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these estimates to you for your information. I trust you will see 'this matter as I do. We probably never can come abreast of our responsibilities under the plan we have heretofore followed. A building is more permanent than a road; yet roads are j v -'-*** j- 1 i* J i.ifln/\ constructed irom :uuixu aoauc pyeeeds. Why erect public buildings out of annual levies? Law Enforcement. I'he violation of law in this and other states is a matter of serious public concern. A great deal of this can be attributed to a natural reaction from the war. Another cause is ' " * "" "" - i - *-l.? j the distress 01 oar peopie, uue tu wc unsettled condition of business, which is also attributable to the war. Whatever may be the causes, the fact is that tjie past year has witnessed an unusual wave of crime. A great fleal depends upon a proper enforcement o*f the prohibition law. Reports in my office from the activi ties of the few state constaoies i j have been aible to employ, and from other sources, show that the illicit manufacture of alcoholic liquors and beverages irt the state is appalling. Almost daily1 -1 receive complaints from good citizens in various sections of :the state, and not infrequently from .wives, and mothers who *ro psnec^al victims of the vio ***w ' "T r-? - , lation of this law. This state, as well as the' United States, is definitely committed tQ'the policy of prohibition of alcoholic beverages; it therefore becomes the duty of the state to enforce its own enactment. If the governor is to be charged with the responsibility (and no doubt he Bhould be) of tile enforcement of this low ** ic n^/>p<?<arv that he i>e pro vided with Sufficient funds and suf' " ficient authoity. The entire police authority?state, county and municipal?should, with proper restrictions, be subject to the governor's orders in the enforcement of this particular law, :;-f ' ?i A . , - / . I have requested aft increase in the appropriation for law enforcement.' There are those who believe that this 3aw, like all others, should I be enforced by the regularly elected) officers of the counties and cities. If j : a sheriff, with the help usually given j him, is required to enforce the prohibition l?w in his const?. he must, necessarily, do so. to the neglect of other duties. It is believed: also? and this -belief is Abased on expev rience?that specially employed con - aJL - 8tables are necessary ior tne cn-j f orcemfent of a law which is so generally violated.. I nave reached the conclusion, after carafully considering the matter, that the law should be so amended that a person found guilty of a wilful violation of the prohibition law should serve a term of imprisonment, ana max me u? v -i ment of any amount of money should j flot be sufficient to relieve from the * S." T f . service of the imprisonment sentence and that there should be no suspension of such sentence except after the service of from throe to six months. The people of the state, notwithstanding the present distressed condition of 'business, can not afford to pursue a pouvy wi iiiumvA' ^nee or neglect in. reference to this question. In the matter of law enforcement, ^there is involved not only the rights of property, but human iife itself. Every constable employed by the state during the past year '? has caused to the paid into the various county treasuries, in addition to time 4?erved in jhSsoiv Slims in excess of the amount of salary and expenses paid, wane wus IIUS .UCCTU All VA i pense to the Btft^. it has produced revenue for the counties. If all fines and forfeitures collected from violations of the prohibition law were paid into the state, treasury, this appropriation would show a balance to its credit vety raach in excess of the amount expended. .State Highway Department. At the 1920 Session of the general , assembly, an act was passed amend-* 1 ' -* - ?hi. .r?_ ing the then existing law wun reicien'ee to this department. Under the provisions of the new act a (board was appointed and assumed office About July 1st. The revenues provided iri tlie act were really not available until thfe year 1921. Due to the face that it was necessary to reorganize the work of this department, the work accomplished during the six months of 1920 was not as much as would be expected under normal conditions. The report of the high*""" Imu'pver. will show . that substantial progress has been ft made. We have as a result of its r .work, additional mileage of improved Highways, and there is every reason to hope that during the next year much greater progress will be made. It is unnecessary for me to argue in favor of good roads?it is fundamental to the material progress of the state. I believe that this law should 'be amended in one particular; the state high-way commission shouH not be xv J?X? charged witn Tne uuiy ui motor vehicle license fees, 'but this duty should devolve upon the secretary of state, and provision should be made for the delivery of the li- j cense plate and the collection of the fee through the office of the clerk of court in each county. The state highway commission should give its time and attention to the matter of the construction of highways, chief ly the engineering part of them. The sale of licenses and the collection of revenue should be performed by other departments. In addition to this, it would ibe a great convenience for purchasers of motor vehicle licenses to be able to procure such licenses at their county seat. The secretary of state could ship to each clerk of court such number of license plates as it is estimated will be needed in the particular county. These plates, of course, would be charged to the clerk and he would have to remit the amount of the fee or return the plates in order to discharge his obligation. Pensions. I recommend a complete revision of the preesnt pension law, that the administration of the law be placed under the direction of the comptroller general, and that pensions be paid only to those Confederate soldiers and sailor?, or the widows of such, who are in need of financial as sistance: It is utterly impossible for the state to compensate the soldiers of the Confederate army, but it can, and shocld, provide for those who. through misfortune or otherwise, arc now forced to conten-1 against *?he adversities of poverty. Conservation of Natural Resources. Under existing law we have two departments for the enforcement of the game and fish laws: one under the direction of a chief game warden; the other, under a board of O/vn+Vt fornlino hfls to aOllCllCO* UVUUi Vta***** 4.V.WJ v,r | this time, adopted no definite and comprehensive policy for the conservation of our natural resources. This generation is under obligation to those who are to live after us to provide for the conservation of the natural resources of the state. Our forests are destroyed' ruthlessly. Our fish and game could be conserved and J our laws administered in such a way as to yield an increased revenue. A ' - - -- -L-?1 1 J severance tax on mmucr suuuiu msv be provided and suitable regulations for the protection of the forests should be made. I believe it would be wise, and I recommend, that the offices of chief game warden and the sUte board of fisheries be abolished, and that a commission of three persons be provided, to ibe known as the commission to employ a director, to foe the executive officer charged with the administration of laws for. the conservation of these natural resources. This recommendation, of course, presupposes the enactment of a law for the conservation of our; forests* as well as appropriate amendments for the protection of fish and game. Agriculture. The condition of these engaged in agriculture in this state is such as to demand our most serious thought. South Carolina i3 essentially, I am glad to say, an agricultural state and must, necessarily, remain so. Our material prosperity is now, and must ever fce, dependent upon agriculture. Plamsnn nnllovo flnfl tVlp j XillUUgXl v...? partment of agriculture, as well as other agencies, the production of our soil has been materially increased. We have now a more intelligent agriculture, so far as production is concerned, but for the past 50 years too little attention has been given to the important matter of providing a system of intelligent marketing of our agricultural products. The present state warehouse system has un-| doubtedly been of service to the state j along this line. The act of congress! known as the warehouse act could be j ? * T~~ 1?> miT rvonnlo l-f if-.i TITO it great ncrp t>u vm. - A. , visions were taken advantage of in a i proper way. I recomlmend that the present warehousing law be so amended as to provide for the standardization of warehouses, and that no warehouse j be taken into, or allowed to remain in, the state system unless it meets the required standard?allowing, of course, sufficient time for the necessary change to be effected. This could not be done immediately with-! nnt iniurv. I further recommend) that provision be made for inspection j and grading of all cotton and other} commodities stored in warehouses by j public graders, and that no certifi-1 cate be issued ,by the owner of a j warehouse., but issued only by an official of the state designated for the purpose. We should provide for the employment for this work of the best talent available. This, in my opinion, is the first, necessary step look- j * - I ing to the orderly ana proiuuuiei marketing of the great staple crop of! the state. Every step necessary should be taken to guarantee to the public with whom we must deal that certificates issued by a warehouse under state supervision are cuaea, not only as to the quantity of a particular commodity, but that its grade has ibeen determined by competent graders. The Greatest of Them AH. r ' 1!!! 1 ""1"I "' Mill'?tm * | j 'jB |qSEB& ' Despite his 34 years, Jim Thorpe, 1 t4ie former Carlise Indian star, dem- 1 onstrated to New Yorkers why he is i rated as the greatest of all gridiron 1 performers. The wonder athlete led s his Canton Bull Dogs in the first pro-i fessional football game ever played]; in New York. A bit slower perhaps,I] and lacking' some of the dash that!, made him 'the most feared of foes]', when at Carlisle, Thorpe displayed! his remarkable punting ability when | he sent the 'ball a distance of 67 yards during the game. He also tore | off a ran of 60 yards through the en- i tire opopsing team, the Buffalo All j Americans, composed of some of the greatest college players of the last decade. The All-Americans defeated the Bull Dogs 7 to 3. This photograph of Thorpe was made before the game which was played at the Polo grounds. 1 The American Cotton association is rendering a considerable service to our agriculture, and I believe that its recommendations for needed legislation should receive the careful , and favorable attention of the law-j making authority. Whatever other j states may do, let South Carolina provide in this respect for the pro- , tection of her own interests. It is important in this connection ?though not a matcer for special legislation?that the farmer must be j impressed with the absolute necessity j of a reduction of cotton acreage for : the year 1921. We have not produc-i ed more cotton than rhs worid needs,! but, apparently, we h&vs produced, more than the world is able to con-1 sume under the praient unsettled economic condition. It is unforcun-j ate that this condition should have; come upon us at a t;me when we are! unprepared to protect ourselves against serious loss. Mistakes of the; past should-be a sufficient incentive} to cause us to prepare for the future.' ponc'usion. ; I have recommended for your con-,: sideration such legislation as I amj convinced is'wise at this time. I hold! myself ready to cooperate with you; and furnish such information and ad-i vice as you may desire from time to' time. In my budget recommenda-j tions I have had in mind the unset-1 tied and somewhat aisoresssa ecu?-j omic condition in the state, and havej tried to recommend the lowest ap-; propriations consistent with efficien-1 cv. I have felt that I must recom-! " i mend in the budget an amount suffi- i cient for each authorized activity.! The total appropriation is greater; 'than it would otherwise be, because j of the fact that the legislature has! heretofore provided for certain ex-j ' ' -I I 4. 1 j penditures wfticn i avouiu nut u?vuj included in thfs 'budget except for such legislative authority. Respectfully submitted, R. A. Cooper, Governor. Herbert Hoover on Housing. (From a Letter by Herbert Hoover, j in December Industrial Manage-! ment. ) * i1--i 1L!? *t4-V?TT ' "I am convinced mat tins cuuhhj is short fully a million houses. "We will not get any houses by j crying over spilt milk, and if we are. to have a restoration of our housing! capacity, one of the first and most) constructive thing? that can he done would be for the great economic organizations in the country, <=uch as chambers of commerce, the building, trades organizations, the material) trades organizations, and the labor.' organizations to get together and) arrive at some sort of a cooperative basis by which they can induce the public to start building on terms of ciiph reasonable orde \ and under such assurances as will reestablish) their interest." RESIGNS AS U. S. TREASURER: MUST fOUNT $18,000,000,000. Eefore leading his duties in the; i <reasury to engage in private hanking; and brokerage business Mr. Burke,; United States treasurer, must have J counted first $18,000,000,000. He estimates that this counting job will be completed in a few days and ' 1 he will be given a "receipt in foil" lor I the money which he has had in his! care. Mr. Burke savs that during his term [ I the accounting offices of tne i.niteci' ; i States treasury have handled ap- i ( proximately $262,000,000,000, and that j < not a cent has been lost through the many transactions. lj ' !; A McKlnley Tip to Harding. > i i Henrv L. Stoddard, in Uew York Mail, i i Senator Harding is finding it difli-1 j nult to get up a cabinet slate that will i "stay put". My! my! If you want aj j president or a governor to know more \ ( about your family skeleton than you ! i know yourself, just get ycur name oh j ! i cabinet slate?and what he does j . not hear by next mail from your in- j , limate friends will not be worth hear- < ing. It happened to be my lot to know something of what was going . :>n while McKinley was building his : first csbinet; when he came to one man whom he was determined to have -j fa his cabinet, I said, "Why not put Ws name on these tentative lists that : are being printed?" 1 "That would never do", McKinley i replied. "They would pounce upon i him and pull every string to kill him off. I know through and through, and I am going to appoint i him; but his name will appear on the list published after the selections have been made". ENGLISH OFFICERS KILLED TRAVELING ON IRISH ROAD Attacking Party Escapes After Firing Into Lorry. Limerick, Jan. 13.?A number of members of the Ennis constab rilary were ambushed today near Gratloe, County Clare, a volley j I was fired into their lorry from * both sides of the road. A sergeant and one constable were kill- ' ed. The attacking party escaped. Two Sergeants Killed. Dublin, Jan. 13.?A report is- 1 sued at Dublin Castle this evening | says that two sergeants were kill- ] ed and four constables wounded " r<?>4.1 jii tJie amousraae near ui ftimr. Fires Reported. Belfast, Jan. 13.?It is reported that incendiary fires have occurred at Dungloe and Burtonport as a reprisal for the ambushing of a troop train yesterday in Donegal \Tn confirmation of the re-} port has been received as the tele-1 graph wires have been eut. PUT HIM ON GANG BRAMLETT ASKS. Greenville Man Withdraws Motion for New Trial. Greenville, Jan. 13.?Hugh T.I Bramlett. convicted last week of the murder of his mother-in-law. Mrs. Lou McHugh, with recommendation to mercy, was this afternbon sentenced by Judge Geo. E. prince to serve the remainder of his life at hard labor. Bramlett j today withdrew his motion for a now trial and announced through his counsel that he was ready to receive sentence, ftramlett asked that instead of being sentenced to the state penitentiary he be permitted to serve his sentence on the chaingang here where he would be near his family and his aged mother. This request earnestly pleaded for by Bramlett's ortrl en stronerlv opposed ... 0-w by Solicitor Martin was given consideration by Judge Prince who after deliberation sentenced Brarnlett to serve in the state penitentiary, but included a provision that "in case the insane asylum unite in a certificate that you have entirely recovered your mental balance you may be. on request of the supervisor of Greenville county, transferred for hard labor upon the public works of snid county for the remainder of I your sentence." Editor Mims Says: Ed ere field Advertiser. The bad roads and the spot cash ! rule for gasoline are eausing raanv j a Ford to get a needed rest. | We haven't heard of anybody in these parts worrying over the income tnx thev will have to pay this year. it's a mighty depraved citizen.} if he deserves to be called a citizen, who, will persist in selling liquors in violation of the laws of( G-od and man. ' i ... > HALF YOUR LIVING WITHOUT MONEY COST Cotton Production Costs Can Be Cut in Half By Food And Grain Making And Saving Atlanta, Georgia.? (Special.)?"High prices for cotton, such as we had a pear ago cannot reasonably be expeotsd for a long time to come. European countries that normally use half, our crop are so thoroughly disorganized and paralyzed in a business way that Lhey will not be able to take the usual quantities and pay high prices Eor many years to come," said H. G. Hastings, President of the great Southeastern Fair. "This situation which we cannot control, calls for lower costs of making cotton as well as reduction in COtl/tn onrMffo The safest and most effective way to reduce cotton making cost is to produce on one's own acres every pound of food, grain and forage needed for family, tenants and laborers and live stock. "The situation requires chickens, hogs, milk cows and acres of corn, oats, wheat, forage and miscellaneous crops from which to feed them. Last, but not least, in importance, is the home vegetable garden which is (he quickest and cheapest source of food in the world. "Most folks here in the South don't take the home garden seriously and thereby make a great mistake. There are too many of the 'lick and a promise' sort of gardens and mighty few of the real sure enough kind. "We have been told repeatedly by these who plan and prepare for a real garden, plant it. tend it and keep It replanted through the season, that it furnishes half the family living at no money cost except the small amount spent for the seeds needed. "The garden Is, or rather should be, the earliest planted. It brings food the Quickest. It starts cutting store bills for food the first week anything 10 'ooiiit- tn iioa a Httlp later, half IO * tv UUVi A*. ??? ? 7 or more needed for the table comes out of the gbrden. "If rightly, tended and replanted it supplies food all summer and fall, the surplus above daily needs goes into cans or is dried for winter use. Yes, the right kind of garden is a lifesaver, and we all need a life-saver of this kind in 1921." Rub-My-Tism relieves Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains.?Adv. Subscribe to The Herald and News, ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS. The annual meeting of the stocklolders of the Peoples National Bank of Prosperity, S. C., will meet in the of the nresident in the bank building on Tuesday, January 11, psr 1 i (2 1 Tur I i he I ORIGINAL tin making your or KCUKUIMWIU' ui p/efe manufachii South Bend, India a (a) the pricc W. \ ings, for body, to] S (b) the amoi p very situ (c) cxcess z fi or qualit rf distribute 1 OPERATIS* pg ?| In operating this < arising from its s M and high quality, i"~ r" If (a) it will gc ^ 32 x 4 c p? (b) it will g ^3 \ .t? (c; it wm re I BECAUSE 2J: ?r?; El Models and Prices: Touring Car $1485 Landau - I650 Sedan - - 2150 /. o. b. South Bend, Indiana m, -- 11)21, at 1 o'clock p. m., for the pur-; pose of electing directors and attend- i ing to any other business that may' I come before the meeting. W. W. Wheeler, ' j President, i - NOTICE J To All Persons Who Are in Business of Any Kind: I The license ordinance for the year. |1921 has been enacted and is now of< forcr Tne schedule of rates is identical: with that of the pasc year. Come: and get your license so that your; business may be carried on without; annoyance. J. W. Chapman, v Clerk and Treasurer. | l-7-4tltaw. 1 Reasons Why You Should join THE STAGS . I T* Vt n r* r. no irir* "T'^o f o 1 or Mnoc; j. 11^ V.V/AIIIJJ? Iiovtiiiai viuvi I-HAV**?; only $1 per month. No "Booze." Each local drove regulates the pay- j ments of its benefits in the form ofj MMCTWMWMaMWMMriPqWMi Ull MMUHHWOgai 'TFie Sturdy of wheat and mmhinft y Jt* \ as in no other pi Its rich,nut-like and its nourisli staunch. Unlikf cereals, Grape added sweete: Sold by groa ! 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Newberry, donations, as follows: 1st?Lpcal droves of Stags $7 weekly siek and accident benefits. 2nd?Local droves $125 funeral benefits. 3rd?Local droves furnish free physician for members ar.d family. 4th-Lccal droves furnish free legal advice to member?. 5th?The Stags will help you in your business. ft+Vi TVio Stocrc Tir>1n vflll A T>0 v/n? ?? ^ * * ^ * I' e> ? sition-when you are out of employment. % x 7th?The Stags give you many social advantages. 8th?The Stags supreme drove has an ideal plan to care for orphans. 9th?The local drove can have eleeant club rooms, billiard, pool, bowling and dancing parlors, library and jrymnasium. 10th?One night each week is set neirla oo "T orJioc; " T^lis for ClOlV.t UO ?J(VV4iV.U - ? ? ? ?7the entertainment of mothers, wives, sisters, daughters and lady friends of members. 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