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HIGHWAY ENGINEER
RESIGNS HIS P0S1
LETTER TO MacDONALD CAUSE
ACTION
Member of Commission Says "1
Savors of Making a Goat Out
of Mr. Moorefield'*
The State, 7th.
Charles H. Moorefield. stat? hig'nwa
engineer, has placed in the hands o
the chairman of the state highwa;
commission, R. Gooriwyn Rhetr, hi
resignation, effective at the pleasui
of the commission. It was undei
stood last night that unless a specia
meeting- of the state highway con
mission is called previously, Mi
Moorefield's resignation will be acie
upon at the regular meeting, whic
will be acted upon a week from tc
day.
Mr. Moorefield's action grows out o
the construction put upon a let to
' ^ - T?l IJ ^ -
written o.v mm ig iiiumas ?.
Donald, chief of the federal burca
of public roads, a copy of which wa
submtited to members of the way
and means committee of the hous
last week, when highway matt pi
were under consideration before th:i
committee.
Certain leaders in the genera! as
cpmhlv have insisted that such a let
ter was an indiscretion on the part o
Mr. Moorefield. In tendering- h'^s res
ignation to Mr. Rhett, chairman o
the highway commission, Mr. Moore
field expressed his willingness to re
tire if his elimination would harmor
ize elements that have been opposin
the highway department and its pre
gram. It is understood that certai
leaders in the house and the senat
io5u>Q() flAvnvnnv Clooner thfl
uav tr a^^ui tu MVf v ...... 4
Mr. Moorefield's retirement woul
eliminate the tight on the highway do
partment.
Statement by Hearon
Charles 0. Hearon of Spartanburf
member of the state highway commis
slon. who was in Columbia yesterday
expressed surprise at the turn th
fight on the state highway depar
ment had taken in the demand for th
resignation of Mr. MoArefield, stat
highway engineer. It is possible, h
said,- that Mr. Moorefield's lette
might have been an indiscretion, hi
in no way indicated disloyalty or iac
of interest in the development c
highways in South Carolina. Mr. Hes
ron suggested that the legislatur
should have legislated the whole con
mission out cf office rather than picout
the engineer. That sort Of thinf
he said, would not build or maintai
any system of state highways.
''I have been on the state highwa
commission," he said, "since its bi
ginning and no agaency in the stal
up to this time has been freer of po
itics or accomplished more in a coi
structive way with less encouragi
merit. This turn distresses me, bi
cause in my judgment it savors (
making a goat out of Mr. Moorefield.
Following is the letter that M
Moorefield wrote to Mr. MacDonal*
which is the basis for the demand fc
his removal: "I inclose herewith
copy of a bill which has just been :j
troduced in the legislature by E. 1
TJTnrrVinf -fr?v tVlO nil rrin-SA of TPf>V0*?3'ni:
A4 A Vi. v-uv |y v*i V* - >- ? . o"""
ing the highway department. M
Hughes, whom you will remember i
connection with the Pee Dee bridp
matter, is claiming: support for th
measure not only on the grounds th<
it will save the state considera<b
money, but that it will satisfy all c-oi
ditions of the federal aid law.
I a*for n? Monrpfipld
"In reading the bill it strikes n
that it may fail to make it possib
for the department of agriculture
continue cooperation with this staand
if this is the case, I should lil
of course very much to get the i
formation before the legislature
convincing form. A telegram fro
either yourself or the secretary <
f agriculture stating that it would n
be Dossible for vou to coonerate und
a measure of that kind, in case th
would be the fact, could be used ve:
effectively in combatting Mr. Hugh<
attaack.
'This attack on the state nig'nw;
department has been very skilful
organized and launched just at tl
time -our friends in the legislatu
were launching a amovement for e
panding the work of the highway d
partment and I understand it
likely to become law unless it
shown to be inadequate for meetii
the federal aid requirements.
''The bill was kept a secret until i
troduced and it has been advanced <
the calendar very rapidly ?o that
will come up as a special order f
next Tuesday and it is likely to pa
the house at that time, if at all.
hoD^. therefore, vou will be able
give this letter immediate consider
tion and if you feel warranted
writing the governor, or having t
secretary of agriculture wire hi]
that it will be done not later thi
Tuesday morning. If you could al
express in the telegram a willingne
I
; to cooperate with the legislature in
framing a nieasute that would meet
I* the federal !mv, 1 think that would ht
highly desirable."
5 PRESIDENT SUMS UP
IN CLOSING ADDRESS
Hardinc Reviews Conference's Ac
; compiishments Extending Over
Period of Weeks
v The State
I- Waihington, Feb. 0.?The address
_ made by President Harding' at the
concluding session to<lay of the arms
conference follows:
"Mr. Chairman and Members of the
;] Conference:
i- "Nearly three months ago it was
\ my prvilege to utter to you sincere
1 - '""w" tri pjinital of
(1 VrOl'tlS OT \M'icu;iit
h our republic, to suggest the spirit in
i- which you were invited, and to intimate
the atmosphere in which you
f \Vore asked to confer. In a very genr
oral way. perhaps. I ventured to ex -
press hope for the things toward
.1 'wh'oh our aspirations led us.
s "Today it is my great privilege, and
s an even greater pleasure, to come to
e make acknowledgment. It is one of
s the supreme compensations of life to
t .contemplate a worth while accom.
plishment.
1 "I: can not be other than seemly
for me, as the only chief of the gov't
Awmont <sn circumstanced as to be
?- able to address the conference, to
f speak congratulations and to offer
the thanks of our nation, our people;
perhaps i dare volunteer to utter
'-.them for the world. My own gratlfication
is beyond my capacity to cx>
press.
n* "T/iis conference has wrought a
0 truly great achievement. It is hazard
lt ous sometimes to speak in supenad
tives and I will be restrained. But 1
- will sav, with everv confidence, that
; the faith plighted here today, kept in
;in national honor, will mark the bei*
ginning of a ne^v and better epoch in
>- .human progress.
* > | ''Stripped to the simplest fact, what
e is the spectacle that has inspired a
new hope for the world? Gathered
e about this table nine great nations of
e the earth?not all, to be sure, but
>e those most directly concerned with
r the problems at hand?have met and
11 have conl'orred on questions of great
k import and common concern, on prob^.
lems menacing their peaceful relal"
tionship, on burdens threatening a
e common per;i. In the revealing light
1_ of the public opinion of the world,
k without surrender to sovereignty.
?> without impaired nationality or afn
fronted national pride, a solution has
| been found In unanimity, and today's
y adjournment is marked bv rejoicing
in the things accomplished. If the
-e | world has hungered for new assur1
ances, it may feast at the banquet
; which the conference has spread.
Cause of Dissatisfaction
: "I am sure the people of the United
States are supremely gratified, and
" yet there is scant appreciation of ho\\
r- marvelously you have wrought. When
. the days were drawing and agree>r:ments
were delayed, when there were
a obstacles within and hindrances without,
few stopped to realize that here
. was a conference of sovereign powers
i
<" - where only unanimous agreemen1
r- could he made the rule. Majorities
n could not decide without impugning
;e national rigms. inci t- wcic uv > .*,
is tors to command, no vanquished tc
it yield?all had voluntarily to agree ir
le translating the conscience of oui
a- civilization and give concrete expression
to world opinion.
! "And you have agreed in spite oi
it-1 all difficulties, and the agreement
le are proclaimed to the world. No nev
to standards of national honor have beer
te sought, but the indictments of na
JUliAnnt" iinvn 'nnftii DTlt'
liuiutl U;91iuuux I1C4 ? v VVV.4 ?? ?.. ..,
R- the world is ready to proclaim th<
in odiousness of perfidy, of infamy,
m J "It is not pretended that the pur
of suit of peace and the limitations o:
ot armament are new conceits, or tha
ei* the conference is a new conception
at either in settlement of war or in writ
ry in? the conscience of internationa
is', relationship. Indeed, it is not new t<
i have met in the realization of war'
IV supreme penalties. The Hague con
ly ventions are examples of the one. th<
he conference of Vienna, of Berlin, o
re Versailles are outstanding: instance
x- of the other.
e-; "The Hague conventions were do
js ieatea ny me antagonism 01 uu
is strong power, whose indisposition t<
ig cooperate and sustain led it to one o
, the supremo tragedies which hav'
n- come to national eminence. Vienn;
on and Berlin sought peace founded o:
it the injustices of war and sowed th<
or seeds of future conflict and hatroi
,ss was horn and confidence was stifled
I "It is fair to say that human projr
to ress, the grown intimacy of interna
a- tional relationship, developed commu
in nidation and transportation, attende<
he by a directly world opinion, have se
m. the stagre more favorably here. Yoi
in have met in that calm deliberatioi
?o and that determined resolution -whicl
ss have made a just peace, in righteou
r
i relationship. its own best guaranty.
No Seed cf Conflict
"It has bee)i the fortune of thi>
i .liferent-" to sit in a day far enough
removed from war's bitterness, yet
near enough to war's horrors to gain
the benefit of both the hatred of war
: and the yearning for peace. Too often.
heretofore, the decades follow
. ing such gatherings have boon marker!
! by the difficult undoing of their deci'
.voiii., but your achievement is supreme
because no seed of conflict has
been sown; no reaction in regret or
resentment ever cm justify resort to
arms.
*'It little matter? what we appraise
a- the outstanding accomplishment.
Any one. of them aione wouiu nave
ju?l:ficcl the tonferer.ee. But the
whole achievement has so cleared the
atmosphere that it \vi!l seem like
breathing the refreshing: air of a new
morn o? promise.
1 "You have written the first deliberate
and effective expression of great
prwers in the consciousness of peace,
of war's utter futility, and challenged
th^ sanity of competitive preparation
for each other's destruction.
You have halted folly and lifted burdens.
and revealed to the world that
, the one sure way to recover from the
I. l _*
.sorrow and ruin and staggering- obligations
of a world war is to end the
'strife in preparation for more of it
land turn human energies to the constructiveness
of neace.
*
! "Not all the world is yet trar.quilized.
But there is the example, to
; imbue with new hope ail who dwell in
'.'apprehension. At this table came un.
derstanding and understanding brands
"a " * *- - - A AM > r-? +Vli\
arm en connici as amm?:iiuuun
. eyos of enlightened civilization.
I 'i once believed in armed preparedness.
I advocated it. But I have
I como now to believe there is a better
preparedness in a public mind and a
j world opinion made ready to grant
Justice precisely as it exacts it. And
[justice is better served in conference
' of peace than in conflict of arms.
"How simple it all has been. When
- --1
I you met here i z weens aj?u, mwc wo.not
a commitment, not an obligation
1
.'except that .which each delegation
owes to the government commissioning
it. But human service was calling,
world conscience w:is impelling
i and world opinion directing.
: "Xo intrigue, no offensive or defensive
alliances, no involvements have
; wrought your agreements, but rea
soning with each other to common und#?rstandiner
has made new relation
! ships anions: governments and people,
inew securities for peace, and new opj
\
: j porfunities for achievement and at
i tending happiness.
! Contacts of Reason
I
. j "Here have been established the
: I contacts of reason, here has come the
'inevitable understandings of face-to
I [face
exchanges when passion doe?
not inflame. The very atmosphere
j shamed national selfishness inio re!
treat. View points were exchanged.
differences compared, and you came
+? linw r-nmmrm. after all,
[ ave human aspirations; how alike, ini
deed, and hew easily reconcilable arc
our national aspirations; how sane
s and simple and satisfying to seek the
-{relationships of peace and security.
"When you first met I told you of
; America's thought to sceK less 01
tj armament and none of war; that wo
> sought nothing which is another's, and
:i were unafraid, but that we wished
to join you in doing that finer and
) no'bler thing which no nation can dc
i, alone. We rejoice in the accomplish
* merit.
"It may be that the naval holiday
here contracted will expire with the
l treaties, but I do not believe it
51 Those of us who live another decade
/ are more likely to witness a growth oi
i! public opinion, strengthened by th<
- new experience, which will make .iai
j tions more concerned with living tc
.'.the fulfillment of God's high intenl
jthan with agencies of warfare anr
- destruction. Since this conference oi
f. nations has pointed with unanimitj
t to the way of peace today, like cor.
i ferences in the future, under appro
-'priate conditions and with aims botl
1 well conceived and definite, may il
d lurnine the highways and by ways o:
o TVlO tnwhps of U11
C UUUUUi U\.U? I4i?. * * w VV -
- derstanding have been lighted am
E? they ought to glow and encircle th<
f globe..
s; "Again, gentlemen of the confer
ience. congratulations and the grati
- tude of the United States!
e; "To Belgium, to the British em
j pire, to China, to France, to Italy, t(
f Japan, to the Netherlands and to Por
e tugal; I can wish no more than th<
a <=ame feeling:, which wo experience, o
n honorable and honored contributioi
? to happy human advancement, and ;
d new sense of security in the ri.shteou!
I. pursuits of peace and all attending
- <rood fortune.
' From our own delegates I hav<
- known f:*om time to rime of your ac
I tivities and of the spirit or concilia
t tion and adjustment and the cheer
.j injr readiness of all of you to strivi
II for tha unanimity so essential to ac
ri complishment. Without it then
s would hav< been failure; with it yoi
>
. have heartened the worM.
j "Ami I know our .iruests will j)ai
for the unanimity so essential to at
fcnowledjrment :<? the American <lei<
ration, to you-Mr. Secretary Huprhes
to you. Senator Lod?*e; to you, Ser
?t,iv I: to vou. Mr. Root, t
nil of you for your able and splendi
and highly purposed and untirin
endeavors in behalf of our goverr
ment and our people, ar.d to your e>
cellent advisory committees, whie
gave to you so dependable a refle
of that American public opinio]
which charts the course of this repu'i
lie.
"It is all so fine, so gratifying:, s
reaassuring. so full of promise, t'na
above the murmurings of a worl
sorrow, not yet silenced, above th
groans which come to excessive bui
dens not yet lifted, but now to h
lightened, above the discouragement
.of a world yet struggling to find itsel
after surpassing upheaval, there i
the note of rejoicing, which is nc
alone ours or yours, or all of us, bu
'comes from the hearts of men of a
the world.''
EDMUND BIGHAM WILL
j APPEAL TO U. S. HIGH COUR'
Columbia. Record, 6.
Edmund D. Bigharn, Florence cour
tv man. convicted of murdering hi
\
brother and sentenced to the electri
; chair, and also charged with killin
i his mother, his sister and his sister'
two adopted children, will, it is ur
dersfood, appeal to the United State
rupreme court from the decision o
the South Carolina supreme cour
which recently refused his appeal fo
a new trial. It is not known on wha
grounds the new appeal will be mad*
An order staying the remittur o
the recent decision of the sup rem
court, has been issued by the suprom
court, Bighani asking for a rehearse
of the case. However, the court ha
not as yet announced whether it wil
grant a rehearing.
i Bigham was sentenced to die bu
appealed, making numerous excejr
1 tions to the proceedings in the eircu
court which convicted him. The su
nrpmp r-oiirt recentlv dismissed th
appeal, and Bigham will be resei
tenced at the next term of court i
Florence, unless his appeal to tY.
United States supreme court is a
lowed.
Bigham is in the death house c
the state penitentiary. His mai
comment about ;Kis case is a repet
' tion of the statement that he is inn<
cent. He talks very freely about, h
case.
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ORPHAN GIRLS WILL GO
AS FOREIGN MISSIONARIE
Duo to the fact That Miss Virgini
; Back, for several wears an instructc
, in the Baptist orphan's home at Okl?
home City'has rdinquirhed her pos
tion*to go as a Baptist misionary t
. Buenos Aires, Argentina, several <
the orphan girls :1vho can under h<
influence have decided to dedical
, tncir lives (o missionary service ar
, go to the foreign fields when the
, have had the necessary preparation.
PUSH CAMPAIGN FOR
500,000 BAPTIST T1THER
Dr. J. T. Henderson, secretary <
' the Laymen's Missionary movemen
wnic-n orgamzaxion is pusiuns u
' campaign for the enrolling of 500,00
tithers among Southern Baptists pri(
to the meeting of the convention ;
r Jacksonville in May, is persuade
that-the goal will be reached provide
. oil 4-Vin nlni-trf'hnz. ;>rr> fnllv informed (,
the movement and the doctrine <
stewardship. He' reports that tl
? First Baptist church of Williamsbur
Ky., recently enrolled 170 tithers :
} n single service and that every mer
t her of the Baptist church at Las V
i gas, X. M., except one is now a tithe
r,
J Yep; they have started war on tl
disarmament scheme.
? ^ ^ _ _
Vice President Coo'.! i^e seems 1
f knew his place all riprot.
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1 Time may be money but vou can
? settle a bank note with iv.
[ASK US! ~
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^ \\Y Serve Enquirers in Person
1 or by Letter
WITHOUT CHARGE
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- Columbia Builders Exchange
I 111-1 Lady St. Phone 3021
e Columbia, S. C.
i
r MUCH FEDERAL AID !
TO BUILD ROADS
;1< I
" MORE THAN MILLION AND HALF
IN TREASURY j
o !
j - j
Portion Available Uistii June of
T ,
Next Year?Other Until
1- ;
! One Year Later
h:
x Hugh W. Roberts in The State.
K Washington, Feb. (>.?Of the origi-!
nal fund appropriated as federal aid
in road construction, South Carolina t
( ' is still entitled to .$546,958. !
i
+ Advantage must be taken of this
,1 residue before June HO. 1923. Other- '
,, wise it will revert to the treasury for}
.. reapportionment among the several j
,e other states.
r i x : _ ^^ ? _ ? & z
? ui ine iasi apprupnawuii 01 j
j- 000,000. South Carolina is entitled to !
jc $1,061,2*7.54. South Carolina must;
withdraw th:s sum from the treasury;
by June 00, 1924. To secure this j
II money, the state must mkco .-tppro-j
, priations in like sums.
i Thomas H. McDonald, chief of the :
roads division of the department of
I agriculture, has prepared for Representative
J. F. Byrnes a statement
j setting out in detail tne account of.
i- South Carolina with the government:
s regarding the <rood roads funds. Th.it |
c statement follows:
?' "Of the appropriation of $275,000,- :
s 000 made by the original federal aid
i- act there was apportioned t:> South'
s Carolina a total of $3,946,'317.50. On!
f December 31, 1921. federal aid pro-!
t jects chargeable against this f;md had
>r beer, completed involving: 303 miles of I
t road and $1,431,709 federal ai:l and j
protects .59 per cent completed were!
n under construction which, when com-1
e pleted will involve 410 miles of road;
e and $2,0-13,146 federal aid.
tl | 4'0n December 31, 1921, the total
ts amount of federal aid represented by j
II work done on projects completed and j
in process of construction was $2,637-1
t 1G5 of which there had been actually!
)- paid to the state $2,090,207, leaving,
it a balance of $546,958 federal aid due :
i- the state "on work*already done on the!
e date named. This, of course, does not|
i- t^ke into account payments of feder-^
n al funds made to the state since De- j
ie cember 31, 1921. From the appro-j
1- rwintlnri n $ ^ 7 X finfi HAH hx* flin .
}/i iuL.wn kj l y i ?/,vvv,uvv indue: u V tuv ;
act of November 9, 1921, there hssj
>f been apportioned to South Carolina,?
n $1,061,237.54.
i- "You also asked to be advised of;
>- the time allowed the state in which to j
is take up federal funds apportioned to
jit. The federal aid act of July 11,1
(1910, provided that the funds appor-i
.tioned to the several states for each ,
g fiscal year should remain available
for expenditure in such states until
? the close of the fiscal vear succeeding
, cl
the fiscal year for which each appor-j
^ tionment was made, but the act of,
November 9, 1921, amneds this pro-i
_ vision to provide that such should be
AJ
^ available for expenditure in the states;
ar to which apportioned ur> til the ciose!
te of the second fiscal year succeeding.
^ the fiscal year for which apportioned.
Also, the act of November 0, 1021, j
.provides that any amoutn therein or;
| hereafter appropriated for expendi-i
iture under the provisions of said act,
1 should be available until the close cf;
S the second fiscal year succeeding- the j
fiscal year for which appointed. That j
is, funds apportioned for the fiscal;
t? year 1921 will remain available until!
ie June 30, 1923, and funds apportioned
for the fiscal year, 1922, will remain
)r available until June 30, 1924."
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id WHAT BILL PROVIDES
M1 FOR EX-SERVICE MEN i
rlT |
)f !
ie Washington, Feb. 5.?Here are figures
showing at a glance what the!
M i
^ former service man would get for
n_ varying periods under the proposed
e. soldier bonus act. The figures show
r what he would get on the cash basis
or under the four options, which m.
elude insurance, vocational tra ning,:
10 farm or heme aid and land settlement.!
he periods are calculated on the max- j
imum period of service and also on !
to the basis of one year ami of six
months and will serve to give th.* so3'
dier an approximate ide t of what is
1
*t "coming to him," atvo-'ding to his
j length of service.
j .Most an overseas soldier could get
_ .?Cash $95$.25; oth ?r options, $1.I>42.25.
|
Most a home se -v.ee soldier eou! i:
get?Cash, $775; ochsr options, $1,057.
, i A soldier who serve 1 one full vear'
I
, overseas would get- Cash
other options, $55.74.
j A soldier who served one full year,
at home could get?Casn, $30 >: oih:rj
options, $457.
A soldier who ?.,vve 1 six month*
overseas would get?-Cas'i, $75; otheri
options, $245.
i A soldier who served r.icnths a-t
home would jrot?C:?.sh, *12n; other
| options, $17^.20. |
i The Irish ieaders seem to prefer a
finish fight* rather than a finish to the
- fight. j
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medicine must be taken to
get well again, but a lot will
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depend upon the quality ot
the medicine the spoon holds.
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rsnng your gocioi s pxcscup;
tion here and you will get just
what his order calls for, made
up of the purest and freshest
drugs, with consummate care
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reasonably. Prompt service.
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