The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 26, 1921, Image 6
SHIPPING BOARD
GRAFTALLEGED
Biff Sum Charged Off as
Expenses of Officer of
Bethlehem Corpor?
ation
New York. Jan . o ? A voucher for
I2S0.0"' ? for |M*i*Kona1 expense* ol an
officer of the Bethlehem shipbuilding
corpora'ton" was found in an a ml it
?f the nah? otlh es of that rompon)
Col. F. H Abadle tod ? liifornied the
Walsh congressional -ommltu In?
vestigating ihr shipping board. it*
identified this "officer" 01 Charles M.
Schwab who was then director gen
?ral of the Emergency Fleet corpor
Stion. ThS von? her wan made for
the month of October, I'ms. "Ono
hundred thousand of this amount" he
testified, was abrltrnrily charged to
?hip construction.
It vni lesrued prior to ndoui n
msnt today that Mr. Schwab had j
Seen asked to appear before the com?
values to testify.
The voucher in question, i'oloncl
Abadie added, wait not seen bj him
sor wai its alleged amount or pur
SOSe verified. He suhl it wan report?
ed to him by Mr. Morse of the firm of
iHrley, Morse ami company, experl
SeeourvUnts. employed by him as
(tOmplroller of the shipping hoard to
malte sn Independent audit of ship?
building compan.es. He also testified
that fro:n what ho knew of Mr.
gehst ab be would he he llrst loan
ts cede on any injuatlco by Iiis
corporntion toward the governmenb
He add? l that while t o- voucher in
gueSt Ion was not accomplinied hy
Supper i papers he thought it could
m flplalned Aakod if it might not
represent Mr. Schwab's expenses for
thai mooth ?s un officer of the licet
corporation the witness replied that
bad it been no. the amount should
SVt ne#n covered hy a fleet rorporu
. $jk voucher.
The subject was brought up by
CTilenei Abadie in explaining certain
afgtlter* connected with his reslgna
$mtt from the board. Involved in
hlrh Wo* s dispute with ('huh man
rHyn* In the emplovlu? of th> nu
tillsg firm to make an MhflM of
.mOrlesn ?hin >ards.
fie. fgi irfted that Mur:in .1. C,illen.
then ep?-?'Utl assistant to John nation
I*Stne chairman of tin board, bad
<iSSnlv?d to get him removed.
? The inditing brought on a dispute
Oith Chairman Pa\ne a < to his. AUi
giS's. ?v' hotity to order
Ths llrst intimation T had that
mv resignation would he acceptable"
he said, "was when (til en asked me
to rhee him and . .inted to know If
OS** heart was all right and could I
at. a shock. I was then told that
St un sxeeutivr meeting of the l oud
\\ had been decided tr. accept my
resigns ion if it was tendered."
Corese] Abadle mild b' tiled his
resignation ami it was M eptt I and
he wus given u month on detached
dm'
He afterward* ascertain* d that he
wan "framed" ami he assorted that
Mr Olllen used similar tactics to ge?
rid of o her employees In executive
posit Ion a
Eugene O. dace, president of the
lU-tJ^tehem Str ?| corporation. in a
statement tonVzht denied that im
proDOr payments had been made to
h.1* vempany by the shipping board
during the Incumbency of Charles M.
Hchwsh as director general of the
Emergency Fleet corporation.
New York. Jan. Ii.?Charles M.
Hchwab appeared bet?re the emigres*
slonal committee today and denied * he
testimony of t'ol K H, Abadie. form
?r comp! x>ller of shipping board, to
effect that fichwi b ?< personal expenses
tor October 191H. amounting to f.'tfO.
? UO were charged lo the shipping
hoard. Schwab declared the
meats to be ahsolutcU. uni|Ualilicdl>
apd maliciously false ami that be
personally paid all his own ex?
pense* during hi-i term of office as di
lolor general of emergency licet
corporation.
MOVIE CENSOR?
SHIP BILL
Senate Will Hold Meant - on
Proposed Measnre
Col um i a i. ,jan || The education
commuter ,,t the senate has agreed
to have ? snhlk hearing Tuesdoj uf
?01 men ol BS I t 'v St N "Ii t he bill, tew
gsges s boi h i.t sn< hi i ol ths l< glsl i
lute, for k state moving picture cen?
sorship, providing f?r the erentlon of
I lie Hont h I \iro,.a ( Dig PS ' Ul t
l?onrd of review, A Inge number ol
mo. tng p ? tin .< pi 0dU< ei s M ill at?
tend the in Sling, ll is snlll and a d< -
isrmined light wid be niade agalnal
tJie hill. The hill was introduces!
la the house hj Representative I *>
Morris, of ipai I inhui i und In the
senate b\ s, satOf Rogers ol Mput
luoburg. n has ,?Pead> beer, report*
e*i hu< w in the senate, favorably, but
ihe education rosnmlttos of th. bouse
situ has it und? i ronslderatlon.
The opposition to tins bill is not
based on the aV sirs le oppose ths Im?
provenem ol moving picture nima
1>ut on the ground that ? salaried
ts^srd of Ihres ssrsona would not no?
eotnplish. by us review, the aim
sought It was la ought Olli B< S
o.-aMii- before the education com*
ttilttre Of the bonne last vear, wheil
?hr same n I was i.. lug considered
thru, that Ihe idea of a board Bitting
In Culumini, viewing ami p.o^im; on
all the glsnS shown In Ihe atllte,
WSS impiSetleal |f UTSS argued ihsl
?lieb a plan would result in eapensi
and rn-1 a.pltsh lh< desired ?
There is a loud clamor foi cen m
ship. hOWi-Ui, and tin VOtC fOI lh<
bill will hr hue.
If i?rrman\'s grOp?SMil fof ehern?
It ?i disarmament is accepted, we
might begin with UM blond. | as Un
mn??t d? oil. - Rlehnsond Tlmes-Dls
4-- h.
HUNGRY FOR
GOVERNMENT JOB
Republican Senators Re?
fuse to Confirm Any
Nominations of
Pres. Wilson
Washington. Jan. II.?Dipping
I heir brushes Into the probability
Ihui Ihs Republican majority In th<
pi i nts wouM refuse to confirm most
p| ihs f I,.I nominations made by
president W ilson, some administra?
tion officials painted today n picture
el a < reaklni government machine,
floundering along for some iimc after
Marc'.) i with a lot of Important coga
mtsntng. ? I
l-'ailme of the Republican senators
at i ssret eonference to reach any
decision as to confirmation, set the
ranvaa Republican leaders wcren'tr
llfc lined to take the picture seriously,
however.
The duoatlon of the nomlnatiotui
m eupled much of the time of the
I Republican conference, The official
I announcement said no decision was
' reached, but some Of those attend?
ing the meeting said privately that
there had been a "tacit" agreement
for the Republican members of com?
mittees to take the nominations com?
ing under their Jurisdiction, study
I conditions In the executive depart?
ment! ami then determine whethet
Ifailure lo keep th* Democratic ap
Ipolnloes In office after March -t. would
result In any embarrassment of those
dope rt raenta
.\ you na regiment of officials n?>w
in Washington nr. holding "'i by
virtue of recess appointmenta Hhould
the senate fail to act on their nomi?
nations before tins congress quits on
Morph Ii it is explained that the
uii! automatically I.ut of Jobs,
UndOl the law. These officials in?
clude all seven members of the nhlp
plng hoard, two members of the in
terstatc commerce commission, tin i
and live assistant secretaries of the
treasury.
Then too. there are a lot Of post
masters, federal Judges, marshals,
federal attorneys registers, of land
offices and the ||k( over the country
who are ?n the same position. Some
of these are classed as emergency
? ssti and the Repul ih an leaden hnvt
Indicated that where there is found
to le an emergency action will I*
Is ken.
Confirmation Of President Wilson's
appointments by the senate would
cany some of th so officials over
Into the Republican ndmlnlatration
for terms ranging rrom one year to
four years In excess of the four for
which Mr. Harding has been elected.
Henator Lodge, of Massachusetts, the
Republics > leader has announced
I that he does not propose to have the
Democrat!* sdmlnls ration mi up a
lot of bureau thief-hips In the army
and navy for the Incoming adminis?
tration and |n this he h.i? the SUppOll
of his Republican colleagues,
NEGROES ARRESTED
IN BIGHAM CASE
Florence, Jan. II.?There were no
developments In tin Bigham tragedy
today outside of the arrest and in?
carceration Of two negroes Who Will
be held as material witnesses. CorO
nef smith remained at Paraplico un?
til tonight. He has not calb'd the
Jury of inquest together yet and
stated thai he Is determined to e*>
i haust ever./ source of information
I before permitting the jury to consid?
er the case in the i ght of a verdict,
it nav ?>.? several lays before the
Jury ue. ts to : riive at a verdict as
to th ? killing of Mrs. M. m. Bigham
lira Maggie Black, two adopted ehii
dren and L, Bmlley Bigham, the lust
named al fir i i> Ing supposed to have
committed the crime and then to
have killed himself. .\t the Florence
Jail today, Bdmund Bighafn, who was
arrested yesterday on the charge of
murder on s warrant sworn out b>
John w. McCracken, father of the
tWO dead children, had a long confer
rnee With J. Monroe Spears, a prom
meet attorney of Darlington, and H
|S understood thai Mr. Spears will
lake charge of hti defense. So applb
ration for ball lias been made yet.
in the meantime Bigham is confined
i in a cell in the jail.
DESERTER LIST
MAY BE PRINTED
Washington, Jan, II?For the ninth
time the war department threatens
to print the list of deserters from the
I Cnlted states army In time <?f war.
it Is not known whether this last
'hi-at is due to the pressure exerted
? v ih American l?cgton or not, it
followa however, rapidly on the heels
j of the pressure.
"Prior lo publication Of the list."
j Says Cen. Peter C, Harris, adjutant
I general of (he army, "we will con?
sult with the 5,001 chairmen of Ihe
former local draft boards for the pur
i?. oi checking oil Ihe dead, cor?
reeling mistakes and remedying de?
fects le t le end that Injustice might
Jnoi h done guy man, After such
consult;.' ion. t he 1 st w ill bo made
public, "
The tiumhi is of des? n< rs is between
IftO.OOi and tt.o.'cni, ,ind they orie?
nt. 'i\ ih sd In all free felons of the
rcmntry, everj slate furnishing Its
quota.
Anderson, Jan || In a running
Ugh! last night near Kurle's Bridge,
on genecs river, ten in los west ol tins
city, between rural pollci and alleged
Idoekaders, |WO an onioblles, si\i>
two gallons of wblske! and fotu men
wer? captured, ?nie ol tie- men. Wll
llant Miles, was shot ami seriously
\ oundt d bj i he ofllc< m
Columbia, Jan, II, wni Lamas
Orcenvllle negro, charged v\ith km
Ing his wife, was granted n Ihlrd re?
pro ve by Uov. Coofier Friday, Ihs
dale of his scheduled electrocution,
Physicians are examining bis sanity,
ALL PLAY AND
NO WORK
Harding Will Refuse All Invita?
tions During His Stay in
Florida
si. Augustine, Jan. 22.?A program
of recreation calculated to insure im?
munity from worries ol the presidency j
awaited Mr. Harding upon ins arrl 1
v.ii here today. llV will spend ihln j
afternoon on the golf links ami leave
a few hours later on a houseboat for
a ci'Ulsu down the coast as far as I
.Miami. He nnnouneed that (lr.rinc;
his stay in the south he intends to
sccept no Invitations to public fuiu
I ions.
SUMTER HIGH
TAKES FIRST GAME
in their opening game of basket?
ball for tin- season for the Bumtcr
High SChoo] boys, they nut their op?
ponents from Mulllns and stepped off
with the victory hy the large mar?
gin of 52 points for Sumter to the
11 points for m ulllns,
The game was played in the "Y"
gym. last nighi and witnessed l>5 a
gratlfylngly i'arge audience who seem?
ed well pleased with tin' fighting stuff
which Bunvter displayed, in weight
and in slxe the two teams were ap?
parently wa ll laaleb. d. hut w le n it
came to knowing ihe game and
showing Ihe speed, the Mulllns boys
I had 10 learn then- lesson. Sumtor's
(defense was Impenertable and the of
fi naive wn"k done hy Jack Wright
and George VY.ay was the feature of
le name,
At toe end of tin- Aral half, the score
Mtond, Hiimter ;:?J and MOlllus 7
1.rut' t in tha HCCOtld ball even
1 arned tin- game bolter, holding Mul
, tins <1 iwn to only tour additional
po n s while they themselves twirled
the hall in the baskets for their 1 ?i
lOintS or this half. At tin- end of the
.??.me Rumter had a full second team
an ihe tiehi. Tim game was a wonder
tor the getting of the confidence of
the Bumtcr team for their future bat?
tles tor the stale championship.
Mulllns Position Huntter
lleeaohi.Wray
Kodgers .. .. Forwards .. ..Wright
Heaves.Center.Burns
Yarborough.Bholor
Williams . . ..Guard .. .. ?'handlet
Substitutes for Sumter: Buck,
Weinberg. R, Wright, < >. Sholar, C.
SVray, Carl Blanton, C Green.
Referee: Heidt; timekeeper, Duf
ft..
S. 11. S. meets Columbia on the lo?
cal grounds next Friday.
AGED NEGRO
MAN ROBBED
Bpartahburg, Jan. -\.?A masked
man entered tie- home of A/.ie Owens,
an aged negro, on Valley street,
about o'clock last night, terroris?
ed the old man with a revolver and
robbed him of $:JUM, the aceumuia
ion of years. Owena has been i 11
'he employ of the eiiy a ml saved his
motuy from his earnings as a luboroi
Installing sewers.
Owens informed the police that he
11 cognised the robber, despite th?
man's mask, and on his Information
the police arrested Rice Phillips, a
youhg negro who resides in the same
house with Owens. Phillips proved an
a tibi when arraigned before Recordoi
Burnett tbla. morning and was dis?
charged. Tim police thus far have
bei n unable to lind any clue as to thfl
Identity of the robber.
Auhiti Women Wear Clothes.
Papeete, Tahiti. Dec. l? (Corre?
spondence of the Associated Press)
?Indignation is expressed by Tahit
residents because magazines, moving
pictures and Sunday supplement page*
01' the mainland have long pictured
native Tahiti women as wearing few
lotlns, when, as a matter of fact,
the average native woman's dress if
1 Mother Ilubbard which begins be?
hind thi- cars and Hares volumin?
ously to the gi ass tops.
"The impression has got abroad
that beauty unadorned is one. of the
chief features 01 our landscape." one
Tahiti resident said recently. _ "As a
matter of fact wo see that sort of
thing about as frequently as New
York. 1 hci a band of ChOCiaWH strid?
ing down I'.roadway in full war
paint.
'?Oaich shocking pictures as have ap?
peared in mainland prints and mo
i*s urc merely photographers' tricks.
"Missionaries changed the style of
native dress Ioiik before any of Ihe
present generation were born and
designed the Mother Ilubbard bu?
he female of the species here."
Degeneration of Bogs ami fats 01
Kumpu
nudnpest, Jan, 21. Even the eats
and dogs of Central Kuropc have de
genera ed ws a result of the war says
Professor Hnlkanyl, director of the
Veterinary school here, wno Is In?
vestigating how the habits of domes?
tic animals have been Influenced b>
that cause, Most of the lown-hrcd
cab; in this pari Of the world refuse
to drink milk beetillse it is unknown
by ilniu. dm to the lack of mlk dur?
ing tin war. the professor asserts.
"lloth cats and dogs are relapsing
to tin suvugi wuys of their untamed
tincustors," he says. "The vagrancy
>f dogs 1^ startling. Pet dogs elope
from h art-broken mistresses, join?
ing packs of mangy village d?KS,
where 1 hey live In communist equal
It y."
The same authority says that, bc?
sith ; hydrophobln, nervous dlseasoM
are very frequtmi among uulmills. I
am ufrnid domestic iiuluinls in Kan -
ern Kuropt urc degenerating and
thai the stock must be replenished
11 mil overseas,
New Volk. Jim, 22. Nearly |\vo
.eats effort b\ Ludwig Mariens to
In recognition by the Cnlted states
as amlsissndor of Ihe Ittisaiun soviel
government ended today with his d<
isirture for Hwcden. The do|?urlment
of labor deported lllm US an undesir?
able alhn.
TIME FOR
DISARMAMENT
-
Henry White, Former Ambassa?
dor Believes United States
Should Initiate Movement
Washington, Jan. 21. Another of
the American commissioners who I
helped draft the treaty <>i Versailles- j
Henry White, ambassador, to France
under President itoosevelt??told the
house naval committee today that
ti) ? tini" was ripe ror world dio
armamcnl and lhal Ihe United States
should Initiate the movement.
<;?n. Pershing's views will be sought
next Tuesday. The committee al?
ready has heard <;<?!). Tasker U.
Piles, former American representa?
tive on the supremo war council and
a member of tht peace delegation;
Secretary Pnnlols and Acting Secre?
tary 1of the state department. I
Whether ll will h dd for hearings af- :
ter Tuesday ha i n 'i been determined.
Mr. White gave it as his opinion
that the greal burden of taxation re?
sulting from the world war made the
peoples of all nations anxious to cut
down on expenditures for armaments.
He expressed it that tho world was
I "crying for seme agreement" to limit
armaments as a means of reducing
! taxes.
i Discussing the proposed "naval hol
i iday." the former ambassador said he
did not think th.,. United States should
st?<i? Ihe naval conot ruction U novi has
LUllder way. He said lie would like tu
see the United states at the tup when
| the disarmament discussion begins and
[stated that the relative Bisses of navies
could be Used by ngreement at the
I proposed conference . He a ided that
Iquestions raised ai the conference
.might nhow "the rifjht of some na
I tion Oral Brituiif for instance- to
a larger navy ihn' others."
I Because of the threatened spread of
Bolsneviam, the witness said. Fiance
might object to disarmament on land.
In this conclusion he said that "the
state of chaos" in which Germany ha l
been kepi o\? r reparations was doing
more to iijjf n the way to Bolshevism
i than any other single factor,
j .\s to the tme of calllnng a confer?
ence, Mr. White said that should be
loft for President-elect Harding. He
did not think President Wilson should
call it as the fact that he would retire
on March I might h ad the other na?
tions not to \ ike the invitation ser?
iously.
BRITISH SUBMA?
RINE SUNK
Lost With All on Board in Eng..
lish Channel
London, Jan. 22.?The British sub?
marine K-6, commander John Gaines,
Was lost with all hands' Thursday at
the approach to the English Channel
the admiralty announced today.
A full compliment of officers and
J men were aboard. The numtx r It
I not given, hut tin- submarines oi thlc
class carry six Officers and fifty men.
The cause of th*' dlsas er is unknown.
Tim vessel was of th 1 latest type ol
British submarine, it was :i:is feet
long.
The disaster OCCUrn d while tin
submarine was pro ining with four
others of the K class. She submerg?
ed and never rose to the surface agatr.
Heath.
Miss Sue Brown died at the Tourn?
ey Hospital Friday night at it::!'1
o'clock from the effects of bur tu
which she accidentally sustained al
lo r home at Oswego on last Sundaj
afternoon, when the paper which ..de
(was reading caught lit*' from the open
? fireplace and her dress catching iron
the paper. The Hames were put out
by her sister, Mrs. Terry and m i
Tirol her-In-law, Air. Terry, and sh<
was immediately brought to the lios
pltal here. II was hoped that lh<
i burns received were not as deep ai
was at first thought, but later it wa:
found that they ware very serious,
a 11 s s Brown was in her 84th year.
The funeral services wer? held
at Bethel Church, Oswego, Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock.
MVItDKR IN CIIAKLHSTON
Charleston, Jan. 21? Late tonight
the body of .lohn L. Galley, night
watchman for tho Maybank fertilize!
company was found dead by the tracks
of the Seaboard Air Line railway. He
had been killed .. ml robbed. I 'eat h
was caused by a blow on Ihe back of
his lo ad with :i sharp Instrument. The
offices of the company were ransacked
disk drawers Icing broke Into,
Tin- legislators who are leading the
ran in Ihe proposed reduction of
taxes by cutting Ihe salaries of state
and county ottlcera have omitted the
section that would provide for ii re?
duction in the perdlem of members
j of the senate and house. Consis?
tency is no| character lade ol lax te
duction reformers. They always ad?
vocate ihe reduction of the salary of
the other fellow, the reduction of as?
sessments >ai their own property and
the Increase of assessments on the
? lasses of buslnes In which they are
not Interested. And still the same
reformers are tin- niosl insistent and
I persistent in demanding all sorts of
improvements at the public expense.
The> want and demand more roads
land better roads to drive over and
more schools and better schools f"
: th< ii childn n to attend and turn n
blind e.vo to the patent fact that these
things cost a i"t o| money that must
I of necessity be provided ?> luxation.
The whole trouble is thai many peo?
ple are coming lo look to Ihe state to
' iak? eare of t In in from the cradle
j to t he ^i a\, :. ml supply all I Ii ir
wants, ami forge! thai the) an the
stal e a ml what i.. paid out of lite
ate treasury ntus he paid mo it l>y
Ihe people, Tin ii vorage i tinnier |s
tin fellow who demand's benefits m
the public cost and expoots the other
fellows t<? foot the bills Taxes can
he reduced or even eliminated entire?
ly If We ein In i oni i ill to do Without
the things thai tin taxes pay for.
.\ |*e WO lead' 11? do this .'
i
FORECAST OF LEG?
ISLATIVE WORK
Question of Extension of Time
Tor Payment of Taxes Most
Important
? !olumh
assembly
Jan. 22. ?The, general
U have before it. when
it convenes again next week the nues
lion of postponement of taxes and
also the election of a number of of?
ficers. These are to be outstanding
matters of the week ahead, in the
halls of legislation.
Tin- house has adopted a resolution
to make the tax penalties this year
one per cent for taxes paid In Jan?
uary, two p*ei* cent for February,
three for March, four for April, seven
for the flint half of May and after
.May 1 ."? collection of unpaid taxes
by execution. In the* senate a reso?
lution is on third reading, probably
I to have its llnal vote Tuesday, to
I make the penalty one per cent until
j May I, and alter that seven per cent.
I Representative R. T. Hughes, of
j Marion, chairman of the ways and
I means committee of the house, con?
vinced ihe house on this question
when he said thai to eliminate tax
[penalties now would mean thai the
state would have to borrow money I
with which to operate Its govern'*J
incut, and this would mean appro-]
i priation would have to be made to j
cover the interest on the loan, which
[would p*ice a heavier binden on the
i people than to make them .stand the
(AX penall ies.
I Tin- elections are to be held Wed
\ ncaday. Tin- election of chlefest In
jtercst is that of an associate justice,
I with Speaker Thomas Cothran, and
Circuit Judges Memminger, of <'har
' leston, and gease, of Spartunburg, as
j the chief candidates. Prof. R. Ma?
rlon liucker, of ihe University Law
school, has announced that he will
not lie a candidate, though friends
had presented his mime. Speaker
Cothran is the strongest candidate and
j will likely be elected. In addition
'four Circuit judges are to be elected,
|n superintendent of the state peniten?
tiary, three directors of the peniten?
tiary, and a chief game warden. Capt.
ROOT OPPOSES
ACTION NOW
Objects to Any Move?
ment Toward Disarm?
ament Until Hard?
ing Takes Office
Washing!* n, Jan. 22.?Total or par.
tlal disarmament should not be das*
cussed by the United States with oth?
er n.t ions, pending change of ad?
ministration, March Ith, BtlhU Root,
who helped form ths international
court of arbitration under the league
of nations, declared today, In letter
to Chairman Butler ol the house na?
val committee. The precise meth?
od of procedure ought to br> deter?
mined after and not before President?
elect Harding and his Secretary of
State have had opportunity to in?
form themselves and reach conclu?
sions as to the way whic h affords the
last prospects of success Mr. Loot
declared his belief that steps should
be taken promptly after ihe new ad?
ministration is established to bring
about a general agreement for dis?
armament.
Pt
A. K. Panders, superintendent of the
j penitentiary, is one of the best men
Who ever Idled that ottiee, and he
, \ ill likely be re-elected without
strong Opposition. P. H. Lesesne, of
Columbia, is an announced candidate,
w. H. Qibbes, of Columbia, has an?
nounced that he Will retire as slate
i hlef state game warden.
At one o'clock Tuesday the houa ?
of representatives will hold memor?
ial exercises for the late w. T. P.
Sproti. member of the house last
year from Clarendon eourfty. The
iiill aiming at abolition in about
tw< nty counties of the attendance of?
ficers, for enforcement of the com?
pulsory sc hool attendance law, will
also be on the calendar of the house
of representatives next week for a
strenuous light.
Representative Bapp has before the
[?{house a bill t.? provide for the estab?
lishment of county tuberculosis hos-1 notwithstanding
11 pita's in count lea where the people
Iendorse the plan in a referendum.
, j The house of represe ntatlves pass
M od a resolution, to he ac ted on by
the senate during the cor ing week,
to authorize the trustees of Winthrop J l**aO<
to borrow money for the operation of
the college until the 1921 appropria?
tions are available. Representative
Bradford was author of the bill.
A resolution is before the legisla?
ture to provide for the state's taking
over the Fairwold Industrial School
for negro girls, mar Columbia.
COTTON MARKET
SUFFERS BREAK
New York-, Jan. St.?Reports
onttinued foreign trade dcBfCSston
and appreln nsiona that the cotton
brought lure for January might be
retendered on March contracts, seem?
ed responsible for a very severe
break In the cotton m irket today.
March deliveries ssld off to 14.64 ami
closed at 14.61 compared wi'.h IS.If*
at the close yesterday with the gen?
eral market closing barely steady at
a net decline of C5 to Sj points.
The market opened barely steady
gl unchanged prices to a decline of
16 points under overnight selling or
d< rs which came partly from the
South. The initial prices were het
ter than due on the showing of Liv?
erpool which led to somrt pressure,
, right after the call, while there was
I also considerable Waif1 street selling
and Kcat'jerlng liquidation. After
phoning nel losses of about 30 to 40
points prices recovered about half
their losses on reports o. a firmer
bat is for spot cotton in the south
and of continued activity in the do
i medtic goods trade with Fall River
sales for the week estimate | at 300,
900 pieces oft? rings increased on the
advance, however. and 11 iuidation
I ecame very active during t.hO after?
noon with January selling off from
17.1a to 1 ?1.4:> and May from IT..40 to
14.74. Closing prices were at approx?
imately the lowest of the day.
The s atement that the war finance
corporation would not assist exports
to countries with which the United
States was still technically at war,
attracted no particular comment but
the recent firmer
ruling of foreign exchange the re?
ports of continued trade depression
in Manchester had a considerable in?
fluence. The trading? feature was th*
heavy liquidation of March by 1k? .h
and Commission house brokers.
WOMEN VOTERS
WILL HOLD MEETING
Death.
Mr. David James VVinn died at his
home on West Calhoun street at 8:30
o'clock Friday morning, aged seventy
years, alter a few hours' illness. He
has bei n In failing health for sev?
eral months, and death was the re?
sult of an a< ute stack of heart dis?
ease, from which he has suffered for
Several years. The funeral services
were held at his late residence at
3 o'clock Saturday afternoon, and the
Interment was made at the Sumter
J cemetery.
Mr. \\ inn was born In this city June
29, iv e. and has spent his entire
life bet . . He was tin- only son of the
late David Joseph VVinn and Bllxa
beth Dritton Winn. In early life he
was associated in business with his
father, who was one of the ante?
bellum mere bants of Sumter who con?
tinued III business after the war be?
tween the states until his death. In
ivni Mr. Winn withdrew from the
llrm of l). J. Winn and Bon and or?
ganised the Sumter Cotton mill with
which he waa conccted until the mill
was abandoned ten or lifteou years
ago. Since that time he has devoted
attention to his farming interests, lie
was a life bun; member of the Pro?*
hyterinn church, which he had servoJ
las ruling eider tor many yens, lb
I was also treasurer of Harmony Proa
I bytei y.
\ lie is survived b)
! following children;
j Jr., of Timmonsville
I I ntof h. M rs. Cleo. L
! W. Withorspoon an?
Winn. of Sumter.
bis wife and th<
Mr. l?. J. Winn,
Mrs. T. R. M. -
Kicker. Mrs. 12.
Mr. William M
STILL ( API I UI D.
Wcdin
<'ol.tn.bia, Jan. 22.?Every county
In the sta e will be expected to have
representation at the first annual state
convention of the South Carolina
League of Women Voters, to be held
in ColutnJbis On February 11. Mrs.
Maude Wood Park, of Washington,
pyesident Of the national League of
Women voters, is to be the chief
speaker for this gathering of femalo
citizens, and it is stated that plana
are on foot to make the gathering
notable. The Richland county branch
of the league will be hosts to the
convention. All of the women's clubs
of the state are interested in this
convent Ion.
The South Carolina Women Vot?
ers are a'so looking with interest to
the regional conference to be held in
Atlanta, February 8-9, from which
reports will be brought to the South
Carolina convention. Among women
of thi. state who will attend this
gathering will be Mrs. J. B. Salley,
of Alken, and Mrs. V. S. Munsell. of
Columbia, and posslbl) Mrs. Leltoy
Spring's, of Lancaster. Mrs. Wilson
<;. Harvey, of Charleston, and Mrs.
John Gary Evans, of Bpartanburg,
This is the last Of seven regional
conferences of the nation and will he
made one of the biggest.
The South Carolina League of Wo?
rm n Voters i,: very much interested
in the bi i e.,,v? before I hi Sou* it
Carolina legi lature io give the wo.
men full suffrage, in accordance wHgj
tin- national conatitutional amend?
ment. Th ?>' are also interested in
the bill which will, if it becomes law,
exempt wom?n cltigena from jury du
t v.
\ indicated Alter I? Years.
<>n Wednesday afternoon a parts
made up ol Sheriff Hurst. Deputy
Sheriff II. ?;. McKagen and Rural
j Officers Boykin and Newman, raided
; and captured n small but complete
! still and destroyed about :>'t gallons of
mOSh. The still was found about 250
I yards from
j name d Pel
and is iiow ill the County jail awaiting
to Ih? lurned over t-? the IT, S. Court
for trial. The smii was found on the] pans
place helongng to Davis in the State
burg township.
ih n? va. Deo 27 (e^orrespondenesj
of the Associated Press).?Atter serv?
il g more than ir* years of a life setae!
?cue,, for a murde r of which he has
always claimed to be innocent, a
Nouns': man named Hirschbrunner is
lo be released, ihe real culprit, hav
following a popula
Sob me In May ltKb
j oung Swiss girl waf
I
ing conf? ssed.
On tie day
maaked ball at
the bod} of a
the house of a negro I found in the waiting room of the rai
i Davis, who was arrested J road station where sir- had b
11 angled to d< a th. She had
ecn the previous evening in the
of a \oung man dressed'
woman The descriptjsj
her companion tallied with a c
worn by Hirschbrunner and
tried and sentenced to life I
nent. entirel> on circums
d< ncc.
Dr. Me'l4iiiiiu*s llirtlulay.
Dr. H. J. McLaurin who is proh?
ibit the oldest Cem federate veteran
of Sumter, celebrated his 83rd btrth
du> Saturday bj having several of his
war-time comrades dine with htm
Among those who attended the din?
ner were Col. s. E Welsh, of Char?
leston, ?'apt. R, S. i arson and Judge
T. Eg, Richardson of this city,
\ n o d not ion pr< \ a iled
bi g.tn to couple on St
day.
Th.
On'
plain Quaker
Vvtteenth cesj
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