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The part that the women of South
Carolina will play in the politics
of the future, and the influence they
will exert on the affairs of state,
was probably forecasted Monday at
the county Democratic convention,
when the one woman present as a
delegate, Miss Lfllie Cooper, of
k Denmark, introduced and had passed
a resolution condemning the
practice of the legislature of this
state in holding sessions of that
body on the Sabbath day. The pre
dominating question before the convention
was that of the alleged extravagance
of the state government
and the discussion of a resolution
calling on the State Democratic
convention to stand for the lowest
possible appropriations of public
f funds to operate the state government.
It seemed to be the unani,
mous opinion of those present that
there must be material reductions
and that the strictest economy must
be practiced.
The convention was held at the
court house in Bamberg Monday,
, meeting at 11 o'clock in the forenoon.
Several clubs were not represented
at the meeting, and it was
plainly evident that politics are not
bothering the people of Bamberg
. county to any very large extent now.
What they were mostly interested
in was a reduction of the tax burden
and a protest against the continued
maiding,of new offices and the
^ paying out of large sums of money
to maintain departments that they
considered, judging from the re*
marks of a number of delegates, as
m , WUmjr uooicoo.
The county chairman, Hon. J. P.
Carter, called the meeting to order,
and in brief remarks opening the
convention, he said that the purpose
of democracy is to uphold the right,
protect the weak, and to secure the
- best men possible to uphold the interests
of the state. He took occasion
to commend the county executive
committee, .and complimented
> . the committee on its purpose to uphold
the purity of the county democracy.
Mr. Carter, in welcoming into
the convention the first woman delegate,
said tjiat he was proud ana
pleased that women have now taken
their place in the ranks of voters
and citizens, to perform the same
functions and bear the same responsibilities
of government as the men.
The chairman stated that the first
business "before the convention would
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t ibe the selection of temporary officers.
J. F. Carter was nominated
r for temporary 'chairman, and was
elected without opposition. R. M.
Hitt was elected temporary secre'
> tary, upon which Mr. Carter declared
the convention was in readiness to
, enroll the delegates.
Delegates.
The following delegates were en.rolled
from the various clubs:
Bamberg?J. F. Carter, W. E.
Free, Dr. J. B. Black, H. C. Folk,
B. W. Miley, LaVerne Thomas, G. E.
Bamberg, J. A. J. Rice, E. H. ;Henr
; derson, Capt. W..S. Bamberg, C. W.
Rentz, Jr., and S. S. Carroll. Messrs.
Folk and Rice were absent, and *3.
.Carl Kearse and J. A. Williams were
* v enrolled in their stead.
Denmark?W. L. Riley, C. W.
Garris, S. G: Mayfield, J. W. Crum,
. , Jr., T. P. McCrae, Capt. J. B. Guess,
'Mrs. J. W. Crum, J. Arthur Wiggins.
Capt. Guess and Mrs. Crum were
absent and Miss Lillie Cooper was
enrolled as an alternate.
Lees?
iffightower's?L. W. Abstance.
Govan?S. S. Williams, M. B. Kennedy,
W. H. Collins. Mr. Kennedy
was absent and J. E. Kennedy enrolled
in his stead.
Olar?H. H. Kearse, Dr. L. A.
Hartzog, OB. P. Hartzog, C. H. Brabham,
U. G. Milhous, C. F. Rizer, and
J. G. .Barker. Messrs. Kearse and
Barker were absent, and S. E. Neeley
was enrolled as an alternate.
Colston?D. Bishop, P. M.
Varn, and G. A. McMillan.
Ehrhardt?Dr. J. L. Copeland, J.
E. McMillan, J. C. Hiers,' Dr. H. M.
Brabham, G. J. Herndon, J. M.
Kirkland, L. G. Yarley, J. J. Hiers,
J. H. A. Carter. Dr. Brabham and
Mr. Herndon were absent, and H. W.
Chitty and W. D. Bennett were enrolled
as alternates.
Hunter's Chapel?D. O. Hunter, J.
W. Zeigler, and F. E. Steedly. Mr.
Zeigler was absent and G. W. Hunter
was enrolled in his stead.
Farrell's?..
Kearse?J. A. Peters, Sr., J. O.
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Ritter, and B. V. Kearse.
j Midway?
Clear Pond?
Embree?R. F. Carter.
Springtown?G. M. McMillan and
J. E. Free. Mr. McMillan was absent
and W. P. McMillan was enrolled
in his stead.
The chairman explained that the
last named was a new clug whfch .
applied for membership in. the con
vention, duly organized with the
election of officers and committees.
On motion of W. E. Free the delegates
from this club were seated in
the convention.
On motion of J.' B. Black that the
names of the delegates as read constitute
the county convention, the
organization was completed, and the
chairman declared the convention
ready to transact business.
C. W. Garris, of Denmark, moved
that the temporary officers be made
permanent; the motion was carried.
The county executive committee wa^
enrolled as followes:
Executive Committee.
> Bamberg?Capt. W. S. Bamberg.
Denmark?S. G. Mayfield.
Lees?
Hightower's-rL. W. Abstance.
Govan?McP. Eubanks.
Olar?S. E. Neeley.
Colston?G. A. McMillan.
Ehrhardt?Dr. J. L. Copeland.
Hunter's Chapel?G. W. Hunter.
Farrell's?
Kearse?J. A. Peters.
.Midway?
Little Swamp?
Clear Pond?
Embree?L. C. Klssam.
Spriagtown?W. C. Kearse.
1 The following; .resolutions were
offered by Capt. W. S. Bamberg:
"Whereas, our state government
for the past years has been increasing
the taxes of this state until they
have become almost unendurable,
and
"Whereas, the coastal counties of
the state have been ravaged by the
boll weevil, and we expect little better
crops of cotton than heretofore
because of the appearance of the boll
weevil and the consequent destruction
of our agricultural interest. The
people in the lower portion of the
state have heen unable to meet the
taxes levied by the general assembly
for 1921, and
"Whereas, the general assembly
at its last session did not materially
decrease its appropriations and
refused to harken to the voice of the
people:\
"Therefore be it resolved that we,
the democracy of Bamberg county,
protest against the state levying
such high taxes and reckless expenditures
of public funds, and demand
of our representatives to present our,
views to the Democratic convention
soon to assemble in Columbia, and
to urge upon that body to stand for
the lowest appropriation of public
funds, and the cutting of expenditures
down to the lowest possible
dollar."
An amendment was offered by J.
(H.- A. Carter, and was accepted by
Capt. Bamberg, this amendment being:
''Provided that no reduction be
made in the appropriation for the
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Extravagance Scored.
In seconding the resolutions, S. G.
Mayfield, of Denmark, made a vigorous
defense of the sentiments contained
in the paper. He said that in
former years there was a sinking
fund commission and that a sum of
money was set aside each year to retire
the state's debt; this commismission
reduced the bonded indebtedness
about one million dollars,
but the plan had been abandoned.
The governor, said Mr. Mayfield, advocates
a bond issue of ten millions;
this added to the present bonded indebtedness
will carry the sum to
about fifteen millions. In addition
there is a "floating" indebtedness of
about four millions, carrying the
total indebtedness to about nineteen
and'one-half millions. In Columbia,
said he, there is an organized plan
to develop Columbia, and they are
trying to get a bond issue of 3^
millions for the canal, all of which,
if not stopped, will carry the state's
debt to twenty-odd millions, or approximately
one million dollars per
year interest. Owing to the present
condition of the government, there
must either he another bond issue
or a big decrease in state expenditures.
In 1904, Mr. MayfielJ said, the
Cope Girls Allege
Bricks Were Thrown
Cope. April 28.?The girls' basketball
team of the Cope graded school
went to Orangeburg Friday afternoon
of last week to play the team that
was over there the week before- and
although the game was not finished
the score stood ,9 to 7 in favor of
Cope.
It is said that as the team was
leaving some rude boys threw pieces
of brick bats at them aud that two
of the girls were hit, one on the head
and another on the hand. The bruises
were said to be painful but not serious,
although they could have proved
serious. It is the sentiment of the
Cope team that they cannot afford to
play ball off from home with receptions
like this.
It was stated here that this game
came to an end when the Cope team
refused to allow the Orangeburg
team to substitute players which the
latter team considered eligible to
play. No reports of throwing of pieces
of brickbats at the visiting team
have been made here.?Orangeburg
Times and Democrat.
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state appropriations reached one
million dollars; in 1920 they had increased
to $6,091,000; and that expenditures
had doubled since 1918.
The people cannot meet their taxes
tHis year, he said, and the legislature
had graciously extended the
time for payment to September,
but in September there will be
the 1921 taxes and at almost at the
same time 1922 taxes will be due,
and he saw no means by which the
people will ever be able to catch up.
The cry has gone up, he said, that
we must not stop our public improvements,
"but " I say stop them until
the people can get able to pay their
taxes."
Mr. Mayfield said, "Since 1915
there has been an increase in salarj
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The University of South Carolina,
he said, has on its payroll 130 employees,
one for every 5 students in
the college. The cost of educating
one student in the university is
about $500 a year. "Is this an.honest
and economical administration of
your affairs "
At this point Mr. Carter offered
the amendment that there should be
no reduction in the appropriation for
public school^, and C. W. Oarris volunteered
the statement that he
thought even this item could be more
economically administered. "There
is such a thing as paying too much
in salaries and administration expenses,"
he said.
Commends Bamberg Delegation.
Dr. L. A. Hartzog said that the
county delegation to the general assembly
shouW be commended for
their efforts to reduce the appropriafirtnc
Ha marta rrtontinn r?f t.hft
numerous commissions and boards
that have been in recent years addea
to the state government, and said
that be understood the state was
paying rent for thirty-odd offices in
one building in Columbia to house
these various boards; these offices
being filled with bookkeepers and
stenographers who draw pay to
"smoke cigarettes and chat pleasantly
together."
Senator Black said that he had
always sought to hold expenses
down. There is a great army of?employees
all demanding salaries and
expense accounts, he said. He made
mention of one officer without mentioning
the name who drew a salary
of $3,500 and had an expense
account of $1,900. There is a vast
lobby in Coluinbia to keep these offices
going, but the expense can be
cut down and must be cut down. He
favors everything coming down in
accordance with the condition of the
people.
J. Wesley Crum, Jr., did not think
the big increases were due to corruption."
He deplored the apathy of
the people in regard to these matters..
The State Pays More.
J. Arthur Wiggins inquired why it
is necessary for the state to spend
$600 to $700 per capita to educate
young people at state institutions
while the denominational institutions
are educating them for far less;,
Wofford spending $177 per capita
and Furman $178. He would like
a concise statement of this condition
from some one who knows.
Representative Kearse did not defend
the big appropriations; in fact,
he said, the delegation favored reductions
all along the line. He explained,
though, that the appropriations
were reduced last session by
Carlos Corbett Faces
an Orangeburg Jury
Orangeburg, May 2.?Carlos Corbett
was called to trial here today
on a charge of murder in the second
case of three murder indictments;
this case being that for the killing
of Julian Cooper. In September,
1920, Carlos Corbett was tried and
acquitted for the killing of Bryan
Salley. The case was called at 3>30
o'clock and the entire afternoon wjas
taken in drawing the jury. The ven
ire was exhausted and the jury was
not completed until 7 o'clock. The
counsel in the case are for the prosecution:
Solicitor A. J. Hydrick, j
Thomas M. Raysor and Adam H.
Moss; while Corbett is represented
by Wolfe & Berry and J. Leroy
Dukes, of Orangeburg; Cole L.
Blease, and B. J. Wingard, of Columbia,
and Mendel L. Smith, of
Camden.
It will be recalled that about two
years ago at about midnight on a
Saturday, Carlos Corbett shot and
instantly killed Bryant Salley, Jule
Cooper and Hugh Fanning and blinded
Jones Salley; that Corbett was at
home and had been awakened by a
fire in the road in front of his house
that was set wher; Cooper, Fanning
and the Salleys passed in an auto,
and that upon the return by Corbett's
house the fatal shooting took place.
Corbett stated that he was acting in
self defense and in defense of his
castle and that he was attacked by
Fanning, Salley and Cooper, while
the prosecution states that Corbett
was the a?ress?r in the affray.
During the past thirty years divoces
in the United States have increased
more than 500 per cent.
three-quarters of a million dollars.
Of the appropriations the schools
draw one and a half millions and the
people vfould not hear to any further
reduction in this item. In explaining
the difficulty of getting reductions
he gave an instance in the
state welfare board, which, personally,
he advocated abolishing. The
board presented figures to show that
it had saved the state $10,000 in
eliminating applicants for scholarships
who were able to pay their
way; this statement may or may not
be correct, but it had weight with
most of the legislators. He is satisfied
appropriations are too high and
that taxes are too high, but said that
Bamberg has one of the ^smallest
levies in the state,
Representative Riley also favors
lowering of appropriations, but told
of some of the difficulties in the way
of getting reductions. It was made
plain, however, in all the talks that
Bamberg's delegation had worked
consistently and voted likewise to
keep down expenses, and there was
no word of : criticism against them.
On being put to a vote, the resolutions
were adopted.
Want State Candidates to Help.
The following resolution was offered
by S. G-. Mayfield and adopted:
the fetate convention be called to the
increased expenses of our primary
and to urge a proper adjustment between
the county and the state candidates."
"Resolved, that the attention of
Hon. J. F. Carter was reelected
county chairman without opposition,
and J. A. Wiggins was reelected
state executive committeeman, and
also named as a member of, the credentials
committee.
The following delegates were
elected to the state convention: S.
G. Mayfield, J. F. Carter, C. W. Garris,
J. H. A. Carter, J. Arthur Wiggins,
and E. H. Henderson. It was
moved and carried that if any delegate
finds that he cannot attend the
state convention ne snail noiuy tne
delegation to the convention and suggest
an alternate to take his place.
Under the rules it is not necessary
that the county convention shall
name alternates.
<The last business of the convention
was the adoption of the resolution
offered by Miss Cooper as follows:
"Resolved, that this convention
ask the state convention to insist
that the general assembly of South
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Carolina snau uui uuiu auj' scsaiuus
on the Sabbath day."
i Miss Cooper addressed the convention
in favoring the. passage of
this resolution, stating that the
county convention should go on record
as standing for the right at all
times, and that the law makers
should set a good example by observing
the law to the letter. The
resolution was unanimously adopted.
There being no further business,
the convention adjourned. J
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Because of
SUGGESTS AGRICULTURAL AID.
War Finance Head Proposes Remedies?Sent
to President.
Washington, April 30.?Legislation
to provide six remedies for defects
in the agricultural credit system
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President Harding today by Eugene
Meyer, Jr., managing director of
the war finance corporation in a report
based upon his recent survey of
conditions in the west.
Pending enactment of the proposed
legislation and the erection of required
machinery for its administration,
Mr. Meyer recommended that
the period during which the corporation
might make loans be extended to
January 1, 1923. As remedial measures
he commended:
Enactment of legislation specifically
organizing the organization of institutions
of rediscount the paper of
live stock loan companies, and the establishment
of a sygtem for the more
adequate supervision and inspection
of live stock which furnishes security
for the paper.
Frank recognition of the need for
the orderly marketing of agricultural
products in a more gradual way and
over a longer period, and the adjustment
of existing banking laws and
regulations with this end in view.
Establishment of a rediscount facility
to make it possible at all times
for cooperative marketing organizations
to obtain adequate funds for
their operations.
Extension of the powers of the federal
reserve banks to include the purchase
in the open market of eligible
paper secured by non-perishable agricultural
commodities properly warehoused.
Encouragement of state non-member
banks to enter the federal reserve
system and reduction of the minimum
capital required for admission
to the system, admission in such cases
to be conditional upon an undertaking
to increase the capital to the present
minimum 'of $25,000 within a
definite time.
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Amendment o! the national bank
lug av^t iu pci mii a nuiit^u auuvuu^ sj*.
branch banking within a limited radius
of the parent institution.
COLEMAN WINS FIGHT.
One of Bitterest Municipal Campaigns
In History of Columbi a.
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Columbia, May 2.?After one of
the bitterest municipal campaigns
ever waged in the history of this cit>,
Commissioner William A. Coleman,
president of the Bank of Columbia,
was today nominated mayor of this
city by a majority of 511 votes over
his opponent, John W. Richardson,
former chief of police. Moffatt B.
Dupree and S. L. Sweeney, were
nominated commissioners over.L. N.
Drake and Richard L. Person. The
vote waS Coleman 2,540, Richardson
2,029, Drake 2,012, Dupree 3,034,
Person 1,466, and Sweeney 2,549.
Coleman carried four out of the eight
wards.
Following the announcement of
the returns a band headed a parade
to the residence of Mr. Coleman,
where an enthusiastic demonstration
was given him. He told the five hundred
or more people that regardless
of the villification to which he had
Deen suojectea ne mienaea to give a
clean, conscientious administration,
and live up to his pre-election promises,
of law enforcement, otherwise
he wished to be recalled; however,
he would only reward his friends
when it came to the honors and
emoluments of office. The two- successful
commissioners were likewise
vociferously cheered when they addressed
the crowd.
Something in This. *
Sailor: "The navy's got it all over
the army when it comes to speed."
Soldier: "The devil it has! How
do you make that out?"
SailQr: "The navy is always ready
to move at a moment's notice."
Soldier: "Well what of that?
Isn't-f-"
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bailor: Alia il taatss waaas iu
set the army in motion."
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The Pip of the Morning.
From what we gather from the
press, Lloyd George gets out of bed
every morning, shaves combs his hair
and comes down stairs to face the
daily crisis.?Life.
I of Gapptns
Lack of Merit
Columbia, I May 3.?The supreme
court ' today dismissed
the appeal of Jesse Gappins,
one of the Brazell murder trio, fol-v
lowing the motion in the morning by
Solicitor Callison in open court for a
dismissal. The court dismissed the
appeal for want of merit and Judge
Gary heavily scored lawyers for
what he termed as apparent trifling
with the courts..
Under Rule 30 the court can dismiss
appeals where no merit exists,
and it was under this rule that Solicitor
Callison made his motion in
the morning. The order dismissing
the appeal says that everything tha*
an officer should do is presumed to
have been done unless proved otherwise.
This was in regard to the sole
plea of Gappins for a new trial on '
the grounds that the grand jury
which indicted him was not sworn,
so far as the minutes of the court
showed.
I A motion to quash the indictment
would have been in order on these
grounds, the court says, but no
errounds for an appeal are contained
on such a plea. In dismissing the appeal
the court orders the remittitur
sent to the clerk of court of Lexington
in order that a new day may be
set for the carrying out of the death
sentence of the lower court. ? \
Others May Lose.
The appeals of S. J. Kirby and U
0. Fox, the other members of the
Brazeli murder trio, haive never been
completed and it is understood that
Solicitor Callison will move for $
dismissal of these alleged appeals
before the May term of the court of
general sessions court at Lexington.
During the hearing on the motion
of Solicitor Callison, Chief Justice
Gary strongly scored attorneys for
apparent 'trifling with the courts and
declared that if the process of law . I
becomes trifled with the lawyers will ,
be brought before the bar of the ' >
court and disbarred from practice.
Chief Justice Gary spoke of the
number of murders, thefts and other s
crimes over the state and reiterated
ihis statement of some days ago that
the court would fix the maximum
limit for bail on criminals.
The chief justice made it plain that
the court is becoming impatient with
so many apparent trifling appeals.
"The fight is on and this court is going
to maintain its dignity if we
have to disbar the lawyers from practice,"
Chief Justice Gary declared.
Chief Justice Gary said Rule 30, the
rule whereby appeals -of no apparent
merit can be dismissed, had been
adopted by the court in an effort to
bring about justice. He added that
the court thought the attorneys would
nnnrAointA this lhiile and not trv to
evade the ends of justice. The chief
justice said he was not referring to
any particular case.
Associate Justice Watts then spoke
of the appeal of C. 0. Fox, another
one of the Brazell murder trio, and
declared if this was not trifling with.
,the courts he did not know what
was.
Callison in Charge.
Solicitor Callison presented the
motion to dismiss the Gappins appeal,
claiming that the appeal was
without merit. He said he was an*
xious for the court to decide the
case prior to the middle of May when
the next term of the general sessions
court begins at Eexington. Mr.
Callison pointed out that the appeal
is based solely on the grounds that
the minutes of the court do not show
that the grand jury was sworn, it being
claimed that this made th4 trial
of Gappins illegal. Mr. Callison said
the grand jury had been sworn, ana
that the matter of the niinutes not
showing this was the smallest irregularity
Dossible. Mr. Callison Said
the appeal should be dismissed in his
opinion.
T. C. Sturkie, attorney for Gain >
pins; resisted the motion, declaring
that the appeal was made in good
faith. He declared the matter of
swearing the grand jury was yital.
At this point Justice Watts declared
that he thought the court would
be stultifying itself if it said that
the circuit judge had held an entire
term of court without swearing tlje
grand jury, one of the first things
he is concerned with in opening !the
court.
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