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' VOLUME LVII., NUMBER 18 NEW3ERRY, S. C? FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1921. A?^ v TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAR THIRTY SIX BALLOTS NO ELECTION ^ LEGISLATURE IS STILL IN DEADLOCK Voting to Be Resumed Friday Morning?Carter Lose*?Bonham Gains?Possibly No Elec^ tion This Session Columbia, March 3.?Thirty-six ballots fail to elect an associate justice to succeed Justice Gage. The legislature will probably ad journ sine die on Saturday and the; deadlock may continue and thusj leave the vacancy to be filled at the next session. t Balloting will be resumed Friday morning. The ballots today stood: 34th Ballot Marion 40; Shipp 22; Carter 48; Bonham 35. 35th Ballot Marion 35; Shipj> 25; Carter 40; 7 Bonham 41i 36th Ballot Barion 30; Shipp 27; Carter 50; Bonham 45. v GREENVILLE GETS * PRESS GATHERING i Newspaper Men to Meet Next Time in Mountain j City The State 3. Greenville was selected as the place of the annual meeting of the South v" ** ? o n r? .Time ^aroiitta ooeyv uuv. I 22j 23 an4 24 as the dates at; a meeting of the executive corAmittee of the association held yesterday morning ak the Jefferson hoteL The invifcation to meet in Greenville was extended by J. Rion McKissock, editor of the GrteetfvMfe\Piedmotit, and sec-1 ond vice president of the association. f He brought letters from the chamber ' of commerce, the Young Men's Business league, the Kiwanis club and the newspaper men of the city. The motion to accept the invitation was unanimously adopted. The committee discussed the program at length. It was decided to extend an invitation to Josephus Daniels, retiring secretary of the navy, to address the association. Mr. Dan> k'Tvieal-f o nowsnaner man. hav 1CU 19 UlUUbU W .r -r-j , V. ing been editor of the Raleigh, N. C., * News and Observer prior -to becoming secretary of the navy and having announced his intention of becoming editor of the paper again immediately upon his retirement from office. Members of the committee present yesterday were A. B. Jordan of Dilf Ion, president; Harold C. Booker of Columbia, secretary; H. G. Ostesn of Sumter, Mason C. Brunson of Florence, 0. K. Williams of Rock Hill, L. Wigfall Cheatham of Edgefield and J. Rion McKissick of Greenville. The committee later m tne aay participated in the statewide conference on the cotton situation. Basket Ball The basketball girls of Newberry High school won a game from the Greenwood girls February 25. The score was five to 1. Lineup: Greenwood Newberry j Sutherlin iRF..... Snelgrove j Strawhorn LF Caldwell ! Andrews RG Lathan ! Smith LG Tarrant McLeese JC Havird Davis JC Havird Subs. Greenwood: Wharton, Perry, Duckett; subs; Newberry: Sanders, Harrell, Paysinger. One fellow remarked the other day ; that the legislature had done two { things this year at least: Passed the j stock law and staged a fight. i A Considerate Woman Hostess: "Now, professor, I want; you to have numerous pianissi- j mo passages in your selections for j the musicale." Prof. Pounder: "You are fond of the sentimental, then?" Hostess: "Not especially, but my: guests will want to hear themselves talk once in a while."?Boston Tran-1 script. SENATE RECEIVES ! FINANCE MEASURE; CITADEL SUFFERS $200,000 CUT. LEVY 11 1-2 MILLS Additional Thousands for Insane Asylum and for Prohibition i I Agents News and Courier. ( Columbia, Feb. 28.?The long ex- < pected report of the finance commit- J: tee on the general appropriation bill K was submitted tonight by Chairman j * Christensen of that committee. < When the bill passed the house it provided for alev y of 11 mills on tax- j' able property. Senate after makingj: i : J 1 its additions ana revisions nas proviu- j. ed tentatively for a levy not exceed- j: ing 11 1-2 mills. The house made a'' flat levy whereas the senate has pro- j vided for an adjustable levy so that 11 in case the gasoline tax bill or inher- h itance tax measure should become ii law there may be a levy of that much ,: less. i ^ j The bill as it passed the house car- j i ried an appropriation of $6,553,361-1 .71. On the senate side the bill car-j* ries an appropriation of $6,863,5t>z- j s .27. Various items have been added ' by the senate committee while other J t items have been eliminated. The11 largest item of change is the appar- j j ent reduction of $200,000 in the < building fund for the Greater Citadel.' < The senate committee, however, does 1 not contemplate any cessation of < work or the curtailment of the au-' i thorized plans. The total for the Cit- J adel is $252,315. j 'The largest item added to the bill 1 in the senate is for State Hospital for I the Insane where there is an increase < of $150,000, $20,000 of this being for maintenance and $130,000 is for ] the completion of the Taylor building at the present plant and the in- i stallation of a water system at the 1 new plant. The senate bill carries the ' appropriation for the State Hospital : for the Insane up to $849,123.94, i while the house bill carries $699,123-'j .94. For Public Schools < In the matter of the public schools 1 there is an increase by the senate of 1 practically $120,000. The house bill carriecj items aggregating $1,566,830 K> 11 sKows an a or wacicao w gregate of $1,6S5,730 for the various activities under the state superintendent of education. For the University of South Car- i plina the chief change is the addition! of $30,000 for the renovation of dor- ! mitories that are old, dilapidated and antiquated. ; i The senate recommends that' the University be allowed $243,355. In the matter of Winthrop the $25,000 item that had been carried ; fnr the farm is eliminated and the farm is allowed under another act to retain and not to account for its farm products. 11 Increases were made in the various' departments for Winthrop, leaving I the tatol at $308,094.60 for that in-! stitution. An addition of $2,000 is \ made in the matter of superintendent of record and an additon of $5,000 1 for instruction. Under the house bill S40,000 is allowed for the com-.' pletion of the dormitory at Winthrop.' This same policy is adopted by the . senate for the John De la Howe institution. The senate adds $40,000 for ttye completion of the main building which is not carried in the house bill. I Another important change is the increase in the governor's law enforcement fund from $28,400 to $50,nnn Tiioro is o-eneral comnlaint v V V/. w ^ A about the lack of the enforcement of the prohibition laws and the hope is, | on the part of the senate, which will probably be concurred in by the house that with more money there. can be a-better enforcement of the1 law, particularly in some of the larg-J er cities. In the matter of the support of the national guard the house provides for i ?30,000. The senate cut this cnc-Y half, allowing SI 5.000. State Tax Commission The state tax commission's allowed a total of $4G,800. This provides for two additional field agents and other plans and $1,000 for special counsel. The commissioner of agri-, culture is allowed $S9,913.40 by the t senate committee. The chief item of: increase is in the fund allowed for. the publication of the market bulletin j which has been increased frtffn $5,000 j to $3 5,000. The state warehouse commissioner ( is given an increase of $7,000 by the! senate committee, $5,000 is for print-; ing, the balance of which is for ad-] ditional help. I Allowances for the state highway j commissioner is increased by the- senate committee from $119,490 to - - v ! . ci.>o 5157,(5-1U. liie cmei mci^se js <p~v,-. 000 flat to be expended in the serin? department, the distribution ' of^his to be left to the highway commission, and $9,000 additional fori the purchase of plates which are re-; sold to automobile owners. A provis-; ion is added that the maintenance; fund of the commission be paid out of the 20 per cent collected for auto-i mobile tags. The salary paid to the, highway commission is to some ex-j tent itemized an.d it will be interest-; ing to know that the chief engineer is allowed a salary of $0,000. In the j matter of read work both the senate and the house seem to be agreed on; the possibility of entirely suspending. the two mill road tax for 1921. The1 senate makes this provision that the' tax shall be imposed by the county! auditor upon a request of the county j supervisor or other similar officers i approved in writing by the majority j of the legislative delegation of such | county. " Provision is then made that j ...t two mills IS SO: vVIiCIi Line ttuuiviv??M. ?~ collected that it shall be expended as 1 now authorized by the highway act.' Confederate Infirmary The fund for the maintenance of t the Confederate infirmary is increased I by the senate from $27,000 ty ^62,- j 000. A portion of this money is to! be used in the habilitation of the; i present plant. \ No change is mad? in the house bill1 as to the State Medical college at1 Charleston. j A new section is added providing; for the aid of the Fairwold Industrial, school for thw' education of negro j girls. The sum of $5,000 is allowed, j Under the head of the state board of health an increase of about .$20,-1 1 000 is provided. This is largely for, the purchase of vaccine and the con-, 1 1 nr\ir?c.mio rlicpyJSPS LiUl Ui ^UiUViiiiv u<wv?.v.., I After the senate has acted on the I report of the finance committee there ! will remain certain differences that, will go to free conference where the final differences will be straightened; out. ! \ ! Under the senate amendment all < stenographers have their salaries in- j TVio nf such naid to licaccu. iiiv vwv*. ? A such stenographers would aggregate $6,000. ; An increase of $5,000 is provided for the state board of public welfare and its activities. j The finance committee has not made ( as. many additions or increases as J usual but feels that all these sug- j gested are important and necessary.; August Kohn. I Newberry Hi Wins Newberry Hi won two games of, basketball from Laurens Hi Wednes-j day afternoon, March 2. The boys' j score was 36 to 11; the girls' 1(3 to 6. ! Lineup girls: j Laurens Newberry ( Holmes F bneigrove Byars F Caldwell, Powers C Havird ! Fuller C Wheeler j Martin G Lathan Smith Tarrant Lineup boys: Laurens Newberry I Gasque F Bowman j Bishop F Tarrant! Woodside C Parrish ! Bobo G Hardeman j Tr"1 f"1 flnrno ' JL\il^U VJ..... viva w , - i Johnson-Miller Miss Eva Lorean Johnson of Oak-! land Mil), Newberry, and Mr. B. T.! Miller of Saluda were happily married on Sunday, February 20, 1921, j by the Rev. J. E. Meng at the res: dence of the ofiiciating minister. The! bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. j L. H. Johnson of Oakland. The hap-; pv couole will make their home near! i Saluda. Mrs. Miller will be greatly j missed in the community, but we wish1 the bride and irroom much happiness i in the future. ^ SEDUCING EFFORT NOT SUCCESSFUL MOVE TO CUT APPROPRIATIONS 20 PER CENT FAiLS. Senate Enters Ir.io Discussion of Financial Matters?No Decision Reached , I The State, 2. First efToris at reducing the senate [ appropriation bill were defeated yes- ; te.Viay lr.ornir.g when by a vole of : l 99 lr> 17 l:hf senate refused to recom wit the bill to the finance committee v.ilh a request that all items, except those provided for by the constitution, be reduced 20 per cent. Senator Clifton made this motion and spoke in behalf of the need for reducing the bill. He wanted the measure recommitteed and the 20 per cent reduction made if "in the wisdom of the committee such reduction could be 1 _ mace. I Son'it.">r Wells offered an amcndnieu to the finance committee's report to strike our the levy of not more than 11 1-2 milis so as tj make the levy not more than 11 mills, this being the house bill provision. The senate tabled this motion by a vote of 22 to 17. Practically all morning was spent on the motion by Senator Clifton for q 9A r?or pent rprlnrhinn and besides killing this motion and the one by Mr. Wells little was -accomplished. No' sections of the.general bill or the J finance committee's amendments re-! i ceived ^ction. y- * j Senator Christensen called up the' i bill scon after the senate had met at: 10 o'clock and Mr. Clifton then made;' his motion to recommit to the finance 1 committee. " ~ i Laney Serves Notice Senator La?:ey gave notice from the ! stau txiat ne would oppose ail increases recommended by the committee and would light to reduce the; ways and means committee measure J to a figure very close to what the ap-1 rvrrmrin firms l^st vear. He Said I vhe condition of the 'people ail over j the state at this time was lorcing j them to curtail and to live at much less expense than what they did last year and he saw the necessity to require the si;ate government to curtail the same as the people who are supporting the government are doing, j Senator Clifton made an earnest j plea lor reductions because he saidj of the financial straits of the people j today. He predicted a strong upris- j ing of the people in the next two! years if appropriations / and taxes j were not reduced. Another huge tax! bill on the people and they would be; up in arms, the Sumter senator said, i He told of the cotton price and how! the farmers are hard put for bare j sustenance and how money could not1 be borrowed with gilt edge securities, W. P. G. Harding, governor of the federal reserve board, to the contra- j ry, he said. Mr. Clifton took excep tion to Mr. Harding's statement that | the peak of low prices' had been! reached and referred to the federal ^ reserve governor as "that little gump j Harding." Senator Bonham thought nothing j would be accomplished by recommit- j ting the bill to the finance committee j and further thought such action I ' > _ ? : it +1.^ wouici praci:cauy De an maun uu mc j committee as it has already thorough- j ]y considered every item and reached ' a just and fair conclusion on the va-! rious items. Senator McColl said he had been a j member of the finance committee for j three years and had nearly always j opposed creating new departments! and increasing the appropriations, but now the institutions and departi ? -i - ?.* merits are nere ana iie was uui in favor of cutting out the life of these! state departments. He said the com-! mittee had already considered the j items carefully and the proper method ; row was to take up the bill on the j open floor of the senate. Duncan Sjes Hard Task Senator Duncan, a member of the committee, said the senate might just | as well try to stop the earth* in its: pilgrimage around the sun as to try to cut the appropriation bill at a flat 20 per cent rate. Oa?O4/II> Pnvisfnricfln nvocnntprl facts to show that the committee had'\ considered the various items vary j carefully and after having all the ! facts before it had reached a decision.'t i He cited some reduced appropriations j from 11)20, the state hospital for ex-j amule. Mr. Christensen said the real i ^ big increase this year was cfuo to the j public schools and added that from , r what he had been able to learn the j c people of the state were all agreed j ^ that the public schools should be'Avell'G supported. He pointed out that if a j $ 20 per cent reduction was reached. a this would mean only the small sum j e of two mills from the levy. And he. s further showed that citizens in many s of the cities and counties where the ' h total taxes are above 50 and 80 mills, t would hardly notice a reduction of j h two mills. ' j2 Senators Baskin and Wight man | a pointed out the difference in the,? value of the dollar this year as com-j^ pared with a year ago and saw no! ? reason why reductions couid not be ^ made. 0 o i.?? xir?n_> _ i * .. tvi"- 2 ocnaur v? ens anieuufiitMu u> mi. Clifton's motion so a..- to provide that \ c in case tlie bill was recommitted it j11 J Q would be returned in 24 hours was; . j snowed under by a vote of 18 to 12. As the appropriation bill now ^ stands, the two mill levy for state: t highways is not in it, having been | eliminated in the ways and means j c committee of the house upon motion t of W. R. ' Bradford, representative . I 1 from York. The senate finance com-; a mittee left this part of the bill as | ( it was found, but gave counties with! ^ bond issues privilege to retain it. The J two mill levy was eliminated for the! year only as an emergency measure. t Before the appropriation bill was ? taken up some discussion had taken s place on Senator Miller's bill to en- j isrge the power ol circuit judges at ( chambers, but no vote was reached. } ,, t SWEET POTATO SCHOOL c ~ , , 12 Demonstration at Hedges Scheduled j For March 11 j } Clemson College, March 1.?The x farmers and business men of Hodges, , Greenwood county, will hold a sweet j tt..: 1 1 JJUlcllU 3LUUU1 UIl r UUCt^, lUaiVrll 1JL,|| under the auspices of the Extension | ( Service cf Clemson college and the J j South Carolina Sweet Potato associa-; ( tion, the several railways co-operating. This school will be entirely -*du- ( cational and will include exhibits of j j everything needed in explaining sweet Ij potato work from plant production | j through marketing. T'lerc will he on j j exhibition a model sweet potato car- ? ing house, crates recommended, s?occ- j ( ^ rtni- ri nr? #>Un Y<f C? I iiucijs ui avveci puuatu wicitoojj and specimens of sweet potato dis- j eases, etc. , j Among sweet pota:o authorities j and specialists who will be present j and make addresses or -ake part in discussions will be the following: x Dr. M. JB. Waite, U. S. department; a of agriculture, "Potato Storige."' ji Mr. L. T. Rhodes, Bay Miwiette, 1 Alabama, "Plant Production." * Mr. T. B. Young, Florence, S. C., "How the South Carolina Sweet Po- r tato Association Can Help the Grow- { er." c Mr. G. A. Cardwell, A. C. L. rail- j urotr "TViq 5inaat PAtafn ni a l\T;>r>PV r V> Cl^y j JL 1A K,; ?? W V ^ wmvv v ?? > ? -- ? ^ | Crop Under Boll Weevil Conditions." j T Frof. H. W. Barre, Ciemson col- i j lege, "Sweet Potato Disuses.'' Geo. P. Hoffman, extension horti- c culturist, is in charge of the ar-' ] rangements and in planning to have [ i present, a representative crowd of.i -< 3 Art,, ninn fViO x XHriHtJLiD cilKl uusiiicas 111^11 xxv?n ( ^ entire Piedmont section of the state,; 2 and he is also inviting representatives \ of the association of South Carolina j ( colleges and the association of South ] Carolina hotels, so that there may, be a discussion concerning the larg- (j er use of sweet potatoes in t/!2 col-,'j leges and the hotels. j r The Hodges scnocl will continue J t through the entire day of March 11, *, and will include dinner, a special feaa -r ...1.;,.i, 1 " 11 V^? curo.-if nn-n1r>f>s LUiC UI niilku n m lyv ^ - v. - .... > ~ from various la rarer sweet notato cur-.v j inp: houses in the staie. I ? Tallent-Martin i p Miss Mattie E. Taller.: and Mr. j s Wilfred B. Martin were married bv, a I the Rev. Jas. E. Meng on last Sun- 1 day at Silverstreet. c VILL NOT GRANT ADDITIONAL PAY louse Kills Resolution Offered by A W Die State, 2. The house of representatives last | tight killed a concurrent resolution offered by Representative Albert Vhitner Todd of Charleston to grant ortVi motviVioi' r\-f nr/inflral ncomtilv I CI^II iiitinusi Vi mv. "J j 100 additional pay with per diem\ nd mileage expenses for every day in xeess of the customary 40 days sesion. This money, under the proviion of Mr. Todd's resolution, was to lave been paid cut of the funds of i he house and senate, the clerk of the j ouse issuing certificates for this! .mount to the members of the house! f .nd the clerk of the senate issuing; imilar certificates to the members cf , he senate. This measure was rerarded by proponents of Representa-' ivd Sapp's bill to reduce the salaries if the members of the house and sen- I ite by one-half as a counter attack in the Richland representative's j neasure. Mr. Sapp's resolution will; ome up for consideration this mornr,z. I The house also passed a concurrent esolution introduced by Representaive Harry Simonhoff of Charleston troviding for the appointment of a :ommission of five men to investigate he fish industry of the state. Three j >f the members of the commission ire to be appointed by the speaker >f the house while the other two mem >'ers are to be appointed by the presdent of the senate. The commission mder the provisions of the resoluion, will report back to the general isscmbly next year, giving the re-, mlts of its investigations and makng recommendations as to any needid changes in the fisheries law. The louse yesterday afternoon passed to hird reading the fish commission bill lespite the almost general opinion imong the members of the house that he present commission had not been functioning properly and Mr. Simonloff's resolution is designed to check lp on the enforcement of the fish laws md the fish commission, in whose lands their enforcement rests. The ;est vote came on the motibn to strike )ut the resolving words of the resoution, the motion being killed, 28 to 56. , The senate last night returned to ;he house with amendments the bill, ntroduced by Representative Thomas j 5. McMillan, requiring telegraph com)anies operating in the state to de-. iver messages within the limits of I iny incorporated city or town free of j lelivery charges. The senate amend-: nents, the chief of which made the j ?ill apply to only those cities now laving over 30,000 inhabitants, were j igreecl to and the bill enrolled forj -atification. j Numerous other bills, the greater lumber of them supply bills for the various counties, were also received j :rom the senate and either agreed to md enrolled for ratification or sent :o free conference. Petty-Fox rhe State, 1st. Mr. and Mrs. T. McFarland Petty )i bnanaon Annex announce tne | carriage of their daughter, Marie ripton, to Junius B. Fox of Newber- j y on January 3 in Lexington, the ?ev. F. H. Funderburk officiating. The young couple kept the wedding i i secret until yesterday when they s eft for a honeymoon trip to Florida, j rhey will visit Jacksonville, Miami, rampa and other places, and upon heir return will make their home inj dewberry where Mr. Fox is associated vith his uncle, William G. Mayes, as ; >wner and manager of one of the' eading drug stores of the town. A Uvi /I A 1C ft ^ S\ rr AVOf OV1/I ? xic uiiuiz to <x naiivc \jjl i cauo ciiiu n the short time since her family! ncved to Columbia. she has made nany friends not only in this city, )ut in other places where she has, 'isited. j' 1 | Misses Edith Kraselsky of Abbe'ille, Ala., and Rose Rubin of Montromery, Ala., spent several days here! ls the cruests of Mrs. Philip Daitch. t- t- i_i i r>..u:_ u ?? i\ras:L':sKy anu x\uuiri xutvc . pent the past five weeks in New York md Baltimore where they were de- i ightfully entertained as the guests if relatives and friends. j1 * COURT HOLDS FARM LOAN BANKS VALID DESIGNED TO ASSIST AGRICUL I URAL DEVELUrMfclN 1 Money To Be Made Available- for Farmers, Says Commissioner Lobdell Washington, Feb. 28.?The farm loan act designed to assist the agricultural development of the United States by providing readily accessible credits to farmers through the fedelnl lnm/1 wot* tro 1l/^ f A_ ax laiiu uaiiivo was ucuaicu vaiiu wday by the supreme court. In an opinion which Commissioner Charles E. Lobdell of the farm loan board declared "clears away every legal question and removes every shadow of question as to the legality of the banks or their bonds," the court held that congress had full authority to establish the land banks and the correlative authority to exempt their bonds from state taxation. Commissioner Lobdell announced that there would be an immediate issue of farm loan bonds "to an undeterminate amount" to finance the hundred of millions of dollars in loans which already had been approved by the board and which were held up pending the court's decision. Bonds to Be Issued "A bond offering will be made as soon as the bonds can.be made ready," Mr. Lobdell said, and "immediately thereafter the distribution of funds begun. It would be at least thirty days, however, before funds are available. "The farm loan board is hopeful that the market mav absorb farm loan bonds equal to the borrowing demands of the farmers of the country but no one can predict with safety the suit of a financial operation of this magnitude." The ca3e decided today was an ap- ^ peal from lower court decrees refusing an injunction sought by Charles W. Smith, a stockholder in the Kansas City Title and Trust company to restrain the institution from investing its funds in the securities of the land bank?. The contention was made that the farm loan act was invalid as'congress had neither the authority under the constitution to establish banks nor to exempt these securities from state taxation. The court in practically uhanimous opinion upheld the authority of the government in both instances. HONOR ROLL OF LONG LANE SCHOOL For. the Month of January 1st grade?Henry Baker, Azilee Cromer, 31arion .fr'elker. 2nd grade?Richard Caldwell, George Cromer, Mary Folk and Helen Renwick. 3rd grade?Mary Renwick. 4th grade?Frances Baker and Sarah Folk. 7th grade?Mary Felker. 8th and 9th grades?James Brown, Sims Williams Caldwell and Frances *n~ii renter. For the Month of February 1st grade?Charles Baker and Azile Cromer. 2nd grade?Richard Caldwell, Mary Folk and Helen Renwfck. 1 3rd grade?Mary Renwick. 4th grade?Frances Baker and Sa- ' rah Folk. 7th grade?Alan Caldwell, Colie AY* TVTn T?A1 0?/l uiuvvii Vyiuiuci, 1 ciivci auu Annie Metts. 8th and 9th grades?James Brown, Sims William Caldwell and Frances Felker. Move to Columbia The State Mr. and Mrs. David Caldwell of Newberry have moved to Columbia to live, Mr. Caldwell having accepted a position with the Swaffield Insurance agency. They are at present staying at Mrs. Bolton's on Lady street until they can find a suitable apartment. Mrs. Caldwell, before her recent marriage, was Miss Kate Summer, a graduate of the former College for Wnwnn rwl nAccDco/\r nf montT ti vmvn onu vi nmnjr xiiCUUd in Columbia. She is a sister of Mrs. James W. Ilaltiwanger of Gibbes court. i ^