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?jp Miutbmmt anb iwitbron Entsred at the Postothco at Sumtvr, S. C, as Second-class Matter. PFHSONA1. Dr. A It Mom*-, of Atl.mt*, ?Ja., arrived it Sumter Kudu) morning. Mra. J V Todd and utile du ughtei (have returned home after spending ?ante tine iti Chester with the mother of Mil Tod.i Mr. It It A Mm t. of Birmingham. Ala.. In .laltlng Mi and Mra O. 11. Kollay. Judge It. l> Parity left this nuun Ing for Klngatiee where he Is to pre? side over a special erm of court. Miss Addle Wei .berg of Manning la a visitor In Sumter. Mr Sea men 1 lehurdson passed through the city this morning while returning to Manning from Wlnns t>oro. Mr. and Mrs. W <>. Courtright ar r ' ed in Sumter h?st night to make their home in this city. Mlas H*nnsh Montgomery, of Itlsh opvllle Is visiting Mrs. Cecil Wilson on Broad street. t'hief J M Ho wick returned to the city last nigh* from ('olumhia where he was called several days ago to attend a session of the United States Co ait Mr. Meaning Brot/n returned to the city lost night aft?r a short stay in Columbia. Hon. D. 1>. Moise returned to the city this morning. Mias Louise Mudray is spending the wsek-end with relatives In St. Mat? thews Col. 8. E. Welsh, of Charleston, ia in the cit> visiting Dr. H J. McLaur in Jtsv. N A. Murphy, of Sparta n - buig, is spending a few days in Nu inter Fathei Murphy was form? erly rector of St. it noe s church and has many friends lr Sumter who tue giving him a cordial welcome. Fath? er Murphy spent several months in Europe la?t summe ? and talks inter? estingly of conditio is over there. Miaa Mary Knight is at home on a vIoH from Winthrop College. Mlaa Mary Brunsen, of Florence la ths visitor of Miss T eese Chandler on N. Washington St. Mlaa Kaily Platt of Winthrop Col? lege la the week-end visitor of Miss Elisabeth Osteen on Hampton Ave. Mr. and Mrs. T W. Sessions, of Lynchburg, Were via tors in Sumter Friday. Rev. J. Kmerson 1'ord. general sec? retary of the South Carolina Confer? ence of the Methodist Sunday school board aitd Miss Pauline Suddath, ele? mentary superintendent, of Orange burg, were in Sumter yeatorday to at? tend a district Sunday school work? ers' confer,me ?\Iik1i v..is held yes? terday morning at tie Trinity church. Mra Warren MoCollum and little (Jnughtt i left for Greenville this morning for a visit of several days. Jadge R O. Purdy left for Dates burg this r.tornlng on business. Mr. C. L Wray left for Ridgeway this morning for a ihort stay. Miss Creola Browi . of Blshopvllle. spent Sunday in town. . Mlas Elerora Hu hirdson spent yes? terday with her brother in Pirn wood. Mr. Rowland Boyle is spending the day In the city. Mr. Delgar Dorn eft this morning for Blahop\ tile. Mi4i HalUe Cuttlno has returned to the city from a short visit in Co? lumbia. Miss bam.h Campbell has returned i to her iMOne In Camden after having l| completed her business course at St Joseph's Academy. i'hhf J M Berwick und Special A. C. L. OrBce* 8. H. Hargrove returned to Columbia, this morning where they are attending Cnlted States oourt. Mr. Boucher Nirm spent the w ?"."< end at his mine in Columbi i, Messrs. Raymond Bland Ing, a. Itradham. Cyril Bchwarta, Kenneth Forrester a;id Bean Scott motored to Columbia yeatorday where they spent the day Mr. W. J. Crowoon, Jr.. has re? turned to t is city from a short visit to Columbia Hon. U. P. tlelser returns to Co I lumbla tonight to attend tin- session of the legislator Tribute of Respect. Whereas Clod in ills wise prov. donee has seen fit io remove from Hi" sphere of earthly jsefulness James C. Spann. M. 1> . an 1 whereas in the dsath of lu Spann the Sumter Coun ? ty Medical So? loty has lost its oldest ?ind its mos-, loyal member. ? Therefore, he it resolved that we Ostend our heartfelt sympathy to the family of our late brother in theh 'bereavement. Resolved further that our secretary instructed to send a . op\ of tin s.; dutions to his widow and In 11 IBS* be published In The Daily Item The iOUtta 1 irolins Medical rornsl And that .? pauc in our minute ?k be inscribed to his mentor) Reaped fully submitted, i v M DWIUHT, Chmn it m ST?CKIG ABl PHl?M CHIN v Co mm! Use How Is Thin For n Name.' rtvw eating house for colored 'jple rseently opened on Manning Ivenue has been named I'he |'.? >n |a>y Filling Station" b) the up-to nrorne? , who is manager, chef head waiter 'I his fellow should I ISd for he has ideas, and a nn Of dbicrlnun I ion in pb Kit,-. to suit the times It In- had [^4ded a subtitle. 'Cash and th? mime would ha' ? b< - it id ?d and . omplel e ma*. Leornsea. |e licenses ha\. Im-i n i i IU( d [irwlnvr c( b?red couples ISUch and Kloise Hlandlng fright a id (birdi lila S . pS county. T| at d Bai ah 1 lO) I of .fl'om sea grass are ACREAGE REDUC? TION CAMPAIGIS Canvassers Are Working in All School Districts and Complete Canvass of County Will Be M?de TU? committee n charge of the cotton acreage reduction campaign itata that the coin t> is i?< ln| thor? oughly canvaaetd to obtain signatures Io the acreage roduction pledge. The following named men have accepted the work in the aehool districts na med i J (" Bryan, ?Ity of Bu niter, J. i\ Dennis, naftlng Creek No, 15, P, It, ''handler. I>lst. |, Ward 1. H. A. lUfAeld, Dis. I, Ward I, J, I'. TYsdah . Ward ::. K, L Broughton, Pmeweod. 0, M, r.oykin. Baker lehoo] Dist. La laaj C, Tied ale, Dist. No. 16. J. i. Qlaaaoock, Coneord townehlp, J. T. Wltherapoon, Diet, No. in. J, r faifeorough, [Mot, No. 10, ?. J. flayer. Dist. No. IS, s. w. Raflleld, Dist. No, 7. M. |f, Drown, Dist. No. If, C, K. Maycs, tipper Maycsville No. J. T. livers. Dist. No. If, H, D, Remfbert, Diet, II, In aottnil districts the work has boon aonapleted. The canvaaaen re? port that over *?0 per cen c Of the farmers are signing without hesita? tion, a nonober who at Aral refused to sign, after understanding the sit? uation better, have signed Up. The committee wishes very much) to complete this work at an early ' date, and i-- therefore calling in all 1 eanvaanora to make a report as soon as possible. i Tim canvassers in each dlatrlct nro bolai pa'o" tof ihelr services. The committee is calling on all who auh-' aaiibod to the fund to carry on the! campaign, aaktns; them to pay up. ( S. ITLY W1LS<?N, Secretary and Treasurer. Tho following are the pledges that are being signed: Land Owner* Pledge. v.::::! County, Sta'.e of. hereby certify that I am land owner i and rent hind to te lantg for CUltl- j vation. I hereby solemnly promise ami agree in furth irance of the sue.-ess of the plan to redueo the If!] cotton production as adopted at the .Mem? phis Cotton convention held Decem? ber 7-8, that I will :iot only permit my tenanis, but will require as far as I can that they plant in cotton for the year lit] not to exceed one-third of I he lands actually cultivated. And 1 hereby ?'urtlier agree to as? sist in tho thorough organisation of i >y county ami will use my influence find exert my besi efforts to make the luovcnH nl a luooeaa Witness:. rarmcr'*. Pledge. I. . .. ?f the county of. Io certify that 1 am a farmer and cot? ton grower and hereby solemnly promise and agree* Ml my sacred ivord of honor that during the year 19H1 1 will nut plant in cotton more than one-thiid of the amis cultivated 1 by me during the yeai IfII, And I further ptron las that 1 will use whatever intluenc ? that ! may have with my friend? ami IP ighbors to ha\e th? m sign a like obligation tint to co-operate with tin- Count) aommittee In the organisation and the wank of the said cotton redtietlou, Witness. THE WAVE OF CRIME New Tork, Jan. -3--A recurrence at crime including three deaths, two men d>lng in hospital* from Injuries inflicted by highwaymen and five holdups featured the week-end op? erational of criminals In Greater New York and its environs, (me man was shot to death in a crowded street m broad daylight, another was killed In attempt to prevent the robbery of h Mto?'.? on Bast Forty-Second street, while the third, an is year old choir boy. was found (lead on lite lai r ?ad tracks near Rlehmond Hill, with sev eml bones broken and bis head I act r atcd j The body of Kermll Bngelhart, Ihol Choir boy. was found under a bridge! which crooaea the railroad Although the polles maintain it was ri case of Buielde, the family of the dead boy claim he was the victim Of highway mne. IHdico l>ob-Women and Kc\ol\crs The wonderful spring weather that we have been bavin1-; of late or the suportj nights, of moonshine must haVi been at the bottom of the early morning relebratloni of three women WhO live Jnst at tin- outskirts of the town. The' were enjoying a little o'clock auto spin around the villa . wlurli would have all been well and good had <>ne of those In the party not decided |0 tire the revolver while on Liberty street and In the tue dis Irlct. The car was stopp, ,i and af? ter OUcer ldOwrence*a Investigation, the earls rlaU to the police station of the ladies, thep proceeded on their way bill lighter bv the two pistol?,, a Colt .^S and a Smith and WcSSOII .32 ami a i ash bond Of sixty bucks. 'Hoi,, ere probably several thou? sand bales of cotton unpicked In Hp held * of Rumter county and little ef? fort is now being i inde tO save it. Rverybody is getting ready lo plant snother crop of rotton, ami cotton thai wan produced ai the expense, of so much monej and labor last year will be plowed in to gel rid of it. \.ilnc; tu the 11 port of the Stale ^Highway com mission about sis nun? deed nulo'oohlh i md truel i i h 11 ,? ii?1 the auto license las In Sumter county were nit returned tor luxation b> the state ami county. It should he tic duty of sonn one to look up ihe do* liaiuigin BANDITS MAKE POOR HAUl Secure Only $0 For Holding Uf Chicago and AUun Passenger Train i I .miisiaiui. Mo., Jan. 24.-?FoUr I bandits who held u)) a Chicago and Alton passenger train loday got only !>'.>, wiii< h they took from the flrc Iman. Trainmen locked tin- doors ol the cars and the bandits were unable Ito inter. t'otton Marker llcvlewcro, The cotton markei "revlewere" who I have the privilege of expressing their Opinion! In the financial news columns of our metropolitan newapapera have an adroit way of handling farm la bor subj? et to suit the varying Im? pressions which they wish to pro? duce on the minds of their readers. If 'tiny arc in a mood friendly to the constructive side of the cotton market they mention labor as "scarce and high'1 or Of doubtful dependence, but ii their minds happen to be in the other phase, they write about tin.* farmer as his own laborer, and Of his remuneration, as such, as a matter entirely aubjec| to his own control. T! e fact of the matter is the farmer Who la his own laborer is almost al ws ? a drain or a pensioner on the business of the community in which be lives:, lie seldom produces enough or sells his products for enough to support himself and his family. The other farmers who conduct their op et.-itions With hired help so as to make a success of them have to compote with other linen of business for their aaelstnnta, and their help is bound to cost them just as much all told as tho similar classes of labor cost, other employer.-;. So unless the pay of Otb er workingmen is reduced In i^-i the pay of the farm laborer cannot be materially altered. If prices of farm and finest pro? ducts do n 't advance soon, or the pay of "Industrial" labor is not quiokly reduced proportionately to the present love! of prices of country pro? ducts, the farmer and woodsman who produces things to gel] during iy-i will have to sacrifice his capital to moot a deficit again this year, to the detriment of our entire section and the Whole world. is is time now for our government and our banks to furnish sonn; "pro? tection" to the natural resources of tin- country, and not give it till to the manufacture re, their employes ami the speculative Interests of our na? tion. I cannot bellCVC the generality of business men in our section want to fee tlie farmer put where tho fable s . s the timber wolves got the last herd ot' deer. Tiny got tired of chasing lb in over the broad plains ?.ad Induced them to graze in a rook Pound valley and shut them in. nie deer soon ate up the grass in the val? ley and became so weak from hun? ger the wolves could pub one down i wherever Lhelr meal time came. Tho) hud a good time for a wiiile cm the I principle Unit a lean deer?easy to Catch Was more desirable than a fat , one which had to. be hunted down | w ith pat: nee and toil. BUI they | oon destroyed the herd of doer, and as there Was no more game, liny bail to i at ihi grass on tin* plains th m- ! lelvca, and they perished also because this diet was unsuitable fur their stomachs. ill* there isn't such a fa? ble there ought to be.) Win. Uifford. Clifford, S ?'., .Ian. l'ij. Last j Month Open High LOW Close (Mose! Jan. ...16.40 16.61 16.06 16.60 1"-.! SU I, . . H.7.". 14.?. J 14.4:. 14.68 1 I.4S May ...14.70 lh.06 14.57 14.06 14.DO lu'y ...14.00 15.87 14.75 16130 14.70 | int. ...16.00 16.98 14*2 15.88 14.8] Inc. . . 16.88 Spots 70 up: middling 11i.s. NKW OltLHANS COTTON bnyi Month Open High Low Close Close Han.. ..18.80 14.8] 13.80 14.85 18.70 Men, ? i 1.00 14.86 I :i.s.*. 11.88 13.77 May ... 1 4.20 1 4.5?? 1 i 14.40 I 8.86 July . ? i 1.47 i 4.70 I 1.2'J l 4.68 l 1.12 < na . . . 14.:.4 14.77 U ". 1 i 4.7 t l 1.28 Dec, ... 14.74 i 1.20 spo'.s unchangod; middling 14.60, LIVERPOOL COTTON. Close January. 0.88 If arch . Ml May. July. B.g2 October. 0.76 December. '.'.7i tiovernment Cotton Grader's Office. The following reports give the pi ices paid on the stated markets on Januars -1 : S * (i s I. I, Q M M M M M O Sumter 14 V* 14 18 ll a 7 rol'bla i i ! j 14 18 n a 7 sfan'ng 14 Vi 11 11 '?? ? I Bp'vllle 14 Vj 14 iS it a 7 The roads in Bumtor county, hy I comparison withl tin roads ot tin I neighboring counties, are a; present. In i'M i bent condition w ith very lew exceptions, especiall> when it Is con? sidered that at this time of the year. J st a? points over tin. country it H a continual tight lo keep the roads ' pipisa 'de The I ?als? M road atnl I i;< 'road to Pocalhl are still en the slight jly rough list. At a number of points it Is easy t?? see, or rather to feel, Jusl when the end of the Humter county lino is. v. ry noticeable is the tu'klge improvement, I he bridge re pair gang having done splendid Jobs. I The women of lax morals and fr'v I olOUS behaviour Who inhabit the sn Ifiurbs seem to huvs lost 'be rear id 'the law ihmwn into them u few I mOllthS am? h.V th? ?.'.rind |ury and an I cutting up again, as was demount rut . d i his morntna when i hi of 1 hen look a jo\ i Idc Into the cltj Urin?, pistols, They were arrested by tin police and released on bond. Thli is probably the i ?si that will be heart! ol ih?j lauldenti PACKERS' BILL j _IN SENATE Upper House Apparently Evenly Divided on Issue j Washington! dun 23.' a vote in I the senate on pussugc of the packer bill tomorrow will start u week pr-misir.g unusual activity in eon [gress. - After aboul ten years tho agita 1 lion and controversy for and against government regulation <>t' the meat I packing industry and Other phases of live stock marketing, the vote on the pending regulatory bill iset foi I o'clock In tllC senate. Which is said to he almost evenly divided. If passed and sent to the house, the bin ! istill must contend against other leg jiSlation awaiting action In the live : weeks remaining of the present BOS I sum I Other Important matters expected ; to coma io the fore in congress this I week include tariff legislation, In? ternational disarmament and tin? an? nual appropriation bills. Debate en the Kordney emergi ncy tariff bill, now "unfinished business'; IIn the senate, is planned during the week but. appropriation bills in prep? aration may interfere. Republican i leaders plan to push the appropria? tion measure, some of which are about rt ady for the senate, even to ; the extent of temporary displace? ment of the tariff bill. Hearing! of |he house ways and means commit- j I tee on permanent tariff revision also Will continue this week. Senator Borah, Republican. Idaho, expects to call up early this week h a resolution, approved recently by the foreign relations committee, direct- 1 Ing initiation of negotiations with | Great Britain and Japan tor reduc? tion of naval construction. Much i debate Is in prospect, with a vote | drill an uncertainty. Hearings of house nr.val committee on disarma? ment will bo concluded Tuesday with' [General Pershing as the final wit [near. Chairman Butler has indicat-j led that no definite legislative step, I win be taken until the Harding ad? ministration takes office. The house this week' proposes to ??enter attention on its jam of ap? propriation bills, taking up the an? nual agricultural budget tomorrow I while committees frame the seven remaining money measures. 1 Hearings of the senate Immigra? tion committee on the Johnson bill ( I to bar virtually all immigrant.: for one year are- to be concluded Tues? day whin immigration Commission er Caminnettl will describe condi? tions as he found them in Kurope. Norman. iL Davis, acting secretary Iof stati. is to give further Informa? tion Tuesday to the senate foreign relations committee regarding con trovers) as to tin Island of Yap and the cable lines radiating from It. The senate commerce committee plans to conclude hearings} this Veok on the i 'alder coal regulation bill, with the prospect of a favorable com? mittee n port and an effort to se? cure lhe measure's passage at thin session. Throughout the greater part of last year con mon labor and certain class? es of si died and semi-skilled labor demand, l and received wages out <>i all prup< rtlon to the worth of the ser? vier rendered, the scarcity of workers in comparison with the' demand en? abling i'n laborers to exact unrea? sonably high Wages, hut the KlHloil Icy now tieems to he tor employers to go to the "ther eNtronie in paying common labor b ss than a living wage, la*eause jobs aie scare*! ami the ap? plicants iwr work many. Because la? bor watt unreasonable and greedy in demanding more than its worth is not an excuse for employers to grind the fares of the poor and take advan? tage of hungry men. Tho weather thus far this winter! has been exceptionally favorable for boll weevils and comparatively few will be killed by cold weather. The prospects for early and heavy infes? tation ol' tin- cotton crop ami th< n axlmum damage are most serious. The farmer who plants a large acre ge will be the greatest sufferer this year. In old boll weevil sections win re lhe farmers have learned then hsson dom b ititer experience few plant more than six or seven acres of cotton to the plow and the majority only Hvc acres or less _ The ti >w automobil? licenses foi the vet,- lltL'l are fast coming- into evidence. By the lirst of February all car., trucks, etc., will !>?? wearers of the garm-t and black or someone will be wanting to know the good reason. Among tin new members we notice a. C-13. When it comes to speed that.', an easy one to remember. The court of general Sessions Which convents here within a few weeks will have an imusuall) heavy docket i?nd will have to work hard to clear ?he docket of jail cases. t $1.000,000 to Ktarving Children. New Vork. .lam 21.- -?lohn D. Rockefeller, .Jr.. son of :1m Standard Oil magnate, has contributed $1.000, (.iiia to the relief of nUirving European children. Thb announcement was made lonighl by Horl>ert Hoover at j the conclusion of a dinner given to i Mr. Rockefeller's Bible class, Mr. Rockefeller's gift i< the latest personal contribution to tin $33,000, 100(1 I'utnl being raised by tin- lOuro pcan i - a i' e>oim il. Mr Hoover stated 11, iiddi i about one half of amount >|a1reud> has been subscribed. Manila. I' I., I k?c i < I '<>i i eapond I once hi the Associated Press?. A million end a o,ua rt er dollar* will be ? pent in Rhe Philippine 11 i imIm l?* ? I the Methodist Bplscopal church In the next few years, according to Or I Joseph I-' Oottlngham, conference . Icvangelbt ol the local Methodist inls i|sion. aim has just returned to the Is ? 11 ii ds ..'tit an ah: cm e ot two years. Tie- mission plans to erect 500 : buildings ami to participate in the I construction of two educational insti lUt loud. BAPTISTS ASK MONEY FORSCHOOLS Memorial Presented to Legis? lature Recommending S2,uoo. 000 Tor Common Schools '' ' ?'?"> 24.- Two million dollars fur common school education m Kouth Carolins is the total of up. proprlutions urged liy the Baptist* or s,,,i1n ^????na, in iiioiuoraila pre? sented this week to members of the general nMembly, by ;, t|>eclal com rolttee appointed b> the rccenl Bap. list state convention to prepare me? morials to tins end. The Baptist me moriais urge thai extraordinary atten? tion to tin- common schoola l>e made the |)olicy of thin and Kucceedlng leg? islature a entering upon a declared program lo bring tip- state rapidly forward in educational activities, -anil ,,,:,t uM iii<- educational leadership and influence available hi South <'m niIna h. incited to co-operation and concentration of effort lo achieve tins great forward movement of populai iiitf-llitrtrn.-i-.'* The committee which prepared the memorial to the legislature is com? posed of lira, .lohn K. White, D. II. Ramsey, \\. Rikee aud Lee Davis Lodg.-. and Prof. Lueeo Cunt er. Chas. A. Jones, secretary, is forwarding copies oi tin- monitorial to all mem be re of the legislature. scout \i:\\ s. it. J> Rpps to Iddrrss Sooata, At the regular Scout meeting of the BCOUta Of Troop Number 1. which is held every Tuesday night at the Scout room at the V. M. C. A.. Kx-Senator II. D. Bppa will make a talk to the scouts on his expertoncea during his stay in the Phlllplnes.. Senator Bpps needs no Introduction to any audience of Sumter and more eapec. tally to the scouts who ate looking forward to his address with keen ex? pectations. Scouts Parsing Their Scout Tests. The scouts have been very busy during th past week and have been doing good work. A good many tests have been passed by a number of the scouts which w ill help them to become all round Xo. 1 scouts. Among the tests passed wet,-: Scouts O, C. Cooper, Compass test: Charles Green, 11 mile hike. 1st and 2nd class signalling; Harry Bruner, knife a id axe, 2nd class signalling, compass and window; W. A. Bryan, Jr.. 14 mile hike, 1st class cooking; Carleton \\Till don, .Joseph Warren. Frances Kirk. Marion Moiee and Morris Averbuck, tho window test. 1921 Models in Flowers Annual Mowers have come l>acl< in faahion after a period of decline fine to ihe popularity ot perennials and hardy permanent gardens. Like most fails, there was only a part of the full ruth in the doctrine which -?corned the annuals. Bven the c hief advocate of informal and hardy plant ing. William Robinson, the great English authority, does not discourage] the planting of annuals, but uses them fr< cly. They are the mainstay of the gar? den for cut flowers, easy to raise, coming quickly into bloom, und re? quiring the hast trouble In cultiva? tion. Annuals have been planted. In Quantities all over the country during tin last two or three years, greatly ii the improvement of the beauty of tho landscape. Annuals arc the most economical of folwers, for a ten-cent packet will furnish a fine dlaplay for even the nost humble dooryard. The modern improvements in an? imals have been the greatest devel? opment In flower gardening of recent rears. Compare the coloaaa zinnias today With the small flowers of our grandmother's day. The giant balsams, the wonderful irm> of ChmeOS and Japanese pinks the beautiful plumy cockscombs with the shlmpy tails of the older varitlea In wonderful great ruffled petunias compared With 'he small smooth. !>dgcd blooms <d' earlier days. Even ?4ic small flowered bedding petunias leek themselves with double the num? ber of blooms of the old-fashioned varU tics. Annuals are as easy to grow as rcgctahlcs and require precisely the ?ame care and treatment. Asters, pi (unlas, pinks, cockscombs, balsams, four o'clocks, marigolds, popples, nas? turtiums, and bachelor buttons; there s the start of a gorgeous garden in ten packets of seeda. All the colors ?f the rainbow represented and a mass Of bloom within a few weeks ifter planting. Besides, there arc scores of <Mn ?rs ?vhich can be used to suit the taste .i the gardener. There are the fra? grant annuals stub as sweet alyssum, mignonette and others. The little an mials for borders, such as portulaea ,nd dwarf lobelias, agcratuma and a lot of others. Annual chrysanthemums, the Afri. can daisy (Arctotta), ths orange lalsy (ldmorphotheca), to furnish I margin rites for vases in the house. Then there are the stately castor j beans for foliage, the flowering to? bacco (Nicotiana), for sweet scented flow? rs ami decorative foliage, ihe uimmcr cypress with its green folhige inning lo searht. in fsct the annual ist gives plants for all purposes foi :olor ? "'? ct. oniaiitent.il plantings, foi bouquets, In fact for every purposi for which flowers can be used. Th.n sowln? in l?oxes indoors or in hotbodM or cold frames and nans nlantlng as soon as the first pail ol true I. a\es appear, is the formu'j foi ucccssful annual growing. Transplant them in boxes it the Weather is un favorable und into the ois n ground :,s soon as possible to start them. Tin main iiif.' is to avoid too Ihlcl da id inc The tii.it trees are feeling the Sf feet oi tin spring-like weather a:t' will he in bio,nn pretty soon it '?b< warm days continue. FAMOUS CREEK INDIAN DEAD Hog* to Bank of Colonel in Civil War For Heroism Tul.sa, Okltt., Jan. 2?. -Another of the famous old Indian Irwdrri who ?hoped the destiny of the Red Mu<i in lhe early territorial dayi in Oklahoma has panned. In the recent death of David M. Elodge, ::? years old, Ia(?t "king" of tin- Broken Arrow bribe of the Creek Indian nation, okiahomoa htst :, most interesting character. He di?*d hero recently. Prominent in tin affairs of his tribe since 1She ranked first among Creek stateamen, and although he never received the highest honor io the poorer of the tribe, that of the principal chlefshlp, he was for years the chief adviser of the Creeks. Hin advice was sought by a succession of tribal heads and on repeated occa. ?ions he was named by the House of Warriors and the Mouse of Kings 1 the senate and houss of representa? tives of his tribe) as their delegate to the "Great White Fathers** in Wash? ington. It was the proud boast of the old statesmen that he had mat and talked With every president since Andrew .1 acksoa. One of the last missions accomplish? ed by him for his tribe was having1 congress rule that the Creeka and other Indians were within their rights in suing the government for the re? covery of lands given to their slaves after the civil war. Perhaps his greaeel claim to fame Is the assembling of an Knglish-Mus*. kogee j Creek) alphabet and diction ary. The first effort toward the for mat ion of this work was made by the Rev. .lohn Firming, a missionary who came with the ftfoakogesa, as they were then called, to the Indian Terri: l lory from Alabama and Mississippi in 1837-38. Little progress was made until a number of years later when HodgcB. as chief Interpreter of the tribe, and the Rev. R. M. Loughrjdge. a missionary, collaborated and finish? ed the hook, which has been of ines? timable value to the kribe. When a lad. HodsSSj was taught In an Indian mission school by the father of Miss Alice Robertson, Oklahoma's oongross-.woman-elect. who was one <>f the early Indian missionaries. Hodgrs also translated the B^ble In? to the Creek tongue, the Creek myths Into English and was co-author of a volume of Creek-English songs. Hodges was made a junior officer in the forces Of Albert Pike, disco'.e'er of Pik? "s Peak., and was assigned to the army from Texas early in the civ. il war. Ah a result of a battle with Union forces on Thanksgiving day. 1S61. In which the army from the North, although possessing superior numbers, was almost annihilated. Hodoges was given the rank of Col < nel and when the war ended he was in command of a regiment. He was born In MusKogce. Okla., in 1842, his father being a Pennsylvania German and his mother a fullblood Creek. BETH ES IM MISSIONARY SOCIETY I ntaherd Ol Home of Miss Courteny Atki-on. _ gtembcrt, Ian II.?The regular monthly meeting of the Woman's Missionary Bociet) of Bethtsdg church was held it the home of Miss COur teny Atkison, on BatardaV, .January s. 1921, and the following program was carried out: 1 l. Devotional egercisao led by President, Mrs. j. L. Jackson. Roll called and minutes of last meeting i>> the secretary, Mrs. H. C. Dethea. 3. Subject for January meeting. "Tampa." facts about city of Tampa by agent of ' Voice." Mrs. W. J. Spencer. Report of social service committee. II. General business, old mid new. Music, led by Mrs. C. I. .Tack son. After all business hid been at? tended to, a social hour was enjoy? ed during v hich the hostess served a salad course with coffee and cake. The society then adjourned to meet at the home of Mrs. W. .1. Spencer, on Feb? ruary 1?. ID21. The Sumter steam Laundry was tested out Friday afternoon and the machinery found to be in perfect running order. It began regular op? eration Saturday and from this time forward Sumu-r will not be de I pendent upon other towns for first class laundr? service. The laundry is equipped throughout with the bes' and most modern machinery procur? able, and is therefore OSjktMs o? turning out the maximum amount of work economically and Of the very j best quality. The laundry will be under the personal management of ' Mr King a laundryman of more than twenty years practical experience i with some of the largest and best equipped laundries in the south. For more than ten yea is he has been as? sociated with one ol the largo** laun? dries in Columbia, but when the 0*p Iportunit: was opened t<? him to com? 1 :o Kumtei as a la: are stockholder in 'the Burnt er Steam [^Sundry he de Idecided to Itecome ? cittscn of the Go im-, o k I "it x. NOTICE TO THE l?t HI.K . i itcginning Wednesday, lanaary j.aii Hudson Bridge over Lynches I River < ?nneteing Sumter and Plot in <? counties e/ill be closed for re? pairs until further notice. .1 \: jRFFORpsi, Count) l! Sumtor ' 'ountv. ,1?>K RF.NT Two or three tier* farm, good land for cotton, corn .?r truck. Hood house and Nim*, s.? m H le-ek. Poralla P?rings, ; Phone 3*05._( COTTON SHED See me before you sell. I will give vou the highest. . j price. Will also exchange tuest for I seed. J, P, Commander,