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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-05
University Trustees

Columbia, Feb. 2.-Change i'm the
number OF trustees OF the University Of
South Carolina Is provided in bill in
troduced in the House Of Representa-
tives by Representatives Hughes,
Cooper and Mo MILAN,
The bill would provide for board
for tho university of twenty-One trust
ces, 10 be elected by the General AS
sembly. each to serve six years, each
together with four cx-officio members
of the board. the governor, the state
superintendent of education and the
chairman OF the education committee
or the House Of Representatives and
the chairman of the education com
mittee OF the state senate At pres
cnt the board is composed of seven
members. besides the ex-ofiicio mem
bers.
This plan was brought before the
trustees OF the University at "a recent
meeting Of the board i'm Columbia, and
the board is in favor of the plan.
The bill would provide for the
twelve elective trustees OF the Vnivcr-
sity. to serve until February /. 1922.
and seventeen elective trustees to
serve until February |, 1924. these to
b" elected by the General Assembly
After the first of February. 1924, there
would be twcnty-one elective trustees
Of the University, seven to he elected
every two years. the term OF Office to
start February I and TO last for six
years.
The bill further provides that when
II becomes law the legislature shnll
elect five Of the trustees to serve until
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-05
SUMTER, S. c., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5. 1921
READY FOR
LONG FLIGHT
Lieut.. Pearson Has Airplane
Tuned Up For Trans-Conti.
mental Trip

Douglas, Ariz., Feb. 3.-It was an
nounced today that Lieutenant Pear
son VIII leave February 7th to fly
10 Pablo Beach, Florida, where he
~ scheduled to start February 22 on
transcontinental flight to San Diego.
Nalitornia. The Dehaviland airplane
which Lieut.. Pearson rebuilt here for
The coas- to coast dash, was tested
yesterday. Efforts will be made to
make the flight in twenty-four hours,
which will require an average Of 90
miles per hOur.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-05

New York. Feb. 2.-Reports here
that the Standard Oil company is
planning ten per cent wage reduc-
tion affecting its employees i'm all
parts of the United States was given
added currency today by the news
OF cuts made 10y the Standard Oil
subsidiaries il widely separated fields.
namely New Jersey and West Vhgin-
ia. 1t is believed hat the proposed
reduction will take the form OF the
suspension of the ten per cent wage
bonus that was granted during the
Wsr TO Offset high living costs.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-05

ing. Mr.. Wightman promised Senator
Raker that If the Florence senator
insisted that because the hotels of the
state were inspected the institutions
should also be inspected, why he
would introduce a bill today abol-
ishing the Office of hotel inspector.
Senator Moore was in favor of abol-
ishing the board and a number OF
other boards and commissions, such
as the tax commission. the highway
and others. charging that
they were useless expenditures OF
money. He charged that the state
had refused in 1920 to support it's
only orphanage. the John de la Howe
Industrial school. yet had appro-
priated large sums for the welfare
board.
Senator rennis said he was ready
to vote against the bill after having
heard Mr. Bakers plea for the babies
and children. while Senator Duncan
said after hearing the strong address
of Mr.. Laney he was ready 10 vote
for the bill.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-05
NO AGREEMENT ON
TAX EXTENSION

Columbia. Feb. BY a vote of 80
to SO the house of representatives
Thursday refused TO concur in the
senate plan for pOs;ponement OF tan
penalties, and rhe resolution was sent
10 free conference commission to
have the differences between the .vn
Legislative branches ironed out. The
senate plan is for no penalties, other
han the January penalty, until April
l. when the penalty would become
Z per cent
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-05

Chief Barwick has on hand eight
or ten bicycles at the police sat.oa
that have been taken up from time
10 time or strayed in some ma 1n"r o.
other and finally have wounl mp at
their present resting place. The come
In all sizes so anyone who has at
some time or other lost a wheel
might protitably look the bunch over
and see if they can identify their
strayed bicycle.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-05
TRIBUTE TO
UNKNOWN DEAD

Washington. Feb. 1.-The return
from France fthc body OF an un~
known soldier for burial In Arling.
ton cemetery as fitting national
tribute to the men who fell I'm the
world war was advocated by Gen.
fershing before the house military
committee which ~ considering the
bill for this purpose.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-05

Mr.. Wendell NJ. Levi has won an
other triumph with his Carneaux
pigeons when out Of six birds sent 70
he show at Madison Square Gardens
at New York he won three prizes. His
birds have won prizes at the .hree
largest pigeon shows OF the United
States, namely, the Memphis Tri-
State, the show in Baltimore and the
Madison Square show.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-05

New York. Feb. l.--Finc granulat-
eel sugar was quoted ut IA cents "a
pound by large rehners In the local
Inarket today. This Is the lowest price
Quotcd In two years.
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state Tax Commission Attacked.

State Tax Commission Attacked.
Columbia, Feb. 2.-Startling to the
officials OF state government and to
lose observers Of state political and
governmental affairs was the vote of
the State Senate Tuesday afternoon.
against killing the bill which would
abolish the state tax com mission. The
vote was Is TO ii i'm favor Of the tax
commission. that body being saved by
one vote. Senator Young of Charles
ten moved to strike out the enacting
words of the resolution. and this was
voted down Is to Ia. the resolution
being sent to third reading. It's defeat
is predicted when the measure comes
to vote next time. Senator Wightman
OF Saluda, already known as Battle
Axe" Wightman, because Of the fact
that he has introduced so many rcso-
lutions against various state lnstitu-
tons. was author of the resolution.
Another Of Senator Wightman's res
was voted on by the Senate
Tuesday afternoon, that to cut all state
and county officials salaries twenty
per cent. This was defeated by
vot OF 32 to 9. Heated arguments and
fluent oratory marked the passing Of
the resolution.
In the House OF Representatives
Speaker Atkinson has named j. II.
the newly elected rep
rcscntative from Clarendon county. as
member of the ways and means COM
"itteo. 10 succeed Mr.. Atkinson. and
Representative Harris OF Spartanburc
as member Of the judiciary commit
tee to succeed him.
Speaker Atkinson has certified TO
the Democratic Executive Committee
OF Grccnvllc writ of election to
fill the vacancy caused by ThOs u.
Cothran's elevation to the supreme
bench. There is talk Of a woman
candidate for the vacancy. The cleo
ton date will he set within q few days.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-05

.rittsburgh. Feb. l.---Msny indie
|pdeut steel companies Of the Pitts
III district today increased opera
~ what officers said was eau
onservative basis. after six
mhich operations had been
N greatly curtailsd.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-05
THE FRIENDS OF
IGNORANCE RULE
Senate Passes Wightman's Bill
To Hamstring Compulsory j
Education Law :
VOTE WAS 25 TO 16
Chief Argument Seemed To Be
That Law Helped the Negroes
More Than The Whites

Columbia, Feb 3.--Passagc OF Sem
ator Wightmans bill to amend the
compulsory attendance law so as to
abolish all truant officers and deVOlve
he duties Of these officers on county!
Superintendcnts and local trustees to
n third reading after lengthy debate
was the main action Of the senate a.:
the morning session yesterday.
Senator Wightman was joined by a
majority OF the upper branch of the
assembly and number of speakers
came to his aid. Mr.. Wightman
charged that the Offices were abso-
utely useless. that the white people
were observing the law and no need
existed for the huant. officers. He
laid the trustees and superintendents
of education could easily carry OUT
the law without the appropriation of
$4,000 for this purpose.
After debate by numerous senators
the vote came on Senator Williams
motion to strike out the enacting
words. The senate refused to strike
out the enacting words by vote OF
IL to 25. the following yeas and nays
being recorded: Yeas. Baker, Hu,son,
Johnstone, Johnson, Kennedy, Light
sey. Marion, Mason. Massey. McColl,
McGhee. Miller, Pearce, Stabler, Will
Jams and Young. Nays: Alexander,
paskin. Beasly. Bethea. Black. Cliff
on. Crosson, Dennis, Duncan, Good
win. Gross Harrelson. Har., Hub
rard. IAney Moore, Padgett, Rags
dale, Robinson. Rogers. jeremiah,
Smith. watkins. Wells. Wideman and
Wigh.man.
Hart Would Amend.
During the middle OF the debate,
which had centered upon the fact
hat reduced appropriations were
necessary and here was q good place
% begin, Senator Hart offered an
.mendment so the law would not taEA
'ffccs until June 80, but this was lost
y big vote. Senator Hart and SEN
itor Moore, both against the tr-uant
Ulcers, did not think the attendance
Ulcers should be cut off right in the
middle OF the year with no jobs.
The debate on this bin was ex-
tended and covered "A wide range
Senator'S Young and Miller said to
AXE this step would be going back
ward and they were against the meas
IRE. Senator Williams also strongly
defended the compulsory law and the
ruant officers.
Senator Haskin thought the Saluda
;cnator's measure was a good one and
offered an opportunity to begin prun-
ng the appropriation bill.
Senator's Kennedy and Mason also
defended the truant officers and voted
'or killing Mr.. Wightman's bill Sem
otor Hutson said he was always in
favor Of education and he saw no
'Xcusc for abOlishing the truant Off
GERS holding that the people them
selves wanted the law to stand rs it
was.
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school to every white child.
Senator Padget. said the law was
unconstitutional and as passed and
on the books now was no good. He
favored abolishment.
Senator Marion took the lead I'm
fighting the bill. He showed that
during the first year Of the opera
ion Of the law $4,000 children had
been placed in school that would
not have otherwise been in the
schools. He compared South Carolina
with New England states and showed
how the Palmetto state should be
aking forward steps instead Of back
ward, as he considered Mr.. Wigh.-
mans measure. The "nigger" qucs-
lion was here injected into the de-
bate. Senator Marion saying that the
opposition was due to Il "niggcr in
he wOodpile."
Senator Alexander was strongly in
favor Of the bill, charging that the
truant officer of PickenS had done
nothing last year, and further charg-
ing that many county superintend-
"nis OF education We're originally
against the truant offices, but now
since they had received instructions
from the king" they had changed
their opinions and apparently in fa-
vor OF the attendance officers. Mr.
Alexander charged that the king
was no. content with maintaining q
suite of offices in Columbia, but main
tanned suite Of skyscrapers. The
Pickcns senator explained that when
he referred to the liking" he was
speaking of the s"ate superintendent
Of education.
After Tomato Clubs.
Senator Moore said the truant OFF,
GERS were a mere makeshift and a
useless expenditure of money.
Senator Clifton said in Sumter
county 245 white children had been
placed in the schools and some
thing over 1.400 negroes. He said
the case was a "nigger in the wood
pile" and as far as he was concerned
he wanted the negro to stay at the
woOdpile." He also wanted odious
comparisons Of South Carolina with
other states stopped Mr.. Clifton took
n fling at tomato club demonstrators
in his county. charging that these
demonstrators had flooded the county
with tomatoes that could not be sold
Senator Laney said he was always
stirred up when the negro question
was invoked. but he refrained from
debating the question, except for the
asking Of few questions to show
that the compulsory law and attend
ance officers were not what they
might be.
Senator's Black, Ragsdale and Rog-
crs were also in favor of cutting this
item from the appropriation bill. Sen
ator Wightman Joined i'm the chorus
and was in favor of the bill.
After the vote had been taken and
the bill passed to third reading no.
tice of general amendments were
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Many Join Wightnlan.

Senator Duncan said curtailmcnt
n The department of education. where
he largest request of all depart
nents had come. was essential. He
vas against the truant officers and
he compulsory law. claiming that
nine negro children were placed in
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-05
FIGHT ON STATE
WELFARE BOARD
Debate For Three Hours on
Move to Abolish
UP IN SENATE
AGAIN TO-DAY
Senate Unable to Reach Vote
Last Night and Will Continue
Talk This Morning

Columbia, Feb. 3.-No vote was
reached on Senator Wightman's bin
to abolish the senate board OF public
welfare in the senate last night. al
though the measure was debated
from $3.50 until 1920 O'Clock. De-
bate on this bill was decidedly the
warmest yec and was heard by q full
house
After the debate had lasted for
practically three hours, the senate
made the bin q special order for to-
day. Immediately following third
reading bills, and then adjourned.
When the measure was recalled for
debate a. the special hour last night
Senator Baker was the first speaker.
He strongly defended the board and
It's work, laying special emphasis on
the child placing bureau and using
This branch of the work as a sole ex-
cuse az to why the board should be
kept intact. The Florence senator
made an .eloquen; plea on behalf Of
the unfortunate children Of the state
and said if this branch OF the work
was abolished he would immediately
Introduce n bin providing for its con-
tinuance.
Senator Miller was unwilling to
tear down, but on the other hand
wanted to build up. He was mindful
of the cry of burdensome taxes and
the need for reduced appropriations
but said he could not vote for a
measure Of the kind offered by Mr.
Wightman.
Laney for Dill.
SENATOR Laney strongly attacked
the welfare board and supported the
Dill OF the Saluda senator. Mr.. Ianey
said the state could well get along
without the board and charged that
South Carolina was adding too many
frills. He recalled the fact that not
so many years ago the welfare board
was not in existence, yet the various
institutions row under it's control
wore thriving and doing good work,
he said. He cited the penitentiary
and praised Col. A. X. Sanders. the
superintendent, for the many hu-
name reforms made at tile prison. Mr..
l@incy said he was at a loss TO un-
dcrstand why the welfare board had
not claimed credit for these reforms
and also the good work at the State
hospital. He charged that the board
was 100 far reaching and tried TO
cover too much territory.
The Chesterfield senator pointed
out that all the state institutions
were doing good work before the well
rare board came into existence and
he saw no good reasons WHY they
couldn't continue to do SO without
;he board. Mr.. Laney cited the good
old days when he was a boy and
SAID he would like to 20 back to
those days when the people were
down to rock bottom business and
no frills He further charged that
the child placing bureau was brought
into existence without his knowledge
OF any appropriation being made for
II. If such an act creating this bu-
rcau was passed, he said he didn't
Know of l.. Senator I4aney's strong
plea was for the common schools
holding that i'm these lay the funda-
mental principles of society educa-
hon. morals and child culture. He
was willing to see some of the COM
missions now in existence abolished
IN order to aid the public schools.
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Christensen Defends.

Senator Christensen bore the main
brunt Of the defense of the board.
lie replied to charges of Senator
i.aney that the board was doing dup
hcate work and also said that the
pubic schools could not meet all the
problems. and the welfare board was
conceived TO aid partially the schools
Mr.. Christensen took up the sala-
RED offices Of the board individually
and explained in detail what these Of
hcerS did. He presented figures show
ing that the board had inspected
Jalls, almshouscs. chaingangs. state
work that would greatly aid the state
institutions and done much other
work that would greatly aid the state
ports were carried out
The Beaufort senator read reports
from the board on jails and told of
bad conditions found i'm numerous
places thn. the board had remcdied
through its inspections He cited the
TACT that through the examination OF
applicants to the Sac hospi al and
for state scholarships the board had
actually turned more money into the
state treasury than ii had expended.
Senator Alexander and Sena ;or
Goodwin were both against the board
and ready to vote for Mr.. Wightman's
DILL Senator Hart also reiterated his
ch1rge that the board could be done
away with wi'hout seriously crippling
n function of the state government.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-05

FEBRUARY /. 1926. These five, with
he present seven, will make up the
twelve who will serve until next year
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-05
Clifton for Board.

Senator Clifton said he thought the
price paid was not too high if only a
few children were saved each year.
and declared he would vote against the
bill
Senator Wightman renewed his
charges of uselesSness and charged
the secretary with accepting two sal
aries from the state, along with
spending too much money for MOTH
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-07-22
COP SHOOTS AT A MAD DOG:
WOUNDS BOY AND HIMSELF
Facing Emergency Not Covered by Rules, Also a
Barrel He Acts Promptly, but Uses Three Shots
to Kill Canine, Then Calls Ambulance

bullet pierced the barrel but not the
dog. 1t rebounded on the pavement
and hit Giovanni Robaguila, ~ years
old, and wha. is known as an in
nocent bystander, in the chest. The
bullet, mercifully, was all but spent,
and after his fright was over Giovanni
ran home.
But 1t was as though Schreiner had
become shy of innocent bystanders.
Pointing his weapon a second time he
fired. rs he thought, with irreproach-
able aiM This bullet sped toward the
dog. and having wounded, him in the
leg, flung itself against a curbstone
and returning to Schreiner, whence it
had come, wounded him in a toe.
There was a little cheer from the
crowd as. bloody but unbowed. he de-
sisted from strategy and walked up to
the dog and killed him outright
Then, rule abiding policeman once
more, he called an ambulance for him.
self and had his toe dressed, rode to
his station house, made his report,
reporting among other things that Of
f1cer Schreine- had been an eyewitness
to the wounding of Officer Schreiner,
and then reported sick and was re-
lieved of duty for the day.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-07-22

At the police school of drill the re-
cruits are taught to shoot at a mark
and at moving targets, but not at dogs
in barrels. SO yesterday when a citizen
of Brooklyn called Policeman Schreiner
and told him that his dog had gone
mad and that he had put him in
barrel Schreiner found himself con-
fronted with a situation not provided
for In the departmental book of rules.
The dictates Of mercy, as we'll as
public safety, demanded that the dog
be put out Of his suffering with all
possible expedition, and the barrel
which contained the dog was standing
in front of 372 Stuyvesant avenue. So
far so good, but Schreiner was unable
to meet the situation fully until he
remembered the rule which says that
in a. emergency which arises sud-
denly and has no parallel in police ex-
perience the thing to do is to make
quick appraisal, arrive at sound judy
ment and act.
AS soon as he thought Of this he
drew his revolver. and aiming in the
direction of the barrel, but downward,
the dog having been described as head
down, fired.
The result was disappointing. The
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-07-22
Battleship Not Doomed
by Feat of Air Bombs
BIZ the Associated Press.

NORFOLK, Va, July 81
Major Gen. Charles F. Me-
noher, chief of the army air SER
vice, said he did not think the
sinking of the German dread
nought Ostfriesland by air bombs
to-day showed that the battleship
was doomed, but he added:
"a cold material fact has been
demonstrated. That fact is that
the battleship can be sunk by the
aerial bomb. That's the real les
son of this affair. have always
contended that the bomb did con-
stitute a very grave menace to
the capital ship and that extra
ordinary precautions had to be
taken to meet the menace. That's
the whole story"
Gen. Menoher sent Gen. Mitch
ell the following radio MESSAGE:
congratulations to you and en-
tire aircraft brigade on your
brilliant performance to-day"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-07-22
Fruit WORKER Head
Arrested, Japs Back

MODESTO, CAL, July 21.-
James Shea, president of
Local No. 10, Fruit and Vege-
table Workers Union, and for
mer member of the San Fran
cisco club in the Pacific Coast
Baseball League, was arrested at
Turlock to-day on a charge OF
kidnapping and melting riot in
connection with the deportation
of a group of Japanese field
workers from the Turlock dis
trict yesterday. Other arrests
were predicted by Sheriff Rallas.
Virtually all of the Japanese are
said to have returned to the
places from which they were
forcibly removed.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 21.-
The Japanese Association Of
America, embracing sixty thou
sand Japanese in the Western
States, "is well pleased with the
manner in which the American
authorities are handling the stu
alton at Turlock," S. Kitasawa,
secretary of the association, said
to-day.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-07-22
EIGHT BATHERS DROWN
AT BAPTIST OUTING
Party of rs Caught by Gulf Of
Mexico UnderfoU.

HousToN, Tex. July 21.--Elght per-
sons we're drowned and three others.
near death. were rescued when sixteen
delegates to the Baptist Young Peoples
Union annual state encampment at
Palacios. forming a bathing party. were
caught in the undertow of the Gulf of
Mexico at the mouth of Greens Bayou,
twenty-five miles from PalacIos. late to-
day.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-07-22
JUGo-sLAv MINISTER SLAIN.
Assassir. ~ Young Bosnian Com
munfst, Is Arrested.

BELGRADE. July 21.-Minister of the
Interior Drashkovios of Jugo-Slavia was
shot dead this morning by a. young Bos-
nisn Communist The assassin was ar
rested.
The shooting occurred at Delnice. a
large market down In Croatia.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-07-22
EXPLOSION KILLS TWENTY.
Nitrate Factory Blows Up
Borio, in Switzerland.

BERN, July 21.-Twenty persons were
killed and one hundred wounded to-day
in an explosion in a nitrate factory at
Borio In the Canton OF Ticino.
The explosion destroyed the factory
and other buildings In the neighborhood.