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Statute of State Takes Precedence Sumter Recorder Asks Wolfe as to Extract Law i 4 Columbia, May 1.?S. M. Wolfe, at torney general, addressed a letter yesterday to Horace Harby of Sumter, . emphasizing that where there was a conflict between city ordinances and \ the State statute relative to the sale of extracts and other compounds used as intoxicants, the State law takes precedence. Mr. Harby is city record er in Sumter. The letter follows: While it does not come within the sphere of the duties of this office to advise other than State officials, and while at all times it is my personal desire to render such courtesies to citizens generally as may be consist ent with? the best policy of my admin istration, I believe that in instances such as this, there need be no occasion for embarrassment and with the dis tinct reservation that such advice as may be given is without prejudice to either side, and offered for what it may be worth, I take pleasure in call ing your attention to the proviso in Section 299.4, Volume 1, of the Code of 1912, in reference to city ordi nances, and providing "such rules, by laws and .ordinances shall not be in consistent with the laws of this Stated "I also call attention to a similar in Subdivision 3 of Section 59, pf Vol ume II of the Criminal Code of 1912. This proviso is that "such ordinances, rules, by-laws or regulations be not contrary to the laws of the State." The general principle ? obtaining in the case of municipal ordinances that i they must harmonize with the State law. In the case of the State vs. Tocng, 17 Kansas, page 414, cited in ? the foot note on page. 1420, McQuillin on municipal corporations writes: ^Ordinances to be valid must ob serve the requirements of the State statute on the same subject." In the case of Newton vs. Beizer, 143 Mass. 593, reported in 10 N7 E., : page 4MJ4, and in the case of Com monwealth vs. Roy, 140 Mass. 432, re ported in 4 N. E., page 814, the court held that *if an,ordinance is broader than the statute, it is void." "The mere fact that the proviso heretofore referred to is found in. that section of the code, namely, Sec tion 2994, conferring upon a, munici pality the right to make certain ordi nances pertaining to the police regu lations of the municipality, lends force to the position that an ordinance which attempts to go beyond the State statute upon the same subject is con trary or inconsistent therewith, and to such an extent is of no effect. .'. Suppose we take for illustration the so-called "quart a month" law, which does not require a physician's certificate, although certain judges of probate require this of their own initiative. Suppose an ordinance were to embody this section of the statute and. exceed its requirements by stipu lating that the physician's certificate ZQust be produced before being grant ed the permit it is respectfully sub emitted that this portion" onhe ordi-" nahce would be of no effect, inasmuch as it superseded the State law, and I take the same position relative to your so-called ordinance pertaining to extracts. , I am herewith sending you copy of .the act of the general assembly, approved March 10, 1919, which, of course, you have access to, and with which you are familiar. Won't Sink Ships Disposition of German War Ships Left to Allies Paris, May 2.?The naval terms to ?be embodied in the peace treaty, which has been finally completed, do not provide for sinking the larger German war ships. The disposition of these vessels will be decided upon la ter by the allied and associated pow . ers. R. R. Commission Serves Notice Telegraph Companies to Appear K Before Body May 7 Columbia, Aprii 29.?The South Carolina Railroad Commission this af ternoon notified the officers of the Western Union Telegraph Company and the Postal Telegraph and Cable Company by letter to appear before the commission on May 7 to show why a peremptory order should not be issued restricting them from put ting into effect a schedule on increas ed rates for intrastate telegrams. The Croix de Guerre Decoration Awarded Ma j Will iam S. Manning There has been forwarded to Sum ter the French Croix de Guerre that was awarded, after death, to Major William Sinkler Manning. This was the Cross with Palm, which is a higher decoration than simply the cross. The cross is suspended from a green ribbon decoration, and the sheath of palm is pinned across the ribbon. Major Manning was killed while leading his troops in action on No vember the 6th. The official order by the Marshal. Commander in Chief of the French armies of the East, reads as follows: Major William S. Manning. 31G Reg. U. S. Inf. "Led his battalion to the assault under extremely violent artillery and | machine gun fire, reorganized it un- \ der enemy fire after having sustained j heavy losses, thus displaying groat coolness and remarkable bravery. Foil j fatally wounded just as he with his j victorious troops attained the objec-1 tive which had been assigned to ; them." For this same action Major Man-1 v.inz awarded, after death, tfi' i Distinguished Service modal, on Germans Present [ ' Credentials Emotion Almost Overcomes the Head of Hun Mission?Only 5-Minute Ceremony Versailles, May 1.?(By the Asso ciated Press)?In a session beginning at 3.10 o'clock this afternoon and lasting barely five minutes, the Ger man plenipotentiaries of the peace congress presented their credentials. It was the first step in the peace [negotiations. The German credentials jwere presented to representatives of the Allies and the United States. Pale and almost fainting from emo tion, Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, the German foreign secretary and head of the delegation passed through what evidently was one of the bitter est moments of his life. He was bare ly able to sustain himself through the brief ceremony and reach the waiting automobile which had brought him to the gathering. The meeting took place in the room of the Trianon hotel previously used for the sessions of the supreme mili tary council. Count von Brockdorff Rantzau on entering, was accompan ied by Herr Landsberg, Professor Shuecking and two secretaries, and waiting for him the Allied represen tatives were grouped around Jules Cambon, the former French Ambassa dor to Berlin, who is chairman of the commission. Other members of the Allied party included Henry White, of the United States;. Lord Harding, Great Britain, and: Ambassador Matsui, Japan. M. Cambon immediately addressed Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, stat ing that he was chairman of the com mission entrusted by the Allied pow ers to receive and examine the cre dentials of the German delegates as the first step in the conference, which, it was hoped, would lead to peace. "Here are ours," continued M. Cambon, extending as he spoke the formal credentials of the Allied, com mission as plenipotentiaries to the congress. Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau sur rendered the German credentials, with even less of a formal address, his emotion being too great to enable him to deliver an extended discourse. After these brief ceremonies the Germans turned and left the hall, walking a few steps to the cars in waiting. They were followed imme diately by the Allied representatives. | The whole ceremony was over and j the Allied delegates were proceeding! back toward Paris by 3.20 o'clockJ The Allied delegates then rode to the i chateau to inspect the Hall of Mirrors, where the treaty will be signed, and eventually returned to the hotel for A Study of Cotton Prices Col. Ousley Does Some Figuring - CTemson College, May 2.?Th~~5Tre cent statement on cotton situation Col. Clarence Ousley, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, used the following in teresting comparative data on the price of cotton: "There has been much ignorance In regard to cotton prices. It will sur prise many people to read the follow ing figures: The price of cotton on the farm on April 1, 1914, was 11.0 cents a pound, and on Aprli 1, 1919, 24.5 cents a pound, or an increase of 206 per cent. The price of wheat cn April 1,' 1914 was 84.2 cents a bushel, and on April 1, 1919, 214.2 cents a bushel, or an advance of 259 per cent. The price of hogs on the farm April 1, 1914. was 7.8 cents a pound, and on April 1, 1919, 16.13 cents a pound, or an advance of 205 per cent. Th< wholesale price of cotton goods, ac cording to Bradstrcet's, on April 1. 1914, was 3 5-8 cents a yard for prim cloths 64's Boston, and on April 3, 1914, 7 1-4 cents a yard, an advance of 300 per cent, and of staple ging hams April 1, 1914, 6 1-2 cents a yard, and on Aril 1, 1919, 17 1-2 cents an advance of 280 per cent, or an av erage advance for these two classes of staple goods of 240 per cent. "While the cost of producing cot ton under present circumstances ha? not been completely calculated for each region of the cotton belt, de pendable estimates have been made in several regions, and at the present price of 24.5 cents to the farmer cot ton affords but little, if any. profit. If the crop of 2 919 should exceed con sumption by a million or two bales and add to the carry-over that much more,, the probability is that cotton would decline considerably below the cost of production. That is why cot ton farmers are solicitous and bank ers and merchants in the cotton belt who are carrying cotton on a credit basis quite above present quotations are taking thought of the value of their assets as they will necessarily be affected immediately by the acreage and later by the yield of 1919." Game Wardens Named Governor Appoints Columbia Man and Three Others v dumbia. May 1.?Dr E. C. L. Adams, of Columbia, who recently re turned from France where he held a commission as captain in the medical corps, and who, in 1915, was a can- I didate for Lieutenant Governor, ha? been appointed a game warden. Dr. Adams, who was president of branch of the South Carolina Audubon Society, was recommended for chief State game warden, but failed of r?.p pointment by former Governor Man ning. Other appointments for game war den were: A. L. Millhouse. of Den mark: A. W. Smith, of Dillon, and W. B. Fowke, of Baldock. Governor Cooper today reappointed the board of tax review, consisting of D. A. Geer. of Beiton; E. M. Croxton, j of Lancaster; L. L. Wagnon, of FJn-l '.en. T. W, BC'-T ', oi Latta; 7. D.| Riots in Boston Policemen, Soldiers, Sailors and Civilians Attack Radicals Three Officers Are Shot Boston. Mass, May 1.?The Dudley street section of the Roxbury dis trict was the scene of a riot today when 300 policemen, aided by sol diers, sailors and civilians fought with a crowd of several hundred radicals who attempted to parade after a May Day meeting. Three policemen and a civilian were shot, another officer was stab bed, and a number of radicals were badly beaten. Two men who were arrested are in a hospital and others were treated by physicians before Do ing placed in cells. Early tonight 1X2 arrests had been made, sixteen being women and the police were combing the section for groups which were said to be planning further demon strations. After a meeting in the Dudley street opera house the radicals filed into the street carrying red flags wearing red buttons and flaunting radical literature. A number of wo men wore red dresses. Leaders could not produce a parade permit and a policeman ordered them to disperse. He was hooted and pushed aside. Other officers remonstrated with the crowd, but it continued to surge up the street. Police detectives were called. and as a patrol wagon ap proached shots were fired at it. A patrolman was hit. The police lired in the air, not wishing to hit by standers. Radicals defied the police, who ar rived in large numbers. More shots were fired, stones were hurled and the police waded into the* rioters swinging their clubs. The ' radicals fought back. The police were outnumbeBed and soldiers, sailors and civilians went to their assistance. For several minutes a serious street battle was waged. The police succeeded in breaking up the crowd and began taking out pris oners. These were loaded into patrol wagons and taken to station houses. The policemen held their guns on the radicals who threatened to rescue the prisoners. One officer "covered" five men and said he would shoot the first j one who attempted to escape. The policemen ordered civilians] with automobiles to help them carry j off the prisoners. The radicals slashed the tires of one machine, but j its driver pulled out for the station j house on flat tires. May Day Riot One Man Killled and Dozen Po licemen Injured at Cleveland Cleveland. May 1.?An unidentified man was killed by a detective's bul let, 11 policemen were shot or badly beaten and about 100 persons wound ed, many seriously in general rioting which brought a dramatic finale to a Socialist May demonstration here this .afternoon. About SO?persons seriously injured are in hospitals to night while scores of others including women were trampled by rioters and olubbed by police. Socialist headquarters was totally wrecked by angry civilians bent on putting an end to the demonstration. . The rioting was general in Public Square, East Ninth Street, Huron Road, Prospect Avenue, Superior Ave nue, Bolivar Avenue and other thor oughfares. Socialists and sympa thizers in East Ninth Street and at Public Square were ridden down by mounted policemen and by soldiers in army tanks and trucks. The one fatality occurred at Central and Woodland Avenues, when a mob said to be composed of Socialists or sympathizers rushed Detective "Wood ring and other officers. Woodring, de-; claring he drew his revolver to save his own life, fired into the alleged leader of the mob, the bullet passing through the man's neck, killing him instantly. First reports said the dead man was an onlooker. Sixty of the rioters were arrested. A score were found to have weapons on them, police say. Munich Under Gun Fire Red Guards Are Demoralized and Are Plundering the Banks Berne, May 2.?The artillery fire of the government troops is audible in Munich and creeping nearer, ac cording to advices received from that city. Government troops hold all the important points about Munich and are masters of the railroad commu nication in that region. The Red Guards arc reported to be completely demoralized and are plundering: the banks. Capture of Munich Reported Bavarian Government Troops Take City From Communists Paris. May 2.?The Bavarian gov ernment troops captured Munich from the communists Thursday morning, according to advices received here. i Officers Seize Explosives Bomb Factory of New York An archists Raided New York-. .May 2.?A large quan tity of explosives confiscated by the police and federal agents ?it a house in West Forty-fifth Street arc being examined at police headquarters to day in connection with the investiga tion of t,"? May day bomb conspir High School Declaimers Annual Contest Held in Colum bia Thursday Columbia, May 2.?Fant Kelly of Union won the boys' declamation con test of the South Carolina Oratorical and Athletic Association held in the chapel of the University of South [Carolina last night in connection with the annual athletic and oratorical meet of the association. Young Kelly spoke on "The Lessons of War." Jack Tierney of Greenville, speaking on 'America's Uncrowned Queen," won second place and W. Cherry of Win throp Training School won third place, speaking on "Wilson's Peace Address." Charles Young of Green wood won fourth place. His subject was "Wilson's Boston Speech." By winning the declamation con test, Union will retain the Wiesepape trophy cup won last year by Macbeth Wagnon and in addition young Kelly will receive a gold medal offered by the Bank of Columbia. The second and third place winners received gold medals offered by T. S. Bryan and S. E. Hendrix. Honorable mention from the preliminaries yesterday after noon were T. B. Thackston of Kastoc, Neville Bennett of Clio and Lesly Den niston of Sumter. Miss Elizabeth Douglas of Clinton won the girls' expression contest held in the law building in connection with the boys' declamation contest. Her subject was "Sweet Girl Graduate." Miss Nellie Branson of Rock Hill won second place with "In This Sign We Conquer." Miss Bernice Clark of Clic won third place, speaking on "The Stars and Stripes in Flanders." First place winner receives a gold medal by the James L. Tapp Company and sec ond place winner, the H. B. Shackle ford gold medal. Third place winner also receives a medal. W. D. Roberts of Clio presided at the girls' contest, j Judges were Dr. S. C. Byrd, W. H. | Hand and Mrs. Voyle Smith. H. T. Shockley, president of the association,j presided at the boys' contest. Judges were L. L. Hardin. B. J. Wingard and the Rev. E. D. Kerr. Twelve schools were in the prelim- I inaries of the debate throughout yes terday. The subject being debated is "Resolved. That the government of the United States should adopt a pol icy of requiring one year of military training for ali able bodied men fce- J fore they reach the age of 21.Yes terday's preliminaries eliminated all teams in the third district, but the Es- j till negative and affirmative. The Kingstree affirmative and Bennet:s ville negative won out in the seco:nc district. j Winners in the first district will b? selected today beginning at 9 o'clock At the conclusion of the first district preliminaries the semi-finals of the three districts will be held this af ternoon beginning at 2 o'clock. Two teams will be selected from the semi finals to meet tonight in the chapel of the university at 8.30 o'clock when the winner will be awarded .the Man ning loving cup won last year by Un ion. ; Preliminaries of the some 90 repre sentatives of 27 schools for tra^k events will begin this morning at 10 o'clock. W. Dixon Foster, university baseball coach, is in charge of tht track meet. The track finals will start this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Among the events are the 100 yard j dash, 220 yard dash, 440 yard run. half mile run, mile run, pole vault,] running high jump, running broad jump, discus throw, shot put and 120 hurdles. The school winning the meet receives the Sylvan trophy cup and the best individual athlete receives the McMaster-Reach cup. Gold med als are off ered for each first place and bronze medals for the other places. Porter Military Academy won the meet last year and has two of its best men back again this year, Allen, star fullback of the groat Georgia Tech team last year, and Gibson. Carl Crane of Liberty won the McMaster Reach cup as the best athlete last year and is hero again this year. At a meeting of members of the association held at the university yes terday W. C. Taylor, superintendent of Westminster schools, was elected president of the South Carolina inter scholastic oratorical and athletic as sociation vice H. T. Shockley of Has toc school. Spartanburg. J. H. Witherspoon of Gaffney and D. W. Roberts of Clio were reelected first and second vice presidents, respec tively. M. E. Brock man of Green ville was reelected secretary and treasurer for the sixth time. J. O. VanMeter and H. C. Davis of the Uni versity of South Carolina were elect ed on the executive committee. Mr. Brockman of Greenville has served the association faithfully throughout his five years and has been largely responsible for the success of the yearly meets. Members felt to lose his services would be losing the most valuable man of the association and he was unanimously re-elected. A resolution of thanks was adopted expressing the gratitude of the asso ciation to Dr. W. S. Currell for cour tesies shown the boys and members during the meet and former meets. The association voted to eliminate the mile race from the annual contest after the present meet. Negro Killed in Georgia! Having Murdered His Wife and Shot Other Parties, He Took Refuge in Swamp i Warrenton. Ca.. May 2.?The bodyi? >f Henry Richardson, a negro, wash riddled with bullets, and then burn- : ?d early today when he surrendered j io the posse surrounding the swamp i where he had taken refuge yester-11 lay after murdering his wife and j mooting at her sister and at a white iian who tried to ascertain the troti- < Baris, May 2.?Two hundred and! Iffy policemen were injured and one J sergeant who was stabbed in thei] t>ack being in a dangerous condition. ' during yesterdavs Mav day disor-H ii rr according to ? h?. ami o un c ? me v! i "Spirit of the Women of France" to Be Interpreted Here Marie Rose Lanier, who will lecture here at the Redpath Chautauqua, was a French school girl in a Belgian con vent when the war broke out. Cap tured by the Germans, she escaped, MARIE ROSE LAULER. was recaptured and finally was re leased. She tells her story in a vivid, authentic lecture which bears the ap propriate title of "The Spirit of the Women of France." Disorder In Paris French Blood Flows in Streets. One Death Results Paris, May 1 (By the Associated Press)?Serious disorders occurred today in Paris on the occasion of the celebration of May day, French blood flowed in the streets, and weapons that so lately had been used against foe were turned against friends, brothers and sisters. It is providential indeed, that num erous deaths did not follow the at tacks and counterattacks by the mobs on the one hand and the police and cavalry on the other. Particular efforts were made by the mobs to invade the place de la Conccrde and reach the chamber of deputies and the war ministry where demonstrations had been planned. It was in these attempts that the casual ties occurred. "Long- live the poilu" the crowd shouted at the Madeleine and in the Place do la Concorde, as they surged toward the soldiers and with pale, drawn faces the infantry withdrew and allowed the mob to reach the Place do la Concorde against a wall of pitiless policemen and determined cavalry. Then shots rang oui- One police man fell moaning, slightly wounded but trembling with fear. The cavalry charged and along the Rue Royale the j mob wavered back toward the Made j leine church. Here and there a man or woman staggered, fell and remain ed motionless, horses trampling eight or ten outstretched forms lit tering the street from the Rue St. Honorc to the Madeleine church. One policeman said to The Asso ciated Press correspondent as shots were heard a hundred yards distant, 'They are firing at us and I have a gun (producing a loaded weapon from his coat pocket) but I can not :ire on my brothers." The behavior of some of the po licemen, however, seemed like an in vitation to rioting. One big police man knocked down a mutilated war veteran in the sight of the corre spondent who reproved him mildly. The policeman enraged, hissed, "You shut up. You will never again see America's shore unless you mind your own business." Finding that the attempts to reach the chamber of deputies and the war ministry were futile, speakers begged the crowd to turn to the Place de la Republique and de la Bastile. The crowd obeyed, singing the ".Marseil laise." At the Place de la Republique the most populous quarter in Paris, all accesses to the square were strongly guarded, cavalry charging repeatedly and the firemen using their hose in spraying the crowds, already wet from the rain tintil ingenious youngsters turned off the water at the nearest hydrant. Here a blind soldier wearing the war cross with two palms entered a stalled automobile. The crowd \v;is silenced and the soldier delivered a speech. "We are the weakest." he said. "Let us not shed French blood. I can not see you but I feel that you are honest working men and women. Let us disperse. "Don't mind the police. The sol liers won't hurt you. I'm one of them and for 1"> months 1 have been light ing for you. I have lost my sight but j c I am not sorry for it for it has served j t my country and yours, but 1 would be i hurt eternally if French blood is shed j ( today." I The crowd followed the blind sol-1 i lier who was borne on the shoulders | o oi the enthusiastic crowd. Paris. May 2.?The Chinese dele gation to the peace conference are ex pected to issue today a statement joncerning the settlement of the Kiao Zhnv. dispute effected by the council oi three It it understood *h< Chi ::.-e. reprc^^tives wjil *-.-er? it ?esh ais-?Ui?;uuoat j. Farm Facts Wanted Cotton Association Calls For In formation From Every County Columbia. May 1.?That the dele gates from South Carolina to New Or leans cotton convention may be able to make a detailed certified statement j regarding the cotton situation in this-' State, the central committee of ? the South /Carolina Cotton Association is sending out a letter to every county chairman in the State for information. A questionnaire sent .to each coun ty chairman asks for the following in formation: Total number of acres of cotton iplanted in county for 1918. Number of acres reduced and per centage of reduction. 1 Total number of acres estimated will be planted in 1919. Estimate as to reduction in commer cial fertilizer in county for 1919. How many weeks backward chair- ; man considers the planting of cotton. Whether preparation is" good- or' poor. Has any cotton in county been killed by frost? If so, how much? How is stand of cotton? Will it be necessary to replant? What is condition regarding labor? Have follow-up committees been named for each township ? Have representatives of ' Northern spinners and speculators secured in formation in county? Under fair season has county suf ficent acreage planted and can it produce sufficient grain crops, in cluding corn and other grain, for the entire consumption of the county for the next season? ' Will county with fair season make sufficient hay crops? Have efforts been made to encour age planting of sufficient grain and hay crops? Will farmers be urged to circulate pledges binding themselves to discon tinue sending orders to the west 'fiat ^ grain ? ?Will banks be urged to mcrease their capital stock 50 per cent? Will county take its allotment of stock in the big Cotton Foreign'Mar keting, Exporting and Financing Cor poration? Estimate as to amount of Western hay, corn and oats shipped into coun ty. The central committee has request- / ed the county chairmen to make, prompt replies to the questionnaire in order that the committee at its meet ing here on next Thursday may be able to prepare its report for the New Orleans convention, i ^ The letters sent out to the .county chairmen today contain this para graph regarding the New Orleans meeting: "The convention at New Orleans will be one of the most important and largely attended conventions ever held in the South. The result of the work accomplished there will prove of untold benefit. It really means' a new South. The organization of the Foreign Marketing, Exporting and . Financing Corporation, with a capir tal around $200,000,000, '"the increase'' in the banking capital of the.rSOuth 50 per cent and the formation of a permanent Southern Cottoh Associa tion to foster, promote, protect and upbuild the cotton interests and the various allied interests of the Sotftjb, all of which work will be perfected if at this convention, and will bring not only a new South but permanent pro gress and prospertiy. We are in the fight to the end." . Organizing League Of Nations Plans for Launching Definitely Outlined Paris, April 30 (By the Associated Press)?Plans for launching the league of nations were fairly definite ly outlined at a luncheon which Col. E. M. House gave today to Sir James Eric Drummond, secretary general of the league, Lord" Robert Cecil and, others. The plans are divided into three main stages: First preparatory de tails, which will be worked out at headquarters to be established at Lon don during the coming summer; sec ond, the inaugural meeting of the league at Washington next 'October under the presidency of President Wilson: third, the permanent estab lishment of the league at Geneva next fall or winter. The preparatory details will begin soon after the signing of the treaty and will be in the hands of the com mittee of nine designated by Presi dent Wilson's resolution before the last plenary session of the confer* ence. Colonel House. Lord Robert Cecil and the Greek premier, Elip theorios Vnezelos will be among the members. Leon Bourgeois will probably not be the French member as he does not speak English and most of the pro ceedings will be in that language. Colonel House with a considerable staff will remain in Europe after the conference closes, and headquarters will be removed to London, which is more convenient for preliminary work President Wilson will fix the date of the first meeting and ask the nations :o appoint their three delegates to at tend the inaugural gatherings at Washington. State National Guard Columbia. April 30.?The adjutant general's office today received notifi ?ation from the war department that he organization of two battalions of nfantry, South Carolina National Juard, would be permitted. It is the mrpose of the adjutant general to 'orm these two battalions from the ompanies of the 118th infantry and he 10">th ammunition train, Thir ieth Division. To this end he has vritten Col. P. K. McCully, com nander of the former, and Col. lolmes B. Springs, of Georgetown, in :ommand of the latter, relative to the dan3 of organization. Adjutant Gen eral Moore derire^ to alolt one bat alion to ti:-- tl?th the other to he lOditt; ' - ' ". * . ' ,