genera'slly diora to a deisk. 'The distlingished' Iliue family of 3MarlOtn has onel of i num1hor4 ini the hiOnse. M r. W. 10. Illueii, who repre'isentls Mlro 310 oun01(1ty, is a. brt'ther of Ad - m111ral Victor lie, of iihe lnted Staites 11av~y, and t Stiurgeoni Getiera 1liiRupert i'lue. 'The Blues are all Sotith Carto linians; theelt mothe11r was anil~~i t1ran, and t he boys wetre all b~orni in Sotuth Carolina. They are tmen of ability, pa triotisml and char'acter or they would unot have all risen to the prominence thi' y have. There are several members of the General Assembly whio hlave "conic back." and this is tile best evidence of app~recia~tion at 'home. Twvo of the "comec-backs" are Mr. DesChamnps. of Clarendon, and Mr. Sellers, if Marion. Folks have been hunting for the pennant-wvinner in continuous servIce in the Legislature. Tihe prilze easily goes to Newton Orvin Pyies. General ly lie is known as N. 0. Pyles, but his full name is Newton Orvin, and lhe hlas been the faithful mail carrier of both legislative branches since eatri.y In the eighties, and the man whlo tnow tried to displace him would invite be gust Koa in News and Courier. lag thrown out of the *indow.-Au Polish up; your turn lut'e with Cedar Ine Polish, makes your old furniture look like new. S. M. & 1E. H. WILKlCS & CO. ILAILROAD IMIIVEMENTS. Southern Illway to Double-Trackl Part of Line In VIrginIa, WVashington, Dec. C., JIan. 16. Southern Railwvay will Proceed at once to revise and dlouble track the 28.7 miles of its Washington-Atlanta lIne lying between Orange and Charlottoa. vylle, Va., the work to involve an ex pendituro of $1,500,000 and to result ia greatly improved line both as to grades and curative. hids for the grading are being received from coil tractors today in the ofile of Mr. W. I. Wnolla. chinf enginnee oontre-n tion, under whose direction the work will be done. The completion of this work togeth er With othr work now under way will give the Southern a continuous stretch of 121 miles of double track out of Washington and a total of 3:18.7 miles of double track between WaVshington and Charlotte leaving only 41.3 miles of single traclj di vided into four stretelles the loiigest of which is 20 miles. The revision between Orange and Charlottesville will eliminate 1303 de grees of curvature or nearly four complete cirelom and will give a max iiuni grade northbound of 0.9 and southbound of I per cent as against 1.41 per cent in both directions at present. The work to be done Is very heavy and will furnish labor for a large number of men and cause heavy ex penditui es in the territory immedi ately affected. In undertaking it at this time when recelpts from both freight and passenger traffic are much below normal Southern Rallway com pany is giving striking evidence of President Harrison's faith in the bus iness future of the Sout hand his de termination to furnish ade-luate fa cilities the necessary capital fortu nately having been provided before the outbreak of the present European War. We hav- just a few of those big Value Feather Heds left, also full line bf Feather ijllows and Feathers in 10 pound sacks. S. 1. & E. 11. WILKES & CO. ELECTION ILLEGAL. MtcCormJek County Electloio 'Ttuned DOWn by Board of Canvassers. Greenwood, Jan. 14.-The Green wood county board of canvassers de cided unanimously late Tuesday after noon that McCormick County election was illegal. The decision was based on the grounds that voters living In Troy, Callison, Bradley and Kirksey townships, territory included in n'ew county, were refused the right of surt rage, would have chnged the result had they Ceenl permitted to vote; that six illegal votes were cast and that twelve affidavits were made on both sides of the contest. Attoruieys for the new county will take an appeal to the State board of canvassers. The attorneys for the new county of McCormick and the atotorneys repre ':en tinlg citizens of lis county fight i lg being put in to Mc'Cormick counity case late Monday evening. The boaird concluded their arguments in the case and spent Tuesday going ovr i. Th attorneys for the new county were R. If. Welch, of (oltmin bia, Feati erstone & MGhtee and D. 11. .lagill, of Greenwood. Th'lie attorileys for the eihen' of Greenwood Coity w0ho are obetin-. to being pto ;nto the new co-1ty ar1. Messrs. Grier, Park & Nicholsoni. Mlany citize's hoth of the M :Cor miel sc(tiii .idi of (reOzniwood coin. ty attellded the hearing. ' .;'.i .lolly ('otiton 3larket Niill Hidlih. 'Thle cotton miarket hais been risina duintg thie liast. b'ew days. Geter gIrades~ hliuinht :SI- I cents on tihe 1n I nl amarket yesterd(ay. "Ti2" P'l'TM ,JOY IN NOIIE, .W'lil NG i'EilT l'se' "Tizs" far" ired, tendiier, swolleni, swtyt , calilusedi fet and (corns 10 Grand. "Hlappyl , Uso 'TlZ' "TIZ" makes sore, burning, tired feet fairly dance with delight. Away go the aches and pains, the cor'ns, callouses, blisters, bunions and chii blains. "TIZ" draws out the acids and poisons that 1puff up y'our .feet. No matter how hard you work, how long you dance, htow far youi walk, or how long you rema.* on your feet, "TIZ" brings restful foot comfort. "TI'z" is magical, grand, wvnderful for tired, aching, swollen, smarting feet. All! howv comfortable, how hlappiy you feel. Your feet quat tingle for joy; shoes nevelr hurt or seem tight. Get a 25 cent box of "TIZ," now from any dt-ugigst or .department store. End foot torture forever wear smaller slioes, keel) your feel fresh, sweet an (dhappy. JTust think! a whole year's foot comfort for only 25 cents. Thel friends of Mr. J1. N. Iiludgens w'.iil regret to learn that lhe continues v'ery sick at his home Oil South iar imer street. Mrs. L. D). Witt, who, as Miss Nancy Janmieson has iften visitedh here, was the guest of Misses Imogene and Kath l(ein Wilkna last wenk. rAUF VIVA How_ is This& On1me FOR $9.75? We have others just as good. Our big line is made up of values that will pay you to investigate. This one is made of best quality solid oak. The finish is beautiful and in a rich golden color. Mirror is French plate . and large size. Note the size and style Cl of this beautiful Rack, also the large roomy seat and box for rubbers. A value that can't be duplicated. Would be glad to show you our entire line. S.M.& E.H.WILKES& CO. MAN is judged by the clothes he wears X1 He is likewise judged by his Stationery. This fact being true, why not have the best? You can be sure of getting the BEST by sending your next order to The Adverti ser Printing Company at Laurens. A STRONG PROGRAM All This Week AT The Idle Hour TERENCE 0'ROUKE TOMORROW ZUDORA FRIDAY WED lNELSDAY-" 'In Jungle W\ilds,"' a thirilling animal pie turie w ithi Williamii Clidrd, arie Waleamp and Shuman Israinbr~iidge. "Pruning thle Mov ies," a ludier(1ous comed pet ain ing to the nflovies. Somethintg r i(h 'iAll t he/' fans'" ought to see it. TIfIRSDAY-FifPthl number of the Tler~eO O'Rouke series, entitled ''A Capltalin of Villainy" w'~ith J. 'Warren K~errigan. "Gemi and Germs'' an liKO comedy with Louise Orth. As a special attraction in the afternoon we will also show a splendid1 two-reel feature "'The Sin of Olga Brandt'' with Pauline Bush in the leadling role. FRIDAY-The second episodle of " Zutdora"'. Those who at tended the firs~t episodle prioounced it a splendid picture. As each episodle is complete in itself, it is not essential to have seen the first episode to enjoy thle remlaind~er. Fall in with the big erowdl and see the secondl episode. Attend the afternoon pictures and( avoidl the e rowd at niight. "T'wo of' a Ki nd," -'a Joker ('omledy withI Ern'iest ShiieIlds, Eddlie Bolan id an 111 Betty Schade. Go a way sm ilin g. SATL'RDIAY-".'The ,Mystery of the Throne Roomi'', a two reel G~old1 Seal dranma withl those two iimiitablle ae Itors. (Grace C mniarid and Fraitnces lFord . T hey niever' fail to 'makest1)1a hiite. it "For t he Goo of(10 the Caiuse",aNso oeywt Viet oria Forde' anid EIddie Lyoiis. WatIeli the - Nest ors. '1R IDLE HOUR 1A, Hom f h BL.10