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COAL MINERS ARE DIS?TISFIED Radical Element Endeavoring tc \ Stir Up More Trouble ^Columbus. Ohio. Jan. 5.?The- ex pected opposition, from the radicals in ti?^iSmited Mine Werkes organiza tion: to ?ctioh of the iriterational offi . .cers. ih^accepting President Wilson's proposal, for ..settlement of the miners' strike developed late today shortly af ; ter. the report of the settlement had been read to the convention by iln ter^tio^al Secretary William Green. A motion made by Phillip Murray of Pitf^bjirgh, preside?tT of the Pennsylvania miners, to accept the action of the international officers and indorse the policy outlined in their re port was prompfly "To'lowed by at tempts of the' radicals to reject the motion and to condemn the internat ional ^officers; for having accepted the preki?ent'* propbsal. Some, of the del legates said they had been instructed by their, local unions to demand the resignation of the international offi cers.' " .. ^Several delegates declare the offi cio should "have gone to jail*' rather than surrender to the terms of settle ment imposed by the proposal from the president. ? Ih the-report "Acting President Lew is- arid Green declared there was nor alternative and 4 hat they had simply djecid% ."to submit to the inevitable while; protesting in our.hearts against " what we believe to-be, the unjust at ^?tu;cRi:- 4t our government." To have done otherwise wbuld have infant revblt against the government the^ report sai d. L>elegates plied Lewis with questions as to whether the 14 per cent.ad vance was final and what effect rati ficailon of the action of the officers Upon the settlement might have. Iny reply Lewis declared that he believed the commission of three men,, appointed' by the president to consider increase in wages and Im provement of working conditions of the miners, to be fair and above re proach. , think we can prove to the com mission' that we^ ?re entitled to a f?r-1 ther increase;" said Lewis, "and if we| proxe itV I believe we will get it." he i declare^, j ^Joseph Leinel of . Illinois was the j to^"v<rg,xthV radicals to oppose the in- | dbrsement. 6? the settlement.. He de Q^clared; the officers "should have gone to jail l.n>e Gene Debs and all sincere Americans.;.' ' . A delegate from Indiana said he he- I Ijey.ed the-organization bad lost the! rfgl.'t-ixO. strike because of the applies-j tibn of the Lever~act- He predicted! IJbu^ ^hien this act expired there \ would* be another similar law. That the miners' Jtrike would have! heen . settled in Ohio "and settled i right" if Washington officials had not j a^ied\when they . did, was assertion q$ Governor Cox of Ohio in addressing the. miners' convention today. A The governor's declarations for the - principles,, of collective bargaining), evolution in government as opposed to radicalism -and revolution and his ^tements. on Americanization were; x^ceiy;ed Kith great enthusiasm.. The convention voted'to have his speech Printed and mailed to every local union! - Acting.- President Lewis and Secre tary Green met tonight with officers of the miners' organizations in Iowa. Cot?r?n>>, Wyoming and - other West ern States outside' of the central competitive field to .consider the mat ter ofe" presenting to the president's j commission v for adjustment, griev- j ances, relative to the 14 per cent ad- i Yaagtce..; Owing to, the difference inj the cost of production in some of the' States .outside the central field, it is said the miners have not received the full benefit of the 14 per cent, advance The president's commission is expect ed to adjust those differences. That action of the international of ficers in effecting a settlement of the strike win be approved by an oxer whelming majority was the con sensus of opinion of leaders tonight. London, Jan. G.?The German war ships sunk in Sea pa Flow will be blown.up shortly, it was stated here* today The decision to dispose of the.vessels in tin'-; way followed an in vestigation by a special commission representing the allies as to tiie feas ibiUty of raising them. Blisses Elizabeth China. Dorita Moise, and Caroline Dick have return ed to Winthrop College after spending the holidays in Sumter. I By Mail GUARANTEED TO SATISFY. Our Catalogue shows many of the latest, most attractive style3 ana sizes that cannot be secured in tee a'-oia^c small town. It also exp&'us our system of insuring ? 2 perfect fit, absolute satisfaction A at a savin-. ^ ? Write for Catalog B 27 j Charleston-Sr O.: INTER-CHURCH ? MOVEMENT I Great Meeting of Protestant Churchmen at Atlan tic , City i _ I - j Atlantic City, Jan. 6.?One thou sand prominent Protestant churchmen iand 150 editors of Protestant religious j periodicals will gather here tomorrow j for a three days' conference having j for its main purpose "the welding of ? Protestant denominations for the ; evangelisation of the world.' The ? conference has been called by Robert 'Lansing, Secretary of State> who is j chairman of the General ^Committee j of the Interchurch World Movement. j under whose auspices the, sessions will |be held. For the first time, it is said, the coordination or lack of co-ordination of the churches will be visualised in order that a remedy may.be applied for the "was?ing' of spiritual energy, the lives of the workers and the mon ey of the churches." .Maps, charts and graphics illustrat ing the present reliigous.. moral, ? edu cational and ' hygienic conditions ? of the v.-orld in both the foreign and home fields will be placed before the delegates. Typical^ counties and .cities in/the Unifed States will be presented showing the location of every church, parish, house, social centre, school or other centre of: religious influence. Unmarked patches on the chart, cx j hibits, it is said, by those in charge of the conference, will prove "a startling revelation as to. the great inadequacy of the. American churches at present to meet* tlfe religious needs of the country." The foreign. missionary field charts and maps will form anoth er part of the exhibit and afford in; formation gathered from more than Iv'Oo missionaries "of all ihe more, im ! portant Protestant denominations, i Missionary statistics never before 'compiled, it is. announced, will be presented so that the magnitude of the financial task the Interchurch World Movement must shoulder . to fulfill its spiritual obligations may be definitely fixed." ' NEED MUCH MONEY War Rifek Insurance- Demands Made to Congress i Washington, Jan. 5.-?Congress was informed today by Director ; Chom-1 ley .Jones of the war, risk xitsur?nee | bureau that the recently ^enacted j Sweet bilr, increasing the government I compensation to disabled service" men and liberalizing, the^ insurance provis ions of the war risk law, would, cost $92,9r>0.900 a year. He asked that the $30.000,000 appropriated to carry out the new law be increased to provide for this year's needs. URGE! RfeS?RVEY OF COUNTIES Strongly Urged By Commission er of Agriculture Columbia. Jan. 5.?B. Harris, com missioner of agriculture, commerce and industries, in his annual report, strongly urges a rcsurvey of the coun ties of the State,.that much land now being untaxed could be put on the tax books. This work .c'ould be done, he claims." on a contingent basis, the engineers and surveyors being paid out of back taxes which .would be collected. The commissioner quotes some correspondence he has had on this subject with Col. J. Monroe John son, of Marion, who commanded an engineer's regiment of the Forty-sec ond (Rainbow) division in France. During his administration. ex-Gov. ernor Richard f. Mahnmg advocated a resurvey of the State for the purpose of catching tax-dodgefs and had a bill providing for this survey irttro dnced in the House of Representa tives, where it was promptly rejected. Commissioner Harris ' reiterates the Manning idea and states, that; he has prepared a. bill which he 'will haW introduced in the- General Assembly authorizing the .survey. BIG BILL" GIVES UP j Chicago, Jan. 5.?William D. ("Big ! Bill") Haywood, general secretary ! of the Industrial Workers of the i World, released from Louvenworth prison some time ago on bond, sur rendered to State's Attorney Mac-lay Hoyne today to answer a charge of violating the new ? State law against syndicalism. Haywood and his- law yer were accompanied by William Bross Lloyd, millionaire "parlor: j Socialist." ' . , Better Seed Potatoes Needed. j Seed stoeks of .Irish potatoes coxn ; monly available to growers, centali ? many mixtures, not infrequently dis i eased and as a rub- not as productive jas they 'should .-be. .The Chief of the ; Bureau of Plant Industry;; United ; States Department of Agriculture, ; makes this statement in reporting on ! the progress of work in developing i improved seed stocks. It is a rec I ognized fact, he says, that the yield j of potatoes in ibis country is far bc ; low that secured in some other coun tries, and the difference is commonly attributed to the use of relatively in ferior seed stocks. Seed-improvement ; work is being carried on by the rie j partment in cooperation with agrieul j tural experiment stations in praeti jeally all '>f the important potato-pro fdncing states. The best seed stock of : the loading varieties in different re gions ?s being grown in tie- various Stabes. During the progress of ii). season the various plats are inspected several time, for thj 'rpose of elinvi j nating diseased plan ..,id those which i are not true to name or to type. At I harvest time carefully studied selec tions are made for the purpose of ob i mining the best strains of the different varieties. These potatoes in turn will be used, for .seed purposes with a view i to developing stocks that are true to I name, true t<> type, free from disease I communicable through the seed, and 1 duu possess high-yielding proclivities. k I WILL GET TRUTH j ABOUT COTTON j Census Bureau Making Investi gation to Determine Size of Crop i _ Columbia, .Tan. 6.?The census ln jreau of the department of agriculture, j complying with a request made by the j American Cotton Association, has in j structed its agents to obtain from, the ginners the quantity of cotton from the Jt'US crop ginned since August 1. j 1919 and also the number of bales; ! from the 191$ crop, if any, included! in the reporc of cotton ginned from j the crpp of 3 919. - I A statement given out from local j j headquarters, of the American Co! ton: I Association, yesterday tells of this aj j tion of the department of agriculture. "In order to obtain a correct esti : mate of cotton ginned of the grow - ing crop, a recanvass of the entire | ?belt has been made by our asjocia- j tion,' says the statement issued here! and "in the. united judgment, of out i canvassing board the estimate as! shown- by the government is too high. ? Wre made, known our feelings to the | ^Department of Agriculture and we J I nave received a letter stating agents! ! will be instructed, to secure additional! j information/". The following' letter from the cen- J sus bureau to officials of the Amen- \ i can Cotton Association was made pub- j lie today: "In view of the extraord:- j nary interest attached to the present | cotton situation the agents have been instructed to obtain, from the ginners flic quantity of cotton of the crop. 19IS ginned since August and. also the number of bales of this cotton if any which was included by reports of ! cotton ginned of the crop 1919. In J addition they have been instructed to i ascertain the number xof baies of 're-i pack if any. which counted in the re- \ turns of cotton ginned from the crop ! of 1919. The allotments will obtain this information at the January 11 canvass, refiners inserting the date'of j the indiivdual card, reports obtained j from and signed by the ginners. These { returns will beN mailed to the bureau! about January S. Definite informa- ! tion should be. available before the j close/Of January. . 'In this: connection T desire-to en close a table from our bulletin', show ing the percentage 0f cotton crop I ginned to December 1 for each crop I since 190? to 1918,"inclusive, with the| exception of the crops of 1906?"? and | 1907 ali of them show a ginning per-1 ce'niage in excess of 80 tttatfor 1910 ! ruraiing as high mls 91.1' per cent of; course, we are not able to compute I the percentage of the 1919 crop until ] after the close of the season.' "In this connection I desire to say! much of the cotton remaining in the | West will never be gathered. All'of! it is of a very low grade. There is no i question but from the present growing; crop- will be produced the .smallest amount of good cotton in proper tion to the size of the crop ever gathered in I the .past five years.. The fact is the | crop hss been largely over estimated,; by'the government. This crop opened j prematurely and was more nearly j gathered arid ginned than even ihV\ cfdp of 1916 when 91.6 per cent, has been ginned. "We have ' just completed' a most; careful' research in both the Ameri-j can and European manufacturing j centers on supply and demand." From the very best authority we j find that neither the matter of c'x-j change.or the size of.the present crop j gives them serious concern. The main j questions at issue are from whence! will come the cotton to supply the j pressing demands. From one of the I best posted authorities of Europe we received the information that the j world's requirements Qf cotton from ' America, from the growing crop will j be more than 1 r,.o0".t>0o bales. The"] matter of exchange and finance does, not rer-eive th?> consideration that' if does in America. The invariable re-j ply to our questions concerning cotton ! was: "Our experience tells us that we! are facing, a world shortage in^ cot-j ! ton. The demand for manufactured j [goods.at enormous profits exceeds j anything in our experience. We can arrange the finances and exchange if America can furnish the cotton. "Labor conditions of the South are' extremely acute, wages not. only be ing the highest ever paid but there is a great shortage. The boll weevil has spread over ;a far larger territory than it has ever covered in the past, fertilizers are higher/ other crops can be cultivated with machinery with fai less labor and with larger returns. Hence eyen with favorable seasons we ?are facing the absolute certainty of another crop. The South during the i coming year - will plant more largely I of food crops than in the last c.e | cade." Only Six Peanut Varieties; Most: of the? so-called varieties of peanuts now to be found' in lh<> trade in the 'United States arc merely low standard vari'dies with new or local names, and' there are only about six distinct varieties grown in this coun try'. This" statement is made by the Chief of the Bureau of Plant industry. United States Department of Agricul ture, in reporting on experimental j work with peanuts. This work has i included rn et nods of planting^ selec tion of seed, improvement of yield, (and cultivation and handling of the i crop. Selected strains of some of the I varieties are being made with a view : to producing those more particularly adaptable for definite purposes, such a* rfce making of high-grade table and cooking oil or an ?dl that may be used in the manufacture of o] margarnie. and to some extent in making soap. Other purposes fos which selections are being marie a?!? those adapted, for human food in ;>'?? form of peanut m< al. peanut butter, and other products, and high-yielding .-trains for stock and dairy foods. London. Jan. 6.?That the Bolshe viki army has evacuated the city of DvinslcV is admitted in a Russian so viet comTpiunique . coived by wiridoss from Mosfonv today The place was ?bandoncd finder enemy pressure, the statement saVs? 'speakers for i jackson day ! Leading Men of Democratic Party on Program ! Washington. Jan. 6.?Twelve of the j leading figures of the Democratic ! party is on the list of speakers made ; public for Jackson Day at a dinner to ! be held., here Thursday night. The j message from President Wilson wiil I 1 e read first and speeches will be j made by William Jennings Bryan, Sec jreiary Daniels, Attorney General Pal jn\er. Governor Cox. of Ohio, James f-W. Gerard. Champ Clark. Governor jC^rnwell, of West Virginia; Senators Hirhcock. Pom^rene. Underwcoj, Owen and Mrs. Peter Olesone. asso ciatt member of the national commit tee fro'lyi Mincsota. _?_ EVCOME TAX PACTS vor should know Twcuiy thousand persons last year paid a fine of S:r, each for failure to file an income tax return for 10is, al though their income for that year was not taxable. The revenue act provides an ex emption of $1.000 for single persons. $2.000 for married persons and heads of families, apd an additional ex emption of $200 for each person de pendent upon the taxpayer, if such iperson is under IS years of age. or incapable of self-support. The delin , quents last year were (persons whose income exactly equaled the amount of the exemptions and who consider ed it unnecessary. tlfereiore, to file a return, and others whose income was I nontaxable because of dependents. ; and who were under a similar mis ; taken impression. For example, a single man with a i net income of $1,000 was supporting a sistiV for whom he was allowed an exemption of $200. placing his income I in the nontaxable list. For this reas on he did not file ? return. When his delinquency was discovered through a I return filed by his employer, who is required to report payments of $1, 000 or more to each employee, he was fined $5. Must File a Return. To avoid pena'ty. every person whose income for the last year equal ed or exceeded, $1,000, or $2.000, ac cording to their marital status or their status as the head of a family, must rile a* return. The law makes no ex ceptions, the penalty for failure bcinc a fine not more than SI.000. Head of a Family. Whether Or not a person is the '?head of' a family" and entitled to a $2.000 exemption is a question to bo determined largely by circumstances surrounding each individual case. Th?" . v ? fixing of his status decides, in many instances, whether his income is tax able or nontaxable. A head of a family is defined by Treasury regulation as "a person who actually supports and maintains one or more individuals who are closely connected with him by blood rela tionship; relationship by marriage.- or by adoption, and whose right to ex ercise family control and provide for these dependents is' based upon some moral or legal oidigation." A single person is the head of a family if he is the sole support' of relative^ living in the-same house with him arid if he exercises control of household affairs. The words "sole support" are used in the sense that there is no other per son to whom the dependents may look for support. Income from other sour ces, such as interest on bonds, stock dividends, pensions, etc., if meagre enough still to leave the recipient de pendent, does not preclude a claim for exemption. Such income, how ever, must be included in the return of the head of the family. % Can Not Divide Exemption. The 51,000 additional exemption,al lowed the head of a family can not be divided between two single mem bers of the household. A division of responsibility excludes the parties from such claim. A single person wh? does not qualify as the head of a family may still claim an exemption I of $200 for each person dependent j upon him for support, if such person j is und'-r IS years of age or incapable ! of self-support. A son who has left home but who scuds to his mother more than half the sum required foi j her support is entitled t" the $2?M? ex ! emption, provided the mother can not support herself. Otherwise tin amount must be considered as a gift and therefore, is not deductible. A son living at home and supporting h'is mother may claim the $2.'><>0 exemp tion : Ilowcd the head of a family, but not an additional exemption of $20C unless the mother is incapable of self support. , A Key to Sweet Potato V Vties. ' The United States Department ? ol Agriculture is working out a key b\ means of which varieties of sweet po tatoes, can he identified. There has ul .'ways been a great deal ol* confusioi 'regarding sweet potato varieties, am i this key will make it possible t<> pos itively identify all true varieties. I .is based on the color, size and shap< I of the stems and leaves, and in tin color, size, and . quality\>f the potatoes I theniselevs. That the key works i: i attested by the. fact thai by its us< varities described at the time Co llumbus discovered America have beet [identified. I The development of varieties ?? Isweet potatoes for stock feed, syrup ?starch and sugar making is under waj 'and the preliminary results securec j indicate that the possibilities of th< j sw.eet potato have hardly been touch ied upon. It is yet too soon to sa: i.iusi what may be expected from thi: (work, but the results thus far secure* [?are very promising. This work is be irig done at Arlington Farm, Ya., am 'a? the Pee Dee Experiment Station Florence. S. C. Investigation.-!! unrk in curing swee [?potatoes has also brought out import <ant results, h was shown thai witl proper handling in storage conditions ?sweet potatoes can be carried througl i the winter and as late as April 1 witl J not more than 1 per cent of loss iron j decay. -;?-? ~ . j London. Jan S>.? Baron Conliffe governor of the bank of England, diet ?suddenl) last flight. I $100,000 BAIL j IS DEMANDED j Of Prisoners Charged With Sell ing Poison Liquor ! New rork,\Jan. 5.?fJail of $100, J OOo each was demanded by United I States Commissioner Reif Schneider j when John Romanelli, an undertaker; j Samuel K. Saleeby,\ a druggist, and ; Edward C Ware, Saieeby's brother in-law, were arraigned before him on charges of selling alcohol in viola tion of the law. The trio are alleged J by federal agents to have been re j sponsible for the distribution in Xew I York, Xew Jersey and Xew England I of wood alcohol which later was col ored and sold as whiskey, causing more than 100 deaths. It is under stood that the men will be taken to Connecticut and tried on charges^ of manslaughter. ' Dramatic scenes attended the ar I raignment. Mrs. Saleeby protested j that her husband was innocent of the j crime and fainted when bail was fix ed at SI00.000. Mrs. Ware, mother ; of the defendant, also declared that ! her son was not implicated in the j case and she had to he carried from I the courtroom. Examination of the I defendants was set for Wednesday. I RECORD PRICE PAID RUTH i ... . - I Babe Ruth Sold By Boston to New York I Xew York, Jan. G.?The most pop j ular indoor sport hon? today was [guessing how lfiuch the Xew York I Americans paid Boston for Babe Ruth, ?whose purchase was announced last 1 night at Los Angeles by .Miller Hug gins, manager of the Yankees. The : nearest approach to anything of an of . ficiai nature was the admission of ; 'Colonel Huppert, the Yankee presi dent, that he understood that an of fer of one hundred thousasnd dollars [ for Ruth was refused last summer by : the Boston Club. Sporting writers estimate the price paid frorh j>ne hun dred twenty-five to one hundred fifty thousand dollars^ Ii was only a few years ago when ? the announcement that the giants had paid eleven thou sa7id for Manjuard, staggered the sporting world. Paris. Jan. 6.?The French cabi i net today fixed January 17th as the ! date for the election of the presi ,: dent of France. I . ?-? I DECORATION IN QUIRY ORDERED j - i Washington. Jan. G.?The senate naval committee voted ten to one to day to authorize an investigation by a subcommittee of the controversy over the awards of medals to naval officers for war services. .Messrs. Hal Clarke, Dave Cunning ham. James Dick and James Raffield j left Monday to resume their studies j at the Presbyterian College. ?. S. CONGRESS STILL CHATTERS Program of Incessant Talk and No Progress* Resumed Washington. Jan. ">.?Congress went to work immediately today upon re convening after its fortnight holiday recess. Without formality, both senate and house be.eran disposition of bills on* their calendars and within an hour or so both bodies resumed their normal appearance of scant attendance dur-r ing speech making. Miscellaneous, bills only were considered and a few of the less important passed. The sen ate late in the clay started debate on the water power development bill con sideration of which promises to con tinue into next week. The Sterling se dition bill, which senate leaders had cffipected to take up today , went over until tomorrow. There were few developments ami only perfunctory discussion of the peace treaty in the senate. Senator King, Democrat. Utah, presented for-, mally his set of compromise resrva tions and many, senators were en gaged all day in private conference on the treaty situation but nothing tan gible resulted.' Victor Derger. the Wisconsin So cialist, reelected after being refused a seat by the house, did not arrive to day, but tomorrow or immediately up | on his presentation of reelection cre dentials, house leaders planned to refuse again to grant him a seat. Representative Mann of Illi ijiois. former Republican leader, sur i prised house members by announcing he would support Berger's claim! Many committees of both senate, and house dot into action today arid' ! prepared to grind out the endles^ ?procession of bills and resolutions' \which are expected to hold congress here for the next nine or ten months. CHURCH UNION IS PROPOSED Twenty Denominations to Meet In Philadelphia ?? * I New York. Jan. 6.?Commissioners' I of approximately twenty de?omina-r I tions have accepted the invitation j from the Presbyterian church to con l.fer at Philadelphia February 3rd to, I 6 th on the propc?saI for a national i merger of Christian interests under ? the name of United States of Christ I >n America, it was announced tbday j from the Presbyterian headquarters j' here. Shot in Eye. While playing with some friends on I Broad Street late Sunday atfernoon, little Jufrus Reynolds, the son of Mr. i and Mrs. W. S. Reynolds of West 1 Hampton Avenue was accidentally i shot in the eye by his little playmate. [ At present Julius cannot see otit; of j this eye. but whether or not he fyftV ! be. permanently blind in it cannot be j told until an xf-ray picture has been j taken to determine* whether or not i the shot is still in the eye. '! :? < ??' '"?? \ j " ?' ? ? j. ? / NEIIX G'DONNEIiL, President ?a F* - - ;;V j^CT? j O. L. YA JS, Cashier C2RW *<*tA*<?^ ^^^^^^^^^ WELCOME 1920 We wish you a very success ful administration and hope your coming wilt bring Joy and Happiness to everybody in' whom we are interested, and if you do, you will not miss many. The First National Bank sumter, s- c. The National Bank of South Carolina of Sumter, S. C. Resources $2,250,000 Strong and Progressive) The Most Painstaking service with COURTESY Give us the Pleasure of Serving YOU C. G. ROW" WD, President EARX.E ROWLAND, Asst. Cashier H. L. M'COY W. Y. YeL\DOX