Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ps bit* bed Wednesday auil Ssturday ?BY? OSTKKN PUBLISHING COMPANY si m rut. s. a Tcruui: $2.00 ixt annum-In mlvan.e. Advertisement* One Square, first ineerto.n .$1.00 Kvsry subsequent Insertion .50 Controls for three months or long? er will b? made at reduced rates. All communications whkdl subserve privat? tn.erests will be charged for ss advsrthjements. Obituaries and tributes of respect srill bs charged for. The 8uiO00f Watchman was found? ed in 1050 and the True Southron in Uli. Tho Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation, and influence of both of the old papers, xsd is manifestly ths best advertising medium n 3uinter. _ laving models displayed style* in burial garments at the casket-makers show In New York. Pretty hard .'or those New York girls to a?t like a l unch of dead ones: ess Another reason for the high over? head expense of corporations rs the need of k?epina two sets of books? one for tht business itself and osm fOt the income tax report. ess We cin't have everything in this world. . utt now it seems to be main? ly a choke hetWOOl homes and dread noughts One bnttlsNhip cost 10,000 Jiouses, en>ugh to shelter a city of 10,000 people. ess Congress appears to be making tho marvellous discovery that the gov? ernment's ilnancial problems can be solved Just as well by spending less as by taxing the people neue, e e e The strange thing about "best minds" is that no two of them func? tion alike. It's much canler to find agreement among ordinary minds. Maybe Mr. Harding bad belter consult us common folk. see Congress is quite willing to let state legislatures take care of the soldiers' bonus, lOtley insist on it. T1IK \V rOMOlULE COt'NTUY. There are more automobiles in the Cnited BUites than in all the rest of the world together, and still the coun? try iS not saturated Inning tho past year there has been s gain in motor cars and trucks of nearly a million and a half. A total t umber at (he did of the year is es? timated by one authority at 9.295.000 Ar.ouher authority. Automotive In? dustries, gives an estimate of .v It7.000. Perhaps It is safe to put it st a round 9,000,000 That means a gain of fcbout 20 per cent for the year 1920. Tho four states having the most o^rs are, ir order of importance. New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and California. They are not, however, the most thoroughly saturated. In that the agricultural states lead While the country as a whole has one motor ear to every 13.21 people, according |0 Automotive Industries. South Oaketo has one to every 5.1'4 people, loss one to every 5.4? and Nebraska one to every 5.71. Roughly spvsking. this means that the nation si population has one ear a OVOT) -two and a half families, but Ihes' sgrtcultural states have almost one to s famib u certainly p.i>s to bo ? farmer, if automobiles ni> any cri? terion. And what has bei ome of the the old isolation Of fawn life ' Xo doubl the inereaac is going to hoep right on until there m II be as many < mi . ?.? i c apita in ins whole country as there ar? now m fortune It South I>ak<?tu. We may i easona bd ly espCvt, within a deeade uf two, an average of one to a family. That will n? made possible by increasing proa, perity and :ilso b\ OS SIt HB I IIB, si/e and ? o?t of ears. Till ItVII I'.OMi m { \Tlt)N. K.irly In the fall || w.,s thought tiuns the rallfi ad t troubles. w< re nearly ovc:- MOSt ul them we,, ?caking money again, It appealed that with f -w exceptions the> miKht ???en bsj on a smind basn. taming the 0 P* i bbss calculat d Ha them in the in?ns|.(. itgji mn not wim h rstum? od Ihi lines i<? Iheli onnoia, Noa j hi a re in a bad v> ay ag nn 'I hi v Iff handling' tttO IraOV well ? nough. but many of them are mak? ing btrle ? nothing. Sonic llnei say they are enable to purchase neces? sary bbusbHsb Arcofilgsjli thulr executives ha v.- been at Washington ?Onto pases, ainjuatlssg Hot relief. The relief asked s.. t.n boa to do mum i ail i the payment by the gov? ernment of sums it owes the roada ftom Its period Of control. Sonn fur? ther rato r ?lse. , he ,i tk< i| for b\ certain groups of road*, but as yet there I. n"'bm< vuj dellnit.. along that line. The Impias.M.n BOTOOOtO that the government gave the railroads a "guarantee' of ?i soi ?etil. In real? ity all || did was to establish lor two yean rateo whleh, bo god on ins estimated value of the railroad prop? erties >h a whole, ire re considered ?uf I in tent t. earn I per cent ''under hon? est, tMelenl und economical menage ment." Of that return, one-hall pei pent ii expected la be need for Im? provements and charged to capita) gooouat, leavtag a net 6 i 1 per cent' profit, if a line or ? ayatem cannot rnak? that much, it is Itl own affair. The only poaatbillty of further help from the government, provided pi >s t tet leglelatlon stands, is in ohtulnlng i some Might upward revlalon of rates i :u loealltlea where it ?an be proved that preoenl rates are unfairly low. W henever ; ny BUCh injustice i* shown to exist, public opinion will favor its correction. There is lltth disposition, however, to pay a suit sidy in any form to railroads that hare get late the hole because of poor management. If the statement* of railroad men prior to the recent boat noon slump nmy he credited, the country's trans- ' portatimi system as a whole will be ! ablo to pay its way as soon as busi? ness revives and the normal volume of traffic is resumed. For the time being, the railroads are merely get- \ ting their'share of the hard times i along with other Industries. THE WAR-HE LIEF fcl'HPLL'S. j Agitation to have the surplus1 mone\ collected during the war for the common use of u 11 the relief or- 1 ganlaatlonj turned over to the. Hoover ta hi Id-feeding fund Ii Increasing The' Knights of ColumbUS have get a good Maniple to the other organizations represented ')/ voting in favor of this I disposition of their full share of thai be am e, w h oh is tr.?u.ooo. The entiie unexpended surplus is f'.OU'J.UOO. Except for the nCCCS-I Sary consent of the proper authorl-1 ties, the money is immediately avail" able faff rescue work in tho starving 1 lands. It was contributed lor relief I work. War needs have passed, and no greater peace time use appears than this one of saving the 1,100,000 : children of Europe. That generotta sum la now idle j From every standpoint it ought to be j set to work fulfilling some humane. , constructive purposes, it cannot be j re-distributed to its original donors. | It can be distributed, in the form of; essential food and clothing, among 500.0U0 Kuropean children?for it takes only $10 apiece to save thoss little ones through Ulis w inter. <>n: tho humane side everything favors \ such a use of the fund. Prom the purely selfish side, for persons who like to calculate not gains of a busi ners-iike sort in every transaction, the saving of those children will mean much toward the restoration of normal industry, normal living and sanity in the war-ravaged countries. That improvement will react favor? ably on tho United suites in the end, THE POINT IN PROHIBITION. in discussions of Ute alleged fail? ure of prohibition there is one very Important fact often ignored. It will be granted that ? great deal of liquor is being drunk still, some of it the left-aver supply withdrawn from bond and some of it BjOW stuff Of amateur manufacture, But >' should not be overlooked that nearly always it is the okl, habitual drinkers who are consuming the stuff. The bonded Whiskey is not being offered to new and UUappreclatlVf drtahorn it Is coautdcred too prec look. The home-made stuff Is h-.n- i tiled almost as exclusively. Tin form? at abstainers, and move particulars ine young people, ate Ignorea. This 11 likewise true of the m w manu? facturing activity, it Is not Ihc boys and girls Who ale < PC rating hone stills und brewing OUtflta The new generation now has a far better chance than any previous gen? eration had to grow up without a taste of Sleohol. It is no: thrust iip ? n the young as it used to be, and it Will be tin list upon them less and less ?? i the aid stock disappears and the mw stock is kept down by nunc . omplote enforcement of the law. This is the process, alow hut sure. by which real sobriety will come about, The nation will be truly so? bei and prohibition will be an cstah llahed fact wh n the percentage of c It Isens who ever tasted strung drink is a small minority, and the big ma? jority do io?t know how the stuff look a tast? ; ,j smells, and according? ly have go more appetite for it than the) have for opium or hashish, s\\i\<.s VFItsl s II\m> TIMES. it was a hupp) co-lncldcncc that "Thriit Week" snw government hoods rise to the highest point In months. And it wan more than a mere oo-incldence. gomebod) recalls a remark made by the secretary ot the l res sun more than i yewt ago; "The on I) way to protect iin price of government bonds is to leach the people t<? save, so that they may be? came Hue investors in Ihe bonds." The people saved, but ties did notI savs enough, Too mau) of ihem soldi the bonds tit?> had bought durlug ti*? war. Instead of keeping theni and be? coming "true Investors," and lhal forced (he prireii down. Their fail? ure tr> gave as much e? they\ mifi it have saved resulted hi u luck of avail able capital Jus! when business need? ed it most, ami that, too, lowered the bond prices, Along this Hue i1 Is worth noting the remark of a financier, that If only *i per cent of the wages paid to American workmen last year had i" n saved and Invested, the present period of unemployment rind 'ndustrial de? pression would have been prevented. liumls are rising m>w because mon? ey Is more plentiful, and Inasmuch as bonds are a bargain, the demand for them is strengthening. it would have been far better, though, if the additional supply of Investment money had come front savings In? stead of coming, as it does, from business stagnation and the lack of immediate Industrial use for it. That 6 per cent which would have prevented the depression would have meant $8,000,000,000, If the Thrift Week Injunction t>> save 10 per cent this \ear is heoded, it will mean a saving of $."?.000.??00.000 by wage earners alone. That would be ; powerful defense against hard tines. THE Bftl W l> POLICY Aistride Brland, the new Premier of Prance, unquestionably represents the dominant sentiment of his t-oun li) His stand is firm, bo; just und roaapnabl, and contains nothing to warrant the anxiety which was mani? fested In some quarters lest Ihe new cabinet turn tu extreme measures. He insists on the following points. Germany must disarm and pay the reparations agreed upon. Prance has sulficlcut .? " e in i,,?irf* pel such action If necessary but will rathei bend every effort to peaceful adjustment. Effective peuce with Tur.tey is nec? essary because of conditions In the East. This stand is undoubtedly ln fluencd by the aocesslono of Constan? tino to the Greek throne, i France will not interfere with Kas? sian internal affairs, but will not countenance the crossing*of llusslan boundaries by So\ let urml* I for attack upon the allies of Prance. In the matter of Germany, Brland points out she is devastated neither industrially nor t< rritorially as Prance has been by her aggression, and if she will hut get to work she can pay the debts to which she must be held. He la eminently right on this stand. His position in regard to eastern af? fairs, both Greek and! Russian, is no less sound, in the fulfilment of his 'program lies the hope of the Prench reparation and of peace with justice for Europe. He should not lack I the support he needs. Seems to us that If there's going to he any prohibitive tariff it had better be on Immigrants than on goods. ANTI-SEMITISM The emphatic protest Joined in by President Wilson. Cardinal O'Conneil of Boston and many other leaders of American thought, against the curroM rumpulgn of anti-Semitism", should have its effect, cooling some of th' bed heads and reestablishing the Am 0 er lean principle of fair play. Itaeittl preJudM*e has always played too large S part in a country where it most emphatically does not belong J'ow resentment flames out agam.d on race, now another. Often thei is some Immediate cause for criticis? ing the particular contingent aimed a', but seldom Is the offence m a I ptOportioncd to the abuse and pei'SO i Ution visited upon the alleged off u.d < i s w hile i h,v movement I ists. In IhlS ?aus?' it If difficult to see eXttctl) how or why the .lews have I ? v nine targets of such violent i n I Olfm. So far as there is ativ thin * ?.ill? egible in the hostile propaganda, it Iupears to be based on the alle,id diu (Ottry, made by Henry Pord and . I few other well - nu i nine, hut mist ikcu jcttlsens, that the Hebrew race is en? gaged in a great "conspiracy" to i?na? il i world. I Anyone w ho thinks the matte over i ilmly ami dispassionately is i,:. iv to conclude thai If any race ruuoii Call ^io small as; tin- Jews is aole l ? dominate any nation, not to mention the a*hole world, it deserves fin job Nothing but vastly superior ai ditv venu Id enublu so small a minoiiij t > ?". i i st control from so great a..im; |tV Anyone who really knows the Jew? ish people, however, will smile ai tie Idea of such a purpose on their part. Jews are human beings only a little different from other people, They 'like to get ahead in the world, llkt Other rates. There is no race mon generous ami charitable, They bin i pen to be a little more energetic and persevering than most of the othei races, ami have often been persecuted lor (hat. I Jut this is no time, and tie. country is no place, lor .such persecu tton. SUPREME COURT May Have to Rehear a Number of Cases Which Had Been Heard By Judge Hydrick < 'olumhia. Jtt n 24, The South i'arotirtu supreme court uiuy have to rehear ii iiiiini .! of cases which had been heard l>y Justice Hydrick la tori lila (loath, tut not pas.-,,) >n l>> the lai?- justice, A tetter is bcii'g .---*-111 thin Wiek i" nil lawyers >f the s?at?- connected with tho -a - h in (|UCKtion, asking it thej will ngr-'o 10 1 t'hief Justice tlary and .Ion \> <? Gage take the rases under con-sideru tion, rendering decisions In i!i ciV'H, though these two justices did no ;ear ill,, original arguments, It the law? yers will agree to this, the present personn< l of tin- court will decide the cases, 1:" they do not agree, the <a^ >? will have io he dock< ted for tvl*i;x again, possibly at tho spring term of (the courl which starts in April 'I lie vacdncy on the supremo bench will probaly be tilled hy un election In the general assembly Wednesday, the *jiii having been sei by both branch*'* I of tho legislature us date for tin elec? tion. There is Intense Interest In 111?? I election throughout the state. Pos? sibly the strongest candidate for 'be position is Speaker Thus. P. t'othn a. I of the house of representatives, prom? inent t'reenville lawyer. In addition several circuit judges art announced by their friends, .Judges Sense, ?dern ImInger, Itice and Mclver and J. I'. U'arter, lawyer if Llamberg, 1921 Income Tax Facts Von Should Know. ? Thousands of letters passed in cor? respondence last year between the l>u reau of internal revenue and persons Claiming an exemption of $2.000 as head of a family, circumstances sur? rounding ?ach Individual case deter? mine largely whether a person is en? titled to such exemption. Tin- fix? ing of his s'alus decides, in many in h anccs, whether his income is taxable or nontnxable. in either event, if his net Income for 1020 was $l,uou or more if single and $2,000 <>r more if married. In- must tile a return. a head of a family is defined hy treaaury regulations as -a person who actually supports und maintains in one h"usi hold one or more individ? uals who are closely connected with I him by blood relationship, relation? ship hy marriage or by adoption. or . whose right to exercise famils con? trol and provide lor these depend '?ins is ,?a>ed upon some moral or le? gal obligatory. a married person {living with husband or wilt-, in ad? dition to tin' <?'?'? exemption allow? ed such persons, can not claim a $2, Ohm exemption as the head of a fam? ily. Irrespective of tin- question of the support id others of the household. Single Persons. a single person tin- term Includ? ing witlows. widowers. and persons not living with wife or husband if the io ail of a family if he Is the sole [support <?i' one or more relatives liv? ing in tin- same house with him, an.l i if be exercises control of household affairs. The $l,ooo additional exem? ption allowed a single person as the ! head of a family can not be divid? ed between two numbers of ;i tlOUSC hohl. a division of responsibility for "control of bjousehold affairs" ex? cludes both parties* from the claim. Whether a person who does not con? tinuously live in tin same house with dependent relatives ls?entitled to the [$2,000 exemption depends upon the Icharacter Of tin separation. If a par? ent is absent on business par! of the year, or a child ?>r other dependent. I away at school or on a visii. the common home being maintained, t h? exemption applies. j if a parent is compelled to main tali his dependent children with rela IveS or in a boarding house, the exemption may still apply it', how lover, the dependent continuously and without necessity makes his home elsewhere than with his benefactor, I the latter is noi tin- head of fam? ily, Irrespective of the question of j support, a taxpayer may not he the head of a family and still be allowed an exemption of $l'?ui for each person dependent upon him for chief sup I port If such person is under IS years of age or Incapable of self-support be ? cause mentally or physically defec? tive. The words "physically defec? tive" refer not only io i ripples, bill I to persons defective because of old age or ill health. Neither residence, ? relationship, nor legal dependency arc factors In determining the rluhl of the taxpayer to such exemption. To es? tablish h;s c aini. the taxpayer musi have contributed during Hie year more than one-hall of the sum need? ed for the dependent's support. Mlowal lc exemptions. j The following are COIICt'ClC CX amples of circumstances which gov? ern the exemptions allowed tin head oi ;i fa mlly ii nd for depi nd< n:s: A son who has left h um- sends hin mother more than half tin sum re? quired for her support, lit is allowed an exemption of .SlM'h. unless tin mother is utile Io support herself, in j which cav,- tin contribution is re? garded as a gift, j a s on living at home supports an invalid mother in the same household. Ii. is allowed a deduction Of $2,000 j as the le ad of a family, plus all additional $200 for his dependent, who is physically ncapaeitatcd. tit should be noted thai tie $200 addi? tional e\- mptioii im dependents does not apply to husband or wife, i con though either on< has become a t>> ta i bm don upon t he ul hei ? a single man h\i-- with and sup ports a mother frO years of age and i two sisters 19 and 21 years of age, all in good health. Ihs i \. mptioii is I $2.0o0 as Un head of a family, Since b's mother and sisters arc neither un ? ha i \ years id* age nor mentally or physically incapacitated, he can noi claim an additional exemption f*?r de? p? mlents, a widi?wer iv the entire support of a child under 18 ycul'S of ace. but otherwise neglects it. Ills exemption is * 1,200. I le is not t c ? le ad of a family, and is entitled onl) to tin *JUV tor a dependent. CORPORATION NOW EXPORTING COTTON Outlook for Expansion Melle! Than Expected, Manning Declares ANNUAL REPORT Of tho State Tax Commission Columbia. Jan. 2 ! The lota] ta\ .?*>!.- property in the state aas tallied t the tax commission at $446.222. *. S6, of which ? -1.42 l \va.< f??r real fatatej 11 89, I R2.33S for personal -1- j iiy ..ml $46,22a.e27 for railroad Columbia, .1 in. :*:;. I'r ?gross in- ' roperty. The 18,637,9X3 acres of Ward the end for which the Ain.ri- ,;; 1 the state were valued at ? an Products Kxt|m?i'< .iml Import .,; - Mo?,n7?,!io? while buildings in tho poration was organized is being made. *; w valued at I ?6,59 1,36? *,<l The eot nil export corporation, so- 'M' estate in eiHes, I >wns and called, lias been a going concern only village*) valued ,t s7 ? ? <?."._?. *! 4S. Theaa since about the Ural of ! '<?<?<>mhci. dgun ? i< taken froin the annual re w lien charter w as secured, lait fol- 1,1 th stat, :ix conimlaolou to lowing the initial shipment of OO'i '? ?'? '??nor und general assembly, bales, made from the port of Char- Assessments on merchants and lesion Christmas morning, some- -undr) ina^mfaetur?>rs for 1626 were thing over 2,300 bales have been Placed at Mi ?2S,195, an increase of shipped, making a total ol nion ihan ' ? '??-< ,252 over the assignments of 13,000 Pales of cotton now on the wa- ' 1 Tin l?rm st incr uses wer in ters unsigned to Europe, ?'haileston, G**-ciivillc nr.d Itlehlaial Shipments abroad are Blower than ?'??unties, all of which showed gains 'they would he except for the neeessiiy 1,1 over ri million dollars. The as< : s I of rigid Investigation of the mills and went un these propei ies in Charles banks endorsing the paper and th- ,<,;1 '-ounty totaled $5,1*5.020, an In general conditions surrounding them, rroasc of $1.595,K40 over the Iflf but thai shipments are actually being Insures. Greenville county gained I made under favorabb commercial M.429.325 i. . i s< l at $3.218.? conditions is regarded as proving th ? u*hlle lliese properties in Lico I practicability of Lhe plan under .which jlnnd count ? - were assessed at | the corporation Is operating. M9.065, hii in . use of $1.317,70*. j ??The outlook for a goto! and ex- ? Hnrnwell eounty alone showed a I ssj, ponding business abroad is even bet-j dropping from <?::,.? 95 in 1619 to tcr than we anticipated," former $394,660 in IS2?. This, however, was Governor lUchurd I. Manning, presl- due to the fact that the I91S assess dent of the corporation, declares. J n;ents for Hamwoll county Included |"At the sane time we must us.- ever) Allendole county as well. The com precaution so that our transactions bined 1920 assessments for tho two (will be us safe as possible." fountles slows n marked gain. { The domestic business Is likewise The gross earnings of all public Improving. The corpora Jon has repre- utility corporations d< ine on the state jsentatives In ninny of the markets ?>: during the year as assessed for cot> (this state, when buyers are instruct- iporatlon license fees, totaled x_5,-. ed to give the farmer the full mar- 256.2bT. divided as follows: Pail road ket value of his cotton. While tre I companies, $14,158.311; express and corporation Is paying only the mar-1 pullman companies, $337,323; abater, ket price, in some insiimes. as h ive bent and power companies. $7>600> been reported, it Is paying u cent a ,,!'': str?h?t railway rompantcs, M 1 pound als>ve the loeal dealer, and the i 596,650; telephone and tefegrape) firmer, the producer of cotton, is companim $l.n&o,o74. and navigsu* I leaping the benettt of this ImprovtHl t'1 ?? companies, $213,110. Of nil pub*> prlCO. ; ?Still it ies op I The American Products Export and Southern railway system showed the Import corporation has secured the largest grass earnings with a total " j services of an experl foreign cotton ?f I*, I I,;-1 '? "?? The At!nn'Jc Coast [man. who is thoroughly familial with Lino railro.id was second art hl l*1,? the cotton exporting business and who :.'.M.ii_' while the Ke.abojird Air Line speaks the foieign?languages neces- lallwaj onlj returned gross earning jsary to the traiutaction of the cor- of $1.612.021. Leaders In other dlsssi? pora'ion's foreign business. Valuable j Mentions were: Southern rtegy To lei- r foreign connections have i>een form- phone and Telegraph c<?m|siny, ?fl. ed, and plans are making to go t<? j 3S3.720; Anieriean Telephone and Tet?i I Gurope whh a selling proposition that egrsph comiwiny, >'.!.!_'7: IVVsteem will ino\?> cotton In lnrg< quantities, j t"nion Telegraph company, $1 '??'. 1 <>'?; ??We cuimot promise the public a Southern f*oa*er company, $l.tS2^74; I sudden Improvement in geneial con- 11 rent Kalbt Power company, $ft4v* jditlons,' says flovernor Manning, "but j 622; Charleston Consolidated Kail a/e are working steadily along linei waj and Light company, %s~s,:^"i\ that we la*lleve will lie satisfactory !Columbia Hallway, Has and Lleet -ic to the stockholders and ?< factor Inlcompany, $3f?o,617; Parr Shoals Pow ImproVlng general conditions." I? r company, $332,293; Charleston Con The cotton?export corporation, that s'dfdated ItaPwaj and Light <om is to say tin- American Products Ex- pany (railway department), $711.010; port and Import corporation, is a sep-U'olumtria Itailway, Una and Electrta larateand distinct movement from the iccmpwr*y irailway department) $44(?* International (tanking Export corpor- Southern Public Ptilities com atibn. The latter is prohibited under {pany, $2!*o,gos, and American Itait the law from handling or dealing In way Express company. $2K7,14t. commodities, but, n strictly banking The to'iaJ ass**ssed value of ;*il nail* ihjganlxatiou, can onl) extend credit .roads in tin state was placed at ?F4S, for exports. The American Products 162K.122 of which $40,465.706 was for I Bxport and Import corporation ft. 3.770.02 n.i'. s of track In tho handles and ?hals dlreetlj In com-!state, $932.r?7!i for depots, $426.101 [modifies, especially cotton. These for buildings, $1X7,720 for lots, Slll. t wo organisations, however, dovetail j 5X1 for land and $334,61? for wood In their functioning The Iwinkingland water stations. Organization wili i?e of great benefit | Th? '?>;al assessed value of the jaml assistance to the exporting cor-1 American Itailway Express property I poration by discounting the paper re- in the state was placed at $167,137. leeived by it when credh i;- extended. Of t'nis $150,015 was for t,gS3.31 ?This will enable the American Pro-J miles of lr?ck, and $47,123 for other; I due's ? Export and Import corpora- J pro|K?rty. 'tien to use the money received from Yn telephone and telegraph COOS* I discounting its paper to go into the | panic's properties w? :-? valued at | domestic market and !>u> larger ?plan- 746,tu3, divided as follows: Western titles of cotton, thus making the} t'nion T* cp;r ph company, $S06,3l&; cupLal of this oi*ganlxation ? revolv- Postal Telegiaph eompany. $66,883; ling fund and enabling it to handle a American Telephone and Telegraph constantly growing and ever Inereas- | company. $259.170; Southern Hell Tel? ling amount of the south's staple pro- jephone and Telegraph company, M. 353.910, and local telephone com i- : paid. s. $240.215. LILLLiFj I 1 ix VJ V/l on CATTLEMEN "~ j at $071,0 ...j insurance companief 1 ~~ , i a i 1705.203. Big Livestock Body to Gather al ? , , lsi are Pnliimkln :-l. were Mined at $52,404,905; LOIUlllOld . 1S,,..; nil]U .,. 12.506,435 and ferJIixer plants at $4,064,787, Clemsoil College, Jan. _*2. -Th 1 big- | Igest gather ng to be held In the south this year of people Interested in the (.0 TO Till- mist I 1\ livt-stt?ck devtdOpm? 11 a' our section will be the annul contention of th llon t Wait Mill it s Too Late?l ot Soin le rn t*at,tlemen's Association In , low the Kxnmplc of a Sumte? Cit? [Columbia, February 1--! This is th?* i/.cn. statement made |>y w. .1. shecly, anl- 1 - I mal huslamdryman of lhe extension rtoacue the adiing back. i service and secretary ol the South .. . 1 1 ,11 n . ,l 11 keeps on aching, trouble may < arolina Live-stock Association, who 9% * culls the attention of South Carolina b?nte. I livestock men, banfters and other j Often it indicates kidney weak I business men to lhe fact thai lhe ncss. Southern Cattlemen's Association Is a , ,,. ,., , ,, ... , , , , , . * I II >ou neglect the kidneys warn I body oi Ijvc w ires including not onl> j livestock men but also many others Interested In lhe development of the Look out for urinary disorders. livestock industry. 1 This Sumter citisen show you i s,""h ?'?i'??llna Ih fortunate to se- now ? ,;o u, ,,u. n.SrUt. 1 eure He- 1921 meeting, says Mr. , , . _ . . Sheely, for there is always a light to rs* 1 U 201 v- Oakland secure the meetings, tvhlch hav?- here- Avenue. Bays: "A s' art time ago I j I of on never been held this far east w,s troubled U'ittl pains in the small <*?rolina won the 1921 ine?t- of my back. It felt aa thoarh some ling bv virtue of a spc<dal invitation . , j from tie State of South Carolina onu were ?tlckihg pias and needles bucked b> Ih various interesttxl 01 (into me. Headaches and dizzy . ga ni/.a \ :< ms: and it?i> hoped that a pells bothered me and specks seem meetlng in the southeastern group of ,)( Rou| t^form me. My kidneys stales will be an Induci men! to tin cntllenun of th. Carolinas and Vir- ,Ctl%d VCry '^regularly and I was in .. ;,,ia to loin in um. h larger nuiu- ?hape. bonus Kidney Pills had I hers th.an heretofore ? ? ? evei been used In our family for years, so progressive stock farmer aim mla i , |;o| s<1. ,(t |VT/0n:a.-s pharmacy. 4 husiness man who ? m do so. should , . , I attuul this meetii - 1 ccrtJ,ln|y :",,st ooans positive- 1 Tie- program which is being pr< 'v relieved me of kidney trouble." pared Insures .1 proiitabh three da> Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't session. The speakers alrem" -? m ,,,,,,,;v ask foi a kidney rem od v?get I'd imdude stub well known Southern . . 'so, km.., ltd special ist s as IU*. A. r>oaa s Kidney Pills the same 11 Kreuch. Prot Pan T ?bay. Im c Mrs. Gage had. Postei-Milburn A. Car> l?r I. A Klerman, and oth- Mfgrs., Ituffalo. N. Y.?Advt?77. As usual, sales of purebred I we I Greenville. S. C, Jan. 21?ReJ cattle will b,- lo id each aftermeui <u \u,Uii m retail prices of coal avefl tie- mcc-ting Kebruan I about fort; ,,?, was announced toggg head of Aberdei'n-Angus will be sold fuel dealers, this rut brirsjtt fi 1 mi tin lords oi' .1 dozen bre?*ders in j lions down from and $1 Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina mnw of froni $ 1 :t to $1"?.:?0. 'and South Carolina. I'chiuaty :! Merc, Amdin r price reduction Sj j fords from lords in Georgia and th. expected here wlthinn a f??wj I Carolinas will I.If, led. Ties, sabs ,oidmu to a ?Minnhei of Ol will afford line opportunity for South committee, applies to mef Carolina farmers to jel good cattle l|n meats, howevei, hasj at reasonable price, ' statement In rcgar ' to ?