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VOLUME LVIH, NUMBER 7. NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1922. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAR
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LEGISLATURE HAS ;
GOTTEN TO WORK
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MUCH DONE IN TWO WEEKS 3Y ;
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Tax Reform Stands Out Clearly as the j
Irtp^ Beinc Chased b* i
Both Branches
The Columbia Record. 22.
Faster work and more definite a in
than have characterized any legisla-1
ture for a number of years feature J
the present session, after two weeks ;
of work, and with five new revenue j
producing: bills going through the j
mill and with little else on surface as j
of state-wide importance, the South j
Carolina legislature seems on the high (
road to adjournment with the 40 days l
allowed for the regulation term. Both >
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Drancnes ueg'iii u;ca ..
Monday night sessions.
There is one central theme running
through legislation at this session,
and aside from that there is
little else of importance?taxation,
with a special eye to tax reduction,
l There seems to :be a pretty general j
understanding among the leading!
members that the total of appropria-;
tions can hardly be reduced, but that j
new revenue must be produced, and i
before the second week ended Friday j
afternoon 5 revenue producing meas-1
ures had been introduced by the ways j
and means committee of the house.
The bill to provide a tax on inheri- <
tances is with the senate judiciary j
committee, where a few kinks are j
being ironed out.
The income tax bill has passed the
house and has gone to the senate!
where it is now 'being given consul-;
eration by the finance committee, tor j
initial approval or disapproval.
The bill to provide a tax on hydro- J
electric power plants has been intro-:
auced in the house and is on the cal- j
endar for second reading.
The corporation license tax bill -is;
also on the calendar of the house, j
where it will probably receive atten- j
tion during the week ahead.
The gasoline tax bill has passed ;
the house and is on the senate cal- j
endar for second reading.
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Representative Simonnon s cm j
require men to undergo physical ex>
aminations before marriage, passed !
the house last year and is on the sen-!
ate calendar for third reading. The i
bill 'by Senator Bonham to regulate '
traffic on the highways is scheduled j
for third reading soon. The bi'.l to !
provide a tax on moving picture films j
a u-V>if wos irs ""o ? i
Jias&fu LUC IIVUCV, ..v.w. _
duced by E. A. Brown cf Barnwell, !
and is to be debated in the senate ;
early in the coming week. The bill \
to enlarge the railroad commission j
and combine it with the public utili- ;
ties commission, and the bill to require
free telephone service between
towns, are to be debated early in the
week. There are Wightman bills to i
abolish the tax commission, the board
of public welfare and the highway
commission, but they are due to die
hard.
rsr^Dir ritr pr?MP niFH
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SIX O'CLOCK SUNDAY;
Rome, Jan. 22.?Pope Benedi.-t's !
dea:h occurred at 0 o'clock this |
morning. The end had been expected j
for several hours. The attending j
physicians. Cardinal Gasparri and o:h- j
er members of the Pope's household}
were present at the bedside.
From midnight all hope had been i
abandoned, and at two p'clock Dr. j
Battistini announced that the Pope !
could not live longer than four hours '
at the maximum.
L>ay or uncertainly
It was a day of great uncertainty '
in Rome and deep anxiety ar-ang j
those who watched and prayed at the
Vatican, for virtually ail hope of the j
Pope's recovery was abandoned i vtn i
in the early hours cf the morning.
As the hours passed, the wonder
grew ar the r erupt rative powers of
the holy father, which enabled him
to pass frujr. oni sinking ?pel! to a1't.i
of .*rvv. r>;irai ive rej-t
fulness and strength. It w.is this
chanceful condition that inspired hope
at one moment and irave rise to rumors
of death at another.
Brittania used lo boast that she
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NEW TAX SOURCES
SOUGHT BY HOUSE
MOTION PICTURE LICENSE BILL
TO THIRD READING.
Action on Measure Follows Lengthy
Debate?F^riy-eighl Hour
3:il Favored.
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The State, January 20.
The search for new sources of rev
enue to so permit the relieving the
owners of visible property of a large
prep on ion of their present tax burden
occupied the major portion of
the time and interest of the house at
its session last night, the sending of
the motion picture license bill to third
reading after a somewhat warm debate
and the introduction of the corporation
license bill, being the salient
feature? of the session.
The judiciary committee returned
the 4S hour week 'bill, which would
limit the working hours in the cotton
mills of the state to 48 hours a week
with a maximum of eight hours a
day, with a favorable report and the
measure, which is practically identical
with the bill killed in the senate
last year, is expected to come up for
consideration this morning. The favorable
report of the committee was
made by Representative Peurifoy.
The motion picture license bill, of
which Edgar A. Brown' of Barnwell is
the author, came up for consideration
as a special order. The bill had been
referred in error to the judiciary committee,
which normally would have
considered it as it is primarily a revenue
producing: measure, and the first
effort made on the floor was to secure
the committing: of th" bill to the ways
and means committee. Eep*es;.>ntative
Sapp of Columbia leading: the
effort to secure the measure's being
sent to the ways and ; U':-.vs committee.
Many Voices Raised.
Representatives Hamb'in of Union.
O'R^urke of Chareston, Robinson of
Lancaster and Barnett of Columbia
joined Mr. Sapp in asking that the
bill be- sent to the committee, with
Representatives Brown of Barnwell.
Owens of Bennettsville, Evans of Bennettsville,
Binr.icker of Cope, Foster
Spartr.nbur.cr. and Hanahan of Winnsboro
opposing the proposal. The motio
of Mr. Sapp to com mitt the oil
was tabled by a vote of -10 to 34, ant
the measure was then taken up fcconsideration,
Mr. Robirron and Mr
O'Rcurke being chief opponents oi
the measure. The proposed rate. Mr
Robinson argued, was too high, while
Mr. O'Rourke, on the other hand, fav
creu the tax no matter how h;_rh i
might be or what hardships it mighl
work on the motion picture industry
expressing the hope Jiat "God wil
speed he day when, the "darn thing!
will be wiped ou'." The bill was tin
j.lly r.awd to thirl r. uhrg with./a
b second record vet2 by an over
whetming majority.
Would Bring Revenue
The bill "would impose a license ta:
of Z~) per 1,000 feet on each new filn
brought into the state and a fee o
S2.50 per 1,000 feet on each addition
al copy of a iiim shown in the state
The measure, it is estimated by th<
proponents of the bill, will bring int<
the state's coffers a sum totaling ap
proximately $100,000 annually.
Representatives Sheppard and Bar
net: again introduced their bill t<
make the d'-awi: g of checks. wher<
the drawer has not sufficient fund
in rh* hank to cover the check, a mis
demeanor. The bill was referred ti
the commttee on the judiciary.
Representative Sheppard is the au
thoi of a bill, also anions the num
jber of new measures introduced las
i night, to make it a misdemeanor fo
i any person, iirm or corporation V
publish or circulate untrue or mis
j leading statements in advertisement
regarding the sale of any article. Th<
? kill \vo? rpf^rrf d to the judiciary com
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mi tree.
i The o:r.L rsTcney appropriation '-.ill
| wh; -h :> a <lup!io;;Uj of the simlia
j treasure a'ready ir.troiiuced :n tiv
! houfe, was r . v: .v.i fro v. tae
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,reterrea ' < < J n.:ttr. oj
1 ways and mews,
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J f::\ orable r- p^rt on the joint resell:
Ition, offered bv Representative Brad
jf??i }. to alio v.* i h e ar^er f 4 hi
corstitm: " so a "> .crivt- ih.
general assemoiv ? ittvI f th stati
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' > AMERICAN LEGION NOTES. <t
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I Thc I.t'ii'v~>!i"s b-ir ki?tb.;!! *.vor
its fourth vvr-secutive victory who?:
ir drfpjitci! til? thii'a iciini of the col
i ](.'? ' in the cc?!(.'crcvm. last F"ridu\
j night. The score ;;t the era of th<
| first half Flood 17 to 16 in fawn- el
; the legion. The legion came hack
stron? in the last half and in th.: ;>e,
riocl held the college boys to foui
points while the legion scored 1(1
points. The crcal shooting of Fie yd
was the outstanding feature of the
rvo,v,c, 01 flf ijip loo-ion's noints bein^
w A v* v..? - , ^ ^
to his credit. However, the whole
legion team played jrood ball, and
gave him good assistance.
The final score was 33 to 29.
Floyd, Graham, Bryson, Fox and
Yigodsky played for the legion.
Shealy, A., Tillr;., Shealy 3rd, Hal
thvanger, and Boris, G..'\virh sutler
a? substitute, represented the college.
The legion's team will meet, the
Little Mountain high school team on
the latter's court next Tuesday evening.
We are counting on making this
, five straight.
Florence post Xo. 1 has invited the
South Carolina department Americar
I egion to hold its next convention in
1*iorence. 1.11s uun.o
of being the first to be organized ir
; South Carolina. That our department
was represented at the St. Louis
caucus in 1919 was due to the facl
that this post sent three of its mem,
bers to the meeting. These facts
coupled with the fact that the lasl
two conventions have been held in the
, upper section of the state, will givt
the Florence bid a strong hold -on the
executive committee, in whose hand:
. the decision as to the next cenver.
.' lion c ity was left.
Have .you paid your dees for 1922'
How about that new member? V/itr
some team work we can land the
Graham membership cup.
John B. Sctzler,
Publicity Officer.
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The legionn's bash .'jail team wor
, its third consecutive victory v.-hen i'
. defeated the Newberry hi rr> schoc
team 35 to 27 Wednesday ni^ht. Th<
. game was played in t.le men scuuu
. gymnasium. I dare say this is th<
I best basketball court in the state. Th.
! floor ;s nvide of hard wood, and tin
court is 70 by 40 feet.
Jo:m Floyd played the best jrami
* for the legion, scoring 23 points
while Kardeman and Tarrant featur
. ed for the high school with 13 an<
. 10 points resepctively to their ere
t ait.
; Floyd, Fox, Graham, C., Bryson
'il- "VT.fiiV.ctiHl ti
and vigoctsKy wun luuna.v
I constituted the legion's team.
3 The same team will meet thi
. crack third team of the college a: thi
t college gym. Friday night. At th<
- same place and on the same night th<
; girls' high school team will pi a;
Greenwood high. Come out and se<
c the dcuble-hcader. Ycu will be sun
i to get your money's worth,
f John B. Setzler,
-! Publicity Officer.
a "LISTEN IRENE" IS
3 | HIGHLY RECOMMENDEI
| Manager H. B. Wells of the oper;
:n r.-f-clnt of the following
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3 telegram from - the manager of th
.. -Majestic theatre of Johnson City
3 Tenn., in which he recommends ver
. highly the musical comedy, "Listei
Irene." which will be here Thursday
i Johnson City, Tenn., Jan. 20, 1022.
. -M<*r. Opera House,
_! Newberry, S. C\
I; Understand you booked "Liste;
1 " mv theatre tonigh!
r, capacity bu?i iess and pleased ever,
ev.e of my patrons. By far the bes
5 musical comedy this year. Xyr
L. Brown and Johnnie (let7- are bene
. than ever. This wire sent unsoliciw
, led. a pleasure to recommend shew
of class.
(leu. Keys. Mer..
A; a j e:?tic I /i eat re.
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i G \V L-f 1 % * w i'v'v.:* o v v.; * . & iiiv ? ?
hi? :-iuf.t ft.:.: ze w'm a whale .jf a
J ar:r.y ho connr.anilei!.
*! And !: som- :;.h happens that th
" turt*R i:i the i . t-r.tr>- -v arc bet
" * t*r 'h:?n J!.* e 'a ;r:si.!<*.
; Or.'.' wuy of . u.-' ;*ie is i
. ':< von sell t ; <> \
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'BILLS EXPECTED !;
TO REDUCE LEVY
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Hydro-elcctric Tr.x and Corporation '
License Tar Bill Reported
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The S: le, 20. r
, j Two new tax I 1!~. calculated to
I bring into 1'ij coffers of the state a ^
U??.ncn $97" ,.,in an 1 S400.
k lUUU U1 UL'M?V/VI1 v?- ? v,v vv ^ ^
. 000 annually, yesterday made their ,f
appearance cn the floor of the house.
L These measures, the corporation li- ^
, cense bill and the hydroelectric bill, ;
; both of which are sponsored by th^;
ways and means committee, are ex
peered to come up for consideration ~
today.
The corporation license tax pro-! (
vides for the levying of a direct tax
, on the capital stock of corporations, j
t the tax being applied according to a ,
. | graduated scale. The measure, it is (
. 'estimated, will produce revenue total- ^
;ing approximately $100,000 annually, "j
, The tax is modeled very closely upon ^
, the present corporation license tax (
ilaw, the rates being increased, how- <
[ ' ever. j J
. 1 The wavs and means committee
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.! places the estimate of the revenue to '
.'be brought in by the hydroelectric H
u tax at $175,000 annually, but repre-''
sentatives cf various hydroelectric
^ i companies operating in the state con- (
..v. + f\f filfi
^ S'CICi* in IS till uiiuciotaivijitui vj.
. fa?ts and phce th:* estimated return
, from the proposed tax at $300,000 '
? annually. '
; I These measures, with the other new
revenue bills now being: considered in '
the house and senate, it is anrued by
> their proponents, will so reduce the
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, portion of the state's revenues to be
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? ; derived from the 'isibie property tax (
jas to permit a cut In the levy to live
i and a half mills or lower.
} The hydro-electric tax bill, which is
| on? of divers new tax measures urged
j by Gov. Robert A. Cooler in his an(.
r.ual address to the legislature this
I year, would provide for the levying of
a tax of one-third of a mill for each
i kilowatt hour of electric power pro..
duced by water companies in the state
> on all individual companies or corporl
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* ations prcnucinjjs i^m
cr power. This tax. under the pre- '
visions of the bill, would be paid in
quarterly installments, falling due on
or before the las: day of March, June, _
j September and December annually.
To make possible these quarterly as- ;
n\'\r ItTr?vn.nlAptT'c. niant
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in the stare will be required by the
bill to report to the state tax commission
on the power produced during
^ each quarter, these reports to be made
to the commission within 30 days af?
ter the last day of February, May,
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fj -*\U}XUSl. ctHCl i\O v CillUCI. v. \sx
r reporting less than 2,500 kilowatt
L, hours for any quarter would be exemoted
frcm the payment of the tax
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, and the tax commission is. authorized
| to excuse all plants incapable of pro-j
j ducing 8,000 kilowatt hours a month :
! from making quarterly reports. The
tax commission, in whose hands the I
j administration of the tax is placed,'
j under the provisions of the proposed
a measure, will (be given authority to j
ir examine the books and records of any .
e 'hydro-electric plant in the state to de-:
. ter.mme tne accuracy 01 trie leiwus
.. made.
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,-j ! A penalty of $5 a day for each
. day the company or individual or corporation
fails to make its quarterly
report after the report is due is car!
ried in the bill, thf tax commission
1 being empowered, however, to relieve
*!?.. 4.,,. rr ill'ii\-ifina1 (IV Pfl'lPPril
! n:c 1:1^ ii.u.. imuv.L
v of the penalty should it be proven
j. that 1 iie delay in thv filing of the re-j
port was not occasioned by negligence
r or an attempt to evade the tax. A 5
pi t' cent penalty would also be impos-'
s eu for each month that thj itax re.
.-iti,. ;,l iifror f llino' --j#-?
j Ufl|7?tiV4 t i CV i v? v< v >
: Tin lux would bo ust d in dt-frayinjr
. t ho gener.ii expen es of the *tute. the
. measure becc-n;ing ciFoe!ive mimed! .
utelv ai;o:! aparov.ii by the governor.
| .W.v ti::i: ;iu- packing house t tiii
res h.w accepted a wajje cat.
e j -:V j;,... w.'i:.? hanoer.s to ilie nrice of
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-inc.;;. i
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'J i;;.:u-u'> itim s if there weren't s;>
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"SUCKERS" ON A VACATION >
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'lalhoun Times.
\vi L iiit> s-iiu t:ut? <x aumci
,s born every hour in the day. He is
:asy prey when times are normal but
:he boll weevil has ?iven him a rest
n Calhoun county, ai last. Not ev:>n
the perennial Bible agent has
;een able to exploit him this fall,
ri-'s county was never so free of a?>v>tc
livino. ,.n thpir W'f ? antl 2, CTUlli
>le public, as now. When the going
iv?s good there were hardly any
lard-bciieci philosopher; left to stuiy
the psychology of human nature.
Everybody was in the "sucker" line
:p. We remember a good many
/ears ago when there was a sale of
1 - Ji ~ rt rt >? f Vi n frro>'L
.own ICLS i : M)H !i, nu ^,iuvtid
school building. An immense
rowd was on hand and a brass band
lisccursed delightful music. An auc;;oneer,
of exceptionally high merit,
cept the 4*boys" in high humor,
some of us who had no more need
)f a town lot than a 'brass monkey
'ell to the inspiration and exhilera~
* mr .
;ion of the surroundings. me lots
-vent like hot cakes and have been
roing ever sir.ce. Then came the
Seminole crowd. They promised at
east 20 per cent dividends on every
dollar invested. They traveled, an
pairs, were handsome as Alcibiades;
splendidly dressed and with diamonds,
sparkling from stick pins to
rings on their well-grocmed fingers.
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Seme of the ckl war horses wno naci
lodged "greasy pig" schemes all their
lives were caught in the brilliant net
?et for the "suckers." One of these
victims scenting danger from afar
journeyed up to Columbia, and with
an air of innocent and exuberant
anxiety to satisfying his notes, asked
to see them. When accornmouat
ed, he liquidated by tearing1 them to
tatters. George Johnstone, the noted
criminal lawyer of Newberry,
pronounced him the finest equity
lawyer in South Carolina. It would
be interesting reading to see all the
transactions of the speculators in the
various grades by the big, mc-'ium
and little fish, chalked up on a huge
bulletin board for every county in
the country during the la3t five
years.
The regular, old line and legitimate
earnings are too slow for the
"sucker?.They plunged for big and
easy stakes. As a result, nineteen of
every twenty threw their candy in
the sand. The great back wash of the
panic has strewn the beach with
many a wreck. Some of the "suckcrs"
ended it all by suicide; others
flew the coop when the eagle swooped
down for its meat; wh'le a great
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multitude, unaccustomed iu nie
pangs of a pinched pocket book, are
hoping and anxiously yearning for
a better day to dawn. After al!, the
p:ood old Bible has laid down in
Genesis the only safe rule for the
vast majority to follow: "In the
sweat of thy face shalt thou eat
bread."
SHIPPING COTTON
FROM ANDERSON
Five Hundred Bales Begin Lcng
Journey to European Mills in
Czecho-SIovakia
Anderson, Jan. 14.?A cotton par
ade was held in Anderson today. Five
hundred bales of cotton loaded on
wagons and trucks brought from every
part of the county were in line.
There were about oO wagons and as
many trucks. Leading the parade
was a four mule team with a wagon
Kcioc nf ^nimn. and driv
\\ lill v.- ? T _
in<r this team was the man who is
responsible for this evidence that Anderson
ccunty has cotton, Joseph J.
Fret well.
A moving picture was taken and it
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This cotton will be shipped to CoJunibi;:
to be compressed for shipment.
Then will be sent to Charleston
and will bo on the way to Czechoslovakia
"oy the middle of next week.
This is the second shipment of cotton
pniinfv. A few weeks asro
.Mr. Fret well ser,: -"10 bales, and this
shipment will ho 0 h.v'rs farmers
from every seetkr. of ;!:e courty
furris'-iir:;; the ration. I'll. S'nie.
The moviru ?ii( lire tvtYrroil. in
:!uJ ninoi't;ir: ! > - !:;ken
I?y '!i> I:io hioih- : j'* X?"a ' v.
LAYS ASIDE WORK
IN HONOR OF LEI
i LOWER HOUSE PAYS TRIBUT
TO GREAT LEADER
Hydro-electric Companies Woul
I A AA", tinnal RpVPtlllP
to State
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i The State, 20.
! The introduction of a bill to ta
! hydro-electric companies, the killin
i of the Eller.be fraternity measure an
1 the holding of exercises in honor c
the birthday of Gen. Robert E. Le
'were the salient features of th
'somewhat brief morning session c
the house yesterday. The sessioi
which was limited to allow time fc
the meeting of the joint assembh
was cut short upon the mot'on c
T?nnrpson.t.af:ives McMillan of Charle-:
ton and Hanahan of Winnsboro the
the house recess out of respect to th
great Confederate commander and i
; honor of the brave soldiers wh
j fought under him.
! The hydrc-electric tax bill, whic
' is sponsored by the ways and mear
i committee, will -probably be taken u
ifnrbv p<5 thp 56C0n
II U L LUliOU4V.iu.bWii vvv*v?j M?
of the new revenue measures to conI
, before the house, the first, the incon.
J tax bill, having been sent to the sei
; ate Wednesday.
The special exercises in honor (
! General Lee's birth-day were held in
mec .'atelv after the reconvening (
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.the house at the conclusion of t}
: meeting of the joint assembly, Re;
j resentatives J. T. Brair.lett and Joh
j G. Greer, both of Greenville count;
| the only Confederate veterans :n t?
I hou.ie, being invited to make ai
drcsse.-j cf tribute io the great rrv3
jar.d commander under whose lead?
iship they had fought in the amies <
{the Confederacy. The motion, pr
i vidir.rr fcr ihe holding of the exerci
j es and .h? extending of the floor '
' Representatives "ramlett and Giee
was made by Representative Jennin;
K. Owens of Benncitsville.
In Honor of Lee
And so the house turned from i
labors of law making to listen to ti
- Canoi-c! T O.i STirip' 'bv tv
[>;ciisco v>i. viv...v.ic -?0 _?
.men. who had served with the gre;
! ' ?
i Virginian. Both Mr. Bramlett ar
| Mr. Greer praised General Lee as
jgreat military leader and a great ar
good man z.:\\ citizen. "Never hi
there been a greater man bcrn
j the country," Mr. Bramlet': raid. "P
was true to hlz country, true to h
!men." Mr. Greer also held G^ner
Lee up as a ciaaracccr :o oc t.uamn
i by the youth of the land and at tl
j same time paid high tribute to tl
! men who fought with him under tl
i Stars and Bars. The Ccnfedera
'army, he said, was "one of the grea
lest armies that ever marched."
I Representative Eugene S. Bleise 1
Newberry made a short address <
j thanks in the name of the hcuse
I the two veterans, reminding the mer
,! bers that not very <much longer wou
Ithey have the veterans of the Confe
i erate armies with them and callir
!upon them -to see that in the sho
[time that remains every honor shcu1
j be accorded -them in memory of the
| valor and sacrifices. "They fought
Mr. Blease said, "in behalf of wh;
has oftentimes been called 'The Lo
Cause,' but it is not lost. Those pri
ciples for which the men of the Co
federacy dared death and some gai
I up their lives will never die, 'but li
lanrl rrmntrv on to hiff
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jer and greater achievements. T1
j wearers of the gray came back 1
Jtheir homes with their flag furled, bi
there was no stain of dishonor upc
it. They were defeated, but the
were defeated in glory and with ho:
or."
Tribute to Confederates
Representative McMillan then mo'
ed that the house rise out of respei
,to the Confederate veterans and Ge<
! en:I Lee, and Representative Hanaha
suggested an amendment that tl
house, us a tribute to General Lee ar
his followers, recess until the nig]
session. The motion was carried.
Pin ing trie short session devoted 1
the consideration of the measures c
the calendar few matters of moi
than local import were considered ou
>:de of the fraternity bill. The Ibi
introduced :?y Representative She
. i. Be:,.;,!;am an;! Moore, to make
i>i:ir.wi:! to :>ribe. intimidate or i
:riy mrirmr seek to prevent the ii
: of cii:n'n:j' i>ro-;eciltion *
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SOLDIER SLAIN
E BY FIRING SQUAD
E ALABAMA SCHOOL TEACHER
TESTIFIES AT HEARING
d Intelligence of George Washington
Yarborough Makes Impression
on Colonel Bethel
Washington, Jan. 19.?George
x Washington Yarborough, a high
g school teacher of Roanoke, Ala., and
H 1 rated as the welterweight cham
>f pion of the American expeditionary
e forces, 'told a senate investigating
e committee today that he had witness>f
ed the shooting of American soldiers
i, by a firing squad near the Chateau;
ir Thierry region in July, 19IS.
| Regarded by the committee as probif
;Elbly the most clear headed of all the
former service men -testifying conit
cerning alleged hanging of soldiers
e without trial, Yarborough, himself a
n reluctant witness, declared the sight
io ! of the man being led to his death,
with hands tied behind his back, made
h him forget for the moment the
is | screeching of enemy shells flying overp
| head. The witness said he was close
.d ! enough when the officer commanding
te the squad gave the order to fire to
ie hear the soldier, barely 20 years old,
' 11 ^ J? J" -? kia
i-1 plead to oe anoweu 10 uie wiui ma
eyes unbound.
)f Members of the committee and Col.
i- Walter A. Bethel, assistant judge ad)f
vocate general of the army, listened
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le j closely to tiie recitaj, iur cviucutc
p- j from war department sources heretom
j fere presented failed to show where
y, mon had met death in that way. Yar\q
borough was pi ;ssed Iby Colonel Bethi
el, who declar' d the witness was extn
; t*. emely intelligent and that he was
r-irct at4-?" iptin : to 'break down his
^f j story, out seecing to obtain some da~
' n-in-v. ortoKlp Viim ,t,o check UD
U- 1 la. vvu.v.i 111:511 m
s- on the ?'ioot ng. The witness exto
plained that Ice could gave the names
r, of none of tie men with him at the
js time because they were not attached
to his outfit.
There had been camp reports, the
is witness: said, that-the soldier was shot
le for neglect of duty in battle. Asked
:o by Chairman Brandegee if the shootat
ing led him to believe there had been
.^1 nf nnwpr Yarhorouzh replied,
IU va v ?. 7 w ^
a "None whatever," as he assumed that
id the officer handling the squad was caras
rying out orders. But he thought
:n then and now, he added, that if the
le army had detailed a squad to shoot a.
is comrade it might have detailed anal
other squad to pick up the body and
id bury it.
le Much testimony relating to alleged
le abuse of enlisted men cropped out
le again today, along with further refte
eences to the conduct of "Hard Boilt
ed" Smith. Two former service men
testified they had seen three public
irf pvornt-inns at Is-Sur-Tille, at which
sf Uta^ion war department records show
tD i oniy two men were hanged.
n- The hearing was adjourned until
Id next Wednesday.
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lg. COMMUNITY MARKET HAD
rt GOOD DAY ON SATURDAY
Id
jr The community maiket had a good
" day on Saturday. The sales were
at $89.25. Orders were left for two live
~f rabbits, three prepared abbits, squa>-.
CU I
n. j dressed hens, prepared frying sized
n. chickens, cream. A beef has been
re promised for the next Saturday.
v_ Those in charge would be glad to
h_ have the following pecple call and
ie get the amount due them. Each
to amount has been placed in an er.velope
and sealed: Miss Louise Weda)n
man, Mrs. W. C. Shgh, J. W. Kinard,
iy O'Neall club, Mrs. Jas. Hentz, R. E.
R_ Livingston, Mrs. G. W. Sube^, Mr.
Smith.
^ "People have quit believing in hell"
^ says an exchange. But why? Look
" at the condition the country is in.
1,1 It is more than eleven months un*e
til another Christmas, glory be!
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"*t to prevent witnesses from testifying
in any case, was recommitted to the
>o judiciary committee.
>"'* The bill to prohibit the use 01 cutre
outs on motor driven vehicles in the
t- state was given its second reading
and was advanced without debate,
r- This bill, which was introduced by
it Representatives Nance of Cross Hill
in and Dickson of Anderson, is practin-'
(ally identical with the measure killed
i last venr.
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