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SUMTER WATCHMAN, Est a CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,1 COURT HOLDS CHILD LABOR LAW INVALID ?- I - Attacked on Ground That It Attempted * to Regulate Exclu >v sive State Functions j ' : Washington. May 15.?The child j labor law was declared unconsti tutional tod; - by the Supreme Court. The law. enacted in 1319, > was intended to regulate the em ployment of children under four teen years of age, in any mill, can nery, workshop, factory or manu facturing establishment, or in any mine quarry, under sixteen years, by 'imposing an excise tax of 10 per cent upon the net annual profits j ? of those employirg such rabor. It was attacked on the ground that it attempted to regulate an exclu sive state function, in violation of the federal .constitution and the * tenth amendment, and wa< defend ed as a mere excise tax levied by congress "under its broad power of taxation conferred by the federal constitution. The law was attacked In the * supreme court by three ease? from -.Korth Carolina, appealed by the government. Two. of these, the Atherton Mills and that by John J. George and others, were dismissed on technicalities, but the case brought by the Pexel Furniture company was found in proper form and it was in that the law was j declared invalid. The opinion was delivered by j Chief Justice Taft, with no dissent j announced. The case -was discussed at length j " in view of previous decisions in volving questions bearing upon taxing power of congress, and the law was held invalid as an at tempt by . congress to regulate through its taxing power some thing entirely within the jurisdic tion of the various states in the excise of their police power. "Does this law impose a tax with only that incidental restraint and regulations which a tax must in evitably involve," the chief justice asked, "or does it regulate by the j use of the so-caUed tax as a pen alty? If a tax, it is clearly an ex ? eise. If it were an excise on a commoditv or-other-thing of value, we might- not "be permitted under j previous decisions of this court to infer solely from itsTteavy burden *Jssit.the act intends a prohibition 'instead of a tax. But this act is more." After analyzing the prinicpal features of the law and its opera tion, the chief justice said: "In the light of these features of .the act. a court must be blind not to see the so-called tax is imposed to stop the employment of children within the age limits prescribed." ?* "It's prohibitory and regulatory effects and purpose are palpable," he added. "AH others can see and understand this. How can we prop erly shut our minds to it?" Declaring it- the duty of the court to uecline to recognize or enforce laws of congress dealing with ? -subjects not entrusted to j congress, but left by the supreme law of the land to the control of j the states, the chief justice said ' the court must perform that duty "even though it require us to re fuse to give effect to legislation designed to promote the highest good." Out of? proper respect to a co ordinate branch of the govern-! ment the Supreme Court has gone j far to sustain taxing acts as such, j Chief Justice Taft continued, add ing this had been done "even; though there has been ground fori suspecting from the weight of the j tax. it was intended to destroy its j subject." "But in the act before us," he said, "the presumption of validity cannot prevail, because the proof of the contrary is found on the very fact of its provisions. Grant the validity of this law. and all that congress would need to do. hereafter, in seeking to take over to its control any one of the great number of subjects of public in terest, jurisdiction of which the states have never parted with, and which are reserved to them by the tenth amendment, would be to en act a detailed measur" of complete regulation of the subject and en force it by a so-called tax upon departures from it. To give such magic to the word "tax" would j be to break down all constitutional j limitations of the powers of con-] gress and completely wipe out fhoj sovereignty of the states." WhereIhe sovereign enacting the law- has power to impose both tax and penalty, the chief justice said, "the difference between revenue i production and mere regulation may be immaterial, but not so when one sovereign can impose a tax only, and the power of reg ulation rests in another." "Taxes are imposed." he added, "in the discretion of the legisla- j ture on proper subjects with the j primary motive of obtaining rev enue from them, and with the" in-1 cidental motive of discouraging them by making their continuance I onerous. They do not lose their character as taxes because of the; incidental motive. But there comes j a time in the extension of the pen alizing features of the so-called j tax when it loses its character as such and becomes a mere penalty with the characteristics of regu lation and punishment. Such is the case in the law before us. Al though congress does not inval idate the contract of employment or expressly declared that the em ployment within the mentioned tblishcd April, 1850. 881. _ UNITED STATES IS WANTED AT THE HAGUE I _____ I ? Further Appeals Willi ' Probably Be Made to America by the Allied Powers Genoa. May 10.?Further ap i peals probably will be made to the i United States by the allied powers in an endeavor to induce that 'country to take part in the meeting of the commission of experts at iThe Hague on June 15. The in viting powers, England, Japan, I France, Italy and Belgium, held a I meeting this afternoon to consider the matter further. The French delegates ate anx ious to have the closing plenary 'session of the economic conference1 on Thursday, but this is consider ed Impossible, as there is no dis ! position to hurry the Russians in ' making-their final reply regarding The Hague conference, and it seems likely that the closing ses ! sion will not be held before Sat urday or Monday. Tomorrow morning the Russians will reas semble with the commission on po litical affairs to discuss plans for The Hague. ! The inviting powers decided that the Eastern Galician and Lithuan-! ian boundary ?tuestions would not j be considered at this time. Mr. , Lloyd-George declared that these, two questions were a great source | of danger to Europe. Hungary and Bulgaria were permitted to present petitions for better treatment of minorities. - The powers decided to have, the conference make an urgent ap peal to Europe to support the an ti-epidemic campaign. M. Tchitcherin's clash with Vis-j count Ishii at the morning session j attracted much attention, and there I is some speculation as to whether j it will be 'continued when the same subcommission reassembles with the . Russians tomorrow. Tchitcherin issued a statement set ting forth his side of the contro versy which was provoked by his declaration that. Russia never would permit the Far .Eastern1 re public to be converted into a Japa- ! "nese colony and that Russia would | protect it and all other allied re- j publics against, foreign attack. After Viscount Ishii had declar-J ed that only , states invited to Ge noa could participate in the con- ! ference and that Japan was forced tb keep troops in Siberia to pro-! tcct herself against massacres, such ! as had occurred at Nikolaievsk, j Tchitcherin charged that the troops at Nikolaievsk had violated I the armistice . and provoked the j clash which resulted in many j deaths on both sides. AMERICA MAY YET TAKE PART IN MEETING Washington, May 16. ? Then were intimatinos today that admin istration officials expected early de velopments in Geona or perhaps later at The Hague which might clarify the Russian situation suffi ciently to permit American par-" ticipation in some international project designed to restore Russia to productivity. On what informa tion that feeling might be based J was not indicated. It was evident, however, that the exchange of cabled notes with the Genoa con ference group yesterday was re-j garded as having moved matters at least a step forward so far as Rus sia is concerned. The only authorized statement going beyond the trems of Secre tary Hughes* note declining the in vitation to The Hague, was that obtained during the day at the White House, that the note did not close the door to future conversa tions on the subject. There was no amplification of the statement in the not?? that the Russian memorandum to the Ge noa powers of May 1 L. dicslosed an j attitude on the part of the Rus-J j-sian government which. inj American opinion, destined The' Hague commissioned project to the! same difficulties that were faced in Genoa. ! Secretary Hoover, speaking last' [night before tin- International i Chamber of Commerce, here, treat-) ed the conditions he- regarded as precedent to the recovery of Rus- ! 'sian productivity, and correlated with the exchange of messages be j tween Genoa and Washington, i I This outline from an ad o.ioistra - j tion official appeared to bring out. j sharply the changes which Sccro [tary Hughes might regard ;is nee-j j essary '"within Russia herself" to restore her to a trading basis with i the world. I RUSSIA ACCEPTS HAGUE PLAN Genoa. May 1 ? Russia has ac cepted tin* proposals' of the powers : for a meeting at the Hague to dis cuss the Russian situation, it was I announced this afternoon. Dublin. May 17.?The peace committee of tie- l>ail Eireann re ported a breakdown in the nego 1 tiations to find a basis for unity of ? Irish factions. j ag<*s is illegal, it does exhibit its j intent practically to achieve die latter result by adopting the cri teria of wrong doing and imposing its principal consequence on those who transgress its standard." "Be Just nud Fear J HARRISON i CONFESSES ON STAND: _ [One of Three Muder-j ers of J. C. Arnette j Testifies in Openj Court and Gives De- j tails of Cold Blood-i ed Murder - Columbia. May IS.?Ira Harri- ! I son, one of the three defendants in \ the case involving the murder of ! J. C. Arnette last week took the I stantl,today and a hush as of death | filled the court room as he told .' ! in perfect calmness the details of! the killing of the late filling sta- j ! tion proprietor. He bared the en- : tire crime and brought in both F. ? M. Jeffords und Flenn Treece. the [Other two defendants. ire told how he struck Arnette the first blow. ? This followed by .Jeffords strik- ! ing him with the auto axle. COOPElT RETIRES AT END OF WEEK Wilson G. Harvey of Charles- j* ton. to Become Chief Execu tive, Probably at Noon Columbia, May 17.?Governor Cooper win retire as the governor of South Carolina Saturday, more j than a. week earlier than the date first announced for his^ departure. The governor ^aid yesterday that| he would hand in his resignation to the secretary of state some time Saturday, the exact time to be de- j cided after a conference with Lieu-: tenant Governor Harvey later in the j week. Mr. Harvey said last night in a ? telephone conversation that he would suggest noon Saturday as the j 'time, for'the change to be made ifj this would be agreeable to Governor; Cooper. The chief executive 'saidi almost any time would suit him, i and the noon hour therefore will likely be the time. Governor Cooper is retiring earl- j ier in order that ho may attend to! Some"personal affairs before taking: up his residence in Washington.! He found that to continue in the. governor's ofirce until June ! prac tically precluded any attention to personal affairs as the business of .the office is rather heavy at pres ent. The governor plans to go to Washington Saturday night or Sun day and qualify as a member of the federal farm loan board Mon- j day. He will remain in Washing-1 ton several days and then return j to Columbia to get his business in condition to make the change of I residence to Washington. His com mission is ready and waiting for him to lake the oath of office! whenever he desires. Wilson G. Harvey. lieutenant | governor. ? who becomes governor Saturday, will take the oath of of- ; fice with simple ceremonies. Hej indicated last night, that he would j be sworn iti at the governor's of- j fice in the presence of Governor Cooper, state officials and attaches, members of the supreme court who are here and intimate friends. The lieutenant governor w-'ll oc j sworn in by a menpber of tue su-; preme court, in a?rlikelihood. Hisl family will be here for the cere- i mony. Chilean-Peruvian Parley Hits Snag. Washington. May JG?The Chil lean-PeruvIan conference which j began its course here yesterday amid declarations of optimism, en- i countered signs of unpleasant sail ing today soon after the two dele- j gations came together for their j first executive meeting. Most prominent among these j developments" was a decision un derstood to have been reache? by the Chileans to bring the bitterly debated question of th" validity of Ancon to a sharp issue at the very outset of the negotiations. Another disturbing element was a reiterated plea by Bolivia that her rights and interests, as well as those of Chile and Peru, ptivst be considered in any settlement de-j ' signed to remove causes for unrest I in South America. A third much discussed feature ! of the situation, generally inter I preted in diplomatic circles as an evidence of the unusual caution | ?with which Peru and <"i111i are pro-I j.ceeding, was an agreement between j the two delegations that whenever a decision is reached on any single j j issue it is to be embodied immcd-j : iateiy in .j formal "protocol" duly 'certified and signed by both" sides. I The purpose of Chile to brim; at once the real issue of the conference j to the surface may result, is t ii.? opinion of diplomatic observers.' in determining in the very near fu- - ture whether the Washington nego-1 tiatoins are to be a success or a fa i Ja re. Neither the Chilean nor Peruvian! delegates would comment on ihr new move by Bolivia. h was re-' called however, thai when Bolivia formally sought to participate in i an arbitration of i he Chilean-Pe-I ruvian troubles last December she was told by the Chilean govern-1 mein that there weir no vested Bolivian rights concerned. Today's first executive session of the Chilean and Peruvian delega tions lasted but half an hour and j ended without either side having! mentioned any of the major issues before the conference. Cot?Let all the ends Thou Aiius't r Surnter. S. C, Sati "Sold"?For( Bdydon Banas (inset), of Detroit one dollar for the lattcr's wife and Kolczynski, IS. reported the matter 1 said he was included in the "bill"Of DIOCESE VOTES FOR DIVISION I - Episcopal Council So Acts on Reports?Bishop Gucrry to j Take Steps to Have Ac- ; tion Confirmed by Gen eral Body > 5^ "? \ Charleston May i 7. ? Through | adoption of the repoit 61 .the com- ; mit tee recommending the geo- ; graphical lines of division, as well j as the division of vested funds, the : 132nd council of the Episcopal did- ! (???sc of South Carolina today defi nitely effected a division of the diocese into two separate dio-I coses and-requested the bishop, t he ' Rt. Rev. William A. Cuerry, D. D.. | to take the necessary steps toward j having the division sanctioned and i confirmed by the general conven- i tion. Which is to be held ;it Port-j land in September. Consideration of.this report took up practically] all the time of this morning's ses- ! sidh; and the final vote showed but ! a few of the deb-gates to be op- j posed' to the committee's recom- j mentations, the only opposition ex- ! pressed in the discussions being! with, regard to the division of the! bishops permaent endowment fund. Today's program commenced with celebration of the holy com munion at 7: "(i o'clock at St. Philip's church, where all the ses sions are being held, and at &:3<i o'clock a brief business session was held. A resolution was adopt-! ed providing that the diocese telc- j graph greetings to the dioceses of Georgia. North Carolina and Flor-j ida. which are in council at Sa- j vannah. Raleigh and Apalachicola.I respectively. Following this the report of the committee on the di vision of the diocese was submit ted by the Rev. W. 11. K. Pendle-! ton. chairman. ?Resolutions adopted at today's early session included one submit ted .by the Rev. Walter Mitchell calling upon all persons, whatever their views, their station in life, or ? heir religion, to stand strongly in support of the laws of the land, violation of the prohibition law and other forms of lawlessness be ing called t?> the attention of the council in the preamble of the resolutions. The report of the bishop and executive council, made by Bishop Coadjutor K. G. Finlay. had t<> be postponed to tin1 afternoon session, which began at 2:3U o'clock, af ter the council recessed at 1 o'clock for lunch. The following elections were scheduled for the afternoon: Delegates to the gen eral convention, tin- standing com mittee, executive council, trustees of the diocese, trustees of the or phanage, trustees of the University of the South and trustees of St. Mary's school. Reports from the trustees of the two latter schools were also scheduled for the after noon. In submitting its recommenda tions the committee on tie- division of the diocese stated thai it 'lid not interpret i's commission as de manding any expression of opinion with regard t" the division, as such division was voted ;it the council at Spartanburg ni 11*2**. and reaffirmed by the council at Surn ter last year. The committee sim ply recommended the steps which make the division effective. sind Bishop Gucrry stated. ;it't>-r tin adoption of the report, thai when the division was formally continu ed by the general convention he would call a convention <?!' :h ? council of the new diocese, nod. when it organized, would turn it over t?? the bishop of thai <li>> ecse. The diocese in the !t?w'?*r pari of the state is t<> be kn??wn hu the original diocese of South Carolina', according t'u a resolu tion which was adopted, and the diocese for the upper pari of the state would adopt its <>\\ n name Tin- eominittee reported tl>::' in its efforts to recommend a divis ion. it bad striven t<> decide upon ;i division <>:' suflicienl strength to prosecute its work without im pairment to its efficiency, and to facilitate, efficient admhustrul ion it be thy Country*?, Thy God's aud urday. May 20, 1922 , alleges he paid William Kolczynr.ki two children shown here. Waiter to the police when, he alleges, Banas ? sale." by epeh bishop, and to regard as far as possible the ? wishes and sentiments of different portions of the diocese. With this aim in mind, the fol lowing counties were recommended the comprise the new diocese: Ab beville, Alken, Anderson, Chero kee. Chester, Edgefield. Fairfteld, Greenville, Greenwood. Kcrshaw,! Lauren's. Lancaster; Lexington. Mc Cormick. Xewberry, .Oconee. F*iek ens. Ftichland. Saluda*. Spartan burg.-! Union and York. The division line would show the following counties in constituting the southern board of the upper diocese: Aikeib Lexington, Rich land, Kershaw and Lancaster: and the northern boundary of the low er diocese the following: Barn well, ?rangeburg, Sumter, Lee, Darlington and Chesterfield. The following arc statistics of the lower;-djtocesc: .White popula tion. 305.5.97: negro. 47e.:!:5L'. total 775,02 a: churrhes. 7"? white. 11 negro, total $9; clergy, white, 34: negro !; baptized, 10.185 (white;: communicants. >'>.V2~ (while). Sta tistics of the upper diocese are as follows: Population. 5.13.8.41 white and :::> 1.38 !. negro, total 908,22$: churches. 45 white, il negro, total CO: clergy. 24 while, i negro, total 2$: baptized. 5.945; (white); com municants. 3,8ui (white). The following were reported as. tin- contributions of the two dio ceses: L?wer. self support. ?1S2, 993.45: church extension. $76,50.2. ss. total ?239,5$4.33; upper, self support, $'r73.543.26: church ex tension. ?GG*239.S3, total $239,773. (.'!'. Tin- committee recommended that the general theological educa tion fund of ?10.UOO, the Shulcr fund of ?2.300 und the Pringle Frost memorial fund of $3.0U0 be divided .equally between the two I dioceses, and that in the division of the two bitter funds each dio i cese shall preserve and continue the names and purposes of the I fund. j The committee further recom mended that all other funds to .whose div ision the committee found no legal objections be equally di I vided between the two diocese.--.. In cluding the West on school fund. i Elizabeth LaBorde fund and the [fund of the Protestant Episcopal ! Prayer Book and Tract sociecty. j Tlie committee recommended that the fund for securing an Episcopal residence in Columbia. ? now amounting to $4.800.27 be al lotted to the new diocese, and that all funds which in their nature ami by the terms of the trusts are local | be allotted to the diocese to whose territory the use of these funds i; restricted or- be placed in the hands | of (he proper authorities' of the churches or institutions for whose benefit they were devised. i I Tl.ommittee recommended I thai the trustees of the Society for Advancement of Christianity in ; South Carolina, being a corpora I tion of which the council has no Control, be requested to divide its income equally between the two ' dioceses. With regard to the Church Dome orphanage at Vork and the Church ? home at Charleston, the committee ; recommended that these institu itions become the join? property of I the two dioceses and their affairs I be administered by equal numbers i of trustees from the two dioceses, land that the senior hisohp in point of service be the presiding officer of the boa rds. ' With regards i<> the bishop's per > lna nent endowiiPml fund. about 'which the only controversy arose. I the committee recoe:mcnded thai I tbe land i.f s.Xfm.ii".' ?>-,. sum of j . he allotted (o to. oid dio ! cese and ?>J">.,"|I? to the new. and that to the new or upper, die l . . ces.- he allotted the subscriptions to this I'^nni reported at the coun cil, a mounting t s i 1.21 ITin i Rev. W. 11. K. Beiulleton. chair man of i lie committee, reported I 111a i t his reeoiii uiendat ion had been decided on unanimously by ! the committee save with the ex I cepl ion of Walter Haza rd of : Georgetown. Mr. Hazard In an address to the council state'] that his objection to I the proposed div ision ol the bish op's fund was that it was con Truth's. ONE PLEDGE ADOPTED ATGENOA _ j Non-Aggression Pact j is Adopted Unani-i mously at Plenary | Session of Political Subcommission o f: Conference I By the Associated Pres3 Genoa, May is.?The non-ag-i gression part was adopted un?ni- i mously at the plenary meeting of. the political subcommission of the conference. The pact is not sign- \ ed but was adopted in the form of j -.i resolution, each state pledging Jo | respect it. I Sir Edward Grigg announced on . behalf of the British delegation j that further advice's received from the United States government! made it seem unlikely that Ameri ca would participate in the Hague meeting, at least until the scope of the meeting was better under stood. Thomas G. M'Leod Urged by Friends, _ i Pressure Hein?; JSrousht to J'ear on Him to Run For Governor Columbia. May IX.?Thomas G ; McLeod, who wars temporary pres- j ident of the state convention yes-; terday, has had great pressure j brought to bear upon him to be: a candidate for governor in the; state Democratic primary and has! the subject under advisement. His! friend-- said yesterday that .an an-: nounccment of his decision will : be made in a few days. Mr. Me-- ' Lcod was lieutenant governor dur- [ ing tile two Ansel administration's. He has a. strong following in the; state and his supporters believe : that he would be a formidable , candidate. CAMPAIGN AGAINST TIPPING Chieago Golf Club Will Penal izc Members Chicago. May 18.?A formal campaign against tipping, with se- ' verc penalties for tipper and tip j pee, has been started by the I Olympia Fields club, said to have '< (the largest membership of any, j club in the world. Members have j j been advised that infraction of the, ruh- will cause them to be cited be- j fore the board of governors and; the recipient of the gratuity will; be dismissed. Baptists Recognize Women's Rights Jacksonville. May IS. ? Women have been admitted to member ship on the executive committee and various boards of the South ern Baptist convention, Change in the constitution was adopted after a spirited expression of" disapproval from Dr. .J. VV. Porter, of Louisville, who quoted Paul's adjuration of women speak ing in the church. Others spoke in favor. I trary to the trust and nut within the law. Me explained the origin of (lie fund and held that it was banded down in trust to provide j for the support of one bishop and j not for two. and he cited legal j points in support of his conten tion. He pointed out that he would be delighted to divide the fund Ins proposed but that the council ! had m<t the authority to take such a step, lie accordingly offer led an amendment which provid ! ed that tie- allocation ?>f the bishop's fund shall !><? within the I terms ;'nd scope of the original I trust, as shall be construed and de termined by a decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, if th-- trus tees shall deem such a step ad I visable. a friendly suit to be in stituted bv the chancellor for Ibis ? purpose. <>n motion of former Go v. Ki-h ard 1. Manning. Mr. Hazard's ! amendment was tabled and a vote J showed the council to be almost j unanimously in favor of the adop tion of the report, Chiarman F'en idlcton and Mr. Frlerson of Colum bia spoke in favor of tie- adop I tion of tie- committee's rewort. their stand being that the council ! would be within its legal rights, 'and also within the aims and pur I poses of those who established the j fund. Another ?tue'stiou about which ! differences of opinion prevailed ; iva.s with regard to the manner of ; votins on the report. The chairman of rh.?mmittee at first moved ' that each of the various resolutions I contained in ;t be voted on indi viduatiy. but former Governor j Manning, stating that tie- com mittee had labored very earnest ly and had studied tie- matter very I c??mplotely. and desiring to avoid [too much discussion that might I mur the harmony of the council, offered a Substitut*" motion to the effect that the report !??? voted on I ;is :; whole. This HU?*Stion Was djs j cursed by several of the delegates and :i vote showed the council to be in favor of acting on the re port as ;t whole, the vote being 7." 1 to THE TRUE SOU: DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION Session Was General ly Harmonious and There Were No In cidents of Particular Interest Columbia. May 17?The state Democratic convention held here today marks a political epoch. First, because of the utter appar ent lack of evidence of partisan ship and feeling and. second, be cause of the presence of so many women delegates. It was the first appearance in force of the newly enfranchised voters. They were charming and on the job. It was a good natured and jolly gather ing of the good Democrats of South ("arolinn. If there was harshness it was in committee meetings or under control. The spirit of opti mism and levity prevailed. The keynote speech of Tom C. McLeod. of Bishopvillc, was one of good cheer and brighter days and laughter provoking. He defined the pessimist as the banker who had loaned money to the optimist and when h,- presented Senator Frank Wat kins of Anderson, as the per manent chairman of the convention he expressed the hope that he would prove as good as he looked. Both Tom McLeod and Frank Wat kins were nominated for perma nent chairman, but Mr. McLeod. who has be?-n temporary chairman, suggested that#**thc natural ten dency of South Carolinians was to run for every office in sight, but he had his speech off his chest" and declined. When the clerks were trying to get the names of com mittcemen there was confusion and delay and Dan Sinkler of Charles tun suggested that the names be handed up and not announced. This brought the remark from Mr. .James, of Lee. that he never heard of Charleston people want ing to hurry before. Laughter, and the roll continuing. The very tirst response from the floor was when Miss Kate Lou Wofford in a clear-cut man ner presented the name of Miss Will Lou Cray for temporary chairman. She declined or Mr. McLeod would never have gotten oft! that excellent keynote speech he said he had in his system. Mr. McLeod's speech was one of cheer and optinflsm with the conclusion that there be no adjust ment that will be at the cost of the future manhood and woman hood of the state. His appeal was for education an all lines. The con vention was representative in every way. Men who had been active leaders in politics for generations, from the veteran R. B. Watson, now in his eighty-sixth year, sat side by side by his old friend, for mer Governor Sheppard. who was there wit It his son, James O. Sheppard. Tin- 1920 rules were adopted as the rules for 1922. The platform as reported out by the committee is being taken up. ! Following the adoption of the i tirst three sections of the platform; Lhe soldier bonus bill was reached and a stiff tight ensued. Debate had been limited to two minutes. Frank R. Ellerbc of Manning made a dramatic speech in favor of the bonus bill. .Mr. EHerbe and Governor Cooper entered into a heated debate on the resolution to endorse the presnt bill in con gress. Mr. Ellerbe declared that he believed the patriotism of the American soldier had been ques tioned and he asked the governor why he was opposed tu adjusted compensation. Governor Cooper defended his position and declared he did not I think any man who accepted any thing with a dollar mark on it could possibly call this compen sation. The governor spuke earn lestly on the subject, declaring that j he had the highest regard for the soldiers and that lie would not for a moment reflect upon the man who wore the uniform. The gov ernor said the government would never be able to repay the soldier. S. G. May tie Id of Bamberg spoke earnestly for tie- indorsement of the bill. Mr. Maylleld said he was ashamed of the position taken by i In- governor. Mrs. M. T. Colei in of Abbeville said sin- knew ex-service men had hardship's. She said it was a shame that the bonus had nut been passed. ? The convention finally passed a resolution indorsing the adjusted compensation act now before cun gross. < The platform as So far adopted reattirms the allegiance of the Democratic party of the stale to the principles of Democracy ex pressed in state and national plat forms and extends the conven tion's " liest wishes and horn.- for the renewed vi<or, health and hap piness of our stricken leader. Wood row Wilson." "We are sat isfied.*" it says, "that the noble principles for which he fought will yet prevail. It is with great satis faction that we learn of the in creasing love and admiration for him i>\ the American people man ifested h\ pilgrimages to his home. We pledge ourselves tu continue the tight until the peace of the world is guaranteed." Greetings and good wishes arc also extended to .lames m. Cos ?;'<?r the valiant and courageous liuli! he made under adverse eir cumstancs for the Democratic party." The platform also reviews at length the condition of agriculture in the state, it charges that the Republican party, which now con FHRON, Established June 1, 1866. VOL. LIL NO. 2S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ORGANIZED Edgar A. Brown; of - Barnwell, is Elected Chairman of State Democratic Execu tive Committee Columbia. May IS.?The political campaign this summer will start June 20. and all candidates must ' file their entries by noon of June 1!'. according to decision of the State Democratic executive com mittee, in session at midnight last night. The assessments for candi-. dates were also fixed, as follows: Candidates for governor. $200 cash: candidates for other state otfic>e. ?5100 each: candidates for Congres?. $200 each, and candidates for so licitor. -5100 each.. Edgar A. Brown, of Barnwell. is newly elected chairman of the com mittee. Harry X. Edmunds, of ColuHuna, was re-elected secretary, and General Wilie Jones, of Colum bia, was re-elected treasurer.^ ,T. Hagocd Gooding. of Hampton, was j elected vice chairman. I A committee to arrange the iti j nerary of candidates for the sum ! mer campaign was selected, com posed of General Jones. Mr. Ed munds, and George Bell Timmer man. of Lexington. The campaign will end three or four days before the primary, which comes August ' 2?. : Petitions for the confirmation of faction by the Charleston executive committee in seating county con vention delegations from five Char leston clubs, which had at first been declared without seats, .were filed with the executive committee, and the action was confirmed, and the j delegations declared seated. These ! petitions came from St. Andrews;--, j Awensdaw. James Island. Adams j Run and Edisto Island clubs, and were presented by Senator Arthur Young, of Charleston. Daniel A. Sinkler, chairman of the Charles ton county committee, was allow ed to make a statement regarding the petitions, and he made remarks * that c-ttmc'Ticar precipitating a mild sensation, jund which brought forth a warning "froxn the chair man, against personal remarks. Mr. Sinkler stated that the Char leston committee had seated the * delegations filing the petitions and he thought the petitions should be thrown out. He stated that he had not been served with a copy of the petitions, and added. 'Tin n >! jz~Z7* prised, when a man like Arthur Young presented them." This brought a loud rap of the chair, I man's gavel. The committee tool: cognizance of the fact that the pe titions had not been served on the I county chairman and that the dele gations had been seated, but voted ! confirmation of the county eommit ! tee's action and the seating of the -j delegates in question. John I. Cosgrove appeared in behalf of the county committee and stated that the delegates had been choren at meetings of the clubs in question held at times not properly adver tised. He Stated that in one case ? the club leaders had met at church and changed fche time for the club meeting. The state committee Y\>dnesday night heard a long debate on pro i posed changes in the party rules,, jand then thre- out all proposed .'amendments, because of tlveir con I flict with the statutes. The con j vent ion was in session into the wee ! hours of the morning, the adoption j of the platform consuming also j lengthy consideration. r, j Tokio. May 17.?The entire st?'f? ol the Chinese legations departed without conferring with foreign of j tice because Of the failure of Pekfng i to supply funds and tlie refusal of i ilie Japanese banks to make fur i Iber advances on the .ground of I lack of security. , _ jtrols every branch of the govern ' ment. is owned by the big moneyed ; interests of the north and east, j "These people are manufactur j eis," the platform declares, "ana I their interests are and always will the antagonistic to ours." ? The platform indorses the agri ; cultural bloc in congress and com-, j mends the senators from South Car : olina for belonging to the same and ! urges upon them and the state's. representatives in congress the ne I cessity of maintaining at all times j such an organization to protect the . j farming interests of the country. Cougress is called upon to pro I vide a system of short term ' credits. j Additional sections to the plat form included: Indorsement of lux ury, excise and income taxes: gen eral law enforcement with special reference to prohibition; speedier trial and hearing of appeals in -fel ony eases: liberal support of and economical administration of pub lic schools: welcome t?> women in South Carolina politics; disapro val of Sunday session", of the leg islature; disapproval of national laus infringing on state rights: a pledge that the people of South Carolina would tak '-no backward steps in this financial crisis. The convention adjourned at 3?40 o'clock this morning, one of the final acts being the election of Mrs. Leroy Springs of Lancaster as na tional executive eommitteew oman to succeed Mrs. R. I. Manning, re signed.