Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THf FEOPLB, BARNWET.L, S, C. CKKHXKJOOOOO^HKKKHKHXKHXKKSfl. | SHOULD ALL BE IN * THE ORGANIZATION Walter M. Pierce, Governor of Oregon, says regarding Uie American Legion: “Such a body of men Organ ized into a compact whole, can ami.will wield an influence that will make it possible for this na tion to safely ride the severest storms that the peculiar eco nomic conditions of the World war may cause. “Since American Institutions came into existence, students of the world have freely predicted their early decline, alleging that when the opportunity of ac quiring free land was 'gone and the cities grew large, the pecu liar character developed by the sturdy farmefr of America would be lost in the whirl of great city development. There are those living who believe such a time is approaching. “The four million boys who re ceived their military training in- late war, all eligible' to the 1—Edwin -Dehby, retiring secretary of the Navy, being sworn in a piajor of marine reserve corps. 2—Mem- Iters of Tenants’ league of New York visiting the city hall to protest against high rents. 3—U. S. District Judge T. Rhike Kennedy of‘Cheyenne, Wyo., who is hearing the government’s suit to cancel the Teapot Dome lease. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS * y*' Sensational Evidence Heard by the Daugherty Investi gation Committee. By EDWARD W. PICKARrf UAURY DAUGHERTY, still at- torney general of the United States despite the predictions of Wash ington’s expert guessers, is now Under going formal investigation as to his official conduct by the senate commit tee appointed for that purpose. Rrook- hnrt of Iowa Is the chairman and Wheeler*of Montana the "prosecutor,” wliHe Daugherty is represented by for mer Senator Chamberlain and Paul Howland. Miss Roxle Stinson, divorced wife of Jesse Smith, the attorney general’s confidential aid who committed sui cide last May, was the first witness, and she gave a lot of sensational testi mony which involved Daugherty in many questionable transactions. Miss "Stinson said Smith, a/ter their divorce, supported her and confided in her con stantly. Among the important state ments she made on .the first day of the hearing were: That Smith told her that "we,’' meaning, she insists, Smith. Daugh erty and perhaps others, were involved In a deal to sell rights to exhibit Dompsey-Cnrpcntier tight pictures, which Smith expected to yield a profit -of SlSO.IiOO. The trnnspdrrtition of fight pictures in interstate commerce Is for bidden by law. That Smith and Daugherty came into possession of a -considerable amount of White Motor <’ar company stock certificates in blank,, twenty-five shares of which she sold "quickly and quietly” on instructions from Smith, and that Smith told her tin* stock cost “us’' nothing. That Smith and Daugherty came into the possession of shares of Part 1 .nil company stock, which Smith like wise said cost “us” nothing. Tlm-t- Smith had 4wo “blind”, stock brokerage accounts in the firm of Sam uel Ungerlelder & Co. at Columbus, through which he did considerable Speculation. t That once when she urged Smith to stop speculating because he .was losing money, he told her he had Just deposited $175,000 of "eastern money” in the bank of Mai Daugherty, brother of the attorney general, in Washing ton Courthouse, tb protect his (Smith’s) losses. That Smith told her about'a myste rious "green house” in K street, near the Department of Justice, where "they” met to discuss thelr>deals. That Daugherty and Smith were in separable in all these transactions and that Smith - never acted without the full knowledge and authority of the attorney general. That Smith disliked the life of in trigue he led in Washington, but said he would stick it out, because of his frieudshlp-~fifr Daugherty and that, pr!or”fb pis suigiile, he lived in con stant fear of “being closed down upon.” ' ‘ . Op behalf of Daugherty a long stato- ipent, which The committee refused to hear, was made- public; In it the at-, torney general denied “in general and ' In particular’’ all the accusations against him In the senate resolution '•authorizing the Investigation, re viewed the activities of ids depart ment and declared the record to he "beyond criticism.” I)WARD B. McLEAN. the Wash- -j ington newspaper publisher, ap peared before the Teapot Dome com mittee and admitted that at Fall’s re quest he had previously mditrepTesenf- ed the circumstances of live famous. $100,000 loan. Ills testimony may he thus summarized : " V, 1 Fall. In November, 1021, asked him for a loan of $100,000 to byy a ranch. He gave Fall two .checks for this amount, hilt Fall yofurned them un- oflshed. Two years later, in Decem- ^ her, 1023, Fall, a sid$ man under in vestigation, called McLean to Atlantic City and asked him to make a public statement to the effect that he lyiid, furnished the $1(>0.000, making it ap pear that the checks had uctnaiiy been cashed. He agreed on Fall’s assur ance that he had not obtained the money from Sinclair 6r from 9rty con nection with the Teapot Dome. Later, when disclosures before' the senate committee began to arouse his suspi cions he told Fall he was going to tell the truth and did so to Senator Walsh when Walsh went to Miami In January. He agreed it would have been better for all concerned If the truth bad been told in the beginning. McLean’s story minimized the Im portance of the-mass of telegrams that passed between Washington and his place In Palm Reach, and be scoffed at the rumor of a million dollar slush fund. * ’ ■" Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin re signed as chairman and member of the oil lease Investigating committee because of ill health. He was suc ceeded by Senator Ladd of North Da kota, one of the LaFollette group. • O UT in Cheyenne, Wyo.,, the gov ernment’s fight for the annulment of the Teapot Dome lease to Sinclair and the Mammoth Oil company was started before Feideral.„DiSJtrlct.Judge T. Blake Kennedy. Atlee Pomerene and Owen G. Roberts were there for the government, and Sinclair was on hand with his attorneys, ready, he de clared, to fight the government's suit “from hell to breakfast.” It may he added that Edward Doheny also says lie is prepared to defend his rights In any action the government may bring to cancel oil lenses held by him. On all sides, however, it was agreed that tlie general tax bill, now being de bated in the senate, will carry the 23 per cent retroactive reduction. T he vid the American Legion, when gath ered, as they should be into that great organization, will consti tute the greatest single force In defense of American Institu tions.” . 7<KhXJ<>00<kKhKhKk>CkKh><h>00<h;’ S INCE the attorney general declined to give the house of representatives lecllned give the house of representatives any. information concerning the crim inal charges said to have been made against two congressmen before a Chi cago grand jury, the house decided to investigate the matter and a commit tee of five,- -headed by Theodore E. Burton of Ohio was named. Repre sentatives Langley of Kentucky and Zihlman of Maryland, who admit they have been told they are the two men involved, have vehemently denied any wrongdoing and have demanded an in quiry. W IT 7 nl » “ taken all tiie investigations under- nnd contemplated by con gress and all the time it is wrfkting in acrid partisan debate, one wonders why it does not order an inquiry into its, own neglect of pressing public busi ness. There are those, too, who think there might well he an investigation of the influences that Induced the house to pass, last week, the hill au thorizing acceptance of Henry Ford’s offer for Muscle Shoals. McKenzie of Illinois introduced the measure and It was adopted by a vote of 227 to 142, party lines being disregarded. Under the terms of the bill Ford will obtain for $5,000,000 properties that cost near ly $84,000,000; lie lias the right to lease dams 2 and 3 at Muscle Shoals and adjacent power stations for 100 years for a total rental of nearly $220,- 000,000; the government is to replace the Gorgas steam power plant for not more than the $3,427,487, for which it sold it to the Alabama Power com pany, and sell It to Ford along with nitrate plants 1 and 2 and the Waco quarry. It is not necessary to give other features-of the hill, but it may be stated that the offer of a group of southern power companies, submitted in the Hull bill, was in the opinion of competent authorities much more gen erous. Also there l<r"hefore congress a measure for the starting of a great superpower project In which Muscle Shonls would he a vital link, and many eminent engineers and industrial econ omists are convinced* that superpower development is to lie the greatest tiling in the country's near future. There .Is no Intimation of undue financial Influence used -to secure the adoption of the Ford offer,' hut the automobile magnate seems to have our legislators -buffaloed” politically. new soldiers’ bonus bill, pro- idlng paid up life insurance pol icies, was completed by the house com mittee. The policies are to be twenty- year endowment and valued on the basis of length 1 of service, with $1 al lowed for each day of home service and $1.25 for each day of overseas service, and to the total will he added 25 per cent. Provision is made for de pendents and for cash I payments to veterans not entitled to more than $50. The total cost of the bill, it Is esti mated, would be about $2,000,000,000, and not more Than $90,000,Q0G--vwwld have to he expended by the govern ment in any one year. F ederal judge kenyon having declined the navy portfolio, Presi dent Coolidge offered the position to Curtiss D. Wilbur, chief Justice of the California Supreme court, and that gentleman accepted it by wire, saying he would go to Washington ns soon as the appointment w’as confirmed by the senate. Justice Wilbur was horn in Boones- boro, In., in-18G7 imd was educated In the public schools'Tnere and in James town, N. D. He was graduated frpm the United States Naval academy at Annapolis In 1888. loiter he studied law and began practice in Los Angeles. For many ears he lias been regarded as one of the loading lawyers and Jur ists of California, and is known espe cially for ids work ib behalf of child welfare. He is a Congregationallst and a prominent Sunday school worker. Judge Wilbur's brother,- Dr. Ray L. Wilbur, is president of Stanford uni versity, — U'DWIN DENBY'S retirement from the position of secretary of the navy was accomplished with dignity on ids part and'accompanied by hearty expressions of esteem by ids associ ates and personal friends. Before he left his offices he was sworn Mn as a major in the marine reserve corps in the presence of many high offiivrs of tiie navy and. marines, and as he took the oath tiie marine band outside played tiie corps march, “temper Fi- delis.” D ANKERS'of New York and neigh- boring cities have gone to the res cue. of the French franc by establish ing a hanking credK of not less than $100,000,000 ii) favor of the Bunk of France, acting for the French govern ment. The louh-^wlll be used to sta bilize French exchange and for other purposes, and Is so well secured by gold held in the vaults of the Bank of France that the Interest rate is said to be relatively low. When the loan was announced there was n sharp rally in francs on the exchanges, and specula tors began to wall. Poincare was still having trouble in forcing ids tax ln- NEW DIVISION IS NOW IN OPERATION A new division is now in operation at national headquarters of the Ameri can Legion. This, authorized by tfia fifth annual, convention, will' handle preparation of a program of post activ ities and membership detail. It will include an educational course for offi cials of local posts, and other plans to put Legion efforts on a high plane. This division was formerly an activ ity of national headquarters during the earlier days of the Legion’s organiza tion. but because of the expense at tached, had been ordered consolidated with other work. Under mandate of the convention In San Francisco this work will be amplified to meet require ments of the organization, a suitable appropriation having been provided. Prior to the appointment of Russell G. Crevlston as national adjutant to succeed Lemuel Bolles, he had, as as sistant adjutant, done much of th® \sk\bur Dealer <1 A SK your local dealer to fec- ommend a practical dec orator. If you are unable to secure one you can do the work yourself, tinting and stenciling your walls to give beautiful results. Alahawttne Instead of Kalsomine or Wall Paper Buy Alabastine from your local dealer, white and a variety of tints, ready to mix with cold water and apply with a auitable brush. Each package has the cross and circle printed in red. By inter mixing Alaoastine tints you can accurately match draperies and rugs and obtain individual treatment of each room. <0 Write for tpecial luggestiom and ' ■ latul ctlor combination* ^ ^ ALABASTINE COMPANY 1M7 GnaMU An. Cnmd Raptit, Hick Her View “Girlie, have you ever met the only man?” “No, I don’t wont to be narrow." ' P RESIDENT C^OOLIDGE sent a spe cial message to congress last week urging It lay aside all other business and authorize a 25 per eont reduction In 1923 income tuxes before March 15, the last day for the tiling of schedules. He said the people expected* it and it would benefit nil elements. Opposition appeared at once, and Representative Longworth told the President .there was not the slightest chance of. passing the emergency resolution. The Demo crats''and insurgent Republicans ac cused Mr. coolidge of playing politics. crease measure through tiie senate. There were disturbing rumors from Paris that a military coup d’etat was being hatched and that tiie government was aware of it and was ready to pro claim a state of siege or martial law. The German government also was meeting resistance to its tax regula tions and other emergency ordinances, and tiie Soclaltsjs were so determined that President Ebert dissolved reichstag on Thursday. Ebert told his friends that he will retire after the elections! in May. INDIGESTION, GASES, — UPSET, ACID STOMACH “Pape’s Dlapepsin” is the quickest, surest relief for indigestion, gases, flatulence, heartburn, sourness or stomach distress caused by acidity. A few tablets give almost Immediate stomach relief. Correct your stomach and digestion now for a few cents. Druggists sell millions of packages of Pape’s Dlapepaln.—Adv. And the sweetness of some women reminds us of sugar-coated pills. OH YOUR eyes. MITCHKLL EYE SALVE f V heal* Inflamed •ye*, granulated ltd«i ■tye*. etc. Sure. Saf*. Speedy. 21c at *n dniggleta. Hall ft Ruckel, N. T. C. A. ITCH! There Is a good deal of sense la being Impartial In political^ matters, but not so much fun. Imitations may be dangerous Frank E. Samuel. work In this direction. At the 1923 department adjutant’s conference Mr. Crevlston reported the results of a survey made of the entire 11,000 posts of tiie organization in regard to rela tion to the communities served,-what the definite programs of these posts showed, and actual accomplishment. With assumption of the duties "of na tional adjutant, and the authorization of tiie new division, Mr.-Crevlston has relinquished active proseeptfim of the work, though\U remains under his di rect supervlsl 1 Frank E. Samuel, for four and one- half years depamnent adjutant of the Legion in Kansas, has been granted a leave of absence" department offi cials to take, charge:of the newly cre mated division,. Samuel.Vne of the best SAY “BAYER” when you buy-genuine Unless you see the “Bayer Cross” on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians 23 year? fbi. Colds Headache Neuralgia Lumbago Pain - " Toothache Neuritis Rheumatism ►Accept only “Bayer” package which contains proven directions. Handy “Bayer” boxes of 12 tablet* Also bottles of 24 and 100—Druggist*. Aspirin U the trade mark of Barer Manufacture of MonoaortlcacLdeater of SailerUcacid Every great and commanding move ment 'In the annals of tiie world Is the triumph of enthusiasm. G HEAT BRITAIN lias caused con siderable excitement In France and Italy by holding her. grand fleet maneuvers off the Balearic islands In the Mediterranean, near the Spanish const. This Is on a line between France and her African colonies. Ad miral Lord Beatty is in command and seven other admirals are participating. It is the greatest concentration of British warships since tiie Battle of Jutland, and is said to he the begin ning of the transfer of most of Great Britain’s naval power from tiie Atlan tic and the North sen to the Mediter ranean. i REECE is now added to the na tions flint have recognized the Russian soviet government^The Greek enhinef .under Kaftfndnrls having re-, signed, a new ministry # hu* b4en. foritied by Papanastasiou. known workers among administrative officers of the Legion, \yas chosen for this work because of his intimate touch with tiie posts in the field. The Legion in Kansas serves 3^0 comm unifies and regularly enrolls more than one-third of all the service men tiie state sent to war. Perhaps in no one state la the influence of the local post so care fully responded to ns in Kansas. The the j Legion there had the greatest, number has | of posts participating in the “com; munity chest" raised in its cities; it secured passage of the. bonus bill which brought to the former soldier tiie greatest amount of ;noney'—>$I for 4iach' day of service; It established a state wide publicity service that -has gained much favored reputation in every section; and succeeded in en dowing tiie fund of flOO.OOO provided In acceptance of the Dabney gift for a national home for Legion and World, war orphans. Samuel was an onlisteil man during the war, serving in tiie military intel ligence and operations section of the Tljree Hundred and Fifty-third In fantry, an all-Kansas regiment, and a unit of the famous Eighty-ninth di vision. At the signing of tiie armistice, he was-Trttemlmg an officer’s training school In -France. On his return to the United plates,- he affiliated with the Legion, and soon thereafter ho rn me department adjutant. In point of service, he is the third oldest now •t work In GO Legion departments. “CASCARETS” FOR LIVER AND BOWELS—10c A BOX Cures Biliousness. Constipation, Sick Headache.Indigestlon. Drug stores. Adv, Riding on the first railroad trains wasn’t much less dangerous than rid ing in airplanes now. A Girl of Capac$$t Pennsylvania nd—One extra heavy, 20-gallon horizontal colored girl want ed ; steady work. Nothing Better for Constipation than one or two Prnndreth Pills at bed time. The? cleanse the system, purify the LlootJ and keep you welh^—Adv. Valuable Cargo Wife—Horace, darling, drive care fully,’won't you?—remember, we haw Fldo with us I—Sydney Bulletin. Qrildren Cry for “Castoria” A Harmless Substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups — No Narcotics! Mother! Fletcher's Castoria has been In use for over 30 years to relieve babies and children of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhea; allaying Feverishness arising there from, and, by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giving natural sleep jwlthout opiates. The genuine bears signature of ▼RAW* ‘Two pleasant ways to relieve a cough . Take your choice and suit your taste. S-B—or Menthol flavor. A eure relief for coughs, colds and hoarseness. Put oat in your mouth at bedtime. Alw&yo keep * box on hand. SMITH BROTHERS S.B. COUGH DROPS rarrHOL ^Famous sine* 1847