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SOAKS FARMER TO AID COPPER TRUST Senator Smith Denounces Joker in Tariff Bill-Plan to Tax Arsenic. Smoot, Friend to Big Interests, Admits Supply is Insufficient. Washington, July 24.--What may happen in the formulation and pas sage of a tariff bill was illustrated the other day in the discovery by Sena tor Smith, of South Carolina, that one of the first and most innocent looking items in the.Fordney-McCum ber measure, now nearing a vote in the Senate would "soak" the farmer for the benefit of the Guggenhiems and other copper interests. A duty of two cents a pound on importations of white arsenic does not seem, on the surface, to mean much, and the Senate accepted the item as a matter of routine in committee of the whole. When it is reconsidered in the open Senate however, there will be "something doing," as was sufficiently indi cated by these quotations from the Record of Friday: Senator Smith: "My attention has been called to the fact that in the very first paragraph of the pend ing bill there has been placed a duty of two cents a pound on white arsenic. Up to the present time that article has come in free. "How is white arsenic produced? The bulk of it in this country is pro duced as a by-product from the smelting of copper ores. It is a forced production; those who pro duce it have to get rid of it, just as it is necessary to get rid of the hulls of the cotton seed in order to get at the meal and the oil in the seed itself. Boll Weevil Poison "White arsenic has been upon the free list because not only was it a by-product, but it was an essential ingredient of a material used to kepp down the startling ravages of insect pests on the farm. Pavia green le used for the potato crop; calcium arsenate for the suraving pf trees, in order to extirpate the San Joso scale and the brown tailed moth and other predatory in sects that are threatening the ev ery existence of our gardens and of our fields. Last has come the pest which is destroying the great cot ton crop of the South, the boll weevil. Although the Agricultural Department has spent something like $112,000,000 in the effort to find some method of controlling the boll weevil, they have not even checked it until within the last two years, when there has been something of a hope held out by the use of cal cium arsenate. "Now, just as we have discovered that it would require millions of pounds of this substance to treat the 35,000,00 Oacres of cotton grown in the South, immediately for the first time in the history of tariff legis lation, a duty of two cents a pound is placed upon this essential in gredient of an article which is necessary to protect the fields and orchards of America. "Upon investigation it will be found that those who control the smelting of copper in this country are the ones who have come here and insisted that this duty shall now be placed upon this ingredient. I am going to take this occasion to show, or attempt to show, that the imposition of this dluty, which un questionably is an example of shameless favoritism toward one combination and set of men, will in flict upon the cotton growers of the South alone a burden of $18,000,000." Smoot Cuts In Mention of figures gave Senator Smoot, of Utah, a chance to get in andl try to ditch the train of thought. Utah is one of the happy hunting grounds of the copper smelters, andi Senator Smoot is one of the leading architects of the pending tariff measure, which CYPRESS ~ SASH DOORS BLINDS MOULDINGS* MILL WORK CARDUI HELPED REGAIN STRENGTH Alaama Lady Was Sick For Tree Years. Sffeig Pain,Nerveos and Depressed-Read er Own Story of Recvery. Paint Rock, Ala.-Mrs. 0. M, Stegaf, Of near here, recently related the to. lowing interesting account of her re covery: "I was Id a weakened con. dition. I was sick three years in bed, suffering a great deal of pain, weak, nervous, depressed. I was so weak, I couldn't walk across the floor; just ha4 to lay an4 my little ones d4 the work. I was almost dead. I tried every thing I heard of, and a number of doctors, ti11 I didn't get any relief. I couldn't eat, and slept poorly. I believe it I hadn't heard of and taken Cardul I wonlq have died. I bought six bottles, after a neighbor told me 'hat it 414 for her. "I began to eat and sleep, began to gain my strength and am now well pd strong, I haven't had any trou. ble sin . , . I sure can testify to the d ta Cardu did me. I don't thik ler is a better tonio made and I believe it saved py life." For over 40 years, thousands of wo. men have used Cardui successfull, In the treatment of many womanly atmnts. If you suffer as these womon did, take Cardui. It may help you, too. At all druggists. 1 865 might almost be called an embargo bill. In making his statistical 'killing," the Utah Senator had to admit that there is not now enough arsenic in the world to meet the needs of the United States alone. Let the record speak again: Senator Smoot: "Did I under stand the Senator from South Car olina to say that the duty of 2 :ents a pound on arsenic would ,oat the cotton growers $18,000, )00 ?" Senator Smith: "Yes, sir. When the Senator from Utah makes the computation he will find that the duty will cost the farmers the sum indicated. There are 85,000,000 acres in cotton; it takes from four to five pounds to dust an acre of cotton with this poison, and it should be dusted five or six times a year. When the amount is added up it will be found that it will cost the planter 50 cents an acre.)' Shortage Admitted Smoot: "At 2 cents a pound, the cotton growers would have to use 900,000,000 pounds of arsenic to make the cost to them $18,000,000. I do not think the Senator will say that that amount of white arsenic is used in the South. The great est quantity of arsenic that was ever produced in the United States was 12,464,00 pounds, Last year we imported about 2,750,000, and the largest importation that ever camo into the United States in any year was 7,479,000 pounds. So the greatest amount which it has been possible to have in this country in any one year was 20,00,000 pounds." As was immediately noted by Senator Simnomns, of North Caro lina, the Smoot statement indlicat ing a tremendlous shortage of ar senic in the world supply shows that the proposed dluty is not protective, bnt simply a tax on the American far mner and a gift to the smelters of cop Gossip in Washington is that the umissary who turned this pretty littie tariff' trick fo: the copper producers was none other than WVil liam Loeb, famous as private secre batry to Presidlent Roosevelt. Mr. Loeb has been in the employ of the Guggenheims fo some year's. A NEW LINE OF EXTENSION WORK Clemson College, July 23.-The United States Department of Agri zultur- through the Bureau of Farm Economics, has begun a new phase of FExtension work in South Carolina in Lhe form of a project in agricultural 3redlit and insurance, which will pro riote the credlit union among farmers as a, method of obtaining short term personal credit; and mutual fire and livestock insurance as a protection against fire and death of livestock by dlisease or accident. To carry on this work,-Dr. W. H. Mills has been secured as specialist in agricultural 3redit nnd insurance. South Carolina has had a credit union law since 1915 but this law has riot been used, chiefly because it did riot have anyone charged with the luty of promoting the organization >f credit unions and also because it is lefective in several particulars. While there are some twelve or more farmers' mutual fire insurance 30mpanies which have proved through 25 years to be of great benefit because of the low cost of protection they have given, there is room for per haps as many more, thinks Dr. Mills. Insurance fr vestock .-d Cro. TIRES &TUBES As goodenQyoQur automobile as thy were onyourblcyclc -PLOWDEN MOTOR CO. The state now leads the South in the number. of purebred cattle, but very few of these are insured, and of course still fewer high grade cattle. The cost of such insurance is so high as to be practically prohibitive, while in Europe mutual cattle insurance is almost universal and the cost is low. Again, as the expense of raising to bacco and cotton and other crops in creases with the higher cost of .land, labor and fertilizers, it becomes more and more necessary that farmers shall protect themselves against other losses, such as that by hail. Only two mutual livestock companies .and tfo mutual hail companies now exist in the state. To .study the whole sub ject of mutual -insurance and when feasible to organize new companies is the purpose of the Department of Ag riculture in appointing Dr. Mills as special agent for this work. County agents an others, who remember that Dr. Mill was forherly specialist in rural organization, will be glad to know that he comes back into the Extension Service in this new capac ity. He will be stationed at Clemson College and will be available for en gagements through the county agents for much work as indicated above. NEW BETTER-SIRES EMBLEM READY A lidW emblem of improved design for recognition of good uork in im proving live stock is ready for distri bution by the Bureau of Animal In dustry of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture. The certificate, which measures 8 1-2 by 10 1-2 inches resembles a steel engraving and is suitable for framing. A person holding an old emblem and desiring to exchange it for a new one may do so by returning the old one to the Bureau of Animal Indus trv. About 7,800 of the old emblems have been issued to breeders and oth ers working with the department in improving the utility value of farm animals, reducing the number of runts, and in other ways, benefiting the live stock of the country. 'DRY GERMANY' PLANNED Darmstadt, July 24.-(By the As sociated Press.)-The opening guni of a camp~aign for "dry Germany" was fired here today by the "com mittee for the introduction' of pro hibition in Germany." This com mittee is headed by Dr. Strecker, former minister of education for Hesse. It comprises numerous academic, political and labor lead eras andl profesisonal men and wom en from all sections of Germany. It is a self-constituted organiza tion and proposes to pursue a cam paign for the purpose of enlighten ing the German people on the na ture of the Volstead Act, urging the adop~tion of a similar law in Germany. It will arrange "straw votes" in various cities with the object of sounding public sentiment. EDITOR DIES IN WATER Ticonderoga, N. Y., July 24.-Accl dlental drowning, with an athletic heart as a contributory factor, causedl the dleath of William A. Caldwell, general earl yservice edi tor in the New York office of the Associated Press, who was the vic tim of a canoe accident on Lake George near here yesterday. While no autopsy was perfor med the at HHESES PILL ownr~t unanig ,i O BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE G. C. COOPER, Licensed Optometerist EYES Carefully Examined, Glasses Fitted, Broken Lenses Duplicated. Satisfaction Guaranteed. SUMTER. A. C. V10. t r Mile. Suzanne Lenglen, tempera. mental French tennis champion, who quit in her match against Molla Bjursted Mallory. American champion. last year, was avenged last week at London when in the English finals she won over Mrs. Mallory. 6-2. 6-0 An effort is now being made to have Suzanne come to the United States for a third and deciding match. tending physicians, Drs. Sargent and Cummings of this village, and Coroner Breen, decided that in the light of facts some heart attack or fainting spell undoubtedly prevent ed Mr. Caldwell, who was formerly a celebrated athlete and a powerful swimmer, from saving himself when his canoe overturned:. His fot years of athletie activity as oarsman and football player ai Cornell University, acocrding to the physicians, probably caused an af fection of the heart which relaxa tion of training, and lack of his for mer customary exercise aggravated. His body was taken tosight to his home at Hasbrouck Heights, N. J., when 'funeral services will be held Monday. S. C. BANKS TO STAND BY THE COTTON ASSOCIATION Columbia, Jdly 24.-The banks of South Carolina will stand strongly behind the South Carolina Cotton Growers Co-operative Association, in the opinion of Charles L. Cobb, of Rock Hill, president of the South Carolina Bankers' Association, who declared today that in his opinion the formation of the association marked the most forward step that the farm ers of the state have ever taken. "I feel sure that there is not a bank in South Carolina, but that will co operate in every way possible with the association," said Mr. Cobb. "The banks are delighted to aee the farm era putting such business-like methods in the marketing of their crops.. It is a step which we feel they should have taken long ago.. "A very great majority of the banking institutions of the state in dlorsed the movement during the or ganization campaign and assisted in putting the campaign over. They did this only after they had made a through study of the plan a'nd of the operation of the association in other states which functioned last season. "I feel that an exceptionally able boardi of directors has been chosen in this state, one that can cope success fully with any problem which might arise. The war finance corporation has placed its stamp of approval on the organization by approving an ap plication for an advance of $10,000, 000. This shows the confidence that it has in l6. The banks of South Carolina have the same confidence in The Ba Capital Sur plus as T. M. MOUZON. CaMI 44 IT'S ALL RIGHT' TO L OOk. 'ROUNQ - sUT .Bs SUARE! AUOCAq R ~ it, I am sure, and will stand ready to assist it in every way possible. We are all more or less familiar with the results that have been accomplished by the Co-operatives in California. I do not feel that it is too much to ex pect that just as great results will be obtained by the cotton co-operatives." State of 6outh CarolinA, Clarendon County. Court of Common Pleas. Notice of Sale. David Levi as surviving Executor of and Trustee under the last Will and Testament of Moses Levi, deceased, Plaintiff. vs. Kate Madison, Clarence Madison Louis Madison, Julius Madison and Willie Madison, Defendants. Under and by virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas rend ered in above stated action by his Honor Judge John S. Wilson, I, J. E. Gamble Sheriff of Clarendon County, South Carolina, will sell to the high est bidder for cash, at public outcry in front of the Court House door at Manning, S. C., on Monday, the 7th, day of August, 1922, being salesday, within the legal hours for judicial sales, the following described real estate: The Real E Of Good 1 is found in the a bank is willii render. We never swer pose to serve earnestly, couri sistently. First Natio W. C. DAVIS,: A. C. B3RADHA J. T. STUKE3S, nk-of M rid Profits . 1 ( SEPH1 SPROTT, Presidem1 d1er. JAMES M. SP GOO!ythisCgarettean All that tract of land in Clarendon County, South Carolina containing one hundred and one (101) acres, more or less and bounded now or, formerly as follows: North by lands of estate of Gourdin and of R. J.;" Aycock; East by lands of Salinas known as the Eliza Bradford lands; South by lands of Joseph Dingle; atd West by lands of .C. M. Davis known as the Gourdin lands. Purchaser to pay- for papers. J. E. GAMBLE,. Sheriff of-Clarbndon County State of South Carolina, Clarendon County. Court of Common Pleas. Notice of Sale. Julia C. Tindal as Administratrix of the Estate of L. R. Tindal, deceased, Plaintiff, vs. Peter Harvin, Defendant. Under and by virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas rend ered in above stated action by his Honor Judge John S. Wilson, I,- J. E. Gamble, Sheriff of Clarendon Coun ty, South Ca'rolina, will sel' lto the highest bidder for cash, at public out cry in front of the Court House door at Manning, S. C., on Monday, the 7th day of August, 1922, -being salesday within the legal hours for judicial sales, al lthe title and interest of the above named Aefendant in and to the following described real estate: .c 'All that tract of land situate " in Clarendon County, State of South1 Carolina, containing sixty-five (65) acres, more or less, adjoining lands T of L. R. Tindal, of Estate of Annie Walker, of J. A. Way, of Silcox and by the public road from Sumter to Wrights Bluff, being the land. devised by Readus June, Purchaser to pay for papers. 'd. E. GAMBLE, Sheriff of Clarendon County. NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONAL .' ' PROPERTY I will sel to the highest bidder for cash in front of the Court House door at Manning, S.,C., on Monday, Aug. 7th, 1922 at twelve o'clock Noon, the following described personal proper ty: "One Ford Touring Car, which was taken from Charlie Frierson on the night of June 3rd, 1922 for the illegal transportation of alcoholic liquors. J. E. GAMBLE, Sheriff of Clarendon County. vaence Service which rig and able to ve from our pur our customers teously and con nal Dank President. LM, Vice-President. Cashier. e0 anming >0,0 00.00 ROTT, Asst. Cashier,