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VOLUME XXVIII, NO. 364
SOVIET ARMING
J
Army and Navy Must Be In
creased, Says Trotzky
DEBS TO TOUR U. S.
Wall Street Bomb Confessor
Changes Attitude
MOSCOW.—The soviet army and
navy, now totalling 1,595,000 men,
most not be reduced but on the con
trary must Increase training and be
pretared for war next spring and
summer in the event that outside Ices
ca-ry out their plans to attack soviet
Russia, declared soviet Min st.er of
War Tiotzky in a fiery speech before
/he ninth all-Russian congress Thurt
*ay.
Enthusiastic applause greeted Trot
zky when he said the Japanese were
a ding the white, guard aggression in
the Far East, and added.
“ihe impudent imperialistic beasts
of prey must know that besides the
fouv powers which have just concluded
an agreement among themselves tncie
is still a fifth—soviet Russia and the
red army.”
DEBS PLANS TO "
TOUR AMERICA
WASHINGTON --Eugene V. Debs
Will make a national tour under aus
fcces of the socialist party, it was an
nounced Thursday at National so
cialist headquarters here by O. C.
Wilson, state secretary for Illinois.
Mr. Wilson said that members of the
party’s national executive committee
expected to meet with Mr. Debs in
a few days to work out details of his
future work with the party and to
arrange plans for the tour the date
of which has not yet been set.
LINDENFELD WILL
FIGHT EXTRADITION
Warsaw.—Wolfe Lindenfeld, also
known as William Lind, who, when
arrested here recently, in connection
with the Wall Street bomb explosion
and who begged Sylvester Cosgrove,
an American department of justice
agent to return him to the United
.States has changed his former atti
tude.
Lindenfeld now, according to the
local police says he will fight any ef
fort that is made to take him back
to the United States. He has en
gaged an attorney and has informed
the police that he prefers to face the
Polish charges against him rather
tiian go back to New York.
SEARS-ROE BUCK CO.
SELLS REAL ESTATE
CHICAGO. Sears-Roebuck and
Company Thursday night reported tin
sale to Julius Rosenwrld, president
of the company of certa n of its Chi
cago real estate for $16,000,000 and
the gift of 50,000 shares of stock
from Mr. Rosenwald, thus permitting
the company to “go through this
P'-riod of readjustment with its capi
tal unimpaired and with a small sur
plus."
Mr. Rosenwald’s gift of 50,000
shares of stock, having a par value
of $5,000,000 was on condition that
tUese shares be not sold for less than
liar, and that he be given the option
'or a period of three years, to pur
chase them from the company at
par for cash.
BRINGING COTTON
TO UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON.—Upwards of 10,000
hales of Egyptian cotton, the largest
direct shipment of the kind ever as
signed to this country in an Ameri
can bottom, will be carried by the
shipping board steamer Ophis, when
It sails from Alexandria, Egypt, for
Boston within a few days, Vice-
President Love of the shipping
board announced Thursday. The
shipment was said to be a result of
the recent agreement as to cotton
shipments entered into between the
shipping board and the Liverpool
i lines.
PLAN TO COLLECT
HAYWOOD FINE
CHICAGO.—PIans to collect the
SIO,OOO fine imposed on William
D. (Big Bill) Haywood, convicted with
several score of others of violation of
the espionage act duri g the world
war, have been completed and action
will’ be begun at once, according to
announcement of District Attorney
■'harles F. Clyne Thursday.
Haywood was sentenjed to prison
afid with the others, allowed his free,
rtom upon a promise to appear at the
Fort Leavenworth penitentiary. Hay
wood failed to appear and it was later
discovered that he had gone to Russia.
Collection of the fine will be at
tempted from the bequest of Hay
wood's wife, who died recently, which
left him her entire estate valued at
$60,000. Joseph Merensky. assistant
district attorney will go to Salt Lake
City Immediately, the district attorney
said, to start action.
DENY PETITION
FOR RELEASE ,
V
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—The petition
IS or release on a habeas corpus
writ of Joe Lynch, held here in con-
Bnectlon with an alleged swindle scheme
tin which E. Carter, Lynchburg, Va.,
f declares he was fleeced out of $28.-
|OOO was denied late today in probate
court and Lynch will be held In $lO,-
000 bond to await the action of the
Shelby County grand jury.
CAIRO CONDITIONS
REPORTED QUITER
LONDON.—Official news received
Thursday from Cairo reported that
city quiet and stated the situation
in Egypt generally was improved al
though students continue hostile
propaganda. There is no sign of
trouble among the Fellaheen or Egyp
tian peasants, according to these ad
vices. The provinces throughout the
country are reported quiet and the
towns returning to normal conditions.
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3SOCIATED PRESS)
Augusta Jitneys Frozen Out
Others Would Drill For Oil
Start Drilling at New “Y” Site
Reports that a number of
persons owning property
near the Y. M. C. A. site are
seriously considering drill
ing for oil on their lots were
verified Friday morning: by
T. P. Converse, engineer in
charge of the drilling, who
said that three or four such
persons had approached
him regarding securing his
services when the “Y” drill
ing is completed. Mr. Con
verse did not say whether
any of the negotiations
along this line had been con
cluded.
“Probyn No. 1”
is Name of Well.
The “Probyn No. 1” is the
name of the Y. M. C. A. oil
American Makes Aviation Record
Would Outlaw Submarines
British and American Arms
Delegations Would Limit the
Use of Submarines In War
Seeking to Circumvent French Position on
Building of Subs By Making Rules to
Render Them Useless In War
By DAVID LAWRENCE.
(By Leased Wire to Augusta Herald.)
(Copyright, 1921, by Augusta Herald.)
WASHINGTON.—The British and
American delegations are determined
to circumvent the French position on
the building of submarines by offering
such a set of rules for submarines in
time of war as to render them useless
as a weapon of offensive power.
The French have protested so vio
lently against the Gernjan methods of
submarine warfare and their record on
the subject is so recent that the
American and British have now taken
another tack in the conference and are
endeavoring to see whether the French
who abhorred the submarine when the
Germans used It will now defend it
as a humane and legitimate instru
ment of warfare.
The rules of warfare being drawn
are such as to make it impossible for
a submarine to attack a merchant
ship for obviously the undersea craft
cannot take care of the lives of either
crew or passengers and one of the
news rules provides that the merchant
ship can’t be sunk unless that is done.
Of course the submarine would still be
useful In naval battle against an in
vasion by fleet, but then destroyers
usually accompany the larger ships
anyway and destroyers mean sure
death to a submarine.
ISSUE NOT YET
DISPOSED OF.
For the moment the effort to make
France agree to build a small tonnage
of submarines has been abandoned,
but it is questionable whether the is
sue has been permanently disposed of.
The French are playing Washington
against Cannes, which is only another
way of saying that when prime Minis
ter Lloyd George meets Premier Brl
and at the supreme council at Cannes
some bargaining may take place which
will modify the French attitude at
Washington So far as the Washing
ton government is concerned, it is
plainly losing faith in and patience
with the French. The talk Is that the
French have completely misconceived
the spirit of the Washington confer
ence. Instead of coming here with the
notion of giving up naval strength,
the French have attempted to bargain
all along tho line. In the words of a
man who ought to know, the French
attitude Is described as one of "often,
ded vanity from the start." He at
tributes French pique to an accumu
lation of minor Incident which would
sound incredible If the details were
published. He represents Premier Br|.
and as exasperated in the first days of
the conference because of some me
chanical defect in the seating of the
well. It was christened
Friday morning, when the
“claim” was staked off and
the drilling machinery erect
ed. A wooden slab stuck
in the ground near the der
rick marks the “claim”. It
was named for J. Edgar Pro
byn, general secretary of the
local “Y.”
Actual drilling began
early Friday afternoon.
Long lines of iron pipe lay
about the well, ready to be
sunk down into the earth as
the drilling proceeds.
Send Samples to
State Geologist.
President Hull and Secre
tary Probyn visited the well
Friday morning and discuss
French delegation at the plenary ses
sions. Another incident was the fact
that the French were not Invited to
participate as observers in the con
versations between China and Japan
over Shantung. Rumor has it that the
Japanese didn’t want the French be
cause of the possibility of obstruction.
Still another episode in which French
displeasure was incurred arose out of
the conversations preceding the nego
tiation of the four-power pact. While
France was Included ao a signatory,
her representatives didn’t "get In on
the ground ffoor’’ in the shaping of the
project. What France could possibly
have wanted except to change the
character of tho pact itself is not ex
plained, but the French are said to
have had their sensibilities aroused
just the same. Admiral De Bon,
French naval expert, wasn’t taken in
on the first conversations about cap
ital ships as the parley was between
the British, Americans and Japanese
in order to get an agreement among
the ftrst three powers. That Is still
another cause of French discontent.
There are many incidents like these
which cumulatively have produced the
French policy of obstruction,
QUESTION WISDOM OF
ABANDONING PLAN.
Looking retrospectively. Americans
are wondering whether it was such a
wise thing after all to abandon the
topic of land armaments when Prem
ier Brland made his speech. There
are those who believe the French
would have "played ball" as the Brit
ish are doing if they had been kept on
the anxious Beat concerning land
armament. The dispatches inspired
by tne French foreign office Indicate
that the French policy on submarines
is not necessarily inflexible and that
if a world-wide conference were call
ed they would give up their ideas of
extensive submarine tonnage. From
this it is inferred here that the French
are merely seeking a means of post
poning the settlement of the question
until they obtain from other European
powers certain pledges which affect
them much more vitally than the fu
ture size of a navy. The French are
attempting to prevent a German-Brit
ish entente. They are irritated over
British policy in the near east. Con
versely, the British are displeased over
the separate peace made by the
French with the Turks. In other
words, the trouble Is European and
not American. And besides the head
of the French delegation here, M.
Sarraut, la the brother-in-law of the
owner of one of the most influential
newspapers in France which Is said to
control a large bloc of deputies. This
means that Premier Briand cannot
easily override M. Harraut's views nnd
M. .Sarraut Is still chafing over the
fact that Mr. Hughea cabled Premier
Brland direct on the capital ship mat.
ter without taking it up with M. .Sar
raut as head of the delegation herel
The answer from American sources Is
that the French proposal made here
was unthinkable and America couldn’t
believe the plan was supported by the
French government at home and took
a course as is permitted any govern
ment, namely dealing with the head of
mother state, when an emergency
rises. Franco-American discord Is
owing. And the submarine is tho
iuse of It all.
WOMAN FOR MAYOR
_ A.
GREENWOOD, .S. C Mlsa Add
M. Tatham, of Wallmlla, has an
noiin'-ed her Int* ntlon to run for
mayor of that town. She la the first
Greenwood woman to otter for public
offlca
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES-THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HO MES.
AUGUSTA, GEOR GIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 30, 1921
ed the situation with Mr.
Converse. Mr. Probyn had
a bottle containing some of
the crude oil found at the
spring Thursday, and stated
that a fresh sample had
been sent to the state geolo
gis. A sample of a certain
kind of rock found at But
ler’s Hill, across the river,
was sent to the geologist Fri
day afternoon. Mr. Mc-
Callie, the geologist, phoned
Mr. Probyn Thursday, .ask
ing that the rocks be for
warded to him. The rocks
collected by Mr. Probyn are
green in color, and appear
to contain a small amount of
quartz. What bearing they
will have on the oil situation
AWAIT POWERS'
VERDICT IS TO
OUTLAWING
SUDS
France, Italy and Japan
Not Been Heard From on
American Proposal
WASHINGTON.—The American
•roposal for the limitation of
luxiliary naval craft to a maxi
mum of 10,000 tons displacement
vas understood to have been vlr.
ually agreed upon at the morning
ctsion Friday of the arme con
erence naval committee. V
All of the powers delegations ac
cpted the American proposal
except the French who while
holding formal approval In abey
ance, said such approval was ex
pected.
The delegation of all the powere
however, were understood to have
given their assent to the addi
tional provision of the American
proposal that the guns of auxili
ary craft be limited to eight
inchee.
WASHINGTON.—Decision on the
American proposal to outlaw entire
ly the use of submarines against mer
chant craft was awaited Friday from
three of the five powers—France,
Italy and Japan—when the na.vai
committee of the arms conference re
sumed discussion of the second Root
proposal for a new rule in Interna
tional law to acomplish that purpose.
Formal approval of this proposal was
given by Great Britain Thursday dur
ing its brief c> nsideration which fol
lowed agreement in principle by all
of the powers to the first article of
the Root resolutions re-affirming ex
isting Miles of navul warfare and
their stilct application to submarine
oporatiers against merchant craft.
The pioposal to prohibit submarine
operations against merchant vessels
went o.er for furthc committee dis
cussion Friday with a proposed
amendment by the British delegates
vvnerehy the five powers would agree
finally between themselves to such
prohibition without awaiting world
assent to such a proposal. The
amendment was offered after the sug
gestion had been acepted by Mr Root
as author of the resolution and the
discussion ended for the day at that
point without any expression on the
second .voposals by tho delegates of
other powers.
The amendment as adopted In sub
stance by the naval committee and
sent to the sub commute for final
drafting the first Root proposal sets
out anew the rules of visit and
search belligerent craft must observe
In operating against commercial ves
sels and coupies with this the de
claration that submarines must be
governed by these rules. The re
'olutlon was to be valued, Secretary
Hughes declared during Its discussion
s a reminder to any of the signatory
'ions between whom future differ*
* S might arise "that the weapons
/■h they possessed were not as In
I past to be used without reference
’’■» the laws of and man.'*
is a matter of conjecture
pending the geologist’s for
mal report.
Drilling will be made to a
depth of about 200 feet, Mr.
Converse having stated that
this depth should disclose
whether oil is to be had in
paying quantities. In event
such is shown, the drill will
be continued with a regular
derrick.
Drill Few Feet
From Oil Spring.
The spring where the oil
bubbles were first discover
ed had been eradicated by
several loads of cement.
The drilling is being made
at a point about ten feet
HARDING BELIEVES
Business Will Be Better
in 1922
OMAHA, Neb.—Belief that
the national business situation
Is going to Improve In 1922,
was expressed by President
Harding in a message made
public Friday by the Omaha
Chamber of Commerce.
President Harding said it was
his earnest hope that traveling
men “will continue in the com
ing year tho splendid work for
American business and national
confidence which they have al
ways conducted In the past. It
has long been a conviction with
mo that no group of men do
more to spread the spirit and
sentiment of optimism than do
these ambassadors of business
as I like to call them.
“I hope and firmly believe
that tlie efforts which they and
many others are putting for
ward are going to bring about
a vast Improvement in the na
tional business situation in the
coming year.”
FEW SALES MADE
IN NEW YORK'S
COTTON MARKET
By STUART P. WEST.
(By Leased Wire to Augusta Herald.)
(Copyright, 1921, by Augusta Herald.)
WALL STREET, NEW YORK.—
Except for pro-holiday realizing there
appeared to be little or nothing for
sale In the cotton market here Fri
day. The south has shown no sign of
weakness during the holiday season
and seems confident enough of ul
timate outlets to continue selling
slowly nlstead of offering more free
ly on advances. In the absence of
such pressure the prospect for Im
proving business after the turn of
the year has held short selling In
check and today's realizing sales ab
sorbed by a very moderate demand
which Included foreign and domestic
trade buying as well as covering by
recent sellers for a reaction.
The news seemed to strengthen the
hope of better business after th turn
of the year. Private cables from
Liverpool reported a better business
In Lancash Ire.
Tho murket opened firm at an ad
vance of Id to 21 points with active
months soon showing net advances
of 12 to 23 points. The realizing en
countered was ohsorbed on reactions
of five or six points during the first
hour,- and the late forenoon market
was quiet but steady at about the
best prices touched on tho opening
advances Houses with Liverpool and
New Orleans connections were buyers
here and there was covering by Wall
Street and local Interests who bad Sold
on the earlier week advances Pri
vate cables from Liverpool said
there was a better business In Man
chester and that, Manchester buying
had giv en the market there It advance
in the face of som. American sell
ing.
MIDGETS RIDE FOR
HALF COURT DECREES
NEW YORK—Do ten mid
gets ride In a taxicab
passengers? Yes, ruled Mag
istrate Corrigan In Washington
Heights court Thursday', order
ing the driver to accept 11.50
for five passengers- the legal
rate for a full load—instead
of charging |2 for ten.
! CONSOLIDATED SERVICE
south of where the spring
was found.
Despite the “no admit
tance” signs placed all
about the Y. M. C. A. site
Thursday, curious crowds
invaded ■ the lines Friday,
getting as near as possible to
the scene of drilling, but
keeping out of the way of
the workers. From the ex
citement occasioned by the
discovery, it is evident that
the police force would be
necessary to keep the crowd
away if a gusher was struck.
“Do you reckon they’ll
strike it?” was still the uni
versal query on the streets
Friday.
AIRPLANE REMAINS
CONTINUOUSLY IN
AIR FOR OVER
26 HOURS
Edward Stinson Breaks Con
tinuous Flight Record.
Judges Watched Flight
MINICOLA, N. Y.—The Larsen
Monoplane, piloted by Edward Stin
son who Friduy morning broke the
world’s continuous flying record of 24
hours, 19 minutes and 7 seconds, de
scended shortly after 11:15 a. m. after
having been in tho air 26 hours, 19
minutes and 35 seconds.
The official time;
Start—Thursday morning at 8:15:15.
Finished Friday morning at
11:17:50.
Stinson, etntlnned at Kelly field,
Texas, during tho war as a civilian
Instructor because of his delicate
health, probably trained more Ameri
can flycrH than any one man.
Unexcelled as a stunt flyer, he Is
proud of never having fallen during
his ten years In the air. He Is cre
dited with not even having broken a
part on a plane.
Although more widely known In the
west, than tho east, Stinson lias par
ticipated in many big meets here.
His acrobatics attracted particular at
tention during tho Pan-American
aeronautical convention in Atlnntic
City and he was labelled a whole
"flying circus.”
Happiest In an airplane, ho climbs
into Ills seat with as little concern
ns tho average citizen going out for
a motor ride. The love of flying
runs in the family, for two sisters—
Marjorie and Katherine—ulso are
adept pilots.
SEVEN JUDGES
WATCHED FLIGHT *
Seven Judges watched the mono
plane circle over Mineo'n, Garden
City, arid Hempstead. In addition
there w«rc many unofficial observers,
for commuters wtio had listened to
the machine circle over their roofs
during the night, took a farewell
glance at It before boarding the
trains.
Observers pointed out .that whereat
previous efforts to establish an en
durance record has been made In the
most favorable season this flight
was made with mercury nonr the
zero mark, to the accompaniment of
strong winds and snow flurries.
The flight was hail'd as a fitting
climax to the achievements of Am
erican aviation In 1921, when four
world records wire made by Yankee
blrdmen. The other three were;
August 16, a Leonlng monop ane
flying boat rising to 19 500 feet with
four passengers, established Bn effi
ciency and passenger record for a
ship of Its class.
September 28, Lieutenant .7. A. Me-
Cready of the army air service drove
an airplane to a height of 37,900 feet
at Dayton, Ohio, shattering the alti
tude mark of 33,114 feet, set by Major
Rudolph Hbroeder.
November 3, Ilert Acosta, In a Cur
tis navy racer with a speed of 176 7
miles an hour 1 a 150 mile course,
liroke the record for a closed course
in the I'ulltacr trophy race at
Omaha,
OIL CONNECTION
CAUSED DESCENT
Stinson wn* forced to end be
cause of ii futilty oil run motion with
which'ha and hi* mechanician, Lloyd
Bcrtaud, had battled since II o'clock
Erday morning. They atll' had gas
enough to have flown until turndown.
The pump used to Inject oil Into th
lubricator system from the auxiliary
oil tank, went out of commlaalon at
J o'clock The flyer* punctured the
tank, act up a temporary tubo and be
gan feeding the lubricating ayatem by
hand, taking turns at the controls of
the plane and at the oil tank
Both men wire almost blinded by
oil when they descended. In ad
dition they were Buffering Intensely
from the bitter cold, for although
the plane wa* equipped with a cabin
Stinson had not left hi* neat In the
open cock-pit since four p. tn. Thurs
(Continued on pnge 2.)
18 CENTS A WEEK
WEATHER A a U n°d St s a atuPd d ay V . le,nlty: Fa ‘ r ton ' oht
COUNCIL RESTRICTS
JITNEY OPERATIONS;
A.-A. MAKES PLEDGES
City Council, After Long Debate, Votes to
Keep Jitneys Off Streets Now Occupied
By Street Car Lines. Cars to Run on 15*
Minute Schedule
The jitneys must go.
City council Thursday night
adopted the recommendation of the
police committee which limits jitney
operation to the extent they can not
stay in business. The vote, 10 to 7,
came after the jitney association
had declared It would maintain a
3-minute schedule, and after a heat
ed debate that lusted nearly three
hours.
After Jnuary 1, jitneys will be
prohibited from picking up passen
gers on uny streets now occupied
by the street car lines, and to stay
off Broad from Fifth to Thirteenth.
Council reached its decision after
(1. T. Smith, of New York, repre
senting ,1. G. White & Co., operators
of the Augusta-Aiken line, pledged
the company to tho following agree
ments:
To maintain a 15 minute sched
ule on all lines, with 7V4-mlnute
schedule on the principal lines dur
ing the busiest two hours of both
morning and afternoon.
Not to apply for increased fares
within the next 12 months.
To sell 8-cent tokens in lots as
small as five, and to charge only a
5-cent fare for school children and
teachers.
To discuss with council, nt the
end of 90 days, tlie matter of reduc
ing fares.
COUNCILMAN M’GOVERN
MAKES MOTION
The motion to adopt the resolu
tion was made by Councilman W.
M. McGovern and becomes effective
when signed by the proper Augus
ta-Aiken officials.
Those voting "yes” were: Coun
ciltnen Schaul, Smith, Meyer, Mc-
Govern, Callahan, Cnshin, Danehey,
King, Jennings, Reynolds. Those
Voting nn were Councllmen Allen,
Barnes, F.lllott, Johnson, Andrews,
Moore, Mlkell, Councilman W. I’.
Manning wan absent.
Councilman C. Vernon Elliott, af
ter making a strong fight for tho
matter to be given further consid
eration In an endeavor to arrive at
NAME DIRECTORS
To Represent City in Canal
Development
DEFINE AUTHORITY
W. P. White, N. M. Rey
nolds, C. D. Carr Appointed
William I*. White, N. Marion Reyn
olds and (’has. D. Carr were named by
the t -yor and council Thursday night
as tH\ ’ty’s directors In tho proposed
hyilro\ ‘rlc development of the Au
gusta Mayor White was named
by coun.ii about a month ago, and au
thorized to appoint the other two com
missioners.
The resolution naming the directors
also contains the stipulations upon
Which the contract between the city
and J. I’. Wood and associates Is to be
entered Into, and defines the authority
of the municipal directors In the con
struction and operation of the project.
It Is provided that the municipal di
rectors shall Join with the three com
missioners named by Mr. Wood urul
obtain a suitable charter; that that
shall see to It that the contract fully
protects the city and to put Into effect
the Wood plan for developing fin, ca
nal. The commissioners shall have
full authority to tall to Its service the
city attorney, the commissioner of
public works and any other officer or
employe of the city, and may employ,
at Ills expense of the city, such other
attorney or expert whoso services may
be deemed helpful, Tho contract when
so prepared shall be presented to
council for Its approval.
The commissioners shall. In co-oper
ation with J. I’. Wood and ussuciates,
negotiate with the present users of
water for power purposes and endeav
or to procure from them contracts
that will fairly protect all concerned.
, The resolution concludes as follows:
"Council may from time to time, as
It sees fit, add to and take away any
and all of the powers herein dele
gated,
“Should the said ‘Wood Plan" for
developing the canal fall to be car
ried Into effect, then and In auch
event, the three commissioners here
in nam'd, and theii successor* a*
herein p ovlded for, he, and they are
hereby clothed with full und complete [
power and authority to carry forward
the hydro-electric development of the
canal, and they and their auccessors
are expressly empowered and direct
ed, In event the said Wood Plan
should not he carried Into effect, to
apply for the necessary charter or
other legal authority to develop said
canal for the genera'lon of electric
pow i r and light, hut before consum
mating any plan for the development
of said canal, they shall report fully to
the City Council of Augusta the pro
posed plan for such development, In
cluding the costs and every detail
thereof, and »hall not undertake to go
forward with the development of the
canal until and unless the City Coun.
fill has approved the same.”
DOZEN CLAIM LOST MONEY.
OR KEN WOOD, 8. C.-A doxen ap-
Id eations have applied In answer to
advertisement that somo one had left
an envelope containing money in the
lobby of the postofltce. One came all
the way from Columbia.
The rightful owner provetf to he O.
H. Whitehurst, automobile dealer of
this city,
HOME
EDITION
a plan whereby both street cars and
Jitneys coulcr continue operations,
placed before Mr. Smith four prop
ositions, two of which were agreed
to by tlie corporation representative.
Mr. Elliott asked that Mr. Smith
pledge the company not to apply for
Increased fares within the next year,
to maintain a 15-rninute schedule on
all lines, to keep its present con
tract with conductors and motor
men, and reduce the fare to 8 cents
straight.
Mr. Smith replied that he would
willingly comply with the first two
requests, but i bought, that the con
tract matter should be left with the
carmen's eomm'ttee and the rail
way officials As a compromise on
the fare question, he pledged the
company to sell 8-cent tokens in
lots as small us five. This, he de
clared, was virtually equivalent to
a straight 8-cent fare. He said the
company wanted to try out the
present fare schdeule for three
months, and would discuss a reduc
tion at the end of that time.
The fight for adoption of the Jit
ney-elimination resolution was led
by Councilman ,1. J. Callahan, while
Councilman W. IS. Mikell. C. Vernon
Klliott and It. 13. Allen led the fac
tion that contended that the Jitneys
should not be eliminated until the
city made the traction company
"come across and promise to be
good;" particularly ns to reducing
fares and giving bettor service,
MIKELL PRESENTS
BATCH OF FIGURES
Mr. Mikell presented figures be
had obtained through Senator John
K. Williams of South Carolina,
tending to show that the traction
company had made money during
1920, necordlng to the findings of
the South Carolina Railroad Com
mission at the recent hearing whieh
refused to grant the company higher
fares in that state. The figures
showed that the earnings for the
year were $188,640.50.
Councilman N. M. Reynolds then
moved that a committee be appoint
ed to confer witli the railway offi
cials as to learning the company's
financial condition, and that the
committee also be empowered to re
quest the attorney general of
South Carolina to furnish them the
complete records of tlxe railroad
commission’s findings.
Thus. W. Pilcher, former council
man, speaking as a citizen and a
taxpayer, vigorously flayed the Au
gusta-Aiken and declared that
council did not have a right to leg
islate the manner In winch the pub
lic should ride. “Why not say there
shall lie hut one bank because com
petition would tear It down?” he
asked. "Vou have given the Au
gusta-Aiken everything on God's
green earth that they asked for,
and they have never kept a prom
ise,'' ho declared. "The only way
for the traction company to elimi
nate competition is to reduce fares
and maintain adequate schedules.
If they can’t do that, then let them
throw up their hands. It is very
probable other Interests would take
over the lines and operate them
successfully, making money out of
a 5-cent fare. Gentlemen, when
you put us back at the mercy of
the street railway company, with
no promise to do better, we’re In the
bands of the Philistines—and God
have mercy on us!”
L. M. Lively, president of the Jit
ney drivers’ union, then presented
to council a proposed Jitney sched
ule which, he declared, would pro
vide a cur every three minutes on
all the main lines in event the trac
tion company stopped its cars, and
which would also cover several sec
tions of the city not reached by the
street cars. The Jitney association,
hr said, had voted unanimously for
this schedule, and would see that It
was carried out.
Mr. McGovern’s motion as adopt
ed came us a substitute to a motion
made by Councilman R. E. Allen,
who declared that the matter should
be given further Investigation be
fore final action was taken.
TO HOLD MEETINGS
IN ALL CAROLINA
, COUNTIES ON
TAXES
State Tax Payers’ Associa
tion Executive Committee
Reaches Decision
COLUMBIA, 8. C.—Meetings of tax
payers are to be held In all counties
of the state for the purpose of dlacuss.
Ing the tax reform problems facing
the commonwealth according to decis
ion reached Thursday night by the
State Taxpayers' Association execu
tive committee In session here.
,In adopting the new tax program
the committee endorsed the Idea of a
gasoline tax which will produce, It
was estimated six hundred thousand:
an occupation tax to produce three
hundred and fifty thousand Inherit
ance tax to produce a quarter of a mil
lion; Increase in corporation license
taxes to produce a quarter of a mil
lion: increaso In public service cor
poration franchise tax to produce
three hundred thousand; Income tax
to produce a million: and a luxury tax
to product hundred and fifty thou
sand. a total Income of approximately
three million. These additional reve
nues are proposed In order to reduce
the state tax levy half. It was a'so
voted to urge economy In the matter
of county taxes throughout th* stats.