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M ____________ in mind that all subXnS> ^ scriptions to The Her^J| A aid must now be paid - ? , - jJ/zV^Jhi advance. This is the " lS9,bpto^rentw 1 rtlVt^rt I fore Watch the date on the label or fore that date. Unless re- ft VL I I IT I I I I I IT III T|iH| tT V XI III J.our paper and renew before the newal is received by Mar. 1, mU'llJL U1LL1X 1L 1L J.. A, 11 V^M IT 1 11 III time expires, if yon do not wish to paper will be discontinued. n?iss any of t-ie copies. $2.00 Per Year in Advance. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1919. Established in 1891. MR. KOHN REVIEWS ! LEGISLATIVE SESSION It ' , MANIFEST PURPOSE OF ASSEMBLY IS CONSTRUCTIVE WORK W - . Big Issues Changed. Vital Issues Considered \ f Compulsory Education, Good Roads and Taxation Three Vital - - Questions. V" ' < , % -w ' v Columbia, Feb. 1.?The legislative :T session of 1919 has progressed sufficiently far to demonstrate several things. First, it has clearly shown that there is no symptom of partisan feeling. For years and years the General Assembly has been very sharply divided into factions. Year . * j , ' by year these lines have been growing dimmer and dimmer until now they are almost entirely obliterated, / and about all you hear is "he used ito be" of this or that faction. There has not been a single debate in which there has been any mention of * partisan lines. On the contrary, the effort has been to forget and forgive. The manifest purpose of the General Assembly is to do some constructive work, pa^s the general appropriation - ** bill, discuss the conditions of the SKF-- - < _ -* - i. _ii it. i ? ?? i y" uxate generauy, enact an tue iuw?i V- legislation that is necessary, quit y, and go home. In previous years there have been the distractions of partisan politics, elections and trips. This year there has been no partisan politics, no elections to amount to anyP tiding, and no trips. There has been j-J the fear of influenza, but it has not seriously interfered with the session, ||j; y and the work, it Nmay be stated, is v well advanced. Members have their views very well formulated with ref& erence to the pending legislation, jf^ < particularly that of a serious characx ter, and they are ready to act, and | the appropriaiton bill is about the only thing thai is now in the way, jj|. ^ and all of the hearings on this have ' been concluded. The House has disK; . posed of two of its most important questions, compulsory education and fer the overshadowing tax issue, wheth^ > er or not the tax commission should fe:. > or should not be retained, and after ' this is disposed of, then the collateral &? $? remedial legislation will be under taken. This however, is the real crax of the tax situation in the eyes \:i- of the House, as to whether the tax > commission should or should not be continued. Things have changed very much in . ?& ;, . the matter of legislation in recent PSK years. It has not been many years ago that liquor was a predominating , a, and overshadowing issue, and then came along the control of railed Ai roads and other corporations, ineluding the effort to get the twocent mileage rate. These important questions' have all been disposed of ^ to a large extent by national undertaking. - Instead of liquor it is now /education. Instead of control of - ? ^ - corporations it is now taxation. In* stead of heated elections it is now permanent road construction. The three vital questions at this session are, first, compulsory education, then road improvement, and flnollv f Q VQ f inn nrith ife TTarlniK- on. fTlVU X tO V U1 XKf UO CVi_l gles and incidental phases. Compulsory Education. Compulsory education in a modified form seems certain. The bill as , originally presented provides for the full term, and the effort is to have a V minimum term of seven months for ; all the schools in the State, and to this end the Senate has passed what is known as the Laney bill. The v - House, by way of compromise, passed the Statewide compulsory education bill w;ith an amendment that required attendance for only four months, and in this shape there were only five 'votes in the lower House . * against the measure. The reduction of the term was not altogeher satisfactory to all of the" advocates of v the measure, but it thought best to -V let it stand at four months, first, to get the system started and then, .probably, the Senate will increase n the term for which attendance is re' quired, and if the system should work, as it is expected, subsequent legislatures can increase tne term as they have increased the age limit for >. children or reduced the supply of / ' liquor. Governor Cooper is strongly *or law with teeth in it, and the teeth in; the present measure is that each county and town is to have a I I truant officer who is to be responsible. * It really looks as if we are going to have statewide compulsory educa-j t DIES BY ACCIDENTAL SHOT. W. Raymond Bryant, Jr., Killed While Hunting With Friend. Orangeburg, Feb. 1.?W. Rayn%nd Bryant, Jr., th^e 11 year ola son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Raymond ' Bryant of this city was accidentally killed this afternoon while out hunting with boy friends. "Billy," as he , was affectionately known in Orange- ' burg, spent last night with a schopl friend a few miles from Orangeburg, and this afternoon they went out hunting. "Billy" lovated a rabbit in a hole, and in trying to get a stroke at him with the butt of his gun, the trigger struck some object, firing the gun. The little fellow received a mortal wound in the stomach. His father, grandfather and uncle reach ed him before he died. "Billy" realized he was going to die and bravely told his loved ones good-bye. This little fellow was a very popu- ' lar child in Orangeburg. His parents ' are well known in Orangeburg and Charleston. He was the only child. The funeral services will be held at I Sunnyside cemetery, this city, tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. tion in a modified form. Now as to the matter of taxation. Repeated efforts are being made and , have been made to remedy the present situation. Various suggestions have been, made to extend and to give more authority to the tax commission, to provide for surveys and tighten up the present machinery. All or these efforts have been fruitless and the real fight revolves around whether or not the present tax commission should or should not ' survive. The House last year voted to kill the tax commission. This year it is an entirely new body of delegators and they have again voted to abolish the commission, and substitute in its place a board of equalization very much similar to ! that which existed previous to the 1 creation of the present commission. Last year the senate saved the tax ( commission, and of course, if it sav- 1 ed again, it will be through the senate. The first and only test in the senate has been in the finance committe, and the understanding is that the house bill to abolish the commis- ! sion has been unfavorably reported by a vote of ten to five, and the reports from the advocates of the present commisskfh are, quite favorable. In fact, so much so, that the J commission advocates are inclined to press some of their views. This tax 1 situation has been somewhat respon- 1 ble for the sentiment in favor of a i / constitutional convention, because of ; the feeling that the taxes are not now equalized, although the tax com- : mission has done its utmost. 1 Good Roads Issue. There is no question about the fact that the General Assembly is ov- ( erwhelmingly and enthusiastically in . favor of better and permanent roads, and the only real issue is how best to j accomplish these results. The news- , papers,- leaders of thought, like R. ] Goodwyn Rhett, and others have done much to crystalize ^this senti- , ment. First, the legislature is con- j vinced that there is utterly no use of wasting time in anything other than permanent roads. They must be either of concrete, brick, asphalt, bithulithic granite or some other * hard surface with a rock'foundation. ' The consensus of opinion is that there is no use to bother with anything else. Second, the people are willing to pay for good roads. They are willing to pay for it either by direct taxation, by taxation on automobiles or by any plan that will get them the roads quickest. Frankly, j the only danger in the situation is in working out some one plan in view j of the conflicting propositions, that will be accepted at this time. What is known as the Rhett plan has its strong advocates, and whether it pre- J vails or not, there is no question that the effort and intelligent presentation of the matter by him and his friends has resulted in an appre- ^ />iati'nn nf -nrViof <->on inH r?ncrVit tn done. Bills have been presented carrying out the Rhett idea; first, of having the roads surveyed, the routes selected, and the necessary preliminaries effected so that when the bond issue comes out there will j be something definite on which to ( act and there will be little delay. After this preliminary work comes, under the Rhett plan, the $25,000,000 bond issue which under the govern- ' ment aid plan would be considerably J augmented. The Rhett plan has ev- { erything in its favor, except that ' some of the members of the General Assembly do not want to take chances on the failure of a bond is- j (Continued on page 5, column 2) PROHIBITION IN JANUARY 1920 AMENDMENT SIGNED BY AC TING SECRETARY POLK. Signed in Presence of Mr. Bryan and Others Proclamation I>ated Jan. 29th, 1919, But Legal Authorities Say the Law is Effective Jan. 1920. Washington, Jan. 29.?Ratification of the prohibition amendment to the federal constitution was prordaimod formally today by Frank L. Polk, acting secretary of state. The proclamation is dated today, but legal authorities of the department say ratification was accomplished when the thirty^sixth State acted favorably on January 6 and that under the terms of the amendment itself prohibition becomes effective one year from that date. The proclamation was signed by Mr. Polk exactly at 11:20 a. m., in the presence of Senator Sheppard, of Texas, author of the resolution; former Secretary Bryan, Representatives Charles H. Randell, of California, prohibitionist member of, the house, and officials of the An^i-Saloon League of America, the Women's Christian Temperance Union and other anti-saloon organizations. Mr. Polk used several pens in affixing lys signature and presented them to Senator Sheppard, Mr. Bryan, Representative Randell and others. The Proclanuition. The proclamation follows: To all to whom these presents 3hall come, greetings: Know ye that the Congress of the United States at the second session, Sixty-fifth Congress, begun at Washington on ' the 3rd day of December in the year 1917, passdd a resolution in the words and figures following, towit: Joint resolution: Proposing an amendment to the constitution of the United States. Resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of eaci* house concurring therein), That the following amendment to the constitution be, and hereby is, proposed to the States, to become valid as a part of the constitution when " ratified by the legislatures of the several states as provided by the constitution: "QonHnn 1 A ft or nnp vpar frnm -A. A.A.A.V W* WMW ^ .. ? . the ratification of this article the | manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to : the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes be hereby prohibited. "Sec. 2. The congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. States Must Ratify. "Ses. 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the constitution within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by congress." And further, that it appears from official documents on file in this de partment that the amendment to the constitution of the United States ' proposed as aforesaid has been rati5ed by the legislatures of the states of Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Geor- ] ?ia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mary- , land, Massachusetts, Michigan, Min- ' aesota, Mississippi, Montana, wearaska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Dregon, South Dakota, South Caroliaa, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. And further, that the States whose legislatures have so ratified the said proposed amendment constitute ;hree-fourth of the whole number of States in the United States. Now, therefore, be it known that [, Frank L. Polk, acting secretary of' state of the United States, by virtue md in pursuance of section 955 of ;he revised statutes of the United States do hereby certify that the intendment aforesaid has become falid to all intents and purposes as i part of the constitution of the Uni:ed States. In testimony whereof I have hereJ / S. C. CASUALTIES. i Figures Announced for 30tli and 81st Divisions. Following is a statement of the casualties of the 30th and 81st divisions, in which practically all South Carolinians were included: Thirtieth I>ivision. PrisoNo. Killed Died Mis'ng. ners To'l. Infantry regiments: 117 247 80 61 .... 338 118 179 97 52 .... 328 119 283 91 57 22 453 120 311 98 66 .... 475 Machine gun battalions: 113 9 3 12 114 14 14 28 115 4 11 1 .... 16 Artillery regiments: 113 4 2 ....' .... 6 114 9 5 1 .... 15 115 4 14 ...; 9 Treftch mortar battersy: 105 Engineers: 105 20 13 9 .... 42 1,084 405 251 22 1,772 Eighty-first Division Infantry regiments: 321 43 25 6 .... 74 322 61 13 27 1 102 323 19 12 3 .... 34 324 41 12 14 1 ?68 Machine gun battalions: 316 2 2 1 .... 5 317 2 3 5 318 5 17 .... 13 v Artillery regiments: 31 fi 38 13 18 59 317 .... , 2 2|( 318 .... 2 2 Trench Mortar battery 306 .... Engineers: 306 2 1 ~ 3 .... 6 Total 203 86 79 2 270 ? ? DOUB][iE TRAGEDY. I. Strickland Rills H. Strickland and Commits Suicide. Lexington, Feb. 4.?-Henry Strickland, a well knojvn farmer of Swansea section of this county, was shot and instantly killed by his brother, James Strickland, at about noon today, soon after which James Strickland went to his own home a quarter of a mile away, went into the house, pulled off his shoes, went out on the front porch and blew his brains. From inforaiation received here over the long distance telephone, it seems that there had been a grudge of long standing between the two brothers. James Strickland, it,'is said, went to the home of Henry today, called Henry out of the house and offered to make terms of peace. Henry agreed and sat down on the front steps to talk the matter over. No sooner, however, according to the report, hadN he sat than James drew a pistol from his pocket and fired. The first shot missed the mark, and Henry arose to get out of the way, it is claimed, when a second bullet from his brother's pistol killed him instantly. Both of the men were' up in forty and' well-to-do farmers. Both leave large families. The double killing has naturally caused a gloom of sorrow to spread throughout the entire section. An inquest was held over the two bodies by Magistrate E. M. Martin this afternoon. t ? < > ? Barnwell Farmers Will Curtail. Barnwell, Feb. 2.?"Owing to the 3horta,ge of foodstuff throughout the world and the low price of cotton (being quoted today in the markets of the world at less than the cost of production) we, the undersigned farmflrQ rtf "RnrnwAll nnnntv. nledee our 3elves to reduce our cotton acreage 30 per cent, compared with our 1918 crop, and further to reduce the use Df fertilizer under cotton 30 per cent." The above petition is being circulated throughout Barnwell county ' md the farmers are signing it readily. The 1919 cotton crop will be considerably reduced in this county :o a certainty. 1 i?i ? The sooner all those secret treat- ; ies made during the war are brought cut for inspection the quicker the peace conference can get down to cusiness. into set my hand and caused the seal < )f the department of state to be fixed. ] Done at the city of Washington t :his 9th day of January in the year ] )f our Lord 1919. FRANK L. POLK, Acting Secretary of State, i TO MAKE TURK TOE THE MARK SUPREME COUNCIL AGREES UPON PLANS FOR COLONIES. May Modify Blockade Against Germany President Wilson's Proposal on German Colonies Accepted in Principle by England. Paris, Jan. 30.?The supreme council, it is officially announced, today reached satisfactory provisional arrangements dealing with the German colonies and the occupied territories of Turkey and Asia. The council decided that the military representatives of the allied powers at Versailles should meet and report on the most equitable distribution of the burden of supplying military forces for the purpose of maintaining order in Turkey, pending action by the conference regarding the government of Turkish territory. American Plan Accepted. The annuoncement was made in authoritative quarters today that the great colonial powers, notably Great Britain and France, had accepted in principle the American proposal put forward by President Wilson for the league of nations, exercising superpervision over the German colonies and alloting their administration to mandatory powers. May Relax Blockade. The war council at its meeting today considered economic and financial questions and the subject of raw materials. The sentiment was favorable to the relaxation of the block ade so far as it concerned southeastern Europe, including thev Balkans and Austria-Hungary. Official Communique. The official communication on the peace proceedings today reads: "Tfee ' president of the United States, the prime ministers and ministers of foreign affairs of the allied and associated powers, as well as the Japanese representatives, today held two meetings at the Qua! D'Orsay, the first from 11 a. m. until 1 p. m. and the second from 3:30 to 6 p. m. "The exchange of views continued on the German colonies in the Pacific and in Africa, in the presence of the representatives of the dominions and of M. Simon, French minister of colonies, and of the Marquis Salvago Raggi (Italy.) * "In the afternoon satisfactory provisional arrangements were reached for dealing with the German colonies and the occupied territory in Turkey and Asia. "At the afternoon meeting the Belgian delegates were present. Mm. Hymans, Vandenheuvel and Vandervelde were accompanied by M. Ortz, nrhn avnloinaH tho Roltrian nnint nf " 4*U ^A^/AUAUVU V4iV J-r V/ ?*.* V v fc view concerning the Congo. "It was further decided that military representatives \)f the allied and associated powers at Versailles should be asked to meet at once an^J present a report as to the most equitable and economical distribution among these powers of the burden of supplying the military forces for the purpose of maintaining order in the Turkish Empire pending the decisions of the peace conference regarding the goveuin ent of Turkish territory. "The next session wih be held tomorrow at 3 p. rn." Conjuring With Humor. The famous orchestral conductor, Dr. Richter, is blessed with the precious faculty of keeping his temper under strong provocation and of recovering quickly from irritation whenever he yields to it; that has naturally been a great help in his doling with his great orchestra. At a rehearsal, according to the Man Chester Guardian, one of the musicians made a mistake. "No!" cried Dr. Richter, "It goes so (humming), rum-tum-tarum!" Presently the same player made another mistake. "No! No! Rum-tum-tarum!" corrected Dr. Richter excitedly. At a third mistake he momentarily lost patience. "Why do you make 30 many slips, Mr. Green?" he 3houted. Then instantly, with all his habitual good humor, he added, 3miling, "Ah, I know why it is?you like to hear me sing!" Craocolor, the best colored crayon nade, at Herald Book Store. . i CHILDREN'S HORRIBLE DEATH. Father and Mother Separated, Accused Each Other of Kidnapping. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 30.?A peculiarity sad fate has again played its part in the domestic entanglements of an Atlanta family. Buried alive while playing "soldier" in trenches they had dug immediately under the front porch of the home, the bodies of little Mack and Jack McAuliffe, aged 12 years and 9 years, were found F Vi ic o ffnnn Ann htr o rvln m nv/>ottq _ nixo attci uwu uj a |/iumu^i c* ting to repair a gas pipe. Leo J. McAuliffe, formerly of Augusta, and Mrs. Eleanor Mclhtosh McAuliffe, parents of the little boys, had each charged the other with kidnapping the children, who have been missing since January 18th. Last week habeas corpus proceedings were brought in the Fulton superior court by the mother to compel the father to produce the children, but he was able to convince the court that he knew nothing of their whereabouts. The negro maid, who cared for the children, was suspected and arrested at Mr. McAuliffe's instigation, but she' too, has been released, her story being so connected as to prove her innocence. Found in Kneeling Position. Mrs. McAuliffe entertained the later belief that the two lads, . whoift she thought had $5 each, sent them ^ by their uncle, Theo. McAuliffe, of Augusta, had wandered off a "spend- / ing" expedition and were kidnapped. She appealed to the Atlanta detective , force for aid, but was given, as she said, but coldly superficial attention. This week she employed a private detective agency to aid in the search, but nothing had developed until in her absence from home this afternoon, W. W. Walden, a plumber digging for an excavation for a gas pipe uncovered a portion of the body of the smallest boy, Jack, who was lying on his face. Further investigation found the elder lad, Mack, who v was still in a kneeling position, holding in one hand a sharp stick which had been used in digging a "trench." Children of the neighborhood told the story, after discovery of the bodies, of the pastime of the two McAuliffe children for'some 0me prior to their disappearance. For some days they had been engaged, in their play at "soldiers" in making "war trenches," and it was recalled that, in the forenoon and again in the afternoon of the 18th, the day they disappeared,, they were playing in the "trenches." With this information and a further inspection of the spot where their bodies were found, it became plain that the earth had caved in on the two little fellows and they were buried alive while at their play. They had excavated their " war trenches" to a depth of about .six feet, and of sufficient width for moving about. The earth, where they were playing was soft and the supposition is that the weight of the excavated earth, piled on the side of the ditch in which the children were kneeling, as was indicated by the position in which the bodies were found, was too great, and when the side wall gave way a sufficient amount of earth caved in to completely cover both children and smother any sound they may have tried to make. Neither was able to move away from the position in which the earth caught him, and both were smothered to death. Mrs. McAuliffe, who since the institution of divorce proceedings between herself and husband, has been working at Caiftp Gordon, knew nothing of the discovery for an hour or more, but was finally notified about 4 o'clock this afternoon. The father, who is engaged in engineering work at Valdosta, has been notified by wire. While having detectives scour the state for her sons the mother slept each night in the house under the porch of which the boys were entombed. Acting Coroner Owens announced that he would hold an inquest on the bodies tomorrow. i?? ^ The Faithful Nurse. The husband arrived home much later than usual "from the office." He took off his boots and stole into the bedroom. His , wife began to stir. Quickly the panic-stricken man went to the cradle of his first-born and began to rock it vigorously. . "What are you doing there, Robert?" queried his wife. "I've been sitting here nearly two hours trying to get this baby to sleep," he growled. "Why, Robert, I've got him here in bed with me," replied the wife. Then there were words.?Tit-Bits. \ \ ;