VJEER SU3?TEB WATGBM&S, EBtftta
Consolidated Aug. 2,1
COnON CREDITS
NOT RESTRICTED!
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Gov. Harding Denies That He!
Made Statement That Loans j
Would Be Curtailed
SENDS LETTER TO PRES- j
IDENT WANN AM ABLER j
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Owners of Cotton Will Not Bej
sDiscriminated Against Byi
^Federal Reserve Bank
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Columia. Jan. 13.?A vigorous de
nial, that he had said anything in a
recent address before hankers in
Washington which intimated that loan
on cotton might he restricted by the
Federal Reserve System is contained
in, a letter written by Governor W. P.
G. Harcttng-;Of the Federal Reserve
Board to J. Skqttowe Wannamaker,
president of r the American Cotton As
.. soclatton.
In making public Governor Hard
lag's; letter, Mr. Wannamater issued j
this statements .
"So many false statements have]
been issued, by the people who are(
desperately anxious to beat down the !
. price of cotton that it becomes abso
lutely necessary to disapprove the last
false, statement issued by them in
which it was? claimed that Gov. W. P.
6. Harding in his recent address be
for the bankers had claimed that
cotton was being hoarded and inti
mated that loans on cotton might be
restricted by the federal reserve sys
? tem.
y*l have read every word of this ad
dress, in addition to this have letters
in'my possession from Gov. W. P. G.
Hording, there is not a single sen
tence or word Jn this address that
would in the slightest degree even in
. dicate that it was claimed that cot-j
ton was being hoarded and loans!
would/ be restricted.. In addition to j
this (governor W. P. G. Harding's let- j
' ter. speaks "ior itself. Governor Hard
ing ^.recognized as a man. who stands
j*bft only the head of one of the
g*e&t?st -^ajxking. instittuions in. the '
world-but a man who is highly re;
spected and honored on account of
his.great ability, his. devotion to the
tipbuhiing 'of-every section"of this1"*
gr^at-Ration. He knows no section
hut ttees his every effort at the: head:
of this great institution and using it
for tie purpose for which ' it was in- j
tended the upbuilding of the entire!
nation and not for the purpose of fa- j
voring any section or throttling anyi
: special industry.
"Gov. Hardings' letter to me reads j
-^as follows:
" 'I have received your Tetter of the |
Bth instant and enclose for your in-j
-formation a copy of my remarks at|
the meeting of bankers here on the!
6th instant r do not think that you j
will find, in them anything to war-j
rant the construction which was plac-!
ed upon them in seme quarters. The
Roard recognizes the importance of ai
larger production of farm products!
of every kind and is doing everything)
It can legitimately to encourage and j
not discourage production. As pro-;
duction depends upon the market it!
tollows necessarily that any impair- j
ment of a broad open market will;
?tend to discourage production.
" 'It has always been niy belief that I
manufacturers of cotton were really.:
benefited by a steady level market as
free as possible- from violent fiuctua
tions, for as long its the market isj
subject to radical price changes theyi
are obliged to hedge by dealing in"I
' contracts on the cotton exchange and j
are often required to put up large;
sums as margins in order to protect'
their contracts. I do not believe that;
the ultimate consumer was ever bene-|
fited .by having supplies of raw oct-|
ton fall into a few hands or by a con- j
centrated control of the market. If it j
were possible for a small group of men;
to acquire ownership of all the cotton!
in the country, they would demand aj
large profit at the expense of the con- j
sumer. The best protection to the ?
consumer, in my opinion, lies in the j
ownership of cotton by the producers, j
Which means a widely scattered own-!
ership^ and in steady sales of cotton !
as it arises.
" 'Such a condition would give the I
producers the benefit of the average j
p'rice of cotton for the year and would j
prevent violent fluctuations in price, j
It would at the same time. I. think, j
give the consumer a lower average j
price than he wou?d get if producers j
were obliged to sell their entire hold- j
ihgs during a period of two cr three j
months, to purchasers strong enough j
to hold for such prices as they might j
choose to fir* !
" 'In order to enable the producer
to tnarket his crop in an orderly way,
;iPwill be necessary in many cases to i
extend'him .some*financial assistance.;
but, this does not necessarily . mean j
?xeessive loans or loans which arej
not amply margined, nor should banks
discommode, themselves and impair
their ability to meet the requirements
Of general business by aiding any one
to withhold Iarsre quantities of cotton
Entirely from the market in an at
tempt to force up r.rices artificially. In
order to avoid the great waste incident
to country damage, it is essential that
cotton held on the farms or at the
county seats be properly warehoused
find that it be protected from weather
damage and loss by fire and theft.
Reforms in methods of baling and
packing are badly needed, and if ycu
April, 1810.
"Be tat f
881.
SI
! NAVY ROW GROWS
IN BITTERNESS
Commander of Marine Corps
! Goes For Admiral Sims
I With Gloves Off
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! Washington, Jan. 21.?The naval
{decoration award controversy twice
reached the floor of the senate today,
each time bringing forth bitter de
bate, while the investigating subcom
mittee continued its inquiry with Maj.
Gen. George Barnett, commanding the
I marine corps, and Rear Admiral A.
i W. Grant, war time commander of
the first battleship force of the At
lantic fleet, as witnesses.
The controversy first reached the
senate when Senator Walsh, Demo
crat, Montana, introduced a resolution
criticising Rear Admiral William S.
Sims, for recent testimony before the
investigating subcommittee in which
"instructions of the most confidential
nature,' the. senator said, were laid
before the world. After sharp de
bate, on objection of Senator Lodge
Cf Massachusetts, Republican leader,
the resolution went over.
Later the dispute bobbed up when
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, act
ing Democratic leader, aided by Sen
ator Pittraah,- Nevada, Democratic
member of the investigating commit
tee, conducted a successful filibuster
ag-ainst the resolution of Senator Hale,
Maine, chairman of the committee, to
allow the committee to employ coun
sel. After the two Democratic sena
tors had spoken for some time, Chair
man Hale interrupted the debate to
say that as it was evident that a fili
buster was in progress, he would
withdraw his motion for immediate
vote. His resolution thereupon,' went
over to be called uy later probably to
morrow.
Pending further action by t^e sen
ate on his resolution Chairman Hale
adjourned hearings of the subcommit
tee late in the day until Friday when
Rear Admiral Austin M. Knight, head
of the board which passed on medal
recommendations before their sub
mission to Secretary Daniels will be
heard.
General Barnett in his testimony
before the subcommittee took issue
with Admiral Sims saying "that there
was no nf?ed for promulgation "by Sec
retary Daniels of a definite policy on
naval'medal awards as Admiral Sims
has contended. The act authorizing
decorations^ 'the marine* corps' com
mandant held, was sufficiently ex* i
plicit to guide commanding officers" in i
selecting1 men to be rewarded. Al
though he expressed. regret to the
naval secretary that all of his- rec
ommendations were not favorably
considered. General Barnett told the i
committee he accepted the reply "of!
Mr. Daniels, that the line had to be;
drawn somewhere to uphold the value
of the decorations.
Declaring that Thomas A. Edison,
contrary to popular belief, had "little
to do" with the perfection of subma
rine detecting devices during the war,
Rear Admiral Grant told the commit
tee that two young officers on his
staff, Comndr. C. S. McDowell and
Lieut. Comndr. Miles Libbey. were
largely responsible for the successful
development of the" apparatus. The
admiral said that he recommended
both officers for navy crosses but that
they did not receive the awards.
DECLINE ON FOR
EIGN EXCHANGE
Adverse Trade Balances Unset
tle Foreign Commerce
New York, Jan. 21.?New low rec
ords on English, French and Italian
exchange were made at the opening
of the market here today. The pound
sterling fell to three dollars, sixty-two
and three-quarter cents. The adverse
trade balance against European coun
tries and the uncertainty regarding
foreign trade was* held responsible for
the demoralized exchange rates.
THE STRIKE IN
ITALY FAILS
Government and Public Opinion
Too Strong For Socialists
Rome. Jan. 22.?The energetic
steps taken by the Italian govern
ment and the adverse attitude of the
public seemed to have brought about
the failure of the railway strike. The
National congress of employees in the
postal, telephone and telegraph ser
vices have voted to return to work.
can bring about the use of better
methods and if you can secure also
compression at the gin, you will have
proved yourself one of the greatest
benefactors, the cotton producing sec
tion has ever known and not only
those now living but future genera
tions will call you b-essed!
"It is the truth that hurts. The cot
ton market is enormously oversold,
the sales -being made at far lower
prices. People sold something they
did not own and It turned out in ex
cess of actual production. Demand
world wide will exceed the supply and
before the 1920 crop becomes avail
able raw cotton will be exhausted. The
producer is only holding for a fair
price based upon these conditions, the
price for which the manufactured pro
duct is being sold and the cost of
production. Under existing conditions
the producer determined not to sell his
cotton to speculator but to hold it. un
til the manufacturer pays a fair price,
it would be absolutely impossible un
der existing conditions to hoard cotton.
It would be just as reasonable to
state that ice was being hoarded in
Hades."
nd ttnr not?Bet all the cn&M ******
JMTER, S. a, SAT0EP
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I BRYAN CRITI
CISES CUMMINGS
j One Time Secretary of State
! Leader of Discord in Dan
ocratic Party i
j Richmond, Va, Jan. 21.?Williims
; Jennings Bryan speaking here in {the
interest of the prohibition drive to
night launched an attack ?n Horner
Cummings, national Democratic chair
man. ?
Mr. Bryan declared that Me. Cum
j mings must either separate, from Gov
} ernor Edwards of New Jersey or re
I sign as head of the Democratic party,
j "The Democratic party is too near
j to me to ever consent to have its in
i terests allied .with those of the liquor
j interests," said Mr. Bryan,
j Nearly 3,000 people were packed.in
i the city auditorium to listen to., the
j commoner. Mr. Bryan was- greeted
jwith thunderous applause as he fn
' tered the building,
j Mr. Bryan scored Gov. Edward^ I.
j Edwards for his stand on the prohibi
! tion. question and flayed Mr. Culn
i mings for his apparent support of the
j Newv Jersey man. .
j "The Democratic party is too near
j and dear to me . to allow me to %jftt
} be buried -with the liquor interestSv"
said Mr. Bryan, \
"If I am elected a delegate of i lie
; national convention and my State n
structs me to vote for Mr. Edwards i I
would refuse to serve. I won't j< in
with Mr. Edwards in trying to tujrn
I the Democratic party over to the
qour interests.
"If the. chairman," said Mr. Bry;
[referring to Mr. Cummings, "has n&i
! sense enough to know better than
join in a boom for a candidate
i that, he has .not sense enough tdr j
on the committee." ','
[ Mr. Bryan took a fiing at Mr. Ed
wards again when he referred to
[ ports that Mr. Edwards had annot
i ed his candidacy for president in'N
braska and Virginia.
! "I don't know why Mr. Ed.war|ls
went to Nebraska to announce
candidacy." said Mr. Brya?; "unlc
he wanted a hot fight. And if he
did he sure came to the right Ipace.
If Mr. Edwards comes down-here,'. I
want you to be ready for him."" (\ [
Mr. Bryan said, that the liquor In
terests were going to take the fight
against nationwide prohibition ' Into
politics and try to elect a "wet" pres
ident "on a wet platform." ' [ ]
He announced he could bring evi
dence to this effect.
Many % members of the State assem
bly were in the audience-and to. them
Mr/ Bryan directed an appear tttat die
womans suffrage amendment Bfe-rati
fied at this session.
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Norfolk, Va.. Jan. 21.?In an ad
dress today under the auspices of tbe
Anti-Saloon league. William J. Bryan,
announced his opposition to Governor
Edwards, of New Jersey, as the nom
inee of the Democratic party for the
presidency and declared that if Chair
man Cummings' address last night at.
the banquet in honor of Governor. Ed
?\vanls correctly expressed his attitude,
that he would oppose him for chair
man of the national Democratic com
mittee.
Mr. Bryan's bitterest attack was on
Governor Edwards.
"Mr. Edwards has picked out my
j own State, Nebraska, to launch his
I campaign in.". Mr. Bryan went on.
j "But if Nebraska instructs for Mr.
i Edwards, I'll never be a delegate to
\ the national convention," he declar
I ed.- '
j "I see that the Democratic national
j chairman, Cummings, attended hte
Edwards campaign banquet in New
I Jersey last night." said Mr. Bryan,
I following his attack on Governor Ed-'
! wards. .
"If that is Mr. Cummings' attitude,
j he'll neyer be chairman of the Dem-'
! ocratic committee again if I can help
it." ? .
J Washington. Jan. 21.?Although
Homer S. Cummings, chairman of the
Democratic national committee, de
livered an address before the Nation
al-Press club here tonight all efforts
to find him later tonight Jn connec
tion with the statements made by W.
J. Bryan in speeches today and to
night Jn Norfolk and Richmond. Va..
were unavailing.
THE NEW ARMY
BILL APPROVED
Law Will Provide for Large
Army and Compulsory
Training
Washington. Jan. 21.?The army re
organization bill, drafted by the sen
ate military subcommittee was en
dorsed today by Secretary Baker,
who appeared before the full com
mittee. The measure -provies for:
compulsory military training and the
formation of one big army to be di
vided into citizens' reserve army, and*
ike regular army, consisting of two
hundred and eighty thousand men.
and the national guard.
PRIVATE LIFE
FOR CLEMENCEA?
War Premier Delivers War Of
fice to His Successor
Paris, Jan. 21.?Georges Clemen
ccau, former premier and minister of
war, handed over the ministry of
war to Aridre Lefevre, the new war
minister at 2.30 this afternoon. Im
mediately afterward, M. Clemenceau
left the ministry.
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ntrt ? ttrjr Country'* Tkj God's a
Af, JANUARY 24, 1831
!THE GAMP JACK- I
SON MURDER j
? General Read Awaits Instruc-;
tion From the War De- !
| partment
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Columbia, Jan. 22.?Columbians and)
South Carolinians are awaiting with!
I much interest the results of the in-1
?quiry made of the war department inj
iWashington by Commanding Generali
! Read, of Camp Jackson, as to wheth- j
;er or not he shall turn over to the!
I Richiand county authorities the four j
i soldiers now under arrest at Camp j
j Jackson charged with murder in con-1
j nection with the shooting and hold- !
i ing up of automobiles, which took j
j place- last Monday night on the road I
j betwen the city and the camp*
j. General Read has stated that he isj
! not trying to shieid the soldiers im-!
j plicated in the affair, but that he sim- j
j pljr wants advice from a higher au- I
[th?rity in a case the like of which he ;
: never before handled.
The men under arrest are Lieut. P. j
\ E. Fowler, who was officer of the ?
j guard on the night of the shooting; 1
j Corporal Edmond F. Mantson; Private;
; Roy Januz, and Private Roy Sanders, j
j Sanders is charged with the killing of j
j William S. Chaplain of Columbia, and j
i the other soldiers are charged with!
)zmirder, as parties to the crime. j
j Much to the regret of camp officials j
j and the majority of leading citizens j
I of Columbia, the' sad tragedy of last j
i Monday night and the several hold- j
I ups practiced by the soldiers on pass- j
j ing automobiles, there has developed
j a spirit of enmity against. the eamp
j on the part of some of the citizens
I of Columbia. It is feared that many
'months will have'.t? pass before this
j sore heals.
!TWO MILLION !
j FOR ROADS j
Richiand County Proposes to
Spend That Sum j
- Columbia, Jan. 22.?The biggest
!road :bond issue ever authorized in!
South Carolina i^ to be floated at an
early date, under a bill introduced in
?.the General Assembly today authoriz
ing ?he sale-of two ,, million dollars
I worth of Richiand county, five per
j cent bonds, the proceeds of which are
I to construct-permanent highways of
Richiand county. Not a cent of the
money is to be spent for highways
within the city of Columbia.
The Jbi? .creates - a commission of;
three, appointed by the governor, to
have charge of the bond issue and
j the handling of the proceeds. The
' bonds will be sold within the nest few
? months, because of the -fact that all
j of the Richiand delegation is solid
J for the bill and the people of Rich
land county strongly endorsed the is
sue in a referendum election last
August.
There are two safe-guarding clauses
in the bill with which the people of
Richiand are delighted. . One of these
j specifies tha t there shall be no con
tracts let for the construction ofj
roads with the proceeds of the bond I
issue on the basis of cost-plus. Richr j
land county got stung under such a.;
contract last year, when. one mile of j
road near Camp Jackson, paved in!
concrete, cost $66,000.
The other safe-guardfng clause is
I that no contract shall be let for- a |
price averaging more than $30,000 perj
mile.
The bill names the roads to be |
paved, these being main arteries lead- J
ing out of Columbia. Richiand coun- ,
ty is determined to get out of' the j
mud. ? . ? ????:(
I POLICE OFFICER 1
! KILLED IN DUBLIN -
j Assistant Commissioner Attack
ed in Street
Dublin, Jan. 21 ?Assistant Com
missioner of ' Police Redmond was j
i shot and killed'at 6:30 o'clock this.;
evening in Harcourt street, one of;
Dublin's Main thoroughfares.
"When Mr. Redmond was assailed j
he endeavored to draw his own pistol j
but was unable to do so before he was j
j shot down. .? e was f:?u*.d gripping:
! his pistol which was in his pocket." 1
j Mr. Redmond recently was brought]
'to Dublin from Belfast where he had;
j been a successful constabulary erR-|
cer, to assist in coordinating the Dub- j
! lin police and secure increased enV
; ciency in the detective department. ?
Several policemen have been hilled j
recently but no arrests h:;.ve been>
j made.
i -
f Thurles, Ireland, Jan. 21.?Another .,
j constable was ::?!'?: and badly wound-;.
? ed last night while returning to his;
! home here. Armed squads later
j searched the district and entered mv- j
j eral houses looking for the assailants
; and also questioned pedestrians. No
! arrests were made. ?
FLU EPIDEMIC
RAGING IN CUB A
Six Thousand Cases Reported
in Havana
j Washington, Jan. 22.?Six thousand;
leases of influenza are reported from;
I Havana, Cuba, public health service j
I today. It is announced that all ps*e- j
?ventions to prevent an inihtx of the
disease into the United States is be-]
ing taken at Havana and at Amerl- j
! can ports. Further spread of tl:e j
i malady in this country' is reported to
j the service today. Twenty-four hun
idred new cases in sixteen counties of
I Northern Illinois.
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0.
GONGKESS HAS I
ECONOMY SPASM]
Putting Knife Into Appropria-j
tion Bill For Campaign -
Purposes
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Washington, Jan. 21.?Congress!
held its "thrift week" celebration to-1
day, a wave of economy sweeping both j
the senate and house. The net result j
was: f I
Decision by the house public build- J
ings committee not to recommend pas
sage at this session of a public build
ings bill. j
Reduction by the house foreign af
fairs committee of the annual diplo
matic and consular service appropria
tion bill to $8,843.038, which is $3,
085,125 less than the state department
requested and $1,032,074-less than was
appropriated for the present fiscal
year.
Elimination by the senate of an
appropriation of $42,500,000 from the
Americanization bill and substitution
.therefor of an appropriation of $6,
500,000 restricted to use until the end
of the 102i. fiscal year instead of an
expenditure over four years as the
larger appropriation contemplated.
Democrats and Republicans for the
; most part joined forces in the slashing
! away at; appropriations the vote to
I eliminate customary "porkey" public
buildings bills being unanimous. ' The
reduction in the Americanization bills
j appropriation was advocated jointly by
[Senators McCumber, Republican, of
North Dakota, and Dial, Democrat, of
South Carolina. The North Dakota
senator told his colleagues that ac
I cording to careful estimates, the gov
> eminent would start the fiscal year
beginning July 1 with a deficit of $3,
1000,000. Should expenditures for 1921
be kept within the conservative esti
mates of $6,000,000,000 the senator
thought they might be provided for
! but there would be nothing left to take
I care of the left over deficit.
I "We have gone mad on the ques
tion of conceiving new questions that
j will reach into the federal treasury,"
[said Senator McCumber referring to
I the Americanization bill which is de
| signed to educate illiterates and
i Americanize foreign bprn citizens.
I "The only thing that will stop it will
? be when we get to .the end of the
( rope and have to fcemTthe country to
meet expenses."
Senator Dial said the tax payers of
the United States were "getting tired
! of being over burdened."
I . In cutting down appropriations in
{ the. diplomatic and"" consular service
bill, thchouse committe ,;denied Sec
retary Lansing's request for- increases
'?,in the salaries of ambassadors and
ministers. The only increases grant
j ed over present expenditures were a
flat $1.000 advance in salary to sec
I retarics of embassies and legations
and an additional item of $250,000 for
passport control bringing the total
for that purpose up to $440,431.
The drastic cut in appropriations
for river.and harbor improvements,
ordered by. the house rivers and har
bors committee in paring down the
annual appropriation bill continued to
arouse members of the house and ml
I nority* members of the committee to
day began the drafting of a new bill
which would appropiate $25,000,000.
The hew bill which will be offered as
substitute for the majorities measure j
will- specify improvements to be made i
instead of leaving expenditures to the)
war department as provided in that!
j reported to the house.
RACE TROUBLE
IN ARKANSAS
. i i" ?". >?
Force of Federal Troops Sent
From Camp Pike to Dumas
> ? ? .
Dumas,* .irk., Jan. 22.?A detach
ment of- federal troops ' from Camp
Pike and large parties of officers and j
possemen from nearby towns arrived j
here this morning to take charge of j
the race situation arising from the al-j
leged attack on Deputy Sheriff by!
armed negroes at.a negro settlement:
near here yesterday. Local officials;
said they beiievd the trouble would be!
confined to this district.
Little Rock, Jan. 22:?Gov. Brough, j
who accompanied the troops to Dumas
declared after a personal survey of the
situation this morning that he does'
not anticipate serious race trouble, j
according to dispatches from a cor- f
respondent of the Arkansas Democrat. \
He stated that no evidence was found I
at Dumas of a conspiracy to foment j
an uprising such as was shown in in- i
vestigation of the recent disorder at;
Elaine. ?
REPARATION
COMMISSION:
Charles Jonnart to Represent
France
Paris, Jab. 22.?Charles A. Jonnart,
former minister of blockade and in-j
v;nled regions, has been appointed as]
the French delegate on the rcpara- i
tions commission and will be presi-!
dent of that body, according to the
newspapers.
SWISS FAVOR
EXTRADITION
Newspapers Say Wilhel m Should
Be Tried By Allies
Geneva Jau. 22.?Swiss newspapers,
following the lead of the Geneva;
'""rihune. favor the extradition ofi
Kormer Emperor William from Hol-j
I SOUTHBON, EeaMhDal Ana, MM
VolXLIX. No, 47.
STATO?DGET
INCREASES TAXES
Recommended Appropriations
Total Five and a Half Mil
lion For 1920
THE TAX LEVY IS
NINE AND HALF MILLS
Original Estimates Called For
More Than Seven Million Dol
lars
Columbia, Jan. 2l.:?Recommend
ing appropriationst for the operation
of the State government tor
amounting to approximately five and
one-half million dollars, an increase of
nearly a million and a-half over the
appropriations of 1919, callings tor a
levy of nine and a-half mills ijf all
back taxes from last ytar can be col
lected, or possibly eleven, mills . with
out a collection of ail'back taxes, and
making certain very ^strong recom
mendations as to State finances, "the
report of the State budget' comxnis^
sion was laid on the desks of the .leg-,
isiators Tuesday night, at the first
session of the general assembly for
the week. ......
One of the recommendations of-the
budget commission is no appropriation.
at all for the Confederate Home Col
lege in Charleston. Last year two
thousand dollars was appropriated.
The appropriation for the governor's
office is $99,450, nearly double wha^it
[was last year. The budget commis
sion suggests $73,752 for the adjtt
! tant general's office, which is less than
half of what that office requested, but
nearly three times the appropriation
of last year.
The budget recommends an appro
pration of $217,000 for the University,
as compared with ^ 136,SO0 -last year,
though the University requested for
this year $'271,139.. This provides for
an increase in professors' salaries by
sixteen and two-thirds, per cent' The
budget also allows $15,000 for the
erection of new buildings at the uni
versity and instructs the trji&ees to
borrow money for the erection1 ot nine
professors' residences. , .
For "the Citadel ffie budget" rei
mends total appropriations of X
S50, as compared with approptiattena
last year of $169,619 and expenditures
of over $200,000. Ihe Citadel request
ed this year $222,940. The budget cuts
out a five thousand dollaY item .for
j barracks equipment and a five thou
sand dollars contingent fee'. No. in
: crease in Citadel salaries" is recom
mended, 'because quarters are fur
nished without "coat.* -says the report
Winthrop asked f?r $430;900 and
gets $408,524, as compared ' With
$24 5,000 last year. ;W*Inthr.dp*s'-'rfc
quest for printing press arid other
.equipment, to cost $9,993, her request
for $20,000 for a training school dor
mitory are rejected, though the col
lege gets $75,000 for a dormitory,'ten
thousand for a students " building,
twenty thousand for a teachers':dor
mitory, $7,460 for completion of the
training school and twelve thousand
for a propagation house. Winthrop
requested $6,500 for its" farm, which
was $10,500 less than approprir4-^
for this' purpose last ye'ar. The"
budget sets down $27,300 for the farm,
more than four times the amount
asked. ', ? ,
The Medical: College of South Caro
lina asked the appropriation of $89,
067. an increase of $39,330 over last
year's appropriations. The ? . budget
fixed the amount ar $47,932. The
biggest item refused was the re
quest of $27,000 for building ^-re
pairs. ' This was cut to two thousand.
Four and a-half thousand for supplies
and a thousand-for contingent fund
were items cut out.
The budget gives $921,370 to-the
department of education,, whereas the
request was for $1>021.530, or $317,
192 more than last year's appropria
tions The budget "allows $12.520 for
examination and certification of teach
ers, where there was no appropriation
for this last year.
The budget allows $838.736 for the
State Hospital for the Insane. The'in
stitution requested a million sixty
thousand. Last year .it got $595,402
but there was a deficit at the end of
the year of about one hundred thou
sand dollars.
The total appropriations for all
State purposes, as put down in .th*
budget are $5.466,631. The total
amount requested by various depart
ments for the year was $7.177,004.
These recommendations will serve
as the basis of the work of the finance
committees in making 1920 appropria
tions.
EIGHT LIVES~T0ST
Attempt to Transfer Passengers
Results Fatally
t
Halifax. Jan. 22.?Eight lives were
lost when a boat from the transport
Northern Pacific overturned yesterday
in an attempt to transfer passengers
from the disabled transport Powha
tan, according to officers of the
steamship Bardic, which arrived here
this morning. The Bardic officers. *aid
the. statement was based on ? wire
ess message. A wireless from, the
Powhatan at ten o'clock this morn
ing said the shin had started for
Halifax in tow of the. Canadiai. g?j-.'
tmment steamer Lady Laurie.