The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 19, 1921, Image 1
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CONSOIJDATED AUG, 2, 181
MAKES MOVE TO
AVOID TROUBLE
Hastens to Clear Up Question
of American's Death
REPORT TH AT SENTRY
WAS ARRESTED
Washington Officials Believe
Situation Will Soon Be Ad?
just
Washington. Jan. It.?Notification
that th ? Japan?-?? commanding otti<er
at VI.i . ' ok Iiis tum orders that
hcreaft m* gantries rnu.st not challenge
Amerhiins and the formal expression
of rcgr t ty the Japanese government
went far today towards adjusting* the
fatal shooting ? >' a Japanese soldier
at that part ?>f Lieut W, II. Lang
don, of the crttlaer Albany.
The netlcn oi the Vladivostok com
inandei i;en < ?i, was reported to the
navy department by Admiral Uleaves.
commander-ln-chi< * of the Asiatic
fleet, who was on his way to Vladivos?
tok to conduct a personal Investiga?
tion. The ? ImiraJ added that the re?
port had been sent to hbn by radio
and th.it in view of developnierts he
hud abandoned hi strip of inquiry.
Ambassador Sh'.dehara, of Japan,
called upon Acting Secretary of State
Davis li te today and exprenseA the
4es*p regret of his government that)
8U( h tu Incident should have occur?
red. Karlb'i h? had recelvt d from
the Japanese foreign office a version
?>f the shooting which differed from
an ear'lor an.l equally official ver
alon Issued In Tokio in that the cm
*>as*y's account agreed with Lieut.
Langdo.i's ante mortem statement
that the sentry was the first to fire.
The attitude of the Jspanese gov?
ernment was also indicated in the
rommurJcutlon to Admiral (i leaves,
vrhieh said that high officials of the
Japanese force had expressed their
sorrow md regret.
Ihe IfUtry who shot the American
when he was eturning to his ship,
v;aa characterized in the com nunlca
tlon for curded to Admiral Oleavcs as
"very ffnorant." and In one of the
messages received by Ambassador
Hhldeha-a It wag stated he already
hnd gAsjn placed under arrest und
would he tri d i.y court-martial.
Secretirv of the Navy l>aniels, who
had called upon Admiral Oleaves for
a report, conferred with Secretary
Davis today In an effort to expedite
so far ai i'ble iIn- gathering of
tho facti, in th< eise. The latter Im?
mediately Instructed CTonaul Mo
Oownn i.>rn whom the tir*t official
news of the Incident had come, to
SUpplem nl his repoit und declared
that if rle facta wan anted an im
med lie ami energetic protest would
be made to Japan. Later develop?
ing nts, however, are understood to
have in? lined ofllclala to belleva that
thi gttuatlon la In prospect of final
adjustim nt.
Wash! Igt On, Jan. I? Satisfactory
nssuram- s l> the Japanese govern
tnent th. ? its n nets over the killing
of Lieut. Lingdon, b\ a Japmcse sen?
try would hi siippieintn d by eonvln
Clrsjr pro >fl of its intention to make
ataallar Incldenta improbable were
awsiled i.i) by the BtatS depart
meat. < onfidence that the Japanese
goyernm. nf would iniikc adequate
reparation f.-r th killknng was ex
preased by tb?- department in a
note ?opatched last nlarht lo Ihe To
ofl i ?flu lala arc imlln
gd to belleva lhat tin- and of I ho in
Cktent Is in sight.
LICENSE ON TOBAC?
CO WAREHOUSES
Colombia, Jan, 1 ? ? High lic ense
f".- toil . w ureh luoa nporatora who
market leaf tohaco that i? ongTaded
und BntI I i . pi n Idod for in a bill
tntrodm ? I in the house of represen?
tatives toia> h> Itepresentatrvs A. H.
Williams. of Klorence, Mr. Wilhams
would make rio- llcenss for such
warehouse* tw ? ? thousand dollars
etu'h. th moiii > to be used f"i school
purp os. 1 -i lhat sell
grade. I ,1 I, I ! i obaeco would
not n. i Tee ted The license would
tie payable to tic county, Heenes to
? ISSII. d b\ the < Vlk of COUrt.
AIRMEN ARRIVE
IN NEW YORK
Mew Vei I in 11?LP*uts Kloor,
Juanen ..ii.I Hi don arrived here this
fnorntmr. i x u ll) one month after lliey
lande?! to it . loose raitor;. . aftOI
ir galleon flight from Rockaway,
A crowi of relatives and naval of
ra, gneted the others upon their
ivsb The Isilloonlata dec tred thoj
re n??n>> the worse off for tho a I
10 and lined up toi tht photograph
Oard Battleship N'eW Mexico, by
to Associated l'r?ss, Jan. 15.
grn if the I'acllh Mi I have bc< n
rbeutd within tue last lwent>
?arn. Edgar Oscar, from the
m Ark an *m*. and Hurton May?
Ik i h? desl roj ? i Plodda rd.
lipo;.'.- .1 iI '. All vca
Ii ig i win h a pp oach
miles of ihe Kassian
Utt arc being hrci on
ag> or altaiked by sub
)?? MMgo Indicates.
lie Just i
n.
ECONOMY ORGY
IN LEGISLATURE
First Term Law-Makers Seek
Fame and Popularity by At?
tack in Taxes
PROPOSED TO CUT SAL?
ARIES AND EVERYTHING
, Wild-Eyed Solons Carried Away
With the Idea That Cheapness
is Economy
Columbia, Jan. 17.?Members of
the- legislature ur? returning to Co?
lumbia this afternoon for the second
week of the 1921 session, a session
that promises to he unusual in many
itHpects. The hoi so meets this even?
ing, the senate Tuesday morning at
11 o'clock.
The- first week of the session has
x-en marked mair.ly by organization,
committees In the two houses having
been appointed arid their chairman
elected. The machinery Is ready for
work.
There has been noticeable trend of
ideas in the session thus far. Many
of the legislators came to the capl
tol, especially new members, with
an amhition to raise their voice for
lower taxes. Many of them came
armed with proponed legislation aim?
ed at cutting governmental costs. The
first week was marked by the Intro
uuction of a number of such meas?
ures. Kepresenta'.ive Hramlett, of
Gieenville, had a resolution limiting
total appropriations to five million.
Representative Mower offered a res?
olution to limit the total levy to nine
mills. A resolution was Introduced
in the senate, by Senator Wells, to
limit appropriation! this year to $4,
600.000. Two resolutions were intro?
duced by postpone payment of taxes,
under penalty, until April 1. Senator
Wightman Introduced bills aiming at
abolition of the tax commission, of
the state welfare board, of truant of
t fleers and reducing all state and eoan
| ty salnrles fifteen per cent. Nearly
every speech referred to the financial
situation and the need for cutting
down expenses and appropriations.
The legislators came with an idea
that their one dutv was to rut down
'axes und f ppropriatlons. Their first
jf.'orta have not amounted to much,
and It took the first week to get at
least part ef the idea out of- their
systems, a prominent legislator re?
marked. Now they are ready for bus?
iness, and leaders in the two branches
take the position that the urgent
needs of state government and the
public welfare mi:st determine the
limit to whleh public funds thall be
ippropriated.
Just before adjournment Friday the
senate rcecived a resolution fnm
Senator Mason, cal ing for a diseon
tinuaiue of pessimistic, hard-times
talk, The farmers ate not broke he
said, declaring that be himself is a
farmer. and he urged that the sena?
tors put their time to their duty and
stop then- grumbling. Senator John
atone, of Newberry, urged that each
senator find out. while at home over
th?' Week-end. What the sentiment
among his constituents was regarding
the necessity for postponing the col?
lection of taxes, with penalty, until
April 1, and to what extent such ac?
tion would hurt thf admlnis ration
of county affairs. During the com-,
Ing week the two houses will doubt?
less br^in ooaotruotlvs consideration
of their gigantic. over-shadow ing
problem, of state linancos.
Thai coining week will be marked
by the I n a u g u r a t Ion ceremonies at
1230 Tuesday, with Associate Justice
Watts adncnlstf ring the oath to Oov.
Cooper. Lieut. Govern or-elect Wil?
son 0, Harvey, of Charleston, and
Comptroller < Jeneral-eleet Walter
Duncan, of Alken, are the only two
new otlicia'h to be sworn in. flov.
Cooper's inaugural address v^U be
on the subject of education.
During the coming week the state
budget will lll.ely be submitted to the
general aaaembly by the budget com?
mission. In the house tibi week
there will he debated I resolution, al
I ready passed by the senate, urging
'the national congress t<> take action
i- the present session continuing the
plan of federal aid for Stale high
waya Repreaentatlvc Claude Bapp,
..i Columbia, Introduced the measure
in tin- bom e.
On Tueaday and Wednesday, after
I he legislature has adjourned, the ses?
sions of the south Carolina Life l*n
derwrltera' association convention will
be held in the hall Of the house of
repressnlotIvea Several hundred In
BUrance men from all parts of tin
istate are expected to attend the con?
vent ion.
.Marriage License*.
Mnrtage llooneoi hive been laguod
to the following colored couplca:
Flank gOaty and Maine Wheeler of
I' iknt.l.
William David and Maggie Klrk
land of Reinbert.
Sam Rodger and Moudie Dwyer of
. Tinoal.
Jamas Logan of Providence and
Annie Piioleau of Dalaell,
Robert taaeane and Pauline Moore
of M lyeavtlte,
Willie benjamin of Rhlloh and Ma
hole Brunoon of Ht, Charloa
lahmel Dradley and Klna Pltti of
gjumter,
Willie Tllman ami Pheller Myer of
i Saal on er,
Wh< ii .? woman gets to a ct rtaln
ago aba starts to re-vamp Lexington
Ltader.
ami Fear Not?Let all the-ends Thou A
SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESDA
NOTE TO JAPAN
NOT PUBLISHED
j Tokio Newspapers Dis?
cuss Probable Con?
tents of Message
Respecting Killing
of Langdon
I Tokio, Jan. IT.?Government offl- j
rials have not yet made public the !
j text of the American note protesting J
against the shooting of Lieut. Lang
doit. The publicist express the belief!
:that Washington not only asked repa?
ration, with guarantees removing the
probability of similar incidents in the
I future, but also again pointed out to
Japan the wisdom of reducing, if not
withdrawing altogether, troops from
the country, where she possess no sov?
ereignty lights but the literal of which
is dominated by her miUti.: y power.
AMBASSADOR
CALLED HOME
Washington, Jan. 15.-?Recalled to
J London lor the announced purpose ol |
consulting With Premier Lloyd George
and Earl Curzon, Secretary of State
for foreign affairs. Sir Auckland
Geddes, the British ambassador in
Washington, quietly and without no?
tice to even close acquaintances, slip?
ped away from Washington las. night
and sailed today from New York for
England. He was accompanied only I
by H. V. Tannant, his private secre- I
tary, who came with h'm to Wash- |
Ington when he assumed his am has- j
?adorial <;tlic(. leas than eight months
ugo. Lad> Geddes remained here with
ihe ehddren, thus bearing out the em
bnsFy statement that according tc
present intention, the ambassador w?!l
return to Washington next month.
There is understood to be a num?
ber of subjects which will require
earnest discussion when the ambas
;ador reaches London, and it is said
to be regarded as essential that Sir
Auckland be given the benellt of the
fullest dlscloseure of the views of the
home officials before ho undertakes
to establish formal communications
with the incoming administration in
this country. Some matters which
are even now receiving close atten?
tion by the Prltish authorities it la
I understood probably will be made the
?Ubjeots of express und definite ln
Btructious from the foreign office In
London.
Among these la the project to free
American ships in the Panama Canal
from tolls. The British government
had believed this matter finally and
definitely disposed of in the early days
of the Wilson administration, but now
that the Republican party platform
and the utterar *os of President-elect
I Harding have Indicated a purpose to
renew the effort to secure such priv
; lieges for American rhips, it is re?
garded 111 possible that the British
government will be called upon to
protest against any such invasion of
j what it has regarded as solemnly
pledged treaty lights.
The pending emergency tariff bill,
I especially in Its probable effect on
Canada it is also understood Will be
among other subjects taken up. as
Well as the probable attitude of the
Harding administration toward the
proposed termination o fa score of
OOiamai chtl treaties.
Another subject for negotiation In
the immediate future is the refund?
ing for conversion cd" the British war
debt to America. Lord Chalmers, who
was about to ionic to Washington to
arrange this with toe treasury de?
partment here, has postponed his visit
in view of Ambassador Geddes' ab?
sence from Washington, feeding It
necessary, it Is said, to have the am?
bassador at his tide when the nego?
tiations are undertaken.
Finallyi it is believed, to be prob?
able thtt the British premier wishes
to acquaint himself by consultation
with the ambassador with the exact
stale of public opinion in America
regarding naval programs and also
regarding the Irish question.
Naval Question Cp.
London, Jan. 15,?The question of
the naval policies of the United States
ar.d Great Britain will be one of the
principal subjects discussed at the
'forthcoming conferences here between
Sir Auckland Oed des, British ambas?
sador to the United States, the prime
Iminister, David Lloyd George, and
I Karl Curzon, the foreign secretary, it
was stated in authoritative quarters
today.
Washington. Jan. 17.?President?
elect Hartling has practically decided
, to call a spec ial session of the new
congress on April 4, members of the
hmise ways and means committee
wet e Informed today by Chairman
Pordney, who has just returned from
' a conference With Harding at Marion.
I Washington, Jan. 17.?Rowland
Mahaney, solicitor of the department
Ol labor, was .appointed by the presi?
dent as A merlCS n representative of
Ihe international committee of lm
migration to meet at Geneva on n date
ftxed by the international labor ofllCC |
it] ; he It ague of nations. It is the
inst appointment by the president
made to any bodies meeting under
the league of nations since the sen?
ate refused to ratify the Versailles
treaty.
Philadelphia, Jan. 17.?The two
hundred and hf'eenth birthday Of
Benjamin Krnnklin was observed
throughout the country today. The
graves of ids wife ami himself here
'wart dtoorated.
ims't at Inj thy Country's, Thy God's a
,Y, JANUARY 19, 1021
MILITIA MEN ARE
ARRESTED
11 Members of Company
ML Charged With Tak?
ing Prisoner From
Jail and Hanging
Him
Birmingham, Jan. n. ? Eleven
member! Company M, Alabama Na?
tional QuaTd are in jail hero today
charged with lynching of William
Baird, a miner, at Jasper Thursday
night. The soldiers, llvo non-commis?
sioned officers and six privates, were
arrested lust ni&lit, after Leslie We3t,
a taxi driver Is said to have made a
complete confession of the part he
took and named the soldiers. West
is said to have, confessed that he
trove one of the two cars the soldiers
used. Baird was in Jail awaiting trial
or killing Private James Morris, of
Company M, after Morris shot and
killed Baird'a father-in-law.
NEW FRENCH
CABINET
Paris. Jan. 16 (By the Associated
Press).?A list id e Briand, former
French prime minister, succeeded to?
day in the task undertaken by him
yesterday to form a cabinet in suc?
cession to the ministry of Premier
Leygues, which resigned last Wed?
nesday.
Besides the premiership, M. Briand
r.nkc3 i.he ministry of foreign affairs,
f.ouls Barthou becomes minister of
War and Paul Duuiucr minister of
finance.
Shortly before 6:'JO o'clock tonight
IS. Briand presented the official cab?
inet list to President Mlllerand. The
mil istry is made up as follows:
Premier and minister of foreign
affairs, Arlstide Briand.
Minister of Justice, M. Bonnovay.
Interior, Pierre Marraud.
War, Loull Barthou.
Marine, Gabriel CJuisth.au.
Finance, Paul Doumer.
Public instruction, Victor Berard.
Agriculture, Edmond Lefetaro du
Prey.
Commerce, Lucien Dior.
Labor, Daniel Vicent.
Pensi ms, Andre Maginot.
Public works, Yves Le Troquer.
Liberated regions, Louis Lotlucheur.
"It i.? not 'the great cabinet,' but
It is a great cabinet I have formed.''
*aid Premier" Briand this evening.
"My ministers and myself will be
. busy men looking after France's in
' ternal sJTaira We have confidence
that the American administration
will look after its own affairs. It
j may be Republican, it may be Demo?
cratic, it matters little; it is always
pro-French. I am sure. Please tell
! them that in America.
'?Thonx w ho have been in France
i for many years understand that we
J are not a militarist nation. We have
'the warmest desire to be on friendly
footing with the British and Ameri?
can nations, but there is a pact, sign?
ed .ig Versailles, which must be ful?
filled. I trust that in the fulfillment
i of that pact We come not in con?
test with our frienda
"My ministry Will make Its bow in
the chamber Tuesday* it may be
that a representative of France will
meet the British and Italian dele?
gates th ? next day. I have asked for
no postponement. France will meet
the foreign delega'cs and discuss
i questions Of international interests
jas if there was no crisis in France."
The general Impression in political
circles is that the cabinet as con?
stituted by M. Briand is a very pow?
erful element, although many are
deploring the absence of M. Poln
calre and M. VTvtanl from the com?
bination.
M. Briand has succeeded in form?
ing his seventh cabinet, which, as he
says himself, embodies "national
unity."
MURDER AND
SUICIDE
Columbia. Jan. IT. ? K. V. Bouk
night, salesman f<>r sporting goods
store hero this morning shot Mrs.
Clara Graham, of Henderson, N. C.
and tinned the pistol on himself and
sent a bullet through his temple
, Both are .still living, but are in a
I precarious condition. The police are
; investigating, but it is not know n
i what caused the tragedy. The wo
[man was in the dining room of her
! home on Assembly street, when Bouk
: night caller her out of the room. Ib
put the pistol in her face and pulled
the trigger. There was another man
and anothi r woman In tin- room at
the time.
Both K. IT, Bouknight and Mrs. Gra?
ham died shortly after being taken to
a hospital her?- this afternoon. Mr.
Bouknight shot himself in the temple.
I He had called to tell Mrs. Graham
goodbye, having declared days ago
i that he would kill himself f she did
not marry him,
\ Columbia, .Ian. IT. Fx Senator
I "Jim Ham" Lewis, of Chicago, will
be the chief speaker for the annual
convention Of the South Carolina Bar
association, to be held in the hall of
the house of representatives, Colum?
bia, January 2't-28. Governor Coop?
er will deliver the address of welcome,
and this will be followed hj the an?
nual address of the association's pre
Ident, W. D. Melton, of Columbia.
After Senator Lewis' address on the
evening of the 28th the annual ban?
quet Will be tendered at the Jeffcr
? son Hotel.
0 ut I)
ml Truths." TUE TRI K S<
PEASANT REVOLT!
1NUKRA1NE
Moscow Soviet Fears Re?
bellion Will Spread
Among Peasants of
Other Sections
London, Jan. 17.?A Riga dispatch
nays that Moscow reports that a se?
rious peasant rebellion has broken out
in Polda, Ursine. The soviet govern?
ment fears that the revolt will spread,
as the result Ukranian peasants un?
rest over the refusal of the Soviets
to remedy numerous grievances.
WANT TO ANNEX
TO SUMTER
It is evident from information re?
ceived at the Bumter Chamber of
Commerce that The citizens of the
Turbevllle and Douglas township sec?
tions of Clarendon county are getting
rSStless and will soon start the mDve
ment to vote iiuo Sumter county.
Si veral of the citizens of those sac
I Hons have been in conference with
[Secretary Reardon about the propos?
ed annexation of that territory which
I has been talked about for the last
live years. It seems that the prompt
I manner in which the Sumter county
I >oard of eammissioners carried out
the guarantee made to the Pinewood
and Cavalry township people about
put ing the roads of that section
into good shape, together with the
splendid work dona op those roads
have made a good impression on the
good citizens of Turbevllle. and
nearby te rritory.
During 1920 a delegation of cltlsens
from Turbeville met with the Sum?
ter Chamber of Commerce directors
and an agreement was entered into
which satisfied the Turbeville citi?
zens. Later there wau a meeting of
the Bumtor county board of commis
Jsioners held at Turbeville on the day
of the big Sumter Chamber of Com
Cndon'i territory. But when the citi?
zens of Turbeviile came to the Sum?
ter Chamber of Commerce with their
proposition to vote into Sumter coun?
ty, why the Chamber of Commerce
directors and the Sumter county
board of commissioners met the Tur
j beville citizens half way, and told
? them they would be very welcome to
I Sumter county whenever the) saw tit
to come back to Sumter county after
a separation of sixty-tive years.
The Turbeville, New Zion and
\ Douglas townships citisens occupy
I practically the same position to the
I city of Sumter as do the Pinewood
j and Cavalry townships sections of
1 me roe booster trip and piclnc at Tur?
beville. The Bumter county commis?
sioners entered into an agreement re?
garding certain roads and fixing of
roadl in the section proposed to be
; annexed to Bumter county. The an?
notation proposition has been held up
I howeve r by some of the leaders for
{what they considered good reasons,
merely delayed as they put it, until
Certain things came to pass In that
section. Now from what can be
learned from a few who are impatient
about voting into Sumter county, it
looks like the "certain things didn't
come to pass" as last as were expect?
ed, and it is said that the Turbe?
ville voters are of the* opinion that
they will not get tho "certain things"
promised by Clarendon county. The
atti.ude of the Sumter Chamber of
I Commerce is npt to invade Clarendon
[county wdth a desire- to take Clar
IClarendon that voted into Bumter
county oil September 7th, 19-0. Most
'of, In fact practically all Of the peo?
ple of those sections around Turbe?
ville and New Zion do their trading
in Sumter, do their banking here, sell
most of their tobacco, c tton. and
other farm products in Sumter. They
i scarcely ever go to Manning except
I for jury duty, to pay taxes, or on
other official business. They are to all
, Intents and purposes "Sumter county
cltlsens" now, and have be en for many
yeai a
j Secretary Reardon has informed
I the cltlsens with whom he talked re?
cently that the Sumter county board
of commissioners and the Bumter
' hambe r of Commerce are fully pre?
pared to carry out the agreements
made with the Turbevllle people
should the latter vote in:o Sumter
county. It looks as though the tight
put up by certain well known and
highly respected Clarendon county
citizens against Turbeville leaving
Clarendon county is going to prove as
futile us th ? tight these same patriotic
Clarendontiea put up against pine?
wood and Cavalry townships Voting
into Sumter county, of course tin
Sumter Chamber of Commerce will
meet these gentlemen cm the bus.in.s
In the renewal of the Turbeville an
nexa ion proposition which threatens
to break loose at almost any time now.
Messrs. L. i>. Jennings, K. B. Belser,
D. I). Moise, Dr. K. S. Booth, and R.
I. Reardon are still In fine health
and are still able to stand another
talk feast with tim gentlemen from
Mannirg about thy Turbeville* annex?
ation as these Bumter gentlemen did
about tin* Pinewood annexation. And
it might be said in pssslng that your
uncles Mack links and Henry John?
sen! of ihe Ne w Slon section of Clar?
endon are still sonn- orators, believe
me.
Columbia. Jan. 16. Miss Conine
Parfteld, of Manning, has announc?
ed herself a candidate for the* house
of representatives, from clarendon
county, t?* succeed vv. T. Elprott, who
elieel 'a*l veal*. The election Will be
held < n the 25th. Miss BarAeld is the
first womm of the state* to announce
for a seat iii the legislature.
VL'THKOX, Lstabllshcd June 1, 186?.
VOL. LL NO. 44
NEW YORK
UNDEjUUARD
'Entire Police Force Called Out
Against Possible Radical
Outbreak
ORDER PROMPTED BY
FEDERAL AUTHORITY
Public Buildings, Public Utility
Plants, Churches and Homes
of Wealthy Citizens Under
I Heavy Guard
New York, Jan. 14.?Public build?
ings, churches, public utility plants
and the homes of wealthy cititer.s
l throughout the city are under heavy
j guard today by police order, a pre
! cautionary measure, against a pos?
sible radical demonstration.
Police officials are extremely re?
ticent concerning the order given
verbally last night to the entire force,
but they intimated that it was pro?
moted by federal authority.
Warnings of a threatened demon
startion with bombing activities in
New York were received by the gov?
ernment from a reputable private de
? tective agency, department of justice
officials said todlay. An investiga?
tion is being made but the federal
agents have been unable to find evi?
dence when the demonstrations are
to appear.
COTTON ACREAGE
REDUCTION
The Sumter Chamber of Com?
merce in behalf of the American Cot?
ton association furniphes some offi?
cial and convincing information be?
low about the world's supply and
consumption of cotton that ought to
be a warning to every cotton produc?
er In Sumter county. Secretary E.
I. Kcardon earnestly urges every
farmer to carefully read the statis?
tics by Dr. Bradford Knapp given be?
low.
A Call to Action.
It is generally agreed by all who
have given the matter careful study
md thought that a large cotton crop
I in 1921 would mean financial disas?
ter and ruin, for the south. Thi?
world can not use more than eighteen
million bales this year, and there are
now in existence not less than twen
, ty-seven million bales of cotton or
enough to last nearly two years.
1 The salvation of the south depends
! upon a reduction of cotton acreage,
xiet it out ! your head that sny
1 Jh'ng but the aipply and the world's
ability to buy fix?s the price of cot
! ton." Dr. Bradford Knapp.
j There is enough cotton now in the
world to last tbout two years. If
you want to plant more cotton after
reading these figures then we must
Confess we have nothing more to say.
It is up to you:
The ten >car average am at-of
' cotton on hand unspun at jegln
nlng of each fisca. year 'OO.OOo
' hab s.
, At August 1st. l!?2o beginning the
' present fiscal year, according to Hes
t?'r, unspun American cotton. 6,088,
< i?u0 bales.
Probable amount of American opt?
ion unspun July 31sht, 1921, now In?
dicated more than lb000,000 bales (or
' 3,000,000 bales larger than any
j amount ever carried over before).
The greatest consumption of cot?
ton (all kinds) ever known In any
dngle year, leas than 2l.ooo.000 bales.
The greatest consumption of Amer
; lean corion. any one year ever known,
: 16.000,<?00 bales.
Ten year average consumption of
American cotton prior to the great
??ar, 13.000,000 bale*.
Ten year consumption of all kinds
, of cotton, including American oot
I ton, prior to great war. 17,500,000
i bale*
Consumption all kinds cotton 1919,
i 1920. U. S. consus figures, 18,181.
ono bales.
, American crop of 13.000,000 hales
(1120) indicates a world supply of alt
kinds of cotton, including Amerlcar.
of 2M.000.000 bales.
The world during the present,' fis?
cal year is not likely to consume, more
than 15,0t?0.000 bales.
The Sumter Chamber oS Commerce
. urges that farmers who '.iav.- not sign?
ed will sign the fo'.lowtng pledge and
mail it either to the Sumter Cham?
ber of Commerce or to the South
Carolina Division* American Cotton
association. N". go* Liberty National
hank building", Columbia. The Sum
p r Chamber of Commerce will for?
ward all pledges filed with that or?
ganise! ion:
Farmer's Pledge.
! I, i.
of, the county of.
, lo certify that 1 am ? farmer and
cotton grower and hereby solemnly
promise and Sgl IM1 on my sacred
word of honor that during the year
1921 1 will not plant in cotton moro
than one-third Of the lands cultivat?
ed by me during the year 1921.
And 1 further promise that I will
use whatever influence that l may
have with my friends and neighbors
to have them sign a like obligation
and to co-operate with the county
committee in the organization and the
e/ork for the said cotton redutcion.
Witm Ml