The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 15, 1921, Image 6
PROTEST AGAINST
HIGH TAXES
Taxpayers Hear Strong Speeches
it Stute House
PROPERTY OWNERS
WANT CITS MADE
Call on Legislature t<> Reduce
Appropriations for 1920 to Fit
Economic t'auditions
GoluniM.t. )an 11.- The taxpayers'
convention held in the hall of Iht
house of i ?M" ? -s? lit at i\'s l.ist Mi?lu,
reeolved in. If mto a free for .ill ?Iis
eusaion. In huh ever) subject 'rum
raioi hack bows to the president of
then* great i nltad gtatea," as Jess
0- l.*-oparl saht. was h.nulled ami
that without gloves of an> descrip?
tion Th? convention adjourned after
adopting reaolutlona which request
that the gt-neral assemhly rciiuce lux?
ation and that It extend he I me of
payment ol taxes for 1920 until March
SI and Hat a Joint committee be
appoint. I i? ntud) ihe tax system of
the stut?> o mike reeommendntlons
fO the' present legislature which will
correct present lio'ipialiti-s. Anoth?
er resolution providing thai s,? pet
cent, of automobile llcens*< fee* be
used In tie counties is Ihe count)
Oaeamlaslorers may deem wise was
also adopt* si
_ K. W. Ilabhs of Mavesvlllc was nom?
inated as < i iliman and presided over
the meet Inf. After stating Its pur?
pose he t new ihe convention open
for discus* on His inv itation t.. his
sudleru f[ neruiiy to anter Into the
iilsensslun *us uuickly accepted and
numerous speech* s were m ule. While
many of Ihe speakers wundered
BOOlewhal from the subject in hand,
the response given t" Ihe Invitation
oas a clear Indication of the deep
latOroOt which the people are taking
In the subject of taxation and of
thslr desire for some sort of relief
Hume demons! i at inn nuents. farm
dttnonstrutlnn sgents, school teach?
er*. fOllege presidents, "canning club
alrls." the tax rcmmlssion and the
statt blghwa) department came in
for much attention ami had their
Warm defenders an.on- those pre** nl
and the re dies to ihr proposals to
cut th*%n off were given tin- i im?
rttpf-etfu! heai.HK as wer, the criti
clfms It \.is a meeting, which m>
nattier hon far some of the dtecuo
Slon* Wandered a*tra> hrought to the
attention ol the ?pner.il i isif Htbly the
drtnund foi some revision in the Op"
proprlutions.
Aftei Mr Ha hhs had heen elected
m.in m.in in s;ihi the convention was
called to protest against any Increase
in state or count t.i\ i Ii. wanted
appi opt Mtlons not absolute)) neces
serv for th- progress of the state to
be rut off fro a tin I i \ commission
and the hlihwaj department on down
to ! he low . s( ,,lt'
Pr T at preher Introduced Ihe
Resolution taking Ihnt the legislature
amend the road law .so that each
saaty shall receive 10 per cent, of
litt moaej collet led In them from
the sale of automobile lies note to la
gaed an th > roadi of the county as
the commissioners deem proper Dr.
Pre her protested i gainst "centralise
tion of government In Columbia." A
v. Sncii or' Charleaton made a fen
com' * en the work of He- hlnh
way i psrt nenl. .1 H Manning of
Lutta then offered the resolution
which brought forth most discussion,
aa follows:
'That wo. the' taxpayers t?l Houth
Carolina snd the i eprosentat i\?* of
the taxpayers In convention aaaeiq
hied earnes.U < .?11 upon the gover?
nor of mir Statt and the ten. ral I
semhi?. t.. redoes the app oprlatlons
for 1921 us nearly to that prevailing
before auch eatarordlnary conditions
obtained as ma) b? dont with proper
regani for ihe Interests of ths iimti
lUUons of the state operated upon n
haais of a no*t tigul ? ? "le'iow
"And that in view of the dlatrioaod
co,,,||i!on f.f mil- people We ie.pl >'
Mis general aseembl) t-> extend tie
time for the pavuent of 1916 taxes
without penult*, to March :tl and that
this me oiii . '.. adopted it oin ??
"And we further request the gen*
??ral geeemhh lo appoint ? PMnt com*
mlttee of Ih'1 Senat? and house to
r%refully stnly the taxing section**
of the constitution with a View to
submitting to this session 01 the gen
ssj'ti aanemblj ggeh modlAeatlon of
tge g|nv .s win , orreei tha prent nt
unequal, uajuot and utIOclentlfie mrth
ed of aaaeantng property md levy
Ing tales. Thai the gaRH he suh
Otttted to the j. ..pie in Ihe in'XI
genei aJ tleet <on '
This resolnti. M brought forth com?
ments front r K Ifodgeo, Marlboro
eounis. i: l Wad.- Alken: H. II Hei
t#rs sod Mr McKenale of Klorenee;
A. J. Heth. I . .less S I.I S. .1
Hellers of Cheat er fleht, \. ?s Christen?
sau. J M. M m ion i n Carter, i ? R
I'uerifov. Honald IfoQueen, i lamb N
Happ. U. K. IstNO) and <>ih is Tip
Xpeei hrs h. l I the elos, st attention
??f the nustttgjee "?i brosjgjhl furl
frnm several of those addrissm: lh<
audh iie. ihs isaertloa thai Ihe) in
tended lo attempt It ledd appropi Is
lions down to lost a ggjUfS gg gl 1
pOSalhh' .Hol c.^isl.lif with th<
growth of ?h. ni, . many of the i
speakers s.,\.,lv; . th? \ Intended
Ig support Ue puhllr arhoe?1 gyatem
Mhetalljr. ?
After the reaoluthms had been
adopted ihe gaeetlng idjou.I
Route, Jan. I I I'uhn . Im In een
Turks and llreaha is reported In tie
Mendt ?? mi>hi of ' Asi i Mine
Many woumled have arrived ?' Hmj
ins. The Urachs Martael attaek
hot the Tuik^ hfoK.. the Ureek
at m \ era I pla? m
! ?oorn. Jan 13 Th.iditlon of
the garOW.rmgn Kmprese Is be?
? oming gteadll] w -ise in i phyaielans
announced The an p k>* .a h< Iii i ill
ure> are In-reusing ir nnmh. < m l vl"
!? nee.
WORK OF THE I
LEGISLATURE
? ?
Finance Committee Begins Con-,
suleration of Measures Re?
lating to Taxation
SEN ATE WOULD RE?
DUCE APPROPRIATIONS
One Bill Fixes Limit at $V>(>0,
000 And the State Tax Levy at
Nine Mills
Columbtaa Jon, 11.?Consideration
of Ihm question of taxation began In
tio general assembly yesterdrfy after?
noon, ?ben tie- new senate flnanoe
Dommittee began consideration of
several resolutions reaardina taxes,
und also tooi< a look into the recent
eMU h ney" report of the state gov?
ernment, made by Qrlfftnhagan A As?
sociates, Ltd., of Chicago,
Two re sol itlons are before ths sen
at*. oalllai for extending the time for
payment of laxes to April 1, one of
these being Introduced by Senator
Wells, of Bdgefteld, the other by Sen?
ator Clooda'ln, of Laurena Senator
Uoodwln's resolution would reduce
the penalty on Unpaid taxes to one
per ceati effective until April 1,
The senate finance committee is
sum eonslderlni rt commendations
. ade b| Qovernor Cooper aad by the
special tio mm lesion headed i>% Sena?
tor Marion, of Cheater, The nnanct
committee 1? composed of Senator
Keils Christensen, chairman, and
Senators Johnatone, Gross, Robin?
son, Rogers, l*earce, Lightsey, Ma*
tion, Watkins, Miller, McColl, Ken?
nedy, human. Ilethea and Uailea
Before the senate is a resolution,
Introduced bj Senator Wells, of
Kdgolteld, setting the litnil of appro
prtatlons this year at $4.500,000. R -
fore the house i* a resolution, by t?Jr.
Mower, limiting the appropriation i to
Ihe total appropriated In 1018 and
limiting the las levy t<- nine mills.
Last year Ihe levy was in mills. Tax
ation has eo far been Ihe only sub?
ject of any Importance before the
lofclnlatora and messages, Speechen,
rce?lutl J>ns, motlone, side** remarks
aad almost every kind of matter pre?
sented has had to de m some way
with the subject o: utsatlen and state
flnancea
A bill to jo* v? nt stoc k watering and
fraudulent practices and. to regulate
Ihe sect Itles and capitalisation of
OOfpg|atlons by providing fdr the is
sue of shares of stock having no par
or face valttCi Is before the senate
Th re is also a lull in the senate to
egempt Marry cbunty from the "fri t
runse law."
Speaker Cothran, of the house of
reprcoeatatlves, appo nted the com?
mittees *d' the lowei branch tod ?>
The chairman of Ihe various commit
teea Will he elected by the commit*
tecs, each from among its members.
The committees will many of them,
hold their Brst ?o* et Inge this after*
nooa.
Hollge CoShmlttCC Chairmen.
Columbia, Jon. IS. The commit*
toco .of the house ot reprcaentatli
were appointed today by Speaker
Cot bran. I-.o h committee la this af?
ternoon circling Its chairman. The
ways ami means committee, possibly
Ihe most Important ?>f all is compoi
|ed of the following men: llepresen*
tatlvee Anderson, of Florence; Babb,
of Laurena; Deleer, of Sumtcr; Brad*
ford, of York; Brown, of Cherokee;
Buckingham, of Alken; Boabee of
Orangeburg: Cooper, of Lee* Coney,
of PoTcheeter; Cunningham, of Al*
lendsle; Bllerbe of Dillon; Clhbson,
of Spartanburg; Qresham, of tlrecn
Vtlle; Had and Helldieks of Ander?
son; Huchcs of Marfan; Jackson of
Sumter; Lnn< inter of Spartanburg;
Leopard of Pievens; McCutcheon, of
Williamshut g; McDavId of Clreenvllle;
Mclnnta of Barllngton; McKlvecn, of
l?M*.r* tu ? -. MoKay, of Dillon; McMil?
lan, of Charleaton; Pegucs of Marl*
boro; lilley of Bamberg; Robinson, of
? l^ancaater; Sapp, of Rlchland; Bhcr
lard of Greenwood and WHUams ot
j BdsjefleM,
The problem of tax reduction und
state finances will be handled by this
committee, originating with it
The Ways and Mean*. Committee.
Columbia, Jan, i ?! >When Ihe
hange of representatives recessed at
noon loday Ihe follow ng committee
chairmen had been announced by the
committees; V\'ays and means com
mitte?-, Representative R, T. Hughes,
of Marlon; Judiciary, Hamblln, of
l*nlon] Ranking ami Insurance, Hodd
of Charleainn; Incorporations, Carey
of Chai-lesion; Education, Winter of
Berkeley; lloapltal for Insane, Barn*
wed. of Charleston; Railroads, Cleruld
of Hlohland; Enrolled acts, Dukes ?f
Cirangeburg; Legislative Library,
Kord, of i lot i v. Agrleult ore, R, 11
Atkinson, of Chester and Manfaeture,
Putman, of thbevllte, cither chair*
men will he announced tomorrow.
STOP SALE OF ARMS
Colunihln, Jan, 11 \ hill t<> out?
law the sah- or purchase of Uro arms
In lh?? i ite t,t South Caroline Is noa
before Ihe general asts mbly, Intro*
dueeii i . Senator Johns!one, of Neu
berry. 1
Vv. Johnatone would make it a
criminal offense for a |j rson or coi
pOratloa to M I lire arms, without ij
cense to do so from the aherlfl ol his
county, and tio- same requirement
would be ptil on tin piwehasti i?f \\n
arms.
The ' dl would Impose n line *?t
from two hundred to . thousand
dollars, or Imprisonment from Iblrtj
days to one year, .<-'>ait"i Johnston*
had a hill like lids in Ihe . l e'
\ ? ti. out it v. iii never cuoctetl 11 *>.
Inw.
i in \< ii ? \itiM i cnisis.
Pai is. Jsn. I l*. The rahlni t ol
Prem It i I a vr ?uff? red *i* feat In
t he eh. mm i oi ii? uuilea todin.
M?ST PEOPLE
LIVE IN TOWNS
Report of Census Bu?
reau Shows That Ur?
ban Population is
51.4 of Total
Washington, Jan i :>> -The urban
population of tin United States or peo.
Iile living In places of twenty live
hundred or more, 54,318,032 or B1.1
pvr cent of the country's t * ? t.?i popu
in lion. The number of people living
In i lo- rural territory 51,390,238 the
census bureau announced. Iti the ur
bap population represented 45.0 poi
cent. The urban and rural popula?
tion by stat? s Include Virginia 873,98?)
and 1,005.208; North Carolina 449,
and 2.008.7&3; South Carolina
I03,087%and 1,380,737; Florida 355,
? >:> and ?11 t, 'i I ?.
?SENATE COMMIT?
TEES APPOINTEO
Neils Christensen Continues as
Head of Finance Committee
Columbia, Jan, 12.?Committees
appointments in tin- state senate have
been e'eoted, The chairmen are as
follows: Alan Johnstone, ugrlcul
ture; s. H. Mcdee, banking and In
surance; M. C, Hurreleon, claims and
grievances; Proctor A. Bonham, com
Interce and manufacture; NN'. S. U<?g
Icra, Jr., contingent accounts; J. C.
I Massey, county offices! Jno, P. VV11
lams, education; s. H. McOee, en?
grossed bills; NN'. p. Lightsey, enroll?
ed i ills; T. B, Butler, federal rela
t as; Neils Chrlstensen, finance; II.
Ii. Cross, tisit. game, forestry; .1. Ci.
Padgett, corporations; p. K. Laney,
judiciary; D, P.. McColl, legislative li
brary; .1. E. NVldeman, local legtsln?
lion; .1. B. Black, medical affairs; J.
Ii. Johnson, military; P, L. Bethea,
natural resources; P, M. Alexander,
penitentiary; T, P. vYatktns, penal
ami tliaritaole institutions; T. It,
Pea roe, police regulations; .1. 11 Clif?
ton, printing; J. H. Marlon, privli?
eges ami elections; T. C. Duncan,
buildings; P. C. Itoblnson, railroads
ami internal improvements; s. K
Balles, retrenchments; .\. It. Voung
roads, bridges, ferries; ,1, 11. Moore
rules,
VOTE TO JOIN
YORK COUNT*
Chester Loses Large Amount ol
Taxable Property
Rock Hill, Jan, 12.?According t<
intest returns from the election heb
yesterdaj In eastern Chester counts
voters h> l i7 to voted lo annex I*
York county, blxteen votes were con
tested. This gives n margin of seven<
teen more than the two-thirds ma
Jorlty necessary to curry, excludlnj
tin* contested votes. As a result ol
the elect.on VorU county has seventy
[five sntiare miles additional tern
[lory, an im leased population of I.
I One, an increase in taxable values oi
I 11,200.000. The territory embrace:
some of the richest section of CheS'
ter county :111,1 York residents weft
today exchanging felicitations witi
the former Chester residents wh<
were visitors to the City today.
COTTON MILLS
RECEIVE ORDERS
I Mill Business Looking l"p in Th<
Greenville District
(ireenvllle, Jan, 12 it was learnei
today that \V. L. (lusaway, presldcn
of a large cotton mill, has Just receiv
d an order from ii large underweai
manufacturing house for 400,00t
yards of imjams checks. Anothe
, encouraging feature of the or?
der is.that the mil', was offered one
half cent per yard more for tne good;
that the prevailing New Volk quota
I tion. Thin and other substantial or
ders which mills in this section uri
receiving indicate that the business h
beginning to look up In the cottoi
mill industry.
Reports were al-o heard today thai
the (Iraham mill Interest* had ivceiv
d n hie, order for glnghaniN und othei
print cloths at a contract price mat
was a cent an I a half above the Xea
Yorg quotations Saturday.
Mills in this section,. Which curtail
led u|h>n6tlon to three and four days p
I week,* gave r sumed operation on a
1 esis of forty-elghl hours u week
hut with a readjustment of the wage
scale. Reductions In wages range from
i wcnty-flvo to fortj p< r c< nt
PR1SONER TAKEN"
FROM JAIL
Jasper. Ala.. Jan. 13.. -A tnoh
stormed t!:,- Walker tonnt;. Juli here
at :', o'clock this morning und rescind
: William Heard, who was held In
connection with Ihe killing of James
i ,Moi ris, n nation.ii guardsman, hist
night.
f Heard was laken from the jail and
shot lo death three miles from here,
Iii w a?. nt |)n [ hejicvi d t hut friends
I h.ol < Hcci ed hi.- i ch .i sc i rollt ja il, but
i ma >.! cari lel found l he ho,|,\ riddled
w it ti bullets,
JAPS JUSTIFY MUR?
DER OF LANGDON
Toglo, Jiiii I : ,l.upniieMe official
repofiM - t'.s (hot gentry's ?bot which
killeil Lietiteiianl I otiKdon was pro
ei dei| lo ., i . \ i?h er ,t t o h upon i he
'?"ii. according to (be war minis.
1 ? V The bulli : 11 run I. i n plon'? p s
fo| pn -.,i ibrough IIm sentry's sleeve
nnd nftei ii, in-; in, shot U'liiwlon
i ri n mill v\ is hIioI in t he ba< k, I lie iv
pm t says.
FORMER EMPRESS
NEAR DEATH
Wilhelm and Famly Are,
Reconciled to the
Inevitable
Doom, Jim. 13. -Former Emper?
or William and others are convinced
?hut the death of the former em?
press is near and are resigned to the,
Inevitable. The physician attending]
hor said that her condition is such ]
that she might liir.v r indefinitely al?
though Hhv' lH becoming Increasingly I
low.
LAW FOR ACRE
AGE REDUCTION
_ J
Bill to Make It Criminal Offence
to Plant More Than One-Third
in Cotton
Columhtn, Jan. 12.?The first hill
id be Introduced in the general assem?
bly, which convened In Columbia
Tuesday, was one providing for the
reduction of cotton acreage, making
it :i criminal offense for any person
I or corporation to plant more than
lone-tnird of l?s c.op acreage In cot?
ton during 1921. The bill was Intro
Iduccd by senator Johnstone, In the
[senate, fn the house Representative
I Mower is the father of the measure.
I Both legislator.! urc from Newber
ry.
j The bill would malco it a criminal
j <'ffenrc for a farmer to plant a
I "greater numher of acres <>f land in
cotton than one-third of the total
acreage of land plunted and cultivat?
ed In all other crops by such person in
said year, Including grain and fall
sown i i op- planted in the preceding
fall or winter.
The hill Would impose a line of not
less than $25 and not more than one
hundred dollars for every acre of
land planted in cotton above the onc
? :bird gi rease specified,
Tin- hill would als?? nvtke sheriffs,
deputies, magistrates, constables ami
j rural policemen responsible for prose
I cutlon of persons found gu'lty of vio?
lation, of the statute. The hill will
I oe considered by the judiciary com
' mit tees <>f the two legislative 'm anches
VOTE IN HOUSE
ON PROHIBITION
j _
I Increase in Money for Enforce?
ment
Washington, Jan, 12.- The bouse
i j went up and down Mi" ladder in
II Voting today on appropriations for
? ji nforcement of the prohibition laws,
i ; First rejecting an amend nu nt to
. the pending appropriation measure
, I under which tie- bureau of Internal
, I revenue would !>? given $JOO,OOU,000
tn breuk up outlaw liquor traffic, the
? house adopted, >? -; lo Is. an amend?
ment l?y ll'.'presentative Volstead.
Minnesota, father < f Ih ? law, Increas?
ing tin* total from i,; 500,000 to *7,
100,000, Before tie vote was taken
; the house, Jumping from one extreme
. to the other, deft tied without count
>|qn amendment limiting the amount
to $100,000,000. Then was u tinge o?
, Old time prohibition bitterness in tin
half hour debate pret cding the. final
clearing away of the whale question
as to how far congress should go in
making th" country "bone dry."
! Pleading for a larg'er sum than
had been fixed bj the committee in
framing Ihr legislative, executive and
' judicial hill. .\~r. Volstead gave
warning that tin- country would be
heard from if ii was the policy of con
I j nrcss to ? Hl appropriations down ami
^ make the .i dj of enforcement a joke.
Mr. Volstead said ho merely proposed
. a HgUre near'!' ihat which tin- at
, torney general had rcejnestcd,
Itepreaentatlvo Gallivant, Demo?
crat, Massachusetts, gave the houst
its first indication thai a fight was
brewing hy proposing to make the
appropriation $100,000,000, Taking up
th..'- statement ? Mr. Volstead that a
, J good par! of the money spent woulo
I come buck in lines, In- said:
I "What's Mi:.- mite? bet s go tin
I limit. Let's le in the new adminis?
tration i.y bringing back u hundred
I million."
: itoferring by name t<? Wayne
Wheeler, general counsel of the An
tl-Paloon league, as ,*Mr. Volstead's
?o?iPlutive ndvlser," Mr. Gallivant
declared Mr, Wheeler had said he
would nia!?e it : ;> dry in Massachu?
setts "its pcaplo would Kptl cotton."
"They . re <h :h't now." In- do
cl.irod. ' I wsnt to saj to the Antl
Huloon leugne thai Massachusetts to?
day is tin- only state in Me- union
that Is enforcing; th.- prohibition law,
'l contend that the ^'im 1 suggest is u
drop in the bucket when you con?
sider how much Is needed lo en*
! force i he law In t he rosl of tie
I country,"
SENATOR SMITH
IS READY
j_
To Champion Forty-fool Project
at Any Time
Washington, Jan. 1 _'. Although
United Hintes s< nul ir II. M Hmlth lias
expressed his readiness in have the
j bill lo stop wot! "!l Ihe fort) foot
'channel -it i*hnrJest?>n conic up i i 111
I senate ai ao> lime when Its cham?
pion, Senator I'all, of LHdawarc nir?'?
lo proci ?-.| wih Iu<- matter, the
C-'.iw ire leiuttar i- no) expected lo
i bring ih< '-ill up again before Thurs
i -hi \ o; n \ i week
There is :i lilibu U r on by the Ite
: i! licans |<i previ m a vote ?>n the ni?
Irute bill until S. notor ? led Willis,
?>; <>hi". lakes Iiis seal and ii is unite
possible Ilia! Ihe Itepublh ans who are
leading I1" li'iti iigainsi Charleston
ne waiting for I his e'u.i vote *'ii lhal
pl'oilosit loll a '.' ?
RURAL HEALTH
WORK REPORT
ROUNDUP OF
INELIGIBLES
More Than Twent y Thousand j Many Japanese and Chinese in
United States Who Have No
Right to Be Here. Says
Chief Deporting Agent
Persons Vaccinated Last Year
?Dr. Riser's Report
_
Columbia, Jan. 12. Over twenty
two thousand people were vaccinated
for small pox by the county health
units in Orangeburg. Lee, Darlington,
Ualhoun, Charleston, Kalrfield, dew?
berry and Cherokee counties, accord?
ing to the anual report of Dr. L. A.
Itiser. in charge of the department
of rural sanitation and county health
work, of the state board of health.
Dr. Riser gave his report io the press
loduy. Tiiis brunch of the state's
publle health work lias grown Im?
mensely during tii" pant year. There
uro now eight county units. Lust
\ t ar there were six.
During i"J" 1,862 homes were san
I to ted, the largest number In Orange
burg county. There were 2,845 homes
s< reened, 2,550 more than were
screened lost year. There wer?- I,
237 cases of hookworm treated, ;h
s ] :* typhoid lunoculatlons adminis?
tered, tnirty thousand homes visited
by the rural health officials and health
lectures gi.en to over sixty thousand
persons.
This put of tie- lealth department
has a motion pit tut e outfit which
travels over the state, showing health
instruction films, it has been In op?
eration covering five months, and
during' that time traveled 18 coun?
ties, exhibiting to 1,000 persons a
! week.
CHAIN GANG FOR
MOONSHINERS
Columbia, Jan. 13.?A bill to maki
punishable b> imprisonment, without I tion of lAtdwig <
option of a tine, the manufac?
ture of liquor hasjebecn introduced
in the m nate by Senator A. Johnatone,
of N< whet y. The bill would impose
,i sentence of at has; six months
r two years on each per
guilty ot manufacturing
New York. Jan. 12.?A nation-wide
round-up of all Oriental ineligtbtes
will Im? launched January 22.
The announcement a is made late
today n* Kills island by l>-?o RuEsetl,
chief deporting agent of the immi?
gration service,
B. M. Kline, of the bureau of im?
migration of the department of labor*
will have command of tie- work and
will start out from Washington Jan?
uary with a staff of deporting
agents, for o tour of the south and
? west. seeking "ninny Chinese and
Jupnnesi In the I n;t?<i States who
I have no lawful right to be here," Mr.
I Uussell addi d.
1 The majority of the Orientals came
as seamen and took advantage of
their seamen's cards to come ashore
upon arrival of their vessels at Unit?
ed States |K>rts, deserting the ships
and smuggling themselves into sec?
tions ? r the country remote front
their landing places,
agent added.
Sweeping orders for
up have been Issued
and a special force is to be assigned
to the work. Mr. Russell sii;l.
Mexicans Illegally in the country
I will be rounded up for deportation
by the Kline force, which will be un
: d( r o; der:: to hunt for them along
th< border, ho said, adding that
[Orientals will be deported from San
i Francisco and Mexicans nl bolder
j points.
Mr. Russell was at Bills Island com
pleting arrangements for the deportn
A. K. Martens. Rus?
sian Sovi? t envoy in the United States.
tin? deporting
such a round?
at Washington
and
not o\
son found
whiskey, ?
Denatun d
ire exi epl ed from
of the measure.
Pro&nw fgnoranre.
Washington, Jan. 12.?Official! of
the department of labor, state and
justice who could be reached tonight
! professed to know nothing of a round
any alcoholic beverage. I up 0f orientals and Mexicans illegal
ilcohol and wood alcohol Uy wtthtn Ihe United states annoane
the requirements ,\x .,s s ,< -or January 22, by Leo ltas>
i-ell. chief deporting agenl of tha be>
j i ea u of Immigration.
One high official of the department
Gf labor said that although he ktmw
of no plans for a concerted drive
j against Chinese, Japanese and Moxi
| cans who had smuggled themselves
! into the country, ? nutnbi r of raids
had been made recently snd more ua*
lenauv 1 doubtedly*were in prospect.
Itepre- j_.
OUTLAW MEDI?
CINE PEDDLERS
Columbia, Jan. 13.? A bill which
would outlaw the street medicine
peddlar is before the general assem?
bly, being Introduced by
Crossen, of Lexington, and
sentative J. J. Evans, of Marlboro.
The bill, if it becomes law, will pre
i vent the sah? of patent medicines or
1 compounds used as curatives, excepl
by regular licensed phaarmacists.
The bill, according to a statement
by Mr. Uvans. is aimed at ?Utting
out the sab by peddlers and street
corner venders of medicines claimed _,
I to have curative qualities. The bill Washington, Jan. 12 ?Unexpend
i would Impose a fine of not more than|0(| allotments from the national se
| $hni or a jull sentence of not more j curlty and defense spproprtstlotl
MILLIONS LEFT
ON BOOKS
President Wilson Wants to Re?
alist War Fund i
than thirty days, for each violation.
EIGHT HOUR
DAY LAW
Columbia, Jon. 13.? -Representative
Hamblin, of Union, has .i bill before
the house i f representatives which
i would prevent textile* plana from
j working their employes for more than
forty-eight hours a week or more than
i nine hours in any one day,
I
SPEAKER COTHRAN
FOR TAX REDUCTION
Columbia, Jan. 12.-?Tax reform?
with conservatism In appropriations,
a bond issue for permanent improve?
ments to statt! Institutions, higher as?
sessments .''gainst the business of for
j ?*gn corporations doing business in
South Carolina and support of the
work of the South Carolina Tux. j
commission were advocated by Hon.
I Thomas P. Cothran, of Greenville, In
his key-note address at the opening
Of tin
?encral assembly, following his I
amounting to several millions of dol?
lars, In the ha mis of various depart?
ments of the government may be re?
called by President Wilson, according
Ito an opinion of the attorney geacral.
The funds s? recalled, he said, may
j be real lotted to other dopartasaata
j to meet obligations contracted dur?
ing the fircal year i?k> for arnica
: the allotments made are Insufficient.
In the sundry civil bill for the fis
cal year. 1010, congress appropriated
, a fund of 150,000,000 for the national
{defense to be expended al the disere
' ticn of the president. Und? r this au
| thortty the president allotted certain
portions of lhi appropriation to the
various departments for use at IP*
direction in tho prosecution of. the
aar.
In his opinion made public today
j the attorney general replies to a let*
ter from the president asking if ihr?
j chief pgeeutive ooukt recall unexpend?
ed balances In order lo reallot a por?
tion to the department of labor JtO
enable it to meet claims arising out
Iof tin transportation of productive la
I bor during 1010 for which aloltments
(.ready made have been exhausted.
re-elect Ion
is speaker of the house of
[representatives' Tuesday afternoon.
Equalisation ol the tax burden. Mr.
I Cothran stated, is the chief task be
i
i fore the mcmlH rs of the general as
' semhlv .
! "The public is excited over the]
question of taxation, as I have never
seen before."' Mr. Cothran said. "There
Is h public demand to which we can
not turn deal er.vs. against an in
creaso of the tax burden."
Mr. Cothran said he did not feel the t
.state could go backward, and another!
curse would b< to go forward. How?
ever. h-4 pointed out, there is a mid
i
die ground, on which the legislators]
must stand this year. As far SS pos
I sible the appropriations must not be
; im reased.
Mr. Cothras said that at one lime
he introduced u resolution iu the gen?
eral assembly, providing tor an
amendment to the constitution, to
limit the total of appropriations to
1 i million and a quarter, while the
total for 102(1 ran to over six millions
he said he would almost lie In favor
of such m amendment this year, He
suid it would instill rest fulness into
Ihe public mmd and heart.
BRUTAL MURDER
AT LONE STAR
Negro Kilts Early Wadford and
Wounds His Wife and Baby
PUZZLING REPORT
FROM MOSCOW
1
HI.
uon,
rom Mos ow
oi Ka rpoff,
HUpl en
dispal
\ c mn^unicn
i un uincing t in
n.< mber of I In
? council is qttoti
h The supi em,
? ti
tion f
death
so\ lot
Dei In:
eil at Mos? "\\ contains no |M*rsoi
named KarpotT, which is an old pseu
donytu of i enlne, the sovi?
.'"one- ol 1 i- publications i?. at* th it,
name. Ixniiie was reported recently
us being sei lously U.
New Vork, Jan. 13 The Norwe?
gian steamship On a tula which is re?
ported sinking a thousand miles off
Halifax was abandoned hj the crea
today, who v.r.- picked up i>> a Itrlt
1? li stt amer.
Mr. Ka\]\ Wadford, a young man
of about 25 years of age. living In the
vicinity of Lone Star, was shot and
kith 'i last night so me a'here between
V and s o'clock ad 11 his wife and
four-months-old baby wounded, by a
I negro boy named Kredlc Branson,
; As near as could be learned* the
particulars of the ease av that Wad*
. rord had been missing some of his
'goods which were hemg stolen from
him and in some way came upon a
place where some of the meal was
: hidden. He stayed near this placo
(until the negro Branson came and
then made Branson carry the meat
: hack. This took place In the after?
noon. Along between sev, n and eight
o'clock last night the negro came to
the house of Wadford and called him
out asking him for a match. When
I Wadford came to the door he fired
upon him. killing him instantly. The
negro used the other barrel of Mm
Ishotgun on the wife, who fame up
with the bah? in her arms Both Ihe
wife and baby were wounded by this
shot. They were carried to the boa*!
'" al Hi Columbia, as soon aa possible
:?r,. receiving every attention
iM a : re. The murderer mad ? hb
"?''- ' directl> lifter the shooting.
1 ? negro i- a boy about 1!? yeat
Id of a ginger-bread color
premier. , weighs about no p. an.Is. When It
seen he was wearing an army
form. Tie- t en o has net been
1 ?' -es > et. hui .... u dim; to raj
has be, u pill i (lUlldod P
i"- es< apes
.1 posi
Marlon. Jan. 13. The lum,
of nations, Philippine imle
and the railway problem
cussed In M r. Mauling t.-daj
i ions persons.