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Section One NDPages Cto. DSD9,JAtARY12g191 O. VOL. XLI MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1921N2 FUTURE HOLDS MUCH PROMISE Most Critical Readjustment Period Now Over. OPINION OF BANKER Francis H. Sisson Declares in Address That Stable Coniytion Will Come Soon New York, Jan. 11.-The United States has passed through the most critical of its post-war readjustments, although many more must be made, Francis 11. Sisson, New York banker, declared at the annual dinner of the National Automobile Chamber of Gommerce here tonight. There is am ple ground, he said, "for believeing that wo shall reach a relativc stable condition in this co-ntry in the very near future." "The adjustment of production costs will involve, and, in fact, will con sist," he said, "chiefly of wage adjust ments, although increased efficiency and decreased mar,,ins of profits must also play their part. As wages gener ally are reduced, of course, there will be curtailed purchasing power, but it should be remembered that decreasedl 6-costs of production will lower com modity prices which will ultimately offset the reduced buying c.pacity of power in agricultural (sections and the public." Despite the lessened purchasing some industrial sections, he asserted. there is still a tremendouc buying power in the United States and al ways will be. When purchasing is re sunied on a large scale, he pointed out, "it will be all the keener by reason of the delay an dthe deficit in present commodity stocks." Mr. Sisson declared merchants and producers who hold their goods for prices that the public will not pay are courting disaster and preparing to swell the number of commercial failures. '"NUB" WRITES OF , F AV Going into a second chapter in our argument on law 'enborcement, we wish to say that we are unwilling to believe that our law-making body pur posely would make criminals of our good citizens; as we look upon this body of men as knowing the sentiment of the people of their respective coun ties in reference to matters written in to law, and especially do we look up on our own delegation as men above the average intelligence sober minded and desirous of representing the ma jority of our people; and right here we are obliged to say that our1 peo ple are going to feel the loss of our able, sober minded and conservative law-maker, the late W. T. P. Sprott, and we only hope that his place as a manember of our delegation may be fill ed by a man who has the love for our people and government and the com age to let the world know it that our dear friend Sprott had. Peace to his ashes. ? Speaking of making criminals of our citizens we fear that a great many of our people do not know or miscon strue some of the laws that are now on the statute books. Take for in atax e the law relative for killing patkgsand wvild turkeys; we be ievecte aw says neither birds nor turkeys shall be killed before sunrise and after the sun sets. Yet, we have reasons to believe that such lawvs arc violated by good citizens. There are other game laws as wvell as others that arc no doubt violated; for in a stance, using cars andl vehicles wvith oqt license tags, (driving without lights anhfd sometimea without the number of lights required by law; "slinging" dice .-and gambling, otherwvise etc. And we bellev~e one of the ways to st- mp out .ysonme of the above-named evils is for ethose who realize the danger and (do niot approve of such condlitions is to let it be known open andl above board; ~wherewvith we believe a strong senti ment for law andl order wvill be built up and allied wvith this crowd wvill be some of our young girls and boys who sometime in the future years must take the place of sonme of our great Iand noble men and wvomen in our Lcountry. Today in almost all walks flife no father or mother can be ~oud of an unruly or unworthy boy or girl, but to the contrary a boy or gilwoi worthy, true and faithful isafahr or mother's dlelight and a nd such boy's and girl's example at the peace andl dignity of our nam tion should not be lowvered. Indlividuals, townm and city govern mont should not wait on our~ state or federal government for "house-enean -,sings" but all who want cleani (com munities, clean towns and cities should put their shoulders to the wl.eels oif aorality, purity and good citizeniship ~nd all pull together. /As an explanation to those who if~nk we were a little harsh in what - saidl last week in reference to mov ing pictures, mobiling etc., we might ay that we were talking about peo le in "Arkansas" although if we can one word or write one line that I be'the means of. a girl or boy SCHOOL N[S School opened last Tuesday morr ing with a full enrollment, and sev eral new pupils started. We al have a new teacher, Miss Shuler froi Sumter. She is going to teach math< matics in the high school. We wer very much afraid of her when she er tered the different classrooms Tues day morning, but it soon passed o and 'we think she will make a splendi teacher. Miss Roxie Dickson was sick las Thursdny and Mrs. Carrie Jenkinos had to teach in her place. The grammar grades and hig school are preparing for mid-term ey amination which will be given abot the last week in January. The following are the Honor Roll for December. 1st. grade-Marie Alsbrook, Willimi Breedin, Bonnie Gamble, Stew:art Hlai vin, George Williams. Advance 1st. grade-Lau ra Ma Bllackmon, Eunice Mahoney, W. A Mahoney. 2nd. grade-Wilier Blradhan Pierce Canty, Mara'. Creec. Dorothy Ervin. 3rd. grade-Lila Mao Alsbrool Florence Davis, Arthur FlowerF Christine Patrick, Ilarriet Plowder Witmer Shope, Rosalie Weinberg. 4th. grade-Cooper Bell Dickso, Conyers Horton, Mary McLeod, Viv inn Katzoff Laura Peavy, Ashle Rigby, Albert Rodigue, Corneli Sprott. 5th. grade- Frances Coskrey, Ash ton Plowden. 6th. grade--Ruth Cothran, Lillia Ervin, Virginia Orvin. 7th. grade-Iharold Bagnal, Louis Brown, War-en Clark, Mildred Iloli day, Cora Mav liawlinson. 8th. grade-Mary Lou. Brwlley Ruby Bullard, Margie Creecy, Anni May MeGrady, Sarah Ellen MeKelve Elizabeth Richard-on. 9th. grade--lattie Breedin, F'rar ces Dickson, Gertrude Gee, C"imio McKelvey, Mildred Smith, Lily En ma Sprott. 10th grade-Cecil Clark, Isabell Plowden, William Richardson, Charle Wilson. l1th. grade---Elizabeth Creecy, Ah ton Davis, Dbra Rawlinson, Lucil Rawlinson, Mary Rigby, Elizabet Sprott. LAW NII taking a step upward we shall ne consider' our efforts and desires i vain. Let's all pull for a better towi and community. With the increase in the price o cotton and cotton seed during the pats week the farmers and business ine are rapidly falling back on the opto mistic side of life and twenty-cen cotton is freely predicted by plantin time of this year. We trust that th farmers will not be disappointed bu let the price go as high its it may, le them bear in mind that they shoul remember well the pledges they ar now signing to reduce the productio of this year's crop considerable: fo if we know anything in the world it i that supply and demand has a gren deal to do with the price of cottor While it has been said that the cotto farmer is broke if he makes a big o little crop but we cannot agree wit such a statement as we are almos sure that nine times out of ten a rea sonable crop at a reasonable prie means money for the farmer, bankei merchants and laborers as all debt will be paid and no one will he "pinch ed1." All signs from all sections of th state point to a lively discussion of th taxat ion proposition (luring the ser sion of the legislature whtichi conver ed TPuesday of th is week andi we are u the opinion that the time is ripe t callt a halt on appropriations for ou state government. For several year past an increase in salaries as well a many other approprniations has bee agitated .and finally one year ago a increase in salaries took place, almos from the cross road magistratest governor. The arguments at thu time wvere based on high cost of lis ing etc. We think the increase at the time was justifiable but since the a very sudden reaction has take pilace and hundreds and thousands c our men and women have been throw out of employment wvhi1e many, man others have already~ had their salaric "slashed to the core," we are dlebal ing in our own mind if it is right fc these public ofilcials to still dlrawv high salary at the expense of th heavy-burdened ta x-p~ayer or have w a man in the house or senate that wvi raise his voice in the behalf of the ta> payers whereby salaries may 1)e agai regulated and "equal rights mectc out to all and special privileges none." Dr. R. E. Stackh~ouse, editor of th Southern Christian Advocate, made strong andl forcible addlress to th Methodist congregation herr Sunda: usinjd as a subject "Christian Educt tion." Dri. Stackhouse said if the tin: was ever ripe for Christinn teachei in our colleges andI common schoo it is today. D~r. Stackihouse was ei tertainedl while here in the hospitab home of T. C. Folder. Mr. C. L. Godwin of this place aul Miss Anna liuggins of Lake Cit: wore happily married Sundny at tli home of the bride. After a hone, moon trip of about one week they wi return hero where they will reside I the future. (ConIinund an naga 8) R. D. COTHRA OF TOBACC 0 New Zion, S. C., Dec. 28, 1920 Mr.I R. D. Cothran, e M1ann ing, S. C. Dear Mr. Cothran: I am writing to ask what seed of tobacco would be best to plant this year and what type of tobacco will be most in demand and if any type will be enough in demand to warrant our planting it. We would be glad for you to write 'an article in the Times and[ give us' your ideas about tobacco in 1921. Of course ,we all know that no one can know definitely, but we believe you' should know better than the average, man can know, and we have confi-I dence in your .iudgment. 'Thanking you in advance for this I kindness, I am. Yours truly, . .Belton Baker. Brookneal, Va., Jan. 5, 1921. Islitor The Manning Trimes, Manning, S. C. My Dear Sir: I am in receipt of a letter from Mr. J. Helton Baker of the New Zion sec tion, which I herewith enclose and ask that you publish same. In reply to Mr. Baker's letter, I will ask that you publish the follow-1 ing aiticle: ''he outlook for the 1921 tobacco crop is an unknown quantity. I can, however, give some statistics and, personal knowledge of how things ow s.a.ndl and the farmers can then draw their own conclusions. I will isay in the outset that the 1920 crop of tobacco was one of the largest ever grown in the United States. The last government report gives it as being 1,508,064,000 pounds. One billion pounds is considered about a normal L)roduction for this country. I will state, however, that the tobacco prices which have prevailed for the 1920 se:i son are, very good, I think, taking into conIisideration the large crop. The State of Virginia has sold, up to the present, something over 100,000,000 pounds which have averaged around $25.0) per hundred. 'T'le state of 1 North Carolina has sold, up to the present, above 200,000,000 pounds, which have averaged some less than the Virginia markets. The averages in these two states would have been i great deal more but for the fact the .'i'" ""' (" *.e , r-e sive' raian during the groving scasonm. lie better grades of cutters have sold from $45.00 to $0i0.00 and wrappers t have sold from $65.00 to $85.00 per n hundred. Good fillers have sold from a $45.00 to $55.00. I think it ra the singulair that to-I f bacco is selling as well as it is in the t face of the Indep iident Companies be 1 ing loaded up on high priced tobacco - from last year, and as the result they t are not buying scarcely any of this cr01). Secondly, the foreign maikets, e especia lly Europ(", are not doing much' t inpoirting or buying from us. This is t due to th6 low rate of exchange ad! : the fact that EIurope has not been e able to build u1p or establish a credit: 1 system that will mieet her adeiuate i r. needs since the war closed. I Of course you farmers are doubt t less fully aware of the fact that thisl is the trouble with our cotton market too. It is to be hoped that since this r government has passed the "farmersl relief bill," money can be gotten by t the farmers which will at least enable - them to finance the present crop of e cotton to a time when it will bring the cost of production. 'lhe reviving of s this war finance' corporation shouldi - have a tendency to help our export. trade. I .cannot write his article wvithout e paying my respects to W. P. G. haard - ing, governor of the Federal Reserve - lloard. lie statedl sometime ago, when f a Southern Delegation cal led uipon a h im in behalf of the Southern Cotton r Planters, that the Federal Reserve' s banks1( could not loan money to board s products for speculative purposes. lie a further statedl that this country should 1 consnime its own prodlucts. I think, ti however, that the revival of the War a IFinanace Corporatlion will have a ten tdency to loosen the old mian's purse - st rinigs. The Southern farmer did not t ask him for money to hoard their cropi n for speculative purposes but for money aI to enable them to hold their cotton un f ti they could get the cost of produe n tion. I couldl not. write this article y without mentioning these facts and I s wvant to also state that the Fedleral - Reserve Banks show a gain ,according r to their last report of over $80,000, a 000.00 over last year. So you see it e wvasn't a scarcity of money. e Now lets get dlown andl talk about .1 the tobacco situation a little bit for' -11921. Personally I (do not think it n wvill be a good idlea for the tobacco dl faa mners to over-crop) themselves in o either tobacco or cotton this year. Mr. Carrington, President of the United e States Tobacco Association has re a cently written all tob~ao) wvarehouse e men letters in which he urges niponi r, thevn the im11porntaance' ' r' having the farmers curtail the .192 crop). i~e e states that thev should not plant over 's fifty per cent of past year's production. s lHe says however that he dloesn't mean -that the small farmer of from three to e f'our acres should reduce his. I am enclosing this letter from Mr. Car. dI rington and aosk that the Editor pub11 t, lish it also. e I believe that if the farmers wvill economize In growing this crop of to ll bacc~o, especially in keeping dlown) the n expense, such as buying high pricedt fertilizers etc., that this will ho the f as ws tep that they should take in te luncingof this crop. I hope N WRITES 0 SITUATION that the farmers will absolutely re fuse to buy fertilizers at the present prices quoted them by the factories. As I see it these prices will mean ruin to the farmers. The idea of fertilizer men asking more money for their out put this year than for last year is ab surd beyond description. Of course anybody with common sense knows tit this country is undergoing a crisis due to the inflation brought about by the World War and every line of busi ness must, of necessity, share its part of the loss, and why not the fertili. zer companies? If we do not over crop ourselves this year and keel) down expenses as I have already stat ed, and if we are successful in grow ing a good crop of tobacco, I see no reason why it should not be profit able to the farmer as good tobaccos have been very much in demand this year and ariC scarce. Now, as to the tobacco seed ques tion, it does not make much difference what kind of seed you sow. Any of the following kind will make good to bacco: Adcock, Warne, Orinco, lar rison's Pride, Gooch, Goldeni Lear) Bananza and many others, too numer ous to mention, do well in South Caro lina. The average farmer should know what seed suits his land the best. I think that if the farmers will pay more attention to the preparing of their beds that tley% will get better re suits in the future. Tobacco beds should be well located oni the south side of a brn uich where they will be protected from the nort h wind. Heds should be well prepared and well manured with stable manure and fer tilizeir. Stable manure will create a heat imi te grounad and protect the seed in germanation. The average aI r mer does not prepare plant bed hand: enough. He should prepare more land anti use less seed. lIe will then have strong plants. One heaping table spoonful of seed is enough for 100 square yards of land. Beds should be well prepared and then thoroughly rolled or tramped after the seed are sown. They should be well covered anid fenced. If the above advice is adhered to the farmer will get. bet ter, results. I will have seed at S. L.. IHuggin's 5-10-25 cents store. Withi best wishes for a successful year for you all, I am. Yours very truly, R. D. Cothran. Tobacco Association of the l'. S. December 29, 1920. Dear Sir: Please find enclosed resolutions and also other literature which explains itself, and I am writing to ask that you take immediate steps to see that this information is gotten into the pulic press of your community. and where it can be done effectively to get editorial comment oil same. ''lhe genead purpose is to impress upon the producers of tobacco the ab solute fact of the over-production of last yea.r, tle old stock Carried oin hand and the conditions in Europe, to which g es a large percentage of the bright crop, and especially the low grades, all of which portends to show in the greatest degree not only the important of cutting the crop in half, but that it should be done in such a way that this knowledge will he ac cepted as a1 1a(t as early in the sum mer as possible. I believe that individual I work should be done, particularly oi the b:.nks, warehouses and farlmers' sl) lly organizations, so they can treat with the individual cases. The small farmer who oiily plants three or four acres is niot a factor, hut any aereage very iminh beyond this amnouiit should he cut in halfI, and the very large pro ducers should even diminish their crps11 more than this. The great hulk of thle farmiuers of average Idanating should he controlled by those who furi niishi the mloney to buy the fert ilize r, anad the hiarge, wellI-to-do fiarmers shouldI have sdtieiient intell1igence to appirecialte that the salvat ion of the bright tobacco init erest, pariticuairly that of the farmer, lies in taking this advice. TPhe Tobaicco A ssociat ion of the tUnited StateUs has appoin ted a com - mittee (If five wvho wvill have this mat. ter in chmarge. Mr. J1. 1. Mliller, of Rlichmond, Vai., is chiairimn, but I am sending th is comiimunication (lut as5 a forerunner of others that will follow, we must assume this obligatioii which is of such vitial impbortnce to the bright tobacco interest andi we must depend oii you for your whole-hearted c'o-operationl and assistance and for the successful accomplishmient, no ex. pense, time or thoughmt, is too niuch to give. Trusting that you will enter intc this matter in the most whole-heartedl way, I am, Very truly yours, TV. M. Carrington, Presid ent. Statemient A meeting of the lHoard of Gover nlors of the Tobacco Ass'ociation, witha certain invitedl guests, wiere called to gethier to considler pllas ini co-opera tioii with the Interstate Tfobacc. Growvers' Association, now in sessior ain Richimoind, with thme outst and ing ohb ject ini view of impressmg in somt way the planters in the bright. tobacec sections of Georgia South Carolina North Carolina and Virginia, with th< absolute importance of curtailnent of their 1921 crop) to a point where th< supply would not be so far beyond th< demand. LOCAL HAPPENINGS Of TWENTY'YEARS AGO January 9, 1901 The Oil Mill is now ranraing diay and night. Mr. J. F. Bradham is making things look new at The Manning Hotel, where he has moved and will conduct a hotel that will merit the popularity which it is sure to enjoy. Mr. 11. F. Stack of Clarendon, has resigned the office of magistrate to which he had recently been elected. A new appointment will be made in a few days. A shooting affray occurred oil Tues (lay of last week near Silver, result img in a colored man by the name of lelser being shot by Mr. J. A. Way. The cause of the trouble was a dispute over a land line. Solicitor John S. Wilson left yes terday for Columbia to assist in the drawing of bills for the legislators. Miiss Lucie Barron, who has been in the engrossing department, has ba:cn re-appoi nted for this session as a re ward for her competency and left ves terday morning also. The Boaid of CI - vty Commission. ers met last Saturday. The Board was composed of Messrs. T. C. Owens, W. .1. Turbeville and L. T. Fischer. The receipts for the year were about $15,000 and the expelses $13.500. Mr. .1. H1. Lesesne was elected clerk. The State had a eash bhal, ance on hand of $625,438.96. It was shown inl tl( discussion! brought out that a considerable over production had been made for the last three years, and especially in 1920, when the production was het ween 5501 and (00 million pounds, which was by 33 1-3 per cent the largest productio'n ever known. As between sixty and seventy per cent of the bright crop is exported or used for export purposes and with the present financial and economical con ditions inl Europe, it can be readily seen that many grades of this bright tobacco are beyond legitimnato de mand, resulting in disastrously low pl M )- L tS V I) Ve. It is believed and hoped that the lublicity that can he pot into opera tion of acquainting the, farmers with the conditions will effectively impress them with the absolute necesisty of cutting their planting fifty per cent ini 1921. With this curtailment in plant ing, a much superior quality of tobac Co will result and at the 'sa me tine will almost automatically cause the farmers to have their ctops diversitied and produce in a greater degree what they iieed in their homes. A commit-', tce was appointed to co-operate with the Farmers Association to this end, and every effort from now on will he bent for the successful accomplish ment of this purpose. In con ference with the Warehouse Association (if Easte rn North Caro inn, the conclusion was arrived at that tlse markets would be opened in 1921 ci Tuesday, .January 11th. TI. M. Carri ngt oi, President, Tobacco, Association of U'. S. The General Statistical l'ositioii ot Bright Tobacco. The 1918 erop was around 4-50 mil lion pounds, which averaged 35c.;l the 1919 crop was over 170 imillioni pomuls0 andlc iiveraigedl near lyv 50c., and the 1920 crop is estimated to he hetweenu 551) and1 600) million pounds andi will average' between 20ec and 28e. The su rplus of (lhe lar ge 19118 crop) was taken up, to a greait degriee, by thc demand cof the armies and nayvies of the All ied Govwernmuent s, andl t he suipluis of the 1919 eropt was, to~ somec extent, bought. by the manu facrers1( on mistaken idlea as 1to their futurle wants, and ai large amount (of this croip is alIso held by (lea lers andl even ma~rnnf acttur1ers for' resalIe. The statistics shonw that the reduec tion in England in the pa st few mon11ths5 ini the conisum ipt ioni of bright tobalcco hats bee'ini most imarked, ad du no ad :(1verse e'xchainge rateos anun h sat isfactory fi iancial coinditlions the sh ipm~nents to EuXrope have Iractlienally reatsed. To'l these adverse conditions, we add the fact that due to thle b.'t ter exchange rates from Turi key, Greece, Java and other countries of Europe, they are taking tobacco fronm these sources at. the expense of cutr bright tobacco. The sh ipmnents showv very large exports from this couintry in 1919 atnd a very hlarge stock of bright tobacco in England from the only government statistics availale, wvhich are no doublt dluplicated in oither' countries where thle goveriinmenut re ports show that lar i:e tuaniie hs of tobaicco from thIi s dli coutry hwe ( bseen shipped. Tlhe above' facts must speak for hemslve's, andl the onlyI solution cani bie, wvhere therie is oivrm- production and a laruge suriplus, is to reduce platin ug, anrd with these conditions in br igh t to bacco thce reductioni must bce of a nuarked degree to have any material eff'ect , anid anythIiing more thani 50 per cent of a cr-op being latetd in 1921 will further accentunte the veiry un fortunate and disastrous condlitionl of the bright tobacco situation of today. Very truly yours, T. M. Carrington, Presuident. "MERE MAN" WANTS LADY REPRESENTATIVE 1:: iior o1f The .1a inil- Times:. Dear Sit': I understanld thiat the (County lDeIo cratic E"xecutive Committee at. their meeting last week decided that. they would not order a primary election to nominate i candidate to fill Mr. Sprott's unexpired term in the Legis lature. The effect of this action on the part of the executive committee is that any citizen of Care'Aln Coun - Iy will have the right to raim in the general eletion which will be held either lanuary 18th or 25th and the 'nlldidate getting the highest number of votes will be elected. If the Exe cutive Committee had decided inl favor of the Democratic primary the present session of the Legislature would probably be over before we could fill this vacancy and I think thei action in requiring a lI candidates to run in the general election is the bet. thing to do in the circumstances. My motive in writing this letter, however, is not to commend the action of the executive committee, but to call attention to the fact that this will be the first election in the state of South ICarolina in which oul newly enfran - clh ised .women voters will ha;e an op portuniity of casting their ballots fo the candidates of their choice. They have the right not only to vote for sonie man to fill this office, but an equal right to fill it with one of their own numtbe'r if they see fit and I for 01ne, siNcerey! truMt that out of tI. morvhe Ithan om. Ii hmdued registered wVOmIlen Voters in the Counitv some onll will be found who is willing to run for this oflice. I am sure that there are a iniumbtler of wom(en inl the County who v.ould make able replres'entative's in the U.e iislatirc arl I have no doubt that (the next. [ .eg i'aturi'e elected in this Staut. will have a number of wo nn'nl as menIhllers. Lt'', gt togetlher n)OW 1iind confer ol one of our women citize'nts aid on Clarendon County tie distinction of electing the first, wo nUni wh has ver' beeit elected in thi' historv of ol]r State to fill a stete of A M1ere .1ai. .\lanning_, S. C., .1-an. 10, 1921. Nevw York, -Jan. IL.-Arthur 4. I )mntekelmai of Westwood, N. ,J., as sistalit chief of the money division at the federal reserve bank, pleaded guilty to a charge of counterfeitinv ald senteic'ed to serve a terml in th federal prison at Atlanta. I 'A X VlllE ITEMS .il. 11ind Mrs. ,J. .D. Griflith of Sa luda, S. C., stopped by for a shior" visit to friends last week ol their re turn home f'rom their bridal trip. Mr. G. IleIry Curtis is makin*: plans for the rebuilding of his store building that was burned some ti nt ago. When completed, he eXpects to open up a large stock of general ier chliandise. I'rivate .lmes Corhett, of Camnep Jickson and Mlr. Kirkland Corbett, et). Charleston spent the week-end with their parents, Mi. and MI's. N1. B Corhett. .\lr. .ouis Weinberg has returm<ie to Columbia after a visit at his homo' here. Nls I \ ' ivialn Curt is, Mirs. '1. W. Guinter', Alisses Daisy and Carrie Ihaime have returned from Clarle - ton where they spent a few days. .\)' a rd Mrs. W . L. Adams, of Bau timore are visiting at the home' (f Mr. 11, 13. Corbett. Alrs. 711 ariim Cox and children have reiturned to their home at Florence, a-fter spelnding tIhe holidays wit It r.. lat ives here. Irs. Iloward Tisidal' and chibIire. ar bI ack fromt a t wo-wveeks visitt her' piarents, 71ir. and Mirs. J1. . lReliv at Reock Ililt. The' Woan's 711issioniary socliety ithIe l'axville Mlet hodist church hteld it. fIrst mteet ing (of thet new year Wednes. day a fternoont. As the memberitis an~d visitors5 a: set.Qial to eachi one)1 a bell1 shalped (ard lItn whichi was wr'itteni, ".'May this New. I Yea rhe bi'ght for y'ou."' TheIa meefing was llpened't witha devodtilhnal e'xerc'ises fthe reporflts o'fit riepIoit was5 veryl encourlaginig, the soc'i't y htaving: pid its piledge of $100.00,fi and1 lothe 111 11 ob i liiaios 'o 1920. A hyinn was sung andil then a cor' dIla INew .'' Year gult ing was given by Mliss' 'earle Ilook. The "'City c': Ta':mpa"' the miaint topic of ft' meet. ing wasI prl'eentedr by 71liss Sue Sprott I 1 A lissiay ne(ws fr'omi the ilulIleti:n anid from t he South C aroil ira Contfer - ('nees' was given, aill relgr'ettIing that the~ sto(ieties Of (our1 'onifer'ence's s(end so little niews t~o out' Advocate columniiis. (Cards and)1 penIcils were'( pa5ssed and e'Pchl one was asked to write why thiey were'i miember'is of the soceiety. TJhie rt'adinhg of thlese i'ards was thle niost. I ntjiyable foanturie If the priogrami. Mi's. .J. WV. 711imist .1r., w'as annunced~I(0 lhe pize wvinner'. The pledge cairds for' 1921 were given otf anid the presidlentI. urged each 'lne to have faith and not to let, th' tclndit ions; of the presenift time's causet them to pledge less th:m i t hey did last A fter singitig "T'ake rmy life' and f. it, Be" the programt' ii w~s br'ought to a clIose with pra~yer. Wh1V~ile iniformal conve rsa tion among the menibers of the local socity antd visitors from the Summnerton s'ociety w as beinig en, joyed, c'off('e and sand wiches were rServed(. Puhlicity Runt