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1M VOLUME LVII., NUMBER 17 NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1921 TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAR HIGHWAY BILL KILLED IN SENATE UPPER HOUSE UNWILLING TO DISRUPT ROAD SYSTEM " Wants All Counties on Same Footing?Continues Plantation Truck Bill The State, 25 Practically the entire day and night session in the senate was spent in discussing the highway commission, the two mill highway tax, the motor vehicle license fund, and automobiles and trucks, during which time two j measures said to I^e liable to disrupt; the system of roads and the work of the highway commission were killed one outright and anoth^tin effect. A third bill with sonfcwrhat the j same provisions as the two that .met; death was discussed at length last night, but no vote was reached. The measures meeting defeat were the bills by Senators Ragsdale and Wells, the first to allow counties having no state maintained road, no state highway, no road on which federal aid had been expended or on which actual construction work had been begun to retain the two mill tax and the 80 per ceijt license fund for exclusively j county purposes, and the other to! allow Edgefield county to use the two mill tax and the motor vehicle license fund on the roads of the county as; the countv authorities saw fit. The, third bijl of the day, the one by Sen-j ' ator Moore, to allow Abbeville county to use as it saw lit the same funds! will be taken up again today. By a vote of 17 to 15 the senate struck out the enacting words of the, bill by Senator, Eagadale that pro-! vi<$ed for the r&wWhg of all the two i mill highway tax and the motor ve- j hide license fund by the county road J authorities in counties where there j was no state road, tftate maintained KtacI or i *hich federal aid . had ibeeti expended, or a road on, which thfe l^igh^ay commission had not begun aetttil cOhstruction. ; This measure,'dfiponents said, would n' practically disrupt the state system of roads and interrupt the wo;*k of the highway commission In its efforts to build a system of highways from | county seat ta county seat. Senator j Ragsdale said Fairfield county had no j state roads and he saw no chance j to build any at the present time, and 1 explained that the bill was to let the J county use the funds on the roads of | the county. The general argument against the j measure was that it would seriously ; ?vf afa + o rnnHs. and k. upset U1C BJ90GW VI | for this reason was not desirable. ; ' Speaking for the bill were Senators I Ragsdale and Wightman and against) it were Senators Young and Watkins. Senator Young moved to strike out the enacting words and by a vote of 17 to 15 the enacting words were stricken out. The senate continued until next # session the bill by Senator Johnstone 4.^ fnr -> rpHnrpH license fee l?U piVTlUb iVi ? v. for motor trucks used exclusively for plantation purposes. This measure met with considerable opposition and was continued on a vote of 15 to 10 after the senate had earlier in the morning refused to strike out thei enacting words by a vote of 11 to 25. Afraid of Bill The bill was originally framed so ? ? ''?? -fni* o 1 ioonco nf oYie as io piuviuc lwi ? third the regular fee for motor i trucks, but the committee on roads, j bridges and ferries amended the j measure so as to make the fee one-1 half, and Senator Johnstone accepted j the amendment. Mr. Johnstone ex- j plained that ample provision was con-! tained in the measure to prevent vio- j lations and made an able and earnest. plea for the passage of the bill. I Several senators objected to the j measure on the grounds that it would; open the way for other exemptions for trucks used exclusively on city streets and other purposes. Several! amendments went under with the bill, i The bill had the recommendation of j the committee on roads, bridges and j ferries, but the senate decided thatj the time was not propitious tor its passage and contini^d it for a year. Senator Christensen asked that the two revenue bills from the house, one levying a tax on gasoline and oils and the other on inheritance and [gifts, be advanced to third reading ! with the understanding that the figh ! would be made there, but on objectioi j by Senator Wightman that the print i ed bills had not been on his desk 2< hours consideration was postponed. May Delay Session Mr. Christensen pointed out tha11 _ - m x 5_ 4-? | iiis eiron was 'oeing maue luuiung lu ward an early adjournment, and aftei this statement the objection was noi withdrawn. The ever present "free rangers' \ came near creating anotner stir dur ing the morning, when Senator Jere miah Smith attempted to get ar amendment to 'i bill postponing th< taking effect of the stock law ir Georgetown county so as ir include Horry county. At'rer explaining the matter and a "little discussion, th? Georgetown bill was amended so as to include the free range counties A wiol-a f V>?> I Oc tll anu ^naxxv wiv ?.ri stock law uniform in all the "free grass" counties, namely Dedcmber 31 1921. Senator Bethea offered h concurrent resolution ^asking congress tc curtail the power of the inteistate commerce commission in reference tc rate making and to restore to the states the inherent right to govern its internal affairs, especially, in regard to interstate freight unci j-assengei rates on the railroads in Soutn ? arolina. The resolution was adopted. The bill by Senators Marion, McColl and Beasley increasing thi number of trustees of t:ie University of South Carolina to 21, exclusive of the ex-officio members, was passed tc third reading with a statement bj 4-Knf v?o substitute IVir. XUVV^Ull biiav ^.x,v.? the house bill when it came over ir order to assure passage of the measure during the present session, a similar bill having been passed by the house, it was said. The Richland county supply bill was sent to a thihd reading with notice of amendments. No tax levy has yet been fixed, but this will be /done on third reading. . The bill in reference to the $300,000 bond issue of the city of Colum?rocj advanced to a third read Mia VT UO MAWV V.V. . ? ing.' After spending practically the entire day in discussing the highway commission, the senate last night failed to reach a vote o.n the third highway bill of the day and postponed the debate until immediately after the joint assembly today. ? Second Bill Goes The bill by Senator Wells thai would have allowed Edgefield countj j mnfftr vphicle license tO SpCiiU l/1itiv?v? ? ?? ? fund and the two mill tax on the roads of Edgefield county without deference to the highway commission and the present law was killed in effect when the senate adopted the judiciary committee's amendments that struck out that part in reference to the two mill tax and the motci vehicle license fund. The bill, framed as a county government measure would have practically broke into the highway system and began an avenue for other counties to come in and get exemption from the highway act in reference to the two mill tax and license fees. The judiciary committee amendec the measure so as to eliminate al! these features and to make the bill entirely a local matter. The fight was made on the adoption of these amendanH hv a vote of 20 to 14 the UitV* - - - amendments were adopted. The bil then passed to a third reading without objection. After disposing of this measure another bill of similar provisions bj Senator Moore was taken up. The latter bill provides that the two my tax and the motor vehicle fund shai be returned to Abbeville county tc do as the county sees fit. This bil was debated considerably, but no votf was reached, due to an executive ses sion of the senate to confirm appoint merits made .by the governor during the past year. Senator Young bore the brunt oi the defense for the highway commis sion and it was by his efforts thai the bills were killed. Senator Well; and Senator Moore ably pleaded foi their bills, but the senile decidec that the system of ro ids tc be con 1 ?1 i w ? UA- r' 4 . Strucitru v* as _ ui nu.t nii|vuii..i.n than county wishes. On the bill of Senator Moore, which is to be taken up acain rodav, na I DEFLATION CRISIS t OVER LAST MONTH l - Fairfax Harrison Foresees Better L Times The State. ? ti Chester, Feb. 24.?Fairfax Harri -Ison, president of the Southern rail r way, was a guest of the Chestci t chamber of commerce today. At a luncheon given in his honoi ' Mr. Harrison said the crisis in thi - present period of financial depression - was reached the last week in Jan1 uary. Since this time there has bee. J a decided change in the 12 states trni versed by the Southern railway. Ht states that conditions are gradually getting better and that things will be normal again by autumn. What he had to say was based on informa ? | tion that comes to him from omciai 5 sources in both railroad and financial ' circles. He is optimistic over the > future and while he does not predict any such prosperity as the country " enjoyed in October, 1919, and April, ' 1920, he sees better days for all in! dustry not far hence. * President Harrison came to Ches1 ter at the invitation of the chamber ' J of commerce. He was very much ^ j pleased with the great number of im | provements in Chester since nis visit ' here ten years ago and took a great interest in the prospective develop" ment of the community as pointed out to him. He left Chester on a special at 2 ! o'clock in the afternoon for Colum1 bia, where he will deliver an address on "The School of Hellas" Saturday * to the classical scholars of the Sou^ I efci+oc CVUVVW* CHARLES L. WATKiNS NOW i WITH M. C. JOHNSON CO. i The following news item from The State will be read with interest. 3\Ir. ' Watkins has many friends in New! berry: Charles L. Watkins of Columbia who was connected with the Congaree . Mntnr Trnnlc fin. of Columbia f01 some time has accepted a position with the M. C. Johnson Co., state dis. tributors for the Havnes\ar. r Mr. Watkins was previously with ; the Haynes company, and his friends i among the owners will be pleased to . have him back with the organization r of America's first car. He will entei upon his new duties March 1st. tor McColl offered an amendment to ' place Marlboro county in the measure and Senator Wightman wanted : Saluda in the list. Mr. McColl spoke ' in favor of the bill. Mr. Young npoke ' against the measure as did Senatoi 1 Watkins. The pending question to1 day will be the motion by Mr. Young to strike out the enacting words. Committee Reports A fovaroble report was made by the judiciary committee on the bill by Representative Sapp to increase ' the age of consent from 14 to 16 years, with an amendment to reduce the sentence for violation of the act ' in certain cases. No recommendations were made bj the same committee on the hous< measure to greatly increase the pow^ er of the public service commission I Two bills of considerable interest ' came over from tlie house one to in 5 crease the number of trustees at the ' university and the other relating tc * the procuring of a certificate from a 1 physician by contracting couples be-, ' fore they can receive a marriage li cense, the intent being to see that ' both parties are free from diseases. 7 The latter bill is by Representative 5 Simonhoff. 1 The free conference report on the 1 bill to give the general assembly fin' ancial control over all state revenues 1 j and expenditures was adopted, the JI report taking in practically all of the * -? 1 | senate amendments to. tne original j house bill. A concurrent resolution T! calling for the appointment of a joint ! committee to look into the feasibility I of erecting an office building for all -' state offices was received from the t house, but no action was taken. > At 10 o'clock a rather protracted executive session was held and a 1 large number of appointments made - bv the governor during the past year ' were confirmed. In addition to the statewide bills a 1 number of local matters were given action during tho niirhf. , HOUSE RELEASES COLUMBIA LAWYER 3ARNARD B. EVANS OFFERS APOLOGIES TO HOUSE 'Was Not Responsibls" for Actions in Aeon it Sapp, Says Evans The State, 25 Barnard B. Evans, Columbia attorney who was taken into the custody of the house of representatives !ollowing an altercation with Representee Claud N. Sapp of Columbia :n the house lobby Wednesday night, vas yesterday morning brought before the bar of the house was relea3i mi i' : l ..i: 4-U~ a*.,* 3(1. l ne motion, ui>li uluhk liiu ?ci-eant at arms to release Mr. Evans erom custody, was made by Representative J. K. Hamblin of Union and was seconded by Mr. Sapp. Mr. Evans was taken into the cusody of the house upon the motion of ilepresentative Hanahan of Winnsboro following the difficulty with Representative Sapp just after the 1 hnusA he^an its nicrht session Wed neiday. J. S. Wilson, sergeant-atarms of the house, after placing Mr. Evans iunder arrest sent him to the police station, where he was held until yesterday rooming, when the house sent for him to give him the opportunity of clearing himself of the charge of contempt. "Judged la Contempt." Escorted by the sergean-at-arms Mr. Evans was lead up to the speaker's stand. :v "You have been judged in contempt of the house," Speaker Atkinson told him, "for having committed a breach of decorum of the house in that you did appear on the floor of the house 'in an intoxicated condition and that you were' guiity.'ot aisoraeny conduct on the floor of the house which was continued by you in the lobby, where you assaulted a member of the house, who was passing from one house to the other, all in the presence of the members of the house while in regular session. "You were ta&en into custody by the sergeant-at-arms at the order of ? the house and you are now given the i /vnrmiftnnifv tn nnrcrp VTHirSelf. if VOU j z 0_ ^ ? ? can, of contempt of the house. You ' will now explain your conduct and the house will then take such action as it sees fit." > Evans Offers Apologies. Mr. Evans, facing the members of , the house, then made a brief state, ment expressing his apologies for his . action: "Last evening," he said, "I was in; vited to visit the house to hear a speech. During the evening I had * ? 1 x _!_1 I i- i 1 ? ? indulged in a quart, iwo pirn, uuuics, of champagne?a rarity?and I probably took too much. If I have been guitly of any infringement upon the , decorum of the house I apologize most humbly to any one I have offended. It was not my intention or desire to insult or offend any one. If j I have transgressed the rules or de? corum of the house it was not my in. tention to do so. I was not responsible and therefore I express to the ; house my apologies." Mr. Hamblin then introduced his ! motion to accept Mr. Evans' apology, > Representative Kanahan, who was re, sponsible for Mr. Evans' arrest Wed, nesday night, immediately moving to table this resolution, which would re; lease the Columbia lawyer from cus, cody. The motion to table was lost. i Mr. Hamblin's motion was then carried and Mr. Evans, who had been escorted from the hall at the conclu sion of his statement, was again 1 L. -f Ur* f f\ ViP 111 i Drougni, UCiUlC H1C ... formed of the house's decision and his release. Calvin Crozier Chapter The Calvin Crozier chapter, U. D. C. will meet Tuesday afternoon, March 1st at -1 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Elmer Summer with Miss | Rosalee Summer, Mrs. D. J. Burns, Mrs. W. C. Scher.ck and Mrs. David Caldwell as associate hostesses. It is hoped that every member will be present. Please refer to the year book before coming so you will be prepared for the business of this meeting. Miss Julia Kibler, Pres. iMrs. Tom P. Johnson, Secty. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY Epworth League and Young People's j J Society Grace Church Honor Name of George Washington t? :j._. f-l. no TU? jrruspernj, ruu. ?,o.? jl nc uy ivui m | League of the Wightman chapel (: Methodist church gave a delightful jl j Washington's birthday party Friday J J evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. i J. L. May. Patriotic colors, red 3 i hatchets and cherries were used in 1 . the decorations. As the guests en- 1 I tered they were given a bouquet of < Icherrie? as souvenirs of the occasion, i | In an interesting contest Willie Leap-j; hardt scored hlgnest, winning a nai-i jchet filled with candies, while the < ;consolation fell to Byrd Gibson. The'"1 patriotic idea was further used in the 1 tempting refreshments served by Miss 1 Elizabeth May. < j The home of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. ] Shealy presented a gala appearance * Friday evening when the Young People's society of Grace church held 1 their February social with them. The 1 rooms were thrown en suite, while 1 flags, hatchets and cherries' told that ( Washington's birthday was being eel- 0 ebrated. Miss Ethel Shealy assisted in receiving and pinned on each guest a tiny red hatchet. In the presiden- ] tial contest Miss Rebecca Har nun and ] j Tom Sease were the fortunate winners of a basket fitted with candy cherries. Hot chocolate and wafers i were served. < Parent-Teachers association held 1 its February meeting Thursday after- i . noon in the school auditorium. The < president, Mrs. Jacob S. Wheeler, 1 presided. After several musical num- < bers, Rev. J. D. Griffin addressed the * meeting on Christian Education. The i Ithree subjects being: God, Man, ("World. He stressed the importance j < ' of Christian teachers, to keep before j : the children the Christian ideals, i I - ] j General discussions were opened by \ , Superintendent McSwair., who had a j heart 10 heart talk with the parents, j The second term examinations have, 'just been completed and the parents are very much gratified at the good work done by Supt. McSwain and his i excellent corps of teachers. Miss Mary DeWalt Hunter of Andrews spent the past week-end at I home. j Dr. J. S. Wheeler has returned j from a Masonic convention hold in I Charleston. j Miss Jean Adams of Pelzer was the I week-end guest of Mrs. J. C. SchumJ pert. j Mrs. A. G. Voigt of Columbia is the guest of Mrs. C. J. Shealy. 1 Dr. and Mrs G. Y. Hunter lift to- t j day for Baltimore where Mrs. Hunter | ( has gone to Johns Hopkins hospital ] for treatment. t James R. Duceiiberry of Anderson z has been on a short visit to fr;ends c here. t Mrs. Kersh and two daughters, ( : Misses Tillie and Sadie of Poland z !have come to make their home with t I the former's brother, I. Koplan. j c J Mesdames J. B. Stockman and W. T. 1 Gibson are visiting their brother in f Ninety Six. t Miss Gurella Rawl of Chester hospital is the guest of Mrs. Olin Bobb. Misses Lila Dominick and Alice 1 ; Domonick of Columbia were home s :for the week-end. t | Rev. Henry Black, president of c I South Carolina Synod, spent Friday ? i T nere. I * j Miss Grace Sease of Pelham was 11 , home for the week-end. $ Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Mills of Colum- a I bia are visiting Mr. and Mrs. John c Mills. i i ! Mrs. J. B. Bedenbugh and children ! a ! of Pomaria spent Saturday with Mrs. j t J. M. Werts. I h j Rev. J. PI. Fizer of Columbia filled \ ' - * ? ? ? _1 1. ' the pulpit 01 me Baptist cnurcn oun-.i: day afternoon. While here he was t the guest of Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Har- fc ! mon. Jt | Mr. S. J. Kohn and Mrs. Roy Kohnjv left Sunday for Asheville to visit Miss v Doris Kohn. j c ! Misses Josie Griffin, Clara Brown!and Rosine Singley attended the,v , Teacherss Meeting in Newberry Sat- I i urday. j Master Maxwell and William Kohn : s , of Columbia are visiting their grand-! I I mother, Mrs. S. J. Kohn. j Miss Annie Lrt' Lamrfon! of Spar-Js t tan burg has boon honie on .i short i SAYS CONFEDERATE HOME IN DEPLORABLE CONDITION Investigating Committee Reports State Woefully Derelict in Care of Old Soldiers "It is with shame that your committee Is forced to report that in their opinion the state has been woefully derelict in its duty to these old soldiers (in the South Carolina Confederate home), who are entitled to be its proudest wards. We do not believe that such conditions as now exist at the Confederate home can be i found to exist in the most poorly kept jail in South Carolina. "Certainly there is no state prison )r reformatory in Soulh Carolina that! >vould not be a credit to the home in! tvhich those are now incarcerated i ?vho were at one time in the forefront | >f the battlefields of Virginia as the' proud representatives of our great: >tate." .QA VOQ flio vnrvAvf n-f 1VUU VAV&lJk/Vk9 X1V1U l/UC i. 1/ \JJL j :he committee of the general assem- j 3ly appointed to investigate condi-. aons at the Confederate home for t )ld soldiers. On this committee wer^ Representative C. N. Sapp, chairman;1 Senators M. C. Harrelson and J. G.; Padgett and Representatives M. C.1 Poster and J. R. O'Rourke. The report was submitted last night. Difficult to Picture A true picture of conditions existng at the home can not be convey;d in the report, the committee says, if ip i w* r* acthI U1 f jnawc lb jo iiupv/ooi uic 1V1 L11C iJVClige mind to visualize such conditions ixisting in a home conducted under :he fostering care of the state, the Confederate Veterans' association md Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy. Following, these generalizations lomes a detailed report of the investigation. The main building, says the report, is most unsightly by reason :>f its dilapidated condition. The roof I eaks to such an extent that the build- j rig is hardly habitable during a rain;! :h3 plastering is falling in many rooms. The heating plant is inadequate and the bedding, in the words )f the committee, "it is so repulsive when it is realized that these old men, j .vards of the state, are forced, with- j >ut any alternative, to sleep in such! conditions, that we hesitate in mak-j ng a true statement in reference, ;hereto, but suffice it to say that in; Dur opinion no dog house kept by j my gentleman in this state would be j luite so unsightly and unsanitary.") The dining room is, too, "in a conlition which we do not believe would De tolerated by the good citizens of ;his state, if they knew the real conlitions." The hospital, says the re-! >ort, is not in much better condition ,han any other department to which ?11-j T*. i 4. ii/LCiii/iuii iiaa utxji cancu. it id neat- | :d by ordinary wood stoves. One, rained nurse is employed during the, lay and at other times the inmates! ire attended by negro male help, says ;he report. From eight to 12 men, 75 j >r 80 years old, are confined in this J lospital at all times. Danger from ( ic olcr* noilar\ + r? tho ntfon+inn nf ** V I 'J Uikjvy VMiiVu vv vtiv Mvvvavivit Va he assembly. Suggestion New Plant The committee reports that it bo-' ieves it would be economy for the ( itate to erect a new plant rather than | ry to repair the present one. It rec-. >mmends that a new building costing tpproximately $75,000, be erected. | n case this be not done, the commit-, ee recommends that not less than | 535,000 be appropriated for repairs, md for refurnishing the building. In liscussing the needs for a new build- ( ng, the report reads: "Certainly we ire not so penurious as to say that he state is unable to do this small lonor to the men and the cause of. riiich we are so proud when we realze that we have now under construcion and have constructed elegant trick homes, modern in every respect,! o reform criminal negro boys, fallen romen and the feeble minded, all of i'hich are perhaps worthy objects, but nftnn nf whipjl in OilT" Ollin t L L.C41I11J UV1JW Vi it *i4v*ty ... ~ ^ ^ ? i isit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. . .. Langford. Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Hunt of Saluda pent Sunday with Mr. and' Mrs. B. 5. Schunipert Mrs. Joe Lyon of Columbia spent everal days last week with Mrs. D. I I. Lamrford. I i GREENWOOD MAN SHOT IN HOLDUP HE REFUSES TO THROW UP uamhc * vn rcrc diii i ut riniiL/j nni/ VJU I<J A Physicians Say W. T. Saxon Will Die?Injured Man Accuses Prisoners The State. Greenwood, 7eb. 21.?Refusing to hold up his hands whe:i confronted by two armed men last night about 9:o0 o'clock while on his way home > from his shoe repair shop, W. T. Sax- 1 on, about 50 years of age, :vas possibly fatally shot in the shadow of a church in the Greenwood mill v-llage where he lives. Acording to Chief of Police M. D. Chandler whom Saxon asked to see after being carried to a local hospital, he identified one of his assailants as John Burnett, a mill employee. Hack Fuller, another mill employee, is also under arrest. When accosted by the holdup men, Saxon says he recognized them and laughed, thinking they were playing a joke on him. Burnett, he claims, told him if he did not hold up his hands he would shoot. Saxon replied ">>that he did not have the grit to shoot, it is said, and received one bullet at close range. The bullet apparently was an explosive bullet. It ranged downward through the abdomen, tearing jagged holes in the intestines. Physicians say Saxon has no chance of recovery. The tragedy last night was the climax of a seriesof robberies and holdups. Two Bailey Military Institute cadets were rpbbed of a small amount of jewelry a few weekt ago, and two other cadets, by refusing to hold up their hands, bluffed three bandits into flight last Friday nlfcht. . Woman's Au*!liiry The Woman's Auxiliary of the American >Le*gion will meet in the Legion hall Thursday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. The members and those who care to join are cordially invited. Sudie Dennis, . Tentjiofafy Secty. ? i ; Cunningham-Carpenter. Miss Lila Eloise Cunningham and Mr. Ernest A. Carpenter, were married by the Rev. James Cleland on February 2, 1921, at the Church of . the Transfiguration (better known a^ "the little churcn around the corner") in New York city. t ion, are so worthy as the cause to which we are now calling your atten tion." There arc i)G inmates now in the home, says the report, with several on the waiting list. The committee recommends that the superintendent be authorized to employ an additional graduate nurse and that an appropriation sufficient for the purchase of three additional milk cows be made. Wants Woman on Board In conclusion, the report says: "We are of the opinion that either due to mismanagement or lack of proper interest the home in the past has not been properly cared for, but we have no quarrel to pick with any one responsible for the conditions, it being our only desire to remedy the conditions now existing and prevent its recurrence. We believe that the present superintendent is doing the best he can under the circumstances, and are happy to report that without exception the inmates of the home are highly pleased with his administration o*f its affairs but, as so frequently stated in this report, he, nor any other superintendent that may be "had * can do justice to the inmates under the conditions now existing. "We strongly recommend that at least a minority of the members of the board of control of the institution i 1 ' - - ? il.. - 1 De laaies, iur uie veij guuu icaauu that at present it will only take a plance around the premises to convince one that the helpful influence and beneficial touch of the good women has been lacking in the past, and we believe that if they be given a voice in the administration of the affairs of the home that a recurrence 01 trie present cunuitiuns at tue uuinc will be imposible."