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VOLUME LVII., NUMBER 4. NEWBERRY, S. C., PXIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1821. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAR 1 ' "" ' EYES OF PEOPLE ON LEGISLATURE SPEAKER COTHRAN TELLS Ol NEEDED LAWS. ' ' Hold* Constitution Forbids. Makin; Permanent improvement* by i General Appropriations. The State, 1 gth.. Calling: the attention of tjie mem r - bers of the house of-representative to the cry that is coming insistently from the people for a reduction in o: mow equitable distribution of taxes Thomas P. Oothran, newly reelecte< speaker of the house, yesterday ir addressing: the members of the body : . said that the people of the state hav< their eye* on the members of fth? house and that they will scrutinize their actions closely. The people are looking: to the hoQse for relief, h? ' t <-? _ i i.1 _ I l? - ? saia, ana ne urgea x,nax tne question fv ' of taxes be given the moat careful consideration. In the ,course of his remarks h discussed the advisability of fixing 3 t maximum to the amount of money to toe appropriated holding that such a restriction would tend to insure a xestfulness among the people, and would prevent extravagant approTtrifl.ti?ns. He als<5 condemned the practice -which has grown up of ap, propriating funds for permanent improvements, holding thai the constitution provides that the general aseembly shall appropriate money only for ordinary and current expenses of the state, and he held that perma... -v-JCr."Vx . u Jj. . 1 Bent improvements coin a not ue classed as "ordinary" and "current" . expenses../He also referred, in passing, to source^ q| jpgyenne for the state: speech was listc led to with closest attention and was accorded generous applause, at its conf^loss^iy^fe a copy cifciiit speech: r YV* ? ' * S" rnmmmmm, I appreciate very deeply the high honor which you haVfe. conferred upon inland I trust that my earnest v efforts to discharge, the -duties of that position, which I sincerely pledge to .you, will be supported py the same kindly consideration. ^ K "Be to my faults a little blind And to ,<by virtues very kind." I have never known the light to beat #iore fiercely upon you than it i - does at this particular time. The eyes of tie whole .state are upon you. It is true, even though unfortunt ate, that in discordant times, in the discontent and cttfcffession of circumstances, due w causes which you can not control, the people turn to ifche lawmaking power for relief, at least for exemption from increased burdens. Theje is little of . relief that we /*? n trive litiip we can do to restore &* "? -- --tiie era of prosperity inv which we basked only a fe* inonths ago, and whose blessings we Huilg away as a spendthrift would; there is much that we can do in preserving the state from greater Jbu^dens. Many New Men. " The great majority of this house are new men, wiiose conception of the difficulties that lie ahead of them _ is necessarily immature and which * ?:n -' "t" o+ronofolv the retrospect Wlti 2>U\J W * - inadequate. The roost serious problem that -will arise will be to decide jbetween the logically unanswerable demands of the state's educational and charitable activities and the ability of the people to respond to those calls. No one wants to cripple them; every one recognizes the reasonableness of their requests; we are drawn by the conflicting emotions of responding to them and the expediency under present conditions of doing so. We can run the state upon less money if*we are satisfied with the / condition which will result thereby. If we adopt the ni jgardly policy of appropriating just as little as these- institutions can subsist upon, we very, very naturally reduce the present appropriations, but there will i e no progress, and if no progress there will foe decadence. If we adopt the more liberal policy of advancement, of improvements, of progress, we can not hope to accomplish a sensible reduction. If we adopt a policy of preserving ! the status quo, of marking time for! a period, we still can not hope to a- ' ' ccxmplish much in the way of reduction. These three causes are open tp you; personally I do not .believe that we will or should take a backward steD. I i A" Contrary to Constitution, In my opinion the state has continued for years a policy that is condemned by the constitution and has provoked much of the evil of an excessive appropriation bill, and that ! is,^ to pay for permanent improveriment sout of the current taxes. Year j after year vast sums of money have |: been appropriated for new buildings t at the hospital, Winthrop college, the university, the Citadel, the insfci[ tution3 for the blind, the feeble > minded institutions, De la Howe &i.d ' 1 ^ V - i-_i. , j otners. inuring tne iast uvc ^cais \ j the appropriations for permanent ira, j provements, paid out of current tax11 es, approximate $2,000,000. t The constitution - provides, in ,my opinion, the general assembly to ap( propriate money only for the ordi\ nary current expenses of the state. I ! have more than once called; a.ttenj tion to this and at the last session ' | prepared a resolution providing for the submission of a proposition to issue'$3,000,000 of bonds to provide -v * x_ ? .Ko for seen improvement:*, eta u115.ui/ wv 1 necessary, for a period of ten years; it was defeated by a large majority in this house. I still think that this should be done. t, \ Hears Many Complaints. It' is) unfortunate, perhaps unmerited, but I state what I believe to be a fact, that the jpeopJe are distruSt! ing these representatives in the matter of appropriations. I have never j heard as great complaints in my life, from the people upon this subject as are now coming up from all parts of j the state, and while I speak, .a meet-j ing of taxpayers is being held in this p ? J-~ fnrf.Vipr in- i j City UJ 'piUlCJt I crease. j It seerhs like a dream to recall the j j fact that in 1908 I introduced 4. reso- ' lution providing for a constitutional limit of the amount of appropriations ' to $1,250,000, which sum at- that j time had not been exceeded. It died | in the committee. In 1920 the ap-1 I propriations amounted .to over $6,000,000; and requests are now in for over $9,000,000. It is not too late now to put a check upon this outlay, and if the ; limit should he placed at '$5,000,000 | for the next ten years, we could live within it and restore a feeling of confidence and restfulness. " At to Taxation. I believe too that such a cause would secure a fairer and more equitable return and assessment of prop! erty for taxation. The real under1 % H .1 flying reason why men do not return their property at full value is the fear that with a full assessment, the " l ????? rronPrill i j psycnoiogicai cuetv u^ua ? . j assembly would .be to increase appropriations and it seems reasonable . i that if these appropriations continue j.to pile up as they have done upon a scant assessment the result would | be appalling upon a full one, unless j there were a constitutional . limit. I Any plan that will secure equality in j I^the burden of taxation will be wel-l corned, and the natural and logical {.basis of -this equality is the actual J valuation of the objects of taxation; | that therefore which tends to secure j this valuation necessarily leads to equality. ' N -I believe further that the matter j of valuation of property for assess- ' ment is essentially a local one, wnere it can be accomplished by those who 1 are not only familiar with the propj erty but directly intrusted in its j bearing a just proportion of the buri den. Should I be assessed at $100 j far property worth $1,000, and my i neighbor at $500 for similar proper| ty, the deficiency in my taxes would ! be made up by the entire state, notj i'by my neighbor; hence his interest in < forcing me to come up to his stand-1 ard would be so remote as to be ig-j nored by him. But if the township,! school district or ward in which we J both live was required to raise a certain amount of money as its fair proportion of the state appropriations, ; my neighbor's interest in my delinquency would be immediate and sub j stantial to the extent 01 enlisting ms j | active vigilance in bringing me up . to his standard. | I believe therefore that the entire j amount appropriated for state"ex I REIGN OF TERROR IN FLAME i r v V ' ' - * ': L, -S.; 'xoJK-:' >r> x ' ' x- <" ' ' % ' J-': fg- ?> . . & "vSv'Jv1 >><> ' : ' v & r >'l>; ' : :<<. <;* ' *& : *;\. ;:>< >; J-sSXi' fP'-y \? !}"' '?4-' SS'V: : : * / "' ' ' A view of St. Patrick's street, t'he swept the business section of Cork it flames. The flames are said to have ries loaded with special constables an of the ibuildings. I penses should be apportioned to 1 each county, requiring it to raise a j certain amount of money as its just? share of the iburden; then of each j 1 county's proportion let each town-! ship be required to raise a fixed J t amount. Localize the assessment?^ and localize the interest of each tax j r payer in what oiher tax payers in his; district pay. % f 11 For Survey of State. ' - p In 1917 with the assistance of Co!, j1 Johnson of Marion, I prepared a bill is Crs.tn n vwrott a P C"f 0"f n 6 liXOViUJiiJJ JLV1 <* S>ui\\zy Ui 1.11= | It does seem to me simply an act off* business judgment to ascertain the! * assets of any business in which you;1 may be intrusted. .The greatest as-:c set of the state from an income pro- j ducing standpoint is ths power of j ? taxation. It has some property,!c most of which is a liability rather! * 1 i than an asset. Its income must come j* fi'om taxes, and the amount of these j t i * : i.i. j- ?i 4.1,^ I t taxes is governea oy xae vaiuu uj. mc; property to be taxed. Hence an in- j t ventory of this property, .the source j i of its income, appears to me simply a : 1 v/ork of plain .'business judgment, j not only for the purpose of knowing i t what we now have but of assuring us j ^ that it will continue to be placed on * the books as an asset, annually to be '? drawn upon. I had at the time the 1 assurance of competent engineers j ? that they would do the work for anyj t county, platting county, township,, ? school district and private property j < lines at six cents per acre ana that, i they would take their pay only out; of the taxes which by their efforts! ? were placed on the tax books; not a, { cent of cost to the state, not a cent j i of cost.to the county, net a cent to j i the property owner. In the language! < of a former representative from J j Greenville county the bill "went: S down under the bloody tomahawk of ? legislative warfare.*' The trouble1 e with all tax reforms is that we i j flinch, and propose to abolish the j ( wrlrnlo evefum iiist. stp. ?nr.ri as it ]>e-, T g-ins to accomplish something. 11 , i VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE CITY FOR 19201 Births. * j ? White melase 70 White females .. 53 j j Total whites ?123 i Bfeck males 39 Black females 27 . j Total .black ? G-G j Total births 189 ( ^ Deaths. i c White males 18 White females 17 m . j. l 1. ' jjx i Total wnixes ? o<j Black mslss 25 Black females 24 Total blacks ? 49 j Total deaths * 84 J ? S. S. Cunningham, j a Local Registrar, jt SWEPT CORK AS MACHINE I.J'n Jj*?Wwi-A'Jull- I ' f' ' !',; ',- v $v? principal thoroughfare of Cork, is estimated that $15,000,000 c been set tfcy the -British forces i d auxiliaries. It is believed thai :: *7 i- ^: i. :XTRA SESSION ' iJ; LATEVIN MAP Phe State. .. Washington, Jain. 11.?Infoi ion from 3Iaricn'indicates that i riess wiil be called into extrac :av.y session March 2S. __Th'e principal business with w he new oner 3 "3 will concern ii vill be the preparation and en nent of a-tariff bill. Such work < mmes six months, as an average, i result, it will be October when >511 is law, ar.d congress given an jortu.iity to adjourn pending egular session, the following :emfcer. The business of the present rress consists solely in the enactn )f pay bills which are necessary ;he transaction of the governni jusiness. There will (be no e.nerg* arii? legislation, as hitherto state his correspondence. Since Peni he Republican "boss" of Peni rania, fooled the country by sta lis intention to support the vhich previously he had anathe ;ized, there has been feeble h But Penrose was joking. He sai effect that he would support )ill, but would amend it?and le hoped the house would ac; 1 1? XTri l-n r.irt +.Vif >UCfl 3.meiiu'juciibd. ub he bill is amended following ;ime -consumed in its consideratio committee and on the floor, it lot be enacted prior to March 4. The tariff bill of the extraordi: session may bring on a clash 'betv .he new president and some of nembers of the senate?that is ess President-elect Harding a! Ions his present intention of st; ng only for a "reasonable" Senator Penrose, Senator Sm Senator Watson and others w< srect a tariff wall a.bout the coin n that domestic manufacturing lustrles might flourish without c jetition. The excuse they offer hat the tiiii es are unusual, abnoi md so direful that they require isual treatment. A few Republican senators ? .-aution against such abuse of j: :r. They fear that Penrose w< -.tt o for the election < t*jr W x-r.ww >emGcr?jt.;c president four y lence. Such a possibility is :cnsidered bv Mr. Harding. " ? Chapter Meeting. The Dickert-Sehumpert chap daughters of the Confederacy, r.cet on Saturday, January 15, s ('clock with Mrs. Harry II. Blea Boyd Wheeler, Presiden Abbie Gaillard, kJ t'li V C-C* i. J . Lots of money was spent for ^orks and there was a big trave] ill the roads, still ,-folks say "Y imes."?Tugaloo Tribune. GUNS IN STREETS SPIT DEATH. !if i As the result of 'a great fire which lanwges has followed in the wake of the n reprisal for the ambushing of two lor; many bodies are in the charred rains v ' |CENSUS RECORDS JCH.J ? LU5i IJN VL.A!?U | Washington, Jan. 10.?Priceless :ma-? census records, dating back to 17S0, con-j when the first enumeration of the >rdi-1 Uni-ted States was takeri. were destroyed tonight in a fire of unknown hlchj origin at the. department ,o?^ comis&Jf j merce. The records also include figaot j ures from every census up to the con-j present one, and officials said that it . As: would .be. days before even an esiithe' mate of the'damage could be given, op- i The blaze originated in the basethe: ment of the commerce building and Be-; five alarms quickly* brought every i piece cf apparatus in downtown con-' Washington to the scene and more lent; than 20 lines of hose completed ths fori damage done to the records by pour>nt's:ing tons of water through windows jncy: into vauits where the records were J 4 ! 1" r?r\4 a in . "ose, j During ,the two and a half hours isyi-; which firemen fought the blaze three ; firemen were overcome by smoke and 'bill j taken to the hospital. Among them :ma-iwas Frank Newman, recipient of the ope.! 1920 bravery, medal. ^ *nj T. J. Fitzgerald, chief yclerk of the i census bureau, said that the actual | fire loss was very slight, ibut "the i records destroyed could not be reu.,fi placed if we had the entire wealth od t"e' the United States at our disposal n *n-j There are no duplicates." j Officials said that it v/as jjfobably ! the most disastrous loss Of records iary! the government -had ever sustained. raen | the J ' * un_ News of Excelsior. ban- Excelsior, Jan. 13.?Mr. and Mrs, W. E. Cook have moved in their nice bill.' new home here. They have a warm ;COt,' welcome and may their sojourn to>uld^eth?r be 'on? anc* pleasant. itry! Mrs. Rhoda Watts is visiting retain. tives in Greenville. ;oni. J Mr. Rc'bert Shealy and wife have is | moved in the J. D. Stone home. mal I A little early but some of oui un_ i gardeners have Florida peas up and | cabbage plants growing. Qther jl: plants will grow besides cotton ! plants. (OW- ix__ __ ? mlcfi J-1*1'- -Monroe JLester ana iamny ana ? a!Mrs. J. S. Werts of Saluda county ears: sPcnt Friday with Mr. and Mrs. H. ' J. Kinard. also | Mr. lied WertS and family have j moved in the J. D. Lorick home, j The first Sunday in the new year ! was a good ,day for Excelsior. Rev. tsr, j ]\jr- Anderson held two services here, .*? I * wlil j one In the afternoon and the other at ^ j night. At the night service his se- j theme was: "Prepare to Meet Thy ! God, 0 Israel." The services were t* ; interesting throughout. | If the Southern railroad would j just open the way under the trestle inosf triii srhftol house we would hava j a fine road from Prosperity to Little fire- j Mountain. Of course the railroad ' on j people will do this some time but it lard js needed now. Owing to the mild winter grain is ? / jiMITTLE BEYOND ! BORDER OF STATE MEDICAL CERTIFICATES PRESENTED AT TRIAL. | Case in Orangeburg?Trial of Carlos Corbett Aha May Be Heard At Present Tern. The State. Orangeburg, Jan. 10.?The court of general sessions opened here today with Judge S. W. G. Shipj) presiding. The day was largely^ taken , ud with* organization of the courr ! and charges to the grand jury. In* the afternoon the case against Edward N. Mittle, charged with the murder of J. H. Patterson, was called. Miittle did not appear, his attorneys appearing for him offering certificates from 'two doctors as to his inability to be present. One was a certificate from Dr. Clarence E. Owen of Columbia. Dr. Owen stated that Mittle had called upon him and 1 that Mittle was suffering from headaches and from some wound in the head, and as he would -be away and could not, therefore^ diagnose the case, suggested that Mittle go to Jotins Hopkins hospital in Baltimore. There was a certificate from Dr. Barker of Baltimore stating that Mittle was suffering from trouble of the j miqd and that it would be necessary for Mittle to remain up there about ten days for observation. ' i The prosecution endeavored to show to the court the insufficiency of the showing and that Mittle should be brought to trial. There was no I from anv doctor in Green I ? ~ v j vile, where Mittle resides. Mittle is, | now beyond the state of South Caro-1 ! lina, in some nursing home, although ' his case is set for trial at this term, i Judge Shijvp wiil announce his - deci-! sion in thecase tomorrow. If he decides to order Mittle to trial, Gover; 7 .| nor Cooper will "be asked for neces-1 sary extradition papers to brifig Mit-1 tie to trial. . j Another case is that against Car- j | j los Corbett, who is charged witn tne murder of Hugh Fanning and- Jule Cooper, he having been acquitted at the September term of this cort of the killing of Bryan Salley. Corbett's case will be called the second week of the court. Other murder cases for the week . are those against Bunch Gaillard, ne-1 gro, charged with the murder of. his. wife;. Booker T. Johnson, negro, charged with killing another negro J x- - "C T. Rvrrl nPSTO of at a nut , *j. u. this., town who- operate? a pressing j club and tailor shop, chained with j : the killing of Julius Robinson, and murder cases are also held against! 1 the following negroes: Thomas Jam-j J ison, Moss Hilliard and Lum Gads-I den. Mittle Trial Later. \ Greenville, Jan. 11.?Continuance1 of in the case against Edward N. j /-i-p rirPAnville. charged wlthj lUlbliC Ui. V<> WW , __ the murder of J. H. Patterson near] Rowesville, S. C., on the night ofj November 14, was granted today tby Judge S. W .G. Shipp, presiding at the sessions court at Orangeburg, following consideration of affidavits presented by MittJe's lawyers pleading physical disability. Mrs. Fracea Workman Davis. The State. Newberry, Jan. i2.?Mrs. Frances Workman Davis, daughter of the late' | Madison F. Workman and widow of i Joshua T. Davis of Floyd township,' died yesterday at the home of her son, Thomas P. Davis, with whom she had made her home recently and was buried in the cemetery of BushRiver church at noon today in the,' I presence of many'sorrowing friends ! and relatives, the funeral service beI ing conducted by the Rev. E. L. Long, of Clinton in the absence of her pas- J : tor, the Rev. R. II. Burriss, who had j {gone to Anderson to be present at J | the funeral of his brother. Mrs.. j Davis is survived by two sons, Thorn' as P. Davis of Clinton and Asa Davis, j of Kinards, and one daughter, Mrs.! Jesse W. Boyd of Spartanburg. | j looking- nicely. Our people are prom-, ising themselves to plant less cotton j acreage and try to raise more to eat. i 1 Rpff-pr would do it. J i . ; *? HEARINGS OVER M i MM V UN TAKlt* BILL SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE SPENDS BUSY DAY. ' Opponents Believe Amendments Will Work H&yoc With Fordo#j * Emergency Plan. ! Washington, Jan. 11.?Hearings , on the Fordney emergency tariff biil | were concluded by the senate finance j committee tonight after another day : of appeals,.. either to be excluded or jjjjj | included, had opened up what supi porters of the measure; feared and | opponents hoped wouM be the means ' of adding amendments to the bill *as ; it passed the house. j Senators McCumber, North Dako- % ; ta, and La rouette, Wisconsin, nepublican members of the committee, , at the conclusion of the hearings, announced they had statements to make relative to the subject matter of the tariff. These will ;be read at a 'se^^HB sion Thursday, when it was mddcaJ^Hj^H several other members would also^^^H^H clare their attitude; Mr. B ber's statement will concer^flH^^H wheat duty, he said, and lette said his would i>e with to cheese, on which the bill provides no additional protection. i The close of the hearings brought indications of a concentration of effort among opponents of the bill and the turbulence with which some of them discussed the question was accepted to mean they would go far m ~ ' I +v?pir fifrht against nassage of the measure, which is designated as an aid to farmers. ) Many Amendment* F finding J ! Already a do|ejl amendments jffe pending. Some amj sors openly assert, are mtenWtobe ; facetious -but for the direct putpose of taking up the timfc dfUtif Seifliftt, and, if possible, of killing the bill j OCiifiXUU1D i. ffyy NHarrison, MiasisJij^l, Democrat*, said today they would IMtefc Ito hart the soldier (bonus and fminigratidflt ibills tacked on to the tftrt'tf measure i as amendments.. Another senator, it ir&& reported, f was prepared to introduce ah amendment which would ineludj the bill to recodify the nation's laws kfcd to dej mand that this amendn^pii be read. It is of sufficient length to , keep reading ciems uuay x*h. v?tw nww. Sugar Grower* Active. Efforts are being made on behalf ^ of sugar growers, dairy interests, and other agricultural groups to have the bill broadened to include / products omitted from the house bill. Representatives of dairy interests, numbering more than a icore, opposed appearing ibefore the committee to-day; asked for duties on im- ^ ported fresh and condensed milk and - - 1 * -j-. j butter. Growers of live block asjteu that frozen meats of all kinds be subjected fto an import levy and cane scugar producers of Louisiana likewise urged protection Vagiinst what they feared would be roinous price reductions in the future. The appeals of representatives of the dairy industry ibrougfcfc from several members of the committee statements indicating that some consideration should be given this branch of farm products. The dairy men's representatives told the committee that importations of Danish * ii- - a 'butter were injuring tne AUlCllvait dairy industry. This and other incidents of the final session it was asserted 'by several senate leaders forecasts a bitter fight behind the closed doors of the committee room Friday when the measure is to be considered. Items From Various Point* in Salud* Saluda Standard, 13th. MVc R r. Schuranert of Pros perity is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. A. Hunt. Jonnie Robertson and Bennie Taylor spent the week-end in Newberry with relatives. Attorney E. L. Asbill of Leesville was in town Saturday afternoon looking after the interests of his clients. Jilm Attaway spent last week-end in Newberry with his sister. John Cook was in Leesville Friday. Harvey Kirkland was in Newberry Fri-day. Jim Attaway and W. E. Riser attended a new year dance in Newberry last Saturday. - :