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HARLESTON LICENSE BILL PASSES HOUSE LIQUOR LAW FOR CHARLESTON &OES OYER TO SENATE. For Years Other Similar Bills Ha?e Failed?Varying- Sentiment of >Ipinhf>rS. I Columbia, Jan. 31.?The most remarkable thing that has happened in 20 years in legislation was the passage today by the house of a bill which undertakes to provide a license system for Charleston. There were a niu.iber of appeals to the prohibition sentiment and several unsuccessful efforts were made to stir the smouldering mbers, but the members evidently appeal-;.' to believe that the situation in Clurteston needed particular treatment and - fKair ! they, by their votes, inaiuairu , "willingness to let Charleston have a ' trial. Last night the bill was passed J by a decided majority and todav, upon two record roll calls after tin most insistent importuning U> kill ihe Dili and dire predictions thol the license | system would lead to oa^' rooms, tha? 1 " ?- ~ +V?q mom. I ^ to say, with -eyes wiutrvinru bers on a direct vote refused to recommit the bill and th?n again vot?<l affirmatively to pass the bill. Year after year and time after time a similar bill has been proposed and fb^ same heroic efforts made to get Charleston from under the dispensary system has been fruitless. The fact of the matter j is tiiat when Mr.' Rittenberg introduc-?' ed his bill this year there was little! hope -of its. passage It soon became apparent th&t many of the counties that are disgusted with the present '*? s alleged prohibition situation wished to join hands with Charleston, and then t?e Charleston delegation took a hand in the situation and the delegation bas suggested numerous amendments that were favorable to Mr. Rittenberg, and ~ Jcnnnort Of the bill ftaa tne UUUl ? - , the Charleston delegation. Yesterday, through a misunderstanding, Mr. Barn well was quoted as saying that the wholesale license privilege was to be stricken out. What was really done and what Mr. Barnwell stated was that i the wholesale license contemplated did I not permit of the shipment of liquor 1 outside of Charleston county. Provisions of Bill. The bill passed by the house per- j mits retail and wholesale license and retains the beer and bottling privileges upon a graduated scale, based upon the number of barrels bottled. On the original motion to-recommit I the bill the house voted 53 to 56, which Avas a refusal to recommit. Mr. Irby then moved to refuse to let the bill pass to its third reading. The house, j "however, maintained its original posi- j tion and by a vote of 60 to 53 the bill I was ordered over to the senate, where it will be considered next weck. Practically the entire vote of the assembly was cast as a number of pairs was announced. Election Probe Favored. Th? house today passed without any difficulty the Former rmmuwu, contemplates an investigation as to whether or not corporations took any part in the last primary and whether j any of the members are employed byi corporations and what use, if any, was I made of passes. In Rpspect to Mr. Le^ar?. ^ Upon motion of Mr. Rittenberg the house, at 1.30 o'clock tock a recess until tonight as a token of the high - ~^ in C!oncress-' CSIWUI itiiu Hftiuu ui .. ... w man George S. Legare was held. The rews of his death came as a distinct shock and grieved his very many friends who are members, and who have a high regard for him. FIGHT ON TWO-CENT KATE. BaiLroad Lawyers Argue Before Joint Committee Against rroposeti Law. Columbia, .Tan. 31.?At a joint mooting of the senate and house railroad committees today, to hear argument aa the several two-cent rate bills, the -entatves of the rairoads t to protest agianst the proposed ' and thft inopportunities of t.ie tion. Arguments were made by H. Hard wick, passenstv t-affic r. and Col. I>. L. Abney, divisnsel, for tlu* Soutb -rn railway: W. J. Craig, passenger manager Atlartic Coast Line; P. A. Wulcox. general counsel; A. W. Anderson a.vi F. I>ar-! ron Grier, for the Charles: :u and Wes'- ( ern Carolina; John B. Lyles and Mr. | Tompkins, for the Seaboard; for the j South Carolina Western, Dan T. McKeithan and George Dargan; Robert] McDougall, representing the labor side, being a representative of the railroad engineers, was present and made a vig orous protest against tne Dins. ivir. McDougall was accompanied by engineers from the various railroad systems of the State. Railroad Commissioner Richards, who favors the legislation, was present and advocated the two-cent rate. The railroad committee was unable to conclude the% hearing today and the house committee will meet Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock to take the matter under consideration. The roads claimed that they could not stand the reduction in rates and that they would certainly have to stop their imDrovements of roads and ser vice. | Some claimed that such legislation would be confiscatory and that proposed extensions would certainly have to be stopped. The Interurban Street Railway company also objected to the reduced rate. SENATE ASKS $1W,000. Memorializes Con^re** to AM State Beads?To Ele<?t J*4gre Wed- j nAcJftT - I Columbia, Jan. 31.?The ,?enate tonight passed tbe^house resolution demoralizing congress to appropriate $100,000 to be expended on the public roads of thts State and passed a concurrent resolution fixing Wednesday, February 5, ?.? the time for the joint assembly to elect a judge of the First circuit. - The bill to compel insurance com panics to invest curiam <n meir ritv in thp State -was made a special order for Wednesday. The senate adjourned to meet Tues- i % day morning at 10 o'clock. * PABK-IX-PI>ES HEAP OF RUINS, j " I Aiken's Famous Hotel Burned?Less | . Orer ?Guests Hare Narrew Escapes. Aiken, Fe-b. 2.?Fire breaking out in TT/v+ol Tlr-in-T^iTVc-s} liere tiiiB lU'J AAVWVi A l?* ik . ^ morning at 11 o'clock, burned the mag- j nificent and palatial winter tourist hos- j telry to the ground, producing one of I the nms-t spectacular, awe-inspiring a*id destructive conflagrations in the annals of this famous little winter resort, and entailing an enormous less that will mount into hundreds of thousands of dollars. All that remains of the central point ** * *? A ^ I/Iav* I Of AIXeil'S Winter S?iSOii arc sutuuivrciins: embers and crumbling ftre-whiten"tl chimneys, standing like gaunt spectres again&t the blue skyline. The colossal structure, in view of its material and the peculiar architectural arrangement of the biuldinK. vas doomed from the first. The blaze started in a thousand feet of fresh nine lumber stored m the basement near the ^levator shaft, and with inconceivable rapidity the lurid tongues of flaunt swept the entire basement and filled evpry room and corridor in the hotel with impenetrable stifling black smoke, rendering it impossible for the ; - I firemen to gain access to the names. i Mttst Leave tht County. Spartanburg Journal. Irene Godfrey, an unfortunate white girl, was tried before Magistrate Gantt this morning on a charge of vagrancy. The magistrate' found her guilty but suspended sentence, provided the girl leave the county at once and never to j return. Little Brother Speaks. Florence who was an ardent admirer of her own vocal qualities, had been selected to sing a solo at a church entertainment. The following morning at the breakfast ta,ble she remarked to her younger -brother: "Well, I never thought my voice would fill that large; hall." "Neither did I'" answered her brother unfeelingly. "I thought it would empty it." j MEETS THURSDAY. , $ Agricultural Development aad Edu- ( ca. tonal Committees Arrange Attractive ProgTam for Meeting. ? Greenville, Feb. 1, 1913.?Chairman C j of the Agricultural Development and v | Education Committee will hold an a , agricultural conference in Columbia, q j Thursday, Febraury 6. & The meeting will be convfned at P j 9.30 o'clock and will last until 1 p. m. 1 j During that time short addresses will J * | be made by several prominent men of n j this and other States. Their sub- 1! i this and other States. Their sub-' j jects will pertain to the b^tt-rment * of rural life conditions. With one ex- 1 ception, the addresses will be limited ^ ! to 30 mnutes. it i ' k The program of the conterence, as announced by Chairman Woodside, is ^ j as follows: (1) Mr. E. W. Babbs, President State N Farmers' Union: "Methods Whereby r Bankers Can Render Asistance to Far- ? mers in Marketing Crops." (2) Hon. E. J. Watson, State Com I missioner of Agriculture: "'me farmer j and His Relation to the Economic Development of the State." (3) Prof. W. M. Rggs, Prfsident of C Clemson College: "The I^ever Bill and its Probable Effects upon the Demon-' n st rat ion Work." j (4) Hon. Richard I. Manning, Presi- *? dent of Bank of Sumtfr: "Relation.0 ? "n ship Between the Banker and the Far-. ? rner." j. (5) Mr. Bradford Kneapp, Special r Agent Farmers Co-operative4Demon-r ' stration Work, XT. S. Dept. of Agricul- ^ ture: "How May We H?lp in the Solurtion' of Our Agricultural Problems."- ; _ Farmers and busings and profes-1. sional m^n and: any others interested in the betterment-of conditions of rural,. life are cordially invited to attend * the conference. The moeting wHl be a held in the main auditorium of the Na- y ( - ' Cnrrx VSrr*rtC f f i nn Wall. MuslC [ llVilai wi ii ? will be furnished by the Exposition * Band. ,a s The Agricultural Development and ^ Educaticn Committee is a new feature n of the South Carolina Bankers Asso- ( ciation, and was perfected at the an nual mating of the association held ! 1 V last summer at the Isle of Palms. The Bankers composing the Commit-1 tee on Agricultural Development and ^ ! Education of the South Carolina Ban-! i ^ kers Association are as follows: L 4th Dstrict: Robt. I. Woodside, j p * * ^ ' J A 1.1^ At?? r> tT : un airman. rresicrcnit ui cdiiucis , p Merchants Bank, Greenville. ..|^T 1st District: E. H. Prlngle, Jr., Vice;g President and Assistant Cashier of j 2nd District: A. E. Padgett, president ' Farmers' back. Greenwood., - _ , { Charleston N\ B. A., Charleston.. | ? | 3rd District: J. C. SelffV. cashier j Bank of Greenwood.. . , |-g. 5th District: C. J. Shannon, Jr., Pres-j j. ident First National Bajjk, Camdeq. j ' 6th District: Julian C. Rodgers, cash-j ier First National Bank, Florence^ j ^ 7th District: J. S. Wannamaker, { President St. Matthews Savings Bank j ^ St Matthews. .* j^c, LIYES CRUSHED OCT I> THEATER j u ? ie Woaiea Trampled to Death ia Had Rash for Exit. s n New York, Feb. 2.?A boy's cry of j ^ "fire" and the smoke fro.11 an exploded j Cl reel of a motion picture machine in j ^ an East Side theatre tonight resulted | u in a panic among the audience of 400 j persons and a rush tor tne -exits, nun which two women were killed and j b eleven other persons io badly injured j c that they had to be sent to hospitals. j h I The panic occurred in one of the j ft most densely populated sections of the j n East Sid* and the thousands- who a poured into East Houston street, in h front of the theatre, and rushed to the ^ dQors added to the confusion and to the P number of injured. h ma u Wanted no Ametenrs. p Edith and Flora were spending j summer vacation in the country. j fi 'Do you know," s-aid Edith, "that | ft young farmer tried to kiss me. He, tJ told me that he had never kissed any j b girl befor-V j p "What did you tell him?" as-ked j J Flora. j a 'Why." replied Edith, "I told him, c I was 110 agricultural experiment sta-'h tion.*' j h IE NATE PASSES DIHPEXSARY BILL i t "ouHtles Asking: to Vote on Re-EstabliMhniFiit. t i Columbia, .Jan. 31.?Passage of the c Mifton bill, permitting those counties r i-hich voted out the dispensary in 1909 > nd crtan others added, to vote on the \ uesupn 01 re-t:suiunaniiie> im- I .. ary on the second Tuesday in May t assed third reading in the senate this -lornu.g and was sent to tlie house, j 'he opponents of the bill renewed their g ght against it on third reading, but 1 n vain. The vote stood 22 to 13. \\ Those voting aye were: Ackerman, !1 ippelt, Banks, Cilfton, Dennis, Epps, c !inn, Goodwin, Gross, Hough, i.iuv, c fars, Mauldin, McCown, Mullins, Pat- 1 i.on. Sharp-?, Strait, Stuckey, Wal =r William?;. Tonne. Total 22. i j I Those voting nay were: Black. Buck,' j 'arlisle, Crouch, Earle, Johnstone, , t ohnson, Ketchin, Laney, Lawson,! ^ ?'ichoL?on, Richardson, Sullivan, Ver- 4 Total 14. f ??"" i PERILS I> FILM POSI\(S. i teal Tragedies that Mark the Pro- j fhiction of Moving Pictures. ( I T 'hicago Tribune. ? Acting in front of the camera for! ooving pictures isn't quite so soft a I ( oh as people are apt, to imagine. Jrave risks have to be taken and more r l-3ae serious accidents are cdmmon. Sosaetimeg they result fatally. The other day for example, a man ^med Bittner descended in a para- ^ bute from the ^Column of Victory in Jeilfiiir.with a view-to being dnematojtapbfed as he was falling, but som?fifog "Went wrong with his apparatus | 'r ad the parachutist was dashed to. eath. J1 Similarly, a picture player named )ufcae was killed on the railway while .ciing a part. The unfortunate man ( ras only supposed to be run over by he approaching train, it being the inention to substitute a dummy figure t the last moment. But the rails were | ( lipperv, the driver was unable to pull <-> fVit* oMnr wa? ' IL? engine ill U11JC <IUU uug I'VWI .. | , ciangled to death beneath the wheels. Not long ago an actor playing the art of a cowboy in Chicago fell and . ?'as killed during the rehearsal. Miss Alice Hollister, whose face and j igure are familiar to frequenters of irtnre shows, nearly lest her life j f fhile rehearsing in Egypt- Attired n the voluminous draperies of an Arab , easant woman, she was seated on a rimitive wooden wheel which brought j p from a deep well water for irri- y ation purposes. -* a? / _ fflia l-i o rl to i X AC a certain mviuriu nuu , ring the camel which worked the j rheel to a halt and descend from fer *at. Unfortunately the camel re- " umed its walk too soon, the whe*l farted revolving again and Miss Holster was jerked into the wheel, which \ ^as more than 10?-feet ia depth. : / Luckily, her' cumbersome garments \ aught, a projecting stone in the side, nd, being an athletic build, she man- \ gfd to hang1 on until .she was res ued by means of a rope in the-.hands i f her dragoman. But it was a-narrow \ scape. ' ~ No one viewing on the screen the \ uperb riding of Alice. Joyce, expo'- j ent of "cowgirl" parts in Western ! i raraa, would suppose that any horse ould ever succeed in throwing her. I s a matter of fact, however, she has i let with several accidents. Miss Gene G-auntier, a moving pic- I ire company's leading woman, has j ppn pjxceDtionallv unlucky. Only re- * ently sh* -was attacked by Bedouins J > i the Sahara and had to fight hard 5 get away. In Florida she was I early engulfed in a quicksand. In | a battle scene she was kicked by a I orse and nearly killed. In another i rar scene there was a premature exlosion of a caissort that hurled her 1 ?f?h in the air. and the fall made her ^ _o? -? -- t ? nconscious, but it made a great icture. K Once "u-h^n she was to be rescued * ; rom a burning house, the company i ought an abandoned farm house in j he country and set it afire. The fire I ! r urned more rapidly than had been r Q rovided for in the rehearsal, and fcliss (Jauntier was unconscious and Imost. dead when the rescuers hopped a hole in the root' and pulled er out. They had intended to take j :*r out through a window, but the eal thing made a much better picure. A naval lieutenant is another pic.ure player who has had many nar o\v escapes, his latest exploit in this iirection being a fall from a high cliff lear Brighton, England. Once, too, he ,vas badly wounded in a sword duel vfth a Dicture nlayer antagonist. Of :ourse the injury was quite unintenional and accidental. Alfred Brighton, a young American )icture player, lost his life in the Hudson River a few years ago. He had to eap into the water and resccue a girl vho was supposed to be drowning. .Vhile swimming toward her he was >bserved to throw ud his arms, sink >nce or twice, and struggle franticaly on coming to the surface. The spectators on the bank applauded, imagining it to be part of the performance, and the operator kept urning the handle of the machine, vhile shouting to the drowning man, 'Keep it up!" Only when he had sunk or the third and last time did any)ody suspect that anything was wrong. A LESTEX HYMN. ome Ye Yourselves Apart Into a Desert Place and Rest Awhile? Mark G:31. I .'ome ye apart, a while with Christ to be, ^ while His voice to hear, His face to \ xmg bath the world charmed with alluring art? Break ff<aa It while ye may, ami come apart. t Vpart to meditation calm and sweet, To quit sittings at the- Master's feet; Ypart to all His gracious words disclose, ^par to blessings He alone bestows. ?ome ye apart?for ye have need of rest, * '' iVith hfavy burdens grievously oppressed ; L'ome ye apart a while with Him to see irVhat feast in this lone desert placr* may be. ^part with Him! Oh, must He call you twice? Does not "with Him" for all you leave suffice? s not the waste than all th-e world more fair, ilore: dear, more blessed if only Christ be there? NMPPh -** I iVe can not serve the world and Him no part, Vill He accept of a divided heart. : le asks for all?and nothing less will have? J Twas no half-k>ve, h-alf-life for vou| He gave. Ve thug must come apart if ever we done with God, abidingly, would be; Ve must be near, and penitent and meek, Ve must be- still, if we would h-ear Him spealc. V'e thank Thee, Lord, for each re. turning Lent, Vith Thee in sweet and close communion spent; 'hank Thee for needed rest, for hush of care, 'or helpful hour? of penitence and prayer. jett to our feeble selves, we might not j see | L way to come part with God to be: I Cor seek to com^?so cold is human heart! I blessed the Voice that calls us thus | part! ?F. H. Marr. Story a?d Sequel. .'here was a young woman, a Persian, Vent on a 'boating excursion; But the boat struck a rock With a terrific shock, ^nd the Persian she got ah 'iramer-! sion. ?Town Topics, i ier sweetheart a man of Bulgaria, i laid: "Seeing I'm going to maria, j And vou're soaked through and i I through, The best way for you 7o get home is for me to caria." ?Houston Post. | AN OPPORTUNITY TO FARMERS OF NEWBERRY THIS WEEK CLOSES GREAT NATKttAL CORN SHOW. You Will Never Regret the Expeas* and Time of a Trip to Colombia, Secretary Y/ilson stated in Columbia j on Friday that the government exhibit i sent to Columbia to the National Corn - . - show was the best the government naa ever s*;nt to any place or any exposition. Every farmer of Newberry county should spend at least one day at this great show. It will give him encouragement and inspiration to greater effort and convince him that his vocation is the grandest of all callings. The show closes on Saturday of this \vr>plr The citizens of Newberry would do a service to the people of the county if they ^vould arrange for special trains to run from Newberry every day this week, and let be known that such trains were going to run, and if possible secure reduced rates. If such steps are to be taken there is no time for delay. Columbia, S. Feb.* 2.?E. <S> H. Aull, editor Herald and ^ News, Newberry, S. C.: We ^ <$> heartily appreciate the strong' ^ ? co-operation which you and oth- ^ er editors "of the South have ^ & given in. bringing the Fifth Na- ^ tionai Corn exposition to the at- $ tehtkm of the neople. It has J now been open to the public one 4 i<S> we^k. The danger is that the closing, day may find many ^ Southern farmers who have , failed to avail themselves of <?- this wonderful opportunity to <$> study progressive principles "in # ' * i $> ar?r>li?d agriculture a<? nresent- & J ed through a series of -educa tional. exhibits from the governmerit, and many States. Will "?v you not join us in making a final call to the people of your <3> ' $ section to attend during the ^ r*y coming, week and also urge the ^ ^ running of special trains. b * George H. Stevenson, ^ "* Secretary and Gfn'l Mgr. <3> ^ '?> $ ? 3> ^ <? <?><$> <? <5> ^ ^ <?> ^ Officer IM." To My Patrons in Particular and tlje Public in General: It affords no small amount of pleasure and a large degree of satisfaction to announce the booking of Augustin MacHugh's melodramatic farce sensation, "Officer 666," for Wednesday, February 12. "Officer 666" is another Cohan & Harris success that has scored a i triumph fully as great as either "The Fortune Hunter" or "Get-Rich-Quiclc WaJlingford," also produced by this famous duo of theatrical managers ' whose following in the amusement world have come to know that a play offering at their hands means genuine entertainment. . * "Officer 666" is a real entertainment in the fullest sense of the term. It contains an interesting plot, tells fascinating love story, and is chock full of hearty laughs and real thrills. 7 For proof of its tremendous triumph, Messrs. Cohan & Harris point to the , fact that it has been accorded a full season's run at their Gaiety theatre, New York city, and the Geo. M. Cohen Grand Opera house, Chicago. ~ tn <anHr>rse "Officer vy t? cllxz vuu vv ?~ 666," which will be presented here with a carefully chosen cast of MetroI politan players as one of the best plays | that will be seen here this season.' I Very truly yours, ! H. B. Wells, Manager. I ' | , ? ! Fortni*htljr Club. With Mfs. L. W. Jons, the Fortnightly club held its regular business meeting Tuesday morning. Sir Walter Scott was the poet for study at this I meeting, Mrs. W. G. Houseal reading a sketch of his life and two of his poems, __ 4 | "The Lady of the* Lake" ana "Marmion." Th-^n followed an enthusiastic. discussion of current events, after which the hostess served a luncheon. i YOLCXE LI? DUMBER 9. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1913. TWICE A WEEK, $U0 A YEAR.