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THE SUMTETt WATCHMAN, Esta CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,1 Party"" "I 1tb9?t ! a purpose! ? . j 'ormer Governor Cox 6f Ohio Dees-Not Mince His Words in Criticising the Re publican Adminis tration i ? Columbia, March 10.?Charac terizing the Republican adminis-! trationr as a government without aj directing head, a party without a j purpose and -without an objective, j a-party whose battle song was aj song*o| hate, a party that has op-j pressed the farmer, a government j that has been a miserable failure, j an admfnist ration that is directly | to blame for all the financial and j political troubles cf the country] today, Former Governor "Jimmy" I Cox, of Ohio, delivered the mostj masterful address before the most j distinguished gathering* Columbia j has recorded in many a moon in the hall of the house of represen tatives irst plght. lie also spoke i to a theater jummed to the doors I Sust preceding his address to the; legislators and their friends. Gov ernor Cox predicted victory for the Democratic party in the,next elec tion and paying glowing tribute to Woodrow Wilson he drew from the gathering of people from all parts of the state thunderous applause that almost shook the historic por- \ traits that hang on the walls of the j house of representatives. Governor Cox- opened his ad dress with a brief discussion of the governmental and agricultural sit uation In South Carolina, lie call ed ; tlention to the fact that the j per capita ' >x?tio,n in this state is] the lowest of any state in the eoun- ! ,try. He also stated that South] Carolina's* great need now is for ? more li^e stock raising. The Ohio j statesman is a farmer himself. He is at present a visitor in. Aik6n,j where he is enjoying a vacation! with his family. In .his condemnation of the pol- | ieies and practic a of the Republi-j can administration. Governor Cox j scored Senator Henry Cabot Ifidge j am the worst influence in American life today. On him he blam*d j the greater paV^.o?-4he-ev-tfsof the! day. r* In 'Hsting the Republican fail ures he pouched on theifemetirency tariff, an'd then on the proposed? permanent tariff, characterizing ] both as failures* and unpopular. He] spoke of the deflation process in stituted* at the beginning of the re construction period and scored the administration for starting with agriculture in its campaign of re-' duction. "Readjustment was nec essary," he said, "but it should have l>een a slow fever*, and not a stroke of paralysis." The presidential candidate spoke* of the administration's stand . on the Leag*ue of Nations and riddled it with boles, in hia declaration that the G. O. P. is running true to form in its world polities. .; "If America had entered the League of Nations, Europe todu.v would have established credit with America, and European nations would be consuming the surplus of American production, and thus sudden collapse of .business would not have come about." Governor Cox-also scored the Re publicans for their disarmament' policies and declared that what the world needs is real disarmament,' a laying down of arms that is com plete. ' In referring to the election of last year, the Democratic leader stated that he to as triumphant today* as he was the day before the electron. "We are in ^he midst of the greatest forward movement the nation has ever known," he de clared; "America will eventually regain her place of prominence in the world association of nations. We will win." He predicted suc cess for the Democratic party in the next election. Following the address in the' capitol, the former governor was guest of a number of legislators at a dinner. COAL STRIKE SEEMS CERTAIN Washington. March 13?Covern-; menr officials represented as being' without hope of averting the threat-! oned coal strike or that :the pro posed conference of miners and operators can be arranged. Gov ernment intervention, at least in the preliminaries of the situation; is practically at an end. Officials] are chiefly interested in seeing that a sufficient supply of coai is maintained for the country as a whole. GEN, JULIAN CARR ILL Durham. March 13?The condi tion of General Julian S. Carr. com mander in chief of the United Con federate Veterans, who is seriously ill with pleurisy, showed no im provements today. His physicians state that he was very weak after a restless night. -? ?? ? Washington.1 March 12- Tim treasury department isstied call to day, for a report on the condition of national banks at the close of business, Friday March 10, ibltebed April, 1850. 881. HELP FOR TEXTILE STRIKERS j -? ! Gompers Says the Fed- j eration Will Support! Them to the Lastj Ditch ? Speaks to I Thousands Providence, R. I.. March 12.? The American Federation of La j bor will stand firmly behind the [ textile strikers of New England in ! their fight against wage reduc | tions and increased working hours, ! Samuel Gompers, president of the j federation, declared here tonight, I addressing a meeting of several ! thousand persons. Speaking to an j audience of 3.000 in Pawtucket in j j the afternoon. Mr. Gompers. who , is touring the textile areas of New j [ England where strikes are in pro-1 j gress, gave a simitar pledge on be- j j half of his organization, j "Come what may," said Mr.! I Gompers, "the* Unitde Textile [ Workers of America can count on [ the American Federation of Labor jto stand behind them to the fullest j ; extent of its power, and the American Federation has a mem bership'of y.000,000. These mem bers, with their wives and chil dren represent 25 per cent of the population of the United States. The American Fdeeration of Labor will exert every, effort ungrudg ingly, cordially and enthusiastical I ly to help the textile strikers to j at least get bread during their j struggle. ! The labor leader declared that ! textile workers knew, if few other ! people did, that about a year ago ? wages in this- industry were cut! [ 22 1-2 per cent. They knew cost of living had. not# been reduced when j that cut was put into effect. To day a further reduction of 20 per cent was offered, mill owners thinking that, because the first cut was accepted with, little more than j a murmur, the second would be accepted "in actual silence." In ^addition to the new wage reduction mill owners proposed to extend the forty-eight hour week to fifty-four hours. "Men and women of the labor ing class who accept every kick that is given them are treated as yellow curs? are treated," declared Mr. Gompers. "I have read that ! the manage of one'of the mills in j Rhode Island said the state must protect it sindustries," he contin ; ued. "I was always under the impression that the paramount I duty of the state was to protect its I people. Mill owners say that un j der existing conditions it is im possible for them to compete with the mills of the south. Much has been said in reply to that claim. The fact that the textile industry in the suoth is largely owned and j controlled by northern capital is incontrovertible. No attempt yet has been made to dispute that fact. . IRISH TREATY IS DEFENDED Collins Interrupted by De Valera's Adherents Cork. March 12.?Michael -Col lins, head of the provisional gov ernment, addressed a huge meeting j here today in defense of the Anglo i Irish treaty. He was subjected to considerable interference from ad herents of Eamon De Valera. who I in large groups took up positions ! near the platforms from which Mr. j Collins and others spoke and inter jrupted the speeches by firing shots, seemingly in an endeavor to create j excitement. A number of free j fights occurred during the meet ing. J. J. Walsh and John J. McKeown were among the speakers, all of iv.hom refused to be frightened by i what was. termed "Black and Tan" I arguments. Mr. Collins charged Mr. De Valera was a campaign of incitement and declared that the tactics being pursued were those of a defeated and discredited faction. Then- was a demonstration last night by the anti-treaty adherents against the reception to Mr. Col j lilts. Thousands of persons congre j gated in the streets and dismantled the platforms that had been erect led and threw them into the er. lAnti-trerrty literature was libesallv I distributed throughout the city to ! day. NO ATTENTION I TO MELLON j Washing!on. March 1-5.?The Re | publican members of the house ways and means committee have decided to stand pal on their de termiation t<> report the bonus bill, [despite Mellon-Crissinger objec tion* to tlie provisions. (AUTOMOBILE MAKER ARRESTED FOR JOY RIDING Kalamazoo. Mich.. March l:! j John 1 >. Dodge, n son of the late fautomobile manufacturer and Kail wer? arrested today as a re sult of ;i ri automobile accident re sulting in the serious injury of Miss Ehnmeiine Kwakerneck. a student. The arresting officers declared that liquor was found in the machine. "Bo Just and Fear 2 BONUS BILL ! GROSS ABUSE j j OF CREDIT i _ Secretary of Treasury1 ; Mellon Gives His! Opinion in Plain' Language of Pro posed Raid on the' Treasury Washington, March 12.?The new i soldiers* bonus bill as drawn by J house Republicans was attacked] tonight by Secretary Mellon as in-1 ! volving '"a dangerous abuse of j I government credit." j Replying to a reqi. ;t for the | itreasury comment on the new bo-] [nus blil, Mr. Mellon in a letter to ' iChairman Fordney. made public! I tonight by the treasury, sharply' [criticised the features of tin* pro iposed measure providing for loans, ?by banks upon adjusted service; certificates, as indirect and "fore- j cd" bonvi wing by the government. ' [He suggestfd that the ??direct and) iiegular way" to provide for a paid : up endowment insurance feat ] would be to authorize insurance: eert:>:cates with provisions for di- ; recr policy loans to be financed by j j the government. Mr. Mellon eon [tended that "it is both dangerous1 land unwise" to attempt to avoid : I the cost of the bonus for the time, being. ! ? There is no way," he said, "by which the American taxpayer can avoid the burden and if a bonus is to be imposed, it is better for all concerned that it he placed upon a Idirect and definite basis and paid ! for each year out of the current ! revenues. To do ths at this time will j 'necessarily mean the imposition of j j additional taxes for the purpose." I The secretary estimated the cost; of the bonus under the bill, eonsid- j j ering ea* h of the possible choices, i offered to veterans, at more than } ?1.2<?0.OOO,e00 by January. 1926. {Whatever form the bonus measure j might take, he asserted, would i J mean a cost to the government of from $300,000,000 to $400,()0().n0o j for the -next three or four years [ and possibly continuing liabilities thereafter of more th; \ $200,000. 0O0 a year until 1943". ??ir. ^Pellon called attention to the j fact that tin* bill makes no provi- ; sion for raising additional revenue to meet the cost of the bonus and , recr.lied to Mr. Fordney, President 1 xlaiding's letter of February It;, in ! whi.-b it was suggested that a sen- , (era? sales tax be ena- t< d to provide Ith* i.ecessary funds or, that the jbonus legislation be postponed.) 1 Secretary Mellons h-r.er said in j past: j -'"'Tbc hill makes no provision [whatever for sinking fund, amori J zation or other reserves against , !either the liabilities that would be [thrown upon the government in ! j 1925, or against the liability on | i the certificates UL the end of 2<> j [years, nor does it make any provi sion for the payments which would j [accrue in ordinary course i'romj j year to year on account of the ; death of veterans. "The. direct cost to the govern-I mem of a bill carrying these pro- ! visions for about 4,500.000 ex-s?*r | vice men is almost impossib- > to j estimate because of the uncertain-! ty as to which of the plans will be j chosen and in what proporiii r>s. | But the government actuary :ui> ' prepared tables of estimated cost 1 on the assumption that 7n per cent, will choose the certificate plan., 23 j j oer cent, the farm and home plan. , 5 per cent, the vocational training] j plan, and-2 per cent, the land s??t-j j tlement plan. "In the calculations as to the i cost of the certificate plan, it is assumed that half of the veterans ! will borrow on their certificates! from the banks and default on their! loans, in view of the attractive pro- I visions for cash redemption in case of default. ... It appears from j these tables that on the basis as-j Isumed by the actuary the total di rect cost to the government in the fiscal year would be ?289, 1954.000: in the fiscal year 1024. I $216.440,000: in the fiscal year i 1925, $12S.013.000, and in the riscal {year i !?:.'<'.. for the most part by Oc 'tober 15. l!'2.".. when the adjusted' [certificates u?-<\ as security for 'bank loans would have he redeemed ? j $615.S22.000. This would mean to- | l-tal payments within about three j [and one-half years of over $1,200. j 000.000, These ?? s i i m at e s take j no account of amortization or i [other reserves against eortific lion [t<i remain outstanding after the t'is eal year 1026. which would add at. least $40.a?0,000 a veor !<? ih<- cur rent charges, or of possible nddi j.tioTial ousts under the hind settle-1 ; mem plan if t he reclai I ion pro jects therein authorized should )>?? l-carried through. It is estimated] [that about $100.000.000 per annum i would be reoufred after lif j [these reclamation projects should bo i > r< s?sed. I "If all the veterans ? boold < h.e ;h?- certificate plan the lotal fa< > value of the certificates would jamoun1 to over $4.500.000.0011 dis i tri but ^'1 over years, and it" all [the veterans should choose the j . farm and home ?'?<<l plan the total ? cost would anu-unt to $2.093.01?0. 000. within the next two or three t yea rs." "Apart from the d I reel cost of the bill, .i most serious feature the provision for hank loans upon nd-j iusted service certificates durin*: the period between its passage and; September 30, 1925. The effect ofi this provision is to transfer the cost' lot?Let all the ends Thou Aiuis't a Sumter, S. C Wednesda AN Well-Protect The most recent photo of Dr Stir government of China, shows him wi officers. These form only a small par engaged in a northern campaign. ^ REVOLUTION 1 BREAKS OUT IN SO. AFRICA Miners at Johannes-! burg Attack Police ?Outbreak Said to; Be the Result of Bol-j shevik Plot _,? i London. March 11.?The strike called at Johannesburg by the miners' leaders is really a revolu- j lionary mc.ement. according to! the Capetown corespondent of The! Daily Telegraph. The Times cor-, respondent ascribed the strikt* t<? a Bolshevist plot. THITY-TWO KILLED AT JOHANNESBURG Johannesburg, South A f r i c a, March l I.?The casualties in the fighting between the miners and police had reached thirty-two kill ed and seven wounded at nine o'clock Friday night. Workers at Shull Benoni are reported to have been hit by an airplane bomb. of poliry . l.i.uis from the govern ment-to the hanks, and to place in the banks, to the extent that the ex-service men are able to obtain loans from them a mass of unliquid, non-negotiable paper upon which the banks will he unable to realize until 19.25. The resnit would he frozen hank loans ard i iflation of currency and ? credit. To the extent that tiie hanks are obligated to make loans on adjusted service certificates, their ability to take care of the demands pf-business and industry will he correspondingly reduced, and even though the paper accrued by the citizens may no? be eligible for rediscount at the fed eral banks, the indirect result is certain to he increased borrow ings by member from the federal reserve hanks. "From the point of view of "the treasury the most serious aspect of these b-ans on adjusted service certificates is the fact {hat (he loans would be floated at the banks on the credit of the United States. The plan in substance, therefore, involves a dangerous abuse of the government's credit for it contem plates the issue of a vast amount of government obligations which are non-negotiable and have no present realizable value unless pledged with hanks, in which event the obligations become in et foci two or three year notes which the government would he obliged to pa; off in I!? 2Ti upon default by the veterans. "This practically means that cash payments on adjusted service certificates would he financed for tin- mxt three years through a forced loan from the hanks. . . . From the point of view of the hank mi; system and the general situa tion it would h?- better if a bonus is to be financed by borrowing, for til.- government I?? resort to direct borrowing and to provide for di rect policy loans on adjusted ser vice certificates from the outset. "II congress concludes to adopt a soldiers' l>< mis. with paid up en d*"?wmeni insurance as it chief fea r.m.-. the direct or regular phm would hi- to auih >rize insurance certificates with provisions for di recl policy loans and tin- amorti zation of other reserves thai would In- required a matter of sound business policy. A Certificate plan on this basis, it chosen by ;i!l ex service men eligible to elect it. \ otiId. according to the best avail able estimates! mean an aggregate liability of about S^.afrO.OOo.nmi and on the basis of a 2a year maturiiv would Involve the following c.i.* r? mi charges each year for tin- next l'ti \ c.-irs: "(l) Tim payments necessa:y each year on account of the ma turity of certificates by death, 1 t bo thy Couatry's, Thy God's ami ' y, March 15, 1922 :ed President i fc.'at.-Sen, president of the southern tlT Mrs Sun and some of hia staff tlof the command of the army now FA1RFIELD JURY SAYS FOUL PLAY ._ Investigates Death of Strange White Man Found in Culvert Columbia. March 10?A Fair fa-Id [county Jury -decided- yesterday that the man found ;in a culvert north of Littleton on the Southern i*ail | road Wednesday morning came to j his death by foul play at the hands ; of unknown parties, according to j Coroner Gibson. The coroner ex ! amined the clothing on the body of jibe Granger and papers showing -'thai; his name was J. .1. Davis and that he made a deposit in the Na tional Lank of Virginia of Xor ton. Va. Other papers indicated ! that Davis had rented . property I fr?nvX F. Burgess at Spartanhurg, and information from ihat point verifies the fact. Davis appeared to be about ">"; years old and had been dead ten days or two weeks when his body was discovered Tuesday morning, according to Dr. A. C Estes. who made the examination. The physr [cian described the marks on the body and the coroner's jury decided that Davis was murdered and that . his body was thrown in the cul vert . Coroner Gibson said yesterday that it was his opinion that Davis was killed by human hands. He said notliing of value was found on the dead man and that pockets in the clothing had been tarried in side out. lie saiil the man was shoe less when found; The coroner said rent receipts found on Davis show ed that hey had paid money to .1. F. Burgess of Spartanhurg. The last reciept was dated February 1". 11)22. Coroner Gibson said no clue had been found that would point to the whereabouts of the relatives of the dead man and the conditions of the ho.'y necessitated immediate burial. He said the re mains were interred near Little ton. Coroner Scott was notified on Wednesday that the body of a white man had been found in a culvert on the Southern railway near Bookman and he journeyed to the station where he learned that the death had occurred in Fair Meld county. Yesterday the Fair Meld county coroner communicated with Coroner Scott and related the details of the investigation and findings. Efforts will be made to lo cate relatives of Davis. THIRD TRIAL FOR FATTY ARBUCKLE San Francisco, March 13. Ros coe Arhuckle. the Mho comedian, today for tin- third time faced trial on the charge of manslaughter in connection with the death of Vir ginia Kappe. averaging about $4'?.ooo.ooo a year; ( - > amortization payments, com puted at I per rent, annually cal culated to r.rovide within 20 years! for rim whole liability. avcrrigm.y about > l 23.n0O.0o0 ;i year, and t-*?i provision for direct policy |o;irs-| from the government on about th?* J situ?* basis, .-is is customarily al !"Wed by life insurance companies.'! in an amount tlmr would probably ? ??rag.- not less than ? 200.On0.iMi ? i ;i year f??r the first two or thre-* voars of the operation of the plan. "On this i>asis an insurance plan, standing b\ itself, would cost a! ; I he minimum about $400.000..i a year for the next few years. It is clear from these estimates j that whatever form the soldiers' bonus may take it will est from J $r>O0ji00.000 to ?4O0;O00.00rt for the : next Ihre? of four years, and may inyolv.?ntinuing liabilities there-; alter of over ?200.000,000 a year until 1943." Truth's." GENERAL ASSEMBLY ! ADJOURNS __ i Appropriati on Fori State Purposes To-; tals $5,839,106.04 | Columbia, March 12.?Ending! perhaps its longest session, the j South Carolina general assembly] adjourned sine die this afternoon. I the senate at 3:34 o'clock and the j house of Representatives at 3.3S : o'clock. .lu.si before adjournment, the' governor notified the two houses j of his approval of the general an- j propriation bill carrying an aggre- j gate of $:>.x:U>.npj.04 and a levy of i seven mills. This is a decrease I of $Cc\S,029.2$, or approximately j 1 "> 1-2 per cent of the appropria tions for 1921. The levy last year was twelve mills. The general assembly had been in continuous session since early yesterday morning and the officers, members and attaches of both bodies were thoroughly "fatigued when a tlnal adjournment came < this afternoon. The spit-it of levity! which characterized the closing] hours of former general .assemblies was entirely lacking this year, j There was too much work piled up to indulge in horse play, exec-pt sporadically. The engrossing department did an Herculean job. The young wo men ami the solicitors connected with that branch < f legislative ac- j tivity work from 10 o'clock yester- \ day morning until the legislature' adjourned, the work was so ex acting and so thoroughly fatiguing: thai many efforts were made to; adjourn boih houses last night, but j without avail. The majority of the' members were determined to stay j until ell the business was com- j pleted and they could go home for good. Throughout the long vigil the clerks and attaches of both houses' and a handful of members of both bodies were in constant attendance,; ?keeping company with the half dozen newspaper correspondents who had to continually nurse the general assembly In its somnolent hours. The conferees on the general ap propriation bill-worked incessant ly from 11 o'clock yesterday morn-; ing until about 10 o'clock this; morning when the final sheet of the: measure was Sent to the engrossing; department. The act was complet- ; ed just before the report of the; committee was sent to the general assembly at 1:30 o'clock. The sen ale adopted the report with very little debate, but It took two hours i to concur in the conference re-! port. A spirited effort, led by j Edgar A. Brown, of Barnwell, was J made to adjourn debate, or reject the measure in the house, but j this proved unavailing. There has been resentment | among the farmer members of the house because the house conferees! on the general appropriations bill' were all lawyers, and this blazed] ; into open revolt on the floor of the house this afternoon in the discus sion of the amendments to the! j measure. The house conferees con- ' si.Med of E. T. Hughes, of Marion, j a lawyer: Claude X. Sapp, of Co lumbia, a lawyer, and Eugene . S. Blease, of Xewberry, a lawyer, and on the part of the senate. Senator; H. Ii. Cross, of Dorchester, planter! nnd banker; Senator Thomas B. Pearce. of Ricliland. who is a mer ohant, and \V. S. Hogers. Spartan i burg, 'nsurance man. The clash was that the interest Jot* the farmers, who have fifty- j four representatives in the lower body, were riot sufficiently safe guarded. It had been whispered since last night that there was aj movement among the farmer mem bers to organize and reject the bill, but after considerable debate, op-; position melted away and the re port of the conference committee.; was adopted. : However. J. II. Atkinson, of Spartanburg, Speaker of the House, addressed that body on n question] of personal priv ilege and disclaim- j ed any desire "to slap the farmer in the face." when, in fact, the con ferees were chosen because of their peculiar fitness for the mat-, lets under dispute. Ho had no apology to offer for his appoint-! ments. he said. When the report of the commit tee was received in the house al 1:30 o'clock this afternoon .1. E. l>. Anderson, of Florence, asked that j debate might lie adjourned until 10:50 o'clock tomorrow morning. Kugene Buckingham, of Aiken, said that the appropriation bill! had been thrown from one side to another. which statement Mr.' Hughes, chairman of the ways a ml means committee, resented, claiming that there hail been no twisting of appropriations, and he abjured the members if they wert? were not cowards but were men to. vote concurrence in the senate ;i tnendments. Edgar A. Brown, of Barn we 11. opposed tin- Anderson resolution in :i vfgoi*ous speech, proposing ;i continued debate on the appro priation bill. He said thai the farmers were, not represented di ieeil> or Indirectly on the confer ence committee and there were lil'iy-four of them in the house. Ho said thai ii' de?>ate \sn.s adjourned there would be time foi all interests; except those of the farmers, lob bying for ili?* acceptance of the conference report. He then offer ed a substitute motion to table the] Tire true son BORAH POURS HOT SHOT IN TOHUGHES Republicon Sena tor Charges That Reservations Indi cate That Hughes Did Not Write the Treaty Washington. March 13.?Senator Corah, of Idaho, declared to the senate at the circumstances sur rounding the reservation attached to the four power treaty by Secre tary Hughes when he signed, pre sented most conclusive proof that somebody eise wrote the treaty. His assertion came in the midst of a broadside against the treaty by Senator Johnson, Republican, of California, declaring that ratifica tion would mean not only reces sion from American traditions, but the national surrender under theaty of foreign powers. Met by Lodge, both Borah and Johnson insisted they did not mean to reflect on the veracity of Mr. Hughes. motion of Mr. Anderson. Eugene S. Blease, of Xewberry, I one of the conferees, said he was heartily in favor of the report of his committee and he was not afraid to go before the people with that issue. However, he said, that he was not now and probably i would not be in his life time a can didate for state office. ! Claud X. Sapp. of Riehland, an- j ! other of the conferees, said that j j the committee was not the repre senative of any class, but was for i the whole people of the state. He 1 said that there was only one ques tion: the acceptance of the report ?or its rejection; if the latter, it ; would mean* the death of the bill. W. D. Barnett. of Richland. said that some one claimed that the j failure of the speaker to appoint a farmer was a slap in the face of , that class. George W. Binmicker, of Or I angeburg, on a question Of person- j I al privilege, stated that he was thej man who made the remark refer-1 'red t oand he did not intend toj apologize to any one for that as-! seftion. Later in the debate, how ! ever, he expressed his great ad miration and love of the speaker. On a question of personal privi-. ' lege. Mr. Atkinson, speaker of the i house, analyzed the house con ; ferees. in whom he. placed the most I explicit confidence, and denied that j he was attempting a slap in the ! faces of the farmers. He would not appoint because of class, he said, and contended that not one. time ! was the name of a farmer suggest ! ed to him as a conferee. YV. D. Barr.ett's resolution pro j viding for the adoption of the re port caused Mr. Brown to ask for the reading of the report, which was refused on the motion of F. G. 1 Harris, of Spartanhurg. C. J. i Jackson, of Sumter, thought it | ; would be foolish not to dispose of I the hill today, even if it is Sunday, and he was concurred in thus opin ion by R B. Reiser, of the same [county. W. H. McElveen said that it was time to stop playing politics, but it was time for the general as sembly to adjourn and for the farmers to go home, get to work and make enough money to pay ! taxes. i The free conference report was then adopted. I Relative to the report on the bill I the committee on conference had the following statement printed in ' the house and senate journals: '?The appropriation hill, as agreed to by the free conference committee, carries a total appro priation of $5,S39,106.04, or. in ! round numbers, a reduction of $1, 00(1,000 below the appropriation of 1021. This reduction represents a cut of approximately 15 1-2 per cent below the amount appropriat ed last year. The levy has also been reduced from twelve mills to seven mills, a net reduction in the levy of five mills. I ?"The free conference committee j could and would have reduced this ' appropriation still further except j for the fact that it was compelled j to make an appropriation of $30.- j 000 for the payment of a judgment I against the slate of South Caro- j Iina in re the Sandel case (con tingent upon the result of an ap peal now before the supreme j court and for the additional appro- j priations required for the tax cum- ; mission to carrv out the provisions i 01 the revenue laws passed by this session of the general assembly. ; "The appropriation bill of $5.- j s:\'.i. i0t?.O4 will he financed as fol- ; lows: j t \ rpora t ion taxes de parr men I and lees $470.000.00 Department inspection, . 330.000.00 Institutional operations lT0.000.0rtj Gasoline tax. - 3"?0,000.00 | Additioua 1 ?'orporat ion taxes . 125.000.00 Moving pictures taxes 15,000.00 1 neome taxes . 1,000.000.00 Properly tax (seven mills) .. _ 3.384.000.00 j Total revenue. 1922 $5,844.000.00 j Tin following arc the total! amounts appropriated for each de partment, institution and activity j and appearing in the recapitula tion of the general appropriation hill: Legislative department $123,0$$.00 Judicial department 157,695.66 Governor's office - 19,569.24 TiROX, Established .time I, Lsttd. VOL. LIU. NO. 9 ANTI-CARNIVAL LAW AROUSES GREATJNTEREST Sumter and Greenville Both Have Carni vals in Operation This Week?Attor ney General's Opin ion Columbia. March 13.?The anti carnival law is being felt already. Attorney General Wolfe has receiv ed inquiries regarding the effec tiveness of it, and two points in the state are specially interested. Sumter and Greenville, where car nivals have already made arrange ments to show. In Sumter the American Legion is already having a gala week with a carnival as one of its attractions. The governor-last week signed the act prohibiting carnivals from exhibiting anywhere in the ?t?te except at agricultural fairs: The Attorney General has declined to render any opinion stating that this is a matter for the courts to decide, that the points involved are too important for any thing less than a court decision. The Attorney General has rendered the opinion however that the law is effective now with the governor's signing it. PACKERS LOST MANY MILLIONS Chicago, March 13?The annual statement of Wilson and Company, shows a deficit of nearly nine mil ion dollars host year, bringing the aggregate deficit of the five Y*izz packers up to seventy seven mil lion. Secretary State's office 10,040.00 Comptroller General's Office. 723.S56.34 Attorney General's of fice . l-f.33l.25 State Treasurer's of fice . 23S.06S.62 Adjutant General's of fice . 47,396.50 I'niversity of South Carolina. 206.203.70 The Citadel. 150,059.86 Olemsoh CoUege .(pub lice service). 242.SC2.S.: Winthrop College_ 373,130.96 State Medical College . $5.455.00 State Colored College . "a,450.00 John De La Howe In dustrial School_ 5?;.702.04 School for the Deaf and Blind. 104,*2)M0 Superintendent of Ed ucation's office ... 1.23L540.00 Historical commission 4.'2^S:3I> State library. 4.220.eO Confederate Museum . 100.00 State Relci Room_ 1.120.40 Confederate Home Col lege . 4.OU0.?0 South Carolina State Hospital. c3 1.559.40 State penitentiary _ l<??>,?">mi.UO Board of public wel fare. 29.574/.&0 Board of pardons _ 4'io.UO Training School for Feeble-minded 47,242.00 Industrial School for Boys. 70.7iS.23 Industrial School for Girls. l.Vc?79.50 Reformatory for negro boys., 2S.532.00 Catawba Indians 7.700.00 Committee on deaf and blind children i'ou.oO Law enforcement de partment . 2S.4O0.0o Board of health. 177.2tt5.ou Tax commission _ 5y.60o.f?u Tax board of review ?50.00 Insurance Commission er's office.? 22.s26.25 Bank examiner's ofi tice. 24.0 25. So Railroad commission . 211,447.21' Chief game warden's office. 1.1.125.00 Budget commission -. 6.64HL0O Board of medical ex aminers . 2.0 00.0o Board of law examiners 4*0.4*1 Board of fisheries ... lo.500.oo Board of conciliation.. 500.00 Joint cote mil tee on printing._ 7?;.s"> 1 .on Commissioner of Agri culture's otfice ._ S3.57'?.7'?; Warehouse Commission er's office _ 5s.7O5.0?* Board of pharmaceuti cal examiners 2.000.00 Electrician's and engi neer's oilie?. 34,2,45.00 Highway department . 10."..315.7"? Sinking fund commis sion. !h2?2.5rt Confederate Infirmary 3l,?02.Hl Confederate Veterans' A ssoe iatiOn . l .5 ?? 0.?0 Commission on State House and grounds . 5 S3S 00 State contingent fund committee . its.noo.no State Fair Society 5,000.00 Committee on approv al Of claims. 19.421.19 Miscellaneous . 15.252.66 Grand total $5.SS:?,10?.<M .lust before adjournment, both houses adopted resolutions thank ing their presiding officers, clerks, serjeants-at-arms and other at taches for the efficiei t service, the engorssing department for its at tendance on duty, and the newspa per correspondents for their daily reports. R. M. Cooper, of Lee, today, on behalf of the ways and means com mittee of the house of represen tatives, presented Chairman E. T. Hughes with a handsome gold watch and pendant.