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DAWES PROVIDES
REAL SENSATION
TESTIMONY BEFORE COMMITTEE
SHAKES CAPITAL.
Rebukes Withering
Holds Up "Smelling" Investigators in
True Light To
Nation.
Washington, Feb. 6.?Congress,
during the week just gone, sustained
one real sensation, a parallel of
which could only with greatest diffirMiit-v
hp nitpd. That was when Gen.
Charles Grosvenor Dawes, of Chicago,
a real factor in the European war
and a Republican in politics, told the
members of the "smelling" committee
of the house of representatives what
he and the country really thought of
them.
It required a great deal of courage
to shake these partisan Republican
members from the pedestal on which
they had perched themselves. But
so thouroughly was General Dawes
fortified with facts and so stirring
and trenchant was his method of attack,
that he proceeded with his programme
with scarcely a single interruption.
At no interval did he encounter
opposition. The members
took their rebuke with that degree
of temperance and meekness which
should characterize men of greater
purpose. ,
Of course, the "smelling" committee
will continue its. operation. But
in its heart, it is ashamed of itself.
Search for Scandal.
It is recalled that some time following
the conclusion of the war and
preceding the national election, the
strategists of the Republican party
concluded that it would be fatal were
the Democrats to make a campaign on
the ground that they had conducted
the greatest war of history not only
xwith signal success, but without a
single atrocious scandal. It became
instantly!their purpose to conduct investigations
into expenditures of
money. They' knew in advance that
the United States in preparing to
meet the greatest emergency wiich
had ever confronted it had expended
enormous sums of money, and that
much of it had been expended unscientifically.
They bent themselves
in an effort to lay bare such expenditures,
and impress the public that the
i Democratic party was to blame; that
is was incompetent to administer the
government without imposing an un!
bearable burden of taxation.
As they dived into the situation,
" they found it advisable to intimate
only extravagance and negligence,
but actual graft. In the end, through
a process of indirection, they impaled
President Wilson, Secretary Baker,
i and even General Pershing. They
proceeded with a strange forgetfulness
that the United States has really
achieved a meritorious thing in put|
ting enough men in France to bring
about the defeat of Germany and save
* the freedom of the world.
Democrats Invite Dawes.
Towards the end, they proceeded
from a course of making public extravagance
in preparing for war tc
a course of making public extravaIgance
in disposing of surplus materials
following the war. The Democratic
members of the committee
then did the strange thing of summoning
General Dawes, a Republican
so certain in his politics as tc
"hoTj-o hoon nonsirierpd bv President
Eg" i-tu. T >-/ WA-*. v? _ _
V elect Harding as a worthy membei
I of his cabinet.
r The selection of the witness wa!
exceedingly happy. In the beginning
in language which could not hav<
been as forceful wuthout the fre<
and indiscriminate use of epithet!
not expressed in more polite society
he declared that the Republicai
members were proceeding on a theor:
that the war was a Democratic an<
Republican war, rather than ai
American war. He urged them t<
recall the fact that despite the ex
penditure of a great sum of money
a remarkable result had been achiev
ed, and brought to their attentioi
the fact that long after they ari
dead and forgotten, th?" great mei
connected with the war will be glo
rified by a grateful world.
Wither Under Rebuke.
In giving his testimony, Genera
Dawes paced up and down the floo
of the chamber. Frequently, he turn
ed his wrath against a single mem
ber, and made him curl up as a weei
in the path of a fire. In the main
however, h? excoriated the commit
tee as a whole. And the committe
proved itself no more able to resis
COLLISION CAUSES SHOOTING.
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Xegro Loses Life aud White Man
Wounded.
Hartsville, Feb. 6.?Grover Martin,
negro, was shot and killed Friday
evening near Hartsville by Thomas
Woodman, a white man who was dangerously
wounded by shots from c
the negro's pistol.
Friday evening after dark Mr. j
Woodman, of the Philadelphia section
of Darlington county was on his way *
to Hartsville in his automobile.
When about five miles from Harts- c
ville, near Lee's cross roads, a collis- ?
1
ion occurred in a sand bed between
Mr. Woodman's car and a truck driv- s
en by Martin. The truck was head- c
r
ed from Hartsville and reports "
are that it had no lights. There was s
another negro man in the truck with *
Martin. It appears that when the c
cars had come together Mr. Wood- *
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man alighted and walking up to the
truck questioning Martin as to why (
he had his hand in his pocket. Thereupon
Martin produced a revolver and
commenced firing at Mr. "Woodman. (
Mr. Woodman returned the fire, kill- 1
ing the negro. The coroner held an i
inquest yesterday and the finding was i
that Mr. Woodman was fully justi- i
fied in committing the act, as the 1
negro was holding Mr. Woodman's t
life in jeopardy. Woodman was shot s
at five times. He was rushed to an i
.infirmary in Florence and is doing as i
well as could be expected. (
It appears that Mr. Woodman is 1
highly thought of in his community, i
He is a trustee of the Philadelphia
high school and is a planter.
HELD FOR BIGAMY.
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"White Man Alleged to Have Married }
Another Woman in Graniteville. j
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Anderson, Feb. 4.?R. L. Sullivan, j
formerly of this county, was arrested
and brought to jail Friday morn- {
ing, charged with bigamy and assault ]
and battery. The action was brought 2
by D. P. Woodward, of Graniteville, <
who is the father of the girl Sullivan ,
is said to have married while having j
a living wife at Giuck mills in this (
county. Sullivan was arrested on }
information from Aiken authorities ]
and will likely be taken to that city. ]
Sullivan claims that he left Anderson
about six years ago and that
, having heard his wife was dead and
. having inquired of several parties ]
. who corroborated the rumor, he mar- 1
i ried again and has been living at
Graniteville ever since. j
Some Appreciated Words.
1
From Lakeland, Fla., a goodly dis- <
tance from Bamberg, comes this word ]
of cheer: "Enclosed you will find ;
a money order for two dollars, for :
which please send me The Herald ;
for one year. I feel like I can't miss i
' one copy, as it seems'like a letter from
home. Best wishes for the newyear.?Edw-ard
Walker." 1
This comment is from Livingston, .
: S. C.: "Enclosed find $2.00, for
- which you will please send me The
Herald, as I find that I cannot do .
without it.?Robert T. Williams."
[
Here's an appreciated word from
) a friend of The Herald: "I am send
ing you check for $2.00 to cover my
- subscription to The Herald for an
other year. If this does not reach
j you in time for this w-eek's paper, I
- want you to send it anyw-ay, as I don't
- wrant to miss a copy.?W. E. Cope>
land, Ehrhardt, S. C."
his attack than any individual mem
ber bad been. It was all General
Dawes.
The witness was especially bitter
' when asked regarding General Pershing.
He characterized those who
* endeavored to detract from the fame
3 of the great commander as "hounds." <
' "Why, even it is said by some gentlemen,"
said Dawes pointedly to the
j
, committee, "that on the night of the
1
armistice, General Pershing was attending
a theatre. Those who de3
tract from him and others connected
with the direction and fighting of
' the war, will be dead and forgotten
when his achievements will still be
1 the burden of song and story"
When asked if he had not disposed
1 of American supplies, following the
armistice, for a sum which repre|
sented no part of the real value.
Dawes responded: "We got $400,000,1
000," said he, "I have since grieved
r for the way we mistreated France
- in putting the junk off on her at such
- a figure."
d It was all a distinct sensation, and
o it is still the talk of Washington.
The result is an intensification of
e the odium under which the committ
tee labors.
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Democrats Plan
Republicar
Washington, Jan. 30.?Democratic
nembers of the house appropriations
lommittee are preparing to challenge
;he claim of Chairman Good thai
>1,250.000,000 or more has beer
'saved" by slashing the estimates o
lie executive departments.
It is the contention of the Demo
irats that this is largely a "papei
laving;" that deficiency bills will folow
appropriation bills cut below rea
;onable limits and that a mere reluction
of departmental estimates
neans little on the final balance
iheet. The departments always asl
for more than they expect to get, anc
ill estimates are cut, year after year
)ut the slashing process has nevei
)een so ruthlessly followed as in this
icngress.
Points to Weak Spots.
Representative James F. Byrnes
)f South Carolina, a minority mem
)er of the appropriations committee
3ointed out today what he termec
veak spots in the arguments of thos<
vho boast of saving $1,000,000,00(
:o $1,500,000,000 in the appropria
dons this year. Mr. Byrnes said h<
soon would prepare a detailed state
nent showing that these reduction:
n estimates are not so important am
ir>rm nmi^ol oc ronrooontQ^ a n rl fhn
.'V. V1IUU_11VU?1 U U X uixu tllU
Republican boasts of rigid economy
vill not bear analysis.
"Off hand," said Mr. Byrnes today
'I can think of a number of item:
isted as a 'saving' which deserve n<
such name. In the sundry civil bill
;or instance, the majority of the com
nittee lopped off about $400,000,00(
m the estimates of the shipping
3oard and this is represented as hav
ng been saved.
"The fact is the committee allowed
some millions for the shipping
board and directed it to get mori
noney through the sale of ships am
ship yards, from unexpended bal
inces, ship contracts, and so on. Ex
stirfg law, including the Jones Mer
ihant Marine law, directs that mone;
received from the sale of shipping
Doard property, such as ships, slial
be turned into the treasury.
Same as an Appropriation.
"Therefore,.instead of turning thi
money into the treasury it will gi
to the shipping board, which amount
to the same thing as if the commit
tee had appropriated outright for th
board.
"Ten million dollars for the ni
trate plant as Muscle Shoals was als<
zut out of the sundry bill, after w
have expended millions on the pro
ject. Congress has not yet determ
ined its policy regarding a continu
ation of this plant, so it cannot b
claimed that this sum of $10,000,00
was eliminated from the estimates.
"If $1,250,000,000 will be 'saved
this session, why does not the part
In power go ahead and prepare t
reduce taxes by a similar amount
Instead of that, committees are meet
ing to devise additional means o
raising taxes.
"Going back to the estimates, th
rivers and harbors will carry onl
$15,000,000 instead of the $57,000
000 asked for by the engineers. I
this amount 'saved' if these improve
ments are necessary? The needs c
commerce must be met and it is fai
to assume these improvements wl
De made some day, and some member
question the economy of practicall
stopping river and harbor work an
holding appropriations down to mer
maintenance items.
"It is claimed there was a saving c
$19,000,000 in the agricultural bil
but this amount includes $9,000,00
disallowed for the continued purchas
ing of forest lands under the Week
SOX SLAYS FATHER.
Young Man Admits Firing Shot Th?
Ends Father's Life.
Greenville, Feb. 4.?Broadus Ba]
ton, 20 years of age, was placed i
the Greenville jail tonight, charge
with killing his father, Early Bartoi
42 years of age, at their home ?
Tigersville, IS miles from Greenvilh
The young man admits firing the she
that killed his father, using a sho
gun. He claims,, it is said, that h
had trouble previously with his fathe
and fired after the older man ha
reached for a knife. It is said th?
the latest trouble, resulting in th
fatal shooting, developed at the su]
per table. The coroner has gone t
Tigersville to hold the inquest.
mm * m > ?
Galveston has the largest and dee]
est. harbor on the Gulf coast.
10 Challenge
i Economy Claims
21 act. The department had to esti5
mate for $10,000,000 to carry out
31 the Weeks law, this being the amount
ti required, but the department did not
11 know how much congress would alr
low at this time. The appropriations
committee allowed only $1,000,000
- this year, and, meanwhile, another
rj committee is holding hearings to de-!
cide upon a forest reserve policy. But
- the $9,000,000 is not saved, simply
I
-! because the estimate temporarily is
5 cut.
3 Must Have Xeeded Funds.
"Another $1,000,000 saved in the
i agricultural bill was the elimination
?' of the funds for outbreaks of epii
"j demies, such as foot and mouth dis3j
ease among animals. But if such
outbreaks come, the department must
have the money. The fund for fightfj
ing forest fires was reduced by $1,_!
000,000 this year, but the fires must
i be put out if thev burn?even if a
'
1: deficiency is incurred. This is not a
3! saving.
)! "There have been similar 'econo_j
mies' in other bills and in the diplo3;
matic budget small 'savings' were
_ | made by reducing the number of
5 clerks in some of our diplomatic and
I! consular offices abroad. Practically
t j no salary increases have been cary
ried in any of the appropriation bills
reported to date.
"There will doubtless be a deep
s cut in estimates when the naval bill
3 is reported, but some of the estimates
are voluntarily withdrawn by Secre_!
tary Daniels. For instance, when he
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r.i time the estimates were made up last
-j August, it was because so many of the
| old men in the navy had to be used
-1 to train raw recruits, many of whom
I were not of the type sought and need5
ed by the navy. Since that time wag1
es'have dropped in civil employment
- and a large number of old navy men
_ are re-enlisting because they cannot
-iget employment outside.
J "It is figured that 100,000 more
r \ experienced men will be worth more
1] to the navy than 143,000 inexperienced
men?therefore, there can be a
cut in the naval estimates as to this
particular item.
s j
3 ! Are Only Postponements.
s! "Before long I intend to go through
-jail the appropriation bills and point
e out where economy has been practiced
to the detriment of the public ser.
vice, or not practiced at all, and to
o show that many of the alleged savings
e are but postponements of appropriations."
Representative Byrnes did not
. mention the army appropriation bill,
e but here the estimates were cut al0
most in half. The house committee
has allowed for an army of only 150,[?
000, although both the senate and
v house recently voted for an army of
o 175,000, while the army reorganiza?
tion act of a year or so ago stipulafced
as a maximum an army of about
f 280,000. Secretary Baker has been
criticised in congress for enlisting
e already approximately 208,000.
y Before the session ends Republi
- cans and Democrats inevitably will
s lock horns over the so:called econo>
my record of the present congress, the
>f latter insisting that the economies
r are fancied and not real, and will be
11 followed by the customary crop of de's
ficiency measures. Figures concern-j
y ing the economies of the house comd
mittee, however, are premature, asj
e the senate almost invariably increases
the -total of the house budget and
>f when the appropriation laws are fi1,
nally enacted they represent a some0
what costly compromise between the
5- two branches of congress.?Balti;s
more Sun.
KILLED WITH BAT.
Pait Villo Annthpr Ovpr
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Ball <5ame.
r- Laurens, Feb. 4.?A negro school
e house ground out on Duncan creek,
d ten miles east of Laurens, was the
i, scene yesterday of a rather unusual
it homicide when George Davis was
s. struck on the head with a baseball
)t bat and instantly killed by John
t- Henry Long, according to Sheriff S.
Le C. Reid, who returned to the city last
>r night after capturing Long, who was
d trying to make his escape from the
it community.
Once for South.
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Fossil remains have shown the
likelihood of the early existence of
Eskimos as far south as New Jersey.
MilS. BLANCHE HUTTO.
Wife of Former Bamberg County
Man Died Decently.
Blackville, Feb. 3.?Mrs. Blanche
Justice Hutto died in a hospital at
Hickory, N. C., this morning. The
funeral and interment will take place
in Hendersonville, her native home,!
tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
Mrs. Hutto was the wife of David
A. Hutto, native of Bamberg county,
and his many friends in this part of
th? state feel deeply for him in this
bereavement. Mrs. Hutto has made
her home in South Carolina for several
years, and endeared herself to
all with whom she met, for she was
a lovable and refined woman. She
was the youngest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel T. Justice, prominent
citizens of Hendersonville, who
preceded her to the grave only a
short while.
She is survived by her husband and
six children, Mildred, Mary, Blanche,
Helen, David, A., Jr., and Thomas Rudolph,
a seven weeks old infant. The
following brothers and sisters also
survive her: The Rev. J. M. Justice,
formerly a missionary to Argentina,
but now pastor of the
Black Mountain church at Black
Mountain, S. C., George W. Justice,
of Hendersonville, Emory Justice,
now in the navy, Mrs. A. W. Penland,
of Columbia, Mrs. T. C. Young, of
Spartanburg, Mrs. H. T. Justice, near
Hendersonville, and S. S. Bozier, of
Flat Rock, X. C. Before her last illness
Mrs. Hutto had been living in
YT^riAri "\T P vxf r\ bncKonrl
iuai iuu, -1. \~>.t n nci g nui xiuouauu
held a position with the railroad company.
She was a member of the
Baptist church in Hendersonville before
her marriage, taking an active
part in all good work. After her
marriage she joined the Methodist
church with her husband, and was
regarded with the resp&t and honor
accorded to women of piety.
Blackville Social Items.
Blackville, Feb. 5.?The Wednesday
Afternoon Book club was entertained
on the 26th of last month by
Miss Rosa Rich. The afternoon's
study was "The Taming of the
Shrew," with Mrs. L. R. Free giving
an interesting paper which she had
prepared on the subject, and the hostess
leading in an interesting discussion
of the play. Miss Eva Rich
assisted in serving a dainty sweet
course.
Mrs. R. B. Still was hostess to the
Priscilla club Friday at a delightful
meeting. An elegant salad course
was served by the hostess, assisted
by Mrs. L. C. Still. Those present
aside from the club members were:
Mesdames C. Rizer, T. O. Boland, S.
H. Still, E. H. Weissinger, T. R.
Chisolm, A. H. Ninestein, C. S. Buist,
and H. F. Buist.
Mrs. H. F. Buist was a charming
hostess Thursday to the Sewing club.
After an hour spent in needle work,
accompanied by merry conversation,
the hostess assisted by Mrs. S. H.
, Rush, served delicious ice cream and
cake, followed by sandwiches and
cake. ' Club visitors were Mesdames
J. C. Johnston, R. B. Still, L. C. Still
H. A. Rich and Misses Rosa and Eva
Rich.
Little Miss Marjorie Fickling entertained
about 50 little friends al
a delightful birthday party recently
A Love Tip.
A Glendale young man, whenevei
out of the city, instead of writing tc
his best girl, sends her every fev
days a box of candv. She is delighted
with his plan and boasts of it tc
her girl friends, who straightway
hint to their admirers to do the
same.
One of the admirers went to the
first named young man on his returr
from one of these trips and made
complaint of this habit of his. "The
ntVior sririti are exDecting us fellows
to do it, too," he said. "We can't see
why you do it. It's expensive and?'
"Yes," admitted the candy sender
"it is expensive, but it is mighty safe
Candy could never tell tales in 2
breach of promise suit."
m i?i ?
Spoon at Old Age.
New York.?George Elias Berger
76, and Mrs. Katherine Spencer Rus
sell, 72, took out a marriage license
and sat like two young high school
lovers in the lobby of the Park Avenue
hotel. They resented the interruption
to their "tetea-tete." Mrs
Russell expressed her belief there
should be no marriage license re
quired to "put prying people aftei
you." They will be married Janu
ary 31.
PRISONER HOLDS
RECORD OF CRIME
SAIJ) TO HAVE KILLED SEVERAL
MEX.
Will be Taken Back
W. H. Griffith in Newberry Jail Es- t
caped West Virginian?Arrested
in Greenwood.
Newberry,
Feb. 4.?E. W. Athey,
captain of the guard of the West
Virginia penitentiary at Moundsville,
came to Newberry Wednesday to
carry back W. H. Griffith, alias O. B.
Mays, who was arrested in GreenWOnrI
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man Nelson on suspicion of being the
man who broke open three stores in
Silverstreet the night before, which
suspicion proved correct. Griffith
was brought to Newberry and put in
jail here the day of his arrest, where
he is now awaiting transportation to
Moundsville whenever the requisition
papers are completed.
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Captain Athey gave a very thrilling
sketch of Griffith's career, the main
points of which are:
Griffith was reared by good,parents . ,*
in Harrison county, West Virginia. He
did not develop criminal tendencies
until after his marriage. He made his
first break in forging checks on his
employer. For this a special constable,
named Goff, was detailed to
arrest him. Griffith refused to go with
the constable, and when the constable
attempted to force him to go Griffith
shot him dead. '
Griffith then went to Braxton county.
Two deputy sheriffs found him
there and cornered him, ,when he
said: "All right, gentlemen, I give
up." The deputies put up their guns,
and Griffith pulled two guns, killing
one man and badly wounding the
other and got away.
He went thence to Gassaway, in the
same county of Braxton, where he
forged a note for $500. When the
chief of police of Gassaway attempted
to arrest him he shot and killed the
chief, whose name was Perkins. All
these things occurred in 1914. After
that Griffith wandered about over
four mountain counties in West Virginia?Calhoun,
Ritchie, Wirt and
Braxton?where he was hunted by
posses and bloodhounds all the time
being shielded and taken care of by
friends and relatives.
Finding it was getting too hot for
him in West Virginia, he went toYoungstown,
Oho, where he was
picked up on suspicion of being Griffith
and was carried back to Braxton,
W. Va., and was tried for the murder
of Chief of Police Perkins, was
convicted and was sentenced to the
penitentiary for life, beginning his
sentence July 23, 1916.
He made three attempts to escape
from the penitentiary, the third on
| January 6, 1921, being successful.
Griffith was a jpnember of the prison
[ band. At 6 o'clock* the evening of
January 6 he slipped out of the band
^ room and set fire to the tailor shop
in the prison. This brought the men
out of the engine room, except the
. engineer himself. Griffith entered the
engine room by the back door ana cut
the engineer's throat with a knife,
killing him instantly. He then cut
the big belt that turned the engine
. that made the electric lights, thus *
) throwing the entire institution into
j darkness. The electrician saw the act ,
. and attempted to stop Griffith, but he'
) slashed at the electrician with his
r knife, cutting off his first and second
? fingers of the right hand. In the
darkness he passed out between two
j guards.
{ Asked as to Griffith's family, Cap}
tain Athey said Griffith's wife and]
} child and his father and mother are
j still living in Wirth county, West
i Virginia.
Captain Athey is a young man with
a pleasant and resolute countenance.
Asked if there was any danger of the
, prisoner getting away from him, he
replied in the negative, adding, "I
shall carry him there somehow."
Captain Athey was impressed with
Newberry's jail, saying it was the
best he had seen, and that he has seen
many. When a prisoner is locked in
> it, he says, he has no chance of esl
cape unless it might be from help on
. the outside, and he added that all
. that is needed to make the Newberry
jail perfectly secure is an outside
i iron fence.
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c Lamech, a descendant of Cain, in
- the fifth generation, is the first
polygamist on record.
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