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I VOLUME L1I, NUXBEK SO. NEWBERRY, S. C* FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1914. TWICE A WEEK, $UI A YIAA ALLOW NO PLANTING ~! i OF COTTON FOR YEAR X COTTON CONGRESS ( ALLS ON LEGISLATURE ENACT DRASTIC LAW .Speakers Cr^e Immediate Passiisre of j Act Eliminating Cotton Crop I Next Season. The State, 7th. Prohibition* at the current extra legislative session of any cotton planting next season whatsoever, with the imposition of an occupation tax high j enough to restrain growers from j overproduction in subsequent years, J condtional upon similar action by j f-rvrtnn Stnl-ps ic; r^rommpnripri I to the general assembly in resolutions adopted yesterday by county chairmen of the South Carolina division. ^ Southern Cotton congress, at a meet- j ing which followed a luncheon at the i Hotel Jefferson . Substantial unanim-! ity was shown. It was agreed also j on motion of W. A. Stuckey of Lee j county, to thank the governor i through a committee for calling the extra session. The issuance o:' the proclamation which convened the assembly followed a request from the cotton congress for such action. The i body also adopted yesterday a reso- ; lution suggesting to landlords that j they accept from tenants next year [ payment in kind of rentals. Wade Stackhouse. M. D., of Dillon, president of the divison, who presided, was instructed to appoint a committee wlhich is to frame a bill embodying the cotton elimination and occupation tax features and "procure the su omission 01 me measure 10 ine legislature at once. Eleven Speakers. Among the speakers were W. Stuckey of Bishopville, who repre\ sented the governor of South Caro- s lina at the recensi conference of governors in Washington; B. F. Tavlor I of Columbia, secretary-treasurer of the division and secretary of the South Carolina Cotton Seed Crushers' association; J. A. Banks, senator from Calhoun county; J. H. Manning, sen. ator rom Dillon; B. H. Boykin, Kershaw county; J. L. MoLaurin. senator from Mariboro; Representative Graham o Williamsburg; W. D. Grist, editor or ine lorKviiie njiquirer, w. B. Gruber, attorney of Waltor^oro; E. J. Watson, State corri^\-:v.ner of agriculture, comiinerce and industries, and John G. Anderson, vehicle raaiiufacturer'ana originator of i.e "Rock Hill plan" of 1911 for cotton acreage reduction. Fir Qto^L-Viaiico in i"> v cmi ri rr thp ! meeting said that no measure less drastic than immediate enactment of a law forbidding the planting of an\ ! cotton next year would give more ! than partial and temporary relief. A j nrovision for DroDortional reduction ! he said, would be at best only palliative, would work hardships in many quarters and would be almost impossible to enforce. He submitted figures complied by Harvie oJrdan and approved by Secretary Hester of the Xew Orleans exchange to sustain 'his contention that the present supply of cotton is sufficient to meet requirements of spinners both this season and the next. He told in passing: ot tr.e in- | ability of his kindscman, T. B. Stackhouse of Columbia, vice president of the National Loan and Exchange bank of Columbia and president of the Standard Warehouse company, to procure in Chicago last week funds to be loaned to farmers, saying the Northwestern bankers base-d their witfihoLding of such advances on their uncertainty as to the present value of /?A+f ATI r> ri T? 1 rs.Oft' A\*OriT\r 11 O. vuttuil CLll U. IUU11 iVd v/? Viyiuuw\. | tion next season depreciate this value j yet further. Senator Smith ''Converted." Dr. Stackhouse said he had been informed over the telephone hy E. D. Smith, junior member of South Caro~ ? 9 . T O - ? i. ~ ~ ^ ^ 4-V.of nu<x ui LIIC umxcu otaucs senate, mat i ft the senator heartily approved of total j u elimination of cotton planting next j W season and would do what he could f to 'forward t'bat policy. Dr. Stackhouse also read half dozen telegrams from Pee Dee'farmers and busrripn /^nmimonH:n ? fbo "nn nnt- i ton in 1915" p-lan. Enactment of the suggested ''no j cotton legislation should , be condi- i tioned. Dr. tSackhouse said, on like < LU.\ TIM L:D OA PAGE 7 >. i HOUSE SETS UP BOARD ON COTTON ADOPTS RESOLUTION BY EPPS AND KELSKK. Members of Acreage Committee Come From Three Committees and tlie Floor. TU. ^ 4- ~ 0?."U * i ilf OUtlC, OI.U. ? Special Committee. Belser. Pegues. Atkinson. ** -* Blackwell, Bet. ea, Mower. Wyche * * (Spartanburg), .Welch, Epps, * Lee, Riley. <$> <S> <$> ^ <e> <S> <$> ^ ^ ^ ? The house cf representatives decided j yesterday m :ng, after a prolonged \ disoussion. to point a special com- j .mittee of 11 members to consider | all bi:ls concerning reduction of the j acreage plan-red in cotton in 191". The j resolution to this effect was intro- \ duced by Mr. Belser antl Mr. Epps J of Sumter and was adopted after two ! other measures of similar effect had been rejected. The members of ti.'e select committee were chosen by the committee on agriculture, the committee' on ways and means and the committee on judiciary from their bodies and by Speaker Smith '.iroim the members of the house at large. The special committee to consider cotton acreage reduction bills follows: From the committee on agriculture, Belser, Sumter; Pegues, Marlboro; Atkinson, Chester. From the committee on ways and means. Blackwell, Laurens; Bethea, Dillon. From the committee of judiciary, 'Mower, Newberry; Wyche, Spartanburg. From tine house at large, Welch, Richland; E<pps, Sumter; Lee, Darlington; Riley, Saluda. >o Cut in Pay. The house blithely killed the McQueen resolution limiting the compensation of member for the special session to mileage and per diem for 10 days. Richard I. Manning, o':' Sumter, nominee for the Democratic party for governor of South Carolina, \v';o was a visitor on tflie floor of the house yesterday, \va-s introduced to the members from the desk by Speaker Smith. Mr. Manning was appiauaea wnen t.ie appeared on tie rostrum. He tlnarked the house for its reception of him and told it that he realized the graveness of the problems it was seeking to solve. After being i-n session for two hours tbe house adjourned to meet at 10 o'clock this morning. The chaplain of tne house, the Rev. J. P. Knox, prayed earnestly yesterday morning for tine recovery oi' R. M. Yf i v cati rnomhor r?f V?trviio/* fvr\m I UiiV. 1.VUO.C il Vili Barnwell, whc is desperately ill at his home at Black?ville. I The house refused to consider two resolutions by Mr. Brice of Chester limiting action at this sesion to matters relating to the economic condition of the State and fixing October 8 as t':.e final date on which members could introduce bi!'~ The house took up the resolutions introduced Tuesday appointing a select comimittee to consider bills intended to meet the conditions o;:" the present emergency. After an hour of debate the house killed the Sturkie and Welch resolutions to this effect. The Epps-Belser resolution providing for a special committee to consider cotton acreage reduction bills was passed by a vote of 51 to 42. It follows:. Epps-Belser Resolution. ''Whereas this special session of the general assembly was called with the primary object of affording some means of relief from the demoralized condition of the cotton market, owing to the European war; and "Whereas it is universally recognized that a great reduction oI: the cotton acreage to be planted :.n the year 1915 is necessary to any solution of the difficulties arising therefrom: "Now, therefore, be it resolved, That a special committee to consider all proposed bills and measures looking to cotton acreage reduction be appointed by the speaker, said committees to consist oV three members from the agricultural, two from the judiciary committee, two from the J ways and means committee a::; foi:: j from the house at large. "That said committee when organized shall hold daily sittings for three days, if so many be necessary, during whif.h rime all menvbers of the les:is lature offering measures concerning said acreage reduction may appear before said committee under such rules as it may prescribe. "After considering a'l uroposed measures li.:e said committee shall draft a bill which it deems best suited to accomplish the desired end, and report said bill to the house at the earliest possi'ble date, that said bill so reported by said committee b^ made a special order for October 12 at o'clock p. m. unless said committee shall recommend an earlier date for its consideration." Speaker Smith asked the committees on agriculture, judicial"/ and ways and means to designate w ich o ' their j mpmhprs thev wanted annointed on ! t.he select committee to consider cctton acreage reduction bills. The McQueen resolution limiting ' compensation of members of the house for tue special session to mileage and per diem for ten days was taken up. Mr. McQueen urged its passage on the grounds that State finances were low. Mr. Fortner of ><rjnrt!anhnro- ?airi that ill em hers w'no had money could afford to serve the people for nothing, but that members who were poor could not do so. Consequently he opposed the passage o. the McQueen resolution. ;.\ir. Harcnn j of Cherokee suggested Chat any member who wanted to show his patriotism could notify the clerk tftat he would not accepit his salary for the special session. Mr. Hardin's speech was applauded. fi ne nouse agreed to striKe out uie resolving words of the McQueen resolution on a vive voce vote. The nay vote was almost inaudible, whereat the house laughed. T'.":e select committee to consider cotton acreage reduction bills was ordered to meet at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon when -Various measures on thp subiect were discussed. REDUCTION IN PAY BLITHELY REJECTED 3IcLaurin Hills to Bond Asylum :in<l I Defer Tax Collections Unfayor.. V. 1 .. ttutj iic|n/i uu. The State, 8th. > / | As with one accord botli houses of the South Carolina general assembly rejected yesterday re&olutioss looking to reduction of t'.re $200 pay and mileage to which each member is in " J * T . I law emLiD.ea ror au.eiiuanee on iue current extra session. The senate in a three-hour session during the orenoon defined the limits ito octinri a t t is F,nipr?pnf WJL iVO C-c v v.*. v. c v. .? legislation has preference, but uncontested local bills may be considered. Unfavorable reports were made' in the senate last night on the McLaurin Din deferring collection c: ia.\es mm the joint resolution, also by Senator j McLaurin to bone the asylum prop- j erty in the sum o: $1,500,000. A fa- J vorable report was. made in the senate .'ast night on tv.-e bill by Senator Beamguard to exempt from taxation this year citizens of Bethel, E'benezer and Catawba twonshiips in York county, which districts suffered severe!'? by hail recently. The lower house yesterday elected a select committee of 11 members. to which will 'be referred all emergent measures relating to cotton acreage. R. I. Manning of Sunvter, governornominate, was introduced to the house and wished it success in solving the problems it has before it. fTihe house meets this morning at 10 o'clock, tJbie senate at 11. The Man From China. The meeting at O'Xeall street is still in progress. Tj'.ie subject for Saturday night will be "What is the Soul" and the subject for Sunday night "Where are tne ueaa. ?,very lhjuj i? widially invited, come early to get a good seat. Man and the Suffragette. A Palm Beach suit and a saucer hat, White socks and a cigarette, IA bamboo cane and some oxfords Sat; Oh, whenever I gaze on a man like that. I vote lor t e suffragette. ?Derail Free Press, j ONLY EMERGENCY LEGISLATION i The Only Matters to lie C onsidered by the Legislature <'ottoii Acreage and Warehouse. >npr-ial to The Herald and News. - , - l Columbia, Oct. 8.?The 'l ouse today j passed the Brice measure, which pro- j vides that only emergency legislation be taken up, except matters of very great importance o a purely local nature. I i All bills in the senate looking to nr, nvtonoiftn nf f -n timp for thp 113V (2.11 V/i V v, va w w - _ x ? , ment of taxes have bec-n killed. All similar measures in the house have j been unfavorarol'v reported. The indications now are that the | only measures lilfely to pass are t. e ; ones looking to a reduction in cot- j IQIl clCctiiu u >* ai tii'juot urn. The indications are that i'l..e electi n of a judge for the fifth circuit to succeed the Hon. Ernest Gary, deceased, wili be leit to the regular session in January. Teachers and Committees for State Fair, October Newberry being one of six counties asked by the State school improvement association .0 have an educational booto in the center of t'.ie steel building at the State (fair in Columbia, teachers are appointed to discuss the advisability of sending an exhibit and to report at Teachers' meeting, October 10. The committees are appointed as follows: Decoration and Arrangement. iMiss Elizabeth Dominick, chairman. Miss El'berta Sease. Miss Lois Eleazer. Miss Lucy Riser. Miss Carrie Still. Shipment. Mr. J. B. Ballentine, chairman. Ufr. C M. Wilson. Mr. S. P. Koon. iMiiss Soy Womble. iMiss Lucia Winn. iMiss Mae Amick. Collection. Miss Katherine Ghapjpell, chairman. Miss Lizzie Xeel, Miss Ola Brown. Miss Lucy Ligon, A/ficc ilmn T .linn Miss Pearl West. A meeting of these committees is called for 10 o'clock Saturday. October 30, Newberry High school. Ernest Anderson. Geo. D. Brown, Sadie Goggans, Eexecutive 'Committee. / '/ivuT'vm riMinifini I U.in. .''I ! blll/Il I FOR MRS. IH'XAN Richland Civil Court Devotes Afternoon Sitting to Appeals and Equity Matters. Court of common please for Richland county adjourned yesterday at an early hour, after the taking of a consent verdict for $1,000 in the case o? Louisa T. Duncan vs. W. M. Otis, Jcfrn T. Duncan et al. jjnis was an action to recover uu a bond executed by the defendants for the proper care of certain property and rents accuring thereon, pending an appeal to the supreme court in the case of Louisa T. Duncan vs. John T. Duncan, decided advisely to the appelant, John T. Duncan, 'by that body. Xo other cases were ready for trial at ^1/v ? ? r\ f f v? r\ n 11 n r>0 Hit? euilt'iuyi'uu V/i LLiC ^ ua^Uii vuov. During the afternoons of the present session the court is taking under consideration appeals from magistrates' courts and equity matters. A Birthday Party. ISaturday, October 3. was a gloomy day. but nor for lower Xo. 9 township, Then the friends, neighbors and relatives of Mr. I. J. Ix>wman gathered around his fireside to celebrate his ;"0 birthday. The guests having arrived about 12 o'clock tfiev were invited into the dining room wihere a "bountiful dinner was served, which was exceedingly enjoyed by all. The rlt'tornnnn tl-oc CTs??nf in S/yifll PHTl versation, and a'.ter expressing their desire to spend his next 50 birthday in the same way, the guests returned to their homes, feeling much elated i over their delightful day. About 50 < people called during the day. % (iOV. BLEASE PROTESTS Governor Informs Seiute Tliat Copies ! Sent Both Houses Were of Same Length. rr.u ^ ^ i ue isuiit:, ou i. In regard to message No. 1 from J t'.:e governor to the general assembly at its special session, The State of | yesterday said: "The senate received j an expurgated and the house an unI expurgatd edition'' of the communii ! cation." ' Message Xo. 3 to the senate from j the governor sent yesterday morning, ! ~ i",4- r. tVtio ctotn m n n r in Tlio QtQfP | IVJSCllia una 3ian,un,ut 'u iuv k/wtv, In message No. 3 the governor says: "This moaning, upon picking up the j Columbia S. .ce, I find in big headlines, T'hieif Executive for Stay Law j?Sends Plethoric Message to House, Expurgated Edition to Senate,' and Chen, in referring to the message, this , newspaper says: 'In other words, the \ senate received an expurgated and i the house an unexpurgated edition.' j "I can not allow this to pass. I J sent to each house identically the | same copy, printed at that, and each 1 copy was m run ana eacn copy jusi j exactly alike ami how this news- j paper or anybody else could make j that kind of statement I am at a loss to understand." The message yesterday morning was accompanied by affidavits from the governor's private secretary and his stenographer. As Printed in Journal. . friie journals 'for Tuesday of the senate and the house both contain message No. 1 -from the governor. In the senate journal the message occupies pages 6 to 16, and1 in the house journal pages 10 to 111. In other words, the senate's version, officially set out in its journal, is decidedly an "expurgated'' version, by compari-son with that which the llvouse journal contains. Message Xo. 3 was received by t':e senate .rom the governor immediately a:ter it convened yesterday. Aftr x / ! C Ar?^ + /\r CVi c rnc HllS vv cl? I cau, ccuaiyi uuai pv j of Lexington and Senator McLaurin | of Marlboro, both of whom are presumed to be in a position to speak for the administration, said that there had been "just a misunderstanding'' on the part of the senate in regard to message no 1. Statement by Clerk, W. S. Stokes, tf:e veteran reading clerk of the senate, made the following statement, which was ordered .-j ..v. , 1. prinreu in une juumai. "Before the beginning of the session of the senate I went down to the governor's office as I usually do to get a copy of the governor's message that I might look it over, be- j fore the senate convened. Mr. Black- j burn, the governor's stenographer, i went into the governor's private office and returning took a printed copy of the message from tfce case and said he could fix it and proceeded to j put together mosft of the pages and j to draw a heavy black pencil across the parts which' could not be padded and handing it to me said: 'When j fU/x nrrtT'AT*n r\Y*fO mOCOQ.aD 1C Qon f 11 n "ill cyf I LilC ^ U CI 11 V/4 O ^ iw K/Vi* V4 jy f j v*<w v | put it on your desk and read this j copy.' I did as requested and read only Chose parts left unmarked/' The report of The State in regard to the expurgation of message Xo. 1 was based, of course, on the versions of tj'ie communication read from the desks of the two houses. The State was not given a copy of the message, wMch was sent to the general assembly rn pamiph'et form, and, as printed by the house, contained upwards of 41,000 words, most of which- were devoted to a resume of politics in. South Carolina in recent .vears. Beth Eden Pastorate. Because the weather was so very rough, there was no meeting of the joint council on last 'Saturday. Xotfir intr n-ro.vontinp' thfrp will hp a meet 1 Xi?> v? v ..... ? ? ? j ing of the joint council o-f the above charge at the parsonage oil next Saturday at 10 o'clock a. m. Please do ; not forget the time of the meeting, j and be sure to attend. v* x ^ - ! rastui. Xierhts Six Months Loner. "These long Artie nights are delightful/' said the Eskimo beau, "but I guess I'm staying a trifle late." "Xo hurry,'' declared the Eskimo j hoijo. "That clock is two weeks j fast." LEGISLATIVE MILLS ARF. SFT IN MOTION iAAlAi A Ai V A?4 V "MAM MINDS, MANY MEASURES* AT CONVENING EXTRA SESSION Governors Message head in Botlf Houses?> umbec of Measurers Presented?Aerea^e Re duction. ? I I The State, 7th. Aside from organization of tjhe sen: ate and house, the general assembly ' accomplished little yesterday, tine first day of the special session, called presumably to find a solution for fhe economic problem which is vexing cotton planters. ^ The governor sent up a message, ap 1 pended to which were suggestions a* ! to legislation at the extraodinary [ session. This message was received i by both houses in pamphlet form. ! In the copy to tine senate, pages of the panup..let had been stricken out by the governor, but tihe copy of the pamphlet sent as a message to tne house had not been edited. In other words, the senate received an expur gated and the house an unexpurgated edition. The t'pper House. The senate remained in session approximately one tour. This was consumed largely in the reading of the governor's messages two of wh5"ch were received yesterday. The first contained some suggestions ah to remedial legislation. Measures suggested were: That a committee be appointed to confer wich si'milar committees from f other cotton growing States that uniform legislation might be procured. That a ."stay law'.' of one year's duration be enacted. That the payment of taxes be postI poned. That tne legal rate of interest oe reduced to 6 per cent. That "careful and serious consideration'' be given the passage of a law curtailing acreage. That a warehouse system be similarly considered. And that the residents of certain districts in York and -Laurens counties be relieved of taxes one year in consequence of hail visitations. "I do not care at this time to express an opinion as to the constitutionality of a law for th^, reduction of resident of Barnwell county. This was signed by R. C. Kirkland, count/ chairman of Barnwell county, and chairman of the county executive committee, and had been ^adopted by the county executive committee in session August 27, 1914. fvnnneac r\f tho oyi+t?o p^uciAn r> n_ JJA/pVilOV/O \SL wuv >J1V/U i ceived much consideration in the batch of resolutions first offered. A resolution was adopted, dispensing with unnecessary clerks and attaches of the senate. Another resolution, -by Senator Christensen, asked that legislation be restricted to issues germane to the situation and provided that expenses be limited to $5 per diem and mileage. A concurrent resolution was offered dv senator wiuiams or AiKen, witn a similar restriction as to legislation, and providing that members receive no compensation. The: 3 resolutions, along with another by Senator Hall of Cherokee, which restricted legislation to relief measures, and provided that adjournment be set for not later than October 20, are to be consHered tomorrow. The Harnwell Protest. Basing their protest on tue dual / / ' - A Mi' j: . * m acreage," the governor commented. Legislators were advised to pass it, and "let the courts take the responsibility of nullifying your action." As to the warehouse plan, the governor did not advocate State control, and emphasized that ':.e would not approve of any bill that placed the system in the hands of State officials as ex-offic-io managers. Protest Barnwell Seat. In the other message the governor inferred that members of both houses were holding two positions of "prof;t and trust." ' Supplementing this second message, a petition was filed from Barnwell, protesting Senator Patterson's seat, on the dual grounds of holding the position of "p^v^cian and assistant phyvsician at the State* Hospital for the Insane," and of having become a non