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COTTON ESTI M ATES MISLEADING Senator Heflin, of Alabama Challenges Figures of Census Bureau Washington. Dee, It?The sjainmts of thin rear's crop of cotton ;v? ? - Wim challenged V> the eenate sedJaj ?.\ Senator h. tinv Hen* ocrst. Alabama. wh?> s.ml t*JS SJaS an eeecaotusrah of i.Boo.otey-oalea These lUrurea <i<> sut h poNmcs to the fact*. Senator 11. tin. said ami ore so in varbtnoe with the truth as to the amount of eotton produeOd this year, tli it 1 felt li Bay iUS] t.? challenge tttolr corrcetm as, and to give tO lh?? senate and the country ?ome faotl and ggUeSS |0 sustain ni contention. "i ooatsrad that the hoard of crop estimate ha* overestimated the p ent cotton OTOp by 01 lonot 1 ,lltj?"">." ho continued -\\? h.i\<- ginned to i?. eons Im i l of ttiis j . i r 11,14 4, dee bales. "in the other two crop years in which the smount ginned to Deeons her 1 was it round lW.ono.000 bales, the amoont remaining to he Kinued in ! both of those ragn after Daoesahor 1. ws? lost? than I.'Oo.im.u i.ales. "If we should add to the amount Of la I 44..?00 hales ginned to Decem? ber 1. of thlM year l.?OO.uno bales, the amoont we will s-?>. whieh remained to be ginned after DOOSMMV I WO-j will bavs acrop of 11.?44.01?? hales, j Tha? amount falls short of the nop boosd'a aetlinate of this year's crop by U141 uoo hale*. "'Pbe awrage amount of OOAtOSl gin? ned for ihe past live ve.?rs al ter I ?e cember 1. was 1.74."?.?Mm hales. If we a.Id that am.mn' to the 10.144.?00 Klnne.l t.. I >? n?her I. of this year wo hav> ll.HHt.oOO bales. Tbe warm and dry full season of IS20 has been more favorable for the early opening and gathering of cotton than any year wit Inn tbe puet ten anil the present, crop waa more nearly gathered and ginned hy lH?e?-n?her I, of this year than has been the ease in any other or op year to m\ knowledge. I am confident that tbe tlnal gin nera report will show that the board of erop estimates lias overeatlmtaeilj the 1120 eotton crop hy hetween 1, 260.000 and 1.500.000 bales." AMERICANS SAVED WAR PRISONERS Budapest. Dee, is?Eighteen hun? dred Austro-1 lungai ians. prisoners of aar In East Siberia, thank American officers of tbe 27th lr.fantrv, part of ?$he AmiTtniji Expedition? ry F<u?e which served there for their lives, health snd what happiness a prison camp can give. Their spokesman, Lieutenant! Colonel Ferdinand Reder, formerly of the Austro-Hungarian army, told The Associated Tress coi - respodtl? nt he fell It his duty, upon arrlvlna here after six years in the prison camp of KusnaJu KJetsehkn, near Khabarovsk, to tell of the Amer? ican aid. We owe our Uvea to the Ameil enn officers \>t the L'Tth Infantry regi? ment, to Tel? me | C. II. Morrow, Cap tain R. I^ark ns. Surgeon Burdott and Lieutenant John .I nnen, said Colonel ?: dee Inllueiuu hroK.- or, In our camp in OoAobos, I til. The phyaleal con diiion of Ihe pi o>.,m.ms was at ihr time *> reduced tha (the gl < U I spread With flighlfa] rapidity. Hard Is aSp/aai was spar-d and there soon Were 800 serious eases. No medn in?0 were available. The shortage of food was more and more terrible and wt were all convinced our camp would soon be one vast cemetery without a li\ing aoul to tell tbe and tale. At this hori Ible pass, when we Were all ?? prey lO respuir. rol'Miel. Morrow and "K" fuiupuuy ot th* JTth Infantr) regiment. under the eommand of ip:;uii Jenkins, arrived and took charge ol our camp. The amortoaas hruushi provisions for a month ana eoen our uilaetahle hos? pital was transformed Into a model eataMtshmciil, und the epidemic was quelled* ("olom I Morrow then ->?? iho.it making one h\*-? worth living. Work? shops of all sorts wer. arranged, schools open. U. a library a theater, hath* ?nd a coffee house were built, and grounds tot ever? kind of glSJfl Were laid out "After all IhOOC wear) sear*, we felt ralaed |?i the dignity Of manhood again. And n >\v ere should like a\\ the wor'.l tti know, that w< owe our lives, our health ami happim-s*. our power for good In this world to the gable American ofll.? ?? i s ol |?tl regiment, to tbe great American nation." HVT9U \H\ it \s km) M \NV IllPllf MUWatatll ItlH QJ I n Sjajdapixt 1??' .'".? So m..n\ thou annda of Magyar families and formet government officials or? pouring Into smaller llunuar?, fioro HB0] gfwvlnoea ? f HsUsgjtf| (hat the government is making everv effort to xtop it. ? int Paul Telekl. Hungarian l'n m" ler. baa seilt a mesaage to tbe people of them* provinces now anm xe.i to .lugoalavhi. Itumanta or QBOChn Hill vakla. aylna: "Stick to your post like ?he Unman senlf) and if aeci sain lake the oath ol alien i.. NVb^n these refuse** lum he^a n to arrive in what Is now Huiik.ih Ihe) were received with all the warm Sym? pathy and ksadkaoaas which gihifor< tune evekea. Soon, h.iwever. tin- un? ceasing ?frei,in ,.f aaasotoaa penniless refuge** cans. <| . Hermus housing ui,| food erl?is in Mm.i .pent, ooosdos add Ina a heavy Item to Hie nlreadv klOUp portaged Hi mm hal burdjon el th? Ulnb No rooms wen? . nbible and UK ' <* in oniino.late.i n I I way eara. Fortv fi\e humlc d ears nlreadv me oceuplid in ihi- on.nner and a rlty of these ...i- has vj >wt\ mo n?ar tbe railwi.y station, with it* own streets. rlerg\inen. g||yalela?S and Mtorea. Keng ;h- i'ov?r?v> onl l a heofi p? lied to sm r if log iH.th pal lion in und I Inn pv i ad :?sk tbe i ? i <iK* ? |e home even though thclt home is under p foreign flag. RELISF FOR DELIN? QUENTS DEFERRED pmse Wt s and Means Commit 1 tee Recommits Federal Tax Bill By The Associated Press. Washlaaton, ibc. 21?The house, ways and maana committee baa t**~ committed for further committee eon ssfhsrutlon or ihr BOtaoaoO bill pro? viding lor deferment of the date when the penalty becomes effective for falb im? tor federal taxes. Th? chairman asid there was ad oVcreight in draft in.; the measure, i:i:\di\<; FOR kvikybody. it is a mistake far too common to regard one's sducatlon ail tin ? fn< when he graduates. Really, his edu? cation is only beginning, That li why tin occasion at which diplomas are delivered Is called e "oorniuoneement." \\ ith Some BUOh den as that in view tin- bureau of education is toe toeing a movement all ever the nation to form adult l eading eirotOO Thus** cir-, slee are taking op eetioag consecutive course of reading in various important deportments of human knowledge. 1'or St.utii Carolina the extension department of the I'niversity was earned last year as tin- speeial coll.il? aratlng ageaOf to assist in this work The bureau of education has pre pared special foidei* on various sub? jects indicating the best books to buy and containing: directions for pursuing the course. Fvery person In South w'arol'inn win. SO desires can enroll in the cOaroe he prefero, and finish th<* leading as slowly of as rapidly as BUltS him Ten of the most popular courses are as follows: * Heading Course for Hoys. Reading Course for (Jiris. Keuding t'ourse or Parents. American Histo.y. Thirty American Heroes. American Literuture. QrOOl Literature?Ancient, Medie val. und Modern. The World's QrOOl Literary Dibles. Thirty World Heroes. TllSrty Books of Great Fiction. The extension department will be glad to furnish any or all of these cir? culars on request. There is no formality or examina? tion. All that is necessary is to bor? row or buy the proper books and start in. A certificate will he granted evcr> MM who completes any given course Both, ns an experiment and as an incentive to wider leading, the exten? sion department this year has pur? chased thv complete set of books fOl the course in thirty books of greai fiction. These will be circulated fre< upon request. They include the great? est novels In Fngland and America, 01 follows: 1. Adam Bede. Qeorge Eliot. Arabian Nights. ::. A Modern Instance. William I can lion ells. I, Onrissa Hurlowe. Samuel Rich? ardson. e, David Coaptlrnold. Charles 1 deheao, G. tiny Mannering. Sir Walter Scott. 7. History of Henr> Fsmond. Wil? liam m. Thackeray, I, Ivahhoo air Whiter Scott, !?. Josdph Vance. William i". De Morgan If, Kidnapped, Robert Louis Stevenson, II, LornO Doone. it. i>. Hiuek mofo, I.'. Luck of It oaring Camp. Bret Harte. ill. Ordeul of Kiehurd Feverel. QOOtge Meredith. 15. Pilgrim's Progress. John Bun ysn. 15. Pride and Prejudice. .lane Austen. it. Robinson Crusoe, Daglel Lc foe. 17. Uoinola. CleOrge Flint. iv Tab- pf Two Cities. Charted Dickens. je, Tin- Cloister and the Hearth. Charles Iteade. tO. Vanity Fair. William M. Thackeray. 21. Vicar of Wakefteld. Oliver CMdamtth. ft, Last of the Mohicans. J. Fon latori ftaepor, II. Scarlet Letter. Nathaniel Hawthorne. 24. 'Hi.' Pilot. J, Penlmore Coop? er. Leg sfleeiahhis Victor lin? go If, The Three MUSksteerS, Alex ander Dumas. -?7. Pete Clofflbt, Honor, ds BaL sac. 2v Anna Karenlna, count Le< T"lstoi. IS. With Fire and Sword. Henryk a\ Inklewlea, It TreOSt l e Isla ml. Robert Louis SIe\ eneon MARRIAGE LICENSES Mortage lloenaes have been leoaed ?o the following: Mr. Thomas A Moor.* of OlaAlO, S. C? and Mifs Maggie 1 Cloodwln ol Leihe City. Mr Mulvln Phillipe of Lynehburg ind Mi s Meddle May Dennis of Turbevllle. ? '"im sd WttnO Sugler and Olivia Sharp of Sumter State ami county taxes are not be d 1 ? n promptly this year as " WOl in?l IS 1 1 SOUl! I number of the boards oi trustees of school districts ol the county have had tO borrow mono] le pa ? he leachers und i<e. p Ihe school* open. Thus far the banks Ol the city ),.,x,. |,,,.M ,,|,|,. |0 nv.lko Ihe neoood loans ami none of the 1 schools have had to clone, as has been Ihe ease in 1 ?nie other count*: s. Those win, rUn 1*) I heir taxes should do y.> at .. i<. there Is no use In hoarding, iiy money that n usi In< paid over te tie- count) treaauror in a'fen dsj a All of the banks of the ?n\ ! \? '' ? 1 to cjore t wdays fot i'h r 1st giee> Satm.iay ami Monday, There is some talk ?.| the stoics closing u,r two dsvs ihm, but no de Amts agree im.nl hag been reached. NO FREE 1 TOBACCO SEED Farmers Are Calling on Chamber of Commerce For Sed to Plant Crop Tobacco growers who sei on tho Sumter market are calling at the I Chamber of Commerce for tobacco seed but there are no seed fr distr? ibution so far this season. Mother of the Sumter tobacco warehou.es have been leased for the 1921 seling sea? son. Heretofore in Sumtel as on i \ ( i y South Carolina tobacco market, ihe warehouse lesse .>s have lupplied the seed for free distributioi to In? duce the planting of tobaccc and to id vert lee and make business for the Deal markets that supply tic seed. Doubtleaa many Sumter custoners will -jo to other markets to get tlrir seed as Sum tor's market is not funishing any seed this year. Many tobacco growers are at a loss wh: A to rb about need. They have boon so acctstomed to Retting all of the free sonl they needed that they don't know where 'o order seed from. Tobacco jced hi Oftiall quantities for individuci pur fliatOS cost about four times whit seed ?an be purchased for in quantities Ike fifty to one hundred pound'. For nstance seed that cost about, tlree to hree dollars and fifty cents a pound n bulk sell for one dollar an otnee in miall quantifies. Beyond doubt the failure to pro vide fee seed will cause hundreds to re? frain from planting tol^aoeo ne:< yei.r. Phe tobacco market is a very itiport nt business proposition to Surnter's ?usiness establishments, and it is a dty that somethng can not be dune to et the money to buy the seed. FIRST SHIPMENT OF COTTON ? . American Export Corporation Assembling Staple For Initial Sale Charleston, Doc, ?The ariv'al ol he S. 8. Hawaiian of the Amerieun lawallan line today marked an ini ? ortant event in local maritime dr? ies in the resumption of calls ol his important service between Char eston and the Pacific toast, bbt ol realer interest to South Carolina? ll he iact that when she sails, she will ot return to California but wit! gc ?t| to New York and thence tc ?remeni Germany, carrying aboani \eral hundred bales, among hei onslgnmeht to bo loaded bore' ol ,l(oj, furnished by the American Ex ort corporation, this cotton ooln| he llrst movement ot staple effected hroUgh the workings of the big bon in recently launched in south csro ina and of .'outhwide scope, Som? i?0? balei of cotton have been assent ?lad from various points in Soutl 'arolina for the jiiuai export move nenl Of the corporation and, havinj i 'i graded and compressed at CO" tmbla, are now on the way to Chat' -*.ston to be loaded aboard th< I lawaiinn and Will leave this wool oi llremin. while the price obtained for trh Igple Is not announced the term; nadc are very satisfactory, accord ng to a mem her to" the corporatiot it Onarleaton, and promises fttturt " HJSiftcJl along lirn s most signlti ant to the reviving of cotton ex ortlng, at a time when every bah fOld on good terms means much t( he ?rower. This present shipincn .< -??.tall, but It will make a lot o ioise in expelling circles. Poland also wants to get some o he corporations cotton. Likewise he ? ^echo-Slovaks have been nego latlitg with this new concern, botl iffering excellent credits and term: hal look good. The cotton will Is ihlldled from cars to sbipholds ah( \ill be loaded With dispatch. The Hawaiian discharged l.SOl artels of Hour and 3.001) cases 0 almon at Charleston for dlatrlbb Ion here and in the interior. Sin ran to have t.tken a return cargo lo lifornia. but the export movemen f cotton ami other goods turned u\ n time to make a trip abroad mos 'retitable, This Initial shipment o 'Otton from about the state Is cans ng vcmral satisfaction among tin promoters Of the American Expor corporation. Sumter to l'la> Columbia The fmal arrangements have boot completed for the long looked foi Rime Of basket ball with the last Co unit,'a five, to he played in t'olunibi* mi I>ec. 28. Columbia has ahead: iloyed a number Of games and ha net with a Very fair degree of sue ?ess. They have the credit of winnini i game from Ihe Au natu basket i>ai tes m< This ton me with Columbia mark -'uniter's entrance into ihe baake ?ail Meld for this year and they ar ?xpeeting great things, for truly th earn put otii b) Sumter 'his year i one of the Id st teams that they hsiv et turned out. The teiini which goes to Cotumblt Will he picked from the following men Shaw, Heidt, Derrick. Hurst, Lev! In .it Ii i m arid Ml Knight. i in : Ho.Mi: of FORMr.it PHKNCH K1NGM IN OOCIVi Itola, France, Dec. 20, The owhci ship of the royal Domain of Cham owl, the home of former Kings ? i rti tee, soon will be decided before th lot a I courts. Chambord, in ion. was placed mi der secjueater as belonging to ti Pi [nee Kelle de Bourbon- Pa t ine. Inotht r of the former Bmpreas 7/ta n Austria-Hungary, who was married t the (ienerallselmo of Ihe Austria Army. It was to be sold along will dher enemy property but the Prhiooa Javier ;in<l Sixte de I lourbon-1 'a run both of whom foughl with the Alli'i iirmlea and are decorated with th i roix de (luerrc, opposed the sah asking that the property revert b them as nearest to kin. SECRETARY COLBY AT RIO JANERIO American Battleship Florida with American Officials Aboard Arrives Rio de Janeiro, Lee. 21?Secretary of .State Colby and party have arrived here abroad the battleship Florida to return the visit of President Pessoa to the United States. WHOLESALE WAGE REDUCTIONS Philadelphia Textile Plants An? nounce Cuts of Ten to Thirty Per Cent Philadelphia, Dec. 21?The wages Of over two hundred thousand textile workers will he reduced from ten to thirty per cent soon, according- to a statement by Officers of a number of manufacturer's associations. NORWAY f O PRO HIBIT LITERATURE I 'hristiania. Dec. 20.?To stop the circulation of Russian bolshevist prop? aganda, the Norwegian government has prohibited the importation of [literature from Russia no matter in what language it is printed. The only exception 'is sttHictly '.scientific! non-politleal literature. It has been charged hero that for some time the Norwegian socialistic headquarters have been the center tor the distribution to other coun? tries of Russian soviet propaganda lit? erature which is imported from north? ern Russia by way of northern Nor? wegian towns. This literature is printed in Mos? cow in different European languages and preaches civil war and revolution. It is re-exported "by Norwegian agencies and through different chan? nels it Is smuggled into other coun? tries. This action has caused un? friendly feelings toward Norway and in some instunces .Norwegian vessels and crews have encountered trouble in foreign ports. WRECKEDSHIP-' REMAINS MYSTERY Norfolk, Va., Dec. 21?-Mystery sur? rounds the identification of a four master schooner which capsized southeast of Cape Hatlsras. All aboard are believed to have been lost. A SITUATION OF EXTREME URGENCY. Opinion of Knglish Cotton Expert. London, Dec, 21.?Sir Charles Ma eam, former president of the Inter? national Cotton Federation and of the i I Knglish Federation of Master Cotton [Spinners' associations, Is of the opin? ion that ?he world Is "faced with dis? aster unless means be devised throughout the world to bring about more wholehearted cooperation be? tween employers and workers, with a view to reducing governmental and national extravagance and bringing down the cost of production by unit? ed effort." At present. Sir Charles sees no prospec t of s real reduction i in the cost of living and ho thinks that the CnttOd Kingdom is today In as critical position as at the outbreak of th? war; largely due. he says, to the curtail meat of credit by banks, at the bid? ding of the government. "People are encouraged to believe that a slump in prices is due imme? diately," said Sir Charles to the cor? respondent, "but an artitlcialiy-creat ed slump would be nothing less than a disaster. Low prices are an illus? ion so long as the world .acks goods and the cost of production remains on the present scale. "Making the so-called war profiteer disgorge may be a popular cry. but it must not be overlooked that the gov? ernment who has adopted the QIC OSS profits duty are the real profiteers, ami in a slump may be called BPOfi to refund much of what they have col? lected. "Thon again, wages are very high, working hours considerably shorter; running expenses heavier than ever before, and the cost of machinery 400 POT cent abdve pre-war prices." The excess profits duty, Sir Charles pointed out, had as a consequence largely failed in Its purpose. He con? tinued: ' If there i* no change of policy, in regard to the cotton industry, we shall have again what happened in 1015: the gvowers turning to crops that will pay. with a consequent advance in the price of cotton, which in that Mar fell to four pence per pound and in course of time rose as high as 45 pence,increasing the price of the cot? ton crop of the world by 1,000,000, \ j 000 pounds." Sir Charles regretted the failure of .lie government to enlist the services j of the experts of the International Cotton Federation and the Internat? ional Institute of Agriculture. "AH nations are interdependent," he said, 'and the world's most urgent work, the provision of food and cloth? ing, cannot proceed except by inter? national cooperation, and it were well If the United States would take the initiative with this object in view. The present crisis cannot be solved by the oratory Of professional politicians at Geneva, but bj a gradual reduction in national expenditure und by cheap? ening the cost of production, if the League of Nations had commenced by making use of the machinery of the organisations referred to whose very existence proves the practicability of the nations working In friendly co? operation, much precious time wouM have been saved. The situation is one of extreme urgency." Ahoul the only ingredient for the n*tf*hiistinus ? nog that is scarce i^ * the egg? sugar is abundant and com i purath Hy cheap, the liquor Is abuud tsnt. but not cheap aod you can get If you have the price, ueeoidlug to common report. 'Mb INTRODUCING SWEET POTATOES _______ Dining Cars Will Serve Them to Tourists Florence, Dec. 20.?The southern sVect potato, or yarn, seems on the verge of coming into its own under ? I pUm of advertising und introduction which lias peon adopted by the Sea? board Air Line and the Atlantic Coast Jane railroads, who arc now using it on their dining ears, O. A. Curd well, of Wilmington, X. <'., agricultur? al and industrial agent ot the Atlantic (.'oast Dine railroad, announced here today while in the city on business. Superintendents of the dining car ser? vices of both of Oese lines have order? ed generous supplies of "Porto Ricos," "Nancy Halls," and other well known commercial strains of the southern yams, for the prelimianry trial of this edible on their cars. Those in da toes will be served es- j pecially on the dinars on the mam lines, north and south, Where they Irtay he introduced lirst hand to the ! thousands of tourists who annually traverse these roads and patronise I these diners. Already, the southern ! yams are procurable on the Atlantic ( ? 'oast Line diners, travelers report on arriving here after having scanned the menu of the dining cars. Objection to using the southern yam on the diners was found first by the superintendents on the ground that the northern tourists would de? mand the dry Jersey and New Eng? land yam instead of the sweet juicy southern yam. Mr. t'ardweli was able to convince them that the southern varieties are worth trial, and this in? troductory effort is due largely to his personal interest and persistence. T. B. Young, of Florence, who is secretary of the South Carolina Sweet Potato Growers association, has giv? en much time and attention in this direction also. He is one of the pio? neers in the promotion of the sweet potato industry in South C.uolina. With his associates, he has built in Florence and Timmonsville two 20, 000 bushel sweet potato curing and storing houses, which will prove an immense impetus to the industry in this territory. The potential value of this method of direct introduction can hardly be estimated, in the opinion of leaders of the sweet potato industry in South Carolina. In the first place, as Mr. Cardwell believes, the southern yam will he prepared Where the typical southern style and receipts are Known and employed. Then it will be serv? ed in the southern atmosphere and with the proper other dishes. It will be expected in the south and this ex? pectation will be supplied. Finally, it will reach directly hundreds ot thousands of potential consumers in a territory which the southern yam has never been able to get into and will educate them to its superiority. The cha'nees for the success of this introductory effort are very great, Mr. Cardwell believes. Hundreds of thousands of northern travelers, who have spent the winters in Florida, have become acquainted with the southern varieties of the yam and have acquired a , fondness for the candy-like southern sweet potato. Such r>ersons will be pleased to find this real southern article on the menu, when they go Into the diners on their trip north or. south. Also they Will enjoy interesting their friends apd fellow travelers, who may not know the southern sweet potato, in tins new dish. If the venture proves the success that Mr. Card well, Mr. Young, and others, believe 11 will, it will mean a tremendous Imeptus for the southern sweet potato industry, as anyone may readily see. It will open markets In a territory which has been closed to the southern sweet potato for many yearn, Very likely steps will be taken fur? ther by the Sweet Potato Associations of the southern states to popularize the venture by an. extensive adver? tising system. This may consist of at? tractive brochures for distrbution on the diners, at the railroad ticket of? fices, and Othet places to interest tour lsts in trying the southern potato dishes on the dining nip. It may include advertising in sections thousands of tourists every winter. NEGRO MURD1 CAFfl - Man Who Shot a Boy Sun ed in Woods and Shot Hoauoke, l>ec. -1. ? Karat Thompson, the negrn who fired a group of white hoys, killing was captured near Troutvtile. Me w| surrounded in the woods but was captured until shot down. The escaped from a mob a few day* . fier being taken from officer* STRIFE IN LITHUANI. Kovno. Lithuania, Dee. 18.?The Lithuanian government has denounc? ed as a Polish .imperialistic plot the effort of an knti-Bolshevist' fore* under the command of Boris Suvhv koff to seize Minsk, the most Import? ant city in White Russia. Th?s von? : ture is regarded by the 1 o t h uaoiaft i ofTiciale with apprehension. Tney say that Poles of various persua Stone are cooperating with Savinkoff and they regard this action ae on eflfort < to extend Polish territory far to the eastward at the expense of the 14th uanians and White Russians. Some of the Poles acting with Sav? in koff are said to Lave been sympa? thetic wit't the seizure of Vilna by General Zellgonski, who prochjdroed the Middle Lithuanian gov eminent which, the Lithuanians claim. Is merely a Polish plan to hold Vlbae. Russian Uolsheviets apparently are keeping their hands off for tbe time being and appear to be content With seeing the Poles in conflict with their various small neighbors' and Jeer? ing at the failure of the League of Nations to check 1'oilsh territorial am? bitions. White Russia, the undefined. b*?\ area east of Lithuania and^ L^cvlg. is s hind of mystery. In ' varioe'e treaties the Bolshevik) have taiftto* upon the recognition et its indeaead enec. its western boundary h>s-ateaa denned definitely in the treaties be* ?ween the Bolshevikl, Lithuania" sad Latvia bat its other bounda/rtat-aH shrouded in uncertainty and it stand* as a fluid barrier state, regarded here as menacing to the uew Baltic oaUoria of . ..,?>?? ANOTHER NK &?>\%\ SI?TKR, Now we know Suinter is getting to be a real big city. Despite the talk of hard times and the cry of pessimists generally, Sum ter continues to grow and go. gae eral busin oases have opened here dur- , Ing the past year, each one tending to raske Sum ter more of a city and a bet? ter place in which to live. The new cash and carry grocery, which ie to open this week will prove rather aa> iruJtovation to Sumter. as nothing y| this kind has been operated berera* fore, although' familiar to-moot pea* pie in the larger cities, The manage ment contend* thai under tote eyauria groceries can be sold much cheaper as everything is strictly cash and the ea? penee of delivery is eliminated from the cost of running the business, tfce publlo receiving the benefit la tower prices. The store will bo oa the or der of the widely advertised system of cash grocery stores in all tAe larger cities, the customer hlntaeejf picking out th? articles he wishes from the display shelves as be paaw es through the store ? v?' The store is fc be operated by Mir; W. M. King, ^ i SALLY LRAGtK W HKDl'LK. Columbia, Dec. 21.?The South At> lantic league season will open April 25, and will close September M, he* cording to a decision reached bera yesterday. ' ' 1 ?v Washington, Dec. 21.?The Ford5ru*y tariff bill will be given the right vi 5 way in the house tomorrow. ' The National Bank of South Carolina of taster. O, Resource* M.ooe.eoo. Tb* Moot wttb?X>UHTW Gtve as too Plemonro ot The Bank of the Rank and File O. Q, ROWTAJTD, Presddaot KAHLE ROWLAND, 989(9 NEILL O'lrOIYNELL it YMF FIS.ST NATIONAL BAT#Tj O. L. VAXES, Coobtor Ks med Capital Moot lMp*mO*h\* "Come easy, Go easy" it ?n eiproo slon thst is sppllahl* to a groat many. Tha fallow who inherits meney as a rule "Blows It In" wheteao tfce fellow who has to "Rig Down'* for It gas formed habits in thrift and ecouom*. by which be will succeed whoo lAt other fellow fail* We prefer doing business wits) the thrifty fellow whe knows the vents of a dollar. We hgve many such to* counts in eur paving* &esmrtmeat but we have room for seme mere. If you sre not already one Of our de? positors, you could not select a better time. The First National Bank