The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 26, 1921, Image 5
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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,