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Newspaper Page TextKI'MTt i: WATCHMAN, Ustabllsi CONSOLIDATED Al'G. 2, 18 LAST WEEK OF LEGISLATURE Deadlock in Justiceship Election, Fight Over Appropriation Bill And Other Mat? ters Next Week Columbia. Feb. 28.?Mem bora of the legislature are at home today, but they return to Columbia Monday af- j tt inoon for what is most likely to l>e th? last week of the ovor-ilrawn sc? sturt. The senate meets Monday night and the bouse Tuesday at 10. It is not known at what hour the balloting for an associate Justice will be reeumed Tuesday, though this will likely be the matter of greatest inter? est before the scions in their final week. The resolution under which the balloting Is being conducted calls for a daily Joint assembly at 10 o'clock. The house of representatives Friday adopted a Joint resolution, to tlU: effect that the balloting be re? sumed Tuesd.ty night, instead of Tues? day momma. The senate liVed the Idea, but ume led the resolution to read six ballots Tuesday night in? stead of three, as originally provided. Thla amendment will have to be agreed to by the house before the res? olution is effective, but as the house does not reconvene until 10 Tuesday. Jh* regular hour for the resumption of balloting. It will not be known un? til Tuesday morning whether or not the house will agreo to the senate amendment and allow the resolution to go through. If the house does not agree to the amendment the resolu? tion will have to go to free conference committee, which will in effect kill the resolution calling for Tuesday night balloting, as the hour for Tuesday mornltig balloting will have arrived 1*00 befoi a any free conference committee can smooth out the differ? ence betwQvu the senate and the nous* forms of the resolution. The outcome of the situation will prob? ably be that ha'lntlng for the asso? ciate Justice will be taken up again Tuesday night as he house will like? ly agree tc 'he amendment. The can? didates will enter the running again in this order: Jesse F. Carter. Ham? berg; Senator J. H. Marlon. Chester; Oeneral Mllledge L. Honham* Ander* ee>n, and Judge H. W. (). tfhlpp, or Floreure jv| There ts saii to be some chance tw\ at Unat on" withdrawal from the race Tuesday morning. Friends of Judge Bhtpp have been heard t<? ad veeate his withdrawal. They state that they believe him an excellent candidate and that he would make a food Judge, but they say the deadloi It neust be broken son h At the same time, supporters of the judge Ig the generul assembly feel tl a' if one of the ether candidate* with? draw*. Judge Shipp will get some of the votes that have been going else? where, and his strength would be greatly increased. The supporters of each candidate feel the same way, and the situation at times appears almost hopeless. The appropriation bill will be re? ported to the senate, by the finance cofhmlttcp. Mm .his right, it was stat? ed Fl Ida y night This is the last mat? ter of necessary Importance to l>e dis? posed of. In addition, however, there are several other measures on the calendars * hi^h will likely reoetTS warm debate during the e.k ahead. Tb?, gasoline ?ax bill will be warm? ly debated. A public hearing on this bin win be heut before the ft no nee OSOUOatttee Monday afternoon at :i::J0 The bin to create i nserhetlng bu? reau, advocated i<v the cotton aseo* olstlon, will also >>e considered dur? ing the week A public hearing on : this bill is raied for Tuesday after? noon, before the agricultural commit tee. of which Senator* Alan Johnstons la chairman. One or the i.iiis to be debated dor* log the week is that already passed by the bouse, lo create the hydro? electric power and navigation com? mission. The commission would have three men. each salaried at ? 00 to ha\ e charge of the Columbia runal property if tin- court puts this propei t . back in the hand* of tin state, gnd also to supervise develop*! ?n? nt of i i hydro*electrR power* o4 the state Htm another bill to be debated 'idl? ing the week is that to create an in- i hcrltutuc tax. a bill f<> give women the full right of suffrage; the bill to raise the rk? of consent, and numbers of Important local measures. An at? tempt will be made to hive the age Of consent Mil applv to boys as well ns girls. There is no hope that the legislature will admum dur as the lefts'at U re will adjourn dur? ing the middle part of the week, and yet there are threats of terrific as? saults being made on the appropria hill by certain members of the t?te who are "down on' moft ev ihlng The debato on this mens? SJjr prolong the session to day PMtay morning. March t he If for adjournment site- die session of the le^lsla referred to as argil _m)t hi -enniel s< SStonS, it win have boon >l. have been dih Iwactmcrd of tin d if the legis Lgttu . year, it lira ipvtli itfto. "Bm .inst t 81. HOOVE ACCEPTS ? CABINET POST Says He Expects to Make His Department a Real Department of Commerce New York. Feb. 14? Herbert Hnov ter telephoned President-elect Harding j ? tonight that ho hnd accepted the of-1 for Of the cabinet post of Sccrstrary of Commerce. Ooorgc H?rr Baker, bis assistant, announced tonight. Mr. Hoover, in a statement made public by Mr. Dakcr. announced that tu- would continue to direct too poll- j l ies ipf European relief. Mr. Hoover's statement follows: M 1 n Sldf t.:-elect Harding this eve-| nicy ?*ke 1 me to ?t?te that he has ircludcd me in his nominations for the cabinet i s Secretary of Commerce. Vit siib nt-clect Harding enters Whole? heartedly into the plan into upbuild? ing, the department and wishes that 1 continue in the policies of the Euro? pean relief." Earlier In the day Mr. Hoover slated I be laid submitted to the President- ! elect a proposal for the general rc conetruclon of the dnpartment and an! enlargement of its fields. He als? made it clear that as he hnd assumed heavy responsibilities in connection with rellf work, ho could not aban? don them by resgning and felt that he should continue to take the re? sponsibility for its general direction. "If I take the post", Ue said, "U will be only because I believe that Presidentelect Harding will stand be? hind me in making a real Department of Commerce. There is an ci.ormout field for a proper government bureau It can be made a department of th? first importun'c with tho support oi* the administration and of Congress. I'nless this ;? done I am not warranted IB shifting my responsibilities from relief work." "No special legislation is necessary for the moment," the earlier state 'merit added. "There must be, how? ever, a ^ allocation of government bu? reaus, and we must bring into the Department of Commerce bureaus I which belong there. "The Department of Commerce can materially assist in the economic set? tlement of our foreign relations and i nv?Ht do more tha nengage in the mere exploitations of our goods." "I have no right" it continued, "to ssjk the public to give money and then vhed ail responsibility of administer-, Ing it at once. Another difficulty is that I have undertaken the trustee? ship of eight or ten public institution-' of impcrtanei . Several have enlarged tneir activities at my inspiration, and l cannot abandon them entirely." GREENWOOD MAN SHOT BY BANDITS Refuses to Hold Up Hands Identifies One of TUem OreenWOOd, Fab. 24 -Defusing to bald up his bands when confi onted by two armed men last night about |:1Q o'clock, while on his way home from his shoe repairing shop, W. T laxon, about St years of age. was atally shot while in the shadow of a church in the Creenwood mill village Wher* ho lives. According to Chief ot Policn m. d. Chandler, whom Baxor asked to sec after being carried to a local hospital, he Identified one of hi* assailants as John Burnett, a mill em? ployee. Hack Purler, another mil! employee. Is also und? r arrest. Burnett Was carried to *he hospital last night after his arrest and brought before the wounded man. "You have gol ras at last." Burnett told him. "I l oked you In the eye last night and I have known you for a long time." When accosted by the hold-up men 8ason says he recognised them and j M*Ugh*d, thinking they were playing a ;ok? ?n him. Burnett, he claims., U'lU mo. |f he did not hold up his I und ? he would shoot. Kiscn replied that he did not have the grit to shoot. It i-? satd and received one bullet at clone runge. Tim bullet apparently aim an ?.' plosive one, ranging down* ward Hi***tugh ois ubdomen. tearing Jagged holes In the Intestines, Physi? ques stet?' that Saxon has no chance, of ret o ei j The tragedy last nlghl was the el.max of a series of robberies and hold-ups, Two Dalley Military Insti? tute cadets were robbed of s small amount of Jewelry n few weeks ago and Inno other cadets, by refusing to hold up their hands, bluffed three bandits Into flight last Friday night. I DISTURBANCE IN PANAMA Tana ma. Feb. 2F>.?Violent anti Costa Ricas demonstration last nlghl reached a culmination In an attack upon the Costa Ulcan con? sulate The i oat of arms was torn from the door ami trampled under the feel of the crowd, LARGECOTTON SALE Anderson, Feb. 14.?There was a big cotton sab? here Wednenduy when the Shirley Cotton company bought i.ioo bales. This was the largest day's pals In many months. The cot? ton was said to have brought ? fair privCi and Wai shipped out at onee. flVCr t.OOa bales have been sold hoi??? in the past three v. ceks, most of it being Shipped away. NAVY iml Fear Not?Let all the ends Thou A SUMTBR, S. C WEDNI STATE HIGHWAYS WIN IN SENATE I Effort to Make Counties The Unit and Limfc Power of State Highway Depart? ment Columbia, Feb. 24?The Stiff High-I way Commission today withstood the! find onslaught. The issue was not! directly one Involving thn lifo of the! commission hut It was contended tha.fi the pusesge of the proposed i>ni would make the ?irst break and this would! nroLably be followed by Other leaks. I The whole idea involved is. according] i to Hie opponents of the bill, Whether the Bttae shOuld undertake the dev- | slopment of a State highway hysteih or at this time K?ve official recognition i to the COUhty ms it unit. Under tue present statute the expenditure of the iwo-mill property tax a:?d SO per cent ??f the licenee tax mu:$t be expended it thQ county where raised upon such j main roads as the highway commut-l shut dofclgnates as part uf the county .o county or national system, Foi some reason Falrftefd end other icolnttes have not as yet undertaken1 work upon such designated roads' along the lines of the requirement of the State Commission. The result U that the fund derived in those coun? ties from the two mill and license tax are held intact and naturally the par? ticular counties insist upon the right' to spend the fund In the counties where raised and In their own way. The present law remains by the vote of the Senate today with a view of a Statewide development. The iwrtleu lar champion of the bill end the use of the money now in hands by the counties regardless"of the direction of Lhe State department wero Senators flu gada lc and Wtghtman. The reten? tion of tho present system and the Statewide idea of development war urged by Senators Young, of ChJteteo* ton, and Watklns, of Anderson. The test vote today was as follow. ' ? . BIG WOODMEN MEETING Bi-Ennial Session To Be Held in Florence March 15, 16. Florence, Feb. 26.?All Florence is in course of preparation to receive he Woodmen of the World, who will gather here nearly 1,000 strong on starch ir> and i<;th in the ui-aniial Session ot trie South Carolina division of the order, ("amps from ai parts of the state, with their circles, will send large delegations to this meet? ing, which is tho most important event of the faterfdty in the state. w. a. Fr?ser, of Omaha, Neb., sov? ereign cdntmandef of all Woodmen In the United Statee, has been invited to attend the convention. The local ex? ecutive committee have strong hop's that ho will accept the invitation R, S. Mood, of Bumter, state clerk, spent port of this week in Floren ?e conferring with the local committee in reference to the details of tho fra? ternal work during the convention. W. M, Daniels, of Columbia, head ef th" order In the state, is expected here in advance of the meeting to ad? vise with the committee. John .T. Wade is chairman of th^ general convention committee. Vic? tor M. Hanner is c!??rk. Hoth of them are amonc tho best known Woodmen of South Carolina. Convention of? fices have beer, opened and are now actively engaged on the preliminaries of the big meeting. The Woodmen of the World is ou?? of the strongest orders of South Caro? lina, having around 76,000 members 111 the state. Inasmuch ai the State oncampmehts are held only every two years, every convention is a big one with the members. Around 600 Official delegated are effpocted front the various lodgee of th<? state. Uore 'than 800 women will attend as dele? gates from,the various circles. Easi? ly enough more members of the order vr?' expected td attend as visitors to make up 1,000 attendante for the i w o da ys, SCORED BY SOUTHERNERS Rivers and Harbors BUI Passed By Senate Washington, Feb. Sft.WWIthout al? tering the measure as framed by the ionise, the senate to night passed the annual rivers and harbors appropria? tion bill, carrying $16,000,000 of new appropriations and authority for the expenditure of $47,000,000 in unex? pended balances during the next tlx cal yenr. The bill allows $2,860,000 I more than carried for tho present year. . Southern senators attacked the ap? propriation as too small for the need? ed mipi ovements. 1 The present measure allows the army engineers discretion In distrib? uting the funds and specifies no lo? calities for expenditure. MAIL ROBBERY ~ AT PITTSBURG inis'L at be thy Country's, Thy God's a CSDAY, MARCH 2, 1921 WAR BONUS FORJOIMRS Senate Passes Soldier Bonus Bill But Post? pones Payment j Washington, Feb. 2<;?With the tax provision eliminated the soldier bonus ; bill was reported to the Senate today by the finance committee. The rash bonus would be payable Januar) 1st U?:;:!. The tax question to inert the j cost of the bill was left for the next congress, Except for the tax pro- i ?lsion little ehan.ee was made in the bouse bill. CANCELS WARRANT AGAINST MARTENS jDoported Russian "Ambassa? dor* Given "Clean Slate" New York. Feb. 2f?. - The depart? ment of labor has cancelled its war? rant of arrest and order of deporta? tion against Ludwig C, A. K. Mar? tens, recently deported "ambassador" of the Russian Soviet government, his counsel Charles Recht, announced to? day. This gives Martens a "clean slate" and makes h'^i free to return immediately to America, ho asserted. Gregory Weinstein, Martens' de? ported secretary, a'so was cleared, ac? cording to Mr. Recht, who said ho received a telegram yesterday from the department of labor announcing that the t%vo men "having been de? ported and having arrived in Russia the warrant of arrest and deportation order against them has been can? celled,.*' Mr. Recht naid that it had not been pis intention to make known this ac? tion until he had consulted tho de? partment of labor but explained that In "some mysterious manner" the blue-penciling of the formal charges against Martens and Weinstein had leaked out and had been published in a foreign language newspaper here. "Martins and Weinstein are given a. e'ean slftt" and are free to return to the United States at any time'; ho gdded. "Of course, another warrant Of arrest and deportation order could he Issuod agulnstt hem after their arrival." WILLLANDIS EXCUSE HIM? Young Chicago Bank Clerk Tkkes $772,000 I Chicago, Feb. 25.?The police of I the nation tonight were on the lo?k i out for William Dalton, soventecn ' year-old |fS a month bank clerk, ! whose alleged theft of $772,000 worth of liberty bonds yesterday from th9 'Northern Trust company was made known by bank officials today. IJ?Uon Is believed to have secreted the bonds about his person when he I wont out to lunch yesterday. He had been sorting them in a eage and has not been seen since the noon hour, i The theft was tho second in this district recent'y in which a youthful bank clerk figured, the other being at Ottawa, ill., when o nineteen-year I Old clerk named Cary, who received $00 a month, attempted to steal near? ly 1200.000 but was caught and the j money recovered. This case started an attack by Senator Dial, of Soutn Carolina, en Jude..' K. M. Landis, the senator taking exception to n state? ment the Judge made from the bench thai bank officials were partly re Isponsible for the theft, because they under-paid clerks who were in ro i sponslble pesit ions. j Daltop wan known In his neighbor? hood as a quiet, home-loving, church going hoy, whose chief ambition was 'to become successful in business s<? jthat he could provide comforts for hi* ? widowed mother. ordinarily, bank o HI ein Is sa'd. Dal ton would not have had anything to I do with the bonds. They were tempor? ary ones, however, and I>alton, with other young employes was given the task <?f sorting the securities. DENBY AND ! HARDING TALK ' New Secretary of Navy Dis? cusses Policies With Presi? dent-Elect St. Augustine, Feb. ?Bdwln Den by, once an ordinary gob, recent? ly sergeant marines, and unless the ' official slate of the coming adminis? tration is overthrown secretary of the navy to P?-, talked over naval policies [with President-elect Hardingf today In u conference that Is expected to finally seal his appointment to tho ' cabinet, I SHRINKAGE IN~ FOREIGN TRADE ttoth Exports and Imports Fall Oft in January Vsshington. Feb. 25.?A shrinkage sixty-six million dollars; in tho nd Truth's.'' THE TRUE S< BLOW STRUCK AT?NI0N1SM Executive Council of Federation of Labor Meeting in Wash? ington Washington, Feb. 2'i?The execu? tive council of the American Federa? tion ol* Labor met here today to con. alder the action of the government in 'prosecuting officials of the United Mine Workers for a leged violation of jthc Sherman Anti-Trust act. Matthew Wolle. Vic--President of the Ameri? can Federation, declares that the "in? dictment of mine union otlicials is part : of a nation-wide propaganda to de i Stroy the trade union movement as an ; action struc k at the very foundation i principles of collective bargaining." APPOINTS THOMAS HAMPTON AUDITOR Governor Refuses to Name T. Hagood Gooding Columbia, Feb. 26.?Gov. Cooper has appointed Jesse F. Thomas audi ter of Hampton county, it was an? nounced at the executive offices yes? terday. Mr. Thomas having been rec? ommended by a majority of the Hampton oounty delegation. Tho ap? pointment of Mr. Thomas ends a long fight begun last fall v. hoi. auditors go? ing over tho books Of the county of? ficers in Hampton discovered alleged irTogailarities and reported them to tho grand jury. Mr. Thomsid succeeds T. Hagood Gooding, who was charged by the tax commission with failure to carry Out his Instructions In regards to au? tomobile taxes, assessing merchants on stocks collecting back taxes and other offenses which the tax com? mission alleged were not In keeping with the proper conduct of affairs in tho county of Hampton. The grand jury of the county investigated the affairs of all county officers Und be e'dc* finding the former treasurer short about $17,000. found the audi? tor's affairs not properly conducted according to the presentment. On tho presentment made by th? grand Jury and charges by the ta> commission and county officials, Gov Cooper hdld a Ih m ring and had Mr Gooding appear before him. Upon itha submission of written charges and an answer by Mr. Gooding the chiel executive reachod a decision not tc appotnt Mr. Ceoodlng and in turn named a new auditor. Mr. Goodlnc was elected for the term beginning the coming July. AUGUSTA VICTORIA NEAR DEATH Former German Empress Re ported Beyond Hope j Potsdam, Germany, Feb. 2G ? j Former, Empress Augusta Victoria of : Germany, is reported unconscious at Doorn. In private telejrams receiv j ed here, it is declared that there is no ! hope for recovery and early death i" expected. CHAMP CLARK ILL Former Speaker of House Suffer? ing With Pleurisy Washington, Feb. 2e-?Some im? provement was noted today i~. the condition of Representative Champ Clark, w ho has been ill for two weeks. He li suffering from a general break? down, aggravated by pleurisy. TWO TAX LAWS CONTINUED Columbia, Feb. 25.?Tmd of tho im? portant state revenue bills, which have ' teen on the legislative calendars 'or i several weeks, have been "continueeV' 1 Irnich means they will not become I law at the present session. They are j the bill to provide a tax on incomes and the corporation excise tax bill. ! The inheritance tax and Rttsoline tax I bills are now with tho senate, having > passed the bouse. BATTLE IN IRELAND Masroom, Ireland, Feb. 2". -Fitly [auxiliary police wero ambushed near I here this morning by three hundred men. The ambushing party opened Are from the cover of rocks along the road, kiMing one policeman and wounding slv. The fight was still go? ing on at last reports. RED FLAG AT PARIS I?arls. Feb. I ft.?The red flag wus raised today over a big electrical ; works that ia under construction at Gennevlllers, just north at Paris, by workmen nho refused to ?mit the place in sp e of a lockout declared by the company. A large force of po? lice and a small detachment of troops Were called out to maintain order. PRESIDENT SIGNED WINSLOW BILL Washington, Feb. 26.?The presb drut signed the Wtnslow bill author jyog part payments to railroads ute ^revisions of transportation. )l TJ1IK?:<. Established Jan? %\ m%t. VOL. LH. NO. 4 HUNS CANNOT : EVADEPAYMENT 'French and Belgian Troops Will Invade Germany If Indem? nity Is Not Paid I London. P>b. 21 (By the Associat ? rt Press >.?On the virtual eve of the ?allied conference with the Hermans on reparations and disarmament [questions, the two principal allied military chiefs, .Marshal Foch of 1 Prance and Fie d .Marshal ?:r Ifenr.v . VVtUson, the British chief of staff. Spent the week-end by invitation with ILloyd George and Premier Brland of France in their seclusion at Chequers ICourt, the new country home of the I prime minister of England, I The purpose of the consultation ?was to reduce t<? definite form tho various proposals for the app.ication of military and economic press uro sufficient to change the mind of Ger? many, should her government refuso the reparations terms of the allies. While one aspect of the question is a dramatic warning to Germany that the Invasion of some parts of her territory may follow a refusal of compliance on her part, another is that the French government which would have to supply most of tho troops desires to be in a position to act suddenly should the moment re? quiring action arrive. The general plan considered, of Which many collateral features re? quire examination, is understood to provide for a northward movement by Belgian troops which would oc? cupy Doortmund, while the French would reocctipy Frankfort and pene? trate the country beyond to a con? siderable depth, possibly as far aa Munich, whila fleet would blockade the port of Hamburg. They declared , objects of these movements would be to enforce the military clauses of the treaty and secUre the disarmament of tho Pavarian einwohnerwehr. .The action taken wotfld thus be based not upon the disputed economic demands, but upon the violated arma? ment sections of the treaty. In these circumstances the allies, it is pointed out. would not have to wait until May 1, the data beforew hlch the al? lies roust inform Germany how much she must pay In reparations and after which Germany, under tlta treaty, may argue her case before the reparations .-ommiwdon. By basing their case upon the disarmament treaty, the sponsors of the plan argue. ' < . The German government has not been notified that the principal points on the program will be disarmament, the punishment of war criminals and reparatior Disarmament rosy be the first t hject to be taken up and Maj. Gen. Y^n Seecht. the German chief of staff and a member of the official delegation, Is coming to Lon? don to answer tho representations under this head. Among the forms of economic pres? sure which might be applied to Ger i many, now under discussion, is the 'setting up of a new custc frontier to separate occupied Gci any from the remainder of the pi re. One of the perplexities to u*e conferees brought out by this proposition 1? tho 'question as to what attitude tho American government would take and what instruction would he sent to Major General Allen who is both the military commander of the Amer? ican forces on the Rhine and chief commissioner for civil affairs in the . district. Paris, Feb. 27.? In an editorial to daj on tr.? pulvrt ofth> London eon ference ?'Ith the (b'rmans. beginning March I, Tt?c Temps declares that 'France, while fearless over tho pos? sible consequences of a rupture, sin j cerely desires that an agreement be reached with the Germane, Immediately opposite this editorial ? The Temps prints its comment on th" I army" r.o.'g?-t \oN-d by the French ? hamber yesterday. In wbjtejb tho j newspaper says: "Germany's attitude forcMI France, (for some time at least, to be ready i for any eventuality, which must be I met fearlessly. We must have an I army sfrong enough to cause the ) rights of France, as outlined by the ! treaty of Versailles, to be respected iSnd enforced. Germany, when she i HgYtrd the treaty, admitted defeat but todaj she is attempting dilatory tsetics. We must have) an army ; strong enough to malte Germany keep her promises and make good her word." j Berlin. Feb. 2 7.?The eight German delegates to the conference with the allies in I/ondon. headed by Foreign Minister Simons and accompanied by a staff of some 57 secretaries and clerks and a party of seven German newspaper men, left Berlin unosten? tatiously at noon today on a special train, en route to Kngland. Chancellor Fehrenbach and Dr. Simons both ap? peared to be in especially good spir? its, laughing and Joking as the pho? tographers snapped the farewell scene. GIFTS FOR VICE PRESIDENT Senators Give Going Away Me? mentos to Marshall Washington, Feb. ?8.?A large sllv* er loving cup, a gold eyeglcas case, and a box of cigars were given VI President Mn-shall today hu the so

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