The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-10-22
BELIEVES COTTON
WILL GO TO 20 CENTS
SENATOR SMITH SAYS STATE
RAISED ENOUGH FOOD TO
FEED PEOPLE TWO YEARS.
News of State Capital-Governor Will
Take Up Grant Extradition Case.
Conference High School
Teachers.

Senator E. ID. Smith was in the CITY
today looking as hearty as usual.
He says there is nothing especially
doing to give out to the newspapers
except that cotton is going up. The
senator thinks cotton will be about
20 cents pound in January.
There was enough foodstuffs grown
in South Carolina this year to feed
the State two years." Senator Smith
stated, adding that he was very much
gratified at this fact.
Senator Smith is still working for
the farmers as he has been doing ever
since he has been in the senate and
many years previous. He wrote with
his own hand Section 13 of the new
Currency Act, which permits regional
reserve banks to rediscount money
loaned for cotton on warehouse re-
ceipts. The senator referred to his
visit to Washington this fall when the
section of the bill which he was large
ly instrumental getting into the new
currency law allowing the regional
banks to loan money to member banks
at per cent provided they would loan
1T to the farmers at not more than 6
per cent interest was being gotten into
running order, and he is naturally
pleased at the farmers being able to
get cheap money.
Senator Smith is devoting much
time and attention to working out a
rural credits measure, which he plans
to Introduce into congress. He is also
working on an amendment to the
banking law. and he has promised to
give this out for publication within
the near future.
Joe Grant Case.
Governor Manning has received
letter from Solicitor George Bell
Zimmerman, of Lexington, reporting
on the status of Joe Grant, the negro,
who shot and killed j. F. burst, a
white man at Johnston, in 1906, and
fled to Pennsylvania. The solicitor
asks the governor to give this mat
ter his careful attention and take
such action as, in his judgment, will
best protect the rights and honor of
this State.
Governor Manning will go over the
report of the solicitor and do every
thing in his power to get the negro
fugitive back from Pennsylvania.
After killing Mr.. burst, the negro
Grant fled to Philadelphia and re-
mained in seclusion until he was
recognized. and arrested in 1913. A
requisition from the governor of South
Carolina on the governor of Pennsyl-
vania was issued for the return of
Grant. The negro asked the Pennsyl-
vania governor for a hearing, and the
whole matter was referred to the at
torney general of that State. Solicitor
Zimmerman went to Harrisburg to
represent the interests of South Car
olina. The attorney general of that
State rendered an opinion adverse to
the contentious of the negro, and Gov
ernor Tener in April of this year
granted extradition papers for the re-
turn of Grant to South Carolina
The negros attorneys took an ap-
peal to the courts of the United States,
fighting the extradition all the way up
TO the United States Supreme court,
but they all decided against him and
Grant was ordered turned over to the
South Carolina authorities.
bTumDauSn at Helm.
''But just at this time Governor Te-
ner's term of Office expired, and he
was succeeded by Governor Brum-
baugh. This new executive immedi-
ately recalled the extradition papers
and Grant remained in Pennsylvania.
The new governor fixed another date
for the hearing on the requisition, and
Attorney General Peoples and So
licitor Zimmerman went to Harrisburg
and appeared for this State, and laid
forceful reasons why, in the interest
of justice, Grant should be brought
back to South Carolina for trial. This
was the first of last July, and the gov
ernor of Pennsylvania has given no
intimation Of whether he will honor
the requisition already outstanding or
refuse it.
"In view Of these facts" saws So
licitor Zimmerman in his letter to Gov
ernor Manning, 81 think that this
State is at least entitled to the cour-
tesy of reply from the State of
Pennsylvania, and the purpose of this
letter is to ask you, as governor of
this State, to make a proper and
courteous demand on the governor of
Pennsylvania for some action in the
matter"
The solicitor in quoting from his
argument says he warned the authori-
ties of Pennsylvania "the responsible
ity for the vindication of the majesty
of the law in so far as this case is
concerned is upon the executive of the
State of Pennsylvania. Thus far
South Carolina has done it's duty"
81 have managed this case from the
beginning, and have carefully inves-
tigated the law applicable to it, and
from the knowledge thus gained un-
hesitatingly say that, beyond per-
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