The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 27, 1915, Image 6
D0IN6S Of LAWMAKEHS.
"M'IK NU. MOVIES" III LI. MM TO
THIRD HEADING.
< onstltutlonaJ Amendment Giving
Womb Rights of (>fncc-lloiding
Introduced this Afternoon. Gov.
Manning Suhnw* Memorial rrum
i tetrtsou Trustee*.
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Columbia. Jan. 22.?A constitution?
al amendment giving womcr the right
to hold the offices of notary public
and school trustee In this State was
introduced in the senate this after?
noon by Senator Carlisle. The bill
providing moving pictures for public
schools was passed to a thir l reading,
with 14 counties exempted.
Oov. Manning sent In a message
transmitting a memorial from the
Clemson trustees.
The senate confirmed the appoint?
ment of K'nman as master f >r Qreen
vlUe county. Doth houses meet agiln
tomorrow.
Col um t la. Jan. 23.?After an hour
of debate, which was continued from
Thursday s seitsion. the senate yester?
day refused to strike out the enacting
words of the bill offered by Senator
Vsrner of Oeonee to authorise mov?
ing pictures in public schools. An
amendment places the censorship of
ths films In the hanls of the State
board of education. and another
amendment exempts 14 counties of
the state from compliance with the
provisions of the bill.
Senator Verner stoutly defended his
measure against the objections pre?
viously raised. He said that it Is not
a "dangerous" bill, as It does not
'compel" any one to have moving pic?
tures. He maintained that moving
pictures In schools w.mld not hurt
the eyes of children any more than
the pictures In the theatres. He said
that he favored the proposed amend?
ment to place the censorblp of the
films In the hands of the county su?
perintendent of education.
Senator Wtghtman objected to the
but on the ground that there are more
pressing conditions which should be
remedied. Senator Sharps said that
the bill Is "not meritorious" and that
ha had heard no demand for such a
bftl. flenatnr Epps of Sumter object?
ed to the bill, saying that It is imprar
XL Senator Appelt favored tho bill
foot to amendments.
By s. ,ote of 21 to \f> the sen ?? re>
foWl to stifte hut th? er acting words
of Aerator Verner's bill, subject to
afrtetidnienu which were read und
adopted Immediately after the vote.
Senator Appelt's ammend men t was
passed providing for the censorship
of the dims by the State board of edu?
cation.
On an amendment to the original
bill 14 counties are exempted from the
provisions of the bill. The coun'.les
are Hpartanburg. York, Chesterfield,
Lexington, ftaluda. Colleton, Dor?
chester. Berkeley, Sumter. Newberry,
Lee. Pan field. Edgefleld, Florence.
Senator Williams of Aiken intro?
duced and then withdrew a bill to
prohibit legislators from attending
moving pictures, giving his reason for
wlthdrawKg hi.* bill that "the senate
had re.ualned consistent."
Columbia. Jan. 23.?An unfavorable
report was made in the Senate this
morning on the hills seeking to repeal
the cotton acreage reduction act.
A bill to abolish the Old Soldiers'
Home was Introduced by Senator
Brattle of Kersha w. The Senate al?
ter n short session adjourned until
M mi i night.
At 10 o'clock the House considered
only local incontested matters 8.nd
adjourned t > m ?et Monday at 1 P. M.
Anew,.: the new bills introduced was'
one for resl lent hunters' license.
Columbia. Jan. 2.1.? Tho first intl
matlon of a fight in the upper branch
of the general assembly on repealing
the acreage reducti SJ act of tho extra
Mission of 1914 wan brought to the
surface yesterday when Senator Wil?
liams of Alken Introduced a bill to
that effect and asked that It go on
the calendar without reference, as
the farmers In his section of the State
were anxious to find out what the gen?
eral asnemtly was going to do with
that measure. The bill was referred
to the committee on agriculture.
Among tho other bills Introduced yes?
terday was on.* l.y Senator Carlisle
enabling women to nold the offices of
notary public und school trustee.
A bill Introduced bv Srnutor Ap?
pelt yesterday is designed to strike
out the two provisos to article ?'.. sec?
tion ? . of tbe constitution, which pro?
vides that the county In which a
lynching tal..s In. ro.iv b? bibb- to
exemplary damages of not b->s than
12.000 and Iba* th.> county may re
eover the jud^m? nt from the partite
engaged In the l\ nchlnir
Among tnc bills Introduced nftOf
the senate convened at noon was on<
??y S. nilor Williams of Aiken to ir
peal tb* cotton acreage reduction law
passed by the extra session of the leg?
islator, in October IN MM Ihnl
many farmers In his section wer?
anxious to xnow as soon an possible
What the gtueiul u?*. "iU> gffjg goln |
to do with the law. Sonic discussion
followed on the request of Senator
Williams to place the hill on the cal?
endar without reference. By a vote
of 25 to 16, the objection to such a
course was sustained and the bill was
referred to the committee e i agri?
culture.
A favorable report was returned on
Senator Sinkler's hill to require school
attendance with the local option fea?
ture. A favorable report was return?
ed on Senator Spigncr's bill to allow
the schol board of Columbia to hold
an election for an issue of $250,000
bonds for the public schools of the
city. A favorable report was returned
on the bill relating to the court
stenographer of the Fifth judicial cir?
cuit, providing for an assistant.
Senator Carlisle introduced a bill
enabling women to hold the offices of
notary public and school trustee.
A favorable report with amend?
ments was submitted on Senator
Hughes' bill to provide for the segre?
gation of races In textile manufac?
tories.
Columbia. Jan. 23.?On a roll call
the house yesterday passed and sent
to the senate, by a vote of 68 to 44,
the resolution by Mr. King of George?
town, appointing a committee to re?
port in 1916 an amendment to the
constitution providing for biennial ses?
sions of the general assembly.
Mr. McMahan of Richiand opposed
the resolution and Mr. King spoke in
favor of it. The Georgetown member
said that the saving which would be
effected would aggregate so much as
$75,000 each year. Mr. Berry of Or?
angeburg and Mr. Sellers of Marion
advocated the passage of the resolu?
tion. Mr. Wlngard of Lexington
spoke against it.
The dispensary committee reported
favorably the bill submitting the ques?
tion of State-wide prohibition to the
voters at an election to be held next
September.
Action was deferred until today on
a resolution offered yesterday by Mr.
McMahan of Richiand inviting Mrs. B.
B. Valentine of Richmond, "a distin?
guished woman of the State of Vir?
ginia and an eloquent advocate of
the cause of woman suffrage," to ad?
dress the house on the evening of
January 27. The resolution provides
that "the governor and other State of?
ficials and the senators" be invited to
attend.
The house passed yesterday the res?
olution instructing the State librarian
to purchase Bu copies of the. cod** of
laws of Itlfl for use in con mil to
roomu and the engrossing department.
An unfavorable report was made
yesterday by tho committee on agri?
culture upon the Warren bill to re?
peal the act establishing the State
cottor. warehouse system.
An unfavorable report was made
yesterddy on the bill proposing to re?
peal the act whereby graduates of
the law school of the university are
exempt from standing the State bar
examination and the measure was
killed.
Columbia. Jan. 23.?The 2-cent
passenger rate bill Introduced by Sen?
ator Hughes, will be reported unfa?
vorably with a vote of seven to three
by the senate committee on railroads
as the result of a hearing yesterday
afternoon. Senator Hughes said that
he would not press the bill at the pres?
ent session, hut would hold it over
until the 1916 session.
Those appearing on behalf of the
railroads were: S. H. Hardwlck, pas?
senger traffic manager of the South?
ern railway; W. J. Craig. passenger
tratfic manager of the C. & W. C.
railroad; C. B. Ryan, general passen?
ger agent of the Seaboard Air Lin ?
railway; A. W. Anderson, general
manager of the C. & W. C. railroad;
J. F. Livingston, president of the Co?
lumbia, Newberry ?.Vt LhnfOni railway,
and W. S. Lee of the Piedmont &
Northern.
banqi KT ICXDs ?OMVsWnOW,
Coli? inhln, Jan. 23.?The South Car?
olina Itar Association held Its I Slid
annual banquet last night at the Jef?
ferson hotel. This dinner ended the
1915 convention. V. Barr on drier of
(Ireeivvood presided as ioastmasl'".\
The following toasts were delivered:
'The .State or South Carolina." Gov.
Uichard J. Manning; "Out Guest."
Charles A. Douglas, Washington;
" The !ar." \V. F. Stevenson. Cheraw;
The Hench." 1\ G. Tompkins. Co
lumbh. ; ' The Court House Orator,"
A, H. Ihtgneir. Anderson; "The Soiuh
Carolina Bar Association," J. L
Glenn, presid. nt-eleet. Chester.
Belgian Belief l iind.
Previously acknow lodged . . It$f 19.31
Mrs. Mark Reynolds. . .r.o
ft I?. BpOS. 1.04
Mrs. V.. \\. Greene. . 1.00
Broad Streit Methodist
Chu-ch. ????
.1 B, Go.h.ard. I.Cd
Mrs. iio<b Wltherspoon., 8.l*d
Pnttlmore, Jan. Ii, The old bay
line steamer. Maryland, was burned
off Sandy Polof this oea oio. . The
puttseugoitf were, rescued. g
$700.11
TO 1'OltM TKt'CKERH' ASSOCLA
TION.
Meeting Called for 11 o'clock at Cooi i
House Next Saturday.
After consulting with Mr. L. I
Baker and J. F, Williame, state and
County farm demonstrators, Pies
(lent ? W, Dabbs, of the State Fan?
Sfs1 Union, and several of Bumtei
county s loading faritiers the mans|
Ing secretary of the Bumtsr Chambei
of Commerce was directed to call
meeting of the farmers and bus:
nSCS men of Sumtcr city and count
at the Sumte?* Court House for 1
o'clock, Saturday, January 80th, t
discuss the advisability of forming
truck growers' association for Sumtt i
county.
Mess.-s. Baker ami Wllllami are i
Clemson College for four days this
week aitending a meeting. Mr. li;
ker said he would try to induce '
truck expert from Clemson College t<
make a talk at next Saturday's meet
ing.
Mr. Ewen Davidson, Assistant ?S11
oral Freight Agent, Mr. P.. S. Meek
Traveling Freight Agent; Mr. G. A
Cardwell, Agricultural and Immigra?
tion Agent; Messrs. \V. Y. Monticth
and C. G. Rowland. Commercial
Agents, and C. M. llrand, Train Mas?
ter, all officials of the Atlantic Coast
Line Kailroad Company are also ex?
pected to attend the mooting, as tl e
"Coast L>ine" Railroad Company Is
much interested in the diversification
plans among the farmers of South
Carolina .
Representatives of Cpton and Com?
pany, of Norfolk, and Mixon and
Company, of Charleston, seed cor
cerns ate expected at the meeting
also. It is hoped that arrangements
will be made whereby seed and fer?
tilizer concerns can arrange to fur?
nish the farmers seed Irish potatoes,
seed for string beans and other
truck, to furnish expert truck
demonstrators and market men
to show farmers how to get the great?
est yields per aero, how to prepare
produce for market, etc., and to sell
the prod jce at outside markets, if
there is a surplus of produce not nocd- I
ed- in Sumter county.
Mr. L. L. Paker stated that it is
hoped to organize an Eastern Carolina
Truck Association later on to be com?
posed of county associations and to
have a representative of the State
marketing bureau to instruct farmers
rc&r.vO'.ng harvesting an marketing
produce, i
As the ttm< Ii ?horl in ?'hieb to id
v er Use next Saturday*! meeting, tvrr>
farmer and i>??sine^s m ir Intere u il
is requested to assist in sj reading in?
formation regarding the meeting.
The Sumter County Farmers'
Union will meet the first. Friday in
February, and if the preliminary
meeting of next Saturday results in
a decision to form an association the
entire matter will be turned over to
the county union meeting following.
? rmuns Admit Reverse.
Jan. 86.?Official 3 P. If.?
tan war office admits that
: -h have captured trenches
lu Germans southwest of Ber
a< but state tliat all French
. Hartmansweilerkopp have
Iscd by the Germans. They
me German successes at the
Cast.
%; ire French Successes.
Ian. 25. (Official 3 P. M.?
?ridges across the Meuse at
1 were destroyed today by
. h artillery. Other minor
are reported for the French,
- a victory in the light for
near Perry Aubac, the de
n of German earthworks at
tit and slight progress east oi
? es. A thick fog prevails at
>s and Alsace.
5. l of Neutrality Charged.
tgon, Jan. 25.?The German
. lor today in a note to the
' ?? partment charged a breach
lity by the Curtiss Works at
i i.deport, New York, in selling
I hydroplanes to England.
Germans Admit Xaval Defeat.
Berlin, Jan. 25.?The German ad?
miralty admitted todsy .hat the ar?
mored cruiser Blueeher was sunk in a
naval battle with British and Ger?
man Meets in the North sea, but also
announced that a British cruiser Is
reported to have been sunk. The bat?
tle occurred 70 miles west of Heligo?
land. The Germans were outnumber?
ed by the British but the latter dis?
continued the battle after three hours
fighting.I All the German ships, ex?
cept the Blueeher returned to har?
bor. The German fleet consisted of
four armored cruisers, four smaller |
cruisers and two torpedo boats. The
British fleet was composed of five
battle cruisers, several small cruisers
and 26 torpedo boat destroyers.
Fighting for Tarnow.
Vienna, Jan. 25.?Fierce fighting
for the possession of the Galician city
of Tarnow is raging today. The Aus
trians made some gains Sunday In the
Tarnow region.
British Lost no Ship.
London, Jan. 25??The report that
the i'ritish lost a ship in the naval
light was flatly denied by the admir?
alty today. The official report declar?
ed that the German Blueeher was
su "'c ami two others badlj disabled.
Geo H. Hurst,
Undertaker and Embilmer.
Prompt Attention to Dai or
Night Calls.
AT J. 0. Craig Old Stand. N. Main
Phones N?gh6t32oi
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THE WHITE SALE
= AFTERMATH =
Our White Sale is Over,
But That Only Means the
Commencement
We have a good assortment of
all the new weaves. Splashed
Voiles, Plain Voiles, Marquisettes,
Crepes, Etc.
Also a beautii iil line of Percales.
Designs suitable for every gar?
ment usually made from Percales.
A fine assortment of Ginghams. Checks.
Stripes and Plaids.
The best Tub material on the market, at the
price. For school wear they have no superior.
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Members have already been
enrolled in the
Xmas Savings Club
AT THE
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Bank of Sumier
It is the desire of the officials of the
bank not to receive any more memberships
after 2.00 o'clock Saturday afternoon; so
if you have not joined, we would be glad
to have you do so by that'tim/v
2015
MTT The time you make up your
flj i 8 mind to 8ave at least a part of
VIS each week's wages is the time
^11 you nay to yourself : "I am de?
termined to have financial indepen?
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