BILL IN CONGRESS Fight In Congress on Number of Soatii?South's Total to Re? main aa at Present Wellington, Jan. 17.?Lane* were ?narpry drawn tonight for a tight Vomerro? to defeat the reapportl?n ?sent t?t ? ertrich w?i.? increase the saembaruhtp of the ? ouse of repre s ntnttves from 4SS to 48?. After i final check up, leader* an aounced that the measure an report ad would be voted down decisively aad tha. a substitute plan, holding Stats to the present total, would be adopted by a big majority. There seemed little sentiment for a larger house. Members from states which wjuld lose .?epre*entation un? der the ahtfting of 12 seat* from '1 es> eight states, declared they would vote agstaat adiing 41 representa? tive* at i coat of approximately II.?' eOo.000 s year, when thefe la a cry? ing dethnnd from all quarters for govern m< ntal eoonomy. An snapped eat today the program, ander which the bill will be called up tomorrow provide* for five hours ?f, debate. While there was some ?ejection to so much oratory, it was sgflrssrt to permit members to express their vtesr* at length, and then by a rail call vote let the country know that the house is big enough aa It The Republican steering commit was :*eported solldry agatn.it the ease, not as committee, but as ivfdualn South.?in Democrats, it sgid, were not expected to op the lower total ae a body, as Che shifting of seats would leave their present number intact. Under provision of the bill house aspect to be adopted the in wii) a* as follows: California t. Michigan f, Ohio 2, Connecticut, New Jersey. Vorth Carotine, Terns and Washington 1 aa**. To make up this number with e%t Changing the 4SS total. Missouri Wauag do**, two seats and the follow Ms; States 6ns esch: Indians, lov a. stanaas. Kentucky, Louisiana. Maiae SaaaSSppt Nebraska. Rhode Island, d Vermont By thf* arrangement the Sou h sseuHl gsMn la North Carolina and Texas and lose In Louisiana and Mis lesippi. ' tAXItETURNS ON MERCANTILE STOCK CofnsAissiorter Harris Issues Report on Year's Business f'olumhi*. Jan. IS. ?Every mer? chant In South Carolina is this week raoaivlns frcrm the state tax commis? sion, with offices in Columbia, a blank form on which to make a re? port of the value of the stock of geed? eairh-d Those ?1)1 be the basis Of .the tax assessments for 1921. There are. approximately fifteen thousand mar?'bants In the state, to all of whom the tas oomrnlaeion is sending the blank stock statement The merchant* are required to give information as to the nature of their bualasss; the amount of inventory; merchandise received and sale* made sine* last Inventory and prior to Jan? uary 1. 1911. The value of goods on consignment, the amount of notes and accounts recetvabls at actal val? ue; the amount of notes payable and , accounts payable at actual value; the true value of merchandise and fix? ture* January 1; the amount of in? surance carried; gross sales fer 1920; the name of yartners In a partner? ship and the names of omeer? In a corporation, the capita) stock and the sdrplus aocruod. All of this informa? tion Is swQ-n to. The tax nommlsslen will fix aseess msats on the betals of the information furnished by the merchants them? selves. If any fall to fitrnlsh the neuassnry data, it la stated, the com miavton will take legal steps to re* K- a> them to produce their records, law requires this. Th?? tsm oom mission to advising all merchants that the fair market value will bo the seal* of aaset*men*.*. Each merchant I* asked to advise the com Sttsgton whether he makes his state? ment on the husts of cost or market tiiIues. The assessment* for taxa tla gare made on the basis of forty tve per cent of the true talue of prop? erty. WOMAN PRO BATE JUDGE Greenville County Elect? Mrs. Fannie C. Scott to Succeed Husband Greenville. J*n. 17?Mrs. Kanni? Q. Scott, wklow of Probate Judge Walter M. Scott, who wa* killed In an au? tomobile accident on December :!6, Is the only Candida e In the election to 1 g hetd in this county tomorrow to t a aaoesSSCr to the lute Walter M. Scott Tmhaaj for tht? election have alt been distributed to trie man jgers snd r-o fur her announcement* beyond that of Mrs. Scott have been mad* up to toroaht. Mrs. Scott will therefore be elected tomorrow to sSc ceed aer late husband and tbhi will he tha Srst ttme in the history of South Carolina thai a woman has Leen elect od to a putillc office. Woman Kteci^l I*mbu4< .lodge. Oreenvllls, Jan. IS.?The first wo? man in Basjta Carolina Slooted to public ofhW was elected here today. Ifta innin? C Scott was named as Jadaa of r*r"baie in Oreonviiie < ountv srtd had no opposition She auceeesjs h r hi sband, who wss kiu evf recently in an automobile gacl? -1. Bj| Wither immien. n Belgian priest, devoted hfi life trr the iphltgsjl care ef the leaarii on the Hawaiian island of Molokai. He died from leprosy. IMMORAL AND DISHONEST A Vicious and Ignorant Attack on the Emergency Tariff Bill (Manufacturers ltecord). The Now York Herald is not usu airy grotesquely uninformed on thi subjects it undertakes to discusn. It does not always reason well, but in general It takes the trouble to find out something about the facts in gay situation. Unfortunately, it has re? cently insisted on discuwaing the emer? gency tariff measure in a puerile and childish vi ay. as if the fonts of knowledge had run dry or their in? spiration had never been invited. The Herald declares that it is in favor of reasonable tariff help for the American farmer. Maybe so, but when rt comes to a specific case, it reasons thus: "As for a duty of V cents a pound on cotton when 'cotton was king" for decades at a minimum selling prloe of 7 cents and when, at the outbreak of the European war, 10 cent cotton seemed an unattain? able gool until peace should come, such a tariff schedule must look more like crass political buffoonery than serious legislative workmanship." The Forney emergency tariff bill does not propose a duty of 7 centa a pounc. on cotton. It provides for the duty on a special kind of cotton, the long staple cotton, the highest grade cotton. The Herald will search its records many, many years and never find that such cotton ever sold for 7 cents a pound. That has not happen? ed since the Herald was published. It never has happened. Indeed, while the Herald was a struggling babe, South Carolina sea island cotton was selling nku'-aily at more than $1 a pound, aid often for double that amount. The Arunk-an long staple market was broken a foW months after the armistice when this government per? mitted Egyptian cotton to be import? ed by the hundreds of thousands of Jxifes. A great experiment in the production of long staple cotton was and Ly under way in Arizona. They are producing thsre under irrigation um tine ootton as is grown anywhere in the world. Much of it is being pro? duced under the best possible seien - tide direction, by a great tire cor? poration, which plants 23.000 acres and does it with cheap Mexican labor. The Herald will be amazed to learn, we suppose, that the actual cost ef production of this cotton in Arizona this year has been more than 70 cents a pound. Impossible? Weh, the records happen to be available and they are correct In every detail. Indeed, we know of long staple cot tun that has been produced under gov? ernment direction during the past year at a coat of considerably more than $1 a pound. We doubt if it has beim produced in Egypt for less than 30 or 40 cents a pound. To promote the production of high grado (rotton is surely wise. The time will come, we hope, when scarcely any ordinary cotton will be produced in America. To put a premium on he production of long staple cotton is so wholly commcodable an undertak? ing that wo venture to say the Her? ald would not undertake to ariue otherwise. When the Herald saya that cot? ton was king on the basis of 7-cent cotton, it In equally stupid. Wild ducks sold at lb cents the dosen In southern mark Ms at one time. Sev > rx cen a went a long way. Even *o, we doubt if any cotton ever sold in this country at 7 cents a pound and showed a profit. The largest holder .of slaves in South Carolina, in 1869, {stated that the average return from his Investment, over a term of years, was less than 3 per cent. but the qheer ignorance of the Her sld is convincingly established whin It. is understood that the cost of picking end ginning a bale of cottoa alono is today more than 7 cents a pound! There are thousands of acres of cotton lying unpicked today because It costs more to pick and gin tho staple than the staple 1S worth in the open market. The ?ertld charges twice as much for itself to subscribers as it did when the war broke out. It does so properly, en account of the additional cost of white paper. Moreover, it would indlgnau: ly repulse my effort to compel it 13 rn dally a", a loss. Vet it has tho I positive Impertinence to attempt to !arouse prejudice among its readers by suggesting to them that prices for cotton represent rank profiteering and that a reasonable, even a too low, tar? iff on long staple cotton is Indefen? sible. What is the sens*.' of beln*.; an intellectjal nincompoep? There is plenty of political and S4 > nomic buffoonery in connection with the pending emergency tariff bill, hut It happens to come entirely from the I ignorant, diseusaions of such papers 'as the Herald. Because such lglio. ance is inexcusable, the comment based on it can fairly be character? ized as viciaus. i When a paper says It is in favor of |7-eeai oattoa, it says that it is in iu i'?r of industrial slavery for every [.farmer, black or white, who produce?: OtSOn, tha the children of such farmers ought not to be educated, that th?y oufht not to have shoes, that they are entitled to no religious trslning and that their lot in life should be to labor end to live in pov er y for the enrichment of others. All' newspsper n America that Knowing? ly stain's far a program of that sort > mi moral and dishonest. Columbia. Jan. 18.-? V\ I he mid jdle of Janu try the stale Mihway de? partment has OollOOtad for I9S1 rno I tor vehicle Heinsen, more than one third of the total amount ti d looted hist year. The Iff] lleoasoo, to Jan? uary II, have brought In $199,149, i"' i ill of feat year the total was $SS7,< Igg, LI Onag fees ere higher this roar, however, gradusted according u, rar weigit -. ? i . i . The Island of Caan van In the Phil? ippine group was sold by Spain to the L'nlted Scutes In IH0 for 1100,000. having been Inadvertently excluded 'Crom the terms o? tUe treaty of peJSjSSi PRICES OF COTTON GAIN DURING WEEK Improvement in Dry Goods Sit? uation Regarded as Con? structive Move New ( ??' citement is anticipated. MADE A MASON AT SIGHT Columbia, Jan. 1$.?Piehop Wil? liam A. Uusry, of the Episcopal dio gosn of South Carolina, was made a liaaon at sight hore today at an oc Qggional lodge This is the first time in |hi history of the state, so far as is knov n here, fur sutii u ceremony to tagt Pisco. ?'Hut They Rode." least spring when cotton Wv selling ho high, You rou d gee some farmers "Fh . ting" in the sky. (Mut they RODE) The) rods in sun, The) rode in rain, Horn" even rode in an aeroplane. (Bllt they KODE? 'Fluy rode all night, lhe rode all day, Thny kopi oh "riding' Till I ha devil's to pay. (Lut they 1101)1") If it wni an auto, it v is u otamod old mule, I he) ? > vtl " ridins" TJ!. I i . V? t.ut the toot. tHilt they RODE) Soiue rode hurd, Horn? rods well, but th > kept on "riding" THI th- y've sure played h?, (But they RODE> Some doctors spent the whole yeair, restituting pills, And can t collect enough money To pay their gasoline bills. (Mut they RODE) Some rode fast The dust rose like a morning fog, They tell us that hi* true name V\ is oat Kent Hog. (Hut they RODE) The r? al estate business V* it the best of all. tint ? laiae my skin if I" d ln't fall. (But they RODE) j Borni bought Kords, t 1 ut ear led them back, (And U'VomlaeVl) th0 difference i'cr a Cadillac. (But they RODE) The farmers and merchants Are broke, Lha/t's true, ((And it looks mighty like 'Ihe banks are too.) I (But they RODE) The a\>ove was written J?8( for a Joke, Cut dntrn my hide If the country ain't "Br?ks." (But they KODE) lie form lUllh lo Legislature. Columbia, Jan. is.?Representative M H. Cooper, of MeauCort. mtrodue led m the house todoy a bill to pro IhlM Ihe e::hibltlon of certain carni? val shows at uhy point in the stale. Representative V. C Harris of Bpar (jLfsburg Introduced s bill lo prohibit the operation of pool rooms for com m irotai purposes. The bill would impose a fine Of from $25 to $1.000 for Imprisonment foi not more than Mhtrty days for each violation. The houae passed the resolution alread) passed iy the senate, urging congress to continue federal aid lor post roads in South Carolina y. den City* Jon. IS.?Call for a spvcml iwsslon of the Mexican eon gresH ii tinning Fshrnary seven is Is I sued i y President Qbregon. Aftlcli 187 of the eonotitutlon whloh govern . ! |?' i i < i'fi deposits will he uue 'tiff the projoeta to be oonsldorsd. Toi ?Hu, Jan. ?Husbanda are to he placed in th' ?tatviM of employers with wives as employes in their hore," und i i dited ?o recover damages for Inj ?*??;. ?! received wl lie performing houiiehold du Use, under the tern t; of in bill Introduced 10 Kansas house of I representatives by one of His two [wemru members nf the ho use. Purported uo,pi es of correspondenci i?e'w.n Angar, fourteenth prince of Bdeasa, is Meaopotarnia, and Jesus Christ uaiae to Ughi in lyuu. MANUFACTURES IN ; SOUTH CAROLINA State Tax Commission Sending Out Blanks to All Merchants i in South Carolina Columbia* Jan. is.?Tha manufac? tured product of all Industrial in South Carolina increased fifteen per cent in 19 20 while wages increased more than thirty per cent, according to the report of B. Harris, com mis ptoner of agriculture, submitted, to the legislature thin week. The manu? factured product in 1920 was $405, 239,000, an inorease of fifty minion o\er the high figure of 1919. Production fell off with fertilizer factories, eil m!ils, foundarles and machine Ehops und grist mills, but in cr ased with textile mills, from $228, 912,000 to $280,158,000, or'a net of $57,250,000. "Wastes increased from $58,619,003 In 1919 to $75,172.372 last year, an increase of over 30 per cent., or of $16,053.000. Textile wages Increased from $36.677,000 to $51,032.000. Capital invest( 1 increased from $201,451,000 to $233,127,998. The number of employes fell off from 81. 807 In 1919. to I0.S10 In 1920. There Were fewer employe^ in cotton mills, by 938, though wages showed a big increase. Male employes increased, females decreased. Trxtlle Figures. Mr. Harris* r< port flhows that the number of spindles' in cotton mills in the stats Increased in one year from 4,947,644 to 4,977.40?; number of looms, cotton consumed, coal consum? ed, value of product, horso power and Wagag all showed increases. Since 1D14 the number of spindles had in? creased by more than a million. Wiiges in cotton mills have Increased sifted 1*14 from $12,4;8,4?2 to $51, 032.998. Bill to Create >fovic Censorship Board Columbia, Jan. 19.?A bill to pro? vide a moving picture consorship in South CatnUno, With a board of re VH V, was introduced in the senate today, by Senator Hogers, of Spartan burg. It was referred to the judic? iary committee. A similar bill was defeated In the legislature last year, 1? rig unfavorably reported by u he USe committee, be tore Which a Streng presentation wos made by the racing picture interests. Senator Rogers' bill would create u board of three members, appoint? ed by the governor, the chairman to receive a salary of $3.000. the othor members $2,f>00 each, all to he citizens Of the state. Tlio mombers would Strve for six, four ~ A two years. *nd thereafter for six years each. '.he bUb in outlining the work of the proposed board, specifies that it i shall ' .\amino all films and reels in- i tended to be used or exhibited inj StKlth Carolina, and ehall approve im h reals ?r Alms as are denied al ?a?d pr>per, and shall disap . "OVe such us an doomed cruel, ob? r. ( ae, indecent or Immoral, or such end to debase and corrupt mor Uis. 1 he bill provides that a t:ix of live cent? per annum against each sea< In a theater h1uj.11 be Imposed on the moving picture theater! of tho state, with rebate to those theaters opcrat ngj less than six days a week. There would also be a tax of two dollars on each reel of film examined, nuns i/.sued by religious, charitable or ed? ucational organizations to be exempt . 1 All ftlinH in the state would be rovlOWOd before they could be exhibit? ed. Appeal from tho rulings of the hoard could be taken to the courts. Every film approved by the board (WOUld be Stamped "Approved by the Vocth Carolina Hoard of Review," and this would show on the film it? self. Violation of the law would be con sidered a misdemeanor, punishable by Imprisonment for from ten to thirty da.,?, or by fine or from ten to one huhdied dollars. A second offense Wpuld niake the violating exhibitor subject to revocation of license, Bach thtater in the state would, be granted a license by the board of review, al? lowing it to exhibit films, this li? cense to be poBted in a conspicuous place near the theater entrance. The bill would also make it unlaw? ful to exhibit Indecent posters, or por.ters depicting matter that was cut out of the film, which it was Intend? ed to advertise, fanes for violation would go to the county treasuries, aalf to bo forwarded to the state treasury. Mil to Allow tVomno i'uil Suffrage. Columbiu. Ian. 19.-? A bill to con \r on the women of the state the right to vote In all elections ?raa In? troduced today in the house of rep? resentatives by Representative Claude j \\ Sapp, of Columbia. This makes he laws of the state of South Caro? lina conform to the recently ratl lled nineteenth amendnv nt. The new bill would-allow ail women over tho age of 21 to vote In all elec? tions, on their complying with the provisions of the constitution de? nning the rikhin of qualified electors : >r men. The Mil would also make j tho same disqualifications apply to I he Women aa the the men. The bill will be considered by the judiciary committee of the house before it gets on tho calendars for a vote, but Ihe Buoccss of it^ passage is not doubted. Columbia, Jan. 19.?The South Car? olina Railroad commission today re nucuted A tome) Cic?n ?.' Wolfe to \ki legal action to force the South? ern Railway to erect an overhead lirldgo ? c Mile Post No, 10. threo miles from Chester, General Supt \v. C. Hndeon, and Supt. \v D. Post, >f the Columbia division of the South? ern, sppeared before ihe comntission i few days aim and submitted th? toad's refusal to build the bridge, re ? ently roQuested by ih commission. The peremptory order issued today followed. Tho attorney general will start his action within u few days, it ?? stated. The Invention of beer 1m ascribed to Cambfinun, g mythical king of Flan? ders. SUGAR GROWERS NEED PROTECTION Appeal Comes From Puerto Rico Along With That From Louisiana Washington, Jan. 18.?Criticism of ' th'.* government's methods of sugar distribution during the war together ' with a practically unanimous appeal of cane sugar growers for a pro? tective duty marked consideration by the house ways and means commit? tee to sugars, molasses and syrups, j Practically the entire day was given 1 over to testimony of conditions of th-.* cane belt of the south but represen tatives of the several refiners, among them Former Representative .lohn J. Fitzgerald of New York, were in? cluded in the witnesses and they stir? red up the old time strife between producers and refiners. Mr. Fitzgerald declared that the I government's policy during the sugar shortage last year had been such as ? to ^penalize the whole nation In order to favor Louisiana producers. "If the government had bought the Louisiana crop," he said, "it could have given it away, saved those peo? ple whmo it need ns an excuse for | the price fixed and saved 'he rest of i the country millions of dollars. R. K. Milling of New Orleans, rep- j resenting the growers, restOrted that the refiners had sought to get a grip ( on the sugar industry "and make the people pay for it." Earlier in the day the committee had heard the request ot a delegation 1 from Puerto Rico for the tariff on sugar that would enable them to con- j tinno an industry, which they de? scribed aH basic in the life of the1 island. POW of the witnesses, representing either the producers or the manufac? turers of raw cane sugar attempted to suggest a specific rate of duty. All were content with asking the com? mittee merely to five them "ample protection." The argument advanced was that cane sugar was an import? ant addition to the national sugar supply and therefore its production should bo encouraged. Statements were made to the effect that the in? dustry would die unless some pro? tection were granted, j The committee also heard Frederick J. Pales, chief of the sugar division of the federal bureau of standards, who urged a redrafting of the sugar ehedule so that "archaic and old fashioned methods" of assessing the duty would be eliminated, i Mr. Bales, who was called by tho committee, declared that the method now used was adopted among the earlier tariff schedules of the nation's hifjtory, and never had been changed. The witness also suggested a pro? hibitory tariff on rare sugars which aro used almost entirely in medical work. He termed as "infants" the in? dustries manufacturing these pro? ducts and warned tho committee that Unless they were protected a revival of the German production would stitle these plants. UNDERWRITERS MEETING CLOSES Columbia, Jan. 19.?The tenth an? nual convention of the South Carolina Life Underwriters' association came to an end here today, after Frank BrldnaX, of Columbia was ro-elected president and Wilson Gibbes secre? tary and treasurer. B. IL Fiance, of Spartanburg, was elected first vice president; J. V. Dillingham. of Char* ieston, second vice-president; J. Boon Alken, of Florence, W. R. Moody, W. S. Hendley, T. L. Wardlaw, and J. R. Rosenberry, of Columbia, are the executive committee. Several hun? dred insurance men have attended ;hc convention. Bill to Enlarge service Commission Authority. Columbia, Jan. 19.?The already heralded bill to enlarge the powers Of the Public Set vice Commission, giving it authority to regulate rates and also service of public utilities, wan introduced in the house of rep? resentatives by Representative J. H. Atkinson, of Spartanburg. The bill would provide a salary of $3.500 for the chairman of the com? mission, and $2,r>00 for each of the other members, the membership of the commission to bo three, a term of Office being six years. The commission would be financed by a ta> against utility corporations, of more than one-fourth of one per cent of the gross revenue of the 1 corporations, from the sale ot* service, tho tax to be collected just as are oth . v taxes. There would be tax for th?. hale of service to a subsidiary or auxiliary corporation. The bill would make the powers Of tho con.mission extend to all com? panies selling gas. electricity, or Wa? ter, or operating streit railways. The board would also have power to es? tablish a standard system of accounts '.'or all Utilities. A similar bill was introduced in the legislature last yea: but was killed near the close of the session, in the si note, after a strong fight was waged )>> the Southern Power company, es peelo. lly. Brasil to Expand Naval Power. Rio de Janeiro. Jan. 19.?The com? mittee on naval and military affairs of the Braslllan Chamber of Depu? ties wants a bigger navy. It lias call? ed upon 'he president lo preaent bo ihe ncxi aoaalon of eongress a pro? gram of naval conatrutclon drawn up by the general staff of the admiralty and to be carried out for a term of yea i s. The reason given for this proposed Incw a so i:-. that It is nooeaaary b< raUBS Of Brazil's new position in the world as a signatory Ot the Versailles treaty and as an effective member the league of nations. Another rea? son ascribed is the necessity of de? fending a long coait lin*?. Those navy ballojonlsta \ showed how far it is possthle to travel on hot air.?Pittsburgh auu. SENATE NOT RUNNING WILD Committee Make** Unfavorable Report on Hills to Reduce All Salaries Columbte? Jan. 19.?In senate to? day unfavorable committee re? ports were hoard on Senator "Wight - man's bill to abolish the state tax commission and to reauce the salaries of all .->;ate and county otflcers. A a unfavorable report was also maue on the resolution to limit state appropriations to four and a-half millions. The resolution to postpone tax penalties until April l v*i? reported ! avorably. s? nator Wells introduced a resolu? tion urging congress to reopen the L'ederal land banks. Representative atcDavid of Green? ville today introduced s bill to regu? late traffic On thf highways. He would have the general assembly elect u traffic commissioner to receive a sal? ary of thr?><- thousand, to enforce traffic rules. The bill also contains rub s governing the use of brakes, horns, rut-outs and speed of motor vehicles, and making regulations re? garding crossings, the care of persons injun d in acc-idents. and the lllps. The bill covers more than a dozeu pages. UNTERMEYER MAKES CHARGE Wants Department of Justice and Alien Property Investi? gated New York. Jan. 18.?An immediate congressional investigation of the de? partment of justice and the office of the alien property c ustodian was rec? ommended by Samuel Cntermeyer, in an address today at a testimonial din? ner to Nathan Hirsch, prominently identified with the campaign against r.mt profiteering here. Mr. Unter? meyer, who, as chief counsel in the Joint legislative committee investi? gation of the aliened building trust, has obtained numerous indictments, declared he had no direct legal evi? dence against the two departments. "But," he added, "if a fraction or what comes to me is true, and I be? lieve much of it to be true, such an investigation will disclose to the world a series of the most mortify? ing scandals that has ever befallen our country. "There has never been a govern? mental department, 'national or state," Mr. Untermeycr said, "so ur? gently in need of immodiate and painstaking investigation as are those of the alien property custodian and the department of justice dating: from the time of the enactment af the alien property custodian law. But the Investigation must be conducted, it" at all, under skillful, searching and strictly non-partisan direction, with th<> aid of experienced counsel and only after the same careful prepara? tion such as that which precedes the trial of c case. "Our national honor is involved here. The vast powers and patronage of those great officers are said to have been used, and it is the general belief .hat they were incidentally used to build up a political machine, which, however, fortunately failed of its pur? pose. Put the uses to which they and their vast patronage were put was nono the less sinister because they did not succeed." Mr. Cntermeyer declared that "for? tunes in patronage are believed to have been squandered among favor? ites in the form of lawyers' and di? rectors* fees taken out of the pockets of citizens and aliens whose prop? erties were seized, or unfortunately came under the control of the govern? ment. "There is just one decent loop? hole of escape for us." he added, "and that is by B merciless exposure of the facts by the congress." SEAPLANE IS SUNK BY GUNFIRE San Francisco, Jan. 19.?The naval enplane NC-.". Which was wrecked dtiring its flight from San Diego to fthe Canal Bone has been sunk by gun? fire, according to a radio received here. No explanation of the mes? sage has been received. Minder Connty Highways. Suntter and Bumter county have received a great deal of valuable ad 'l-iising in The American City, a world-wide known magazine publish? ed in New York opy through the c< urtesy of that publication giving a detailed account of the two and a half million dollar hard surfaced road bond campaign successfully carried out in Bumter county last year. The editor of that magazine wrote Secretary Reardon of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce requesting in? formation as to the methods adopted in Sumter county that put over that proposition so sucoessfully. g Permission to print was requested of the secretary who of course was only too glad to take advantage of a free advertising proposition that will give Sumter and Sumter county pub leity thai could not be otherwise se? emed except through the spending of many thousands of dollars. I The American City is a magan that is widely read by thousands municipal, county, commercial a civic organizations, throughout Cnit od S1a;es and Canada, and thousands of private individuals The fact 'hat Sumter cot method of doing things attract" n'-.on ol the publishers of hiah c^|?ss magazine is a coma, to Sumter and Sumter countf x the second time that the Chamlv r of Commerce husvtol *d upon by that magazine t they do things in Sumter county, the first article that publication about