The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 14, 1922, Image 1
THE SVMTEIt WATC1DIAX, Esti
CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,1
LAST CHAPTER
OF NEWBERRY
BRIBE SCANDAL
Senator From Michi
* gan, Whose Election
Was Bought With
Thousands of Dol
lars, Makes State
ment in Senate
Washington, Jan. 9.?Standing
at his place in the senate and
speaking publicly for the first time
in his o\vn defense. Senator Tro
nin H. Newberry of . Michigan de
clared today that with God/"as his
witness he, was not to this hour
conscious of a single act?unlawful.;
dishonorable or corrupt?in his]
campaign against Henry Ford in
191S.
For exactly half an hour Mr. I
Newberry, with the eyes of his col- j
leagues upon him, read a prepar- j
ed speech without interruption. And j
Iben when he had concluded for!
half an hour more he was subject
ed to a cross-examination at the I
hands of Senator Walsh of Mon-]
tanc a Democratic member of. the
committee, which in a minority
report held he was not entitled to
his seat.
How Senator Newberry came
through the trying ordeaf was
viewed for the most part through
partisan eyes. There appeared to
be no doubt that bis Republican
friends were jubilant. They rushed
toward him as he edged his way
from the crowded chamber offer
ing congratulations. Many Demo
crats later asserted that Senator
Williams of Mississippi had about
expressed their view when . he.
characterized the t Michigan sena
tor's defense as "full evasion." .
Senator .Newberry walked into
the senate today five minutes be
fore the opening 'prayer, and then
went to the cloak room, where he
remained until within five "minutes
of the conclusion1 of . a speech by
Senator Trammell (Democrat) of
Florida, who was proclaiming
against his right to be there. And;
as he went out, with a rush of sen
ators around him,.he scarcely heard
the opening sentences of another
speech in his defense.
. Unaccustomed to...public speak*
IrtgT Senator Newberry read clearly
and distinctly, first announcing
that he wouid not longer remain
silent, and that he would not suf
fer interruptions but would gladly
yield for questions when he had
reaehed the end of his statement.
There had been intimations that
he would be the center of a hot
fire of questions but only Senator
Walsh interrogated him after he
had read his speech, and the in
quiry related strictly and speci
fically to certain features of the
evidence as adduced at his trial and
before a senate committee.
Almost *.t the outset Senator
Walsh wanttU to know why a state
ment like that just given to the sen
ate had not been made before.
"I did not appear on the stand
at the Grand Jtapids trial because I
was what the lawyers might caL' a
good xrHent," said Senator New
berry.
"I followed the advice of the law
yem in charge of the case, who said
I had no information to give," he
continued. "I did not volunteer be
fore the senate committee for the
reasons I have stated." Then
pressed as to why he had not made,
a similar statement in response to
a* letter from his state. Senator
Newberry shot back that he saw
no reason why he should encour
age his political critics in their ef
forts to defeat him.
The cross-examination ended ab
ruptly within a minute of the hour
allotted Senator Newberry Under
the rules. Once he asked the
privilege of being permitted to sit
down, but a moment later was on
his feet again, and. answering Sen
ator Walsh, told him to go ahead
and shoot.
Friends of the senator claimed
tonight that his speech had made a
"fine impression" and that two or
three Republicans classed as
doubtful were ready to1 vote to seat
him. The vote may be taken Wed
nesday.
Defending Senator >'owbcrry,
Senator Sterling of South Dakota,
declared the former had directed
vhat no campaign attack be made j
on Mr. Ford, and that the expen- !
diturc of large sums for advertis
ing was necessary "against a for- |
midable opponent who was tlior- I
oughly advertised."
There was a dramatic turn when j
?Senator Williams (Democrat) of I
Mississippi, swinging on his heel |
and facing half a dozen of his col- j
leagues, asked if they believed the j
Nefvbcrry statement, filed with tin- j
senate, in which Mr. Newbt-rry said i
Ik; had no knowledge of contri- i
butions and expenses beyond the
figure named.
"Js there in the sound of my |
v^ice one senator who believes it ?" ]
Senator Williams asked. "It is a j
horrible thing to accuse a gentle
man of perjury. Do you believe it? |
You know it is as false as hell." |
"As God is nay witness, I am not I
to this day and hour conscious of j
having done, in connection with .
either the primary campaign or the j
general election of 1918 in the state |
of Michigan." said Senator New- j
berry, "a single act that was. or is. I
in any way. unlawful, dishonorable
or rorrupt. and this I say to the
.senate of the United States., with - i
iblisbed April, 1830.
881._
GREAT BRITAIN
WILL DEFEND
FRENCH SOIL
Anglo-French Treaty
Declares That Eng
land Makes Security
of France a Problem
of Her Own
j Cannes, Jan. 11.?The British
memorandum of the proposed An
i jrlo-Freneh pact declares that Great
Britain makes the security of
France a problem of her own and
she will be ready again to throw
l in her forces if French soil is at
I tacked.
Saw No Lynch
I ings in France
I i -
Washington. Jan. 11? Dr. H. E.
I Ross, of Danville. 111., battalion
[surgeon with the sixteenth infantry
j during the war. declared before the
j senate committee that he saw no
I lynching of soldiers at Gondre
[ court. France, and never heard of
any hangings in that locality.
Marvin J. Menefee. of Luray, Ya.,
said he was with Major Opie in the
Argonne and never heard charges
that Opie shot any men. '
out reservation or qualification."
I "I can not 'remain silent any
j longer during the consideration of
[ my right to represent the state of
t Michigan as one of its senators."
he said. "I did not volunteer to ap
pear before the committee of the
senate which took testimony in this
matter because I really had no in
formation that would assist in the
investigation'of the charges filed by
my opponent? It seems to me that
the time has come to speak, be
cause my silence might be misun
derstood by my friends.
"On the sixth day of June. 1917,
I was commissioned a lieutenant
commander in the United States
navy, and on July 23, 1917, I was
j assigned to .the Third naval dis
trict with headquarters in the
Brooklyn navy yard. I immcdiate
[ ly took up my duties there.-and
from that day, July 23, 1917, until
after the singing of the armistice.
November 11, 1918. I was never in
Michigan a single lioui\ ... The
primary election and the general
election of 1918 occurred during
my absence from the state of Mich
igan.
* "F3ul H. King was induced to ac
cept the active management of the
campaign. The selection of Mr.
King did not originate with me. It
was not in ary way arranged by
me. I knew Mr. King but slightly.
My last contact with him had been
in 1912 when we were political
opponents. - - .
"In my judgment Paul King is a
man of the. highest character and
sterling integrity and when he had
j been selected as manager of the
I senatorial campaign in Michigan,
which was done without the slight
est knowledge" on my part, he in
I sisted that before he would even
j accept, much less undertake to en
| ter upon the work of the campaign,
j he should and must learYi for him
self, because of our differences in
1912. whether or not his manage
ment of the senatorial campaign
' would be entirely acceptable to me.
"He came to Xew York and we
j.had a brief interview there. We
j did not discuss, even indirectly, a
! single detail of the campaign. I re
; call that during the conversation
j we had at that time. Mr. King, in
answer to a question as to how
j much it had cost the friends of
J Senator Townsend, whose cam
pagn Mr. King had managed, said
j it had cost approximately $20,000,
and added that, in view of the
situation then existing in Michi
gan, he thought, it would cost my
friends approximately $50.000 to
make a comprehensive and success
ful campaign. This is the only
amount ?f money which, directly
or indirectly. I ever heard men
tioned in connection with the sen
atorial campaign in Michigan un
til after the primary lelection and
the report of the committee was
filed.
"I did not solicit or expend, di
rectly or indirectly, one single dol
lar in the campaign for senator in
Michigan in Jinx, nor did I know
I of the contributions made until af
! ter wards.
? "The form of report furnished by
the senate under the act of congress
j then supposed to be in force (but
which has since been declared to !>e
j void) called for a full, correct and
itemized statement under oath, of
all campaign contributions, names
i of contrlubtors, all expenditures
and the purposes for which tin- ex
penditures were mad* .
"I had not tin- knowledge re
quired to make sue]) a verified re
port: Had my affidavit so stated
this fact, all criticism would have
bee?) avoided. I made tie- state
ment in the f<?rm it was made in,
without consultation with any one.
and n was literally true. I had
taken no active part in the cam
paign. I had not even been in
Michigan. I had neither received
nor expended any funds and had
no persona! knowledge to enable
in.- to make tin- report called for.
"'In my statement filed with the
secretary <?! the senate 1 did call
attention to the report of the cam
paign committee of Detroit, which
report, as called for by the Mich
igan laws, includes a full statement
ate
Be Just and Fear ?
CABINET CRISIS
DEVELOPING
IN FRANCE!
I Premier Briand Has
tens to Paris For
j the Purpose of De
manding That the
Chamber Support or
Reject Him
Cannes, Jan. 11. ? Premier
Briand is going: immediately to Par
is to inform the French cabinet
of the status of negotiations here
and to meet criticisms and demand
that the chamber ? of deputies
either support or reject him.
Germany Makes
j Poor Mouth
I . -*
j Berlin, Jan. 0. (By the Associated
? Press).?Writing in The Tagblatt
J today regarding the deliberations of
I the allies at Cannes on the rcpara
; tions question. Dr. Bernhardt Dern
1 berg declares none of the entente
nations would be able to pay Ger
many's debt, and that a brief post
ponement would not solve the
problem which will be settled only
when the time is sufficiently ex
tended to allow German:' actually
; to raise the necessary cash without
j the use of artificial means,
j "Not one of the victorious na
| tions could stand up under Ger
! many's burden," he said.
{Rules For
Highway Fund
-
} Washington. Jan. 11.?Secretary
J Wallace is considering the draft of
j rules and regulations for the ad
ministration of the seventy-five mil
lion dollar federal highway fund.
jFive Power Treaty
in Final Phase
i -
! Washington, Jan. 11.?The dele
| gat ion heads 'of the five powers to
jtday continued the discussion of the
naval limitation treaty while the full
naval committee was called to( meet
to go over the completed sections
of the pact.
-. ? + ?
j Noga!es Ariona. Jan. 11.?Dine
j riders of the United States customs
i service have been notified to watch
j for bandits who are reported to be
j committing depredationes south of
here.
' of receipts and disbursements as.
j reported by the treasurer of that
j committee.
"After our interview in New
I York, Air. King went back to Mich
j igan and prosecuted a campaign,
j conducting it entirely in his own
j way. He managed a campaign of
j publicity and organization which'
1 was most effective .nd for which I
! have frequently expressed to him
j the gratitude which 1 feel.
I "As I recollect the facts in one
j or two instances his action was the
j exact opposite to what I felt wa'j
I the best thing to do.
J "I knew, as a matter of fact, that
j a campaign of publicity was ex
i tensively carried on. and I realized
i that such a campaign must neces
sarily cost a considerable sum of
I money, but I did not have the
! faintest idea as to the amount of
! money that actually was expended
j until after the report was made
I public. The cost of the campaign
! was about $1103.000. according to
I .he report, and when I learned of |
I this amount. I was at once filled j
I with astonishment and regret._- i
j "The amount expended was large,
i more than I had any dea was be
I ing expended and more than ought
j to be necessary to expend in any
! ordinary campaign.
"I shall not dwell upon the rea
| sons which the committee thought
I imperatively demanded a campaign
! of newspaper publicity involving
j this expenditure of money. I can
j only say that I regret exceedingly
j the fact that so large an amount i
j of money was necessarily expend
ed. I can further say that in the
! acquisition of that money, in the
? solicitation of that money, in the
j collection of that money, in the
! use of that money. I had nothing
whatever to do. l knew nothing
whatever ahout it. not even the
amount of it.
"1 make this statement, not to
<-s?-apc any responsibility, but in or
der thai th?- actual facts in the
matter. as I know them, may be
presented to th<> s< nate.i How the
money was spent in the stale of |
Michigan, how ih<* books of ac
count wer?- kept, v ho were engaged
in this work, or what they did. I did
not know. I do not know now. ex
cept from tin- accounts of the hear
ings which have been held and the
report tiled ;ift<-r the primary.
"I made my statement under I
oath to ti:?- senate, as provided by
law. in the firm belief thai they
were full and fair statements of
the absolute truth and I so believe
to this hour.
"As to the campaign fund, the
fjuestiori of its acquisition, or of its
expenditure, was never called to
my attention by any one connect
ed with me or tin* campaign com
mittee and when I stated that no
money was spent with my knowl
edge or consent. I endeavored to
convey the same impression which
J now endeavor to make clear that
;i> for myself, I was spending no >
?.
!
sot?Let all the ends Thon Aims't a
_Sumter, S..C-, Saturd
BALLOTING 1
FOR ASSOCIATE |
JUSTICE TODAY
_ j
Three Candidates:
Who Were in the;
Race Last Year Still j
in the Running.!
Plans Made to;
Break Deadlock
Columbia. Jan. 12?The first bal
lot resulted as follows Carter, 50;
Bonham 43; Marion 42; Shipp 24;
Total 131.
Judge siiipp Out of Race.
The second ballot resulted as
follows: Carter 47; Bonham 47:
Marion 42; Shipp 24. Shipp's name j
was withdrawn.'
The Deadlock Continues 1
The third ballot resulted as fol- |
lows: Carter. ?.">; Bonham. 51; ;
Marion, ">3: total 159, necessary to j
elect SO.
The fourth ballot: Carter. 53;
Marion, 56: Bonham. 49; Repre- j
sentative Foster. 1; Governor
Cooper. 1.
Fifth ballot: Carter. 46; Mar
ion, 63; Bonham, 49; Foster. 1;
Cooper, i.
Sixth ballot: Carter. 48: Mar
ion. 62: -Bonham, 46: Foster, 1;
Cooper. 1.
Marion Elected.
Columbia, Jan. 12. ? On the j
eighth ballot Marion was elected, j
the vote stood Marion. 83; Bon-j
ham, 72.
Benefit to Agri
culture Seen in
Official Action
Washington, Jan. 12 (Capital
News Service).?Official Washing
ton is much interested and full of
confidence in the proposed agricul
tural conference called for Janu
ary 23 by Secretary of Agrciulture
Wallace at the behest of Presi
dent Harding. The employment |
conference, called by the presi
dent, did an onorm?us amount of
good, and idleness has been large
ly reduced as a result of the co
operation in industry brought about
by the exchange of views and ed
ucational influence of the confer- i
ence.
With fifty-five per cent of the
population urban and but forty-five
on the farms, it is pointed out that
some means must soon be taken
looking to an amelioration of the
hardships of farm life, and an in
crease of farm profits, or food ;
products will rise to such prices as j
will make national legislative meas- j
ures, always to be objected to when |
passed in the interests of a "special;
class, a national necessity. That;
the agricultural conference will ]
produce results, as did the uncm- j
ployment conference, is confident! j
expected in, congress.
Packers Combine
Seeking Privileges'
Washington. Jan. 12.?Arguments
on a modification of the big five
meat packers consent decree to j
enable them to resume handling;
unrelated grocery lines were begun j
today before a special investigat
ing committee, representing tho:
justice, agricultural and commerce!
departments. i
Wrangling Over j
Naval Limitation I
Washington. Jan. 12.?The dif- j
ference of opinion regarding the'
battleships to be scrapped remain
ed to be settled when the big five
resumed the final revision of the I
naval limitation treaty.
money and that I knew nothing;
about the expenditure of money in !
the campaign. I want to make ?
this point just as strong as I am j
able to do because it has been j
hinted that money which was con-;
tributed, without my knowledge or|
consent, by relatives and friends j
of mine, was subsequently, in some ;
way. directly or indirectly, repaid !
by me, or was to be repaid by me. J
There is not even a shadow of i
truth or the slightest foundation i
for any such statement.
"So far as I am personally eon- |
cerned, I did not spend in the pri- '
mary campaign in Michigan a sin- j
gb- dollar, directly or indirectly,'
and. with the exception of a per- ;
sonal contribution of $1.500 to the;
Republican state central commit- !
tee, this is equally true of the gen- '
< ral election. In spite of the fact ;
that the whole people of my state;
were bombarded from every side j
by every means of publicity and
appeal, with every detail of every'
charge made against me in con-1
noetion with the primary. I was:
elected fairly and honorably a sen- I
ator from the state of Michigan, j
"The people of my state Knew '
the whole story from beginning to
end, and whatever action the sen
ate of the l'nited States may take.]
1 shall remember, as long as 1 live,
rhe staun? h loyalty of the people of i
Michigan, who. with complete and
full knowledge of every allegation';
made against me. and of tbe '
charges that were made and pla- i
carded tbrou; .out the state in!
connection with the primary cam
paign, held me in such confidence j
and believed in me sufficiently to j
lelect me one n; their senators from
Michigan." ?
t bc jtby Country's, Thy God's and
ay, January 14, 1922
SUMMARY OF 1
NEWS FROM
STATEJAPITAL
Management of Peni
tentiary Criticised |
by Efficiency Ex
perts?Lower Rates
on Freight Predict
ed
Columbia. Jan. 10.? "I didn't
know before that wc are too severe
on the prisoners in the peniten
tiary." stated Colonel A. K. San
ders, superintendent of the state's
hostile, when asked today about the
report of the Chicago efficiency ex
perts, Griffinhgaon and Associates,
made for a special legislative com
mittee for the general assembly,
and submitted to the members on
convening of the annual session to
day. Colonel Sander?; laughed and
remarked that he only feared he
was inclined to be too lenient on
prisoners, and not too severe.
It is a remarkable fact that the
penitentiary's attitude towards pris
oners today is; greatly changed
from that of years gone by. There
was a time when the prisoners
were ti-eated harshly, when they
were punished severly. kept in
chains and stripes, and when there
was no thought of their future re
turn to the walks of civilization.
This is all changed now. The old
prisoners are* often heard to say
that the penitentiary is now a
heaven compared with what it
once was.
Commenting on this phase of the
penitentiary control, the efficiency
experts' report says': "Many things
indicate that; the treatment of the
prisoners in some respects Is harsh:
and that the idea of some of tlie
officers in fh?t the penitentiary" is
primarily a place of ? punishment,
and to a very slight'extent indeed a
place to make law-abiding, self
supporting citizens:"
Funeral of Pioneer Merchant.
Columbia, " Jan. 10.?The funeral
of Preston C. L?rick, one of the
pioneer merchants of Columbia,
until his death Saturday night
president .of the L?rick & Low
ranee -Hardware, company of this
city, one of the largest concerns of
the kind m the state, was held Mon
day afternoon. Mr. L?rick d'-d
in his 70th, year, and was active
until ten days before his death,
which was due to .heart trouble.
Mr. ILorick served in the war be
tween the states and came to Co
lumbia shortly after the conflict,
whon he bought an interest in the
store of which lie later became the
head, a business started before the
war.
General Reduction trt Freight
Rates.
Columbia. Jan. 10.?A general
reduction downward in interstate
freight rates throughout the south
east and the country generally is
expected by Chairman Frank
Shealy, of the South Carolina Rail
road Commission, who returned to
his office Monday afternoon from
Atlanta, where he attended a con
ference of Railroad Commissioners
of the seven states in the southeast
ern territory, held for the purpose
furnishing assistance to the inter
state commerce commission in the
task of revising the freight rates
of the country.
The interstate commission is to
start its work of revising the freight
rates on Wednesday of this week,
and the last of the month Mr.
Shealy will go to Washington,
where from January '30 through
February \ the interstate commerce
commission will be in conference
with railroad commissioners from
all parts of the country, regarding
the new classifications.
Mr. Shealy expresses the opin
ion that the new rates will be a
general reduction from the present
level. It is not known yet to
what extent the rates will be re
duced, but on the majority of com
modities there will probably be re
duced rates. On some, where the
rales are already low. there may
not be changes.
Mr. Shealy states that the com
missioners of tb? southeast are to
meet again in Atlanta on the 1.9th j
to finish the work started last
week, looking to uniformity in in
terstate rates throughout the]
southeastern district. At the next
meeting in Atlanta Interstate Com
merce Commissioner Eastman will
also be present.
Veterans' Rehabilitation School.
Columbia. .Ian. 10. ? Major
A hern, personal representative of;
Colonel Charles R. Forbes, direc-j
tor of the Veterans' Bureau, is in
Columbia, and is spending several
days here Inspecting Camp Jackson,
with a view to determining it^ de
sirability us a possible location of
thf> veterans' rehabilitation uni-<
versity to !>e established in the!
south by the veterans bureau. Ma
jor A hern is being shown numer
ous courtesies by the city and he
i-> also t<> bo entertained by officers
stationed at the ramp. Camp j
Johnston, at Jacksonville, is also
being considered for the school,
and one of the two camps will be
selected within a few weeks. Ma
jor Ahein states.
Xirw Companies Chartered.
Columbia. .Ian. l.o. -The Char
leston Southern Drug Syndicate, ofj
Charleston, was chartered by the
secretary of state Monday, with'
Truth's."
RUSSIA
ACCEPTS
INVITATION
Lenine and His Bol
shevist Horde Eag
er to Resume Busi
ness Relations With
America and the Al
lies
Cannes. Jan. 9.?By the Asso
ciated Pre??.?Soviet Russia has
accepted the invitation to attend
the coming economic conference at
Genoa. A telegram from Foreign
Minister Chitcherin announcing the
soviet acceptance was received here
ibis evening.
The subcommittee which will
meet tomorrow to frame the text
of the invitation for the meeting
at Genoa was confronted tonight
: by the nice diplomatic question of
whether it should send out an invi
[ tation to a country which already
; has signified its intention to be
j present.
! Simultaneously with the making
public of Russia's intention to have
I representation at Genoa, it became
I known that the German delegation
headed by Dr. Walter Rathenau.
' will arrive in Cannes Wednesday to
; discuss the question of reparation
j with the supreme council.
I The reparation experts and coni
! mittee dealing with the proposed
I international financial corporation
today outlined their program, which
comprises a vast effort for Euro
j pean reconstruction. The repara
: tion experts decided that Germany
j should be asked to pay 720.000,
; 000 gold marks in 1U22. and at
; least an equal sum annually aftcr
I wards. Such payments it is eon
! sidered will be sufficient to meet
i the interest on a series of Ger
| man bonds of 20,000,000.000 gold
j marks, which thus <vill become ne
; gotiable.
I The economic commission decid
; cd upon an international corpora
I tion with a capital of 2.000,000
j pounds with its seat in London and
j with a board of directors nominat
[ed by affiliated companies in each
! interested country. These coun
tries,-including the United States,
j will organize corporations for pro
! motion only, with a combined cap
| ital equivalent to 20,000,000 pounds
' These corporations will serve as
j mediums for credit transactions
! and facilitating the activities of
I private enterprises in all countries
! where the business field now is ob
! structed by lack of credit and dis
| organized finances. This plan pre
| supposes tite organization of af
I filiated companies in Germany, as
J well as in the United States. ?
There remains to be settled the
j question w hat shall be the French
! share in the German reparations
j payment. M. Briand, the French
premier, today asked the supreme
j council to give him time to consult
j the finance commission of the
I French chamber of deputies and
; probably will give his final answer
i tomrorow. President Millerand
! also probably will be consulted be
| fore the French finally accept the
j new scheme, only a. few details of
j which have been given out.
Anti-Bolshevists Not Pleased.
New York. Jan. H (By the Asso
ciated Press). Two Russian anti
Bofshevist leaders now in this
country as representatives of the
executive committee of the all-Rus
sian constituent assembly, tonight
! issued a statement terming the in
I vitation extended to Russia to at
tend the economic conference at
j Genoa as "nothing but an agree
! ment with the tyranny now ruling
j Russia for the benefit of foreign
investors at the expense of the
! Russian people."
Tin- two anti-Bolshevist leaders
signing the statement were Prof.
Paul X. Miliukov,, former minis
ter of foreign aft airs in the Ke
ren sky government, and Nicholas
M. Avkseniev, former minister of
the interior. They both asserted
that flu- plan proposed by the al
lied supreme council at Cannes
"tends tu degrade Russia to the
stat?- of a colony open to foreign
exploitation and the Russian peo
ple are sun- to deeply resent their
experiment as a re v.- slavery for
them."
FOUR KILLED IN
G. & 0. WRECK
Portsmouth. Ohio. dan. 11.?
Four men are reported to have
be,-n killed when an engine on the
Shesapenke and Ohio Northern
railroad overturned near here.
capital stock of fifty thousand.
TP..- manufacture and sale of med
icines is the nature of the business
as set forth in the charter. P. Q.
Tow les i> tit ? president of the
company: ,1 S. Whaley is vice pres
ident; Frank M. Smith is secretary
and treasurer.
Authority was granted the Char
leston Warehouse and Ford Co.,
of Charleston, to increase its capi
tal from $12"-.?0t? to $ir,3.00t>.
The Ronvac Company, of Great
Kails, was i-hartered, with capital
stock of $ 1 o.OM". The nature of
tie- teis-ness is general mercantile.
M. \v. Roddey is president: .1. P.
McFadden is treasurer.
Blackwell Brothers. Inc.. of Ma
rion. - ??re chartered. Their eap
ital stock is * 3.000. .lohn 11.
Blackwell is president, ami Frank
V. Black well. seeretary-t reas
ut ? f.
1
THE TRUE SOU
GOVERNOR'S
ANNUAL
J1ESSAGE
Gov. Cooper Speaks of
Finance and Eco
nomics and Taxa
tion in Annual Ad
dress to Legislature
I Columbia. Jan. 11.?"Our gov
j trnmcnt is hot too expensive, but
. our method of raising revenues is
j intolerable and indefensible."
i Thus spoke Governor Robert A.
i Cooper in his annual message to
j the general assembly, delivered by
i him in person -from the speaker's
! stand in the hari of the house of
j representatives, at noon today, and
! when he said these words he sum
! med up the entire burden of his
I message, a burden which he en
deavored to place on the shoulders
of representatives and senators, as
their load for the next forty days.
The governor had nearly finished
his address when he reached these
I words, but in them, it was plain,
I was summed up the entire mean
| ing of what he was saying.
; The governor's message was a
' eomprehensive and forceful review
' of tin- tax situation in tin- state, and
a plea with the legislators to do
I the thinsr that the state most needs
?r* form the ra\- system, relieve tho
j tax burden on the small property
i owner, shift it in part at least, to
; property now ccaping taxation.
I amend the constitution so complete
; tax reform can be possible, and
i provide new sources of revenue, so
: that the farms and homes, of the
Lstate will never again be taxed to
j the breaking point to finance the
! state government, for the benefit
! as well of the men whose dividend
i income, whose inherited wealth,
i whose large business privilege and
; profit and whose luxuries shall go
j scott free. . '
! The governor outlined state
! financial methods which would fe
i duce the state property levy to five
! mills or less, with new sources of
j revenue. The new sources of. reve
! nue touched upon by the governor
j have, most of them., been suggested
j by the tax commission, the state
'taxpayers' association, and even by
: the governor last year. They are
] an income tax, an inheritance tax.
a lax on gasoline and other pe
| troleum products, an occupation li
j cense, a tax on luxuries and a tax
j on hydro-electric power.
; The governor also urged the
! passage of a constitutional amond
j ment, endorsed by him last year,
] for the classification of property for
! various scales of taxation.
The governor also gave the legis
lators information regarding the
j budget to'be recommended by him.
las chairman of the budget com
! mission, for this year. The total
j budget he said would be ?6,466,834.
j and discussing each item separate
i ly he explained its needs. He
j urged strongly against atry .reduc
tion of the state's educational pro
I gram.
j The governor urged very strongly
; the enactment of tho income tax
j law- on the house calendar from
jjast year, and said he estimated it
j would yield between one and two
I million dollars. He said he knew
I liiere is strong opposition to this
; measure, but lie feels that it is
I right?it collects revenue from the
; person whom it is intended to tax.
j It also, he said, is based upon tax
I paying ability, and its yield is cer
! tain. It asks nothing of the man
j who has no income, whose business
j has gone to smash. It takes noth
i ing from the man of small income,
j said the governor.
j The governor also urged pas
; sage of the inheritance tax bill,
j which has already passed the house,
i and is. from last year, on the sen
ate ealendar. This, lie said, will
! produce from $200.000 to $500,000.
Regarding the Tax on gasoline
I and other oil products, the govt.rn
; or urged that this be one or two
Cents a gallon. The bill for this
j purpose, already passed the house
[and now on the senate calendar,
'will, he said, produce a half mil
j lion dollars a year, or more.
Regarding the occupation and
: privilege licenses the governor said:
j "Many persons engaged in profes
j > ious and certain occupations, oper
, ate without invested capital. but
arc protected in the practice of
j their privileged professions or OC
? cupations by the laws of the state,
land it is not unreasonable that a
; moderate fee be paid the slate for
[this privilege and protection." A
j bill to this end. he said, has been
j prepared, and it is estimated it will
j produce $200,0t?0 per annum.
The governor mentioned, in con
in ection with the proposed luxury
I tax. a small assessment against to
? bacco, soft drinks and movie
tickets, but he said further that
he thought more luxuries than
these should be tHXed.
The newest source of revenue
suggested by the governor is tin
tax on hydro-electric power. "Since
nature has provided htc chief .--s
sets of these developments." he
said, "a small rate per killowat
hour on the hydro-electric power
.?an certainly be Justified and yield
considerable revenue."
Speaking of tin- budget which he
has prepared for the year, to be
considered by tin- general assemble
tlie executive mentioned the fol
lowing totals for various branches
of government, which he will sug
gest: Legislative, $ 1<';1.:>7L': ju
dicial. $157.69$; education, in
fHROX, Established June 1, 186C.
VOL.LII. NO. 44
GRIFFITH
SUCCEEDS
^VALERA
Leader of Peace
Forces in Ireland
Assumes Heavy Re
sponsibility
Dublin, Jan. 11.?Arthur Griffith,
the new president of the Dail Eire
ann and his new cabinet assumed
their places today. It is rccogr.zcd
that careful work will be necessary
to avoid pitfalls before the next
meeting- of the Dail on February 14,
when the final ratification of the
treaty will take place.
England in
Smuggling Game
Washington. .Tan. 11.?The Brit
ish schooner Messenger of Peace
held by federal authorities at Wil
mington, is described by General,
Prohibition Agent Bergstrom, in
his report to Commissioner Haynes,
as one of the several vessels "en
gaged in the whiskey smuggling
I game on the South Atlantic Coast."
? ? ?
Army Transport
in Distress
Washingtno. Jan. 11.?The array
transport Crook bringing Ameri
can troops home from Germany,
which is reported in distress five
hundred miles east oi New York,
is continuing to port tinder her
own steam, the war department is
advised. There is no danger to the
ship or troops aboard, the dispatch
said.
Hoover to Discuss
Freight Rates
Washington, Jan. IL?jrAt the in
stance of the United States cham
ber of commerce. Secretary Hoover
was asked to appear before the
interstate commerce commission in
its investigation of the general level
of transportation rates.
Shipping Board
Fixes Rates
Washington. Jan. 11.?An agree
ment is understood to have been
reached at a White House confer
ence on the rate to be charged the
American relief administration by
the shipping board for earrying
grain to Russia. The terms of the
agreement were not mad i public.
NEGRO LYNCHED NEAR
EUFALA, ALABAMA
Eufaula, Ala., Jan. 12.--An taSr
identifide negro was lynched near
here last night. It is reported
that he insulted a white woman!
eluding public schools, sfate col
leges, the school for deaf and blind
and the John De La How.' school,
$li,76.">,633; for charities and cor
rections, $1,067,128; for agricul
ture, including Clemson's public
service work, the state warehouse
department and the department of
agriculture. $403.317: public health,
including tuberculosis sanitoriums,
$198*919; interest on state debt,
$247,290; state highways. $133.
783: for county auditors and treas
urers and for county auditing
work. $138.033; for 1022 elections,
$41.323: for the National Guard.
33 units. $34,2H?; for public print
ing, including the 1022 code. $70,
000: for administration of the exe
cutive departments, boards and
I commission including about thirty
?governmental organizations. $;?L\
1282, a total of $6;4S6,834, which is
ia small increase over the total ap
propriations of last year, svl jph to
taled $3.S31.077.
I The governor showed that the to
i tal state levy, under Iiis suggested
program of tax reform, wvuld pro
vide about two and a half: million
dollars, less than the amount he
i suggested for educational purposes,
j "I will insist always on adequate
j appropriation for public educa
I tion." the governor said, and he
I spoke with earnestness when he
said it. "Here is the basis of our '
material prosperity as well as the
future of our civllizaiton. We are
committed to the policy of higher
education by the state, if it be pos
I siblc to so organize our work as to
, inaugurate measures of economy
j and reduce the expenditures ncc
i essary for the efficient support of
j our educational v.ork, 1 will supper:
? it gladly, but I will never consent
to any measure, which means a
backward step hi the splendid
work Tt"W being done by ear edu
cational institutions.
"The cost of the organised gov
ernment of South Carolina is not
j excessive." stated the governor in
j Ids review of the proposed ap
; propriations for (he year. "It
(would be possible to discontinue
our educational werk on the parr
of the state, riose our charitable
and correctional institutions; send
the old Confederate Soldier from
the infirmary to the charities of the
various committees, abandon the
work in behalf <.f agriculture and
public health, provide for the in
terest on the public dePt and ail the
departments ot the state govern
ment, including the amount nec
essary for the saliry of the county
auditors and treasurers, and re
duce tiie state levy to two mills,
but who would approve of such a
program '."*