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COUNT! BOARD MEETING. rf.soij rioNs 01 m si?f< t?pf.\ >ions (iRVMTl??M ll l>in?. of \fw J\1l I?ls4 1 ss i i? ii-inii? <.rm111<?41?|>|m?um*ion Con ? ?TIHl^j IluilllilUC (>f ?W Juki. The County Hoard hehl its regular monthly meeting Tuesday, with nil mem be is present. Only a smelt amount of business was n a be fore the board adjourned to meet again Thursday for their regular an nual meeting. ? After the meeting was tailed to or? der the board took a short rece^ from their regular routine business t.> adopt the following resolutions of re? spect upon the death of the late F. K. Thomas, a former member of the hoard, which had been prepared by Mr. Jno. It Sumter. former clerk to the county board: Whereas. It has pleased Almighty Ood in His Infinite wisdom to remove from the sphere of his earthly use? fulness. Frank Klvsan Thomas, a fellow member of the County Hoard of Commissioners. And Whereas. We realize that by his d??th Sumter County has lost a valuable cltlaen, a faithful and ef? ficient public servant and one who has given to her In years of servV unswerving honesty, a true devotion to her Interest and a loyalty which ever strove to guard her welfare and increase her prosperity. And Whereas. We feel that we have loot a personr.1 friend as well as a wise counselor and co-worker for th" public good) And deploring her loss would weave round his memory the garland of sffectlon whose flowers eannot fade nor wither while we con? tinue to honor Integrity of character and uprightness of dealing In our fellow man. Therefore, be It resolved: < We order that a page of our min- I ate book be Inscribed to his, mem? ory, with the date of h's birth and death and the period of his services as County Commissioner. And that these resolutions be spread upon the pages of our minute book and that a copy thereof be sent to his family and that they bo published In the newspapers of the county. IV M. Pitts. Supervisor, J. I. Drogdon. W. J. Young. E. T. Mims. Commissioners - I Petl-e ii* fn.m J F. Mayer an.1 J , A Dennis for ex-Confederate BWP> ^wiu ...u .uv.id <?l4U gf?uilcd. Mr. Rmlth, of the Parley Jail Com? pany, appeared before the board to gsake a statement concerning im? provements on the present Jail or the building of a new Jail. Mr. Smith advised that a new Jail be erected and stated thut he would confer with architects of his company concerning the cost of erecting such a Jail as Would be needed by the county. His proposition was heard and approved b> the board. I *r\rF. TKAOIKKS TO MFFT. Annual Meeting of \^-><* i.umn to lie m.i.i a Columbia, Maren 13-15. All arrangements are being made for the annuul geSOttai of the state Teachers' Association si Booth Caro? lina, to be held in Columbia Mart h IS, 14. IS. The programs of the differ? ent depi-tnents are being ptopared and will be published wtthin a low weeks An effort Is being ma le to have discussed at these meeting* many questions of interest and practical value to the teachers of ?he State. Quite a number of prominent edu? cators and speaker-, have ilready ac? cepted Invitations to deliver addresses and all who come will lie gives much helpful information es ?vll inspp - stion for their work ? Fifteen hundred teachers 11*13." has been adopted aa the slogan and ?very effort im being mad- to bring to? gether this number. The county hav? ing the largest percentage of its teachers will be announced as the banner at unty. The annual member? ship fee la $1.00 for men and 60c for l.idu* lee* should be sent C. V. Nsuffer. Hennettsvllle Already IhOfS Is a good d? al ..f Interest in the sev? eral counties und there will no doubt be a good i of friendly rivalry be? tween counties The State Hoard of Kdueation has recommended two days holiday for ell teaches with pay and the rail? roads have offered special rates for the meeting. I m I \- I \\\ V UifD. W iHhir.irfofi. .Tin The right of eitles Is Impose lleeaes taxes upon state osjohsess of sgpfoss eompanlec end their SSjl W k I N II nphoM lodof by the gapgosae sonst Ni efewmtng the Sec Is W i of the supn 10.rt of K kfl ?a*, ?hat an osdlaaace t<? that affect In LsaweaWOftk, Kan. was valid The *ourt distinguished this case fro*] those where ||M BU wms tipon inte? state und governmental business MARKETING FARM PRODUCTS. ?pstrsasj subject or Special Report to i ongro* by Socretnr.x of Agrhlll tlUC. Washington, Jan. 7 Systems of marketing farm product! ami the osasend (or them at trade oenten are the subjects of a special report to Congress by the Secretary of Agricul? ture, recently published. The leport was made by special direction of Con? gress in order that Information might be at hand concerning the establish? ment of a dtvtetotl of markets in the Department Of Agriculture. The Sec? ret.iry ipeolflee various Itemi of ser? vice that could be performed by such ai oSsOO, fflth recommendations that they he adopted, if it is created. The l eport covers 391 pages and is crowd? ed with information with regard to the subjects treated. The report treats of the movement of farm products from the farm to POnOtimer through a great variety of channels. The simplest distribution is the direct one of delivery by farm? er to consumer, and next after this is the deliveiy by individual farmers or ass,.nations of farmers to Individual consumers cr associations of consum? ers. In these direct forms of distri? bution, the middleman is eliminated, although of course Intermediate ser? vices are performed either by pro? ducers or by consumers or by both parties. Among the varieties of middle? men concerned in the marketing of farm products ore the traveling huk sters who go from farm to farm gathering eggs, butter, poultry, calves, and other commodities, which they sell to shippers, jobbers, or retail deal? ers. The country merchant Is often the tirst reeeiver of such products us eggs, farm-made butter, poultry, wool, hides, cotton, and sometimes grain and hay. In regions where I grain is the staple product, the ten? dency has been to displace the eoun 1 try merchant by the grain buyer ami ' the local elevator man. Kanners commonly sell through commission merchants and to some extent directly to whoesale dealers and also to retail dealers. The farm? er who employs a trustworthy com? mission merchant who will handle by? products honestly and honorably will get the current prices for them with? in the range of the commission mer? chant's business, but the farmer of? ten tinds himself in the hands of a commissi! n merchant who falsely ro on't? th?*t th*? r>roA u -b.fi ig? ? ? ? :d.t "\ or tl.:it t m y w?re of a grs ? loi - r than,they were n met, or he reports receiving pri< a lower than those a tuafly received b 1 ....a ... pi jets. Worse than this, it is by no means rare that the commission merchant has sold the products and failed to return ist net proceeds. Samples of transactions in which only one middleman lnterv*nes be? tween producer and consume;- include the commission man at large market who receives consignments of live stock from farmers and sells to pack? ers; the factor to whom the planter consigns his rice or cotton and from whom purchases are made by m?h is; the warehousemen who manage the sab- of a Virginia plat ter's tobacc. . The Intervention cf two men be? tween producer and consumer is a common occurrence. Fruits and vege? tables are often marketed through the aid of two middlemen, the city commission dealer nnd i retail Hier ebant. A series of three middlemen may Include li st the local buyer of the shipper; second, the commission dealer or the wholesale men hant; and third, the retail merchant in the ?ale "f fruit by auction, which Is Common in larg.- Oltlei east of the Mississippi River, the Auctioneer is an additional middleman He may sell foi i ommissioti deah-r. to whom the C< aslgnmsnl may have been made by a Country buyei ; and the purchaser at sm h hi auction may be a jobber, who In turn sells to a retail merchant, Five middlemen are thus concerned in such a transaction. ?mions raised in Kentucky are sometimes bought by a local mer? chant atid shipped to LOUlSVillSI here the) maj be pat int.? sacks and eon signed to a New York wholesaler or a commision man who in turn sells to a New York retailer. Kggs and poultry frequently pass through the hands of at least four middlemen. Tin- marketing of clover teed i* an example ol a transfer from one farm? er to another through a number of middlemen. The nrsl middleman may be an Indiana jobber, who consigns to a commission desler in Toledo, ohlo; here the seed may be puren* ased by a merchant and shipped to a wholesale dealer in a distant nty The last middleman in this course of distribution is a country storekeeper or a cltj dealer In igrleultural sup? plos Public market places are est ah iished in a number of cities and towns, ami in these places consumer! may buy sm h articles as fruit, vege lablea dairy products, poultry, am eggs dlreel from farmers as well a from deal era Another institution which aids tin producer to dispose of his crop tl tin public warehouse. Illustration! of this are afforded in tile marketing of tobacco In Virginia ami North Caro? lina, wool from the northern Rocky Mountain States, and to some extent rice in Louisiana ami Texas. The growers or their representatives) with their produce, meet the buyers at these warehouses. While farm products are in tran? sit by rail, there ate certain points at Which the COnSgnor may designate a final destination. The purpose of this practice is to enable the consignor to find the best market for his goods. This is the plan followed in shipping fruits and vegetables by rail from California to the Bast and from Southern States to the North, The Secretary of Agriculture lias much to say concerning associative marketing by farmers, and the eco? nomic advantages are stated in de? tail. "A survey of the systems of marketing farm products clearly dis? covers wh.at the farmers can best do to their advantage. They must as? sociate themselves together for the purpose of assembling theii individual contributions of products, of shipping in carload lots, of obtaining market nOWJ at places to which it is practical to send their products, to sell in a con? siderable number of markets, if not in many markets, and to se? cure the various other economic gains of associative selling." To carry out this suggestion, it is recommended that if Congress es? tablishes a division of markets, a corps of traveling held agents be main? tained to assist farmers to form as? sociations for marketing their pro? ducts. it is also recommended that esti? mates of the prospective supply Of fruits and vegetables, and perhaps other products not now represented in the quantitative estimates of the Department's crop reporting service, be made a short time before hurvest, so that tin- farmer may "have in mind a fairly detinite Idea of the vol? ume of the crop throughout the country in order that he may occupy a place In the market that is fair to himself or, as the case may be, a place in the market that is fair to the 1 consumer. General maiket news service is not recommended. If such service were derived from telegraphic reports, the expense would be enormous. One farmers' marketing association spends $25,000 a year in telegraphing alone and a fruit growers' organization spend i $75,000 for into I, I. proper thai a corp. of uav sling field agent mj] v large coaps lo ? fenls an I rr< sj ondeni - be esi bllshi t for the * Uowing Items of service: To help producers organize for associative marketing; to eXAin inc and remove local dilllcultles in the way of such marketing; to help pro? ducers to find markets; to report the current descriptive condition of cropsy In addition to the work already done by the Department's crop reporting service; to estimate the probable pro? duction of crops a short time before harvesting; to report the beginning and ending of the shipping season; to report the crop movement from pro? ducing point! through "gateways'' to principal markets. Among the subjects whose investi gation Is suggested are the storage of farm products either on the farm or ? where pending their sab-; the bus? iness of commission dealers; the va rloui cost of marketing, properly Itemised, and compared with prices of products at the farm and with con? sumers' prtces; a description of prin? cipal markets and of chief producing regions; and some problems of trans? portation. Some information with regard to foreign markets, it is advised, might be made useful to producers. It Is proposed also to keep an elaborate record of prices of farm products In Which prices at the farm shall be par? alleled by wholesale and retail prices. Among the other recommendations are the maintenance of a list of mar? keting associations and the collection of statistics concerning the business done by them; the investigation of systems of marketing farm products in other countries, with special atten? tion to those features which it may be assumed might be adopted beenficlally in this country. The Secretary of Agriculture closes his recommendations by making one concerning the participation of con? sumers in the solution of marketing problems. "A cheapening of farm? ers' cost of marketing will naturally result in gam to the producer rather than to the consuno r. If the consum? er Is to gain by change! in the costs of distribution, it seems probable that he must do so through cheapening or eliminating costa at his end of the chain of distribution. The consum? ers can cheapen the costs of farm products by co-operative buying and by reducing the expenees of retail and other local distribution. The con? sumer's aspect of the pr oblems of the distribution of farm products is a conspicuous one at the present lime, and problems In distribution thai are concerning the consumer rather than the producer may well be Included within the service of a division of 1 markets." I 1 NEGRO SLAIN; 1 ESCAPED. BELIEVED TO BE MURDERERS OF E, X. HANKINSOV Prisoner Gains Liberty After Being Chained Hand and Foot and Se? cured to Floor. Ridgeland. Jan. 7.?Two negroes be? lieved to be the murderers of E. X. Hanklnaon, the Barnwell county mer? chant who was beaten to death Sat? urday night at his store m ar Black Ville, were apprehended yesterday at Hardeeville, near here. One was kill? ed in resisting arrest. The other was captured, but later escaped. Willie Hubbard, marshal of Hardee? ville, saw the negroes beating a ride on a freight train. He mounted the car on which they were riding and was about to make the arrest when the two negros jumped fr? m the car and ran. Hubbard commanded a halt, and shot to frighten them and when no halt was made he shot above their heads. One of them announced that It would be necessary to kill him in or? der to get him, whereupon Hubbard slo t again and killed one. The other escaped, but was later captured, after a long chase. The town authorities of Hardeeville shackled the prisoner securely, placed a heavy guard around the jail. The prisoner was this morning turned over to the sheriff of Barnwell, who se? curely manacled him hand and foot and fastened him to the floor. Upon going back about oO minutes later the sheriff found that the prisoner had escaped. It is evident that the negro had out Bide help from others of his color. Bloodhounds on the scene failed to take the trail, and it is thought that the prisoner was taken off in a buggy. The negroes at Ha: deville have been much excited since the arrests, but the town is quiet today. The following is a description of the negro who escaped: About 20 years old, height 5 feet 9 inches, coal black, with humps on face, at scar across forehead and a fresh wound on wrist, wearing a dark brown suit with initials on side coat pocket and tan sin >es. Posses are looking for him all over this section and with all roads well guarded it Is hoped that he will soon be apprehended. The sheriff of Barn? well Is still on the job with several deputies. K. OF P. INSTALLATION. Lodge Officers Make Enconr : ami Interesting Addresses. The Knights of Pythias installation and banquet Monday night was one of the most enjoyable functions giv? en by the members ef Game Cock Lodge in many a day. Several of the [Grand Lodge officers were present to add dignity to the occasion and the speeches made by them were full of interest and encouragement to their hearersj The installation ceremonies were conducted by the Orand Chaacellor F. 8. Kvans of Gre< DWOOd and were very solemn and impressive. After the newly elected officers had been install? ed short, but inte;eating talks were made by a number of Knights and were heard by the v? r> large number In attendance upon the exercises. The addresses were very enthusiastic and the members seemed determined to do even more zealous work in the en? suing year than heretofore, work which has in the past made Game Cock Budge the banner lodge of the State. The lodge then adjourned to Charlie's Cafe' where nothing short of a banquet had been prepared for the knights and their friends. Those present were fully capable of enjoy? ing this feature of the occasion as well as those which had preceded it. While supper was in progress Grand Chancellor F. S. Bvans, Grand Pre? late h. k. Osborne, Deputy Grand chancellor J. C. Baskina of Btshop ville were called on by Brother S. H. Edmunds, who presided and acted as toastmaster, for speeches, each of them replying in addessea which were full and straight to the point and which were much enjoyed. 1 >r. Qeo. w Dick, Grand Vice-Chancellor, made the closing address in his usual fe lictoua and humorous vein. So much phased were the knights With the bountiful and delightful feast which "Charlie" had prepared for them that he was called out to make a speech in reply to the congratula? tion! of his friends upon his Buccess In a culinary line. "Charlie" respond? ed In few, bui well chosen words: "Even though a foreigner," he said. "It is |||\ pleasure to set\e the great? est people of the greatest nation In the world." 11ist speech called for tie most liberal applause of the evening Toolc's Karl) Prolific1 Cotton Seed. Yields over 10 per cent lint, Fruits heavily Write for sample and prices G. L. TOOLE, Alken, s. c. =\\\ mm= Can you say that of your financial standing? Paying your hills by Check la not only ilio only sure way to avoid errors, hut it shows > oil to be among those who \alue the preeminence given by a bank account. Open an ac? count with us and bo Happy, The Peoples' Bank. H'lSIM Banking for 1913 THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN BORROWERS AND LENDERS, HUT EXPERTS CREDIT VENICE WITH HAV? ING Tili; FIRST PUBLIC BANK. WE ARE NEITHER THE OLDEST NOR THE YOUNGEST, BUT NONE GIVE BETTER SERVICE. The Farmers' Bank & Tru^l Company. Condensed Statement of The First National Baik of Sumter, Sumter, S, C, December 30, 1912. Resources. Loans & Dis'ts, 457,045 89 Overdrafts, 5.831.75 U. S. Bonds at Par, 25,000 00 Bonds & Stocks, 15,300.00 Furn. & Fixtures, 2,500.00 Real Estate, M53-93 Redemption Fund, 1,250.00 Cash and Due from Banks, Total, 78,897.83 $586,979 40 Liabilities. Capital Stock, S 100,000.00 Surplus and Profits. Circulation, Due to Bauks, Deposits? Total, 112, ?17.13 25,000.00 1,095.23 348,767.04 $586.979 40 Organized in 1887 with a capital of $50,000, since which time it has paid to its stoc holders nearly One Quarter of a Million Dollars in Di vidends. We solicit the accounts of corporations, firms and individuals. Nei O'Donnell, Pres. R. IT. Lee, Vice P^ -, 1. L. McCallum, Cashier. The Bank of Sumter'b Christmas Savings Fund IS AROUSING WillII WFtlt INT* iEST IN THE CITY. WE CONDUCT TIUS SPECIAL DEPARTMENT TO CUL? TIVATE THE SAVING HABIT IN SUMTER-?AND WITH UNEXPECTED SUCCESS. ASK FO/t DETAILS. The Bank of Sumter LAND LIME. We are prepared to furnish this product at prices that will enable every farmer to use it. We have a very low price this year and nothing will do your land more good, especially run down lands, or low and sour land. It is necessary for all leguminous crops such as Alfalfa, clover, vetch, peas. etc. Get our prices in car lots or in smaller quantities. Samples on request. BOOTH-HARBY LIVE STOCK COMPANY, SUMTER, S. C. Frost Proof Cabbage Plants Prices: 1,000 to 1,000 plants at $1.2;. per thousand; 5.000 to 9,000 at |1.00 per thousand; 10,000 at i)0 cents per thousand and special prio's on larger lots Or to those acting ;>s niir agent* We have cheapest express rate, we guarantee count, safe delivery, prompt shipment and satisfaction. Plants grown in open fields and guaranteed Frost Proof. Ws have all varieties. Tho earliest. Early Jersey WakeAetd; next earliest, Large Type Charleston Wakenetd; late varieties, Succession and Late Plat Dutch. Plants now ready for shipment. Cash, mones order or express monej nrder with all orders The Carr-Carlton Company, BOX 17. MEGGETTS, S. C. ??????????????????