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SKR SUMTES WATCHMAX, Estab1 l * Consolidated Aug. 2,1 GOV. COOPER'S ANNUAL MESSAGE Affairs of State Presented For Consideration By the Gen eral Assembly FINANCE SEEMS TO BE THE PRINCIPAL MATTER Among Other Things He Ree ommends Constitutional Con-j vention to Raise Funds ] A K - Columbia, Jan. 14.?A large num ber of visitors were present at the hall of the House of Representatives today when Gov. Cooper delivered his an nual message to the general assem - Columbia, Jan. 14.?Revision of j State finances, revision of the institu- ! tior?3, a new education board, the em- i pioyment of a1 large State constabu- \ lary for law enforcement, a State] ?movie censorship, the need of a State j office building, the necessity for a; constitutional i convention, a purchas ' ing agent for all rate institutions, an j ^enlargement of the budget law, so as I to provide budgets in all counties of the State, a resurvey of the State and alterations in the tax assessment ma chinery, increase of teachers' salaries, the enactment of a State highway bill, abolition of the county chain gang j fc.vsujui anu the creation in Its stead'! of a State (system. These are among j the most Important matters touched j on by Governor Cooper in his annual j message to the legislature, which was) read, before both houses today. The message caused considerable interest and will be the cause of much seri ? ous consideration on the part of the legislature. It was received as in- ! formation. Governor Cooper's message opened ? with a word of greeting to the so- j ions and an expression of pride in the j condition of. prosperity and economic ; peace which exists in.the Stat>- today, j ."Few, if any, followers of the red.1 flag are to be found within the boun ?daries of this State," the message says. State finances are the principal matter diseussed by the Governor. Expenditures, for the year 1919 were ' larger than- the appropriations the executive says, in referring to the j .work of the budget commission, j This was due to the fact that many j departments have large incomes and ' handle the expenditure of such mon- ! eys. The governor recommends that' "we should work toward the direct \ appropriation of all money, havingi public funds to go into the treasury and then be expended only under ap- J propriation items." The governor j suggests that all county officers be j required to submit budgets of their j expenditures. j The governor suggests an annual ! audit by the comptroller general of j all count / offices, and the employment of extra clerical help for this work. ; The governor recommends the j changing of the fiscal year so as to j make it extend from July 1 to June i 30th. The State he says is always a j year behind in its finances, like a ! tenant farmer, be- owing money to j pay expenses. The governor urges that the House | pass (the constitutional convention, resolution, referring to the people in the 1920 elections the matter of a constitutional convention next year.: He says th?* present 25-year-old con- j stitution is not adapted to the pres- i ent needs of the State. The governor's idea of a central j beard for the control of all penal and i charitable institutions involve s the j abolition of all present boards of con- ' trol. He suggests that the governor j be made an ex-officio member of all I such boards. With regard to the creation of a I central board of education the gov- j ernor says: "I do not recommend the j abolition'of the various boards of j trustees; nor should this general j board have power to select teachers, i make local rules for institutions or j school districts. . . . but the general j board should have the same policy- | directing authority over school dis- j triets that it has over districts that : fall under the general law. At pres ent we are, working without a well- j defined comprehensive program, and \ without any resposible agency to de- j termine the field of various institu- ' tions. We should have a long-term program, all embracing, so that we, might know toward what gnal we ar. building." The governor suggests that on the general education hoard Should be the chairman of the edu cation committees of the two houses, the Sate superintendent of education am", the governor, and other members would Y<}trownt. ho says. various phases of public education. The gov ernor says such a board would save much duplication of effort. It would superc'de the present State board of education. The governor makes it ch-ar that he is not implying that any existing board is a failure. He says he simply wants to improve the ma chinery as far as possible. The governor recommends the cre ation of :i State scholarship loan fund, to take the place of free scholarships. He says the students to ?vhom money is' loaned should be allowed to pick their schools. The fund would, he S?dosts, be handle^ by the central C<f?Tat:on board. The governor dwells at length on j&feed April, 18S0. "B? Just a L881. SI FOOD OR RUIN SAYS HOOVER I i - i ! Credit Must Be Extended to Eu rope to Forestall Famine and Bolshevism - j PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO j REPAY THE LOANS I _ I j Conditions in War-Impoverished I Central Europe Are a Menace I to Liberty of the World i _ Washington. Jan. 12.?Establish ment through the United States Grain corporation of $150,000,000 in credits would feed Europe until next harvest without imposing any burden on the American taxpayers, Herbert Hoover today told the house ways and means committee which began consideration of Secretary Glass' request for au thority to advance that much from the grain corporation funds. Early payment of the loans made could be, counted upon, Mr. Hoowr said. j The financial problems of feeding! P-urope is "getting smaller all thej time," Hoover informed the commit-! tee, explaining that the need this win- j ter was centered in ten or 12 large cities in Austria. Poland and Armen-! ia. Most of Europe, he said, was in J shape to feed itself or get its bread- ? stuffs through private financial chan- i nels. " j "Remittance of money is the height! of folly." Hoover declared, explaining i that with food distribution under gov ernment control, one might have I plenty of cash, but still be unable to obtain additional food. Hoover pre-, dieted that from $5,000,000 to $S,0u0. 000 a month would be spent in this j country for "food drafts." The children's fund, an organization | that is feeding 2.500,000 children of; Europe is back of the "food draft" i plan. Hoover said, adding that it also I was aided by banks, and other private! charities, including the Red Cross, the : committee for relief in the Xear East. I and the Jewish joint distribution. For- ! eign governments. he said, have agreed to the plan, which also .has; been approved by the treasury and the federal reserve board. By aiding Poland with food and! helping ten orJ2 European eitie's es cape starvation this winter. Hoover said, the United States would "build up security for its $10,000.000.000 lent abroad" as well as perform a human itarian service. the matter of pay for teachers. lie j says that a salary of a thousand do!- ! lars should be the minimum, and he urges increased appropriations for this purpose to save the school sys- ! tern from an acute situation due to | the scarcity of teachers. He ehdors- j es the proposal for a board of certi- ; ficatioi! for teachers and better com-1 pensation of county superintendents! of education. Governor Cooper urges an enlarge-j ment of iho public health work of j the State as a safe guarding of com- : munity life. The governor urges good roads leg islation as necessary to the economic, social, educational and religious life of the. State. "Are we willing to con tinue to pay the exhausting cost of bad roads?" he asks. He refers to members of the General Assembly, i the highway bill recently sent to "The form cf legislation, however " he adds, "is not of first importance, nor of primary interest. Just pass an act that will result in good roads all over the State. This is The goal ? and we must not again fall short ofj it." '"All convicts should be put. under a State control," says the governor, "and the souads scheduled so that] each county would receive its pro- i portionate share of convict labor in the building of permanent roads, j Under this plan results would in all j proability be more satisfactory," says the governor. The governor recom- ; mends The abolition of the county chain gangs as a means of -saving overhead expenses to the counties. He says In- believes poor results are i obtained under the present system. : With regard to the assessment of property the governor suggests that ?he general assembly apportion tin total amount of all appropriations to the various counties according to their i wealth. He urges a continuation and enlargement of the work now done by . the tax commission. The governor does not discuss the question of special sojurces of reve nue, stich as State income tax and in heritance iax. but says he will discuss these matters in a later message. The governor urges a new survey of the State, that property is not now on the tax books may be listed. The governor comes but strong for the erection of ;i State oltice building. He says it would be a means of sav ing the thousands of dollars annually that now go to paying rent for de partment otiices. The recommendation for a pur chasing agent for ;ii! State institutions is made with a view o saving the State money. Such an agent, says the governor, could buy in bulk .-it lower prices than the institutions now pay for their necessities of lif*\ With regard to law enforcement the governor says that four hundred requests and more have come to h'"m during the year for law officers in various parts of the State. The pro nd Fear not?Sec ?12 the ends Thon At JMTER, S. 0., SATURD THE DRY LAW State Legislatures Have No Le gal Authority to Reconsider Amendment Ratification OPINION BY ANTI SALOON ATTORNEY Recommendations of Governors of New York and Maryland Are Illegal Washington, Jan. 13.?State legis lature:; cannot, under the law, repeal the ratification, of the constitutional prohibition amendment, Wayne Wheeler, counsel for the Anti-Saloon League, declared today in a statement discussing the recommendations for repeal made to the legislature of Xew York by the governor of -hat State. Reparation Commission Must Fix Amount Due By Janu ary Before May, 1921 DEPOSIT TWENTY j BILLION DOLLARS | The Cost of the War Will Not1 Be Soon Forgotten By the j War-mad Germans Paris. Jan. 13.?With the opting! Saturday of the period during which Germany must pay her debts to the allies it is announced that the com mission on reparation must fix tfce amount due by Germany before May j 1st. 1021. Until the amount is fixed1 Germany mas- deposit twenty billion marks in gold or its eo,\iivalent in ma terial, ships, securities and coal. INVESTIGATION OF LYNCHINGS! . ______ j Officials of Negro Advancement^ Association to Testify Washington, Jan. 14.?John Shil-J lady, executive secretary and James i Johnson, field secretary of the Nat ional Association for the advancement I of Colored People are expected to be ! the first witnesses at the opening to- i day of the senate judiciary subcom- ; mittee investigation into race riots1 and lynchings over the country. ! BELGIUM AND HOLLAND AGREE - i Brussels. Jan. 14.?A satisfactory; solution of the economic problems j arising out of the revision of the treaty of 1S39 has been reached by. the representatives of Belgium and j Holland. hibition law makes an enlargement of ' the law enforcement machinery ne- j cessary he says. The governor sug-: gests that the legislature create a State constabulary of from fifty to j seventy-five men. He says it should be encumbeni upon all officers to en force all laws. He states that an ap- j propriation of from $75.000 to $100. 000 would take care of the new State . constabulary. The governor urges "a liberal poli-j cy towards the National Guard," in . order to be ready to cope with any! policy that may arise at any time. \ He says at present the young men : are not taking an interest in the Guard, because they are "fed up on military service." but this, he says is only a "temporary stair of mind." This does not lessen the need for or- j ganized state troops, he adds. Public Service Commission. The governor urges passage of an ? act to enlarge the powers of the pub lie service commission giving it au thority to regulate both rates and service of public utility companies. Movie Censorship; With regard to moving picture cen sorship the governor recommends the appointmenl of boards of censors, to serve without compensation, to re view all films. The governor says he does not overlook the educational or recreational value of the moving pic ture, but ho says he is convinced that ''many of the pictures' nut on exhi bition have ;i very baleful influence which excites the passions and create in the impressionable minds feelings and aspirations detrimental to soci ety." In conclusion the governor says 'ha; ih<- principle rutming through his en:ire message i.; tlf.-it of "giving authority and fixing responsibility. T am convinced." he Says^'that liest re nnets are obtained in this way both in private and in public business." mit at be thy Country'*, Thy God'i a >AY, JANUARY 17, 192i President Wilson Issued Call I Yesterday For First Meet- j ing of League of Nations i - ; j j SENT TO AMBASSA DORS OF ENTENTE _. : j i j Will Not Be Made Public Until It Has Been Received By the! Governments I \TTashington. Jan. 13.?The call forj j tnc fiiat meeting of the counei o? the1 I League of Nations which was issued i j yesterday by President Wilson went : to the ambassadors of the entente j nations, but will not be made public until it is received i'rom them by their : governments. The first me~Jng will' be held in Paris Friday morning. U. S. SOLDIERS ! OUT OF SIBERIA i "- I ? United States Decides to With- | draw Military From Far Eastern Russia i _ ! j TRANSPORT ORDERED . j I TO BRING THEM HOME ! i ; ! I - f i j ' Anti-Bclshevik Forces and Jap ! anese Will Be Left to Contend j Against Lenine's Armies. j J Washington. Jan. 12.? Decision to! withdraw the American troops from j ' Siberia upon the completion of .the repatriation of the Czecho-Slovak j I forces-next month has been reached by the American government. The troops were sent to Siberia in accord-j ancc with an agreement between the i Chited States. Japan and the entente j powers to aid the Czechs and protect the Siberian railroad. Japan has been notified by the Cnited--- States of the cancellation of that agreement inso- i far as it aifects the presence of an j American military expedition. When tin- Czechs have been re- ! moved the American railroad com- j mission, headed by John F. Stevens, j which has been in Russia since be- ? fore the fall of the former czar's gov- j crnment. will leave Vladivostok for' home and the American soldiers, un- j der Major General Graves, will fol-; low as soon as transports cart be j made available. Presumably the; same ships , which are to take the i Czecho-Slovaks across the Pacific will j be used. Two of these 'vessels, the j President virant and America, are ex- J pected to leave New York within a few days. With the departure of the Amcri- j cans. Japan will be left alone to as sist in the efforts to stem the cast- ' ward march of the Bolshevi'ki. The rapid progress made by the soviet 1 forces has been a source of appre hension in Japan and the cabinet at, Tokyo has been considering means of! combatting what Japanese officials re- ; gard as serious menace. Suggestions have been made that ! Japan materially increase its force j of 30,000 tr->ops in Siberia and it has | opened negotiations with the Ameri can government with this end in ; view. So far as was learned today, i however no agreement has yet been \ reached. j The American force numbers about j S.O00 men and was sent into Siberia' last summer. Its presence has been the subject of numerous spirited de- ; bates in the senate and resulted in . the adoption of a resolution calling upon President "Wilson for a state- j ment of the administration's policy. In reply to this resolution the state j department said the purpose of send ing the expedition was solely to assiSi the Czechs and to guard the railroad in the meantime. STUDENTS VOTE FOR TREATY Majority of College Men Want Immediate Ratification New York, Jan. I I.?Incomplete re turns today from fifty-three of nearly four hundred colleges and universi-, ti< s, where students and faculty mem hers voted yesterday on f?>ur questions concerning the peace treaty and league of nations, showed ?>ut of a to tal of forty-two thousand votes twen ty-two thousand favored any eojn promise which would make possil.e immediate ratification. Early reports from Southern colleges showed a large plurality Cor ratification without amendments. Paris. Jan. 14.?-The rtalian dele gation here announces that Count Liuisi Adrovandi has been appointed' diplomatic representative in Germany.! ad Treat's.' TUB TKCI 0. TIAL LAW IN GERMANY Government Adopts Drastic Measures As Result of Riots in Berlin RIOTS WERE ORGAN IZED BY EXTREMISTS Guards Used Machine Guns On the Mob Which Attacked the Reichstag Berlin, Tuesday; Jan. 13, S P. iL? The government -tonight proclaimed martial law in aH- sections of Ger many, following mob demonstrations this afternoon in which at least ten persons were killed and many others wounded by machine gun fire from guards before the reichstag building. The mob was organized by extremists as a protest against the industrial council's bill now before the reich stag. BERLIN RIOTS ? ' PROVE FATAL Demonstration Against Soldiers Guarding Building?Order N Restored After Firing Berlin, Jan. 13.? Ten dead had been brought into the court of the reichstag building when the national assembly adjourned at n o'clock this afternoon, according to an announcement made by President Feihrenbach. Eig. processions passed along the streets converging into the Koenig platz from all quarters. Numerous factories were obliged to close. The demonstrators bore flags in scribed "We demand an unrestricted workers council bill." Numerous speeches were delivered from the steps of the reichstag sharply pro testing against the bill in its present form. The street car service was partly suspended, the men being on strike. I The public security police restricted j themselves to guarding the reichstag I with strong forces. I The police finally restored order before the reichstag building. The chamber adjourned until Wednesday. i London, Jan. 13.?A mob today made a rush aginst troops guarding the reichstag building in Berlin and tried to disarm them. The troops tired and several persons were killed or wounded. Order was then restor ed. A dispatch to the Exchange Tele-" graph from Berlin dated Monday says: 'The government is taking precau tions against disorders, including the barricading of the front of the parlia ment buildings. "The new railway strikes westward and the stoppage of telephonic and telegraphic communication are caus ing much nervousness." Berlin. .Monday, Jan. 12.?-Plunder ing on a large scale occurred today In the occupied town of Oberhausen. Men stormed the town hall, seized arms, threw the archives into the street and stripped the shops. The disturbances.spread to the vil lages of Marseboh and Bruckhausen, j where the plunderers used fire arms against the police. Order has hot yet j been restored. Oberhausen is a city of about 100,-! 000 at' the junction of the Cologne-, Hamburg and Wesel-Emmerich lines. I Ij is situated just to the north of M?l heim. Both Mareboh and Bruckhan- | sen are just east of the Rhine in the1 same region. - ! Basle. Jan. 13.?Many persons! were killed or wounded in Berlin to- j day when the troops fired upon or bayonetted demonstrators who tried1 to rush the reichstag entrance in pro test against the exploitation law, says! a dispatch from Berlin. The dispatch adds that since noon j crowds have paraded the streets of Berlin following at: appeal from Diel Freiheit, radical Socialist organ forj workmen, to demonstrate in protest; aaginst the law. SIMS WRITES ANOTHER LETTER War Admiral Renews Contro versy With Secretary of Navy Washington. Jan. 14.?Admiral! Sims has written another letter to. Secretary Daniels, the secretary said; loday, adding that he had not heard of it. but indicating it dealt with gen eral Question of naval moral and ef ficiency and was 'controversal" in lone. Washington. Jan. 14.?Director General Hines has signed the nation al agreement covering rules and working conditions with the Brother hood Of Railway and steamship clerks, freight handlers and express and station employes. The agreement is retroactive to January 1st and will continue in force during federal con- j trol. 1 ; SOUTHRON, EfftabiteJtert J?bn > m VoLXLlX. No. 45. MAY PASS TREATY BY A MAJORITY If the Senate Does Not Act Soon This Recourse is Open PRECEDENTS SEEM TO RE NOT LACKING Same Thing Was Done When Texas and Hawaii Were An nexed?Expect No Trouble ' Washington, Jan. 13.?Is there any way to solve the tangle over the peace treaty, if the senate continues to tail to act, without putting the matter before the American people until enough senators can be elected who will vote for the document with rat-: ifications which arc acceptable to the president? In a talk with Representtaive Hen ry D. Flood, of Virginia, ranking Democratic member of the house < ommittee on foreign affairs and; its chairman 3ur:"ng the war period, the correspondent of The News and Cour ier was told that there is anotherrway, and a very direct one, and that Mr. Flood himself and a number of oth er members of congress favorable to such alternative action to cut the Gor dian knot. '. 1* I Mr. Flood has had the matter under, discussion with officials and with col leagues for sometime, "but has, .re frained from proceeding with tne sug gestion because it has not yet been approved by the administration. This is taken to mean, not that ail the ad ministration officials who have to do with the matter are opposed tos the alternative method, b'lt the president has not given his sanction. - ? Representtaive Flood considers ;it jentirely competent for congress, by ! majority vote, to pass a bill making ! the peace treaty and the league ;ot nations pact a statute law of the Unit j ed States. Such reservations as con i gress regarded as essential in the j way of interpretation could be includ.-. ; ed in this law. Then the matter would go straight to the president .for 'his signature. Mr. Flood was asked if there .are any precedents for adopting as statute laws in cases where, they failed to get through the senate fn ! their technical shape as treaties. The j Virginian replied that there were j such precedents, and Very good ones'. First, he cited the treaty annexing I the republic of Texas to the United j States. The senate refused to adopt j this, and in 1S45 the document was turned into a joint resolution 'and was passed by both houses of congress and signed by President Tyler. Second. Mr. Flood cited the law'?n nexing the territory of Hawaii. Pres ident McKinley endeavored to take "in Hawaii by the method of a treaty i"? 1S9S, but the approval of the senate was not obtained though the treaty was never brought to an outright vote. Rather than wait longer on the senate or allow the senate to defeat the treaty, the proposition was put into joint resolution form and enacted by congress. It now s*ands as a part of the law of the land precisely as if it had been put on the books in treaty shape. The parallel as to Hawaii is spe cially pat, inasmuch as the McKinley administration did not wait for the senate to vote the treaty down, bwt'ex pedited matters by adopting the route of majority congressional action ? in which both houses participated. It has been clearly shown that a, decided majority of the senate is in favor of ratifying the present peace treaty with reasonable reservations. There is no question that the senti ment of the senate is duplicated in the house, with perhaps an even larger majority for ratification in the latter body. Mr. Flood, therefore, does not doubt that if a suitable joint resolution making the treaty and pact a law should be put up to congress, it would pass. CLOTHING PRICES TO ADVANCE Sure to Ee Much Higher in the Spring Declares Seattle Man in Address Chicago, Jan. 13.?Clothing prices next spring will be from 25 to 40 per cent, higher than at present, according t?> II. K. King of Seattle, who at dressed the National Retail Clothiers' association today. Mr. King said that the increase would come from a complexity of causes, chief of which was increased pay to workers. Labor had gone up 275 per cent since 1914. he said. Mr. King also cited the decrease in work ing hours and the increase of Aus tralian wool prices from $1.15 a pound in 1914 to $4.10. ' The coining year will be a crucial one for clothing merchants.'* he said. "It will not so much be a question of making money as to keep the business from going to the rocks." Col. Fred Levy of Louisville de clared that if there were to be an-in vestigation of clothing costs it should begin with the woolen manufacturers ind be carried from them to the re tailers, instead of the other way.