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Section One'Scio n Pages t1 o8 VOL. XL- MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 191 NO.5 SUMMERTON NEWS ' TERSELY. TOLD n Even though more than a whole 0 month of the new year has passed, s very little farm work has been done ,c and judging from the reports from , many of our best farmers/there has 1 never been a time when the people as ti a whole have been more perplexed than they are at this time. Many of our farmers still have their last year's tl crop of cotton and claim if they should n sell at the present prices it would not e, much more than pay their fertilizer i bill for last year. Also many farmers still have their last year cotton seed t and to sell them at the present prices, tl with the high prices charged for gin- 1 ning, bagging and ties it would just 01 about -take the seed to offset their ginning accounts. g There are some farmers in this see tion who declare that before they will E buy fertilizer at the prices now avail- 1i able and pay cash for it that they a, will take the money and buy cotton n and hold it for a better price and let r their lands lay idle this year, know- 3, ing absolutely that they can buy cot- al ton now much cheaper than they can b buy the high-priced fertilizer and make it, should it be possible that the t, boll weevil does not do any more dam age than they did the past year and weather conditions are favorable. Also a goodly number of good far- W mers and good business people claim there is no use to undertake growing any great quantity of foodstuff; that er the outlook is for a (lull and low mar- C ket for such commodities. We would not have the audacity to attempt to dictate to people who have a great deal i more sense than we have as to what L they should do, but we do long for the time to come when the farmers shall make almost everything needed for home consumption and that the time shall come when cotton mill rep resentatives will be compelled to walk up to the farmers with this statement: "Mr. Farmer I an very anxious to buy your cotton and would be very glad to t know what you will take for same." id And until then you may make little or much but the farmer will not get very rich -elling at the buyer's prices. 11on. W. D. Allen, member of the a lower house of Representatives, spen , the week-end at home and when .seon by your correspondent.and -aked how 0 things were runnng In Columbia Il mado tbout the following statement. "The Legislature is slowly getting to business. There are a great number tc of new members in the House and B they have to get accustomed to the 9( work before you may expect much from them. The House seems to be in favor of cutting expenses, but to 01 4vhat extent no one can now tell. The a governor in his message recommends S some reductions and I really think the G people may look for and get some re lief in their taxes of 1921. A great deal has been said about extending the time for payment of 1e taxes for the year 1920. While there fl has been nothing definitely done yet, 01 I think the time will be extended to ul perhaps the first of May, as follows: January, February and March one per cent penalty, April five and per- tc haps seven per cent penalty. el The House seems overwhelmingly I in favor of cutting out the attendance I school oflicers and putting the work di on trustees, teachers and county sup erintendents of education. This item alone will mean a saving' to the tax si payers of the State of about $65,000. "I Lots of the members of the House are ri in favor of cutting out the tomato t( club agents and the county demonstra- si tion agents, I seriously doubt myself is if it pays to keep them. A big ma- V jority of my consistency tell me to cut it out and I feel duty bound to obey their commands andl not turn a (leaf h: ear to their cries. I am sure going to p vote for cutting expenses I feel rea- iv sonably sure that wvhen the Clarendon S delegation completes the supply bill d< for 1921 that it will be considerably F less than for 1920. Mr. Allen with g Mr. J. H1. Scarborough, the newly vi elected legislator, left here Monday morning for Cglumbia. Summerton people are congratulating themselves tl upon the fact that they have two of the Clarendon members in their town, n andl by the way they are bo0th from t< the Baptist church. y" Miss Irene Creecy of Scranton, n spent several days last week with fl Mrs. C. L. Giodwin. The Rev. Mr. Thornton Whaling P presidlent of the Theological Seminar./ b of Columoia, p~reached twvo very d1 strong sermons to a very and atten- II tive congregation here Sunday. Sun- o1 (lay morning at the Presbyterian f< church and Sunday evening at 7:30 at si the Methodist church. C Mrs. Helen Kershtaw of Hendlerson- v ville, N. C., is spending sometime with her sister, Mrs. W. I!. Anderson. cc Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mathis of Manning, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. HI. If. Windhamn. Miss Myrtle Allen of Florence, and ai Miss Grace Allen of Coker College, Dl spent the week endl with lion, and S Mrs. W. D. Allen. Mr. andl Mrs. Hall Nelson of Mann- s< ing, spent Sundlay wvith relatives here. F Miss Marie Williams of Charleston, is spendling sometinme with her par-. P eats, Mi'. and Mr's. W. C. Williams. t( Mr. P. H. Hutchins who is doing an extensive lumber business, after soy- o. oral wveeks' absence has returned much g to the delight of his nmany friends. P Mr. Hutchins is not so opitimistic over fi the lumber market but thinks by p~ay- cl lag reasonaible wages his mills will C continue to make lumber. Mrs. N. H. Williams or Ashoville, p N. C., is spending sometime with her k1 mother, Mrs. L. M. Davis. aGRANDE RESTAURANT ! NOW OPEN TO PUBLIC Manning at last has an up-to-nate -staurant. Several months ago Drs. ickson and Crouch conceived the idea tat our little city was badly in need ' a restaurant where well-cooked ieals at reasonable prices could be 3cured. Plans were began and the )mbletion of these were seen when, i Friday night last the LeGrand estaurant threw open its doors to e public. Garber & Davis Orchestra of Co imbia, who were here playing for ie dance, had been engaged to fur ish music for the early part of the iening and the tables were filled by lanning people who, while dining 'ere greatly entertained by the en ancing music. UJp until closing hour to restaurant was thronged, and any were the -words of appreciation i the progressiveness of the owners. The color scheme of the room is reen and white. At the rear is a rivate dining room latticed over. ach table has a dainty little electric ght. Everything is spick and span id it is the intention of the manage ent to have one of the most sanitary !staurants in the State. The food rved will be of the very best obtain )le and delicious home-cooking will ? the specialty. We bespeak for the LeGrand Res urant the patronage of this section. 0 -. Miss Addie Weinberg spent the eck end in Sumter. Mrs. H. C. Curtis spent last week Columbia with Representative artis. OCAL HAPPENINGS Of TWENTY YEARS AGO Februlry 5, 1901 The "dummy" street car line from e kIepot up town is being built rap ly. Miss Lulie Harvin now teaching at ateree, spent Saturday and Sunday home, Rev. P. B. Wells was called to ak Grove Sunday to funeralize a ild of Mr. John Henry Ridgeway. CSonsumers of lager beer were able buy the product of the Germania rewing Company in Charleston for c per dozen bottles. Miss Lenora, a bright little 9-year dI daughtdr of Governor McSweaney, companied Senator Appelt home iturday as the guest of Misses Ussie and Valleye Appelt. Mr. Allen C. Bradham sustained a insiderable loss by fire last week, sing his dry kiln at Packsville and 01n twenty to thirty thousand feet lumber. The origin of the fire is iknown but was probably accidental. Mrs. A. 11. Breedin left last night take their little Brent to Dr. Park in Charleston. One of the little llow's eyes is badly impaired from i injurv caused by a Roman candle iring Christmas. A negro by the name of Jim Dens. ippose. d to be our same old Jim, alias 1 sheep" of chain-gang fame, while inning from a policeman in Charles n last week jumped from a second ory window and broke his leg, Jim at present a fugitive from Manning 'r stealing. Mr. T. R. Cantey of Midway, Fla., is returned home after spending a otractedl visit to his brothers, essrs. .J. S. and M. S. Cantey of immlerton. Mr. Cantey left Clare~n mn soon after the war and has made loridla hi. home ever since, lie was reeted by many old friends wvhile siting his native State and County. Tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock at te residIence of Mrs. Louisa Hluggins, other of the bride-elect wvill be solem zed tihe mar-riage oif Miss Maggie, Mr. TP. Baker H~ayneswvorth of Ionce. The cer-emony will be wit 'ssedl by tho neairect ralntivas an-d iendi of t . cont- se'a I 'ut es and ill be performed by the Rev. Wats~on . iRu'an, brother-in-law to the He. Tihe bride is the you:rg oughter of the late Dr. H[erman H1. uggins andl a young lady possessed many charming gr-aces, while the r-tunate groom is a young man of erling qualities, a graduate of the itadel andl resides near tihe city of lorence. On behalf of itself and any other friends T1he Times extends ngratulations and many goodl wishes. Mr. Ekser Brunson, the clever and icommodating salesman at C. M. avis Son & Co., splent Saturday and lnmday in Charleston. Mr-s. George ,Joseph is spending smetime wvith her daughter, Mrs. niroh, in Raleigh, N. C. M~iss Vivian Eadon teacher of the exville schools, was a pleasant visi r to ouri "city" Sunday. Among the social functions pulled Y last week was an entertainment yven biy Mrs. Tim Hiowle to the B. Y. U. Several present report a (elight ievening mpent. The next ,was a iicken supper given by Mirs. J. F. rasson to her Sunday school class. o use to say anything about the easant evening spent as eerybody yos chicken. "MNTB" SEARCH SOUT) FOR QUEEN O Clarendon County's Most Al Woman Sent to Columi Gayety Marc! Who will represent Clarendon coun y in the contest for Queen of Pal nafesta (Palmetto State Festival) to )e held in the capital city March 27 to April 2? By means of a popular vot rng contest through local newapapers luring the next four weeks, can lidates will be chosen from every !ounty in South Carolina who will go ;o Columbia as the guests of the Pal 1afesta Association, which organiza ion will defray all expenses, includ ng railroad transportation, hotel bills ind entertainment. The young wo nen will be chaperoned by prominent olumbia society folks and will fea ;ure in a week of entertainment an] ;ocial gayety wlth promises to riva he famous Nev Orleans Mardi Gras )uring the w( -k an election will be ield in Columbia to aetermine the nost attractive and popular young voman from among the delegates as .iembled from the various counties rhe winner of this contest will be >roclaimed Queen of Palmafesta, and vill he awarded a grnand prize con listing of a complete Spring' trous ;eau of the finest apparel obtainable. )ne of the leading moving picture ompanies will film the queen and her mntire court, and this specially selected alaxy of South Carolina. beauties vill be sent far and wide via the movie creen to advertise the Palmetto state. Palmafesta is to be an annual 3pring event, held in the capital city or the entertainment of all the peo VOTING Queen of J "PALMAFESTA" Manning Times, Gentlemen: My choice for Queen Name Address This coupon good for one vote. scripton to This Newspaper count IDDIIIONAL LOCAL IhMS Miss Corinne Barfield was the 'uest of friends in Sumter over the veek-end. Milrs. Leon Weinberg and M iss Rosalie Weinbeik were visitors to sumtei Saturday. Miss Ruth Moore went to Colum >ia Saturday to attend the concert of .he Cincinnati Symphonforchestra. We hear considerable criticism about he non-failure of the boarding houses tnd restaurants to reduce their prices lince the cost of a great many things n the grocery line has been reduced. l'his condlition should not exist, for vith twvo other items-high taxes and uigh rents-mainy a town's growth ias been greatly retarded. The danCe held Friday night in the >ld Clarendon D~rug Store was a big meccess. A large crowd of young rolks from all over the county were n attendlance. The music was fur lished by the celebrated Garver and I)wis orchestra of Columbia, and was nithout a dloubt one of the finest or :hestras ever in Manning. We c'ail atterii on to our delegation sin about log carts running upon the >uoleC highwanys. If we are going to pend $400,000 to build the roads, and hnatlop; carts cut them right up ugain, it wvould he best to discontinue york now, and save our money. We ire not sure, but weO think there is a awv now forbidding log earts to travel he roads. WVe would like to have correspon lents at Turbeville, Newv Zion, Sar 1ini, Gable, Alcoul, Fioreston, Pine .voodl andl Davis Station. Our sub icribers are anxious to get the news 'roma these towns and if any one who -ares to write up these items will get a touch with us we will be glad to rome and see them and make further irrangements. As we walk along our streets we >ften wonder if there are many towns n the South the size of Manning that inve the amount of street paving hat we now have. Our streets are 'erfainly beautiful and a pleasure to ride on. With the paving of Church tnd West Boundary streets, we no loubt would have one of the prettiest :owvns in the entire South. But we gelieve the next step to be taken ;hould be the sewerage of the entire own. We would then have not only ;ho prettiest town, but one of the nnat sannttnw., I CAROLINA F PALMAFESTA ,tractive and Popular Yount uia For Week Of Social 1 27 to April 2. ple of South Carolina. It will be week of many and varied attraction: icluding the State-wide automobil show exhibiting the late models < cars, trucks and tractors; the sprin style show, featuring the latest cr< ations from the realm of fashion b professional models to be importe from New York for the occasior .laily band concerts by one of Amei ica's premier musical organizations floral, trades, automobile and bab l)arades; fetes, dances, social event and special attractions at all ther tres, with nightly exhibits of fir< works in which will be feature specially designed set pieces depici ing important events in South Car< lina history. The auto show, styl show and fireworks display will b stagedt at the State Fair Grounds. In order to secure the most popula young woman in Clarendon Count as candidate for Queen of Palnafe ta, there is printed below a popularit votig coupon which is to be filled ou and mailed as per instructions cor tained therein. Voting coupons wi be printed in each issue of this news paper up to and including the issue o March 12th, at which time the vote will be counted and announcement c the winner made. There will be no re striction upon the number of vote each person may cast. Every coupo clipped from this newspaper is goo for one vote, and a yearly, paid in ad vance subscription will count 10 votes. COUPON Palmafesta of Palmafesta is: ----------------------- i Yearly, Paid-in-advance Sub s 100 Votes. RECEIVED DIPLOMA Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 19, 1921 Appelt & Shope, Manning, S. C. Gentlemen: It is our custom, when pur student graduate with distinction, that i: make an average of 95 per cent o more on examination, to issue volur tarily to them a Certificate of Enir en Proficiency; also to write to pro fessional men and persons of distin tion in his city letters similar to thi one. Dr. . E. Arant recently complete our (ourse of study in Practical an Theoretical Optics, graduating wit the degree of Doctor of Optics (Op D.) and we recommend him as an Or tometrist thoroughly qualified to d< teet, measure and correct errors c refraction, and' muscular anomal ies also to recognize dliseasedl condlitionl of the eyes, lie may not and dlot not claim to treat diseases of the eye; but will in such eases recommend the; an Ocul ist or a Physician b~e consull ed. Your21s very truly, Ph iladlel phia Optical C'ollege, C. H . Brown, M. D)., Pres. ---------- --- D)H. WATSON B. l)UNCAN ON (CON VENTlION PiltOGICA? Dr. Watson 11. D)uncan, pastor C the Main Street Methodist church Dillon, wvill s pea~k on the state cot vent ion prIogr'am of the South Cartc lina State Sunday School Associatiom using the subject "The Youth of th Church Trained for Service." Tfhis 'am nouncement was mnade Tuesday aftei noon b~y Gene'ral Superintendent Leo C. Palmer, who satid that Dr. D~unca is one of the most popular preache and lecturers in the state. In addition to hiis pastoral wor i Dillon, Drt. D~uncan is a member of th state executive committee of th; South Carolina Sunday School A ss< ciation, and recently served as loc'i chaif'man of th'e committee of ai rangements for the Bob Jones nmeel ng held in his church in Dillon.-Spai tanbiurg H eralId. lHon. J1. IH. Scarhorough has h~ee placed on the Waiys and Means Con mittee. Ion. Juilian IL. Seachborough of Sun merton wishes to express his apnroe'i tion and gratitude to the vo' ers< (Clarendon for the vote they gave hit in the recent primary. Mr. J1. K. Bre cdin leaves on Frida for Newv York and from there wi sail foi' Peru where he has accepte a position with the Peruvin goverr mont. REPORT OF PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE L Miss Moore has complete(l the ex. anination of pupils in the Ma -ning school, and feels that the children made an excellent showing, since 82 r of the 378 examined were in good con dition and needed no correction. )ur ing the time that she worked in the school Miss Moore gave eight healtih talks, one of these being before the Parent-Teacher's Meeting. "The Story of the Health Fairy," an alleg. a ory, was told to the high school stu dents. Talks were made to each of e the grades below the seventh. f While the number of children hav ing defective teeth is rather a large one most of these were among the children of the lower grades, the Steeth of the high school children be ng in good condition. Miss Moore was most encouraged by the fact that the chilren take a live ly interest in health topics, and bet s ter still that Mr. Helms is so actively working to raise the health standard of the school. Following is Miss Moore's report in detail. Number inspected,378; number vac e cinated 289; Defective eyes 108; De e fective ears 8; enlarged tonsils 75; Nasal obstructions 23; defective teeth 218; Anmaemic 10; Poor nutrition 12; Defective skin and scalps 8; Total (Ie fectives 294. 82 who were in good condition and needed no correction. t ATTEMPTl TO POISON SUMTER BABY FAILS, BUT NURSE IS HELD Macon, Ga., Jan. 31.-Charged with having put washing powder in the milk of the eleven-months s baby of Mrs. S. W. Colerider, of I Sumter, S. C., who is visiting her I sister, Mrs. Frank J. Hodges, in . Macon, Edna May Shivers, a negro 0 nurse, age fifteen, is being held by the Macon police. She is said to have confessed. The baby did not drink much of the milk, on account of the taste, and so suf fered no bad results. Resentment over the baby being tru.ted to another nurse when the family went downtown is said to have been the admitted cause of the nurse's action. To "get th other nurse in bad," was the mo tive which caused her to go to the refrigerator, fix the milk, pour the powders into it, and ran the clock ahead an hour and a half to the time for the baby to be given milk, it is claimed by the mother who declared that she will prosecute the negress to protect society' from any "further outrages of the kind." GOVERNMENT MEN TO SEEK STATISTICS U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL.TURIE Farin Management and Farm Eco nomics Washington, 0. C. s January 26, 1921. Messrs. Appelt & Shope. r Editors The Times, - Manning, S. C. - Gentlemen: - For several years the ollice of Farm - Management of the United States De s partment of Agriculture has been as sembling information concerning the I plrofits and losses from different types I of farming. Stulies have also been Ih made for tle purpose of obtaining production costs for different fa rm1 - products. Special attention has beeni given to the cotton crop with in the f palst twvo years. Alpproximately six. ;teen hund(1redl repoirts weie obt31ained s from cotton farmers (during the years s 1918 and 1919. .'This work will he re pea ted (luring t hie mointhis of lFebruarv' t and March, 1921. - Clarendon County, South Carol inn, hias been selected as one of the areas in which records will be taken thtis year. The G;overmet. repiresenta. tives wvill nrivey at Manning on or about Febirua ry 1st andt will remain in Cla renon County' long enough to in I terview from sixty to seventy farm. ers. These records wvill lie col lected exclusively for the United States De P" prtment of A gricultuore and will nave - T[he parity assigned to thlis work in ('eludles Messr's. M . R. Cooper, R. S. 6 Washburn, R. ID. Jennings, A. I>. e lBrodell, and Ray Bryant. 'IThiis wvork is being doo'e primarily for the benefit (if A griculture. We ii hlieve that cotton growers in pair n tieular will obtain many helpful sug S ge'stions from the results of this study. WVe will appreciate the favor if vou Ii will bring this work to the at tent ion e of your farmer readleris. TEhieir ear e nest co-opera tion is soilicitedl in connee-c tion with this st udy. IThanking you in advanmce for giving this miatter attentIion, I amn Very truly y'ou~rs, "a rmt l'e'o.omist. n .'IANNING TO IA VE OP'EN - 11OG MARK(ET' N EXTl FA l,. MIanniuig will have ani oipeni mar ket - for hogs next fall. TIhe Biradhan - D~uroe Fa~irm wvillI buy aniy breed of f hog, providlinog they are ini a m'a rket. 1 able coinditioin and11 pay tihe cash fot hem. This concern will use th Chicago price list, thus giving the far y mer a chance to sell any number of I hogs at any time and get the money, :1 This is a big thing for Clarendon - County and wve hope our farmers will take advantagn of the opnortunite. SAYS GERMANS WIL REFUSE ALLIED PLANS Fore-ign Minister Tells lteichstag Gov eanent Will Not Submit. FRENCH CABINET M EkTS President Millerand Conigratulates Premier on Outcome of Conference. Berlin, Feb. 1.-Dr. Walter Simons, the foreign minister, declared in the Reichstag today that the government would refuse to negotiate on the basis of the entente decisions regarding rep aration. and would formulate counter propositions. His positioh was sup port d by all the party leaders except the Communists, who heckled and jeered him when he concluded speak ing. Or. Simons said the German gov ernment was unable either to refuse or agree to participate in the forth coming London conference because it had not yet been invited to send rep resentatives. Expert Call:d In Paris. Feb. 1.-lerr Bergman, head of the German experL delegation, was summoned tonight to Berlin to report to the government there the status of the negotiations his delegation had been carrying on in Paris. Regards Terms as Fantastic Berlin, Feb. l.--Germany regards the reparation terms decided upon by the Supreme Allied Council in Paris last week as fantastic and impossible of execution, and it is the general opinion the government cannot agree to them. The cabine,t which received the text of the Allied note yesterday, was i nexecutive session until late last night, and the note was not released for publication tntil too late for edi torial comment. "Mladness" is the term leaders of the Reichstag used in discussing the reparations conditions. Foreign Min ister Simons declared the execution of the terms would "produce chaos, not only in Germany but throughout Cen Ital Europe, as the bank ruptcy of Germany would also bankrupt part of Germany's war creditors among whom is France." "To Be Deplored." "It is greatly to be deplored," ho continued, "that the great Anerican nation was only a bystander during the negotiations concerning repara tions at Paris. The settlement of this question determines the fate of the world's economics and of world cul ture." Herbert Cuttman, of the Dresdener Bank said: "The reparation figures are absurd, and the tax levy on ex ports is absolitely beyond understand ing. The latter would kill Germany's export busiess anl how does the Entente expect Germay to pay if she cannot export her products? It is inconceivable that America and Eng land will permit Germany, their best customer to be ruined by the en forcement of such terms." The German marak showed a sharp decline toward the close of yester (lay's session of the liourse when the terms became generally known. Millerand Pleased Paris, Feb. 1.----The council of min isters met. today with Prnesident Mil lerand presiding andl heard the results of the Paris conference of the Allies presented by Premier Briand. P1resi (lent MilIlera nd exprWessd hiis ('emplete' satisfaction with the (auitcome anal waranaly congra tu lated the parem ier and his colle('agues. Willing toi Accept, Belief Pa ris, IFeb. I .-TIhe fact that tho German delegates to the Brussels con ference of finmanima and eco~~nmit' ex perts are remaining in Pais and con. tinuiiing t heira consul tat ions is taken in poli thiaI quarter's here' to maean thtat Gera'many~ is will ing tao accept the de cis ions of' the Allies regaria ng r'epara t ions as a bash, flar dliscussion, not with st andli ng the cona nent1 which is coinag fr'om Beralina. givinag the idea that. the d ispositio~n there is tot reject the lan. It is pointed out. ini oflic ial e ireles that the con ferenace oaf expa'rts will 1)0 able t~o acom plish a great adeal inl pay ing the way to (estali shmanenat to ec'o nmic rehi('~ttions benfica' othttI t lhe Allies andl the ira formranem'cttaies, al thouagh it is c'onsidleed that the' r'epa raitietns plan aforaa the studly of which the exper't. canf'rees were ori'gainally cal ledl together' has baeaae dfianit ely de ('iaded uponta lay thIe IPa rim co n fer'ente. MIEETIING OF' TIIE CON FED)Elt ATE V ETlEl ANS iThe Caantfedaa'ratea Vtan aIs met in the Court Ilouse last M~onaday, anal e'lected the following menaber's of' the Clounty Ienio~aitn Bardn. .J. TI. Stunkes, MIaanning, S. C., S. Y. B~arnaes, lForaes toan, S. C., anda J. S. C ~atty, Summera('I tona. S. C. The ol oldIier's were enitertainted by [lhe I ocal Membher's of thIe A anera caun l.egion at dlinnuer. )ana thtey all semd tn o I( enjoy t ha' day h age y. T1here were sixteen Contfeder'ate Vetetranls pres~ent at the meeting in the Court.llouse. Mr's. H1. C. Mcl~elvey is visiting re latives ina Florence.