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1?ljc Coxtnti) gecoift. VOL. XXX. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1916. NO. 47 m 11 N E V * We take this opportunity before you now for twelve yet eral patronage given us and always upheld quality. Our 1 again thank you and solicit yo ________ I Coffins and Caskc A BUSY WEEK IN I THE LEGISLATURE.; i r STRENGTHENING PROHIBITION- t EDUCATIONAL BILLS-VOTES . FOR WOMEN DEFEATED. 1 i The second week of the 1916 ses- j B. sion of the General Assembly was a r busy ODe in legislative circles. Many B important measures were disposed ^ B of; the majority of the bills intro- { B' duced at this session have been re- . Vy ported out of committee; most im portant of all, the law makers have ? shown a disposition to reduce the ^ calendar, which on account of the { large number of bills introduced is { V a 88-page document in the House B and 18-page one in the Senate. t ? Each week sees the prohibition t I law strengthened, directly or indiI rectly. Early in the week the House B passed the Liles bill, providing for a m 'term sentence without the option of W a fine to be imposed on any person violating any law of the State res'^ garding the sale or shipment of intoxicating liquors. The Legislature D bad already passed a measure to make drunkenness on the public highway a misdemeanor. It is probable also that the House will this week dispose of the bill by Messrs Crum, Sellers and Wagnon to make an appropriation of $50,000 for the enforcement of the prohibition and gallon-a-month laws; the bill received a favorable report from the com; . mittee. r SCHOLARSHIPS LIVE TOPIC. The abuse of free tuition and scholarships in the State colleges has led to suggestions of remedial legisIlation in the Senate. A bill by Senator 1 Verner is now pending on second reading to abolish free tuition and | scholarships and providing that stu (dents shall pay at least $40 tuition! each a year; an amendment is urged r by Senator Carlisle to allow the stu- a ^ dents to sign notes payable two ? JL years after leaving school. The ' qyestion will be disposed of this i W week. * W [ A plan suggested by Senator Laney r > ~ of Chesterfield is to have the State F L board of education to act as a clear- t ing house for scholorships and free 1 W tuition, which board would investiI gate the particular merits of each ? I application. An amendment which r has been highly commended by some t of the Senators has been offered by t Senator Padgett of Colleton county, t H who would have the fiscal agent of t H the State board of charities and cor- c rections investigate the financial i K status of the parents or guardians ^ I of students seeking State aid and f report to the General Assembly, c Abuse of the privilege would auto- r matically forfeit State aid. t Woman suffrage, for the first time c seriously considered and fought for f * on the floor of the House, met defeat t Thursday night by a vote of 61 to t 51. The unexpected strength of the v equal suffrage cause was gratifying c - to the suffragists of Columbia. i (The courtes> of the floor was ex- i tended during the week to three t speakers from other States. Tues- t day night the joint assembly was v addressed by Alexander Johnson of t Philadelphia, field secretary of the t - committee on provision for the fee- t Hr V YE to extend our sincere thanks to th< irs and have always made it a poir ^ assure you that we have appreci ,ong experience has taught us wha ur patronage for the future. Wis! ?| Kinj s r*i 7 LV >le minded; Wednesday night the J nembers of the House heard an $ ible exposition of the single tax $ heory by John Z White of Chicago, J epresenting the Henry George lec- J ure bureau; Thursday night Clarence $ Joe of Raleigh, editor of The Pro- J rress^ve Farmer, spoke to the lower J louse on "Needed Legislation for i )ur Rural Communities." The Gen- j iral Assembly has submitted an in- i ritation to President Wilson to ex- i )lain his views on the question of J lational preparedness. J The policy of "let well enough t done" was observed by the House i vhen it defeated a bill by Mr Har- J )er to place the compulsory school J ittendance law in the next general dection for the purpose of having ;he county made the unit instead of I ;he school district. I T^nkintr at the matter as a busi- I less proposition, the Senate by a de- j nded majority favored the reorganzation of the engrossing department, figures were produced to show that ;his department uses an appropriaion of about $6,500 each year, vhereas if typewriters and compe?nt stenographers were used the ;ost would aggregate little more 1 :han $1,000. This action by the Senate is in accordance with the >olicy of retrenchment determined e lpon by the Legislature, and it is t aid that the bill by Senator Verner s vill meet with comparatively little t ipposition in the House. | o In the House the 2-cent mileage | C )ill, the rate to apply on railroads \ C nore than oO miles in length on in- o ;ra-state business, passed with com- b )arative ease. It was maintained y ihat the increased travel due to the lecreased rate would more man, t :ompensate the railroads for the j f eduction. v RURAL CREDITS BILL. n The problem of rural credits, a ^ neans of* developing home owner-j 2 thip, will come up first in the Sen- j 0 ite, where a bill by Senator Sherard | q s now on the calendar to authorize t lpon the approval of the voters in a a general election the issuance of not v nore than $10,000,000 in bonds, the j c jroceeds to be loaned to tillers of ^ he soil on long term credits at a t ow rate of interest. ! 0 It is presumed now that the fight r tgainst the South Carolina tax comnission, created last year, will cen- j a re principally upon amendments to ' j, he act rather than the abolition of ^ ;he board. It i3 thought also that he bill toiabolish the State board of; rharities and corrections, which was eported unfavorably in both Houses, f vill not receive much support. A bill creating a State highway .ommissionfand providing for State t egistration of all motor vehicles has I >een introduced in the House by the e :ommittee on roads, bridges and n erries. j o The purpose of the commission is p o "instruct, assist and cooperate h vith road authorities in the various ounties of (the State in the improve- j v nent and construction of highways, e n said counties; to study the sys- j t ems of road building and main-; C enance in other States; to make in-, ii estigations and experiments to de-j s< ermine the methods and materialsj s< est suited to road construction and C o publish bulletins." J AR u good people of Kingstree and it to give you full value for ever3 ated it. We have endeavored tc t is best fo buy in our various liri tiing you one and all a happy am jstree H, ENTUALLY?\ I Kingstree 1 1 Build* K | Manufacture P | Lumoer, I Kingstree, Real EstateCountry Farms and If You Want i If You Want We can place you. in any s you want. Address all cc Gourdin & Harpt ? i ????? The selection of a State highway Dciate Justice of the State Supreme 'ourt. Judges S W G Shipp and ames W DeVore were re-elected ngineer at a salary of not more han $3,000 is left to the commision, which shall be comprised of he professors of civil engineering f the University of South Carolina, Clemson college and the Citadel, the Commissioner of Agriculture and ne other member, to be appointed y the Governor for a term of two ears. The funds for the maintenance of he commission are to come from ees for State registration of motor ehicles, grouped as follows: For a aotor vehicle having a rating of 25 orsepower or less, $ I; of more than 5 and less than 40 horsepower, $6; f more than 40 horsepower, $8. )ne-third of the fund realized from hese fees will go to the commission nd two-thirds to the county from rhich the registration fees are reeived. For the year 1910, should he bill be enacted, owners of moor vehicles will be required to pay nly ont?-half of the respective anlual license fee. The penalty for violation of oper,ting a motor vehicle without hav: tig a State license is $25 and the ayment of the fee. McLAURIN RE-ELECTED. lastly Defeats Opponents For Warehouse Commissioner Columbia, January 26: ? Former Jnited States Senator John L Mcjaurin of Bennettsville was re-electd today as State warehouse commissioner by the General Assembly n the first ballot over his two opponents, Messrs Carey and McMaan. Carlton W Sawyer was elected rithout opposition to fill out the unxpired term of A W Jones as Comproller General. F H McMaster of ,'olumbia succeeds himself as State isuranee commissioner. T B Franf Sumter was unoDDOsed as As GRE Williamsburg County for the lib( j dollar you have spent with us. Y< always keep a full and complete s tes and we give you the benefit oi 3 prosperous New Year, we remain, ardware VHY NOT NOW Manufacturing t 3TS and Gen ;rs of Coffins, Lumber Special -Farm Lands. I ? ^ I Town Lots t or sale: to Buy, See Us to Sell, See Us ection of the County that rrespondence to jr, Kingstree, S. C. Circuit Judges. Other elections for minor offices were postponed until tomorrow. In the election for warehouse commissioner there was much interest. Commissioner John L McLaurin was elected on the first ballot against his two opponents. The disposition is to give Mr McLaurin a full and complete chance with the warehouse system. | The vote stood: John L McLaur in, 91; Frank M Carey, 40; Jno J McMahan, 22. There was no opposition to the re-election of Associate Justice T B Fraser, of Sumter county, who lias served one term as member of the : Supreme Court Bench. Judgr S W (J Shifip Florence was re-elected Judge f the 12th circuit: there was no opposition. Judge J W DeVore was re-elected Judge of the 11th circuit. The name of Mr J B Wingard.a member of the House, was presented for this position, but the General Assembly reelected Judge DeVore; l')s votes being cast, for him and 43 for Mr Wingard. Cotton Glnners* Report. The ninth cotton ginning report of the season, compiled from reports of census bureau correspondents and agents throughout the cotton belt, issued Monday, show that 10,766,-. 202 bales of cotton had been ginned prior to January IB, 191*5. That compares with 14,915,850, or 98.8 per cent of the entire crop ginned prior to January 16 last year. The report shows that 1,149,562 bales have been ginned in South Carolina as against 1,424,700 for the year 1914. It is said that as a conservative estimate $5,000,000 is now being: expended annually by munition plants in the United States to protect themselves against incendiarism, bomb i plots and spies and interference in the filling of war orders. 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