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RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY WELFARE BOARD ON PRISON Columbia, Jan. 4.?The govern ing body of the state penitentiary should be appointive by the gover nor, removed entirely from politics, and there should be a separate pris on for women. These and other con-j structive criticisms are contained in j a report by the State welfare Board made public today, of its recent in spection of the state penitentiary. At present the superinendent and also the board of directors of the state prison are elected by the Gen eral Assembly. If they were ap pointed by the governor and the superintendent by the board, con trol would be focalized and the peni tentiary "placed in the hands of men selected more because of their administrative ability than because of thoir personal influence," says the report. There are now thirty-six women in the penitentiary, three of them white. They are quartered in " a veritable fire-trap, just above a supply room, where combustible ar ticles are stored," says the report. A door without a workable lock is the only separation of the races. The women are supervised by men, because a suitable matron cannot be found, who will "endure the pres ent living conditions." "It is urgent ly recommended that a new prison outside the penitentiary walls, pre ferably upon state lands not now in use," says the report. The welfare board urged repairs to plumbing in the prison dormi tories, and refers to the bathing facilities as "rather antiquated." It urges organized recreation for the prisoner and reports that recreation facilities at the prison are now limited. The food served the prisoners is fViQ hnnrri TMvyrts. As a tvnical Avvu ?- - -r dinner it reports the following: Irish potatoes, fried bacon, corn bread, hominy and syrup. A more varied menu is served in the prison hospital. The penitentiary puts every new prisoner through an examination for vermin, a bath, a change of clothing and the sick prisoners are visited daily by the physician. Repairs are reported as being needed by the two hosnitals within the penitentiary walls. The bonus system in the chair fac tory at the penitentiary is highly commended by the welfare board, aiding in discipline and increasing the output. The bonus, paid to those who do good work, is from 3 to 9 cents a day. The report of the welfare board pays a compliment to the adminis tration of Superintendent A. K. Sanders. "It has been marked by humane treatment of the prisoners.' the report says. "The , attitude of most of the employes' toward the in mates is excellent." The rule of sil ence at the penintentiary has been abolished, except when the prisoners ai*e at work. SPANISH CROPS INCREASE Madrid, Jan. 4.?Provisonal fig ures on the Spanish harvest were made today by the Department of Agriculture showing increases in the crops of maize, sugar beets and po? tatoes over last year, with decreases in the production of rice, olives and sugar cane. The Hen Herder is Peeved, for Old 'Stupid, the Prize Boob of the Universe, was over in the neighbor's New Garden and well nigh Et Up everything in Sight and the Neighbor vows that Stupid will yet Grace a Platter at his .Sunday Dinn*':\ Raising chickens, like ;Raising Children, is Easy?in the Books. ANTRE VILLE \ The holiday season is over and when the school bell rang on Mon day morning, we found the students and pupils ready for work again, yet they went rather reluctantly, hut thinking over it we have all de cided "that good times cannot last always and that the one who works most can enjoy vacation best." Miss'Helen Leverett, of Iva, visit | ed her friend, Miss Beth Anderson, I last week. I I Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bowen of Iva, visited relatives in Antreville last week. Mrs. R. Q. Williams entertained the following at a dinner party last Friday: Misses Marie and Sara T>1~ Fleio noKlo 1?AV DittCK, .flllicuc anu uiaiu J and Althea Keaton and Mr. Von Gable. | Miss Elizabeth McCarter enter tained a number of her friends at a party last Wednesday night. Miss Alpha Seaiwright entertain ed at a party on last Wednesday I night. Mrs. J. R. Vandiver entertained I the following at a dinner party last Thursday: Misses Zula Suber, Gene vieve Anderson, Annie Bell, Althea and Winton Keaton, Messrs. Fred Watson and Dewitt Vandiver, of Anderson. [ Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Crowther en tertained their family at a turkey dinner last Wednesday. Misses Winton and Althea Keaton entertainel their friends at a tacky party last Friday night. The cos tumes furnished amusement for all. Mioo Mnf+io Hi I". EjlllMl* kTi/Vivco uiiu Lou Simmons won the prize for be ing the tackiest couple. Contests, and general conversation furnished amusement. A delicious sweet course was served. Most of our teachers and college students left Monday to resume their work. Mrs. J. W. Fulmer left Monday for her home in Campobello after spending the holidays with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Keaton. Mr. Archie Keaton returned home from Canon, Ga., Saturday accom panied by Deward and Loy Shirley, of Lavonia, Ga., who spent the week end with him. / During the holidays the writer had the pleasure of seeing the four new bungalows. They are all pretty homes and add to the attractiveness nt +>io pfti-m+rv Our Mmmunitv 'keeps growing and even though we hear hard times we are still "doing things" holding on to our old mot to. Mrs. L. P. Harkness and son, Mr. John Harkness, have moved into the old Evans homestead, formerly own ed by Mr. John Evans. Prof, and Mrs. Arnold have mov ed into the Killingsworth home stead. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Prifice* have moved into their new bunga low. Born in Atlanta, Ga., December, 16, 1920, to Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Knox, a son, Charles Samuel. Born in Anderson, S. C., to Mr. ? j if? r> A ... I ana iurs. ucoigc ^uuciaun a uougu ter. FORD WORKERS WOULD BUILD CARS FOR THEIR OWN USE Detroit, Mieh., Jan. 5.?A peti tion requesting the use of the Ford Motor Company plant here for the manufacture of cars for employers was heing circulated among em ployes today for signature. The re quest proposes that the company turn over the plant to the workers during the period of the shut-down announced last week. Employes, the petition states, will agree to pay forj all raw material and to return the i plant in as good condition as it is at present. The petition is being circu lated by men who call themselves a "committee of Ford workers." Officials at the plant said they had ?- * * - * x All J ~ I not neara 01 wie request, ah ue- j partments of the Highland Park! plant were closed tolay, it was said I at the plant. TOURNAMENT OF ROSES Pasadena, Cal., Jan. 4.?All Sou thern California boulevards led to dy to Pasadena, where the thirty-j second annual tournament of posea^ attracted a crowd estimated at 500, 000. More than a million flowers were j said to have been used in the deco-! ration of the 122 floats which con-! I tended for prizes. ! COTTON MILL MAN NOT PESSIMISTIC \ Aug. W. Smith Talks of Conditions Obtaining?Next Six Months To Be Crucial Period Greenville, Jan. 4.?"If they can hold their own for the next six months and lose no money, cotton mills will be doing well. After that time I expect more rapid improve ment. My view is by no means pessi mistic for I believe the outlook is brighter than it has been for some time and there is ample reason for optimism." This was the statement today by Aug. W. Smith, president of Bran don, Poinsette and Woodruff cotton mills, three of the largest in this section, in discussing conditions in the textile industry. His views seem to be representative of the senti ment among mill executives of the city and section. Mr. Smith made it plain that he holds nothing but optimism, al though he is not permitting opti mism to blind him to facts. Cotton manufacturers today, he asserted, cannot come out quite even in the making of cotton goods, and im provement can hardly come until all things come down to a stable basis. Before this time arrives, and it will arrive shortly, a curtailment program (broader than that now gen eral among Southern mills will have to be put into effect, he be lieves, and this should help the situ-1 ation to right itself. May Ran Part Time Virtually all of the cotton mills of this section are resuming opera tion this week after Christmas holi days of from two or three days to two weeks, the average holiday per iod having been much longer than the usual rest at the Yuletide, in view of the market depression. Just what a major portion of the plants plan in the way of curtailment for the next few weeks is unknown,' but it is believed that numbers will run on four and five day week pro grams. In the same way, it is not known if further wage reductions in the immediate future are planned. To arrive at the average wage re duction for the mills of this section is difficult; some place the average as high as 25 per cent. In the case] of one large company it is known that wages of operatives have been cut 35 per cent. In no case has op position to the reduction on the part of the workers yet come to light, most of them apparently accepting the cuts as inevitable and a part of the new order of things. JLJiscussing Dusmess conditions gen-1 erally, Robert I. Woodside, presi dent of the Woodside National Bank the Farmers and Merchants' bank, and prominently connected with the textile industry, says that things steadily are growing better, and that he believes the entire country especially the South, will emerge from the readjustment period in better shape than ever before. After the readjustment, he says, business along all lines will be on a more con ervative and satisfactory basis than ever before. Silver Lining To Cloud "Recent unsettled conditions and slackening of business will result in untold good," said Mr. Woodside, by reason of the fact that busniess will be done on a more conservative basis and farms will be operated in a more conservative manner." Meanwhile the farmers of this section in their division of the Am erican Cotton Association have adopted as mottoes: "Fifty per cent, reduction in cotton acreage in food and feed corps In 1921. Cut the cotton crop in half?not overj six million bales." Whether or not] they will abide by this advice is a : matter of speculation, but a strong' effort to bring such a condition1 about is being made." A SCHOOL OF RETAILING AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY j New York, Jan. 4.?A school of retailing, said to be the first insti-j tution of its kind in the world, will j be opened at New York University! next September, was announced to-! day. It will be known as the New, York University Training School for; Teachers of Retail Selling. Prominent department stores are! cooperating with the University in i the establishment of the school. It| is planned to raise $1,000,000 forj the purpose. New Orleans has a 15-year, old I girl artist, Miss Edna Merle Shep-i pegrell, who is making a success as an interior decorator. * V SHILOAH > % 1 V V \ V V V \\v vv vv^vv Mr. and Mrs. Will Robertson and children, of Due West, spent Sun day with Mr. and Mts. S. 0. Botts. Miss Jessie Mundy returned home last week from Greenwood after spending some time with her grand mother, Mrs. Lina Lomax. Miss Rebecca McQuerns enter tained a number of young folks Tuesday at a dinner party, j Mr. and Mrs. Luther Bc-tts, of Albbeville visited home folks during the holidays.1 Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Browr. and daughter, Florence, spent Sunday with Mrs. Mcllwaine, near Abbe ville. Mrs. G. W. Mundy spent Friday in Greenwood. Miss Zelma Mundy has returned to her school in Santuc. Mrs. Janie Stevenson is spending a few days in Hodges with Mrs. W. P. Anderson, who is sick. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Mundtf enter tained Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Steven son, Mr. W. L. Mundy and son, Orien, Misses Lidie and Jessie Mun dy and Mrs. Ernest Long at art ele gant dinner Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hann;ih and Miss Jessie Mundy spent Saturday with Mrs. Sam Hodges. Miss Lina Mcllwaine and brother, Mr. Eston, were the guest of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Mundy last Tuesday. Mt. G. W. Smith and children, oi Columbia spent, the holidays with her mother, Mrs. Jane Stevenson. Miss Evelyn Botts had a number of her friends to spend Saturday with her, and gave them a party Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nickles and children, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Steven son and children, Mrs. Jane Steven son, Mrs. Lielah Seawright, Miss Margie Seawright, Messrs. Morice McCord and J. A. McCord were the welecome guests of W. L. Mundy and family Thursday. family Thursday. Mrs. J. A. Stevenson and children spent the week-end in Greenwood / Bi Builder: with her mother, Mrs. Margaret Smith. Mr. Roy Mundy returned to Ers kine College Tuesday. Miss Evelyn Botts and brother, Alton, returned to Due West this week where they are attending school. Mrs. Culp Gamer is visiting her mother, Mrs. A. H. Mundy. MY FEET My feet, they haul me round the house; They hoist me up the stairs; , I only have to steer them and They ride me everywheres. Legal Blanks for Sale Here.? .'he Press and Banner Comoany. COTTON BUYERS Why kets wh your pu legitimi losses i at the b ' Whej short a if the i make ai lose on the mai your sp on vour er case without We c iness in Martin & Company 81 Broad Street OR New York City, N. Y. 1 riUTDl I lull ALL KINDS OF UlliflvMrfV IM ofni*! milling inaici j and SUPPLIES' 5 Supply t H. JACKSON, Mgi BETHLEHEM STEEL CO. CUT WAGES ON JAN. 16, Bethlehem, Pa., Jan. 4.?A down ward readjustment of wages at the Bethlehem plant of the Bethlehem Steel company will become effec tive on January 16. Announcement to this effect was made following a meeting of the plant officials with the representatives of the workmen under the plan of employe repre sentation for collective bargaining r in effect at the works. It was stated that the cut in wages is similar to that announced for the Lebanon plant of the company and that in no case will it exceed 20 per cent. It is said the reduction will range from 8 to 20 per cent. A I: take the risk of lower mar ten you buy cloth? Hedge irchases with us. Make a ite merchant's profit avoid md keep your credit good ank. I n you buy cotton, sell n equivalent amount, then ? iiarket goes down you, 11 your short sales what you your spot purchases. If ket goes up, you make on ot purchases what you lose short sales so that in eith you have a buyers' profit , risk to yourself. :an handle your hedge bus lots of ten bales. Edmund A. Felder S. C. Representative 512 Sumter St., Columbia, S. C - ' 1 - J-1 AtMMAHIT