The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 17, 1922, Page PAGE 6, Image 6
REGULAR
MEETING OF
OTYCO?NCIL!
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Contract For the City
Abattoir Awarded j
?Proposal T h a 11
Shavings From the
Lumber Mills B e
Used as Fuel For
Lighting Plant
Ar a regular meeting of council
held Tuesday evening there were
present, Mayor Jennings, and
Couneilmen McCallum and Raf
Setd... ? ?<
The minutes of the regular meet
ing-of 31 ay "3rd and special meet
ing- of June ?th were read and ;
approved. ! k \
Dr. S. H. Edmunds, superintend- j
ent of the City Schools, appeared j
before council and asked that the j
schools be given a lower rate on |
electric current which was being j
consumed by them. Council took ;
the position that it made no ma- j
ierial difference what the rates
to the schools were, as-it had to j
be paid by the citizens at large any- j
way. For this reason it .was de- j
cided trot to make the change. Dr. i
Edmunds also requested a donation;
of '$100 to pay for a collection of j
children's books, which had been j
purchased by the Carnegie Library. I
This request was authorized,
Mr. Gabel of the Gabel-Chris- \
ta! company, a local business enter- I
prise engaged in the manufacture j
of boll weevil traps, appeared be- !
fore .council and asked that a Ii- i
cense "be fixed for his company. !
Council Sxed the license at $20 for
the balance of the year. -
" Mr. Josey of a cigar manufac
turing concern also appeared and ]
asked for the usual exemption of
taxes and license which is cus
tomary to allow manufacturing es
tablishments. His request-was re
fused since the greater part of his
output' was sold locally, and a Ii- I
cense of $10 was'ordered'for the j
balance of 1522. ?
B. W. Levan, representing aj
number of ice cream dealers in the ]
city, appeared before council and!
asked that the license for ice cream |
peddlers be reduced. Council de
cided that it would be best to j
make no change.at the present;
v time.'
Mr. H. L. Tisdale together withi
Dr. D. Q. Browning next appeared]
with bids for the proposed munici- j
pat abattoir. Bids were received j
from J. W. Haiper and Son and G. j
P. Knowles, two local contractors.*!
:After a careful consideration of the j
bids in hand. Mayor Jennings and I
Councilman McCallum voted-to be-i
gin the construction of the a hat-\
toir at once. Councilman, Raffield ;
stated that while he was not op- i
posed to the construction of saicLt
abattoir, he thought it best to wait ]
until the next meeting of;!council j
in order to look into .the matter of j
financing the proposition. The i
contract was awarded to Mr. j
Knowles, he being the lowest bid- j
&er. . \
.Mr. C. F. Korn of the Sumter j
Hardwood company, together with i
Mr. Doughty, manager of the City j
Lighting plant, made recommen- !
Rations to council, that-the city !
ffi3flL.ja its lighting plant, as fuel, j
?*??e ? shavings which were being,
accumulated daily by' the Hard- j
wood company. Mr. Korn stated
to council, that this was ah experi
v ment which was to be made at the
expense of his company, and if
<-:ty council was not satisfied as to
the efficiency of this fuel, he
would correct ail changes which
rjbte had made at the lighting plant.
_and put said machinery or parts
back in their original state, with
out making expense for the city.
Mr. Korn further stated, that if the t!
ruel proved satisfactory he would I
r.gree to furnish the city with this'
: jel at a cost of one dollar perj
loa for the balance of 1S22, and in!
\^e. future at a cost of one dollar!
an dthirty cents per ton as long as'
; he hardwood mill was-located in~j
Sumter, which would be a substan
tial .saving in the cost of fuel used
ui the lighting plant. Council
agreed to Mr. Korn's proposition,
provided all experiments be made
under the supervision of Mr
Doughty.
Mr. W. W. McKagen, superin- j
tendent of the water works recom
mended that a small water main be j
placed on Jenkins street at an ap- j
proximate cost of $23.00. Mr. Mc
Kagen also recommended that wa-!
ier and sewer lines be placed on j
Dingle street from Salem Avenue!
.to South Purdy street at an ap-!
.proximate cost of $325.00. These'
improvements were authorized by:
council.
Mr. McKagen brought up tlje i
question of extending the water;
mains to the Sumter Hardwood;
company. It was decided that a \
six inch main be placed on Bee!
street from the corner of Harvin j
street to First Red and White
street, approximately * ?00 feet.
From this point to the Central i
railroad a four inch main will be
placed, at which point the Sumter
Hardwood company will connect.
It was also agreed by Mr. Korn of
the.Sumter Hardwood company,;
that his company would bear one- ?
half of the expense of constructing
said main, and upon completion of
same would deed their interest;
back to the city. Mr. McKagen was;
directed to order the material and
proceed with this work at once.
Dr. Browning, city health offi
cer. appeared before council to ask
.what disposition should be made of;
transients who were found to be
affected with a contagious disease.
He stated that at the present time
the facilities were very poor for
handling such cases. Council di- ;
reeted Dr. Browning to investigate
?the matter further and to report
at a later date the best way to
handle the proposition.
it was also decided By council,
on recommendation of Mr. Doughty
that the construction of the white,
COLUMBIA
Y. W. C. A. GIRLS
GO TO CAMP
Twenty-two Leave For "Laf
a-Lot" Near Hagood
Columbia, June 13.?Twenty-two
| enthusiastic Girl Reserves left yes
terday for a week's stay at the Y.
j W. C. A. camp, "Laf-a-Lot," near
I Hagood, under the supervision of
; Misses Eliza Wardlaw, girls' work
i secretaiy of the Y. W. C. A.; Miss
i Maude Sanford, industrial girls'
j secretary, and Miss Allie Cohb,
camp counsellor.
The girls left the Y. W .C. A. at
9 o'clock in an automobile and will
return next Monday, at which time
another group of girls will go to
the camp. This is the only girls'
! camp anywhere near Columbia and
! was started by the Y. W. C. A.
three years ago. Each year a larger
number of girls apply for a week's
vacation at the camp and each year
the camping time ha> to be ex
tended to accommodate all of the
girls. Miss Gertrude Chenoweth,
general secretary of the Y. W. C.
A., said yesterday that several
hundred girls will go on the camp
this summer and that the camp
will be open probably until the'last
week in August.
There will* be different counsell
ors and hostesses each week and
under the guardianship of Misses
Wardlaw and Sanford and
"Plumie," the camp cook, there
seems to be no doubt as to the
j welfare of the girls. Last summer
I every girl who went camping was
taught to swim and the same pro
gram will be followed this sum
mer.
Twelve of the girls who went
yesterday were from the Epworth
.orphanage. There are still some
more orphanage girls to go. There
j will be also a number of industrial
I girls, business girls and other Co- !
j lumbia girls to take advantage of
! this camping trip.
ATTACK ON
LLOYD GEORGE
Premier Wins Another Battle '
in House of Commons
i London, June 13.?(By the As-I
sociated Press.)?Premier Lloyd I
George successfully resisted another
powerful attack in the house of!
commons today when a proposal to j
I reduce the cost of his cabinet sec- !
retariat was rejected by 205 to 111 i
amid, scenes of excitement. The
majority was considerably smaller
than customary and occasioned
shouts of "resign!" The secretariat
consists of the premier's private
secretaries with a large staff, cost-,
ing about 33,000 pounds yearly. It
is an outgrowth of the war and in
the opinion of the opposition par
ties, is no longer needed, giving the
premier too great an executive
control, especially in the domain of
foreign policy, besides destroying i
the traditional cabinet secrecy as!
the members of the secretariat now J
attend cabinet meetings and take j
notes. 1
?Mr. Asquith attacked the system ]
mainly on this ground, inasmuch as j
it destroys the confidential nature j
of cabinet councils.
Austen Chamberlain, defending j
the vote, said he had experience j
with both systems and greatly pre- i
ferred the new one. He would not;
think of returning to the old un-1
businesslike practice, when the i
only record of cabinet discussions I
i was a brief letter, perhaps from j
i the premier to the king.
* Mr. Lloyd George, in discussing
the subject, predicted that no' re
sponsible minister in the future
would east away this new machine, j
He denied that the secretariat ex- !
ercised mysterious functions or
usurped the funcitons of parlia
ment or enabled the prime minis
ter to override the parliament de
cisions. The secretariat had noth
ing to do with politics, it had no
control over foreign policy. He as
serted that the world wanted new
methods, and ridiculed the idea
that there should be a return to
the old system, which had plunged
the world into war.
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APPEAL STAYS
SENTENCES
Harrison and Jeffords Not to
Be Electrocuted at Peniten
tiary- Today
Columbia. June 1"?.?Official no
tice of the. appeals in the Ira Har
rison and Frank M. Jeffords case
was served on Col. A. K. Sanders,
superintendent of the penitentiary,
yesterday by Solicitor A. Fletcher
Spigner. Until the serving of the
notice yesterday the penitentiary
had no official notification of the
appeals to the supreme court.
.Harrison and Jeffords were \
scheduled to be electrocuted today,
but the notice of appeal automati
cally stays the sentence and they
will not be put to death today as
originally sentenced._
way be handled under his super-;
vision instead of by contract as
was formerly agreed upon. This
change was authorized by council.
Reports of the police depart-!
ment and Civic League Nurse for
month ?>i" -May 1922 were read and;
ordered liled.
A letter from the firm of Epps & j
Levy, attorneys in the case of the
city of Sumter vs. C. H. Wheeler)
Manufacturing company, was read,
asking thui their fee be fixed by;
city council. Council allowed a
fee $25 in connection with This
case.
communications were rend to
city council reporting tin- result of
the ?hction June 13th. 1!?_2 for a
member of the City Board of Edu
cation. The following ballots were
cast:
Mr. Bartbw Walsh . 2-?.
Miss Edith DeLorme .... 3
Mr. Walsh received a majority of
the votes cast and was therefore
declared elected.
Council then adjourned.
j STRONG FIGHT j
! AGAINST SHIP I
i SUBSIDY BILL;
-
I Unqualified Condem-j
nation is Voted by
the American Fed
eration of Labor
Convention
Cincinnati, Jur.e 13.?Unqualified
condemnation of the ship subsidy
bill was voted unanimously today
by the delegates at the American
Federation of Labor convention al
most simultaneously with Presi
dent Harding's dispatch, of a letter
asking congress to pass the meas
ure under threat of an extra ses
sion. The convention also voted
to send a protest against passage
of the bill to senate^ and house
leaders.
The bill was termed by the reso
lution adopted by the convention
as a "cunningly devised scheme to
enrich certain classes of so-called
American ship owners at the ex
pense of the truly American tax
payer and also to proviue patron
age which is certain to be used for
purely political purposes." ? The
resolution concluded with the state
j ment that the bill was "condemned
as inimical to the public interest,
and particularly destructive to the
I nation's hopes for sea power."
The action by the delegates was
[ their first attack on the Harding
I administration, which it was indi
cated by the federation's executive
council report would be the brunt
of other attacks during the two
weeks' convention. All other mat
ters were laid aside for consider
i ing the shipping bill, but the only
j floor discussion that came while
the measure had the right of way
i was from Andrew Furuseth, presi
| dent of the Seamen's Union.
While the action on the shipping
bill was the outstanding develop
ment of the convention, interest
among the delegates also was cen
tered in the first movement for a
contest of membership on the fed
eration's executive council. Joseph
A. Franklin, president of the
Boilermakers' Union, announced his;
candidacy for treasurer, opposing
Daniel Tobin, president of the
Teamsters' Union, who is a candi
date for reelection.
Mr. Franklin's announcement
came after a meeting of the chiefs
of eleven rail unions, which control
about one-third of the convention
vote, and the candidacy of Mr.
Franklin was regarded as a move
ment to give the rail organizations
a representative on the council. No j
claim of strength was made by Mr. t
Franklin, but he and his friends1
began a campaign that will end :
on the last day of the convention, j
almost a fortnight away.
The move is the second in recent j
years by the rail unions to win a <
j place on the council, they having i
ja candidate in 1920 in William H.
J Johnston, of the Manehinists' Un
ion, who opposed Jacob Fischer,
of the Barbers' Union, for a vice j
presidency. Although Mr. Frank- j
lin's announcement said he would j
oppose Mr. Tobin, it was later said j
among delegates that he might j
switch and oppose Mr. Fischer.
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Negro Attempts
To Assault Girl j
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Alleged Assailant Captured,
by Camden Mayor?Taken |
to State Penitentiary
Camden. June 14. ? Bradford j
Boyd, a negro youth, said to be
about eighteen years of age. was
arrested here today by city officers
[and placed in the county jail, be-]
ing charged with attempted crim- I
inal assault upon an eleven-year- i
old daughter of a white farmer.!
The alleged crime was committed i
in Riehland county, just across I
the line from Kershaw, and occur- j
red about 8 o'clock Wednesday j
morning. Enraged citizens from |
Camden and both counties joined;
officers from this county and Rich- !
land in a man hunt. A descrip- j
tion of the negro had been tele- j
phoned to Camden. and Boyd j
caught a. ride to Camden with a
white man. Upon reaching Cam- I
den he attempted to have a check I
cashed at the Bank of Camden. j
and upon being asked for his en- I
dorsement on the check he readily I
subscribed his name.
H. G. Carrison, Jr.. the cashier,
who is also mayor, took the negro j
in charge and placed him in jail I
.until he could have him positively
identified. To avoid any possible
trouble from enraged citizens the
negro was spirited out of town by
[auto and it was thought he was
taken to Sumter from here, there
to be carried to the state peni- j
tentiary for safe keeping. It is'be
lieved that the right negro has
been caught. Aside from " the
fright and shock the young girl was
uninjured.
FIRE AT
BISHOPVILLE
\V. H. Folsom Loses Residence
and Household Furnishings
Bishopville. Juno 13.?About 4
i o'clock yesterday morning fire com
pletely destroyed the residence of
W. H. Folsom and practically its
entire contents. The origin of the
fire is not known, the family being
asleep when suddenly they were
awakened to find the front portion
j of th?- house in flames. A small
I portion of the furniture was re
moved bur this was considerably
damaged. Mr. Folsom's loss is
j partly covered by insurance, there
? being $3.000 on the dwelling and
I $ri.,000 on the furniture.
i Some politicians are learning
i that evr-n though the dead speak,
j nobody pay any particular atten
LIQUOR FIGHT
IN CENTER OF
STAGEAGAIN
Shipping Board's As
sumption of Power
to Disregard Law
Arouses the Prohi
bitionists
, Washington, June 14.?Sale of
iiquor on shipping hoard vessels at
i sea will he continued. Chairman
Lasker reiterated tonight, until ? a
j supreme court decision has been
rendered holding such practice il
legal under the prohibition laws or
until he "has been convinced of its
illegality."
! "Mr. Lasker maintained through
I out the day the position taken by
him in1 his letter to Adolphus Busch,
3rd, vice president of the Anheuser
Busch Brewery company. Of St.
Louis, despite: indication that it
would be made the subject of attack
in congress and^ the Anti-Saloon
league and other dry organizations.
Officials of the department of
justice refused to comment on the
situation, but in other quarters at
tention was called to an opinion on
file there which was rendered by
former Acting Attorney General
Frierson in 1920. Mr. Frierson
held that the national prohibition
act was effective upon ships flying
the American flag wherever they
might be.
According to high department
officials, an opinion of an attorney
general remains the official inter
pretation of a iaw until it has been
revoked by court decisions or by a
superseding opinion. Furthermore,
they added; such opinion always
stands unless request for a review
comes from the same department
or agency which originally requeu
ed the ruling.
Mr. Laskcr's stand as to liquor
sales on board American vessels was
taken, he informed Mr. Busch, on
the authority of an opinion rend
ered by General Counsel Schles
singer of the 'shipping board.
The chairman conferred today
with Attorney General Daugherty.
and while there gave him copies of
j the correspondence with the St.
j Louis brewer. The matter of li
quor sales at sea was not the pri
mary purpose of the conference.
Mr. Lasker indicated later, but it
was brought up incidentally.
Refusing to discus:- his talk with
Mr. Daugherty, Chairman Lasker
I declared he would not ask the de
| partment of justice for a new opin
j ion. being entirely satisfied with
j that rendered by Mr. Schlessinger.
I He added that he would not answer
'further letters on the subject: of
; liquor selling.
I Representative Upshaw (Demo
crat) of Georgia announced pub
licly today that he would offer an
amendment to the ship subsidy bill
providing that no part of the fed
eral subsidy fund should be used
by steamship lines on whose ships
liquor is sold.
There was talk tonight that such
an amendment would be put
squarely before the committee, it
self, probably tomorrow, although
its defeat there was predicted,
i One ardent prohibitionist went
I so far as to express the opinion
! that "by next summer a law will
[ be enacted prohibiting the landing
j in the United States of foreign
iships on which liquor selling is per
j mitted."
ONE BIG UNION
IDEA REJECTED
-
American Federation Votes
Down Without Debate Rad
ical Proposal
Cincirrnati. June 15?Without
opposition or debate the conven
tion of the American Federation of
Labor today killed the resolution
proposing a radical change in the
form of the organized labor move
ment in the United States by the
amalgamation of all unions into
a single organization, each covering
an industry
The officers of the rail unions will
not interfere to stop the strike of
the shopcrafts and maintenance
[workers, B. M. Jewell said today,
addressing the federation conven
tion. He said the workers are
? r*-ady for a test."
CONSUMPTION
OF COTTON
INCREASES
I Cotton Growing Section Con
sumes More Than 67 Per
Cent of Total
Washington, June 14.?Manufac
ture of eotton in May showed an
increase, over April, 495,U74 bales
having been consumed, or 4fc,vS3i
bales more than April, the census
bureau's monthly report today in
dicated. Of the increase in con
sumption, tin* cotton-growing
states utilized 34.4<iS bales more
htan in April, while :ill other
states utilized 14.3GS bales more.
Cotton-growing stares consumed
:::: 1.7 71 bales and all other states
]<;:;.!'o:{ bales. More than ?7 per
cent ?<t' th<- month's consumption
occurred in the cotton-growing
states.
Active cotto nspindles showed an
increase of 263.$(.?f? over April, th -
.May total having been 31.?".3.06-1.
of which the cotton-growing states
had in.530.2S5.
May exports dropped 143.262
bales below tio>>.?- of April, with
a total of 469.397 hales. That was
smalle rthan May exports last year.
For tin- ten months ending May 31,
however, total exports were 5.451.
$00 bales, compared with 4,701.671
bales for the same period a yea;*
ago.
Health hint: Send your bootk-g
gar on his vacation.
! GREENVILLE
GIRL KILLED
j ON RAILROAD
j No Evidences of Foul Play?
Supposed to Have Been Ac
! cident -
Greenville. June 12.?Supposedly
j leaving her home at Donwood some
! time during the early part of last
i night for the purpose* of visiting
j the grave of her litle sister, who
j was instantly killed last Monday
i when her clothing was caught on
the emergency brake of an auto
j mobile and she was hurled to
j death in the road, Ellen Ltvings
i ton. 17.year old daughter of B. F.
j Livingston, was found dead on the
j tracks of the Southern railway- be_
j tween Donwood and Graceland
j cemetery early this morning. The
! body was badly mutilated and gave
I evidence of having been dragged
I for some distance under the wheels
! of a locomotive, it was stated,
j The father was unaware of the
? absence of his daughter until she
\ failed to appear at breakfast, and
a search was instituted. Being no
tified that an unidentified body had
j been found, the anxious parent
j rushed to the undertaking estab
I lishment and found his child. The
I right arm was severed at the
I shoulder, the left at the wrist, and
i her right foot at the ankle whlie
j the skull was fractured and severe
! wounds were inflicted in the right
j side.
j According to the parents, the
.girl had been deeply depressed by
I the death of her little sister, to
i whom she was devoted, and, al
j though prevented from attending
j the funeral, had visited the grave
I many times. Because she had gone
i to the cemetery yesterday morn
j ing io place a few flowers on the
j grave and had expressed her in
j tention of returning in the after
! noon, it is supposed that she crept
i out of the house some time after
i 9 o'clock last night and met with
i the accident between that time and
! morning.
Although Coroner Vaughan said
J tonight he had gathered no evi
! dence of foul play, an inquest will
! be held over the body at 3:30
j o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Rail
j way inspectors have studied the
I circumstances surrounding the
! tragedy carefully, but have thus
I far been unable to discover what
! train ran over the child.
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WAR DEBTS
OF FOREIGN
NATIONS
i Statesments of Financial Con
ditions Submitted by Two
Debtors
i Washington. June. 12.?Foreign
j nations?World war debtors of this
? country?have begun submitting to
j the allied debt funding commission
j statements of their financial con
{ditions in the light of their obli?
; gations to the United States.
It was said today at the treasury
j that two nations have presented
{briefs of their fiscal conditions in
j connect ion1 with the debts to their
j country. Their names were with
I held. Their statements were being
j analyzed by the commission, it was,
J explained, and would be very help
| ful when the negotiations for the
j funding of the obligations were
j begun. Statements from the othei
j debtor nations are expected by the
I commissions. So far. it was said,
nothing official on the debt ques
tion has been heard from Great
j Britain since the formation of the
j commission although the belief was
expressed at the treasury that a
[special mission to discuss that na
tion's indebtedness might be ex
j pected at any time.
! Meanwhile, it was indicated at
i the treasury, funding negotiations
will be begun with France, whose
government has announced the
early departure of a special com
mission to this country unless earli
er activity develops on the part of
Great Britain, who owes about $5,
000,000.000 of the total of $11.
000.000.000 foreign debt to the
United States.
j 'The proceedings of the debt com
I mission, when negotiations with
j the allied government begin, will
? be carried on with the usual diplo.
I matic discretion as regards publici
f ty. it was made plain at the treas
! ury. Secretary Mellon was repre
i seated as taking the position that
i the funding of the allied debts can
not be accomplished successfully
i 'in the newspapers." and that the
j progress of the proceedings should
j only be made known through offi
j cial announcements.
'JUDGE ERNEST
I MOORE DEAD
Prominent Citizen of Lancas
ter Passes Away in Balti
more Hospital
Lancaster. June 14.-Judge
i Ernest Moore, judge of the. Sixth
( judicial circuit of South Carolina,
died at a hospital in Baltimore this
afternoon :it 4 o'clock. Judge
Moore had been in ill health for
some time and while his condition
was serious, his death came as a
great surprise and the entire com
munity is deeply grieved. He was
taken to Baltimore last Saturday
and placed under the care of a
specialist. Tt was reported that
lie was doing nicely and the news
of Iiis death came as a great sur
prise.
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Virginia Terminal
Issues Bonds
Washington. June 15.?The Vir
ginia terminal railway has been
authorized by the Interstate Kail
road Commission t<> issue nine
hundred and nine thousand dol
lars in fifty-year, live per cent
bonds and turn them over to the
Virginian railroad.
INCOME TAX
RETURNS
Internal Revenue fommis
sioner Takes Up Returns
for 1920 and Previous Year
Washington. June 13?Net in
| incomes of individuals reported to
the government during 1920 in
| creased by nearly $4,000,000,000
I and the number of returns by near
! ly 2.000,000 over 1919, while the
I taxes received fell off by about
I $195,000,000. according to prelimi
; nary statistics issued today by In
I ternal Revenue Commissioner
j Blair.
i Returns for incomes between $1.
' 000 and $2,000 increased by more
than 500.000 in 1920 as compared
j with 1919. while those for the
j larger classes of income dropped
j heavily?returns for incomes of
! 1,000,000 and over falling from
65 in 1919 to 33 in 1920.
The average net income on re
turns for 1920 was $3,269.40, 'the
average amount, of tax $14S.0S arid
' the average tax rate 4.53 per cent.,
; while as relating to the entire pop
ulation of the country subject to
the federal income tax the pro
portion filing returns was 6.85 per
j cent., the per capita net income re
i ported was $223.87 and the per
I capita income tax was $10.44.
For the calendar year 1920 there
I were 7.259,994 personal income
j tax returns filed reporting a total
i net income of $23,735,629,183 and
i yielding a total tax of $1,075,053,
I 6S6, as compared with 5,332,760
j returns for a total income of $19,
i 859,491.448 and a tax yield of $1,
! 269,630,104 in 1919.
Xew York led the states in the
i number of returns filed, the amount
j of income report and in the tax
j yield. Pennsylvania was second
I and Illinois third,
j Income reported by various states
: for 1920 included: Alabama, $156.
; 004,933; Florida, $141.105,124;
'; Georgia, $228,619.716: Kentucky,
! $243.S79,230; Louisiana. $237.109,
! 145: Mississippi, $83.954.352; North
; Carolina, $163,799.837; South Car
Molina. $109,246,657; Tennessee,
i $212,600,105; Virginia, $2T3,235.
i 229.
In South CaroUna.
Washington, June 13.?Accord
ing to a statement today by the
commissioner of internal revenue.
South Carolina, for 1920, paid into
i the treasury as income tax, $3,
| 326.875.
? The income of those making re
1 turns was $109.246.657. The per
? cent, of population making returns
j was 1.96. The average net income
was $3,300.09. The average
amount of tax per return was
$97190.
i Since 1910 returns have been as
t foiiows: 1920, 33,044; 1919, 37,
i 296; 1918, 20,239; 1917, 22,321;
; 1916, 1,204.
j
I Labor Against
Supreme Court
i ? ?
j Campaign Started For Consti
j tutional Amendment to Re
j strict Power of Court
i Cincinnati, June 14 (By the As
j sociated Press).?Organized labor
; indicated a determination at the
i American Federation of Labor
convention here today that it would
start a drive for a constitutional
amendment for a congressional
veto of supreme court decisions
and for the denial of the power of
j lower federal courts to set aside a
federal law as unconstitutional,
j This, the delegates were informed,
j would overcome decisions which
j labor has regarded as inimical to;
its interests.
The only formal action, however,
was unanimous adoption of a mo
tion creating a special committee
j to frame a4 policy, which action
j was taken after the proposal for
i the amendment had been made by
j Senator La Follette of Wisconsin.
J Other speakers, most of them lead
j ers in the labor movement, approv
ed the program- as practicable,
j while the delegates voiced approval
: with applause.
j The suggestion of a drive for
j the amendment came in .the midst
j of a program devoted to condem
j nation of child labor. The address
; of Senator La Follette centered
j attacks on the supreme court,
! which for a second time recently
i declared the . federal child labor
j law unconstitutional,
j A dissenting note to a program
! aimed generally at curtailment of
J the courts was heard during the
j day-long program when Florence
1 Kelly of the National Consumers'
; league voiced approval of the sena
I tor's proposal but asserted that the
! best strategy was to make a drive
! exclusively for an amendment to
jmake possible a federal ban on
^ child labor. However, she de
! clared her enlistment "as a high
i private, in the army that will fol
low his (La Follette's) banner."
j Senator La Follette in his speech
icontended that the federal courts
I had by a process of gradual en
i croachments "wrested sovereignty
j from the people" and he cited the
child labor tax law decision as
? "typical of the conduct of the fed
ieral judiciary." Hisses greeted the
; senator's first mention of Chief
[ Justice Taft, but these quickly
i changed to applause as Mr. La Fol
jlette declared that Taft was re
pudiated by the voters wlten a sec
ond term candidate for president.
**Xo one will contend." said the
senator, "that he could have been
elected chief justice by the vote of
the people."
Laughter greeted this remark as j
also the senator's statement that i
a chief justice of a British court I
was hanged Yor attempting to set j
aside an act of parliament, and I
once in (he midst of a tirade on!
court actions a delegate called out i
Atta boy. Bob:"
"Five members of t ic supreme j
eourt," La Follette said, "enact I
what shall be the lau." and he]
added, "we are ruled by a judi- j
cial oligarchy."
Lending money is a fine way to
improve your memory.
? ? ?
Eskimos never battle. That's
why Eskimo kids look so happy.
LIQUOR, THE
CAUSE OF
FRATRICIDE
Peter Shaw Shot to Death by
Eugene Shaw in Anderson
County
Anderson, June 12. ? Eugene
Shaw shot and killed his brother,
Peter Shaw, at the Shaw home near
Beiton this morning. Peter Shaw
was at the home of his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. C:, C. Shaw, about
seven miles from Anderson, near
the Beiton-Anderson highway. At
the inquest it was testified that
he was standing near a well with
a baby in his arms when he was
shot from the doorway by Eugene
Shaw.
According to evidence in the.
coroner's inquest the two men had
some difficulty. trouble having
been brewing since Saturday. Mrs.
C. C. Shaw, the mother, said that
Peter owed Eugene for some peas.
He was to have been paid back
Saturday, and they were fussing
about this.
j Clarke Shaw testified that he was
not at the place at the time his
two brothers were fussing, and
when Eugene shot Peter, but he
knew that they were at outs and
that Eugene told him at 1 o'clock
this morning that he was going to
kill Peter if he didn't make a set
tlement. Clarke said That Peter
owed Eugene for three sacks of
guano and that lie owed Eugene
four sacks and he had made ar
rangements for Peter to pay the
guano to him, which was not sat
isfactory to Eugene, and Eugene is
alleged to have said that if Peter
' did not pay him, to, he would kill
j Peter. *
i Clarke Shaw also volunteered
j the information that Peter owed
Eugene for whiskey, but this was
not recorded. He also said. "The
truth is Eugene is the father of
this liquor business and he claim
ed Peter owed him $660 for li
quor."
Mrs. Peter Shaw ?aid that when
she got to her husband, who was
about a hundred yards from her
home, that he was breathing and
lived about 20 minutes. She said
that she believed whiskey to be at
the bottom of the trouble. She had
warned Eugene, she said, not to let
Peter have any more whiskey, if
he did she would tell on him.
Reed Shaw, another brother, was
a witness to the shooting and said
that the men were fussing in the
house and that Peter went out and
had ? gone about 15 steps in the
yard when Eugene called him back.
He said that he told Eugene not
to shoot that he. might hit the
baby, and Eugene said with an
oath. '"Let 'em die together."
Reed testified that both men shot,
but Peter did not shoot at Eugene
until after he had been shot.
The baby that was in the arms
of Peter when he fell is a little
girl 21 months old, and had gone
to sleep on her father's shoulder,
i Her head was bloody from the
wounds of her father and her
clothing also blood stained, but she
was not hurt. There are two oth
| er little girls besides this. Peter
j Shaw was 36 years of age.
Eugene Shaw was arrested at
j Beiton after he had telephoned
j the sheriff to come and "get him
j and was brought to the Anderson
j jail. He was slightly wounded
by a bullet which penetrated the
skull. This wound was attended
by a physician in Beiton. Shaw
expressed great regret, saying:
"Nobody hates it any worse than
me. I did it to save my life. They
were both shooting at me at the
same time."
The funeral of Peter Shaw will
be held Tuesday afternoon at the
Second Baptist church in Beiton.
WANTS TRAIN
KEPT ON
Chamber of Commerce Enters
Vigorous Protest *
(Columbia State)
f A vigorous protest is being made
j by the chamber of commerce to
the South Carloina railroad com
mission against the proposed dis
continuance'of trains No. 68 and
No. 69 between Columbia and Sum
ter over the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad.
The commerce body asks the
commission to consider the great
importance of these trains to the
territory they serve and requests
that the traveling public not be
made to use the 5:40 a. m.. train
which would be the case if the one
leaving at S a. m.', was taken off the
schedule.
The chamber of commerce be
lieves that the towns served should
appear before the commission and
enter their protest in an effort to
maintain the present service to
and from Sumter.
? ? ?
Monument To
Francis Scott Key
Honor Paid the Author of the
Star Spangled Banner
? Baltimore. June 14. ? Francis
St ott Key's memory was honored
today with the unveiling of a mon
ument to him erected by congress
in historic Fort McHenry. The
ceremony made the fort the mec
ca for thousands who gathered
there long before the hour fixed for
the arrival of President Harding,
who accepted the memorial for the
nation in an address this after
noon.
NEW LIQUOR
RULING
Treasury Department Will
Call on Attorney General
Daugherty For Opinion
Washington, June 15?That At
torney General Daugheriy will be
asked for a new ruling on the ques
tion of the ?ale of liquor on ship
ping board vessels, was indicated
today by the treasury department.
I FEDERATION
OF LABOR
I _
\ Samuel Gompers Says Labor
j is in No Mood to Surrender
j Privileges f
j _
Cincinnati. June 12.?Facing a
fight that leaders of organized la
bor regarded as one for the exist-*
j ence of unions, the American Fed
eration of Labor here today opened
its forty-second annual convention,
which was marked by the presen
tation of many issues that are to
be considered during the next two
weeks, and a speech by President
j Samuel Gompers, declaring "we do
i not fool ourselves in any fancied*
J security." The issues were brought.
' before the delegates by the report
j of the federation's executive coun
! cH.
"We are not in a mood," said^
Mr .Gompers. **to have those rights
and privileges guaranteed to us by
our constitution taken from us by
any subtle reasoning or assump
i tion of power no matter whence it
j emanates." i v;j
j This declaration of the veteran
j labor leader was greeted with ap
: pLause, also bis statement that or
I ganized labor would "go onward
j and forward more determined than*
j ever that there shall not be im
j posed upon our brow, upon our
j backs, the type of the 'man with
j the hoe." \
The speech by Mr. Gompers
} came after a program of welcom
I ing addresses by Mayor George P.
j Carr'eU, Secretary T..J. Donnolley of*
i the Ohio Federation of Labor, and
J others. The big armory of the
t Ohio National Guard was filled by
i delegates and spectators,. while,
above their heads were hung a
.thousand American flags.
Mr. Gompers declared that ? or
igan ized labor only asked employes
to meet with the union leaders in
j conferences for the settlement of
J any disputes, but he said that a
j genuine conference was impossible'
j unless both sides stand on an equal
footing. The "open shop," he
.added, is not the result of con
ferences. Mr. Gompers concluded,
with a reference to the disarm
ament conference, asserting it
made a beginning toward abolish
ing war and that labor through
1 out the world made the "greatest
i contribution toward that purpose."
; The convention session also were
j marked by presentation of ja. re
? port by Santiago Iglesias. pj^sident'
of the Free Federation of Work
jers of Poroto Rico endorsing the
1 administration of Emont Riley, as
Governor Of Porto Rico. Iglesias"
; declared that Governor Riley had
j dealt fairly with organized labor in
j Porto Rico.; .
j While the "executive council's re
| port centered around many qaes
I tiops that will come before the
?Convention it also showed tluit the
j total membership of the federation
j is 3.195,635. Although this is a
I loss of 710,893 in the last year,
j members of the committee pointed
j out. that it was a. gain of more
jthan 1,100 over 1916, which year
j was followed by big gains during*
;the war. Further the report told
j of labor's accomplishments of the
j last year, which, it said, was
I marked by "unusual strife" and Ufi->
j usual industrial depression."
j .-? ? ?
SPoincare Discards
Diplomatic Language
ftain Spoken and Somewhat
? Acid Note to Great Britain >
on Hague Conference
Paris, June 12.?Premier Poin
care, in his note to the British gov-v
ernment. in reply to the recent
British memorandum of June 1
with respect to The H^gue con
j ference, he insists that if the
l powers come to an agreement in
J advance and present a united front
(io the Russians at The Hague andt
j not permit them to stray from the
: point, they can and ?'will accept all
! required of them. As proof of this,
j*M. Poincare instances what they
j have done for Italy in the treaty*
\ just concluded.
The French document, although
i lengthy and businesslike, is devoid
j-of diplomatic circumlocutions and
I literary grace. The tone is some
| what acid: disparaging references
to the Genoa conference are*
i frequent and there is what appears
jto be an uncomplimentary allusion
to the bankers' commission. When
j speaking of the question of credits*
I to Russia the reply refers to^.the
; demands formulated by prospec
I tive leaders with regard to certain
i countries whose prosperity^ and
i economic future could not be
j doubted."
j WOMAN SHOOTS '
NEGRO M AN
\ Black Advancing on Her With
Brick
i Hamlet. X. C, June 12.?Mrs
j Branson Millikin shot artd in
; stantly killed William McGhee.
' negro when he attempted to assault
i her at the Millikin home four miles
! from here Sunday. The ndgro had
: previously threatened both Mrs.?
) Millikin and her husband and when
j he entered the home Sunday and
i continued to advance on her with
ia brick in either hand, the intend-,
j ed victim seized a gun and fired,
I the negro being killed instantly.
I Mr. Millikin was not home at the
I time.
LOWER BANK
DISCOUNT IN
j CALIFORNIA
' Federal Reserve Bank Would
Reduce Rate to Four Per
Cent
Washington. June 15?The fed
j eral reserve banks of San Francisco
j has asked the federal reserve board
j for a statement of its attitude upon*
the possible reduc?on of the Cal
ifornia bank's rediscount rate from
four and a half to four per cent s |1