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Cotton Platform Needed Coitoji Easiness of Sumter Will Be Handicapped LTniess Fa cilities are Provided ? l&e Sumter County Chamber of Commerce is again confronted with i the important duty of taking- the lead; in another matter of vital interest notj ?^niy to the business interests of Sum- j ter. but'one in which thousands of j ^cotton producers in Sumter, Lee and j Ciarendon conuties who sell their cot- ; ton, and do their trading- in Sumter's j stores, and wholesale establishments ' and deposit their hundreds of thou-; sands of dollars either directly from -their own pockets, or indirectly -through Sumter's mercantile estab ? lishments where these cotton growers .spend most of their money are also vvery much interested. * - Harby. & Company, of Sumter, one of the most extensive exporters of cot ton in the Southern States, and If -ge ? buyers of wagon cotton besides, have called- upon the secretary of , Cham ber of Commerce to "get busy" getting the board of directors of the Cham ber of Commerce to "get busy" mak l tag somebody else "get busy" doing something about the inadequate facili ties for handling local cotton. Major A. C. Phelps, general manager for] Harby & Company in his letter to the { ^hamher says in part: "It is now j : the first of June and steps should be taken to immediately have the neces sary facilities for handling the new ?rop. Present facilities are now. congested, and we suggest that you bring this matter to the attention'of the'Bo?rd of Directors and agitate the subject immediately." ^ Secretary Reardon said yesterday that he would appear before the ?Bo4rd of County Commissioners to roorrew"corning .with a committee.qf^ fcusinese ihei: and' cotton growers to ' ~?^~3?aM? .^s?^o^ingf^c^uld J*e*.--diMMH ?ro^^^eCcounty authorities. If'iy [is apparent that the county commis sioners are powerless or unwilling to ; cooperate it is the intention of the of ! fleers of the Chamber of Commerce t to make this proposition a part of the j program of discussion for next Thurs |day evening's mass meeting to dis cuss cooperative financing of a scheme to erect sufficient residence and business establishment buildings to meet the demands of the progres sive city of Sumter. Just exactly what the status regard ing the responsibility for supplying cotton handling facilities* that is pub lic weighing facilities, is not clear to the officers of the Chamber of Com merce until they can secure further light regarding existing laws covering this matter. As public weighing is however compulsory, by State statur tory laws, and inasmuch as the public cotton weighers are elected, controll ed, ?nd supervised by the County Board of Commissioners and the City Council of Sumter, this seems to place o considerable portion of the burden of supplying weighing facilities on the county and city government. That something has to be done very soon, if Sumter is to continue as the largest interior cotton market in South ?Carolina can not be denied. What is the best method of controlling cot ton weighing facilties? Should the Weighing platforms be owned partly or entirely by the county, or should the county lease platforms from the railway companies and the Sumter Cotton Warehouse Company, or some other local cotton warehouse com pany? Is there. any provision by law for the county and city or for either to finance, without special legislation the erection of cotton weighing platforms,, owned jointly by the county, city, rail way companies, or some local cotton warehouse company. Should the matter fail of solution at the hands of the county commission ers then it is plainly a matter.for next Tuesday eyening^s mas smeeting when there will be present merchants, cot ti%nr^:ers,;.cotton, producers, bankers, and other business men. Beauty at the wheel I Ah! how serene she look*: She knows more about motor cars, than'* e're Ijmb writ in She knows about ignition, short circuits and transmission: All about feer engine and her carburetor, and all their hooks ani crooks. She' knows all about her starter; her clutches and her brake: The system that lights her car and blows her horn, her knowl edge takes the cake! And more than that, she knows full well the need. Of ? motor rumining smoothly, when she wants to put on speed! And for that very reason, and she's found the reason true She buys "GREEN FLAG* MOTOR OIL AND NOTHING ELSE, for nothing else will dot You can buy this splendidly superior MOTOR OIL from nny of the following well known and reliable dealers in this county. Be sure and look one of them up, when you "oil up"? 3C ? Claremont Filling Station The National Bank ot South Carolina of Sutnter Capital, ._ Surplus and Profits $200,000.00 207,000.00 The amount or surplus set aside for the protection of Depositors estab lishes this institution, as he strongest bank in this section of this State. YOUR ACCOUNT INVITED V. G. ROW LA NO. r E. HINNANT. ^ v. .jCathlsr t XEILL ODONXELL, -president Cashier A VALUABLE ASSET ; There improbably no greater asset to a young man, than his acquaint ance and friendship with a dependable financial institution and as there is no more opportune time than the present to cultivate that acquaintance, when so many of "Our Boys" are return ing from "Over There", after having driven the Hun to his knees, thereby saving the world and winning honors which they win carry with them to the grave. It means much to a young man to have a checking account on a bank like this. If you have not thought about it, come in and talk it over with us. Capital and Surplus 1250,000.00 The First National Bank SUMTER, S. C. r Surprise Party ?0 j Father Mahoney In Honor of His Eighteenth An niversary as Priest I As a j manifestation of the high j , esteem in which the priesthood is held j ! by a ' Cathloic . congregation and in ? recognition of his accomplishments in 1 Sumter during the past one and ? j half years as pastor of St. Anne-si church, a surprise party was tender- j ed Father Mahoney last evening by the members of this parish, the occa sion marking the eighteenth anniver sary of his ordination. The ladies came prepared to serve refreshments, and .after taking charge of the dining room and china press, they began to hand out little niceties for the inner man. With ? few appropriate remarks, in which he assured the recipient of the love and affection which he is held by his people, aside from the many things accomplished in a material way. a substantial purse was present ed to Father Mahoney by Mr. Neill O'Donnell in behalf of the congrega tion. V Father Mahoney's surprise was evi dent and he feelingly responded to the remarks of Mr. O'Donnell, assuring those present of his desjre at all times, nigiit and- day, to share with them rheir sorrows and adversities as well as their joys and pleasures, both spiritual and temporal. Father- James Quinn of Orangeburg, a close friend . of Father Mahoney, surprised the latter with his presence during the evening, leaving early this morning for one of his missions. The anniversary of Father Mahon ey's ordination occurred last Sunday, June ..1st, and he tried to w p the *4ate from his congregation, but the information leaked out during ^a ser mon by Father Hyland of Charles ton, and then the ladies of. the Altar and Sanctuary society got busy. To a Catholic priest, the. anniversary of hisordination, is similar in many respects to the anniversary of the hap py marriage of man and wife. In taking to himself the Church as his bride, the* priest practically gives up aUi human ties of relationship on earth and makes the vow <?f chastity and obedience to his Bishop, forsak ing all things for God and the spir itual welfare of those under, his charge, sacrificing h;s. life if neces sary in order .to discharge his duties in administering the Sacraments to the dying and needy and enforcing the requirements of his high office as Ambassador of Christ. Policy for Railroads Interstate Commerce Commis sion Would Be Authorized to Regulate Railroads and Wire Systems.. _ . Washington. June .2.?A permanent peace time policy for common car riers engaged in interstate commerce, including railroad. telegraph, tele phone and cable and radio camps, was presented to congres stoday in a bill drafted, by the interstate commerce commission and introduced by Senator Pomerene, Democrat, of Ohio and Rejiresentative Esch, chairman . oh the house interstate commerce com mittee^ Regulation of the carriers by the commission under broad and extended powers is provided in the bill, which is a proposed revision of the interstate commerce act and is said to represent generally, the commission's views on existing transportation problems. .The bill would give the commission sweeping authority over rate service,, extension, security issues and virtual ly physical operations, including traffic priorities, pooling and joint use of physical property. Under the measure the commission would have power to continue the present regional plan of railroad operation and also extend it. to oil pipe lines, express and all interstate wire companies. Among the powers which would be given the commission under the bill are: Regulation and institution of rea sonable rates and charges with pro vision .that labor and other operating costs shall be considered. General supervision of operations, including use. exchange, supply and distribution of trains, cars, locomo tives and other equipment. Authority to establish and enforce rules .regulations and practices, in cluding divisions of rates and joint use pf terminals, dock3, wire ex changes and other facilities. Regulation of new security issues with authority to prohibit interlock ing directorates. Authority to require or prohibit building of new lines, making of leases, consolidations and extensions and abandoning of service. Establish or annulment or priority or preference in transportation un der permits. Regulation of embargoes. The bill provides for cooperation by the interstate commerce commission with State commissions in the form er's investigations and specifically denies power to the federal commis sion over interstate affairs. Paris Has its Own Monte Carlo. J Paris, May 2.?it may not be gen j erally known that Paris has its own , little Monte-Carlo a few miles from i its gates, with a beautiful Casino j where roulette arid other gambling j games may be played, and containing ; :i club (without any intracacics of j election) where baccarat and its like j may be indulged in. Its name is ! Epghien-les-Bains, the baths and min ! eral waters of the little town being of medical value sufficient to cover the i Casino as a necessity for its visitors .j .The dangers of a gambling center |:U th<> very gates of P:iris led the j Chamber of Deputies to vote, in 1S13 I that no casino should be allowed within 60 miles of the capital. Th^ J bill was still befor ? the Senate when j the war besan and Brighton's Casino j became a hospital And is to !rto I brought up Cor discussion agajfl -?o>n? ' jSimday Scho?l ^ $p Convention Opens - I Florence Greets Workers From! All Over the State ??? Florence, June 3.?The forty-second j annual convention of the South Caro-j lina Sunday School Association open-. ed its sessions here at ,9,30 o'clock this | morning: in the auditorium of the1 Central Methodist Church, , with up wards,of 200 .delegates from various portions of the State present. The ses sion was augmented by delegations that arrived throughout the day, until i, tonight there are possibly 500 dele gates present. The visitors were met at the stations by committees and were escorted to the Central. Methodist I church, and from they were sent to their respective homes^nder the per sonal escort of a boy scout. In the absence of President W. E. Willis, the Rev. W. H. P. Pendleton of Sartanburg. presided and Prof. E. O. Excell of Chicago, was' placed in charge of the convention music. Prof. M. P. A. Holine of Dayton, O., who was to speak on "The Philosophy of Man-Making." missed a railroad connection and did not reach here. He will address the convention later. In his absence a practical address was made by Mrs. Mary Foster Dry ner, a prominent Sunday school work er. The Bible half hour was con ducted by Dr. J. S. Dill of Gaffney. The first address of the day was that by Dri Watson B. Duncan of Dil lon, whose subject was "Victory," vic tory being the keynote of the conven tion. This afternoon the program was carried out on time and tonight simultaneous meetings at "both the Central Methodist and the First Bap tist churches are being held. The convention will continue through Thursday. > i j 5 i Counties For Federal Aid Projects Call for Nearly Half Million ???? ? < - .- . * - Columbia. -June 4.?At its monthly meeting in Columbia yesterday the State highway commission received application from 14 counties for'fed eral aid on road. and bridge projects and agreed to recommend the con struction of projects in these counties on which a total of approximately $462,080 of federal money is ultimate ly to be expended. The counties re ceiving federal aid and the total amounts awarded to each of them by the commission yesterday follows: Aiken, $70,000: Saluda, $20,000; York, $14,000; Orangeburg, $70,000; Sumter. $68,000; Pickens, $15,0OQ; Lee, $43,200; Barnwell, $5,000; Chero kee, $25,000; Chester, $43,000; Beau fort, $13,000; Allendale, $20.000; Clar endon. $40,000; Union, $15,000. j Delegations *of good roads enthusi asts from Aiken. Lee, Barnwell. Hampton, Allendale and Spartanburg attended the meeting of the commis sion and advocated projects in which their counties were interested. The commission passed a resolution providing that no wooden bridges arc to. be built, on State road projects without special permission from the commission. .. Philippine Independence Urged by Governor General Harrison Before Committee Washington. June 3.?Independence ior the Philippine Islands was urged by Governor Gen. Harrison today at a joint session of house and senate committees holding hearings on the memorial presented yesterday by the Philippine mission to the United States. "I am glad to go on record and sup port most heartedly the request of the Fhi lippin os that this government grant them their independence,'' Gov ernor Harrison sadi. "They have es tablished a stable government which meets the American requirements in every way." Asked regarding possible exploita tion of the Philippines by -the Jap anese, Governor Harrison said the Japanese question did not loom as large in the islands as in this coun try. "The Japanese do not take kindly to life in the trophies," said he, "and I do not believe .they ever would at tempt' to colonize a tropical country." The committee concluded hearings today. .... Implement Dealers To Hold Convention Representatives of the large farm implement manufacturing companies from all sections of many States in the Union will be.in attendance at the first annual convention of the 'outh Carolina Implement Dealers' Associa tion, which will be held at the Jef ferson Hotel. June 10th and 11th. J. M. Andersqn of the Ruff Hard ware Company, Columbia, is secretary of the association and already has plans in the making for the big con vention, which is expected to be at tended by implement dealers from South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia as well as manufacturing representatives. President A. H. Crews and Secretary J. M. Anderson, aided by F. G. Baldwin of Southern Implement Travelers* Association are Jworking in cooperation to make the I first convention memorable to the dealers. There will be "Dutch Treat" banquet on Tuesday night, June 10th. The meeting will cIoj.l Wednesday night. The following well known manu facturers have promised to attend: j Floyd It." Todd of Deere & Co.: C. S. ! Brantingham and J. T. Jackson of j Emerson Brantingham Co.; George j Raney of the Implement and Vehicle [Association: George R. James, lovingly j called "Deacon" James, of the James J & Graham Wagon Co.. Memphis, j Tenn., and last the great friend of all j dealers. Or. W. E. Taylor, the noted I head of the soil culture department of [ Deere & Co.. and also noted as the ?greatest of all farmers in America. Not to Fly Home Transport Will Bring Read's Craft Back Washington, June 2.?The Ameri can naval seaplane NC-4, which arriv ed at Plymouth, Eng., Saturday, Atlantic flight, will not attempt a non stop or any other kind of a flight back to'the United States. Secretary Daniels said today. The seaplane will be dis sembled and shipped to this country. The secretary of the navy contem plated no attempt at nonstop trans Atlantic flight in the near future as the navy did not desire to make a spectacular showing, was not in any "competition for trans-Atlantic hon ors and did not favor "stunt" flying. Secretary Daniels declared that the navy is content to rest on its laurels for the present and that the NC-4 will be brought back to this country on board the U.. S. S. Aroostook. The crews will return later on board gov ernment vessels. The NC-4 flight was purely in the interest of aerial science, he said. "After we have compiled all of the data gathered during this flight being made confident by our mistakes and reconstructed our planes to conform with the lesson we have learned, it will then be time to begin considering further experiment in trans-Atlantic flying. Until then, we are satisfied," Secretary Daniels added. / Asked if the crew' q. fthe NC boat would go to Paris,. Secretary Daniels said that they would go ..if President Wilson or Admiral Benson sent. for them. Otherwise they will. return to the United States shortly and aviation officials will begin the work of com piling the data obtained and begin a series of experiments m an effp^t . to; place it in effect. Experiments are now being con ducted with the C type of lighter than air flying craft and it' is possible when the next attempt at a trans oceanic flight does eome that one of the. big dirigibles will bemused. - . Messages \ of congratulation to the navy upon {he success of its exploit were received today from King George Of England, the Brazilian minister of marine, General Gugliemotti, in behalf, of the Italian army and the British air ministry. That from King George said: "The king wishes to congratulate his excellency, the American ambassa dor, on the safe arrival of the Amerir can seaplane and ask him if he will convey his congratulations to ? Mr. I Daniels and the. American navy." "Allow me to present to you on be-' half of the Italian army and in my name my most he^arty congratulations for the splendid "performance accom- f plished by the NC-4 in crossing fromj America to Europe/* General Guglie- j motti said. "The successful crossing of the At lantic is first accomplished by the 1 United States, naval flying corps," cabled the Brazilian minister. Europe's Food Supply I Hoover Teils of Preliminary Survey Paris, June 3.?A preliminary sur vey of the import necessities of Eu rope except Russia shows that .he area will need 700,000,000 bushels.of wheat and rye at a minimum.or 850, 000,000 bushels as a possible maxi mum, Herbert C. Hoover, head of the allied relief organization, said in a statement issued today. The export surplus of wheat and rye from the larger exporting countries indicate that the needs of Europe can be met. Mr. Hoover estimates the exporta of the. United States at 470.000,000 bush els. Consumption in the United States has increased to a remarkable degree,! he says. "Through our organization and co-. operation with the various govern- j ments." the statement says, "we have, completed a preliminary survey of the food prospects of Europe and the import necessities, outside Russia for the harvest year beginning August .1, j and the world's.supplies available to meet these needs. We estimate the' total prospective European yield of j wheat and rye outside Russia, as of May 1*. after deducting seed at 1,55.0,- i 000,000 bushels.. This indicates a crop ! of about 77 per cent. of. pre-war. nor- j mal. The pre-war consumption out-1 side of seed was about 2.500,000 j bushels, indicating a . net import of J about 950.000 bushels if consumption were normal next year. The some what diminished populations and the diminished buying power militate against, full normal consumption, but the least possible consumption with j the maintenance of public health we estimate at 2.250.000,000 busheis or an import on a minimum basis of about 700,000,000. bushels." BLshopvile News! Items. Bishopbille, June . .3.?The Bishpp ?ille graded school closed last Friday, after "a very successful term. A class of.fifte.en boys, and girls graduated, reflecting credit on their teachers for the excellent manner in, which they had been trained?the young men in oratory, and the young ladies in music. Our .Methodist church went far be yond her quota in raising our part, of the Centenary fund. They have also installed a handsome pipe organ, which adds greatly to the musical parV of the services. The crops in this section are very j promising. The seasons have been excellent for cultivation, and the crops are in fine condition. The oat and wheat crops have been harvested and the yields are unusually tine. The wheat mill is about completed and ! ready for machinery to be placed. Major Wilkinson of Montgomery, i Alabama, was fortunate in securing! for his bride Miss Mary Cooper, one! of Wisacky's choicest young ladies. She too is to be congratulated on sc-j curing such an excellent companion' for life. May heaven's richest bless-! ing attend them through,their mar ried life. Mr. J. C. Scott is visiting his daugh-1 ter, Mrs. W. W. McCutchen. Gardens generally are very good, j The fruit crops arc light, especially j apple?, i A Sane New Ehgiaad View of South ern Cotton Conditions. / (.Manufacturers Record, Baltimore, Directly contrary to the unjust crit icisms of some New England people and papers against the .South and the effort of this section to. deyelop its diversified agriculture instead of con centrating its farm activities so largely upon cotton, is a recent,'address by Mr. Rufus R. Wilson, Secretary of the National Association of Cotton Manu facturers, representing practically the I entire cotton mill industry of the East, j Mr. Wilson has a very sane . under j standing of the Southern situation, i ana tne spirit of his address delivered I before the Texas Cotton Association is j entirely different from the spirit j>t the statement recently issued by Mr. Durfee. chairman of the Cotton-Buy ing Committee of the New* England Cotton Association. ' We believe that Mr. Wilson, and not Mr. Durfee, rep ] resents the intelligent views of the in i teligent cotton mill men of New Eng land, notwithstanding some of the unjust criticisms which the1 South has to endure from a few papers who think like Mr. Durfee. After discussing the labor situation throughout this country, Mr. Wilson said: "This is why low-priced cotton is^fco longer to be looked for or advocated, for jts spells benefit for neither the grower, the shipper nor the spinner. Neither does it seem to us of the North that the present is an oppor tune time to seriously consider, re stricting cotton acreage. We believe, instead, that the grower will most ef fectively serve his own interests, if hereafter he, makes cotton, his . ser vant, not his master. One of your ablest and most, far-seeing publicists declared, not long ago, with careful weighing of his words, that it would be infinitely better-tor the South if it had never raised a hale of cotton. He no doubt meant , that, by permitting it self to become a one-crop section, the South had, fallen into the habit of thinking in terras of cotton, of basing its activities on cotton, and pf raising cotton" primarily for the purpose .of buying foodstuffs from other sections. It is full time that such . a- system should, join the things rejected, be cause they have been weighed ig the balance and found, wanting. JkX'. . "What should take its place.. Adop tion of the balanced, well-considered methods which one of your agricultur al leaders has aptly described as ?safe farming.' By 'safe farming', is meant the planting of _a ?uf$cient acreage .of food and .feed, crqps to sus tain the. family and th8 livestock,, and the remainder to cotton, where, the latter can be grown tp advantage and with profit. Thus the. planter secures a rotation of crbps on the same; land, and by so doing conserves and main tains soil fertility, which, as you Know, is rapidly exhausted'.hy,.plant ing land continuously," to one erop. In other words, -have constant care for the quality of your soil, thus growing larger and better crops on/ fewer acres. Produce on the farms of the South the food, and feed of the- South. Trie man who stakes his all on a single crop is a gambler in futures. The cotton, grower should guard against the disasters, which .are -the penalty of such gambling by'first se curing from his land, the living.Qf him self and family, and then devoting the balance to that wisely equalized pro duction which is the surest guarantee of prosperity. "Indeed, the policy which, \ji %he long run, will assure the largest measure of profit for both grower and spinner is the one wni~h, with due re gard for the increase in consumptive demand that keeps pace with growth in population? will from year to year make reasonably certain a. crop of uni form volume and quality. A bumper crop one -year and a small crop an other means abnormal prices. When it is followed by a bumper crqp, the duct at these abnormal prices faces a demoralizing cancellation of orders or is compelled to fight for business with competitors quick to take advan tage >of the .slump in values, which. ,in I r vitably waits upon an extraordinary i crop. And then the grower, poorly I rewarded for his time and .labor, blames the shipper and the spinner [ because the bottom, so to speak, has fallen out of things. "Let the grower's first thought be not the number of acres he shall or shall not plant to cotton, but the quality of. the. cotton he is to grow-on his land. Let him exercise the utmost care in the selection of seed. Cotton of less than seven-eighths of an inch staple, as you know, is of about the same spinning value as the bulk of the cotton of India and China.. When you raise cotton of. this grade, you place yourself in competition with the inferior product and the. under-paid labor of the Orient. Js it not, there fore, economic folly of the first order to grow cotton in . America ?hat, by reason of its grade and staple, ranks in the markets of the world with the cotton of India and China?" In this statement Mr. Wilson took very , strong ground in regard to'the necessity of diversifying Southern ag riculture and increasing the" produc tion of food supplies. When the South follows the advice given by Mr, Wil son, which is in harmony with the po sition taken for many years by the Manufacturers Record, to produce first of all food and feedstuffs and then make cotton its surplus crop, it ,;cannot raise too much cotton. If cot ton were selling at 50 cents a pound it would be wiser in the long run for the South to raise its own foodstuffs and make cotton its surplus crop than to coucentrate all of its . energy on cotton raising. We are glad to have from one of the officials of the association repre senting the cotton mill industry of New England a statement so directly in harmony with the position of the Manufacturers Record, a statement which is in such sympathetic interest with the Southern grower as that which we have quoted from Mr. Wil son. Atlanta. June 4.?Union telegraph operators employed by the Western Union in Atlanta struck todajy in sympathy with the union telephone operators, who* Wf*nt WV *^llto~'Wnn Ua}r? _. - .. i - bbiia i wirf Md.X spinner who has bought