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VOLUME XXXI. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 191916. LAWMAK[RS' WORK WILL NOT BE B[WY Nothing of Supreme Impor. tance Likely to be Enacted. MONEY BILL CHIEF FEATURE There i Going to be Nothing Too Orthodox in Way of Prohibition Measures. Change in Tax Commis. sion Law is Likely. Attendance 'Good. Columbia, January 15.-There is not a great deal for the General Assembly to do at this session. The disposition appears to be not to undertake any radical legislation, and the likelihood is that nothing of supreme importance will find its way on the statute books. In one of the plays that is now on in Now York, "Common Clay", it is stated that there are only two real problems in life. One is sex and the other money. The second of these will make the overshadowing question of the present session. The wheel of legislation will revolve around the tax commission, the appropriations, the creation of new and perhaps neces sary positions, the disposition of the liquor on hand in the former dispen sary counties, which mean money; the fixing of the levies and the like. There is a general desire to get the appro priation bill in hand at the earliest possible moment, and when that i111 portant legislation is disposed of there will be nothing much to do. In fact, some of the leaders suggest that about the best thing is o have frequent re cesses, let things settle, pass the ap propriation and supply hills and say goodbye to Columbia; this on the theory that the least 'said .or written on the statute books he soonest mend cd. As has been said before, there is going to be nothing too orthodox in the way of prohibition legislation. If anyone has an idea that he or she thinks will make things tighter just let him or her send it along and it will be offered and probably be enacted. Yesterday the Senate passed a bill prohibiting the newspapers of the State from advertising liquors. It is understood that the various counties that. are interested in the disposition of the remnants of dispensary stock will meet to consider the best, thing to do with the left-over goods. If the counties linerested will get together there is a chance of something behig (lone towards realizing on the goods, otherwise it will be a1 mjtter of stor age for, a year or two. It. is suggest ed that the Charleston delegation lis been asked to introduce a high license bill. It will be an utter Waste of time and effort.. The Oenoi'al Assembly speaking for the people-is going tq make a try-out of prohibition; the Simon-pure type if there be such a thing. It ia to be remembered~0A in this con neltion that while prohibit on is wvith some1 folka i a moral (lues.tion, wIth the vast majority of the people ini this sta[te,' andl those responisile for lpro hibhition, it Iis ain eronom ic I ssue. Thte hlinhig of labor being thle bnsla of consblderatiIon. Whelitir r there is going to h i any dh:pmulIt on tI allow liiht w.in mi nd~( baer:; ti o i be (ensumeid tb; d tl t ful. 1)r. thle use of UI t i V.nies atnd hioor. iindi maely bhe olii i iI. Somie or the membIliili ar wiir:1 ii IniL to ha not. nnd howv the driu. 'stor hre gin g to he mest rieted in Ih lie of th' mu tlt uide of' biters and enneni t ion1E that are floodinug the mnak e t un der the pre(tens~e of "(lire -alls~" ail aro al readly rauppdling the driiunks. Tlhue only prkopoill~ton that hmas bhni miaudo in ('onnfe(tlon wvithI the tax 00om iutevlo, is a bill.lhoking to the enact ineut of theC provislin that *was inicor poratedl in the originial ' Whep the' Act wos passa i Section - had at iro vision rfdf n reviewing board, to con sist at ten members. Thin provision was left out of the bill as it went on the statute books. Trhe reviewing board is not ini the law as a mattter of aceldent and not of legislation. A bill Is now pending seeking to incorpuorate such a reviewing board ein the present law. This is the only pending, propo sitiqn.' 'Time talk is tshat an effor 'il (Continueod-on Pag* Toth.) JAILOR OV[RPOW[R[D PRISONERS [8AP[ Four negro Prisoners make Getaway Yesterday "UNCLE JACK" GLENN GIVES STIFF FIGHT In Broad Daylight. Four Negroes Over power Jallor Glenn and Make tet away from County Jail. One Cap. tured Last Night and Others Being Trailed. Shortly after five o'clock yesterday afternoon the peace ofilcers and volun teer assistants were thrown into the throes of a man hunt following the es cape of four negro prisoners from the county jail, after the prisoners had attacked and overpowered the doughty Irish jailor "Uncle Jack" Glenn. The jail delivery, happening in broad day light while many people were yet on the streets, attracted a great deal of attention and some excitement. With in a few minutes after they had made their getaway the prisoners were 'be ing followed by Deputy Sheriff Colum bus Owings and a posse of volunteer citizens. The negroes got. a good start, however, and up until nine o'clock last night only one of then had been cap tured. Blood hounds from tie county gang were brought in just about that time and a chase bgean. The ring leader in the jail delivery, George Watts, charged with the murder of his wife, was thought to be surrounded in the woods bordering on Little River and it is thought that he will be cap tured. Mr. Glenn, though painfully injured about the lfoad and arms, was cheer ful and bright as usual last night and was able to give an account of the af fair. Yesterday, said Mir. Glenn, Tim othy flecks, who was to have been re leased on bond today, had boon charg ed with carrying coal and other things to the jail. In the afternoon Mr. Glenn was putting him in the cage. Just as he opened the jail door to let the prisoner in, three other prisoners on the inside, Watts, Woody and Cole man, made a dash through the open ing. While Woody and Coleman icld the Jailor, Watts attacked him with a heavy stick of wood or heavy piece of iron. Ti negro struck hill half a dozen or more blows and tnined him so that he was not able to handle his pistol, though he was able to get it out of his pocket. 'lhe negroes ;nade for the door, Idragging Mir. Glenn along. They got out of his grasp, however, and dashed downt the :teps. dhr. Glenn followed behind in a dazed condition and was able to givre 'the alarm, but the threoe negroes, followed by Timothy becks, succeeded in get ting away. One other negro, lien Hamilton, (lid not take advantage of the opportiun ity to escapieo. Mr i. .lienn is painfully )ut not1 seri ousl'y inijuredl. Ini this connttontt it. is initerestinig to noteI thIat ai1) bii was itIrod u'edl in lie lower hIouise of thle legi :dhaturie lnast iighlt . by Onie of' the coun iy's reprleseni tat ives providing for thle a ppointmtient of a conunfli.;wion to eirei't a new jail. S!h : iili' NO' l' T A':i ITlOl NTh-:D. Noi inormation htad beeni rr'eiv'd in ili out iw tthe npired hunt Of Utt late Mr. O1w ings. Yester day afternton Mi.ir. W. W.. I iarris, was enied uip ini ( .mn bia and aiskedi to se('uire uhalit inftormia tion be 'oul d on thle situaitin. lie cnlled uplon the governor' In Is Ca pae ty s reipresenttative of ''Te Ad verisera anid 1 liniton Chironicie, bit the kover itor statted t hat hle st ill had the imat ter tuder1 '1 conideraltion and woult d not he able to give out anything definiite totr several (lays yet, lie gave ouit noth ing that would indiente whom his choicoeioud be. Mrr.. Menardl Moore. Mr.Menard Moor'e, siater'- it-law of Mr. Isrnest dioor'e, of this city, (died at her home neoar Hioneca Pa th tho early part of last wveek andl was buried at Blroadmouth clhuirch 'uoiday. Shte had been il bitt a short time. Be fore her 'marriage pihe was ia Misa iJrnie Loner and lived near Waterloo. DEATI CLA13IS YOUNV MAN. Paul Ilolmes Dies at llospitrA After Undergoing an Operailon for Ap pendicitils. Paul Ilolmes, the son of '1r. and Mrs. A. G. Holmes, of the Lisbon sec tion, concerning whose illness was noted In the last Issue of this paper, died at the Julia Irby Sanitarium Wednesday night. The young man had undergone an operation for al - pendicitis, which had advanced to such a stage that it was felt that the results would be serious. The body was carried to Lisbon Thursday, where it was interred in the family burying ground. The local troop of Boy Scouts, of which he was an active and popular member while at school here, acted as pall bearers. The services were conducted by Rev. J. L. McLin, assisted by Rev. C. F. Rankin. A large number of friends of the deceased, including many from Laurens, attended the services. Besides his parents, the deceased is survived by four brothers and two sisters, as follows: W. L. IIolmes, Portsmouth, Va.; T. N. Holmes, Pine view, N. C.; Joseph, Reed and Miss Sarah, who live with their parents and Miss Catherine, who is taking a course at the Julia Irby Sanitarium. There are numerous other connections in the county and elsewhere. Young Mr. Holmes attended the graded schools here for several years and was very popular among his as see lates. Ile was a young man of manly bearing and high sense of honor. General regret. was expressed at his untimely death. lBEHALF OF ENLISTED MEN. Tillman Introduces Biti in the Senate. Washington, Jan. 12.-Chairman Tillman, of the Senate naval commit tee, has introduced a bill making it a misdemeanor for agents of common carriers, public ainusements or hotels to refuse accommodations to any uni formed enlisted men. Violations would be punishable by a line of from $50 to $1,000, or im prisonment from thirty days to eighteen months. The enlisted men niust be "sober, orderly and able and willing to pay" when seeking such aeconnuodations. Doctors to 3seet. 'The monthly meeting of the cojunty iiiedic'al association will be held in thil city Mlonday. li, adrtii; on to the' Irou0t1In business, a jirograi f:itare'd by addresses by U)r. St'ha::r, of ('o ,)muibia, t.nd lar. .1 1ie:<, o: :-(:iecs. w ili te carrk' d ut < --a l'ta,' "> " thie .* ' - elal addresses nd as this will be 'the iir me . liinsiug of then yraz' i- ltl at t'endalnce is expiected. : IHeads Mlayoralty 'T'icket. Mr. Co. I: Mloore, formerly ' of this enutnty but now a resident of Iilionen Path, where h conducts a 'live week ly paper, was elected "'mayour of the town last. week, defeating his o ppon ont, Mir. C5has. Bolt, by a vote of i i to -17. Air. .1. E. Allen, who has 'onl neetions Ia in his c oun1y3, was e'lec'ted aldermzan,. l1'1 h of thie.e meni are lpro gressivoecitirns anti will make va lu alie otlicials. Sunt and1 .OIo El:'ipse's. ArCordiing to I le at roniomie: a par - I omiioro moin) g, i ~ abom111 :; ii'ino1L time3t ar at:i li l y * to take, a vi* V it ui hat : a r; e . 1::' , ':a l ' I o he a'e D il ee litte ofiii ;;h e : n 'I ! o er. eig rf iintirs e to funh hti byv thi ('ahliia, Newbe'rry,' K- iaurens ril1road, tranini No. 13. whichi hna- hltn after at :1:25, arriving: In C'oluitaa at 7 :35. A numtbe,' of stops; at smal~ll ntai No. 51I, fromi ('oht umbia, will ariv e hzereafci' at 8:I8 P. M., ltiea of s8 o'clock as formerly. Namedi TIrzsite of Statle (College. Mr. ('has. I". lirooks, df this city, has been named by (Gov. Manning as a trusteo of the state negro college at 1Ol'angeburg. Mr. Ihrooks is well vorsed in school matters and will make a valuablo man for this npnae IIE'SSIVE IIIT''ES - AT SIlIElI'F'S FUNERAL Funeral of Late Sheriff Owings Held, Wednesday Morning In the Presence of at Large (tlthering. The funeral services over the body of the late Sheriff .John I). Owings were held at the family residence on West Main street last. Wedneesday morning, being conducted by llev.('. P. lankin, R1ev. M. I. 4Lwson and lRev. J. It. T. Major, of this city, and R1ev. T. W. Muxnnerlyn, of Gray Court. Immediately after the simple services at the house, the body was carried to the Laurens (enttory where, in the presence of a large assemblage of people, it was laid to rest. Services at the grave were brief. Several se lected hymns were sting by a choir consisting of voices from the differ ent churches of the city. The floral tributes were beautiful and numer ous, among them being a very hand some one sent by the Association of Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police. The active pall bearers at the fun eral were Sheriff Joe 11. M. Ashley, Anderson; Sheriff .1. flay Pant, Union; Sheriff Hendrix Rector, Greenville; Sheriff '.annon C. Illease, Newberry; Sheriff T. W. MeMillan, Greenwood; Chief of Police W. S. Uagwell, Lanu rens, and I)eputy Sheriff Columbus L. Owens, Laturens. The honorary pall hearers were T. Mac Roper, W. S. Power, .1. W. Wells, 11. M. Ilryson, Will ilClintock, .\. 11. .\lCuen, It. E0. llabb, T. II. Little, . . .. I'luss, I)r. .1. It. Teague, )r. W. ). Ferguson, Dr. W. C. Irby and Dr. J. II. Miller. Other sheriffs and peace oflicers of the state planned to be present at the funeral were unable to attend on ac count of the uncertainty as to when it was to take place. A party from Spartanburg and Woodruff, including Sheriff W. J. White, came to attend the funeral but arrived too late. LICENSE LAW 1HELPS SClHO0LS. ('otnt.iy Treasurer iteceives $5i.50 for! School PIurposes from the State Came Warden. Superintendent of Iducation Sulli van is in receipt of a hftter fronm the state game warden advising hini that $333.50 has been sent to the county treasur er to be used for sclhoql pi poses. This represent: -t part of the proceeds from hunting .i'cense'; sold in the county betweenx .11uly 1st, when (ha act weit into effect, and I)ecern ber 31st. Continuing, 1!he chi'f grx'e wurdenl say.-: "'au long,' as: yourl countyi remallinst :xaih- th i liuii ier.; I icenst e iaw I will he alie eacl yla r to Iuru over to your cotyax 1errt-lin uis of' Iloney for s'huool Iimrptos. The laws. ls, oily been inlo effet. six months :,ixd inI luture ye. i I anticipato th school revenu~e will be mlucht hI;rer fr< (,n the .above soire('. it. wilt porbably be Wyll for you to let your county del e;;attion1 realize the benteits of the Illnters lai.ense Laaw. Also it will he a hol; to your Department and to mline if' tie different school teachers lihrxouxghouit the countty will adv~oca le thxis law." 1I. Wooudy, coloredi, alia " '. n"' in anud genll. x haiu manxix x ao tow, was sever(ex'y ''are x upiI arounxdxx the xx!ghborhloodt of th'ji lax * 1 .2u ai deeomn . .i xom ,time xlast ine n nti Ih I oy S('xoutx andt th it'Ioy 800'ox xr, very xnxiouitis tox hor'row thiexxh-x If y'ou happent~i to re'xl t hi'x andx hap pen~ to h'ave 'thxemx, youx atre xxri inrxited'i to ha pn ar1 x oun :.'.muxxI lhe Illoy l(u' ~l Um wxdfxrters wi' i th to undx - : r I n . x xrthr'- v . i A Businetss (Chantge. '.ir. A\lbert IDial hasi sol his inter est1 ini the 1'copiles IDruxig Sfor'e to .\xlri. lErskinie Todid. Thxe otheor part ner ix thte butsiness, Mir. Prank Caine, will con tinue in thet business as thet part neor of Mr'. Todd. 'iThe new propxrietors wvill take char'go of t.toheusiness5 on Pobrxuary' 1st. [[GISIMOR8 B[GIN T11 StOND WE[L Considerable Progress is Made on Calendar. IMPOSE NO TAX ON FISHERMENI Dliscussion of Seholarship Bill was Begun in the Upper Hlouse. Likely to Precipitate a1 Lively DIscussion. Bethea Not Yet Returned. Colunnhia, Jan. 18.-After a recess of more than 72 hours the house con veiled last night at 8 o'clock and worked hard on the calendar for two and a half hours. The house killed a concurrent resolution to adjourn sine die February 10, introduced by Mr. Etiheredge, and showed a disposi tion to cease making special orders of certain bills. 'rhe house passed Mr. Sturgie's amendment to the apitation tax on dogs making the fee $1 instead of 5u cents. A bill proposing a tax on resident and non-resident flshermen was killed. In the absence of Speaker Iloyt the house was ealled to order at S o'clock by George S. Mower, of Newherry, speaker pro ten pore. The 1tev. .J. P. Knox, chaplain, announced that he stood subject. to call at any time from any member. On a resolution presented by Mr. McCullough to have Alexander ,John son, field secretary of the cominittee on provision for the feeble-minded, to address the joint asseibly tonight. Mr. Dixon objected on the ground that It. would interfere with the de liberations of the house. On a divi sion vote tile house adopted the reso lution. Mr. Liles asked to have his bill pro- i viding for penalties on drunkenness made a special order for 10::15 o'clock this morning. Mr. Graydon strenn ously ohjected on the ground that there were' more important matters to consider. Mir. Liles iaintained that his bill was not too drastic but would make prohibition prohibit. The motion was carried. The house killed a concurrent reso lution introduced by Mr. El ieredge that the general assembly adjourn sin' ie ' iFebruiary 10. AMiee ishe house' had refued to inlake a splecial o.der of the't vo-ient Inilage hil, the calendvir wa pro eedrd u\ ithc reguIlarly.. .\Mr. ilulto defeided hlis bill ro v ,4'n , f1r lienlse' on res:idet andr nion-reaibb-nt l;: hermen. Theb hill was oposed by Mr. .lecket , who poilnt.ied out Ihat there .As now a'state board of tisieries to talte c re ' sitch mat ters. Hle sialf Mit' a Heense of $10 onl a fishermnY for using ia net would put many of themlil out of i;usiness. ('omlni from a coast cou3nty, A. I 'kelt. fold of the 11u ths in which R ii Il bil.: 1: u s ~~~the uero i Cl .' an than Iloing iii Ipany Ti0n5 re3Aso I''iu 11n 1 r lnlse a)1 ~:i ~ intr knvot no the h110 alii Wll ii< le 'only Wa , tkh pa5I ligil for:'il0 ' t heliii afetu.'e. w. livo ii.i"" woi'dnthin. v (Crh tiheld ialo Pa Te.) - LITTLE MONT[r[GRO GIVES UP TH[l T Beset on all Sides She.ays Down Her Arms TIlE FIRST NATION TO SUE FOR PEACE Ruissians and irlt%;l rl'ush i Turks (lard in 31esoijotamia and the (auaeasus. Allies have Landd Troops within Few Milies of At.hens. Little Fitrht. lug Elsewhere. leset on the north, east and west by Austro-liuingarian armies, and with all lines of retreat cut off, except into Albania, where hostile tribesmen must be faced, Montenegro has asked Austria-lungary for peace, and her request has been granted. The uncon ditional laying clown of arms by Mon tenegro was made the basis of the opening of peace negotiations, and(1 \lontene ro accepted these terits I m posed by the dual mionarchy. This announcement was made to the IIaugariani parliainent by P r emier Tisza, and it was aet with an ovation oan tle part of the menbers of tho chanther. 'Thus hoomes the first, with drawal of any belligerent from either of ithe alliances that have been fight ing with each other since August, 191.1, It hatd been concoced for (lays that the situation of Montenegro was a critical one. Although the army of the little kingdont fought valiantly against the Austro-llungarians, it was uinequnaI, becnsaae of Inferior forces, lack of guns and it has been stated a shortage of comt n miariat supplies, to the task of holding back the armies that had, in cosajunction with their illics, succeeded In craishhag Serbia. Already the Mlontenegrin capital and mainy of it.s important towas had fallen into the hands of the Aui;tro ilungar;iants, a nd the invaders were we'll on their way to .\lotettneg'o's cha ief seaport-- Antivari. Last ac-. ('(,1111s had the .\lonteneg'n gover'n rnentil at :\-utar1i. 'The where''(a):outsi of ling Nicholas 1s not kanown. 'Theiii' I i:i.,l a nd te i:u: in .\Isop'o(tlarh and. tLre ('8 1;('ca .t; 'e Rion resctiaively, ---apressingi lahe Iurks Iat. ''ht' anm'' of K:Ing bo(te'!( (ge . lmil.g rlhai'lwardia. from thee erai n _aa 'lI to the relief of the .Itrit. sh - forc'es at lKaut-el-Auatzra. ha4 Irivt n the Alt aani s to witi', six iales of the haelvaguc'red town tim the 'igrjs. The Itus'siaas in their drive along the front of' nearly 100 miles h11 the Cau('asus have woat additional points rat' 'a ntage from the Ti'tr ks, especi'ally ui the Ara-a aulraidla 'aley reoaionts. Constant itnoptl :admtat tIlis, buit says th Iat ati of h ' Ar a int hand -toa han ad faiht ing' int' a~ Rusi an adv aced tao it in hIt y ''a nu a lltles wart a 1liet () theI iht 'onat 1 1 1 ii ar ah t. . r . 'b a ittd lroot hiae 1. h tI it I i h 'r a 0 tar' ir : m:i .a li l ea . I' i' ' ns(t tand once~a ~theat p aaort o t (i 'at lth pr ta;;tior.: ae nap t I the Par ta' fot tain ('ona'tatin an.d 'lthe pt'lane of tu' falhth 'er i s L ''(' , tihn wth ;te lamente po'Il , at nex hen d~tospapery it aut'olity orth .ta