Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SAYS it's Figures itains Much Grade Bar. II.?J. skottowq prestdent of the station tonight aald mdlnic mi the American ite Of 12.247.000 bales um rtton < rop iur this year, inding the government re today which gave tin 19.sl7.000 bales, received Information this at't dd Mr. Wannamaker, ' that ~tent report made no pro tor bolllea and snaps which last Minted to 6HH.0U0 bales. The lent report alto include* the cotton which Is still in the a very great portion of st going to remain in the field, ?mors all over ^he south are ling the cotton in the Held, that they Will not pick it there is a sharp rise in the This may sound like propa but an Investigation by any wlll convince, them that It Is truth *A* the present prices, the farm? 's not able to pick their low cotton They cannot finance It. thousands of bale* will be left j fields through necessity. Many inds more will be left through lOre la another aurprlae in store tun circles A bill has been In ocngresa calling for rsy of the ut tenabl? cotton on The quantity of this rotten, will h* disclosed try the re wntch wtll iw issued follotvlng LOOrvey. will be a surprise. In \ places Unters and regins are reported as cotton, am standing behind the Amer Ootton Associsticn . *?timate of f^f.too boles as the totsl crop for year and I believe that our ng ats much nearer correct than Of the government. Our eatl wa* made 'fter u most cureful I believe t*at the time will that our figures are correct." [BON BILL PASSES HOUSE ibits Practically All Immi grmtion For One Year ilngton. Dec. IS.?The house ^Bstmitted to the senate the hit Is. prohibiting practically itirration to the United States a pel loci of one year, lo vbte in the bouse on the meaa 1*3 to 41, brought to an end more three days of heated debate on ttton aiTalrs It also followed He attempts by the bill's supporters Wngthen the prohibition pe.*lod to years, ss orlglnelly proposed. The of these attempt* brought a rts vste ?' favor of the two-yoar rluslon out a tecor d call showed i 81 favor of tits one-year period and ? Oair l*t opposed tn the senate the bill will be re * ft*I id to th?? immigration commtf.ee aatloii will t^e deferred until the ifllinlftce has concluded Its heartiors 1 investigated thoroughly all pha.ies Immigration and naturalization lions. A num >er of measures lag on the** *utj?rtn are pending fast aenate atat it la regarded as ty that they will be incorporated in Johnson bill when It is finally re tod to the senate for consideration, attitude of the aenate leaders to? wns that no hasty action should taken by that body in dealing wAh UssatIon names. PaVtWDATV. ROH TW. PKN1TKN TIARY. Boms person with a cesspool mind amused himself Saturday or Sunday Bight b>. writing obscene word* on ' wne of tb<? plate alase show windows on Main street The vulgarian who did this a in not know It hut he com ?milted a crime apraltmt the law of the state punishable by Imprisonment In penitentiary VC AT GHACF (111 lt< If. The divisional meeting of the Bap W. M U will be held at Grace it 1st church Thursday December beginning at 10:30 a. m. lere wtll be representatives from' all the churches of the Hantee Asso? ciation All ladles are urged to come and bring lun< h as it w II >>,. an all day meeting. Coffee and tea will be prepared at the church Marriage License Record. Marriage licenses have been grant? ed to Mr J. L. Stone und Mien Jo? sephine Miller of Tmdal. Colored Joe Aagtll and Linie Thome 0? Co. imnas. John Hor.o Potts and Hat tie Oil of gnimter. HJtN UNION lilt I NOK SUIT \0\IN.HT GOYI.HNMFNT Washington Dec 14 - The Western 'nton has brought suit in the District Colombia supreme i ourt for an "* in junction restraining tin- government rom interfering with the proposed inflection of th. rompany's cable with the new cable line from the Bar bade es. !>arl*. iMe (?oeisjtantlne will not remain Ions og the Greek throne says h Oeneva dlspstch, but will ah c dkats in favor of Crown Prlnee George, boeaiot?, It :? pointed out. ZOreeee would be In a critical situation f opposed by the great power* ejw^ _ _ _ i' t ? Senator 11 i Iii i eonftred with two Pennoylvan" Qbeemor Boroul, and \v. W. At iry. vice-president Of the I'eousyl fen la road William K Anderson, a Methodist bishop, was also called by Invitation, EXTRA LARGE CROP j COTTON PREDICTED Price Paid to Producers Decem? ber 1 Said to Be Lowest Since 1915 Washington. Doc. 13.?The cotton crop which D4fJ.li Ulf season in the worst condition In fifty years has (turned out to be the beggest crop since 1914, with u production of 12. II?,OM bales, accordant to final es? timates anioaineed today by the dc parttnent of agriculture. The lateness of winter. the depart? ment said, has helped to increase the bJM of the crop by permitting the plant, which was late in getting started, to mature. The price of cotton paid to pro? ducers Deeemlx?r 1, was announced as fourteen cent* a pound, the low? est for that date since 1915. The final production estimates is 1, 500.o.hi bales more than forecast from; tie rendition of the crop late in Juri?-. Vast improvement was shown as the season progressed and the August condition brought a forecast of 12, 783,000 bales. That was reduced by the September condition of 12,123,000 bales. In Texas and South Carolina the crop is a record one, as is that of Arkansas. Production in California? and Aiizona has about doubled the production of any previous year. Production this year by States in 500-pound boles follows: Virginia Is.000; North Carolina, 840.000; South Carolina 1.."?30,000, Georgia 1.400,000; Florida IS,000; .Ma i.a ma 660,000; Mississippi 885,000: Umisiana 380.000; Texas 4,200,000, Arkansas 1.160.000; Tennessee 310, 000; Missouri 850.000; Oklahoma 1. 300.000; California 150.000; Arizonu 110,000. All other states 15,000. REORGANIZE SHIP PING BOARD Washington, Dec. 14.?The reorgan? isation of the shipping board by di? vorcing the emergency fleet corpora? tion and the selection of experienced shi ?pirig men for the management of each org: mixed ion are among the suggestions of Martion J. Oillen. of the house committee that is investi? gating the shipping Uoai'i. ( Uli Is 1 MAS |HTNI) MKKTING AT PRESBYTER!A N CHURCH The annual meeting of the Sunday schools to subscribe to the Christmas) fund for the poor of Sumter was held Sunday afternoon at the First Preaby toriuti church. The attendance at thia meeting was not so large this year as usual nor marked with quite the cus lonvary degree of enthusiasm that ordinarily predominates. The committees appointed to dis? tribute this fund will be announced la? ter. The report of the treasurer, A. If, luoughton of contributions to this Chr stmas fund follows: Bahunce on band . $57.00 Plate collection, Sunday, De? cember 12. 99.11 Nunday School, Broad St. Methodist church . 5.0o Mrs. It. A. Brudham . 5.On W. H. Dowman .' 2.50 Sumter Shrine Club . 100.00 In Memory of Mary Coyle Oraham . 75.s? Sunny Side Club . 5.00 Philathea Class. First Bap? tist Church. 12.00 Sunday school, Christian Ch. 10.00 Men's Organized Bible Class, Presbyterian Sunday 8. 10.00 Total cash receipts to date. .$381.5 i Pledges. P. O. Boa-man . |l.00 lliracu Class. First Baptist Church . IM I Gamecock Lodge, Knights of Pythias . lO.o I Salem Baptlat S. S. 10.00 Sumter Nurses . 15.00 . MoCollum Bros. 15.o I Knlghti; of Columbus. 10 )0 McLeod-Wesley Bible Claus, Ttinl.y M. K. Church. 100,00 <'handl. r-Hanhon Motor Co... I.0Q OiKmnell & ?Co." . 25.0 > Mr and Mrs. E W. McCallum 1,(1 I J. H. Johnson . 5.i' I ciaremont Lodge. A. r. M... 16.00 Peed & Deal . s,( ? $300. to Grand total .$681.51 dan II-:I.s says MOlii : ships and pl\nks Ml'st ul. Bt'ilt Washington. Dec. 14.??Secret;. ; luinlels nhitcd before the house no- al committee toduy that world conditio is of ichaos, disagreement and trouble;* made a continua,.on of naval and aircraft building by the United States imperative. ON I it DM I.ION DOLI.A Its IN TAX Kb Ol* TSTANDING. Washington. Dec. 14.?The treasury department estimates that over a bil? lion dollars is outstanding in unpaid laxes becitise of the governnu nt's in? ability to audt returiis, the house com? mittee wua told by l>r. Thomas AdunH of the treasury department. Mam-best.-r. N H., Dec. 14.?The Amoskcag Manufacturing company t .t'ts announced a ten day shut down and a wage reduction ot twenty-two ami a-half per cent for the thirteen thousand, five hundred employes. The cotton division will work three da's a week and the worsted department remaining closed for SSYS al months Lm erne. Use, 14 ?Cesistnntlns and Iilie royal party left today for Venice whet* thev Will boaid a Greek wiu - hlp for Phaleron for a tiiumpbal en tr\ into At honst The OOUncI] of nun inters and Prince Georg, aocompsnj b|m. Psy I 'ec. 14?According In Oer ? do patches, Semitor Medtll Me Cormich declared "The League */lll be smoiini-,'d by tin- eloquence of Its members and a great deal too much time is lost in useless verbiage.'' TO REGULATE*"? HIGHWAY TRAFFIC The Attorney General Comments on the Terrible List of Casualties Columh'n Dec, i*.- Enactment of civ\s to )? Aar regulate traffic on th< l>ubllc highways of the state, with a view to avoiding Ihe multiplicity of fatalities, is urged by Attorney i General Wolfe In his report to the 1921 legislature, now being compiled, a copy of whleb has been referred to i i this oorreapondient? The attorney general calls attention to the terrible I list of casualties due to reckless driv? ing. "A dangerous instrumentality" he calls the automobile, quoting the state supreme court. The attorney genet.il also urges better salaries for the attorney gen? eral gad asstbtant attorney general; asks for ? law to preserve the state's I defenses In suits brought against the state; asks for a law to require de? fendants asking for bail to appear befOre a circuit judge or justice of the supreme court, and make petition pursuant to a writ of habeas corpus; Urges the enactment of a law to re? quire defunct corporations to pay the State dissolution fee, and also asks the legislature to enact a law providing for the disposition of confiscated fire arms, OOW held by county clerks of court. The attorney general reviews the work of his ofllco for the past year. In the many cases handled there has jbeejl "favorable result In every in? stance in which attirmativc relict was sought on the part of the state." The attorney general's office col? lected during the year 1920, by suit or otherwise?, $10.828. Other judg? ments, not yet collected, totaled $11, 000, making a total of recoveries of |Slf8St, The report also reviews) many of the most Important cases handled during the year, such as the Columbia Canai case, various railroad cases, rate cases, the ' hosiery mill" case, and the like. It also refers to the work of re-codifying the state lau, whloh work is now progressing in the handy of Code Commissioner J. C MeClure, assisted by Col. W. W. Lewis, of York, and C. P. Barksdule, of Laurenn, PVltCHASi: OP LANDS FOR EAST? ERN NATIONAL FORKHTS Washington, Dec. 13.?The Nation-! al forest reservation commission, which authorizes the purchase of lands for eastern national forests, at a meeting held November 29, recom? mended to conpr ess a continuation of government purchases of forest land and the appropriation of adequate funds to carry on the work. A large number of business and civic organ? izations, including the American Pa? per and Pulp association, the Nation? al Wholesale Lumber Dealers' asso? ciation, 1 the National Lumber Manu? facturers' association, the National Newsprint association and the Cham? ber of COmmerOC Of the Vnited States, have already gone On record In fa? vor Of enlarging the national forest lands in the east. The great Import? ance of the work has been made evi? dent through the report on the Cap? per resolution submitted to congress last Spring, which showed 80.000,000 acres of denuded and unproductive timber lands in tho United States, while the cut-over area Is increasing at the rate of 4,000,000 acres a year. The control ision authorised the ex? tension of the purchase work to Pennsylvania and New York, and the location of a purchase unit on the headwaters of the Allegheny River with e vo w to lessening the danger Irom river floods at Pittsburgh and, at other placet located below Pitts burgh on the Ohio river. The commission authorised the ?Uiyhuflc Of U.09N acres of land In .he While Mountains and the South in Appalachians at an average price Qf $8,04 per acre. Of the lands ap? proved for purchase one tract of 1, 189 acres in Orafton county. M. H., WUS Offered at $7.r>o an acte. The purchase of two tracts In Augusta and Shenandoah counties, Virginia, having an area Of 289 acres, was authorized a* an average price of $2.90 an acre. TefO tracts in Madison county, N. C, having a total area of 1,948 acres Were approved for purchase at $4 an acre, ami l%845 acres of timbered land In spurte county, N. c . at $7.50 an acre. There were also approved for purchase G0> acres in seven tracts in Winston and Lawrence counties. Ala., at an average price of $5.19 per acre, and 1,450 acres In Arkansas, chiefly In Polk, Montgomery, Scott, and Yell counties, offered by 27 different own* ere at an average price of $8.?8 an Lore. Purchase of 7,000,000 feet of spruce timber at $:i per thousand feel was also authorized by the com? mission. This timber is in the White Mountain National Forest, N. H., but was reserved from sab- at the time the land was pun hased. This ac? quisition will enable the govemm nt to endred cutting operations upon ap? pro! mately 1,500 acres of land, thus securing proper forest management and consideration of public interests. I IIAKDIXO T.LFXTKD MJCMBKR. Marlon, Dec, 14.?Senator Harding has been elected ;i member of the Marion typographical union. TcTcHHCK Oltnw Til OF Alt MA* Geneva, Dee. 14.?-An agreement among the pow re to put un Imme? diate end to the growth oi armaments contemplate d In the league ol nations plan was presented to the assembly by the rommittee today. AllllltI ks POSTPONED. it Is with regret that the Woman's Literary club aunouucea tho poat ponemenl nl Prof, Krlerson's address which was lo have l>eon Kiv^n on Thui duy evening in the school audi? torium I lue to Dim ? Mi Prl ?rson has In 11 obliged to cancel this otigagemoiit; the club hopes l" have the pleasure of hearing Ihls aid- speaker at a la jttr dule. MEN I s. PRICES FOR TOBACCO Federal Trade Committee Makes Report to Congress on Conditions Washington, Dec. 14.- The federal trade committee repotring to congress said the low tobacco price was due to lessening of foreign purchases, in? creased quantity of low grades and the purchasing methods of the large buy? ers. ABBEVILLE BANK IS SOLVENT Nothing the Matter, State Ex? aminer Craig Says Abbeville, Dec. 13,?The County Bsvings Bank, which was closed here last Friday by order of the directors of the bank, was ordered to be open? ed tomorrow by State Dank Examiner C. H. Craig, who said that the bank WAS solvent and was In better condi? tion than many other banks in the state still open. The bank was closed following an urn xp< -ted demand from a creditor bank in Columbia. The closing of the bank was hastened by the fact that the city of Abbeville tendered a deposit of $16,000 Friday morning, which deposit the officers were loath to receive with the insti? tution apparently unable to meet ob? ligations. State Dank K\aminer Craig said that he was surprised that, the directors had closed the bank, the ac ? tion apparently being caused by a misunderstanding of conditions and On over-zealous effort to be on the nale side of the State banking 1; .vs. In a statement to the local newspa? pers he assured the depositors and the public that the bank was In every way solvent. Tho other banks of the city promised financial support if" such was necessary. BIG LIQUOR RAID NEAR CAMDEN Still Operating on Large Scale is? Captured Canulen, Dee. 13.?(>nc of the langest whiskey raids ever pulled off In this county occurred during the early morning at a point about IS miles southwest of Camden in the Betty Neck section of West Wateree. In the raiding party were Sheriff G. c. Welsh, Deputy Henry McLeod and Policeman Hollle Hilton and L. E. Barnes, all of Camden. Thirty or forty gallons of whiskey WSfl found, about twenty barrels of mash and twenty sacks of granulated sugar weighing ioo pounds each. The still which was of ommenso capacity was well located In a wild, wooly Ion of the Wateree swamp and signs pointe d to it having been In operation for a long while. it was substantially built with brick foundation and it is thought many arc Implicated in Its opera? tion, though only two white men were Captured in the raid. They have been placed in jail and refuse to divulge ?heir naims and are said to be men who have been long at the business. The., were captured without a fight. It Is ESid to have been located on the Mite hell lands and most of the out? put is thought to have been disposed of around Columbia iu recent months. The officers state that it must have cost several thousand dollars to erect a plant such as this and the outlaws evidently thought themselves secure in the sec lut'.ed section, Haiti is Seldom Visited by Americans* Port Au Prince, Dec. 13.?Ameri? cans seldom come to Haiti except on business. It Is the rarest thing to see a tourist here and ship travelers. Stopping at this port for several hours, rush aboard again after a hurried ?Urvey of the water front section. The hordes of beggars besetting the Visi? tors as they attempt to walk through Well paved streets, lined with tho lame and ihu blind discourages the | VlsitOI 3. The Chamber of Commerce, mind ful of this evil. Is trying to end it, for the organization admits thai it is the ! thing- that turns tourists away. Aside from the occupation forces j there are about 200 Americans in the capital. Only four full steaming days from New York. Haiti is lucky If it gets mail hi eight or tell days. The one hotel here patronised by Americans sits back tu tho base cd' the mountainside overlooking the sea and beyond walking distance of town. Once acclimated the resident Ameri? can likes the- weather, but there never was a sun In Texas that beats down With the Intensity of this Haitian sun around midday. The old belief held in many parts lot iin United stales that. Port au Prince is a breeding spot of c rime, is wrong now. Lau ami Order Week Columbia. Dec 14.?January J:5 has been designuted as Law and Order Day. and the week following as l*iw and order week, and Governor Cooper is asked by the Law and Or? der Union of New York to proclaim these events. There will be special patriotic Instruction in the schools. This year the program for Law and Order week will aim at bolshevistic Itendencies coming from other lands. Washington, Dec. 14.?Sharp criti i Ism of the i atlonul coal industry with an implied threat cd' drastic legisla? tion by congress to meet the alleged evils of profiteering and speculation, accompanied 'be- report uf the senate committee o i production and recoil struct ton. Coal profiteering, es : pee i.tiiy following" tho priority ordci of the Interstate commerce com mis eion, continues unchecked by the de ? i .-? ?: ? i of justl' ?? tnd i ; u nationn [disgrace," the report said. "It Is lie duty oi I a(. government to lake- reo so nable and practicable steps to rem edy the evil." I Mi; POWER FOIC GOOD AN I) THE PROFIT IN HOME OWNING. I XIanufactumh Record >. ^ Thai homo owning is a safeguard i?? jt'apurorsKocord). etao Intaoish I the life of the nation and a protec? tion uguinsl bohthevism and social? ism id universally admitted, but the question as lo how the American peo? ple Khali io u large extent become ; D?na- uwuers is a diltlcull problem ! j to solve. The city of Baltimore has ? j probably made greater progn ?s in ' ] that direction than un> ..tin t eiij p, America, for home owning la here tin order id the day. ThouaamlN ui dwell ? iiare annuall) erected ? >> capital? ists and bulldei'm for the express pur? pose ??f being sold on loop, time and easy payments. ; A few years age a compilation w,o made showing that within the ten year period prior to the war Balti * more had built about 80,000 houses, I most of them comfortable, ewo-atory, well-equipped dwellings, nearly every j otic of which had been sold by the builders on tin- building-association plan. To tho conservatism oi Haiti more labor, based on this home-own? ing spirit, is due mm h of Hie remark? able progress of this 'city. During the last two years mon money has been raised for industrial development in lialtimore than in the preceding eighteen or twenty years, the amount ruiinli % into several hun? dred millions of dollars. A number of great enterprises now being built here located in Batlimore b< cause of the supply of conservative labor as compared with other cities, and this Iconservatism ami contentment of la? bor have come about very largely through ownership id' their own homes by the laboring people. li has been made possible in Baltimore lor a man of moderate income to buy his own dwelling ami pay for it through the building association or the savings banks, and whenever a man becomes a home owner ho becomes a broader ami a more patriotic citizen. Bearing on this question of home owning, Mr. (..'. W. Soule. a leading manufacturer of .Meridian, Miss., writes to the editor of the Manufac? turers Record: of course, you, like nearly all Intelligent people, claim that tho home owners act- the great but- ! Work of our nation. The best method of promoting the owning of homes would be to make ev? ery moderate home entirely free 0 fal) taxation so long as it is owned and ocupi< <l as a hone- for its owner; that is. make it more economical to own a home than to renl one. It is our opinion that every state should at tho earliest possible moment make the moderate home j entirely free of taxation; that the United States government should make such part of the Income each may Invest in a Home exempt from income tax. if such could b > done Imme? diately, it would more greatly promote the resumption ot bust- | ness than any other nu asure j that could ho adopted. As Conditions are in most parts of the United States, it is usual- I ly considered uneconomical to own one's own home The taxes on a home probably average over 1' per cent of its value in our cities ami towns. We believe that you will en? dorse this suggestion, ami hope thag you will take the matter up in your paper and invite its dis? cussion by your readers. We are j^lad to publish Mr Soul's suggestion and to invite discussion of the .subject. The proposition which he makes of exemption from taxa? tion on homes is possibly not feasible, but tho Idea is at least worthy of discussion, because home owning means broader patriotism and .creat? or national safety. IVs do, however, believe that that portion of his let? ter which suggests that the govern-] I men! might exempt from income tax? ation whatever Investment may be made in the purchase or tin- build? ing of a home is feasible and could be carried out to advantage. More? over, We believe all communities COUld wisely exempt from taxation for, say, live or ten years all Invest? ments now made in building or im? proving dwelllnga The legislative assemblies ot New Jersey and New York recently pass? ed laws providing fo?." the exemption from taxation of dwellings erected af? ter the passage of the laws. The New York law authorises the legisla? tive body of city, town or county to provide for exemption if it so desln ; while the New Jersey law provides i with certain exceptions) that taxes shall not be levied upon dwellings erected during the next live yeara Sonn- method of taxation must be devised which will encourage house? building ami home-owning. The country is more than 1,000, 000 dwellings short of its actual needs. some authorities even estimating a shortage of more than 2,000,000 dwellings, and with immigration pour? ing into this land at an alarming rate, this congestion will grow more acute, ami out of this will be devel? oped a spirit of bolahevism and an? archy. It is exceedingly important that this situation should be me I by an active campaign for house build? ing for renters and for buyers alike. The south especially needs to de? velop among its people of money B spirit for the building of dwellings for rent or for sab- at a price which will meet the ability of men of meli? orate means, blac k as wall as while, to buy. In the south the poor man is inadequately housed in the clt> and on the farm. To enable a man to got a comfortable two-story, thoroughly built, modernly equipped dwelling, such as are available in llaltinicr la southern man must have a far greater Income than is required In 1 laltlmore. The tenant-houses <>n Ihe farms of the soui!. are to a large extent a dis? grace to civilisation, due mainly to tin long veins of loa p Ire for canton The landowner who d?>es not spend considerable portion ol bis Income improving his houses, so a- t.> make hotter nu n and women of Iib lenants is failing ot his Christluti duty. We cannot hope to develop the highest morality and education ill huts and hovels, And to this problem the south must devote its attention. Baltimore is setting the erhole country en <x ample In the power and profit of home owning. BRITISH DELEGATES GO HOME Indefinite Recess for Interna tional Communications Conference Washington, Dec. 14.?1-The Britlnti delegates in I he international com mnnieations conference have left for home. Thin i* expected to result la an indefinite recess by the delegates representing the Cnited States, Japan France and Italy. IM DLL i minis Effort will he Hade in Xc*| lx*gfela tnre t?? Put* Law for t oiitrol of all Public Service Columbia, !???(?. 14.?a public ser? vice bill, similar to that of tic ly^O legbilature, which was killed on the I home Stretch of its legislative course. Will be Introduced in the liejl legisla? ture, it was learned hen' today, it I's not known who will Introduce the moaaure, but .it is presumed that J. B. Atkinson, nf tin- Kpartanburg dele? gation, who fathered the bill last win? ter, Will i ?? one of its promoters, if r.ot IU9 author. Tin- public utilities bill passed th< nous* of lepresents tlves at the iirjo session was killed in the senate, alter ;, strong light against it. during whic h se veral hoar. ! iays were held, with representatives [of tin Southern Dower Co., as prinei ' pal witnesses. The bill to be introduced in the 3 S?J1 legbilature will provide for the setting up of a public service commission, with power to regulate the operation of all public service corporations in tiie state. The bill will give this com? mission power to lix rates on water, gas. electric light and. power rates. It will also authorize the commission to establish standards for computing the output of utilities. It will also put street railways under jurisdiction of the com mission, it will also pro? vide authority for the commission to Investigate' unused hydro-electric po? tentiality in the state to approve or disapprove securities issued by pub lic utilities, to provide a uniform sys? tem of accounts and to hear petitions of eittxens regarding the service of tit IUI los. The bill would provide that the chairman Of the commission would ! receive a salary of $3,300 a year, tho oth? r two members of the commission ?<> receive a" per diem of ten dollars, for time actually serving in connection with tile commission's work. Each commissioner would be required to give bond in the sum of $1,000. The present public utilities com? mission has asked the budget commis plon to Include in the state's budget a total of $24.940, for 1921 operations, tiii- to Include the program outlined in the new bill to be introduced. This year the commission was given only $l,S9l, ami its operations were lim? ited, the costs or it? operations be? ing borne by funds secured in special ways. ? hurclt-Owuetl Automobile Not Ex? empt Prom Taxation Columbia, Dec. 14?An automobile bought by a church for its pastor is lot exempt from taxation as church roperty, according t<> an opinion ren lered by the attorney general's of flce, Information concerning^ which tvas obtained today. Tin opinion was tendered for H. V. Sutherland, comptroller general, who wan tea the Information for W. D. Dint, auditor of Lexington count>. Son;, church in Lexington county, It would seem, lias purchased an auto for the pastor, and was of the opin? ion that it would be tax-free, as oth? er church property. Hut the attorn? ey general's office holds differently. ? It is the opinion of this office that an automobile is not Included among the exemptions,*' says the opinion of Assists.nl Attorney General Daniel, af? ter a study of the statute exempting certain items of church property from taxation. Christmas seals When yon wrap up your Christmas package, why not use. for finishing ftouch<s. the stamps that carry the double bared cross? They're ex? ceedingly attractive and t 'hristmassy. Th??y have a jolly Santa Clans, a grinning small boy, a Merry Christ? mas. and a Healthy New Year. They iost you no more than the ordinary Christmas seals which help nobody ex cepl (heir manufacturers, and they help fight tuberculosis. These health Stamps ; re on sale in Sumter now. Ar.' \ou not Willing to help in this light by buying Christinas sjuIs? Tobicco Growers Urged to Organi/c Columbia. Dec. 14?Complete or? ganisation of the tobacco growers of the state is urged by the department of agriculture in its annual report on tile tobacco c rop of the state, issued from the press today. The report I shows that the 1921 tobacco season produced 00.242,011 pounds of tobac? co, netting to the producers |i*,S0S> 686. The average price of the crop for 1920 w.is 53.80 cents per pound. The pasl year, according to this report, has been a bad one for the to? bacco growers, as compared with the ?wo preceding. In 191? the crop was over 81,000 000 pounds, bringing $tb. ?48,559, an average pries of 20.10. rho banner year in the history of South Carolina tohftCO was 19 It, When the crop brought an average pried of 21.00 cents, the highest p'ice. v, ;? received. That year there were 62.173.031 pounds, netting over $19, 100,000 In bis report of the tobacco crop it. Harris, romuiiwdoner oi agriculture. arges Ihe establishment in Columbia, ? pome central s?>uih Carolina point, of 1 tobacco factory, such ss those ha have made s?oti ? of 1 in 1 es' .?nth Carolina etiles what they are od ay. II.' says there could just as easily bo such a factory in this state as in any other state.