The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, February 05, 1931, Image 2
News Review of Current
Events the World Ove
of liibor. for the ftror
is In the cabinet. ‘He- is
of Keliemil Hlld is iiixl
slate fttr the ciibrnN^s.
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Red Cross, Rejects Proposed Federal Aid of *825.000,000
for Drought Relief and Opposition Senators
Threaten a Filibuster.
J. B. Payne.
F KDKUAL aid is not
rW*oded and not
wanted by the Amer
ican lied Cmtw. ac-
cordius to the state
ment made by John
Kart on I'ayne, rhalr-
man of titat orfanl-
zafion. to the house
subcommittee* that
waa eoiisitleririK lite
Interior det>nrttnent
appropriation bill. Mr.
I'ayne said the cen
tral committee of the Ited Cross had
adopted two resolutions, as follows:
“That it is tlie sense of the central
committee that the ited Cross is In a
position adequately to complete the
task it has undertaken In the dronpht
stricken areas, and It hereby assumes
the responsibility of completing said
task without public appropriations.”
“That it is the sense of the central
committee that the Ited Cross cannot
accept the administration of the funds
for general relief purposes, ns pro- |
vldcd for under the terms of the hill
which has passed the senate and l»
now ponding in the house.”
, Senators who upheld the senate’s J
attempt to give the Ited Cross a
000.000 relief appropriation rallied to
the defense of that plan and. led by
Itohlnson of Arkansas, denounced The
Hed Cross, President Hoover and the
administration generally. They gave
notice that they would filibuster
against flie general appropriation hills
unless what they consider to he ade
quate ndief for the drought areas is
granted.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD •
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dor de Martino, who promptly lodged
a protest at the Department of State.
■ negro
ise Diagne
retary of
B KFORR he e
mitred suicide by
looting himself at
home In Jersey:
City, Kdwurd -1^ Ed
wards. former go
nor of . New Jersey
and former United
States senator, wrote
Wnote to his daughter
Barnwell Legislator
la no l£ss flourishing busineFg than it
I is doing today." ^ 7
Backs Wet Movement < R. C. H Iman, T. W. Higgins, of
Georgetown, A. B. Holmes, Of Char T
R. C. Holman Is Elected Vice-Chair-‘ *P° ke ’ voicin * their opposi -
tTon' to the amendment and especially
man of Statewide Anti-prohibi
tion Orgahixatibii^
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E. I. Edwards
Secretary of the Navy Adams called a tes knew he had been despondent.
on General Butler for an explanation,
and when this was received Secre
tary Stimson made a formal apology
to Italy for Butler's statement.^ At
the same time Mr. Adams ordered
that the officer be tried by court mar
tial. . _
Columbia, Jan. 28.—An anti-prehi-
bition movement in South Carolina
was launched here today by a rep
resentative graiip .H. delegates ’from
which gave no ex- all paits of the State. A Statewide
planation of his act. | organization program wa.* adopted,
.loweypr.^is 'plans were laid to organize every
county, cany on educational work,
proposals to, byTegislative means, try
to bring about some relief 'ir-om the
mid
S ENATOR CABBER’S )oint resolu
tlon authorizing the federal farm
board to make 20.000,000 bushels of
tlie wheat it owns, available for emer^
gency relief was passed by the senate.
The board’s revolving fund Is to he
credited with the cost of the grain
at prevailing prices.
and that he was suffering from an in
curable disease, so they were less
surprised than shockefl. In the senate
Mr. Edwards was a pioneer of the
wets, thougli he never took a drink of
liquor. In 1924 he was mentioned as a
Deniocratic presidential possibility on
u wet platform. _
In 1928, Mr. Edwards was railed
hack from the convention in Hous
ton, Texas, by the fatal illness of his
that they believed South Carolina
sentiment opposed to prohibition.
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Deaf-Mu^e Robs Postoffice.
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Allendale, -Jan. 31—The' postoffice
at Appleton, was robbed of $25 Thurs
day by a boy called “Dummy," who is
A.deaf-mute, and a son of Ben Wil
liams, colored. * -
, Dummy was employed to make fires,
sweep and do odd job?, and although
deprived of the powers of speech and
hearing, hjs eyes were ever on the
alert, ^md he bear s the reputation of
being very bright.
While Mrs. E. W. Flowers, post-
H CEDING that as
attorney general
of the United States
lie has the right to
pass on the profes
sional and ethical fit
ness of candidates for
W ILLIAM HOHENZOLLERN, who
used to lie emperor of Gerinany,
celebrated the seventy-second anui-
places on the federal versary of his birth on Janm£y 27 at
~ his home of exile In Doom, Holland.
I
NCRKAS1NG pressure in behalf of
the plnn^o make Immediate rash
payment of bonus cerlificutes to World
war veterans was met by Secretary of
the Treasury Mellon with a statement
to the senate finance committee that
such payment was neither needed nor
economically sound, and he more (ban
Intimated that legislation to that effect
would be vetoed by the Bresldent."
Both he and Undersecretary Mills told
the committee that the proposed bond
,Issue of *3.400,009.000 for the retire
ment of the 20-\ear bonus certificate*
would not only disturb government
finances, but would prolong the busi
ness depression. Next day ttiey re-
l*eated their arguments before the
house ways and menus committee.
Attorney Gen
eral Mitchell.
^HE Democrat radi*?** 1 Republican
coalition in the senate Is still
after those thtxfr members of the fed
eral power commission, 'Smith. Gnr-
saud and Draper, and It appeared cer
tain that Walsh’s motion to lake quo
warranto action to uist them would be
carried. The mailer came tip in the
lower house on a motion to cut out the
appropriation for their salaries, but
the representatives decidtal the quar
rel was none of their business and
defeated the motion hym vofo of fu to
102.
Harry , E.
Rowbottom.
AUUY E. ROW-
IjoffoiTT. RSpfiB-'
I lean congressman
from the First district
of Indiana, was ar
rested In Evansville
a ti d placed under
y 10,000 bonds by Unit
ed States Commis
sioner E. Harmon,
lie is charged with
having taken $750
from Walter G. and
Aaron Ayer in rettirh
for the promise of
appointment of Gresham A.ver ns a
rural mall carrier at Uockport. Ind.
Rowbottom’s term in congress expires
on March 4 next. He was an owt
standing member of the 1920 Indiana
bouse of representatives when the
Ku Klux klun began to show its great
political Influence.
The Boat Office department In Wash
ington announced on January 5 rhe
dismissal of tour postmasters and the
suspension of a rural mail carrier.
ail In Itow hot tom’s district. The of
ficlal statement of the department' at
i|at time said that report* prevalent
ii^radiana that "certain postmasters
and others who were applicants for
positions in the Bost Office depart-
. ment had been paying and causing to
lie paid various sums of money to a
congressman t6 .obtain the appoint
ments desired” were brought to its
attention by Senators James E. Wat
son and Arthur Robinson.
bench, William D.
Mitchell has openly
and vigorously at
tacked the qualifica
tions of Ernest A-
Michel of Minnesota.
. recommended for ju
dicial appointment by Thomas Schnll.
Idind senator from that state. Schall
has retaliated by questioning the good
tasle of Mitchell’s action and declar
ing thpr* unless Michel is nominated
the post will remain vacant.
The attorney general in this state
ment asserts that Michel is not quali
fied for a judgeship and Infers that
Schall’s recommendation was in pay
ment of a pollrieni debt. “President
Hoover,” lie adds, "has raised a stand
ard of judicial appointment in which
political ‘usefulness’ does not enter.
He has refused repeatedly to he bent
by such motives. I am sure that the
people of Minnesota approve of ids
attitude. IVhen it comes to Judicial
office they want men about whose
quaftfivniions there Is not room for
difference of opinion, not men up*
pointed to pay political debts.”
Senator Schall accepted the Issue
and replied:
"I am forced to the conclusion that
the attorney general displays less than
good taste to say the least when lie
makes reference to the payment of
political debts. It Is an inferential
insult to the people of our state to
even intimate that they woul<| consul-’
er political expediency rather than
sound qualifications and integrity In
their choice of a judicial appointee.’’
wife. Broken with sorrow, he entered
bis campaign for re-election and was
defeated by Hamilton F. Kean. Then
came financial misfortunes, a break
with his lifelong f rl end. M ay or" Fra n k
Hague of Jersey ^€3ty, and not long
ago the death of his favorite brother,.
David Fv-EO^ards. Evidently, life held
nothing more for him.
rt
present situation', and a ma-s meetin
at an early date is t6 be called,
J. Heyward Jenkins, member of the
State house of representatives from
Beaufort*, was elected permanent m ’ s ! ress > an ^ express agent, went
-chairman; R. C. Holman, of Barnwell, to meet ' ^ train^“Dummy extracted
also of the general assembly, was nK)ne y f rom fts hiding place,
chosetr vtee=Chairman and Romulus The ten-year-old boy is being held and
Reese, campaign and publicity mana- mone y has not been recoy^
ger of Ashton Williamg last summer, ere( ^-
secretary.
Every .section of the State from
Georgetown to Pickens was represen
ted. Only invited delegates were
present. *'
^ Williams’ Statemetit
P OSSIBILITY of another controversy
with Canada loomed when it was
announced that the two masted auxil
iary schooner Josephine K., of Novae
Scotian registry, had Iveen captured
by it coast guard cutter after a live
mile chase in lower New York bay
und her skippef, Cnpt. William P.
Ciueit of Luuenberg. Nova Scotia.
” TiMefi by tt stmt Tminf* it rme-ponhAer.'
On the schooner and on a garbage
setov which was in tow* of a tug and
also was captured the officials found
a large quantity of liquor.
After a conference in the White
House. Assistant Secretary °f the
Treasury Lowman cave out the state-
ment that the const guard was per
forming its statutory duty • in- pre
venting smuggling.
“it is regrettable the captain lost
-his Jife, but it was simply an inci
dent to tlie transaction," he continued.
”1 feel sure the coast guard did not
lire with intention of taking life, hut
to prevent lbe rum runner escaping.
Apparently tlie Canadian was violating
Hie laws of the United States, which
’it is the duty of the coast guard to
enforce under mandates from the con
gress of Hie United States. 1 ’
Lowman said a coast guard cutter
caught the rum runner transferring
a cargo of'liquor to a scow and a
small motorboat well within the 12-
tuile limit and just outside New York
.harbor. He said the cutter hoisted her
pennant, whereupon the rum runner
tried to escape. Several warning shots
were fired before the shell struck the
pilot house, killing the captain and
bringing the Josephine K. to a stop.
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AJ. GEN. ’ SMEDLEY D. BUT
ler, commandant Of the marine
base at Quantlco, Vp., whose propen
*ity for speaking his mind freely has
made trouble In the past, has been
talking again. This time, before the
Contemporary club in Philadelphia. !
General Butler, according to press re
ports, made a speech in which he
severely criticised Premier Mussolini
of Italy, calling v him “one of "those
fellows who are waiting to start an-
potbffilhg up alt the brass hats in
v Italy. He is getting very Roman." He
also said Mussolini ran over a child
with his automobile.
Mussolini cabled a flat denial qf the
i automobile story to Italian Ambassa-
-a
P IERRE LAVAL.
only, forty-seven
years old, became
premier of France
and got together a
cabinet to succeed
that of M. Tardleu. It
Is a ministry of the
right whose political
complexion does not
differ greatly from
that of its predeces
sor. The “radical So
cialists refused to
participate hut- politicians In Paris be-
Ifeved* the new government would sur-
vlve. Tardleu accepted the ministry.
It was not a gala event and there was
Utile of the pomp that marked the
day before tlie World war. William
attended divine services in the morn
ing. then received the congratulations
of his Immediate relatives and pre
sided'at a family dinner. In the aft
ernoon he received • delegations of
German monarchists, and in the eve
ning there was a formal dinner at
which the ex-kaiser appeared wearing
tlie uniform of a German field marshal
and his decorations.
W
HEN the king
and queen of
Siam pay their offi-^
clal visit to* Washing
ton in April they are
to he provided with a
residence that wUI
have nil the luxuries
of a royal palace. Our
government has. no
official home for dis
tinguished visitors
“The gauntlet is down, the very
foundations of our State and national
government are being threatened,
tho?e rights that South Carolina has
always held dear are being trampled,
racketeering i 8 becoming rampant in
our country, the liquor traffic though
one of the largest single-businesses in
the country is being carried on un
taxed, the law has failed, something
must be done, and it is time a fight j
was made,” was the sense of the opin
ion voiced at the meeting.
--A statement by Ashton Williams,
who campaigned for governor on the
wet ticket last summer, was read. He
did not discuss the merits or demerits
of prohibition, but stated the purpose
of the meeting and asked for some
concerted efforts by those opposed to
the law in South Carolina. He sug
gested that the meeting wholehearted
ly support the plan put forward a few
day? ago by the American Federation
of Labor in favor of 2 3-4 per cent
beer.' Thi s would give a million and
a half men work and enable the States
and so always bor- . _.
rows one w hm the 9 OT ° T t<y raise revenue. He also reedmmend-
occaslon arises. This time it? lias ac- ed that the State laws be amended sp
cepted the offer of Larz Amler'son.
former ambassador to Japan, of his
great castle-like house on Massachu
setts avenue, and therejjie royal cou
ple from the Far East and their suite
will by housed. Tlie Anderson*bouse
was used once bofoue for foreign visi
tors. in 1918 by.the. Belgian war mis
sion. ^
I NVESTIGATIQJf-wf. tlie administra
tion of law in the federal courts
throughout the country is to lie car
ried on under the supervision of a
committee of which Dean Charles E.
Clark of Yale’ law school has been
appointed chairman. Plans for this
study were approved by President
Hoover’s commission on law observ
ance and enforcement.
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Philip
Snowden
Pierra Laval
-TT
the MacDonald
government remains
fn power, Great Brit
ain is likely soon to
imitate Italy in one
respect. Philip Snow
den. chuncellur of the.
exchequer,' and his
associates are plan
ning a drive to reduce
«'osts and help the
British manufacturer
to recover his su
premacy iii^ the
world!*• export markets.-The scheme
proposed includes a 10 per tent cut
in wages and a similar reduction in
the prices of all \oods and commodi
ties. Tlie Britisi?. working man, ac
cording to officials, would be as well
off as ever though receiving less for
his work. Mr. Snowden has been sound
ing out the large employer* on the
plan, and in a letter,, to prominent
manufacturers ha* Intimated that the
government in its next budget would
set the example by, making a cut of
10 per cent in the salaries of all gov
ernment employees. The trade unlonf
have been consulted and have given
the scheme their approval.
/CARRYING out the policy and plans
^ of the British government. Lord
Irwin, viceroy of India, decreed the-f
unconditional release from prison of
tyihatma Gandhi and his chief lieuten
ants, all members of the working com
mittee of the all-India national con
gress. The ."“holy man," desiring to
avoid demonstrations.; did not leave
the Yeruvdjitrjail until eleven o’clock
at night. Clad only In a loin-cloth,
he took a train for Bombay, where he
was met by immense crowds of ador
ing and rejoicing native*,—- ^
Gandhi told interviewers that he
emerged from jail with an absolutely
open mind unfettered by enmity and
prepa red j o. st udy the whole situation^
and tlie statement of Prime Minister
that medical liquor could. behold .and
a tax imposed. He estimated South
Carolina would receive three-quarters
of a million dollars yearly from this
source alone. His last recommenda
tion was that South Carolina go on
record favoring repeal of the eigh*-
teenth amendment and thereby in
some measure restore some of her
State rights which were taken away
by. it* Enactment.
- Explains Labor,,View.
Earl Britton, a representative of
the South Carolina branch of the
/American Federation of Labor, al
though not speaking in an officia.
capacity, explained the labor, view
i
rise of racketeering due to the pro
fits accrued from the liquor traffic.
* W. E. Enter, of Charleston, also
of the labor organizations, also spoke
in an unofficial capacity.
A significant statement by Britton
which registend with the members
present wa s “in the old days he never
worried how to pay the school teach
ers’ salaries or about- taxes for they
were paid by a liquor traffic doing
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the portfolio of tlie’interlor. The om* ' political prisoner In India should be
legged General Mngjnot wu* made' freed, but said lu. di«' not yet know
minister of war, Dumont of the nuvyi what would be his course jf tie Brit
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