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Abbeville Press and Banner ??m~' ~ ABBEVILLE, S. C? WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1916. established a year. APPROPRIATION BILL ! LESS THIS TIME MEASURE SENT IN BY CHAIRMAN LILES EARLIER THAN EVER BEFORE. Colombia, January 29.?Special: The general appropriation bill went into the House to-day and Chairman Liles has the distinction of having introduced this most important measure earlier than it has ever before been presented. The committee members, Chief Clerk Malcolm Miller and Mr. J. C. Townsend, chief clerk of the engrossing department, all work- I e with persistency to get the bill into | the House to-day so that it could be ready for consideration on Monday, ing with persistency to get the bill in that it provides for a tax levy of 6 mills, which is to cover all of the expenses of the State Government. Notwithstanding the very heavy demands the appropriation bill shows a net reduction in the total of $79,260.80. It will be interesting to note how continuously the appropriation bill has hang around the two million dollar mark. These figures will be interesting: 1914 _$2,213,675.54 . ? ? rt i r? r a on ivio __ __ __ __ loy.o;: 1916 2,384,499.02 It is very much easier- to undertake to make reductions in an appropriation bill than it is to accomplish this. Chairman Liles in a talk with the newspaper men after the introduction of the bill had this comment to make: Liles'c Comment. "The committee has faithfully endeavored to serve the best interest of the State. We did not appropriate in accordance without desires, but we believe we appropriated as the condition of the State's finances justified. The most careful consideration has been given every Hem and we feel j sore that the actual needs of every department and every institution ; have Been supplied, and we think we ; have provided funds for extension and imnrovements where the needs ; for stich were great. The work of the committee has been absolutely ; harmonious. All differences were settled in the committee room and ire are readv to stand bv our work. I cannot speak too highly of the faitkfnlness of the members of the committee. It has been a dav and j night job since January 11. We are hopeful that the results of our efforts will prove satisfactory to the people ; of the State. It will be noted that ; for ordinary State purposes we have aupropriated less than $2,000,000. The amount for pensions and for the improvement of the State Hospital for the Insane, increases the total as shown. We have carried out the resolution of the committee to keep the amount raised by levy within , $2,000,000 and have reduced the levy one-half mill." The appropriation bill is a very < long document, consisting of fortytwo itemized sections, but the following recapitulation will show where ! the committee expects the State to use its funds. Recapitulation. Section 2. Governor's office _$ 16,830.00 Section 3. Secretary of State's office __ __ __ 6,920.00 Scction 4. Comptroller General's office 9,500.00 Section 5. Insurance com missioner's office __ __ 10,595.00 Section 6. State Treasurer's office 8,600.00 Section 7. Sunt, of Education's office 15,340.00 Section 8. Adjutant General's office __ 23,931.56 Section 9. Attorney General's office 6,045.00 Section 10. Railroad commissioner's office __ __ 15,800.00 Section 11. Public schools 298,500.00 Section 12. State librarian's office 2,559.03 Section 13. Public buildings 2,470.00 Section 14. State electrician and engineer.. _ 23,005.00 Section 15. Catawba Indians 7,500.00 Section 16. Department nf iiom'piilfnrp rnm. merce and industries. 4,090.00 Section 17. Judicial department __ 106,670.00 Section 18. Health department 48,816.25 Section 19. State board of medical examiners. 3,000.00 Section 20. Tax department 94,870.76 Section 21. University of South Carolina 97,064.04 Section 22. Winthrop Normal and Industrial College 147,60.5.78 ' Section 23. The Citadel, the military college of South Carolina. 40,500.00 1 Section 24. School for the Deaf and Blind 50,393.33 Section 25. State Colored Industrial and Mechanical Clolegre 15,000.00 1 Section 26. State Hospital for the Insane 417,000.00 Section 27. South Carolina Industrial SehooL 37,000.00 Section 28. State Penitentiary 7,150.00 Section 29. Other charitable and penal purposes 3,100.00 Section 30. Chief game WOULD LEND MONEY 6 FOR THEIR TUITION FIGHT ON FREE TUITION AND RI SCHOLARSHIPS TAKES NEW ANGLE IN SENATE. Columbia, January 28.?Special: The fight on free tuition and scholar- gj ships in State colleges was given an- frj other angle to-day when Senator ^ Verner introduced in the Senate a m( bill appropriating $50,000 for the purpose of loaning to needy students jjand abolishing the present scholar- en ships and tuition. Under the bill the money will be divided between ca boys and girls, and one applying for m. it must get a certificate signed by jjj two neighbors and the cashier of |^r their home bank that they are unable m( to pay tuition. The students who qualifies can go to any college, either denominational or State, as they wish. The ones getting the money W are to give their notes endorsed by no their parents or guardians and the de notes are to be repaid to the State Cc when the student quits college either ca at graduation or otherwise. It is La further provided it tne student is not doing good work he or she is lia- kn ble to be dismissed and must then wi repay their tuition. pa The amount to be loaned to any . one student is limited to $12 per month, and not over $100 in one year. The requirements for eligibility to compete fcr this loan is very W( stringent. The bill was referred to the com- co mittee on education, of which Senator Sinkler, of Charleston, is chair- c^' man. ch in in warden's office 4,332.00 sel Section 31. Historical fri commission 4,550.00 Jin Section 32. Interest on |he the bonded debt 260,043.92 pr Section 33. Elections __ 48,285.00 tic Section 34. Expenses tei common to both houses 499.78 Section 35. The Senate. 18,765.00 Sertion 36. Jhe House of 13 Representatives 35,052.20 tai Section 37. Engrossing pu department 6,644.00 Ia1 Section 38. The Medical Ar College of South Caro- ms lina 31,800.00 w? Section 39. State Ware- 18 house commissioner's mi office 10,000.00 Section 40. State board ab of charities and cor- th< ?i.:? a aaz, nn ?-f ? _ _ _ _ ? ? U)-x-zvivv yi Section 41. Miscellaneous 136,307.37 of Section 42. Pensions and CL Confederate Infirmary 300,000.00 Jo fo: Total $2,384,499.02 Increases a.nd Decreases. p It is to be noted that the margin over $2,000,000 is raised from fees and license charges ordinarily paid into the State treasury by the insurance and other departments. Tc The following schedule shows some ^ of the increases and decreases over p the bill of 1915: f* Deue As Increase. crease. gu Governor's office 2,000.00 Fe Secretary of State._ 100.00 Comptroller Gen. 845.00 J*ei Insurance com's'ner 500.00 Pr State Treasurer 5,050.00 th; Dept. education$ 20.00 fh' Adjutant General 200.00 is Attorney General 800.00 ?f Ry. Com. 1,711.00 S* Public school funds. co __ ___ __ 12,000.00 no State librarian 83.12 fo Public buildings 7,000.00 ha Catawba Indians (same) ?r Dept. of agriculture 8,112.00 he Judicial 300.00 Mi Health department 5,860.00 P* State board medical ex- po aminers same as heretofore. ge Tax dept. 12,500.00 be University of S. C. 7,087.40 th Winthrop College 8,643.54 Citadel 2,000.00 th Institute for Blind Ci and Deaf 9,206.67 wl State Colored College (same) wl State Hospital for Insane 42,000.00 to Industrial School Punitentiary _ _ 100.00 ha Florence __ 6,000.00 Charitable Instn's 1,205.00 Ju Game Warden 108.00 Gi Historical commission (same) CI Interest on bonded debt. 989.46 su Elections __ _ 13,435.00 to Expenses of Assembly __ 350.00 Ju House expenses 1,250.00 Engrossing (same) st Medical College 1,515.00 State warehouse com. __ 5,000.00 Board charities and cor- * rections (new) 8,445.00 Pensions (same as heretofore.) Miscellaneous items __ _ 12,000.00 State geologist (no allowance) No new buildings are provided for gr The University of South Carolina did of not get its law school building, Win- sp throp failed to get its new dormitory. . to The item for the State Hospital for | vc the Insane shows a decrease ot $4Z,- ni 000, but this decrease is made to ap- ne ply to the building and improvement work and the maintenance fund is increased. th Under the head cf the department jv< of agriculture the expenses are to be " paid out of the fees collected through that office in connection with its var- b< ious inspection taxes. th iRANDEG NAMED FOR HIGH COURT ^FORMER SUCCEEDS LAMAR? BRANDEIS KNOWN AS 'POOR MAN'S FRIEND.' Washington, Jan. 29.?Louis D. ancleis is known as the "poor man's iend." Years ago he announced at he was through trying to make sney. It was estimated then that had less than a quarter of a miln dollars. But he declared it was ough. He has defended poor people in ses in the Massachusetts courts iny times without remuneration. i is a leader in the movement to ing the Jews in Kussia and Ar2nia back to Palestine. Washington, Jan. 29.?President ilson to-day sent to the Senate the mination of Louis Dembitz Branis, of Boston, to be Supreme >urt justice to fill the vacancy used by the death of Joseph Rucker imar. Mr. Brandeis always has been own as an independent in politics, th leanings toward the Democratic rty. Mr. Brandeis is the first man of wish nationality to be named to e Supreme Court bench. He is well known in the legal >rld. Since 1897, when he became nior member of Brandeis, Dunbar Nutter, he has been prominently tirifVi monv imnnrtnnt lit llil^CbCU vt&wi iiiuiiJ ations, including the Ballinger-Pinot investigation. He was also airman of the board of arbitration the big garment workers' strike New York in 1910. He was counI for the shippers in the advanced eight rate investigation before the terstate Commerce Commission; was counsel for the people in the oceedings involving the constitu nality of the Oregon and Illinois n-hour laws for women. Mr. Brandeis is 59 years old. Mr. Brandeis was bon November , 1856, at Louisville, Ky. He obined his early education in the blic and high schools there and ;er went abroad, where he attended men Real Schule at Dresden, Ger Ill y. JUfllCl ilC r? V.11U vv, iere he obtained his law degree in 77. The following year he was adtted to the bar. Prominent among the number of le lawyers who were indorsed for e appointment were Alex C. King, Atlanta; Judge Horace M. Holden, Athens, Ga.; Judge Henry D. ayton, of Eufaula, Ala.; Judge hn L. Kelly, of Bristol, Va., and rmer President Taft. \NY SOUTHERNERS FEEL THE RESIDENT MADE MISTAKE IN NOT NAMING TAFT. Washington, January 28.?Special > s?iv that Congress and official ashington generally were astonishat the nomination of Louis D. andeis, of Boston, to succeed the ;e Justice Lamar, of Georgia, as isociate Justice of the United States ipreme Court is putting it mildly. :w favorable comnemts. were heard. While there have been very few re:tic>ns of nominations for the Sueme Court, it seems at this time at ;he chances are heavily against e confirmation of Mr. Brandeis. He recognized everywhere as a man remarkable ability, but he is rerded as radically Socialistic in his nvictions and as of an eminently n-judicial temperament. Except r his radicalism he would probably ve the best of the outlook for con mation, but with this against him appears to have an uphill journey, any Southerners here feel that the esident made a mistake in not apinting Ex-President Taft and they nerally think that there was much tter Democratic material in sight an Mr. Brandeis. The only rejections recorded since e Civil War are those of Caleb ishing and George H. Williams, 10 were successively turned down len nominated by President Grant be Chief Justice, and of William Hornblower and Wheeler H. Peck;m, who successively met the same te when nominated for Associate istice by President Cleveland, rant succeeded the third time with lief Justice Waite, and Cleveland cceeded the third time with Senar White, of Louisiana, now Chief istice. The next notch on the Senate's ick seems about to be cut. ENABLE FAVORS PREPAREDNESS Washington, Jan. 29?"Uncle Joe" mnon and other republicans conatulated Representative Venable Mic-eioeiTMii nn Vlis maiden IUIOO!OUl|/^/k VVUUJ w** mmmrn, eech. Venable, who is successor Representative Witherspoon, adicated preparedness. Witherspoon td been leader of the anti-prepared;ss forces in the house. If a girl doesn't put up a struggle ie first time a man attempts to kiss ii\ he feels as resentful as he would his partner had trumped his ace. A woman not only wants to be ;autiful, but she wants to be told lat she is. TILLMAN PRAISES SECRETARY DANIELS SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR j SAYS HE IS GREATEST CHIEF NAVY HAS EVER HAD. Washngton, January 29.?Secretary Daniels was praised as "one of ' the greatest Secretaries the navy ( ever had, and former Secretary Mey- i er was assailed to-day by Chairman ( Tillman, of the Senate naval com- r mittee, in a speech on "The Truth 1 About the Navy." ( Senator Tillman took Mr. Meyer ? to task for his recent declaration be- 1 fore the National Security League that "the fundamental defect of the navy department is that it has no r brain and no competent military or- j ganization." "Mr. Meyer forgets," said Senator i m:ii n:r u~ 1?4-U?4 | J. mnian, 11 ne evei tvucw, uiai> uic | time he left the navy department the I service was nearly six thousand short ! of the authorized enlisted complejment; that forty-six per cent of the !men discharged in good standing jwere then leaving the navy, while eighty-five per cent are now re-enilisting; that during his incumbency there were 10,360 desertions. Needed Men, Too. "Mr. Meyer needed men and did the best he knew how to get them, land yet he left the navy nearly six thousand short. Yet he has the cheek to hold his successor responsible for conditions which are due wholly to his own short-comings as Secretary. Everyone knows officers cannot be enlisted like sailors. It takes four years to make an officer. Is Mr. Daniels responsible if the Republicans in Congress failed to supply the cadets at Annapolis to graduate? "It may be nccessary to quarter midshipmen in tents, for the Naval j Academy will be filled to overflowing ( if the recommendations of Secretary Daniels are adopted by Congress. The ^ j emergency is too pressing, in my , opinion, to wait for any building pro- ? gramme at all. J "I mySelf would like to see three midshipmen for each Senator and t Congressman instead of two. But j surely no sensible, honest man can < blame the present Secretary for the shortage in officers. . "Not only has the authorized en- j listment long since been obtained, but there is a large waiting list. There is less envy and jealousy ] among the naval officers and more efficient cc-operation and co-ordination of the whale department than ' I have ever seen in it before. *As against 10,360 desertions while Mr. Meyer was Secretary, there have ( D66F1 only 4,07 O S1I1CC ilia outvcoovji j entered office. ] No Pampered Son. ^ "The head of the navy himself is ] not a pampered and petted darling of j inherited wealth, but a red-blooded, ? upstanding, forward-looking Ameri- ? can, who is a graduate in the hard i school of experience and a practical ? man, with wholesome ideas. His re- i ligion, in a political sense, is that the door of opportunity shall be thrown 1 wide open so that every man may ] have an equal chance to rise as high as his hopes and merits entitle him 1 to. I predict that Josephus Daniels j will go down in history as one of the i ~ i - - iL. J greatest secretaries mc navy n?o i ever had. Paying no attention to \ political or social influences, he has j selected as his lieutenants as brilliant a group of officers as the naval ser- 1 vice affords. j "Although the navy department ] has no 'brains' since Von L. Meyer ' was forced to go by the people, there j still remains Admiral George Dewey, j I admired throughout the world both t 1 for his ability as a naval officer and his thorough knowledge gathered in the school of experience of the navy in all its details. His services in Manila Bay will never be forgotten i by the American people. He illus- ] trated to the fullest the heroism of j I American commanders, commencing 1 'with John Paul Jones and coming < down through the long list of naval 1 heroes whom every American loves 1 to honor. i "Full eight months before Mr. ] Meyer delivered his remarkable la- < ment over the utter absence of con- : crete war plans there was established i the office of naval operations for the purpose of meeting exactly that need and the duties and responsibilities 1 -J? A-P navg] ' ana autnorny ui m?= kmu ?.?. ? , operations embrace all the advan- : tages of an Americanized general j staff, without any of the dangerous disadvantages which Mr Meyer would J import- from Prussia." , Praise for Others. ] Senator Tillman also praised Rear , Admiral Benson, chief of naval oper- j ations, "who is not known at all in 1 | the drawing rooms in Washington or ( Newport;" Rear Admi^l Victor j Blue, chief of the bureau of naviga- j tion, and Rear Admiral Joseph j Strauss, head of the bureau of ordi- ? nancc. ] "While Germany had already won j second place, as shown in Von Mey- : er's first reports, he never could ] persuade his party to grant money ! enough to recover the lost ground," j 'continued Senator Tillman. His pre- < decessor, Mr. Metcalf, notified the < country that we could not hold second i place without more drcadnaughts and : Von Meyer's first report notified us , that we were already displaced. His ] report for 1909, four years before I his political demise, admits this. It I MONTENEGRO SIGNS I PEACEWITHAUSTRIA \RMY MUST DISBAND IN SIX V DAYS ACCORDING TO REPORT. I Berlin, Jan. 28.? (By wireless) ? rhe official statement says the city t; >f Rheims was bombarded -by Ger- k nan artillery, the War Office announ- p :ed this afternoon. The bombard- a nent was in retaliation for French v, jombardments of villages behind the c German front. French hand grenade a ittacks were repulsed with heavy a osses. - ii H Paris, Jan. 28.?The Geneva corespondent of The Temps sent a dis- a jatch this afternoon saying that a *1 jeacc pact between Montenegro and w \ustria-Hungary was signed up at 6 n ). m., on January 26, in Vienna. He t< ieclares his information came from c Vienna and that the terms of the igreement are as follows: ^ 1. That all Montenegrin arms, in- si :luding those used by officers, be i? ;urned over to Austro-Hungary with- c n six days, the highest officers, how- ^ iver, being permitted to retain their u iwords. ti 2. The Austrians are to be per- t nitted to use Montenegrin territory s; luring the balance of the war with ti ;he Allies. F 3. All men in Montenegro must re- tl 'rain from committing any hostile ict toward the Austrians. si 4. All railways, fortifications and n jorts are to remain in control of the c \ustrians until the end of the European war. 5. All Austrian and German pris- c, >ners are to be released immediately, ti Montenegrin prisoners will be re- a eased when the peace is concluded, tl 6. The civil administration of C: Vlontenegro will be left in the hands tl )f Montenegrins. 7. Montenegrin peace delegates P vill indicate the location of the new tl government, which will be held re- a sponsible for future events in Mon- n ;enegro. The names of those who signed ? Via agreement were not mentioned t< n the Vienna dispatch, declared The v> Temps correspondent. 1< The Temps, commenting on the rejorted peace terms .stated that as :ar as it was known in France, the >nly seat of the Montenegrin gov- ^ srnment at the present time is in n ^yons. a 1, BANNING SENDS MESSAGE o ON LAURENS NIGHT SCHOOL ? d Columbia, January 28.?Special: aovernor Manning to-day sent a mes- n sage to the Senate concerning the p vork done at the night school at the r uaurens Cotton Mill. With the mes- q lage the Governor transmitted two icore letters written by pupils of the ichool, showing appreciation of the ? vork and indicating the beneficial results of the splendid effort. The nessage reads as follows: f State of South Carolina, Executive Chamber, Columbia, January 28, ? 1916. * Gentlemen of the General Assemjly: I have the honor to transmit t herewith exact copies of letters (ori- ^ finals of which are filed in this of- t ice,) from night school pupils at the Laurens Mill School. I ask a ;hat you read these letters. c Money spent in providing educa:ional facilities for our people is an ^ nvestment which will bring a rich /?iti7pnchin. I CLUI 11 III ail ^UUVUbvu The work that is being accomplished in these night schools has already j proven its value, and I commend it .0 your favorable consideration. Very respectfully, Richard I. Manning, Governor. a s true the programme he recom- , mended that year was quite respect- ? able in size, but his party associates, ^ who are now clamoring for the Demo- ? crats to make good Republican deficiencies in a naval programme, did 11 not give him the money. So that it is proven beyond possibility of dis- ? pute that the Republican party is r solely responsible for our present J status?lack of officers, lack of personnel and lack of ships. . Makes a Difference. j "It makes a great difference whether a one is on the inside looking out of t whether he is in on the outside look- s ing in. When Mr. Von L. Meyer was a in authority and must, perforce, an- e swer to the American people for t money spent by his department, he e was whining about the 'economical p limit set for the navy' and was using v constantly such words as 'the department recommends only.' Now that he is on the outside, a partisan ^ desirous of displacing the responsible administration, which is recommending a consistent and contiuous building programme, such as was con- ^ stantly urged upon Mr. Von L. Meyer j( he is assuming the attitude of a carping and unreasoning critic, finding a fault with others who succeed where lie himself failed. "The onlv act which signalized his ? incumbency as Secretary was the closing of a few navy yards and recammending the abandonment of others. In view of all these facts j it is safe to predict that the name of _ Josephus Daniels will be held in grateful memory by the United Stages navy long after Mr. Von L. v Meyer has been forgotten." T ISDN URGES QUICK ACTION ,j 3 /ARNS THAT DANGERS ARE j "INFINITE AND CONSTANT." i Cleveland, Jan. 29.?The necessiY for quick action was made the eynote of President Wilson's prearedness addresses in Pittsburgh nd Cleveland on the first day of his 'eek's tour of the middle.west. Delaring that "we are in the midst of world we did not make and cannot Iter," he said it was his duty to lform the people that dangers are infinite and constant." New circumstances, he said, had risen which made it necessary that lis country prepare itself not for far nor aggression but for adequate ationai deiense. America's neglect > build merchant ships )tad left the ountry dependent on other neutrals 3 carry United States commerce and rhere ordinary rules of commerce at ea were apt to be thrust aside "there : danger of a more critical kind of ontroversy." Saying that people who come to tie White House assert that the naion is counting on him to rkeep the foiled States at peace and in the ame breath insist that fee maintain tie honor of the United States. The 'resident asked, "Have you reflected bat the time might come when I ould not do both? Are you ready to tand behind the government for the ... iL. 1 - ? laiiibciiuiiue u? cue nunur ui yuur ountry?" He criticised the advocates of peace at any price" and also advoated a large standing army. Naional defense, he explained, was not party matter, saying he was soit^ tie issue arose in a presidential ampaign year because of the danger bat politics might cloud it. Congress, he said, would do its art but the issue really lay with he young men who should volunteer nd their employers who should ot hinder, them from responding. The president spoke at two meetlgs today at Pittsburgh and one jnight at Gray's Armory here. He rill spend Sunday in Cleveland, < saving at midnight for Milwaukee 3 speak there Monday. In his speech tonight the presient spoke with greater gravity than larked the others. "America is not fraid of anybody," he said, "the on/ thing I'm afraid of is the danger f inadequacy. Let me tell you olemnly you cannot postpone this tiing. I do not know what a single ay may bring forth." For the first time he spoke of the avy and coast defenses. He said exerts agree the United States navy anks fourth and defenses good in uality but "not" quantity. Ixcerpts From Speech by Wil?on at Cleveland I suppose this country has never ound itself before in so singular a iosition. * * * Two-thirds of the forld are at war. All the world utside of America is on fire. * 'his is a struggle which will do* ermine the history of the world, I are say, for more than a century o come. The world will never be the same gain after this war is over. The hange may be for a weal or it lay be for woe, but it will be funamental and tremendous. It is very difficult for us to hold ff and look with cool judgment ipon such tremendous matters. * * * t has not been easy for the Govrnment at Washington to avoid hese entanglements which seem to eset it on every side. It has leeded a great deal of watchfulness nd unremitting patience to do so. You have laid upon me this dorile obligation. "We are relying ipon you, Mr. President, to keep us ut of this war, but we are relying ipon you to keep the honor of the iation unstained." You may count upon my heart ,nd resolution to keep you out of he war, but you must be ready if t is necessary that I should mainain your honor. We are, interested in knowing hat there are men all over the Jnited States prepared, equipped ,nd ready to go out at the call of he National Government upon the hortest possible notice. You will ,sk me, "Why do you say the shortst possible notice?" Because, genlemen, let me tell you very solmnly, you cannot _afford to post lone tms tmng. 1 ao not Know /hat a single day may bring forth. ROPOSES TAX ON MUNITIONS Washington, Jan. 29.?Two hunred million revenue annually as ang as the war lasts it is estimated, ^ould be produced by a bill levying ten per cent tax on the selling rice of munitions manufactured for elligerents, introduced by Repreentative Flood today. A man has to go some these days n order to get what's coming to him ?or in order to escape it. You never miss the water till the /ell runs dry?especially if you hap-* en to be in prohibition territory.