University of South Carolina Libraries
VOLUME LVIII, NUMBER 21. NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1322. TWICE A WEEK, J2.00 A YEAR GENERAL ASSEMBLY i ADJOURNS SUNDAY REVENUE PRINCIPAL TOPIC OF THIS LEGISLATURE Levy Fixed at Seve^ Mills?Total Appropriations $5,839,106.04 Against $6,534,925.82 in 1921 Bill ! Columbia, March 12.?The general! assembly of South Carolilna adjourn-1 ed sine die Sunday afternoon, under j the legislative day of Saturday, March j 11. On motion of Senator Young of Charleston the gavel of President Wilson G. Harvey fell at 3:34 o'clock, ending the nine weeks' session of that body and four minutes later Speaker Atkinson o* the house declared the "bouse of representatives as standing adjourned sine die. n?1 -came after v ine inuxi aujuu^.? the appropriations bill had >been ratified. The free conference committee which took the bill at an early hour Saturday morning working continuously except for brief recess for dinner and supper and to answer to roll call votes until after daylight Sunday morning. Meanwhile the senate and house after debating pro and con whether they would adjourn over uirtill Monday or whether they would recess until Sunday morning, decided to sit through the session. Many did not go to bed, while others seeing that it was impossible to get the apbill to the house before -f x noon Sunday retired to their rooms. Report Submitted The free conference report was submitted to the two houses at 1:30 this afternoon. The senate adopted the report without a murmur after the committee's explanation had been made. The house was prone to debate the matter and a heated discussion arose over the adoption of the report but after various motions to postpone debate, adjourn until Mon day and other such tactics had failed the conference report was unanimously adopted. The Appropriation Measure The appropriation bill as passed carried a total of $5,839,106.04, or an increase of $198,034.95 over the measure as passed by the house. The major differences occurred in the adj dition of about $130,000 for schools in the bill after it left the house and ! for sums of more than $30,000 for carrying out the provisions of the revenue measures, which the committee held would be material in de*v.o Ipw nri nrcmertv tax and ticaonx5 vuv . 4t ~ -- x ^ for other items not included in the original bill. The levy named by the free conference committee was seven mills. The house bill provided for five and onehalf mills and the senate bill six'mills. The committee suggested that with the money anticipated to be raised from the new revenue measures, the mills should be materially reduced. Source of Income The taxes are to be raised from the following sources according- to the estimate by the free conference commit:ee, speaking in round numbers: Corporation taxes and fees, $470,000. Department inspections, etc. $330,000. Institutional operations, $170,000. Gasoline tax, $350,000. Additional corporation taxes $125,000. Moving picture taxes, $15,000. Income tax, $1,000,000. Property tax (7 mills), $3,164,000. Total, $5,839,106. With the final acceptance of the free conference reports by bota houses of the general assembly the rouiine matters were rushed through. Committees for each house waited on Governor Coopper stating that the business had been completed. Governor Cooper immediately signed the appropriation bill and returned a message that he had no further business to offer and wished all of the members God speed and good luck. There was jarely a quorum of members left in the house and not a quorum in the senate, but the point of quorum was not raised. Having: guaranteed China's territorial integrity and independence, the powers will probably give China an engrossed copy of the guarantee and let it go at that *> RED CROSS NOTES <? ! <g> <$ i Atlanta, Ga., March 11?Southern' Red Cross chapters spent seven hun- j dred thousand dollars during 1921 in ; assisting disabled veterans of the . World war, according to figures made public here today by Harry L. Hopkins, manager of the Southern division of the American Red Cross. In addition to this sum $315,000 was ! spent by the national headquarters ' through the southern division in the same work. The Southern division of the Red Cross includes Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor-; gia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. These states have many . hospitals located in them and much of the money spent was for transient ex-service men who came to the South in hope^of receiving hospital . treatment and'who were unable to be placed in hospitals immediately. ! According to figures received from Judge Barton Payne of Washington, ( chairman of the American Red Cross, , $7,000,000 has been spent by chap- . ters in the United States in assisting vpfprans. 2nd S2.782,000 j was spent by the national headquar- j ters itself during the past year. ! ( The South has spent one tenth of ( the fund expended all over the United , States, which, in proporiton to its , population,- is a much larger amount i than that spent by chapters in any other section of the country. The amount spent by the national head- , quarters through the Southern divi- j sion is even larger in proportion to j the population of the South. This fact is explained by the large number of hospitals located throughout ^ the South, which add materially to the , ^ nrnhlpm hprp. r ' c The greater part of Red Cross ser- ^ vice to the disabled, all of which is , supplementary to relief accorded by : ^ the government, is accomplished by ( the chapters, the local organization of . ^ neighbors coming most frequently in- j to contact with these men and their i families. : < The principal forms of service ren- . dered by the Red Cross to disabled . * j ex-service men included putting the i veteran in effective relation with the : government in order that he. might ( obtain his full rights. This is often a ^ difficult job and involves filling out, ( nnmprnns Hptailpd forms and nrocur- , x , [ ing necessary evidence and affidavits.: s Red Cross chapters also help the exservice men and their families in time of trouble such as sickness, ur.em- j ployment, legal difficulties, and desti-! ( tution. Pending payment by the gov- i, ernment of claims, chapters also! j stand ready to extend financial assis-! tance when necessary. j, Chapters with jurisdictions con- j taining hospitals, district offices or 1 ^ training centers of the veterans' bu-1 . - ? -- x i ' reau, as so many cnapieis m uic ouu- ; thcrn states have, provide aid to many ' ] disabled men transiently in their ter-! j ritory. Such assistance frequently j ] requires large expenditures, as it has : throughout the South, with the result'4 that many chapters under the Sou-i( thern division require assistance f^om ' ] national headquarters to finance the ! work. ' j ( Many chapters provide recreation |, and various personal comforts for j veterans at training centers and in ; government hospitals, either individ- , ually or in cooperation with the Am-!: t ? ? . 1 i crican Legion, Knignts 01 uoiumous, } and other patriotic organizations. |. Chapters upon request also furnish;, information concerning conditions at ] home when such information is neces-; sary to the comfort or physical wel-, < fave of those in hospitals. The na-: ( tionai organization maintains medical social service in hospitals and district offices of the veterans' bureau and national homes for disabled volunteer j soldiers. j. The above letter from Legare Davis, director of public information / . i n * n n oi rne soumern envision. it. speaks for itself, and we commend it to the general public as showing the extent of our work in the South. Mrs. A. A. Woodson, Chairman of Publicity, Newberry Chapter. A. R. C. I Some of the men who used to try to drown their* sorrows are now letting them die of thirst. I ! ELECTIONS OCCUPY | - GENERAL ASSEMBLY, i FOUR RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS NAMED J. Gordon Hurjhcs, R. O. McCutchen and James A. Su?i:van to Serve on University Board j The State, 10. The general assembly spent the cn- . tire afternoon yesterday in joint ses- ' sion electing four members of the new 1 railroad commission and three trus- 1 tees of the University of South Carolina. The railroad commissioners, three of whom are members of the 1 house, are John C. Coney of Dorches- 1 ter, R. J. Wade of Aiken, James N. " Pearman of Anderson, and E. R El- ] lerbe of Dillon, while the three new 1 members of the university board of 1 trustees are J. Gordon Hughes of 1 Union, Dr. R. 0. Mc^utcnen ui } BIshopville and James A. Sullivan of 1 Laurens. Mr. Hughes and Mr. Mc- 1 Cutchen will serve for full terms, 1 while Mr. Sullivan fills the unexpired < term of P. A. Willcox of Florence. 1 John C Coney, member of the house '< from Dorchester county, was the on- 1 ly candidate for railroad commission- < er from the First district and was i elected by acclamation. Mr. Coney i was first elected to the house in 1917 ] and is, therefore, now completing his .? 1 - i ] third term as a memoer 01 umc UUU) . j Mr. Coney was nominated by Senator," PI. H. Gross of Dorchester. Mr. Co-' 5 ney's term is only for one year. j < Race in Secnod District j 1 R. J.' Wade of Aiken, also a member f )f the house of representatives, was , I jpposed by J. Hermon Lightsey of ; Hampton in the race for railroad com- j missioner from the Second congrcs- 1 ional district, the vote standing:; ?' iVade, 95, and Lightsey, 40. Mr. j ' fade's name was placed in nomina- i < *" m .1. ! , ;ion by Representative Jt'. w. looie , )f Aiken, while Mr. Lightsey was ! 1 lominated by C. B. Searson of Hamp- ] ^ ;on. Mr. Wade is now serving his ;1 second term as a member of the low- j i 2r house, having first been elected to 1 ;hat body in 1917. Mr. Wade's term ^ is for two years. I ' : James X. Pearman, for a number ( jf years clerk of couri in Anderson , * ounty, was unopposed- for election to p :he three year term from the third 5 iistrict. Mr. Pearman was nominated 1 \v Senator T. F. Watkins of Ander-; son. E. R. Elerbe of Dillon and W. A. c Prince of Horry, both members of t ;he house, were nominated for the t 3ne full six year term. Mr. Prince, : lowever, withdrew his name and Mr. t Eilerbe was elected by acclamation. < \Ir. ElleiLe is now serving his first < ;erm as a member of the house. ! t None of these three members of ] he house so named, members of the : .my formal announncement of their ] rtnnt-nn to resien their seats in the 1 general assembly and it is presumed 1 hat with only two or three days re- j [mining of the session they will not; qualify for their new offices until af- , ,er the close of the present meeting , _>f the legislature. All, however, an- . nounced last night that they would \ not again be a candidate for the gen- ] eral assembly while holding their po- ' \ sition as railroad commissioners. : l Manv TrusteeshlD i < ..J _ * , t The election for the three univer-' j sity trustees developed the only spirited contests of the session, three bal- J lots being required to name the two j trustees to succeed Julius S. Mclnnes . and T. C. Callson, resigned, and two < ballots being necessary to select the ; i successor to the late P. A. Willcox. ; The presence of two women, Mrs. 1 James A. Cathcart and Mrs. C. Y. Reamer, both of Columbia, in the list ! of casdidates gave added interest to i the two races. j Eight nominees were in the race'. for the two full terms: J. Gordon 1 i Hughes of Union, Dr R. 0 McGutchen i of Bishopville, Mrs. James A. Cath-' cart of Columbia. James A Sullivan of Laurens. Mrs. C. Y. Reamer of Columbia. L. P. Hoilis of Greenville, R. ; L. sborne of Orangeburg: and E. B. i Smith of Union. Of these Mr. Smith ] was withdrawn at th~ end of the first ' ballot, while Osborne and Hoilis with-'; drew after the second roll call. The standing on the final ballot was: 1 Hughes, 74; McCutchen, ??!>; Mrs.'] Cathcart. 44; Sullivan, 11, and Mrs. ] Reamer. 11. A total of 1?0 vote* | i s> < AMONG THE SCHOOLS $> <5 i> <$* '& G> <& <$"- <$> <s> <?> <$> <$> <$> <?> < We paid a {rood many of the teach ers cn Saturday, in fact about ail wh had claims on file, and a pood man; who did not have any claims on fil ./U!. who came in during1 the day. W' hcpe to be t'> pay the teacher regularly now until the schools closc I mention this to say that I hav again with the assignee of the coun ty treasurer gone over each distrie rery carefully and have taken the to tal of the assessments upon whicl the taxes have been paid, and in making the total for the county I fin< that at least 75 per cent of the tota tax charged in this county has beei paid. Of course, as they were peo pie paying ail the time I was makinj 'he total, the figures are not absolute ly correct but very nearly so. Nov tvhile this is true still there are ; ?reat many of the rural districts ii which not more than fifty per cent o :he tax has been paid, and some o ;hem not more than twenty-five pei :ent. And while we have money t< the credit of the school fund to mee all demands there is a lack of it t< ;he credit of many of the districts and if taxes should not-be paid be fori ny books close in June many district: will show a deficit unless a loan i! made against the uncollected tax. Ii some respects-it is a little difficul problem, but we will work it out som< way that we may pay the teachers, suppose that the state superintenden >f education will in a few days let u: tnow just how matters stand in re rard to the state aid that we may ex ject. to get. I hope to see a large delegation o :he teachers-from Newberry count; attend the state meeting in Colum * -? ? - J bia on Thursday, rnaay ana oatui iay of this week. The secretary sen ne twenty identification cards. The: lave all been'called for and I phone< lim Saturday night to send me fifb nore, and he said he expected som< n that night, and if they came h< ivould mail them to me on Sunday !f you want to go by rail I will b< ?lad to have you get an identification ;ard. It will save you some expense \nd anything else that I can do fo: my teacher who desires to attend the itate meeting I will be glad to do i f you will just call on me. 1 -l - L ^ vw*/%nf irtor 1 < As soon as tne siait; muung )ver I hope to resume my visits tc he schools. The condition of the oads in some of the school commun ities has made it impossible for mi o get to them, but the rains are aboul >ver I hope, and the roads will soor ?et in condition for travel. We havi :o make out so many reports in con nection with the applications for sUt< aid that it takes a good bit of time '1 ^ of nicrVif- Th< but 1 clo tnsl jiiuan^ av. iub..?. building of roads is necessary to th< building of schools. We will not have any county teach ers meeting in March, but the nex one will be in April, and I hope thi ive will be able to accept the invita ;ion of Mr. Wilson and Whitmire t( hold that meeting at Whitmire, an< :hat the bridge over Indian creek w:l dc completed by that time so that th< roing to Whitmire may be eaiy an< Dleasant. C. H. A. The Mothers' Club The Mothers' club will meet Thurs day afternoon, March 16th at J s'clock in the high school. Mother are asked to bring their children a there will be a story hour. Mrs. J. N. McCaughrin, President. Mrs. Elmer Summer, Cor Sec'y. ivere cast on this final roll call, 61 be ing necessary for an election. Five candidates entered the lists ii the race to fill the unexpired term o P. A. Willeox: James A. Sullivan o Laurens, Mrs. James A. Cathcart o Columbia, Mrs. C. Y. Reamer of Co lun.bia, F. L. Willcox of Florence an< E. B. Smith of Union. Mrs. Cathcar and Mr. Sullivan led the field on th first roll call and all other candidate withdrew, leaving- these two as oppo ncnts in the final balloting. Mr. Sul livan triumphed over his feminine op ponont by a vote of .">0 to Ifi. !> ' 5> y HOLDS OFFICE IN | T I ' 9 J V ;'_ I 4 t By Courtesy Mrs. R. D. Wright of Newberry, recor Daughters of Eloise Welch Wright, daughter of ? Spencer Glasgow Welch and Cordelia Strother Welch was born and reared! in Newberry. . ^ Her father enlisted in the Confedt erate service with the first volunteers, i as a private in Company D, South I Carolina regiment, but was promoted . j until made surgeon of that regiment, 1 serving with it continually from Fort 2 Manassas until the surrender at Ap. pomattox. He was a man of decided j literary tastes; he wrote interesting i letters home during the four years of . ! war, these being published by h:s r daughter under the title, "Confeder- 1 i+Q Snwonn's T-.pftpre tr> his Wifo" t (Neale Publishing company, New I York). This loyal Daughter of the Confed5 ! eracy had five uncles who fought for , ! the Confederate cause". More than one ' ? strain of fighting blood flows through J . her veins. Sho is a member of the D. j e A. R. through revolutionary ances-! I tors, Amos Richardson and George ! Sirother; and eligible to the Colonial: e Dames through the famous Indian _ fie-h'ter. Cant. John Pearson of South e Carolina and William Strother of Viri, 'ginia. B She graduated with first honor at' g Columbia college; she has always! ; taken a great interest in church work,! ! in all movements for civic and human betterment, and in patriotic organiza4. tions. She served as treasurer of the South Carolina Federation of Women's clubs; secretary of Newberry 3 county Red Cross chapter during the ^ months of most strenuous war work;j l r T/N * K %. ITT* A \TTN IT P r n = iu iviaive. /\i>lj rvxix^r 3 THE CITY CLEAN _______ i It is my earnest desire and determined purpose to have Newebrry a ; clean city, as far as in my power and j with the cooperation of the citizens,! * without whose cooperation and active J i help no officer can Je entirely successs , ful. To this end I ask the aid of each | individuaul in making this "the city j | beautiful," in keeping with the patri- ( 'otic and painstaking efforts of the J civic league and other worthy sociei ties and associations of the place. j " I Cleanliness being next to godliness is alike applicable to communities as i to individuals. Cleanliness attracts 1 while uncleanness repulses. Who f likes to see ugly spots marring the f surrounding beauty? Who does not f like to see beauty abounding and the - latmosphere fragrant ,with pleasant j 3 odors? Therefore I urge every pro-; t perty owner within the limits of j e this city to clean his or her premises! s each week and have all trash piled and ' - ready for the truck. Trash includes tin cans also. Some - people car; not understand that rain ^ water in tin cans and old buckets " ' GENERAL U. D. C. LI 1 1 I 1 I j i. 4 1 of The State ding secretary general of United the Confederacy { has served as treasurer, as vice pres- J. ident, and two terms as president of'. the Drayton Rutherford chapter, U. j D. C. Thi: home chapter, to show J their love and esteem in some tangi-; ble form, now offer an Eloise Welch!. I' ! Wright prize in the South Carolina ( division. i Having served as vice president; historian, and as president of the < South Carolina division, U. D. C., 3Irs. Wright is thoroughly conversant with all phases of the work. She has endeared herself to all the Daughters 1 by her charming and gracious manner. She was elected recording secretary at the general convent'on in 1 Tampa in 1210. This is her last year in the office. 1 During the World war activities of the Daughters of the Confederacy she 1 was the only director of the war relief . to serve the South Carolina division. . She is the justly proud possessor of ^ the beautiful badge, emblematic of this servire. 0no of these was ore- . sented to Miss Mary B. Poppenheim, j the U. D. C. president general, as ,a ( token from all directions of war relief. When this work had ceased, the die was destroyed, so that Miss Poppenheim and Mrs. Wright are the only Daughters in South Carolina to own these pins. Mrc Wrio-hf Vine enpnt lipr murripH life in New.betry, Mr. Wright being J connected with the Newberry Cotton mills. Their home is blessed with two children, a winsome girl of 17 ( and a bright boy of nine. breeds mosquitoes, as well as pollutes , the atmosphere with stagnant scents < permeating the natural fcdore of fresh fields and flowers. As the tidy and j industrious housewife does not need to be urged to keep her rooms neat and clean and sanitary, neither should it be necessary to urge people generally to keep their individual abodes 1 and premises in like condition, all e working collectively for the welfare \ of the community. It ought to be a s most natural thing for everybody to c do. c But as in all cities there are those who seem to be satisfied to live carelessly, like drones in bee hives, it be- S comes an officer's duty to he specific r in his dealings. Don't be a drone in h the human beehive of industry and \ progression. I repeat, if the citizens I will do their respective parts I shall f do my utmost for the health and ma- t terial benefit of the city of Newberry, t J. T. Mayes, h Health Officer . i IB \ Now comes the news that the bol- c rhevists are going to suppress the <2 anarchists in Russia. Here's hoping 1 both parties to the scrap good luck, d I HARVEY QUITS POST AT MIDNIGHT HOUR REFUSES TO PRESIDE ON SUNDAY Newberry Senator Declines to Remain in Senate Chamber. .AH Bills Continued. The State, 12. . When midnight was reached last night in the senate Lieutenant Governor Harvey declined to preside further over the senate if general statewide bills were to be taken up and acted upon, this action following on the heels of the withdrawal of Senator Johnstone of Newberry, who declined to participate further in the proceedings. Somewhat of a general row took place when Senator Johnstone moved at midnight that the senate adjourn until Monday afternoon, this being the cause of his withdrawal from the senate chamber a few moments later and also the withdrawal of Lieutenint Governor Harvey. Would Not Adjourn After the senate had passed the lour of midnight a general confusion Degan to develop nad this brought on :he motion to adjourn over until Monday. An effort to do this was lost. WVion fViJe woc fV?o lionfonsnt. crnv ' ' "V.U VU10 "WO 4VWV W*?v 0T ernor asked the senate to choose a presiding officer as he did not care to preside except for the general appropriation bill. Lieutenant Governor Harvey requested Senator Laney to take the :hair, stating that he did not care to be regarded as a stickler and was prepared to remain in the.flfcair as long as necessary to adopt the appropriation bill then in free conference irrespective as to the time $ken it was brought in. He, however, preferred not to preside after midnifcht Satur day night if the senate insisted on Continuing to pass state-wide laws, continuing to pass state-wide laws, and began to take up the bad check law the lieutenant governor vacated the chair, turning over the gavel to the senator from Chesterfield and retired. Bad Check Bill After Senator Laney had taken the chair the so-callcd "ba4 check" hill x 1 t_ _ J1 _ was lasen up ana oaaiy aexeateu, a, motion to continue this measur3 prevailing by a large majority. The senate then continued everything on the calendar, this motion taking in a number t>f state-wide bills of importance. Bills in free conference were not included. During the discussions after midnight a good deal of levity was al lowed and the general situation was characterized as "Jad legislation" on the part of the senate. HONOR ROLL FOR LONG LANE SCHOOL 1st grade?Mary Cromer. 2nd grade?Azile Cromer, Charles Baker, Henry Baker. Marion Felker. 3rd grade?Mary Folk, Helen Renw.'ck, John William Felker, Richard Caldwell. 4th grade?Mary Renwick, Novis Rikard. 5th grade?William Cromer, J. B. Counts, Wylie Caldwell, Elizabeth Counts. Frances Baker, Sara Folk. 8th grade?Mary Felker, Annie Mct:s, Colie Cromer, Allan Caldwell. 9th grade?Haskell Brown. Z. W. Taylor Silverstreet, March 10?Z. W. Tayor died at his home near Silverstreet ;ar!y Wednesday night. His death vas sudden as he had been only (lightly ill for a while. Having lain lown in apparent health at abdut 9 ('clock he was attacked with a smothsring spell to which he succumbed. The remains were interred at the Silverstreet cemetery Thursday afterioon, the services being conducted ;by lis pastor, the Rev. Thomas F. Suber, irhn was hv +V10 W TT )utton. The large assembly of riends and relatives, together with he beautiful floral tributes, indicated he esteem in which Mr. Taylor was ie!d. He was one of the few remainng Confederate soldiers. He leaves a vife, one brother and one sister, two :hildren, 11 grandchildren and ten :reat grandchildren, and many other -elatives and friends to mourn his l th.