Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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It \ ? ? ?? ? ? 91*00 b ? ? ? Off #4 rotated rate* OatlSS? WBloh OUb M. Cmnr of 8enecu, Plok ty, formerly a member of the announced his can di? rer Slate Warehouse Commie Mr. John J. McMahan of Co aow a member of the legisla? te re, at sine a candidate tor tie post flea. Mr. Jehu U McLaurin Is a can? didate fas* re-election. Mr. Cary and Mr. Meafahaa are both prominent and taaSiiattpl ctUssste, with years of ser toee la public ttfti to their credit, but as net auflmlent reason for die Mr. MeLuurin. who hau made warehouse system aa effect? ive; mree for the betterment of the ?h? conditio a of the farmers of Carottaa. He has had to blase road aa l the results aooom aave beeii at the coat of treat of many obstacles, may have done bet Mr. McLaurin, but that is Ra work and the for thenaetvee. The ex he has aataatl la valuable and as/is new hotter fitted to earry on the work of developing tat? warehouse ay ?sat than he was ? year ago. Any man aew to the work must gala the expert dace that Mr. McLaurin now has. and tittle ho 1o aequlriag this experience fit warehouse system wul suffer. If awi<a*L*aria had proved Incompetent sjajs) had made a failure as manager of taa e9eae warehouse system, ho should ao e^ayaaooa. hut ho has not ayitao a ^sfaayo aad ha should have the op 4*4satty to darry on the work aad to ill Mil m waroaoua. ayn*em ale oa* Saas ha has laid out. If there woo e r?Asnn for a \ \ *e In commitoion* ere a change should be made, but the fart that there are tw> candid ate tor the position Mr. McU.urln now Holds ^nu^a feUefac^ory renson for u ? a a The only difference between the QainiSL oeeupetton of Belgium and the A-gio-French occupation df Oha ess te that the Belgians ma<ie a Ssree ressstssce aad were repaid with are aad sword, aad their country giv? en ever to rapine havoc and desola tkm waSe the Greeks have thus far eaojooated' themselves with a passive areosot aad an appeal to Internat! onal law." laternatlonal law as well %imf German treaty with Belgium oaeshe to be nothing better than a eosojp of paper when It stands In the of the btg pow ers. WITyr-lUCSiSTABTT COTTOIff College. Jan. II.?In con? nection with the work of the United Stern* Department of Agriculture aad' Clsrasoa College to eontrol wilt m South Carolina, several farm have bred aad grown a surplus high-grade wllt-rssistant cotton which they now have for sale, plant disease authorities at >n College advise farmers who have the disease on their lands or la their neighborhood to get In touch with some of these breeders and arrange for getting some of tale- wtlt-reatstaat seed for planting. Following Is a list of the farmers who have seed for sale, with their addressee and tbe varieties of cot tea: * J. C. C Brunsen, Florence, Dixie' Wllt-Reetstant. | John A. Drake, Bennettsvllle. Dixie Wilt-Resistant. & P. Holley, Alken, Dixie Wilt Reaietant. J. A. Russell. Society Hill, Dixie Wllt-Reetstant. ft W. Segars. Oswego, Dixie W. Resistant. L g. Wolfe, Orangeburg. Dixie Wllt-Ke^lstant. J. R. Register. Lamar. DUllon Wilt-Resistant. FLOODS I If CALIFORNIA. Five Uvea Loot ami Great Damage Done by Rate. Los Angeles, Cel.. Jan. lt.?Five lives bave been lost and property damage totalling fi.S0C.000 haa been done In Southern California in the last ftvs days of rain. ftOBIE ADVESTISIN6 OUTLAWED SENAT? PASSES BILL FORBID DING PUBLICATION OR CIR? CULATION OF LIQUOR ADVERTISING. Big Figlit In Semite Over Attempt to Aft^ * ffcTH>fc*walp? end Free Tui? tion la. Mate College* Proposal for Constitutional Convention Made in Senate. Columbia, Jan. XO.?Pr >hlbltlon leg? islation in the South Carolina general aeaembly scored another point yester? day when the senate passed a bill pro? hibiting newspapers, magazines, or periodicals of any kind from carrying whiskey advertising. Such advertis? ing Is alio forbidden by oil. ..Ja or through circulation of price lists. Vio? lation of the act is made a misde? meanor punishable by fine or Impris? onment Under the bill newspapers and magazines from outside the State cannot be sold on trains or at news stands by newsboys If such publica? tion carry any whiskey advertising. The bill psaeed without a voice being raised against It and was sent to the house of representatives. The house overwhelmingly passed the Lilee bill making It a straight chahtnang offense to sell whiskey and I doing away with the alternative of a fine as now allowed. The minimum for the first offense Is thirty days and for the second sixty days and ths Judge can suspend the balance of the sentences except this minimum. Ths bill has corns over to the senate and will undoubtedly be passed by that body. The senate Is debating at much length and with much rigor the bill by Senator Verner of Oconee to abolish all free scholarships In the State Insti? tutions and require all students at the State colleges to pay a tuition fee of MS per year. Senator Verner bitter? ly attacked the present method of awarding these scholarships and nald the majori y of students enjoying ITee tultesa were children of parente who wessjssJsset) pay their tuition. Senator Car*** est? Spartanburg propose!) to take the notee of students unable to pay and let them pay back the amounts within two years aftsr gradu* etkra. The Spartanburg senator said the present plan was forcing the de- ' noxnlnational colleges to go up against unfair competition and he declared tjeat agenti of the State colleges were Ms* to boye who intended going to denominational schools and stylos; to them that they could get free tuition It the Sta'.o co?epAs und why go <o the denominational echoola He paid a giving tribute to the work jf the de? nominational collet when they Kepi a live the s^tu k oX ?Uuc*uou uurtng the dark days of reconstruction while the State colleges were Closed to repu? table white men because negroes were then admitted. Be said he was not opposing Stete colleges but thought hose who paid for en education appro- 1 elated It more than those who got It 1 free. 1 Senator laney of Chesterfield came to the defense of the scholarships and I free tuition in State colleges with a I powerful speech last night and said what abuses there were should be remedied. The fight promisee to grow warsger and it will cause a good deal of attention throughout the State ror this has been a matter of Irltatlon for a long time. Nearly 800 new hills have already been introduced and they cover every conceivable subject almost. A gr?at many of them deal with rural credits others with prohibition and still oth? ers taxation. A bill celling for the question of holding a new constitutional conven? tion to be submitted to the people at the next general election was Introduc? ed in the senate laat night by Senator D. R. Williams of Lancaster. If the people vote to hold the convention the general assembly of 1917 will set the date for the same. Legislator? from those former dis? pensary counties which had some left over stock of liquor on hand have drawn up a bill and Introduced It in the senate allowing dispensaries with this stock to open at the county seats I for sixty days and sell the same at re? tail, but only to allow one gallon a month to be sold any one person. This matter will be bitterly fought for many of ths prohibition leaders believe the left-over stock ought to be poured Into the gutter. The election for warehouse commis? sioner is getting warm. John L. Mc Laurln, the present commissioner, is opposed for re-election by F. M. Cary formerly a member of the house from Plckens county. Both are claiming victory. The fight on the tax commission promises to bob up soon and there are some threats to introduce bills to re? peal the vital statistics act A bill caltynsjr for the repeal of the act es taefjemug the State board of charities and corrections got an unfavorable re post en the house last night. Miss Annie M. Campbell and Mr. W. Bertie Graver of ths city were unit? ed In marriaice on Tueeday by Clerk of Court H. L Scarborough in his office. C'ampbell-Grover. DEFICIENCY BILL GOMES UP. MEASURE FAVORABLY REPORT? ED FROM COMMITTEE, Appropriations Necessary to Cover Expenditures Caused by Un looked for Developments. Washington. Jan. 19.?Three hun? dred thousand dollars for the eradi? cation of the citrus canker. $2,000,000 with which to push work on the Alaskan railroad and $76,000 for the confidential diplomatic fund asked by the president and secretary of state are included in the urgent deficiency appropriation bill favorably reported today to the house. The measure, carrying in all more than $12,(00,000, will be called up for passage tomorrow. The appro? priation to fight the citrus canker would be used for an Immediate In? spection of all citrus groves in the Gulf States, about half of the work to be douc In Florida, where the State would cooperate. Agricultural experts estimate it will cost from $3,000,000 to $4,000,000 to stamp out the disease. The bill provides for deflclences In the funds of various branches of the government, many of them caused by unlooked for develop? ments. The state department asked for the $75,000 to supplement $100, 006 previously spent for special work made necessary by the war and trou? bles in Mexico. Construction of the Alaskan rail? road will begin In earnest In the spring. The commission in charge already has had $2,607,000 placed at Its disposal and the ultimate cost of the project is to be $36,000,006. LEE'S BIRTHDAY EXERICSES. Natal Day of Sooth's Great Chieftain is Remembered at Blshopvllle. Bishopville, Jan. 19.?Lee's birth iay was observed here today with ex Brciseo In the schol chapel as plan? ned by the chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy. Promptly at 1.10 the visitors and pupils assembled. The program opened with Dr. Mann's ?Carolina" sung by all. Supt. W. M. Scott presided. Three poems were well given by high school students,. 'A Message." by Hasel Hearon; "Mc Cabe's Christmas Night of '62," by Henry Penn and "Dreaming In the rrenohea/' by Mamie McCoy. Prof. Brimm gave as a solo "Brother* fell m 03 the Batt!< and MUsc Ma : (hall, a?*o of the sohoql faculty, ion T'.?, Dying Volunteer.'' The Hon. T ?.;. Mcl.eod. Jn h* ad- J b un this occasion, was ?u> iu<? o?s?t. With vividly Illuminating touches he traced the streams of history that led to our great conflict, and In the light >f the past, and of environment, he explained the fact of the hero, Lee, ind to him he paid tribute, as one of i noble type of contemporaries, who itood with him all the while, all tho product of an Illustrious past. The singing of one of Foster's "Planta? tion melodies" closed the hour. CARY IS CANDIDATE. Win Offer for State Warehouse Com? missioner. Columbia, Jan. 18.?Frank M. Cary >f 8eneea, Plckens county, announced yesterday his candidacy for State warehouse commlsioner. Mr. Cary isrved several terms as a member 3f the legislature. He Is a cotton buyer. 5S5 Enrolled at University. Dr. Carrel! stated Monday morning that the official enrollment at the Uni? versity up to date was 665. This Is the largest enrollment In the history of the University and Dr. Currell was feeling very optimistic. He stated that there were indications that the enroll? ment would be further Increased be? fore the end of the session. He said that the work being done at the Uni? versity this year was of a high stand? ard.?University News. More Tobacco Seed. The supply of tobacco seed that the Chamber of Commerce had on hand for free distribution was exhausted Saturday and many applications for seed were unfilled. The officers of the Chamber of Commerce, however, im? mediately telegraphed for another supply of seed, which should arrive to? night. All farmers who expect to plant tobacco will be furnished with seed free of charge by applying at the Chamber of Commerce. Bankrupt Stock Sold. Florence, Jan. 19.?The entire stock of merchandise goods belonging to the McLendon-Cole Company, of Olanta, 3. On was sold by Referee in Bank? ruptcy, Hartwell M. Ayer, today at Olanta. The stock brought tho sum of $1,610, and was purchased by Mr. L. Gardiner, of Olanta, who will con? tinue the business at the same old stand, for some time at least. Tho purchaser made quite a bargain pur? chase. There were several bidders from Olanta and other points In the I State. 30 HEAD ARRIVED SATURDAY JANUARY 15 ONE CAR MULES AND HORSES Large and Small Mules also several Pairs of Mules. Several general purpose Horses. Prices and terms to suit. Oliver Chilled Plows Chokeless Stalk Cutters Buggies, Wagons, Harness, Deering Farm Machinery S. M. PIERSON ***c*e^e*^e*<>ASvc^e? ^<**ce**++eo**c+4 :.?w?sH#s4et4-# DEVELOPS BUG.FR?QF COll>N. Washington, Jan. IB.?"People in Washington regard W. P. O. Hard? ing, of the Reserve Board, as a finan? cier," said an Alabama cotton planter here tonight, "but down around Bir? mingham wo think he Is a second Luther Burbank, He has propagated a cotton plant which smells so strong of asafoetida that all insects avoid it as though it were a plague, and yet the cotton Is apparently not changed otherwise in the slightest degree. About tour years ago, according to this planter, Mr. Harding conceived the idea of making the cotton bells unpalatable to the weevil. In a small section of his back yard in Birming? ham he set out a few cotton plants. From the earliest stages he constant? ly anolnteO them with nux vomica. When the buds appeared he sprinkled them with the drug, so with the blos? som, and finally the bolls of cotton. At the end of the season he carefully preserved the seed from these plants and planted them the next spring. That season he repeated the work of the summer before. When the seed of the second crop sprouted, the tiny plants had a decided odor of asafoetida, without any sprinkling whatever, though apparently this smell was the only change which had been produced. Then, said the planter, came the big disappointment. While it was noticed that all other insects avoided the pla its, there were no boll weevils that far north that season, so no test could bo made. About that time Mr. Harding was appointed to the Reserve Board and gave up his experiments. But before leaving he turned over his work and the precious seed which produced the smelly plants to the Alabama De? partment of Agriculture, which is now working on the idea. Licenses to marry have been issued to Henry D. McLeod and Mrs. Alice Orey, Tlndal; and W. Bertie Grover and Miss Annio M. Campbell, Sumter. Also to the following colored couples: Jos!ah Starrs and Lottie Bennett; Wil? liam Russ and Carrie Sargent. Dal zell FOll SALB!?Bay mare, three years old In March, weighs between eight aad nine hundred pounds. Har? ness broko. W. H. Flowers, Sum ter, S. C. WANTED?The party to whom I leaned my break cart sometime ago, to return same. I have forgotten h\* address. D. C. Shaw. HEED The Small Voice Of conscience which tells you to save some of your money for future use, instead of spending all on pleasure. Make It To-day For starting the account at our Savings Department. 4 per cent Interest will be paid. The National Bank of Sumter, ESTABLISHED 1889 "SAFEST FOR YOUR SAVINGS" Lumber, Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. BOOTH & McLEOD, Successors to Booth Shuler Lumber A Supply Go. Gee. Eppereort'e Old Stevnd Opp. Court Hoaeo