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TOE SVMTER WATCHMAX, Est i CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,1 aotbly discusses TAX REVENUE Levy on Luxuries and on Incomes Chief Bones of Conten tion, It Seems Columbia, Feb. G.?This week will mark the crest of the tide of debate in the generahassembly, for. ?when reeess romes next Friday, a definite ideal will probably have been reached as to what new reve nue legislation is to be turned out by the house and the senate. Practically all the proposed rev enue measures are on some .status ? in the legislature and this week will either mark their defeat or their acceptance in some form. The gasoline and the inheritance tax bills have been passed by both houses, and they are now in the nouse for consideration of ther senate amendments. The major cha:r^e in the gasoiine measure as It was passed by the house, is the increase of the tax on gasoline from one to two cents a gallon and the elimination of all petroleum by products from the bill. The reve nue is'to be divided equally, one half to go into the state treasury for general state purpose^>jsmd the * other half to be prorated among the counties for highway construc tion and* maintenance. The princi pal senate amendment to. the in heritance tax bill made by the sen ate was the deletion of the retroac tive feature of it. The corporation license tax bill, increasing licenses on corporations from one-half mill to one mill on each dollar of capital invested, will come up for debate in the senate Tuesday night. The upper body by the narrow margin of.' one vote, refused to strike out the enacting words of the measure Friday and then adjourned .debate. The. bilL which probably will take up- ma?t of the tiroe of the senate this week, is the income tax bill. While a nieasure of this character undoubtedly will be pass ed, yet it is not prohable thai it will receive the approval of .the ? senate in the form in which it was reported irom-the:kense. The sen ate finance committee contemplates reporting this bill Tuesday night. The hydro-electric tax bill, which already^ has passed the house, is with the senate finance committee and it probably wlir be reported during the week. The timber tax bill was with drawn from the files of the sen ate last week. Other important legislation to come up in the senate is the bill to increase the number of elective trustees of the University of South Carolina from seven to twenty-one members. This bill passed the house last year. %t will receive opposition in th^? senate when it comes under debate. Another meas ure of interest Ls the Christensen resolution to amend the constitu tion so as to place more latitude with the general assembly in reg ulating the fiscal affairs of the state and doing away with the three-mill constitutional school tax. There apparently will be no fight in the senate this year on the state tax commission, for the measure abolishing that hotly and devolving its duties on the state board of asessors. introduced by Senator CrOsson. of Lexington, was with drawn by its author last week. The principal revenue measure to come to the attention of the house this week is the luxuries tax bill which has been reported from the ways and means committee. Already a number of amendments have been placed on the desk of the Speaker to be voted on when the bill comes under debate. The bill providing a tax on pool rooms has not been reported from the ways and means committee yet. The house last week passed the Hamblin-Blease substitute bill pro viding for Go-hour weeks for tex tile operatives, and which undoubt edly will receive strong opposition in the senate. Tito, Gerald bill pro viding for compulsory arbitration of disputes between the manage ment of the Columbia Railway. Gas & Electric Company, has been sent to the senate-, as has the Foster bill requiring the Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph company to reduce its service rates to what tlxey were before January I, 1922, when a 2<> per centum increase allowed by the State Railroad Commission went into effect. The house is in possession of the Miller bill increasing the personnel of the state railroad commission from three to seven members, one from each congressional district* to be elected by the general assem bly, instead of by the people. The present commissioners, with Frank fVi Sbealy as chairman, will re main in office until their terms of office expire. There will bo a hard fight to defeat the bill in the house, but if it passes, it will not be in its present form, so members of the house say. j The Wells resolution for tin- ex-1 tension of the time for the pay-1 ment of taxes has passed the house with amendments and goes t<> the senate for cor>curr?'n?'e. The htnt.se will meet tomorrow i at noon and the senate will eon- : vene at S:15 o'clock tomorrow: night. ? ? ? There's a differnc in "Kiss ami make up" and "Bliss the make-up." iblished April, 1850. 8S1._ SUMTER CO. ! SUPPLY BILL FOR THIS YEAR I i A Levy of Eight Mills: Will Be Required to Pay Operating Ex penses of County I Columbia. Feb. 0.?The Sumter I county supply bill, calling for few I changes in county expenses as oom ! pared with last year and for a ! levy of eight mills for ordinary I county purposes, was introduced I in the house of representatives to-; I day. I The only changes from the last i year bill are as follows: j A reaction of $600 in the ap S propriatlon for rural policemen. (The bill provides for four rural policemen, each to receive ten per cent less pay than last year. The [item for this is $5,400, as compar ed with $6,000 last year. I The addition of a new magistrate at Pinewood, in the eighth magis terial district, at a salary of $240, ' with the addition of a constable for I same district, at $200. The bill in full follows: j Be it enacted by the general as I semhly of the state of South Car olina: Section 1. That a tax of eight mills is hereby levied upon all tax able property in the county of Sumter, state of South Carolina, for county purposes fT the fiscal year commencing January 1st, 1922. for all county purposes including sinking fund hereinafter provided, to be expended as follows, If so much be necessary: Item I?For roads and bridges {chain gang and road equipment), $50.000. Item 2?Public buildings, includ ing water, lights, fuel, insurance and postage. $2,000. Item 3?Public buildings, furni ture and fixtures, $400. tern 4?Jail expense (dieting prisoners). $1,000. Hem 5?County home, poorhouse and poor. $5,000. Item 6?Repairs to poorhouse I building, $900. f Item 7?Court expense*?, $S,000. Item S?For Camp Alice Tuber cular camp, for maintenance, and other purposes as may be author ized by the board of trustees, $3. CO0. <This expenditure to be under the supervision of the county board, and only upon the. .county board's approval). Item 9?For sinking furtd and interest on bonds, one-fourth mill (about $2.350.00). item 10?Clerk of court, $100. Hem 11?Sheriff, $2.200.00. Item 12?Treasurer, $750. 'Item 13?Clerk and treasurer, .$500. Item 14?Vuditor, $750. Item J5?Clerk to auditor, $300. Ib^i 16?Superintendent of ed ucation, $1,600. Item 17?County attorney, $240. Item IS?Coroner. $50 0. Item 19?Janitor, $420. Item 20?Four rural poliee. $5, ?100. Item 21?Five commissioners. $900. Item 22?Clerk to board. $1.S0<>. Item 23?Magistrates, $3.224-40. Item 23?(a) Magistrate eighth [district. Pinewood, $240. New. Item 24?Constable third district; I $4S0. Item 24 (a) Constable eighth district, Pinewood,'$200. Xew. J Item 25?Jailer, $900. I Item 26?Tax assessors, $600. I Item 2 7?County engineer. $2, i 500. j (This item to he construed in j connection with the provisions of an act of 1921. relating to county j ofiicers, etc. The board is author ized to employ a suitable and com t potent person under this item to perform such duties and to have such powers as the board may pre scribe for such length of time and at such salary not to exceed the sum <d* two thousand live hundred i ($2.260) dollars as the board may determine). Item 28?-City nurse. $1S0. Item 29?Board of education. $12u. Item 20?Part of salary of farm [demonstration agent, $90<?. I Item 31?Salary of home dem onstration agent, $1.300. j Item 32?For office help for ! judge of probate. $300. I Item 22?Fiscal agent. $60. j Item '54?Expenses and per diem for sheriff for transportation and criminal cases out of the county, if so much be necessary. $500: tele phone and telegraph. $250: rent of office of n\.ster. $100: Rescue Or phanage, expense, $SO0: official bonds, *4r,o; gisoline and repairs for cars for rural policemen, $900: disinfectants, $200; for supplemen tary Confederate pensions which may be paid to any Confederate v< t eran ov? r seventy years of aye. having an income of less than $200 per annum, and ?who is unable to earn a living at the rate of $5 pet month. $1.750; books, stationery, postage and printing, $1,500; cor oner atal lunacy. $1.000; interest i on borrowed money, $3.500; vim! statistics. $600: expenses of vac cination, $250; gas and expense', superintendent of education. $200: traveling expenses of auditor, $'2'>: election expenses, $250. Section i That lor the purpose of paying the interest and provid ing the sinking fund necessary to retire at maturity the permanent j BURNING OF I TRANSPORT | UNEXPLAINED! i - i jCaptain of Northern| Pacific Refuses To i Talk ? Foul Play! j Suspected j j Newport News, Feb. 9.- Capt. | I William List:, master <>i* the trans-j j port Northern Pacific, which was j 'destroyed by fire off Delaware breakwater, refused to moke aj statement regarding the disaster j which is believed to have cost the j lives of four employers of Sun i Ship yards. ; Captain Seth Case, master of the I steamship Transportation, winch docked here with twenty-two sur vivors, said that when he tirst ; sighted the Northern Pacific it j j was burning from end to end. in a I : rough sea. lie picked up the men j i in life boats. Five others were j rescued by the steamship Wylie. I The men believed to be lost were j sleeping near where the titv of mi ? determined origin started. The ! survivors suspect foul play. !Tax Bills Have j Right of Way j Legislature Decides to Double j License Tax on Corpora | tions?Income Tax Bill to Third Reading Columbia; Feb. 'j.?The senate : today sent the corporation tax bill j to the house, providng for an iu j crease of license fees from one i half to one mill of each dollar of ! the capital stock, j The senate also advanced the I two income, tax bills to third read ling after some debate, with the (understanding that the bills will I be discussed there, it is ander I stood that an ef.ort will be made i Friday to have the bills recommit ; ted to the judiciary committee, j The senate also decided to give j revenue measures priority over j bills on the calendar, the '?nly ex [ccption being made for local rneas ' tires. -? 1 ?? (naval plant closes down j Charleston. W. Va.. Feb. 99.?The \ naval ordnance plant here was or j dered closed down by Naval Score- j tary Denby and employes laid off without pay until June 2?th. j columbia phonograph company insolvent : Wilmington. Del.. Feb. 9.? The I Columbia Graphpphone Mannfac J turing company has applied for re ceivership in the federal district I i court, claiming insolvency. j road bonds issued under the net [of 1920. the treasurer of Sumter j county is authorized and directed Jto set aside the interest obtained (from batiks on funds arising from the sale of said bonds while on de posit with said banks: And iron: the special road levy funds arising from the seven (7> mill levy of I92u he shall set aside the balance of the amount necessary to pay said in-i } terest and provide said sinking fund: the amount of said sinking ? fund to be such an amount as set t aside annually at five per cent (5) (interest compounded annually will provide funds sufficient to meet outstanding bonds issued tinder said act of 1920 as same matures. Tin* remainder of said special seven (7) mill levy he shall hold in bank at best interest rate obtainable, sub ject to the further direction of tin general assembly. Section 3'.?The above accounts shall be kept separate and expend ed only for the purpose for which, appropriated; and the said county hoard of commissioners shall not 'expend or contract to expend under I any genera! item any sum greater j than the amount for such general j item herein appropriated, except Jas hereinafter provided; and no [account against the county shall ; !>?? approved or paid except :is (properly authorized expenditure by j the county board upon an itemiz I ed and sworn statement of the amount being filed and k> pi ?>n 1 j file. Section 4? In anticipation of the | lax herein levied ihm county hoard j of commissioners is authorized to! borrow such sum or sum-- mav I . i?e necessary not exceeding the | i revenue arising hereunder al lie best attainable t? - of interest and i I retire any 1?>:i?: x> made from t he : revenue herein provided as the j same may become available; j Section .'? The county conmris- ' j sioners ore authorized !.? dcter ; mine the repairs necessary t?> the] court house building and t<> have j said repairs made, and for thai ! purpose arc authorized and em-pov. "ered to borrow such a mounts as j i may he necessary t"? men ibe .\ I peiises t hereof. Section i??The county board ??f ; Commissioners are'authorized !" ?'? I ? ? j [ ply and unexpended balances from ] amounts herein appropriated foi the various items. t<? suppJemei i . i he approprial ion for t oatl . and i ! bridges; l Seeth?)) 7. This act dial I mi.. : effect immediately upon n ap I proval by the governor. Col?T^'t. all the ends Thou Aims'l a Sumter, S. C, Saturday, F Rep. Hughes Changes Plans in Fignt on] State Highway De-I partment Columbia. Feb. 7.?Represen tative F.. T. Hughes who will initiate ! i a rii.:ht on tho state highway <!<?- ; partmont in the house this year, is quoted today, following the an-; nouncemem of the resignation of ] Charles 11. Moorefield, chief engi-i m-.-i- of i Ii?* department, thai he will j withdraw his hill to abolish tin* highway commission and substitute i for ii a bill to he introduced l>y , Representative Claude X. Sapp, of ! Columbia, to provide for the elec-. tion of fh ? member of tin* stale i highway commission by tin* legis- j lative delegation in the various con-1 gressional districts, one commis sioner for each district, Mr. Sapp'sj bill would provide that the pres- j ent commissioners shall hold of-j lice until their terms expire. He would also abolish fh.- office of see- j retary of the highway department. HOTEHMSTS PERISH IN RICHMOND' ? ? Big Lexington Hotel; Burned Last Night, j Twenty-Seven Arej Missing, Four Dead,1 Many Injured _ Richmond. Va.. Feb. 7.?There I are four known dead arid a number! Of Injured in a fire which destroy- ! ed the Lexington Hotel and five ad joining buildings at Twelfth and.. Main streets last night. The dead j are Sheriff <'. .\ Thomas, of Aibe- ! marie ecu my: Hiram F. Austin, of! I**ineastle. Va.: M. .1. Fox. of Wll-j liatnsport. Fa. There were sixty-: seven guests in the hotel when the; fire started. Tiier.- were twenty- ! seven missing at S'ttJO this morning : The police believe the death toll will reach fifteen to twenty. ??-??0 Querry Heads Tax Commission - i Spartanburg Member Elected j Chairman to Succeed A. W. Jones ? Columbia. Feb. S.?Tim state tax i commission Tuesday elected YV. G. I Querry, of TY'elford, in Spartanburg] ? ounty, as chairman, succeeding in that office Hon. A. YV. Jones, of Columbia, formerly of Abbeville. Mr. Querry was elected chairman 1>> the commission, both the otherf members voting for Mr. Querry. Governor Cooper recently ap- j pointed .1. Fr?ser Lyon, of Colum bia, as member of the commission, j uhen it was announced that A. W. \ Jones would not offer for re-ap-j pointmont to the commission. The J election of tin* chairman of the ? commission is, under the law. in the hands of the commission itself. The ; commission held a formal meeting' Tuesday afternoon, when Mr. j Querry was elected. : Mr. Querry is a merchant. He j has been one of the h ading tax j authorities in the state for a mint- j her of years. He is held, in high ; esteem by all who know him and is! regarded as one of the best men j of the state. .T. ? Dcrham. of, Rorry county, also a tax authority j and himself a prominent planter, is ? the third member of the commis-1 sion. Mr. Lyon is a lawyer. Two Negro Ex Soldiers Testify Tell of Negroes Shot and! 1 Hung in France For Minor Washington. Feb. S. ?W. L. Pa vis, of Savannah, a negro, testify-! ing before the senate committee.! said Willam Fauntelroy. ;i negro 1 corporal, was shot and Idled by a; marine guard taking him t-> St. Xa Kare prison for being drunk. He said th<- guaxds claimed Fan Met-j t oy .it tack? d i hem. Phillip Kell - of M?mphts. a negro, said In* saw .1 negro lynched in France because; white soldiers resented his asso?'iai ; ions wit h a French girl; Pope Admires American People Expresses Intcresi in Result: of Washington (Conference ! K'.-im.-. F.*i. s Top.- Fins expres- j .??i unbound. 11 admiration for th. j .'. u . ti'.: 11 people and a deep in-. i> rest in the work of the Washing-j ton conference at the reception of 1. ardina l O'Connell of Boj ton t be thy Country's. Thy Cod's and ebruary 11, 1922 SEC. WEEKS DISCREDITS ; HENRY FORD _ I Secretary of War; Says Ford is Grop ing in the Dark Re garding* Fertilizer Manufacture _ Washington. Fob. 8?Secretary Weeks, appearing before the house j military committee that is consider ing Henry Ford's Muscle Shoals proposition, said he expected to submit two other otters before the end of the week. He said he be lieved Ford, is groping in dark re garding fertilizer manufacture and a forfeit should be required. Freezing in Florida Cold Wave Extends into the Far South Washington. Feb. S?The weath er bureau reported temperatures below freejyng as far south as Florida. Frosts are predicted over the entire south tonight. A BLEASE CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR Both Cole L. Blease and Eugene S. Have the Bee in the Bon net Columbia. Feb. 8. ?A new de velopment in state politics is be ing discussed in Columbia as a pos sibility, and it is being given much weight. I? is in connection with the race for the olliee of governor in the primaries of the coming; summer. Tt is being talked that Representative Eugene S. Blease,! of N'ewberty. may run for govern or, and Mr. Blease doesn't deny the report. When asked by this cor-i respondent what his political aims; were. Mr. Blease stated that hei does not know at this time, hut] when asked if he would run for governor, he stated that this might i be his course. Asked if he would run for govern- j or if his brother. Former Clovernori Cole L. Blease. runs. Representa tive Blease replied emphatically that he would not. The former governor has an- , nounecd that he will ran. Eugene I S. Blease has intimated that he will; consider the race, and it is now be lieved that the former governor will stvp out of the way in favor of his brother, the Xewboriy represen tative. i Camden Boy Killed Man Said to Have Fired Fatal j Shot From Pistol Through \ Accident Camden. Feb. 7.?Lewis Massa-j beau. ;i young white boy about Ii? i years of age. was shot and instant-! ly hilled here this afternoon about j ?'> o'clock. The bullet from a pistol ; was Ii red by Dexter Hurst, a white] man about "l? years of age. The. \ tragedy occurred in the store of S. j D. Hurst, father of Dext?-r Hurst, j on lower Vork street. I The ball struck the young boy j between tin- eyes penetrating his) brain and causing instant death. j Hurst claims that the shooting was an accident while he was fool-j ing with a pistol. Hurst was placed j in jail awaiting the verdict of a| coroner's inem-st which \. ill be] held Wednesday morning. There a re said to haw been two eye witnesses to the affair, one a negro man and another a white hoy by t Ire ua hie ?i 1 >unla p. -?? ? m Explosion Wrecks Baltimore Buildings Baltimore. Feb. s Two men are believed to have been killed in an explosion of unknown origin which wrecked three buildings in South Broadway. --????>? Orlando To Form Ministry London. Feb. S- Cornier l*r< in ter ?>r!ando. of Italy, h.is accepted tie- invitation of Ki;u; Victm- Em manuel lo fur in a new cabinet, ac cording to an exchange o legraph j dispat. 11. Irish Leaders Kidnapped Belfast, Fel?- s" A large number of the leading unionists in the Ci st.i area have been kind-napped from their homes and taken to unknown destination There have: been Gfteen arrests Truth's;" MORE POLITICS IN HIGHWAY ! ! Fight on State High-j way Commission Re-; suiting From Mars: Bluff Bridge DIs-| pute Goe.^ Merrily j ; On ! ! _ I i Columbia, Fob. x.?Representa-j i lives E. T. Hughes, of Marion, and! Edgar A. Drown, of Barnwell, is- j : suen a statement last nighr regard-! ing the state highway legislation | pending in the legislature, and fol- j : lowing the publication in the after- j ; noon press of Tuesday to the effecl | that Messrs. Hughes and Brown j ; would withdraw the bill mtrodue j.ed by them to abolish the highway! j commisison and create a depart- ! i merit of one commissioner. The! statement follows: "We have not withdrawn our ' bill. We arer willing to be fair and [have agreed to certain amend-j I ments thai Mr. Sapp desires to of i fer to our bill. This bill has not I ; made a light on Moorefield. If he! I has been made the 'goat.' it is pos- j ? si hie. that such has been done byi ; others higher up. Our bill was introduced in tin- house, after an nouncement by on?* of the authors that it would be introduced, and! ! has been held in committee fori I more than :i week, to give all par-1 ties interested a hearing. Humor! i had it th.-c our bill did not meet j federal aid requirements. We ran ! i no faith in this. This defect in our' ? bill was called for from the fed er-' al authorities, but was not forth-; ! con:ing." In speaking of the highway leg-] islation. Representative Sapp stat-; ? ed that he would introduce a bill.] I providing that the highway com- : I mission of seven members, one; ? from each Congressional district, be! ! elected by the legislature, the oot'.n-j 1 ty delegations in each congression-! al district electing the commission-: j er from their district. Mr. Sapp stated that .Mr. Hughes had agreed I i to .allow his bill to serve as an j i amendment to the Hughes-Drown j I bill, the Sapp plan thereby taking: j the place of the original Hughes; [plan for a one-man commission, j j These developments followed! ; the resignation of Chas. H. Moore-i [field, chief engineer of the state' [highway, and it is understood that; I in legislative conference rooms the. I resignation of Mr. Moorefield wa*; ? i discussed as a possible solution of; [the highway controversy, between; the highway commission and cer-i lain Marion county citizens regard* ing the Pee Dee bridge, location all Alars riluff. The compromise bill will be in troduce.'! in the house within a few! days, i; is understood, and will likely become law. It meets with i the approval of many leading! members of the house and senate, j It would abolish the office of secre-; tary of the commission, as reeom-i mended by the committee oh con-J solldation and economy, which re ported early in the session. It would provide for the i lection of the com j missioners by the legislature In-i stead of their being appointed by) the governor. It would make oih-? I er minor changes in the taw also.! i without effect jr..; the usefulness of j the department. Steamer Wrecked On Cape Cod Caost Guard Men Trying To; Rescue Crew of Fifty Highland Light. Mass.. Feh. X. ! ?The freighter Thistlemoore is be-| ing battered to pieces on Cape Cod tieach with the crew endangered. The coast guard have rigged the, br.ee? hes buoy to rescue the fifty ? no n ?? unpi ising I he crew". >><>?> Preparing For Strike 221,000 Textile Operatives .May Be Affected Lewiston. Me., Feb. 7. --Prepara-! tlo.ns for a strike n? \i Monday in Maine cotton mills in opposition to ;i "u per cent, wage reduction an nounced by manufacturers last week. wei?- begun today ::s result , of orders from headquarters of the American Federation of Textile1 Operatives. These orders, address ed to St.lie Organizer Louis Lang lojs hen*. and to unions in Pruns- i wick and Augusta, affect ceni?rs employing 1.000 operatives. The on I ers direct ed open m:iss meetings .:! in preparation for f he strike, .-? ? ?e? ^ British Exchange Up London Demand Hills Reach Higher Level New York. Fei?. 7 -British ex change resumed its upward coui-se In-re today, I .on don demand bill.-., mounting t?> S L3.4 3-4. The move ment was marked by only a slight , reaction. Other European exchanges mov ed forward in sympathy, the Ital ian rate shewing greatest strength at :i gain of ten points and Belgian :uni French bills rising four and , eight points, respectively 1 thj: true w>n SENATE AND HOUSE DISAGREE ON TAX BILLS Gasoline' and Inheri tance Tax Bills Go to Free Conference Committee Columbia. Feb. 8.?The house of representatives last nigh' refused to agree to the senate's plan to tax gasoline two Cents, and the gasoline tax bill, passed by both branches, j in the house with a one cent a gal- i Ion tax and in the senate with a j tax of two cents, was sent to free] conference, where the wrinkles will be smoothed out. Tin? inheritance tax bill als' reached the house last night. n its return trip to the house, havi .*; passed the senate with amend men s to the original bill. The hom , however, rejected the amendm ts and sent it to free conference ; so One. of the senate amendm- its would cut out the retroa ive clause. The senate finance cor. si tee last night reported the inco tax bill back to the senate, wit! di vided report, the majority r< ort favoring no changes in the . ex cept the elimination of the a . or. income of insurance comp lies, the minority report favoring ; cut of the taxes fifty per cent. The bill provides a tax about thirty per cent of the federal income, tax. The minority of the committee I would cut this in half. The luxuries tax bill is yet to ro ceive consideration at the hands of the house. The hydro-electric pow- ! er tax bill and the movie tax bill are yet with the finance committee of the senate, as is also the busi ness license tax bill. The house last night sent to the senate by a vote of &1 to 4, after a lengthy and earnest debate, the resolution by Representative Sapp to amend the constitution so as to allow the general , assembly to classify property for taxation. The amendment, if carried, would al low the Taxing of some property at a higher levy than certain other classes of property, due to the vary ing ability of properties to stand taxation. ? ? ? Intelligent Cot ton Marketing Co-operative Marketing Plan Growing in Strength in All Sections of State Columbia, Feb. S.? Members of tho general assembly who grow cotton are signing the cotton co operative marketing contract, sev eral having already affixed their signatures while others are expect ed to sign this Week, according to 1':. C. Hamer, chairman of the campaign committee of the South. Carolina Cotton Growers' Coopera tive association. Among those who have already signed are Senators P. L. Bethea, of Dillon: George K. Laney, of Chesterfield, and F. C. Robinson of McCormick, and Reprseentative Clarence .1. Jackson and R. B. Rei ser of Sumter county: John W. Mc Kay, of Dillon county; L. R. Wind ham, and Julius S. Mclnnes, of Darlington county, and J. II. Ma brey, and F. Gentry Harris, of Spartanbu rg. Senators P. L. Bethea. of Dil lon. A. M. Kennedy of Barnwell and T. B. Butler of Cherokee are mem bers of the organization commit tee of the association and Senator Bethea Is also chairman Tor Dillon ' county. R. B. Laney of Cheraw, \ brother of Senator Laney. is also a member of the organization com mittee. According to Senator Bethea the sentiment for cooperative market-j ing is spreading in the Fee Dee sec tion very rapidly. ?"The people are talking cooperative marketing ev-1 crywhere and it appears to be the J dominant idea of the day." he said. "The farmers in my section are for it because it leads to a direct. \ definite goal. It is the most sen- j sitde thing that we have ever un- ] dertaken and I believe is going to j change conditions that have exist ed for years. The farmers will { market Ins ecuon intelligently and j will lie able to a living wage for! tt as a result of th?* organization of :i cooperative markotng associa- j lion in i-ach state, instead of each j cotton grower selling his cotton in' competition with his brother grow-i < r \\ i are a!! going to sell coopera- j lively, which means that instead or j a grvat portion of the crop being I dumped on the market each fall j at whatever price might be offer-! .'i. we will si ll &s the demand ! ariVes and at :i price which will not ;: - a reasonable profit-.*' -? o ? Plan Stern Measures, _ i To Quell Disturbances in India London. Feb. ".?The India of-? tiee issued an ofiicia) communica-j lion this evening indicating that it j v. :is the int. :;; ion of the govern ment to adopt stern measures to j suppress the campaign of civil dis-j obedience in India. h adds that i no government could discuss the demands contained by the recent! manifesto of Mahatma K. XSandhi. tin- Indian Nationalist leader. [ rimOW Established .June i, l&M. VOL. LIL NO. 52 LONG LIST OF CASES FOR SPRINGjCOURT Five Will Be Tried For Murder at Court of General Sessions Which Convenes on February 13th Only seven carrier] over oases .ire to come up lor iri.il during the spring session of tho court of general sessions which convenes in Sumter at 10 o'clock Monday morn ing. February IC. His Honor, Judge S. W. G. Shipp, of Florence, will preside. According toa state ment made by Solictor Fran!: A. McLeod. this docket is in a better condition for presentation to the court, at this time than at any previous time sine.? he has been solicitor. The docket is in fine shape and there, is no reason why good progress will not be made during this session of the court. Of the seven cases which have been brought over from previous trials, live of that number are in dictments for murder, one is a for gery case one a larceny of live stoek case and the remaining case is for non-support. The cases are: Ranzie Perry, colored, charged with murder. The negro is now in jail awaiting his trial. Ke is alleged to have killed his father and was tried for the crime together with his mother at which time his mother was acquit ted and the negro Perry given a life sentence. The case was ap pealed to the supreme court and granted a new trial. The second trial of this case resulted in a mis trial. The case which will probably be taken up first during this term if the Edgar Bradley case. Bradley is tried for the murder of W. F. outlaw, who was shot by Bradley on Christmas day of the year 1520. The first trial of this case resulted in a mistrial. For the state. So licitor F. A. McLeod. and Attorn ey Dennis of Bishopville, assisting. Counsel for the defense. Tatura? & Wood and M. L. Smith. Source Brown, colored, is to be tried for murder. Tommle Robinson and John Rob- - inson, colored, are to be tried to gether on a murder charge. The murder having taken place at a negro hot supper. R. R. Boykin is to be tried for the non-support of his wife. Robert Lane, negro, is to face the charge of larceny of live stock. La no i.s alleged to have sielen hogs from Mr. Herman My ers. Preston Maples, colored., i<; ro be tried for forgery. The complete list of vises'to be tried for the first time duriVg this court session wdl be published la ter. "Bad Check''BilT May Be rassed House of Representatives Send It to Third Reading With Hopes It Will Soon Be Before Senaie Columbia. Feb. S.?The house of representatives today, by a vote of 76 to 24 refused to kill the "bad check" bill and sent it to third reading well on its way to the sen ate. th-? bill introduced by Repre sentative Barnett of Columbia, and Representative Sheppard. of Edge field, would make the utterance of a bad check prima facie evidence of intent to fraud. The bill was amended so as not to apply to checks given in settle ment of old accounts. Represen tative Barnett opened the debate on the bill by fcplaining its pur pose and urging its enactment, to put a stop to tin- pr< valence of giv ing bad checks. Representatives Bryson. Sheppard and Sapp spoke in favor of the bill, while Represen tatives Hanahan. Buckingham and 11 ilHard fought it hard. Lost on Way To Bimini Miami. Feb. $?Fears an- enter tained that a party of three men in an oner, boat between Miami and Bimini are lost. Search is being mad- by airplane. Labor Riot in Ohio rorkville, Ohio. Feb. S?At least one man was killed and a number injured in a tight at the Wheeling Steel plant when strikers fought, with men imported to run the mills. Elmer Cost, a union picket, was shot to death. Would Postpone Meet London. Feb. s According to the Westminster Gazette the British Government has received a note from the French government mak ing strong representations that the Genoa conference should he post poned three months. Washington, Feb. .v? Funds for tile soldiers' bonus will he raised through taxation under plans of the house ways ami means commit tee.