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Mb ward Carlisle, of Spar tJsftsrg. stated la Ihe course of the oa the hill to aboltah tho State that great pc moots fa haar upon him to ladaoa them to to absttsu tho Taa Commission. from cer UaOoubtadly. and it hat taha Baortooh Holmes many to Meaiify the oartala souross ^HS><- www her of tho has come for free tuition In all His position has ataVaaenta to snetara It. atnce ?re the ana) ceeHrlbuts moat ier the support of the Bute :%\ aahmaa la the mate col ismaaji' sal the same footing as In* Inn oeuunoe schools the ra jaaaclal standing this Is the that Mr. Heyt has taken. U - * * - ^ - m. _ *^M^^mami?m ?" - ^ - - - a SS mm>m , ' tsnuon m a nmst ovary oittsen enjar Its bsasnts. hat If H f.aniiltj, then only ' taa Indigent ' reeer** it. This U the paint legislature will ultimately to iecea*. ? .t ' Bodetvetti the feroetou* -head-end-bloody parry has sOug*je*| nfs^ssssn In the Bermudas and CoL Ifeaoo, the asnsstls of peace nt nay t?W. has returned to the privacy' of Swfntar home in Florida, while gdent Wilson la preaching the]] *l of aational preparedness to Offend the country in case of ncsd. to he rallying to of the man wne> talfee oesn and Is not an extremist of the people want neither man on horeeaaeh nor the man would snhaatt to all things rath than strike a Mow in self-Oaf a o o Tho monition factories, of all de the navy yards, and the plante that would be 4mpt9/ anon for supplies to equip . Jersey and navy in th* event of eajftr, are nearly all located in a small Otetsea of country within two nun irW asOes of N*w York, and President %sm*n in his speeches has strand fan aaeassity of having a strong navy asm a reliable army to protect this iorrttoty agalast a foreign foe. If ilia United Kates is going Into the preparedness basin ess on a thorough and wholesale scale there should be pewdjtr mills, ammunition factories, tine und artillery plants at strategic potato tn the Interior of the country en that It would be impossible for an tevedlag army to obtain control of all of them. Thoroughly equipped navy yards fee the construction and re? pair ef warships should be main skmoO where they would be of service m time of war. In time of peace th* limner ef big yards oa ths North At? lantic coast serve their purpose very wall, but in tiros of war might be pnt out of business In short order. FLAMBB KILL CHILD. Sfsssdi Taylor Burned to Death While at Play m Her Home. . Lancaster. Feb. I.?Yesterday after? noon Minnie Taylor, six years or age, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tay lpr of this place, was accldently burn? ed to death in her horn* near tho Lan? caster cotton mills while playing with im* of her playmates clos* to a bias g firs In ths grata. The children were alone In ths room. As It was a very cold day It Is thought that they were probably too near ths firs play lag when ths dress of ths little child ] caught fire, and before any help could arrive to extinguish ths flames she was so badly burned that she died in a short while after ths accident. 8ho was a bright snd attractive little member of Miss B. Poag*s primary class, and was one of ths grade's most popular little workers. Ths low will be felt by th* entire school. Osslning. N. Y., Feb. 4 ? Protesting his Innocence to ths last, Oulseppe Marsnel was electrocuted this morn? ing for th* murder of a Brooklyn po? liceman two years ago. CREAMERY ROUTES ESTABLISH? ED. Cream to bo Shipped to Darlington Next Week?Farmers Advised to Prepare for Coming of Boil Weevil 1 In regard to the establishment or cream routes in Sumter county Dem? onstrator J. F. Williams reported to ths Chamber of Commerce yesterday that farmers of Bethsl neighborhood will start next Monday to ship cream from sixteen cows, and Dr. C. P. Ostsen from fourteen cows to the Darlington creamery. By April the first it Is quits certair that ths cream from ssvsnty-flve cowi will he going to the Darlington cream? ery. Perhaps there will 1 s two routes In operation by mld-summsr. This is a good beginning considering the fact that shipping of cream from ths farm to a creamery Is a nsw thing in this section of the country. As Sumter county farmers, howev? er, are aa a rule, very progressive, it is almost certain that last as soon aa those who are shipping stats, from personal experience, that shipping cream pays, many more will go into this business. The Sumter Chamber of Commerce, demean College, the United states department of agriculture and Demon? strator Williame are doing svsrything possible by concerted action to get aa many farmers to ship cream by early summer aa possible, Ths cream profits are only one feature of profit to the farmer. The skim milk can be u tut red for feeding pigs, calves, and chickens, and the manures from ths cows are worth much In the building up of the lands and la preparing for the coming of1 the cotton boll weevil. The first attempt at" operating a cream routs in South Carolina Was at Clemson college. The first montfe ths farmers brougt In about fifteen/ hun? dred* pounds. .During the same month one year later the amount of {ream sold to .the creamery aggregated nan*!** Mean thousand poundai ?sjsakar twenty may pot meastjre up tofjgey ?*a**Jee* college first year reo*. oraV wit, is It ships only onc-hklf of' that amount of cream per month, at the sad of one year It will mee h that tats county . has made - wrmdarfuj strides towards living at -horns, cut t?srdo?n the cost' of commsrjplal fer? tilisers, and preparing by dhjarajnea tto'n of field crops, and getting away from cotton, for the dreaded cotton bon weevil. ? The fight to organize the farmers and to'educate them to the import? ance of preparing for the boll weevil la the biggest and by far the most im? portant movement the Southern States havs ever Inaugurated. Every kind of organised effort between city and country, between county and county and between States will be needed. The bulk of the work of ths educa? tional campaign will be upon the com? mercial organisations, working In harmony with the Federal and State departments of agriculture, the ag? ricultural colleges and farm demon straf r* Local commercial organisations will be needed to disseminate with ths eld of the local papers, bulletins, and meetings the Information from ex? pert sources. Help a Man Get a Start. Some one has Introduced a bill, ws believe, to sell bonds of the 8tate to provide a loan fund for ths purchase of small farms on long time and low interest. We have read only casually and can have no opinion of the bill, for want of Information; but the general Idea of Helping deserving msn to own their farms appeals strongly to us. No state can attain it's full suture which Is composed largely of tenants. The ten? ant cannot be as useful a man to his State and community as he would be if he owned his horns. A commun ity of small land holders Is the most hoaaelovtng place and the most public spirited la doing the big permanent things than serve as foundations of true progress. South Carolina can do nothing better than help her young men to own their homes. This would entail no sxpense to the State, but would yield a small profit. It must be remembered that full-blooded men of ability and ambition find It harder each year to start for themselves. It is to the best Interest of the State that their ambition be fostered and their energies applied to the develop? ment of their own property.?Manning Herald. This afternoon Health Officer W. J. McKagen received a telegram from F. A. Coward of the State pathologist stating that a dog, whose head had been sent to Dr. Coward for examina? tion, had rabies. The dog was one which bit a small child of Hannah Campbell, a negress who lives on Mr. W. O. Cain's place at Privateer. The des; eras owned by the family and bit the tittle child on Friday. The head was brought to Health Officer Mc? Kagen Saturday night, but too late to get off that day and it was shipped this morning, the answer having been re? ceived this afternoon. SOUTITS HONOR ABOVE PRICE. Will Not Sell Its Soul for a Bale of Cotton, (Prom New York Herald, Jan. 24.) To the Editor of the Herald: 8ome months ago I said through The Herald that the South would not sell its soul for a bale of cotton and that It would put its honor above the price of cotton and not measure the value of human life by the price it could get for its cotton. These state? ments are as true now as then, and Senator Williams in his masterly pre? sentation of the true position of the South has done this section a mag? nificent service. He voices the true spirit of the real South, the South whose honor is above price and not that element of the South which puts a money value upon Its honor and its relation to world affairs. Of all the sad Illustrations of the spirit of those who would sell the South's soul for money and betray this land, there has never been a sad? der one than that of those who meas? ure the relations of this country to world affairs in terms of the price of cotton. Not international justice, not our responsibility to aid those who are fighting the world's battle for civ? ilisation and democracy, not the mur? der of women on ths high seas, but cotton, cotton, cotton, is the standard of honor and the basis on which they wou\d disgrace the South in the eyes of all men of Integrity and honor through all the world and through all the ages to come. They do not voice the sentiment or the honor of the South. Richard H. Edmunds. Editor Mam facturers Record. The Outlook for Cotton. South Carolina cotton growers may well take note of the earnest campaign which is being waged in Texas and other states of the Southwest against too much cotton in 1916. The presi? dent of the Texas Farmers' Union* Is quoted as Insisting that the acreage reduction ought by all means to be as much aa 50 per cent, of that planted In 1915. The Texaa State department of agriculture warns, the farmers, that ''the price of cotton will go to( the lowest figures ever known next; f all'.V unless the acreage is kept down1 .and the yield held below normal. . This seems to be the general con? viction of those who have studied the matter In the cotton States oi the Southwest, and they are deeply anx? ious that tho furmers shall not *>c en? couraged by reason of tho prices which last year's crop has brought to plant a larger crop in 1916. "We have few ships in which cotton can now be sent abroad," points out the Memphis Commercial-Appeal. , "Next fall we may not have so many." "Even If the war should have ended," says. the Galveston News, "a normal crop of cotton next season would probably de? press the price to an unremunerative level. There will be a heavy surplus of this season's crop carried over into next season; and aa has been said be? fore, It Is not so much the world's nsed of cotton as its ability to buy that will determine Its takings." The Galveston News calls attention also to another phase of the situation which should not be overlooked, namely, the fact that last season's crop was grown under unfavorable conditions which are not likely to be repeated this year. "First, there was drought, then there was a series of storms that did measurable damage, and Anally, the boll weevil was more prevalent last year man usual. If it had not been tor these interventions of nature, the cotton crop, despite { the reduction of acreage, might have been so much above requirements as to bring the price down below the cost of production." These observa? tions relate, of course, to the condi? tions which obtanled last year in Tex and the Southwest. It is to be re i^emberM that the Texas crop in 1916 was over a million bales short while the Oklahoma crop was only about half that which was grown the year before. This is the way the people of Texas and the Mississippi Valley feel about the cotton outlook. How do the facts cited Impress cotton growers In South Carolina. If the Southwest, where cotton can be grown without fertilizer, Is so much afraid of a big crop In 1916, what should be the attitude of the people of South Carolina, where It Is Impossible to make cotton with? out fertilizer, which has so advanced in price that the expense of raising a bale of cotton this year Is bound to be considerably In excess of what It was in 1916??News and Courier. Marriage License Record. A license to marry has been Issued to Rlley V. Jackson and Miss Mary A. Jackson. Licenses to colored couples are: Fred Evans and Carrie Winn, Wedgefleld; Joe Wilder and 'el Miller, Sumter; Till man Brown Sum ter, and Fannie Hill, Cha I ley Lewis and Mary I). rj Willie Gardner and R< < ?r Stateburg; Andrew Du) ? Om o and Lucllo James, Sumt< Copyright NM by R. J. Ray MW Tobacco Co. If? eaay to change the shape ?ad color of unsalable brands to imitate the Prince Albert tidy rod tin, but it it impossible to imitate the flavor of Prince Albert tobacco 1 The patented nrocoM protects thatl _ Prince Albert fits vour taste! Meets the fondest wishes of any man who likes to smoke because it has the ri?ht flavor and aroma and coolness. It's the most cheer* nil tobacco you ever did pack in a jimmy pipe or roll into a ciga? rette. And it's So good you just feel you never can get enough. 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Charlottesville, Va., Feb. 6.?Dr. Richard H. Whitehead, dean of tho medical department of the University of Virginia, died hero today from pneumonia. He was born at Salisbury! N. C, in 180?", und was educated at Wake Forest College, the University of Virginia and the University of Pennsylvania. Before coming 10 Vir ginia ten yelars ago he was dean of the medical faculty at the University of North Carolina. Marriage License Record. A license to marry has been granted to Willie Cabbagestalk and Daisy Sar? gent, Providence. % WOOD'S Prosperity Seeds. With bright prospects a head for good prices on Veg? etable and all Farm products, our farmers should feel en? couraged to plant improved varieties of seeds, so as to in? crease their crops* WOOD'S VEGETABLE SEEDS, long known for their supe? rior quality and productive? ness, nave greatly increased in demand and popularity WOOD'S GRASS, CLOVER and FARM SEEDS are of tested ger? mination and superior quali? ties. Write for prices. WOOD'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOG gives valuable information about all Seeds for the Farm and Garden. Mailed free on request. t.w.wood & sons, SEEDSMEN, - Richmond, Va. Tax Return Notice I will attend in person or by deputy at the following named places, and on the dates mentioned, for the purpose of receiving tax returns, on all per? sonal property, polls, roads, and dogs: Tlndal, Tuesday, January 4. Privateer, Wednesday, January 5. Levl Siding, Thursday, January 6. Wedgefleld, Friday, January 7. Claremont, Monday, January 10. Hagood, Tuesday, January 11. Rembert, Wednesday, January 12. Dalzell, Thursday, January 13. Brogdon, Friday, January 14. May es vi lie, Monday, January 17. Oswego, Tuesday, January 18. Pleasant Grove, Wednesday, Janu? ary 19. Shiloh, Thursday, January 20. Norwood's Cross Roads, Friday, January 21. My office will bo open for the pur? pose of receiving tax returns from January 1st, 1916 to February 20th, 1916, Inclusive. R. E. 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