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UNITED I OK ACRE? AGE REDUCTION Maas Meeting oi Farmers Adopt American Cotton Association Han to Curtail Cotton Crop Vnd* r Mi.? nasjntceo the Burnt* i Osnaty Cotton esuoclatloa ami ih< Sumter County Chamber of I'ommcr. c u cotton acreage rcduftlon meeting ?hm held in the court house at 1 I o'clock January 3rd, which WM at t? IMlod i> approximately Hvt inndre.l farmers, hankers, merchants and oth? er bostasss and at id -s."iihi m n n na every section Ol Suinter county. Mr T I Klrven. president of the phi niter County IHvlslon of the Am? r I? an Cotton assoeiutini presided. On motion el Mr. J. Krank William* de i>ate wmm limited to t n minute* to each speaker. a!r. I?. D. Jennlnai representing the conference of farm er? and hUStaCBB nu n held at Suinter Chamber of Comr-'erec, i ?? ember aetb. 1920 preaeated in behalf of the eoaferenc? the following resolution ?a ateh 11 i 1 dlsoussion by M K w Dabs, it I?. lb bier, C. Row? land, .1 ? ' l mid- ir, J N\ Williams. C. .1 Jackm.n. N'elll ?>' I k?n m il. I.. |). Jertntnfsi end atbera hearth) approv? ing of said Resolution on call oh uuos Itau iy U Jennings the resolution w ?* by vote unanimous! . olopted 1 Resolution Adopted. As representing the eonlerenos held bv the farniern and hudnes* men to make ?uirge:.t tom i.. id* tueetlnf I inx to report that ioe conference rec 0. >~r>ends thit the farmers and land I?. of Sumter county adopt the oi suggested by tag imortpan lot ton association, to wit: 1. Not to plant in cotton more than one-third of the lands cultivated by any farmer durlag the -ear 1921. 2. That a committe? be ^appointed by this meeting to confer with the ? ?ank*. buMte--' no n and i-.rpora tions in Sumter county requesting thut the bunks, business men an! enter into an ngr ?ement, agreeing pot t. furnish an) on.- ad eaaeeq d?fiag the year 1921 unless I he p? rsot. i * king i vi- said ad\ anc< will first enter into an agreement with Hdld banks, husine?* nun or cor lor.i^ ph dging that he will not plant fi? cotton ?int in:: t Im year 1921 more than one-third W the land cul? tivated by him. 2? That a committe? be appointed t.\ this meeting to confer e/tth the legislative delegate n from Snu !? r county In reference to having them try and pass a law h) the ensuini alen of th.- lesjlalature, making it a n <-i? ne gnei for aU) one to sign a pledge for th?? purpose of obtaining advances agreeing mit o plant more than oae-thlrd of his hind in 1921 m cotton and thereafter violate said pledge I move the adoption of the fore? going recommendations mad. by s.( i eon Terence. tsjsjpied) L I> JaUfNIXGS, For the Committee. The follow bag frTSSOlOtlon by Mr. C. J. Jacksbn was by rising vote unani Ssoasll adopted ? Resolved that J, rn nh Wtlllami T. J. Kirvin and R W. Dabba, Jr.. (onstltute ji permanent steering com- I mitte?, to t ike charge or the acreage 1 reduction campaign with power to employ pahl help, to seture a careful saavas of sev h m hooi i kehrtet to m ? uro pledges." <>n motion of Mr. I. IV Jennin-s it | was the sense of thin meeting that i*S laborers will work lor any SBM who does md slun a pledgS to cotn 9 \ with the terms of tin above re?o luiion for reduction ol cotton sen age. I \tr <* ?; lu mi president of I ibe National Hank oi Mouth Carolina -' i ted t ha' the i". m|ou im? had b ??? n agreed to by six oi the seven banks! of the city of Sumter: We rt < 'nine nd i fifty |> I I ? nt re? duction in cotton v( refuse for 1U21 and that in no rase grill advances be made where more than eight acres oi ?-> ton ?Ve planted to the plow bOSOd on number of plows used In l'?J,?." Mr. Rowland ?tated thar the acr? ??. reduction n solut on adapted by this toweling, will. t,> all lnl? tits ami ]oir pcaea, if compiled with r i? ? t with the opinion * nd idcaaisaoadatton of the Sund? r b uik^ Itv unenimmis consent L. I> Jen? nings, J. K. Williams and It. Ik IM s^r, wer?? appointed ;i committ.t \>< secure th cooperation of every bank in sunit. i .1.no - in carrylag ant list object of Uie acreage reduction resolu? tion adopt d it this meetlagt This same eommlttee lo serve ns commit? tee on n*ccasnry legislation. vir n H Bos* r stated thai th. 11 need la- no doubt In the minds of farmers thit the tv ps?.m m<i>\etlng facilities will he furnished fof proper marketing and distribution of small grain and other farm i rod nets pro? duced as .i Substitut' for cotton That the Sum * r t*hamber of Commerce ban guaranteed that a local market * lag corporation will l>o .organized with ?i m!" capital tt> purchase at standard market prlci s ; II nirm pro ?tnets offered, and that ; Iready Unit is now In exist it nee. fu?v prepared l' to funetb n t marketing corporatton 1 In Minute w fib $:i. ipil Mi-/ itl?m. <>n his motion th, chairman of this meeting MfaS directed to appoint at his leisure a committee from the Sumter T'ounty Cotton gssoelatldh p, eoopenite with a joint commlMin of the Suinti r i'hamber <?f i'ummeree t.. put into i ff. . t plans f?.| i i oinpi. ,. Mnd blisltl. tt' ? < oop. i at l\?? oi -I.i IT marked ilia associition ?a < <n p.e :( - ion shfery loyal and patriotic citizen gunitei t >",()? . whl ai d ct,:..; . d requested to rep??rt r" I In ecre oi the gamtei Cotton i < ??? intIon ?Iii of an> many who. nt i I a pledge violates los obi | t iken in Bald pledge llig motion \<s \|e?-n i .1 \ lfc I ) Jt'lllllllKX HiH t K with only three pi rsons |ln^i th" .em llOrd? b. y< pit yf. d to tenants to nee \ i at th. stipule'i ' renl In y p-odie .-?her th in ?onntll stated that the boll weevil was .1 trotter menace In hhl opinion khan Ihe nueation ot the Ion prta ot cotton, While not mini mining the deplorable results of low price cotton, he feels however that 11 la <>r tho greatest Importance that the ootton acraage be reduced becauae of tip i>..ii weevil t<> not exceeding six or *i \ en a on i of cotton to the plow, And ? hat tio- farms ot Bumter county be placed as uolckl) .is poeelble upon [the live at honte baala, He has found las ' rule in his business dealings with [farmers thai thuae who prod ties suf lloienj feed and food atUffS, and who do not have to buj corn and baoon have always been able t.> pay their debts sooner or later regardless of tin- prlo of cotton. hi l. EUOARDON, Managing Becretar; Bumter Chamber of Commerce, s. I TLX w HAON, gee re vary Bumter County .' * i ?? i si?> n American Cottor Association. MCA1HKI ki.imth \tsi:s THE IIOlSTON PHUQRAM ? Main; . tnr. i s Hecord, Baltimore). William CJ, Me A doe, the war sec? retary of tho treasuryi has leaned a ?Internen! in whiel ha n pudiatea and oppooea the entire Houaton program. Secretary Houston suys there has been no deflation. Mr. McAdOC says: "Thi point I wish to tmpreaa is that deflation has heei carried no fa? and with auch rapkftty that we must now reconeld ef tits situation, make an effort to pre* vent further dim COOS and suffering. and bring about s revival of Industry and oenftdonce." Secretary Houston and Qovemor Harding say there has been no re i st rtOttOfl of credit. Mr. McAdOC says that In some parts of the COUntry "credit is almost en? tirely wanthvj*. and In many linen of legitimate business and industry great losses are being sustained because of Ihe restriction of credits." .-'? i rt ta. > Houston says the w ar [finance corporation should not be re? vived, and has used the whole pow? er of hiH office to prevent the revival al. Mr. MeAdOO says "the revival of the war finance corporation is highly dcettable," and goes etj to prove why this is Ihe case. Secretary Houston says * that the iblk must be taxed to the limit 00? oaueo the people mujal se compelled to pay Off the entWe Honing debt arid most of the Victory notes within the in \i two rears ami a half. Mr. McAdoo says. "The tax bur? den should be lightened, and can be by t unding ? -'.OOu.00U.000 of the Beating debt during the next two free fa Why ahould we continue high ? s mererj becauae a relatively few I? ople think it sounder policy to com? pel the preoent generation to pay still more of the war cost than to pass a reasonable aUlOl'Mi of it on to future Kenern lions V" Secretary Houston favors Increased taxes on moderate incomes. Mr McAdoo says: "I am opposed to increased taxes on moderato in? comes." BaCrotary Houston *a\* that noth? ing to relieve the situation can be done. His testimony before the congroeotonal oommlttees showed him as taking the stand that the farmers ought tc be aahanted of thomaelves tor nsktag anj rehef. that they ought in be comp? bed to continue in suffer? ing, and without a murmur accept th. bunkr iptcy which he has prepar? ed for theea. He has tried to Indict them as i roiiteers. Mi MaAdoo says 'We cannot eg" < s ase inaction mu dismiss the matter with mere?obeervetion that deflation Is necessary and that farmers musi take i heir medicine along w ith the res; of ? lie count r v. * * * When colossal loss? es like those the farmers are now talning overtake them, every Una of industry suffers. factories elOOO, buelm i shrinka lah#r is thrown out of employment, and confidence ll ae rlously shaken. see it is the im- ; peratlve dutj of those in civil author* it] and of those who lontrol credit to eXSTClse their powers SO as to pre? vent needless ?'istross and preserve confidence," RverVthing the Manufacturer! Ree? ovd fur months has been saying about tie - it v policy, Mr McAdoo says. Ne ver, we believe, since the government began has i * oretary ot the treasury had hts \i ions and Ignorant theories so knocked to pieces and repudiated i<y a predeccsoor an In this case. Meantime, the resolution directing the revival of <hc war finance cor? poratlon has paaaed both houaua of congress and has gone to ihe presi? dent. The Washington Post says that tin president will be compelled to ln icrpoac a veto, as "otherwise it is dif? ficult to see how Mr. Houston could maintain bis prestige as head of the t reaeury department That preetige hs haa already lost. If the preaktent vetoes the measure, If will he passed over his head by almost unanimous rotes in both the house ind the senate. There is already nothing left for Secretary Houston but resignation. He must go out. auss?et Hull Victory ?f> Devklaon. In the cloeely conteated game of bat - k< t biii b i w e? n l he Bumter I Ugh School ami a team made up of Bumter Davtdaon men. Davidson this time ? ime off with the victory but bj onl> a ihret point margin, it is staled that the game was among the last of ihe games sein during Ihe holidays and that at all tine s the ggNIC Was decid? edly close and hard fought AJ Ihe end of the first half of the ajanb the High School had it over OH the l>;iv Idaon hoys hy Ihe score of 11-21. bul at Ihe end Of Ihe K?me the score stood M-41 with the adgi on Duvldson side. Start for High: Wray; for Davldaon, < "i aw ford and Pitts UnVkaJMSJI l ine up S. ||. K. < luards Price, Wright, Crawford, Bholar, t 'enter I I.orme. I turns, Forwards Pitta Wray. I.. a is Buck, Referee DergSTi. Substitutions foi B.H.B. Chandler for SsWer and Welnberi for ?'band ?*>'? _ ?_^.jk . a, m aj STATE COTTON WAREHOUSES More Than One Hundred Fifty Thousand Bales in Storage? Profits For State Columbia? Jan. 4.?Uno hundred and sixty-three thousand, eight hun? dred and Eighteen bales of cotton were in store In 829 state warehouses In ftouth Carolina at the end of i?~?>. according to n statomeni for the past yei Issued today by J, C. Rivera (state warehouse commissioner, from I his iflloe in i Columbia. Mr. [livers' report shows that the ?t?te warehouse system has earned b'g money for ihe state. He estimates [that nt ihe end of the Drst year of Ihis hdmtnistriiI Ion m' ihe afTalra of Ithe system. 2 arch 1, 1920, to March . '. IP21, the system will have earned foi atate a total of $.-.^,??74.4*, to be turn d Into the state treasury then, The state warehouse system gets throe cents a hale for cotton stored. During December the earnings totaled 11,91 ?.r>4. During December tin- state system of warehouses received -".?.22;? bales of cotton. Cotton put in and taken out of state warehouses in December totaled 4.t.".l\ makin gs total of ius. 970 hahs accounted for during fDe? cember, Including the 198,218 on hand *u the end of 1920. There were in the state at the end Of the paal year Slm.i state warehouses. Of these l'ltx were received into the system during December. FLORIDA GOVERNOR TAKES OFFICE Cary A. Hardee Inaugurated at Taliehassee Today Tallahassee, Jan. 4.?Cary a. Har? dee, of Live Oak, was inaugurated governor of Florida today, succeeding Sidney .1. CattS. The inauguration cel. monies v.ere held at noon, fol? lowing a parade and Gov. Hardee de? livered i is inaugural address alter tii i- Ins the oath oi office. < klnlioma Lam! Commission* Handle Much Money. Oklahoma City, Dec. 81?Handling funds aggregating approximately 140,000,000, the commissioners of the 1 land office of Oklahoma are in a class of high finance that makes presi? dents of some large banks and direc? tors of oil companies recede into ob? scurity as dealers in money. The commissioners literally do a "land of? fice business." Notes held by the commissioners on land sold, but not yet paid for, ag? gregate 122,000,000, Loans on pub la funds secured by farm lands amount to paore than 1X4,000,0004 In addition tiure are constantly ac? cruing royalties and bonuses on tracts '< B( d for oil am! gas development. .More than 800,000 i.cres of farming and grating lands are now open for ic ? and sale. To administer the public lands and fund! derived from them is the task of the commissioners of the land ot lice more generally known in Okla? homa as the 'school land depart m ?nt." The statehood enabling act, under S/hich the stale was created, provided thai in each township, consisting Of sections, sections 16 and 28 should be set aside for school lands, section 12 for the maintenance of state ed? ucational institutions and section 88 .for charitable and penal Institu? tion! and public buildings. An addi? tional grgn! of land was made for the maintenance of the state university preparatory! school, the negro agri? cultural and normal university ami Ihe normal schools. To serve as a dowry for Indian territory in the un? ion at the time of statehood, congress. in the enabling act, appropriated $5, 000,000 to the school fund of the new state. Money given the common schools of] the atate from the land office during the IS months from Jaunary 1. 1919, to June 30, 1920, amounted to $1, 986,1 85.8 1. Kaeh school district receives an amount proportionate to the num? ber of its pupils compared with the total school enumeration of the state. During the is months' period ending With the last fiscal year, the state; eased li>7.;tf>l acres for oil and gas development and Its receipts from this source aggregated $2,401,718.22; being $1,448,782.81 In bonueea, $766, 088.08 In royalties and $187,897.85 in rentals, ('ash rece ived by the land Otltce during this time fromj all source! amounted to $15,696,168.80, consisting If 51,560 separate items. Advices from the county treasur? er's office say thai business has pick? ed up considerably rlnce the 1 per cent penalty earn.- into effect on Jan? uary ist, but that so far to date only about one-half of the total amount for taxes have been paid into the treasury, N'oxl month the penalty will be doubled which will make th" idditioiml amount 1 per cent higher. 1 m March )hi tin- penalty will be 7 per cent, Washington, Jan 1 -The govern? ment's objection! to Ihe stockyards holdings divorcement plans submit led h) the big packers under a ? ? eenl ngn 1 d decree, were sustain, 'd lodaj i?v Justice Stafford, of the P 1 trlci of Columbia supreme court. Paris, jan 1 ISclatr says the In? terallied imam,, conference at Bn *? els will probably defer its attti .g temporarily, it declares thai the ft i'ormatiof] comes from an autho I? ? it 1 \ e source. Japan say! she trusta America, I u! gOCfl 1 ikIu on bulldillR more \v r Hhtpa She must be afraid of Ivor a ('a nton n? ws, Why ahnuldn'i ? man be required to sill ashe s after he k? ts home Sat 1 miay afternoon. Six days not five and half, shall thou labor.--Wichita iiuucon. _?. ... *.m .mm DEMANDS VOTE WITHOUT LIMIT Massachusetts Congressman Says That Educational Quali? fication is an Abridgement of Suffrage Washington, Jan .<t.?Warning was given lo tin house census committee today by Representative TTnkbam, it" publican, of Mas-*achuseits, that, if congress in passing tlic ^apportion? ment bill failed t<> reduce the repre? sentation of states in which lie charged the right of sonn1 citizens to suffrage is abridged, lie would take the matter to the supreme court. flink ham declared thai any educa? tional qualification or poll tax re? quirement was an abridgement of the right to vote. Me said he was asking the committee t<. apply tiie fourteenth amendment to the entire nation. 0BREG0N A SICK MAN New President of Mexico Order? ed to Take Complete Rest Mexico City, Jan. 4.?Attending nhyaiciana are concerned over the i.ealth of President Obregon and have ordered a complete rest. The presi? dent left yesterday for a long vaca? tion. Running Forward to Keep From slip? ping Hackward. (Manufacturers Record, Haitimor?). In a recent issue of the Philadel? phia Ledger Kichard Spillane gave an into, esting Story about a statement made to him by Mr. Curtis, the pub? lisher of the Ladies' Home Journal and the Saturday Evening Post. Mr. Curtis SUggeSed that Mr. Spillane write an editorial entitled "Hun As Fast As You Can to Stay Where You Are." And in commenting on this sugges? tion, Mr. Curtis, whose amazbig achievement a in the creation of his two publications have brought hint readers throughout the wide world, sa id: "All my business life I have spent more money for advertising whenever ja business slump came along than in ? normal times, and if 1 didn't get 'ahead in the race, I kept from slip I'plng back and was in a position to I shoot ahead of my competitors the I moment conditions changed." In discussing this suggestion of j Mr. Curtis, Mr. Sipllane said: i "The position of Mr. Curtis is, of Course, logical, for strong men breast ?the current; weak ones are carried [down stream by it. j "If you have goods to sell, tell (the people. They will buy if the ; goods are right and the price is right. j "Run* al feat as you can to stay I where you are will pay big even if , it does not pay immediate dividends. ! "it pays to advertise." i The suggestion of Mr. Curtis is an j interesting one. A business either goes (forward or backward, and in bad J times it may require far more hustl [ing than in good times merely to run in order not to go backward. Driv? ing "lie s business as hard as may be ! possible during dull times apparently 1 may not at the moment seem to be {accomplishing great results, but it is at least breasting the stream and keeping he ship of busintss on the m?>ve and preventing Its going back? ward. Then, whi n the tide turns, the man who has driven his business on that basis is in better shap to lake I advantage of the situation than the man who has waited. "Run as fast as you can in order to prevent your slipping backward" , is a good Idea for universal develop I meni in these times which are *try I ing nu n's souls. Women Hank Clerks Satisfactory. Moat on, Jan. 1.?One thousand wannen are employed in the banks of I lost on. This would no! he surprising but for the fait that a large propor? tion are employed as expert clerks? an elastic term ?in all departments of the Institutions. The women were employed, in many cases with reluctance, as a war emer? gency when the boys went marching away, but they are Said to have shown adaptability to the banking business. Miss Caroline P. Stickle, in charge of the woman personnel in an institu? tion employing ill8 women, says that last \ear 200 women hank clerks oc? cupied milch Of tlieir spare time ob? taining added knowledge of the prin? ciples and details <>?' banking afforded by the evening* courses conducted for the benefit of ihe Boston Chapter I of the American Institute of Hanking, j Of women in the banking world she ; says: "Until within a few years most po I Sit ions open to women within bank? ing institutions have been largely in the nature of stenographic work. At present you will Und womi n in almost every department and when the de department head is Consulted he Will ?ell you that the wa?man clerk's work is very satisfactory indeed. "Occaa'onally, we hear of some ; woman who h is attained an executive position within the conseravtive cir? cles id' banking although BUCh attain? ments have n??t been at all general. This la 'n't a hit discouraging. how ever, when we realize that what we have been given to do we have done Satisfactorily. We need to realize that tlie future ma\ tiring greater op? portunities and to be ready for these we cannot have too great knowledge relating to the principles and details of banking." Meridian. .Miss. .Ian. I. Hoheit, Lewis, a negro, was lynched here to? day alter ids arrest on the charge of slaying a railroad night watchman. A mob took him from a policeman. Washington, .im. t Fifty thou? sand dollars js the figure set hj Ihe senate rules committee as necessary for congressional expenses in connec? tion with the inauguration of Presi? dent Harding. Thoughts Towards Sunset." While in Ureenville walking east? ward on McBee Avenue, making my way to the Atlantic Coaal Line <i?-- ; pot, bound for Columbia, I w.is thinking "backward" where i made my first appearance before the white Baptists thirty-five years ago In the Kind Baptist church, when the late ''ol. .1 a .Hoy I was i treat de rd of the Convention; and thinking ??forward" of. Springfield lla.ptist church, where J was pastor nearly four yc*ars about thirty years ago; then, looking "up? ward." I SHV a sign Haptist Courier." Thinking ot the many times I had walked into the Office on another street where the late Mr. W. W. Keys was associate editor and manager, and remembering that ms son, Mr. .1 C. Keys, was in The Courier. holding ilie same position Iiis father held, l went In lo say "good morning;" then turn? d ab? ruptly to go on to the station. He called no* ba?k and s;iid. 'Hold on a minute, have you got one of Dr. Brown's books, "Thoughts Towards Sunsel." you ?an get one for two dollars." I replied, "1 have n?> mon? ey," he said. I can trust you," and he instructed some one In the office to give me a copy of the book. When I boarded the train I began to read? first. "A Word Prefatorial." I laughed much, 1 next read Chapter I?"A Vision of the New Utopia," then I cried, and said to myself, "A means of grace, a laughter and a cry. what a blessing." Then 1 be? gan to think Of the great blessing of a laugh in the right place and a cry, and I went farther thinking of the blessing of a thouhgt and an ? ?motion? I closed ihe book and be? wail thinking "backward" and "for? ward," and of the present. then 'turned to a colored Presbyterian min? ister sitting opposite me and said. "Oh, that every Christian. every i preacher, man woman, colored and white, would get "Thoughts To? wards Sunset" and read, and that every pastor and every layman would travel with the Bible and this book in his grip." I was tired, "'worn out to a frazzle." Having worked for eleven months steady night and day, I needed spiritual, intellectual and physical "dope" and 1 found it. I needed a la Ugh and a cry. 1 needed to think ' backward" and "Toward Sunset," and 1 found the balm in ?Thoughts Towards Sunset." No man writes like Dr. C C. Brown, no man speaks like him; he speaks ae a man born close to nature's God and endowed by nature; he must have lived and walked with nature, among trees, swamps. valleys, hills and mountains, among cattle and horses, and with people white a#?d black, "grew in wisdom." and sol lishcd titter the similitude of a pal? ace" in the school, college and In the pastorate. Now be is walking and thinking "Towards Sunset." He must hgve loved to preach the gospel that saves and makes men wise un? to salvation; for thinking "Towards Sunset" his sympathy goes out to the old preachers of the gospel that have given their lives in the Master's ser? vice. What *l noble thought, what greater thought can a man have for humanity when he thinks and prays and solicits aid for the old men. es? pecially for the deprepit preachers who have suffered and lived the Christ-life on earth?or for little children. When he la gone, all thoughtful m?n and women who think "backward" as well as forward will remember him, for thought is immortal ami eternal and we will have the fruits of our thoughts whether "Toward Sunset" or sunrise or the noonday tide. oh. if 1 had a million dollars and could place this hook in the library of every thought? ful reader in the Southland! When my daughter saw the book she said to me, "I want that book." I told her to read mine; she said, "No, I must own it and will get one for myself." In the flesh 1 am a colored man. in thought 1 commune with the best thinkers of the world and think God's thoughts; perhaps what I have said about this book will have no effect upon white readers, but 1 write as the spirit moves. If this great man dies all races should pay trllfut? !?? Jiis monument, for h< aas ? *?-?-11 in?'.ins e?l* grace" to all the popple of t>od*S creation. I am glad I have hit compaiiieinsliip | n | "Thoughts Towards snnsei" In mv li? brary, hin wit. humor, palhon ami power. 1 am traveling; down hill "Toward! Sunset" and ] cry, "Lead Thou me on." Kichard Carroll. i 'olumbta. INAUGURATION OF STATE OFFICERS Gov. Cooper Will Begin Second Term on January 18th i Columbia, Jan. 4. Governor cpop er Will be inaugurated and Stlatf ?t?te officiais-eleci will aaougao their of ti a-H. for the I>11-1S22 term, on the lJith, a w eek 11 ?111 next Tuesday'. Ue fore the Joint assembly, of the state ttegats and Cm boaae of rcprtorhia tivs. the governor will dative* his in augural address and be sworn into office. Detaile Of the inauguration program have not as vet beer, worked jout. but these will be announced af? ter th* legislature convenes next ? Tuesday. The only new state oftlcial to take I an office in the capitol will be Walter ; B. Duncan, of Aiken. who takes the office of comptroller genera,! on the lfctb. All other state ollicials are holdrovi is, with the exception of ; Lieutenant Governor-elect Wilson G. i Harvey, who will be sowrn nio office I at the same time Governor C?oper is I Inaugurated. He will be inducted into office as presiding officer of the sen? ate. Other state officials to take office on the 1Mb ure Adjutant General W. W. Moore, Attorney General S. M . Wolfe, Secretary of State W. Banks j Dove, State Treasurer 8. T. Carter, ; Commissu nor of Agriculture B. Har? ris and Superintendent of Education iJ. 10. Swcaringen. South <?crmany (horran With Refu geea. Karlsruhe, Germany, Dc* f.1.? Baden, Wurt?-merg and Bavaria are overrun by refugees from A \?. e ;.;?d consequently the feling a .ti i*t :he .Kieneh is more bitter here, perhaps, than in any other part of th ? old Ger iman empire. In the Karlsruhe area tall the old prison enmps and many barracks are tilled with families which were deported from Alsace, or left because they refused to live un? der French rule. j Several thousand refugees from Al? sace are sheltered in long wooden shacks which formerly housed Brh> ish prisone rs in the main recreation park in the center of Karlsruhe. These former prisons have all been converted into residences by Alsa? tians who have draped the windows with lace curtains and given the wire , enclosed compound a homey appear? ance bv the display of potted pleats. The Alsatian refugees are bitter in their denunciation of the French. They tell talcs of how the French ex? pel families from Strasburg and oth? er cities on the statement of unfriend? ly neighbors thai the suspects have been propagandizing for Germany und working against France. The Alsatians are especially indig? nant because German has been abolished frogs the schools of Alsace, [where they say a great majority of the [population is Ciermen-speaking and I will migrate rather than abandon its i natal language. Refugees from Metz and other parts of Loraine are less critical about the language question. They admit French wn sthe predomi? nant tongue In Lorraine. Nearly all the refugees with whom the Associated Press correspondent talked were very sharp in their criti? cism of the attitude of the old Ger Imail government toward Alsace and llanrralne and frankly admitted the j unyielding oolicy of Germany toward, the two districts afforded the French Jan excuse for their attitude toward 'the distinctly German populaion. Belgrade, Jan. 4.?Two hundred communists, and a dozen policemen were wounded Sunday In a clash be? tween COmmUUIStS and the police. The National Bank of South Carolina of Burntt-r. f. 0. Rcerooes tt.t4M.0v*. Soron* ?ad Fruglii?In Tb? afoot P? in steht? SBBViOB with OOCKTWT < ?tfu? the Plfouio of fterrtef TOT The Bank of the Rank; and Ffle a O. ROWLAND, FAHl.E KOWTiAKD, Oasnlor NKJXL O'DONNELL President U. s> tAT?S, Osehlev The First National Bank Extends to all its friends and patrons a very happy and pi or perous New Year.