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THE STJMXER WATCHMAN, Est;
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sonus bill
to be pushed
. ntsenatc
Approval by Senate
f" Finance Committee
of Measure Follow
ing House Plan with
Loan Feature Fore
^ cast
. Washington, May 29.?-Approval
>by the 3enate finance committee on:
^Wednesday of a soldiers' bonus ]
bill following closely along the
lines of the house measure *with |
its bank loan provision was fore-j
cast today by members of that i
committee. Republicans and Dem-j
ocrats, after the subject had been ;
discussed for nearly two hours.
An informal canvass of the com
mittee today indicated that the
Members were divided nine1 to six
for the house- measure with some
Modifications?the so-called Mc
Cumber plan. Five members, all
Republicans, were reported to fa- 1
for the Smoot. proposition of paid]
up life insurance for the veterans!
in lieu of ail other forms of com- }
pensation, while one committee
-man, Senator Williams. Democrat,
^Mississippi, was understood to * be
opposed to any bonus legislation. }
Whether a land reclamation
provision is to be included in the
-McCumber plan is an open ques
tion and consequently it may be
some time before a bonus bin is
reported to the senate. Chairman
McCumber is anxious, however*
that the bill be reported out in the
immediate future and he expects
to press for action as speedily as is
^possible.
' After reaching the senate the
bill, in the usual course, would go
to the senate calendar to remain
until called up by Senator McCum
^ber/ There is a difference of opin
ion among Republican leaders as
to whether the bonus should dis
place the tariff bill-at any time
soon so the probable time at which
the senate will get into the bonus
light is indefinite:
Senator McCumber is of the
opinion that the senate can dispose
of the measure with a few days of'
consideration, but this view is not
shared by all leaders. Opponents
of a bGnus ii} a^fom -?s; well
as opponents of the amended
? house -bill*are' prepared for a long
discussion of the.question. ,
' Both the McCumber and Smoot
plans have been outlined in some
^ detail to President Harding with
a view of obtaining an expression
. of opinion from $jiin? but the com
mittee went ahea^i today with their
consideration without having- re
ceived any word from the execu
tive. Proponents .of the McCumber]
proposition believe that he will
-approve that form of bonus it
passed by congress, but publicly,
at least, the president has given
no indication of a chafoge of mind
since he told the house ways and
means commitee to finance the
' bonus with a sales tax Or post
pone enactment of the legislation.
Aside from a-iprovisicm" to pay
cash to veterans whose compensa
. tion would not exceed $50. the Mc
Cumber plan would provide for ad
justed service certificates on which
banks would be authorised t* loan
* funds during the first three years
and the treasury thereafter dur
ing the twenty years of the life of
the certificates. The certificates
f would have a face value equal to
about three times the amount of
the veterans' adjusted service
credit at the rate of $1 a day for
domestic service and $1.25 a day
for foreign service and the' total
would be payable at the end" of
^ twenty years or sooner upon the
death of the holder.
There also would be provisions
for vocational training and home
and farm aid. These and the cash
and certificate features are almost
identical with those in the house
bill, but the land settlement, or
reclamation feature, in the house
measure has been elfminated. There
is a movement in both the senate j
and house to have some kind of a j
r reclamation provision put back into 1
the bill and a special subcommit
tee of Republican members of the
finance committee opened hearings
today on the question.
Washington, May SI.?The bill j
commonly know n' as the McCum- !
ber soldier bonus plan has been j
ordered favorably reported by the I
senate finance committee by a vote i
of nine to four. The effective date I
of the bill was changed, however, j
from next October 1st to January j
1st. 1923. after Senator Walsh.'
Democrat, of Massachusetts, told
the majority members that it J
would take six months to get the j
bonus machinery in operation.
The Smoot plan providing for
paidup life insurance instead of all
other forms of ccmpensation was
.defeated by a vote of eight to five.
Philadephia
Society Leader
Arrested
-
Berwick. PaT, June 1.?Carter!
Leidy. a socially prominent young
Philadelphian, whose elopement
with Fifi Widener. a daughter of
Joseph Widener. created a sensa
tion in society circles, and who
.subsequently came here to 'ion
overalls for work in the ste^i
mills, is charged with larceny,
driving an auto while intoxicated
nod reckiess driving. The case will
come up June Gth.
?toltehed April, 1850.
1881.
GERMANY
NOT DEFIANT
SAYS PREMIER
Lloyd George in
Speech in House of
Commons Praises,
Attitude of Former
Enemy
London. May 31 (By the Asso
ciated Press).?TVith Germany
undefiant, Premier Lloyd George
I had planned to make a brief statc
! ment on reparations in the house
I of commons this afternoon, but
when John Robert Clynes, labor
member, opened the debate and
attributed the present difficulties
to the government's election
pledges of 191$, the prime minis
ter launched into a lengthy de
fense .of the reparations commis
sion and the treaty of Versailles.
Whatever lack of balance was
evident in the working of the treaty
and likewise the workings of the
League of Nations, he asserted,
was due to the absence of the Unit
ed States, who, having no claims
with respect to reparations, was
friendly to France, Italy. Great
Britain and Germany, and was con
cerned in~~iSeeing that reparations
were not driven to extremes, to
upset the balance of world trade.
Mr. Lloyd George praised the
German attitude-toward the repa
rations commission and indicated
that so long as she was not. de
fiant Germany could count on
Britain's sympathy and under
standing of the difficulties involv
ed in meeting the treaty condi
tions. He declared, however, that
there was no cause for disagree
ment between France and England,
for. should Germany refuse to at
tempt to fulfill the commission's
claims. Great Britain's place would
be at the side of the Versailles sig
natories, despite the misrepresen
tations which were being made.
Great Britain believed in the
traditional policy of moderation
and fulfillment, continued the pre
mier, and he gave warning that
isolated action on the part of any
one of the allies would be disas
trous to the entente between them.
"It is the policy pursued after
Waterloo -toward France. when
Prussia and Russia and the other
victors urged , that France be
trampled,", said Mr. Lloyd George.
"The government in that day re
fused t ocountenance such a policy;
we* are pursuing the same course.
But, if Germany is defiant, if she
should say: /This treaty we de
?cline I o carry out/ it would be dif
ferent. A German policy of non
fulfillment would be a policy of im
mediate disaster.'*
GOING SLO W
ON PARDONS
Gov. Harvey Who is Being
Flooded With Petitions Will
Not Act Hastily
Columbia, June 1.?Gov. Harvey
is already being flooded, as gov
ernors usually are. with petitions
for executive clemency in favor
of prisoners, but it appears that
the new executive will take a firm
stand against upsetting of court de
crees. Effort is being made to
have the chief executive change to
life imprisonment the sentence of
death against'Jesse Gappins. one
of the murder trio sentenced to die
in the chair on June 16 for the
killing of William Brazell. a Co
lumbia taxi drive;?. Petition has
also been filed in the governor's
office for the pardon of Dan Mur
phy, the aged lifetimer who some
months ago refused to take a par
don recommended by the pardon
board.
Governor Harvey has not indi
cated what final disposition he will
make of these petitions, but he haa
stated that he'does not believe in
! extreme freedom in the use' of the
i executive pardoning power. In
. the case of Dan Murphy he stated
i that while he had not yet had time
! to give the case close considera
tion, he felt that the prisoner
should have taken advantage of the
recommendation in his favor some
weeks ago. At that time the par
don board recommended a full par
don for "Old Dan," the old man of
the cage, sent to the pen more than !
a quarter of a century ago for m?r- j
I der. but the prisoner told Super- j
I intendent Sanders of the prison
(that he didn't want a pardon. For
j this reason Governor Cooper took j
I no action on the recommenda
j tion.
In the cave of Gappins. the moth
er of the prisoner has called on
the chief executive, as have other
interested Columbians. One promi
nent Columbia woman has been;
arnonf? those asking the governor
to commute to life imprisonment
the sentence against the young man
who claims that he was dragged
into the murder plot by Iiis bad
companions and that he did not
have a part in the actual slaying of
Brazell. On the witness stand the
three men confessed to their parts
in the murder. It is not expected
that the sentence of death will be
interferred with.
Cincinnati. June 1.?Edward H.
Fitzgerald, grand president of the
Brotherhood of Railway Clerk's,
freight handlers, express and sta
tion employes, announced that nix
teen chiefs <?t" railroad brother
hoods and other executive officers
of railroad unions, will meet Tues
day t*? discuss matters vital to the
common welfare of aii railroad
workers.
"Be Just and Fear
'IRISH PROBLEM
BECOMING
MORE COMPLEX
j Agreement. Between
Political Factions of
South in Conflict
With Free State
Treaty
? London, May 31. ?1 Winston
Spencer Churchill, secretary of
colonies, asserted in the house of
commons that nn agreement has
been, reached' between the political
factions in Southern Ireland which
strikes c-irectly at the provisions of
the Angio-Irish treaty. It seemed
probable, he said, that the Irish:
people would not be able to give
a free expression to their views as,;
a consequence of the agreement. j
Temporary Calm
In North Ireland j
Belfast, May 31.?The tension I
along parts of Ulster-Free State 1
border still rather high, although j
little additional fighting had been!
reported up till noon. Each side!
is apparently occupied with taking j
measures ^for protection against
possible attacks.
Ulster Officials
Called to London!
Belfast, May 31. ? Sir James |
Craig, the Ulster premier, and the j
marquis of Londonderry, the
iUlster minister of education, are
going to London tonight at the
British government's invitation, to
confer regarding the Irish situa
tion.
STATE OF WAR IN
NORTH IRELAND
Belfast, May 30 (By the Asso
ciated Pres).?Strong forces of the
1 Irish Republican army are now
j well within the six county territory J
and are consolidating the ground !
won. It became necessary for the
special constables comprising the
Ulster forces to withdraw from a
considerable section known as the
Belleek saliept in Fermanagh ]
county and this is now in posses
sion of the Republicans.
The military are confining them
selves to sending out observation
parties which remain for a brief
time and then return to Enniskil
len.
The Omagh garrison was rein
forced this afternoon by a large
contingent of the Staffordshire reg
iment, and soldiers also arrived at!
Castleberg, Tyrone county, three!
miles from the border, r
Fighting has occurred at various'
points the most significant in the!
vicinity of Pettigoe, county Done
gal, where the military forces were
under fire for the first time in the
border troubles. There were sharp
clashes also between Ulster and
Southern Irish forces near Lifford
and Straban on the Tyrone-Done
gal border, armored cars and ma
chine guns being brought into ac
tion.
.Refugees are fleeing in large
numbers from the invested area,
leaving their worldly possessions
behind.
It is not so much the territorial
loss as the plight of the refugees
from the abandoned Fermanagh
area which is causing most con
I cern. Refugees are flocking to rel
! ative3 throughout Fermanagh
where every able bodied citizen is';
I either an A or B special, and the
tide of wrath is surging,
j A thousand Republicans are re
! ported concentrated on the North
i west Tyrone front, but this is not
i as serious as the Fermanagh sit
' uation for the invasion of Derry
j is not anticipated.
The northern government's dif- j
I ferences have been aggravated by |
I today's mobilization of the Irish :
constabulary on a large scale: this!
will practically be completed to
morrow.
Ulster bears painful resemblance!
to a war zone and it is considered \
likely to do so increasingly in the j
near future. Despite the widespread j
trouble and unrest, however, Bel- j
fast had a day of unusual quiet, I
there being: only a solitary case of 1
wounding and no fires.
London. May 30 (By the Asso
ciated Press).?Another day hasj
passed without announcement of
progress towards avoiding what the j
colonial secretary. Winston Spencer j
Churchill, .speaking in the house
of commons, termed "one of the:
recurrent crises in the Irish situa
tion." while from the Ulster bor
[derland reports indicate that the
I o.uestion is rapidly passing from one
j of an approaching: crisis to an ac
; tual conflict with the northern and
j southern military engaged across ,
the border. A more optimistic
j feeling prevailed in official circles
[late in the day. however, and se
irious though the situation is th<*
S difficulties of the negotiations, are
j expected to be surmounted.
The morning cabinet meeting: was
j proceeded by a long conversation
j between Premier Lloyd George,
Arthur Griffith and Michael Col
I Uns; which, it was said, ended sat
1 isfactorfly. But it was not follow
ed' by the government's expected
I announcement in the house in the
: afternoon. After a shower of ques
: tions and vigorous heckKngs Mr.
j Chun-hill said lie would deal with
the situation tomorrow morning,
j It is expeeted that the Irish con
ference will continue during: the!
next two days.but Mr. Griffith and
Mr. "Collins will return to Dublin!
Not?Let all the ends Thou Aims't
Sumter, S. C. Sati
And They E
"A New York restaurateur has i
by covering the floor with six inehe
1 the walls?end dressing waltrojfao
THE TRUTH
ABOUT
Winston S p e n c e ?
Churchill Makes
Full Statement of
; Situation to House
of Commons *
London. May 31 (By the Asso
ciated Press).?The facts of the
Irish situation were presented in a
statement by Winston Spencer
Churchill, secretary for the colo
1 nies, in the house of commons, to
day, but the fate^ of the treaty
which serves to bridge the difficul
ties between Great Britain and
I Ireland can not be determined un
til after the Irish elections, when
i those chosen at the polls will be
! put to the test of a treaty oath,
i Mr. Churchill, in the common.-;.
|and Lord Chancellor Birkenhead.
; in the house of lords, announced
j Great Britain's . position as rigid
adherence* to the treaty, which the
j pact entered into between Eamon
I de. Valeria and Michael Collins is
I declared to have menaced.
The return of Mr. Collins to Dub
i lin with Arthur Griffith remaining
! in London, together with the an
! nouncement of a further portpone
! ment of the dail eireann's sessions
[suggests the possibility of further
i negotiations after conversations
j between Collins and de Valera to
j see how far the points made at
j London can be met at Dublin.
Mr. Churchill's speech seems to
! have created general satisfaction,
[ according to reports from Dublin
! and Belfast, while Collins and
Griffith, who heard the statement
from the gallery, adjudged it "a
fair presentation of the facts."
Sir James Craig. the Ulster pre
mier, speaking in the northern par
liament, said there was not a single,
i word in Churchill's speech to cause
I the slightest misconception or mis
understanding in Ulster and there
seemed to be running through it
the right tone of dealing with those
who would in any way attempt to
overthrow the honorable under
standing arrived at in the treaty.
Lord Birkenhead told the house
of lords the British government
stands for the treaty with Ireland
to the letter and 'spirit and would
not go an inch beyond it. Under
I no con c e i v a b 1 e circumstanes
j would the government consent to
j the republicans becoming ministers
i in the Irish government, and
should such a crisis arise the re
I sources of Great Britain were by
no means exhausted.
The government's policy corre
sponded with the wishes of the
democracies of the two islands for
whose political fortunes the" gov
ernment was ihr- trustee.
j Belfast, May CBy the Associ
ated Press).?At 9 o'clock tonight
I i.i time for the adjourned session of
the dail erieann on June* 2 while
Mr. Lloyd George plans to take a
j holiday.
; From Dublin, it is reported, that
[the prolongation of the London
conference has given rise to the
j general hone of the success Of the
negotiations and Mr. Churchill's
announcement is eagerly awaited,
j In th<- meantime increased political
activity Tor the forthcoming ele'c
' tion is evident.
I Belfast, May 30?About 7." se
j nous tires have taken place during
the present outbreak of incen&iar
i ism. The damage is estimated at
I 500.000 pounds. This include man
[siows burned in tin- rural districts.
The O'Neill family is claiming 61,
! DUO pounds for Shanes castle alone.
at be thy Country's, Thy God'a and
irday, June 3,1922
iat Sea Food
HOOVER
WILL nx
COALJRICES
(Assumes Responsibil
ity for Action. That
Coal Operators Can
not. Legally Take
Washington, May 31.?Secretary
I Hoover today assumed responsibil
. ity for fixing a reasonable price on
spot coal during'ihe continuance cf
I the present .coal strike.
p In opening the conference be
J tween union and non-union opera
J tors. Secretary Hoover declared
i that any agreement between oper
ators looking toward the fixing of
prices, even though in the interest
of the public, would be illegal and,
therefore, he asked the individual
operators to agree with him upon
a reasonable price in their respec
tive districts.
BLOODY RIOT
AT MACAO!
Manila, Jue 1.?Seventy-four!
Chinese were killed and many
wounded at Macao in a clash be- j
tween Chinese strikers and Portu
guse troops, according to Hong
kong advices. The destroyer Tracy
is ready to protect American inter
j ests.
? ? ??
j Knows Something
About Ward
! Los Angeles. June 1.?Martha
j Kendall, who once filed suit charg
i ing criminal ? conspiracy . against
j Walter S. Ward, who is under
, bond at White Plants. N. Y.. for
j killing Clarence Peters for alleged
] blackmail, has been located at Hol
lywood by the Los Angeles Times.
"I con throw light upon the mys
tery," the Times quotes her. "I
know a few things that those inter
! ested in the prosecution of Ward
j would like to know. I'll tell ah if
they "ask me?not till then."
! nine persons were dead and 1J)
wounded in consequence of the
fierce fighting, which broke out
! this afternoon. Machine guns, re
volvers and rifles were used by the
military, specials .and gunmen. At I
times Jl;*' disorderly elements
threatened to invade Royal avenue,
the city's main artery.
Dublin, May 31 (By the Asso
ciated Press).?Winston Churchill's
speech in the house of commons to
day w.i<: published i>y the late edi
tions of the evening newspapers.
It was well received, the general
opinion being that it shows an in
tention to stand by the treaty.
it is looked upon as certain that
the representatives in the coalition
government to be formed under the
Collins-de Valer? agreement will
have no office in the provisional |
government and would refuse to
t:<k.. such office as implying ac
ceptance of the treaty. The belief
is held that there will be two gov
ernments, working side by sid?*
some members belonging to both ?
and some holding exclusive offices
in each, as has been the case up to i
now. . '
Belfast, June 1.?Grosvenor road
was tlu> scene of intense fighting
today. Four wounded were taken
to the hospitals from the Falls
road area. Deaths from last night's
disorders tola! eleven. A blind
man ;in<i his landlady were shot
while standing in the door of their
home. Fire hose water, flowing
down the street washed over the
bodies, which wore not remov
ed for four and half hours.
Truth's."
VIRGINIA
AVIATOR
_KILLED
William Austin Syd
nor, Jr.. Fell to
Death Near Hamp
ton
Richmond, Va., May 31.?As his
loved ones watched him perform
stunts in the air. Second Lieut. Wil
liam Austin Sydnor, Jr.. aged 22,
United States army aviator, plung
ed 700 feet to earth in an aero
plane that had become unmanage
able within sight of the home of
his uncle. Eugene B. Syndor, pres
ident of the Richmond Dry Goods
company, at West Hampton this af
ternoon at 2:30 o'clock and was
probably instantly killed.
In its descent the plane, which,
according to eye witnesses, was
acting erratically, dove into two
cedar saplings, one of which it
snapped oft*. Th*. other it uproot
ed.
Immediately after striking the
second tree, the careening plane
was seen to emit a thin spiral of
black, or blue smoke and a few
seconds later struck the ground
with a thud that was heard at the
country club and the Richmond
university grounds at West Hamp
ton, both some distance away.
Divining from the unusual antics
of the plane that something was
amiss and fearful that the aviator
would be unable to right the ma
chine before it reached the ground,
scores who had been witnessing
the stunts of young Sydnor in mid
air hastened to a field in which it
was apparent the machine would
land. Before the first of these
spectators could reach the scene,
the plane had struck the- ground
and almost immediately a burst of
flame was seen. By the, time aid
had arrived, the machine was a
mass of flames and the body of the
youthful flier, who was motionless,
rapidly was being consumed in the
fire that partly consumed both
plane and the body of the officer.
The body, burned beyond recog
nition, was lifted from the tangled
mass of twisted steel and other
wreckage left by the destruction
of the plane. Then began a fev
erish search for some trinket or
other means by which the body
might be "identified-.? First, the
searchers uncovered, from the ashea
and bits of charred wood a metal
watch, which, however, did not
aid in the "identification. Next. z.
pocket knife was brought to light.
Neither did this throw any light
on the identity of the victim.
Then a gold signet ring was
brought to light by searchers, who
persisted after others had aban
doned the quest. After the ashes
.and grime were wiped off the ini
tials of a monogram "W. A. S."
were deciphered. It was identified
by the uncle of young Sydnor.
SENTENCE FOR
THEFT OF AUTO
Manning. May 31.?J. C. John
son has recovered his automobile
which was stolen about three weeks
ago from his garage. Sheriff Hill
of Calhoun county located the
car in Chatham couty. North Car
olina. Mr. Johnson had followed
the trail through Sumter. Camden,
Cheraw, Fayetteville and Rocking
ham but without success. Sheriff
Hill arrested G. W. Miles, and a
negro. The three came to St.
Matthews in the car that was stol
en where they met Johnson who
claimed the automobile. Miles and
the negro were tried for stealing
the car from Johnson and sen
tenced for three years and six
months, after which they will be
tried for stealing 13 other cars.
The car was estimated as damaged
over half its value. ?
A. C. L. Will Accept
Reduction in Rates
Wilmington, N. C. May 31.?The
Atlantic Coast Line Railway com
pany will accept the 10 per cent,
general decrease in freight rates
called for iu a recent semi-order
of the interstate commerce com
mission. President John R. Kenly
announced tonight.
President Keniy also stated that
practically every road included in
the Southern group would volun
tarily make the reduction suggest
ed by the commission.
In making the announcement
tonight that the Coast Line would
accept the reduction. President
Kenly stated that his road would
find it necessary to cut wages of
employees in proportion to the de
crease in freight rotes.
An increase in the volume of
business as a result of the cut in
rates is looked for by President
Kenly. but he expects this to be
only temporary. "I do not look
for any permanent increase in
freight traffic," Mr. Kenlv said,
"until economic condition^ are
stabilized in Europe."
Notice of acceptance of the re
duced rate order has been for
warded to the interstate commerce
commission.
INJUNCTION
AGAINST
MARRIAGE
Chicago. June 1.?The unusual
situation of an injunction petition
to prevent the International mar
riage of the Oser-McCormiek sort
will likely head Mathilde McCor
niick s romance to the higher court,
it was stated today.
THE TRUE SOTT
REPUBLICANS
I KEEP NO
PLEDGES
Party Without a Lead
er and What Con
gress Has Done is
All Wrong
Wilmington, N. C May 30.?With
the assertions that the' Republican
party is without a leader, that it has
failed to keep its promises made in
the last presidential election, Sen
ator Pat- Harrison of Mississippi,
speaking at a luncheon tendered
him here today by the chamber
of commerce, predicted that the
next congress will have a Demo
cratic majority and that President
Harding will be succeeded by a
Democrat at the end of his present
J term.
\ Senator Harrison was the prin
I cipal speaker at memorial exer
| cises held here today in memory of
; New Hano\-er county men who paid
! the supreme sacrifice in the world
; war. In connection with the me
| morial exercises a monument to the
j World war dead of the county was
I unveiled and dedicated.
In Senator Harrison's memorial
j address he steered clear of politics
j and factional political wrangles,
[ but in his address before the busi
1 ness men which was made at the
j luncheon given in his honor, he left
i off the solemn vein which char
| acterized his memorial address and
j warmed up on the political issues
j of the day.
I The Republicans have fallen
j down badly, the senator stated.
\ That which the Republican con
j gress has done has been all wrong,
[he said, while it has left undone
j those things which are most need
1 ed and should have been the 'first
j to be disposed of.
The passage of certain tax bills,
j the seating" of Senator Newberry
i and the pending "iniquitous" tor
I iff measure are some of the. things
j which Senator Harrison declared
I have had much to do with getting
j the Republicans in bad with*, the
j people and causing dissatisfaction
; throughout the country. He said
[ that the Republican's would be held
I to strict accountability for these in
j the November election and predict
? ed a majority for the Democrats.
"I do not believe there is a Re
I publican' here/' the senator* ?aidr
! "and I want to tell you that there
i are many less of them now than
j there were at the last election."
j "A few Democrats supported
j Harding, but they know better
j now. They have-seen the error of
j their way and never again will they
be led away from the party that
j stands for all the people."
j In his memorial address Senator
Harrison paid a beautiful tribute, to
former President Wocdrow Wilson. I
The speaker was loudy applauded!
many times during his address but I
nothing brought such an outburst
as his reference to Mr. Wilson,
whose childhood home was in Wil
mington.
"Woodrow Wilson Was the great- j
est pilot who ever guided the ship j
of state," the speaker stated, ad-!
I ding that Mr. Wilson is as much I
! a wounded soldier as any veteran
j now in the government hospitals."
! INCOME FROM
GASOLINE TAX
Collections For April Totalled
More Than $70,000
Columbia, May 30.?The Sou:h
I Carolina tax commission announc
! ed yesterday that during the
j month of April a total of $72,010.
04 had been collected on the gas
| oline tax for South Carolina, this
j being an increase of a little over
$5.000 for the March collection.
During March the commission
j collected $67.000 and the April coi
| lection of $72.000 brings the total
? for the two months to $139,000.
j approximately. At this rate the
! collection for the ten months of
J this year should be around $690,
i 000. .
! Some attempts to evade the law
! have been discovered by the tax
j commission and considerable ef- ]
j fort on the part of a number of
: dealers to delay the .payment of
! the tax has been noted by the
: commission.
! FORTUNE FOUND?
I - .<? ' . i
i -
? Believed Money Buried Made
Away With
I Aiken. May 31.?James C. Garvin, !
I an octogenarian farmer of the Wag-!
: ener section, died suddenly on April
j 28. at his farm home. "Uncle Jim- j
j mie." as he was called by the peo
1 pie of Wagener was supposed to be j
\ very wealthy, but upon his death j
i* was found that his fortune
I amounted to about $49.000. Last'
! Saturday. Andrew Ward of Wagener;
i discovered a newly dug hole near
' the home of "Uncle Jimmie." and
j an old iron pot around which was
i scattered several old coins. and
'. the belief prevails in the neighbor
j hood that parties in search of the
1 ?id man's buried treasure, found a
j pot of money and got away with
j it before relatives discovered the
j fact. Tt was the boast of Mr. Gar-.
J vin that he had one thousand dol
{ lars for every year of his life, and
I he died, asred S3 years old. Pope
? L. Courtney of Aiken. a brother
; in-law of the deceased, gives it as
; his opinion that the fortune buried
j by the old man was dug up and
i carried off. .
rHRON, Established Jane 1, iSS8.
V?L. LIL NO. 32
JEFFORDS
Chief of Gang That
Killed Arnette Will
Not Go to Death
. Chair June 15
Columbia, May 30.?Frank .ifcC
Jeffords, convicted with Ira Har
rison and Glen Treece of the mur
der of John C Arnette and xrith
Ira Harrison sentenced to "die "in
the electric chair June 15, yester
day afternoon in 34 words stayed
the hands of the law by serving no-.
tice of his intention personally jto
appeal his case to the state su
preme court. The notice of inten
tion to appeal, which was signed by
Jeffords himself, was served upon.
Judge W. Hi Townsend, Sohcitot.."
A. Fletcher Spigner and Clerk of
Court J. E. Hinnant at 4 o'clock,
yesterday afternoon. This action
automatical stays the exe^rijtion u
of the sentence of death. .--"*
Jeffords signed the brief notice
of appeal in his ?own name,; so
availing himself of the 'right under.v
the laws of th? state to act a* his -
own attorney ..in appealing to.:tbe
state supreme court. No indicatib?
of the grounds^upon which the.af^
peal will be based Was given in th* .
notice. The notice written on a
[typewriter; foljows:
"You will please take . notice/
that the defendant, Frank ML Jdf-r
fords, intends to; appeal an^: her-e
by appeals from* the verdict ait&'t
sentence in the above case this 2^^:
day of May, 1022.'.' The notic^wa?>
headed''by the name, of tl
Under state law, he will be*l
ed 30,, iays in whfc%to perfect hisr
appeaif. Should it be perfected, the
case could not come up before
supreme court *un>JI 'the .second
Tuesday in October when" the n<?t*?i.
session of the court will be:-held.
The case-would then have tp Abe.
; argued before the court and if the
appeal is sustained the case prob- y
ably retried. If the appeal should'
be denied JefppF^s would then
[have to be reseirtenced before er^
' cutiom 'k
In case, however, the appeal' is
never completed, as was the appeal- -
of S. J. Kfrby, Solicitor 1So5$p*r
will, be forced - to wait ibe.~e?$raV
tion of the ^30- days before he csfch
I take a^raTT^trtffHEhe circuit coarfc
to secure the distfrissal olth&&p~
peal. This, will carry the delay be
yond the ne*t tterm of court arid
will postponethe r^sentenciog un
til the sessi on following.
Harrison as' yet has made no
move towartj an appeal and it is
not known tfhetbe* he will fn?o^r
Jeffords' feaa ?Y hot. Under -thar-,
law. notice of lappeal to the s??- ?
preme court may be filed ? p.t
time after . conviction and within
ten days aftfcir the rising 'pt>r-.ikf>
court. " The ' session4 of the --court
at which tH&:$hree men were tried\
will last' through this week and
Harrison therefore will be allowed
ten days after Saturday in which .
to file notice of appeal. He,, wculd
then be allowed the5usual 3$ days
in which to complete and.p^erfect
the appeah It is possible .?^) that : ',
the state fiiay secure the^^stpb?e
ment.of his execution by a- series
of reprieves from the governor ."Un
til the case of Jeffords hap been
finally decided.
Treece also has made no inove?
but is now serving his life sen- p
fence in the State penitentiary.
James -HI Hammond and John v
Quinn, who were appointed by ?ne
court as Jeffords' attorneys duritps:.
the triat: were in no way con
nected with, the making of the ap-v \
peaL yesterday, it was announced,
both having withdrawn fronr-*t^
case "wiihotit prejudice*' as sp?n -fl^"
the trial was completed. Jeffordk
is as far as known the, first man,
convicted in the Richland courts, '?:
to appeal ii* perse* to the supreme. 5
court and so stay the execution. o? r
his own sentence.
HINKLE IS
HEARD FROM
- ?
-
Former Ckjr Manager, of Cok
lumbus Writes Mayor
Columbus, Ga.. May 29.?Mayor
J. Homer Dim on late today
ceived a letter from H. Gordon
Hinkle. whose office as city man- \
ager was declared vacant Saturday,
the day after he had left town.r m
which Hinkle asserted he let the *
city commission know he was Ieay-A
ing with his wife for their form^"
home at Altoona, Pa., as she was "
ill. '
The letter which was -.mailed.*
from Athens, Ga.. added th&t Sfince
the commstsion had taken ^action
regarding the office Hinkle wofcld
consider his connection with - it.
severed. He reiterated that white
he had "h?d the cooperation: of the
city commission in most matters
affecting the administration of the
municipal government." he had.r.o
'?real authority over the jrolice ds
partment, which he criticized a?
declared hau been working
the commission form of city
eminent.-*
C0L.R.E.LEE
VERY ILL
Washington. May 31. ?
Robert Es Lee. grandson oX
great Confederate chieftain,
eariously ill at the Virginia;
Springs^ and his death is mo
tarily fe?re?. His wife who was/
Miss Mary Middletcm and
wards Mrs. Gustavus M. Plncl
of Charleston, is at his be<