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VO, "Vi XXXII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1917. NUMBR 26 MANY N[ W BILLS IN G[N[R4lASS[MBLY Insurance and Whiskey Im portant Topics. RICHEY INTRODUCES PROHIBITION BILL Organisation And Other Proliminaies 'eing Completed Both Houses of State Legislature are heady for Much Hard Work. An Under-Cur. rent of Politics Evident in Nearly Every Move. (By J. Rutledge McGhee) olumbia, Jan. 13. (Special)-The first week of the 1917 session of the General Assembly has passed and from indications it seems that the present session will be a quiet one, with only a ripple here and there to create any great attention. The comI plexton of the assembly shows about eighty per cent. new material, but frot what can be learned in advance this material will measure up to the average personel sent here as the representatives of the "deer peepul," in former years. Less than thirty old members were sent back to the House while the Sen ate side has only eleven new members two thirds of that body being elected each two years. Each house the past week spent its time in getting 'the kinks out in order to start vork in earnest the coming six weeks. Mat ters left over from last session were attended to, and the decks were clear ed for action. Several bills intro duced the first week give something of an indication of what will be the discussion in this assembly. Among these may be mentioned' the "air tight" liquor bill by Representative W. R. Richey, Jr., of Laurens, who hal, introduced a tMtraight .out. .rohi bition measure designed to prevent shipments of liquor, wines or beer into the state. This bill will likely be the bone of contention, as likewise the liquor bill of Senator ilughes, of Union, fntroduced in the Fenate, modifying the present gallon a month law, so to allow shipments of sixty flints of beer in lieu of a gallon of whiskey. It Is likely that several more bills will be introduced bearing upon the liquor question. Represen tative Toole, of Aiken, has introduc ed a 'bill taxing soft drinks of all kinds-coca cola, chore cola and the like. Another matter of statuwide inter est is the bill by Messrs WVhlker and Boyd in the House to abolish the state wathotuso system entirely. The state warhouse system will likely come in foi is usual share of attention a1 the. hands of the general assembly. Jno. L. McT aurin, in his report, submits his resignation, and a new commis sioner will have to be elected. It is well known that the system has been under fire ever since its creation by tie special session of 1914. Those who 01)1)0e thle system point to the fact that in October and November of last year there were so many ware houses emnpty, andl that the small farmers, and that it has not served its purposes. Those politically in cl ined-and imost everybody around the state house is "politically inclin ed", else they wvould not be repre Renting tile pleople, also say that Mr. Mcbaurin attempted to use lhe system to elevate himlsolf, eor to aid his friend or friends along that line. They state that lisa resignation is a mlost "hlappy one"-at the same time giving him credit for' being a man of ability, Others take the view that ho allowed his zeal anld partizanship to run.away with his judlgment. 11lls successor' will have been elected by the time this Jg-in print. There are several appli cahbts for the job, Anothler matte'r of state-wide inter est is the state highway measure so ably advocated last session ein...the hoeuse by Joe Berry, of dra'ujgenurg. T~his bill has been introqumeed agilin, and will be foughlt to some conclusion. It is a matter which vitally concerns the future progress of the state, and likely there wili be some interesting speaking upon1 'tile mlatter. Tile Spartanhurg delegation will intro ducee a measure to place a million dlol lar in 'bonds on that county for good roads, similar to the o'ne whieb was passod by the Greenville delegation last session. This measure it is said was the cause of the defeat of the Greenville delegation, with the excep tion of T. P. Cothran, but the mem bers of the S'partanburg delegation seem determined to "put it over" re gardless of- any , political conse quences. The bill will pass, for it has the unanimous endo'rsement of .he Spartanburg delegation. The insurance situation bids fair to be another bone of contention again, despite the fact that a bill supposed to meet thu approval of the insurance companies and the comnis stoner has been framed and introduc ed in both houses. It is the measure thrashed out by the commission ap pointed 'by the governor, which com mission was composed Of some of the best brains in the state. This is the Laney-Odimn bill revised, but it now appears that it. will have some oppo sition, or that it will not meet with the approval of the big insurance companies. The chief item of con tentioni seems to be whether or not the state insurance commissioner or 1, commiissilon appointed shall haeve the rbght to regulate rates, appre hending whether rates charged are reasonab !e or unreasonahic. The in suanco companies seem to object to the rates being overlooked by the state insurance departnient. How ever, it is likely that the revised bill will become a law, as it is pretty wel understood around the state capitol that the matter has been threshed out by those competent to do the thresh" ing, and that the measure is one which will remedy the insurance situation to some extent at any rate. Senator Nickles, of Abbeville, has introduced a bill to amend the state constitution so as to make the tern of the gov ernor four years and to make the governor ineligible to succeed him self. The bill will very likely be passed, as it submits the question to the 'oters in the next general elec tion. Another bill by Senator Nickles would amend the constitution so as to- provitle bientt ial sessions. . These two measures .will come uip at an early date, and likely will provoke dIlscu1sion. ipartiuuiarly the onle re lating to biennial sessions. Senator Nickles is also joint author with iena ior Williams. of a measure to call a state constitutional convention. Senator Hughes of Union, has in troduded the two cent passenger rate bill which has been bobbing up ev ery session for some time. The bill will be heard before the senate rail road committee and also the house railroad committee and then will go to each house for debate. There is no telling as to whether it will pass or not. Representative Neuffer of Abbe ville, has introduced a bill modeled af ter ,the Federal Mann White slave act, making it a felony for anyone to transport within the state women for immoral purposes. Another mat ter of state wide interest will be the fight made on scholarships at state colleges. The state board of educa tion has recommended in its report that these scholarships be abolished. It is stated that the abolition will save the state some $16,000. In the House Speaker James A. I loyt was re-elected without oppo) 'sitioin. Air. Hoyt was speaker last yeai' and has made a record of whioh his friends are proud. lie is an able piresiding officer and Is very popular wvith the members. \i'. .J. Wilson Qibbes was re-elected clerk over HI. C. Ulooker'. Joec A. Blerry, of Orange burg, was elected speaker pro tem. Speaker Hoyt announced the appoint ments of committees 'ihursday. J. T. Lyles, was made chairman of the Ways and (M~eans committee, while Jesse W. Bloyd was mtrde chiair'man of the' Judiciary committee. These arc the two- m'ost important commit tees in the H-ouse. When a meniber is applointed upon either of these committees lie Is not appointed upon any oilher, as kt means work of the t hardeat kind, with a session daily at '. ihroe in the ,,agerpoon. Appoint.. mont UDQ1olitetr6(4itteel- is con- I sidered a Iroat:honor, .Dr. Netter -Is chairman - f -the State' Hospital Corn- I inittee, while Jos. Frombherg, of Charleston,.-is chairmia nof the Rail- t i'oad commilttee. iD. D). Moise, - of I Sumteir, who was on the,- judiciary I committee last year has been placed at tho head of the Blanking and In fiurance committee in order that he might coinplete the insurance pro gram. lie Was a member or the~ corn-a mission. ann~ointnd by th. genorm.. 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Every boy and girl in the county is invited to ill out the puzzle pictures as neatly and with as much artistic effect as they can. When all the pictures h'hve been published each child who sends in the nine pictures with a subscription to The Advertiser for one year will be entitled to com pete for the prize. Now, of course, the child is expected to solicit the sub scription fron some present subscriber or a new subscriber, and not pay it himself or herself. A committee of judges will decide oil the best set of pictures sent in. to construct a bill to settle the in- SAD DEATH IN CROSS HILL. iiuaiic3 iiijuton. . A. uranam is hairmlan of the committee on Edu- Mrs. Martha Tinsley Madden Died 'ation. Capt. A. K. Sanders, of Sum- %undity Evening. ter, is chairman of the comiuhttie of Cross Ilii, Jan. 15.-Our town has Agricultue'. been brought to mourn the death of These are the most important com- another good lady, the oldest and one Inittees in the House. of the best in Cross [1111. Mrs. Martha Tuesday is the date net for the in- Tinsley Madden who has been in fee luguration, when both houses will ble and declining health for several it in Joint assembly and witness the months passed quietly away Sunday Inauguration of Gov. R. 1. Manning evening at 7:30 o'clock in the 87th nd the state officials elected last year of her age. Her husband died ovember. The result of the last during the war, more than 50 years 3lection was declared, in the Joint 'ago. She Is survived by her only two ussembly Friday. Tuesday night Gov- children, Mr. W. T. Madden, with rnor and Mrs. Manning will tender whom she has lived since the death their annual reception to the members of her husband, and Mrs. W. M. Miller. )f the General Assembly at the Man- Before marriage Mrs. Madden was tion. Wednesday is the date set for Mist MaittA Tinsley of the Holly the election of a warehouse commis- Grove section of this county. She and tioner, superintendent of the state her son have made tis place their penitentiary, trustees of the state home for a number of years, coming !olleges and so forth. For warehouse here from Maddens. As already stat 3ommissioner several men are appli- ed Mrs. Madden was one of the best ants, anong them being Breedin, of Bennettsvllie, White, of Chester, Mc- liauet nw aigfrmn \lhan, of Richland, and others. Foryesbena osittmmerf muperintendent of the penitentiary,th Prsyeancuhadlaig 3ap~t. A. K. Sanders, member of the a xmlr ie h nemn Flouse from Sumter, Joe Hluffman, ~iltk lc hsatron a 'ormr mlember from Richland coun-iet Srns o~ueelby tl y, .J. H. Gosnell, of Spartanburg, andpstrRe..D.atlod.Ir teveral othlers are app~llyingS.boylveAut arhsewso Tile session will likely adjournknlatigtladgo.Nouid rhur1sdiay. to meet the following Men- wr a cutmdt alfo lay, inasmulch as tile general assenm-helisadsoarshu n tg )ly 1s scheduled to go to Rlock 11111 tomntcn(ier,10evltligt rislt Winthrop College Friday. Nextfonitlogngn1crmd.Tuh ,veek they will go to Charleston fol'r vrayesunbetmigen The coming week will likely be adetlavsaadadvcntlaC 'short" 0one, as it wvill be0 interrupitedinormstfltweaesuedht ~' te evnts lleni~lw boe, undayishe ernalg n Aut ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~CossOlte.ml.Cto lills (an. in Our twnhs Aecodimg totherecods n Clr een brought tomourn, thedeath ofd anoutPoe' c.:55atm- ther oloin lady, itleds anto one tils wrel~lrehas,(lil l~l~rns~~~lfte ineCtton Cr'oos C11n pMro. 72artha y (h~ringntiee yeardent whorhvsousetoio.fee an.I, ~lt, 70 ad eenpuchaed, imon.thos pased quielyu awaynlunday. eveninrgs tulu !6wa ot J at. Poo 30 o'cvoc inethen87th gat ealles tian 00 er entyearP onrtgery CHerkhsbn. de hos fiure ilch~lemoorocl adurin the wlarl, monkr.hn5 er 'ago.i cS laeUue 01.lies- hy liessiedb hecrt ol w Ssnc th frstt~y o tis ea. te wo she att lWvedhsine.eet oofnme lcm~dtodt en her husbndie, nr.W..Mler ~h1 oronecarto bot eemySb Bee-fore Dmag Mrsa. Madn a to ill ile conty.oTe cton of0 hds couny. loSherand 30,56 ~ais T Ctto wre innd here sonr moe tae sixts pnae teir aauescutuptja.Jt197hers foMadde ns cm. TAs a legsats ~atnt 3, gined o te sme ed Mrs. HeaddCan wase of thebstn thels ya, n PreM.Syenodd rhynladn aneeplr ie.Teinemn willtakeplac ths afernon' a INTERURBAN RA To be Held in Spartanbu scriptions M A meeting of the Board of Corpora tors of the proposed Carolina Raphi Transit Company will be held in Spar tanburg next. Wednesday, the 24th of .January. The meeting will be held to receive the final report of the civil engineers and to meet all obligations incurred since the board has been organized. It is stated that each city which has been interested in the rail road is expected to send its represen tativo irepare( to pay over the amount assessed against that city when the iRE-OPENEI) AFTEIR. i lFE. The liay's 5 and I0( Store Opens in Stand Next to Lirey's. The lay's 5 and 10c Store opened it ) doors again last. week afteri being out of blsiniess sinc Cl hristm(as week on account of a. fire that practically destroyed thu store contents. The stoek Ii he new ;tore is entirely of new goods ,and is loated for the present in the lurns store-rioomui next to I,u rcy's. As soon as the old stand is ov (rhaulel they will; retupn to Il i' first location next to Switzer's. The store is in charge of Mir. .\ I. I lays who is an cxpeirienced manager'. 31rs. Enmiia itobertson. irs. Imma Robertson, widow of the late Milton Robertson, for a number of years postmaster here, (lied at the home of her brother, Mlr. A. B. Barks dale, a few miles west of the city yes terday. It, is expected that the fun eral services will be held at the 'Chestnut Ridge church today, though information on this point is not deli nite. Mirs. lobertson is survived by her brother. Mr. A. B. Barksdale, and a sister, 1rs. Ida CrawfoVd, of Gold Ville. *irs. Robertson was a conse crated .Christian woman, greatly be loved by all who knew her. 3hiss Catherine Pinson. Miss Catherine Pinson, a highly es teemed lady of tle Mt. Pleasant sec tion of the county, (lied at the home of her brother, Mr. Wade H1. Pinson, Sunday and was buried at Mlt. Pleas ant Baptist church Monday afternoon. The services were conducted by Rev. S. H1. Templeman, pastor of the First Baptist church of .Laurens. Miss Pin son was about 70 years of age and had lived a saintly life, having been a life long member of the Baptist church. (ohig to Parksville. Mr. P. K. Abercrombie and son, Wil mer, of Youngs Itownship, passed through tho city last week on their way to Parksville where Mr. Aber cronibie has decided to take up his res idence, The remaining members of the family will go down later. M.' Abereromibie said ho was under many obligations to his neighbors for help lng him in making his arrangements to leave, "Bee" Whatrton lil. Mr. 1B. A. Wharton, D~eputy State~ Fire insurance Coinmmissioner', has been ver'y ill at his home at Cross 11111 for' several days, lie retur'ned from a hunting trip last wveek and im medliately gave indications of illness, 'Tiie repiorts fromn his bedsIde yester' dlay were not ver'y encour'aging. MeetIng of Medlit-a Society. The regular bi-moiithly meetinag of he Laurens County Medical Society will be held next. Monday afternnoon, ,Jani 22nd, in the oflcs of Dr., it, E., IHughes at 2:30 o'clock, This meeting will be the most. Important of the year' as ollici's w~Ii li e elected, All the mi~ilember ai'e urged to be presenC~t.. New r aiat 10 Cenits Store. The Wellwor'th is the nuame of a new a and 10 cents store which has been opened in the Burns building, The prioprietors are Messrs Benchoff' andi H.l V. Lee, the former al ready being In busIness hero and~ the lattei' having cond~uctedl a grocery store for some time where Minter Company's Annex Is now. The store hias already been openied for business, Miss Lillian Bilackwell of Darling ton is the guest of the MIsses Easter by on South Harnne street, ILROAD MEETING rg on January 24th. Sub lust be Paid. plan was originally set out. It is un derstood that all of the other cities and towns competing for the road have at ready paid over their money to tho treasurer of the committee except [' Ion and Laurens. Mr. Gray, a member of the l;oj.rdi of corporators, stated yesterday that if Laurens is to h'ave any chance at the road at. all she moust raise her pro;or tionate share before the meeting nowt: Wednesday. $600 still remains up pa1d and this must be raised bet're Laurens is placed iu the running. RUTH l EAST1ERIt;,NGR FHY1. 'ldest Daughte r of Itvv. and 31rs. W. A. Fairy Pnss'd A way 3ionday hlorning. I; ill h Easterlini.: F Niry, ele-,t dia' h. ter o, Rn-v. n d .\1r.,. \\ .\. I.-ti-! 11ssed atwty at E tie hospital .\lonav morning almt. e WiI. o'clock aftCer an illn(ss ot several weeks. IDeath was Iite to blood poisoning. 'niveria sor ow was expressed over the sad ending. The Pairys have only been resilents of La1urens since Novoimber, when Rev. Fairy was transferred here from the \lMehodist church at ('linon. IDm uring that short time the chit had won its way into the hearts of the younrer people as well as elders, possessed as she was of a happy and slinly na5 turc, a winning disposition and being at once.courteous and kindly. A fitting exlpression of the loss felt in her passing and of the sympathy felt for her parents was found in the nilber of beautiful floral wreaths sent to the cemetery from both Laurens andl ('lin ton. Numbered among the floral tri butes were wreaths; fromt her school teach'rs and school-mates of Clinton, Sunday113 Schlool class0 at (CIittn, Stehdoi.. u da mates of this city besides numilerous wrcalls from friends and relatives. ''lhe funeral services were held in the First Methodist church, of which her father is pastor. yesterday morn ing and interment took plase in the Latirens cemetery immediately after wards. The services were conducted by Rev. Rt. E. Turnipseed, presiding elder of this district, assisted by Rev. .T, R. T. Mlajor, now of Spartanburg bu1t formerly pastor of this church. Others occupying chairs on the putlpit were Rev. henry Stokes, of Clinton, Rev. flulligan, of the Mill circuit, and Rev. S. A. Templeman, pastor of the first Baptist church of this city. Of ficers and members of the church act ed as pall bearers. Among those attending the funeral were Mrs. Fairy's brother, J. I. Rah ner, of Savannah, with his wife and daughter, and the following from Clinton: 1Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Copeland, Miss Nelle Copeland, Miss -Posey Adair, Miss Sallie Bell McMillan, Mr. and Mrs. Griffin, Mr. 1. C. Boland, Mr. Duckett Adtair andi others. Others wholi desired to come wIere prevented fromi doing so on account, of tile Inclement w'eathle r. Shierlii i[eld .inductedl into Oldeke. S. C. Reid, newly ele'cted sheriff of the0 county, was indtted into( oliee Monday morning-, Cleirk of Courit C. A. Power iperfor'ming t.ho seivice that made(1 himl and~ thle otilce one and In dilvisible for somle tinme to comle, in adition to adiniister'ing the on of111ce, Mr. Power ecked up t1h counts of tht outgoIng shleriff. Mir... D). WV. Wat ts, andl gave hliml a clean bill1 of health. T1hie (ceremonytl wtas brief, but impItess5i ve, thlt neUw sher'ifl. receivling tile ('ongratuolatin o15(f ali the afttenIdanltsI afteor tiht (let ails had b'e0n coplet ed. Mr. Rtlid spn t5111he "hIoneymiloun" ini Coilumbia at tend~ing tile meletig of the Sheriffs' A\ssocia lion. Tio Mi1 Edisons. "Lockcner P'hiongraph11 ComlSpany', fne.", is the title of a niew conecern re eently )omiioneid by the0 set retlary. of state to sell Edison plhonogiraphs in Colum bia. Tfhe corplorator's arei Messrs ii. W. Lo~cliner andI P. A. Simpswon, of this city, wh'ileI the capital11 stock 11as. [been subscribed for' by othler ('itizenis of Laur ienis. 'I le com11panly has1 already secu:red a cent rally ioented fstore-r'ooml anti will onen ulp for business imme d~atclv.