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MWP fomrtu Rp| %VOL. XXXI. KIXGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 22, 1917. NO. 51 Xn h 1^1 jggBMggi gas . 71ri Could Not Hap BEAVER BC PURE-WOOD-FIBRE WALLS A1 Better see us before your comes down. CaD or phone Kingstree Man' - KINGST f? WHAT LEGISLATURE HAS DONE NEW LAWS BRINGING FIBE IN * SURANCE COMPANIES BACK MOST IMPAORTANN. The people of the State, naturally are asking what has the General As aembly accomplish?d at this session Very little radical or far-reachinc legislation wi'l find its way on the statute books. By far the most overshadowing * and generally important work was the adoption of the series of bills proposed by the Manning Fire In surance commission. It is not to be . argued whether the insurgent cum pames were justified in witnarawmp from the State after the passage oi the Laney-Odom act. The fact is that the insuring public was met with a condition and not a theorj an*I the General Assembly with the full endorsement of Governor Mannmgdid everything that was thoughl |f necessary to insure the return of the withdrawing companies. Seven bills were presented hy the commission i hiiiidfrI AFTER YOU BUILD YOU TO BREAK, YOUR KEYS 1 ANY OF YOUR BUILDER'S 1 SO "BEFORE" YOU BUIL "GOOD * BUILDER'S H ARD1 TLE MORE-MAY BE NO MC BUY ALL OF YOUR HARI YOU WANT ANY-BE CAUSE IT STANDS THE TEST. King II ardw ,> The Popular 1 i r* * r-r. S?. Ik ?1 LUMBER, i It Rough and c [ Dressed, = Ceiling, Siding, A Flooring': ij] J Moulding 1 I i Conk Manrc ! o kJOdll, I/VVIO J ^ Screens ; Cabinet Work ,c Mantles ! S. lime, Laths v BBSBBBBI a pen With Glass in all p )ARD Sizes and in I ND CEILINGS t any quantity. ? at once J * J c r fg & Cons. Co. > REE, S. C. t and of this number all of them were 3 r enacted into law with the exception I r ?i of the one that related to the valued "' policy clause, which it was thought g i would only complicate the situation ^ | and was not a direct repeal of the jj "valued-policy" law which was de- a sired by the fire insurance interests. There was no evidence of oppo- n sition in either the House or Senate 0 r to the desire to have the withdraw- p in^ romnanies return to do business ? j in this State and the General A9- v 11 sembly, figurativelyp soaking. could g j not have done more than to have a i passed a resolution of apology. If y mischief was done by the passage of1 ^ , the Laney-Odom act it has been ^ completely undone by the enactP ments at this session of the General w p Assembly. Perhaps the next most a j important matter was the universal I p . expression of approval of the per- n , manent highway development in a , South Carolina. Spartanburg coun- j( ty alone voted, without a referen- n . I dum. to undertake a million dollars' , [ worth of road work in that county jj , I alone. A dozen other counties fol- a 1! lowed tbi3 example and during the ! jj ? ? 'h _ I " jo J" vv^V^Xv.-*.1. . . . 4 ^ ft 8??ipi?l 18 :. ,j~\ m<mwm w :$&#& i#te i K ' ' * V >j j 0 '; '/' V ' lh w&?m%mmmmmMmm? r ' I ' | "jj"1 r",fcfr!&>&^" : w you build m ! f i$SSi~i-::l ; hi to us tor pggf h HARDWAREia . DO NOT WANT YOUR HINGES e O STICK IN YOUR LOCKS OR .. IARDWARE TO BE "NO GOOD." 11 ,D COME IN AND BUY OUR s VARE. IT WILL COST BUT LIT- ?. >RE?AND BE LOTS BETTER. 1 DWARE FROM US WHENEVER f : OUR HARDWARE'S THE BESTt r are Company. ! iardware Store. , j, I -ear of 1917 there will be millions md not a few dollars expended on he permanent road work of South Carolina. To insure the permanency and the ooperation of both the federal and I Itate authorities a highway com- j nission bill was enacted. There irere a series of propositions along his line. In the Senate the principal uggestions came from Senators inkier, Brice and Johnson and over n the House side tne Lrura-uner Jerry suggestions were those most :enerally considered, The situation, 1 lowever, resolved itself into such ride differences that a compromise ! I j pas effected in free conference. The ! rux of the highway commission ituation is that the board will conist uf five members, three being 1 he heads of the departments of the 1 ngineering department at the Uni- i ersity of South Carolina, Clemson i ,nd the Citadel and two to be ap- i >ointed by the Governor. 1 The support of this board is to: 1 i -r _ i:~?;, ome uy way U1 tt nuclide iaa uu oh j utomobiles operating in the State. 1 'his tax is to range from five to ten lollars per car and is to be in lieu of ity and county license fees. The najor portion of the fund is to be' xpended in the county where the j icense is collected. The proportion s 80 per cent to the county and 20 o the State. The disposition of the General Asembly was unfaltering in its sup>ort of the common schools. A diect increase of $50,000 was grantd as a subsidy for the weaker chools throughout the State makng the fund distributed along this ine for the various grades of schools ggregate about $400,000. The bill looking to the establishaent of an institution for the care, f the feeble-minded of the State "^ LIAiinA knf ntfio nr?f ! U kllC IIUUOt, uui nao u /w . i i iressed in the SeDate, where it! rould have passed had it been inisted upon, but the disposition is 1 together favorable for some such rork. It i3 possible that it might e worked out as a coordinate ranch of the Florence reformatory. The asylum policy of developments \ ras continued. Three hundred thou- j and dollars has already been ex-j ended in the permanent develop-' lents and repairs and the assembly t this session made ample provis in for the continuation of this hulane work. Xs a side issue, so to SDeak. of the quur legislation was the passage of j bill which prohibits absolutely all i quor advertisements in South Caro j na. The bill also prevents the sale f periodicals or magazines containig liquor advertisements and some j f the outside magazines that are; ow on the news stands will prob-1 bly have to clip these advertise-j lents or the magazines themselves; nil have to get out editions suited j o the States that have this law. The warehouse situation seems to e quiescent. An appropriation of 10,000 was made for the continued upport of the system, but there t ?ems to be no enthusiasm about it t nd there were frequent remarks |t bat if the administration and mem-; I ers were not committed to the con- ( inuation of the system that it would ( ave been another of the efforts of j ( he State to go into business that' i muld have gone on the junk heap, i ( More legislation was enacted at! ( his session of ja local character than!, as ever been known before. I ] Speaking of the matter of the con- j, :estion of legislation there is stress- r d this year as much as ever the j j itter hopelessness of the General As-: emble acting upon important mat- j nvo oarlu in the aoaoinn nr at loncf 9 ! 'ew days before the adjournment ' U8h. This is the fortieth day of 1 he session and yet all of the meas- j' ires of State-wide importance, or at j1 eat those that are attracting the (< nost general attention, are still in! :ree conference or unfinished. This! i I Farm m B 83 Let us furnish you w: jp You will need Colls 83 other things necessar jp your bill, then you w w | Coffins and Cask | Kingstn I includes the highway commission ' bill, liquor legislation, the general j appropriation bill, which incorporates the policy of the State with reference to the law enforcement fund; the supply bill, canal resolu- , tion, the general game law, the act relative to the present chief game 1 warden, and the general county officer's salaries. All of these measures are being jammed through in 1 the last few hours of the session and ' practically all of these are now in 1 the hands of six men, members of 1 the committees of free conference, 1 who handle such affairs under legis- 1 lative regulations, and have the 1 right to make or unmake all that ias been undertaken on the particu 1 - ? 7f CnnfU Povnlino [ ^ at uicaauics. 11 n^uui vaxvaua i lolds another constitutional conven- ' Lion among the inhibitions of legisation ought to be a provision that 1 10 measure effecting more than one :ounty should be enacted into law ive days before the adjournment of :he assembly and that the date of ;he ratified act should govern so as ;o avoid unanimous consent possilility. There was no legislation enacted at this time with reference to the rate , if interest, the taxation of mortgages, I f :im- ?r, inheritances, soft drinks or [ iny other unusual propositions. The 6 per cent law passed the House j jut it met with no encouragement j >n the Senate side, The proposition to reduce prssen-: ?er rates to 2 cents per mile barely ! { fot beyond the committee room. In . t )oth legislative branches is was han- * licapped with an unfavorable report. There was practically no display or [ nention of partisan politics and fac- ^ ionalism was dormant. The general i lesire seemed to be to work for the * ipbuilding of the State, particularly 1 tlong educational lines. The only evi- [ lent factional feeling was injected in ; he legislation connected with the reention in office by legislative enactnent of the present chief game wari len. With the permanent improvements n the State and the effort to take j ?re of the back indebtedness, the I State levy had to be increased. The otal appropriation for the running )f the State now aggregates three nillion, and it takes money to meet ;hese bills. The General Assembly hought thac the only safe and sane j ;hing to do was tc raise the revenue' )y direct taxes and, therefore, intreased the levy to 8? mills. The Tax Commission, it is suggested. has list. :d considerable propt.ty that has ^ leretofore escaped taxation T'c i General Assembly has, however, de- j tlined to pass'a series of bills that I iVere urged by the Tax commission Department as means of facilitating md increasing their usefulness, rhese bills remain on the Calendar for consideration next year. A QUART-A-MONTH. The quart-a-month bill was passed and will become law provided the Governor affixes his signature to it. rhis bill provides that one desiring * M t ? _ ' to order wnisKey snail go oeiore me j Judge of Probate and make affida-1 vit that the liquor is for medicinal j purposes. j Fools and ith what you need and help y( irs, Hames, Traces, Back Ban y to carry cn a farm. We ha ill have the best. ets We Lead] ee Hardw mmsmmmmms JOHNSON TO BE ELECTOCUTED. Dillon Negro Admits on Stand V Killing Rev Hugh Efarrelson. P The negro John Johnson, charged j with the murder of Rev Hugh a Harrelson, was tried at Dillon Mon- cc 3ay and found guilty. He was sen- hi l 1 _ i j iff _ i_ a tenceu to De eiectrocuiea on iviarcn a 23. Johnson admitted on the stand P* that he killed Mr Harrelson, but v> jtated that he did not do it with the a ntention of robbery. He testified hs that Mr Harrelson was attempting H to arrest him. Johnson had stolen ai i calf a few weeks before the killing 01 ind he said it was for this ciime bi that Mr Harrelson attempted to arrest him. Eidence was brought jut to show that a warrant had M lever been sworn out in this par- 81 ticular case. H?n Julius S Mclnnes 111 ' CT' icted as solicitor in the case. ** ar Gen'l Funston Dies Suddenly. jn San Antooia, February 19:?Major Sen Frederick Fur.ston, commander )f the Southern Department of the 'e [Jnited Srate? since Fphniarv 1915 : wi lied suddenly at a hotel here tonight ^ i few minutes after he had finished linner. He coll; psed and fell uncon- M icious while seated in the lobby of ;he hotel talking with friends, and!?^c laying with little Ines Silverberg, of!ne Des Msines, Iowa, a guest with her i V1 Darents at the hotel. Death was al- i nost instantaneous. I ?'' - ne 1? Federal investigation of the news-1 )rint paper situation has uncovered mough evidence, it has been made mown, to warrant the department >'c >f justice asking indictments of pa- *? )er manufacturers for alleged anti- hi rust law violations. Already, it vas learned, a Federal grand jury n New York is taking testimony to letermine if there has, been a crim- 'v nal conspiracy in restraint of trade. hs WE NEVER KNOW WHEN WE i WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO NESS COULD OVERTAKE US ANY BUT THE MAN WITH A SNUG SI THE BANK KNOWS HE CAN TIDE DEBTOR BECOMING A BURDEN * IT MAKES A MAN HAPPY TO BE I PUT YOUR MONEY 1 WE PAY 4 PER CENT INTERES Farmers A Jlerclian r\ J5SO r. LTT 13 r.VSAF F." Autdarizad by Federal Reserve Board to let as Ad \ Gear! 1 >u make a big crop. 8r ds, Pads and many 5? ve it all, so let us fill g| i Others Follow Si are Co. 1 ? QvSvOvOvQvQvGvnvGvQvCvi rW S. R. COCKFIELD DEAD. Veil Known Jolinsonvllle Man asses Away after Short Illness. Mr S R Cockfield of Johnsonville, well-to-do young business man, >tton buyer and merchant, died at is home last Friday afternoon after desperate illnese from ptomaine x risoning. Mr Cockfield was taken olently ill Tuesday of last week and half dozen skilled physicians were istily summoned.among them Dr F McLeod.of the Florence infirmary, id everything possible was ?>ne in der that his life might be saved; Jt death relieved him of his sufferig9 Friday afternoon. Mr Cockfield was a son of Mr and ts A J Cockfield of Johnsonville id was one of the best known and ost beloved young business men in rilliamsburg county. He carried on 1 extensive mercantile and farming: terest in that town and was a great iend to the poor. He was married >out four months ago to Miss Eln Nixon of Little River, and she. ith his father, mother, two sisters. vg isses Cornelia and Blondell CockiM onrl civ KrntliAra Dr R T, anrt "" essrs A K, Trezevant, Whilden, ?-~ ick and Cleveland Cockfield of ihnsonville, and a wide family eon ction.and hundreds of friends surve him to mourn his death. The funeral services took place at d Johnsonville Methodist church, ?ar Johnsonville, Sunday morning; Ith inst, at 11 o'clock. Rosa Wactor, a highly respected iung negro school teacher, was und dead in a cotton field about a indred yards from her home on iturday afternoon. The top of her ? ? * ? - ce *__ _ j:. 'ad nan oeen uiown on uy n uibarge from a shot gun, which was ing by her side. The young woman id taken her own life. 2V doesrii jear \?or sickness. m 11 wmmm?in START OUT IN THE MORNING US. AN ACCIDENT OR SICKMOMENT. JM TUCKED SAFELY AWAY IN OVER WITHOUT GOING INTO TO HIS FAMILY OR FRIENDS. NDEPENDENT. N OU R BANK. T ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. ts National Bank, LAKE CITY. S. Olaiatotralor, Executor, Trustee end Registrar.