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Saturday r<i COMPANY s, a ?In advance, rats. tnsertoin ?_11.00 f Insertion .60 threo months or lang? et reduced rates, cations which subserve ts will be charged (or eat*. and tributes of respect ged (or. uter Watchman was found ? and the True Southron in lie Wit ten man and Southron the combined circulation and ef both of the old papsrs, lfestly the best advertising In Summer. L HOsT T RI 's 11 >KN T- M A K IN ti. test of president-making in HB try has been going up stead lee JJncoln's day. A writer in >W York Forum estimates that costs approximately $185,000, nominate, elect and inaugurate ?nt lie divides the sum thus: ?SSS, $10.000,000^; conventions. ?MOt; campaign (all parties), It,000; expenses incident to vot 9S0.t00.00O, and inauguration, t.eiui ItSO Abraham Lincoln's cam coot $100.000. ity 1S92 cam fun'I* hud groa n as large us LW** and $f,3&0.0oo for the two parties. The biggest sum spent ty single candidate so far was In When McKJn ey was elected, year the Republican printing bill Ml $1.000.000 and the total fund Its.ioe.ooo. nearly every case the largest has been spent for the succesa ididate. with the other cundl tralhng along behind in ex Rture* as In votes. That was not in lllf, when the Hughes fund mo e than half a milhou dollars tcoss of the Wilson fund. ?I Interest In and criticism of huge campaign budgets seem to hereaslng about as fast as the totals. There is doubt of the km of "buying" the presidency? referring to grsft or to any form ring votes, but simply to the publicity rivalry of modern po rampaigning. There seems to common feeling that it is pos to spend too much money In bc Of a candidate. It is recognized It Is necessary to spend a certain int. but bow large that sum can ithout exceeding the limits of and propriety is in much dia? ls possible that within the next years public opinion will have sufficiently definite to Insure ller regulation of campaign spend Certainly some limit should be on th?* sums which may irly bo collected and used for the of electing uny public official. IlKTTI ll MAIIKKTINK. The farmers of the country are very says a writer in the Country tleman, about the break In the I of wheat. "Fully half of their 'S efforts has vanished. *hey ire done their part In the face of Insuperable difficulties, and iw that their crops arc ready for ?ket some force or forces ove itch tltey have no control clip olt bibkona of dollars from their renue. "Not knowing exactly whom to the farmers have blamed ev ItSNty In any way connected with transportation and marketing of Ihr products. They blame tho rail ids, the grain and produce ex ihanges. the millers, the grain brokers end the government, but chiefly the) Ma me tho exchanges. , Tie re Is a deep seated prejudice litest these market centers. The frage farmer believes they perform eful service for agriculture and it their principal functmn la to a place where gambling In Istuffn may be carried on safely profitably by those on tho In ?? le farmers are not alone In blam the marketing forces of the conn f..i the present situation, nor are ? ? liotte la the prejudice against the exchange* Nor is wheat the only commodity on which farmers?and ? i seopls, too?are losing money, ivs an editorial In the same nsaga? Tast year the farmers lost heavily all livestock, actually lOtt millions dollars. Home good farmers lost urly all i hey possessed. Yet in spits of the fact that meat prices were ab? normally low at the point of produc lon. the great consuming public never more for their steaks and chops. rho was to bUm?*'.' W? make no isatlons. We merely point out fact* What was the effect on farmers'* They said It Ikes* i\es that our present marketing ays> is rotten, the day would come .When the. would smash it " It |s iiuite evident that tin- farmers did no- profit In this last year. Nolth er did the buyers. Somebody must have profited. Every consumer must fctadl recognise that "the marketing system is rotten," ami ought to be fttly hW? it'll A FRENCHMAN ON ATHLETICS. Sayn Gustave \a> Hon in a recent is siu of Les Annulcs Among all the qualities which make the strength of H people, ths respect for authority figures in the first rank. It constitutes one of the fareas of America and of England. During the war, the food director of the United States had need only of suggestions to establish days without meat and without bread. When coal was lacking, in 1 1 v he suggested to the hoods of Industries to stop work for five days. All obeyed without discussion. The methods suitable to gain culture and lutollsjonoe arc nu. morons. To produce character there exists but one the practice of the qualities which develop it . One acquires initiative and will only by exercising them. Tho prent usefulness of sports is, above all, the devclo?. ing of character. They teadi, notably, the art of obeying, from which is derived the art of command? ing. Americans are apt to regard ath? letic sports chiefly as aids in the de? velopment of strong bodies and ro? bust health. Here is a view which regards them as essentials in the for? mation of character. It calls to mind on<e more the fact that the tiertnnns had no sports. Nor was their military discipline of the tlexible, intelligent type, whieh as M. Le Don luggests, is an art that leads to the irt of commanding, it was median? es I routine. The Irish display constantly the Uher extreme of lack of sportsman ihip?there eevryone demands his >wn way without sense of the value ?f team work. No individual or lit le section of the Irish people enn ever ? f t he idvisability of subordinating its j1 opinions or compromising for the ake of the team. The American boy and girl have very opportunity to develop through lav the greatest and finest qualities, hose that will mainUiin America's tandarda of co-operation and the ouare deal, which "make the strength f a people." ACTION ON IMMIGRATION. On one piece of reconstructive legis itlon, at least, congress is giving the ountry prompt actioo. Indications re that the most drastic immigration leasure ever enacted will go to the ?resident before tho Christinas hoi leys. The Johnson bill will virtually stop ae Influx of foreigners, admitting nly travelers, students and those oi ear blood relationship to citizens and liens already hero. Time will be iven for the arrival of those who ave made all their prepnr.ions for oming to this country, then the ti cam will be automatically stopped ,t its source. The law may be expect d to take effect within three months, mless President Wilson vetoes it. In lew of tho widespread demand for uch a measure and the short period t its operation, a veto is not anticipat? ing The house amendment shortening he tim*? of restritcion from two ears to one is wise. It is recognized hat industrial conditions are so un ettled that nothing more than a torn >orary measure la possible. Within s 'oar, the economic situation should >e much nearer normal, permitting he working out of a permanent im nbjratlon policy for the future. It be that within a few mouths, a* business revives, a shortage of labor will appear that will make |t ndvls Ible to let down the bars somewhat S'eedless to say, they should never be lowered as far as they have been in the past. till: WORKER'S COUNCIL ENTER TAIN in>. Tu sod ay, the Nth Mis Qso, Beau? mont entertained Ihe Workers' coun? cil of THnlty Methodist church at le i home on North Salem avenue. Mr. H. C. Wallace, the superintendent of the Sunday school gave g very en? couraging report. Afterwards the as? sistant superintendent, Cupt. Robert Brown, gave some line suggestions, with a glowing account of the Wes? loe Hi: |s class. The Heglnners. Juniors. Interme? diate and Young People's were well represented. The pastor. Dr. J. W. Daniel gave a very timely talk on Improvements, Aiterwards a delightful salad course was served by .Mrs. Prank Lynatn, Miss Margaret Beaumont and Mrs. Hrooks. Among those present were Dr. and lfm Daniel, Mesam. H. C. Wallace. Adam Ben sacs, Robert Brown? Mesdanus Alex Hroughton. J. W. Cog, Hrooks. Adam Rsaraes, Beaumont, Ciank 1 Aman;. Misses (dg Keimes. Eva Sires, Kettle Phillips, Mamie Chandler. Margaret Ueaumont. Mexico ctty. Dec. IS.?Sixty thou? sand Russian refugees from tho Cri? mea are exgfeted in Metieo within the next f#w months according le a re* port recently made le Ihe depart* ment ?d' agriculture by one of 11* agents who has just returned from the Near Hast. The agent declared that many of Ihe RunSMM will ? in hnrk fot Manko oitbln a few weeks. The government has signified a wil? lingness to receive them. RKt'MON 01< rcUlrifiT, Deo. if. A procda'm^lfpo of the reunion of North nn<1 South China has iun I.n Issued by Preal dent Hau Bhth-ehnng. The mandate orders the various |?rovineial utilhoii tifH i?? exert themselves to tin end that tin- democratic government may be promoted, ami nnnounceu that the republic "will henceforth be united." The proclamation Is practically coin cldent with a declaration from Canton by Teen Chen-hsuan und others of the "KxecutlVe Committee of tin Southern Mifitar> government," on announcing the dissolution of tli it government and cancellation of the "Independence" of the southwest prov? inces, The reunion mandate loses mil h of its force due to the tact that an? other independent faction is in con? trol of the territory which the "mili? tary government" relinquishes, and that the signers of tin- Canton decla? ration Immediately bourded n Brltlah steamer to escape the Incoming troops Of the opposition .action. Also leaders of the Cantonese faction de? ny the right of Tsen Chun-hsuan, General Lu Yung-gtlng and Mil Vnir: hsicn, of the Kwangs] party, to dis? solve the military government, The Peking government, hOWCVCr, appears to have hopes that these oth? er factions can be conciliated. Coupl? ed with the reunion mandate presi Ident issued an instruction to the ministry of the interior to bring about, the election of a new parliament of the republic, in conclusion the pres? ident pays: "The people are com ng to tin- dawn of better days and J. the president of China, do hope that this order Will be 1 observed and acted upon by all con? cerned." COSTA RICA MAKING TROCIlIiE. - j Tegucigalpa. Honduras, Dec. i" Some curt and not very cordial notes have been exchanged between topic- j sentatives of the British and Costa Paean governments ovt r a law recent iy passed by Costs Un a annulling all international transactions by the pre? vious administration of President Ti noco, This law rescinds an oil concession ' given to British Interests, affects cer- 1 tain arrangements between the Ti noco government and the Costa li; rnn branch of the Royal Hank of Can? ada, and affects some American luter Nits, Including the Sinclair syndicate s/hich ha<l obtained certain oil rights , under the Tlnoco administration. The British govei nment filed a strong protest with the government Df Costa Rica, refusing to abide by :he law. To this Costu Klca replied .hat it would nol allow a foreign pow-1 nf'tO interfile with Its internal legis^J ation. Great Britain then sent its nlnlster from Panama to Costa Rl :a, partonally, to settle the dispute. | Aa a consequence, the Costa Rio i areas Is bitter against the British ! Maims and much anxiety exists there it the prob;\ble OUtCOntO, ACVM) PKosl.t I'll! DRAFT EVADERS, Washington, Dec if.?charges thai .he war department were talcing n ? iction toward the prosecution Of draft, ?vaders and deserters were tiled with , .he house judiciary committee by : representatives Of the ex-service men's MWanlsaAiona, SKLLS BONDS AT PAR. Greenwood, Dee. 1".?Municipal '? rte - c^n* bonds, totaling 1200,000 wore mid today at pur to Richard Fields 4 Co., of Cincinnati through their ?cpresetrtatlve, i. B. Richards of the Security Trust company Of Spartan burg. The bonds are dated January 1 1921. and will be delivered <m that date. Nine bills were received. Pro? ceeds from the sale of rnesc bonds vl'l Its used In extending street pav ng and sewerage. S?CVSTS. fS-"Aires, Dec. 1 I. A plague of locusts, like (hill which in auch ill Kgypt "oovi red the face ol the earth,' 11 us year descended ui?>..i tin province of Santa IV. Him liar offensives ur< ahnest ai aal events In one par, or mother of Argentina. Tho locustfl come suddenly without warning. Where for a > ai ?r several years perhaps not on< of tho Insects has been h ??? n, a v? rii ibl< cloud of Ihcm will onc? day app ar ind settle on the ground. These usu illy come from il!?: northwest, from the vast nlmosl uninhabited tracts in Bolivia, it is sup pot* d. The < >v< r the earth like u moving carpel, grad? ually moving on. At first liit i?- dnmnge Is done, aside from the inconvcnii nee <>r having lit? erally million* of the Insects covering everything and ? von penetrating Ihe nouses. Hut as tin;, progress* through the country tin".- bore holes Into the earth, preferably In hard spots such as roadways, into which tin y deposit their eggs. Within a short time the arva are hatched and come forth. At first these can nor fly, and it is at ? his stage that they devour every liv ing plant within their path, with ihe exception of a few su cl such a ? willow trees, A little later the Insects dev< <? > their wings and, leaving 11?? - couutrj through which they have passed a desert, they disappear almost as sud? denly as thej ?am". Where they (u has never been discovered. ? Argentina has had recourse to niattj methods fighting the locusts. Th hation maintains organ uted locust, i ? hth ?-? -"M.-o;s. something like those formed lo llghl forest li:'os. and thosv ire sent every year to tlic section.! invaded. In addition, every rancher Is hehl i > ponsilde for fighting the ? Ulli of lh< me i. ad s employed is ' dig trenches in which the insects in ? ? ? But no nva It el* how munj millions o.1 th< m are made away with in any such manm r, ii is impossible to look ii. j.?st owlsg'to :h<' great extent I Ar gentina, much of which if- Htill vor: spu rscty sett led. iA I'OIIH MAY MAX.Vii; TK-KICS. Augusta, Qa., Dec l5--'ty Coll-, left today for New York for ? o: - forence with the owner of IV.? Octroi! Americans regarding Co m repotted nff< r to manage the Tig< rs. New fork, Dec. 16. So In forma* ;ii has bceq received from th<> na? val balloon thai lefl ltoekawa> Polnl i vionday, with three oilicers, on an en? durance test. Itli-tll I ! ! >V IMY IN GOVritNMKXT Washington, Deo. la. 'Republican (cadi i Metidell, doci '? u m til m loii.i iii it rigid economy In xppro prin'tons for government ? xi?? 11>? -? \m n ccasary in order to iigh' "i Uli i\ lamb ti, and the total estimate (?t in? secret ry of the treasury should be reduced by one hi lion, four hundred mi lion dollars, chiefly by scaling down ihe estimates of Iii? army. n.i\y and sundry civil ? SP?: u ? '?. W:u?l Ingon, lx?c. 16. A severe i h lake, said lo Ikj the worst in n ars, recorded today by the ''.??.:. i . i I niv.'i-s :y seismograph* anted to ha \ < occurred 2,-? miles i om Washington. I >>?<?. 1Such a large 1 a contractor's ad-> I a ? nt y-tive men I hat < :: l!< d our t o maintain pi emits liegan assent** tin ng. ?VAXT13D Position a - overseer of a farm. Th iroughlj competent, and experienced in all kinds of farming. Including ctock, truck, poultry and power farming. "38 years of age; rled a ad i an furnish the test (ttces. W. P. Arnold, ?; ? < v lie. s. c. it No. ::. 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