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VtKCOMMKNDS APPROPRIATIONS
OP NKARLY SIX AND X HALF
"MILLION DOLLARS.
PROPOSED REVEKUE GHMI6ES
ItJEIBtiSnSBSflBENHZi
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Taxation, the word that stays coxy
ttnnally on the tongues of the people
'a. of South Carolina, was the keynote of
Governor Cooper's annual message to
the general assemhly delivered to the
Joint assembly in the' hall of the house
of representatives. Soma
change In the tax system is
? Imperative and the change must come
at this session if a backward step is
to be warded off, the chief executive
said, in recommending hew sources of
revenue. /
- ** "Any tax system which is not \>ased
? on the principal of. ability to pay is
fundamentally wrong," the 'governor
declared. Some paragraphs from the
governor's message give an insight
to the need for additional tax meas'
% ures.
New xsvenue measures proposed by
the governor are:t An income tax, an
Inheritance tax, a gasoline and petro<
t leum products tax, an occupation and
privilege license tax, a luxuries tax.
In addition he favors proposed amend,
ments to the constitution to give the
state a just tax system.
In hie message the governor gives
his recommendations (or state appropriations
(or this year. These recommendations
have been taken (rom the
budget and the figures show that the
governor recommends a total appropriation
(or 1922 o( 96.466,240.16. This
Is a Blight decrease (rom the amount
appropriated by the 1921 legislature,
k In 1621 the general assembly approprtated
96,767,136.82 tor all state purposes.
Last year the governor recommend
ed that the legislature appropriate 37,ffl,<K8.86
and thiB year his recommendatii\gs
show a reduction o( 9646,448.71.
As>oH?pared with the appropriation
bill last year h(s 1922 recommendations
are 93010.896.17? below
what was appropriated, including the .
< extra 3200,000 (or the citadel.
The messago dealt almost entirely
' with the proposed new revenue measures
and the budget recommendations.
The governor took up every
phase o( the proposed new bills and
ot his recommendations as to approS
priatlons. /
, v "I wish again to urge the passage ot
.1 t the proposed amendment to our state
. ' constitution," the governor said,
which is necfcsary. be(ore you may
properly classify property for the purpose
of taxation.* This matter Is so
, ' thoroughly discussed In the report
submitted one year ago on revenue
and taxation, that It is unnecessary
. to add anything further here.
NI have recommended the passage
* of these measures In order to raise
sufficient revenu^' to support the state
government and to provide for: Its
different Institutions and festivities.
"It has occurred) to me 'thai some
explanation of the budget- recommendations
for 1922 is appropriate in connection
with the subject dot revenue
V and taxation. The following summary
of the budget recommendations for
the presept-year gives a concise and,
r - I think, intelligent statement of the
purposes of expenditure.
V "1. For-expenses of. legislative department.
9105,372.
"2. For expenses of Judicial department,
including the circuit courts,
' 9157,698.66.
"3. For educational purposes, including
91.668.740 for administration
and aid for public schoolB, 9061.951.67
for the flvewtate colleges and 9184.942.04.
for the School for the Deaf and
Blind and the John de I>a Howe Industrial
school, 92.766,633171.
"4. for the six charitable and correctional
institutions and for the sup
port or the bltpd children and the
Catawba Indiana. $1,067,128.36.
. % . , "6. For Confederate pensions.- including
the infirmary and aid for the
Highway Body Hold* Meeting.
j,- At the regular meetihg of the state
highway commission applications for
? federal aid for road building projects
were received and ..acted upon and
routine business transacted,
fly Dorchester county made application
for federal aid in the - sum of $5,000
for the building of the Charloston"Columbia
road between I rettyman's
Mill and the Charleston county line.
The application was granted. This
approval makes a total of $18,000 of
' federal aid. $18,000 already, having
been given for. ^iis road.
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by 8pedker. i
Speaker Atkinson of the house of
repreeentatlves announced the follow
ing committee appointments: John)
O.^Oreer. of Oreer.-committee on ag- j
i t * ricultnre. education and commerce
r and manufacturing; Eugene S. Blease.
- * of Newberry, judiciary committee; J.
Bfj&L 1 B. Drlttoa, of 8umter, committee on
agriculture, education and banking
i. , and insurance, and Dr. S. T. D. Lan\-V
' JG|; ctsiteV, of"Pauline, committee on
v Tl)e appointments were to fill vacan
doe occasioned by changes.
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raUniu' reuntbn, $840,429.60.
"8. For agricultural woi% Including
public service under.Glemsoncollege,
all regulation end Inspection by Uxe
department of agriculture and expenses,
cotton warehousing, grading
and Inspecting by tbe warehouse commissioner's
office, 4408,817.85.
"7. For public health. Including expenses
of tubercular sanatoriums,
$199,919.40.
"8. For interest on bonded debt,
$247,290.12.
"9. For road construction and supervision
'by the state highway department,
$188,785.75.0
"1ft. For aid In defraying expenses
of county governments. Including salaries
of auditors and treasurers, and
for county auditing work, $158,938.84.
x. "11.- For expenses of election to be
held in 1922, $41,325.
[' "12. For maintaining the National
Guard, including the 28 unite, $34,210.
-is. ror puisne printing, including
the 1023 code, 170.000. f ? .
"14. For the administration of the
executive departments, boards and
commissions, including about 30 organisations,
$442,282.34.
"Grand total, $6.466,240.15*"
Senate Hae Many New Bills.
Introduction ot a joint concurrent
resolution to restrict the 1922 appropriations
for qn state purposes to
$3,892,682, a bill to abolish the Btate
tax commission and one to provide for
two months emergency appropriations
tor this year as well as to restrict expqpdltures
by the state agencies until
the 1922 appropriation bill is passed.
The resolution to restrict the appropriating
yvas offerdd by Mr. Wells of
Edgefield and was held over, no action
being taken. In the resolution
It is set forth that in 1919 the appropriations
were $3,892,682 and that In
1921 the amount was $6,534,000 and
Senator Wells claims there is no need
for such an increase. His resolution
would give the same appropriation
for 1922 .as for 1219.
Senator Wightman introduced the
bill to abolish -the 'tax commission.
Under the terms of this measure thd
duties of the to* pnrnmlnlnii mnnl''
devolve upon a state board of tax assessor*
headed by the comptroller
general and seven members to be appointed
by the governor, who would
hold office coterminal with the governor.
One member from each congressional
district is provided for.
Senator Ooodwln Introduced a Joint
resolution postponing the payment of
state and county taxes until April 1,
1922. with a penalty of on^ per cent.
The resolution was referred to the
finance committee.
A concurrent resolution by Senator
Young to allow a bill to be introduced
-to change the status of the trustees of
the Charleston high school so the trustees
and the high school can receive
and hold property, real and personal,
in any amount, and granting to the
trustees the power to condemn property
for school purposes was passed,
without opposition by tins senate. .
A concurrent resolution from the
house ' fixing the time for meetings'
every day and providing for sessions
through Friday as well as other regulatory
clauses was held up upon objection
of Senator Wightman.
Bills Introduced In House..
- Among the measures of state-wide
importance introduced in' the house
was a bill, of which M. C. Foster is
the author, to regulate the maximum
prices to' be ^targed by telephone
companies in me state. Under the.
provisions of the bill thp maximum
charge for a one-party business telephone'line
will be $6 amonth, and for
a one-party residence telephone line
$3 a month. The maxttnum charge tor
duplex* lines -will be fixed at |4 for
ntK uuiiuei* leiepnune ana ix.ov ior
each residence telephone. The hill
carries a penalty of 150 for each violation
or attempted violation, the pen-;
alty to be "recovered in any court
of competent; jurisdiction in the state
at the instance and on behalf of the
aggrieved party or parties.' The bill
was referred to the hquse judiciary
committee, which Will hold a hearing
'on the measure gt its meeting.
Julius. S. Mclnnes and Ashton H. 1
Williams are sponsors of a bill to
provide for the retirement on twothirds
salary of judges when they
reach the a#e of 70. provided they
have a record of ten years' service.
The bill also carries provisions for
the retiring on a like salary schedule
of any judges becoming physically incapacitated
to perform their duties.
The measure was Referred to the judiciary
committee.
A bill to confer upon.^all women"
who have attained the ago of 21 years,
all the rights' and .privileges conferred
upon male citizens and to make nil
women subject to all the duties that
are possessed by male c>tlzen9 was
also among the number of statewide
measures introduced, M. R. -Cooper,
the author of the hilj, holding that It
Corrects errors -made in a similar ;
measure passed last year. The women,
in Mr. Cooper's measure, are to be ex- !
empteddroiri the payment of bdth municipal
and county commutation road
taxes. ' .' .1
Other measures of Interest Introduced
Include a bill to allow cousins
to inherit nnder certain conditions, a
bill to prevent the use and sale of
steel traps in the state and a bill to.
allow the graduates of the law school
of Purman university to be licensed
to practice law in the state* without
examination before the state boerd of
examiners. This privilege is now
granted only to the graduates of the
law scbool. of the University of South
Carolina,, a state institution.
Governor Cooper returned a number
of duplicate acta from last session
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FERTILIZER MILLS
TRf IOJTRENCH!
OUTPUT TO BE REGULATED BY
. DEMAND AND ALSO* BY x
.ABILITY TO PAY.
FEW MILLS ARE IN OPERATION
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Faotorloe Art Not Produolng Boyond
t What la Required to Take Care
of Current Buslneea.
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1m8 perplexing (actors entering Into
the situation, the outlook (or the fertlllser
Industry in Charleston, as well
as in the South generally. Is regarded
as problematical, but on the whole It
can be stated tahat this Industry,
which is one ot Charleston's moat lm- 1
portent, has passed the worst period
ot the, depression which struck Ht
with tull force last year, and is now
groping Its way to a more hopeful
condition. One local fertiliser man is
of the opinion that the business this
year,will in volume be approximately
the same as last year, when just about
half the normal business was done.
The session of fertilize'r shipments
usually commences here afaSut January
1 to January IS, but this year it is
not expected to open until at least
February 1. With few exceptions, the
local ractortes have been closed since
last March, a Yew being 4emporartly
in operation now. The factories have
adopted a very conservatlce policy in
manufacturing and are producing not
beyond what is required to take care
. of current business. It has been a
number of months since acid phosphate,
one of the most important of
fertilizers, has been manufactured and
if the demand for thfs product is as
great as last year, there is likely to
be a shortage. _The stocks on nand
at present in the factories consist' almost
entirely of raw products.
The business this season will he
regulated by two main factors?the
demand fer fertilizers and credit
standing of those who would purchase.
A number of farmers tried
last yehr to dispense with the fertilisers,
but the unsatisfactory results
are expected to bring soil foods back
to the use. On the other hand, some
farmers, owing to the boll weevil situation.
"will probably not wish to require
the usual fertilizer. Thqre is
thus uncertainty existing, but from
the standpoint of tbe factories, there
is no question but that the worst 1b
over. Naturally" there is a tendency
to be somewhat gloom y; ? when one
contrasts the prosperity which flamed
up during the famous war era, and
I fertilises men locally did not anticipate
that anything like a "return
to normalcy'' can be expected in the
Immediate, future.
Farmers to Use Colteton Plant.
WalteSboro.?What will prove tfc
be a most, important meeting was held
at the court house here when a mage
meeting of the farmers of the county
was held and addressed by W. W.
Long of Clemson college and T. B.
Young, district ageflt. Florence. These
gdhtlemen came to Walterboro upon
invitation, and following a conference
held here a few days ago, at whtqp
time a plan for rendering the Colleton
ProductV association of more nse to
the farmers of the county was discussed.
At this conference it was
unanimously decided that the best
thing for the Colleton Products association
to do was to offer the plant
t/i tViA f&pmar? A# >*? Aamsi?U I#
.would organize a county-wide co-operative
organization so tiiat all the (annere
of the county could feel free to
bring their surplusN products to the *
markets through the use of the plant.
At a subsequent meeting of the
stockholders of 'the association, tlje
plan was dtscusfted and a motion unanimously
carried to turn the plant over
to -a propirly organized co-operative
marketing organization, for a period
of years, the first year to be used by
the farmera of the county free of
cost. It - la felt that in this way the
valuable plant of die association can
be utilized to the greatest advantage
in carrying out the original intentions
of the promoters.
Want Court Relief.
Spartanburg.?The grand Jnry in l(t
final presentment recommended that
the legislature do something to relieve
the congestion of the court, either
make Spartanburg a.clrouit within itfeelf
pr to establish a county, court
which will take card of many of the
cases. Tlsere is the greatest possible
congestion in court here. Ninety cases
were brought ovc# from the last form
of rotfrt and the grand Jury brought
In 64 true bills this term, which remain
to he tried. The grand Jury
found cooalty offices In good shape.
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Taking Tax Returns.
Oaffney?During this week and next
J. W. George, county auditor, will be
.out in <the county taking tax returns
The office, however, will he kept open
for.the -purpose of receiving returns
during Mr. George's absence from
town. ' Mr. Gporge says that very few
people make rqfurns at these county
appointments, and It would appear,
that-it la a useless expenditure of time
and money ,to make the trips, but
the. law provides that it be done and
the auditors have no discretion iff
the matter.
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HAYS 10 BE HEM)
OF MOVIE INDUSTRY
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POSTMASTER GENERAL WILL RE*
TIRE *ROM HARDING'S CAB*
INET SOON.
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Data of Hit Retirement Prom Cabinet
Defends Largely on the Withes or
Hit Prospective Employers. *
Washington. ? Intention of Post*
master General Hays to retire from
the cabinet In the near future to become
the directing head of motioh pic*
tore producers ^nd distributors, was
announced at the White House, at the
conclusion of a conference bbtween
President Hasdlng and the postmaster
general.
President Hard hag, in a statement,
declared he could not "well Interpose
any objection to Mr. Hays retiring
fro pi the cabinet to take up a work so
Important," while Mr. Hays, stating he
bad decided to accept the offer of the
motion picture Interests, made it clear
that as yet no contract had been executed.
The postmaster general, however,
expressed confidence that a satisfactory
contract could be agreed
upon.
Representatives of motion picture
producers and distributors have been
negotiating for the services of the
postmaster general for some time and
are understood to have outlined .to Mr.
Hays what %they wish him to undertake.
Withln-a few days he expects to
con tor again with them, probably in
New .York, and unless something urn
foreseen takes place, it is expected
that a contract will be signed at the
meeting.
The date of his retirement from the
cabinet, Mr. Hays said, would depend
largely, on the wlahes of hla prospective
employers. He declared, however,
he would not give up his government
duties hntil the President hat
had time to select his successor. It
was said at the White Hotiae that nothing
would be done toward* selection ot
a new-postmaster general until felr.
Hays had formally tendered his resignation.
The President personally gave out
the following statement:
"The postmaster general and I have
been discussing at considerable length
the proposal which has been made" tc
him to become the head ot a national
association of motion picture producers
and distributors. If the arrangement
proves to be, when the details
are worked out, what it seem?
to be. I cannot well Interpose any
objection to Mr. Hays retirins from
the cabinet to take up a work so important.
It is too great an opportunity
for a helpful public service for him to
refuse."
"I shall be more than sorry to have
him retire from the cabinet, where he
has already made so fine a record,
bpt we have agreed toxlook upon the
situation from the broadest viewpoint
and seek the highest public <good."
Mr. Hays made this statement:
"With the President's consent I hav?
decided to undertake the work suggested
by the motion picture producers
and distributors. _,o contract has .
been executed *s~yet. I am assuming,
of course, that a satisfactory con
traet will be possible and one which
will, make certain the carrying out of
the high purposes contemplated by
this great industry.1'
Otf Tovtn Is In Flames.
Dallas, Texas. s? Mexia, the southwest's
greatest,.'oil town, was swept
by fire. ^ .
The loss was variously estimated
at betweeh $250,000 and $1,000,000.
The Are started in a downtown build
ng. ,
Water pressure (ailed almost com*
pletely under the demands of the fire
department. *;
Woman Killed by Airplane.
Red Bank, N. J.?A runaway airplane,
starting from the ice, cra'shed
into a crowd <St several hundred skaters
on the. Shrewsbury river, killed
Mrs. Anna C. E. Hounlhan, severtd the
right afro of her brother. Lawrence
Conly, of Mlddletown, and slightly
injured many others.
Rescued From Watery Grave.
New York.?Without food or water
for two days, and during that time
lashed to the cabin hatch of their
waterlogged craft to prevent their
being washed overboard by mountainous
seas, Capt. V. M. Cole and seven
members of the crtow of'the American
schooner James 'M. W. Hall arrived
here on the steanmliip West Canon,
which rescued them 250 miles southeast
of Cape May, N. J., after they had
ylrtbally abandoned hope of ever, being
picked up alive. . ? Woman's
Party in South.
Washington.?Alice Paul's cavalry
brigade tt ready J or a sure enough
invasion of the Saiith. The first outriders
will leave here this week. The
purpose of this movement on the
"Solid South." as announced from the
national woman's party headquarters.
Is "to assist the southern state chairmen"
in their campaign for equal
rights legislation."
A big meeting of the national doun>
ell of tlie 'party will be held here,
when definite plans fur action in the
variooa states will he discussed.
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What la Taking Plaea la Tha South,
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Foreign
Terribly mangAti by the premathre
explosion of dynamite .Olaf Peterson,
a farmer of Ramnaes, dragged himself
400* yards and drowned himself to end
his agony.
While Lieutenant J. M. Robb was
piloting a military machine across the
English channel, the machine fell onto |
Its tall. Lieutenant Robb was rescued
by a boatman.
The kings' proclamation or amnesty,
announcement of tfye departure of the
auxiliaries and the resolution of the
Sinn Fein executive council to summon
an extraordinary convention soon,
to decide upon the future of the organisation
and its policy, after Eamon
De Valera had predicted a split in the
organization, were the chief developments
in the Irish situation.
pVesldent Millerand recently accepted
the resignation of Premier Brland
and his entire cabinet and Indicated
he would not ask anyone to form a
new ministry. Minister of War Barthou
and .former President Poincare
?dio iiicuuuunu pruuiinenny in par*
llamentary lobbies as likely candidates
tor the task of forming a new
government.
Marquis Okuma, former premier of
Japan, died recently at Tokio. He was
field marshal in the Russo-Japanese
war.
The Irish dail eireann defeated de
Valera for the presidency of the Irish
Republic. It is now thought that the
next step of the eireann will he to aid
in mtfklng a stable government for
the "Free State."
, The volcano Ometepe, on the Island
of Onietepe. eight miles from
the western shore of Lake Nicaragua,
is in active eruption. Many thousands
of cdca plants have been destroyed,
large areas of grazing lands are cov- j
ered with ashes, and many cattle are
dead.
The supreme council at Cannes recently
examined the situation created
hy the departure of the French delegation
and ruled that decisions on
which a complete agreement had been
redched become operative, especially
that regarding the Genoa conference,
for which Premier Bonoml, of Italy,
was charged , to issue invitations.
Thomas S. Ryan, a newspaperman,
at JPariSw. has been arrested rhnreed
with attempting to murder his wife,
formerly Miss Audrey Creighton, of
California, by forcing her to swallow
bechloride of mercury tablets on a
threat he otherwise would klir himself.
The Irish politcal prisoners in
London, England jails ? Brixton,
were released recently under the
amne&ty proclamation issued by? King
George recently. Instruction^ were
sent to the provisional jails for similar
releases.
The British government has given
ita assurance to Indian officials, 'at
Calcutta, India, that "conscientious
objectors" %ho sought to evade war
service will not be allowed to, compete
at future examinations for Indian
civil^service positions.
Washington?
The French government has approached
Henry Ford by cable asking
if he would consider the purchase of
battleship*. In announcing the request
here Mr. Ford said he had replied
than unless he could buy t]ie
entire French navy he would not be
interested in job lots. No answer had
been received, he said.
Senator Truman H. Newbefry,
Michigan, gtvefc his seat iti the senate
by a vote of 46 to 41, declared he
would dot resign. Reports have been
current that'the senator would 're-,
tire it ^vindicated by the senate of
charges of personal knowledge of excessive
use of money in his campaign
against )lenry*Ford.
The most encouraging feature of the
business situation at the* opening of
the new year is that a poslMve foundation
has apparently been establish'
ed upon,which build hanking and
business development during 1922, the
federal reserve board declared in its
monthly bulletin for January.
The resignation -of Arlstide Brinnd
as premier of France was received
with almost bombshell effect in arms
conference circles, the action being
considered likely to have great effect
on decisions already reached or about
to be reached.
Organization of a local chapter of
the Ku Klux Klan in' the nation's capital
has been started with the initiation
of three members at a ceremony
In ^Rock Creek Park, attended by all
the formulae of the order.
Direct negotiations between the
Chinese and Japanese delegations on
the' Shantung railroad question, resumed
at the suggestion of Secretary
Hughes, hav>> resulted in in agreement
on one of the collateral issues,
namely the withdrawal of Japanese
troops from the railroad ant) from the
leasehold of Wqi-Hai WeL'
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President lfillerand, ot Prance, has
directed M. Sarraut, head ot the
Preadh dele?atioQ, to continue in that
capacity until the end ot the Waeh'
ington conference. Instructions to
this effect were received recently in
|a cablegram from M. Brland. retiring
French premier, who continues undes
> French procedure to exercise the functions
of his office until his successor
takes up his duties.
'Secretary of Agriculture Wallace is
"considering a tentative draft of rules
and regulations for administration of
the federal highway act, under which
I $75,000,000 is maid available tor con!
structlon of federal aid roads.
Senator Truman H. Newberry will
retain his place in the United States
senate. This was determined, when
the senate, by a vote ot 41 to 46,, dismissed
the contest of Henry Ford, and
declared that Newberry Was duly elected
. and is entitled to his seat.
Henry Ford, who Is In Washington
for a conference with Secretary of
War Weeks on the Muscle Shoals nitrate
project, announced a reduction,,
In the price of Ford automobiles.
Nearly a dozen witnesses all from
Virginia, broke about even In numbers
in testifying for and against
Heirome L. Opie, of Staunton, Va., before
the senate committee investigating
charges that American soldiers
had been hanged without trial in i
Prance. *
George Wharton Pepper took the
oath recently as United States senator
from Pennsylvania, succeeding the
late Senator Boies Penrose.*
Sales of scores df tracts owned by
the war department and the consolidation
of a number of army activities
are recommended by a house subcommittee
which, after months of investigation
into the advisability on disposing
of war department prQperty made
public its report recently.
Domestic? ?
The state recently had left four
I per<gpptory challenges and the de!
fense ten for use in continuing selections
of a jury in superior court opened
in the second trial of Roscoe C.
("Fatty") Arbuckle, charged with
manslaughter, growing out of the
death at San Francisco, Cal., of Miss
Virginia Rappe, motion picture actrean.
When court adjourned recently
eleven jurora had been passed temporarily
and only eleven persons remained
in the original empanelment.
The leaking transport Crooke, with
900 men of the army of occupation
aboard, is in no danger, will reach
New York soon, at was said at the
transport service office recently.
The first Bnow of the season fell in
The lower house of the legislature,
at Jackson, Miss., passer the Sherard*
bill, providing for a compulsory course
of moral training in the public schools,
based on the Mosaic ten commandments.
Dallas county deupties arrested
Frank Powell, a negro, recently in
connection with the killing of Anderson
Mlxon, another negro. Powell is
in jail at Selma, Ala.
A merger has been completed at
Cincinnati, Ohio, of the HagenbeckWflllflPft
Hpllfl.Vlntn Uawa'o n
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I London and John Robinson circus organizations,
it was announced at Peru,
Indiana, recently.
San Franci'co was awarded the 1922
convention oft the American Bar association
by the executive committee
of tjiat organisation in session at
Tampa, Fla.
A. t.. Rowe, for more than half a
century identified w^th Memphis newspapers
as a writer and publisher, died
at his home at Memphis, Tenn.
The modern girl is not quite as
much of a "flapper*' in the south as
she is In other sections of the country,
Dr. Valeria H. Parker, ow Washington
stated recently.
Mtb. Emily Orayy, 91 years old, has
left her home in the Bee Tree section,
Asbeville, S. C., and is on the way to
Texas, where she expects to grow up
with the country.
C.*M. Hovey, assistant manager of
the Nashville Industrial mrnnrntlnn
recently purchased the Tennessee
Central railroad at the upset price of
a million and a half dollars.
Ford Estes, finding his wife In company
with another man on the streets
of Hot Springs. Ark., shot her. Sh^
may die. The man with her was
wounded, and a bystander shot in the
leg.
The Southern Kansas "rgjnp" miners'
strike has been called off in fin
order issued by Alexander Howat, who
has asked the men to return to work.
George Wharton Pepper of Philadelphia
has been appointed United
States senator (torn Pennsylvania, to
succeed Boisce Penrose, deceased.
Ralph Culver Bennett, doctor of
civil laws, doctor of laws, bachelor of
art and president of the Metropolitan
| College of I.a\v, at Dover. Del., qualified
as a full-fledged, ubsent-minded
professor when he w,as arraigned in
Washington Height police court on a
charge of assault.
Lottie Plckford, motion picture actress^
sister of Mary Plckford, became
the bride of Alan Forest at Los An-,
geles a few days since.
Roger-D. Eastlake, acquitted on a
charge of murdering his wife, at Col-.
onlal Beach, Va., will be used as a
star witness against Miss Sarab E.
Knox, who stands Indicted for the
1 crime, when she comes up for trial,
i The Sow-Jones news agency announces
a cut in the price of Hupmobile
cars ranging from $216 to $265 each.
I Ripe cherries, cotton blooms and
' morning glory blossoms reported out
of season last montM, can't hold a
! candle to the record of nice size watermelons
that turned ripe oil.* farm in
Greenville county, S. C.
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*1.80 For Y?r. I
MIL SHIP POTATOES ABROAD f
tenth Caroline Sweat Potato Attn.
elation lion* a Oentract With s '
. American Fruit Qrower*.
Florence.?As president ot South
Carolina Sweet Potato association, T.
Benton Young made two announcements
which moan more to the commercialisation
ot this Important crop
to this state than any previous moves.
His announcements were the signing
ot a contract with the American Fruit
Growers, Inc., of Philadelphia, for
marketing the crop this Beasdb and
shipment of a lot to Liverpool for Introductory
distribution.
American Fruit Growers will open
an office in Florence January 16 and
place a representative here to handle
the movement ot the crop. This office
will be able also tb handle any and all
other produce of the tanners when
tendered In car lots. This connection
_-,e . ? .. . ... - -
wi* iinoru a airect outlet tor Soutu
Carolina sweet potatoes in 260 consuming
centers ot the United States where
the corporation keeps personal representatives.
Charles J. Brand, president of the
American, made the trip here personally
to land the contract. He signed
for his company, while Mr. Young
signed for the association, acting under
authority delegated him by the
directors in a meeting in Columbia.
The American is a $10,000,000 corporation
and reputed to be the largest
selling organization of its kind in the
world.
Through this sales connection the
South Carolina Sweet Potato association
expects to place readily all the
products of its members. A partial
list of member houses include Dillon,
Florence, Kingstree, Timmonsvllle,
Walterboro, with four houses at Fairfax,
Williston. Bamberg, Aiken, Johnston.
Trenton, Newberry, Bishopville,
Appleton, Cowards. Leesvllle, Gable.
Marlon, Garnett. Manning, Silver,
Bloomville. Georgetown, with two
houses at Wateree, Lanes, Barnesville
and others. Consequently Interest in
the contract is statewide.
The overwhelming bulk of cured
sweet potatoes of South Carolina is
marketed through this association.
This will amount to 200 carloads this
year. All of this will move under
copyrighted brand of the association
with Its guarantee backed by the state
association, which makes special inBpectlon
at the shipping point. Shipments
are pooled monthly by grade
and all shippers within the same
month receive the same price for their
stock.
In reference to the English shipment,
the association, the Southern
railway ai\d the Carolina company of
Charleston will ship Saturday by way /j- - of
the steamship Weklka 500 cartons
of association cured nnd guaranteed
sweet potatoes to Liverpool. Thrciugh
the biggest stores of that city these
potatoes will be distributed ffee to
most influential customers for introduction
to English tables. Recipe
books will accompany these cartons so
Englishmen will know how to prepare
them ncording to time-tested ways of
the South.
a ieaiure ox ine snipmenx win do a
special consignment for King Georg*
and his queen.* ..This probably will be
tendered through the American am*
bassador, George Harvey.
Towns Ask for Engagements.
Spartanburg. ? Delegations from - " ~
Greenville. Anderson, Due West and
other prominent Howns, are asking
visits from Mr. Sunday during his six*
weeks' sta^ here. He hopeB to be
able to acept some of these invita*
tlons. lb the weather will permit, but
has made no definite engagements ast *
yet.
Money for Furman University.
Greenville.?A gift of $2,600 to Furman
ulnversity for the purpose of env
dowlng a scholarship in this institution
for worthy young men of Cherokee
county has been made by J. A.
Carroll of Gaffney, one of the best
known and most successful business v
men ln the upper part of the state who
has contributed largely to his denomination
and to the commercial upbuilding
of his city and county. Mr.
Pq rrnl 1 Vina nlurn va nrnvoH a atminnh
supporter and friend of Christian education
and his gift to Furman university
is hut in keeping with the policy
that has characterized his valuable
and useful life.
C
Bold Robbery In Bank Lobby.
Columbia. ?? Columbia police are
searching for a negro who snatched
a wad of greenbacks from another negro
wjiile he was counting the cash
on a desk at the National I>oan & Ex-(
chance bank. Marshall Robertson, the
jhnitor at Ursuline convent, was the
victim of the robbery and he reported
the loss of $60.
Robertson said he had cashed a
check for $60 and walked to a desk to
count the money when a negro, without
any warning, grabbed it and ran
from the hank.
Corbett Gets Continuance,
Orangeburg.?Judge Prince granted
the motion by counsel for ^defense for
a continuance in the case against
Carlos Corbett. charged with killing
three men and blinding a fourth In
March, 1920. This Is the state's third
effort to convict Corbett. . ^
The tragedies occurred lty the
western part of Orangeburg county,
when Corbett is alleged to have
opened fire on the men In the belief
they had set fire to brush In his
front yard with the purpose of destroying
bis home.
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