The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 05, 1921, Image 8
Cooperation in
cottonmarket
Address by Sapirio in
Which He Decries For- I
j iiiation of Ix>cal or
it County Associa?
te tiolis by Farm
rf1 ers I
^.Columbia. Jan. 31. -In a plain,
(tract ku I talk before the house of
rfpveeentaArvea tonight Arou Sa
PfriO. of Hun Francisco, general eoun
of the California Citrus Grower*'
lallen ana otber associations of
e eherarter on the Pacific roast und
lei the middle weit, gave hta views
to what method the cotton farmer
uf the south ahould pursue to estab?
lish a correct markettns system.
'Me strong!v urged the cooperative
'geling method whi n has proved
Wch benefit In the west along
laeso lines for the scientific dta
?utton of co'.ton. He decried all
rlcs end social features, claiming
tt the true cooperative distribution
gem should be composed of farm
8, business men and not "oratorical
oil binders." Mr. Saptrlo is well
iows in Columbia where he stayed
tout fifteen years ago. His is an in
ir>t* lng career. He began life as a
Jewish Kabi. then decided to go into
hjuunes*. studied law and is now one
of the widely known corporation at?
torneys of ths country. While In Co
Igntbla he was guest at August Kohn.
personal friend. He leaves tomor
r for New York He was brought
Columbia by Prof. W. W. Lorg. or
Vlilted fttater Extension depart
cooperation with Clemson
to give the members of the
i assembly his ideas on the
lot of the cotton crop,
lucrative marketing, he said at
inning of bis aodress. Is one of
ihest- systems of business ever
for the farmer. It is a world
tent; It Is developed highest !n
Vend the Scandinavian coun?
ts system has, spread over the
notion but he said, the Unit
It II extremely backward.
?Old that the method of cooper
markeUng was started In Call
twenty-five years ago and all
ructs grown there are handled
system until now between
,1100 and $300.000,000 worth
?is' are handled annually
jncMtlon Is based o certain fun
QjaPsjgaial prfnclplea which have been
yyVed out hy an extensive experl
?i-Ifjl Wared aa the first principle that
jhe Staple commodity has to be organ
1s4o> and' not the locality. He claimed
4hat 0 fatal mistake made by the cot
sen, grower* was the method of or
^ntslnf local associations. He gave
(rets Illustration of where local as
kftoivs had lorn formell In the
tst end they Immediately began
ling with each other and conac
itty failed. He pronoun, cd as a
dictum that the producers should not
tompete, the buyer to do that.
(e contended that in the market
of perishable products the great
dem is routing and speedy distrl
ttoo, lor stable producta the prim
a) financing
L'noer lila second thesis, he said
8M the cooperative aysteins In the
at were rea*l business enterprises
a- politics and social features were
adt allowed to enter. He said the only
thing the grower asked is that the
lUrUlature gtve them a legal vehicle
|n* which to do business. They do not
. fcsjk for one cent of appropriation nor
fW. help from the lawmakers.
I sir. aaplrlo went on to explain that
"rm saust bo definite contracts with
'growers, ftrst as to a minimum of
lute to be sold, and that every
?r of the association must de?
r to the organisation all his
fact and that he must be made to
tr by contract or legal pena'ty.
contract must be iron clad and
not les* than five years. There
be no quitters and the association
he cooperative; no profit and
tiling must bp strictly businesa
Tht associations must be so re
led by the farmer as not to allow
IIHclans or any other than the
to Join.
i ^Agriculture and art are the only
K?uet* that are individually ma -
ed end not marketed as shoes or
ofcthiftg. ue said
{ ^Advertising is needed and it pays a
thousand fold, he said. He described
tijei great advertising campaigns of
California and the result they had oh
Mined. He went into detail as to the
?a of the cooperative association,
?stresse?! the Importac-e of cooper
Ion and working the local banka.
_ le bankf will he p the glowers If
tsje grow**is will help the banks. He
* Used fully how Texas and Okla
>rha are at work already signing up
the cooperative marketing of cot
He distinctly made it plain that
plan w4s a curl all. If they will
10 time to get the bent help, the re?
nt will come by organization
told how the low prices of rot?
ted brought about the low stand
of living In his section. South
Una has every advantage over
ornla In locatlo i and everything
else, be claimed The difference Call
fernle haa organiser, and uses busi?
ness mothods instead of oratory.
rhlcago. Feb. 1.?:Plre after an cx
Meoton In a four-#rtor/ flat building on
the south side sent tlilrty negro fatn
iHpa Into the street early today.
None was injured. The building
*g?ot* said the fire la believed to
hsVe been caused by a bomb thrown
on* the roof.
? ? \ f -
Sle*rark, Ohio, Feb. 1.?Four mem?
bers of the Pennsylvania Railroad
?talking cr#w were killed toda)
whj|le returning to Columbus, when
the train was hit by a freight train
three shiies ???t of Kewarh, Sever?
al *ere Injured, two seriously,
'The wrecking train was returning
t/i |hV stallen after picking up a
freight; wreck last ni i '
SPECIAL SESSION
SENATE CALLED
Harding* Requests Wil?
son to Summon New
Senate in Extra
Session
Washington. Feb. 1.?A rcqucsr
.from President-elect Harding that
President Wilton rail a ?portal meat*
Inpf of Uie new senate for March i
was tdken to the White House today
by Senator Underwood, the Demo*
oratio loader. Sena'.or Fndcrwood
Mid Im conveyed ma message at the
request of Senator Lodge. Ihe Repub?
lican leader. Ha saw Simrctary Tu?
multy, who later laid the request be
foro the proeident
The senate would meet to confirm
ihe cabinet and other appointment*
to be made by the Incoming execu?
tive. Surb a ataoton is customary
when there is a change of adminis?
trations and usually lasts only u week
at most.
NEW TRIAL
FOR BERGER
Supreme Court Reverses Judge
Landis on Ground That-He
Should Have Retired From
Trial of Milwaukee Editor
Washington, Jan. HI.?Victor L.
Berger, Socialist editor of Milwaukee
and f >ur co-defendants who were
convicted and sentenced to terms
ranging Horn ton to I'O years for
violation of the war time espionage
aq, will bo given new trials under
a decision today by the supremo
court.
Dividing six to throe, the cowl
held that the federal district judge
K? nesaw M. Landis of Chicago, ?tum
ineligible to conduct the trial and
should have retired upon the tiling
of an affidavit by the defendants
charging him with "personal bias and
prejudice" because of the nativity of
certain of them.
While Justice MoKenna was read?
ing the majority opinion of the court
announcement came from the White
House thut President Wilson had
overruled a recommendation of the
department of justice that tiie sen
tonee of Fugene V. l>ebs, previously
aftlrmrd 1/y tho supremo court bo
commuted to expire on next Febru?
ary 12. Dobs, many times candidate
of the Socialist party for president,
is serving ten years in the federal
prison in Atlanta, Ou., as a result
of his conviction a*. Cleveland, <>hio
on practically the same charges as
were lb rger and bis co-defendants.
Those cn-defendun's are Adolph
dormer, national eecretary of the
Socialist party, si native of Llussia;
William Kruse, editor of the Young
Socialist Magazine, whose parents
were Germans; J. Louis Engdahl and
Erwin St. John Tinker, writer and
lecturer. natives of the United
Sta.'es, and claiming to be not of im?
mediate Oar man doaoont.
The sole QUtOtlOH before the su?
preme court was whether Judge
Lundi* had orrod in continuing to
sit in the case after counsel for the
defense had tiled a properly draw n
affidavit of prejudice. Six members
of the cou?'\ including Chief Justice
Whi o, held that he did. Three other
members. Justice Day, Pitney and
McKcynolds, held that ho did not
and filed opinions sharply dissenting
from that of the majority.
Next to that of Eugene V. D< DO.
the case of Victor liergcr, publisher
of the Milwaukee leader a Social?
ist paper, attracted more attention
than any other brought by tho gov?
ernment under tho war time espio?
nage act. Berger was accused of dis?
loyalty and was convicted at Chicago
on January S. 1019. Subsequently
ho was twice danlad a seat in the
house of representatives by that
body and the third time bo Offered
for reelection he was defeated.
Four other leaders of the Socialist
party were convicted with the Mil?
waukee publisher. They were Adolph
Germer, secretary of the National So?
cialist patty; William F. Kruse, edi?
tor of the Young Socialist; Irwin St.
John Tucker, writer and speaker, and
J. Louis ISngdohl,, editor of the
American Socialist. Sentences rang?
ing from ton to 20 years wore im
posed by Federal Judge Kenesaw
Mountain Landis.
The five defendants wore charged
specifically with having conspired to
obstruct recruiting and interfere with
the successful prosecution of tho
war against Germany through the de?
livery of speeches and the circula?
tion of trtlelea intended to cause
"insubordination, disloyalty ami re?
fusal of duty" among the naval and
military forces of the United States
Numerous articles writ.en by Borger
for The Leader wer?' presented as evi
I donee a gains' him.
Clarendon''. New Legislator Takes
Sent.
Columbia, Feb. 1.?J. H. Scarbor?
ough of Summerton was last night
sworn in as new member Of the house
of representatives from Clarendon
county. He succeeds tho late lion.
W. T. P, sprott. who died last year,
Mr. Scarborough was elected to the
house last week, on the Iftth, his sei
and most formidable candidate being
Miss Corrine Partlcld, of Manning, the
ftr?t woman to aspire to leglalfttlve
honors in South Carolina.
Mr. Scarborough is a young man.
I graduate of Furman Fnlversity.
Creenvtlle, a lid member of a promi?
nent Clarendon family. His father is
<> C Hrai'hoi ouKh. a director of the
state penitentiary, and a prominent
figure In louth Carolina public life.
Hamburg. Feb. t - {( is not Im?
probable that Foreign Minister Simons
will reply to the repaid Ions demand!
by resigning from the Gorman gov?
ernment, says a Berlin dispatch
GERMANS FLOUT
ALUESTERMS
? i
Say That Reparation
Terms Are Fantastic
and Impossible
Berlin, Pen. i. -Germany regard.*]
the reparation terms as fantastic and
Impossible of execution and it is gen?
eral opinion that the government
cannot agree to them. The cabinet
was in executive session until late last
night. Madness was the term the
reichotni is using In discussion of the
terms. /
REVIEW OF
BUSINESS
Washington. Jan. ? 1.?Industrial
operations have not increased sutli
clently to effect a material reduction
in the widespread unemployment
prevalent S month ago, according to
die review of business and financial
conditions of the country for Jan?
uary, issued tonight by the federal
reserve board.
A slight Increase In the activity
of leading NOW England industries
during the month probably has
brought a measure of relief there,
the r?view said, hut in the south
and west the situation has become
more acute.
In the San Francisco district, pre?
viously slightly affected, the board
reported unemi loyment to be. abnor?
mally great for this season.
Wage reduction have continued, the
board said, an dthe curtailment has
spread tO Sections Of the country
I where wage rates have hitherto been
j ualntalned at high level. About 100,
t 000 lev tile mill workers in New Fng
laild have suffered wage cuts aver?
aging 22per cent., the review
Ided, and while reductions in the
1 #oot and shoe industry have not
I been so large, they have been ex?
tensive.
Unemployment in the New York
district Increased by , about. 4 per
cent, in January, the review said.
Some textile mills have dropped a
considerable number of employees
during the month. Unemployment
was likewise widespread among
longsRhoi einen, freight handlers, dock
workers and seamen, while there
were further reductions in Iron and
steel plants, the hoard added.
Textile mills in the Richmond dis
triet remimcd work in January, but
in the building trades and in the
ranks of unskilled labor, tiie review
said, a serious lack of employment
existed there.
The number of employed has in
dreased decidedly in the Atlanta dis?
trict and idleness has become wide
spread in the ranks of the unskilled,
in many lines wave reduction have
already been made.
Prices of certain staples, notably
;,rains, cotton and other agricultural
products rose early in January, the
^oarxl reported, but later in the month
declined again. Other leading com?
modities, however. such as crude,
and refined: oils and bituminous coal
not greatly affected in earlier months
were Increasingly weak, and iron and
I eel continued to decline.
Financially, the month has been
encouraging. the board declared
Blacking In the demand for credit
resulted In a material reduction in
the total outstanding volume of cir?
culation amounting in the month to
ihout 160,000.000 while gold holdings
Increased to about ooo.ooo.
In private finance, the board said
the month has been a period of Im?
provement of Value in most classes
of securltlea
ATKINSON SUC?
CEEDS COTHRAN
Columbia, Feh. 1.?John Ruford
Atkinson, who was Tuesday at noon
rlooted speaker of the house of repro
soi tatlves to succeed Thomas P.
Cothran. is a well-known lawyer o*
Spartanlburg, He was horn in Ches
ler in 1S72. He graduated from
Purman University in lso4 and from
South Carolina College in 1X07, With
the (legre?! of LL, 13. He moved to
Bpurtanburg in 1904, marrying lh?
ramc year Miss Corrine Bearson. of
Ailendale. From 1905 to 1917 ho
we United States commissioner at
Ppnrtanburg, and in 19 1 7 was elected
to the house of representatives. This
is the fifth year Mr. Atkinson has botn
in the house, the first of his third
trim. He is author of a number of
important acts, and several bills of
Male-wide importance <>n the cal?
endar! this year are Iiis, among them
th? public utilities bill and the state
Inheritance tax bill. .Mr. Atkinson was
elected speaker pro tern at the begin?
ning the present session of the leg?
islature. He has presided over the
bonne during a member of brief ab?
sences of the speaker.
.1. it. Atkinson, of Bpartanhurg
was today elected speaker of the
house of representative! to succeed
Thomas P. Cothran. who was elected
to the state supreme court.
Representative Thomas s. Me
Mlllnnd, of Charleston, was today
elected speaker pro tern of the house
of representatives, following the elec?
tion of Speaker Pro Tom Atkinson to
I he spenkershlp. There were three
candidates, and tiny and their votes
Were as follows: McMillan, t!0; J.
EC Owens. Bennettsvllle, 28; doo. s.
Mower. Newberry, 14.
60? breaks a cold quicker than any
remedy we know.? Advt
The month of January has been an
exceedingly dull month Insofar as the
police Circles are concerned. Ac
rordlng to the report of Rscorder
Harby, only jtr.t; in cash tines were
collected from miscreants during tin
entire month of January. This is the
lowest total of tines collected during
any one month since the month of
.lime. ISMS.
Huh My-TIsm relieves llheumatlsm,
Neuralgia, strains Ad vt
Regular Monthly Meeting Held
on Tuesday, February 1st.
$75,000 LOAN FOR EX?
PENSES AUTHORIZED
Inmate of Alms Iluuse Files
Complaint as to Food Furnish?
ed and Treatment He Re?
ceived
The county hoard of commission
era held their regular monthly meet?
ing on I'Vbiuary 1st with members J.
J. Brit.on. It .M. Oliver, W. M. Lc
noir and B. T. Mints present.
The minutes Of January 4th and C'.h
were read and approved.
Judge oi* probate Richardson ap?
peared before the board und pre?
sented resolutions relative to pro?
viding funds for s ate hospital au?
thorities for sending for lunatics.
Messrs. T. L>. Brohun, M. M. Mcl
hit, J. R. Hall and Jolin Qeddings
appeared before the board and asked
that the road south of Wcdgefle|d Iw
worked. They stated that they did
not think any work had la-en done
>n ir since the year mos. Mr. Jef?
fords, county engineer, stated that he
had on file a complaint as to thii
road but had not been able to get tc
it. The board directed him t<> get tc
this work as soon as possible. Als?,
ano her matter was brought up rel?
ative to draining of a small bottom
that Mr. Brohun had offered to g<
half on and had been agreed to b>
Mr. a. D. Thompson. This was re?
ferred to Engineer Jeffords to inves?
tigate and report on at the nexl
hoard meeting.
Mr. Joe Nunnery, an Inmate of th<
alms house, appeared before the hoard
and made a complaint as to condi
lions and treatment at the ahm
house. lie .stated that the diet win
not suitable to his condition. 11?
told the hoard that he h id not com
pletely recovered from a late opera
tion. Mr. Nunnamaker, superintend
ent of the alms house, made state
ment saying tha, Mr. Nunnery go
just what his family did.
Mi', lt. II. Green came before th<
"board in reference to a claim of |3I
fo .damage to the top of his aut?mo
idle, caused by a sign knocking th<
top off. The board asked him tha
hrs son make an appointment witl
Mr. Jeffords and the location of th<
dgn be pointed out.
An application for clothing for th<
alms house was received and ap
proved.
The matter of lire Insurance oi
county nudes was discussed and it wa
decided to cancel tin* general policy
and Insure only males in the jai
camp as long as they are there.
Engineer Jeffords' report was re
ceiyed. He stated that the main gun|
was still working the roads out o
Bumter in connection with the jai
gang. Secondary gang was workint
road to Brick ohurch ami the Trlnltj
road. The bridge force was repair
ing the bridges in different section)
of the county. Mr. Tmluck startet:
work on the Hudson bridge on th<
morning of January 31. As regard!
to getting the main chain gang fOPOt
on the road work of Privateer some
time in February. Mr. Jeffords stat
ed that he did not see now tha' In
could do so on account of the gen
eral demand for work on the road;
now in use. Engineer reported tha
the crossing of the A. C. 1.. Whlcl
had been requested changed, had noi
been changed. He was directed t<
folhnv this up and get it done as soor
as possihle.
Mr. Kennedy will be asked to con
tlntie the keeping up of the road fron
the city limits to the cemetery. The
clerk was directed to write him it
li gard to t his.
Engineer Jeffords reported that h<
expected Quite a number of prisoner!
on the gang out of the next court ane
authority has been asked for to hire
another guard if necessary. This wa;
authorised, if deemed necessary.
As regards the matter of repairs tc
chairs in the court house. U was de?
cided to have them fixed if It could be
arranged to get the house to agree tc
pay for this work, otherwise to get
this matter in line for a repori before
the next board meeting.
The board discussed certain recom?
mendations to be made to the county
delegation, among which were the
amending the general law regarding
accountira?1 features Inj the board's
oiTiee, amending the act of 1910 rel?
ative to issue of road bonds by In?
creasing ra'.e to ?? per cent, also 111
make certain suggestions as to hold?
ing two hoard uu clings instead of one
per month.
The matfter of county licenses on
venders was taken up and the license
schedule of 1919 was readopted with?
out change.
A claim for reward of Policeman
'Chandler for arresting Oliver Pit's,
escaped convict, with a broken leg,
on the streets of the city, Was re?
jected. Recommendation to county
delegation was also made regarding
differences in the law as t<> sending
insane persons to the hospital.
Clerk Planding reported that Con*
federate Pensioner Kauton had been
committed to the hospital for insane
and would m ed no further pension.
This was ordered discontinued,
Application was received from
John Bennett for financial assistance.
The o;ise was referred to Dr. An?
drews for an Investigation ami a re
i port.
Reports of the rural policemen
ami from the cotton weighers' scale
tests were received ami ordered filed.
Mr. Barlow 'Walsh appeared rel?
ative to asking lhal the law range
he worked if it belonged to the coun?
ty and stating thai It numher had
siiiy^cjs-.ed Ihnl the same he widened
by taking off fifteen feet from 'die
COUTt home lawn so as to allow the
making of a park In the center' for
DEBS ATTACKS
PRES. WILSON
Prisoner Will Not Apply For Pa
role Nor Accept Conditional
Release
Atlant;). Vtth, l.? Bugen* V. Dobs.
Kf'Hallat lender now nerving a u.n
>???;;>? sentence In the federal prison
bur 1 for violation of the eopiona *u
was not "surprised nor diaap
i minted" o\< r tho president's refusal
\ > oemmute his sentence, according
to a statement he Issued lo re today
through his counsel. Samuel IV. i'.u
ih ton of Atlanta.
' it was my own only fear."' t'ie
statement said, "that I might be In?
debted for my liberty to Wood row
Wik-on. My record, good or bad. ts
at 1? aut consistent and that is the
only way it could have I een smirch?
ed '
Tin- statement refers to the pr. si -
c'.< nt as the "mos. pitiful nguro in
h ? '.(.:. ."' "No man in public life i?:
American his ory." it said, "ever re?
tired so thoroughly dlacrcdited, so
scathingly rebuked, so ovcrwhelm
ilcgly impeached and repudiated as
Wood row WDaon. Shortly after the
Novi mber election Iiis privat?' secre?
tary made a pi.iful plea for him say?
ing that all he craved was the love
of the people. This plea was stump?
ed by the American people with the
one word, Denied,' the one word he
wrote on the hock of the recommen?
dation for my pardon."
After stating that Debs was "never
in better physical condition in my
life than I am at this hour," the
Statement continued:
"Mr. Palmer culled detention to the
faet that 1 shall be eligible to parole
August 11, 1922. In answer to Una 1
have to say that 1 shall not apply for
parole, nor accept it. I shall serve
my term to the lost day or leave here
wLh an unconditional pardon. I came
for my convictions and I shall not be?
tray them for any paltry considera?
tion RUCh as a parole. 1 may be in
prison but unlike .the man who keeps
. me here, l am not an exile from my
i own country. When 1 have this
' j prison i shall go unrepentant.
Senator Capper showed the other
that OUt <d four billions annual
expenditures for this country that u7
J per cent, is spent on war, the results
! of war and preparation for war and
[?that 3 per cent, is .merit on eduea
Mtlon and constructive work. That'i
I where Wilson st?nde, l stand foi
. construction ingtead of destruction
! and devastation."
I MOTOR LICENSES
: ISSUEE
. i Columbia, Jan. 31.?The hour ha?
. . struck for motor vehlcl. owners tc
j get their licenei tags within the pe?
, 11 od prescribed by law which was to
i night.
Cp to the closing oi the license de?
I partment Saturday night the total
j number of plates issued for 11# 1* 1 had
.{reached 42.!?9'J, of which 37,077 were
? I automobile licenses, 3,11)5 truck li
C : censes, 1,670 dealer licenses and 157
I j motorcycles. There remained to be
r j issued by Monday 52.97 1 automobile
? and truck licenses and 751 motor
, I cycle licenses. The total collections
l j to date have amounted to $355,
[ i S21.ll.
i
Mistrial in Shaw Case.
Columbia. Feb. 1.?The jury in the
case of David C. Shaw vs. the Kas?
sier Shock Absorber company, a suit
I in the feder al court for $175,000 dam?
ages for violation of contract, failed
to agree: on a verdict and a mistrial
was ordered by Judge Smith Monday
afternoon.
, j If that oil well at Summorville
, j should come in as a gusher all of
?lower South Carolina will be swept
. j by an epidemic of oT! fever and the
i j state will be overrun by speculators
t I seeking o obtain oil b ases on land.
I i It is possible that the middle soe
tion of the stale, including Bumter
county, will be prospected for oil, if
it is found in the lower tier ot coun
i ties.
T ? break a cold take ??06.?AJvt.
automobiles. The board received mis
as information.
Tho bond of Sheriff C. fcf. Hurst cf
$lo,000 was approved. Sheriff Hurst
[ reported a mule and wagon seized
Under fore. Insure proceedings and Cie
law provided that the board shall ap?
praise and asked the board to do so.
Board stated that they would go
around and appraise. ?
Chairman iL J. McLaurin stated
that owing to his ill health he could
no longer sign the checks for the bus?
iness Of the hoard. Mr. R. M. Oliver
was designated and agreed to act,
pending the further disposition Of
this matter.
Treasurer Wallace appeared before
the board relativ?' to a note of |30,
000 duo sinking fund commission on
5th instant and as to borrowing mon?
ey for the coming- year. Will have
about $15.000 on February 1st (with
jout. January payments). Outstanding
warrants and January payments
would ai>ont absorb this. After ful?
ly discussing the matter the follow
! ing resolution was made:
"llesolved that the county borrow
for ordinary needa in anticipation of
t:.x collections, n sum not exceeding
$75,000 and that those charged with
that duty ore authorized u> negotiate
loan ami take up with local banks
the matter of obtaining trust interest
rat?* as such Interest rate will in?
fluence the amounl to be borrowed at
his time."
Board thinks it ?ceaaary to cllmi
nate every unnecessary expense at this
time and instructed county engineer
to stop all road dragging and repair?
ing b\ private parties except In cases
of emergency.
Engbner Jeffords sugeated to the
board thai he be allowed to got two
acres Of alms house farm ami plant
same In sweet potatoes for use of con?
victs' feed. This suggestion was ap?
proved.
After the approving of claims be?
fore it, the board adjoUined.
MORTGAGES ON
AUTOMOBILES
Bill in Legislature to Give All
Mortgages Priority Over At?
tachment Liens
Columbia, Jan. 31.??Tho execu?
tive council of the South Carolina
Bankers' association at ? meeting In
Columbia yesterday discussed at length
a bill Introduced In the general as?
sembly by Representative happ of
Richland county which aeefcs to make
purchase money mortgages on auto*
mobile^ come ahead of tho atta* h
ment lien, for damages, it was the
unanimous opinion of the members of
the council that some action should
be take n at OUCC to amend the exist?
ing law. and the bankers express.-el
the opinion that the proposed umcnel
m? nt to the law should go further
and provide that any bona tide mort?
gage on an automobile should come
ahead of the attachment lien.
It was decided to ask the commi ?
ttees of the house and senate to hear
ta committee from the bankers on
the proposed legislation. The bank*
ers took the1 Opinion that the farmers
ami business nu n of the s ate* are now
compelled to use every form of eol
| lateral, available. A mortgage on an
automobile is now practically worth?
less because of the law in this state
which gives an attachment lien for
damages priority.
The following statement w:is given
out by \v. H. Praser, president, and
Lee Ilolloman, secretary, after the
meeting oi the executive council
yeste-rday.
"The ex<? utive council of Semth
Carolina Bankerrf Association in s?*s
lalon in Columbia took up for dtseus
Islon the pending bill in the legis*
la'ure by Representative Bapp (house
bill No. which see ks te> make pur?
chase, money mortgages on automo?
biles come ah< ad of the attachment
lien for damages.
"It w.ms unanimously agreed that
some action should he taken at once
to amend the existing law and the
comm. tee felt that the* proposed
amendment should go further and
provide that any hema Dde mortgage
should con e ahead of the attaoh*
meat lien as now provided by law,
especially in view of the fact that
many of the farmers and business
men of the state are now compelled
\ o use- e very form of collateral avail?
able.
' It was de'Cideel to ask for a re?
hearing he-for. committees of tho
I house and senate in this -matter, ami
I the following resolution was passed:
"Pe it resolved by the executive
council of the South Carolina Hank
11 era' association that we go em wooed
[as favoring the pending bill in the
?i house introduces! by RepreeentaUva
ISapp Ol Richland, which seeks te>
'make purchsss money mortgages on
automobiles come uhe-ad of the at?
tachment lien for damakes, and that
we make an effort to have the law
further amended so as to apply to all
bona fide mortgages on motor ve?
hicles.
"lie it further resolved. That the
general assembly be memoralized to
pass the measure."
The hankers expressed the belief
that this is a matter that ought to Im?
of interest to everybody in the* slate.
A few doses til break a cold.?Advt
BRUTAL MURDER
IN CONNECTICUT
Id 11 ford, Conn., Feb. I.?More than
100 min. armed with rides, revolvers
and shotguns, tonight were searching
a WOOded section near the W'oodmont
railroad station for the murderer of
Mrs. Joseph Chernock, 15, who wa*
brutally slain in her home mi Old
Gate' lane here this afternoon. Polire-,
firemen and volunteers, under the di?
rection of Chief of police .lames Ila?
her Of Ifllfordi took up the pursuit
a half hour after the killing-.
Statements by persons who saw
I the man fleeing towards tho woods
Indicated that he was a short, stout
man and wore a hack mask. Before
nightfall searchers had found his
blood stained overt oat.
The woman's husband, who is em?
ployed in Bridgeport, returned hemm
late today and said that $110 he had
in the house was missing. Mrs. <^he r
nock was the mother of seven chil?
dren, the oldest 12 years ami the
youngest five weeks. The* Infant was
found unharmed in a room on the
second door. The mother's skull was
crushed by blows with a stone. An
ax,, spattered with blood also was
found in the house, but it was thought
this was used by the murderer to
smash in the dOOT of the house. A
six year old daughter of the Cher
nocks, who was in the hous." ami saw
the attack en her mother, ran to the
home e>i II. L. Logan, nearby, and
gave the alarm. Logan took a rifle
and, accompanied by Walter Llnale
ran to the Chernock home. Logan
found the side dOOT <?f the boos.
smashed in. and as he Stepped inside
a man Red from another door. Logon
fired three shots, one of which is be?
lieved to have abounded him.
Mrs. Cheroock's body waa found in
the cellar, apparently having been
thrown tlnrc after the man had
dragged it from the second floor.
The woman's tlUShund BS id he WS .
held ep about a mile from his home
last nUlr. hut escaped from the
would-be robber.
To prevent a cold take lit.?Advt.
Columbia, Feh. 1.? Ueprcsentativo
Moise today introduced his Mil to
create a county court for ftumter. The
ion was referred to the committee on
judiciary.
Rub-My-Tism cure bruises, cuts,
'?urns, sores, tetter, etc.?Advt.
Vienn:i. Feb. 2.? It is understood
that the allied governments have or?
dered the withdrawal e>f their re?
sin dive military missions wit hin .j|
mont h.
ti6tj quicklv relieves a c