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NO LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ?Sen, Allan Johnstone, Speaker Pro-Tem of Senate Does Not Have to Accept Office . ? Columbia,-May 19.?State Sena tor Alan Johnstone, of Newberry. speaker r>ro tern of the senate, will not hav# to take the lieutenant governorship and consequently will not'have to resign his seat in the senate,* which action would deprive him; of two years of service as state Senator, in order for him to serve until the legislature convenes in Sanuary as' lieutenant governor, presiding over the senate for only st few days. Senator Johnstone has been, advised to this effect by Attorney. General Wolfe. Senator lohnstone made a statement for the "press recently, to the effect that, he would, hot resign as state senator, not desiring to lose his two years more of service in the sen-, ate, his term not expiring until 1.924. He asked the attorney gen eral for an opinion, as to whether or no the would have to accept the position of lieutenant governor, be ing speaker pro tern and therefore^ next in order for the lieutenant governorship,.when the lieutenant governor becomes governor. 'The attorney general takes the position that Senator . Johnstone -would have to qualify for the of fice of lieutenant governor, must ffrst accept the office,'and then take, the oath; but. that failing to do these, he could not become lieu tenant governor. In the absence of any acceptance of the office on the part of Senator Johnstone, he will not become lieutenant govern or. ? The Diocesan Council New Dioceses to Be Organized j Z in October at Meeting in Florence Charleston, May IS.?The 123rd council of the Episcopal Diocese of Strath Carolina, which opened IJues day morning, has adjourned until October, when a . reorganiaztion ! meeting will be held following the division of the diocese into two separate dioceses, which will be come, effective after the general; Convention in September confirms \ the division as determined upon by! the council at its early session yus- \ terday. * , The -sessions were all held in St. | Phillips'; churchy and. many clergy j and lay delegates attended from! all parts of the state, the visitors! being guests in local homes. ' Euncheons were 'served in uie after noon: at St. Philip's parish house, nkik- Tuesday afternoon the dele gates and their hosts were enter tained at a reception given by Bisiiop and Mrs. W. A. Guerry. j Bishop Guerry presided over the j council, and- Bishop ^Coadjutor K.! GL Finlay took, a prominent parti in the proceedings. Among the resolutions adopted | was one providing that women may 1 serve as- de^egstes from * parishes, . but . that not* more than half of any delegation shall consist of women. This was a .preliminary passage of! the resolution, the constitution pro- j yiding that any changes in the con- j stitution must be passed at one < meeting and reaffirmed at another meeting. M(?fEYFR?M I INCOME TAX Over $400,000 Already Re ceived by Treasurer - j Columbia, May 19. ?? To date j a total of $433,314.21 has been col- i lected from the state income tax I afct, according to a compilation of i payments received by the state j treasurer and made public yester- ] ?day by treasury officials. ^This to-j tai is made up in 7,524 payments j made"" by that number of individ-' uals, corporations and5 firms. Extensions of? time were'granted $o a large number of taxpayers and some have not yet made any pay ment. With amounts yet to come in and the half payments still due by a considerable number of tax payers, it is estimated that the in come act will bring in somewhere near $700,000. Some officials figure the amount will be more. NEGRO BURNED AT STAKE INGA. ? Davisboro, Ga.. May 13.?Follow Sng, his confession that he robbed and murdered Mrs. William Kitch ens, 22. rural mailcarrier of this cit>, Charlie Atkins, 15 year old fcegro boy, was burned at the stake at 6 o'clock tonight. The lynching occurred at the scene of the murder, more than 2Y0OO persons from several coun ties witnessing or taking part, ac croding to witnesses. Funeral Directors' Association Columbia. May 1^.?The South Carolina Funeral Directors' and Embalmers' Association ended Its annual convention here yesterday afternoon. after electing officers and selecting the place for next y-ear's convention. A. C. Connelley, of Charleston, was elected presi dent; Arthur Mackay. of (Ireen ville, and F.' F. Dun bar. oZ Co lumbia, vice presidents: J. S. An drews. Greenwood, secretary and treasurer.' Naval Radio Denied to Woman's Party Washington, May 20.?The use of naval radio to broadcast the address at the dedication of the new headquarters would contra vene the-navy order against the employment to facilities for politi cal purposes, Acting Secretary Roosevelt said in denying the ap plication of the National Woman's party. Lead For Pinchot Being Maintained Former State Forester Defeats Attorney General Alter in Pennsylvania Primary . Philadelphia. May 13.?Gifford Pinchot tonight maintained his lead o>er Attorney General George B. Alter in the returns from Thurs day's i Hmary. Revised and addi tional figures' came in slowly but steadily from remote districts in rural and mountainous sections to day which raised and lowered to tals for the two candidates. With ail but 284 out of the 7.934 dis tricts in the state unofficially re ported. Pinchot had a lead of 8, 467. The total vote so far receiv ed gave Pinchot 498,709 and Al ter 490,302. These figures include the com plete but unofficial count of Phil adelphia and Allegheny which in . eludes the city of Pittsburgh. BETTER DEMAND FOR POTATOES Bulletin Says That Indications Seem Improved Charleston, May 19.?Market gardeners in this section do not feel, apparently, that the recent copious rains will affect the white potato production. Fears have been entertained that these rains will tend to cause the tubers to rot. In spite cf the moistness of the weather, the planters of this sec tion have been moving their po tatoes quite steadily, the crest of the shipping to reach a little later. To date, according to the govern ment reports, compiled here by Mr. Admer- D. Miller, representing the Bureau of Markets and Crop Esti mates, 748 carloads have been ioiled from this section to the lead ing markets. The report yesterday, said that indications were that the potatoes in Aurora and Elizabeth City sec tions of North Carolina will be somewhat late. Considerable acre age was replanted on account of rot. Tl.e bulk of the crop will move after June 10, according to the outlook. Yesterday's report for the Char leston section showed that the de mand was improving, with a good wire inquiry. The market was re ported stronger, with high prices. Xo. 1 Irish Cobblers were quoted at $4.25 and Xo. 2 at $2. Practi cally all shipments were sold. Wednesday movement from this section was 113 carloads, based on 200 barrels to the carload. Twenty-seven carloads were sent to Xew York. Quotations yesterday on Xo. 1 Irish Cobblers at leading centers included: New York, $4 @$4.50; Cincinnati. $4.50; Philadelphia, $4 @$4.50; Pittsburgh, $5.35? $5.50; Boston, $5 @ $5.50; Baltimore,. $4.50; Detroit, $5,75@$6; Wash ington, $4 <S>$4.50. i McColl Wins From Columbia Florence, May 18.?The best played game of baseball ever play ed on the Florence diamond went to McColl high school over Colum bia high school here today by the score of 2 to C. All kinds of fast snappy plays were pulled off by both teams and only the fact that McCo'l got timely hits in the third and fourth prevented this game from going on and on. Thompson was in trouble in the first inning when he walked a man and yield ed two hits, but the "wonder boy" pulled out of this hole and was un beatable the balance of the way. Thompson pitched a great game, fanning 13 and yielding five hits. But his performance was equalled by McXeill, who fanned 16 and yielded six hits. Both'pitchers ap peared stronger as the game prog ressed and both teams fielded fas ter. It was a real classic and thor oughly enjoyed by over 1.500 fans. This assures McColl a place m the championship finals. McColl _001 100 000?2 6 0 Columbia -.000 000 000?0 5 0 Thompson and Gibson; McXeill and Beall. The Sumter High School team meets McColl in a game of ball to be played in Florence on Wednes day afternoon at 4 o'clock. The team winning this game will then, be declared the lower-state cham fer their last game which will de termine the all-state high school pions and will report to Columbia champions. ? ? ? 4? Amendment For Child Labor Law Washington. May 19.?A joint resolution proposing an amend ment to the federal constitution giving congress the right to regu late or prohibit the employment of children under eighteen years was intrdouccd by Senator Johnson to meet the situation resulting from the supreme court decision hold ing the child labor law unconstitu tional. Columbia Needs School Bonds Columbia, May 19.?Students of Columbia's high school parade through the streets of the city to { day at noon, to demonstrate to the I people of the <ity th. potential I ity of the school personnel and to plead for the $75,000 bond issue ; to be voted on here next Th?rs lay. i for addition to the high school building to take care of the over crowded condition. I Paris, May 20?Franco, will en [deavor to come to an understand ing with the allies regarding the action to be taken against Ger many if she defaults in reparations payments, but. i;' unable to agree, will insist on the rij:ht to act sep arately, declared Premier Poin CHURCH UNION IS ENDORSED Methodist Conference Decides to Consider Union With Northern Church I Hot Springs, Ark., May IS.?The 'general conference of the Meth odist Episcopal church. South, in session late today, decided after 'sharp debate, to "go all the way" in the matter of proposed unifi cation with the Methodist Episco pal church, authorized the ap pointment of a commission with liberty of action to negotiate with a similar commission of the north | ern branch. In authorizing previous commis sions the church has always stipu I lated certain restrictions as to the j limits of their powers. I Tonight's action came when the conference adopted a majority com | mitte*, report providing for ap pointment of a negotiations com mittee, with the possibility of call- ; ing a special session of the south ern branch's general conference in i the event plans worked out by the Joint commission should be receiv- 1 ed by the northern commission j and conference. The fight over the i o.uestion of unification got to the ! floor late in the day but ran into J a parliamentary situation as to ad- j journment and the matter went j over to a night session. The question of unification has been regarded as one of the most j important to come up at the con fereiice here and the committed] which considered the matter re- i turned majority and minority re- j ports. The matter came to the floor ten ' minutes before the time set for af ternoon adjournment and after j heated argument the body voted to ; adjourn and hear the minority re- ' port this evening. ? The conference today continued j the election of secretaries to handle j j the executive affairs of the general; ( boards filling 12 places. In most in- ; {stances the incumbents were re-i elected. Those returned to office : were: Dr. E. H. Rawlings. and; j Dr. W. W. Pinson, Nashville, sec-! ! retaries of the board of missions, j [foreign department; Dr. L. R. Rus sell and Dr. J. TV. Perry. Xash-! ville, board of mission:*, home de- i partment; Misses Esther Case and1 Mabel Howell, Nashville, secretaries of the mission board in charge of' women's \vork abroad; and Mrs. J. j W. Downs and Mrs. J. W. Mc- ? Coy, Nashville, secretaries of the j missions board in charge of wo-! men's work at home. The four women secretaries here- j tofore have been electqd by the \Vo- i men's missionary council but under new legislation creating the wo- i men's board the secretaries are to ! be elected by the conference. Dr. F. S. Parker of Nashville j was reelected secretary of Epworth j league board and Dr. Stonewall j j Anderson of Nashville went back j as secretary of the. board of educa-; tion. Dr. John H. Reynolds, president j of Hendrix college, Conway. Ark.,! I a lay member, was chosen secre- ; tary of the new board of lay activi- j ties and Dr. L. E. Todd of St. ! Louis was elected secretary of the ! board of finances. VERDICT IN COTTON CASE Carolina TVIills Affected by New York Decision ! Charleston, May 20.?Cotton millj j people in South Carolina have j been very much interested in a re | cent verdict in the Supreme Court ! of King's county. New York, for ?$57420 in favor of Ridley Watts j & Co.. in a suit of that firm for! j $ 10,000 for alleged breach of con I tract against Thomas Carter & i Sons, Inc., another New York City ! concern. I "''he suit was brought on fiveI sales notes signed by thev broker and accompanied by buyers' and j sellers' signed receipts confirming the sales notes. The contracts, dated April 15. 11?20. covered the sales of 250,000 yards of print cloth to Thomas Carter & Sons. Inc., by' Ridley Watts & Co., for the ac count of Norris Cotton Mills. De livery was to commence in Novem ber, 1920. The sales notes were re pudiated in October after the price had dropped about 14 cents per yard. The trial extended over a period of three days and a num ber of leading men in the cotton goods trade tesified on both sides. The jury retired at noon on Thurs day and were out until yesterday morning/ when they returned a sealed verdict for the plaintiffs, which was read by Justice Van Sielen. Motions to dismiss the suit and to set aside the verdict were denied by Justice Van Sielen. The George Carter Company, of 43 Leonard street, were the brok ers in the transaction. The attorney for the Carter con cern was quoted by the Dally News Record, from which the foregoing j facts are taken, as saying that trie ' verdict would be appealed. The contract was for carded ! plain cotton piece goods, count I 6Sx72 picks to the inch, width 39 j indies. not lighter than 4 7.") yards I to the pound first quality, at 25 ! 1-2 cents a-yard, payable net, ten j days after delivery. The defendant claimed that no j contract existed because of the ! fact that the brokers' sales note did j not specify as to how the goods ; were to be delivered. I Under the decision, says the j Daily News Record, the fact that j the sales notes did not set forth ; how the goods were to be deliver ; ? d. did not in any way alter th? 'contract for the purchase of the cloth. The decision also holds ? that when goods are bought from I niilis and there is an embargo ? against shipment, the buyer has to pay for the goods, although they ; cannot be shipped. ; Washington. May 2'?.- -Attorney General Daugherty should resign l and not further embarrass the ad ! ministration. Senator Carawaj i<>!d the senate during ;i renc-wal of the I discussion of Daugherty*s alleged j connection with the release from ! the Atlanta prison; of Charles W. j Morse. Parisian G If you're doubtful whether to r Parisian compromise?side drapes. ' short or the reverse,-: as you wish. THE ?. C. V. REUNION: Clark Heads South Carolina: Division. Reunion Brought ! to Close in Darlington Darlington. May IS.?With the dance at the reunion hall tonight j and the old folks" concert by the I Darlington Music club, the 31st an- ! nual reunion of the South Carolina | division of the United Confederate Veterans came to a happy close, j and tomorrow the veterans will j bid each other goodbye and de part for their homes. The dance tonight was greatly J enjoyed and again the veterans i had everything their way. The old j folks' concert, which was given j immediately before the dance, was also appreciated and the old fa- j miliar melodies brought forth j hearty encores from the soldiers I and visitors. At the business meeting this af- ! ternoon. which meeting was held j after dinner, the invitation of j Florence to the veterans to hold! the reunion in that city next year] was accepted. j At the meeting today officers for the ensuing year were elected, the following being chosen: Commander of the South Caro lina division, Gen. W. A. Clark of Columbia. Commander Second Brigade, W. JL Cely, Greenville. Maj. Gen. C. A. Reed, formerly j the commander of the division, was made honorary commander for life. Governor Cooper, who was on the program to deliver an address this afternoon, telegraphed to GemJteed that he would be icmble. to attend. He sent his greeting to the veter ans and expressed his regret at his ! inability to be present. .Much interest was taken in the pension propesition. W. H. Yel?VH of Greenwood reported for the committee on pension.-, saying that it was the opinion Of the com mittee that the legislature should be requested to restore the appro- J priation for the pension fund to $600,000, which was the amount before the last meeting of the legis lature when the appropriation was cut to $500,000. This committee also recommended that this money be divided between Confederate j veterans and widows, share and j share alike. After considerable! discussion both of these recommen dations were, adopted and the mat ter will be brought to the attention ! of the legislature. The veterans today, while they had a pretty full program, had abundant opportunity to mingle to- i gether, exchange reminiscences and inquire after comrades who had failed to answer to the roll call. While the past two days have ! been very busy ones lor the citi- i Zens of Darlington, for apparently | about everybody discontinued bus- j mess operations while the veterans | were here, the people have en- j joyed the company of the old sol- | diers and have been heartened byj the cheering presence of the old! men who are facing the future.' with that same unfiincing courage! that marked their conduct on a hundred battlefields. At the business session held this morning a resolution was adopted ! which asks that the legislature so amend the rules and regulations] controlling the Confederate Sol diers' home in Columbia that the governor may appoint on the board of directors sons of Confederate veterans. At the present time tin rules prescribe that Confederate veterans sh.-ill compose the board. This resolution was adopted. At this session a motion was ntade that the United Confederate! Veterans offer a prize for the besl historic essay on the Confederate war. Arrangements for this award will be made by a committee com- j posed of veterans ant! Daughters of the Confederacy. The cxeiVises al the opera house vv< t*c concluded with the ever impressive memorial service for those who hieve gone before. It was conducted by Con. W. A. Clark and was moving in its beauty and simplicity. At this meeting the usual tribute '?> the wo men of the Confederacy was also paid, the veterans staViding. Women may be slaves to !'::siii.M bm iheir burdens- are light. smpromise PRESBYTERIAN GEN. ASSEMBLY Rev. R. C, Reed, D. D., of Columbia', Elected Modera tor on Second Ballot Charleston, W. Va.. May is.?The Rev. R. C. Reed of Columbia, S. C. today was elected moderator of the general assembly of the Southern Presbyterian church. Only two ballots were cast. Dr. Reed failed of election on the first ballot by only 1 I votes. Dr. Reed is professor of church history in Columbia Theological seminary. Others nominated for moderator were the Rev. theron IJ. Rice of Richmond, the Rev. Wil liam C. Crowe of St. Louis and the Rev. T. W. Sloan of Greenville. S. C. The resignation of the Rev. Thomas Law of Spartanburg, S. C, who had been stated clerk of the assembly for many years, was presented by R. E. Magill of Rich mond owing to Dr. Law's illness. The Rev. J. D. Leslie, permanent clerk, was named to act in his place and the Rev. E, L. Siler of Max ton, X. C, was chosen temporary clerk. The report of the executive com mittee of foreign mission? present ed by the Rev. S. II. Chester show ed an encouraging growth of the work, especially within the pas*. 20 years, it was said, both financial ly and spiritually. The Rev. Jas. j I. Vance reminded the assembly! that an increase of funds was nec- j essary to carry on this work and : added that it would be an unwise! policy for th?-> committee, to in crease its present indebtedness. I which is said to" amount to more' than $400,000. The assembly was commended in its united stand in the interest of personal evangelism by the-Rev. C. L. Goodell. chairman of the de partment of evangelism of the Fed eral Council of the Churches of j Christ in America. MANY BAPTISTS PAY TITHES _ j Encouraging Reports Made at Jacksonville by Laymen's Missionary Movement Jacksonville. May 20?Three! times as many southern Baptist j men this year adopted a tenth of] their income as the minimum of I church contributions as last year. ! the Laymen's Missionary Movement I repo'rt stated. The establishment! of a south wide Baptist university! was deferred another year. Forty one thousand messengers arc now i enrolled. .\ resolution requesting j congressional action to modify the ; Chinese exclusion act and "stop the j persecution of Chinese Christians in I the Failed States by government of ficials" was introduueed by repre sentative L'pshaw of Georgia. BELFAST IS BLOOD CRAZED j Murder and Arson Inspired by I Religious Prejudice Belfast, May 20.?Murder and arson, inspired by religious pre judice today continued to terrify bister. Men entered a sawmill, inquired the religion of the work-: ers. and killed a Cotholic. Shanes' Castle was burned, railroad sta-1 tions and police barracks attack ed and some of them destroyed. Incendiary fires <;ius?-d damage aggregated ai many thousand pounds. Premier Sir James Cratg and cabinet today to discuss meas ures Lo deal with secular strife. I BACK IN THE GAME Babe Ruth Reinstated by! .Indue Land is Chicago, May 20.?Ruth and Me use!, 's.: c !<??-? stars. and Bill' Piercy. tli.- P ston pitcher. h*\< i hesn reinstate b\ Judge Landis. effective immediately. The three w ere suspended last fall for viola ting the rule against playing post' ? '?:is?i;s :;:t ?Ves. State Convention Favors Farm Bloc Platform Adopted After Hours of Discussion. Bonus Bill Endorsed. Cooper's Fight Against This Measure Feature of Session Columbia. May 18.?Every one yesterday in talking about the progress of the State Demcoratic convention suggested that things were too unanimous for that con dition to continue. There was practically no real debate nor were there any differences amounting to anything until the platform was presented. Up to this time the chief arguments were by way of explanation. The real dramatic and ' note worthy incident in connection with the platform was the position of Governor Cooper. When he did <so he perhaps realized that the majority of the convention was in favor of what is commonly known n.s the "bonus bill." or what is now by its advocates called the adjust ed compensation law. In about four or rrVc sentences he stated that he was opposed to the "bo nus law" and then the fireworks began. The chief attack on his po sition was made by Mr. Ellerbe, which was followed by a less acrimonious defense of the adjusted compensation law by Mr. Dabbs, j of Sumter, and still more conser vative defense by Mr. Glenn, ofj Chester. The criticism of Govern-! or Cooper was quite severe and heI made a wonderful defense of hisi position which gained for him not only hearty applause but deep ap preciation for his manly and j straightforward statement. Me ex pressed the highest, regard for the; soldiers but said that such service! as the young men who went to the' front rendered ought to be placed j beyond the dollar mark. For those! who differed from him he said he j had the highest regard, but he stoutly maintained his position of opposition to the "bonus bill" ad-! micting, however, that he might be! wrong in the matter of judgment but that this.: nevertheless, did not | diminish his regard for those who! had the opportunity to serve. The chief point of the advocates of the adjusted compensation law! bill seemed to be that while the! men were at the front that those' who remained here were getting j exorbitant wages and that the bill j merely undertakes to adjust this! disparity and that it is not com pensating men for patriotism. The; debate grew so warm that S. G. j Mayfield, of Bamberg, went so far; as to suggest that he personally j was ashamed of the governor's po-; sition. The convention advocated in two lines the adjusted compensa tion bill now pending before con gress and let it go at that. There was a decided division. Next in intensity of feeling was the opposition to the approval of the agricultural bloc in congress. This fight was led by Congressman Dominick, largely because the bloc involved voting fcr the protective, tariff on certain commodities and] to tiiis he was unalterably op posed. Skottowe Wannamaker and T. G. McLeod led the fight for the endorsement of the agricultural bloc, stating that it was high time for the South and West to be! united, and Mr. Wannamaker went so far as to say that if a pro tective tariff on long staple cotton and sugar had to be a part of the price for Western cooperation, to secure long term credit and other! advantages that the South would | gain, that he was willing to pay the price. i Another interesting development was the defeat of any criticism of the general assembly for the de feat of any part of the tux pro gram. The first round of this fight was won in the committee when Senator Alan Johnstone had the j proposed criticism reduced to the simple expression that the Demo cratic party "regretted" that the general assembly had failed to! pass two bills that were part ofj the tax program. These were the luxury tax and the tax on water powers. The convention even elim inated this reference later on. Later it adopted a paragraph ap- ' proving of taxes on luxuries and excise. Richard Belser. of Sumter, to gether with Senator Laney and Mr. Benet, were largely responsible for the elimination of any references! of criticism of the general assem bly or any departments of the state government. There was no factionalism in! these discussions. Political oppo-j ncnts stood side by side in some of ; these discussions and except for arguments on the adjusted com pensation bill and the agricultural bloc everything seemed lu be good! natured. The convention did not adjourn j until 4 o'clock this morning, and ? by that time pretty much everyone was worn out. ? Generally speaking, the women delegates had but little to say. Their remarks were brief, pointed i and frequently carried a bit of wit.| None spoke at length, but geneivj ally to the point. While some of the younger men were criticizing! Governor Cooper for his position' on the bonus bill, a woman dele-, gate suggested that the members might at least have in mind thai , they were talking of Chief Cxecu-' live. This brought applause and response. I Tin- criticism of the general as sembly for Hie "custom" of elect ing from i(s own membership so, many of the otticers and positions tilled by the assembly weni to de-j feat with the general elimination j of any ? lause condemning thei legislature. The platform as sub-] mitted by the committee had this! clause and suggested as the rem-; edy that all elections be by the] people, except judges and that this would stop the habit. Another interesting cbeuse was the suggestion in the platform that' the number of judiedal circuits be reduced. rs. C-eroy Springs, of I tineas-) 'er, we-- selected y.s the women's* representative mi the National t Democratic committee; vice Mrs. K. !. Manning. i Here is the platform of the Democracy of South Carolina] j adopted in the early hours of this' morning. It is the result of a boil- j ing-down process. It is what was; I left of the report of the commit t tee on platform and resolutions ?and was fought over for hours. It j } represents the first work of a con I vention in which both men and. j women worked rside-by-side for] ! the Democracy of the state. The platform reads: "The Democratic party of South j Carolina, ir convention assembled, reaffirms its allegiance to the! ! principles of Democracy expressed !in our state and national platforms. We ex.end our best wishes and; ! hopes for the renewed vigor. I health, and happiness of our strick en leader Wood row Wilson. We I are satisfied that the noble prin [ cipies for which he fought will yet j prevail. It is with great satisfac-; j tion that we learn of the incrcas-, ling love and admiration for him by! I the American people manifested by! j pilgrimages to his home. We! I pledge ourselves to continue the i j light until the peace of the world j is guaranteed. Also we .extend! j greetings and good wishes to Hon. I [James M. Cox for the valiant and [courageous light he made under i adverse circumstances for the Dem- j i ocratic party. i "A condition unparalleled in our I I history now confronts the people of i [South Carolina. From the time of i our organization as an indenpend [ ent State the foundation of our eco- | j nomic structure has been agricul-j ! lure. For over a century our sup- ! ! ply of money has been largely de- I ! pendent upon the price of cotton j j and its by-products. Of late years i j the manufacture of cotton cloth has become inseparably linked with the ! production of the raw material so that the two now form the ba-ds i of our prosperity, it behooves all j good citizens to look to the wel- I fare of the cotton farmer and the! cotton manufacturer as a matter of self-preservation and for the life of our institutions. "At this time the boll weevil ! threatens the further profitable production of cotton. Through its loss our debts have been increased and the burdens of taxation impos ed by the State and the nation have ! become unbearable. The Republi- | can party, which now controls every I bra'nch of cur federal government, j is owned by the big monied inter- j csts of the North and East. These people are essentially manufacture, ers. They produce nothing so far] as agriculture is concerned and are ; not self-supporting. They constitute ! the money lenders of the country ami their interests are and always ' will be antagonistic to ours. They j wish to buy our products as cheap as possible and to accomplish this j end to make the dollar as dear as ; I possible. Acting upon these prin cipies they have deceased the; : amount of money in circulation; over $8 per capita in the last year,. and according to reports of the; treasury are continuing to do so] daily. They have hoarded three- j fourths of the gold of the world in I Washington a.nd New York, and al- | though it is entitled to free coin- j age by our government, it is held in bullion drawing no interest and of no use as money to anybody. | They have, by refusing to assist in the economic reconstruction of Eu ropean countries with this gold, de- j stroyed the markets for our cotton 1 and cotton good's abroad, while the I people of those countries are nakedr| and crying to be clothed. They have j isolated America, seeking to force the governments of Europe to pay i their debts in gold and to adopt the gold standard when they know j that there is no prold to be bad in Europe. Their scheme is to force cur Allies to pay them an enormous ? premium for their hoarded bullion j or remain naked and helpless. The f same system of deflation is being i worked on Europe as it is upon the j South and West. Both are being I pauperized to increase the fortunes ' i>f these disciples of cupidity. The ! gold bug is worse than the boll weevil bug. For Compensation. "We endorse the adjusted com pensation bill now before Con- , gress. "We endorse the agricultural bloc | in Congress. We commend our Sen- j ators for belonging to the same, and we urge upon them and our mem- j bers in congress the necessity ofj maintaining at all times such an j organization to protect the farm- j ing interests of this country. "We call upon our Senators and Congressmen to provide a system j of short term credits. Tins is es pecially necessary now that live stock and dairy farming must to a large extent take the place of cot-; ton farming and the present sys tem of CO and 90 days loans, and even six months loans, are totally I inadequate for such farming. In this connection we urge the exten sion of the War Finance Corpora tion until a system as outlined j above can be placed in operation, i "There are in every city and town men and women who receive from $2.000 to $5.000 per annum salaries, who pay no taxes" what ever. These can only be reached by income. luxury and excise taxes and we demand that such laws bc put upon our statute books. Thes* laws arc the fundamental princi ples of all fair systems of taxa tion. The lowest rate should b*" placed upon the lands that prode" the living of our people, indeed i possible they should be exen The highest rates should be pla< v lipon lands held for specul? ivej purposes and all luxuries. Be ' ?j necessities bc free. "The prevalence of crime i- '-j ways an expensive harden upo people. A spirit of Iawlessne: f' tolerated, means a disastrous ss of life, limb, and property of i c citizen. We demand a strict en torcement of all our laws and es pecially the prohibition statutes. The bootlegger is becoming ?"? men ace to our civilization. The bold ness wit' which illicit liquors ar< sold is alarming to all good citi zens. We warn our people against ;his great evil and most unserupu lous enemy to Christian civiliza ! tion. There should be -so place ia South Carolina for such undesira ble citizens. We demand that the punishment for these criminals be by fine and imprisonment with no alternative sentence and our judges should see to it. We would recommend that all practical means be devised and put into ef fect for speedier trials and hearing of appeals in cases of felony and in those civil matters in which the public is vitally interested. "Our public schools and institu tions of learning should be liberal ly supported but economically ad ministered. Education is the surest safeguard of liberty and the great est preventative of oppression of the weak and poor by the strong and the rich. It is better that we live on bread and water and give our children an education than to dwell in luxury and give to the state an ignorant posterity. The condition of Europe today is largely due to the ignorance and degradation of its farmers; No taxation is burden some that goes to the education of the masses. In a government where the people are the sovereigns, an ignorant citizenship means ultimate despotism. We recommend that every child be guaranteed a mini mum of seven months and a high school education under trained teachers. We insist that every child, be given the foundation for a col lege education and that it be made compulsory. Our colleges are well supported and patronized but in view of the hard times we believe that no additional public buildings except public schools should be un dertaken for the present. "We welcome the advent of our women in politics. They should have representation in every de partment of the state government. Our social and political organiza* lions will never be pure until the f men ;:tand on the same moral plane With our women and fight together for better conditions. "We disapprove of Sunday ses-< dons of the legislature. "We oppose all national laws -that tend to infringe upon the rights of the state and local gov ernments. ?We pledge the people, that, in this crisis in our financial affairs, South Carolina shall take no back ward step. By the strict economy and hearty cooperation of all our citizens and business interests our srate institutions shall be pre served. We have met crises before. The democratic descendants of the Confederate soldiers, having mani fested their heroism in surviving the difficulties t'c?t confronted them amid the ashes of war. have still burning in them the same patriot ism and the same courage to sur mount the difficulties of the pres ent hour." GEN. PERSHING AT OTARLOTTE Great Parade in Celebration of the Mecklenburg De claration Charlotte, May 20?Gen. Persh ing, Hanford McXider, General Ju lian S. Carr. Governor Morrison and other notables participafetf^in the celebration of the hundred \, and forty-seventh anniversary of the signing of the Mecklenberg Declaration of Independence. General Pershing beaded a three ? mile long parade and spoke at In dependence Park . INVESTIGATING MOVIE SCANDAL Prosecuting Attorney Gather ing Evidence Against Ru dolph Valentino Los Angeles. May 20.?Detectives today reported that five witnesses have been found who- will testify that Rudolph Valentino and Wini- - fred Hudnut occupied a room at -a Palm Springs, Cal.. hotel. The prosecuting attorney stated pre viously that if sufficient evidence, could be obtained . to prove that the actor brought his bride back into California after the marriage in Mexico. bigamy proceedings would be instituted. The motion picture interests attempted to dis-* courage the investigation the depu ty prosecutor said. WHY NOT IN NORTH, ALSO Prohibition Officers to Start Drive Against Moonshine Financiers in South Washington, May 20?Men with" money are setting up illicit stills and paying the moonshiners to operate them and if caught pay the operators five dollars a day while in jail to protect them, pro hibition headquarters stated. An effort is b<dng made to round up tlmse moonshine financiers in the south. BALL PLAYER'S LIFE SAVED. rJoach Knew More Than Reg ular Doctors Monroe. Iowa, May 20?Albert Wilmerding. light fielder of the He? Meines Catholic Academy team was pronounced dead by phy sicians after being hit over the^ heart wit It a batted ball. Coach Tommy Ryan tried artificial re spiration, the boy breathed and physicians now declare he has a good chance of recovery . Edison Boosting For Henry Ford Washington. May 20.?Thomas A. Edison told the senate agricul ture eommirte?- he was convinced that fertilizers cheaper than those manufactured by present process*^ and existing interests could be man ufactured a; Muscle ShoaK