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MW TIE LBIS?TIBE ?MRTrtCD DEBATE IN SEN ATE ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE MIKAS TJRE. Many of Senator* Favor Sheeard Bill BdlM introduced tu Senate Columbia, a C, January 25.? Tho flrtt tendency to engage In Uprrlted debate took plav ? In the sen? ate early today, when the Sherard resolution, providing for a referen? dum of ehe question of women suf fftasji waa ragweed on the calendar. A motion by Senator Epps of Wil? liame bu/g to strike out the enacting words brourht a number of senators to their feet, many of them clamor sag for as opportunity to debate the Later Mr. Eppe withdrew the lion and tomorrow Immediately third reading bills the question ?f equal suffrage will again be con aUsrsd. Ooaeeneus of opinion Is that a large proportion, possibly a major Hp In Um upper house, are In favor at allowing the question to go before Ike people on Its own merits, although of those advocating the referen s*w not oommlttted to Its sup Part la too general election. are hearing from those " oa the prohibition ques Sanstor Laney of Che? tor i eld brought to the senate three pe Utieos from his constituency, advo? cating aa "air tight" prohibition law. Fae potUlsas wore signed by approxl ia4>lj tee voter?. The Staate was also memorallsed todar by the U. D. C. chapter of Lao oesCer, urging more liberal support of Confederate veterans by pension. The memorial was presented by Senator t>. Reooe Wilhams ?rem Lancaster ooonty. Prominent among blMe introduced Ja the senate today was one by Sen Stuekey of Lee county, providing all State Institutions consult wtth apa ?t?te board of eberMtce and cor tsou jsb, in those consul tat lon?, would aavq easy advisory powere. A bill waa introduced by Senator Oartstanaea of Beaufort yesterday which would relieve the Auduboo so reeSy of the responsibility of making to the goroessr recommendation* as to tfjm apaotatmeot of chief game ^'pTpin. Tha peasant statute roads ?an* the society shall recommend the of the chief ofacer of the so svetety has asked to ho relieved of this Notes, Represntatlve MaoFarlan of Ches taiield county baa Introduced a hill to cancel a Winthrop scholarship held try Vim Anne T*. sail Houser, on the that the family lived in county only a few montttt aad hat the family has moved away 1 A mejsnty unfavorable report ban Been made by the Wave and means ooaamhtee of the house on Repreeen Wive Daniels' prohibition bill which Waclodee from the State alchollc 11 quoin aad wince, except for medicinal purposes. A minority favorable re? port was made. Columbia, Jan. XI.?After consid? erable debate and a decisive vote re fusing to km the measure, the Liles bin providing for 15*0 traveling ex? penses, each, annually for the twen? ty-four circuit judges ef the State wo? passed from second to third reading til the house this morning. At Presen 1 the Judges get a salhry of |*,0eO per annum and have to pay their own ex Tao Bradford bill requiring a mr jerky vote of the people of counties, or other political aub-dlvlalona. In s referendum election before a bond is? sue can bo floated, passed the third reading end waa sent to ths senate. NO LOO* I NO BACK IN BI7MTER, Hear Evtdeetoe CVstandy Besag Pub * Slnrs the long succession of Bumter reports were first published In the lo? cal press there has been no looking back. Sumter evidence continues to a sei in and?better still?those whose reports were first published many years ago. verify all they said .n a most hearty and unmistakable way Bead the experience of Mr. W. Yea don. IT Heyneworth atreet. He says: '1 suffered from dull, nagging backaches, and my kidneys acted too freely. I used Doan's Kidney s Fills for these ailments, and they re? lieved me. toning up my entire ays seen "' (Statement given January 9. toll.) Over four years later, Mr. Yeadon said: "The benem Baaste Kidney Fills gave me has been permanent." Price toe., at all doalera. Don't elm ply ask for a kidney remedy?gel VJoea's kfdSey Fills -?ho same thst Mr. reason has twice publicly rec ommended. Foster-Mil burn Co.. Frese.. Muffel?. N. Y.?Advt Tin* BOLL UK*;VfL MENACE. Mr. Col er Toll.? Hon to ?t Least Min? imize Da nicer. I have just been looking; at a recent? ly corrected government map. which shows the progress of the boll weevil, and realised as never before that this section Is face to face with an Immi? nent danger which la going to mean calamity to the whole State in two or three years unless the most vigorous and Intelligent measures are taken immediately. The map shows that during the past two years the boll weevil has cov? ered about three-fourths of the State of Georgia and during the last sea? son alone It covered In Georgia an area almost as large as our whole State. If It advances as far thisyear aa It advanced last year it will go almost across the State and reach cm. eastern border counties. If it advances half as far as it has advanced the past two years It will reach Chester? field, Darlington, Florence, Williams-' burg and Georgetown counties. If it| continues to advance one-fifth as far each year as it has advanced during the past five years it will enter Horry, Dillon and Marlboro during the fall of 1918. V** Few of the farmers In this section have realised the danger or taken any steps to meet It. They are now mak? ing their plans to put In the biggest possible cotton acreage that present ' conditions will allow. Not many are arranging for larger areas of food crops or planning a rotation to meet boll weevil conditions. I have heard of a few who do not believe that there It any danger. They say that Darlington county along with the upper half of the State Is north of the section where the boll weevil has done serious damage; that the climate here Is cooler and gener? al conditions different from the section in which the boll weevil damage has been severe. To this 1 reply that th,ere has been serious boll weevil damage In Mississippi. Tennessee and Arkan? sas, as far north ae the upper boun? dary of our State, that It has nearly covered the State of Arkansas, the upper half of which le tn the same latitude as North Carolina. Further? more, the boll weevil has always ad? vanced more rapidly parallel to the coast and It has done serious damage throughout the entire belt for mere than 200 miles inland. Only the wen tern corner of South Carolina Is more -sham #00 miles from the sea and this (Darlington) county la loss than sev? enty-five miles from tidewater. The boll weevil likes moisture -and the whole of our State coreeponds in rainfall with the southern sections of 7 Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, where boll weevil damage has been at Its maximum. The minimum tem? peratures of our whole State, except the extreme western corner also cor? respond with the minimum tempera? tures in the worst Infected area. The altitude of our State above the sea level corresponds closely with the State of Alabama, practically all of which has been Infested by the weevil. These facts with reference to rain? fall, temperatures and altitude I have just gotten from a set of government maps. There Is net the slightest ques? tion in my judgment that the boll weevil will cover most of the State of South Carolina In the next two years and that unless we prepare to meet the invasion we will in three or four years be suffering as acutely as cen? tral and southern Alabama now is. A large proportion of the people in a large section of Alabama have been forced to move away and many of those who are still there are in th direst poverty and distress. What are the Immediately neces? sary steps to avert or partially avert the calamity? First and foremost, cut the cotton acreage heuvily this year and substi? tute food and soil improvement crops. Arrange to cut the total cotton crop down to GO per cent, of the total acre? age next year. Every acre In the State not seeded to grain should be covered next fall with a cover crop?rye on the poorer soils and In the lower half of the State and crimson clover and vetch In the Piedmont. Seed of the very earliest varieties of large boll cotton should be im? mediately obtained In sufficient quan? tity to raise seed for the entire acrs ago next year. The crop should be planted as early as possible, beginning by March 20 In the lower half of the State. This is especially Important to the western half of the State, which may be heuNi ly .nfested with weevils before next August. Fertilizer containing a high per centago of phosphoric acid (which tends to force early maturity) should be used. Eevery farmer should stock his place as quickly as possible with all the live stock It can profitably carry In order that the food crops may be consumed and the land enriched by the use of manure. Every farmer should run his busl nesn as economically as possible, so as to clear himself of debt and accumu? late a surplus to take him through My folks down South keep telling me: "Be dean and sweet and pure." And I'll bet you I am just about the purest cigarette ever made! Why, the SOVEREIGN factory is dusted every mornjfrig, just like a lady's parlor. That's the sort of home I have. And I've got to make good all the time?in the look of me, and the moke of me. The finest, whitest, cleanest home you ever saw. Only the purest, sweetest, rich? est Virginia and Carolina tobacco enters there. And when I come out, wrapped in the daintiest of white imported paper ?don't you know I am proud to be a SOVEREIGN? **** Yob Folks of the South KNOW good blood! You Folks of the South KNOW good tobacco! Next to good breeding is good dress and good taste?and I have them all. That's my claim to your friendship. I can't say more, except? lamgoaranl^^ ?Buy me IS you don't like me return me to your dealer and get your money back. I have said iL A Southern gentleman is known die wor|d over for keeping his word, and I have given yon mine. Sovereign Cigarettes FOR THE GENTLEMAN OP THE SOUTH the period of readjustment. The raising of truck crops, peanuts, soy beans, velvet beans and live stock should be especially encouraged, and the boll weevil propaganda should be fostered in every possible way by bankers, professional and business man. If this general program is carried out it will result in the rapid enrich? ment of the soils and our farmers can produce even after the weevil reaches us as much or more cotton per acre ! than they are now producing. The added revenues from food crops and live stock will more than make up for any reduction on the cotton crop. The program I am here r"commend? ing is not original, but is approxi? mately what the authorities, govern? ment and State, have been preaching right along. We have adopted this program practically in full in the op? erations of our own farms. We are planting only about one-half of our acreage in cotton, seeding this to rye for winter cover in September and Oc? tober, following our oat crop with peas and our peas with rye cover crop to be turned in for cotton, and plant? ing ninety-day tflvet beans in our corn middles. These produce a large humus crop and from fifteen to thirty bushels per acre of beans?a splendid high protein feed. If an effective program to meet the boll weevil Is to be carried out it will be absolutely necessary to arouse the kaan Interest and cooperation of most of the large farmers, merchants and bankers and to reach through them that large class of our farming popu? lation who depend upon these not only I fOi advances, but also for advice. Spe? cial efforts must be made toward mak? ing all who crop or rent their lands realize that their future revenues ab? solutely depend upon their tenant. changing their crop system at once to meet the menace of the weevil. South Carolina can largely avert the calamity which has brought the cotton States further west to their knees, but it will take the combined intelligence, energy and patriotism of her farmers, merchants and bankcs to do it. D. R, Coker. Hartsvtlle, S. C. At this time of the year during wet days when no plowing can be done, much time can be profitably spent in repairing the broken or damaged bridges on the farm. A had bridge is a menace to the stock and a very great Inconvenience In moving the farm machinery from place to place. Licenses to marry have been issued to Hen McLcod, Tindal, and Miss lOthei MoLood, Pi no wood; Robert Hell and Annie Coulter, Dalsell. Negroes securing licenses were: Marion Mc lOlveen and Maggie Lowell, Mott Hrldge; Charlie Renten and Hattle Renibert, Dalsell; James Itieho and ^lazie Pringle. Horatio. BROKE ARM, POUND PURSE. i Harvin, Jan. 26.?Geo. Legare Har vin broke his right arm yesterday af? ternoon In Manning in cranking hid automobile. While waiting on the train at the depot to return home, he found a purse containing a considerable sum of money which the owner may se? cure after Identification by address ..g his father, Ben. 11. Harvin, Harvin, S. C. Celebrates 3rd Hirthday. Little Miss Rosalind Sineath enter? tained a number of her little friends on Friday afternoon from 4 to C o'clock at her home on East CalhOlM street. Games were played until live o'clock, then the little guests were ushered Into the dining room, where refreshments were served, consisting of hot chocolate, cakes, candy and fruit. The color scheme of orange and white was in evidence every? where. Those present were: Nell and Iva Bell Folsom, Mary and Sara Harwick, Natalie Darr, Ooldic Phelps, Eugene McQrew, Kathleen and William Costin. The occasion was much enjoyed by all. Miss Mat tie M. Strong and -Mr. William Nelson Brown of Sumter were married on Saturday afternoon in th* office of the clerk of court, Mr. Scar? borough oltlciating. There were sev? eral witnesses to the ceremony. CHANGE AT SOUTHERN STATION. H. A. Rpse, agent of the Southern Railway at Sumter has resigned, hts resignation to take effect the first of February, and Joseph A. McClure has been appointed to succeed him as agent. Mr. Rose has been agent for the Southern Railway for a number of years and has filled the office most ac? ceptably, both to the road and to its patrons at Sumter. He resigns to go into the real estate business with Mr. J. R. Clack. Mr. McClure has been an employee of the Southern for sev? eral years and has been operator for some time. He has given good ser? vice in his position and hiB appoint? ment comes as a promotion for faith? ful services rendered. Farmers who intend to plant Irish potatoes for market this year should write the department of agricul? ture, Washington, D. C, and get a copy of Farmers' Rulletin No. 753 on the Commercial Handling, Grad? ing, and Marketing of Potatoes. This bulletin gives information on the best methods of gathering, grad? ing, packing and shipping, and Is well worth a careful stud) by the potato grower. Paris, Jan. 26.?1/ieut. CSeorge Ouy nemer brought down his twenty eighth enemy aeroplane yesterday the i war office announced.