The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 05, 1921, Image 4
CHAMP CLARK
't IS DEAD
Noted Democratic Lead?
er Passes at Washing?
ton This Afternoon.
Just 2 Days After
Retirement
Washington. March 2.?Chajsg
Clark dled hire at 2. It) this after?
noon within two days of retirement
from the house after :ti years' of ser?
vice.
Allies and Germans
Standing Far Apart
London. March I (By the Associat?
ed- Press).?When the German deh
gates faced the allPs> around the
table in Lancaster bona? today with
the object of coming to a final s- tllc
mrnt of the German indemnity a
glilff was revealed even wider than
any predictions had forecast. Ger?
man s counter proposa a fell so
abort of the allied program drawn
at Paris that the British prime min?
ister declared: "The German govern?
ment appears to have a complete
mhtrundfrstanding of the realities of
tht) position." and tersely adjourned
the conference after In Simons. Ger?
man foreign secretary." had presented
the document nod tried to advocate
ita reasonableness.
- The belief prevail* in allied camps
toOlght that the mg-?,tuitions have
ended and that the aides are on the
?Ve of action. Their reply is expected
te he An ultimatum, clear und imper?
ative
Th# following bulletin was issued
after u brief meeting of the heads of
the allied delegations this afternoon:
"It wai Cockled to consult the Judi?
cial and n Hilary advisers tomorrow
* th a view to informing the Ger
Sltn delegstes on Thursday as to the
measures the allies propose to take."
The worn "measures" and mention
ot Ollly th? Judicial and military ad
vlSer* are considered significant.
UY. aimois ottered what experts es?
timate Would amount to 2.500.000.000
Stund ft stei bog. of which Herman.*
$llms I.?OO.OOO.OOO pounds v rbn?
J airead) been paid in money and
tygllO*. This is coupled with tin
Billion* that uper Silesia remains
Irman aud that irco lonuneniul
?liegen idiall be rrstotad o Gor?
an y thro.ighout tin- world.
Compare 1 with this proffer, the
Itfes' term* ie?,ulred the payment'of
,310.060.<00 pounds sterling, and
\m lowest Germany was expected to
It forwsr I was something over 7.
,#00000 pounds sterling, of which
lormany tvnnts 100,000,000 pounds
IOfling in u foreign loan, in which
4hd proipnta ti to believe Amerlcu
Would cooperate.
An advance into Germany by the
allied armies is in no way assured
even if the allies feel obliged to give
an ultimatum. Economic pressure
. tt*y be attempted instead.
No supp>rt for the further use of
soldier* ha? developed in England,
atd if an advance movement Is un?
dertaken It will be a French and Hel?
gen measire. in which Great Rrltali
Will cooperate only from loyalty to
the allies. The KngllMi generally feel
that they Nave only a secondary in?
terest In the indemnity Question be?
cause they have gradually become re?
conciled tc the belief that thev will
gbt little o u of Qermany at the best.
Parts. March I.?Everything is In
readiness llong that part or the
flfclne held by the French for'a Jump
forward at a few hours notice should
two occasnm arise. lite tSSOCiated
Press was informed in official circles
this svenlsg. Plans have been going
01 for some days in antieipatlon of
day action which ml Tht make a for?
ward movement n.sary and, In the
words of n hieb ofth nil of tin war of?
fice, "Marnhal Porch has but lo sa>
the word."
The Gentian counter proposals crc
s ed nothing short of amasement In
Frsnch off rial and diplomatic circles,
a* well as sftiiong members of par
litmont. Advance information re?
garding the propositions to be sub
u it ted by Dr. gimons. the German
fI'reign minister, as received In Paris
was to the effect that the proposals
were more reasonable and might form
tlie basis Of discussion. The consen?
sus ef opinion this evening. howevi.
that io discussion was possible.
Golumhi i. March2 .?Gov. Cooper
ttday slgred the state-wide stock
Isw. I'res'ntw hen the act*was sign?
ed were tbre,. of the author* of the
bill. Hepr<scntatl\e" b.a-nett. K M.
1 * >OpSY an I Onn.m Itepr? s.aif at i\e
Jnekson, >f Rumter, wrts sick and
CSlUld not attend Senator-, i'Iii
U Often, ef i'eaufort and Touns ot
Charleston, were alJ*o present The
giln with which the act was signed
Was presented to t>r Lewis of ?\>
lagtbla. laipector for the I'nltcd
States burtau of animal industry Tin
stock Igw beeomes effective heeem
Ih r tl are penalties are Imposed for
violation. ft
To Reform Fish
? Industry of S. C.
Columbia March 2. - A complete
Investigation of the ttsh industiy in
Mouth Carolina, with a view to re?
forming Ihr IndustiN and Its regula?
tion, was vued hv the house of rep
reasntatlves Tuesday night, alien tin
lewer IrataMCSf r branch pa ?s< 1
n aglUllon sf^P Kepi esent.lt i\ e SlUUMi
hoff proVKltltg foi a commit' <? i.. In
eeotlgnt??' an I report to tin ls2J gen
oral assembly. A vote to kill tin
resolution uuh lost 2S to ti?h
Mew Yon. March I ?C un
dorwent his GUid operation toda> for
the removal of pus iroin the pbon ?
Mivlty. !pfryaKu?iis announced he
was resting aatnfortatdy.
gup pose doctors will have th< m i ?
t< tell us tnatt his talking sickness
is g nea disease.?Arkansas Gasette.
Treasury File
Goes To Senate
Secretary Houston Will Follow
Wishes of Senate as Expresseil
in Resolution
?Washington. March I .?Treasury
oflfcclalo were preparing tonight to
turn over to the senate Judiciary com?
mittee several tons of documents re?
lating to tic government's foreign
plann The documents will be sub?
mitted In accordance with a resolu?
tion adopted by the committee loduj
directing Secretary Houston to pro?
duce all loan correspondence.
The resolution was adopted by ihe
judiciary committee at a heated ses?
sion, al which Senator Reed, Demo?
crat, Missouri, its author, declared
ihat Becreten Houston should be
"cited for contempt" for failure to
produce the requested documents,
While it merely "directed" the treas?
ury head to produce the correspond?
ence, oommltteemen declared it
amounted t?> "aubpocna duces tocum"
.md noncompllahee would r nder Mr.
Houston llabh to contempt proceed?
ings before the bar of the senate.
Treasury officials on being Informed
of the adopttcn of the resolution at
tirst declined to say w hat steps would
ite taken, hut after the regular Week?
ly cabinet meeting, it was announced
i>y Assistant Secretary Kelly of tin
treasury that the documents would
be submitted. Request had orevlouslj
been made by the committee for tin
Idocuments, but Becretury Houston
Ihad informell Chairman Nelson that
|a portion of the correspond* neu bad
been referred to Secretary Colby ol
[the state department for determina?
tion us to Whether it could be sub?
mitted Without affecting the pub1l<
interest.
Assistant Secretary Kelly, W'.HJ
i spoke in the absence of Been t if)
Hom ton from the treasury, S'lid t"
night that all tin foreign loan data
the possession of the dcpUl'tlin a
would be submitted to the commit o.
REPUBLICAN MA
CHINE ORGANIZED
Washington. Feb. 88. - Speaker
lYedertck H. Uillctt ol tin house ot
representatives was reuominated
without opposition tonight by lle
j publicans of the house to serve as
presiding officer during the 67th con?
gress, which will meet in i-xtruordi
nnry session early In April.
Representntlve Krank w. Mondell
of Wyoming. Republican leader, also
was named to succ< cd him.
The neu house will ,?!? ct a speaker
but as the oholce of Republicans will
have a majority ol over three to one,
Hpeokcr Glllett'l nomination was
equivalent to election.
Other nominations Included w
j Tyler Cage of Maryland clerk of tin
[house; Joseph Rogers, Pennsylvania
1 sergl ant-nt-arms ; I b i t M ? Kennedy
I Michigan., doorkeeper, and Frank
[.Collier, Wisconsin postmaster.
I There was a Spirited contest foi
I chaplain live candidates being plac d
bi nomination. Dt, .Janus S. Mont
gomery, a native of Mt. Carilicl, Ind.
ami pastor of i'alvary Methodist
church, Washington, w on on the lirsi
ballot.
The one big fight of the conference
was over the proposal t(? Increase th<
sijn of the steering committee whldi
Outlines the paity polity and decide:
what legislation shall' and shall not
he given privileged status.
A motion by Representative Mann
Illinois, to Incrense the roembcrshii
from live to seven finally Win
adopted.
The steering committee will bi
named by the committee on commit'
t? es which also will elect a whip.
After gome debate a motion h\
Representative Uegg, Ohio, for ap?
pointment of a committee to luvest!?
gate ami report on the advisuhilit>
of abandoning the recently adopt .1
Iappropriation system by which ail
I appropriation legislation was con?
centrated In the appropriations c>m
mlttes was voted down decisively.
The committee on committees
comprising one member from ever)
state with Republican representation
was appointed.
! Orangeburg Man
Shoots Neighbor
Orangeburg, March i.~ Lei lei
Qnrrlcki a white farmer ol the Cope
section of Orangeburg county, wa.*
lodged in the Urangebur? county jail
tonight on a charge of shooting und
seriously woupdlng Carl Henry, an?
other white farmer of that section,
It is alleged that on last Saturdav
afternoon at Oarrlck's place, Qarrlck,
Henry and others were gathered and
sdme drinking was going on, and
that the parties were friendly; that
darrtet said to Henry, "I am Rolua
to shoot you," and Henry, Inking him
at his word, Started to run off, and
Clnrrlck did ahool him ai very close
I raiiffe, even wads from the gun shell
Koinu. Into tin- bod) of Henry. The
condition of Henry Is precarious and
blood poisoning is expected, derrick
will be held without ball pending ihe
result of Henry's condition.
London, March I.? Herman cus?
toms receipts in oocuplcd territory
would he taken over us the tirs( *| t>
(in foiling payment uf Germany's ob
HgntlOnS, should 1 hat prove n ?
sary. under plans being drawn by the
committee of the supremo council,
There nre no Indications that the al
! lied powers intend t.. occupy addn
Mount Oerinnn terrltorj at presem
appears In tin- InstructtonH u ven 1?)
t is eoininittee framing u reply to the
German reparations proposal.
Washington, March I, a t. Heart
I a national cnmmittccmnn from Ken
tuck, announced he was not a can?
didate to succeed Hays as chairman
of the nation.il committee
tyohshington, March 2.? The house
ludlclan committee held Judge Len
di*' acceptance of the position of
I uteball arbiiraloi as a Serious im?
propriety, and recommended Inves?
tigation by Ihe peat copgr< SB
Council of League
To Forward Reply
Terms of Reply to Note Prom
United States Agreed on at
Parti
Paris, Kelt, 28.- Tho council of the
league Ol nations this afternoon de?
cided on thu terms of the r? ? v
ivhIch is to be nindc to the note of
tho United States government con
earning mandates, The reply will
no| be finally ;i l?l?>*<>v ? U Ulltll tomor?
row morning and it probably will be
handed to Ambassador Wallace sam<
time tinting the day. Until a suth
elent time has elapsed for the noto
to bo delivered to tin- state depart?
ment at Washington no announce?
ment will i?o forthcoming here con
ccrnlng its contents.
Tin* council spont tho greater part
of today in discussing details re?
garding the free city oC Danslg.
F0RDNEY BILL
UP TO PRESIDENT
Emergency Tariff Measure Fin?
ally Passed by Senate
Washington, l?Vb, 28.?Congres?
sional notion on tho Kordncy emer?
gency tariff hill was completed by tho
senate today ami tho fate of the
medsure, design* <i to defeat the slump
in farm commodity prices now rests
w it h Prcshh nt Wilson.
I The si im ? action, which w as to
[approve th ? r< port of it* conference
I committee, w as by a vote of I :< to "ti.
? Steven Democrats pulled away from
their party position ami supported
'ho MM while lour Itepublicans voted
against the measure. The house
idepted the conference report Batur
lay by a vote of go.l to 127. Kup
porters of tie- hill turned to watch,
I for tin- next move at tin- White
House. Senator Underwood, Alaha
I ma, minority leader in the senate,
I reOently stated he had ussuranees that
the president would withhold his sig
nature.
) Due to the termination <o" this con?
gress within less than ten days, the
president either can veto tho hill anil
st ud it bach with his reasons for do
Isg so or In- can sltifply destroy it by
a pocket veto which would give no
opportunity for congress to attempt
to override his wishes. i-'inul votes
on tho measure, it*; opponents de?
clared, showed slight possil i Ity of Ilm
necessary two-thirds majority being
given either in the house or senate
I for overriding a veto,
Democratic senators made a (lnal
Iassault on tie- bin when tho report
I of tho oonforcnee committee a'ns
ItaUtn up todu) and tor II Vu hours
drove at what they described as the
i 11 i?111 i 1 ies of t he 1. gislitl Ion, AI
though only two voices were raised
in defense of the bill and they for
only a few minutes, the argument un?
loosened by tin- Democrats availed
not hing;
II signed by the president, the law
would be Immediately effective and
WOUld remain in force for t 11
months, although Republican leaders
plan to supplant it in the mean?
while ?ither with a second tariff
measure or u permanent law. These
matters) however, are reserved for
the c\11 a st sslon.
Dr. l eague lllcs Smitten!)',
AIU< n, Feb. -7- 1 ?r. lu njamin
Hammott Teague, for years one of
most prominent dint.sis in the state,
died lure suddenly this afternoon.
He Was taken ill at church, but it
was not known that his condition was
prenrlous, tin announcement of his
death shocking the community, lie
v. us in his sei t at ies.
In. Teagui Is surlvved by his wi?
dow and two daughters, Mrs. 13m
mons s. Welch, of Charleston, und
Miss Elisabeth TengUe, of Ail.on. .Mr.
and Mm, Well h were at once noti?
fied and will arrive lure early to?
morrow morning.
Kor more than eight years Dr.
Teague was the commanding officer
for tie Houth Parolina division of the
United Confederate Veterans. lie
had been interested in the veteran's
affairs for many years, lie had served
with distinction in the Southern
army.
Mis interest in his alma mater, the
Citadel, was re Veil I od hi his gill of
Ihe Sta.- of the West medal, awarded
?ach year to the lust drilled cadet in
the battalion. Th wooden star on
this medal is made from a piece of
wood from the huh of the steamship
Star of tie \\'?st which the Citadel
eidcts competed to turn back when
II tried to deliver supplies and pro
[visions to ihe liclenguorcd Union gar
Irison in Kort Kumter at the beginn?
ing of the War Between the States.
The name of oath winner is engraved
on i he h u?s. w it h t he datu of t he
< ouiept it Ive drills,
Columbia, Mureh 2.? The house of
i ? i ? 11 so nta 11\ i h today reversed Its vote
of yesterday in favor of representa?
tive Brown's bill to exempt Barn well
und other counties from the provis?
iMns of the act requiring veterinar?
ians to stand examinations, and \>v a
vote ol :?'. to 30 recommitted the bill,
ailleli neans no action will be i:ik
en this year, The house also killed
Representative Seller s 1 il! to abolish
all state scholarships, Representa?
tive Scarborough's motion tu kill the
I bill w a ? i'ii i-i'h il IT to 20.
Wat hingl on, Mai i h * lb pilbli
can im min r? ?>! ih< house ways and
nu a us commii i< ? dei ai d tu Beck an
Intervieii with I 'resident -elect I ? 11 d -
Ing soon att.-; ihe inauguration,
?'haii man Kord lies said, to discuss
t triff and revenue legi lution a*Ith
the president before the committct
maps out its policy, Hints that a
statement h> Mr. Hauling might
serve to solidify the majority ment?
is rs of the committee who are known
not to be in full accord,
Washington, March J. it Is under*
[stood that lit ,n Admiral GraySOll w ill
be permitted to continue as phvsl
elan to President Wilson after the
presjlUent leaves' otHco.
Dial Offers Bill
To Restrict Judges
South Carolina Senator Would
Make Holding Two Jobs by
Jurists Misdemeanor
Washington, ]?'< i>. n\.?Be tin tor
Dial, of South Carolina, today Intro-1
rttiecd ii hill making it a high misde?
meanor for n red oral J\idge t<? accent
other than his judicial employment.
Teh hill Is another blow at Judge
l.audi--. of Chicago, who In addition,
to serving ihe government on the.
bench, serves n so as arbiter of or
gau igod baseball.
Decause sometime ago Judge Lan
dls re/used to sentence a youthful
embezzler because his sulurj wast
modest, Senator i'iaf argued before
I the BcnMc l!::it lt.- should he lm
Ipench d. it Is understood thai the
attorney general rendered an opinion
to Senator Dial that Impeachment 1
, proceedings on sueh grounds could
j not ? c pi "|?? ; , brought,
i Hhould Ihe bill introduced today
' prevail, I owever, it would be pos
Inil !'? for impeachment proceedings to
I in brought against Land is, Should
it prevail, I undis will of course r ??
j :?Jgn either the one or the other of
I his j?dis.
Panama Makes
Defense Move
I l*anamn, March I (lly the Asho
[(dated Prosa). An extraordinary ses
! siou of the assembly was hold this
afternoon, wh< 11 the following na
I tional defense measures were pro
ipoyed: An appropriation of {50,000
I for t!: ? purport Ol arms and amiltU
Inltion; authorisation to the president
to raise end c?|Uip an army up to the
Istrength the president mas deem nec
I canary; authorization i>>>- the llotptbui
'jiif tin international loan to the
amount of IfiOO.OOn, secured bj th
proceeds of the national lottery.
J The measures were sent to the
I committee with the ixpectatlon of u
I favorable report tomorrow, with lin
| mediate llnal aeti n by the assembly.
a presbh nlial w.< - age was reel
describing < \? nts since ihe taking of
territory near Ihe I'acilic frontier on
February ?1 by Costa Klean forces
and the expulsion and capture of the
Phvnd ts fhrough p..bee measures.
The presldenl mnd< no mention of a
dcci.i rat i?? 11 of w a r,
i a cablegram addressed to Ihe as?
sembly from iJeputy Kruuelaoo Arias,
I louder of the party opposing Presi?
dent Porass, who is representiug the
assembly at Washing! ui at the In?
auguration of Preshh nt Harding, ex?
pressed confidence, i.?.i l all the mem
i.er- of the opposition would support
ihe administration in the present
crisis. Tlie capital remains quiet,
with no news of the d< vclopnp nts in
the frontier situation,
TWO BILLS ARB
KILLED IN SENATE
Columbia, March -'. -The two bills
fathered by Hi - South Carolina ?''it
ten ussoelutii n \.-ie continued to
ncxl year by the senate, without on
position Tuesday night. One of He?
idi's would create the cotton market?
ing bureau, with grodul's employed
for the proper..grading of all cotton
sold In the state. The oth< would re
I quire that the I'nited States cotton
I standards be used al all limes in this
state.
? Mi motion of Senator Alan John
ston, of New berry, chairman < the
agricultural committee, the unfavor?
able report of the ngrhulttirul com?
mittee Was adopt, d. Senate;' John?
ston suggested that the two bills
she.ild be Incorporated In one and
introduced as u substitute measure
in xt yes r. The light for I he bills
has been strenuous and it will be re?
newed next >ear.
King Nicholas
Claimed By Death
Antibes, Prance, March 1.?-King
Nicholas of Montenegro died here to
day.
The queen of Italy, daughter of
Nicholas, has been advised of the
death of her father and she and King
Victor Knuiiunuel are expected to
come here for t h< funeral.
Nicholas I. of Montenegro was born
in October, l ^ 11. lie was proclaimed
prince of Mop;, nemo as successor to
his uhcle, Danielo 1 In I860 aucl as?
sumed th< ih'e of king under a reso?
lution udopted unanimously by tin
national skupshtlnu in 1010 on the
occasion of the 50th anniversary of
his accession.
During the late war Montenegro
participated on the sale of the allies.
\\ b en the nrmistice w as signed the
Serbians ordered elections for ihe nu
ional a-s< mhl> and when tho uhm m
bly met In l ? I 8 it declared itself in
favor of deposition of Nicholas and
ihe reigning dyna.sly, Shcrtly nftcr
?\ ai d i he assembly \ ot< d for the
union of Montenegro with the Jugo
S'. \ sta;e of ih" kingdom of the
Serbs, <'i< .os and Slov? ncs, Niel, d.i
and his cibinel since thai time have
been ,u I'Ynnce und final decision a
to the status of Montenegro lies will'
i he peace ronfererce
i Abbot III?., I b. Nino bids were
? ii hi. for t In- $ I a,i. Abb? llle
count) road bond when the coin mi
lion met today. The successful bid?
ders w ere Weil Koop u ml Co., I It '< d,
Klliolt and Harrison of Clminnati,
and \l< renn I lie Ti usl t 'o., of St.
Lou la, who made a join I bid. The
price paid Is i i r plus :i pr. milllll of
|350, the commission to pay e\penscH
amount um t" > I, I I.V The bonds are
dated Januar) I, 1021, bearing pei
cent. Interest and ran for 110 years.
Washington, March -President
Wilson announced In would resume
the practice- n%f law in partnership
with Cambridge ?'oh.\. r. iiuim sec?
retary i i state The ? in ^il| main
lain ofllces In New Yol'1v am
inglon.
CUT ACREAGE 1
OR GO BROKE
Farmers Will Ruin I
Themselves and Bank?
rupt the South If
They Plant Full j
Crop of Cotton
11
' olumbia, March ?Executive L
cofuiiiittceB or various organisations*
meeting yesterday at the Jefferson
hot- :, wen! on record as favoring a I]
reduction in cotton acreage, accord- J
ing io the Memphis plan, and also \
adopted a resolution culling noun the
bankers of the state to meet in Co? j
luml ia at an early date ami discuss I
tho agricultural situation and outline]
plans for meeting it. The appoint-1
liient of the committee to inform the j
executive committee of the South
Carolina Danker*' association was left
in tiio nands of Itrighl Williamson of
Darlington. The committees meet?
ing together yesterday were those of j
the South Carolina division ol the
cotton association, tin- bankers' as
sociatlon, commercial secretaries' us- |
sociutlon, the development board, th<
press association and tin- automotive j
: rude assoclat ion.
The meeting was characterised by
I'Oiunu in on tho outlook tor the fa
j lure of t'ais stat. . gloomy forecasts I
I being ma l" as to fUtU e conditions
I unless the farmers of South Carolina
reduce their acreage sharply and
raise more fond crops, for which some
system of marketing must Isb pro
I ?
vided. "\\o can not exaggerate the
seriousness of tho situation facing
the south," said It. 1. Manning, presi?
dent of the American Products Ex
I port and Import corporation. "All
who hu ? o t !i wi Ifare of t he
I South ai heart should insist on
1 acreage reduction. I f the banks
j should change their policy and
' call for cotton to bo sold, it is Im
I possible to say to w hat point it would
I d* >v< ml in price. The i ext 60 days. I
believe, will lei the tale; if cotton I*
j sold in an. quantity, the farmers will
j net be bale to settle their obliga
! lions with bankers and merchants
If they hold on to their cotton, they
? will lilo ly be able to settle their
I obligations. If cotton Is sold. it
tu? ai h thill more will be plant' J. if
j il i- le id i he ae;-. ago will be re
! lue? d."
Tht banker, the land ow nor, the
share cropper and the lion merchant
and tic- part limy have, to play in
acreage reduction a*ere discussed ut
I ngth, it being finally brought out
j by ,), r. Stribling of Oconee county
that acreage reduction is pureti a
I timiiicial ijuestlon. "If the banker
I furnishes the money, the cotton w ill
be planted,'' aid Mr. Stribling. "if
he refuses the money, the farmer
can't adaat cotton/'
T. r. Stack house of Columbia held
; hat the bunker was helpless, Baying
I that the banks In New York w ould
call on the banks in this state for
loans, and that the hunks in turn
would be fore**d to call on the pro?
ducers, lie held it was up to the
j laud ow m is to bring about the re?
duction. The lankers in .New York,
j w ho have dorn- all that th outhern
I farmer has a right to expect, will
show preference to the farmer who
cuts his acreage fill per cent., he said.
If the Indications are that the far in -
j < i s are gain*;- to plant a full crop
again Ihis year, then Cm bankers
will call for 'heir loans, a'hictl will
I force the selling of cotton now being
held, he argm d.
Mr. Btackhouse said the t? xtilo
manufacturing plants have their
wait houses full of manufactured
products; that there Is no demand for
I their goods; lliat many of them have
I closed down, and that others arc run
| ntng oll pan lime, and that it would
be folly for the farmer to -row a
full crop under present conditions.
The state would be better off, he said,
ii no coiion wi re grown.
'rie- lien men ham was discussed at
length and the land owner, too, was
mentioned, though it was finally
agreed that the hanker holds the
keys in his hands, hence tho rcsolu
I tion to have the bankers moot in ro
I lumhia and discuss plans for reduc
: ing acreage.
Covernor Cooper made the opening
1 iddress at the meeting, saying thai It
j would in little less than criminal fot
the state to produce as much cotton
this year as it did iavt. Bright Wil?
liamson of Darlington presided after
(iovenior Cooper had retired. Among
the* speakers were: It. C. llamer of
the Siate Cotton association, 11. I.
Manning of the export corporation,
). S. Wannaniaker of the American
Coltotl association. T. U. StackhoUSO
of ike Standard Warehouse com?
pany, J. il. Claffey of Drangeburg,
llaiaie Jordan of Montieello, Da.; A.
I'.. .Ionian of Dillon of the State
Press association, A. It, Uibbcs of
'ho automotive association, W. W.
Long of Clemson college, Ik Harris,
commissioner of agriculture; .1. P.
Stribling of iieoiiee and several oth*
? rs.
J. S. Waunamuker of the American
Cid ton association, in stressing the
importance of r duct ion, su id that
win ii fa rim rn were asked to cut llieii
cotton lands something eis*? must is
aiggi sied lo lake hs place,
II, : .ud a i hi oi .ftild plan should Is
ii anged. Th< lirst will call for iu*re
nge reduction; the second for the es
tablishniviil of mail-its for other
crops; the third Is for the legislature
ii> ihroa protection around the cot?
ton crop, \11. Wannamaker had sir;
gt'Stions for putting these plans Int i
effect, and 11in plans ivcre adopted In
lot o ' \ I be m< cling.
Aft) ;? expri ssing itself as favoring
th ? plan oi bavins but one-third of
the cultivated land In cotton and call
in.-, on the lainkers lo meet and fur
her consider the situation the meet?
ing adjourned,
Washington, March o.- -The South
?ni Commercial Coiigroas in session
ore preSi nted to the war depart
mmmuL tod,
oday a paintiiu. ol the laie
t e in ral
abating
d?tfc;i
WILLIAMS QUIT
HB OFFICE
ii Letter to President
John Skelton Williams
Expresses Opinion
of Senate
Washington, March l.- .lohn skei
'ii Williams retired tijiiight as i ini|i
roller of the currency, in accepting
? is resignation "with deep and genn
ine reluctance," President Wilson
vrote Mr. Williams'that he had bcon
lone a "gioss injustice" by tin- way
n a*hieb the senate banking commit*
tee had handled the question of his
recontirmation.
? j can only believe, however/' seed
the president, "that time will disclose
the Injustice to everybody ami that
the right verdict will be rendered by
opinion If not by one of the houses
of congress.
"1 have l ad the pleasure upon more
than one occasion of expressing to
you the approval, not only, hut the
admiration with which 1 have follow?
ed tin- administration of your office.
You ?an carry away with you into
private lif? 'he satisfaction of hav
ing performed the dutns of comp?
troller of the currency In a way which,
has redounded not only to the credit
of this administration hut to the ma
lerial benefit of tie- financial interests
of t h?. country."
Tin- president was writing in re
; 1> to a letter Iro n Mr. Williams oil
February tendering his resigna?
tion, effective tonight ..nd in which
he took a part ins shot at some of his
critics in congress. The retiring'
comptroller e ha need that "certain
Rena tors who had the power to bring
uis nomination before the senate had
dodged and evaded i.unoniinously."
Mr. Williams alt ? wrote thai since
in "the expressed opposition" to his
j continuation and prolonged hearings
ix ine two Senat?- laut king com mit?
tees virtually had pui him. "by Im?
plication," under charges he bad felt
that be \-.as "entitled a a verdict***
I iia.e urged and pleaded in vain,"
ihe said, "discussion in the open sen?
ate or executive session of any ob.iec
Ition to my confirmation. My infor
[ mat ion is that Senator McLean of
Connecticut, chairman of the banking
and curency com mil tee j refused to
report my case bocaus< be promised ?i
[certain p:?***iaan politician not a mein?
i her of the senate that he would not
I report it.
; "I'nfortunately, i was compelled to
put into th ? record of the hearings
I an incident seriously involving the
vcrncit' of ihe man whose favor Sen?
ator McLean sought to'obtain at ihn
cost of Justice and lair dialing. I am
;informed, however, that the person to
I whom the promise was made recent*
I ly consented to release Senator Mc
11.4 an from the obligation referred to
j but tic Kcnaior refused t4? submit
iin* matter 4.1 my confirmation to a
senate containing a majority of hie
>w n part J .
?*! am compelled to conclude that
this senator lacks both tin- moral
ami mental caliber to uphold the du?
lies an I dignities Ol Iiis office, and
?that tin- consideration due to those*
as well as t!-.- most sacred political
ami |M*i*sonal purposes."
Mr. iVil?ams said the wide publi?
cation 4uf a statement that tin- bank?
ing < ommittce reported against his
iiom{nation was "false*' und that ho
would have "welcomed such a report
if it had resulted in securing for me
1 bearing la fore the senate or the
public;"
He added that "if there was a will
to make it. tin- nerve was lacking."
Tin- retiring comptroller told the
president that his resignation "Under
tin- circumstances and before oxuira
: "ii of to tinn- 1 might have oeeu
pied this office under my present ten*
ure, and p tiding action by the senate
<>n my nomination "required him to
present this very brief compilation of
the facts and of the reason for mg
action."
Tin- preside at in reply said he had
read . ib. "Liter with ihe greatest
symiMtthy."
Mr. Williams Is returning to his
home in itichmond to become (hair
man of the board of directors Of the
Itichmond Trust company. The rettr
Ing comptroller first came prominent?
ly before the country In ISIS when
ihe ?iggs National Pank 4?!' Wash?
ington, I >. C, sough! temporary and
permanent Injunctions to prevent him
from muking what tic bank ebarged
were unlawful demands for special
re|H>rts of carious kinds. The bank
alleged that Mr. Williams and the
then secretary of the treasury, Wil?
liam (5. Mr.\.loo. had combined and
cotifpircd to wreck the bank.
Since that linn Mr. Williams has
' ? en engaged in a number of con*
Lrov? rail h with various banksand In?
dividuals, incliiding X? w l*ork banks,
which be accused of charging usurl*
0u1 ?...!<-? of interest, the New York
stock exchange. Itepresentative Mc
Kadden of Pennsylvania, who unsuc?
cessfully soiiuht to obtain an Injunc?
tion in Pennsylvania restraining tho
comptroller from making persistent
demands on the rust National .bank
of Canton lor Ktiitemeiits of its con
? lit ion.
Thomas P. Kan , first deputy
comptroller of the currency, will act
as comptroller until Mr, Williams*
sin ? - ssor lias Ikhmi apimlnted by
I sab III Ma I d i||g.
Mr. Williams' term of office would
have ended automatically with the
close of tie- Wilson administration.
Kr day.
Orange, \ a . March It. A posse
ailh bloodhounds is trailing hve^ of
he seven negro convicts who n\
? I a rifle from Cuard W. 10. si
iear Madison Mills and killed li
Washington, March J.?? Cm
exposition to Cie naval appropre]
dl! r.i si d ! la prospect ? of
light session of the sen&td
ei tain the u>f?. at of a ma:
? gi.-dat ion. Wh? n con-' r? i
od a > for tloBpat
v -sjxl h ? on