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NEW STATE BUILD ING ADVOCATION Recommended State Construct Million Dollar Building to Contain Many Offices Columbia. Doc. 2t>.?An effort will bo made to have the next general as sembly, meeting here January 13, ]>.'<> vide for the erection of a million dol lar building in which can be perma nently housed agricultural and in dustrial exhibits of South Carolina a?d| where offices, bureaus. laboratories other agencies of the Slate govern-; nient now outside the State capitol | building and which have not perma- 1 nent quarters can be placed, a bill j providing for this has been prepared i by the' department of agriculture;] commerce and industries and will be j introduced in the legislature by the | agricultural committees of the two housee. The measure provides that the State sinking fund commission will! lend $1,000,000 to the commission in charge of the construction of the j .' building which is to be paid for-dur-j ing a period of years with adequate interest. The department of agricul ture, commerce and industries is . to pay into the sinking fund commis sion yearly all its surplus funds in excess of the running expenses of the! department and the various depart- \ ments moving into the building arc to j pay the same commission a sum to | equal their present rents until the principal and interest are liquidated. j Commissioner Harris, in his report I to the general assembly, estimates] that the department of agriculture, J commerce and industries can pay an j axnual minimum of $50,000 to the sinking fund commission and that the present rental of State offices ag- I gregates $37,000 paid to various real ty concerns in Columbia. The bill names Governor Cooper, Commissioner JB. Karris, of the de partment of agriculture, commerce and industries; W. Banks Dow, sec retary of State and ex-officio custo dian of the State house and property; J. Roy Pennell. Suite highway engi neer, and Dr. W. W. Long, director of extension work at Clemson College, j and their successors, as the commis- j sion in charge of the proposed build-! ing. At present various offices and de- r partments are housed in buildings in j the city of Columbia, and three of]. them have temporary offices in legis-j ? lative committee rooms in the StateI house, and will have to move when the i general assembly convenes. Those , xhaving their offices in the" city of Co- T lumbia outside the State capitol are , the State bank examiner, chief game j warden. State Board of Health. State . Highway Commission, insurance de-j 3 partment. railroad commissioners. ta\ j. commission and warehouse commis-L sionerr The pension commissioner, j j secretary of the printing committee j , and the budget commission occupy j . legislative committee rooms. In ad- j , dition.> the State Board of HeaHh's-j j laboratories and its bureau of vital! j statistics and the labora tories of the j ^ department of agriculture, commerce i , and industries are housed at the Uni versity of South Carolina, which, ac- j . cording to Commissioner Harris' re- J port, have demanded this space be cause of the growing needs of the in- j stitution. Commissioner Harris suggests inj his report that the building be eon- J structed and that all these agencies and departments and their bureaus be concentrated in it. In' addition, that the extension department "at , Clemson College be. moved to Colum bia, but still remain under the direc tion ot the board of trustees, he rec ommends that various agencies work- ( ing in conjunction with the State be allowed to" have their offices in the proposed building. j, ENGLISH AIRMEN ! FIGHT SAVAGES j - I British Squadron Sent to Upper! Nile Region ._1 I; Cairo, Dec. 31.?An air squadron: is joining in the-punitive expedition against Dinka tribesmen who attacked a British column in the upper Nile re- , gion early this month. CLUB GIRL'S HENS ARK PROFIT MAKERS "I am a poultry club member, and I my records show that this year the net profits from my chickens were j $525.35." This is the report of Val erie Henning, of Panola County. Miss..! who at 16 holds the championship of I her State in poultry club work. She.! with six other Mississippi girls and two chaperones. recently visited j Washington. The five-day trip was j a prize offered by Mississippi bankers and business men to the girl in each district of th* State who made the largest profit in her club work. Miss Henning has been a'member for two years of one of the poultry i clubs supervised by the United Stat'-si Department of Agriculture and the | State colleges. To obtain her si art in club work she borrowed $13.50 from a local i bank. "With this mon^y a pen of] Barred Plymouth Rocks, consisting; of four hens and one cockerel, was "nought. The profits from her eh ich ens last year, her first flock for 1910: consisted of two cockerels and 19! hens. By the use of trap nests and i leg bands, the record as a layer of I each hen had been observed, and ; only the good egg producers were ! kept. From January 1 to October lf> the 19 biddies laid 2.S40 eggs. Miss' Henning sells nearly all of the eggs for hatching purposes: but the birds j she raises, aside from the culls, bring from $15 to $20 a pen. The money this club girl has made through her poultry work is beins used to pay her way through an ag ricultural high school. Louisville. 'Dec. 31.?Republican leaders in Kentucky are grooming Governor Morrow as vice presidential candidate, according to an announce ment made here today. _ I HOLD BOLL WEE VIL CONFERENCE > County Demonstration Agent Williams Arranging Program For Meeting January. 15 I There is going to ho a big and very j important boll weevil conferencey iri Sumter on January 15th. 'County Agent .1. Frank Wilhams is arrang ing for this conference and after con ference with the farm extension di vision of Clemson Coltegre, and the Sumter Chamber of Commerce Mr Williams decided on January 15 th. at 11 o'clock at the county court room *as the day, hour and place. -Among the subjects to be discussed will be: -Agricultural Credit , Under Boll Weevil Conditions. Growing Cotton in spite of tlie "Weevil. Money Crops'Other than Cotton.. Sound Business Farming in this county -for 11)20, etc. The object of this conference is to bring about full and open discussion of those problems that are facing this county during the year 1920 on account of the presence of the boll weevil. Farmers and other business men. sp.-cialists representing the Extension Service of Clemson College and the 1". S. Department of Agriculture, as well as others interested will take ( part in the conference. .' A Mr. Williams is very anxious that! the county court room be packed to its full sealing capacity and in or- | der to advertise this meeting he is j having the Chamber of Comerce pub-i licity department to do its best to let the objects of this conference be widely known, and is also having mailed out several hundred card no tices to farmers, merchants, bankers. | land owners, tenants. and others j about this conference in the hope that j those receiving these cards will assist j in getting delegations from every com- i munity to attend this important con- | ference. Every merchant. farmer, profes- j sional man. manufacturer, and otre-r j business men should interest them- j selves in trying to make this confer- j ence a success by "talking it up and } reminding others <>? the importan.ee j of attending same. During the year! 1920 is the time to get ready to meet' the boll weevil's big 1921 and 1922 1 drive against the prosperity and hap piness of this county, when the wee- i vil will be in full force'and prepared ! K) slaughter-our cotton crop. Diver sification of field crops, planting of I :obaceo. peanuts, velvet beans, wheat: corn, getting ready for the livestock j business by fencing in land and other! necessary means of offense and de- j fen so against the weevils threatened j idversity are among the 1920 plans ^f preparation. This conference wiil I de of immense value in getting t?ie entire county thoroughly organized tnd for organizing by communities. . townships, and by school districts.} Every man in Sumter county is np- j pointed a committee of. one t<> adver- j tise this conference and see that his j leighbors attend. BIG FIRE AT TAMPA Flames on Water Front Fanned i By Stiff Breeze Claim Heavy Toll _ Tampa. Fla., Dec. 30.?Doss which; parly estimates placed at between i $:i50.000 and $500.00?) was caused by a serious water front fire this after- , noon, which fanned a stiff breeze, j destroyed two blocks in the whob-salej district. The lire zone was bordered by the river on the west, by Tampa j street on the south and by Washington | street on the east, by Whiting street! on the south and by Washington j street onNthe north. So fast did the lire spread that fire men nearly were cut off and had toj abandon 1.000 feet of hose. Capt. J. D. Ross was burned about the face and is under a physician's care. Sev eral .other firemen were burned but not so seriously. - The business section of the city was tonight without elec- \ trie lights or power and police werej ready for any eventuality which might j arise because of "the darkness. Thieves j robbed offices in the citizens' Bank j building this afternoon while the fire] was in progress, getting several j purses. The Tribune was preparing tonight i to issue by multigraph as it looked as: if there would be no power until very late hour, if at all. This is the worst j tire in several years and came at the j end of a year marked by losses which j wen- remarkably light. ' The origin of the fire had not been definitely determined late tonight. It was thought, however, that a bay steamer which was getting up steam under a forced draught, paused sparks j to fall on the roof of the Home Line I office. The fire was discovered about! 20 minutes after the boat left. HUN SOCIALISTS PLAN STRIKE! _ To Be a Protest Against High ' Cost of Food _ j Paris. i)ec. si.?Independent Social is: circles in Berlin are carrying on an agitation in favor of a general ? strike as a protest against a new in crease in the cost of f<?od. according] io the Frankfort Gazette. ARREST WOMAN MAN KILLER _ . j Beatrice Vester Held For Mur der in Michigan Mount Siemens, Mich.. Dec. 3L?' Cecil Beatrice Vesp-r, who was locat j ed yesterday by reporters of the <"hi I cago Herald-Examiner was surrend ered to the authorities here this morn ling and was placed in jail on the charge of murdering J. Stanley Brown. BIG BUSINESS YEAR Committee on Statistics of Chamber of Commerce of United States Makes Report Washington. Dec. >:o.?Continued [industrial activity is predicted by the committee on statistics of the cham ber of commerce of the United States in its annual end of the year review of business and crop conditions. Manufacturers. the report said. ! have orders in excess, of their capacity; and in the retail trade there is a feel- i ipg of confidence of the continuation j until another harvest at least of the demand of all classes of commodities, j Farmers are reported unusual I. prosperous because of the high prices of their products. The liberal spend-( ing of the farme rs the review assert-j ed. is the backbone and sustaining! power of the presnt volume of busi-1 rr-ss throughout the country, as they,! are paying mostly cash and are pur-j chasing r-->rc improved farm ma-j ehinery and pure bred live stock than i ever before. Of the general, crop situation, the| report stated that rain did much! damage to unharvest'e'd crops in the j South and in the Southern portion of j some of the Central States, reducing the yield impairing auality. Winter wheat acreage wHlvbe mater-j ially reduced this fall, the report j said, as the farmers believed winter j wheat production at high prices was! over for the present. "Great activity in buying." the com-! mittee added, ''is reported in sections! excepj; where crop failures were ex- j tensive, copper mining is in a poor j state, silver mining is doing* well, oil i production is good." MEXICANS IGNORE AMERICAN N?TE Foreign Office Refuses to Dis-1 / cuss Mazatlan Case Mexico City. Dec. 31.?Foreign of-1 fice officials declare they have noth- | ing to make public regarding the two American sailors under arrest at j Mazatlan. It is understood the sail- j ors have the freedom of Jb,e city but j they are still facing trial. THE PRESIDENT NEEDS QUIET Not Able to Have Watchnight Party in His Room Washington. Dec. 31.?President! Wilson will spend Xew Year's day quietly. White House officials di* :dosed today that he overtaxed him- i self1 on his birthday Sunday, when he celebrated the occasion by having the members of his family present?- conse quently it is considered improbable j that h^ will hold a watch party in ? Iiis sick room tonight. i DECKER IS A SOREHEAD ! Was Removed From Post at Re quest of State Depart ment i ________ j Washington. Dec. 31".?Discussing j the refusaly?f Hear Admiral Decker to-acept the navy cross on tin- ground j that it "was inadequate" reward for i services performed by him as naval [attache at Madrid during the war, ^Secretary Daniels today disclosed the ifact that Decker was removed; from ; that post at the request of the State ! department acting upon representa I ions from Ambassador. Willard. SENATORS DIS CUSS TREATY Compromise Conference to Be Held Washington, Dec. :>0.?President Wilson has not been invited to call the first meeting of the council of the leaguex of nations after ratification of the treaty of Versailles has been com pleted, state department officials said today. There was a suggestion some time ago that th<- invitation be extended to him but the question was not deter mined at that time. Some-administra tion officials believe he will acquiesce in a request prom the allied powers but the United States will have-no part in^.tjfic meeting of the council by rea son of the fact,that the treaty has not been ratified by the senate. Th?> treaty provides that the first meeting of the assembly of the league shall be called by the president butj the assembly is hot expected to meet: in the immediate future. The coun-j eil. however, must assemble in a fort- | night, after ratification is completed at Paris as the carrying out of some j provisions of the treaty are entrusted j to^ it. ? Peaeev ??treaty compromise talkj reached a formal stage today when j Senator McXary of Oregon, a leader' of the mild reservation Republicans,! discussed various compromise sugges- i tions with Senator Hitchcock of Xe-j braska, acting Democratic leader. It1 was said that although no agreement! came out of the conference the con-! vers?tion took a hopeful turn. After- j ward both senators seemed confident that a middle ground could be found i that* would insure ratification early in: the year. The reservations in the majority^ program dealing with Article 10.: Shantung and voting power in the j league of nations, it was said were, discussed. i During the day Senator Hitchcock j saw a number of other senators and j Senator Swanson of Virginia, a Dem-j ocrat of the foreign relations ' com-! mittee. was present during a part of ; the talk with Senator McNair. Later Mr. McXary conferred with several j on the Republican side. 1 WAGE WAR ON BOLL WEEVIL Boll Weevil Community Confer ences Among Colored Farm ers Suggested _ ! In delivering "tobacco seed to many 'colored warmers at Chamber of Coal men-.??. Secretary Reardoh has a . splendid opportunity to talk boll j weevil to the farmers. ! Several independent negro farm ers, and by "independent" it is j meant negro farmers who either own 1 their lands or are sufficiently fixed I financially and intellectually, and ? there are many such, it renting' land or sharecroppnig. to say what they I shall or shall not do on their farms ? that they cultivate, have said that in as much as a majority of the far i mers of this, county are negroes it j would be no bad idea for the Exten i sion service of Cl^mson College and i the U. S. Department of Agriculture. ' and the Chamber of Commerce to ar I range for a number of township or community meetings for colored far j mers to discufes boll weevil farming i ?>r diversification, and that it will be j wise to furnish the negro farmers j with all the possible information and J encourag'-nient at the earliest possi J ble date before these farmers prepare ; their lands for the 1920 crops, j Seretary Reardon assumed the re ! sponsibility of guaranteeing that if j these colored farmers will call meet j ings of their fellow citizens the Cham j her of \Commerce will supply the i speakers for the meetings from among i the bankers, merchants, white fa.rm ! ers and other business men of this i citv and county. and that County i Agent J. Frank Williams and other j Clemson College Extension Service , exerts will do whatever they possibly j can to put on a^ boll weevil propa I ganda among our colored farmers ! and to assist them in every possible [ way ro educate themselves about how to meet boll weevil conditions. In this connection it may be said that there is a magnificent opportu nity for hundreds of white country merchants and land owners who rent or share crop lands to do a big piece of important educational and coop erative work, and it should be done immediately, before plans are made and lands prepared for the * 1020 crops. There are no citizens more vitally interested in what is going to happen on the farms during the next two or /three years than 'the white county merchant and farm land owner. They are located right in the midst of thousands of negro farmers, are in ^closer touch with and wield naturally a much greater influence with these negro farmers than do the city or town business men. Why not have these country mer chants get busy without a moment's j delay and call upon their colored fel j low citizens in every community of 'importance like Rombert. Dalzell, "Borden. Hagood, Mayesville, Oswego. Shiloh, Trinity, Tindals. Bethel, Con cord, Privateer. Wedgefreld, >State hnrg. Salem. Pleasant Grove, and other townships and- school districts in different sections of this county to nie.-t and listen to good sound bus iness and practical advice from some of the best and most successful white and colored farmers, merchants, and from Ciemson College experts and our own county agent. The negroes are not organized, thousands of them will never attend any of the white men's boll weevil i conferences, and we .must take the I boll weevil propaganda to these colo ; red citizens who are anxious to learn ? what to do. The negro race is easy j to lead, it follows quickly the lead ; enship and the advice of ths? white ? leaders of the county, this Was dem i onstrated during the late war just ! ended. The Sumter County Chamber j of Commerce will assist these numer j ous white country merchants and j land owners to organize the negroes of I this county immediately jf the com mercial organization is notified of'the co-operation required. FILIPINOS WANT Another Mission on the Way to America - "Manila. Dec. 31.^?The second-ISSt ippine mission seeking mdependenee for the islands at the hands of 'iie United States government sailedvfor San Francisco Monday. PLANTING MOEE TOBACCO One of the largest farmers in Sum ter county has secured from the Sumter Chamber of Commerce-"suffi cient tobacco seed to plant eighty acres of tobacco, or rather to see that his forty tenants and share-croppers plant two acres .of tobacco each. Another farmer has secured seed for forty-five acres of tobacco, ten acres for his own farm and -thirty five acres to be planted by twelve Of j his share croppers and tenants. This policy of farm land owners in j sisting upon a limited acreage of to ! bacco being planted by their tenants j and share croppers is said to he t;uite j popular in this county. The. Chamber of Commerce reports that applicants j for tobacco seed are beginning to ! come in pretty fast the last few; days. ! And that from what can be gathered J among the large farm land owit^^ ;? j tobacco is going to be insisted; upon. > i as one of. the crops on hundreds of j Sumter dounty farms regardless of i how many acres of cotton are plant j ed tot he plow in 1920. It is evident that peanuts and^jze*^ I vet beans are going to be pl_an%ed to v la greater extent than evej^rt^pre In j this county in 1920, and that hundreds I of farmers have realized that diversi j fication of field crops is now necessary, and that the more hogs the farms can raise, and' the more velvet-feeans' ! with which to furnish lood for these / I hogs and at the same. time .supply j necessary nitrogen for the soil in ! 1921 which is the cheapest way to get nitrogen, the better these. TflBirms will be prepared to meet boll weevil conditions. ,. -' . A year ago middling cotton was selling at 25 cents an d staple cotton of the same grade was selling at 30 cents. Today these cottons are selling at fifty to one hundred dollars per bale more, while fertilizer which represent the greatest cost in producing cotton is selling for 1920 shipment. 4 t AT FROM $5 TO $20 PER TOft LESS. We congratulate our Farming Friends in having not only "bbth ends of the rope" but the middle as well. We have been in the fertilizer business for 36 years, d uring which time we have handled practically one brand of goods. . THE ASHEPOO The question might be asked, why do you stick to it ? The answer is simple, because it has always given us satisfaction. We don't believe we have ever had a farm er to tell us that he was not pleased with 'the results ob tained from Ashepoo Goods. WTe can refer to dozens of farmers in Sumter, Clarendon and Lee Counties, who would be willing to pay more for Ashepoo Goods if necessary than any brand on the market. Many times have we been told that they got as good results from our 8-2 1-2-1 as their neighbors got from 8-3-3 of another brand. Here is a saving of about $8 per ton the difference in price. ? We have contracted on a very large scale for our 1920 requirements, and while we have every reason to be lieve that we are selling. THE BEST KNOWN BRAND ON THE MARKET. Our prices are strictly in line. There is going to be a big demand for high grade ammoniated goods, owing to the preser.:? cf the boll weevil. Every farmer will want to get his crop off early and push it before the weevil begins to operate. Wre have sold more fertilizer for 1920 shipment, than we ever sold during our many years in the business. We believe we have" the best goods on the market, we know our. prices are right, and considering these facts it will be to the interest of every farmer to see us before buying. Our principals adviso that there is danger of car shortage and we cannot impress too strongly the need of placing orders early. If you want to get ahead of the boll weevil, you must get your crop in early, and to do chis you must have y< _ir fertilizers. ACT PROMPTLY. O Donnell & Company