The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, January 14, 1919, Image 1
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A LIVE PAPER f
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A LIVE TOWN 2
68TH YEAR. NO. 23. SEMI-WEE
GENERAL ASSEMBL)
AT NOON TODAYh
MUCH LEGISLATION To"
OF CONSTRUCTIVE
TYPF. K FYPFfTFn PrC
> m aw uiii uviuv
Education, Good Roads, Public Washi
Health and Taxation Chief *,0nn.B *n
cent on
Topics for Discussion. instead (
der agr
LIKELY MAKE AN EFFORT Wen "
ABOLISH TAX COMMISSION The c
J per cent
proposed
But the Friends of the System senate, t
are Expected to Put Up a to ellmI
Strong Fight for Its Reten- J ^dh
sion?Constitutional Conven- poratiom
tion Likely. It,nn ,nco
I 1919 ar
I the sena
(Special Correspondence.) ' the sen
Columbia, S. C., Jan. 13.?Much reached
constructive legislation is expected rate 10
at the session of the general assembly that und
? iiiv ii niiiYriu;a UJIUUI ruw Hi noon. iax Will
Education, good roads, public health this yeai
and taxation are expected to be the therenftt
topics around which will center the The c
greatest interest of the session. stantlall;
Both houses will be called to or- lowing i
der at noon tomorrow. J. Wilson corporat
Glbbes. clerk of the last house, will dends r<
call the new house to order. If he is tlons. 1
in the state at the time, Lieut. Gov. ate proi
Andrew J. Bethea will call the sen- personal
ate to order. Should he not be able the corp
to be present. Senator LeGrand an amen
Walker, of Georgetown, will call tlons to
that body to order. ! per cent
Thomas F. Co ill run, of Green- rived ?rc
vllle, will be re-elected speaker of governm
the house and J. WilBon Gibbes clerk. I The s
There is a contest on for reading payment
clerk between A. E. Hutchinson, the stallmen
incumbent, and S. MrGowan Simp- posed by
kins, of Edgefield, a former reading Droved.
clerk. J. S. Wilson, of Lancaster. _
will be re-elected sergeant-at-arms BODY
-without opposition and so far as Is; ,
known Kev. L. /E. Wiggins will hej IN
unopposed for chaplain.
In the senate none of the old of-[ ^ ^
ficlals will be opposed for re-election,' '>nri
and that body will organize very It Is
quickly.
The governor's message will probably
be read immediately after the
organization of the two houses. Richm
Educational legislation. believed
There seems little room to doubt ? t^e *T
that a strict- compulsory educaLJn '
law will be nnsvtod at this session. It .a f
Is understood that Governor Man- r| ma,ns
ring is going to ask for it In his an- ' ^ a*
nual message and It is known that
CJovernor Cooper in his inaugural is
going to stress the necessity of such
legislation. Mr. Cooper is going to Pu nlnK
ask the passage of a law without ,U(i(,,'nl>
any loopholes 'in it. one that will s,,,'Pt w
compel every child to attend school. h,,(1 no
I come tc
tiood Itoaris Legislation. | fhp po)|f
It seems pretty generally agreed aju. ran
around Columbia that the good roads suhsequf
legislative, program agreed upon by returned
the central good roads campaign police
% committee following a conference confl(jPn,
with the state highway commission , ?
ni u rnorp
here on Wednesday will he put
through by the general assembly. fo (j
This committee Ir asking for legls- WRs ^Qur
lation paving the way for a big bond
issue in 1920 to construct a permanent
state highway system. The leg- '*ro*bor
Isiature Is asked this year to change
the state highway commission so Uynch
that it shall be composed of one re- bi
presentatlve from each congressional Madison
district, and the three senior profes- R'fhmon
fors of civil engineering In the slate " I"
colleges, the Citadel, the University man fo\
of South Carolina, nnd Clemson col- <*?niber
lege. j h? told
This commission would be given wpre
he power to appoint and fix the ?h.at of 1
ni I sb i n fir
compensation of Its engineers and
loaf UOAI
emploveps, and the power to lav out.,
with a si
construct, regulate and maintain a
system 'of state highways connecting
every county seat in Routh Carolina;1 ^
such highways to be so constructed ITALl
and surfaced as to take care of the' T ondo
traffic which may he developed upon j 9t#tM (
them. j agreed
The commission would further be, 0?rmar
instrueted to investigate the cost of P'an
the construction of such a system of and all
highways and to report 4o the next next Mo
session of the legislature what state ft<' 'n
bonds would be necessary therefor, ihe Ausl
.1 j Is wlllln
(Continued on Page Eight.) for the <
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ie Lai
1KLY. LAIS
" TO MEET GREGOI
V COLUMBIA CABII
E TAX RATE FOR Attorney-*
:PORATIONS IS FIXED cause
s]
nd House Conferees Fix 12
tent for 1018 and 10 Per WILL RE
Cent Thereafter.
His Lette
ngton. Jan. 13.?Corporr- Dated J
1 pay income taxes of 12 per
their 1918 earnings and 10 dent W
)f 8 per cent thereafter, tin- ance Ne
eements reached by senat
se conferees on the war
bin. . Washingt
onference adopted the 12 Watt Gregi
rate for 1919 collection, as t*ie !
in the bill as it passed the been
he house managers agreeing Abilities a
nation of the house provis- Practlce of
Ing an additional 6 per cent has a*reGd
ttributed dividends of cor- March 1.
s. In revising the corpora- ^r* GreK'
>me tax affecting earnings of Janui
id subsequent years, whlc'i dent's reply
te had affixed at 8 per cent next day. ^
ate and house managers White IIou:
a compromise making n''8 letter d
per cent. It Is estimated considered
er the rates the corporation bad discuss
yield about $75(1.000,000 President 1
r and $600,000,000 annually obroad.
>r. Mr. Grej
onferees also adopted, sub- >'et been ar
v. the sennte provisions al- been no ot
deductions. in calculating w,,om he w
Ions' income taxes of dlvi- numes of F
jcelved from other corpora- Ihe stat<
They also approved the sen- secretary w
Melons exempting so-called roPe. and
service corporations from Lewis, of 1
oration tax rates, but addeo Mr- GreK
dment to deny such exemr>- follows:
these corporations where 50 "Dear M
or more of income Is de- "In acco
>*T! nrnftta nr commissions on expressed 1
ent contracts. before you
enate plan of providing for re***n*lion
of Income taxes in four in- has
ts instead of three as pro- 1 bee
the house bill, also was ap- odministrat
years ago. i
declared by
OF WOMAN FOUND became a n
RIVER IS IDENTIFIED X.V,!
country ha
> ...... lems been |
bur*. Man la Sum That rnflae.lon .1
Christine Ford, Missing been permit
Since December -I. nnd !lss's' '
Ing with tb
tional issue
lond. Va.. Jan. 13.?What is be.
to be a definite identification J "No niar>
"ui" river muiuer vicum oi
ks ago, was made when K. m?rp kindl
>, of Lynchburg. viewed the erously api
ai the morgue and identified a,p was ei
those of Christine Ford. for fhe ni
i, who left her home near an^ arts of
ty December 14. Wade told) "Peeunla
ce ho was staitled on the s<ii>?tantlali
of December rr> when he ni>' private
' encountered her in the attentloi
'ith a soldier. He said ho nf actual v
knowledge* of her having liberty to \
> Richmond. He also told ^'derations
e he tried to tnlk to her but Public duti
away and he did not see her charged. I
mtly. and thought she had Vnnr- <he d
to her home. have suhst
express themselves as more ar"vit'e8 1(
t than ever that the girl was |,n,,ftr nor'
d. basing, this largely upon!fore aHk 11
that no girl would go alone I rfre!Ct on lb
eserted spot where the body Pai
id.
The Pres
of Christine Ford "My Dea
Sees Some Resemblance v
burg. Va.. Jan. 1.1.?Archie and rfl*rpf
other of Christine Ford, of nat,on- 1
Heights. returned from' have ronv"
d. where he went to identi- sary ,n you
)sslble, the body of the wo- re,ire? Th<
ind in the James river Dc- ' ba
There is a resemblance.' ^ ""hlngton
his mother, but the parents mnrp to ,ri
ubtful whether the body is ' have atta
heir daughter, who has been; P?r,anop
since December lf>. and was yo,'r offl(,e
i in Richmond In company nm' s'nKul
old'er. watchful oi
j I feel that
BRITAIN. AMBRfTA AND ! to "
V TO OKT III \ TOXVACiK your"e
from public
,n. Jan 1.1.?The ITnited ..My h
Irent Hrltain and Itnly have nfTectionate
nn a plan for taklnc ovp ynu |rto re(
onsseneer tornnjre. Th<? .p niv hea
1 he laid before the German nt some fir
led armistice commissions oHvilene a>
nday. France Is not Incltid- rfPfp,i with
i plan as she trot the hulk of "Cordlall
trlan passenger tonnatre and
ig that the other three hid .
German shlpplntc. (Contli
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Hat t
HCAS1
fCASTER, S. C., TUESDAY, JANl
RY QUITS THE SAYS CO
Wl FOR LAW MUST
General Resigns Be Should Take
of "Pecuniary Re- Found Ne
ponsibilities." With
TIRE ON MARCH 4 IS PREVAl
ir of Resignation is Several Secti
lanuary 9 and Presi- By Epide
ilson Cabled Accept- Are Made
xt Day. Contagion.
on, Jan. 13.?Thomas Columbia, S.
Dry, attorney general of spouse to telegi
States since 1914. has re- health office ti
use of "pecuniary respon- public health t
,nd will return to the with regard to
law. President -Wilson of influenza wl
to his resignation next in many sectio
the surgeon gei
ory's letter of resignation "The bureau
ary 9, and the I'res'- isolation of the
', cabled from Paris, the of masks by tl
vere made public at the sick are it
se. The attorney gener- measures in i
iscloses that he had long fluenza.
retiring from office and "Unnecessar
led the matter with the should be pro!
before Mr. Wilson went ease is prevale
"The prohib
Cory's successor has no erings by closu
ipointed and there has lieved of valu
flcial intimation as to enza, but this i
ill be. In speculation the enza, but this t
'rank L. Polk, counsellor thorities after
9 department, and acting circumstances."
hile Mr. Lansing is in Kn- Dr. C. V.
Senator James Hamtltoi health service.
Illinois were mentioned. fluenza control
nrv'u loffor n f rouiunoil/\n I * * ? *
IVOIBIIBIIUH una III HpeHKll
breaks of the
r. President: as a rule are
rdance with the purpose precaution to
In our conversation jus from influenza,
went abroad, I tender my aters are open
as attorney general. munitles; ston
been not quite six years capacity daily,
ame connected with your outbreak of tl
Ion, and more than four community. In
n few days after war was own resoureef
the European nations, I nurses and d<
nember of the cabinet. It disease has so
rly said that during no ventative mea
*ars in the history of our crowding is In
ve so many great profc- comes the out!
jresented and solved. The the calls for he
lat at such a time I have "This office
tted to stand by your side ing every assis
In a modest way In deal- operation on t
ose national and interna- should he give
s is now, and will always public health
atest source of pride. given much as:
ever served a leader who the disease, b
uniformly considerate, not rely on it
y helpful and more gen- strive to use
preciative. Mo subordie- When every co
/er more deeply gratef 1 mind resolutel
imberless friendly word enza and to r
his superior. infection. I be
ry responsibilities of a will be made."
nature rest upon me and llerontlv I)r.
affairs have long demand- to sheriffs and
l. During the continuance various parts r
rarfare. I did not feel a. definite inforn
veigh these personal con- in their coinm
In the balance against the replies to thesi
es with which I was received,
ly March 4 of the present MoCormiek
epartment of justice will suffering from
antially brought its war verely than ai
) a close and be working present. Ther
nal conditions. I there- in the county
lat this resignation take received. Dr.
int date. vllle. Ga.. hns
thfullv yours temporarily as
"T. W Gregory." geon of the pu
ident's reply said: has been sent
r Attorney General: 8S* 'n cnnibatt
rith profound reluctance ' 'ara f'nrran,
that I accept your reslg-|^as recently r
do so oply becnuse you ^a8 a'so P?rp
iced me that It is neces- disease at Clin
r own interest for you to
?re has been no one with Fire I
ve been associated In Thp flrp f,ppf
i whom 1 have learned yestor(lay aftPr
ist nor to whose cdunsel* ho?8p of T,,on
ched mpre value and im- twep? fhp L ^
Your administration of po(8 Thf>
has been singularly ahle . .
arly conscientious and (,BmaRe Thp
' the public interest, and ,|8,on w,,h a v
it is a very serious lossl^ flm, fhp Wj
He nation that you should <|amaRprt but
If obliged to withdraw |
lire
wishes not only, but mr H??a?l II
friendship will follow While thorp
Hrement. and I hope with ,n^' weather so
rt that In some way and ,fl? roads In
lie I shall attain have the lotte road, ren
ad benefit of being asso !,hf> Mate Pr
you. ' for travel and
y and falthfullv yours. There is less
"Woodrow Wilson." r"*id between
i? lotte and this
nued on Page Right.) county's side.
nan snape. tnc? c liar- *
ontlv top-soiled jis far husba
'p Is in fine condition I
I is holding up wel'. I t'FV
than It) miles of bad New Y(
Lancaster and Char- Franklin
Is not on Lancaster partnient
J Presbyter!
TlR f
JAKY 14, 1919.
IMMUNITIES |
CO-OPERATE | h
il On,
Such Measures as ?
cessary to Deal ????
Influenza.
,ENT IN STATE
? ,
ions Again Visited I
mic and Effort i lG
to Prevent General
C., Jan. 13.?In re- B
rams sent by the state K
> the United States ^
tureau in Washington *
the further treatment *
hich is still prevalent J
ns of South Carolina, '
believes that prompt 1 ffii .
sick and the wearing MV..'? jj
lose attending on the VlrZ^!!!!
nportant suppressi\e
the treatment of in- ^rfi^
taken as
V public gathering ar,ny can
.... J . .w . ever. Th(
libited where the dis- patp|ntlRni
served ns
ition of public gath depart men
re or otherwise is be- the war.
e in curtailing infl - is also n v
s a matter which must can war,
s a matter which mint coming ov
a consideration of the Rut Ru
farm* Is as
Aiken of the public being the
who has charge of in- Hid 8 dot
work in South Caro- won *or ''
ir of the recent out- P?Pulnr n
dloeaKf said. "People Ji*
not taklnp aumclent r<lnlnrk?b|
protect themselves e_ jjfe
Moving picture the-j for our ,
axing in many run - read ihe i
;s are filled almost t> want to
And then when an what is m
tie disease occurs the
stead of utilizing its PHILAT
i, calls for outside j ijiiv r
ictors. and when tt o
mewhat subsided presures
are abandoned, fn|,.ss >
dulged in. and again
ireak and again eoni" . kmi
lp.
is desirous of rendettance
possible. hut
he part of the pe-ipio, Washin
n. The United Stat.* '
service has already I'hlladelpl
distance in combatting J oips'l auti
lit our people should' P"ovt' v>( ?
absolutely, l?ut should st,'f)s w'"
their own resources n,e'it "to
mniunity makes up its( lo ,h<> ,h
v to stamp out influ- ' nn'fonn x
rotect itself from re-' ' deip.hia
lieve definite progress ! ''?"1
, Secreta
Aiken sent telegrams ken after
I mayors of towns iiijtary Hake
>f the stato asking for 1 a report I
nation as to influenza| Match th
unities. A number of Rhiladelpl
p telegrams have l>een I ditlons at
j last sprir
oounty seems to be "an a cru
the disease more se- navy
ay other section at
e are about ">00 case. KAItl, 111
according to reports Tt)
R. L. Neal of Oaines-| chariot
been commissioned White
acting assistant sur- |5>|, ponf
blic health servi e and son c;rir>i
to MeCormick to a>- sj0,>] cree
Ing the epidemic. Miss ,.jajnis S(,
Red Cross nurse, who shooting
eturned from Clinton .1IHj went
to McCormlck. The was later
ton is under contro. with a bu
? ? was no cl
n Warehouse. Heffner.
irtment was called out his Kun a
'noon to tho ware- him
tson and company he-jan<' fire<
i C. and Southern de-|**r'era ',r
was in the liascmmt i " him i
ngulshed with slight J*"Are
truck wasjn coi
ratron driven hy a no- K
HKon was considerntdv l.empst
no one was hurt. .lacpues I.
* j ror of thf
lo|(l<t I'p Well. killed hy
has been little frf,PZ M?da me ]
far this winter to nut ?' Nassau
* ? -? unrl Infnrr
t
NlEW
SUB;
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UPERT
[UGHES ::
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of the Most Popular \ \
American Authors < ^
:ru m fie Kiven mem.
rv Daniel's action was ta ?
a conference with Secre-I^
r, at which was cons'de-ed i
from Lieut. Col. Charles H ,
?
e navy representative at ^
lia. showing that vice con- j
e a? hail now as they wore c
p when Mayor ?inlth heisaile
at the request of the (
etarv.
a
,
KKI-'NKK CONFKSSFS t
K I I.LI N (i MASON ( ItlKIt
te Jan. lit Karl Heffner
ed 17, of Pineville town
eased to havfnp killed Mar,
a prominent citizen of I
k township, January 2 lie'
lf-defense. drier heart
in the woods on his plate
to order th<- nnrtv o(T I ^
found dend in the woods t
llet hole In the he-id There; I
111 e until the eon tension of \
Heffner said drier toolf s
way from him and pointed p
He then drew a pistol
I. The hullet entered
ad behind the left ear. kill-. n
Instantly. Heffner is In f
! 1
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II.I.KD |*Y WIFF. 1
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run, .X. I., .litri. iti.? |
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,ehaudv. krnwn as "hnr'5
? Sahara,' was shot and
his wife at her home here f
f
Lebandy called the sheriff
I county on the tele.phonoj
ned him that she had killed '
nd. v
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KRAI. RKMi l)K\l),
irk. Jan. 13.-? Maj. <?en s
Hell, commander of the de <
of the east, died at the
an hospital in this city.
w t * J
glance Mr. Hughes mlgnt be ,,
a man who has chosen an
It'r. lie not deceived, how- (
l? uniform only signifies the
of Rupert Hughes, who
I n captain In the Intelligence '
lit of the government during
| It might he nddcd thnt he '
eteran of the Spanlsh-Ameri- 1
enlisting as u private and 3
it as a captain. * (
port Hughes' chief claim to
a writer of fiction and plays, 1
author of some 20 odd books r
ten plays. His stories have <tint
a place among the most
nd successful writers of the
of the best of his stories la
Irteenth Commandment/* a '
ly entertaining tale of mod- 8
We have secured this story r
lcit serial and If you will t
iirwi inaiuiiiut-ui /uiili sorely 1
follow It to the end. And, \
iore, you won't regret it.
DELPHI A MUST HE \
>F VICE CONDITIONS '
t
! t
lunfeipal .lutlioriticN Act 1
A
larj Daniels Says the
s
Government Will. I v
s
gton, Jan. 13. -Secretary
wrote Mayor Smith, of
l>ia. that unless the muni j'
horities immediately im j
conditions in Philadelphia j
be taken by the govern-1
give the needed protect inn
otisands of young men ir.
vho must either visit Philor
bo tho Hbortv
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COTTON TODAY
ksJr 28 CENTS
;CRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR
IOUTH CAROLINA'S
PART IN WORLD WAR
'his State Contributed Sixty
Thousand Men and Ninetyfive
Million Dollars.
EXCEEDED ALL DEMANDS
tecord of Exceeding Generous
Support in All Branches of
War Work During the Fast
Two Years.
Out of a population of 1,515,400,
ccording to the census of 1910,
outh Carolina has furnished to the
nny upwards of 5:1,000 men and to
he navy and marine corps, during
he period of the war, 5,011 men.
'he Palmetto state's quota of flghtng
men, therefore was more than
8,000 men?which figures does not
nclude those in the military or naal
service to April 0. 1917.
In the first draft South Carolina's
inota was "15,147 men. About onebird
of the full quota enlisted?to
>e exart. 5,040 men?and the renainder,
10.081. were drafted into
he military serviee.
In the second draft Sou'h Oaroina
furnished to the nntten 34 oni
nen. in addition to which number
4 80 enisted voluntarily, making a
otal of 37.751.
These figures take account of onv
those of whom there is complete
ecord. In' addition. many South
"arolina hoys, residing temporarily
n other states, or away from their
lomes, enlisted: and many others
Iving near the border lines of other
fates, near to cities in other states,
rossed over and enlisted. Of course,
here is no record in South Caro1na.
The total will, therefore, be
ipwards of 60.000.
To all of the four liberty loans the
eople of South Carolina responded
onerously, subscribing to $6,000,100
of the first loan. $17,921,750 of
he second loan, $19 4 26.250 of the
hird loan, and $37,1 17,950 of the
'ourth loan, a grand total of $80,165
950, a sum sixteen times the
date debt. To the third loan there
vere 87,905 subscril ?rs in South
'arolina. and the state's quota of
ted Cross work of the stnte be fl*irod.
In South Carolina the'-e are
">1 organized chanters of the Re<t
'ross. with a total membership of
0..M7, covprine every county in the
itafe The Rod Cross workers of
*oufh Carolina have had lb men and
(Cor.t'mied on Page Eight.)
|!14.fi25.ftOO was greatly oversubscribed
The pen < otage of the
iij?t* "s subscription, based upon the
luota, was 12 2.8. In the fourth
oiin, the people of South Carolina
oversubscribed their ouota of $22.152
000 by nearly *5,000,000 or
114.4 per cent and the e were about
I 1 4,000.000 subscribers.
As an indication of the work of the
vomen in the fourth ' >an the Women's
committee reported $9,992,'50
subscribed through their efforts,
vlth 41.089 subscribers.
In addition, the people of South
"arolina have responded to the ap>eal
of the national Government and
iave bought unsparingly of War
Savings Stamps. They have pledged
heniselves to buy $12,745,249 worth
>f War Savings Stamps. Of this
mount the negroes of the state have
jledged themselves to buy more
han a million and n quarter. There
ire 29fi 252 Individual pledges, of
vh'ch 220.188 are wh'te people. The
dodges made total $8.20 per capita.
vnicn applies in proportion to the
ares per capita to the white and
>1 48 per capita to the negroes.
Seventeen and eight-tenths per cent
>f the population of the state are
dodged to buy War Savings Stamps.
>uf when the figures are analyzed it.
s shown that 28.3 per cent of the
vhite population is pledged as
igainst 8.7 per cent of the negro
lopulation.
Ilcd Cross Work.
In both the Red Cro9s campaigns,
f 1917 and 1918. the people of
South Carolina oversubscribed their
luotas, giving a total of $1,590,221
n the two campaigns, $318,000 in
917 (when the quota for the state
vas $300.0001 and $1.272 221 in
918. This year the quota was
!400 000 The people of South
"arolina cave, therefore more than
hree times what they were asked
Rut not in dollars fllftnn /? ??*