Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ItPEil CQT10I ACREAGE AG! HOl'SK \OTFS FOL'R TO ONI FOR REMOVAL1 OF RESTRICTION ON PLANTING. TWenly.two Vote to Retain Act, D. I). Motor Among Them?Repeal BUI Introduced by Moore of Abbeville. Columbia. Jan. 14.?Members of the house voted four to one last night in favor of repealing the cotton re? duction acreage act passed by the Special setalon of the general assem? bly In October. The act prohibits, un? der penalty, the planting "In this State In any year a jreater number of acres of land In cotton than one third of the toHal acreaere of land planted and cultivated In all cropf by SMCh person In said year, Including grain and fall sown crops planted the preceding fail or winter." The act was drawn by a special committee. ? Incidentally. It la No. 13 In the thin volume of acta passed by the extra? ordinary session. The house reached the cotton acre? age reduction repeal bill early In the Stoning. The liveliest debate of the session ensued. Advocates of repeal based thft- pleas on the assumption that a majority of the farmers wanted the restraining act atricken o it. Other speakers took the view that he acre* age reduction act was a t'tep toward dethroning the tyrant, King Cotton. When a vote was reached at 10.20 o'lock last night. 81 representatives voted against striking out the enact? ing words of the repealing bl l and 22 voted to atrlke them out. Tl e meas? ure waa th m passed to third reading. The members who voted against re? peal! ng the cotton acreage reduction Mw were: Speaker Hoyt, .Messrs. Baker. Dan tiler, Dew, Friday, rvipp. Harper. Hubbard. Jackson, Jchnstone, Lane. McMillan, Malpass, Mausey, Molse. Hover. Odom, Rivers. Rus? sell. Sells. White and Workman. Three bills repealing th* ootton acreage reduction act were introduced la the house during the first week of the present session. The bill by Mr. Moors of Abbeville was the one on Which the house acted last night. Mr. Moors spoke In favor of the re? pealing bill. He said small farmers wodtd have difficulty In gering ad? vance* of supplies for this year If the acreage reduction act remained in tret. He assumed that many of the farmers ware going to break ths law, aJr+wor Ml, Friday of Orangeburg aald that the acreage reduction act should re main In force and agreed w th Oov. Char lea A. Smjth that It "was tho first step toward emancipation from cotton slavery." Mr Martin of Kerahaw protested that the acreage reduction law In? terfered with the rights of farmers and should oe repealed. Mr Huttc of Dorcl.eeter said that the reduction act had alioady served Its purpose of fhclting the farmers to plant grain and should b< taken off ths statute books. Mr. Lilea of Orangeburg said that he believed that a majority of the farmers wanted the act repealed now, although a majority of them hud been l In favor of Its paasage last fall. "If the farmera are dlapoaed to go en planting cotton at a loas. then thai IS th* r lookout." 'declared Mr. Lilea "Should the reduction act remain In force and be Ignored. It will be of no benefit." Mr. Wolfe of Anderson said that the cotton acreage reduction act waa void under the constitution. "It will put hundreds and hundreds of farmers In the position of violating an unconstitutional law." he declared. Mr. Sellers of Marlon said that the farmers had asked the special session of the general assembly to "keep them from planting cotton and ruin? ing themselves." He claimed that the repeal of the act would cause a de? pression of the price of cotton. "If we abolish Cils law. Wall Street Will say that South Carolina has gone crasy and la going to plant another big crop of cctton.' said Mr. Sellers. "Then watch the price of cotton drop." Mr. teller* said that the chief trouble with the farmers was that they had ralsed.no foodstuffs lust year. "The farmers tell us they are 'on the hof.' " Mr. Sellers said. "Let them live on hogs next year and they will be better off." he added Mr. tellers closed with} tho argu? ment that the reduction acreage act wan constitutional as a matter of pub? lic polio Mr. Lee of Spartanhnrj? spoke in favor of the r*p*al of tin a< reage re? duction law. He pointed out thnt at the time the l.iw was passed the be-| lief was prevalent that other cotton states would ras? similar laws. Mr. Lee questioned the possibility of find? ing read/ markets next fall for other crops than cotton. Thaw l?eni<d Sanity Trial New Tork. Jan. 27.?Harry Than was today ^denied a trial to establish his sanity. He waa committed to the tombs pending the conspiracy trial which his. been *et for FebfUun "?EBB LAW" ACT PASSED THE PROHIBITIONISTS' MEASURE GOES mOOQH KAS1LY. Require* Special IVrmit for Each Shlprtciit of Liquor into South Car? olina?Feeble Oposltlon. Columbia, Jan. 26.?Without a pro? test or a record vote, the Warren Boyd bill Invoking the power given under the Webb law to prevent the shipment of liquor into the State was passed to third reading last I Ight. '.he Ml la a companion measure to the prohibition referendum bill by the same authors. When the bill regulating the ship? ment ol liquor into the State was roached on the calendar last right, Mr. Britcham of Alken moved to "ad? journ d >ba te upon it until tomorrow week." The house promptly tt.bled bis motior, on tie motion of Mr. Warren. The liquor shipment bill then rolled through to third reading on greased wheels. The bill requires persons or firms to get permits from the clerk of court In their counties before they can or? der liquor :*rom any point without the State. Th? permit must be affixed to shipments of liquor as authorization beforo any common carrier can law? fully transport them Into South Car? olina. The bill does not Interfere with transportation of liquor to dispen? saries. The passage of the Webb law t>y congress was hailed aa a great victory by prohibitionists. The Warien Boyd bill, If it becomes a law, wi 1 simply make the Webb law operative in South Carolina. There was a disposition in the house last night to regard the unopposed passage of the Warren-Boyd bill an an indication that the prohibition refer? endum bill, set for debate Thursday, would meet with comparative smoof.i sailing in the house. AFFAIRS AT THE UNIVERSITY. Faculty and Students Attend Inaugu? ration?Carolina Alumni in Legisla? ture?Baseball and Other Sports. Columbia. Jan. 23.?The trustees, faculty aid students of the University of South Carolina formed a part of Bichard I. Manning's escort at the Inaugural. It was through a doublo line of cheering, applauding University students?a line extending from the State supreme court rooms, up the winding stairway to the rotunda? that Oov. Manning and his imme? diate escort marched to the hall of the house of representatives. Of the law-makers now sitting in sosslon in Columbia, between twenty five and thirty oi" them hold degrees from the University of South Carolina, while three of the members of the house of representatives are young men still completing their respective courses here at the University. The committee appointed by the general assembly to inspect the State's educational institutions, recommends a number of improvements and addi? tions to *he University, suggesting most especially the erection of a law building as soon as practicable. The varsity basketba 1 team this [week meet the Citadel aggregation and the Culumbia Y. M C. A. Tho University will begin its base? ball practice Immediately after mld aession examinations; that is, the first of February. "Kid" Smith, a former Carolina star and sometime a stellar performer in big league cir? cles, will coach the varaity team this year. Manager Edmunds has complet? ed his spring schedule and present In? dications are that the University will have a very successful season on the diamond. Edwin I?ayton. of Florence, a .iunior at the University, has teen ? .varded the U. D. C. medal for the best essay on tho life of Oen. Sidney Albert Johnson. This same medal last year was also won by a University man. The committee having charge of It* program for Founder's Day, which occurs next Thursday, is rap Idly perfecting arrangements for a most elaborate and impressive cele? bration. _ STAN BS BY REPEAL. INN by Decisive Yote Refuses to IttHommlf Mens uro Repealing; the Aft. Columbia. Jan. 27.?The house ajraln placed on record yester? day its overwhelming approval of tho bill repealing the cotton acreage re? duction act. Hy a vote of 8? to || U talibd a motion to recommit the measure yesterday morning and sent it to the senate. It was passed to third r?illlg M"nday night by a vote of I] to II ? 'ulumbla. Jan. 27.?The proposal to appoint a committee of five to ln rtotlgato the feasibility of establish? ing a brick plant on the State farms .?nd operating it with eonvlct labor with favor In the I to use. The POaOiattON to this effect by ^lr. btf ol I ptirtanburtc was sent to the senate > ? sti i fa] b) a lar?;e vote. SUBSIHUTt 10 SHIP BILL. FLETCHER nn.li ADOPTED BY STRICT PARTY VOTE. Committee Rejects Lodge Amendnieiit ?New 1UU Culls for Government Ownorslii > of Ellty-Ono POT Cent of Moot < of Proposed Shipping Corporation With Ten Million Avail? able at Onev. Washington. Jan. 26.?By a strict party vote tlie Senate commerce com- j mittee today adopted a favorable re? port of tho Fletcher substitute for the ship purchase bill. By the same vote the committee rejected the Lodge ! amendment providing that no intern- ; ed ships of belligerents should be purchased. The substitute provides for a shipping corporation with gov? ernment cor trol of fifty-one per cent or more of its stock, appropriating thirty million with ten million im? mediately available. NEW NAVY YEAR BOOK. Interesting I'ubli.ntioii Compiled by J, B. Unight. Washington, Jan. 25.?The official navy yard book for the year 1914, compiled by J. B. Knight, clerk to the committee on naval affairs of the sen? ate, is now ready lor distribution. All the principal nations of the world issue similar publications, and a com? parison shows that the United States year book fcr 1914 stands among tho best. This document is a ready refer? ence hook and encyclopaedia of the United Ftates navy. It contains a compilation of oil naval appropria? tion laws from 188 3 to the present, together with all acts relating to the personnel of the navy. Numerous tables dealing with every possible phase of naval construction show how the new navy has been developed since 188 3. Other tables give the data relating to foreign navies and compare in detail their strength with ? that of the United States. At this time when the navies of foreign countries are being put to the test and the efficiency or ineffi? ciency of the various types of war? ships ure being demonstrated in ac? tual warfare this publication is of par? ticular interest to the American pub? lic. The year book is a public docu? ment and can be obtained from sena? tors and representatives In congress. Mr. Knight, the compiler, is a former Greenville county boy now liv? ing at Trenton. He is a graduate of Erskine college and for many years has been connce-.ed with the office force of Senator B, R. Tillman in various capacities. WAGES CUT, WEAVERS QUIT. Eorty of 75 Employes of Equinox Mill Refuse to Hear Call of Labor. Anderson, Jan. 25.?Because of a ?? decrease in wages averaging a little more than 10 per cent., about 40 of tho 75 weavers employed in the Equinox mill refused to go to work this morning, and at the noon hour only ten of this number had recon? sidered. This mill manufactures army duck and is one of the last mills In this section to cut wages. The management declares that the readjustment in wages is belnjr made to correspond to wages paid by other mills and to enable the mill to manu? facture goods as cheaply as competi? tive mills. Only the weaving mill , machinery was affected by the strike j today, although the decrease in wages affected 4 00 persons, composing all the employes of the mill. Some of the weavers have left the city, but the management declares that their places will be filled without inconvenience to the company. VOICE HEftRO 4,600 WILES. WILSON USES FIRST TRANS-COX T1NENTAL 'RHONE. President Speaks Directly Wltb Mr. Moore in City of San Francisco and Congratulates Dr. Reil, the In? ventor, Upon Grcftt Achievement, i Washington, Jan. 25.?President J Wilson today inaugurated the first transcontinental telephone system by speaking directly to President Moore, of the Panama-Pacific Exposition, In ! San Francisco. With Mr. Moore, Alex? ander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, and President Vail, of the American Telephone and Tele? graph Company, on the wire at dif? ferent points tho president extended congratulations on the achievement. "It appeals to the imagination to speak across the continent, ' said the president to Mr. Moore. With Dr. Pell listening In on the line at New York, the president spoke to Thomas A. Watson in San Fran? cisco. Mr. Watson was Dr. Bell's electrician at the time of the inven? tion of the telephone and was the first person to hear a word spoken ' over a telephone. "I consider it an honor," said the president, "to be able to express my I admiration for tho inventive genius and scientific knowledge that has made this possible and my pride that J this vital cord should have been stretched across America as a new I symbol of our unity and our enter? prise. Will you not convey my cor? dial congratulations to Dr. Roll? And : I want to convey to you my personal j congratulations, sir. With Mr. Vail listening In on the j line at Jekyl Island, the president j then spoke to Dr. Bell. 1 "May I not congratulate you very ' warmly on this notable consummation of your long labors and remarkable ; achievements?" said the pr^ident I You are justified in feeling a great ' pride in what has been done. This is a memorable day and I convey to yob my warm congratulations." fThe president said that he could hear Mr. Moore In San Francisco dis l finctly. FARM AGENTS IN SESSION. Meat at Clcmson College to Exchange Ideas and to Discuss Problems. Clemeon College, Jan. 2G.?The 50 County and district demonstration agents of South Carolina met here today in their annual session for study and discussion of agricultural prob? lems of the year. Today was taken UP in round table discussion of papers read by several agents and closed with an address on marketing by J. Frank Fooshe. W. W. Dong. State agent, has charge of the meetings. SENATE PASSES BILLS. Will Repeal Income Tax Law and Ex? tend Time for Paying Taxes?Me? morial 'Session. Columbia. Jan. 2C.?The senate this morning passed the Kinkier biil repealing the State income tax law and the joint resolution extending time for payment of taxes to April 1. Memorial services were held in hon? or of trie late Senator Hardin. Germany Seizes Wheat. Berlin (via Amsterdam to London), Jan. 2C.?All stock., of wheat have been seized by the German govern? ment, according to the official state? ment, in order to safeguard the bread supply until the next harvest. This measure, it is said, was made neces? sary by the fact that the people have failed to economize. The stocks will be distributed ac? cording to the population of the va? rious communities. R?MOV?SR?GOBDS FROHOFFICE GOY. MANNING ( ALLS ON GENER? AL ASSEMBLY TO IX V ESTIMATE. In Special Message He Tells of Re? moval of Records of Previous Ad ministration From State House. Columbia, Jan. 27.?Guv. Manning! sent in a message to the senate this morning asking for the general as? sembly to appoint a committee to examine into the fact that there were no records of the governor's office of the previous administration. All of these records have been removed and the governor says something ought to j be done about it. The message was referred to the judiciary committee for action. The senate spent the entire morning debating the repeal of tho cotton j acreage reduction act, adjourning de? bate until tonight at 8 o'clock. LAHOR DEPARTMENT'S NEW BU? REAU. Formal Announcement of Inaugura? tion of Employment Agency for United States Made. Washington, Jan. 2G.?Formal an? nouncement of the inauguration of a great Federal employment bureau by the department of labor, with the as? sistance of the postoffice and agricul? tural departments, was made tonight by Secretary Wilson. The secretary sent a circular letter to all parts of the South calling the attention of the public to the government movement to bring the "manless job and the jobless man" together. I Agents of the agricultural and post office departments have been supplied with blanks so that employers and employes in almost any section of the United States can make their appli? cations without waiting to communi? cate with Washington. In his letter, which was mailed par? ticularly to industrial establishments and other large employers. Secretary Wilson said: "The department of labor, through the division of information and the ' bureau of immigration, has recently established distribution branches 1 throughout the country for the pur? pose, on the one hand, of developing the welfare of the wage earners ol tho United States and improving their op? portunities for profitable em ploy men , and on the other hand affording to I employers a method by which they may rntike application for such help as tho# need, either male or female I citizens or alien residents, and have their wants supplied through said dis? tribution branches. No fee is charged employer and employe for this serv? ice. Careful attention will be given to the selection of applicants wlth*A I view to directing to employers only such help as is specified in the ap? plications." A COTTON COMPRESS. New Orangeburg Enterprise Is Prac? tically Assured. Orangeburg, Jan. 25.?Orangeburg will shortly have a cotton compress. Several business men and farmers are interested in the proposition and ar? agitating it. The matter will be taken up at the next meeting of the Orange? burg County Farmers' union, Orange? burg needs a cotton compress and tho establishment of one in tho < ity is practically assured. A transfer of real estate has been recorded from Mrs. Lela -n. Llgon to Joseph Brown, lot in county, $200. News print paper has been made by the forest service laboratory from 24 different woods, ant a number compare favorably with standard ?pruce pulp paper. SAYS HE (AN JUDGE COMMU? NITY BY SUPPORT OP IXST1 TIOX. President Judges Merits or Men by Their Actions and not tf Their Words. Washington, Jan. 2G.?President Wilson in an address tonight opening a membership campaign of the Dis? trict of Columbia Young Men's Chris? tinn association said the social motive was, in the last analysis, the Chris? tian motive, and that he could "al? most assess the character of a com? munity by the manner in which it supports its Y. M. C. A." "I have long ago received with amiability, I hope, the professions of all sorts and conditions of men," he continued, "but after I have heard their preferences I wait patiently to see their performance and I do not pass judgment until that performance. If a man wishes me to consider him loyal, for evample, I must really trouble him to show his quality when ! he is put to the test; and if he can not show his quality when put to the test. I may not say anything the next time he comes around and professes his loyalty, but I Will do a lot of thinking. I wonder within my own head if he really thinks that I am de? ceived, if he really thinks I am as in? nocent as I look. "You know the slang expression 'he is a bad actor.' You are not speaking of the stage. You mean he does not do what he says; and the minute you find he does not do what he says, then it is all up so far as your trust? fulness and admiration and willing dealings with him are concerned.'' Speaking of the danger of men be? coming egotistic the president said that "if you make yourself the cen? tre of the universe, all your perspec? tive is skewed. There is only one moral centre of the universe and that is God. If you get into right rela? tions with Him then you have your right perspective and your right re? lation and?your right size; but if you make everything related to yourself you have the wrong size, at any rate, in your own estimation." PERKINS SEEKS NEW TRIAL. Federal Court Hoars Argument But Resort OS Decision ? Blain Small Gets 10 Months. Columbia, Jan. 2G.?Arguments for a new trial in the case of George Bachelor Perkins, convicted of man ' slaughter in the federal court last Thursday anc sentenced to three years in the government prison in Atlanta, were hoard by Judge H. A. M. Smith yesterday afternoon. No decision was given, the court wishing to examine a transcript of certain testimony. Answer will be made to? day. In the event of an adverse de 1 dston the presumption is that an ap? peal will be made to the circuit court of appeals in Richmond. The argu? ment yesterday afternoon for the de? fendant was made by J. P. K. Bryan of Charleston. Bep Bosttck, fraudulent use of the mails, was sentenced to four months in the Chesterfield county jail and to 1 pay a fine of $100. Blain Small was convicted of steal? ing :v money order and conspiracy to defraud the government. Smalls was sentenced to six months in the Sum tor jail and fi line of $200 on the first offense and four months in the Sum tor jail In the latter. WILL NOT ABOLISH WAREHOUSE. House Kills Bill to Repeal Warehouse Act. Columbia, -Tan. 2 7.?The house to? day by a vote of 64 to .":] killed the bill to abolish the warehouse bill. Annual White BEGINS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1st. ?(( We invite you to come and see the immense array of values in every kind of White Goods at real money saving prices. You will also be de- j lighted with our showing of the new colored Voiles and Crepes. Shaw & McCollum Mercantile Company ]