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SUNDAY EATING.
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The old-fashioned Sunday dinner
has been the subject of a column,
of Warning in the London Times.
? Perhaps the Sunday dinner is more
firmly .entrenched in JBrfgiaird than
\ in , America. Yet it is sufficiently*
?persistent in this country to deserve
" a little, serious attention.
It . is strange ^hat so many per
sons believe that Sunday is intend
ed for' overindulgence in hearty
food. With less physical work to
be done and therefore less need for
energy-supplying .food, hundreds
of families prepare and eat, on the
day of restK bigger and richer din
ners than on any other day of the
ieeek; : ' An effort might 4 well b?e
started to make Sunday a day of
rest for the stomach as welkes for
body-^nd spirit.
Says;: the medical writer of the
London*'paper, "The Sunday din
ner is doing its part-to cause suf
fering: and to shorten the span of
Tramari; life." Also it might be
convict'eS of playing a part in the
dullness', and distress attendant up,
onvgetting d^wri to work again -on
Monday. When the only form of
exercise' taken is the mastication
of fooflff^' the less-rich and stimuhrt-j
ing that .food is, the better for the I
cater.S Sunday dinner reform is.
now hi order.
feL.^NJ)S AND DOMINIONS.
-Assurance has been given that
the ?our powers signing the Pa
cific treaty have all agreed upon ?a
construction of the'document which
will exclude the Japanese m?in
? land from the protection promis
ed; -This action, apparently sug
gested by the Japanese delegation
itself, provides graceful way out of
a;difficulty which threatened to be
come serious, as far as the United
'States'., is concerned. Pre^ihably
-it:removes the biggest objection to
ratification likely to be brought
op in the senate. 1
The. senate and the public will
want ,a.jltttle more light on the
whole -subject before full approvl
is give? ib this generally acceptable
treaty/.. Hardly anything has* been
^said^aho**t the status of Australia
a?d New Zealand under the treaty,
Yet it has been explained in s?me
quarters that the real reason- for
pledging protection to the Japa
nese mainland in the S first place
was that, Austria! and New Zea
land wa!nfed such protection, but
were sensitive about asking for it
unless -Japan were Inciuded, too.
It remains .to be explained whether,
with \tl\e islands constituting the
Japanese homeland excluded, the
:British x '-insular dominions*' in
question' come under the protec- ?
five scope of the. treaty. It. is not
likely that there would ""be so muoh
objection to that as there has been
to the Japanese business; hut in
any event, there ought not to be
any doubt left about the matter.
f!t< ? ? ?
A GREAT AMBASSADOR.
The' retirement of Brand Whit
lock from his- post as United
.States .:ambassadcr to Belgium
marks"'the end of a period of note
worthy service.
This, nation handicaps its reprt
sentatlves abroad in many ways
it does not provide them with suit
able h'etdquarters. It does r^t
pay them salaries sufficiently large
to make their own provision of
embassies an easy matter. It se
lects them as a rule for i?olitical
reasons rather than for therr own
training for or interest in such po
sitions: In spite of which hind
rances, they usually do tbeir work
pretty" well.
When Mr. Whitlock was sc-nt to
Belgium*** before the war his ap
. JA
pointment was considered chiefly a
recognition of a man who had
made for himself a name in liter
ature and in public ofF.jc. tie him
self is reported to have looked
upon hisVnew office as a pleasant
and ' instructive experience, not
particularly serious or onerous.
Yet when the war broke out
Brand wrhitloek found himself in
a tremendously important position,
one ?demand ing great energy, re-,
gourcefuliress, strength ana up
9
I Tightness. He met the emergency
I of war in an invaded country so well
! that he won the respect and ad
I miraton of the* world. : Amercans
were proud of hm; Belgans were j
I devoted to him and profoundly :
grateful. He helped greatly with
Ore American Relief work carried
on in Belgium. He was loyal, hon- j
orable and tactful, fearless in his i
dealing with the invading power. :
considerate and helpf?l towards ,
j Belgium, and mindful of his own j
j nation's spirit and dignity. He ?'
i made- a fine record" for himself and
I for his country.
S?TE THE I?GHWAYS.
(News and Courier).
I There seems to be agreement j
among those who have followed ]
the course of events at Cohrmbia i
I most closely that there is serious j
! danger of highway work in South j
I Caroltmt being ? seriously crippled
I at "thisisession1 of- the legislature:
This would be ab?\it as grave a !
I . .1
j misfortune as could befall the State.
j In no one respect haS South Caro- I
I lina made greater progress* in the !
\ recent past than in this'matter of j
I road improvement. In the past
I twelve months the results of what
has beeir accomplished have begun
to: show. It has become evident
I to many people for- the first time
I thafa system of highways such as
I at last is t?king shape will mean a
new Soutn Carolina.
??\T"? danger at the present time
fe hot simply that this devel?p
[menf whr he, checked. That would
i be regrettable but we couid^ con
sole ourselves with* thinking that
this was but temporary, an' incident
to the economy which is necessary
in all public expenditures this year.
What is feared^ as to the r??ds,
however, 4s thstt the system under j
which so much progress has been
achieved will be broken down, with
the inevitable result that the roads
already improved will go to pieces.
That 'could happen readily en?ugh
in a 3'ear's time- if the organization
for keeping them in repair should
be legislated out of existence. l!j '
? This' matter is one of grave im
portance. It is certain that the
plans of those who would. break
down thv State' Highway Depart
ment, or -starve it f6 death, cannot
succeed if the public which will
suffer will lint realize" What is oh
! foot and act. Tife people who pay
I the bulk of the taxes benefit more j
jdi?*?*tly, more immediately, arid
j more largely, from: the improve
j ment* bf the highways than from |
any other expenditure of the tax;
money J They should let their leg- j
isfett?rs know that they do not >
propose to allow ithe highways to
be sacrificed- in: the present emer
gency. ?
If the roads which have been j
buftfc are not*maintained a develop
ment which* CouW not be replaced
j except ?t a cost rmming into mil
lions of dollars' wdll be literally
thrown away. If the powers of
the State Highway Department are
; u^dermmect as is' planned" the
r?SLds which have been built will j
not be maintained.
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MAY IX>sfeTOP SOIfc ROADS, j
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(Spartanburg Herald )
The Herald believes the people
of the upper part of South Caro
lina' should' know that there is to
be a determined effort m the leg
islature to alter the highway laws |
j of the state in such a way as to un
jdermine, if hot actually destroy,
[the State Highway Department as
j now set up. * The program of those
j opposing the present law threatens
'State maintenance of state high
jways. It would throw the funds
j for the maintenance of all roads
j back into the hands of the various
i county supervisors, and such a
thing as State highways will pass
out of existence. >
The upper part of South Caro
lina has invested millions of dollars
in top-soil roads, and, ias we of
I this part of the State know, the
j life of these roads depends abso
' lutely upon systematic maintenance |
by some central authority with
ample funds: "We have roads in
the upper part of this State that
lhave been maintained under the j
I present law. We know they!
j have been maintained and that J
J there, are today more than a j
! thousand miles of such roads, j
j something the State has never had !
i before "in all its history, in the!
]
I Piedmont, over which we may i
! * !
] drive even today after weeks of
! rain and snow with comfort. Those i
j roads exist .because of State main- i
j tenance. They will not exist a j
! year if State manitenance is abol- ?
j ished. the highway system junked!
land the county unit is resorted to'
' . i
j again.
i Because of the demand for a re
duction of county tax levies, some
j hOnest. hut unthinking members
; of the legislature, want to turn
I
; road funds from the> automobile
j tax and the gasoline tax, into the!
; general county funds and allow j
roads to take chances again. This
sentiment exists in the legislature,
and while we have no idea it will
prevail, yet the danger is there and
if State maintenance of State high
ways has friends now is the time
for them to let their views be
known. After the most construc
tive step the State has taken with
reference to highways has been re
traced and the system abolished,
will be too late to be talking.
It is almost impossible for the
people'of the Piedmont to realize
to' what extent the legislature is
unnerved as to doing anything that
will continue constructive meth
ods. The drive in the highway sys
tem is but a grab for funds not
derived from a-tax on property to
be turned into general county pur
poses. So the, roads are to be sac
rificed. Upper South Carolina had
better keep its eye on this situation
if'it wants its top-soil roads to be
taken care of.
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THE COTTON CAR.
'
Try as an editor may, it is im- j
possible not to write about Henr^-!
Ford. PerhapJ Henry is an even
better publicity man than he is an !
inventor, manivfacture'r, scientist,
statesman, editor, financier and|
philanthropist Be that as it. may,
it is necessary to chronicle the fact
that the flivver king is working, in
his Detroit research laboratory, on
a plan to make automobiles?as
ire calls them?out of cotton.
There are other ingredients in
the formula, prominent among
them being glue and formaldehyde.
All Of these commend themselves ;
to anyone who has ever operated
one of Henry's celebrated vehicles*.
Formaldehyde suggests the odor of |
the species, and glue the way they
are put together, and cotton some
of their other characteristics. If
this be free advertising, let him
make the most of it. But the pro
duct expected of this novel com
bination may challenge serious at
tention one" of these days.
.... . . \
Lightness is the word in modern
a'utomobfles, an'd Henry is going
m for lightness. If he can get the j
necessary strength, too, out of the j
stuff he is experimenting with, j
there may result a car that an able- ;
bodied citizen can not only ride |
around in with incredible economy .
but can pick up and carry around j
with' him when he gets down.town, j
thereby dexterously foiling car!
thieves. j
? The idea is to stamp automobpe '<
parts' out of this composition as a J
housewife stamps doughnuts. That |
idea in itself is richly suggestive.
Our only fear is that the cars, j
unlike some cook's- doughnuts, will
be too light. They may-have to be j
ballasted?unless they are to be j
fitted with wings, for Stght
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LOWER FREIGHT RATES.
Representatives of the steel in- j
dustry have been trying to per- j
suade the Interstate Commerce j
Commission to reduce freight rates j
on their products. They ask for j
the Complete elimination of the j
rate increases, put into effect in j
1920? varying from 25 to 40 per j
cent, accordng to districts. If this j
were done, the steel men say, they ;
have no doubt as to their resulting i
"aiulity to do business"
The public hopes that the com
mission will grant at least a con
siderable part of their request,
with the proviso that the benefit
shall be passed alnn^ to the con
sumer instead of being absorbed
by the industry itself. And when I
j
that is done, if not sooner, there
should be similar concessions for j
farm products. The stimulus that;
lower freight rates would giw in
these vtwo leading industries would
help along greatly in promoting a
general business revival.
It might help, too, if the steel j
manufacturers would abolish t he j
fiction that all steel is made in j
Pittsburg, and stop charging freight j
from that city to the point of de
livery, regardless of where the
stuff is actually shipped from.
ANOTHER WASHINGTON COX- j
TERENCE.
The willingness of Peru and ;
Chile to send representatives to
Washington to settle their territor- :
ial dispute with the aid of Chcle I
Same is gratifying, there will be
another Washington conference, of
a limited and strictly American
character. Tin- acceptance of chile .
is especially pleasing, because that
country is rich, strong and proud,
and it has not been generally con
sidered by Americans to have sol
tfood a case as Peru.
Th?? obvious duty of the public
and press in this country is to pre
serve a wholly neutral attitude!
while the diplomats work out a
solution in the friendly and peace
ful atiHbsphere of Washington, n
the ownership of tb<- rich prov
inces of Tacna and Arica can b>
settled there, Or satisfactory ma
chinery be created for settling it. .
it will be a triumph for American j
diplomacy more notable than the
rather brusque settlement of the
recent row between Panama and
Costa Rica.
It may seem rather odd that
Chile and Peru, have not yielded to
the overtures of the League of Na
tions, and taken their dispute to
that tribunal, for they are both
members of the League. It may
also seem odd That the Pan-Amer-,
icon League, which was organized
by the United States and which
maintains its headquai'ters in
Washington, and will soon have a I
meeting there', is not entrusted
with 'such matters. Our own peo
ple would doubtless like to have
such purely American disputes set
tled by this Pan-American body,
and such service on its part would
free the United States from any
appearance of dictation or arrog-1
ance. But as J.ong as no" internat
ional organization is handling the
job, Uncle Sam has to do it, to
keep pace in the American family
of nations.
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One of the officials of the arms
conference assures the public that
"there will be no jokers to de
sti oy the effectiveness of capital
ship limitation." That's right, let
the jokers go with the decks.
The new French ministry de
clares*1 that Germany must pay in
full. The British ministry declares
she must not. Having announced
these irreconcilable opinions, the
governments will now get together
and talk things over and another
crisis will have been weathered.
?-. ? ? - ?
According to the latest treaty
terms, each nation may keep one
capital ship for a target. Any mdre j
will be considered a target for re- 1
marks from the other powers.
-
Trotzky says that the Russian
revolution was an ..-ruption-, and
that he hopes the' United States
will soon make the best of" it. The
United States would be glad to if
it was sure that Lenin'e and Trotzky
would get the worst of it.
RUSSA AT GENOA.
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It sterns necessary foj>^conomic
reasons for the Soviet government
to be allowed representation *>at
the Genoa conference, but, no great
amount, of confidence wilt-be plac
ed in its guarantees.
Some of the more extreme phases
of Bolshevism have been abandon
ed, because Lenine. and his asso
ciates saw no other way"" to save
Russia or themselves. In the
meantime it appears that the Ter
ror. : committee, the supreme
agency of violence which aroused
most horror in America, has not
been disbanded,
While the Soviet authorities make
CLEMSON AN
President Riggs Discu
tution For Informa
Clemson College, Jan. 26. ?
Clemson's average sessional en
rollment for the past five years is
ol3. says Dr. W. M. Riggs, presi
dent of the college, in discussir.g
the present session in the annual
report of the board of trustees.
The total enrollment to date is 1,
007, the largest in. the history of
the college, and tlte total for the
session will probate reach 1,025.
With the 1021 summer school at
tendance the enrollment to date is
1,308. The distribution of the 1,
007 students enrolled this session
shows the following, attendance by
states and foreign countries: South
Carolina. 952; Alabama, 3: Ar
kansas.? 1; District od' Columbia. 3;
Florida. 5; Georgia, 11: Louisiana.
1; Maine. 1: North, Carolina, 11?;
New Jersey. 1; New York, 1;
Oklahoma, 3: Tenruessee, 1; Vir
ginia, 1: West Yirgiiua, 1; France,
1; British West Inidies. 1; India,
1. Five counties in South Carolina
having highest attendance are An
derson. S3; Greenvilie, 50: Oconee,
T>3: Spartanburg, 50; Charleston,
44.
In discussing the needs of the
institution Dr. W. M. Riggs has the
Needed B
Building I ?
Laundry.
H. L. <fvr W. Additions __
Hospital _- .
Gymnasium .. _
Livestock Pavilion . _ --
Dormitories ..... ._
Library. _i_ .. _
Physics and Electric Bkiilding ._ __
Shop Building._ --
< 'hemistry Building.
Textile Addition_--[-- -- -- --
Ent. and Hort. Addition
Research Greenhouse -.
Agricultural Hall Addition
Addition to Chapel
Addition t<> M<-ss Hall .
Totals._.
Increased equipment -- -.
Increased Collegiate
For present attendance of 900 _
For an attendance of 1,200 _ -
Fur an attendance of 1.500
plausible speeches and urge the
confidence of the other powers,
they still support the Third in
ternationale, an organization
pledged to the overthrow of gov
ernment throughout the world.
In spite of the fact that LCnine
and Trotzky are posing now as
having led Russia out of the wild
erness, the fact remains that they
established a regime of tyranny 1
i
and bloodshed in peaceful Russia ;
just as she was taking up her new i
life, and that they have never re
I
pentcd and will still bear watch
big: *
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Jurors Drawn.
The following names have been
drawnto serve as jurors during i
the ? spring term of the court of j
general sessions which convenes on
the 13th day of February for a|
Judge S. W, G. Shipp, of Florence, |
Judge S. W. Y. Shipp, of Florence, j
presiding:
Petit jurors drawn t? serve dur- I
ing the first week:
A. C. Kolb, Sumter R. 2.
Ralph Hill, City.
.1. T. Glasscock, Sumter. R. 1. j
T. R. Minis, Lynchburg.
J. A Kolb, Sumter. R. 2.
IT. J. Lawrence, City. ?
J. I. Purdy, City,
i \V. E. Kolb. Sumter, R. 2.
E. 1>. Richardson, City.
.1. F. Compton, Sumter, R. 2.
A. W. Weldon, Dalzell.
Ashley Hancock.
T. J. Keels, Lynchburg.
R. S. DcsChamps, Pinewood.
T. D. Lackey, Sumter, R. 2.
W. O. Staley, City.
A. T. Reams. City.
E. M. Staley, City.
J. W. Harper, Ci^y.
Benjamin Sanders, Dalzell, R. 1.
J. S. Brogdon. Sumter, R. 1.
Harmon P. Hodge, Tindals.
C. J. Gaillard, Dalzell.
B. A. Brunson, Sumter.
R. .1. Kennedy, City.
J. P.. .Gordon, Sumter, R. 1.
William Berg, City.
R. A. Dennis, Sumter, R. 5.
R. J. Geddings, Tindals.
R. F. Elliot, Remini.
H. T. Avin, Sumter, R. 2.
' W. S. Tisdale, Sumter, R. 1.
W. D.'Boykin, City.
J. M. Jackson, Sumter, R. 2.
H. C. Tucker, City.
11. J. Windham, City.
The following names ha\e been
drawn to serve as members of the'
grand jury during the year ,1992: j
H. D. Rembert, Oswego, R. 1.
R. L. Gantt, City.
D. L. Smith, Sumter, R. 3.
W. H. Yates, City.
E. H. Rhame, Sr., City.
J. L. Shirer, Rembert.
J. R. Nettles, City.
J. A. Mims, Lynch burg.
P.. A. Siddall, City.
M. K. MeLeod. City.
J. F. Mathis, City.
- W. J. Shaw, City.
Following are the members of j
rhc srrand jury of last year that j
have been held over for the list |
?of this year:
A. C. Burrows, Dalzell.
A. W. Baker, Sumter, R. 4.
G. L. Broadway. Sumter, R. 2.
I. D. Elmore, City.
R. P. Bradwell, City. 4
J. G. Crawford, City.
"Give prohibition time," says
Haynes. Better give the, bootleg
gers time.
D ITS NEEDS
sses the Work of Insti
tion of Legislature
following to say: .
"Greatly needed is a new dormi
tory to prevent the present over
crowding occasioned by this large
attendance. Clemson's growth and
usefulness to South Carolina is be
ing curtailed by a lack of sufficient
facilities, especially dormitories and
buildings for teaching. With the
same overhead organization we
could handle 1,500 students as well
as 900, and the cost per capita
would be greatly reduced. It would
be easy to increase to 1,200 stu
dents in the. next three or five
years if we only had the necessary
j additional dormitories and accom
I panying facilities for teaching, and
a comparatively small increase in
our maintenance fund. Our plant
for handling even our present en
rollment is incomplete and in some
essential respects inadequate.
"The following is an estimate of
the cost of additional building and
operating expense for increased at
tendance and confirms the recom
mendations of the experts to the
committee on economy and consol
idation that Clemson should have
$100,000 per year for 10 years or
j$150,000 f<>r six or seven years."
nildings.
Present 1,200 1.500
Attendance Attendance Attendance
_ .s 1 0,000.00 $10,000.00 $10,000.00
.25,000.00 50,000.00 65,000.00
_50.000.00 50,000.00 50,000.00
125,000.00 lJ5.otm.mi 125.000.00
10.000.00 J0.ooo.oo In,iioa.00
75.000.00 150.000.00 225,000.00
(1) (2) (3)
50,000.00 5o.ooo.rM'
75,000.00 75,000.00
_ _ 30.00O.oo
l.ooo.oo 30,00.00
1,000.00 50,000.00
5o.o0o.oo 50,000.00
' 5,000.00 5. o00.00
. _ 50.000.00
J5.ooo.oo 25,000.00
10.000.00 lO.OOO.c?
21)5.000.00 C12.OOO.00 860,000.00
2S,S50.00 42,300.00
JD5.O,0O.OO 640,S50.00 902,300.00
>pernting C'ost.
Totai operating Per Capita
Cost. Cost.
.$296,935.09 :>2:t.:>3
. 332.865.09 J 77.39
.347,685.09 ~_ 231.12 '
Variation Noted
In Land Values
Differences Seen in Census
and Tax Valuations by
Professor Gee
The valuation p? lands in tin
state for,taxation is marked every
where by variation and inconsist
ency, according to Prof. Wilson Gee
Of the University of South Carolina,
who has prepared a summary of
the tax valuations of lands in me
various counties as compared with
the value of these lands as re
ported in tho 1920 census reports.
In np county, he finds, has the
property been valued at 4 2 per cent
of its reported value as taken in
the census, the highest valuation.
22.9 per cent being in Jasper coun
ty and the lowest, 7 2 per cent in
Clarendon county.
"The state constitution of 1895,"
Professor Gee points out. "provides
that 'all taxes upon property, real
and personal, shall be laid upon the
actual value of the property taxed,
as the same shall be ascertained by
an assessment made for the pur
pose of laying such a tax.' A fur
ther clause states that 'the general
assembly shall provide by law for ,
a. uniform and equal rate of as- J
sessment and taxation, and shall
prescribe regulations to secure a
just valuation for taxation of all i
property, real, personal and pos- j
sessory."
"The accompanying table is in
teresting as a bit of concrete evi
dence confirmatory of the conten
tions of the joint committee that j
property is not taxed uniformly.
Presumably, the methods of secur
ing data employed by the census
enumerators are uniform for all
counties of the state, and since the
land values are not taken as tax
returns, the figures represent a
conservative estimate of the actual
value.
"If *.he tax < assessments in the
different counties of the state were
upon the same basis, the percent
age that the assessed value is of
the census value should be approx
imately the same throughout the
state. Accepting the census values
of land as a uniform approximation
to the true values, we find that the
highest percentage that the as
sessed value of the census value in
any county in the state is 22.9 per
cent in Jasper county. The varia
tion is from that figure to 7.2 per
cent in the case of Clarendon and
Oconee counties. The state aver
age is 11.3 per cent. Fourteen
counties rank below this average.
"The citation of these facts
shows the soundness of the recom
mendations of the joint special
committee with regard to the adop
tion by the people of South Caro
lina at the general election "of 1922
of constitutional amendments that
should be passed by the general
assembly at its present session.
The passage of these amendments
would lead to a general revalua
tion act," followed by the later en
actment of a comprehensive reve
nue act combining into one har
monious whole* a remodeled prop
erty tax, the income tax, the busi
ness tax and the inheritance tax."
The relation between the as
sessed value and the 1920 census
.-alue of property in the various
counties of the state, which are ar
ranged in the order of the ratio
of the assessed value to the census
value, is shown in the, following
table:
6 ~
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M >
rr r
? _
rc x
i> ? _ - s. 3
County .,.' e
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! Jasper _ 17.45 $ 3.99 22.9
iSaluda_ 39.SS 7.29 18.3
1 Fairfield .. 22.11 3.90 17.6
: York -- 46.78 7.86 1g.s
i McCormick .. 35.39 5.83 16.5
Newberry_1 39.27 . g.3s 1g.2
(Union. 31.48 5.0 0 15.9
i Aiken - ?. ? 30.97 4.91 15.8
I Kershaw 32.59 4.0 9 15.6.
I Lancaster_ 36.34 5.41 14.9
I Georgetown ... 20.59 3.06 14.9
IColleton 20.03 2.89 14.4
j Chester_ 35.20 4.ss 13.8
.Greenwood l. 5s.s7 s.10 13.s
! Lee.- - - 94.16 12.87 13.7
Lauren's 53.86 7.28 3 3.5
Beaufort . 33.03 4.46 13.5
Edgrefield 43.58 5.72 13.1
Darlington_ s0.36 10.53 13.1
(Charleston_ 30.81 4.00 12.9
I Berkeley - .. 17.61 2.23 12.7
Dillon _. s4.24 10.51 12.5
Florence .. 72.57 8.85 12.2
Barnwell __ 33.51 4.04 12.0
Anderson 11'?.77 13.07 11.8
Orangeburg .. 62.73 7.36 11.7
I Lexington __ _. 40.73 4.76 11.7
I .Marlboro_ 125.11 14.47 11.6
j Hampton . . 31.29 3.61 11.5
j Abbeville _. 54.48 6.22 1 1.4
[Bamberg .... 41.49 4.73 11.4
'.Marion. 51.66 5.95 1 1.3
? Allendale -- -- 40.so 4.54 11.1
I Calhoun .. 60.19 ?;.g7 11.1
? Spartaiiburg. . 100.85 10.94 10.$
j Greenville ... 93.35 9.90 !?'.?;
j Cherokee .. 70.24 7.15 10.2
' Sumter. 78.51 7.97 10.1
I Kichland ... 54.il 5.42 l
I Pickens. 64.4 5 6.04 9.4
I Horry .. 28.93 2.4 7 8.5
; Dorchester. ::.'1.S4 L' 7 7 8.2
Wilh'amsburg - 43.52 :\A*' 7.:?
Chesterfield __. 44.95 3.49 7.s
Oconee_ 60.81 4.:p.> 7.2
'Clarendon _ 58.81 4.22 7.2
j State. 52.0s 5.S9 11.3
Th.e women don't spend as much
to get their cheeks red as the men
do t'> get their noses red.
o ? ?
Bryan" says the Democrats run
win congress, but they mustn't let
thai discourage them.
"Buy coal now," urges Hoover:
who neglects to say what with.
A man who tried out a new para
chute tin- other day leaves a wife
and three children.
"See America first" is a good
slogan for our citizens. "Be Amer
ican first" is a bettor one.
Catawaba Indians ' !
Serious Problem,1
_ - :>SJ
0. K. Williams, Financial L
Agent, Emphasizes Ur-' J
gency of Granting Citizen- f
ship and Settling Claims, i
Which Can Only Be Done ]
by State of South Carolina |
T<? the Editor oi" The State:
Noting that there has been a
number of recent articles in regard ;
to the Catawba Indians, also that ?
there has been a recommendation
to cut the appropriation that the
general assembly has been making
for them each year to a small sum
which would be paid only to the
aged and infirm who are not able
to provide for themselves, and!
knowing that the most of r>ur citi
zens are like a certain prominent.
senator now in the general assem
bly who. when the writer appear- ,
od before the finance committee of
? tfie senate in order to convey to it
I some information in regard to these
Indians, thanked the writer for.
I having come there and given them*
the information and stated that I
I he was obliged to admit that while !
! he ha'd been in the house and in I
J the senate for years and knew ?
i that an appropriation was made j
j for the Indians, he had no idea!
what it was for or anything about;
it or them, I thought I would write';
! some of the facts as I know them j
I afjer seven years' 'service as their
I financial agent.
.These Indians are segregated on;
j 5G2 acres of the poorest, roughest |
I land in the state, *n York county,,
j on what is known as the Catawba ?
I Indian reservation, in the River,
Bend section of the county, on the]
! banks of the Catawba river. This j
land was set apart for them many I
years ago and they were segregat- [
ed on this without any citizenship, {
! right to vote, own property in their j
own name, or anything of that kind :
; as "wards of the State of South .
i Carolina" and have remained as i
: such since. It is true that many of j
them have left the reservation andN
I gone to other places in order to
I be able to live. as: it was utterly im- j
j possible for them to all make / a.j
? living on the reservation and in.;
J order t? keep ftxmi starving they!
! have moYcd away. Some live in ;
j Roek Hill, some in Columbia and
i other places.
j The Indian is generally known i
I as being1 indolent, no ambition to
j do anything, and, generally speak
i ig, ?"no account." But in the case
{ of the Catawba. while this is true.
to some degree in regard to some.
I of them, we nevertheless have lots
j of white people in our state that
; are on par with the- worst of th.e.
j Indians. And, tco, what incentive
j would they have to try to improve
i themselves when they have been
I held as wards of the state without
I any privilege of citizenship^ own
ing property in'thier own name or
anything of the kind? In fact, the
Catawba Indians,are certainly in a
{ worse state than the negroes, be-r
< cause the negro can vote and own
i property, but these Indians are the
J same *as minor children and c?n
| not legally do anything except that
j a state -official act for them,
j One commendable thing that Ij
lean say for the Indians is that j
J while they intermarry with some i
: very trifling white people and have!
I become -very badly mixed up, they {
\ will not have anything to do with ;
the negro and are very much in- i
, suited if any.one compares them in |
J a:iy way to the negro.
Another -commendable thing in
regard to the Catawba is that dur- \
!;ing the Confederate war a nura- j
! bei of them donned the Confed
I crate uniform and fought bravely
' throughout the war for the south,
so much so that a monument stands !
erected on the public square at j
j Fort Mill to their honor, erected j
j there by the late Captain White of j
I that place. In the world war* a*
number of the young Catawba's i
went into the service and did fine j
work. One of them, who went to |
; France, is now sick,* I am afraid
I with tuberculosis, which he con
: tracted while in the service. Still
; these people are not allowed citi
zenship.
Alter having been their fman- j
cial agent for seven years and look-J
ing into their situation, in fact, af-J
j ter rinding their condition shortly }
after being made their agent I
: have recommended each year to
1 the governor and general assembly
that some permanent businesslike:
settlement be made with these In-j
dians. If th< state owes them!
anything, settle with them, give'
j them their citizenship and let j
them go out and make their own \
way, as they have demonstrated
that they have plenty of ability to j
[do if tiu-y were given the proper;
<?har.ee. I believe that when I took
charge as agent I could have set- \
i tied with them for a much less I
amount than I have paid them'
; during the seven years, which,
amount is around $60,000, and still
they are on our hands. Governor]
;. Cooper and others did lasr year
succeed in getting a committee to-;
look into the matter of a perma-J
nent settlement, but their report,'
went in just before the adjourn
ment and nothing was done. It
may possibly be taken up at this .
year's session. If the state does
not owe them anything, then they
should discontinue the appropria- ?
:ioa. give them citizenship and let
them get out with the balance of
the people and work for their liv
ing as they see lit and wherever-]
I they see tit.
With those who live at othei\
places, their children are refused]
admittance to the schools because!
. their parents have no citizenship
:md. too. because a great many doj
not want their children to mingle'
with them.
The state provides a school at
the reservation, but on account of
I nothing there for them to do and
make a living and the land so
[poor that they can not farm and
' live on it they have to go else
where.
The writer for some time has:
i
:>een in correspondence with Sen- |~
itor Dial and others in regard to
Tying to get the national go#%n- j
sient to take these Indians over |
md relieve the taxpayers of South
Carolina of #hem and so far^has
met with little success, and i^h^
Allowing letter from Congressn iu
Stevenson is correct, then there is
nothing left for the general assem
bly of this state to do but t<T get
busy and try to get a final settle
ment with these people or either
provide for them. Mr. Stevenson,
under date of January 12, \mtes
as follows:
??My Dear Williams: 8 ?
? Referring to your letter in re
gard to the Catawba Indians, will||
say that I noticed the activities
you mention of Senator Dial and
Corrgressman Fuimer about this,
and I was of the opinion that*they
would find out that there was noth
ing in the claim. I took the matter
up immediately when I came to
congress, but felt sure that Cherej
must be some explanation, or our
congressmen would have long
since had the government take
charge of these Indians. It was
gone into very fully .'years ago, li
think in Hemphill's day, and .the'
findings were very clearly ser4orth,:
and the following is the explana
tion: All other Indians, at least in
the south, dealt directly with the
national government, surrendered
their lands to the national govern
ment, in consequence of the prom-,
ise of support, hence the national^
government takes care of them.'
The Catawbas, on 'i.e other hand,'
made their treaty with the state'
of South Carolina and surrender
ed all land which they claimed;, ex
cept the present reservation -Vhich>
they have in consideration of
South Carolina's contract to take
care of them. Hence the liability:
is the state's and not the national
government's, and your Uncle Sam
.has steadfastly and finally put his
foot down that the Catawbas have'
no claim against the national gov
ernment and that none will be;
, recpgnized.''
. From the above it appears that,
there is nothing left for the state
,c-f South Carolina to do but to take,
care of this problem, and in jus
tice to humanity they should get
the matter in a better shaDe* than
it now is or has been for'many
years. The 'Indians have been
criticised for their religion?the:
majority of them at least?they be
ing Mormons. But they state abso
lutely that no other religious sect
paid them any attention until the
Mormons came among them and,
established a church, whicSi has
been the case in regard to their
.?welfare from the standpoint of an
existence until recently. As I see
the matter, regardless of hdw in
dolent they are or anything else,
they arer human beings, wards of
.our state and should at least be put
on par with the negro.
O. X. Willaims.
Financial Agent Catawba -In
dians, Rock Hill.
? ? *;
Death.
Georgetown, Jan. 29.?Mrs. Ella
B: Doar, relict of the late "Josiais-\
Doar, died yesterday afternoon at
her home here after - a* short ill
ness. She was 6i years' of age.
Several years past Mrs. Deter has
been living with her daughter, Mrs.
T. D. Forbes in North Carolina,
but recently, with them returned to
Georgetown. Mrs. Doarvwas form
erly Miss Russell of Augusta, Ga.,
where she has many relatives. She
leaves two sons, Russell and DSfc^J
vid Doar. and two daughters, Mrs.
T. D. Forbes and Mrs. 'McElveen
of Easley, all of whom arj here.
The funeral services will be held
on Monday at the Duncan Meth
odist church.
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COTTON MARKET
NEW YORK COTTOM.
Yast?ys
Open High Low Close Cose
March .. _I6.55 16.55 16.00 16.12 16.65
May .16.28 16.28 T5.80 15.90 ?8.41
July .. _ .16.02 16.03 15.50 15.63 16.1?
Oct. .. _ .15.60 15.60 15.07 IW4 tf.6fl,
Dec. _ _ .15.11 15.11 15.10 15.15 15.55
Tone quiet. Spots 50 down, 16.45/
NEW ORLEANS COTTOE. I
? Yesttfys
Open High Low Clow Close
March _ .15.38 15.45 14.84 14.94 15.60
May .15.40 15.43 14.82 14.33 15.57
July .15.18 15.23 14.65 14.78 15^5
Ort.14.76 14.76 14.35 14:49 14.87
Dec . 14.37 14.74
Tone uuiet. Spots 50 down, 15.
LIVERPOOL C0TT8N. * -
January.1 _ 9.ff
March . 9.12
May .^_ 9.12
July ._ . 9.10
October ._ . -v__ 8.94
December.__.*. 8.84
Tone steady, ales C.000. Middling 9.42.
Good Middling 10.17.
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a 500-mile taxi ride would* have
found a Turkish bath quickfr. .
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