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WIND UP WAR Supreme Council Will Name Commission of Am bassadors \ Pari?, Jan. 13.?Consideration was given, by the supreme council today loathe plan -for the appointment of a committee of ambassadors to com plete: the. details for the presentation a8d: s&riing of the Hungarian peace treaty and to carry through other un finished business' of the peace confer ence. The decision, however, was left to the heads-of the governments of . the. principal ' powers. Whether Hugh' Wallace,, the American ambas sador, will be a member of the pro posed committee has not been deter mined. . This probably will be the last meet ing of-the Supreme Couneil as at pres&at Organized. It is not likely t?: meet again unless action upon the proposed ambassadorial commlittee is delayed. , UNITED STATES MARINES CLAIM Have No Part in German War ; ship Tonnage Paris, Jan. 13.?Ambassador Wal lace t?ld the Supreme Council today that the IJnited States waived its claim to any ,part in German warship ton nage. ;t>pon being- informed- t^e- cow cir'intended:-to maintain percentages previously adopted for distribution oi the'snips among theRallies. DEMO COMMITTEE Hawell of Atlanta, South ern Representative TTashingtoh, Jan. 13? The 'appoint n;$nt. of a committee of .seventeen, l^crading two women, to arrange-for th^?emoC'iratic national convention -ai ^^.vFraneisco Jime: 28th, w$s ?n ?ia^noed' today by Chairman CumHithS ^i^ie; aational committee. Clark ^osreli, editor of The Atlanta Coo fchtmibn, is' the only Southern repre sentative On the committee. MAY DEPORT MORE S?efc Proceedings to Be Begun In Chicago Chicago, Jan. 12.?Commissioner of Immigration Harry R. Landis an nmmced today that deportation hear ings for the more than 2(10 reds cap tured in recent federal raids wouldr be held;on Tuesday. The. arraignments will be in secret. Nmjky-rpne of the federal prisoners -have not "offered bond and are still in $&tS ; * ^ - A continuance unfil January 22 was granted by Judge Hugo Pam in the cases of 60 alleged reds including "Big Biir Hay wood-, who were- tafeen tn-.raids conducted by. State Attorney ? 'v" * -?<?..- ? er Pay Over 2&r?** teen^eftfe Nfew. York, Jan.: '1-2.?A . price Of ^14' -?-4 cents' a pound ' for'granulate*! {, sttaar refwed from the new crop has beea established for the* wholesale j ] swtd ma?B^aoturjn? tra.de by the American Sugar Refining . company, it wa^s announced tonight. When the reSnicg- price was fixed at nine cents by the sugar equalization board, it al >owed a profit of Gno-hal? cent to r^~ to4i?Es, making the retail price 10 1-2 cents. .Allowing, middlemen an additional p*o?tror> a cent a pound-,, .making their margin two and a half? een?s?, the price per pound to the consumer would be hi "i-H ?ents. ? ; The statement .of the refining com pany dt^losed thifct. it. is stopping all I escport business until sugar condition j ia.tfcus Qonntr>'-heceme easier and that j ?;19tl$ it delivered more sugar toj the .domestic buyer than in several" yearn- since the shortage began last1 September, deliveries-have averaged. i2,&,$0O,000 pounds a month, most of; i*'Eastern and in. the Pittsburgh and: Btrffalo line. ? * AA '<^. > :?f ' ? ? ?? J SE* priv* jwo. tft* Best Prices Absolutely Qocj-GJitzed ic Fit end Wear The very best sinks, h latest s^'lcs ? attd meet rx:rt..:v sixts cm .*!e\'tu be loti.-d iii s.;c):tr ivMraa, <?ie ??vife is vK^-.jk.j i; i.Uiii.y ?-\vn tii* most exjUL'tlnu;. Otyr ?. *????;: (.f tfoi;^ jjbca ?cr^Iui? n.r>'. !'.'-. imr ?!? lU?Fafc? , ;?? r') u4 tt.uny fit Ciid test ??ji UU-.V. K* i.e.-.. WlJt S]A? tt?:.-*y { ?alu ?.n:. ;.i< ?.ui service men Twenty Per Cent. Advance Sug gested for Army, Navy, Pub^ Me Health and Coast Guard Washington, Jan. 12.?By an over whelming majority, the house mili tary affairs; committee today agreed to report favorably the bill of Rejjl resentative. Crago, Republican. Penn sylvania, granting* an increase of 20 per cent, in the pay of all' officers of of the army, navy, marine-corps, pub lic health service and coast guard up to and including the rank of briga dier general in the. army and equiv alent grades in the other services. The bill also would increase the pay of the enlisted personnel of these services 20 per cent, in all . cases where the present base pay amounts to $33 a month or more-. The increase provided in the Crago bill would: he effective-from the pas sage of the" bill until June 31, 1921, and it is estimated would cost: ap proximately $4-0,0-00,04)0 annually. . The house naval affairs committee has -agreed to increase the pay of officers and men of the.-navy. An ef fort will be made to obtain consent of the naval committeeto the substi tution of the Crago bill. If this per mission can not be'obtained, Repre sentative-" Cfag'o said the' portion of his-^wll" applying to the' navy prob- j ably will be stricken from the meas- j urev ">-' .-? ? ; ? ? SEVEN-YEAR-OLD basset-1 free! No.'Bill Returned By Grand Jury j on Charge of Murder Spartanburg, Jan.* 12.?-The grand jury- in *ihe court of general sessions here today returned no true bill in the' ea&? of James McOraw, of Cow pens, a lad seven-yesnrs* of age, charg ed with-isa.uyde?i The lad shot and in stantly killed his. "playmate, Harold Johnson, a& his* home in Gorspens last ?Soyember. In the eyes of. the law?. it is said,-,a child of his age cannot be . held accountable for a crime. The boy tfj&Q hai^been. in jail since the" shoot ing was discharged.today. _ GO VERNORS MEET IN WASINGTON Discuss Reclamation and Settle ment Project Washington, Jan. 12.:?Representa tives of the governors of several Southern States, meeting rjere today ander the atrap-tevs of the Southern Commercial congress, appointed & committee to confer- Wednesday with Btmilar deiegate?- fr'e<m''We^ern< States or\--a national reclarnarttsh-'and settle1 ment p^rtfeyi. / The conference today indorsed the terhtative'draft Vf ar bill ( authorizing an appropriation of -$250,000,000 to be used fn- reclaiming-' flood, swamp and arid lands. Repayment of the aisrpr^prtatlon^ within 25 years wouitf j be provided,.through a Sinking, fmad ' created by the sahrof collateral bond*j tar tfee' reclaimed lahd isstred through j the , federal farm loan board. Clar- i ence Owens,, director general ef ; the- Stfotfi'?rm -Comw'raal conj*rea$ | ^?<pre?rcted tod4y ? &s*d Witt a? | ?^nhan- ,of' the committed7 to rhee* Ehe- Kesbern represehttarVes, said- the tfrfcposeff legislation will be presented j It the. conference Wednesday m the . fiope that the plan may be made na tional in scope. Other members of the"committee are: D. W. Ross, A. T. Fulfprd of Virginia, J. M. Moore re?reaentingr Lotrfsianab; J. H. Patter son, Marytend; F. H. Fravel and G. T. Fufford of Virginia? J1 -. M. M"oore in d" W>hiam Allen of Alabama; "laude N. Bennett of Georgia, and J. A. Morgan of Texas. That the, American Legion may take;ah active part in pushing land settlement legislation favorable to former service men was indicated by K. A. McRae, member of the fegion's legislative committee, who attended the conference. OBJECTION TO PRICE FIXING Coal Mine Owner* Make One Reservation As to Award Washington, Jan: 13.?The mine operators today told the commission named to settte the sofa coar strike that, they would accept-, wich one ree erraticm. any award the cofnmisSiO' rai&ht makeJ The operators said they could not be a party fo ? fixing coal prices beyond the- period of the effee rrceness of the bever taw: Senator Christiansen Introduces Resolution to Ratify Suf frage Amendment Columbia. Jan. 14.?Senator Chris tensen today introduced in the penate the resolution calling for the ratifieri-j tion of the national suffrage amend ment. The. house killed a bill which would have: imposed a fine of one thousand i dollars or a term of five years, for the j theft of automobiles. The bill to allow absent voters to vote by registered nyirr brought forth heated debate. It was argued by ; proponents of the measure that it would allow sueh men at railroad op- j orators to vote. Enemies of the bui called it dangerous. The bilr was j killed with only thirteen votes in its j favOr. Secretary Reardon who ha? charge of .the distribution of tobacco seed states that if the amount of seed ap plied for by farmers is an index of the crop this year there will be ten to fifteen thousand acres planted in the territory tributary to the Sumter to bacco market. purebred sires valuable asset Government Expert Gives Four teen Points ef Advantage ?Relief For Farmer Never before was the farmer - in South Carolina so serious about a se rious matter as today. Just how he can emerge from a cotton covered crysallis- and find his land stocked with good hogs, cattle and sheep is truly ,a difficult problem. The quick est, cheapest, and best way to im prove live stock is to invest in the right sort of a sire and having pur chased him, give him g?tM feed and care, says Prof. L. V. Starkey, chief of the animal husbandry division, who makes the following brief sug gestions in the_form of 14 advantages of a purebred sire of good breeding and good individuality. 1. Economical and rapid improve ment: One purebred sire will im prove the herd as rapidly as 50 pure bred females. 2. Lasting influence: The value of a purebred sire is not seen^ entire ly in the first generation but contin ues in the following generations. 3. Fewer sires necessary: One purebred sire properly managed will do the work of four scrub sires as they are usually managed. 4. Advertisement' valuable: Well bred stock attracts the attention of buyers. 5. Demand created for our hical purebred sires. The breeders of pure bred stock in South Carolina should ?nj encourage^T by a good market for their breeding, stock. .- e 6. Opportunity to work gradually Into purebred business: If there arr as many as four or five purebred sires in ii?e community, it is an easy mat ter to purchase one or two purebred fcraaje^.and soon-be-in the purebred buswefca-'- t.." ?? 7. -Cooperation possible: If there are a? many -as four er five purebred sires in the community, there is an excellent opportunity to cooperate by , exchanging sires. ' ! - Pw%br?<t: sires more valuable than .scrubs after their period of use fulness is" over: 'A 2,-&Q& pound piire- ; bredbull is jeorth more for" beef than a? scrub which usually weighs 1.20*0 to 1,400 pounds. ? 7. Prepotency important: A pure-1 bred sire will sire individuals more j like himself than like the darn. This in- due to concentrated blood lines. I 10. Increased value through unr-1 formity: Buyers will always pay i more for a uniform carload of live-i nock than for a mixture of scrubs and i pu rob reds. ' ? 11. Offspring worth more: A calf j is worth' $5 to $10 more, a yearling, $15 to $20- more and a two- year old j $25 to $30 more if sired by a pure- j bred bull-. i 12. Real wealth created: The far-1 mer's gam is not somebody's, loss, for ! a farmer can raise a better calf and ! no one'is the poorer. He thus ere- j ates weaRh. ? ?-' ! 13. Good influence oh owner: | When a man ha* purebred live stock ] on his farm' he narurally tabes more j interest in it .and feeds and cares for: it better than he. otherwise would. 14. Better living: The purebred! ?hll means; more money, which ii*! turn rtrrarSes poseibie* better homes/ bet-j tef ! school . better eh?rcfccs, better j roads and better and* more- satisfac-1 tori:*life.-- ? h , ? ' , ?! robertson leaves power company ., ? , i Change in Officers of Columbia Railway and Electric Company . Columbia, Jan? Edwin W. Robertson, of Columbia tendered his resignation as president of the Co Lu*abiit Railway, Gas and Electrie Co. and of the Parr Shoala Power Com pany at a meeting of the directors* ot the two companies held in Columbia today, and, as his successor, P. M Knox, formerly of Spartanburg, was. elected. Mr. Robertson announced that his action was brought about by a desire to. be relieved o? the- detail? of the office and also because- he- wish es tp devote more of bis time to- car rying- out certain plans; he has for the betterment of social and working con dition* of the employee* of the two companies. Mr. Knox, who becomes president, has been connected with the South Carolina Power and Rail way Company ut Spartanburg since 18.99. farm wages high Government Report Or Wage Advance Sinee 1915' Saluda, S. C. Jan. 12.?According to- report itemed today by BE R. Rare, South Carolina - Field Agent of the Bureau- , of Crop- Estimates, Ehi?ed States Department of Agriculture, wages of* mate farm rabor hare more than doubled within the pas? five years. Wages per month with board have increased from $11.40-in 1915 to $27 in 1919; while wages per month, without board, increa.secf from $15.?O to $3<>,4i>. In the meanatime, wages fOL day labor, feu* other than harvest work, with board, increased from $0.60 to $1.(T0 per day, and without board from $0.75 to $2.10 per day. This means that wages for male farm labor, when employed by the month, not including board, was 143 per cent, higher in 1919 than in 1915: while wages for day labor without board, in the meantime increased 180 per cent. The estimated acreage of wheat in the State sown ro December 1, was TM.ooo acres-air compared with 20S. 000 acres the previous yeari The to tal acreage sown to rye was IG 00*0 acres last fall as compared with 18.000 acres sown the fall of 191 s. There appears to be an increase, however, in the acreage sown as a cover crop. The average number of cords of wood used per farm in T9i9 ? wits 14. the value of same being estimated at' $4.40 per cord. Ittme to build ' warehouses! j Every County in the xSooth! ShouM Provide Storage For Cotton Produced ! _ I - ! Columbia, Jan. 11'.?K. M. Mixson. j president of the South Carolina Cot ton Association, has received a letter : ftotal W. C. Turner, vice president of ' the Memphis Terminal Corporation of j Memphis, Tenn., in which he declares ! that "that foundation should now be laid in every single county in the j South where cotton is produced, for a local warehouse to care for the cot- j ton of the producer as fast as cotton is j ginned the coming season, conducted) under the laws of the department of agriculture of the United States, or under the laws of the State in which Jhis warehouse is conducted." Tribute is paid by Mr. Turner to the work that has already been ac complished by the American Cotton Association and to J. Skottowe Wan-, namaker, president of the associa- j tion. The letter from Mr. Turner to Mr.! Mixson follows: / i "The writer has followed very close jly the cycle of events in the cotton, j business for many, many years. "He has been the rise and fall of the many, many attempts that have been made throughout our glorious Southland, to better the conditions! q}' the cotton grower, and to, in ev- i ery ; way. emancipate the Stoutly j j em -producer from his absolute J !'bondage, for th? past fifty ears-. "He" has followed; step by step, the J efforts of a great many people, and ! has witnessed, as have you and all-of ! the other state leaders of the Amer ; icai* Cotton Association, a ^gradual [setting aside of each of these efforts' j one after the other and has anticipat ed, long before the fall has taken j place, the gradual falling back, as if j in desperation, of those who have f made-- sincere- efforts on correct lines, j ''Therefore, when the American Cotton Association organized, and be- \ jgan, immediately at its birth, to co- j j Ordinate and to blend and to assemble j ! all of the interests connected with thei j origin of cotton, from the planting of the seed to the consumption at the! I mill, of this, America's gold produc I Ing crop, the organizers of this or- j ; ganizaticn, the merchant, banker, the! j capitalist, the warehouseman, and, in J ! fact, every man and everybody living j ! within the belt. were suddenly j I awakened- to the fact that they and j each of them, and all of them, in all i of their waking- and their sleeping hours, depended for their means of i sustenance upon the work in--the ?cot-j ton fields throughout the surrounding j I country,' and all at once, air of the (communities of the South seemed to { j have realized, for the first time, that, j after all, every morsel that they and j their children consumed, every com fortable dwelling that they occupied! as Their home in the -city, every1 ^school book'-from whiefe their chit?re?' tw*re taught, from the primer at the country or city schools and- through their entire- lives and through their" higher educational institution's, when analyzed, the heretofore insignifi cant little white flake of cotton was responsible for all they had in this world-to enjoy. .. Gj' ft "At firs*, many bankers apd? .many merchants, looked xrpdn this-?organiza tion as one off the usual seemingly; f?na>tieal efforts of certain individ- j ttals who desired notoriety or public- i ifyfor personal reasons. "When* Mr. J. Skottowe Wanna-! maker was made president of this as^j sociation. as usual, many thought tliat he, like others, aspired to poli , tical eminence. "Hour by hour, day by day and 'week by week, this idea was gradual- j ? ly dissipated. i "President Wannamalcer's since tri ty ; in the cause that he was chosen to I lead so permeated the minds and the i efforts of his able assistants, that lrke; ithe mighty avalanche, that knows no! : master, this organization has boomed j ; along, carrying everything before it j funtil it stands where it rightfully be jlongs> pre-eminently an integral part I of every southern fireside and master > of everything that is right in connec- j ttion with the cotton production. . f "This is written to you and all of; iyou for the purpose, if possible, of] j impressing upon yon and each of you, j I the importance of the fact, that your | ! presidem*. although a great- man.: {must not be left alone in his effort? i t? bni/d up'and create and perpetuate !so extensive an organisation, j vit is the privilege of the writer to i assist a little in his simple way. ;* ?'Each .'nid alt of us must absorb ! the. fact that, as leaders in this glor ious cause, we must not stop one mo ? ment in creating and perpetuating j j this organiazflon: j "We are fast advancing toward the1 ? time for the planting of another crop. I "The foundation should now be laid : j in every single, county in the South; j where cotton is produced, for a local j ; warehouse to care for the cotton of j ithe producer as, fast as this cotton is, \ ginned the coming season, conducted ; i under the laws of the department of. j agriculture of the United States, or! ! under the laws of the State in which j j this warehouse is conducted. I "While we may all appreciate that j i this is a fact, still we, all of us, at the! ?same time, must fully realize that it I takes time to raise the money locally! I at each of these respective points to: erect such a warehouse, and, if. as; ;we know, it must be done, as these j j warehouses ar& intended tor the re- \ j ception of next years' crop, then, let ! one of the New Year's resolutions of I each of the leaders in each of the States be as follows: 1 "Commencing at once, I will write j ja, letter to each leader of each coun ! ty in my State, and map out for him some financial method, through the medium of which, this county shall have a cotton warehouse for the ar- j eommodation of the cotton in his! county, that may be produced during1 the year of V.r>o. i "In mapping out this financial ba ; sis for the,, erection of the Warehouse, [i shall show each produces of cotton 'that, owing to his being a stockhold er'In this Individual warehouse, he j 'will share in the successful financial1 result that will accrue from the stor age of his cotton, arid.1 I will, within the next thirty days, ask our president. Mr. J. Skottowe VVannamaker, for the plans and the specifications of such a warehouse. . "This warehouse will be one built on modern lines and one that will meet with the approval of the Fire Underwriters. "I will follow this subject, in all of its details and never stop until the majority. of-the producers in each of the counties of the State that I am representing, will have adopted plans commensurate with the importance of I the subject that is involved, and be- j fore the first day of March, the] ground will be broken for the erec-j tion of such warehouses." j "It is not a difficult matter, at the present time, to secure the assistance of very well established and honor able contractors to design cotton warehouses of the most modern character on lines with and in accord with the full endorsement of the Fire Underwriters. '"These warehouses can be very easily manufactured in sections and shipped from common centres ""and each of thorn to be exactly ihe same. "Many, many buildings arc now being-constructed of reinforced con crete, the sections of which are cast a thousand miles away and erected so rapidly and with results so amazing and so- satisfactory, that it is perfect ly astounding." MARKET FOR LOW GRADE COTTON Foreign Syndicate Wants to Buy 1 300,000 Bales I Columbia, Jan. 14.?J. Skottowe! Wannamaker, president of the Amer ican Cotton association said last night that following conferences with repre sentatives of foreign syndicates, he felt convinced that he could effect the j sale of 306,000 bales of low grade cot ton to foreign countries. . The .fcotton to foreign couniriew. which, after the expenses of the trans action, including the freight to the port of shipment have been paid, will net the sellers of ihe cotton 41 cents< a pound low middling; 3i* cents strict Kood ordinary; 37 cents strict ordi nary; 35 cents ordinary, f. o. b. ship ping points. The conditions of sale as given out by Mr. Wannamaker are: Eighty per cent, cash as shipped; 20 per cent de ferred payment secured by syndicate of foreign banks and guaranteed by their governments, rendering the 20 per cent, absolutely safe and bankable, bearing 6 per cent interest. Officers of the American Cotton as sociation in each State are urged by Mr. Wannamaker to ascertain how many bales they can raise in their respective States, to secure option on same and telegraph him at once. Albany, X. Y., Jan. 13.?The State of Manhattan, composed of the coun ties of Suffolk. Queens. Nassau, Kings Richmond, New York, Bronx, and j Westchester. in New York State would be sanctioned by the legisla ture if the bill introduced last night! becomes a law. The act would re-! quire ratification by a referendum next November. BYR^Is' T?>OSAL ' INCLUDED IN BILL Whaley Succeeds in Getting Substance of Amendment Put in Sedition Measure Washington, Jan. 10.?Representa tive Whaley, who is a member of the judiciary committee, succeeded this afternoon in having that committee include in the sedition bill they have been drafting the substance of the Byrnes amendment denying the use of the mails to publications making appeals to racial prejudice and incit ing riots. For some time Mr. Byrnes has been making an effort \to have such publications excluded from the mails, and Mr. Whaley has been ac tively aiding him in tne judiciary com mittee. The bill will be reported to the house next week. GENERAL ASSEMBLY Lawmakers of South Carolina Meet With Quorum Pres ent This Morning Columbia, Jan. 13.?Ratification of six bills that failed of ratification l ist year, because of clerical oversight, one of these regulating the operat ing and service of the Charleston Street Railway, and another relieving from taxation the stocks of banks ir* vosted in Liberty Bonds, up to twen i ty-five por wnt of their capital. a. j resolution iif the senate endorsing the : League of Nations and a spe3ch?by ISp'aker Cothran cautioning the legis I xators to be careful in consideration. 01 matters of State legislation, esp& cir?:ly in the matter of finances, mark ed the opening session of the general assembly today. Quorums were present in both houses. The house voted to ask Vice Pres fdent Marshall to deliver an address in the hall of the house of represen tatives Wednesday night. WITHDRAWING FROM SCHLESWIG Washington, Jan. 14.?The evacu ation of the first zone province of Schleswig was started by the Ger mans as required by the peace treaty preliminary to the plebiscite there to determine whether the- province be reunited with Denmark, the State de partment was advised today. Paris, Jan. 13.?Japan has decided N to withdraw her warships frorii T"u chow, China, where they were sent some weeks ago, owing to the treat ment of Japanese subjects, accord ing to information received by the Japanese delegation to the peace con ference. I London, Jan. 14.?Russian soviet j troops which have reached < Balai Sta ! tron, four hundred miles west of j Taiga, will* be aided by Chinese Bol | sheviki, according to a Moseow dis | patch. \ irybttiiavc fnnns orcliy property for&fe/write We? wffh subdivide and seS your property AT AUCTION quickly and profitably for vou. r' :aiffl lands N:-:?J\'-St'v>-:2 Th::i:cr;d Six Hundred und Etgjt^Eigkt acres of Farm Land amour?s to over 1WE MILLION DOLLARS sold in 2918. ,W? itc lor bcatlet cf endorsement? and infor maiicii about our auction methods. $m? coast imy co^ny "TSJT WAKC Tfi-*Y .*y3T!HESr YOUW CO?FK*?*CE" ? Offices: prr=^S3B?G; V&. and GREENVtttE. N. C Reference: Any b^nk Liersberg1, Vi or G^nvHle, H', C. f NULL OTDONKELL. President ... . *v' . *yir? O. L? YATES, Cashier WELCOME 1920 We wish you a very- success ful administration and hope your coming will bring Joy and Happiness to everybody in whom we are interested, and if you do, you will not miss many. The First National Bank sumteh.sc. The National Bank of South Carolina of Sumter, S. C. ? Resources $2,250.006 Strong and Progressive The Most Painstaking SERVICE with COUICTESY Give us the Measure of Serving YO? C. G. ROWLAND, President FAILLE ROWLAND, Asst. Cashier & L. M'COY W. Y. YEADON