Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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<bt ffflattbmaii and Soutljroii (Storni tu the Vu-.t*.111. r at Sumter, a Cm ae Secoad CUmm Matter. i ' PKM80NAL. Mrs. T L Hodges, and little son, Clktffttl Fdwln. have returned to the?r home in Augusta. Ga , after a pleas HM vHM with Mrs. Hodges' mother, Mn. F. A Wood, 30*. Salem Ave.; Mr I \. W.i left Monday morn? ing for a few days in Washington. D C. Mr K I Wells, of St. Charles, was In the city Monday. Mr and Mrs. K. <?. Lord have re? turned to the , ity after their bridal trip to Charleston and elsewhere. They now ha\ ?? I hail home on Souih Sumter street. Mise Jeeaie Molse has gone to Char? leston to visit relatives at that pU?\v Mra P. E. Watkins and chlldr. n. sj| Central Point, Oregon, are visiting at the home of the formers sister in-law. Mrs. N. C hlgham, Ill Ken drlck st Miss Maggie Ard is the guest of Mrs. Oeo ?fSJSJMf in Floren . Mayor L. I). Jennings left Monday afternoon for a trip to Washington and New York. He stopped over in Washington long enough to attend the Inauguration. Mr. Cecil H Wilson has gone to Washington to attend the inaugura? tion. Mr. and Mrs. Neill O'Donnell were imong those to go from here to Wash? ington to attend the Inauguration Mr. James Cuttlno went to Wash? ington to attend the Inauguration. Mrs. James II. Pawes, of Philadel? phia, Is visiting her sister, Mrs. C. F Met "orrn o k. Mrs. Oeo. E. Beaumont and Miss Irma Smith have gone to Baltimore to spend some time. Miss Alice Moses is visiting rela? tives in Washington. Mr. O. H. Folley was one of those to go from Sumter to Washington to be present at the inauguration. The blind tiger raids being over and the detectives off the Job, the tigers will promptly obtain a new -.apply of boose and get ready lor a big business during the lull following the storm It is probably safer to sell contraband immediately following a round-up than at any other time, therefore the tigers will make the most of the op? portunity. county board meeting. Application* for Pensions Itefuaed, The County Board of Commision era met Tuesday for their regular monthly session. Little business of any importance was done, the only mat? ters attended to being the selection of a fourth rural policeman for Sumter county and the refusal of two appli- j cations for Kx-Confederate pensions. Applications for the position of ru- I ral policeman were received from Geo. j Uatchell, D. A. Allsbrooks, O. O. j Mathis, \V. Q. McCoy, Geo. C. Vox, H. | B. Mellette, H. M. Barwick, A. M. ; I ateman and 11. B. Boykin. From the.se applications a policeman was innit tided, although his name will not be given out until the bill which was recently pa.-sed by the General \s embly becomes a law. The Mite? tb-n was made so that steps could be taken to give bond and begin service, when the law went into eitert. Petitions from T. H. Burkette and J. K. White for Kx-Confederate pen? sions were received and refused, i A large number of bills were gone over and ordered paid. j nrjmnii in election. SiufCHrior to Lieutenant Colonel c. II. Veadou to Be Cho-en on l Ith. Much interest is being manifested here Just now in the approaching election of a successor to Lieutenant C. B. Yeadon, who resigned from the National Guard of South Carolina .-orne time ago, as on account of press of private business he was unable to attend to the duties of his office. Major J. M, Bradford of this city is one of the candidates ior the vacant office and his many frl^.uls here hope to see him elected on the 11th, when the election has been ordred by Brig? adier General Wilie Jones. Colonel Yeadon was a popular young officer in the militia and his many friends in the Second Regi? ment regret his resignation from the? service. Meetings of several of the commit? tee to arrange for the State Sunday School Convention were held Wednes? day and reports were made to the chairman. Much progress had been made along various lines by the com? mittees, tue most having been made by the committee on finding quarters for the delegates. This committee had secured entertainment for a large number of the expected \ isitors, but was still lacking several hundred places of the number expected. TWO MORE UQUOR CASES. Henry How man und Arthur Howard Guilty <>f Soiling Whiskey. Two more liquor cases have been heard, ono of which resulted in a verdict of guilty by the jury ar.d a plea of guilty was entered in the oth? er case. The cate of the city against Henry Bowman was tried Tuesday afternoon before a jury. Detectives Hauck and Dean testified against him. He stated that he had bought the whiskey from Joe Hogan, who was put on the stand to testify that he had not sold the ne? gro any whiskey. A verdict of guilty was returned and a sentence of $100 or 30 days imposed by the recorder. Wednesday morning Arthur How? ard plead guilty to selling whiskey. He was sentenced to a fine of $50 or ;!0 days. BIVODIE-MAXMXU. Washington, .March 5.?The mar i ! ige of Miss Barbara Brodie, daugh? ter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Brodle, and W. Sinkler Manning of the Wash? ington staff of the New York Times rid Philadelphia Public Ledger took place this evening at the home of the bride's grandmother, Mrs. Alexander ft, Bhepherd, widow of Qov. Shepherd. The bride was attended hy her sister, Mrs. Georgs Stull, of Philadelphia, .and the bridegroom by his brother, Bernard Manning. Rev, Alfred ft. Berkley of Philadel? phia, brother-in-law of the bride? groom, performed the ceremony. A reception followed lit 8.80. The out-of-town guests here for tiie wedding include: Dr. and Mrs. Merchant of Pelham, N. Y., Mrs. ami Miss Young of New York city, E. A. Quintard and Miss Quintard; Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. Manning, parents of the bridegroom, from Sumter; W. S. Manning, uncle, and Andrew A. Man? ning, cousin of the bridegroom, from Spartanburg, and Mrs. Charles Stev? ens. Miss Stevens and Henry Stevens of Chacsan Plantation; Gen. Charles St. George Sinkler and Miss Emily W. Sinkh r of Eutawvllle; Mrs. C. B. Cose, Eckley B. Cox and Miss Sinkler I of Philadelphia. NEW YORK COTTON MARKET. New York, March 6. Jan.11.41'?44 11.43?45 ()pening. Close. May. July.. .. Aug.. .. March 12.31 11.99 .11.91 11.80 1 2.28?29 11.95?90 1.89?90 11.80?82 AN EDUCATIONAL ADVANCE. J. E. SWEARING EN Disc l ssi:s ! WORK OF GENERAL AS? SEMBLY. Says it is One of Greatest Ixlu< atioual Bodies Assembled In the suite j ??r South Carolina. Columbia, March o.?The 1913 session of the legislature takes rank j as one of the greatest educational : bodies ever assembled in the State, said Superintendent J. E. Swearing en, in discussing the work of the gen? eral assembly, "The history of public school | finance In South Carolina falls nat-| urally into three perloda. The tust ! embraces the ten years between 1868 and 1878, when the idea of free pub? lic education was establishing it? self, and when the support of the pub? lic school depended on annual appro? priations by the legislature. The un? certainty of this policy led to the Constitutional amendment imposing a two-mill tax for schools. The adop? tion of this amendment by popular vote in 1X76 and its ratification in 1878 laid the foundation of all sub? sequent development. In 1805 the constitutional convention of that year raised the county school tax from ? wo to three mills, thus closing the second period of 17 years ?and usher? ing in a m w era of public school growth. "It is interesting to note that the two-mill tax imposed by the consti? tutional amendment of 1878 raised less than $250,000 for free schools: Educational expenditures for the scholastic year, July 1, 1911, to June 30, 1912, amounted to nearly $2,500, 000?an increase of 1000 per cent in 3 5 years. I "The friends of public education have advanced State appropriations to the common schools for many years, but the signal advance made by the general assembly in levying a one-mill State tax for schools marks the third great step in the I financial development of the public school system. This additional mill I provides in effect nearly $300,000, ' and raises school revenues nearly j 12 1-2 per cent, in one year. It was ! naturally to be expected that so im I portant a measure would arouse strenuous opposition. The law is not ! all that is needed, but the estab? lishment of the principle of State? wide taxation for State-wide support of universal education has heretofore been impossible. The constitutional poll tax is a district tax. The three mill constitutional tax is- a couaty I tax. The capitation dog tax and all ( special levies for current expenses or for bonds are also district taxes. ' In communities where railroads, fac-I toriea and banks create a high dis- ! tricL valuation an<l assessment of i property, an additional mill in local school taxation will raise a fair sum for sc hool purposes. Jn rural dis- ! tricts, with a sparse population and \ small tax values, the maximum ! Sight-mill levy not infrequently fails ! tc> produce enough re venue to run the schools seven months. If the State is to provide equal school facili? ties for all the children, the State must levy a school tax in order to ! equalize the wide disparities in dts | trict and in county assessments. I "The text of the law follows: " 'An act to levy and collect a onc j mill State tax for the free public sc hools and provide for the distribu? te n of the same. I " 'Section 1. lie it enacted by the general assembly of the State of South Carolina, That a tax of one mill is hereby levied on all the real and personal property of the State, the proceeds of which shall be used ex? clusively for the free public schools and expended as hereinafter stated " tSec. 2. Of the proceeds of this one mill tax levy 5 0 per cent shall be retained in the county in which collected to be known as the "county board fund'' and shall be used by the J several count> boards of education for the aid of the free schools in the respeative counties in the dis? cretion of the said boards; 50 per cent, of the proceeds shall be de? posited with the State treasurer and : dishursed by him on the warrant of I the chairman and secretary of the State bdard of education as other State funds are disbursed, to be used by the said State board, as follows: For high KhOObJ and? r section* 18 25 1835 of code of 1912, 100,000; for extension of public schools under the act of 19-10, $60,000; for consolidated graded schools under act of 1912, No. 497, $20,000; for rural libraries I?,000. Any additional funds at the disposal of the State board of educa? tion under the provision of this act shall be used for the lengthening of the. school term under sections 17H3 17St of ( ode, 1912. "Forty-one of the 257 acts of the recast legislature relate to education. This act is not only the greatest of ih? m all. but is by far the most constructive and patriotic school leg? islation of the past 18 years. This fourth mill should have been alto? gether a State tax for schools, and it is to be hoped that the legislative session of 1914 will not only con? tinue this levy but will do so for the specific purpose of high schools, rural graded schools, term extension, school buildings, libraries and for agricultural, industrial, textile and teacher-training courses in suitable localities. These si>ccifrc activities have already boen established. Their development is essential to an effi? cient system of schools and this de? velopment for the State at large can not be left to IHe narrow limits of school districts or of counties them? selves. A complete system of public education must rest on the three units of district, county and State 1 taxation." Miss Kdith I,. Parrott, of Winthrop College, supervisor of the girls' to? mato clubs in South Carolina, was in the city Thursday to confer with Miss I Lotnmon concerning the organization I and work of the tomato clubs In the county. Don't Wait Until the Wind Strikes You! Your Property can be Protected for $2 per $1,000. See us To-day About Tornado Insurance. Wallace & Moses, "Insurance in all its Branches" PHONE 577. - - - 122 S. MAIN ST. The Agency for three of the BUGGY CONCERNS we have been representing and have about TEN OF THEIR BUGGIES on hand, which we will sell at COST as long as ihey last. Absolutely nothing wrong with these Buggies, we are simply cutting these agencies out. COME AND BUY LAND LIME AND WIRE FENCING FOR YOUR SPRING NEEDS. WE HAVE A PULL STOCK OF MULES AND HORSES, WAGONS, HARNESS, BUILDING Wi^m^mwt^mWBMmi^BW^tW^^B^BW^B^^BWmmtMWW^BWm, *M^HHMiMHHMMaMMMM^VHBHMHMMiiHMHaflHMMlMNilM m\\M\u\MM* ? ?? - ..-?? |?IfOai?? ? JWU_W11?^W Wu II I ?ii WIW n>H, ?-rtlHl?^1 IS? ? I I mm ^? 1-? ~l-TT-???? MATERIAL AND FEED STUFF. Booth-H&rby Live Stock Co. Suniter, South Carolina.