The Press and Standard from Walterboro, South Carolina • 1

Na is WALTERBORO -WEDNESDAY JANUARY 19 1927 YOU 50 A'- lv pvriiipnc OF FICE AS GOVERNOR OF SC A GREAT DAY IFOR A FINE SOUTH CAROLINA FAMILY 0V FINAL MESSAGE V' l' -V RESUME OF WORK ACCOM- Impressive Scene As Governor-Elect Takes Oath Of Office Administered By The Ven-V erable Justice Watts 11 6 State aid of schools' under the 1 Attendance rather than enrollment 7 6 Care that sports and athletics in schools and colleges are not given too big a place interferring with the real purpose of our educational' system 7 Use of school authority to prevent the employment as teachers in any state institutions per-sons who deny or question the existence of a Supreme Being and dependence upon Him 8 Economy in government elimination of timber" 9 Abolition of the state budget commission 10 Abolition of the board of public welfare its child iplacing work being put on the state Board of health 11 Abolition' of the office of county game warden this work being put on magistrates and constables 12 Consolidation of the state ware house commission's office with Urn state department of agriculture 13 Reorganisation and investigation of the state highway department 14 Repeal of the automobile title taw 15 Sale of automobile' licenses in the counties- 16 Abolition of the state tax commission its work being put under the comptroller general 17 A constitutional amendment to provide for classification of property for taxation Good men and good pay for the county boards if assessors 19 Law observance on the part of legislators and officials and strict enforcement of taw- 20 Liberality to Confederate veterans Against "DodeT Tax The new governor came out strongly in opposition tyt-V 1 Revaluation of property 2 The soft drink tax unless the state is to adopt 8 policy pf a general sales tax and if emergency conditions demand each taxes the rate should not be as heavy-as twenty per cent regarded as confiscatory li COURTESY OF THE COLUMBIA BEGORD Tuesday' was a great day in the lives of the members of this fine South Carolina family This picture was taken just outside the capitoj at noon Tuesday and shows the new Governor John Richards about to be inaugurated Mrs Richards and the nine handsome daughters -that complete his family These youhg women didn't want to stand before the camera and only when re- 1 1 1 i 1 S' PHOTO BY SARGEANT minded that ond Beading from left Winthrop College Wadesboro CL Miss Rekah Richards Miss Betty Richards of Laurens Mrs (Kittie) (Sadie) McRae of Denmark Mrs Richards There were two sons in the Richards family One died at the age of five and the other died during the World War as an officer in the army- ichards and Governor Richards Richards senior at Sauls of Thomas Todd of Laurens Mrs COUNTY RURAL POLICE BILL ACT FOR THREE POLICE MEN FOR COUNTY Duties Prescribed and Provision Made for Carrying Out Provisions of Art LEGALSNAG TO COAST ROAD PAVING PROGRAM IS REMOVED Petition Seeking To Carry Fight To High Court Withdrawn Stackhouse Provides $414ft00 Opening Way PUSHED DURING TERM Favora Amendment to 6-0-1 School Law State Const a- bulary and Others Columbia' Jan" Governor McLeod recommended tightening np the anti-lynching laws amend- ment of the 6-0-1 school law' to make attendance instead of enrollment the basis for state aid organisation of 1 a constabulary for policing the high- -ways and state 1 action to promote balanced farming in his farewell mee- age to the South Carolina legisla- -tore today He reported the recommendations he made in hie annual address of 1 1926 with regard to taxation advocating revaluation of real property for the purpose of equalisation and a continuance of the Indirect taxes on non-essentials Reciting briefly the story of the lynching at Aiken of Bertha Demon and Clarence Lowrman the governor defended hie record in connection -with the incident end urged 1 heavier penalty than the one now fixed by law upon any county in which person is put to' death by a mob Besides the increased penalty he advocated a law disqualifying any person convicted of complicity In a lynching from citizenship and requirement that public officials be forced to subscribe to aa oath before taking office to the effect that they had not been conemed In any way with any mob action Defends Record "Notwithstanding misrepresents- tions to the contrary which it is against the beet interests of pub-He policy to discus here I have' sealouly endeavored to ascertain the guilty parties and bring them to justice" the chief executive asserted Adding that Attorney General John Daniel and Solicitor Berta Carter were actively in charge of the legal conduct of the case ha aaid "Evidence has been obtained and placed in the hands of these representatives of the state and the investigation is being vigorously carried on nt this time I earnestly hope that law abiding citiaens will back up the pyoaecution that the Jurors ywill pave (he courage to do their duty that' the perpetrators of this horrible crime may be brought to the her of justice end dealt with aa they deserve" It was disclosed by the governor that the budget commission of which he is the head had lopped of nearly 11000000 from the mount requested by the state department of education for Tunning the schools this year "In the budget recommendation for thia year" he said I have recommended not in an arbitrary way but baaed upon my firm conviction that it was right reduction of the appropriation to public schools from tlw basis of enrollment to that of avenge attendance plus 10 per ent The 10 per cent I have ascertained from com- petent sources covers all legitimate absences The amount requested by tiie superintendent of education was In accordance with the above statement I have reduced this in my recommendation to 53-62242683" PALMETTO INN WAS CONSUMED DISASTROUS FIRE EARLY MONDAY MORNING Very Little Saved From Bum- ins Building Despite Heroic Efforts of Fighters Fin early Monday morning consumed the Palmetto Inn boordinghouM in the heart of town was not discovered till the entire back of the building was in flames and only a very few pieces of furniture were -saved Mr Crosby and hie family' barely escaped with lost of the clothing and all houeehold effects of the family Thli building waa owned by the Shaffers and had been in the family since it was erected in 1886 It waa one of the outstanding hqme of Walterboro and had lately been converted into boarding house under the name of The Palmetto Inn Mr and Mrs Crosby being proprietors Only a portion of tha loss which la estimated at soma 518- 000 wai covered by insurance Of thia Shaffer suffers the loss of the building and Mr and Mrs Crosby the furnishings of the rooms which was worth 10000 The fire was discovered at 4 and had made such progress that was impossible to save tha building The firemen fought beroidslly and saved the homo o( Mrs Witsell nearby which caught several timet It waa very cold and lea formed aa the firemen played the streams upon the the burning building It is understood that Mr Shorter does not con templates rebuilding but that ha will either sell the lot as a whole or ent it up into bneinore lots and eoll separately It la considered very valuable property Old members and new members and members remember the meet-cf Civic League Monday afternoon net room four Colombia Jan At 12:16 today standing on the steps of South Carolina's historic capital John Richards of Liberty Hill became governor of Sooth Carolina and a throng of several thousand- people besides members of the general assembly and friends and relatives of the new executive witnessed the inauguration ceremonies and heard the inaugural address The oath was administered by Chief Justice Watte recently sworn into office himself The new chief justice repeated the words of the constitutional oath and the new governor said them after him and when the swearing was completed Mr Richards was the governor Governor Richards took the oath of office with his hand on an old family Bible brought from Liberty Hill for the occasion one that had belonged to his mother Its pages were aged with use It was the governor's preference to the Bible -on the rostrum in the Hall of the house of representatives The exercises were held out of Amts in order that more people might see and hear and because of the beautiful weather The new governor and' his family Governor McLeod and his family members of the supreme court and other judges and state officials met at the office in the eaidtel shortly before noon There was sosae snapping of newspaper pictures and then the party pro- seeded to the main floor of the capital Already a throng of eiti-had gathered on the outside What Rieka ida Proposed were twenty-two points in Governor inaugural address to the general assembly today Ho advocated the following: 1 8hort sessions of the legieta- tnrei 2 The suppression of 8 Biennial sessions A Enlargement and promotion of the colleges when this can be done without placing upon our people tax burdens greater than 'should be called upon to bear- economy now HIGHWAY ACT i IS ATTACKED BILL TO ELIMINATE FLOR ENCE COUNTY legwenUtlve Smoak Has Matter Referred to Delegations af Counties Interested Columbia Jan 13 The Coastal Highway set fought through the gen-'eral assembly of J926 and carried since to the supreme court of South Carolina yesterday ame under fire in the house of representatives of 1927 A bill designed to break the highway district by the -elimination of Florence county was introduced in the house by'J Humphrey Brown and 8 Russell Flody three of the four members of the Florence house delegation Mr Brown re-queated that the measure as a local bill be placed on the calendar without reference to a committee but Repr sentative Smoak of Colleton one of the other counties in the district protested that the matter was not local in its effect and suggested that it be referred to a joint committee composed of the delegations from all the counties in the district There was no opposition to his proposal and Speaker John Hamblin ordered the bill so referred Representative Philip Finklea the fourth member of the Florence delegation was not on the bill -as an author He had no comment to nuke for publication and Senator Philip Arrowsmith of Florence also refrained from expressing himself The coastal highway act was passed by the last legislature to authorise the counties of Dillon Florence Williamsburg Colleton Beaufort and Jasper to issue bonds for the paving of the highway the bonds to be secured by reimbursement agreements with the state highway department under the pay-as-you-go law Charleston and Berkeley counties formed a separate district for paving that portion of the highway within their limits Opposition developed to the measure in Florence county and legal proceedings wen instituted to prevent the act becoming law but they did uot succeed In a test case the supreme court upheld the validity of the act and the highway eommis-" sionen were appointed who took steps to put the proposal into operation i The first 91000000 of bonds provided by the act are scheduled to ha sold January 26 when bids will be opened to the office of the state The highway proposition was an Issue fa the election of Florence county last summer Senator Arrow-smith nn on a platform of opposition to the project but later announced he 'would favor putting it tala execution if certain details of the atraagementa could be changed No announcement wqp made as to when the special joint committee win hold Its first meeting to consider the mil TEACHERS HOLD ASSOCIATION QUESTIONS OF IMPORT-ANCE DISCUSSED Plan For Count y-Wide Seventh Grade Examinations Are Before the Teachers The county teachers' association held an important meeting January 8 at the Walterboro high achool At this meeting several questions tar-reaching in their results were discussed end approved The first of these was the question of' county wide seventh grade examinations This means that to the seventh grades over the county will be given the same set of questions on geography arithmetic English and history and all the papers graded nt the county office To the pupils suctessfigly passing these examinations a county diploma will bo presented If this plan is put into effect it will thrust Colleton county in the lead with four (Laurens Dillon Florence end Marion) of her sister counties over the others of the state in one of the most progressive issues of the day The teachers after due deliberation and thorough discussion of their own initiative have approved this plan and requested the county superintend- ent of education Mr Strickland with the county board to approve and adopt thia plan Following an rules covering the method of putting thia plan Into effect 1 The examinations shall be given about May 8 or as near the close dl RDOUv Mllf IH llvtsf IrlfX VWN ments covered work done prior to the formation the Coastal' highway district but it waa necessary for the county to pay the interest on tlw sums involved until maturity at the agreements which are contracts whereby the State Highway department in obligated to refund to the county the cost of the project covered from the proceeds of the state gtesoline tax Under the arrangement made today it is understood Florence county can now divert the revenue that would have gone toward the' interest on the 5414000 of old work toward the financing of the Coastal Highway paving job Immediately after an agreement been reached by the interested Parties 1 Representative Fink-Icq of the Florence house delegation stated that a -majority of the delegation waa in favor of killing the bin introduced last week seeking to take Florence county out of the highway -district by legislative enact pont' I Arrowsmith who besides rep-esenting petitioners die highway program was tenator from Florence county on mrooaine elected One of the moat interesting acta of the Colleton county delegation to the general naaembly is that providing for a county police system It expected that this bill will become law and effective by the first of February and will continue in operation for nnc year unless sooner revoked Beach deputy sheriff has been elected ne chief -with Strickland and Reeves as assistants Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of South Carolina Section 1 That there is hereby established for Colleton eounty county police system consisting of one chief county policeman and two aasistant county policemen Section 2 That Beach is hereby designated and constituted chief county policeman and he shall hold and exercise the duties of said office for the term of one (l)) year the date of his commission and nntI kie successor Is elected and quail hereinafter provlled unless he be sooner removed under the terms Columbia Jan 17 Legal obsta clea to the Coastal highway district proceeding with plana for paving -the highway for which it is named were removed today when a petition seeking to carry the fight to the' United States Supreme Court was withdrawn by Philip Arrowsmith attorney for protesting citixens of Florence county An agreement by Dr Weds Stockhouse of Dillon chairman of the highway district board of commii-misxioners to buy personally about 1414000 of Florence county pledgee to reimbursement 'agreements with the State highway department thus re'Jicving Florence county of the necessity of waiting for the agreements to mature made possible the settlement Chief Justice Watte of thu State Supreme Court wan waiting to hear arguments os the petition filed by Arrowsmith for a writ to carry the suit to the highest court of the lend when he was notified that' qn iagreement had been reached and hr permitted withdrawal of the peti 1 tion y--hintary pur chase of the Florence county reimbursements it wee explained removed the principal objection of the court authorities to the existing fi i nancisl arrangements Three agree BOOKLET-WILL BE ISSUED EDISTO PUBLIC SERVICE CO GATHERING DATA' 10000 Copies WID -Be Printed and WiO Cover Section Shaffer Writing Sketch dtisens of Walterboro end Colleton county will no doubt be interested to know that the Edixto Public Service Company of Denmark is financing 'the issuing of a booklet of the seven counties of the Edisto-Savennah section and that the work of preparing the descriptive matter and cuts for the publication is now well under way This booklet will consist of approximately thirty pages of type matter and fourteen or more pages of -cuts embracing possibly 125 separate views of churches school and other public buildings poultry hog fend other farm and crop scenes as well as historical and other views of interest It will be printed on paper of fine quality 10000 copies will be issued and the work of preporing the sketches is being done by the ablest and best posted writers of the various counties in order thati the publication may set forth in the most attractive manner thti resources and powri bilities of the counties of Allendale Bamberg Barnwell Beaufort Colleton Hampton and Jasper Thera will be no advertising of private firms or corporations as the entire expense is being borne by the Edixto Public Ser vice Company with the idea of assisting in the development of diversified agriculture and Industries believing that permanent prosperity in this section can only be secured by an agriculture balanced' with industry -With its hydro-electric transmission linos now traversing tHeso counties and extensions being rapidly made' the opportunity for expansion along diversified industrial lines is herd The sketch of this county has been prepared by Mf II Staffer and it is desired that if any cltisen has a photograph of a farm or crop or other scene of Interest that they will mail or hand same to him as early as gposible A photographer will visit here in a short time to make additional views CRUSADE BEGINS JANUARY 30TH Public Invited To Attend Services at St Episcopal Church The public is cordially invited to attend the services in St Epis- Cru- eopal ehureh during tbs Bishop1 1 a of eight months term aa possible not lees than an average of 70 No Hri7 Zonpr CIpIITpA The second examination shall be giv-! child may be promoted who maker La en on or about May 26 jleca than 60 on examination Uf manslaughter 2 The examinations shall be on I 7 Two years failure shall not profile first day on English and geogm-! hibit pupil from applying for en-phy and on the second day math and I trance to any of the high schools of history the county The principal of such 8 The examinations hall be made 1 high school may submit him condi-ty the teachers themselves in the I Morally following manner let each seventh! 8 Any ehild who has attended at grade teacher shell send in to the least 120 days and maintained 2elglcr has returned from Gkcechahee Fla when he went to be present at the trial of hia ion Zciglcr who was convicted at manslaughter and cleared by the jury It will ba recalled that' last August Mr Zelglcr In an attempt to sc tmd authority of this act That the successor to said Beach as chief county policeman shall be appointed by the governor upon the recommendation of majority of tha delegation in tha general assembly from Colleton eounty Section 3 That Strickland and Reeves an hereby designated end constituted assistant county policemen for Colleton county etch of whom ahull hold and exercise the duties of raid office for the term of one (1) year from thf date of their eommlsvions and until their successors are appointed and qualified hereinafter provided unless sooner removed under the terms and authority of this act That tha successors to said assistant eounty policemen ehall be appointed by the governor upon the recommendation of the chief county policeman Section 4 That the chief county poMccmen end the nesietant county policemen or any of them dhall be removed from office by the governor at any time hia removal from office may be requested by a majority of the delegation In the general nenem-by from Colleton county with or with out cause That tha assistant eounty policemen or either of them ehall bo removed from wffieo by the governor at any time their removal from office la requested by the chief eounty policeman with or without causa Section 6 That tlw chief eounty latform of opposition to the exist- ng plans announced that he saw no obstacles in the way of proceeding with the project palate twq negroes who were fighting at a camp in Sherman struck one of the negroes over the head with a pistol The pistol discharged and killed the other negro to regulate same county superintendent a set of ten 1 average of 70 or attended at least questions on each of fhe subjects 80 days end maintained an average of for examinations 2nd the county sup- nt least 86 shall be eligible for the erintendent shall appoint a commit- examination too of teachers to select ten ques- The high schools of the county tions from those JFubmitted as the pledge themselves to eUdo by the re-first examination and ten others for cults of these examinations the second examination I 10 It is suggested that seventh 4 The examination' shall be print- grade teachers meet once each month Serving On Jnry A' II Wichmsn Is In Charleston this week serving ns a member of ed or mimeographed and delivered in for conference and report on the the jury in the Federal court in cesses led envelopes to the teacher Sho work being accomplished i gt(in in city hall open these on the date and hour 11 There shall be a committee of of the examination in the presence three seventh grade teachers appoint erintendent of the assembled class and aha shall ed for each cubjeet These teachers The plan If adopted win mult In conduct the examination shall set np the objectives for each better teaching more thorough work 6 The papen shall ba brought to rubject and submit them to all the on part of pupil hotter attendance the eounty office teachers but not the pupile At this meeting the teachers also Saturday following the final exami- 12 In computing the pupils yearly approved the holding of a eounty Each school shall ba as grade the eounty examination wiU field day in tha spying and authorised signed a latter of the alphabet end count one third In case no term teste the president to appoint committee VI sede beginning January 80 Mem ben of the ehoira of other churches era asked to help with the einging and the ministers of others denominations arc invited to occupy seats in the chancel with the Rev A Skardon and the Rev Marshall The Rev Marshall will bs in charge of the crusade each hall of names Tha committee' to examine 13 The teachers at seventh grades papers ehall be appointed by shall be required to file in the eoun-tho county superintendent from the ty office an accurate sovonth grade teachen of the conn- report of the work completed by the ty pupile of their seventh grades on 4 The promotion mark ehall hi blanks furnished by the county sup- to work for the passing of a cam-pulaory education taw that may be 1 enforced and to fight for the re-1 ta form and I auffiuy aa tent Ion of the 8-6-1 law aa It sow bond an approved payable stands (Continued on Pegs 8).