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I Gibson Roasts The Legislature i ? Chester, August 10.?J. B. Gibson, I / Dillon, speaker of the South Caro L house of representatives, yesterI L tola the Rotary clufb here that I \l most depressing fWct in the govILment of this state today . is the IHwinir lack of confidence by the I ?Lle in I he I jfe wont into considerable details I depreciating several types of actions JTthe legislators? Among them, was I maintaining very many bureaus and I tommisaions to furnish Job. fpr relaI tives of solons, seising power over I eounty commissioners to goverri I counties, a hopeless mess of proceI dure under the present rules of the I ^ate and house, too long sessions, I md other reforms needed^ I part of the qpeech of iSpeaker GibI ion to the Rotarians here was thia: j I "The most distij^eing fact in the I governmental life 3* our state is the I Rowing lack of confidence by the j Lople in the legislative branch of I their government. Thia is most unforI tunste, because it is closer to the I people than any other lunR of our H fovernment. I "This loss of faith is attributable I to several causes: "The long sesison followed by extra I pay; the long and useless debates; I the dilatory tactics of the minority I to thwart the will of the majority; I the increase and expansion of govI irntnental activities And expenses, I when income was diminishing; issuI ing of bonds without submitting the I question to the peopde, and others that could be named. These have enI Rendered in the people an impatience II and diBtruBt that has given thought ful citizens deep conce|j|. I "With the continual increase and I txpansion of governmental activities I bureaus and commissions in the past I 15 years, the state government has < I developed into an enormous diversi! I (led and complicated business. No' prii I vats or corporate business can ap proach it. j "Many of these activities could I I and should be, consolidated and elimij I Dated, but this will never be accom piished until nepotism is abolished I ind members are prohibited from B practicing or appearing before the B departments of governments. (With J I this continual growth of governfl mental business the people of the I several counties should be careful in B the selection of those who will repreH lent them in the legislative halls of their state. j I "The citizenship of a county is gvnI eraily reflected in their representaI tivas. Certainly ihwt is the yardstick I I by which they are measured by the I I people of the state. - ? [ j "We are hopelessly bogged dojrn in B onr legislative procedure as now es; I tablished. j j "Unless this system is changed, j I the attitude of the people toward this [ I branch of our government will likely | I continue. J "long sessions are one of the main I reasons which resulted in this feeling I on the part of the people. I Many believe these long sessions j I are unnecessary, and are prolonged ; I in order to pass legislation which B could not be passed earlier in the | I session. B To shorten 'legislative sessions, I | I suggest: B "That the constitution be amended B waking it mandatory that a session I of the general assembly 'shall not exI ceed 40 days.' "The present constitutional provisI ion merely states that members of I the general assembly shall receive I compensation for only 40 days, conseI Quently a session can be prolonged I indefinitely, and in answer tx> those I who would contend otherwise, I just I Point to the fact that the two imH Portant measures passed at the 1933 I session, the schAel 'bil3 and- the apI Propriation bill, were both written I |ud passed in the closing days of the I general assembly. "1 further suggest: That the I budget commission, the finance comI wittee of the senate, and the ways I ln(i rneans committee of the house I Weet together prior to the convening I the general assembly and prepaje ^he appropriation bill and have it re*dy for introduction in the house ?u the first day of the term. Under the present procedure an appropriation bill is written four times: A"S' citizens" representing the feusln*88 and professional life of your immunity, I am sure this procedure PPeals to you as unbusinesslike, expensive in time and money and could simplified by the meeting together 0 the committees in advance of the ^sion. The members of the house and Knate committees should be paid a Reasonable Per diem and expenses for eir services ih meeting with the fret commission. As'proof that is suggestion is tenable, In 1932 e ways and means committee met * *eek prior to the convening of session and wrote the appropria10n hi I! an(j ready on the ? opening day. The house passed it on the 12th day of the session, an unheard of feht in recent legislative history. A short session was the result. "Every session differences arise among the delegations over their county expenditures and county government, and much valuable time is lost. "Members dislike to become involved in these local controversies, which frequently become bitter and embarrassing. Greenville is willing to let Charleston run its county government. This local linen should be washed at htnoe among the people who are directly interested. "I have always contended that the county government should be run by the county board of commissioners, or county managers as they are called in some counties. They are elected by the peoptle for this purpose. In fact they are the board of directors of the county and are usually as good, if not better, business men than the average legislative delegation. "For several years legislative delegations have assumed too much general authority over their county government and county officials. "The paramount duty of legislators is to see that wise and beneficial laws are passed, and that unwise and harmful laws are not passed. Any legislator whose vision cannot penetrate beyond the boundaries of his own county is of little value to either his county or state. "Section 6 of Article 8 of the constitution of this state provides that 'the corporate authorities of cities and towns in this state shall be vested with power to assess and collect taxes for corporate purposes,' etc. The supreme court of our state has held that this is a direction to the general assembly. "I propose, therefore, that this section of the constitution be amended so as to include counties. That the question be submitted to the peopte* at the elections next year, ahA 'If properly presented to the people they will vote for the amendment. "The general assembly can then enact legislation authorizing the several counties of the state to annually levy taxes necessary to run their county governments. "With county supply bills out of the way, members of the general assembly will then be enabled to give their entire attention to the major responsibility of statewide affairs. It will likewise be the means of shortening the legislative session and will go a lofig way toward restoring the confidence of the people in the legislative branch of their government, whic* la sorely needed." i Forest Work Of The C. C. Corps Under the present plan the forest work to be carried off by the Civilian Conservation Corps camps in South Carolina will include projects in be* half of forest fire control, according to D. Y. Lenh^rt, district forester. Under President Roosevelt's plan, Are breaks, roads for the benefit of Are fighting, Are observation towers and telephone lines for Are reporting are to constructed. The Are break, road and trail work must be confined to the lands of owners who have been actively engaged in Are control under agreement with the State Forestry Commission. The tower and telephone line syetem, to be conetructed in each.county having a Civilian Conservation Corps camp, for detecting and reporting woods fires to landowners, has been planned as a project to beneAt all landowners of these counties. The district forester in this announcement suggests that all landowners, who desire forest work upon their lands, get in touch with his office in Florence or with the Civilian Conservation Corps camp superintendents. The suggestion is made so that adequate work can (be planned in advance of any liberalization of the Federal Reforestation Act which might occur to include work upon all private lands. 'Seven labor unions in as many mills in Spartanburg county have been formed, and others are being organized, as part of the campaign of the American Federation of Labor to thoroughly organize the textile workers of South Carolina. "Generad" Jacob S. Coxey, veteran crUsader for the unemployed, was defeated for the Republican nomination for mayor of MSassilon, Ohio, Tuesday. Two years ago he was nominated and elected by a record vote. A cement milk house on the farm of Henry Kraeger, near Lowville, N. Y., was blown up with dynamite last Tuesday morning, supposedly due to the prevailing milk strike in that section. . Grocers and meat markets afll over this state are changing their boura for keeping the store open by lengthening them at the behest of General Johnson that they must not curtail expenses by shorter hours, but must hire more clerks if necessary to come .within the blanket code. Jury Delivers Death Verdict - \ ~iV < Kansas City, July 27.?A smash at the kidnaping racket?the first death verdict?was delivered here today by a Missouri jury, which convicted Walter IMcGee, confessed leader in the $80,000 ransom kidnaping of Miss Mary MoElroy. The 2b-year-old victim, daughter of the city manager, H. F. McElroy, her father, and the attorney general i Cummings, in Washington and otjier I officials engaged in the nationwide crusade to stamp out kidnaping and I racketeering hailed the verdict as one that would put a check on abduc- 1 tions. v'v v i "I hope this will help to prevent future kldnapings," said Miss McEl-l roy, who had identified McGee from I the witness stand. j "This is the first verdict in the United (States of death in a kidnaping case," the county prosecutor, T. I A. J. Maston, commented. "It will I be - a wonderful benefit not only to 1 Jhckpon county but to every state in the union that is made a prey of kid^-1 napers. | "The influence as a deterrent to criminals ^nd as an aid to public pro-1 tection of one hanging verdict in a kidnaping case is greater than the I influence of penitentiary terms to 20 I kidnapers," 1 The attorney general, "Cummings, J who assigned a special assistant, Jo- I seph B. Keenan, to assist in the pro-1 secution, expressed satisfaction. I "That indicates how people feel I about the problem," the attorney gen- I eral said of the jury's action. The city manager, McElroy, who I paid the $30,000 ransom, some of which had been recovered, expressed the belief that "justice had beenl done." "Other criminals with kidnaping I tendencies Will undoubtedly hesitate in the face of this verdict," he said. McGee, an e'x-convict from Oregon,! heard the verdict without emotion. J He was returned to jail to await I action on a request for a new trial and formal sentencing by Judge Allen I C. Southern. { '1 don't see why anyone should be I hung for a thing like that," he said as he walked back fO his cell. | No witnesses were called in his be-1 half. His attorney, Ralph T. Harding, admitted his client's guilt and depended on a closing plea to the jury to save \MdGee from the gal-1 lows. ? _ I MoGee's mother, Mrs. Jahe McGee, and his sisters were bitter. ' "The country-wide newspaper agitation against kidnaping worked against any real justice," she asserted. , Authorities pointed to, the with whicb McGee was apprehended and prosecuted. It was May 27, exactly two months ago, that Miss McElroy was forced to leave her bat at home, dress and accompany two armed men, identified as 'McGee and Clarence (Stevens, still a fugitive. ^ She was held captive 30 hours, chained to a wall in the filthy basement of a suburban cottage across the Kansas line, until her father obtained the ransom money and paid it over on a lonely road. General News Notes jV>hn J. iHenkle, 18, arrested at Meridian, Miss., and confessed slayer of Oliver S. Batrley in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sunday night, has been returned to that city. . . Dr. iRuth Dean, 33, a physician, is held by the authorities at Greenwood, Miss., on a charge of murder in connection wfth the death of Dr. U Preston Kennedy, her former associate in a clinic. Kennedy is alleged to have made a deathbed statement after an illness of a veek, and the arrest o the woman followed. The federal emergency relief administration has granted Texas *2,377 820 for unemployment relief, ana at the same time notified Governor Miriam Ferguson that the state could have no more Federal relief funds, until Texas itself provides a substantial share of the money required to care for its misemployed. Capt. E. F. M. Deeds, World war flyer, was killed in a recent crash in China. When the body of the flyer arrived at Kansas City, Mo., there were two women there to claim it, each woman believing that she was the legal wife of the dead soldier. One believed the other was divorced by Deeds before he married her. Enemies of Senator Huey Long won a sweeping victor/in a New Orleans court last Wednesday when the judge granted their request for a request for a'recount of the 202 balk>ts of that city used in last November's election. In Greenwood county, the R- F. C. administration has authorized payment of wages to unemployed teachers hipsd too teach pupils who failed to pass at the end of the last school year. Four such schools are being established in that county to operate the rest of this summer. \ ' * * Nebedy's Business Written Ur The, Chronicle by On HeGes, Cepyrigtt. 19U. WHO'S WHO IN ~PLAT ROCK hon. jerry Jones .... hon. jerry jonea rose up from the ranks and ia now one of our most eiteemed citizens, he was horned in our own state but he do not know what part of same as his pa and ma were travelling from place to place at that time hunting cheap rents. ....jerry, as he i? lovvingly called by everboddy who he don't owe, owns a nice 20-akaer farm and he was the first farmer to plow up 3 akers of cotton and he got his government check first of all and that hope him out. jerry moved to fiat rode enduring1 the world war, and his'first undertaking was a fine peanut parcher at which he succeeded. ,.. .step by step, jerry got into politicks. he first run for alderman in ward 2 and got beat 3 times but he kept on running and was finally at I last eleckted and then he dropped1 into the mayor's chair for a term and later on, he run for the leggisJature, and as he had no opposition, he got eleckted and that is why he is called hon. jerry jones. jerry has always fought for the poor man and interdty$ed 2 bills in the leggislature against stretchout and the high taxes on farm lands, but he could not get them thru onner count of the lobbyists buying off the oppersition. he fought all copperrations and said they were sopping the life out of the working man by charging him for electrick lights and house rent ansoforth. ... .when annythlng big comes to flat rock, jerry it put at the head of same, he welcomed the w.o. ws. last summer in a fine srpeeoh at a pick nick and he interduced the county at-1 tomey when he spoke in the school J auditorium in favvor of the w. c. t. u. and prohibition, jerry has newer been married but once as his first wife is still living. ? . jerry worked in the bank one summer; has travelled about a right smart, and is well known everwhere. he is a fine church worker, but drinks some at night, he stands high at the drug store and can get creddick by the week if he needs it. he is a fine publick speaker and got rote up in a newspaper at the capital while in j the leggislature for his wonderful talk on the boll weevil, well, this is the secont "who's who in flat rock" that i have rote up. who will be next? send in your life history, yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd corry spondent Kansas City Sheriff Slays 2 Gangsters Kansas City, August 12.?/Three night club operators wore slain in a midtown apartment district here today, two falling under the gunfire of Sheriff Thomas B. Bash, who happened along as they were putting the third man "on the spot." vy Ferris Jy Anthon, operator of' an Armour Boulevard cafe, was the victim of the gang killers. Police identified the men slain by the sheriff as Sam Hogg and <Gus Fasone, alias Sam Stine. Another man, Charles (Gus) Gargotta, was taken into custody. Still another escaped. Sheriff Bash said Gargotta rushed at him from the killers' car with his revolver biasing, then dropped his gun, empty, and surrendered, Gargotta denied he was in the gang's car. With the sheriff were his wife, 14year-old Melvin Taylor and Deputy Lawrence Hodges. They were return' in# from a garden party. ' "As we approached Armour Boulevard," Bash said, "there waa a J>urst of gunfire. A woman acreamed and then we** heard shouting and more screams. "Hodges and 1 leaped fron) our car. I had a riot gun and Hodges waa armed with a revolver. The two men in the front seat of the car started firing at u? and I aimed at the windshield of the car and fired." Both men were dead when he reached them. There were two revolvers on the floor. Another was found by Hodges, who pursued the man who escaped, firing as he ran. Mrs. Anthon, attractive blonde widow of the cafe operator, heard tho shot as she walked away to enter a * hotel. Her husband was locking their car, She said Anthon had given no indication he feared violence. Gargotta's record Alls two pages in police annals. Hogg was caught in a liquor raid by federal agents May 28, 1031. Police records show Anthon was indicted September 20, 1932, by a federal grand jury in Chicago as a member of an alcohol ring. .. s . , The New York police have ?o far been unable to unravel the mysterious slaying of Henry P. Sanborn, whose body was found a few daya ago dmaied in an almost erect position ofPLong IslaiicL More than 10,000 shoe factory workers in the Haverhill, Mass., district are to receive pay increases of 25 per cent as the result of wage scale agreements effective after August 12. The state highway commission of South Carolina, which hah been paying as low as 7 1-2 cents an hour for construction laborers and six tents an hour to maintenance workers, is preparing to raise Vts wage scale materially. Many of the laborers formed a union at Columbia recently. p???as??we???am,. I>11* ' * '' ,111 1L1C r s ^B ^^^B ^^^^B mh^B I ^^B SOME DAY you'll look bock to th# summer of 1933 and my: "Imagine! A Goodyear Tire for only $5.eor* Yet eren there remarkable low price# mean nothing unlees the tire la built right. Along with there extraordinary price# for the new Pathfinder you get the highest quality in the moderate price field Goodyear ha# #v#r attained. This new Pathfinder is a bigger value than the old Pathfinder. It ' has the bigger safety margin of FULL CENTER TRACTION?bigger mileage from the 20 PER | CENT THICKER TREAD?stouter i body of heat-resisting Supertwist Cord?and other improvement# that make It a still better buy than the 17,000,000 Pathfinder# that went before. Loor&t the All-Weather value#, i also T This great thoroughbred? Lthe finest tire that money can buy ?-waves an alluring price tag. r Whichever you want?new Pathfinder or All-Weather?remember i this: More people are saving money with Goodyears than with any other kind. ' ^ Use PUROL PEP Gasoline ! 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