Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I COOLIDGE TALKS 1 TO BUSINESS MEN PRESIDENT IN NEW YORK AO. DRESS GIVES REASSURANCE TO BUSINESS. New York. ? President Coolidge held out a promise to business that It need fear no Interference from his admin istration po long as It confines Itself to legitimate activities. Addressing one thousand New York business executives at the 157th an nual banquet of the state chamber of oommerce, he emphasized the desir ability of the "largest possible inde pendence between government and business"; declared that business should bo "unhampered and free"; ad mitted that "proper regulation and control' 'of business are "disagreeable and expensive," and expressed the be lief that. Judged by its conduct during the last few years, business can be trusted to keep its own house In order. Carrying out his thought that gov ernment and business "each ought to be sovereign in its own sphere." the President said: "When government comes unduly under the influence of business, the tendency is to develop an administra tion which closes the door of oppor tunity, becomes narrow and selflsh In its outlook, and results in oligarchy. "When government enters the field of business with its great resources, it has a tendency to extravagance and inefficiency, but. having the power to crush all competitors, likewise closes the door of opportunity and results in monopoly." Repeatedly during his address, the President was applauded, his audience giving approval to his expressed atti tude toward business; to his appeal for continued government economy and efficiency; to his appeal for Amer ican adherence to the world court. "I can think of no more assuring action," said Mr. Coolidge, "than the declaration of America that it will wholeheartedly Join with others in the support of the tribunal for the admin istration of international justice which they have created." Citing George Washington as a lead er who did not hesitate to meet peril, encounter danger or make sacrifices, the President, appealing for support for world court adherence, declared thai "we must meet our perils; we must encounter our dangers; we must make our sacrifices; or history will recount that the works of Washington have failed." 8. C. Woman to Head U. D. C. Hot Springs. Ark. ? After having spent most of the day in electing offi cers, choosing Mrs. St. John Ellison Dawton of Charleston, S. C., as presi dent-general. delegates to the annual convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy enjoyed a historical session instead of the customary busi ness meeting. The outstanding event of the pro gram was the awarding of crosses of ? service to Colonel Warren Jefferson Davis, of San Diego, Calif.," and First lieutenant Samuel T. Smith, of Con way, Ark. The national organization has In recent years made it a custom to present these medals to two men who were connected with acts of brav ery during the world war and who are descendants of Confederate soldiers or sailors. Mrs. Frank Harroli of Americus, < Oa., the retiring president general, re lated to the delegates the service rr cords of Colonel Davis and Lieutenant Smith. The crosses were presented by Miss Mnry B. Poppenhelm, of Charleston, S. ('., a former president general. Such Victims Are Paid Last Honor. Plymouth, England. ? An impressivo tribute whs paid by the B-Jtlsh Navy to the memory of the 68 officers and men who perished In the Monitor Sub marine M-l a week ago. A fleet of warships assembled at <iawn at the spot off the Devonshire coast whero the M-l made her fatal <live.. The burial service for those who die at sea was read aboard the submarine parent ship Maidstone, af ter which wreaths were thrown upon the water. Two Miner* Are Blsat Vlctlma. Madison, Ky. ? Two men were killed ?nd three were entombed In a shaft mine of the Finley Coal Company by ?n explosion In the mine. Mine offi cials said the explosion was believed to have been caused by a "windy shot." Two mon escaped. Tho dead are Holla Vaughn. 32. and his brother, Harold, sixteen. V Major Bills Are Being Studied. Washington - With the Ways and Means Committee already far advanc ed in Its preparation of a tax bill, a second House Committee began work on major legislation for the coining session of Congress. Tho committee was one of several which arc to frame the appropriation hills, and Its particular task Is tho supply measure for the Post office De partment. It is the plan No have the t :* x bill And thero of tho approprlat cm bllla feady by the time Congress m v-iu. BOTH FEUDIST8 IN DUEL 8LAIN. Ashevlile, N. C. ? The hand of an old mountain feud has again cast Its shadow across the wooded hills of North Carolina, and this time a leading citizen of his com munity and his slayer are dead as the result of wounds Inflicted dur ing a duel which occurred on a lonely mountain road in Madison county, close to the Tennessee line. Dr. I. E. Burnett, of Mars Hill, met Walton Ray a few miles be low Shelton Laurel, and the two combatants started shooting with out argument. Dr. Burnett was killed, according to reports of the affair received here/ but only after he had Inflicted severe wounds on his enemy. Reports from that section are to the effect that an old family quarrel was the cause of the affray, although the details as to the aggressor are lacking. ALCOHOL IS GREAT MENACE i GEN LINCOLN C. ANDREWS AND I OTHERS ADDRESS THE W. C. T. U. Detroit. ? The challenge of an unfin ished tusk was emphasized by national law enforcement officers, and state and national temperance leaders address ing the fifty-first annual convention of, the national Woman's Christian Tern- . perance Union. I Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews, chief ol I the federal prohibition forces; Dr. ! Ernest G. Harrington. Rev. Scott Mc- ; Bride, general superintendent of the ? Anti-Saloon League of America, and I others, stressed the seriousness of the present situation in this country, the j necessity for awakening a national j consciousness and Inspiring a united j effort for effective law enforcement, j The purposes of the American pro- j hibltlon fortes, Dr. Harrington said, I is to take the gospel of prohibition to ! the rest of the world. "We must enlist the moral forces i of other countries to bring such pres- ! sure on their government as will help free our International border of rum row smugglers' row, which, under the j protection of foreign flags, are seeking j to break down our laws and defy the j constitution of this nation. "We must defeat the rapidly grow- j Ing International liquor traffic; we ; must work to protect the vast Invest- j ments which the American churches j have made and are making in foreign I missionary fields. The aggressive j liquor traffic directed from Christian I countrhs if today penetrating to the 1 very heart of those eastern countries where 600,000.000 persons have been under the influence of total abstain- I ence for long centuries. I The influence of those total abstin ence religions Is waning and the In- | flyence of the alcoholic trafTlc is grow ing by leaps and bounds threatening in Africa to create a world menace by the debauching of lf.0,000,000 lgnor- j ant and superstitious black men and threatening in the Orient to create a \ real yellow peril such as the people i of Europe and American have not jet j dreamed. General Andrews explained the de- | tailed working of the reorganized pro hibition forces, declaring that the ag- \ grescive attack of the liquor law traf fic forces only could be halted by a | nt. !f 'd front of citizens In community, ri?y, state and nation. I Raleigh Bandit Slain In Fight. | Raleigh, N. C. ? Metropolitan bandit- I ry in a small town cost the life of ' "Slim" Anderson. the bandit, and I caused wounds to Policeman Will Man gum from which his recovery was re garded uncertain Anderson was shot down by a volley of fire from police guns after he had puncthred Mangum's abdomen with a ball from his own pistol when others sought his capture following a bold robbedy of a man's clothing store in the heart of the business district. The bandit died In a hospital at r?:3fV0'clock after having given flirec.- , tlons to the county coroner as to where his body should he sent The policeman was resting well at the hos ?pltal, but definite Information as to his condition awaited the completion of an X-ray examination. Kill# Sweetheart and Then Himaelf. Jersey City, N. .1.- Joseph Palinerl. 23. a North Bergen special podceman, shot to death his 21 year old swoot heart, Miss Minnie Schlelssler in the bedroom of her home at Union City. Palmer! then shot himself fatally Margaret Schlelssler ,a sister, found the bodies when she returned from a movie allow. She fainted Laat Survivor of Perry Pannes. Bautimore. Lieutenant Arthur Sin clalr, believed to have been the last survivor of Perry's expedition to Japan In 1851. died here He was years old. In 1R.*>1 Lieutenant Sinclair was serving on tho 1' S S Supply, com nianded by his father. Lieutenant Sinclair was aide to Ad miral Buchanan on fho Cofederate Ironclad Merrlmac during the historic engagement In Hampton Roads, and later was on officer on the cruiser Ala bamft. stink dff Cherbourg by the C* S. 8. Kcrsarge In 1S64. EVERY ALCOHOL PERMIT REVOKED MOST DRASTIC STEP SINCE THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE DRY LAW. Washington. ? Taking one of the most drasttc steps since the reorgani zation of federal prohibition enforce ment 'began last April, the treasury revoked, effective December 31, every outstanding alcohol permit Issued un - der the federal prohibition law. Sim ultaneously, a sweeping ^investigation was begun to determine whether any or all of the permits should be re newed. As an immediate result of this de cision numerous court proceedings by permit holders were indicated. An nouncement of the revocation order quickly spread among lawyers who have devoted attention to prohibition questions, and some of them are un derstood to have advised their inter ested cleints that injunction proceed ings should be Instituted immediately j to compel its withdrawal. The revocation decision was signed j by Secretary Mellon and C. R, Nash, i acting commissioner of internal rev- j enue. Unless court proceedings cause | its renewal, its effect will be to sub- j ject every holder of a permit desiring a new one to an annual investigation j by federal agents to determine whether , there have been violations of law j which would preclude a re issue of the i permit. "All basic permits issued under titles two and three of the national ; prohibition act shall expire on Decern- | ber 31, 1925, and thereafter all basic ! permits Issued prior to August 31, of i any calendar year, shall expire op De- j cember 31. All basic permits issued j after August 31, of any calendar year shall expire on December 31 of the succeeding calendar year, provided that the foregoing! shall not apply to basic permits issued after August 31, 1925, to expire on December 31, 1926. Fire Dettroy* Clyde Steamer. Lewis, Del. ? The Clyde Line steam ship Lenape was destroyed by fire and scuttled In the Delaware breakwater after a 30 mile race from the open sea with flames sweeping her hold and roaring up through the cabins and decks and after all but one of 350 pas sengers and crew had been safety landed by coaat guard cutters and pilot boats. One passenger became panic | stricken, Jumped overboard aild wan drowned. He was Robert Leverton ot Wlllimsett. Mass. The suvlvors, who spent a night of terror and uncertainty on the burning ship were separated into two parties, one hurrying by special train to Jack j aonville, Fla., while the others, con j slating mainly of the crew, were re turning to New York In a second spec I ial train. Severaf passengers were injured, but j none seriously; a few required hospital ? treatment, while others were kept in ' ihe Beebe hospital for a few hours, leaving later and Joining the other passengers. I To Improve Crop Reporting Plan. ! Washington. ? Preparation of legis lation to change the crop reporting I system of the government to prevent ! | speculation on the cotton exchanges | ! has been undertaken by Senator Har- ' | ris, democrat, Georgia, a former dlrec- ' : tor of the census bureau. Senator Harris has conferred with both census bureau and department | of agriculture ofTlclals and they havo I endorsed his plan. He purposes the Improvement of methods of crop re porting rather than their abolishment. Broadly, his ffl?in Is to have the census bureau and agriculture depart ! ment publish dally Information from ; crop reporters Instead of semi-month j ly. The July and August estimates of j the total crop from the year would he j abandoned but on September 1 an e^ 1 I tlmate would be made from the con ^ j ditlon of the crop and the acreage ? I abandoned would be announced. Forecasts would be made on the basis of the department's experience in past years and condition as to the [ | probable amount of cotton crop for a | year. The reports would ho withheld | until after the close of the exchanges I and the New York and New Orleans cotton exchanges would bo required | to report dally total transactions for ! the day and month. These changes, the Oeorgla senator declared, largely would remove the speculative feature of the crop reports j and by preventing unwarranted hear J raids on the market would add millions I each years to the purses of southern farmers. Radio Business Shows Growth. Chicago Radio has climbed In "? little more than five years from the hobby of a few scientists with a total annual business of less than $C>, 000,000 to a business of more than $500,000,000 in 1925. a growth almost unparallellol in American history. Schools, chutchen, and newspapers havo seized upon this new medium of reaching the homes until one third of the broadcasting stations which sup ply the entertainment for the millions of sets are operated by these three groups. FOUR DROWNED IN NEW YORK GALE. Buffalo. N. Y. ? Three men and a ?woman were drowned when three bargee broke loose from their tug near the entrance to the Buffalo Harbor. A 70-mlle-an-hour gale drove the barges against a break water. Two of the barges, the Jerry V. Petrle and S. V. Petrle. were In tow of the tub Barrlton from Cleve land for Buffalo. The barge Annie O'Connor also was lost. Mr. and Mrs. George Dahl. of Tonawanda, were drowned when they were swept off the Jerry P. Petrle. Jensen, address unknown, was lost with the S. V. Petrle. An unidentified man wn: drowned when the third barge wus wrecked. TAX REDUCTION LIMIT REACHED: j i DOOR CLOSED AGAINST FURTHER PROPOSALS FOR RELIEF, SAYS GREEN. Washington. ? The limit in tax re i ductlon for next year has been reach- ; ed by the house ways and means com- , mittee in revisions already approved for the new revenue bill. Chairman : Green declared In announcing that the door was closed against further pro posals for tax relief. The J304.000.000 cut in revenue next i year estimated to result from revisions 1 ordered by the committee in tax rates. I he said, is all the treasury can stand. ! The chairman's statement, is believ ed not only to mean there will be no further alterations in the tax rate schedules by the committee but that the threatened fight in the house for! greater reductions in the automobile ' tax than have been voted by the com mittee will be opposed vigorously. He peal of the automobile passenger car , levy would cut another $50,000,000 from the annual revenue. Chairman Green said he expected the committee to complete the drafting j of the tax reduction bill this week, 1 thus assuring early consideration by j the house soon after Congress con-! venes December 7. As agreed upon by the committee. | the bill will provide for widespread j reductions in all income tax rates, in- j creased personal exemptions, repeal j of many of the excise and special j levies, repeal of the gift tax and pub- j licity of Income tax returns, and modi- I ' flcatlon of the inheritance tax. Chairman Green in his statement, I said he believed the treasury's! estl- [ mato of the probable surplus fnr the i next fiscal year, placed at $290. 000, 000 by Secretary Mellon, was too j "conservative." "As a consequence," he said, "I have been asked why the reduction to be effected by the bill is not made larger. There are many who think that Is 1 should be carried at least up to $250,- 1 000.000 and some that would advance It I to $400,000,000 or even $500,000,000. although in the latter case, my under standing Is, It is Intended to apply the payments received from European j countries to ordinary expenses Instead ' of using them to reduce the national i debt. Favor Leasing Muscle Shoals, Washington. ? The Muscle Shoals, commission passed out of existence ( with the filing with President Coolidge of a report embodying the recommen- I (latlons*of the majority of the commis sion for the disposition of the govern-! nient's property in Alabama. A minority report will be forwarded | to the President later, the two dissent ing commlsslonerspiiVilllam McCloIlan, ' of New York, and Harry A. Curtis, of Yale university, not being prepared to Rubmlt their recommendation. The majority report was carried to I the White Houso by former Senator Nat R. Dial, of South Carolina, acting chairman of the commission, and Wll- ! Ilam Murray, secretary of the commis sion. The report was slRiied by Chair man McKenzle, of Illinois, Russell j Fl>wer, of the American Farm Bureau ; Federation, and Mr. Dial. Italy Makes Her Initial Payment. i Washington.? The Treasury held a signed agreement for the funding of j Italy's war debt to the United States, . and an order on the Italian treasury for $5,000,000 as the firat payment un der the terms of the pact. President Coolidge affixed his signa ture to the document not long after Secretary Mellon and ' Count Volpl, heads of the American and Italian commissions, respectively, had signed the agreement Count Volpl, a few hours later, hand ed over "the check," as he (ailed it,! as proof of "the sincerity of purposo" i of his government In the settlement. , Champ Sugar Spud. Charleston What Is believ d to he I the champion sweet potato of Charles ton was grown by R .1 Clifton of. 20 Mount P!i*as?iiit s^eet ?nd exhibited hy him in The Kvenlng Post office. The giant tuber weighs 1.1 pounds and six i ounces and Its girth Is such that It reminds the h -'holder of n pumpkin more than a potato Mr Clifton said that ho raised the giant !n his own | g-trden that he tended h.mself and he could give no reasons for the record breaking size except tha' the soil was unusually suited for potato culture. I > I ' DAUGHTERS ARE ill ANNUAL SESSIUN SOLDIERS, STATESMEN AND CLUB WOMEN ARE ON PRO GRAM. Hot Springs, Ark. ? Soldiers, stateB men and club women shared the pro gram of the opening session of the 32nd annual convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Vis itors praised the daughters for their services to humanity and predicted that the organization would win even greater honors iu the future. Among the speakers were General W. B Freeman of Richmond, Va., com mander in chief of the United Con federate veterans; Governor Tom J. Terrell, of Arkansas; the Rev. James R. Winchester, bishop of the Protes tant Episcopal church in Arkansas; Mrs. Samuel Preston Davis, of Little Rock, president of the national society United States Daughters of 1 S 1 2 . and Dr. \V. C. Galloway, of Wilmington, N. C., commander in chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. General Freeman made a plea 'or a j correct history of the "lost cause," and recounted the history of Virginia in the confederacy, asserting that the state delayed action "until she was satisfied her cause was the cause of right, the defense of which she neither could nor would evade." The general also urged the daught ers to aid in construction of the Stono Mountain Memorial near Atlanta, Ga., through the sale of Stone Mountain memorial half dollars; declaring that the veterans were profoundly interest ed in the monument, "the unrivalled memorial the southern people are erecting to our old- commanders on the face of Stone mountain." Mrs. Davis told the delegates that the national society of the United Daughters of 1812 is a "connecting link between the past and the pres ent," and between "(he old North and the old South." In welcoming the visitors to her state, Mrs. Lora Gaines Goolsby, presi dent of the Arkansas division, recount ed that "it was an Arkansas writer, a very young man, who hud his poems accepted and published in the Black wood Magazine long before any of the famous New England group claimed such honors; the greatest Indian coun cil in history was held upon Arkansas soil; within her borders there lived for three years a President of the United States, and it was in Arkansas that our own Jefferson Davis wooed and won his bride ? the daughter of a Pres ident." Mrs. Boole New W. C. T. U. Head. Detroit. ? Mrs. Ella A. Boole, of Brooklyn, president of the New York State Woman's Christian Temperance union, became the fifth national presi dent of the national union, succeeding Miss Anna Adams Gordon, of Evans ton, Ills., who had guided the temper ance organization through the most productive years of its existence. Coolidge's Father Seriously III. Plymouth, Vt. ? The condition of Co). John Colldge, father of the President, h,.s taken a turn for the worse and 1$ now serious, his physic-inn, Dr. John C. Cram, of Bridgewater. said. The "heart block" from which he has suf fered became more pronounced and he has been ordered to abstain from all unnecessary activity. Dr. Cram said that Colonel Coolldge, although not in a critical state, was less well than he had been at any time since last summer. The physician is making two calls dally to the Cool id ge home. Methodmt Minister Shot Fredericksburg, Va. Rev. C. E Sey mour. Methodist minister of Wards Chapel, Md., suffered possible permnn ent Injury to both his eyes and other painful injuries about the face when he was accidentally shot while hunt ing in party of four men near Naylors, Richmond county. Mr. Seymour re c.oived a heavy load of buckshot almost full in the face. Man and Horses Killed. High Point. James Shepherd, voting white inttn, was killed instantly when Southern railway northbound passen ger train No. struck a wagon and team of horses which he was driving at a grade crossing. The horses also were killed The accident occurred at what is j known as the Tomlinson crossing, ono j block w;*st of the Southern passenger | station. Shepherd, who had been eni ployed by C. M Brown, of this city, I was riding alone on Brown's wagon. Chinese Generals Sign Agreement Shanghai The Eastern NV-ws agency learns from Peking that rep resenialives of Feng Yu Hsiang. the Christian general, ami Marshal Chang Tbo Bin, the Mam hurian war lord, have signed a peace agreement under which no Main hurian troops are to bo stationed at Tientsin. Itnl all are to re tire. v II Is also agreed to establish a joint office at Peking to discuss the ques lions of the premiership the recon struction of the cabinet and the elec tion- of a president. 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