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/ VOLUME LVIII, NUMBER 38. ? .' **.%.. & ???. NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1922. ^ TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAR Wk BYRNES DISAGREES WITH PRESIDENT W CHARACTERIZES ECONOMY REPV"' PORT AS "BUNK" Scuth Carolina Representative Takes Issue With Figures by Dawes Hugh W. Roberts in The State. Washington, May 8.?Representative Byrnes of South Carolina spoke in the house today with reference to tho ctstpmpnt of the Dresident ap pearing in the morning newspapers claiming for the administration a reduction in expenditures for the fiscal year.^ He said in part: "The president in his letter to Representative Madden made public today merely conveys to congress information as to expenditures presented to him by the bureau of the budget. Had the president the time to investigate the report he would discover that the statements as to 'savings' are based upon a system of political bookkeeping; that as a matter of fact the departments which he has been advised will refrain from spending $136,000,000 of the total appropriated for them for this fiscal year have actually received from congress to Qaie in cidicidic^ uuid ou^/yivuiv^vM* appropriations amounting to $1,74,. ? 691,040.65. On last Friday the house passed another deficiency bill appropriating $17,000,000 which will certainly be enacted into law, and before July 1 we will have still another deficiency bill. . "And if the president had the opportunity to examine the itemized statement of the alleged savings con stituting the total of $136,000,000 he * would discover that it is pure bunk, i For instance, the largest single item originally claimed as a saving was $15,000,000 out of the pension fund. Because the pension bureau was behind with its work it was estimated thi samount would ^iot be spent be fore July 1. But the bureau caught up with its work to some extent and under date of March 2 advised me that they would spend all but $6,000,-^ 000. If h force becomes more efficient in preparing the pending cases this- alleged saving will be still further reduced. Even if not spent by July I the fund remains available and whenever the cases growing out of the Spanish-American war act are decided, the pension dates back to the F day the application was filed, and the ' money will be spent. General Dawes would have us believe that the less efficient the force is in investigating the cases the less money will be spent but he si mistaken. "In the state department of the total saving claimed of approximately $1,200,000, $750,000 is 'payment to the Republic of Colombia, treaty of January 9, 1919.' This amount was appropriated in 1909 and has re mained available ever since but Colombia refured to accept it. If it is a 1 saving this year, it has been saved every year since 1909, and by such savings the government will accumulate wealth. "In the treasury department the largest alleged saving is in the office of the supervising architect, approximately $19,000,000. This represents ' 11 J tunas ior tne construction uj. puun^ works which will not be completed / this fiscal year, but the money remains available, will be spent next year, and in no way is a dollar saved to the taxpayer. It is simply a guess that certain public buildings will not be completed and the amount of the contract not be paid before July 1. "Aanother alleged saving is $12,000,000 out of the total available for rivers and harbors. Now every one, except General Dawes, knows this is a postponement, not a saving; that it simply means that payments upon contracts for work under construction will not be made until after July 1. "Another item of saving is the "repayment to importers of excess of deposits, $1,700,000." This is a permanent appropriation always available. At the beginning of each year the treasury sets apart its estimate of the amount that will be spent during the year. After the estimate was made this year, to make a showing of economy, the department reduced their estimate of the amount needed by SI,700,000. But it matters not $ BAPTISTS CLOSE CONVENTION YEAR South Carolinians Donate More Than Two Million Dollars During Campaign?Dr. Burts Pleased The State, 9. Books at the state Baptist head quarters for the Southern jBaptist convention year have been closed preparatory to the Southern Baptist convention which takes place in Jacksonville next week. Dr. C. E. Burts, general secretary-treasurer, said yesj terday that notwithstanding the financial difficulties of the time, the results had been satisfactory, the total collections for the convention year in South Carolina being $697,747.66. During the two years and five ' months since the beginning of the $75,000,000 campaign the collection for South Carolina have totaled $2,779,644.60, which is more than onejhalf of the original allotment of five and one half million dollars. Although he was encouraged over ; the response and said that he felt | there had been evidence of sacrificial ' giving throughout the state, Dr. Burts j said that the receipts had fallen short of the amount subscribed. Telegrams received from the home and foreign board and also the educational board bring favorable tid; in]?s. Between 800 and 1,000 South Car! -i: will ntfpnH f.hp Sou ! Uiiiict -uapnoos cut v*w^w-.x. jthern Baptist convention in Jackjsonville next week. Columbai will also send a number of Baptists, I among1 whom will be ministers and I laymen. A number of women will ! alio attend the meeting of the Wornlan's Missionary union which will be j in session at the same time. (eighteen years i ' for manslaughter I Judge Bowman Gives Sentence to Corbett?Former Supt. of Education to Face Charge The State. Orangeburg, May 8:?Carlos Corbett was sentenced to serve 18 years in the state penitentiary today by ' Judge I. W. Bowman, who is presiding over the Orangeburg court. Corbett was found guilty of manslaughter when called to trial for the murder of Julian Copoer. In September 1920, when he was tried for the murder of Bryan Salley, one of the slain men, he was acquitted. An appeal will be taken to the supreme court. Corbett is now in the Orangeburg jail and hi& wife has returned to her I home in Hartsville. . The case against Claude J. Rast former superintendent of education of Orangeburg county, who is charged with criminal assault upon one of his girl pupils while principal of the East Middle school, will be called tomorrow. | SILVERSTREET LUTHERANS TO OBSERVE MOTHERS DAY Mother's day will be observed at the Silverstreet Lutheran church at the usual hour of services Sunday morning, May 14. The committee in charge asks everybody to wear a red or a white flower?a red one if mother is living and a white one if mother is dead. Those who do not have a flower may be supplied at the cnurcn. what the estimate is, the law directs the repayment to an importer whenever there is an excess of deposits by I him, and there is no limit to the amount available for the purpose. Placing this estimate on the books will not make the expenditure greater or less. "The budget bureau has the nerve to even claim a saving out of appropriations for the veterans' bureau in the face of the fact that during the ^ >- -1- 1 nrst nail 01 trie year liiui.- uuicau nao received deficiency or supplemental appropriations from congregations amounting to $158,993,112. "I refer only to a few of the larger items. Examination discloses the alleged savings to be 'budge: bunk,' and i4: is regrettab'e that the president should be misled by the department into believing they have accomplished savings which in fact are only of the paper variety and offer no relief to the taxpayers. If, however, he believes the budget bureau has effected the savings they claim, he should, in justice to the taxpayers, urge congress to declare a dividend." 1 NEWBERRY IN RUNNING FOR CHAMPIONSHIP Clemson, Newberry, Wofford, Furman ! in Last Lap for First Place in College Ball The last lap in the intercollegiate , j baseball championship race leaves | j Clemson, Newberry, Wofford and || ; Carolina still in the running. Clem- i < \ I son is leading with nine victories and j? one defeat. Newberry is close on her j, heels with eight games won and one j, [defeat. Wofford has won seven ;j games and lost three. Carolina has four victories to her credit and two !( [defeats. Jj i Piorvicr?r>'c cfhpHnlp falls for three 4 I more games. On May 11th Furman ; ;will visit Clemson for a game on Riggs' fiield. Couple weeks ago Furfman defeated Clemron in Green. ville. So the outcome of this game will be followed with interest. May : 12th the Tigers invade the Indians' (camp. And the following day they j meet the gamecocks on Carolina's field. Should the Tigers be fortunj ate enough to win these three games , ! no one will begrudge them the pen- j i nant. for they will have deserved it. s "We shall see what we shall see." Newberry will probably play three j. more games. Wednesday, May 10th, j the Indians cross bats with P, C. at j Clinton. Friday they meet Clemson ^ on the local diamond. At a date yet s to be arranged they will play the a postponed game with Carolina in Co-1 c | lumbia. Can. Newberry win these s | three games? Her supporters be- a lieve she can. j r From the time "the memory run-: c neth not to the contrary'' the Clem-; ? son-Newberry games on the local dia- ^ mond have attracted large, enthusi- j, astic crowds, due to the fact that the ' games have invariably been close and 3 exciting. The game Friday alter- t I noon promises to break all past- rec-,?] i ords by bringing one of the largest j e crowds that has ever entered the lo- i v cal park. Advance dope has it that } t they are coming from distant parts ! ( of the state to witness this game. It' z promises to be a battle royal. -It is' s very likely that Boozer, a Newberry t boy, will be in the mound for Clem- J son, while "Punk" Luther will be <: Coach MacLean's choice to toss them / over for Newberry. In all probabil- t ity this will be the deciding game in the championship race. Then, too, d this will be Luther's last appearance f j on the home grounds. Luther is rat- I jed, we believe justly so, "the ace of I i j aces'' among the college pitchers of | v j the state. At any rate the manager ! i of the Washington Americans squad-1 believes in him strong enough to re- ! g serve a berth for him until he can j v join him the 15th of June. We be-1 c I lieve he is going to make good. .\ny j ; way hundreds of his friends will be 1 ^ j on hand Friday afternoon to give , him "the glad hand" when he walks ! upon the mound. Just follow the ; ^ crowd and you will be there too. Who J was it suggested that the stores and ! j business houses in Newberry close j ifrom 4 to 6 o'clock Friday afternoon 'as a tribute to Luther? This was a I good suggestion. Who will volunteer c ) to circulate a petition to that effect? I tt1 :? 4+v.a i ^ | r UliU wm& is liic s(<aiiuiiig ui tut. ' teams in the pennant race; this in-1 * eludes all games through Tuesday,' * May 9th. j1 Won Lo-st Pet'r Clemson 9 1 900 js Newberry 8 1 888 i1 ! Wofford 7 3 700: | Carolina 4 2 GG6 ;1 iFurman G 7 462 2 Citadel 3 5 375 P. C 2 G 250 !e Erskine 2 9 182 !r 'C. of C 0 5 000 j? Legion Post and Auxiliary Meeting There will be a joint meeting of Post No. 24, the American Legion, j 1 and the auxiliary to the post at a spe- j ] : cial call meeting Monday evening, i j May 15th, at 8 o'clock. Morris C. t : Lumpkin, department comni2nder, < has been invited to be with us on this i occasion. All members are urged to t be present as business of importance < ! will come up for consideration. i John B. Setzler, i Publicity Officer. ' The Reds will never succeed he- A cause at heart they are yellow. I {2oo h o;u; ucj }i jou i j-.ioo 4>p3uan;? ssauisnq uoi{A\. | A TEST CASE IS BROUGHT AGAINST NEW STATE TA 5ant.ee Mills cf Orangeburg Ask Ii junction Against Tax Commission Columbia Record, 9. The state income tax law got inl :he courts today on the allegatio 'hat it is unconstitutional, and t\ upreme court, assuming- jurisdictioi et May -loth as the date for hearin irguments in the petition of the Sai ;ee Mills of Orangeburg for a r< straining order against the 'State ta jommfcsion, to prevent them wit proceeding with the collection of tfc ;ax. The Santee Mills allege, amon >ther things, that the act was n< ead three times in each branch c he general assembly, that the a( >f congress providing the federal ii ome tax was not read into the a< fxcopt by title; that there is no pr< vision in the state income tax la' 'or exemption from taxation of th 'ederal income tax paid each yea: tnd therefore taxes money that is nc ncome, thereby falling outside th cope of an income tax; that the stat ict incorporates the enforcement c he same rules and regulations as ar >rovided in the federal income ta aw, but that these were not read int he act by the two branches of th ;tate legislature; that the state la1 tllows a return for the calendar yea ir for the fiscal year, thereby taxin ;ome person for .1 longer period tha 1 calendar year; that the state' kr >rovides a tax on certain interstat ommerce, and that it exempts ir urance companies from taxatior hereby becoming in a sense clas egislation. 1 "Li- T i-"L ~ i ne case is orou^ni. uy uic game dills as a test of the state incom ax, enacteTl'^Ejy" the 1922 legislature ?his act is an exact copy of the fee ral income tax except that it pre 'ides for a state tax of exactly one hird of the federal tax. W. ( ^uery, chairman, and J. P. Derhar md J. Fraser Lyon are named as r< pondents in the case, as members o he state tax' commission. Williar r'llJrt+f n-P Pnlnmhin rprvrpspnf.pd th Jantee Mills in bringing the case, an attorney General Wolfe represente he tax commission. The petition for the restraining 01 !er against the tax commission wa iled with the supreme court Tuesday -ater the court issued an order mal ng the rule returnable on the 15tl i<*hich is next Monday, the hour b? ng fixed at 3 oclock. There has been talk of a test cas .gainst the state income tax for som veeks, but not until Tuesday was th ase brought. VETERANS TO HOLD . ANNUAL REUNIOl )arlington Calls on Camps for Nam of Sponsors, Matrons and Maids x Darlington, May 8.?L. M. Lawsor hairman of the finance committee ireparing for the annual reunion o Confederate veterans here next wee las advised all United Confederat reteran camps to send to Mrs. Be lill, chairman of the hospitality con nittee, at once the names of all spor ors, matrons and maids who will a1 end the reunion. The reunion will be held Wednes lay, and Thursday, May 17 and 1* md a large attendance is expectec Co pains are being spared to get e\ rything in readiness and to leav lothing undone that will add to th >ntertainment of the heroes in gra] "' - r- i . ni r? _ ii West Lna to rwy v-ouege On May 13, 1922, Newberry co ege vs. West End ball game will b slayed on the West End ball du nond. This promises to be one c he most exciting games ever plave >n the local fields. Both teams wi nake a very acrimonious strugg] :o be the conquerors. Everybod ome and let's enjoy an afternoon c *eal recreation together. All com md watch the aggregations c 'Dutch'' MacLean's and "Bush" Bov ins' clash. Game to be called 2 1:30 p. m. Batteries for West End will pro! ibly be Smith, Oliver and Cromei ror the college, Shealy and Robinsoi Admission, 20 and 30 cents. 'NEWBERRY INDIANS ! X WIN FROM ERSKINE 1 ! Seceders Are Swamped by Lutherans 1 Final Score Being Thirteen to One ! The State. ; Newberry, May 9.?The Newberry Indians pounded "Lefty" Beard's of^ jferings hard here yesterday afternoon and swamped the Erskine Se- j ig I ceders by the score of 13 to 1. Lu- ; ' ther toyed with the visitors and had j v ' easy sailing throughout the contest,! k a wild throw from the outfield allow- j ing the Seceders to score their lone te .run. D. Shealy, Haltiwanger and : Crocks led in the terrific batting as-j sault of the locals, the latter securing | ? a home run, a triple, a base on balls and a sacrifice hit out of five times at bat. The speedy work of Williams ^ in beating out bunts and running bases was a decided feature of the >- I w ?an'e- . i ' The batting of Beard who secured three hits out of four times up was ^ the only feature of the game for the ? Seceders. I i G i Newberry has won eight games and f lost one in the official state champion ship season, today's contest oeing ine second of Newberry's officially scheo duled games with Erskine. Clemson i has won nine official championship games and lost one thus far. The Tigers will meet the Indians here Friday in what will very probably be the deciding game in the race for v the state title. e I Newberry ..120 500 230?13 12 2 ^ Erskine .. ..001 000 000? 1 6 3 j Beard and Evans; Luther and Robison, Umpire, Hardeman. iS 1 ; THE SOUTH NEEDS el MORE COWS .el . j Local Committees Plan Community Meeting to Discuss Dairy )_ i Farming >j 1 * ? . * J During the five years between 1915 n and 1920 a greater advance in dairy. farming was made in the South than ^ in any other section" of the United n j States. In the Southern states dure i ing the five years the number of dai^ 'ry cattle increased 16 per cent, while ^ j in the United States as a whole the , ; increase was only 12 per cent. J While this indicates that the South s is awakening to the need -f more dai7' J ry cattle, the Southern states are still i far behind the corn belt and "eastern j states in this important branch of ag; riciuture. i j In 14 Southern states in 1920 ac e | cording to the United States census, e ' there was an average of only about e two head of dairy cattle to a farm, | | while in 14 corn belt states there was' | an average of nearly six dairy cows' ! to a farm. V Yet the South is better adapted in ! many ways to dairy farming and all i e practical and experienced farmers' , jand all agricultural experts agree j that the surest way to be permanently j successful and prc~* rous in iarrmng t j is to have at least few head of good ,*' lairy cattle. ! j | This is a matter of such vital imj. | portance to every farmer, every busi. i ness man and every citizen that a "big d j ? I community meeting will be held at' il i I the court house on Monday, May i 22nd, at 10:30 a. m. to discuss the u_ j most practical way of making this a j great dairy state. I | Mr. H. S. Mobley of the agricultur' jal extension department of the In 'jternafional Harvester company, will, 'jassist the local people in conducting "; this meeting. Mr. Mobley operates e ! ! a dairy farm right here in the South. P 1 - - / i TT. He has made Dig: success 01 it. ne / ' markets his product 200 miles from | home at a good profit. He will tell us , ; how Southern farmers can become I permanently prosperous by going in)0 to partnership with the dairy cow. ^1 Besides being: a prosperous farmer ^ he is a speaker of national reputa^ tion. No one should miss hearing him. No admission will be charged. There will be large illustrated lecture v f charts, demonstration material and 1 moving pictures. Every man, woman ? ^ and child is invited to attend. City "; people will be benefitted as much as those from the farms, it n 1 { The stand recently vacated by Mr. )- Trakas near the busy Busy Bee is "being refitted for cocupancy by the j new Newberry merchant, Mr. Cap-' l,an- 1 HOWARD STRONG OF N. Y. TO | T| MAKE ADDRESS IN NEWBERRY 1J Speaker Coming to Newberry to Make Address at the Greater Newberry Dinner j Mr. Howard Strong of New York city is comnig to Newberry on May 25th for the purpose of making an address at the Greater Newberry dinner, which, as previously announced, ^ will be held in the Legion hall on the , evening of the date mentioned. qj The program committee which was ^ named at the general committee meeting some days ago made public the fact that Mr. Strong accepted the invitation to come to Newberry for this occasion, and the committee is , . , . i, der very fortunate in being able to se- . cure Mr. Strong for he is recognized ^ as a very capable speaker. While it . is not definitely known what subject . Mr. Strong will talk on, he intimated ^ that his subject would be "You and Your Town." In addition to Mr. ? ma Strong's address there is a possibility j that there will be one local speaker ^ on the program, also some musical - con numbers. ers This "get together" meeting, as it may be called, promises to be one of the largest events of its kind ever , staged in Newberry, due to the fact . that practically every organization in ^ the city will participate, and every member of every organization, as well as those who are not members ' , utv of .any organization, should attend. Rev. E. V. Babb, who has been named ,, - - - . ... the chairman of'the program committee ^ promises all who attend a real treat and a good time, and then, the ladies ^ of the Civic league will be in charge ^ of serving the dinner?this announce- ^as ment is enough to be said when it comes to the "eats," for we ail know ^ when the ladies of the Civic league ^ agree to serve a dinner it will be done ^ in grand style. The executive committee which was named will meet some time the first of next week to mak plans to f?OI] take care of all details connected " ' sur with the big dinner. This committee ^ is composed of a representative from all of the organizations participating, ^ and they will see that no stone is left _ . . urn unturned to make this dinner a grand success in every particular. ^ Let every,, citizen* of Newberry county begin now to prepare their minds and hteir appetite and above all to remember the date?Legion S hall, Thursday night, ]\Iay 25th, the Be> hour to be annuonced later. Also trie remember that absolutely nothing of < will be said about money as the din- her ner is not being held to solicit funds , I for any purpose. The whole evening iac] will be devoted to one continuous j round of pleaiure. * ^ra mm tire A BIG DRIVE AT -nst vHOLY TRINITY CHURCH -aw lat A few days ago Mr. A. N. Boland, -oer one of the officers of Holy Trinity ^ Lutheran church of Little Mountain ,Q issued a challenge to the membership :ior of the church that he would give one hundred dollars to remove tpe cnurcn ^ debt of about thirteen hundred doing lars if the other members wouM ?ou raise the balance. ' The matter was taken up at a eon- . lea gregaitonal meeting held last Sunday morning and committees were ^ appointed who canvassed . the mem- . bership present at this meeting with the result that over seventeen hun- > ^ dred dollar- were raised in a few ** minutes. "* *ei Just as soon as the result was an- ^ nounced Rev. J. J. Long announced that the church would be dedicated the third Suday in June and that an Ii all day service would be held on that J day with a sermon in tne morning villi by Dr. A. G. Voigt, dean of the Lu- ?ra theran seminary of Columbia. And 188 the afternoon sermon by Dr. H. J. }f Black, president of the South Caro- vea * ?* 3 i-l?? I < lma synod, witn ainner servea on me j? ? church grounds. Holy Trinity church of Little ";e<^ Mountain is one of the leading *s churches of the South Carolina synod ^er: and under the able leadership of Rev. Long now has a membership of about ^5 three hundred and twenty-five. :ior An invitation is extended to all friends of the church to be present the third Sunday in June to take part ^ in the dedicatory services. EN PASSANT Liz; The Irish seem to prefer confusion riec to fusion. ^ev 4 HREEMEN I CONFESS MURDER JRDER OF ARNETTE COMMITBY THREE COLUMBIANS Jy Found in Front of Automobile Near Bay Branch Bridge in North Columbia Columbia, May 10.?Confessions F. M. Jeffords, Ira Harrison and inn Treece, the three men held for murder of J. C. Arnette, proprir of ^the Elmwood filling station, Main street and Elmwood avenue, re sensational developments today the situation surrounding the mur- * of the well-known Columbian durTuesday night. Officers refused disclose the nature of the confes- i ns, but a general statement coverthe plot was said to have resulted the death of Jefford's partner, was de, to the effect that the trio had de admissions that gave substanform to the theory that by the ;th of Arnette, Jeffords would have ne into possession of the sole ownhip in the business; and that Har>n and Treece would have been arded for their part in the crime being given an interest in the bus- A ss. 'pM Dhe information -that something isual had happened during the ev? ng reached Sheriff Heise and Dep Sheriff Thompson at about 11 lock when Jack Dent informed m that a dead foody had been / md near the Bay Branch bridge, Kirkland avenue in North Colum. Possibility of foul play was the ory advanced by Dent from the ;ty examination that he had made the scene, he told the officers. The iy was found .lying in- front of an :omobile which had been driven > vn the embankment. The, officers t the mail's #ulse but lift Was exct, they thoufcirt. However, Dr. v E. Fulmer was summoned, and ifirmed their fears. Death had reted from blows on the back of tfr ? id with some instrument. From condition of the body had been >ught to the lonely spot and held ieht between two men. r?/T OCVCDIV r? CVAMC L'UL UUi V A JU v iw DIES SUDDENLY Savannah, Ga., May 7.?Judge ferly D. Evans, United States dis- j :t judge for the southern district Georgia, died suddenly at his home e tonight.. )eath resulted from a heart atk. V i udge Evans was 57 years old. A duate of Yale, practically his en: life from the. time he left that ;itution was spent in practice of either on the bench or bar of his ive state. He served as a mem ^ 1. t OOZ> ol tne Georgia legislature ioooand was a delegate from Georgia the democratic national convent, 1888. Appointed a judge of middle judicial circuit of Georgia filled that office five years, becoma justice of the state supreme rt in 1904 and presiding justice 1907. After thirteen years as d of the highest state tribunal, ge Evans resigned to accept the eral judgeship which he held until death. udge Evans was taken ill at 4 ock this afternoon and physicians e called and administered to him he gradually grew worse and the came at 8:30 p. m. t was his third heart attack. udge Evan.'- was born at Sanders2, Ga., on May 21, 1865, and was duated from Mercer university in 1. , He was admitted to the bar Georgia in 1884, when only 19 rs of age. Before he was 21 years ige he was a member of the GeorIegislature. He was twice marI. He has four living sons, ThomW. of Dublin, Ga.; Julian of Sansville, Ga.; George R. and Erwin Evans. Another son, Lieut. Bevr D. Evans, Jr., was killed in aci in France in 1918. Watts-Miller >n last Saturday evening Mr. J. Miller of Pomaria and Miss Mary de Watts of Prosperity were marl at the St. Paul's parsonage, the . S. P. Koon officiating. ' !