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Wheat Guarantee Debate Stevenson Takes Part in Con gress Discussion?Cotton Seed Losses. Washington. March 3.?One of the important bills which has been under 'discussion here for several days was that enabling the president to carry \ put the price guarantee made to producers of wheat, and protect ' tho aUnited States against undue enhance ment of its liabilities. South Caro linians will read with interest the fol lowing1 remarks made on this subject by Congressman Stevenson of South Carolin*: "I am somewhat in sympathy with the purpose of the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Moore) in so far as protection to the consumer is con cerned. I had an idea that he was to be protected under the licensing or supervising system provided in the ? bill; but 1 want to talk just a min ute about some of those who have not had any protection, and I am a little curious to know why they did not put some provision in the bill for the protection of some more of the - farmers. 'The statement has been made broadcast; a,nd a great deal has beeri /made out of it, that nobody's price was fixed except the wheat man's prcie. The misstatement amounts to this, that nobody*:; price was fixed and guaranteed except - tho wheat man's; and 1 want to say to you that there is a large class of farmers the price of whose goods has been fixed but was n?>t guaranteed, and they are tied ui> tight today and have lost over 1100,000,000. Take the matter of 4he cotton seed of the fanners of tin South?about 5,000,000 tons. It was selling at a ton. They came along and said that they must fix the price of that to prevent exorbitant charges, and they reduced the price to $69 ;i ton, making a deduction at one lick fr?m the market price of $70,000,000. They fixed it at that, and let it run along for a while, until some of the middlemen and some of the farmers had considerable stocks and seed on hand which they had obtained at the price fixed by the government, and then they reduced it another dollar a ton. They did not guarantee thai anybody could sell it at that. That took $C.000.000 more. Then they took the linters and reduced the price 3 cents a pound?tho linters that were to be taken by the government for the manufacture of explosives. By that reduction they caused the farm ers of the South a loss of $22.000,000, but they made no guaranty about taking care of the loss That we sus tained there. They went ahead then, and, as soon as the armistice is sign ed they cancel al! of the contracts for linters and render them lifeless, s<> that the farmers can get only a cent a pound for them now. That cost us another niggardly $16.000."00 as a result of price fixing without a guar anty attached. . That makes $112. 000,000 that they fixed for us, but they did not guarantee us against loss. I sympathize with the gentle man over there who wants to bo guaranteed against los? on the flour that we arc going to buy from those fellows Who had a quaranty out West. You must remember that cotton seed, after it is eruslu?! and put iuLo the mill, is sold back to the farmer for fertilizer; and they said, 'If you take that seed home and keep it over 60 days you will be guilty of hoarding,' and they indicted some people in my county for hoarding cot. n seed, so we had to let it go until the mills v?re hPvked. and they have not bought a pound of seed since the 1st of December: and where are we? 'They immediately raised the price of the cottonseed meal. Hav ing reduced the price of the cotton seed $14 a ton, they raised the price of the meal $7 a ton, and thereby they hit the farmers of the South for SI5,750,000 more on the price of cot tonseed meal, but did not get any guaranty, or relief, or protection [either out of the consumer or out of I the producer. That is one item I I have been sometimes desirous of let I ting somebody find out?that price ; fixing was not confined to the wheat i producers of the "West alone; that the I price fixing and the guaranty was ! confined' to them, and that they are j the fellows who are on top. Now. : I think it is a good time to put in j something here to protect the con I sumer, because we have all got to I buy wheat, especially the Southern 'farmer, who has been hit $127,000, i 000 by price fixing without rt gtiar ! anty. "Mr. Baer?Under what adminis j tration was thai.? j "Mr. Ayres?Out in my State all I last fall they claimed that the. South ; was in the saddle and fixed the price j of wheat and they did not fix the j price of cotton. i "Mr. Stevens? i?Yes: and the} ' elected a Republican house on that plea, ana now are going lo get $1, 1000,000,000 as a result of the action ?about which they howled, while the j Southern farmer gets it in the neck, j ! am standing to the government j fixing the price of wheat and carrying lout her contract: T had a letter from [a member of a bond house in Xew ; York last week in which he said: ?''7)o you know 2" p"r cent of :he i next .^ale of Liberty bonds is going [ to be used to pay a bonus to the Western farmer <>n wheat? j "I wrote back and said: ' " l do know it: bul who is goinp ! to buy United States bonds if tie [TTnited States begins Lo repudiate her j contracts with the fanners?*' j Fund For the \ Purchase of Wheat _? Conference Report Adopted on Measure Appropriating One Billion Dollars for Purpose. ... : Washington. March :t.?The admiu ! istration wheal guarantee bill was [completed tonight with adoption of j the conference report by the house and is now ready for President Wil ; son's signature. The measure appropriates $1.00.0,, 1000,000 as ;t revolving fund for the ?'purchase of wheat at;d authorises I th?- president to create .-in agren-ey. or ! agencies, for purchase of the i'1''-' j crop at the guaranteed price of $2.2S !a bushel and to repose in the agencj ; or agencies the authorit> to control jail commerce in wheat and wheat prod nets. An amendment offered by senators from the cotton Stales reducing th< I number of grades of cotton deliver able on future contracts from 20 to 110, was retained in the bill. Bisorder in Berlin I CopfMihMfcon. March 4.-?Crowds j forced their way into the police sta tions in P.erlin Monday night, disarm ed the policemen and em the io!c j phone wires, according t.. a Berlin telegram. Don't you think this is nice cape I weather? Pdpr lot of pretty ones at [the Sumter Dry Goods Go. Riding a Cultivator Under a Sizzling Sun is no soft job. You can make the day's work easier by using the cultivator shown here because jus! an easy, swaying motion of the body swings the seal to either side and guides the ?ang. It is easy for a boy to operate the Avery "Joy Ri 99 r being set Sldel to give the desired* depth of cultivation need not be touched, making it cayy when turning. Standards can, be tilted so sweeps clean the Led. Tii<* distance Between gangs is changed wUnoui stopping J ^- Seels c i ati be (in* team, and s?-t as close t ether as 40 inches o:* as far apart as 48 inches. Come in an:I let us show you this ciiUtvator and (ell you the rest ?>f the story. DuRANT HARDWAR E CO., scmter, s. e. Crimes of Bulgars Massacre of Serbians During the War Now Worry Bulgar ians*. Saloniki, Jan. 9.?Correspondence of the Associated Press.?The Bulga rian government and people are much concerned because of the large number of reported massacres . or* ! Serbians and others by Bulgarians j during the war, now that they have I been brought lace to face with the i facts. i Premier Theodoroff declared that j many of the reportts were ?mnfortu | nately" true but a> greater number j were untrue. He expressed the be I lief thai America and England would j weigh the evidence for each side, and then give an impartial verdict. He [called attention to the report of the j Carnegie Foundation in 1913 which, j ho said, found that atrocities had been committed by all the Balkan States, but that the heaviest part could not be laid at the door of Bul garia. I Extra Session Talk !Establishment of Cotton Reserve Bank Advocated. Columbia, March -1.?Will the gen I eral assembly of South Carolina' be ?called into extra session by Governor ; Cooper for tin- purpose of passing j legislation looking lo the establish - j nicht of a cotton reserve bank and ! looking to the construction of a (system of permanent highways? Tin j question is being very much diseuss ' ed in Columbia now ami there a.e j many people who think that if will. .]. Skottowe Wafiuamaker. presi dent of tin- South Carolina Cotton I Association, addressed the genera! as [sembly last Wednesday night urging the establishment of a state cotton j bank for the relief of the cotton farm : ers. it was then too late in the ses j siou for any sue]; legislation to be considered. Sine.- rhe adjournment j of the session there has: been eonsid jerable talk lo the effeei that an extra session might he called for the pur loose of passing the legislation. ; Concerning the question of grind iroads Governor Cooper, along with i poople all ovi-r the State, is known |ti? fee! very keenly the failure of the ?general assembly .to pass legislation {looking to the lining of the State i **oUt of the mud'* and also saving for jthe state the federal fund to which iit is entitled. 1! is generally conced ed that if an extra session is <-alled. I good roads legislation will be in j eluded in the call. j Governor Cooper is out of the city i;(fi<l no statement could Ijc secured j from him as To Iiis intentions. The ; impression here, however, is that un I -? ! jess there is a rise in the price ot cot j ton by ne there will be an extra j s ess ion l hat ni out h. j Th.- State '-on vent ton ot" Woodmen of the World will be held at Spar jtanburg March 17, IS and VJ. There [will be approximately l,2?? delegates j in attendance en the mef-ting and they v.'ili reprcirent 43,000 Woodmen. A number of high officials of rim nr i der will attend the meeting. The j Woodmen of the World are very : s-iron? in seme sections of the State, j Attaches of the house of repro isentatives onfl the newspaper men who "cover" the house gave Speaker I Cothran a luncheon Saturday night and presented him with a beautiful ?gold fountain pen. Those present be sides Speaker Cothran were .1, Wilson Gibbex, clerk of the house; W. H MeCaw. assistant clerk: A. E. Hutch inson, reading clerk: J. S. Wilson, is'-rceant at arms: W. D. Barnett. j journal clerk: John A. Kammer, gen ' eral desk assistant: A. M. Carpenter j of the Greenville Piedmont: J. I. ; T<oon. of The State: n. C. Pook^r of the Columbia News Bureau and Wyatl A. Taylor of The Columbia Record. Considerable mystery surrounds the death of Austin Calder. of fcatta. the soldier who was killed on the tracks of the Atlantic Coast Pine near .lames Crossing, thirteen miles from Columbia some time- Saturday night Calder left camp Friday night and was away without permission. There j ;s no evidence of . foul play to be j found although suicide has been ad vanced as a theory for his death. A j board of officers is to be called to i make an investigation and report to I the wa - department the cause of }>is Ideath if i> can be ascertained, j Governor Cooper is in Washington I attending the conference of govern !"ors ami mayors on the labor prob lem. Mayor Blalook of Columbia is salso in attendance on the conference.! j The South Carolina mtercollegiafe j ! Athletic Association at a meeting held i in Greenwood km: Friday decided {.-that las' year's football should be thrown out as far as it concerns the eligibility of players. ft was decided] .that in any ease wln-re a student] ? vvns declared ineligible before the w ??? i i Iiis status is now the same, 1 >r. W. | IM. Flings president of Clemson. was;' I elected president of the association, j Washington. Mar.-h ?Efforts to! secure senate consideration of Seere.-j jtary thane's !.:!! proposing reclamation ! ??!' swamp and other waste lands for i alldt rin^nts distinguished soldiers j and sailors was abandoned fate to-. daj b\ adtiimislratKiii leaders. They, aid :!ef<- was little probability tie-,' : an?axui'e could be enacted before eon j gross adjourns. Berlin. Mondu y. March ::.-l.v the! \ssoeiateil Press. Tin- nations:! Spar-] taci;s !?:??.":?? :.m-J RTe:iter Berlin COlU 1 oiunist organizations issued an ap- 1 Pf*nl for .in immediate general strike] and overthrow of the.national :j sem bly of the presenl republic. i _ i Washington. March Pre ider.H Wilson has acted on recommendations I I''"' the commutation) or pardon in; about iifr\ eases of persons convicted.. under Lhe espionage act, wherv no in tent t.? violate the law was shown, or where the soh.tenc'-s are regarded as excessive. The names of LhOSC j granted clemency will be announced Intel- by the department of justice, which made the recommendations! for executive' cieniency. ] HOME <-AHDENS TO SUPPLY HOME TABIjES. V. s. Department of Agriculture Of fcvH Good Advice. The eagerness with which German soldiers dropped their rifles, cried ("Kamerad!" and called for soup; the wails of hunger from the former em pire of the ex-kaiser; wails of the j same sort from Russia and elsewhere j?these and other ir. tnces indicate I the part that food had in forcing an j end to the fighting and victory for the allies and the "United States. American fanners have won un j stinted praise for the way in which I they increased their production; I home gardeners in city and country j now are coming in for compliments I of the sma'e character. The farmers j were the heavy artillery of America's j food army, but the home gardeners i were the auxiliary troops?delivering ?lighter individual blows, perhaps, but in total a hu.ae assault?and to the {home gardener is given credit for a i definite part in throwing the food j balance in favor of the forces of free idom. j The home garden specialists of the ; United Stales department of agricul ture would be far from claiming that [the home g.-irdens of America, num } erous and productive as they were, j "won the war." But they do believe j that the home gardens supplied veg etables that decreased the demonds [on meat; and wheat and other staples. | produced food :it home without call j ing on the railroads to carry it, saved [many n dollar that went into Thrift . Stamps .and Liberty Bonds, and in 'such ways contributed beyond doubt ;to tho strength of America mobilized. In tyi9 the nerd for food is chang ! ed from that of bist year, but it is j just as great. There will be fewer [American soldiers overseas to supply I-.with food, but there will be more [hungry civilians of other nations. Tho f railroads will siili be overburdened i and will have no more space than | necessary for transporting food. The [State .the county, or the town that j feeds itself will be contributing to ? the.- essentials for reeohsti. tibn ("over there" and readjusimeot :ii I horne. The hoio?' that feeds Itself, a: i le::.-;t partially, will be helping the na jtipn as well as itself, j Every American home will? u suit (able plot 01* ground will find it advari ! tageous to help feed itself by a gar : den. -The garden will reduce food 1 bills; insure rim freshness and quality of the family's vegetable supply, fur ; nish healthful exercise and give ar insight into the workings of nature \ 1: will he converting amused land nnd !spare time into food. ; Tile department of agriculture ha: made readyi to give help to boon [gardeners ahd carry out the sam< I slogan as last year, "A productive j home garden on every farm and : I backyard garden for everj village I town and city home." It will worl I in direct cooperation with the exten ?tension forces of the State agricultu i nil colleges, one of the most exten i sive organisations of this charactei j ev?-r formed in the world. The hor : tleulturlsts of the department. hav< the campaign in charge, noting foi i both the bureau of plant industry an? i the States relations service, fn most Stales are home-garden specialist! j representing the extension service ol [the state colleges and the depart ment, and in addition the 2.500 coun I ty agricultural agents and the 1,700 ?home demonstration agents in th< 1 United states will give, active aid as a ; part, of their duties in encouraging I food production and conservation. ; State and local organizations will ro jceive the active aid of the Federal j ngeney. and boys' and girls' agricul tural clubs in all States will enlist n ;buge army for productive work, i The sr.'jrdcning information to be j supplied the public by The depart ! menl of agriculture and the cooper i ating organinztions represents the ! best though resulting from years of ) careful investigations by the horti i cultural specialists employed by the j government for this purpose, and who are responsible to the govern ment, for the reliability of their con elusions. The dopanment of agricul ! are, the State agricultural eolleges. hind the bureau of education ("which I is enlisting the interest of teachers a:nd school Children in gardening") are j the only official sources of loiforma j tion on this subject, j The department is supplying in formation to newspapers for publica II ion. It also has ready for distribu tion three important bulletins. They will be sent free of charge to all Americans wie? ask for them. They are: Farmers' Bulletin 034, "Home Clar-j denitig in the S?>uth;" Farmers Bul letin '.?:!?!. "The City and Suburban Vegetable Harden"; Farmers' Bulle tin 927, ' Tin- Farm Garden in the N'orth." J I ted Cross Pledge. When the li :t <>r unpaid lied Gross! pledges was published several weeks! ago the name of .Mrs. .fames F. _e r.oir was included. Mrs. Lcnoir was ill :il lie- time and the faet that her j name was printed in the unpaid iisl | was not called to her attention until j :i few days ago. sin- asks that the j statement he made thai her pledge! w.is paid in full, for which she holds! .! receipt. thai tin- inclusion ofj her name in tin- list id' unpaid j pledges w.is a mistake. An ::? roplane on ??; practice flight from Gamp .Tackson was forced to descend near Tuomo\ Station ?.'-n-j t\uy .-1 : t ?? .?< -n. The niach-ino landed j in :i field, wifliott! injury lo the pilot,] Lieut. G'int.weli, but the majchinej was damaged, fiepair parts were or-j dured iron; Gamp .liickson and when j the machine has been overhauled it j vv;? vi l uril to <-:\ n:p. _ j A Ford ear driven hy^ Joe Hogan crashed into another Ford th.?t was! standing on Wesi Liberty street last night, ftoth cars were wrecked, ?in<i ;i young men who was cranking} the standing car was seriously in-j| jured. Bought Your (^apc Yrt;? If not. gel to the Surnter Dry j j Goods Co. as early ;ts possible. They j i:ive just received a big shipment of h pretty cnas.?Advt. 1 Discharged Soldiers! insurance! Soldiers who have been discharged '.are now wondering what they should {do with the insurance they held in tho service. For their information i and guidance in this matter, the fol- j lowing data has been secured from the Camp Insurance Officer. Camp Jackson. S. C. The facts set forth are condensed. If any additional in-j formation is desired, it may be secur j ed by writing the Camp Insurance ; 'Officer, Camp Jackson, S. C. The pqlicy now held by all soldier* j is "term"' insurance. Checks for j j premiums should be made payable to j .the Treasurer of the United States land should be mailed to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. Washington H). C. monthly. This form of policj j insures the holder against death and j i total permanent disability.. Insurance may be continued in its present forn j land at present rates nntil five year? i after the signing of the treat> j of peace. This form oT insurance if i cheaper than any other issued by the 'government or commercial life Jnsur ! a nee companies. j At any time after April and within i five years after the signing of the peace treaty, the present policy may j he converted into any of six preferred ;government policies, these are: j The converted ordinary life, carry ing e;ish surrender and lo.-m clauses and insuring its holder against death and ton] permanent disability may be had nt the following rates: Age at An. Premium Age at An. i Conversion $1,000 Conversion $1,000 i-.M i::. v 2 2s 3 -12 22 mis 29 16.89 23 14.52 30 17.3? [24 UM 31 17.S4 ! 25 15.24 32 18.31 20 in. so 33 1S.0O 27 15.5 3 24 10.43 j The twent> payment Life is a policy I on which premiums are paid for 20 [years and the. policy is then paid up I for lifo, ii may be had >t the Col j lowing rates: Age at An. Premium Age at An. Conversion $1.000 Conversion 51,000 [21 ^1.1-1 28 2&SS 21.50 29 2 4.3 2 22 21.85 30 24.81 24 22-.rl 21 i - 2-,. 22.^ ' 3:?. : 23.03 ' 32 26.24 i 27 22.29 24 2- 93 Th'- thirty payment Life is a policy on which premiums are paid for thirty years and rhe policy is then paid for life Too :-:!<os are: Age at An. Premium Age. at An. Conversion $1.000 Conversion $1,000 21 Hi.SO 2S 19.14 22 K.i:: 29 19.61 is 20 19.9C ? i 17 ?. 1 21 2?.44 2'., is.07 22 20.91 2? IS.4 2 3:'. 21.3S _7 1X.7S 24 21. 85 The twenty year endowment is' a policy on which premiums are paid for twenty years at which time the government will pay the holder the face value of the policy. It will cost you: Age at An. Premium Age at An. Conversion $1,000 Conversion $1,000 21 20.10 28 30.45 22 20.10 29 30.37 23 30 22 2 0 39.69 24 30.22 30.81 j 25 20.34 32 30.92 i 2K 39.34 :)", 40.05 27 39.15 34 40.1? j The thirty year endowment is a policy on which premiums are paid for thirty years at which time the government will pay the holder the face value of the policy; It may be had at these rates: Age at An. Premium Age at An. j Conversion $1.000 Conversion $1.000 j 21 24.23 28 25.01 j '-'2 24.45 29 25.16 j [23 24.4-; 20 25.40 i I 24 24.f, 7 31 25.52 1 24.00 22 25.751 26 24.81 23 25.99; 27 21.93 34 26.22! The endowment maturing at age I of 62 is a policy on which prem- j iums are paid until the holder -is *?_> | years of age. at which time the gov ernment will pay the face value ofj the policy. You can get it at: Age at An. Premium Age at An. ! Conversion .$1,000 Conversion $1.000 ; 21 17.48 2S 22.09 ! 22 2S.07 29 22.92 23 18.66 30 23.7* 24 1^.25 31 24.C9 25 1 D.8r> 32 25.75 26 20.53 33 26.82 ?>1 21.26 34 2S.00 AH of these policies have a loan ?alue. cash surrender value, pay di vidends and insure the hol? r against leath and total permanent disability. The premium rates do not increase, t'ou always pay the rate you began ?vhen you converted. Any policy is :om a fourth tc a third cheaper hau it could be bought from com nercial companies. You can get them' vithout new examinations. You can lecrease the amount of insurance at my time, but can never be reinstat ed. It is your best protection against he -'flu" and other diseases and se ?ious accidents. Remember, Uncle Sam is staying n the insurance business "for you be ?a use. of what you did for hfm. For your sake?for the sake of ?our futUn?for the sake of those you eve?hold on to I'ncle Sam's insur ance. ? 1 COUNTY HEALTH SURVEY. Previously published from col ored citizens.$456.20; County Board Education .. 250.00 White citizens.1,026.35[ Now collections: 7. Collected bj S. A. Marvin from-. Privateer township: A. Nettles. 7.3d Jesse Geddings .. .-. 2.00 Mrs. Augusta Jackson. 5.00J Mrs. Tom. Jackson , . . . 5.00 J. M. Jackson. .. 10.00;. Richard Jackson. 5.00 \\. L. Jackson. 5.00 Mrs. Frank Branson, Saunter 1.25 Joe Pope. .50 Miss Cornelia McLaurin. 1.00> Ci;'li Brown, Privateer .. 1.25 From white citizens .$1,069.83. Colored citizens. 456.20 County Board Education . . 25?.?0 Total.$1,776.05 Sumter County Will Have Two Rural Visiting Nurses. . D. T. Pankin. held director, and I C. . F. Filby. sanitary engineer are \ kept very busy responding to calls ! from the pe-opje of the rural districts, j for advice about installation of sew age disposal piants, fly'proof sanit?r?' closets, and other sanitary imprdve [ mentis! In fact the rura? citizens are j rapidly awakening to the value of j the health survey, and are using the I sanitary experts. The Homo Pern jonstration department, the lied Cross Home Service, the rural.school teach ers and trustees; and the Chamber of Commerce are working splendidly! j with the health survey experts, and this cooperation is creating addition la! interest in health improvement ini ' the rural districts. The health sur vey has not really begtm its system jatic house to house work, but much? splendid work with beneficial results i has been put in. The State, board of j health lias arranged for a couple of additional experienced health survey : inspectors, and for a , trained rural jvisiting nurse for the white schools, land a medical doctor and nurse to j look after the colored schools and j homes. Sumter county will have two i rural visiting nurses under this plan, j The fact that 150 Concord citizens j turned out last Thursday night for j the health meeting, and that the : Chamber of Commerce is being asked to arrange other meetings in the country districts, and that the home" demonstration agent. Miss Alice Mar tin is receiving cordial responses fpr cooperation in the combination health and homo- sanitation meetings ar ranged by her with the health sur vey experts, shows that the people of the rural districts really want and are poing to use the health survey and the visting nurses for all they can get out of them. The outlook1 for rural cooperation is splendid and very gratifying, and. the health sur vey will be appreciated beyond any doubt. Tn the meantime much money is needed. Paris. March 4.?Bavarian' troops opposed to the radical Munich gov ernment are marching on that city, ro'enrrlfnfr to Anrieh illsnatoheH. ?^>?$'^?^*fr-?'i"?^"2"i' ?^g??;' 4? ?I? ^> ?|i ^ ii?^.?1.^ .|i ?> ^ ^ 4. .gi ^ ? <i ?i The National Bank oi South Carolina of Sutntcr CAWTAIi .$ 200.000.00 SURPLUS .175.000 00 RESOURCES .2.000,00f..0rt A hank big enough, strong enough, and liberal enough to take ear* of the legitimate needs of all its custo mers. C.G.ROWLAND. President. mmmi^mmmmmmmmmwmmmmmmmutmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm F E. H1NNANT. Cashier. BANK SP andjyou can BANK 1 The First National Bank SUMTER. S. C.