The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 15, 1921, Image 3
LENINE SAH) TO
BEVERN SICK
Throe (iermiin Specialists Sum
1 Krom Berlin to
Moscmv
Xrw Tor?, .Ian. 11. I.? ninr. the
stanstan bolshevik premier dnnucr
oiiHh til it M" ? ?.w. according to a
Wlrelma m? to<ng? to?la\ H um i tin
to the Jewish new** Imn'uii h> rr. Tim
op Mag. "I that three dermal spe?
cialists' er? enront?, to Moscow for
tnnHultaM'?!! Vcrltloatlon oi the re
|?Ort nas sought from I In xovi.-t rep
teaentutlvc In IH'i'Un, hut hi i i I
to con;Inn or (teil) it.
OPPOSED TO
POMP AND DISPLAY
Hardings Vetoes Plans to Make
Inauguration a Spectacular
Parade
Mat h*n. .Ia n 11 If Iha sitb nt-??Ice:
Hardtm: hns hin wsv tin- inauguration
trill be as devout ?>f lilts as a front!?
wedding. Having overturned the
plane for a revival of the inaufcnral
l-all mi' i spectacular inaugural pa?
rade he m.11. it- d ;.>.i..\ thai as far as
h-? ronit Mtently cot.Id I? Would Keep
away from whatever crowds assembl?
ed m Wsshlnsjton for r . nt md make
the that ige of ud minist rat Ion just a
matter if taking over tin executive
oftVes md installing the m w man?
agement
WASHINGTON
WANTS PAGEANT
Washington. Jan. 1 J.? Announce?
ment that at the rennest of Presl
den-ch. t Harding #he Washington
lnnu'Tural coinmiti-o had < incelled
all plans for a celebration In connec?
ting with the inauguration was re
e^dvi'd a h \ try Ins emotions. Those
Who Ot>p>H?d r?-\iv'i)K tho custom 0<
mukins i i ot aelon a gula on. . ohlef
1> on aci.iut.t < f ,.\|i< iimi' involved, i x
prssaed cummedatlon. tubers, while
BJ mp.'tht Ming with the spirit which
prompted Mr Harding s request. I
gnawed disappointment. House lead*
en* expressed the view that tht plan's J
for an outdoor inauguration at the j
Cap Hol W uld probably bu aban?
doned.
APPEALS FOR All)
MADE TO GOVERNOR
Counties Asking Cor Help to
Suppress the Wave of Crime
Columbia. Jon. 11.'? Hsrdl> a d i>
pass, m hut lh.it < .<' rnor ? 'oo... i docti
not receive rennest frotn some couji
ty. o?r ad Ittlonal police force lor Hi
' forcetnent of laws. This was si.it? d
st the eaecutivi office today. The
requests are usually for additional
Stste constable*, to assist county a t
thorttUM hi ? nton tu? 111 lawn. thf
county authorities being crowded with
work and n?t being able to cope with
the attuati >n To 1 tin? i such re?
quest* wer.- i- Ived if the governor'i
Office.
Governor t'ooper will ask the legis?
lature for an Increased stuie con?
atahalnrv, to rope with the crime sit
* Nation in lo- state bhifon < Hu nt of
the prohibition laws. Iaj\ . against.
eteaUng amf laws against various
?>:h r artm i is 'to i%*m of the chief
? ? vetjllvc. Tin go\euior is also
log th*? legislature for certain Imporl
?ml amendments to itv proftibhlon
lnw*. 'ooki ig t?. -'Sletei en force mt?nh
This in rov -ml by *he .-,?>\ ? i i.or'i ,i:
r .?I no mmi ?
Last yea;' tho gov* rnor u*k?*d fur
. Isrg?-r appropriati??ii? for tin- enforce
Tw-nt of laws. Th? n pu sl was not ,
granted to In* ? xt nt Intended. This
year tin r. inest is belni repeated in
a limit. J ?
fl over nor ?'o -p?r *ttr?huttd the ex
V??**iv?> ? rlnu ci rd. i.?n to utter ef?
fect* of war. a reaction from the si .
of war and tin unsettled tin im i
condition*, following the war lb -
ports rcci Ivod at th-- governor's ??ttl? .
; Indleaf? thai then- is an an unusual
U*av? of ii iim s-.s.-. p nu' tb ??! .t
I A MODERN
STOREROOM
DuKhpi Hardware Now in Neu
Quirt f/fi
Th?" I'UI'H tt- llaidw u. 1? now j
rn for \ -i'o -s mi tlmtr b autiful ,
rw stor?-. N'o 11-U X. Main street j
>xt door to tton former location,
paarentl) no e\p?*ns? his been i
Ot ed !n Id t. . > ' ' ?
Ith lb- tutcMl lni|in.\i
pea, nabh ind Iglit ? ??? i [
ipi iii'imi . oi* tb. itoerl*>r .? - om- j
rtcr? 'be d? " m most mvl'lng. I loth
Stet 1 cedintt i ml lie walls in
|int?-?l a Mr hi tint ?\ ? h noikes ? le
eery liuhi. Three luge show
rdrg on .Mali sti. .
el?*-*lMii >? ''d o f r v- ? ....( .i
alty to dlspho ihi ii
T\\ NOTH R
_ , I
Will ntti-ml p?-t-'o ..r I.. d? p i
|g the lull .-.\ :n.r ' ,med plae( ml
dJ'l? * i(|\i ii ? ? >i ih< pm pom
leitlg i IX I'eMli li- for tin tr- ll
i-r. To? H?l i v. i i 'i 11 h.
dlnu. Wedneed > . Jan, Mh
i?d?l. Kr i| >\ .fan Tth
out T'i sday, .l ?n 1'.
L W ilm ml iv, I ? i. l
Thnr-oho ?' 1 ?
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iThdrsda) Ian -'"
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W County Au I
GREEKS CLAIM
VICTORY
General Staff Reports Import?
ant Success in Asia Minor
Over Turks
flendon, Jan? li -The Greek of
i tensive, in Asia-." Inor, the beginning
1 of which was reported yesterday, re?
sulted in Important successes for the
; Greeks, according lo a communique
from the Greek Goners! Staff, dated
Sunday, which was received bj the
Greek legislation here today.
Jonuco IX PLAIN t>F rOTTON.
m<m: of the tour hundred applying
I bis year have applied durinu the past
|slfl days) it Is hard Is estlma what
lbs number oi applicants for i
or the number of sores expected to
bg planted will be as farmers secure
seed up to the last of January every
> i.ir. The demand for seed con?
tinues to Increase dally.
Within the past few days ii tool's
\\k'- a larger acreage than the Cham?
i oi- of Commerce expected up la n
few days sgo when applications were
comparatively few *lt seems that
farmers are slow .ii?oi:i getting their
I tobacco i ?< ii>, planted for 1921, or
Ibave been In doubt as to whether
l they would plant tobacco during
I ltU.
Tin' acreage, per applicant for 1011
, is smaller than r??r 1930, however, up
|to this time, alanj who planted dm
log ItSi wi'l m t plant tobacco this
year. it has been found out also
that many saved seed from list) crop
which they are using this year, ami
not a few ordered Iheir seed them?
selves, hut only the large farmers
ordered seed tor themselves ami ih it
tetiantS and sha r? croppers.
About tblr|y?tlve oi forty pounds
mor?- s?cd it is thought will ho re?
quired it tin- demand continues for
i iu* neat two weeks' like it has for
lbs past six days Probably fifty to
sixty per cent of l.,st years acreage
will i.e planted tributary to trie sum
ts% market, hut p is bard to estimate
because it is evident thai many land
owners arc requiring their tenants and
share cropper! to plant limited acre?
ages for Iff I,
If the land oWflSrs generally agree
that tobacco ahull b ? planted by ten?
ants there ?na.? be z larger per cent
age. of aeieage foe I'.?J1 than is now
Indicated bj tin- r^cofds at Chamber
of Commerce.
That http will be enormous re?
duction of cotton acreage iu Rum?
ke, Lee. ?Marendon. CalhoUU OOUO"
t.es from which BJ pllcgUta for to?
bacco se?d come to HUmter Chamber
of Commerce, froih which counties
lobaeeo i-1 sold on Ihe Bumter mar?
ket. N Ind eat' (l b) the applicants
saying ths the) are going to cut
their cotton acr. uu? IWO-thirds to
fifty per cent duiinl l9Jt, ami that
they are going to put in tolsicco, corn,
vegetables! oats, ewetg potatoes, pea?
nuts, sorghum cam. velvet beans,
SO] leans. Vetch, clover, and that
? hey wili raise hogs to tin extent of
iheir ability,
It Is also evident that the poultry
busdnc^s wili la considerably en?
larged in those four counties And
that tin- boy. ' p|g and corn clubs,
poultry clubs, tomato clubs, and h me
dssssnstration blubs, will grow in
popuh rity during |fS1 if there are
agents to push these lines of diver
sirtcation and conservation.
Club work among boys, gl Ha ami
women are at i tie greatest durinu
"haul limes," Conservation und
methods of economy go hand In hand
with Increased production of "live
at home" products, . ml hard limes i
a|so,
The paper bau and canned goods
no'i.d oi living during forty cent
< utfon times w ill ha\e a great s? I
l ack) dtfYtnsj 1011 w Hi low priced
cotton -the cotton be l weevil, and
high priced food and feed studs.
Living expenses on the farm haven't
Kept pace iu reduction Of cost with
the l?>W price pf rotten Money is go
Ing to be comparatively sear*..n the
^farms for a coup'e of years to come.
Much can b< ac< ompllshed towards
outting down thai one hundred ami
'on mil,ion dollars antiuall) sent oat
of South Carolina for fond and feed
stuffs thai can he raised or grown in
this state and hundreds of thousands
>>'' dolls s saved in Hui iter c unity, or
better still, kept in Hututor county. If
the hundreds of boys in the pig and
corn clubs aie st ilted o raising pins
.'ind .growing C*?ril, and the hundreds
I of girls ami boys in ihn poultry
(dtlb.-. and canning and Ho home
I demonstration elulsj are kept organ"
r/.eii .not i unotionIng,
j Hard limes ere ,;, , n< dltional inter?
est in hoio< economics und conserva?
tion. And I best wili i" needed more
in the next couple of years than sine.,
pi! i iid Inter when we wer? a-**
ed to "grow food to help win the
' will'." .Now we must grow and eon
[serve food to w i n *. i md h r WUr > war
against Ihr holl weevil - low priced
I cotton, and high priced I.I?
i The ditier? m e between fifteon cenfs
'ami forty conti eotton makes sevvml
'other differences In the \vi\ people
||V( on ih< fal nis ami elsew In r
Ai i . r in a i:'. ? 'onatantlne will
n , indicate ths throne of ?Iroeec ev
, en If tie allied nations should refui
t?? reeognli hii rights ?> Greek sov?
! ercifin. he d< ? lnr< i| today,
W ishtngton, Jan. I ' ifftelnls wa r.
? ill mi ible tod v to estimate
the |0SS t. 'Ill the hie III the
I depti Inieut ot eatuinet e building lust
I nh'ht. which destroyed man . uriginul
records elver) census record since
I i s? at i ISO, . seep! that of bist n ear,
'of which there ai ? no duplicates, was
i p. a 'i lie in- ;. deelai il lo be proh
? abb (lie \\< i nl of its kind iu tie
I govern lue ill's histor)
Matt See, lie i I Tin i hnee A nor
[lean nuval In lh?oi . Ik broki ? imp
I twenty i ah'-' north oi ben this morn
,10;'. lind --I ill ? d on I ' i ? ' ; h -? "I the
; long mat ch buck lo ? ,\ llisut i i??n i (
.,? . ? bi ii uhtfalt,
A niiu should md '"iv an itll'plun?.
md il he Is sui ?? oi Its upk< ep< 1
\i?h I'osU
COTHRAN RE
LECTED SPEAKER
Able Greenville Representative
Chosen to Preside of the
House?No Opposition
< tolunthia, Jan, 11.-- Hon. Thoma?
Perdhi Cothran, of (Jrecnville, was
loda> re-elected sneaker of the house
i
<>t representatives, without opposition.
Mr. Cothran has been In the house fori
mui yours und Is one of the moat In- J
fluential meptbers, He was In tin; j
house 1905-1910, attain from 1918 to j
,the pro ?er.t. ii- was tlrsl elected I
t l
Iff peak er in 1318 ant re-elected In I91?
for lun yeara Hi* ro-eleotion I day
makes him speakci for 1921 and 1922. i
! Hon. n >rge i >. Mower, of New- j
I lu rry, was elected temporary chalr
i n ol the h ?use and under bis di-i
I rec ! n all i^ebers were sworn In.
The s it*li ?, consumed most of the
session, i i the senate Hon. Alan
Johnston, of Newberry, was elected
speaker pro i? ? 111. Mr. Cothran was)
elected to the speakerahlp of the ;
house of representatives without op?
position and without a dissenting I
vot?-. h?s was nominated by Ropre
sentatlvc Leopard, of Plckefts, and 1
there was u host of acoonda Mr.
Cothran made .i lining speech in ac?
cepting the chair. He referred to the |
financial situation, presenting a leg-t]
llslatlve sitaution never before faced.
SWINE BREEDERS !
MEET AT CAPITAL
j _ _
Pour States Represented at Con?
ference of Hop; Men
Columbia, Jan. l". Swine growers
frond four states mot In Columbia to
|da) ft i a twu-duy's session of the
Swine U rowers' Association. The;
meetings lire be lug held al the Jeff?
erson Hotel lM?glnnitiB iiiis nioroning.
A banquet was given tonight, the chief
address bj ES. z. Russell, of the Unit?
ed states Department of Agriculture.]
Mr. Russell's subject was 'South'
American Trade"
Growers In attendance are iron;
North Carolina, South Carolina.
Qeorgis and Florida.
Talks today Included an address by
Ii. Z Hcrlong, of MIcanooy, rTn., I
prea|d< nt of? the association; Robert
J, 10 vans, Of Chicago, secretary of the '
American Du roc Jersey Breeders'
Association; P, J. Param, of Union;
Zed |). Williams, of Colutnbiu and J,
H .b?li< s of Adel. ( la,
Tin m smoii w ill conclude tomor?
row with the election of officers.
GINNING RE?
PORT ISSUED
11,559,230 Hales Prior to Jan. 1.
Sbys Announcement
. i
Washington, Jan. 1"?Cotton gin-,
ned prior to January 1 amounted to
11,5(19,280 running bales, including
imi'.'.l'T'; round bales, 68,964 bales of]
\.m lean Kgj pi ian, and- 1,509 bales
of S' i Island, the oens'ts bureau an- I
nounced today.
Lasl year to January l winnings ag?
gregated 10,001.920 running bales, in
oluding 109,'?'>?>*'> r<?und bales 81,625
hah-s of American-Egyptian and <;,
458 bti es uf Rja Island. Qinnlngs tu
Januar i this year b) states, fol?
lows Alabama, (?34,927; Artsoua 77,
562; Arkansas 959,854; California, !
16,593; Klorldu 18.220; Georgia l,
:;?.i;.Louisiana ".T'?.eL'i; Mississip?
pi 820,884; Missouri .'.?"?. I :'.'.?; North
j( a roll n a 754.060; Oklahoma 964,- I
1621; South Carolina 1,454,290; Ten-!
ncssco 261.416; Texas 3,752,003; Vir-1
Iglnla 13,711. other states 9,688. j
()'( ALLAGHAN I
WILL TESTIFY
Lord Mayor of Cork Gets By j
State Department
Washington, Jan. 11.?Deportation
or' the lord mayor of Cork in rsQueat
ed bj the labor department by Act- |
ing Hcoretar) Davis of the state de-|
partment, Davis quoted authority for '
his u< ling a proclamation Issued by |
the president August 8th, 1918, des-,
lignating the secretnrj of state as one '
who shall decide whether an alien.)
coming umb r passport regulation j
Shall be admitted or denied admis?
sion to Ihis country. J
Washington, Jan ii Lord Mayor
<? ''alhighan "i Cork, w ho arrived as I
? a BtoWaWUy, and in w hose case the j
t?te Department refused to waive
the passport requirements, will ap?
pear Thursdn> bei?.re the Com mis
ston that is lnvestlg*.tlng conditions
In 1" 'and.
\?!lcv Hull.
Volle) I si 11 is still holding it* own '
when it comes to its extreme popu?
larity with the .Noting business men!
of the city. More than usual interest 1
j and excltenienl \n being manifeste.!
in i;e games which are being play- !
ed under He lutesi orgunixed league ,
for tie games f this month. Tho
teSfllS arc >-" divided that they are
mure evenlj matched than before,
.Mol ev< rj gnnu played is fuel ann
close
Htundtna of tie teams:
leuo Won l.n-t CC.
I Bryan. I S 666
I Rice. 8 3 000
' Shore. :1 500
Cut iino. 9 1 313
(limes for tonight! Sluoe and
Rice; Cuttlno and llryun; Rlee and
Isin' . and Hryun and Cuttlno,
i Washington, Jan. 10, Prohlbtlon
, i.;is i pen ii ph< noinenul speoees, uc??
oordini 111 Wayne 11. Wheeler, gen
[cral counsel i < > i- the Aittl-Haloon
Ileague, In a formal stutemenl lo tin
I prest ItMlay, II' deelaren "In spite uf
the unsatisfactory eondltlons, the eii
j f -.? ? m< id ib ;? rtnu id has assessed
i?vi t " iMMi IMMI hi pi obibil ive taxes,
IJVei Vi'e.UiOl in Inns llllVC l>ee|| aH -
sessed und uvei $1.000,000 worth e>i
u i|( mobil? ? luivi '" i it couliscatvd,"
MILLIONAIRE'S SON
SHOT BY ACCIDENT
Joseph Leiter, Jr., Meets Death
hy Unacountable Explosion
of Cartridge in (iun
New Orleans, Jan. 10.?The death
of Joseph Liter, Jr., the ten year
old s'?ii oi Jos.'ph Leiter, millionaire (
wheat kins of Chicago and Washing?
ton, was caused hy an unacoountable
explosion of u cartridge in Iiis shot?
gun as he picked up tin- gun after
retrieving a duck he had just shot, 1
according i<> n long distance tele?
phone message from Iiis father here
'tonight. Tin- hoy's body will he
taken ol Washington en a special
?train, where interment will take
place.
Tin- slain youth, son of the man
who became world famous when he
once cornered the wheat market in
tin Chicago pit. wus a grandson of
Lev! /' Leiter of Chicago, who found?
ed Ilm immense Leiter fortune. Ho
was a nephew of Lady Curxon, daugh?
ter of Lev! Leiter, who married Lord
Curson of Kngltind and became
vlcerine of India.
His sudden death was such a shock
?o his father that he was almost un?
able to give a coherent account of
the affair when Interviewed over the
telephone tonight.
HOW EXCHANGES
HELP MARKET
Statement Made by New Orleans
Man
Washington, Jan. 10,.?Centra] Eu?
rope would buy the entire southern
cotton crop at to cents a pound today
if proper ct'dit conditions could he
arranged. K. s. Butler, president of
.he New Orleans cotton exchange, de?
clared today before tho house agricul?
tural committee, opposing the hills
hcfore the committee, which would
eliminate all speculation in cotton fu?
tures on exchange, Mr. Butler said
farmers six months ago could have
BOld their entire crop of cotton ahead
at 35 cents a pound.
elimination of all speculation in
future cotton market at Liverpool,
to cotton product is and to the trade
generally since it would force ex?
changes to close. Mi. Butler asserted.
Regulatory legislation enacted in the
United States could not affect the
future cotton market at Liverpool,
he added, as it would leave the for?
eign spinners in control of thin mar?
ket and liny would he able to die
ate the price of cotton.
America ami blur ope for In sears
have rocognlsed tin- (future trading
as the best insurance yet devised for
the cotton trade, Mr. Butler said. He
also advotated retention of "hedging"
Pauli h it s on lite ground that it enab
I s the farmers to find a Market for
their commodity al nn> time during
the year. The legitimate speculator
.8 tin- only "buffer" between the farm?
er and the consumer whose interests
are diameti ideally opposed, he con?
tinued,
The Cnited States cotton futures
act has been satisfactory to the trade,
Mr. Butler asserted, adding that it
benefited the spinners, If any one. He
did not think it helped the producers,
he said, In i i?iy to questions from
Representative Caroway, Ark.
Decline of cottt \\ prices was due
to impoverished conditions abroad,
and unsettled linanei.il conditions and
not to the future market, Mr. Butler
usserted. He added the present fu?
tures marked tended to lift up tho
pi ice of cotton.
DE VALERA DENIES
CONSPIRACY
Irish Leader Replies to State?
ments in British White Book
Dublin, Jan. 1" (Uy tho Associated
Press).?Bamonn de Valera, the Irish
Republican leader, broke h't rdlemo
today with a formal statement v;u<.:"
OUSly denying the alleged German
Irish plot against 'beat Britain and
attacking Ihe government's "White
paper" issued Saturday concerting
such a plot.
The statement, which was given
out ofllcially lhrough the Sinn Kein
public-its- department, was made ex-j
clusivclj to the American newspaper
correspondents in Dublin. It is con?
sidered hert that any doubt which
may hnve e xisted regarding Mr. I,(
Valera*! presence in Ireland has la-en
cleared up by 'he communication.
The Assoc iated Press was informed
that tin? statement was dictated by
I >e \ a leru in Dublin today.
It was further stated that De Va?
lera had not intended lo make public
a statement before issuing his man?
ifesto which Iris been so long await?
ed hut thai he fell that the neces?
sity cd' coming out with a denial of
tin.- alleged Herman plol was neces?
sary while tie government state?
ment was still fresh in the minds of
t he public,
Slimier Laundry Progressing Rapidly.
Hood news is coming in from Sinn?
er's new laundry which is now a
realit) and Is to be known as the
ittumter Htcam Laundry company. The
laullding on Canal street is in com?
peted singe and the machinery, which
c a!! new und ol the v< r> latest and
Most Improved of models has been
natu lied. Only a very few more
Inlshing touches are needed to put
Ihe whole plant in permanent ope I'?
ll ton, The laundry is scheduled to
? ? op. n for business sometime aftei
he 20th of this month, and no later
bait th< first uf mxt.
I Columbia, .lau. v Because of a
>ow? r contract entered into between
and the Parr Shoals Power \'o . un
del dale ol AtlgUSI i. I i* 12, ' h' Co
II umhin Ihiilwuy, 'ias and Kleef rie
Company of thin ? it\ j-- cuilt> or vio?
lation of hot h t h. spit ii and i he I. t
tor of the South Carolina iinti-trust
jlaw. according lo an opinion voiced
lb) tin f'oluiiVbla i'anal com mission In
' jt?. unnuul report given out today.
FUNDS FOR
NEAR EAST
South Carolina Contributing
Money to Save Starving
Children
Columbia, Jan. 10.?A ck n o \v led g -
ment of .1 ? in . u for $500 contributed
i?v pitigftiM of <n-u ngchurg county
through Th? orangcburs Ttmee and
Democrat was mud< yesterday by the
Near Bant Re lef. Kineo thin check
was sent in other contributions for
the fund have been received by the
Orangeburg paper.
During the pasi ten days large
numbers of ( hurt hew and fraternal or?
ders haye also sent in contributions
for ihe relief of the starving people
of tin- Near Gast, it was announced
yesterday. The pastors of nu.n> other
churches have written that they will
a' omo take up collections in their
churches i or i he fund.
"These contributions are very great?
ly appreciated." said B. O. Black,
treasurer of the \car Bast Kellet for
South Carolina "and ?he contributors
pan rest assured that they have never
given their ?noney to a more worthy
caur.o. Thousands of women ami lit?
tle children uro facing starvation in
Armenia today because of their <"hris
tlatl faith. If we do not heed their
cry for help death u'lll surely be their
portion in the course Of a very short
time. They have no clothes to pro
I tect theld bodies from tin- rigors of
'winter, i.o food, no fuel. Truly their
condition is pitiable.
"We are happy to say that there
are several thousand people of that
stricken country who are alive today
as a result of these efforts. The task
before us is to keep them alive until
a semblance of order has been restor?
ed iti that country, our wards are for
'the most part helpless, homeless lit
th children. There is no one in
Armenia who can do for them but the
' Near Bast Relief. Their only hop*;
I for life rests w ith us. If we turn a
deaf ear to them the., are doomed to
death from starvation- one of tho
most horrible deaths a person can
die."
LOSS CANNOT
BE ESTIMATED
AH Census Reports Destroyed
by Fire
Washington, Jan. iu.?Priceless
census records .dating back tu 17'.?0,
when the inst enumeration of the
! United States was taken, were de?
stroyed tonight at a tire of unknown
origin at the department of com?
merce. The records also Include tig
: urea from every census up to the
; present one and Officials said that
I it would be days before even an es?
timate of the damage could he given,
i The blase originated in the base?
ment <>? 11??- commerce building and
j tive alarms quickly brought every
, piece of apparatus in downtown
Washington to the scene and more
than twenty lim s of hose completed
the damage done t<> the records bj
pouring tons of water through win?
dows into vaults where the records
I were kept.
j During the two and a half hours
Which firemen fought the blaze there
I firemen were ov ercome by smoke and
j taken to the hospital. Among them
|wos Prank Newman, recipient of the
I 1920 bravery medal.
T. .1. Kltsgerald; chief clerk of the
census bureau, said thai the actual
! tiie loss was very slight* but "the
i records destroyed could, not be re?
placed if we hid the entire wealth
: of the United States at our disposal.
' Officials said that it was probably
i lie most disastrous loss of records
the government has ever sustained.
There are no duplicates."
Washington. Jan. 11.?The per capi
i ta circulation of money in the country
Increased three dollars and twenty
three cents last year. On January l
this year the amount in circulation
Was more than six billions, three hun?
dred and forty million:, or M9.12 for
each person in the country.
WILL ASK FOR
STATE SURPLUS
Treasurer Carter Says a Fund is
Necessary to Prevent Bor?
rowing Money x
Columbia, Jan. 11.?Statt Treasur?
er* s. t. Cartel is ?uageatlssj to taw
stale legislature that they take action
during the present legislature ro * re?
al* ., state surplus, Lo take eirre of
deficits in state finances prior to ta*?s
< allcctlng time ? ach yeas*. This, the
treasurer soys, would save ihe state
tin- necessity of borrowing money
each year, with which to run the state
government. Tins recoremendafiew ?s
n sde in the treasurer's annual re>
port, t?? ih? Genearl Ass? nibly.
Mr. Carter reports that tax col?
li? >tions are improving and there
will hardly Ik- any necessity for the?
state to borrow none money. He
hopes to be aide to take cai .. ui the
notes each for a half million, falling
due, one a week until the middle of
relauai v. and another ?lue March 10.
Seout New?.
During Hie Christmas holidays the?
Kcouts of TToupe 1 were taken by their
seout master, W. M. Lsvi, on a day's
hike to Cain's Mid. The scouts left
. Snii.t.?!? on Thursday niorning at
about 8:3<j and after a very enjoyable
walk they arrived at Cain's Mill at:
I a bout I0:3S. Upon their arrival they
pitched their tents and prepared
! lunch. The dinner was cooked bxr
i
I patrols and among the various thing?
that the BCOUtS .had to eat was grilled
steak, thick, juicy and rare; hominy,
peas, corn, weenies, potatoes, bread,
preserves and many other tilings. Af?
ter the enjoyable dinner, the scouts
: indulged tin msetves in many games.
Their return hike home was quite as
'Successfully made as was the trip out.
arriving in glimter at about 6:30. Ev
' t ry seout reported a most excellent
time.
At a former mooting <>f the scouts
I Kembert llultman, Willard Mims and
Pel ton .lames were initialed into the
scout circle. Every roember was
present at this meeting with the ex?
ception of one scout who happened
to be out oi town at this time. After
the initiation ceremonies a refresh?
ment course was served consisting of
ice cream, cake, donuts, etc.
i _
Six months ago Scout Master Levi
jann.ninced to his troupe that the
Iscout winning the most merit badges
during thai period of time would be
presented with iwo badges. Mrs.
Mitchell Levi offered one prize and
the scout master the other prize of a
85 bill. Both of these prizes were
won by Scout Bariton Walsh who has
done excellent wink during the last
six months. It is the hope and ex?
pectancy of the troupe that he will
, soon be an Eagle Scout of which
there is only one in the state. These
prizes were presented to Carleton at
a recent seout meeting.
The following scouts have passed
he tests to become second class
scouts: W". A. Bryan. Jr.. J. C. Coop?
er, Jr., J. W. Mims. and James Bland
! ing. All of these scouts are members
; of the Stag Patrol of which Randolph
Guthrie is the patrol leader. Much
credit is due Uandloph for his excel?
lent leadership and for the time and
work which he has devoted to making
this patrol rank among the very best
of the troupe.
Marriage Licensee.
A marriage license has been ?-?sued
? to I\ T. DuBose and I. A. Thomas, of
Sumter county.
-?
Greenville, Jan. 10.?Counsel for
the defense today asked until tomor?
row to present its motion for a new
trial of Hugh T. Bramlett, charged,
with killing his mother in law June
is. 19 19. Shortly after midnight
Saturday, a court of General Sessions
jury found him guilty of murder,
with rccommedations to mercy,
which carries a mandatory sentence
of life imprisonment.
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NATIONAL
BANK
The National Bank of
South Carolina
of Ku mt?r, 8. C.
Keeouroee $lv?00,O0O.
Stronfj *nd Progre?We
The Moot Painstaking SKJKVXC?
with OOUKTB***
<?tre n? the Pleasure of HriTim TUD
The Bank of the Rank
and File
O. O. noWLtvi), President
EAliXK ROWLAND, oesnter
O. Ti. rATEH,
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