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ItPftPAY. ftORUAAY 20. 1909. ~ Tim Suaiter Watchman wti found ad n ,\16t and the True Southron In 1*4*. The Watchman and Southron ?aw bum the oomblnod circulation and r?. ?mom mi both of the old papers, ?a* Ii snaatfestly the beet advertising ?SMMfeem ha Sumter. 1 ?IC TWICE-A-WEEK PAPE?. flu ?st changing from a weekly to ts je-s-week issue It has been the gum with gubllshere to either ln? ... yet the subscription price or re Crm\ Um else of the paper, but we harre ifteetded to do neither. The Twice -? v/ejek Watchman and Southron will ? - tse same else ns the weekly has for the past ten or twelve years an. hessjeribers will receive just bie the amount of reading mi.tter mm ftsraaertp. with no oorreepondlng iw i Case la price. We feel assured that ear readers will approve of the chaps* te the twice a week issue and win appreciate our enterprise in art* tag them an Improved newa eer unsi <\. Tie eateaslon of the rural freo de itvrtf service to practically al sec-1 tiwrgi at the county has given nearly -'werbodg a daily mall and with this tm\41lernest In the postal facilities th-'fs m a steadily growing demand for sav-^spapers. This demand we have reasasd to meet. With our facti I we are In a position to give our i t-sas s twice- i-week paper with it satsrglng out* plant and the ex? pense isoldent t(> the publication of two papers a week Is only the addl ti ml labor aad the cost of the white pniigr. This expense we cheerfully in. op hi order that we may furnish *> ' at our readers want *4 Ii aar hope aad Intention to pub? s' ?? a better newspaper^than ever be t aad to make the Watchman and StM&thraa more than ever before the us sagst)sr most goaerally read by the t ? >pte of Ssmter aad adjoining coun? ties* AM that ae ssk of our friends ts the ooatinoance of their support sod their recommendation to thoee w*hs are not sow subscribers. The Lies Lew hse been put to elrgp, bat it to not yet alto rather dead. Tmp Messe may balk at :he Clifton ernememme* ssd the repeal bill may ?a* loft In flic air when the l^sgisla Uura adjouras Psturday. See The prohibit! >s leaders made a sjsii aad desperat? fight (?) to p?ss tap .state-wide Mil at this session of the Leptotatara. and* their failure to do go la attrlbsUble to obstinate aad i hPJSi local opttontsts. The leaders who hava as eye oa the band wagon hasp Pad Issue they desired on which aw pa before the dear people. s>very thtPt Is still la that most desirable assented condition aad many offices stags got be woa op the liquor issue, e e e TVs legislature will adjourn sine dtp Saturday without having passed ?tat usual large number of new laws ad amendments to old laws, for me should all be truly thank How will it be possible for Mr. salt to go off to Africa while his prosecution of the New York seid is pendlsg In the courts? VDCK TYPE OP CANAL UPHELD. Af CommlMMion, Appearing foro Himisc Committee, Defend* Plan of Construction. Washington. Feb. IS.?Cel. Oeorge O. Ooethal?, chairman and chief en mi the lethmlan canal commls R. R Rogers, geneml counsel the commlMlon. and ('dpt. F. C. re, chief of the Washington office, ly appeared before the aubcom Uoe ef the house committee on ap ?prlatlone. which is preparing the dry civil bill. Col. Ooethals gg> ptslned the estimates for appropria? te* lilt. Col. Ooethsls spoke in fnvor of the systsm for the Panam canal In profrrsscs to the sea level plan. The satter, ha s%ld. would cost about 017K.ttt.M0 more to construct than the lock csnsl. the cost of which, he win reach 1376.000.000. jptjpd 'the original purchase price, but Including interest on the money. Th. Isthmaln csnsl officials will ap? pear he fore the subcommittee again IO nVOIW CONCHETE liltlDOES. H^;.rtsntiurg. Feb. if.?The county ?!tm.ksslener* of Spartanburg may urd stool In the construction of hrtOgss across stresms In the county, and bafld concrete bridges. An expe? riment with s concrete bridge Is to be saade om Chinquapin Creek, and If It proves satlsfactory and the coat la too great, all brldgea to be erected the future may be constructed of rts. Supervisor Mllea stated* that tnany railroad companies had sjsed concrete bridges with satisfac? tory result, and that there Is no rea psa why ok h brldgee for vehicle travel shesld not prove satisfactory. TUB LAST DITCH. Friends of the Lien Lew Rally for the Fight to Finish In the Senate?The Will of the People May Yet be De? feated. Columbia, Feb. \?.?The senate discussed the Hen law repeal bill very fully tonight, but no vote was taken. Several other senators will speak on the bill tomorrow. Debate was adjourned until tomor? row, after third reading bills, and a vote will likely be taken on the bill then. Senator Johnstons spoke In favor of the bill. He pointed out that the farmers have been able to furnish the State With the fruit of the field, but what Is left at the end of the year to begin another season? Mr. John stone felt that Inasmuch ss the law has thus far shown that the people are not prosperous under the law that prosperity must lie on the other side. Mr. Johnstons stated that the meas? ure has served Its purpose, having been enacted to allow the Confederate slid lere to begin life over again. The law is now being abused, said 'Mr. Johnstons, and other articles besides those Intended for agricultural pur? poses, are being seeured under a lien. "What do we hope to accomplish by this repeal?" asked Mr. Johnstone. As to the negro question, the color? ed laborers would be benefited, but 11 kowise, the whits tenant. Mr. Johnstone's argument was also that ths farmer vould pay his obli? gations, and hs would not go begging for credit. The farmers have asked for the repeal. The repeal would permit of a diversified crop. Senator Johnstone wished for the law to be repealed, and thfci be given a trial. The law now In operation, he argued, has caused misery. He pictured the coming of the constable with a few sacks of cotton and a few bundlee of fodder with nothing left at home for the farmer, Sanator Otts spoke In favor of the law remaining as it now Is. "The re? peal of this law would drive labor from the farms would reduce the rental value of our lands. Would drive the white labor to the cotton mills. Ths result would be also that those who cannot themselves look af? ter their crops would be ruined." Senator Otts listed that he would vote against tho repeal of the law and against tho ''Hydrick amend? ment." He prophesied that In twe years the law would be put back on the statuta books. Senator Summers'spoke for the re peal. He contended that extrava? gance Is one of the evils of the pres? ent law, and that If repealed thli would make the farmers careful In their expenditures. Senator Summers made en extend? ed plea against ths lien law, claiming that everything now works agalnsl the farmers un<rer_lt. Senator Smith stated that the re? peal of the law would hurt the pool white farmer In that he would be driven In as a laborer. Although the negro is the beet laborer for the farm the repeal of the lien law will nol keep him on tthe farm, and the ne? gro does not enter Into the discus? sion. Senator Johnstone stated objectloni that the present law Is bsd In that something Is mortgsged that does not exist. Senator Bleis stated that when he whs in the house he made some re? marks against the repeal of the lien law. and two-thirds of the people ol his county were in favor of the pas? sage of the bill, but he is satisfied now that the majority of the people of his county are against the repeal of the law. The speaker thought it legislation against a class of people In our State that Is most helpless and In favor of a class that Is most able to take care of Itself. Senator Bates claimed for South Carolina prosperity under the Hen law. His contention was that to re poal the law would take away from the farmer his only means of being secured. Senator Griffin pointed out that II the farmers and merchants want to have the Hen protection let them have it. The tenant is not asking for this repeal. Senator Griffin claimed the position of some of the advocates of the repeal points to Inconsistency. Senator Clifton offered the follow? ing amendment: "The title of the bill to be: To de? clare the law In regard to giving se? curity upon crops not In existence, tc declare the same invalid." For section 1 Insert the following: "Any lien or mortgage given upon crops to be grown, and before the same are up and growing, shall be Ineffectual to convey or have any in? terest in the same, and no such lien or mortgage given or executed there? on prior to the actual existence of the said crop shall be enforcable In any of the courts of this State j It Is probable that the new school , house for the Lincoln school will be built this summer. The house now In use Is too sroall and a part of It Is old and not ? " suited to present needs. IHE LIEN LAW REPEALED. SENATORS AT LAST HEED VOICE OF PEOPLE. The Devoted Friends of the Lien Law And ltd Victims, the Poor Farmers, Yield to the Demand for Repeal That Has Been Growing for Twenty Years. Columhia. Feb. 18.?The senate last night by a vote of 24 to 12 pass the lien law repeal bill which has been discussed for the past two days. Near? ly every senator has had a say on this measure. It was thought that a vote would be reached immediately on this bill on which all senators naturally had their minds made up. Senator Kelley was willing for a vote to be taken at once, but discus? sion arose and continued for the past two days and nights. The house passed the bill by a vote of 86 to 25. The vote in the senate stood as fol? lows upon Senator Kelley's motion to table Senator Montgomery's motion to strike out the enacting words of the bill: Ayes?Appelt, Carlisle, Carpenter, I Christensen, Crosson, Earle, Graydon, I Hardin, Harvey, Hough, Johnson, I Johnstone, Kelley, Lide, Mauldin, Mc Icown, Muckenfuas, Ralnsford, Stew? art, Sullivan, Summers, Waller, West I on, Wharton?24. I Nays?Bass, Black, Croft, Griffin, Laney, Montgomery, Otts, Rogers, I Sinkler, Spivey, Walker, Williams? 12. So the hostile motion failed. When the vote was announced there was a storm of exceptions of I counties to be exempted coming un? der Senator Montgomery's amend I ment to exempt the county of Marion. I The exemptions came thick and fast, I including, Lancaster, Charleston, etc., I etc. The amendment was tabled on Ian aye and nay vote by 1? to 17, thus I bringing all counties under the pro? visions of the bill. The vote stood on Senator Kelley's motion to table the I amendment exempting certain coun? ties: ? Ayes?Carlisle, Carpenter, Chrlst I ensen, Crosson, Earle, Harvey, Hough, I Johnstone, Kelley, Llde, Mauldin, Mc Cown, Muckenfuss, Stewart, Sullivan, I Summers, Waller, Weston, Wharton Nays?Appelt, Baas, Bates, Black, I Croft, Graydon, Griffin, Joho?on, La I ney, Montgomery, Otts, Rainsford, I Rogers, Sinkler, Spivey, Walker, Wil? liams?17. The tabling of this amendment left I the bill applicable to all counties. I Senator Clifton Immediately after I the vote on the Hen law bill to strlko lout the enacting words was lost pro I posed following amendment: I "The title of bill to be: 'To declare I the law in regard to giving security I upon crops not in existence and to I declare the same Invalid.' " For section 1 insert the following: I "Any lien or mortgage given upon I crops to be grown, and before the I same are np and growing, shall be in j effectual to convey or have any in I terest In the same, and no such lien I or mortgage given or executed there | on prior to the actual existence of the i shall crop shall be enforceable in any I of the courts of this State: Provided, j Nothing herein contained shall apply I to landlords' liens on rents and sup I plies or to laborers' wages." Upon an aye and nay vote to table this amendment the vote resulted: Ayes 21; 15. So the amendment was lost. I Senator Clfton moved to indefinitely I postpone the bill. He claimed that I the understanding was that some I such amendment would be agreed I upon. Senator Kelley claimed that the I Clifton amendment would kill the bill. There arose a great deal more dis? cussion on this amendment. Senator Clifton claimed the bill in its present form would be ineffectual. He ob? jected to the so-called Hydrick amendment in that this purports to amend section 3005 of the code. Mr, Clifton's amendment affects section 3059 ! Senator Clifton then offered an amendment practically the same as his own amendment and the Hydrick amendment, which was passed by a vote of 22 to 17. ' The bill passed to third reading then. j The amendment to the lien law re? peal bill which passed the senat? is as follows: "Strike out section 1 of the bill and substitute: "From and after the 1st day of January, 1910, no mortgage or lien of whatsoever name or nature, save and except the lien provided for in section 3057, shall be valid or effect? ual to bind any agricultural crop or product, unless such crop or product be in actual existence or growing at the time such mortgage or lien Is given or executed. And section 3059 of the code" (the lien law section) "Is hereby expressly ^repealed." Just what the status is with this substitute section has caused conjec? ture. The amendment of Senator Clifton practically enacts the repeal of the lien law section and throws safe? guards around the mortgage section ' by providing that there shall be no mortgages until the crops are up and growing. The Kelley bill in the senate was the same as the Richards bill in the house which passed by a vote of 85 to 35. The senate bill will be returned to the house with the amendment af? ter it passes third reading in the sen? ate. There was notice given of gen? eral amendments on third reading in the senate and the bill may yet be changed somewhat. The Kelley and Richards b'lls were merely to repeal section 3059 known as the "lien law" section of the code. TO APPEAL MISS KIRK'S CASE. Supreme Court to Review Proceed? ings Against Alleged Aiken Leper. Alken, Feb., 18.?The board of health of the city of Aiken will ap? peal the case of Miss Kirk, the al leged leper, 1o the Supreme Court. Notice was given today by the Hen? dersons, attorneys for the board of health, to Croft & Croft and Sawyer & Owens, attorneys for Miss Kirk. The matter to be decided is whether or not the Aiken board of health can remo*e Miss Kirk to the city hospital from the city limits. Miss Kirk re? fused to be removed to the hospital, ana the board was served with an in? junction when remo' al was attempt? ed. The injunction hearing was held before Judge Aldrich' at Barnwell, and by his orders the temporary in? junction continues until a further or? der of the court is issued. The proceeedings of the hearing will be printed in a brief and the case will go before the Supreme Court. In the meantime Miss Kirk remains at her residence on Main street by or de ; Judge Aldrich. THE NAVAL APPROPRIATION. Senate Committee Turns Down Foui Battleship Scheme. Washington, Feb. 10.?Senator Hale, chairman of the committee on ; naval affairs, reported to the senate the bill making appropriations for the support of the navy. It carries $136.- | 825,199, an increase of 81,058,428 over the amount carried by the bill as it passed the house. I No change was made In the item providing for the construction of two 26,000-ton battleships. The senate committee approved an amendment providing that the appropriation for the marine corps may not be expend? ed unless the corpse is continued in service as heretofore on battleships, cruisers and other naval vessels. The recommendation of Secretary of the Navy Newberry for the ap? pointment of a commission to consid? er the reorganization of the navy de? partment in order to provide for the Best preparedness in case of war and for the most economical methods of administration was adopted by the committee. The committee is to con? sist of three senators, three represent? atives, three rear admirals, with at least one on the active list, and three eminent civilians to be appointed by the preslent. One of the amendments made by the committee proposes to create the office of vice admiral on the retired list, which, It is understood, is in the interest of Vice Admiral Robley D. Evans. . An amendment authorizes the sec? retary to investigate and report on the advisability of purchasing all or a part of the Jamestown exposition buildings at Norfolk. An appropriation was recommended for the purchase of land at Charles? ton, S. C, for the marine corps. E. P. REED LOW SHOES FOR LADIES JUST RIGHT LOW SHOES FOR MEN IIIIIHlIlllllltfHHllllllHMI ? ? ft si si si si ? ? a si si ? ? ? O'DONNELL 6 COMPANY There is talk of a music festival for Sumter this spring. If the people show sufficient Interest a first class festival can be held In* which a num? ber of famous musicians will take part. The matter is in the prelimin? ary stages now, but the opportunity Is open to Sumter. The proposition has been submitted to some of the muisc loving people of the city. ? si SI SI a si ? ? m m ? m m ft ? si si ? St ? ? SI JJ A complete new stock of Neck Ruchings, all 5 S> the very latest styles; worth 15c a Ruch, Special 10c 5 * a Ruch. * ? SI a ? 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