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VOL XXX. KINGOT CAROLINA Till RSI)AY, NOVEMBER Is, 1915. NO. 37
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I OPPOSED TO
RAISING SALARIES
OF STATE OFFICIALS- GOVERNOR
THINKS EXPENSES SHOULD
RATHER BE DECREASED.
Columbia, November 15:?"The
present financial condition of the
people of South Carolina makes it
of the utmost importance that the
cost of State Government be de
creased rather than increased," said
Governor Manning today, when askf
ed for his views on the question of
increase in salaries as proposed in a
statement printed in Sunday's papers.
"While the salaries paid our
Judges and State officials are low,"
said the Goyernor, "we are just now
recovering from the financial hardships
of the recent panic caused by
the low price of our products as the
^ result of the European war, and it
behooves us to watch closely every
item of expense in order to hold
down the tax levy to a minimum.
"The last session of our Legislaf
ture created the South Carolina tax
> commission for the purpose of reforming
the tax laws of the State
and equalizing the burdens of taxation
so that all our people would be
placed on the same basis. Until this
commission shall have completed its
work I feel that we should dismiss
from our minds the subject of in
creased expenses.
"The awakening of our people on
the subject of common school education
makes it of the utmost importance
that we provide facilities
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rural and common schools. These
facilities cost money, and until
means for the education of every
white child in South Carolina are
provided I shall oppose increase in
other departments. If we have any
extra money to spend," said the
Governor, "let's put it in the common
schools of our State, where it
will be the means of furnishing to
the boys and girls, the future men
and women of South Carolina, the
education to which they are entitled
I and which will make of them better
and more efficient citizens. This is,
in my judgment, a most important
matter, and one in which the people
are vitally interested.
L "I shall continue to urge such
ft economy as is consistent with the
R absolute needs of the State and the
financial condition of our citizens."
r Camden to Have Military Camp.
a It was officially announced Mon
day by Maj General Leonard Wood,
R of the United States army, that a
ft citizens' military training camp is to
( be established at Camden by the
rum tea states war uepttitunrut xux
one month, beginning early in February.
The camp will be similar to
that held at Plattsburg, N Y,during
the summer, when more than 1,000
citizens from private life went into
training for one month. The announcement
has aroused considerable
interest among the citizens of
Camden and in other sections of the
State.
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school house on Friday, November
26, beginning at 7:30 p. m. There
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Scranton, November 16:?Because
of his father's death, Dr C H Pate
has removed to the former's home
at Brook's Bridge, near Bishopville.
He has built up a large and lucrative
practice here and general regret
is expressed at his going away.
He will continue the practice of his
profession and supervise his father's
large farm.
Dr Myers Graham of Cowards will
remove to Scranton shortly and occupy
the drug store and dwelling of
Dr Pate.
Sunday morning Rev Mr Taylor
filled his appointment at the Free
Will Baptist church. In the afternoon
Rev Mr Truluck preached at
the Missionary Baptist church. Sunday
night Rev W H Hodges, pastor
of the Methodist cnurch at Lake
City,occupied the pulpit at the Methodist
church and delivered a strong
message to an attentive audience.
The last quarterly conference of
this charge for the year was held at
the Methodist church Friday. Presiding
Elder H B Brown of Kin*stree
was in attendance.
Miss Florence Annie Myers and
Mr John Gaston Singletary were
married at Florence last Wednesday,
Judge of Probate Brunson performing
the ceremony. The bride is a
sister of our townsmen, Messrs J M,
W A and B B Myers, and a young
lady of charming personalty. Mr
Singletary is a son of the late W R
Singletary, and a progressive farmer.
This popular young couple have
a host of friends who extend congratulations.
Upon his departure Dr Pate resigned
as local registrar for Lee and
Lake townships. R Leo Carter of
Leo has been appointed local registrar
and I M Gamble of Scranton
appointed sub-registrar. All births
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and deaths must be recorded and a
permit issued before burial can be
made. IMG.
A C. L. CHANGES
Made at Stockholders' Meeting
In Richmond Tuesday.
Richmond, Va, November 16:?
The stockholders of the Atlantic
Coast Line Railway, in annual meeting
here today, re-elected their directors,
who declared an annual
dividend of 2 1-2 per cent on the
common stock. The president, J R
Kenley, and other officers were reelected.
The officers and directors
left this afternoon on a tour of inspection
down the line.
The board accepted the resignation
of W N Royall, general manager
of tfie road, and promoted P R
Allbright, assistant general manager,
to succeed him. Mr Royall
retired because of ill health,
J N Brand, now general superintendent
of the third division at
Jacksonville, will become assistant
general manager. J C Murchison,
superintendent at Charleston, will
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succeed mr nranu, aiiu j r namci
will succeed Mr Murchison. T W
Hansell is made superintendent at
Sanford, Fla.
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CARRYING MUNITIONS OF WAR.
New York, November 15:?Robert
Fay, self styled lieutenant in the
German army and by his own confession
head of a gang of bomb
makers who sought to disable or destroy
munition laden ships from
New York to the entente allies, told
the story of his life today to Assistant
United States District Attorney
Knox. Fay talked freely, fully and
of his own volition for five hours
without interruption. What he said
was not made public, but Mr Knox
announced that all Fay wanted to
r?n?7 TOoa fn nlpnd oniiltv tn the
Government's charges against him
and go to jail.
Fay's long talk with Mr Knox was
upon his own solicitation and without
promise of immunity or leniency.
The statement, which the prisoner
said carried him back to Germany,
almost to the date of his birth, covered
the high lights of his service in
the German army, told in detail of
his alleged mission to America and
recited his movements and activities
here. Whether it was true in its
essentials, Deputy Marshall said afterward,
has yet to be determined,
but in some respects it was yerified
by information from other sources.
"There is no doubt," Mr Marshall
said, "that his name is really Fay
and that he served in the German
army. As to the rest we do not
know. His statement differs somewhat
from his previous story, but
admits guilt of the charges against
him."
What Fay told Mr Knox leads
back to a source to which already
has been traced another case under
investigation by the Government,
according to Roger B Wood, an assistant
in Mr Marshall's office. Mr
Wood has prepared most of the cases
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Kingstree, S. C.
on the passport frauds, and also
prepared the Government's case
against Karl Buenz and other officials
of the Hamburg-American
line, indicted on a charge of conspiracy
and to be placed on trial
this week.
"Five cases of this sort lead back
to four sources," Mr Wood said.
"They are the Fay case, the Buenz
case and the three passport cases.
In none of the cases did the actual
defendants know what the defendants
in the other cases were doing.
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recting these five cases are very close
together?very. It is my belief
that these four men all reported to
and took their orders from a fifth
man who was the director of all the
trouble of this sort in the United
States".'
"If you could prove this," Mr
Wood was asked, "would or could
you prosecute this fifth man?"
"All I can say to that," he replied,
"is that under the law we can
not prosecute any diplomatic representative
of a foreign country".
When Fay ended his statement
late today he was taken back to the
tombs to remain until tomorrow,
when he will be questioned by Mr
Knox. The statement of today was
made without questioning or prom pting.
It contained many leads, it is
said, about which the Government's
lawyers want more information.
Both Mr Marshall and Mr Knox
declined to say if any one e lse was
implicated in Fay's new statement.
It is unlikely, however, that there
v^|ll be other arrests in the allege d
plot, at least until Fay's latest con
fession is corroborated, if then.
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