The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 25, 1920, Image 3
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