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THE S?MTEIt WATCHMAN", Este CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,1 DEMOCRATS HELPED PASS BONUS BILL Overwhelming Major :[ ity of House Bows to Demand of Soldiers For War Indemnity r ????? Washington, March 23. ? The j $4,000,000,000 soldiers* bonus bill j .was passed tonight by the house by j ** an overwhelming majority. It now j soes to the senate, where its fate ; is regarded as uncertain. ? The vote was 323 to' 70. or 04 more than the two-thirds majority \ necessary *'or passage of the j measure under the parliamentary! ~ procedure selected by Republican j leaders for the expressed purpose j of preventing the Democrats from offering a motion to recommit. Party lines disappeare.1 both in the'general debate and on thermal roll call, 243 Republicans. D;) Dem *ocrats and one Socialist supporting the bill and 42 Republicans, and 23 Democrats' voting against if. As passed by the house The lK?rius would provide for immediate cash g payments to veterans whose ad f. justed service pay would not ex - ceed $30, and would give the oth er veterans hie option of these four plans: ?t;v Adjusted service certificates, with provisions authorizing loans by banks In the first three years af ter next October 2, and by the gov ernment thereafter; the certificates to run for 20 years and to have a face value at maturity of the - amount of the /adjusted service i credit at the rate of $1 a day for V foreign servcie, increased by. 25 j per cent., plus interest at the rate j .of 4 1-2 per cent., compounded annually. A'ocational training aid after Jan uary l. 1023, at the rate of $1.7i a day, the total payments not to exceed, however, 40 per cent of the adjusted service credit. Farm and home aid under which ;% veterans may purchase or improve iarms or homes would be paid af r ? ter July I. L923, a sum equal to their adjusted service credit in creased by 25 per cent.. Land settlement under "which lands would be reclaimed under the supervision of a special. board und faim-units established Tor sale to the veterans at a price fixed by the bo^rd. less the amount oi the adjusted service credit dtte the purch^K>T5. * In only two important -particu lars does this measure differ from the one passed by the house two j years ago and that was shelved in * the senate last July. The original cash bonus option was eliminated and the bank loan provision of the adjusted service certificate title substituted. Xot ^ince the war days had the house galleries been jammed as they were today from the time Speaker Giilett's gavel fell at 11 a. m. until the last vote had been cast as the . shades of evening gathered. And not in many years had such scenes been enacted on the floor, where there frequently wa3 an. uproar with alternate applause, laughter and tears. Like the house ifself, the gal leries were pro-bonus and support ers of the bill were frequently ap- I plauded. But the greatest ap- i plause was not for a proponent, j but ?.n opponent, the members and j many of the spf-ctators rising and j tendering an ovation to ''Uncle' Joe** Cannon as the grizzled hold- j er of the American \ record for ? length of legislative service arose - in the day to deliver a two minute \ ?peech in which he declarer} that j the men who served in the j world war owed that service toj ?> their country. In all there was slightly more than five hours of discussion with; 75 of the 435 members taking par. j in it. Transcripts of their re-j marks would fill about two ordi- j nary sized newspapers. Many of them were on their feet only a r minute or two or three but the house gave* unanimous consent for .all members to. extend their re marks in The Congressional Rec ord dur*n? the next five days and editions of that volume during! that time promised to he exceed ingly bulky. Arguments against the bill were more frequent than those in its i favor, due to the fact that many * Democrats who announced that j they would support It vigorously attacked some of Its provision and the ways and means committee for ! \ failure to provide means of financ- ! ing the bonur. In the course of th< debate the measure was referred j to as a "gold brj(|kF" "a bugu" bill, a **hokus-pocus" and a "deformed <tnd malformed creature." Supporters of the bill described h as? the best that could fee obtain ed at this time and some of them declared that it was even better than the original measure with its cash bonus feature since it would enable veterans in need to obtain j cash immediately and ot fhe same] time be protected by the govern- ? inent in their rights fn the ad justed service certificates. Politics were injected Into tin debate several times during tin day and resulted in some warm ex- j oh a n g e s. Representative Pou i (Democrat) ?* North Carolina de- j ?cried what he characterized as the' effort of the majority to make thej bonus a partisan issue while Rep resentative Campbell (Republican) of Kansas and Longworth assailed Wished April, 1S?0. SSI.__ PACIFIC ! TREATY UP TO FRANCE i I Chamber of Deputies! May Place Reserva tions on the Foun Power Pact Washington, March 25?The four power Pacific treaty, which was ratified by the senate yesterday still has to run (he gauntlet of the French and Italian legislative bod ies. The British and Japanese can give assent by an ord^r in privy council. The Italian embassy say:; there is no doubt of a favorable action by Italy, but yesterday's aery debate in the French Chamber of Deputies is regarded by some offi cials here as warranting close study of the situation in Paris, where it would not be surprsing if attempts are made to place reservations and even amendments on the docu ments. DEATH SENTENCE GIVEN CHANDLER Greenville Man Slew Wife and Mother-in-Law Greenville, March 24.?After 17 minutes' deliberation, the jury in the case of Jeff Chandler, charged with killing his wife and mother in-law, here February 25, return ed a verdict of guilty of first de gree murder at 3:4$ this afternoon, after which Judge Frank P.. Gary sentenced Chardler to die in the electric chair on April 21. the minority report on the bill filed by Representative Kitchin of North Carolina; Democratic leader. Mr. Longworth declared that the reference in the minority report to Ambassador Harvey at London as the "blasphemous,- bibulous boot licker at the Court of St. James" was most disgracefully vulgar. He characterized the whole report as j "cheap, wantonly ulgar and dis graceful." - As the debate dragged along late in the day many members began to manifest impatience and toward the] last some of the speakers had dif- I fieulty in getting under way be- j cause of the repeated and Joud de- | man.ds for a vote. Speaker Gil-j lett had trouble at times in main .tauiing order despite a liberal use of his gavel. At the outset of the day Demo cratic leaders sought to upset the | majority program to have the bill j considered ' under a suspension of the rules, but Speaker Gillett over ruled the point of order by Repre sentative Garrett of Tennessee that the resolution making this a j special suspension of the rules day j was in violation of the house rules. Opening the debate. Chairman I Fordney explained the bill in de tail and concluded with the dec-1 laration that in practically every j state where the bonus had been j put to a. vote it had been approv ed by a large majority and that j of the ten states that had voted a cash bonus, "not one was south of the Mason and Dixon line.'" Washington, March 23.?Repub licans voting for the bonus bill in cluded: Clouse of Tennessee; Ford ney, Langley of Kentucky. Long- i worth. Mondell. Reece of Tennes- i see, Robinson of Kentucky, Scott j of Tehness? e, Sh-mp, Taylor of Ten- ! nessee and Volstead. Anionj; the f?0 Democrats voting: for were: Almoxi, Bankhead, Rarkley, Bell, Bowling, Brand, Uulwinkle, Byrnes of South Caro-1 Una, Cantrin, crisp, Doughton, I Drane, Fisher. Fulmer, Hammer. Huddlest?n, Jeffers of Alabama, Johnson of Kentucky, Lankford, Larsen of Georgia, Lee of Geor gia, Logan. Lyon, McSwain. Over street, Park of Georgia, Pou, Smithwiek, Steagall. Stedman. j Stevenson, Stoll, Tyson, 1'pshaw, j Vinson, Weaver. Wise and Wright. Republicans voting against, of which there were 42, included Can-1 non. Kahn fo California. Mannj and Robertson. The 28 Democrats voting against included: Blanti of Virginia,: Byrns of Tennessee. Davis of Ten- | nessee. Dominick, Drewry, Garrett j of Tennessee, Mnrson. Hooker. Mon tague, Moore of Virginia, (.diver. Padgett, Sears und Woods of Vir- j ginin. Those voting only "presem ' were Moore arid Wood, both of Indiana.] Pairs (not counted in total j vote): Patterson of Missouri and: Lamperi < Republicans) for with Kitchin (Democrat) against. Speaks (Republican) and Ward of North Carolina (Democrat) for with Deal (Democrat) against; El liott and Kleczka (Republicans) i for with Layton (Republeian) ' against. Jacoway and Shields (Demo-i crats) for with Micks (Republican) against: Blanton and MeDutfiei (Democrats) for with Mimes (Re publican) against. i Those not recorded on the roll] call and not paired on the bonus! bill wer.-: Republicans, Ogden.! Reber. Rodenberg: Democrats,: Brinson. Clark of Florida. Mans field. Parrish. Rainey of Alabama,] Taylor of Arkansas. Speaker Gillett did not vote and i there are five, vacancies in the] house. "Be Just and Fear '. PACIFIC TREATY RATIFIED Four Power Alliance Engineered by Sen ator Lodge Forced Through the Senate Washington. March 24.?The four power Pacific treaty, the cen ter of controversy over accomplish ments of the Washington arms conference, was ratified by the sen ate today with no reservation ex cept (the "no jaliianceP -declara tion proposed by the foregn rela tions committee and accepted by President Harding. The final vote of K7 to 2 7, rep resenting a margin of four over the necessary two-thirds, was recorded after the opponents of ratification had made more than 20 unsuccess ful attempts to qualify senate ac tion by reservations or amend ments distasteful to the adminis tration- On the deciding roll call 12 Democrats voted for the treaty and only four Republicans oppos ed it. Dying hard, th* irreconcilable element which has opposed the treaty on the ground tIrr?r it estab lished an alliance between the Lfnited States, Groat Britain, .la pan and France, forced 33 roll calls during a four and a half hour session set aside for final action on the resolution of ratification. They made their best showing on a pro posed reservation to invite outside powers into Pacific "conferences" affecting their interests, mustering 3G votes for the proposal to ."?.". in opposition. The committee reservation was accepted in the end by a vote of {??> to 2. two attempts to modify fail ing by overwhelming majorities. It declares that the "United States understands tltat under the state ment in the preamble or under the terms of this treaty there is no commitment to armed force, no alliance, no obligation to J * > i ri in any defense.". Although the debate was pro hibited during the day session un der a unanimous consent agree ment, the treaty opponents raised a point of order !n regard to the d e c la rati o ri accompanying the treaty but not a part of it. and laid the basis for continuing their as sault tomorrow when the supple mental treaty deftmng the scope of the four power pact comes up for consideration. It is the hope of the administration leaders that the supplemental treaty may be ratified and all that pertains to tin four power arrangement declared off tin senate calendar before tomorrow night. The roll call on ratification of the four power treaty follows: For ratification: Republicans? Rail. Braridegee, Brunsum. Calder, Cameron. Capper, Colt, Cummins. Curtis, Dillingham, Dupont. Edge. Elkins, Fernald, Frelinghuysen. Gooding. Hale, Harrald, Jones of Washington. Kellogg. Tveyes, Ladd, \ Lenroot, Lodge, MeCormiek. Me- j Cumber. McKinley. McLean, Me- ; Nary, Moses, Nelson, New, New berry, Nicholson. Nordoek. Od die'.' Page. Pepper, Phlpps, Poindexter, ] Rawson. Shortridge, Smoot, Spcn-j cer, Stantield, Sterling, Sutherland.! Townsend, Wadsworth, Warren Watson of /Indiana, Waller and | Willis?55. Democrats ? Broussard, Dial, ' Fletcher. Kendrick. McKellar, My-i ers, Owen. Pomererfe, Ransdell, j Trammell. Underwood and Wil-] hams?12. Total tor ratification, <;7. Against ratification: Republicans j ?Borah, France, Johnson and La Follett*?4. Democrats ? Ashurst, Caraway, j Culberson, Gerry, Glass, Harris,' Harrison, Heflin, Hitchcock, King,: Overman, Pittman. Reed. Robin- ? son, Sheppard, Shields, Simmons, j Smith, Stanley. Swwnson, Walsh of Massachusetts, Walsh of Montana and Watson of Georgia?23. Total against ratification, -~. Throughout the day's voting a I bloc ?>f ">3 republicans stood solidly against all r e s e r v a t ion.s und amendments except the "no alii- I ance" declaration of the commit-j I The four Republican irreconeil- | aides, Seniitors Borah of Idaho, France of Maryland. Johnson of California and La Follette of Wis consin, were the only members of their side of the chamber who j voted consistently for qualifyingI proposals, although Senator Nor ris (Republican) of Nebraska sup-j ported several and Senator Ladd (Republican) of North Dakota vot cd for one. On the Democratic side there was less unanimity of action. The 23] Democrats who finally voted against ratification voted together on rnosi roll calls in favor of amendments and reservations Inn u group of eight or ten stood with.j their party leader, Senator Fnder wood of Alabama, in opposition to most, of tic proposed changes. In the 30 to 55 vote on the "out Hide powers'' reservation, however.."] Senator Cud er wood's following reached its minimum strength, only Senators) Williams of .Missis- i sippi and Myers of Montana join ing him on the Democratic side in opposition to tue proposal. The long succession of roll calls! was witnessed by one of the largest I gallery crowds that lias evei at tended a senate session. Siot?Let all the rials Thou Ainis'l at be thy Country's. Thy God's and Sumter, S. C Wednesday, March 29, 1922 ? mm ^ mm _ Alice Brady a Mother After Divorce Wimms, ? r A son has been born to Alice Brady, actress, who divorced James Lyons Crane, the baby's father (below) last January. TO TREATY VOTEDDO EFFORT TO CALL OUT ALL MINERS Senate Votes Down j Mine Workers' Union One After Another! Negotiating With Reservations to the; 200,000 Non-Union Four Power Treaty j Miners For Strike Washington, March 24.---The proposed amendment and reservar tions to the four power Pacific treaty were voted down one after another by the senate approaching1 the final vote on the ratification. The majorities were mostly over whelming and followed party lines, j men Only a few more democrats fol-?men ? Cleveland. Match 2."..?The lead ers of the nati?n-w?de coal strike. Set for April 1st, turned their at tention today to winning two hun dred thousand non-union miners to walk out. which seemed assured of the support of half million union Tails for the non-union to art will be issued next lowed Senator L'nderwood opposing ; week. ' the amendments and Senator ( Lodge was opposed only by a few j * ? ? of tin- irreconcilable.**. '^'^inAnr t\t rnmTmT tim e of the treaty dealing with ! ROW IN FRENCH the life and termination of the j treaty was approved hy sixty-sev- j en to twenty-six. Article four was j -? adopted by seventy-niree to eight. Former Premier Briand Tar ? -? * * " ~~ ? j get For Bitter Criticism CHAMBER NEGRO GIVEN ANNAPOLIS APPOINTMENT New York Congressman Nom inates Negro as Naval Cadet Washington. March 24.?Belief that the "valor of Americanism of iIk- colored boys in the war" should b<- recognized was said today by Representative Ansorge (Repub Paris, March 24 (By the Asso ciated Press).;? A storm of criti cism of the attitude of the French delegates to the Washington con ference on limitation of armaments and Far Eastern affairs and of the treatment they received at the conference broke loose in the chamber of deputies this evening Aristide Briand, former premier, who at first headed the delega tion, was accused of proposing to Charles E. tliighes. the American secretary of state, a Franco-Amer ican naval alliance against Great lican) of New York to have j Britain and there were repeated de prompted him to appoini Emit; manda from the cxtreme right that Treville Holley. negro, of New York City, as a candidate for en trance i<> the United States naval! academv. M. Briand be tried before tin- sen ate sitting as a high court. M. Briand briefly defended his Holley, who is a freshman in the I position when the debate began j unexpectedly, it previously bavins; College of the City of New York. ; h(M.? a~reed tha, the' interpelia the New York representative said, J ,jons regarding the Washington ne has been appointed by him to- | sotiations. which wen- first on the gether with three other principals j order of lhe flay, should be de and eight alternates, lie will be ; ferred until news was received as required to lake a mental and phy- j ,0 th(. action of the American sen sieal examination with the others j ute on the miestion'of ratification of the four power pact. M. Briand and Rene V'iviani, another former premier, had left the chamber, be lieving discussion on the interpel-1 on April 11? and in event he fails to pass one of the alternates will be chosen. Secretary Denby declined to dis cuss tlie appointment of Holley who, ii is understood would, if successful in the examinations, be the tirsi negro at the naval aead i?im since the days of reconstruc t ion. BODY BADLY MANGLED I la tions was temporarily postponed.. Bui shortly afterward the bitter | .attacks began. Premier Poincarc I was unable to come to the chain-i her. In the emergency he sent \ Louis Carthou. vice premier and i minister of justice. J>ut Albert Sar raut. minister <>i' the colonies, who! [headed the French delegation after j j the departure of M. Briand from U1 r Luirens. March 24?Jack Al dridge. of Kings Mountain. X. C. was killed today when he was ac ciden!l\ caught in the shafting in the weave room at the Watts foil on Mills here. He w:is fright fully mangled and lived only about thirty infinites after receivi i-; the injury. lb- was an electrician decla red 1 former I he i Sar of ihe ' i i Mill about thirly years of a i doing some work here for a ' \ iile elect ricri 1 . oinpany. 11- i vived by his widow, who vva: with hint. was *?-rt - Stir ere Trinidad. Colo.. March 23.? Nine men known 10 be dead :ind nine are niissins today as the result of an explosion in the Sopris mine of the Colorado Fuel & Iron corn puny. Rescue crews worked ;ill nielli in an effort to rescue the imprisoned men without avail and they are believed to be dead. Washington, already had taken the defense. lie , i hai lie stood behind his j chief, M. Briand. although rant ) now w as y membei Poinca re government The debate was linnll} adjourn e<i until next Friday. News of the | American senate's ratification of lhe lour oower f re.it v did noi ? j rcacli parliament until i he session ended. Premier Poincarc will be present when the debate is r6 sumed. and M. Brlaml will sei forth, his side of the ease in what is ex pected .to be a tumultuous session! of the chamber, during which long pent-up feelings-of discontent will; a i red London. March 2'??The colon ial office has received word that Arthur Griffith and Famonn J. I>u gan would arrive in London Monday io confer on the critical Irish situ ation. Truth's.*' TELEPHONE RATE FIGHT ! RENEWED j - Subscribers' Associa-; lion Hope to Obtain | Reductions in Rate; Through the Foster; Law HartsvUle, March 2:'.?Appen 11 ; to the people of the state to carry I I forward the fight for reduction in] telephone rates and for a com- j munity long distance service that ! I will boner meet their needs was] mode tonight by the Telephone Subscribers' association, through its i president, A. L. M. Wiggins. It is j I tin* first public announcement by.-] I the association since the beginning; of the fight in the ''legislature to i reduce the rates and to reorganize I the railroad commission. '"The legislature," says Mr. Wig gins, "has given telephone users in South Carolina a new deal. In spite of the many difficulties in se- i curing passage of measures of this ? kind the legislature has put through the laws in good workable shape. The association, through its: thousand members, has worked un tiringly in order to help undo what ; j is admitted on all sides to have: been a grave injustice to tin- peoVi j pie of South. Carolina. ? j "The legislature has done its I part. As soon as the Foster hill Tis signed by the governor the tele-| ; Phon?- rates in South Carolina will; be restored to their status of Jan-' Hary. 1921, where they stood be-, fore the action of the railroad 1 commission last spring. "We have kept in constant touch; with all parts of the state and: while there seems little doubt but j that the governor will sign the Fos-1 ter bill, much surprise is evidenc- ; ed at his failure to sign the bill! promptly on its passage. Everyj element of fairness and justice is on the side of this legislation and it represents the overwhelming sentiment of the people of the state. The public has entire confidence, in the bill and the belief is prac- j tically unanimous that the gov ernor will sign it as soon as he ? gives final consideration. "The newly -reorganized railroad commission with its larger person-; nel anil additional funds for nec essary investigation assures both! the telephone company and the subscribers ample protection inj consideration of rate changes. The' j form?: hearing before the old com-; I mission and the methods adopted j I by the telephone company to in-; fluence the public and in presenting! its ease before the commission is; now an old story. As the case was: nandled and received by the com-j mission ne. her the public nor the j commission had a reasonable j chance to controvert tho broad j claims of the telephone company.; Tt is impossible to detail here any ; great part of this wholly inequi table proceeding, but it is perhaps] sufficient to mention the few fol lowing points: "First. Almost no original evi dence was introduced by the tele phone company on tiny point. "Second. The telephone com pany asked for high enough rates! to ( vrn a definite dividend on its; inc.. ..lent, but no evidence was presented and no investigation of! any kind was made as to the in-: vestment values on which a return was claimed by the telephone i eompa ny. "Third. One of the very largest items of expense of the telephone I company was for depreciation,! ?and this is a large item in the ex-; pense of any public utility) but no evidence was submitted to show how much depreciation they had charged as expense, nor the rate of' depreciation, nor the size of the depreciation reserve fund previous ly accumulated by the company. "Fourth. Xo separation was made us to income, expense or in vestment of exchange service as distinguished from toll or long dis tance st rvice. and nothing what ever was shown as to distribution j of toll revenue or expense be tween the Southern Roll and the American Telephone and Tel*-. graph company. "Fifth. The rates asked by the telephone company wer*1 base,! on an estimated future expense and an estimated future income : nd not on actual operating income and expense. How could th - reason-' ableness of any rate b. irrived at under such eondiiions? It has ic cently come to light that tie- .Amer ican Tel?*phone and Tel?vgiapti com- , pany of New York, which owns^iOO per cent, of the common stock of the Southern Bell, is paid s7 per cent, of the Southern Boll's toil revenue on outgoing messages and 100 pel- cent, of its toll reve nue on incoming messages, while] the Southern Fell pays tint per cent, of the expense of handling every toll message in the state. These facts wer*? not before the commission when it made its recent order increasing telephone rates. ?'Are the above matte's open to serious 11uestion? They certainly j must bo when it is known that only] last week the public service com mission of New York ordered a re-j dui lion in telephone rates, to ojuote them 'net only on account of the' downward price trend of ail mater ials, 'he decreasing cost of money, i he daily readjustments in the la- j bor market, the effort toward econ- j THE TRUE SOU! SENATE RECEIVES BONUS BILLj l Bill Sent to Finance j Committee Follow-1 ? ing Squabble o n| Floor Washington. March 24.?Scarce ly had the senate finished its fight over the four-power treaty today when the house laid the long; controverted soldiers' bonus bill in its lap. Senate business was halted for the presentation of the measure, which was accomplished with the usual formality. Appearing in the ntidsl of a controversy as to the time for talking up the next of the series of the treaties, the house clerk was escorted part way down the center aisle by the clerk of the senate, who announced: "Mr. President, a message from the house of" representatives." Immediately recognized by Sen ator Wadsworth. Republican, New York, who was presiding, the house clerk made a deep bow. "Mr. President," he said, "I am directed by the house of represen tatives to inform the senate that the house has passed H. R. 10, NT4 to provide adjusted compensa tion for veterans of the world war in which the concurrence of the senate is respectfully requested." A titter ran around the crowded galleries ami there were broad smiles by many of the senators. There was a suggestion that the hill be referred to the appropria tions committee. Senator Harrison, Democrat. Mississippi, declared he did not want it sent to the finance committee. explaining it might "disturb the bonus bill that is sleeping there." "There is no telling." he said, "when that bill will wake up and' I believe we ought to send this measure to some committee that will act on it." There followed a squabble as to what committee should consider it. but Senator Wadsworth decreed that it should go to the finance committee. Revenue Officers Are Charged With Murder Soperton. Ga.. March 2 7.?War rants charging J. T. Drake, bailiff, and Edward F. Xewberry. and T. E. Xelson, revenue officers with murder in connection with the shooting of P. Barwick Wednesday in Emanuel county, were placed in the hands of the sheriff. Drake was arrested and lodged in Truel ton county jail. omy manifested by all private busi-J ness enterprises, hut also because! the commission is convinced that the sums set aside for annual ex penses of depreciation are largely in excess of what is necessary.* The Georgia railroad commission re cently ordered payment to local companies of s per cent, on in come toll business and has cited the Southern Dell to show cause why their rates should not be de creased. The referee in the Fort Worth ease found tl^tt the tele phono company's statement of values was incorrect as a basis for figuring a return and that the heavy payments made to the Amer ican Telephone and Telegraph company was an excessive drain on the local company for which full; value was not received. The Xonh Carolina commission! refused to grant the full increase asked for on many grounds, one of which was the intercompany shifting of income nnd expense be- | tween the Southern Bell and the American Telephone and Tele graph company. In view of all these recent cases it certainly rais es the question as to wh? (her such conditions as were disclosed in oth er states do not also prevail in Sou; it < 'aretina. ?"file Foster bill now before the governor will take away no right | or remedv of the telephone com- ! I pany and can be opposed on not grounds except that the burden of proof in the matter of rates will) he on the telephone company, the! place where it belongs. If the tele phono company is no: satisfied with the old status of rates after the} Foster bill is signed the law gives, the company recourse to the re-j organized and better equipped j railroad commission. This eom-i mission is now ample and aide to , j uo thoroughly into rne matter 01 Kite making, investment, returns! and methods of doing business by the telephone company. ?*The legislature has done all it j possibly could have done for us. It j now up to tin- people lo express j to !'tc governor their wishes on the Foster bill and to convince hi.n that ho should sign it and make effective the good work of the legislature. The governor has call ed a hearing at his otfice on Tues day. April l. and at 1" o'clock in the morning every municipality j having a Southern Bell exchange I should have present at this hearing! ?is mayor, its city attorney and its; president of the Chamber of Commerce, or board of trade., and in addition a delegation of citi zens." I rilRON', Established .June I, 1S?6. VOL. LIU. NO. 13 THE PIEDMONT INTERESTED IN MARKETING Contract For Ten Thousand Bales Re ceived Today at Co lumbia Headquar ters Columbia. March 27??'ostrac-Ts representing ever 10,000 bales of cotton were received at the head quarters of the South Carolina Cot ton Growers' Cooperative Associa tion today from the Piedmont sec tion of the state, indicating that the campaign is fast gaining the snme momentum in that section that it has in the Pee Dee section. The contracts coming in this morn ing were from Greenville, Ander son, Chester, Abbeville and Green wood counties. Calhoun county sent in contracts representing nearly 5,000 bales, sending that county's total to nearly 14.000 baPs. Darlington county today went, beyond the 20,000 bale mark and Marlboro county reached, 27.000 bales. A telegram from Dallas. Texas, this morning brought the news that .1. 1?. Coghan, a dirt farmer ot' Tex as, was coming to South Carolina to tell the farmers direct what the Texas Association had meant for the farmers of that state. Dr. Clarence Poe, editor of Pro gressive Farmer, in a letter receiv ed today sakl that although he was still unwell he was so deeply in terested in the outcome of the cam paign that he was anxious to come down and assist in it. He will be booked for speeches in April in several counties. Dr. Clarence C. Taylor, of the State A. & K. College of North Carolina has also offer-* ed his servic s for several more speeches. He spoke at Lancaster and Camden Saturday. STATE IN- ' COME TAX Retail Merchants Association Looking into Legal Aspect of New Act Columbia, March 27.?The South Carolina Retail Merchants Asso ciation is looking into the legal questions that have been raised in regard ro the state income tax, en acted by the recent legislature. Whether a case is to be brought to test the constitutionality of the act has not as yet been decided. L. H. Wannamaker, secretary of the merchants' association, stated today that the question of the act's' constitutionality had been raided in Greenville and other parts of the state, and in order to get at the truth in the situation, the associa tion had started an investigation. It may be that a case will be brought to test the act, b-.rt this is not yet decided. "The association has no inten tion of doing anything to cripple the state's financial condition or hinder the new tax program of the state." said Mr. Wannamaker. Nor would it interfere with the collec tion of the income tax- Ali the merchants want is to get all^the light possible thrown on the situa tion. If there is any defect in.the law that will later injure its effec tiveness, it should be brought out now, and if the merchants' organ ization takes any action, it will be with this in view." Mr \Vann*??aker has just re turned from a visit to local organ izations of merchants in Rock Jlill and York. _ CAR TURNS OVER KILLING ONE MAN Paul Drummond Has His Head Fractured and Neck Broken Fountain Inn. March 26.?Paul Drummond. 25-year-..Id s.-n of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Drummond, of this town, was almost instantly killed about II o'clock this morning on the Laurens-Greenville highway about two miles below here, when the Ford roadster in which he was riding with Arthur Whitt, turned turtle and pinned him against a bank. His companion, who was driving the car at the time of the accident, escaped unhurt, although the automobile was demolished. Mr. Drummond suffered a fractur ed skull and a broken neck. The deceased is survived by three brothers and lour sisters besides his parents. No funeral arrange ments have been announced. Textile Strike at Lawrence Lawrence, Mass.. March 27. ?The New England textile strike extend ed to this city today with the cur tailment of production in several plants, but there have been no dis orders. Several thousand opera tives refused to work, protesting against the twenty per cent wag* cut. The Pacific mi"> were tin most seriously affected of the sev en plants that opened under the reduced pay schedules.