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Section One Setin n Pages, 1 to 12 Pagelinot )VOL. XLI MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1921N0 ADVOCATES CUT Ik MEMBERS' SALARIES Sapp Resolution Calls for $20'0 Per Session LEGISLATORS GET $400 Todd Wants $100 Per Man for Extra Time Spent by Law-makers at Capital Columbia, March 1.-At the morn ing session of the House Mr. Sapp, of Columbia, introduced a concurrent resolution which would put the pay of the legislators back to that of 1919 at $200 per session instead of $400 as is now the case. The Legislature raised the salary of the members of the two houses last year from $200 to $400. Mr. Sapp contends that the cut ting of the salaries would save the tax payers about $35,000. The resolution was carried over until tomorrow for consideration. At the night session Mr. Todd, of Charleston, introduced a resolution to pay each member of the two houses $100 for the period in excess of the forty (lays. This resolution also went over until tomorrow for discussion. The House concurred in a resolution from the Senate calling upon the clerks of the House and the Senate to issue pay checks immediately to members and employes of the Legis lature and the engrossing department. Considerable debate was had on the bill by Mr. Brown, of Barnwell to ex empt his county from the act pro viding for the examination of veteri nary surgeons.- The bill was finally passed and other counties included were Orangeburg, Jasper, Fairfield, and Horry.. The House passed a bill to enlarge the scope of the State Board of Fish eries which was introduce(d at the re quest of the present board. The rest of the day session of the I-louse was taken up with routine and uncontested matter'. PRESIDENT WILSON BIDS HIS CABINEirT MEMBERS FAREWELL Washington, March 1.-President Wilson met with his Cabinet today for the last time, and at the meeting's close said farewell to the ten men who have been his official advisers, four of them since he entered the White House in 1913. The final meeting was held in the executive office, the President walking over from the White -louse ,attended by an attache and aided by his cane. After an hour and a half spent, as Cabinet members said, in a discussion of "official business and otherwise," the President autographed for each of his advisers a photograph taken at last week's meeting. Then Mr. Wil son said good-bye to each member. H1I greeted each in turn and chatted for a few moments before shaking hands. At times the President's voice tremb led as be extended his thanks for past services an(l good wishes for the fu ture. Each of the dlepartment heads ex pressed to the Chief Executive a few wordls of appreciation for his helpful ness and coopercation wvith their re spective departments. They have ar rangedl to purchase the chair wvhich the President has occupied at Cabinet meetings dluring his twvo administra tions for presentation to him before his departure from the White Hlouse CHIAMP' CLARK VERY LOW Washington, March 1.-The condi tion of Representative Champ Clark, Democratic leader of the House, con tinues "extremely grave," his physi eian, Dr. JIesse S~houp, announced to night. Mr. Clark had a slight rally late in the afternoon and took some liquid nourishment, Dr. * Shoup saidl, andl is conscious. The former speaker's pulse also was said to be stronger tonight. Many telegrams; from all parts of the country were receivedl today in quiring as to the IDemocratic leader's condlition. Constant inqIuiries were madle throughout the day by col leagues, Republicans as well, as Decmo crats, and~ among those who called was Representative Mann, of Illinois who as the Republican lender of th( House opposedI Mr. Clark for tht sp~eakersh ip. Mrs. J. 0. Tolbert who has beer spendling some tiDUe with her parents Mr. and Mirs. E. J. Browvne has re turned- to her home in Washington D. C. LOCAL HAPPENINGS Of IW[NTY YEARS AGO March 6, 1901 I Mrs. M. E. Burgess is visiting rela tives in Sumter. Mr. E. C. Horton, Jr., left last Fri day for Baltimore to attend business college. C Misses May Wilson and Mayme An- t derson accompanied Miss Rosa Steele t to her home in Yorkville last Monday. N Mr. Charles Evans, representing the t lumber mills of the D. W. Alderman o & Sons Co., of Alcolu, has opened up v an office in the city of Columbia. e Dr. R. B. Rhett of Charleston, spent v last Saturday in Manning on profes- i sionql business in the family of Dr. t W. M. Brockinton, whose daughter c Edna is quite ill. It 1) e Mr. Stephen Thomas of the firm of Id Stephen Thomas & Bros., jewelers, in S Charleston, is in Manning on a visit a to his dai-ghter, Mrs. W. Scott lar- fi vill. 8 ti Mi:. A. Loryea, accompanied by his ia daughter, Miss Annie, left last Mon- E day to visit his daughter, Mrs. .J. E. Barnett, at Mayesville. h2 The barn and stables belonging' to v Mr. W. E. Daniels, about three miles r north of Manning, were destroyed by e fire last Saturday night and the loss e was severe. The barn contained about V 500 bushels of corn and other pro- o duce, besides nearby was his forage t which was also destroyed. There was f no insurance and nothing saved. t -- - ( WILSON AND HARDING a TO L4IAD INOUGURAL PARTY TO CAPITOL C Washington, March 1.-President f Wilson expects to attend the inaugu- 1 ration of Vice President Coolidge in t the Senate chamber Friday, but 0 whether he will witness the inaugu- 4 ration of President Harding may not 4 he decided until inauguration (lay. Final arrangements for President Wilson to accompany Mr. Harding to the capitol Friday morning were made todahy at a conference between Sen ator Knox, of Pennsylvania, chairman of the joint congressional inaugura tion' committee, and Secretary Tumul ty. As the program was worked out, the congressional committee will call on Mr. Harding and Mr. Coolidge at the new Willard Hotel Friday morn ing at 10:30 o'clock. From the hotel the party will go to the White House and take President Wilson into the automobile of the President-elect. Thel start will then be made for the cap itol with a view to arriving there a 11 o'clock so President Wilson will have time to act on the bills passed, iin tle closing hours .of this session of Congress. 11 There will be at least four automo- I biles of the inaugural party, President Wilson, Mr.~Harding, Senator Knox, representing the Senate, and Repre sentative Cannon, of Illinois, actietr fo rthe House, will ride in the first. The second automobile will carry Mrs. Wilson anil Mrs. Harding, with other miembers of the congressional commit tee. The third automobile wvill beat Vice President Marshal and Mr. Cool idge, and the fourth the wives of the Vice President and Vice President elect, with other members of the con- I gressional committee. There wvill be the usual staff of secret service men in another machine and( also cars for newvspaper correspondlents. Trhe party will be escorted by trops of calvary from Fort Myer. After arrival at the capitol P resi (lent Wilson and Mr. Harding will go1 to the President's private room, on the Senate chamberi ,er . Hr ing wvill receive visitors, while Presi dlent Wilson acts on the final legisla tion of Congress. *Jutst be fore the adjournment of Congress the President andl President elect wvill enter the Senate chamber andl from adljacent chairs view the swearing in of Mr. Coolidge and listen1 to his adldress. At the conclusion of the ceremony Mr. Hardling will go through the cap itol to the east portico, after all Sen ators and guests have taken their places about the speaking standl. HE ALTHn NOTES Last week Miss Moore examined l20~ children of the Paxville School and founad that 16 of this numbeur needed no treatment. Thiere was only one case of hookwvorm, which is much less than the average. The percentage ofi fective teeth was lowver than usual also. Howecver, there is great room for1 improvement in other respects. The tenhers are much interested in1 every thing that makes for the welfare of their pupils and Miss Moore feels that with their splendid cooperation condlitions will be much improvedl. "00 SOUTH CARC ' IN PALMA] 'avorite Young Women in 45 Coun ties Competing Ibr Supreme Hon or During Big Week at Columbia. Columbia Raises $10,000 Enter tainment Fund at Big Mass Meet ing. Every county in South Carolina (ex apt Richland, which is not in the con mst) is busy selecting it's most at ractive and popular young woman to o to Columbia during the week of larch 28 to April 2 as representative : the big Palmetto State Festival, ne of the most elaborately planned reeks of pleasure and social gaiety ver held in the Sor Ah. The young ladies selected by the arious counties will be sent to Co inibia as the special honor guests of he Palnafesta association and the apital city. They will be royally en ertnined for the entire week and all xpenses will be paid. There will be ances, parades, a grand ball at the tate house, and many other features rranged in their honor. They will bel limed by one of the bignational movie ervices and their pictures will be brown on the screen far and wide as n advertisement of the ol Palmetto tate. While these 45 representative young romen are in Columbia, there will be eld a general election to determine 'hich will have the supreme honor of uling as Queen of Palmafesta. This lection promises to be the most inter sting and exciting feature of the big reek. Richland county and the city f Columbia will have no candidate, he people there casting their ballots or the young women from other sec ions. The grand prize awarded the lueen will be a complete and elabor te spring outfit, from head to foot. The big feature parade will center round the young ladies now being hosen to represent their respective ounties in the State-wide contest. A lower decorated automobile will be rovided for each county in the State, he name of the ciunty being worked ut in flowers in the ' decorative cheme. In these cars will ride the 5 young women representating the 5 South Carolina counties. VOTING Queen of 1 "PA LMA FESTA" Manning Times, Gentlemen: My choice for Queen Name Address This coupon good for one vote. scripton to This Newspaper count IANNING SCHOOL NOTES Prof. N. Gist Gee of the Summer 'in graded school was a pleasant visi or to our school Monday. le gave is a very interesting talk in chapel mnd was with us all day. The ninth and eleventh grade iturary society met Wedn'esday the !3rd. A very interesting program vas rendered. It war, quite an im >rovemlent over the previous meetings. Mr. Helms took the eleventh grade Iown to the powver house last .Wed esuday, to see the dynamo operate. r.Lucius Hlarvin dlemonstrated it to hem in an interesting andl instrue lve manner. TIhe ninth grade gave Miss Mahaf ey a surprise birthday >arty Wed 1esdlay morning. Jack beralId fur. iished the cake and candles. As the andlles were lighted byr Miss Ma maffey the members of the class made Aishes for her futufec happiness. Tlhy -ake wvas thcen cut which was enjoyed y all. Thursday and Friday was spent ndicing tests wvhich finished up the nionth of February. Mr. H ooker, the singer in thce M iley and Hooker revival meeting at the riIesbyterian) church, visited the school Phursday and gave a very interesting alk to the hiigh school pertaining to he government of his country, the Ireat English Empire. He revealed nany new - facts about the govern nent and everyone enjoyed the talk rery much. l)EATHl OF Mlt. BUNYAN IIAltVIN Died in Asheville, N. C., last Sun.. lay, Mr. .John Bunyan liarvin of su mmerton. 'The dleceased had been n ill health for about a year. When ie found he had an incurable disease le left his home in Clarendon and sought heacIlh in the mountains. Mr l larvin was a large lahnter, a consis Lent miember of the flaptist church and 'ine of our best citizens. The body was brought to Sunmmerton Tuesday muorning, and a fter the funeral ser 'ices in the Baptist church, conducted av Rev'. .J. A. A nsley, and Dr. Thayer >f Sumtgr the remaims were laid to est in the family cemetery there. Mr Itarvin leaves a widlow, who was Miss Sarah Hlarvin of Manning and four :h il'lren, several br'others, one sister ind a host of relatives nnd friennda. )LINA GIRLS FESTA CONTEST The Palmafesta association hasI closed a contract with the world famous Scotch Kilties band of 45 pieces. This organization will lead the automobile parade of county dele gates for Quehn, and will furnish two programs of music daily during the big week. National manufacturers, and auto mobile dealers throughout South Caro lina are working together with the ob jcct of making the auto, truck and tractor show the largest ever put on in the South. Interest in the "Better Babies" shov is being manifested in every county of the State, and the "Baby Parade" will be one of the most interesting attractions. The commit tee in charge of the Style Show prom ises some surprises in the display of gowns and other fashionable spring npparel for women. New - York models will be used in displaying the new spring wearables. The auto show, and fireworks display will be staged at the State Fair Grounds, where cla borate decorative arrangements cost ing nearly $10,000 are now being made. More than $2A,000 will be spent by the Palmafesta association in the var ious features planned for the week. More than $10,000 raised in a little less thani one hour at an enthusiastic mass meeting at the Richland county court house gave clear evidence that the people of Columbia are not pessi mistic as to the future, and also show ed that they are determined to pro vide for the people of South Carolina a week of fun, entertainment and gaiety such as has not heretofore been enjoyed in this section. of thel country. Every speech made prior to the re ceiving of subscriptions for Palmafes ta rAng with optimism and confide' .e, and when the call for actual subscrip tions came, the money was subscribed quickly. The chairman of the fin'ance committee, W. A. Coleman, set as the goal $10,000 and the crowd came across with the amount asked for, and went i little beyond it. $15,000 will be spent in addition to the $10,000 raIsed by public subscription. COUPON "almafesta of Palmafesta is: k Yearly, Paid-in-advance Sub s 100 Votes. SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING What promised to be one of the best Sunday School gatherings ever helal in the Sumter District is the District Sunday School Conference to be held in Manning, May 17th and 18th. Already 1plans have been made look ing toward a most effective program, and efforts will he made to secure the attendance of a large number of rel resentative workers with in the dis trict. A prlogranm comm01ittee has been a p pointedl, which is comp~osedl of Dr. D). M. McLeodl, Presiding Elder; Ion Chau-lton D~uRant, District,President; and( Miss .Jessie Curtis, District Ele.. men ta ry Superintendent. Miss Mamnie J. Chandler, of Sumter, is chairman of the Publicity Committee.. T1he Conference will be he ld under the direction of thle District Sundlay School oflicers and the fldh worker's of the Con ference Sunday School Board. Following are the distr-ict of ficers, including presidents of the sub dlistricts: Hlon. Charlton D~uRant, Manning; Rev. D. M. McLeod, D). I)., Sumter; Miss Maihel Stuckey, Bishop ville; Miss .Jessie Curtis, Paxville; 19iss Mamie ,J. Chandiler, Sumter: Mr-. J. E. Rowe, Sumimerton; Mrs. C. A. Onsrud, Elliott; Mr-. A. IL. Luce, Man ning; Mr. Josephl Spirott, Manning; Mr. S. N. Welch, Elliott; Mr. D). L. SowellI, Camden; D)r. F". M. Zenmp, Camden; P'rof. WV. S. Hogan, Lykes land. Tlhe field workers of the Con ference Sunday School Board are as follows: Rev'. J. Emerson Ford, General Secre tary; Miss Paul ine Suddath, Ele mnentary Superintendent; and Miss Elizabeth Brailsford, Office Secre tary. The headquarters of the Con ference Boarid are in Orangeburg. .All pastors, Sunday School sup~er imtendlents, and at least two other rep resenitativas frbnm every church in the district are e'xpecte'd to be presen~t at the conference in Manning. The num.. ber of pastors is twenty-three and the number of churches is sixty. Capt. J. A. James of Summertoni was a business visitor to Columb'a yesterd(ay. Manager Thanks of The Pastime Theatre is giv'ing away piano copies of the famous sng '"lnn Bolt." 'OURT CONVENES IN MANNING MARCH 14th The follo.wing is the jury: Holdover Grard Jury T'. . Lee G. M. Smith R. W. Chewning 11. D. Dubrow D. M. Bagnal J. S. Ridgeway. Grand Jury .J... 1. Morris, Gable Thos. Ninimer, Manning .1. P. Coleman, Silver E. A. Fleming, New Zion R. ). White, Sardinia 11. J. Broadway, Manning T. C. Felder, Suimerton W. 1. Keels, Paxville A. .1. Barnes, Foreston S. M. Reardon, Manning G. C. Beatson, Manning S. W. Jarron, Manning Petit .Jury Rt. B. Billups, Summe-rton C. Ml. Fulton, Foreston 1-1. 0. Gibbon, Turbeille .1. M. Harrington, New Zion H-. K. Beatson, Manning D. M. Vassar, Turbeille D.' C. Beard, Turbeville A. .1. Geddings, Paxville C. MiA. McElveen, Manning C. B. Brunson, Davis Station J. 11. Touchberry, Manning S. E. McFaddin, Sardinia .1. M 1. Kelly, Manning .J. M. Elliot, Silver W. T. Tobias, Jr., Manning S. W. Thompson, Manning J. J. Hicks, Turbeville C. E. Davis, Manning WV. M. Lewis, Manning W. D. Richbourg, Davis Station J. V. Carrigan, Summerton Clarence Iseian, DMianning M. E. DuBose, Sardinia W. S. Anderson, Blooniville .J. Ht. Holliday, Paxville N. L. DuRant, Alcolu B. A. Weinberg, Manning F. A. Felder, Sumnimerton H1. W. McFalddin, Gable J. N. Brown, Jr.,- Paxville .j. B. Thames, 'Manning W. H1. Smith, New Zion E. A. Burgess, Manning B. 1. Hodge, Manning G. M. Bratdham, Manning -Jake Iseian, Manning. Seond Week Jury oe louch berry, Paxville E. L. Fairy, Silver .1. 11. Boswell, Foreston A. R. Brown, Summerton Ail. ). Alsbrook, Manning J. G. Corbett, Paxville Ml. B. Hudnal, Alcolu G. H. Curtis, PAxville 1'. M. YoungManning J. B. Emanuel, Alcolu 1). Ml. Rodgers, Summerton .J. F'. Bethune, Manning C. It. Broadway, Paxville Leo Strange, Wilson J. S. Cantey, .Ir., Sumimerton J. 1). Daniel, Jr., Alcolu 11. 11. Garland, Sardinia j. MN. Grahlaml, Alcolu L. 1'. ElImore, Alcolu G. A. Holliday, Foreston C. H. Nelson, Ianning W. .J. Buddin, Turbeville Ht. 13. Richardson, Suimtiton W. ). Wilson, Paxville ). '. Plowden, Man inng R. C. Broadway, Paxville T. -J. Louder, Alcolu I.. S. Stone, P'axville W. .1. Brunson, Summlerton A. I. Reese, Alcolu A. T. Walters, Silvcr .J. M. Rowe, Summerton It. E-,. Davis, Summerton C. P., Ridgeway, Bloomville C. N. Sprott, M'anr.ing WX. TI. Briggs, Silver. CARLIH~NA MAN RESIGNS Washington, March 1 .---James M1. Banker, of South Carolina, former sec retary of the Senate and for the past two years dleput y commissioner of in. ternalI revenue in charge of the dIe partmnent of tax sales, has tendered his resignation to t he commissioner of internal revenue', who has accepted the. resignation wvith expressions of re.. gret after u~irg ing Mr . Baker not to relinqjuish the p)ositionl. Mr. Baker has been for twenty-eight years in public serv ice, wvith a dIis. tingu ished record of efliciency and ae LiompIilshmen t. He[ has miade ana in lportnant business conntset ion in New York and Washington andi will dievote his ent irie time to hiis pi-ivate affairs. It was his dlesire to take up private buosiness several months ago, hut at the apecial request; of the comm is sioner of internal revenue he deferred his rethi iamen t from the deput~y com imissionersh ip until F'ebrua ry 28. The hneds of t he div isioni in the sales tax unit presen ted Mr. Baiker with a hand some gold watch ail chain as a token of their estecem when he left the of CHIANGE FOR GREEN11ORO G reenb~oro, N. C., March 1.-Thei voters of Greensboro today tu rned their hlacks on the commission form of government and by a majority of over 1 ,200 adopted the counicil-man nger form. DECISION BY JUDGE SMITH IS REVERSED Sunrene Court Rules in Favor of "Whiskey Runner." NO RIGHT TO SEARCH HOME Action of Internal Revenue Agents is Held to Be Unconstitutional Washington, Feb. 28.-Today the Supreme Court of the United States reversed Judge Smith of the Federal District Court of Eastern South Caro lina in the case of Lawrence Amos, of Marion County, an alleged "blockade" whiskey seller, on grounds involving the search of premises by federal rev e(nue agents without a warrant. The Supreme Court declares such search unconstitutional. Amos was indicted on six counts. On four of which he was acquitted, but was convicted on counts of re moving whiskey on which the federal tax had not been paid and of selling whiskey without perment or the fed eral tax. It was brought out in the trial before Judge Smith's court that P. J. Coleman, and A. A. Rector, rev enue agents went to Amos' house to search the premises, stating :hat they were officers. Amos wife said he was not at home but she permitted the search and the agents found in a bar rel of peas a bottle containing about half a pint of blockade whiskey, and under a (quilt two quart bottles of similar liquor. They had no . - rch warrant and no warrant for the ar rest of Amos. They submitted as evi dence a small quantity of liquor which the ysai(d was fro mthe bottles which they found in Amos' house. Justice Clark, writing the opinion of the Supreme Court declares that the cross examination of the govern ment witnesses shows clearly the un constitutional.cha'racter of the seizure by which the property which the government introduced as evidence, was obtained. Content ion that the constitutional rights of the defendant were waived by the act of his wife admitting the searchers is not sustained, the highest court holding that'there was implied coercion in the 'ireimstances. The Supreme Court om.nds the matter for further action in accordatnce with the decision announced today. The case was argued before the Su preme Court last Decem-ber by R. Dozier Lee, of Sumter, and C. A. Dotglass, of Washington, for the de fepdant and by- District Attorney F. 1. Weston for the government. Evidence Not Admitted Washington, Fel. 29.-Evidence ob tain(ed by revenue agents in raids conducted without a search warrant can not be adimitted in court proceed-' ings, the Supreme Court. ruled today in setting aside the conviction in South Carolina of Lawrence Amos. Amos was eonvicted of removing (istilledl spirits on which the taxes bad not Ieen pa id to a place other than a dlistillery warehouse and of concealing suelt spirits. In aplpealing to the higher court he alleged that the fourth and fifth a mendments to the federal Constitution had been vio Ilated when federal officers searched his home without a warrant. ASSEMBFLYFAL 'TO( ELECT' J1USTrICE No Material C'hange in V'otes for Newv Associate Just(ice C olumibia , M~arichi 1. N"o election resulte din the six ballots for an As sociate ,Justice at. tonigh t's session. TIhere was no flpate'rial change in the situation and app~arenltly no symptoml has manifested a break. The vote on e'ach of the ballots tonight resulted as follows: 1st. 2d1. 3d. 4th. 5th. 6th. Marion ...39) 39 37 411 41 40 Shipp -- .241 23 21 25 23 22 Carter- . ....48 '49 48 49 49 51 Bionhami 38 34 4H 35 35 33 Necesmary to ech-et. 76;, 75, 76, 74. There were scattering votes on each of the ballots whici(h (did not affect the, result. TIhere haye been thirty bal lots in all without avail. The ballot' ing wvil bIe resumedo tomorrow morn ~ing. at 10 o,'clock. ILieu tena nt Governor l arvey hus tiled things through 'so that the bal lots~ each consuomedl sixte(en minutes. Thswas a record. When the Senate r'eturnied to its hall several local hi lls were taken up. The Spartanburg grade crossing bill was a stumbling block. The Senate woiuldl not take it u1p and adljournedl to meet at 10 o'clock in the morning.