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THE SVMTEIt WATC1DIAX, Esti CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,1 LAST CHAPTER OF NEWBERRY BRIBE SCANDAL Senator From Michi * gan, Whose Election Was Bought With Thousands of Dol lars, Makes State ment in Senate Washington, Jan. 9.?Standing at his place in the senate and speaking publicly for the first time in his o\vn defense. Senator Tro nin H. Newberry of . Michigan de clared today that with God/"as his witness he, was not to this hour conscious of a single act?unlawful.; dishonorable or corrupt?in his] campaign against Henry Ford in 191S. For exactly half an hour Mr. I Newberry, with the eyes of his col- j leagues upon him, read a prepar- j ed speech without interruption. And j Iben when he had concluded for! half an hour more he was subject ed to a cross-examination at the I hands of Senator Walsh of Mon-] tanc a Democratic member of. the committee, which in a minority report held he was not entitled to his seat. How Senator Newberry came through the trying ordeaf was viewed for the most part through partisan eyes. There appeared to be no doubt that bis Republican friends were jubilant. They rushed toward him as he edged his way from the crowded chamber offer ing congratulations. Many Demo crats later asserted that Senator Williams of Mississippi had about expressed their view when . he. characterized the t Michigan sena tor's defense as "full evasion." . Senator .Newberry walked into the senate today five minutes be fore the opening 'prayer, and then went to the cloak room, where he remained until within five "minutes of the conclusion1 of . a speech by Senator Trammell (Democrat) of Florida, who was proclaiming against his right to be there. And; as he went out, with a rush of sen ators around him,.he scarcely heard the opening sentences of another speech in his defense. . Unaccustomed to...public speak* IrtgT Senator Newberry read clearly and distinctly, first announcing that he wouid not longer remain silent, and that he would not suf fer interruptions but would gladly yield for questions when he had reaehed the end of his statement. There had been intimations that he would be the center of a hot fire of questions but only Senator Walsh interrogated him after he had read his speech, and the in quiry related strictly and speci fically to certain features of the evidence as adduced at his trial and before a senate committee. Almost *.t the outset Senator Walsh wanttU to know why a state ment like that just given to the sen ate had not been made before. "I did not appear on the stand at the Grand Jtapids trial because I was what the lawyers might caL' a good xrHent," said Senator New berry. "I followed the advice of the law yem in charge of the case, who said I had no information to give," he continued. "I did not volunteer be fore the senate committee for the reasons I have stated." Then pressed as to why he had not made, a similar statement in response to a* letter from his state. Senator Newberry shot back that he saw no reason why he should encour age his political critics in their ef forts to defeat him. The cross-examination ended ab ruptly within a minute of the hour allotted Senator Newberry Under the rules. Once he asked the privilege of being permitted to sit down, but a moment later was on his feet again, and. answering Sen ator Walsh, told him to go ahead and shoot. Friends of the senator claimed tonight that his speech had made a "fine impression" and that two or three Republicans classed as doubtful were ready to1 vote to seat him. The vote may be taken Wed nesday. Defending Senator >'owbcrry, Senator Sterling of South Dakota, declared the former had directed vhat no campaign attack be made j on Mr. Ford, and that the expen- ! diturc of large sums for advertis ing was necessary "against a for- | midable opponent who was tlior- I oughly advertised." There was a dramatic turn when j ?Senator Williams (Democrat) of I Mississippi, swinging on his heel | and facing half a dozen of his col- j leagues, asked if they believed the j Nefvbcrry statement, filed with tin- j senate, in which Mr. Newbt-rry said i Ik; had no knowledge of contri- i butions and expenses beyond the figure named. "Js there in the sound of my | v^ice one senator who believes it ?" ] Senator Williams asked. "It is a j horrible thing to accuse a gentle man of perjury. Do you believe it? | You know it is as false as hell." | "As God is nay witness, I am not I to this day and hour conscious of j having done, in connection with . either the primary campaign or the j general election of 1918 in the state | of Michigan." said Senator New- j berry, "a single act that was. or is. I in any way. unlawful, dishonorable or rorrupt. and this I say to the .senate of the United States., with - i iblisbed April, 1830. 881._ GREAT BRITAIN WILL DEFEND FRENCH SOIL Anglo-French Treaty Declares That Eng land Makes Security of France a Problem of Her Own j Cannes, Jan. 11.?The British memorandum of the proposed An i jrlo-Freneh pact declares that Great Britain makes the security of France a problem of her own and she will be ready again to throw l in her forces if French soil is at I tacked. Saw No Lynch I ings in France I i - Washington. Jan. 11? Dr. H. E. I Ross, of Danville. 111., battalion [surgeon with the sixteenth infantry j during the war. declared before the j senate committee that he saw no I lynching of soldiers at Gondre [ court. France, and never heard of any hangings in that locality. Marvin J. Menefee. of Luray, Ya., said he was with Major Opie in the Argonne and never heard charges that Opie shot any men. ' out reservation or qualification." I "I can not 'remain silent any j longer during the consideration of [ my right to represent the state of t Michigan as one of its senators." he said. "I did not volunteer to ap pear before the committee of the senate which took testimony in this matter because I really had no in formation that would assist in the investigation'of the charges filed by my opponent? It seems to me that the time has come to speak, be cause my silence might be misun derstood by my friends. "On the sixth day of June. 1917, I was commissioned a lieutenant commander in the United States navy, and on July 23, 1917, I was j assigned to .the Third naval dis trict with headquarters in the Brooklyn navy yard. I immcdiate [ ly took up my duties there.-and from that day, July 23, 1917, until after the singing of the armistice. November 11, 1918. I was never in Michigan a single lioui\ ... The primary election and the general election of 1918 occurred during my absence from the state of Mich igan. * "F3ul H. King was induced to ac cept the active management of the campaign. The selection of Mr. King did not originate with me. It was not in ary way arranged by me. I knew Mr. King but slightly. My last contact with him had been in 1912 when we were political opponents. - - . "In my judgment Paul King is a man of the. highest character and sterling integrity and when he had j been selected as manager of the I senatorial campaign in Michigan, which was done without the slight est knowledge" on my part, he in I sisted that before he would even j accept, much less undertake to en | ter upon the work of the campaign, j he should and must learYi for him self, because of our differences in 1912. whether or not his manage ment of the senatorial campaign ' would be entirely acceptable to me. "He came to Xew York and we j.had a brief interview there. We j did not discuss, even indirectly, a ! single detail of the campaign. I re ; call that during the conversation j we had at that time. Mr. King, in answer to a question as to how j much it had cost the friends of J Senator Townsend, whose cam pagn Mr. King had managed, said j it had cost approximately $20,000, and added that, in view of the situation then existing in Michi gan, he thought, it would cost my friends approximately $50.000 to make a comprehensive and success ful campaign. This is the only amount ?f money which, directly or indirectly. I ever heard men tioned in connection with the sen atorial campaign in Michigan un til after the primary lelection and the report of the committee was filed. "I did not solicit or expend, di rectly or indirectly, one single dol lar in the campaign for senator in Michigan in Jinx, nor did I know I of the contributions made until af ! ter wards. ? "The form of report furnished by the senate under the act of congress j then supposed to be in force (but which has since been declared to !>e j void) called for a full, correct and itemized statement under oath, of all campaign contributions, names i of contrlubtors, all expenditures and the purposes for which tin- ex penditures were mad* . "I had not tin- knowledge re quired to make sue]) a verified re port: Had my affidavit so stated this fact, all criticism would have bee?) avoided. I made tie- state ment in the f<?rm it was made in, without consultation with any one. and n was literally true. I had taken no active part in the cam paign. I had not even been in Michigan. I had neither received nor expended any funds and had no persona! knowledge to enable in.- to make tin- report called for. "'In my statement filed with the secretary <?! the senate 1 did call attention to the report of the cam paign committee of Detroit, which report, as called for by the Mich igan laws, includes a full statement ate Be Just and Fear ? CABINET CRISIS DEVELOPING IN FRANCE! I Premier Briand Has tens to Paris For j the Purpose of De manding That the Chamber Support or Reject Him Cannes, Jan. 11. ? Premier Briand is going: immediately to Par is to inform the French cabinet of the status of negotiations here and to meet criticisms and demand that the chamber ? of deputies either support or reject him. Germany Makes j Poor Mouth I . -* j Berlin, Jan. 0. (By the Associated ? Press).?Writing in The Tagblatt J today regarding the deliberations of I the allies at Cannes on the rcpara ; tions question. Dr. Bernhardt Dern 1 berg declares none of the entente nations would be able to pay Ger many's debt, and that a brief post ponement would not solve the problem which will be settled only when the time is sufficiently ex tended to allow German:' actually ; to raise the necessary cash without j the use of artificial means, j "Not one of the victorious na | tions could stand up under Ger ! many's burden," he said. {Rules For Highway Fund - } Washington. Jan. 11.?Secretary J Wallace is considering the draft of j rules and regulations for the ad ministration of the seventy-five mil lion dollar federal highway fund. jFive Power Treaty in Final Phase i - ! Washington, Jan. 11.?The dele | gat ion heads 'of the five powers to jtday continued the discussion of the naval limitation treaty while the full naval committee was called to( meet to go over the completed sections of the pact. -. ? + ? j Noga!es Ariona. Jan. 11.?Dine j riders of the United States customs i service have been notified to watch j for bandits who are reported to be j committing depredationes south of here. ' of receipts and disbursements as. j reported by the treasurer of that j committee. "After our interview in New I York, Air. King went back to Mich j igan and prosecuted a campaign, j conducting it entirely in his own j way. He managed a campaign of j publicity and organization which' 1 was most effective .nd for which I ! have frequently expressed to him j the gratitude which 1 feel. I "As I recollect the facts in one j or two instances his action was the j exact opposite to what I felt wa'j I the best thing to do. J "I knew, as a matter of fact, that j a campaign of publicity was ex i tensively carried on. and I realized i that such a campaign must neces sarily cost a considerable sum of I money, but I did not have the ! faintest idea as to the amount of ! money that actually was expended j until after the report was made I public. The cost of the campaign ! was about $1103.000. according to I .he report, and when I learned of | I this amount. I was at once filled j I with astonishment and regret._- i j "The amount expended was large, i more than I had any dea was be I ing expended and more than ought j to be necessary to expend in any ! ordinary campaign. "I shall not dwell upon the rea | sons which the committee thought I imperatively demanded a campaign ! of newspaper publicity involving j this expenditure of money. I can j only say that I regret exceedingly j the fact that so large an amount i j of money was necessarily expend ed. I can further say that in the ! acquisition of that money, in the ? solicitation of that money, in the j collection of that money, in the ! use of that money. I had nothing whatever to do. l knew nothing whatever ahout it. not even the amount of it. "1 make this statement, not to <-s?-apc any responsibility, but in or der thai th?- actual facts in the matter. as I know them, may be presented to th<> s< nate.i How the money was spent in the stale of | Michigan, how ih<* books of ac count wer?- kept, v ho were engaged in this work, or what they did. I did not know. I do not know now. ex cept from tin- accounts of the hear ings which have been held and the report tiled ;ift<-r the primary. "I made my statement under I oath to ti:?- senate, as provided by law. in the firm belief thai they were full and fair statements of the absolute truth and I so believe to this hour. "As to the campaign fund, the fjuestiori of its acquisition, or of its expenditure, was never called to my attention by any one connect ed with me or tin* campaign com mittee and when I stated that no money was spent with my knowl edge or consent. I endeavored to convey the same impression which J now endeavor to make clear that ;i> for myself, I was spending no > ?. ! sot?Let all the ends Thon Aims't a _Sumter, S..C-, Saturd BALLOTING 1 FOR ASSOCIATE | JUSTICE TODAY _ j Three Candidates: Who Were in the; Race Last Year Still j in the Running.! Plans Made to; Break Deadlock Columbia. Jan. 12?The first bal lot resulted as follows Carter, 50; Bonham 43; Marion 42; Shipp 24; Total 131. Judge siiipp Out of Race. The second ballot resulted as follows: Carter 47; Bonham 47: Marion 42; Shipp 24. Shipp's name j was withdrawn.' The Deadlock Continues 1 The third ballot resulted as fol- | lows: Carter. ?.">; Bonham. 51; ; Marion, ">3: total 159, necessary to j elect SO. The fourth ballot: Carter. 53; Marion, 56: Bonham. 49; Repre- j sentative Foster. 1; Governor Cooper. 1. Fifth ballot: Carter. 46; Mar ion, 63; Bonham, 49; Foster. 1; Cooper, i. Sixth ballot: Carter. 48: Mar ion. 62: -Bonham, 46: Foster, 1; Cooper. 1. Marion Elected. Columbia, Jan. 12. ? On the j eighth ballot Marion was elected, j the vote stood Marion. 83; Bon-j ham, 72. Benefit to Agri culture Seen in Official Action Washington, Jan. 12 (Capital News Service).?Official Washing ton is much interested and full of confidence in the proposed agricul tural conference called for Janu ary 23 by Secretary of Agrciulture Wallace at the behest of Presi dent Harding. The employment | conference, called by the presi dent, did an onorm?us amount of good, and idleness has been large ly reduced as a result of the co operation in industry brought about by the exchange of views and ed ucational influence of the confer- i ence. With fifty-five per cent of the population urban and but forty-five on the farms, it is pointed out that some means must soon be taken looking to an amelioration of the hardships of farm life, and an in crease of farm profits, or food ; products will rise to such prices as j will make national legislative meas- j ures, always to be objected to when | passed in the interests of a "special; class, a national necessity. That; the agricultural conference will ] produce results, as did the uncm- j ployment conference, is confident! j expected in, congress. Packers Combine Seeking Privileges' Washington. Jan. 12.?Arguments on a modification of the big five meat packers consent decree to j enable them to resume handling; unrelated grocery lines were begun j today before a special investigat ing committee, representing tho: justice, agricultural and commerce! departments. i Wrangling Over j Naval Limitation I Washington. Jan. 12.?The dif- j ference of opinion regarding the' battleships to be scrapped remain ed to be settled when the big five resumed the final revision of the I naval limitation treaty. money and that I knew nothing; about the expenditure of money in ! the campaign. I want to make ? this point just as strong as I am j able to do because it has been j hinted that money which was con-; tributed, without my knowledge or| consent, by relatives and friends j of mine, was subsequently, in some ; way. directly or indirectly, repaid ! by me, or was to be repaid by me. J There is not even a shadow of i truth or the slightest foundation i for any such statement. "So far as I am personally eon- | cerned, I did not spend in the pri- ' mary campaign in Michigan a sin- j gb- dollar, directly or indirectly,' and. with the exception of a per- ; sonal contribution of $1.500 to the; Republican state central commit- ! tee, this is equally true of the gen- ' < ral election. In spite of the fact ; that the whole people of my state; were bombarded from every side j by every means of publicity and appeal, with every detail of every' charge made against me in con-1 noetion with the primary. I was: elected fairly and honorably a sen- I ator from the state of Michigan, j "The people of my state Knew ' the whole story from beginning to end, and whatever action the sen ate of the l'nited States may take.] 1 shall remember, as long as 1 live, rhe staun? h loyalty of the people of i Michigan, who. with complete and full knowledge of every allegation'; made against me. and of tbe ' charges that were made and pla- i carded tbrou; .out the state in! connection with the primary cam paign, held me in such confidence j and believed in me sufficiently to j lelect me one n; their senators from Michigan." ? t bc jtby Country's, Thy God's and ay, January 14, 1922 SUMMARY OF 1 NEWS FROM STATEJAPITAL Management of Peni tentiary Criticised | by Efficiency Ex perts?Lower Rates on Freight Predict ed Columbia. Jan. 10.? "I didn't know before that wc are too severe on the prisoners in the peniten tiary." stated Colonel A. K. San ders, superintendent of the state's hostile, when asked today about the report of the Chicago efficiency ex perts, Griffinhgaon and Associates, made for a special legislative com mittee for the general assembly, and submitted to the members on convening of the annual session to day. Colonel Sander?; laughed and remarked that he only feared he was inclined to be too lenient on prisoners, and not too severe. It is a remarkable fact that the penitentiary's attitude towards pris oners today is; greatly changed from that of years gone by. There was a time when the prisoners were ti-eated harshly, when they were punished severly. kept in chains and stripes, and when there was no thought of their future re turn to the walks of civilization. This is all changed now. The old prisoners are* often heard to say that the penitentiary is now a heaven compared with what it once was. Commenting on this phase of the penitentiary control, the efficiency experts' report says': "Many things indicate that; the treatment of the prisoners in some respects Is harsh: and that the idea of some of tlie officers in fh?t the penitentiary" is primarily a place of ? punishment, and to a very slight'extent indeed a place to make law-abiding, self supporting citizens:" Funeral of Pioneer Merchant. Columbia, " Jan. 10.?The funeral of Preston C. L?rick, one of the pioneer merchants of Columbia, until his death Saturday night president .of the L?rick & Low ranee -Hardware, company of this city, one of the largest concerns of the kind m the state, was held Mon day afternoon. Mr. L?rick d'-d in his 70th, year, and was active until ten days before his death, which was due to .heart trouble. Mr. ILorick served in the war be tween the states and came to Co lumbia shortly after the conflict, whon he bought an interest in the store of which lie later became the head, a business started before the war. General Reduction trt Freight Rates. Columbia. Jan. 10.?A general reduction downward in interstate freight rates throughout the south east and the country generally is expected by Chairman Frank Shealy, of the South Carolina Rail road Commission, who returned to his office Monday afternoon from Atlanta, where he attended a con ference of Railroad Commissioners of the seven states in the southeast ern territory, held for the purpose furnishing assistance to the inter state commerce commission in the task of revising the freight rates of the country. The interstate commission is to start its work of revising the freight rates on Wednesday of this week, and the last of the month Mr. Shealy will go to Washington, where from January '30 through February \ the interstate commerce commission will be in conference with railroad commissioners from all parts of the country, regarding the new classifications. Mr. Shealy expresses the opin ion that the new rates will be a general reduction from the present level. It is not known yet to what extent the rates will be re duced, but on the majority of com modities there will probably be re duced rates. On some, where the rales are already low. there may not be changes. Mr. Shealy states that the com missioners of tb? southeast are to meet again in Atlanta on the 1.9th j to finish the work started last week, looking to uniformity in in terstate rates throughout the] southeastern district. At the next meeting in Atlanta Interstate Com merce Commissioner Eastman will also be present. Veterans' Rehabilitation School. Columbia. .Ian. 10. ? Major A hern, personal representative of; Colonel Charles R. Forbes, direc-j tor of the Veterans' Bureau, is in Columbia, and is spending several days here Inspecting Camp Jackson, with a view to determining it^ de sirability us a possible location of thf> veterans' rehabilitation uni-< versity to !>e established in the! south by the veterans bureau. Ma jor A hern is being shown numer ous courtesies by the city and he i-> also t<> bo entertained by officers stationed at the ramp. Camp j Johnston, at Jacksonville, is also being considered for the school, and one of the two camps will be selected within a few weeks. Ma jor Ahein states. Xirw Companies Chartered. Columbia. .Ian. l.o. -The Char leston Southern Drug Syndicate, ofj Charleston, was chartered by the secretary of state Monday, with' Truth's." RUSSIA ACCEPTS INVITATION Lenine and His Bol shevist Horde Eag er to Resume Busi ness Relations With America and the Al lies Cannes. Jan. 9.?By the Asso ciated Pre??.?Soviet Russia has accepted the invitation to attend the coming economic conference at Genoa. A telegram from Foreign Minister Chitcherin announcing the soviet acceptance was received here ibis evening. The subcommittee which will meet tomorrow to frame the text of the invitation for the meeting at Genoa was confronted tonight : by the nice diplomatic question of whether it should send out an invi [ tation to a country which already ; has signified its intention to be j present. ! Simultaneously with the making public of Russia's intention to have I representation at Genoa, it became I known that the German delegation headed by Dr. Walter Rathenau. ' will arrive in Cannes Wednesday to ; discuss the question of reparation j with the supreme council. I The reparation experts and coni ! mittee dealing with the proposed I international financial corporation today outlined their program, which comprises a vast effort for Euro j pean reconstruction. The repara : tion experts decided that Germany j should be asked to pay 720.000, ; 000 gold marks in 1U22. and at ; least an equal sum annually aftcr I wards. Such payments it is eon ! sidered will be sufficient to meet i the interest on a series of Ger | man bonds of 20,000,000.000 gold j marks, which thus <vill become ne ; gotiable. I The economic commission decid ; cd upon an international corpora I tion with a capital of 2.000,000 j pounds with its seat in London and j with a board of directors nominat [ed by affiliated companies in each ! interested country. These coun tries,-including the United States, j will organize corporations for pro ! motion only, with a combined cap | ital equivalent to 20,000,000 pounds ' These corporations will serve as j mediums for credit transactions ! and facilitating the activities of I private enterprises in all countries ! where the business field now is ob ! structed by lack of credit and dis | organized finances. This plan pre | supposes tite organization of af I filiated companies in Germany, as J well as in the United States. ? There remains to be settled the j question w hat shall be the French ! share in the German reparations j payment. M. Briand, the French premier, today asked the supreme j council to give him time to consult j the finance commission of the I French chamber of deputies and ; probably will give his final answer i tomrorow. President Millerand ! also probably will be consulted be | fore the French finally accept the j new scheme, only a. few details of j which have been given out. Anti-Bolshevists Not Pleased. New York. Jan. H (By the Asso ciated Press). Two Russian anti Bofshevist leaders now in this country as representatives of the executive committee of the all-Rus sian constituent assembly, tonight ! issued a statement terming the in I vitation extended to Russia to at tend the economic conference at j Genoa as "nothing but an agree ! ment with the tyranny now ruling j Russia for the benefit of foreign investors at the expense of the ! Russian people." Tin- two anti-Bolshevist leaders signing the statement were Prof. Paul X. Miliukov,, former minis ter of foreign aft airs in the Ke ren sky government, and Nicholas M. Avkseniev, former minister of the interior. They both asserted that flu- plan proposed by the al lied supreme council at Cannes "tends tu degrade Russia to the stat?- of a colony open to foreign exploitation and the Russian peo ple are sun- to deeply resent their experiment as a re v.- slavery for them." FOUR KILLED IN G. & 0. WRECK Portsmouth. Ohio. dan. 11.? Four men are reported to have be,-n killed when an engine on the Shesapenke and Ohio Northern railroad overturned near here. capital stock of fifty thousand. TP..- manufacture and sale of med icines is the nature of the business as set forth in the charter. P. Q. Tow les i> tit ? president of the company: ,1 S. Whaley is vice pres ident; Frank M. Smith is secretary and treasurer. Authority was granted the Char leston Warehouse and Ford Co., of Charleston, to increase its capi tal from $12"-.?0t? to $ir,3.00t>. The Ronvac Company, of Great Kails, was i-hartered, with capital stock of $ 1 o.OM". The nature of tie- teis-ness is general mercantile. M. \v. Roddey is president: .1. P. McFadden is treasurer. Blackwell Brothers. Inc.. of Ma rion. - ??re chartered. Their eap ital stock is * 3.000. .lohn 11. Blackwell is president, ami Frank V. Black well. seeretary-t reas ut ? f. 1 THE TRUE SOU GOVERNOR'S ANNUAL J1ESSAGE Gov. Cooper Speaks of Finance and Eco nomics and Taxa tion in Annual Ad dress to Legislature I Columbia. Jan. 11.?"Our gov j trnmcnt is hot too expensive, but . our method of raising revenues is j intolerable and indefensible." i Thus spoke Governor Robert A. i Cooper in his annual message to j the general assembly, delivered by i him in person -from the speaker's ! stand in the hari of the house of j representatives, at noon today, and ! when he said these words he sum ! med up the entire burden of his I message, a burden which he en deavored to place on the shoulders of representatives and senators, as their load for the next forty days. The governor had nearly finished his address when he reached these I words, but in them, it was plain, I was summed up the entire mean | ing of what he was saying. ; The governor's message was a ' eomprehensive and forceful review ' of tin- tax situation in tin- state, and a plea with the legislators to do I the thinsr that the state most needs ?r* form the ra\- system, relieve tho j tax burden on the small property i owner, shift it in part at least, to ; property now ccaping taxation. I amend the constitution so complete ; tax reform can be possible, and i provide new sources of revenue, so : that the farms and homes, of the Lstate will never again be taxed to j the breaking point to finance the ! state government, for the benefit ! as well of the men whose dividend i income, whose inherited wealth, i whose large business privilege and ; profit and whose luxuries shall go j scott free. . ' ! The governor outlined state ! financial methods which would fe i duce the state property levy to five ! mills or less, with new sources of j revenue. The new sources of. reve ! nue touched upon by the governor j have, most of them., been suggested j by the tax commission, the state 'taxpayers' association, and even by : the governor last year. They are ] an income tax, an inheritance tax. a lax on gasoline and other pe | troleum products, an occupation li j cense, a tax on luxuries and a tax j on hydro-electric power. ; The governor also urged the ! passage of a constitutional amond j ment, endorsed by him last year, ] for the classification of property for ! various scales of taxation. The governor also gave the legis lators information regarding the j budget to'be recommended by him. las chairman of the budget com ! mission, for this year. The total j budget he said would be ?6,466,834. j and discussing each item separate i ly he explained its needs. He j urged strongly against atry .reduc tion of the state's educational pro I gram. j The governor urged very strongly ; the enactment of tho income tax j law- on the house calendar from jjast year, and said he estimated it j would yield between one and two I million dollars. He said he knew I liiere is strong opposition to this ; measure, but lie feels that it is I right?it collects revenue from the ; person whom it is intended to tax. j It also, he said, is based upon tax I paying ability, and its yield is cer ! tain. It asks nothing of the man j who has no income, whose business j has gone to smash. It takes noth i ing from the man of small income, j said the governor. j The governor also urged pas ; sage of the inheritance tax bill, j which has already passed the house, i and is. from last year, on the sen ate ealendar. This, lie said, will ! produce from $200.000 to $500,000. Regarding the Tax on gasoline I and other oil products, the govt.rn ; or urged that this be one or two Cents a gallon. The bill for this j purpose, already passed the house [and now on the senate calendar, 'will, he said, produce a half mil j lion dollars a year, or more. Regarding the occupation and : privilege licenses the governor said: j "Many persons engaged in profes j > ious and certain occupations, oper , ate without invested capital. but arc protected in the practice of j their privileged professions or OC ? cupations by the laws of the state, land it is not unreasonable that a ; moderate fee be paid the slate for [this privilege and protection." A j bill to this end. he said, has been j prepared, and it is estimated it will j produce $200,0t?0 per annum. The governor mentioned, in con in ection with the proposed luxury I tax. a small assessment against to ? bacco, soft drinks and movie tickets, but he said further that he thought more luxuries than these should be tHXed. The newest source of revenue suggested by the governor is tin tax on hydro-electric power. "Since nature has provided htc chief .--s sets of these developments." he said, "a small rate per killowat hour on the hydro-electric power .?an certainly be Justified and yield considerable revenue." Speaking of tin- budget which he has prepared for the year, to be considered by tin- general assemble tlie executive mentioned the fol lowing totals for various branches of government, which he will sug gest: Legislative, $ 1<';1.:>7L': ju dicial. $157.69$; education, in fHROX, Established June 1, 186C. VOL.LII. NO. 44 GRIFFITH SUCCEEDS ^VALERA Leader of Peace Forces in Ireland Assumes Heavy Re sponsibility Dublin, Jan. 11.?Arthur Griffith, the new president of the Dail Eire ann and his new cabinet assumed their places today. It is rccogr.zcd that careful work will be necessary to avoid pitfalls before the next meeting- of the Dail on February 14, when the final ratification of the treaty will take place. England in Smuggling Game Washington. .Tan. 11.?The Brit ish schooner Messenger of Peace held by federal authorities at Wil mington, is described by General, Prohibition Agent Bergstrom, in his report to Commissioner Haynes, as one of the several vessels "en gaged in the whiskey smuggling I game on the South Atlantic Coast." ? ? ? Army Transport in Distress Washingtno. Jan. 11.?The array transport Crook bringing Ameri can troops home from Germany, which is reported in distress five hundred miles east oi New York, is continuing to port tinder her own steam, the war department is advised. There is no danger to the ship or troops aboard, the dispatch said. Hoover to Discuss Freight Rates Washington, Jan. IL?jrAt the in stance of the United States cham ber of commerce. Secretary Hoover was asked to appear before the interstate commerce commission in its investigation of the general level of transportation rates. Shipping Board Fixes Rates Washington. Jan. 11.?An agree ment is understood to have been reached at a White House confer ence on the rate to be charged the American relief administration by the shipping board for earrying grain to Russia. The terms of the agreement were not mad i public. NEGRO LYNCHED NEAR EUFALA, ALABAMA Eufaula, Ala., Jan. 12.--An taSr identifide negro was lynched near here last night. It is reported that he insulted a white woman! eluding public schools, sfate col leges, the school for deaf and blind and the John De La How.' school, $li,76.">,633; for charities and cor rections, $1,067,128; for agricul ture, including Clemson's public service work, the state warehouse department and the department of agriculture. $403.317: public health, including tuberculosis sanitoriums, $198*919; interest on state debt, $247,290; state highways. $133. 783: for county auditors and treas urers and for county auditing work. $138.033; for 1022 elections, $41.323: for the National Guard. 33 units. $34,2H?; for public print ing, including the 1022 code. $70, 000: for administration of the exe cutive departments, boards and I commission including about thirty ?governmental organizations. $;?L\ 1282, a total of $6;4S6,834, which is ia small increase over the total ap propriations of last year, svl jph to taled $3.S31.077. I The governor showed that the to i tal state levy, under Iiis suggested program of tax reform, wvuld pro vide about two and a half: million dollars, less than the amount he i suggested for educational purposes, j "I will insist always on adequate j appropriation for public educa I tion." the governor said, and he I spoke with earnestness when he said it. "Here is the basis of our ' material prosperity as well as the future of our civllizaiton. We are committed to the policy of higher education by the state, if it be pos I siblc to so organize our work as to , inaugurate measures of economy j and reduce the expenditures ncc i essary for the efficient support of j our educational v.ork, 1 will supper: ? it gladly, but I will never consent to any measure, which means a backward step hi the splendid work Tt"W being done by ear edu cational institutions. "The cost of the organised gov ernment of South Carolina is not j excessive." stated the governor in j Ids review of the proposed ap ; propriations for (he year. "It (would be possible to discontinue our educational werk on the parr of the state, riose our charitable and correctional institutions; send the old Confederate Soldier from the infirmary to the charities of the various committees, abandon the work in behalf <.f agriculture and public health, provide for the in terest on the public dePt and ail the departments ot the state govern ment, including the amount nec essary for the saliry of the county auditors and treasurers, and re duce tiie state levy to two mills, but who would approve of such a program '."*