The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 22, 1919, Image 5
U tfcfe PostoJSc* ? Sumte?. &.
PERSONAL.
Miss Myrtle Dye has returned to
SjEunter after being called home on ac
c9u*t" of the death of her father.
Dr. and Mrs. H. M.' Stuckey left last
.week for= a two weeks* stay at points
in Florida.
Mrs.' W. S. Reynolds is spending
the^week-end with Mrs. E. G. Sory in
Columbia.
Death.
Mr. W. Ladson Boyle died Sunday
afternoon at his home on Salem ave
3Hfe of prieumonfi after only a few
days' illness. The funeral was held
from the residence at 4 o'clock this
afternoon, the burial services being
read at the cemetery. The deceased j
was in his thirty-fifth year and had j
Kved"'in Sumter since early boyhood.
He "was the eldest son of the late W.
B? Boyle, and after graduating from j
the .University of South Carolina in j
the Class of 1904 was in business with
his father for several years, until the
organization of the Bocth-Boyle Live
lS8ek Co., with which he was con
nected up to his death. He is surviv
"Sd by his wife and'three children and
five" brothers and three sisters.
":" Ladson Boyle was one of the most
popular young men of Sumter and
his* death, sudden and unexpected as
it ..was, was a shock to the community
r ?mr a source of sincere sorrow to his
hosts of friends.
W. P. Newman died on the night
of January 8th at his residence in
Elliott. Mr. Newman was for a long
time a wheelwright and farmer. He
leaves a widow with many relatives
and friends to mourn his departure.
Mrs. L. R, Wilkes of Laurens died
at that place Friday morning, Jan
a nary 17th, after a short illness with
influenza. Mrs. Wilkes will be re
numbered as Miss Lallier Stevens
when she taught in the public school
and had many friends here.
Mr. C. Elvin Stubbs died Saturday!
afternoon of heart trouble resulting
from influenza, after a few days ill
ness. The funeral'services were held
Sunday afternoon. Mr.; Stubbs was a j
s6n of the l?te C. E. Stubbs and was
about forty-three years old. He is
survived by two sisters, .Mrs. W. Y.
Spann'and Miss Alice Stubbs of this
efey and one brother, H?yt Stubbs, of j
.Florida, besides many relatives.
Let the Boys Come.
The Lyceum committee hopes that
the boys will take advantage of this !
opportunity to see and hear th?
founder of the Boy Scouts in Ameri
ca. Mr. Setbn has only recently re
signed as president of the order. Th?
committee feels confident that the
boys will be thoroughly entertained, j,
Mr. Set?h has. a style that is fascinat- j ^
ing. His stories about wild animals I,
and. Indian* are as charming as Fen- j.
ttimore Cooper's Leather Stocking^
Tales. In future years these same
boys will speak with pride of having
seen and heard this distinguished au
thor. *
Remember the date, January 29, at
the High School auditorium. .
$2.00 and $2.50 Toil Waists at $1.69.
* 15 dozen pretty voil waists, $2.00
and $2.50 quality, sale price $1.69.
Sale begins Wednesday at McCollum
Bros.-?Advt.
Says He Has Paid.
?Editor Daily Item:
Will you please publish the follow
ing:
I do not know why the chairman
of the Red Cross does not know that
I have paid the $25.00 which I pledg
ed to the Red Cross, but there are
three things I do know, namely: I j
know T have paid my pledge, R. L. |
Edmunds knows I have paid my!
pledge and A. A. Team knows I have]
paid my pledge, and we also know the!
dates on which I paid.
" Please publish above as the chair-!
man of the Red Cross has my name!
ih your publication of January 16 as;
a delinquent.
Yours truly,
J. V. Bair.
415 W. Bartlett St-j
Sumter, January 16.
Table Damask.
Five pieces pretty table damask, 72
inches wide. Special sale price 90c.
At McCollum Bius' sale.?Advt.
The Dental Clinic.
Thanks to the generosity of our j
public-spirited and liberal citizens, j
whose names have already been pub- j
lished, the necessary equipment has;
been purchased for the conduct of aj
dental clinic. This equipment has!
been installed and the room is ready j
for work. The examination of j
teeth is an essential feature in de- j
termini tig a person's physical condi- |
tion. The important part that the!
condition of the teeth plays in the I
general physical health is a compara- |
tively recent discovery; but no phy-:
sician questions this fact today.
TAX RETURN NOTICE.
I will appear in person or by deputy
at the following no med places, and
on the dates given below, for the pur
pose of receiving tax returns for year
1^19. Return should be made on per
sonal property, poll, road and dogs:
Privateer Station?Wednesday, Jan.
8.
Levi Siding?Thursday, Jan. 9.
Wedgefield?Friday. Jan. 10.
Claremont?Wednesday, Jan. 15.
Hagood?Thursday, Jan. 16.
Rembert?Friday, Jan. 17.
DaJzell?Wednesday, Jan. 22.
Brogdon?Thursday, Jan. 23.
Mayesville?Friday. Jan. 24.
Pleasant Grove?Tuesday. Jan. 25.
Shiloh?Wednesday, Jan. 29.
Norwood Cross Roads?Thursday.
Jan. 30.
R. E. WILDER,
ii : ; Auditor.
I Many Spartacan Riots
Reds Raising Disturbance Ai!
Over Germany.
Berlin, Friday, Jan. 17 (By tho As
sociated Press).?Spartacan rioters
are causing disorders in various parts
of Germany. A number of Sparta
cans today attacked the Hotel Viegn
er. at Brelau. where the campaign
bureau of the German democratic
party was located. After demolishing
the interior they attempted to fire the
hotel, but were dispersed by gove \
ment troops. Five Spartacan lea^ rs
identified with the recent rebellion
in Spandau were shot dead last night
while attempting to escape.
A special dispatch from Appeln
says that the negotiations between
coal miners and operators being con
ducted by Herr Her.b Prussian min
ister of the interior, came to an ab
rupt ending because of the exorbi
tant demands of the workers. The
meeting was very stormy, the conser
vative element among the miners, be
ing terrorized by Spartacan agitators,
who were well supplied with money
and Bolshevik literature printed in
Polish.
At Old Tricks
Bulgarians Are Plundering and
Burning Homes of Greeks.
Saloniki Sunday, Jan. 19.?Bulga
rian soldiers continue plundering the
dwellings and shops of Greeks at
Demotica, Rumania, according to ad
vices received here. It is reported
that the soldiers declare that they
are acting on orders.
Trade With Palestine
War Board Issues Order Open
ing Country.
Washington, Jan. 20.?Palestine,
with trade routes reaching out by
rail and caravan across Persia has
been thrown open again to Amei-ican
export and import trade under an or
der issued today by the war trade
board.
INSURANCE ACT CONSTITUTIONAL
United States Supreme Court Declares
Insurance* Broker Licensing Act
Constitutional.
Washington, Jan. 20.?The South
Carolina insurance broker licensing
act was declared constitutional by the
Supreme Court today in deciding the
proceedings brought to compel" State
officials to issue license to Philip La
tourrete of New York.
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SINN FEINERS OPEN DOORS. j
[rish Parliament Free to" the Press
and Public.
Dublin, Jan. 18 ?Sinn Fein oiTi-nals;
announced today that the meeting of j
:he Irish republican parliament next
Tuesday will be open to the presn and:
public on presentation of ticket; ob-;
tainable at Sinn Fein head qua i tors. |
Representation will be confined to
-fleeted members of the parliament j
but the unsuccessful candidates and:
men occupying government positions
will participate.
A conference was held in Dublin
Castle today at which the lord . lieu
tenant and lord chancellor, the com
mander of the forces, the attorney j
general considered the situation. j
Differences of opinion are believed j
to exist as to. whether it would be;
wiser to ignore Tuesday's assembly
and proceed only against acts of in- \
timidation or violence, or whether the
assembly should be suppressed as ille- j
gal. A majority of the people expect)
the former view will prevail. j
$6.00 Georgette Waists at $1.4$.
75 pretty $6.00 georgette waists,'
sale price S4.4S. Sale begins Wednes-'
day at McCollum Bros.?Advt.
_ I
HUN PRISON CAMPS EMPTY.
No Allied Subjects Are Held by the
Germans. i
Paris. Jan. IS.?The Allies have re-1
ceived formal assurance, it is declared
in an official note, that on December i
1 there were no German prisons, i
fortresses, prisoners' camps or any:
other place in which officers and sol -'
diers of the Entente were kept shut
up or from which they were forbidden
to send news of themselves. Since
the armistice no Allied subject re
mains in prison either as a penalty or
to await trial.
Big Value in Muslin Underwear.
Come and see some big values in
muslin underwear. Sale begins Wed
nesday at McCollum Bros.?Advt.
WAR EXCESS TAX RATES.
Congress Getting Together on Excess
Profits of Corporations.
Washington. Jan. IS.?The senate
rates for taxing war excess profit < of
corporations in 1920 and therafter ai'L
estimated to raise about one billion,
six hundred million annually, were
agreed to today by conferees on war
I revenue bill. A decision on the 191'J
! rate was deferred.
Curtain Scrim.
Just buy what you need at T.icCol
lum Bros. sale. Begins Wednesday.
I ?Advt.
FRENCH FJTTOR ACQUITTED.
Charges Against Charles Humbert
Proved False.
Paris. Jan. IS.?Investigations have
established the falsity of the accusa
tions against Charles Humbert, mem
ber of the French senate and former
editor of Le Journal, who was charg
ed with communicating to Germany
the contents of two documents rela
tive to the national defense.
$1.50'Voll Waists. $1.20.
For Wednesday. Thursday, Friday
and Saturday of the $1.50 voil waists
at $1.29. McCollum Bros.?Advt.
Nausealess Calomel
Is Best For Flu
Doctors and Druggists Claim
Calotabs, the Nausealess Cal
omel, is Best Laxative for
Colds, Grippe and Influenza.
At the first sign of a cold, is the
time to take a Calolah, the perfected
nausealess calomel that has all the
liver benefits left in and the sting
taken out. Doctors say that there is
nothing like it to put your liver right
and keep your system in condition to
resist and avoid colds, intluenza and |
pneumonia.
The best insurance against influenza
and pneumonia is a good active liver
and your physician or druggist will
tell you that Calotabs is the most
thorough and effective, as well as the
safest and most agreeable remedy for
this purpose.
One Calctab at bed time with a
swallow of water?that's all. No salts,
no nausea, nor the slightest interfer
ence with your eating, pleasure, or
work. Next morning you awake feel
ing fine with a hearty appetite for
breakfast. Your cold has vanished
and ycu are ready for work or play.
Calotabs are sold by druggists every
where in sealed packages, price ' lirty
five cents. Your money handett right
back if ycu are not delighted.?-Advt
KOW AMERICANS TALK.
An American Sailor Gives an English
Interviewer Some Points?Also
Comments on England. ?
London, Dec. 30.?Coirespond mce
of the Associated Press?Somo of the
15,000 American sailors, who visited
London before leaving for home, told
the British journalists what they
thought of the metropolis.
"I like your town all right," one is
quoted as saying, "but you haven't
enough restaurants. Even in a smrJl
American town every street has got
'em in bunches of five." Other com
ments were:
"Your transportation about ;rov;n
isn't up to standard, but I suf-P* so
that's the war."
"L?ndon's more like an American
city than Edinburgh, and the people
are all right. You are not so modern,
though, as we are I see your girls
have got their hair bobbed?why, our
girls had that done ten years age!"
"The people are real friendly. We
like your burg, but your climatir is
rotten."
"The difference between England
and the States is your ladies. You can
speak to a lady here, high or low,
without getting into trouble. If you
spoke to a lady in America you'd be
arrested. There's something where
you are more democratic than we
are."
The British interviewer said he
hoped the American boys wor'dn't
take home any wr ng ideas about
English girls based on some of : hose
encountered in the Strand and in
Picadilly Circus.
"Make no mistake about that." the
sailor assured him. "We know all
about it. We've got to know fine girls
here, and high-toned ones too. and
we don't want the other sort."
He said the boys w;'h the Ameri
can battleship squadro^ in the Firth
of Forth got on well with the English
sailors of tfcfe Grand Fleet. "We gave
them a vaudeville show," he rei-ited.
"and they gave us a concert."
"This sailor," the interviewer re
marked in his article, ?'gave me some
sound information on a point about
which I had always been curiot: I
asked him if one American conic tell
at once what part of America anether
one came from. He said, "Sure."
Take a man from the South. He
speaks slow with a drawl?'A.ir-you
going-down-town-toriight, ? see! ? ?
like that, like a bunch of farmers
talking. A man from Chicago talks
like a man from New York, quick and
sharp like, with a lot of profanity "
j " 'But could you tell- the differ -nee
between a Chicago man and a New
York man? '
*' 'Sure. A Chicago man uses more
profanity, and he moves his hau : like
this?see!?as if he was doing a card
trick. A New York man's quick and
soft.'
* "What about the middle Wes:?'
I ' "Oh. a Kansas man doesn't speak
Isiow like a Southerner, nor too euick
dike a Chicago man. but just plain
j and distinct, so anyone can und' r
istand him. Just like I speak. I come
from Kansas." "
A QUEEN IN MOVIES.
I Queen of England Makes Her R ebut
as Screen Actress.
Condom Jan. 14.?London is eager
! Iy waiting to see a picture play call
. ed "Women Who Win." for Qu? en
jMary is making her debut therein as
ja movie actress. The film is being
j prepared under the auspices of tiv
i British Women's Service, of v. hich
i Lady Frances Balfour is president.
[It will be shown simultaneously in
j England and the United States.
The Queen's part in the play is to
talk to the heroine, who is supposed
to be engaged cm airplane work
She had made herself familiar with
the scenario and knew her role "?
The scene was set at an aircraft
exhibition in Agricultural Rail. The
operators began to turn the cranks <?'?
their cameras, and the Queen moved i
slowly toward th* spot where the I
heroine was seated. She talked t"
h- r for several moments, and then,
still according to the scenario, "shook
her warmly by tin- hand.'' Hut, to
the dismay of the producers, the
Queen then walked out of the picture
before the scene was finished. On>'
? >f her ladies in waiting explained the
situation, and with a smile the Queen
completed the scene.
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Paris,. Thursday, Jan. 1-;.?The
Polish leader Paderewski and Gener-j
al Pilsudski. military dictator of i*o
land, have reached an agreement, ac
cording to a statement from the Pol
ish national committee headquarters
here.
Sacriflce Sale
Of coat suits. Take your choice at
i-H price, ^li Collum Bros.?Advt,
Governor Manning Vetoes the
Warehouse Insurance
Act.
'SEVERAL LOCAL BILLS
ARE ALSO OFFERED
Laurens Cemetery Resolution
Goes on Calender ? Senate
Holds Short Session.
Columbia, Jan. 17.?The senate, by
a vote of 3;". to 2. yesterday'refused to
strike out the enacting- words of the
bill providing for the increase in sal
aries of judges and State officers. It
subsequently passed the bill and sent
it to the house.
The two senators voting to strike
out the enacting words were J. How
ard Moore of Abbeville and T. C.
Duncan of Union.
Senator Moore made the motion to
strike out and supported it with the
argunmnt that the officers and judges
had known what salaries they were
to receive when they were elected and
that it violated the soirit if not the
letter of the constitution to change
the salary of a man after his oioe?on.
The senate then added circuit eourt
solicitors and stenographers to these
who are to receive increases. Both
of these are to receive $2,000 per an
num.
Senator Christensen tried to have
the solicitors paid $2,400. but the sen
ate refused to accept that amount by
a vote of 24 to 12. Senator Wat kins
said that in some of the circuits with
the decrease of the oriminal worl did
not warrant the payment of $_. 00.
The hill with the amendments not
od and with a reduction of th? gov
ernor's salary to and thri o:
the lieutenant governor to ??>,"."?<> iass- j
c:.i its third reading and was so t to]
the house. \
iA few new bills were Introduced..
A committee, consisting r.f Sen:
Laney, Wharton and Friday. v.-:?:
pointed to arrancre for the inauj
tion of th*? governor and heut.? n?nl
governor.
A resolution introduced ?>:? So: ator
Wharton looking to the incorpor tiori
of a cemetery association at Lat rens
went over for consideration;
The reso-ution of Senator B tnks
approving the league of :;ti? n^? was
adopted.
The above were the matters which
occupied the attention of the sc rate,
with the exception of the veto me: sage
of Governor Manning of the c tton
warehouse insurance proposition. The
veto message was as follows:
Veto Message.
Gentlemen of the General Asser biy:
I return to you without my s ma
ture act No. 292. 1918, entitled "An
act to provide insurance for are
houses operated by the State of f ?uth
Carolina and for cotton stored t3 ere
in."
This act provides for the insurpnc*
of State warehouses and the c 'tton
contained therein, and further pro
vides that the warehouse commis -ion
er shall pay over to the State tre: sur
er all amounts collected by hi" i as
premiums on policies issued, and that
the State treasurer shall place : hese
amounts to the credit of the sir king
fund commission.
Section "> of the act provides that
all fire losses covered by polieie ;
?med by the warehouse commissioner
shall be paid by warrant drawn by
the warehouse commissioner on tin
State treasurer, and the State
urer shall charge the amount against
the fund mentioned above, and ir.
the event that that fund is inadequate
then against any other funds ir tho
hands of the sinking fund commis
sion.
There are three spearnte funds un
der the control of the sinking fund
cot nrc ission.
Refunding Sinking Fund- This
fund has assets of approximately SSO,
000. Section 13 of the refunding ac
of 1912 provides: "That $25.000 sha?1
annually be paid by the State treas
urer to the sinking fund com mi -sior.
of the State as an accumulative rank
ing fund for the retirimr of the bonds
and stocks provided for ?n this act.1
This clearly eliminates this fund fron
the provisions of the warehouse xct
Ordinary Sinkinsr Fund?This fum
has assets of approximately $104.000
$28.000 in cash and the balance in
loans. For convenience there is also
carried in this fund the proceeds of
the sale of the property 'of the late
State dispensary and receipts from
escheated estates, amounting to
$102,000. which, under the law, i-:
held in trust for the public schools of
rim State. Section 95. volume 1. cb<P
of 1912, provides thai all revenues ac
cruing to the ordinary sinking fun*
?'shall be applied to the extinguish
ment of the public debt hy investing
the same in the public securities of
the State." This applies to the ordi
nary sinking fund proper, as shown
above, and as the amount he'd in
trust for the schools, as provided in
acts of 1909. page 425 which states
"or.r? th;- rroceed^ of such sale -'b .'?
be turned into the State treasury . . ?"
applied to schon] purposes, as provid
p?d for by the constitution of 1^0""
Under the law as quoted above, thes'e
funds are not nvnilable to carry out
the provisions of the warehouse art.
Insurance Sinking Fund?This fum1
has assets of approximately $230.000"
Section S of tlm act in relation I ? the
insurance of public buildings pro
vides:
"Sec. S. That all funds paid over
to the sinking fund commission a?
premiums on policies of insur>nee.
and all money received from interest
on loans and deposits and from, an
other source connected with th ? in
surance of public property provided
rrr herein shall be held by the sink-j
ing fund commission as an insur
ance sinking fund for tho purpose of
paying all fire losses for which they
are liable and the expense necessary
to the proper condud of said insur
ance on public property by the sink
ing fund commission, and shall be in
vested by them as are other fuiv-s in
their hands. Provided," that when the
insurance sinking fund, herein provid
ed for, reaches the sum of $1,000,000
no further premiums shall be paid un
til a part of such funds has been used
in the payment of losses and expenses;
and in that event the premiums of in
surance shall be again paid as provid
ed herein until the fund again reach
es the sum of $1,000,000."
This section clearly shows that this
fund is to be held in trust for the
benefit of those State institutions,
school districts and counties which
have contributed to this fund and
therefore it is not available under the
warehouse act.
The sinking fund commission stands
j between ihe owners of State bonds
and the State, and must necessarily
act with extreme caution in the
handling- of all funds er trusted to its
care in order that the value of the
public securities of the State may not
'be impaired in the slightest .degree,
and that the credit of the State b?
kept up to its usual high standard.
The object of this bill is to pro
vide cheaper insurance for the ware
houses and the cotton stored therein.
It is indeed doubtful if it would se
cure the desired result. This means
that a farmer can store one bale of
cotton in a State warehouse, insure it
for $150 at a cost of $2.37 for one
year. If he decided to sell his cotton
after it has been stored for one week
he only pays one-fifty-second of $2.37,
or about four and a-half cents.' This
is as against a rate of $3.50 charged
by insurance companies. In the
event the warehouse act becomes op
erative it will be necessary for the
warehouse commisioner to secure con
siderable reinsurance. Will he be able
to secure it at as low rate as $1.5S, or
whatever rate is named by him for
the insurance to be carried?
It may be pointed out that the'j
warehouse system has paid out large]
sums co the insurance companies for
insurance during the period of its ex
istence. This is quite true, and it is
also a fact that they have been most
fortunate in escaping any serious fire
loss sin^e the inauguration of the sys
tem, and ii i= submitted that the
short period of time which th< ware
house system has been in erf:. : .V:? s
not establish the true l?s - ??..::?>. The
warehouse system has paid but dur
irsi the year I'M" insurance premiums
t" the amount of $2y.0.0i>. A small fire
in ;? e.\ one of the warehouses couicj
cause a loss of that amount Tr.syr
nnce to tfm amouhi of ov.ej <-.?'?>.ram
is being carried or; cotton sTorj d In
on? particular four sccti&ii ware
house without fire orotectlon of arA
kind.
The fire losses sustained by the.
State warehouse s\steva during the]
year L91S aaiounied to SSiJ.OQO, whiehT
amount is greater than the ah bunt
of fire insurance premium5 paid by
the warehouse system during the years
1917 and 1918.
T therefore return this act to your
honorable body without my approval.
Ofd'uribi'v Tan. 17.?Chances for thr
rassnce of the bill proposing increasr
es in salary for Slate officers have not
yet wholly gone glimmering, but only
the most skilful manipulation by oro
pohents of the measure can sucessful
ly steer its course to enactment into
law by Monday night, and receive the
I governor's signature.
As the bill came from the senate it
provided a salary of $5.000 for the
I'.roverr.or: $750 for the lieutenant
governor, and $3,000 for all State offi
j cers for whom the ways and means
committee recommends salaried of
$2,500. The senate m"7 also provides
$3,000 salaries each for the insurance
commisioner. the chief game warden,
the superintendent of the State peni
tentiary, the secretary of State boaid
of charities and corrections, chairman
the State tax commission. All
these have been shorn from the bin
by tlie ways and means committee.
together with the provision of a sal
ary of $4.500 for the chief justice of
the supreme court, $4,000 each fo1*
the associate justices, $4,000 each for
circuit judges. $2.000 each for solici
tors and $2,000 each for court stenog
raphers.
Tl-e bill as reeommend^d by the
ways and means committee provides
for a net increase, which the tax
payers of South Carolina would be
ailed on to pay. 6f less than
as the salaries of rh? railroad com
missioners ar<^ paid by the railroads.
Considerable opposition has ' ee i
registered against t!ie proposed in
creases, but the majority by far is in
favor of the pasage of the measure
restricted by amende'mnts to apply
only to elective States officers and if |
opposition can be kept within reason- j
able limits the bill -is likely to be en
acted into law Monday night. |j
HOUSE HAS LIVELY MORNING
SESSION.
Salary Bill Pending?Representatives
Sustain Governor in Veto Message|i
?Several Important Measures Up.
Columbia. Jan. IS.?The house yes-r
terday morning had a somewhat hois-!
terous session, there being cbnsidera-j
? 'e sparring over the proppsitior : >?]
. urn for the week-end, with an-j,
other wing contending for a session j
today that the Christensen bill for:
proposed increases in salaries for
State officials might be gotten through
in time to benefit the officers whose
. "ve begins next Tuesday.
Several members weni home ?.
lerday, son)e ?being Iii. others beca.use 1
ot iilness o?.'members of their faml-'j
lies. Among thes*- - .-re: John rt.
Hart, York; Joseph A. ! err> Orange
burg; Claude C. Scurry, roorgetown. |
nd \V. E. Derrick, Orangeburg.
Another angle of intense interest
during the morning session was the
ruling by Speaker Cothran on the re-l
cepti'on *of veto message from the gov-i
ernor Thursday after adjournmentI
had been taken. The house was in
session only 2.~. minutes Thm
morning and took adjournment be-j
fore the message had been delivered.]
The speaker was called upon to rule,
as to whether <>r not the delivery had
been made within the "two days af
ter the ne:<t meeting" of the general
assembly. after they had been .
brought over from last session, as re- 11
quired by the constitution. Mr. j
Cothran he'-' thai Me* Thursday rhes-J
sag s came within "the two days af-j
r-r" the meeting; and the delivery to j
the c It;rk of the house constituted re-j
turn. .
The governor was sustained in ail
vetoes considered at the morning ses
sion The question was not raised as
to the time limit of their return until
the Kershaw county measure, to ex
empt that county from the State
hunters' license law, was being con-,
sidered
During the morning two; other mes
sages were received from Governor;
Manning, one calling for the apprcn
priation of $10,000 for the State board;
of health, with which to combat tne
epidemic of influenza. The othercftii
ed on the general assembly for.tt%3P<*
propriation of $50,000 to supplest
he proposed $250,000 to be raised^
private subscription to erect a. suit
able memorial at the University t>*
South Carolina, the $50,000 to-JW
available as soon as the other $250,-060
has been subscribed.
Several bills were introduced' dw&
ng the session.
RUSSIAN CHURCH AGAINST 1
SHEVTKI.
S^> Says a Corespondent .XS^?'.W^d
Traveled Extensively in BjM
Country.
Shenkursk, Russia, Nov. 20.?J&?
London Dec. 15.?(Correspondents*
of the Associated Press.)?The E?as-?
sian Orthodox church is taking a lead?
:ng role in the effort to rid Russi? of
Bolshevism and its attendant anti
religious trend. The Associated Press
correspondent recently visited scores
of villages along the Dwina and Vaga
rivers behind the Russo-Allied army's
lines and found everyhere the church'
the strongest influence among the
peasants against the Bolsheviki and
favoring the Allies, and every village
has one or more splendidly bn?t
churches, regard'ess of the com-i
munity's poverty.
In this little town, far up the Vagsl
river near the line of the* Vologda!
government, there are four beautiful
churches and an ancient convent.
Mother Raphelia, the superior in'
charge, received the correspondent.
The mother's pale, urnwrinkled, old
face lighted tip enthusiastically; when .
th. correspondent asked her to ex>
plain what part the church will play
in Russia's regeneration when th?3
Bolsheviki are gone.
"I have 300 nuns here.'' she safe?,
?. ad we have gene on living througli
these troubled times, sometimes dis-i
turbed, but always feeding the pootf
and learning from tho^neasants, who
arc Russia's real peopt*^ that they!
are still with God. And t.-henkursk is
iike hunchreds bf other towns. The
siirtie. holds i;u& everywhere":. Some
Dt ople say that the church is. losing!
its inH?ence. That is not true.V
Shenkursk was in the hands c-f the
Bojsheyikt for only a short time as
the citizens drove out a commissar
and his wife who were sent from Mos
cow to organize the Bolshevik there.
During that short time, the Bolsheviki
made several efforts to confiscate the
convent's property and once demand* &
ed a payment of "0,000 rubles.
"One day;*' Mother Raphelia t?hJ
correspondent "one '>f our nuns,
came, to me and said the Bolsheviki
were down stairs, eating the dinner
we had prepared for the poor, one
wanted to arrest me. I put on my
robe and walked calmly into the big
dining room. Why, some of those
Bolsheviki were local boys, whom I
had krmwn as -hildren. T walked up;
to them and said- 'Here T am, ar
rest me.' But they were ashamed and
said it was all a mistake, and went
away. But the next morning they
took the son of a priest and shot him
r don't know why."
Most of the nuns in the Shenknrsfc
convent come from the peasant vil
lages There pro only a few drawn
from *he bourgeois? classes. Motherr
Raphelia. who has been a nun for 53
"ears, is of a wealthy Petrograd fam
}y- ? j
SAY NO EFFORT TO ESCAPE*
Socialists Declare Liebknecht Shot at
Few Paces.
London, Jan. 18.?Independent So
cialists at Berlin assert that Dr. Karl
Liebknecht, who was shot and kiPed
>n Thursda;. did not attempt to
escape from an escort nf troops, but
vas shot through the forehead at a.
''ny ?istan.c? by soldiers guard
ng him., according to a Copenhagen
?spatch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company.
The Freiheit, of Berln. is calling
ipon workers there to begin a gen?!
?ral strike, it is reported.
Rennau Dak: Claims to Have Ik-en S
Socialist Twenty i'cars.
Amsterdam, Jan v.u.?? I have
>een a socialist fur twenty years,"
;aid Duke Ernest. Gunther of
Schleswig-Holstein.to the audience of
i big public meeting held at Primk
snau in Holstein, according to a re
>ort in the Essen Allgemeine Zei
ung.
The Duke, who is a brother of the
former German Empress Augusta
Victoria, said he had often in high
councils rasvd a warning voice but
ins warnings had passed unheeded.
ie had always favored an eight hour,
lay and would do his utmost to co
rporate in the socialization of the
Duchy.
The socialist Duke/s remarks were
oudly cheered.
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