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* f* ? -...- , - - ? - - 1 .. . 1 j 1 ' . ?!' . . ? . - .. ? ?? K 3 l SEMI- WEEtav. ^ - ? ? * \dli* l. m. grist's sons. Pubi..h.p^ ^ olfamilg Jtapaper: 4or *M JJromofion fS?lM|*l>. Stocjal, Jjgrirultutpl and Commercial interests of the f)eopl$. TER^^^pi.EwviNcmm. i 'J E8TABLI8HED1855 YORK, S. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1922. NO. 16 - ? . i ' ' "* i)"1 > n VIEWS AM INTERVIEWS tr~ Brie! Local Paragraphs o! More or Less Interest. PICKED UP BY ENQ01KER REPORTERS 8tori#i Concerning Folks and Things, 8om? of Which You Know and 8oms You Don't Know?Condensed For Quick Reading. "Farmers are beginning to make inquiries about fertilizers," said a fertilizer dealer yesterday. "In fact we hfcve received quite a number of in???IHaa hkla wnnlf \fAfit fArtlHfFTfl ftrfi a little higher in price this year than last and most of the fertiliser companies and the local dealers don't care much whether they sell or not unless they sell for cash. There isn't much profit in fertilizers for the local dealer ?only about 12 a ton, and in many lnx stances not that much." Look Out For Them. "How about sounding a warning to folks especially the housewives rela- i tive to agents and peddlers?" inquired 1 a Yorkville man this morning. "It's I getting to that time of year, you know when book agents and newspaper agents and other kinds of agents flood Yorkville and other towns of the county. In fact they have already begun their tour of York county. Watch out for the girl who wants to sell you a magazine on the plea that she is trying to raise money to go to college. Six out of ten of them arc crooks and underworld denizens who never got through the first reader.*' Show Was Pleasing. "I'm feeling good this morning," re marked J. Frank Faulkner, manager of the city hall opera house, "over the show 'Rose of Washington Square' which played here Tuesday night. "The show was characterized by local people who have seen musical comedies appearing 4n towns many times as large as this, as one of the best they have seen. It was clean and wholesome and provefi a most, pleasing entertainment In every way. Geo. Donahue, manager of 'Rose of Washington Square' expressed himself as being pleased with the box office receipts which totaled I384.&0 and gave me assurance that the show would seek a return engagement hore." Poatoffica a Poultry Farm. "The postoffice will resemble a poultry farm for the next couple of months or so." said W. Frank Putnam, chief clerk In the Yorkville office the other afternoon. "People have begur. ordering baby cHicks from poultry farmers over the country and the chicks are beginning to arrive. On Washington's birthday which, of course was a postoffice holidry, we had a shipment! of fifty chicks from Virginia, consigned to a man on York No. 1, which shipment remained with us all day because of the fact that the rural letter carriers had a day off. That didn't hurt the chicks, however since they can go for seventy-two hours without food or water and without any harm, coming to them. We handled many shipments of baby chicks last year and no doubt we will do so again this year since the business has already begun. Under the rules of the postofflce department live chicks must not be more than one day old at the time of shipment. The local postofflce has been doing quite a good business in chick-, ens and eggs since the parcels post system was inaugurated several years ago. There are a number of poultry men around town who ship a lot of chickens and a lot of eggs and the number that come in here from other sections is quite large. Last year a Yorkville lady got a shipment of chicks from away out in Missouri. All of them arrived here and were delivered to her in good condition. We did a good business in live alligators last summer and very likely we will do so again this spring. The alligators were shipped from Jacksonville, Fla., to several young boys here who wanted the 'gators as pets. Whether any of them are still living or not I don't know." Says Peanuts Unprofitable. Hon. James Henry Rice, Jr., of Wiggins, S. C. farmer, author, lecturer, naturalist and great South Carolinian whose nature stories are read with interest by hundreds of readers of The Yorkville Enquirer does not think much of the peanut as a money crop. In a letter to Views and Interviews Mr. Rice says of the peanut: "I am amusbd to see how true to form the windjammers function. Here is the peanut craze, the same old panacea offered from Texas straight on here and discarded everywhere. Two years ago peanuts wero stacked in every field and by every roadside in Pnllntnn rnnntv Thnv nnH in im. presslve piles, cleanly harvested, neatly stacked, all directions complied with. "They did not pay for hnuling them out of the field. They may be fed to hogs and the hog meat is unfit to eat and unfit to sell. "Twice as much hay can be got from pea vines and four times as good; and with one-tenth the trouble. "It may be that some man has made money at the business. Men make money out of all sorts of things; but it is a safe gamble that the ordinary farmer won't make a thing but more losses. "Raising lima (or butter) beans to hull out and sell dry is a vastly better proposition.. There is a demand for nil lint can he grown. Raising grnpes is also a good business and if followed up properly will pay. "But raising peanuts! Holy smoke! It is enough to make the mules laugh. Try it; try It; try it; by all means try it. This is a golden season for learn- i ing new tricks. Wade it. "But if there is a grain of sense left in York county, they will shun the I peanut business like the pestilence. "And yet some men may make I moncv at it. Who knows? { "I have known men to make money selling early onions; but all these men had lost their front teeth and chewed like rabbits. "What Is the connection? I never knew. My facts were gained by observing the men that made money selling early onions; and they were all that way. "This convinced mc that unless a man had lost his front teeth and chewed after the manner of a rabbit he would fail at selling early onions. "Watch the kind that succeed and note their physical make-up. "Seriously, there should be a splendid field for farmers in York county in growing seed for grain. My father made a great deal of money after the r?l?ll War rninlnc need oatS. Your father can tell you about Nlnety-81x Red Rustproof oats. They had a reputation once all over the country. I have picked out many a bushel of seed by hand?picked until my fingers were raw. These oats were sown on specially prepared ground and the product fadld for seed. It paid. They clean heed now by machinery. "Sheep raising paid big money and sheep sold for less then than now; wool sold for less. "As to goat raising, I am assuming that men have some character and self respect left; and that they are above taking a man's money for so disreputable an animal as a goat. "The forecast for a huge emergence of boll weevils this spring is reassuring. They are doing a grand work for God and humanity. Some day men will see enttnn was blastine. devastating,. ruining the country, taking the manhood and morals out of us. God is setting us free, and freedom is usually bought with pain and hardship." GAMBLERS IN COTTON Rival "Exchanges" Threaten War Against Each Other. The American Cotton Exchange, Inc., at SI Broad 8L New York, is under investigation by the district attorney's office on a complaint that it is a bucket shop. Officers of the exchange have been questioned and the books are being examined by an auditor from the prosecutor's office. A. W. Graham, better known as Judge Graham, who formerly was United States cotton futures attorney, is president of the exchange. Randolph Rose, who operates two brokerage companies here, is vicepresident. The name of the exchange up to two months ago was the Ameri can Cotton and Grain Exchange. Upwards of 2,000 seats on the exchange have been sold, according to the Globe. In certain quarters In Wall Street the view was taken that the investigation marked the beginning of a fight by the New York Cotton Exchange against a so-called rival organization. It was denied by members of the New York Cotton Exchange that they or their organization were interested in the inquiry in any way. No charge was made by the American Cotton Exchange that the older exchange was behind the investigation. The two exchanges cannot be said to be competitors in a business sense. The New York Cotton Exchange is fiftyone years old, its seats sell for around $15,000 each, and the minimum unit in which trading is permitted is 100 bales. The American Cotton Exchange is four years old, its seats have a "par value" of $1,000, and the minimum trading unit is ten bales. It is alleged that the younger exchange, which was promoted by Joseph C. Cooper, secures by irregular moans the quotations of the New York Cotton Exchange and posts them on its board for the information and guidance of members. Judge Graham maintained that the exchange was conducted along lines "similar to those of the larger exchanges." He said: Members are held to strict accountability, and if convicted of violation of either the rules or by-laws are summarily disciplined. The buying and selling on the exchange is conducted under the supervision of Col. George W. Pratt, its secretary, in exactly the same way as on other exchanges. The hour and date ot every trade is recorded, together with the price. The contract is that approved by the United States Cotton Futures Act, Section 5. The sheets are stamped and put into the Clearing House, and monthly returns made to the United States Cotton Futures Office in the Internal Revenue Department. The Clearing Association also makes a monthly return similar to that made by other clearing associations, so that the government has a complete check on all transactions made on the floor of the exchange.?Commerce and Finance. ..~,1 kn.,ao n,lnni?H ?Vio ?? i itf st'iiaic nuu iivuov uuu|.wv? ?..v , free conference report on the gasoline tax bill. The committee provides for a two cent tax on gasoline, with its combinations and substitutes and no tax on kerosene. One half of the funds are to be turned over to the state government for use In the general fund and operating expenses and one half to be returned to the counties for use on the roads. The payments must be made by the 20th of each month, penalties are provided for violation of live act. PAPER AS MONEY Interesting Story of Guernsey Market House. METAL BAST IS' NOT NECESSARY Century of Progress Under Conditions Which Have Promoted the Greatest Good to the Greatest Number Without Resulting in 'Immense Weath at the .Expense or uire roveny, Gladstone, we are told, once said; "The surest way to get into an insane asylum is to study the money question." I have asked American Journalists why they do not write on sound finance. In reply they hold up their hands in holy horror exclaiming: "Too deep for me!" These more or less intelligent gentlemen, who do not hesitate to discourse on international questions, analyze labor controversies, lash transgressors of stupid laws, or apotheosize a Grand Marshal of Finance, cannot, or will not, or dare not dig to the tap root of most of our social ills; our perverted money system. If they but would, they would find the fundamentals of finance as simple as putting on their hats?it is the cunningly devised superstructure of abuse which is so difficult to understand. The elemental simplicity of this very necessary adjunct to a convenient exchange of commodities appeals to com ? ??? --J foiloliia lhA mind! the mun ociiBc mu u^.,6....u artificial intricacies with which it has been surrounded hinder* penetration and discourages the mind. The first step in extricating ourselves from financial bondage is to comprehend the elements of exchange and taxation. It requires no iutense study; the story of^the Guernsey Market House will at on6e enter your understanding, will you but read: It was after the close of the Napoleonic wars, that the "States of Guernsey" resolved to build a market house at St. Peters Port, the capital city of the islar.d. The object was to provide a shelter for the farmer and a convenience to the citizen on market day, which was, and still is, Saturday. Wealth Without Money the Gauge. The problem was, as usual, "to get the money." There was no money in ciculation; in fact, the war had drained the island of its coin, so there was none to circulate. In other words, there had been a "contraction of the currency," as now, after the World war. A committee was sent to the govern or, to ask if he could negotiate a loan for the city in Paris or London. The governor thought he could; but, said he, you will have interest to pay. Of course, they did not expect to borrow money without interest. But, said the governor again, do you conceive that when you have built the market, you will wish to do other things; build the sorely needed seawall or repair your almost Impassable roads, and that such projects would necessitate additional loans, meaning a continuous increase of debt and interest, from which you will never be able to free yourselves? Well, yes, they fiupposed so?but was there any other way ? , Before answering your questions, the governor replied, I wish to ask you a few: Have you any granite for the foundation? Yes, at St. Sampson (another city of the island). Have you brick for the building? We have the clay to make it from. Have you the lumber for finishing? YeB. KHUblovora Q nH I nave you iimauno, unvmaj v.u carpenters to do the work? Why, yes, your excellency; why do you ask these questions? You know that we have all these things and that starting such public work would be a god-send to our idle workmen. They Have Money to Burn. Well, the governor said, I merely wanted to impress upon you the fact that you have all that is needful to build a market house. Yes, the committee assented, all except the money. Exactly so, said the governor; now suppose that \ye print the money? Can that be done? asked the citizens, in astonishment. Would you be willing to try? inquired the governor. But would there be no danger of an ovec-lssue and consequent "depreciation of the currency?" counter-queried the citizens. No, said the governor, we will make a careful estimate of the cost, and issue money to the amount of the estimate; then we will levy a tax in the same amount and spread it over a convenient period of time. By the payment of tbls tax, the money will be returned to its source of issue; and, having performed the function for which it was printed and issued, it may then be destroyed. The idea of the destruction of the retired currency seemed a satisfactory safeguard against inflation and the committee requested the governor to put his plan into execution. The money was printed and issued in payment of material, labor and supervision and the market house was built. Meantime, the money circulated from the quarry owner and brick maker to their laborers and from these, as well as from the workmen engaged in building the market house, it passed to the grocer, butcher, tailor, and dry goods merchant; nil of whom paid their share of this money to the government In the form of taxes. At the end of the stipulated period of circulation, when the market house issue was returned to the treasury, the governor proclaimed a holiday?to burn the money as per agreement with the committee. The people assembled In the market house square, where the governor made a speech, reciting the conception of the plan to finance the erection of the marA# UAHCD nnH ^Ynlftinincr tho onrvlAA which this paper money had performed. Thereupon a fire was kindled, and the governor, after sprinkling incense on the money, consigned it to the flames. When the charred flakes had curled and rolled away, the governor asked: Well, citizens, what do you wish to do next? Tear down the old houses along Fountain street and rebuild, responded the people. Said the governor: Too bad that we burned the money, we could have used it again, could we not? That's so, assented the citizens. Well, said the governor, it is all right; I merely wanted to demonstrate to you that there is. no danger of an over-issue or in a re-issue of currency if honestly done for honest purposes. We will print another issue; the loss, after all, is only the cost of paper and priu uim. And so, Issue after Issue wan made of this paper money, without a gold or silver reserve behind It. It rebuilt Fountain street; erected the sea wall; built a fine harbor; maintained an extensive network of splendid roads; and performed other works of necessity, utility and beautiflcaitlon. For a hundred years this .paper money has continued, to} circulate, without a metallic basis, and yet has perfprmed all the functions which human need and progress require of it. The Bank of England's notes have, except for the period of suspicion which followed the first issue, generally been regarded "as good as gold"? whether they are, is merely a question of convenience and utility. To ascertain what the Guernsey man thinks of his money, you may offer him payment in his own currency and he will be satisfied with 20 shillings to the pound; offer him Bank of England's note and ho will demand an extra shilling for each pound sterling. I do not say this to discredit the Bank of England's note Issues (they are as good or as bad as any other promisory actes); I merely wish to demonstrate that the Guernsey money is entirely satisfactory to the Guernsey man. By a /ittle story, I will show that it was deemed good enough also for the inhabitants of another island. Prosperity Not Built Upon Gold. In 1913, on a trip to Europe, I landed at Cherbourg, whence ! took a local steamer for Guernsey, making an intermediary landing at Alderney, another of the British Channel isles. The object of my visit to Guernsey was to observe the general conditions prevailing on the island and thereby determine the effect of their money system, at least on appearances. I found the streets clean and in good' condition; their houses in repair and painted; the store windows scrupulously clean, fronts painted, and in some instances grained and varnished. The combined hospital and. home for the aged and Infirm was surrounded Dy a | park and formed, the most beautiful portion of the city. .There was apparently no poverty and no vulgar ostentation of wealth; for the elegant ladies, with whom we dined at the government house on Friday,, greeted us at the market house, basket in band, on Saturday. The road system of the island was ample and in excellent condition. In my quest for information, I approached also those from whom I could expect adverse opinions. One of these was an Englishman. "Mr. K.," said I, "what do you think of your money system?" "That," he replied, "is most remarkable. I came to Guernsey 14 years ago to engage in the cattle trade. To the north is another Island named Alderney. I was told the islanders had some very fine cattle, and went there to look it over. I found the island in a deplorable state; no activity of any cind. Peter owed Paul, Paul owed Thomas, and Thomas owed Andrew. Everybody was in debt to everybody else, and no one had anything to pay with; all were despondent and sullen. <<T -????<* AAntf/?rciatlnn hi; olivine! 1 UpCUCU VV/h ?V. ? 0 . "You have some nice cattle bore, and, if you will register it, so that k may be pedigreed, I will buy It from yt u." Well, they had no objection to that, if thereby they could sell the cattle, and I helped them open a register. I also bought cattle to the amount of 1,000 pounds, paying for it in Guernsey notes. I then departed and returned in five days to ship the cattle. But what a transformation. The island was all activity. Pe- J ter had paid Paul; Paul had paid Thomas, and Thomas had settled with Andrew; they were out of debt, everybody was doing something and all were happy. And the remarkable thing about it is that these debts were paid and the islanders set in activity by means of the paper money of another island." I am not sure that Mr. K. understood the philosophy of it; for beseemed to regard the manifestation as a phenomenon. But he knew that it worked. I had several conferences with the treasurer of the island, from whom I (Continued on Fage Eight.) BOLL WEEVIL MONUMENT Real Facts And Not a Mere Joke, According to Credible Witness. HOW ALABAMA FARMERS WERE FREED All Kinds of So-Called Remedies Wave Been Tried, Like Drowning Man ^ ' ' ? * - .-J All Uei/e ijrad ing m a guiw ?nu nu bailed?Only Diversification Brought Prosperity. Bennettsville Peoples Advocate. Bennettsville, S. C.f Feb. 14, 1922 Mr. R. L. Freeman, City, . Dear Sir: Find Inclosed letter from Mr. R. O. Fleming, of Ala. Perhaps If you will publish this letter it may be a help to our farmers. Surely those peoole know what they -are talking about, end it looks to me like those speakers ir. the courthouse had an axe to grind when they said fertilize heavy in order to keep the bolls green and tender for the weevil to feed on. I think It would be very foolish for us to buy fertilizer to grow something to feed the weevil on. Our only hope as, I see it, is to plant the earliest cotton we can get, plant early, cultivate fast, and make some cotton before the weevil multiplies and becomes plentiful. We want our cotton to ripen in August and Sep4 - ? u?- T*r _ kflJ vafViAt* narl ah him ICIUUUr. ?re iiau iMkiivt |/v? >?? ...... than to feed him. I don't think there are many people in Marlboro county, who are able to buy fertilizer to grow something to feed boll weevils on. So don't think it is a good idea to put all your eggs in one basket. We will not plant everything in -cotton this year. Yours very truly, H. H. Hubbard. Mr. Fleming's Letter. Enterprise, Ala.? Feb. 8th, 1922, Editor Pee Dee Advocate, Bennettaj ville, S. C. Dear Sir: In a clipping from your paper, which I hand you herewith, my attention has been called to a statement made by one Dr. Maloney, Director of the Government Laboratory, in'an address that he made recently to a delegation of farmers and business men of your community, stated that in referring to a letter written by Mr. W. E. Hubbard of this county to his brother H. H. Hubbard, one Of your citizens, was entirely false and did not carry with it the facts. The remedy that Mr. Hubbard here gave his brother residing there to combat the boll weevil was absolutely correct. The farmers in Coffee county are among the most progressive to be found in any section'of the state and they are In position to advise the farmers in Georgia and the Carollnas, I if they 'really want some real results in combating the 'boll weevil.' There is one way and only one to play havoc with the bug and in the end keep the wolf from the door, and that plan is to diversify. Yes sir, the farmers In Alabama, like all other cotton producing states, were slaves to cotton until the approach of the boll weevil, which first made its appearance in the Wire Grass section of Alabama in the fall of 1916. Going deeper and deeper in debt every year and nqt raising enough corn, potatoes, cane, and meat for home consumption featured cotton, cotton every year even planting the fence jams, but after learning an expensive lesson trying to combat the weevil on through the years namely 1915, 1916 and 1917, the Coffee county, Ala., cotton crop was cut from thirty-five thousand bales to less than ten thousand bales, and while I do not say positively what the yield finally got down to, but It was slipping fast to an outcome of 'nothing.' Not enough raised to pay land rents. After the farmers were completely broken up and every thing mortgaged trying to combat the boll weevil, they conceived the idea of planting peanuts and raising other farm products, such as corn, potatoes, cane, although featuring peanuts and raising hogs and cattle and they went from one extreme to another, as Coffee county, Alabama, raised and marketed, I am told, more than five million bushels of peanuts in 1918 and the same amount in 1919 and they realized more out of these two peanut crops than they ever realized out of four cotton crops. The boll weevil, which one time seemed to be the worst peril that ever visited any community, proved to be a blessing in disguise. More than onco the writer saw a solid train load of cattle and hogs shipped out of the sidings at Enterprise for the markets in the middle west, and the whole country was a rolling mass of prosperity. Yes sir, the poison calcium arsenate has been used here, and in fact all other conceivable methods have been tried out through this section, but the results were that the boll weevil ate | up creation right on. Tell your planters to cut out cotton entirely for three | years and then take on cotton again gradually, and in the meantime mey will find out that they can raise other crops with half the labor and expense and in the end they will have learned a lesson that will help them to keep their feet on the shores. Now just a word about the monument erected here on one of the principal street crossings at Enterprise to the boll weevil. After the farmers through this section from actual experience learned that they could raise other crops and realize more money out of them, the business men of Enterprise, Coffee county, Alabama, called a meeting and carefully laid out a I plan to erect a monument to the bug that one time seemed ".o be the most devastating pest that ever cleaned up any section of the South Land, but which had finally proven a blessing In disguise, so there was a beautiful bronze fountain designed suitable for the purpose and erected on December the 11th, 1919, in honor of the boll weevil, and you might be interested to know that the day this monument to the 'bug* was unveiled there was a large delegation from Batesbarg, S. C., composed of farmers, bankers, manufacturers and professional men that witnessed the unveiling. The project when undertaken was with the idea In | view of erecting a monument to the boll weevil and not a drinking place for cattle and stock, as the Dr. Maloney stated in his address to your people. No live stock or cattle of any description are allowed to drink at the fountain and your people have been wrongfully informed. On the base of the foundation is found the following inscription: In profound appreciation of the Boll Weevil And what it has done as the herald of prosperity? This monument Is erected by The citizens of * Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama. Yours truly, R. O. Fleming. ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN Monroe Editor Hand* Them Something Worth While. Rodger "Oolan says it takes us half our life to find out what not to do, ?.nd then we're too old to make our experience count for much. I am reminded of this by the receipt of a letter from a young man who says he has just turned twenty-one and wants some advice. None of us are ever happier than when giving out advice or information, and I being no exception to the rule, am glad to tell this young man what I would do if I were twenty-one. I would take care of my health. I wouldn't overeat. I would go through a few setting-up exercises, morning and evening. I would get at least eight hours sleep every night I would confine all my drinking to waterlots of it I would read at least two hours every day?mostly biography, history and - .j ?- -a 1K0 "iiafn. economics. 1 wouia rcau, HIV biography of Benjamin Franklin" at least once every two years. I would pay cash for everything. I wouldn't corltract any obligation unless I had the money in the bank to meet It. Credit is a good servant but a bad master. I would try to do my Job a little better than it wra ever done before. If I were peeling potatoes, I would be the fastest peeler in the city. If I were keeping books, I would get out my monthly balance promptly even though I had to work overtime. I would cultivate a hobby?something to which I could turn in my moments of leisure. I would start a bank account and deposit to my credit a definite amount every pay day. I would Igt nothing interfere with this habit. As my savings began to accumulate Into a tidy sum I would be cautious about Investing it, without asking the advice of a responsible person. I would value friendships highly, remembering that it is to ones friends one must turn when one is in trouble, o??h that friends cannot be created j overnight. |i I would organize myself, having a time and a place for everything so far as possible. When I made up my mind to do a thing I would write down my resolution and follow myself up to see that I carried It out. I would read the dally newspapers of my town carefully in order that I might know what was going on. I would take an interest In civic affairs, and try to vote Intelligently. I would boost my town?or get out* Every citizen helps to make a town what it is ?"good or bad. I would always be a booster for my employer?or get out. An employe who knocks his employer is as bad as a guest who steals from his host. I would aim high on the theory that what others think of us is determined to a large extent by the estimate which we form of ourselves. AFTER CARNIVAL OWNERS Law Requires Payment of Twice Amount Lost if Convicted, Taking advantage of a law which provides that moneys or property lost through swindling or cheating at a game of chance, at least one resident of the Williamston cotton mill village hopes to recover money which he claims he lost through swindling at a carnival which recently played an engagement near the Wllliamston mill, says the Anderson Daily Mail. Deputies Skelton and Clamp left this morning for Enoree with warrants for the arrest of two white men connected with the carnival. W. B. Browning of Williamston was deponent on one of the warrants and charged that he had been swindled out of a small amount of money, some 17 or more, it is understood, and he has brought prosecution through Section 713 of the South Carolina Code, which provides for the payment upon conviction of cheating or fraud in a game or device, of double the amount of money lost by the person bringing the action. The warrant ' was issued before Magistrate G. II. Geiger, of this city. CHRISTENSEN RESIGNS Gross of Dorchester Succeeds as Chairman of Finance Committee. WASH SPEECHES ON THE SeBJECT Former Chairman 8ayc Buainaaa Haa Triumphed Over Agricultural Num^ ?* Qam.aki and MWI W! VVIIHWI V!? ?u? MVMfwnv Resignation Aoeoptsd, Following' dramatic speeches - by Senators McColl, Bonham and Hamilton in which they strongly reseated what they termed implications, if nqt charges, brought by Senator Chris tensen in his resignation, that "busirfcss had won in the senate," the senile yesterday accepted the resignation of Mr. Christensen as chairman, of the finance committee and then elected Senator H. H. Gross of Dorchester to succeed him as the leader of the most lraportaht senate committee. The Beaufort senator made it plain that he would Insist on his resignation, sdys the Columbia State of Wednesday. Senator Gross was the second ranking member of the committee. Senator Johnstone of Newberry betng trie ranking member, but he declined to serve, telling the senate that he did not feel that he could bear the woflc regardless of the honor and pleasure it would bring to him to lead the conimittee. . ^ After the morning session had gone for about an hour, Senator Johnstone called the resignation of Hr. Christensen to the attention of the senate, declaring that Senator Chrlgjteiurtai had made it plain to the finance committee that he Wokld not withdraw his resignation. ' 7 Exemption to Words* ' ' ? -? U.klNllM ?nAll senaiur jncvuu vi ?<u >w>. v exception to the language used by Mr. Chrlstensen in submitting big resignation, declaring that this was the third time in four years that the senate had been conde"inqd by a person in high responsibility.' He Sgjd the statement that business was- dictating to the senate was unjuefiflabta A*t>d not true and put the seoate' inan lijrproper and false light pie of ^outh Carolina. Mr. JtcCOll said because the senate ffdl^tt to Affefe with the finance committee dr the chairman was no reason Why the chairman should withd/aw.' Senator McColl said thel chairman of a great committee had no rigjat to withdraw on the eve of the'contiderotion or the went Into an ixplahatlon of how the appropriations had ihare*g*d- in tt)s last few years and how hd'hifd opposed these Increases.- thfct the senate did not sgrhh^ ffth ' 11^. -" dimiXA tnr kin rW?? i;nri0iensen wao UV I va?v?? ** T ~ ignation, Mr. McColl Bald. To fkj that the senate was servile to one in'* terest was not true, Mr. McColl declared. Senator Bonham said he agreed largely with the remarks of Mr. McColl and declared he couldn't see how the senate could be made up of more representative men. He said he resented the statement that the senate had forsaken the soil and surrendered to business and thought this statement meant that the senate "had sold out to business." Mr.^Bonham said that after such remarks and attitude on the part - Of Mr.' Chrlstensen he . Jj5J thought the only thing to do would be to demand the resignation' of Mr. Chrlstensen if he had not resigned. Senator Bonham said when such discord arose In a committee It was time to seek a new leader and that he thought there was more than one good mind In the senate. "V. Not for Business, Senator Johnstone said he refuted the statement Monday night that business had won over agriculture afld " " ? 4U- In ftldh that ho did noi mean uie nmuo ? ? light they had been taken. He aaid he agreed with Mr. Duncan that no one man or committee could run the seriate. He entered into an explanation of paBt appropriation bills and said he accepted his share of the 'responsibilities in increasing the bills and did not want to throw his part of the responsibility on Mr. Chrlstensen. Senator Hamilton said he was not representing any class of business, but the people of Chester county. He said it looked to him like the senate had not lost confidence in Mr. Chrlstensen, but that Mr. Chrlstensen had lost confidence in the senate. He declared that he would not be willing to swallow a tax program that might 6Q be framed by just anybody, one that no he didn't agree with, and that might have been proposed by "somebody" In > 1 Chicago who did not know condition* -. ' '* here. He declared thj^t he could not " accept the statement that the senate had been won by business. During the remarks of Senator Me-/ Coll. Senator Padgett of Colleton suggested that the remark* might be more appropriate if Mr. Christensen were present. Mr. McColl said* It wa* a source of regret to him that Mr. Christensen waa not present; and that he had so stated at the outset tit. McColl then reiterated that he thought, the resignation a "slap" at the senate, made unwisely, ill advised and when Mr. Christensen was "under Are." Prior to the speeches of Senators McColl, Bonham and Hamilton, Sena* tor Hart declared he did not want to see the resignation accepted. He s?Ut< Mr. Christensen had done a great 1? (Continued on Page Two.)