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The French chamber of deputies re-- t
^ cently gave Premier PolncaiV a vote t
* of confidence. 472 to 107.. ' c
i Influenza, accordng to dispatches
from Paris, is becoming an epidemic
all over France. Recently twentyfour
deaths were reported in one day .
In Paris. ^
Premier Magnusson of Iceland, who
has been on a visit to London, has gone
back home?to get warm. He says
that It is ton degrees partner in Reik- 1
javik than In London.
Enver Pasha, former Turkish minis- c
ter of war. who fled from Turkey very c
shortly airter the close of the war. has "
been captured In the Caucasus and 1
has bee# handed over to the Turkish I
Nationalist government at Angora. c
Chile has accepted an Invitation from '
the limited States government to dea- 1
ignate a plenipotentiary at Washington I
to study the form of exeoution of the
treaty of Ancon under which the Tac- ]
1 na-Amlca dispute between Peru and
Chile arose.
Premier Lenlne will represent Soviet 1
Russia at the coming Genoa economic c
conference on the condition that the t
Russian secret service be permitted i
to organize a system to guard him ?
safely during his absence from the t
Soviet capital. <
The British cabinet is said to be def- r
initely opposed to any alterations in <
the draft of the proposed Anglo-French i
alliance. The cabinet is particularly
unfavorable to the French suggestion e
that the treaty should contain specific t
provisions regarding the extent of (
Great Britain's coo-peratlon in the c
event of aggression. t
^aahington? }
? Statistics showing the actual bule
weight of cotton ginned during tl}e 1
last season have been transmitted to V
the senate by Secretary Hoover in re- 1
spouse to a resolution by Senator "
Smith (Dem.) of South Carolina. 1
Figures shoeing the growth in fed- 8
oral bonded warehouses for storing of
agricultural products have been comy
' piled by the depnrtment of agriculture
for the information of delegates to the
national agricultural conference, which
v meets here soon.
Senate Republicans, in party confer<
ence, recently approved the allied debt
refunding bill, with the addition of a
provision that the interest rate on the
refunded bonds Bhould not be less than
that fixed in the Liberty loan acts authorising
the loans to the allied nations.
Oeorge Woshington Yarb'rough, a
high-school teacher of Roanoke. Ala.,
and rated as the welterweight champion
of the American expeditionary
forces, told a senate investigating committee
that he had witnessed the shooting
of an American soldier by a firing
squad near the Chateau Thierry region
in Julv. ibis
The invitation for the United States 8
to participate in the economic and fi- 1
nancjal conference at Genoa was received
at the state department recent- i
ly from Ambassador Rlcci, of Italy. t
A provisional agreement was reach- s
ed by railway executives and heads t
of the four railway brotherhoods,
meeting at the instance of Secretary e
Hoover, to submit wage and working ^
questions affecting train service em- t
ployeea to regional conferences for t
adjustment if possible, without contests
before the railway labor board. ,
After Dresentation of tBmimnnv -
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ray of denial, war department records, J
submitted to the senate committee lp- c
' vestigating charges that American sol- j
diera had been hanged without trial in ]
France, showed that on the bodies of r
two men dug up In the little cemetery e
at Batoilles, the ropes and black caps n
in which they were put to death on
the gaUows had not been removed c
prior to burial. v
Secretary Hughes, as head of the a
American delegation to the Washing- p
ton conference, defined at a meeting a
of the Far, Eastern committee the I;
American policy concerning the open ?
door in China, his statement, it was i<
said being based on a note he sent v
as secretary of statetd Alfred Sge, the "
Chinese minister. t
The German government 1ms noti- v
fied the American government that
Alanson B. Houghton, now member of 1
the house from New York, will be ac- v
cepted as ambassador and the name of b
Mr. Houghton will be sent to the sen- F
ate aoon. h
hgi, Senate Republicans have voted in
party conference to press the allied y
;<7 7 debt refunding bill and n soldiers' n
' . * bonus bill, in that order. There was 1
a disagreement as to details of the t
fflMSgaJB two measures, and the conference ad- c
'_ ' journed to continue its discussions at o
'.v- Retention by the war department of
nine main. training centers, one in r
each corps area, and of a number of h
other special camps, has been recom- e
mn mended by General Pershing, chief of d
. staff, at a v hearing before the house ji
j ; military committee. in
fe&i r The Birmingham and Northwestern
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The nomination of Henry P. Fletch- '
ir, under-secretary of state, to be ammssador
to Beligum, was confirmed by
he senate, together with that of Wlllam
J. OToole, of West Virginia, to be
ninlster to Paraguay.
A combination of French. Japanese,
ind, finally, British opposition to artcle
four of the Hughes "open-door"
loctrlne for Chlnd, has resulted in the
luiet death of that article.
The five-power treaty for limitation
?f naval armaments has undergone furher
changes in the course of a final
>verhauling by experts, and it now is
:omplete except for the article estab- |
ishing a fortifications status quo in |
he Pacific.
Japan's right to the former German
cables In the Kia-Chow leasehold, the
7hefoo-Tsin Otao and the TsingtaoIhanghal
lines were renounced, by the
rapanese delegates to the Washington
:onference recently at a meeting with
he -Chinese delegutlori on the question
>f Shantung.
wumiug or an impending general |
itrlke'in the country's coal Industry
vas given by Secretary Hoover, who
leclared that the public should know
vhat to expect when the national
igreements covering the wages and
vorklng conditions of m miners expire
tprll 1.
With a total of $108,297,590 in ex:ess
of the appropriations for the same
tfflces for the current fiscal year, the
innual independent offices appropriaion
bill carrying $494,304,238 was re>orted
by the house appropriations
lommittee. The nniount recommended
n the bill, however, is $9,529,475 less
ban the amount requested ill budget
>ureau estimates.
Domestic?
Will H. Hays will become directing
lead of the new National Asociation
>f Motion Picture Producers and Dlsributors
"immediately after March 4."
t was announced recently at n dinner
it which the postmaster general was
he guest of a group of motion picture
ifflclals in New York. Mr. Hays' fornal
resignation from President Harling's
cabinet will be presented soon,
t was said.
After an all-day investigation, fed>ral
officials at Mobile, Ala./probing
nto liquor smuggling on the Gulf
oast, announce that the probe will
ontlnue several days. Nine arrests
lave been made, six on the Gulf coast
ind three in Mobile. The investigaion
of liquor smuggling will extend
rom Miami to Mobile.
Beautiful, temperamental Geraldine
"arrar has put it up to New York to
;uess why she has suddenly announced
ler abdication of the queen privileges
tnd prerogatives which she enjoyed
hroughout the fifteen years of her
itardom with the Metropolitan Opera
ompany. Next year Miss Farrar will,
n the patter of the vaudevilllan, "hit
he grit'' as a lone trouper, in n concert
tour which niav earn h?r n mm?
er of a million dollars.
President Harding, it Is learned in
Newark, N. J., has commuted the prisin
term imposed upon Frank H. Nobbe,
me of the group of men sentenced by
i federal judge in New York for vioation
of the Sherman nntl-trust act.
A good, warm cell in a penitentiary
s preferable to liberty these zero days
n Utah, according to Jim Wilson, alias
riartln, an escaped convict from the
loutli. Martin walked into the office
if Chief of Police Ilurhridge at Salt
^ake City, Utah., and asked to be takin
back to the North Carolina state
irison.
The Jury trying Arthur C. Burch, at
x>s Angeles, Cal., for the murder of
r. Belton Kennedy reported itself unible
to agree on a verdict recently and
vas discharged.
Severe earthshocks were felt In
nany sections of Los Angeles. Cal.,
'ecently, shattering window glass In
some quarters and shaking frame
mildtngs.
Lillian Russell sailed on the steamihlp
George Washington, from New
fork recently, determined to get at
he heart of the American immigraIon
question.
Unable to reach an agreement on
he railroad wage question, the manigement
of the Nashville, Chattanooga
ind St.' Louis railway and the Order
>f Railway Telegraphers will submit
ointly their proposals to the railway
abor board for final action. It was anlounced
recently by W. P. Bruce, gen>ral
manager of the road at Nashville,
fenn.
Reports that a large store in Chiago
had opened a window display in
vhtrh living and unclad reproductions
f Helen of Troy Venus and Cleointra
were the chief points of interest,
ttracted such crowds that traffic was
docked, and a police sergeant and five
ides rushed forward. "Come on, men
t's all right," he mumbled to his aides,
rho still were staring in the window.
Those are Just wax figures, but way
iack in the rear of the window that
tray, they sure did look real."
Daniel G* Runtin, 47, of Nashville.
Tenn., real estate operator, at Nashllle
and in Chicago, shot and killed
ilmself recently at his home in West
ind, the act being attributed to illlealth.
This year of 1922 will be "a good
ear for remembering, above all, busiiess
is business and not speculation," ,
lerhert P. Howell, vice president of
he Nationnl Bank of Commerce, reently
told delegates to the convention 1
f the National Wholesale Dry Goods 1
ssociation, at New York. 1
Rev. W. B. Robb, sheriff of Polk '
ounty, Des Moines, la., has resigned
ds pastorate at the Urbandale Fed- '
rated church, because, he said, he '
oes not wish the church to be subscted
to ^riticism when he hangs two 1
nurderers this spring.
Donation of $100 by Cordell Hull, of
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TOW MILL, S.
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robagco companies i
form m
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rHREE COMPANIE3 CHARGED I
WITH UNLAWFUL PRACTICE
TO HOLD HIGH PRICE8.
;nuc moprnpumr TPiPTrn 1
juifiL uuoDcna nnvc floaioicu ?
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American Tobacco Company, Lor II- J
lard and Liggett A Myers Attacked
In 8enate Committee Report.
Washington?Charges that the American
Tobacco company, P. Lorillard c
ft Company,'and. to a lesser extent, a
the Liggett ft Myers Tobacco com- I
pany, "have each engaged in conspira- i
cles with numerous sectional and lo- t
cal jobbers' associations to keep up c
the price of tobacco products in the e
United States through price agree- c
ments and intimidations," were made \
in a report sent to the senate by the
federal trade commission. i
The commission alleges this sltua- l
tion has existed since April of last c
year through "during the same pe- \
rlod the relation between supply of l
leaf tobacco and the demand for it t
has resulted in such low prices to the t
growers that tobacco farmers raising i
the most important types, hurley and \
bright southern, have formed market- r
ing associations to sell their tobacco r
crops co-operatively." a
Asserting these three companies i
were successors "of the old tobacco g
combination which was dissolved un- j
der an anti-trust decree in 1911. the r
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commission's report continued: e
"There was ono important successor
company, namely, the R. J. Rey- c
nohls Tobacco company, which re- n
fused to lend any support to these f
conspiracies, hot actively opposed t
them. In Bplte of strong pressure t
exerted by jobbers and jobbers' as- s
socintions, the Reynolds company j
stood staunchly against the practices
of certain of its competitors (;
designed to induce or force jobbers t
to enter and maintain price agree- ^
ments, and in this respect is deserving
of commendation." n
The three companies, the commls- *
sion declared, in giving the results 0
of an investigation ordered under a i
resolution oy senator Smith, democrat,
South Carolina, were formerly t
nnrts of the "tobacco trust'' dis- ,
solved by the supreme court. The ?
commission promised prosecution )
where the evidence disclrises there t
have been violations of law. t
Hays Has Signed Contract. 1
New York.-?Will H. Hays will become
directing head of the new Na- J
tional Association of Motion Picture I
Prdttucers and Distributors "imme- t
diately after March 4," it was an- t
nounced at a dinner at which the post- 1
mnster general was the guest of a 1
group of motion picture officials. Mr. t
Hays' formal resignation from President
Harding's cabinet will be presented
soon, it wns said.
Mr. Hays announced that he had c
signed a contract which makes him ]
executive head of the organization. s
His salary, reported as tentatively ,
fixed at 1150,000 a year, was not an- j
nounced.
"The purpose of this association 8
will be to attain and maintain the j
highest possible standard of motion ?
picture production and to develop to ?
the highest degree the moral and ed- t
ucatlonal value of the industry,'* Mr. f
Hays said. ^
"i neueve in me earnestness ana t
integrity of their determination to ^
carry out these purposes and am con- ?
vlnced of the ponBihllities of the large t
plans and successful consummation. f
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Baptists Collect Millions.^ r
Nashville, Tenn.?Collections made s
on subscriptions #o the Baptist $75,- 1
000.000 campaign, taken in the drive
of two years ago. amounted to $30.160,843,
it was reported to the midwinter
meeting of the campaign con- r
servation commission here by Dr. L. j
R. Scarborough, of Fort Worth, Tex., H
chairman. 0
Collections were announced as fol- v
lows? For Georgia. $2,953,650: North t
Carolina. $2,377,733; South Carolina ^
$2,633,840. x
Liner Cuts Big Whale In Twain.
New York.?The story of a 75-foot
whale, which was neatly cleaved in ^
two by the prow of the Italian liner p
President Wilson, was related by the ^
passengers when the vessel docked ,
here. The President Wilson was sail
ing in mid-Atlantic when the whale
was sighted lying directly across the '
course of the vessel. A hundred and t
fifty passengers lined the rails to see j.
what would happen. Passengers along 0
the port rati heard a crash as the f
bow struck, saw the water turn pink
and saw the head float astern.
Negroes Aided by North Carolina.
Tuskegee. Ala. ?> Oreat improvement
In rural schools for negroes in
ihe South waa noted in the declarac
tion of the thirty-first annual Tuske- w
gee negro conference, which pointed
out that In North Carolina alone more ^
than $1,000,000 will be erpended during
the year in building achftol houses
Tor negroes, and in Mississippi $800,- ^
D00 veil be used for similar purposes. r
In Alabama and l/ouisiatut. the declaration
said, good work also waa be- 4
inv done. c
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1ETAIL CLOTHIERS
HAVE BIG MEETING
IESSION8 WERE INTERESTING
AND OF GENUINE BENEFIT
TO ALL ATTENDING.
SCIENTIFIC BUYING DISCUSSED
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itress the Importance of Keeping Record*?Invite
Women to Attend
July Meeting.
Columbia. ? After one of the most
iheering conventions in the history
if the organization, the South Carolina
letail Clothiers' association concluded
ts work and the members' separated
o go to their homes in various parts
if the Btate. The Convention was genTally
regarded aft having -been sueessful
and of genuine benefit to those
vho attended.
The outstanding feature of the meetng
was the discission of scientific
inying. After the meeting had been
:alled to order. J. O. Jones of Greenillo
discussed "Volume of Business."
loiding thut a volume was as essential
o success as was economy of operaion.
He said he had adopted the- poley
of buying only for 60 *<iays in nd ance
and to pursue this plan successully,
he said it was necessary to keep
ecords of all salos^ "When a merchint
kn\)ws how many pairs of socks
le sold in February. 1921, he will have
ome idea as to how many to buy for
February, 1922,he argued. Only by,
roper buying'can "sales" be prevent>d.
he held.
So%interested did the members be ome
in the discussion that a comuittee
was appointed to draw up plans
or conducting modern clothing esabllshments.
Questionnaires are to
>e sent to all members and the best
luggestions received are to be emboded
in a report.
B. O. Evans of Anderson opened the
luestlon box and a number of quesions
of interest to retail clothiers
vas discussed.
Palm Reaches, collars, flnnnels. knit
md wash ties and the prospects for
pring trnde were discussed at length
ind a number of other matters introluced.
The "Truth in Advertising" bill and
he "bad check'' bill, both of which
vil! be introduced in the general astembly,
were mentioned briefly. L. H
A'annamaker, Jr.. executive secretary
>f the Retail Merchants' association
>f the state, was given tfce floor and
utlined the purposes of thnt organzntion.
The next meeting will be held in
Tuly at a place to he decided upon
nter. At this meeting it is planned
o invite the wives and other members
of the fnmilies of the ndsoolatton
nembers, so that the meeting may be
n the nature of an outing for all of
;hem_
Anderson Bank Closed.
Anderson.?The People's hank elosfd
Its doors after a run of two days,
t was rumored that the hank had
lome trouble the latter part of last
veek, "and the people who had do>oslts
got frightened.
Deposits in this hank, according to
t recent statement, are more than
>1.100,000. The capital and surplus
ire $300,000 with loans and discounts
iggregating near $2,000,000. Applioaion
had been approved from the war
lnance corporation for $175,000, which
vould have been here by the last of
his week and would have tided the
tank over the financial depression,
ind probably would have resulted in
he hank continuing. Since the death
if the president. Lee O. Holleman. in
he summer, this hank has been in a
Tippled condition, hut the directors
ind depositors thought it would soon
>e in a firm place again.
High Potato Yield.
Spartanburg.?J. W. Cox. one of the
nost progressive farmers of Spartan>11
re enuntv. mixed Hnrlncr tlin nnot
eason 103 bushels of Irish potatoes
in half an acre of land. The variety
vas the Ixiokout Mountain. Some of
he specimens brought to the chsmler
of commerce were mammoth
uhers. . .
Home Demonstration Profits.
Rock Hill.?The total value o? maerial
proluced by home demonstration
drls and women of South Carolina
luring 1921 is $3.967.818.51. The f:dral
Smith-I.ever appropriation foi
irork is $30,613.32: $20,267.74 is the
mount of the state Smith-Lever npiropriatlon
and the county approprlnions
for the j>ast year amounted to
44.370. making a total of 3 933.794.09
arned by the state home dnmonstraion
department. The sale of meat
roducts hy the chili women brought
n the largpst .amount.
New Charters Are Granted.
Columbia.?The Service Motor comatiy.
Incorporated, of Pamlico was
bartered hy the secretary of state
?ith a capital stock of $5,000.
The Storm Drug and Mfg. Co. of
Jnion was chartered with a capital
tnck of $50,000.
The Kdgefleld Produce Rxchange of
idgefleld was chartered with a capital
lock of $1,000.
A charter was granted to the W. H.
indrews company of Andrcwn with a
apltal stock of $^0,000. t
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1922. #
SOLONS KEEP BUSY
WITH MM BILLS
BILL8 OF STATEWIDE INTERE8T
ARE BEINO INTRODUCED IN
ABUNDANCE. ..
TAX BILLS ARE IN THE LEA9
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Several Measures For Raising Revenue
Are Receiving Consideration
of the Lawmakers.
Columbia.
The hydro-electric *ta* bill, which
is fathered by the ways and means
committee, would provide for the levying
of ? tax of one-third of a mill for
each kiiowat hour of electric power
produced by water power in the state,
the tax to be assessed and paid quarterly.
Plants incapable of producing
S.000 kiiowat hours a month would be
exempted from the provisions of the
tax. The stnte tax commission would
have charge or thd administration of
the tax. *
The Ellerb? fraternity bill, which
was rejected by an overwhelming majority,
would- have left it to the option
of the board of trustees of the
university as to whether or not Greek
letter fraternities would he allowed
at the university. The hill was carried
over on the calendar from the
1921 session.
The morning session was cut short
in honor of the anniversary of the
birth of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Immediately
after the holding of the special
exercises . to h\s memory Representatives
J. T. B. Hnmlet and J. G# Greer
of Greenville, both veterans of the
Confederate armies, at the invitation
of the house, made the addresses in
tribute of Genral Lee, while Eugene S.
Blense of Newberry replied in the
name of the house, thanking the two
veterans for their addresses and calling
upon the reople of the state to
remember the Confederate soldiers in
the few remaining years they will be
living.
Justice Marlon submitted his resignation
to the senate, and Lieutenant
Governor Harvey ordered an election
for January 31 to fill the place left
vacant by Mr. Marion's promotion.
J. Lyles Glenn, representative from
Chester county, is considering resigning
and making a race for the senate.
The income tax^ bill was read by
the senate, it having passed the house
and being referred to the finance committee.
The corporation license measure,
the fifth of the new revenue producing
bills making up the tax reform of the
present legislature, has been introduced
by the ways and means committee
of the honse. The five revenue
bills now on the calendar, which
will provide that income in lieu of
property taxes, are the gasoline tax
bill, the income tax bill, the insurance
tax 6ill, the hydro-eleetric power tax
bill and the corporation license bill.
The corporation license liill provides
a tax against corporations of three
classes, domestic corporations, common
carriers and foreign corporations.
The tax against domestic corporations
annually would be one mill upon
each dollar paid to the capital stock
of each corporation, to be paid before
April 1 of next year.
The tax against foreign corporations
would be one mill on each dollar of ,
the value of the property of each corporation
used within the state, *o be
paid within 30 days after notice of as- J
sessment by the state tax commissioner
the first part of ench year. This ,
tax would be in addition to the initial
license fees paid by foreign corporations.
The tax against railway, street rail- ,
way, express, navigation, waterworks, J
power, light, telephone, telegraph *and
Pullman car companies would he three (
mills on the gross income of such corporations,
to be paid before May 1 of |
each year.
Senator Crosson introduced a bill to ,
abolish the present tax commission ]
and board of review and-the present |
county, township and municipal board (
of appraisers and to provide for a state .
and county board of appraisers, re- .
fine their duties and prescribe their ^
powers of taxation. (
Senator Goodwin presented a measure
to prohibit the killing of partridges
In South Carolina under any conditions
and to punish anyone violating 1
this act. The bill will enable the farm- i
era to fight the boll weevil as fhe'bifds
destroy many weevils, Senator Good- ^
win said.
Senator Crosson also Introduced a '
measure to "place all hospitals, bar- ber
shops, soft dring stands and places
where soft drinks are either bottled (
or manufactured" undetr the provis- (
Ions of an aPt passed in 192ft relating j
to the sanitary inspection of hotels t
and restaurants. y
The senate passed without, a dissenting
vote the measure to give the gen- t
eral assembly control over expenditures
by all state agencies during Jan- 1
uary and February of this year, and at t
the same time to appropriate one-sixth t
of the 1921 appropriation bill to run (
the government on until the 1922 ap- i
propriatlon act Is passed. The hill i
was sent to the house. t
A concurrent resolution from the t
Souse was adopted ca'llng for the appointment
of a committee of three a
from each bouse to Investigate the a
Sooth Carolina Tuberculosis sanita- 1
dum it
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Question* of taxation and cotton
mill Industrial problems continue to
bold front rank in the activities of the
bouse, the sending of the hew income
tax bill to third reading and the introduction
of a measure to prevent
thir closing of cotton mills for a longer
period than 19 consecutive days within
one year without the approval of
thek governor, being the salient features
of the session.
Representative T. W. Dukes, of
Rowe8ville is the author of a bill introduced
to amend the state highway
commission act so as to permit the
Btate highway commission to maintain
roads through towns having a populatlon
of 2.500 or nnder. The nrpaant.
act provides for such state maintenance
only In the case of towns of
1,000 or less.
The bill, fathered by Representatives
J. K. Hamblin and A. G. Kennedy
of union, to standardize the text
books used in the public schools of
the state, which was also among the
number of measures continued from
the 1921 session, fell foul of considerable
opposition i and after a warm
bit of debate was recommitted to the
committeo on education. Representative
Hamblin, wjio is one of the authors
of the bill, led the fight for the
sending of the bill to third reading,
contending that -the absence of a
standard list of school books in the
state had worked a hardship on the
country folk.
Representative F. W. Toole of Aiken
is the father of the bill to prevent
the indefinite closing of cotton mills
without approval of the governor and
it is his intention. Mr. Toole says, to
make it impossible for the cotton
mills of the state to "cause starvation
among their employes" by causeless
shutting down of their plants.
The concurrent resolution, introduced
by Representative E. It. Ellerhe
of Latta, calling upon the tax commission
to reduce the valuation of
lands in the state by at least 25 per
cent, was agreed to by the house doqnitu
nnnnoiHnti V? *-? ??/* <> r 1
-I'-vv, V. J. |/V.u .VIU11, HIC ?\/lC OlitllVIIU^ Ji
to 35 in favor of the measure.
Senator Crosaon's measure to inflict
death penalty or life imprisonment
where the jury recommended mercy
on all persons convicted of blowing or
cracking safes or vaults used for money
depositories when the intent be to
rob was passed to a third reading
with the understanding that the debate
would come then. Senator Wutkins
intimated that this measure
might deplete tho population of'the
state by running out all yeggs and
safeblowers. Senator Crosson said
that was what he wanted to do.
Senator Wightman's hill to remove
a number1 of restrictions of the present
law in recaril to admitting nor
sons to practice law in this state was
killed by a vote of 20 to 10. This
measure was to allow any person with
a general preliminary education to be
admitted to practice under such qualifications
as the board of law examiners
might provide. The two years'
study in a lawyer's office or the law
school education now required would
have been eliminated by Mr. Wightman's
bill. The vote was taken on
Senator Young's motion to strike out
the enacting words, which carried by
20 to 10.
Representative Mclnnes' bill to repeal
the anti-tipping law was passed
to a third reading after a general debate,
the vote being 16 to 12 on Senator
Wightman's motion to strike out
the enacting words, which was lost.
After the refusal to strike out the
enacting words the bill was sent to
third reading. Senator Young explained
that the anti-tlpping law was
of doubtful constitutionality and hnd
never been enforced. He said it was
useless and added that such luws
terftled 'to create a state of mind for
more general violations of all laws.
senator uuonarn sain lr tne law was
being repealed because it was not enforced
he favored adding the prohibition
law. Senator Young said a
man had a right to give away his own
money and he didn't believe a law to
the contrary would be constitutional.
Senator Wightman asked the Charleston
senator about giving away liquor
and Mr. Young said he was "not a millionaire."
Among other measures of interest
Introduced in the house was a bill to
require all persons, firms or corporations
engaged in the business of canning,
packing, preserving, pickling,
bottling, boxing, casing, crating or In
Jther way of preparing food for sale
md shipment to brand or label such
'oods "South Carolina Product." The
bill was referred to the committee on
lab. game and forestry.
The committee on agriculture returned
a favorable report on the hill to
equire tobacco warehouses handling
ingraded tobacco to pay a license
The resignation of Senator Marion,
he new associate Justice, was aeeept?d
with deep regret upon motion of
Senator I,aney.
Senator Williams' bill to require the
derks of court, magistrates and may>rs
or intendents of cities and towns
n this state to apportion fines in corain
cases was passed and sent to the
louse. .
Among the new bills introduced was
he one by Mr. Oerald of Klchland to
irovide for a state board of arbitraion
for labor disputes in cities of beween
30.000 and 50.000 inhabitants.
Columbia is the only city of that size
n the state. There has been a threatmed
street far atrike here for some
ime and the bill is directed to settle
his.
Senator John Hardin Mnrion was
worn in as associate justice of the
itnte supreme court at noon. Judge
V. H. Townsend of Columbia adminiaored
the oath.
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COnON FOR CZECHO SLOVAKS v -1
Parmer* Prom Every Section of An*
derson County Furnished Cotton
For Two European Shipment*. ?I
Anderson ? A cotton parade was
held In Anderson. Five hundred bales
of cotton loaded on wagons and truok*
brought from every part of the county
wore in line. There were about 30 /
wagons and as many trucks. Loading
the parade was a four-mule team with
a wagon with eight bales of cotton,
and driving this team was a man who ^
is responsible for this evidence thut
Anderson county has cottod, oJseph J.
Fretwell.
A moving picture was taken and it *
will be shown in many states.
This cotton will be shipped to Columbia
to be compressed for shipment.
It then will be sent to Charleston
and will be on its way to
Czecho-Slovakia by the middle of next
week. This is the second shipment of
cotton from this county. A few weeks
ago Mr. Fretwell sent 510 balos, and
this shipment will be 900 bales, farmers
from every section of the county
furnishing the cotton.
The full compliment of the lire com- ?
pnny was called out when it was
found that there was a fire at Anderson
college. It was not needed for
the fire was confined to a bath room
where nn oil stove had been placed
and probably exploded.
Sweet Potatoes For King George.
Charleston.?A ton of sweet potatoes.
deslcned to ho dlMtrllintoil In !i
thousand parcels of two pounds each
among prospective customers in England.
King George anil Queen Mary
being on the list of those to receive
these toothsome samples, was received
here hy the Carolina company
from the South Carolina Sweet Potato
association and the sugnry spuds
were loaded on the steamship Wekika, .
which sailed last week for England.
After arrival there the sweet spuds
will be packed into cartons which will
hear approprite labels and contain
also booklets of recipes and Bent to a
selected list of beneficiaries by agents
in England of the Carolina company.
It is not assured, of course, that tho
Carolina sugar spuds will nctually
reach the royal dinner table, hut' they
may at that. The idea of the compli* .
mentary shipment is to emphasize to
English palates the desirability of the
South Carolina product for food purposes
and its superiority. To the
liviirnpft Rn 1?1 iahmnti ihn aurnof
pv. Vliu P ? VJCl |fUia IU
is more or less of a myth. But it is
recalled what a reception some centuries
ago was accorded that well
known Indian weed by the English. f "
and South Cnrolina producers are
hopeful of building up a valuable market
in England fo? the popular sweet \
spud. >
Busy Year For Extension Service. 1
Clemson College.?Some impression
of the wide scope, great variety and
value of the work done by the extension
service in South Carolina In
1921 may he obtained front the figures
in the annual report showing that
county agents of the extension force
made 48,561 visits to demonstrators,
co-operators. oth>. r farmers and business
men, traveling in order to make
these visits a total of 301,4:10 miles. In
addition the agents received 32,474
person! calls and 15.60S telephone
calls from farmers and others relative
to extension work, and held 1,997
farmers' meetings, at which there was *
an attendance of 97.093 persons, and
530 field meetings, at which there was
an attendance of 6,508 persons.
In the way of information furnished
by letter and printed material. 28,677
official letters were written by agents.
2,095 newspaper articles relative to
extension work were published, 121,769 >
copies of Circular letters were distributed,
16,709 United States department
of agriculture publications were
distributed.
Further figures showing other activities
in the general work of the county
agents are as follows: Number of
demonstrators, co-operators. club
members induced to exhibit at fairs. <
857: number of these winning prizes,
582; number of account fprms distributed
to farmers for keeping records of
farm activities. 928; number of farmers
keeping such records, 881; number
of hoys attending agricultural colleges
or other schools as a result of club
work, 124: number of farmers Induced
to begin bookkeeping, 222: numher or
farmers influenced to grow cane or
sorghum for syrup, 6 936.
To Establish Gorgas Memorial.
Columbia.*? Dr. Clarence J. Owens,
chairman of the southern division of
the Gorgas Memorial institute, an in- '
ternational humanitarian movement
to establish a fitting tribute to tho
memory of the late Surgeon General
William Crawford Gorgas. called "Tho
Physician to the World," .nrough his
work in ridding Panama of yellow fever
and malaria, has announced the
appointment of former Gov. TV C. Heyward.
as chairman of the South Caro- v
Una division of the Gorgas movement.
Meet In Orangeburg.
Orangeburg?The Southern Sectional
Baptist Young People's Union convention
has been called to meet at the
First Baptish church in this city Friday
and Saturday, January 27 and 28.
It is expected that more than f>00 delegates
will attend and that it will be
one of the largest conventions held In
South Carolina this year. Aiken,
Barnwell. 'Charleston. Colleton, Dorchester,
Edgefield. Edisto. Orangeburg
Ridge, River and Southeast ajsocla-'
Hons will be represented.
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